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Sketch comedy duo Parker & Seville release live CD DOMINIK KUREK dkurek@insidetoronto.com You will now be able to enjoy the comedy of Weston’s Parker & Seville on the go, as the sketch comedy duo, known for live performances, is on CD. The album is titled Side Sizzle and features the recordings from a pair of live performances at Toronto’s Comedy Bar. “It’s just fun, goofy, silly and with lots of great jokes and definitely a lot of repeat listening value in it,” said Dave Barclay, who plays Parker.

A CD release party is happening Tuesday, June 16 at The Emmet Ray, 924 College St.,

at 8 p.m.

Barclay, a married father of one with another on the way, is originally from Mississauga and moved to Toronto more than a decade ago and attended Humber College for the comedy writing and performance program. Here, he met his partner in crime Matt Kowall (Seville), who moved to the city from Holland Landing.

They first collaborated while still in school in 2005, and have been working together ever since. They also happen to live in the same home.

They’re also performers separately. >>>COMEDY, page 13

Pan Am Path mural unveiling in Weston remembers deadly past A m u ra l re m i n i s c e n t o f Hurricane Hazel is set to b e u n ve i l e d a t We s t o n’s Cruickshank Park as part of a celebration of the Pan Am Path.

The unveiling will happen at an event featuring music, dance and food Saturday, May 30, from 1 to 4 p.m. It is the third stop along the 14-part Pan Am Path Art Relay.

Canadian artists Dan Bergeron and Gabriel Specter explore how Canada’s deadliest natural disaster led to the rebirth of the WestonMount Dennis area. Toronto’s Hurricane Hazel death toll was 81 people, with Mount Dennis and Weston being some of the city’s worst hit areas.

The flooding caused by the >>>MURAL, page 12

The Pam Am Games torch is coming to town Saturday and ...

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The flame for the torch was lit Monday during a ceremony at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

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Next training session in July FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com With the success of the first round of The Learning Enrichment Foundation’s (LEF) landscaping training program, participants are being sought for a second go of the free program.

Eight people took part in the 23-week program at 116 Industry St., and all but one, who didn’t complete the program, found employment, said Griffin Mangroves, manager of the landscape training program.

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The horticultural and landscaping industry is in demand right now and they are looking for well-trained employees.

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Now LEF is actively seeking new participants for the program, which is set to start up again July 27.

“We are hoping for 12 to 16 people,” he said Friday, during a stop at LEF by York South-Weston Laura Albanese, who touted the importance of the program, which is part of the provincial government’s Youth Skills Connections program.

“The program is run here and we do classroom and work on properties from (partners) Landscape Ontario, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, and City of Toronto sites, such as Black Creek Pioneer Village.”

The program creates partnerships between business, educators and not-for-profits to help young people get the skills and training they need to take advantage of local job opportunities.

“A lot of young people can’t find jobs,” Albanese said. “I hope a program such as this one will help them succeed.”

Participants must be between 19 and 29 and be available Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The ability to lift a minimum 35 pounds is a must, and a driver’s licence is preferred but not mandatory.

Participants will receive all equipment, including safety vest, hard hats, and boots, and two TTC tokens a day for travelling to and from LEF. The program will focus on different pruning techniques, lawn and equipment maintenance, plant identification, and landscape design products. Those who complete the program will also receive a certificate in safe training from Ontario Parks Association.

Mangroves, noting safety is a key component to the program, said he’s looking for young people who are serious about making landscaping a career.

“The horticultural and landscaping industry is in demand right now and they are looking for well-trained employees,” he said.

LEF received $125,000 in provincial funding for the landscape training program, and $4,000 worth of donated supplies and equipment from Home Depot.

For information or to register, contact Griffin Mangroves at 416-769-9912 or gmangroves@lefca.org

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Artists Oleg Lipchenko and Jaber Lutfi are opening their exhibit at the Articsók Gallery featuring abstract paintings and fantastic creatures.

The exhibit, titled Dynamic Duo, opens Thursday, June 4 with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. The artists will be at the reception.

Lipchenko is an awardwinning illustrator; however, at this show, he has gone with abstract work. The work addresses his fascination with symbolism, the passage of time, the seasons and allegorical themes.

Lutfi’s work features animations of fantastic figures, such as fanciful half-man/ half-animal and part-angel/ part-demon creatures.

The exhibit ends June 27.

The gallery is at 1697 St. Clair Ave. W. Visit www.articsokgallery.com

Queens Drive street sale expected to draw a crowd DOMINIK KUREK dkurek@insidetoronto.com The 28th annual Queens Drive yard sale in Weston is anticipated to draw a large crowd as more than 40 houses are participating in the Saturday, June 13 event.

The sale will happen on Queens Drive between Jane Street and Rosemount Avenue.

The event benefits the Weston Heritage Conservation District. Queens Drive is part of the district.

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organizer Saturday Catherine Swartz, who sells baked goods, particularly butter tarts, at her sale.

“Everybody walks up and down on the street, buy things, catches up after the winter. It’s really a community thing.”

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Additionally, the sale draws people from far and wide, with visitors from such places as Owen Sound, North Bay, Montreal and St. Catharines, most of them friends and relatives of the people on the street. Some shoppers arrive thanks to good word of mouth.

With good weather, Swartz anticipates a large crowd. In past years she’s sold up to 3,400 butter tarts in a few hours.

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She said people will find everything and anything at the sale. She said there’s a resident who refurbishes antique furniture and sells them at his yard sale; another resident is a jewelry appraiser and seller. One year, a person sold their car. Then, there’s the regular garage sale items from household possessions to children’s toys.

“We have a lot of people with different skills and different talents. Every year is very different,” Swartz said.

The sale goes from 8 a.m. to noon, rain or shine

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et ready Toronto, the Pan Am Games Torch Relay is coming to town starting this Saturday.

The flame was lit Monday in Mexico and is now on its way to Toronto. It splashes down with a special arrival ceremony celebration at Harbourfront featuring a float plane, canoe and a ‘mystery’ first torch runner.

For more details on this weekend’s plans for the torch, see our feature story on page 6.

The torch relay goes from May 30 to July 10, and will touch Canadian communities from the Atlantic to the Pacific. More than 130 communities will be visited during the 41-day torch relay, with some 3,000 runners taking part.

For local residents, most of the excitement will begin July 4 in the final days leadour view ing up to the opening ceremonies on July 10 of the Toronto 2015 Am Games.

Relay to have PanAfter its visit to Harbourfront huge impact this Saturday, the torch will be carried to the Distillery District in Ontario

by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield for a community celebration before heading out across Canada.

During its journey, the torch will visit Richmond, B.C.; Calgary, Alberta, during the Stampede; Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Canada last hosted the Pan Am Games in 1999; and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

It’s in Ontario, though, where the torch relay will have the biggest impact. Virtually every corner of the province will be visited, with community celebrations planned at numerous locations.

As host city, Toronto will have a number of celebrations – with events planned specifically for Scarborough, North York, and Etobicoke in early July. On June 28, the torch will be in the city for the annual Pride Parade.

Also, a unique event is set for July 4 at the Prince Edward Viaduct (also known as the Bloor Viaduct).

The viaduct will be lit up to create a multicoloured effect on the Luminous Veil, which encases the famous bridge.

Community groups including the Danforth BIA, which has incorporated its annual Thrill of the Grill event into the celebration, will be on the bridge to welcome the torch and the relay runners. Metroland Media Toronto will also be a big part of that celebration as we are hosting games and events for kids on the viaduct.

For more on the torch relay, visit us at www. insidetoronto.com/toronto-pan-am-games

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How to fit into your summer clothes So, can you put on your favourite summer attire yet?

Or is squeezing in going to be a challenge this year?

Not to worry if you can’t and your wardrobe is in the bottom of a drawer or hanging in the closet. You’re not alone.

Besides, you’ve still got a little time. There are three more weeks before the season officially begins. For what’s it’s worth, I’m not quite their yet, either. I’ve got some work to do before I debut my summer apparel.

During other seasons I’m typically not even a casual observer of weight, let alone a serious weight watcher, but even I have to admit that when the weather gets like this and clothes get skimpier, weight is first and foremost on my mind.

A new wrinkle has been added this year, too. For the first time ever it’s not just my weight I’m concerned about in my efforts to slim down. Of equal interest is the weight of the food I’m

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY eating. It all started Friday night when I popped into Yes Frills to do some grocery shopping. Everything I got came by the pound.

I can’t remember so much stuff ever being weighed before. The cashier weighed the tomatoes, the green peppers, the red peppers, the apples, the bananas and so on.

Weighing the “and so on” particularly seemed to take forever and after she was done it dawned on me that she weighed everything in my cart except for one item: the pound cake.

The irony was inescapable. But to me only, apparently. When I told her it didn’t feel like a pound to me and asked if she wouldn’t mind weighing it just to be on the safe side, I got frowns from the long line-up of people cooling

their heels behind me who were interested in a little less talk and a lot more action.

The frowns turned into sneers when I suggested that if she just lift it herself, surely she’d agree. When I asked if she’d lift it I didn’t call her Shirley, the sneers turned into scowls. When I begged her to at least tell me how much the pound cake is in grams, the scowls turned into snarls. And finally when she asked me if I wanted any bags and I told her, no, but a forklift would be nice considering all the weight, the snarls turned into growls.

Anyhow, I paid up and bolted out of there before the angry posse that had formed could get me, raced home and decided to settle things once and for all by weighing the pound cake myself.

But first things first, I put the other products to the test, one at a time.

The weight of the green peppers was exactly the

same as it was in checkout line. Same goes for the red peppers. The apples and bananas were bang on, too.

Ditto for the “and so on”.

Then came the piece de resistance. Actually not just a piece. We’re talking the whole pound cake here, sports fans.

And lo and behold, not only was it nowhere near a pound, it was a lot less.

Mind you, the pound cake pleaded guilty with an explanation. It turns out, it lost the weight by eating the exact same fruits and veggies I’d just picked up.

What’s more, it guaranteed that if I kept this up, too, I’d be able to fit in my favourite summer clothes right on schedule.

Boy, am I ever embarrassed. Thanks, pound cake.

Sorry I ever doubted you.

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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Fairbank Afterschool Homework and Social Club WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Join City of Toronto recreation staff for homework support, work space, and social and recreational activities for youth 10 to 14. Drop in; no registration required.

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Rummage Sale and Spring Tea WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Church of the Advent, 40 Pritchard Ave. CONTACT: Dianne Izzard, 416763-2713, advent.toronto@gmail. com COST: Free Jewelry, household items, clothing, furniture, books, collectibles and more.

Cyber Seniors WHEN: 11 a.m. to noon WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416394-1000 COST: Free One-on-one help from youth for those aged 55 and older. Topics include social media (Facebook and YouTube), digital devices (cameras and iPads) and downloading eBooks from the library. Call to register.

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Live in the Stacks: Junia-T and Ania Soul WHEN: 9 to 9:45 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: Barbara Baillargeon, bbaillargeon@torontopubliclibrary.ca, www.torontopubliclibrary.ca, 416-394-1000 COST: Free Celebrate Black Music Month with special performances by Junia-T and Ania Soul, They will be ‘Live in the Stacks’ for a free, all-ages show.

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Writing Your Life’s Story WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Join author Dr. Sharon Baltman as she discusses how she wrote and published her memoirs ‘Escape from the Bedside’. Find out how she captured the tensions of her life decisions and why she bared her personal tragedies for all to see.

Weston King Neighbourhood Centre AGM WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Weston King Neighbourhood Centre, 2017 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Barbara Stone, 416-435-5984, barbaras@ wknc.ca COST: Free

Review the past year of activity at WKNC’s new satellite in Mount Dennis. Hear about the increase in programming and services at both sites.

Elections will be held. All welcome.

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Dennis Avenue School Fun Fair WHEN: 3 p.m. WHERE: Dennis

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Avenue Community School, 17 Dennis Ave. CONTACT: Naomi Van De Visch, 416-394-2311, vandevischs@ gmail.com COST: Free Craft tables, bouncy castles, musical entertainment.

Fun Fair at Weston Memorial JPS WHEN: 5:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: 200 John St. CONTACT: 416394-3150, westonmemorial@tdsb. on.ca COST: Free Games, bouncers and food from around the world in the east school yard; exotic animal exhibit in the school gym; raffle.

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Screening of ‘We Were Children’ WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: Courtney or Claire, 416-394-1000 COST: Free The National Film Board is presenting films by First Nations filmmakers and writers. Visit torontopubliclibrary.ca/aboriginal for details. Space is limited.

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• Montgomery’s Inn • Albion Arena • Driftwood Community Recreation Centre • Mel Lastman Square • Earlscourt Park • Mount Dennis Library • CAMH

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• Avenue of the Island, Toronto Island • Ann Tindal Park • Canada Park (Harbourfront)

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he Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games will be off to a splashing start when the torch touches down in the city Saturday for the start of the 41-day Torch Relay.

The Pan Am flame was lit Monday during a traditional ceremony in Teotihuacan, Mexico at the Pyramid of the Sun, which was organized and hosted by the Mexican Olympic Committee (MOC).

A float plane carrying a flame lit inside a lantern will touch down in Lake Ontario Saturday, where it will be handed to Elder Garry Sault of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, who will then travel with the lantern by canoe to shore for a ceremony conducted

by Chief Bryan LaForme at Harbourfront Centre.

The first torchbearer – whose identity is being kept under wraps – will then leave Canada Square at Harbourfront Centre, where the torch will be passed to several bearers before Col. Chris Hadfield will run with it into The Distillery District.

Family oriented celebrations will be held at both Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay, and The Distillery District, 55 Mill St. Festivities will begin at Canada Square at 2:30 p.m., featuring a soundtrack produced by local musical

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director Andrew Craig and a performance by the Obeah Opera.

Celebrations will continue in The Distillery District at 4 p.m., and will include performances by Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, The Chimera Project, Dance Migration and Jasmine Denham, who will perform the official song of the Games live for the first time. Hadfield is expected to arrive with the torch around 5 p.m.

The torch will then head to communities around Thunder Bay before making its way back to Toronto to take part in Pride Parade events June 28. It will leave Toronto once again and return July 4, where it will

remain in the city Games run July 10 the pride we have to 26, followed until the Torch Relay as Canadians.” by the Pan Am/ Parapan Am and accompanying Peter Haggert, Games Aug. 7 celebrations wrap up editor-in-chief of to 15.

July 10.

Metroland Media Toronto, publisher The torch will be carried by more than 3,000 of The Mirror, Guardian, and torchbearers in 200 metre Villager papers and official segments through some 130 print and media supplier for communities during the 41 the Toronto 2015 Pan Am day tour. and Parapan Am Games, “You can imagine just said the company is thrilled to be a close partner of the how much of a detailed exercise this is,” Saad Rafi, Torch Relay.

CEO of the Pan Am/Parapan “While the torch brings Am Games organizing comcommunity pride to committee, said of the preparamunities of Toronto and tions. across Ontario, that paral“We are getting anxious lels our goals through our for Saturday. For Toronto newspapers, magazines and the GTA, (the Games) is and websites of bringan opportunity to share what ing community news and we are as a region, to share information to better our

communities,” he said.

Many events are being planned around the Torch Relay, including The Thrill of the Grill Saturday, July 4 on the Prince Edward Viaduct.

The Danforth BIA will host the sixth annual event fundraiser from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the east end of the viaduct, where the Luminous Veil – the suicide barrier rods – will be lit for the first time.

“We usually hold this event at Broadview and Chester, but because the bridge will be lit, we moved it to there,” said Jennifer Jones, vice-chair of the BIA, adding the top half of the bridge will remain permanently lit.

The Thrill of the Grill, co-hosted by The Food Ne t w o r k’s c h e f Ly n n Crawford and Tommy Smyth of HGTV’s Sarah 101, will feature a handful of chefs serving up edibles including ribs, corn, and beer.

“I hope this is the start of many events on the bridge,” said Jones, adding the BIA was instrumental with the initial funding and advocating for the Luminous Veil and lighting.

As for being part of Pan Am Games celebrations, she said residents might be slow to warm to the sporting event, but once it arrives it will be fully embraced.

“Any city that is hosting an event like this has a chance to really turn the dial on the city up a notch.”

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Amanda Martinez: ‘blown away’ to be a torch bearer DOMINIK KUREK dkurek@insidetoronto.com

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atin jazz singersongwriter and York resident Amanda Martinez is thrilled to be a torchbearer for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

She will carry the torch July 8.

“I was blown away. I was super excited, very honoured. I jog every morning, but I had no idea that would be my training,” Martinez said.

Martinez is no stranger

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to the Pan Am Games or to global sporting events.

She’s an honourary cochair of this year’s Games’ Ignite program. She has

performed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup festivities in South Africa, and at the 2011 PanAmerican Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The Toronto-born musician is a first-generation Canadian whose parents are South African and Mexican immigrants.

“I have so much respect for athletes and all the hard work that they put into competitions like the Games that are coming to Toronto,” she said. “This is the biggest thing that Toronto’s ever seen.”

The Ignite program is

working with approximately 600 initiatives by community organizations that help promote the Pan Am Games.

“We really want the communities to get involved, and they have been. It’s just going to get more and more exciting as the Games get closer,” she said, calling the Toronto event the people’s games.

Martinez was recently awarded one of Top 10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians by the Minister of National Revenue. She received three nomina-

tions for Latin Jazz Artist of the Year at the Canadian National Jazz Awards.

On July 20, Martinez will take part in a Panamania concert at Nathan Phillips Square as part of the Pan Am Games festivities.

Martinez said the Games are an opportunity for the city to showcase its talent, in sports and in the arts.

For more on the Pan Am Games and regular updates, visit us online at www.insidetoronto.com/ toronto-pan-am-games

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transit music fans get to concerts whelping A Toronto city councillor wants the TTC to do a better job of providing transportation to major music festivals.

In a letter to the TTC board, Mike Layton noted major music events such as the Field Trip and the Toronto Jazz Festival generate hundreds of millions of dollars to the national and local economy.

But when a concert venue is located away from major transit, it’s a logistical “nightmare” for those without access to a car.

And even those with a car have to deal with limited parking spots and traffic jams.

The TTC board were to consider Layton’s request at its monthly meeting yesterday. month gets rolling this week wbike

This week marked the start of Bike Month, an undertaking organized by Metrolinx agency Smart Commute and local municipalities across the Toronto region, intended to promote the many virtues

Top 5 Tips For Caregivers The Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) provides a variety of supports to those who are transitioning from hospital to home, and to those who need support to remain in their homes. The province of Ontario spends only approximately $2.1 billion on home-based health care (Ontario Home Care Association, 2014), however, this figure does not take into account the considerable support and assistance that is provided by informal caregivers.

These people include family members, friends, and neighbours, all of whom are often faced with feelings of stress and are overwhelmed while caring for their loved ones.

Fortunately, there are a few simple things that can help alleviate the stress that may be felt by those who are providing caregiving support in the home. Here are five suggestions for caregivers to make daily activities a little bit easier: 1) Accept Your Feelings – It’s normal for caregivers to have a range of feelings related to their roles. Anger, frustration, stress and anxiety are common emotions that occur when one is the primary caregiver for an elderly or ill loved one.

Accept your feelings as normal and remember

that you’re not alone.

2) Have an outlet – Join a support group of other caregivers or speak regularly to a close family member or friend who will provide you with a sounding board for your emotions surrounding caregiving. Just knowing that someone is there to listen can make a world of difference.

3) Ask for help – Support from others for even the simplest things can go a long way when coping and providing caregiver support to a loved one. Oftentimes, asking for help can result in enough stress-relief to give you the emotional energy to keep going.

4) Take care of yourself – You’re no good to your loved one if you are not feeling up to par. Be sure to get plenty of rest, eat well and get out of the house whenever you can.

5) Connect With the Community – Be sure to look into community resources that can provide additional help and resources as you continue to support your loved one.

For more information about supports and community services for seniors, contact the Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) at (416) 506-9888 or visit www.healthcareathome.ca.

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The event kicked off Monday with Bike to Work day and continues ‎for exactly one month until Thursday, June 25 featuring a full calendar of events from workshops to group rides.

You can also win prizes like a new Norco bike and travel vouchers from Presto and Via Rail.

Visit www.gotransit.com/ cycling for more details.

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Both the TTC and GO Transit celebrated milestones for separate landmark events that took place on the same date.

As columnist and historian Mike Filey describes in a recent article for the Toronto Sun, this past Saturday marked the launch of GO’s operations in 1967 in an effort deal with “worsening traffic congestion” on highways east and west of

the city.

And 70 years before that, Toronto the Good finally allowed the running of streetcar service for the first time on a Sunday.

As Filey writes, on that first day of operation the privately run precursor to the TTC donated the day’s revenue – $321 – to local hospitals.

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Mayor John Tory announced Sunday that the subway will open at 6 a.m. throughout the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

For those hoping for a permanent shift to an earlier opening time on Sunday, TTC CEO Andy Byford said TTC staff is looking into the matter.

Beyond costs, he said TTC workers use the three extra hours of downtime on Sundays before the subway opens at 9 a.m. for maintenance work.

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

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The status of symbolism at City Hall Symbolism counts for a lot in Toronto politics: certainly for more than it should.

The Gardiner Expressway, which is really just a strip of elevated concrete and asphalt used by a few of Toronto’s many commuters, is also a symbolic battleground for suburban motorists and downtown pedestrians. Next month at council, that potent symbolism will go up against measly facts and mere expert opinion and more than likely end in council spending an extra $500 million to build elevated ramps from the Gardiner to the Don Valley Parkway.

Such is how it goes when councillors play to their home crowd: from a cynically political perspective, everyone on council will be a winner.

Of course, not all political symbolism at City Hall is a slam dunk.

On Tuesday, Mayor John Tory’s generally right-of-centre executive committee spent a good portion of a short meeting dancing around a symbolic leg-hold trap set by generally

david nickle the city left-of-centre councillors Mike Layton and Glenn De Baeremaeker, who put forward a member’s motion to have council establish an “environmental bill of rights.”

The motion contains “rights” that few voters would want to pass up: a right to breathe clean air, drink clean water and eat safe food; access to nature, to know about pollutants and the right to take part in decision-making. It also lays responsibility on council to promote these rights, and points to matters of policy that also have great symbolic value for political brands. Council would have to get behind cycling, walking and transit as preferred ways to get around.

No fools, the committee members were not having any of it. Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong made it clear his constituents weren’t fond of pedestrian scrambles and

other things they believed promoted congestion. Councillor David Shiner suggested his elderly constituents wouldn’t take kindly to being encouraged to walk and bicycle.

But they weren’t about to vote it down; the symbolism of that would have been an embarrassment.

So the committee did the sensible thing, and sent it off to the interim city manager for a report to come back late in the fall. Layton was disappointed at that prospect and expressed hope it could come before the federal election.

After all, it would be really something if Canada’s largest city could make it clear its policies and practices were aimed toward preserving the environment, just as Torontonians were set to join their fellow Canadians passing judgement on the environmentally dodgy Conservative government record.

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“We perform our own style of off-the-wall duo sketch.

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“There is a big burlesque community in Toronto and they found that our act fit in perfectly with them,” said Barclay.

After some years though, the group has made a transition into a more standardstyle of sketch comedy duo, but they still regularly perform their vaudeville routine at Centre of Gravity’s Lunacy Cabaret.

able at www.bandcamp.com, and features the best sketches from a pair of live shows.

Kowall admitted that sketch comedy is tough to pull off on audio, and some imagination is required on the part of the listener; however, the pair chose sketches with an emphasis on audio for this CD. Barclay said a lot of great Toronto comedians are put-

ting out comedy albums and finding success doing so.

Audio can be listened to on a phone or in a car, while on the go, while video cannot.

Parker & Seville will be at the Montreal Sketch Fest today.

They are also planning a big show with larger sketch group they are part of, O Dat Dum, for later this year. The group won The Understudies

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Improvements coming to late night and off-peak TTC service Expanded service to start Sept. 6 RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Expect significant improvement to late night and off-peak TTC service starting in September, promised Mayor John Tory.

With TTC chair Josh Colle beside him, Tory announced at a Scarborough bus stop that 61 TTC bus and streetcar routes will have expanded service – contingent upon the transit commission board’s approval – as of Sunday, Sept. 6, the day before Labour Day. Of that number, 43 routes are having service restored to pre-2011 levels before cuts were imposed upon the TTC by thenmayor Rob Ford.

“Most of (the improvement) is service cut by the previous administration,”

said Tory on Sunday, is part of a $90-million during a press conferbudget commitment ence arranged for the made earlier this year by announcement from the Toronto council, was in intersection of Kennedy part based on the recogRoad and Progress nition that the majority Avenue. “That was a misof transit trips now take take.” place in off-peak periods.

As part of the proposal, According to the TTC, which was scheduled to be 57 per cent of rides now voted on by the TTC board occur outside rush hour, at its May meeting schedwhich Colle said reflects uled for yesterday, seven a recent shift in ridership new late-night bus routes behaviour. are planned for operating “The city doesn’t just when the subway closes. move from 9 to 5 anyThere are more,” Colle said. also new over“That’s not realBe a part of the night routes ity.” discussion. Visit planned for He said specific this story on our the King rollouts aren’t streetcar website and share known currently, between but the improved your thoughts in Dundas West service will take the comments Station and place in concert section.

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TTC CEO Andy Byford couldn’t confirm which of the existing routes will receive expanded service as of September, saying it was up to his staff following the board’s approval to work out the scheduling and come up with a list of lines to implement first.

“We want to make sure these improvements take place in a co-ordinated fashion and can be communicated in a way that’s easily understood,” Byford said.

He promised eventually all of the new service will

result in 10 minutes-orbetter service from early morning to late night all throughout the TTC network.

Tory said he was impatient to see the changes implemented, but understood the complexity required to roll out the new service.

“By saying September, we’re setting a reasonable date on which people can rely on for changes to happen,” he said.

“This is a substantial investment (that) will affect people from all corners of the city.”

Planned improvements to rush-hour service, also part of the $90-million commitment, cannot begin without the introduction of 50 new buses, which are scheduled to enter operation by the end of the year. stepped up for Pan Am Games wService

Also announced during the press conference was a plan to operate Sunday subway service starting at 6 a.m. instead of the usual 9 a.m. during the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

Tory said he’d like to see the TTC come up with a way to continue to operate earlier subway service on Sunday after the Games end.

“If it’s possible to do it on Pan Am Sundays, there must be a way we can find to improve transit service on (regular) Sundays,” he said.

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Toronto police start body-worn cameras pilot project 100 officers take part in year-long test ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com

After months of training, 100 Toronto police officers started wearing cameras last week as part of a year-long pilot project.

“We believe that bodyworn cameras are a valuable piece of technology. It will provide an unbiased, accurate account of our interactions with the public,” Staff Supt.

Tom Russell told reporters during a news conference at police headquarters.

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to $1,000 each, are being tested. The officers involved are members of the TAVIS rapid response team, traffic services motor squad, 55 Division primary response unit and 43 Division community response unit.

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Russell said the cameras will not be recording when officers have casual or informal conversations with members of the public.

“We’re not conducting surveillance on people or the community, so the officers are not going to be activating the camera and simply walking through a community and surveilling people,” he noted.

Police have also delivered more than 20,000 surveys, including 10,000 in southeast Scarborough’s 43 Division, to get community feedback.

The pilot project costs $500,000, which includes the cameras, the software and the secure storage.

Two of the camera models are set up with a 30-second pre-event buffer, meaning when the officer activates the device it will also capture the previous 30 seconds of video, but not audio. Each camera can record for 32 hours.

Officers don’t have the ability to alter, edit or delete any recording.

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He added an important component of the project is to educate the public on the rules governing the initiative.

The police service worked with the Information and Privacy Commissioner, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Toronto Police Association to develop those rules.

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