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In celebration of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, East End Arts is transforming the Pan Am Path into a creative oasis through the Shift Bike Tour and Art Relay in the Don Valley. This Saturday, Torontonians will have the opportunity to embark on a creatively fueled adventure, exploring The Lower Don Valley through a free bike tour which will extend along the Pan Am Path which stretches for more than 80 kilometres through the city. Cyclists will have the chance to revel in community artists’ expressions and interpretations of culture, nature, and city living through various art installations along the path. “The bike tour gives com-

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East York swimmer McCabe ready to race SAM JURIC sjuric@insidetoronto.com It’s difficult to imagine a life without competitive swimming for olympic swimmer, and a soon-to-be tour de force in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, Martha McCabe. Would she be the person she is today? Probably not, said McCabe. “Swimming has shaped me,” she said. McCabe cannot conceive of a time where sport was not a part of her life. “I’ve always been involved in sports,” McCabe said. The McCabe family chronicles trace a long-held tradition of sport, beginning with the ‘McCabe Olympics’, an annual competition put on by the McCabe children at the family cottage. Perhaps a prophecy fulfilled, the McCabe children have gone on to make their mark on the sports world. Two older sisters, Carolyn and Ally, who were both swimmers at the varsity

pan am games athlete level and finalists at the CIS Championships, a brother, Jeff, who was a varsity track and field athlete and a cousin, Conlin McCabe who was a silver medalist at the 2012 Olympics for the men’s eight in rowing. Hailing from a world of exceptional athleticism McCabe has made big waves, gaining both national and international recognition. McCabe is a recipient of the 2012 Female Swimmer of the Year award at Swimming Canada’s Big Splash Awards, Bronze medalist at the 2011 FINA World Championships and finishing fifth place at the 2012 London Olympics, McCabe is set to compete at the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. McCabe’s enduring love for the sport was fostered by her family, she said. “I followed my sisters into it. They gave me a competitive edge. My family has had a

huge influence on me,” she said. “I was the youngest and my older siblings helped to make me confident,” McCabe said. In preparation for the Pan Am Games McCabe trains nine times a week at the University of Toronto’s swim club. Having the city where you grew up and the country you live behind you is a special thing, said McCabe. “Being able to do this on home soil is amazing,” McCabe said. Winning a medal is a victory for everyone, she said. Although swimming has been a major facet of her life, McCabe only became serious about the sport when she was 18, attending the University of British Columbia. “I g r a d u a l l y s t a r t e d dropping other sports and focused in on swimming,” said McCabe. McCabe most certainly has her game face on for the Pan Am Games but will not forget

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Swimmer Martha McCabe, at the University of Toronto Athletic Centre pool on Friday, will compete at the TO2015 Pan Am Games.

the lessons she has learned from competing in the past. In 2008 McCabe was certain she would win a spot on the olympic team and was disappointed to find out she would not be representing Canada. Looking back, McCabe looks at the experience as a

minor challenge. The next season McCabe swam even faster. “Swimming speeds things up. It teaches you a lot of lessons in a short amount of time,” said McCabe. “It taught me that failure is not something you have to fear,” she said.

Anything can happen. In 2014 McCabe suffered a stress fracture to her clavicle. An injury she was scarcely able to come back from. For three months she was restricted to having her arms at her sides and was unable to put her arms over her head. “Coming back was a big challenge and making sure that I was physically and mentally prepared,” McCabe said. Confidence is vital to success, McCabe said. “You have your team and your coach but when you get up there on the block it’s only you,” she said. Her advice to young athletes? Grit your teeth and bear it. “Stick with it even through the challenges. The best athletes have faced tones of challenges. The road winds,” McCabe said. For more information on the Pan Am Games, including coverage on how Martha McCabe does, please visit us online at www.insidetoronto.com/panam

Community celebrates with Luminous Veil lighting SAM JURIC sjuric@insidetoronto.com The sky over the Don Valley was illuminated in an enchanting display of colour along the Prince Edward Viaduct Saturday night in celebration of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay. Local residents were eager to get the party started as there was a wide variety of live entertainment and food avaialble at the celebration which also included the Danforth Thrill of the Grill event. The historic bridge’s lighting at approximately 10 p.m.

on Saturday was not the only thing to dazzle Torontonians during the evening celebration, as Juno-Award winning band July Talk lit up the stage with a performance that rung throughout the valley. July Talk commanded the stage with a mixture of old and new, as the band introduced some of their new material to their hometown. “It’s so great to be back to a city that’s better than all the other places you ever been to,” said Peter Dreimanis, the other half of the vocals of July Talk. Leading up to July Talk’s electric performance, the day

began with the lighting of the Pan Am Games community cauldron by torchbearer Tracy Moore of Cityline. Moore said she was thrilled to be a part of such a monumental event for Canada and Toronto. “This is a chance for Toronto to step up and so far I think we are definitely rising to the challenge,” Moore said. Bearing the torch and lighting the cauldron was a meaningful experience for Moore. “It was a special moment. You feel the history of it, the tradition of it and to know

that you are apart of that lineage, it’s a very special thing,” Moore said. Maddy Prowse, a resident of Toronto, admitted to taking advantage of the food trucks and Thrill of the Grill by enjoying French fries with friends, she said. In addition to the allure of the food, Prowse was excited to witness the lighting of the Luminous Veil, she said. “I wanted to see the lights. I was interested in the cultural stuff. This is huge for Toronto, events like this are so important. This helps to put Toronto on the world stage,” said Jake Gorman of Parkdale.

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he Pan Am Games are here and they are taking place right now, so it’s time for Torontonians to stop complaining and start showing off our great city to the rest of the world. We all need to look beyond the personal inconvenience and embrace the bigger picture. Yes, those HOV lanes are annoying but it will only be for a short period of time. The Games are bringing a lot of positives both economically and culturally. Let’s celebrate that. In today’s edition we’re looking at the Pan Am Games’ impact on businesses, sports groups and people in our communities. One of those positives was this weekend’s celebration on the Prince Edward Viaduct that saw the Pan Games Torch Relay ignite a our view Am community cauldron and the lighting up of the Luminous Veil. The Share your lighting on the veil is one of the permanent legacies brought support and many about by the Games which also excitement include a number of world-class athletic facilities. Also, athletes are thrilled to have the opportunity to show their stuff for hometown fans. It’s a rare opportunity for them, and one they will cherish. As Toronto sports fans, we need to share their excitement and show our support for our athletes. As Torontonians we should also be embracing the chance to show those visiting from the 41 countries competing in the Pan Am Games that we are a great city in which to live, work and play. The Toronto Region Board of Trade looks at the Games as a chance to further establish the city as epicentre of global business. “From the business community’s perspective, we have 350,000 people coming into the GTA. These are folks who if they like what they see, will be coming back, and telling their friends. So hopefully we can look at this as a point in time where we can really showcase what we’ve got,” said TRBOT president Janet De Silva. With athletic events now underway, there’s plenty of enthusiasm from volunteers and athletes. And if sports isn’t your thing, there’s no end of social and cultural events to enjoy during the Games. Enjoy! We have all of that information available to you at www.insidetoronto.com/panam

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Amalgamation does not work, report

t was with sadness, but not surprise, that I noticed that the sign at the entrance to the East York Centre had been altered. The corporate symbol for the Borough of East York, along with the words “East York Centre” had been removed. All that was left was “Thorncliffe Residential Community” in very small letters. I have been doing some investigation as to why this change occurred and who made the decision but so far I haven’t been able to find any information. Again, it does not surprise me that it has happened, though it’s interesting to note how long it has taken. It was back in 1998 that then minister of municipal affairs Al Leach promised then mayor of East York Michael Prue that the borough would be wiped off the political landscape. Indeed there have been

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joe cooper watchdog ranging from the attempted sale of the East York Civic Centre to the slow removal of street signs with the East York municipal logo on them. What is rather ironic about this latest loss of East York’s identity is the release of a new report from the Fraser Institute. The Fraser Institute, which is a well-known conservative Canadian think tank and commentator on public policy was one of the main supporters of Toronto’s forced amalgamation back in the 1990s. Now, in a report released on July 7, the same institute is now openly discussing the possibility of deamalgamating Toronto and other Ontario communities. Why are they proposing such a radical proposition?

Well for the simple reason that their own studies have found that amalgamation has failed to achieve lower costs and more efficient operation of municipalities. This comes as no surprise to myself as there were in existence back in the 1990s many reports and papers that clearly demonstrated that this would be the resulting outcome. This reality was put forward to the Progressive Conservative government of the day in numerous and hundreds of public submissions by ordinary citizens and professionals in municipal governance. Yet despite the evidence against amalgamation, and a referendum where roughly 80 per cent of the city rejected the idea, the provincial government went ahead anyway. So now the Fraser Institute has discovered what the experts and citizens predicated 17 years ago: amalgamation of

municipalities did not lead to cost savings or efficiency. Instead it has found that amalgamated municipalities resulted in higher taxes, big raises in municipal worker’s wages and significantly higher long term debt increases. So as mentioned, the primary solution being proposed by the Fraser Institute is de-amalgamation due to the fact that smaller municipalities are more efficient to run and finance. Read the reports at www. fraserinstitute.org and search amalgamation. The report already has its nay-sayers who argue: “you cannot unscramble the egg.” That may be so, but before we begin the debate in earnest, let me say, “I warned you this would happen.” Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at eym@insidetoronto.com

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hose of us who’ve been in and around Toronto and its constituent municipalities the last couple of decades probably don’t need the Fraser Institute to tell us what terrible problems amalgamation caused. Before 1998, Toronto was six cities: North York and Scarborough and Etobicoke sprawling to the north and east and west, the tiny municipalities of East York and York huddling on the edge of old, urban Toronto. When then-premier Mike Harris and his municipal affairs minister Al Leach announced plans to amalgamate us all, everyone in Toronto not connected with the governing Progressive Conservative party knew instinctively it was a bad idea. It wouldn’t save money. It would make governing these cities of neighbourhoods more difficult, not easier. It would, we were sure, be largely unpleasant. We were, in the main, right. And now the Fraser Institute, in a study cutelysubtitled “Breaking up is

david nickle the city hard to do,” suggests that the biggest reason for Toronto to stay together is precisely for that reason: reestablishing Toronto’s old municipal boundaries, or indeed new ones that might be more rational from a 21st century perspective, would be a big job. The question is, do the problems that Toronto has now warrant that kind of work? If we were talking a year ago in the dying days of the Ford administration it would be an easy one to answer. The shotgun marriage of municipalities had descended to such a dysfunctional state that suburban Toronto had elected Rob Ford to its top job. And although the mayoralty has passed to steadier hands, it is too soon to say whether the wounds of amalgamation have significantly healed. It is probably also too soon to say that they haven’t

healed, or that they won’t. But as the Fraser Institute’s report notes, other municipalities have managed the split — and Toronto might too. If we were to do so, best not follow the example of Montreal, which ended up with a jumble of small municipalities and a new regional government. We would need some other model that took the lessons of history and the realities of the present into account. In the meantime, it might also be healthy to recognize that there exists the simple possibility of separation: that the bike-riding, latte-sipping denizens of the downtown core might be able to debate in a different room from the suburban, fiscal conservatives of the old suburban communities, and each might elect a mayor according to their needs and aspirations. Sometimes, there’s nothing to spur compromise in a relationship like the serious contemplation of its end.

David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears every Thursday.

Bike Share announces expansion plans Its future was once in doubt, now Bike Share Toronto has announced plans to expand its operations. The once cash-strapped bike share program which was handed over to the Toronto Parking Authority last year now has 4,000 members. This week it announced Metrolinx will contribute $5 million to double the bike share’s offerings to 2,000 bikes and 160 docking stations by the end of 2016. Under the terms of the deal, the new rides will appear not just in Toronto but in other Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area municipalities which want them. It’s currently unknown where the new docking locations will be, but Metrolinx plans to install them near transit stations in dense areas where cycling demand is strong. LANE EXPANSION APPROVED FOR core wBIKE

It appears Toronto council will approve expansion of bike lanes recently installed on Adelaide and Richmond

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT street. The painted lanes were added last year as part of a pilot project. This week, a majority of city council will, in all likelihood, vote to support a staff recommendation to extend the Adelaide and Richmond lanes west to Parliament Street. If the decision is approved, construction will take place after the 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games. TRAFFIC SIGNS to help drivers wNEW

More traffic signs will appear at the new Queen’s Quay in an effort to make the re-configured street more understandable to befuddled drivers. The roadway opened up last month following years of construction with expanded sidewalks, a new cycle track and streetcar service moved to the median. With all the

changes and the subsequent confusion it has created for some, Waterfront Toronto announced it will soon add Do Not Enter signs so cars don’t enter the streetcar rightof-way. Also, the agency has added more signs along Queen’s Quay. YOUR MANNERS ON TTC DURING GAMES wMIND

In an effort to promote transit etiquette during the Tornto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, the TTC has released several short online videos starring its infamous Morphs. The characters mime various examples of “courteous commuter” behaviour, from proper disposal of a newspaper to keeping one’s bag off the seat. You can see the videos on the TTC’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/ TorontoTransitCommission. Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column appears on Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Mosaic Summer Pole Walking WHEN: 9:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Mosaic Home Care Services and Community Resource Centre, CNIB, 1929 Bayview Ave., Suite 215H CONTACT: Kevin, 416-322-7002 COST: Free Walking around the areas of Bayview and Eglinton and Sunnybrook Park.

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Withrow Park Farmers’ Market WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: North end of Withrow Park, 725 Logan Ave. CONTACT: Leah Leon, +1-416-459-4253, Withrowmarket. com, leahmleon@gmail.com COST: Free Weekly outdoor market featuring organic produce, bread, cheese, prepared foods, kids’ crafts and music. Park Yoga WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Park East, 550 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Trixie, 647-969-8152, parkyogatoronto@gmail.com COST: donation; with fees to support Nellie’s Shelter Classes are located in the south east end of the park off Broadview Avenue by the large statue of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Classes are weather permitting.

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Monday Night Women’s Road Ride WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Ready to roll by 6 p.m.; ride goes for 2 hours WHERE: Evergreen Brickworks, 500 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: Thttp://www.sweetpetes.com/about/womens-grouprides-pg143.htm COST: free Every Monday. Riders must have a proper road or cyclecross bike, with drop handlebars. Helmets are mandatory. RSVP to: rideyourbike@sweetpetes.com to be able to join. Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.east yorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your East York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

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Sunday Afternoon Euchre WHEN: 12:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, jimb.farrell@ yahoo.ca COST: $6 Everyone welcome. Karaoke at the Branch WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim

Farrell, 416-425-1714 COST: Free

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East York Farmers’ Market WHEN: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: Ruth Abbott, 416429-9684 COST: Free

w Saturday, July 18

Community Yard Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. WHERE: Don Mills United Church, 126 O’Connor Dr. CONTACT: Don Mills

United Church COST: Free Barbecue and Corn Roast WHEN: 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Don Mills United Church Cemetery, 126 O’Connor Dr. CONTACT: Don Mills United Church COST: Free Hamburgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob and more.

w Monday, July 20

Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve and Historic Site WHEN: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-593-2656, office@torontofieldnaturalists.org COST: Free Toronto Field Naturalists leaders stroll through the Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve and the historic mill site in the Don River Valley. Visitors and the general public are welcome to join us.

w Friday, July 24

Massey Centre Fashion Show WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Don Mills United Church Cemetery, 126 O’Connor Dr. COST: Free To raise funds for the Massey Centre. Donations welcome.

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Dusk Dances WHEN: Aug. 3 to 9; various times: 1:45 p.m. and/or 6:45 p.m. WHERE: Withrow Park, 725 Logan Ave. CON-

TACT: http://duskdances.ca COST: PWYC with a suggested donation of $10 High quality urban, contemporary and traditional dance. Participate in free salsa dance classes by master teacher Miko Sobreira. Bring chairs and blankets. Followed by a special 30-minute presentation of Disconcertante.

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Hirut Hoot WHEN: 9 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Hirut Restaurant, 2050 Danforth Ave. (at Woodbine, just a few doors west) CONTACT: Kevin MacDonald, hiruthoot@gmail.com COST: $5 Monthly stand up show features multicultural performers, headliners and rising stars. Warm and friendly environment. Great food.

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Oldershaw is wTheMark flag bearer Canadian Olympic

Committee named Mark Oldershaw as the flag bearer for the Toronto 2015 Opening Ceremony. Oldershaw is a third-generation Olympian who won bronze at the London 2012 in canoe. Team Canada will be the last team to enter the stadium in front of 50,000 live fans and millions of television viewers. The opening ceremony will be held at the Roger’s Centre starting at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, July 10.

Fridge makes public wMolson debut at GAMES Canadian will

launch a new beer fridge during the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. Using Google’s Speech Recognition API (application program interface) and other Google technologies, the fridge recognizes 40 languages. When the phrase “I Am Canadian” is spoken, the door opens. The beer fridge will be showcased at Molson

michele mclean pan am/parapan am Canadian House located within the CIBC Pan Am Park on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds between July 11 and 25. squash wTheCanadian team named Canadian Olympic

Committee and Squash Canada announced the men and women who will represent Team Canada at the Pan Am Games. Shawn Delierre, along with brothers Andrew and Graeme will play on the men’s roster while Samantha Cornett, Hollie Naughton and Nikole Todd will play for the women. Running from July 11 to 17, there will be six squash events. The squash competition will take place at Exhibition park.

Field wTheCanadian Hockey Teams Canadian Olympic

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16 men and 16 women to represent Canada at the Pan Am Games. The event, which will be held at the new Pan Am Fields at the University of Toronto, serves as an official Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualifying tournament, with both the men’s and women’s winners earning a spot at the Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next summer. Men’s wTheCanadian rugby team Canadian Olympic

Committee and Rugby Canada announced the 12 men’s rugby sevens athletes who will compete in the Toronto Pan Am Games. The 2015 Games will mark only the second time the sport is part of the Games. Rugby sevens made its debut at the 2011 Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, where Canada won gold. The rugby competitions run July 11 and 12 at Exhibition park.

Michele McLean’s column on the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games appears every second week. Reach her at mmclean@insidetoronto.com

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Area neighbourhoods reaching out to Athletes’ Village JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Representatives from six neighbourhoods surrounding the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletes’ Village in the West Don Lands have put together a handy guidebook to encourage athletes, officials, visitors and area residents to take in events, eat and shop in the area during the upcoming 2015 Games. Called the NAVTO2015 Guide, the 32-page, full-colour booklet printed in English, French and Spanish, is being spearheaded by the South Eastern Downtown Network Alliance’s (SEDNA) Pan Am Coalition. The infor-

pan am games economics mal group is the successor to the Old Town Toronto Network and represents stakeholders in downtown east Toronto. It s m e m b e r s m e e t t o exchange information in a round table format and network with other neighbourhood organizations. Robyn Posner, who serves as the marketing, events and members services manager for the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Business Improvement Area, is leading the project. “It was definitely a group

effort. Being able to work together makes us stronger,” said Posner, who was also responsible for providing all of the content for her BIA’s pages in the guide. “The six neighbourhoods around the Athletes’ Village felt it was important for us to create a comprehensive outline as to what (those at and around the Athletes’ Village) can do and all the things they can do at their doorstep.” The areas featured in the guide include St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood, Corktown, The Distillery District, Riverside, Regent Park and Evergreen Brick Works and Pan Am Path.

“These six multi-cultural, diverse areas have a lot going for them – activities, restaurants and shops – so we thought it only made sense to put together an easy guide,” she said. The NAVTO2015 project launched more than a year ago and has involved numerous meetings with representatives from each featured area. Each neighbourhood will be funding 1/12th of the project’s total cost. The Ontario government has kicked in $10,000 for the guide, which does not include any advertising by forprofit businesses. The NAVTO2015 Guide, which launched July 2, is included in

the welcome package each athlete and official staying at the Athletes’ Village will be receiving. Tourism Toronto is also helping distribute the 75,000 copies of the booklet, which will also be readily available in each of the six neighbourhoods.

A companion website, www.navto2015.com, offers even more information about all of the happenings in the six neighbourhoods surrounding the Athletes’ Village.

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Riverside celebrates Western Gateway The Riverside Business pan am games Improvement Area (BIA) legacy is inviting the community to attend the launch of the second and final phase of its Western Gateway Project. On Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Riverside Bridge at Queen Street East at the Don Valley Parkway, the BIA will unveil its new Riverside Wayfinding Markers and public art installation. All of those who helped make the project possible will be recognized at the event, notably Rebecca J. Houston, who led the design of the banners that will frame the bridge; Nick Chin of OX Agency, which supported the branding of the monument; and Eldon Garnet, the bridge’s founding artist. The project was also made possible with the support of the City of Toronto and Councillor Paula Fletcher, as well as private sponsors Streetcar Developments, Hullmark Developments, Downtown Automotive Group, Ashlar Urban Realty, The Avro, BMO, Brightworks Interactive Marketing, Harhay Construction, il ponte, and OX Agency. The unveiling will also serve as the start of the Riverside Art and History Walking Tour by former BIA chair and local historian Ron Fletcher. Admission is free. The Riverside BIA’s Western Gateway Project is a Pan Am/Parapan Wayfinding Markers Am-inspired legacy project.

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East York Canada Day Parade LET’S CELEBRATE: Far right, Felicity Cormier wears red and white as she rides along the East York Canada Day Parade route. Above, Shriners’ Bill Sanders and the rest of his kin. Top left, Breezy Meadow sports her Canadian coat. Stella Smith, left, and Clara Swain join the East York Soccer Club marching along the parade route. Right, Shori-Anne Clarke shows her pride.

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this Saturday from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the Taylor Creek Park parking lot. The tour will finish off at the Eco Art Festival near Todmorden Mills. “Using arts to bring awareness is extremely important and it highlights the beauty of Toronto,” Mendes said.

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>>>from page 1 Thorncliffe. “I like to support what goes on in Thorncliffe because I’ve lived here for 30 years. Events like this bring people together,” said Squires. The two were happy to discuss the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games while anticipating the arrival of the torch. Children of the community had the opportunity to create their very own torches to help cheer on the torchbearers as they made their way through the park, bearing the torch. “I can’t wait to see the torch,” said Fatima Jangda, a volunteer with the Thorncliffe Park library. Jangda was one of the volunteers who helped youngsters fashion their individual torches. The event was marked by a throng of tiny, colourful

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to Thorncliffe Park. Torchbearer Gorgievski, who was selected by his peers at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, kicked things off at Thorncliffe Park. “Taking part of such a big event and being a part of the community, growing up in Toronto is a huge honour,” said Gorgievski. The Scarborough native was happy to briefly share fond memories of his childhood spent as a carrier for The Scarborough Mirror. Gorgievski said he was proud to be apart of the community event. “It’s a fantastic event brought to our city. It allows for Toronto be put front and centre,” Gorgievski said.

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