The South Bayview Bulldog

Toronto Hydro is now saying about 1,800 customers are without power at Scarlett and Richview Rds (near Jane St. and Eglinton Ave. W)

— Toronto Star Radio Room (@starradiobox) September 4, 2017

Restaurateur Alex Orban and wife now departed

They previously ran place in Romania

See later post

Wanted car now recovered

OPP alert

PC Patrick Chatelain

Peel Region Police have located the Chrysler 300 with Quebec plates that struck an OPP officer during an attempted traffic stop Monday morning. It was abandoned at an apartment complex on Trailwood Drive near Hurontario Street. It was seized and taken to forensic identification services for expert analysis. The hunt goes on the four suspects. The car hit and dragged PC Patrick Chatelain when he tried to stop it near Highway 403 and Hurontario Street. Chatelain was taken to Sunnybrook HSC in serious but not life-threatening condition, according to Peel police. The driver was said to be a black man who was accompanied in the passenger seat by a white woman. There were two other passengers apparently in the rear of the car who have not been described.

SHOOTING ON SUMACH

A man said to be in his 40s is in critical condition after an early morning shooting on Monday. It happened on Sumach Street, just north of Oak Street, around 1:30 a.m.

SKATEBOARDING AT 12.30 A.M.

A skateboarder was hit by a streetcar on Queens Quay West at Rees St. about 12:30 Monday morning. The victim was transported to hospital in non-life threatening condition with a head injury.

Donald Trump has tweeted a threat to cancel “all trade” with any country doing business with North Korea as the US throws everything short of war at nuclear adventurer Kim Jung un. Such a move would hit China’s economy like a hammer. It would not be easy in the US either, but the impact in Beijing would be near catastrophic. It seems both a sign of the Trump administration’s determination and desperation that it is discussing such an embargo. When asked about a preemptive attack yesterday Trump said only “We’ll see.”

CREATED BY SOVIET UNION, PROTECTED BY CHINA

Some say there is no living with North Korea because of the nature of its government. It is universally despised. In order to sustain the Kim family tyranny it must threaten the world and act illegally in a variety of ways. North Korea was created in 1945 by Stalin as his armies went about converting much of the world to Communism. During the Korean War, when the north invaded the south, Chinese dictator Mao Tse Tung saved the north as United Nations forces (including Canada) seemed set for total victory. Kim Jung un, grandson of Stalin’s puppet leader, owes his existence as a dictator to Stalin and to China, which has continued to protect the north.

Created North Korea

Protected it

Thanks fellas

Summerhill Market at 446 Summerhill Ave. and 1054 Mt. Pleasant Rd.  are open Labour Day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Most other grocery stores are closed. The shopping mall picture is divided. CF Eaton Centre is open, Yorkdale is closed. CBC story here is comprehensive.

Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their third child, Kensington Palace said Monday. It was the difficult morning sickness known to afflict the duchess in previous pregnancies that forced the couple to make the announcement. Kate was not feeling well enough to attend an appointment Monday.  She is being cared for at her Kensington Palace home in London. “The queen and members of both families are delighted with the news,” the palace said in a statement. William and Kate, both 35, already have two children: Prince George, 4, and Princess Charlotte, 2.

York Regional Police have issued a brief release to say to that Randa Elyassir, 32, has been found safe and reunited with her family.  Police must ask if Randa taken from community centre lot

Indian Rd. home /CBC

Close up of collapse

A large west-end home seems destined for demolition tonight after one side of the structure collapsed Sunday during renovations. It is not clear just what work was being done. The tricky business of deepening the basement sometimes causes such failures. The High Park home is on Indian Road between Bloor St and Boustead Ave. Toronto Fire was called around 1 p.m.

Toronto Hydro says it has restored power to all 7,000 customers who went off grid about 6 a.m. Sunday. This appears to have occurred in stages beginning later in the afternoon. It also tweets that a final 470 customers in the “Edmund/Macpherson/PoplarPlains/Avenue area” were the last to be re-joined. Is this where the tree was? Just asking.

Thank you for restoring my power. I live in mid town and was affected. Can you clarify, please, the initial cause of the outage?

— dana margolis (@danamargolis) September 3, 2017

Cackling couple

Walking among the chessmen

Jenny Jupiter

Plinko for Epilelpsy research

Dad gets pic of son with pirate on stilts

Mobile photo booth

Buskerfest in aid of Epilepsy Toronto is on until 7.30 p.m. Monday at Woodbine Park on Queen Street. The fastest route from South Bayview is right down Coxwell. There was ample parking ($20) Sunday. It is a lot of fun with performers from all over the world. Most are delighted for a toonie or two in the hat. Be generous. The food is no doubt edible but all of it may not be known to certain eaters. Conventional fare is plentiful including free samples of Starbucks Teavana steep.

The extended and scattered nature of the outages in Toronto on Sunday have challenged the imagination about what is going on. Hydro late today began to say on Twitter that a fallen tree has caused this all-day blackout. They don’t say where. What’s the secret? Josh Matlow (Ward 22) seems to be taking heat just for being visible on Twitter. Many other Councillors are not yet heard from.Twitter  Updated story here