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DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com It will cost $20 million a year for the next decade for Toronto to build out the entirety of its 10-year cycling plan. The ambitious plan to spread a cycling network across Toronto will be coming to the Monday meeting of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee – where councillors will look at various options for timing and funding. But the plan features a total of 525 kilometres of new cycling infrastructure – which adds up

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encore: The original cast of the York Mills C.I. production reunited more than 28 years later to perform a rendition of the classic musical Grease at St. Michael's College School on Saturday. Proceeds from the shows will benefit Forever Chai Foundation, an organization that raises funds for the Shabtai Levi Home in Haifa, Israel, which provides a range of emergency/residential care services for physically and emotionally abused children. For more on this story, visit bit.ly/grease1989

Art project to see two homes transformed into art spaces Experimental art project is part of revitalization of Lawrence Heights fannie sunshine fsunshine@insidetoronto.com

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to 1,050 kilometres of cycle lanes counting each direction. The plan would see feasibility studies at least for city-spanning bike lanes or cycle tracks extended on Yonge Street from Front Street to Steeles Avenue, along Bloor from Dundas Street West to Sherbourne Street, and further along Danforth Avenue from Broadview Avenue to Kingston Road. Jane Street would see a bike lane from south of Hwy. 401 to Steeles Avenue; Kingston Road from Eglinton Avenue to the Highland Creek Trail; Kipling >>>FIVE, page 23

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with the exact use to be determined through consultation with the Lawrence Heights community, said HOP public art curator Janine Marchessault. Marchessault, a professor of

cinema and media studies at York University who has produced exhibits in “unusual” spaces throughout the GTA, said she became involved with the project after being contacted by revitalization developer Heights Development Inc. HOP is inspired by Project

Row Houses in Houston, Texas, which turned houses in one of the city’s oldest African American neighbourhoods into art space. Working with a team from York University on ways to conceptualize the project and >>>PROJECT, page 12

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Rescue cat up for adoption stolen JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A cat theft at the Newtonbrook Pet Valu has Toronto-based charitable organization Team Cat Rescue looking to the public for help. On the evening of Wednesday, May 4, fourmonth-old kitten Einstein was stolen from the Pet Valu near Yonge Street and Cummer Avenue by an unknown male. Einstein was a Team Cat Rescue kitten who was being kept at Pat Valu to get exposure for a possible adoption. The charitable rescue organization has partnered with multiple Pet Valu locations to bring attention to cats that require a home. Suzanne Kleinberg of

Team Cat Rescue said it appears the theft was premeditated based on security footage that shows a male entering the store, making a beeline to Einstein’s cage and taking the kitten.

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“It looked like something that was planned,” she said. “It looked like someone who was from around the area and knew the store, and he specifically wanted Einstein.” The Pet Valu clerk was assisting another customer at the time, and Team Cat

Rescue members wonder whether the customer was sent in to distract the staffer while the man absconded with the kitten. Kleinberg said there is concern for Einstein’s safety. “As a rescue organization, we see a lot of awful things (done to animals,)” she said. “There are a lot of sick people out there.” Einstein is not fixed or chipped, and the lack of a microchip will make it more difficult to track him down. He is also bonded to his brother, Newton, who was left behind at the Newtonbrook Pet Valu and has been looking for Einstein since he was taken. Police have opened a case file on the cat abduction, and Kleinberg urged anyone with information to contact police

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Compost is free but bring shovels, gloves and containers Eglinton-Lawrence Councillor Josh Colle will host the annual Ward 15 Compost Days this month. The compost is free, but attendees will need to bring their own containers, shovels, and gloves. The events will be held rain or shine on: n Tuesday, May 17 at North York Community Ho u s e, 1 0 9 L o t h e r t o n Pathway, at 2 p.m. n Thursday, May 19 at Sts. Cosmas and Damian Catholic School, 111 Danesbury Ave., at 4 p.m. n Fr i d a y, Ma y 2 7 a t Fairbank Memorial Park, 2213 Dufferin St. on Keywest Avenue, at 3:30 p.m.

Kindness videos warm hearts of Yonge Street pedestrians Dance studio’s running 20-minute continuous loop of acts of kindness fannie sunshine fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Commuters on their cellphone or lost in thought whiz by, immersed in their own world. Suddenly, they come to a halt outside Toronto Dance Salsa at Yonge Street and Empress Avenue, their focus shifted to the television screen behind the studio’s glass wall. On the screen inside the shopping centre at the southeast corner of the intersection is a 20-minute loop showcasing random acts of kindness, from a man stopping his car to help an elderly lady cross a busy street, to a homeless man paying the meter so a stranger wouldn’t get a ticket, to a 20-year-old woman per-

forming 20 random acts of kindness to celebrate her birthday. Toronto Dance Salsa owner Evan Carmichael came up with the idea to play the videos as a way to brighten someone’s day and, perhaps, inspire them to perform their own good deeds. ‘Be inspired’ “We want people to be friendlier, help out more, be inspired to do something good,” he said. “People have an emotional reaction when they walk by. We want to make their lives better, to brighten their day, even if they never take a class. “People are too busy doing their thing, they are con-

stantly in a hurry. I feel like we are a friendly city, we just don’t express it. We don’t talk to strangers or give a helping hand. It’s sad.” The video, which is made up of recordings Carmichael found on YouTube, has been playing on the television screen for about one month, he said, adding while he has no plans to take it down, he might find new videos depicting the same message. “I collected a bunch of YouTube videos that moved me,” he said. “I started crying. I wanted to call my mom and tell her I love her. I wanted to give back to a great community. I love this city and I want it to be a world leader. “There is so much more to life than grinding out the nine-to-five lifestyle. We need

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ding a tear or two. “It’s great seeing people walk by, stop, watch and cry,” he said. “People are stressed

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Go top speed on cycling plan T he 10-year cycling plan proposed by the city this week that could see hundreds of kilometres of cycling infrastructure built is certainly ambitious and one that is worth going after in an expeditious manner. The plan is large in scale featuring 525 kilometres of new infrastructure with bike lanes and cycle tracks proposed in neighbourhoods across the entire city. This should generate excitement as there seems to be a city-building opportunity here with feasibility studies planned on some of Toronto’s major street corridors including Yonge Street from Front Street to Steeles Avenue, along Bloor Street from Dundas Street West to Sherbourne Street, and Danforth Avenue from Broadview Avenue to Kingston Road. Like public transit, this plan has the potential of connecting and moving Toronto residents by providing more travel alternatives especially for those living in the our view edges of the city where affordable transportation options are Network of woefully lacking. Building a connected network bike lanes will of bike lanes throughout the connect city city could also encourage more people to ride their bicycles on safer, designated routes. The benefits of doing so are many, such as helping reduce traffic gridlock, promoting a healthier lifestyle, and decreasing the number of cycling fatalities. The timing also seems right with growing support from cycling advocates as well as the political will to take action on these issues. Last week’s approval by Toronto Council for a pilot project to put separated bicycle lanes on Bloor Street is a good start. Of course, an ambitious plan like this has financial implications with the city recommending five levels of funding starting from $8 million a year that would allow for design and delivery of 27 per cent of the proposed projects, and $12 million a year to see half the projects go ahead. But this shouldn’t be done piecemeal and spending $20 million a year to complete the whole project in 10 years is warranted. With careful planning, community consultation, and financial accountability, the plan should proceed forward as soon as possible. Any delays in implementation could see costs rise and leave Toronto further behind other major cities when it comes to transportation infrastructure. It’s about time a city like Toronto catches up and becomes more connected.

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Cabbies and left-wing councillors lose in Uber debate Last week’s vote on Uber at Toronto City Council did undeniable harm to two very vulnerable groups in our city. Taxi drivers form one of those groups. The suite of amendments moved by Mayor John Tory and approved by a solid majority of Toronto councillors makes the lives of drivers who don’t own their own plates undeniably worse. Licenced taxi drivers come away from the debate with less stable income, in a position that makes it virtually impossible to compete with a potential flood of Uber-X cars and drivers. And then there is that other vulnerable group – one that’s not vulnerable economically or socially perhaps, but is practically an endangered species in the political ecology of Toronto City Hall: Toronto’s small but vocal group of left-wing councillors. Tory left them gasping

david nickle the city in disbelief, after he abandoned a long negotiation with them to come up with a more progressive and taxi driver-friendly set of amendments, to make a sharp turn to the right and champion a very different, very Uber-friendly set of amendments. Those amendments mollified some of the bigger voices on the right – notably Giorgio Mammoliti and Jim Karygiannis. But they left the leadership on the left – Janet Davis, Gord Perks, Deputy Mayor Pam McConnell – seething more than usual. The negotiations had been long, and the left went into the May council meeting thinking they had a deal. The reversal was a clear indication that the left

could count on no reliable negotiations with the mayor’s office, so there was no point in trying. None of this should concern Tory much. While it’s true he has promised to bring Toronto Council together in a way that no other mayor has, the reality is that Tory does not really need to do so in order to govern. His natural allies, council’s centrists and right wing, will support him on most matters. If the mayor wants to put policy in place that strays to the left, he can rely on council’s left without a thought. Is the left going to vote against bike lanes, public housing dollars, public health matters? Given that Tory’s mandate seems to be based on offering comfort to voters of nearly every political persuasion, will the left really be able to bring forward a credible, winning mayoral candidate in

2018? Council’s left wing meanwhile, is in a corner. Unless a Bernie Sanders municipal figure emerges very soon, there is very little that a left-leaning councillor can do to harm Tory politically, particularly as Tory is far more likely to face a strong challenger from the right. And as was demonstrated last week, there is scarcely more that left-wing councillors can accomplish in working with Tory and his staff. They can vote for policies they agree with, of course, but influence them? Put a mark on them? Well they can certainly try – if, that is, they can put from their minds the May 2016 council meeting, when they and Toronto’s cab drivers both lost it all.

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The Big Red Eight expands reach The $8 men’s haircut is suddenly part of Bathurst Street in North York, like bagels, kosher sushi, Filipino groceries, and tombstones. Having migrated over from Scarborough, where it’s become the $7 haircut in places, it’s now offered in five spots on Bathurst between Lawrence and Steeles. But it’s not a franchise, it’s a sales strategy: put a big red eight on the window, get customers in and out in 15 minutes, and turn a profit. A man whose family name is Yang claims he started the first $8 haircut place in Scarborough 10 years ago. Two years ago he opened his second, Hair Joy, at Sheppard and Bathurst. It was busy last week, with Yang directing stylists in six chairs. But Yang, who’s from Fujian Province, China, looked weary. Competition is making it tougher to make the numbers add up. A year from now, he said, there might be 10 $8 haircut joints in North York, or 20.

mike adler edges of toronto Supercuts and First Choice stores, where a men’s cut costs between $17.46 and $19.15, seem free to raise or vary their price. But his $8, already very low, cannot move. Any cheaper, Yang said, and it’s hard to make money, but now his customers won’t accept a $9 haircut. “We tried to charge more, but cannot make it work.” Across Bathurst at Hair Sweety, which also cuts men for $8, and kids for $6, a barber named Mario said some stores advertise $8, but charge you $12. Now retired and working part-time, he started in a barber shop and beauty salon when he was nine, in Italy. “We don’t sell the merchandise, we sell service,” Mario said, cleaning his brushes, when asked about the $8 cut. “I don’t under-

stand what’s happened.” At Eli’s Barber Shop down the street, Richard Paczok said it’s impossible for him to cut hair for $8. Paczok grew up in a barbershop in Budapest, Hungary, and went to barber school there for three years. He and his partner charge $25, or $20 for an easy cut. The $8 haircutters won’t do a good job, he said, and most of their barbers leave. The $8 cut is not taking his business, said Paczok. “It even brings more people, who say they’ll never go back.” The $8 places could take a little more time with customers, charge people $15, and find more barbers, too, he added. But four blocks south, Hair J, open less than a month, waited for customers, the same big red eight on the window and signs outside.

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Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station loses North York ‘super volunteer’ after car crash Bronwyn Dalziel, 24, will be missed at Spring Bird Fest JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A big presence will be missing from the Spring Bird Festival this Saturday at Tommy Thompson Park. Bronwyn Dalziel, a longtime volunteer at the park’s migratory bird banding station, was killed Sunday, March 27 in an automobile collision. The North York resident, who was wrapping up a master’s degree in ornithology (the branch of zoology that involves the study of birds) at the University of Toronto, was 24. She leaves behind her mother, Catherine, father, Robert, and 22-year-old brother, David, as well as many family members and friends. At the time of her death, Dalziel was driving in the Barrie area doing bird banding with a friend when she reportedly ran a stop sign and collided with a van. Four people were injured in the crash, which occurred around 4 p.m. on 9th Line at 5th Sideroad. “Bronwyn would have been front and centre at the Spring Bird Festival,” said Ralph Toninger, manager of Tommy Thompson Park and manager of restoration projects for Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). “She would be running programs at the bird research station, helping with social media and doing data analysis. Her dedication was incredible.” Dalziel, who lived near Lawrence Avenue and Avenue Road, became interested in birds when she was 12 years old, said her mother, Catherine.

“We had a bird feeder at home and it piqued her interest in exploring birds further,” she said, pointing to the common grackle, her daughter’s favourite bird species. For one Bring Your Kid to Work Day, Dalziel spent the day at the Royal Ontario Museum learning about birds and fish. While there, she met Mark Peck, the museum’s collection manager of ornithology. Dalziel went on to volunteer at the ROM’s ornithology department and was instrumental in helping organize several collection cabinets, he said. “It was a big job and very

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detailed, but Bronwyn was perfect for it,” said Peck, who had travelled with Dalziel to Hudson’s Bay to look for shorebird and Canada Goose nests. Dalziel had also travelled to South Africa to do bird banding and research. “She was very detailed and thorough, and I trusted her. She was also a lot of fun and was always seeing things from a different perspective,” Peck said. On several occasions, he called Dalziel an incredibly passionate and dedicated person who lived a life she loved. “She

was a sweet young lady and her presence is missed,” Peck said, adding even in the height of her university studies, Dalziel rarely missed a day of bird banding. “Bronwyn had a great career ahead of her. She was only 24 and already making her mark. She was gaining great respect in the ornithology field.” Because she was so young when she got interested in birds, Dalziel had to wait until she was 16 to become a volunteer at the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station (TTPBRS). “The moment she turned 16, she came to us that spring and started bird banding,” Toninger said. “She was a dominant fixture in our lab. Basically, every volunteer we’ve ever had knew her.” He said everyone at the research station is upset by Dalziel’s death, but they’re working to move forward because that’s what she would have wanted. “It leaves an emotional hole in the lab. We are struggling with her absence,” Toninger said, adding this season they’ve had to scale back their secondary programs as she was the one who ran them. “She did everything. She was a super volunteer. She kept records, hosted tours and shared her knowledge with visitors.” Dalziel’s dedication and passion for birding didn’t go unnoticed. In 2014, the TRCA awarded her their annual Volunteer Service Award. The year before, she received an Ontario Volunteer Service Award for her commitment to volunteerism. Nigel Shaw, TTPBRS’s coordinator, viewed

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Dalziel as his right-hand woman. “Her passion was Tommy Thompson Park,” he said. “She basically ran the place with and for me and she was only 24. She played a huge role in the station.” Shaw said during peak bird banding season he’d see Dalziel more than his own family and said her presence is dearly missed this spring. “Bronwyn had a passion and a gift for birding. She was also able to educate others about it and often did talks for tours with school and university groups,” he said. “She was a familiar, friendly face at the station and her absence is huge. Many people will remember her fondly and I feel sorry for the next generation that will miss out on her knowledge.” Dalziel was also a member of the Toronto Ornithological Club ( TOC).

Member Ian Sturdee spoke about his fellow bird enthusiast, whom he first met when she was 16 years old, at the TOC’s April meeting. Sturdee, who is 75, said he saw himself as a cheerleader and supporter for Dalziel, who reminded him of his oldest son. “She was a really cool young lady and I learned a lot from her,” he said during a recent interview. “This (bird banding) season there’s a big piece missing.” Sturdee said Dalziel was especially interested in large birds of prey and shared a story in which he helped Dalziel band a great black-backed gull that gave him a nasty chomp on his little finger. “From now on when I feel that tender finger I will think of Bronwyn,” he said. Aside from her

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Construction season is here! RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Get ready for a busy season of road closures and delays Toronto, because getting around during the warmer months will require patience and planning. “There’s going to be a lot of construction taking place in our city this year,” said public works chair Jaye Robinson. “Much of our infrastructure is well past its service life.” Robinson and staff from the city’s transportation services department recently unveiled a list of major construction projects planned for 2016, requiring co-ordinated road closures. This year’s workload is greater than last year’s due to the number of projects deferred for the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, said transportation infrastructure director Frank Clarizio. Some of the work, including the replacement of 100-year-old sewer pipes on Gerrard Street from Yonge to Sherbourne

road CONSTRUCTION Lake Shore Boulevard

n Eastbound ramp offramp from Gardiner at Park Lawn, and South Kingsway on-ramp for bridge repairs (Sunday, June 5 from midnight to 2 a.m.)

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n Kingston Road to Eglinton Avenue East for road resurfacing (July to October)

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Major projects, road closures to impede traffic across Toronto this summer

Staff photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBE

Construction season is here. In this recent photo, workers are busy replacing a watermain on Gerrard Street while police direct traffic.

streets, has already started. This weekend, there’s a scheduled closure of the entire Gardiner Expressway

– in addition to the ongoing deck replacement work that began last year. Plus there are the usual week-

end subway closures, 30 of which were planned for 2016. In addition, there will

Creek for road resurfacing (June to July)

Lawrence Avenue West

River Street

Don Mills Road

n Lawrence Avenue East to York Mills Road for road resurfacing (June to September)

Ellesmere Road

n Markham to McCowan Road for road resurfacing (May to October)

Finch Avenue

n Hwy. 27 to Woodbine Downs Boulevard for watermain replacement (July 2016 to June 2017)

n Allen to Dufferin Street for road resurfacing (July to October) n Lawrence Avenue East to Ellesmere Road for road resurfacing (May to October)

n Bayview to Queen Street East for road reconstruction and resurfacing (June to October) n Dundas Street to Queen for watermain replacement, road reconstruction (June to October)

Martin Grove Road

Shuter Street

Markham Road

n Vulcan Street to Finch Avenue West for road resurfacing (June to October)

O’Connor Drive

Transit Road

n Yonge Street to Sherbourne Street for road reconstruction and watermain replacement (June 2016 to July 2017)

Queen Street

Warden Avenue

n Bathurst Street to Spadina Avenue for watermain replacement (May to September)

n Sheppard Avenue to Steeles Avenue for road resurfacing (June to November)

Lake Shore Boulevard

Richmond Street

Yonge Street

n Dwight Avenue to Superior Avenue for sewer rehabilitation (until September)

n Church Street to York Street for watermain replacement, streetcar track work and road resurfacing (September to December)

Gardiner Expressway n West deck replacement from Jameson Avenue to Spadina Avenue, three lanes to two (scheduled for completion July 31) n Carlaw Avenue to Hwy. 427 for spring maintenance (Friday, May 13 to Monday, May 16) n Carlaw to Humber River bridge for Ride for the Heart (Sunday, June 5 from 2 a.m. to 2 p.m.) n Humber River bridge to Carlaw for Toronto Triathlon (Sunday, July 10 from 2 a.m. to noon) Don Valley Parkway n Hwy. 401 to Gardiner for Ride for Heart (Sunday, June 5 from 2 a.m. to 2 p.m.) n northbound from Gardiner to Eglinton Avenue East for Toronto Triathlon (Sunday, July 10 from 2 a.m. to noon) Allen Expressway n Viewmount Avenue to Elm Ridge Drive for Bell duct repairs, lane restrictions (Monday, May 2 to Friday, May 20 from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily)

get used to this:

n Yonge to Sherbourne for watermain replacement and road resurfacing (June to October)

n St. Clair Avenue East to Bermondsey Road for road resurfacing (June to September)

Gerrard Street East

be detours caused by annual events like Pride and Canada Day festivities. Unlike last year, there won’t be any reason to stop condo construction for a few weeks, as was the case during the Games. “This is all important work, and the city cannot have 120-year-old watermains out there. If we don’t replace them and there’s an emergency, then basically we have a problem,” said Steve Buckley, director of transportation. The city has budgeted more than $550 million for construction this year: $263 million for road, expressway and bridge repairs, and $227 million for upgrading sewers and watermains. Expect more days of around-the-clock construction work, and aggravation for residents, in order to get projects finished ahead of schedule, Robinson said. “It’s short-term pain for long-term gain,” she said. “But staff is diligent about addressing concerns and we try to reduce the jackhammering to hours which aren’t disruptive.”

highway closures

n Wilson Avenue to Allen Road for road reconstruction (May to October)

n Wilson Avenue/York Mills Road to Hwy. 401 for road resurfacing (June to September)

Staff photos/BENJAMIN PRIEBE

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Toronto taxi companies say they will not use surge pricing option Many customers had called expressing fears over rising prices DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Although Toronto Council opened the door to Uber-style surge pricing for Toronto taxis, an alliance of seven major taxi companies said they won’t take advantage of the new pricing model. “The Toronto Taxi Alliance, along with a wide variety of industry partners representing every sector of the taxi industry, rejects the surge pricing option enabled in the May 3 City Council decision,” said Rita Smith, representing the taxi alliance. “We will not be incorporating it into our business models.” Smith made the comments in what she billed as the alliance’s first reaction to Toronto Council’s vote May 3 to approve a bylaw that would allow UberX to operate legally in Toronto. The ride-sharing app and the drivers who make use of it had been operating illegally for more than a year, and the Taxi Alliance and other representa-

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to the houses facade, adding walls might be torn down inside to make way for workshop space. “It’s very much a DIY project,” she said, adding the group plans to apply for funding grants. “It will probably be a year before everything gets going.” The revitalization of Lawrence Heights calls for replacing 1,208 Toronto Community Housing units and building 4,092 private market units, along with new parks, retail space, and roads in phases. Full completion is set for 2035.

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Signs alerting residents have been posted in the three areas. First identified in Toronto in 2013, blacklegged ticks, which can’t fly or jump, can migrate by attaching to birds and other animals, said Elaine Pacheco, manager of the city’s vector-borne disease program. As temperatures continue to climb, blacklegged tick populations could climb along with them. Seventeen blacklegged ticks were identified by TPH in 2015. One blacklegged tick has been found this spring, on Algonquin Island. It has been sent away for testing, but may take weeks or months to find out if it’s carrying lyme disease. In 2015, 32 human cases of Lyme disease were reported in the city, but most were thought to have been acquired outside Toronto. Since 2010, an average of 20 cases a year have been reported. Blacklegged ticks sit on tall grasses and shrubs. People can reduce the risk of getting tick bites by staying in the centre of trails in wooded areas, and wearing DEET-based insect repellents and light-coloured clothing that makes it easier to spot ticks, which can be as small as poppy seeds. After spending time outside, it is recommended that

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RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The results of a voting contest for naming a public space project underneath the Gardiner Expressway appear to be in doubt. Voting for the Reclaim the Name campaign to come up with an official moniker for the Under Gardiner project, a planned redevelopment of public space to open next year, ended over the weekend. However, a “flurry of last minute voting activity” just before the deadline has led organizers to wonder if prohibited voting methods were used. As it stands, two options, the Bentway and the Artery, are tied having secured 34 per cent of the total vote each.

“It’s extremely close, in fact we are not able to call it at this point,” said Christopher McKinnon from Waterfront Toronto, the agency tasked with developing the $25-million plan. “As we were watching the results coming in we noticed some suspicious activity that could possibly have been the result of automatic voting, which is prohibited under the Reclaim the Name campaign rules.” Because of the concern, McKinnon said all of the voting results – 3,500 votes were cast over a 10-day period – need to be reviewed to determine if they are legitimate. “In the meantime, because the result is so close that we cannot call it, we’ve set the interim results to show a tie between the Bentway and the

Artery,” he said. McKinnon said it was too early to determine if the results will need to be scrapped if the vote is found to be tampered with. Concerns were initially raised over Twitter, with screenshots showing the Artery option leading the voting at www.undergardiner.com just before a “site crash” ahead of the midnight deadline May 7. After that, it appears the Bentway has the most votes. But McKinnon said the site didn’t crash, and strongly denied the result was fixed to favour the Bentway choice. McKinnon said the contest has adhered to required naming guidelines for public projects. Regardless of the outcome, Toronto Council must approve the eventual selected name.

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The money promised for Toronto – which must still be formally allocated by the province as part of a $1.5 billion funding envelope for Ontario this year – is just the start of a new federal commitment, Trudeau said. He said conversations were already taking place between all three levels of government for the next phase of funding, which would go to larger-scale individual transit projects.

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work planned for the next 10 years, ranging in scale from immense projects like converting Bloor’s signalling system and purchasing new subway trains for the line to smaller, but no less important concerns such as upgrading drainage and ventilation systems. CEO Andy Byford said the TTC has a “shopping list” prepared for the essential transit needs the new money could help pay for, which would clear a third of its unfunded projects backlog. This year, he suggested work could begin on Line 2 improvements and continue with shovel-ready projects such as TTC station elevator installations, which are currently unfunded. New buses could also be purchased with the federal money, he said. “We’re ready to go, we’ve done the plans. We just need to see the money and we’ll get rolling,” said Byford, who was at Greenwood for the announcement along with TTC chair Josh Colle.

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Western tunnelling now complete The Eglinton Crosstown LRT celebrated an important construction milestone this week. Metrolinx announced the completion of western tunnelling for the portion of the light rail line to run below Eglinton Avenue. Since June 2013, two massive Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), nicknamed Dennis and Lea, had painstakingly excavated a tunnel around 50-feet below street level from Black Creek Drive to Yonge Street. Last year, another pair of TBMs started tunnelling the Crosstown’s eastern underground portion traveling from Brentcliffe Road towards Yonge Street. Both of them are currently west of Bayview Avenue. gardiner closure on weekend wcomplete

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