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With an eye to emphasizing its family fun atmosphere, the long-running Annex Festival on Bloor is returning Sunday with a new name – the Annex Family Festival.

The event, which was started by the Bloor-Annex BIA and is now a joint effort between the BIA and the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, is in its 19th year.

The festival draws some 20,000 visitors each year to the bustling Annex area, showcasing the neighbourhood’s eclectic nature.

As always, the event promises plenty of fun along Bloor Street between Bathurst Street and Spadina Avenue.

“We’ll have a stage at Bloor and Brunswick, and at 11 a.m. there will be two marching bands starting up – one from Bathurst and one from Spadina,” said Maxine Bailey of the Miles Nadal JCC. “They’ll meet in the middle at the stage and play for a bit, and we’ll have lots of entertainment there. We’ll have Forever Fairest, who will have characters from (the hit Disney film) Frozen.”

There will also be buskers, headlined by Brant the Fire Guy and the Hula Family, Fringe Festival pop-up acts, live bands and more.

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PIE FIGHT: Ash Farrelly celebrates a win at the Toronto Festival of Clowns pre-festival pie fight Monday at the Factory Theatre Courtyard. The festival runs until Sunday in Toronto.

Central Tech preparing for century celebrations JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Central Tech is turning 100 and alumni of the school are hoping to celebrate the grand old institution’s centennial in style.

The high school, on Bathurst

Street just south of Bloor, has seen tens of thousands of students, teachers and staff members pass through its halls over the past century, and organizers of the Central Tech 100th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion are looking to track

down as many of them as possible.

“We’ve spent a lot of time trying to track down names, but it’s hard, especially when a lot of the women who went to Central Tech have changed their names,” said George

Homatidis, Class of ’66, one of the alumni spearheading the reunion. “We had to depend on people who knew people who knew people.”

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“We started out with just regular mail, sent out a bunch of letters and probably got more than half of them returned,” Homatidis said.

“Now we have 600 emails in our database and we’re hoping to get more.”

The school will celebrate its 100th this October with a weekend full of festivities.

Friday, Oct. 16 will feature opening ceremonies, a reception for alumni, a marketplace, a display of Central Tech’s archives and, of course, a tour of the school.

Saturday, Oct. 17 will feature tours and decade rooms, an archive display, marketplace, reception and a gala dinner and dance, while Sunday, Oct. 18 will offer an alumni/ faculty brunch and closing ceremonies.

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soon,” Homatidis said.

The alumni association is also looking for donors who wish to mark their time at Central Tech with a plaque on the school’s “Legacy Wall.”

Those who do will be supporting not only the anniversary celebrations but also a scholarship program started by the association.

“We offer $500 to students, and it’s not necessarily to do with academics or sports,” Homatidis said.

“We support students who

have shown a great deal of improvement while overcoming difficulties.”

Funds raised will also help support programs at the school itself including uniforms and new sports equipment. A crowdfunding campaign will support the creation of a Central Tech 100th commemorative book.

For more information on Central Tech’s 100th anniversary, visit www.ctsalumni.com, email ctsalumni.100@ gmail.com or call 647-693-2013.

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at the track & field meet And they’re off: Below, Chloe Hewitt of Westdale Secondary School launches off the starting blocks during the senior women’s 400 metre race at the OFSAA track and field championships held at Varsity Centre on Thursday. Right top, Neil Francis, of Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School, jumps during a warm-up before the junior mens 400 m race. Right bottom, Christiana Agustin of Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic High School leaps through a pool of water during the women’s 1500 m steeplechase.

Above, Alexandra Hebert, of Ecole secondary catholique Jean-Vanier, competes in the third heat of the midget women 400 m preliminary round.

Right, Matthew ConnelTombs, of Sacred Heart Catholic High School, attempts to clear the bar during the midget mens pole vault event.

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hen downtown Toronto resident Alex Normandeau hops on his bike Saturday, he’ll be doing so with two family members in mind.

Normandeau is participating, for the second straight year, in the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer, which sees participants cycle some 200 kilometres between Toronto and Niagara Falls to raise funds for the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

He first got involved last year when he learned an uncle was battling leukemia. “He was diagnosed with it in August the year before, and when I found out about the ride, I wanted to do it for him,� he said.

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son soon learned he had to fight the disease as well. “His son was diagnosed with leukemia for the third time at age 20, so now I’m doing this for him,� the cyclist said.

Unlike many of the men and women who tackle the 200-kilometre ride, Normandeau was not an avid cyclist prior to joining.

In fact, he purchased his bike specifically to take part in the fundraiser.

“The ride is really what got me into cycling,� he said. “I’m fairly active outside of the ride, so it wasn’t too difficult to get into the right shape for it.�

Normandeau did not find the ride as grueling as some may think when he participated last year. He trained in advance, and found the experience very rewarding. “Everyone’s super-friendly and willing to share their stories,� he said. “A lot of the people have family members who have been diagnosed with cancer and there are some survivors who do the ride, too.�

The ride is split over two days, with a night of camping in between. “It’s obviously a long ride, but you’re taking breaks along the way and if you train physically, it’s a fun day,� Normandeau said.

Normandeau is gearing up for this year’s ride, plotting a few bike

rides from 60 to 85 kilometres long in the days leading up to the event. He admitted he took a while to get his bike out on the streets until just recently, however. “We’ve only had a couple of weeks with good weather and if the weather’s bad, I don’t like to go out,� he said. “Now I’m trying to get out there at least twice a week and doing more the closer the ride gets.�

Funds raised through the ride will go toward research, advances in treatment, education and other supports for patients at Princess Margaret and elsewhere.

Over the past seven years, the Ontario branch of the fundraiser has brought in $119 million for cancer research.

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Improved transportation should be a Pan Am legacy I

magine a legacy from the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games where people get around this city in a more efficient fashion.

Given the preparations being made for the Games’ traffic influx, it’s not an unrealistic hope.

Hundreds of thousands of additional people are expected in the city and the Greater Toronto Area for the Games next month, so it’s important for everyone to do some transportation planning.

This challenge on our roads will be in addition to other planned road construcour view tion projects during the summer months.

Toronto stands Key to this planning process – for residents, businesses and to benefit after visitors – will be understanding Games are over the tools and resources available to help get around the city.

This week a web-based transportation planner, accessible at www.2015gamestripplanner.ca, was launched by the province. It provides real-time traffic details, such as road closures, traffic speeds, HOV lane locations, a booking feature for accessible parking spots and more. An app is also available for download on Apple, Android and Blackberry devices.

That announcement comes a day after GO Transit unveiled its enhanced service plans for the Games.

These include more service on routes that serve major events and that Games tickets can be used as valid fare on GO on the day of that event.

There’s an additional opportunity from all of this transportation preparation that stretches well into the future: applying what’s being learned.

Traffic is not a new issue to the city. What successes can be shared from these preparations? What lessons can be learned? We have to study the traffic patterns that unfold during the Games. We have to measure the impact of initiatives such as HOV lanes. Surely there are aspects of the web trip planner that can be co-opted for travelling within the city after the Games are done?

With the transportation planning, there are additional potential benefits for the city – not just for future special events, but for day-to-day life.

That’s what a legacy is all about.

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Toronto council will have to deal with budget shortfall at some point

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emember the 2015 budget?

It’s been a few months now, and there’s been a lot of water under the elevated highway, as it were, so it’s understandable if you don’t. The takeaway: property tax increases were kept reasonable, in spite of the fact Toronto was hit with an $86-million shortfall due to housing costs downloaded by the provincial government.

Council dealt with that shortfall with some cuts, and a $60-million “loan” from the city’s capital investment program: money that will have to be replenished over the next several years.

As dubious councillors voted to approve the scheme, Mayor John Tory promised that soon he would be offering a

david nickle the city plan as to how best to pay back that loan to the city’s capital investments. Two per cent cuts to spending across all departments was one of the ideas bandied about.

This week, Toronto’s budget committee received and passed on Tory’s more refined plan, which amounted to not much more – and in important ways considerably less – than that.

Tory sent a letter to the committee, asking that city departments and cityfunded agencies like the TTC all be asked to find two per cent savings. The letter is not legally binding – only council as a whole can give direction to the

city’s civil service – but it’s clear enough as far as it goes.

Tory goes on, however, to ask for some other things: he would like to make sure the property tax increase remains at or below the rate of inflation, and wants the city to continue to fund public transit in an aggressive way.

Oh, and these efficiencies mustn’t lead to any reductions in service.

On June 9, the city’s budget committee had a look at the letter and sent it off to city staff. As budget chief Gary Crawford noted, these kinds of letters have come out of every mayor’s office since Mel Lastman.

There have rarely been times their advice has been taken to the letter, and Crawford admitted after the meeting that over the next few years council will

probably have to figure out some other measures in order to finally balance the budget.

Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks, something of a critic on these matters, put things more bluntly.

“There will come a day when we have a stark choice between reducing the services we deliver to people and finding a way to pay for them,” he said. “Last term, we had a mayor incapable of facing that choice. I’m hoping this council is a little more adult because the longer we put this off the worse it gets.”

I guess we’ll see just how bad it gets over the next few years.

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Antique & Vintage Glass Lover’s Show and Sale.

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. until Saturday WHERE: Lawrence Park Community Church, 2180 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: www.pressed glassandgoblets.com COST: Free See several pieces of antique and vintage glass, all made between 1860s through 1950s and learn about the history behind it. Free appraisal and identification of one of your treasures.

Toronto in Literature Book Club WHEN: 6 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Reference Library - Discussion Room, 3rd Floor, 789 Yonge St. CONTACT: 416-393-7131 COST: Free Read, share, discuss and discover Toronto in literature. For June, the group reads Headhunter by Timothy Findley.

The Neuroscience of Willpower WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: College/Shaw Library, 766 College St. CONTACT: Misuk Hedman, 416393-7668 COST: Free This presentation explains the underlying neuroscience driving our behaviors and offers four simple, yet highly effective, research-based

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Toronto Challenge - 5K Run, 5K Walk, 1K Walk WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: David Pecaut Square, 55 John St. CONTACT: www.toronto.ca/ challenge COST: $10 to $20 Raise funds for non-profit organizations that are improving the quality of life for seniors in your community. change interventions that will help you meet your goals.

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Pet First Aid Course WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: PawsWay, 245 Queens Quay W. CONTACT: 416-360-7297, www. pawsway.ca Pet first aid certification course is a veterinarian-approved certificate recommended for all pet lovers, yet is comprehensive enough to provide pet care professionals the needed tools to safely care for other people’s pets.

Myseum on the Move: Evergreen Brick Works WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: www.myseumoftoronto.com COST: Free Myseum of Toronto: Share your

stories and objects about the city.

Starting in mid-June, the organization will be popping up at locations around the city to ask you to share your stories and objects about what Toronto means to you, focusing on the natural, built and cultural layers.

St. Bruno CS Fun Fair WHEN: noon to 5 p.m. WHERE: St Bruno Catholic School, 402 Melita Cres. CONTACT: csac2015@gmail. com COST: Free Carnival games, giant slide, bouncy castle, barbecue and raffle. Special guests Elsa/Frozen, Sponge Bob and Toronto Fire Services fire truck will be there.

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To Drive or Not to Drive WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Alzheimer Society of Toronto, 20 Eglinton Ave. W. Suite 1600 CONTACT:

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Eva’s Home for Life 2015 WHEN: 6 to 10 p.m. WHERE: The Arcadian Court, 401 Bay St., 8th floor CONTACT: Catherine Dawson, 416-977-4497 COST: $125 Eva’s Home for Life will help support three youth shelters.

The Science of Exercising and Managing Type 1 Diabetes WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St. CONTACT: Anne Le Quang, 416408-7145 COST: Free Canadian Diabetes Association is hosting an event, where Alex Ivovic, a type 1 and diabetes researcher, will help you demystify how exercise affects your diabetes.

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Vendors take over Bloor Street >>>from page 1 Annex Family Festival is the children’s midway, with rides for youngsters to enjoy.

Should little ones get tired, the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema is offering screenings of The Muppet Movie and I Am Big Bird, with admission free for those under 16.

To ensure teens aren’t left out of the loop, organizers have booked skateboard and scooter classes.

“We really try to make sure there’s something for kids of all ages,” Bailey said.

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family and that means having something for everyone.”

Local vendors will get into the act, taking over the stretch of Bloor Street and offering their wares. All told, the festival brings together more than 120 craft and specialty food vendors, ensuring no one need enjoy the event on

an empty stomach.

“There’s everything from jewelry to food to arts and crafts to henna,” Bailey said.

When not browsing the goods for sale, adult visitors can take part in a life-sized chess match, join in fitness demonstrations, learn to live more sustainably in the festival’s green living section or just wander Bloor and soak it all in. The Annex Family Festival takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

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Session Toronto Craft Beer Festival returns June 13 to Yonge and Dundas JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com There will be plenty of food, fun and foam to go around when the Session Toronto Craft Beer Festival comes to Yonge-Dundas Square this Saturday.

The festival started as a finale to Ontario Craft Beer Week, a celebration of small, independent breweries dedi-

cated to bringing new tastes to beer drinkers.

It was co-founded by Jed Corbeil and Curt Dunlop, whose love affair with fine beer led them to open the Griffin Pub in the Muskoka region. When that took off, they founded the Session Muskoka Beer Festival.

“We had such a great response, when we heard about the Ontario Craft Beer

Festival, we decided to try to do something in Toronto, bringing together great brewers,” Corbeil said. “There’s so much talent out there brewing great beer in Ontario.”

Unlike many other local beer festivals, Session makes a point of offering beer drinkers something they haven’t tasted anywhere else. Its Collaboration Nation program pairs breweries with

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“Sam Roberts partnered with Spearhead and they have a hard time keeping up with demand,” Corbeil said.

The festival also fosters collaboration between breweries and brew pubs, with participants coming together to create limited batches of festival-specific beer.

“We started the competition ... then we got to thinking ‘we’ve got to start bringing a beer of our own,’” Corbeil said.

This year will see Session Gose take centre stage. The slightly sour German wheat ale was concocted after much deliberation and discussion

by Local 7, a group of Toronto pubs specializing in craft beer. That group consists of The Auld Spot, C’est What?, Bryden’s, WVRST, Bar Hop, The Only Café and Bar Volo.

While the craft beer industry has grown in leaps and bounds, the Gose style has not made many inroads, at least in Toronto.

“It’s kind of a gateway to sour beers, which a lot of people either haven’t had a chance to try or might shy away from,” Corbeil said.

While the beer will be the featured attraction at Session Toronto, there will be plenty of other draws, including a growing list of food vendors and live entertainment.

There will also be an education element which will differ from the information sessions in years past.

“We’ve always had brewers talking, but this year we’re looking to have some bartenders get up and speak from their point of view,” Corbeil said.

The Session Toronto Craft Beer Festival, sponsored by Metroland Media, is a ticketed event taking place at YongeDundas Square on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or 5 to 9 p.m.

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Brewed by Local 7, a coalition of Toronto pubs specializing in craft beer, the Session Gose is the style for this year’s festival. A German-style wheat ale with a twist - a mild sourness with a slight salty flavour. Hints of sweet citrus and coriander, with a pleasant brininess and a clean finish and a pleasant aftertaste.

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issued a collection of coins to celebrate the Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games.

The three coins will celebrate the diversity the Games will bring to Canada. There is a oneounce fine silver hologram In the Spirit of Sports coin for $124.95; a one-ounce fine silver Mokume Gane coin for $139.95; and a 50-cent gold-plated coin Celebrating Excellence for $44.95.

Each coin is sold separately. Available at preciousmetals.cibc.com, CIBC locations across the GTA and mint.ca FLAG PARAdE AND FESTIVAL Lakeshore Arts and local residents will celebrate with a flag parade and festival along the Lakeshore portion of the Pan Am Path on Sunday. Make your own flag and participate in the event. It starts at 10 a.m.

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Download the app from the App Store or get it on Google play.

Toronto Hydro is wToronto electricity supplier Hydro is the official electricity distribution supplier of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

Toronto Hydro will play a key role in supporting the Toronto 2015 street banner program, which will brighten up the city from now until Games time by

dressing up Toronto Hydro poles and streetlights across the Greater Toronto Area with 4,500 banners.

Toronto Hydro has also implemented emergency preparedness plans should a power outage occur during the Games.

More headliners for Panamania Kiesza and Austra have been added to the TO2015 Panamania, a 35-day arts and culture festival, free outdoor concert lineup.

Electro-pop artist Kiesza will perform July 18 at CIBC Pan Am Park and July 19 at Nathan Phillips Square, while electronic trio Austra will perform Aug. 12 at Nathan Phillips Square.

Panamania features more than 1,300 artists in 250 performances across Toronto from July 10 to Aug. 15.

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