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Both the Toronto Fire Department and the Paramedics respond to a medical emergency on a Queen Street TTC streetcar at University Avenue. The large articulated streetcars started to pile up as passengers were forced out of the car and onto the street to await transport by bus.

The fruit trees along the side of Old City Hall (below) and in the University Avenue (above) centre boulevard have started to sprout leaves but the blossoms still have yet to bloom in pictures taken today. They are probably waiting for everyone to look away, maybe have some water running and then, before you know it, the blooms will pop out as fast as the green leaves that have started to fill the trees in the city.

The 2011 racing season is getting ready to roll and the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (NCTS) will start at Mosport Speedway on May 28 with the Dickies 200.
You can meet and greet your favourite stock car racers, get autographs and see the thunder and smell of fast paced racing around the large street course. Several of the drivers have moved into the American head office NASCAR teams, like J.R. Fitzpatrick and Quebec superstar Andrew Ranger, pictured above.
And the crown jewel of racing in Ontario remains the Honda Indy Toronto taking over the Exhibition grounds starting on July 8, 2011 where the NCTS drivers will be out on the track during the full weekend of events.

Dress up as your favourite Anime character and enjoy a day at a fanexpo comicon cosplay event. The next official FanExpo ComicCON event is in August of 2011 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. These are pictures from the 2011 FanExpo AnimeCON.

Until then comic lovers can take in the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) 2011 this Saturday and Sunday, May 7 and 8, 2011 at the Toronto Reference Library. Unfortunately it would appear that there is very little cosplay at the TCAF which is too bad as it really brings comics to life when you can see the characters walking around the shows.
To see more pictures of cosplay see more after the jump (click read more >>, below).

The large 91m Windshare windmill in the Exhibition grounds, installed in December2002, has stopped spinning as the bearings have given up the ghost and currently wait for replacement. These blades have nothing to do with the Toronto green power generator, but you can see the windmill working in my shot here.

They don't wear bright red swimsuits and bounce on the beach (although their people patrol the beaches of Toronto as lifeguards) or drive flashy cigar boats, but they do drive a variety of boats along the shores of Lake Ontario keeping people safe and fighting crime in the water. Ned Hanlan II - a former police boat, sits tied up to the Queens Quay dock, above, and a smaller police boat patrols the inner harbour during the Toronto International Air Show, below.
Queens Quay has the large Toronto Police Marine Unit located at Queens Quay as well as three smaller units based out of Centre Island, Humber River and Bluffers Park.

Oh, you are a dirty little building, a little musty, a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. You can lease some offices along Yonge Street here - what will it take to get you into this beauty? It looks tired, so maybe it should get a massage from a nearby RMT.

Nathan Phillips Square construction continues: The washroom/skate rental/elevator building has been ripped down and its replacement is going up and the Peace Garden/Eternal Flame have also been removed, apparently the flame was just temporary. Here is a shot of the Peace Garden dismantling going on during winter. You can check out the winning design here.
The flags along Bay Street are still up.