Martha the Neapolitan Mastiff is more than just a droopy face. This three-year-old, 125-lb. sweetheart with 300 lb of skin is the world’s most beautiful ugly dog. Martha and friend Shirley Zindler of Sebastopol, California were at the 29th Annual Uglist Dog Show, a contest that seeks to find the inner beauty in canines. The prize was $1,500 and life with Martha.
Work continues with a serious intent it seems at the former Vero Trattoria on South Bayview. This will be a new eating place soon. Stay tuned.
The remarkable story of Lark Huska, and how she went from being discovered in a pet store to Paris fashion runways is told by the CBC’s Hailey Salvian. CBC
An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan Sunday killing as many as 153 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel. The heartbreaking circumstances of the catastrophe are reported by hospital staff at Bahawalpur’s Victoria Hospital in south Punjab. There are expectations that there will be more dead reported. A loudspeaker atop a local mosque alerted villagers to the leaking fuel and scores raced to the site with jerry cans, said Rana Mohammad Salim, deputy commissioner of Bahawalpur. Highway police moved quickly to redirect traffic but couldn’t stop the scores of villagers who raced to collect the fuel, spokesman Imran Shah told a local TV channel.
A woman has downed in a south Lawrence Park swimming pool in a case called misadventure by Toronto police. The accident occurred overnight in a pool at a home on Ridgefield Drive, a cul de sac running southeast off Blythwood Road. She was found without vital signs about 5.30 a.m. Sunday. Police said the woman may have fallen into the pool. They said someone at the house discovered the woman in the pool. One person called police, while another person pulled the woman from the pool and performed CPR. “This is considered non-criminal,” a police officer said. Police have not released her name or her exact age but said she was in her 60s.
Vanessa of Leaside High School (upper left) is catching some warm praise from friends for her work as a Bike Champion for Safe School Travel Planning. Thanks Vanessa and well done. Upper right, Dan Styles was offering a tart tweet to the TTC for its suggestion that the #56 Leaside service is not drawing passengers. Uh-huh. Lower left, Andy Donovan posts this shot of some youngsters (maybe some are his) as they chill at Cork’s over Longo’s before hitting Skyzone for a friend’s birthday party. Smile guys. Rudy Limeback tweeted the interesting picture of the swollen Don River from the Leaside bridge and finally the Leaside Gardeners posted this lovely lavender (or citronella) as a reminder of how to ward off mosquitoes this wet summer.
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Media are saying the terrible death count in the collapse of a cliff in southwestern China may rise to 120 or higher. Xinhua, the state news agency, said 1000 rescuers were using detection devices and dogs to look for signs of life in an area that once held 62 homes and a hotel.
High Park Zoo has named three capybaby pups Geddy, Alex and Neil after Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart of the 70s band Rush. Capybaras are a lesser-known species which look like overgrown tail-less beavers. There was a much reported-on escape of the adult Capybaras last year. One was caught but the other was loose for another two weeks. The zoo told CP24 that it credited the creatures “long time apart” for kindling the passion that led to the birth of the three pups. Most guys who run away for two weeks are in big trouble.
