The South Bayview Bulldog

MP Rob Oliphant had Premier Wynne at his side (and two gentlemen) for pictures at his New Year’s levee Saturday at the Toronto Botanical Gardens on Lawrence Ave. Nice. But seriously, did you lose your keys on Millwood Rd. between Cleveland St. and McCord Rd? If so, PM Jessica Palombella from Leaside Community. Lower right, Leaside Junior Wildcats goalie Alysha Letwin shakes off the pain after a hard shot at Leaside arena Saturday night. The Wildcats dropped the game 3-1 to the Barrie Sharks. One goal went into the empty net. Then finally, Dimiter Todorov and family got a kick out of a brief hydro outage as they tried to cycle down Mortimer Ave. after dark

Oliphant Levee

Lost on Millwood

Alysha shakes off the pain

Laughter in the dark on Mortimer Ave.

Michael Coteau

Denzil Minnan-Wong

Khalid Ahmed

Denzil Minnan-Wong has been acclaimed as the PC candidate in Don Valley East to contest the riding against MPP Michael Coteau. Minnan-Wong is the long-standing member of City Council for Ward 34. The NDP has an unnominated prospective candidate in Khalid Ahmed. Don Valley East sits between Leslie St and Victoria Park Ave. It has been represented by Mr. Coteau since 2011. Minnan-Wong, a deputy mayor, received the nomination at a meeting held in the riding on Saturday morning. The Ontario general election is June 7, 2018.

Lambert Moo of Chai on Bayview

Authors at Sleuth

Wind dancer at Bros. Cuisine

1614 for lease

Rev. Jeff Rock

Last Mac’s standing

Drop off skates DPS

Upper left, friends of Lambert Moo will wish to know that he is working Saturday and Sundays at Tao Northern Chinese Cuisine at 220 Laird Dr. Moo was the owner of the popular lunch spot Chai on Bayview for many years. Top centre, two Canadian novelists, R. J. Harlick and Ken Ogilvie, will be at the Sleuth of Baker Street at 907 Millwood Rd. on February 1 from 6 to 7.30 p.m. Top right, he’s back. The promotional figure gyrating outside Bros. Cuisine is known as an air dancer. Lower left, the restaurant space at 1614 Bayview is for lease. Old timers are hoping for the return of a simple menu eatery like Diner 55. It was there 15 years ago. Next, meet Rev Jeff Rock, the new pastor of Metropolitan Community Church in Riverdale. He takes over from Brent Hawkes. Moving right, it’s the last Mac’s parking sign in town as the Quebec firm that owns the name goes about turning Southern Ontario into Texas (Circle K that is). This one remains on a vacant store at the corner of Eglinton and Petman Ave. Finally,  Residents are invited to drop off spare ice skates to the office of Davisville Junior Public School. They will go to good use on February 9 at the Annual Skate night at Hodgson Public School.

The Bayview Leaside BIA Pixies did their first clean up shift of the year today. Debora Kuchme tells the Bulldog, “How perfect that our first coffee break of the year was at Creeds for their opening day! Great coffee, great treats! We’ll be back!”

O’Connor and Dohme

The frightening tangle of two trucks and car at O’Connor Drive and Dohme Ave. Friday about 5 p.m. has sent two people to hospital. The intersection has traffic signals and is northeast of the intersection of O’Connor and St.Clair Ave.

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David Livingston

Laura Miller

Judge Timothy R. Lipson has found senior Dalton McGuinty aide David Livingston guilty of mischief and unlawful use of a computer in the notorious gas plant cover up scandal. His assistant, Laura Miller, was found not guilty. The Crown contended the accused had illegally erased emails from government computers to hide what had been said and done by the Liberal government ministers and staff on the eve of the 2010 general election. In convicting Mr Livingston, 65, Judge Lipson said the former chief of staff to former premier McGuinty was a sophisticated individual who knew exactly what he was doing.

BREAKING: Laura Miller not guilty, David Livingston guilty in Liberal gas plan email scandal. #onpoli https://t.co/1fgpH5elWe

— Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) January 19, 2018

BREAKING: David Livingston found GUILTY of both charges in #onpoli #gasplants trial (still waiting for verdict on Laura Miller)https://t.co/H6TzW9UCE0

— Mike Crawley (@CBCQueensPark) January 19, 2018

Jurors have acquitted the three former Montreal, Maine and Atlantic (MMA) railway employees charged with criminal negligence causing death in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. Locomotive engineer Tom Harding, 56, rail traffic controller Richard Labrie, 59, and operations manager Jean Demaître, 53, were all charged after the  derailment of a runaway fuel train early on July 6, 2013. Several tankers, carrying highly volatile crude oil, exploded, turning downtown Lac-Mégantic into an inferno and killing 47 people. CBC

Jack Creed surveys busy Bayview shop

Carnaval de Glendon

Shrove Tuesday

LUC Trivia night

St. Cuthbert’s Potluck Dinner

Regent (Belsize) Theatre meeting

Creeds Coffee Bar and Dry Cleaning opened Friday at 1595 Bayview Ave. with brisk business and a few finishing touches still to come. Patrons were told that the storefront sign will be installed Monday. The espresso is a suitably solid jolt to the brain. Other South Bayview news includes (right) the Shrove Tuesday (so soon?) Pancake Dinner at St.Cuthbert’s Anglican at Bayview and St. Cuthbert’s Rd. Centre left, the Carnaval de Glendon will take place Saturday, January 27 just up the road at the Gendon campus. Ça à l’air amusant. Then below, duelling events of St. Cuthbert’s and Leaside United, a potluck dinner versus a Trivia night. Hard to choose but they both go this Saturday (tomorrow). Finally (lower right) the January 22 meeting to plot a future for the old Belsize (now Regent) Theatre.

Toronto Raptor’s DeMar DeRozan has been selected for the second time to start the NBA all-star game on Thursday as a starter for the Eastern Conference. Selections are made by fan, media and player balloting. The game is being played in DeRozan’s hometown of Los Angeles. DeRozan’s father has been ill and he has been travelling back to Los Angeles whenever possible to be with him.  He is hopeful that both his parents will be able to attend. He now matches Kyle Lowry and Chris Bosh as a two-time starter representing the Raptors; Vince Carter was named a starter five times while with the Raptors. Other starting players for the Eastern Conference include Boston’s Kyrie Irving, Cleveland’s LeBron James, Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid. Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant of Golden State, Houston’s James Harden and two New Orleans Pelicans, Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins, were voted in from the West. LeBron James and Stephen Curry, the top vote-getters, will be team captains in new draft format. NBA all-star votes include some ridiculous selections

Mayor Tory held a news conference Friday to announce that the City will launch a pothole blitz this weekend ahead of a freeze and thaw cycle. The work will likely put an added strain on local roads. Beginning Saturday, Toronto will double the number of pothole repair crews on the job from an average of 25 on a typical day to 55. The crews will be filling potholes across the City with a particular emphasis on the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway. Sections of Mt. Pleasant have shown some severe damage. Drivers have to weave dangerously to avoid vehicle suspension damage. Exposed streetcar tracks and bricks can be seen in holes between St. Clair and Davisville. So far in 2018, city crews have filled a total of 6,041 potholes compared to 7,753 during the same time period last year