The South Bayview Bulldog

German footwear giant Adidas doesn’t want to be distracted by hockey so it will sell off CCM to Toronto based Birch Hill Equity Partners in a deal worth $110 million US. Adidas got CCM by default when it absorbed Reebock, which had previously hoped to expand in hockey with the CCM brand. THe CBC tells a history familiar to every adult who ever rode a CCM bicycle. It was founded in 1899 under the name Canada Cycle and Motor Company making bikes and car parts. In 1905, CCM began manufacturing skates using scrap metal from the bicycle and auto parts factory. The company went bankrupt in 1983, ceasing production of bicycles, but the skates division continued independently under the CCM banner. It has 500 employees in Canada ana manufactures in Montreal.

Founded in 1899

Made in Canada

Kendrys Morales tied it in the 9th & Steve Pearce Hits the WALK OFF GRAND SLAM in the 10th #BlueJays

https://t.co/Dr5lb44xbP

— Around The Bases POD (@AroundBasesPOD) July 27, 2017

Gotta love a walk off grand salami after that fiasco. #upmshow @BarryDavis_ @BlueJays

— Terri Williams Kinghorn (@lakefieldterri) July 27, 2017

The day many have hoped for arrives Monday July 31st when Toronto Island re-opens. Avoid the ferry lines and buy tickets online at toronto.ca/ferry starting Friday. Opening includes Centre and Ward’s Islands. Toronto Island Park beaches will be fully operational with exception of some compromised, unsafe or restricted areas. City of Toronto recreation programs on the Toronto Islands will also begin as of Monday.

A collision between three trucks and an SUV on Highway 48 in Sutton has resulted in two fatalities. A boy, 10, was flown to HSC in Toronto hospital and is in stable condition. Another patient is in St. Michael’s Hospital with status unreported. OPP say this accident is a series of rear-end collisions in which a cube van and an SUV were caught between two gravel trucks. The deaths occurred in the cube van and SUV. It appears that construction in area required traffic to stop and that the fourth vehicle, a gravel truck with a pup trailer, did not.

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Two ORNGE air ambulance on scene of fatal collision on Hwy.48 in Sutton @OPP_GTATraffic #Sutton #onYRRoads pic.twitter.com/cQUh0SfU6N

— Heidi Riedner (@HRiedner) July 27, 2017

King Street netween Berkley and Princess Sts. is closed because of faling glass from the 7th floor of 280 King Street East during the morning rush.  The TTC says the 504 streetcar is being diverted in the meantime.

Sign to be lighted in Fall

Up-down map

Monster to be demolished

Ryerson University says that Sam Sniderman’s 1960s neon marvel is being worked on and a debut of the sign in its new home high above Dundas Square may be expected sometime in the Fall. Ryerson says it is planning a ceremony marking the lighting. Upper right, the Globe and Mail has published this map which charts how resale home prices have responded to the new housing tax in recent weeks. Remarkably, some areas continue to creep up. Here in South Bayview, there has been a slight decline. And in Mississauga, Ontario Superior Court has ordered the owner of an unfinished 6,600 square-foot monster home in Brampton to destroy it within 120 days after a legal battle that stretches back almost five years. It was thrown up when the City mistakenly issued a building permit.

Ward 26 Community Environment Day to be held on Saturday, August 12, 2017. Come by Leaside Memorial Gardens between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 pm.

You can drop off small electronics, household hazardous waste, fluorescent bulbs, unused medications, oils, solvents, pesticides, propane tanks, and batteries.

Please note that the following items will not be accepted: construction waste, gasoline, garbage, wood, cassette and videotapes, commercial/industrial hazardous waste, and scrap metal.

When: August 12, 2017
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Leaside Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Rd.

Carriage breaks off

Riders flung out

The injured

A ride known as the Fire Ball broke up as it whirled above the Ohio State Fair Wednesday night loaded with young fun seekers. It was opening day. For reasons unknown, one carriage on the ride’s big wheel broke off and slammed to the ground. The break in the ring also flung riders from other carriages out as well. A boy of 18 is dead and seven others are injured, three critically.

53 Division appeal

School crossing guard

Maybe you can help keep these guys safe

For more information, please call or email, Constable Wai Lau or Constable Janet Stather.
416-808-5327
Wai.Lau@torontopolice.on.ca
Janet.Stather@torontopolice.on.ca

An armed teen, 15, one of possibly three perpetrators, was shot by Peel police during what appears to have been a rampage of breakins and attempted car jackings at and around the Credit Vally Town Plaza at Creditview Rd and Brittannnia Rd. early Thursday. One woman said a young man with a gun opened the door to her car. He seemed dazed when she told him to shut the door. Then he left. The wounded youth was reported to be conscious when taken to hospital. Two of the youths fled in a vehicle. The SIU is investigating.

The great Joanna Lavoie is on the spot once again on the eve of the soft opening of the Broadview Hotel at Queen and Broadview. Worth a drop in for sure. Below, a CBC tour of the new estabishment.

To celebrate this little known holiday, free wing samplers will be doled out at Wild Wing at Bayview and Millwood on Saturday from open – 5pm.  Pop inside for $5 pints of Canadian (all day).  Founded in 1999 in Sunderland Ontario, Wild Wing has grown to 83 locations across Canada. Wild Wing is the largest Canadian Chicken Wing chain, and is famous for offering 101 flavours. See you Saturday.