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June 2, 2015

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Bees stay busy in blooming wisteria A bumble bee enjoys the blooms cascading from a giant Wisteria plant growing in the Beach Triangle. Owner Cris Roxas said last year was a tough one for blooms, but the six-metre-long vine is in full flower this spring.

Gould treasure rediscovered at Williamson By Andrew Hudson

HE HAD a budgie named Mozart. His goldfish were Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Haydn. As a boy growing up in the Beach, Glenn Gould left plenty of clues he might have a future in music. One was rediscovered this October, when a former classmate of his came to the centennial at Williamson Road Junior Public School with a copy of Our Gifts – a song Gould wrote for the school back when he was a student there, in 1943. On May 30, Grade 5 and 6 students in the school’s glee choir sang it in Ottawa’s National Arts Centre for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award Gala. “It’s astonishing that a child could write this, with the right theory, at age ten,” said Sheila Brand, a music and drama teacher who leads the Williamson choir. “I think it’s a gem.” Written for piano and a choir of boys and girls, Our Gifts is a patriotic song, with a military rhythm and lots of bold double chords for the left hand. Biographer Kevin Bazzana called it “march-like and full of Edwardian pomp.” The lyrics, which it seems Gould also wrote, start:

We are the boys, we are the girls of all the Public Schools We have a Red Cross job to do, to furnish all the tools Besides performing it, the school originally sold copies of the song for 10 cents each, with proceeds going to Canada’s Junior Red Cross. “It was right in the middle of the war,” said Brand, and the Junior Red Cross, which started in Saskatchewan in 1917, was by then a huge student campaign all across Canada. During the 1939 to 1945 war, which coincided with Gould’s time at the school, students at Williamson sold $12,301 in stamps and war

bonds — enough to build a Fleet Cornell training plane with ‘The Williamson’ painted on its nose as a thank-you. Principal Brian Svenningsen said that tradition of community involvement runs deep at Williamson, and continues today. After a parent involved with the Governor General’s awards heard the song at Williamson’s winter concert, a group of parents donated their own time and money so that 41 students could sing it in Ottawa. “I think this just goes hand in glove with what the school has always been,” said Svenningsen. “I really feel that we’re a commu-

nity school.” In Ottawa, the choir performed Our Gifts during a tribute to actor R.H. Thomson. Besides playing Glenn Gould in David Young’s play Glenn, Thomson co-created a 2007 vigil for soldiers who fought in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, and wrote and performed a solo play, The Lost Boys, based on letters written by his five great-uncles during the First World War. Brand said it’s fitting to sing Glenn Gould’s song at the tribute for Thomson, and not only because of the war connection. Asked why she is a fan of his music, Brand said, “I’m an actor at

heart, and I like the fact that Gould took masters like Bach and made them his own.” “He didn’t necessarily adhere to ‘classical music has to be played this way,’” she added. “His interpretative skills were through the roof.”

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Grade 5 and 6 students in Williamson Road Public School’s glee choir rehearse with a performance of former student Glenn Gould’s Our Gifts. The song was written by the latterly famous composer at age 10, to raise money for Canada’s Junior Red Cross.

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“NO PARKING after 5 p.m.” isn’t a rule for people who live just south of Kingston Road near Main Street. It’s just a pesky fact of life. Speaking at a May 25 meeting about two new condos proposed for Kingston Road, neighbouring residents said street parking in the area is already bad, and the condos could make it worse. A street-parking manager with the City of Toronto confirmed that area of the Upper Beach is close to capacity. But the developer, Streetcar Developments, says the issue is largely out of their control. “Our presence is somewhat immaterial to the overall, bigger problem,” said Jason Garland, vice-president of business and project development. Streetcar plans to build one six-storey condo at 663 Kingston Rd, the former Dip ‘n Sip Donuts site on the southeast corner of Kingston and Southwood Drive. Another six-storey condo is planned for 646 Kingston Rd., a site just west of Main Street that backs onto the Glen Davis ravine. Together, the two condos would have 95 underground parking spaces for 170 suites – four fewer than city requires for the residents of those suites. Eleven more would be required if bylaws on visitor parking and parking for the ground-floor shops at 663 Kingston Rd. are strictly applied.

But even if they fall short of the city requirements, Aaron Knight, Streetcar’s development manager said the buildings are very well provided for. That’s because after selling 90 per cent of the suites at 663 Kingston Rd., nearly half the purchasers waived the option to buy an underground parking spot. It’s a trend Streetcar has seen over 15 condo projects across the city, said Garland. Buyers often leave a large surplus of empty parking spaces below the building. But after hearing that underground spaces in the Kingston Road buildings cost between $25,000 and $30,000, several residents suggested buyers will simply favour a cheaper street-parking permit from the city. Knight said that is a possibility, though he noted that many buyers prefer indoor parking if they can afford it, while others are forgoing car ownership altogether. In any case, Knight said, given Streetcar’s past experience and the sales data so far, building more parking spaces for either condo on Kingston Road is unlikely to solve the problem. Streetcar has already changed its original plan by buying a residential property east of 663 Kingston Road so it can expand the underground garage by 18 spaces. Streetcar plans to build a pair of townhouses on that additional site. City councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon said there are several ways to

improve street parking in the area. On streets such as Glen Stewart Avenue and Glen Stewart Crescent, the free daytime street parking for non-permit holders is the city default: three hours. Residents can petition to limit such non-permit parking to one or two hours, said McMahon, noting that where the limit is less than three, parking is automatically enforced, rather than complaint-driven. Adding some metered spaces for non-permit holders on flanking streets is another possibility, she said. After one resident mentioned the seniors who have trouble walking up the hill to Glen Stewart Avenue when forced to park below it, McMahon said residents can apply for reserved accessibility spots. McMahon also said residents can request that people living in the new condos be prohibited from buying a streetparking permit. As it stands, condo dwellers can buy street parking even if underground spaces are available – the permits cost more than triple the permit for someone with no parking on-site, such as a house with no driveway, but it still less than a $25,000 indoor space amortized over 30 years. “It’s not something I would like to do,” said McMahon. “I do feel as a taxpayer in the City of Toronto that I have the right to park on a road, because the road belongs to the public realm.” “But it has been done,” she said. “There needs to be support for that.”

Joggin’ for the Noggin Henry Hughes, 7, crosses the finish line at the annual Joggin’ for the Noggin’ run at Ashbridges Bay. There were 285 participants and 25 volunteers on hand for the event that raised nearly $9,000 for SickKids Hospital. Joggin’ for the Noggin’ is organized by the family and friends of 14 year-old Jillian Jacques, who in 2012 developed a life-threatening brain infection. Jillian has gone through many procedures, but is on the road to a full recovery.

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Correction A STORY and photo about the opening of The Kingston Social published on May 19 mistakenly identified Tracey Kornblum as the wife of Kingston Social co-owner Polina Privis. In fact, Tracey Kornblum is co-owner of Kingston Social, while Tanya Dercach is Privis’ wife and owner of the Birch & Co. gift shop at 1487 Gerrard St. E.

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Kindie Bike Rodeo at Williamson gets kids rolling Kindergardeners ride decorated bikes and scooters around a huge, shady tree outside Williamson Road Junior Public School for the school’s Kindie Bike Rodeo on May 21. Sporting a cowboy hat alongside other parent organizers, Taanis Smyth said the annual rodeo gave her son and now her daughter a big confidence boost in riding on two wheels. PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON

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Beach United craft group knits for needy Beach United minister Abigail Johnson stands by just a few of the knit and crocheted children’s vests that hung on every wall in the Wineva Avenue church last week before being donated to Canadian Food for Children. Without any paid staff, the charity distributes the vests to children in Central and South American countries where there are big swings in overnight temperatures. The vests, along with some knit Teddy Bears and tiny toy bunnies were hand-made by the church’s 5,000-finger strong crafting group and blessed on Mother’s Day.

Gerrard canoe planted to mark two buried creeks By Andrew Hudson

MOST CANOES do best when they keep water out, but not the one docked in the Gerrard India Bazaar. Filled with soil and native plants, the bright blue canoe at Gerrard Street and Rhodes Avenue is enjoying a second life as a garden bed. Planted two weeks ago by volunteer “park rangers” working on a David Suzuki Foundation project called the Homegrown National Park, the canoe is one in a fleet of 12 garden canoes that mark buried creeks in Toronto, and the first in the East End. “I think it’s really great,” said John Wilson, a former chair of the city’s Bring Back the Don task force who now leads Lost River Walks along Toronto’s buried waterways. “For one, it’s just a reminder that even though the water is sort of swished beneath our feet, it’s still flowing.” Two creeks used to flow openly just a few blocks east and west of Rhodes Avenue. Last summer, Wilson led a walk along Coxwell Avenue as he traced the path of Small’s Creek, which once ran above ground from what is now East Lynn Park down to a large, U-shaped pond near Queen Street and Kingston Road.

Part of the creek can still be seen flowing in the Williamson Park Ravine. According to blogTO, the pond that Small’s Creek fed was drained and filled for health reasons in 1935, after the creek and another feeder stream, the Serpentine, were diverted into sewers. To the west of the Rhodes Avenue canoe, Wilson said what is now known as Ashbridges Creek used to flow over land near Woodfield Road — just one of many waterways draining the high, clay-rich ground of East York into Lake Ontario. Wilson said city planners are getting better at managing such waterways, noting that new suburbs are often built with detention ponds and channels called “bioswales” that capture stormwater. “The trouble is, the city is built, and it’s like trying to re-engineer the entire city to fix what we’ve done wrong 100 or 150 years ago,” he said. When Aidan Nolan began thinking of ways to highlight Toronto’s existing creeks and rivers, his first idea was to start a kind of BIXI canoe system. But after speaking with other Homegrown National Park volunteers, Nolan settled on the garden canoe project as an easier start.

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“Park Rangers” Ting Wang, right, and Aidan Nolan, centre, help make a canoe into a garden planter full of native pollinator plants on May 22 outside a coffee shop at Rhodes Avenue and Gerrard Street East. Part of the David Suzuki Foundation’s Homegrown National Park project, it is the 12th garden canoe to mark the buried waterways flowing under Toronto streets, and the first one in the East End. Nolan said the Rhodes Avenue canoe is planted with service berry, native strawberries, milkweed and goldenrod to support birds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies. “We’re trying to build something that has food for pollinators

and other local First Nations. Nolan said a similar garden canoe has been planted outside Toronto on the New Credit First Nation, and more will eventually be set near the many river mouths that empty into Lake Ontario from Long Point to Kingston.

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WITNESSES TO a shooting murder at a Danforth Avenue restaurant are being asked to contact police. On Tuesday, May 19 at about 1:30 a.m., officers responded to the sound of gunshots near Danforth and Coxwell Avenues. Police found Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, 21, of Toronto, suffering from obvious trauma. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death was a gunshot wound. While investigators have interviewed numerous witnesses, there were others at the scene who police would like to speak to. Anyone with any information should call 416-8087400, or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be sent using the Crime Stoppers website at 222tips.com, the Toronto Police Facebook page, by texting TOR and a message to CRIMES (274637), or using the Crime Stoppers smartphone app. POLICE HAVE arrested a man who allegedly groomed and sexually assaulted a six-yearold boy at the Danforth Islamic Centre. Dewan Syed Mosiur Reza, 69, faces four sex crimes charges after the boy was assault-

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Science fair search for a cure By Andrew Hudson

A LOCAL student has won a silver medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair by delivering cancerkilling materials on nanoparticles of gold. Sixteen year-old Aisha Parven, a Grade 11 student at Notre Dame High School, won the prize after months of work in a university lab, where she tested how the element Indium and an antibody called Panitumumab can be used to destroy a line of breast cancer cells. Both are non-toxic, unlike the chemotherapy and radiation therapy that are conventionally used to fight cancer. “The big challenge was the cell line,” said Parven, speaking shortly after the May 15 science fair. “The cells tend to stick to each other, so it’s really hard to kill them.” That is one reason why Parven chose gold nanoparticles as a delivery vehicle — at less than a billionth of a metre in size, they can travel inside cancer cells, rather than just layer around them. Doctors can also scan patients to see how the particles are moving through the body. By starting with a dose of the antibody, and following with a dose of Indium, Parven’s experiment killed up to 65 per cent of the cancer cells in a week and a half.

“I think her project is beyond that of Grade 11s or 12s even,” said Notre Dame chemistry teacher Dr. Gabriel Ayyavoo. “It’s a big jump into universitycalibre research.” Indeed, the jump is so big that it started as a joke. Parven said she enjoyed her first high-school science project, when she and a team tested the strength of various glues. Parven started thinking ahead to what her next science project might be. That’s when her older sister Saba teased her, saying, “Why don’t you go cure cancer?” “I said, ‘Okay,’” said Parven, smiling. “Might as well take it seriously.” Parven watched a DVD series on cancer research, and used Google Scholar to dig up research papers. In Grade 10, she studied the same line of breast cancer cells she experimented on this year to see how quickly they grow when fed glucose and glycine. For that project, Parven had to do her work at a lab in the Canadian Blood Services building, meaning she had to catch up on regular school work at home. This year, she worked at a University of Toronto lab run by pharmacy professor Dr. Raymond Reilly, a well-known breast cancer researcher who mentored Parven along with two other scientists as she came in

twice a week from January to April. After winning gold at the Toronto Science Fair and moving on to nationals in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Parven said she met lots of students doing similar work. “Every other science fair project was using nanotechnology for something,” she said, noting that working on such a small scale makes it easier to target things. One of those projects was a similar cancer treatment study by Tasnia Nabil, a 14-year-old from Windsor, Ontario. In a technique Nabil calls ferromagnetic nano therapy, she destroyed heat-sensitive cancer cells by exciting magnetite nanoparticles with a magnetic field. “It was really fascinating,” said Parven, who was amazed by all the university-level math Nabil had to do. Parven may try a similar magnetic-field experiment for her project next year. Besides a silver medal and a $500 Manning Innovation award, Parven left the Canada-Wide Science Fair with scholarship offers at five Canadian universities. Over the summer, Parven said she will think about what she might study after high school – biology or architecture? “It’s hard because they’re completely different,” said Parven, laughing.

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Track meet removes barriers Alexander, a student from Blantyre Public School, races down the track at Variety Village during the TDSB’s 10th annual barrier-free track and field meet on May 27. Alexander told his teacher, Dana Magyar-Brown, that the meet was the best day of his life – big words from a boy who last month threw a pitch for a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees. But Magyar-Brown said it’s no wonder that so many students look forward to the annual, which this year drew 625 students for events ranging from taekwondo to sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball. “It’s inclusive, it’s active, and it gives students a chance to meet other people and recognize their strengths,” she said.

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In My Opinion

Time to embrace change at Beach Metro News “CH-CH-CH-CHANGES,” SANG David Bowie through my car speakers the other day. And it’s true: the only constant is change. Change is inevitable. A change is as good as a rest. And some things, like newspaper editors’ boundless love for clichés, never change. In the spirit of the YIMBYs (yes, in my back yard) Beach Metro News is embracing change. You may have noticed the call in our last issue for input on a new look for the paper. Over the coming months, the changes we will adopt will be put into use both in print and at beachmetro.com. Some will be obvious, others less so, but

all are intended to make reading Beach Metro News a more positive experience. In the spirit of community, this very space will be opened up somewhat as well. Consider this an open invitation to all the writers and thinkers in the Beach and surrounding area. Write in. Let us know what you’re thinking, and we will share results with our readers. Think grand themes, big ideas, constructive criticism, or novel insight. We’re looking for anything well-written that explores new ideas or looks at current local issues in a new way. We’ll still offer this space to our local politicians from time to time,

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in order to let our elected representatives share with you exactly what they’ve been doing with their time (and your tax dollars). But we’d also love to hear from more of you, so don’t be shy. While many aspects of journalism have changed and continue to do so, however, not all change is for the better, at least as far as we’re concerned. While we need our design and content to reflect the changing times, we won’t pander to the lowest common denominator.

Don’t expect to see ‘clickbait’ headlines become the norm, nor for ‘listicles’ of content mined from other sources. Don’t expect us to give up on our specialty of covering hyper-local news either. Despite the tendency for many outlets to take any major national story and stretch to find a local angle, we believe there are fully local stories worth telling, enough that we don’t need to put a new introduction on a wider story and try to sell it as local coverage. Most of all, we want you to continue to hold us to account. We are a unique newspaper. As a non-profit, we are fully accountable not to stockholders, but to readers.

If there’s something we should cover, tell us. If we missed something in a story, let us know. If you have news tips, column ideas, concerns, criticism, or commendations, take two minutes to write them down – we are listening and reading. A truly successful community newspaper should function like a relationship. After all, a newspaper without readers isn’t much of a newspaper at all. If you have an idea, a proposal, or a finished column, email it to editor@beachmetro.com. Use the same address for comments, suggestions, or letters to the editor. Let’s keep this conversation going.

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Thank you to the strangers who chose to help I AM writing to thank the young man and the woman who was walking with her baby and dog who came to the aid of my 16 year-old daughter who was the victim of a mugging. Walking home from Malvern CI after hanging with some friends, my daughter walked south on Victoria Park and proceeded west. She noticed at one point some teen girls walking about a block behind her. They waited until there were no others on the street, approached from behind, pulled her hair and grabbed her phone and backpack. A black car pulled up, which my daughter thought may be help, but the teens jumped in the car and sped away. My daughter stopped a young man passing by on a bike and he allowed her to use his phone to call home. A woman stopped and called 911. She remained with my daugh-

ter until my husband and police arrived. As a parent you hope this never happens to your child, but knowing there are people who will help is heartwarming. Having grown up in the Beach I am truly appreciative of the kindness bestowed by our neighbours. I want you to know that my daughter is okay, she is quite shaken up but not injured. Thank you for caring and taking the time to help. Rhonda Podger

Pantry Park lease proposal has fans WE ARE thrilled that the stage has been set for the City of Toronto and the TDSB to formally enter into a long-term ground lease of Pantry Park. Despite the opposition’s sug-

gestion that Kew Beach School should just continue to maintain the use of Pantry Park as “status quo,” the reality is the school has not been able to use Pantry Park at recess or lunch times. The school’s current playground is so overcrowded that our youngest students (over 100 kindergarten children) have to stay inside during their one hour lunch break. As school council co-chairs, we see this new agreement as an innovative way for schools and cities to share their green space and parks. The school does not view Pantry Park as their own personal space but as a place for students to use during the day for their two 15 minute recesses, half hour lunch break, and seasonal sports teams while sharing the parkland and track with neighbours and community members who enjoy using them. We applaud councillor McMahon

and her colleagues, and our school trustee, Sheila Cary-Meagher, for adding conditions to the lease that took into consideration the concerns of the community: the protection of gates that back onto the park, permit fees that are in line with the city’s fee schedules, the removal of the suggested 999-year time line, and an addendum that prevents the TDSB from erecting a new fence around the park. We are thrilled that our evergrowing school (we are spilling well over capacity) will have the space for our students to play safely while the community maintains these two beautiful parks. Kew Beach Junior Public School School Council Co-Chairs Laura Beaune & Shannon Morrison

I ATTENDED the public forum hosted at Kew Beach Public School

to discuss and address concerns surrounding the access which the school is requesting to Pantry Park. I sought to keep an open mind with regards to the rather emotive debate, seeking to hear all perspectives and make an informed impression. There is no doubt Kew Beach requires additional space for the safety and well-being of the children which attend the school. This should be our community’s primary priority. No school can double in size and expect to provide the same level of comfort and space to its teachers and students. At certain times of the day certain children are required to remain indoors while other older children use the playground. This is not beneficial for the children concerned, nor the well-being of the teachers. Cont’d. on Page 27

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Beach all lit up for Victoria Day Crowds gather on a breakwater along Kew Beach to watch fireworks boom over Ashbridges Bay Park during the city’s early Victoria Day celebration on May 18, above. At right, this band offered its own illuminating experience for passerby along the boardwalk. PHOTOS: ANDREW HUDSON

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Options project gets into swing of things Mike Labbé, CEO of the non-profit Options for Homes, swings a sledge hammer into the old bingo hall on Trent Avenue where Options plans to build a 275-unit condo. Labbé took the ceremonial swing at a demolition party for condo purchasers held on the site near Main Street and Danforth Avenue on May 22. By building in up-and-coming neighbourhoods and returning all profits into a loan program for purchasers, Options has been able to sell condo units for $40,000 to $70,000 less than the Toronto average. Labbé noted that Options built the first three condos in the Distillery District in the 1990s. Another Options project built near Lawrence West station saw local real estate values rise 30 per cent from 2002 to 2004, he

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Balmy Beach player Lisa De Sario, right, passes to teammate Katrina Herd at the Balmy Beach Rugby Club’s 60th anniversary tournament at Birchmount Stadium on Saturday, May 23. To celebrate, Balmy Beach hosted six games, as well as a banquet the night before the games. The women beat out their rivals from the Toronto Nomads Rugby Club in a 90-5 blowout.

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Malvern boys win city title Malvern Collegiate’s Dylan Silver and Mitchell Myers get ready to challenge Nothern Secondary on the way to winning the city championship in senior boys’ rugby at Sunnybrook Park on May 28. “We’re a small-ish team in the grand scheme of things, but we played our game, we didn’t back down from tackles, and we just kept

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hammering them,” said Malvern captain Alexander Mathers, shortly after handing out medals to all his teammates. Malvern will now move on to the OFSAA provincial finals for the first time since 2009. “It’s going to be an absolute dogfight,” said Mathers. “What it comes down to is any team can beat any other team on a given day.”

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Sports

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100 in 1 festival returns to Beach By Melinda Drake

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East End showdown at city lacrosse final Birchmount Collegiate’s senior boys lacrosse captain Jack Kelly keeps an eye on the ball on way to winning the city final over local rivals from Malvern Collegiate at Centennial Park on May 25.

THE ANNUAL 100 in 1 Day festival will take place Saturday, June 6. This now-global festival, which began in Bogota, Colombia, in 2012, encourages individuals and citizen-led community groups to hold small neighbourhood events with an aim to foster awareness about urban and social issues. Some of the ‘urban interventions’ being held locally include music-making, a dog-friendly event, and an homage to gardens. Sunflower Celebration, hosted by the East Toronto Climate Action Group and Susan Crofts, invites participants to see the group’s greening project near the Woodbine TTC station. A native prairie garden on Strathmore Boulevard grows woodland and false sunflower species that produce food for birds, butterflies and bees. Sunflower cookies will be shared while enjoying this urban oasis. Meet at Strathmore Blvd. at Coleridge Ave. 10 a.m. to noon. Tie a Yellow Ribbon, hosted by Jana Redford, Nicholas Melymuk, Kelly McAllister, and Ilda De Sousa, aims to show that outdoor spaces can be inclusive for all Torontonians, including four-legged ones. This intervention will provide information about The Yellow Dog Project, an organization that promotes tying yellow ribbons on dogs that may need a little extra space, such as fearful ones, dogs that may be in pain from recent surgeries, or rescue dogs that haven’t yet had sufficient training or mastered obedience. Dog treats, water, and free yellow ribbons will be available. Woodbine Park (Queen St. E. at Northern Dancer Blvd.) 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Rhodes Jam is a music-sharing intervention hosted by the Gerrard India Bazaar merchants and residents. Musicians and music-lovers are invited to bring their own instruments and make music in the street at this giant community jam. Face painting, henna designs, and crafts add to the fun. Gerrard St. E. at Rhodes Ave. 4 to 8 p.m. There are many more interventions taking place in the East End on June 6. Visit 100in1day.ca to see the full list.

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Community Calendar JUNE 2: Community Centre 55 Annual General Meeting at CC55, 97 Main St., 7 p.m. Agenda: to approve financial statements for fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2014; to receive Program report; to fill two vacancies on the Board of Management. Info: Debbie Visconti, Executive Director, 416-691-1113 ext 225 (7) JUNE 3: Grand Opening of Fairmount Park Farm Market at Fairmount Park, Gerrard St. E. between Coxwell and Woodbine, 3-7 p.m. Market is held Wednesdays, 3-7 p.m. Info: www.fairmountmarket.ca (7) JUNE 4: SOLE Alternative End of Year Arts Gala/Opening Night at Rebellion Gallery, 1495 Gerrard St. E., 7-11 p.m. Art, design, photography, film. Show runs June 3-10. (7) JUNE 4: Beach Photo Club meeting at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., 7:15 p.m. ‘The Beauty of Carnival’ with Don Moreland. Last meeting until September. Info: www.beachphotoclub.com (7) JUNE 4, 5: Hamlet in Norwood Park, 7 p.m. Presented by Bard in the Park. JUNE 5: Providence Healthcare’s ‘Cuisine & Cuvée’ Food & Wine Fundraiser at Atlantis Pavilions, 955 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (at Ontario Place), 6:30 p.m. Mix and mingle through 30+ food stations from some of the city’s best restaurants and caterers, while enjoying wines and spirits from Ontario’s finest vineyards and distilleries. Silent auction. Tickets $175 (all inclusive). Call 416-285-3666 ext 4232 or visit www. providence.on.ca/foundation (7) JUNE 6: Balmy Beach Residents Association hosts an information table at the Silver Birch Boathouse, at the boardwalk, 10 a.m.3 p.m. Information about the association and its relationship to the community will be available. Info: balmybeachra.org (7) JUNE 6: 100 in 1 Day, a global festival of civic engagement and urban interventions with an aim to creating stronger communities and neighbourhoods. Various times and locations. Info: toronto.100in1day.ca (7) JUNE 6: Bells on Danforth. Gather at Prince Edward Viaduct Parkette (across from Castle Frank subway station), 10:30 a.m., depart at 11 a.m. Ride along Danforth Avenue to the finish at Crossroads Danforth (at Danforth Rd.), where the Danforth BIA will throw a party. Info: bellsondanforth.ca (7) JUNE 7: ‘Sing Into Summer!’ Toronto Beaches Children’s Chorus Concert at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd., 4 p.m. Goodwill offering accepted at door. Info: www.torontobeacheschildrenschorus.com (7) JUNE 9: Deadline for submitting nominations for officers of Ward 9 Community News Inc., publisher of Beach Metro Community News. For information see May 19 issue, page 9. JUNE 11: Annual Choir Concert at St. John’s Catholic Church, 794 Kingston Rd., 7:30 p.m. Come and enjoy sacred and popular music including a guest performance by soprano Monica Parisi and a selection from Beauty and the Beast. Complimentary light refreshments afterwards. Freewill offering for Choir music fund gratefully accepted. Info: 416-699-2518 (7) JUNE 12: “Draw The Circle Wide” – a unique concert experience featuring “The Common Cup Company” at St. Aidan’s Church, 70 Silver Birch Ave., 7:30 p.m. A talented group of musicians who has produced five albums of original music (www.commoncup.com). Some of their best known songs appear in the newer Canadian Hymn Books in the United, Anglican and Presbyterian churches. Tickets $20 available at church office, by phone at 416-691-2222 or email staidan@ eol.ca. Info: staidansinthebeach.com (7) JUNE 13: Beaches Suzuki School of Music 20th Anniversary Concert at Fallingbrook Presbyterian Church, 35 Wood Glen Rd. (3 blks E of Victoria Pk. on S side of Kingston Rd.), 3 p.m. Fantastic concert featuring our wonderful students and faculty - present and past! Refreshments. Family of 4 $5, family of 5 or more

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$10. RSVP: Ines Pagliari 416-726-5729 www.beachessuzukimusic.com (7) JUNE 13: Scarborough Central Lions Spring Mega Yard Sale & Flea Market at Scarborough Arena Gardens parking lot, Birchmount & Kingston Rds., 9 a.m.-2 p.m. rain or shine. Rent a space 18’x18’- $30. Plus tables $5 each extra. Info or to book space: 416-438-4471 (7) JUNE 13: Duke Make It! Fair at Duke of Connaught P.S., 70 Woodfield Rd., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, artists, students, engineers, science clubs, tinkerers, hobbyists and more are invited to show and share at this community learning event. Info: facebook.com/dukemakeitfair, dukemakeitfair@gmail.com (7) JUNE 13: Open House at Beaches Co-operative Playschool, 975 Kingston Rd. (entrance on Scarborough Rd.), 3-5:30 p.m. Registration open for 2015-2016, programs offered for children aged 18 months to 5 years, plus afternoon kindergarten curriculum. Info: www.beachescoopplayschool.ca or e-mail Ashley bcpregistrar@gmail.com (7) JUNE 13: Leslieville Tree Festival at Leslie Grove Park, 1158 Queen St. E., noon-4 p.m. Green groups and vendors, live performances, kids’ zone, local artists, ceremonial tree planting and tasty local food. Info: www.yourleaf.org/leslieville-tree-festival (7) JUNE 13, 14: Beaches Arts and Crafts Show in Kew Gardens, Queen St. E. & Lee Ave., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Handmade jewellery, leather work, fashions, visual arts, home and garden décor, natural skin care products, gourmet foods and much more. Info: beachesartsandcraftsshow.ca (7) JUNE 16: Beach Garden Society Meeting & Flower Show at Adam Beck Community Centre, 79 Lawlor Ave., 7:15-9 p.m. ‘Gardening to Attract Birds’ with Paul Oliver. New members and guests welcome. Light refreshments served. Info: beachgs. ca@gmail.com, www.beachgs.ca (7) JUNE 20: Kingston Road Village Art Walk & Street Fest from Hannaford St. to Victoria Park Ave., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Art, food, sales, fun for kids, and music! (8) JUNE 20: Bluffs Gates Open Home and Garden Tour starting at Cornell Campbell House, 3620 Kingston Rd., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., featuring the homes and gardens along the Scarborough Bluffs. Stroll through the magnificent gardens and be inspired by the beautifully appointed interiors. Info and tickets $30, available at www.bluffsgatesopen.com (8) JUNE 21: Beach Summer Solstice Festival at Prana Fitness, 2245 Queen St. E., 6-8 p.m., followed by a procession to the beach. Celebrate the genesis of a new community event with an enchanting evening of entertainment. Info: facebook: SummerSolsticeFestivalTheBeach (8) JUNE 24: Pegasus Community Project — Makers’ Meet-up, at 929 Kingston Rd., 2nd floor, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. A drop-in for all makers and creators of handmade things, and all who are interested in Pegasus and the Pegasus Store. Find out how you can meet new people and create together in support of persons with disabilities. Come see our new community space and help Pegasus to move into its next 20 years in our community. (8) JUNE 25: Free Seniors’ Movie – “Far From the Madding Crowd” 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. (8) ONGOING EVENTS MONDAYS: FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP for adults, 7-9 p.m. This is a group of about 10 people at the intermediate level and above. If you are highly motivated and interested in joining, please call (leave your number if the answering machine responds) 416-699-4681 (r) TUESDAYS: BEACHES MENTAL WELLNESS GROUP at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., 7-8 p.m. Peers helping peers with

issues affecting mental health. Info: www.beachesmentalwellness.com (r) WEDNESDAYS: GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing) Support Group at St. Bonaventure Church, 1300 Leslie St. (south of Lawrence Ave.), 7-9 p.m. A peer-to-peer community support group for parents and families who have lost a loved one due to substance abuse and addiction. Comfort and empathy is available from others with the same loss. Info: call/ text 647-274-3224, email grasptoronto@ gmail.com, visit grasphelp.org (fr) THURSDAYS: WALKING GROUP at East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen St. E., 10-11 a.m. Want to get moving and improve your health? Come join the East End Walking Group for a stroll around the neighbourhood, followed by some light stretching. For more programs, check the Centre’s program calendar at www.eastendchc.on.ca. To participate in the walking group, call Zari 416-778-5805 ext. 222 (fr) FRIDAYS: FRIENDLY FRENCH CONVERSATION Group at Calvary Baptist Church, 74 Main St. (rear entrance, lower level), 9:30-11:30 a.m. All levels welcome. Don’t use it you’ll lose it. Info: Diana 416-698-6537 (fr) BEACHES LIBRARY, 2161 Queen St. E. •Wednesday Afternoon at the Movies, 2 p.m. Cinematic classics, new releases, foreign films and documentaries. •June 18: Exoplanets and the Quest for Extraterrestrial Biology, 7 p.m. Amaury Triaud will discuss techniques that will soon tell us whether life forms have arisen on planets outside our solar system. Info: 416-393-7703 (7) GERRARD ASHDALE LIBRARY, 1432 Gerrard St. E. •June 6: 100 in 1 Day program. Author reading with Marilyn Churley, former Toronto Danforth MPP, 11 a.m.; Book Sale, 12:30-2:30 p.m.; Families planting seeds of action, 3-4 p.m. •June 9: Great Books Lecture, 7 p.m., featuring Rohinton Mistry – A Fine Balance. All welcome. Info: 416-393-7717, ashdaleevents@gmail. ca, www.torontopubliclibrary.ca. Library is wheelchair accessible. (7) AUDITIONS -TORONTO BEACHES CHILDREN’S CHORUS will be held throughout June for children/youth ages Grade 1 and up. The TBCC’s goal is to foster a love of music and drama in all of its choristers. To book an audition, or for more info, call 416-698-9864 or visit www.torontobeacheschildrenschorus.com (7) HAVE FUN THIS SUMMER! Enjoy a game of lawn bowls or croquet at Kew Beach Club, foot of Lee Ave. Info: Fay 461-466-6598 (r) BEACHES LIONS CLUB meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at their Clubhouse, 10 Ashbridges Bay Park Rd. Interested in serving your community? Call Andy Buhot 416-6903324. Info: www.beacheslions.com (r) ROTARY CLUB OF TORONTO BEACH holds a breakfast meeting every Tuesday, 7 a.m., at the Balmy Beach Club. For information please visit www.torontobeachrotary. org or call Judy Orr 416-690-2123 (r) FREE TO BE FIT, a new addiction and substance abuse program beginning in the Taylor Massey neighbourhood in June. Program will be held every third Saturday, 2-4 p.m. at AccessPoint, 3079 Danforth Ave., and every third Sunday, 3-5 p.m., in various green spaces throughout the city. Info: Beverley Moore 647-787-8429 AL -ANON at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., Wednesdays 7:15 p.m. Alateen members are welcome to attend. Info: 416-691-1113 (fr) AL-ANON BEACH R&R GROUP meets Tuesdays at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., 7:30 p.m. (newcomers’ meeting 7 p.m.). Use side door in middle of the building. No fees or dues. (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) ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH CHOIR welcomes new members. We practise Thursdays 7:30-9 p.m. and perform Sundays at 11 a.m. at 794 Kingston Rd. (3 blocks east of Main St.). You don’t have to have musical training to sing with us, but you do have to like singing and want to be with others to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. We are friendly and welcoming and our leader is a wonderful music teacher. Info: Paul Williams 416-699-2518 (r) ST. NICHOLAS’ ANGLICAN CHURCH, 1512 Kingston Rd. (one block east of Warden). Taking time to remember, celebrate and grow in the love of God at work in our world and in our lives, is a vital aspect of our spiritual faith journey. We gather together in worship, and for special events, which seek to develop and build our relationship with God and one another. Sunday Services: 8:30 a.m. Said Service of Holy Eucharist, 10:30 a.m. Sung Eucharist Service with contemporary and traditional music, and Sunday School. Mid-week Service Wednesday, 10 a.m. All welcome. ST. AIDAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Queen St. E. at Silver Birch Ave. •Sunday Services are 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. (Church School & Nursery at 10:30). •Mid-week service - Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. All welcome. Info: 416-691-2222, staidansinthebeach.com (7) FALLINGBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 35 Wood Glen Road (corner of Kingston Road and Wood Glen). Join us Sundays 10:30 a.m. for a dynamic, spiritually relevant service accompanied by excellent music. Families are always welcome and we offer a Sunday school program. Info: www. fallingbrookpresbyterian.com (r) BEACHES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 65 Glen Manor Dr. (S of Queen) in the heart of the Beach. Worship in a familyfriendly, relaxed environment. Sunday School and Nursery available. Coffee and new friendships are Free! LGTB friendly. Sundays 10:30 a.m. Info: www. beacheschurch.org, 416-699-5871 (r) KINGSTON ROAD UNITED CHURCH, 975 Kingston Rd. (3 blocks W of Victoria Pk. Ave.). Join us each Sunday for Worship, Church School and Nursery, 10:30 a.m. Our services are filled with beautiful music and thoughtful sermons, and are shared amidst a caring community with true neighbourly spirit. Come in and get a faith lift. Info: www.kruc.ca. 416-699-6091 (r) BEACH UNITED CHURCH, 140 Wineva Ave. •Sunday Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. Nursery care & children’s activity time available. •Crafts, Thursdays 9:30-11:30 a.m. Info: 416-691-8082, www.beachunitedchurch.com. We are on facebook and twitter @NewBeachUnited (7) BIRCHCLIFF BLUFFS UNITED CHURCH, 33 East Rd. (Kingston Rd. & Warden Ave.). •Sunday Worship Services, 10:30 a.m. Info: www.birchcliffbluffsuc.org (fr) NEIGHBOURHOOD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION, 79 Hiawatha Rd. (S of Gerrard, W of Coxwell). Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Special children’s programs. Spirited choir. Are you searching for a community where people honour each other’s beliefs? Let us have the honour of supporting you on your spiritual path as you discover Unitarian Universalism. We are an open-minded inclusive congregation. Info: www.nuuc.ca, 416-686-6809 (6) TORONTO UNITED MENNONITE CHURCH, 1774 Queen St. E. We warmly welcome you to join us for our worship service each Sunday with Christian education and nursery, 10 a.m.-12:35 p.m. Info: 416-699-6631, www.tumc.ca (r) CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 72 Main St. (between Gerrard & Kingston). Know you are welcome at our neighbourhood church. Visit with us to worship & experience our caring, extended family. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Nursery, Sunday School & twice monthly Youth. Wheelchair accessible. Parking lot off Benlamond. Info: 416-6914721, calvaryonmain@bellnet.ca, www. calvary-baptist-church.ca (r)

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

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NEI GHBOURHOOD Everyone has a Story to Tell Engineer out to change the world at home and abroad By Andrew Hudson

IN A tiny room of his old high school, Dr. Rod Tennyson, aerospace engineer, is running an experiment with vinegar and baking soda. Dr. Tennyson has designed protective coatings for spacecraft, and a kind of fiber-optic nerve system for airplane wings. Somewhere at home, he has an award for his part in saving the astronauts on Apollo 13. In July, Tennyson will fly to Mauritania, Africa, to speak with the ministers of 11 countries in the dry Sahel region about his plan to build a coast-to-coast pipeline full of water. But two weeks ago, the emeritus professor was busy making treesale posters with students and fellow alumni in the cafeteria at Malvern Collegiate. “Admittedly, it’s a very small thing,” he said. “But I’m hoping that it just might trickle out over time.” That small thing is called the Sequester Project, which is all about planting trees. Besides vinegar and baking soda, the latest Sequester Project experiment involves balloons, a set of clear plastic tubes, and 40 saplings of Norway spruce. The goal, says Juliane Clemente, co-president of the school’s Environment Club, is to test how spruce trees grow in a high CO2 environment. Her colleague Mary Ellen Abberger explained how, in a small room inside the school, students mix vinegar and baking soda to make CO2, which they capture in balloons and then release into tubes that keep the heavy gas around the spruce saplings. With better evidence for how different tree species absorb CO2,

Celebrating Police Week From left, Ariella Ofir, 9, Ally Hao, 8, and Nate Ofir, 11 check out a police vehicle at the annual 55 Division Police Week community fair and barbecue on May 20 at Woodbine Park. At far right, Aidan Birch, 12, a Beach Metro News carrier, participates in the obstacle course. PHOTOS: PHIL LAMEIRA

Tennyson said, Canadians could coordinate a massive planting to reduce that greenhouse effect. But as he well knows, the devil is in the details. On April 13, 1970, Tennyson was in a morning staff meeting at the U of T Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). That’s when a phone call came from Grumann Aerospace, the contractor that built the lunar modules for NASA’s Apollo program. Apollo 13 had launched two days before, and was about 300,000 km from Earth. It was supposed to be NASA’s third landing on the moon. But an oxygen tank exploded in the spacecraft’s supply module, crippling the astronauts’ navigation system and power supply. Using sun- and star-tracking, the astronauts managed to plot an emergency course back to Earth. Famously, they jury-rigged their lunar lander so it could support all three astronauts for four days though it was only designed for two and two – NASA’s famous “square peg in a round hole” problem. But Hollywood forgot a critical scene in the film Apollo 13 – the one where Grumann asked Tennyson and four other UTIAS scientists to do critical calculations over the phone. Before re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, the astronauts had to climb into their heat-shielded command module, and jettison the lunar lander they had kept attached as their “lifeboat.” “The biggest problem was, how do we separate from the lunar module, and yet retain our re-entry orbit so we don’t skip out of the Earth?” said Tennyson. Too little explosive pressure, and the lunar module would come tumbling in after them. Too much, and

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Dr. Rod Tennyson

they could blow open the command module’s seal. Either would be a deadly mistake. Tennyson and the UTIAS team had about six hours to run the numbers, and no computers to help. “Everything was done with a slide rule,” he said, laughing. “Have you seen a slide rule? It’s one notch higher than an abacus.” Guided by the likes of senior engineer Bernard Etkin, a man who had what Tennyson called “enormous common sense” from 50 years’ experience, the team settled on what they thought was roughly right – 2.5 PSI – and phoned it in to Grumann. They all worked under the impression that other teams were doing the same calculations at MIT, Caltech, and Harvard, as well as at

NASA itself. But when a congratulatory phone call came the next day, Tennyson said the people at Grumann added, “By the way, you were the only people we consulted.” “I started to shake a bit because I’d thought, ‘What’s a couple of millimetres?’” he said, laughing. “All of us were really thinking there were other guys, a lot of them smarter than us.” Tennyson said the great lesson of Apollo 13 is one he taught all the time to engineering students – it’s not the big-picture design, but the details that are out to get you. A NASA review found the oxygen tank exploded mainly because a thermostatic control on its mixing fan had been set to the wrong

voltage. Since 2005, Tennyson has been working on his most big-picture task yet – a plan to build an 8,800 km, $14-billion water pipeline through 11 countries in Africa’s dry Sahel region, just below the Sahara Desert. It would be supplied by twin desalination plants in Mauritania and Djibouti, on Africa’s western and eastern coasts. “When you’re talking about these countries in the Sahel, there is no other option,” he said, noting that many aquifers in the region are deep and saline, and what little rainfall it normally gets has fallen off in an ongoing two-year drought. “Sixty per cent of Mauritania is desert already, and it’s moving, predictably, every year.” Tennyson had already done extensive work adapting fiber-optic sensor systems to oil and gas pipelines when he got inspired to design a water pipeline for the Sahel in 2005. He was watching the G8 summit on TV, and hearing world leaders pledge assistance to Africa at large. By the time Tennyson heard about the Great Green Wall about two years ago, he had already given several papers showing the TransAfrica Pipeline (TAP) project was technically and financially feasible. The Great Green Wall is an African Union plan to plant a line of trees on the southern edge of the Sahara. In July, Tennyson will go to Mauritania in hope of finding a way to combine the two. “This whole project, combined with the Pan-Africa Great Green Wall, is going to change the face of Africa,” he said. “This is going to be the largest humanitarian engineering project ever undertaken, as far as I can tell.”

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Kew Gardens was the centre of the action during Yard Sale For The Cure, featuring unique treasures gathered from around the city on Saturday, May 23. The annual event, which was started by Beach resident Rachael Smith 10 years ago, is now nation-wide and raises money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

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Saturday, June 13 at 3 pm for our

20th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT!! There will be a reception after the concert! Bring the whole family!

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The next ad deadline is Monday, June 8 at 5 p.m. Call Paris at 416-698-1164 x 26 or email paris@beachmetro.com to book your ad now

Farmers’ markets up and running By Melinda Drake

ALONG WITH the asparagus, rhubarb and lettuce crops that herald the arrival of spring, farmers’ markets, too, are sprouting up across the city. Farm-fresh and organic fruits and vegetables, honey, bread, cheese, maple syrup and even wine and beer are just some of the items available at local parks during the spring, summer and right into fall. Many also include live music, theme days, and freshly-prepared dinners. The community-run Fairmount Park Farm Market (fairmountmarket.ca) set up shop in 2013, providing sustainablyproduced and organic fruits, vegetables,

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herbs, medicinal plants, edible flowers and more. Many vendors offer tips to home gardeners about farming, urban gardening and nutrition. Fairmount Park, 1725 Gerrard St. E. Wednesdays 3-7 p.m. June 3 to Oct. 21. The East Lynn Park Farmers’ Market (danfortheastcommunityassociation. com/farmers-market) was founded in 2007 by the Danforth East Community Association. In addition to fresh produce, this volunteer-supported venue offers children’s activities such as face painting and crafts, live concerts and movie nights. East Lynn Park, Danforth Avenue at East Lynn Avenue Thursdays 3-7 p.m. June 4 to Oct. 15. The Leslieville Farmers’ Market

(leslievillemarket.com) is beginning its fifth season selling local and seasonal produce. Some of the treats available now include fiddleheads, sprouts, and kale, while preserves, cheeses, and tofu are a sampling of products offered yearround. Jonathan Ashbridge Park, Queen Street East at Woodward Avenue Sundays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 17 to Nov. 1. The East York Farmers’ Market (farmersmarketsontario.com) has been in business since 1999, offering fruits and veggies, honey, preserves, smoked meats, fresh baking, homemade soaps and more. Visitors can enjoy a barbecue lunch while they shop. East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave. Tuesdays 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Next citizen of year wanted DO YOU know a pillar of the community who should be recognized for their long-standing volunteer contributions to the neighbourhood? Then consider nominating them as this year’s Beach Citizen of the Year. The annual award is presented by Community Centre 55, the Beaches Lions Club, and Beach Metro News, and was founded in 2001. The award recognizes selfless civic activity: anyone who regularly gives of their time for the benefit of the community. Past winners include youth sports organizers, community theatre boosters, historic preservationists, Guides leaders, and community activists of all stripes. If you know someone whose good deeds should be recognized, consider nominating them as this year’s citizen. Past nominees are welcome to be re-submitted. Forms can be picked up at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., or downloaded from centre55.com. Include as much information as possible about nominees. The winner will be announced in these pages, and honoured in September with a ceremony and permanent stone at the Millennium Garden, at the corner of Coxwell and Eastern Avenues.

4 weeks of Summer Fun! July 6 - 31 • 9am-4pm Camp Avalon - ages 5-8 Register now! Space is limited! For more information, visit www.avalonmontessori.ca 2181 Queen St. E. 416-686-6621

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

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On the Wild Side Celebrating Canada’s most beloved rodent

very day, evmetres away from me. ery walk, and I stood still, hoping to nn rokelman every drive make up for my intruis an avid birder and nature photographer sion, but he knew exseems to bring naturephotosbyann.blogspot.ca. actly where I was and a new adventure for slapped his tail again to me. Am I lucky? Maybe, say he was still unhappy with my presence. I but I wonder if maybe by learning about took the hint and left him to continue about the wonderful natural world around me I’ve his business. found a way to create my own luck. A couple of cool facts about our beaver: Just the other day I was taking a walk by The beaver has been on our 5-cent coin, the water and noticed a fallen tree. I’m sure which was designed by Canadian artist G.E. you’ve seen at least a couple fallen trees in Kruger Gray, almost exclusively since 1937. your time, but did you ever take the time Beavers are one of the largest rodents to notice why the tree was more horizontal in the world and eat leaves, bark, twigs, than usual? On this particular day I decided roots and aquatic plants. When beavers fell to take a closer look and was rewarded a tree they waste nothing, systematically for my curiosity. Not only did this tree fall eating the bark and buds before cutting up because its base was chewed, but several branches and sections of the trunk to carry others had been taken down the same way. for use in their dams or lodges. Just like that I had my daily adventure: time They are excellent swimmers, can hold to find a beaver dam! their breath for about 15 minutes, and only enter their dams from an underwater entrance. While beaver dams can create flooding and a lot of other frustrations for nearby human residents, they are important to the environment because they create unique ecosystems for hundreds of other Canadian species. Amazingly, by the mid-19th century the Canadian beaver was almost wiped out by hunters and trappers. Beaver hats were a pinnacle of European fashion, a fact which almost cost us one of our beloved Canadian symbols. The beaver attained official status as an emblem of Canada when an “act to provide for the recognition of the beaver (castor As I approached the water I was startled – though I should have known it could be com- canadensis) as a symbol of the sovereignty ing – by the quick ‘crack-smack’ of a beaver of Canada” received royal assent on March hitting the water with his tail. (They do this 24, 1975. as a warning to their family members that Take some time to enjoy this remarkable creature, which can be found all over danger could be in the area.) the province and country. They are unique, I felt bad for disturbing them, but until beautiful, and very Canadian. then I had no idea the beaver was only a few

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And nor should they, as they work their way through a guide for aspiring and practising writers with advice culled from dozens of published and well-known authors. Healey most recently published The Sex Life of the Amoeba, a satirical novel skewering the filmmaking process and his first novel. He has written for film and television extensively. Strube is the author of nine novels, some of which have been nominated for prestigious awards including the Giller and the Governor-General’s awards among others. Her books include Milosz, The Barking Dog, and Planet Reese. Both Beach residents, they have covered a wide range of writing media between them, and are united by a passion for well-placed words, preferably the right ones. Exhilarating Prose begins by first telling writers what not to do. “The Speaks” is the term the authors use to brand professional jargon – ad-speak, techno-speak, corporate-speak, generally any form of written communica-

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tion that serves to confuse more than to make clear. Though the suggestions related to the Alberta tar sands are a bit overbearing in this section, the advice is worth heeding, and patience will bring would-be writers – also known as readers, in this case – to a series of enlightening chapters covering advice on what to do. Chapters cover essentials such as the forms and elements of prose, what makes a successful beginning and ending, the creative process, and, of course, a set of rules for writing. Previous rules set out by George Orwell, Elmore Leonard, and Kurt Vonnegut are covered, then Strube and Healey lay out their own rules for writing. Finally, the importance of reading is emphasized, with a recommended reading list closing out Exhilarating Prose. Each chapter is liberally sprinkled with examples from classic and contemporary literature, and almost every page includes at least one quote on the art of writing in the margins, making this a layered instructional book worth revisiting.

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SOLE Alternative student artwork Russ’ work is online at lizruss.com, and can also be seen at her new studio gallery at 2359 Queen St. E. An opening reception will be held at Cobalt on Saturday, June 6 from 2 to 5 p.m. See cobaltgallery.ca for more details.

of her “one-woman creative assembly line” being a large amount of small works that are both cheerful and cheap. Find more of Luzajic’s work at ideafountain.ca. Flying Pony is online at flyingpony.ca.

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COBALT GALLERY, 870a Kingston Rd., will feature the work of East End painter Liz Russ for the month of June. Russ, formerly the owner of Gallery 888, is a painter working mostly in acrylic and watercolour, creating landscapes and abstract work. She aims to show the beauty of nature, but also the influence human activity has on those landscapes.

LORETTE C. Luzajic’s Cash and Carry mixed media collage work is on display at the Flying Pony, 1481 Gerrard St. E., for the month of June. Luzajic is an artist and writer who has lived in Toronto for the past 25 years making art, writing, and taking photographs. The Cash and Carry project is intended to appropriate mass production techniques, with the result

THE SCHOOL of Life Experience, also known as SOLE Alternative, is holding its end of year arts gala at Rebellion Gallery, 1495 Gerrard St. E. Student work including art, design, photography, and film projects will be on display at the gallery from June 3 to June 10. An opening night reception will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. on Thursday, June 4 at the gallery.

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NIYATI DESAI-KADAKIA moved to the Beach about three years ago with her husband and twin six year-old daughters. As first generation immigrants, Desai-Kadakia and her husband faced their own struggles trying to adapt to American and now Canadian life, while holding on to their cultural heritage. She realized that her children were facing their own challenges, and Where is my Grandma? and There is Roti in my Lunchbox were written in response to questions posed by her children. Where is my Grandma? deals with a child living in one country, watching her friends visit with their grandmothers, and wondering why she can’t eas-

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he first time I went shopping for clothes with my husband, The Rational One, he was not quite my husband. We were securing shoes to accompany his wedding suit, in which he would marry me the following month. Never having shopped with my husband, I had no idea what type of shopper he was. Just to be clear, he is the type that can make a woman crazy. As a woman, I go into a shop, wander around, run my hands along the soft silky fabrics, pick up a couple of dresses on hangers, stand in front of the mirror and hold the dresses in front of me, and have an instant “yea” or “nay” moment, and then repeat. If the colour, fabric and style all converge to catch my eye, a retail worker will sweep the gown from my clutches, place it in the fitting room, and after repeating this process multiple times, I move to the fitting room. If it is a lucky day, one of the frocks will transform me from my current state – 50 year-old mother with evidence etched deep in her face of the perils of raising teenaged boys – into Cinderella. Or Belle. Or Jennifer Anniston. The point is, there is a

flow, a retail tango bealso a little frightened tween the clothing and by his ability to lighten hristine errill me, and this has been my bank account. ‘This the way of my shopone will need to marry ping since I was a girl. into money,’ I thought The Rational One is as I put my wallet away. different. That day, he It was also time for tried on the first pair of shoes. He walked The Rational One to update his suit collection, expanding it from the one he wore the length of the store and back, briskly, to our wedding, and to every event that and then walked the length of the store and required a suit since, to two. I just couldn’t back slowly, as though he was pondering a bear the thought that he was going to live great conundrum of the human experience. his life like an Old West pioneer being “marHe rocked back and forth, heel to toe, toe to ried and buried” in the same suit. heel several times, like Admiral Nelson, or There was a two-for-one sale, so I dragged Sir Winston Churchill. “How are they?” I asked innocently. “They The Rational One to the store the day after the dapper firstborn, convinced that this was look quite sharp,” I added. a really good, frugal idea. I had forgotten the Ignoring me, he turned to the salesman wedding shoe experience. and said, “I’d like to try the other pair.” Almost as bad, I hadn’t considered that The salesman hurried to lace the second the last time he bought a suit, they were difpair and prepared, as my husband removed ferent. We’ve been married almost 20 years the first pair of shoes, to package those – a millennium in fashion, we discovered. away. The difference in men’s suits over 20 years “No, no,” The Rational One said, “don’t was not quite as extreme as Don Cherry to put that pair away just yet.” George Stroumboulopoulos, but darn close. My future husband then tried on the Straight legs had become peg legs; boxy second pair, and began the walk down the length of the store. And back. And forth, with jackets and padded shoulders had become slim-fit jackets with no structure. Deep, dark the second tempo. And back. And rocked. colours had become shiny fabrics in light He then sat down, and put the right shoe on colours. Shoes had morphed from a banker’s from the first pair, keeping the left shoe from Oxford in oxblood to a light tan, pointy-toed the second. And went for the walk. Then he slip-on. Apparently in 2015, men do not have switched: first pair, left shoe, second pair, muscular thighs, or a bottom. The Rational right shoe. And went for the walk. One was, in short, in middle-aged men’s And so it went for almost an hour. Four fashion hell. pairs of shoes, infinite combinations. In the Similarly, stooped old Italian tailors end, pair number one was the winning pair, sporting a cloth tape measure around their and they became his favourite pair of dress necks had been replaced by a hipster in a shoes. He danced all night at our wedding, jaunty fedora, who snuck up behind him feet comfortable, and has attended many and grabbed a handful of the fabric on the events since then in the same pair, knowing rear of his slightly loose “skinny” pants and he is wearing the most comfortable dress started pinning them in place. The Rational shoes ever made for mankind. One was quickly becoming less rational. I learned I don’t like shopping with him. We had been in the store more than two My firstborn shares my simplistic shopping approach. He loves clothes, ergo he hours when he finally retreated into the loves to shop. He isn’t a dandy; lots of clasfitting room to remove his new suit. I was sics, jeans, t-shirts and the like. He works actually delighted to follow the salesman to with precision to seek out, try on, and sethe desk and voluntarily and eagerly took cure, spending our money with a militaristic my wallet out this time. precision on the retail battlefield. As we were totaling the sale, I saw the Recently we had the prom shopping expeFedora fellow glance over my shoulder and rience and it was no different. He knew what pause. He got an excited gleam in his eye, colour suit he wanted and where he wanted and I felt my heart sink. to buy it, and we were in an out in under an “Oh hang on,” Fedora fellow said, “I think hour. I was staggered, and greatly relieved, your husband is considering some new by his ability to decide on his ‘look.’ I was shoes, too …”

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Hamlet, played by Bard in the Park’s James Soares-Correia, fends off an attack by Laertes, played by Caedmon Ricker-Wilson, during a rehearsal of a famously poisonous sword fight in Norwood Park on May 28. Bard in the Park will stage a two-hour version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet starting with 7 p.m. shows on June 4 and 5 in Norwood Park, and a 4 p.m. matinée on June 13 at Phin Avenue Parkette. The volunteer troupe will then take up their traditional mainstage at the Alex Christie Bandshell in Kew Gardens, where they will perform at 7 p.m. from June 16 to June 20, with 2 p.m. matinée shows on Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21.

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Her skill has earned two East Coast Music Awards, a Gemini Award, a pair of Juno nominations, and even an honourary doctorate in humanities from Mount Saint Vincent University. Her most recent album is Everything is Moving, released on Borealis Records. Smith’s appearance will be the last show of the season before Acoustic Harvest breaks for the summer. Tickets for Laura Smith are $25 at the door, or $22 in advance through acousticharvest.ca. The show starts at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 6 at Robinson Hall, St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. just east of Warden Avenue. For more on Smith see laurasmith.ca.

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THE SPEAK Your Peace Youth Festival takes over the Children’s Peace Theatre, 305 Dawes Rd., on Friday and Saturday, June 5 and 6. The festival will combine a Friday evening art exhibition with Saturday’s live music. From 6 p.m. to midnight on Friday, art including sculpture, 3D prints, and installations will be on display. On Saturday The Airplane Boys, Rex World, Pierre Pharaoh, Elcee, and others will perform, kicking off at 3 p.m. and running until midnight. Admission is pay what you can. For more information find Dream House Collective on Facebook.

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IN BRIEF: THE HOWLERS, a local Beach group, will host a classic rock ‘n roll open jam at The Fill Station, 2289 Queen St. E., on Sunday, June 7 from 3 to 7 p.m. Interested players should bring their instruments out and join in the fun. The Fill Station plans to offer live music on weekends all summer. Hirut, an Ethiopian restaurant and café at 2050 Danforth Ave., will host a live jazz night on Thursday, June 11 at 8:30 p.m. The lineup includes Paul Novotny on bass, Tom Reynolds on piano, Marty Harrison on drums, Bob Brough on tenor sax, and Kurt Lund on alto sax. Admission is pay-what-youcan. Jazzy Sundays continue at Morgan’s on the Danforth, 1282 Danforth Ave., just east of the Greenwood subway station, every Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Shannon Butcher will take the stage on Sunday, June 7, while Steve Amiralut and Mark Kieswetter will perform on Sunday, June 14. There is no cover charge. Jazz drummer Greg Pilo will be joined by Bill McBirnie on flute and Jeff McLeod on organ for Jazz on the Rooftop on Sunday, June 13 at Le Papillon Park, 1001 Eastern Ave. Jazz on the Rooftop is planned to run every Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m.

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intage and reclaimed pieces are super popular right now. The patina and character found on older items just can’t be reproduced or matched. There are many ways to incorporate vintage items into your home’s design and interior architecture and they quickly become focal points in a room. A client recently hired me to build a partition wall for their front room. Years ago they had knocked out all the walls to make the space open-concept, but over time they realized that they wanted some separation between the entry and the living space. We tossed around several ideas including half walls, barn door-style sliding walls, or just a plain solid wall built back into the space. Nothing really felt quite right for the space and their style (vintage, chippy chic). The client quite nicely left me to ruminate for a while … a long while … and I kept trying to find the right item or piece to solve the problem. Nothing really leapt out at me until one of my vendors at the Leslieville Flea walked in one Sunday with several stained glass windows. The client had actually seen a wall done in old windows and thought it would be great if we could incorporate something like that in the space so it just seemed fated.

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PHOTOS: VICTOR BIRO

Doors Open offers rare look behind the scenes As part of Doors Open Toronto, the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant opened its doors to reveal its Art Deco beauty to the community. Visitors revelled in the rare chance to inspect Toronto’s former commissioner of public works’ crowning achievement at the far end of Queen Street East.

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Write on Health

Coconut oil a healthy diet addition

oconut oil is a healthy saturated fat and a great addition to most diets. Over recent years the media have been inundated with positive studies on the many health benefits of this oil, ranging from enhanced athletic performance to assistance with weight loss. And yet for some there are still lingering concerns over the value of this fat based on inaccurate information published many years ago. Misconceptions about the safety of coconut oil began in the early 1980s when the US, followed by Canada, became concerned with high-fat diets and the possible link to ever-increasing coronary heart disease. Coconut oil was vilified, along with all saturated fats, as one of the culprits. In fact, the US government, followed by others, released research papers to prove that the saturated fats in coconut oil were detrimental to the population due to their potential role in heart disease. However, what many people do not realize is that follow-up data released by Harvard scientists and other reputable doctors in the field disproved many of the findings from these tests that were based on hydrogenated coconut oils and therefore not applicable to regular coconut oil. Furthermore, there is plenty of historical documentation that indicates coconut oil has been used safely for

Sheila Ream, CNP is a certified nutritionist in the Beach sheilaream@sympatico.ca thousands of years worldwide as both a food and medicinally with no documented ill health effects. In fact what more recent studies have shown is that not only is coconut oil not a menace to our health, but when consumed in moderation, as with all oils, it is actually a healthy fat option that can promote better health for most people. Coconut oil is a saturated fat, but it is a unique form as it contains about 60 per cent medium chain triglycerides (MCTs). These fats are easier for the body to digest, especially for people who have compromised fat digestion. MCTs are quickly processed by the liver to provide a long lasting energy source, and due to their rapid digestion are used as a preferred fuel source rather than stored as fat. The MCTs in coconut oil also help to increase metabolic rate and balance blood sugar levels. Often elite athletes include this fat in their diets to utilize these performance-enhancing effects. Coconut oil contains many different components such as lauric acid, also found in breast milk, that have incred-

ible immunity-building capabilities. It also contains caprylic and capric acids with anti-microbial and anti-parasitic actions that can help fight yeasts in the body. Best yet, this fat is versatile. It is easily stored at room temperature and unlike other oils such as olive, it can be used to cook or fry foods at high temperatures without converting to a trans-fat. It can also replace butter or margarine in baking at a 1:1 ratio. The following is a recipe for a coconut chocolate treat for those who want a guilt-free, tasty and yet healthy indulgence. It is easy to make and can be kept in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Chocolate Truffle Ball 3 tbsp raw cacao 3 tbsp melted extra-virgin coconut oil 3 tbsp unsweetened shredded coconut 2-3 tbsp pure maple syrup to taste Pinch of sea salt to taste To be creative, add in chopped dried fruit, nuts, herbs or spices. Melt coconut oil over low heat until clear. Pour into a small bowl and add in the rest of the ingredients, mixing well. Let it set till it starts to firm up slightly. Use a teaspoon and scoop onto parchment-lined plate or pour into a mould. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store this treat in the refrigerator as it will soften at room temperature.

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t’s that sizzling time of year again, barbecue season. Time for the best steak ever, especially for Father’s Day on Sunday, June 21. This past winter, I had one of the best barbecue lessons in Buenos Aires (it’s their summer when it’s our winter). I would say the Argentinians are passionate about barbecue. They barbecue on their rooftop terraces, they barbecue on the sidewalks, and they barbecue on construction sites. One of my fondest memories is of the city road crew setting up for the day’s work. The chief enterprise was organizing the barbecue so that lunch would be ready by 1 p.m. A heaping bed of coals was carefully assembled with bricks at either end to support the large grill on top. The coals were lit and enthusiastically fanned until they produced a glowing heat. Then an array of chicken, sausage and famous Argentine steaks were laid on top of the grill. The worker grabbed a large piece of cardboard nearby and neatly placed it over the meat to protect it from the debris of the roadwork. Barbecue Argentine style! At lunchtime, I had the pleasure of seeing those same workers in their bright yellow uniforms lined up side by side at the edge of the site, crusty bread in hand, filled with the finished barbecue of their choice, happily munching away! Tips for beef barbecue Although many Canadians use a gas

Jan Main

Use the following grill guide for perfectly cooked beef.

janmainskitchen@yahoo.ca

1 inch thick

is an author, cooking instructor and caterer

barbecue rather than coals for grilling, you can still add soaked and flavoured chips for additional flavour. Virtually all beef cuts can be barbecued but marinades and cooking depends on tenderness. Tender cuts like rib roasts and steaks, T-bone, sirloin, filet, porterhouse, strip loin and ground beef require no marinating and for best results all, with the exception of ground beef for food safety, should be grilled to rare or medium. Ground beef should be cooked until juicy but no longer pink inside. Medium-tender cuts such as blade, cross rib steak or roast require a marinade and should be grilled to the medium stage. Also, they may be cooked slowly in foil over the grill, then uncovered for the last 30 minutes for browning and flavour. Less tender cuts such as short-ribs, braising ribs, flank steak, rump roasts, and sirloin tip, require a marinade to increase tenderness. Grill short ribs slowly brushing frequently with barbecue sauce. Grill flank steak to medium-rare. Make sure your grill is cleaned and oiled before using. Use tongs to turn steaks rather than a fork, to avoid piercing meat and have juices escape. Trim excess fat to avoid smoking and flare-ups.

Rare: 5 to 7 minutes a side Medium: 7 to 9 minutes a side Well-done: 9 to 11 minutes a side 1½ inches thick Rare: 7 to 9 minutes a side Medium: 9 to 11 minutes a side Well-done: 15-18 minutes a side 2 inches thick Rare: 12 to 14 minutes a side Medium: 15 to 18 minutes a side Well-done: 25 to 30 minutes a side Chimichurri sauce This sauce from Foodland Ontario is typically served with Argentina’s grass-fed beef. It would be an ideal addition to our beef barbecue too. 1 cup (250 mL) parsley leaves 1/4 cup (60 mL) fresh tarragon leaves 2 cloves garlic 2 tbsp (30 mL) white wine vinegar 1 tbsp (15 mL) water 1/4 tsp (1 mL) each, salt and red pepper flakes 1/4 cup (60 mL) olive oil In food processor, combine parsley leaves, tarragon, garlic, vinegar, water, salt and red pepper flakes. Process until finely chopped. With motor running add oil through feed tube and process until smooth. Spoon into serving dish, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve with barbecued beef. May be made a day ahead.

Bottoms Up Favourite drinks of the rich and famous

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ver wonder what the favourite Jay-Z is a very meticulous man. His favourite tipple is a specific Chamimbibe is of some of the most Ewine dward Finstein writer, award-winning author, TV and pagne, Armand de Brignac, while his famous people on the planet? radio host, educator, judge wife Beyonce, who shares his love Here are a number of wellwinedoctor.ca thewinedoctor.blogspot.com of bubbly, has a real penchant for known folks and their have-to-have @DrWineKnow facebook.com/EdwardDocFinstein Margaritas. Chameleon pop queen tipples. Madonna claims she loves pomePoliticians and world leaders have a granate martinis and when he’s not lot on their plates, so they’re entitled to an alcoholic drink now and then. When she’s not doting over creating another singing show, producer Simon Cowell likes to get down with Sapporo beer. her great-grandchildren George and Charlotte, Queen Elizabeth II likes to wet her whistle with a gin and Dubbonet. It Writers and artists throughout history liked to indulge, has to be made with no pips, a slice of lemon and two ice perhaps to lubricate the creative process. JK Rowling’s cubes. It is said that famed British Prime Minister Winston signature drink is gin and tonic. Take that Potter. Author, Churchill loved two things: cigars and highballs (whiskey playwright, and poet Oscar Wilde certainly knew the “importance of being Absinthe,” as he listed this as his favourite and water). Former US president Ben Franklin had great sipper. The same with painter Pablo Picasso! This greentaste. His favourite sipper was none other than Madeira hued alcohol is said to have mild hallucinogenic affects. (fortified wine of Portugal). Current US president Barack Maybe that would explain some of his paintings! American Obama keeps it mellow, indulging in Bud Light. writer William Faulkner preferred mint juleps while eccenActors are a breed unto themselves and many have interesting quirks. However, when it comes to favourite imbibes, tric creator Truman Capote favoured screwdrivers. You’d they’re not that crazy. Although swashbuckling Captain think a macho dude like Ernest Hemingway would get off on Jack Sparrow in the movies seems to love rum, his alter ego, something like whiskey, but he leaned towards mohitos. The Johnny Depp, enjoys bourbon sours. C’est la vie. Cutie-pie Great Gatsby creator, F. Scott Fitzgerald found gin rickeys Jennifer Aniston apparently loves Margaritas. I wouldn’t to his liking. have guessed that. Liv Tyler of Lord of the Rings fame really Whether it’s “keeping up” with the rest of her family or digs strawberry daiquiris. I wonder if she got that from her tempering her hubby Kanye, Kim Kardashian keeps it mellow with white Russians. Oprah Winfrey is a fan of slightly father Steven. Not surprising that bubbly actress Marilyn sweeter drinks and includes lemon drop and pomegranate Monroe loved Champagne – it sparkles just as she did. martinis as her faves. Would you believe the female half of “Brangelina,” Angelina Jolie, prefers Tequila? What a woman! Casablanca star Famous fictional characters also have specific drink Humphrey Bogart was a big Scotch fan, not of “gin joints.” preferences. Who can forget James Bond’s love of Martinis Musicians and folks in the music biz have a reputation for “shaken, not stirred,” or Jeff Bridges character in The Big outlandish behaviour and supposed wild drinking habits. Al- Lebowski, who adored white Russians. Finally, and not least, though Sting is not necessarily considered a “bad boy,” his we have lovable bumbler Homer Simpson, whose love affair drink of choice is Jack on the rocks (Jack Daniels bourbon). with Duff Beer has spanned well over two decades.

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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY HEALTH

WELLNESS

Beatriz Mendez B.A. B.Ed. M.A. DipTIRP

Psychotherapist

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Individuals & Couples Services disponibles en français Insurance Coverage 47 Main Street (at Lyall Ave)

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Dr. Jody Levenbach Psychologist

Children and Young Adolescents Assessment • CBT Social Skills • Parent Coaching

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Dogs, cats, pocket pets. Housecalls available.

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VET ON WHEELS Gerrard Mobile Veterinary Services

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BEACH EYE CARE CENTRE

2128 Queen St. E. (Hammersmith & Queen)

OPTOMETRIST

Dr. Neil Carvalho, OD Accepting new patients Friday, Saturday

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Dr. Andrea Snider Psychologist

Children and Adolescents Assessment~CBT~Parent Consults evening and weekend appointments

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DR. A. LYNNE BEAL Psychologist

Reaching your achievement potential For children, adolescents & adults

9 Fernwood Park Ave. www.dr-a-lynne-beal.ca

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PSYCHOTHERAPY Abina Murphy, R.I.H.R. Spiritual Psychotherapist Past Life Regression Reiki Master

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Nancy Christie, M.T.C. Mindfullness Psychotherapy • depression • trauma • anxiety • relationship • creativity • free initial consultation

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PHYSIOTHERAPY @ Beaches Health Group® Yvette Sedgewick 2212 Queen St. E. 416-690-2076

KEW GARDENS HEALTH GROUP

Catherine Allon, BSc, MEd Psychotherapist, since 1998 Heart Centered Coaching Life & Relationship Issues

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Judy Gould, Ph.D. Experienced Psychotherapist

Relationship Difficulties • Anxiety Depression • Body Image Concerns Physical Illness • Free Consultation 816 Pape Ave. (near Pape/Danforth)

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Carol Henderson, MA Counselling Psych.

2181 Queen St. E., Suite 305

Psychotherapy for indidviduals and couples. Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Anger Management Insurance clients welcome. Evening and weekend sessions avail.

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Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries

Real Estate, Family, Litigation Wills & Estates, Corporate

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Dr. Emily Howell Jackie Leesun Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Orthotics Registered Massage Therapy

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Kevin Oates, R.M.T. & Assoc. Voted “Best Massage Therapist” - NOW Magazine

1398 Queen St. E. (east of Greenwood Ave.)

Dr. Janet D’Arcy

BEACHES MASSAGE CENTRE

416-690-6257

2212 Queen St. E. (at Spruce Hill)

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300 Main Street 416-690-3324

Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Family, Real Estate, Wills Business, Immigration, Small Claims Court 2069 Danforth Ave (Woodbine)

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KAMRUL HAFIZ AHMED REAL ESTATE LAWYER 416 690 1855 [P 416 690 1866 [F 2972 DANFORTH AVE.

Megan Evans, RMT, CRHP & Associates

647-317-6017

416-693-2733

Shellyann Pereira

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416-694-6767

2130 Queen Street East

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Linda Bronicheski, Lawyer Beaches Family Law

927 Kingston Rd. (W. of Vic Pk)

Chiropractor

Paul J. Cahill

Personal Injury Lawyer

647-693-6221

Geoffrey J. Dashwood

Su Willson, B.MUS, R.M.T. & ASSOC.

KATHRYN WRIGHT

579 Kingston Rd., #110, Toronto

Barristers & Solicitors

Chiropractor

1906 Queen St. E. (1 block east of Woodbine)

ASHBRIDGE’S HEALTH CENTRE

www.dixonslaw.ca

Dashwood & Dashwood

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416-698-7070

Barrister & Solicitor

2455A Queen St. E. (e. of Silver Birch)

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Chiropractic Acupuncture A.R.T. / Laser 2212 Queen St. E.

Dr. Johanna Carlo

Family Law Lawyer

ACCOUNTANTS & TAX CONSULTANTS HOME CALLS & PICK UP SERVICES AVAIL E-FILE PERSONAL & BUSINESS TAXES SPECIALISTS IN CDN & US TAXES CASH REFUNDS 416 699 6641 abstax_2000@yahoo.com 161 Main St., Toronto, ON, M4E 2V9 Serving the Community for Over 30 Years

Dr. Kelly Robazza Dr. William Chan

David Faed

• 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

www.mindfullnesstraumatherapy.ca

416-694-0232

PHYSIOTHERAPY

William F. Deneault

CPA, CGA

jdlevenbach@gmail.com 647-891-2603

BARRISTER & SOLICITOR NOTARY

Glover & Associates

Personal Trainer & Pilates Instructor

intelligent exercise ~ profound results®

CARL A. BRAND

416-469-3879 (open 7 days) www.advancedtherapeutics.ca

Zabiullah Khaliqi, RMT 416-690-5185

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

BEACH METRO NEWS

BEST IN THE BEACH

CLASSIFIEDS

Ads are available in two sizes:

11.

416-856-4774

Block this size

Beach Suites

17.50

Dazzling, completely renovated suites. Kitchens with granite counters & stainless steel appliances. Modern washrooms, darkstained hardwood floors, beautiful window treatment. MUST BE SEEN!

(includes HST)

Deadline for June 16 issue is June 8

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.

YOUR FABRIC DREAM BROUGHT TO LIFE!

Call Gail 416-686-6828

(8)

Beach United Church is looking for a responsible, energetic caregiver for the nursery on Sun mornings between 10 and noon. Babysitting course required. $13/hr. Contact Karen@beachuc.com (7)

TRENDSETTERS

416-698-1164 x24 admin@beachmetro.com

Photo/Art

Call Lisa @ 416-690-2454

(7)

Employment Wanted

$22 per tape Call Eugene at 647-922-0686 eugene@homevideo2dvd.ca (12)

pines is looking for an employer. If you are interested , please call Joe at 647-428-4800

(11)

Commercial Space for Rent McArthur & Son Business Centre Air conditioning, boardroom, kitchen area, copier, etc. Individual offices from $425/mth. 577-579 Kingston Rd. @ Main St.

R.C. Legion Br. 11 9 Dawes Rd 416-699-1353

paulmcarthur@rogers.blackberry.net www.mcarthurbusinesscentre.com (r)

Also RENTAL facilities available (r)

UPPER BEACHES OFFICE SPACE

Lost & Found

Ideal for medical professionals, lawyers or accountants

on Main Street

near Centre 55. Key appears to be for a Dodge. Keychain includes a bottle opener with Polish crest and mini light. Please contact Henry at (7)

Personal Care

www.StopPayingRentProgram.com

(near Coxwell)

Perms for short hair - $28 Pensioner’s Special Wednesdays only 10:30 am to 3:30 pm (r)

The

WILKINSON

BARBER SHOP & HAIRSTYLING Men’s Haircuts $13 • Children & Senior $10 1048 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park Ave.) (8)

Senior Assist The services of Steven Picton

416-690-2880

(Main St. & Danforth) Saturday, June 6th, 9am - 2pm Rain date Sunday

BEACHES OFFICE SPACE Stunning new reno. Excellent visibility. Professional or other office use. TTC. See ViewitBiz.ca #3417. 416-763-6884 or TheLyallGroup@gmail.com

Apartment/ Home for Rent LANDLORDS For Peace of Mind Call

Harding & King

R.E. Services Inc. Brokerage We make owning real estate & being a Landlord painless, easy & profitable.

(8)

Beach Stunning 1-Bdrm, 2 Bath Condo An Absolute Must See! Gas Fireplace, Fridge, Stove, B/I Dishwasher, Ensuite Laundry, Central Air, Hardwood Floors, 2 Great Decks, Parking, Locker and More! Available after July 15th. $1,750/mo + Hydro.

Call 905-809-8815

Great while renovating or for visiting family. Min 30 day rental, NS, NP, parking, laundry, internet & utilities incl. Danforth & Woodbine (7)

(7)

Suite Lovat $85 nightly

www.bbcanada.com/suite lovat

www.neilsplaceincostarica.com Serene Tropical Getaway - spacious holiday home near Jaco Beach, Costa Rica. Pool, wi-fi, exotic. Safe, friendly, (7) owner on site.

Largest Books, Records, Movies & Music Store

BECK AVENUE STREET SALE

CLOSING OUT SALE 50-80% OFF!

Many other domestic items & electronics

2442 Danforth Ave. 647-889-4114 • Open 6 Days, 12-7

(9r)

Vintage Neon Sign. Depicts a vintage TTC streetcar and the words “The Loop”. 43”w x 34”h. Multi-coloured. Hung in “The Loop” cafe at 2318 Queen St. E. @ N/W corner of Kingswood. Professionally restored. Meets all current safety and electrical standards. Good for 100 years. Beautiful! A piece of “the Beach” history and a very rare find. $1,050. Pictures of sign and it hanging in the window of “The Loop” Cafe, upon request at: hgarner@rogers.com or (7) 905-987-4397

Sat., June 13 • 9 to 2 *Proceeds go to Cole’s Goals - visit www.colesgoals.ca for more info* Annual Yard Sale, 45 Valhalla Blvd., Saturday, June 6th, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Lots of good stuff. All proceeds donated to the Primrose Donkey Sanctuary of Roseneath. Sheila Burns, proprietor of the sanctuary will be present, along with “Primrose”. Come visit the backyard for a visit with a wonderful gentle donkey (7)

Wanted 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)

GET CASH FOR YOUR

OLD RECORDS

Private collector pays top dollar for old vinyl LPs. Rock, Soul, Jazz, Folk, etc.

416-546-7674 (7)

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 inno.dubelaar@gmail.com (3/16)

Buying: National Geographic, soft covers Readers Digest, Chicken Soup Books & Archie Comics. 647-428-4800 please leave message (11)

Office Services We m a k e yo u look g o o d o n p a per

(7)

(r)

OFFICE EQUIPMENT NOT WORKING? -printers, fax, copiers, typewriters

Great Prices Dominion Business Machines 416-364-2978 Sales -- Repairs -- Toners

Toronto’s Top Level In-home Computer Support & Service Freeware, Testimonials, Honesty. Home Consultations $30

416-357-1467

(10)

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 (14)

www.computer-assist.ca 416-801-6921 (9)

(8)

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(r)

LAWN CARE

- property clean ups - weekly/biweekly cut, trim, blow - starting at $15/week

Kevin 416-691-8503

beachlawncare@hotmail.com (16)

BUDGET APPLIANCE REPAIR SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATION Free estimates. No service charges.

416-690-8673

(15)

HOME ORGANIZING Need more space and less stress? Space Logix Residential Organizing will help you sort through your stuff to rediscover your time, space and freedom in an organized home.

647-546-3555 spacelogixca@gmail.com

(9)

CERTIFIED

CHIMNEY SWEEP

• W.E.T.T.- Certified • Cleaning / Inspection • Stainless Steel Liners Code Compliance • Masonry Repair nighthawkchimney.ca 416-892-5263 (11) Housesitter: weekly/monthly. Reasonable rates subject to responsibilities. Devoted care for all pets. References impeccable. 905-717-1797 or (7) lauraes@hotmail.com

Home Decor

Vienna Upholstery 2358 Kingston Rd. 416-698-9000

Business & Personal Income Tax Computer Bookkeeping & Accounting HELLARRA SERVICES INC. 1232 Kingston Rd., Suite 5 Toronto, ON M1N 1P3

(r)

BLIND AMBITION Custom Window Coverings Drapes, Blinds, Valances Also Duvet Covers, Shams, etc. For estimate call

416-694-6241

(r)

BOOKKEEPING/OFFICE ADMIN/+MORE 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.

Debra 416-693-6111

416-706-7130 905-706-7130 www.kleenwindows.ca

(w. of Midland)

(8r)

EXACT TAX SERVICES TIM O’MEARA TAX ACCOUNTANT

647-899-9074

(r)

SLIP-ON SLIPCOVERS & Soft Furnishings Slipons.ca Cynthia Lovat-Fraser 416-575-6113

(r)

FURNITURE REFINISHING + REPAIR Classic Restoration & Woodworking

416-691-7556

Personal • Small Business Corporate • Back Filing (8)

35 Years experience

416 759-8878

www.classicrestoration.ca (7)

Expert Bookkeeping, Small business specialists, Strong on QuickBooks, Simply Accounting, “cloud computing”. A la carte services. Affordable (8r) rates. Antonella 416-464-2766

General Services

Hudson’s Bookkeeping Services: Bookkeeping, GST/PST, Payroll & Year End. Contact Daphne at 416-616-4593 or (7) www.hudsonsbookkeeping.com

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Household Services REG’S APPLIANCE 416-691-6893

www.regsappliance.com

•Fast friendly service for 30 years •CESA certified

416-463-6330

(r)

- COMPLETE RECYCLING - DEMOLITION SPECIALISTS

(7.)

HALF FAST PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

WE CLEAN OUT YOUR JUNK NOT YOUR WALLET CALL MARY OR JOHN

416 690 0117 • 416 569 3236 (r)

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

(8!)

416-265-7979

(r)

MR. FIX-IT

JIM’S APPLIANCE SERVICE

PROFESSIONAL, MATURE, RELIABLE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS

Repairs to all major appliances, vacuums, and microwaves. Fast, friendly service. Good rates. Call 416-648-4410

WAYNE&SON 416-264-1495 CELL 416-567-4019

OVER 20 YRS. EXPERIENCE PROMPT & COURTEOUS

416-759-2219

Relocating overseas. Desperately need good homes for two mature tabbies either together or separately. All shots, micro-chipped. Healthy. Indoor or outdoor.

HOME COMPUTER CARE

ROSS APPLIANCE SERVICE

Kevin Lundbohm, Manager

2 CATS NEED GOOD HOME(S)

(7.)

Repairs to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers

THE PRINTING HOUSE

1537 O’Connor Drive

647.281.3084

needhelp_pc_mac@hotmail.com

Financial Services

(Woodbine/Danforth Area)

hotwax100@yahoo.com

PC/MAC SUPPORT

416-438-6360 www.atlasnetwork.com

We buy! - We pay cash!

416-575-6113

?NEED HELP?

Hardware & Software Support Network & Security setup PC/Mac Support, Web Site Design Cloud Services

Rain Date - June 7, 2015

urban loft with full ensuite

(r)

COMPUTER SERVICES

Lots of treasures provided by multiple households

TV, wireless, kitchenette, parking

Call Alison 416 701 1101

(7)

Saturday, June 6 9 a.m. til 1 p.m.

elizabethkroeker@sympatico.ca

Free

FURNISHED

christianlove59@yahoo.ca myurbanoasis.ca

4 bdr Beach home with parking from July 7-29, ideal for Pan Am Games. ALSO Aug 4-15, ideal for Parapan Am Games. Elizabeth 416-691-8588

KSTS Computer Support (VISA/MC)

Cleaning specialists •Windows •Eavestroughs •Decks •Siding

BEACH

416-HOME-126 (416-466-3126)

Affordable Certified IT Serving the beach for over 10 yrs

LAWN SALE WILDWOOD CRESCENT

(8)

For Sale (r)

2-br + den for short term rental

(9)

www.upperbeachrental.com

In-home/office, established professional, support service Serving Beach businesses since 1994 Service plans available

CALL GLEN

GARAGE SALE Sat., June 6 • 9-2

Antiques, collectibles, household & garden items.

HOME OFFICE: Computer repair

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

(west of Gerrard & Woodbine)

(r)

Call now 416-699-9714 x8 www.hardingandking.com

Laundry • Cleaning • Shopping Bed change • House sitting Yard Work 35 yrs exp • References For Seniors at home

Further details a must at

Out-of-Town

Fully equipped woodworking shop to share 1730 sq ft Warden & Comstock Call Vince Shop 416-285-9895 Cell 416-399-2342 (8)

1562 Queen St. E.

Beautiful 1 Bedroom. Utilities Included. Separate & Private entrance from lower level to beautiful garden with Patio and Koi Pond. Laundry. Pot lights, open plan. 10 Mins. Beach. 3 Mins TTC.

KLEEN WINDOWS

Computer Services

http://homecomputercare.ca

STREET SALE Gates Ave.

Free recorded message 1-800-270-1577 ID# 1001

(r)

INDUSTRIAL SPACE TO SHARE

Chalet Beauty Bar

All classified ads may also be viewed at www.beachmetro.com

Elmer, Herbert & Hartford Ave. Sat., June 6 • 9 a.m. to noon Housewares, Kids Clothes & Gear, Collectibles & more! Rain Date: Sun, June 7

WAYLAND STREET

Bed & Breakfast

Paul McArthur 416-821-3910

We welcome everyone to weekly FREE Saturday night entertainment/dancing

647 980 4973

RENTERS

Stop Paying Your Landlord’s Mortgage. Free Report reveals How Easy it is to Buy Your Own Home

Quiet south facing loft on Queen St.

OFFICE SPACE

Social/Events

Te l : 6 4 7- 3 4 9 - 4 0 1 5

(7)

Short Term Rental

A registered nurse in the Philip-

Convert VIDEO to DVD

416-466-3766

416-686-3761

$950 Upper BEACH Sublet

Member of Ontario College of Trades ID #13182882

Routes available throughout the Beach, Upper Beach, Danforth, Birchcliff STUDENTS EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS

henry_weinman@yahoo.ca

(r)

Available now New renovations to kitchen & bathroom, freshly painted. Partially furnished. Sep. entrance, steps to TTC and a park, 10 min walk to the beach. $1,000/mo incl heat, hydro, basic cable. References required.

Employment Opportunities

416-691-8082 ext. 0

416-712-2077

Spacious One Bedroom Bsmt Apt

Hairstyling & Skincare training with job placement

Volunteers Needed to deliver BEACH METRO NEWS

KEYS FOUND

HUGE ANNUAL MULTI STREET SALE

Jim D’Altroy sales rep RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd. (7)

Volunteers

Featuring Bachelors, 1 & 2 Bedroom renovated suites.

(r)

Luxurious Beach Suites

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.

Announcements

485 Kingston Rd.

416-827-8095

* include self-addressed envelope for receipt * classified ads also appear on our website at beachmetro.com

Community Garage Sale

hosted by Danforth Village Resident’s Assn on Trent, Kelvin & Luttrell When: Saturday, June 6th Time: 9 am - 2 pm Please join us for some great deals!

1 + 2 Bdrm from $1,295

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

Kingston Rd to Gerrard St. Saturday June 6, 9am-2pm (rain date Sunday June 7)

Books, toys, furniture, lots of bargains Many homes participating

650 Woodbine

(r)

Magnificent

(1.5” wide by 1” deep)

(includes HST) For 20 words or less 35¢ each extra word

BINGHAM AVE ANNUAL STREET SALE

New professionally installed kitchens. Brand new elevator. Quiet private park setting. Very close to beach, shopping, public transit, all amenities.

Block ad

Word ad

Garage Sale

@ 191 Kenilworth

1 Bedroom, newly reno’d suites from $1,399 incl. utils.

(r)

10+ years experience Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Painting, and Handy Work. Randall 416-450-0599 MRFIXIT@rogers.com

(9)

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

CLEVER DISPOSAL &

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Specializing in: Residential Demolition, Rubbish Removal, Garage, Basement & Yard Cleanups Driveway Friendly Rental Bins Available FULLY INSURED

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

• Bio-degradable, non-allergenic products used • Drying time 3-4 hours • Bonded, insured, certified Free At Home Estimates!

(15)

*Insured*

THE HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANING COMPANY

Flooring, Tile, Carpentry & all types of small & large renos Call Rob & Steve at:

647-967-7366

TrustworthyRenovations.com

(7)

BEACH WINDOW CLEANING & EAVESTROUGHS

(15)

DEMOLITION EXPERTS Demolition & Removal of Garages, Porches, Fences, Concrete.

416 565 8569

(7)

GALBRAITH CONSTRUCTION AND DISPOSAL LTD.

EXCAVATION: BOBCAT, MINI EXCAVATOR SERVICE DISPOSAL BINS: 6 YARDS - 40 YARDS FOR CLEAN FILL, GARBAGE & BLOCK WATERPROOFING

Experienced, over 35 years in business CALL 416-984-5054 416-265-0200 (9)

Pet Services PAWS SIT STAY

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 (5/16)

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

Call Candy at 416 691-3170

Window & Eaves Cleaning Gutter Filter Installation

416 421-5758

rileyswindowcleaning.com

(r)

MAINTENANCE

-Spring Property Clean-ups -Lawn Cutting/Aeration/ Overseeding/Fertilization 416-414-5883 info@blpm.ca (8)

EUROPEAN CLEANING LADIES

offer complete and thorough cleaning service for your house • office • condo Call Ilona 416-427-3815 (9)

WHO HAS TIME ANYMORE?

Pet Minding

BOOTHY’S

Cleaning and organizing superheroes Eco-friendly Local with references Kelly 647-889-4752 (11)

EXPERIENCED CLEANING LADY Weekly • Bi-weekly • One time cleaning Reliable & efficient

Contact Irena

416-825-9705

(7r)

DEANNA CLEANS Houses, Apartments, Offices

416 931 8222 (23)

Extra-ordinary & exceptional Weekly and biweekly $15/hr Call Sherry at

BEACH PUPPY LOVE - Providing loving care to beach pets since 2003 - Flexible scheduling - Dog walking, pet sitting, in home boarding - Bonded & Insured

www.beachpuppylove.com

(7)

Marley’s Dog Walking Services in the Beach Private walks available

marleydogwalkers@hotmail.com or call 416-432-9551 for rates (8)

Donna the Dogwalker Living in and serving the Beach since 2001 - extensive experience Reasonable Rates on Boarding & Walking Everybody knows Donna!

(7)

(r)

PIANO TUNING REPAIRS

416-405-8301

(8)

APPRAISALS (19)

Piano & Voice Instruction by Ruth Finlay

Adults & Children Welcome torontomusicteachers.com ruthfinlay@gmail.com singyoursoulsongworkshop.com It’s time to live your dream... (9)

Tutoring HELP WITH MATH & ENGLISH call ALBERTO 416 690 9389 for • final exam catch-up • • in-depth homework/test help • • essay-writing + study skills • • numeracy + literacy support •

(8)

NEIGHBOURHOOD CLEANER Serving for 20 years Houses • Apts • Condos Moving in • Moving out

(12)

All Day Cleaning Special for first-time clients. For your home/condo/office. Reliable, trustworthy, efficient cleaning service. For more info, call Beata at 416.233.6462

cleancomfortservices.com

Home Daycare Loving, caring, reliable, close to Library, Parks - Drop-in centre, Beach Rec Centre, daily outings, reading, crafts. Over 20 years experience. Excellent references. 416-693-5272 (11) Before - After School Care from Balmy Beach School in my home. 20 years experience, great references, receipts. (11) Adrianne 647-289-7776 Hands in the Earth Home Childcare. Nurturing home child care devoted to the magic of childhood. With preschool program that values child development. Flexible hours and competitive rates. Handsintheearthpreschool@ (8) gmail.com 647-637-6724

THE STUDY STUDIO 1226 Kingston Road 416-690-6116 www.thestudystudio.com Specialized programs for grades 3-12 and beyond in all subjects. Jennifer Wilson B.Ed. (19) Kim Rauch B.Ed.

French / German / Spanish

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 (8)

Head Start Tutors

One on One Tutoring Conveniently located in Vic Park South Rehab Clinic/Henley Gardens Victoria Pk and Kingston Rd

416-272-9589

headstarttutors@rogers.com

Neil Bennett B.Ed./OCT Sally Vickers B.Ed./OCT

Serving the Beach for over 15 years (7)

Elementary, Secondary, University Teaching Experience

Math Gr 4 to 12, Social Studies, Essays, Study Skills, University Preparation. Successful Experience with Learning and Behaviour Challenges. Your home or mine.

Call Peter 647-472-1942

(8)

416-698-1923

www.lerouxfroebel.com

(r)

CANADIAN TREE CARE Tree & Shrub: shaping, thinning, pruning, planting Deadwood or Complete Removal Storm Damage, Dangerous Limbs

Toronto: 416-434-3209 London: 519-636-9222 cdntreecare@hotmail.com

Specialist in low maintenance, eco friendly & native gardens consultation - cleanups pruning - planting - containers maintenance - readied for sale Allison 416-693-7214 naturescapeconsult@yahoo.ca (9)

BEACH LAWN CARE

beachlawncare@hotmail.com (7)

(r)

Green Apple Landscaping Front yard parking pads Drawings • Permits • Build 416-288-1499 www.greenapple.ca

(r)

STONEHENGE LANDSCAPE • DESIGN & BUILD www.stonehengedesignbuild.com

(7)

Pruning, planting, lawn seeding, mowing, yard clean-ups, interlock levelling & basic carpentry repairs (decks, fences). BUTTERFLY & DROUGHT RESISTANT GARDENS, MONARCH MILKWEED. ECO-FRIENDLY. (9)

• Small and Big Moves • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country • Junk and Rubbish Removal

www.thegoodmoves.com 899-3980 (20/16)

Call Hakan: 416

A.S.M. MOVERS Local. Taking care of your possessions.

416-690-1356

(r)

All Season Movers

KIM PRICE

(7.)

Landscape Design

MAN WITH CARGO VAN

• Design and Construction •

- will do small moving jobs - local or long distance - removal & pick up of various items

416-993-5143 Creating Award Winning Gardens www.kimpricelandscapedesign.com (19)

Call Andre 416-422-4864

GREENSTONE LANDSCAPES

Serving the Beach For 20 Years! • Specializing in Interlock, Retaining Walls • All Natural Stone Work, Decks, Fences • Sodding, Planting,Water Features, Lighting, Etc.

416-699-8575

(9)

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• Weekly & Bi-Weekly Lawn Cutting • Spring Clean-ups • Flower Bed Maintenance • Fertilization & Aeration • Hedge Trimming & Pruning • Seeding & Sodding (17)

LANDSCAPING 416-690-2476

“Rocking the Beach for over 15 years”

LAWN IN ORDER 10 yrs serving the Beach and Leslieville. Complete outdoor property maintenance taking on a limited number of new contracts this season.

416-690-8846 paul.kinney@rogers.com

(8)

Scotstone

Landscaping solutions to customize your space.

www.scotstonecontracting.com Call Scott 416.858.2452 (9)

Watch our videos at

CARTAGE & STORAGE 2 Men + Truck $49/hr Office • Apt. Deliveries 416-830-8183 Licensed & Insured

(7)

$29 / hr. & up + 1 hr. One,Two, or Three Men 7 Days a Week Call Delivery Dan 647-763-5257

(7r)

Painters

Larry’s Painting & Repairs Family owned & operated 26 years in business

416-690-3890

larryspainting@gmail.com www.larryspaintingtoronto.com

(r)

PROWAY

Interior • Exterior Residential • Commercial Plastering • Drywall

416.797.6731 Free Estimates & References Available

(12)

FRANZ’S PAINTING

Experienced. Reliable. Professional Work Guaranteed. Drywall Repairs. Competitive Rates. Beach Resident.

Call Franz 416-690-8722

(10)

STEVE’S PAINTING & REPAIRS

Design Installation

INTERIOR • EXTERIOR WORK For strength, durability and finish, it’s all about the prep. Have it done right, the first time. References, free estimates. Beach Resident

FOR YOUR GARDEN Maintenance Call Deanna at 416-931-8222 (11)

Fresh Green Property Maintenance LOCAL, PROFESSIONAL ON TIME

Shane Kinney 647 606 0970

freshgreenlawncare@gmail.com

416-999-MOVE (6683)

PAINTING & DECORATING

Traditional stone walls, steps, interlocking paths, patios & decks.

deannaforyourgarden@gmail.com

Accurate work & reasonable rates

*MOVE MEN*

ABBEY ROAD

rickscape@hotmail.com

WE MOVE FOR LESS!

STUDIO 1

IN THE BEACH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS

647-210-LAWN (5296)

(11)

www.BestWayToMove.com (11r)

416-821-4065

Garden clean-ups, planting, pruning, weeding and ongoing maintenance. Call Karen or Lisa 416 691 5978

Movers

REASONABLE RATES

416-467-6059

Interlocking Stone • Planters Retaining Walls • Steps • Fences Decks • Sodding (7)

(9)

“Always on Time and on Budget”

25 yrs experience

Karen for the Garden

Greg 416-693-8678 www.carbontip-toe.com

416-288-1499

www.greenapple.ca

STONESCAPE

Victoria Gardening

karenforthegarden@primus.ca

647-999-8617

(10) (7.)

CARE-ADVICE-COACHING

647 766 7875 John

Award Winning Design & Build

25 years Experience High Quality • On Schedule One-of-a-Kind Outdoor Living Spaces

(8)

ALL LAWN AND GARDEN

Nurturing, supportive care, flexible hours. Early Childhood Education Specialists to answer your questions.

daycareconnection.net

LAWN CUTTING *(weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and one time visits available)

Hedge Trimming Clean Up Mulch, Sod, etc.

DAY CARE CONNECTION LICENSED, NON-PROFIT HOME CHILD CARE

Call 416-698-0750

MAINTENANCE

Kevin 416-691-8503

BALMY BEACH COMMUNITY DAY CARE

Marlene 416-698-5668

(8)

BEACH PROPERTY

info@blpm.ca

Have two certified garden designers coach you and propose new ideas to transform your garden from ordinary to stunning.

(416) 414-5883 info@blpm.ca

info@blpm.ca

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Gardens

*(weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, & one time visits available)

416-414-5883

416-439-6639

Ideas Designs Results

LAWN CUTTING

MAINTENANCE

416-414-5883

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BEACH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

- property clean ups - weekly/biweekly cut, trim, blow - starting at $15/week

Child Care Available

647-828-2468

HARRY

-Lawn Cutting/Aeration/ Overseeding/Fertilization -Spring Property Clean-ups -Hedge Trimming -Eavestrough Cleaning

• SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1976 •

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BEACH PROPERTY

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

Free Estimate

Barbara 416 389-8120 416 690-0433

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

INDIV/GRP TUITION IN YOUR HOME QUALIFIED + EXPERIENCED TEACHER, K-12 PROVEN SUCCESS - REFS AVAILABLE (13)

•18 months to 12 years •Preschool daycare & after school program 72 Main St.

Call Gary 647-829-5965

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Garden & Tree

Froebel WINDOWS CLEANING LeRoux Bilingual School EAVES CLEANING

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, monthly learning themes, crafts, outdoor play and cuddles. Healthy organic meals, CPR certified and great references. NUMBER CORRECTION

Eloise at 416.691.5799

All Welcome

Cleaning Lady

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Peek-A-Bears Childcare

sjkohlhepp@gmail.com

416-699-3772

Ted Reeve Arena

IDEAL

LAWN MAINTENANCE COMPLETE LANDSCAPING • CLEANUPS SPRING & FALL • FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED • DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS

Contact: Tim Conway

184 MAIN ST. across from

LANDSCAPING

Seasonal yard cleanup, Planting, pruning, fertilizing Woodland garden design Any reasonable request Security Approved

Green Apple Landscaping

Call/text Judy 416-550-4412

Proven success with thousands of Beach area students for 12 years

647 886 8303

d.cleans@yahoo.ca

PIANO TEACHER

AND

BEACH PROPERTY

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Unbelievably Affordable

Landscapers

• PLAYROOM • CHILDCARE REGISTRY • • LIBRARY • DROP-IN BABY TIME IS TUES & THURS AT 1:30 PM WORKSHOPS EVERY 2ND THURSDAY

Welcome to my Home!

416-699-8333

Neighborhood Gardening

B I R T H TO S I X Y E A R S

416-690-0102

416-690-2289

416-729-2077 cell

HOUSECLEANING

Call Howard

Bach to ROCK

Susan Kohlhepp

Same day service guarantee Open from Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE

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FOR ADULTS WITH CHILDREN

Music

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See our ad on page 13

FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Kingston Rd/Vic Park

A family business since 1956

*60+ years Experience*

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Scarboro Music

RILEYS’ WINDOW CLEANING (7)

Call us for details.

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!

EAST TORONTO VILLAGE

We teach it all!

WWW.EUROPEANCLEAN.COM (7r)

Call Bob 416-699-5306 cell 416-459-4137

CHILDREN’S CENTRE

647-992-NEAT (6328)

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EUROPEAN CLEAN

Backyard Basement Garage cleanups Rubbish Removal Small Demolitions Free Estimates

416 930 1448

416-567-3205

Wanted!

Your Dirty Laundry (and we won’t gossip!) PrettyNeat® expands to offer Boutique Wash’n Fold, pick-up & delivery from Beach Solar Laundromat! Excellent Service, door to door!

BEST JOB & PRICE GUARANTEED

*Bonded*

B&W DISPOSAL

by Zak’s Mom Cat or dog visits or sitting Dog boarding 416 691-8222 pet_minding@yahoo.ca references

TO SERVE AND RESPECT

Call 416-783-3434

For light moves/deliveries, cleanups, etc. • FIREWOOD Efficient. Best rates. Call Max

Brendalee 416-804-5545 PAWSSITTER.COM

CARPET, UPHOLSTERY RUG CLEANING

HEALTHY HOME

MAN WITH PICK-UP TRUCK

416-691-8503

ULTRA

STEAM CLEANING LTD.

CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING

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416-820-1527

Cleaning Services

BEACH METRO NEWS

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Cell# 647-853-6420

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‘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

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BEACH METRO NEWS

TOM DAY

RYLAN HARVEY

PAINTING - Free Estimates

- Interior/Exterior Painting, Staining, Metallic Surfaces - Fully Trained/Insured - 3 Year Written Guarantee - Committed to the Beaches 416-888-1647 Ref Available Check us out on HomeStars!

Plumbing & Drains All types of plumbing work. Smallest leak - complete bath reno. Internal & external drain excavating. Call the professionals 416-480-0622

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PROFESSIONAL PAINTER Richard Durocher Interior & Exterior Small to Mid-size jobs

647 401 7970 The

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

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FUSSY! Painter

Colouring the Beach Since 1996!, Interior & Exterior. First Rate Team Works Cleanly, Quickly and on Budget Special Attention to Prep, Repairs, Help with Colour, No Job Too Small, Written Quotes.

Call John (416) 698-2302 or (416) 670-2639 fraser_j@bell.net

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The Passionate Painter

24 hr. - lic# P1624

Cascade Plumbing GTA Waterproofing Specialist All Plumbing, camera inspection, power washing, snake drain cleaning, sump pumps, drainage systems, and back water valve installations. Great affordable rates. Fully licensed.

(11r)

ATLANTIS PLUMBING

& DRAINS Dishwasher & Gas Repairs Heating, Boilers & Radiator Repairs Reno, Repairs - LICENSED

416-265-4558 Cell 416-727-1595

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PLUMBING SERVICES

www.thepassionatepainter.com

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NEW BRIGHT PAINTING NO MESS, NO FUSS, JUST SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP, Fully Insured Member BBB • Beach Resident SEAN AT 416-985-8639

newbrightpainting@gmail.com

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PAINTING

It’s Spring. Time for a new coat. INTERIOR, EXTERIOR QUALITY PAINTING over 20 years. 100% guarantee

Dave 416 294 3379

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HARM’S PAINTING

PLUMBER CONTRACTOR Fully licensed & insured. Lic #T94

George: 416-278-7057 or Gabston Reno: 647-342-2872 (8)

$25 OFF ANY SERVICE

HUGO’S PAINTING

20 years experience Real painting Clean, no mess Excellent quality Residential, interior & exterior Free estimates

Call 416 824-2957

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MASTERPIECE PAINTING

647 998 2302

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WALLPAPER

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Fault Finding Knob & Tube Rewiring Service upgrades Insurance certificates

GREEN ISLE ELECTRIC

DECLAN O’MEARA 416-698-6183 CELL 416-875-5781

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ESA LIC# 7002668

CEJA ELECTRIC

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ECRA/ESA#7004508

Cell 416-529-5426

ACE

690-8533 Lic. #P-15099

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BEACH PLUMBING Small Repairs to complete houses Renovations

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Electric Lic: 7006786

COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SERVICES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL

416-833-3006

Big or small we do them all VISA / MC / AMERICAN EXPRESS

POWER

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416 691-3555

Call: 416.939.7833

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ONTARIO WATER PLUMBING

LTD

Professional Quality Service Repairs-Renovations-Installations MET LIC P18238, BBB A+, WSIB Master Plumber: Franc Zamernik

Mobile: 416-834-8474 Office: 416-757-6537 (r)

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLUMBING

20% Discount off any competitor’s written quotation. Discount for seniors and single parent. Lic. Master Plumber • Free estimates Patrick 647-404-7139 (8)

•home entertainment centres •home offices •bookcases, fireplace surrounds •utilize your space with built-in storage units

Bill Watson 647-283-0095 (11)

REX NORMAN CARPENTRY

Lic# 7009221

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N.D. TREEN ELECTRIC ECRA/ESA Lic#7001629

Free Estimates Work performed by Master Electrician Panel Changes • Pot Lights Interconnected Smoke Detectors Knob & Tube Replacement Dale Treen 416-882-6701 daletreen@yahoo.com (9)

MBX ELECTRIC LTD.

Master Electrician Lic. ESA ECRA #7000314

Residential • Commercial - Knob & Tube Wiring - Service Panel Upgrades - Renovations & Alterations Call Marc 416-910-1235

Call Rex 416-889-1963 rexn@rogers.com

Accomplished Finish Carpenter 25 yrs exp

Repair - Reno - Restore

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647-206-3376 Andrew, the Roofer

Call/Text:

“Oftentimes, a repair is all you really need”

CANADIAN CONTRACTORS

Call today for free estimate (10r)

Cable & Telephone Wiring Telephone Systems Residential, Commercial, Retail, Home Offices Senior Rates Alan Burke 416-699-4350

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416-467-6735

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35 years in the Beaches Marty 416 579 6534 Roger 416 579 6548 KingstonRoadRoofing.ca

www.stonehengefoundations.com (r)

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CUSTOM WOODWORKING Kitchens • Built-Ins Shelving • Wall Units

Flat and Shingle Roofs Re-roofing, Repair Eavestrough, Soffit & Fascia Workmanship Guaranteed Gus:

416-910-8033

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BERGERON ROOFING

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Underpinning Specialists

FINE INTERIOR - EXTERIOR CARPENTRY • PLUMBING GENERAL REPAIRS DECKS + FENCES (8)

- Cleaning - Regrouting - Repairing - Roof Repair Top to Bottom THE HANDY BOYS We really do clean them.

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HANDYMAN

•Shingle Roofs •Flat Roofs •Siding •Roof Repairs •Eavestroughing Insured • Met. Lic. B15515 For a Free Estimate ask for Lawrence (10)

CONTRACTING CO.

-Flat Roofs-Shingles-Eavestrough Toronto Fire/Police References An Honest Family Service

Tel. 416-569-2181

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THOSE ROOFERS Don’t call them, call those roofers ALL TYPES OF ROOFS

Lic - Insured • Free Estimate

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GODFREY RENOVATIONS & REPAIRS LTD. Complete Kitchen, bathroom & basement. Interior/Exterior Painting & Carpentry. Doors, Windows, Siding, Fences, Decks, Patios

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, PAINT PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, TILE Licensed & Insured 30 YRS LOCAL EXPERIENCE ON TIME/BUDGET www.beachrenovations.com

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WET BASEMENT ? Foundation Repair/Waterproofing

CITY WIDE ROOFING

416-690-1430 • 416-266-8953 quotes@citywideroofing.ca www.citywideroofing.ca (19)

Innerspace

Garth 647-248-4952 or garth.jerome@yahoo.ca

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Cell 416 434-2762 Painting - Basement Renos Plaster & Stucco • Interior & Exterior Small Renovation Jobs & Indoor/ Outdoor Spray Painting 35 Yrs Exp • Refs upon request (9) Free Estimates

COMPLETE BATHROOMS

FANTASTIC DECKS + FENCES

647-235-6690

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If we were any Cheaper we’d be Free Masons

416-690-2476

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We will beat any quote by up to 20%

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Scotstone

Quality Stone Masonry & Brickwork Repairing & matching existing brick, Tuckpointing or new builds. Natural stone. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Foundations

www.scotstonecontracting.com scotstonecontracting@gmail.com (11)

Licensed masonry contractor

Call Scott 416.858.2452

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JD MASONRY

Hardwood Flooring Sanding, Staining, Refinishing, Repairs & Installations. Quality workmanship for excellent rates.

WET BASEMENT EXPERTS

• Heritage Brickwork • Natural Stonework • Foundation Restoration • Chimney Rebuild/Repair • Tuckpointing

JDBuild.ca 416-738-2119

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JB RENO’S, UPGRADES, REPAIRS One Guy Does It All

Underpinning Foundation Repair Drains, New/Repair

WEBSTER FOUNDATION REPAIR 647-235-6690 Lic & Ins (7.)

QUALITY HOME IMPROVEMENTS & RENOVATIONS

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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)

25 yrs experience • Free estimates Finished basements Kitchens • Bathrooms • Plumbing Tiles • Taping • Painting Open Concepts (Engineering, Architect drawings)

647-667-5645

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TILE

by Jim Ferrio ODD JOBS PLUS “Seniors never pay tax” Call Jim for a free estimate

416-659-7003

Serving Your Community Since 1971

Fully insured, municipal license & WSIB reg’d Free Quotations • Excellent references

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BEACH RENOVATIONS

416-691-8241

Bathrooms • Kitchens • Basements Flooring • Tile and Mosaic

MASONRY

Give your floors a new beginning!!! (8) Free Estimates

ED GODFREY

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ABBEY ROAD

416-375-5191

•NO JOB TOO SMALL• Metro Lic. #B9948

416-264-8517

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SILVERBIRCH

JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457

www.webuildit.ca (r)

www.totalrenovations.com

•PAINTING •STAINING •DRYWALL REPAIR •PARGING •DECK & FENCE REPAIR •MINOR REPAIRS

Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates

Doug 416-871-1734 Jeff 647-686-8103

416-694-2488

FLOORING SPECIALIZING IN SANDING & STAINING

FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.

- Shingles & Flats- Repair & Tune ups - Cedar & Slate - Re-roofs & new work

Architectural Design-Build

SERVICES “No Job Too Small”

Marc 416-617-7205

Queen St. Roofing

TOTAL RENOVATIONS INC.

HARDWOOD

•CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL

Roofers

647-967-7366

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Drywall, Plastering, Taping 15 yrs Experience • Excellent Job Call Mike 416-854647 833 7024 Fax 647-341-6104

Mark Denington

416-691-8693

TILE + STONE

• Waterproofed showers & saunas • Tile leveling system (floors & walls) • Counters, islands & vanities • All work done custom on-site!

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Stucco • Moulding Wall Systems

• CARPENTRY / TRIM • DRYWALL PATCHING • SMALL JOB SPECIALIST “Serving the Beach Since 1980”

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www.tradeprocontractors.com

YOUR STUCCO

GNOMEWORKS

Call C.J. 647 222 5338

Custom Bathroom renovations Design & Build Licensed & Insured 647 505-6156 completebathroom.homestars.com

416-752-1585

EAVESTROUGH

Trades

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BRICK, BLOCK, STONE WORK TUCKPOINTING, COLOUR MATCHING CONCRETE WORK - REPAIRS OR NEW BASEMENT WALKOUTS 416-463-9331 (r)

42 Years Established in the GTA / Beach

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CJ DRYWALL & PAINTING

JOHN CLARKE

416-466-9025

Please call 416 575 2821

Additions, Second storeys, Drawings, permits & Architect provided BILD member & Reno Mark contractor 26 yrs experience, Licenced

MASONRY CHIMNEYS - REPAIRS OR NEW

TRADEPRO GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC ADDITIONS KITCHEN & BATHROOMS

Always free estimates - senior discounts (7)

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Shingle & Flat Specializing in Flat Roofs All Work Guaranteed 35 yrs. experience

(22/16)

DESIGN-BUILD-RESTORE Basement Lowering Quality Work by experienced home renovator www.basementlowering.com 416-494-3999

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416-999-2333

Professional drywall and plaster work. Renovation and Repair. Very clean. No job too small.

FOUNDATION REPAIR WATERPROOFING

ROOFING & SIDING? SOLUTION!

INT/EXT TRIM & STAIRCASES

416-698-2613

Competitive prices • Satisfaction guaranteed

STONEHENGE

Shingles • Flats Roof Repairs • Metal Work Eavestroughing & Siding Waterproofing • Since 1984

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PLS Masonry offers over 20 years home repairs experience in the GTA

www.handydan.ws Dan 416-699-2728

416 858 0253

CHIMNEY REPAIRS • TUCKPOINTING BRICKWORK • PARGING CONCRETE • INTERLOCKING

“Reclaim Your Basement”

CABINETRY, BUILT-INS

Call Vince Shop 416-285-9895 Cell 416-399-2342 www.galaxywood.ca

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Drywall, Painting, Carpentry Masonry, Flooring Reliable - Quality work

For all your roofing needs

G. LOCKE

Gord Walker 416-694-2119

the handyman

KINGSTON RD ROOFING

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Met. Lic. B-8357

Coleman Contracting & Company

One stop shopping for all your Home Improvement needs Repairs to Renovations From Roof to Basement & everything in between • Lic & Insured

Handy Dan

Met. Lic. B-16-964

For all your roofing needs In the Beaches since 1974 FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED

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Steve 416-285-0440

Master of Carpentry specializing in interior & exterior finishing, decks, stairs, windows, doors, railings, book shelving, feature walls and much more. Putting quality first.

416-823-7314

416-694-7402

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LANIGAN’S

Electrical

COMPANY

PANEL & SERVICE UPGRADE TROUBLESHOOTING & WIRING ANY KIND OF SMALL OR BIG JOB. REASONABLE PRICE

50 years in the Beach

Built-in-Cabinets

416-625-2851

ELECTRIC 416-690-0173

Plumbing • Heating • Drains Renovation, Repair & Installation

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HOUSE FRAMING/CARPENTRY

Metro Lic. # E-594 / ACP # M-R1507

Knob & tube • No job too small

MIKE PARKER PLUMBING

• ON TIME / ON BUDGET •

For all your Interior Finnish and Carpentry needs. Renovations from the basement to the attic. Local and On-time.

Proud To Have Served Our Community For Over 50 Years Specializing in Service Upgrades and Knob & Tube Wiring

Lic. & Ins.

ROOFING REPAIRS

Call Clyde Robinson 691-8241 www.robinsoncarpentry.com Licensed with 30 years experience

Professional Carpentry

CLAYTON ELECTRIC

Over Twenty-five Years in the Beach

416-694-7497 ~ 416-423-4245

with attention to detail

Total renovations, basements, trim, doors, porches, wall units, closets. Electrical, plumbing, paint, drywall.

free estimates (r)

Flat Roofs and Shingles Aluminum Siding • Fascia Soffit Sky Lights • Eavestrough

Free Estimates • Metro Lic. B17416

The Horan Company

MURPHY

Plumbers

ROBINSON CARPENTRY For quality craftsmanship

Knob & tube rewiring Service Upgrades CARL 647-787-5818

All Types: Ceramics • Natural Stones Vinyl • Cork Hardwoods • Laminates Floating and Plank

Flat Roofs & Shingles Aluminum Siding ~ Fascia & Soffit Eavestrough Cleaned & Replaced Tuck Pointing & Much More

MARIO 416-690-1315

ECRA/ESA LIC#7001069

Flooring Installer

KEW BEACH ROOFING GENERAL CONTRACTING

COXWELL ROOFING

Carpenters

CUSTOM CARPENTRY

416-690-1630

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GALAXY

416-999-3594

FREE ESTIMATES 15% less best price guaranteed Work done by Andrew Clayton

42 yrs

George: 416-278-7057 or Gabston Reno: 647-342-2872

Glenn 416 837 9298

*Ask For Photo I.D.*

Classic skills, contemporary results Interior/Exterior Fussy Jobs, A+ prep work Expert team, competitive pricing Stain, Plaster, Repairs Call Joseph for a free quote

Fully licensed & insured. ECRA/ESA #7008706

PORCHES, DECKS, FENCES

LOCAL ELECTRICIAN

416-694-2470

www.ontariowaterplumbing.com

MASTER PLUMBER

Electricians

No job too small for all your repair and painting needs (11)

INSTALLATION RESTORATION INVISIBLE REPAIRS Rod 416-766-4066 see roderickdunn.com

No job too small 15 years in the Beaches 416 833 6692 martin@mapm.ca (7!)

PLUMBING PROBLEMS ??

BEACH HILL

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR

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MARTIN PETROV

Specializing in residential painting. Minor drywall/plaster repairs. 416-997-8908

MASTER ELECTRICIAN

416 660 4721

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GUY

647-808-7977 mariotileguy.com (r)

WOODY’S

HEY HANDYMAN

General repair • Painting, Electrical • Plumbing 10 yrs plus experience References Available handymanwoody@hotmail.com

Painting, tiling, fencing, drywall, flooring, siding, vanities & much more.

HANDYMAN SERVICES

416-699-0958

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SERVICES

15 yrs exp No job too small! Free Quotes, satisfaction guaranteed - Lic & Ins

647-771-0227 jeff@heyhandyman.ca www.heyhandyman.ca

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

CONCRETE WORK L B owering

MH DESIGN & BUILD INC.

asement

Benching-Underpinning Waterproofing Inside/Outside New Drains

416-917-5990

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Commerical/Residential Cstom Kitchen Cabinets Custom built wheelchair accessible kitchen & bathroom Dental Offices Custom Glass work Shower Enclosure & Glass Railings

416-820-7377

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JASON THE MASON

BEACHCOMBERS CONTRACTING No Job too BIG or small For free estimate, call Jeff

416-910-6302

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Creative Construction

JUST DRYWALL + TAPING

We can handle all your renovation needs. Additions, Basements, Painting, Plumbing, Flooring, Electrical, Etc.

Call 416 876-4986 Sam Capetano

TUCKPOINTING • CHIMNEYS CONCRETE WORK WINDOW CUTOUTS • WATERPROOFING & REGISTERED & INSURED 416-580-4126 cell (1/16)

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BEACH METRO NEWS

Dancing for a cause Students at Crescent Town Elementary dance at a Nepal Move-A-Thon organized by the Grade 4 Girls Club at lunch time on May 19. Even before the music started, the benefit dance raised more than $1,000 for Save the Children, a charity assisting young earthquake victims in Nepal. “I heard that Mount Everest shrank because of the earthquake,” said Wafiqa, 9. PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON

Call Chris

416 - 903 4120

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iPlaster PARGING SPECIALISTS Call for free quotes 647 771 4585 (13)

CLASSIFIED ADS

Butterflies for Earl Haig Jr. PS

FACELIFT CONTRACTING Cosmetic surgery for your home All work guaranteed References available Small to large projects 25 years in the Beach Contact William

@ 416-579-0131

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Ads also appear at

beachmetro.com $11.50 for 20 words

Frank & Sons Masonry

extra words 35¢ each

•Brick •Fireplace •Block •Chimney •Stone •Interlock •Concrete •Waterproofing •Restoration •Walkout basements Licensed and Insured

OR $17.50 for 1 column x 1” box (up to 40 words)

“Red Seal certified”

416-319-9104

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UNDERPINNING Basement lowering, walkouts, concrete work Drawings, Permits & engineer all provided BILD member & Reno Mark contractor Fully licensed and insured (WSIB)

416-625-2851

Parents, teachers, staff, and volunteers gather outside Earl Haig Junior Public School on May 22, where more than 500 hand-painted butterflies now fly across the school yard fence. Chosen to remember the late Meaghan McCarthy, a five year-old Earl Haig student who loved butterflies, the brightly coloured decorations were cut by parent volunter Rob Lewis, who used the wood shop at Danforth Collegiate, and painted using colours mixed by local artist and parent Andria Keen. At the Earl Haig Springfest on Thursday, June 4, families can painted the 100 remaining butterflies for $5, with proceeds going toward a milkweed garden on Hillingdon Avenue.

Call 416-698-1164 or email classifieds@beachmetro.com

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PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON

Letters to the Editor, cont’d. from Page 6 During the meeting a number of participants confirmed that Kew Beach is the reason why many people have relocated to the Beach. Indeed, the relocation of families to our community has positively impacted on all property prices, including those properties that surround Pantry Park. Accordingly, does it not make sense to provide access for the children to the park in order to sustain the reputation of the school, and as a result increase the demand for properties in our community? Property price escalations are not only defined by one’s own property and the surrounding properties, but also by the culture within a community, social amenities, shopping, entertainment, parks, and schools. The requirements in the proposal document presented to Toronto City Council clearly confirm that no fences or structures will be erected in the park and that the surrounding residents will retain access to the park. The limited periods of use by the school would limit the sound generated from the play area. Permits would still be issued for use of the facility, retaining the status quo. The park will remain as a public park, shared with the school. We as residents of the Beach should be careful not to be too myopic and short-sited in our vision. If we are to retain our status as a sought after residential location and attract young families who actively support local entertainment and retail outlets, we should be encouraging this initiative, not emotively trying to prevent access from being granted. Over the longer term a less attractive school will result in lower property values and the erosion of local businesses and retail outlets. I confirm my complete support for this worthy initiative. After all, it is ultimately

about improving the lives of children and over the longer term benefitting our community – or have we perhaps lost sight of that? Michael King

Pantry Park deal raises questions for parents of French students RE: 999-YEAR lease needs transparency – In my Opinion, May 19, 2015, and Francophones seek new school, Feb. 23, 2015: Columnist Martin Gladstone may have uncovered some reasons why an East End group, the Coalition of Parents for a Local French Secondary School, are having such a difficult time acquiring space for a French secondary school in one of the under-used East End TDSB schools. If Mr. Gladstone’s allegations regarding the TDSB have any validity – that the TDSB is more interested in selling off public school properties for lucrative housing developments than providing surplus space to the French Public Board, Viamonde, for an east end French Secondary school – then these allegations may be one reason the coalition is getting nowhere as they try to satisfy their Canadian children’s constitutional rights to receive instruction in French. My two Francophone granddaughters graduated from local Georges-Étienne-Cartier, a French Catholic elementary school, and are now attending Collège français (a school with no cafeteria, music room or schoolyard) in downtown Toronto, which requires a daily TTC commute out of their neighbourhood. They and their parents and a growing number of east end Francophone families just want their own neighbourhood French

language secondary school, which they are entitled to. They are not asking for TDSBor city-owned green space to be built upon. They just want the TDSB to turn over classrooms to the French board, where available space has been identified by the TDSB in an East End school. Why does it appear that the French public school board is being stonewalled by the TDSB? Why is the TDSB, as Mr. Gladstone seems to imply, more interested in doing land deals than contributing to the education of children, be they English or French speaking - language rights guaranteed under Canada’s constitution? What is the TDSB’s priority, making money or educating children? My granddaughters and I want an answer, before they both graduate outside of their own neighbourhood. Murray Lumley Danforth Avenue

Bike lanes on Dixon good for everyone I WAS intrigued and slightly confused to read the “Resident no fan of bike lanes on Dixon” letter in the May 5 issue. Although the writer admits cyclists knocked on her door explaining the bike lanes a year in advance, she later claimed no notice was given. She also stated that although cyclists have been riding the wrong way down this street already (because even this is safer than riding the gauntlet at the Kingston/Eastern/ Queen streetcar intersection), she thinks making a clearly defined, signed bike lane instead is unsafe. Although riding the wrong way down a one way street may have taught children to

break the law in the past, she can be rest assured that making it legal now removes that problem. On reflection, I came to the conclusion that the author must in fact support this new bike lane. And thankfully, now that she knows that there is a fully legal contra flow bike lane on her street, she CAN expect to be faced with a phalanx of bicycles. Robert Wallis Cyclist and resident, Ward 32

Queen and Woodbine intersection unsafe I AM a resident of the Beach and I frequently cross at the intersections of Queen and Woodbine. I am also a mother of two children, ages 5 and 9. I am always terrified as I wait at any of the four corners of this intersection and I am repeatedly warning my children to “stand back!” The speeds at which traffic rips through here is ridiculous given the numbers of pedestrians of all ages, especially large numbers of families and children crossing to get to and from Kew Beach PS. I have been told that Woodbine is considered a ‘highway’ so there is little that can be done to slow traffic or add another crosswalk between Queen and Lakeshore, where it bends by the Olympic pool (which would, in my opinion, force traffic to slow down). Thank goodness no one appeared to be hit in the latest incident, but it’s only a matter of time. This last one is not an isolated event. Stand wayyyyyy back everyone. Lori Gomes

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