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TENS OF THOUSANDS CELEBRATE KHALSA DAY USHERING IN THE SIKH NEW YEAR

FULL STORY: bit.ly/khalsadayWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: See why so many people made the journey to celebrate Khalsa Day together. More photos on Page 6.

The parade, which travelled from Exhibition Place to Nathan Phillips Square, is the second largest in the country, and Sikhs from Southern Ontario as well as Quebec and western New York and were there.Staff photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBE

MARIJUANA SMOKERS EXPECTED TO HAVE MAJOR CASE OF MUNCHIES

FULL STORY: bit.ly/marijuanamunchiesWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: One on-demand food service found out what ‘munchie meals’ ranked high in recent survey.

With marijuana legalization on the way, Torontonians just have to look across the border, or to a dispensary a few blocks away, to see what’s coming. More money will be changing hands, and some of it will be paying for food people eat while high.Staff photo/DAN PEARCE

SHARING IS MORE THAN JUST CARING AS THE SHARING ECONOMY GROWS

FEATURE: Pages 14 and 15

From Kijiji to more localized organizations such as the Toronto Tool Library and Bunz.com, shoppers have plenty of options that will help them reduce waste and save money – in some cases, not having to spend a dime to get the things they need. The second-hand economy has become a multi-billion dollar industry, says Shawn McIntyre, Kijiji’s community and communications manager.Staff photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBE

RONCESVALLES GROUP COLLECTING BIKES, SEWING MACHINES TO HELP REFUGEES

FULL STORY: bit.ly/bikesrefugeesWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn what other items are being accepted, how to donate and get involved in the cause.

While it waits for word about sponsoring a Syrian refugee family, the Roncesvalles Refugee Relief (RRR) group is collecting household goods and clothing for government-assisted refugees.Photo/COURTESY

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RESIDENTS CALL FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT AT DANGEROUS INTERSECTION

FULL STORY: bit.ly/newtrafficlightWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Find out the six-figure price tag of installing a traffic light and what else is needed for approval.

The intersection of Gladstone Avenue and College Street has a long-standing reputation for being a dangerous intersection not only for pedestrians, but cyclists and drivers, too. Residents also brought safety concerns around Havelock and College streets, asking for a crosswalk there.Staff file photo/DAN PEARCE

PARKDALE RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT NEW CONDO DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL

FULL STORY: bit.ly/parkdalecondoWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Residents had plenty of feedback for the developer, Block Developments, at the meeting.

A seven-storey solely residential building is being proposed for the former home of the Beer Store at 57 Brock Ave. Parkdalians at the pre-application meeting seemed to be unimpressed with the designs. Staff photo/HILARY CATON

MAC AND CHEESE FESTIVAL, WHICH BEGAN IN LIBERTY VILLAGE, CHANGES LOCATION

FULL STORY: bit.ly/maccheesefestWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: See what’s new at the festival this year, which is expected to have 75 food, drink and artisanal vendors.

Liberty Village residents can breathe easy this summer as the contentious Mac and Cheese Festival that left the area a hot mess is moving to Ontario Place West Island this year from June 3 to 5.File photo/EDUARDO LIMA

CALLING ALL DOG LOVERS! HELP CLEAN UP HIGH PARK’S OFF-LEASH AREA NEXT WEEK

FULL STORY: bit.ly/k9cleanupWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: High Park K9 Committee offers tips to be prepared on clean-up day.

Participants are asked to meet at Dog Hill Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. by CanStage, opposite the Grenadier Cafe, 200 Parkside Dr. The committee will provide large garbage bags and latex gloves. Staff file photo/IAN KELSO

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MAYOR TORY MEETS PREMIER WYNNE TO TALK TRANSIT, MENTAL HEALTH

FULL STORY: bit.ly/torywynne WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The two government leaders spoke about more issues including systemic racism.

Mayor John Tory talk with Kathleen Wynne about a new convention centre – or radical improvements to the Metro Convention Centre on Front Street – was very preliminary. The need for better convention facilities was something hammered home to Tory on his trip to Silicon Valley.Courtesy photo

TORONTO NOT AMONG 37 CITIES TO RECEIVE PROVINCIAL CYCLING FUNDING

FULL STORY: bit.ly/nobikemoneyWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Find what cycling funding the City of Toronto would have been eligible for.

The provincial government announced $10 million in funding under the Ontario Municipal Cycling Infrastructure Program for upgrading and building new cycling infrastructure, such as bike lanes, trails, traffic signs, dedicated bridges and bike racks, but no money for Toronto. File photo/MARY GAUDET

UBER MAY BE FORCED TO LEAVE TORONTO IF CITY’S NEW RIDE-HAILING RULES APPROVED

FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/ubergoneWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read what city amendments will be voted on May 3, and what Uber has an issue with.

In a mass email sent to its users, Uber states Torontonians will not only lose access to the currently unregulated uberX service, but all of its legal offerings such as uberWAV and the uberEATS food delivery. Staff file photo/DAVID NICKLE

BOMBARDIER TO STEP UP STREETCAR DELIVERY, BUT TTC CHAIR SKEPTICAL

FULL STORY: bit.ly/ttcskepticalWHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: See what legal remedies the TTC and city officials are pursuing against Bombardier.

Given Bombardier’s failure to maintain even a diminished schedule to roll out new streetcars for the TTC, city officials remain skeptical with the company that was to have provided enough streetcars to substantially replace the city’s aging rolling stock. Staff photo/DAVID NICKLE

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When Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Chair Josh Colle and CEO Andy Byford stood up Monday to talk about Bombardier and the missing light rail vehicles, they didn’t want to dwell on the past.

On the one hand, it’s an odd subject to avoid – given the trouble the city is having with its elusive new streetcars is very much a consequence of past decisions.

On the other hand, the busi-ness of the day on April 25 had nothing to do with repudiating past administrations, and everything to do with delivering Bombardier Transportation the most scathingly public single-star Yelp! review possible.

Bombardier had it coming. The Montreal-based company

should have, by the schedule of delivery, provided a total of 73 new streetcars delivered to the TTC by the end of 2015.

Actually delivered in that time? Fourteen. And as of today? Seventeen. There were problems, mostly to do with a decision by Bombardier to outsource produc-tion of some of the custom parts to Mexico. But Bombardier had assured the TTC that they were ironed out, and promised to have 54 delivered by the end of 2016.

On Monday, Bombardier made it clear, via a new CEO, that if they work very hard they can guaran-tee that 13 additional vehicles will be delivered by the end of the year.

That means that the TTC will likely have to refurbish even more of its stock of older streetcars, adding to the $34.1 million it’s already spending to do so because of the earlier backlog.

Bombardier’s covering that much. But because of the contract that the city signed,

it is only liable for $51 million in costs due to delay. It is here, of course, that one is led straight to the past – specifically, to 2009, when former mayor David Miller convened a special council meeting during a long civic strike, to ink the $1.2 billion deal with Bombardier that would eventually go so very wrong.

Toronto paid a larger portion of the purchase price than it should have, as Ottawa turned down a request to pay for a third of the bill, and it came at the cost of deferring certain capital projects. It was a competitive bidding process, but an imperfect one, as the only serious competitor – the German-owned manufac-turer Siemens – struggled with Canadian content requirements and effectively disqualified itself with an untenably high bid.

And Bombardier won the con-tract, with a requirement for only 25 per cent Canadian content and as it turns out a sweetheart of a contract. It’s hard to say what Miller’s city government might have done differently. Perhaps held out for more bid-ders? Enforced a larger Can-Con rule to keep production out of Mexico, or done away with it entirely and forgone funding that was dependent on it? Or just paid hundreds of millions more for the same number of streetcars to a foreign-owned company with a good record?

This, perhaps, is another reason why Byford and Colle aren’t too quick to blame the Miller regime for the decision. In the end, going with any of those options involved taking a chance on one of a range of options. And while it might not always turn out the case, in this case the least expensive, most tempting option was the worst bet.

Roots of Bombardier streetcar deal go back to 2009

Bloor bike lanes a correct path for improving safetyT

oronto councillors may feel they will have a tough decision to make when they meet next week.

Absent any advice from the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, councillors will have to decide whether to launch a pilot project on Bloor Street West to see whether a short stretch of that road can endure and maybe even benefit from a bikeway, separated from car and truck traffic.

Watching the strained debate that took place Monday at the com-mittee, one might think the decision would strain even the wisdom of King Solomon.

Bloor Street is a significant east-west artery, and removing the lanes from car traffic will cut automotive access in half.

At the same time, climate change and a growing population dictate that we cannot continue to encourage fossil-fuel-burning cars and trucks in

our downtown without offering safe alternatives. Yes, it’s another battle of cars versus bikes.

We hope that when this comes to Toronto council, councillors will stand down from the battle-ments and take a rational look at this very rational plan to consider expanding our city’s cycling network.

The pilot proj-ect is just that – an experiment to see how Bloor Street and the surrounding neighbourhoods would fare if the city were to install cycling infrastructure similar to the separated bike lanes on Sherbourne Street, and on Richmond and Adelaide streets. The separated lanes have worked out well there, in

some cases tripling the number of cyclists using the routes.

That’s impressive enough. But there is another more immediate reason for

trying separated lanes on Bloor.

As it stands, the street is dangerous for cyclists. Between 2008 and 2012, the stretch of road in question – between Shaw Street and Avenue Road – has had an average of 22 collisions a year. Most of those were dooring, fol-lowed by a motorist trying

to pass a cyclist and a motorist driving into a cyclist out of on-street parking.

Separated bike lanes would reduce those types of accidents. It would make all Torontonians safer.

And that, in and of itself, is worth a look when it comes to this pilot project. Council only has one choice.

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BATTLE OF YORK REENACTMENT, KHALSA DAY CELEBRATION, EARTH DAY Out in the sun: (Counter clockwise from top) Reenactors dressed

as Upper Canada militia fire muskets during a reenactment of the

Battle of York on Saturday; A young parade-goer performs martial

arts with a Jhall during the annual Khalsa Day parade on Saturday,

celebrating the beginning of the Sikh New Year; A man performs

martial arts during the parade; Thousands crowded the streets

as they marched from Exibition Place to Nathan Phillips Square;

Alessandra Morassutti, creator of the ‘Music of the Plants’

device, enjoys a ‘forest bath’ outside of Earth Day headquarters

in Parkdale. Staff photos/BENJAMIN PRIEBE

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FULL STORY: bit.ly/tocherriesWHY SHOULD YOU READ THIS: Learn the peak time for viewing blossoms as well as seven facts you may not have known.

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Psychics, empaths, tarot card readers and other New Age practitioners were on hand to offer their services during the three-day expo. People could participate in massages, hear presentations and more. Staff photo/RAHUL GUPTA

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From Uber to Airbnb, there’s little question traditional markets are getting a shakeup.

More and more, people are looking for cheaper, more conve-nient ways to get the goods and services they need, whether it be rides, accommodations, housewares or even a bite to eat.

The sharing economy, as it has come to be known, is grow-ing in stature and popularity, with a growing number of compa-nies and groups offering peer-to-peer sharing and swapping. From Canadian-made eBay offshoot Kijiji to more localized organizations such as the Toronto Tool Library and Bunz.com, shoppers have plenty of options that will help them reduce waste and save money – in some cases, not having to spend a dime to get the things they need.

Kijiji is perhaps the best-known Canadian success story in the sharing economy. Launched in 2005 by Janet Bannister of Brampton, it is now the fourth-most popular website in Canada and is visited by 16 million Canadians a month.

Shawn McIntyre, Kijiji’s community and communications manager, said the greatest hurdle for disruptors of conven-tional retail lies in convincing people that buying second-hand goods doesn’t necessarily equate to buying second-rate goods.

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that these items aren’t necessarily good,” he said.It appears that message has been heard loud and clear by

many. The second-hand economy, as McIntyre calls it, has become a multi-billion dollar industry, with Canadians averaging 77 items bought or sold and $1,000 earned per year.

“About $30 billion has gone into our GDP in Canada based on the second-hand economy,” he said.

For those who argue that the sharing economy hurts the overall economy, McIntyre noted that Canada is not generally a manufacturing nation, and that buying goods directly from other local residents actually helps matters.

“You know your money is staying in Toronto,” he said.The Toronto Tool Library (TTL) offers members a chance to

borrow tools for various handiwork, and its new offshoot – the Sharing Depot, which launched on Wednesday – has expanded its offerings to include camping gear, party equipment, sports equipment and more.

Members simply pay an annual membership fee to get unlim-ited access to tools, which they can access at four locations across Toronto. The tools are maintained and repaired, ensuring they are always in working order.

Offering up the option to borrow tools – including power tools – benefits users in multiple ways, said TTL co-founder and president of the Institute for a Resource-Based Economy Lawrence Alvarez. He noted that the traditional option – buying tools even if you were only going to use them once or twice – is hugely wasteful.

“It’s wasteful to your pocket because who wants to buy these things, it’s wasteful to your time to look for them and acquire them and it’s also of course wasteful to space in your house, which you do not have a lot of, and it’s wasteful to the environment,” he said.

Alvarez noted that the sharing economy is poised to become an even bigger part of people’s lives.

“I could see sharing resource hubs – think of it like a shar-ing mall, where you can go and get anything you want without having to buy and store it,” he said.

Bunz is perhaps as grassroots a success story as you’re likely to see. It was started up by Emily Bitze as a means to fill a need of her own. She was looking for a can of tomatoes to make pasta sauce and started up a Facebook group between friends through which swaps could be arranged.

From there, it has grown to a much larger community with some 40,000 members.

“I simply had a hard time making ends meet,” Bitze said of Bunz’s humble origins. “Being a bit of a collector, I had a lot of things and thought I could trade some of those things for other things I needed, like food.”

Bunz offers a huge variety of items for trade – appliances,

clothes and even leftover food and well-wishes – with many sellers asking for nothing in return.

“There’s definitely been a lot of quirky stuff,” Bitze said. “Someone on our app wanted to re-propose to his wife, so he got a bunch of Bunz members to go down to Yonge-Dundas Square and help him do that,” she said. “A lot of people will trade away leftovers because they can’t finish the food they made.”

Key to the sharing economy is finding safe zones for trades to take place. The Toronto Tool Library has people come to their own locations to borrow tools, while both Kijiji and Bunz encour-age people to meet in neutral, safe areas when looking to make an exchange. Bunz also has a feedback option where members can rate and review others.

Whether looking to cut corners on spending, cut down of their own waste or save space, the sharing economy is here to stay.

“It’s not like we’ve come up with some crazy new idea,” Bitze said. “It just makes sense.”

For more information on the Toronto Tool Library, visit www.torontotoollibrary.com . To become a member of Bunz, visit www.bunz.com and use member code 777777.

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