PANAMANIA, is the 35-day arts and culture festival to enrich the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games experience. More than 250 unique performances and exhibitions, both free and ticketed, will take place across Toronto from July 10 to August 15. PANAMANIA will showcase the diverse cultures and artistic excellence of Ontario, Canada and the Americas through music, theatre, dance, visual arts and fashion.
In celebration of the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct, also known as the Bloor Viaduct, will be transformed into an even more spectacular landmark through a unique lighting installation officially launched during a special TORONTO 2015 Torch Relay celebration on July 4, 2015.
The event will begin at 5 p.m. For details of festivities, including a surprise musical performance before the Prince Edward Viaduct Illumination begins, click here.
The City of Toronto, Metrolinx and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) are working together on multiple, related transit planning initiatives to bring more transit to neighbourhoods across the city and region.
These transit planning initiatives include the GO Regional Express Rail (RER), SmartTrack (including the Eglinton West Corridor), the Scarborough Subway Extension and the Relief Line. Together, these major transit planning initiatives and studies will help improve the transit network in Toronto and integrate connections between existing transit lines and future projects across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area.
The City of Toronto is developing Complete Streets Guidelines that will provide a holistic approach to how streets in Toronto are designed.
"Developing a complete streets approach will help the City balance the many competing demands on its rights-of-way," said Councillor Jaye Robinson (Ward 25 Don Valley West), Chair of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee. "Having guidelines on complete streets will streamline and consolidate our approach to road design, ultimately creating better street-design decisions."
After very careful study, I support the removal of the eastern portion of the Gardiner and its replacement with a new Lakeshore Boulevard to Jarvis Street. I want to give you some background on the Gardiner and tell you my reasons for coming to this decision.
Background
In 2009, the City of Toronto and Waterfront Toronto initiated an Environmental Assessment (EA) to look at 4 options for the Gardiner East of Jarvis: Maintain, Replace, Improve, or Remove. (Click here for the Terms of Reference).
The City of Toronto,
TTC and
Metrolinx are working
closely together on coordinated transit planning in Toronto. Four major transit
studies are interrelated: Network analysis by Metrolinx •
GO Regional Express Rail (RER)
Network analysis by the City of Toronto and TTC
Registration for the City of Toronto's summer swimming and skating programs begins this weekend on Saturday, June 6 at 7 a.m.
Programs fill quickly, so residents are advised to be ready to register at 7 a.m. and have a few backup choices in case their preferred program is already full.
There are three ways to register – online, by phone and in person:
With Eats & Beats approaching excitement is growing at Ralph Thornton Centre. Be sure to come by and get “Mugged.” Read more about it in the newsletter. We are also pleased to be a part of the Leslieville Tree Festival June 13th at Leslie Grove Park. All this and much more in the RTC Update.
One special event involving closures of main roads – the World Partnership Walk – will take place in Toronto this weekend. Residents and visitors are encouraged to come out and enjoy this event. Businesses in the areas affected are open to pedestrian traffic, but some roads will be closed to vehicles.
Festivals and other special events are important to the city, injecting hundreds of millions of dollars annually into Toronto’s economy, and they are enjoyed each year by local residents.
The City of Toronto is reviewing public tennis court operations and the policy that covers outdoor tennis clubs. Staff will host a series of public meetings in June to obtain input from tennis court users, including members of tennis clubs, as well as interested non-users of Toronto's municipal tennis courts.
Meeting schedule:
- North District: Thursday, June 4, 7 to 9 p.m., Edithvale Community Centre banquet hall (131 Finch Ave. W.)
