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Leslie Barns still contentious REBECCA FIELD rfield@insidetoronto.com TTC representatives met with the public Tuesday night to follow up on upcoming traffic and construction management issues for the Leslie Street streetcar tracks.

Residents met at Morse Street Junior Public School to hear about updated plans, ask questions and air concerns about construction, which is set to start later this year.

The tracks will lead to the planned Leslie Barns, a large maintenance shed being built on Leslie Street, south of Lake Shore Boulevard East, which will house the more than 200 new TTC streetcars, to come online next year.

To get the new-generation streetcars to the currently under-construction facility, the TTC has to install streetcar tracks on Leslie Street from the Leslie Barns to the main Queen Street route.

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TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM: QCRG Furies B-Lo Zero’s Crimes of Trashin (38), right, scores a point past fallen G-sTARs’ Brickhouse Bardot (911) and Zooey Smash’em Well (121) during roller derby action Saturday evening at Ted Reeve Arena.

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Bringing music, poise and confidence to children DANIELA PITEO bsrm@insidetoronto.com By day it’s fairy princesses and by night, wrestle mania.

Leslieville’s Kristen Dennis is no stranger to variety and balance – where she gets a heavy dose as the founder and instructor of Monarch Movement by day, and a mom of two hockey playing, rough-housing young boys by night. There is no shortage of physical activity in her day.

“I get to teach young girls dance during the day and I wrestle and run after my boys at night,” said Dennis, whose boys are four and seven.

Dennis began dancing as a young child, 33 years ago, and by the tender age of nine, her dance teachers began to recognize great potential.

“I was urged by my teachers to pursue dance more seriously and by the time I was around 12 or 13 years old, I couldn’t imagine my life without dance. I knew it could be a career and not just an extracurricular activity,” Dennis said.

The Toronto native spent eight years training with the National Ballet School of Canada and two summers doing additional training at the Royal Danish Ballet School and

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Above, Kristen Dennis teaches one of her Monarch Movement classes at the Ralph Thornton Centre last Thursday morning.

the San Francisco Ballet School.

After her training was complete, Dennis joined the National Ballet of Canada for four years having danced in famed performances such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Her last year with the company gave her the chance to dance in the Karen Kain farewell tour, but prestige found Dennis early on, long before her professional

days at the national ballet.

When Dennis was 11 and again at 12, she was awarded a principal role in the Nutcracker, where she was able to dance alongside seasoned professionals.

“Every little girl dreams of playing Clara in the Nutcracker,” Dennis said. “That entire experience, even though it was very early on in my life as a dancer, is one that I will

always remember.”

Wearing Clara’s dancing shoes was one of many highlights in her celebrated career.

While dancing with the Alberta Ballet, Dennis joined renowned dancer Jose Martin from Spain, in a pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet.

Nine years into her career as a dancer, Dennis decided she wanted to teach her craft to young girls and boys interested in dance.

Her role as an instructor has endured over the past 12 years and includes, in addition to her Monarch Movement classes at the Ralph Thornton Centre, two annual workshops held in Vancouver and weekly classes in Guelph.

Currently, Dennis hopes to see her studio grow, as dance as a form of exercise is gaining in popularity.

“It’s more fun to dance than to run on a treadmill,” Dennis said. “It also helps with poise and posture.”

Dennis aims to connect with her students and stray from the traditional ballet dance teacher persona.

“I offer a high caliber of education without that old-school strict ballet teacher method,” Dennis said.

“I experienced a lot of blood, sweat and tears when I was a dance

student and I recognize that the traditional method of instruction is successful, but I want to promote something more than just being a dancer,” Dennis said.

NUTURING THE SPIRT Dennis’ principal goal as an instructor is to raise self confident and happy dancers.

“My interest is in the whole child and nurturing the spirit,” Dennis said. “Dance is rooted in celebration and sometimes that gets lost in discipline.”

Dennis explains that dance is another language and a form of expression. She hopes to bring that language to young children, adults and more male students.

“Boys don’t often enroll in dance,” said Dennis. “Male dancers are athletes. It’s artistic and physical.”

Dancing, Dennis described, encompasses both masculine and feminine movement.

“Dancing is more physical than people realize,” Dennis said. “It’s supposed to look effortless and achieving that requires rigorous training.”

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For details, visit http://monarchmovement.com. Ralph Thornton is at 765 Queen St. E.

Leslieville dancer changes position to behind the lens JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Throughout his career, Leslieville resident Aleksandar Antonijevic has been the one attracting the attention of audience members.

With his inFORMants exhibit in the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, he is now turning the focus on others.

Antonijevic made a name for himself as a ballet dancer, having trained at the National Ballet School in Novi Sad in the former Yugoslavia.

After moving to Canada, he joined the National Ballet of Canada in 1991 and became a principal dancer in 1995.

While he has long had a passion

for photography, he is relatively new to the game in terms of having his work shown.

“I’ve been photographing since I was about 10, but I only started doing it more seriously about threeand-a-half years ago,” he said.

“I was 39 at the time and still dancing a full repertoire with the National Ballet of Canada, but I started to think about what interested me and what I would like to do after dance.”

Antonijevic knew he needed a career where he could express himself creatively, and when he took some snapshots of a dress rehearsal of Sleeping Beauty in Ottawa only to have those photos published the next day in an Ottawa paper, the

A piece from inFORMants: a collection of works by photographer Aleksandar Antonijevic.

path became clear.

“The camera felt right in my hand,” he said.

His background in dance has certainly helped his burgeoning photography career. Fittingly, his photos capture the human form and

offer a sense of movement through the use of light and shadow.

“I think it has to do with the way we as dancers have trained our whole lives,” he said.

“When you’re training, you’re looking at yourself in the mirror, seeing these 2D images and getting an appreciation for the imagery.”

While he has begun devoting more of his energy to photography, Antonijevic has remained active on the dance scene. He will be appearing in three performances in the coming months.

“It’s been challenging because at times, I’ve felt like I haven’t been able to commit full time to dancing, but I love what I’m doing and I’ve been so lucky in my dance career with (a

lack of ) injuries, genetically with the kind of body I have and with a supportive artistic director in Karen Kain,” he said.

His work with CONTACT features portraits and images of the human form. “I have an obsession with the body and what it does and says,” he said.

Antonijevic has lived in the Leslieville area since 1998. “The area’s transformed a lot over the years, especially around the Queen and Broadview area with so many great shops and cafés that have opened up there,” he said.

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hey’re big, they’re cute and they could be two of the greatest things to happen to our city in decades.

They are Da Mao and Er Shun, the two giant pandas on loan from China who are now on display at the Toronto Zoo in northeast Scarborough for the next five years.

In a word, they are ambassadors. Ambassadors from China. They can serve as ambassadors to bring your family and friends from afar to Toronto.

Beyond the economic benefits of increased tourism that the pandas will bring, we can also use them as a chance to start feeling good about ourselves and our city.

We certainly could use that opportunity given the devastating first-round NHL playoff loss the Toronto Maple Leafs suffered at the hands of the other bears – the Boston Bruins. There has our view been some debate as to whether giant pandas are actually of the bear family, however, genetic testIncrease in ing indicates they are – so these tourism and particular bruins owe us.

Local residents and tourists goodwill alike will have lots of opportunities to see Da Mao and Er Shun in the special Giant Panda Experience exhibit built just for them. It officially opened to the public on Saturday. Visitors can view the exhibit, which includes an interpretative centre, educational opportunities and giant-panda themed exhibits. Of course, the stars of the show will be the pandas themselves, and they seemed fine during the VIP launch of the exhibit late last week - munching on bamboo and looking cute as can be.

The first time the Toronto Zoo hosted a panda exhibit was back in 1985 when our panda guests were Qing Qing and Quan Quan. They only stayed three months that time and the zoo broke all previous attendance records during their visit.

The world is a different place now, and so is Canada’s relationship with China, but what hasn’t changed in 25 years is the fact that our city and our zoo are now the focal point of national and international attention when it comes to giant pandas.

It opens doors for everyone in the city to welcome family and friends, be they from Oakville or the other side of the world, to come and see the pandas. And once our guests have arrived, we can also show them some of the other great things Toronto has to offer.

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Time for Ford Nation to call it quits The trouble with writing a weekly column that appears on Thursday is that when a mayor finds himself in allegedly hideous and frankly filthy trouble on the previous Friday, it’s tough to find something new to say.

So it is with Mayor Rob Ford, and revelation last Friday of the cellphone video that according to two respected journalists at the Toronto Star alleges to show our mayor smoking crack cocaine.

Earlier in the cycle, I might have joined the chorus of every other columnist working in Toronto media, and said it was time for the mayor to resign.

I’ll take a slightly different tack, and speak directly to Ford Nation.

It might be time, Ford Nation, to call it quits.

Regardless of what happens with the video, it has come time to face some facts.

The mayor, when you elected him, came with a

david nickle the city certain amount of baggage including a 1999 impaired driving conviction in Florida.

There was a certain amount of baggage that you were willing to forgive, because you are a forgiving bunch.

Some commentators say, in fact, that Rob Ford’s foibles have been a part of his charm to Ford Nation: that it shows him to be a regular guy, a guy that sometimes screws up, and not one of the elites.

It is time, Ford Nation, to give up on forgiveness – at least inasmuch as that forgiveness translates to continued fealty, and worse, identification.

Because Rob Ford is not like you.

You do not leave important work meetings to coach football; you don’t court disaster by ignoring

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It’s time, Ford Nation, to give up on forgiveness...

potential conflicts-ofinterest in your job.

You don’t, as a rule, embarrass yourselves, your family and your community.

You are stand-up people, and you don’t need to stand up for this.

In giving up on forgiving our mayor, you need not give up on the agenda he ran on.

There are other good fiscally conservative politicians in the wings – many of whom have assisted in our mayor’s fulfillment of his agenda this term.

In 2014, you will likely have the opportunity to support one them to continue that agenda.

Call this, Ford Nation, your moment of clarity.

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The amalgamation of all the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area area public transit authorities, especially the TTC, and GO, TTC Halton, Peel, York and Durham into one regional transit authority is a must.

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Yard Sale for a Cure WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Lola Bar Patio, 1173 Dundas St. E. at southwest corner of Carlaw and Dundas CONTACT: www.leslieville. com/yardsale Take part in the Yard Sale for the Cure. Proceeds to the Canadian Best Cancer Foundation. Sell your items or drop them off. No junk.

◗ Thursday, May 23

Interactive soil workshop WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: South Riverdale Community Health Centre, 955 Queen St. E. People are invited to a free interactive workshop about soil contaminants and soil testing facilitated by Toronto Public Health.

Spring Fling Rummage Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Main Street Terrace, 77 Main St. CONTACT: Lori, 416-422-1323, lori. jones-chizewski@reveraliving.com COST: Free Bake sale, barbecue, raffles, books and rummage. All proceeds to the Resident Benefit Account

◗ Saturday, May 25

Slobberfest WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Leuty Pavilion, foot of Lee Avenue on Boardwalk CONTACT: Lainey, 416-461-1113, lainey@centre55.com COST: Free Vendors, contests including the Slobber King or Queen (parade starts at 9 a.m.), hot dog and ice cream eating, best trick and shortest or longest ears.

Beach Volleyball Coed Tournament Series WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Ashbridges Bay Beaches, 1681 Lake Shore Blvd. E. CONTACT: Marco, 647-977-1380, COST: fees vary for early bird specials, amount of players per team Welcome beach volleyball back into your lives with the fours and sixes Beach Volleyball Tourney Series.

The Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association’s Spring Fling WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Beach Hill neighbourhood, Woodbine and Gerrard The Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association’s Spring Fling offers a neighbourhood street sale, a tree naming ceremony, fundraising flower sale and spring social. Visit www. beachhill.org

Glen Stewart Ravine Clean up WHEN: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Glen Stewart Ravine, 131 Glen Manor Rd. CONTACT: Bronwyn.

Riverside Spring StreetFEST Eats & Beats WHEN: 1 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Riverside District, Queen Street between DVP and Degrassi Street Visit riversideTO.com for details on the free street fest.

Volunteers are needed.

CHECK OUT OUR complete online community calendar by visiting www.beachmirror.com. Read listings from your neighbourhood. bronwyn@greenbeaches.ca Bags and gloves will be provided.

Meet at the top of the stairs at the Kingston Road entrance. Event hosted by the Green Party of Beaches-East York.

◗ Sunday, May 26

LOL Youth+Adult Beach Volleyball Tournament WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Ashbridges Bay Beaches, 1681 Lake Shore Blvd. E. CONTACT: 647-9771380, http://offlimitsports.com/tourn COST: $85 for the pair (one adult and one youth) When was the last time you Laughed Out Loud with your son/daughter?

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Kingston Road construction open house WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon is hosting a community meeting about this project and representatives from the city and TTC staff will be available to answer questions.

Conscious Living Book Club WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: The Remarkable Bean, 2242 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Bronwyn van Vugt, bronwyn@greenbeaches.ca COST: Free Books are chosen that inspire us to live our lives conscious of the planet and of those around us. Event hosted by the Green Party of Beaches-East

Beach Hill Market Event WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Fairmount Park, 1757 Gerrard St. E. There will be farmers selling spring produce, hands-on cooking table for kids, music jam, free mulch, Backyard Urban Farmers and more. Email kimantonius10@gmail.com for details.

Neil McNeil Presents: 12 Angry Men WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Neil McNeil High School, 127 Victoria Park Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-5502 COST: $7 for adults, $4 for youth/seniors/ students The students at Neil McNeil High School present 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose.

Making transit work WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E. Featuring Toronto’s Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmat.

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Perfect Planters, Pots & Gardens, Indoors & Out!

Kerry Hayes, left, Jeff Shnall, Jackie Clark, Eleanor Nielsen and Martina Rowley plant a habitat garden at the corner of Kingston Road and Beech Avenue Saturday.

Group bringing nature to a ‘dead-looking space’ >>>from page 1 Jane Allen, aka The Duchess of Dirt (also the name of her company), designed the Beech Habitat Garden.

“I wanted to bring the ravine habitat into the deadlooking space on Beech and Kingston Road,” said Allen, who spent time in the area examining the structure of the surrounding buildings and gardens to influence and inspire her design.

According to Allen, it is vital to consider who will be using the garden and what the primary function of the space is during the initial design stage.

“The people from the street will have as good a view as the people from the buildings,” Allen said.

“In about five years time, when the plants have really settled and grown, the garden will be home to different birds and butterflies that will eat the seeds and berries from

the trees and bushes.”

“Initially, birds and butterflies won’t come to the garden until the plants, like the evergreens, are about 10 feet high,” she said.

BLOCKS OF COLOUR Allen said she favours mass planting as opposed to adding one type of plant here and there.

“I like to see big blocks of colour, not just one of this and one of that scattered all over,” said Allen, whose been working in the field for eight years.

As a homeowner, Allen would garden, but she began to develop a keen interest in landscape design while she was working part-time at a small boutique company. Her interest in gardening lead her to Ryerson University’s landscape design program.

The garden will be maintained by a small group of vol-

unteers, like Eleanor Nielson, who became involved with Greening Ward 32 two years ago.

“Greening Ward 32 is one of the groups that started when Councillor Mary Margaret McMahon held community meetings after she was elected as councillor for Ward 32. I liked that she provided a format for residents to get involved in improving our ward and volunteered for gardening or making greater use of parks,” Nielson said.

Nielson, who is retired, said she enjoys volunteering because the projects help the ward.

The Beech Habitat Garden is located at 855 Kingston Rd. “Everyone who was a part of this project came together and really enjoyed themselves,” Allen said.

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Leslieville Farmers’ Market opens Sunday Get ready for food, music and programs this Sunday as the Leslieville Farmers’ Market returns to Jonathon Ashbridge Park for a third year.

Running Sundays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Oct. 27, produce

includes kale, radishes, dandelion greens, garlic greens, chives, parsley and fiddleheads. Vendors and farmers will also a variety of other items to eat or take home.

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The power plant is one of more than 150 buildings across Toronto participating in the weekend event.

The centre will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and includes tours every 20 minutes until 4 p.m.

Tours will provide information on how the natural gas plant, which generates around 25 per cent of Toronto’s energy, operates, as well as their various environmental projects.

“We try to be transparent with the local community,” said Curtis Mahoney, PEC general manager.

“People have really enjoyed the tours and information.”

The public will also be able to visit PEC’s on-site beehives, one of their ecological initiatives that include planting more than 3,000 indigenous trees and shrubs and providing natural wildlife habitats.

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Bridgepoint Health is participating in Doors Open this weekend and needs volunteers.

lination and growth of 80 per cent of the plants in the area. Kids 10 and under will not be allowed in due to safety restrictions, but outdoor activities will be provided. PEC is at 470 Unwin Ave. OTHER LOCAL DOORS OPEN • The Beaches Walking Tour and Beaches Library, Beaches library, 2161 Queen St. E. at Lee Avenue, Saturday with 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. departures

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Beach Hill Spring Fling May 25 Saturday is going to be an exciting day in the Beach Hill neighbourhood, which is centred around Gerrard Street and Woodbine Avenue.

The Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association’s (BHNA) Spring Fling starts with a neighbourhood-wide street sale from 9 a.m. to noon.

Visit www.beachhill.org to register your street.

Then, at 1 p.m. at the Naval Club, 1910 Gerrard St. E., people are invited to join their neighbours on a walk for a Tree Naming Ceremony along Gerrard Street.

The remaining afternoon events also take place at the Naval Club.

• From 1 to 4 p.m. there will be a fundraising flower sale of hanging baskets, pre-made planters and annuals. There will be a raffle for an outdoor arrangement donated

by East of Eliza, valued at more than $100.

• The BHNA Spring Social runs from 1 to 4 p.m. and includes treats, lemonade, kids activities and music by local band The Lost Boys.

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Holy Name school celebrates 100 years Saturday TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com Holy Name Catholic School is celebrating its centennial year with a mass and open house Saturday.

The mass begins at 1 p.m. at Holy Name Catholic Church, while the open house takes place from 2:30 to 6 p.m. at Holy Name Catholic School.

“It’s going to be an anniversary mass, so there’s going to be different past students, and teachers and principals who will be involved in the mass, either doing readings, or being involved with the prayers of the faithful, or bringing up the gifts,” said Holy Name Principal Dave Hogan. “They’re also involved in the music ministry of it as well.”

Hundreds of people are expected to pay tribute to the school at the event, with organizers predicting a possible attendance of more than 500 people.

During the open house, current Holy Name students will honour the decades of the last 100 years through visual art retrospectives, and song and dance performances.

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Holy Name Catholic School’s entire student body joined together to form a giant 100, in honour of the school’s centennial anniversary this year.

Celebrations marking the occasion are set for Saturday.

2, 1913. Since that time, generations of families have grown up attending the school.

“What we’re seeing now, is that a lot of the kids coming back are children of former students, and so it’s sort of like the chain that keeps going on,” Hogan said.

“There’s a whole area here that it’s almost like everyone and their brother knows someone who came

to Holy Name, because at one point enrolment here was up over 1,000 students, and it was almost like the hub of the area ... So it’s a real sense of tradition here as well.”

An online register at www. holyname100.com has been signed by more than 60 former students planning to attend the centennial celebrations, with many adding anecdotes and fond memories from

their time at the school to the registry, and expressing excitement at the chance to reconnect with the Holy Name community.

“There’s just a spirit that runs through the school,” Hogan said. “I have teachers who have been here for 25 years, and that says to me that there’s a real sense of community that sort of permeates the school.

And the people who have been here 25 years, they say that it’s always been that way.”

Old class and school photos can also be found on the website.

Hogan looks forward to hearing people’s stories.

“You look back at all the old photos, and you think about the different teachers, and principals, and students and families who have gone through here,” he said. “There have been so many people who have walked through these doors, and I think it’s so exciting to see where they all are. You know when they come back, they’ll be telling stories about when they were here, but I’m sure you’ll be seeing people who are doing incredible things.”

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Holy Name Catholic Church is at 71 Gough Ave., while the school is at 690 Carlaw Ave.

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HELP PROTECT THE BEACH HILL’S TREES The Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association’s (BHNA) Tree Team wants to protect and enhance the urban forest and is looking for your help.

In keeping with this year’s alive and healthy theme, the organization is hosting free mulch pick-up May 29 during the Fairmount Park Farmers Market from 3 to 7 p.m. at 1725 Gerrard St. E. Then on June 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the organization is hosting Tree Care 101 where people can learn to care for trees including how to mulch. The event takes place at Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Wright Room, 79 Hiawatha Rd. During the seminar, people will learn the basics of mulching and watering, hear a presentation and have the opportunity for

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Riverdale Historical Society celebrates lawn bowling May 28 at the restored St. Matthew’s Bowling Club House.

A Celebration of Lawn Bowling will follow the society’s annual general meeting, which is expected to take about 10 minutes.

During the celebration, vintage lawn bowls and photographs will be presented to the club house, while a representative from the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association will give a presentation on the history of the sport.

The takes place at 6 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Bowling Club House, 450 Broadview Ave., north of Bridgepoint, opposite Langley Avenue.

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Toronto’s streets – even in bikefriendly communities such as the Beach and Leslieville – seem “daunting” and less favourable for bicyclists, particularly children, she said.

So she’s started a non-profit group called Pink Spokes for women, particularly those with children, in the community and beyond who want to learn how to bike safely on Toronto’s streets and pathways.

“Cycling is the main part of the group, but we’re also trying to incorporate a community kitchen kind of thing where we share healthy and affordable recipes and information about healthy living,” said the mom of three children, ages 13, 10 and three.

“It’s sort of like building a network of moms.”

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The reception has been great when we talk to people out there, but it’s just getting them out to bike.

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His mother Lynne Gray is one of the founders of the non-profit group called Pink Spokes aimed to teach women and their children how to bike safely on Toronto’s streets and pathways.

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A bridge providing alternate access to Keelesdale Park during tunneling construction for the Eglinton-Scarbrough Crosstown light rail transit line is scheduled to be finished by June.

When it is complete, the bridge will be the only public entry point into the park, located at 2801 Eglinton Ave. W., which Metrolinx is using as a construction staging area for the tunnel excavation of the Crosstown’s underground portion.

Three more public meetings are also planned to discuss future planning priorities for Eglinton when the Crosstown opens in 2020.

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The Centennial College students who produced an eight-part web series about commuting tribulations in the Toronto region, are set to commemorate the project’s conclusion.

The Big Race GTHA was conceived and produced by the students, all of whom are enrolled at Centennial’s Mortimer Avenue campus.

The series features three contestants vying to traverse the transit system in the least amount of time.

The competition, conceived and filmed entirely by the students, depicts contestants Dave Meslin, Kendall Duthie and Mitzie Hunter racing between distant transit checkpoints in a manner similar to the popular reality television series The Amazing Race.

The students have scheduled a wrap party for the series in early June. To see the posted videos, visit www. bigraceblog.com Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column runs every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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BOOSTS SERVICE TO ATTRACTIONS ◗TTC The TTC has boosted service temporarily on several bus routes for the summer.

Beginning last week, the TTC announced more direct bus trips to a variety of attractions in an around Toronto, including the CNE, Downsview Park and the Toronto Zoo. Some of the nine bus routes offering extended service include 72 Pape, now providing evening and weekend service to Cherry Beach and 165 Weston Road, which will run weekend trips to Canada’s Wonderland.

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TTC to be proactive during construction >>>from page 1 Tuesday night’s meeting included an open house followed by a presentation and discussion.

“An upset community is certainly not something we want,” David Nagler, manager of community relations with the TTC, said to the group.

Nagler said he is planning to set up a construction liaison group with people that will meet monthly. He said he is also planning to open a neighbourhood office.

“Construction is going to be very difficult so we want to be proactive,” Nagler said. “Hopefully that will lessen some of the inevitable impacts.”

Construction will cause several closures along Leslie south of Queen Street East over a planned 14-month period, with an approximate completion date of December 2014. Closures will be anywhere between two to 12 weeks in length.

An updated preliminary schedule will be posted online later this week.

“We were never in favour of where it is, but we’re going to live with it,” said Arnold Knapp, a resident of Woodfield Road that may face an increase in southbound traffic with

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“I think it’s going to be ongoing problems, but they’re doing good.”

The committee addressed concerns with the rerouting of the Queen streetcar by confirming an increase in bus services to compensate.

“They seem to be listening so far,” said resident Elaine Solomon. “Ask me a year from now and I may have a different answer.”

Councillor Paula Fletcher spoke briefly at the event and stayed for discussions.

“I’m always concerned about this project,” said Fletcher, noting another suggested route up Knox Street and down Eastern Avenue would have been far less intrusive than the Leslie route.

“We’re just living with a difficult situation here, trying to make sure that the TTC does its best and gives us gold star service. That’s really the only thing we can do at the moment.”

Fletcher, together with Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon, has been pushing the TTC for more community input.

“A lot of things had been suggested and they integrated a lot of these suggestions,” Fletcher said.

“The bus route will be a pretty major feature.”

The new streetcars are expected to be slowly integrated into routes beginning in 2015, Nagler said, emphasizing the new low-level streetcars are a good reward for the construction.

“I’m excited. My dad has a disability so for him to be able to get on a streetcar for the first time is quite exciting.”

Others said the potential for stops being eliminated along routes due to the longer streetcars defeats the purpose of having more accessible transit for the disabled and elderly.

“I objected to this whole project from the beginning. I really don’t see any good coming out of it in the long run,” said Eedit Dror, a 12-year Knox Street resident.

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GARAGE SALES

Don’t miss our yard sale this Saturday!

YARD SALE FOR THE CURE

MAY 25, 2013 YARDSALEFORTHECURE.COM Ultimate Realty Inc., Brokerage Event locations: 1739 Bayview Avenue, Toronto 1272 Dundas Street West, Toronto Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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Hallmark Realty Ltd., Brokerage Event location: 603 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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Hallmark Realty Ltd., Brokerage Event location: 2237 Queen Street East, Toronto Time: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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RE/MAX Hallmark Ltd., Brokerage Wright Sisters Team, Event location: 2318 Queen Street East, Toronto Time: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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Hallmark Realty Ltd., Brokerage Event location: 791 Queen Street East, Toronto Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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Hallmark Realty Ltd., Brokerage Event location: 3434 Yonge Street East, Toronto Time: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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Each office is independently owned and operated. Proceeds go directly to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

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Limited time lease and finance offers available from Toyota Financial Services on approved credit. *All-in price of a new 2013 Camry LE (Model BF1FLTA)/2013 Corolla CE Manual (Model BU42EMBA)/2013 Matrix Manual (Model KU4EEMBA) is $25,454/$17,550/$20,635. All-in price includes freight and fees (PDE, EHF, OMVIC fee and air condition tax, (where applicable). HST, licensing, registration and insurance are extra. †1.9%/0.9%/0.9% purchase finance APR on a new 2013 Camry LE (Model BF1FLTA)/2013 Corolla CE Manual (Model BU42EMBA)/2013 Matrix Manual (Model KU4EEMBA for 84/84/84months equals a bi-weekly payment of $149/$135/$121 for 182/182/182 bi-weekly payments with a down payment or trade equivalent of $0/$0/$0, when you apply the $0/$1,000/$1,000 Customer Incentive. Cost of borrowing is $1,750/$656/$768 for a total obligation of $27,205/$20,356/$23,842. ◊$1,000/$1,000 Customer Incentive on a new, unregistered, 2013 Corolla CE Manual/2013 Matrix Manual is valid on Toyota retail delivery (excluding fleet sales) when leased, financed or purchased from Toyota on Front. Customer Incentives include tax and will be applied after taxes have been charged on the full amount of the negotiated price. Vehicles receiving Customer Incentives must be purchased, registered and delivered between May 1 and May 31, 2013. ΩDealer Fees may be added and may be comprised of Administration/Documentation fees, VIN Etching, anti-theft products, cold weather packages or other fees. **One Bike or BBQ given with a new or used vehicle purchase on May 24 and 25 only. May not be combined with any other offer. Bike and BBQ delivery dependent on supplier availability. Set up of the Raleigh Bike or BBQ is the responsibility of the vehicle purchaser and not Toyota on Front. Bike and BBQ product warranties are the responsibility of the respective manufacturers and not Toyota on Front. Offer valid until May 31, 2013 Offers are valid between May 1 and May 31, 2013, and are subject to change without notice. Terms and conditions apply All rights are reserved. Please see or call Downtown Toyota at 416 465 5471 for full details.