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On the afternoon I m slated to meet Adrian Currie, Westmoreland Parkette is more skating rink than playground. The previous evening s rain froze over the small park s footpath, making its modern seesaws and swings inaccessible to all but the bravest and most unsupervised children.
Still, it s a beautiful day: bright, blue, and temperate for a Toronto winter. The benches and picnic table are dry enough to sit at, even if no one else has elected to. A few curious passers-through stop long enough to percuss a couple of notes on the park s metal instruments, overlapping the muffled din of midday Bloor Street traffic.
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I was unable to stop at a stop sign on my bicycle, and I got a $110 ticket. The officer who gave me the ticket said I would not get any demerits on my licence. But after I paid the ticket, I received a letter from Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation saying that I now have three demerits. Can I get them removed? – Vikas, Brampton
What happens on your bicycle should stay on your bicycle.
You can get traffic tickets on your bike, but they’re not supposed to affect your driver’s licence or insurance rates.
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As a years-long debate about narrowing a stretch of downtown Yonge Street so it works better for pedestrians and cyclists moved toward an overwhelming “yes” vote at city hall this week, Toronto Councillor Gord Perks tweeted that he was hearing “the gasping death rattle of autosaurus.”