TO events: rally, walking tour, water, bike lanes

[angela bischoff]

Women's Healthy Environments Network presents a discussions with

Donna Dillman -- anti-uranium activist and
Mike Nickerson -- author of Life, Money and Illusion

Friday, May 2, 6 - 8 p.m.
at Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Ave, Suite 120

For more info, ph. 416 928 0880
http://www.womenshealthyenvironments.ca
http://sustainwellbeing.net

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Stop the Deportations
Status for All

Christie Pits Park
Sat. May 3 at noon

Millions across North America have taken to the streets in the last 2
years demanding status for all. Join us on May 3 as we continue to fight
for the rights of migrants everywhere. No on is Illigal!

http://www.toronto.nooneisilligal.org

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Saturday May 3rd, 2008

Wild Things With Wings: A Celebration of Native Pollinators in the City 

Danforth Music Hall
4:30PM - 6:30PM

 ***OPPORTUNITY FOR SPECIAL TICKET PRICE FOR friends and members of the
Toronto Food Policy Council--SEE BELOW*** 
Join Dr. David Suzuki with host Bob MacDonald of Quirks and Quarks, bee
expert Dr. Laurence Packer, and celebrity gardener Marjorie Harris, for an
informative and entertaining evening on food security, native plants and
pollinators. Plus, a special bonus: live songs from Jason Collett.

Marjorie Harris is one of Canada's leading garden writers. She has been
the gardening columnist for the Globe and Mail since 1990; is editor at
large of Gardening Life Magazine; and has written 15 books on gardening.

Tickets $25 , $20 for students  (plus service charges). 

IF YOU SAY "WILD THINGS WITH WINGS," YOU CAN GET DISCOUNT TICKETS FOR $15
EACH. 
<http://www.themusichall.ca/?gclid=CN-H1_H62pICFSLLiQodkkWe5g>Danforth
Music Hall 416.778.8163
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(more service charges)
Doors open at 3:30PM.

Brought to you by: Seeds of Diversity, FoodShare, Evergreen, The David
Suzuki Foundation

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Walking tours - part of Mayworks.ca

SUNDAY MAY 4
A History of Skid Row and working poor in East downtown with OCAP member
Geitan Heroux
Noon, free
Meet: park east of Parliament, south side of King

>From The Ward To Kensington Market
4 pm, free
Meet: Church of Holy Trinity (behind Eaton's Centre off Bay)

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Thirst for Profit: A Story of Privatization of Water

A film by Fernando Rouaux
22 min

Wednesday, May 7
6pm - 8pm
OISE, Room 3-311
252 Bloor St. W.
Please join us for a screening of Fernando's film about water in Buenos
Aires, Argentina

When the World Bank convinced Argentina to privatize the national water
company, it was supposed to become more efficient and to reach millions of
people who lacked basic water services. Thirteen years later, the private
company has fled and the service has been re-nationalized. What went
wrong?

THIRST FOR PROFIT is a story of market logic applied to basic services: a
story of big profits, and a story of the hardships of being poor at the
mercy of corporate and government corruption.

Sponsored by: CERLAC and the Transformative Learning Centre
More info: cerlac at yorku.ca, 416.736.5237,
http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/news_events.htm#thirst

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In an interest to "improve the pedestrian realm," the city wants to remove
the middle lane of traffic from Jarvis St. (between Bloor and Queen) and
use that extra space to widen the sidewalks. 

If you've walked down Jarvis, you'll notice that the sidewalks are already
incredibly wide.  We have lots of problems on Jarvis, but sidewalk width
is not one of them.  What's infuriating, is that the possibility of adding
bike lanes was not considered, and neither were the effects of this
proposal on cyclists on Jarvis or neighbouring streets.

There will be a " Jarvis Streetscape Walk" on Saturday May 10th: Please
invite those interested in getting bike lanes implemented on Jarvis! 

More info about the project is available here:
http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/jarvis/
and much more (including public comments) is available here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6949283325

If you live in the ward, call your Councillor!

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