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Victoria Day fireworks will once again light up the sky over Ashbridges Bay Park.

Thousands are expected to make their way to the community Monday for the pyrotechnics show, which will get underway around 9:45 p.m.

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Revelers are encouraged to take public transit to the event as parking is very limited in the area. TTC service will be increased. A special viewing area is available for those with disabilities.

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55 Division police warn of increase in bike thefts Fifty-five Division police are reporting a number of recent bike thefts throughout the division.

Investigators report the thefts occur both in the day time and the evening and often times bikes are removed from sheds.

In some instances, bicycles were stolen from a shed minutes after being placed there.

Underground parking garages have also been targeted.

Police said the thefts are likely

due to the better weather and more availability of bikes.

Here are a few tips for to avoid having your bicycle stolen and/ or what to do if it is: • Register your bike with the Toronto Police Service at https:// webapp1.torontopolice.on.ca/ BicycleRegistry • Record your serial number and descriptions (with pics) of your bike; • Invest in a good lock for your bike...and use it, even if you’re

just running a quick errand; • Lock your bike to your shed and also lock your shed. Const.

Jon Morrice, 55 Division’s Crime Prevention Officer, said he actually locks the tire of his bike to the frame, then locks both his bike to his shed and locks his shed.

• Don’t lock your bike to flimsy objects, bushes, wooden fences and so on.

Anyone with information about bike thefts in the com-

munity should contact police immediately at 416-808-5500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.co, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).

Tips can also be left on facebook at https://www.facebook. com/TorontoPolice.

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Last Wednesday, Toronto council unanimously approved financing to purchase the 20,000-squarefoot complex from Harhay Developments that will house a purpose-built, 94-bed shelter within a new seven-storey, 118-unit condominium development at 875 Queen St. E. “This is one of those big check marks that had to be checked in order for the project to move forward. A big, important step in the process has been achieved,” said Red Door’s Executive Director Bernnitta Hawkins.

“The city has demonstrated that it has done its part in securing the future of the Red Door.”

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It’s loud. It’s busy. It’s dusty and it’s scary.

The complex intersection of Carlaw Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East is no place for the faint of heart.

“It’s just the size of it,” explained Sgt. Gary Olson of 55 Division’s community response unit of the Lake Shore-Carlaw intersection.

“You’ve got six lanes of traffic travelling in two directions and you’ve got left turn lanes for both sides,” he said, adding Carlaw Avenue is also a fourlane roadway.

The intersection is also a key terminus point for those entering and exiting the Gardiner Expressway with motorists often flying through at a high rate of speed. It’s also heavily used by industrial vehicles like cement and garbage trucks, hydro and delivery vehicles and 18-wheelers that need to access the port lands.

Police said the gas station at the southwest corner is another major cause for concern at Lake Shore-Carlaw as people often disobey the noleft-turn signage to Carlaw Avenue.

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Const. Jon Morrice stops his bicycle at the intersection of Lake Shore Boulevard East and Carlaw Avenuue.

of motorists driving through the intersection, there are also scores of people on foot, inline skates and bicycles who use of the Martin Goodman Trail on the north side of Lake Shore Boulevard East among other things.

As a result, there have been collisions between motorists and cyclists turning from Lake Shore onto Morse, Booth and Logan avenues.

Further, panhandling is another notable problem here with panhandlers walking out into flowing traffic to collect change.

“Basically there’s just

too much going on,” said Const. Jon Morrice, also of 55 Division’s community response unit, adding traffic backups here tend to foster aggressive driving.

“Every possible road user congregates at Carlaw Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East.”

And while the intersection doesn’t see many “spectacular” crashes, it’s often a place where rear-enders occur, Olson explained.

“The primary problem at that location is following too closely...it’s not an intersection with major collisions, but

volume is an issue,” he said, pointing to the 161 collisions recorded at the intersection from 2007 to 2011.

“And since that time it’s certainly gotten busier down there.”

Olson said the construction of the nearby Leslie Barns at Lake Shore and Leslie Street has also had an impact on the safety of the intersection.

“It backs the traffic up and it makes it extremely busy there during rush hours,” he said.

Ward 30 Councillor Paula Fletcher blames the chaos at the Lake Shore-Carlaw intersection primarily on the two-plus years of construction work at the nearby Lake ShoreLeslie intersection.

“I predicted this...I knew it would be a problem with the Leslie Barns and they ignored that for the longest time,” she said during a recent interview, adding she fought “tooth and nail” with both the TTC and the City of Toronto to pay attention to how construction as well as the future operation of the Leslie Barns light rail vehicle (LRV) storage and maintenance facility will impact the Lake Shore-Carlaw

intersection.

“I’m ashamed the city and the TTC dismissed my concerns about the impact of this construction project,” Fletcher said. “It’s a disaster intersection during construction and it will not end after.”

In hindsight, Fletcher said some of the pressure on the intersection may be eased with the removal of the eastern portion of the Gardiner Expressway.

“It could make Gardiner access easier,” she said.

According to police, the main reason for problems at this intersection is people now following the rules of the road.

“The message we want to get out to people is obey the law,” Olson said, pointing to drivers who often make illegal right turns on red lights at Carlaw, illegal left turns from the gas station onto Carlaw, and illegal U-turns on Lake Shore.

“It’s not a question of signage or incorrect signalization.

People are just careless and disobeying the law.”

Olson said one of the ways to get people to respect the law is through enforcement.

“When you do enforcement, you do education,” he said.

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The second worst intersection in 55 Division is Danforth and Broadview avenues, which saw a total of 143 collisions from 2007 to 2011. The third is Donlands and Danforth avenues with 84 crashes in the same time frame.

Danforth-Broadview, which is also shared with 54 Division, is another “extremely busy” intersection, according to Sgt. Gary Olson, pointing to several lanes of traffic in all directions as well as bike lanes, streetcars, a nearby subway station and the 800 to 1,000 students who attend the City Adult Learning Centre.

Of the collisions there, the issue is vehicles following too closely with some side swipes and turning movement accidents.

At the three-point intersection of Donlands and Danforth avenues, the crashes are mostly rear-enders, as well as some turning collisions and other disobey traffic law issues, Olson said, noting a key contributing factor is student activity with the convenience store on the south side and the subway station at the north end.

“It’s a real question of volume of people and it requires enforcement,” he said.

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Carlaw-Lake Shore: anatomy of a problem intersection On a recent Wednesday afternoon shortly before the start of rush hour, Mirror reporter Joanna Lavoie accompanied 55 Division Const. Jon Morrice on a walkabout of the busy Carlaw-Lake Shore intersection

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he corner is probably the most unsafe one of the intersection with motorists eager to turn right from Carlaw westbound onto Lake Shore Boulevard.

“In the last 10 seconds we’ve seen two clear violations: the U-turn in the intersection and a person turning right on a red (when it’s prohibited),” Morrice said. He said drivers coming from the gas station often pull illegal U-turns when they want to head downtown, but have no clear westbound access.

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ehicles speeding by at what seems like 100-km/h are definitely unnerving at this corner, not to mention the deafening roar and the dust!

“The posted speed limit drops down to 50 km/h, but the cars don’t,” said Morrice, pointing to a wall of vehicles speeding eastbound from the Gardiner Expressway.

With the exit to the gas station about 10 metres before the corner and industrial vehicles whizzing by, it’s absolutely not the safest place to be if you’re a pedestrian or cyclist.

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ith so much on the go traffic-wise, motorists tend to get impatient and turn illegally, Morrice said.

This part of the intersection is complicated as westbound vehicles often weave in and out of traffic as they head to the Gardiner or below to Lake Shore.

Every type of road user was present including two panhandlers, a skateboarder, cyclists, a few pedestrians, a bus, an 18-wheeler, commercial trucks and cars – even a unicyclist rolled by.

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he main issue at this corner is traffic jams when vehicles that have illegally turned left onto Carlaw Avenue from the gas station block traffic when they attempt to turn right onto Lake Shore Boulevard.

“Combined with the flying traffic from the Gardiner, it’s a disaster,” Morrice shouted above the traffic noise.

“It causes a serious jam because they often can’t get in. Some cars even pull out if there’s not space for them.”

Staff photos/Joanna Lavoie

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Doug Ford keeps limelight on family while Rob recovers from surgery There was good news for the Ford family at Mount Sinai Hospital this week: Rob Ford, father, son, husband, city councillor and former mayor, came through a difficult surgery as well as can be expected.

Really, this is not big news for the city – except of course it is.

Rob Ford has become a gravitational singularity for Toronto municipal news.

Reporters across town were on tenterhooks, waiting to find out how things went for the councillor for Ward 2 and his eightmonth battle with cancer.

Ford’s affable executive assistant Dan Jacobs took the point on Monday, providing regular updates as to the progress of the 10-hour surgery, and then on Tuesday with details of his boss’ recovery.

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david nickle the city pretty good.

City councillors have had health challenges before, but rarely have their issues gathered such attention.

Rob Ford will be off work for four months.

Ward 44 Councillor Ron Moeser was off work for much longer than that, dealing with the complications from surgery on his ankle during the last term.

But few noticed.

Of course, Moeser is no Rob Ford.

In many respects, Moeser ought not mind that he’s not: Ford’s fame comes in part from his mayoralty, but in larger part for his sins.

Thanks to Ford’s eventually admitted drug and

alcohol abuse issues, and the behaviour that surrounded it, he and his family became central figures in the story of Toronto over the past four years.

Centre stage And they are still in it.

In the next four months, Ford’s brother Doug – who last term was Ford’s replacement in Ward 2, political wing-man and eventually replacement in his mayoral re-election bid – will be back on the job, as a volunteer in the Ward 2 office.

Again, under ordinary circumstances this is no big deal. Lots of councillors put their families to work either in their offices as volunteers or on the ground in the ward.

Doug won’t be back on council, won’t be shaping

policy, probably won’t even be in the office that much.

He’ll just be helping out.

Except, of course, it won’t be that simple.

If Doug doesn’t insert himself into political debates and personality politics, then we in the media will pull him on stage.

Rob has made it clear as his health improves, so too does the prospect that he’ll be making a play for a second term as mayor in 2018, and a part of the next four months will be an exercise in making certain that the Ford name remains in the public eye.

Doug, who last term took to scrums like the proverbial duck to water, will be doing his best to make sure our gaze doesn’t falter.

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Creative pop-up opens in vacant Chester station newsstand JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A former Gateway Newsstand kiosk at Chester subway station has been transformed into a whimsical newsstand and artists’ space.

Called Artists Newsstand, the creative hub opened for business Friday, May 8. A grand opening celebration was held last night.

Jess Dobkin, a 10-year east-end resident, came up with the idea of resurrecting the disused kiosk into a unique newsstand and artists’ space more than two years ago.

“Basically the newsstand is in my local station and I noticed the kiosk was sitting vacant for many years,” Dobkin said. “I’m always interested in finding ways to activate dormant spaces.”

Dobkin started communicating with Gateway Newsstands more than a year ago.

“They’ve been incredibly generous and supportive. They’ve been very receptive,” she said. “(Gateway) is helping us make this happen.”

The plan is to lease the kiosk for a one-year term.

In mid-March, The Chester Newsies set up a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $4,000.

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Andrea Ridgley, left, and Adrien Whan examine the offerings at the Artists Newsstand in Chester station in a former Gateway kiosk.

More than 130 backers supported the cause raising close to $5,000 to help pay for cleaning the concession, designing and building new display units, installing new lighting and getting the kiosk into tiptop shape for grand opening. In return, supporters received transit-inspired sweets, literature, art and more as a token of appreciation for their donation. Other sources of funding

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And because of its visibility and location, Toronto-based writers, choreographers, media artists, performance artists, theatre artists, craftspeople, visual artists and community arts organizers will be able to showcase and sell their work.

The Artists Newsstand is set to be open for regular weekday business hours and for special events on evenings and weekends. It will be staffed by a core group of artists with featured guests at scheduled times.

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Bowling wTheLawn Club open house Balmy Beach Lawn

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After ward the walk, which goes for 30 to 45 minutes and aims to take in the sights and sounds of Riverdale, people are welcome to enjoy some social time together over tea and coffee.

Email kofsjcm@gmail. com or call 416-466-1357, ext. 29.

Margaret McMahon hosts a Community Environment Day Thursday, May 21 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the parking lot of the Ted Reeve Arena, 175 Main St. Visit www.toronto. ca/311/knowledgebase/30/101000038830. html for more information or call McMahon’s office at 416-392-1376 for more details.

Society is hosting a meeting and flower show Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. at Adam Beck Community Centre, 79 Lawlor Ave. The event includes a presentation by Ursula Eley, titled Easy and Beautiful Flower Arrangements You Can Do at Home.

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Frank Rodick’s first solo exhibit in 10 years focuses on late mother’s life JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Photo-based artist Frank Rodick’s latest exhibit isn’t just a display of his most recent work; it’s the story of a woman and mother, a child and son and their relationships – to themselves as individuals, to each other and to history.

Called Frank Rodick: Everything Will Be Forgotten, the exhibit is currently being showcased as part of CONTACT Photography Festival at Artisok Gallery, 1697 St. Clair Ave. W. Rodick’s first solo exhibit in 10 years, the 25-image show features a series of heavily manipulated multi-layered portraits of his late mother Frances Rodick, who died in 2010 after a 15-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease, as well as a collection of 10 selfportraits, all expressionistically reimagined from found photographs. “(The photographs) don’t look anything like what they

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did,” he said. “This exhibit really got me thinking about my past. I call it a hallucinatory mémoire.”

Everything Will Be Forgotten, which ends May 31, aims to lyrically weave together a range of diverse elements including the Holocaust and its crossgenerational aftermath, the personal and familial ruination of dementia, the nuances

of violence and disfigurement and the finality of death.

Rodick gave a revealing and honest artist’s talk May 7 about the motivations and processes behind his work.

A professional artist who has lived near Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue for 25 years, Rodick described his most recent work as “combining lots and lots of pictures into one image” to create a digital photo montage or collage.

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Origami for all ages WHEN: 11 a.m. to noon WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715, COST: Free Join our expert and learn how to make origami. Celebration of Asian Heritage Month. Suitable for all ages.

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LEGO Club WHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715 COST: Free The LEGO Club now meets Tuesdays at 4 p.m. Join the group and make something amazing.

History of Riverdale Collegiate - Changing Values and Attitudes in High School 1907-2007 WHEN: 7 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416393-7703 COST: Free The Beach and East Toronto Historical Society and the Toronto Public Library presents Richard Hazzard, who will be speaking about the history of Riverdale Collegiate.

Elevating the visibility of art in the east end WHEN: 6;30 to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E. CONTACT: http://artistsnetwork.ca COST: Free East End Arts is hosting this interactive discussion.

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Pop-Up Garden Shop and Farmers’ Market WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Fairmount Park, 1757 Gerrard St. E. CONTACT: www.fairmountmarket.ca COST: Free Join the Fairmount Park Farmers’ Market for their annual Pop-Up Garden Shop May 20 and 27.

Farm fare, artisan foods, live music, kids activities and special garden and urban agriculture guests.

Community meeting WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. CONTACT: 416-693-2242 COST: Free

Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon and the Beach Village Business Improvement Area hosts the second community meeting on the revival of Queen Street East.

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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the New Millennium WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7703 COST: Free The discussion features Dr. Duy Cuong Nguyen.

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Small Paintings for Small Places, Spring 2015 WHEN: 3-8 p.m. WHERE: Gardener’s Cottage, Queen Street and Lee Avenue CONTACT: www.BeachGuildOfFineArt.com COST: Free The Beach Guild of Fine Art’s Spring Show and Sale featuring paintings by more than 40 of the Guild artists. Original small paintings (none over $350), free admission, note cards and gift basket lucky draw. Also runs Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Toronto Militaria Fair WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE: Baron Byng/Beaches Legion, 243 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: www.torontomilitariafair. com/index.html COST: Admission $5, free to re-enactors dressed in full costume Toronto Militaria Fair. Buy, sell, trade military collectibles and antiques. Meet re-enactors, modelers and historians.

The Beach Village Spring Fling WHEN: noon to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow WHERE: Ivan Forrest Gardens Park, 131 Glen Manor Dr. CONTACT: www.thebeachvillage.com COST: Free Visit the Beach Village Spring Fling Weekend with sidewalk sales and entertainment and activities. Free.

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Kim Thuy at Beaches Library WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Martha Baillie and Nancy Jessop, 416-393-7627 COST: Free With Mãn, Kim Thuy brings us a surprising tale of love and food and travel. Come out for a rare treat to meet one of Canada’s most energetic writers.

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Police Week Community Fair WHEN: 4 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Woodbine Park, north of Lake Shore Boulevard, east of Coxwell Avenue CONTACT: 416808-5500 COST: Free Fifty-five Division police host this rain-or-shine event, which includes a barbecue, senior’s bingo, music, bike safety demos and activities for children and more.

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Panamania is an arts and culture celebration that runs with the Games JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com While the feats of athletes from across the Americas will be front and centre when the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games descend on the city, the Games will bring plenty more to the community.

Panamania, a 35-day celebration of arts and culture featuring top local and international performers, will coincide with the Games, with live shows at Nathan Phillips Square, the Distillery District, the Exhibition Place

grounds and a number of other locations in Toronto and beyond.

The arts and culture celebration was unveiled last Wednesday at the Berkeley Street Theatre.

“We’ve been talking a lot about sports, of course, and for good reason because there are 10,000 athletes, coaches and officials making their way here to this region this summer,” said Games CEO Saad Rafi.

“But after you’ve taken in the fantastic sporting competitions, we want you to stick around and we want

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to continue to amaze you, make you dance, make you smile, but also to make you think.”

Panamania will feature more than 200 performers at 24 venues, including the three live sites.

Acts will run the gamut from live music to theatre to circus performances.

“When you can bring both sports and cultural artists together, it’s just such a powerful mechanism for tapping in people’s spirit, their hopes, their desires,” said Ontario Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell.

Musical guests will include The Roots, The Flaming Lips, Janelle Monae, Jann Arden, Tanya Tagaq, A Tribe Called Red and an array of others designed to offer sounds from across the Americas.

Given Toronto’s diversity, many of the acts are local, though they will certainly offer an international feel, providing a taste of home for athletes visiting from other countries and for new Canadians alike.

“We have talent here in Ontario that can make up that cultural richness and we don’t have to go far to find it,” said Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Michael Coteau.

Toronto Centre-Rosedale Councillor Pam McConnell, said she hopes visitors “find a little bit of themselves here in Toronto.”

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A total of 12 men and 10 women were named to the team along with head coaches. The Parapan Am Games (Aug. 7 to 15) will be an important tournament for Canada’s men’s and women’s national sitting volleyball teams as it is a direct qualifier for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, Brazil.

Pan Am Softball wThe2015 schedule announced full schedule for men’s

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Men’s softball will return to the Games for the first time since 2003. The six men’s teams competing include Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

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Bid packages are available at the Reception Desk, of Metroland Media Toronto, 175 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto Ontario M2H 0A2 Tender due date: Thursday May 21st 2015 By 5 pm To the attention of: Anton McCormack Mailroom / Trucking Supervisor Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

Tenders

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All applicants must have a cargo van or cube truck and be a registered business with a valid HST number.

Contracts commence Monday June 1st and Friday June 5th, 2015.

(Depending on area selected to bid for)

Bid packages are available at the Reception Desk, of Metroland Media Toronto, 175 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto Ontario M2H 0A2 Tender due date: Thursday May 21st 2015 By 5 pm To the attention of: Anton McCormack Mailroom / Trucking Supervisor Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

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Dating Services

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Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our Advertiser store copies of flyers to pre-determined store locations within the Toronto area once per week. This entails picking up the flyers at our North York location on Wednesday’s and completing the store drops within one day. Delivery addresses will be supplied with Bid packages.

All applicants must have a registered business with a valid HST number.

Contracts commence Monday June 1st, 2015.

Bid packages are available at the Reception Desk, of Metroland Media Toronto, 175 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto Ontario M2H 0A2 Tender due date: Thursday May 21st 2015 By 5 pm To the attention of: Anton McCormack Mailroom / Trucking Supervisor Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

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Plumbing

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• Video Camera Drain Inspection Damp Basement, Complete Waterproofing Service

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