An estimated 25,000 pot users marched on Queen's Park on Saturday as part of the Global Marijuana March event. Fortunately, the event wasn't marred by a doofus pulling a gun, but the chill nature of things was hampered somewhat when emergency crews had to respond when a man fell from a tree. In related news, the Conservatives are attempting to reintroduce mandatory minimum sentences for small-time pot growers. They would like to see a mandatory six-month sentence for those convicted of growing as few as five plants.

Does the City of Toronto pay too much for mileage accrued by staff using of their own vehicles for work purposes? At $0.52/km, and with no change in this top rate for high mileage accumulators, it would appear so. In fact, some staff are compensated at an annual level that it almost makes more fiscal sense to buy them cars for work use.

Have you ever used one of the bike racks that are mounted on the front of most of Toronto's TTC buses? I didn't think so. Despite showing dismal usage numbers during the pilot project in 2005, the TTC pushed forward and spent some $2-million fitting over 1600 buses with the racks - that barely anyone uses even five years later. Much like bike lanes on Dupont (and Jarvis and University and Bloor), making decisions to prop up bike use in the city are great ideas in principle, but they may not be in practice.

Police responding to what they describe as a "minor crash" in Caledon, found a victim in the car... but not a victim of the crash itself. Passenger Krystina Armstrong was found dead in the car, and the driver -- her 18-year-old son Luke -- has been charged with second-degree murder.

And here's what blogTO was up to this weekend:

• Melissa visited St. John's Bakery, a bakery with heart that is more than just a nice story and great baked goods.
• Ryan Bolton attended Art Battle 5, an arts event/contest where if you lose, your work gets chainsawed.
• Matthew Harris asked the question: Will the City's heritage laws save Glen Road?
• Leanne Milech profiled Snowball Gallery, and filled us in on the story of the girl who made it big on Bay Street, suffered through financial crisis, and decided to open the place.
• Agatha Barc posted a historical background piece on The William Reynolds Block (a.k.a. the building at Gould and Yonge that just lost a wall).
• And Erin interviewed filmmaker Guy Madden, about his work and all things Toronto.

Photo: "Square" by PierreD., member of the blogTO Flickr pool.