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TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com East York’s ravines and forests get the star treatment in a new book, with its author inviting residents to learn about and discuss the areas with him this month. Jason Ramsay-Brown, author of “Toronto’s Ravines and Urban Forests, Their Natural Heritage and Local History,” is speaking about his book and its East York stars from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Leaside Library, 165 McRae Dr. The talk is part of a Toronto Library tour, taking the author throughout the city to connect with residents about

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local nature. On Sept. 23, he will also visit Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. He’ll stop by the Beach area Sept. 8 at Gerard/Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerard St. E., Sept. 30 at Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave., and Oct. 27 at Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. People can also join him at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 for an informational walk through Moore Park and Evergreen Brick Works with Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN). Ramsay-Brown’s book features green spaces throughout Toronto, including several in East York. He recommends the read to anyone >>>VERY, page 8

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Above left, Timothy Dutton, 5, shows off his face painting during the Georgia Walsh Memorial All-Star Games at Trace Manes Park in Leaside Saturday. The baseball event was held in honour of Georgia Walsh, 7, who died last summer after being hit by a van. The event helped raised funds for improvements to Trace Manes Park, an area that Georgia loved to play in and visit. Above centre, former Toronto Blue Jays star Roberto Alomar signs autographs. Above right, Cooper Read, 9, makes a play during game action.

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Tom Bartsioka, who grew up in East York and now lives in Riverdale, has just released, ‘One Last Goal’, a book on Canadian women’s hockey star Geraldine Heaney who grew up in the North York area.

Tom Bartsiokas’ latest book is a biography of a retired women’s national hockey team player Geraldine Heaney, often referred to as the Bobby Orr of women’s hockey. And that’s entirely appropriate as Bartsiokas’ first book in 2012 was a biography of another retired women’s national team hockey player Angela James, who was dubbed during her prime as the Wayne Gretzky of women’s hockey. “Since I wrote about the Wayne Gretzky of women’s hockey why not follow it up by the Bobby Orr of women’s hockey,” said Bartsiokas, during a recent phone interview about his book One Last Goal: The Geraldine Heaney

Story. A lifelong Toronto east ender, Bartsiokas was born and raised in East York and now lives with his family in Riverdale near Danforth and Carlaw avenues. At t h e b e g i n n i n g o f Heaney’s career, she also scored what has become one of the iconic goals in women’s hockey, even making Hockey Night in Canada’s Top 10 goals for the 1989 to ’90 season. Her eventual winning goal in Canada’s 5-2 win over the United States in that season’s world championships was in Bobby Orr fashion – flying through the air while the puck flew into the net – and the iconic photo is on the front cover of the book. The two former national team players are in a select group, along with American

Cammi Granato, as the first trio of women inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame (in 2008). They are also the first three female players inducted into the Toronto-based Hockey Hall of Fame (James and Granato in 2010, followed by Heaney in 2013). The two iconic Canadian hall of famers are also Toronto natives. James grew up in the Flemingdon Park community. Heaney, who now lives in Ancaster with her husband and two pre-teen kids, grew up in Weston, attended Emery Collegiate and played for the North York-based Aeros hockey club for a quarter of a century throughout both her youth and adult club career. Both also played women’s hockey at North York’s Seneca

College where James is now a longtime employee as a senior sport coordinator. Bartsiokas is on staff at Seneca as a faculty member in the School of English and Liberal Studies. “When people read the book (on Heaney) they’re going to be inspired – at least I hope they’re going to be – (at) what she was able to accomplish at a time when

all the opportunities there are today didn’t exist then,” he said. The book on Heaney recounts “her quest for gold and obviously retraces how she started off just as a little girl with the dream of playing hockey, but then she didn’t know where that dream would take her. One Last Goal: The Geraldine Heaney Story is published by Burnstown Publishing House.

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abour Day is like the middle of the longest car trip you can remember: powering across the prairies, destination a little farther past the horizon than the trip’s beginning. Prime Minister Stephen Harper got us started early — way back in August, packing up the federal election campaign bus in the dark and hauling us from our Sunday morning beds without so much as a bathroom break before hitting the highway. And now here we are: in the midst of the longest federal election this century, that by the polls is anyone’s to win. So far, for those of us paying attention and not distracted by our view the attack ads on the in-car DVD player, what we’ve had to occupy Serious us are strategic and tactical questions. questions The trial of suspended senator to consider Mike Duffy has laid bare some of the inner workings of Harper’s prime minister’s office (PMO), and we’ve puzzled over how the revelations might be used by the New Democrats or Liberals, or somehow minimized by the Conservatives. We’ve watched Liberal leader Justin Trudeau dodge attack ads complimenting his hair, but questioning his readiness, then put in a good early debate performance, and wondered how that might affect the polls. And we’ve tried to figure out what it is Tom Mulcair’s New Democratic Party is doing to edge into the lead in all those polls that keep dropping. Well, it’s Labour Day coming up – not even halfway to the Oct. 19 election day – and it’s safe to say we’ve burned through all the simple driving games. It’s time to start paying attention – and by that we don’t mean watching U.S. Republican leader hopeful Donald Trump on YouTube. Voters in Toronto and across the country are facing some serious questions about the next five years. The three main parties are offering very different visions and plans to navigate this country down what could be some very rough roads. Conservatives, Liberals and New Democrats sharing the driving up front will have strategies for us to consider. Although it may not seem like it here in the back seat, we, the voters, only have choices.

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Some thoughts about the election There are some definite signs of fall in the air. Along with the days becoming shorter and children returning to school, signs of the upcoming federal election are also appearing, such as the not-so-subtle attacks being made of party leaders. We will soon have the colourful splendour of campaign signs popping up all around East York. While most people are still in relaxed summer mode, there is definite grumpiness among the electorate that is begging to be expressed in the ballot box Oct. 19. It will be interesting to see whether that feeling of discontent will translate into a minority or majority governments after counting all the votes. Frankly at this point, the election is anyone’s to win or lose and it will be interesting to see what will be the turning point moment that decides the final outcome.

joe cooper watchdog Likewise, it will be interesting to see if people in Canada are willing to have Conservatives in power at the federal level of government for yet another term. The real issue that is going to have a great deal of influence on the outcome of the federal election will be the significant change that took place in the economy this summer the stock market officially changed from being an euphoric bull to a very frightened bear, with the prices for both good and bad stock falling equally. When stock market conditions change this quickly, all predictive financial indicators simply stop working. All we can do now is to wait and see where the market settles and if all goes well, the landing will be relatively soft. Unfortunately econo-

mists are using for the “R” word, but given how volatile the world markets are right now, it would be wise to be cautious. With that all said and done, by Oct. 19 we may be facing some important questions regarding trends in employment, economic growth and property values for the next few years. No matter the rhetoric that will be flung about by the parties themselves, the only real issue for the voters will deciding which party is best suited to manage the country during an economic downturn. Let’s see how the province fairs as we pass through this bear market with 10-plus years of federal cutbacks in government services. Will it be the Conservatives Part 4? Will we see a the Liberals back or will there be a surprising outcome? Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at eym@insidetoronto.com

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Non-Fiction Book Club WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free Join us the second Thursday of the month for a discussion on selected non-fiction books. Sept. 10th’s book is “This Changes Everything” by Naomi Klein.

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The Olympic flame is hard to resist There are some temptations that are too much for a mayor to resist. Promising a tax freeze, or increases so low they may as well be? That’s a tough one. Devising a new transit plan that wasn’t on anybody else’s long-term infrastructure plan? Good luck saying no. But those are all easy when it comes to the tempting, flickering flame of the Olympics. A mayor who says no to that would have to be made of sterner stuff than pretty well all of them. So it is with John Tory, who appears to be following Oscar Wilde’s advice — which is to say, banishing temptation by yielding to it. After a summer of feigning a wait-and-see attitude, Mayor Tory appears to be ready to go all in with a bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. There is a lot to like, politically at least, in being out-front in a bid for an Olympic Games. It is, first and foremost, a fundamentally boosterish

david nickle the city enterprise: mayors and business leaders and often popular sports figures spend lunch-hours before cameras speaking highly of their city and basking in the glow of it. Infrastructure projects find themselves at least nominally on a fast-track for funding. The city and its leadership floats along on dreams. Of course, dreams are what they are, and things can go nightmarishly wrong. Mel Lastman brought the city a pot-full of embarrassment when he made a cannibalism joke as he prepared to visit Africa to court IOC votes on Toronto’s 2008 bid. The only thing that might have been worse would have been actually winning the bid over Beijing, and ending up with a suite of unusable facilities and terrible debt as Montreal did in 1976.

Tory might be headed for a more ignominious defeat than that. There is serious question as to whether even his own council — even the portion of council that happily supports him — is at all supportive of going forward with the plan. On Tuesday, members of the city’s budget committee had little time for launching a bid for 2024. Budget chief Gary Crawford made it clear he was “cautiously” withdrawing from the idea — the cost of simply launching a bid being a major barrier. It looks like no matter how mightily Mayor Tory is tempted, the better judgement of his friends on council will prevail — and our mayor will find himself hauled back from the bright Olympic flame, before his wings get any more than a little singed. David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears Thursdays. Find him on Twitter: @DavidNickle

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he said. “Taylor Creek (Park) is probably the jewel of East York from a recreational standpoint ... Warden Woods is such an ecologically significant place. The amount of birds that are in there, it’s such a migratory hot spot, and a nesting and breeding ground hot spot; that place is also an extremely special place within East York.” A steward for the Beachwood Wetland and Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve, Ramsay-Brown has frequented and researched Toronto’s ravines and forests since his youth, now often travelling the areas with his daughter. He started a blog to share his knowledge and photos of the spaces, which led to making his book. Along with pictures and details, the book offers colourful background about the city’s natural areas and their roles in Toronto’s development. “There is a very interesting history in this city that is quite well represented by

our ravines,” Ramsay-Brown said. “Tales of soldiers burying treasure, of smugglers trying to bring in products from America, a wealth and beauty of Aboriginal history dating back thousands of years. Some of the most important geological discoveries in North America have happened here. Some of the most important archeological discoveries, at least in the Eastern Seaboard, have happened here. There’s really a lot of amazing history that I think a lot of people would find very surprising.” He added people may also be surprised to learn how many plants and wildlife are hiding in Toronto, including rare and endangered species. “I think people are used to just looking at it from a perspective of squirrels and raccoons, and they’re not necessarily aware of the true depth and breadth of nature that’s supported here,” he said. “The hundreds of species of birds, the dozens

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ExclusivE listing Solid 2+2 Bedroom Bungalow On 40’ X 100’ Lot Located On A Quiet Demand And Established Neighbourhood In East York. A Great Starter Home With Most Of The Major Items Updated. One Of The Largest Lots In The Topham Park Neighbourhood! Close To Shopping, Schools, Parks, TTC & Close To DVP. Do Not Miss This One! For more information email or call Teuta

416.364.2036 • TeutaGuci@yahoo.ca

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