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HEALTH
DR. KARIN RUMMELL & ASSOCIATES OPTOMETRISTS 1914 Queen St. E. (E. of Woodbine) Mon.- Sat. by appointment 416-691-5757
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BEACHES OPTOMETRY CLINIC Dr. Linda Chan, Optometrist and Associates
951 Kingston Rd. (West of Victoria Park) 416-691-1991
DR. LINDA WINTER Psychologist Consultations • Therapy Individuals • Couples Over 20 years experience. Located at Queen & Wheeler 416-691-1071
Dr. Linda Iny Lempert Psychologist & Psychoanalyst Individuals & Couples Services disponibles en français Insurance Coverage 47 Main Street (at Lyall Ave) 416-694-4380 www.drlempert.ca
WELLNESS
missfit.ca in-home personal trainer 416 888 6465 mimi@missfit.ca
Retired Psychotherapist: finding meaning in your life 20 years experience $80/h on Zoom Peg Earle M.A., M.Div., RMFT 647-970-6807
Ear Candling $35 - with sinus drainage $45 Destress package includes face, neck, head & should massage $150 *Health & Relationship Coaching also available www.Wellnesstogo.ca 416-707-4896
VETERINARIANS
CHRISTINE KATO, B.Sc., D.V.M. KATO ANIMAL HOSPITAL 2830 Danforth Ave. (East of Dawes Rd.) 416-690-2112 Dogs, cats, pocket pets. Housecalls available.
HOUGHTON VETERINARY HOUSECALL SERVICES Vaccines, examinations, diagnostics, palliative care, and home euthanasia provided for your pets in the comfort of your own home. Dr. Barbara Houghton 647-221-5516
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Tara Shannon M.Ed. Counselling Psychology, RP Registered Psychotherapist Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couples Insurance clients welcome Evening & weekend sessions available 579 Kingston Rd (corner Main) 416 698-6960 tara@tarashannon.ca
Beatriz Mendez B.A. B.Ed. M.A. DipTIRP Registered Psychotherapist Low Fee - High Value Therapy Kingston Rd. at Victoria Park Ave. 416-690-2417 www.East-Toronto-Therapy.com mendez.smith@sympatico.ca
Christina Connell BA, Dipl. TCPP, RP Registered Psychotherapist Adults, Adolescents, Children 177 Danforth Avenue #301A 416-778-4242 www.christinaconnell.com
Caroline Duetz Jungian Analyst Registered Psychotherapist 29 years in Private Practice duetz@rogers.com 416-469-2423
Beaches Therapy Group
647 484 8622 www.beachestherapy.ca
579 Kingston Rd, M4E 1R3
Lisa Romano-Dwyer BSc, MSW, PhD, RSW Registered Social Worker & Psychotherapist Lakeside Wellness Therapy Affiliates Individual & Couple Care Child & Adolescent Counselling Services Wellness Life Coaching 1755 Queen St. E. • 416-951-8280
Dr. Paula Miceli, C.Psych. Registered Psychologist Online Psychotherapy Services for Adults Evening & Weekend Sessions 416-275-3735 www.drpaulamiceli.com
COUNSELLING
Catherine Allon, BSc,MEd
Spiritual Counsellor since 1998 Life & Relationship Issues 416-694-0232 www.energyawakening.com
BeyondTheBlueTherapy.com Kirsten Johnson 416-829-0527, Main & Kingston ONLINE SESSIONS LGTBQ+ / Anxiety / Depression Individual & Couples Therapy
Therapy with Barbara Affordable Talk Therapy for Individuals or Couples Therapist-in-Training Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy barbsaunders.com therapy@barbsaunders.com (Queen & Woodbine location)
Sound Ability Mental Health & Wellness Coaching for Children, Teens & Young Adults -Certified CBT Bounce Back Provider -Certified Relaxation/ Sound / Narrative Therapy • Affordable Care Telephone/Zoom theresa.mckay57@gmail.com Theresa McKay B.Ed/ RT 647-270-0465
COUNSELLING Cont.
LAURA DENT, BA, MA IN COUNSELLING Counsellor since 2001. Specialize in Problem Solving EFT acupressure tapping for pain & stress Free 15 minute consultations; Face Time or Skype appointments. Kingston Rd and Beech Avenue 416-315-4591 LDENT@ROGERS.COM
LAWYERS/LEGAL
Dashwood & Dashwood Barristers & Solicitors
Geoffrey J. Dashwood
961 Kingston Rd. Tel. 416-690-7222 Toronto, M4E 1S8 Fax. 416-690-8738
LAWYERS/LEGAL Cont.
Peter J. Salah
Hills, Salah LLP
Family Law & Estate Planning
We Collaborate, Negotiate & Litigate. 416-752-8128 www.hillssalah.com
MASSAGE THERAPY
advancedapproaches massage.com Su Willson, B.MUS, R.M.T. & ASSOC. 927 Kingston Rd. (W. of Vic Pk) • Open 7 Days a week • Voted “#1 Spa and Best Massage Therapist in Toronto” 416-694-6767
Retired Psychotherapist: finding meaning in your life 20 years experience $80/h on Zoom Peg Earle M.A., M.Div., RMFT 647-970-6807
ACCOUNTING
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Bert van Delft Complete financial services for the business owner, manager, entrepreneur & self-employed Corporate and Personal Income Tax Services Bus: 416-270-9898 98 Scarboro Beach Blvd.
William F. Deneault Chartered Accountant
• Corporate & Personal Tax • Specializing in small to medium business • Financial advice
21 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 502 Tel: (416) 962-2186
Kriens LaRose, LLP Chartered Professional Accountants • Accounting services for owner-managed businesses. • Personal and corporation income tax preparation. • Audit and consulting services for not-for-profit organizations www.krienslarose.com 416-690-6800
Melani Norman CPA, CMA Accounting Issues and Systems, Bookkeeping, Personal and Corporate Taxes Call 416-471-0337
Emily C. Larimer CPA, CGA BOOKKEEPING & PERSONAL TAX RETURNS INCLUDING TAXES IN ARREARS Call: 416-693-2274 emily@eclarimercga.com www.eclarimercga.com
Patrick Ruiz Professional Corporation CPA, CA An accountant you can count on For your Small Business Self-employed income & investments Real Estate Rentals 647-300-4062 • patrick@prtaxcpa.com
Fairtax Accounting & Business Services Inc.
3000 Danforth Ave., Unit 3, Suite 123
Personal & Corporate Tax Returns E-file; Uber HST/GST Returns Business Plans & Projection M. Shahab 647-836-5779 fairtax1994@yahoo.ca Snider & DiGregorio
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries. 978 Kingston Road, Toronto, Ont., M4E 1S9
Tel: 416-699-0424 Fax: 416-699-0285 Email: info@sdlegal.ca
O’Reilly, Moll & Mian Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public 300 Main Street 416-690-3324
DENISE BADLEY-CASTELLO Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Family • Wills & Estates Real Estate 2069 Danforth Ave. (Woodbine) 416-690-6195 dbadleylaw@rogers.com KAMRUL HAFIZ AHMED REAL ESTATE LAWYER 416 690 1855 [P 416 690 1866 [F 2972 DANFORTH AVE.
QUINN Family Law Shelley C. Quinn, LL.B., LL.M. (Family Law) 662 Broadview Ave. t. (416) 551-1025 www.QuinnFamilyLaw.ca
KATHLEEN LAVERICK FAMILY LAW 454 Kingston Road Tel: 647-963-2234 • Fax: 888-278-1007 kathleen@laverickfamily.law www.laverickfamily.law Now serving the Beach community. Call or write to book a free half hour consultation
INSURANCE
KATHRYN WRIGHT
Barrister & Solicitor
Family Law & Mediation 416-699-8848 2239 Queen Street East www.kathrynwrightlaw.com kathrynwrightlaw@gmail.com Leane Besky Insurance Agency Inc.
DESJARDINS INSURANCE
Auto, Home, Life, Critical Illness, Disability, Financial Services
2243 Queen St. E. 416-690-7900 www.leanebesky.com
BEACHES MASSAGE CENTRE
Randy Groening, RMT
2212 Queen St. E. (at Spruce Hill) 416-690-5185
THERAPY LOUNGE Megan Evans, RMT, CRHP & Associates Massage Therapy • Reflexology 2245 Queen St. East • 2nd floor • Open 7 days per week • www.therapylounge.ca 416-916-7122
URBAN CALM THERAPEUTICS Stephanie Gage, RMT Kristina Pearsal, RMT 1789 Queen St. East, Unit 6 www.urbancalm.ca 416-698-3157
Jen Goddard, R.M.T.
Neville Park Health Group 2455A Queen St. East
416-690-6257
GARRY M. CASS BARRISTER & SOLICITOR Estate Planning/Real Estate/Business House Calls 416-767-CASS (2277) x 207 416-795-4899 (cell) 416-491-0273 (fax) garrycass@sympatico.ca
We specialize in wealth & retirement strategies, RRSPs, TFSAs, RESPs, Pensions and more. Life Insurance, Disability, Critical Illness Aldo Lopez-Gil CFPr, CIMr aldo.lopez-gil@edwardjones.com 416-691-8730
Glover & Associates Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Real Estate, Family, Litigation Wills & Estates, Corporate 416-691-3700 Queen and Hammersmith
Paul J. Cahill Personal Injury Lawyer Car accidents, Slips and Falls, Disability Claims 220 Bay Street, Suite 1400 416-643-3857 pcahill@willdavidson.ca
Beaches Family Law and MEDIATION Linda Bronicheski, J.D. 47 Main Street (at Lyall) 416-763-6884 Linda@BeachesFamilyLaw.com
Shelly Pereira, Paralegal Small Claims, Provincial/Municipal Offences, Landlord & Tenant/other Tribunals, Letters, Mediation etc. Call for a Free 30 min. Consult 647-693-6221 Upper Beaches, TO info@toronto-paralegal.net
CHIROPRACTORS
Janet D’Arcy DC, FRCCSS (C) Chiropractor Sports Injury Specialist 2455A Queen St. East 416 690-6257 Open Saturdays
John H. BJARNASON, D.C. Chiropractor 1906 Queen St. E. (1 block east of Woodbine) 416-694-2868
BEACHES WELLNESS CENTRE Dr. Johanna Carlo Chiropractic & Registered Massage Therapy
2130 Queen Street East 416-698-7070
ASHBRIDGE’S HEALTH CENTRE
Dr. Emily Howell Jackie Leesun, RMT Dr. Ceara Higgins Chiropractic, Acupuncture, RMT
1522 Queen St. E. 416-465-5575 www.ashbridgeshealth.ca ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN
Stephen G. King, Architect B. Arch. OAA, MRAIC “Serving the Beach since 1987” Residential, Restorations, Home Inspections, Commercial, Interiors, Landscapes COMPLETE PROJECT SERVICES FROM DESIGN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION (416) 694-8181 www.stephenkingarchitect.com Member Ontario Association of Architects
W. MORRIS DESIGN ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANTS DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PERMIT DRAWINGS WESLEY MORRIS, ARIDO, IDC, AATO 416-261-9679
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES Renovations & Additions Structural Design • Building Permit Local • Affordable 416-200-6300 www.WINTACO.com
FUNERAL SERVICES
eco Cremation & Burial Services Inc. Life Celebrations. Done Differently. In Service with St. John’s Norway Cemetery & Crematorium. 647.660.5056 www.ecofuneral.ca
Reel Beach: Movies in East Toronto Jewison’s films speak for social justice
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“We have to deal with prejudice and injustice or we will never understand what is good and evil, right and wrong; we need to feel how ‘the other’ feels.”
(Norman Jewison in This Terrible Business has been Good to Me.)
Times of crisis bring out the best in people ...and the worst. We’ve seen incredible courage from health-care heroes and racist rants from covidiots who want to blame “the other”.
Filmmaker Norman Jewi son was born in 1926 and grew up during the Great Depression when a wave of anti-Semitism and Fascism swept the world like a virus of hatred. No community was immune. In the summer of 1933 a Swastika Club “patrolled” the Board walk to “rid” the beach of “undesirables”.
Jewison learned about prejudice at a young age.
In his memoirs he writes that he was bullied because of his last name. His class mates at Kew Beach School beat him up and called him names. Little Norman even thought he was Jewish.
The Jewison family lived above their dry goods store at Kippendavie Avenue and Queen Street East.
At the age of six Nor man started going with his friend, Stanley, to the nearby synagogue on Kenilworth Avenue (the Beach Hebrew Institute celebrates its 100th anniversary this year).
One day his friend’s moth er asked Stanley why Norman’s parents never bring him to shul. Stanley replied brightly, “They do, too. They go to Bellefair United Church every Sunday.”
Norman’s mom explained to him that “the Jewisons By Amanda Gibb THE FOX Theatre reopened on Aug. 7 after a long COV ID-19 closure.
The theatre is located at 2236 Queen St. E. in the Beach.
Daniel Demois, one of the Fox’s owners, said he was excited to be able to open the doors to moviegoers again after being closed for almost five months due to COVID-19.
“It’s something of a relief certainly, it’s great. We’ve been planning for months and trying to anticipate what the requirements will be… it’s nice when the planning is
Director Norman Jewison works with Denzel Washington during the filming of 1999’s The Hurricane.
have always been Methodist”.
Jewison relates this story in the context of a 1969 meet ing about directing Fiddler on the Roof. He blurted out to studio heads, “What would you say if I told you I’m a goy!”
Jewison got the job and made one of the great musicals. Fiddler won three Oscars telling a tale not just about “tradition” but also the intolerance of the pogroms (massacres) in Eastern Europe:
“I had felt I shared a bond with the real Jewish kids I went to school with. It had a lot to do with being treated as a minority, an outsider, a victim, and the feeling never left me for the rest of my life.”
After serving in the Cana dian Navy Jewison hitchhiked across the American South in 1946 still wearing his dress uniform and saw segregation for himself.
One day he walked to the back of a bus and sat down with the Black patrons. The driver yelled at him, “You tryin’ to be smart, sailor?”
It was from these experi ences that “the desire to make films such as In the Heat of the Night and A Soldier’s Story took root.
“It was still with me when I made The Hurricane about tied to a specific open date,” said Demois.
The theatre is following COVID-19 safety protocols, including limiting the num ber of people attending indoor gatherings to no more than 50.
“We’re closing off every other row, and will have all the same things you see at other places like distance markers, and there will be counter shields at the snack bar,” said Demois.
Following Toronto’s man datory mask bylaw, all patrons will be required to wear a mask or face covering inside the theatre.
Demois said the Fox The Hurricane Carter, a Black man wrongly convicted of murder,” he wrote.
Jewison considers these films about racial injustice to be his most important works.
In 1978 Jewison came back to Canada to live. The Hurricane (1999) was filmed mostly in Toronto where much of the story is actually set.
The Canada Post box where young Lasra mails a letter to Carter is still there on Gerrard Street East near Woodbine Avenue. A house on Kingswood Road was also used as a location. You can come home again.
In times of trouble many blame “the other”.
Films can help us see life through the eyes of those who are different. We’re all in this together. All it takes for hatred to spread is for people of goodwill to do nothing. In Fiddler on the Roof Jewish villages are burned. A sympathetic constable sighs, “Orders are orders, you understand.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of “the fatigue of despair” but reminded us that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it tends toward justice.”
As one of Jewison’s films is titled, let’s hope the future
Fox reopens after COVID-19 closure
leads to And Justice for All. atre received a great deal of support from the community while closed.
“People started buying gift cards and memberships, even though they didn’t know when they’d be able to use them next,” he said.
Demois said that this pro vided a needed influx of revenue, as did the “seat sale” in April when people could pay to have a plaque with their name or the name of a loved one to be on seats. “It gives you such a nice feeling that you’re part of something that means so much to so many people.”
For more info, please visit www.foxtheatre.ca
Arts & Entertainment Julian Taylor keeps performing, releases new album The Ridge
By Amanda Gibb
ACCOMPLISHED FOLK
musician and east-end Toronto resident Julian Taylor has kept busy despite CO VID-19 disrupting the live music industry.
Taylor recently played vir tually for the 2020 Beaches Jazz Festival and said he was honoured to be asked to be a part of it.
“It’s always a bit strange because you don’t get any sort of feedback that way. You’re just playing to a cam era really,” said Taylor of the online performing experi ence.
Taylor has lived in the Woodbine and Danforth av enues area for close to 20 years now and often takes part in local shows in To ronto.
Taylor said that his favou rite part about the neighbourhood is that it doesn’t feel like living in a large city.
“I could just walk down the street and see the sky and I couldn’t do that in downtown. I just felt like the east end is like a little town on its own,” he said.
Taylor also recently per formed live for the first time since the pandemic began as part of the Ottawa Bluesfest Drive-in concert in late July.
“I did get fan interaction but it was honking horns…It was exhilarating to be there, it was so much fun,” said Taylor.
Taylor said that the live performance industry is in “dire straits” and has been greatly impacted by COV ID-19, but that he has hope for the industry’s future.
“I always see hope for the future. I think everything has changed and we’re
PHOTO: LISA MACINTOSH Julian Taylor, who lives in the Woodbine and Danforth area, recently released his tenth album The Ridge
adapting to our surround ings, and I think live music is such an important thing that we’re going to figure it out,” said Taylor.
He said that he has already received an email about a venue opening up for live music this fall, but adhering to the half-capacity rule put in place by the province.
“What I don’t foresee is the big stadium arena tours happening because I don’t know if people are going to be interested,” he said.
Taylor released his tenth album, titled The Ridge, in April. The title song is based on his summers with his grandparents in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
“We lived on a little farm. We had horses, we had chickens, my grandparents bred boxers as well, so I got to spend my summers on the left coast with them,” he said.
Taylor said that his fam ily has always been very musical. His grandfather loved blues music, his fa ther played classical piano, and Taylor sang in a church choir.
Taylor’s cousins Gene and Barry Diabo also played on The Ridge with Taylor.
“They used to play in bands all the time, so they came down to play on the record, which is great. It re ally is a family affair,” said Taylor.
Taylor, who is part Mo hawk and West Indian, said that some people have pre conceived notions of what genre of music he plays and what his voice will sound like. “I just play whatever. I’ve always played what I love and I love everything from Bob Marley to Johnny Cash. And it was always funny to see their faces when I sang a Johnny Cash song. They just look dumbfounded,” said Taylor.
Taylor said that he and his manager purposely chose the cover of the album, a pic ture Taylor took himself of his great aunt’s farm in Cree more, Ontario.
“Finally we decided that we were not going to use my THE GERRARD Art Space will be hosting a pair of exhi bitions this month and next.
Jyne Greenley: Styx & Stones IV With A Touch of Co(r)vid is on until Sept. 6.
Starting Sept. 9 through to Sept. 27 will be Paintings From the Pandemic by Matt C. Wood. In lieu of an art ist’s reception, the Gerrard Art Space will host an open house with artist Wood pres ent on Sept. 11, 12 and 13 from 2 to 7 p.m.
The Gerrard Art Space is located at 1475 Gerrard St. E.
The gallery is open for the public to visit (while follow ing COVID-19 safety protocols) from Wednesday to face because he and I both felt that the best possible scenario would be for people to see the cover, not a Black person with dreadlocks on the cover so that they would listen to the music without any preconceived notions,” he said.
Taylor’s said that his take on social change in general amid the Black Lives Matter movement is a little differ ent than most people, in that he hasn’t taken an activist approach and is a spiritual person. “When it comes to social changes, my whole take is that it has to happen. The doors have to open for women and for minorities, because the doors haven’t been open for them the way that they have been open for other people,” said Taylor.
Taylor adds that he be lieves the conversations happening are positive, even if they are difficult.
To learn more about Tay lor and to listen to The Ridge and his other albums, please visit www.juliantaylormusic.
Gerrard Art Space shows planned
ca/home Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m.
For more info, please visit www.gerrardartspace.com
Local clowns in Edinburgh Fringe
PATTY SILVER and Cat Connor from the Sphere Clown Band are in the Virtu al Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
They will be performing as musical clowns Patty and Giggles respectively in the virtual festival which goes until Aug. 30. The Sphere Clown Band has been based in the Beach since 1977. Sil ver was named Beach Citizen of the Year in 2010. To see the performance, go to https://online.thespaceuk. com/watch-shows/childrens
Arts & Entertainment Malvern Collegiate student publishes book of short stories
By Amanda Gibb
GRADE 9 student Syeda Mahdia of Malvern Col legiate Institute recently achieved the feat of becom ing a published author.
Her collection of short sto ries titled Centrality – The Key to the Cosmos: And Other Stories was self-published by Mahdia in June of this year.
“I always daydream a lot. And I always have these ideas, but I was never sure that it could actually be a book,” said Mahdia in an in terview with Beach Metro News.
Mahdia gained confidence in her writing when she was taking a summer extra credit course. It was there that one of her teachers described her writing as talented beyond the ordinary for a teenager.
Mahdia said that she wrote the book between No vember 2019 until around the end of March 2020.
During this time, she said her English teacher Hannah Burkhardt was supportive of her work and helped her put everything together and with the editing process.
“After a parent-teacher interview Miss Burkhardt told my parents that if I continued writing, and gave her some of my stories to edit, she could make it into a book,” she said.
Amid the COVID-19 pan demic, Mahdia said that she figured out how to publish THE BOOK, BOOM: A Child of the Beach in Toronto Re members the 50s is now available to be purchased locally. Copies of the book by Keith Black can be found at Book City on Queen Street East and Danforth Avenue and at The Great Escape Book Store on Kingston Road.
Also, those looking for more information on the book or to order a copy di rectly from the author, can contact Black at kandjome mee@gmail.com
Beach Metro News has been running chapters from the book on our website at www.beachmetro.com every Tuesday since July 14.
Today, Aug. 25, will see Chapter Seven posted up on our website.
Here’s a brief taste of Chapter Seven of BOOM: A Child of the Beach in Toronto Remembers the 50s for our readers. You see the rest at our website:
PHOTO: SUBMITTED Malvern Collegiate student Syeda Mahdia recently published her collection of short stories: Centrality - The Key to Cosmos: And Other Stories. The book’s cover art was created by Malvern student Renee Orchard.
by herself through online research.
“The publishing process was completed in evenings and weekends after complet ing school work during remote learning. The independence and perseverance for someone so young is amaz ing,” said Burkhardt.
Mahdia said that the genre of her stories fall under ei ther adventure or fantasy involving fantasy worlds and objects.
“My favourite story is the one I wrote about the pi rates. Instead of writing like a typical pirate ship story with death and shoving peo ple overboard and pillaging, I made it like maybe pirates aren’t what we think they are. We don’t really under stand them that much,” she said.
Renee Orchard, a Grade
Book about growing up in Beach in 1950s available at local stores
11 art student also attending
CHAPTER SEVEN
R A A A A G A B E A U . RAAAAGABEAU. This word or semblance of a word was yelled loudly and nasally and when my friends and I heard it, we ran from wherev er we were playing to stare.
We didn’t get too close; we were deathly afraid of the source of that strange call. But we were fascinated. RAAAAGABEAU. It sounded like it was all one word with the second half rising but not quite like a question, but more like an implication.
Invariably the fellow mak ing this announcement was a wizened and seedy looking chap and invariably he was accompanied by a beefier but equally seedy partner... Malvern Collegiate, is the artist behind the book’s intri cate cover.
“She’s absolutely amazing at line art and drawing. She gets all the credit for it,” said Mahdia.
Burkhardt connected the two students together to col laborate on the cover based on their similar interests in fantasy.
“Renee is known to ex plore fantastical worlds in her own work…The two students working together was a natural fit,” said Bur khardt.
Mahdia has garnered much support for her book from many people in the commu nity including her former public school, John A. Leslie, on Mid land Avenue where Mahdia has been invited to speak in Sep tember.
The principal of Malvern Collegiate, Bernadette Shaw acknowledged the achieve ments of the students in an email to the school commu nity.
“I am gob-smacked! Wow, impressive. I…did want to ac knowledge here as well just how proud I feel to have both students attend Malvern C.I. We will be sure to have copies in our library as well as post this information to the Malvern C.I. website,” she said in the email.
Mahdia said at the mo ment, she’s not sure what’s next for her.
“I’m going to continue writ ing and see if something else comes out of that. Hopefully I get to continue writing sto ries, and hopefully people like them,” she said.
Centrality – The Key to the Cosmos: And Other Stories is available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle ver sions. To learn more, visit www.amazon.ca/CentralityKey-Cosmos-Other-Storiesebook/dp/B089T8GY7N
Residents voted for best expanded patio in the Beach Village
THE BEACH Village BIA recently held an online contest in which residents could vote for what they considered to be the best expanded patio space along Queen Street East between Lockwood Road and Neville Park Boulevard.
As part of the City of Toronto’s CAFETO program, which allowed local restaurants to expand into additional street and sidewalk space in order to help them recover from the eco nomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous eateries in the Beach have added more patio space.
The patios are larger than in past summers, and in many cases are actually on Queen Street East itself due to the CAFETO rules which allowed for the extra space to be used.
The contest invited residents to vote for their favourite ex panded patio space.
Many of the patios in the contest were also being spon sored/supported by other Beach Village BIA businesses.
The patios in the contest were:
Bagels on Fire, sponsored by realtors the Wright Sisters; Beacher Cafe, sponsored by DeClute Realty; Breakwall BBQ, sponsored by realtor Shea Warrington (Shea Sells Boutique Real Estate); Gabby’s; Green Eggplant, sponsored by real tors Wafa & Jalila; Gull & Firkin, Beaches Brewing and Hogtown Smoke, sponsored by The Richard’ Group; Isabella’s Boutique Restaurant, sponsored by the realtor Tory Brown Team; Remarkable Bean, sponsored by realtors the Wright Sisters; Riptide Beach Pub; Slate; The Stone Lion, sponsored by DeClute Realty; and Xola, Corks & Platters, Delhi Bistro, sponsored by realtors the Wright Sisters.
On Aug. 21, the Beach Village BIA announced on Facebook that Breakwall BBQ, sponsored by realtor Shea Warrington (Shea Sells Boutique Real Estate), was the contest winner.
Clustering of cannabis shops concerns Councillor Fletcher
By Ali Raza
TORONTO HAS formally requested the province’s Al cohol and Gaming Commission to review its proximity rules of new cannabis retail stores opening in the city.
The request follows what some residents and Toronto councillors are calling “can nabis clustering” on Queen Street East and other re tail-heavy neighbourhoods across the city.
Toronto-Danforth Council lor Paula Fletcher presented the motion first at Toronto and East York Community Council on July 16 for the AGCO to consider proxim ity to schools, parks, public spaces, and other cannabis retail stores when reviewing applications.
“In the past few months a noticeable cluster of can nabis shop applications have been made on Queen Street in the Riverside Neighbour hood of Toronto-Danforth,” Fletcher said.
“The provincial regula tions are far more permissive than the originally proposed municipal rules, which would have prevented some of the clustering issues.”
In response to cannabis store clustering in East To ronto, and beyond in other neighbourhoods, the city adopted Fletcher’s motion at its full council meeting at the end of July.
It requests AGCO to con sider the proximity and number of community services that involve children and/or vulnerable adults, the prox imity of parks and other publicly accessible places which support or enable consump tion of cannabis outside of private homes, and any com munications from the city that do not support cluster ing of pot shops.
The motion was par tially prompted by a letter Fletcher received from the Ralph Thornton Commu nity Centre about the number of stores in a small area along Queen Street East in her ward. In the letter, man agement board chair Alan Lennon said the cluster ing doesn’t make business sense, nor does it consider the community’s needs.
“While we are not con cerned about marijuana dispensaries per se, the notion
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members. However, 99 per cent of the pods are self-sus tainable or self-funded. They also pick up and deliver the goodies to the shelters,” said Quigley.
Right now, Sandwich Sis ters donates food to many shelters including the Native Cultural Centre, The Sanctu ary, Yonge Street Mission, and others.
Sandwich Sisters have also received many dona of having this many shops in close proximity to each other will inevitably lead to the failure of some or all of these shops,” Lennon wrote.
“A concentration of one kind of retail simply means that there will well be a lack of other kinds of retail op tions in the neighbourhood.”
“A lack of variety in retail options will result in fewer pedestrians and less traffic because of the lack of choice available,” he added.
The motion notes the four pending applications for Queen Street East pot shops include Meta Cannabis Co. (698 Queen St. E.), Nova Can nabis (728 Queen St. E.), an unnamed cannabis retail shop at 745 Queen St. E., and Cannoe (800 Queen St. E.).
The city received notices of these shops between May 4 and June 12, and they’re all within one city block (along tions from different grocery store chains across the city including Sobeys, Metro, No Frills, and others.
Quigley said that Nata lia Kostiw, a key member of Sandwich Sisters, inspired hundreds of students across the city to volunteer. She said that they can sign off on volunteer hours required by high school students to graduate.
Quigley said that volun teering is a way to feel more in touch with the community Queen Street East in the area of Broadview Avenue), Fletcher said.
“Four cannabis shops in such a small stretch is too much,” Fletcher said. “Resi dents are concerns about the impacts these shops will have on the area.”
Beyond Riverside, plenty of pot shops are popping up in other East Toronto areas including the Beaches.
There are three cannabis shops opening up farther east on Queen Street East.
Wonderland Cannabis (1578 Queen St. E) and The Neighbourhood Joint (1987 Queen St. E. in the Beach) opened this month, while Canyon Cannabis just down the road at 1984 Queen St. E. is expected to open soon.
Also, Tokyo Smoke has opened at 1303 Queen St. E., near Alton Avenue in Les
Sandwich Sisters have prepared and delivered thousands of meals
lieville. as many people may feel iso lated during the pandemic.
“You get to know the par ents who drop off sandwiches and the people who are super generous with their time. It’s significant what people do,” said Quigley.
She said that right now there is still a need for more volunteers.
To learn more about Sandwich Sisters, please visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ sandwichsisterspods
PHOTO/SUBMITTED Volunteers from the Sandwich Sisters deliver food to a Toronto shelter. Formed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sandwich Sisters now more than 280 volunteers and have made and delivered tens of thousands of sandwiches and other food items.
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air quality in schools.
This money will come from boards’ reserves, in addition to $309 million sup plied by the provincial government.
Story, Aarts, and Ken nedy all said that they have had many parents reach out to them worried about the health and safety of their children, and about the un knowns of how going back to school will work.
“On one side we have parents who need to return to work and needing their kids to be safe, social, and learning…They need that coverage and support. On the other side is a basket of concerns about a safe return to school,” said Story.
Kennedy said that the main concern she hears from parents is about the size of classes.
“I’m getting all kinds of messages from parents… We will find that the main thing is that parents want a cohort of 15. They don’t want the size to be 30 or 20,” said Kennedy.
Beaches East-York MPP Rima Berns-McGown said that the Ministry of Educa tion is dealing with the students going back to school “terribly.”
“No parent should have to make a choice between their child’s education and their child’s health. No parent should have to make a choice between their ability to put food on the table and their child’s education,” she said.
Berns-McGown said that some parents don’t have the luxury of working from home or to help their chil dren with digital learning.
She also said that the plan is putting both students and parents in a terrible position.
“It’s bad for teachers and staff. It’s bad for parents and economically it’s very, very ill-advised. It’s bad for our economy because it’s go ing to hasten shutting down again,” said Berns-McGown.
She said that she thinks the provincial government doesn’t want to spend the money needed to hire extra staff, make class sizes small er, and rent out additional space.
“But what my point is, is that it’s going to end up cost ing our economy. So they’re actually going to end up losing fiscally as well as in terms of what it means for our health and kids’ educa tion,” she said.
Berns-McGown said that parents don’t know what to do in the face of so much un certainty.
“They’re really panicked. They don’t know what to do to solve this problem, they want their kids to be edu cated…Trying to educate
Parent Yona Nestel
your kids while you’re try ing to concentrate on your own work took a huge toll on people, and it didn’t work for many people,” she said.
She said that along with the health of students, par ents are concerned about their children contracting COVID-19 at school and exposing immunocompro mised or older people in the household to the virus.
“There’s no plan, it’s a di saster. And now we’re two weeks away and it’s just a mess,” she said.
Chair of Secord Public School Council and parent Yona Nestel said she was outraged by the plan as it stood prior to Aug. 20.
“The province has billions of dollars of reserve funds it’s sitting on…This is not the place to cut corners with children’s safety,” she said.
Nestel is concerned about her daughter who is due to start junior kindergarten this fall.
“Am I really supposed to send this tiny little person who has very little under standing about things like social distancing? This is her first experience in an insti tutional setting, and this is the demographic they really want to cut corners on?” she said.
Nestel said that she’s wor ried about what the school day is going to look like for her children and if it will be a warm and welcoming envi ronment.
“I care about their psycho social wellbeing. I’m sending them back to school because they need to be together with peers…if school is go ing to be a scary, emotionally sterile place, there’s no point in me taking the risk of send ing them,” she said.
Nestel said that the safety of children in schools is not about money, but rather of “political will.”
She said that she feels for the trustees that are doing their best despite the uncer tainty and limited resources.
“I also want to say I’m proud of how parents and educators came together to do advocacy. I’m part of a group called Ontario Parent Action Network, and they’ve been doing some amazing grassroots advocacy work,” she said.
Parent Jennifer Sheridan said in an interview last Wednesday that she will not be sending her daughter back to school for Grade 1 at Oakridge Public School.
“We’ve decided with a heavy heart not to, but it doesn’t feel like we have a lot of choice,” said Sheridan.
She said that her daugh ter, who is on the autism spectrum, will be missing out on routine and opportu nities for socialization with other children.
“I’m very lucky that I can be with her and give so much of my attention to her. But that is not a typical experi ence, and I can’t make up for peers, and how valuable actual teachers who are trained to do the job are to her life,” she said.
Sheridan said that remote learning has its own share of challenges, referencing her experiences in the spring with 30 kindergarteners try ing to “operate at the same time like a Google Meet.”
“We’re trying to minimize how much we lose. We’re aware that we’re going to lose some things, and it’s a matter of trying to guess what we’re going to lose to try to get ahead of that des perately,” said Sheridan.
For more information on the most current back-toschool plans for the TDSB and the TCDSB, please visit www.tdsb.on.ca or www. tcdsb.org/FORSTUDENTS/ back-to-school/Pages/De fault.aspx respectively.
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By Amanda Gibb
THE VIRTUAL Beaches Jazz Festival showcased performances from more than 300 artists across North America last month. from Friday, July 17, to Sunday, July 26.
Executive director Lido Chilelli said that they are still collecting numbers for audience views from the online festival, but he can say that the number of views has sur passed 30,000.
This year, the Beaches Jazz Fest collected donations for Michael Garron Hospital and its front line workers. “We’re hoping for people to still make donations because we actually have one more event left. But we’re hoping to raise thou sands of dollars for Michael Garron Hospital,” said Chilelli.
Originally, Chilelli said the plan was to acknowledge front line workers on stage at East York Civic Centre as a grand finale, but all permits in Toronto for these types of events are cancelled until Sept. 30. Chilelli said that instead, the last event will be the virtual East York Jam Fest on Saturday, Sept. 19.
“We’ll keep fundraising until that date. We’re confident that a lot of people are going to continue viewing the presentation of the virtual Jazz Festival through Face book and Youtube, and a lot of people will still be contributing,” said Chilelli.
Despite the 32nd annual jazz fest taking on the virtual method of presentation this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chilelli said that the response from the public was positive. He said the festival in creased its national and worldwide audience, and received tremendous support and gratitude from view ers. “People were really excited that we put something together to bring the community together and celebrate what we have and what we’re going to have.”
Chilelli said the virtual festival was a great opportunity for musi cians to play and be brought front and centre for an audience in an otherwise dark and isolated time.
Along with donations to Michael Garron Hospital and putting on a great presentation, Chilelli said there was also another goal for the festival.
“One of the main things we did was that we highlighted all the Beach businesses, that the Beach is alive and to come support local businesses,” he said.
Viewers can watch the free fes tival stream on the Jazz Festival website, Facebook, and Youtube page. For more information or to donate to the hospital, please visit www.beachesjazz.com
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416 953 1775 (15)
Roofers
LANIGAN’S Roofing & Aluminum An honest family service in the heart of The Beaches www.laniganscontracting.ca 416-569-2181 (r)
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 (r)
CITY WIDE
ROOFING
For all your roofing needs
In the Beaches since 1974
FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED
416-690-1430 • 416-266-8953 quotes@citywideroofing.ca
www.citywideroofing.ca (11$)
ROOFING & SIDING? SOLUTION! Flat and Shingle Roofs Re-roofing, Repair Eavestrough, Soffit & Fascia Workmanship Guaranteed Gus: 416-910-8033 (15r)
TORONTO ROOFING
INDUSTRIES LTD.
Local • Reliable • Professional Servicing the beach for 15 years.
416 694 0906
torontoroofingindustries.com (11.r)
CANADIAN CONTRACTORS Shingles • Flats Roof Repairs • Metal Work Eavestroughing & Siding Waterproofing • Since 1984
Met. Lic. B-16-964
Steve 416-285-0440
cell 416-605-9510 (13)
BERGERON ROOFING
Shingle & Flat Specializing in Flat Roofs All Work Guaranteed 35 yrs. experience
416-466-9025 (17)
ROOFING, REPAIRS
DUN-RITE Shingles, Flats Soffit, Eavestroughs, Siding, & Fascia Chimney work.
All types of roof repairs.
647-857-5656
15% Seniors Discount (19)
Trades
HANDYMAN SERVICES “No Job Too Small” •CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL •PAINTING •STAINING •DRYWALL REPAIR •PARGING •DECK & FENCE BUILD & REPAIR •INTERIOR & EXTERIOR REPAIRS Mar Text/Call 416-617-7205 (r)
GODFREY RENOVATIONS & REPAIRS LTD.
Complete Kitchen, bathroom & basement. Interior/Exterior Painting & Carpentry. Doors, Windows,
Siding, Fences, Decks, Patios •NO JOB TOO SMALL• Metro Lic. #B9948 ED GODFREY
416-524-1124 (r)
WET BASEMENT ? Foundation Repair /Water pr oofing
FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.
Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates
416-659-7003 www.webuildit.ca
Serving Your Community Since 1971 (r)
Cable & Telephone Wiring Telephone Systems Residential, Commercial, Retail, Home Offices Senior Rates Alan Burke 416-699-4350
(r)
FOUNDATION WATERPROOFING/ REPAIR UNDERPINNING Fully Licensed Contractors Guaranteed 416 467 6735 stonehengefoundations.com (r)
YOUR STUCCO
Stucco • Moulding
Wall Systems
Drywall, Plastering, Taping 18 yrs Experience • Excellent Job Call Mike 416-854-7024 647 833 7024 Fax 647-341-6104 (12r)
SILVERBIRCH HARDWOOD FLOORING
SPECIALIZING IN SANDING & STAINING
JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457
(11)
QUALITY HOME IMPROVEMENTS & RENOVATIONS by Jim Ferrio Call Jim for a free estimate 416 660 4721
(17)
CHIMNE Y REPAI RS • TU CKPOINTING BRICKWORK • PA RGING
CON CRETE • INTE RLOCKING
PLS Masonry offers over 20 years home repairs experience in the GTA Competitive prices • Satisfaction guaranteed Call today for free estimate 416-999-2333 (11.r)
HEY HANDYMAN SERVICES 15 yrs exp No job too small!
Free Quotes, satisfaction guaranteed - Lic & Ins
Painting, tiling, fencing, drywall, flooring, siding, vanities & much more.
647-771-0227
jeff@heyhandyman.ca www.heyhandyman.ca (12r)
JDB MASONRY • Brick / Foundation • Concrete / Stone • Chimney & Parging
Restoration & Build www.jdbuild.ca
416-738-2119 (12r)
CANPRO MECHANICAL Air Conditioning & Heating Experts HVAC / Repair / Maintain / Install Residential / Commercial Rental programs now available 416-606-4719 www.canpromechanicalgroup.com (11.r)
MARCANGELO INTERIORS Drywall, Taping Trim, Tiles, Painting Marc 416 419 4281
marcangelointeriors@hotmail.com (11r)
JOHN CLARKE
Cell 416 434-2762
Painting - Basement Renos Plaster & Stucco • Interior & Exterior
Small Renovation Jobs & Indoor/
Outdoor Spray Painting 35 Yrs Exp • Refs upon request Free Estimates (13)
MAYFAIR HEATING & COOLING INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Maurice (Cell) 647.638.8441 mayfairHEATINGandcooling.com
(11$)
THE STONE PORCH MASONRY
Brick • Block • Concrete Steel • Stone www.thestoneporch.com thestoneporch@gmail.com
416-265-6674 (11.r)
UNDERPINNING & WATERPROOFING Maximum General Contracting Inc. “Your basement lowering specialists” 416-826-3918 John www.mgcunderpinning.com maximumgen@gmail.com
MET# B16348 Since 1998 (11.r)
MASONRY by Daniel • chimneys & foundations • parging & tuck pointing • arches, lintels & sills • door & window rough-ins • foundation waterproofing 416 988-2589
danielmccaf@gmail.com (r)
Jack of all Trades
HANDYMAN SERVICES
Basements, Kitchens, Bathrooms Fences, Decks, Drywall, Carpentry
No job too small. Free estimates. Serving the Beaches for 15 years.
416-278-5328 (13)
JUST DRYWALL AND TAPING
Sam Capetanu 416 876-4986
FURNITURE REFINISHING + REPAIR Classic Restoration & Woodworking 38 Years experience 416 759-8878 classicrestoration@outlook.com (11...)
S.A.C Masonry Brick, Block, Stone, Chimneys, Concrete, and all masonry repairs Call Sergio 416 873 9936 (11)
CJ DRYWALL & PAINTING Professional drywall and plaster work. Renovation and Repair. Very clean. No job too small. Call C.J. 647 222 5338
JASON T HE MASON TUCKPOINTING • CHIMNEYS
CONCRETE WORK
WINDOW CUTOUTS
WATERPROOFING
REGISTERED & INSURED
416-580-4126 cell (8/21 )
