Mirror photo/MIKE POCHWAT
Members of the Hawaiian Pacific Dancers wait backstage in Yonge-Dundas Square for their turn to perform during the 2nd annual Multicultural Canada Day Festival presented by the Community Folk Art Council of Toronto.
Photo/BRENT LEWIN
Chelsea Lichtman, left, and Liz Brockest lead a group of runners through stretches prior to the recent Pride and Rememberance Run at Church and Wellesley streets during Pride Week festivities.
Photo/MIKE POCHWAT
Brian Public School's Yasaman Farshad, right, and Nicholas MacKenzie do the rhumba during a ballroom dance competition quarter-final held Tuesday at Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School.
Photo/BRENT LEWIN
Sri Lankan community members gather near Yonge and Bloor streets Saturday for a 'March for Peace' to show their support and praise the Canadian government for recognizing the Tamil Tiger movement as terrorists.
Photo/NICOLA BETTS
The dance group Sanskriti, with Puja Amin (centre), performs at Yonge-Dundas Square as part of the closing celebrations of Luminato.
Mirror/JOHN PACKMAN
Lev Jaeger shows his son Zohar and Oscar Bean how to blow bubbles during the recent Fabulous Fathers' Day Picnic at the 519 Church Street Community Centre. The picnic is a family celebration of Gay/Bi/Trans/Queer dads, granddads, prospective dads...
Mirror Photo/Nicola Betts
The crowd gathers to watch Ashley MacIsaac perform at Yonge-Dundas square as part of the Luminato Festival - a ten day festival of the arts.
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Duncan McIntosh hands over a can of soup with his mom Caroline, left, and Sherri Lambe, communitcations director with Campbell's Soup, during the recent Help Hunger Disappear on National Hunger Awareness Day. Campbell's constructed the word hunger...
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Man mugged by two men
Police are looking for two people after a 29-year-old man was mugged July 2.According to police reports, a man was near Jarvis Street and Wellesley Street East at 10:15 p.m. when a male engaged him in conversation. A second man then jumped the victim from behind and choked him.
This led to a struggle and the victim fell to the ground.
Both suspects demanded the victim hand over his belongings, to which he complied.
The suspects fled the scene between two buildings on Wellesley Street East.
Police are looking for a white male, 25 to 30 years old, five-feet 11-inches to six-feet tall with a thin build and brown hair. There is no description for the second suspect.
Anyone with information should call 416-808-5100 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at www.222tips.com or call 416-222-TIPS (8477).
Volunteers wanted for Buskerfest
Welcome to Buskerfest!The ninth annual celebration in the St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood is looking for volunteers who will welcome people to the festival and ask for a donation for Epilepsy Toronto.
Volunteer shifts are available from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. during the course of the festival, which runs from Aug. 21 to 24.
Buskerfest is expected to raise about $200,000 for Epilepsy Toronto.
For details, visit www.torontobuskerfest.com/content/volunteer.htm, e-mail volunteers@torontobuskerfest.com or call Adam Bailey at 416-964-9095.
Challenging Torontonians to live green
George Brown College students have found a creative way to get people engaged in learning about environmentally conscious living.The Great Green Challenge takes place on Saturday, July 12. It's organized by students in George Brown's sports and event marketing program as a way of encouraging environmental awareness and healthy living while promoting team building and camaraderie among participants.
Teams from George Brown, as well as local businesses people, will compete in the scavenger hunt race across Toronto. The race begins at the Casa Loma campus, 160 Kendal Ave., and concludes at the Esplanade Bier Markt. Stops along the way include both Toronto landmarks and eco-friendly businesses such as Union Station, the Distillery District, St. Lawrence Market and a Zipcar pod locations. At the stops, teams will have to do a task or activity or answer a question related to the environment in order to move ahead in the race.
The event will not only educate Torontonians on ways they can reduce their ecological footprint and live a healthier life, but it also supports the David Suzuki Foundation.
Visit www.georgebrown.ca for details or to register.
TCDSB high school teachers accept contract
Toronto's Catholic secondary school teachers voted recently to accept a tentative four-year agreement that would see a three per cent increase in their salary each year of the term.Union president Kathleen Gardiner said the members voted 95 per cent in support of the agreement, which has "considerable improvements in benefits, long sought after."
Teachers and senior management have also agreed to improved consultation processes on local issues, she added.
"Provincial discussions between the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association and the Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association, earlier this year, were of considerable assistance in this round of bargaining," Gardiner said in a release.
The agreement is subject to approval by the Ministry of Education's appointed supervisor of the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
Police apprehend alleged 'subway pusher'
Grgo Kutlesa, of no fixed address, has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with an alleged assault at a downtown subway station.On May 21, Kutlesa, 42, reportedly pushed a 44-year-old man onto the tracks at the College Subway Station. The victim managed to get off the tracks and climbed back onto the platform unharmed.
The incident happened at about 6:05 a.m.
He was last seen fleeing the scene near Yonge and College streets.
Kutlesa was apprehended on Tuesday, June 24 when a dispute arose when he refused to pay for his fare at the Islington subway station.
Upon arriving at the scene, Toronto Police and special TTC constables ascertained that he was the same individual wanted for the aggravated assault.
