Former part-time coach facing pornography charges

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This matter has been resolved over time.

Weighing the oh-so-nice nuances of the boutique suicide

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It seems quite unlikely one Canadian in a hundred could explain the pending collision of the government’s newly-enacted assisted suicide act with the high-minded reasoning of Canada’s Supreme Court about just what constitutes a proper planned death.  And we’re not talking about old-fashioned final arrangements here. Oh no. Listen closely or you might miss the subtle difference between a dying person’s opportunity to have an assisted death, and the undeniable death right, as the court sees it, for someone diagnosed with a typically fatal illness (but not necessarily dying any faster than the rest of us) to shorten life by months or even years while there is still time to really savour the occasion. The national guessing game of what else the court will discover in our wonderful constitution goes on. By the way, it may not be a good idea to discuss this around your older relatives. It can make them edgy.

Balliol and Mt. Pleasant, minor injuries reported

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Brazen daylight killing in Cowbell Lane at Yonge, Eglinton

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The deadly drumbeat of firearms has not missed a day in Toronto. Tuesday it was the shocking daylight shooting of a man in a white Range Rover parked in Cowbell Lane near Yonge St and Eglinton Ave. Police say two men fired six shots at the victim shortly before 3 p.m. in the busy lane which is bookended by the Salvation Army Citadel on the north and Soudan Ave at the south. The victim, who was dead at the scene, may be a resident or regular visitor to the Quantum Condominium South which sits between Cowbell and Yonge. His car is seen there regularly. Superintendent Reuben Stroble, the new top officer at 53 Division, has been met with a violent welcome to his new posting. He vowed that the killers will be captured.  The suspects were dressed in “construction vests”. One such vest was said to have been orange, the other green. Readers of The South Bayview Bulldog commented that this seemed to be a hitman’s typical gear. Regardless, the killers escaped in a black sedan, possibly a Honda. CTV’s John Musselman said that a woman dog-walker had been parked near the shooting scene with several animals aboard her van. She was seen from a helicopter shot being escorted away by police and the dogs placed in a police vehicle. The writing of the Toronto Star’s Evelyn  Kwong and Dan Taekema reflected the intrusion of a terrible reality into the lives of people living nearby. Their story begins: “Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Then silence.” It goes on to describe the reaction of residents including some who said they would move away from the area.

Odd lease termination shuts Caplansky’s College St. deli

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Caplansky’s Deli has been shut down by the landlord of the property at 356 College St. for no known reason, according to Zane Caplansky. As posted on the door of the deli, the order to shutter the business is incoherent. It says the action is taken because the tenant did not effect repairs which were not authorized by the landlord. But even if there has been a typo, and the notice is complaining about necessary repairs, Caplansky claims he has had no dealings with the landlord, a numbered company, about any such complaint. The rent is paid in full and has been promptly paid throughout the lease. It is a mystery, although of course, logic dictates there is a reason.  “I’m a landlord’s dream,” said the smoked meat sandwich boss. “I pay my rent on time every month. I improve the building, I improve the neighborhood. It’s a safer cleaner place because I’m there.” According to the Toronto Star, neither the owner of the numbered company nor his lawyer immediately responded to requests for comment. The delicatessen opened at the corner of College and Brunswick Ave. seven years ago. It has three years left on its lease.

Atwood, Clarke Northern Secondary athletes of the year

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JFK’s love letter to mistress up at auction for $30,000

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A handwritten love letter from President John F. Kennedy to one of his alleged mistresses is up for sale by RR Auction in Boston. The four-page letter was written weeks before Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 and is believed to be intended for Mary Meyer. The love note, however, was never delivered, according to Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of the auction house. In the intimate letter, Kennedy pleads with the recipient to come and see him, giving his love interest three venue options: here (believed to be the White House), the Kennedy Compound in Cape Cod, or a third, unnamed location in Boston.

I KNOW IT IS UNWISE

“Why don’t you leave suburbia for once — come and see me — either here — or at the Cape next week or in Boston the 19th,” the handwritten letter reads. “I know it is unwise, irrational, and that you may hate it — on the other hand you may not — and I will love it. You say that it is good for me not to get what I want. After all of these years — you should give me a more loving answer than that. Why don’t you just say yes?” Livingston said he expects the bidding to top $30,000 by the time the auction closes on June 23. Other Kennedy items are also up for sale, including other letters and photographs.

 

New CTV wake up program to be called Your Morning

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Mediwake, Mulroney, Grelo, Deluce, McEwen.  Photo: Bell Media 

The replacement for Canada AM will be known as Your Morning and will start later this summer. It will be hosted by Ben Mulroney and former CBC News anchor Anne-Marie Mediwake. A company of anchors who appear to come and go during the program with news are Melissa Grelo, Lindsey Deluce and Kelsey McEwen doing weather. Fans of the departing Canada AM team of Beverly Thomson, Marci Ien and Jeff Hutcheson have been told that it was the decision of the hosts to have only a brief warning that the program was ending. This from Randy Lennox, president of entertainment production and broadcasting for Bell Media.

Man critically hurt when pinned between wall and vehicle

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A Toronto man has been critically injured in what appears to be classic hazard when working around vehicles — standing between a wall and a moving vehicle to give directions. It happened about 11.30 Monday morning as the victim directed the driver in reverse at a commercial building in Vaughan. It is among the things never to do and many people extend this simple safety habit to walking in the space between parked cars if one or more of them has the motor running.

 

Fire in student backpack at Northern Secondary School

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There were a few smoky moments in the halls of Northern Secondary School Monday morning when a fire began in a backpack belonging to a student. There is no information on what the student was carrying but the fire was extinguished and no one was hurt. This may be one for the principal’s memoirs.

BIA to hold Sidewalk Sensation summer event June 25

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The Bayview Leaside BIA will hold a Sidewalk Sensation street sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday June 25th. The event is looking to offer theme many street sensations  — aroma, sight, touch and taste. There will entertainment with live music, dance lessons, face painting, a strolling musician and a chalk artist planned. Volunteers are needed to help organize and execute ideas for this event. Mail the info@bayviewleasidebia.com.

TELL THE BULLDOG ABOUT YOUR SENSATION

The South Bayview Bulldog would like to hear about your sensational street display, sale or other endeavor. Come on. Write to The Bulldog at news@bayview-news.com

Wynne’s campaign manager bills $900,000 in a year

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Dave Herle

The Rebel website says it has obtained freedom of information confirmation that Premier Wynne’s campaign chairman in 2014 has billed her office directly for “nearly $900,000” in polling services in the last fiscal year. David Herle is a principal of The Gandalf Group and according to the firm’s website, Mr. Herle “served as Premier Kathleen Wynne’s campaign co-chair and steered the Ontario Liberals to a majority government in 2014.” Rebel