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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.

MUSIC: Torontonian electro-soul group Pants and Tie are celebrating the release of their new single, "Washing Machine," with a party tonight at Sneaky Dee's. The single, mixed by Dale Morningstar, will be available on both CD and vinyl at the show. Pants and Tie will be performing (obviously), accompanied by musical sets from the Pink Noise and Slow Hand Motem, and a DJ set from DVAS. Sneaky Dee's (431 College Street), 9 p.m., $5.

Senior firefighter Robert Leek died yesterday and Sunrise Propane company employee Parvinder Saini is still missing following yesterday's explosions and blaze at a fuel facility near Wilson and Keele. Many residents were able to return to their homes on Sunday evening, though up to 3,000 residents were prevented from doing so because of concerns over asbestos.

Tyler Clark Burke is bringing her Santa Cruz party to Montréal for the first time ever this weekend, and she's trying to rustle up some Toronto talent and cart 'em over in her van (transportation free of charge, accommodations not so much). Sasha Van Bon Bon, members of Spiral Beach, Amanda Burt, Jeremy Stewart, and a few others have signed up to take part in the party, and Burke's still got some room in her van for four more creative types ("local artists who are rabblerousers, stunt women and men alike, portrait artists [however you define this], and those with better ideas too") looking to fill out the Santa Cruz roster. E-mail santacruzforever@gmail.com if you really liked the movie Road Trip.

He writes about going to town in Paris, Barcelona, and Tulsa. The American-born, Canadian-raised operatic-pop-piano-rock singer says he loves Iceland, Greece, and Costa Rica. But the one place that he can't stand? Deny the claim all you want, Torontonians, but it's us.