The Etobicoke Guardian

Some authors already on the guest list include Peter McSherry, who wrote the autobiographical novel, Mean Streets and Confessions of a Night Time Taxi Driver, and Walt Balenovich, author of Travels in a Blue Chair. Children's authors are Olga Thompson, and Wendy Wong. Entry is free, and activities are priced for families. The event runs from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Mimico Memorial Park. For more information visit mimicoresidents.ca or mimicobaptistchurch.org

Two companies - Bombardier Transportation and Tram Power Ltd. - submitted bids for the $1.25 billion project.

But both proposals fell short of the TTC's standards. TRAM Power failed early in the process, on commercial compliance. The Bombardier proposal - seen by many as the front-runner - did not produce a design that was able to negotiate the tight turns required by the TTC.

Now, the TTC will have to approach vendors individually to attempt to purchase the new streetcars.

In a news release, the TTC said that it would still be possible to stay on schedule, to both replace the existing fleet and purchase new streetcars for the TTC's TransitCity light rail expansion.

The Funeral Service is to be held in the chapel of the Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Thursday, July 17 at 11 a.m. If desired, donations in his memory to Ian Anderson House will be accepted.

Tennis Canada announced Monday that the media facilities located at the world-class Rexall Centre in Toronto will be renamed The George Gross Media Centre.

An unveiling ceremony will take place Tuesday, July 22 during the Rogers Cup.

Gross defected from Czechoslovakia in 1949 and started a career with the Toronto Telegram in 1959. The paper stopped production in 1971 and so he moved to the Toronto Sun as sports editor the same year.

He was the only North American journalist to ever be named to the Olympic Order and was inducted into five separate halls of fame.

Gross passed away March 21 after suffering a heart attack at his Etobicoke home.