On Sunday, May 27th, the fourth year of Pedestrian Sunday's in Kensington Market - AKA PSKensington - kicks off for all you foot-powered enthusiast.

The day will be filled with home-grown events from local artists and business owners. Games for kids, shows for adults, public art installations, a fashion show, a ball hockey tournament... the list just goes on and on.

I had a chance to sit down with Shamez Amlani, one of the organizers of the festival (and owner of La Palette restaurant) to run down the reasons for having a car-free zone in the market and an overview of the day's events.

The Toronto Star and Google Maps have collaborated to bring you a pretty dope interactive map for this year's Doors Open Toronto event; taking place May 26th and 27th.

The map features a number of really great features including:

- pinned locations for all the 150 open venues over the two day period
- detailed biographical descriptions on each site
- links to location info (including any physical barriers, and photo/video restrictions)

This is a really handy tool for all you planning to hit up a unique place like 48 Abell, or jump to a couple throughout the day. From 401 Richmond to Zion Church Cultural Centre, it's all there.

On May 23rd, 1967, the first of millions of riders took their first trip down the tracks from Oakville to Union Station on the GO Train.

Since then, the system has expanded to over 56 train stations and 14 bus terminals; moving on average 195,000 passengers each day. That's 195,000 people not driving cars into (or out of) the city along are already clogged arteries. Imagine that.

Call it what you like, Urban Gymnastics, Parkour, l'art du déplacement. These three athletes show off their skills in Toronto's jungle gym that's accessible to everyone. While this video is more a showcase of moves, it shows just how this sport is progressing.

Parkour has been gaining popularity all over the world. I see it as a natural reaction to living in an urban environment. Man has always interacted with his environment. And when that environment becomes walls, bridges and buildings, this is the natural progression.

This is more than a show review for me. This is me being there for then end of something really special. And I'd like to tell you a little story about it.

When I was 17, I thought (like every 17 year old), I had it all figured out. Me and few friends decided in our infinite wisdom that we would move from Sudbury to Calgary and keep playing music out there. We didn't really know anyone there, just thought it would be a good idea.

Obviously, that didn't happen. The band never came together, and after the money ran dry we had to limp back home with our tails between our legs. But not before something really nice happened: we made friends with an Edmonton band that would go on to put out some of the best and most progressive punk albums ever by Canadian artists.

And on Friday night, alongside former label mates and friends Moneen, Choke played their final show in Toronto at The Mod Club.

But if you look at the above photo, which was taken Friday night, you might notice something important. That's not The Mod Club. Its the Bovine. And that's where this story gets a happy ending.

On Wednesday, protesters gathered outside the Metro Toronto Convention Center where the annual Barrick Gold shareholders meeting was taking place. After a short time of handing out pamphlets, two individuals were arrested for "trespassing" on a public walkway.

This action is part of the May 2, 2007 International Day of Action Against Barrick Gold.

Later that same day, as promoted, activists and supporters peacefully demonstrated outside Barrick's corporate headquarters at 161 Bay Street in Toronto.

Video Courtesy of the Toronto Video Activist Collective and the Centre for Social Justice