The South Bayview Bulldog

Home values show no sign of slowing as October prices for Toronto re-sale homes were up 11.5 percent on the year. There were 9,768 GTA sales in the month.  The average selling price of all types of homes rose 21.1 per cent to $762,975.

Britain’s High Court brought government plans for leaving the European Union screeching to a halt Thursday, finding that the prime minister can’t trigger the U.K.’s exit from the bloc without parliamentary approval. Elsewhere in Your  World, Prince Harry is said to be slinking around on private jets to see his girlfriend Meghan Markle, who is lives in Toronto while her present work here continues. And the agonizing case of Scott Michael Greene, the man who shot two Iowa police, is told here. Among the details revealed about this seeming misfit is that his mother was trying to evict hom from her home.

Rebecca Dixon is one of two women said to have been fathered by doctor Norman Barwin when he inseminated their mothers with his own sperm. CBC.

A former Ottawa fertility doctor who resigned from the Order of Canada in 2014 is facing a potential class-action lawsuit alleging he inseminated at least two women with his own sperm. Norman Barwin is alleged to have carried out the inseminations without the women’s knowledge or consent, according to a statement of claim filed Tuesday by Ottawa law firm Nelligan O’Brien Payne. CBC

Final 8-7. New York Times

Penny Oleksiak and many of her fellow Olympic athletes visited the House of Commons today for a joyous welcome by MPs, a grand and disorganized tramp around the floor of the House and pictures with the Prime Minister. For Oleksiak, the pride of Toronto Beaches and of all Canada, it was a return visit. The unassuming swimming star, 16, recalled that she had come there at the age of five but wasn’t allowed to walk around inside. Some improvement in her welcome and for a very good reason.

Discussions ran late but a deal was agreed before 6 a.m. It’s believed everyone got to class on time.
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Family has placed photo in window of empty shop

The family of Leo Cornacchia has hung a picture of Leo looking as he did to so many of those who recall him well. One former customer has written a note and taped it on the window. “I always enjoyed coming to your shop to get my hair cut,” says Scotty. “Always a pleasure talking. Rest in peace, Leo. You will be missed.” “Leo the Barber” was valued friend and tradesman“

Soudan Ave. was shut down between Bayview and Cleveland Wednesday as Hydro arrived to raise high tensions wires. It is an important part of avoiding downed wires caused by tree limbs falling.

Vanessa Monteith is messaging friends in the Sunnybrook Dog Association on Facebook that a film crew is building a set in the parking lot “up by the barns”. Apparently it puts a crimp in dog walking. She goes on to say that 10 spots are allocated for public parking but today (Thursday) through Sunday the crew is filming so it isn’t clear whether there will space or not. Vanessa says the set is going to be a ship in a scene set in PEI. “Oh Hollywood,” she adds. The series is called Northwoods Anne, apparently a sequel to Anne of Green Gables.

The criminal behaviour of those who would threaten the safety of kids at Halloween is hard to fathom but in the neighborhood northwest of St. Clair Ave W. and Caledonia Road someone was handing out dishwashing pods as candy treats. Children trick-or-treating with their parents in the Prescott Avenue, Blackthorn Avenue and Rockwell Avenue areas found the pods on getting home. As is known, the pods can be harmful if ingested, especially to children. If swallowed, detergent in even small amounts can be caustic and cause burns to the mouth, throat and airways.