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Volume 43 No. 12
September 9, 2014
War memorial vandalized again By Andrew Hudson
PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
Kicking up a Celtic racket Irish punks and hard-core Beachers Finny and Katie “Kaboom” McConnell wail as The Mahones play the Alex Christie bandshell at the 11th Beach Celtic Festival on Sept. 6 in Kew Gardens. “Thanks for letting us move into the neighbourhood,” Finny joked.
VANDALS HAVE once again damaged a cenotaph outside Malvern Collegiate. Designed by sculptor Emanuel Hahn, the 1922 cenotaph honours 25 Malvern students who died in the First World War. It features a statute of a young man raising a broken chain in one hand, and holding a sword in the other. Security camera footage shows vandals removing the “blade” of that sword at about 4 a.m. on Saturday, August 23. Staff and students only noticed the damage when the school reopened this week. “It hasn’t just hurt the school – it hurts the community as a whole,” said Malvern principal Diane Sharpe. Led by Malvern alumni, but including others from across the Beach, a local campaign raised half the funds for a $44,000 restoration of the cenotaph in 2011. Less than two days after that restoration was done, vandals wrapped the statue in blue duct tape, breaking off some of its lettering as they climbed it. The damage cost a further $2,000 to repair. “The good part is, the last time there was vandalism, money was also raised to put more cameras on the cenotaph,” Sharpe said. Footage from three cameras has been sent to local police at 55 Division, who are now investigating the crime. While the cenotaph has been a frequent target for pranks in the past – painting, egging, being dressed in rival schools’ colours – Sharpe said it hadn’t been touched since the 2011 restoration. Given the school’s long military tradition and this year’s 100th anniversary of the First World War, Sharpe said the vandalism is especially upsetting not only to her, but also to Malvern students. “I was out with the conservator and a couple of students came by and said that this made them sad, and how terrible it was that this had happened,” she said. The TDSB’s conservator, who has been involved in restoring the cenotaph before, is now assessing the cost of repairs. Anyone with information about the vandalism is asked to call police at 416808-5500, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS, online at 222tips.com or Facebook, or by texting TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).
PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
Malvern Collegiate Institute’s First World War cenotaph was vandalized late last month, the statue’s sword taken from the figure’s right hand. Three years ago, a local campaign raised funds to restore the oft-vandalized memorial.
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Bocce tournament brings Pegasus teams together Jon Morrice, community relations officer at 55 Division, gives his best shot against Team Phoenix, the winners of the annual summer bocce tournament run by the Pegasus Community Project for Adults with Special Needs. Teams from the Pegasus Beach, Pape, S.H. Armstrong, and Kingston United/ Community Centre 55 programs all played on the lawns at Kew Beach Lawn Bowling Club before a picnic lunch by the Gardener’s Cottage on Aug. 26. Margaret Simmons, a long-time volunteer, said Pegasus has also run dragon boat races, drumming activities, and Christmas events to bring participants in all four programs together. “You can tell it means a lot to everyone,” she said. PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
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IT WAS a sweet deal for neighbours, but raccoons in the Beach Triangle are squealing sour grapes. A pair of enterprising 14 year-olds, Anna Khouzam and Nick Gryguc, picked a bumper crop of Concord grapes from the yard at Nick’s grandfather’s house in August — enough for 96 jars of home-made grape jelly that they sold to neighbours for $5 a jar. “You can really taste the grape,” said Anna, adding that the tasty jelly was well worth a day of picking and the bad three-hour movie they watched while
stemming and juicing the grapes at home. That night, the Gryguc kitchen was filled with the sound of grape mash dripping through cheesecloth into dozens of containers. For local raccoons, it was the sound of defeat. In the 15 years since she planted the Concord vines at what is now her father’s house on Elmer Avenue, Nick’s mother Michelle Wolfson says the grapes have always been picked clean by raccoons. It wasn’t until they removed an old mulberry tree that was shading the yard last year that they
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finally beat the bandits — the tree was the only thing the raccoons could climb to reach the fruit. Besides being a sweet way to make money, Wolfson said she was proud to see Nick and Anna keeping up the same fruit-growing tradition that her late mother grew up with outside Newmarket, Ontario. Even here in the Beach, she said her mother enjoyed growing red currants, white gooseberries and blackberries so humongous “you can only eat one at a time.” “This was their idea,” she said of the young entrepreneurs. “All I did was the dishes.”
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All eyes on the sky searching for birds of prey at raptor watch Birders spy sharp-shinned hawks, American kestrels, ospreys, even bald eagles at the Rosetta McClain Gardens Raptor Watch on Sept. 6. From now until November, full bird counts and photos are available at raptorwatch.blogspot.ca. For an intro to hawk watching, visit the Ontario Field Ornithologists’ site at www.ofo.ca and search for the Fall Hawkwatching Guide.
Swimmer braves alligators and ocean swells for sport By Andrew Hudson
NEVER MIND the bruises, the salt stings and the Florida alligators, Beacher Kaitlin Gervais says she’s found her calling in open-water swimming. After winning gold at Canada’s 5 km juniors last year and a bronze at her first international meet in the Cayman Islands, the 18 year-old Birchmount grad is moving to Victoria, BC this fall to train with the coach of Canada’s Olympic open-water team. “You never really know what to expect with open water, and I like that,” said Gervais shortly before receiving a youth award from local MP Matthew Kellway. Unlike pool events, where timing is everything, open-water swimmers may face frigid water, waves, or their opponents’ flying elbows. Gervais said 2:05 is a good time for a 10k, but the real challenge is just to be the best on that day. Gervais’ first-ever 10k was a case in point. Swimming this April at Miromar Lake near Fort Myers, Florida, she said the water was
so murky she couldn’t see more than an arms’ length ahead. Organizers also told her something surprising. “They were like, ‘There are alligators. We pulled out as many as we could find,’” Gervais said, laughing. “The day before the race we were all warming up on the course and this guy, who ended up winning the men’s race, put an alligator head on a stick and hid behind one of the buoys,” she said. “They almost pulled him out of the race.” Gervais said moving up to 10k races was like starting a whole new sport. Swimming such a long distance takes extra prep beforehand – Vaseline to prevent shoulder rub, wax to stop her braces from giving her a bleeding lip in salt water. Gervais said open-water swimmers also have to “feed” in mid-race. Her go-to is a mix of Gatorade, caffeine and Advil. “It tastes really gross,” she said, grinning. “Everyone has their own special thing.” Gervais started competitive swimming 11 years ago after doing well at a fun end-of-
year race held by the swim instructors at Fairmount Community Centre. “My parents said, ‘Hey, maybe swimming’s her thing because she can’t do hockey or baseball or any other hand-eye coordination sport,’” she joked. Gervais moved to the Scarborough and then the Toronto Swim Club, and got special training from teachers Robb Pacas, Catherine MacInnes and Glenn Duncan after enrolling in Birchmount’s elite athletics program. But it seems Gervais’ up-for-anything attitude has helped her at least as much as training 10 times a week. She had swum 800 m and 1500 m pool events before, but the first time Gervais did an open-water swim was at a national competition in Calgary two years ago. “I had a really tough year, and was sick a lot,” she said. “I was like, ‘Why not? It’s the last race of the season.’” Gervais didn’t win that first 5k, but she did have the best time for her age. That prompted her switch to open water. But just before a national competition in
Montreal, Gervais hit more tough luck – she got shingles. “It’s horrible,” she said. “It gets in your nervous system and you’re in pain.” “I see those commercials for getting the shingles vaccine, and every time it comes on, I’m like, ‘Get the vaccine.’” Gervais’ doctor told her not to swim for a week – a big setback for someone used to training morning and night. She had no chance to swim beforehand and was still in pain on the drive to Montreal, but raced anyway. The next week, she won her junior title at the Ontario competition in Brampton. Asked what advice she would give to swimmers thinking about doing open-water, Gervais said, “Don’t be afraid. “When you get into open-water, it is vicious,” she said. “People will pull on you, people will elbow you in the face. There are refs, but sometimes it’s just that there are no lines on the bottom of a pool. “But there’s no hard feelings because you’re swimming and that’s what happens,” she said. “You gotta do what you gotta do.”
DECA Art Fair brings family fun to outdoor art show By Jon Muldoon The city’s most family-friendly art fair is back on East Danforth this weekend, as the Danforth East Community Association presents the seventh annual Danforth East Art Fair. Painters, potters, photographers, jewellers, and all other manner of artists and craftspeople will be on hand for two days selling their
creations at East Lynn Park. This year there are 65 vendors – double the amount of the first year’s fair – along with a youth booth and three food vendors on site. Melanie Ramsay, in her fourth year as one of half a dozen volunteer organizers, said DEAF has a distinctly local atmosphere, with activities for children planned all weekend, and two thirds of the artists living in the area.
“It started out as an art event, and it’s become a family event,” she said. “We’re not like Queen West [Art Crawl], where people come from as far away as Montreal. We’re trying to support our artists. We have a very creative neighbourhood.” A new addition this year is the youth booth, which offers free space for local young creators to try their hand at selling their cre-
ations. “This is our first year doing it,” said Ramsay. “It gives them an opportunity to show and to sell, but also to learn the practicality of it.” About a third of the vendors are attending for the first time, while the rest have shown their work in previous years. “There’s always a debate between fresh blood and honouring those who’ve been with us in the
past,” she said. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14, at East Lynn Park, on Danforth Avenue just west of Woodbine. DEAF will offer full programming for children during show hours, as well as live music from local musicians. For more information, including attending artists, entertainment, and kids’ activities, see deca-arts.ca.
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Youth of the Month Award—Kaitlyn Gervais
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Kaitlyn receives the August Youth of the Month Award for her outstanding athletic skill and talent. An open water swimmer Kaitlyn has recently moved to the west coast to continue her competitive swimming dream! For more information about this award and recipients please connect with Matthew’s website: www.matthewkellway.ndp.ca
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Stephenson Park serenaded by singer Daniel McLaughlin, left, and Matt Bentley play Caledonia on August 28 at the second of two music nights hosted at Stephenson Park. Sophie Rusnork, a Friends of Stephenson Park organizer who also played harp alongside opera singer Lawrence Wiliford at the first music night, said the evenings are a great way to support the park and meet neighbours. The group will aim to host another music series next summer.
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Police Beat A SECOND man has been arrested in a historical sexual assault investigation On July 31, William Metcalfe was arrested on multiple charges after accusations that he had assaulted a youth at a group home in Parham, Ontario, as well as in the Queen Street East and Victoria Park Avenue area. As a result of the multi-jurisdiction investigation, more victims came forward, and on Aug. 21 another suspect was arrested. Police allege a Toronto man assaulted three young boys between 1977 and 1983, at the Sagamore Farm group home in Parham. Philip Wood, 63, faces four charges of gross indecency and four charges of indecent assault. Police believe there may be more victims. Anyone with information should call 416-808-7474, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS, online at 222tips.com, or text TOR and a message to CRIMES.
Lance Barrieau WANTED WEDNESDAY is back, featuring one criminal who is wanted by 55 Division police. The division runs roughly from the Don River to Victoria Park, and from Danforth Avenue to the lake. Police are looking for a man who has allegedly stolen goods on three occasions from the Target store at Shopper’s World, at Danforth and Victoria Park. Lance Barrieau, 44, is wanted on three charges of theft under $5,000. Anyone who knows his whereabouts should contact 55 Division at 416-808-5500, or use the Crime Stoppers info above.
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In My Opinion
Getting ready for the October 27 municipal election AH, AUTUMN. The cooling temperatures, the shortening daylight hours, the transformation of flora and fauna as they prepare for the coming winter, and the smell of blood in the air. Oh right, it must be an election year. At Beach Metro News we have always prided ourselves on our fairness. In fact, being nonpartisan is written into our constitution and our mandate – we have no other choice. Don’t get me wrong, we are human beings, and as such, we are subject to having opinions like everyone else. The difference is, aside from office talk, we try to keep our political leanings to ourselves. With that in mind, I’d like to let readers know what our plan is for coverage of the upcoming municipal election.
First off, it should be mentioned that we have quite a bit of ground to cover. Beach Metro News is distributed through most of Ward 32, but also through the southern section of Ward 31 and a pretty large amount of the western end of Ward 36. As of press time, that included a combined 27 candidates for council (six in Ward 36, nine in Ward 31 and a dozen in Ward 32). Add to that two separate school and four public school trustee candidates, and we’ve got more than 30 would-be politicians vying for our – and your – attention. (And that’s not counting the 13 public and separate school candidates east of Victoria Park). Our goal is to ensure fair coverage for all of our local candidates. While we realize that many of them are not likely to garner enough votes to be serious contenders, that doesn’t make their efforts in run-
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ning for office any less serious, and the fact that these 30-odd people are willing to put themselves under public scrutiny for the dubious honour of serving a usually critical or indifferent public is deserving of at least some respect. What we plan to do is offer a snapshot of all of the candidates in each race. We will be asking all the candidates of a particular riding a set of questions, with the same word limits for responses. We will then present those answers in as unedited a manner as possible. In our next issue, on Sept. 23, we will present answers from Ward 16 public and Ward 11 separate trust-
ee candidates, as well as responses from city council candidates in Ward 31. In our Oct. 7 issue, we will cover the candidates in Ward 32, our main coverage area. And in our Oct. 21 issue, Ward 36 will be covered. We will also, as is customary, be co-hosting with Community Centre 55 an all candidates debate for Ward 32. That is set to take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at St. John the Baptist Norway Anglican Church, on the northwest corner of Kingston and Woodbine. Video of the debate will be on our website in the days following the event, and our story about the debate will be included in our Oct. 21 issue. Hopefully in this way, we can inform our readers of all candidates’ views on important issues in each riding. Which brings me to one of two requests.
First, if there is a burning issue in your riding which you feel absolutely must be addressed, please let us know. We have been speaking with readers and leaders throughout the East End to get a sense of what’s at stake in this election, but if there are issues you’d like to see addressed, please email them to editor@beachmetro.com (or tweet, comment on Facebook, or call the office) and we will take the most common issues and ask the candidates for their positions. The second request I have is simply this: please vote on Oct. 27. It doesn’t matter, at least to me, who you vote for. But I firmly believe that passing on your right to vote also means you give up your right to complain about taxes, politics, dogs, condos, or the TTC for the next four years, and all that really leaves you is the weather.
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tion about the challenges experienced by people in the community during the war. Members of the committee would love to hear about the men and women from the area who served, but they are also seeking stories about how people on the home front coped with shortages and the loss of so many young men from the work force. Perhaps you know a story about how local residents contributed to the war effort, maybe by knitting stockings or sending food to the front? The information will be included in a booklet to be distributed on Remembrance Day, Nov. 11, as part of a special parade and presentation at the Kew Gardens cenotaph. Send anything you think might be of interest, including photos, to castimmell@gmail.com by Oct. 15.
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News Briefs VARIETY VILLAGE will host a mayoral debate on Thursday, Sept. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. Mayoral candidates Olivia Chow, Rob Ford, David Soknacki and John Tory will discuss how they plan to improve transportation and support for people with disabilities in Toronto. For more info, call 416-699-7167 ext. 255. RESIDENTS ARE invited to remember the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks this Thursday, Sept. 11 at 1 p.m. in the Millennium Peace Garden in Woodbine Park, just south of Coxwell and Eastern Avenues. The service is sponsored by Trull Funeral Home and organized by Community Centre 55. For more information, call 416-691-1113 ext. 224. WINE AND beer lovers will find plenty to taste at the Toronto Beach Ro-
tary’s Corks ‘n Kegs wine and beer tasting fundraiser at Beach United Church from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, September 12. Proceeds will return to the greater Beach community, with $5,000 earmarked for Community Centre 55’s self-defense course for girls.
RUNNERS, WALKERS, cyclists and wheelchair users are all welcome to join the 34th Terry Fox Run of Hope at the Toronto Beaches on Sept. 14. Registration starts 8:15 a.m. by the Woodbine Beach bathing shelter, and the route opens at 9:15 a.m. Visit the Toronto Beaches Terry Fox Run Facebook page for more info on how to raise pledges. KEW GARDENS Tennis Club, together with Community Centre 55, will
host a charity weekend Sept. 13-14 featuring team and tennis pro exhibitions and clinics, target games, a silent action, 50/50 draw and the Kew singles semi-finals. Proceeds go toward CC55’s Share a Christmas campaign. Visit kewgardenstennis.ca for more information, or phone 416699-1635.
BEACHERS ARE invited to honour super volunteer Carole Stimmell, the 2014 Beaches Citizen of the Year, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20 in the Millenium Peace Garden at Woodbine Park.
GENE DOMAGALA will re-visit the Beach Hill neighbourhood in an upcoming historical walk, starting at Grant AME Church on Gerrard Street East and ending at the Gerrard Ashdale Library. The Sept. 27 walk starts at 1 p.m. at the corner of Gerrard Street East and Golfview Avenue.
ANYONE WEARING red to the Applicious fall festival on Sunday, Sept. 20 will get a free activity ticket to the Applegrove Community Complex fundraiser.
AS PART of the 100th year commemoration of the start of the First World War in 1914, members of a committee planning a ceremony for the Beach is looking for informa-
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Entertainment Beat By Jon Muldoon
THE BONY Fiddle Theatre Group, a new company set up by east Danforth resident Blair Mueller, is presenting a double bill of two plays this weekend at the Tranzac Club in the West End. A Man of Two Minds is described as “a comedy about the troubles and awkwardness of discovering yourself, dating, and living with a semi-psychotic mother.” The play puts a twist on the comedy trope of a character who, through a series of mixups, ends up on a date with two people at once. In this case, the twist is that Casey, who has been dating the sweet Veronica, has also arranged to go on a first date with Jared. Casey, who has been living in his mother’s basement, must deal with confusion upon confusion, as he tries to discover whether he likes guys or girls, with his two dates in the same restaurant at the same time conundrum, and with his overbearing mother, upset at the idea her son might not be the boy she thought he was. In Lost Refuge, a father and daughter try to reconcile a stormy past in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Richard and Rebecca must face the recent demise of Vivian, Rebecca’s mother and Richard’s wife, while they face up to the past and the undead pressures of the present. “They have taken refuge in an old barn to escape the undead, but the old barn walls can only protect them for so long.” Bony Fiddle is a small group of creative people with a passion for drama and theatre. The members’ combined skills have resulted in self-produced plays put on by a new independent theatre company. A Man of Two Minds and Lost Refuge are each about 45 minutes; neither are recom-
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mended for young audiences, as they contain violence, harsh language, partial nudity and adult subject matter. The double bill runs Thursday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 for Thursday night, which includes a preshow party with live music, catered desserts and prizes, and $30 for Friday and Saturday evening performances. Saturday’s matinee is $25. Performances take place at the Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. For more information on the plays and the production company, or to purchase tickets, visit bonyfiddlelive.com. Cont’d. on Page 27
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Beach Arts Scene
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By Jon Muldoon
PAINTERS JENNIFER Smithwell and Shelley Cinnamon present their eighth annual Summer in September art show and sale at the Gardener’s Cottage in Kew Gardens. Both Beach artists take much of their inspiration from the neighbourhood. Smithwell
is a plein air painter, creating her landscapes on site. Cinnamon prefers to work in her studio, painting summer scenes throughout the year. Summer in September runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14. For more on each of the artists, see smithwell.ca and shelleycinnamon.com.
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EAST END Arts, Toronto’s sixth Local Arts Service Organization, celebrated its first anniversary last month, and will mark its first year by co-presenting the second annual East End Poetry Festival (see Entertainment Beat, Page 7). The organization serves Wards 29, 30, 31 and 32 (roughly from the Don River to Victoria Park, and south to the lake). Managing Director Cindy Rozeboom said the efforts of everyone involved have exceeded most expectations. “It’s been great. A lot of work, a little bit tiring, but great,” she said. “We have obliterated most of our outreach goals.” In its first year, East End Arts hosted a number of artist networking events, led the Family Art Attack painting challenge, took part in local 100 In 1 Day events and the Luminato festival, and presented the Art of the Danforth festival, featuring 33 art projects over a week and a half in the East Danforth neighbourhood. “I was really happy with the way the community responded,” said Rozeboom, particu-
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larly with the networking events. The goal of East End Arts is community building and helping artists, community groups, businesses, and politicians make connections. “It seemed to me that the best way to do that was to actually do stuff,” she said. The success of those events is remarkable, given the young age of East End Arts and the range of individuals and groups serviced. “Even though East End Arts has a smaller geographic footprint than some of the other places, it’s still wildly diverse, so absolutely, that’s a challenge,” she said. One of the keys, according to Rozeboom, is to choose some specific areas to focus East End Arts’ efforts “You could take your mandate and try to be all things to all people, and end up being nothing,” she said. In the second year, Rozeboom said she’s hoping to expand programming. Another networking workshop series is in the works, as well as a project to work on a zone of the PanAm Path project. She’s hoping to turn East End Arts into an independent non-profit, preferably with its own permanent space. And as outreach continues, youth and underserved populations are on the radar. Despite sometimes long hours and hard work, Rozeboom is looking forward to year two. “It’s good to have someone looking after this little area.” For more on East End Arts, including an ongoing calendar of artistic events, classes, calls for submission and other arts-related events, see eastendarts.ca.
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THE BEACH Guild of Fine Art is celebrating 20 years this fall with a new location for its annual fall show. Jennifer Cline, one of seven founding members of the Guild, will miss the waterfront location of the Beaches Lions’ clubhouse, where the group of 55 artists has held previous shows. However, the beautifully renovated Beach United Church should prove an ideal replacement, with the combination of the enhanced building and its location on Wineva Avenue just north of Queen Street East. Cline said she’s looking forward to discovering the advantages of the new venue, including its location in the heart of a creative – and creativity-loving – neighbourhood. “The Beach is a great community for art and artists,” she said. Cline originally trained at the Ontario College of Art, on a full scholarship offered by the Eagle Pencil Company. She spent most of her career working as a commercial artist, for companies including the Cockfield Brown Agency, Eaton’s and The Bay. In the 1980s she rekindled her love of watercolour painting and has been producing fine art ever since. “I love the whole design aspect of art,” she said. “Sometimes the design aspect creeps into my paintings.” Cline, who paints mainly in watercolour and sometimes acrylic, grew up in Scarborough, but moved to the Beach in 1976. She paints local scenes, sketching or painting on site, as well as occasional work based on historic photographs. “I do the past, and the present, and
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Painter and one of the founding members of the Beach Guild of Fine Art Jennifer Cline shows one of the paintings that will be available at the Guild’s Art in the Beach show. the jazz festival, I never run out of things to paint,” she said. “I love being outdoors and painting.” Her work has been commissioned by organizations such as Community Centre 55 and the Balmy Beach Club, is featured on the Beach BIA’s light post banners, can be seen on posters and greeting cards available in a number of Queen Street shops, and has been featured in a number of gallery and outdoor art shows. She takes part in Guild shows, and was part of the Beach Studio Tour for 15 years as well. While that might seem like a lot of art to produce, Cline said she never ceases to be inspired by her surroundings. She’s painted around Toronto, as well as in Greece, England, Colombia and
France. Despite her travels, she keeps coming back to her favourite subject, the Beach. “That expanse of sea and sky at the end of the street, where else do you get that in Toronto?” Art in the Beach (formerly called Art Down By the Bay) takes place at Beach United Church on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20 and 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19. The free show features work from more than 40 of the Guild’s 55 members. A boutique section will feature cards, prints and originals under $150. Visit jennifercline.com for more on Cline and her work. For more on the Guild see beachguildoffineart.com.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Community Calendar SEPT. 10: 35th-37th Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers Registration at St. John Norway Church, 470 Woodbine Ave., 7-8:30 p.m. (12) SEPT. 11: Community Centre 55’s 9/11 Remembrance Service at Woodbine Park Millennium Garden, 1695 Queen St. E. (southeast corner Coxwell & Eastern Aves.), 1 p.m. Sponsored by Trull Funeral Home. Info: 416-691-1113 ext 224 (12) SEPT. 12: Toronto Beach Rotary Corks ‘n Kegs Fundraiser at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., 7-11 p.m. Wine and beer tasting, food pairings, silent auction, after party, cash bar, entertainment. Funds raised will be directed back into the Greater Beach community, with $5,000 going to Community Centre 55 Self Defence Course for Girls. Tickets available online at corksnkegs.ca. SEPT. 13, 14: Summer in September Art Show & Sale at the Gardener’s Cottage in Kew Gardens (30 Lee Ave.), 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This 8th annual show by artists Jennifer Smithwell and Shelley Cinnamon features affordable quality pieces. Jennifer is a Plein Air painter of landscapes and Shelley paints summer beach scenes. Info: smithwell.ca, shelleycinnamon.com (12) SEPT. 14: Bells on Danforth, 12:30 p.m. Meet at East Lynn Park (East Lynn Ave. & Danforth) and ride en masse to the Bikestock event at City Hall. Info: bellsondanforth. SEPT. 15: ABCs of Children’s Mental Health at Calvary Baptist Church, 72 Main St., 7 p.m., with speaker Bethann Levinson of Hincks-Dellcrest Centre. This presentation will address concerns parents have about their children’s behaviour, and gives practical suggestions for steps to take. Free. Childcare provided. Preregistration requested to calvaryonmain@ bellnet.ca. Donations to Beach food bank appreciated. Info: www.calvarybaptist-church.ca, 416-691-4721 (12) SEPT. 16: Beach Garden Society General Meeting & Show at Adam Beck Community Centre, 79 Lawlor Ave., 7:15-9 p.m. Presentation by Richter’s Herbs “All about herbs and how to use them”. New members and guests welcome. Light refreshments served. Info: beachgs.ca@ gmail.com, www.beachgs.ca (12) SEPT. 16: Open House for New Curlers at Scarboro Golf and Country Club, 321 Scarborough Golf Club Rd., 7 p.m. Openings for all ages, sections, time slots and experience levels. Expert free instruction by in-house “Pro”. Curling membership includes access to Clubhouse facilities and dining. For rates, email roy.weigand@scarborogcc. com. Info: 416-266-4546 ext 224. (12) SEPT. 16: Seniors Matinee at the Beach, screening ‘Boyhood’ at the Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen St. E., 2 p.m. Sponsored by Giffen-Mack Danforth Chapel Dignity Memorial and Wynford Delmanor Retirement Residence. SEPT. 17: Open House at Kew Beach Naturopathic Clinic, 2010 Queen St. E., 5-8 p.m. Meet new practitioners Gail Kendall (Life Coach), Emmanuel Boissonnier (Osteopathic Manual Practitioner), and Teresa Garside (Yoga Therapist). Refreshments and a gift for everyone. Info: 416-690-6168 (12) SEPT. 18: Free Movie Night “Shrek Forever After – The Final Chapter”, presented by Community Centre 55, at Norwood Park (Gerrard St. E. & Norwood Rd.). Event starts at 7:30 p.m., movie starts after dusk. Info: 416-691-1113 SEPT. 18: Beach Photo Club meeting at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., 7:30 p.m. “The Beauty of Monochrome” with Brett Culp. Meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Everyone from the novice to the experienced is welcome. The only req-
uisite is an interest in learning about the photographic arts. (r/fr) SEPT. 20: Applegrove Fall Festival at Jonathan Ashbridge Park, 20 Woodward Ave., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Something for everyone: Apple on a Spoon races, Apple-Tac-Toe, bouncy castles, entertainment, refreshments, local info, Arts and Crafts Marketplace, pet microchipping and more. Wear red for a free activity ticket. Info: www.Applicious.ca (12) SEPT. 20: Vintage Typewriter Exhibition at Great Escape Book Store, 957 Kingston Rd., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Come see models from the 1920s to the 1970s and even test your typewriting skills. Bring in your own for an onsite diagnostic. Info: 416-691-7150, www.greatescapebookstore.com (12) SEPT. 20: Beaches Citizen of the Year Ceremony at Millenium Peace Garden, Woodbine Park, 1 p.m. This year’s inductee is Carole Stimmell. SEPT. 20, 21: Beach Guild of Fine Art 20th annual Fall Show and Sale ‘Art in The Beach’ at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Paintings from over 40 Guild artists. Free admission, lucky draw, gift boutique. Opening reception Sept. 19, 6-9 p.m. Info: www. BeachGuildOfFineArt.com (12) SEPT. 22: Osteoporosis Support & Information Group at Scarborough Village Recreation Centre, 3600 Kingston Rd. (at Markham Rd.), 10 a.m.-noon. Speaker: Dr. Reinhold Vieth. Admission and parking free. Info: 416-396-4051 (12) SEPT. 22-26: Royal Canadian Legion Week at RCL Br. 11, 9 Dawes Rd., Mon.-Thurs. 1-8 p.m., Fri. 1-3 p.m. Remembering the 100th Anniversary of WW1 “the War to end all Wars” and Birth of a Nation. Canadian military history displays, memorabilia of our veterans past and present, veterans on hand to talk to – uniforms to try on and much more! Teachers invited to bring students. Contact Helen Pearce 416-690-6388 or email youth-ed@ rcl11.com. Info: www.rcl11.com (13) SEPT. 23: The Leslieville Flea at Ashbridge Estate, 1444 Queen St. E. (across from the streetcar yards), 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 50+ vendors, plus food and beverages to fuel your treasure hunt. (12) SEPT. 24: Author, Joseph Boyden, is the Guest Speaker at West Hill United Church, 62 Orchard Pk. Drive (at Kingston Rd.), 7:30 p.m. Boyden is the author of “The Orenda”, winner of Canada Reads 2014. This ‘meet and greet’ and book signing is a benefit for Camp Onakawana, a camp for youth in the far north. Light refreshments. Tickets $20 in advance from the church. Cheques payable to: West Hill United Church. Info: 416-282-8566 (12) SEPT. 25: Free Seniors’ Movie – “Magic in the Moonlight” with Colin Firth and Emma Stone, at The Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen St. E. Doors open 10 a.m., movie starts at 10:30 a.m. Presented by Rotary Club of Toronto Beach. (13) SEPT. 27: Historical Walk with Gene Domagala, 1 p.m. Meet at the corner of Golfview Ave. and Gerrard St. E. (in front of Grant AME Church), and meander through the Beach Hill neighbourhood, taking in the local history along the way. The walk ends at Gerrard Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerrard St. E. (13) SEPT. 28: Toronto Beach Chorale Culture Days Celebration at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. (2 blocks west of Victoria Pk. Ave.), 2-4 p.m. Enjoy a behindthe-scenes glimpse into how choral music is rehearsed. Practise vocal techniques as a member of the audience as conductor, Mervin William Fick, leads a free, lively, open working rehearsal. Info: www.torontobeachchorale.com, www.culturedays.ca, torontobeachchorale@gmail.com (13)
SEPT. 29-DEC. 8: Ten Ecumenical Bible Study Sessions at St. John the Baptist Norway Anglican Church, Prideaux Room, 470 Woodbine Ave., 9:30-11:30 a.m. “A Quick Run Through the Prophets plus prophets today” with new leader, Reverend Allan Baker. Fee $30 covers all sessions. Late registrants welcome. Ample parking. Info and registration: 416-461-6456 (13) SEPT. 30: Liberal Candidates Debate & Mixer at Royal Canadian Legion, 9 Dawes Rd., doors open at 7 p.m., debate 7:30-9 p.m., cocktails, canapes and conversation with the candidates 9-11 p.m. Hosted by BEY Liberals. Free admission. Refreshments. Info: beaches-eastyork.liberal.ca (13) OCT. 4: Fall Fest at Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, 33 East Rd. (Warden Ave. & Kingston Rd.), 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fresh Ontario produce for your Thanksgiving dinner, baked goods, knife sharpening, books, treasures, and gently-used clothing boutique. Antique appraising $5 per item (9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. No appointment necessary). Vendor tables available $30. Hot dogs and hamburgers, too. Wheelchair accessible. Info: 416-6944081, www.birchcliffbluffsuc.org (13) OCT. 4: Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association’s Fall Fete at the Naval Club, 1910 Gerrard St. E. (just west of Woodbine Ave.), 5-7 p.m. Potluck Social / ‘Local Food’ Contest, and unveiling of and documentary on the new Woodbine Rail Underpass Mural. Info and contest rules: www.beachhill. org, facebook ‘BHNA I’m a Local’ (13) OCT. 4: Epic Event 2014 at the Balmy Beach Club, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. This 3rd annual charitable event is raising money for SickKids Foundation Brain Tumour Research Fund. Exclusive auction, live entertainment, raffles, draws, prizes and more. Info: www.thebeachgroup.ca (13) OCT. 25: Williamson Road Public School 100th Anniversary Open House at the school, 24 Williamson Rd., 1-4 p.m. Reconnect with your classmates, share photos and memories. Learn about the Williamson Road Centennial Legacy Project. Info and registration: www.williamson100.ca (15) Ongoing events
SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH: Amnesty International, in the Beach, meets at St. John’s Norway Church (Woodbine Ave. at Kingston Rd.), 7 p.m., to support Amnesty’s Human Rights work, through letter-writing actions and through organized public events to generate awareness of Human Rights actions worldwide. New members are most welcome. Info: beachamnesty@gmail.com (e/o) WEDNESDAYS: CHRISTIAN MEDITATION at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, Queen St. E. & Silver Birch, 7:30-8:15 p.m. Meditation beginners and experienced practitioners welcome. We use simple chant, breathing and silence. (fr) CALVARY “GRACE PASCOE” CARE CENTRE in conjunction with Daily Bread Food is open Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for distribution of food and clothing to clients residing between Woodbine and Victoria Park, and Danforth to the lake. Donations of food and clean clothing accepted on those days. Enter from parking lot at rear of Calvary Baptist Church, Main and Benlamond. Info: Kathie or Susan 416-691-2899 (e/o) GERRARD ASHDALE LIBRARY, 1432 Gerrard St. E. •Sept. 23: Book Club, 7-8 p.m. September selection “A Room Swept White” by Sophie Hannah •Leading to Reading, Mondays, 4-5 p.m., starting Sept. 22. Children in grades 1-6 requiring help with reading and writing homework receive individualized help. Registration required. •Toddler Time, Wednesdays, 10:30-11 a.m. Stories, songs and finger plays for
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toddlers 19 mos.-3 yrs. and caregivers. Drop-in. Info: 416-393-7717, ashdaleevents@ gmail.ca, www.torontopubliclibrary.ca. Library is wheelchair accessible. (12) AL-ANON BEACH R&R GROUP. Are you troubled by someone’s drinking? AlAnon Beach R&R Group meets Tuesdays at St. Aidan’s Church, basement, 70 Silver Birch Ave. (corner of Queen St. E.), 7:30 p.m. (newcomers’ meeting 7 p.m.). Use side door in middle of the building. No fees or dues. (fr) FELDENKRAIS® AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT® combines mindfulness with unique, gentle movement patterns to restore your energy, re-organize your body & revive your creativity & enthusiasm for life. Feel more grounded & alive! (Wed. 6:15 p.m., Sat. 12:30 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.). Your first class is FREE! Info: www.YourBodyTellsTheTruth.ca or call for free introductions. Registration: Marlene Kennedy 416-406-0054 (e/o) TORONTO BEACH CHORALE “Choral Scholars Program” begins in September. Auditions will be held for all voice parts. Scholars will enjoy a free year of choir membership! If you are between 19 and 24 years of age, with a passion for great classical choral music, sing with us! Enhance your vocal skills; expand your musical knowledge. Weekly rehearsals Wednesdays 7-9:30 p.m., starting Sept. 3 at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. Info and to book your audition: www. torontobeachchorale.com (12) JUST BETWEEN GIRLS CLUB. Friends, fun, fitness, community. A cool place for ‘tween’ girls to exercise, learn new skills, and be themselves. Activities focus on friendship, empowerment, self esteem and fun. Starts Friday, Sept. 26, 3:45-5 p.m., at Kingston Road United Church. Info: www.justbe-tweengirls. com, info@justbe-tweengirls.com (12) END OF SEASON SALE ends Sept. 13 at Pegasus Thrift Store, 931 Kingston Rd. 50% off all summer clothing, shoes, purses, scarves, etc. New items daily. Something for the whole family. Visit us on facebook. Pegasus is a not for profit store and all proceeds support programs for adults with disabilities. (12) NEW BEACH BRIDGE GROUP looking for intermediate level plus members to play bridge on weeknights and/or weekends in Beach area. Info: Susan 416-691-5327 AUTUMN WRITING EXPERIENCE in The Beach. Award-winning author and longtime Beach resident, Rick Book, is leading two writing workshops for seven weeks during September and October. •Creative Writing workshop for adults, Wednesday evenings, Sept. 10 to Oct. 22. •Writing for Children workshop for adults, Thursday evenings, Sept. 11 to Oct. 23. Fee: $199. Info and registration: WritingintheBeach@gmail.com Enrolment in each workshop is limited to 10 adults with stories to tell. (12) ST. AIDAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Queen St. E. at Silver Birch Ave. Sunday Services are 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. (Sunday School & Nursery at 10:30). Mid-week service - Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. Meditation - Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., in the church. All welcome. Info: 416-691-2222, staidansinthebeach.com (12) FALLINGBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 35 Wood Glen Road (corner of Kingston Road and Wood Glen). Join us Sundays 10:30 a.m. for a spiritually relevant service accompanied by an inspiring and joyous music program. Families always welcome and we offer a Sunday school program. Info: www. fallingbrookpresbyterian.com (r)
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
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NEI GHBOURHOOD Everyone has a Story to Tell
Finding his passion in Scottish dance By Andrew Hudson
JOHN CLARK once swore he’d never wear a kilt, not even when his dad brought home a bolt of the family tartan from Scotland. And when his wife Susan signed them up for Scottish country dancing class at Fallingbrook Presbyterian, John grumbled. “I used to dance all the time. I had a great time doing it,” says the former army reserve officer, smiling. In bars or in ballrooms, dancing was something “young and foolish people do.” “But I had no interest doing something called ‘Scottish Country Dancing,’” he said. Much has changed since John got swept into that beginner’s class at Fallingbrook back in 1999. Today, he dances quick-footed Scottish reels and jigs, stately Strathspeys, and open-floor ceilidhs every chance he gets. “I can go dancing – and people do – five nights a week,” said Clark. Even outside the halls, dancing keeps Clark on his toes. As chair of the Toronto-area chapter of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, he volunteers to help out 26 dance groups stretching from Streetsville to Port Perry, Birch Cliff to Alliston. As for wearing a kilt, Clark has already told his daughter what he will wear to his daughter’s wedding next year – his father’s kilt, of course, which he had tailored years ago. “Guys in my regiment who knew me way back when just laughed,” he said. So how exactly did Clark find his Scottish country dancing feet? A Beach Metro News reporter who asked that question got a very involved sort of answer – an introductory class on the springy wood
floor at Eastminster United Church. Guided by instructor Maureen Richardson and a few brave partners, this flat-footed reporter saw how Scottish country dance involves all the other pairs of dancers on the floor as well as the person who brought you. “It’s a lot different than ballroom,” Clark said. “With ballroom, you’re a couple dancing alone – you’re always holding.” But in Scottish country dancing, the holds tend to be as light as the footsteps – partners rarely hold hands for long, and they’re liable to wheel off course if they do, Richardson warned. Most dances involve three or four couples who dance in a set, where one couple’s move spurs a move in another and partners may switch and switch back again. The result, said Clark, is that you’re always meeting or dancing with other people. “It’s one of the friendliest communities I’ve ever been with,” he said. “I basically have about 300 new friends since I started dancing.” So far as anyone can tell, Clark said there are about 13,000 Scottish country dances written down, and some date back as far as the 1600s. Many of the steps, such as the pas de basque (step of the Basques) or the poussette (a step to switch places) come from French and other mainland European traditions. “If you look back in history, some of the royalty of Scotland lived in Italy, Spain, and France after they were exiled,” he said. From its headquarters in Edinburgh, the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society has published 48 books of dances. Starting in the 1920s as a way to preserve the tradition, which had its first heyday in the 18th century, the books include new ones, too.
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John Clark, who picked up Scottish country dancing at Fallingbrook Presbyterian, stands unusually still while advanced students whirl behind him on Sept. 4 at Eastminster United Church. “I miss it when we’re not dancing,” said Clark, who just returned to the dance halls after a short summer break. “It’s hard to explain the joy it brings.” One dance in Book 13, the “Victory Book” published after the Second World War, includes a dance called the Reel of the 51st Highlanders. Written by a Scottish lieutenant who was being held as a prisoner of war, its steps draw Saint Andrew’s Cross, which is featured on the Scottish flag. “They tried to send the instructions back to Scotland, and the Germans wouldn’t let them through,” Clark said. “They thought it was some kind of plan to escape, or they were sending information about troop movements or something.” When the Queen finally saw the dance performed, she requested that it go into the next Society book. Clark said Scottish country dancing has spread well outside of
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Scotland – two of the world’s largest RCDS branches are in New Zealand and Japan. “Anywhere the Scots went, there’s dancing,” Clark said. “Even in Moscow.” And here in Toronto, Clark called Scottish country dance the city’s “best kept secret.” For one thing, Toronto dancers often get to enjoy live music by the likes of Scotch Mist or Don Bartlett and The Scottish Heirs, he said. The city also hosts a grand Tartan Ball at the Royal York that is now entering its 52nd year. Dancing at the 50th Tartan Ball was the goal that propelled Clark through a knee surgery two years ago – almost a little too quickly. “One day my physio came up and
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said, ‘What are you listening to? Because you’re working too hard,” he said, laughing. Clark played her the up-tempo jigs and reels he was listening to as he exercised, and explained his goal. She made him promise to send a video of him on the dance floor, and he did – the floor was still full of couples well after midnight. Clark said anyone interested in Scottish country dance should give it a try, even if you don’t bring a partner. “If hubby doesn’t want to come, he eventually will because you’re always going out somewhere with other people,” he said, laughing. “All you need are soft shoes and the willingness to have a good time.”
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BEACH METRO NEWS
Hazel gets a blast from the past at 96th CNE trip Beacher Hazel Ferguson, centre, who won two Manufacturer Girls’ Softball League championships in 1928 and 1930, gets a surprise along with a CNE Players of the Past award on August 20 – a look at the jersey she wore for the Silverwood Dairy team, presented by Paula Warder of the CNE Women’s Fastball Committee. Now 103 years old, Ferguson was making her 96th visit to the CNE, where she played in the annual softball tournament for several years. Warder called Ferguson “one of the original pioneers of women’s softball in Ontario.”
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THE SEX Life of the Amoeba, the debut novel from TV and film writer Barry Healey, despite its title, is not so much about sex as it is about one character trying to figure out who she’s attracted to, and another trying to convince everyone else that adding sex to a serious movie is vital. Amoeba is narrated by Sarah Fielding, associate producer at Felicity Films, run by the Hungarian László, the producer of a number of sleazy but profitable films. Though I can’t recall László ever being given a family name in the book, he is the larger-than-life type of character who would likely be referred to in the real world by only a single name anyway. Sarah is put in charge of finding a quality story to produce, and chooses The Smoke Pickers, a CanLit novel about a migrant tobacco picker finding love in the arms of a married woman in southern Ontario. The story makes for a great novel, but not necessarily an exciting movie. So the story is moved to South America, migrants become rebels, and farmers become American consuls. And that’s all before the actors start improvising. The author puts his years working as a writer in the television and film industry to good use, describing the moviemaking process with ease. His portrait of a multicultural Toronto film crew
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pulling together and ignoring the quirks of the imported talent rings true, as does his portrayal of the business side of the movie business. Healey’s characters, while occasionally lapsing into stereotypes, are highly entertaining and likeable, even László, who continually expresses his desire that the movie is in dire need of showing “connubial relations” in order to illustrate the passion the characters have for each other. His paranoid Hollywood star Martin Gage is so over the top as to be almost too crazy to not be believable, and the story unfolds while simultaneously revealing the depth of the big name talent’s delusions. Director Vlad Pudovkin, a Russian émigré, provides dry wit and one-liners (Sarah: “If you like Hollywood so much,” I asked him, “Why didn’t you settle there?” Vlad: “When you are not lead sled dog,” he said, “view is always same.”), while attempting to create a masterpiece despite his producer’s worst intentions. Stars Carey, a gracefully aging former TV star, and Nathan, a young unknown – but highly talented – theatre actor add to both the narrative and romantic tension, helping propel Amoeba’s action through to the conclusion of the novel. While Healey has been writing for TV and film for decades, The Sex Life of the Amoeba is impressively cohesive for a first novel, keeping the reader engaged and entertained in equal measure. Anyone looking for a fun read and an intelligent but loving skewering of the Canadian film industry would do well to pick up a copy. Friends and Enemies: A Ruth Bowen Regency Mystery By Brenda Dow 225 pages Trafford Publishing Reviewed by Andrew Hudson
A NEWBORN is hurriedly baptized as heavy guns pound a defence at the Spanish fortress of Badajoz in 1812, too late for the child’s father, a Major who lies dying after a battle in the Peninsular War. Years later, in England, retired judge Samson Garrett is called out to Mousehold Heath to protect a Roma man from a vendetta – a man who once saved the life of his darling Ruth Bowen, a Quaker widow who excels at solving mysteries. But the man doesn’t show. Meanwhile,
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RAVI’S REVENGE is not what one might typically expect of a book intended for teens. There are no romantic vampires, no wizards, no post-apocalyptic teens battling for survival in a televised contest. What there is in Hunter’s novel is an unflinching look at the possible consequences of substance abuse and depression in teens who lack support from the authority figures in their lives. The book opens with 17 year-old Ravinder Singh waking up hung over and late for school again. His late arrival quickly establishes his place in the school’s social pecking order, as he faces taunts and mockery from classmates. Several caring but ultimately misguided teachers do their best to intervene and help Ravi deal with his problems, but the peace he finds at a treatment centre quickly dissipates as events spiral around him upon his return to school. Hunter, who is a teacher herself,
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WHEN LOCAL film critic Adam Nayman stood up to give a brave retake on Showgirls at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this spring, the programmer responsible for actually showing it innocently asked how many people in the sold-out crowd had actually seen it before? His eyebrows shot up with the hands — most knew the 1995 Vegas sleaze epic by reputation alone. Showgirls won a record seven Razzies the year it opened, including the awards for Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Actress for its deeply unfortunate star, Elizabeth Berkley. At the time, Washington Post critic Rita Kempley called Showgirls “an overcoat movie for men who don’t want to be seen going into a porno theatre” and yoked director Paul Verhoeven and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas with the same Las Vegas pimps, rapists, and thieves they were ostensibly out to satirize. So nearly 20 years later, it’s a good question — why are people buying tickets for what is widely known as one of Hollywood’s worst movies? In It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls, Nayman offers a sincere and well considered
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David Van Dyke’s As our readership can attest, the subject matter in Deja Views usually deals with local history in an inanimate perspective. For this back to school issue, I asked Jon, Beach Metro’s editor, if it would be possible to submit something a little more personal.
Deja Views With his positive response, I would like to share with you something that’s a bit of a departure for this column – the coming of age of my son Michael. These were taken on his first day at school at Malvern Collegiate each year for grades 9 through 12. I have been truly blessed.
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Bernie Fletcher’s Reel Beach: Movies Made in East Toronto
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he days of 10 cent, double feature Saturday matinees are long gone, but nostalgic Beachers hold fond memories of the film palaces of our youth. Before television came along in the 1950s, the Beach had as many as seven neighbourhood cinemas at one time. Who remembers the Beach, Family/Lake, Manor, Kingswood, Scarboro or Ideal? Only the sly Fox is still running movies. History and movie buffs will enjoy a new book by Doug Taylor titled Toronto Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen. Taylor tells the stories of local movie houses from the early days of storefront nickelodeons to the TIFF Bell Lightbox of today. Each chapter in the book traces one era, highlighting the decades when film theatres were the centres of entertainment in a community. The earliest motion picture shows in the Beach were likely held at amusement parks: Munro Park (around 1900) and Scarboro Beach (from 1907). By 1910, buildings were being converted to show flickering images. Look at the Beach Hardware store on Queen near Wineva and imagine attending photoplays there at Kew Beach Pavilion (1910) or Beaches Pictorium (1911). The late, great sportsman Ted Reeve remembered nickel shows at the Coliseum before it closed in 1920. A few blocks west on Queen Street, the Peter Pan Theatre was also around in those early days, replaced in 1919 by my favourite cinema palace of yesteryear, the grand Allen Beach Theatre.
A 1929 ad read, “A Nice Place for Nice Folks to Go.” The lavish Beach lasted about 50 years and is now home to the Beach Mall. Director Norman Jewison learned to love movies at the Family (later renamed the Lake) near Queen and Lee. These “nabes” became even more popular after the closing of Scarboro Beach Amusement Park in 1925. Taylor’s book features two of the Beach theatres: the Fox, which opened in April 1914, and the Scarboro, which lasted from 1936 until 1967. The Fox has survived two world wars and a century of changing tastes to become the longest continuously-running movie house in Toronto, though other cinemas can claim to be the “oldest.” The Bonita on Gerrard Street East near Jones (now “The Big Picture”) was converted from two houses around 1910, but that theatre has been closed for long stretches of time over its history. The same could be said of the Revue (1912). The Bloor opened as the Madison in December 1913, but the building was mostly demolished and rebuilt in 1940. By the 1960s the sparkling neon lights on marquees began to disappear as screens faded to black. The sign above the
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Scarboro Theatre is seen in 1937, when there were seven movie houses in the Beach. Below left, the Allen Beach Theatre opened in 1919 and closed around 1969, and is now home to the Beach Mall. Fox was torn down in 1977. The Scarboro Theatre at 960 Kingston Rd. morphed into Scarboro Billiards around 1967, then Mr. Slate Sports Bar, and is now the front of a big condo complex which retains the Art Deco look of the original theatre façade. The Scarboro offered giveaways like dinnerware, but showed mostly second-run or low-brow ‘B’ pictures. Taylor writes of the time in 1957 when the Adam Beck Home and School Association refused to place ads for the theatre in its bulletin, deeming their films “detrimental to our young people, especially teenagers.” Were 1950s Beach teens in danger of becoming So Young So Bad or a Rebel Without a Cause? Maybe local James Deans tried to wear jeans to Malvern. Lurid ads promised more sin than the films delivered. Taylor also mentions a 1949 fire in the ladies’ lounge: “Until smoking was banned in theatres, fires were a constant threat for theatre owners.” When the Scarboro opened in 1936 there were two candy shops nearby. Did Beach moviegoers love their Jenny Lind and Laura Secord chocolates? In 1939 the Second World War came home to the Beach. Harry Randall ran a tobacco and stationery store near the Scarboro. One night the Randalls woke up to the sound of an explosion. Grimaldi’s Fruit Market next door had been bombed in one of several attacks on Italian-Canadian businesses after Italy joined the war on the German side. During the grim years of the Depression and war, movie houses were popular places for people to forget their troubles and escape from the harsh realities of life into a world of fantasy and romance. May we all have only happy memories of our youthful time spent in darkened cinemas before a flickering screen. If you would like to share your memories, drop me a line through the newspaper office. “You do know how to whistle, don’t you …” – Lauren Bacall
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Write on Health Foundation helps pet owners in need
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hat happens when a pet gets sick or injured and needs care but the pet’s owner simply does not have the financial resources to get proper medical attention? This scenario arises from time to time and is a very difficult and often saddening situation for pet owners and veterinary care teams. Veterinary care is expensive, there’s no doubt about that. Most vets wish they could do what they do for less cost to the pet owner, but costs are very high and without an “OHIP for pets” that cost is borne by the pet owner. Fortunately for some of our most vulnerable and at-need pet owners there is a world leader in veterinary care assistance right here in Ontario. The Farley Foundation was established by the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA) in 2002. The foundation assists certain people in need by subsidizing the cost of nonelective care for sick or injured pets. There are certain criteria that must be met by both the applicant and for
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the treatment or procedure being considered. Applicants must be receiving either a senior or disability benefit from the government, or be receiving financial assistance through the Ontario Works program. The foundation also provides help to women at risk of abuse entering a women’s shelter through the OVMA’s SafePet Program. Pets’ conditions are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and procedures must be deemed necessary and nonelective. Routine things such as yearly check-ups, vaccines and parasite prevention are considered part of the cost of responsible pet ownership and are never covered. The veterinarian applying for funding on behalf of the owner must be an OVMA member to qualify. The majority of the funds raised for the Farley Foundation come from the
veterinary community. Many vets, clinic staff and members of the industry are involved in a variety of initiatives to raise money for Farley. Pet owners across the province also provide support. Since the Farley Foundation is administered by staff and volunteers at the OVMA and does not use any outside organization for fundraising, 100 per cent of every dollar they have ever raised has gone directly to assist pets and owners in need. To date they have disbursed over $2 million to help more than 5,000 pets! Other organizations across North America have tried with limited success to emulate the Farley Foundation’s efforts, but unfortunately none have been able to do anywhere nearly as well. We are very lucky to have such a generous and successful program in our province and many vets, myself included, have seen the results of the foundation’s efforts firsthand. September and October are key months for Farley fundraising. Cont’d on Page 27
Money, Life and Law Road laws accident waiting to happen
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n July 22, I witnessed a white truck race out of artin ladstone the building site of the Glen Condominiums on Kingston Road right across from my law office. A moment later I heard the horrific scream of a dog being hit, and watched as the shaken owner and neighbours rushed to an emergency veterinarian office. He was scraped by the axle of the truck and managed to just escape from underneath the carriage. I have not heard further but am hopeful the dog has recovered. It brought to mind the efforts of a group of frustrated and deeply concerned Beach residents to address the issue of heavy trucks racing in and out of the Bellefair Kew Beach Residences development at Bellefair and Queen. Their concern is that school children, the elderly, other pedestrians, and pets are vulnerable to the volume of heavy trucks feeding the ongoing construction of condominiums on Queen Street East. These residents have noted a few close calls. They have also hit a bureaucratic wall trying to get a resolution to a serious problem. The law of the road has become so confusing that many residents feel the system is beyond broken and that the issue will only receive attention when a tragedy happens, like a child being hit or killed. The law is a mess. Road restrictions are covered in Schedule 30 of the Toronto Municipal Code. All residential roads between Kingston Road and Queen Street East, from about Woodbine Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue, have restrictions against heavy vehicle traffic. In fact if you stand at the corner of Bellefair and Queen Street you will see signs that read no heavy trucks. Kingston Road itself has no restrictions, while Queen Street East has a small restricted area between Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue. But there are exemptions to the restriction of heavy trucks on the basis of necessity that essentially nullifies the
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entire restriction. In other words, heavy vehicles may not travel down ll b restricted roads such as Bellefair Avenue unless it is impossible to otherwise reach their destination, or if making a delivery. This means that a heavy truck travelling on a restricted road where no alternative exists, or making pick-ups or deliveries, is actually exempted from the restriction. Residents have contacted their local councillor, the local police division’s traffic response unit, and the city official in charge of transportation bylaw enforcement with their complaints but the problem remains unchanged. One result is that Ward 32 councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon requested that an e-newsletter be circulated by developers to residents, although it is unclear what purpose it would serve in light of a law that allows heavy trucks to travel in restricted zones on residential streets. It is easy to understand the frustration and anxiety felt by residents. To their credit, the Bellefair developers have hired a paid-duty police officer to help regulate traffic. This is not foolproof however, and is strictly voluntary. Surely more can be done. The problem is too serious to ignore. The road laws impacting our lives are broken and dangerous. What is required is the political will at the provincial and municipal level to jointly revisit the issue for the public good. If trucks must deliver to restricted areas and have access to residential streets, then the rules can change. New reduced speed limits for heavy vehicles on residential streets can be implemented. Condominium developments can be legislated to hire paid-duty officers to regulate traffic. Liability laws can be expanded to ensure there is deterrence for speeding trucks along residential streets. A group of dedicated citizens can make change happen, but political will must be in place as well to avoid a serious accident or a tragedy taking place.
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Horticultural Matters A magnolia to call our very own
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hen it comes to ceive pollen, and it will eventually die identifying a species of of old age without producing offspring. teven hadwick magnolia tree I doubt Like many other primitive species is a professional gardener and horticulturist, and many of us would of flowering plants, magnolia pollinalongtime Beach resident tion is mainly performed by beetles. automatically reach for our trusty copy Cucumber trees have a unique way of of Native Trees of Ontario as our first making sure the job is done. Once the point of reference. beetles chew into the cavity of unopened blossoms they are The usual members of the magnolia clan that are regularly plopped into front lawns around the neighbourhood for held prisoner by the slippery inside surfaces of the petals, their giant saucers of springtime blooms are about as noneventually becoming covered in pollen as they bounce and native looking as you can get. They are definitely Gone With fall around looking for the exit. When the flowers finally the Wind material, something we would normally associate open the beetles are released and travel to a more receptive cucumber tree to deposit their pollen, completing the with images of balmy southern nights, crinoline-clad Atlanta debutante parties and, in my case, fantasies of gliding fertilization process. past the canopied blooms of Magnolia Lane with Arnie, Jack and Tiger in the back seat on our way to an early morning tee-off at Augusta National. However, there is one species of magnolia called the cucumber tree (Magnolia acuminata) that is more subdued and laid back than those flamboyant southern belles, and it also happens to hold the distinction of being the only magnolia that is a native tree of Ontario. For thousands of years, cucumber trees have withstood bone-chilling southwestern Ontario winters and actively contributed to the ecosystem of what was once our lush expanse of Carolinian forests. But their numbers rapidly diminished in the period following European settlement and PHOTOS: STEVEN CHADWICK now the tree is so rare and mysterious in Canada it is listed as a species at risk under the Endangered Species Act of On- Ontario’s cucumber tree, a magnolia species, sports a scaly fruit that gives the tree its name. tario, with only 12 naturally occurring stands growing wild in protected forest habitats in isolated areas of the Niagara But if there are no trees within the beetles’ range isolated region and Norfolk county. plants may become self-pollinated from their own blossoms, which will often produce fruit, but the seeds that follow will not be viable. Today there are efforts to repopulate our almost-lost native magnolia using mechanical reforestation, cultivated planting and a strict program of habitat protection in selected areas of Southern Ontario. Landowners are eligible for property tax grants in return for a promise to protect the portion of private land where stands of the trees exist, and loggers and developers can be hit with fines of up to $250,000 for destroying cucumber trees growing in the wild. As an ornamental magnolia it can’t compete with its gaudy southern relatives, but it is an attractive tree with large oval leaves typical of the species and a pyramidal growth habit that can result in a mammoth height of 30 metres in ideal growing conditions. In spring its large greenish-yellow flowers are almost hidden among the foliage but are quickly replaced by a more noticeable display of scaly fruit that has an uncanny resemblance to small gherkin pickles – hence the name cucumber tree. And if you are lucky enough to see one in late August and early September they do put on The first blow dealt to the original cucumber tree populaa show – of sorts – as the small ‘cucumbers’ turn pink and tions in Ontario occurred when early pioneers enthusiastithen a brilliant red. cally began mowing down vast tracts of forested land for As uncommon and rare as they are for a native tree, you farming and livestock purposes. The trees’ preference for can occasionally see them in parks planted as cultivated growing in rich, crop-ready soil made them an obvious tarspecimens. One that I have seen many times is a small get, and they were dropped with abandon to make way for eight-metre 60 year-old, complete with its small red ‘gherkins’, hiding behind the west carpetbed display at Edwards expanding agricultural acreage. Gardens in North York. As an added incentive, the wood from the felled trees, which is almost identical to yellow poplar (Tulip tree), was a valuable commodity and was regularly hauled off to the 372 Glen Manor Drive $2,199,000 sawmill to be used as barn boards, boxes, crates and inexSprawling, 2.5 storey, stately 6 pensive furniture. bedroom home with double car garage. Refined, contemporary As expected, the widespread logging, deforestation, and renovation from top to bottom. loss of habitat had longer lasting and more serious implicaExtensive use of quartz and granite. tions to the survival of our native magnolia. Cucumber trees Stunning master spa/retreat! Five designer bathrooms! Sensational depend on cross-pollination from a nearby tree of the same custom details! Majestic residence species to produce seed, which makes reproduction among with tastefully landscaped grounds isolated examples difficult and unreliable. If one farmer and multiple, south-facing, over-sized balconies overlooking the picturesque Glen Stewart ravine. wipes out his population and another leaves one to provide shade for his cattle, the remaining tree may be unable to re-
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Sports Neighbourhood ball hockey team off to worlds
HEALTH DR. KARIN RUMMELL & ASSOCIATES OPTOMETRISTS
By Andrew Hudson
1914 Queen St. E. (E. of Woodbine)
IT TAKES just three hours to fly from Toronto to Tampa Bay, but for women about to play in the World Ball Hockey Championships that trip was years in the making. “I’m still pinching myself that I’m actually here,” said Stephanie So, a Beach resident who plays right wing on the Withrow Knights’ master women’s team. Speaking over the sound of sticks on concrete in the Withrow Park rink, So explained that she never played organized sports growing up. But, inspired by a story about a group of hockey moms who decided to play, So started playing pick-up ice hockey before joining the Knights six years ago. “My first shift I thought I was going to die,” she said about the transition from ice to concrete. “You’re not gliding.” “But I loved it,” she said. “I decided I was going to whip myself in shape.” Like the US, Canadian, and Slovakian rivals they will meet in Tampa two weeks from now, So said most of her teammates are in their forties. Fitness is what sets the Knights apart, said David Valenta, one of the team coaches and a former Team Canada and Withrow Park player at the 2010 and 2012 world championships. Early on, Valenta told the Knights they would face teams that had far more skill, but said they could outrun them if they got their fitness level up. “That’s exactly what happened,” said So. The Knights won gold at last year’s Ontario championships, besting teams from strong hockey towns like Peterborough, Ottawa and Niagara. Another thing that sets the Knights apart is their status as a neighbourhood team. Most of their rivals are national teams made up of top picks from around the country. Those teams have talent, Valenta said, but they only play a game or two before the tournament. The 22 Knights players live mainly in the Beach, Riverdale and East York, and they have been playing for a year and a half, he said, not to mention all the fundraising and organizing they do to keep Withrow’s grassroots league going. “You want to show that it’s not just the big shots from across the country – you can actually produce a neighbourhood team that’s fairly competitive,” said Donna Goldenberg, the team manager. Goldenberg said organizing set women’s teams only started in 2006, after the children’s and men’s leagues were well under way. Before that, the women just threw their sticks at centre and chose
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Running break-out drills at the second-to-last practice before they fly to the World Master’s Ball Hockey Championships in Tampa Bay, Florida, women on the Withrow Knights tournament team practise at Withrow Park on Sept. 1. “There’s not a lot of opportunity for people in their thirties and forties to play competitive sports on an international level,” says Donna Goldenberg, general manager for the team, which has 22 players mainly from the Beach, Riverdale and East York. “That’s why it’s so thrilling.”
teams at random. “There were no whistles, no refs, no timekeepers, no icing, no offsides – it was all just hacking around,” she said. As the women’s league developed, Goldenberg said they were careful to mix players up so the teams weren’t simply groups of old friends. It kept the league open and friendly, she said, and likely made for better hockey, too. “All these women have played against each other and with each other,” she said. Off the rink, Goldenberg said her son and daughter, both hockey players, started looking at her in a totally different way when she started
playing. “I would come home and they’d say, ‘Well, did you score?’ And I’d tell them all about the play. It was fun.” “You have to think of ways to get clout with your kids,” she added, laughing. So agrees. “My kids are all pretty impressed,” she said, including her son who plays on Hong Kong’s national ice hockey team. “They think it’s cool their parents are serious about keeping fit and doing sports,” she said. “I think the big thing for me is that you’re never too old to pick up a new sport.”
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Beacher tops at competitive lifeguarding By Andrew Hudson
SOME OF the Beach’s best lifeguards are packing their trunks for the south of France. Starting Saturday they will land at a seaside resort near Montpellier, but not to put up their feet – the lucky lifeguards are competing in Rescue 2014, the world championship of lifeguarding. Speaking among the oars and paddle boards stored at Leuty Lifeguard Station, Beacher Juliann Desjardins said while the championship is not well known in Canada, it’s a big deal in countries with a strong surfing culture. “In Australia, they are celebrities,” said Desjardins, a Beach resident who just finished her ninth summer with the Toronto Police Lifeguard Service (TPLS).
“They’re on cereal boxes. They get televised every weekend. They’re millionaires,” added Dakota Birkenheir, another Leuty lifeguard going to worlds. “Yes, I’m jealous,” he said, laughing. Birkenheir said Canada has a ways to go before it can match the likes of Australia, New Zealand or South Africa. But the sport is growing here, he said. Canada sent its first national team to worlds in 2000, and club teams like the TPLS have competed since 1977. Lifeguards across the country can now compete in city, provincial, and national contests that cover all three types of sport lifesaving: surf, pool, and technical rescue. “There are very competitive swimmers – varsity and national-level swimmers that come and do well,”
said Desjardins, who raced against several Olympians last year at a surf contest at Onjuku Beach, Japan. Still, with 11 swimming, running, and paddling events to choose from, Desjardins said you don’t need to be a pro swimmer to medal. Her favourite is surf ski, where lifeguards race special kayaks designed for beach rescues. And combined events like the Ocean Man favour well-rounded athletes – the lifeguarding triathlon combines a 400-metre swim with a 600-metre paddle board and an 800-metre surf ski race. “There are enough events that you can find things you’re good at,” said Desjardins. Lifeguards here in the Beach should have an edge, too, given how the TPLS has hosted provincial and national competitions every August at Kew/Balmy and Bluffers beach for
most of the past nine years. With a strong contingent of Leuty guards, the TPLS came second overall at the nationals in Parlee Beach, New Brunswick this year. “We put in a good show,” said Bruce Hollowell, a TPLS supervisor who started lifeguarding on Toronto beaches in 1981. The winning team, the St. Laurent Masters, were a kind of “supergroup” of Ottawa, St. Laurent and other Quebec lifeguards who are all going to worlds. “I told my friends if the Leafs could just include Edmonton and Winnipeg, they could win too,” he joked. Medals aside, the championships give lifeguards a fun way to get fit and improve their rescue skills, said Desjardins, not to mention the chance to travel. “It’s a great job,” she said.
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GARRY M. CASS
BARRISTER & SOLICITOR Estate Planning/Real Estate/Business House Calls
416-767-CASS (2277) x 207 416-795-4899 (cell) 416-491-0273 (fax) garrycass@sympatico.ca
Glover & Associates Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries
Real Estate, Family, Litigation Wills & Estates, Corporate
416-691-3700
Queen and Hammersmith
CRIMINAL LAWYER
690-0000
Gail Kendall ACPC ACC Professional Life Coach & Facilitator Live a more balance & fulfilling life!
MASSAGE THERAPY
(416) 694-8181 www.stephenkingarchitect.com
Chiropractor
Advanced Therapeutics
1906 Queen St. E. (1 block east of Woodbine)
Kevin Oates, R.M.T. & Assoc.
BJARNASON, D.C.
416-694-2868
(Since 1989)
Voted “Best Massage Therapist” - NOW Magazine
1398 Queen St. E. (east of Greenwood Ave.)
416-469-3879 (open 7 days)
DEGEN’S HEALTH GROUP Dr. Wade Whitten, D.C. Dr. Tanja Degen, D.C., CPT Dr. Christina Carreau N.D. 1092 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park beside Manchester Arms)
416-699-5320 • Free Parking Beaches Wellness Centre
Dr. Johanna Carlo Chiropractor 2277 Queen Street East (at Glen Manor)
ASHBRIDGE’S HEALTH CENTRE
Zabiullah Khaliqi, RMT
• Essence •
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
Dolores Wootton, R.M.T. John Barnet, R.M.T., D.O.M.P. Book online at essencetherapy.com 2455A Queen St. E. (e. of Silver Birch)
www.advanced approachesmassage.com
WAYPOINT permit consulting inc.
ART, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Graston 1089 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park)
Massage Therapy • Reflexology 2245 Queen St. East • 2nd floor • Open 7 days per week •
KATO ANIMAL HOSPITAL 2830 Danforth Ave. (East of Dawes Rd.)
416-690-2112
Dogs, cats, pocket pets. Housecalls available.
Tel: (416) 962-2186
Kriens LaRose, LLP
HOUGHTON VETERINARY HOUSECALL SERVICES Vaccines, examinations, diagnostics, palliative care, and home euthanasia provided for your pets in the comfort of your own home.
Dr. Barbara Houghton 647-221-5516
VET ON WHEELS Gerrard Mobile Veterinary Services
Dr. Ahmad Badri, DVM 416-284-4610 abadri@rogers.com
PSYCHOTHERAPY Abina Murphy, R.I.H.R. Spiritual Psychotherapist
Chartered Professional Accountants • Accounting services for owner-managed businesses. • Personal and corporation income tax preparation. • Audit and consulting services for not-for-profit organizations
www.krienslarose.com
416-690-6800
Melani Norman
CPA, CMA Accounting Issues and Systems, Bookkeeping, Personal and Corporate Taxes
Call 416-471-0337
Car accidents, Slips and Falls, Disability Claims 220 Bay Street, Suite 1400 416-643-3857 pcahill@willdavidson.ca
Linda Bronicheski, Lawyer Beaches Family Law Effective Resolution of Family Law Matters 47 Main Street, Toronto 416-763-6884 Linda@BeachesFamilyLaw.com
Susan T. Dixon
Family Law Lawyer 2120 Queen Street East (@ Hammersmith)
• Bookkeeping • Personal and corporate tax services • Accounting services for small businesses and t he self-employed Call: 416-693-2274 emily@eclarimercga.com www.eclarimercga.com
416-693-2733
CPA, CGA
416-693-5611
LAWYERS/LEGAL
Nancy Christie, M.T.C.
Dashwood & Dashwood
Mindfullness Psychotherapy • depression • trauma • anxiety • relationship • creativity • free initial consultation
Personal Injury Lawyer
Emily C. Larimer
Past Life Regression Reiki Master
Paul J. Cahill
Barristers & Solicitors
Geoffrey J. Dashwood
Shellyann Pereira
(Licensed Paralegal) Small Claims, Provincial/Municipal Offences, Landlord & Tenant/other Tribunals, Letters, Mediation etc. Call for a Free 30 min. Consult
Dr. Scott Dunham Chiropractor
Kew Gardens Health Group 2181 Queen St. East, Suite 305 (at Lee)
416-907-0103
www.kewgardenshealth.com
BEACHES CHIROPRACTIC Dr. Andrew C. Adamsky ACTIVATOR RATED Chiropractor Woodbine @ Kingston Rd.
647-515-6139
COUNSELLING
647-693-6221
Individuals, Couples Finding Your Strengths Insurance covered.
Peg Earle,
M.A., M.Div. Registered Marriage & Family Therapist
416-698-9027 • peg@pegearle.com
579 Kingston Rd., #110, Toronto
Peter J. Salah Hills, Salah LLP
Family Law & Estate Planning We Collaborate, Negotiate & Litigate.
416-691-3768
www.mindfullnesstraumatherapy.ca
416-752-8128 www.hillssalah.com
Catherine Allon, MEd
Snider & DiGregorio
QUINN Family Law
Tel: 416-699-0424 Fax: 416-699-0285 Email: info@sdlegal.ca
Shelley C. Quinn LL.B. 1749 Danforth Avenue Toronto, ON M4C 1J1 t. (416) 551-1025 www.QuinnFamilyLaw.ca
Psychotherapist Awakening Coach Life & Relationship Issues 416-694-0232
647-317-6017
www.omegahealthandfitness.com
www.dixonslaw.ca
961 Kingston Rd. Tel. 416-690-7222 Toronto, M4E 1S8 Fax. 416-690-8738
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries. 978 Kingston Road, Toronto, Ont., M4E 1S9
OMEGA HEALTH + FITNESS
Child and Adolescent Counselling
Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy; Trauma, Bullying, and Addictions; Youth in Conflict with the Law. Sports Performance Counselling for Youth
Siegi A. Schuler, Ph.D, RSW 416-362-7472
siegischuler@aol.com
www.leasidetherapycentre.com/siegi-schuler
Life Management & Corporate Coaching
ADR-Mediation
MPSquared Coaching Merrill Pierce CCA ICF 416.824.2626 merrill@mpsquaredcoaching.com
Local • Affordable 416-200-6300 www.WINTACO.com
THERAPY LOUNGE
2239 Queen Street East www.kathrynwrightlaw.com kathrynwrightlaw@gmail.com
Renovations & Additions Structural Design • Building Permit
416-694-4090
Dr. Tyrrell Ashcroft Dr. Thien Dang-Tan
Chartered Accountant • Corporate & Personal Tax • Specializing in small to medium business • Financial advice 21 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 502
Michael Taylor, P. Eng. BCIN
416 316 3248 info@taylordesignservices.ca
416-690-5185
Family Law & Mediation 416-699-8848
CHRISTINE KATO, B.Sc., D.V.M.
Architectural and Engineering Design Permit Drawings and Applications
2212 Queen St. E. (at Spruce Hill)
William F. Deneault
VETERINARIANS
ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANTS DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PERMIT DRAWINGS WESLEY MORRIS, ARIDO, IDC, AATO
TAYLOR DESIGN SERVICES
1522 Queen St. E. 416-465-5575
Barrister & Solicitor
W. MORRIS DESIGN
BEACHES MASSAGE CENTRE
KATHRYN WRIGHT
Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Orthotics Registered Massage Therapy
Member Ontario Association of Architects
416-261-9679
Complete financial services for the business owner, manager, entrepreneur & self-employed Corporate and Personal Income Tax Services Bus: 416-270-9898
Dr. Emily Howell Jackie Leesun
B. Arch. OAA, MRAIC “Serving the Beach since 1987” Residential, Restorations, Home Inspections, Commercial, Interiors, Landscapes COMPLETE PROJECT SERVICES FROM DESIGN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION
www.advancedtherapeutics.ca
Free 20-minute consultation located in the Beaches.
98 Scarboro Beach Blvd.
ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN
John H.
416-698-5861
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
bestcriminallawyer.ca
416-462-1562 rmtheaven@hotmail.com
Stephen G. King, Architect
Call: 416-819-5311 Students welcome kendallcoachingconsulting.com
Pat: 416 691 5709 (Certified Reflexologist) Laura: 416 315 4591 (MA, Counselling)
Bert van Delft
24 years experience Available evenings, weekends Queen and Hammersmith
• Life Coaching for individuals & small groups • Vision Board Workshops For a 30 minute complimentary consultation:
Chiropractic Acupuncture A.R.T. / Laser 2212 Queen St. E.
416-698-7070
David Faed
Gifted/ADHD Support & Coaching School/Workplace Performance Children/Adults Mary Lynn Trotter, MSW, RSW 416-875-9474 marylynntrotter@rogers.com www.adhdtreatmenttoronto.com Ask about insurance coverage
Su Willson, B.MUS, R.M.T. & ASSOC. 927 Kingston Rd. (W. of Vic Pk)
• Hours incl. evenings & Saturdays •
Voted “#1 Spa in Toronto” - Trip Advisor
416-694-6767
Megan Evans, RMT, CRHP & Associates
www.therapylounge.ca
416-916-7122
URBAN CALM THERAPEUTICS Stephanie Gage, RMT Cami Rahman, RMT Caitlin McAulay, RMT 1789 Queen St. East, Unit 6
Available for consultations permit plans, zoning info, etc. BCIN#41835
Mike 416-659-2779 waypointconsulting@bell.net www.waypointconsulting.ca
your beach architect
647-226-9860 Versatech
Drafting + Design Architectural Design Permit Drawings Project Management Commercial, Residential
416-698-3157
416-694-9531 • 416-816-1630
Jen Goddard, R.M.T.
Tonia Vuolo
Neville Park Health Group 2455A Queen St. East
416-690-6257
Interior Designer
416-522-5903 toniavuolo@me.com www.toniavuolodesigns.com NO JOB IS TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG
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BEACH METRO NEWS
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
CLASSIFIEDS
Wanted retired wooden pattern maker who has his own workshop. (14) 416-854-4922
Ads are available in two sizes: Word ad
Block ad
11.50
Block this size
$
Supply staff required for child care centre in the Beach. Interest in teaching and experience working with children 2.5 to 12 an asset. Various hours and on call. Send cover letter and Resume to the Hiring Committee at
(1.5” wide by 1” deep)
(includes HST) For 20 words or less 35¢ each extra word
17.50
$
(includes HST) Ads must be paid for at time of placement classifieds@beachmetro.com * 416-698-1164 x 22 2196 Gerrard St. E., Toronto, ON, M4E 2C7
balmybeachcomday@bellnet.ca
* include self-addressed envelope for receipt * classified ads also appear on our website at beachmetro.com The advertiser is responsible for checking the accuracy of the advertisement after the first insertion. Beach Metro News is not liable for errors and non-insertions in subsequent issues. Beach Metro News accepts advertising in good faith and does not endorse any advertisers or advertisements.
Deadline for September 23rd issue is September 15th, 5 p.m.
Announcements Up Down In Out It’s In The Fit!
• Expert Alterations/Repairs • Refresh old Favourites • Re-line Coats, Jackets • Roman Blinds, Small Draperies, Cushions, etc.
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Loving Memories of Cherished Pets
PETS
REMEMBERED
Just Between Girls Club Friends. Fun. Fitness. Community
A cool place for ‘tween’ girls to hang out, feel empowered, boost self esteem and have fun! www.justbe-tweengirls.com info@justbe-tweengirls.com
647.267.8773 or 416.919.4851 (12) BOARDWALK BEAUTY SPA (former location of Beauty and the Beach) & FAB FINDS (formerly Curvacious Consigments) offering SPA SERVICES, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES
Carmen - 416 768-1819 Kim - 289-388-9628 2279 Queen St. East. @Glen Manor(12)
Lest We Forget - REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE
100th Anniversary WWI Displays Sept 22-26 RCL Br 11, 9 Dawes Rd. (13)
Live a more balanced & fulfilling life! Gail Kendall, Professional Life Coach
As we welcome fall, it is a good time to consider working with a Coach to set and achieve goals for the coming year. 30 min complimentary consult
416-819-5311 kendalcoachingandconsulting.com Students welcome
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Volunteers Volunteers Needed to deliver BEACH METRO NEWS
Routes available throughout the Beach, Upper Beach, Danforth, Birchcliff STUDENTS EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS or
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Social/Events
416-698-1164 x24 admin@beachmetro.com
R.C. Legion Br. 11 9 Dawes Rd 416-699-1353
MEDITATION
Sundays at 11:00 AM Learn to meditate, relieve stress ~ By donation ~ Queen near Hammersmith Kim Sawyer at 416-698-7544 ksawyer@assyst.ca (12)
Photo/Art Convert VIDEO to DVD
McArthur & Son Business Centre Air conditioning, boardroom, kitchen area, copier, etc. Individual offices from $425/mth. 577-579 Kingston Rd. @ Main St.
-Paul McArthur 416-821-3910
paulmcarthur@rogers.blackberry.net www.mcarthurbusinesscentre.com (r)
UPPER BEACHES OFFICE SPACE Ideal for medical professionals, lawyers or accountants (r)
Beaches landmark building
1700 sq. ft. Ideal for medical, dental or other professional use. Excellent visibility and character. Steps to TTC.
Also RENTAL facilities available (r)
416-971-9025
KARAOKE
Business Space For Lease
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Warden/Kingston Rd.
Dance Parties!
Suitable for store, office, storage or any business facing Kingston Rd. About 1000 sq ft & 2000 sq ft First floor with basement.
Saturdays “Blue River” 2328 Danforth Ave. AND Thursdays & Sundays “Appolonia Lounge” 1504 Danforth Ave. 35,000 songs * PRIZES!
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416 838-2949 after 1:00 pm
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Apartment/ Home for Rent
Personal Care Chalet Beauty Bar
LANDLORDS For Peace of Mind Call
Perms for short hair - $28 Pensioner’s Special Wednesdays only 10:30 am to 3:30 pm
R.E. Services Inc. Brokerage We make owning real estate & being a Landlord painless, easy & profitable.
Harding & King
(near Coxwell)
416-466-3766
(r)
The
WILKINSON
BARBER SHOP & HAIRSTYLING Men’s Haircuts $13 • Children & Senior $10 1048 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park Ave.)
Te l : 6 4 7- 3 4 9 - 4 0 1 5
(8/15)
Friendly visiting for seniors
and light housekeeping services • Experience working with seniors • Compassionate, a good listener • Patient
Contact Joanna (647) 608-1291 (15)
Anxiety or Phobia Release... Have you got one? Let it go now with hypnotherapy Call Mary-Kay Perris
416 429-3457 EnhanceYourPower.com
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Call now 416-699-9714
x8 www.hardingandking.com
FURNISHED
2-br + den for short term rental
Great while renovating or for visiting family. Min 30 day rental, NS, NP, parking, laundry, internet & utilities incl. Danforth & Woodbine
christianlove59@yahoo.ca myurbanoasis.ca (7/15)
BEST IN THE BEACH @ 191 Kenilworth
Beaches One Bedroom Apt Available Now Asking $1,150 No Pets, No Smoking Utilities and parking included
416 466 3766
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Yoga Teacher, Gentle Hatha, De-stress, All age/abilities, beginners welcome! Email: Idon.Bibi.Yoga@gmail.com (12)
Employment Opportunities
TRENDSETTERS
Training & Job Placement Agency Hairstyling and Skin care Government funded program Call Lisa 416•690•2454 Hairstylists & Estheticians Wanted (12)
ECE & Assistants needed for
Call Eugene at 647-922-0686 eugene@homevideo2dvd.ca (12/15)
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GEM in the Beaches Beautiful Sunny Renovated 3-Bedroom House.
Prime location. Open concept, modern kitchen and bath, hardwood, fireplace, air-conditioning, deck/yard. No smoking/pets. $3100 416.694.8247 (12.)
Room for Rent Female wanted. Short Term 1 - 3 mo. Lovely house on Lee Ave. Close to TTC, shared bathroom. References, 1st & last. Avail immed. (12)
Only $849 monthly! Huge deck & garden, lg 17 foot space & office area. Dbl closet, lndry, AC, mod. kit, 2 baths. Walk to park, TTC & shopping. Animal friendly home. Upper Beaches.
416-208-3220
Very low prices for bulk buyers VISIT US TO BELIEVE! 2442 Danforth Ave.
West of Main St., across from Sobey’s Super Store
647-889-4114 • Open 6 Days, 12-7
We also have hundreds of items for domestic items (15r)
RENOVATING YOUR KITCHEN? BRAND NEW IN BOX!
CYCLONE Pro Collection SC-722, 24 inch Wall Mount Stainless Steel Range Hood Asking $375.00, Reg $600.00 plus tax If interested please contact
allisonjay@hotmail.com
(12)
Garage Sale
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Financial Services
(r)
HOME DOWNSIZING & TRANSITION SERVICES
(13r)
Experienced, eclectic Beach resident offering a variety of affordable, flexible and practical support services to entrepreneurs and small business. QuickBooks training also available short or long term.
EXACT TAX SERVICES TIM O’MEARA
g o o d o n p a per
REG’S APPLIANCE •Fast friendly service for 30 years •CESA certified Repairs to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers
(r)
ROSS APPLIANCE SERVICE
Computer Services In-home/office, established professional, support service Serving Beach businesses since 1994 Service plans available
416-HOME-126 (416-466-3126)
KSTS Computer Support (VISA/MC)
(r)
?NEED HELP?
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JIM’S APPLIANCE SERVICE
PC/MAC SUPPORT
647.281.3084 (12)
HOME COMPUTER CARE Toronto’s Top Level In-home Computer Support & Service Freeware, Testimonials, Honesty. Home Consultations $30
Home office & Small business Hardware and software support networking, servers, PC & Mac Proudly serving the Beach community
ORIOTECH SOLUTIONS INC. 416-450-9626 info@oriotech.com (4/15)
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SCARBOROUGH DISPOSAL LTD. WASTE REMOVAL & EXCAVATION SPECIALISTS Fast, Friendly, Reliable Service MOE licensed, Fully Insured WSIB certificates avail. upon request 4-40 yrd Roll-off container service 11 yd pick-up truck service Excavation & Bobcat Service
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10+ years experience Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Painting, and Handy Work. Randall 416-450-0599 email:MRFIXIT@rogers.com
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&
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Specializing in: Residential Demolition, Rubbish Removal, Garage, Basement & Yard Cleanups Driveway Friendly Rental Bins Available FULLY INSURED
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SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATION Free estimates. No service charges.
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BEACH
416-624-3837
(r)
“Always on Time and on Budget” • Junk and Rubbish Removal • Hazardous Waste Pick-up • Small and Big Moves • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country
Call Hakan: 416 899-3980
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BILLY THE KID HONESTLY DONE
GARBAGE REMOVAL
MON-SAT 10-10
416-568-7276
WINDOW CLEANING
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MAN WITH PICK-UP TRUCK
& EAVESTROUGHS
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Home Decor
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EXPRESS JUNK REMOVAL
Vienna Upholstery
24 HRS 16’ Cube Van & Pick up Truck Service
2358 Kingston Rd. (w. of Midland)
416-698-9000
For light moves/deliveries, cleanups, etc. • firewood available Efficient. Best rates. Call Max
416-820-1527
(r)
(22/15)
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
416 690 0117 416 569 3236 C.
CLEVER DISPOSAL (r)
416-706-7130 905-706-7130 www.kleenwindows.ca
416-691-8503
CALL MARY OR JOHN
PROFESSIONAL, MATURE, RELIABLE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS
416-463-6330
416-690-8673
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MR. FIX-IT
OVER 20 YRS. EXPERIENCE PROMPT & COURTEOUS
BUDGET APPLIANCE REPAIR
HOME OFFICE: Computer repair
416-264-1495 CELL 416-567-4019
416-265-7979
Cleaning specialists •Windows •Eavestroughs •Decks •Siding (r)
RUBBISH REMOVAL
MINIMUM LOAD $60
KLEEN WINDOWS
We m a k e yo u look
WAYNE&SON
WASTE REMOVAL + RECYCLING + DEMOLITION
Call 416-648-4410
THE PRINTING HOUSE
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- COMPLETE RECYCLING - DEMOLITION SPECIALISTS
Repairs to all major appliances, vacuums, and microwaves. Fast, friendly service. Good rates.
Office Services
Call Gillian for a free consultation
General Services
www.regsappliance.com
Books wanted: art, photography, literature, aviation, military, poetry, sports, music, Canadiana, etc. Inno Dubelaar Books, 53 Dixon Ave. 416-694-1329 or 416-878-4319 (3/15)
There’s no task too big or small, we do it all!
(13r)
416-691-6893
Single items or complete estates Wanted: Old furniture, china, silverware, pictures, lamps, figurines, glass, curiosities, etc. Fair market prices guaranteed! Call Terence: 416 466 1404 (r)
Organizing, Decluttering, Home Staging, Packing, Moving, Unpacking *Specializing in hoarding and difficult transitions*
416 319 7722
Household Services (12)
-Consultation and Full Report -Showcasing Your Home -Design and Decor Services CALL 416-219-9569 www.oohlalahomestaging.ca (12)
BOOKKEEPING/OFFICE ADMIN/+MORE
Debra 416-693-6111
(r)
HOME STAGING & DESIGN
Ideal for Small Businesses Quality work, reasonable rates, references available.
416-461-9685
by finn Custom Blinds - Drapery 416-465-6292 finn.ellen@gmail.com (12)
& Soft Furnishings Slipons.ca Cynthia Lovat-Fraser 416-575-6113
Business & Personal Income Tax Computer Bookkeeping & Accounting HELLARRA SERVICES INC. 1232 Kingston Rd., Suite 5 Toronto, ON M1N 1P3
Call Kurban
Fabrications
SLIP-ON SLIPCOVERS
416-691-7556
Wanted
416-357-1467
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Personal • Small Business Corporate • Back Filing (12.)
Street Sale Beaufort Rd. Sat, Sept 13 9 to Noon Rain Date: Sunday
http://homecomputercare.ca
www.atlasnetwork.ca
TAX ACCOUNTANT
needhelp_pc_mac@hotmail.com
$500 incl utilities, Wifi & laundry
sandyjonez@hotmail.ca
Largest Books, Records, Movies & Music Store
1537 O’Connor Drive
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Hardware & Software Support Network and Security setup PC/Mac Support, Web Site Design Cloud Services, 416-438-6360
K.V.’s Bookkeeping Services
For Sale
416-759-2219
New professionally installed kitchens. Brand new elevator. Quiet private park setting. Very close to beach, shopping, public transit, all amenities.
Computer Services
416-694-6241
Kevin Lundbohm, Manager
1 Bedroom, newly reno’d suites from $1,399 incl. utils.
416-856-4774
Suite Lovat
urban loft with full ensuite TV, wireless, kitchenette, parking $85 nightly 416-575-6113 www.bbcanada.com/suite lovat
We buy! - We pay cash!
1562 Queen St. E.
large childcare in the Beaches (Before & After School Programs) starting September. Email Sarah at sarah@centre55.com or fax 416-691-8269 Attn: Sarah Allen
$22 per tape
OFFICE SPACE
in
Bed & Breakfast
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PRIME OFFICE SPACE
Relax. Private, Group or Corporate.
Spiritual
Commercial Space for Rent
416-690-2880
We welcome everyone to weekly FREE Saturday night entertainment/dancing
Colour photo + 25 words Size: 1.5” w x 2”h Rate: $35 (HST included) Call 416-698-1164 x 26
416-699-1353 www.rc111.com
Beach local photographer experienced with children, pets, family sessions, weddings and events. Artistic and creative story-telling approach reflects your style and personality. Mention this ad for 15% off any photo shoot package or service.
www.jasminewang.ca
YOUR FABRIC DREAM BROUGHT TO LIFE!
Call Gail 416-686-6828
Jasmine Wang Photography (416) 998-5731
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• South of Queen • Garden Apt. • Available Oct. 1 • 1 bedroom, free parking • $1,195 + utilities • No smoking, no pets Please call Abby 416-690-6032 after Sept. 15 (12)
Best Prices/Free Estimates
647-235-6690
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BLIND AMBITION B&W DISPOSAL Custom Window Coverings Drapes, Blinds, Valances Also Duvet Covers, Shams, etc. For estimate call
647-899-9074
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Backyard Basement Garage cleanups Rubbish Removal Small Demolitions Free Estimates
Call Bob 416-699-5306 cell 416-459-4137
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
SMALL JOBS * FAIR PRICE Give us your to do list!
* Clogged Drains * Backsplashes * Furniture Assembly * Holes in walls Honest, Friendly, Fair * Free Estimates * Insured (647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca (15)
Connecting your cell phone to your home!! * Interior/exterior lighting * Security systems * Home theater/audio * Free Estimates * Insured (647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca
EXCAVATION: BOBCAT, MINI EXCAVATOR SERVICE RUBBISH BINS: 14,20,26 & 40 YARD WATERPROOFING Experienced, over 35 years in business CALL 416-984-5054 416-265-0200 (17)
NASH TRASH &
JUNK REMOVAL
If I haul your trash, I’ll save you cash and your back. Fast friendly service. Free estimate. Also provide yard waste and tree work. Ryan 647-380-9722 (12)
CP AUTOMOTIVE TOTAL CAR REPAIR SPECIALIST
NO job is too small NO job is too BIG Specialize in VW, Mercedes, BMW, Range Rover, Land Rover
Chris 647.970.5363 63 Danforth Rd., Scarborough
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Pet Services Walks Tailored To Your Dog’s Needs 5 Star Boarding w/pick-up/drop off Pet Visits/Sitting/Medications Exemplary Loving Caring Service Insured and References Available (5/15)
CAT CARE SERVICE Veterinary Technician with 20 yrs experience provides excellent care - Home visits - Boarding in my home - Experienced in giving oral, I.V. and sub-Q medications - Nail trims, grooming matted fur - References
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Pet Minding
by Zak’s Moms Cat or dog visits or sitting Dog boarding 416 691-8222 pet_minding@yahoo.ca references (23/15)
ALONE AT HOME PET CARE • Over 12 years professional experience including medications • Insured and Bonded • Veterinarian trained & recommended • Member of Pet Sitters International
416-200-4471 www.alonepetcare.com (4/15)
k9walkabouts.com
Dog walking designed to fit your needs. Cat sitting, Puppy visits and Boarding Kindness and Love for your furry ones. Bonded and Insured with references Jennie 647-520-3530 k9walkabouts.com (12) FALLINGBROOK DOGWALKING what my clients are saying: “ We have absolute trust in Anne...: “...a first-class dog walking service.” “...so dependable (rain, snow and shine)”
dog walks * puppy visits * cat visits 647-330-4856 fallingbrook.dogwalking@gmail.com
Insured & Bonded • On Facebook (12)
Cleaning Services ULTRA
WWW.EUROPEANCLEAN.COM (19)
A family business since 1956
Window & Eaves Cleaning Gutter Filter Installation (r)
Home & Office Cleaning & Organizing Services Weekly • Bi-weekly • One time cleaning Reliable & efficient
Contact Irena
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BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE -WEEKLY/BI WEEKLY LAWN CUTTING -PROPERTY CLEANING -EAVESTROUGH CLEANING
(416) 414-5883 info@blpm.ca
EUROPEAN CLEANING LADIES
offer complete and thorough cleaning service for your house • office • condo Call Ilona 416-427-3815 (12.)
HOUSECLEANING
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BOOTHY’S
Cleaning and organizing superheroes Eco-friendly Local with references Kelly 647-889-4752 (16)
NEIGHBOURHOOD CLEANER Serving for 20 years Houses • Apts • Condos Moving in • Moving out
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Have you seen your floors lately?
THE CLEANING SERVICES OF STEVEN PICTON Personalized Residential Housekeeping 30 yrs. experience. References
647 980 4973
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CLEANER AVAIL. Extraordinary & Exceptional THE ONE! Bi-Weekly!
CARPET, UPHOLSTERY RUG CLEANING
TO SERVE AND RESPECT
BEST JOB & PRICE GUARANTEED (12)
HEALTHY HOME
CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING
• Bio-degradable, non-allergenic products used • Drying time 3-4 hours • Bonded, insured, certified Free At Home Estimates! (21/15)
Guitar Academy
All ages & levels Adult beginners welcome Over 20 years of music in the Beach Battenbergmusic.com markbattenberg@rogers.com (12)
Join a jazz choir NOW! Rehearse at Waverley Rd. Baptist Church (then adjourn to the pub) Men especially needed. sheilabb@rogers.com
(12.)
call ALBERTO 416 690 9389 for • new term catch-up • • in-depth homework/test help • • essay-writing + study skills • • numeracy + literacy support •
INDIV/GRP TUITION IN YOUR HOME QUALIFIED + EXPERIENCED TEACHER, K-12 PROVEN SUCCESS - REFS AVAILABLE (16)
1226 Kingston Road 416-690-6116 www.thestudystudio.com Specialized programs for grades 3-12 and beyond in all subjects. Jennifer Wilson B.Ed. (21/15) Kim Rauch B.Ed.
• One on one tutoring for grades 3-12. • Specialized summer programs available to help ‘bridge the gap’ to help students get off to an excellent start in September. • Serving the Beach for over 15 years. • Conveniently located.
416-272-9589 headstarttutors@rogers.com
(13)
MATH SPECIALIST
• In-home tutoring in HS math/physics
• Focussing on long-term success • Experience in all grades/core courses Hire a tutor with in-depth knowledge, practical experience & a real passion for math.
416-875-1883 math.avopticom.ca
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Please call
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TUTORING
OCT certified teacher, over 20 years experience, highly qualified (former dept head in a Senior highschool for Fr. Imm.) Contact: Marion @ 647-406-4681 or: marionklein@hotmail.ca (16)
Kingston Rd/Vic Park
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VOCAL LESSONS
Professional Recording Artist and instructor providing vocal lessons and coaching in all styles. Piano, vocal, guitar and theory instruction available in Studio. All ages. Inquire about in home services. (12.)
PIANO TEACHER Susan Kohlhepp 416-690-2289 sjkohlhepp@hotmail.com
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DAY CARE CONNECTION LICENSED, NON-PROFIT HOME CHILD CARE
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EAST TORONTO VILLAGE
CHILDREN’S CENTRE A licensed non-profit child care ser ving the Upper Beach for 28 years. w w w. E a s t To ro n to V i l l a g e . c o m THE BEST THERE IS! See our ad page 12
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FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE FOR ADULTS WITH CHILDREN
B I R T H TO S I X Y E A R S
Private Tutoring Grade 7, 8, 9, 10 French OCT Certified French teacher
Contact Evelyn at
ealianak@bell.net or call
416-779-2235
184 MAIN ST. across from Ted Reeve Arena
(416) 690-0102
(14)
READING, WRITING, MATH Building self-esteem and confidence K-8 One-on-One Tutoring Certified Teacher (B.Ed., OCT) Over 20 years experience Call or text Miriam at 416-660-6253 miriam.snell@bell.net (12) Retired Math teacher will tutor Gr. 9 and 10 Math. Dave 416-699-8853 (13)
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Peek-A-Bears Childcare
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Affordable before and after
school care available for ages 6 - 12. Pick ups from Balmy Beach and St. Denis schools. Extended hours available.
Great references; 20 years experience. Snacks, activities and homework supervision. September start.
Adrianne 647-289-7776
(13)
HOME DAYCARE
Over 20 yrs experience, fun loving, reliable. Close to library, Beaches Rec Center, parks, drop-in center. CPR, daily outing. Reasonable rate, receipts. Excellent references.
Ph: 416-693-5272
(12)
Welcome to my Home!
Experienced loving mom who enjoys teaching children through music, has ONE OPENING AVAILABLE. Our days include age appropriate learning activities, circle/story times, introduction to French, montly learning themes, crafts, outdoor play and cuddles. Healthy organic meals, CPR certified and great references.
Call/text Judy 647-281-2822 (14)
Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool
Serving our community since 1974 Educational, fun-filled program for children 18 mos-10 yrs We escort to and from Balmy Beach and St. Denis schools. 416-698-4179 www.lakesideplayschool.ca (19)
Garden & Tree BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE -LAWN CUTTING -PROPERTY CLEANING - HEDGE TRIMMING -FERTILIZING & SEEDING - EAVESTROUGH CLEANING
416-414-5883 info@blpm.ca
(13)
Garden Five-O Garden Design & Service
SEASONAL • Clean-up • Planting • Containers Weekly & biweekly maintenance
Juli 416-994-6701
(13)
GARDEN CARE & ADVICE cleanup - pruning - planting readied for sale - vacation care maintenance - consultation
Allison 416-693-7214 naturescapeconsult@yahoo.ca
Greg 416-693-8678 www.carbontip-toe.com
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Landscapers
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Nash Landscaping
Call now for all your landscaping needs. I offer lawn cutting, gardens, pruning, weeding, planting. Also junk removal and more. Free estimate. Fast friendly service.
Ryan 647-380-9722
(12.)
Fresh Green
25 years Experience High Quality • On Schedule One-of-a-Kind Outdoor Living Spaces
416-288-1499
www.greenapple.ca
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www.greenapple.ca
• Small and Big Moves • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country • Junk and Rubbish Removal
www.thegoodmoves.com 899-3980 (19)
REASONABLE RATES
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STONEHENGE LANDSCAPE • DESIGN & BUILD
416-467-6059 www.stonehengedesignbuild.com (r)
KIM PRICE
Local. Taking care of your possessions.
416-690-1356 All Season Movers
416-693-5143 Creating Award Winning Gardens • Design and Construction •
www.kimpricelandscapedesign.com (17)
STUDIO 1
2 Men + Truck $49/hr Office • Apt. Deliveries 416-830-8183
Serving the Beach For 20 Years! • Specializing in Interlock, Retaining Walls • All Natural Stone Work, Decks, Fences • Sodding, Planting,Water Features, Lighting, Etc. (12)
BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
-LAWN CUTTING
*(weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and one time visits available) (13)
IN THE BEACH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS • Weekly & Bi-Weekly Lawn Cutting • Spring Clean-ups • Flower Bed Maintenance • Fertilization & Aeration • Hedge Trimming & Pruning • Seeding & Sodding
(17)
MAN WITH CARGO VAN - will do small moving jobs - local or long distance - removal & pick up of various items
Call Andre 416-422-4864
GREENSTONE LANDSCAPES
(19)
CARTAGE & STORAGE
Licensed & Insured
Landscape Design
(19)
WE MOVE FOR LESS! Accurate work & reasonable rates
416-999-MOVE (6683) Watch our videos at
www.BestWayToMove.com (16r)
*MOVE MEN*
$29 / hr. & up + 1 hr. One,Two, or Three Men 7 Days a Week Call Delivery Dan 647-763-5257 (16r)
Painters
(17/15)
Scotstone
Traditional stone walls, steps, paths, patios & interlock.
Landscaping solutions to customize your space.
www.scotstonecontracting.com Call Scott 416.858.2452 (13)
Larry’s Painting & Repairs Family owned & operated 26 years in business
416-690-3890
larryspainting@gmail.com www.larryspaintingtoronto.com
(r)
PROWAY
IDEAL
PAINTING & DECORATING
LANDSCAPING
Interior • Exterior Residential • Commercial Plastering • Drywall
LAWN MAINTENANCE COMPLETE LANDSCAPING • CLEANUPS SPRING & FALL • FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED • DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS
416-439-6639
(14)
A.S.M. MOVERS
Front yard parking pads Drawings • Permits • Build 416-288-1499
(416) 414-5883 info@blpm.ca
647 606 0970
Call Hakan: 416
Green Apple Landscaping
416-699-8575
Shane
freshgreenlawncare@gmail.com
“Always on Time and on Budget”
Award Winning Design & Build
647-210-LAWN (5296)
416 254-0119
Movers
Green Apple Landscaping
HARRY
HIGH QUALITY, LED LIGHTING FIXTURES FOR TREES, PATHWAYS AND DECKS. DESIGN AND INSTALLATION. DC LIGHTING ON HOMESTARS FOR REVIEWS.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Lawn cutting weekly & bi-weekly Small tree pruning & removal Hedge trimming, pruning & removal Yard clean ups
Seasonal yard cleanup, Planting, pruning, fertilizing Woodland garden design Any reasonable request Security Approved 647-828-2468
Nurturing, supportive care, flexible hours. Early Childhood Education Specialists to answer your questions. Call 416-698-0750
Now is the time for lawn seeding. Excellent results. All you add is water! Fall planting, shrubs & perennials. Meticulous shrub & small tree pruning.
Contact: Tim Conway
• SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1976 •
Eloise at 416.691.5799
(12)
Unbelievably Affordable
Tutoring HELP WITH MATH & ENGLISH
647-766-7875
Neighborhood Gardening
We have a beautiful space located just east of Gerrard and Woodbine. Excellent programming and organic lunches are served! Servicing children from toddler to 5 yrs. For more information please call
All Welcome
Scarboro Music
We provide a positive, encouraging environment for children 2 1/2 yrs to 12 yrs in a licensed, non-profit, parent-board day care. Info. or to register
• PLAYROOM • CHILDCARE REGISTRY • • LIBRARY • BABY TIME MON 1:30 PM WORKSHOPS EVERY 2ND THURSDAY
French / German / Spanish
We teach it all!
BALMY BEACH COMMUNITY DAY CARE
Passion for music? Piano teacher available, Hons A.R.C.T. graduate to teach all musical styles: classical, pop, folk, rock, musicals, movie soundtracks and more. All ages welcome. In home lessons available. 416-570-3886 Michellelecce2@gmail.com www.michellelecce.com (13)
416-702-9845
Bach to ROCK
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BattenbergMusic
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Music
brendacarol.com 416-467-7959
(12.)
Experienced Math & Physics Tutor Grades 9-12
$15 HR
(416) 699-8333
Andrea de Boer A.R.C.T., B.M. Berklee College of Music
CLEAN UP • HEDGE TRIMMING LANDSCAPING • PLANTING IN LAWN MOWING • TRIMMING
ALL LAWN AND GARDEN (r)
25
BEACHES LANDSCAPE LIGHTING
John, Master Gardener
Marlene 416-698-5668
Head Start Tutors
CLEANING LADY Available weekly or bi-weekly. Good references. Call Kristine
416-405-8301
(12)
15 yrs teaching experience Classical, Jazz, Fiddle, Rock, Improv Beginners welcome Piano and voice also available
416-737-2654
Bilingual School
•18 months to 12 years •Preschool daycare & after school program 72 Main St.
416-698-1923
Proven success with thousands of Beach area students for 12 years
Trustworthy, hardworking, kind, reliable
416-575-2990
416-839-1351
info@goproguitar.com
LeRoux Froebel
www.lerouxfroebel.com
THE STUDY STUDIO
Free Estimate
Barbara 416 389-8120 416 690-0433
Busy Life? Struggle to find time? I CAN HELP!
647-858-9708
(13)
647 886 8303
Guitar For Grown Ups
VIOLIN LESSONS
Experienced
CLEANING LADIES
(416) 825-9705
(19)
Rob Hiemstra - GOPROGUITAR
416 421-5758
rileyswindowcleaning.com
APPRAISALS
416-699-3772
VICTORIA GARDENING
Child Care Available
PIANO TUNING REPAIRS AND
416-729-2077 cell
BRENDA CAROL
STEAM CLEANING LTD.
Call 416-783-3434
Same day service guarantee Open from Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE
WHO HAS TIME ANYMORE?
PAWS SIT STAY
416-567-3205
THE HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANING COMPANY
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GALBRAITH CONSTRUCTION AND DISPOSAL LTD.
Call Candy at 416 691-3170
*Insured*
EUROPEAN CLEAN
RILEYS’ WINDOW CLEANING
Home Cellular Automation
Brendalee 416-804-5545 PAWSSITTER.COM
*Bonded*
BEACH METRO NEWS
416.797.6731 Free Estimates & References Available (19) (16)
STONESCAPE 25 yrs experience
Interlocking Stone • Planters Retaining Walls • Steps • Fences Decks • Sodding
416-821-4065
rickscape@hotmail.com (14)
FRANZ’S PAINTING
Experienced. Reliable. Professional Work Guaranteed. Drywall Repairs. Competitive Rates. Beach Resident.
Call Franz 416-690-8722
(16)
LISA ORRIDGE LANDSCAPE DESIGN
STEVE’S PAINTING & REPAIRS
Innovative solutions for your outdoor living space through design & installation
For strength, durability and finish, it’s all about the prep. Have it done right, the first time. References, free estimates. Beach Resident
Lisa (416) 698-2187 corridge@rogers.com
(12)
INTERIOR • EXTERIOR WORK
Cell# 647-853-6420
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BEACH METRO NEWS
‘As Promised’ Painting *** Free Estimates *** We stand by our contracts, big or small. Also do Drywall and Plaster Repairs and more
Dianne 416 699 5070
(21/15)
Residential & Commercial • Free estimates Specialized in Residential Painting Reasonable rates for small or big jobs.
416-854-4360
(19)
416-694-2470
No job too small for all your repair and painting needs (19)
NEW BRIGHT PAINTING
No MESS, NO FUSS, JUST SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP, Fully Insured Member BBB • Beach Resident SEAN AT 416-985-8639
newbrightpainting@gmail.com
(17)
Simone’s Painting and Renovations
Professional work with a personal touch. Free estimates. 416-578-1221 (15)
RH PAINTING
24 hr. - lic# P1624
(17)
DRAINS • SINKS TOILETS • LEAKS FAUCETS • TAPS $25 OFF ANY SERVICE W/THIS AD Call Rickey Rooter
416-999-3594
(16)
NEED A PLUMBER Toilets • Faucets Leaks • Drains Very affordable All work guaranteed (416) 558-8453
(17.)
Cascade Plumbing Waterproofing Specialist We provide basement waterproofing for external and internal homeowners with a full line of service. Great affordable rates. Fully licensed.
Contact us at 416 602 2128 (15)
LOCAL ELECTRICIAN (12r)
PROFESSIONAL PAINTER Richard Durocher Interior & Exterior Small to Mid-size jobs
647 401 7970
Colouring the Beach for 10 years, Interior & Exterior Gyproc and Trim Repair, Colour Consultations, Faux Finishes and Decorative Treatments. No Job Too Small. Free Written Quotes (15)
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Knob & tube rewiring Service Upgrades free estimates
*Ask For Photo I.D.*
CARL 647-787-5818
(r)
CLAYTON ELECTRIC Proud To Have Served Our Community For Over 50 Years Specializing in Service Upgrades and Knob & Tube Wiring
painting & services
(r)
- ECRA/ESA#7004508
ACE
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(22/15)
Electric Lic: 7006786
COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SERVICES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
SINCE 1974
SISK ELECTRIC CO. LTD. (16)
Plumbers
Celebrating 40 yrs in the Beaches Knob & Tube rewire Service/Panel upgrades Renovations / Small jobs Commercial Industrial Residential
POWER
MIKE PARKER PLUMBING
Plumbing • Heating • Drains Renovation, Repair & Installation
690-8533 Lic. #P-15099
(r)
BEACH PLUMBING Small Repairs to complete houses Renovations
416 691-3555
50 years in the Beach
(r)
ONTARIO WATER PLUMBING
LTD
Professional Quality Service Repairs-Renovations-Installations
Electrical
COMPANY
PANEL & SERVICE UPGRADE TROUBLESHOOTING & WIRING ANY KIND OF SMALL OR BIG JOB. REASONABLE PRICE
Call: 416.939.7833 Lic# 7009221
(19)
N.D. TREEN ELECTRIC ECRA/ESA Lic#7001629
Free Estimates Work performed by Master Eelctrician Panel Changes • Pot Lights Interconnected Smoke Detectors Knob & Tube Replacement Dale Treen 416-882-6701 daletreen@yahoo.com (19)
MBX ELECTRIC LTD.
Master Electrician Lic. ESA ECRA #7000314
MET LIC P18238, BBB A+, WSIB Master Plumber: Franc Zamernik
Mobile: 416-834-8474 Office: 416-757-6537 (r)
ROBINSON CARPENTRY For quality craftsmanship
Residential • Commercial - Knob & Tube Wiring - Service Panel Upgrades - Renovations & Alterations Call Marc 416-910-1235 (15)
Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates
Lic. & Ins.
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Built-in-Cabinets
•home entertainment centres •home offices •bookcases, fireplace surrounds •utilize your space with built-in storage units Bill Watson 416-690-9564 cell 647-283-0095 (19)
REX NORMAN CARPENTRY
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G. LOCKE
We keep you dry from top to bottom
GENERAL CONTRACTING 647-606-5662
Licensed + Insured • 30 yrs experience (16)
ROOFING & SIDING? SOLUTION! Flat and Shingle Roofs Re-roofing, Repair Eavestrough, Soffit & Fascia Workmanship Guaranteed
416-910-8033
(r)
TOTAL INTERIOR RENOVATIONS Specializing in: Kitchen Design • Bathrooms Carpentry • Drywall • Floorings Basement Apartments Decks & Fences Met. Lic. Gord Walker B-8357 416-694-2119 (r)
No Roofing, siding, eaves or masonry repair or replacement project is too small. Call our roofing contractor alliance! We dispatch pre-qualified independent contractors who offer 10 year workmanship warranties and have legal businesses, WSIB and liability insurance. License #B-21792 (12)
ROOFING REPAIRS (13)
DESIGN + BUILD CUSTOM CEDAR, JAPANESE STYLES MULTILEVELS, ARBOURS, FENCES LANDSCAPING SERVICES (13)
(17)
Andrew Call or Text
(15)
CANADIAN CONTRACTORS
Flat Roofs & Shingles Aluminum Siding ~ Fascia & Soffit Eavestrough Cleaned & Replaced Tuck Pointing & Much More
416-694-7497 ~ 416-423-4245
(19)
KINGSTON RD ROOFING For all your roofing needs
35 years in the Beaches Marty 416 579 6534 Roger 416 579 6548 KingstonRoadRoofing.ca (5/15)
BERGERON ROOFING
Shingle & Flat Specializing in Flat Roofs All Work Guaranteed 35 yrs. experience
(17)
LANIGAN’S CONTRACTING CO.
(r)
Queen St. Roofing
(16)
THOSE ROOFERS Don’t call them, call those roofers ALL TYPES OF ROOFS
• CARPENTRY / TRIM • DRYWALL / TAPING • FINISHED BASEMENTS “Serving the Beach Since 1980”
Lic - Insured • Free Estimate
416-691-8693
CITY WIDE ROOFING
For all your roofing needs In the Beaches since 1974 FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED
416-690-1430 • 416-266-8953 quotes@citywideroofing.ca www.citywideroofing.ca (19/14)
(r)
STONEHENGE 416-467-6735
www.stonehengefoundations.com
Underpinning Specialists “Reclaim Your Basement”
(r)
CONCRETE WORK
Lowering Basement Benching-Underpinning Waterproofing Inside/Outside New Drains
416-917-5990
(r)
CLIMATE KING HEATING & AIR
Sales, Installation, Service Gas Furnaces/Boilers, Stoves, BBQ, Dryers, Water Heaters/Tankless, Air Conditioners, Gas Fireplace, Humidifiers, Duct work, Radiators Fully licensed & Insured
(r)
TOTAL RENOVATIONS INC. Architectural Design-Build
•PAINTING •STAINING •DRYWALL REPAIR •PARGING •DECK & FENCE REPAIR •MINOR REPAIRS
Jack 416-278-5328
(19)
Scotstone Licensed masonry contractor
Call Scott 416.858.2452
(13)
QUALITY HOME IMPROVEMENTS & RENOVATIONS
by Jim Ferrio ODD JOBS PLUS “Seniors never pay tax” Call Jim for a free estimate
416 660 4721
(16)
TILE INSTALLATION
porcelain. marble . limestone . glass . ceramics All work guaranteed. 25 years experience Free estimates
416-558-8453
(17.)
JD MASONRY
BRICK, BLOCK, STONEWORK CONCRETE REPAIR/BUILD CHIMNEY/TUCKPOINTING
416 738-2119 www.jdbuild.ca
(12)
WOODY’S
HANDYMAN SERVICES
General repair • Painting, Electrical • Plumbing 10 yrs plus experience References Available handymanwoody@hotmail.com
416-699-0958
(17)
TorontoGeneralConstruction.com CUSTOM HOME RENOVATIONS Roofing. Bathroom. Basement. Additions etc. 416-899-3394 1-800-768-6791
info@TorontoGeneralConstruction.com (17)
INTERLOCK Relevelling & Repairs Small Carpentry Jobs
Greg 416-693-8678
(17)
416-694-2488 www.totalrenovations.com
(r)
MR. HARDWOOD FLOORS All about wooden floors Serving Toronto since 1981
MANUEL 416-727-1900 (r)
BEACH RENOVATIONS CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, PAINT PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, TILE Licensed & Insured 30 YRS LOCAL EXPERIENCE ON TIME/BUDGET www.beachrenovations.com
(r)
E X P E R T S (416) 780-2917
www.property-plus.ca
YOUR STUCCO Stucco • Moulding Wall Systems
(15)
PROPERTY PLUS
SPECIALIZING IN RESIDENTIAL REPAIRS AND REMODELING NO JOB TOO SMALL ON TIME AND ON BUDGET *FREE ESTIMATES *INSURED
(647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca
(18)
Drywall, Plastering, Taping 15 yrs Experience • Excellent Job Call Mike 416-854-7024 647 833 7024 Fax 647-341-6104
NATURAL GAS Gas Lines + Hook Ups BBQ, Stove, Dryer Furnace, Water Tank, Pool Heaters *Free Estimates *Licensed + Insured
(r)
GODFREY RENOVATIONS & REPAIRS LTD.
416-691-8241
• Chimneys - repairs or new • Brick, Block, Stone work • Tuckpointing, colour matching • Concrete work - repairs or new
416-752-1585
•CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL
416-264-8517
WEBSTER CONTRACTING INC. 647-235-6690 Lic & Ins (12)
(r)
SERVICES “No Job Too Small”
Marc 416-617-7205
WET BASEMENT EXPERTS
www.scotstonecontracting.com
Alan Burke 416-699-4350
www.tradeprocontractors.com
ED GODFREY
(r)
Residential, Commercial, Retail, Home Offices Senior Rates
40 Years Established in the GTA / Beach
Mark Denington
416-375-5191
Give your floors a new beginning!!! (13) Free Estimates
Quality Stone Masonry & Brickwork Repairs and new builds, Chimneys, Fireplaces, Foundations
TRADEPRO GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC ADDITIONS KITCHEN & BATHROOMS
GNOMEWORKS
•NO JOB TOO SMALL• Metro Lic. #B9948
Doug 416-871-1734 Jeff 647-686-8103
Telephone Systems
416-463-9331 (r)
Complete Kitchen, bathroom & basement. Interior/Exterior Painting & Carpentry. Doors, Windows, Siding, Fences, Decks, Patios
- Shingles & Flats- Repair & Tune ups - Cedar & Slate - Re-roofs & new work
Cable & Telephone Wiring
DILULLO MASONRY
HANDYMAN
•Shingle Roofs •Flat Roofs •Siding •Roof Repairs •Eavestroughing Insured • Met. Lic. B15515 For a Free Estimate ask for Lawrence
(21/15)
Shingles, Flat roofs, Brick & Cement work. Waterproofing, Facia Siding, Aluminum Soffit Decks, Interlocking, Reno’s
Trades
Sanding, Staining, Refinishing, Repairs & Installations. Quality workmanship for excellent rates.
Free estimates!
www.handydan.ws
(416)465-6999•(416)768-7279 climateking.ca (13)
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Hardwood Flooring
Handyman Services Decks, Fences, Carpentry Drywall, Bathrooms Kitchens, Basements
Drywall, Painting, Carpentry Masonry, Flooring Reliable - Quality work
Dan 416-699-2728
(11/15)
Jack of All Trades
the handyman
TAYLOR & SHAND
416-557-9199
(r)
Handy Dan
www.basementlowering.com 416-494-3999
CONTRACTING
COXWELL ROOFING
(r)
Basement Lowering
Met. Lic. B-16-964
416-466-9025
Gord Walker 416-694-2119
(r)
Shingles • Flats Roof Repairs • Metal Work Eavestroughing & Siding Waterproofing • Since 1984
Steve 416-285-0440
Met. Lic. B-8357
JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457
Underpinning Foundation Repair Drains, New/Repair
FOUNDATION REPAIR WATERPROOFING
647-206-3376 “oftentimes, a repair is all you really need”
All Types: Ceramics • Natural Stones Vinyl • Cork Hardwoods • Laminates Floating and Plank
Repair - Reno - Restore
(22/15)
647-350-1222
PAINTING • FLOORING CERAMIC TILE HARDWOOD FLOOR DRYWALL & PLUMBING Call Richard 416-265-4351 (12)
416-698-2613
(6/15)
Fixerontheroof.com
Accomplished Finish Carpenter 25 yrs exp PORCHES, DECKS, FENCES CABINETRY, BUILT-INS INT/EXT TRIM & STAIRCASES
Call Vince Shop 416-285-9895 Cell 416-399-2342 www.galaxywood.ca
Serving Your Community Since 1971
Innerspace
& WATER PROOFING
Gus:
Master of Carpentry specializing in interior & exterior finishing, decks, stairs, windows, doors, railings, book shelving, feature walls and much more. Putting quality first.
MARIO 416-690-1315
416-659-7003
www.webuildit.ca (19)
SILVERBIRCH
HARDWOOD
FLOORING SPECIALIZING IN SANDING & STAINING
BEACHES ROOFING Flooring Installer
• ON TIME / ON BUDGET •
Glenn 416 837 9298
416-694-7402
647-979-5652
Call Clyde Robinson 691-8241 www.robinsoncarpentry.com Licensed with 30 years experience
Call Rex 416-889-1963 rexn@rogers.com
FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.
Over Twenty-five Years in the Beach
with attention to detail
Total renovations, basements, trim, doors, porches, wall units, closets. Electrical, plumbing, paint, drywall.
Tel. 416-569-2181
ECRA/ESA#7003913•ACP approved (18)
Flat Roofs and Shingles Aluminum Siding • Fascia Soffit Sky Lights • Eavestrough
Foundation Repair/Waterproofing
WHISPERER
-Flat Roofs-Shingles-Eavestrough Toronto Fire/Police References An Honest Family Service
416-699-3005
WET BASEMENT ?
Your Neighborhood Roofer Metro Licensed, Insured, WSIB No subcontracting, specialized in flat roofs and skylights Warranties on any Roof Repair www.theroofwhisperer.ca
Free Estimates • Metro Lic. B17416
VISA / MC / AMERICAN EXPRESS (15)
416-267-3241 Ecofriendlypainting.ca
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CELEBRATE THE art of creative wordplay at the second East End Poetry Festival, from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Children’s Peace Theatre, 305 Dawes Rd. Toronto poet laureate George Elliott Clarke will be on hand. The poet, novelist and professor has received more awards than can be counted in this space, and makes his second appearance at the festival. Joining him will be the BAM Youth Slam Team of teenage competitive performance poets, spoken word artist and writer Dwayne Morgan, poet, motivational speaker and Reaching Intelligent Souls Everywhere Poetry Edutainment founder Randell Adjei, poetry teacher and Children’s Peace Theatre founding member Kate Marshall Flaherty, and writer and poet Rosemary Sullivan. The afternoon will also feature an all ages poetry workshop, children’s activities, live music from Beacher Emily Steinwall’s trio, and free snacks. Admission is free, and the event runs rain or shine.
perform pieces from An Equal Music, while Allen will narrate passages during the concert at Kingston Road United Church. Tickets for the concert are $20. For more information, see kruc.ca/concerts.html.
PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
Head over heels for Ashbridges skatepark Joey Purpura as Neil Diamond
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A UNIQUE music and literature event is coming to the Beach this fall. Centred on Vikram Seth’s An Equal Music, Beaches Reads will combine the book, discussions, and a concert by Toronto Symphony Orchestra musicians into a multilayered, unique experience. Pick up a copy of the book now and read it by the end of the month, in time to take in a group discussion led by TSO musician Tim Dawson and CBC’s Tom Allen at an East End branch of the Toronto Public Library. Free book discussions will happen at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at the Taylor Memorial branch, 1440 Kingston Rd., and at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Main Street branch, Tuesday, Oct. 14 at the Gerrard/ Ashdale branch, and Tuesday, Oct. 21 at the Beaches branch. On Nov. 2, a quintet of TSO players will
TICKETS ARE still available for Diamond in the Rough, Joey Purpura’s tribute to Neil Diamond. Purpura’s uncanny vocal resemblance to the long-lasting singer will make listeners feel like they’re hearing the singer himself perform hits like Cracklin’ Rosie, Sweet Caroline, America, Love on the Rocks, and Forever In Blue Jeans. In between songs, Purpura tells tales to offer context and background on Diamond’s life and the stories behind the songs. Audiences tend to get involved, clapping, singing along and dancing to the hits. Diamond in the Rough takes place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12 at the Baron Byng Beaches Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, 243 Coxwell Ave. Tickets are $15 in advance from the legion or $20 at the door, with some proceeds going to the legion. For more on Purpura and his show, visit solitaryman.ca.
McKinley Skrypetz pulls off a heel flip at the Beach Skateboard Park on August 28 after coming down to watch a demo by pro skateboarders such as Nyjah Huston, the five-time gold medalist in men’s street skateboarding at the X Games. “This park’s amazing,” said Skrypetz, adding that his home skatepark is only a third the size of the Beach’s. “If we had this back in Muskoka it’d be sick.”
Write on Health, cont’d from Page 20 One of its main annual events, the “Ride for Farley,” takes place in September, and in October is the “Royal Canin Fundraise for Farley Month.” Many veterinary clinics across the province will be doing what they can during this time to raise awareness and money for Farley. For more information on the Farley Foundation visit farleyfoundation.org.
ST. PAUL’S United Church
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS Sept. 20 Fashion Show and Tea 12:30pm Admission: $15
Oct. 4 Walkathon Oct. 25 Fall Harvest Dinner
ALL WELCOME
Toronto poet laureate George Elliott Clarke
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