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North York Harvest Food Bank, which serves the former City of York, will be joining food banks across Canada to take part this week in an annual campaign to fight hunger.

Founded in 2012, the Give 30 campaign continues to focus on hunger in Canada and motivate people of all backgrounds to give to food banks during the month of Ramadan.

Those who are fasting during Ramadan are encouraged to donate a portion of the money they save by skipping meals over the month. People who aren’t fasting can still participate, said Ziyaad Mia, Give 30 founder.

“Brown bag your lunch for

the month or tally up 30 days of coffee money. Whatever it is, it can make a difference in the lives of those who don’t have enough to eat,” Mia said in a statement.

Give 30 raised almost $40,000 in its first year. Last year, the campaign received more than $90,000 in donations with food banks from three provinces participating.

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‘People voted for the future,’ Liberal supporters boast LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com Voters have put opposition party tactics and Liberal political scandals aside and are focusing on a positive future under Kathleen Wynne, supporters said at the premier’s victory party.

Nor th York’s Thelma Casimir, from Wynne’s Don Valley West riding, believes voters were disappointed Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak and NDP leader Andrea Horwath indicated they would vote against the Liberal budget, triggering the provincial election.

“Let’s think about how much money they (taxpayers) lost because of these two.

Taxpayers’ money went to waste,” she said.

“They just wanted an election. They just wanted to get up on their high horses and call ‘Election, election.’ That’s wrong.”

Voters were willing to put controversies, including the gas plants and Ornge air ambulance scandals, in the past and focus on the future,

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Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne delivers her election victory speech Thursday night in downtown Toronto.

Casimir said.

Maureen Adamson, of the Beach, agreed.

“I actually think people are bored with the gas plant scandal. I think people voted for the future and that’s when you vote for a new party, it’s about the future,” she said.

“I think they voted for a great future leader and I think she’s going to be one of them.”

D ow n t ow n r e s i d e n t Muhammad Bukhari said

voters rejected Hudak’s plan to cut 100,000 public sector workers and create one million jobs under a formula challenged by many economists.

“That was really upsetting all the voters because what voters expected was that the one million jobs was not possible and the 100,000 jobs (cuts) was possible so in this way, they didn’t trust Team Hudak and they didn’t support him,” he said.

At her victory party, Wynne

thanked voters for her new strong mandate.

“You voted for jobs. You voted for growth. Thank you for voting to build Ontario up.

Let me tell you your government is ready to do exactly that,” she said.

“You have put your trust in us. And we will not let you down. You have put your trust in us to move this province forward. And to do it with integrity. And we will not take you for granted.”

Wynne captured 26,215 votes, followed by PC candidate David Porter with 14,082.

P o r t e r, a c h a r t e r e d accountant with more than 20 years experience in the financial sector, said Ontario voters couldn’t stomach the Conservatives’ message of needing to slash the province’s $12.5-billion deficit.

“Let’s face it, people don’t like to deal with the realities we presented,” he said.

“People were generally scared of what may happen.

They (Liberals) raised the spectre of (former premier) Mike Harris.”

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In ridings touching the former city of North York, all seven had Liberals elected.

In Toronto, Liberals were elected in 21 of 23 ridings.

Results below (all polls reporting) are unofficial. Official results to be released by the Chief Electoral Officer at a later date.

DON VALLEY EAST Michael Coteau, Liberal 19,253 Angela Kennedy, PC 9,227 Akil Sadikali, NDP 4,492 Christopher McLeod, Green 1,264 Wayne Simmons, Freedom 287 Recap: Liberal Michael Coteau secured re-election in the riding he first won in 2011.

DON VALLEY WEST Kathleen Wynne, Liberal 26,215 David Porter, PC 14,082 Khalid Ahmed, NDP 3,569 Louis Fliss, Green 1,286 Patrick Boyd, Libertarian, 338 Dimitrios Kabitsis, Communist 153 Brock Burrows, Independent 138 Rosemary Waigh, Vegan Environmental 116 Tracy Curley, Freedom 83 Recap: Liberal Kathleen Wynne easily won re-election in her home riding.

EGLINTON-LAWRENCE Mike Colle, Liberal 22,855 Robin Martin, PC 14,069 Thomas Gallezot, NDP 3,044 Lucas C. McCann, Green 1,314 Michael Bone, Freedom 265 Erwin Sniedzins, Independent 144 Recap: Liberal Mike Colle, who has held the seat since 1995, was re-elected.

WILLOWDALE David Zimmer, Liberal 24,294 Michael Ceci, PC 15,422 Alexander Brown, NDP 4,697 Teresa Pun, Green 1,758 Recap: Liberal David Zimmer was re-elected.

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YORK CENTRE Monte Kwinter, Liberal 16,980 Avi Yufest, PC 10,914 John Fagan, NDP 5,806 Josh Borenstein, Green 1,156 Laurence Cherniak, Freedom 489 Recap: Monte Kwinter, who has served since 1985, is returned to Queen’s Park.

YORK WEST Mario Sergio, Liberal 11,867 Tom Rakocevic, NDP 10,007 Karlene Nation, PC 2,778 Keith Jarrett, Green 418 Kayla Baptiste, Freedom 267 Recap: Mario Sergio is reelected.

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Wynne must use majority to make transit a priority

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ith last week’s majority government win by the Kathleen Wynne Liberals in the provincial election, her party has been given a strong mandate by voters in Toronto and surrounding areas to make transit a top priority over the next four years.

Her victory can also be interpreted as strong support for the Metrolinx Big Move transit plan for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) which was first introduced under the Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty back in 2008.

The election of Rob Ford as Toronto’s mayor in 2010 and a Liberal minority in the 2011 provincial election saw transit become highly politicized. Talk on how it would be paid for and the debate between LRTs and seemed never-ending. our view subways In the last year, though, we have started making decisions Voters should on our transit future and how to for it. The provincial, city and expect action pay federal governments agreed on an extension of the Bloor-Danforth on transit subway from Kennedy station to the Scarborough Town Centre. The city approved a property tax increase of 0.5 per cent to help pay for its portion.

Yet, it comes up repeatedly as a municipal election issue with mayoral candidates Olivia Chow and David Soknacki saying the Scarborough subway extension should be scrapped in favour of an LRT. As was mentioned at a mayoral candidates’ debate this week, discussion of a Scarborough subway extension should be finished. Every Liberal MPP elected in Scarborough supports that subway extension, and made it a key part of their campaigns.

Any thought that this could now be changed with a new mayor of Toronto or change in councillors cannot be accepted by Wynne and her majority government.

The same goes for a number of other transit plans across the Greater Toronto Area. Voters are expecting transit action from the Liberals.

Wynne’s party took away seats from the only PC (Doug Holyday in Etobicoke-Lakeshore) and three NDP incumbents in Toronto due in no small part to her transit plans. The Liberals also gained seats in the 905 communities around the city including Newmarket-Aurora, Durham, Burlington and Halton.

Wynne now has an opportunity to take that mandate and do the right thing when it comes to transit expansion across the GTHA.

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World Cup on the menu for street festivals Alas, I was busy Saturday night and unable to make it out for both Italy’s crucial opening game victory over England in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the subsequent street celebrations.

From what I hear, I missed the party of the year.

Oh well, cosi e la vita. The good news is I should more than make up for it this week as I’m planning to take in the immensely popular quadrennial Toronto street festival that occurs during the first round of every World Cup: A Taste Of Every Country That Qualified For The Group Stage.

The gala runs from Thursday afternoon through Sunday evening and I’ll be there with bells on, from start to finish. (Being an objective columnist, I’ll be wearing the bell colours of every nation in the tourney.)

If you want to say hi at the festival, you can find me in the heart of all the action, at That Little-Known Objective Columnist Hangout That Only I Seem To Have Heard

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY Of. The fun will start as soon as I get to my table.

Waiter: “Hello. My name’s Rex. I’ll be your waiter for duration of the event. And may I say nice bells, Mr Wayne?”

Jamie: “If you think it’ll get a laugh, Rex, sure.”

Waiter: “Nah. I changed my mind. I don’t want to risk it. Anyhow, I see you’ve booked a reservation for all 12 World Cup games here over the next four days. Glad to have you aboard. Without further ado, here are this week’s specials: France at Switzerland, England at Uruguay, Russia at Belgium, Costa Rica at Italy and Portugal at USA. Though not necessarily in that order. So, have you decided what you want, or do you need a little more time?

Jamie: “No. I’m good to go, Rex. I know the first round group stage menu

by heart. For Thursday, I’d like to start off with Cote d’Ivoire at Colómbia. Extra spicy. Followed by England at Uruguay. But make them both hard-boiled, please.

They’re going to need it.”

Waiter: “Two excellent choices. What else?”

Jamie: “I’d like to wrap up the first night with Greece at Japan. And from what I’m expecting from the first two entrees, you better make that one over easy.”

Waiter: “Over easy, it is. Now, what’ll it be for Friday?”

Jamie: “Costa Rica at Italy to kick things off. Both still piping hot, if possible.

Then I’d like France at Switzerland. I’m looking forward to that one with plenty of relish. And for the nightcap? Make it Ecuador at Honduras. They should be steaming, in case you hadn’t guessed.”

Waiter: “Not to worry.

I already had it pencilled in. Now what’s up for Saturday?”

Jamie: “I want to open

with Iran at Argentina.

Anything with Argentina should be lip-smacking, good, don’t you think? Then I’d like Ghana at Germany, please, followed by BosniaHerzegovina at Nigeria. I’m not expecting anything too fancy from either of those.”

Waiter: “I’m with you on that score. And for Sunday?”

Jamie: “For starters, Russia at Belgium. This has delicacy written all over it.

Then, Algeria at the Korea Republic. Nothing jumps out at me here. Whatever you decide is OK. And I’ll close things out with what could turn out to be the creme de la creme of this festival - Portugal at USA.” Waiter: “Really? Now, are you referring to Portugal with or without?”

Jamie: “With Ronaldo, of course. Without him? It’ll be creme, but that’s about it.”

Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics?

Not so much. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca

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CONVOCATION CEREMONY: York University board chair Julia Foster, left, former Ontario cabinet minister Gregory Sorbara, York president and vice-chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and York senate chair Roxanne Mykitiuk take part in the ceremony making Sorbara the 13th chancellor of York University during an event held at the Rexall Centre on Friday.

Keeping cash flow in mind It’s a common enough refrain for small business owners: manage your cash flow.

Enterprise Toronto is hosting a hands-on workshop on cash flow at the North York Civic Centre Thursday, June 26.

Attendees will observe reallife examples, be immersed in best practices, and learn to avoid borrowing.

Mandi Cho of TD will lead the session from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Committee Room 3 of the Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge St. (north of Sheppard Avenue).

Registration is required.

Visit enterprisetoronto.com Learn about small claims The Barbara Frum Library is hosting an introductory session on Small Claims next Tuesday.

Titled Small Claims Court 101, the session runs from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at the branch, 20 Covington Rd. (Bathurst and Lawrence).

The session will outline the major steps of a small claims court lawsuit.

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Starbucks Canada has joined forces with the Yonge Street Mission in Toronto to help disadvantaged youth get workplace training.

The Starbucks Canada work-placement and barista training program will also take place in Vancouver and Calgary. The company will invest $840,000 over the next three years to drive this program.

The Yonge Street Mission, a community service agency serving thousands of Toronto’s poor and vulnerable since 1896, will offer paid Starbucks workplacements to street-involved and homeless youth through its Employment Services’ Connecting Youth to Work program.

Go online to www.starbucks.ca or the Yonge Street Mission at www.ysm.ca for more info on the program.

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National Black MBA Association

Kevin Warren, president of Global Growth Opportunites for Xerox Corporation, will speak at the National Black MBA Association’s meeting this week in Toronto.

Warren’s presentation, titled “Jay-Z Is Right: You’re Not a Businessman, You’re a Business, Man,” will focus on the power of transformation – creating opportunities by doing things differently – and offer advice on how to look for ways to innovate and evolve your personal brand.

The event is tonight at First Canadian Place, 100 King S. W., 68th Floor. A BMO sponsored reception starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by the keynote at 7 For more information, contact Charlene Currie, president of the National Black MBA Association (Toronto) at charlene.currie@nbmbaa.ca Paul Futhey is the managing editor of The North York Mirror. Business in Brief appears every two weeks.

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Toronto Botanical Garden to host WorldPride-inspired nuptials

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I think it’s going to be fabulous but touching. Our hope is everybody who leaves here has had the wedding of their dreams.

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hen 14 same-sex brides and grooms arrive at North York’s Toronto Botanical Garden next Wednesday afternoon, they will walk along a rainbow carpet while a jazz duo plays a processional.

The eight female couples and six male couples will make their way to an outdoor area where their guests, watching from the perennial garden, will witness them exchanging vows.

The ceremony will be officiated

by Rev. Brent Hawkes, senior pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, a church that was instrumental in changing the law on same-sex marriage.

On a hedge, flowers will spell out “Love Grows Here.”

As the couples sign the registry, their personal love stories will be read aloud.

Following the wedding, the couples and their guests will move to the outdoor reception area. The white couches, drapes and tents will provide a crisp backdrop to the stunning floral displays.

Guests will be able to write messages of love to the couples to hang on a “wish tree,” a dogwood featuring enormous white blooms resembling doves.

Welcome to ‘My Big Fab Gay Garden Wedding’.

The nuptials were inspired by the possibilities generated by WorldPride 2014 being held in Toronto from June 20 to 29, Toronto Botanical Garden director of education, Liz Hood, and marketing and communications director, Jenny Rhodenizer, told The Mirror during a tour of the wedding venue.

WorldPride is expected to draw well over a million members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community, supporters and other visitors.

“Jenny came back from a Toronto Tourism meeting in late winter and said, ‘OK, WorldPride, what are we going to do?’ And we came up with this idea of a group wedding because this is what we do, weddings are what happen in our gardens all the time,” said Hood, who along with Rhodenizer, joyfully throws the word “fab” around to describe many of the wedding’s features.

Same-sex couples ready to exchange vows “So, this idea is that, but really large and really fabulous for WorldPride.”

The idea for the group wedding came from this year’s Grammy Awards, which featured Queen Latifah marrying 33 gay and straight couples on stage during Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ performance of Same Love.

“In California, this (same-sex marriage) is a really big issue. We’re fortunate in Canada, it’s become part of our culture, especially here in Toronto. All sorts of same-sex marriages take place,” Hood said.

“I see WorldPride as being an opportunity for Toronto and for Canada to really show our stripes and to say ‘This is how an integrated

Liz Hood, director of education for the Toronto Botanical Garden, is organizing a special ceremony inspired by WorldPride: a free group wedding set in the garden’s natural splendour.

and progressively minded country operates and we welcome you to join it. And these are the values of the Toronto Botanical Garden.’”

Still, although Canada legalized same-sex marriage in 2005, many LGBTQ people from smaller communities have difficulty coming out or having their weddings in their hometowns so this group wedding in Toronto is the perfect opportunity for them, Hood said.

“For a lot of LGBTQ people, Toronto is a real haven,” she said.

S o m e o f t h e c o u p l e s a re Canadian, including one coming from Nova Scotia. Others include one Canadian partner and the other from another country including the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and the United States.

Most of the couples are getting married for the first time.

A handful are renewing their vows.

“They were disappointed they (their weddings) weren’t the amazing ceremony they wanted it to be,” Rhodenizer said.

“When an institution does it, it means something. It’s like a check of approval. We’re standing behind

you and we’re flying the flag.”

The event is a group wedding in which each couple will be married individually during a 10-minute abbreviated traditional wedding service as opposed to a mass wedding where all couples are married at the same time.

With all the floral arrangements, food, photography and videography, emcee duties and wedding planning services donated, the couples won’t have to spend a dime on their wedding, something sure to make most marrying couples facing large wedding bills envious.

A main focus will be sharing the love stories of the couples, Rhodenizer said.

“The stories are touching,” she said.

“Each one is very different, but there is a similarity of wanting to be surrounded, to be wrapped, in community. Getting married in the garden and being connected with nature is a real driving force of why they wanted to have it here.”

Hood agreed.

“I think it’s going to be fabulous but touching. Our hope is everybody who leaves here has had the wedding of their dreams,” she said.

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10th Asian Community Games WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Tait McKenzie Centre - York’s Main Gym, 4700 Keele St. CONTACT: Joseph Fong, 416-593-6060, www.acgames. ca, info@acgames.ca COST: Free The Games promote sports and cultural programs for youths and adults.

There will be tournaments for 11 sports. Opening ceremony at 9 a.m.

Carnival / Fun Fair WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Harmony Place Support Services, 132 Railside Rd. CONTACT: Kathleen, 416-510-3114, kathleen@harmonyplace.on.ca COST: Free A fun day of games, food and live music. The funds raised go toward the cost of delivering programs to Harmony Place participants.

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Walk On For CARD WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: G. Ross Lord Park, 4777 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Randi or Bonnie, 416667-8600, ext.70, www.card.ca, info@card.ca COST: $45 registration fee Riders, volunteers, family, friends and members of the community walk either one or three kilometres through park trails to raise money for CARD’s

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Strawberry Social WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, 1 Greenland Rd. CONTACT: 416-444-3471, http://stmarkstoronto. org COST: $7 Farm fresh strawberries, homemade shortcake, whipped cream, beverage and some light entertainment.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www. northyorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your North York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto. therapeutic riding programs that benefit people with disabilities.

Creative Science Sundays: Cigar Box Instruments WHEN: 12:30 or 3 p.m. WHERE: Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd. CONTACT: 416-696-1000 COST: Free with admission Create guitars and percussion instruments out of cigar boxes and learn the science. Ages 12 and older.

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An Evening in the Himalaya WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington Rd. CONTACT: 416-395-5441 COST: Free Chris Beall presents a slide show about the Annapurna Region of central Nepal.

The Whole of Jewish History in One Hour WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder St. CONTACT: Andrea Levine, 416-633-3838, ext. 232, www.beby.org, andrea@beby.org COST: Free Beneficial Insects in Your Garden WHEN: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 3200 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: Pat Cappelli, 647-296-0402, patcappelli@yahoo.ca COST: Free

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United Chesed Dinner With Speaker Steven Rambam WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: B’nai Brith

National Headquarters Auditorium, 15 Hove St. CONTACT: United Chesed of Toronto, 416-663-3339, clientservices@unitedchesed.com COST: Speech $30, Dinner and speech $125

CONTACT: Councillor James Pasternak, 416-392-1371, www.jamespasternak.ca, councillor_pasternak@ toronto.ca COST: Free Drop off used or unwanted household items.

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WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: 416-395-5613 COST: Free

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Follow us online for World Cup coverage The World Cup is off to a roaring start in Brazil with a number of surprising results that have had Toronto soccer fans either cheering joyfully or shaking their heads in frustration.

The tourney opened last Thursday afternoon with host Brazil winning 3-1 over Croatia, setting off cheering in a number of Toronto neighbourhoods including Little Portugal.

Fans of Portugal itself were not cheering on Monday, though, as their team fell 4-0 to Germany.

Last Friday, the tournament forged an even stronger link with Toronto soccer fans as Jonathan de Guzman, who grew up in Scarborough, was in the starting-11 for the Netherlands game against defending World Cup champs Spain. The Dutch easily won that game 5-1.

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games left to come in firstround Group play, which wraps up next Thursday.

For a full World Cup schedule, visit us at www. insidetoronto.com/sportsstory/4567157-world-cup2014-complete-schedule Games today are Colómbia versus Ivory Coast, Uruguay versus England, and Greece versus Japan.

For a list of the best places to catch World Cup action in Toronto, visit us at www.insidetoronto.com/ sports-story/4550511-toronto-s-eight-great-places-towatch-the-world-cup We also have complete World Cup coverage at our special website: www.insidetoronto.com/worldcupTO At that site you’ll finds loads of info on the teams, results, where to watch games, and stories delving into the cultures of the 32 countries taking part and their links to Toronto.

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Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study Notice of Public Information Centre # 1 Please join us at our first Public Information Centre to learn about the potential factors contributing to surface and basement flooding and the different alternatives that will be considered to alleviate the flooding occurrences within the study area boundaries.You will have an opportunity to view the display boards and speak one-on-one with project staff. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Location: Northmount School 26 Mallard Rd. (west of Don Mills, south of York Mills) Background The City ofToronto has historically experienced severe storm events that have caused recurrent surface and basement flooding, and contributed to the degradation of water quality inToronto’s waterways.

On August 19, 2005, the City experienced a severe storm that resulted in flooding of many residents’ homes, caused erosion in area ravines and watercourses, and damaged City roads, bridges, and sewers. In response, City Council approved the “Basement Flooding Work Plan” to undertake investigations to alleviate future flooding in 41 basement flooding areas, including Areas 21 & 23.

Solutions to improve stormwater runoff quality and reduce the adverse impacts of stormwater entering the City’s watercourses will also be investigated.

We would like to hear from you Public consultation is an important part of this study.

Visit the project website for more information or contact us if you would like to be placed on our mailing list for updates.

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Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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Toolkits help students start brain health clubs LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com

Although Alzheimer’s and dementia are most often associated with the elderly, they are brain diseases that tug at the heartstrings of three young people who are now teaming up with Baycrest Health Sciences.

Baycrest, a world leader in research on the aging brain, is working with North York brothers Soojeong and Soohyung Choe and North York’s Zameer Bharwani, a student at East York’s Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, to create toolkits to help students launch brain health clubs in high schools.

Toronto French School, Northern Secondary School and Earl Haig Secondary School are among the schools that have received the toolkits so far.

Dr. Tiffany Chow, who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases at Baycrest’s Sam and Ida Ross Memory Clinic, is inspired by the commitment of the Choe

brothers and Bharwani.

“The three guys I’ve teamed up with are leaders among their peers,” she said. “They’re delightful. They’re young but they are also wise, which is such a wonderful thing.”

Last summer, the brothers cycled across Canada to raise $8,000 for Alzheimer’s research in memory of their beloved grandfather who died of the fatal brain disease that has no known cause or cure.

So o j e o n g s t a r t e d a n Alzheimer’s club at his high school, York Mills Collegiate Institute, before handing the reins over to Soohyung when he left for university.

The brothers have also organized other fundraisers and are working to get more young people involved in the cause.

Bharwani first became interested in brain health as a Grade 8 student at Valley Park Middle School when he was chosen for a mentoring program that matched him with retired neuroscientist Dr. Dugald Matheson.

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The Baycrest Centre for geriatric care is teaming up with students to create toolkits, containing shirts like the one above, to help other students set up Alzheimer's and dementia clubs.

After talking to someone who lost his mother to Alzheimer’s, The North York resident began volunteering

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at Baycrest and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and realized how devastating Alzheimer’s and dementia

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“It affects you when you realize they don’t recognize family and friends,” said Bharwani, who will be heading off to the University of Waterloo in the fall.

“They lose so much of the past and the present. It’s hard to describe. It’s mind blowing.”

He was so moved by the lives of patients and their families that he started the Initiative for Neuroscience and Dementia to promote awareness of and fund research into neurological diseases.

The project has been adopted by seven other schools.

Chow was so impressed with the young men’s dedication, she secured $5,000 from the Dementia Alliance and an additional donation from the Moir family to create the first 15 toolkits being distributed to high schools.

Complete with T-shirts, the kits show students how to start clubs and get other young people involved.

“This is a cause near and dear to my heart,” Chow said.

Today’s young people are very progressive about the importance of brain health from an early age because they have seen family members and friends suffer from Alzheimer’s and dementia and don’t want their senior years to be the same, Chow said.

“In my generation, we weren’t looking ahead and seeing ourselves aging. We are looking at the weekend,” she said.

Young people are also more interested in recognizing Alzheimer’s and dementia than past generations who tried to hide relatives with the disease, Chow said.

“When I was young, people with dementia or Alzheimer’s were hidden away at home or put in nursing homes and we called them senile,” she said.

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Saturday, June 21 w Metro Toronto Wildcats host Cornwall Wildcats at Esther Shiner Stadium , varsity game at 2 p.m., junior (bye) and bantam (bye) Saturday, June 28 w Metro Toronto Wildcats at Markham Raiders at Mt. Joy, varsity game at 7:30 p.m., junior at 4:30 p.m. and bantam at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 5 w Metro Toronto Wildcats host Oshawa Hawkeyes at Esther Shiner Stadium , varsity (bye), junior at 1:30 p.m. and bantam at 11 a.m. * complete league schedule, scores and stats at www.ovflontario.com/ League 1 Ontario Toronto FC Academy Sunday, June 22, 3 p.m. w Toronto FC Academy hosts Internacional De Toronto at Kia Training Ground at Downsview.

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TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE North York Astros’ Antoine Paul, left, reaches for a head ball over London City’s Steve Knezevic during Canadian Soccer League action at Esther Shiner Stadium earlier this month.

London City went on to win the match 2-1.

The Astros how head out on an extended road trip. Their next home game is not until Aug. 17.

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The City of Toronto holds public consultations as one way to engage residents in the life of their city.Toronto thrives on your great ideas and actions. We invite you to get involved.

East Don Trail Environmental Assessment Notice Public Event #3 Invitation for Public Comment and Input The City ofToronto andToronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) are hosting the last of three public meetings for the East DonTrail Study.

Join us for a public event to learn more, speak with the project team, and provide your feedback on the design concepts for what the preferred trail alignment might look like. An overview of the design concepts will be presented at 6:30 p.m.

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Background The City ofToronto andTRCA are studying options for a multi-use trail system within the East Don Corridor.The proposed trail would provide a key connection in the multi-use trail network, joining the existing East DonTrail (East of Wynford Heights Crescent), Gatineau CorridorTrail (at approximately Bermondsey Road), and the DonTrail System.

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We would like to hear from you The first two meetings were held in 2013 to receive feedback on the project objectives, discuss the key issues and opportunities, and assist in the selection of the preferred trail alignment. We are now asking for you to be part of the conversation to select the best design for the preferred trail alignment.

To ensure comments are incorporated into the planning and design of this project, please provide them by July 11, 2014.To receive project updates by Email, sign up at: toronto.ca/eastdontrail.

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lan Cross remembers what his first thought was when asked if he would put together an exhibit for the Ontario Science Centre focusing on the connection between science and rock music.

“They’re crazy,” said Cross, a Toronto radio personality and content developer for The Science of Rock’n’Roll, a new exhibit set to run through to Oct. 26 at the Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue science centre.

The exhibit, which opened to the public June 11, explores how advances in science and technology have revolutionized music, and how it’s made, listened to, experienced and shared starting from 1877 to the present.

Cross’ initial thought lasted all of 15 seconds, when he realized the history of rock music will be told in a way never done before.

“It made all the sense in the world,” he told The Mirror during the June 5 media preview.

There was no such thing as portable music in the

1950s, as the 8-track player was first introduced in 1965, he said.

“There are so many cool stories that have been forgotten,” Cross said, adding he hasn’t got a clue where music will head in the future. “We are in a transition. We are moving from many decades of possessing music to being able to access music. We no longer need to have the physical product.”

The exhibit features seven areas made up of different interactive components, historical artifacts, informational walls and documentary videos.

For an additional $2 on top of admission price, visitors are able to capture video footage of their rock star moments to share using The Science of Rock’n’Roll backstage pass available online.

And of course, a rock’n’roll exhibit wouldn’t be complete without some live rock’n’roll.

Juno-award winning band Arkells performed four songs during the media preview, two of which – ‘Come To Light’ and ‘Never Thought That This Would Happen’ - will be on their third studio

scienceROCKS! The science centre will also host three ScienceROCKS! licensed events for those 19 and older.

The evenings will include live performances, presentations, a chance to explore the exhibit and watch Rolling Stones at the Max on the big screen.

The events will be held July 24, Aug. 21 and Sept.

18 from 7 p.m. to midnight.

Advance tickets are available for $15 at www. ontariosciencecentre.ca/ boxoffice or $18 at the door. album, titled High Noon, set for release Aug. 5.

“It’s really a great exhibit,” guitarist Michael DeAngelis told The Mirror while checking out the exhibit with fellow band members.

“It’s a hands-on, real exhibit. The more you end up recording music, the more you understand science in sound in general.”

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Celebrate the summer solstice with serenades in North York Jessica Lloyd with Louis Simão on guitar and accordion.

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released of sex assault suspect wSketch Police have released a composite sketch of a suspect in a May 29 sex assault in North York.

Police said a woman was sexually assaulted while walking through a path in the Downsview Dells area near Jane Street and Troutbrooke Drive.

Composite The suspect sketch is black, 25 to 30 years old with braided hair and a thin build. He wore a green hooded sweatshirt and loose fitting pants.

Anyone with information is asked to call the sex crimes unit at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416222-TIPS (8477). charged in sex assaults w12-year-old

A 12-year-old boy faces charges in connection with a sexual assault investigation in North York.

Police allege three women walking in the Sentinel and Fountainhead roads area, near

Keele Street and Finch Avenue, reported “various incidents” since May 30.

The 12-year-old, arrested Saturday, has been charged with sexual assault, indecent act and indecent exposure.

A court date hasn’t been set yet.

Police believe there are more victims. The accused is dark-skinned, about 5’9” tall with black hair and a slim build, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call 31 Division at 416-808-3100 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416222-TIPS (8477). aims to have people ‘choose wisely’ wNYGH

North York General Hospital is the first Canadian hospital to support and launch the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign, which encourages patients and doctors to talk about avoiding unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures.

“With a myriad of potential tests and procedures, we all need to ask ourselves what options are appropriate? What options are best for each and every one of my patients?” Dr.

Donna McRitchie, a surgeon and the vice-president of medical and academic affairs wrote in this month’s hospital newsletter.

North Yorker has care heart wHome

North York native Vicky Willis was honoured with a Heart of Home Care award earlier this month.

Willis, who attended York Mills Collegiate Institute, is one of four recipients of this year’s awards, presented by VHA Home HealthCare to recognize the remarkable efforts of a friend or family member in caring for a loved one with a disability or chronic or terminal illness.

When Willis’s 47-year-old husband, Jeff, was diagnosed with dementia, she dedicated herself to his care and educating others about the illness. at Keele and Wilson injures three wCrash Three women were taken to hospital with serious but nonlife-threatening injuries following a five-vehicle crash in North York Friday.

The collision happened at Keele Street and Wilson Avenue at 2:04 p.m. on June 13.

Police said that a light post fell on one of the cars and that one person was unconscious.

The area around the intersection was congested for the remainder of the afternoon.

Traffic services was called to the scene to help with the investigation.

York U. president gets honourary degree York University President Mamdouh Shoukri was given a doctor of science honourary degree from McMaster University June 11.

He earned his master’s degree and PhD from McMaster and served as the dean of the faculty of engineering for seven years.

The faculty grew in size and reputation under Shoukri’s leadership, McMaster president Patrick Deane said.

Shoukri encouraged students to use their education to gain confidence, learn the skills of leadership and to give back.

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Parkdale is not a “pedophile district.” Deputants who come before city hall committees asking programs be spared are not de-facto communists.

A secret cabal of left-wing Toronto councillors have not been wiretapping the councillor from Ward 7.

I could go on for an entire column, correcting the fanciful and offensive assertions that have fallen from the lips of Giorgio Mammoliti over the years. But like so much low comedy, it would simply underline the same point: Mammoliti, who is one of the longer-squatting denizens of Toronto council’s lunatic fringe, is pretty creepy.

If it weren’t for our cracksmoking mayor doing the heavy lifting, Mammoliti could even be an international embarrassment for this town.

Of course, one person’s international embarrassment is another’s local-boymade-good, and Mammoliti’s constituents in northwestern North York have been happy enough with his behaviour

david nickle the city to send him back to city hall over and over. Mammoliti’s remarks and actions are all calculated to stoke an oldeetymee suburban-urban grievance, using as his accelerant a deep social conservatism that frankly mirrors the mayor’s.

It’s not surprising, then, that as the municipal election campaign gears up, Mammoliti should choose to wind things up with that business about “pedophile districts.”

Parkdale is an interesting and vibrant community these days, but a couple of decades ago it was known as a place marred by crime and drug abuse – much as many people still regard Mammoliti’s own Jane-Finch community.

So. Deride a community that’s got a rocky history, and just for good measure throw pedophilia into the mix, and suggest the local councillor is representing their issues over the safety of children.

It is classic Mammoliti game

– one that he’s been playing since 1995, when he left a one-term stint on Bob Rae’s NDP backbench at Queen’s Park to join former mayor Mel Lastman’s North York Council, then went to Toronto council as amalgamation took hold.

Mammoliti became wellknown mostly in the breach – his lack of discipline when it came to spending his office budgets, his limelight-seeking behaviour, his demagogic mischief-making and his changeable loyalties.

Which all, as I may have mentioned earlier, points to one truth: Mammoliti is pretty creepy, and he seems to revel in it; it is a game to him.

For the rest of us, it’s a shame. The mayor’s follies aside, when our neighbours speak about the dysfunction and absurdity of Toronto city politics, they are thinking in large part about Mammoliti – amusing himself with verbal pugilism, at the expense of almost everyone else.

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City council defers decision on Ombudsman’s future Item to re-surface at July 9 meeting David Nickle dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto council has put off for a month a vote on whether the city’s ombudsman Fiona Crean should be reappointed to the job.

The deferral came as some councillors suggested others were seeking to end Crean’s tenure as the city’s ombudsman because they’d been subject to her office’s scrutiny.

“I understand that there are many feelings that have been exorcised as a direct consequence of the reports and investigations,” said York Centre Councillor Maria Augimeri, who moved the deferral.

“And I know there is pushback on some of these investigations. I understand when you speak truth to power, you

get shut down.” ing out that in 2012, council Crean is Toronto’s first and already voted to give Crean a only ombudsman, an office two-year extension rather than created in the City of Toronto back a move to remove her.

Act to respond to complaints “I believe we have come to about the way the city’s the floor once, we’ve already institutions interact with the given the extension,” he said.

“I think we should just move public.

Over her tenure, Crean on with a different person.” has reported on everything Council took Augimeri’s from the way the city delivers advice and had a time out. water service, to inappropriThere was also a matter of ate hiring pracnumbers. In order to Be a part of the extend the accounttices at Toronto discussion. Visit Community ability officer’s conthis story on our tract from its initial Housing website and share five years, council Corporation. In your thoughts in must vote with a two2012, she came the comments thirds majority. under fire from Mayor Rob Ford’s And because of the section. office and also June 12 provincial Councillor Giorgio  bit.ly/1slOHTk election, four counMammoliti, over a cillors were absent report she filed looking into from the third day of the June political interference in the council meeting, making the public appointments pro30-vote minimum elusive. cess.

A bare majority – 21-20 – of During the deferral debate, councillors voted to defer the Mammoliti suggested it was matter. It will come back to the time to replace Crean, pointJuly 9 council meeting.

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Stintz calls for clarity on subway at mayoral debate Tory takes shots for his SmartTrack plan RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com With the election of the Liberals to a provincial majority government, the Scarborough subway debate is over, according to Toronto mayoral candidate Karen Stintz.

Stintz also called on Metrolinx to clarify its position in supporting a threestop subway extension of the Bloor-Danforth line into Scarborough, a move adopted by the former TTC chair and a majority of city council, as part of recent decision that reversed an earlier fully funded plan to replace the aging Scarborough RT with an LRT line.

“Right now with the majority government

that’s been elected and the overwhelming support the Liberals got in Scarborough I think it is reasonable to say the subway debate is over and we need to now talk about other transit priorities,” said Stintz following a mayoral debate Monday morning between her and fellow candidates Olivia Chow, John Tory and David Soknacki.

“Metrolinx has an opportunity to clarify and be clear the Scarborough subway will be built.”

Metrolinx, which is tasked with building several light rail projects as part of a master agreement with the city and the TTC, did not respond directly to Stintz’s comments. But spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins acknowledged the decision to switch to the subway plan from the Scarborough LRT, which she said was supported by all levels of government.

“Three levels of government have made the

decision to build a subway instead of an LRT in Scarborough and therefore, we are working closely with the city to make the appropriate amendments to the master agreement,” said Aikins by email.

The debate was organized by the group Transport Futures as part of a one-day infrastructure forum that brought together transportation industry professionals, planners and elected officials.

At the debate, Stintz also took several shots at Tory for his SmartTrack transit proposal – establishing a surface rapid transit route to run on existing GO transit train lines – that she said was a fanciful dream.

“We need real plans with real funding,” said Stintz, who has proposed selling off city holdings such as Toronto Hydro to help pay for transit.

Tory refused to take the bait and instead focused

his attentions primarily the $8-billion SmartTrack on Chow, with whom he is proposal using tax increrunning neck-and-neck, ment financing, which according to recent polls. would take projected propUnlike the relief line erty tax revenue in areas of championed by Chow high development such as and others, Tory said his Liberty Village and apply it SmartTrack proposal could to transit. be done in seven years and He insisted there’s aligned the closest with the enough current and future province’s plans for elecdevelopment to make the trifying and expanding GO plan work.

Transit service in the next “The city’s growing by 10 years. more than one hundred “I can’t accept a transit thousand people per year plan that’s 17 years away,” to provide that incremensaid Tory in tal revenue to reference to the finance the Be a part of the relief line that SmartTrack line,” discussion. Visit will require at he said following this story on our least eight to website and share the debate.

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She also accused Tory of Tory also defended his waffling on the relief line, plan to finance a chunk of which she claimed he had

championed before unveiling his SmartTrack proposal in May. It was Tory’s top transit priority just three months ago,” said Chow. “He was just saying it a few weeks ago, and now it’s no longer a priority and the wrong line.”

Stintz, Chow and Tory found common agreement in not reintroducing the $60 vehicle registration tax (VRT) if elected, a stance Soknacki did not fully refute although he didn’t rule it out entirely.

“It’s one of the absolute last choices, it’s an incredibly unpopular choice,” said Soknacki of the VRT. But Soknacki said unlike his competitors he was unafraid to consider the need for higher taxes if necessary to fund construction given the dire congestion seen in the city right now.

“All options should be considered when considering how to best fund transportation needs,” he said.

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Black Creek Battle

Clockwise from top left: Above, a wounded soldier is evacuated to the rear during the re-enactment of the ‘Battle of Black Creek’ as part of the Father’s Day weekend event at Black Creek Pioneer Village on Saturday. At right, from top: Mohawk Nation member Allen Summerhaze joins the re-enactment; English and Scottish forces fire on the American forces tracking fleeing Empire Loyalists; Loyalist Fifes and Drums’ Mike Putnam, left, leads the British forces into the battle; Empire Loyalists flee to British North America as part of the re-enactment.

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Four suspects arrested in connection with armoured car robbery at Fairview Mall Police have made four arrests in connection with an armoured car heist at Fairview Mall.

Police allege two armed men wearing

balaclavas interrupted (at gunpoint) security guards making a delivery at the mall, at 1800 Sheppard Ave. E., around 10:25 p.m. on Jan. 20.

Shots were exchanged between a guard and a suspect, and a quantity of cash was stolen.

The men fled in a silver vehicle, which was

located by police a short distance away.

The guards weren’t injured.

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MDMA, cash, a handgun and three replica handguns.

Only four of the arrests were directly in relation to the armoured car rob-

bery. Zunaed Kabir, 24; Ram Singh Bisht, 24; Jeremy Metyas, 21, and William Rebeiz, 22, all of Toronto, face a string of charges.

Robber ‘on the run for four years:’ police >>>from page 1 re p o r t e r s d u r i n g a Wednesday morning news conference.

“He’s been on the run for four years. Very seldom do we have somebody that has covered this much territory and this much time without being apprehended.”

T h e m o s t re c e n t holdup happened May 5 at a TD bank in the Don Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue area.

Earl, of the holdup squad, said the suspect confronted the employees as they unlocked the doors at 7 a.m. He produced a handgun, ordered the employees into the bank and eventually into the vault and stole an undisclosed quantity of cash.

The robbery spree began in February 2010 in York Region where the armed suspect would jump over the counters barefaced.

“He’s not making any effort to hide his identity whatsoever in the initial stages,” Earl said. “He went on to rob banks in Mississauga and Hamilton in the later part of 2010, committing them in the same style, jumping over the counters armed with a handgun.”

In early 2011, the Vaulter Bandit went to Calgary where he held up four banks in 10 days. He then returned to Ontario, holding up banks in York Region

and Ottawa.

“The last robbery that we had attributed to the Vaulter Bandit happened in Vaughan on Dec. 14, 2011 and then he remained dormant until this bank robbery occurred on May 5, 2014,” Earl said.

“I’m sure that this individual is hiding in plain sight. He’s going to be known to neighbours, brothers, sisters, friends and he’s probably living a normal life other than committing these crimes.”

The suspect is white, in his 50s, 5’8” to 5’10” tall with a medium build and grey or saltand-pepper hair. He is athletic and sometimes wears glasses.

“He could’ve been a previous track athlete,” Earl said of the suspect.

“He’s so fit, he just literally hurdles over top of that counter.”

Unlike many bank robbers, police don’t believe this suspect is a drug abuser.

“He seems to be utilizing this money probably for everyday living expenses,” Earl said. “We definitely believe this individual is methodical and these robberies are well planned.”

The $50,000 reward, posted by the Canadian Bankers Association, is for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the robber.

Witnesses have seen him in a small silver car, possibly a Jetta.

Anyone with information is asked to call the holdup squad at 416-808-7350 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477). To view more images of the Vaulter Bandit, visit bit.ly/1r8qcEQ

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More than 17,000 people have already applied.

There are a variety of jobs available for volunteers including preparing the field of play, taking tickets, ushering spectators to their seats, shuttling athletes and dignitaries to venues and participating in the opening and closing ceremonies.

Visitors and media from all over the Americans and the Caribbean will be at the Games and it’s Toronto’s chance to showcase its city.

North York resident Richard Bell submitted his application to volunteer with the Pan Am Games.

A competitive skier from north Vancouver, he volunteered at the 2010 and the 2014 Olympics by helping groom the alpine ski course.

His father was a Olympic swimmer and his mother always encouraged him to volunteer.

“I’ve always been a volunteer,” Bell said. “I would love to be a part of the Games right here in Toronto. The reward of volunteering and helping athletes is a great personal award.”

Angelica Perez also lives in North York. Originally from Mexico City, she said

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she wants to volunteer for the Games because she loves Canada.

“I came to Canada and it’s such a beautiful country,” she said. “One way to give back to the community is by volunteering.”

Talia Finkelstein, who is also originally from Mexico City, now lives in North York.

Volunteering for the Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games was an obvious choice for her.

“I am very passionate about sports,” she said. “I want to be a part of this event.

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“I think it’s important for youth to volunteer because they get a chance to learn about themselves and community building,” she said.

Fellow downtown resident Vernon Garraway is looking forward to volunteering for the Games.

He is originally from St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, and lived in Vancouver for nine years before moving to Toronto two years ago. Garraway is a former athlete who has been volunteering for 23 years.

Scarborough resident Grace Wavryk currently works with the TO2015’s community outreach department at different events including with the TO2015 mascot Pachi.

Her family has always been involved in sports and she has helped out at her two daughter’s sporting events over the years.

“I can’t just sit back and watch,” she said. “I’m excited about getting involved.”

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Additional morning and evening trips are planned for both the Lakeshore east and west lines Saturdays, while Sundays will see six eastbound and seven westbound trips added to make the number of trips on both days the same.

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The TTC is getting set to re-open the intersection of Queen Street East and Leslie Street following the conclusion of major streetcar track construction.

The project to build a track to connect the TTC’s new streetcar fleet with the Leslie Barns maintenance and

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Construction continues in other areas. Following a one week break, the TTC will commence rail replacement work starting June 30 at the intersection of Queen and Broadview Avenue until July 25.

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A bizarre event unfolded this week at Chester Station when a distraught woman apparently climbed under a subway train and refused to budge.

The incident took place on a busy Monday morning and suspended Bloor-Danforth line service for a short time between Chester and Yonge stations.

In a tweet, TTC communications chief Brad Ross said the woman had climbed

under the train and staff cut power to the station. A short time later, Ross tweeted that the woman, who has not been identified, was successfully extricated and receiving help.

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The TTC is offering a special pass for attendees of this year’s Pride Parade as part of Toronto’s hosting of World Pride festivities, a global celebration of LGBTQ communities that starts Friday.

For the parade weekend, June 28 to 29, an unlimited pass is available for groups of up to six people with a maximum of four children.

There are also individual weekly passes available that are on sale now.

The TTC also unveiled last week a plaque commemorating World Pride to be permanently displayed outside Wellesley station. GO also announced it will offer more train trips on the day of the Pride Parade, June 29.

Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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