The South Bayview Bulldog

Fire of undetermined origin has destroyed the office of a small construction company located on Canvarco Rd. The blaze occurred Sunday afternoon and gutted the premises, one of a number of businesses located in an industrial yard largely hidden from the street on the west side of Carnvarco. Bystanders said the fire had “destroyed the lives of two people”. Monday morning, a number of persons waited in the yard with the police for the arrival of the fire marshal. The fire and smoke were visible across much of Leaside and pictures appeared on Facebook in a number of places. The one above was credited to Hailey Eisen and appeared in Leaside Community.

Both Summerhill Market and Rowe Farms stores will be open Monday, May 23, 2016. Unlike previous holidays, the Loblaws at Maple Leaf Gardens is closed. All other supermarkets in South Bayview are closed Monday.

It has been (gasp) 30 years since the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was released and yesterday in Chicago (where it was set) there was a celebration. Bueller trivia continues to abound. People are naming their children Ferris and Bueller’s parents in the movie got married in real life, then were reportedly divorced but now are back together. Other bit-part actors trade on the movie’s fun cult nature too.

A girl of 12 has been seriously injured when hit by a car at  Danforth and Pharmacy Aves. as she dashed across Danforth against a red light. It happened Sunday about 6.15 p.m. She was unconscious on the scene. The driver, a man, remained at the scene. Photo by James Segundo Twitter 

The prime minister is in Tokyo Monday morning set to hold a visit with Japanese leaders before attending the Group of Seven summit later this week. Trudeau will meet Tuesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the emperor and empress of Japan as well as carmakers. Then its the G7 summit on Thursday and Friday in the Japanese city of Ise-Shima.

The snug little plaza at Yonge St and Roxborough West has a Starbucks, Pizza Pizza, Smoke Shop and a Rogers store. They shoehorn eight cars in there which means drivers should go slowly, forward and backwards. A young lady was uninjured when the car she was driving took off over that mean-looking yellow concrete curb. It would take a bit of pressure on the gas to jump that baby. Just saying. This was Sunday morning.

The beautiful spring weather Sunday and Saturday saw crowds on Bayview Ave and especially at the Davenport Nurseries at the corner of Davisville.

A man described as an “agitated smoker” tried to open the rear door of a Lufthansa jetliner at 38,000 feet shortly after it took off from Munich. The man was held by staff while the plane landed at Hamburg and he was removed. A doctor said he believed there were mental problems. The plan was headed to Vancouver and took off later.

Canada has won gold at the World’s Hockey Championship in Moscow by shutting out Finland 2-0. Finland takes home silver while the Russians get bronze. They defeated the U.S. yesterday 7 to 2 for that medal. It was Canada’s Connor McDavid scoring a first goal which really won the game. After that, the Canadians held the Fins scoreless. Matt Duchene hit the empty net as the Fins tried to battle back with an extra man in the closing moments of the game. McDavid ended a drought scoring at the 11:24 mark of the first period, driving to the net and deking out sprawling Finnish netminder Mikko Koskinen. Canada’s Max Talbot made 16 saves for his tournament-leading fourth shutout. The medals were handed out by Russian president Putin who congratulated the Canadians on their win.

A former NHL enforcer helped intervene to apprehend a man who tried to abduct a 7-year-old girl who was with her parents in a Montreal Park Saturday. Georges Laraque was well-suited to his task of detaining the man, said to be 24, while police were on their way. Laraque was taking part in a celebrity baseball game at Jeanne-Mance Park when the family of the girl raised an outcry as the man grabbed the child and walked off with her. Members of the family and public stopped him and Laraque was detailed to stand guard over the  man until police arrived. “It was surreal,” Laraque told CBC News. “The park was full of people everywhere.” As many as 30 people surrounded the suspect to ensure he couldn’t leave the park until he was in police custody.  “I just wanted to make sure that if he got up that I was going to tackle him right away,” said Laraque, who racked up 1,126 penalty minutes over his 13-year NHL career. Laraque described the incident as “crazy,” adding that it made him feel “a little scared” as a father. “I have twins and this could happen to anyone,” Laraque said. “We’ve heard stories of a child being abducted and to see [something] like that — it’s pretty scary.”

Raptors fans are heckling LeBron James on Twitter for his rather exaggerated response to a little pushing and shoving on the court Saturday night. The Raptors 99 to 84 victory over the Cavaliers featured an incident shown below. It was in the second quarter that Toronto’s Bismack Biyombo was hit across the wrist by Tristan Thompson. There was a scuffle, during which DeMarre Carroll appeared to shove James. The Cleveland’s star forward staggered backwards across the court, landing on his behind. The video shows it was a stray elbow from his own teammate Thompson that hit James.  #leflop

https://twitter.com/BaloncestoVines/status/734373950415855617

And the award goes to LeFlop James, for going down hard for a tap to the face by his own teammate! 🏆 @Raptors #Rtz pic.twitter.com/8JM4u24tnQ

— Kiki Beatz (@KikiBeatz416) May 22, 2016