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Just as the kitchen is the heart of a home, so too is it for the nonprofit organization FoodShare which provides healthy food

and food education to communities across Toronto.

It is far more than its appliances and cabinets – it’s where FoodShare offers a place, for example, for women receiving breast cancer treatment to

cook together; it’s where young people learn the importance of a healthy diet, not to mention a space where people generally connect.

Yet the food agency is gearing up for a move from its current

location in a Toronto District School Board (TDSB) building at Bloor West and Dufferin streets to the Mount Dennis neighbourhood where its new space is lacking a kitchen. At >>>new, page 16

On the cusp of summer vacation, staff, students, and parents at three area elementary schools bid farewell to their long-serving and dedicated crossing guards, Cliff Lewis and Stafford Hope.

Wednesday was bittersweet for staff, students, and parents at Runnymede Jr. and Sr. Public School.

While excited for the start of summer vacation, they were also saying goodbye to a familiar and friendly face, someone who’s been a fixture in their lives on a daily basis.

‘We’ll miss you, Stafford,’ ‘have fun in Jamaica,’ and ‘enjoy your retirement’, students in kindergarten to Grade 8 and their parents told crossing guard Stafford Hope as he guided them safely across Runnymede Road at Colbeck Street.

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w Friday, July 1

Junction Comedy Fridays WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Magic Oven, 347 Keele St. CONTACT: 416-9981015, Billy.danger.wiegand@gmail. com COST: Pay What You Can Rotating hosts Billy Wiegand and Sam Burns showcase fresh talent every week.

w Saturday, July 2

Saturday Morning Knitting WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: Free Meet with other knitters to chat as you knit. Bring your own supplies.

Limited instruction.

w Sunday, July 3

More Bees Please WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: High Park, 1873 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: highparkwalkingtours@yahoo. ca COST: Free An urban bee researcher shows how nature’s pollinators contribute to the park’s ecosystem.

w Tuesday, July 5

Junction Seniors Gathering

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w Thursday, July 7

Roncy Flea - Vendors Wanted WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Roncesvalles United Church, 240 Roncesvalles Ave CONTACT: Lisa, 416-536-1755, roncyflea@gmail.com COST: Free Upscale market is looking for people who are selling antiques, collectibles, kitsch, crafts and other unique items.

CHECK OUT OUR complete online community calendar by visiting www. insidetoronto.com where you can read listings from your Bloor West neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-235-0843 COST: Free The group meets twice a week at a local coffee shop for conversation, as a social network of neighbour.

Tuesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. at Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W., and Fridays from 2 to 3 p.m. at Pascal’s, 2904 Dundas St. W. Classical Music Appreciation Luncheon WHEN: Noon WHERE: Bloor West Village, Bloor West Village (between Jane and Runnymede) CONTACT:

Mary Kozak, 905-842-3443 COST: Call for details An opportunity for music lovers to come together and share information on classical music in Toronto’s westend. Call number for location details.

w Wednesday, July 6

Bats, Birds and Bees WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre at the Forest School, 375 Colborne Lodge Drive CONTACT: 416-392-1748, naturecemtre@highpark.org COST: Recommended donation of $2-$5 High Park Nature Centre has even more Urban Bat Walks and talks planned. Each walk will feature new

Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers’ Market WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Maria Pia Perez, 416887-0651, dufferingrovemarket.ca, piiiaperez@gmail.com COST: Free Eat local and organic, year-round, at one of Toronto’s oldest farmers’ markets.

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Family Nature Walks in High Park WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre at the Forest School, 375 Colborne Lodge Dr. CONTACT: Julie Read, 416-392-1748 COST: Donation of $2- $5 Discover the natural wonders in High Park’s savannahs, woodlands and wetlands. Walks are led by nature interpreters and volunteers, often with the help of guest naturalists. Meet at the square of benches just south of the Grenedier Restaurant

w Saturday, July 16

Summer Book Sale WHEN: Noon to 4 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Kara, 416-394-1014, COST: Free

Gently used books will be for sale.

All proceeds will benefit children and youth services at the library.

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Kundalini Yoga: Breathe, Move, Sing, Relax and Meditate WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: Free A free eight-week series. Bring a yoga mat.

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BIG on Bloor WHEN: 1 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Bloordale Village, 1140 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: www.bigonbloorfestival. com, sue.edworthy@gmail.com COST: Free The BIG on Bloor Festival of Arts and Culture is a two-day, car-free summer street celebration of arts, culture and small business all in the Bloordale neighbourhood.

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Downtown lanes a ‘game changer’ as Toronto’s bicycle network expands

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In 1991, 15-year-old Yvonne Bambrick rode the streets of Toronto with brash confidence – making the considerable daily commute from her family home at Victoria Park in East York to Jarvis Collegiate by bicycle, along busy downtown streets that made scant accommodation for bikes.

“Back when I was a naive teenager, I didn’t think twice about it,” recalls Bambrick 25 years later, sitting on a sunny patio in Kensington Market, steps from one of the city’s massive on-street bike racks and just over a block from the busy College Street bike lanes.

“The concept of bike lanes wasn’t on my brain at all. I did know it wasn’t safe – I got doored on the Danforth and had a wipeout on bad road conditions. Otherwise I was just a teenager on her bicy-

cle, happy to be free getting where she’s going. It meant I could have all the ice cream I wanted.”

In 2016, the Toronto that Bambrick bikes around is a much safer place. Toronto has a total of 558.4 kilometres of on-street bike lanes, including white bicycle lanes, contraflow lanes that run against the flow of traffic, so-called “sharrows”, signed routes without pavement markings, and even a few kilometres of cycle tracks that are fully separated from traffic.

A lot of people use those lanes. According to the 2006 Census, Torontonians bike to and from work like nobody else in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, with 19,780 commuting by bike compared to 14,925 in 2001.

In 2015, Bambrick published a book for those cyclists: The Urban Cycling Survival Guide: Need To Know Skills and Strategies for Biking in

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Cyclists make their way in traffic along the Sherbourne Street bike lane at Carlton Street on a recent Thursday afternoon.

the City. It was a book culled from her work advocating for cyclists as the head of the Toronto Cyclist’s Union – now Cycle Toronto – and her years riding Toronto’s sometimes tricky streets.

There’s a lot to know: how to make a safe left turn (there’s more than one way); how to suit up for cycling in bad weather; dealing with potentially hostile interactions; and how to navigate all those different styles of bike road infrastructure.

Currently, most of those routes are in neighbourhoods surrounding the downtown core – including the relatively new cycle tracks on Sherbourne, Adelaide and Richmond streets.

“Richmond-Adelaide were a game changer,” says Bambrick.

“I was having to ride there all the time (before), and I’m a confident rider but even for me it was tough. This is amazing. Transformative.”

Bambrick and other cycling advocates are hoping for more change like that, on roads that extend beyond the downtown.

This summer, the city will be embarking on a pilot project to try a cycle track along Bloor Street through the Annex neighbourhood – a test, to see whether a city-spanning track could be installed the length of Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue.

And the outcome of that could determine the implementation of parts of the city’s next big plan for cycling expansion: the Cycling Network 10 Year Plan. Under that plan, Toronto’s bikeway and bike trail network would be extended to the ends of the city: north along Yonge Street to Steeles Avenue; on Kingston Road in Scarborough from Eglinton Avenue to the Highland Creek Trail; Kipling Avenue from Bloor Street to the Waterfront Trail; and Midland Avenue, from Steeles

to Lawrence avenues.

Toronto’s Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat said to provide an effective cycling alternative, the network needs to expand in the same way that transit networks expand – in a continuum. Do that, she says, and it becomes viable to commute, at least to downtown, from nearly anywhere in the city.

“With cycling, distance isn’t that much of a problem,” says Keesmaat. “The city is really not that big, and 10 kilometres, 20 kilometres isn’t really a big deal. And from the centre of the city you can get pretty much anywhere on a 10 kilometer bikeway. If you’re cycling from Scarborough to Etobicoke, that’s a big trip. But from the centre of the city you can get anywhere – all you need is safe infrastructure.”

The other thing that a cyclist needs, of course, is the will, and a bit of know-how. Bambrick is an evangelist for the former

65% of people who ride a bicycle to work are male, and 35% are female 58% of people who ride a bicycle to work are between the ages of 25 to 44 – courtesy City of Toronto

and a resource for the latter.

When asked what it takes to get on a bike, after dutifully recommending a careful read of her book, she suggests a step-by-step approach.

Borrow a bike-share bike; go riding with a friend on a quiet street. If it’s been awhile, take a BikeShare course.

And remember: roads were originally for bikes.

“We paved our roads because wheelmen’s clubs advocated to get the roads paved. The bicycling movement has been around for a long time,” says Bambrick.

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n Friday, July 1, we Canadians pause to celebrate another year as just that: Canadians.

We have been able to do that for 149 years now, and let’s be honest: it feels good.

We’re a good country, after all.

We look after each other, and try to extend that compassion abroad.

We have bad days – who doesn’t? – but on balance we’ve lived our 149 years well, and we look pretty good for our age.

The same can’t be said for the rest of our family of nations, and it’s tempting to feel smug about that.

OuR ViEW The United Kingdom, to whose Queen we still swear Be proud, not allegiance, is not doing well at all. smug, about In an ill-managed referentogetherness dum, its people have voted to take it from the European Union (EU), in the process throwing its economy, and the world’s economy, into turmoil.

The vote to leave was decisive but not universally so, and now the U.K. is on the verge of fragmentation, with Scotland poised to hold another independence referendum, not two years after it narrowly voted to remain in the U.K. This time, with EU membership in the balance, polls indicate the Scots might well succeed.

We in Canada have flirted with this sort of thing in the past, through two nail-biting referendums in Quebec, each of which might have put us in a similar place: a country split at the seam, where nativism and nationalist intransigence make dissolution seem inevitable.

Good for us that we didn’t take the plunge. We’re still here, in one piece, with the capacity to engage ourselves and the world as proud Canadians.

Let’s be proud, then: proud, but not smug.

It is unlikely-to-impossible that separatists in Quebec could marshal support for another referendum any time soon – the Parti Quebecois has yet to find a leader, and in any case will not be in a position to govern until the fall of 2018, when the next provincial election is scheduled.

But it is a point for sober reflection this Canada Day, just how precious is our unity and civility, and how easy it is for a nation – any nation, even our own – to allow that to slip away.

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Mayor Tory’s op-ed column stirs controversy You can get into a lot of trouble, writing a column for a newspaper.

Even if you’re a professional, it can be hazardous: sticky fingers for other people’s ideas and phrases will (or should) sink you; you can get facts wrong, or get caught making it up, which should and does sink you.

Or, like this columnist, you can realize a couple of days after you tried to link Brexit with spurious transit plans and bad public finance, that you may have just overreached – in which case you’ll get called on it, often on Twitter. And that stuff never goes away.

It’s worse when you’re not a professional. Worse still, when you’re not a professional who has skin in the game.

And so we come to Mayor John Tory, who tried his hand writing a column for a newspaper, The Toronto Star, on Tuesday: a column about his besieged $3 billion Scarborough

david nickle the city subway plan, on the eve of its debut on the floor of Tuesday’s Executive Committee.

It was a substantial piece in the Toronto Star, just a hair over 800 words long, and for most of those words it chugs along well, noting that he ran in 2014 promising to build a subway in Scarborough, that we are behind on transit construction, that there’s political consensus between the three levels of government that the subway’s the way to go, and that city staff have said the Scarborough subway could help boost ridership in a part of the city where it’s currently low.

So far, Tory has penned a good and boring op-ed.

It gets troublesome when he goes for what some of us professionals might call “the dig”: that part where you try and nail down just

what’s wrong with the thing we’re critiquing.

Writes Tory (at about the 600 word mark): “But many of the subway’s loudest critics do not live or work in Scarborough, where more than half the population is born outside of Canada. When they say this is too much to spend on a subway, the inference seems to be that it’s too much to spend on this part of the city.”

Oh dear. It’s hard, indeed impossible, to not parse that down to a particularly ugly accusation – that those who fancy a light rail network in Scarborough and not a subway are anti-Scarborough nativists. Indeed, at least one of Tory’s colleagues on council, the subway-opposing, lightrail-loving Josh Matlow, parsed things exactly that way.

“Sad, desperate and shameful. I had hoped for much more from a mayor who preached civility,” tweeted Matlow.

This is the kind of trouble that isn’t really very much trouble at all for professionals. We’re used to people crossing the street to avoid us after a particularly vigorous application of fair comment on their dealings. It goes with the territory.

For a mayor, who’s built his brand on civility and team-work as Tory has?

Both Tory and his office tried to make it clear that the column wasn’t intended to be divisive, but to point out that Scarborough’s poorly served by transit.

They weren’t out of line: Josh Matlow was out of line.

It was too late by then.

It is one thing that those of us writing columns for the newspapers learn early: there are no take-backs when you write something, however unintentionally it may have been, that makes you look a bit of a jerk.

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High Park residents back day care plan, but loss of trees, green space a concern LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com There was no opposition to a proposed daycare facility in the High Park Avenue and Bloor Street West area, but those who attended a community consultation meeting about the project took issue with the potential loss of mature trees and green space.

A small but attentive group of residents attended the June 22 meeting to discuss a proposed three-storey daycare with micro-retail at 8, 12, and 14 High Park Ave. and 1908, 1910, 1914, and 1920 Bloor St. W. CharaCter “To see the lawn space and mature trees replaced with parking and a patio is disappointing,” said Barbi Lazarus, whose condominium looks out onto the development site.

“The architecture doesn’t match the current character of the neighbourhood.”

Property owner Orest Kelebay, who has retained TACT Design firm, submitted

an application to the city to redevelop the northern portion of the apartment sites at 1908 to 1920 Bloor St. W. The existing houses and garage would be replaced with a new, three-storey building that would face High Park Avenue and would be comprised of retail spaces along the south side of High Park subway station with a daycare on the second and third floors.

SpaCe on roof Outdoor play space for the daycare would be on the roof of the micro-retail building.

The application also includes the demolition of 10 rental units at 12 and 14 High Park Ave., which would be relocated to a new, mixedused development at Bloor West and Durie streets that is under the same ownership.

“We have already spoken to tenants who said they like the idea of moving into a new rental building,” city planner Lauralyn Johnston told the meeting at St. Cecilia Catholic School.

There are currently 23 parking spaces on the site

with 13 spaces in the garage.

These would be replaced with 10 surface spaces.

The 15 micro-retail units, 200 square feet each, could contain anything from a bank kiosk, to a sandwich-coffee shop, or dry cleaners.

“What would be the best amenity to residents of this neighbourhood? We want to hear from the community what kind of services they want,” Kelebay said.

The application seeks a zoning bylaw amendment to permit the retail component and stand-alone daycare building.

Another resident voiced her concern for the trees.

“There are three condo towers going up in the same block. The whole street will be wiped clean of mature trees,” she said.

Principal architect Prishram Jain stressed that Kelebay is a local resident and has a “long term vested interest” in the community.

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Runnymede students give gifts to retiring crossing guard >>>from page 1 however, couldn’t let him go without a special send off.

As part of its end-of-the-year assembly, Runnymede P.S. showered Hope with praise, well-wishes, and no shortage of gifts.

Principal Amelia Dennis, who has known Hope for 14 years, said he greeted staff in the office the same way he greeted children: with a big smile and a blessing.

“We’re extremely blessed and touched to have had him in our community for 21 years,” Dennis said.

Introduced as “Stafford’s boss,” by Dennis, 11 Division police Supt. Heinz Kuck greeted Hope with a big hug. Inspired by the ancient African proverb ‘It takes a village to raise a child’, Kuck said there are certain people, “heroes of a lesser cause that not everyone knows about” in the community.

“That type of hero for this school and this neighbourhood is Stafford Hope,” said Kuck before presenting him

Hope said before serenading everyone with a song.

Just like Hope’s send off, Lewis’ reception was just a s c e l e b ra t o r y. E a r l i e r this month, Perth Avenue Junior and St. Luigi Catholic schools banded together to wish “Crossing Guard Cliff” a happy retirement. School resource officer Eric Berridge, who presented Lewis with a certificate from the TPS, said

he always looked forward to his greeting of a handshake and ‘God bless you.’

‘I knew very quickly, if I was having a bad day, I’d go meet up with Cliff because he would lift me up,” Berridge told his audience that had gathered at Perth P.S. “He would always be there to cheer me up.”

Anna Arciero, principal of St. Luigi, said Lewis “is a magi-

cal part of our community.

Lewis said he plans to spend winters in his native Jamaica. He recalled a little boy, who told him, ‘Every time I pass you, you put a smile on my face.’

“When I stand here today and look at the children, tears come to my eyes. I want to say I love all of the children,” Lewis said. “I thank you all so much.”

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Retiring school crossing guard Stafford Hope (left) receives best wishes from Toronto police 11 Div. Supt. Heinz Kuck and crossing guard coordinator Asha Angelopoulos during Runnymede Junior and Senior Public School’s end of the year assembly on Wednesday.

with a plaque from the TPS that said, ‘Crosswalk Hero Local Legend.’

Among the many gifts, such as tickets to a Toronto Blue Jays game, and a ‘We Love Stafford’ T-shirt, the school

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Swansea family loses bid to keep ship-shaped tree house LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com It has hardly been smooth sailing for John Alpeza and his family since the Etobicoke-York Committee of Adjustment voted against the Swansea resident’s application to maintain his backyard tree house, a ship-shaped structure he built for his two young sons.

“ We a re v e r y d i s a p pointed in the Committee of Adjustment and still in shock and disbelief over their complete disregard for families.

This is not a garage or tool shed they were debating, but a kid’s tree house,” John Alpeza told The Villager.

“There are no provisions for tree houses in Toronto.”

A tree house should not be judged by the same criteria

as a garage or shed, Alpeza added.

“It’s not realistic. It’s a flawed system and needs to be addressed,” he said.

At issue is the structure’s size. It is currently in violation of the city’s zoning bylaw.

While it is a huge hit among Alpeza’s two boys and their friends and has garnered plenty of support within the neighbourhood and on social

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media, the tree house has provoked the ire of some of the family’s neighbours.

Adjacent neighbour Marita Bagdonas and her daughter, Kate Lawson, who lives three doors down, say the back of the tree house that faces Bagdonas’ yard is “probably 20 feet tall” and blocks the sun from her property.

Lawson said she had to help her mother relocate her garden so that it wasn’t caught under the shadow of the tree house.

“All her roses and daisies had died,” Lawson said.

“We hang laundry out the back, but now there’s no cross breeze.”

Alpeza said he is open to moving the structure to the centre of his yard and lowering it a few inches. “It’s an interactive, educational work of art. To destroy it would be malicious,” he said.

Following the June 23 decision, Alpeza said his youngest son’s eyes welled up with tears at the thought of losing his tree house.

“Our older son ran off dejected in a corner and refused to speak with anyone

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Kristian, son of John Alpeza, plays on his backyard tree house.

Builder John Alpeza has some qualms with a city decision saying the structure does not meet zoning rules. He plans to appeal the decision to the Ontario Municipal Board.

he was so upset,” he said.

Pa r k d a l e - H i g h Pa r k Councillor Sarah Doucette said she is not against parents building tree houses for their children, but this particular structure exceeds the maximum height permitted.

The city’s goal has always been to work with Alpeza to “simply gain compliance with the zoning bylaw,” Mark

Sraga, director of investigations, said in an earlier email statement to The Villager.

Alpeza is not done fighting to maintain the tree house that he has spent more than six years building and modifying for his children.

He plans to appeal the Committee of Adjustment decision at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).

Community march stands up to anti-Islamic political movement

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In fact, last year an estimated 45,000 tonnes of organic waste and garbage was mistakenly put into recycling.

Meaning a lot of ruined recyclables ended up in the City’s landfill. And that is a very bad thing indeed.

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Carrying homemade construction paper signs that read ‘Bloor West Says Stop Racism’ and banners that said ‘Refugees Welcome’, dozens of people banded together for the Walk to Speak Out Against Hate and Islamophobia last Saturday.

The event was organized in response to the appearance of members of the nationalist, and anti-Islam political movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (Pegida) marching in Bloor West Village recently.

Local residents, both adults and children, gathered at the Alex Ling fountain, at the corner of Bloor West and Jane streets, Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. for the walk, which began at 2 p.m.

The turnout, according to organizers on social media, showed that “there are many, many more open hearted Canadians who embrace

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A coalition of local activists, residents and organizations march along Bloor Street last Saturday to counter-demonstrate against an anti-Islam group that rallied at the same location a week earlier.

diversity than there are people who promote hate.”

“The rise of Islamophobia in Canada and around the world is leading to a cycle of violence and terror and must be confronted,” organizers said in a statement. “The only solution to hate and division

is solidarity and respect.”

Walk participants reported that local business owners were receptive to posting the ‘Welcome Refugees’ signs in their windows along the Bloor West Village retail strip.

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Bike Share expansion adds 120 new stations and 1,000 bikes Bike Share Toronto has begun a promised expansion of its operations, adding 120 new stations and 1,000 more bikes.

The agency first announced in April it was purchasing the new infrastructure from Montrealbased PBSC Solutions, which ran the bike share originally called Bixi.

This boost to its offerings effectively doubles the amount of bikes available for short-term rentals.

The purchase comes from a near $5-million funding arrangement with Ontario’s tran-

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Bike Share says it now has 4,000 annual members along with more than 35,000 casual users.

The new rides are expected to be available by July 11.

DISCOUNTS aRE NOT SO haRD afTER all wPRESTO A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the lack of TTC outlets for adding a concession onto your Presto card in order to be eligible for a student or senior discount.

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While that’s the case, spokesperson Chris Upfold said the TTC is hesitant to make this information widely known lest a large mass of transit riders “overwhelms” partner agencies like GO and YRT with demands for concessions. So there you have it: you don’t have to go

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A group cheerleading for the SmartTrack transit project has now released a report claiming the city can raise billions towards its cost.

Friends and Allies of SmartTrack or FAST hasn’t done much since it came together in the New Year. But now it claims Tax Increment Financing (TIF), a funding plan pushed by John Tory during the 2014 mayoral

campaign, can raise $2.3 billion over 30 years for the project.

In a nutshell, TIF would allow the city to leverage anticipated property tax revenues from new development and put it towards financing SmartTrack.

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Metrolinx may have to postpone commencement of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for electrifying much of GO Transit’s rail operations.

The 120-day Transit Project Assessment Process

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But prior to that, a draft of the project report was to be completed by the end of June, which is now delayed to later in the summer.

The TPAP was expected to be completed and handed over for final approval by December.

It’s doubtful this delay will much impact the timeline since electrification won’t likely be done until 2024.

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What’s open and closed on July 1 Applications are open for CNE volunteers this summer The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) has begun its call for CNE ambassadors for the 2016 season.

Now in its 16th consecutive year, “Friends of the CNE” is a community initiative that has engaged more than 2,000 youth and adults, who have contributed nearly 63,000 hours of service.

CNE volunteers assist with various roles and duties including greeting guests, providing directional assistance, acting as tour guides and supporting special events and programming such as the daily Mardi Gras Parade.

Volunteers must be at least 14 years old and must be able to commit to a minimum of six shifts, at four hours each.

Applications are open to all, but the CNE will

Everyone loves long weekends.

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Here’s a list of what’s open and closed on Canada Day this July 1.

The Beer Store: Toronto stores are closed LCBO: Toronto stores closed

Shopping Centres: The Eaton Centre will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Square One is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., as is Hillcrest Mall, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Pacific Mall, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Vaughan Mills - 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Transit: TTC will operated on holiday service, GO Transit on a Saturday schedule.

HAPPY CANADA DAY! Canada celebrates its 149th birthday on July 1.

It was back in 1867 Canada became a new federation with its own constitution by the signing of the Constitution Act – formerly known as the British North America Act.

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Isabel Mazzotta is a longtime volunteer with the Friends of the CNE program. The annual call for volunteers for the Ex has been put out for this year.

give preference to those volunteers who can work evening shifts, between 5 and 8 p.m.

All successful candidates will attend an orientation and training session, receive a “Friends of the CNE” shirt, are

Canada Day is a national statutory holiday celebrated in all provinces and territories.

invited to a thank-you barbecue, and receive an I.D. badge that grants free admission to the Fair.

For more information on the Friends of the CNE program, visit: www.

TheEx.com. Deadline to apply is July 15.

On Jan. 1 this year, the country kicked off more than a new year – it began a 366-day countdown to a year-long celebration of its 150th birthday and anniversary of Confederation.

To find out more, visit canadaday.gc.ca Residents of Toronto can take in festivities on Canada Day at Nathan Phillips Square, which includes an evening of live music and dance performances, family activities and a fireworks show choreographed to music.

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FoodShare is in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign in an effort to raise $30,000 to install a kitchen in its new space at 120 Industry St. “We see the kitchen as the heart and soul of FoodShare,” spokesperson Heidi Pyper said. “The kitchen is a pricey piece of the move. We’re asking for a little bit from a lot of people. Ten dollar donations add up.”

As of Tuesday, the campaign had raised $27,535 – in its second week. People are asked to make donations before July 16 in anticipation of the move in mid-August. To keep costs down, FoodShare is keeping as much equipment as possible, such as coolers and ovens. It is in need of a new range hood, some plumbing and some walls.

“The building we are in now is being reclaimed by the TDSB,” Pyper said about the reason for the move.

The TDSB space had time restrictions on the kitchen. It was only open during daytime

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FoodShare is moving from Bloor Street West and Dufferin Street to the Mount Dennis neighbourhood in mid-August.

The new space does not have a kitchen so the food agency is in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign to get one.

hours. The move will allow for more “breathing room,” said Alvin Rebick, kitchen and good-food program senior manager.

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It is also in close proximity to other non-profits.

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