Igor Kenk, 49, did not appear in an Old City Hall courtroom yesterday but his common-law wife, Jeanie Chung, who is also Kenk's co-accused, showed up. Kenk, who owned a bicycle shop, was arrested in July and slapped with 58 charges. Toronto Police seized almost 3,000 bicycles that were allegedly stolen. Kenk and Chung are to appear in court on Dec. 23.

With up to four centimetres of snow expected to hit Toronto tomorrow morning, city officials - mindful of last season's near-record snowfall - were quick to say yesterday that they are ready for winter and are even pledging to keep a pair of key cycling routes clear this year. Councillors on the city's parks committee will discuss a plan today to make special efforts to clear two east-west bike routes into the downtown, one along the "multi-use path" along Lake Shore Boulevard and Queens Quay from the east, and the other on the Queensway and King Street West.