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Leaside students hear powerful MADD message HILARY CATON eym@insidetoronto.com Row upon row of students wiped away tears in the auditorium of Leaside High School after watching a powerful video by Mothers Against Drunk Driving about the consequences of impaired driving. “I thought it was a very powerful film and I’m glad that we got to see it and people across Ontario will also get to see it,” said 17-year-old Ali Chatur. Mothers Against Drunk

Driving Canada (MADD), that has been in partnership with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) for close to 20 years, launched its School Assembly Program for the 20132014 academic year Monday, Sept. 9. The presentation, aptly titled Smashed, a term that is commonly used when talking about how drunk someone plans to get that night, will be shown in 1,050 schools in Ontario. The students of Leaside High School were the first to be

shown the fictional video about three friends who skip out on a school dance to attend a house party. Drinking ensues and one of them ends up making a decision that changes all of their lives. Next the video shifts to the stories of three real-life victims of impaired driving. “It was really hard to take in, I was tearing up at a lot of points,” said Grade 12 student Aalaya Milne. Sniffles could be heard throughout the auditorium as >>>LEASIDE, page 10

Many residents are looking forward to the jobs a proposed Costco would bring to the former Coca-Cola headquarters in Thorncliffe Park, Don Valley West Councillor John Parker says. However, he cautioned the proposal is still in the early stages and must still go through the city’s planning approval process. Still, the site at 42-46 Overlea Blvd. west of Don Mills Road has been vacant for some time and many in the community are

hopeful it will be a place where residents can again draw a pay cheque in the future, Parker said. Councillors agreed at the Tuesday, Sept. 10, meeting of North York Community Council to set up a community meeting so residents can learn more about the proposed Costco. A date and place for the meeting have not yet been set. According to a preliminary city planning report, the proposal calls for a singlestorey 14,543-square-metre (156,541-square-foot) Costco on the easterly half of the site >>>HERITAGE, page 11

Massey Centre for Women prepares to host AGM The Massey Centre for Women is hosting a talk on the importance of attachment in the healthy development of children by the head of infant psychiatry at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. Everyone is welcome to attend the annual general meeting, which is taking place Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 6 p.m. and is followed by a keynote speaker that parents, grandparents or

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and crafts sale at St. Luke’s wArts St. Luke’s Anglican Church hosts an arts and crafts sale this Saturday. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors seeking to share their artistic talents with fellow residents can book a table for $25. The church is located at 904 Coxwell Ave.To book a vendor table or for more information, call 416-467-8696. Also, the date of the Kitchen Basics at St. Luke’s event has been changed to take place on Sept. 22. Literacy Scavenger Hunt wAmazing

T h e E a s t Yo r k L e a r n i n g Experience (EYLE) will be hosting the Amazing Literacy Scavenger Hunt on Sept. 22. The event takes place during the Word On The Street Festival at Queen’s Park. With a list of clues contestants will search Queen’s Park, the CN Tower, the ROM, the AGO and other locations between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.Registration fees will

vary by team size. EYLE’s booth will be on Literacy Lane during Word On The Street. For more on the scavenger hunt, please www.eyle.toronto. on.ca Stuttering Awareness Walk slated The second annual Walk for Stuttering Awareness is slated for Taylor Creek Park on Sunday, Sept. 22. The walk was founded by Greg O’Grady, a graduate of the The Speech and Stuttering Institute of Toronto, as a way to help raise funds for the foundation. The walk and its events take place between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more info and to register, please visit www.stutter.ca/ walk

East York Farmers Market The East York Farmers Market takes place Tuesdays at the East York Civic Centre from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market runs until Nov. 5. The East York Civic Centre is located at 850 Coxwell Ave. Also, the Withrow Park

Farmers Market takes place every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The park is at 725 Logan Ave., south of Danforth Avenue. Be on lookout for overgrown vegetation The city is asking residents to call 311 to report locations where summer vegetation growth is obstructing traffic signals and stop signs. Callers are asked to provide either the closest address or the nearest cross streets to assist efforts to dispatch city staff to the locations. “To protect public safety, we are asking residents to act as our eyes on the street to help us identify and address situations that are potentially unsafe,” Don Valley Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong (Ward 34), chair of the city’s public works and infrastructure committee, said in a statement.

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The East End Poetry Festival is set to take place in East York on Saturday, Sept. 28. The inaugural event is presented by the Children’s Peace Theatre, the City of Toronto and

East End Arts. It will take place at the Massey Goulding Estate, 305 Dawes Rd. Poet Laureate of Toronto George Elliot Clarke, Katie Marshall Flaherty, Rona Bloom and Rocco de Giacomo will take part. Also, there will be music from the Emily Steinwall Quartet and an all-ages workshop with RISE Poetry’s Randell Adjei and Francois Junior Lavagesse aka Jae Lejit (MC). For more, visit www.eastendarts.ca/east-end-poetryfestival/ Car sharing in Beach Hill Residents have until Sept. 15 to sign up for the car sharing program in the Beach Hill neighbourhood, and receive the summer special. Options for Cars now has a vehicle location site at 1857 Gerrard St. E., courtesy of the Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association (BHNA). Those who join by Sept. 15 wlll pay a first year’s annual $50 membership fee and the $25 deposit for your smart key will be waived. For more details, visit www. optionsforcars.ca

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With one quick move, a police officer saved a life and forged a friendship. It was March 25 when Const. Dawn Alexander responded to a call for a baby choking at a home on Woodfield Road. She was one of the first on scene. Alexander took 14-monthold Emiliano Cuevas from his mom Marcela, flipped him over and administered abdominal thrusts, causing a piece of prune to dislodge from his throat. “He spit it up right there in front of us,” she said. “It was just a matter of moments, probably seconds.” Emiliano was taken to hospital and has made a full recovery. Alexander, then a 55 Division officer with Toronto police, had just returned from maternity leave. “This particular circumstance was so close to home for me,” she said. “I had only been back to work for about two weeks when I arrived

on scene to a choking baby who was not much older than the baby I left at home that day.” On Friday evening, Alexander was reunited with the little boy she saved. “My son was also there, and they’re only about four months apart, so they were playing together and were best little buddies,” she said. “It was absolutely great to see the joy not only that he (Emiliano) brings to his parents, but that these two little boys have found a buddy in one another.” action Alexander, now a constable with Halton Regional Police, was honoured for her lifesaving action by St. John Ambulance Tuesday. A l s o h o n o u re d w e re constables Cameron Black, Gregory Henkenhaf and Jian Zhang, who worked together to pull a suicidal man from the Gerrard Street bridge over the Don Valley Parkway on Aug. 6, 2012. “They put their own lives at risk in trying to save this

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person,” 55 Division Insp. Greg Cole said. “He was almost going to go over, and they ended up grabbing a hold of him...and they ended up pulling him back up and then restraining him.” The suicidal man was taken to Toronto General Hospital for treatment. “It’s nice for the officers to be recognized,” Cole said. “It’s also nice that the public and the media are looking at good news stories from us as well.”

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Above, former Toronto police 55 Division Const. Dawn Alexander, left, reunites with Emiliano Cuevas, his mother Marcela and father Alberto recently. Alexander received the Gold National St. John Ambulance Lifesaving Award at the National Club Tuesday for her part in saving the life of 14-monthold Emiliano in his home in March. Alexander is currently a Halton Regional police officer. Right, Alexander shows her award.

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Bain residential Co-op celebrates 100 years in Riverdale Day will include powwow, historical tours, giant glowing horse lantern at Withrow Park rebecca field rfield@metroland.com In the heart of Riverdale, the Bain Co-op has been at 100 Bain Ave. for the past 100 years. Its 260 apartments, each facing onto garden-filled courtyards, leave people with the feeling they have left Toronto’s east end and entered a small country village. This was the inspiration behind Eden Smith’s architectural vision in 1913 – a vision that is being celebrated with Bain’s centennial celebration this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. “There was a movement within England of intellectuals, socialists, a whole mishmash of people who felt that it was really important that people were living in good housing in a natural environment,” said John Sharkey, a member of the co-op who has been living at Bain for more than 20 years. “The two were absolutely essential for well-being,” said Sharkey,

who said Smith’s design was based on a garden city movement during England’s Industrial Revolution. The Toronto Housing Authority, at the time made up of wealthy Torontonians, funded the project as a philanthropic endeavour to provide affordable housing for the working class. The site was later sold to a private owner in the 1920s. Bain, then named Riverdale Courts, changed ownership a number of times until the 1970s, when conditions deteriorated and an attempt was made to sell the apartments off as condos. “He (the private owner) was prepared to sell it to the people. They were working class so they couldn’t afford condo prices,” Sharkey said. “The people were seriously annoyed about the terrible conditions of the apartments.” In the early 1970s, Bain residents convinced the City of Toronto to buy the property. Later in the decade, tenants voted and the community

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was converted into a co-op and is now owned by the members. “There was a smear campaign against it because some of the people didn’t like the idea of a co-op,” said Sharkey, who noted 60 per cent of the tenants voted for a co-op, while 40 per cent voted against. “They thought it was a commie plot to take over the world,” Sharkey joked. The co-op has four annual meetings to make decisions on budgets and activities. It functions on a onemember, one-vote policy. Sharkey said the biggest efforts by the co-op have been to renovate and fix the building. “It’s been a 20-year challenge of

renovating all of the apartments both inside and outside,” said Sharkey who said repairs are constantly ongoing in the 260 apartments on the five-acre property. “It was very demanding, but we did it,” Sharkey said. The co-op now boasts a closedcircuit volunteer television station, a computer learning centre, a commercial community kitchen and many garden plots, which are increasingly being used to grow vegetables instead of just for esthetics. Sharkey said the community is becoming increasingly self-sustaining, a concept they will be focusing on at this year’s celebration. The day will start off with a powwow, and then move onto various displays on sustainable living, including subjects such as gardening and bee-keeping, as well as historical tours on the architecture and the lost rivers that still run underground through the area. The Bain Arts Collective will

kick off the evening’s celebrations with a performance that starts in Withrow Park with a giant glowing horse lantern. The performance will then move through each courtyard, telling different stories about Bain as it moves. “We’ve been conducting interviews and collecting stories about living here and everything that we’re creating is inspired by the stories,” said Sean Frey from the collective. “I think this place has a very interesting rich history. Lots of interesting people live here,” said Frey, who is planning audience involvement, handmade puppet shows and memorial tributes as a part of the show. “It’s really amazing that the co-op allows people to come together and also to activate a place in a way that they want.”

Bain’s centennial celebration is Saturday, Sept. 14 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. at 100 Bain Ave.

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rovincial politicians are back to work at Queen’s Park this week, and for Toronto residents there will be something we haven’t had for 10 years – a Progressive Conservative MPP representing a Toronto riding. Doug Holyday, who until the Aug. 1 byelection was Toronto’s deputy mayor and councillor for Etobicoke Centre’s Ward 3, is the first PC from Toronto in the legislature since Liberal Dalton McGuinty was first elected premier in 2003, replacing the Tory government of Ernie Eves. Since then, Toronto’s representation has been decidedly Liberal, with a smattering of NDP MPs. Now we see a legislature with five NDP MPPs, one PC and 17 Liberals among our 23 ridings. With Premier Kathleen Wynne representing Toronto riding our view of Don Valleythe West in the Liberal minority government as well, we Holyday will expect the needs of our city to be offer balance given the priority they deserve at Queen’s Park. at Queen’s Park A first step took place last week when Minister of Transportation Glen Murray announced funding for an extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway line from Kennedy station to the Scarborough Town Centre. This was a big issue during August’s byelections, particularly in the riding of Scarborough-Guildwood (which stayed Liberal in a race won by Mitzie Hunter). Regardless of whether one thinks replacing the aging Scarborough RT with a subway is the right or wrong decision, what it shows is the political balance shifting in the city to a point where Toronto’s support can no longer be taken for granted by the Liberals. With his experience as Toronto’s deputy mayor, we’ll be looking at Holyday to bring his perspective to a number of issues including government spending as he has a well-deserved reputation of looking after taxpayers’ money. Given the riding he represents is right on the border of the Mississauga gas power plant that was controversially cancelled by the Liberals, we also want to see Holyday holding the government to account on exactly how much was spent on that decision. Holyday is deeply respected and passionate not only about Etobicoke but all of Toronto. Having an experienced and level-headed PC with a strong understanding of the issues of the entire city bodes well for the upcoming session at Queen’s Park.

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long with the twoand-a-half million people who live in Toronto, the city is also home to more than 10 million trees. Anyone who has flown over the city, particularly during the summer time, has seen this impressive canopy cover. This is not simply a wide-spread scattering of trees but a true forest that needs to be maintained and preserved. As a result city council approved a Strategic Forest Management Plan this past February. Over the next 10 years the plan has a goal to increase the tree canopy cover to more than 40 per cent of the city through direct action. This will be done by achieving an equal distribution of trees of greater diversity of type throughout the city. What is more important is that many of the trees

joe cooper watchdog that exist within the city are now old and diseased and are in need of being replaced. There is a greater need of awareness on the part of the citizens of the city of the tree stewardship programs available to them for free. Many people are not aware of the fact that a tree that they may believe to be on their own property may actually be on city land. If this is the case, the city will trim it and take care of it free of charge. You can call 311 and have someone from the city’s Urban Management program come out and determine this. This is most often the case if the tree is on a front yard. There are other programs as well that you can benefit from, if you want to see the

urban forest expanded. The City of Toronto will plant one or more trees (space permitting) on the city owned allowance in front of your home. There are a variety of trees to choose from that are native to Ontario and are appropriate to the area that you live in. call 311 All you need to do is call 311 and ask to speak to the Urban Forestry Service. You can also get trees for your back yard from a local non-profit organization called LEAF. LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests) will provide a live native tree or shrub with a planting service. You can contact them by calling 416-413-9244 or www.yourleaf.org There are many other programs that are being undertaken at this time.

These include the protection of trees from invasive insects, mass planting of trees and other protection programs. The key thing is that while the city has many trees, a great number of them are old and need replacement. We have seen this each time a storm comes through and more and more trees come down due to age and disease. If your home has trees they depend upon your stewardship to either remain healthy or to be replaced. Don’t just wait for a tree to fall down and have to pay for the damage that it may cause you or a neighbour. It is certainly less expensive to be proactive now and work with the city or LEAF. 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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Walking for women’s cancers IN THE RAIN: At right, Erin Sponagle, left, and Chanel Rose walk through Monarch Park as they participate in the Shoppers Drug Mart Weekend to End Women’s Cancers Saturday morning. Above, Karen Burnett, left, and Jamie Lanceleve walk along Gillard Avenue. At top left, participants walk through Monarch Park. And at left, more walkers take part in the event.

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Bulldogs second at Ontario baseball championships SEAN DURACK eym@insidetoronto.com The East York double-A peewee Bulldogs saved their best performance for last this season thanks to a full bench, finishing runners-up at the Ontario Baseball Association championships recently. Leading into the provincial’s the Bulldogs had a busy month of baseball. The injury-plagued team qualified for the 12-team OBA championships by way of a second-place regular season finish in their Toronto Baseball Association division. The OBA tourney was the first time all season that the Bulldogs fielded a full roster. “We were kind of like the Blue Jays this season,” joked six-year head coach Roch Smith, citing the injury setbacks. “But it was a great finish to a really good season... A good note to end on.” Smith and the rest of the Bulldogs coaching staff are packing it in this year, making the OBA performance especially bittersweet. The Bulldogs, city champs this season, got off to a great start to the double knock-out tournament

Bulls. “It was the first game all year that we played so loose, but so focused. It was a clinic,” said Smith. Bushed from the three preliminary games the day before, the Bulldogs finally gave up their first loss of the tournament to host Barrie early the next day 15-0. ‘Sleepwalking’

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– despite the opening day being rained out – winning the first game against Georgetown 13-8. “It was a pretty good battle. Getting that first win was big for us,” said Smith. The team went on to face London North for the second of a three-game set on the day, defeating London 6-3.

The Bulldogs then moved on to face the Burlington Bulls who also won its first two games. “We weren’t expecting too much out of that game, but we ended up mercying them 20-7. Everyone was hitting a ton and our pitcher pitched a gem,” said Smith. Jared Gonsalves went a perfect five-for-five at the plate against the

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East Danforth Creative Collective looking for curatorial proposals for upcoming event angeline mair amair@insidetoronto.com East Danforth Creative Collective is looking for curatorial proposals for Art of the Danforth, which will be taking place along Danforth Avenue between from May 2 to 11. Cindy Rozeboom, producer of Art of the Danforth, says “I’m really

excited to see what gets brought out. And I have a personal interest in what local groups apply. It would be great to have curatorial teams that are from this area.” She says, “I know we have an incredibly creative community with some interesting ideas. I’m constantly surprised and delighted what people bring to the idea.”

Up to five curators will be chosen by a jury to participate in this year’s event. The deadline for initial curatorial proposals is Oct. 1. Art of the Danforth is a multidisciplinary, public art event that was held in 2010 and 2012. And is being held again this year. “Each year has been a little different because we’ve developed it according to the

people who came out to participate - it’s all volunteer driven.” This year’s theme is: Art, what have you done for me lately?, inviting curators to submit preliminary proposals describing how they would approach the question: Why is a community arts event important to a neighborhood? This year’s call for curators is

going back to the roots of festival, she says, “We are opening up the boundaries out there and saying: ‘Who’s out there? Why should we do this? And what kind of ideas do people have?” For more details,visit www. artofthedanforth.com Questions and proposals can be directed to info@eastdanforthcreative.com.

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Toronto Cat Rescue Adopt-a-thon WHEN: today and tomorrow 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: PetSmart (East York), 835 Eglinton Avenue E. CONTACT: Alison Finkelstein, 416-5388592, chanagittel@rogers.com COST: Adoption Fee reduced to $100 Join Toronto Cat Rescue to adopt a cat or kitten. True Davidson Market Day WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: True Davidson Acres Home for the Aged, 200 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: Carly Wolf, 416-397-0364, cwolf@ toronto.ca COST: Free Vendor table rentals: $30. All money raised will be used to support resident programs and activities. Arts & Crafts Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Luke’s Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: Frances, 416-467-8696, st.luke@ca.inter.net COST: Free Jewelry, knitting, handmade bags, prints, crafts. Table rental: $25. Descendants of the Don: Gordon & Helliwell Architects WHEN: 11 a.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum & Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-3962819 COST: Free

Brunch, Bake Sale and Content Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave CONTACT: 416-425-3070 Home baked goodies and items for sale. Brunch includes peameal, eggs and hash browns for $6. Help support the local food bank by bringing a non perishable food item.

Sunday Concert Series at Westview Presbyterian WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Ave. (just off Bermondsey) CONTACT: Call Tony Mason, 416-823-0201 COST: $10 per person Praise it up! Liturgical dance team presents, A Journey Through Scripture With Music And Dance.

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Gordon and Helliwell was a major turn-of-the-twentieth-century architectural firm that has been largely forgotten in Toronto’s historical literature. Walk begins at Summerhill subway station. Murder and Mayhem with Crime Writers of Canada WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Du Cafe, 885 O’Connor Dr. CONTACT: Sharon A. Crawford, words@samcraw.com COST: Free Writers are invited to bring their fictional characters – criminal and otherwise – to the Du Cafe for a reading event.

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Leaside Flower Show WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Public Library, 165 McRae Dr. CONTACT: Beth Parker, bethparker@ sympatico.ca COST: Free Annual Leaside Garden Society Flower Show. Two Of A Kind Concert Series WHEN: 8 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson Ave. CONTACT: Suzanne Christie, 416-406-6228, schristie@ mcctoronto.com COST: Free Sterling Jarvis and noted jazz singer and Heather Bambrick reunite. Pianist Diane Leah will accompany them along with Colleen Allen on reeds

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The Don Valley Art Club Fall Art Show and Sale WHEN: Noon to 4 p.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum & Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: Todmorden Mills, 416-3962819 COST: Free Featuring more than 100 artists and their original artwork. Community Debate WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Don Mills United Church, 126 O’Connor Dr @ Pape Ave CONTACT: 416-425-4950

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>>>from page 1 the video made the shift to the three victims, Arsh Brar, 20, who was killed by a drunk driver, Keisha Trudel, 16, who was a passenger in a car with a drunk driver, and Riley Russell, 20, was hit by an alleged impaired driver. “It was very emotionally intense. It was hard to watch,” said Milne. According to Denise Dubyk, MADD Canada’s national president, the video isn’t meant to “sugar coat” the message. She said MADD is not going overboard for shock value either. It’s an unfortunate reality for some families. “What they see in the school assembly program is a lot less violent that what you’re actually going to see on the roads. What a family sees when they’re in an impaired driving crash and lose a loved one,” said Dubyk. According to MADD in 2012, 593 young people were killed in traffic crashes and more than half of those deaths were alcohol and/or drug related. In a survey conducted by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 24 per cent of the students surveyed said they had been a passenger in a car driven by a driver who had been drinking. “It could be you, your family member or your friend,” said Dubyk to the crowd of teens. Dubyk attends the school presenta-

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Students Virginia Smith, Erik Elliott, Ben Anthony, Ali Chatur and Aalaya Milne watch the Smashed movie Monday at Leaside High School.

tions when she can and shares the story of losing her son-in-law Darryl because of an impaired driver 13 years ago. He left behind a wife and two sons, one of them will be starting Grade 10 this year. “I relive the story every time (I see the video), I really do,” said Dubyk. “When you hear the families talk, you know what they’re talking about. It breaks your heart. You know what their pain is and you don’t want that to happen to anybody else. After the presentation students

were urged to think about not only the direct impact of driving impaired such as physical damage to them or others, but also the emotional damage done to all families involved. “I think the victim impact really brings home to them the reality (of impaired driving),” said Bill Kennedy, the executive director of corporate communications for LCBO. “At the end of the day, if one young person doesn’t get into a car, or one person doesn’t drink and drive it’s been a great investment.”

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Heritage listing sought for Coke building on Overlea >>>from page 1 with a gas station at the northwest corner next to Thorncliffe Park Drive. The Costco would include a tire installation area, pharmacy, optician, film processing service and an outdoor propane dispensing area and seasonal garden centre. The landscaped frontage on Overlea would include a large pedestrian seating area in front of the building near a TTC bus stop centred around a relocated Coca-Cola bronze sculpture, the report said. The proposal calls for the existing Coca-Cola office building and bottling plant to be demolished. However, there are calls to protect the office building, Parker said. In May, city council agreed to include the property on the city’s inventory of heritage properties to recognize its cultural value.

The listing allows city heritage staff to review any development application for the property. The owner must also give the city 60 days’ notice to demolish the property, the city’s website said. A listing is not the same as a heritage designation under the Ontario Heritage Act, which gives council the right to refuse a development application that adversely affects the property’s heritage attributes, the website said. The Coca-Cola office building was built in 1964 and opened in 1965. It represents a well-crafted example of a post-Second World War suburban office building, according to a report presented to community council last April. The adjoining bottling plant does not have cultural heritage value, the report noted.

C a t h e r i n e Na s m i t h , president of the Toronto Architectural Conservancy, wrote to councillors in April, urging them to save the office building because it is an important part of preserving the character of Overlea. “Overlea Boulevard has a rather grand presence, with (a) bridge at one end and gates at the other, fine buildings with a wide landscaped strip in front,” her letter said. “Overlea Boulevard is a fine example of a modernist boulevard but whose character has been eroded by insensitive replacement development. This factory fits the original pattern, a pattern to preserve and re-establish with any subsequent development.”

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YouthWorx helps teens to develop skills MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Tamiarea Mitchell-Baisden’s “best summer” began when she saw a flyer in the lobby of her Toronto Community Housing Corporation building in Bay Mills. She needed a summer job. The flyer led her to YouthWorx, a new program in which 104 youths across Toronto, wearing bright yellow T-shirts, were hired to clean and paint TCHC buildings. YouthWorx turned out to be a good fit for MitchellBaisden, 16, who said the work was repetitive but didn’t feel like it because everyone was friendly. Very comfortable “There are a lot of people my age and I felt very comfortable around them,” said the Scarborough girl. “My summer would have been wasted if I didn’t have

Everest Road and Gordonridge Place in Scarborough, highrises and lowrises. Some were in good shape, some weren’t, he said. After he saw a YouthWorx flyer, Ezedin kept calling the housing authority about the program until he got lucky. He said he grew up in community housing, and though he moved out recently it still felt natural to work there. “Everyone I know is in housing.” Karem Ezedin, above left, Tamiarea Mitchell-Baisden, above right, were participants in the Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s YouthWorx Program.

this job.” Marking the end of the program in a Victoria Park Avenue building recently with youths from East York, eastern North York and Scarborough, Mitchell-Baisden said YouthWorx taught her to be punctual and how to paint things properly. If she sees a dirty area

downstairs in her own building, she said, “I feel terrible: I feel a negative vibe,” but added it feels better knowing she was helping people in buildings like hers. Like Mitchell-Baisden, Karem Ezedin, who is 18, worked in TCHC buildings all over east Toronto – on Parma Court in East York, Glen

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Accomplishments Besides the fun they shared working in places such as Flemingdon Park and a seniors home near Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue, Hope said he’ll remember what his YouthWorx team accomplished, including benches outside Wakunda Place in East York they sanded, refitted, painted and nailed back together. Changes the youths made left an impression. They met with TCHC CEO Gene Jones, who said he wants to extend YouthWorx

throughout this fall, offering jobs on weekends and evenings or even full-time work to some participants. Extension The housing authority board may approve the extension this month. Many in YouthWorx would like to continue the work, or to reapply for it next summer, said Yvonne Chiu, a coordinator for the program in East Toronto. Of the 36 youths, ranging in age from 14 to 22, hired in this part of the city, none dropped out, she said. YouthWorx also opened some doors, producing other job offers and giving its participants hope, so they are not just thinking, “no one’s going to hire me because they see my address,” Chiu said.

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But wouldn’t you know it? Out of the second half of the hearing came one of the most cogent – and dispiriting – statements of the health of our body politic to come along in years. Specifically, it came from complainant Connie Harrison, who objected to the Globe and Mail’s story alleging Doug Ford once ran a hashish distribution business in central Etobicoke. She, however, demands more than the Globe has been able to provide, being as none of the sources who spoke about the alleged

Fragile democracy It’s also fragile. Reporters and editors cannot compel testimony or proceed with criminal charges if they believe they’re warranted. They can’t use wiretaps. They can’t enter premises. They cannot, always, deliver 100 per cent of an important story as fast as their readers might wish. With all its imperfections, however, good reporting sheds light on matters that the public should know about, and that’s a vital function – even if sometimes that light isn’t as bright or constant as some of us might wish.

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hanges to the Temporary Foreign Worker program in Canada, which slaps on fees for some visiting international musicians is endangering the local live music industry, according to local promoters and politicians. New regulations mean any venue where music is not the primary business must pay a $275 application fee per musician and crew member when it applies for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) to allow them to perform and work at the venue. An additional $150 work permit must also be paid per musician and crew member. For the Small World Music Festival, which provides opportunities for Canadian performers at various stages of career development by presenting their work alongside recognized international artists, it could mean the show will have to be cancelled. A charitable organization, Small World Music, which is run out of Liberty Village, has pre-

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Sept. 5 aimed at calling attention to the changes, which went in largely unnoticed over the summer months. “That fee and the extra cost can mean the difference between a promoter making that tiny bit of profit that keeps that person in

business or from going broke,” Cash said. These changes also affect local performers, Cash said, who might share a bill with an international artist and thereby nurturing their career and put in peril the music scene. Cash is calling on the federal government to reverse the fee, so the music and arts and culture scene can be nurtured. According to Alexandra Fortier from the Office of the Minister of Employment and Social Development LMOs are designed to ensure employers look to hire Canadians first before hiring temporary foreign workers. “The Labour Market Opinion fee applies to any and all employers, in all industries and sectors and in all parts of the country, who require a labour market opinion to bring in temporary foreign workers and it simply covers the cost of processing the application from employers,” Fortier said in an email to Metroland Media Toronto.

Visit www.change.org/music4canada for more information.

Silent film viewing on subways The seventh annual Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) features 82 silent films screening on subway video screens until Monday, Sept. 16. Commuters can watch films from emerging and experimental filmmakers every 10 minutes or uninterrupted at three designated Film Zones at Bloor, Dundas and St. Andrew stations. Canadian filmmaking icon Bruce McDonald will award prizes to the top filmmakers during an awards ceremony Sunday. Visit www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com Film festival road closures Due to the increased foot traffic of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) around festival venues such as Roy Thomson Hall and the TIFF Bell Lightbox, King Street between John and Duncan streets will close to car and bike traffic, until the festival ends Sunday. The 504 King streetcar will

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT still be in operation throughout the closure, so don’t be surprised if a some movie stars take The Better Way to get to their premieres. shelter poster campaign wBus

Close the Housing Gap recently unveiled a poster campaign to run in TTC bus shelters. The city-led advocacy group seeks more provincial and federal funding for public housing repairs. For more about the campaign, visit www.putpeoplefirst.ca Stintz sends letter to Metrolinx Karen Stintz, who was not at last week’s Scarborough subway announcement, wants more information about the plan. Last Friday, the TTC chair sent a letter to Metrolinx

chair Rob Prichard seeking “clarity” on the proposal to extend the eastern end of the Bloor-Danforth line by two stops. Stintz wants confirmation the $1.4-billion project adheres to the terms of the city’s light rail master agreement with Metrolinx, which was re-opened in July following a vote by city council – including Stintz – to shelve the Scarborough LRT in favour of a three-stop subway. GO Trains to Exhibition wMore

There are now more GO Transit trains serving the stop at Exhibition Place. Beginning early this month, GO added four more early morning trips east and west on the Lakeshore line includ ing Exhibition GO station. The Liberty Village BIA welcomed the increase, saying it was in response to years of lobbying.

Join us as Nisbet Lodge & McClintock Manor celebrates 60 years of service to the seniors of east Toronto Saturday, September 28th Open House: 1-4 PM Boehmer Dining Room, 730 Pape Avenue Tours, Displays (new photographs for Danforth History Wall and Local Curio Cabinet), Anniversary DVD, Refreshments Keynote Speaker: “The Danforth from Broadview to Pape” by Regina Virgo, Royal Ontario Museum Ribbon Cutting for New Craft Room Anniversary Banquet: 5:30 pm Missionary Hall, Calvary Church – 746 Pape Avenue Greek style buffet dinner courtesy of The Palace Restaurant, Music, Special Guests, “It’s a Beautiful World” Slide Show by Ted Halkusis, Photographer and Owner of Pape Pharmacy Tickets: $40

Sunday, September 29th Service of Thanksgiving, 10 am Calvary Church, 746 Pape Avenue Guest Preacher, Pastor Ian Campbell, Reception to Follow For more information contact Babara Snell at 416-469-1105 extension 1122 or assistant@nisbetlodge.com

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Tunnelling for Spadina subway extension nears completion RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Tunnel construction for the 8.6 kilometre Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE) is nearing completion, the TTC said this week. Around 85 per cent of subway tunnel excavation and construction is already done for the project which travels north from Downsview station to Vaughan. Around two kilometres of tunnel work remains between Hwy. 407 and Hwy. 7 and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2013 – a major milestone for the $2.6-billion transit plan according to TTC planning manager Joanna Kerwin. “In terms of the whole project, we’re past the 50 per cent mark,” said Kerwin during a media tour organized by the TTC, which included a serpentine section of completed subway tunnel between the construction site for Downsview Park station

Above and at right, completed rail tracks inside subway tunnels below the Downsview Park Station construction site in North York. Staff photos/Rahul Gupta

and the intersection of St. Regis Crescent and Keele Street. Downsview Park station, located near the intersection of Sheppard Avenue West and Chesswood Drive, is one of six planned subway stops for

the extension traveling north from the Yonge-UniversitySpadina line’s current terminus. The other planned stations are Finch West, Pioneer Village, York University, Hwy. 407 and Vaughan

Metropolitan Centre. Tu n n e l l i n g o f t h e Downsview Park section was performed by 430-tonne tunnel borer machines, nicknamed Torkie and Yorie, 50 feet below the surface and under four industrial build-

ings which were kept in operation while the work took place, said Kerwin. “Just keep in mind that above you are four industrial buildings we tunnelled under,” she said. With the tunnel complete, rail track installation has commenced between Sheppard and Finch. This will be followed by installation of communications and automatic train control system (ATC). The TTC has already begun installing the ATC system through the YUS line which is expected to increase service efficiency and increase subway capacity by 30 per cent. At the Downsview Park site, safety manager George Brathwaite said work crews of between 35 to 40 members were laying around 60 feet of track per day, which involves clamping and welding two sections of track which are then moved and “clipped” into place via rail tie supports. The process, he said, could

be dangerous, and workers are constantly listening for a humming vibration indicating a piece of track is moving. “When we hear the rail singing you know it’s moving and that’s when you have to be extra careful,” said Brathwaite of third party contractor Herzog Delta who is in charge of training workers for safety. “It’s like spaghetti when it starts moving, heavy but flexible and that’s what makes it dangerous.” With little space to maneuver construction machinery, Brathwaite said his prime concern was making sure no accidents take place. The project had been halted 2011 after a fatal accident at different construction site at York University which led to a workplace investigation and delayed the scheduled completion of the TYSSE to 2016. For more information on the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension, visit http://bit.ly/15MTNxH

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| THE MIRROR e | Thursday, September 12, 2013

ELECTRICAL

THE MIRROR e | Thursday, September 12, 2013 |

MYTH: THE AIRPORT IS UNWILLING TO PAY ITS FAIR SHARE OF TAXES. FACT: WE’VE ALREADY PAID

% 100

OF THE AMOUNT RECOMMENDED BY AN INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL.

MPAC, the municipal property assessor, thinks City Council should tax the airport property as if it could be a high-rise condo development. We agree with City of Toronto onto staf staff, that this is an “erroneously high assessment value1.” To date, we’ve already paid 100% of the amount of Payments in Lieu of Taxes recommended by an advisory panel. As for asking our passengers to pay more, we’re an airport, not a condo development site, and we don’t think we should be taxed like one. 1

How We See Billy Bishop

How MPAC Sees Billy Bishop

City Council Meeting, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Item: EX31.27