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Volume 43 No. 13
September 23, 2014
Kids of Steel take on duathlon Jessica, 5, competes in the Sept. 20 Kids of Steel Duathlon at Ashbridges Bay with her mom Kristen Vecchio running beside her. Jessica’s mom and brother also competed in the run-bike-run event organized by Family Fun Fit, while her dad, hobbled by an ankle injury, cheered on a crutch from the sidelines. PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
Residents want Queen tree saved INSIDE By Andrew Hudson
A TALL red oak near Queen and Balsam is stopping traffic, at least on the sidewalk. Hundreds of passerby have stopped and signed a petition to save the tree at 2204 Queen St. East, which owners say poses a risk to their house and those of their neighbours. Calls to the homeowners’ family were not returned, but the tree trunk appears to press directly against the porch roof. Chris DeBoer moved into the house next door in 1978, and said the oak was just as high then, and also pressing against the porch. “I gather they think it will help the neighbours to take it down, but I’ve never had a problem with it,” she said. “If it is a problem and not safe, it should come down of course,” she added. DeBoer said the neighbourhood is known for its trees, and its old oaks in particular. “If you look up Balsam, you see them all over – it’s absolutely a canopy at the moment.” DeBoer’s house, built in 1904, is a heritage build-
ing, as is the neighbours’ 1905 house and several others on the block. Judging by a common arborist’s formula, the red oak next door is likely 150 years old, meaning it was growing some 40 years before the houses went up. “They were here before we were, as it were,” said DeBoer. By Thursday afternoon, 204 people had signed a comment book left beside the official City of Toronto notice about the red oak’s possible removal. Chris Kerr, a tenant in the affected building, started the petition and also posted the desk number for Toronto’s urban forestry directly on the sign. “I used to be an activist in the eighties,” Kerr said, smiling. Most of the comments in Kerr’s book favour saving the red oak. “Please save this tree, I grew up here,” wrote one passerby. Others aren’t convinced. “Don’t be rediculous [sic] – it’s dangerous – nature wants it down!”
Kerr said he will take all the comments to city hall by Sept. 25, the end date for the public notice. According to Toronto’s private tree bylaw, owners with a tree whose trunk is 30 cm or wider at 1.4 metres from the ground need a permit to take it down. Special rules apply if the tree is in a ravine or designated nature area. Permits are not required for large trees that are totally dead, pose an immediate danger, or have a terminal disease that has already killed most of the crown. Besides a $100 application fee and the cost of tree removal, owners must pay for a replacement tree or pay the city to plant one elsewhere at $583 per tree. The idea behind the bylaw is to boost the area covered by Toronto’s tree canopy from 26 to 40 per cent of the city. Of the city’s 10.2 million trees, 60 per cent grow on private property. Kerr said the city lost so many trees in the December ice storm that it can’t afford to lose any without a good reason. “I was crestfallen, heartbroken walking around the Beaches and seeing all the damage,” he said. “I was very thankful that this tree is so beautiful and sturdy that nothing happened to it.”
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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Lazy Daisy’s café, said the new shops are welcome. A long-vacant store just up Coxwell was finally rented, there are business owners interested in at least two more vacant stores, and a local pop-up shops imitative is helping to bridge the gap. As for the new look above her own café, Chapman said it’s fun to see. “You want to have colour, you want to have vibrancy,” she said. “This is the first time that I’ve seen a landlord make a real financial investment here.” The busy kids’ corner at Lazy Daisy’s and the Swag Sisters next door speak to the number of young families moving to the community. “There wasn’t a lot around that did cater to families,” said Chapman, whose son was six months old when she opened three years ago. “But I knew the families were out there.” Besides new shops, the changing demographics have helped bring new life to nearby Moncur Park. Chapman joined the Friends Of Moncur group that helped with the city’s recent upgrade of the park, which includes a new play structure and a new ball hockey rink where her daughter just learned to ride a bike. “People use it, and it’s beautiful,” she said. “That was huge.”
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Early morning shoppers walk by nine Gerrard Street shops getting a colourful new look on Saturday, Sept. 20.
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Terry Fox Run hits boardwalk “Top Hat” cheers as a leading runner pushes a stroller down the beach boardwalk during the 34th annual Beaches Terry Fox Run on Sunday, Sept. 19. PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
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Remembering fallen at 9/11 memorial From centre right, superintendent Peter Yuen of 55 Division salutes and sings the US national anthem alongside MPP Arthur Potts, city councillor Mary Margaret-McMahon, and Community Centre 55 chair Jason Balgopal during a 9/11 memorial service on Sept. 11 at Woodbine Park.
Ashbridge estate trees provide example for city canopy By Andrew Hudson
WHEN HE tends to old trees on the Ashbridge estate, arborist Philip van Wassenaer has three H’s to weigh – heritage, habitat, or hazard? Standing by “Emma’s willow,” a towering, mop-topped tree planted on the estate by Emma Rooney in 1919, van Wassenaer said too many arborists tip the scales toward “hazard.” Emma’s willow has soft spots and a large hollow at its base, yet it has lived longer than most weeping willows do. It even survived the fire someone lit in its trunk a few years ago. “There were rumblings then that this tree needed to be removed, that it was unsafe,” said van Wassenaer, who led a Sept. 9 tree tour on the Ashbridge estate, a two-acre heritage property at Queen and Connaught. But using sonic tomography – a kind of MRI for trees – van Wassenaer was able to show that despite its defects, the willow was strong. “Most of the time, when we call it a ‘defect,’ the tree couldn’t care less,” he said. Of course, arborists do need to be mindful of the risk posed by unstable trees or branches. Over several years, van Wassenaer’s company has pruned the canopy on Emma’s willow to maybe a third of what it was, including a branch that was reaching the school yard next door. But, where they could, they left the tree’s deadwood alone. However it looks to people, van Wassenaer said it makes great habitat for insects and birds. “Show me a tree in the forest that ever had a piece of deadwood pruned out of it,” he said. “Never seen one, in my experi-
ence. Because really, deadwood is not a problem for trees, it’s a problem for us.” Settled in 1793, the two acres that remain of the original Ashbridge homestead have trees planted by generations of Ashbridge family members, who donated the land to the Ontario Heritage Trust in 1972. Taller doesn’t always mean older – among the estate’s oldest trees are a lilac and a small Japanese maple. Van Wassenaer showed a crook in the maple where its bark was worn smooth, likely by years of kids climbing on it. “I still believe that climbing trees is an as-of-right for kids,” he said, smiling. One of the most surprising trees on the estate is actually part stump. Right along Queen Street is a birch that seeded itself on top of a threemetre black locust stump. That “nurse tree” was cut maybe 50 or 60 years ago, van Wassenaer said, but its hardy wood still shows no sign of decay. Another surprise on the Ashbridge estate is that the huge, beautifully rounded tree growing in front of the 1854 Jesse Ashbridge house is perhaps the most hated of invasive, non-native trees – a Norway maple. Popular for its shady canopy, the Norway maple is now a problem in Toronto’s ravines and other natural areas, where it quickly overtakes other plants. Even on city streets, van Wassenaer said the quick-growing Norway maple causes trouble because it ages just as fast – some of the worst-hit neighbourhoods in the December ice storm had streets lined with mature Norway maples, he said. Yet the maple growing by the Ashbridge house has a beautiful,
PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
Arborist Philip van Wassenaer explains some of the techniques used to preserve a mature Norway maple by the 1854 house on Ashridge estate. Van Wassenaer led a Sept. 9 tour of the trees on the heritage property, which was organized by LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests).
rounded crown that van Wassenaer has carefully pruned and even strengthened with steel cables. “This is where we have to judge each tree by its merits, and in the place where we find it,” he said, noting the tree poses no risk to the big lawn around it. The same is true when choosing new trees for Toronto streets, van Wassenaer said, which can’t always support native species. “If it will grow out of concrete in a parking lot, isn’t it a valuable tree?” he said. “We’re getting to the point where there isn’t soil anymore, and our native trees – which are used to rich, deep forest soils with all kinds of organic inputs – won’t grow.” In a far corner of the Ashbridge
estate is the one native tree that used to line roads and highways across North America – an American elm. The distinctive, fountain-shaped elms were nearly wiped out when Dutch elm disease swept the continent in the 1930s and 1940s (van Wassenaer, a Dutchman, pointed out that the disease didn’t come from Holland, but was discovered there). “You can see the big wide, open and spreading canopy,” van Wassenaer said. “Before the elm disease came along they were one of the hardiest street trees – you could cut their roots, you could starve them, you could do anything and they would keep growing.”
Researchers at the University of Guelph are now trying to help the species recover by growing clones of the very few elms, like the Ashbridge tree, that seem to have genetic tolerance for the disease. Whether by lab work or simple pruning, many trees can live far longer than people expect. In Britain, where some oaks can grow a thousand years, van Wassenaer said there is a saying that an old oak will grow 300 years, rest 300 years, and expire gracefully for 300 years. “I think one thing to remember is that when we start to see something dying in the top of a tree, it’s not the beginning of the end – it’s just the next stage.”
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ONE MAN is dead and another in hospital after a fight broke out between two groups of people outside a licensed restaurant on Danforth Avenue just east of Dawes Road. Toronto Police were called to the scene just after 5 p.m. on Sept. 8 to find two males suffering from obvious stab wounds. Dwayne Goodwin, 22, of Toronto, succumbed to his injuries and is Toronto’s 31st homicide victim this year. According to a police source, the injured victim was visiting from the US and was known to police. A police source confirmed that several suspects were arrested, one near a building on Trent Avenue, one near Main Square, and one trying to flee in a vehicle near Danforth and Main. Vaughn Shears, 19, of Toronto, and a 16 year-old boy face charges of second degree murder and attempted murder. Mehmet Akkurt, 22, of Toronto, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for the same charges. Four other suspects are sought by police Anyone with information is asked to contact the homicide squad at 416-808-7400, or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416222-TIPS, online at 222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or leave a tip on Facebook.
5’8”, about 170 lbs. Police allege Calu went to a home to buy drugs, and a woman took his money and left but never returned. He later found her on the street and demanded money at knifepoint. He is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with any information should call 55 Division at 416-808-5500, visit facebook. com/tps55 or use the Crime Stoppers information above.
A MAN and his family are lucky to be alive after a shooting on Danforth Avenue near Pharmacy Avenue on Sept. 6. At about 9 p.m., a man was holding a baby and walking with four women and two other children when another man approached and shot the victim multiple times before fleeing the scene on foot. The suspect is described as a black male in his 30s, 5’8” to 5’9”, about 145 lbs, wearing blue jeans, a dark-coloured hoodie and armed with a handgun. Anyone with any information should call 41 Division police at 416-808-4100, or contact Crime Stoppers.
Brendan Smith A MAN is in police custody after several robberies near the Main Street and Danforth Avenue area. Just after 7 p.m. on Aug. 29, a 42 year-old man on a motorized scooter was at the elevator in the Danforth GO station when a man approached, and ripped a gold chain from his neck before fleeing the station. On Sept. 9 at about 3 p.m., a 74 year-old woman was walking in the area when a man ripped her gold necklace off from behind. On Sept. 14 just before 12:30 p.m., a woman was pushing her baby in a stroller along the sidewalk when a man ripped her necklace off from behind, knocking her to the ground in the process. Brendan Smith, 23, is facing three counts of robbery. Police believe there may be more victims. Call 55 Division at 416-808-5500 or contact Crime Stoppers. POLICE HAVE released video and photographs of suspects in the theft of part of the Malvern Collegiate Institute First World War memorial. A group of six suspects, four men and two women, are wanted after the granite blade from the cenotaph, which faces onto Malvern Avenue, was stolen at about 4 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23. Anyone with any information should call 55 Division at 416-808-5500 or contact Crime Stoppers. See beachmetro.com for a link to security camera footage of the suspects.
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THE ONTARIO Ministry of Labour is investigating after an accident at a job site near Kingston Road and Midland Avenue. On Sept. 8 just after 9:30 a.m., a 56 year-old man was in a pit working on the excavation when the surrounding earth collapsed. The man was unable to escape, and Toronto Fire Services attended to remove him from the collapsed excavation. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
In My Opinion
Our kids, childcare, and Bob Dylan’s Dream I MADE a flying visit to Kingston a few days ago. It’s where I grew up. My mom, now 90, still lives there. I had dinner with my Em. It was just shy of two weeks since we had dropped her off at Queen’s to begin a life away from home. That was a day that carried me back 16 years to a time when it seemed every weekday morning – for the longest time – started with a pain in my heart and half-damp eyes as I left her at daycare, in someone else’s care, and walked away to get to work. Though I still, thankfully, have my Hannah and Rory at home, having a kid in university has shifted my place in the universe of parents and parenting. Babies and toddlers – and their moms and dads – now trigger reflections on times when our three were babies and toddlers … times that somehow seem both recent and distant. Many memories thankfully remain and, thankfully again, they are almost without exception happy
ones. We were lucky to find and secure safe, healthy and loving childcare. A complex combination of neighbours, friends, daycares, and afterschool programs all played their part in setting the foundation for at least the possibility of the kids’ health, happiness and success. But I also remember clearly that there was no guarantee of that outcome … that with all three of ours the questions of how, who, where and when we would find childcare consumed and worried us. And as I looked out Thursday afternoons this summer (at the farmers’ market) over an East Lynn Park covered in blankets and strollers, it was clear that there are more parents doing a lot of unnecessary juggling … and worrying. According to the National Post, East Danforth saw the under age 4 cohort grow by 49 per cent between 2008 and 2011. And it’s clear the boom hasn’t let up. It’s also clear that childcare is an issue in need of a sensible pub-
Matthew Kellway MP Beaches/East York
lic policy response, now more than ever. It’s not just about the boom. It’s about recognizing the fact of as a matter of need or desire – parental workforce participation. It’s about the availability of affordable childcare as a response to social demand and not individual choice (that just happens to be made by the vast majority of parents). And it’s really about the broader social context in which too many Canadians have to raise their kids. According to the most recent UNICEF report, 14 per cent of Canada’s kids are living below the poverty line. These numbers have remained largely unchanged in Canada over the last two decades – in spite of the promises of successive federal governments. It
means that large numbers of Canadian kids are experiencing various forms of deprivation, most obviously food and housing insecurity. That poverty flows, largely, from the kinds of jobs too many moms and dads are doing these days. Canada ranks 26th out of 28 countries on the OECD’s index of employment protection. Canada ranks last amongst OECD nations in having the highest proportion of men identified as low-wage workers. Even in this riding, studies have shown, there is an extensive informal economy in which employees make less than a minimum wage that is already grossly insufficient. And, of course – most obviously – we have no national childcare program that responds directly to the needs of so many kids. Our NDP caucus is responding to this. We have had, for a long time, a bill calling for a national affordable housing strategy. We have recently released a national food security strategy,
“Farm to Fork.” At our recent national caucus meeting in Edmonton, we announced our commitment to reinstate a federal minimum wage. And we announced our commitment to put in place a Quebec-style national childcare program. This is why we talk these days about not just wanting to make change but about being ready to make change. But, in the meantime, some things never change. Sixteen years on, I still walk away from my Em with a pain in my heart and halfdamp eyes. And as with daycare (so they comforted me) so with university (so Em comforts me), she gets on with her days very happily and I turn to “Bob Dylan’s Dream.” He understood. I wish, I wish, I wish in vain That we could sit simply in that room again Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat I’d give it all gladly if our lives could be like that
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Malvern war memorial vulnerable without protection I AM a Malvern alumnus. The statue has been the target of vandals for over 45 years. The solution is to move it inside. If and when the vandals are caught and convicted, the next part of the solution is to sue the family for damages. The family will need a lawyer at about $400 per hour and then face the penalty. When people start paying for the behaviour of their kids, you may find that we have a big part of the solution. In our country we punish offenders two ways. One is to take away freedom and the other is to take money. So what are we waiting for? If and when these vandals
are caught, Malvern should lay a claim against the families (assuming these are young offenders) and recover costs. This may set a very important precedent! By the way, as I write this, I recall a time around 1968 when the war memorial was covered in paint. We always thought it was another school. It was a Malvern student who did it as a reaction to some incident he had with the administration or student council. That student is now a religious official and atoned for his sins by confessing in the Toronto Star a few years ago. Bob Murdoch
Sports idols can be role models WHAT RESPONSIBILITY does captaincy infer? Does good strong leadership result from good words and good acts? Yes. Does winning always result? The best team always wins; just as each moment displays one’s best effort – otherwise, a different act would have occurred. So next time … meditation, reflection, review, contemplation works … if one is serious. The best examples of words and actions become the critical determiner of effective leadership.
Who is the best athletic role model in Canada? Steve Nash, Sydney Crosby or Christine St. Clair? Maybe Serena Williams is correct to believe that great players have no heroes, but rather invade athletic competition aggressively to win at all costs. Is deliberate harm okay? Yes, if combativeness is a physical requirement, then hurtful, seriously painful and debilitating natural consequences are “a given” and no complaints or tears exist. Is sport socially-accepted war, so athletes become rich warriors? Money solves the pain, eh? Be satisfied with your best and,
if your daily effort creates improvements then, perhaps, you lead naturally by example as “the best.” “What you do speaks so LOUD, I cannot hear what you are saying.” That is my quote for dedicated players (people) being led best by the person in the mirror … like Michael Jackson said. “Make the change, bro!” It’s YOUR responsibility out of selfrespect and respect for the game, regardless of public opinion. Success is your responsibility, so team or society benefits, too. Set the example. Wayne Clutterbuck
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Drummer Greg Pilo ACOUSTIC HARVEST’S 18th season is kicking off with a Kingsville Folk Festival Discovery Night, featuring Mati Haskell and J.K. Gulley, as well as The Oh Chays. Haskell has been earning rave reviews for both her debut album, 10, 2 & 6, and for her live performances, which leave many wondering how a Chatham, Ontario native can channel the soul of gospel, roots and Motown artists of years past.
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Gulley, who produced Haskell’s debut recording in Nashville, will perform with her. His career as a producer, songwriter and guitarist ranges over two decades, and includes multiple top 40 singles, SOCAN and CCMA awards and a Juno nomination. He’s written for and performed with artists including Michelle Wright, John Landry, Gil Grand,
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Beverley Mahood and many more. Husband and wife duo Kelly and Michael Authier – pronounced, not entirely surprisingly, “oh chay” – have been building a reputation as engaging performers with an entertaining stage show. Kelly’s wide-ranging vocals and piano and organ skills are backed up by Michael’s percussion, guitar and vocals. The couple, from Port Alma, previously performed as The Kelly Authier Duo and Bill ’n’ Sugar. For more on the performers see matihaskell.com, jkgulley.com and theohchays.com. Tickets are $22 in advance through acousticharvest.ca, or $25 at the door. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27 at Robinson Hall, St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. just east of Warden Avenue.
BEACH JAZZ musician Greg Pilo has been drumming for decades, including biweekly jazz nights at the Salty Dog featuring a revolving cast of stellar players. On Sept. 30, Pilo will celebrate the release of his album About Time, joined by Pat LaBarbera on saxophone, Ted Quinlan on guitar, and George Koller on bass. Copies of the album will be available, and admission is free. About Time includes seven tunes performed by Pilo, Quinlan and Koller, with LaBarbera on sax for two tracks, and Bob Brough covering saxophone duties for the remaining five tracks. Songs include standards such as My Favourite Things and My Funny Valentine, alongside two tunes written by Koller: Compassion Blues and Way After Midnight. Pilo must have found his calling behind the kit, as the back cover of the CD features a signed photo of a young Greg Pilo with the legendary jazz drummer Gene Krupa. The Salty Dog is at 1980 Queen St. E., and the show will run from 7 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30. •
THE TORONTO Beach Chorale is inviting budding vocalists to sing with them. The chorale will take part in Canada’s Culture Days celebration with a free working rehearsal for anyone interesting in stretching their vocal chords in a choir setting. The well-known East End choir will share their passion for vocal music by offering this chance for a behind the scenes experience at a rehearsal. Conductor Mervin William Fick will guide participants through techniques and exercises, ending with a short performance of a piece from an upcoming
concert. The rehearsal will run from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. For more information see culturedays.ca, torontobeachchorale.com or email torontobeachchorale@gmail.com. •
SCARBOROUGH PLAYERS present Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon. Brighton Beach is Simon’s autobiographical play about 15 year-old Eugene Morris Jerome’s escapades while growing up in Depression-era Brooklyn. Eugene’s attentions are newly focused on his attractive cousin Nora, distracting from his long-term goals of becoming a baseball player or comedy writer. Brighton Beach Memoirs is the first of four productions in the East End theatre group’s 56th season. One of the longest running community theatre groups in the country, Scarborough Players, which includes members from the Beach, Birch Cliff, and Cliffside areas, will offer its traditional opening night wine and cheese reception event on Friday, Oct. 3. The post-show refreshments and mixer with cast and crew are included in the regular ticket price ($20, $17 for seniors and students). The Thursday, Oct. 16 performance will conclude with an audience talk-back session, an informal chat with cast and crew after the performance. Brighton Beach Memoirs starts at 8 p.m. on Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18, and at 2 p.m. on Oct. 5 and 12. Performances are held at the Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. at Markham Road. For more information see theatrescarborough.com or call 416-267-9292.
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Community Calendar SEPT. 22-26: Royal Canadian Legion Week at RCL Br. 11, 9 Dawes Rd., Mon.-Thurs. 1-8 p.m., Fri. 1-3 p.m. Remembering the 100th Anniversary of the First World War “the War to end all Wars” and Birth of a Nation. Canadian military history displays, memorabilia of our veterans past and present, veterans on hand to talk to – uniforms to try on and much more! Teachers invited to bring students. Contact Helen Pearce 416-690-6388 or email youthed@rcl11.com. Info: www.rcl11.com (13) SEPT. 23-27: Sewing Event Sale at Pegasus Thrift Store, 931 Kingston Rd. Sewing machines, fabric, notions, trim, thread, buttons and more. Fall and winter fashion has arrived. New items daily. Pegasus is a not for profit store with all proceeds supporting programs for adults with disabilities. (13) SEPT. 23-28: Royal Canadian Legion Week Open House at Br. 1/42, 243 Coxwell Ave. Stop in to see and learn what Canada’s largest Veterans Organization is involved with. Info: 416-465-0120 (13) SEPT. 24: Beaches-East York Federal Liberal Association Executive Meeting at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., 7 p.m. This meeting is open to all members. Regroup after at The Grover Pub & Grub, 676 Kingston Rd., for Pints & Politics. Info: facebook.com/BeachesEastYorkFederalLiberalAssociation (13) SEPT. 25: Free Seniors’ Movie – “Magic in the Moonlight” with Colin Firth and Emma Stone, at The Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen St. E. Doors open 10 a.m., movie starts at 10:30 a.m. Presented by Rotary Club of Toronto Beach. (13) SEPT. 27: Historical Walk with Gene Domagala, 1 p.m. Meet at the corner of Golfview Ave. and Gerrard St. E. (in front of Grant AME Church), and meander through the Beach Hill neighbourhood, taking in the local history along the way. The walk ends at Gerrard Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerrard St. E. (13) SEPT. 27: Fun Fair at Duke of Connaught School, 70 Woodfield Rd., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. rain or shine. Meet your neighbours and support a great school. Music, games, prizes, yummy food, and much more. Info: DukeSchoolCouncil@gmail.com (13) SEPT. 28: Toronto Beach Chorale Culture Days Celebration at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd., 2-4 p.m. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how choral music is rehearsed. Practise vocal techniques as a member of the audience as conductor, Mervin William Fick, leads a free, lively, open working rehearsal. Info: www.torontobeachchorale.com, www.culturedays.ca, torontobeachchorale@gmail.com (13) SEPT. 29: Introduction to Nichiren Buddhism at Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St., 6:30 p.m. Presented by Soka Gakkai Canada. Free. Info: 416654-3211, www.sgicanada.org (13) SEPT. 29-DEC. 8: Ten Ecumenical Bible Study Sessions at St. John the Baptist Norway Anglican Church, Prideaux Room, 470 Woodbine Ave., 9:30-11:30 a.m. “A Quick Run Through the Prophets plus prophets today” with new leader, Reverend Allan Baker. Fee $30 covers all sessions. Late registrants welcome. Ample parking. Info and registration: 416-461-6456 (13) SEPT. 30: Liberal Candidates Debate & Mixer at Royal Canadian Legion, 9 Dawes Rd., doors open at 7 p.m., debate 7:30-9 p.m., cocktails, canapes and conversation with the candidates 9-11 p.m. Hosted by BEY Liberals. Free admission. All welcome. RSVP: beyfedlib@gmail.com. Info: beaches-eastyork.liberal.ca (13) OCT. 2: Beach Photo Club meeting at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., 7:30 p.m. Topic: Connecting with your Camera Why Wi-Fi. Group meets the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Everyone from the novice to the experienced is welcome. The only requisite is an interest in learning about the photographic arts. (13) OCT. 4: Fall Fest at Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, 33 East Rd. (Warden Ave. & Kings-
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TUESDAYS: SENIORS TUESDAYS at Br. 1/42 Royal Canadian Legion, 243 Coxwell Ave. Spend the afternoon dancing to our Swing Band. Info: 416-465-0120 (13) SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH: Amnesty International, in the Beach, meets at St. John’s Norway Church (Woodbine Ave. at Kingston Rd.), 7 p.m., to support Amnesty’s Human Rights work, through letter-writing actions and through organized public events to generate awareness of Human Rights actions worldwide. New members are most welcome. Info: beachamnesty@gmail.com (r) WEDNESDAYS: CHRISTIAN MEDITATION at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, Queen St. E. & Silver Birch, 7:30-8:15 p.m. Meditation beginners and experienced practitioners welcome. We use simple chant, breathing and silence. (fr) 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. •Sept. 24: The German Zeppelin Raids on England 1915-1918, 6:30 p.m. Aviation historian, Keith Hyde, will look at how Zeppelins were designed, constructed, powered and flown great distances. •Sept 25: Facts and Maybes about Black Holes and Time Warps, 6:30 p.m. Dr. Kipp Cannon examines what physics can tell us. •Sept. 27: Culture Days @ the Library, 11 a.m. Korean Dance Studies Society will perform a Sogo chum, a Korean traditional dance that uses a small hand-held drum. •Sept. 30: Acid Overdose – How Carbon Dioxide is Harming the Ocean, 6:30 p.m. Journalist and author Alanna Mitchell talks about her travels with scientists who are trying to understand how we’re changing the ocean’s chemistry. •Oct. 4: Beaches Writers’ Group, 2-4 p.m. Share and develop your writing skills in a supportive environment. Bring a sample
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tion, offered through East End Community Health, 10 a.m. Child care provided by Family Resource Connection staff. Info and registration: 416-690-0102 (r) BABY TIME PROGRAM at Family Resource Connection, for parents and caregivers. Come join us for a time of singing and socialization. An opportunity to share resources and ideas with other parents and professionals. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. Info: 416-690-0102 (r) NEW BEACH BRIDGE GROUP looking for intermediate level plus members to play bridge on weeknights and/or weekends in Beach area. Info: Susan 416-691-5327 (14) HOW ARE THE BRITS RELATED to the Biblical Israelites? Come find out at 313 Sherbourne St., 2nd Sunday monthly, 2:30 p.m. (fr) 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. Pastor: Alan Roberts. Info: Pastor 416-6914721, calvaryonmain@bellnet.ca, www. calvary-baptist-church.ca (r) WAVERLEY ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, 129 Waverley Rd. (just north of Queen St.). Sundays, 11 a.m. You are invited! Our services feature contemporary music and interesting messages to help you to know God better. Our Kids Club is a great place for kids to play, grow and learn about Christian values and run concurrently with the service. Register (and info) at: www.waverleyroadbaptist.ca (7) 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) ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 794 Kingston Rd. (3 blocks E of Main St.) •Masses: Saturday 4:30 p.m. (Contemporary Music), Sunday 9 a.m. (Children’s Liturgy), 11 a.m. (Choir) •Weekday Masses: Tuesday to Friday 8:15 a.m. •Reconciliation: Saturday 3:45-4 p.m. •Pray the Rosary each morning Tuesday to Friday, 20 min. before Mass. All welcome. Info: 416-698-1105, www.stjohnsrc. ca, stjohnschurch@bellnet.ca (r) 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 openminded inclusive congregation. Sept. 28: Miriam Schacter, Psychotherapist/Dance Wellness Teacher, will discuss lessons she’s learned about the hero’s journey through her work using dance to connect with people living with a variety of conditions. Drop in at our Volunteer Fair and find out how you can make a difference in our community. Bring the whole family! Info: www.nuuc.ca, 416-686-6809 (13) 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) ST. AIDAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Queen St. E. at Silver Birch Ave. Sunday Services are 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. (Sunday School & Nursery at 10:30). Mid-week service - Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. Christian Meditation - Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. All welcome. Info: 416-6912222, staidansinthebeach.com (13)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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St. Pat’s student represents at board By Andrew Hudson
HANNAH MCGROARTY has many people to think about and it shows, mainly on her arms. When the St. Pat’s senior rolls up her sleeves alongside Toronto’s 13 other Catholic school trustees this year, she won’t be the only one in high school — her colleague Christopher MacDonald is also in Grade 12. But McGroarty is the only one with both arms covered in brightly coloured bracelets. “I love ‘em,” she says, smiling. “Can’t take them off.” Some come from Kenya, where McGroarty helped build a pair of schools in August. Another is a “burn rope” she and a friend fused into a loop at a leadership camp near Algonquin Park. All the bracelets remind McGroarty of people she has worked with in an early but promising career of community outreach. “My co-teacher and I recognized something in her right from the beginning,” said Melanie Gaudet, an English teacher at St. Patrick who helps with the Student Action Team. “It’s been awesome to watch her grow here.” Before she was elected one of the TCDSB’s two student trustees, McGroarty got involved with the charity Me to We, her church youth group, the Student Action Team, and a city-wide group of Catholic student leaders. Even back in Grade 10 English, Gaudet said McGroarty showed a key leadership skill – seeing things from others’ point of view. “We’d have debates about characters in books, and she would always be the one to look at the other side,” said Gaudet. McGroarty did the same thing in her trustee campaign last spring, when she sided with elementary students who want a stronger say about their schools. “I think people oftentimes look over the elementary kids because they’re a lot younger,” McGroarty said. “But the Grade 6, 7, and 8s have a pretty good understanding about what’s going on, and they have a strong opinion about their world and about their schools.” Elementary students make up about 60,000 of the 92,000 Catholic students in Toronto, McGroarty said, so she is glad they now have a city-wide leaders’ group modelled on the CSLIT (Catholic Student Leadership Impact Team) run by their high school peers.
“If we really only listen to the high school version of the CSLIT, then we’re missing out on two-thirds of the TCDSB voice,” McGroarty said. “I don’t think that’s quite fair.” A related issue came up at the trustees’ first meeting in September, when they debated giving elementary students a vote on the community councils that may consider, among other things, whether or not a particular school should close.
McGroarty argued that elementary students should be consulted, but not given a vote. “I felt they shouldn’t just because elementary students, when you think about it, can be so easily persuaded in a room full of adults,” she said. “Adults can be very manipulative,” she added, before seeing the look on Gaudet’s face beside her. “Not Miss, not Miss at all!” she said quickly, laughing. Besides a greater voice for elementary students, McGroarty plans to use her trusteeship to champion better ways of reducing stress at school. It’s early yet, but she would like to start by asking teachers to make final projects due at least two weeks before exams start. “Even on the teacher’s side, I feel it’s less overwhelming,” McGroarty said. Gaudet agreed, noting that having final projects and exams due so close together means most teachers have a crunch of marking to do in December and May. Speaking with outgoing student trustee and Neil McNeil grad Enrique Olivo, McGroarty got some firsthand advice on how to
make sure her priorities actually get done. Besides leaving enough time to eat, sleep and stay fit, Olivo suggested she stick to a few priorities, and avoid getting pulled in a thousand different directions. That strategy seems to have worked well for Olivo. Last year, he and other student leaders managed to get nutritional facts posted in 15 of the 25 Toronto Catholic high schools with a staffed cafeteria – changes that will be seen by some 15,000 students. In previous years, student leaders have also banned sales of bottled water on campus, and made sure their school uniforms were sourced by companies that provide garment workers with fair wages and safe working conditions. McGroarty has big shoes to fill, but she said she has lots of support at St. Pat’s, and from the dozen adult trustees at the TCDSB, who have already given her tips on board procedure and complimented her speaking style. “I’m not going to lie – it was pretty scary at first,” McGroarty said of her first board meeting. “All these people have been doing it for so many years.” But on Oct. 27, it will be McGroarty’s turn to relax while her older colleagues face Toronto voters in the municipal election. While she is too young to vote herself, McGroarty encourages anyone who can cast a ballot to do so widely. “I definitely think voters should do their research on all the candidates, and not just the one that has been on the board for a while,” she said. But that can be hard to do, as both McGroarty and Gaudet acknowledged. As of press time Friday, the City of Toronto’s election website listed four candidates running to be the local Catholic school trustee. But so far, only the incumbent candidate has a campaign website, a listing on the TCDSB website, or any public contact information. After working for years with a student team that organizes St. Pat’s charity car washes, Grade 9 orientation, graffiti cleanups and homeless outreach, McGroarty is a trustee well known to her schoolmates, and her teachers. Gaudet said that in her seven years of teaching she has yet to meet a group quite so involved as McGroarty and the current Student Action Team. “Graduation’s going to be tough this year – bittersweet because I’m so proud of Hannah and so proud of them,” she said. “It’s going to be amazing to see what they do.”
News Briefs CANDIDATES FOR the Ward 32 city council seat meet for a two-hour debate at St. John the Baptist Norway Anglican church, organized by Beach Metro Community News and Community Centre 55, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7. The event will be moderated by Rob Granatstein, senior producer and director of canada.com. Questions for the candidates may be submitted by mail, email (editor@beachmetro.com), the Beach Metro Facebook page, or through Twitter (@beachmetronews). The church is at 470 Woodbine Ave., at the northwest corner of Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue. Those unable to make it out on that night, or in need of more municipal political debate, are invited to the gym at Applegrove Community Complex on Thursday, Oct. 2, for another Ward 32 debate, from 7 to 9 p.m. Applegrove is located at 60 Woodfield Road, just north of Queen Street East. RADI’ALL ENCOMPASS, a short film about local artist Evond Blake’s new mural at Woodbine and Gerrard, will screen Oct. 4 at the Naval Club. Directed by Beach Hill filmmaker Nathaniel Fox-Pappas, the film includes animations by Blake, a.k.a. Mediah, and will show as part of the Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association’s Fall Fete, which runs from 5 to 7 p.m. Visit beachhill.org for more info on both the film and the Fall Fete event. CREWS HAVE started work on a $1.5-million renovation of the Woodbine Beach bathing station expected to be finished in late spring. The renovation will include a canopy along the boardwalk, a surrounding deck with stairs and a ramp to the beach, and more wheelchair-accessible washroom fixtures. IT’S LEGION Week at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 11. The branch is commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the First World War, “the War to end all Wars” and birth of a nation. Visitors can drop in to see displays of Canadian military history and memorabilia, and chat with veterans. The branch, located at 9 Dawes Rd., will be open from 1 to 8 p.m. until Thursday, and on Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. Teachers are invited to bring students for a memorable educational experience. Contact Helen Pearce at 416-690-6388 or email youth-ed@rcl11.com. For more information visit rcl11.com. A CEREMONY honouring the 100th anniversary of the First World War is being planned for the Beach and organizers would like to hear about the local men and women who served. They would also like to hear stories about how people on the home front coped during those tumultuous years. The information will be included in a booklet for distribution on Remembrance Day, November 11, as part of a special parade and presentation at the Kew Gardens cenotaph. Send photos, stories and remembrances to castimmell@gmail.com by Oct. 15. THE BEACH Group is hosting its Epic Event fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 4, benefiting SickKids Foundation’s brain tumour research fund. The event, to be held at the Balmy Beach Club, will feature a silent auction, live entertainment, draws, and prizes. LIMITED TICKETS are $20, available by emailing tickets@thebeachgroup.ca.
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Beacher Michael Case is hoping every homeless dog will have its day. And if they don’t find their home right away, his Project Dog Foundation aims to make life comfortable in the meantime. Case and his wife, Meg, used to volunteer walking dogs at a Toronto Animal Services shelter once a week. Occasionally there would be a dog who seemed to be passed by while younger dogs quickly found new homes. “There would always be one or two that didn’t, and they would be there week after week, and those ones we felt sorry for. They were old, maybe they weren’t the most attractive looking dog, or they had medical issues, or they had behavioural issues, and nobody wants to adopt a dog that comes with a long list of vet bills,” he said. Eventually he came up with the Project Dog idea. The web-based charity offers animal lovers who are unable to adopt or foster a dog the chance to help out with those tough adoption cases, by sponsoring specific dogs from various shelters. Even if it’s only a few dollars, 100 per cent of money donated goes directly to the dog, for food, toys, a blanket,
training, or vet bills. Case started Project Dog in his spare time, but the response since launching five months ago has been amazing, he said. Money has been coming in, 10 shelters are now signed on, and about a dozen volunteers are on board, helping with everything from recruiting new shelters, to marketing, to building the website. “Our volunteers are fantastic. Everyone is really passionate about it and enthusiastic, and they really want this thing to succeed,” said Case. To date there are more than 50 dogs who have gone on to be adopted after being helped out by Project Dog. Case said his current goal is to have 50 shelters signed up by the end of the year. “We’re trying to make it a lot bigger than I initially thought it would be,” he said. While the fast success of Project Dog is encouraging, Case realizes that the success of this venture is still indicative of a greater problem of dogs without a family. “In a perfect world I’d like to think that in 10 years there’d be no need for this website,” he said. To find out more about the foundation, visit projectdogfoundation.org.
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Proven Results for The Beach Beach Memories Where is the best porch in the Beach? ALANCityBURKE Council
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here are many different names seen so often, but dear readers, take for the structure in front of your another look. ene omagala house: you can call it a porch or Take a look at the Beach Triangle verandah or whatever you want. – you will see a verandah that you Here are a couple examples of what think is plain – or is it? Every porch I consider excellent Beach verandahs has its own style. Yes, maybe there among many. One in particular has a are 50 houses with the same look, but name, and is a historic piece of property. It is called Pine the owners are different, and some little feature stands out, Crest, and it is located at the northwest corner of Balsam sometimes you just have to look closely. Avenue and Pine Crescent. There are all different styles of porch in the East End – Pine Crest was built around 1903 or 1904, when there were wood, brick, stone, round or square columns, many different very few houses or cottages in the area. It had a commanddesigns. On streets like Eastwood, Highcroft, Glen Mount, ing view of the lake and stood in solitary magnificence. It is Merrill, West Lynn, Gates, Swanwick Ben Lamond, Enderby, the creation of Beach architect Charles Frederick Wagner, Ashdale, Normandy, Hollywood Crescent – I have seen on who designed many homes in the area. One of the first ownthese streets classic examples of Beach verandahs, you just ers was a Mr. Valleau, an early resident of East Toronto. Pine Crest stands out as a large, white wooden structure, with its lovely octagonal wooden porch. The porch roof is supported by circular columns as it wraps around the house. In the front two more columns stand as sentries on either side of the main steps to the house. This is one of the most imposing homes in the Beach, but that is not to say there are not other houses that are just as appealing. Another impressive verandah in a different style is on Lyall Avenue, which is a designated heritage conservation district. The home is named after Andrew Taylor, one of the pioneer owners, and has a Heritage Toronto plaque. The porch has four columns, and the house is located in the former village PHOTOS: ANDREW HUDSON of East Toronto. The porch at Pine Crest, above, one of many distinctive Beach verandas, Looking at the four columns and the wraps around the house. Below, another example on Lyall Avenue. flooring one is not surprised that I’ve picked this quaint East Toronto home as one of my have to look for them. We have small porches on the former favourites. cottages of Kenilworth, Lee, Elmer, Kippendavie, and WaverLovely homes of stature are located on either side of ley Road. We have the stately double verandahs of the Price Glen Manor Drive overlooking the park. Many of these do Brothers Development – Wineva, Hammersmith, Scarboro not have large porches, but that is part of the beauty of the Beach, and Hubbard Avenue. Beach – every area is different. Now we would like to find out which is the best porch in There is one street at the east end of Queen that used to be the Beach. We invite reada ravine, and I climbed more than 50 steps just to see some of ers to pick out your favourite these architectural gems – and it was worth the climb. porch. Email a photo and There are some handsome porches made of stone on Neville Park, Munro Park, and Nursewood. There are porches information to editor@beachmetro.com and watch for the on the main streets such as Queen, Gerrard, Main Street results in a future issue. and Woodbine. You might not notice them because they are
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Eye on Business From left, Nancy Jones, Barb DeAngelis and Julie Clark of Pippins Tea drop their party preparations for a quick photo before Pippins celebrated its 10th anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 19. DeAngelis said she worked at the Sears head office for 25 years before she quit to open the tea shop. “You know how you say, ‘I can’t wait for Friday?’” she said. “For 10 years I’ve never had that feeling. Never ever!” PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
Cont’d. from previous page While she offers a wide selection of baked goods, she’s also working on getting the kitchen licensed. Organic and sugar-free options will always be available. Upcoming events include everything from a free group class on crocheting, to a karaoke night, to a flamenco concert and dance performance. For the full calendar of events and to stay up to date with Café chez Hélène, visit facebook.com/cafechezhelene. Anyone with a proposal for classes, workshops, a performance, or art for the walls is welcome to contact Nicole with their ideas. •
EAST END clothing designer Oliver Dixon recently got a boost through a popular online video of the Ford brothers – yes, Rob and Doug – taking part in the ALS ice bucket challenge. In the video, Doug is seen wearing a black t-shirt with a distinctive white logo that reads ‘PRNCE.’ Dixon, 19, launched Prnce Clothing earlier this year, and officially opened up an online shop last month. While he’d been doing a decent amount of sales through social media channels, the endorsement from someone as high profile as a Ford was a sign to Dixon that he’s on the right path. Doug Ford even ordered some custom ‘Ford Nation’ shirts from Dixon. “Considering I haven’t been around for long, things are going pretty well,” said
Dixon. The name Prnce is based on two somewhat dissimilar inspirations. Dixon said he wanted to do something to honour his grandfather’s English heritage. At the same time, he was also inspired by the Will Smith character from the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. “He’s one of the staples in the fashion industry for street culture,” he said. Dixon has been working on promoting his brand nonstop, from regular posting on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to doing clothing giveaways at the Guvernment nightclub, tossing shirts from the DJ booth. “The reaction has been very, very good. Everyone who’s seen it has really liked it,” he said. Dixon is a few weeks into his first year in the fashion business program at George Brown College, where he will be learning, in part, about the work he’s already been doing. The head start he has on some of his classmates is no surprise for a young man who’s been working towards creating his own company since his elementary school days at Earl Beatty Public School. “Ambition is definitely needed for this kind of job,” he said. “I always envisioned having a brand. In grade five I even had a brand. I didn’t really sell anything, I just kind of gave out t-shirts that my mom helped me make.” Check out Dixon’s Prnce Clothing online at prnce. bigcartel.com, or find him on Facebook.
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WELCOME TO the first of three issues of Toronto municipal election coverage in Beach Metro Community News. In this issue, we are featuring candidates for city councillor in Ward 31, which covers the east half of the former East York, roughly including the area bounded by Coxwell Avenue on the west, Victoria Park Avenue on the east, Sunrise Avenue to the north, and Danforth Avenue to the south. Beach Metro News is distributed to Toronto East General Hospital and a number of streets north of Danforth. Also included in this issue are school board trustee candidates, for both the public and separate boards. Ward 16 of the Toronto District School Board encompasses the area of Ward 31, described above, as well as Ward 32, which continues south along the same boundaries of Coxwell and Victoria Park, from Danforth to the lake. The ward also extends west to Greenwood south of Gerrard Street East, and further west to Leslie Street south of Queen Street East. Ward 11 for the Toronto Catholic District School Board includes city wards 31 and 32, as well as a number of other wards, stretching west to the Don River and north as far as Highway 401. Two Ward 31 council candidates did not respond to requests to fill out our questionnaire: Stephen Prince and Bob Smith. Ward 16 TDSB candidate Navarius Mombo did not reply, nor did TCDSB Ward 11 candidate Christmas Sy. Our Oct. 7 issue will cover the 12 candidates signed up to run in Ward 32, our main coverage area, while Ward 36, which includes Cliffside and Birch Cliff, will be covered in the Oct. 21 issue, ahead of the general election on Oct. 27. For more on our Ward 32 debate, see Page 11.
Janet Davis (incumbent) JANET DAVIS has lived in Ward 31 with her family for 25 years. She is an early childhood educator and worked as a child care program advisor at the Toronto District School Board, and as president of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and senior policy advisor to the Minister of Education. She led the Campaign for Public Education and East End Save Our Pools Committee. Since being elected in 2003, Janet has served on the administration and public works committees, library and public health boards. She helped establish BIAs, Ward 31 Bikes, and tenant and parks groups. 1. What is the main reason you decided to run for Ward 31 councillor? I’m proud of the important improvements we have achieved together – but there is much more to do. I want to continue working with residents and community groups to keep our parks and streets clean, beautiful, active and safe, make city services better and more responsive, revitalize the Danforth, replace lead water pipes and upgrade sewer infrastructure, rebuild the Dawes Road Library and 54 Police Division, expand cultural activities through East End Arts, and restore Taylor Massey Creek and Park. 2. What are your ideas for public transit in Ward 31? The City must adopt a long-term transit expansion plan – and stick to it. The plan should be embedded in our Official Plan and
sustained through election cycles. I support building a relief line and integrating fares and transfers from Main Street station to the Danforth GO to reduce subway crowding. 3. What is your position on condo buildings on the Danforth? I support “mid-rise” development on Danforth but it must be responsive and reasonable. The height, density and design must be compatible with the surrounding neighbourhood, and reflect the pedestrian and small retail character of Danforth. 4. How would you enhance efforts to revitalize the commercial areas along East Danforth? I will work with our BIAs and other community members to extend improvements along the Danforth. I will continue working with Danforth East Community Association and Woodgreen Community Services to encourage pop-up shops. I will continue to press for provincial regulation changes to the vacant property rebate program. 5. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 31? People across Ward 31 want a city that works for themselves and their community. Everyone should expect – and receive – efficient, responsive customer service from every city department.
Brenda MacDonald BRENDA MACDONALD is a well-known music educator and singer who is politically active. She has been ‘working’ for her neighbours in
Ward 31 of Toronto by staying informed and informing others. She has over 25 years work experience in education, facilities and maintenance. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at York University and attended Humber College of Art and Design. Brenda was part of a team that achieved Platinum Eco-School Status in East York. 1. What is the main reason you decided to run for Ward 31 councillor? I am running for City Council as there is no coordination in any of the communication to ward 31 citizens. 2. What are your ideas for public transit in Ward 31? Ward 31 requires a much needed relief line along the Danforth subway line, as well as an extensive look at how much service we require and where. If our subway stations are not accessible, not all people can use them. 3. What is your position on condo buildings on the Danforth? Toronto City Council has not provided every taxpayer with the needed information to be informed about this question. Our understanding must include, are these buildings 19, 18 or 17 stories high? 4. How would you enhance efforts to revitalize the commercial areas along East Danforth? I would elect new council. 5. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 31? The main issue for Ward 31 is a lack of coordinated communication to ward 31 citizens. Please have a right to be informed.
GEORGE PAPADAKIS grew up in Thessaloniki, Greece. He received a degree in business and tourism from Technological & Educational Institute in 1991. He served two years of compulsory army duty, and immigrated to Toronto in 1989. He attended George Brown College and worked
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George Papadakis for 23 years as the chief operating engineer at Q.M.P. – T.A.L. He is a member of the Canadian Emergency Preparedness Association, and involved with several Hellenic organizations. He has been married to Tasy for 24 years. They are proud parents of Zak and Nicholas. 1. What is the main reason you decided to run for Ward 31 councillor? I believe a higher standard is required for the worthy station of city hall. The rampant dysfunction there inspired me to put my name forward for Ward 31. I’ve always believed in Plato’s axiom: One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. 2. What are your ideas for public transit in Ward 31? I believe we have to have immediate action to resolve critical shortages to our transit infrastructure. Subways are my preference as they allow surface traffic to continue unimpeded. Both east and west downtown relief lines are necessary. A direct underground pedestrian link [between Main Street station and the Danforth GO station] has merit. 3. What is your position on condo buildings on the Danforth? The city has already authorized increased density along the Danforth. Although Toronto may need to build up to grow, it seems city planners haven’t surveyed the community on how this growth should be developed. The community
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feels that these developments have been forced on them. 4. How would you enhance efforts to revitalize the commercial areas along East Danforth? A main issue I’m hearing is about the higher costs of energy and that brings cost uncertainty to all businesses. By controlling energy costs, entrepreneurs will invest in these vacant retail and commercial spaces. 5. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 31? In Ward 31, Taylor Massey Creek and Don Valley green spaces are very important natural ecosystems. We are very fortunate to have such wilderness within our city limits. Information from the city clearly shows that Taylor Massey Creek is the highest polluting tributary into the Don River. We must act now.
Russell Rahman I HAVE been actively involved with politics for 11 years, and made a bid for city council in 2010. Originally from Bangladesh, I came to Canada in 2003, and am married with two children. I have several small businesses, including a micromall for entrepreneurs, the East Yorker community newspaper, East York’s local radio station EYradio. com, and I am the publisher of eydirectory.ca. I am on the board of the Danforth Village BIA. I am president of the non-profit Organization of South Asian Art and Culture, and am a graduate of film and television studies at Ryerson. 1. What is the main rea-
son you decided to run for Ward 31 councillor? I feel I could be a strong and practical councillor, one who really understands the neighbourhood. I feel Ward 31 is not as well-served as it could be. There are issues I want to address and resolve, such as safer streets, and overall safety and security. 2. What are your ideas for public transit in Ward 31? I strongly support connecting the Main Street TTC station to the Danforth GO station, for a transit hub and easier travel connections. 3. What is your position on condo buildings on the Danforth? I support quality low- to mid-rise condo buildings, with a mix of retail on ground floors, to help enhance and upgrade the retail sector on the Danforth. Property values in the area will rise from this kind of development. 4. How would you enhance efforts to revitalize the commercial areas along East Danforth? Improve both facades and interiors, and work to resolve the issues of empty and rundown storefronts. Empty retail spaces can be used for pop-up stores. I would also increase strong lighting and security – like surveillance cameras. A revitalized area is also a safe area, and one that people feel comfortable in. 5. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 31? One of the issues I want to address most is that of safety and security. I would like to work to ensure the safety of all, from children going to school, to seniors and disabled citizens. But I am also concerned about the fact our community has had problems with drugs, violence, theft, break-ins, and even murder. I will push for stronger lighting, signage and surveillance cameras, and feel this can increase chances of lawbreakers actually being caught.
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BARON BYNG BEACHES Janet Sherbanowski I HAVE been involved in the community since my children were at Secord School. Recently I was executive director of the Crime Prevention Association of Toronto. I am a board member of Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition. I have been an entrepreneur for most of my working life as a business journalist. I have lived, worked and played in Ward 31 for most of my life and am aware of the issues families face daily. I studied at Centennial College as an adult and continue to learn something new every day, about my community, my world and myself. 1. What is the main reason you decided to run for Ward 31 councillor? Two years ago the office of the Crime Prevention Association moved into Ward 31. Since then we have stagnated while other communities have grown; we have moved backwards in terms of business while others have prospered. I think we can do better and I believe that we need a municipal champion in Ward 31 who understands and will support the people and businesses of the Ward. 2. What are your ideas for public transit in Ward 31? While I prefer subways in the normal course of growth, I will vote for the Smart Track option coming to Main Street. The connection of Main Subway to our GO station will provide new traffic to our business and revitalize our community. Cont’d. on Page 31
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DESMOND ALVARES is an active member of Annunciation Church working with the eucharistic, marriage preparation and altar server ministries. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and assisted disabled attendees at World Youth Day in 2002 when the Pope visited Toronto. He has been an active member of the parents council for Senator O’Connor Catholic School and Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic School, serving as chair, safe school representative and on the fundraising committee. His wife and four children are also active members in the church community. Desmond has an MBA in finance, accounting and strategy and is a chartered professional accountant, certified management accountant and a chartered IT professional. 1. What is the reason you decided to run for Ward 11 trustee? I want to ensure the interests of kids come first, and that transparency, accountability, and catholic values are encouraged and continue in the board. 2. How would you deal with declining enrolment in some schools and overcrowding in others? We need to encourage development in our schools so that a consistent education is received regardless of the school selected. This will allow parents to select schools that are closest to them and still be comforted that their child will get the best education that is possible. 3. What is the solution to the leadership and spending issues that have plagued the board in recent years? The school board needs to have accountability for their actions. Transparency and accountability are key things I would like to encourage. This may require a change in the leadership and I am pleased to see a number of new candidates put themselves forward for trustee. 4. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 11? Ward 11 has a mix of schools with a shrinking number of catholic school supporters. We need to ensure that all schools in our ward provide the same education experience for our children and that we ensure that we cater for those in our ward. With reduced enrollment the interest may be to sell existing schools and use funds to develop others.
ANGELA IS a registered nurse and certified diabetes educator at Toronto East General Hospital. Angela was elected as a trustee in 2000, and re-elected to her fourth term in 2010. She served as chair of the board in 2008 and 2010. Angela attended Corpus Christi Catholic Elementary School, Notre Dame Catholic High School, and St. Joseph’s School of Nursing. She was PTA president of Blessed Kateri School, and founded Kateri Kids Child Care Centre. She was founding chair of Brebeuf PTA and president of Toronto Regional Council of the Federation of Catholic Parent Teacher Associations, the forerunner of the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education. Angela is married to Alistair, a chartered accountant and volunteer hockey coach. They have seven sons and five grandchildren. 1. What is the main reason you decided to run for Ward 11 trustee? I have found that through listening to parents and advocating on their behalf I have been able to make a difference for families and students in Ward 11. I bring my parenthood and governance experience to effect positive outcomes for students. Parents know when they call me I get the job done! 2. How would you deal with declining enrolment in some schools and overcrowding in others? Declining enrolment in elementary schools has been solved to a certain extent because of school consolidations. Two of the secondary schools are over enroled but St. Patrick has room for more students and it is a wonderful school with programming to suit the needs of all students. 3. What is the solution to the leadership and spending issues that have plagued the board in recent years? The director of education is working with trustees to ensure that we take whatever action is appropriate based on the auditor’s reports. All of this is done to ensure student success and to provide the best learning and teaching environment for students and staff. 4. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 11? I would like to focus on school councils – their role, their composition, and their mandate. I would like to support parents who have a voice through their local school council to be able to function effectively in this governance body.
THIS IS my second time running for Ward 11 trustee. I am a tireless advocate for Catholic education, student achievement and parental involvement. Before deciding to run I was an executive member of the Toronto Catholic Parent Involvement Committee. I am also past chair for the CSAC (parent council) and safe schools committees at my children’s school. I am founding chair of the Child Development and Community Conference. I am also a founding member of the Toronto Zoo Biogas project ZooShare. I continue my involvement with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Canada, the Toronto Food Initiative, the Daily Bread Food Bank, Cameron Helps, Rotary, and Toronto Ribfest, an annual charity barbecue event that typically raises $200,000 to $300,000 for child hunger in the GTA. 1. What is the main reason you decided to run for Ward 11 trustee? I believe it is time for fresh and progressive ideas at the TCDSB. Falling test scores are a big issue and we need innovative ideas and action to reverse the trend. After 10 years on the job, the incumbent trustee for Ward 11 has run out of ideas and has become tainted by numerous scandals. 2. How would you deal with declining enrolment in some schools and overcrowding in others? Overcrowding is not a big issue in Ward 11 schools. School boards are required to close schools with low enrolment. Due to budget shortfalls boards are increasingly under pressure to sell unused schools to developers. This trend is undermining accessibility to education and eroding the central role that schools play as a community hub. 3. What is the solution to the leadership and spending issues that have plagued the board in recent years? The spending and expense issues are unforgivable. Many incumbent trustees have tried to justify expense claims that are quite simply unjustifiable. You can’t blame a lack of rules or clarity for engaging in behaviour you know is unethical. 4. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 11? Student achievement is the most pressing concern. Recent test scores show only 53 per cent of Grade six students meeting minimum provincial standards in math. One thing that needs to be tackled to improve scores is recovering tuition time lost during school days.
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Toronto election 2014: TDSB Ward 16 candidates
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I AM devoted to public education. I have worked hard to ensure children and parents are heard in the classroom, the school, and the Boardroom. I developed the Model Schools Program and created the Inner City Advisory Committee. I attend all standing committee meetings, as I believe this is the most effective way to understand all issues and develop new ideas. I have served as a TDSB Trustee for 14 years. I have been a resident of Ward 16 for 48 years. I have five children and three step-children (all of whom attended Ward 16 schools), eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. I taught elementary school and I have a BFA. 1. What is the reason you decided to run for Ward 16 trustee? There is work to be done! There is the need to create an integrity commissioner for the board. As well we need to face the changing demographic of the city. In less than five years more than 50 per cent of our students will be coming from poverty. It must be turned into an opportunity and not an obstacle. 2. How would you deal with declining enrolment in some schools and overcrowding in others? Since the Second World War we have had an enrolment cycle that repeats about every 25 years. In addition, there is immigration and the movement of factories out of the city. Primary enrolment is increasing and secondary is decreasing. In 10 years the shift will be reversed. The key to holding enrolment is to create the best programming and have the best staff. Parents have become “school shoppers” – they buy homes where the good stuff is. 3. What is the solution to the leadership and spending issues that have plagued the board in recent years? Openness! Everything that politicians do should be above board and accessible. We need an integrity commissioner. It is shocking to me that some of my colleagues voted to conceal their expenses. I have made mine public since I was first elected. 4. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 16? Recreating the sense of ownership, a sense of community, that we all had for our schools and the system. Getting children out of nearly 60 20-year-old portables and into proper classrooms. We need the Ministry to acknowledge that Ward 16 is 1,000 pupil places short.
AS A long-term resident of BeachesEast York, a career French teacher in the Montessori method of education, and a mother of three boys who entered Toronto schools with very different gifts and challenges, I’ve seen how hope, happiness, and achievement can flourish when we consider the overall well-being of our children a priority of education. As a community and school activist in our neighbourhoods I have a vested interest in raising the bar on revitalization and engagement. All my sons have benefited from excellent public schools (Norway, Bowmore, Duke of Connaught, Danforth Collegiate, Birchmount and Rosedale). 1. What is the reason you decided to run for Ward 16 trustee? After close to three decades of teaching, parenting, household management, community involvement and activism, I feel I have something valuable to bring to help improve the lives of children, families and citizens. I want to use my skills to deliver a much-needed, fresh perspective – one of optimism, respect and accountability. 2. How would you deal with declining enrolment in some schools and overcrowding in others? I would advocate for an exhaustive audit of all schools based on the principles of practicality and usefulness. Those schools that have an increasing number of children should be allocated funding to allow for improvements. It is unconscionable that any young person in Toronto should have to spend most of their waking hours either in portables or in decaying buildings. 3. What is the solution to the leadership and spending issues that have plagued the board in recent years? I would manage TDSB funding in the exact way I have managed those of both my classrooms and household for the past three decades, using the principles of resourcefulness, accountability, and specifically by balancing the books. 4. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 16? I have talked with and worked alongside children and parents and feel that what they want most of all is to have a ‘seat at the table.’ This is what I promise first and foremost, specifically through dedicated ‘Trustee Days’ in which I will be in the ward to meet with every community member who has a question or concern.
MY FAMILY and I have lived in Beaches-East York for many years. My three children have all attended local schools, and I am currently the school council chair at Glen Ames, where my youngest child is in Grade 8. A real estate salesperson by profession, my family and I have strong ties to the community and are very proud to call Toronto’s East End our home. 1. What is the reason you decided to run for Ward 16 trustee? There’s work to be done, and I’m ready, willing and able to commit to the time and energy that is required to be a productive and effective trustee for Ward 16. My experiences as a parent, community member, and business professional will serve me well as I work towards renewing public confidence and getting our board back on track. I believe in our public school system and wholeheartedly support quality education for all. 2. How would you deal with declining enrolment in some schools and overcrowding in others? When looking at issues of declining enrolment and overcrowding we need to closely examine the root of the issue. Are these short term shifts in neighbourhood demographics, or long term and ongoing trends? Primary consideration would be given to solutions that don’t require capital expenditures, however if after reviewing these options no viable solutions can be found, a case must be assembled and presented to the Ministry of Education for funds that allow for renovations or new buildings where that need has been determined. 3. What is the solution to the leadership and spending issues that have plagued the board in recent years? To elect candidates who work well with others and behave in a respectful and professional manner. We need trustees who are honest, responsible, accountable and who work hard to ensure that communication, consultation and collaboration are present not only within our ward, but across the board. 4. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 16? Issues and priorities may vary but at the end of the day, we all want what’s best for our kids. You can count on my commitment to the important issues facing our students, our schools and our communities.
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all is on its way bringing colder weather and beautiful colours. And while I enjoy the change of seasons, what I really look forward to is the arrival of Ontario apples. Harvested from September to November, apples make a delicious and healthy snack food. And from all the recent data it appears that the old adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” has some merit after all. Apples are a popular and tasty fruit and so it is no wonder that they are in one of the top five fruit crops worldwide along with watermelon, bananas, oranges and grapes. In Ontario there are about 20 varieties including McIntosh, Braeburn, and golden delicious, which all can be eaten raw or cooked. Other varieties include gala, Spartan, and pink lady, best eaten fresh. Apples provide a wallop of enzymes, vitamins and minerals with each bite. They contain ample potassium and are a source of vitamin C which is a powerful anti-oxidant. Vitamin C also helps to provide needed immunity over the winter months. And if that weren’t enough apples also contain vitamin A and some B vitamins as well. They are also a great source of fibre. A medium apple on average contains about four grams of fibre including pectin. This soluble fibre become gelatinous when ingested which helps to lower cholesterol levels and assist with digestive health. Most importantly, the fibre in apples helps to create satiety and curb the appetite, all while balancing blood sugar levels. The many health benefits of apples are not just provided from vitamins and minerals but also from phytonutri-
Sheila Ream, CNP is a certified nutritionist in the Beach sheilaream@sympatico.ca ents such as flavonoids. Apples contain a few of these beneficial compounds including quercetin. This antioxidant offers many health benefits including relief of allergies, increased heart health, and the ability to boost immunity. Apples also provide carotenoids such as beta-carotene that have cancer fighting components and can help to maintain eye health as well. Many of these amazing polyphenol chemicals are found in greater concentrations in the coloured pigment of the apple skin. In fact, scientists have discovered there is two to three times more flavonoid activity in the skin than the pulp. Also, darker red apples such as red delicious appear to offer more benefits than some paler varieties. But unfortunately many apples contain pesticides on the peel. According to the Environmental Working Group’s 2013 Dirty Dozen Shopper’s Guide, apples rank as one of the 12 most heavily sprayed crops. In Ontario many conventional apple farmers spray their crops with organophosphates, which are known to be toxic to the nervous and endocrine systems. So to avoid chemical toxin exposure it is best to buy organic apples when possible. Apples can be added into the diet in many ways. Easily transported, they can be eaten on the go, chopped, shredded or diced into cereals or salads, blended into smoothies, dried for an
afternoon snack or topped onto a dessert for a treat. The best way to obtain all the vitamins, enzymes and phytochemicals from the apple is to eat it raw, but on a cold winter morning a bowl of cooked spicy apples is sure to satisfy. I have adapted an apple spice bake recipe from fellow nutritionist Eva Cabaca that is simple and easy to make for a nutritious breakfast. Ingredients: 7 medium unpeeled apples (any variety although McIntosh work well), diced 5 tablespoons melted coconut oil 1 ½ cups of large flake rolled oats (not instant) 2 tablespoons of coconut sugar (if needed) 1 tbsp of cinnamon 1/2 tsp of cloves Pinch of nutmeg 1 tsp sea salt 1/4 cup ground flax 1/2 cup of chopped nuts such as pecans, walnuts or almonds Preheat oven to 350°F. Quarter and core the unpeeled apples and dice into small pieces. Add to a mixing bowl. Mix in the oil, flax and oats. Add sugar (if using any), spices, and nuts. Combine well and bake in a medium glass casserole dish covered for about 45-55 minutes or until apples are soft. Super healthy toppers include quinoa flakes, organic raisins, goji berries, mulberries, fresh berries, apricots, juice-sweetened cranberries, or chia, sunflower, pumpkin, or hemp seeds. The dish can be stored in the fridge for a few days – if it stays uneaten that long – and will provide a satisfying morning meal or after-school snack for the family.
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Citizen of the Year honoured at ceremony Carole Stimmell unveils the stone naming her as the 2014 Beach Citizen of the Year at a ceremony on Sept. 20, flanked by, from left, husband Gordon, daughters Sarah and Emily, and past citizens of the year. Stimmell was editor of Beach Metro News for 16 years, and donated much of her spare time to a number of history and archaeology related boards and organizations, amongst other volunteer activities. PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
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kills off the enzymes beneath the skin and makes it very easy to peel it from the fruit or vegetable. 30 to 36 plum tomatoes, blanched then coarsely chopped 6 peaches, blanched, quartered, seed removed and coarsely chopped 6 apples, peeled, halved, cored and coarsely chopped 6 cooking onions, peeled and coarsely chopped 2 each, red and green peppers, seeded, coarsely chopped 1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh pickling spice tied into a cheesecloth bag 2 tbsp (25 mL) pickling salt 1 L (4 cups) cider vinegar 3 cups (750 mL) brown sugar, lightly packed After blanching tomatoes and peaches, peel then coarsely chop. Add the tomatoes to a large saucepan with peaches, pears, apples, onion, red and green peppers, pickling spice (tied together in a cheesecloth bag), salt, vinegar, and sugar. Stir mixture together and let stand two hours, then bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat and simmer uncovered about two hours or until relish is thickened. Spoon hot relish into sterilized pint mason jar to within a half inch of rim; apply lids and arrange jars in trivet in preserving kettle of boiling water. Boil jars in water bath about 10 minutes. Remove from trivet and cool jars on rack. Wait for lid to snap down (this way you know you have a good, safe seal for the coming year). Label jars with name and date; store in a cool, dark place for up to a year. Makes about eight pints.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Pet of the Month Porter wins the race at turtle hospital By Marna Gale
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ack to school and back to the age-old question we pose of the young, “So what do you want to be when you grow up?” Kids get asked that all the time. The day we stop asking them will be the day turtles sprout wings and fly. What if I told you that day has come? Yes, turtles really can fly all because a boy refused to wait until he was a grown-up to be ‘somebody’. The wings were set in motion 12 years ago when the young son of a veterinarian in Peterborough became aware of the plight of Ontario’s native turtles. Inspired by his teacher, Jan Rowland, this boy set his sights on playing guardian to these fascinating prehistoric creatures. He was seeing far too many lose their lives being hit by cars. Habitat destruction due to urban growth is greatly to blame for a higher number of turtles wandering onto our busy roads, especially in June when female turtles are trying to reach nesting areas. The eager student saw no reason to wait for adulthood to do something about it. Of course, no matter how ancient and wise turtles may look, he knew he couldn’t educate them personally about road safety so he decided to educate the ones behind the wheel. With a little help from his mom, teacher, and schoolmates, he founded “Kids 4 Turtles” and launched a fundraising campaign, collecting more than $5,000 to purchase “Turtle Crossing” signs. Touched by the dedication of these young conservationists, the Peterborough County council made sure those signs are nearly as prominent as the speed limit signs throughout the Kawartha region. That was just the beginning. As more people in the community learned of one local boy’s mission to save turtles, more turtles were showing up at his mom’s veterinary clinic with injuries sustained by collisions with cars, boats, fish hooks, dogs, and even spooked horses, thanks to Good Samaritans with a newly discovered respect for these endangered gentle janitors of our ecosystems. It was only a matter of time before increased awareness and rescue efforts spread province-wide. So saving injured turtles went from one veterinarian throwing together a MASH unit of turtle-saving volunteers to registering the rapidly growing organization as a charity and seeking out a proper facility for the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre. By 2009, Dr. Sue Carstairs joined the KTTC as its executive and medical director. In fact, it was a chance encounter with Sue on the set of Animal House Calls in August that paved the way for this article! I was invited to talk about beagles – a canine species known to have been sniffing planet Earth since the time of ancient Rome. Sue was there to talk about a species that’s been around a tad bit longer than that. Originating more than 200 million years ago, turtles have been exploring the planet at their own pace since well before dinosaurs. Sue and I recognized each other from our days at the Toronto Humane Society. Since then, Sue has been keeping busy. Although turtles have become her main focus, she’s
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Porter the turtle
part of the team at the Toronto Wildlife Centre. She’s also a professor at Seneca College teaching exotics and wildlife. When I asked her why she chose to come to the aid of turtles, she explained that she’d been looking for something meaningful to do that combined veterinary medicine and conservation. Turtles were the perfect fit. Depending on the species, turtles can live up to 100 years. But that’s only if they survive their natural predators before and after being hatched. Less than 1 per cent of turtle eggs and hatchlings survive to adulthood. Survivors take eight to 25 years to reach maturity so if a nesting female is killed on the road, it can take 200 eggs and up to a quarter century to replace her. As it stands right now, seven out of the eight species of native turtles in Ontario are listed at risk of extinction. Considering all turtles do to benefit our ecosystems, such as spreading vital plant life across marsh land by moving swamp to swamp like a bee cross-pollinates flower to flower (only slower), every turtle matters. That brings us to the part about turtles taking flight. It happened last year with Porter. Not Porter Airlines, but rather Porter the Snapping Turtle. His airline of choice was Pilots N Paws Canada. You might remember this compassionate animal rescue transport team of recreational pilots from one of my previous articles. You may also recall how the group helps transport webbed-footed critters too, like a turtle from Sarnia that suffered a severe head trauma and needed to get to Ontario’s only wildlife rehabilitation centre committed to our native turtles. That turtle was none other than Porter. The KTTC doesn’t make a habit of naming their turtle patients, but they made an exception with Porter since he was the first turtle to ever fly his way to rescue. Porter had been hit by a car head on. Things looked bleak upon his arrival at the hospital. But we mustn’t forget the turtle’s amazing capacity for survival! It took intricate surgery and almost an entire year for Porter to heal (turtles do everything slowly), but he made a complete recovery and was happily released back to his swampy home. It’s amazing all that can be accomplished when we stick our necks out for a cause. The KTTC is not just a turtle hospital anymore. It’s a multi-pronged facility offering educational programs, fieldwork, and conservation tagging projects like the new tracking system for Blanding’s turtles where radio transmitters are attached to their shells! The KTTC will soon be proudly changing its name to the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre. Now that turtles can fly, it’s time we stopped asking kids what they want to be when they grow up. Take it from a turtle, there’s no such thing as growing UP … just forward. You can’t get anywhere if you don’t stick your neck out first! Become a member of the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre, kawarthaturtle.org. To inquire about group tours or if you find an injured turtle, call the turtle hotline at 705-741-5000
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Danforth celebration of the arts Dancers with Pegasus Studios perform on the lawn at East Lynn Park during the Danforth East Arts Fair on Sept. 14. The two-day fair filled the park with works by local artists and craftspeople, along with performances by local entertainers.
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Garden Views Fall has fallen, despite gardeners’ wishes
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all has fallen upon us. Today, Tuesday, Sept. 23, is the first official day of autumn, which means, more or less, that we now have more hours of darkness than we have of light. (My husband tells me that the beginning of autumn is calculated differently, astronomically, but let’s not complicate things.) I hate fall. Do NOT speak to me about the lovely colours, the cycle of nature, the crisp air and colourful leaves. I DON’T CARE, as Tommy Lee Jones said so memorably in The Fugitive (in another context). I’m not yet tired of summer garden work, and here it is, time to begin the fall chores. Some are pretty obvious so I won’t go into detail. Harvest your veggies (except those toughies that need a touch of frost to ripen).
Mary Fran McQuade is a hobby gardener and freelance writer
If only garden centres would sell them now, the way they sell pansies. Drying flowers the easy way If you want to dry flowers for winter, pick them now, when they’re almost or fully in bloom. The giant Annabelle hydrangeas are good candidates. You can cut them with long stems, without worrying about damaging the plant.
The end of annuals Harvest your annual herbs and dry or freeze them. Leave the perennial herbs alone. Cut them now, and you’ll expose those short branches to winter die-back. That won’t be pretty when spring comes. Tempting as it is to harvest sage, tarragon and winter savory now, keep your hands to yourself. Yank out straggly heat-loving annuals and send them to the compost pile or the brown bags. They’re not going to be around much longer, and you may find yourself out there blinking cold rain out of your eyes as you oust the things. But let some annual flowers stick around. We live in a kind of borderline climate where some of the things we grow as annuals don’t mind a bit of a chill. The best example is snapdragons, which are technically half-hardy perennials, and will survive temperatures slightly below freezing for some time.
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head hydrangeas. They’re borderline hardy here, and they might not survive being cut back now. While you’re out there waving your clippers around, look for interesting seedheads to cut and use in dried arrangements. Black-eyed Susan centres, rosehips, even maple keys (the winged seeds, in pairs) wired together in bunches are all fine additions to fall and winter arrangements. Add them to a grapevine wreath, and you have a door decoration for the season. Or you may just want to gather seeds for next year. Black-eyed Susans will likely seed themselves, but you may want to scatter some seed in a different area. One pod of hollyhock seeds will give you enough for about a zillion plants. Garlic chives (also known as Chinese chives) flower and make seed prolifically, so pass them on to other gardeners who want to try them.
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Cut Annabelle hydrangeas now to dry for fall and winter use.
If they’re already dried out, just put them in a dry vase, use them in a wreath, or some other way. If they’re fresh blooms, put them in a vase with a little water and leave them until all the water is gone and the flowers have dried naturally. CAUTION: Do not do this with the pretty pink and blue mop-
One more thing: Plant spring-flowering bulbs. You know, tulips, daffodils, crocus, hyacinths. Early fall is a great time to get them in the ground. Your hands (and other body parts) will stay warmer, you’ll have more daylight than if you wait and your bulbs will do better if they get a head start on sending out their roots. I can’t tell you how many bulbs I’ve lost and how much money I’ve wasted by dilly-dallying around and never planting the packages of bulbs I’ve bought. And then there was the year I was out in the back garden, in the dark, trying to chip holes for my bulbs in the cold, hard ground. I worked by the light of a ball cap with tiny LED lights set in the brim (a gift from darlin’ hubby). Lord knows what the neighbours thought.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Sports National medals for Balmy paddlers By Andrew Hudson
RACING CANOES and kayaks is thirsty work, but Balmy Beach paddlers got an extra big drink this month after bringing home the Ontario Cup. The provincial title caps a season when Balmy Beach Canoe Club shot from 16th to third nation-wide. “I don’t think we can ever do better than this,” said head coach Peter Martinek, grinning. In August, Balmy Beach sent 32 athletes to the sprint canoe/kayak nationals in Regina – they flew home with 41 medals. The first and second-place clubs, Oakville’s Burloak and Nova Scotia’s Cheema, each sent teams nearly twice the size. Balmy’s season is even more impressive when you consider where they practice – a 500-metre stretch of protected water they share with a marina and a sewage plant. “Have you seen this water where we are paddling? I’ve never seen such horrible conditions in all my life,” Martinek said. “But we’re a very enthusiastic team, so somehow it works.”
Balmy Beach is home to two national team members, Sam Roworth and KC Fraser. But asked about nationals, both were quick to say that Balmy’s surprising surge came from the jaw-dropping wins of their youngest paddlers. “It was a lot more than we expected,” said Roworth. Fraser remembers talking with Lucas Turnbull before his first-ever race at nationals. At 14, Turnbull was by far the youngest athlete on the water, a bantam who raced the C2 1000 with Douglas Ellery against juniors who could be 19 or older. He was the only one who had to wear a life jacket. “They caught up more than a boat length in the last 100 metres,” said Roworth. “That was probably the most impressive race.” At nationals, Balmy Beach also took home the senior women’s and junior men’s burgees, and became the first club to win a national burgee in para canoe. A few weeks later, five Balmy Beach paddlers flew to Mexico City to race at the annual Pan Am Championships. It was the largest team that Balmy Beach has ever sent, and a unique challenge
given that the Mexican course is 2,000 metres above sea level. Nick Matveev won gold in the K 4000, an Olympic race, and silver in the K1 200. Hayley Plante won silver in the K2 500 and switched flags to win a bronze in the K4 500 with the US national team. Taylor Potts won two bronze in C1 200 and C2 500. With the competition season over, the club’s high-performance paddlers are going into a training regime of swimming, running, paddling, gyms and cross-country skiing. “It’s the really boring part,” said Roworth. “A lot of kilometres at a lower intensity.” But there’s a lot to train for this winter, since the kayaking World Cup this spring is a qualifier for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Toronto’s Pan Am Games is also fast approaching, giving Beachers a rare chance to see sprint canoekayak at its best. “It’s a great opportunity for people who don’t see our sport often at an international level,” said Fraser, adding that she hopes seeing the Pan Ams in person will further inspire Balmy Beach’s already impressive junior athletes.
Big win for little ruckers Balmy Beach Club’s U8 team recently won the Ontario Rugby “A” division championships. The games were played at Fletcher’s Fields in Markham. Balmy Beach won their third consecutive championship with a 2–2 tie against Oakville, an 11–1 win over Lindsay and a 7–1 win in the final game over Halton. Five of the players are from Courcelette Public School. In order to advance to the finals Balmy Beach had to score on the last play of the game against Oakville, which was a hard fought game with tremendous offence and defense. Garrett was chosen as the game MVP. Gavin and Jake were the leading tournament try scorers. PHOTO: SUBMITTED
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The welcoming atmosphere includes a mix of students looking for some extra help and those looking to keep their grades high. “It’s a combination of those who are wanting to improve their grades and keep up in the A-plus range, and others who are working with independent education plans or with learning disabilities and who are looking to find strategies and ways of keeping up with the school materials,” said Heyland. The Study Studio will be holding an informal open house on Tuesday, Oct. 7 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Anyone who wants to ask any questions or take a look at the location is welcome to stop by. A current promotion also offers a free session for every 10 purchased. The Study Studio is at 1226 Kingston Rd., just east of Fallingbrook Road. For more information call 416690-6116 or visit thestudystudio.com.
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DR. LINDA WINTER Psychologist
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Dr. Linda Iny Lempert Psychologist – Psychologue
Colon Hydrotherapy Vitalife Digestive Wellness Clinic Colonics and Coffee Enemas For digestive issues, cleansing and detoxification, preventative health, increased energy and more. 2251A Queen St. E 416-849-0004 info@vitalifeclinic.com www.vitalifeclinic.com
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THERAPEUTIC TOUCH AND ACUPRESSURE THERAPY
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VETERINARIANS CHRISTINE KATO, B.Sc., D.V.M.
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Dealing with mostly students from the area means tutors and staff often know the teachers and teaching styles in local East End schools, which helps in developing the individualized approach each student receives. Most of the Studio’s growth has come from word of mouth over the last 15 years, from both clients and staff and teachers in those local schools. Tutors are a mix of certified teachers, tutors with undergraduate or postgraduate degrees, or students working on their degrees. The relationships built on trust between students and tutors is in large part responsible for the success the Studio has had so far, said Heyland. Students develop a comfortable level of risk taking while learning to ask relevant questions. “We try to help students find a way to see learning as fun, or something engaging and enjoyable,” she said.
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SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST Emily Begley, B.A., M.H.Sc. Assessment & treatment for children and adults
VET ON WHEELS Gerrard Mobile Veterinary Services
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PHYSIOTHERAPY PHYSIOTHERAPY @ Beaches Health Group Yvette Sedgewick 2212 Queen St. E. 416-690-2076
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Psychotherapist Awakening Coach Life & Relationship Issues 416-694-0232
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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)
647-991-4225 www.judygould.com
Carol Henderson, MA Counselling Psych.
Psychotherapy for indidviduals and couples. Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Anger Management Insurance clients welcome. Evening and weekend sessions avail.
carolannehenderson@gmail.com 416.219.2671
Barristers & Solicitors
Geoffrey J. Dashwood 961 Kingston Rd. Tel. 416-690-7222 Toronto, M4E 1S8 Fax. 416-690-8738
Snider & DiGregorio Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries. 978 Kingston Road, Toronto, Ont., M4E 1S9
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DENISE M. F. BADLEYCOSTELLO Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Family, Real Estate, Wills Business, Immigration, Small Claims Court 2069 Danforth Ave (Woodbine)
416-690-6195
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Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couples Insurance clients welcome Evening & weekend sessions available 579 Kingston Rd (corner Main), Suite 118
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Dr. Andrea Snider Psychologist
Children and Adolescents Assessment, Parent Consults evening and weekend appointments
416-737-4325
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KATHRYN WRIGHT Barrister & Solicitor
Family Law & Mediation 416-699-8848
2239 Queen Street East www.kathrynwrightlaw.com kathrynwrightlaw@gmail.com
Paul J. Cahill
Personal Injury Lawyer
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CHIROPRACTORS
Dr. Janet D’Arcy
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BJARNASON, D.C. Chiropractor
1906 Queen St. E. (1 block east of Woodbine)
416-694-2868
Beaches Wellness Centre
Dr. Johanna Carlo Chiropractor 2277 Queen Street East (at Glen Manor)
Stephen G. King, Architect
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B. Arch. OAA, MRAIC “Serving the Beach since 1987” Residential, Restorations, Home Inspections, Commercial, Interiors, Landscapes COMPLETE PROJECT SERVICES FROM DESIGN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION
www.leasidetherapycentre.com/siegi-schuler
Dr. Emily Howell Jackie Leesun
BEACHES CHIROPRACTIC
www.dixonslaw.ca
Child and Adolescent Counselling
Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy; Trauma, Bullying, and Addictions; Youth in Conflict with the Law. Sports Performance Counselling for Youth
www.advanced approachesmassage.com
647-317-6017
416-462-1562 rmtheaven@hotmail.com
ASHBRIDGE’S HEALTH CENTRE
OMEGA HEALTH + FITNESS
24 years experience Available evenings, weekends Queen and Hammersmith
416-698-9027 • peg@pegearle.com
416-690-5185
Susan T. Dixon
416-693-2733
Registered Marriage & Family Therapist
416-699-5320 • Free Parking
www.kewgardenshealth.com
2120 Queen Street East (@ Hammersmith)
Peg Earle, M.A., M.Div.
BEACHES MASSAGE CENTRE
Effective Resolution of Family Law Matters 47 Main Street, Toronto 416-763-6884 Linda@BeachesFamilyLaw.com
Family Law Lawyer
Insurance covered.
DEGEN’S HEALTH GROUP Dr. Wade Whitten, D.C. Dr. Tanja Degen, D.C., CPT Dr. Christina Carreau N.D. 1092 Kingston Rd.
416-698-7070
www.krienslarose.com
CPA, CMA Accounting Issues and Systems, Bookkeeping, Personal and Corporate Taxes
Peter J. Salah
(at Victoria Park beside Manchester Arms)
Car accidents, Slips and Falls, Disability Claims 220 Bay Street, Suite 1400 416-643-3857 pcahill@willdavidson.ca
416-690-6800
647-693-6221
579 Kingston Rd., #110, Toronto
416-690-6257
98 Scarboro Beach Blvd.
William F. Deneault
(Licensed Paralegal) Small Claims, Provincial/Municipal Offences, Landlord & Tenant/other Tribunals, Letters, Mediation etc. Call for a Free 30 min. Consult
Stephanie Gage, RMT Cami Rahman, RMT Caitlin McAulay, RMT 1789 Queen St. East, Unit 6
416-698-3157
Jen Goddard, R.M.T. Neville Park Health Group 2455A Queen St. East
416-690-6257
ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANTS DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PERMIT DRAWINGS WESLEY MORRIS, ARIDO, IDC, AATO
Available for consultations permit plans, zoning info, etc. BCIN#41835
Mike 416-659-2779 waypointconsulting@bell.net www.waypointconsulting.ca
your beach architect
647-226-9860 Versatech
Drafting + Design Architectural Design Permit Drawings Project Management Commercial, Residential
416-261-9679
416-694-9531 • 416-816-1630
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
Tonia Vuolo
Renovations & Additions Structural Design • Building Permit
Local • Affordable 416-200-6300 www.WINTACO.com
Interior Designer
416-522-5903 toniavuolo@me.com www.toniavuolodesigns.com NO JOB IS TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG
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BEACH METRO NEWS
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Commercial Space for Rent
CLASSIFIEDS
Ads are available in two sizes: Word ad
11.
50
$
OFFICE SPACE
Block ad
McArthur & Son Business Centre Air conditioning, boardroom, kitchen area, copier, etc. Individual offices from $425/mth. 577-579 Kingston Rd. @ Main St.
Block this size
(1.5” wide by 1” deep)
(includes HST) For 20 words or less 35¢ each extra word
17.50
paulmcarthur@rogers.blackberry.net www.mcarthurbusinesscentre.com (r)
(includes HST)
UPPER BEACHES OFFICE SPACE
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
Ideal for medical professionals, lawyers or accountants
* include self-addressed envelope for receipt * classified ads also appear on our website at beachmetro.com The advertiser is responsible for checking the accuracy of the advertisement after the first insertion. Beach Metro News is not liable for errors and non-insertions in subsequent issues. Beach Metro News accepts advertising in good faith and does not endorse any advertisers or advertisements.
Deadline for October 7 issue is September 29 , 5 p.m. th
th
Announcements • Expert Alterations/Repairs • Refresh old Favourites • Re-line Coats, Jackets • Roman Blinds, Small Draperies, Cushions, etc.
(13)
Loving Memories of Cherished Pets
PETS
REMEMBERED Colour photo + 25 words Size: 1.5” w x 2”h Rate: $35 (HST included) Call 416-698-1164 x 26
100th Anniversary WWI Displays Sept 22-26 RCL Br 11, 9 Dawes Rd.
416-699-1353 www.rc111.com
(13)
Live a more balanced & fulfilling life! Gail Kendall, Professional Life Coach
As we welcome fall, it is a good time to consider working with a Coach to set and achieve goals for the coming year. 30 min complimentary consult
416-819-5311 kendalcoachingandconsulting.com Students welcome
(19)
LADY BOWLERS WE WANT YOU!
Join Senior Ladies Tuesday Afternoon Bowling League at O’Connor Bowl for 5 pin bowling. $10 weekly fee. $5 membership fee. Contact Dianne 416.691.7381 or Linda 416.751.2901 (13)
Baron Byng Beaches Royal Canadian Legion Br 1/42 hosts Entertainment every Saturday night. Call 416-465-0120 for weekly details. (13)
companion for elderly available.
Chester Village
A warm and friendly long-term care facility is seeking caring and dedicated volunteers, for friendly visiting, cafe assistants, meal buddies and more. As little as an hour a week can make a difference.
Help your community & make a senior smile today!
Call Andrea Macina at 416-466-2173 ext. 229 for more information (13)
Photo/Art Convert VIDEO to DVD $22 per tape Call Eugene at 647-922-0686 eugene@homevideo2dvd.ca (12/15)
416 838-2949 after 1:00 pm
(14)
Apartment/ Home for Rent
Lost prescription glasses on the boardwalk in July. Black frame with turquoise blue inside 416-296-6613
Social/Events R.C. Legion Br. 11 9 Dawes Rd 416-699-1353
We welcome everyone to weekly FREE Saturday night entertainment/dancing
Also RENTAL facilities available (r)
(647) 390-0632
(13)
for car in garage November until May 2015 No access needed. (13)
Books, 53 Dixon Ave. 416-694-1329 or
Great while renovating or for visiting family. Min 30 day rental, NS, NP, parking, laundry, internet & utilities incl. Danforth & Woodbine
Chalet Beauty Bar
christianlove59@yahoo.ca myurbanoasis.ca (7/15)
1562 Queen St. E. (near Coxwell)
Perms for short hair - $28 Pensioner’s Special Wednesdays only 10:30 am to 3:30 pm
BEST IN THE BEACH (r)
The
WILKINSON
1 Bedroom, newly reno’d suites from $1,399 incl. utils.
New professionally installed kitchens. Brand new elevator. Quiet private park setting. Very close to beach, shopping, public transit, all amenities.
BARBER SHOP & HAIRSTYLING
416-856-4774
Men’s Haircuts $13 • Children & Senior $10
Beaches One Bedroom Apt
1048 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park Ave.) (8/15)
Friendly visiting for seniors
and light housekeeping services • Experience working with seniors • Compassionate, a good listener • Patient
Contact Joanna (647) 608-1291
Anxiety or Phobia Release... Have you got one? Let it go now with hypnotherapy Call Mary-Kay Perris
416 429-3457 EnhanceYourPower.com
(14)
www. beachmetro.com
416 466 3766
(13)
NEW SPACIOUS 1 BDRM BSMT APT. Sep ent. Private courtyard w/patio Oak kit, 3 stainless appliances Gas fireplace & ensuite laundry facilities Steps to ALL TTC, shops & boardwalk Sorry no smokers or pets Utilities, cable & wifi incl See photos @View it.ca#147912
(13)
The Beach Suites 650 Woodbine
Dazzling, completely renovated suites. Kitchens with granite counters & stainless steel appliances. Modern washrooms, dark-stained hardwood floors, beautiful window treatment. MUST BE SEEN! 1 + 2 Bdrm beginning at $1,375
416-827-8095
Employment Opportunities
(r)
Available Now Asking $1,150 No Pets, No Smoking Utilities and parking included
Janice (416) 694-3524
(16)
Bed & Breakfast
ECE & Assistants needed for
large childcare in the Beaches (Before & After School Programs) starting September. Email Sarah at sarah@centre55.com or fax 416-691-8269 Attn: Sarah Allen (13)
Wanted retired wooden pattern maker who has his own workshop. (14) 416-854-4922 Supply staff required for child care centre in the Beach. Interest in teaching and experience working with children 2.5 to 12 an asset. Various hours and on call. Send cover letter and Resume to the Hiring Committee at (13 )
416-878-4319
(3/15)
Suite Lovat
g o o d o n p a per Kevin Lundbohm, Manager
416-759-2219 (r)
HOME OFFICE: Computer repair In-home/office, established professional, support service Serving Beach businesses since 1994 Service plans available
KSTS Computer Support (VISA/MC)
(r)
?NEED HELP? PC/MAC SUPPORT
647.281.3084
needhelp_pc_mac@hotmail.com
(13.)
HOME COMPUTER CARE Toronto’s Top Level In-home Computer Support & Service Freeware, Testimonials, Honesty. Home Consultations $30
416-357-1467
http://homecomputercare.ca
(22/15)
TECHNICAL SUPPORT Home office & Small business Hardware and software support networking, servers, PC & Mac Proudly serving the Beach community
ORIOTECH SOLUTIONS INC. 416-450-9626 info@oriotech.com (4/15)
www.atlasnetwork.ca
West of Main St., across from Sobey’s Super Store
647-889-4114 • Open 6 Days, 12-7
We also have hundreds of items for domestic items (15r)
Hardware & Software Support Network and Security setup PC/Mac Support, Web Site Design Cloud Services, 416-438-6360
(19)
Household Services
Organizing, Decluttering, Home Staging, Packing, Moving, Unpacking *Specializing in hoarding and difficult transitions* Call Gillian for a free consultation
416 319 7722
(14)
ROSE GARDEN HOME DECOR 416 693 7673
20% Off Design Fabric
Call Rose now www.rosegardenhomedecor.com (16)
General Services
WAYNE&SON
REG’S APPLIANCE
416-264-1495 CELL 416-567-4019
www.regsappliance.com
WASTE REMOVAL + RECYCLING + DEMOLITION
•Fast friendly service for 30 years •CESA certified Repairs to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers
(r)
(r)
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
(r)
PROFESSIONAL, MATURE, RELIABLE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS
(r)
SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATION Free estimates. No service charges.
(2/15)
BEACH
10+ years experience Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Painting, and Handy Work. Randall 416-450-0599 email:MRFIXIT@rogers.com
(13)
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
WINDOW CLEANING
(19)
BILLY THE KID
& EAVESTROUGHS
HONESTLY DONE
(17)
Local Chimney Sweeps
GARBAGE REMOVAL
MON-SAT 10-10
Chimney Cleaning (Fireplace/Woodstove) Crown/Flue Tile Repairs • Animal Removal W.E.T.T. Certified • Metro Lic# B19424 10% Discount for Seniors www.Localchimneysweeps.ca
416-727-6825
(r)
MR. FIX-IT (r)
416-691-8503
CALL MARY OR JOHN
416-265-7979
KLEEN WINDOWS
416-690-8673
MINIMUM LOAD $60
SCARBOROUGH DISPOSAL LTD. WASTE REMOVAL & EXCAVATION
OVER 20 YRS. EXPERIENCE PROMPT & COURTEOUS
416-706-7130 905-706-7130 www.kleenwindows.ca
(16)
416 690 0117 416 569 3236 C.
ROSS APPLIANCE SERVICE
(13)
Home Decor
(13)
MAN WITH PICK-UP TRUCK For light moves/deliveries, cleanups, etc. • firewood available Efficient. Best rates. Call Max (17)
EXPRESS JUNK REMOVAL
Vienna Upholstery
24 HRS 16’ Cube Van & Pick up Truck Service
2358 Kingston Rd. (w. of Midland)
416-698-9000
416-568-7276
416-820-1527
Best Prices/Free Estimates
(r)
647-235-6690
(14)
BLIND AMBITION B&W DISPOSAL Custom Window Coverings
For estimate call
Fabrications
(r)
HOME DOWNSIZING & TRANSITION SERVICES
- COMPLETE RECYCLING - DEMOLITION SPECIALISTS
647-899-9074
Business & Personal Income Tax Computer Bookkeeping & Accounting HELLARRA SERVICES INC. 1232 Kingston Rd., Suite 5 Toronto, ON M1N 1P3
(r)
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Drapes, Blinds, Valances Also Duvet Covers, Shams, etc.
Financial Services
416-694-6241
Expert Bookkeeping, Small business specialists, Strong on QuickBooks, Simply Accounting, MYOP. A la carte services. Affordable rates. Antonella (416) 464-2766 (19r)
BUDGET APPLIANCE REPAIR
416-HOME-126 (416-466-3126)
& Soft Furnishings Slipons.ca Cynthia Lovat-Fraser 416-575-6113
Custom Made Curtains, Pillows Upholstery - Blinds
Cleaning specialists •Windows •Eavestroughs •Decks •Siding
Next Deadline September 29th
Very low prices for bulk buyers VISIT US TO BELIEVE! 2442 Danforth Ave.
TIM O’MEARA
Call 416-648-4410
1537 O’Connor Drive
Computer Services
Largest Books, Records, Movies & Music Store
EXACT TAX SERVICES
Repairs to all major appliances, vacuums, and microwaves. Fast, friendly service. Good rates.
We m a k e yo u look
SLIP-ON SLIPCOVERS
There’s no task too big or small, we do it all!
(13r)
JIM’S APPLIANCE SERVICE
THE PRINTING HOUSE
urban loft with full ensuite TV, wireless, kitchenette, parking $85 nightly 416-575-6113 www.bbcanada.com/suite lovat
For Sale
Debra 416-693-6111
416-463-6330
Computer Services
@ 191 Kenilworth
416-466-3766
music, Canadiana, etc. Inno Dubelaar
Office Services
FURNISHED
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.
416-691-6893
R.E. Services Inc. Brokerage We make owning real estate & being a Landlord painless, easy & profitable.
2-br + den for short term rental
Personal Care
balmybeachcomday@bellnet.ca
PARKING SPACE
ture, aviation, military, poetry, sports,
(r)
Lost & Found
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)
LANDLORDS For Peace of Mind Call
Harding & King
BOOKKEEPING/OFFICE ADMIN/+MORE
Personal • Small Business Corporate • Back Filing (13)
pmarner@ugv.net
x8 www.hardingandking.com
(15)
Volunteers
Suitable for store, office, storage or any business facing Kingston Rd. About 1000 sq ft & 2000 sq ft First floor with basement.
(13r)
416-691-7556
We buy! - We pay cash!
(r)
416-461-9685
TAX ACCOUNTANT
1700 sq. ft. Ideal for medical, dental or other professional use. Excellent visibility and character. Steps to TTC.
Beaches landmark building
Call now 416-699-9714
Call (416) 693-1261
Te l : 6 4 7- 3 4 9 - 4 0 1 5
Sat. Sept. 27, 9:00 a.m. (Not earlier) Rain date: Oct. 4th
Books wanted: art, photography, litera-
Full time or part time nanny or
Lest We Forget - REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE
Corner Glen Manor/Glen Stewart
Wanted
in
FUNDRAISING SALE
Personal/ Companions
Dishes, House plants, Christmas decorations, Books. Some Avon Collectibles. Too many items to mention. Come one - come all • Something for everyone
PRIME OFFICE SPACE
Business Space For Lease
Toronto International Celebration Church 190 Railside Rd., Toronto (13)
Call Kurban
(r)
Miscellaneous Arts • Crafts • Homemade • Goodies Affordable Prices Sat., Sept. 27 • 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
YOUR FABRIC DREAM BROUGHT TO LIFE!
Call Gail 416-686-6828
416-690-2880
416-971-9025
Youth Mission Trips
Yard Sale
Saturday, September 27, 2014 Rain date: Sept. 28, 2014 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Antiques, Vintage Furs, Clothes, LP’s, VHS, CD, Books, Gifts, Painting, Sports Equipment, (13) Tools, Garden Items, Toys, Treasures.
Warden/Kingston Rd.
Up Down In Out It’s In The Fit!
Ideal for Small Businesses Quality work, reasonable rates, references available.
25 Hillingdon Ave.
-Paul McArthur 416-821-3910
$
K.V.’s Bookkeeping Services
Garage Sale
(r)
by finn Custom Blinds - Drapery 416-465-6292 finn.ellen@gmail.com (13.)
Backyard Basement Garage cleanups Rubbish Removal Small Demolitions Free Estimates
Call Bob 416-699-5306 cell 416-459-4137
(14)
SMALL JOBS * FAIR PRICE Give us your to do list!
* Clogged Drains * Backsplashes * Furniture Assembly * Holes in walls Honest, Friendly, Fair * Free Estimates * Insured (647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca (15)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Home Cellular Automation
Connecting your cell phone to your home!! * Interior/exterior lighting * Security systems * Home theater/audio * Free Estimates * Insured (647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca
(15)
GALBRAITH CONSTRUCTION AND DISPOSAL LTD.
EXCAVATION: BOBCAT, MINI EXCAVATOR SERVICE RUBBISH BINS: 14,20,26 & 40 YARD WATERPROOFING Experienced, over 35 years in business CALL 416-984-5054 416-265-0200 (17)
CP AUTOMOTIVE TOTAL CAR REPAIR SPECIALIST
NO job is too small NO job is too BIG Specialize in VW, Mercedes, BMW, Range Rover, Land Rover
Chris 647.970.5363 63 Danforth Rd., Scarborough
(14)
NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICE
Rubbish Removal, Demolition, Basement, Backyard & Garage Clean-ups. Home Improvements. Seniors Discount. Tree Clean up. We Recycle All Materials. Cell
416-454-5404
(2/15)
BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE -WEEKLY/BI WEEKLY LAWN CUTTING -PROPERTY CLEANING -EAVESTROUGH CLEANING
(416) 414-5883 info@blpm.ca
EUROPEAN CLEANING LADIES
offer complete and thorough cleaning service for your house • office • condo Call Ilona 416-427-3815 (17)
HOUSECLEANING WHO HAS TIME ANYMORE?
Cleaning and organizing superheroes Eco-friendly Local with references Kelly 647-889-4752 (16)
NEIGHBOURHOOD CLEANER
Pet Services PAWS SIT STAY
Barbara 416 389-8120 416 690-0433
THE CLEANING SERVICES OF STEVEN PICTON
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
Personalized Residential Housekeeping 30 yrs. experience. References
647 980 4973
by Zak’s Moms Cat or dog visits or sitting Dog boarding 416 691-8222 pet_minding@yahoo.ca (23/15) references
ALONE AT HOME PET CARE • Over 12 years professional experience including medications • Insured and Bonded • Veterinarian trained & recommended • Member of Pet Sitters International
416-200-4471 www.alonepetcare.com (4/15)
Cleaning Services
CARPET, UPHOLSTERY RUG CLEANING
TO SERVE AND RESPECT
BEST JOB & PRICE GUARANTEED
416-567-3205
(17)
CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING
• Bio-degradable, non-allergenic products used • Drying time 3-4 hours • Bonded, insured, certified Free At Home Estimates!
Eavestrough Cleaning Fall Leaf Clean-Ups
416-691-8503
Special for first-time clients. For your home/condo/office. Reliable, trustworthy, efficient cleaning service.
WWW.EUROPEANCLEAN.COM (19)
RILEYS’ WINDOW CLEANING A family business since 1956
Window & Eaves Cleaning Gutter Filter Installation
416 421-5758
rileyswindowcleaning.com
Experienced
CLEANING LADIES
Home & Office Cleaning & Organizing Services Weekly • Bi-weekly • One time cleaning Reliable & efficient
Contact Irena
(13)
call ALBERTO 416 690 9389 for • new term catch-up • • in-depth homework/test help • • essay-writing + study skills • • numeracy + literacy support •
Proven success with thousands of Beach area students for 12 years
1226 Kingston Road 416-690-6116 www.thestudystudio.com Specialized programs for grades 3-12 and beyond in all subjects. Jennifer Wilson B.Ed. (21/15) Kim Rauch B.Ed.
• One on one tutoring for grades 3-12. • Specialized summer programs available to help ‘bridge the gap’ to help students get off to an excellent start in September. • Serving the Beach for over 15 years. • Conveniently located. (13)
• In-home tutoring in HS math/physics
(15)
Experienced Math & Physics Tutor Grades 9-12
BRENDA CAROL Professional Recording Artist and instructor providing vocal lessons and coaching in all styles. Piano, vocal, guitar and theory instruction available in Studio. All ages. Inquire about in home services.
brendacarol.com 416-467-7959
(17)
sjkohlhepp@hotmail.com (r)
APPRAISALS (19)
Guitar For Grown Ups Busy Life? Struggle to find time? I CAN HELP! info@goproguitar.com
Grade 7, 8, 9, 10 French OCT Certified French teacher
ealianak@bell.net or call
416-779-2235
Child Care Available
Peek-A-Bears Childcare 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
Eloise at 416.691.5799
(17)
Affordable before and after school care available for ages 6 - 12. Pick ups from Balmy Beach and St. Denis schools. Extended hours available.
Great references; 20 years experience. Snacks, activities and homework supervision. September start. (13)
Experienced loving mom who enjoys teaching children through music, has ONE OPENING AVAILABLE. Our days include age appropriate learning activities, circle/story times, introduction to French, montly learning themes, crafts, outdoor play and cuddles. Healthy organic meals, CPR certified and great references.
Call/text Judy 647-281-2822 (14)
Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool
Serving our community since 1974 Educational, fun-filled program for children 18 mos-10 yrs We escort to and from Balmy Beach and St. Denis schools. 416-698-4179 www.lakesideplayschool.ca (19)
GREENBEAN STUDIO DAYCARE A fun-loving space for toddlers to tweens Focus on educational, creative, and social development Following School Calendar - open PA days www.greenbeanstudiodaycare.com
416.400.9108
(13)
Beaches Childcare Centre Inc. Not-for-profit learning environment where children ages 18 months to 5 years will develop and grow within the loving wall of our home-like centre (since 1994). Christine 416-691-0569 Email
(16)
Garden & Tree BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE -LAWN CUTTING -PROPERTY CLEANING - HEDGE TRIMMING -FERTILIZING & SEEDING - EAVESTROUGH CLEANING
416-414-5883 info@blpm.ca
LeRoux Froebel Bilingual School
•18 months to 12 years •Preschool daycare & after school program 72 Main St.
416-698-1923
www.lerouxfroebel.com
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
Marlene 416-698-5668
(r)
(13)
Garden Design & Service
SEASONAL • Clean-up • Planting • Containers Weekly & biweekly maintenance (13)
GARDEN CARE & ADVICE cleanup - pruning - planting readied for sale - vacation care maintenance - consultation
VICTORIA GARDENING 647-766-7875
John, Master Gardener
(13)
ALL LAWN AND GARDEN Fall planting, shrubs & perennials. Meticulous shrub & small tree pruning. Lawn mowing & seeding Interlock levelling/repair Small carpentry jobs • Raking
Greg 416-693-8678 www.carbontip-toe.com
(14)
Local. Taking care of your possessions.
416-690-1356 All Season Movers
Award Winning Design & Build
416-288-1499
www.greenapple.ca
(r)
Green Apple Landscaping www.greenapple.ca
(r)
LANDSCAPE • DESIGN & BUILD
416-467-6059 www.stonehengedesignbuild.com (r)
(15)
- will do small moving jobs - local or long distance - removal & pick up of various items
Call Andre 416-422-4864
(19)
WE MOVE FOR LESS! Accurate work & reasonable rates Watch our videos at
www.BestWayToMove.com (16r)
Landscape Design
416-693-5143 Creating Award Winning Gardens • Design and Construction •
www.kimpricelandscapedesign.com (17)
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. (19)
BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
-LAWN CUTTING
*MOVE MEN*
$29 / hr. & up + 1 hr. One,Two, or Three Men 7 Days a Week Call Delivery Dan 647-763-5257 (16r)
Painters
Larry’s Painting & Repairs Family owned & operated 26 years in business
416-690-3890
*(weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and one time visits available)
(416) 414-5883 info@blpm.ca
(13)
IN THE BEACH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS • Weekly & Bi-Weekly Lawn Cutting • Spring Clean-ups • Flower Bed Maintenance • Fertilization & Aeration • Hedge Trimming & Pruning • Seeding & Sodding
www.scotstonecontracting.com Call Scott 416.858.2452 (13)
IDEAL
PROWAY
PAINTING & DECORATING Interior • Exterior Residential • Commercial Plastering • Drywall
FRANZ’S PAINTING
Experienced. Reliable. Professional Work Guaranteed. Drywall Repairs. Competitive Rates. Beach Resident.
Call Franz 416-690-8722
(16)
STEVE’S PAINTING & REPAIRS 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
LANDSCAPING
LAWN MAINTENANCE COMPLETE LANDSCAPING • CLEANUPS SPRING & FALL • FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED • DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS
Cell# 647-853-6420
(14)
‘As Promised’ Painting (16)
STONESCAPE Interlocking Stone • Planters Retaining Walls • Steps • Fences Decks • Sodding rickscape@hotmail.com (14)
BEACHES LANDSCAPE LIGHTING HIGH QUALITY, LED LIGHTING FIXTURES FOR TREES, PATHWAYS AND DECKS. DESIGN AND INSTALLATION. DC LIGHTING ON HOMESTARS FOR REVIEWS.
416 254-0119
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416.797.6731
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416-439-6639
larryspainting@gmail.com www.larryspaintingtoronto.com
Free Estimates & References Available (19)
Landscaping solutions to customize your space.
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Fresh Green
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Lawn cutting weekly & bi-weekly Small tree pruning & removal Hedge trimming, pruning & removal Yard clean ups
647 606 0970
Movers
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416-999-MOVE (6683)
KIM PRICE
freshgreenlawncare@gmail.com
Contact: Tim Conway
2 Men + Truck $49/hr Office • Apt. Deliveries 416-830-8183
MAN WITH CARGO VAN
STONEHENGE
647-210-LAWN (5296)
CARTAGE & STORAGE
Licensed & Insured
Front yard parking pads Drawings • Permits • Build 416-288-1499
416-699-8575
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STUDIO 1
25 years Experience High Quality • On Schedule One-of-a-Kind Outdoor Living Spaces
Shane
Seasonal yard cleanup, Planting, pruning, fertilizing Woodland garden design Any reasonable request Security Approved 647-828-2468
REASONABLE RATES
Green Apple Landscaping
HARRY
www.thegoodmoves.com 899-3980 (19)
Call Hakan: 416
A.S.M. MOVERS
Landscapers
416-821-4065
Unbelievably Affordable
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25 yrs experience
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Neighborhood Gardening
DAY CARE CONNECTION LICENSED, NON-PROFIT HOME CHILD CARE
416-691-8503 BEACHSNOWREMOVAL.CA
Traditional stone walls, steps, paths, patios & interlock.
CLEAN UP • HEDGE TRIMMING LANDSCAPING • PLANTING IN LAWN MOWING • TRIMMING (r)
• Small and Big Moves • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country • Junk and Rubbish Removal
SNOW R E M O VA L
Scotstone
Garden Five-O
Allison 416-693-7214 naturescapeconsult@yahoo.ca
Nurturing, supportive care, flexible hours. Early Childhood Education Specialists to answer your questions.
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Retired Math teacher will tutor Gr. 9 and 10 Math. Dave 416-699-8853 (13)
Call 416-698-0750
(416) 690-0102
Juli 416-994-6701
• SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1976 •
Rob Hiemstra - GOPROGUITAR
416-839-1351
Private Tutoring
BALMY BEACH COMMUNITY DAY CARE
PIANO TUNING REPAIRS 416-699-3772
TUTORING
Contact Evelyn at
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Ted Reeve Arena
(Kingston Rd & Main St.)
Contact: Marion @ 647-406-4681 or: marionklein@hotmail.ca (16)
Kingston Rd/Vic Park
184 MAIN ST. across from
646 Kingston Rd. intersection
All Welcome
Scarboro Music
FOR ADULTS WITH CHILDREN
B I R T H TO S I X Y E A R S
• PLAYROOM • CHILDCARE REGISTRY • • LIBRARY • DROP-IN BABY TIME IS TUES & THURS AT 1:30 PM WORKSHOPS EVERY 2ND THURSDAY
for more info or tour.
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“Always on Time and on Budget”
BEACH
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE
supervisor@beacheschildcare.org
OCT certified teacher, over 20 years experience, highly qualified (former dept head in a Senior highschool for Fr. Imm.)
We teach it all!
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Welcome to my Home!
Cleaning Lady available every other Wednesday. 416-537-3911 (13)
Bach to ROCK
See our ad page 14
Adrianne 647-289-7776
French / German / Spanish
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HELP WITH MATH & ENGLISH
For more info, call Beata at 416.233.6462 (14)
416-690-2289
416-729-2077 cell
Tutoring
416-702-9845
Susan Kohlhepp
Same day service guarantee Open from Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE
Passion for music? Piano teacher available, Hons A.R.C.T. graduate to teach all musical styles: classical, pop, folk, rock, musicals, movie soundtracks and more. All ages welcome. In home lessons available. 416-570-3886 Michellelecce2@gmail.com www.michellelecce.com (13)
Please call
PIANO TEACHER
THE HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANING COMPANY
(416) 825-9705
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All Day Cleaning
*Insured*
EUROPEAN CLEAN
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416-875-1883 math.avopticom.ca
VOCAL LESSONS
(21/15)
sheilabb@rogers.com
• Focussing on long-term success • Experience in all grades/core courses Hire a tutor with in-depth knowledge, practical experience & a real passion for math.
BEACH
(416) 699-8333
HEALTHY HOME
*Bonded*
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Music
STEAM CLEANING LTD.
Rehearse at Waverley Rd. Baptist Church Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. (then adjourn to the pub) Men especially needed.
MATH SPECIALIST
LAWN CARE
beachsnowremoval.ca
Join a jazz choir NOW!
416-272-9589 headstarttutors@rogers.com
$15 HR
ULTRA
Call 416-783-3434
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Extraordinary & Exceptional THE ONE! Bi-Weekly!
416-405-8301
Pet Minding
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Head Start Tutors
CLEANER AVAIL.
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416-737-2654
THE STUDY STUDIO (15)
Have you seen your floors lately?
(5/15)
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!
INDIV/GRP TUITION IN YOUR HOME QUALIFIED + EXPERIENCED TEACHER, K-12 PROVEN SUCCESS - REFS AVAILABLE (16)
Free Estimate
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
Brendalee 416-804-5545 PAWSSITTER.COM
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BOOTHY’S
Serving for 20 years Houses • Apts • Condos Moving in • Moving out
EAST TORONTO VILLAGE
CHILDREN’S CENTRE
15 yrs teaching experience Classical, Jazz, Fiddle, Rock, Improv Beginners welcome Piano and voice also available
Andrea de Boer A.R.C.T., B.M. Berklee College of Music
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647 886 8303
VIOLIN LESSONS
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*** Free Estimates *** We stand by our contracts, big or small. Also do Drywall and Plaster Repairs and more
Dianne 416 699 5070
(21/15)
Paolo’s Painting
Interior and Exterior Residential & Commercial • Free estimates Specialized in Residential Painting Reasonable rates for small or big jobs.
416-854-4360
www.paulospainting.com info@paulospainting.com ndojpainting@gmail.com
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HARM’S PAINTING 416-694-2470
No job too small for all your repair and painting needs (19)
NEW BRIGHT PAINTING
No MESS, NO FUSS, JUST SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP, Fully Insured Member BBB • Beach Resident SEAN AT 416-985-8639
newbrightpainting@gmail.com
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BEACH METRO NEWS
Simone’s Painting and Renovations
Professional work with a personal touch. Free estimates. 416-578-1221 (15)
RYLAN HARVEY
- Interior/Exterior Painting, Staining, Metallic Surfaces - Fully Trained/Insured, BBB accredited - 3 Year Written Guarantee - Committed to the Beaches 416-888-1647 Ref Available Check us out at HomeStars! (13r)
PROFESSIONAL PAINTER Richard Durocher Interior & Exterior Small to Mid-size jobs (14)
Masterpiece Painters Classic Skills - Contemporary Results
Colouring the Beach for 10 years, Interior & Exterior Gyproc and Trim Repair, Colour Consultations, Faux Finishes and Decorative Treatments. No Job Too Small. Free Written Quotes
Call Joe (647) 998-2302
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PAINTING PROS Interior/Exterior
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Cascade Plumbing Waterproofing Specialist We provide basement waterproofing for external and internal homeowners with a full line of service. Great affordable rates. Fully licensed.
Contact us at 416 602 2128 (15)
LOCAL ELECTRICIAN Fault Finding Knob & Tube Rewiring Service upgrades Insurance certificates
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ECRA/ESA LIC#7001069
Knob & tube rewiring Service Upgrades (r)
Proud To Have Served Our Community For Over 50 Years Specializing in Service Upgrades and Knob & Tube Wiring
416-690-1630
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MURPHY
ELECTRIC - knob & tube - no job too small
Cell 416-529-5426
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The Attentive Painter Family run business Working in the beaches and surrounding areas for over 10 years.
647-995-1200 or email andre88saleh@gmail.com for a free quote (13)
Plumbers
ACE
Lic: 7006786
COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SERVICES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
416-833-3006 Big or small we do them all SISK ELECTRIC CO. LTD. Celebrating 40 yrs in the Beaches Knob & Tube rewire Service/Panel upgrades Renovations / Small jobs Commercial Industrial Residential
690-8533 Lic. #P-15099
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BEACH PLUMBING Small Repairs to complete houses Renovations
POWER
COMPANY
PANEL & SERVICE UPGRADE TROUBLESHOOTING & WIRING ANY KIND OF SMALL OR BIG JOB. REASONABLE PRICE
Call: 416.939.7833 Lic# 7009221
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N.D. TREEN ELECTRIC ECRA/ESA Lic#7001629
416 691-3555
50 years in the Beach
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ONTARIO WATER PLUMBING
LTD
Professional Quality Service Repairs-Renovations-Installations
Free Estimates Work performed by Master Eelctrician Panel Changes • Pot Lights Interconnected Smoke Detectors Knob & Tube Replacement Dale Treen 416-882-6701 daletreen@yahoo.com (19)
MBX ELECTRIC LTD.
MET LIC P18238, BBB A+, WSIB Master Plumber: Franc Zamernik
Master Electrician Lic. ESA ECRA #7000314
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 (8/15)
Residential • Commercial - Knob & Tube Wiring - Service Panel Upgrades - Renovations & Alterations Call Marc 416-910-1235 (15)
BOSH ELECTRIC Residential & Commercial For all your electrical needs,
call Sam 416-678-2319
TOM DAY
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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ECR/ESA /7005757
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Andrew Call or Text
647-206-3376 (15)
Steve 416-285-0440
www.basementlowering.com 416-494-3999
Underpinning Specialists (19)
35 years in the Beaches Marty 416 579 6534 Roger 416 579 6548 KingstonRoadRoofing.ca (5/15)
BERGERON ROOFING
416-466-9025
35 yrs. experience
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J. BROW ROOFING Shingles • Flats • Cedar Free Estimates Residential & Commercial Tel: 416-752-6453 Cell: 416-788-9020 Lic# B16393
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Trades
COXWELL ROOFING
GNOMEWORKS
-Flat Roofs-Shingles-Eavestrough Toronto Fire/Police References An Honest Family Service (r)
Queen St. Roofing
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THOSE ROOFERS Don’t call them, call those roofers ALL TYPES OF ROOFS
- Shingles & Flats- Repair & Tune ups - Cedar & Slate - Re-roofs & new work
Doug 416-871-1734 Jeff 647-686-8103 Lic - Insured • Free Estimate
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CITY WIDE ROOFING
416-264-8517
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BEACH RENOVATIONS CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, PAINT PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, TILE Licensed & Insured 30 YRS LOCAL EXPERIENCE ON TIME/BUDGET www.beachrenovations.com
416-691-8241
Flat Roofs and Shingles Aluminum Siding • Fascia Soffit Sky Lights • Eavestrough Over Twenty-five Years in the Beach (19)
WHISPERER
Your Neighborhood Roofer Metro Licensed, Insured, WSIB No subcontracting, specialized in flat roofs and skylights Warranties on any Roof Repair www.theroofwhisperer.ca (6/15)
BEACHES ROOFING & WATER PROOFING
GENERAL CONTRACTING Licensed + Insured • 30 yrs experience (16)
Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates
416-659-7003
(416)465-6999•(416)768-7279 climateking.ca (13)
• Chimneys - repairs or new • Brick, Block, Stone work • Tuckpointing, colour matching • Concrete work - repairs or new
416-463-9331 (r)
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TOTAL RENOVATIONS INC.
Serving Your Community Since 1971
www.totalrenovations.com
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MR. HARDWOOD FLOORS All about wooden floors Serving Toronto since 1981
YOUR STUCCO Stucco • Moulding Wall Systems Drywall, Plastering, Taping 15 yrs Experience • Excellent Job Call Mike 416-854-7024 647 833 7024 Fax 647-341-6104
Gord Walker 416-694-2119
Handy Dan the handyman
Repair - Reno - Restore
Drywall, Painting, Carpentry Masonry, Flooring Reliable - Quality work
www.handydan.ws
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All work guaranteed. 25 years experience Free estimates
416-558-8453
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JD BUILD
416 738-2119
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WOODY’S
HANDYMAN SERVICES
General repair • Painting, Electrical • Plumbing 10 yrs plus experience References Available handymanwoody@hotmail.com
416-699-0958
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TorontoGeneralConstruction.com CUSTOM HOME RENOVATIONS Roofing. Bathroom. Basement. Additions etc. 416-899-3394 1-800-768-6791
info@TorontoGeneralConstruction.com (17)
INTERLOCK Relevelling & Repairs Small Carpentry Jobs
Greg 416-693-8678
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NATURAL GAS E X P E R T S (416) 780-2917
www.property-plus.ca
(15)
PROPERTY PLUS
SPECIALIZING IN RESIDENTIAL REPAIRS AND REMODELING NO JOB TOO SMALL ON TIME AND ON BUDGET *FREE ESTIMATES *INSURED (15)
DESIGN-BUILD-RESTORE
Quality Work by experienced home renovator
Fully insured, municipal license & WSIB reg’d Free Quotations • Excellent references (15)
Garth 647-248-4952 or garth.jerome@yahoo.ca
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ALL MASONRY
SILVERBIRCH
CEMENT WORK
HARDWOOD
(11/15)
Sanding, Staining, Refinishing, Repairs & Installations. Quality workmanship for excellent rates.
416-375-5191
Give your floors a new beginning!!! (13) Free Estimates
Over 30 years European/Canadian experience Free estimate 416-284-2151
(13)
THE HANDYMAN
Small & Large Jobs Indoor/Outdoor Work Reasonable Rate Call Bruce anytime (416) 469-1974 (13)
JASON THE MASON
WET BASEMENT EXPERTS Underpinning Foundation Repair Drains, New/Repair
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porcelain. marble . limestone . glass . ceramics
Bathrooms • Kitchens • Basements Flooring • Tile and Mosaic
Hardwood Flooring
All Types: Ceramics • Natural Stones Vinyl • Cork Hardwoods • Laminates Floating and Plank
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TILE INSTALLATION
(647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca
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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)
416 660 4721
Gas Lines + Hook Ups BBQ, Stove, Dryer Furnace, Water Tank, Pool Heaters *Free Estimates *Licensed + Insured
416-694-2488
JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457
www.webuildit.ca
Dan 416-699-2728
Sales, Installation, Service Gas Furnaces/Boilers, Stoves, BBQ, Dryers, Water Heaters/Tankless, Air Conditioners, Gas Fireplace, Humidifiers, Duct work, Radiators Fully licensed & Insured
FLOORING SPECIALIZING IN SANDING & STAINING
FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.
Met. Lic. B-8357
HEATING & AIR
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Flooring Installer
THE ROOF
CLIMATE KING
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ED GODFREY
by Jim Ferrio ODD JOBS PLUS “Seniors never pay tax” Call Jim for a free estimate
www.jdbuild.ca
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MANUEL 416-727-1900
•NO JOB TOO SMALL• Metro Lic. #B9948
Innerspace
KEW BEACH ROOFING GENERAL CONTRACTING
647-606-5662
Complete Kitchen, bathroom & basement. Interior/Exterior Painting & Carpentry. Doors, Windows, Siding, Fences, Decks, Patios
Foundation Repair/Waterproofing
416-690-1430 • 416-266-8953 quotes@citywideroofing.ca www.citywideroofing.ca (19/14)
647-979-5652
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WET BASEMENT ?
For all your roofing needs In the Beaches since 1974 FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED
416-694-7402
•PAINTING •STAINING •DRYWALL REPAIR •PARGING •DECK & FENCE REPAIR •MINOR REPAIRS
GODFREY RENOVATIONS & REPAIRS LTD.
•Shingle Roofs •Flat Roofs •Siding •Roof Repairs •Eavestroughing Insured • Met. Lic. B15515 For a Free Estimate ask for Lawrence
Lic. & Ins.
•CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL
QUALITY HOME IMPROVEMENTS & RENOVATIONS
416-917-5990
Architectural Design-Build
SERVICES “No Job Too Small”
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SPECIALIZING IN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION & RESTORATION FOUNDATIONS, COLUMNS, MASONRY, CONCRETE WALLS BRICK & STONE WORK
416-752-1585
HANDYMAN
Licensed masonry contractor
Call Scott 416.858.2452
Lowering Basement Benching-Underpinning Waterproofing Inside/Outside New Drains
www.tradeprocontractors.com
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Marc 416-617-7205
CONCRETE WORK
40 Years Established in the GTA / Beach
Mark Denington
LANIGAN’S
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TRADEPRO GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC ADDITIONS KITCHEN & BATHROOMS
• CARPENTRY / TRIM • DRYWALL / TAPING • FINISHED BASEMENTS “Serving the Beach Since 1980”
416-691-8693
“Reclaim Your Basement”
DILULLO MASONRY
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Roofers
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www.stonehengefoundations.com
Basement Lowering
MARIO 416-690-1315
Call Vince Shop 416-285-9895 Cell 416-399-2342 www.galaxywood.ca
www.scotstonecontracting.com
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Shingle & Flat Specializing in Flat Roofs All Work Guaranteed
Kitchens • Built-Ins Shelving • Wall Units
Residential, Commercial, Retail, Home Offices Senior Rates
416-467-6735
“oftentimes, a repair is all you really need”
Scotstone
Quality Stone Masonry & Brickwork Repairs and new builds, Chimneys, Fireplaces, Foundations
FOUNDATION REPAIR WATERPROOFING
DESIGN + BUILD CUSTOM CEDAR, JAPANESE STYLES MULTILEVELS, ARBOURS, FENCES LANDSCAPING SERVICES (13)
Telephone Systems
ROOFING REPAIRS STONEHENGE
For all your roofing needs
We keep you dry from top to bottom
Carpenters
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KINGSTON RD ROOFING
Accomplished Finish Carpenter 25 yrs exp PORCHES, DECKS, FENCES CABINETRY, BUILT-INS INT/EXT TRIM & STAIRCASES
416-698-2613
Electrical
Gus:
Met. Lic. B-16-964
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Tel. 416-569-2181
VISA / MC / AMERICAN EXPRESS (15)
416-910-8033
Alan Burke 416-699-4350
Shingles • Flats Roof Repairs • Metal Work Eavestroughing & Siding Waterproofing • Since 1984
CONTRACTING CO.
Electric
ECRA/ESA#7003913•ACP approved (18)
Plumbing • Heating • Drains Renovation, Repair & Installation
Master of Carpentry specializing in interior & exterior finishing, decks, stairs, windows, doors, railings, book shelving, feature walls and much more. Putting quality first.
416-694-7497 ~ 416-423-4245 (22/15)
Cable & Telephone Wiring
CANADIAN CONTRACTORS
Free Estimates • Metro Lic. B17416
416-699-3005
MIKE PARKER PLUMBING
REX NORMAN CARPENTRY
Flat Roofs & Shingles Aluminum Siding ~ Fascia & Soffit Eavestrough Cleaned & Replaced Tuck Pointing & Much More
- ECRA/ESA#7004508
Specializing in residential painting. Minor drywall/plaster repairs. 416-997-8908
•home entertainment centres •home offices •bookcases, fireplace surrounds •utilize your space with built-in storage units Bill Watson 416-690-9564 cell 647-283-0095 (19)
CUSTOM WOODWORKING
free estimates
416-690-0173
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GALAXY
FREE ESTIMATES 15% less best price guaranteed Work done by Andrew Clayton
The Passionate Painter
• ON TIME / ON BUDGET •
CUSTOM CEDAR DECKS
Metro Lic. # E-594 / ACP # M-R1507
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Call Clyde Robinson 691-8241 www.robinsoncarpentry.com Licensed with 30 years experience
Glenn 416 837 9298
CLAYTON ELECTRIC
SINCE 1974
Total renovations, basements, trim, doors, porches, wall units, closets. Electrical, plumbing, paint, drywall.
Call Rex 416-889-1963 rexn@rogers.com
ROOFING & SIDING? SOLUTION! Flat and Shingle Roofs Re-roofing, Repair Eavestrough, Soffit & Fascia Workmanship Guaranteed
with attention to detail
G. LOCKE
Electricians
CARL 647-787-5818
416-267-3241 Ecofriendlypainting.ca
24 hr. - lic# P1624
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*Ask For Photo I.D.*
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ROBINSON CARPENTRY For quality craftsmanship
Built-in-Cabinets
Master Electrician
JIM’S PAINTING
www.ontariowaterplumbing.com
Toilets • Faucets Leaks • Drains Very affordable All work guaranteed (416) 558-8453
ESA LIC# 7002668
Over 15 years experience Interior, exterior, residential, commercial, custom made, plastering, drywall, laminate, tiles. • Very fair quotes
www.thepassionatepainter.com
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CELL 416-875-5781
painting & services
FREE estimates. Negotiable & Clean Mission: To provide Good Painting by Good People
416-999-3594
GREEN ISLE ELECTRIC
NASH COMPANY
416 528 2950
DRAINS • SINKS TOILETS • LEAKS FAUCETS • TAPS $25 OFF ANY SERVICE W/THIS AD Call Rickey Rooter
DECLAN O’MEARA 416-698-6183
Custom Mouldings Trims & Doors *Free Estimates *Insured
(647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca
PLUMBING PROBLEMS ??
NEED A PLUMBER
PAINTING - Free Estimates
647 401 7970
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
WEBSTER CONTRACTING INC. 647-235-6690 Lic & Ins (14)
TUCKPOINTING • CHIMNEYS CONCRETE WORK WINDOW CUTOUTS • WATERPROOFING & REGISTERED & INSURED 416-580-4126 cell (19)
Jack of All Trades
Creative Construction
Handyman Services Decks, Fences, Carpentry Drywall, Bathrooms Kitchens, Basements Free estimates!
Jack 416-278-5328
We can handle all your renovation needs. Additions, Basements, Painting, Plumbing, Flooring, Electrical, Etc. Call Chris
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416 - 903 4120
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Ward 31 candidates, cont’d. from Page 17 3. What is your position on condo buildings on the Danforth? I whole-heartedly advocate condo/retail low-rise development on Danforth, Woodbine, O’Connor and St. Clair. 4. How would you enhance efforts to revitalize the commercial areas along East Danforth? I would like to see walking encouraged by continuing to fix sidewalks, provide better lighting during the evening hours, attractive evening clubs and bars with outside patios and enforcing parking. 5. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 31? The economic prosperity of our area is key to the safety and health of Ward 31. I would research and introduce a motion to offer a tax rebate on property tax to businesses across the city who hire someone within walking distance of their establishment. This would reduce traffic, increase healthy activity, reduce pollution, take some strain off the transit system and encourage jobs in local communities.
MICHAEL SOKOVNIN is a teacher, coach and mentor in Scarborough and now at the TDSB. He graduated from East York Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto with a BA and a B Ed. He ran for councillor of
Michael Sokovnin Ward 1 in East York in 1993, but lost to Case Ootes and Michael Prue. 1. What is the main reason you decided to run for Ward 31 councillor? My reason for running is try to control the wasteful spending of public money by city councillors who are trying to push through their personal agendas. Councillors have to be fiscally responsible in these troubling economic times. East York used to be the jewel of Toronto – “Canada’s only borough” was the motto. Since amalgamation, it has lost its identity. It has been sacrificed for the advancement of downtown sprawl. Crime is on the rise. I want to tackle these issues as aggressively as I tackled opponents playing for East York CI and University of Toronto. 2. What are your ideas for public transit in Ward 31? I am very much for upgrading the subway stations for accessibility reasons. As a person with a walking impairment, I do feel a need to help the physically chal-
lenged. I would be interested supporting a plan to build an underground walkway from Main subway station to the GO train station south of Danforth Avenue. 3. What is your position on condo buildings on the Danforth? I am against any new condo/commercial buildings on the Danforth. There is far too much urban sprawl in East York and the rest of Toronto. 4. How would you enhance efforts to revitalize the commercial areas along East Danforth? East Danforth is quite vibrant but needs a slight face lift. I would try to encourage businesses in the area to upgrade their establishments. 5. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 31? The biggest issue is leadership in Ward 31. If you care about your public money and you believe in fiscal responsibility, then I would recommend you vote for me.
MARK TURNBULL is a carpenter, project supervisor, and specialist in historical restoration. I have supervised whole or partial portion restorations of many city and government buildings you might know, including the Beaches fire hall, the RC Harris filtration plant, and Queen’s Park. I can cite countless examples where the city might have cut waste or found contractual savings. I would bring superlative ex-
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TO KICK off the 2014-2015 season of the Kingston Road Village Concert Series, Payadora will bring its fiery tango sound to Kingston Road United Church. The multicultural lineup of Payadora consists of Argentinian Alberto Munarriz
pertise to any heritage file, and general expertise to the infrastructure file. I had some education at Queens University in economics, but due to personal circumstances was forced to discontinue. I was licensed by the province in 1991, and am a cardcarrying union member. 1. What is the main reason you decided to run for Ward 31 councillor? I am a candidate running with a personal cause of two platform planks. One is our
Charter rights, the second is sound economy. I live on an unusual block that fronts on one avenue and backs on another. On our backing avenue, we are fenced out and barred access. Where ample parking would be available, on our own lands, the people are denied. We must park on the front avenue and suffer the tickets, which speaks to the concept of ‘differential treatment.’ I’m forced to fetch tools from a truck parked far from storage, and effectively denied property essential to income. This speaks to Charter legal concepts of ‘security of person,’ as well as equality issues. The councillor was little help, dismissing a block petition without a hearing or presentation to council. 2. What are your ideas for public transit in Ward 31? Primary to my platform is universal access, so I support upgrades for that reason.
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3. What is your position on condo buildings on the Danforth? I support the work condos bring, and the intensification of urban population. The Carmelina on Danforth at Woodbine seems a tasteful addition, and brings much needed consumers to the area. 4. How would you enhance efforts to revitalize the commercial areas along East Danforth? Revitalization will come with intensification and more customers. 5. What do you view as the main issue for Ward 31? It disturbs me that the councillor would be able to unilaterally dismiss a people’s petition, without addressing it to council, so I think the main issue is to oust a restrictive influence on council. We need term limits. Let councillors expire after three terms in one ward.
Bottoms Up, cont’d. from Page 20 You most certainly will not have tasted everything, but you’ll end up with a pretty good handle on your chosen subject. This next trick is of utmost importance and I can’t emphasize it enough: DON’T SWALLOW. After a few sips, the alcohol kicks in and your ability to decipher complexity of wine is shot. Besides, the alcohol will make you tired and less likely to want to proceed. Speaking of not swallowing, there are often far too few “spittoons” available to dispose of your wine, or there are simply too many people around to get at them. What I suggest is “BYOS” (bring your own spittoon). A plastic beer cup, jar wrapped in tin foil or some
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BEACH JAZZ and Reflection is back for another season at Beach United Church, with long-time crowd favourites Joe Sealy, Paul Novotny and Barbra Lica kicking off the first edition on Saturday, Oct. 4. Lica began singing along to her father’s jazz collection at age six, and has gone on to collaborate with Dave Young, Peter Appleyard, Joe Sealy and the Brian Barlow Big Band. Her debut album, That’s What I Do, was released with a live to air concert on 91.1 Jazz FM. Sealy has produced, composed, and performed as well as working as a radio broadcaster. He has performed with Blood Sweat and Tears, Joe Williams, Milt Jackson, Veronica Tennant and others, and has released five albums as a jazz duo with Novotny. He also runs Triplet Records with Novotny and hosts a weekly show on Jazz FM. Novotny is a successful composer and audio engineer for television, working on shows for CBC, HGTV, CMT and others. He composed the theme music for CBC’s National News, The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos and News Now, as well as numerous commercials. He also teaches music at Humber College. Beach Jazz and Reflection runs from 4:15 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., just north of Queen Street East. There is no admission charge, but a freewill offering will be collected. For more information see beachunitedchurch. com.
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other container will work. This certainly makes that part of the job a lot easier. Take lots of breaks as well. Don’t taste any more than four to five wines at a stretch, drink lots of water and nibble food often. The final trick is optional. Bring your own tasting glass to avoid using the small, industrial versions that are often provided and have the show name plastered on them as a keepsake. These are usually not great for wine. So there you have it. I guarantee that if you follow some or all of these tricks for attending a wine show or fair, you’ll get much more out of it. Enjoy.
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on bass, American Rebekah Wolkstein on violin, Canadian Tom King on piano and Serbian Branko Džinovic on accordion. The technically proficient quartet performs their own arrangements of tunes from traditional and modern composers, including De Caro, Pugliese, Troilo, Salgan and Piazzolla. While the Toronto-based musicians are accomplished and take part in wildly diverse projects, their performances retain the passion inherent in the tango form. To hear Payadora, visit soundcloud.com/payadoratoronto or payadora.com. The concert takes place at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5 at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. Tickets are $20(?), available in advance at eventbrite.ca. •
NONNIE GRIFFIN is bringing her one woman play Marilyn – After to Buddies in Bad Times in October. Griffin wrote the play as a way of exploring the myth of Marilyn Monroe. She plays an older Monroe reflecting on the famous – and infamous – moments in her younger self’s life. Marilyn – After runs from Oct. 10 to 19 at Tallulah’s Cabaret at Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander St. Performance are at 7:30 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $26, available by calling 416-975-8555.
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