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November 4, 2014
Halloween on Queen arghh-ight by young pirate “Arghh,” says Jacob Rodrigues, 4. Dozens of children participated in the costume parade hosted by the Beach Village BIA on Oct. 26 as part of its Halloween on Queen festivities. PHOTO: PHIL LAMEIRA
Four more years for incumbents INSIDE By Andrew Hudson
MARY-MARGARET MCMAHON had to stand on a chair and shout her thank-yous over the cheering crowd of supporters who packed Kingston Road’s Grover Pub on election night. “This is a clear, strong, solid message to Ward 32 that we have done great work in the last four years!” she said. A rookie when she was first elected to city council in 2010, McMahon grew her votes on Monday to 15,762, or 61 per cent of the total. Her closest challenger, four-term councillor Sandra Bussin, finished at a distant 4,552 votes. None of the other 10 candidates got more than a tenth of the total. “She had the door knocking, the signs, the grassroots, the background, the whole package,” said campaign volunteer Jeff McIlveen. “And integrity.” Clearing up election signs a few days later, McMahon had more applause for local voters, whose 71 per cent turnout was the highest in Toronto.
But while she is happy with the turnout and the result, McMahon hopes to see big changes in future elections. During this campaign, unflattering photos of McMahon turned up on attack ads, a pornographic cartoon, and an anonymous letter stuffed with chicken feathers. At one debate, a rival candidate swore and made lewd remarks. At another, a candidate tried to wrestle a mic from her hand. “There was just a lot of nastiness and craziness in Ward 32,” McMahon said. “I think it would deter good people from running in future.” Asked what can be done to encourage clean campaigns, McMahon said perhaps candidates should collect signatures to show some depth of support, noting that unlike federal and Ontario politics, Toronto has no political parties to screen candidates. “The beauty, I guess, of municipal politics is that it’s democracy at work – anyone has the right to run.”
Last term, McMahon and councillor Jaye Robinson proposed a two-term limit at Toronto city hall. But the idea was voted down, and on Monday 37 of 38 incumbents were returned to their council seats including, locally, McMahon, Janet Davis, Paula Fletcher, and Gary Crawford. “Last time we had way better turnover,” McMahon said. “There was lots of fresh energy, fresh ideas, a willingness to work together, no baggage, and no egos – I’m telling you, it’s a sad state of affairs that we only have one person who unseated an incumbent.” McMahon said she will pitch term limits again this term, if only to keep the discussion alive. It may stand a better chance, she said, now that Queen’s Park has agreed to look at other reforms for 2018, such as ranked ballots and a shorter election period. McMahon also wants a review of Toronto’s proxy voting system, which she called a “complete schmozzle.” Cont’d. on Page 3
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THIS YEAR’S November 11 Remembrance Day observance will include a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. Several thousand men and women from the Beach served in the military or were part of civilian home front efforts from 1914 to the war’s end in 1918. The ceremony will take place at the cenotaph in the northwest corner of Kew
Gardens starting shortly before 11 a.m. Members of the Baron Byng Beaches Branch 1/42 of the Royal Canadian Legion will lead the procession to the cenotaph, which will include students from Monarch Park and Malvern Collegiate who have been studying the First World War, plus a vintage fire truck and ambulances. Veterans of the Second World War and war brides will be honoured guests, and wreaths will be laid at the memorial by community rep-
resentatives. The ceremony has been organized by Community Centre 55, and Nancy Culver, the centre’s special events coordinator, says she is grateful to everyone involved for what she called incredible contributions and cooperation. A reception will be held after the event in the Legion at 243 Coxwell Ave. A booklet on the role that Beachers played in the First World War is being compiled.
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Celebrating Diwali on Gerrard Musicians with Siva Mayam Nadaswaram perform an instrumental prayer to open the weekend Diwali-Mela festival hosted by the Gerrard India Bazaar on Saturday, Oct. 18.
Elections aside, McMahon said many residents told her during this campaign that they would like to see a change in local politics, too. “What I heard from people is that the ward is bigger than just the Beach,” she said. “Every community matters.” While at city council and Toronto’s Catholic school board, voters chose mainly to stick with the status quo, half the 22 trustees elected to the Toronto District School Board are non-incumbents. “A lot of new people bring a lot of new ideas, but they also have a lot to learn,” said Sheila Cary-Meagher, who is firmly among the veteran half at the TDSB having just won her 13th election as a trustee. Besides her school priorities – which include a new inner-city and equity department, more French in Ward 16, and a plan to make principals responsible for getting all their Grade 1s reading – Cary-Meagher wants to see better behaviour at the board, where personal expenses incurred by former trustees likely played a role in the recent turnover. Cary-Meagher began making her expenses public in 1973, her first year as a trustee, and now posts them online. “I was the first one ever to do that,” she said. Coming back to office in 2001 after a 15-year break, she said she was “flabbergasted” it wasn’t already the norm. Asked if posting expenses online will now become standard, Cary-Meagher was quick to answer. “Oh, you bet.”
Former reservist caught up in Ottawa events By Andrew Hudson
MOMENTS AFTER Corporal Nathan Cirillo was fatally shot while guarding Ottawa’s National War Memorial, a former reservist from the Beach was steps away. Bob Norman retired two years ago after serving as a corporal in Downsview 32 Service Battalion. Norman drove military vehicles in the reserves, and he was in Ottawa during the Oct. 22 shooting to drive a bus full of Seneca College students to a 9 a.m. tour of Parliament Hill. “I know this stuff. I know, when we sign up, that there’s a threat level,” he said a week later. “With a reservist standing guard by a monument, you’re thinking ‘zero.’ But at the same time, there’s always some element.” Shortly before 10 a.m., Norman was driving north on Elgin Street to pick up the students when Cirillo was shot by a gunman now identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau. The first thing Norman saw as he rounded the war memorial was paramedics performing CPR. He thought someone had had a heart attack. But looking west toward the Hill, Norman saw police with guns drawn – Zehaf-Bibeau had already stormed Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Traffic stopped. Soon it seemed as if every available emergency force was on scene: tactical police, a bomb squad, sniffer dogs, a military vehicle. Meanwhile, the students Norman was supposed to pick up were close to exiting Centre Block’s front doors just as Zehaf-Bibeau rushed the building. Security staff quickly led them to a small room and secured the door. “There were footsteps above them,” said Norman. “They heard everything.”
Local MP Matthew Kellway heard the same commotion from inside the NDP caucus room. Speaking under lockdown on that afternoon, Kellway said a guard came into the room, secured the door and told them to take cover. “It’s hard to describe, but I think everybody knew what was happening,” said Kellway. Sheltering behind a wall, Kellway heard about 30 gunshots in the hallway outside, which runs from the Centre Block doors to the parliamentary library. Conservative MPs heard the same thing from behind a barricaded door across the hall. The last shots they heard came from sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers, who managed to shoot ZehafBibeau dead. Slowly, Norman and the other drivers stuck on Elgin Street were directed east of the Hill. By the time he parked the bus in the Byward Market, he said the downtown streets were empty, the shops closed. Norman got one text saying the students were safe inside, and that they would probably meet in a couple hours. But then all cell phone signals in the area were jammed. “They didn’t know what was happening,” he said. It was a full 12 hours until the lockdown lifted, and a shuttle bus delivered the students off the Hill. Rather than go straight back to Toronto, the students and their teachers stayed in Ottawa as planned. By coincidence, their bus finally left downtown Ottawa just ahead of the procession carrying Cirillo’s body to Hamilton. All the way home, the Seneca students saw people waiting on highway overpasses draped with Canadian flags. “They learned a lot,” Norman said.
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Students hold up signs protesting the poor conditions in the aging portables at Secord Elementary School on Friday, Oct. 24 after their parents removed them from class in a one-day walkout.
Families protest Secord conditions By Andrew Hudson
“OLD, COLD, now mould!” That’s how one sign summed up the trouble inside Secord Elementary’s aging portables at a parent-led walkout on Oct. 24. Jennifer Goberdhan, a parent council member, was one of about 30 parents who pulled their children out of the Secord “port-a-pac” that day. Made up of several portables with a connecting hallway, the port-a-pac is 23 years old – two years away from its expected shelf life. Goberdhan said mould was found in the port-apac on the first day of school, and parents found more even after the Toronto District School Board had the building cleaned and air-tested. Ceiling tiles also fell in because the roof is leaking. Two days before the walkout, Goberdhan said parents met with the school trustee, superintendent, TDSB facilities staff, engineers and contractors, but they came away unsatisfied. “They’re talking about funding issues, saying we don’t have the money to fund an addition right now,” she said. “And that is the long-term goal – we want a permanent structure built.” Currently the TDSB is doing a major repair of the port-a-pac roof that may cost up to $100,000. Parent council co-chair Peter Soros slammed the move. “It’s had its shelf life,” he said. “They’re dumping a ton of money.” Local school trustee Sheila Cary-Meagher praised Secord parents for raising the issue.
“I think they deserve incredible kudos for putting this together because I haven’t been getting any response,” she said. Cary-Meagher said in 2012, a review of Ward 16 schools north of the Danforth was going to recommend closing Parkside and Victoria Park elementary schools, both of which have around 150 students, and building an addition at Secord so it can enroll students up to Grade 8, rather than Grade 5. But the provincial government froze all TDSB capital spending that year after the rebuilding of Nelson Mandela Park Public School went $8 million over budget. “It got frozen by the ministry, and then in discussions during the freeze they said we’re not going to fund a replacement for Parkside or a replacement for Vic Park,” she said. “They won’t do it.” Cary-Meagher said the addition approved for nearby George Webster elementary came from TDSB property sales, not the province. “Now we have nothing left to sell,” she said. But local MPP Arthur Potts said provincial funding is not the problem. “We’ve got $130 billion worth of spending on infrastructure, for schools, hospitals, transit – so money’s available,” said Potts. “We’re waiting for the Toronto District School Board to present a credible capital case for building here.” Potts said part of the issue is that it’s hard to justify an addition at Secord when there are empty spaces at D.A. Morrison, another elementary school nearby.
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Looking forward to four years of community building A GIGANTIC THANK YOU to wonderful Ward 32 for re-electing me as city councillor again! I am honoured. I am humbled. I am appreciative. I look forward to four more years of community and city building – this time with less fanfare! Elections are a time for renewal. They are a chance for new ideas and new leadership to flourish. To ensure that the best ideas rise to the top I am championing several democratic reforms that I believe Toronto needs to enact. Ranked Ballots Strategic voting often means that we end up supporting a candidate that isn’t really our first choice, out of fear. A ranked ballot, also known as a run-off system, would
allow voters to prioritize who they would like to see as their representative. Toronto city council asked the province to enact ranked ballots and hopefully this system will be in place for the next municipal election in 2018. Term Limits As many of you know I support a limit on the number of times any councillor or mayor may run for reelection. I plan to reintroduce this idea soon and ask for a robust public consultation process so that all Torontonians can comment on this proposal. Encouraging Youth Voting Many post-secondary students studying outside of Toronto were unable to vote in this election. The
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proxy voting system was overly complicated and the advanced polls were not scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend when most students are home! We need to encourage our young people to vote by making it easier for them to do so. Election Day Hours While the turnout was high in this election, why not make it easier and work toward 100 per cent participation? During this election the polling stations opened at 10 a.m. when most people had already
dropped their children off at school or gone to work. Many Torontonians would have preferred to be able to vote earlier in the day. Campaign Period The length of municipal campaigns is far too long. It needs to be shortened from 10 months to about four months, allowing enough time for rookie candidates to canvass their ward. Improve Political Literacy The TDSB curriculum stipulates civics be taught in Grades 5 and 10. Why not every grade? I had endless kids asking me thoughtful questions throughout the campaign! My fondest experience was a Grade 5 Bowmore student reeling off a stream of questions to me while out
door-knocking. He ended by saying he plans to be Prime Minister of India one day. He just might be! Improving our understanding of local elections is not just for kids. Everyone should have the opportunity to learn about the people running for office. This year some great websites consolidated this information to make it more digestible. In future we must find ways to more widely publicize the dates for all candidates’ debates, the information for each candidate, and the fact that you actually vote for three political positions (many forget or are unaware of school board trustees) on the same ballot. Once again thank you for your support and I look forward to four great years building community with all of you.
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Negative campaign ads not fit for community newspapers I WAS born and raised in the beaches and have been reading Beach Metro for nearly my full 23 years. When I opened the latest issue (October 21st) and saw the attack ad against Mary Margaret McMahon I did a double take – I thought I had picked up a satire newspaper by accident. I am appalled that you would allow such an ad to run in your newspaper. I want to make it clear that I am in no way associated with the McMahon campaign and at the time was undecided as to who I would vote for. But that does not change how I feel about this ad. First of all it makes Brian Graff look petty and unprepared, resorting to such tactics as running a smear campaign in a “non-profit community resource.” But it also made me question the
integrity of the Beach Metro, which I had never even thought of doing prior to reading that issue. Beach Metro has always been special to me, and I have many clippings saved from when I played hockey at Williamson Road PS, and from playing sports and being involved in student council at Malvern CI. To see such an ad in a publication that I hold a fondness towards is very disappointing. I would think such tactics would be reserved for the pages of other media outlets. I hope this is not the beginning of a very negative trend, otherwise I will no longer pick up a copy of Beach Metro and would urge others to do the same. Scott Macdonald Maclean Avenue
Open thank you to market organizers WE’D LIKE to give thanks for two very creative and communityminded women in the Fairmount Park Community: Susana Molinolo and Kim Antonius. Throughout the spring, summer and fall they have coordinated a wonderful farm-to-table weekly market of fresh foods, flowers, wines, craft and cultural demonstrations, prepared artisanal foods, musical performances, and more. They have been supportive of vendors, acted on customer comments and suggestions and tirelessly promoted the Wednesday afternoon market through all kinds of weather. They have also attracted a strong team of volunteers of all
ages who turn up week after week to help out. We have been so impressed with the sense of community that the Fairmount Farm Market has generated. Thank you Susana and Kim for all you have done to make our neighbourhood a better place. Gail Ferguson and Joseph Romain Wrenson Road
Former trustee crossed the line I AM a Grade 9 student at Malvern Collegiate Institute and a member of MSASS (Malvern Students Against Sexual Stereotyping). Former TDSB trustee Sam Sotiropoulos, who was defeated in the Oct. 27 election, recently tweeted
some incredibly homophobic and transphobic things. These included the opinion that being transgendered is a mental illness, and links to an article calling the pride parade a “freak show.” These comments were shocking and offensive to me, especially seeing as he added the hashtag #TDSB, drawing the school board into his ignorance. As a trustee, it was Mr. Sotiropoulos’ responsibility to represent the views of the board, and based on those tweets, he failed to do so. Sotiropoulos represented several schools and hundreds of students, many of whom identify as LGBT, and he failed to uphold everything the board claims to stand for in fairness and equality. Cont’d. on Page 27
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Students protest trustee’s tweets By Andrew Hudson
SIXTEEN YEAR-OLD Malvern student Georgia Koumantaros had already thanked the committee and stepped away from the mic on Oct. 22 when Sam Sotiropoulos, the school trustee she had just accused of making homophobic and transphobic remarks on Twitter, added an unexpected comment. “I almost figure she was doing more than expressing her own opinion,” said Sotiropoulos, then the Toronto Public School Board trustee for Scarborough-Agincourt, who joined the meeting by telephone. “Perhaps it was the opinion of the Teachers Federation?”
gendered staff and students, he asked for the Koumantaros gasped. “I find it quite offensive that you think I “exact subsections.” Sotiropoulos referred to a Sept. 2 letter by cannot form my own opinion,” she replied. “I honestly think that is the most belittling, TDSB lawyer Tony Brown, who concluded that Sotiropoulos’ Twitter remarks are his degrading thing you can do.” At that point, several trustees and specta- personal opinion. Brown also noted that untors broke into applause, including the dozen like teachers, who are held to be role modstudents from Malvern Collegiate’s Students els even outside class, “politicians have tremendous latitude to exAgainst Sexual Stereotypes (MSASS) and press ideas, even offensive Danforth Collegiate’s views.” Gay-Straight Alliance Koumantaros pointed who made their way to out that on Twitter, Sotiropoulos used the name @ the North York TDSB TrusteeSam, and that he office after school to hashtagged his remarks support Koumantaros and deliver a petiwith #TDSB (on Twitter, tion with 250 student “hashtags” work like keywords). signatures from both – Malvern student Georgia Koumantaros “I don’t think you should schools that asked be hashtagging the TDSB the board to hold Sotiropoulos accountable. and using your TDSB Twitter account when you are On election day, Sotiropoulos lost his seat to Manna Wong, saying these opinions,” she said. Outside the committee room, fellow Malwho has promised to bring an inclusive environment to the TDSB. vern student and MSASS member Sydney Back in August, Sotiropoulos wrote on Leicht said she too believes that Sotiropoulos’ Twitter that, “Until I see scientific proof that views reflect on the school board as a whole. transgenderism exists and is not simply a “If you’re in middle school and you think, mental illness, I reserve the right not to be- ‘Wow, I might be trans’ or ‘I might be gay,’ lieve in it.” In July, he linked to a story calling and you see that, you’re like, ‘Am I mentally ill?’” said Leicht. “If you don’t know that Toronto’s Pride parade a “freak show.” Koumantaros told the trustees that under there are people who will support you, and board policy, a student making similar re- that’s one of the first things you see – that marks would have to serve detention, write would be so terrible.” an essay on the issue, or be suspended. A TDSB secretary had asked the Malvern “Unfortunately, in the case of Mr. Sam Soti- and Danforth students to wait until a meeting ropoulos there was never an apology, and the after Monday’s election to make their petition, behaviour never really improved,” she said. since they weren’t listed on the committee Sotiropoulos responded by asking exactly agenda. But local trustee Sheila Cary-Meaghwhat rules he had violated. When Kouman- er led a vote to allow the petition despite the taros listed the Accepting Schools Act and agenda, noting it’s important for them to hear TDSB guidelines for accommodating trans- directly from students on such issues.
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Entertainment Beat By Jon Muldoon
Julian Taylor
FOLLOWING UP on recent success breaking into the television soundtrack market, Julian Taylor brings his band to the Royal Ontario Museum for a free concert. Taylor’s tune Do You Remember was recently featured on the NBC/eOne show Haven, while Never Gonna Give You Up was played in the CBS drama Elementary. The Julian Taylor Band album Tech Noir has also been getting play on CBC radio. While Taylor grew up on the classic sounds of Motown, Blue Note, and Stax records, he listens to – and has performed – musical styles all over the map. Tech Noir strikes a more soulful note than his decade performing with Staggered Crossing, allowing his songwriting and vocal talents to shine. The Julian Taylor Band will play at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7 at the ROM, 100 Queen’s Park. For more on Taylor and the band see juliantaylorband.com. •
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SHOUT SISTER, a women’s choir that performs a mix of popular music and old-time tunes, is back in the Beach for a fall concert
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at Beach United Church. Local Honey will also perform. The project is Shout Sister director Abby Zotz’s solo endeavour. She will be backed by fingerstyle guitarist Chris Saunders. The concert is a fundraiser to support the community development programs operated by Beach United Church. Last year’s event sold out, and organizers are expecting similar success at this year’s concert. Shout Sister and Local Honey perform Saturday, Nov. 8, starting at 7:30 p.m. at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. Tickets are $15 or $5 for children under 10, and are available through the church office at 416-6992489, or online by searching Shout Sister at eventbrite.ca.
• JAZZY SUNDAYS offer weekend afternoon entertainment at Morgan’s on the Danforth, 1282 Danforth Ave., just east of Greenwood. On Nov. 9, Allyson Morris will sing, backed by Adrean Farrugia on piano and Pat Collins on bass. The following week, Nov. 16, will see Ros Kindler take the stage, with Mark Kieswetter on piano and Ross MacIntyre on bass. • THE SECOND of six concerts dedicated to celebrating the art and music of the cello is returning to the Seicho-No-Ie Centre. Elinor Frey, a cellist from Montreal, will perform Bach’s Suite #6 and other pieces during the concert. Frey plays both period and modern cellos. She has recently performed with Ensemble Caprice, Tafelmusik, Les Idées heresies, Bradamante, and her own quartet, Pallade Musica. Her latest album La voce del violoncello was released in 2013. She has a doctorate in music from McGill, and diplomas from Mannes College of Music and Julliard School. Elinor Frey will perform at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 16 at the Seicho-No-Ie Centre, 662 Victoria Park Ave., just north of Danforth. Tickets are $20 at the door, with proceeds going to the centre’s renovation project. For more on Frey see elinorfrey.com.
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Community Calendar NOV. 8: Christmas Bazaar at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd., 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Children’s Fun Fair noon-3 p.m. Bake table, jellies, jams, preserves, book sale, Christmas crafts, country crafts, jewelry, tea room. Info: 416-699-6091, www.kruc.ca (16) NOV. 8: Enjoy a Steel Pan Concert featuring the Gemini Pan Groove at St. Luke’s Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. (at Cosburn), beginning with soup and dessert at 6:30 p.m., followed by concert. Tickets $20 per person, purchase at door. Parking available. Venue is wheelchair accessible. (16) NOV. 8: Christmas Bazaar at Fallingbrook Presbyterian Church, 31 & 35 Wood Glen Rd. (at Kingston Rd.), 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Attic treasures, basket draws, Christmas and everyday sewing, PJs, latest style knitted scarves and socks, baby gifts table, silent auction, jewelry, baking, tea room, quilts, and more. Info: 416699-3084, fboffice@rogers.com (16) NOV. 9: Remembrance Service at Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 11, 9 Dawes Rd. Parade on Danforth Avenue to the Legion at 1:30 p.m., service begins at 2 p.m. All welcome. (16) NOV. 11: Remembrance Day Ceremony at Kew Gardens Cenotaph, 11 a.m. Community Centre 55 and local Canadian legion branches will hold a special commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the First World War. The event begins with a procession along Queen Street, ending at the Cenotaph. All welcome to attend a reception afterward at Baron Byng Legion, Br. 1/42, 243 Coxwell Ave. (16) NOV. 11: Martin and Frank Sing Songs from the Great Eras at The Naval Club, 1910 Gerrard St. E. (just west of Woodbine), 4-7 p.m. Join veterans and community members and sing songs from the great eras of music. Please note the dress code is casual (step up from jeans) and men, wear a tie! (16) NOV. 12: The Outdoor Club of East York presents author Kevin Callan at S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Ave., 7 p.m. Callan is a noted outdoor author and will be sharing personal videos and images from various wild places. The Club will also present highlights of the upcoming winter schedule. Refreshments and door prizes. Free. Info: Lucy 647-556-4921 (16) NOV. 15: Christmas Bazaar at St. Theresa Shrine Church, 2559 Kingston Rd. (at Midland Ave.) 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Homemade apple pies, Christmas table, baking, crafts, raffles, white elephant and lunch room. (16) NOV. 15: Christmas Bazaar at Chester Village, 3555 Danforth Ave., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: Norman MacInnes 416-466-2173 (16) NOV. 15: Christmas Bazaar at Faith Presbyterian Community Church, 140 Dawes Rd., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Special features: famous Filipino food, bake table, Christmas crafts, white elephant table, toys and much more. Venue is wheelchair accessible. (16) NOV. 15: Fall Bazaar at Victoria Park United Church, 1 Stamford Sq. N., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Baked goods and deli, draws, etc. Tables for rent. Call Pat Clark 416-425-2899. (16) NOV. 17: Beach Community Energy Cooperative (BCEC) Annual General Meeting at Kew Beach Public School, 101 Kippendavie Ave., 7:30 p.m. BCEC has recently been awarded an OPA contract and is electing a new Board of Directors. Co-op members can run for a Board position (memberships available at AGM). If you are interested in solar, community engagement, distributed energy, resilient communities please attend. Info: BCECInc@gmail.com, 416.686.3923 (16) NOV. 18: Beach Garden Society Annual General Meeting & Seasonal Decoration Demonstration at Adam Beck Community Centre, 79 Lawlor Ave., 7:15-9 p.m. New
members and guests welcome – come early and enjoy informal discussions with members or check out our library. Light refreshments served. Info: beachgs.ca@ gmail.com, www.beachgs.ca (16) NOV. 19: Beaches Recreation Centre Advisory Council Annual General Meeting at the Beaches Recreation Centre (upstairs), 6 Williamson Rd., 6:30 p.m. meet & greet (light refreshments), 7 p.m. call to order, 9 p.m. meeting adjourned (tentatively). Meet the council members, find out what we do and sign up to be a part of this dynamic group. Info: springsprint@hotmail.ca (17) NOV. 22: Holly Berry Fair at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. (at Cosburn), 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tea room, crafts, knitted goods, baking, quilt raffle, books, Christmas items, wine draw, and much more. Info: 416-421-6878 ext 21 (17) NOV. 23: Christmas Craft & Bake Sale at St. John’s School gym, 780 Kingston Rd., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Accessible entrance. Drop in before or after Hamper’s Santa Claus Parade for a coffee or hot chocolate and find that perfect stocking stuffer or festive treat. Vendors welcome - $25 a table. Contact Peggy 416-690-1460, peggyroach1946@yahoo.ca (17) NOV. 23: Art Auction hosted by Canadians For Children At Health Risk at the Balmy Beach Club, foot of Beech Ave., 2-5 p.m. Auctioneer is Michael Prue. Door prize, cash bar, light refreshments, free parking. Admission: PWYC. Info: 416-762-3541, www.childrenathealthrisk.com (17) NOV. 27: Free Seniors’ Movie – “The Judge” with Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, at The Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen St. E. Doors open 10 a.m., movie starts at 10:30 a.m. Presented by Rotary Club of Toronto Beach. (17) NOV. 29: Craft Sale at St. John the Baptist Norway, 470 Woodbine Ave. (at Kingston Rd.), 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Local artisans will have crafts and gifts for the home and the holidays at this popular annual sale. Lunch and home baking too. Vending table inquiries: Genny Stock gordonandgenny@hotmail.com (17) NOV. 29: Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir Christmas Performance and Seasonal “Sing-a-long” at St. Aidan’s Church, 70 Silver Birch Ave. (at Queen St. E.), 7:30 p.m., featuring a reading of Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” and traditional Welsh selections and seasonal favourites. Tickets $25, available at staidan@eol.ca or 416-691-2222 (17) NOV. 30, DEC. 7: Scarborough Model Railroaders Train Show at 17 Jeavons Ave. (off Birchmount Rd.), 11 a.m.-4 p.m. See our two floors of model railroads in HO and N scale. Admission: $5 adults, $2 children, $3 seniors. Info: 416-262-9971, www. scarborough-model-railroaders.org (17) DEC. 9: Beaches Amnesty Write-a-Thon at St. John’s Norway Church, 470 Woodbine Ave. (at Kingston Rd.), 7 p.m. This is an international letter-writing event urging politicians and countries where prisoners are held unjustly to give these prisoners their rightful treatment and be released. Info: beachamnesty@gmail.com (18) DEC. 13: “A Christmas Celebration” Food Bank Fundraiser at Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, 33 East Rd. (Warden Ave. & Kingston Rd.), 7:30 p.m. Jazz pianist and vocalist Sean Stanley, singers Sokhna Dior, Mitchell Daniels, and Melody Wolfe. Stories of Christmas with filmmaker Don Gray and Rev. Cynthia Stretton of BBUC. Admission is suggested donation of $15 per person, $5 per child, plus a non-perishable food item. Proceeds to the Churches By the Bluffs Community Services Food Bank. Venue is wheelchair accessible. Info: 416-694-4081 (18)
Ongoing events
WEDNESDAYS: FREE DROP-IN PLAYGROUP at St. Aidan in the Beach, corner Queen St. E. & Silver Birch, 10 a.m.-noon. As the weather becomes colder, pre-school tots and their caregivers are welcome to drop in for a time to socialize and play. Enter by the main church door and go downstairs. (r) BEACH INTERFAITH OUTREACH LUNCH and Fellowship for Adults •Mondays at Waverley Road Baptist Church (129 Waverley Rd.), hosted by Corpus Christi Church •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.) co-hosted by St. Aidan’s Anglican Church. Info: 416-691-6869 (r) CALVARY “GRACE PASCOE” CARE CENTRE in conjunction with Daily Bread Food is open Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for distribution of food and clothing to clients residing between Woodbine and Victoria Park, and Danforth to the lake. Donations of food and clean clothing accepted on those days. Enter from parking lot at rear of Calvary Baptist Church, Main and Benlamond. Info: Kathie or Susan 416-691-2899 (e/o) BEACHES LIBRARY, 2161 Queen St. E. •Wednesday Afternoon at the Movies, 2 p.m. Nov. 5 – Double Indemnity (1944), Nov. 12 – Argo (2012), Nov. 19 – Twelve Angry Men (1957), Nov. 26 – Midnight in Paris (2011). Info: 416-393-7703 (16) GERRARD ASHDALE LIBRARY, 1432 Gerrard St. E. •Nov. 11: A little Britain goes to War – The Gerrard Ashdale neighbourhood in World War 1, 7-8 p.m. Local historian Joanne Doucette will present her research and photos about the local impact of the outbreak of WW1. •Nov. 18: Tenant Legal Rights Information Session, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Learn about eviction, rent increases, repairs, etc. Presented by East Toronto Community Legal Services. All welcome. No registration required. Info: 416-393-7717, ashdaleevents@gmail. ca, www.torontopubliclibrary.ca. Library is wheelchair accessible. (16) AL- ANON at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., Wednesdays 7:15 p.m. Alateen members are welcome to attend. Info: 416-691-1113 (fr) AL- ANON. Are you troubled by someone’s drinking? Al-Anon Beach R&R Group meets Tuesdays at St. Aidan’s Church, basement, 70 Silver Birch Ave. (corner of Queen St. E.), 7:30 p.m. (newcomers’ meeting 7 p.m.). Use side door in middle of the building. No fees or dues. (fr) EAST TORONTO CLIMATE ACTION GROUP are citizens who are concerned about smog, climate change and other environmental issues as they impact the city and particularly East Toronto. We meet monthly, and welcome your involvement and support. Info: www.etcag.org (fr) ROTARY CLUB OF TORONTO BEACH holds a breakfast meeting every Tuesday, 7 a.m., at the Balmy Beach Club. For information please visit www.torontobeachrotary. org or call Judy Orr 416-690-2123 (r) FELDENKRAIS® AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT® combines mindfulness with unique, gentle movement patterns to restore your energy, re-organize your body & revive your creativity & enthusiasm for life. Feel more grounded & alive! (Classes: Wed. 6:15 p.m., Sat. 12:30 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.). Your first class is FREE! Info: www.YourBodyTellsTheTruth.ca or call for free introductions. Registration: Marlene Kennedy 416-406-0054 (e/o) VENDORS WANTED for the Beaches Artists’ & Artisans’ Show & Sale to be held at Beaches Presbyterian Church, 65 Glen
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Manor Drive, on December 6, 13 & 20. Applications available from M. Livingstone at livingstonem@rogers.com (16) TORONTO BEACH CHORALE – New Concert Season. •Dec. 6: John Rutter’s Magnificat plus seasonal favourites, soprano soloist Alexa Wing, 7:30 p.m. •Good Friday April 3: F. J. Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, 7:30 p.m. •May 9: Georg F. Handel’s Four Coronation Anthems including Zadok The Priest, 7:30 p.m. Admission: General & Youth (7-18) $20 & $10 ($25 & $12 at the door, cash only). Children under 7 free. Special Ticket offer: 3-ticket “Flex Pack”. Info: www.torontobeachchorale.com (18) CLUB Z! Free Study Skill Workshops at the Beaches Recreation Centre, Tuesdays, 4:306 p.m. Students grades 5-10 can participate in a series of 4 interactive, cognitive based, free workshops to help them learn how to: set goals, increase long term memory to study more effectively, improve organizational skills and manage time. Space is limited. Registration: 416-562-0359, beacheseastyork@clubztutoring.com (r) BEACH PHOTO CLUB meets at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, 7:15 p.m. Everyone from the novice to the experienced is welcome. The only requisite is an interest in learning about the photographic arts. Info: www.beachphotoclub.com (16) BEACH GUILD OF FINE ART is celebrating its 20th anniversary. See the works of past and present members displayed at the Beacher Café, 2162 Queen St. E. (at MacLean Ave.), throughout the month of November. Info: www.beachguildoffineart.com (17) PEGASUS THRIFT STORE, 931 Kingston Rd. Weekly sales and redutions. Nov. 4-17: All coffee table books - buy 1 get 1 free. All jeans $3! Pegasus is a not for profit store and all proceeds support programs for adults with disabilities. Visit us on facebook. (16) KINGSTON ROAD UNITED CHURCH, 975 Kingston Rd. (3 blocks W of Victoria Pk. Ave.). Join us each Sunday for Worship, Church School and Nursery, 10:30 a.m. Our services are filled with beautiful music and thoughtful sermons, and are shared amidst a caring community with true neighbourly spirit. Come in and get a faith lift. Info: www.kruc.ca. 416-699-6091 (r) BEACH UNITED CHURCH, 140 Wineva Ave. •Sunday Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. (nursery care & children’s activity time) •Nov. 8: Shout Sisters Concert, 7:30 p.m. $15 adults, $5 children under 10 •Nov. 22: Organ Concert with Barry Peters and Patrick Dewell, 4-5 p.m. Free will offering. •Nov. 29: Christmas Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., featuring meat or veg pies, crafts, gifts, décor for the home and for you, baking, jams and jellies. Info: 416-691-8082, www. beachunitedchurch.com. We are on facebook and twitter @NewBeachUnited (16) TORONTO UNITED MENNONITE CHURCH, 1774 Queen St. E. We warmly welcome you to join us for our worship service each Sunday with Christian education and nursery, 10 a.m.-12:35 p.m. Info: 416-699-6631, www.tumc.ca ST. AIDAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Queen St. E. at Silver Birch Ave. Sunday Services are 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. (Church School & Nursery at 10:30). •Mid-week service - Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. •Bible Study Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. All welcome. Info: 416-691-2222, staidansinthebeach.com
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Comic books inspire film ambition By Andrew Hudson
WHERE MOST office desks might have an In/Out box full of paperwork, local comics creator and graphic design guru George Gatsis keeps a 3D printer. Beside it is a jumble of plastic legs, arms, hands, and a big round snout – freshly printed parts for a Cerebus the Aardvark action figure. In one of many side projects, Gatsis is helping to resurrect the sword-swinging aardvark, hero of a 300-issue series that Watchmen creator Alan Moore once said is to comic books “what hydrogen is to the periodic table.” But on the mantel above Gatsis’ desk stands a set of much larger action figures – the heroes of Seven, a story with elements that Gatsis started experimenting with years ago. Growing up, Gatsis says, “I just loved comic books.” “My parents weren’t thrilled that I took the dollar that they gave me – the allowance I got every week – and spent it on three or four comics.” Before he got into niche comics like Cerebus, Gatsis mainly read DC and Marvel standards like Superman, Spiderman, and The Avengers. But it was a Joe Kubert comic, One Million B.C., that got him started. When Gatsis met the late great comics artist two years ago, he told Kubert how that early dinosaur comic sparked his entire graphic design career. In 1990, not long after finishing a related program at George Brown College, Gatsis started his own graphic design business, The Black Diamond Effect. It was a smooth transition. Besides courses that ranged from advertising to typography, Gatsis got paid experience at George Brown – in third year, the college hired him to manage its publishing floor. After graduation, he stayed on for a couple commercial art classes, this time as the teacher. Some of his students had been classmates just months before. “It got so bad that I actually had to bring in the head technician and dean to say, ‘No, no. George is actually teaching this course!’” Gatsis soon left George Brown to take on advertising contracts, doing design work for the likes of Burger King, Coca Cola, Honda and Ford. Later, he got a two-year contract at Nelvana, Canada’s largest animation company. But even as his career got going, Gatsis was busy making what inspired it: comic books. The series had the same title as his company, The Black Diamond Effect. But Gatsis’ series had something no other comic book did – totally digital graphics. Staring with Mike Saenz’ 1985 comic, Shatter, artists had used computers to give hand-drawn art a digital look. Gatsis went a step further by rendering his art into vector graphics, lines and curves that he could completely reshape with no loss in sharpness. “The moment everything became vector, it was 100 per cent computer-generated,” Gatsis said. Other techniques were “just pushing pixels around.” Gatsis phoned the Sun, the Star, and the Globe and Mail with his story, but they didn’t bite. “No one understood,” he said.
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Comics creator George Gatsis, left, and Ding Ding, a producer on Gatsis’ forthcoming animated feature, Seven, stand by shelves of comics and action figures in Gatsis’ Gerrard Street office. “That’s what’s left of my personal collection,” said Gatsis, chuckling. “My parents decided to throw all my comic books away at one point.” Although it suited the theme of his futurist sci-fi comic, the early digital illustrations had very simple lines, and none of the headline profile of a DC or Marvel comic, or even the Canadian-made Spawn. Gatsis published seven issues, but even when he finished, he kept developing the story, this time as a single screenplay. “It’s like Back to the Future meets E.T. with a mafia plot on the side,” he said, laughing. Characters include the likes of Syntax Error and Ms. Take, not to mention the familiar-sounding General Danforth and Leslie St. Clair. “I used everything and anything about Toronto in the stories,” he said. A year ago, Gatsis began to work that screenplay into an animated feature film, Seven. Helped by his contacts in graphic design, comics, and animation, he hired Marvel writer Peter David to edit the screenplay as well as director Ben Jones and George Elliott, a Toronto animator with more than 30 years’ experience. Like his original comic books, the project is full of experiments. Gatsis is working with producers Ding Ding and Virgil Liu, who aim to gather funding and release the film in China as well as Canada – a goal that requires a careful translation of culture. “We were born in China, and got educated in North America, so we have a sense of both sides,” said Ding. China has a huge market for animated features, but so far, most of the animated films made there are “unwatchable,” he said. Ding listed many reasons, from censors to insecure intellectual property and a lack of producers who understand both the business and creative sides of filmmaking. With Seven, he said, the goal is to play to Canada’s and China’s respective strengths – creative talent and investment opportunity. Gatsis said the project is footsteps away from full-blown production. Already, he has 3D models of a futurist battle inside a TTC subway station, and plans to bring in more local people on board. “We’re going to push hard for Toronto talent,” he said. “We’re competing against the big boys.”
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LOCAL LEGIONS are holding services of remembrance to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. On Sunday, Nov. 9, Branch 11 will begin its ceremony with a Danforth Avenue parade starting at 1:30 p.m., ending at the branch location at 9 Dawes Rd. A remembrance service follows at 2 p.m. For more information call 416-699-1353. Baron Byng Branch 1/42, at 243 Coxwell Ave., will begin its Remembrance Day service on Tuesday, Nov. 11 with a procession along Queen Street to the Kew Gardens Cenotaph at 11 a.m. where the annual Remembrance Day service will be held. Community Centre 55 will host a reception at the branch following the service. Everyone is welcome to attend both events. TAGER, A short film about local artist/actor/ poet Aron Tager, won the Best Documentary Feature award at the 2014 Toronto Independent Film Festival. The film is directed by Upper Beach filmmaker Nathaniel FoxPappas, and is available to watch online at nathanielfoxpappas.prosite.com. THE GRINDER coffee shop on Main Street is hosting an exhibit of artwork created by the Grade five students at Bowmore Public School. The work was commissioned earlier this year by Beaches-East York MP Matthew Kellway, who provided the students with blank canvasses and a theme: “I’m a City Kid.” The resulting urban-inspired pieces will be on display for the next couple of weeks. Grinder is located at 126 Main St., and is open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and weekends from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. AFTER 17 days, more than 500 unionized staff at WoodGreen Community have ended a strike that closed before- and afterschool care programs at Woodfield Child Care, housed at Duke of Connaught Public School. Management staff kept Woodfield’s infant, toddler, and preschool programs running throughout the strike, along with similar programs at Enderby Child Care on Enderby Road. UPPER BEACH residents who cross Gerrard Street at Scarborough Road have petitioned local police to make it safer given how many drivers ignore the crosswalk signal there. Police had already received several complaints, and have asked the city’s Traffic Services unit to do a safety study of the intersection.
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On the Wild Side Learning to spot natural camouflage
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eople are always asking me how said “Oh my goodness, there he is!” I’m able to spot so many amazing It wasn’t his shape, colour, or movenn rokelman ment that gave him away, but rather animals in such random places. is an avid birder and nature photographer two bright yellow eyes staring back The answer isn’t exciting: I’ve learned naturephotosbyann.blogspot.ca. at me. Lee and I shook our heads in not only where to look, but how to look. amazement as we appreciated how The next time you take a walk, take perfectly the screech owl blended in with the tree and how time to really look at the trees, along their branches, and close we came to missing him. inside their holes for movement and shapes or outlines that Lee and I have a habit of naming all the trees where we don’t match the rest of the tree. When you’re looking at an find owls. In addition to my favourites – “wedding tree” and open field, don’t just look for big animals towering over the “poop tree” – we now have an “oh my goodness” tree. grass, but into the grass itself for all the animals that take refuge there. It’ll amaze you when you start to see what has been right in front of you the whole time. Don’t be discouraged if you can’t spot anything right away. Nature has been designing animal camouflage for hundreds of thousands of years. Camouflage allows otherwise visible animals to become invisible to all but the most highly-trained eyes. Many species blend into their environment specifically to keep them hidden from predators, while the predators themselves use camouflage to sneak up on or ambush their prey. What does camouflage look like? There are so many designs, colours, and techniques that it would be impossible for me to describe them all. The colouring of some owls allows them to blend in with the trees they live in (like the screech owl in photo at right), while the fur on arctic hares changes colour to blend in with the snow or the forest depending on the season. Many fish have light-coloured bellies so that predators looking up have trouble seeing it against the sunlight, while the same fish’s back is a darker colour to make it harder for birds of prey to spot it amid the water’s dark reflections. So, do I actually have secrets for spotting animals? When I took the screech owl photo, my adventure began with a tip from a friend that an owl was in the area. After heading PHOTO: ANN BROKELMAN to the last known spot where the owl was seen, we took our time looking up, down, and sideways along a nearby fence. This screech owl blends in with its surroundings, making it hard to spot from afar for beginning bird watchers. Soon my eyes wandered up a tree behind the fence, and I
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Beach Guild of Fine Art celebrates 20 By Jon Muldoon
THE BEACH Guild of Fine Art is celebrating two decades with a month-long exhibition at the Beacher Café, the site of its first show 20 years ago. Winona Gallop first considered forming a guild after spending time painting with a group of artists downtown. She made some remarks in a Ward 9 News article about a show at her home, and soon enough, artists in the Beach started tracking her down. “That article spurred the dormant artists in the community, and there were quite a few of them,” she said. The initial Guild included Gallop, Shirley Jones, Mary Cserepy, the late William Taylor, Jennifer Cline, Carolyn Pack, and Janice Gibbins. Cline, Cserepy, and Jones are still active members, while Gallop is an honourary member at large. From that initial group, the Guild has grown to include more than 60 active artist, supporting, and honourary members. The organization holds several annual shows, until recently at the Lions clubhouse at Ashbridges Bay. This year the Guild has moved to the newly renovated Beach United
Church, while one annual show takes place at Kew Cottage, the venue where Gallop and the original group originally hoped to show their work. Although the group’s members are happy to have places to hold shows, the Beach really needs a permanent space dedicated to artists, said Gallop. After all, the whole point of creating art is to show it to others, she said. “You don’t want to paint in a black hole in the universe. You paint to be seen, you paint to share.” While she’s not directly involved with the Guild these days, Gallop said she is nonetheless impressed by the current leadership. “I very much admire the organization, which is why I started it in the first place,” she said. “It’s a proper Guild that one can be proud of.” The Beach Guild of Fine Art’s 20th anniversary show will be up at the Beacher Café, 2162 Queen St. E., for the month of November. Current and past members and supporters are invited to a special reception on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. For more on the Guild, see beachguildoffineart.com.
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RITA VINDEDZIS’ acrylic paintings will be featured at Arts on Queen, 2198 Queen St. E., for the month of November. Vindedzis has been working full time as an artist for more than a decade. Her work is a mixture of what she has seen and what she would like to see. Her work has been seen in Canadian House and Home, Style at Home, and Chatelaine magazines, and on television shows including CityLine, Income Property, Property Brothers, Steven and Chris, Canadian Idol, and more. For more on her work see ritavindedzis.com.
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F8 PHOTOGRAPHY collective is holding an exhibit called Up Close and Personal in November. The group is an offshoot of the Beach Photo Club. This show explores personal journeys and what it means to be human, through images ranging from the natural world to the aesthetics of technology. Up Close and Personal is the collective’s ninth show. F8 members are Margit Koivisto, Maureen Littlewood, Catherine MacKinnon, Michael MacLaverty, Natalia Shields, Felicity Somerset, Rod Trider, and John Wallace. Up Close and Personal is showing at the Dignam Art Gallery in the Women’s Art Association at 23 Prince ArFelicity Somerset thur Ave., near the St. George subway station downtown. Artist receptions will be held Friday, Nov. 7 and 14 from 5 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. For more on F8, see f8groupofphotographers.com. •
ARTIST AND art instructor Ruth Hayes will be holding an open house at her home studio in the heart of the Beach. Hayes has opted to take part in only the spring edition of the Beach Studio Tour. She has painted most of her life, and has a BA in fine arts and an MA in expressive arts therapy. She has shown throughout Canada and the US. To allow those who enjoy her work a chance to pick up cards, small works, and matted acrylic and watercolour paintings for the holiday season, she will be holding the oneday open house on Sunday, Nov. 9 from noon to 4 p.m. Her home studio is at 17 Fernwood Park Ave. Her work is online at ruthhayes.ca, where budding artists can also find information on painting classes.
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GERRARD ART SPACE has moved across the street and a few blocks east, to 1475 Gerrard St. E., at Rhodes. The first show at the new space is a solo exhibition by mixed media artist Jyne Greenley, on now until Nov. 9. The show, Stix & Stones, is a mix of work on stone and reclaimed wood. Her work is inspired by nature, with a focus Jyne Greenley on the elements and the cycle of life. Her pieces are created with organic dyes, milk and clay paints, and natural pigments. Greenley, a Scarborough native, has created since she was a child, when she took art classes with the Scarborough Arts Council. She attended University of Toronto’s fine arts program, focusing on painting, printmaking and photography. She has exhibited across North America and Europe. Greenley will also be teaching a photo image transfer workshop on Monday, Nov. 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. Participants will learn how to transfer a photograph to a stone tile, and will complete two pieces. For more information on the gallery, including hours of operation and details on workshops, see gerrardartspace.com or gerrardartspace.blogspot.ca. For more on Greenley and her work, see artworksbyjyne.com.
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FOR LOCAL book publisher Jack David, success isn’t about toasting 40 years of ECW Press. It’s not about Giller Prize nods, the LA Times bestsellers list, or even knocking a wall out to expand ECW’s long-time office at Hammersmith and Queen. “Here’s success,” David says. “You come into work, you put your key in the door, and they haven’t changed the locks.” Today, ECW has 16 staff, and so long as their keys work, they can go into the room that holds ECW’s entire back catalogue and find nearly 1,000 books on the walls. Publisher’s Weekly has called ECW one of North America’s most diversified publishers, and while David said he gave them that line, it holds true. Among ECW’s greatest hits are The Death of World Championship Wrestling and Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words. Its all-time bestseller, Ghost Rider, is a motorcycle memoir by Rush drummer Neil Peart, who rode 55,000 miles to Belize and back after his wife and daughter died just 10 months apart. But when David started it, in 1974, ECW was nothing like it is now — an indie press that publishes 50 books a year, on everything from Animals to True Crime. “No, it was just a joke,” said David. Back then, David was a grad student at York University. One day, while waiting for a poetry prof, someone asked what they should do with the money they got for the English grad students’ association — the year before, they got $400 and threw a beer party. “Four hundred bucks could buy a lot of beer in ‘73,” said David, appreciatively. But for some reason, that day he bucked popular wisdom and said, “Let’s start a magazine.” David says he still doesn’t know why he said it. At that point, his only publishing experience was a pair of defunct newspapers — Camp and the New Moon Sun — that he had printed on wax presses while working as a summer camp counsellor north of Montreal. But the magazine idea took off.
Called Essays on Canadian Writing, it had two unpaid staff, David and fellow grad student Robert Lecker. It ran at “break-loss.” But almost single-handedly, David and Lecker had doubled the number of serious Canadian literature journals to two. “We were like, three years old,” David joked. “But we were very advanced.” Academics paid very little attention to Canadian writers back then, he explained, especially for writers still on this side of the border. One fuddy-duddy told David that you had to wait for a writer to die before you could write his or her biography, since you had to weigh their whole life’s work. But when issue one of ECW came out, it had a picture of a nickel on the cover — a gesture to poet bpNichol, whose entire output was listed inside. He was 30 years old. Later, David and Lecker did the same thing for Margaret Atwood when she had just three novels and a book of poetry out. “At that point, or any point, people take you to task and ask, ‘Well, how do you know? How do you know he’s going to be any good?’” said David. “Of course, if you’d written about Paul McCartney when he was 19, you would’ve got the same reaction.” In the catalogue room at ECW Press office, all the titles are ordered by year. Up to the mid-1980s, all the books are bound with solid blue or brown hardcovers — the snoozy stuff of university libraries. In fact, David said, in those years ECW was basically doing the sort of “big, heavy research-orientated activity that a university press should have done, because they would have had the funding.” While ECW did win some grants, and still does, it was struggling. And in 1995, when Mike Harris got elected Ontario premier, that struggle became life-ordeath. With no warning, Harris cut funding to arts council grants, a loan program and the Ontario Publishing Centre. Jean Chretien and Paul Martin soon
Co-publishers Jack David, front right, and Dav in Canadian publishing, as well as the selectio made similar cuts at the federal level. A few shelves over from the brown and blue “serious stuff,” David picks out the book that pointed the way out: The Duchovny Files: The Truth Is in Here. Green and glossy outside, it has a full-colour photo spread on X-Files star David Duchovny in the middle, including one of him shirtless, plus instructions for a Duchovny drinking game and a reprinted Mad Magazine spoof of the show. “It was fun,” said David. “We’d never done that before — we didn’t know what colour was.” Duchovny Files was ECW’s first true trade book, designed to sell not just in Canada, but worldwide. It did well, as did the sequel on Duchovny’s co-star Gillian Anderson, Mulder, It’s Me. That same year, ECW put out a huge
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biography of blues legend Muddy Waters, based on interviews with the likes of James Cotton and B.B. King. It, too, had a photo spread, 48 black-andwhites that show Water’s life from his childhood home to his grave. ECW was delving into pop culture to reach a broad audience, but it still applied the research skills that worked in academia. Author bibliographies gave way to blues discographies and lists of the world’s worst TV wrestlers. But now ECW could also print more Canadian fiction and poetry, an easy switch, David joked, since they had literally started out by writing the book on who all the best Can lit authors were. Asked if its pop-culture titles were bankrolling more “serious” work, David flipped the question to ECW copublisher David Caron, who joined the
company in 2004 and recently took ownership. “The answer is no,” said Caron. “The deal with each book is that it has to fend for itself.” A book of poetry that sells 300 to 500 copies is a success, he said. For a Canadian novel, the number might be 2,000. To make a US bestseller list, the bar rises to about 40,000, though it can swing wildly from season to season and, in the end, not matter much to readers. Whether it’s a Taylor Swift biography or Black Rock, by Beach mystery writer John McFetridge, Caron said the publishing rule of thumb is that a book needs seven hits to sell — a post on a trendy blog, a feature review, a radio interview, a Giller Prize nomination. “But the primary thing that sells books is still word of mouth,” he said.
“It’s still about people saying, ‘Oh man, I just read this book on Joni Mitchell — it’s fantastic.’” Still, not all lists are created equal, and it was a red-letter day this fall when everyone at ECW found out they had not one, but two authors long-listed for the Giller Prize — Arjun Basu for Waiting for the Man and Jennifer LoveGrove for Watch How We Walk. “It was as if you had a cat who was pregnant, and one little kitten popped out and you went, ‘Isn’t she cute?’” said David. “And then about 10 minutes later, another kitten popped out.” Only a dozen authors made the Giller longlist this year, which was chosen from 161 books by 63 different publishers across the country. “One’s a fluke,” added David, smiling. “Two is ‘Something’s going on.’”
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ing. Meditation isn’t about retreating from the pain of life to a blissed-out place where it’s all sweetness and light. It’s about seeing clearly what’s happening, and finding a quiet, grounded spaciousness deep inside where the darkness doesn’t overwhelm. It’s about finding what Christians call “the peace of God that passes all understanding.” Meditation is often associated with Buddhism, and many have travelled East to find enlightenment and that elusive inner sense of peace. But it has always been part of the Christian tradition too, taught as a form of contemplative or centering prayer. And it has the quiet power to draw us closer to each other and to the mystery at the core of our lives. The human heart is like an ocean with storms that blow up, sunshine and rain that come down, and tides that pull below the surface. Much of the time we bob about at the mercy of the elements.
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n a recent column (Who really killed the Red Baron?, Beach Memories, Aug. 26, 2014) Gene Domagala wrote about Captain Arthur Roy Brown who lived on Wrenson Road in the 1920s. In 1918 the Royal Air Force officially credited the Canadian pilot with downing Manfred von Richthofen, the famous German flying ace of the First World War. Many of us grew up with the fantasy adventures of Snoopy riding atop his Sopwith Camel doghouse waging epic “dog fights” against the fearsome Red Baron. Popular culture has made a legend of von Richthofen. I wondered how our Canadian hero Roy Brown has been depicted in the movies.
Brown never lost a man in his squadron in combat and never left a pilot behind enemy lines. In one ridiculous scene Stroud seems to be channeling James Dean or Steve McQueen, arriving in camp on a motorcycle and rudely talking back to his new commanding officer while sucking on a toothpick. In real life Brown wrote in a letter home, “My C.O. is as nice to me as could be, comes in and talks to me as if I were his own son.” Brown survived constant stress under miserable conditions and suffered severe injuries in crashes. The war took a terrible toll on his health and he died in 1944 at the young age of 50.
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
The Red Baron (2008)
A poster for Roger Corman’s Von Richthofen and Brown, above; below, Ralph Fiennes plays Roy Brown in the German production The Red Baron.
Movies reflect the mood of their times. At the height of the counterculture movement in 1969, the three most popular films were about outlaws, outcasts, and rebels, all antiheroes at odds with society: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Midnight Cowboy, and Easy Rider. Roger Corman’s 1971 film uses Roy Brown’s name to spin a fictional tale. There are spectacular aerial scenes with real vintage planes, but the dialogue is pure hokum and the history is bogus. There was never a rivalry between von Richthofen and Brown. Captain Brown is portrayed by self-described “surfer dude” actor Don Stroud as a cynical, cocky, ruthless rebel without a cause who doesn’t believe in honour. The real flyer was a young man of integrity and ideals who wrote to his “Dear Papa” that “… it is my duty to go. This is no sudden burst of patriotism or a thirst for adventure or as you used to say “a fightin’ and killin’” and things. This is a terribly serious thing … self has to be put aside.” The film’s tagline reads, “On April 21, 1918 the Red Baron of Germany and the Black Sheep of the R.A.F met in the skies over France for the last time. One came for a gentleman’s duel, the other – to kill!” Brown was actually a leader of courage, loyalty and self-sacrifice who wrote of doing good work, not of glory. He risked his life to save his fellow flyers, including Wilfrid ‘Wop’ May on April 21, 1918 in his one and only brief encounter with the Red Baron. Captain
It’s not just Hollywood that gets history wrong. The Red Baron is a German production which has an even more fictional plot where Roy Brown is shot down by von Richthofen who then saves the Canadian flyer’s life. The two become friendly foes sharing a drink and a love interest in the woman who nurses Brown back to health.
role as if he just strolled in from a polo match. In fact it was Brown who looked like a schoolboy, only 24 at the end of the war. Von Richthofen was the older, more experienced fighter who had a silver cup made for each of his first 60 victories. Incredibly, the fierce Red
Brown escapes from a German P.O.W. camp to return to flying for the “Royal Canadian Flying Corps.” (The Royal Canadian Air Force was not formed until the 1920s.) Roy Brown actually served in the Royal Naval Air Service which became part of the Royal Air Force in April 1918. The film completely skips the final air battle where the Baron is killed. The Red Baron is portrayed by a young actor who looks like he stepped out of a boy band, all tussled hair, puppy dog eyes, boyish charm and chivalry. Joseph Fiennes, pushing 40, plays the Canadian and mails in his
Baron is depicted as a sensitive, budding pacifist, in keeping with present day German ideals. On April 27, 1918, Brown wrote to his “dear” dad that “… It is terrible when you think of it that they should examine a body to see who should have the credit of killing him.” Most people don’t go the movies for a history lesson, but popular culture affects the way we look at ourselves and the world. What happens when we don’t tell our own Canadian stories? Others tell them, often badly. Truth is the first casualty of war … and war movies.
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BEACH METRO NEWS
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Family visits France to give thanks By Ed Valin
M
y grandfather and his brother both served in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during the First World War. My grandfather was wounded and his brother was killed. This past summer, on the hundredth anniversary of the start of the war, my family – parent Edmond Sr. and Letitia Valin, my wife Lisa Charette and my children Madeleine and Genevieve Valin – travelled to France to visit the grave of my great-uncle for the first time. We knew little about their military experiences before we left. My father said my grandfather rarely spoke about the war or his brother. To help us learn more, we obtained their personal services files from Library and Archives Canada. What we uncovered brought to light a family history we thought was lost. According to his service file, my grandfather, George Edward Valin, left his job as a clerk at the Post Office in 1916, and signed up with the 159th Battalion, a unit that recruited men from the North Bay and Sudbury region. He was 22 years old. He joined his younger brother, Michael Leslie Valin, who had signed up in the same battalion a few months earlier. Together they sailed overseas on the S.S. Empress of Britain to train in England. By May 1917, both men were in France serving on the Western Front in the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. On July 27, 1917, my grandfather was wounded by a German mortar shell near the town of Lens, France. His service file indicates he suffered a broken leg and a “severe flesh wound” with shrapnel in both his legs. He would spend the next eight months in hospital in England before he was discharged from the army because of “physical unfitness.” His superiors referred to his “very good” character in his final evaluation. My grandfather returned to Canada, settled in East York, married late in life and had a family. But he would spend the rest of his life in discomfort. He had a slight limp and the shrapnel wounds in his legs would sometimes ooze puss. He died in 1964 at the age of 70. Michael Leslie Valin continued to serve after his older brother returned home. He was hospitalized twice over the next year from wounds suffered in the field. It’s unclear where he served during this period because the handwritten entries in his service file are hard to decipher. An entry on Sept. 19, 1918, noted that he returned to his unit after a bout of bronchitis. He would die 10 days later at the Battle of Canal du Nord. The Battle of Canal du Nord took place near the French town of Cambrai between Sept. 27 and Oct. 1, 1918. It was part of a larger Allied assault to push the Germans out of France in the waning days of the First World War. The Allies were mostly successful but the casualty rate was high. On Sept. 29, as Canadian Forces faced bitter fighting, Private Michael Leslie Valin was killed in action. He was 22 years old. His service file doesn’t contain a record of what killed him or how his family was notified of his death. There is, however, a footnote about his pay records. It says Michael Leslie Valin was paid $15 a month while he fought overseas. The money went to his mother back home. An entry in his file shows that a year after his death, his estate was notified of an overpayment, and his mother had to repay $15. My great-uncle is buried at the Triangle Cemetery, on
Michael Leslie Valin, left, died in action in France during the First World War. His brother George Edward Valin, right, returned to Canada after the war, starting a family in East York.
the outskirts of the French village of Inchy-en-Artois, near where the battle took place. The small, triangle-shaped cemetery sits at the edge of a farmer’s field, surrounded by a low brick wall. A total of 90 Canadian and Allied soldiers are buried here. It’s a two hour drive from Paris. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. They care for thousands of similar cemeteries around the world. The cemetery was empty the day we visited in June. We were alone except for the occasional car that passed by on the country road. The cemetery grass was green and neat. My daughters raced to be first to find the grave. They found him in the back row nearest the triangle point. His headstone looked like all the others, but his was inscribed with his name, rank, age and the date he died. We gathered around it and gave thanks. My father thought of his own father and the questions he never asked him. We thought about the other young men buried here and wondered about those who may never have had a visitor. But mostly we thought of my great-uncle and his sacrifice. We had come to honour a man we had never met, but had come to know, in a small way, in the notes left in a file 100 years ago. And we were glad we could make the trip together as a family. My father left this note at the grave: “Michael Leslie Valin, who lies here, died of his wounds just days before the war ended. His brother (and my father) George Edward Valin survived injuries in the same war and went on to have a family late in life. Family members gather here today to remember them and to honour their service.” Edmond Valin Sr. Toronto, Ontario Ed Valin Jr. and his family are longtime Beach residents.
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Horticultural Matters The good, the bad, and the ugly of earthworms
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elp! I noticed hundreds, maybe thousands of invading alien creatures crawling through my soil when I was planting my garlic crop a couple of weeks ago. But hold on to your shovel. As scary as it sounds, the animals writhing around in my vegetable plot are not from a horror movie marquee, nor some terrifying creature that will send panicked citizens screaming through the streets. These aliens are common earthworms that we all find when digging in the garden – the same ones collected at the local golf course by those nocturnal guys with headlamps and buckets strapped to their legs to be sold as bait to fishermen hoping to bag the big one. The wrigglers give us a warm fuzzy feeling when we find them doing their work in the compost heap, then rack us with guilt when we accidentally divide them in two with the shovel. And if my fading childhood memories serve me correctly, worms make pretty good eatin’ when you are a curious five yearold playing in Grandma’s backyard flower garden. So what’s all the fuss and why are these benevolent little soil processing machines considered alien invasive creatures? Well, it’s because every native earthworm that existed in Ontario before the last ice age was completely eliminated during the period of glacial recession and virtually every garden variety worm living in our soil today is a foreign species that was introduced only a few hundred years ago by human activity. All of them are descendants of worms that managed to
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hitch a ride across the Atlantic during European settlement and arrived here in soil used as ship ballast or muddy root-balls of imported plant material. Of course, every gardener and farmer I have talked to have nothing but good things to say when they find a healthy population of these little creatures in their soil. The worms’ colossal appetite allows them to constantly vacuum their way through mounds of decaying organic matter and deposit their weight in nutrient rich castings back into the soil every 24 hours. Along the way, they aerate the soil with endless burrowing and distribute minerals and essential elements deep into the root zone of established plants. They also provide an abundant source of food for birds and wildlife when they happen to crawl to the surface after a rainstorm. But with the good, there is also a bad and an ugly side of worms. When they make their way to virgin forests the negative effect has been severe enough for the Ministry of Natural Resources to issue a warning against the transport and disposal of these non-native invasive species into naturalized forested areas. The main culprits are land developers who move soil to forest borders and surprisingly, fishermen who discard their unused tubs of bait in lakeside woodlands with the misguided belief that they are contributing to a healthy ecosystem. The concerns naturalists have with
introducing earthworms to our forests stem from the fact that Ontario’s woodland areas evolved quite nicely without them. The secondary native plants and animals that emerged within this ecosystem continue to depend heavily on a thick layer of worm-free leaf litter called ‘duff’ for seedling germination and protection from the elements. Lately, biologists have noticed that when large populations of hungry earthworms are present in forests a substantial amount of this duff disappears. One species, the European dew worm (a favourite bait for anglers) is a large and voracious surface feeder that reproduces rapidly and can chomp its way through large swaths of leaf litter during its nighttime feeding activities, eventually leaving significant amounts of the forest floor with bare soil and a condensed layer of castings that plants and seedlings can’t penetrate. Unfortunately, these dramatic changes may soon reach the point where some of our more delicate native plants and animals could become critically endangered species. A native orchid called Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) has already reached endangered status because of the lack of leaf cover and fungi the plant depends on to survive. This loss of habitat and the open bare soil left behind by earthworm activity has also opened the door for foreign invaders like garlic mustard and dog-strangling vine to move in, both of which are notorious for overpowering other native plants such as trilliums and ferns. So there it is, the good and the bad side of our friendly little earthworms. As for the ugly side … I’ll leave that up to your imagination.
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Sports
Swim club moves into new digs By Andrew Hudson
IT TOOK 60 years, but Scarborough Swim Club finally has a home pool. And what a pool. By 6 a.m. on a recent Saturday morning, both Olympic-size tanks in the new Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre had lanes full of splashing swimmers — the SCAR club in one, Canada’s junior national team in the other. “It’s amazing,” said 11 year-old Griffin Lajoie, who lives in the Beach, as do about a third of SCAR’s 280 swimmers. “I know there’s going to be like, really high-end swimmers here.” Head coach Darren Ward said training beside some of Canada’s top swimmers is just one of many benefits of the Pan Am centre, which opened Sept. 2 at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus. “It’s a world-class facility, so you think world class,” said Ward. “You’re not in a high school pool anymore.” The $205-million centre houses a national sports institute, CISO, which runs athletes’ workshops on diet, sleep, and exercise physiology. It also has a fitness centre, a 200-metre running track, four gyms, and seats for 6,500 fans, not to mention a towering climbing wall that greets the swimmers every time they take the pool stairs. Ward, who competed in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, said Canada has a huge number of competitive swimmers — 17,000 in Ontario alone. Although it is trending upwards, the country has had some lean years, medal-wise. Still, watching the juniors train one pool over, Ward saw the beginning of a rebound. “Canada’s been struggling, but there’s tons and tons of talent in the age-group ranks,” he said. “Four, five, six years down the road, these will probably be some of your Olympians, right here.” Given a few more years than that and the same may be true of Scarbor-
PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
From left, Scarborough Swim Club general manager Chris Prendergrast, head coach Darren Ward, and club president Carolyn Howard take the deck at the club’s new home base, the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.
ough Swim Club, where three-quarters of the swimmers are 12 or younger. “We’ve got a long haul, but we have a huge base,” said Ward. Since it started in 1954, the nonprofit, parent-run club has been home to such Olympian swimmers as Carol Klimpel and Angela Coughlan, as well as marathon queen Cindy Nicholas, who made 19 crossings of the English Channel. But in all that time, the club never had a home pool. Until recently, swimmers in the club’s pre-competitive, competitive and Masters programs had to shuttle between pools at five local high schools. Some are so dimly lit, one club member called them “dungeon-y.” While SCAR will continue using the pool at R.H. King Academy, swim meets and most training will move to the Pan Am centre. It’s a welcome change for club manager Chris Prendergrast. Three years ago, SCAR hosted a weekend meet in an older high school.
Halfway through Saturday, the toilet in the boys’ change room failed – parent marshalls spent the rest of the meet herding people in and out of the girls’, the only working toilet they could use. “It was brutal,” said Prendergrast, laughing. Even when everything works, school pools are shut for Christmas, March Break and summer holidays. Now, after hosting a fun “Spookfest” meet last weekend, SCAR is preparing a May invitational that Prendergrast imagines as a kind of “mini-Pan Am.” Clubs from Calgary, Quebec’s Gaspé region, and the US have all said they’re keen. Besides better facilities, club president Carolyn Howard said having a home pool brings the club together. “It’s great for the younger kids to see the older ones swim,” said Howard, whose oldest daughter Madeleine now swims for Western University and will race the 2016 Olympic trials, while her son and youngest daughter still swim with SCAR. Back when Madeleine was a student Malvern Collegiate, Howard said half her swimmer friends went to SCAR, the other half to Toronto Swim Club. “The Beach is a war zone,” joked Prendergrast, who also lives in the area. “We’re in competition with TSC downtown.” “Now we’ve got the best facility in Canada,” he added. “So we expect to see more kids coming our way instead of going downtown at 5 o’clock.” Like Griffin Lajoie, fellow 11-year old SCAR swimmer Maya Ellis enjoys competing – she and Lajoie are at the top of their age group in Ontario, and among the top 20 in Canada. But asked why she swims, Ellis said it’s not all about competition. “It’s really fun,” she said, shortly after singing ‘happy birthday’ for a friend on the pool deck. “I like the racing, and I like hanging out with my teammates.”
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Balmy Beach Club captures McCormick Cup Ryan MacSween of the Balmy Beach Rugby Club’s premier men’s team pulls a signature move during the McCormick Cup final against the Toronto Scottish on Oct. 25 – throwing off a tackle while running the ball up the sideline. The Beach won 27-22 before hoisting the provincial trophy at Fletcher’s Fields in Markham. “We knew we had to come to play today,” said Haydn Gage, the club’s co-president and now a four-time McCormick Cup winner. “The Scottish are a good team, and they’ve been building the last four, five years. Rugby’s one of those team sports where if you don’t live and breathe together, you don’t stretch yourselves.”
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Beaches Wellness Centre
www.advanced approachesmassage.com
Dr. Johanna Carlo Chiropractor 2277 Queen Street East (at Glen Manor)
416-698-7070
ASHBRIDGE’S HEALTH CENTRE Dr. Emily Howell Jackie Leesun Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Orthotics Registered Massage Therapy
Su Willson, B.MUS, R.M.T. & ASSOC. 927 Kingston Rd. (W. of Vic Pk)
• Hours incl. evenings & Saturdays •
Voted “#1 Spa in Toronto” - Trip Advisor
416-694-6767
THERAPY LOUNGE Megan Evans, RMT, CRHP & Associates Massage Therapy • Reflexology 2245 Queen St. East • 2nd floor • Open 7 days per week •
www.therapylounge.ca
1522 Queen St. E. 416-465-5575
416-916-7122
Dr. Tyrrell Ashcroft Dr. Thien Dang-Tan
URBAN CALM THERAPEUTICS
ART, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Graston 1089 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park)
Stephanie Gage, RMT Cami Rahman, RMT Caitlin McAulay, RMT 1789 Queen St. East, Unit 6
Effective Resolution of Family Law Matters 47 Main Street, Toronto 416-763-6884 Linda@BeachesFamilyLaw.com
OMEGA HEALTH + FITNESS
Susan T. Dixon
Dr. Scott Dunham
Jen Goddard, R.M.T.
Kew Gardens Health Group
Neville Park Health Group 2455A Queen St. East
Family Law Lawyer 2120 Queen Street East (@ Hammersmith)
416-693-2733 www.dixonslaw.ca
647-317-6017
www.omegahealthandfitness.com
Chiropractor
2181 Queen St. East, Suite 305 (at Lee)
416-907-0103
www.kewgardenshealth.com
(416) 694-8181 www.stephenkingarchitect.com
Member Ontario Association of Architects
W. MORRIS DESIGN ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANTS DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PERMIT DRAWINGS WESLEY MORRIS, ARIDO, IDC, AATO
416-261-9679
Gail Kendall ACPC ACC
BJARNASON, D.C.
John H.
B. Arch. OAA, MRAIC “Serving the Beach since 1987” Residential, Restorations, Home Inspections, Commercial, Interiors, Landscapes COMPLETE PROJECT SERVICES FROM DESIGN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
Advanced Therapeutics
416-698-5861
Stephen G. King, Architect
Gifted/ADHD Support & Coaching School/Workplace Performance Children/Adults Mary Lynn Trotter, MSW, RSW 416-875-9474 marylynntrotter@rogers.com www.adhdtreatmenttoronto.com Ask about insurance coverage
Dr. Kelly Robazza Dr. William Chan Chiropractic Acupuncture A.R.T. / Laser 2212 Queen St. E.
416-462-1562 rmtheaven@hotmail.com
MASSAGE THERAPY
Open Saturdays
24 years experience Available evenings, weekends Queen and Hammersmith
416-698-9027 • peg@pegearle.com
416-690-6257
416-694-2868
98 Scarboro Beach Blvd.
William F. Deneault
647-693-6221
416-690-6195
Michelle MacDougall (BFA, ExAT, OEATA)
Expressive Arts Therapist
(Licensed Paralegal) Small Claims, Provincial/Municipal Offences, Landlord & Tenant/other Tribunals, Letters, Mediation etc. Call for a Free 30 min. Consult
416-698-3157
416-690-6257
ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN
your beach architect
647-226-9860 Versatech
Drafting + Design Architectural Design Permit Drawings Project Management Commercial, Residential
416-694-9531 • 416-816-1630
Tonia Vuolo Interior Designer
416-522-5903 toniavuolo@me.com www.toniavuolodesigns.com NO JOB IS TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG
studio tangent architects
Renovations & Additions Structural Design • Building Permit
contemporary new construction, additions, renovations open-minded 3D design process
Local • Affordable 416-200-6300
www.studiotangentarchitects.com info@studiotangentarchitects.com
www.WINTACO.com
416.420.4544
WAYPOINT permit consulting inc. Available for consultations permit plans, zoning info, etc. BCIN#41835
Mike 416-659-2779 waypointconsulting@bell.net www.waypointconsulting.ca
All listings may also be viewed at www.beachmetro.com
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BEACH METRO NEWS
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
PRIME OFFICE SPACE
CLASSIFIEDS
in
Ideal for medical, dental or other professional use. Excellent visibility and character. Steps to TTC.
Ads are available in two sizes: Word ad
Block ad
11.50
Business Space For Lease
17.50
Suitable for store, office, storage or any business facing Kingston Rd. About 1000 sq ft & 2000 sq ft First floor with basement.
$
(includes HST) Ads must be paid for at time of placement classifieds@beachmetro.com * 416-698-1164 x 22 2196 Gerrard St. E., Toronto, ON, M4E 2C7
416 838-2949 after 1:00 pm
The advertiser is responsible for checking the accuracy of the advertisement after the first insertion. Beach Metro News is not liable for errors and non-insertions in subsequent issues. Beach Metro News accepts advertising in good faith and does not endorse any advertisers or advertisements.
YOUR FABRIC DREAM BROUGHT TO LIFE!
Call Gail 416-686-6828
Bright 2 Bdrm Apt on 2nd flr. Eat
In Kit, Shared Lndry/Yard, Hrdwd Flrs & 4 Pc Bth. Near 24hr TTC, Shops, Cafes, Library, Parks Within A Short Walk. No Smoking. Avail Now $1,250+ Some Utils.
(near Coxwell)
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Perms for short hair - $28 Pensioner’s Special Wednesdays only 10:30 am to 3:30 pm
416-466-3766
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The
Loving Memories of Cherished Pets
PETS
REMEMBERED
Men’s Haircuts $13 • Children & Senior $10
Colour photo + 25 words Size: 1.5” w x 2”h Rate: $35 (HST included) Call 416-698-1164 x 26
1048 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park Ave.)
Te l : 6 4 7- 3 4 9 - 4 0 1 5
Live a more balanced & fulfilling life! Gail Kendall, Professional Life Coach
As we welcome fall, it is a good time to consider working with a Coach to set and achieve goals for the coming year. 30 min complimentary consult
416-819-5311 kendalcoachingandconsulting.com Students welcome
WILKINSON
BARBER SHOP & HAIRSTYLING
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Beach Metro News Classified Ads also appear on our website www.beachmetro.com
(8/15)
SPLASH AESTHETICS providing In-Home aesthetic services Manicures $15 Pedicures $25 Facials $35 Hand & Foot Reflexology $15-$20 www.facebook.com/splash.cosmetics
416-809-5852
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rentals@hardingandking.com 416 699-1144
Harding & King R. E. Services Inc., Brokerage
FURNISHED
2-br + den for short term rental
Great while renovating or for visiting family. Min 30 day rental, NS, NP, parking, laundry, internet & utilities incl. Danforth & Woodbine
christianlove59@yahoo.ca myurbanoasis.ca (7/15) @ 191 Kenilworth
1 Bedroom, newly reno’d suites from $1,399 incl. utils.
New professionally installed kitchens. Brand new elevator. Quiet private park setting. Very close to beach, shopping, public transit, all amenities.
416-856-4774
Volunteers Volunteers Needed to deliver BEACH METRO NEWS
Routes available throughout the Beach, Upper Beach, Danforth, Birchcliff STUDENTS EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS or
416-698-1164 x24 admin@beachmetro.com
Spiritual Learn to Meditate
Sundays at 11:00 AM On Queen near Hammersmith Kim Sawyer at 416-698-7544 ksawyer@assyst.ca www.assyst.ca ~ By donation ~
Photo/Art Convert VIDEO to DVD $22 per tape Call Eugene at 647-922-0686 eugene@homevideo2dvd.ca (12/15)
Social/Events R.C. Legion Br. 11 9 Dawes Rd 416-699-1353
We welcome everyone to weekly FREE Saturday night entertainment/dancing
Also RENTAL facilities available (r) Vendors wanted for local Christmas Craft Sale on Sun. Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. $25 a table. Contact Peggy 416-690-1460, peggyroach1946@yahoo.ca (16)
www.beachmetro.com
(r)
The Beach Suites
Employment Opportunities
Dazzling, completely renovated suites. Kitchens with granite counters & stainless steel appliances. Modern washrooms, dark-stained hardwood floors, beautiful window treatment. MUST BE SEEN! 1 + 2 Bdrm beginning at $1,375
Wanted retired wooden pattern maker who has his own workshop. (17) 416-854-3841 Oxford in the Beach
is hiring instructors to join our team. We are currently seeking two candidates for part-time evening positions: 1. An upper level math teacher (science knowledge is an asset) 2. A strong French instructor Join our team of caring professionals and enjoy making a real difference. Please visit our website for more details about the positions: http://www.oxfordlearning.com/careers (16)
Circles Hair Design
650 Woodbine
Jennifer 8 Lawlor Avenue 416.690.3859
Rent by the month Spectacular 1200 sq. ft. 2nd floor suite overlooking lake. Fully equipped & furnished. 2 bedrm + den, 2 bthrms, 6 appls, cable, wifi, hot tub, deck, yard, all utilities included. $2600 Check out our 5-Star rating at VRBO315042 mcjoy46@gmail.com • 416-888-1951 (16)
PRIME BEACH TRIANGLE New renovation, furnished modern open plan 2 bd second floor, quiet, private, stylish. Heat/hot water included. Permit parking. References, no smoking/pets. Suit quiet professional or retiree. 1 yr lease $1800. 416 363 5942
Bright cozy one bed bsmt. apt. Heart of the beach. $875 inclusive. sheilabb@rogers. com (16)
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Optometry office in the Beach is looking for a full time assistant. Duties include sales, reception relief, opening of couriers and placing optical orders. We are looking for an individual who is outgoing and willing to assume responsibility. Experience preferred but willing to train the right person. Hours are Tuesday thru Saturday. Please drop off your resume to Dr. Karin Rummell at 1914 Queen Street East (16)
Commercial Space for Rent
Bed & Breakfast Suite Lovat
urban loft with full ensuite TV, wireless, kitchenette, parking $85 nightly www.bbcanada.com/suite lovat (r)
Out-of-Town Serene Costa Rican Vacation Home
McArthur & Son Business Centre Air conditioning, boardroom, kitchen area, copier, etc. Individual offices from $425/mth. 577-579 Kingston Rd. @ Main St.
• Tropical rainforest near Jaco Beach, stores, restaurants, surfing • Spacious home, sleeps 6, full kitchen, covered terrace with fans • L a rg e p o o l , w i - fi , exo t i c ga rd e n , b i rd s & animals • Safe, friendly, knowledgable owner on-site • US $99/night, $499/wk, $1,499/mth, negotiable • Suits retirees, couples, families, singles
nc_elic@hotmail.com www.neilsplaceincostarica.com
-Paul McArthur 416-821-3910
paulmcarthur@rogers.blackberry.net www.mcarthurbusinesscentre.com (r)
UPPER BEACHES OFFICE SPACE Ideal for medical professionals, lawyers or accountants
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Consult our excitingly creative, and award winning graphic designers to help advance your company in the marketplace using fresh, eye catching print materials. Book a consultation today. In the GTA contact
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416 690 0117 416 569 3236 C.
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BUDGET APPLIANCE REPAIR
(2/15)
BEACH WINDOW CLEANING
647.281.3084
needhelp_pc_mac@hotmail.com
(18)
HOME COMPUTER CARE Toronto’s Top Level In-home Computer Support & Service Freeware, Testimonials, Honesty. Home Consultations $30
(22/15)
TECHNICAL SUPPORT Home office & Small business Hardware and software support networking, servers, PC & Mac Proudly serving the Beach community
ORIOTECH SOLUTIONS INC. 416-450-9626 info@oriotech.com (4/15)
Computer Services Hardware & Software Support Network and Security setup PC/Mac Support, Web Site Design Cloud Services, 416-438-6360
(19)
Financial Services
(4/15)
CERTIFIED
CHIMNEY SWEEP
• W.E.T.T.- Certified • Cleaning / Inspection • Stainless Steel Liners Code Compliance • Masonry Repair nighthawkchimney.ca 416-892-5263 (20)
Local Chimney Sweeps
416-727-6825
(18)
Bed Bugs? Dead Bugs!
Professional equipment for rent. No chemicals. Results in 1 treatment. Full service available. $399 for 24 hrs SAFE FOR YOUR FAMILY
Call Adrienne
(cell) 416-824-6009
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(18r)
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For estimate call
647-899-9074
(r)
Fabrications
(r)
FULLY INSURED
416-624-3837
(r)
• Junk and Rubbish Removal • Hazardous Waste Pick-up • Small and Big Moves • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country
Call Hakan: 416 899-3980
(19)
BILLY THE KID HONESTLY DONE
GARBAGE REMOVAL
416-568-7276
(16.)
MAN WITH PICK-UP TRUCK For light moves/deliveries, cleanups, etc. • firewood available Efficient. Best rates. Call Max
416-820-1527
(17)
EXPRESS JUNK REMOVAL 24 HRS 16’ Cube Van & Pick up Truck Service
(18)
Call Bob 416-699-5306 cell 416-459-4137
(16)
SMALL JOBS * FAIR PRICE Give us your to do list!
* Clogged Drains * Backsplashes * Furniture Assembly * Holes in walls Honest, Friendly, Fair * Free Estimates * Insured (647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca (16)
GALBRAITH CONSTRUCTION AND DISPOSAL LTD.
EXCAVATION: BOBCAT, MINI EXCAVATOR SERVICE RUBBISH BINS: 14,20,26 & 40 YARD WATERPROOFING Experienced, over 35 years in business CALL 416-984-5054 416-265-0200 (17)
SLIP-ON SLIPCOVERS
NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICE
& Soft Furnishings Slipons.ca Cynthia Lovat-Fraser 416-575-6113
Custom Made Curtains, Pillows Upholstery - Blinds
Repairs to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers
Specializing in: Residential Demolition, Rubbish Removal, Garage, Basement & Yard Cleanups Driveway Friendly Rental Bins Available
by finn Custom Blinds - Drapery 416-465-6292 finn.ellen@gmail.com (16..)
www.regsappliance.com
Also we have thousands of items for domestic use (19r)
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Backyard Basement Garage cleanups Rubbish Removal Small Demolitions Free Estimates
2358 Kingston Rd.
ROSE GARDEN HOME DECOR
•Fast friendly service for 30 years •CESA certified
(17)
B&W DISPOSAL
REG’S APPLIANCE
West of Main St., across from Sobey’s Super Store
10+ years experience Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Painting, and Handy Work. Randall 416-450-0599 MRFIXIT@rogers.com
Vienna Upholstery
Largest Books, Records, Movies & Music Store
416-691-6893
PROFESSIONAL, MATURE, RELIABLE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS
647-235-6690
Household Services
Very low prices for bulk buyers VISIT US TO BELIEVE! 2442 Danforth Ave.
MR. FIX-IT
Best Prices/Free Estimates
Drapes, Blinds, Valances Also Duvet Covers, Shams, etc.
Expert Bookkeeping, Small business specialists, Strong on QuickBooks, Simply Accounting, MYOP. A la carte services. Affordable rates. Antonella (416) 464-2766 (19r)
(r)
Home Decor
Custom Window Coverings
Experienced, eclectic Beach resident offering a variety of affordable, flexible and practical support services to entrepreneurs and small business. QuickBooks training also available short or long term.
416-265-7979
DON’T QUIT!!
Chimney Cleaning (Fireplace/Woodstove) Crown/Flue Tile Repairs • Animal Removal W.E.T.T. Certified • Metro Lic# B19424 10% Discount for Seniors www.Localchimneysweeps.ca
BLIND AMBITION
BOOKKEEPING/OFFICE ADMIN/+MORE
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
“Always on Time and on Budget”
(w. of Midland)
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SCARBOROUGH DISPOSAL LTD. WASTE REMOVAL & EXCAVATION
&
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416-698-9000
Business & Personal Income Tax Computer Bookkeeping & Accounting HELLARRA SERVICES INC. 1232 Kingston Rd., Suite 5 Toronto, ON M1N 1P3
(r)
CLEVER DISPOSAL
Reliable Snow Removal 416-569-2181
MINIMUM LOAD $60 CALL MARY OR JOHN
Lanigan’s Professional Service Insured • 10 yrs+
416-HOME-126 (416-466-3126)
KSTS Computer Support (VISA/MC)
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WASTE REMOVAL + RECYCLING + DEMOLITION (r)
416-691-8503
In-home/office, established professional, support service Serving Beach businesses since 1994 Service plans available
Debra 416-693-6111
Repairs to all major appliances, vacuums, and microwaves. Fast, friendly service. Good rates. Call 416-648-4410
- COMPLETE RECYCLING - DEMOLITION SPECIALISTS
416-264-1495 CELL 416-567-4019
& EAVESTROUGHS
HOME OFFICE: Computer repair
www.atlasnetwork.ca
JIM’S APPLIANCE SERVICE
416-690-8673
Computer Services
http://homecomputercare.ca
(r)
SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATION Free estimates. No service charges.
CAPTIVATING GRAPHICS FOR BUSINESS
416-357-1467
RUBBISH REMOVAL
416-463-6330
For Sale
647-889-4114 • Open 6 Days, 12-7 (r)
416-759-2219
416-694-6241
416-575-6113
Book High Season @ Low Season Rates
OFFICE SPACE
416-690-2880
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Winona.gallop@gmail.com (16)
“It just takes one hour.” Colour & Cut
Kevin Lundbohm, Manager
PC/MAC SUPPORT
Back on Kingston Rd, award winning colourist Lynne Johnston. Call for appt 647-701-4458 (17)
416-827-8095
g o o d o n p a per
david@davidesigns.net or 416-721-1869
WAYNE&SON
OVER 20 YRS. EXPERIENCE PROMPT & COURTEOUS
416-706-7130 905-706-7130 www.kleenwindows.ca
1537 O’Connor Drive
General Services
Cleaning specialists •Windows •Eavestroughs •Decks •Siding
?NEED HELP?
BEST IN THE BEACH
ROSS APPLIANCE SERVICE
KLEEN WINDOWS
We m a k e yo u look
Call now 416-699-9714 x8 www.hardingandking.com
1562 Queen St. E.
Books wanted: art, photography, literature, aviation, military, poetry, sports, music, Canadiana, etc. Inno Dubelaar Books, 53 Dixon Ave. 416-694-1329 or 416-878-4319 (3/15)
THE PRINTING HOUSE
Harding & King
Chalet Beauty Bar
• Expert Alterations/Repairs • Refresh old Favourites • Re-line Coats, Jackets • Roman Blinds, Small Draperies, Cushions, etc.
Apartment/ Home for Rent R.E. Services Inc. Brokerage We make owning real estate & being a Landlord painless, easy & profitable.
Personal Care
Single items or complete estates Wanted: Old furniture, china, silverware, pictures, lamps, figurines, glass, curiosities, etc. Fair market prices guaranteed! Call Terence: 416 466 1404 (r)
Office Services
LANDLORDS For Peace of Mind Call
Deadline for November 18th issue is November 10th
Up Down In Out It’s In The Fit!
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www.beachmetro.com
* include self-addressed envelope for receipt * classified ads also appear on our website at beachmetro.com
Announcements
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Warden/Kingston Rd.
(1.5” wide by 1” deep)
(includes HST) For 20 words or less 35¢ each extra word
Wanted We buy! - We pay cash!
416-971-9025
Block this size
$
Beaches landmark building
(r)
416 693 7673
20% Off Design Fabric
Call Rose now www.rosegardenhomedecor.com (16)
Rubbish Removal, Demolition, Basement, Backyard & Garage Clean-ups. Home Improvements. Seniors Discount. Tree Clean up. We Recycle All Materials. Cell
416-454-5404
Next Deadline November 10th
(2/15)
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
CLEANER AVAIL.
Pet Services
Extraordinary & Exceptional THE ONE! Bi-Weekly!
PAWS SIT STAY
$15 HR
Walks Tailored To Your Dog’s Needs 5 Star Boarding w/pick-up/drop off Pet Visits/Sitting/Medications Exemplary Loving Caring Service Insured and References Available
Brendalee 416-804-5545 PAWSSITTER.COM
416-405-8301
BEACH
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CAT CARE SERVICE Veterinary Technician with 20 yrs experience provides excellent care - Home visits - Boarding in my home - Experienced in giving oral, I.V. and sub-Q medications - Nail trims, grooming matted fur - References
Call Candy at 416 691-3170
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Pet Minding
by Zak’s Moms Cat or dog visits or sitting Dog boarding 416 691-8222 pet_minding@yahoo.ca references (23/15)
ALONE AT HOME PET CARE • Over 12 years professional experience including medications • Insured and Bonded • Veterinarian trained & recommended • Member of Pet Sitters International
416-200-4471 www.alonepetcare.com (4/15)
k9walkabouts.com
Dog walking designed to fit your needs. Cat sitting, Puppy visits and Boarding Kindness and Love for your furry ones. Bonded and Insured with references Jennie 647-520-3530 k9walkabouts.com (16r)
Cleaning Services
Eavestrough Cleaning Fall Leaf Clean-Ups beachsnowremoval.ca
(18)
All Day Cleaning
cleancomfortservices.com (17)
Irene Leliotis Quality House Cleaning
Get ready for the holidays! Telephone: 416.690.3739 Cell: 647.278.7490
(16)
NEAT FREAK
Cleaning Services Join my list of satisfied customers! Specializing in Aromatherapy cleaning.
416 - 824 - 5269
www.neatfreakcleaning.com (16)
Experienced
CLEANING LADIES
Home & Office Cleaning & Organizing Services Weekly • Bi-weekly • One time cleaning Reliable & efficient
Contact Irena
(16r)
Fresh Green
Shane Kinney 647 606 0970
Fall Clean Up freshgreenlawncare@gmail.com (17)
Music
CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING
• Bio-degradable, non-allergenic products used • Drying time 3-4 hours • Bonded, insured, certified Free At Home Estimates!
Call 416-783-3434
*Bonded*
*Insured*
EUROPEAN CLEAN
Scarboro Music (416) 699-8333
(r)
416-729-2077 cell
WWW.EUROPEANCLEAN.COM (19)
RILEYS’ WINDOW CLEANING A family business since 1956
Window & Eaves Cleaning Gutter Filter Installation
Professional Recording Artist and instructor providing vocal lessons and coaching in all styles. Piano, vocal, guitar and theory instruction available in Studio. All ages. Inquire about in home services.
brendacarol.com 416-467-7959
(17)
rileyswindowcleaning.com
PIANO TEACHER 416-690-2289
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BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
(19)
EUROPEAN CLEANING LADIES
offer complete and thorough cleaning service for your house • office • condo Call Ilona 416-427-3815 (17)
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BOOTHY’S
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Cleaning and organizing superheroes Eco-friendly Local with references Kelly 647-889-4752 (16)
at Kingston Road and Woodbine
19 years in business, a warm, loving place for your child to grow, learn and thrive. We have one spot available in January. Close to Cassels Park, lots of crafts, songs, games, regular trips to drop ins and playgroups.
Call Patti at 416-693-0672
PIANO TUNING REPAIRS AND
APPRAISALS
416-699-3772
(19)
Guitar For Grown Ups Busy Life? Struggle to find time? I CAN HELP!
Rob Hiemstra - GOPROGUITAR
416-839-1351
Child Care Available
BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE -Lawn Cutting & Care -Fall Clean-ups -Hedge Trimming -Eavestrough Cleaning 416-414-5883
Bilingual School
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BALMY BEACH COMMUNITY DAY CARE 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
GARDEN CARE & ADVICE cleanup - pruning - planting readied for sale - vacation care maintenance - consultation
Allison 416-693-7214 naturescapeconsult@yahoo.ca
sheilaruthbrand@gmail.com
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Violin Lessons with Jane - Experienced teacher with a Bachelor of Music Performance degree - Various styles available - Close to Adam Beck, Malvern & Blantyre schools - Friendly manner kingwoodviolinista@live.ca
kingswoodviolinista.musicteachershelper.com
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VICTORIA GARDENING CLEAN UP • HEDGE TRIMMING LANDSCAPING • PLANTING IN LAWN MOWING • TRIMMING (16
ALL LAWN AND GARDEN Fall planting, pruning, raking,
• SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1976 •
Nurturing, supportive care, flexible hours. Early Childhood Education Specialists to answer your questions.
(r)
EAST TORONTO VILLAGE A licensed non-profit child care ser ving the Upper Beach for 28 years. w w w. E a s t To ro n to V i l l a g e . c o m THE BEST THERE IS! See our ad page 14
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SNOW R E M O VA L
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Green Apple Landscaping
We have a beautiful space located just east of Gerrard and Woodbine. Excellent programming and organic lunches are served! Servicing children from toddler to 5 yrs. For more information please call
Eloise at 416.691.5799
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Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool
Serving our community since 1974 Educational, fun-filled program for children 18 mos-10 yrs We escort to and from Balmy Beach and St. Denis schools. 416-698-4179 www.lakesideplayschool.ca (19)
Beaches Childcare Centre Inc.
25 years Experience High Quality • On Schedule One-of-a-Kind Outdoor Living Spaces
416-288-1499
www.greenapple.ca
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Not-for-profit learning environment where children ages 18 months to 5 years will develop and grow within the loving walls of our home-like centre (since 1994). Christine 416-691-0569 Email
supervisor@beacheschildcare.org for more info or tour.
646 Kingston Rd. intersection (Kingston Rd & Main St.)
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for over 20 years Looking for a full-time or part-time position. Great references.
Patsy 647-298-6447
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LANDSCAPE • DESIGN & BUILD
416-467-6059 www.stonehengedesignbuild.com (r)
KIM PRICE Landscape Design
416-693-5143 Creating Award Winning Gardens • Design and Construction •
www.kimpricelandscapedesign.com (17)
GREENSTONE LANDSCAPES
Serving the Beach For 20 Years! • Specializing in Interlock, Retaining Walls • All Natural Stone Work, Decks, Fences • Sodding, Planting,Water Features, Lighting, Etc.
416-699-8575
(19)
BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
We offer great rates on fall clean ups, seeding, sodding, hedge trimming, tree work, gardens and much more. Call for a free estimate
647-380-9722 Ryan
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“Always on Time and on Budget”
HARM’S PAINTING 416-694-2470
No job too small for all your repair and painting needs (19)
NEW BRIGHT PAINTING
SEAN AT 416-985-8639
• Small and Big Moves • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country • Junk and Rubbish Removal
A.S.M. MOVERS REASONABLE RATES
newbrightpainting@gmail.com
Simone’s Painting and Renovations
Professional work with a personal touch. Free estimates. 416-578-1221 (19.)
PAINTING
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STUDIO 1
CARTAGE & STORAGE
- Free Estimates - Interior/Exterior Painting, Staining, Metallic Surfaces - Fully Trained/Insured, BBB accredited - 3 Year Written Guarantee - Committed to the Beaches 416-888-1647 Ref Available Check us out at HomeStars! (16r)
PROFESSIONAL PAINTER
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- will do small moving jobs - local or long distance - removal & pick up of various items
Richard Durocher Interior & Exterior Small to Mid-size jobs
647 401 7970 The
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Accurate work & reasonable rates
416-999-MOVE (6683) Watch our videos at
www.BestWayToMove.com (16r)
*MOVE MEN*
$29 / hr. & up + 1 hr. One,Two, or Three Men 7 Days a Week Call Delivery Dan 647-763-5257 (16r)
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FUSSY! Painter
Colouring the Beach Since 1996!, Interior & Exterior. First Rate Team Works Cleanly, Quickly and on Budget Special Attention to Prep, Repairs, Help with Colour, No Job Too Small, Written Quotes.
Call John (416) 698-2302 or (416) 670-2639 fraser_j@bell.net
(21/15)
PAINTING PROS Interior/Exterior
Custom Mouldings Trims & Doors *Free Estimates *Insured
(647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca
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NASH COMPANY painting & services Over 15 years experience Interior, exterior, residential, commercial, custom made, plastering, drywall, laminate, tiles. • Very fair quotes
416 528 2950
Painters
JIM’S PAINTING
Larry’s Painting & Repairs
416-267-3241 Ecofriendlypainting.ca
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SINCE 1974
Family owned & operated 26 years in business
416-690-3890
larryspainting@gmail.com www.larryspaintingtoronto.com
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PROWAY
FREE estimates. Negotiable & Clean Mission: To provide Good Painting by Good People
Free Estimates & References Available (2/15)
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The Passionate Painter
Specializing in residential painting. Minor drywall/plaster repairs. 416-997-8908 www.thepassionatepainter.com
416.797.6731
one time visits available)
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RYLAN HARVEY
Interior • Exterior Residential • Commercial Plastering • Drywall
(416) 414-5883 info@blpm.ca
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NO MESS, NO FUSS, JUST SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP, Fully Insured Member BBB • Beach Resident
Movers
PAINTING & DECORATING
LAWN CUTTING *(weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and
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Plumbers
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• Weekly & Bi-Weekly Lawn Cutting • Fall Clean-ups • Flower Bed Maintenance • Fertilization & Aeration • Hedge Trimming & Pruning • Seeding & Sodding
647-210-LAWN (5296)
Nash Landscaping
WE MOVE FOR LESS!
Front yard parking pads Drawings • Permits • Build 416-288-1499
IN THE BEACH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS
EXPERIENCED NANNY
416-854-4360
www.paulospainting.com info@paulospainting.com ndojpainting@gmail.com
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Call Andre 416-422-4864
Green Apple Landscaping
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Interior and Exterior Residential & Commercial • Free estimates Specialized in Residential Painting Reasonable rates for small or big jobs.
MAN WITH CARGO VAN
Award Winning Design & Build
HARRY
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
Licensed & Insured
STONEHENGE
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Dianne 416 699 5070
Paolo’s Painting
Fresh Green
2 Men + Truck $49/hr Office • Apt. Deliveries 416-830-8183
B I R T H TO S I X Y E A R S
Ted Reeve Arena
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All Season Movers
www.greenapple.ca
(416) 690-0102
We stand by our contracts, big or small. Also do Drywall and Plaster Repairs and more
LAWN MAINTENANCE COMPLETE LANDSCAPING • CLEANUPS SPRING & FALL • FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED • DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS
416-690-1356
BEACHSNOWREMOVAL.CA
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*** Free Estimates ***
LANDSCAPING
Local. Taking care of your possessions.
BEACH
Cell# 647-853-6420
‘As Promised’ Painting
www.thegoodmoves.com 899-3980 (19)
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE • PLAYROOM • CHILDCARE REGISTRY • • LIBRARY • DROP-IN BABY TIME IS TUES & THURS AT 1:30 PM WORKSHOPS EVERY 2ND THURSDAY
IDEAL
Call Hakan: 416
Landscapers
DAY CARE CONNECTION LICENSED, NON-PROFIT HOME CHILD CARE
www.scotstonecontracting.com Call Scott 416.858.2452 (16)
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416-691-8503 (r)
For strength, durability and finish, it’s all about the prep. Have it done right, the first time. References, free estimates. Beach Resident
INTERIOR • EXTERIOR WORK
freshgreenlawncare@gmail.com
info@blpm.ca
Greg 416-693-8678 www.carbontip-toe.com
416-698-1923 www.lerouxfroebel.com
Landscaping solutions to customize your space.
Traditional stone walls, steps, paths, patios & interlock.
Shane Kinney 647 606 0970
mowing & clean-up Interlock levelling & regrading Small carpentry jobs
•18 months to 12 years •Preschool daycare & after school program 72 Main St.
STEVE’S PAINTING & REPAIRS
Fall Clean Up
John, Master Gardener
LeRoux Froebel
Scotstone
416-439-6639
647-766-7875
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Rehearse at Waverley Rd. Baptist Church Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. (then adjourn to the pub) Men especially needed.
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Spots available at Upper Beach (Home) Daycare. January, July, September, 2015. Woodbine & Gerrard. Contact Monica for information. li-monica@hotmail.com or 416-8711050 (18)
Peek-A-Bears Childcare
HOUSECLEANING Join a jazz choir NOW!
647 886 8303
Contact: Marion @ 647-406-4681 or: marionklein@hotmail.ca (16)
184 MAIN ST. across from
sjkohlhepp@hotmail.com
info@goproguitar.com
WHO HAS TIME ANYMORE?
All Welcome
FOR ADULTS WITH CHILDREN
Susan Kohlhepp
416 421-5758
OCT certified teacher, over 20 years experience, highly qualified (former dept head in a Senior highschool for Fr. Imm.)
CHILDREN’S CENTRE
VOCAL LESSONS
Same day service guarantee Open from Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE
TUTORING
Call 416-698-0750
Kingston Rd/Vic Park
BRENDA CAROL
THE HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANING COMPANY
-Fall Clean-ups -Eavestrough Cleaning -Snow Removal & Salting (416) 414-5883 info@blpm.ca
Bach to ROCK We teach it all!
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1226 Kingston Road 416-690-6116 www.thestudystudio.com Specialized programs for grades 3-12 and beyond in all subjects. Jennifer Wilson B.Ed. (21/15) Kim Rauch B.Ed.
Marlene 416-698-5668
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HEALTHY HOME
Proven success with thousands of Beach area students for 12 years
French / German / Spanish
Dependable service for over 20 years
Home Daycare available
Garden & Tree
THE STUDY STUDIO
CARPET, UPHOLSTERY RUG CLEANING
416-567-3205
• new term catch-up • • in-depth homework/test help • • essay-writing + study skills • • numeracy + literacy support • INDIV/GRP TUITION IN YOUR HOME QUALIFIED + EXPERIENCED TEACHER, K-12 PROVEN SUCCESS - REFS AVAILABLE (16)
Special for first-time clients. For your home/condo/office. Reliable, trustworthy, efficient cleaning service. For more info, call Beata at 416.233.6462
ULTRA
TO SERVE AND RESPECT
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call ALBERTO 416 690 9389 for
416-691-8503
BEST JOB & PRICE GUARANTEED
416-691-9547
stevencole@thermalmusic.com
HELP WITH MATH & ENGLISH
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
STEAM CLEANING LTD.
Ukulele lessons for all ages. Learn to read ukulele music, play melodies, strum chords, pick up songs by ear using a simple ukulele method. STEVEN COLE - experienced guitar & ukulele instructor.
Tutoring
LAWN CARE
(416) 825-9705
Play the Ukulele
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BEACH METRO NEWS
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FRANZ’S PAINTING
Experienced. Reliable. Professional Work Guaranteed. Drywall Repairs. Competitive Rates. Beach Resident.
Call Franz 416-690-8722
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MIKE PARKER PLUMBING
Plumbing • Heating • Drains Renovation, Repair & Installation
690-8533 Lic. #P-15099
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BEACH METRO NEWS
BEACH PLUMBING Small Repairs to complete houses Renovations
416 691-3555
50 years in the Beach
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ONTARIO WATER PLUMBING
LTD
Professional Quality Service Repairs-Renovations-Installations MET LIC P18238, BBB A+, WSIB Master Plumber: Franc Zamernik
Mobile: 416-834-8474 Office: 416-757-6537 www.ontariowaterplumbing.com
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NEIGHBOURHOOD PLUMBING
20% Discount off any competitor’s written quotation. Discount for seniors and single parent. Lic. Master Plumber • Free estimates Patrick 647-404-7139 (8/15)
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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PLUMBING PROBLEMS ?? DRAINS • SINKS TOILETS • LEAKS FAUCETS • TAPS $25 OFF ANY SERVICE W/THIS AD Call Rickey Rooter
416-999-3594
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ATLANTIS PLUMBING
DRAINS Dishwasher & Gas Repairs
Heating, Boilers & Radiator Repairs Reno, Repairs - LICENSED
416-265-4558 Cell 416-727-1595
(2/15)
PLUMBING REPAIRS
-Repairs -New Installations -Replacements -Plugged Drains -Alterations SAME DAY SERVICE
416-855-9500
REPAIRSMADEEASY.CA
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Electricians LOCAL ELECTRICIAN Fault Finding Knob & Tube Rewiring Service upgrades Insurance certificates
Electrical
COMPANY
PANEL & SERVICE UPGRADE TROUBLESHOOTING & WIRING ANY KIND OF SMALL OR BIG JOB. REASONABLE PRICE
Call: 416.939.7833 Lic# 7009221
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N.D. TREEN ELECTRIC ECRA/ESA Lic#7001629
Free Estimates Work performed by Master Eelctrician Panel Changes • Pot Lights Interconnected Smoke Detectors Knob & Tube Replacement Dale Treen 416-882-6701 daletreen@yahoo.com (19)
BOSH ELECTRIC Residential & Commercial For all your electrical needs,
call Sam 416-678-2319 ECR/ESA /7005757
CELL 416-875-5781
(14/15)
ESA LIC# 7002668
Master Electrician ECRA/ESA LIC#7001069
Knob & tube rewiring Service Upgrades *Ask For Photo I.D.*
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CLAYTON ELECTRIC Proud To Have Served Our Community For Over 50 Years Specializing in Service Upgrades and Knob & Tube Wiring FREE ESTIMATES 15% less best price guaranteed Work done by Andrew Clayton
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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. (19)
ELECTRIC - ECRA/ESA#7004508
Accomplished Finish Carpenter 25 yrs exp
Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates
Lic. & Ins.
416-694-7402
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THE ROOF
(22/15)
CABINETRY, BUILT-INS
Your Neighborhood Roofer Metro Licensed, Insured, WSIB No subcontracting, specialized in flat roofs and skylights Warranties on any Roof Repair www.theroofwhisperer.ca (6/15)
Flat and Shingle Roofs Re-roofing, Repair Eavestrough, Soffit & Fascia Workmanship Guaranteed
Electric Lic: 7006786
COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SERVICES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
416-833-3006
Big or small we do them all VISA / MC / AMERICAN EXPRESS (18)
PORCHES, DECKS, FENCES
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CUSTOM CARPENTRY
Gus:
416-910-8033
(22/15)
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Kitchens • Built-Ins Shelving • Wall Units
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647-206-3376 (19) Andrew
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35 years in the Beaches Marty 416 579 6534 Roger 416 579 6548 KingstonRoadRoofing.ca (5/15)
Shingle & Flat Specializing in Flat Roofs All Work Guaranteed 35 yrs. experience
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J. BROW ROOFING Shingles • Flats • Cedar Free Estimates Residential & Commercial Tel: 416-752-6453 Cell: 416-788-9020
Residential, Commercial, Retail, Home Offices Senior Rates
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416-467-6735
www.stonehengefoundations.com (r)
Basement Lowering www.basementlowering.com 416-494-3999
Underpinning Specialists (r)
CONCRETE WORK
Lowering Basement Benching-Underpinning Waterproofing Inside/Outside New Drains (r)
Sales, Installation, Service Gas Furnaces/Boilers, Stoves, BBQ, Dryers, Water Heaters/Tankless, Air Conditioners, Gas Fireplace, Humidifiers, Duct work, Radiators Fully licensed & Insured
Trades
• Chimneys - repairs or new • Brick, Block, Stone work • Tuckpointing, colour matching • Concrete work - repairs or new
TRADEPRO GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC ADDITIONS KITCHEN & BATHROOMS
• CARPENTRY / TRIM • DRYWALL / TAPING • FINISHED BASEMENTS “Serving the Beach Since 1980”
40 Years Established in the GTA / Beach
Mark Denington
www.tradeprocontractors.com
416-691-8693
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HANDYMAN
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TOTAL RENOVATIONS INC.
SERVICES “No Job Too Small”
•CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL •PAINTING •STAINING •DRYWALL REPAIR •PARGING •DECK & FENCE REPAIR •MINOR REPAIRS
Marc 416-617-7205
416-752-1585
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Architectural Design-Build
416-694-2488 www.totalrenovations.com
Sanding, Staining, Refinishing, Repairs & Installations. Quality workmanship for excellent rates.
416-375-5191
Give your floors a new beginning!!! (17) Free Estimates
WET BASEMENT EXPERTS WEBSTER CONTRACTING INC. 647-235-6690 Lic & Ins (18)
Free estimates!
Jack 416-278-5328
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Scotstone
www.scotstonecontracting.com scotstonecontracting@gmail.com Licensed masonry contractor
Call Scott 416.858.2452
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(647) 780-2917
www.property-plus.ca
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PROPERTY PLUS
SPECIALIZING IN RESIDENTIAL REPAIRS AND REMODELING NO JOB TOO SMALL ON TIME AND ON BUDGET *FREE ESTIMATES *INSURED
(647) 780-2917 www.property-plus.ca
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THE HANDYMAN
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by Jim Ferrio ODD JOBS PLUS “Seniors never pay tax” Call Jim for a free estimate (16)
TILE INSTALLATION
Small & Large Jobs Indoor/Outdoor Work Reasonable Rate Call Bruce anytime (416) 469-1974 (16)
Coleman Contracting & Company
One stop shopping for all your Home Improvement needs Repairs to Renovations From Roof to Basement & everything in between • Lic & Insured
416 858 0253
(16)
SMART HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING • Furnace cleaning & inspection • Service, maintenance, repair • New equipment installation • Oil to gas conversions • Licensed & Insured
(416) 871-4608
www.smartgta.com
(23/15)
JASON THE MASON
TUCKPOINTING • CHIMNEYS CONCRETE WORK WINDOW CUTOUTS • WATERPROOFING & REGISTERED & INSURED 416-580-4126 cell (19)
porcelain. marble . limestone . glass . ceramics All work guaranteed. 25 years experience Free estimates
416-558-8453
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JD BUILD
SPECIALIZING IN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION & RESTORATION FOUNDATIONS, COLUMNS, MASONRY, CONCRETE WALLS BRICK & STONE WORK
416 738-2119
www.jdbuild.ca
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HANDYMAN SERVICES
416-463-9331 (r)
GNOMEWORKS
(11/15)
WOODY’S
(416)465-6999•(416)768-7279 climateking.ca (19)
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Gas Lines + Hook Ups BBQ, Stove, Dryer Furnace, Water Tank, Pool Heaters *Free Estimates *Licensed + Insured
Hardwood Flooring
416 660 4721
Greg 416-693-8678
E X P E R T S
QUALITY HOME IMPROVEMENTS & RENOVATIONS
DILULLO MASONRY
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JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457
Relevelling & Repairs Small Carpentry Jobs
NATURAL GAS
SILVERBIRCH
Quality Stone Masonry & Brickwork Repairs and new builds, Chimneys, Fireplaces, Foundations
HEATING & AIR
BLACKJACK ROOFING
(r)
(21/15)
CLIMATE KING
MARK 416 447-9631
-Flat Roofs-Shingles-Eavestrough Toronto Fire/Police References An Honest Family Service
www.handydan.ws
416-917-5990
Drywall, Plastering, Taping 15 yrs Experience • Excellent Job Call Mike 416-854-7024 647 833 7024 (4/15) Fax 647-341-6104
Handyman Services Decks, Fences, Carpentry Drywall, Bathrooms Kitchens, Basements
Drywall, Painting, Carpentry Masonry, Flooring Reliable - Quality work
“Reclaim Your Basement”
INTERLOCK
Stucco • Moulding Wall Systems
Jack of All Trades
FOUNDATION REPAIR WATERPROOFING
Cleaned, Repaired & Replaced
CONTRACTING CO.
the handyman
STONEHENGE
Shingles • Flats Roof Repairs • Metal Work Eavestroughing & Siding Waterproofing • Since 1984
COXWELL ROOFING
LANIGAN’S
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Handy Dan
Alan Burke 416-699-4350
EAVESTROUGH
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Gord Walker 416-694-2119
Telephone Systems
Roofers
(r)
Met. Lic. B-8357
YOUR STUCCO
Underpinning Foundation Repair Drains, New/Repair
Cable & Telephone Wiring
Call/Text
416-466-9025
All Types: Ceramics • Natural Stones Vinyl • Cork Hardwoods • Laminates Floating and Plank
Dan 416-699-2728
EAVESTROUGH CLEANING
BERGERON ROOFING
FINE INTERIOR • EXTERIOR DECKS • FENCES GENERAL REPAIRS PLUMBING
Tel. 416-569-2181
TOTAL INTERIOR RENOVATIONS Specializing in: Kitchen Design • Bathrooms Carpentry • Drywall • Floorings Basement Apartments Decks & Fences Met. Lic. Gord Walker B-8357 416-694-2119 (r)
Repair - Reno - Restore
For all your roofing needs
INT/EXT TRIM & STAIRCASES
416-698-2613
(r)
Innerspace
WHISPERER
647-979-5652
www.webuildit.ca Serving Your Community Since 1971
info@TorontoGeneralConstruction.com (17)
FLOORING SPECIALIZING IN SANDING & STAINING
416-659-7003
Over Twenty-five Years in the Beach
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HARDWOOD
FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.
KINGSTON RD ROOFING
•Shingle Roofs •Flat Roofs •Siding •Roof Repairs •Eavestroughing Insured • Met. Lic. B15515 For a Free Estimate ask for Lawrence
- knob & tube - no job too small
(r)
Flat Roofs and Shingles Aluminum Siding • Fascia Soffit Sky Lights • Eavestrough
Steve 416-285-0440
Queen St. Roofing
MURPHY
416-691-8241
Foundation Repair/Waterproofing
Met. Lic. B-16-964
G. LOCKE
416-694-7497 ~ 416-423-4245
CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, PAINT PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, TILE Licensed & Insured 30 YRS LOCAL EXPERIENCE ON TIME/BUDGET www.beachrenovations.com
WET BASEMENT ?
CANADIAN CONTRACTORS
Free Estimates • Metro Lic. B17416
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KEW BEACH ROOFING GENERAL CONTRACTING
ROOFING & SIDING? SOLUTION!
Flat Roofs & Shingles Aluminum Siding ~ Fascia & Soffit Eavestrough Cleaned & Replaced Tuck Pointing & Much More
Metro Lic. # E-594 / ACP # M-R1507
416-690-1630
416-690-1430 • 416-266-8953 quotes@citywideroofing.ca www.citywideroofing.ca (19/14)
Lic# B16393
free estimates
CARL 647-787-5818
For all your roofing needs In the Beaches since 1974 FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED
CUSTOM HOME RENOVATIONS Roofing. Bathroom. Basement. Additions etc. 416-899-3394 1-800-768-6791
MANUEL 416-727-1900
416-264-8517
BEACH RENOVATIONS
647-606-5662
•home entertainment centres •home offices •bookcases, fireplace surrounds •utilize your space with built-in storage units Bill Watson 416-690-9564 cell 647-283-0095 (19)
Call Vince Shop 416-285-9895 Cell 416-399-2342 www.galaxywood.ca
CITY WIDE ROOFING
Licensed + Insured • 30 yrs experience (16)
CUSTOM WOODWORKING
GREEN ISLE ELECTRIC
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GENERAL CONTRACTING
Built-in-Cabinets
MARIO 416-690-1315
Lic - Insured • Free Estimate
TorontoGeneralConstruction.com
MR. HARDWOOD FLOORS All about wooden floors Serving Toronto since 1981
ED GODFREY
We keep you dry from top to bottom
ROBINSON CARPENTRY For quality craftsmanship
Glenn 416 837 9298
Complete Kitchen, bathroom & basement. Interior/Exterior Painting & Carpentry. Doors, Windows, Siding, Fences, Decks, Patios
BEACHES ROOFING Flooring Installer & WATER PROOFING
Carpenters
Call Rex 416-889-1963 rexn@rogers.com
GODFREY RENOVATIONS & REPAIRS LTD.
•NO JOB TOO SMALL• Metro Lic. #B9948
Doug 416-871-1734 Jeff 647-686-8103
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GALAXY
DECLAN O’MEARA 416-698-6183
ACE
416-699-3005
• ON TIME / ON BUDGET •
Contact us at 416 602 2128
416-690-0173
ALL TYPES OF ROOFS
- Shingles & Flats- Repair & Tune ups - Cedar & Slate - Re-roofs & new work
ECRA/ESA#7003913•ACP approved (18)
POWER
THOSE ROOFERS Don’t call them, call those roofers
Call Clyde Robinson 691-8241 www.robinsoncarpentry.com Licensed with 30 years experience
We provide basement waterproofing for external and internal homeowners with a full line of service. Great affordable rates. Fully licensed.
Cell 416-529-5426
Celebrating 40 yrs in the Beaches Knob & Tube rewire Service/Panel upgrades Renovations / Small jobs Commercial Industrial Residential
with attention to detail
Cascade Plumbing Waterproofing Specialist
&
SISK ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
Total renovations, basements, trim, doors, porches, wall units, closets. Electrical, plumbing, paint, drywall.
NEED A PLUMBER Toilets • Faucets Leaks • Drains Very affordable All work guaranteed (416) 558-8453
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
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416-699-0958
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3 - 4 apples (3 cups/750 mL) peeled, cored and chopped 2 cups (500 mL) onions, peeled and chopped 2 cups (500 mL) brown sugar 1 ½ cups (375 mL) cider vinegar 1 cup (250 mL) raisins, washed and drained 1/4 cup (50 mL) ginger root, peeled and finely chopped 1 tsp (5 ml) dry mustard 1 tsp (5 mL) salt In a large stainless steel saucepan, combine apples, onions, brown sugar, vinegar, raisins, ginger root, mustard, and salt. Bring to boil; reduce heat to a gentle boil and continue cooking uncovered about 40 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly. Meanwhile, sterilize seven one-cup (250 mL) mason jars and while still hot, ladle chutney into jars, leaving a half-inch (1 cm) space at the top. Remove any air bubbles by sliding a rubber spatula between glass and chutney. Readjust headspace to ½ inch (1 cm); wipe rim free of any stickiness. Centre snap lid on jar; apply crew band just until fingertip tight. Place jar in canner. Repeat with remaining chutney to fill jars. Make sure boiling water covers jars at least 1 inch over tops. Cover canner; return water to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes. Using tongs, remove jars to a cooling rack; cool 24 hours. Check for seal (centre of jar should be down). Wipe jars, label and store in a cool, dark place. If you prefer, apple ginger chutney may be stored in jars in the refrigerator for up to two months without processing in a boiling water bath. Mushroom, Leek and Potato Frittata
Garden Views, cont’d. from Page 21 If I can’t talk a friend with a greenhouse into giving it a winter home, it’s a goner. Same goes for annual flowers and herbs. Oh, they may struggle along indoors, but they’re really zombie plants, with just a semblance of life. Better to take cuttings of things like geraniums or plant new seeds for basil, marjoram and oregano. Exception: Parsley laughs at the cold. I’ve harvested it under a light cover of snow. In fact, I just bought a little pot of it to include in a fall/winter container planting I’m making. On the other hand, lots of tropical foliage plants get along very well indoors, even if they’ve summered outside. Houseplants like ficus, jade, clivia, and purple wandering Jew won’t mind life indoors. Just don’t expect them to put on a lot of growth until the days get longer. Even plants need a rest. Rosemary is a very popular herb that will put up with some cold. In fact, some people seem able to grow it in their gardens from one year to the next. I don’t have that much faith in our capricious winters, so mine live in pots on the porch in summer and come indoors for the winter. They live under grow lights, with lots of breathing space, and are misted very rarely and watered only when dry. They’re a little straggly by spring, but they don’t get that nasty white mould. Now (or yesterday) is the time to bring your tropical pals inside. Hardier rosemaries and similar things should also be indoors now that nighttime lows have hit freezing. Please, avoid toting any plant straight from outdoors to indoor warmth. If you can, give them at least a few days’ transition in a protected place like an uninsulated porch. Give me shelter Perennials in containers have been popular for years now. They’re a good solution for flower-crazed people who have run out of room in their gardens. (Yes, I’m one of them.) Potted perennial flowers, vines, and grasses survive the winter pretty well. Do NOT bring them indoors – they need a cold spell to sleep off their summer efforts. And don’t just leave them out there exposed to the elements. I was careless last winter and lost a cherished clematis, ornamental grass, and black lace sambuccus to the cold. Best to move them to an uninsulated space protected from the wind before daytime temperatures drop to zero. A garden shed or garage is a good idea. One friend who has neither puts an outdoor table in a protected corner of her garden, then covers it with a tarp that reaches to the ground. Her ornamental grasses and other container plants rest there until spring, safe from wind and sun. Of course, that’s a lot of shuffling and schlepping. But you save time and money by not having to plant new containers every year. And it’s kind of nice to welcome old friends back in spring.
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Open Doors, cont’d. from Page 17 When a tragedy hits we often react to that surge of pain or tempest of anger. When family issues wound us, it’s as though we’re being pulled along involuntarily by a powerful tide. But below it all is a still place, like the ocean floor, where it’s possible to feel what we feel, see the world for what it is and people for who they are, and not get swept away by it. Astonishingly, in that place there is also deep compassion. Whether Buddhist, Christian, or secular, meditation is a practice that opens the heart to a quiet, spacious compassion that can deal with life in all its pain and complexity. Learning to meditate means learning to create a space between action and reaction, events and judgments. It means seeing clearly with what some call the eyes of the heart, and others call the gaze of God. It means discovering that life is not, in fact, all about me. The very simplest form of meditation is mindful breathing: not chanting or reciting or visualizing, but just breathing, right there in the midst of the chaos and catastrophe of life. As the body rests into the breathing, so the mind starts to settle, and the heart to open. That’s where I sense God, and begin to trust myself to God’s all-embracing presence. Jesus said, “Forgive. Don’t judge. Be compassionate. Love your enemy. Follow my way.” None of that makes sense or is in any way achievable without the grace that comes from the breath or spirit of God within us, anchoring us in a still place of wisdom and love. But it takes practice! So join others who are practising on this path. Meditation takes place at St Aidan’s Church on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m., starting on Nov. 26.
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A frittata is an Italian open-faced omelet, usually done
in a heavy cast iron pan then finished off in the oven. For simplicity, this version is baked in a round pie plate or straight-sided quiche pan. Although this recipe calls for potatoes, it is a great way to empty your refrigerator of bits and pieces such as peppers, potatoes, cooked rice, onions, leeks, broccoli, cauliflower, olives, artichokes, or even a crust of bread! Here is the base recipe, which can be adapted to your leftovers. 2 tbsp (25 mL) vegetable oil 1 leek, finely sliced 1 clove garlic, minced 2 cups (500 mL) fresh sliced mushrooms 1/2 red pepper, diced 1 ½ cups (375 mL) grated old cheddar cheese, divided 6 eggs, beaten 1 cup (250 mL) cooked, chopped potato or cooked rice 1 cup (250 mL) diced cooked smoked ham, sausage or cooked chicken or turkey (optional) 1/2 tsp (2 mL) each, thyme and herbes de Provence 1/4 tsp (1 mL) fresh black pepper Pinch salt Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray a nine-inch (23 cm) pie plate with baking spray; set aside. In large skillet, heat oil over medium high; cook leeks, garlic, mushrooms and red pepper, covered, about five minutes or until softened. In a separate bowl, whisk together one cup (250 mL) cheese, eggs, potatoes, meat (if using), thyme, herbes de Provence, pepper and salt. Stir in cooked vegetables; combine well and pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature, cut into wedges, and serve with apple-ginger chutney. Serves four.
Letters to the Editor, cont’d. from Page 6 Not only does this man represent high schools, he represents elementary and middle schools, where many people first discover their gender-identity and sexuality. Recently a group of MSASS representatives, including myself, attended
a meeting of the school board trustees at North York Civic Centre, where we spoke about the issue. When asked to at least make a formal apology, Trustee Sotiropoulos refused, saying that we students were being influenced by teachers because
we are unable to formulate our opinions. People need to be aware of this problem, and they need to know just who is making decisions for the school board. Danielle Truesdale
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