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Bikes fly at new BMX venue Two-day Canada Cup served as test event leading up to the Pan Am Games Canadians from coast to coast found their way to the newly built Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre in Etobicoke this weekend to watch the BMX Canada Cup, a test event for the facility before the Pan Am Games get underway. The turnout brought competitors and spectators from all across the country, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Japan on June 13 and 14. Despite strident opposition from some residents last year at a community meeting, it appeared that some locals and out-of-towners appreciated the new $4.5-million facility and were excited for this summer’s games. Etobicoke residents David and Dayna Ellis were particularly enthusiastic as they watched the races from the grass hill beside the arena.
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Riders fly through the air during the BMX Canada Cup Races Saturday at Centennial Park BMX facility. The competition served as a test event at the park leading up to the Pan Am Games next months.
“This track is wonderful and I think it will be of great use later on,” David said. “I think it was something that was needed in the GTA for sure, I don’t know of any other tracks nearby.” David added that the arena would promote the sport and
attract competitors from across the city and beyond. He wished the arena were available when he was younger. “I think the turnout for the test event is enough to say that the turnout for the Pan Am event is going to be amazing,”
Dayna said. “It’s going to be a great community hub later on with kids wanting to participate and visit once the games are over.” “We’re definitely advocates for it,” she added. >>>BIKE, page 12
Mystic Pointe and area residents told councillors Tuesday night they are willing to lose community benefits to fight a 48-storey condo proposal headed to the Ontario Municipal Board. Etobicoke York Community Council endorsed city planners’ recommendation in an unanimous vote that Toronto City Council direct city legal and planning staff to attend the board’s pre-hearing July 8 to oppose the developer’s appeal. Mystic Pointe is a condominium community west of Park Lawn Road immediately south of the Gardiner Expressway. City planners called the largescale development proposal “not appropriate,” stating the development is “out of scale and character with the planned >>>ETABBEY, page 19
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