The South Bayview Bulldog

Reader Edmund Murphy writes that he was at Cleveland St. and Millwood Rd. Friday morning as fire and police services attended to an accident where a crossing guard was said to be hit. We’re making inquiries.

COLLISION: Millwood Road and Cleveland Street, @TPS53Div. Police investigating a pedestrian struck. #1646415 ^CdK

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) September 16, 2016

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used a new expression to offer support for a campaign to fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. He opened an international donor conference in Montreal on Friday in hopes of raising $13 billion to replenish the Global Fund for the fight against the three major infectious diseases. In the clip above he is apparently speaking of the relative earning capacity of men versus women worldwide.

A Toronto police officer was struck by a car Lake Shore Boulevard West and Lower Spadina Avenue just after 10 a.m. Friday. The officer was part of a motorcycle escort when he was hit by a car entering Lake Shore off Spadina. He is expected to survive.

Sarah and Clair’s Food Drive will kickoff on Saturday, September 24 starting at noon with a barbecue at Andy Elder’s Grilltime meat store, 62 Laird Drive at Kenrae Road. This annual food drive inspired by two Leaside sisters will once again raise food for the Daily Bread Food Bank.  The drive is so named because of a child’s curiosity about just how children less fortunate than herself were fed. The barbecue will feature state-of-the-art cooking gear demonstrated by Broil King representative Naz and sausages donated by Black Knight Meats and Spices. They’ll be served on COBs buns. How about this. Amsterdam Brewery will be present to provide sampling. Say “hi” to Sarah and Claire, their parents Lynda Debono and Mark Jordan and grab a juicy plate of barbecue.  See you at the kickoff to Sarah and Clair’s Food Drive.

The College of Veterinarians of Ontario has suspended a St. Catharines veterinarian for professional misconduct after he was caught abusing animals. But a group of former employees of Dr. Mahavir Singh Rekhi — upset with penalties they felt were too lenient — have gone public with their complaints and released videos, which were also viewed by the college, showing him hitting and choking animals in his care. “He told me that if you handle them roughly enough, they will learn their lesson — and they did. They remembered him,” said Larissa Engels, a veterinary technician at Skyway Animal Hospital on Welland Avenue. Engels and other surreptitiously recorded the veterinarian in his clinic. Rekhi was suspended on Aug. 20. Rekhi must also pay the college $10,000, be retrained in the proper way to restrain animals, and will be subject to three unannounced inspections each year for two years. The suspension is for 10 months. St. Catharines Standard 

The CBC reports Friday morning that some customers of Air Miles have found it difficult to redeem rewards and other services associated with Air Miles. In this regard, a law firm in Calgary has filed a class-action lawsuit against LoyaltyOne, the company that owns and operates the Air Miles rewards program in Canada. The case is not certified. But other consumers who have long since lost interest in such so-called travel benefits will smile at this. They prefer to avoid the experience. CBC

Mississauga fire and emergency medical services performed a harrowing rescue about dawn Friday morning after a van drove into the side of a transport truck. The driver was airlifted to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries. It took about an hour to get him out of the wreck. This occurred at Derry Road West and West Credit Avenue near Mississauga Road.

. @Peel_Paramedics crawled inside to work on driver while @MississaugaFES used jaws and air bags. Derry Rd. pic.twitter.com/VYFCvfn8Wl

— Tony Smyth (@LateNightCam) September 16, 2016

Paul Hahn and Co. will celebrate 103 in business Saturday with a street party and music. Players will include pianists Windsor Johnson, Rashaan Allwood, Mark Kersey and the Thompson Thompson Egbo Egbo trio. Entertainment begins and 12:30 and goes until 4:30 p.m. There will be cake, coffee and things for kids to do on Gibson Ave.which will be closed between Yonge and Paul Hahn Lane.

It felt as if anything that could go wrong did go wrong on Bayview Ave during repair work down the extension Thursday. Traffic was reduced to one lane each way. Then, for reasons unknown the lights at Bayview and Moore defaulted to flashing red during rush hour. Honey, I’ll be late.

The long leave from the office of fire chief James Sales has been a mystery. Chief Sales began his leave — which is not the same as a medical leave — on May 27. The leave is set to end September 27 and given its length many people are watching to see if Mr. Sales returns to work. He has been drawing his salary of more than $222,000 a year during this period. Sales was hired in 2012 from the City of Barrie. Deputy Chief Matt Pegg is interim chief

A community consultation meeting will be held Wednesday, September 28 to hear details of the application to build six town homes on land known as 28-32 Evergreen Gardens in Bennington Heights. This parcel of land is at the most easterly point of Evergreen where it meets Bayview Ave. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Funeral Centre, 375 Mount Pleasant Road  Previous: Bid to replace two homes with six town houses in Bennington.