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Warm welcome for new Canadian said. “I went to visit this place, I went to visit that place, I went to GRINNING FROM ear to ear in see my aunt and uncle in Barrie front of his workplace, the Top and for my immediate family, I Valu gas station on Kingston have my sister here who wanted Road, Tanzanian-born Shehzada me to stay with her, too, so I proMazherali Kassamali might be a longed [the stay in Canada] that familiar face for many drivers in way,” he said. Back then, Kassamali had a job the neighbourhood. But on a recent day in April, at a paper factory in Tanzania he’s smiling for a special reason. after completing an advanced Holding his Canadian citizen- degree in physics, chemistry and ship certificate in his hands, he mathematics. But despite having beams. It may be but a simple a life back in East Africa, Kassapiece of paper, but what it repre- mali said it was Canada that trusents is much more than that. ly felt like home because “when “I was already accepted from I came to Canada I knew I could the beginning,” he said, of his ini- feel a sense of human values, Catial years in Canada. “So I didn’t nadian values – talking to people, feel like a foreigner when I was in everybody says thank you, everythe country. I didn’t feel that at body says you’re welcome, you all … Everybody was nice to me. know. Everybody holds the door The community is amazing. [It’s for you. You see the values of a] beautiful community, diverse.” Canada and you fall in love. You Even so, receiving his citizen- just can’t not fall in love whership at a ceremony earlier this ever you come from.” year gives Kassamali a renewed And it wasn’t long before Kassense of purpose about his life samali fell in love with a Canahere. Especially because the dian girl, who in 2010 became his requirements to obtain it take Canadian wife. “We decided some time to get married and patience. and we apAc c o r d i n g plied for perto the Government of Canamanent resida, to become dence. I think a Canadian it was after citizen applitwo years I got cants must my permanent be permanent residence,” he residents who recalled. “As – Shehzada Kassamali have been soon as I got physically my permanent present in the residentship country for I went home at least 1,460 [to] Tanzania. days during I took my wife a six year period, in addition to there to see the country.” being present for 183 days within Since moving to Toronto, Kassamali has been working as a the four years prior. Applicants must also demon- manager at Top Valu, where he strate a suitable understanding says he is “very happy” – a stateof English and/or French, and ment that becomes obvious as prove their knowledge of our his boss jokingly chimes in, both history, values, institutions and of them laughing heartily, “We symbols, among a host of other don’t want him here but he stays here! We can’t get rid of him!” requirements. But now that he’s a citizen, he “I felt accomplished,” he said. “I felt like I had accomplished said he is “looking forward to something in my life to become a many different things” – specifically, the possibility of becoming citizen of Canada.” Becoming a Canadian has been a teacher. “I kept saying, How can I give a goal of his since visiting Toronto to attend a cousin’s wedding back to the community? So hope10 years ago. Shortly after arriv- fully I get more into my bachelor of ing, he realized he did not want education. I’m hoping in the future to leave so he stayed to travel the that I become a teacher,” he said. country. Continued on Page 4 “I kept extending my visa,” he By Lara O’Keefe
“” “You see the values of Canada and you fall in love.”
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Artistic expression Krishna Suthar performs a dance onstage during the annual Baisakhi festival in the Gerrard India Bazaar, April 15.
City works to preserve Leuty station By Lara O’Keefe
stone,” said Cutler. “Once that work is complete, we will review the broader impacts these storms will have on the beach.” In the meantime, city staff are asking people and their pets to stay away from the water. “Standing water can often pose concerns, especially when combined with animal and bird feces and heat, like on a beach,” said Cutler. “We’ve asked that residents (and their pets) stay away from the water and our machinery on the beach while we deal with these issues.”
RESIDENTS HAVE been voicing their concerns over the past weeks about the rising water levels along the shorelines of Ashbridges Bay and Woodbine Beach but it’s the historic Leuty Lifeguard Station that is currently raising alarm bells with the City of Toronto. City crews were on the scene last week, working to maintain and preserve the historic landmark. “This may have an impact on the beach and the volleyball courts in the long-term, but more urgently, this has threatened the 97-year-old Leuty Lifeguard Station and the Boardwalk,” said Matthew Cutler, spokesperson for the city’s Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation department. While shorelines have been known to evolve over time, Cutler explained that “recent storms have brought waves further onto Woodbine Beach and Ashbridges Bay than we have seen in decades.” The city constantly works to manage the waterfront by building break walls, dredging and strategic planting in an effort to minimize changes to the shoreline. But to mitigate the current issues creeping up on the Leuty Lifeguard Station and the boardwalk, “staff are working with the Toronto Region ConPHOTO: ANNA KILLEN servation Authority to secure these two assets by moving City workers move sand around the Leuty Lifeguard Station April 12 in an efsand and installing armour fort to combat effects from the highest water levels seen in decades.
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around 4:05 a.m. Following a call about a suspicious male going through vehicles in the area of Waverley Road and Norway Avenue, police engaged in a brief vehicle pursuit on April 13, at which time the two suspects were arrested. Samuel Wincenty, 18, has been charged 32 times in relation to more than a dozen offences including possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace, possession of property obtained by crime, two counts of robbery with a firearm, and three counts of disguise with intent. Emma Young, 18, has been charged a dozen times in relation to nine offences including possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace, possession of a firearm obtained by crime, four counts of possession of property obtained by crime, and possession of a prohibited weapon. Wincenty and Young attended court April 14 at Old City Hall.
THE SEARCH for the car of 25-year-old Nicholas Tyler Baig — who was arrested for second-degree murder Saturday, April 8 — ended in the Beach two days later. Police said they found the body of his wife Arianna Goberdhan, 27, on Friday, April 7 evening with obvious signs of trauma. Goberdhan was nine months pregnant at the time of her death. Her baby did not survive, said police. Baig was taken into custody on Saturday, April 8 after he was located in Markham, but until the early morning hours of April 10 authorities were still searching for the vehicle he was last seen driving — a 2015 black Infiniti with license plate BVBP 480. Const. George Tudos with the Durham Region Police Service said the Toronto Police recognized the unoccupied vehicle when they were in the area and called DRPS to further investigate. David Hopkinson, media relations officer with the Toronto Police Service, confirmed that the car was found parked in the area of Queen Street East and Lee Avenue early Monday morning. Police found the car while investigating multiple robberies in the same area. Hopkinson confirmed that police
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Emergency services responded to reports of a person falling off a City of Toronto garbage truck near the intersection of Folcroft Avenue and Cliffside Drive at around 2:30 p.m. on April 6. The woman later succumbed to her injuries.
received several phone calls over the last few days from taxi drivers who had been robbed at gunpoint in the Beach area. Tudos said police do not believe the two incidents are connected and there is no concern for public safety at this time. The suspect is currently in custody and it is an isolated incident, he said. Anyone with information about the murder investigation is asked to call Det. Short (ext. 5401) or Det. Horrocks (ext. 5418) of the Durham Regional Police Service Major Crime – Homicide Unit at 1-888-579-1520.
A 59-YEAR-OLD woman died from injuries sustained after falling off a garbage truck in Cliffside on April 7. The incident happened around 2 p.m. Friday in the
Folcroft Avenue and Cliffside Drive area. A police release sent out that morning said that she was “standing on the rear passenger side of a 2016 Mack garbage truck, with a 52-year-old man driving the truck, eastbound on Folcroft Avenue, approaching Cliffside Drive.” She suffered a medical episode and fell off the truck, said police, who assisted in an emergency run to get her to the hospital quickly. A memorial was to be held in Diane Chicoine’s honour on Thursday, April 13 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the corner of Cliffside Drive and Folcroft Avenue. Family, friends, coworkers and the public were invited to gather and pay their respects by lighting a candle in her memory.
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Call for proposals sheds light on park sponsorship rights By Lara O’Keefe
THE CITY continues its efforts to animate the Eastern Beaches, with a request for proposal issued last week looking for vendors to operate retail or service businesses in the area. Interested parties are invited to apply but should be aware that “under no circumstances will the sale or distribution of food and/or beverages of any form whatsoever be allowed within the Licensed Area,” the city document states.
Ward 32 councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon said the city is hoping to attract vendors that will focus on sport and recreation sales such as paddle board rentals or summer boot camps rather than food, beverage or product sales. “We’re open to ideas,” she said. Food, beverage and product sales are still forbidden due to rights maintained by Tuggs Inc., which has an exclusive lease to sponsorship and food and beverage rights around Woodbine Beach and Ashbridge’s Bay. Tuggs used to also have similar rights in
Kew Gardens, but lost them after the recent renovations to the park. The terms of the controversial Tuggs agreement run until 2028, but council agreed last year to review these terms in the fall and report back to the Government Management Committee by the first quarter of 2017. McMahon said that, as of now, the conversation with Tuggs about their situation is still ongoing and she cannot comment further. “We are still in talks with him,” she said. She was not able to provide a timeline. In a letter published in Beach Metro News
earlier this year, the Free the Beaches group, which was formed last year in response to Tuggs’ application to transfer parts of its lease to Cara Operations Limited, encouraged residents to urge council to be more transparent about its dealings with Tuggs. The RFP document states that the city is looking for proposals for a three-year term. Operating season will run annually from June 1st to September 30th between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekly, weather permitting. The deadline to apply is May 5, 2017.
‘No parking’ hours extended By Lara O’Keefe
DRIVERS IN the East End may want to double check the signs before parking the car. Earlier this month the City of Toronto announced changes to parking and turning regulations along Queen Street East and Kingston Road, among others, in an effort to minimize traffic congestion during peakperiods and improve the flow of traffic and streetcars. The initiative is part of the city’s larger Congestion Management Strategy which is making a number of changes to city traffic regulations over the coming months. Similar changes have already been made downtown. Among the other changes are an increased number of cameras, an increased number of variable-message signs, and improved coordination of traffic signals, said the April 6 news release. Changes have gone into effect, with new signs currently being installed, but Steve Johnston, strategic communications with the City of Toronto, said the regulations are currently in a transition period and “there [will be] a period of education prior to enforcement.” • Eastbound Queen Street East between Woodbine Avenue and Wineva Avenue: new no stopping hours are 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. • Eastbound Kingston Road between Glen Manor Drive and Victoria Park Avenue: new no stopping hours are 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. • Westbound Kingston Road between Scarborough Road and Main Street/Southwood Drive: new no stopping hours are 7:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. Readers were swift to respond to these changes on our website, with one reader commenting, “The “no parking” hours should be extended two hours more, both eastbound and westbound for much further than Woodbine to Wineva” and others offering their suggestions. What do you think about these changes? How can parking in the area be improved? Join the conversation at www.beachmetro.com/2017/04/06/no-parking-hours-extended-east-end/
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History revealed After the signage was removed from the recently closed St. Louis Bar and Grill on Queen Street East, an interesting discovery was uncovered, revealing the story of past occupants, The building, located at the corner of Queen Street East and Kenilworth Avenue, was constructed sometime in 1921 and designed by architect Joseph Hunt Stanford. Home Bank of Canada, incorporated in Toronto in 1903, ceased operations on August 17, 1923 amidst much controversy. Its failure was the subject of a Canadian Royal Commission initiated by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
MP responds to new marijuana legislation By Anna Killen
BEACHES-EAST YORK MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is generally in agreement with the government’s newly tabled Cannibis Act, legislation that introduces a framework to legalize marijuana. “Overall, the proposed law is sensible drug policy. It is a public health approach that also treats Canadians like the responsible adults we are,” said Erskine-Smith in an email. The proposed law will allow adults 18 years and older to buy, possess and grow small amounts of marijuana for personal use (possess 30 grams; grow four plants per household), while making it a serious criminal offence to sell marijuana to a minor,
among other new regulations and penalties. The Liberal MP has said in the past that he would like to see the government go further than pot legalization by decriminalizing all drugs, but said he is pleased the legislation follows the recommendations of last year’s marijuana task force. “It’s also good to see that youth who are caught with up to five grams will not be criminally charged, though I’m skeptical of the value of any criminal penalties for possession,” he said. The government said the new system is planned to be in place by June 2018. In the meantime, Erskine-Smith would have liked to see interim regulations to prevent arrests while the legislation is being passed.
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“I don’t think it makes any sense to continue to arrest anyone for personal use of cannabis, and I hope we’ll see expedited record suspensions down the road,” he said. His office is hosting a drug policy town hall on Wednesday, April 19 at Canadian Martyrs Catholic School, 520 Plains Rd., to hear from constituents. That’s ahead of a “budget breakfast” on Wednesday, April 26 at 7:30 a.m. at The Nook General Store, 2005 Danforth Ave., to address feedback and concerns about the recent federal budget. While he has addressed some of those concerns – like the cancellation of the transit tax credit – on social media, the breakfast is a chance to talk about them in person.
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‘I feel like I totally belong here’ Continued from Page 1 As a member of the Ismaili community, Kassamali said he feels strongly about giving back and making a difference in the lives of others. Being Canadian, he feels, will also help him achieve this goal. “My spiritual father is the Aga Khan and as he put it in his words when he was here, Canada is a leader in the community of the nations in the sense that Canada is successful because of its values,” he said. “Because Canada is peaceful, it’s democratic, it shows a pluralist society which has helped a lot of countries in crisis become countries of opportunity and that is very touching for me.” It’s a sentiment that seems to be echoed by a number of Canadians in the Beach area. Grabbing a bag from behind him, Kassamali began to pull items given to him by members of the community. Among them, a Canadian flag gifted to him by a local war veteran, a container of real Canadian maple syrup, and a book about the top 100 unusual places to visit in Canada. His eyes twinkled, smile growing as
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New Canadian Shehzada Mazherali Kassamali shows off his citizenship certificate earlier this month.
he reached to remove each item from the bag, holding the gifts from his local friends. “I received also a letter from the MP and when we got our citizenship we received this booklet too with all sorts of
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IN A positive turn of events, Dentonia Park Nursery School (DPNS) has announced that it will be able to remain open for the coming year. The co-op school feared closure if it could not increase enrolment and went public with its story last month. The school credits a subsequent outpouring of community support for its reversal in fortune. “There has been a groundswell of community support for the school,” said parent Clifton Corbin. “The last open house (April 1) was very well attended and included [city councillor] Janet Davis, who has also been a wonderful advocate for our school.” At present, the school has now reached more than 80 per cent enrollment — a number which is anticipated to become 100 per cent before the next school year. Corbin said there are only a handful of spots left for the 2017/2018 year. In the meantime, members of the Dentonia Park Nursery School board are voicing their appreciation. “The way the community has rallied around the school has been remarkable,” said board president Amy DeMoulin. “It shows that co-op nursery schools are still vital to the community ... we are overjoyed that DPNS will be here for the foreseeable future.”
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Play helps students find their voice FOR GRADE 8 students at East Alternative School (EAST), being courageous doesn’t necessarily mean wearing a cape. The students have spent the year working on a project that will culminate in a final play called Courageous Voices. The concept of the play is inspired by Joseph Campbell’s book, Hero with a Thousand Faces, which was first published in 1949 and examines the theory of the monomyth, or the journey of a hero. Campbell believed that classic heroes always followed along the same path: going on an adventure, winning a victory in the midst of a crisis, and then coming home transformed or changed. The concept first began as a hero/heroine museum exhibit, explained teacher and creator Lynn Heath. “We always looked at Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces,” she said. “His definition is the definition we use for the hero/heroine. We’d get dressed up and we’d always make these life-size portraits of [the students chosen] hero/heroine.” From there, it developed into a monologue, and later into the musical rendition that it is today. For their part, the Grade 8 students were tasked with researching and writing an essay about people who they believe to be heros or heroines “and they read the essay and the class votes – are they a hero/heroine? And if they’re not, they’re back to the drawing board. We have to have a global definition and that’s the one we’re using,” said Heath. Once they have settled on their characters, they will embody the person they chose to write about in the performance. “Each year we ask the children if they want to do this – because it’s a lot of work – but every year they say they feel people need to hear these words, and at the end they always say they feel really empowered that they’ve made a difference,” she said. “What’s very cool is the story behind the story because there are students who have never been on stage in their life and they’re terrified but they love their hero/heroine so much they want to get the words across. It’s a message that they want you to hear.” Heath believes encouraging this kind of
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Many hands, warm hearts at Out of the Cold Matthew Kellway Chair Out of the Cold in the Beach at St. Aidan’s FROM NOVEMBER until this time of year, the doors of St. Aidan’s open to the homeless on Monday nights. For 11 years now. Like the lake at the bottom of the street, there’s a rhythm to it. From across the city, the guys arrive at the Silver Birch doors midMonday afternoon. Michael is there to let the first 25 in, out of the cold, at about 3 p.m. The boys from Neil McNeil will have been and gone, sleeping mats arrayed, dining hall set – “just so”, as Frank requires. Gene will have delivered milk
and the bread from Cobs. A volunteer will have swung by Starbucks at Kew for an urn of coffee, Tori’s Bakeshop for goodies and Bagels on Fire for dozens of the obvious. The afternoon shift will have arrived to lay this bounty out. Homemade soup, courtesy of the Soup Queens, will be hot when the guys come in. Nurse Jenn is there to care for feet. Maybe upstairs in the kitchen, or maybe offsite, a team of volunteers is cooking dinner for 70. Musicians, with Brad and Dave on soundboard, will be tuning on stage. The dinner crew will already be elbows deep in dishes. Candles lit and lights dimmed, guests drift into Memorial Hall. Grace. Music. It is, as Valear puts it, “radical hospitality” that is
practiced here. Those just here for dinner head out into the night after dessert – some to homes, some as close to warmth as security guards will allow, some to the ravines. Our overnight guests retreat downstairs – some for a movie and popcorn, some straight to bed. Morning comes early and so does the morning crew. Some guests will forgo the bacon and eggs and head out into a dark morning. But all will be gone by 8 a.m. with a brown bag lunch and a Tim Horton’s card to make the day easier. Our country used to do better – we even had a few shining moments. It was a Canadian, after all, that was called upon to serve as the Principal Drafter of the UN’s
“Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Therein, housing is recognized as a right. But in the mid-’90s our federal government announced what it already put into practice – an end to federal funding of social housing. Let the provinces deal, it said. I was working for the ministry of finance when our provincial government declined to deal. Over to you, cities, it said. And I was down at Toronto city hall only weeks ago, with faith leaders and other Out of the Cold chairs, to plea for maintenance of staffing in our city’s shelter system. We lost. And so we find ourselves with nearly 200,000 Torontonians on a list for affordable housing. With an overcrowded, under-resourced
shelter system. With wage and social assistance levels that leave many nearly without a home. Without healthcare and social services to meet the need. And, with an Out of the Cold Program that was only ever meant to be temporary. So the guys come back Monday after Monday, winter after winter. And so we come back, too. They are us – brothers and sisters of a sort. And because they are without, we will share. And because it is cold outside, we will let them in. Until someday, we hope, we won’t be needed. Thank you to the many who help keep the doors of St. Aidan’s open to those in need of warmth. Out of the Cold’s final Monday dinner of the season is April 24.
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Some suggestions for sprucing up Queen Street I AM a fairly new Beacher and I shop religiously in our local area. It makes for good neighbourhood stuff. After reading your article on the state of shops and restaurants (“Many factors feed into empty storefronts on Queen East”, March 21), I looked at Queen Street with some more interest. It occurred to me that the general appearance would be a lot better if businesses would take care of a few things, like: replacing/repairing awnings; replacing missing letters in neon signs; sweeping the sidewalk in front of their establishment; if paper signs are used in the windows, make sure all corners are attached to the window; out of business storefronts were papered up neatly; fixing that little bit of missing paint; remove holiday decora-
tions when the holidays are over and certainly by the time spring comes around; and remove flyers sticking out from the mailbox Some establishments look squeaky clean from the street and attract customers more easily than others. I share Beacher concerns about the number of disappearing businesses. But I’m probably preaching to the converted. Ada Spanjaard
Lessons from another village I WAS shopping in Roncesvalles Village recently and was delighted to see how vibrant and attractive the main street has become. There are no glass highrises and all the retail stores in low rise buildings look
spruced up and ready for spring. I only saw a couple of empty stores and could not help comparing the area to our Beach Village, where Queen Street is full of spaces to rent. Many of the open stores on Queen look like they could use the windows washed and more TLC. It is general knowledge that Beach retailers continue to struggle mostly because of high rents and because the area does have the 360 degrees of dense population due to lake Ontario to the south. I cannot say I have the answers to the problem but I can see the difference from one very successful Toronto “village” to our own. Roncesvalles was full of people of all ages shopping in stores and eating in restaurants. The shops appeared to include
all that is needed for “shopping locally”. Perhaps there is something to be learned from how they have “developed” so successfully with more emphasis on making a good mix of neighbourhood homes and stores and less on selling out to high rise developers. Sharman Wilson
New ‘gate’ in Kew spoils the view I HELD my tongue and my pen as I watched the destruction of the flower gardens at the top of Kew Gardens. I maintained my silence as, month after month, the area was closed to the public. The work took forever, doubled
in cost, and still I did not write. A year passed and then another summer came and went. When I returned from vacation, I could, at least, walk in the area again. The only necessary and successful renovation is the area around the War Memorial. But then, out of nowhere, a hideous black thing appeared. Purporting to be a welcome gate, it spoils the view of the west end of the Beaches Branch Library and blocks the expansive view of the park from the sidewalk. These socalled renovations are a total folly. The black barricade was the last straw for me and I had to speak up. Lee Gold
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Deja Views By David Van Dyke
This archival photograph looks down the hill to the lake from Balsam Avenue, just south of Pine. It was
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BEACH WRITER Kateri Lanthier’s second collection of poetry, Siren, has just been published by Signal Editions, Vehicule Press. The last time Beach Metro caught up with Lanthier was in 2013, when she won the Walrus Poetry Prize for “The Coin Under the Leftmost Sliding Cup”, a love poem inspired by a small earthquake that shook Toronto the previous spring. Since, the mother of three and UofT adjunct faculty member has won third prize in the London, Englandbased Troubadour International Poetry Prize and had numerous poems published in Canada and the US (Green Mountains Review, Hazlitt, Arc, Event, Matrix, The Fiddlehead). Now, she is celebrating the launch of Siren, which details her search for what she calls “compelling melancholy” and deepens her connection
to the ghazal, an ancient Persian form of love poetry that is at once dangerous, alluring, and delicate. Lanthier approaches her subject with a fair amount of wit and play.
‘Siren’ Take the opening stanza of the near-title track, “Sirens”: “I was the waif in the snowbank of the banquet hall parking lot. A voluptuous stray. A bravura drunk. My thoughts encrypted in sugar.” Vehicule Press fetes Lanthier and Siren at the collec-
tion’s official launch at the Monarch Tavern on Clinton Street May 3, and in Montreal May 9. But for those closer to home, Lanthier will be appearing at the Authors For Indies event at Book City in the Beach April 29, one of numerous events celebrating local authors across the city. Also appearing at the 1950 Queen St. E. bookstore April 29, according to the Authors for Indies website, are authors Ken McGoogan, Teri Vlassopoulos, Cathy Marie Buchanan, Lisa de Nikolits, Elan Mastai, and Terri Favro.
APRIL IS National Poetry Month, and to kick it off, Beacher Kate Marshall Flaherty visited Ms. Cornwall’s Grade 3 class at Kew Beach School. Marshall talked about poetry as the “language of the heart,” where, like poet Mary Oliver says, “it’ not so much what the words say
as how they make you feel.” She shared her past experiences as a “Random Acts of Poetry” poet here in the Beach several years ago. Continued on Page 8 ,
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ALWAYS IMPRESSIVE and inspiring, Danforth CTI’s visual arts department’s annual year-end show turns 10 this year with XHIBITART17. Featuring work by senior students, alumni and staff at the Papermill Gallery at Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Road, the exhibition runs from Wednesday, April 19 through Sunday, April 30 with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. opening night. The show has been held at the gallery since its inception in 2008, and the mounting of the show has become an important part of the curriculum, with students learning matting and hanging techniques, taking field trips to the gallery to install and take down the show, and experiencing a level of professionalism that stays with them throughout their careers. Opening night is a school affair, with music performed by Danforth’s music students and catering by the school’s hospitality department. Admission is free, with artwork available for purchase. For more information, call Danforth’s visual arts department at 416-393-0620. THERE’S STILL time to take in the April exhibition at Gerrard Art Space, The Painting Show, featuring work by 22 artists.
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Amazed The Amazing Gadget Show by Bill Buxton, right, opened at Studio 888 on Queen Street East April 12. Featuring his 40-year collection of electronic devices, its showing until the end of the month.
Through April 23, the cozy space is adorned with creations by artists Marilyn Couto, Joanna Strong, Patricia Hennessy, Iuliana Barbu, Ginny Fanthome, Osvaldo Napoli, Maren Boedeker, Olga Philip, Suzanne Robitaille, Dyvie Aquino, Paul Koskinen, Sophie Creelman, Bev Quinn, Anne-Marie Olczak, Joe Rivera, Cherie Daly, Sara Craig, Dahlia Sawwan, Jerome Evola, Corynn Kokolakis, Kyle Yip and Elviga Sebris. Take it all in on April 22, when the art collective hosts its Spring Pop-up Market at GAS from 2 to 7 p.m. Curated by the creators of local lotion line Bruha’s Cupboard, there will be eight different vendors with products ranging from organic chocolate to natural skin care to funky house decor, all with a unique twist. Musicians and artists will be on hand to add some sparkle to the day, GAS’s fourth market held at the space. Gerrard Art Space is located at 1475 Gerrard St. E. More information at www.gerrardartspace.com.
COBALT GALLERY is celebrating April with a group show. The charming Kingston Road gallery plays host to local artists Kellie Jobson, Benjamin Wieler, Theresa Morin and Annette
‘Jellyfish’ by Martin Schmidt, Grade 11, Danforth CTI Hansen until the end of the month. Panels are still available for Cobalt Gallery and neighbour Yellow House Gallery’s collaborative Canada 150 effort. Artists are invited to pick up a panel from the galleries, create, and then hang at a show mounting later this year. Panels are available until the end of the month if they do not sell out. Cobalt Gallery is located at 870 Kingston Road (at Beech Avenue). More information at www.cobaltgallery.ca
Beach Books Continued from Page 7 “Random Act of Poetry” is when she “poemed” (read a poem and gave a book) people in Kew Park, the Beaches Library, and Ed’s Real Scoop. The students then wrote their own imagistic poems,
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titled “Ode to Myself”, using simile and metaphor. Then, continuing the creative and engaging morning, the entire class wrote two collective palindrome sonnets, “A Murder of Crows” and “An Unkindness of Ravens.” Marshall told the students about what it’s like to be a writer, and what an honour it is to be the Toronto representative for the League of Canadian poets, who are celebrating “Poem in your Pocket Day” on April 27. On that day anyone can go to http://poets.ca/pocketpoem/ to download a Canadian poem to keep in a pocket and share: at a bus stop, waiting in line, at a cafe or social gathering. The website is full of ideas about how to share a poem and celebrate Canadian poetic diversity and creativity.
For more information about National Poetry Month and the League of Canadian Poets, go to Poets.ca Below, one of the poems the Grade 3 class wrote collectively:
An Unkindness of Ravens a palindrome sonnet O ravens so cruel! Cruel, yet swift and lovely, you are blaring when you wake, eyes scanning for prey. Dark as a night sky flying over the shining moon, you sound like another’s death, soaring out of sight. You sound like another’s death, soaring out of sight. Flying over the shining moon dark as a night sky, eyes scanning for prey. You are blaring when you wake, cruel, yet swift and lovely. O ravens so cruel!
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ premieres Sunday, April 30 on Bravo
Atwood’s story staged on Silver Birch Bernie Fletcher
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magine you arrive at your child’s daycare one morning and find armed guards outside the doors. A scary thought, but this really happened last September at the Church of St. Aidan’s on Silver Birch Avenue at Queen Street. Thank heaven the guns were merely props and the soldiers were only actors filming a timely adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s best-selling dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. The 10-part series premieres April 30 at 9 p.m. on Bravo. Rev. Lucy Reid of St. Aidan’s says that the scene alarmed parents unaware of the filming and caused “quite an excitement here” as the young handmaids-in-training were led into the building by the armed guards.“The ground floor level of the Memorial Hall was set up as a dormitory, while the gym below was staged as a classroom,” she says. “Our somewhat dilapidated building apparently was ideal.” The Tudor-style hall was dedicated in 1923 as a memorial to those from St. Aidan’s who lost their lives in the First World War. The trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale shows disturbing images of armies outside Toronto’s City Hall as well as film locations such as the CBC headquarters, Ripley’s Aquarium, Lake Ontario and the beautiful bridge at Old Mill Road over the Humber River. Offred (Elizabeth Moss) narrates in
an ominous voiceover: “I was asleep before. That’s how we let it happen. When they slaughtered Congress, we didn’t wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the Constitution, we didn’t wake up then, either. Now I’m awake. My name is Offred. I had another name...” What is truly frightening is the vision of a nightmare future living under a totalitarian regime which has taken away the rights of women, even to their own name. Offred (literally ‘Of Fred’) is a handmaid, “offered” for sacrifice as property to the Commander (Joseph Fiennes). She is determined to survive for the sake of her daughter. Though filmed around Toronto and Cambridge, Ontario (standing in for Cambridge, Mass.) the setting of Atwood’s 1985 novel is New England in the Republic of Gilead. While set in the near future, the uniform red robes and white bonnets worn by the handmaids harken back to a repressive past. Atwood was inspired by her studies of 17th century America and its Puritan values. People may label the tale far-fetched or say “that couldn’t happen here”, but Atwood has explained that “when I wrote it I was making sure I wasn’t putting anything into it that human beings had not already done somewhere at some time.” Watch for the author herself in a cameo role in a scene where handmaids are being brainwashed. She also plays a brief part in Sarah Polley’s production of Alias Grace to air in
the fall on CBC. Atwood’s 1996 book is based on the true story of a shocking double murder on a farm just north of Toronto in 1843. What is your favourite book-to-film adaptation? I hope you have been watching the CBC’s wonderful series Anne taken from Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic Anne of Green Gables. Acclaimed movies have brought world renown to Canadian authors like Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient), Yann Martel (The Life of Pi), Emma Donohue (Room), Lawrence Hill (The Book of Negroes) and Alice Munro (Away From Her). In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, Wednesday, April 19 is National Canadian Film Day. Free screenings of 150 homegrown films include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) from the novel by Mordecai Richler. For more information check out the website at canadianfilmday.ca. Locally, the Great Escape Book Store is hosting its inaugural Book and Film Club movie screening tonight, April 19, at the Fox Theatre. Strangers on a Train begins at 7 p.m. with a discussion and social afterwards. You may also be interested in TIFF’s “Books on Film” series about “great cinema that began as great literature.” Whatever your politics or religion or whether or not you think “the book was better”, enjoy the creative spirit and imagination of brilliant writing on screen or on the page as we Canadians look back together on a century and a half of democracy.
Entertainment Beat By Anna Killen
WHY NOT Theatre marks 10 years with a forward-thinking pay-what-you-can-afford production of Prince Hamlet, adapted and directed by Ravi Jain, at The Theatre Centre through April 29. Presented in association with Soulpepper Theatre Company, the English and American Sign Language bilingual production shakes things up gender and culture-wise, reordering and reconstructing the classic tale into a contemporary accomplishment that asks the question: “Who gets to tell this story?” Prince Hamlet was Why Not’s inaugural production, and Jain’s new production is both a look back and a look to the future. East End actor Christine Horne, who costarred with Ellen Burstyn in the film The Stone Angel, plays Hamlet (Jeff Ho, artistic director of Factory, plays Ophelia), who is, of
JOSEPH FRANK WEBER On April 4, 2017, in his 88th year, passed away after a long illness, surrounded by his loving family. He will be sorely missed by his dedicated wife, Helga, along with Arlene, his children Bruce (Lana), Christopher (Kristina), Eva (Wayne) and Joey (Maureen) and grandchildren Adam, Jessi, Dylan, Tamara, Carson, Pearce, Hunter, Olivia and Joseph. Also his step-children Thomas and Frank, step-grandchildren Cameron and Colin. Joe was a colourful fixture in the Beach for 57 years and was well-known for his love of big band music, dancing, and “Just one cigarette...I’m quitting smoking.”
thefatherdaughterdance course, struggling to understand the world he lives in after the sudden death of his father. Karen Robinson, who lives in the neighbourhood and whose delightful deadpan can currently be seen on CBC TV’s Schitt’s Creek, plays Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother. The diverse, dynamic and accessible cast and play’s creators breathe new life into a 400-year-old play, illuminating new life lessons and takeaways about what theatre can be. Prince Hamlet opens Wednesday, April 19 at 8 p.m. with shows Monday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Franco Boni Theatre, The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West. Pay-what-you-can-afford tickets at $5/$25/$50/$75. To purchase tickets call 416.538.0988 or visit tickets.theatrecentre.org. For more information theatrewhynot.org. Continued on Page 22
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Community Calendar APRIL 18: Beach Garden Society at Adam Beck Community Centre, 79 Lawlor Ave., 7:30-9 p.m. Please join the Beach Garden Society as Marion Jarvie tells us everything we wanted to know and more about Japanese Maples. She will discuss planting, pruning and overall care in our gardens. Refreshments and engaging conversations provided by our members. Beach Garden Society “Beautifying the Beach for over 30 years”. Info: www. facebook.com/BeachGardenSociety/ APRIL 19: Drug Policy Town Hall with Beaches-East York MP Nathaniel ErskineSmith at Canadian Martyrs Catholic School (gym), 520 Plains Rd., 6 p.m. Learn more about the proposed legislation to legalize and regulate cannabis, and the recently-passed Bill C-37, at this panel discussion. Info: 416-467-0860, beynate.ca APRIL 19: Great Escape Bookstore Book and Film Club screens Hitchcock’s ‘Strangers on a Train’ at The Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen St. E., 7 p.m., followed by Q&A with film professor Kathleen Cummins. Info: 416-691-7150 APRIL 20-22: Scarborough Players present ‘Tons of Money’ at Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. (at Markham Rd.), 8 p.m., April 9 and 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets $22 (discounts for students and seniors). Free parking, reserved seats, wheelchair accessible. Info: 416267-9292, www.theatrescarborough.com APRIL 21: Retro 80’s Video Dance Party at St. Joseph Catholic School, 176 Leslie St., 7-11 p.m. DJ/VJ, lighting show and video screen, wine tasting with sommelier, appetizers/wine/beer, silent auction. 19+ only. Presented by St. Joseph Parent Council. Info: fundraiserstjoseph@gmail.com APRIL 22: Spring Pop-up Market at Gerrard Art Space, 1475 Gerrard St. E., 2-7 p.m. Curated by ‘Bruha’s Cupboard’ and features 8 different vendors with products such as organic chocolate, natural skin care and funky house décor. Info: facebook event page Spring GAS Pop-up Market APRIL 22: Rummage & Bake Sale at Hope United Church (corner of Main & Danforth), 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Baking, jewelry, books, clothes, shoes, purses, videos, records, tapes, kitchen items. Great bargains! Everything on sale! APRIL 22: Friends of Glen Stewart Ravine ‘Earth Day Clean Up!’ at 350 Beech Ave., 10 a.m.-noon. Join the Friends of Glen Stewart Ravine this Earth Day to clean up our neighbourhood ravine! This is an event for all members of your family. We will meet at the Beech Ave. entrance to the ravine (Kingston Rd./Beech Ave.). Please bring your gloves, but we will provide the garbage bags, and some light snacks! APRIL 22: Daffodil Tea at The Anglican Church of St. John the Baptist, Norway, 470 Woodbine Ave. (at Kingston Rd), 1:30-3:30 p.m. Enjoy a beautiful tea, white elephant sale, prizes, books and bake sale. Tickets are $5, available at the door. Accessible venue, plenty of parking. Info: 416-691-4560, www.stjohnsnorway.com APRIL 22: Rummage/Garage Sale at Scarborough Bluffs United Church, 3739 Kingston Rd., 9-11:30 a.m. Bargains & treasures galore! Clothing, shoes, jackets, purses, belts, etc. Linens, towels, housewares, small appliances, home decor, toys, cutlery, tools, sporting goods and more. You never know what you’ll find... ever watch Antiques Roadshow??? Come early for best selection. TTC 86 & 116 pass the door. Handicapped access. Parking entrance opposite 11 Crestwood APR 23: O’Pears Folk A Capella Concert at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd., 1:30 p.m. Art exhibit by Karen Leslie Hall before and after concert. $20, kids 12 and under free. Community box lunch, 12 noon (ordered by April 19th). Info: 416-699-6091, www.kruc.ca APRIL 24: Scarborough Osteoporosis Support and Information Group at Scarborough Village Recreation Centre, 3600 Kingston Rd. (at Markham Rd.), 10 a.m.noon. Topic: The Importance of Movement and Keeping Ourselves Fit. Admission and parking free. Info: 461-396-4051
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APRIL 23: Free Chamber Choir Concert at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, Queen St. E. & Silver Birch, 4:30 p.m. Cantorei Sine Nomine sings Renaissance music by Josquin: the sublime Miserere Mei. APRIL 23: 8th Don Mills Scouts Electronic Waste Free Recycling Fundraiser at Real Storage, 1 Woodfield Rd. (east of Leslie St. and Lake Shore Blvd. E.), 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Drop off televisions, computers, printers, photocopiers, ink cartridges, cell phones, batteries and more. Money is raised on pound of electronics collected. Proceeds support camp and event opportunities. Info and large item pickup: Luciamcdonough@gmail.com, 647-239-8668 or bdiesberger@gmail.com, 416-697-1208 APRIL 24: Osteoporosis Support Group at Scarborough Village Recreation Centre, 3600 Kingston Rd. (at Markham Rd.), 10 a.m.-noon. Admission and parking free. Info: 416-396-4051 APRIL 25: SNYP (Spay/Neuter Your Pet) Mobile Clinic at East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen St. E., by appointment only. Toronto Animal Services provides this service at low or no cost to people/families with household income of less than $50,000. Not for dogs over 30 lbs. To register: Shirin Yilmaz 416-778-5805 ext 226 APRIL 26: Budget Breakfast with MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at The Nooks General Store, 2005 Danforth Ave., 7:30-9:30 a.m. Food and drink provided. Info: www.beynate.ca APRIL 26, 27: Courageous Voices 2017 at E.A.S.T. Alternative School, 21 Boultbee Ave., 7-8:30 p.m.; additional performance May 3 at Metropolitan Community Church, 7-8:30 p.m. A performance by the Grade 8 students of E.A.S.T. Alternative. The script is a dialogue among chosen heroes and heroines composed entirely of their quotes. PWYC, suggested donation $10. Performance is not suitable for children under 10 years old. APRIL 27: Toronto Intergenerational Partnerships present Temptations 2017 Fundraiser at Toronto Estonian House, 958 Broadview Ave., 5-9 p.m. Silent and live auction, dinner, and entertainment by The GWood Band. Admission $20 includes dinner and door prize draw. To purchase tickets and/or donate: Sue McMahon 416-531-8447 ext. 1 or sue@tigp.org. Info: www.tigp.org/news/temptations-2017 APRIL 29: Spring Fling Craft and Foodie Fair at Malvern Collegiate cafeteria, 55 Malvern Ave., 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 72 craft and food vendors, book sale, entertainment by Guthrie School of Dance & pianist Brad Alexander. Grand prizes for 4 lucky winners. Free admission, and first 300 visitors receive a free gift. Free parking. Elevator available for those requiring assistance. Credit card transactions available. No ATM on site. APRIL 29: Spring Sale at St. Luke’s Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. (at Cosburn Ave.), 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Vendors wanted. Tables $30. Excellent time to showcase your products, crafts, or attic treasures whether new or used. To reserve a table, please call the church office 416-421-6878 ext. 21 APRIL 29: CHOIR! East Toronto presents “Poppin’ Through the Decades”, 7 p.m., an evening of music. The concert is FREE. Donations will be accepted on behalf of L’Arche Toronto. Following the concerts, refreshments will be provided! Info: www. facebook.com/ourcommunitychoir APRIL 29: Historical Walk along Danforth Avenue with Gene Domagla, 1 p.m. Meet at NW corner of Woodbine and Danforth Avenues. APRIL 30: Country Gospel Music Service at Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, 33 East Rd., 10:30 a.m. Come clap your hands, sing along and enjoy the sounds of old time gospel music! Join us as we share spirituality through the beautiful words and lively melodies of traditional gospel songs. Featuring our choir and special guest musicians. All are welcome, and we provide nursery care. Info: www.bbuc.ca APR 30: Speaker from the Fred Victor Society about homelessness in Toronto
during church service at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd., 10:30 a.m. Info: 416-699-6091, www.kruc.ca MAY 2: Open House at Ashbridge’s Bay Yacht Club, 30 Ashbridge’s Park Rd., 6-9 p.m. Get into sailing this summer. Find out about our junior and adult learn-to-sail program or how to get out on the water without owning a boat. Info: 416-698-4498, www.abyc.on.ca MAY 2, JUNE 6: Art Café at East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen St. E., 1st Tuesday of every month 2:303:30 p.m. Join us to express and explore your emotions and thoughts through drawing, painting, poetry writing, etc. No artistic skill required, explore your emotions and connect with other community members. Some supplies available – fell free to bring your own! This program is free. Visit www.eastendchc. on.ca for Centre information. To register, please call Zari Atai 416-778-5805 x 222 MAY 5: East York Barbershoppers Annual Auction at Harmony Hall, 2 Gower St. (just east of Dawes Rd.), early bird sale 7 p.m., auction 8 p.m. Many items up for auction, plus sales of beautiful hanging baskets, fresh fruit and vegetables, and frozen steaks. Admission $5 includes hot dogs, coffee, and snacks. All proceeds support the not-for-profit East York Barbershoppers and the charities it supports directly – Harmonize 4 Speech and the Harmony Hall & Senior Citizens Centennial Centre. Info: www.eybs.ca MAY 5: Wildwind Flute Choir Concert at St. Paul’s United Church, 200 McIntosh St. (W of Midland Ave., N of Kingston Rd.), 7:30 p.m. 12 flutists from Durham play a variety of flutes and an inspiring selection of music. Tickets (available at door) $15, children under 13 are free. Tickets and info: 416-261-4222, stpauls.scarb@bellnet.ca MAY 6: Spring Carnival at St John’s Catholic School, Kingston Rd. Featuring inflatable/bouncy castles, pony rides, farm animals and petting zoo, arts and crafts, Lego table, BBQ and ice cream, music, bake sale, and photo booth. Info: http://stjohnparents.weebly.com/ MAY 7: Spring Nature Walk with the Friends of Glen Stewart Ravine, 1:30-3 p.m. Enjoy a walk up an old smugglers’ trail beside a spring-fed brook. Meet at NE corner of Glen Manor Road and Queen St. E. Led by Master Naturalist, artist and storyteller, Joanne Doucette. Moderate grade, some stairs, but pace will be reasonable. Please RSVP on Facebook or friendsofglenstewartravine@gmail.com MAY 12: Choral Music at Calvary Baptist Church, 72 Main St. (at Benlamond), 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a beautiful evening of choral music featuring the UMHB Elite Vocal Ensemble (University Mary Hardin-Baylor of Belton, Texas) followed by coffee & desserts. Admission $10.00 at the door. MAY 16: Ward 31 Environment Day at East York Memorial Arena parking lot, 4-8 p.m. Drop off recycling, reusables and electronics, pick up free compost. Paper shredding, bike repairs and a BBQ, too. MAY 18: Ward 32 Environment Day at Ted Reeve Arena parking lot (enter off Ted Reeve Dr. off Gerrard St. E.), 4-8 p.m. Drop off electronics (desktops, laptops, printers, etc.), household hazardous waste (cleaning supplies and solvents, paint, batteries, E-cigarettes, mercury thermometers, etc.), donate items (yarn, books, sporting goods, eyeglasses, etc.), exchange or pick up new green bins, pick up free compost. Info: 416-392-1376 or bit.ly/1eTvg9O MAY 28: Fallingbrook Presbyterian Church 70th Anniversary at 35 Wood Glen Rd. (at Kingston Rd.), 10:30 a.m. All friends, family and alumnae are invited to the 10:30 celebration service with guest minister, The Rev’d Stephen Kendall (former Fallingbrook minister, now Principal Clerk, General Assembly). Celebratory lunch at The Toronto Hunt, 12:45 p.m. RSVP before May 15 to fboffice@rogers.com. Info: 416-699-3084 or fboffice@rogers.com TUESDAYS: BEACHES MENTAL WELLNESS GROUP at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., 7-8 p.m. Peers helping peers
with issues affecting mental health. Info: www.beachesmentalwellness.com SUNDAYS: ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC at Hirut Restaurant, 2050 Danforth Ave., 3-6 p.m. Music genres include folk, pop, country, R&B, jazz. All ages and styles welcome. Hosted by Nicola Vaughan. All ages welcome. No cover charge. Info: 416-551-7560 ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH CHOIR welcomes new members. We practise Thursdays 7:30-9 p.m. and perform Sundays at 11 a.m. at 794 Kingston Rd. (3 blocks east of Main St.). You don’t have to have musical training to sing with us, but you do have to like singing and want to be with others to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. We are friendly and welcoming and our leader is a wonderful music teacher. Info: Paul Williams 416-699-2518 AL- ANON at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., Wednesdays 7:15 p.m. Alateen members are welcome to attend. Info: 416-691-1113 AL-ANON BEACH R&R GROUP meets Tuesdays at St. Aidan’s Church, Queen St. E. at Silver Birch Ave., 7:30 p.m. (newcomers’ meeting 7 p.m.). Use side door in middle of the building. No fees or dues. BEACH INTERFAITH OUTREACH LUNCH and Fellowship for Adults, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. •Mondays at Corpus Christi Church (1810 Queen St. E.) •Tuesdays alternating at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church (70 Silver Birch Ave.) April 18, May 2 and at St. Nicholas Anglican Church (1512 Kingston Rd.) April 25, May 9 •Wednesdays at Beach Hebrew Institute (109 Kenilworth Ave.) •Thursdays at Beach United Church (140 Wineva Ave.) •Fridays at Kingston Road United Church (975 Kingston Rd.) Info: 416-691-6869 AMAZING GADGET SHOW at Studio 888, 2359 Queen St. E. (south side at foot of Spruce Hill). Show runs to April 30. Gallery hours: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 2-6 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays noon-4 p.m. Info: 416-200-5551, studio888art@gmail.com, studio888.ca CHURCHES ST. AIDAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Queen St. E. at Silver Birch Ave. •Sunday Services, 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. (Children’s Program & Nursery at 10:30) •Mid-week Service, Wednesday 10:30 a.m. •Bible Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m. All welcome. Info: Church Office 416691-2222, staidansinthebeach.com BEACH UNITED CHURCH, 140 Wineva Ave. All welcome! •Regular Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. All are welcome! Nursery care & children’s activity time provided. •Blood Donor Clinic, April 21, 1:30-7:30 p.m. •Knitting for Shivering Children, April 22, 10 a.m. •Music for the Soul “Cuban Rhapsody” with Jane Bunnet and Hilario Duran, April 22, 4:30 p.m. •Beach Jam Night, April 26, 7 p.m. •Interfaith Lunch Program Thursdays 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Join us for a time of sharing good food and community. Info: 416-691-8082, www.beachunitedchurch.com. Find us on Facebook. 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 a.m. Info: www. beacheschurch.org, 416-699-5871 FALLINGBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 35 Wood Glen Road (corner of Kingston Road and Wood Glen). Join us Sundays 10:30 a.m. for a dynamic, spiritually relevant service accompanied by excellent music. Families are always welcome and we offer a Sunday school program. Info: www.fallingbrookpresbyterian.com HOPE UNITED CHURCH, 2550 Danforth Ave. •April 19: Easter Messy Church •April 22: Spring Rummage and Bake Sale, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. •April 29: Spring Jazz Vespers with Michael Lalonde Trio – Scott Neary, guitar, Bill McBirnie, flute, and Michael Lalonde, bass •Tuesdays: Youth Group, 7 p.m. •Thursdays: Yoga Class, 10:30 a.m. All are welcome! Info: 416-691-9682, HopeUnited.ca
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News Briefs COMMUNITY CENTRE 55’s senior walking club is underway, with walks every Tuesday from now until June 13. The meetup time for all walks is 9 a.m. The next three walks (April 25, May 2, May 9) meet at Main Station for excursions to High Park, Crothers Woods and Allen Gardens. May 16th’s walk meets at Centre 55 to explore Glen Stewart Ravine and the Beach Boardwalk. May 23, the walkers head to the Toronto Zoo (meet at Main Station). May 30, meet at Danforth and Main GO station for a trip to Rouge Valley. June 6, meet at Queen and Wineva to head to the Distillery District, and close the walking program June 13 at the Beaches Branch Library. For more, call Evonne at 416-6911113 or email evonne@centre55.com.
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The “Free Relationship Advice” truck at the Beaches Lions Easter Parade April 16.
Need a pick-me-up? Look for this pickup By Lara O’Keefe
WHAT BEGAN as a way for a group of friends to enjoy some fresh air has now turned into a popular Beach attraction. Life-long Beacher Dylan Cann, 25, and his friends live in basements in the Queen Street East and Wineva Avenue area, but they were determined not to let that stop them from having fun above ground. In fact, it’s their basement dwelling that sparked their now neighbourhood-famous idea: “Free Relationship Advice”, live from the back of a pickup truck. “We don’t have outdoor space,” said Cann. “So we used to just throw a couch on the back of the truck, bring it down there and just enjoy the view.” But the discovery of a stray piece of plywood in the truck gave them pause for thought. “My buddy Ben and I were down there the other day and we had this piece of plywood in the back of the truck that we were going to make a chalkboard out of,” he said. “We just
decided we would write ‘Free Relationship Advice’ on it.” They didn’t think their sign would garner much response, but on that first sunny day in February, Cann said between 40 to 50 people stopped at their impromptu therapist’s couch. “We just wanted people to laugh and [to] hand out free advice,” he said. “And you know what? You’d be surprised the number of people that actually stopped and asked for advice.” So many that he said they could hardly keep up with the demand. “We barely talked to each other during that whole time because we were just talking to people,” Cann said. “So many different types of people. Kids as young as 12 and then people all the way up to their 70s.” And, Cann added, most people were not holding back. “I was quite surprised by some of the stuff people were telling us,” he laughed. “[There were] a lot of inappropriate [stories] actually.” Since their initial session, a photograph
of the crew took off online, meaning Beachers who did not see them in person the first time may still have a chance to solicit some free advice this weekend. The group participated in the Toronto Beaches Lions Easter Parade last Sunday, April 16, after creating a GoFundMe page to raise money to cover the cost of the parade entry fee, as well as the cost to build a deck off of the back of the truck and create a proper sign. Cann said they aimed to raise between $400-500 and said that they would “just have it open until the parade. We’re not gonna try to make money off this. And if we ended up raising money we’d probably just look at donating it to something local in the Beach.” Cann said the advice has been such a hit that they’d like to continue it through the summer months. “We plan on keeping it going all summer,” he said. “You know what, it just puts a smile on everyone’s face that walks by. At the end of the day, all we’re out to do is just make people laugh and smile.”
THE 8TH Don Mills Scouts 5th Annual Electronic Waste Recycling event is Sunday April 23, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Real Storage Toronto Beaches, 1 Woodfield Rd, Toronto (east of Leslie and Lake Shore). The group is encouraging Beach residents to drop off unwanted electronics such as televisions, computers, laptops, printers, photocopiers, VCR, DVD, stereos and speakers, monitors, ink and toner cartridges, cameras, cell phones, battery chargers, car batteries, batteries of any kind, exercising equipment etc. Money is raised on every pound of electronics collected with proceeds to support opportunities for scouting youth who otherwise wouldn’t be able to participate.
Volunteer corner THE GLEN Rhodes United Church Food Bank needs volunteers to help unload a delivery truck every Monday morning between 9 a.m. and noon approximately. The food bank program, in conjunction with Daily Bread Food Bank, has been running for 30 years and serves 200 clients a week. For more information, visit glenrhodes. wixsite.com/glenrhodes. THE TRUE Davidson Meals on Wheels program needs volunteers to help provide mid-day meals to residents in the Beaches and East Toronto area. Deliveries are made between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday to Friday. For information on this and many other volunteer opportunities, visit www.neighbourhoodlink.org.
Police help students say yes to the dress - or suit - with Prom911
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Part of our history Local historian David Fuller talks about the local connection to the battle for Vimy Ridge in light of its 100th anniversary at the Beaches Branch Library Heritage Talk on April 11. April 11 was the correct date for the talk, as printed in our April 4 Community Calendar, and not April 22, as noted at the bottom of that issue’s centre spread, a fascinating feature written by Fuller. Beach Metro apologizes for any confusion.
THERE WON’T be any fashion emergencies this year — Toronto Police 55 Division is working hard to ensure every student in the Beach area is ready for prom. The Prom911 event, now in its third year, was developed after an officer discovered that some high school girls missed their prom because they could not afford to attend. In order to prevent this from happening to other students, 55 Division put together a fundraiser to provide free formal attire to students — both girls and boys — who may not otherwise be able to afford to buy a dress or suit for their prom. Donations are currently being accepted at the Beaches Lions Club located at 10 Ashbridges Bay Park Road and can include formal wear or accessories such as purses, shoes and necklaces. Donations will be accepted until the end of April at which time they will be put on display to allow students to have two days of shopping on April 30 and May 1.
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Amie Leung browses through the many dresses donated through Toronto Police 55 Division “Prom911” last year.
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Sweet skills The annual technology showcase and challenge took place at Danforth Collegiate Technical Institute April 5, highlighting the city’s young skilled talent. The decade-old competition was made up of 12 categories, among them construction engineering, culinary arts, computer science and transportation technology. “[It’s also] a fun day for the Grade 7’s to come, get an idea of what we offer in the school but have a fun time learning,” said Danforth CTI teacher and event organizer, Carol Sutton. This year, organizers included two girls-only engineering competitions to try to encourage more girls to enter the trades, like the speed boat competition pictured on the left. For a gallery of photos from the competiton, visit www.beachmetro.com PHOTO: LARA O’KEEFE
No partner? No problem. Friday bridge group welcomes all By Ada Spanjaard
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A FEW people are standing in the hall on the second floor of the Beaches Recreation Centre on Williamson Road, waiting for Room 4 to become available. Someone peeks in. “No, not yet,” Franco calls frantically. He is setting up the room. As soon as the little kiddies left, Franco began setting up the tables and chairs for morning bridge. “Leave your boots in the hall, please,” comes Gaby’s unequivocal request. “The children play on the floor,” she adds, by way of explanation. Boots come off and are placed on the mat in the hall. No one wants to mess with Gaby. Franco exits and invites the waiting bridge players into the room. “Is this okay?” he asks, pointing to the placement of the tables and chairs. It is fine and the early arrivals file into the room. It’s a small but dedicated group, these bridge players. Anywhere from 12 to 20 participants get settled in to play duplicate bridge from 10:30 a.m. until just after 1:00 p.m. at the community centre on Friday mornings. The free community program takes place under the auspices of the City of Toronto. It has been going for two years. “You have no partner? That’s no problem.” Peter ensures that every person walking into the room will play bridge that morning. They are players of all levels. Some are beginners, some have master points. Some bring a playing partner, some come on their own and are matched up by Peter, who func-
tions as the coordinator. If there is an odd number of players, he plays; if there is an even number of bridgers, he helps out and keeps everyone honest. Some time in 2015 the players agreed that the game would be more interesting if they played duplicate bridge. Duplicate bridge requires some aids, such as movement cards, bidding boxes, boards for holding the cards and score sheets. A voluntary collection brought together enough money to purchase these items. As the group expands, additional “tools” are acquired. To finance this, every player pays one dollar each time they come to play. This is a voluntary contribution, as the bridge program is free. At the end of each session Bob collects the score sheets and tabulates the results on a spreadsheet. Later that afternoon he mails the results to your writer, who then forwards them to all
the players, whether they were there that day, or not. The Friday bridge group is a friendly and tolerant bunch and very welcoming to newcomers. There is room for expansion and if you would like to brush up on your rusty bridge skills, or simply enjoy a few pleasant hours of bridge, you may want to consider joining us. The current session runs until some time in June. In the previous two summers the group moved to Kew Gardens, near the gardener’s cottage, where they joined a city-run summer program. Playing outdoors and having a lunch served for $1.00 proved to be a pretty attractive deal. For further information, consult the Community Calendar in this paper (Page 10). Ada Spanjaard is an enthusiastic member of the bridge group.
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The Balmy Beach Club Old Boys hockey team defeated the Czech Republic team Vitkovice Steel on Apr. 6 by a score of 8-4 at Ted Reeve Arena. At right, Vitkovice Steel’s Cerny Ivo takes on Balmy Beach’s Ron Blackmore. PHOTOS: PHIL LAMEIRA
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TWO GRADE 11 students from Neil McNeil High School managed to wrestle their way to the win at the Cadet/Juvenile Canadian Championships in Windsor, Ontario on April 7. Adam Scott and Kyle Jordan traveled to the championships two weekends ago and both took home wins in their categories. Scott competed in the 69 kg category while Jordan competed in the 100 kg category. The championships featured twelve competition mats that included men’s freestyle and women’s wrestling at the cadet level – 1516 years of age – and men’s freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s wrestling at the juvenile level – 17-18 years of age. The event was hosted at the University of Windsor and by the Essex Wrestling Club and the Ontario Amateur Wrestling Association. Scott and Jordan were also winners at OFSAA this year where they competed for Neil McNeil. “[Scott] won without having a point scored against him [and] Adam only allowed one point against him the entire tournament,” said coach Jay Jordon.
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Above, Toronto Beaches Lacrosse Club members Ron Huddleston, John Steele, John Sal from the past from a provincial game in Pantry Park.
Tight-knit lacrosse club ref nications, Ron Huddleston, who was also a professional lacrosse player in Germany at TORONTO BEACHES Lacrosse Club one point in his career, and Frank Ham, who, (TBLC) celebrates their 50th anniversary this despite admitting to being a latecomer to the year, marking a moment in history for a club sport, is equally as passionate about it as the and sport that has touched generations of rest. Beach families. “I had never been involved in lacrosse in While 50 years is an impressive milestone, any way, shape or form until I moved to the it is a relatively short time in comparison Beach,” explained Ham. “I was walking down to the hundreds of years lacrosse has been the boardwalk with my three-year-old son played. According to the Federation of Inter- and they’re playing lacrosse outdoors and my national Lacrosse, the sport was developed son saw that and said, ‘Gee I’d like to try that’ by North American and now thousands of First Nations, who hours later of involvement in the sport, here initially used what I am.” was then known But when it comes to as “stickball” as a lacrosse, this sentiment training practice for is far from unusual. warriors. “It’s not a mainDr. William stream thing. It’s not George Beers, a Canadian dentist, has well publicized but it’s – Ron Huddleston since been credited a tight community and with founding the it’s a lot of people who Montreal Lacrosse are very committed to Club in 1856 along it,” said Salter. with creating rules Huddleston, who around the game that included a rubber ball moved to Toronto with his wife a few years and a redesigned stick. ago, said that he “specifically looked for a laSince then, the game has changed even crosse club because I know it’s a nichey sport. more with TBLC president, Frank Ham say- I can always find a community with my stick.” ing there are now two versions. Box lacrosse That sense of community pairs nicely with is played on a floor while field lacrosse is the tight-knit Beach community, and might played outside on a field. “They’re completely explain why it is so popular here. different games,” he said. “But both games “I think the Beach has a real sense of community and a real pride in being a small comare derived from the original native games.” munity and supporting all the different sportAnd the passion for both is clear. Among those discussing the TBLC recently ing endeavours and the businesses,” said were John Steele, former president and unof- Salter, noting that the lacrosse field was the ficial “grandfather” of the club, John Salter, “place to be” when he was growing up. “We a multi-generational lacrosse player whose walked along the boardwalk on Kew Gardens father and children are involved in the sport, and it was perfect. It was a focal point for the current director of marketing and commu- community. I think it still is in some regards. By Lara O’Keefe
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It used to be Friday nights with the lights on, lots going on in the clubhouse and it’s done mostly thanks to local sponsors, local business owners. Everybody comes together to try to keep it. It’s pretty neat.” And no matter how old or successful the players get they always come back to the club, the group explained. “The interesting thing: people who have played pro, almost all of them have come back and give back to the team by coaching younger kids,” said Ham, with Steele adding “that’s one of the nice things about lacrosse – you’re never too big to come back and help little kids play. And it speaks volumes.” For Salter, this again points back to the fact that it’s all about the love of the sport. “[New recruits] don’t come with the intention of being a professional athlete,” he said. “Whereas a young boy playing hockey might say I want to be an NHL hockey player, I don’t think that’s the case for lacrosse.” But that’s not to say the club hasn’t had many success stories over the years. Damon Edwards, who currently plays for the Toronto Rock, “is probably the fastest runner and he played for the Beaches all the way through,” said Steele. “And we’ve had girls who have had scholarships,” noted Huddleston. “There’s one misconception I’d like to put
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to rest,” he said. “Sometimes people think because it’s a niche sport, it’s extremely expensive or it’s just not something that they will have access to and that’s just not the case. If you compare the cost to play lacrosse to what it costs to play hockey, it’s a fraction. It really is. It’s a very accessible sport and I’d like to encourage more people to sign up because it is a great sport and financially it’s just not the strain that hockey is.” The other misconception? “If you look back at basketball in the early 70’s, they all wore tight shorts. It’s the same in lacrosse. [But] now we all wear baggy shorts,” they said laughing. “Less embarrassing!” Toronto Beaches Jr. A Lacrosse Team play its first home game of the OJALL season on Friday, May 12, 8 p.m. at Ted Reeve Arena.
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ho would’ve thunk that ‘dirt’ would turn out to be such a dirty fourletter word? Well, a lot of gardeners I know avoid it like the plague, and some would probably like to see it banished from the land of horticultural lingo for good. I once had a student gardener helping me prepare a formal planting about 10 years ago when he suddenly blurted out this four-letter word from the other side of the bed, “Hey, I think we need more dirt over in this section!” I think he was more than a little puzzled when I responded with, “OK, I can move some soil over from this section, but if it’s dirt you want, go down to the stables and get some.” OK, we know gardeners are a picky lot and real sticklers for terminology, but what’s this dirt/soil kerfuffle all about? In its pure form, soil is simply an elegant mixture of rocks that have been weathered down over the eons to microscopic sized particles - the smallest are clay, larger particles are called silt and the largest in the mix is sand. The proportion of each of these three mineral elements, along with wellrotted plant material decaying insect and animal bodies and other organic materials determine the soil’s texture, nutrient holding capacity, and drainage characteristics. Dirt on the other hand is a little more – how can I put it – filthier. The word ‘dirt’ originated from the Norse and old English term ‘dritan’ which means ‘to defecate.’ As the mucky little word lurched through middle English it became the more to the point and less polite four-letter noun ‘drit’, which literally means ‘excrement’. Even today, the word survives in Norwegian
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as a mildly slangish expletive so when somebody happens to stub their toe in Oslo there’s a good chance they will be heard as far away as Fredrikstad hopping about shouting, “Dritt!....min fot!!” Now that we have the difference between soil and dirt sorted out, you might be wondering where manure fits into all of this. Well, I suppose you can use it as a synonym for dirt, but actually it’s a verb, that is related to ‘manoever’ from the French word ‘meynoverer ‘ that means ‘to work the soil.’ Of course, you only have to drive by a field in early autumn and take a couple of whiffs of that pungent bouquet wafting through the air vents to realize that the farmer has manured plenty of ‘drit’ into the soil. It’s an important addition to mineralized soils fertility and usually comes from the business end of horses, cattle and sheep. Throw in some organic matter like composted leaves, and the soil has the makings for a pretty good crop. So, for the sake of those glassy-eyed readers who can’t wait for this dirty little column to end, let’s sum this whole nitpicking mess up. Dirt is excrement, occasionally manure, sometimes dung
and often, a lot of other unmentionable words. Pure soil is an assortment of mineralized rocks of different sizes to which a certain amount of organic matter is added. But since I am making up the rules here I guess we can allow some exceptions. Baseball speak is sacred as far as I’m concerned, so we can continue to let Buck Martinez yell “Donaldson got a mouthful of dirt sliding into third” when he really should say “mouthful of soil” because major league base paths are made of clay, which as we all know by now is one of the three main elements of soil. And I suppose someone can be excused from saying “My dog soiled the carpet” because, if nothing else, the cleaning service may think they are completely bonkers if they correctly said, “My dog manured some dirt into my new rug.” And speaking of dogs, just in case Fido, Rex, Rover and Scruffy (you know who you are) happen to be reading this column that’s peeking from under the kibble dish… my soil has a lot of organic matter in it already so it would be very nice if you would kindly stop adding more ‘dirt’ to my front lawn.
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pologies to our readers who tried and were unable to enter our recent gardening contest. The wrong email was mistakenly included in the April 4 announcement. As such, the contest deadline has been extended. Here are the details: The no-guff gardeners are offering a free copy of their
book to two lucky Beach Metro Community News readers. To enter, just send an email to me at beachgsblogger@ gmail.com (note the correct email address) by midnight, Friday, May 19. Put “no-guff contest” in the subject line, and include your name, address and phone number. All entries will go in my lucky gardening bucket, and two winners will be drawn and notified before the end of that week. Winners’ names will also appear in the May 31 issue.
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On the Wild Side
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Columnist Ann Brokelman and her daughter, pictured below, can’t help feeding chubby cheeked chipmunks.
There’s nuttin’ cuter than a chipmunk Ann Brokelman is an avid birder and nature photographer naturephotosbyann.blogspot.ca
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t finally feels official: spring has sprung. The songbirds are calling before sunrise, the hibernating animals are coming out and looking for food, the swans are honking on the water, and my favorite red tailed hawks are screaming and soaring through the air. The rain is falling, the flowers are sprouting, and the Maple Leafs are… not golfing! Earlier today, for the first time this season, I looked outside and saw chipmunks climbing up one of my bird feeders. Sometimes I get grouchy when the squirrels decimate the snacks I’ve put out for the chickadees and cardinals, but I can’t say I’ve ever been upset watching a chipmunk stuff its face with my birdseed. Am I wrong in saying that chipmunks have to be the cutest woodland residents? Is it not a Canadian camping tradition to feed bag after bag of peanuts to these increasingly brazen mooches? They’d be waiting for you in your campsite when you arrived, and for the first few minutes they might tentatively take a nut or two -- if you threw it close enough to them, and far enough away from you. Then, they would scurry away to hide their prize off in the forest somewhere. Minutes later, however, they’d be back, and this time, they’d come just a little bit closer. By the end of the first day, you’d have one or two chipmunks sitting on your leg, taking peanuts out of your hand and trying to stuff a third or fourth helping into their cavernous cheeks. Even today, in our 60s, my husband and I always pack shelled peanuts to take on our camping/cottage holidays. I know I’m not the only one who
loves these little critters. Why else would we have two different chipmunkbased kids shows? Does anyone remember Chip and Dale and the original Alvin and the Chipmunks? The Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias striatus, is part of the Squirrel family Sciuridae which includes ground squirrels, prairie dogs and tree squirrels. The chipmunk only weighs one to five ounces and the black and white stripe on the back of their brown body makes them pretty easy to spot. They have two litters a year and the young are on their own at eight weeks. When the young disperse the adults will begin singing “Chip Chip Chip” from their burrows. Where can you find them? Everywhere, really, but most likely at local parks, in forested areas and climbing birdfeeders. They eat seeds, fungus, fruit nuts, insects, worms, bird eggs, and even nestling birds and baby mice. Yes, those cute little chipmunks WILL eat meat. They do not hunt for food, but they will eat them when they find them. Chipmunks make three types of call: the “chip”, a deeper “chuck”, and the
startle call “trill”, which is an alarm of danger. The chipmunk hibernates through the winter in their burrow. They do not sleep the whole time but wake up every few days to raise their body temperature to normal, have something to eat, and then go to the bathroom. They are so cute, and I love having them live around our house.
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brunch, Maha’s serves up Egyptian cuisine such as their ‘Pharaoh’s Po’ Boy’– on their menu as “authentic Cairo street food” with deep fried baby shrimp drizzled with tehina and tomeya and stuffed in a pita – and sometimes adds a slightly Canadian twist (Think: date grilled cheese).
A TASTE of culture, Tea n Bannock offers up authentic First Nations cooking and twists on traditional dishes that underscore its motto “Where the past and the present meet”. Its bellyfilling menu – available for sit in, take out, or catering –
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Where to Caffeinate TUCKED AWAY in the Circus Academy building, Sideshow Cafe is hard to spot. But the tiny coffee shop packs a punch, and while the
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So what is “terroir’? Very simply put, “terroir” is the natural environment of a piece of land that grows grapes. This reflects all aspects of climate, soil, and topography. When it comes to climate, numerous factors play a part. Temperature is a big one. Within wine grape growing regions of the world, those that are closer to the equator experience warmer temperatures and those further away, cooler. Hours of sunlight, its intensity and heat units can play a huge part in the resulting grapes and ultimately the wine, especially red, produced from them. Rainfall is another key issue to climate. Some regions get more while others do not and irrigation is imperative. Surprisingly, wind is key in really warm growing areas as it helps cool the area by air-conditioning the vineyards. It’s also great in keeping moisture from building up between berries in bunches where the grapes grow tightly together thus deferring rot from forming. Soil is huge for obvious reasons…grapes grow in it. Did you know, though, that all grapevines do not like “wet feet”. Rich soils that retain moisture (great for other fruits and veggies) waterlog their roots, which like to be stressed and have to go searching long distances for water. Welldrained soils (both surface and sub-soils) like gravel and clay work best. Certain varietals require more of some nutrients (chemical components) in the soil than others. Finally, topography places a huge part. What is referred to here is the lay of the land or aspect, elevation/altitude and the degree and direction of any slope or incline affecting when the vineyard gets sun (morning, afternoon, etc.). All of these can impact the raw material (grapes) and ultimately the final wine. By examining the topography carefully, doing a soil analysis and matching a particular sub-climate or microclimate to a specific grape variety, a wine producer can decide what will work best in a specific site. Interestingly, terroir plays a bigger role in uni-varietal wines (those made up of only one grape variety) more so than those that are blended from several. Once grape varieties from different locales are mixed, the effect of their individual terroirs gets more homogenous or less defined. Individual wine regions and sub-regions around the globe possess certain terroirs that are indicative in the characteristics of the wine they produce. Within those regional terroirs, specific vineyards and properties carry a little more complexity or detailed terroir of their own. This concept of “terroir” is so important that many wineproducing regions, worldwide, use it as a basis for demarcating, delineating, and regulating wine zones. Appellation systems, sub-wine regions, and “cru” systems are all based on this. The next time you come across “terroir” on wine labels or in conversation, you’ll have a better understanding about what it entails.
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Treats for a discerning sweet tooth Jan Main is an author, cooking instructor and caterer janmainskitchen@yahoo.ca
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here’s no getting away from it – sweets are my downfall! But not just any sweet thing. Keep your nondescript candy, ice-cream and sugary fluffy desserts to yourself. But, a sensational sweet -that’s another matter. I like my sweets rich, bursting with intense flavour, preferably lemon, and if it should be chocolate – quality dark chocolate, none of that milk chocolate nonsense. Treats have to be worth every calorie. Sweetie Pie, here are two desserts, suitable for sampling by the most discerning sweet tooth! Lily’s Simply Luscious Lemon Loaf Lemon is one of my all-time weaknesses. I have sampled many a lemon dessert, but when Lily Levitt sent this to me, one bite was enough to say, “More, please!” Lily kindly shared this recipe with me to give to you. Make and enjoy every last lemony crumb. Divine. Tip: Choose lemons that give to the touch, this means they have more lemon juice. One juicy lemon produces 1/4 cup (50 mL) juice. It is easier to grate the lemon rind first then squeeze the juice. Cake: 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) all-purpose flour 2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder 1/2 tsp (2 ml) salt 1 cup (250 mL) plain yogurt 1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar 3 large or extra-large eggs 2 tsp (10 mL) grated lemon rind 1/2 tsp (2 mL) pure vanilla extract 1/2 cup (125 mL) vegetable oil Lemon Drizzle: 1/2 cup (125 mL) granulated sugar 1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh lemon juice (2 lemons)
Lemon Glaze: 1 cup (250 mL) sifted icing sugar 2 tbsp (25 mL) fresh lemon juice Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). Line an 8 1/2x4 1/2 x 2 1/2 loaf pan with parchment paper. Set aside. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt into one bowl. In another mixing bowl, whisk together yogurt, sugar, eggs, lemon rind and vanilla. Slowly whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Using a rubber spatula, fold the vegetable oil into the batter making sure it’s well combined. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake in preheated oven for about 50 – 60 minutes or until cake tester inserted into center of loaf comes out clean. Cool on cooling rack. Drizzle: Meanwhile in small stainless steel saucepan over medium-high heat, cook stirring the sugar and lemon juice until the sugar is dissolved and mixture is clear. Set aside. Glaze: In small bowl, whisk together icing sugar and lemon juice until well blended. It will be thick. While still warm, poke the lemon loaf with toothpick or piece of spaghetti all over surface of loaf at 1 inch (2.5 cm) intervals. Pour over the prepared drizzle and allow to sink in. Let loaf cool completely. Once loaf has cooled, remove loaf from pan, spread glaze on top surface of loaf. Wrap in plastic wrap and overwrap in foil and refrigerate for up to one week or freeze up to 2 months. Makes 12 delectable slices. Daphne’s Decadent Delight (or Hazelnut Mocha Torte) Originally my Mother’s recipe, this is one of my husband’s favourites, so much so, that it became his birthday cake. Quite addictive and very rich, cut in small squares and hide! Although you can freeze this, it never seems to last long. Alas! For special occasions, make in a 9 inch (23 cm ) round cake pan, cut into
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April 22
Spring Rummage & Bake Sale
April 29
Spring Jazz Vespers
10:30am-12:30pm
Michael Lalonde Trio - Scott Neary, guitar Bill McBirnie, flute Michael Lalonde, bass
Tuesdays
Youth Group
Thursdays
Yoga Class
7pm
10:30am
Come join us for our contemporary church service, spiritual groups, lively activities, concerts, kids’ program, and fellowship! There’s a place for you at KRU!
416-699-6091 www.kruc.ca
Kingston Road United Church 975 Kingston Road
Friday May 12, 2017 7:30 p.m. Come to Calvary
Featuring: UMHB Elite Vocal Ensemble
(University Mary Hardin-Baylor of Belton, Texas)
72 Main Street (south of Gerrard at Benlamond)
For a beautiful evening of Choral Music (Followed by Coffee & Dessert)
416-691-4721 Admission $10 at the door.
Daffodil Tea
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Saturday, April 22 $5.00 per person Tea Room, Baked Goods, Craft Table, White Elephant Table, Prizes
129 Waverley Rd. 416-694-3054 wrbc@bell.net waverleyroadbaptist.ca All are welcome!
You are invited... PHOTO: LARA O’KEEFE
Baked goods for a good cause Suzie Molnar and Sophia serve up some Peruvian treats during the Beaches Recreation Centre bake sale to benefit Peruvian flood victims, April 8.
Join us
Sundays @ 11am
Kids Program 0-12 years Tim Strickland, Lead Pastor
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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’m moving at the end of this month which means there’s plenty of packing on the agenda. However, ‘procrastination’ has somehow made its way to the top of my To Do List. I keep telling myself to stop monkeying around, but I’ve got way too much in common with my Pet of the Month. So instead of wrapping the fine china, I’ve gone out on a limb, writing the day away about a cat named Tarzan. Tarzan was king of the concrete jungle before he took command of a certain pet hospital in the Beach last July. I suppose that might be a slight exaggeration. The concrete jungle might better be described as the front porch of a kindly fellow Beacher to whom Tarzan made frequent visits for his daily meals. But Tarzan deserved much more than fine patio dining so the Good Samaritan escorted His Highness to Beaches Animal Hospital (BAH). Now in its 44th year since becoming the first veterinary hospital in our community, BAH not only serves our pets but comes to the aid of abandoned animals, too. Working with animal rescue groups is a big part of it, but BAH does its own share of rescuing. Currently, several cats call BAH home until they are adopted into loving, lasting homes of their very own. Some of these cats require serious medical intervention before they’re ready for adoption, but Tarzan has always been in purr-fect health! At roughly 8-years-young, Tarzan is a cool cat with an endless sense of adventure and entitlement! He doesn’t quite have Johnny Weissmuller’s classic Tarzan yodel mastered, but he does have the gift of gab. He also proudly possesses the ferocious appetite of a lion, which has led to something the staff call “the Tarzan discount”. Customers can benefit from reduced prices
Me Tarzan, you servant
on slightly torn bags of prescription kibble thanks to Tarzan’s insatiable generosity. Aside from his innovative priceslashing initiatives, he can also be a pretty affectionate little monkey when the mood hits him. He loves people. So much so, he would prefer to be the only monkey in your universe. Cat siblings would totally cramp his swinging single style so don’t even think of a cat sister named Jane. If you’re okay with his Single Cat Rule, he’ll be as happy as a chimp graced with a banana bouquet. But don’t get the wrong impression. He’s not a clingy cat either. This cat knows how to self-entertain, which is a good thing at the clinic right about now. It’s springtime and the hospital is hopping. This is the wonderful time of year when inspirational portraits of parasites that look more like aliens from a sci-fi movie are hung on the walls of the waiting room with care. Flea and tick season has arrived and nobody knows that better than our furry friends and the humans that live to serve them. For their safety and our sanity, we flock to the vet each spring
to stock up on preventatives. Easter will be behind us by the time this article comes out, but those of us with willpower may still have halfeaten chocolate bunnies hanging about and maybe a vase of Easter Lilies gracing our counter-tops. Both are toxic to pets so keep a watchful eye on your own little monkeys! But let’s get back to the monkey business at hand… Why is it taking so long to find Tarzan his own jungle? We’re all scratching our heads over that one like orangutans staring into a mirror. Anybody would go ape over Tarzan. But maybe it’s just like this crazy real estate market of ours. Sometimes, despite all the hype, it takes a while to find your dream home. Tarzan is an approximately 8-yearold domestic short-haired, male neutered cat swinging the vines and discounting the merchandise down at Beaches Animal Hospital, 2304 Queen Street East, Toronto, 416-690-4040, www.beachesanimalhospital.com, Facebook.com/beachesanimalhospital – at least until our little jungle cat finds his dream home with YOU!
Entertainment Beat Continued from Page 9
MEDIATION and COLLABORATIVE Linda Bronicheski
Lawyer, Mediator
47 Main Street (at Lyall) 416-763-6884 Linda@BeachesFamilyLaw.com
GUITARIST AND author Mark Battenberg hosts his seasonal evening of music and verse, The River Spirit, A Musical Mythology, Friday, May 5, at Kingston Road United Church. Joined by cellist Naomi Barron and shakuhachi
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master Debbie Danbrook, the performance is a musical and spiritual celebration of the spring season and runoff, while helping the Daily Bread Food Bank. Pep Duhaime narrates the two-part performance, based on the works of Battenberg, which begins with “the river spirit meditations, followed by the myth of Iris the faerie.” Battenberg holds these performances twice yearly, one close to the summer and one for winter solstice, as a way to welcome the new seasons. There is no admission fee, but bring a nonperishable food item for the food bank. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Road.
APRIL ROCKS Saturday nights at Woodbine Heights Branch 22 Royal Canadian Legion, with live music in The Clubroom from 7:30 to
Mark Battenberg
11:30 p.m. No cover, cheap drinks and a charming atmosphere make it a sure bet for a night out, and, in case you didn’t know, the legion is open to the general public seven days a week. Saturday, April 22, Bill Dickinson takes the stage. And ‘67 closes out the month April 29.
The Woodbine Heights Branch 22 Royal Canadian Legion is located at 1240 Woodbine Avenue, just north of Lumsden/Mortimer on the west side. Correction: Todd Haynes directed the celebrated film Carol, not Woody Allen, as incorrectly stated in the April 4 Entertainment Beat.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY HEALTH
VETERINARIANS
DR. KARIN RUMMELL & ASSOCIATES
CHRISTINE KATO, B.Sc., D.V.M.
OPTOMETRISTS 1914 Queen St. E. (E. of Woodbine) Mon.- Sat. by appointment
416-691-5757
BEACHES OPTOMETRY CLINIC Dr. Linda Chan, Optometrist Darra Salina, Optician
951 Kingston Rd. (West of Victoria Park)
416-691-1991
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
BALSAM DENTAL Family Dentistry * Open 6 days a week * * Evening hours available * New patients always welcome 2200 Queen St. East (at Balsam)
416-691-8555
www.balsamdental.com
DR. LINDA WINTER Psychologist
Consultations • Therapy Individuals • Couples Over 20 years experience. Located at Queen & Wheeler
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
416-691-1071
Beatriz Mendez
Dr. Linda Iny Lempert
Registered Psychotherapist
B.A. B.Ed. M.A. DipTIRP
Psychologist & Psychoanalyst
Low Fee - High Value Therapy Danforth Avenue at Main Street
Individuals & Couples Services disponibles en français Insurance Coverage 47 Main Street (at Lyall Ave)
www.East-Toronto-Therapy.com mendez.smith@sympatico.ca
www.drlempert.ca
Christina Connell
416-694-4380
360 EYECARE
416-690-2417
BA, Dipl. TCPP, RP
&
CRYSTAL BEACH OPTICAL
2128 Queen St. E. (Hammersmith & Queen)
OPTOMETRIST & EYEWEAR Dr. Sam Baraam & Associates Ted Grzymski, Optician Accepting new patients
416 698 03937 • 360eyecare.ca
DR. A. LYNNE BEAL Psychologist
Reaching your achievement potential For children, adolescents & adults
9 Fernwood Park Ave. www.dr-a-lynne-beal.ca
416-433-9726
Registered Psychotherapist
Adults, Adolescents, Children 177 Danforth Avenue #301A 416-778-4242 www.christinaconnell.com
Jane Delamere, M.Sc.
Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario Individual, Couple, Family Counselling 22 Years Dedicated Experience
~Discovering A Better Way Together~ www.janedelamere.com Email: delamerej@gmail.com Phone/Text: 647-971-4739
Noah Mugenyi, M.Div., RP
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
Glover & Associates Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries
Real Estate, Family, Litigation Wills & Estates, Corporate
416-691-3700
John H.
Jen Goddard, R.M.T.
Chiropractor
Neville Park Health Group 2455A Queen St. East
BJARNASON, D.C. 1906 Queen St. E. (1 block east of Woodbine)
416-690-6800
Queen and Hammersmith
416-694-2868
Melani Norman
David Faed
CRIMINAL LAWYER
DEGEN’S HEALTH GROUP Dr. Wade Whitten, D.C. Dr. Tanja Degen, D.C., CPT Dr. Christina Carreau N.D. 1089 Kingston Rd.
arrested.ca
416-699-5320 • Free Parking
CPA, CMA Accounting Issues and Systems, Bookkeeping, Personal and Corporate Taxes
Call 416-471-0337
Emily C. Larimer
CPA, CGA • Bookkeeping • Personal tax services • Accounting services for the self-employed Call: 416-693-2274 emily@eclarimercga.com www.eclarimercga.com
ABSTAX
ACCOUNTANTS & TAX CONSULTANTS HOME CALLS & PICK UP SERVICES AVAIL E-FILE PERSONAL & BUSINESS TAXES SPECIALISTS IN CDN & US TAXES CASH REFUNDS 416 699 6641 abstax_2000@yahoo.com 161 Main St., Toronto, ON, M4E 2V9 Serving the Community for Over 30 Years
690-0000
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 Car accidents, Slips and Falls, Disability Claims 220 Bay Street, Suite 1400 416-643-3857 pcahill@willdavidson.ca
Patrick Ruiz CPA, CA Partner, Campanella McDonald LLP
Specializing in accounting & tax planning for:
Small Business Owners Rental Property Investors Incorporated Professionals
647-300-4062 • patrick@cmllp.com
(at Victoria Park, next to Tim Hortons)
INSURANCE Leane Besky Insurance Agency Inc. STATE FARM
Chiropractor
2130 Queen Street East
@ Beaches Health Group® Yvette Sedgewick 2212 Queen St. E. 416-690-2076
ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN
ASHBRIDGE’S HEALTH CENTRE
Stephen G. King, Architect
Dr. Emily Howell Jackie Leesun, RMT Dr. Ceara Higgins
Chiropractic, Acupuncture, RMT
1522 Queen St. E. 416-465-5575 www.ashbridgeshealth.ca
Catherine Allon, BSc, MEd
KEW GARDENS HEALTH GROUP
Spiritual Counsellor since 1998
Massage Therapy • Physiotherapy Osteopathy • Naturopathic Medicine
Life & Relationship Issues
2181 Queen St. E., Suite 305 (at Lee)
416-907-0103 www.kewgardenshealth.com
Next Deadline April 24th WELLNESS
missfit.ca in-home personal trainer 416 888 6465 michelle@missfit.ca
BIO-ENERGY THERAPIES
Therapeutic Touch or Reiki sessions available at the Beaches Naturopathic Clinic Heather Anne Wakeling Licensed Holistic Practitioner 416 699 2865 www.beachesnaturopathic.com
416-694-0232
www.energyawakening.com
ART EVERYWHERE Private Art Lessons, Healing - Contemplative Expressive Arts for Wellness Self-Care & Socialization Senior & Caregiver Support
416-802-7216
www.gwenhayes.ca ACC, AEAP
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
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
Beaches Family Law and MEDIATION Linda Bronicheski, J.D.
47 Main Street (at Lyall) 416-763-6884 Linda@BeachesFamilyLaw.com
Dr. Tyrrell Ashcroft Dr. Thien Dang-Tan
OMEGA HEALTH + FITNESS ART, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Graston 1089 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park)
647-317-6017
www.omegahealthandfitness.com
Susan T. Dixon
Family Law Lawyer
W. MORRIS DESIGN ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANTS DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PERMIT DRAWINGS WESLEY MORRIS, ARIDO, IDC, AATO
2120 Queen Street East (@ Hammersmith)
416-693-2733
Sophia da Silva Chiropractor
Kew Gardens Health Group 2181 Queen St. East, Suite 305 (at Lee)
416-907-0103
www.dixonslaw.ca
2243 Queen St. E. 416-690-7900 www.leanebesky.com
Shellyann Pereira
Animal Chiropractor
LAWYERS/LEGAL
Geoffrey J. Dashwood
COUNSELLING
www.beachmetro.com
416-698-7070
www.kewgardenshealth.com
info@torontoeastpsychotherapy.ca
PHYSIOTHERAPY
www.thetherapystudio.ca
NEW LOCATION
Auto, Home, Life, Critical Illness, Disability, Financial Services
Dashwood & Dashwood
People | Support | Restore
Registered Massage Therapists Louise Abbott, RMT & Associates OSTEOPATHY 138 Main St. (south of Gerrard) Open 7 days a week Free Parking • Accessible 647-352-3348 or book online
416-261-9679
Mental Health Wellness: Trauma & Addiction Specialist - Adolescents, Individual, Couples & Family Therapy.
416-893-3917
THE THERAPY STUDIO
Beaches Wellness Centre
Dr. Johanna Carlo
(Licensed Paralegal) Small Claims, Provincial/Municipal Offences, Landlord & Tenant/other Tribunals, Letters, Mediation etc. Call for a Free 30 min. Consult
647-693-6221
579 Kingston Rd., #110, Toronto
Barristers & Solicitors
Coxwell Chiropractic Centre 1004 Coxwell Ave @ O’Connor
416-423-2289
Chiropractic Care for Two Legged and Four!
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
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
Peter J. Salah Family Law & Estate Planning 416-752-8128 www.hillssalah.com
Shelley C. Quinn LL.B. 1749 Danforth Avenue Toronto, ON M4C 1J1 t. (416) 551-1025 www.QuinnFamilyLaw.ca
KAMRUL HAFIZ AHMED REAL ESTATE LAWYER 416 690 1855 [P 416 690 1866 [F 2972 DANFORTH AVE.
DENISE M. F. BADLEYCOSTELLO Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Family, Real Estate, Wills Business, Immigration, Small Claims Court 2069 Danforth Ave (Woodbine)
BARRISTER & SOLICITOR NOTARY
961 Kingston Rd. Toronto, Canada M4E 1S8
Tel: 416-699-5100 Fax: 416-690-8738 brandlaw@live.ca
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
Advanced Therapeutics Kevin Oates, R.M.T. & Assoc. Voted “Best Massage Therapist” - NOW Magazine
1398 Queen St. E. (east of Greenwood Ave.)
BEACHES MASSAGE CENTRE Zabiullah Khaliqi, RMT Randy Groening, RMT Kathryn Dibe, RMT
2212 Queen St. E. (at Spruce Hill)
DC, FRCCSS (C) Chiropractor Sports Injury Specialist 2455A Queen St. East
416 690-6257
Open Saturdays
Dr. Kelly Robazza Dr. William Chan
Chiropractic • Acupuncture A.R.T. / Laser 2212 Queen St. E.
416-698-5861
Versatech
Drafting + Design Architectural Design Permit Drawings Project Management Commercial, Residential
studio tangent architects contemporary new construction, additions, renovations open-minded 3D design process www.studiotangentarchitects.com info@studiotangentarchitects.com
416.420.4544
Graphic Design in the Beach Packaging, Corporate, Brochures, Leaflets, Web Design, Info-graphics. Whatever your Graphic Design needs, please call:
NORTH DESIGN STUDIO 647 972 7630 www.northdesignstudio.com
416-690-5185
www.advanced approachesmassage.com • Hours incl. evenings & Saturdays •
Janet D’Arcy
www.WINTACO.com
www.advancedtherapeutics.ca
927 Kingston Rd. (W. of Vic Pk)
CHIROPRACTORS
Local • Affordable 416-200-6300
416-469-3879 (open 7 days)
Su Willson, B.MUS, R.M.T. & ASSOC.
416-690-6195
CARL A. BRAND
MASSAGE THERAPY
(Since 1989)
QUINN Family Law
Renovations & Additions Structural Design • Building Permit
416-694-9531 • 416-816-1630
Hills, Salah LLP We Collaborate, Negotiate & Litigate.
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
Dr. Mark T. Garbutt D.C.
Registered Psychotherapist
PHYSIOTHERAPY
416-690-6257
Voted “#1 Spa in Toronto” - Trip Advisor
416-694-6767
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 Cami Rahman, RMT Caitlin McAulay, RMT 1789 Queen St. East, Unit 6
416-698-3157
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Shared Accommodation
Spiritual
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Thank you, Holy Spirit, for favours received. D.R.
requires capable person(s) for planting and maintenance during spring, summer & fall, on part-time basis
1 Bedroom - newly painted, non smoker. Great area - near Stan Wadlow Park, close to all amenities. Have a cat. Avail April 1st
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P/T ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT required for east beach fitness studio. Flexible 10 hours per week, with growth potential. Mail application to
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SUPPORT WORKER WANTED
Personal Care Chalet Beauty Bar 1562 Queen St. E.
Engaging man with intellectual disability, Pape/Mortimer, requires assistance with grocery shopping, cleaning & socializing. Two 4-hour Sunday afternoon shifts/month. Salary $16.50/hour. Disability program experience not pre-requisite. Maturity, enthusiasm, enjoyment of walking a bonus.
(near Coxwell)
416-690-8085
416-466-3766
Commercial Space for Rent
Perms for short hair - $28 Pensioner’s are welcome We do all types of hair (4!)
The Therapy Studio
McArthur & Son Business Centre Air conditioning, boardroom, kitchen area, copier, etc. Individual offices from $425/mth. 577-579 Kingston Rd. @ Main St.
Facials, Reiki Indian Head Massage Botox & fillers AWT Cellulite Treatments 138 Main St. (South of Gerrard)
Paul McArthur 416-821-3910
647-352-3348
Book online • Free Parking • Accessible (5r)
Cosmetic Botox, Juvaderm Filler, Sclerotherapy for spider & varicose veins. Radiowave treatment for facial veins, with Dr. Cathy Andrew. For an appointment call Beaches Health Group (4) 416-698-5861
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The Beach Facial & Beautiful Back Regular: $105 Special: $75
Professional office space in landmark heritage building, newly renovated with bay windows, hardwood floors, pot lights. Great visibility, close to (4) transit. Call 416-917-9025.
Call Carmen for appointment 416-768-1819 www.boardwalkbeauty.com
Apartment/ Home for Rent
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HOME OFFICE: Computer repair
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In-home/office, established professional, support service Serving Beach businesses since 1994 Service plans available
2358 Kingston Rd. (w. of Midland)
416-HOME-126 (416-466-3126)
KSTS Computer Support (VISA/MC)
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www.computer-assist.ca 416-801-6921 (9r)
PROTECT YOUR DATA AUTOMATED BACKUPS BUSINESS CONTINUITY Over 15 years IT experience
Contact Brian at Beach Backups
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Computer Services - Home office & small business. Hardware & software support. Network and security setup. PC/Mac support, Web site design. 416(4) 438-6360. www.atlasnetwork.ca
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Garage Sale Multi Family Garage Sale Saturday April 22, 2017 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 216 Kingswood Rd
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EXACT TAX SERVICES TIM O’MEARA 416-691-7556
Personal • Small Business Corporate • Back Filing (4)
BOOKKEEPING/OFFICE ADMIN/+MORE
Experienced, eclectic Beach resident offering a variety of affordable, flexible and practical support services to entrepreneurs and small business. Short or long term. Debra 416-693-6111 (5)
$50 Min. Conditions apply
GUERIN BOOKKEEPING 416-465-6249 www.overtaxedfornow.com
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Single items or complete estates Wanted: old silverware, china, glass, furniture, pottery, jewellery, watches, pictures, artworks, coins, curiosities etc. Call Terence: 416 466 1404
Fair market prices guaranteed!
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INDOOR PARKING
NEEDED IMMEDIATELY for new car - year round. (Queen-Balsam area) $100-$200/mo Please contact Ron at:
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Books wanted: art, photography, literature, aviation, military, poetry, sports, music, Canadiana, etc. Inno Dubelaar Books, 53 Dixon Ave. 416-694-9355 or 416-878-4319 inno. dubelaar@gmail.com (6)
647-899-9074
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SLIP-ON SLIPCOVERS & Soft Furnishings Slipons.ca Cynthia Lovat-Fraser 416-575-6113
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- Providing loving care to beach pets since 2003 - Flexible scheduling - Dog walking, pet sitting, in home boarding - Bonded & Insured www.beachpuppylove.com
416 389 9234
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FUREVER YOURS PETSITTING SERVICES
18 years experience providing services to cats & dogs Dog walking / Cat Sitting Nutritional / Behavioral consultations
Call Matthew 416-721-2911 fureveryours@outlook.com (4) (6)
WE CLEAN OUT YOUR JUNK NOT YOUR WALLET. ASK ABOUT OUR LOAD IT YOURSELF POLICY. SAVE MONEY.
SCARBOROUGH DISPOSAL LTD. WASTE REMOVAL & EXCAVATION SPECIALISTS Fast, Friendly, Reliable Service MOE licensed, Fully Insured WSIB certificates avail. upon request 4-40 yrd Roll-off container service 11 yd pick-up truck service Excavation & Bobcat Service
Family Jewels
Midday Dog Walking Personal attention & safety Small group walks Catherine 647 340-2200 (4.)
416-265-7979
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MR. FIX-IT
TO SERVE AND RESPECT
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CLEVER DISPOSAL &
•Fast friendly service for 30 years •CESA certified Repairs to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers
FULLY INSURED
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24 HRS 16’ Cube Van & Pick up Truck Service
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Best Prices/Free Estimates
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B&W DISPOSAL
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Toronto Estate Dispersal & Downsizing Services (TEDDS)
Providing professional estate dispersal, downsizing, moving and pre-sale preparation services.
www.tedds.ca • info@tedds.ca Laurie Hunt 416-465-2424 (5)
*Insured*
Same day service guarantee Open from Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE
416-729-2077 cell
WWW.EUROPEANCLEAN.COM (8r)
RILEYS’ WINDOW CLEANING
416 421-5758
rileyswindowcleaning.com
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BEACHES LAWN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
- Lawn Cutting - Fall Property Clean Ups - Eavestrough Cleaning 416-414-5883 info@blpm.ca (4r)
EUROPEAN CLEANING LADIES
Cheap Junk Removal Same Day Service Demolition Local Beach Business
647-646-1996
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Window & Eaves Cleaning Gutter Filter Installation
GARBAGEGONE.CA
Cleaning specialists •Windows •Eavestroughs •Decks •Siding
• Bio-degradable, non-allergenic products used • Drying time 3-4 hours • Bonded, insured, certified Free At Home Estimates!
A family business since 1956
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KLEEN WINDOWS
HEALTHY HOME
CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING
THE HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANING COMPANY
EXPRESS JUNK REMOVAL
Call Bob 416-699-5306 cell 416-459-4137
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EUROPEAN CLEAN
Backyard Basement Garage cleanups Rubbish Removal Small Demolitions Free Estimates
Repairs to all major appliances, vacuums, and microwaves. Fast, friendly service. Good rates.
416-567-3205
*Bonded*
For light moves/deliveries, cleanups, etc. • FIREWOOD Efficient. Best rates. Call Max
647-235-6690
BEST JOB & PRICE GUARANTEED
Call 416-783-3434
MAN WITH PICK-UP TRUCK 416-820-1527
REG’S APPLIANCE
Cleaning Services CARPET, UPHOLSTERY RUG CLEANING
416-624-3837
Household Services
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STEAM CLEANING LTD.
647-267-9113 Expert Bookkeeping, Small business specialists, Strong on QuickBooks, Simply Accounting, “cloud computing”. A la carte services. Affordable rates. An(4r) tonella 416-464-2766
- Semi private. - Don’t let your little one be part of the pack!
ULTRA
PROFESSIONAL, MATURE, RELIABLE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS
10+ years experience Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Painting, and Handy Work. Randall 416-450-0599 MRFIXIT@rogers.com
The Dog Walker Dayle 416-691-1889
Michael E. Sands CPA, CA
416-706-7130 905-706-7130 www.kleenwindows.ca
Call Candy at 416 691-3170
General Services
Specializing in: Residential Demolition, Rubbish Removal, Garage, Basement & Yard Cleanups Driveway Friendly Rental Bins Available
Call 416-648-4410
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 - References
BEACH PUPPY LOVE
RUBBISH REMOVAL
JIM’S APPLIANCE SERVICE
We buy! - We pay cash!
For estimate call
416 690 0117 • 416 569 3236 (r)
www.regsappliance.com
Wanted
CAT CARE SERVICE
CALL MARY OR JOHN
TAX ACCOUNTANT
416-691-6893
Children’s Toys, sporting equipment, clothes Small Household items
Drapes, Blinds, Valances Also Duvet Covers, Shams, etc.
WASTE REMOVAL
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New batteries.
Pet Services
Custom Window Coverings
416-264-1495 CELL 416-567-4019
416-694-6241
Your go-to-person. Busy, stressed, need of extra assistance? Jack of all trades, one call and I do it all. Hard working, enthusiastic and working locally in your neighbourhood. Services include errands - light houshold chores; pet care - pet sitting, in house boarding, pet walking; medical appts, companionship. Reasonable rates, references available. Call Lynn 437-993-9325; glwoods@gmail.com (5)
BLIND AMBITION
- COMPLETE RECYCLING - DEMOLITION SPECIALISTS
Business & Personal Income Tax Computer Bookkeeping & Accounting HELLARRA SERVICES INC. 1232 Kingston Rd., Suite 5 Toronto, ON M1N 1P3
INCOME TAXES
SCOOTER
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RUBBISH REMOVAL
Mention this AD & receive a 10% discount (5)
For Sale
416-698-9000
WAYNE’S
INCOME TAX
Cottage Rental
416-268-6733
650 Woodbine
Certified Hanna Somatic Educator samantha@rejuvinagesomatics.ca
Best accommodations in the Beach * kitchen * fireplace * parking * wi/fi 5 Star reviews *(3 night minimum!)*
416-686-8248
Call or text
(Beyond Esthetics)
COZY SUITES INN
Ideal for medical professionals, lawyers or accountants
Barber’s Chair available $150/week
BOARDWALK BEAUTY
Bed & Breakfast
UPPER BEACHES OFFICE SPACE
BARBER SHOP & HAIRSTYLING
1048 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park Ave.)
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3 wheel scooter for sale.
Prime Beach Location
Te l : 6 4 7- 3 4 9 - 4 0 1 5
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SALON CHAIR RENTAL
WILKINSON
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in Beautiful Buckhorn, ON 100 ft Waterfront Property, 2 hrs from TO, Excellent Boating, Fishing & Swimming, 36’ Dock, Sleeps 6, 2 Baths.
OFFICE SPACE
SPA SERVICES at
www.thetherapystudio.ca
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Call 416-467-0546 416-712-1073
Computer Services
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CLEAN AND FAST JUNK/GARBAGE REMOVAL plus small demolitions.
offer complete and thorough cleaning service for your house • office • condo Call Ilona 416-427-3815 (5)
EXPERIENCED CLEANING LADY
We offer reliable, friendly
Weekly • Bi-weekly • One time cleaning Reliable & efficient
Call today! 647 960 3993 (6)
416-825-9705
service at competitive prices.
Contact Irena (5r)
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
BEACH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
All Day Cleaning Special for first-time clients. For your home/condo/office. Reliable, trustworthy, efficient cleaning service.
For more info, call Beata at 416.233.6462 or 647-550-4043
cleancomfortservices.com
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Music
Bach to ROCK
-Lawn Cutting -Fall Property Clean Ups -Fall Leaf Removal -Winter Salting Services
416-414-5883 info@blpm.ca
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SODDING (4)
Scarboro Music
GARDEN CARE & ADVICE
Kingston Rd/Vic Park
416-699-8333
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PIANO TUNING & REPAIRS 416 699 3772
cleanup - pruning - planting readied for sale - vacation care maintenance - consultation
Allison 416-693-7214 naturescapeconsult@yahoo.ca
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Tutoring HELP WITH MATH & ENGLISH call ALBERTO 416 690 9389 for • REPORT CARD catch-up • • in-depth homework/test help • • essay-writing + study skills • • numeracy + literacy support • INDIV/GRP TUITION IN YOUR HOME QUALIFIED + EXPERIENCED TEACHER, K-12 PROVEN SUCCESS - REFS AVAILABLE (7r)
THE STUDY STUDIO Proven success with thousands of Beach area students for 15 years 1226 Kingston Road 416-690-6116 www.thestudystudio.com Specialized programs for grades 3-12 and beyond in all subjects. Andrew English B.Ed.
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One on One Tutoring Grades 3-12
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Greg 416-693-8678 www.carbontip-toe.com
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TREEAGE
LeRoux Froebel
james@mrtreeman.ca 416 436 5821 www.mrtreeman.ca
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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
416-288-1499
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DAY CARE CONNECTION LICENSED, NON-PROFIT HOME CHILD CARE
• SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1976 •
Nurturing, supportive care, flexible hours. Early Childhood Education Specialists to answer your questions. Call 416-698-0750
daycareconnection.net
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Front yard parking pads Drawings • Permits • Build 416-288-1499 www.greenapple.ca
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STONEHENGE
A licensed non-profit child care ser ving the Upper Beach for 31 years. w w w. E a s t To r o n t o V i l l a g e . c o m THE BEST THERE IS!
416-467-6059
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FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE FOR ADULTS WITH CHILDREN
B I R T H TO S I X Y E A R S
www.stonehengedesignbuild.com (r)
KIM PRICE Landscape Design 647-545-5143
Creating Award Winning Gardens www.kimpricelandscapedesign.com
Ted Reeve Arena
BEACH PROPERTY
416-690-0102
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www.beachmetro.com
Garden & Tree BEACH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE -Lawn Cutting / Care -Fall Property Clean Ups -Eavestrough Cleaning -Hedge Trimming
416-414-5883 info@blpm.ca
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416-821-4065
rickscape@hotmail.com
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647-545-9561
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• Design and Construction •
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-Lawn Cutting -Fall Property Clean Ups -Mulching Services -Fall Leaf Removal -Eavestrough Cleaning
416-414-5883 info@blpm.ca
416-690-1356
All Season Movers
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- will do small moving jobs - local or long distance - removal & pick up of various items
416-422-4864 416-346-9994
WE MOVE FOR LESS! Accurate work & reasonable rates
• RETAINING WALLS • PATIOS • PARKING PADS • STEPS • REPAIRS 647 679 3282 (4)
416.797.6731
FRANZ’S PAINTING
STUDIO 1
CARTAGE & STORAGE 2 Men + Truck $49/hr Office • Apt. Deliveries
416-830-8183
Call Franz 416-690-8722
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SERENITY PAINTING Beach resident with over 30 years exp Interior / Exterior Work Proper Drywall & Plaster Repairs No job too big or small Have the job done right the first time. Referrals & Free Estimates
Steve 647-853-6420
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‘As Promised’ Painting *** Free Estimates *** We stand by our contracts, big or small. Also do Drywall and Plaster Repairs and more (9)
Richard Durocher Interior & Exterior Small to Mid-size jobs
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FREE ESTIMATES 15% less best price guaranteed Work done by Andrew Clayton
416-690-1630
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MURPHY ECRA/ESA#7004508
Knob & tube • No job too small
50 years in the Beach
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416-690-0173 Cell 416-529-5426
Professional Quality Service Repairs-Renovations-Installations
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MASTER ELECTRICIAN
COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SERVICES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
www.ontariowaterplumbing.com
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416-833-3006
Big or small we do them all VISA / MC / AMERICAN EXPRESS
Beach resident for 50 years. Discount for seniors and single parent. Lic. Master Plumber • Free estimates Patrick 647-404-7139 patrickj480@gmail.com (7)
TOM DAY
Plumbing & Drains All types of plumbing work. Smallest leak - complete bath reno. Internal & external drain excavating. Call the professionals 416-480-0622 24 hr. - lic# P1624
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Cascade Plumbing GTA All Plumbing, camera inspection, power washing, snake drain cleaning, sump pumps, drainage systems, and back water valve installations. Great affordable rates. Fully licensed.
Contact us at 416 602 2128
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ATLANTIS PLUMBING 416-265-4558 Cell 416-727-1595
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Lic: 7006786
MASTER ELECTRICIAN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Fully licensed & insured. ECRA/ESA #7008706
George: 416-278-7057 or Gabston Reno: 647-342-2872 (11r)
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Fully licensed & insured. Lic #T94
George: 416-278-7057 or Gabston Reno: 647-342-2872 (7r)
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NEED A PLUMBER
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Toilets • Faucets Leaks • Drains Very affordable All work guaranteed 416-558-8453
MBX ELECTRIC LTD. Master Electrician Lic. ESA ECRA #7000314
Residential • Commercial - Knob & Tube Wiring - Service Panel Upgrades - Renovations & Alterations
Call Marc 416-910-1235
POWER
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Electrical
COMPANY
PANEL & SERVICE UPGRADE TROUBLESHOOTING & WIRING ANY KIND OF SMALL OR BIG JOB. REASONABLE PRICE
Call: 416.939.7833 Lic# 7009221
(6r)
Licensed
RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICIAN Please, small jobs only. Retired electrician.
Bob 647-349-6006
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Licensed/Insured On Time/On Budget (r) (4r)
INTERIOR, EXTERIOR QUALITY PAINTING; KITCHEN CABINET REFINISHING & CUSTOM PAINT; STAINING & WATER PROOFING, DECKS & FENCES
In the Beach 43 yrs 4 Master Plumbers on staff
25 years • Free estimates
dave@beachhillpainting.com (7r)
WG PAINTING
DRAIN CLEANING
416-699-1370
Lic P19120
Admin@drainmaninc.com
PLUMBING SERVICES
All work guaranteed Fully insured • Free estimate (4r)
BEACHCOMBERS PAINTING PROMO
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No job too small 20 years in the Beaches 416 833 6692 martin@mapm.ca (9)
Next Deadline April 24th
Built-in-Cabinets •home entertainment centres •home offices •bookcases, fireplace surrounds •utilize your space with built-in storage units
Bill Watson 647-283-0095 (11)
(4r)
MARTIN PETROV
INTERIOR PAINTING
ROBINSON CARPENTRY The Beach For 35 Yrs. Clyde Robinson 416 691 8241 www.robinsoncarpentry.com
PLUMBING &
Dave 416 694 4369
Carpenters
Quality Craftsmanship with Attention to Detail Local Carpenter Serving
BEACH HILL
416-910-6302
Metro Lic. # E-594 / ACP # M-R1507
PLUMBER CONTRACTOR
416-694-2470
416-322-7692 warren@wgpainting.ca
Proud To Have Served Our Community For Over 50 Years Specializing in Service Upgrades and Knob & Tube Wiring
ELECTRIC
MASTER PLUMBER
HARM’S PAINTING
INSTALLATION RESTORATION INVISIBLE REPAIRS Rod 416-766-4066 see roderickdunn.com
Small Repairs to complete houses Renovations
& DRAINS Dishwasher & Gas Repairs Heating, Boilers & Radiator Repairs Reno, Repairs - LICENSED
Call for free estimate.
(6r)
Plumbing • Heating • Drains Renovation, Repair & Installation
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLUMBING
Experienced. Reliable. Professional Work Guaranteed. Drywall Repairs. Competitive Rates. Beach Resident.
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CLAYTON ELECTRIC
Mobile: 416-834-8474 Office: 416-757-6537
Free Estimates & References Available (10)
ECRA/ESA LIC#7001069
Knob & tube rewiring Service Upgrades CARL 647-787-5818
MET LIC P18238, BBB A+, WSIB Master Plumber: Franc Zamernik
proway.painting@gmail.com
CEJA ELECTRIC
*Ask For Photo I.D.*
LTD
Interior • Exterior Residential • Commercial Plastering • Drywall
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ESA LIC# 7002668
free estimates
Plumbers
ONTARIO WATER PLUMBING
Local resident w/32 yrs. exp.
www.BestWayToMove.com (7r)
Family owned Residential - Commercial Interior - Exterior Ask about our powerwashing options. We pay all taxes for seniors. Call today for your free estimate. (5)
416 691-3555
PAINTING
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CELL 416-875-5781
647-852-1037
416-690-3890
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Fault Finding Knob & Tube Rewiring Service upgrades Insurance certificates
GREEN ISLE ELECTRIC
Lic. #P-15099
Family owned & operated 26 years in business
Electricians
DECLAN O’MEARA 416-698-6183
RENOVATIONS
690-8533
42 yrs
Local. Taking care of your possessions.
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HILLSIDE PAINTING &
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LOCAL ELECTRICIAN
BEACH PLUMBING
WALLPAPER
REASONABLE RATES
michelle hollingham mhollingham@mac.com business 416 699 5309 cell 416 702 2763
Larry’s Painting & Repairs
A.S.M. MOVERS
Watch our videos at
STONE WORX Specializing in all stonework
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Painters
www.thegoodmoves.com 899-3980 (12)
416-999-MOVE (6683) (4r)
Call Peter 647 550 4171
Repair and painting needs No job too small Interior & Exterior
Call Hakan: 416
interior finishing by michelle painting & papering services
MIKE PARKER PLUMBING
647 401 7970
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MAINTENANCE
Very professional movers. Neat and safe. Houses, Condos, Apartments. Local & long distance. Always on time. Discounts • Flat rate available
PROFESSIONAL PAINTER
Movers
Call Andre: cell:
(6r)
Dianne 416 699 5070
MAN WITH CARGO VAN
• PLAYROOM • CHILDCARE REGISTRY • • LIBRARY • DROP-IN BABY TIME IS TUES & THURS AT 1:30 PM WORKSHOPS EVERY 2ND THURSDAY
184 MAIN ST. across from
25 yrs experience
Interlocking Stone • Planters Retaining Walls • Steps • Fences Decks • Sodding
• Small and Big Moves • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country • Junk and Rubbish Removal
EAST TORONTO VILLAGE
S e e o u r ad o n page 12
STONESCAPE
“Always on Time and on Budget”
Green Apple Landscaping
LANDSCAPE • DESIGN & BUILD
CHILDREN’S CENTRE
freshgreenlawncare@gmail.com (6)
cindy 416 • 574 • 6686 cindyf@bell.net
25 years Experience Read our reviews on Homestars.com One-of-a-Kind Outdoor Living Spaces www.greenapple.ca
Marlene 416-698-5668
Fresh Green
• let’s talk about your beautiful possibilities • stone, wood, metal, water, plants, trees
Award Winning Design & Build
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PAINTING & DECORATING (18)
jbkim landscaping
Green Apple Landscaping
www.abbamovers.ca
PROWAY
dave@writteninstonelandscapes.com (5)
Landscapers
BALMY BEACH COMMUNITY DAY CARE
416-439-6639
416-858-6683
sales@larryspainting.ca www.larryspainting.ca
LAWN MAINTENANCE COMPLETE LANDSCAPING • CLEANUPS SPRING & FALL • FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED • DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS
Driveways • Patios • Steps Retaining Walls • Planting Interlocking & Natural Stone Repair
James Clarke
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IDEAL
LANDSCAPING
WRITTEN IN STONE
Professional Arborist
416-698-1923 www.lerouxfroebel.com
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Shane 647 606 0970
• garden renovation & transformation • • regular maintenance • • one time clean ups • • free consultation •
urbangardengirl@bell.net txt/ph cindy 416 574 6686
pks15@primus.ca Paul 416 690 8846
LAWN / GARDEN
647 898-8733
Child Care Available •18 months to 12 years •Preschool daycare & after school program 72 Main St.
www.scotstonecontracting.com Call Scott 416.858.2452 (8)
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Excellent pruning of shrubs & small trees. Lawn seeding, reel mowing, planting, raking, weeding, butterfly gardens. Interlock relevelling. Basic carpentry. Raised beds, organic soil. Downspout disconnecting. Energetic & environmentally friendly!
HOMES•OFFICES~LICENSED•INSURED YOUR VAN LINE ALTERNATIVE VISA•MC•AMEX•DISCOVER
GTA.NORTH YORK MOVERS
15 yrs in the beach
Mr Tree Man
Bilingual School
Scotstone
- Clean Up - Trimming - Seeding, planting, etc.
ALL LAWN AND GARDEN
ABBA MOVING & STORAGE FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED OVER 49 YRS.
$29 / hr. + 1 hr. & up 1 man $39/hr 2-$49 • 3-$65 • 4-$85 7 days Dan 647-763-5257
LAWN IN ORDER
437-345-9858
Working Man’s Prices!
MEN* *MOVE * Single Items too! *
Gardening
urban garden girl
Conveniently located in the Vic Park South Physiotherapy Clinic/Henley Gardens www.headstarttutors-ca.com headstarttutors@rogers.com 416-272-9589 Proudly serving the Beach for over twenty years. Neil Bennett B.Ed./OCT Sally Vickers B.Ed./OCT
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Landscaping solutions to customize your space.
Removal • Permits Trimming • Planting Stump removal • 20 yrs. exp. For free est. call Frank
Head Start Tutors
647-210-LAWN (5296) www.BeachLawns.ca
Traditional stone walls, steps, interlocking paths, patios & decks.
FOR ALL YOUR TREE NEEDS
(9r)
• Weekly & Bi-Weekly Lawn Cutting • Spring Clean-ups • Fertilization & Aeration • Hedge Trimming & Pruning • Seeding & Sodding
Next Deadline April 24th
647 679 3282
We teach it all!
IN THE BEACH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS
BEACH METRO NEWS
REX NORMAN CARPENTRY
Master of Carpentry specializing in interior & exterior finishing, decks, stairs, windows, doors, railings, book shelving, feature walls and much more. Putting quality first.
Call Rex 416-889-1963 rexn@rogers.com
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G. LOCKE
Accomplished Finish Carpenter 25 yrs exp CABINETRY, BUILT-INS INT/EXT TRIM & STAIRCASES PORCHES, DECKS, FENCES
Glenn 416 837 9298
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BEACH METRO NEWS
GALAXY
CUSTOM WOODWORKING (KITCHENS - BUILT-INS) WALL UNITS - BOOK CASES
Call Vince: workshop 416-285-9895 cell 416-399-2342
www.galaxywood.ca
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CUSTOM CEDAR DECKS + FENCES DESIGN + BUILD GAZEBOS • SHEDS GARAGE • PORCHES PLUMBING
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
J. BROW ROOFING Shingles • Flats • Cedar Free Estimates Residential & Commercial Tel: 416-752-6453 Cell: 416-788-9020 Lic# B16393
FOUNDATION REPAIR WATERPROOFING
TORONTO ROOFING INDUSTRIES LTD.
torontoroofingindustries.com(7r)
ROOFING SYSTEMS PLUS
Roofers
LANIGAN’S
Roofing & Aluminum
An honest family service in the heart of The Beaches
FREE ESTIMATES! www.laniganscontracting.ca
416-569-2181
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THOSE ROOFERS Don’t call them, call those roofers ALL TYPES OF ROOFS
SHINGLES • REPAIRS FLATS roofingsystemsplus.ca 416-857-0730 Free estimate (9)
BERGERON ROOFING
Shingle & Flat Specializing in Flat Roofs All Work Guaranteed 35 yrs. experience
416-466-9025
- 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
416-690-1430 • 416-266-8953 quotes@citywideroofing.ca www.citywideroofing.ca (4))
KEW BEACH GENERAL CONTRACTING
Trades • CARPENTRY / TRIM • DRYWALL PATCHING • SMALL JOB SPECIALIST “Serving the Beach Since 1980”
“Reclaim Your Basement”
Mark Denington
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MASONRY CHIMNEYS - REPAIRS OR NEW
HANDYMAN SERVICES “No Job Too Small”
COXWELL ROOFING
•PAINTING •STAINING •DRYWALL REPAIR •PARGING •DECK & FENCE REPAIR •MINOR REPAIRS
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GODFREY RENOVATIONS & REPAIRS LTD. Complete Kitchen, bathroom & basement. Interior/Exterior Painting & Carpentry. Doors, Windows, Siding, Fences, Decks, Patios
Flat Roofs & Shingles Aluminum Siding ~ Fascia & Soffit Eavestrough Cleaned & Replaced Tuck Pointing & Much More
ED GODFREY
Free Estimates • Metro Lic. B17416
416-694-7497 ~ 416-423-4245
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ROOFING & SIDING? SOLUTION! Flat and Shingle Roofs Re-roofing, Repair Eavestrough, Soffit & Fascia Workmanship Guaranteed
416-264-8517
Drywall, Plastering, Taping 15 yrs Experience • Excellent Job Call Mike 416-854-7024 647 833 7024 Fax 647-341-6104
CANADIAN CONTRACTORS
Met. Lic. B-16-964
(5)
CHIMNEY REPAIRS • TUCKPOINTING BRICKWORK • PARGING CONCRETE • INTERLOCKING
Call today for free estimate
Alan Burke 416-699-4350
(7r)
647-771-0227 jeff@heyhandyman.ca www.heyhandyman.ca
(r)
Happy Mother’s Day Sunday, May 14
(416) 871-4608
marcangelointeriors@hotmail.com
Underpinning Foundation Repair Drains, New/Repair
free estimates 647-235-6690 Lic & Ins (6)
FURNACES, WATER HEATERS, FIREPLACES GAS LINES, BBQ’S, STOVES, DRYERS UNDERGROUNDS, LEAK TESTING, SERVICE
AT HOME CANDA
(4)
Licensed
416-200-1463 Irish2you@gmail.com
Seniors get a 10% discount
(4r)
Cell 416 434-2762 Painting - Basement Renos Plaster & Stucco • Interior & Exterior Small Renovation Jobs & Indoor/ Outdoor Spray Painting 35 Yrs Exp • Refs upon request (4) Free Estimates
BASEMENT UNDERPINNING
MASONRY
Patio - Balcony - Brick - Stone Chimney - Fire Place, etc. Licensed & 35 years of experience
647.766.7875
- Brick replacement - Tuckpointing colour matching - Chimneys - Parging
Free estimate; competitive pricing
(7)
Call Dave 647-781-1493
Small & Large Jobs Indoor/Outdoor Work Reasonable Rate Call Bruce anytime 416-469-1974 (4...)
(9r)
Metro lic
Scotstone
Quality Stone Masonry & Brickwork Repairing & matching existing brick, Tuckpointing or new builds. Natural stone. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Foundations
www.scotstonecontracting.com scotstonecontracting@gmail.com Licensed masonry contractor
Call Scott 416.858.2452
(4)
RENOVATIONS
(r)
• Basement - Garage • Kitchen - Bathroom • Fences - Decks - Windows • Painting - Drywall • Electrical & Disability Renos
416 721 8070
(8)
JASON THE MASON
TUCKPOINTING • CHIMNEYS CONCRETE WORK WINDOW CUTOUTS • WATERPROOFING & REGISTERED & INSURED 416-580-4126 cell (1/18)
(11)
UNDERPINNING
BASEMENT LOWERING
Designer & Architect (Supplied) Engineer, Plans & Permits (ALL Supplied) Fully licensed with underpinning insurance BILD Member & Reno Mark contractor
(5r)
416 694-7402
(4...)
Complete Basement Renovation
416-662-4450 Free estimate
(6)
SACHS CONTRACTING MASONRY
• EXCAVATION • WATERPROOFING • BLOCK WORK • CONCRETE WORK • MASONRY REPAIRS WWW.NTLCONTRACTING.COM
416-278-4022
(5)
TORONTO STONE CO.
Free estimates!
Basement finishing Bathroom & Kitchen remodelling Homestar top rated www.ar-renovation.com
(4)
Insured
No job too small, we do them all. Please call for a free no obligation quote.
Handyman Services Decks, Fences, Carpentry Drywall, Bathrooms Kitchens, Basements No Job too small
A & R RENOVATION
416-419-6631
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TUCAN HOME IMPROVEMENTS
JOHN CLARKE
Jack 416-278-5328
(7)
NATURAL GAS EXPERTS
& AIR CONDITIONING • Fall furnace inspection & start up • Service, maintenance, repair • New equipment installation • Ductless AC installation • Licensed & Insured
THE HANDYMAN
Kitchens - Bathrooms Basements - Doors, Windows Garages - Fences, Decks For all your reno needs, no job too small.
owering asement Benching-Underpinning Waterproofing Inside/Outside New Drains
2196 Gerrard St. E. | 416.698.1164 www.beachmetro.com
(5r)
GENERAL CONTRACTING
CONCRETE WORK L B 416-917-5990
www.canpromechanicalgroup.com
KEW BEACH
SERVICES
(r)
Residential, Commercial, Retail, Home Offices Senior Rates
www.WintacoConstruction.com 416-200-6300 (9)
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Painting, tiling, fencing, drywall, flooring, siding, vanities & much more.
Telephone Systems
(5r)
Next Deadline April 24th
by Jim Ferrio ODD JOBS PLUS “Seniors never pay tax” Call Jim for a free estimate
15 yrs exp No job too small! Free Quotes, satisfaction guaranteed - Lic & Ins
SMART HEATING
Marc 416 419 4281
www.jdbuild.ca
416-738-2119
Garth 647-248-4952 or garth.jerome@yahoo.ca
(5)
Jack of All Trades
QUALITY HOME IMPROVEMENTS & RENOVATIONS
416 660 4721
Call C.J. 647 222 5338
Drywall, Taping Trim, Tiles, Painting
WET BASEMENT EXPERTS
416-375-5191
Fully insured, municipal license & WSIB reg’d Free Quotations • Excellent references
MARCANGELO INTERIORS
• Brick / Foundation • Concrete / Stone • Chimney & Parging
416-606-4719
Sanding, Staining, Refinishing, Repairs & Installations. Quality workmanship for excellent rates.
Bathrooms • Kitchens • Basements Flooring • Tile and Mosaic
Professional drywall and plaster work. Renovation and Repair. Very clean. No job too small.
JDB MASONRY
FLOORING SPECIALIZING IN SANDING & STAINING (11)
DESIGN-BUILD-RESTORE
Quality Work by experienced home renovator
www.smartgta.com
Air Conditioning & Heating Experts HVAC / Repair / Maintain / Install Residential / Commercial Rental programs now available
FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.
Cable & Telephone Wiring
Shingles • Flats Roof Repairs • Metal Work Eavestroughing & Siding Waterproofing • Since 1984
(4)
CJ DRYWALL & PAINTING
(9r)
CANPRO MECHANICAL
HEY HANDYMAN
Serving Your Community Since 1971
MANUEL 416-727-1900
SILVERBIRCH
WET BASEMENT ?
www.webuildit.ca
(6r)
All about wooden floors Serving Toronto since 1981
• FOUNDATIONS • LOAD-BEARING WALL REMOVALS • BASEMENT LOWERING - UNDERPINNING • ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS
416-999-2333
416-659-7003
FLOORS
HOME STRUCTURE SPECIALIST
Stucco • Moulding Wall Systems
Competitive prices • Satisfaction guaranteed
Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates
HARDWOOD
YOUR STUCCO
(r)
Foundation Repair/Waterproofing
MR.
(4r)
Restoration & Build
PLS Masonry offers over 20 years home repairs experience in the GTA
•NO JOB TOO SMALL• Metro Lic. #B9948
416-558-8453
BRICK, BLOCK, STONE WORK TUCKPOINTING, COLOUR MATCHING CONCRETE WORK - REPAIRS OR NEW BASEMENT WALKOUTS 416-463-9331 (r)
Give your floors a new beginning!!! (4) Free Estimates
Marc 416-617-7205
(4)
(r)
Hardwood Flooring
Serving the Beach 25 years Metro Lic 416-694-7402
Steve 416-285-0440
Underpinning Specialists
JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457
•CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL
416-910-8033
www.basementlowering.com 416-494-3999
HARDWOOD
Roofing Flats • Shingles Siding • Fascia Soffit Eavestrough • Skylights & much more
Gus:
Basement Lowering
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416-691-8693
All work guaranteed. 25 years experience Free estimates
(r)
GNOMEWORKS
For all your roofing needs In the Beaches since 1974 FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED
porcelain. marble . limestone . glass . ceramics
www.stonehengefoundations.com
(4)
416 694 0906 (4)
TILE INSTALLATION
416-467-6735
Local • Reliable • Professional Servicing the beach for 15 years.
Mario 416-690-1315
STONEHENGE
(r)
416-625-2851 cggcconstruction.com
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* ALL JOBS *
35 YEARS EXP. DRY WALL - PLUMBING ROOFING - EAVESTROUGH SIDING, CARPENTRY + MORE
647 - 712 - 7663
(4.)
Creative Construction
Our photos are for sale. Great for framing!
We can handle all your renovation needs. Additions, Basements, Painting, Plumbing, Flooring, Electrical, Etc.
Call us for details. 416-698-1164 x 25
Call Chris
#noteveryoneisoninstagram
416 903 4120
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NEX dea T dlin e: Apr il 2 4 CLASSIFIED ADS are available in two sizes:
$11.50 for 20 words or fewer extra words are 35¢ each
AND/OR $17.50 for a block ad (1 column wide x 1” high, no more than 40 words) Each edition’s Classified ad section also appears on our website.
To place your Classified ad with us, call 416-698-1164 ext 22
2196 Gerrard St. E. | 416.698.1164 | beachmetro.com
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
In Photos: 2017 Easter festivities The past two weekends were chock full of Easter-related events in the Beach, culminating with the Beaches Lions Easter Parade Sunday, April 16. Clockwise from right, Lions’ volunteers collect donations along the East End parade route; there was no shortage of colourful floats to cheer along throughout the afternoon; Abby Kimanzi poses with the Easter Bunny at Centre 55’s annual breakfast, April 8; Runners take off at the Bunny Hop race April 15; Allison and Sadie have their basket ready at the April 16 parade. PHOTOS: LARA O’KEEFE
BEACH METRO NEWS
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Volunteer Co-ordinator needed for
Amnesty International Beaches Group
Looking for an energetic, committed and socially and globally conscious individual to take on the responsibilities of our groups’ activities. Please note, you must be an Amnesty International member or become one prior to a coordinator position; becoming a member entails a briefing by the Toronto Regional Development Coordinator, a membership fee and authorization that you are a Member with voting rights as opposed to a Supporter. If you are interested in Amnesty’s Human Rights Work and would like to apply, please call Soula @ 905-837-2659 (not long distance from 416) for more information. Afterward, you will be directed to the Beaches contact for an interview. Thank you!
sales@tradeprocanada.com
ADDITIONS • GARAGES • FULL RENOVATIONS 44 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY Metro Lic. B 12397
416-752-1585 • www.tradeprocanada.com
Patio - Balcony Brick - Stone Chimney Fireplace, etc.
647.766.7875
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BEACH METRO NEWS
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
NOW HIRING! We are looking for hardworking and motivated individuals to join our team. We are currently looking for senior sales, junior sales and shipping staff for both full and part time positions. Opportunities for advancement for those with the ambition. Come on in and apply in person or email your resume to hiring@danforthlumberhbc.com
DANFORTH LUMBER Danforth Ave.
DANFORTH LUMBER
Victoria Park Ave.
Dawes
Main St.
Rd .
www.DanforthLumberHBC.com
Gerrard St. E.
25 DAWES RD.
(416)
699-9393
KEN GRIEVE Is it time to downsize to a property more manageable, like a Condo or Bungalow? I can help you. Call me today to book an appointment to discuss your future Real Estate Needs. Helping you is what I do!
KenGrieve@royallepage.ca Royal LePage Estate Realty 1052 Kingston Rd.
416-587-7522
In a strategic alliance unprecedented in the Toronto Real Estate Industry, DeClute Real Estate and Wright Sisters Real Estate companies have established a collaborative brokerage that will offer incredible benefits for all of their clients. Sellers realize the advantage of two top tier marketing and advertising departments working to promote their property, two staging companies preparing their homes for market, and the two most experienced sales teams advocating and negotiating on their behalf. All the important aspects of marketing a home have effectively been doubled! Buyers will be able to gain greater access to new listings sooner and with greater reach. The two companies increased market coverage ensures their home buying clients will never miss an opportunity. This is the start of an exciting new chapter in both companies’ history. Working together in a spirit of cooperation and collaboration, they will achieve more for their clients than has ever been possible; in a relationship that is unique and a first in the real estate industry.
van Blommestein Sales Representative
2014
Always here for you!
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