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Nikki predicts

Joins open house

Yikes! Have my baby

Run again (for sure)

Streaker, flood or something

Tera Deschamps of the Metro tab has returned to the ever-promising Toronto future-teller Psychic Nikki (upper left) for 2017 revelations. Hang on. Andy Byford, head of the TTC, will quit or be fired. Next, Drake will fall in love (or not) but he will have a baby. Wow. The leafs, says Nikki, might make a playoff berth. Hey, what’s with the “might” stuff. These are supposed to be predictions. And then even more off the wall comes a streaker at City Hall (yawn) and maybe some kind of flooding or curfew that will discomfit the City a bit. Doug Ford will run again and honestly Nikki how easy do you want them? In the past, says writer Deschamps, Nikki has forecast Rob Ford’s illness, John Tory’s election and food-related illnesses at the CNE. (A good one).

VIDÉO | EN COURS Mont-Saint-Hilaire : Incendie chez Strom Spa Nordique. Plusieurs villes demandées en entraide. #rcmtl pic.twitter.com/AW7nBQadia

— Simon-Marc Charron (@SMCharronRC) December 26, 2016

Flames from a malfunctioning sauna have destroyed a popular spa in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que. near Montreal Boxing Day. Spa customers were evacuated from Strom Spa Nordique without injury.

Had a very Canadian Boxing Day morning ☕️🍩🏒🇨🇦#shinny #hockey #boxingday @ Leaside Memorial Gardens https://t.co/zpFXslXnhy

— lauren austin (@l_hans) December 26, 2016

690-692 to be housing

Formerly Lai Toh Heen

Waffles!

Waffles!

New for the waffle starved

A couple of things are happening on Mt. Pleasant. The former Lah Toh Heen and Pronto location will soon be housing not dining rooms. The space at 690-692 Mt. Pleasant south of Soudan Ave. is nearing completion. Vanessa Oliver is the agent. Down the street at 505 Mt. Pleasant south of Millwood Rd., the scrumptious offerings of the Starving Artist will be on the table in February. See the reaction of some readers. She recalls maternity jeans anticipating waffle restaurant

Boxing Day capper set for tonight as Raptors stalk the Blazers. Sportsnet 

The critically acclaimed A Monster Calls will be on Toronto screens in January. It was featured at the Toronto film Festival earlier this year. Seems like a thoughtful treatment of the dark fears experienced by all of us, including the young.

Just before Christmas, news broke that the  Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund will make a donation of $500,000 to the Leaside Memorial Community Gardens. Check  The Bulldog here if you missed that story.

OPP have recovered the body of a snowmobiler who went through the ice near Penetanguishene Bay Friday and  are warning again about the peril of venturing onto ice in changeable weather..The 25 year old woman who died in the incident is said to be a resident of Pentang.

Singer George Michael has died at the age of 53 https://t.co/xExTndk5pO

— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 25, 2016

Christmas day has seen the crash of a Russian plane into the Black Sea with the loss of 92 lives. Stories sad and joyous are in the Euronews and Associated Press video budget.

This Euronews report tells of a festive time in the birthplace of Christ. The Little Town of Bethlehem is jammed. In Syria, Assyrian Christians have returned to their ransacked church in Mosul to celebrate three years after they were driven out by Islamic State. And in New York City, St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Trinity Episcopal Church are seeing large crowds Christmas Eve.

Josh Matlow greetings

Kristyn Wong-Tam and Farrah Khan

John Burnside and friends

Merry Christmas to all readers of the South Bayview Bulldog. Here are greetings from three local councillors among many good wishes including our own. The images are clickable for a larger version.