The South Bayview Bulldog

The company reveals that in 2013 there was a breach that revealed the personal information of a billion users to hackers. Some say this will sink the already faltering deal to sell Yahoo to Verizon. Reuters

A house fire ripped through an old wooden home on Nickel Street in downtown Port Colborne Wednesday morning taking the lives of four people. The dead are Tammy Burd, 37, her children Joshua Zuvic, 2, daughter Samantha Zuvic, 15, and grandmother Eva Burd, 83. Two men, husband Joe Zuvic and an uncle, Gary Burd, escaped the flaming house. Neighbours spoke with affection for the occupants of the home, who are said to be long-time residents in the street not far from the Welland Canal. There is so far no information about what might have happened.

Tammy Burd with son Joshua, Samantha, 15, with Joshua

Home ablaze as fire dept arrived

Scale of damage

Sign at SmartCentre

Prefer a Shoppers

Can’t repeat it

The arrival of a KFC restaurant in the SmartCentre has inspired nearly 50 comments in half a day from ladies (and a few men) who post at the Leaside Community Facebook account. Their reaction is pretty much one of dismay, in some cases disgust. One woman posted a barfing emogi. A number of others said “Yuck”. There was also: “Oh No” “Eeew” and “What a shame”. A number of posters said they would have prefered a Shoppers Drug Mart, Nandos Chicken or perhaps an Indigo (that would be the long-shot of the century). One woman said she loved KFC but wasn’t permitted to eat it. Other comments remarked on cholesterol. Andrew Redlich and other posters recalled the KFC long-gone at the corner of Millwood Rd. and Rumsey. Leaside Community

Site of 1984 low-rise plaza cleared. Urban Toronto

What’s a serious bite?

Signs will be required

Dangerous dog muzzle

Beginning next March, Toronto dogs that bite a human or another pet will be designated a “dangerous dog” according to the language of a bylaw passed Wednesday. Such animals will be required to wear a muzzle. Warning signs (it’s not clear where) will be required and a dangerous dog will be banned from Toronto’s off-leash parks. Apparently any attack would have to be “severe” to have a dog declared but opponents are concerned just what that means.. Also, Georgio Mammoliti is worried the bylaw could put small dogs like Chihuahuas in the same category as other breeds. He says some owners could become repeat offenders.

Costco will open a business centre in Canada in March, with an official ground breaking ceremony taking place in Toronto on Wednesday. Experts warn that the store opening could disrupt the business of traditional office and restaurant supply distributors. Costco Business Centre may draw on corner store operators and consumers – the wholesaler sells bulk grocery items, office furniture and supplies, professional cooking equipment and cleaning products. There is also some concern of overlap between the company’s two businesses, as 80 percent of the business centre’s merchandise consists of items not sold in its warehouses. Costco’s business centres open at 7 am (three hours before warehouse stores generally open in Canada) and shuts at 6pm throughout the week and 4 pm on Saturday. The move targets small restaurants, business and convenience store owners who buy from Costco because they aren’t big enough to do business with a company like Unilever, and for office supply companies whose business models are based on higher margins.

COLLISION
Eglinton Ave E and Mt Pleasant Rd, report of a pedestrian struck, no info on injuries #2213147 ^cb

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) December 14, 2016

COLLISION
Martin Cres and Davisville Ave, report of 2 cars, minor injuries #2212815 ^cb

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) December 14, 2016

COLLISION
NB DVP at the viaduct, two lanes closed, 2 cars, unknown extent of injuries, one driver going to hospital #2213290 ^cb

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) December 14, 2016

HAZARD
Laird and Eglinton, lights flashing red in all directions, please treat as a 4 way stop #2213617 ^cb

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) December 14, 2016

The Christmas window of Bonnie Byford Real Estate catches the spirit of the season quite nicely. It includes the well-known doll’s house that has graced the Byford window at 1536 Bayview Ave. at the holidays for decades. There is video of the animated skaters so take a look.

Health Canada says it has had ten reported cases of blades on Cuisinart food processors breaking off and leaving bits of metal in the food. It’s caused when bolts shear off from metal fatigue. Some users have had their mouths cut. The maker, Conair, has recalled 300,000 of the machines identified by these model numbers: CFP-11, DFP-7, DFP-11, DFP-14, DLC-5, DLC-7, DLC-8, DLC-10, DLC-XP, DLC-2007, DLC-2009, DLC-2011, DLC-2014, EV-7, EV-10, EV-11, and MP-14.

Units like this

Bolts break over time

To paraphrase Hemingway, ask not to whom the toll will be billed, it’s on your tab buddy. City Council voted 32-9 Tuesday night in favour of asking getting provincial approval for the charge to use the DVP and Gardiner Expressway. Council also voted for a tax on hotels and short-term accommodations. It was an all-day discussion both civil and rancorous.  The prospective $2 toll is estimated to raise $166 million annually while one set at $3.90 would raise $272-million and a $5.20 toll would bring in $336-million, over and above the costs of maintaining the two expressways. Would they dare?

The Canadian actor, songwriter, game and talk show host was a native of Kirkland Lake. Wikipedia.