Toronto Police Marine Unit and Toronto Fire Services will recover harmful
    debris and litter in Lake Ontario

    TORONTO, Sept. 17 /CNW/ -

    WHAT:     To help kick off the 15th annual TD Great Canadian Shoreline
              Cleanup, the Toronto Police Marine Unit and Toronto Fire
              Services will dive into Lake Ontario to recover harmful debris
              and aquatic litter. This year's dive features the Unit's new
              submersible, which allows viewers to see the bottom of
              Toronto's harbour. Previous Toronto dives have recovered a
              motorcycle, a sewing machine and even a rickshaw. What will
              this year's dive uncover?

    WHEN:     Thursday, September 18, 2008
              9:00 a.m. - Recommended arrival time
              9:15 - 9:45 a.m. - Toronto Police dive into Lake Ontario and
              reveal recovered litter
              (*)9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Spokespeople available for interviews

    WHERE:    Little Norway Park - on Lake Ontario at the foot of Bathurst
              Street
              Platform on the south-west end of the park by the water

    WHO:      Roger St. Louis, Regional Manager, TD Friends of the
              Environment Foundation
              John Nightingale, President, Vancouver Aquarium
              Tony Maas, Senior Advisor, Freshwater Policy, WWF-Canada

    WHY:      Every year over one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals
              and turtles die through entanglement and ingestion of litter,
              and it's estimated that 80 per cent of this litter originates
              from land based sources. This year, over 60,000 Canadians will
              work together from September 20 to 28 to remove nearly 100
              tonnes of litter from our shorelines and waterways during the
              15th annual TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.

              Torontonians are encouraged to drop by the September 20th
              Kick-off Event at Woodbine Beach Park (meeting at the Main
              Gazebo) at 10:00 a.m. to help clean the city's shoreline.

              For additional information please visit:
              www.vanaqua.org/cleanup

    RSVP:     Hailey Miles
              MAVERICK Public Relations for TD Great Canadian Shoreline
              Cleanup
              416-640-5525 ext. 238
              416-317-0033 (mobile)
              haileym@maverickpr.com

For further information: Hailey Miles, MAVERICK Public Relations for TD
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, (416) 640-5525 ext. 238, (416) 317-0033
(mobile), haileym@maverickpr.com