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Described by Kira as a “feel-good” piece, the Fedak sisters’ competition dance this year is one they choreographed themselves, set to Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’.

Both the dance and the song, Kira added, is representative of her and Lia’s dream of making it in the dance world.

“At the point in our lives that we are now, dance is what we’ve got and we’re not going to stop working on it,” she said. “Both of us want to pursue dance as much as we can for our careers – both teaching and performing – and Rising Star has been a huge part of that for so many years.”

Etobicoke will be well represented at this year’s 27th annual Rising Star Talent Competition, with two local groups – a sisterly duo of tap dancers and a troupe of high-flying acrobatic dancers – set to take to the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) stage next week.

For Princess Margaret Gardens area residents Kira and Lia Fedak, this year’s competition will mark their ninth outing to the CNE Rising Star competition, which showcases artists of all genres aged six to 21 from all across the province.

“We love competing and performing, so any opportunity we get, we The Tea Party dancers jump on it. But Rising Star is also a really cool venue – it’s great to dance For the young dancers of the Tea outside at the CNE with all those Party dance troupe, this year’s CNE people walking by and stopping to Rising Star competition will also watch,” said Kira, 22, noting that mark a return to the stage. she and her sister, 18, have made The troupe – which consists it to at least the semi-final round of Jessica Moore, 9, Samantha of the competition all eight years Moore, 10, Tyniqua Gordon, 9, Tori they’ve competed.

DeLaCruz, 11, Caitie DeLaCruz, “It’s just a really fun experi12, and Robyn Matthews-Little, ence and you meet so many great 14 – has seen each of its dancers people.” perform separately While both sisters at the competition ...six or seven years in years past, but have been dancing since the age of ago we started doing this will be the first three, it wasn’t until time all six have pera duet and ever since formed together as a about six years ago that the pair decided then, there’s been no group, said Corinne to combine forces, owner of Kids going back because Moore, added Kira, noting in Dance Studio. what’s better than to that both currently “They’ve been dance out of The dance with your best dancing together Dance Corps Studio since last September friend, who is also your – an acrobatic roui n Mi s s i s s a u g a , where Kira also sister? tine with lots of flips teaches. and walking on their – Kira Fedak “We both trained hands and back flips in all styles of dance and cartwheels and and then both of us really took to aerials,” said Moore, who’s also tap dancing. Then six or seven years mom to troupe members Jessica ago we started doing a duet and ever and Samantha. “So far, they’ve done since then, there’s been no going very well for themselves. They’re back because what’s better than to working their little tails off.” dance with your best friend, who The Tea Party’s high-energy rouis also your sister?” Kira told The tine for the CNE Rising Star competiGuardian in a phone interview from tion, which is set to Kerli’s song Tea New York, where she was attending Party, left audiences clamoring when the Dance Teacher Summit earlier the girls performed it at the YMCA’s Rep Your Region Talent Showcase last week.

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on,” she said with a laugh, noting that the Tea Party took home a first place finish from that competition.

“It was fun to watch the audience, because they had their mouths open watching, like ‘how did they do that?’”

But for Moore and the girls of the Tea Party, the main focus is more about having fun.

“For us, it’s about performing and having a great time and doing what you love to do. When we don’t win at a competition, I tell the kids it’s okay – as long as they had a good time and did their best, that’s all I ask,” Moore said, noting that Kids in Dance is a small studio with a competitive team of just 11 young dancers.

“So, are we the best out there?

Probably not. But our kids have fun, we have beautiful costumes and we go to lots of fun places – including Rising Star – to perform. We’re not just a dance studio, we’re a big family.”

The CNE Rising Star Talent Competition kicks off on Aug. 16 on the Variety Stage (on Princes Boulevard at Ontario Drive, south of BMO Field) and runs until Sept.

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CNE Rising Star competitors include The Tea Party dance troupe, above, with Etobicoke members Jessica Moore, 9, Samantha Moore, 10, Tyniqua Gordon, 9, Tori DeLaCruz, 11, Caitie DeLaCruz, 12, and Robyn Matthews-Little, 14, as well as Etobicoke sisters, below, Lia, left, and Kira Fedak.

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Circumstances dictate Ward 3 appointment

Write us The Etobicoke Guardian welcomes letters of 400 words or less. All submissions must include name, address and a daytime telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. Copyright in letters remains with the author but the publisher and affiliates may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other forms. Letters can be sent to letters@ insidetoronto.com, or mailed to The Etobicoke Guardian, 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON, M2H 0A2.

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oug Holyday’s empty seat at Toronto City Council needs to be filled and a decision has to be made soon as to whether it’s through appointment or byelection.

Many have spoken out in favour of a byelection, including Mayor Rob Ford who’s stated that it’s what people want, what they deserve, to be able to democratically elect their own city representative.

Ford’s trying to arrange a special council meeting this month where he hopes to get council’s support in pushing it through.

The only voice of opposition so far has been Holyday himself. Though he would normally favour a byelection, due to the fact that the general municipal election is just around the corner (October 2014), he believes it’s our view more practical to fill the seat with an appointment.

The opinion It’s because of these circumstances, that we have to agree. of the public Even if council votes for a byematters most lection and the process is expedited, a new councillor won’t be voted in until late this year, perhaps early next and then council will officially only be in session for seven months – a time during which campaigning for the fall election will be swinging into high gear.

And though the price tag for a byelection (pegged at $175,000 to $225,000) may be a drop in the bucket from a city-wide perspective, there’s no question some other good use could be found for it. If Ford wants to keep to his cost-cutting mandate, here’s a place to do it.

An appointment should be made and it should be someone who’s from the ward and has a proven track record of involvement in that community.

The people of Ward 3 certainly deserve that. But, to avoid giving this person an unfair advantage heading into the fall election, council should insist that the appointee refrain from entering the race in 2014.

With all this discussion about what people want, there’s one opinion that’s notably absent from this debate: that of the people.

Residents – particularly those in Ward 3 – need to tell the city’s councillors and the mayor what they prefer to have happen. Exercise your democratic right, email them (cc us) and make sure that whatever happens – it’s because you really wanted it and not just because someone said you did.

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n a couple of days it’ll be official. Doug Holyday, the former mayor of Etobicoke, councillor for Ward 3 (Etobicoke Centre) and deputy for Mayor Rob Ford will have left the building, to become Toronto’s lone Progressive Conservative MPP at Queen’s Park.

Will Ford miss him when he’s gone?

Based on Holyday’s agile defence of the mayor’s nocturnal ramblings last weekend at the Taste of the Danforth? Almost certainly.

The mayor has been in this apparently inebriated place before: in this case in a state that most reasonable observers would surmise to be impaired, alone, near his SUV, looking for a party and finding one amid a gleeful crowd of east-Danforth revellers and their snapping, filming cellphone cameras.

Social media was abuzz; the mayor’s colleagues on council, aghast. Once

david nickle the city again, Toronto’s news media gathered outside the elevator in front of Ford’s office, to follow up on Ford’s assertion Sunday on radio that he’d just had “a couple” of beers and the whole thing was blown out of proportion. ford loses ally Holyday came out swinging, suggesting that those media – and presumably the good people of Greenwood and Danforth – were exaggerating the mayor’s condition, hounding him as no other politician has been hounded, and he worried about the “toll” all this attention would take on the mayor.

When a reporter asked: what about the “tone” of the mayor’s behaviour, Holyday feigned lawyerly

mystification at what that word meant. Then another reporter asked about the seemingly sloshed mayor’s proximity to his vehicle, counsel-cum-deputyfor-the-mayor Holyday demanded to know if the journalist was accusing Ford of driving drunk and if he knew that to be so for a fact.

The only bone that he threw (at least the only one not aimed at an eye) was acknowledging that the mayor might not get enough sleep sometimes, and should really get a driver. defends mayor In short: Holyday spun it like a pro, turning Ford’s embarrassing and frankly pitiable lapse on Friday night into a partisan, mobdriven assault on a good man.

Aside from his own brother Councillor Doug Ford, the mayor has few allies on council that will

contort themselves so readily to cover his backside.

When Norm Kelly, Holyday’s named replacement, spoke with the media just hours before the mayor’s arrival on the Danforth, he made it clear that he was fundamentally interested in the wellbeing of the city and left it at that.

Other allies on the executive committee weren’t much more supportive following the Friday night crawl.

Fact is that there are few such as Holyday left on council, so able to combine patrician grace and charm with such wellhoned yet utterly-malleable partisan instincts, to assert that black is indeed white and defend a mayor who won’t accept the intervention he appears to need.

He’ll be missed all right.

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Make rides affordable at Mardi Gras

Voters must exercise right to choose new Ward 3 councillor

To the editor: We took our grandson to the Lakeshore Mardi Gras earlier this month. On both evenings he rode on a couple of rides. We observed, as we have in previous years, that the rides rarely carried more than one or two lucky children at a time while many other children looked on with unhappy, longing expressions on their faces.

It seems quite obvious why. The rides are way too expensive for many parents in our community, if not most.

If the ride operators substantially reduced the price, more children would be able to ride.

For management, there would be no increase in operating costs and no loss of overall revenue.

And more children would be spared those uncomfortable feelings of exclusion that are so harmful to a child’s sense of self worth.

To the editor: Re: ‘Appoint someone to take over Ward 3: Holyday,’ News, Aug. 13 I completely disagree with Doug Holyday’s argument that a byelection is too costly for the time frame involved and city council should appoint a replacement.

This is not sufficient reason to bypass the democratic process. The notion of saving tax dollars as an excuse for taking away our democratic rights as voters is definitely something we must all strongly fight against.

Terry Smith

As Holyday well knows, once someone becomes the incumbent representative, the likelihood they will be elected in the following term is extremely high. In fact, a serious problem with Toronto’s city council is that incumbents are nearly impossible to unseat. City councillors should be limited to serving two terms in office. Unfortunately, Toronto city councillors will not favour such limits as most consider their job a life-long appointment.

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ment positions to their satisfaction and are OK. Please know, all of you, including the very nice man who played the guitar for us as we dined, that you are very much missed.

To the editor: My son Oliver was riding his new BMX bike home along Birmingham Road near Lake Shore Boulevard West on Monday when all of a sudden he heard a snap and his bike chain broke and sent him flying off the bike hitting the side of his head on the pavement. I’m sure he was stunned for a bit and was lying there when two young ladies stopped their car to see if he was alright. The girls immediately took the bike put it in their car and asked where he lived so they could bring him home.

I asked him what their names were, but he could only remember one girl named Nicole and the other girl’s name started with a D. If Nicole and D are reading this letter, thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping my son.

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Young arthritis patient chosen to lead SickKids charity event CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com

Steve rushed Jessica in to see her pediatrician at SickKids, who then called in a rheumaLittle Jessica Vecchio is all set tologist. Both agreed on the spot to play the role of Queen of that Jessica’s likely diagnosis the Fairies at this weekend’s was arthritis.

Midsummer Night’s Run in supWithin two weeks, Jessica port of SickKids – complete with was seen in the SickKids a sparkly purple tutu, green fairy Rheumatology Department, wings, special magic wand and where her formal diagnosis with a handful of pixie dust.

JIA was made and treatment Now an active four-yearbegan right away – starting old, Jessica was diagnosed in with a combination of antiFebruary 2011 with Juvenile inflammatory and pain mediIdiopathic Arthritis (JIA) at just cations.

20 months old.

When those Mom Kristen measures said within four When they said she failed to work, days, Jessica had arthritis, we Jessica’s parents made the we n t f ro m a thought ‘she’s not even hard decision healthy, active toddler to barely two, how can she have to allow their being able to not-yet-twoarthritis?’ year-old to go move.

– Kristen Vecchio, “It s t a r t e d under general Jessica’s mother when she woke anesthesia for up one morning a series of intraa little stiff and limping, but articular joint injections. within 10 or 15 minutes, she “It was definitely a nervewas totally fine again,” she said wracking time for us. It was of Jessica, who’s set to attend just two days before her second junior kindergarten next month birthday and they’re putting her at Sir Adam Beck Junior School. under,” Kristen said. “When “By the third day, she was crying they said she had arthritis, we in pain. We noticed her knees thought ‘she’s not even two, how were all puffy and swollen. She can she have arthritis?’” could barely crawl, let alone Within 24 hours of having the walk. And by the fourth day she injections, though, Jessica was was even worse.” relatively pain free and raring Kristen and her husband >>>family, page 6

DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com MPP-elect Doug Holyday maintains that despite Mayor Rob Ford’s preference for byelections, his vacated Toronto council seat in Ward 3 (Etobicoke Centre) should be filled by an appointment. And he has some other advice for his former boss too.

“Don’t coach football,” said Holyday, during a recent visit to city hall’s press gallery.

When a reporter pointed out that the mayor claimed to have been offered football coaching gigs at three unspecified Toronto high schools, Holyday answered: “Well don’t take ‘em.”

For the first part of the municipal term, Holyday has served as Ford’s deputy mayor, taking the lead on several key items of his agenda and sometimes offering unsolicited public advice when the mayor has found himself in hot water.

During the height of the ongoing issues over a video allegedly showing Mayor Ford appearing to smoke crack >>>byelection, page 6

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Jessica Vecchio has been named Queen Fairy for SickKids’ Midsummer Nights Run. Jessica was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at 20 months of age.

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September welcomes Etobicoke festivals The first weekend of September is festival time in Etobicoke.

Discover international cuisines, live entertainment and fresh food markets during ever-popular Taste of The Kingsway Sept. 6, 7 and 8 along Bloor Street West from Prince Edward Drive to Montgomery Road.

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stages at either ends of Bloor Street from artists, performers and musicians.

More than 200 exhibitors join the popular Scotiabank Dog Show, rock climbing walls, street performers, charity pancake breakfast, demonstrations, clowns, buskers, face painters and more.

For more information on the festival, visit www.tasteofthekingsway.ca

FESTIVAL kicks off Sept. 7 wSHOREFRONT Lakeshore Village Business Improvement Area presents its Shorefront Festival that Saturday, Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. along Lake Shore Boulevard West from First Street to Twelfth Street.

Enjoy local shopping, a kids zone, vendors alley, music, seniors cafe, buskers and more.

The Star of the Shore talent competition for ages 8 to 18 offers a first-place prize of $500 plus second and thirdplace prizes.

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Kats writes what she knows: “I That life philosophy led awardwinning Etobicoke children’s author simply write from my heart.”

Jewel Kats to publish seven picture At age 9, a serious car accident books, including five about disshattered her right leg. Weeks abilities. later, she left The Hospital for Sick Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchair Children in a body cast. She has had features a Cinderella with special eight leg/knee surgeries. Today, she needs who attends the ball and wins has arthritis. her prince’s heart as She walks aided a strong, indepenby a hot pink elbow dent young woman.

I want to tell kids, ‘you crutch or a manual It s m e s s a g e : t o heelchair for can be anybody you w empower children longer distances. want. Don’t let anybody She speaks canof all abilities to live their dreams. hold you back’. didly about being “I always read a self-professed – Jewel Kats Cinderella. It’s my outspoken “diva”: “I favourite, favourite, consider my mobilfavourite fairy tale,” Kats, 34, said in ity aids to be accessories. They must an interview. “I read countless verlook fashionably chic if they’re going sions. But I never found a Cinderella to be by my side.”

I could relate to. So I thought ‘why Kats will be signing copies of two not create the first Cinderella with of her children’s books, Cinderella’s a physical disability?’”

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graphical comic, DitzAbled Princess, on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. at World’s Biggest Bookstore, 20 Edward St. at Yonge Street.

Earlier this month, the Museum of disABILITY History in Buffalo, N.Y. hosted Kats with a book signing for Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchair and her comical diary.

Kats’ media attention has been mostly in the U.S. Currently, she is featured on the summer 2013 cover of Disability Today Network magazine.

Her most recent book is autobiographical. DitzAbled Princess is to Kats’s knowledge the first reality-series comic strip about a woman with disabilities. Her parents, younger sisters, best friend and husband are all featured prominently in its pages.

“I think people can be anything and anyone they want to be,” she said of the book’s message of breaking stereotypes. “Life isn’t over when you have a physical disability. You can still live, love, learn. Just because we’re not found in the box in the

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Jewel Kats is an award-winning children's author who will be signing her books on Aug. 31 at the World's Biggest Bookstore in Toronto.

Barbie aisle doesn’t mean we can’t be the ideal woman.”

Kats’ next book, titled Snow White’s Seven Patches: A Vitiligo Fairy Tale, will be published this fall. Mom’s Choice Awards awarded silver medals to Kats’ other two volumes in her Fairy Ability Tales series, Cinderella and The Princess and the Ruby: An Autism Fairy Tale.

The series are for readers ages six to nine.

“I want to tell kids, ‘you can be anybody you want. Don’t let anybody hold you back. The biggest person holding you back is yourself.

The world is your oyster.’”

A former teen runaway who once suffered from depression, reading comics and later writing them helped her cope, she said. She began writing at age 20. Today, she writes on a pink Netbook full-time seated atop her bed in the condo she shares with her parents and husband since her disability now prevents her from sitting at a desk.

“My disabilities are my fortune,” she said matter-of-factly.

“Without my disabilities, I wouldn’t be me. It forced me to think outside the box. Without my disabilities, I wouldn’t be able to write my children’s books accurately and with authority.”

It’s negativity – not physical limitations – Kats said she sees as disabling.

Kats will sign three of her books on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. at World’s Biggest Bookstore, 20 Edward St. at Yonge Street.

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Special police programs help build relationships within communities >>>from page 1 uled for Tuesday, police said.

Emmanuel Ansah and two male minors who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act appeared Tuesday in a Finch Avenue West court.

Crime is down dramatically this year in Taverner’s north Etobicoke police division, he reported.

“Crime is down substantially yearto-date. But we still face the issue of the gun violence and guns,” Taverner said. “It’s a primary concern for us – the guns that are out on the street and the number of shootings in relationship to the different communities.

“Through our enforcement efforts, community information and Crime Stoppers we have to continue to try and intercept these guns and take them off the street.”

Last year, north Etobicoke’s 23 Division had the highest number of shootings in the city in the first five months of the year, Taverner had reported.

Intervention Strategy, known as Ali, also 26, were killed behind TAVIS, in communities where much townhouses in the John Garland of the violence had historically Boulevard-Jamestown Crescent. The men were friends, but not related. occurred, including Jamestown, Mount Olive, Silverstone and the Neither man lived in the area.

1800-block of Martin Last October, the Grove Road south of young men’s mothAlbion Road.

Crime is down ers, Habiba Adan and TAVIS, which has Mohamed, substantially year-to- Hawa concluded locally, went door-to-door in date. But we still face Jamestown handing and the Summer Safety project focus the issue of the gun out flyers to residents on community that read, “Find Our violence and guns. Killer.” engagement and – Supt. Ron Taverner, 23 Division “Please Help Keep officers’ building relationships with Our Community Safe” residents in patrol cars, on bikes read the flyer, accompanied by a plea and on foot. Toronto police Chief for information and a anonymous Bill Blair announced “compulsory hotline to call: Crime Stoppers at overtime” for all police officers to 416-222-TIPS (8477). On the back, participate in the Summer Safety the same plea in Somali. program last year in the wake of Still, the men’s murders remain the deadly mass shooting in July at unsolved, Taverner reported. a Scarborough block party.

“If we don’t get that support, No shootings occurred last people talking to us about violent summer in north Etobicoke. crime, or any crime for that matter, Then on Sept. 18 around 1:20 then it is very difficult for us to ... a.m. Suleiman Ali, 26, and Warsame deal with these crimes.”

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Painting 55+ WHEN: 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-2313431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: $1 each day Join a group of beginner to advanced painters every Friday morning. This friendly and creative group is led by an instructor.

Membership is required to participate in this program.

Friday Afternoon Euchre 55+ WHEN: 12:45 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-231-3431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: $1.50 per day Play this popular card game every Monday and Friday. Membership to the Islington Seniors’ Centre is required to participate in this program.

Cribbage WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Susan or Navina, 416-252-6822 COST: $2 members/$3 non-members

Peg away the afternoon at Franklin Horner Community Centre.

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Bid Euchre WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Susan or Navina, 416-252-6822, COST: $2 members/$3 non-members Play bid euchre at Franklin Horner Community Centre on the second Saturday of every month. No partner needed. No pre-registration required for this program.

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Afternoon Bridge WHEN: 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. COST: $2 members/$3 non-members No partner is required for the game at Franklin Horner.

Monday Afternoon Euchre 55+ WHEN: 12:45 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-231-3431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: $1.50 per day Join this group of avid Euchre players. New players always welcome.

Membership to the Islington Seniors’ Centre is required to participate in this program.

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p.m. WHERE: Horner Ave Senior Centre, 320 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Penny DeCarlo, 416 394-6001 COST: $1 for members, $1.50

Bid Euchre WHEN: 1 p.m.

WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Navina or Susan, 416-252-6822 COST: $2 members/$3 nonmembers Play bid euchre with a fun group every Tuesday at Franklin Horner Community Centre. No partner required.

for non-members Drop in for Euchre and refreshments after. Throughout August, there will be a barbecue beginning at noon.

Cost is $3. Members $1, non-members $1.50 to play.

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Knitting, Quilting, Sewing & Crocheting 55+ WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-2313431, islingtonseniors@ bellnet.ca COST: Free

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Thursday Summer Games 55+ WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-231-

This Wednesday group creates a variety of items for the centre’s craft sales while socializing and sharing ideas.

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Public Speaking and Leadership Goodyear Toastmasters WHEN: 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. WHERE: Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall CONTACT: Nigel Marsh, www. goodyeartoastmasters.com, vppr@ goodyeartoastmasters.com COST: Free Learn how to develop your public speaking voice and leadership skillls in a friendly and supportive environment. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice conducting meetings, giving impromptu speeches, presenting prepared speeches, and offering constructive evaluation.

Six-Handed Euchre WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Susan/ Navina, 416-252-6822, COST: $2 for members/ $3 for non-members Play six-handed euchre every Thursday evening at Franklin Horner Community Centre. No partner necessary to participate.

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Mayor Rob Ford’s staff was scouring the second floor of city hall where councillors and their staff normally work Wednesday, trying to gather enough of them to hold a special meeting Aug. 26 to decide what to do with Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday’s soonto-be-vacant ward in central Etobicoke.

On his Sunday radio show, Ford announced that Aug. 26 was his preferred date for a special meeting – where he hoped that council would support immediately proceeding with a byelection to fill Ward 3 (Etobicoke Centre).

It will be vacant as of Aug. 17, when Holyday is officially named as the new MPP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore. He won

the seat for the Progressive Conservatives in an Aug. 1 byelection, against fellow councillor Peter Milczyn.

Holyday was still performing his duties as deputy mayor this week, standing up for Mayor Ford over cell phone video showing the mayor apparently inebriated at the Taste of the Danforth festival.

On Wednesday, he was seen in his office conferring with Mayor Ford’s Chief of Staff Earl Provost.

Holyday is on record as supporting an appointment to fill his old ward for the remainder of his term. A byelection would cost between $175,000 and $225,000, and Holyday said that by the time the replacement was elected, there would only be a half-dozen council meetings before the 2014 general election.

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Ford, however, has maintained that he would prefer a byelection, and soon.

However, while the mayor can call a council meeting with 24 hours notice, he needs at least 23 councillors to attend in order to establish a quorum.

Fo rd’s s p o k e s p e r s o n Sunny Petrujkic confirmed Wednesday that the mayor’s staff is still attempting to determine who will be able to attend. In late August, many councillors are taking vacation so gathering that quorum could prove a challenge.

If council doesn’t hold a special meeting this summer or in September, the matter would come to the next regular meeting of council in early October.

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“The public only sees us when there are big planning meetings on controversial developments or studies,” said Toronto planner Giulio Cescato.

“We thought ‘where are the chances to meet with the public on a more regular basis?’”

In attending the sessions, members of the public will have a chance to learn more about the var ious pressures planners face when development applications are submitted to the city and the thoughts and criteria that help guide their decisions.

The public will also be able to speak to planning staff about specific developments in their community, or about their community as a whole.

“We won’t be bringing our whole filing cabinets with every file with us but the planners will be familiar with the applications in the area where they’re meeting with the public,” Cescato said. “But apart from that, we’d like to hear what people like about their neighbourhoods, what’s important to them and what they want to preserve.”

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benefit most from attending a session close to where they live.

“People in North York have a slightly different experience than people downtown, who have a different experience than people in Scarborough or Etobicoke,” he said.

“Each (session) will be slightly different. For instance, the downtown team will have a lemonade stand theme, asking ‘what are the lemons in the neighbourhood and how do we make lemonade out of this?’”

While the first PiPS meetings are slated to take place in the Scarborough Town Centre and at the North York Farmers’ Market on Thursday, Aug. 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., respectively, the initiative will be formally launched at a special event at Nathan Phillips Square on Tuesday, Aug. 20. That event will give participants a chance to build a city out of LEGO blocks in the square and will also feature walking tours of the area hosted by the Downtown Yonge BIA. That event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Planners will also hand out surveys at the various sessions asking for community feedback. Cescato said the planning department hopes to continue the program on a more regular basis even after the currently scheduled sessions end.

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Etobicoke Swim Club nabs 19 golds at nationals SEAN DURACK active@insidetoronto.com With the Universaide Games, Summer Nationals, Canadian Age Group Nationals and the World Championships now in the books, it’s been a hectic yet rewarding season for the Etobicoke Swim Club.

In fact, it’s been especially fruitful for the younger age group level, 12 to 18-year-old swimmers.

At the Age Group Nationals, which took place in Montreal from July 24 to 29, the club amassed an impressive 41 medals – 19 gold medals – for a total of 2067.5 points.

The club finished first in the combined team category and first in the men’s category.

The club also managed a second place finish in the women’s category behind Pointe-Claire swim club.

Etobicoke is now the only club in the country to finish first in the team category three separate times since the Age Group meet started

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Members of the Etobicoke Swim Club celebrate their 19 gold medals at the Age Group Nationals held in Montreal in July.

in 2007 – once in its inaugural year; once in 2011 and again this summer.

Olivia Anderson, 14, led the team charge with four gold medals – 200 metre free, 400m free, 800m free and 1,500m free – while Meryn McCann, also 14, finished the meet

with three gold and two silver medals – 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke and silver medals in the 50m free and 200m free.

More notable perhaps for the age group swimmers is 12-year-old Ray Yang’s performance.

Yang finished ahead of the fields in both the 100m and 200m butterfly, setting new standards in both events along the way.

“Ray’s 200-butterfly is comparable, within tenths of a second, of the US record.

He was definitely one of the

best performances out of anyone in North America in his age group,” said club head coach, Kevin Thorburn, who is currently at a training camp overseas with Tristan Cote and Anderson for the FINA World Junior Championships, which take place in Dubai from Aug. 21 to 31.

As busy as this summer has been for the club it has been equally busy for Thorburn who also supported three club swimmers at the July 19 to Aug. 4 Barcelona World Championships: Olympian Brittany MacLean (4X200m women’s relay), Aly Abdel Khalik and Hassaan Abdel Khalik (4x200 men’s relay).

All three qualified by way of the World Trials in Victoria April 3 to 6.

MacLean, who represented Canada at the 2012 London Games and currently enrolled at the University of Georgia, has been injured for much of the season.

“She’s gone through a year of change and some adversity with some injuries,” said

Thorburn. “After the Olympics she slipped and injured her shoulder and she later injured her hamstring at the world championship trials.”

“I think by next year she will be ready to break new ground. She almost looked back to form in Barcelona and (the World Universaide Games) in Kazan.”

With winning a grand total of 41 medals at the Age Group Nationals, the head coach is particularly proud of the younger talent emerging from the club.

Those results speak to the club’s dedication to its development system, he said.

“It says that we’ve been a strong club and we will continue to be a strong club, and a great producer of swimmers for Canadian and international swimming,” he said.

“And it says we’re the premier club in Canada. We’re very proud of that accomplishment.”

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Teams ready for annual CNE peewee baseball tourney SEAN DURACK active@insidetoronto.com An annual rite of summer for many rep peewee baseball players in the province, the venerable Canadian National Exhibition’s peewee baseball tournament, from Aug. 16 to 29, is heading in to its 57th year. And, as usual, Toronto will be well represented.

Organizers have tinkered with some aspects of the 32-team, single-knockout tournament over the years to address changing trends and shifts in demographics across the city and province.

Several years ago organizers introduced a seeding system to help eliminate disparity and reduce the use of the “blow out rule” at the triple-A tournament.

This year organizers have taken things a step further by introducing A-level teams into the fold.

“For the first time ever we have pre-selected eight teams from rural or smaller Ontario centres. Generally,

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The 57th annual CNE Pee Wee Baseball Tournament is ready to batter up for another year.

Here, during the 54th annual tournament in 2010, the Brampton Royals and the West Toronto Wildcats made it to the finals. The Royals went on to win the game 12-7 and capture the tournament title.

they compete at the A-level as opposed to triple-A,” said Marvin Pearl, a retired high school gym teacher and a tour-

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The losing team in the quarter-finals on both sides, explains Pearl, will play in a consolation game called the Ron Pegg Cup. Ron Pegg is a long standing tournament committee member and a former executive with the Ontario Baseball Association.

“The demographics from year to year, the number of peewee aged kids changes in some areas is the difference.

Sometimes they can’t come up with a team so our numbers tend to fluctuate every year,” he said.

This is by no means an indication of waning interest.

“The enthusiasm and attraction is still there,” said Pearl, adding that entry into the tournament comes with free day passes for the Exhibition, which is a big hit with kids.

“There have been a dozen coaches over the years that have played in this tournament and one in particular said to me ‘I had a great experience

here and I want my players to get that same experience.’”

An eight-team women’s fastball tournament, taking place Aug. 21 to 25, for girls aged 15 to 19 (bantam and midget Tier II) and a peewee all-star tournament, slated for Aug. 17 and 18, will run alongside the headlining peewee tournament.

Once again this year an old-timers ceremony will be held to commemorate some of the provinces former fastball greats. The ceremony, before family and friends of the honourees, will include speeches and presentations.

“I have about a couple hundred people that come out to that. It’s incredible,” said Pearl.

Toronto will be represented at the peewee tournament by North York-A, North Toronto Expos, East York AA, Leaside, Scarborough-A, Scarborough AAA, Martingrove, Bloordale, Etobicoke and Royal York.

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Mimico Mountaineers novice rep lacrosse team prove themselves the best in province Mimico earns first ‘A’-level provincial title since 1978 NORM NELSON nnelson@insidetoronto.com The Mimico Mountaineers novice rep lacrosse team has proved itself to be the best team in the province at its age level after winning the provincial championship game 6-5 in overtime last Sunday over the hometown Whitby Warriors.

Mimico went into the championship tournament billed as the number one team in the province at the top ‘A’ level while Whitby was ranked fourth.

It marked the first ever championship for the Mimico lacrosse association at the top ‘A’ novice level, and its first ‘A’ level provincial championship of any kind since the tykes won it back in 1978.

And they couldn’t have picked a better team to meet up in the final.

“Two years ago the same Mimico team met the same Whitby team

in the finals of the provincial championships at the tyke level, with Whitby taking the gold that year,” said Mimico team manager Lesley Hirasawa in an email.

“The Mimico boys had unfinished business to close out on with this year’s provincial championships.” ranked number one The championship win capped off a perfect championship tournament for Mimico, including an 8-4 semifinal win over 7th ranked Brampton, a 7-3 quarter-final win over Clarington, and preliminary round wins of 7-2 over 10th ranked East Gwillimbury, 14-1 over 15th ranked Beaches and 5-0 over 8th ranked Burlington.

Mimico went into the tournament ranked as number one on the strength of two tournament championship wins in Peterborough and Brampton as well as a bronze in

Orangeville.

Additionally, the team won their local zone (league) championship.

The team’s record for the season including zone, tournament and provincial games was 30 wins, 2 losses and 4 ties.

With the lacrosse season now at an end, many of the young players, born either in 2003 or 2004, could find themselves lining up against each other – with hockey sticks in hand.

“One of the great things about this team is that many of the kids play on opposing hockey teams so it is great fun to have them play together during lacrosse season and then have fun playing against each other in hockey,” noted Hirasawa.

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All Hyundai names, logos, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. †Finance offers available O.A.C. based on a new 2013: Accent 5Dr GL 6Spd Man/Elantra GL 6Spd Man/Santa Fe Sprt 2.4L FWD Auto w/ an annual finance rate of 0%/0%/0.99% for 96 months. Bi-wkly pmts $83/$92/$139. $0 down. Cost of Borrowing $0/$0/$1,131. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination (D&D inclds freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and full tank of gas) of $1,550/$1,550/$1,760 fees, levies, and all applicable charges (excluding HST). Finance ex: 2013 Elantra GL 6Spd Man for $19,285 at 0%/annum is $92 bi-wkly for 96 months, total obligation $19,285. Cash price is $19,285. Cost of Borrowing $0. Example price includes D&D of $1,550 fees, levies, and all applicable charges (excluding HST). ▼Fuel based on Energuide and used for comparison only. ♦Price of models shown: 2013 Accent 5 Door GLS 6Spd Man/ Elantra Ltd/ Santa Fe Sprt 2.0T Ltd AWD are $19,385/$24,985/$40,395. Prices include D&D charges of $1,550/$1,550/$1,760 fees, levies, and all applicable charges (excluding HST). For all ad offers: Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA and license fees. _Price adjustments calculated against the vehicle’s starting price. Price adjustments of up to $200/$750/$500 available on 2013 Accent 5 Door GL 6Spd Man/Elantra GL 6Spd Man/ Santa Fe Sprt 2.4L FWD Auto. Price adjustments applied before taxes. _Based on the June YTD 2013 AIAMC report. †_◆Offers available for a ltd time, and subject to change/cancellation without notice. Dealer order may be required. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Ltd Warranty covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use/maintenance.

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Purchase, lease or finance any 2013 Civic between August 1st and September 3rd, and each week your Ontario Honda Dealers will give you the chance to win∞ your Civic. After you drive away in your new 2013 Civic, you’re entered in every remaining draw. So the sooner you buy the more chances you have to win.

IT’S EASY TO SEE WHY CANADIANS CHOOSE THE HONDA CIVIC OVER EVERY OTHER CAR YEAR AFTER YEAR.

MODEL FB2E2DEX

2013 CIVIC DX LEASE OR FINANCE BI-WEEKLY FOR

88 @1.99

$

% APR

0 DOWN PAYMENT/OAC

$

LEASE FOR 60 MONTHS WITH $0 SECURITY DEPOSIT AND ALL-SEASON MATS INCLUDED.

FINANCE FOR 84 MONTHS†. $16,970 SELLING PRICE INCLUDES FREIGHT, PDI, LEVIES AND OMVIC FEE. EXCLUDES LICENSE AND HST.

BI-WEEKLY LEASE ONLY AVAILABLE ON 48 & 60 MONTH TERMS* ∞

No purchase necessary. Closes Sept. 3, 2013. Open to Ontario residents (18+). Enter when you purchase/lease/finance a new 2013 Honda Civic by September 3, 2013. Four prizes available – each a cheque in the amount of the selling price (inclusive of applicable fees and taxes) of the eligible vehicle. Ex: if a winner purchased, leased or financed a 2013 Civic DX Sedan 5MT [FB2E2DEX], then his/her prize will consist of a cheque in the amount of $19,176 ($15,440 MSRP, plus applicable EHF tires, EHF filters, A/C levy, OMVIC fee and $2,206 taxes). Skill-testing question required. Non-winning eligible entries carry forward to subsequent draws. Odds depend on number of eligible entries. Full rules at HondaOntario.com. ^Ltd time lease offers O.A.C.. Example: 2013 Civic DX Sedan (FB2E2DEX), 60 month term with 130 bi-wkly pmts at 1.99% APR. The biweekly pmt is $87.61 [includes $1,495 freight and PDI, EHF tires, EHF filters, A/C levy, OMVIC fee and optional accessories (all season floor mats, retail value of $165.38)] with $0 down/equivalent trade-in, $0 deposit and first bi-weekly pmt due at lease inception. Total obligation $11,389. 120,000km allowance; 0.12/excess km. *Bi-weekly lease available on all 2013 Honda models on 48 and 60month terms. †Limited time purchase finance offers available O.A.C.. Ex: based on a 2013 Honda Civic DX Sedan (FB2E2DEX), 84 months with 182 bi-wkly pmts at 1.99% APR. Complete price of $16,970 [includes $1,495 freight and PDI, EHF tires, EHF filters,A/C levy, and OMVIC fee. Excludes taxes, license, insurance, and registration]. Cost of borrowing $1,077, total obligation $16,016. $0 down O.A.C.. For all offers: license, insurance, PPSA, other taxes (including HST) and excess wear and tear are extra. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Ad images for illustration only. Offers, prices and features subject to change without notice. ◆◆Based on AIAMC data reflecting sales between 1997 and December 2012.

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The 2014 Yamaha Bolt, seen here in Metallic Black and priced at an affordable $8,999, is a one-litre “crossover� cruiser with standard upright seating, featuring a “back-to-basics� design that emphasizes simple mechanical beauty.

Less is more. Way more.

When it comes to cruisers, Yamaha tends to hit the ball out of the park every time – think of recent releases like the Raider and Stryker.

The Bolt is part of a new evolution away from those extremes, with less chrome, less glitz, less flash, less fancy paint. “A new ‘back to basics’ trend is emerging in the motorcycle world,� says John Bayliss, Yamaha Motor Canada Motorcycle Product Manager. “Designers and custom builders are stepping back to a time when the mechanical beauty of a motorcycle was highlighted in its design.�

The Bolt starts simply enough with a tube type, single backbone double cradle steel frame that uses the motor as a four-point stressed member of the chassis, a layout designed to accent a solid feel and taut handling. The architecture blends standard bike construction with a healthy dose of cruiser attitude without all the glossy extras.

Seating is accessibly low, but upright with a corresponding low reach forward to the handlebars. The pegs perch directly under the rider.

The Bolt’s low centre of gravity maintains nimble maneuvering and a responsive riding feel assisted by a perky and just powerful enough 942 cc V-Twin engine.

The “raw metal� styled, fuel-injected, 4-valve motor, adapted from the V-Star 950 is complemented nicely by the open mechanical layout of the bike, minimal chrome use and perforated exhaust guards and styling accents.

The engine makes nearly 60 lb/ft of torque and pulls merrily with a nice throb resounding through the 2-into-1 exhaust system. With an accent on good low-to-mid-range torque, the Bolt’s V-Twin channels power through a five-speed transmission and belt drive.

On my first ride, mixing highway and country road cruising, the Bolt went 175 km before the fuel low light came on, with the trip meter clicking over to begin counting kilometers after the warning.

I refilled with 8.7 litres at the 184 km mark for a combined fuel economy average of 4.7L/100km.

And that average improved slightly with further fillups, translating to a possible 250+ km range from the 12-litre tank.

Now, with all this talk about the minimalist stripped-down styling cues and throwback hints of the past, it’s easy to overlook some very modern additions that include fuel injection, wave disc brake rotors and a modern taillamp assembly housing 19 LEDs. A digital LCD gauge package with speedometer, odometer, dual tripmeters, fuel reserve tripmeter and clock is set in a traditionally styled round chrome housing. A switch assembly on the right side handlebar allows the rider to scroll through readouts or re-set instrument functions.

The Bolt comes in two flavours, the regular Bolt ($8,999) offered in Bluish White Cocktail and Metallic Black and the Bolt R-Spec ($9,199) available in Matte Metallic Gray and High Sparkle Green.

The main difference to the R-Spec model is an enhanced suspension system with premium gas charged piggyback shocks.

Suspension travel is the same on both bikes but the premium system does smooth out the bumps. And the added gold-coloured, techie components finish the look nicely.

I rode both models and, frankly, for a lousy $200 extra, the R-Spec is a forehead-slapping logical choice.

The R-Spec also adds black mirrors, a special upgraded suede-like seat finish and funky stencilstyle gas tank logo design that, especially complementing the green colour and utilitarian styling, gives the bike an almost retro military flavour.

Customers can personalize the Bolt further with a long list of accessories including everything from windshields to higher handlebars, optional wire wheels, saddlebags, tankbags and more.

With a fresh new minimalist flavour featuring simplified styling and open mechanicals, echoing an era of retro architecture while enhancing performance with modern technological tweaks, Yamaha has labeled the Bolt as “a new breed of crossover�.

And in regular Bolt or R-Spec flavour, this punk neo-bobber blends natural upright riding comfort and classic cruiser cues in a distinctively new way. – Rob Beintema Metroland Media

Hurry In

2013 INVENTORY REMAINING

OROLLA 15 - 2013 C TRIX 2 - 2013 MA 11 AMRY 13 - 2013 C NZA 4 - 2013 VE ENNA 7 - 2013 SI 12

INVENTORY $

IS ALMOST SOLD OUT!!

23 2-02013 RAV4 7 - 2013 HIGHLA NDER 1 - 2013 PRIUS 1 - 2013 TACOM A 2 - 2013 TUNDR A

2013 INVENTORY ALL-IN PRICE

They Won’t Last

ALL-IN PRICE

28,044

*

165

$

Includes freight and fees. HST extra.

@

1.9%

bi-weekly for 84 months with $0 down payment.

Includes freight and fees. HST extra.

17” ALUMINUM ALLOY WHEELS ● 8-WAY POWER DRIVER SEAT ● DISPLAY AUDIO WITH NAVIGATION

2013

CAMRY LE

UPGRADE PACKAGE

Camry SE model shown.

All-in price $28,739**

Get your very own red hot Toyota with finance rates as low as 0% for up to 84 months on select 2013 models.

2013

COROLLA ENHANCED CONVENIENCE PACKAGE

2013

MATRIX

LE

CONVENIENCE PACKAGE

ALL-IN PRICE

$

113

@ 0%

bi-weekly for 84 months with $0 down payment.

Includes freight and fees. HST extra.

OR

2,000

$

◆

CASH SAVINGS

2.9

ALL-IN PRICE

%

EFFECTIVE RATE ~ ALL-IN PRICE $20,644* Includes freight and fees. HST extra.

• • • • • • • •

AUTOMATIC A/C KEYLESS ENTRY HEATED FRONT SEATS USB AUDIO INPUT BLUETOOTH® CRUISE CONTROL POWER WINDOWS

125

$

@ 0%

bi-weekly for 84 months with $0 down payment.

Includes freight and fees. HST extra.

OR

1,500

$

CASH

◆

SAVINGS

1.9%

EFFECTIVE RATE ~ ALL-IN PRICE $22,739* Includes freight and fees. HST extra.

• AUTOMATIC • A/C • KEYLESS ENTRY • USB AUDIO INPUT • BLUETOOTH® • CRUISE CONTROL • POWER WINDOWS

25,614*

$

ALL-IN PRICE

Includes freight and fees. HST extra.

ALL-IN PRICE

$

187

@

4.3%

bi-weekly for 72 months with $0 down payment.

Includes freight and fees. HST extra.

2013

RAV4 FWD LEE

17” ALUMINUM ALLOY WHEELS ● 8-WAY POWER DRIVER SEAT ● DISPLAY AUDIO WITH NAVIGATION

RAV4 AWD Limited model shown.

All-in price $33,524**

Your local Dealer may charge additional fees of up to $1,103. Charges may vary by Dealer.Ω Limited time lease and finance offers available from Toyota Financial Services on approved credit. **All-in price of a new 2013 Camry SE (Model BF1FSTA)/2013 RAV4 AWD Limited model (Model DFREVTA) is $28,739/$33,524. All-in price includes freight and fees (PDE, EHF, OMVIC fee and air condition tax, where applicable). HST, licensing, registration and insurance are extra. Dealer may sell for less. *All-in price of a new 2013 Camry LE (Model BF1FLTB)/2013 Corolla CE (Model BU42EPC)/2013 Matrix (Model KU4EEPB)/2013 RAV4 FWD LE (Model ZFREVTA) is $28,044/$20,644/$22,739/$25,614. All-in price includes freight and fees (PDE, EHF, OMVIC fee and air condition tax, where applicable). HST, licensing, registration and insurance are extra. Dealer may sell for less. †1.9%/0%/0%/4.3% purchase finance APR on a new 2013 Camry LE (Model BF1FLTB)/2013 Corolla CE (Model BU42EPC)/2013 Matrix (Model KU4EEPB)/2013 RAV4 FWD LE (Model ZFREVTA) for 84/84/84/72 months equals a bi-weekly payment of $165/$113/$125/$187 for 182/182/182/156 bi-weekly payments with a down payment or trade equivalent of $0/$0/$0/$0. Cost of borrowing is $1,928/$0/$0/$3,492 for a total obligation of $29,973/$20,644/$22,739/$29,106. ◆$2,000/$1,500 Cash Customer Incentive is valid on retail delivery of a new 2013 Corolla CE Automatic/2013 Matrix Automatic for all Toyota retail customers except customers who lease or purchase finance through Toyota Financial Services at a special rate of interest offered by Toyota as part of a low rate interest program. Advertised lease and finance rates are special rates. Offers valid to retail customers (excluding fl eet sales) when purchased from an Ontario Toyota dealership. Cash Customer Incentive will take place at time of delivery, include tax and will apply after taxes have been charged on the full amount of the negotiated price. Vehicles receiving Cash Customer Incentives must be purchased, registered and delivered between August 1 and September 3, 2013.~For information purposes only.

Effective rate on a new 2013 Corolla CE/2013 Matrix with an all-in price of $20,644/$22,739 is 2.9%/1.9% APR, taking into consideration the $2,000/$1,500 Cash Customer Incentive waived by the customer. ΩDealer Fees may be added and may be comprised of administration/documentation fees, VIN Etching, anti-theft products, cold weather packages or other fees. Fees may vary by Dealer. Offers are valid between August 1 and September 3, 2013, and are subject to change without notice. All rights are reserved. Dealer may sell for less. Please see your participating Ontario Toyota Dealer for full details.

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What to look for in a vehicle history report A vehicle history report can be a used car buyer’s best friend, helping buyers make more informed decisions.

When shopping for a preowned vehicle, you should always ask for a vehicle history report, regardless of whether you’re buying from a dealership or a private citizen. If the seller refuses, it’s time to look elsewhere. When a seller eagerly provides a vehicle history report, buyers should examine a few things on the report so they can be more comfortable should they ul-

timately purchase the vehicle. • Number of previous owners: All vehicle history reports list how many owners a vehicle has had in the past. In general, the more owners a vehicle has had, the more risk you’re assuming as the buyer.

Vehicles that tend to change hands often are less likely to have been well maintained. In addition to how many owners a car has had, look at who those owners were. Vehicles that were once owned by a rental car company, for in-

stance, were likely not treated very well, as few people care how much abuse their rental car endures. • Specifics: Just because a seller provides you with a vehicle history report does not necessarily mean that report matches up with the vehicle you might be buying. A dishonest seller might try to pass off the history report of another vehicle of the same make and model as his own. This is done to hide a suspect vehicle history or even

when thieves are selling a stolen car to an unsuspecting buyer. Check the vehicle identification number, or VIN, on the vehicle to ensure the car you’re looking at matches the car on the history report. • Physical appearance: Does the physical appearance of the car match up with its history report? Sometimes a vehicle owner does not report when a car has been in an accident. Owners might do this to avoid higher insurance premi-

ums or to mask the vehicle’s history because they intend to sell the car down the road. If a car exhibits any signs of body work that aren’t on its history report or if the car drives awkwardly but has supposedly not been in an accident, buyers should consider this a major red flag and strongly consider walking away from the vehicle and continuing their search elsewhere.

A vehicle history report can calm the fears of a buyer shopping for a preowned vehicle. But even when a report is made available, buyers should still examine the report closely to ensure the vehicle is all it’s cracked up to be.

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New Dealership. Great Deals!

Come visit us at our new State-of-the-Art Facility

2013 Passat 2.5L

Own it from

Own it from

97

$

bi-weekly for + HST 84 months*

• Power Locks/ Windows • Standard Anti Lock Brakes • Electronic Stability Control

0

$

down payment

1.9

%

APR

• Body Colored Door Handles / Mirrors • 60/40 Split Folding Rear Seats

82

$

weekly for + HST 84 months*

2013 Tiguan 2.0T

0

$

• Air Conditioning •16� Alloys • Standard Bluetooth • Tire Pressure Monitoring System • Anti Lock Brakes

Own it from

• Electronic Stability Control • Climatronic Dual-Zone Electronic Climate Control • Power /Heated Rear View Mirrors.

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92

$

down payment

www.401dixievw.com

weekly for

+ HST 84 months*

• Air Conditioning • 60/40 Split Seats • Chrome Front Grille • Electronic Stability Control

403

401 Dixie Auto Mall

0

$

down payment

• 16� Alloys • Tire Pressure Monitoring System • Multifunction Trip Computer Indicator • 4motion All Wheel Drive System

401

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Dixie Rd.

2013 Jetta

Tomken Rd

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* Finance with $0 down payment. For 2013 Jetta 2.0L base model 162VJ1 with 5 speed manual at 1.9% APR over 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $1,185 for a total obligation of $18,103. For 2013 Passat 2.5L base model A322S6 with 5 speed manual at 4.99% variable APR O.A.C. for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $5,221 for a total obligation of $33,415.20. For 2013 Tiguan 2.0T base model 5N21V3 with 6 speed manual at 4.99% variable APR O.A.C over 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $5,925.66 for a total obligation of $37,925.16.

Payments include freight and PDI (1395, 1610 for Tiguan). Payments are plus license fees and taxes. Prices and payments are valid on day of publication. License plate extra. Interest rates available on approved credit. Vehicles not exactly as illustrated. Offer ends August 31, 2013 and is subject to change or cancellation without notice.

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IT’S TIME TO SAY YES to a GREAT DEAL! BRAND NEW 2013

SPARK

FINANCING AS LOW AS

APR FINANCING ForUPTO

$

1,000 1,000 $

TRUCK BUCKS* IF YOU OWN ANY PICK-UP AND PURCHASE A NEW 2013 SILVERADO

6

15,346

48 @2.99% Plus HST

STK DL209863 • Automatic, Air Conditioning

$ BRAND NEW 2013 HOT WHEELS CAMARO IN-STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY!

in-stock

21,774

FINANCE FOR ONLY

Plus HST

Weekly/84 Months

$

& Lic Includes Loyalty

*

Plus HST & Lic

19,844

FINANCE FOR ONLY

$

Weekly/84 Months

BRAND NEW 2013

SILVERADO

21 in-stock

STK DG331462 • CREW CAB • 4X4 • Automatic, Air Conditioning, Power Group

STK DT317974 • Automatic, Air Conditioning Power Group

$

23,899

FINANCE FOR ONLY

$

76 @0% Plus HST

Weekly/84 Months

*Plus HST & Lic Includes Loyalty

*

Plus HST & Lic

62 @0.99% Plus HST

Weekly/84 Months

CASH SALE PRICE

68 @1.99%

$

*Plus HST

55 @0% Plus HST

1

in-stock n c

CASH SALE PRICE

EQUINOX LS

22

CASH SALE PRICE

$

STK# dz160142 • Automatic, Air Conditioning, 2WD

BRAND NEW 2013

TRAX LS

UP TO $10,000 IN COMBINED CASH CREDITS

FINANCE FOR ONLY

REGULAR CAB

in-stock

17,274

Weekly/84 Months

BRAND NEW 2013

IF YOU OWN SELECT GM MODELS AND PURCHASE A NEW 2013 MODEL

$

Plus HST & Lic

SILVERADO

46

CASH SALE PRICE

$

FINANCE FOR ONLY

GM LOYALTY*

ON SELECT MODELS

STK DT310811 • Automatic, Air Conditioning, Power Group and more

CASH SALE PRICE

$

BRAND NEW 2013

CRUZE LS

in-stock

STK DT505406

MONTHS

BRAND NEW 2013

CASH SALE PRICE

$

28,844

FINANCE FOR ONLY

13 in-stock

*Plus HST & Lic

Includes Truck Bucks

89 @0.99%

$

Plus HST

Weekly/84 Months

1635 The Queensway -1 light east of Hwy 427

Sale price includes Freight, PDE ,Air tax, Admin, Registration , OMVIC Fee , Tire Levy. All current Manufacturer to customer discounts and rebates applied. Prices valid on date of publication. Prices are subject to change without notice. Vehicles may not be exactly as shown.

Sale prices are plus HST and Lic. All Finance payments includes full term Walkaway. Finance on a new 2013 TRAX Weekly payments @1.99% for 84 months, COB $1,655. / 2013 Equinox: Sale price/Finance payments includes Loyalty- weekly payments @0% over 84 months: COB: $0.,2013 Silverado Regular cab/ Silverado Crew Cab sale prices includes combined Cash Credits of $10,000 plus $1,000 Truck Buck Loyalty. Finance is based on 0.99% over 84 months. COB: $772.00./ $1,113. 2013 Spark Sale price is plus HST & Lic only Finance @ 2.99% over 84 months COB: $1738. 2013 Cruze Sale price and payment include loyalty allowance. Finance is based on weekly payments over 84 months @0%. COB: $0. See dealer for complete Loyalty allowance details.

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DON’T JUST TRADE IN. TRADE UP TO THE TRUCK OF THE YEAR. GET UP TO $10,750 IN CASH DISCOUNTS

2013 Ram 1500 Crew Cab SLT with optional equipment shown.§

€

24,995

RAM 1500

•

STEP UP TO THE 2013 RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SLT 4X4 • Best-in-Class fuel economy≠

AND LEASE FOR

• Class-Exclusive Active Level air suspension (available)Ω • Class-Exclusive RamBox cargo management system (available)Ω

GREAT LEASE AVAILABLE OFFERS

ALSO INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL

119 @ 4.99

%

$

• Only extended cab with four full-size doors

BI-WEEKLY♦

FOR 60 MONTHS WITH $4,599 DOWN

1,500 BONUS CASH

$

>>

PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES $9,250 CONSUMER CASH,* $1,500 LOYALTY/CONQUEST BONUS CASH,>> FREIGHT, AIR TAX, TIRE LEVY AND OMVIC FEE. TAXES EXCLUDED. OTHER RETAILER CHARGES MAY APPLY.+

CANADA’S MOST FUEL EFFICIENT FULL-SIZE PICKUP

�

36MPG HWY

UP TO

ALL-NEW 2013 $

2013 RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SXT 4X4

�

IF YOU ARE A LICENSED TRADESMAN OR IF YOU CURRENTLY OWN ANY PICKUP TRUCK

+Your local retailer may charge additional fees for administration/pre-delivery that can range from $0 to $1,098 and anti-theft/safety products that can range from $0 to $1,298. Charges may vary by retailer.

ramtruck.ca/offers Wise customers read the fine print: €, •, *, », ♦, § The Trade In Trade Up Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating retailers on or after August 1, 2013. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,595 – $1,695), air tax (if applicable), tire levy and OMVIC fee. Pricing excludes licence, insurance, registration, any retailer administration fees, other retailer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailer may sell for less. €$10,750 in Cash Discounts are available on new 2013 Ram 1500 models (excluding Reg Cab) and consist of $9,250 in Consumer Cash Discounts and $1,500 in Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash. See your retailer for complete details. •$24,995 Purchase Price applies to the new 2013 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT 4x4 (23A+AGR) only and includes $9,250 Consumer Cash Discount and $1,500 Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select 2013 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. »$1,500 Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash is available to qualified customers on the retail purchase/lease of any 2012/2013 Ram 2500/3500 models (excluding Cab & Chassis models) and 2013 Ram 1500 (excludes Reg Cab models) and is deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Eligible customers include current owners/ lessees of a Dodge or Ram pickup truck or any other manufacturer’s pickup truck. The vehicle must have been owned/leased by the eligible customer and registered in their name on or before July 1, 2013. Proof of ownership/lease agreement will be required. Additional eligible customers include licensed tradesmen and those working towards Skilled Trade certification. Some conditions apply. See your retailer for complete details. ♦4.99% lease financing of up to 60 months available on approved credit through WS Leasing Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Westminster Savings Credit Union) to qualified customers on applicable new 2012, 2013 and 2014 models at participating retailers in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailer may lease for less. See your retailer for complete details. Example: 2013 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SLT (25G+XFH) with a Purchase Price of $26,374 leased at 4.99% over 60 months with $4,599 down payment, equals 130 bi-weekly payments of $119 with a cost of borrowing of $4,699.50 and a total obligation of $17,539.60. 22,000 kilometre/year allowance. Charge of $0.18 per excess kilometre. Some conditions apply. §2013 Ram 1500 Crew Cab SLT with optional equipment shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount: $44,785. ≠Based on Automotive News classification and 2013 Ram 1500 3.6 L V6 4x2 and 8-speed transmission. 11.4 L/100 km (25 MPG) City and 7.8 L/100 km (36 MPG) Highway. Based on 2013 EnerGuide fuel consumption guide ratings published by Natural Resources Canada. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on powertrain, driving habits and other factors. Ask your retailer for complete EnerGuide information. ΩBased on 2012 Automotive News full-size pickup segmentation and competitive information. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc.

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Look out for the new MINI A new era of driving excitement, incar-infotainment and premium quality in the small car segment is drawing ever closer.

The new MINI will be unveiled on November 18, 2013, 107 years to the day since the birth of the man who started an automobile revolution, Sir Alec Issigonis.

MINI Plant Oxford will host the world premiere, with a party in London that same evening.

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Residents speak out about police shootings Victims’ families attend conference hosted by Ontario Federation of Labour ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com

Several people who lost loved ones to police shootings shared their stories Tuesday and called for change on how police deal with those in crisis.

“There are good cops out there, but there are some that are failing us, and the justice system is failing us because they’re allowing them to get away with it,” said Scarborough resident Jackie Christopher, whose son O’Brien was shot and killed by police in North York in 2004.

“O’Brien was in a park, contained. He was not going anywhere. Why did they have to shoot him?”

The news conference, co-hosted by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL),

was held just prior to a lunchhour rally for 18-year-old Sammy Yatim at YongeDundas Square.

Yatim was shot by a police officer while wielding a knife on an empty streetcar on Dundas Street, west of Bathurst Street, July 27.

“It should not have happened because I was at that (coroner’s) inquest for O’Brien every single day, and I know the recommendations that came out of there,” Christopher said. “None of the recommendations were followed. Otherwise Sammy would have been alive today, and it’s time we do something about it.”

Yatim’s shooting was caught on video, and posted on YouTube.

OFL executive vice-president Irwin Nanda called Yatim’s death totally avoid-

Staff photo/ANDREW PALAMARCHUK

Jackie Christopher, whose son O’Brien Christopher-Reid was killed in a police confrontation 2004, is overcome with tears as she makes a statement during a media conference.

able. “But what is more alarming is the remarkable similarities this case has with other police shootings in Toronto and elsewhere across the province,” he said, adding what sets the Yatim case apart is it was caught on video.

Nanda said the video shows Yatim posed no immediate threat to any officer or the public.

“Sammy Yatim wasn’t just killed by a spray of police bullets. He was killed by a total breakdown in the policing system,” he said. “Literally decades of reports, inquests and recommendations are gathering dust on police station shelves while the bodies of victims are piling up.”

On Monday, police Chief Bill Blair announced retired Ontario associate chief justice Dennis O’Connor will review the service’s use of force options in dealing with emotionally disturbed people.

Nanda said that’s not

enough, noting there are more than 50 police departments in the province, each with different policies.

“It is time for the government of Ontario to take the responsibility and institute a province-wide overhaul on police training, policy and practice to change the culture of police and save the lives through de-escalation rather than deadly force,” he said. “This isn’t a case of one bad apple or even one bad barrel. This is about the whole approach to policing that is failing the very people it is intended to protect.”

Christopher said she couldn’t watch the news of Yatim’s death because it was too close to home.

“I hope this is the last death this way,” she added.

“I don’t live a day without thinking about O’Brien and what he did, why he was gunned down.”

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Retired Ontario chief justice to review how police deal with emotionally disturbed people ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com

Police Chief Bill Blair has sought out a retired Ontario chief justice to review the Toronto Police Service’s useof-force options in dealing with emotionally disturbed people.

Blair made the announcement during a news conference at police headquarters this week, just over two weeks after 18-year-old Sammy Yatim was shot and killed by a police officer while wielding a knife on an empty streetcar on Dundas Street.

Dennis O’Connor, who sat on the Ontario Court of Appeal from 1998 to 2012, will examine how police

We have... developed very, very thorough processes and there’s excellence in our processes and the training we provide to our officers.

respond to the emotionally disturbed and will make recommendations on the force’s policies, procedures, training and equipment.

“As a result of the most recent event and other events that have caused a great deal of public concern, I think my responsibility is to ensure...that we step back and take a very comprehensive review,” Blair said.

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PUBLIC CONCERN “There’s an enormous public concern about the way in which these incidents are responded to. I understand that concern, I share that concern.”

Blair said he’s “very much assured” that the report will

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“We have worked tirelessly over the past decade to improve the quality of our response,” Blair said.

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cesses and the training we provide to our officers.”

Blair said he has a responsibility to both citizens and officers “to ensure that we are absolutely thorough in the conduct of an objective and intense study of all of the ways in which we might be able to improve the policy framework that we operate under.”

REVIEW HISTORY O’Connor has conducted two high-profile public inquiries: the Walkerton Inquiry (2000 to 2002) and the Maher Arar Inquiry (2004 to 2006).

“He will have all of the resources of the Toronto Police Service at his disposal in the conduct of this important review on our behalf,” Blair said.

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Prepare yourself for an invasion of Lovebots Artist creates 100 concrete hearts to spread across the concrete jungle ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com

give so much love back.”

There are now nearly 100 robots and like Lovebot #001, each has a number stamped into the back that corresponds to a real story of love and kindness, which have been sent to Del Degan from people all over the world.

“The stories are what fuel the Lovebot, it is the energy source,” Del Degan said. “If you give him love it keeps him going.”

On Aug. 12, Del Degan, who lives at Dundas Street West and Brock and his cohort, Rodger Beck, from the Beach, were at Del Degan’s family home in Woodbridge preparing to start deliver-

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Lovebot #001, a hand cast cement robot with a big red heart, is dedicated to Matthew Del Degan’s ‘nonna’, his maternal grandmother.

Her love is what inspires Del Degan’s art and his core as a human, which he said gave rise to an invasion of 100 of these two-feet-tall robots on the city of Toronto – The Robot Love Invasion.

“Without her I couldn’t have done this because she gave me so much love,” Del Degan said. “I wouldn’t be who I am today and wanting to

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Matthew Del Degan (left), from Parkdale, and Rodger Beck, from the Beach, prepare to march 100 Lovebots out into Toronto. The Robot Love Invasion project aims to illuminate the love, kindness and compassion that exists in Toronto by stashing these little statues across the city.

ing Lovebots to locations across Toronto.

“The goal of The Robot Love Invasion is to illuminate the love that exists in Toronto and to inspire more,” Del Degan said.

The Robot Love Invasion started more than four years ago: after moving to Toronto, Del Degan, 23, said he took notice of the fact people didn’t talk to each other on the subway.

“It made me think, ‘we aren’t robots’, we do have big hearts,” he said.

He wanted to give the city a

symbol to remind people of that, and the Lovebot was born.

There are beautiful things happening in the city but Del Degan said no one seems to talk about that. The Lovebots are meant to change that.

“Some of the stories are so heartwarming,” Del Degan said. “It is really what keeps us going.”

On the first day of the grand invasion Del Degan and Beck delivered a half-dozen Lovebots to locations near Trinity Bellwoods Park and Kensington Market.

During August, hearts will pop up

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all over the map on the websitelovebot.com, marking the location of the Lovebots as they are placed around the city. Also on the website, people can read the stories that correspond with each Lovebot.

Eventually the Lovebots will invade the entire city, from Etobicoke through to Scarborough.

Many of the bots will be located at businesses, but they are toying with the idea of hiding some at secret locations in the city.

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