The South Bayview Bulldog

Thor Eaton has died peacefully at home on Monday, April 10, 2017. He is survived by his wife Senator Nicole (Courtois) Eaton, son Thor Edmond (and his wife Michelle (Bakos)) Eaton and Cleophee (and her husband Scott McFarland). Mr. Eaton is also survived by his three brothers, John, Fred and George and their families. The full obituary is published at the Humphrey Funeral Home site. It invites friends to join the family for a celebration of Thor Eaton’s his life at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 21st in Timothy Eaton Memorial Church at 230 St. Clair Avenue West.

The Menchies Purple Vikings are winners of the Novice championship at the Queen of House tourney played last weekend at Leaside Arena. Queen of the House is a new tournament with not much online but it seems these winning 8 and under girls are part of the Leaside Wildcats organization. Good work girls.

#TTC 56 Leaside: s/b via Duplex, Orchardview, Yonge, Roehampton, Redpath; n/b Redpath, Soudan, Berwick; 9 pm-5 am. Tunnel borer removal.

— Transit Toronto (@transittoronto) April 12, 2017

A chopper, Air 2, guides York Region Police to the capture of three kids trying to steal candy at Canada’s Wonderland. Whatever it takes we say because these three were after more than a few Smarties. This happened April 8, 2017. Next, the descent of North Africa into a genuine form of Hell is evident in the increasing appearance of slave markets in which desperate migrants are sold off. You don’t have to take sides to be concerned about a similar collapse of order elsewhere in the Middle East. Below that, in Thailand, it’s what you do. Get sprayed with water by elephants that is. Looks like fun and of course it washes away bad luck too. Woohoo. Finally a story that will touch horse lovers as a mare is brought in from a neighboring farm in PEI to nurse a foal who’s mother died during the birth.

Aerial in March shows main station to upper right

Looking northwest shows the bank building left, and secondary entrance,, right

Depiction of the finished Mt. Pleasant Station

A sparsely-attended meeting organized by Metrolinx to answer questions about the Mt. Pleasant LRT Station was held in the basement of Northern Secondary School Tuesday. As many will know, the entrance to the transit line will be housed at street level in a re-built 1920 bank building modified to handle the traffic. A secondary entrance will be located to the east of the intersection. Both entrances will be on the north side of Eglinton Ave. E. Excavation of the underground station is about to begin and will require on and off single lane and various no-turn prohibitions at the corner for the best part of a year. The rebuilt stone bank is expected to rise sometime in 2020.

Bail denied for man with cash from places unknown

A Hamilton judge has denied bail to Karim Baratov, 22, the man accused by the US government of being an Internet hired-gun for Russian intelligence and the mastermind of the huge theft of Yahoo data three years ago. Judge Alan Whitten was particularly troubled by the lack of interest and absence of probing questions by Baratov’s parents about their son’s mysterious cash flow.  He doubted their ability to keep Baratov from fleeing the country.

The Mailonline has revelaed that the passenger who was dragged from an United Airlines flight is 69-year-old grandfather Dr David Dao, a doctor of internal medicine. Footage of the Vietnamese-American being hauled off the overbooked flight at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Sunday is causing an outrage on several continents including China, where widely believed he is Chinese.  Dr Dao is heard in videos saying he needed to get home to Louisville so he could see patients. Also “They’ll kill me” (earlier post)  The Mailonline says Dao is a father of five and a grandfather, who specializes in internal medicine. Four of his five children are doctors. His wife Teresa, 69, is a pediatrican who trained at Ho Chi Minh University in Saigon and also practices in Elizabethtown, Kentucky about 40 miles south of Louisville. Their eldest son Tim, 34, practices medicine in Texas; their second son Ben, 31, is a medical graduate; their daughter Christine, 33, is a doctor in Durham, NC; and their youngster daughter Angela, 27, is a medical graduate of the University of Kentucky.

NEW YORK POST CLAIMS HE HAS A SORDID PAST

There is even more to learn about Dr. Dao however. The New York Post says he is a poker playing fanatic who has traded drugs for sex, according to police and court records.  Doctor dragged off flight was convicted of trading drugs for sex

Disoriented man repeated “They’ll kill me.”

The medical doctor who was thrown off the United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville was clearly disoriented, repeating “I have to go home” and “They’ll kill me.” He sneaked back on the plane and had to be removed a second time. The reporting has not caught up to public curiosity about what really happened. The man was politely asked (according to the airline) to get off but refused. Police were called and in the process the man started to bleed at the mouth. One passenger on the flight said he felt that United might have offered more money (home much?) to persuade the man. They needed the seat for crew deadheading to staff another flight the next day. But, says the witness, why not send them by car on the five-hour drive to Louisville. An afterthought to be sure. Don Lemon is heard to say he just doesn’t know what his state of mind would be if someone tried to pull him “bloodied” off a plane. Sure Don. How about, “I’m Don Lemon of CNN.”

Cap-and-trade legislation and summer demand are being offered as the reason for another leap in the price of fuel set to hit Tuesday night. There is another six cents a litre in the works, which will drive the retail price of regular to nearly $1.22 a litre. No one is trying to kid you. Cap and trade is a tax which, among other things, is about getting you to put your car away or maybe push it off a cliff. Happy motoring.

CONDO IN JEOPARDY OF BANKRUPTCY

The On The Go Mimico high-rise condominium project at 327 Royal York Road is in financial distress, according to the CBC, and some 200 people who bought units in the project may lose their homes after the development was placed into court-ordered receivership. The project is said to be 15 per cent complete six years after it was first marketed to buyers. It will now be sold off by the receiver in a bidding process. The buyers who paid for the pre-sold condos — 208 of the project’s 242 units — will get their combined $6.3 million in deposits back. But the condos they bought and waited years to move into will likely be sold off at much higher current market values by whomever steps in to complete the project, says reporter John Lancaster.

GOV’T LANDS HARD ON YORK BOARD

A review of the York District School Board (YRDSB) offers a sweeping list of recommendations for the board to remedy what is described as a “culture of fear” among board members and senior staff, as well as “systemic discrimination.” On Tuesday, Ontario Education Minister Mitzie Hunter issued 22 directives to the school board as a result of review. At least one of which is meant to be enacted within 24 hours. CBC

Heading east at Bayview

Passing Metro

All traffic stopped

Reader Bob Arsenault reports on the big move Monday night through the intersection of Bayview and Eglinton Aves. These are pictures taken about 10:30 p.m. as police cleared the way for a tunnel boring machine to leave town. All traffic was blocked and buses were detouring up to Broadway. No doubt homeowners up there noticed.