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Pan Am Games traffic disruptions limited to one day TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com The Pan Am/Parapan Am Games will cause minimal traffic disruption in Etobicoke. That is what TO2015’s transportation official told approximately 20 residents who attended a Pan Am information session Monday night at the Etobicoke Olympium. There are three Pan Am venues in Etobicoke: Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre, the Pan Am Bowling Centre and the Etobicoke Olympium, the training site for swimming, also a Parapan Am event, water polo, diving and synchronized swim-
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ming. Only one venue in Etobicoke will impact traffic for one day in one direction. Centennial Park Boulevard northbound between Rathburn Road and Eglinton Avenue West will be closed on July 11 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the Pan Am BMX event. Centennial Park will be fenced in during the Games with limited parking onsite. Pan Am BMX spectators can either walk in or take a shuttle to the venue. “It’s a balance between providing athletes and spectators the opportunity to get to venues >>>RESIDENTS, page 13
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CHILDREN’S CHOIR: Members of the Watoto African Children’s Choir perform a concert at St. Giles-Kingsway Presbyterian Church on Sunday in support of children in need in Africa.
Richview Baptist Church is once again gearing up to turn Etobicoke’s household items into life-sustaining water for
Nicaraguan villagers – but they need the community’s help to make the “miraculous” transformation a reality. As in previous years, proceeds from this year’s upcoming 9th Annual Huge Garage Sale, Barbecue and Silent Auction at Richview Baptist – which will be held on Saturday, May 9 from 8 >>>PROCEEDS, page 17
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