The South Bayview Bulldog

17-year-old youth has died in Brampton following a parking lot shooting Friday night about 9 p.m.  It happened outside a bar on Lisa Street near Dixie Road and Queen Street in Brampton.

General Lori Robinson

U.S. Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson became the military’s first female combatant commander as she assumed responsibility for U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense in a ceremony Friday in Colorado. Robinson replaced outgoing Adm. William Gortney to lead the two commands. North American Aerospace Defense, or NORAD, is a joint U.S.-Canada operation tasked with detecting and tracking potential missile threats. U.S. Northern Command is responsible for the defense of the continental United States, but its area of operation also includes Mexico, Canada, the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Caribbean.

Andy Elder, owner of the well-known Grilltime meat shop and catering service, is seen with Dayna Bleeman, Director, Corporate and Community Partnerships at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital on Kilgour Road. He delivered a cheque for $1,000. It is as much the donation of the many customers who purchased racks of Andy’s barbecued ribs during a promotion this Spring. Part of each purchase went to Holland Bloorview.

Andy Elder and Dayna Bleeman of Holland Bloorview Hospital

Despite efforts by the government, police and media to slow down the con men operating the Canada Revenue Agency fraud, these scam bullies are keeping up a fierce pace of phone calls in South Bayview. One resident of Moore Park tells of two calls in two days. It’s not known if the fraud attempts were by the same outfit. One call featured a live voice of a man saying he was from some sort of CRA enforcement arm and that a payment was needed immediately. From the sound in the background, he  was clearly operating out of a so-called boiler room where many such persons are making calls. The other call was from a recorded voice saying an arrest warrant had been issued. To the reasonably educated listener these calls are clearly fake. Interestingly, as well, the scam bullies frequently sound like public school dropouts. It sort of makes sense.

The Friday half of the Leaside United Church Awesome Sale is underway until 7 p.m. Here we see the lineup which always forms in order to get into this wonderful offering of furniture and household articles. This year the Awesome Sale had so many things it had to sell off some early. The sale continues tomorrow between 9 and noon. Leaside United Church is at the corner of Millwood Rd. and McRae Drive.

Units OS at an industrial accident. Broadway Ave/ Redpath Ave. 1 male with serious injs. Ministry of Labour taking over investigation.^adc

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) May 13, 2016

A man has fallen from a roof in an industrial accident at Broadway and Redpath Aves. and is said to be in critical condition. Police said the fall was considerable, maybe three storeys. Just after 9 a.m., police responded to an apartment building at the corner. Paramedics said the 28-year-old man was semi-conscious and breathing when they arrived. The Ministry of Labour has been notified of the incident and will conduct an investigation. Twitter 

There may be similarities. CBC

The Gardiner Expressway will be closed in both directions this weekend for spring maintenance. It shuts down at 11 p.m. on Friday and re-opens Monday at 5 a.m. Of course, we can expect to see all that traffic on other streets this weekend.

Police are said to be directing students at Northern Secondary School over to nearby North Toronto Collegiate as they continue to investigate what is being called a security threat at the Mt. Pleasant Road high school. “Early this morning, Toronto Police Services received a threat against our school. As a precaution, officers are now on site and are searching the school and grounds. The school is now in evacuation mode,” the school’s principal Ron Felsen said in an email letter to parents. In a tweet, police said they were “responding to a possible security threat” at the school. Principal’s Twitter account. 

Northern Secondary evacuated as safety precaution for @torontopolice investigation. Students/staff safe + redirected to North Toronto CI.

— Toronto District School Board (@tdsb) May 13, 2016

https://twitter.com/TPSOperations/status/731093177080381440

NSS shot and sent via Twitter Friday morning by Cam Dufour

Maurice Cody School Spring Fair is coming up on Saturday, May 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 364 Belsize Drive. See you there.

Metrolinx will hold a public meeting next Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at Leaside Gardens on LRT station construction. The awful truth about station construction is that at least some of it will require open-cut excavation of the streets. Some parts may be dug out underground but not all. As outlined by Metrolinx the meeting will discuss local construction, why it needs to happen, how it may impact you, who to contact if you have questions and concerns and when construction is happening. The meeting begins at 6 p.m.