Number of Earth Day events planned locally

LOCAL RESIDENTS are invited to do their part to help the environment and celebrate Earth Day this month.

A number of community cleanups are being planned locally including ones at Woodbine Beach, Ashbridges Bay Park, the Glen Stewart Ravine, and Taylor Creek Park.

Earth Day is on Saturday, April 22, and community cleanups are planned that day for Woodbine Beach, Ashbridges Bay Park and Taylor Creek Park.

Those wishing to take part in the Woodbine Beach cleanup are asked to meet at the Woodbine Bathing Station. Dogs on-leash are welcome. Pre-registration is not required. Please contact info@ tlfcommunity.ca for more information.

Complex and multiple TTC service changes slated for local routes

A LONG list of complex changes are coming to bus and streetcar routes in East Toronto for this spring, summer and into the fall.

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will be making the changes due to construction projects that are upcoming.

Some of the many routes and services that will be impacted include the 501 streetcar as it travels along Queen Street East; the 504/505 streetcars serving Broadview Avenue, Dundas Street East and Kingston Road; the 506 streetcar along Gerrard Street East; the 64 Main bus; the 23 Dawes Road bus; the 20 Cliffside bus; the 22 Coxwell bus; and the 31 Greenwood bus.

As of May 1, the 501 streetcar will be diverting at Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue to head north to Dundas Street East. It will then travel along Dundas Street to McCaul Street before rejoining Queen Street West. This diversion is expected to be a longterm one due to construction work at the bridge over the Don River on Queen Street East and for the building of the Ontario Line subway at Yonge Street and Queen Street East.

For the Ashbridges clean-up, meet at the public washrooms just off the Boardwalk, west of the volleyball courts. Bags will be provided for collection and volunteers are asked to dress for the weather, wear suitable footwear and bring litter picking tongs and gloves. (A limited supply is available.)

Both the Woodbine and Ashbridges cleanups take place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Glen Stewart Ravine community cleanup is on Sunday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to noon. Participants are asked to meet at the Beech Avenue entrance to the ravine, just south of Kingston Road.

Those taking part are asked to bring their own gloves and be dressed in anticipation of getting dirty.

The cleanup is organized by the

Friends of the Glen Stewart Ravine, and garbage bags and treats will be provided.

For more information, please visit the Friends of the Glen Stewart Ravine Facebook page.

The Earth Day community cleanup at Taylor Creek Park is from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 22. Participants are asked to meet at Victoria Park Station at 1:30 p.m. where garbage bags and instructions will be handed out. Those who are not taking transit can meet at the park’s parking lot, entrance off Dawes Road, at 1:50 p.m. prior to the cleanup.

The Taylor Creek Park event is being organized by Toronto arts company Riot King and is being called All the World’s A Stage. For more information, please go to Riot King’s Facebook page.

On May 7, numerous changes will kick in for routes based out of Broadview Station (which is seeing work to expand the size of its streetcar loop) and also due to sewer construction work along Broadview Avenue between Danforth Avenue and Gerrard Street East. With the complexity of both projects, the work is expected to continue through the summer. Impacts to transit riders will include the suspension of streetcar services to Broadview Station, to be replaced by shuttle buses on the 504/505 routes.

Also effective as of May 7 will be significant changes to the 506 streetcar route from Main Station. This will be due to sewer work being done in the Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street East area and also paving work at Main Station.

The east end of the 506 streetcar route will see shuttle buses available between Castle Frank and Victoria Park stations.

The streetcar will be diverting at the Woodbine Loop (Queen Street East and Kingston Road) and will not be servicing Main Station. The service will operate on Gerrard Street East between Broadview Avenue and Parliament Street heading eastbound only on Gerrard Street East. The westbound-only

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