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Toronto Revellers mas camp members Kyann Graham, 7, and her sister Sage, 3, walk the route of the 2008 Scotiabank Caribana Junior Carnival Parade July 19 along Jane Street to Yorkgate Mall.
Photo/MIKE POCHWAT
Toronto Revellers mas camp member Demeko Minott walks the route of the 2008 Scotiabank Caribana Junior Carnival Parade July 19 along Jane Street to Yorkgate Mall.
Photo/MIKE POCHWAT
Carnival Nationz mas camp's Vaughn Sheers joins the approximately 1,500 children participating in the 2008 Scotiabank Caribana Junior Carnival Parade July 19 at Yorkgate Mall.
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Visions mas camp's Kishi King joins the approximately 1,500 children participating in the 2008 Scotiabank Caribana Junior Carnival Parade July 19 at Yorkgate Mall.
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David Ralph, second from left, lends a hand to Janny Orsini, Saul Yablo, and Gabriele Orsini at the Oakdale community centre on July 19, where EMS workers and volunteers helped give residents CPR training.
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David Ralph, left, lends a hand to Pratap Purohit at the Oakdale community centre on Saturday, where EMS workers and volunteers help give residents CPR training.
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A crew wearing hazard suits work on Flaxman Road July 15 after it was discovered small amounts of asbestos was in the asphalt.
BRIEFS
Increase the Peace this weekend
Recognize the Real and Driftwood Community Centre will host community event Increase the Peace Sunday, July 27 at 1:30 p.m.The event at Driftwood Community Centre, located at 4401 Jane St., south of Steeles Avenue, will include basketball games, musical entertainment by DJ Lexx, Technichan Sound/Blacka T, Keepn It Real dance group and refreshments.
For more information, e-mail clayton.thomas@recognizethereal.com.
Brothers facing gun charges
Two brothers are facing eight gun-related charges after police recovered two loaded handguns in the Sheppard Avenue and Jane Street area on July 19.The Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force and the Emergency Task Force executed a search warrant in an apartment building around 7 a.m.
An 18-year-old and a 14-year-old face eight charges each, including possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition and unauthorized possession of a firearm.
TRANSIT: TTC low-car streetcar bids fall short
The job of replacing Toronto's aging streetcar fleet with new low-floor versions just got harder, after the two companies bidding for the job were unable to meet the Toronto Transit Commission's exacting specifications.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.
Newly implemented TAVIS strategy assists in arrest
Officers from the newly implemented Focused Neighbourhood TAVIS Deployment (FNTD) strategy in the Jane Street and Finch Avenue area assisted with an arrest July 13.According to police, uniformed officers attempted to pull over an erratic driver around 6:30 p.m. at Jane Street and Eddystone Avenue but the driver refused to stop.
The driver then pulled into an apartment building and proceeded to drive into the underground parking garage. One officer tried to stop the driver from heading into the garage and was forced against the suspect's vehicle.
Officers assigned to the FNTD were patrolling the area and assisted the officers in the arrest.
The FNTD was launched June 30 to assist officers in high crime neighbourhoods through increased patrol.
Ricky Sundar, 22, of Toronto, is charged with failing to stop for police, assault with intent to resist arrest and operating a motor vehicle without insurance.
Alcohol, speed 'definite factors' in Muskoka crash: OPP
Alcohol and speed were "definite factors" in a crash that killed three Toronto men July 3 in Muskoka, the Ontario Provincial Police said July 11.Kourosh Totonchian, 19, of North York and Cory Mintz and Tyler Mulcahy, both 20 and from Forest Hill, were killed when their car smashed through a guardrail and hit a tree before sliding down an embankment and landing on its side in the Joseph River.
Passenger Nastasia Elzinga, 19, survived the crash.
An autopsy confirmed the three young men drowned.
Police say it will take several weeks for toxicology results.
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