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FILM: From the director of Scared Sacred comes Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action, a film about spiritual activism and the people who practise it. The documentary showed at both Hot Docs and the Vancouver International Film Festival, and in celebration of the DVD's release this week there will be a screening at the Royal Theatre, followed by a Q&A with director Velcrow Ripper. The Royal Theatre (608 College Street), 7–10 p.m., $25 (price includes a copy of the DVD).

Starting soon—Monday, in fact—you'll be able to take your bike on the VIA train between Toronto and Montreal without boxing it up: the Bike Train has just announced a new twice-daily service to Montreal starting August 24 and continuing six days per week through October 8. For seven weeks stretching into the autumn, one morning and one evening train running in each direction will include space in the baggage car for six bikes.

The opportunities for cyclists to get out of the city with their bikes—and without their cars—are multiplying. The Bike Train will be kicking off its third season on Friday June 26 with trains running from Union Station to St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. It'll be the first of eight weekends of service to Niagara, with travel dates stretching into October. Last year's experiment with Friday departures from Toronto proved popular, so there will now be Bike Trains leaving Toronto on Friday (or Thursday) every weekend on the schedule, in addition to the regular Saturday and Sunday trains. Return tickets are a little more expensive this year—up to $62 from last year's $59—but one-way tickets for those embarking on longer tours or finding another way home are down from $35 to $31.

After months of quiet preparation, Toronto's very own Bike Union officially launched at City Hall yesterday morning. Modelled after successful cycling advocacy groups in Chicago, London, and elsewhere, the Toronto Cyclists Union is already a big name in the city's cycling community.

Forget the snow, it's time to start planning your summer of cycling. The Toronto–Niagara Bike Train will be returning this year with an expanded schedule, more travel options, and some getaway package deals. Building on last summer's successful pilot program which saw dozens of cyclists and their bikes riding the train between Toronto and Niagara Falls on each of four weekends, the 2008 edition of the Bike Train spans eight weekends from late June through the end of September. The September trips should be popular thanks to events like the Niagara Wine Festival.