The South Bayview Bulldog

The splendid new decorative fountain in Berczy Park to the west of the Gooderham (flatiron) Building on Wellington St. is soon to be christened but friends of the park say damage has already been done to dog sculptures that enliven the wonderful whimsical “dog” water spot at its centre. Members of a volunteer community group known as Friends of Berczy Park say skateboarders are to blame. The fountain, as shown in the many photos taken of it by citizens, is a delight.

As the poster says, there will be a parade plus face painting, games, music, fireworks and more at Stan Wadlow Park. Event Website

TPS NEWS RELEASE – ROAD CLOSURES
On Saturday, July 1, 2017, the annual East York Canada Day parade will take place. At 10 a.m., the parade will begin near Dieppe Park and finish at approximately 1 p.m., at Stan Wadlow Park.
Participants will assemble for the parade beginning at 9 a.m.
Formation Area: Cosburn Avenue from Greenwood Avenue to Barfield Avenue

The parade route is as follows:
– eastbound on Cosburn Avenue to Coxwell Avenue
– southbound on Coxwell Avenue to Sammon Avenue
– eastbound on Sammon Avenue to Woodbine Avenue
– northbound on Woodbine Avenue to O’Connor Drive

Dispersal Area:
– floats and participants, Shoppers Drug Mart parking lot at Woodbine Avenue and O’Connor Drive
– spectators, Stan Wadlow Park via Trento Avenue
Motorists in the area may experience traffic delays.

The Toronto Fire Service will celebrate Canada 150 with a lecture on the disastrous SS Noronic pasenger ship fire in 1949 and a display by the fire boat William Lyon Mackenzie. The speaker will be Corey Keeble, curator emeritus of the Royal Ontario Museum. He will conduct a lecture and presentation tour about the fire, which occurred on September 17, 1949 in Toronto Harbour and resulted in 119 deaths. It will be held Saturday, July 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Marine Fire Station 334, 339 Queens Quay W. Mr. Keeble, a well-known public lecturer, tour guide and author. He will also conduct speaking tours of the William Lyon Mackenzie fire boat. The William Lyon Mackenzie fire boat will also demonstrate a firefighting water display on Lake Ontario.

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The City will stage fireworks and related celebrations of Canada 150 at four locations. Release

Whitney School student Noah Jamieson, 11, takes solace in his new friend Lucky at lacklustre Blue Jays play Tuesday at Rogers Place although mom Rani seems happy. The home squad lost 3-1 to the Orioles despite a ninth inning home run by Troy Tulowitzki. Some merriment was provided when Umpire Angel Hernandez and Jays catcher Russel Martin helped Adam Jones of the Orioles pick up his broken necklace at home plate.

Reader Lennox Huang snapped this accident on Mt. Pleasant Rd. at the Crescent Rd. bridge Tuesday during evening rush hour. More

UPDATE: Worker has been rescued. Toronto Fire Service has tweeted that a worker is stuck at the top of a cell tower (100ft up), equipment is broken, Toronto Fire investigating.

All Bayview lanes closured nr Post Rd. @Toronto_Fire rescuing worker in broken cranebucket 100' up. #GO1148537 ^vk

https://t.co/VqaVOJahDT

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) June 27, 2017

BAYVIEW AVE – #TorontoFire crews have rescued the worker stuck 100ft up a cell phone tower when the equipment failed pic.twitter.com/J4y8GBgeeY

— Toronto Fire Services (@Toronto_Fire) June 27, 2017

The duplex at 126 Hudson Drive sold for $1,635,000, $35,100 over list on April 29. The units each have two bedrooms with private basements and laundry. There is a two-car garage.

The dead and injured in Sunday’s head-on crash on Winston Chiurchill Blvd have been named. CBC

Snapchat is keen to have you — and your kids — tell them where you are at all times. Even when you’re in bed. The idea is to sell you (and them) stuff by tailoring ads to the location. Isn’t that sweet? Next, it’s 20 years since Britain handed back Hong Kong to China. The century-long colonial life of the former Crown colony made most Chinese who lived there happy to be colonized. Now some say they aren’t sure who they are. Then, Barry Gibb was finding it easy to “stay alive” with his 40-year-old disco stuff at the Glastonbury rock concert over the weekend. And the EU has fined Google a staggering 2.4 billion Euros for giving itself preference among shopping comparison services on Google search.

The Edmonton Garrison’s Royal Canadian Artillery band plays Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea at the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.

Edmonton Garrison military musicians headed to Buckingham Place. • Canadian soldier, Capt. Megan Couto, becomes 1st female infantry officer to command Queen’s Guard.

Josh Matlow (Ward 22) has posted a picture of his closeness to nature (whether he likes it or not) as he reviewed the agenda for the audit committee in his garden. Comments on Facebook suggest this is “too close” as raccoon proximity goes with others saying it is “So Toronto” and “Midtown Yup.” One ventures that the raccoon is complaining about the new green bins. (Many in Midtown are complaining they still aren’t here). An off-beat take is offered by a reader that this is a lobbyist from Porter Airlines.

Reader Bob McMaster is a flyer and Tuesday at 5.42 a.m. while we were all still slumbering he took these truly classical pictures of a pot-of-gold rainbow over Yonge and Eglinton.