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Winter survival kits assembled for homeless Thousands of kits to help the homeless make it through winter will be assembled tomorrow. The packing event for Project Winter Survival will take place at The Bargains Group Ltd., 890 Caledonia Rd., with Police Chief Bill Blair and Project Winter Survival founder Jody Steinhauer joining the assembly. The kits, which include warm clothing, sleeping bags and personal care products, will be distributed to the homeless throughout the Greater Toronto Area through frontline agencies beginning Saturday, Jan. 19. For the past 14 years, Project Winter Survival has assembled and distributed more than 15,000 kits. Winter survival kits are allocated to more than 175 frontline agencies such as The Salvation Army, Red Cross, Scott Mission, Eva’s Place and Covenant House.
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GOOD DAY FOR A GLIDE: Rob Lowes skates on the rink at Mel Lastman Square Thursday morning. If you’re planning on lacing up for a spin on a North York rink, take a look at our listing of arenas and rinks, at bit.ly/northyork_rinks
Wynne welcomes Murray’s endorsement LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com Don Valley West MPP Kathleen Wynne, a frontrunner in the Ontario Liberal leadership race, is thrilled Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray
is endorsing her campaign after he dropped out of the contest. “It’s a great boost for the team,” Wynne told The Mirror during a phone interview on her way to Northern Ontario yesterday afternoon.
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“I have a lot of respect for Glen.” Amid lagging support, Murray announced yesterday morning he was dropping out of the race and declared he wants to see Wynne as the next party leader and premier
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spirits lifted for snow lovers Earl Bales Park unveils $2.3-million ski lift Local snowboarding and skiing enthusiasts were given another reason besides the snowy weather to be excited about Earl Bales Ski and Snowboard Centre this week. With Mayor Rob Ford in attendance, the North York park’s ski centre unveiled its new $2.3-million ski lift last Friday. The quad ski lift will get skiers and snowboarders up the hill faster than the existing two-person chair lift, which will still be in use. Along with Mayor Ford was Scarborough-Agincourt Councillor Norm Kelly, chair of the city’s parks and environment committee, and York Centre Councillor James Pasternak. All three parties helped cut the ribbon on the new lift. For more information on the Earl Bales Snowboard and Ski Centre, visit http://www.toronto.ca/parks/ prd/skiing or call 311. n Despite the steadily rising temperatures this week – a double-digit high is forecast for Saturday – the North York ski centre reports the hills will be open this weekend.
Above, there was no shortage of snow at the official opening of the new ski lift at Earl Bales Ski and Snowboard Centre last Friday. At right, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford watches skiers and boarders at the official opening of the $2.3 million ski lift. Far right, Ford has a laugh with Councillor Norm Kelly, chair of the Parks and Environment Committee. Staff photos/Dan Pearce
NYGH opens clinic for children with complex illnesses LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com North York General Hospital will officially open a pediatric complex care clinic for children living with chronic illnesses today. While it is older patients more often associated with complex illnesses, there are
many youngsters living with ongoing conditions such as cerebral palsy, complications associated with extremely premature birth and congenital heart disease. Local children are often seen by several health providers at a number of locations across the Greater Toronto Area.
That’s where North York General’s new clinic comes in. Working in partnership with the complex care program at the Hospital for Sick Children, the clinic provides a one-stop centre for treatment. The clinic’s team consists of a pediatrician, pediatric nurse practitioner, occupational
therapist, dietician, social worker, geneticist and a coordinator from the Community Care Access Centre. The team will partner with the child’s own pediatrician or family doctor, specialist or other health care providers. “Our complex care team ensures that every child gets the right care at the right time
in their own community,” clinical team manager Bonnie Kerr said in a statement. North York General is the fourth hospital in Ontario to offer the one-stop model for young patients with complex medical conditions. The clinic will help prevent visits to the emergency department and the risk of
being admitted to hospital because the team will work with the patient and family to manage the child’s care, which will reduce stress and uncertainty, pediatrician Dr. Ronik Kanani said. Patients and their parents will be able to access the clinic’s resources through visits, phone calls and email.
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t’s budget season: Cold and dry. However, unlike previous City of Toronto budgets when Mayor Rob Ford raised the ire of residents and councillor, this year seems to be a less-irate affair. Except for a few agenda-driven Torontonians, no one seems interested in the billions of dollars it takes to run Toronto. The budget committee has spoken. The proposed $9.4-billion budget headed to the our view city’s Executive Committee yesterday. Then it’s on to council for debate next week, where certainly Learn where a few discussions will take place on how the money (and potential city’s money surplus) should be spent. comes from Some councillors held budget meetings this week but it’s too late in the game to hold meetings that will, by all accounts, change nothing of the 2013 budget. But these meetings, if approached correctly, could be the way forward. Councillors should keep the budget top-of-mind at every community meeting they host or attend. Everything important to residents should be approached with the budget in mind. Torontonians deserve to know exactly how every request – from installing park benches to TTC funding – has a budgetary component. When you attend a meeting at a wading pool, and residents want paint supplied to paint the pool, they have to understand how that happens. If residents want a planning study done, councillors have to acknowledge there are issues – such as budget cuts – that impact these studies. As our elected representatives, councillors are obliged to not only accept requests and recommendations from Torontonians but to discuss with them exactly how those things can – or cannot – come to be. It’s easy to be frustrated as a citizen, believing you have no voice at city hall. But that’s not that case. Educate yourself on the budget process; know exactly where the money comes from and where it has to be spent. Councillors should not be left to explain how the budget works every time. Formalize the issue by creating groups, or participating in local residents’ associations. Formalizing into a group lends more credibility to requests. Having an understanding of how the budget process works is even better. The city’s budget should be top-of-mind for councillors and residents alike. That way, we can all participate intelligently in how to make our city a better place. newsroom
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To the editor: Re: ‘Ranked ballots: we should have all the facts,’ Letters, Dec. 26 Gary Dale talks about alternate voting systems. As often happens, the best solution comes from humour and comedy. In a recent re-run of Yes, Prime Minister on TV, a professor proposed getting rid of political parties. Each riding would elect an MP based on that riding’s needs and interests. No more dictation from party headquarters as to who can run in the riding and what the candidate has to say. The MPs would elect a prime minister who would select a cabinet. The PM could be removed from office at any time if the MPs are not happy with him or her. A new PM would then be elected. The present insane system where a PM can get a majority government with 39 per cent of the popular vote would be gone forever. Edward J. Farkas
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ost of the discussion at Toronto City Hall now centres on what will happen if Mayor Rob Ford loses his appeal of the ruling to vacate the mayor’s office. Should he be forced to go, Ford and his allies have all but given up asking council to approve a byelection. As a result, the main question is whom councillors will select as interim mayor. Since the position is open to any elector, we can expect a long list of candidates, including special interest advocates, job seekers and the delusional. Expect council to give each candidate five minutes to state their case, and to allow each councillor one question per candidate. The clerk will then instruct councillors to select one candidate from the speakers list. Those with the fewest votes are dropped from succeeding rounds. Councillors will continue voting until
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a majority selects a candidate. Afterwards, the voting records are posted on the city website. Like any formal theatrical performance, what appears on the stage is well rehearsed. Councillors are now interviewing candidates. Their criteria are different than what the public seeks in a mayoral campaign. Unlike the public, they will not be measuring candidates against campaign promises. Instead, councillors are looking for a conciliator to competently manage the organization. Councillors would allow progress where there is wide agreement, such as demanding addi-
tional funding from other governments. Councillors also have two other questions in mind. The first is whether the candidate will allow each councillor to advance their individual interests. Candidates for the mayoral position need to grasp that agreeing to bland centrist positions is essential for appointment. Equally importantly, councillors do not wish to give anyone an advantage for the 2014 mayoral contest. They are almost certain to extract a promise that the candidate will not seek election as mayor. At law, no one cannot prevent a voter from seeking any office. As well, appointees to council vacancies have changed their minds once in office. While competitors were outraged, electors either forgot or did not seem mind. In most cases those who broke their promises were returned.
Without a public mandate, compelled to utter inoffensive goodwill while canvassing councillors, and obligated by a promise not to seek election as mayor, the successful candidate will come into office with a term of just more than 12 months. Once installed, the interim mayor will have limited ability or time to change committees or the municipal structure. Given these handicaps, our new chief magistrate will have great difficulty in enforcing discipline or implementing new legislation, even if so inclined. Since council is unwilling to appoint the current mayor, and so unable to make a decision consistent with a popular mandate, it is probably the right move. n David Soknacki is a former City of Toronto councillor and budget chief. Contact him at www. soknacki.com
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York U. alumnus, Andre Durie, on hand in Weston Hilary Caton hcaton@insidetoronto.com
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s Toronto Argonaut running back Andre Durie stopped in the doorway of the gymnasium of Weston Collegiate Institute, he hoisted the Grey Cup to his shoulders and kissed it as students and faculty cheered. He walked in, sporting a white 100th Grey Cup Champions hat on his head, and the glistening trophy at his side, We Are the Champions by British rock band Queen blaring from the school’s speakers. About 100 students piled into the gym Tuesday to await the arrival of the Grey Cup and Durie, who helped the Argos defeat the Calgary Stampeders on Nov. 25 on home turf with three receptions and a touchdown. For the Argos, returning to Weston C.I. at Jane Street and Lawrence Avenue West wasn’t just about sharing their triumph with students, but about keeping a promise they made to them seven months ago during a visit about anti-bullying. “This was one of first things the players remembered when they won,” said Jason Colero, director of education with the Canadian Football League club. Whispers of a potential visit from the Argos first swirled around the school just before students took their Christmas holidays. According to principal Deborah Blair, as word spread students got more and more excited. “They are over the moon
At left, Toronto Argonaut and former York University Lion Andre Durie arrives at Weston Collegiate Tuesday with the Grey Cup in hand for an assembly with students. Below, Durie, right, hands the Grey Cup over to members of the school’s football team during the visit. Bottom, Weston C.I. football players hoist the Grey Cup. Photos/Dan Pearce
about this visit,” said Blair. Weston C.I. is one of 40 lucky schools in the GTA that will have the Grey Cup pass through its front doors and travel its hallways, something in which Durie takes pride. “I’m a local boy, said Durie, who spent his CIS football days playing for York University. “So, we’re trying to take it to as many local schools as possible.”
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Once Durie took his place in front of the students and thanked them for their support and dedication to the team and their hard work with the Huddle-Up Bullying Prevention Program, it was time for the real fun to begin. Surprised faces could be seen across the bleachers as Durie unexpectedly grabbed the cup by its handles and took it into
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Bridge and Euchre WHEN: Noon to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Parkwoods United Church, 85 Parkwoods Village Dr. CONTACT: Ann Patterson, ann.patterson@sympatico.ca COST: Free For those 50 years and older. Weekly. A Tu B’Shvat Tot Shabbat WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: Education Office, 416487-3281, www.templesinai.net, education@templesinai.net COST: $16/$20 Tu B’Shvat is the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle. Call or email to reserve. NOTE: Registration was required by Jan. 9 at noon.
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Mini Programs WHEN: 9:30 a.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: Education Office, 416487-3281, www.templesinai.net, education@templesinai.net COST: $80 An eight-week program starts today for children 12 months to five years old: Mini Chefs at Work, Super Scientist, Junior Circuit, Surprise Package, Let’s Celebrate, Bubby/Zaidy and Me, Puppetry and Sportball. Morning programs run from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m; lunchtime programs run from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; afternoon programs run from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. North York Diabetes Group WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge St. CONTACT: Anna Le-quang, 416 221-2841, anna. le-quang@diabetes.ca COST: Free This informal group meets monthly
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Icewave GTA/Toronto Beach Volleyball for SickKids WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Beach Blast, 15 Leswyn Rd. (off Orfus Rd.) CONTACT: Rosanne O’Neill, 416-237-0123, www.HeatwaveEvents.com, info@HeatwaveEvents.com COST: $450 per team The 17th Anniversary Indoor Beach Volleyball Event for SickKids with three Saturdays to choose from: Jan. 26, Feb. 2 and Feb. 9. Visit the website for a team entry form and online fundraising. to discuss the treatment, control and cure for diabetes. The group arranges regular talks by a variety of health care professionals in respect of diabetes to encourage better prevention and control of diabetes. If you or a family member has diabetes or is pre-diabetic we encourage you to attend.
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Knitting for Charity WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Centennial Library, 578 Finch Ave. W. CONTACT: Zelda Pasternack, 416-395-5490, www.HoneyColeman.com, EFTHoney@ gmail.com COST: Free Group meets again starting today. New knitters/crocheter’s welcome. We meet every Tuesday night. Needles and yarn provided. Refreshments included. Yarn donations always welcome at the library. Canadian Opera Company Opera Talk 3: ‘La clemenza di Tito’ WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: Elizabeth, 416-395-5639 COST: Free This talk balances history and guided listening with images and production insights into the operas presented in the
COC’s 2012/2013 season. Talk 3: For his final opera, Mozart saved his best for last in this sublimely beautiful score that celebrates the virtues of enlightened political leadership in the face of devastating personal betrayal. Call to register. Summer Camp Fair WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Crescent School (Upper Gym), 2365 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: Miles Villneff, 416-482-0782, miles@onondagacamp. com COST: Free Meet with directors from many of Ontario’s children’s summer camps. Bring the family to the camp info evening. Canadian Hybridizers of African Violets WHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Sayeh Beheshti, www. tavs.ca, info@tavs.ca COST: Free Jewish Diabetes Chapter Meeting WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: The Pride of Israel Synagogue, 59 Lissom Cr. CONTACT: 416-363-0177 COST: $1 Topic: a naturopathic approach to diabetes with Dr. Crystal Chanderbhan. Free parking, wheelchair accessible. Donway Badminton Club WHEN: 6:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Don
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Toronto Cat Rescue Adoptathon WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Pet Valu, 486 Lawrence Ave. W. CONTACT: Alison, 416-538-8592, chanagittel@rogers.com COST: Adoption fee applies Adoption fee is $175 for kittens under six months, $100 for cats over six months, and $250 if adopting two kittens.
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Goulding Park Hockey Association and North York Rangers WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Goulding Community Centre, 45 Goulding Ave. CONTACT: David Mitchell, dgmit@bell. net COST: Free Annual general meeting.
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Weekly Bridge WHEN: Noon to 3 p.m. Mondays WHERE: Willowdale United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. CONTACT: Betty Jacobs, 416-223-0568, bettyjeanne.jacobs@ gmail.com COST: $2, includes refreshments New players welcome. All levels of play accepted. Friendly Games of Bridge WHEN: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays WHERE: Trinity Presbyterian Church York Mills, 2737 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: 416-447-5136 COST: $2 per session
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Six remain in race for leader >>>from page 1 granted,” she said. “I’m running to govern.” On Thursday, Wynne announced former PerthWe l l i n g t o n M P P Jo h n Wilkinson has joined her campaign as co-chair. Wynne boasted that her ability to recruit Wilkinson, who has strong rural roots, displays her grassroots campaign and her ability to connect with Ontarians across the board. Wilkinson, who joins Health Minister Deb Matthews as cochair of the campaign, said Wynne has run an “exceptional grassroots campaign.” “Kathleen is the best candidate to be premier. She is thoughtful, compassionate and brings people together to tackle tough challenges,”
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n the late 1970s, Queen Street West was alive with energy and activism, said filmmaker John Greyson. The gay rights liberation movement was strong and the arts community was open and inclusive. At that time, a young Greyson moved to Toronto from London, Ontario, because he wanted to make art and come out as queer and this was the place to do it. “I always talk about Queen West as being my university for better or for worse,” Greyson said. “Making work and being part of the gay activist community right from the start shaped me and the work I was doing.” Greyson didn’t study film; in fact he didn’t even graduate from high school. But upon arriving in Toronto he joined film co-operatives Trinity Square Video and Charles Street Video and later the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), which Greyson said stands out as a model of what a co-operative should be, not just cheap equipment but also a community. “There was so much permission and generosity back in the 1970s and the stuff I wanted to learn wasn’t being taught at universities,” Greyson said. “I was really excited by queer art and the new generation of gay artists making work about sexuality and that just wasn’t in the curriculum at OCAD or U of T or York, it was on the street.” It was through these co-ops, being on set, helping other people
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create their films and through his own mistakes that Greyson said he received his education in filmmaking. In 1991 he went to the Canadian Film Centre, which he said was important for him to make the jump into features and into a higher level of funding. He is now a professor at York University and has obtained a master’s degree and is working on his PhD in the drama centre at the University of Toronto. “Once I finish the PhD I’m thinking of going back and getting my Grade 12,” he said with a chuckle. Greyson recalls working at Fuse Magazine in the 1980s, pre-computers, and taking the typesetting to The Body Politic, a gay liberation magazine run by a collective. Greyson said the magazine was
often under attack over freedom of speech issues, but at the same time was the centre of a dynamic activist community. “The arts community really rallied around it, so you had this coming together of a very marginal, progressive, experimental arts scene and a radical gay liberation movement,” Greyson said. “And it all took place in a one-block radius.” It was energizing and had a tremendous influence on his career and award-winning films/ videos like Fig Trees, Lilies and Zero Patience. “Who knew it was going to imprint so strongly,” Greyson said. His latest project, Murder in Passing, which he wrote and directed, is the first transmedia whodunit series for commuters with silent 30-second episodes
appearing daily on Toronto’s subway platform screens and online. Murder in Passing launched Monday and airs daily until March 1. The film-noir murder mystery continues his exploration of larger social issues and social critique. “That combination has stayed true, right up to this project where you have this collision of video art on the subway and issues around transit, bikes and SUVS, but equally important, debates around gender,” Greyson said. “The point of this project isn’t to provoke, it is to engage, so we are trying to reach viewers, not by shocking or alienating them, but engaging them and bring them into this conversation around these issues of transit and gender.” Murder in Passing explores the murder of bike courier Mars Brito
in Passing, B.C. and everyone in the town is a suspect. There are visual clues embedded within every episode as well as sign language across the 40 episodes that together spell out another clue. There are opera fugues with embedded clues paired with each episode, which Greyson said are hugely important for citizen sleuths to pay mind to. Solve the murder before Detective Epicene does and win prizes. “The goal is that people will see it on the platform and be intrigued and go to the website,” he said. “There is a twitter feed and facebook updates.” Murder in Passing was commissioned by Art for Commuters and Pattison Onestop; it’s is a Future Cinema Lab/Greyzone Production supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Canada Council for the Arts. The project will potentially reach one million people a day for 40 days. “As far as we know, it is the biggest the world has seen,” Greyson said, “No one has done a public serial narrative of this scale before.” Visit www.murderinpassing. com to watch episodes.
Need to know ‘Murder in Passing’ is a mystery series taking place over 40 episodes. Commuters on the TTC can catch daily episodes on subway platform screens. Each episode lasts 30 seconds. You can also watch online at www.murderinpassing.com Watch for clues; solve the mystery and you could win a prize.
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Unique Luxurious Custom Built W Outstanding Quality Architectural Rare Design On Great Location! Elegant 2Storey Foyer W Marble Flr W Apprx5,700Sqft Incl.L/L Of Unparalled Design & Finishes. Hrdwd Flr Thru-Out. 10’Ceil On Main Flr, 9’On 2nd Flr! Very Large Deck!
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