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January 21, 2020
Community Centre 55’s Winter Carnival on Saturday COMMUNITY CENTRE 55 hosts its annual Winter Carnival this Saturday. The carnival takes place at Kimberley Public School, 50 Swanwick Ave., on Jan. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be numerous activities taking place at the carnival including crafts, games, face painting, a bouncy castle, a bake sale and more. Also, there will be popcorn and the always popular cotton candy on sale for those in attendance. For more information, please visit Community Centre 55 online at www.centre55.com
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Meeting Mayor Tory at Kew Gardens skating party Mayor John Tory, left, and Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford talk with local resident Chris Wallace at the Mayor’s Annual Skating Party held on Jan. 12 the Kew Gardens rink. For another photo from the skating party, please see Page 17.
Safety measures sought after Gerrard crash By Alan Shackleton
AFTER A shocking crash in which seven people were taken to hospital, and the engine was completely ripped off one of the two vehicles involved, Scarborough Southwest Councillor Gary Crawford said ways to control speeding on Gerrard Street East need to be examined yet again. The stretch of road, between Victoria Park Avenue and Clonmore Drive, is no stranger to speeding
cars even though it has a posted speed limit of 40 kilometres per hour. The crash late on the morning of Friday, Jan. 10, however, was remarkable for the sheer amount of damage it caused. $ Despite a crash scene that saw debris scattered all over Gerrard between Coalport Drive and Rathmore Avenue, Toronto police said the injuries to all seven people taken to hospital were not considered to be life-threatening.
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“We are looking at holding a traffic safety meeting for the area in the near future, and we will have police and Toronto transportation at that meeting,” Crawford told Beach Metro News in an interview on Friday, Jan. 17. He said the area has been a point of concern for many years when it comes to speeding. “We have had challenges with that stretch of road in the past,” said Crawford. “I have talked to 41 Division (the
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Toronto police division that serves the area) about speed enforcement in that area and they are out there on a regular basis. They told me when they are there they get a lot of tickets. I called them again after this (the Jan. 10 crash) to ask for more enforcement.” Speed appeared to have been a factor in the crash which took place at approximately 11:45 a.m. and involved a blue car and black SUV. A teenage boy was ejected from Continued on Page 5
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