Beach Metro News – June 10, 2014

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June 10, 2014

Candidates air views at debate

By Jon Muldoon

PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON

An explosion of colour at Malvern A student gets a blast of pink powder as students host their own Holi spring festival at Malvern Collegiate last month. Alanna Harinarian, head of Malvern’s multicultural club, said the holi event, held mainly in India and Nepal, was last in a series of events to celebrate Asian Heritage Month, which also included Filipino karaoke, Japanese sumo wrestling, and Chinese films.

“IF YOU’VE been watching the polls, you know that one thing is very clear: no one has any clue what’s going to happen on the night of June 12.”

Pointing out the lack of a clear leader in the provincial election is how moderator Rob Granatstein introduced the Beaches-East York candidates’ debate on June 2.

The Ontario PC Party’s Nicolas Johnson, Liberal Arthur Potts, incumbent Michael Prue from the NDP and the Green Party’s Debra Scott debated topics gathered in advance, submitted by audience members or sent by those following along on Twitter.

Canada.com’s Granatstein sits on the board of Beach Metro News, which organized the debate with the help of Community Centre 55.

Beaches-East York seems to lack a single defining issue.

While health care and education are recurring issues, as in most ridings, there were also questions about development, transit, the sale or privatization of government assets and questions from a strong contingent of people concerned about Line 9 (an oil pipeline in the north end of the city which is the subject of a proposal for flow reversal to carry tar sands bitumen).

Prue showed the most confidence and polish, as would be expected of the incumbent. Johnson kept returning to the bottom line, asking others how their party would pay for programs. Potts repeatedly highlighted the NDP’s rejection of the Liberal budget, which prompted the election.

Scott’s lack of experience showed – the event was her first public debate – but she also demonstrated a sincere optimism and performed respectably.

Prue, Potts and Johnson all confirmed their parties’ support for the redevelopment project underway at Toronto East General Hospital.

Likewise, all four candidates said they would ensure all rules are followed regarding Line 9. Though it doesn’t pass through the riding, the pipeline does cross every major waterway in Toronto, most of which feed into Lake Ontario.

Discussion heated up when the topic moved to transit.

Potts said Main and Danforth is the ideal spot to build the downtown relief line. Part of the funding would come from the sale of some provincial assets, he said, such as the General Motors shares the province received as part of the auto bailout package a few years ago.

Scott said the Green Party would pay for transit improvements with congestion charges, increases in gas taxes, and road tolls.

Johnson said the PCs would like to see the TTC’s rail lines, GO transit, and other highways such as the Don Valley Parkway and the Allen Expressway operate under a single provincial body.

He also said subway lines wouldn’t be on the immediate to-do list of a PC government. “We build that when we have the money. We don’t rack up more debt to build projects that we can’t afford.”

Prue said the NDP would pay for subways with in-

creased corporate taxes. Ontario’s are some of the lowest in North America, he added.

When public-private partnerships involving the TTC came up, Prue jumped on the Liberals’ track record.

“Just look at how successful they’ve been with this government. Think of names like ORNGE: public-private partnership. Think about the gas plants: public-private partnership. Think about eHealth: public-private partnership. Think about the $500 million the auditor general said we wasted at the Brampton hospital: publicprivate partnership. We don’t need that on the TTC,” he said.

While other candidates promised regulations for daycares in the wake of recent child deaths, Johnson returned to the fiscal responsibility theme.

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G-sTARS glide to victory at Ted Reeve Wearing the jammer’s black star on her helmet, ‘Monster Muffin’ of Alliston’s Striking Vikings threads the gap between Toronto G-sTARs Zooey ‘Smash ‘em Well’ and Lee Way Wreck’em at a May roller derby bout at Ted Reeve Arena. The bout was close, but the G-sTARs prevailed 144-112 over the Striking Vikings. The GTA Rollergirls will co-host the sixth annual Clam Slam on June 26, as part of this year’s Pride celebrations.

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Police help prom dreams come true Police constable Rob McDonald considers how he might look in gold at a prom dress giveaway on June 2. McDonald said a colleague met a group of girls shopping for prom dresses the week before, and wanted to help out after speaking to one girl who couldn’t afford the clothes her friends were buying. McDonald reached out for donations on social media, and was amazed when people brought more than 120 dresses to the 55 Division station. The Beaches Lions Club stepped up to host the giveaway at their boathouse.

3 year-old burned by hot coals

By Andrew Hudson

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A THREE year-old girl is slowly recovering after stepping on hot barbecue coals left along Kew Beach.

“I’m actually amazed at her courage through all this,” says her father Chad Danyluck.

His daughter got the burns on May 25, when she and her uncles were walking by the water just west of the Kew dog park. Danyluck found hot coals in the sand nearby.

Doctors said it could take a month before her second-degree burns heal enough that she can stand.

At one point, the blister on her right foot swelled as big as a tennis ball.

While it’s no fun changing her bandages, Danyluck said her feet are healing faster than expected and she can already put weight on one foot.

But until picnickers quit using coal-fired barbecues on the beach, he said people with young kids or dogs need to watch out.

It’s illegal, but from what he and others have seen in the Beach, coal-fired barbecues seem to be a pretty normal thing.

“I really don’t know what the solution is,” he said.

Gas barbecues are the only portable barbecue allowed in city parks. They can be used in parks where signs allow for it, or if picnickers get a special permit.

Picnickers can use charcoal or briquette in parks, but only at the fixed barbecues set up in larger parks like Ashbridges Bay, Cherry Beach, and the Scarborough Bluffs.

“It’s disappointing that people don’t respect the rules,” said local councillor MaryMargaret McMahon.

“My heart goes out to the little girl and her parents.”

McMahon said the city will install new signs to let people know what the rules are, and bylaw officers have already stepped up patrols. The applicable fines range from $255 to $5,000.

“You can do your coal-fire burning, which people love – the smell is nostalgic, and it’s usually better-tasting,” she said, but only in fixed barbecues.

For more information, or to get a barbecue permit, phone the City of Toronto’s info line at 311.

Correction Father Pat Fitzpatrick won a special merit award for more than 50 years of service to Catholic schools in Toronto. While Father Gerald Fitzgerald also served at Neil McNeil

High School, his name was used in error on Page 3 of the May 27 issue, which should have referred to Father Fitzpatrick throughout.

Beach Metro News apologizes for the error.

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there was a board that shouldn’t be there, this is the one.”

Scott agreed with Prue, emphasizing that Beachers have no problem with development in general.

“What we don’t want is variances, and variances, and variances,” she said.

Potts said the OMB serves a valuable role, and should definitely remain an unelected body, to keep politics out of the process. He would like to see limits on what it can approve, so that it can’t approve projects that exceed city plans.

Johnson said OMB appeals could be improved, particularly when local groups feel they’re being railroaded. However, he had doubts that the body itself was the cause of many of the problems experienced by citizens’ groups.

“How much of it has to go back to what’s in the official plan, and the secondary plan and the design guidelines and so forth? Are we putting blame in the right place, or is it a red herring?,” he asked.

The potential sale of public assets was also up for debate.

Potts said all assets would be under review with a Liberal government, to determine whether they could offer a better return, though any sales would be subject to full public consultation. Assets such as the province’s GM shares could be put to better use, he said. “Who wouldn’t sell those to fund transit?”

Johnson said the PC party would look at options on a case by case basis, while Prue warned of the dangers of the lost revenue of some assets, such as the LCBO and OLG. Scott said while she doesn’t have an economics degree, the evidence seemed to point to the sale of money-making government agencies as short-sighted.

“We don’t sell the cow when we can milk it for another 20 years,” she said.

PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON

Kew cottage opened to local groups Karen Riley, a gardener with the city’s parks department, tends to a flower bed in front of the Kew Gardens Cottage on June 5.

Community groups that normally host special events at the cottage, such as the Beach Guild of Fine Art’s exhibits or the Beach Rotary Club’s Mother’s Day Tea, will be allowed to continue at the cottage despite the costly fire code and accessibility upgrades it needs.

Local councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon said last week that the groups and her office wrote to Toronto Fire Services about the issue, and the fire marshall agreed that existing groups could continue hosting events there so long as they have a trained fire safety person on site to keep everyone off the top floor, which lacks a fire escape.

“It’s just for the groups that normally use it,” McMahon said. “You can’t have your wedding there or anything like that, unfortunately. We still need our long-term solution, and our financing.”

Veterans, their families, and current members of the armed services marched to St. John’s Norway Cemetery on June 1.

The annual parade is held in memory of those that lost their life in the Battle of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy during the Second World War. Part of the ceremony includes raising a new flag over the veteran’s area at the cemetery.

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Two more alternatives on June 12

By Andrew Hudson

LIBERTARIANS IN Beaches-East York will have to think twice when they vote on Thursday.

The riding has not one, but two candidates from parties promising radically less government in Ontario.

Alex Lindsay is a 27 year-old civil engineer running for the Ontario Libertarian Party.

“I believe that government intervention in basically any industry or service, as well as people’s lives, is ultimately detrimental to people,” he says.

In their platform, The Choice Book, Ontario Libertarians set out plans to privatize healthcare and energy companies, remove the minimum wage, create a flat income tax, stop enforcing federal gun-control laws, and decriminalize prostitution and recreational drugs.

While the platform isn’t mainstream, Lindsay said Canadians are actually more libertarian than they know. For example, he said many people, not just ‘Half-Baked’ stoner types, agree drug laws do more harm than good, and would like to decriminalize marijuana.

“I would like to see a policy based in true evidence, and not politics,” he said.

Toronto’s traffic woes are another example, said Lindsay. While politicians battle over funding one or another transit line, the root problem – urban sprawl – continues to stretch the network.

“You have people who work downtown and live 30 or 50 kilometers away,” he said.

“To say it’s a problem with transit isn’t accurate, I don’t believe.”

Lindsay lives in the downtown TrinitySpadina area, and admits he knows little about local Beaches-East York issues. He ran mainly to help his fledgling party reach a full slate – Ontario Libertarians are running candidates in a record 74 of 107 ridings this year.

But even though they won only 20,000 votes in the last Ontario election – half of

one per cent of the total – Ontario Libertarians risk vote splitting from the party they broke away from: the Ontario Freedom Party.

Looking to improve on the 144 votes she won last election, Naomi Poley-Fisher is a 66 year-old registered nurse and the local Freedom Party candidate.

Co-founded in 1984 by Marc Emery, Canada’s ‘Prince of Pot,’ the Freedom Party has long been home to a pro-cannabis constituency.

“Cannabis was actually what brought me to the Freedom Party,” said Poley-Fisher, adding that it was marijuana, as well as moving away from pollutants in Halifax that helped her overcome an illness she got from working in a hospital there in the 1970s.

But this election, the Freedom Party is campaigning on two other issues – balancing next year’s budget and cancelling subsidies for green energy.

“We really do have too much government in our lives,” said Poley-Fisher.

“Like we don’t get subsidized to buy brown garbage bags, and if you bought other ones, you are S.O.L. They charge you if you have more garbage than normal. I can’t have a little bonfire-barbecue in my backyard.”

“There’s all these regulations that really infringe on your freedom as a person to do what you please with your property.”

Poley-Fisher also said she personally believes all drugs should be legal, and that drug addiction is a disease, not a crime.

“The crime is the fact that you’re put in jail for your addictions,” she said. “That helps no one, and just costs the government a phenomenal amount of money.”

Poley-Fisher admits she has “no hope in hell” of getting elected, but speaking as a resident, she said Beaches-East York has a lot of educated, well-read people who might be open to her party’s ideas.

“Think outside the box before you put your ‘X’ in the box,” she said. “There are other ways to do government.”

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Beaches-East York debate, cont’d. from Page 1 “I hope we’re going to be getting some questions about how you pay for all these programs, for all these assessments and these new bureaucracies that monitor and regulate everything, because these plans – they might sound fantastic, but when someone shows you the invoice you need to pay up.”

PC leader Tim Hudak’s million jobs plan also came up. Johnson said many of the proposed 100,000 job cuts would come through attrition, as well as transferring some services from the public to the private sector, such as IT and food services.

“We believe that government has gotten too big,” he said.

Potts said the math behind Hudak’s job creation numbers is flawed.

“You don’t make up some arbitrary number of 100,000 people are going to disappear and lose their job, and then say that’s going to generate 56,421 new jobs. That doesn’t make sense,” he said.

Prue said the proposed cuts worked out to 964 jobs in every community.

Moving on to electricity rates, Potts said rates were set to match inflation for the foreseeable future, but Prue said the Liberal plan would increase rates 42 per cent over the next decade.

Johnson proposed losing some of the topheavy bureaucracy, including the Ontario Power Authority.

Scott said the Greens would import cheaper hydro from Quebec rather than retrofit nuclear plants, adding that it’s better to retrofit homes to reduce demand than increase generating capacity.

The fate of the Ontario Municipal Board also resulted in a variety of responses from candidates.

Prue would like to see Toronto with its own oversight body and do away with the OMB for all but small municipalities. “If ever

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Police Beat THE OWNER of a spa on Danforth near Byng Avenue was robbed on May 28. Shortly after noon, two males entered the spa and requested service from the 52 year old female victim. They then locked her in a room, took her purse and fled the scene.

Homicide victim Douglas Parker

POLICE ARE looking for anyone with information to step forward after a murder on Walpole Avenue, between Coxwell and Greenwood just south of the rail line.

At about 8:50 p.m. on May 24 officers responded to a call and found a man with apparent gunshot wounds. Douglas Parker, 20, of Toronto, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have received reports that Parker arrived by taxi with several friends. Shortly after arriving, all were shot, though his friends received non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators are hoping to speak with anyone who had contact with Parker on the day of his murder, or anyone who was in the area at the time of the shooting. Anyone with information can call 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), go online to 222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or leave a tip on Facebook.

A 16 year-old male was robbed at gunpoint on May 22. Shortly after 1 p.m., the victim was near Greenwood and Danforth Avenues when a male pulled a gun and took his chain and cell phone before fleeing south on Greenwood. The victim was not injured.

AN 86 year-old man was the victim of a home invasion on June 2. At about 11 p.m., the man was in his home near Danforth Avenue and Danforth Road when a male knocked at the door. The victim answered, and the suspect forced his way into the home. He demanded prescription medication, and when the victim refused, a struggle broke out. The suspect took a machete from the premises and fled the scene, leaving the victim with minor injuries. The suspect is described as a 35 year-old white male, about 5’6”, with a medium build and black hair.

POLICE ARE asking for the public’s help after a unique robbery near Victoria Park Avenue and Kingston Road.

In the days leading up to June 3, an old Wurlitzer jukebox, weighing 300 to 400 lbs, was taken from Stolen jukebox a home while the resident was away. The jukebox is about five feet high, two feet wide and two feet deep.

More than one person would have been required to remove the very distinctive object. Anyone who might have seen anything should contact 55 Division police at 416-8085500, or use the Crime Stoppers information above.

RESIDENTS NEAR Danforth and Woodbine should take care to secure their doors and windows after an attempted break and enter was caught on security video on May 16. At 8 p.m., a man tried to force open the rear door.

When he couldn’t get in he left the property.

He returned for a second try a short time later, before leaving again unsuccessfully.

The man is described as white, 45 to 50 years old, 5’10”, about 210 lbs, with a heavy build, greying brown hair and last seen wearing a baseball cap, windbreaker and polo shirt.

A TORONTO police officer has been charged with assault in relation to an arrest in December near Danforth and Woodbine Avenues, after an investigation by the province’s Special Investigations Unit.

On Dec. 12, 2013, Constable Jason Nanton was one of several officers who arrested a 24 year-old man, who was injured in the process of the arrest. He is charged with Assault With a Weapon. His first court date has been set for July 17.

The SIU is not issuing any further comments, as the case is currently before the court. The arm’s length agency investigates any incident involving police where there have been a death, serious injury or allegation of sexual assault.

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In My Opinion

Apathy is the easy way out – make time to vote on Thursday ON THURSDAY, June 12, I’ll be making a conscious choice to fight my natural tendency to cynicism, and voting in the provincial election.

I hope most of you will do the same.

There has been a steady decline in the numbers of voters taking part in our elections, and a corresponding increase in negativity toward politics and politicians. Witness the total lack of public outrage when our elected representatives were barred from the Easter Parade.

At the Beaches-East York debate hosted by this newspaper last week, potential politicians spoke to the crowd about the issues they feel are important in this riding.

One hundred and seventy of more than 100,000 residents in the riding showed up to listen.

At beachmetro.com, more comments are posted about off-leash dogs and the height of condo developments than about how our healthcare, education and public transit systems will operate over the next few years.

These are real issues, but nobody seems to care. Many say politicians are all the same, others that they’re tired of the negative campaigning.

To these and many more complaints, I will readily agree – yes, there is too much, and also not enough. Too much petty arguing, not enough acting on solutions to real problems. Too much money wasted, and not enough spent.

I don’t know the answers to the province’s problems. If I did, I would be running for election.

But I do know what one of the an-

Jon Muldoon Editor

swers isn’t – apathy (and let me tell you, as a person given to sarcasm and cynicism, it’s not easy for me to type these words).

While the debate in BeachesEast York last week included blame, accusations, and negativity, there was also a sincere hope to effect change from the candidates.

Without naming which candidate said what, allow me to share what I consider some words of wisdom worth plucking from the 90 minutes of political debate (much of which, it must be said, was not negative or full of finger pointing).

“We’re here to ask a pretty sim-

ple question: what does Ontario need now?”

A direct question, and one which can only be answered truthfully when we all make the relatively minor effort to visit our polling station and mark an ‘x’ on the voting card.

“What you need at Queen’s Park is someone who can be very effective.”

Once again, quite true. And for the cynics among you, while it will be easy two years from now to complain about whoever is representing the area, only those who took the time to vote really have the moral right to do so.

“Community means everything to me. Community means listening to you.”

While one candidate spoke these exact words, I believe all of them

would be able to honestly say the same, whether I agree with their ideals or not. After all, who in their right mind would subject themselves to the sort of regular public lambasting politicians are subject to if they weren’t hoping to make a change for what they believe is the better?

And a final note, since I’m going all-in with the positivity: strategic voting will do nothing but eventually lead to a US-style two party system. So I suppose I’m asking two things. First, vote. Second, vote for who you want to form a government, not for who you don’t want to form a government.

In the words of one of the candidates in last week’s Beaches-East York debate, “On June 12, I hope you vote for the future you want.”

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Letters to the Editor

Hoarder needs help, not to be subjected to media circus OVER THE last six months, culminating in a flurry of reports and articles recently, the ‘Beech Avenue hoarder’ has been made the subject of a number of stories which I do not feel serve either the public interest or, most especially, the ‘hoarder’s’ right of privacy.

Last week, Beech Avenue in front of ‘the hoarder’s’ home was blocked off to traffic for two days so that the city could clean out her home of ‘toxic’ materials.

While I understand the need for such an intervention, why was it necessary or even warranted for seven television and radio setups to record and report on the process, sometimes every 20 minutes? This woman, who suffers from a mental illness, was humiliated and made an object of ridicule.

While never identified by name

(with the exception of the National Post), she, and the exact location of her home, are now known to the entire city.

I should think that reintegrating herself back into this community is now almost impossible.

Had she been suffering from another psychiatric disorder that may have required an intervention by the city or police, would news outlets have covered it in the same way?

In my experience, people with mental illness are often protected from negative news coverage (for example suicides and attempted suicides), so why make such a production over another type of mental illness – hoarding?

Carole Stimmell Willow Avenue

Criticizing free food not good manners RE: ‘FOOD bank leaves bad taste in mouth for newcomers,’ Letters to the Editor, May 27: In Canada, and nearly every country and society globally, it is considered bad manners to criticize the people who are feeding you, especially with your mouth full. Understand that no one, government or NGO, is obligated to provide you with free food or any other service.

Canned goods are able to last many years beyond their expiry dates. Some simple research is freely available about this topic at libraries and online. Expiry dates mainly provide the manufacturer a means to keep products circulating and to generate profit.

Dog inspector needed

this past week.

I walk the boardwalk four times a week. In my head I keep an account of the number of dogs off-leash – it’s about 20 to 25 per cent of dogs along the boardwalk.

In the past week a dog (Rottweiler mix) charged at me, and when I jumped behind my taller friend, I said to the owner, “not cool, put your dog on a leash.”

I got back, “you must be new to the Beaches” Really? Nope, I’ve been here 18 years.

The next incident was a Sunday, when I asked an owner to leash his dog at the Woodbine pond because the male swan was getting aggressive, protecting his nesting partner from the unleashed dog.

I’VE BEEN watching the dog letters and swore I wouldn’t jump in, until

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Since much of this food is donated, the food bank staff, largely made up of volunteers, work very hard to stock and distribute the food to families like yours.

If a few expiry dates get missed, exercise your option not to accept them, or better yet, to not eat them.

I’d suggest perhaps you might consider volunteering your own time at a food bank, and see what work and effort the people there put out, before criticizing a free service provided by the country you chose to live in.

Marc Dugas Kingston Road

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A choir from Roden Public School shares a laugh with librarian Gail Ferguson after singing Pennies from Heaven for a 90th anniversary celebration at the Gerrard Ashdale Library on May 15.

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If anyone ever quizzes her on the history of Gerrard/ Ashdale Library, Ruth Henry has a surefire cheat.

She saw it from the start.

Born in the fall of 1923, Henry remembers winters when she curled up under the arched wood ceilings of the second-floor children’s area.

“I came every Saturday morning because there was a lady that told stories,” Henry said.

“We would get around that fireplace, and the fire would be blazing.”

Henry was among dozens of library fans, retired staff, and the Roden school choir who rang in Gerrard/Ashdale’s 90th anniversary on May 15.

Listening to a talk by local historian Joanne Doucette, she sat in front of that same inviting fireplace. A tapestry from Gujarat, India, now sparkles on the wall above it – a gift from a former librarian who helped bring Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, and Chinese books to the shelves.

In her talk, Doucette said the neighbourhood was growing quickly when the Gerrard Library was built in 1924.

Back then, some classes at the neighbouring Roden elementary school had 60 students. Although it was built just three years before, the Main Street Library (then called Eastern Branch), was said to have just six fiction books left at one point.

Besides the need to serve young families, Doucette said the Roden Neighbourhood Association and others

called for a library because they felt they deserved one.

The residents had made terrible sacrifices in the First World War. About one in three households along Ashdale Avenue and Woodfield, Hiawatha, and Craven Roads had a family member killed by the war.

The residents got the library, parks, and schools, but Doucette said many other families didn’t get what they wanted – a chance to move in. For many years, racist immigration and mortgage policies kept people of colour out of the largely English, Scottish, and Irish neighbourhood.

“We’re not talking about perfection here,” Doucette said. “People like to talk about the good old days, but there were no good old days.”

By the 1950s, beginning with the arrival of Italian and Greek families, the neighbourhood began to look more like the Toronto of today.

A key moment came in 1974, when Gian Chan Naz bought the old Eastwood Theatre next to the library and reopened it as the Naaz, the first Toronto theatre to screen Bollywood films. Soon after, the stretch of Gerrard near the theatre grew into the commercial strip known as Little India.

Cynthia Toniolo, the area manager for the Toronto Public Library, said despite questions about their relevance in a post-Internet, post-ebook age, brick-andmortar libraries are as important for bringing in people to meet each other

face to face as they are great spaces to curl up with a book or WiFi. “It’s a place where you can connect, together,” she said.

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Local schools go green

By Yasmin Soul

THE TORONTO District School Board’s partnership with a solar contractor will result in 311 schools getting solar panels installed on their roofs. The list of schools with planned solar arrays includes Norway Junior Public School, Roden Public School and Malvern Collegiate Institute.

Although the schools will not receive any tax breaks or financial incentives, they do get their roofs fixed at no cost. The children also learn about green energy.

The energy collected through these panels is fed back into the grid as part of the province’s Feed-In Tariff program, which buys small-scale power generated by producers of environmentally friendly electricity.

Local school board trustee Sheila CaryMeagher said although there are many goals of the project, one of them is to provide an example for kids and teach them about the necessity and importance of the environment. The schools on which the panels will be installed will have their teachers explain to students what they do and how they work.

Cary-Meagher said the board has been working to install the panels for the past five years, although the idea had been discussed for much longer than that.

“This project has become a real possibility because over time the government has decided to put in more money into this project, and the cost of solar panels has gone down over time by more than half,” she said.

The TDSB’s executive officer for facility services Angelos Bacopoulos said the project will allow students to see alternative means of energy production, as the panels produce energy without associated negative impact to the environment.

At the same time, the deal allows some necessary and potentially expensive repair work to be done at the involved schools.

PHOTO: COURTESY KEW BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL

Kew Beach Public School is one of more than 300 Toronto District School Board schools that will have electricity-generating solar panels installed on their roofs.

“It provides us with the opportunity to repair our roofs, because we lease the use of the school roofs out to the solar contractor for a set period of time. Then he is able to get all the revenue that is associated with the production of the solar energy and in return they provide us with the repairs,” Bacopoulos said.

If the project continues as planned, the TDSB will have 4.2 million square feet of roofing replaced at no cost to the board.

The approval has not been finalized for all 311 school roofs that the TDSB are hoping to replace. However, some schools, such as Kew Beach Public School, already have solar panels up and running.

Yasmin Soul is a Beach resident and Humber College journalism student.

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Community Calendar JUNE 11-13, 16-22: ‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare, presented by Bard in the Park and Community Centre 55. •June 11-13 at Norwood Park (Gerrard St. E. & Norwood Rd.), 7 p.m. •June 16-22 at Kew Gardens (Queen St. E. & Lee Ave.), Tuesday to Saturday, 7 p.m., Saturday & Sunday 2 p.m. Pay What You Can ($10 suggested).

JUNE 14: Historical Walk with Gene Domagala, 1 p.m. Meet at the fire hall at Queen St. E. & Woodbine, and proceed through the southern reaches of The Triangle, along Queen Street to the Ashbridge Estate. Learn about the history of Corpus Christi Church, the Orchard Park Hotel, and lots more. (8) JUNE 14: CC55’s Pedal Pushin’ at St. John’s Norway parking lot, 470 Woodbine Ave. (at Kingston Rd.), 10 a.m.noon. Bike safety, scavenger hunt, BBQ. Call to register: 416-691-1113 (8) JUNE 14: Gates Open Home and Garden Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., featuring the exquisite homes perched along the Scarborough Bluffs with a breathtaking view of Lake Ontario. Stroll through magnificent gardens and be inspired by the beautiful interiors of Toronto’s best kept secret neighbourhood. $30. Event benefits patients at the Rouge Valley Health System. Info and tickets: www.theBluffsGatesOpen.com (8) JUNE 14: JuneFest at Williamson Road Public School, 24 Williamson Rd., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. rain or shine. Bouncy castles, lip sync contest, BBQ, carnival games, photo booth, special field races, live music, themed basket auctions, face painting, bake sale, prizes and more! (8) JUNE 14: Memories – Past, Present & Future! a concert by the Toronto Beaches Children’s Chorus, at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd., 4 p.m.

This is a fundraiser to help send the kids to the Crossroads Children’s Choral Festival in Nashville this summer. Goodwill offering. Info: 416-698-9864 (8) JUNE 14, 15: Beaches Arts & Crafts Show at Kew Gardens, Queen St. E. & Lee Ave., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. rain or shine. Over 150 artisans displaying original fashions, children’s clothing, jewellery, ceramics, glass, leather work, visual arts, gourmet foods and more. Admission free. The show is for the benefit of Neighbourhood Link Support Services. Info: www. beachesartsandcraftsshow.ca (8) JUNE 15: Leslieville Flea at the Ashbridge Estate, 1444 Queen St. E. (across from the streetcar yards), 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Over 50 vendors selling the very best in vintage, retro, mid century, upcycled furniture and handcrafted items.

Info: www.leslievilleflea.com (8) JUNE 15: CycleFare at Leslieville Farmers’ Market, Jonathan Ashbridge Park (Queen St. E. & Coxwell), 9 a.m.-2 p.m., a day devoted to different ways people use bikes to transport food. Donate a used bike for Charlie’s FreeWheels.

Info: leslievillemarket.com (8) JUNE 16: Kew Gardens Streetscape Improvements Open House at the Balmy Beach Club (at the foot of Beech Ave.), 10-11:30 a.m. and 7-8:30 p.m. Provide feedback to the City, Councillor McMahon and the Beach BIA on the draft plan for the north edge of Kew Gardens and the adjacent section of Queen St. E. sidewalk. Info: 416-392-1376 (8) JUNE 16: Free Intro to Buddhism – Seminar Series at Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St., 6:30-7:30 p.m. “Love & Relationships in Nichiren Buddhism”.

Info: 416-654-3211, www.sgicanada.org JUNE 17: AGM of Ward 9 Community News Inc., publisher of Beach Metro Community News, 6 p.m., at 2196 Gerrard St. E. For information see May 13 issue page 17. (8) JUNE 18: Annual Choir Concert at St. John’s Catholic Church, 794 Kingston Rd., 7:30 p.m. Enjoy sacred and popular music including solo guest performances and a selection from Phantom of the Opera. Light refreshments. Freewill offering for Choir music fund gratefully accepted. Parking at rear of the church. Info: 416-699-2518 (8)

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Celebrate the first day of summer! (8) JUNE 21: Annual Parking Lot Sale at St. Luke’s Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. (at Cosburn), 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Spaces available $25. Includes table, 2 chairs.

Call 416-467-8696 to book. (8) JUNE 21: Tweed Bicycle Ride, 12 noon.

Join Councillor McMahon and historian Gene Domagala on their annual bike ride through the neighbourhood.

Meet at Grinder, 126 Main St., and visit a number of sites along the way, ending at Kew Gardens. Take in the Bard in the Park performance of Othello at 2 p.m., or join fellow cyclists for post-ride refreshments. Info: 416-392-1376 (8) JUNE 21: Balmy Beach Residents Association hosts a “Welcome Summer Information Table” at the boardwalk, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Information about the association and its relationship to the community will be available. Info: balmybeachra.org (8) JUNE 25: Beaches-East York Federal Liberal Association Executive Meeting at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., 7 p.m. This meeting is open to all members.

Regroup after at The Grover Pub & Grub, 676 Kingston Rd., for beverages and chat.

Info: beaches-eastyork.liberal.ca (9) JUNE 26: Free Seniors’ Movie – “Lunch Box” 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. (9) JUNE 26: Movies Under the Stars – ‘The Princess Bride’ at Norwood Park. Event starts at 7:30 p.m., movie starts at 8:45 p.m. Presented by Community Centre 55.

JULY 1: Historical Walk with Gene Domagala, 1 p.m. Start at the War Memorial in Kew Gardens (Queen St. E. & Bellefair), walk east to Lee, down to the boardwalk, ending at the Balmy Beach Club. Learn about the Scarborough Amusement Park and lots more. (9) JULY 5: Movie Night “Fantastic Mr. Fox”, hosted by Councillor McMahon, at Fairmount Park, 1725 Gerrard St. E., 8 p.m.

Bring your chair and blanket. (9) JULY 18-27: 26th Beaches International Jazz Festival. Main stage concerts will take place in Woodbine Park, July 18-20 and July 25-27. Taste of Jazz, July 22 & 23.

Street festival, July 24-26. Fun Run, July 27. Info: www.beachesjazz.com (9) Ongoing events

TUESDAYS: SENIORS JAZZ at Canadian Legion, Baron Byng Beaches Branch 1/42, 243 Coxwell Ave., 1-3 p.m. Info: 416-465-0120 (fr) THURSDAYS: WALKING GROUP at East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen St. E., 10-11 a.m. Want to get moving and improve your health? Come join the East End Walking Group for a stroll around the neighbourhood, followed by some light stretching. For more programs, check the Centre’s program calendar at www.eastendchc.on.ca. To participate in the walking group, call Zari 416-778-5805 ext. 222 (fr) SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY of every month: Chase the Blues Away at East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen St. E., 1-3 p.m. Drop-in to this free education and support group for people living with depression. Learn problem solving, stress management, self care and coping skills. Program info: Zari 416-778-5805 ext 222. Info: www.eastendchc.on.ca (9)

BEACH PHOTO CLUB meetings are held every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, from September to June, at St. Aidan’s, 70 Silver Birch Ave., 7:30 p.m. Everyone from the novice to the experienced is welcome. The only requisite is an interest in learning about the photographic arts. (r/fr) CALVARY “GRACE PASCOE” CARE CENTRE in conjunction with Daily Bread Food is open Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for distribution of food and clothing to clients residing between Woodbine and Victoria Park, and Danforth to the lake. Donations of food and clean clothing accepted on those days.

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Info: Kathie or Susan 416-691-2899 (e/o) GERRARD ASHDALE LIBRARY, 1432 Gerrard St. E. •June 13: Father’s Day Outdoor Crafts, 4-5 p.m., for ages 5 and up. Create a special present for Dad. Refreshments. Drop-in. •June 19: Aboriginal Celebration Program – Author Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, 6:45-8 p.m. This writer, scholar, storyteller and activist will read from one of her books. Info: 416-393-7717, ashdaleevents@gmail. ca, www.torontopubliclibrary.ca. Library is wheelchair accessible.

(8) 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) FAMILY SERVICE TORONTO offers educational workshops for those caring for aging relatives, parents or friends. Sessions include: Coping with Change and Loss, Healthy Caregiving, and Advocating for Your Relative. Info and registration: Lynne Gallagher 416-595-9618 (fr) ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH CHOIR welcomes new members. We practise Thursdays 7:30-9 p.m. and perform Sundays at 11 a.m. at 794 Kingston Rd. (3 blocks east of Main St.). You don’t have to have musical training to sing with us, but you do have to like singing and want to be with others to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. We are friendly and welcoming and our leader is a wonderful music teacher. Info: Paul Williams 416-699-2518 (r) 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 Roger Cecchetto 416-415-5000 ext. 6078 (r) BUSINESS CONNECTION EXCHANGE (BCX Beaches Chapter) meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at The Beacher Cafe, 2162 Queen St. E. (at MacLean), 8-9:30 a.m. Info: Alison 416839-9549, alison@singulardesign.ca DO YOU LOVE TO SING and act? The Toronto Beaches Children’s Chorus is for you! Auditions for kids aged 4-16 will be held throughout the month of June. Info: 416-698-9864, www.torontobeacheschildrenschorus.com FREE WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS and Caregivers at Family Resource Connection, offered through East End Community Health, 10 a.m. Child care provided by Family Resource Connection staff. •June 12: Healthy Eating and Sleeping Habits.

Info and registration: 416-690-0102 (r) BABY TIME PROGRAM at Family Resource Connection, for parents and caregivers.

Come join us for a time of singing and socialization. An opportunity to share resources and ideas with other parents and professionals. Mondays & Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. Info: 416-690-0102 (r) FAIRMOUNT MARKET runs Wednesdays, 3-7 p.m. Located at Fairmount Park (Upper Gerrard between Woodbine and Coxwell). Farm fresh produce and products.

Artisanal dinner under the stars, live music and activities. Info: www.fairmountmarket.ca, @fairmountmarket (r) LESLIEVILLE FARMERS’ MARKET runs Sundays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Located at Jonathan Ashbridge Park (Queen St. E. between Coxwell and Greenwood Aves.)

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ST. AIDAN’S CHURCH, Queen St. E. at Silver Birch Ave. •Sunday services are at 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. (Sunday School and Nursery at 10:30) •Mid-week service, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. All welcome. Info: 416-691-2222, staidansinthebeach.com (8) BEACH UNITED CHURCH. Join us in our newly renovated location at 140 Wineva Ave. Sunday Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.

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Pastor: Alan Roberts. Info: Pastor 416-6914721, calvaryonmain@bellnet.ca, www. calvary-baptist-church.ca (r) TORONTO UNITED MENNONITE CHURCH, 1774 Queen St. E. We warmly welcome you to join us for our worship service each Sunday with Christian education and nursery, 10 a.m.-12:35 p.m. Info: 416-699-6631, www.tumc.ca (r) BEACHES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 65 Glen Manor Dr. (S of Queen) in the heart of the Beach. Worship in a family-friendly, relaxed environment. Sunday School and Nursery. Coffee and new friendships are Free! LGTB friendly. Sundays 10:30 a.m.

Minister: Rev. Matt McKay. Info: www. beacheschurch.org, 416-699-5871 (r) KINGSTON ROAD UNITED CHURCH, 975 Kingston Rd. (3 blocks W of Victoria Pk. Ave.). Join us each Sunday for Worship, Church School and Nursery, 10:30 a.m. Our services are filled with beautiful music and thoughtful sermons, and are shared amidst a caring community with true neighbourly spirit. Come in and get a faith lift. Info: www.kruc.ca. 416-699-6091 (r)

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VIDEO OF a recent floor routine by 12 year-old gymnast Russel Kelly ends in a freeze frame that shows him in mid-air, pin straight and upside down.

Obeying gravity on a couch at home in the Beach, Kelly describes what it’s like to run, jump and flip above a gym floor.

“I’m just thinking, ‘Pull,” he says. “I don’t really notice anything around me. The next thing I know, I’m on the ground.”

There is a window lever in RusPHOTO: SUBMITTED sel’s room that is also battling gravity – it’s where he hangs his dozens Russel Kelly defies gravity on the rings. The young gymnast is runof medals. Most are for gymnastics. ning out of room for medals in his Beach bedroom.

Others are from swimming and track meets at Williamson Road Junior Public School.

“It must be really hard to have that control.”

Russel earned one of his biggest medals in May, But Russel doesn’t play it safe in every situation. when he placed first among 22 gymnasts from seven Slava Sytnik, his coach at East York Gymnastics, provinces competing at the Eastern Canadian Gym- warned Russel against trying a ‘moy’ at Easterns. nastics. Not only did Russel win, scoring the highest It’s a downswing gymnasts do to propel themselves difficulty ratings in rings, his favourite event, and into flips or handstands on the parallel bars. pommel horse, he and the Ontario squad also won Russel was new at it, but he tried it anyhow. top team.

“You nailed it,” said Sytnik after-wards.

“You’d think they would be competitive with each Russel started gymnastics at age five, after a other,” said Clare Foreshaw, Russel’s mother. “But former gymnast spotted him doing chin-ups on the they were all best buds when they left.” monkey bars at Kew Gardens.

Before Easterns, Russel and Nathaniel Teng of After qualifying for the competitive stream, he Ottawa finished several contests within a few points now trains 21 hours a week. He has a two-week of each other, and were natural rivals. summer break before he builds up new routines But as they did their six events in Oshawa – floor, for the January to May competition season, which high bar, vault, parallel bars, pommel horse and has so far taken him everywhere from Virginia to rings – the two high-fived each other every chance Vancouver. they got.

Despite those commitments, Russel gets no speFor a mostly solo sport, Foreshaw said gymnas- cial breaks in his Grade 6 class at Williamson Road. tics is very collegial.

He even held down a lawn-mowing job last spring.

“I know that I’ve got to keep my homework and “The older kids at the gym mentor the younger kids and they’re all very tight,” she said, referring school up, or I won’t be going, some days, to the to Russel’s friends at the nearby East York Gymnas- gym,” said Russel, who already has his eye on Michtics Club. igan State University.

“It’s awesome.”

It helps that Michigan State has a top gymnastics While they mostly compete alone, gymnasts face team and several East York Club members have the same pressure. landed scholarships there. But Russel also likes doOn a comedy website called “Lols Town,” some- ing math. one has posted one of several ‘fail videos’ showing Besides Epke Zonderland, who won gold for his Olympic gymnasts falling or missing their landings. spectacular high bar performance in London’s 2012 Non-gymnasts may laugh when gymnasts fall, Olympics, Russel chose to do a school project this Russel wrote in the comments, but it is “dream year all about astrophysicist and math whiz Stephen Hawking, someone he admires not only for crushing.”

“Imagine making it so far and messing up,” he his math skills but also for his plans to visit outer wrote. “Think about that next time you might post space.

Asked how far he would like to go in gymnastics, a video like this.”

In one competition, Russel tried four times to Russel said competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics spin around the high bar, but didn’t have enough would be “awesome.”

“But I’m not totally focused on that right now – I momentum. Even though he knew he would be docked points, Russel held it together and finished. just want to be a regular kid.”

“I’ll train for it, and see how far I can go.”

“He doesn’t let it derail him,” said Foreshaw.

News Briefs THE KINGSTON Road Village Art Walk and Street Fest will take place Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., along Kingston Road from Hannaford Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue. This popular event includes store specials, pop-up galleries, live music, street art, kids’ arts and crafts, food, and lots more. For more information visit kingstonroadvillageto.com.

BARD IN the Park and Community Centre 55 present Othello from June 11 to June 22. The annual Shakespearean production will take place this year in two locations. From Wednesday, June 11 to Friday, June 13, Norwood Park, in the Main and Gerrard Streets neighbourhood, will host each evening at 7 p.m. On Tuesday, June 16, the production moves to Kew Gardens, where shows will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is pay what you can, $10 suggested.

LOCAL HISTORIAN Gene Domagala is getting ready to lead history buffs on a historical walk. It will take place Saturday, June 14, starting at the fire hall at Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue, and continuing along Queen to the Beach Triangle neighbourhood – the area bounded by Queen Street, Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue. Participants will learn about the history of Corpus Christi Church and the Orchard Park Hotel. The walk will end at the Ashbridge Estate. The walk starts at 1 p.m., will last about two hours, and is wheelchair accessible.

DOMAGALA WILL also provide the historical play-by-play when pedalpowered perambulators take to the streets for Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon’s annual Tweed Ride on Saturday, June 21. Tweed apparel is the order of the day for this two-wheel tour of the neighbourhood, beginning at noon at Grinder, 126 Main St., and ending at Kew Gardens. For more information call 416-392-1376.

NEIL MCNEIL High School is hosting Relay for Life in the Beach on Friday, June 20, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The relay is a 12-hour overnight fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Teams of community members and cancer survivors walk laps around the school’s gym. The Beach group hopes to raise $65,000, and so far have raised just over $24,000. For more information, visit bit.ly/1pbe0Wf.

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A WATER leak that caused large ice sheets on Glen Davis Crescent this winter likely has a natural source, according to Toronto Water. Recent tests showed the leaking water is not treated. Staff will assess what work may be needed to prevent what some residents call “Glen Davis Glacier” from forming a fourth time next winter.

UP TO 50 dogs and their people will take part in a not-so-traditional triathlon on the morning of Sunday, June 21 as part of the second annual Woof-fit Mini-Triathlon. The event, aside from offering canine-human pairs a chance to bond while exercising, will raise money for canine cancer via the University of Guelph’s Veterinary College Pet Trust. The 4.5 km course will start on the boardwalk at the foot of Silver Birch Avenue, and spectators – no matter how many legs they have – are welcome. Visit woof-fit.com for more information or to sign up.

PARLOUR SALON is marking National Cancer Survivors Day by offering cancer patients and survivors consultations, specialized treatments and new summer styles throughout the month of June. The hair salon is located at 2086 Queen St. E. (at Wineva Avenue). To book an appointment email bookings@parloursalon.com or call 416-699-4247.

AARON BROWN, a 22 year-old track athlete and Birchmount grad, broke the Canadian record for the 200 metres by posting a time of 20.16 seconds at the NCAA West Championships on May 31. Brown beat the previous record, set by Atlee Mahorn, by one one-hundredth of a second.

THE GATES Open Home and Garden Tour, featuring homes and gardens in the Scarborough Bluffs neighbourhood, will be held Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The annual fundraiser benefits patients at the Rouge Valley Health System. Tickets are $30.

Call 416-284-8131 extension 5209 or visit theBluffsGatesOpen.com.

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unday, June 15 is the day Dad reigns supreme. Although Dads are often kings in the kitchen too, on their special day a menu with them in mind is always welcome. In our family, a barbecued hamburger well-made and well presented, although humble fare, is still top of the must-have list. Here are some recipes that have received five gold stars in our home and I hope they receive rave reviews in yours. Happy Father’s Day, Dad! Best Burgers My husband Jim takes burgers seriously and he makes burgers worth eating! These are some of the points that make the difference between a good burger and a WOW! burger: • Use a fresh bakery bun. We get ours from Montmartre, 105 Midwest Rd. near Lawrence and Midland, and opt for a whole-grain, medium-size bun that can be toasted on the barbecue, or, in a pinch, in the toaster.

• Use Dijon mustard. (Include ball park mustard if you must!)

• Dill pickles are essential, thinly sliced lengthwise to droop nicely over the beef patty.

• Freshly sliced Ontario tomatoes

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janmainskitchen@yahoo.ca are another essential. Please serve at room temperature, not refrigerated – it kills the flavour.

Other possibilities: • Some people love fresh sliced onions. Use thinly sliced vidalias or red onions which have a milder flavour than cooking onions.

• Add sweet relish for the sweet tooth or pickled hot peppers for zip.

• Use lean ground beef, not extra lean (you need a little fat for juiciness), or medium (it tends to be too fatty and will cause flare up and burning on the barbecue).

• Clean the barbecue grill ahead of time using a wire barbecue brush and oil lightly with vegetable oil. Pre-heat to medium before placing the burger on the grill.

• A spoonful of aioli garlic mayonnaise is always welcome. To make it, use 1/2 cup (125 mL) commercial light mayonnaise and add one clove of minced fresh garlic with 1 tsp (5 mL) olive oil stirred into the mix.

Jim’s Best Burgers For best results, mix meat lightly with a fork to combine all the ingredients and form into four even-sized patties about ½ inch (1 cm) thick. Patties may be made ahead, covered and refrigerated up to eight hours ahead of grilling.

1 lb (500 g) lean ground beef 1/2 cup (125 mL) freshly made breadcrumbs 1 egg 2 tbsp (25 mL) ketchup 1 tbsp (15 mL) horseradish 1 tsp (5 mL) Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp (2 mL) salt 1/4 tsp (1 mL) fresh black pepper In a mixing bowl, stir together meat, breadcrumbs, egg, ketchup, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Mix well with a fork to combine ingredients and shape into four even patties. Grill on pre-heated medium grill without pressing down on patties, turning once. Patties are done when pierced with a sharp point of a knife and no longer pink inside. Serve immediately on toasted buns.

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ne of my favourite Italian ward style often used for cooking. dishes is Veal Marsala, “Superiore” must age for at least two Ewine dward Finstein writer, award-winning author, TV and made with the amazing years, but is often kept in wood for up radio host, educator, judge winedoctor.ca fortified wine of Sicily. to three. With “Superiore Riserva,” thewinedoctor.blogspot.com Unfortunately, Marsala does not get a the wine starts to have more com@DrWineKnow facebook.com/EdwardDocFinstein plexity and is worthy of sipping as lot of publicity here in North America an aperitif or dessert wine. This is other than as a cooking wine. As a aged for at least four years, often up to six. “Vergine” has a result, there isn’t much available, perhaps because it’s overshadowed by more well-known fortified wines like Port and minimum aging requirement of five years, but many producsherry. Whatever the reason, it’s most unfortunate, because ers will stretch that up to seven. A wine labeled “Vergine the wine is a delight.

Soleras” is a blend of many different years and aged for a minimum of five years. The ultimate in Marsala is “StravecIts production is based around the seaside city of the chio.” At least 10 years of aging are required for this baby. same name on Sicily’s west coast. Like Port and sherry, it is Styles with less aging requirements are fortified at the lower fortified by adding grape brandy or spirits. This increases end of the alcohol spectrum. the alcohol, which ranges from 17 to 18 per cent or higher When it comes to sweetness, certain words on the label depending on the style and aging. Like its counterparts, indicate such. “Dolce” means sweet (100+ grams of sugar it comes in both sweet and dry versions and can be red or per litre), “Semi Secco” means the wine is semi-dry (bewhite depending on the grapes used. It’s made from local, tween 50-100 grams of sugar per litre) and Secco tells you indigenous grapes like Inzolia, Catarratto and Grillo (the the wine is dry (less than 40 grams of sugar per litre). most popular) for white Producers to try include Marco De Bartoli, Florio, Curastyles, and Calabrese, Pertolo Arini, Pelligrino and Lombardo. ricone, Nero d’Avola and FUNCTIONAl As mentioned earlier on, Marsala’s claim to fame here in Nerello Mascalese for the A F F O R dA B l e red versions. Some Marsala North America is as a cooking wine. Generally, drier styles COlleCTIBle is aged in a “Solera System” work best with such delights as meats (especially smoked), similar to sherry, where difsoft cheeses such as goat, olives and nuts. Sweeter versions ferent vintages of wine are go well with desserts (especially chocolate), and strong, agWe ARe yOUR deSTINATION FOR MId-CeNTURy MOdeRN FURNITURe & déCOR. gressive cheeses such as Roquefort. More specifically, Marblended together. sala sauce works wonders with ribeye burgers, beef tenderClassification of Marsala loin, porterhouse steak, pork chops and veal cutlets. Check is based on its colour, age, it out with smoked duck in a fruit compote, turkey cutlets or alcohol content and sweetness. From a colour perspec- chicken meatballs. Try searing scallops or shrimps in it or glaze sea bass or tilapia with it. tive, there are three styles.

For sweets, how about strawberries or dried figs and “Ambra” (amber coloured) and “Oro” (gold coloured) Marsala? Maybe match it to trifle or truffles! What about are made from white grapes with tiramisu, baked apple, poached pears, zabaglione, or and “Rubino” (red coloured) one of my favourites: homemade Cannoli with Mascarpone is made from red grapes. cream? In fact, quality designations for this historic wine 905 983 5678 • 5301 Main Street Orono, ON Aging of Marsala takes have improved so much over the last number of years, you’ll 30 Minutes east of Toronto • Minutes north of Hwy 401 off Hwy 115/35 place in oak, and age clasbe happy simply sipping it straight up as an aperitif or deswww.sillysistersantiques.com • info@sillysistersantiques.com sifications are most interest- sert wine.

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ast week, my green back, a white belly good friend and under-tail, and white nn rokelman Donna and I circles around its eyes. is an avid birder and photographer decided it was After this we were naturephotosbyann.blogspot.ca. about time we saw some back to looking for warblers. After a little warblers, and did not go location research, we were on our way to home disappointed. We found a series of Ashbridges Bay. We saw, as always at the trees so full of warblers I don’t think I could bay, a great variety of birds flying among have counted them if I tried. We had some the trees, including a couple of red-winged blackbirds making a nest, and lots of water birds, such as a few long tailed ducks yodelling in the water.

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This yellow-breasted chat provided a break from searching for warblers – a sure way to suffer from “warbler neck.” Other birds spotted included a chestnut-sided warbler, above right, and a blackburnian warbler, at bottom.

Once we reached the west point we discovered a few other birders looking for a yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens). The chat is quite rare to spot as it is considered an endangered species in Ontario. Luckily Donna noticed it by the water and I was able to get a couple of photos. Our sighting lasted just five seconds before the little chat was gone. This medium sized (18cm long) yellow-breasted bird has a long tail, olive-

amazing views of chestnut-sided, magnolia, and blackburnian warblers. If you’ve ever wanted to see one yourself, this is the place to go.

So why do people love warblers?

Warblers are often referred to as the butterflies of the bird world. They’re small, colourful, and extremely active insectivores.

They arrive in spring and leave in the fall, giving birders almost three full seasons to enjoy them.

Warblers are small birds with short beaks and their colour ranges from duller blacks, grays, olives and greens to amazingly bright colours such as yellow, orange, blue, and red. My favourite is the blackburnian warbler, which is distinguished by a black and white body, bright orange neck, and a beautiful song.

Because there are so many varieties of warblers, they make a great species for the novice birder learning to differentiate between similar birds.

It was another amazing day with many wonderful bird sightings. When searching for warblers be very careful that you do not strain your neck looking up and up and up. Birders called it “warblers neck,” and I’ve had it a few times. Fair warning: it took a little physiotherapy and massage therapy to get my neck back to normal!

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YELLOW HOUSE GALLERY is hosting artist Eva Lewarne for the month of June.

Lewarne’s paintings cover everything from figurative work to atmospheric landscapes. The show is called Ordinary Magic.

Lewarne, originally from Poland, now calls Toronto home. Her expressive paintings have been exhibited locally as well as in Toronto and throughout Europe.

Yellow House Gallery (yellowhousegallery.ca) is at 921 Kingston Rd. For more on the artist, see evalewarne.com.

ARTISANS AT WORK is hosting the Square Foot Show for the month of June.

The work on display covers a wide variety of themes, mediums and content, the only constraint for the show being the size of the work. Artists taking part include Jessica Caissie, Lindsay Veh, Sobo, Mel Coleman, Nancy Jones, David Edwards and Patricia Martin.

Artisans At Work also hosts numerous classes, workshops and life drawing sessions most days of the week.

For full listings of classes, courses and opportunities drop by at 2170 Danforth Ave., just west of Woodbine, or visit artisans-at-work.com.

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GERRARD ART SPACE is hosting The Pride Show until June 22.

The show features work from Evan Kelemen, Philip Hare, Mathew Fierke, John Alexander, Sophia Yeung, Niamh Malcolm and Ethel Shoul.

Gerrard Art Space is at 1390 Gerrard St. E., between Coxwell and Greenwood. See gerrardartspace.com for more information.

THE BEACHES ARTS and Crafts Show has come a long way since two local sisters brought 25 exhibitors to Kew Gardens in 1984.

While the show is now operated by Signatures Shows, which took over several years ago, this 30th anniversary show will be no different than years past in the quality of products on display by craftspeople and artists from across Ontario and Quebec.

Tamara McKay Thalmann is a Beach painter who has been exhibiting her work around the city for the past decade. While she has exhibited in galleries before, this is both her first Beaches Arts and Crafts show, and her first large outdoor show.

Like many artists, she’s been creat-

ing all her life. However, her creative output stepped up when she left her hometown of Guelph.

“Things got really interesting for me around 2000 when I moved to Toronto,” she said.

Thalmann said she got more serious about her work in 2004, which is the year she began publicly exhibiting her painting. They include work in oils, acrylic, watercolour and mixed media.

From 2006 to 2012, she earned a masters degree in clinical psychology, while taking as many art course electives as she could fit into her schedule.

“I learned a lot and it really pushed me,” she said. “I find human behaviour is a really fascinating influence on my work.”

Thalmann describes her work as medium- to large-scale abstract expressionism, with a recurring visual theme of reflections and cityscapes, though she enjoys hearing what others see in her work.

“I do want to encourage a broad range of interpretations,” she said.

Her most recent work, done on birch panels, is inspired by her husband’s job as a streetcar operator. See more at thalmanndesigns.com.

Other Beach and East End creators who will be at the show include photographer Jennifer Allison (jenallison.ca), Stone Folio Mosaics’ Roberto Centazzo (stonefolio.com), the leather work of Carolyn Lee (carolynleeleatherart. weebly.com), artist Anne-Marie Olczak (anne-marieolczak.blogspot.com), bag maker Nancea Whitham (tenaciouslife.com) and jeweller Catherine Winter (sailorgirl.com).

The Beaches Arts and Crafts Show runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, at Kew Gardens. Admission is free and the show runs rain or shine. Neighbourhood Link will benefit from some of the proceeds of the show. For more on the show, see beachesartsandcraftsshow.ca.

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“We all, of a piece, feel that this is a good spot to create an East End arts hub,” she said.

The inaugural Kingston Road Art Walk runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, during the Kingston Road Village Street Festival. Postcard maps of the pop-up gallery locations will be available in stores between Hannaford Street and Victoria Park Avenue during the event.

of Eliza, 1960 Gerrard St. E.; Trinity Gallery, 920 Kingston Rd. and 149 Main St.; Cool, Green and Shady, 601 Kingston Rd.; and Pet Valu, 2210 Queen St. E. For more on Walsh, see marilynwalsh.com.

Automaton 3, by OCAD U student Caleb Mitchell THE FIRST (but sort of second) Kingston Road Art Walk will hit Kingston Road between Hannaford and Henley Gardens on Saturday, June 21.

“We test drove it last year during the spring festival,” said Katya Nosko, owner of The Great Escape bookstore. “Last year was a toe in the water. This year we’re considering the inaugural art walk.”

Ten to 12 artists, mostly Ontario College of Art and Design University students and recent graduates, will hold pop-up gallery during the Kingston Road Village Street Festival. The one-day galleries are being set up in existing businesses, wherever space allows.

The Great Escape, for example, is hosting art in its basement and garage, normally storage areas.

Nosko said she’s always appreciated the Beach focus of local art events.

“There’s a lot of talent in this area.”

However, this event, with its focus on young artists, will add to the art scene in the East End by allowing young artists to show their work for free.

“We’ll see if we can make some headway into cultural augmentation,” said Nosko.

Diptych, by recent OCAD U grad Ian Lawson

Artists have been recruited with the help of Nosko’s young adult sons, who are involved in the arts and acting and include one current OCAD U student.

After speaking with her sons, numerous local authors and poets in her store and seeing the success of the increasingly highprofile concerts at Kingston Road United Church, Nosko is not alone in believing Kingston Road Village could become a creative hot spot.

Ici, by Marilyn Walsh VISITORS TO the Gardens of the Beach Tour, organized by the Beach Garden Society, might have noticed some interesting sculptures over the past seven years.

Society member and artist Marilyn Walsh has been placing her ciment fondu sculptures in gardens on the tour during that time, adding an artistic element to the popular tour.

Walsh took up art upon retirement, though she’s been creating art in one form or another since drawing on a chalkboard wall in her childhood home.

She attended Central Tech’s adult art program, learning painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics and more. She took a shine to sculpture, and discovered a love for the bronze-like colour of polished ciment fondu.

The material, high in aluminum content, is particularly suited to garden sculptures, as it’s extremely durable. The material is resistant to wear from chemicals or exposure to the elements, and isn’t impacted by extremes of heat or cold.

She’s constantly experimenting with the limitations of the medium, building custom armatures to support wings, outstretched arms and other aspects beyond a standard bust-type sculpture.

“I’m always trying to go beyond the boundaries of what I’ve been taught,” said Walsh.

“I usually start from the absolute realistic standpoint, and then I decide how does this sculpture speak to me, what do I want to say with it, how do I want to tweak it so that it’s not just going to be a head?”

The wings, arms and other additions are usually added to an initial workup done from a live model. Walsh said her imagination drives her to do something different with each one of a kind piece.

“The work that I do is basically figurative, and more or less realistic, however I do sort of add an imaginative mythological twist to things,” she said. “I always try to do something a little different.”

The Gardens of the Beach tour runs from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 22 at various locations. Tickets are $10, available from East

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By Mary Fran McQuade You can learn a lot of things from the flowers … Especially in the month of June – All In The Golden Afternoon, from Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland

AND THAT’S one of the great things about the Gardens of the Beach tour: there are so many things to see and learn, so many new ideas to pick up.

Have a tiny garden? Don’t miss the one where nearly every square centimetre of space – front and back – is filled with flowers: astilbe, cimicifuga, phlox, daisies, a prized beauty bush tucked for support against a dead elder – even a dwarf Joe-Pye weed adds a touch of the wild.

The gardener treasures hydrangeas, so check out giants Annabelle and Incrediball, the lovely lacecap Haze Starburst, a towering paniculata backing the Summer Snowflake viburnum, and the very old climbing hydrangea on the home’s side brick wall.

Ravine garden? See how it can work beautifully in a garden south of Kingston Road. Front and back billow with pretty things. Astilbe, peonies, Japanese maples and other lovely plants flourish in front, though a huge, centuries-old wine jug brought from the gardener’s native Chile steals the show.

The steep back garden is solidly built in three descending tiers. Each is lushly planted and features its own viewing path and seating space to look more closely at the hostas and other textures covering the slope.

Mexican containers, tiles and other ornaments make this garden a happy personal retreat.

No back yard? Plant up your front – literally, if it slopes up from the street like this tour garden north of Kingston Road. All its curving levels are studded with spring and summer flowers.

Tulips and azaleas are followed by iris, ornamental grass, lilies and peonies (some moved, with difficulty, from an aunt’s home).

High above the street, the front lawn and side deck become private outdoor spaces, set off by salvaged wood pillars.

Pretty red Japanese maples highlight key spots, and a nicely pruned waterfall maple shelters a collection of hostas.

A spectacular climbing hydrangea softens the wooden fencing, where the gardener has added lattice to encourage the vine’s growth.

The Gardens of the Beach tour is Sunday, June 22, 2014, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Tickets are $10 and are available at East of Eliza, 1960 Gerrard St. E.; Trinity Gallery, 920 Kingston Rd. and 149 Main St.; Cool, Green & Shady, 601 Kingston Rd.; Pet Valu, 2210 Queen St. E.; Bill’s Garden Design, 903 Pape.

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This year’s Gardens of the Beach tour, organized by the Beach Garden Society, features a variety of garden styles. Above, a Chilean wine jug compliments a steep ravine garden, top right and bottom right. Below, this cat keeps a watchful eye on the situation in this sloping front yard garden, bottom left, which includes salvaged wood pillars as pedestals for potted flowers, at left. One very small garden is packed full of flowers, left centre, top left and above centre.

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Carpenter builds NXNE film program

By Jon Muldoon

WHEN THE 20th North By Northeast music, film and interactive festival hits on June 13, Beacher Cameron Carpenter will be there in the thick of things, just the way he likes it.

While he’s worked for years in the music industry, working in public relations, A&R and other roles, Carpenter is also the film programming manager for NXNE, a role he said he’s taken up almost by chance.

“I’m a music guy who kind of fell into film,” he said.

While he’s not schooled in movies, Carpenter said the appeal of movies can be measured by the same test as great music – provoking an emotional reaction.

“I still can’t drop Trufault quotes or reference French New Wave films, but I’ve definitely developed an eye for it,” he said. “If I’m moved by a story, I figure others will be, too.”

For the first time, the film portion of NXNE is opening the festival, at the Bloor Hot Docs theatre.

“It’s one of the most beautiful theatres in the city,” said Carpenter.

The films are also no longer limited to music themes. While that made selection a longer process – applications jumped from an average of 150 to about 500 – Carpenter said the quality of the films at this year’s festival is higher than ever.

Carpenter grew up in the Beach – he wrote a music column for the Malvern school paper, mostly in order to get his hands on free records – and fell in love with the movies at the Fox. He said Beachers are likely to find at least a few films in the lineup that will appeal to whatever their sensibilities may be.

“If you’re a fan of the Fox and their programming, you’ll definitely find something to love,” he said.

Just a few of the highlights of the film program, according to Carpenter: • Richard Linklater’s latest film Boyhood – NXNE will host the Canadian premiere of the movie.

• Born To Ruin – the world premiere of Toronto director’s Brendan McCarney. This is the third year running that a McCarney film has premiered at NXNE.

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Entertainment Beat

By Jon Muldoon

ST. JOHN’S Catholic Church is holding its annual choir concert on Wednesday, June 18. On the program are sacred and popular songs, solo guest performers and a selection from Phantom of the Opera. There will be complimentary light refreshments after the concert. The show gets underway at 7:30 p.m. at the church, 794 Kingston Rd. A freewill offering will be collected.

BIRCHCLIFF BLUFFS United Church is hosting Songs of the Heart, a showcase of music with personal significance to performers. The show takes place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 14. It is the third annual concert showcasing the talent in the congregation, following past events A Taste of Broadway and Imagine: Songs for Social Justice.

Proceeds from the show support the church, as well as its Churches by the Bluffs food bank. Performers interested in taking part should contact the church through birchcliffbluffsuc.org. For ticket info, email tickets@birchcliffbluffsuc.org.

JAZZ IN the Kitchen is back. Pianist Mark Eisenman will bring his longstanding trio to a Beach home for an intimate concert.

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Eisenman has been playing with bandmates Steve Wallace on bass and John Sumner on drums for more than 30 years.

All three have played around the world, backing up superb musicians in all shape and size of venue.

The show, which takes place with a small audience of only 30 people in a private Beach home’s kitchen studio, is a rare chance to see some of Toronto’s finest jazz players in such an intimate setting. The show takes place the evening of Wednesday, June 18. For ticket information, see brownpapertickets.com. For more on Eisenman, visit jazzpiano.ca.

LAZY DAISY’S Cafe, 1515 Gerrard St. E. just west of Coxwell, is hosting a number of events this month.

On Saturday, June 14, Linda Lavender and David Shilman will host the Woodshed Open Mic. Paul Irvine will be the featured performer. There is no cover and doors open at 8 p.m.

A Hawaiian Luau family dance party will take place on Friday, June 20. This popular event for parents and their children will feature a DJ, a magician and great food in between the dancing. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children and no charge for babes in arms, and include a light dinner buffet, cupcakes and a cool craft. There is limited space at the dance party, so call 647-278-3966 or email dawn@lazydaisyscafe.ca to reserve spots.

The Smash-mouth spoken word night will take place on Saturday, June 21. Steve Bowa will host, Tom Girling will provide music and slam artists Komi Olaf and Ian Keteku will be featured. Organizers say, “if you wrote it … we want to hear it!” Doors open at 6 p.m. and admission is pay what you can for the feature artists.

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Filmmakers aim to preserve history

By Andrew Hudson

WHAT BEGAN as a short film about Estonian folk costumes is capturing the thread of a much bigger picture.

Keepers of the Loom, made by Beach filmmaker Tom Mae and his sister Reet, is a documentary film about the Estonian women of the Baltic diaspora who retained their culture through traditional folk arts.

“It started with this very Toronto-focused story, and it’s becoming bigger than we imagined,” says Reet, speaking in her brother’s film studio on Kingston Road.

Due this fall, the feature-length documentary is based on interviews with people who fled Estonia in 1944, when their country was occupied by the Soviet Union and then by Nazi Germany before the Soviets re-took it and the two other Baltic states in 1944.

It all started with a short video of an exhibit of folk clothing and textiles held in 2008 at the Toronto Estonian House.

Reet said they especially wanted to hear from Estonian women, whose stories often go untold.

“As we were going, it became really clear we also had to tell the history at the same time,” she said. “Why do you have tens of thousands of people fleeing at the same time, in one month? You have to know the context.”

Using film techniques learned from other projects, Tom said Keepers of the Loom will make that history alive to younger viewers with animations, motion-control shots of artifacts, enhanced archival photos as well as by reenacting personal stories.

“Part of what makes it real for people is that the history is told by people who lived it,” said Reet.

One woman in the film tells why she fled Estonia with nothing but a summer dress and a pair of sandals. She was 20, recently married, and had cycled ahead to a boat where she expected her family to join her with their luggage the next day.

But they never made it – the Soviets arrived overnight.

Tom and Reet’s own parents made it to Sweden, and then to Canada after the Swedish government gave in to Soviet demands to return refugees who had been forcibly conscripted.

Other Baltic refugees died when their boats sank or were mistaken for navy ships and bombed.

“Some people went down to the bottom of the ocean, some people survived and ended up in safety,” said Tom. “It was totally as fate would have it.”

Despite a brutal occupation that ended when Estonia regained independence in 1991, Estonians at home and abroad

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Local filmmaker Tom Mae directs a slow-motion camera over a traditional Estonian dress in his Upper Beach film studio on June 2. Tom and his sister Reet recently launched a trailer and crowd-funding for a feature-length documentary, Keepers of the Loom, which tells the story of Estonian culture surviving the Soviet occupation.

held on to their language and culture.

In July, Reet will visit Estonia for the massive song festival, Laulupidu. Held every five years, it features a single choir of some 35,000 people, all in traditional dress.

Such gatherings have a special resonance this year, in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea under Vladimir Putin.

“For people who still remember the 1940 elections, it is so bloody parallel to what is happening in Crimea,” said Reet.

“It’s like history is repeating itself.”

Keepers of the Loom still needs months of work to finish.

Corporate sponsors are coming on board, and the Estonian community and Mae Productions have each donated $25,000 and $30,000 so far to make it happen.

But even with many volunteers, a feature documentary is costly to produce. Tom and Reet recently launched a trailer for the film and a crowd-funding site, available at keepersoftheloom.com.

“We don’t want to stop interviewing once we get this film finished,” Reet added. If they get enough funding, they will expand the project to a second film to include stories from the two other Baltic countries, Latvia and Lithuania, while those stories are still in living memory.

“We are finding remarkable people,” she said.

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GERRARD ART Space will host Kinds of Dances on the afternoon of Sunday, June 22.

The performance is described as a meditation on the infinite ways in which dance can exist. The program was put together by dancer Dawne Carleton.

Aisha John is a dance improviser and poet whose expertise covers Caribbean, Congolese and Ethiopian dance. She will perform an unaccompanied dance.

Dust, “the quietest big band in the known world,” will perform a musical score. The group, originally formed by Abraham Dust, comprises some of Toronto’s finest improvising musicians appearing in varying combinations.

Carleton, a dancer and improvised dance instructor, will perform a piece with double bassist Rob Clutton.

Trish Beatty, a Toronto pioneer of modern dance, recipient of the Order of Canada, founding choreographer of the Toronto Dance Theatre and retired dancer and teacher, will read poetry from her second book, Slow Words Dancing.

The performance runs from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and admission is pay what you can, with a suggested amount of $10.

GUITARIST AND poet Mark Battenberg presents A Leaf in the Wind: the Ryan Hicks Memorial Concert. Battenberg will be joined by musicians Mark Korven, Brent Crawford, Andrew Ascenzo and Marc Anthony Battenberg. Narration will be provided by voice artist Pep Duhaime.

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JAZZY SUNDAYS at Morgans on the Danforth continue. On Sunday, June 15, Steve Koven will take the stage. The following week, Carin Redman, Mark Kieswetter and Ross MacIntyre will perform.

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Bernie Fletcher’s Reel Beach: Movies Made in East Toronto

Going the distance in the Beach The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

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eachers are passionate about their sports, and runners may be the most dedicated of all.

Athletes push themselves to strive for that next goal, record or personal best.

Some run to stay in shape. For others running is a way of life. Five movies filmed in our community tell the story of a runner’s life at different stages.

The Champion “Just because they say it’s impossible doesn’t mean you can’t do it.”

It was 60 years ago (May 6, 1954) that Roger Bannister became the first runner to crack the four minute mile. His quest to break the record many thought couldn’t be broken is chronicled in Four Minutes (2005). Ashbridges Bay and Birchmount Stadium stand in for the actual locales in Oxford, England.

The Beginner Saint Ralph (2004) is a wonderful coming-of-age story from director Michael McGowan. A 14 year-old boy is encouraged to take up cross-country running as self-discipline. His unlikely goal is to compete in the Boston Marathon of 1954. Watch for scenes of a priest riding a bicycle near Kew Beach as well as swimmers at Summerville Pool and runners on the boardwalk.

The Schoolboy Sensation Bruce Kidd was a slight Malvern CI student in 1961 when he burst onto the running world to win Canadian Press’ Athlete of the Year two years in a row.

Sports Illustrated wrote, “Never in track history, indoors or out, has any-

one so young run so far so fast.”

The lyrical NFB short documentary Runner (1962) follows Kidd training along the boardwalk and racing on the track at East York Collegiate. This 11 minute visual poem came out the same year as the British feature film The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Both stress the solitude of the runner in an era before distance running became popular.

W.H. Auden wrote the verse commentary: The camera’s eye/ Does not lie/ But it cannot show/ The life within/ The life of a runner/ Of yours or mine …

The Olympic Hopeful Long-distance running really caught on with the jogging craze of the late 1970s as baby boomers started to age.

Sports movies are often about triumph over adversity. In Running (1979) Michael Douglas plays a troubled marathon runner with slim hopes of winning at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

With his personal life spinning out of control, he decides to take charge of something he can do by himself … run.

Running for him is a matter of survival, the way it was for early mankind.

Set in Queens, NY, filming took place on Wheeler Avenue near Norway Avenue. One scene has Douglas running across a New York bridge and then over the hill on Wheeler … now that’s what I call a marathon!

Crowds of neighbours turned out to watch the filming. Some of the extras really were the girls next door on Wheeler. Another scene shows the runner followed Forrest Gump-like by a horde of neighbourhood kids. Does anyone remember being in this movie?

The Weekend Jogger Richard Burton (1925-1984) was way

Beach runner Bruce Kidd is shown in a scene from the National Film Board documentary Runner.

past his prime when he played an aging artist in Circle of Two (1980).

In one scene Burton is spied on by a young teen (Tatum O’Neal) as he jogs on the boardwalk near the Leuty lifeguard station.

A lifetime of heavy drinking had taken its toll on Burton, no longer the dashing leading man who played Hamlet (and proposed to Elizabeth Taylor) here in Toronto in 1964. Circle of Two is no Hamlet. It was one of those tax-shelter era films that gave Canadian movies a bad name. Burton later confessed he “did it for the money.” The artwork was actually created by the hand of Harold Town. The screenplay was by one-time Toronto journalist Tom Hedley, who later wrote Flashdance (1983).

Which politician “running” for reelection holds a high school record for the 440 yard dash?

Answer: Kathleen Wynne Note: It is a shame that so few movies have been made about female athletes. There was a time when distance running was considered “unseemly” for women. The Boston Marathon was officially closed to women until 1972.

Run, Kathleen, run.

Horticultural Matters Get ready for a new kind of beetlemania

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n about four or five weeks many areas of Ontario, Eastern Canada teven hadwick and a good part of the United is a professional gardener and horticulturist, and States will be experiencing a type longtime Beach resident of beetlemania. However, this nonmusical invasion doesn’t originate from Liverpool, has never appeared on the Ed Sullivan show, and plant shipment. any screams and shrieking will probably come from someSince then, the one unlucky enough to have one of these pesky pests land in destructive little their hair while walking by an infested garden or park. beasts have been The cause of this summer mayhem are magical mystery chewing their way bugs called Japanese beetles (Popilla japonica), an alien pest west from Newfoundland to Ontarwhich is one of the few members of the order Coleoptera io. Ironically, they that cause severe plant damage in both their larval and don’t appear to be adult stages. They first appeared on North American soil in PHOTO: STEVEN CHADWICK a serious problem 1916 in New Jersey and sneaked across the border to Nova in Western areas of Japanese beetles attack a rose bud, Scotia during the late 30s, probably in an infested soil or the country, closer one of their favourite meals. to their ancestral homeland of Japan – probably due to strict agricultural import regulations.

I saw plenty of them around the Beach last year. In Scarborough and northern parts of the city they have become epidemic from the beginning of July to the middle of September. Last year a 27-acre North York garden park set out monitoring traps and ended up capturing over 20,000 of the insects every day during their peak feeding and mating frenzy in early August.

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Horticultural Views, cont’d. from previous page Japanese beetles are hard to miss when they are active – even underground. As the soil warms through late spring and early summer, larvae chow down on grass roots, leaving a swath of brown deadened turf in their wake (quickly rolled up by raccoons and skunks looking for a nocturnal shrimp cocktail). After emerging from the pupae, 12 mm adults with attractive copper coloured wings and emerald heads fly from the soil and immediately release a ‘congregational’ pheromone that signals others to ‘come and get it’. And come they do, using a highly developed olfactory sense to clumsily fly about like bumper cars until they zero in on a floral or hormonal scent that guides them to a food source, where they gather to mate and cause horticultural havoc by rapidly skeletonizing foliage and destroying blooms.

Of the more than 300 plants on their grocery list, rose buds and blossoms are by far their favourite, although they will feast on corkscrew hazel, rose of Sharon, peach and cherry trees, grapevines and most types of maples, including Japanese and harlequin varieties. Surprisingly, they are one of the rare insects that will gorge themselves on the leaves of poison ivy if they happen to bump into the plant – so I suppose I can grudgingly award them one point for that!

Control of the little critters is difficult but not impossible, especially in small marginally infested areas. Milky spore disease is a harmless organic bacterium that can be applied to warm soil in August. The powdery substance specifically targets the larvae of Japanese beetles and may take a couple of years to show an effect, but when it does become established the spores will continue to work for decades.

For control of adult beetles, there has always been a heated debate about the merits of using pheromone traps.

They do capture huge numbers of the bugs, but these devices are most useful for monitoring purposes, and to divert the insects away from valuable plant assets on large properties where established populations already exist. In small gardens the traps may just invite passing squadrons to chow down at your place instead of somebody else’s rose garden.

A few years ago I tried an unconventional deterrent while trying to protect hybrid tea roses. I had heard that when Japanese beetles feed on the leaves of annual geraniums they are stunned into a sort of drunken stupor that causes them to fall to the ground, making them easy pickings for predators. I painstakingly planted a dense geranium border around the garden and to my surprise they did appear to be less active and incapacitated after nibbling on the foliage.

Unfortunately there are very few bird predators that find their hard shell palatable, and 24 hours later the bugs simply shook off their hangovers and continued on with their destructive ways.

I suppose short of feeding them geraniums and sweeping up drunk beetles, the best advice I can offer is keep your eyes peeled for the bugs when they appear and follow a regular routine of hand brushing the beetles into a bucket of soapy water during the early morning when they are less active. Milky spore and beneficial nematodes will help with the battle, and if we are lucky, the cold winter and extended period of frozen ground may have stopped them in their tracks, or at least delayed their arrival.

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NO SPEEDOS, no body oil, no Schwarzenegger arms.

And no age limit.

When more than 200 weightlifters from age 35 to 83 compete in the upcoming Pan Am Masters at Variety Village, they will all lift something other than weights and barbells: myths about their sport.

“Even when I was 23, I thought it was too late,” says Mylène Bourget, catching her breath at a recent training session.

“But it’s never too late.”

Now 35, Bourget is among the youngest athletes to qualify for the Pan Am Masters, and one of three who calls Variety Village her home gym.

Bourget was 13 when a coach from Gros Bill, a Montreal weightlifting club, urged her to give it a try.

She declined, too shy then to lift in front of people.

Ten years later, Bourget was a competitive dragon boat racer. Feeling strained by the one-sided paddling, she finally joined Gros Bill for a more balanced workout.

She found a new favourite sport.

“You can never be bored,” said Bourget. “There’s never a perfect lift.”

Olympic-style weightlifting only has two lifts – the snatch and the clean and jerk – but Bourget said both are so technical that competing is a largely mental exercise.

“If your mind is not there, you won’t lift even close to your potential,” she said. “Most people don’t think about that.”

Eric Savva, another Pan Am competitor who trains at Variety Village, agrees technique is huge.

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“It starts with leg movement,” said Savva. “Big, musclebound upper bodies don’t do well here.”

Savva started weightlifting five years ago with his son Allan, when he was 40 and Allan was eight. Savva’s nine yearold son Gabriel joined them this year.

Like their dad, who enjoys trail running, Allan and Gabriel said weightlifting gives them a boost in other sports. Both do track and Taekwondo.

“I think it actually does help my high jump,” said Allan, noting how weightlifting works his legs and adds flexibility.

Asked about growing older in the sport, Savva said with all the squats it requires, training for a weightlifting championship builds muscles you use every day.

“When you get older, you’re not going to care how much you can bench press,” he said. “You’re going to care whether you can get off the toilet seat. You’re going to care whether you can go up the stairs.”

At 66, Raymond St. Jean will be one of the new kids at the Pan Am Masters – he lifted his first 20 kg barbell, with no weights, just three years ago.

“My arms were shaking,” he said, laughing.

At the time, St. Jean’s wife had signed them up for Variety’s Active Aging Club, despite his protests that he was fit enough already. That’s where St. Jean met Abdallah Alsebaii, the Variety Village weightlifting coach who does double duty at the Aging Club.

Climbing stairs and lifting bare barbells are now the least of St. Jean’s worries, ever since he agreed to Alsebaii’s challenge to try competing once he lifted 40 kg.

“He didn’t ask me to do anything he didn’t think I was capable of doing,” St. Jean said, noting how Alsebaii broke each lift down into smaller moves.

St. Jean said he also learned a lot just by training beside Variety’s top junior weightlifters – Aaron Rose, Taylor Findlay, Khalil and Ayesha Sabayle – and trying to copy their quick, smooth moves.

And while most of the two dozen weightlifters who train at Variety are half his age or younger, St. Jean said they have long stopped calling him “sir,” and switched to “Ray” instead.

As he goes into the Pan Am Masters on June 21 and 22, St. Jean needs all the support he can get.

He has only just started, and it will be nearly 20 years before he catches Don Buchanan, Canada’s most experienced weightlifter, who is competing at the very strong age of 83.

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SCOTT LYALL Malvern girls rugby take fifth straight city banner Malvern Collegiate’s Jillian McGroarty powers through a tackle from a Newtonbrook Secondary player during the TDSB’s girls rugby final on May 26 at Sunnybrook Park. Malvern won their fifth title and sixth shot at OFSAA in a 66-0 blowout.

“These girls have really stepped up,” said Malvern coach Lesley Gage, noting that this year’s team had just four senior players.

“The athletes are dedicated, the parents are dedicated – it’s just a great thing.”

PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON

St. John’s track team domination continues

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Rebecca Mowen, a Grade 7 student on the legendary St. John’s Eagles track team, splashes to the end of a relay during the TCDSB city finals at Varsity Stadium on May 27. Although they have no track of their own and train on a side street behind their Kingston Road school, the Eagles compete against track clubs outside the school board, and have been top school at the TCDSB finals for more than a decade.

“John trains them all year,” said Nick Biagini, TCDSB program coordinator for health and fitness, referring to Eagles coach John Albert. “That’s the difference.”

“They were in 34 events, they scored big points in most events, dominated distance running, and also dominated the relays,” he said, laughing. “I think it’s safe to say it’s a battle for second and third today.”

“If more schools were to take the time to create these programs for their kids, I guaruntee you, somebody would give them a run for their money.”

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Malvern boys lacrosse win big Malvern Collegiate’s boys lacrosse team celebrates after winning a close city final 9-8 against their Birchmount Collegiate rivals at Birchmount Stadium on May 26. The boys finished with a 6-0 regular and 2-0 playoff season record under coach Brett Kikot.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014 The Main Menu, cont’d from Page 12 Alexa’s Best Burgers My daughter has started grilling her own burgers with enthusiasm and mouth-watering results. Let’s see who wins the bet as “best!”

1 lb (500 g) lean ground beef 2 strips of finely chopped side bacon 1 small onion, grated 1/2 cup (125 mL) freshly made brown breadcrumbs 1 egg 1 tsp (5 mL) each, Worcestershire sauce and ketchup 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt 1/4 tsp (1 mL) fresh black pepper Cheese Filling: 1/2 cup (125 mL) shredded extra old cheddar cheese In a mixing bowl, stir together beef, bacon, onion, breadcrumbs, egg, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, salt and pepper until well combined. Form into four patties. Poke a hole into each patty and insert about 2 tbsp (25 mL) shredded cheese. Re-shape into patty and repeat with remaining patties. Grill on medium until no longer pink inside.

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Best Ever Chicken Burgers For a lighter taste sensation try these succulent patties, but be sure to serve them with condiments that complement the taste of chicken such as chutney, bread and butter pickles, shredded lettuce or even steamed asparagus.

1 lb (500 g) lean ground chicken 1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh breadcrumbs 1 egg 2 tsp (10 mL) grated lemon rind 1 tsp (5 mL) dried tarragon 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt 1/4 tsp (1 ml) fresh black pepper In a mixing bowl, stir together chicken, breadcrumbs, egg, lemon rind, tarragon, salt and pepper. Form four even patties and grill on medium until no longer pink inside and juices run clear. Serve on a toasted bun immediately.

Above, students at Danforth Collegiate watch as their trebuchets launch water balloons at engineering teacher Roberta Tevlin.

She said students in her Grade 12 class watched YouTube videos, tested computer simulations and a small model before building the three-metre trebuchets, which launch the balloons using counterweights of up to 18 kg.

When all the balloons had launched, students from Black Tie Trebuchet, far right, edged out the Tie Dyes and the Red Dragons for the best balloon-to-teacher record.

At right, teacher Margot Huycke shields herself from water balloons.

Letters to the Editor, cont’d from Page 6

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The father of a five year-old yelled at me, “what are you gonna do, call the police?”

I told him the area was not an off-leash area and the female swan was nesting. He accused me of harassing him, but at that point the swan went for his dog. He had no leash with him.

These people RUIN it for all dog owners, for us, and for the ducks and swans. Can’t we hire a permanent dog inspector for the Beach to ticket these less than law abiding dog owners, then use the money to make more off-leash areas for the good dog owners?

Katharine Gainsborough Road Karen McCall’s letter [Letters to the Editor, May 27] is a perfect example of the ever more serious problem in the Beach. It’s not the dogs, it’s the dog owners that are the problem.

Some dogs bite, some people (seniors and children primarily) are intimidated by large dogs running amok, and people are regularly chased by dogs while jogging or skating. Not all of us know that a particular dog ‘doesn’t bite’.

How incredibly unfortunate that the one spot specifically chosen and developed for dogs to be off-leash happens to be the one place in the Beach apparently unsafe for them. Strange that responsible dog owners (the majority of dog owners, thankfully) don’t seem to find it dangerous.

I’m unaware of any dogs that have been injured by small sharp rocks.

My polite requests to dog owners to perhaps consider the off leash area for their (unleashed) dog have inevitably been met with streams of profanity, suggestions that I do things to myself that are physically impossible, and sometimes quite threatening physical intimidation.

I think there are many more decent, responsible dog owners in the Beach than in the past, but there are still a considerable number that think laws don’t apply to them.

Animal control has only given out 22 citations in the entire province in the past two years so McCall’s suggestion that dog owners “have it hard enough” is a complete joke.

Since it’s difficult to enjoy a leisurely walk or jog along the boardwalk these days (I’m too old to jump over the 20 foot-long leashes that crisscross the boardwalk) could I at least ask that the dogs start to pay some property taxes to maintain the areas I am paying for, but am no longer able to enjoy?

That seems a more reasonable request than to have dog owners act considerately and even – gasp – obey the law.

James Kings Boardwalk Drive

HEALTH DR. KARIN RUMMELL & ASSOCIATES OPTOMETRISTS 1914 Queen St. E. (E. of Woodbine) Mon.- Sat. by appointment

416-691-5757 BEACHES OPTOMETRY CLINIC Dr. Linda Chan Optometrist

951 Kingston Rd. (West of Victoria Park)

416-691-1991

Evening & weekend appointments available

DR. DAVID JEONG DENTIST 2107 Danforth Ave. (at Woodbine Subway) New patients welcome.

Open Saturdays.

416-696-1800

BALSAM DENTAL Dr. D. Caplan

Family Dentistry * Open 6 days a week * New patients always welcome 2200 Queen St. East (at Balsam)

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DR. LINDA WINTER Psychologist

Consultations • Therapy Individuals • Couples Over 20 years experience.

Located at Queen & Wheeler

416-691-1071

Dr. Linda Iny Lempert Psychologist – Psychologue

Individuals and Couples Services disponibles en français 47 Main Street (at Lyall)

416-694-4380 www.drlempert.ca

Dr. Jody Levenbach Psychologist

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

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Mary-Kay Perris BA Psych., MNLP, CR, CCT.

Wellness Coach/Therapist for your Vibrant Life Journey - at any age!

416 429-3457

BEACH EYE CARE CENTRE

2128 Queen St. E. (Hammersmith & Queen)

OPTOMETRIST

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

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Dr. Juliet White Family Physician

is moving to Queen St. E. 116 Glen Manor as of June 2, 2014

416-698-0999

PHYSIOTHERAPY EAST TORONTO ORTHOPAEDIC & SPORTS INJURY CLINIC David Evans, R.P.T., F.C.A.M.T. Danny Kuzmich, B. Sc., F.C.A.M.T. and associates 1577 Danforth, Unit 4 (at Coxwell)

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

KEW GARDENS HEALTH GROUP Massage Therapy • Physiotherapy Osteopathy • Naturopathic Medicine

2181 Queen St. E., Suite 305 (at Lee)

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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY WELLNESS

PSYCHOTHERAPY

LAWYERS/LEGAL

CHIROPRACTORS

MASSAGE THERAPY

ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN

Personal Training

Judy Gould, Ph.D.

CARL A. BRAND

Dr. Kelly Robazza Dr. William Chan

Advanced Therapeutics

Stephen G. King, Architect

Private fully-equipped studio Qualified and experienced

Experienced Psychotherapist

Achieve your fitness goals today!

Andrew Walmsley B.P.E. Leslieville Personal Fitness

Relationship Difficulties • Anxiety Depression • Body Image Concerns Physical Illness • Free Consultation

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647-991-4225 www.judygould.com

20 Leslie St. (free parking)

missfit.ca in-home personal trainer 416 888 6465 michelle@missfit.ca

KEW BEACH HEALTH CLINIC Naturopathy • Homeopathy • Clinical Nutrition • • Matrix Energetics • • Bowen Therapy •

416-690-6168

Acorn Personal Fitness Because Fitness is Personal

Norm Spence

Personal Training Specialist

416 716 2367

normspence@bell.net www.acornpersonalfitness.ca Studio at Victoria Park & Kingston Rd.

816 Pape Ave. (near Pape/Danforth)

Carol Henderson, MA Counselling Psych.

Psychotherapy for indidviduals and couples.

Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Anger Management Insurance clients welcome.

Evening and weekend sessions avail.

carolannehenderson@gmail.com 416.219.2671

Nancy Leach, M. Sc., BMCP from the author of

The Body Means Well

Support for chronic or life-threatening illness through Counselling, Body Therapy, and Meditation

647-239-1903

Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couples Insurance clients welcome Evening & weekend sessions available 579 Kingston Rd (corner Main), Suite 118

416 698-6960 tara@tarashannon.ca

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT

2830 Danforth Ave. (East of Dawes Rd.)

416-690-2112

Dogs, cats, pocket pets.

Housecalls available.

HOUGHTON VETERINARY HOUSECALL SERVICES Vaccines, examinations, diagnostics, palliative care, and home euthanasia provided for your pets in the comfort of your own home.

Dr. Barbara Houghton 647-221-5516

VET ON WHEELS Gerrard Mobile Veterinary Services

Dr. Ahmad Badri, DVM 416-284-4610 abadri@rogers.com

PSYCHOTHERAPY Abina Murphy, R.I.H.R.

BARRISTER & SOLICITOR Estate Planning/Real Estate/Business House Calls

Bert van Delft

Complete financial services for the business owner, manager, entrepreneur & self-employed Corporate and Personal Income Tax Services Bus: 416-270-9898 98 Scarboro Beach Blvd.

William F. Deneault

Chartered Accountant • Corporate & Personal Tax • Specializing in small to medium business • Financial advice 21 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 502

Tel: (416) 962-2186

Kriens LaRose, LLP

Chartered Professional Accountants • Accounting services for owner-managed businesses.

• Personal and corporation income tax preparation.

• Audit and consulting services for not-for-profit organizations

www.krienslarose.com

416-690-6800

Melani Norman

CPA, CMA Accounting Issues and Systems, Bookkeeping, Personal and Corporate Taxes

Call 416-471-0337 Emily C. Larimer

Certified General Accountant

• Bookkeeping • Personal and corporate tax services • Accounting services for small businesses and t he self-employed Call: 416-693-2274 emily@eclarimercga.com www.eclarimercga.com

LAWYERS/LEGAL Dashwood & Dashwood Barristers & Solicitors

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

416-698-5861 John H.

BJARNASON, D.C. Chiropractor

416-694-4090

416-691-3700

CRIMINAL LAWYER

690-0000

Chiropractor 2277 Queen Street East (at Glen Manor)

KATHRYN WRIGHT

ASHBRIDGE’S HEALTH CENTRE

2239 Queen Street East www.kathrynwrightlaw.com kathrynwrightlaw@gmail.com

Paul J. Cahill

Personal Injury Lawyer Car accidents, Slips and Falls, Disability Claims 220 Bay Street, Suite 1400 416-643-3857 pcahill@willdavidson.ca

Linda Bronicheski, Lawyer Beaches Family Law

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

TURNER CATHERINE ASSOCIATES

647-693-6221

579 Kingston Rd., #110, Toronto

Peter J. Salah Hills, Salah LLP

Men’s Issues, Anger, Addictions Insurance coverage Nigel Turner 416-690-3684 Individuals and Couples Nishe Catherine 416-698-0370

Family Law & Estate Planning

Shelley C. Quinn LL.B. 1749 Danforth Avenue Toronto, ON M4C 1J1 t. (416) 551-1025 www.QuinnFamilyLaw.ca

Smith Architecture Inc. serving the Beach

Drafting + Design

Kew Gardens Health Group

Neville Park Health Group 2455A Queen St. East

2181 Queen St. East, Suite 305 (at Lee)

416-907-0103

Dr. Andrew C. Adamsky ACTIVATOR RATED Chiropractor Woodbine @ Kingston Rd.

647-515-6139

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Peg Earle, M.A., M.Div. Registered Marriage & Family Therapist

416-698-9027 • peg@pegearle.com

Child and Adolescent Counselling

Siegi A. Schuler, Ph.D, RSW 416-362-7472

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Life Management & Corporate Coaching

ADR-Mediation

MPSquared Coaching Merrill Pierce CCA ICF 416.824.2626 merrill@mpsquaredcoaching.com

Do you think differently?

DENISE M. F. BADLEYCOSTELLO

Dr. Janet D’Arcy

ILAN SARAGOSTI, MSW, RSW

416-690-6257

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Open Saturdays

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Jen Goddard, R.M.T.

Chiropractor

CHIROPRACTORS

416-690-6195

Available for consultations permit plans, zoning info, etc.

Dr. Scott Dunham

300 Main Street 416-690-3324

Chiropractor Neville Park Health Group 2455A Queen St. East

Local • Affordable 416-200-6300

416-698-3157

647-317-6017

www.omegahealthandfitness.com

Susan T. Dixon

(Licensed Paralegal) Small Claims, Traffic Tickets, Landlord/Tenant, Criminal, Debt Letters, Mediation/Arbitration etc.

Call for a Free 30 min. Consult

Renovations & Additions Structural Design • Building Permit

Custom Home Design Building Permits 647-226-9860

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

www.therapylounge.ca

Stephanie Gage, RMT Cami Rahman, RMT Caitlin McAulay, RMT 1789 Queen St. East, Unit 6

O’Reilly, Moll & Forrest

Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public

Massage Therapy • Reflexology 2245 Queen St. East • 2nd floor • Open 7 days per week •

Lynn Wilsher, R.M.T.

Shellyann Pereira

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES

WAYPOINT permit consulting inc.

Megan Evans, RMT, CRHP & Associates

BEACHES CHIROPRACTIC

416-693-2733

416 316 3248 info@taylordesignservices.ca

THERAPY LOUNGE

The Law Office of Shaunna Kelly

www.dixonslaw.ca

Michael Taylor, P. Eng. BCIN

www.WINTACO.com

416-690-6257

2120 Queen Street East (@ Hammersmith)

416-261-9679

416-694-6767

ART, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Graston 1089 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park)

QUINN Family Law

Psychotherapist Awakening Coach Life & Relationship Issues 416-694-0232

Voted “#1 Spa in Toronto” - Trip Advisor

URBAN CALM THERAPEUTICS

Snider & DiGregorio

Catherine Allon, MEd

• Hours incl. evenings & Saturdays •

416-916-7122

Nancy Christie, M.T.C.

416-691-3768

927 Kingston Rd. (W. of Vic Pk)

Dr. Tyrrell Ashcroft Dr. Thien Dang-Tan

siegischuler@aol.com

www.mindfullnesstraumatherapy.ca

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

www.kewgardenshealth.com

Family Law Lawyer

ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANTS DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PERMIT DRAWINGS WESLEY MORRIS, ARIDO, IDC, AATO

Architectural and Engineering Design Permit Drawings and Applications

Effective Resolution of Family Law Matters 47 Main Street, Toronto 416-763-6884 Linda@BeachesFamilyLaw.com Criminal Lawyer ShaunnaKelly.com (Phone) 647-340-6651 (Fax) 416-203-2332 shaunnakelly@gmail.com

Member Ontario Association of Architects

W. MORRIS DESIGN

TAYLOR DESIGN SERVICES

1522 Queen St. E. 416-465-5575

OMEGA HEALTH + FITNESS

(416) 694-8181 www.stephenkingarchitect.com

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Dr. Johanna Carlo

B. Arch. OAA, MRAIC “Serving the Beach since 1987” Residential, Restorations, Home Inspections, Commercial, Interiors, Landscapes COMPLETE PROJECT SERVICES FROM DESIGN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION

Dolores Wootton, R.M.T. John Barnet, R.M.T., D.O.M.P.

Beaches Wellness Centre

416-698-7070

Family Law & Mediation 416-699-8848

416-690-5185

(at Victoria Park beside Manchester Arms)

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Barrister & Solicitor

2212 Queen St. E. (at Spruce Hill)

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

416-693-5611

Tel: 416-699-0424 Fax: 416-699-0285 Email: info@sdlegal.ca

Zabiullah Khaliqi, RMT

416-699-5320 • Free Parking

Real Estate, Family, Litigation Wills & Estates, Corporate

416-752-8128 www.hillssalah.com

Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries.

978 Kingston Road, Toronto, Ont., M4E 1S9

BEACHES MASSAGE CENTRE

Book online at essencetherapy.com

Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries

We Collaborate, Negotiate & Litigate.

Mindfullness Psychotherapy • depression • trauma • anxiety • relationship • creativity • free initial consultation

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

DEGEN’S HEALTH GROUP Dr. Wade Whitten, D.C. Dr. Tanja Degen, D.C., CPT Dr. Christina Carreau N.D. 1092 Kingston Rd.

961 Kingston Rd. Tel. 416-690-7222 Toronto, M4E 1S8 Fax. 416-690-8738

Reiki Master

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

Glover & Associates

416-694-2868

Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy; Trauma, Bullying, and Addictions; Youth in Conflict with the Law. Sports Performance Counselling for Youth

Past Life Regression

Voted “Best Massage Therapist” - NOW Magazine

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

Geoffrey J. Dashwood

Spiritual Psychotherapist

Kevin Oates, R.M.T. & Assoc.

416-767-CASS (2277) x 207 416-795-4899 (cell) 416-491-0273 (fax) garrycass@sympatico.ca

David Faed

Jeffrey W. Cupchik, Ph.D., MA, B.Mus 647-833-7254 Beaches www.musichealthwellness.com

KATO ANIMAL HOSPITAL

GARRY M. CASS

Tara Shannon

M.Ed. Counselling Psychology

ACCOUNTING

CHRISTINE KATO, B.Sc., D.V.M.

Tel: 416-699-5100 Fax: 416-690-8738 brandlaw@live.ca

Queen and Hammersmith

EMOTIVE . SOUND . DESIGN Designing a soundtrack for your life.

Inspiring your productivity and meditations.

VETERINARIANS

961 Kingston Rd. Toronto, Canada M4E 1S8

www.mindfulwayconsulting.com

Music, Health, Wellness

Colon Hydrotherapy Vitalife Digestive Wellness Clinic Colonics and Coffee Enemas For digestive issues, cleansing and detoxification, preventative health, increased energy and more.

2251A Queen St. E 416-849-0004 info@vitalifeclinic.com www.vitalifeclinic.com

BARRISTER & SOLICITOR NOTARY

(Since 1989)

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

Growth.Connection.Fullfillment For adults, teens, and couples

24 years experience Available evenings, weekends Queen and Hammersmith

416-462-1562 rmtheaven@hotmail.com

Versatech

Architectural Design Permit Drawings Project Management Commercial, Residential

416-694-9531 • 416-816-1630

Tonia Vuolo

INTERIOR DESIGNER 416-694-3811 cell: 416-522-5903 toniavuolo@mac.com www.toniavuolodesigns.com

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Deadline for June 24th issue is June 16th , 5 p.m.

Announcements Up Down In Out It’s In The Fit!

• Expert Alterations/Repairs • Refresh old Favourites • Dog coats repaired/altered • Re-line Coats, Jackets • Roman Blinds, Small Draperies, Cushions, etc.

YOUR FABRIC DREAM BROUGHT TO LIFE!

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Trained & certified Caregiver for childcare & Elderly Care with CPR & First Aid training.

Hardworking, trustworthy, reliable.

Looking for full-time/part-time position.

Available early mornings to 1 p.m. or night shifts Monday - Friday.

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WILKINSON

BARBER SHOP & HAIRSTYLING Men’s Haircuts $13 • Children & Senior $10

BEACH GARDEN TOUR

1048 Kingston Rd. (at Victoria Park Ave.)

Sunday June 22, 2-5 pm

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

Walking tour includes music, sculptures, refreshments Tickets $10; details page 17

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Volunteers

Complementary Beach United Balance and Coordination Class.

Focused on Balance, Coordination, Strength, Flexibility and posture.

Facilitated by an experienced instructor.

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Photo/Art $22 per tape Call Eugene at 647-922-0686 eugene@homevideozdvd.ca (8/15)

Social/Events

TRENDSETTERS

Training & Job Placement Agency Hairstyling and Skin care Government funded program 416•690•2454 Hairstylists & Estheticians Wanted(8)

We welcome everyone to weekly FREE Saturday night entertainment/dancing

Also RENTAL facilities available (r)

Karaoke Dance Party!

Every Sat + Sun @ Apollonia Cafe & Lounge 1504 Danforth Ave.

- Licensed Hair Stylists and Barber - Licensed Nail Technician - Mani, Pedi - Eyelashes, Extensions, Eyebrow waxing and Threading

2770 Danforth Ave.

416 550 5183

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OFFICE SPACE

(1/2 block west of Coxwell)

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McArthur & Son Business Centre Air conditioning, boardroom, kitchen area, copier, etc.

Individual offices from $425/mth.

577-579 Kingston Rd. @ Main St.

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Chalet Beauty Bar 1562 Queen St. E. (near Coxwell)

Anniversary Special every Wed for Pensioners & low income families, Perms for short hair - $28 Gerri Curl short hair - $65 Hours 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Tues & Sun closed

416-466-3766 (r) Counterbalance Studio Pilates Est. 1998

NEW LOCATION! 1911 DANFORTH AVE. West of Woodbine & East Lynn Park

Pilates Equipment, Pilates Mat, 3-D WorkoutTM, Qi Gong, Melt & More!

www.counterbalancestudiopilates.com counterbalancestudiopilates@rogers.com (8)

CERTIFIED ORGANIC

Skin, Hair, Body, Cosmetic, Oral and Nutritional Products

Miessence www.miessence.com/larivee (8r)

UPPER BEACHES OFFICE SPACE Ideal for medical professionals, lawyers or accountants (r)

PRIME OFFICE SPACE in

RARE large cannon ball pine king/queen bed includes app, 6’ high headboard topped w app.

6” diameter cannon balls, blanket roll footboard and 2 pine side slats. Some marks and scratches but still BEAUTIFUL. $950

Waverley Rd: This cute bachelor

Pine triple dresser w/oval mirror, two small drawers on top and white ceramic knobs. $375 High pine writing table w front drawer, small compartment on top and white ceramic knobs. $125 Handsome bronze-like 5 light chandelier (orig $475) $125

just up from Queen boasts newer kitchen and bath and is a refreshing alternative to a condo. Smoke-free and just a short stroll to the beach, steps to shopping & TTC. Not to be missed at $800.00 incl/utilities. Avail June 1st.

Harding & King R.E. Services Inc. Brokerage

FOR MORE DETAILS about the above listings, please check our website

www.hardingandking.com Or Email

rentals@hardingandking.com

Beaches landmark building

1700 sq. ft. Ideal for medical, dental or other professional use. Excellent visibility and character. Steps to TTC.

416-971-9025

(r)

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)

BEST IN THE BEACH @ 191 Kenilworth

647-352-0247

4 original Thonet bentwood arm chairs made in Czecholslovakia.

Thonet had to move his furniture factory from Germany just before the first world war. These are in excellent condition, original golden wood and rattan seats. $300 each

2-BEDROOM BEACHES APT

in landmark heritage building.

New reno, laundry, steps to TTC. No smoking or pets. $1,850/mo incl heat, hydro extra

Bed & Breakfast Suite Lovat

(r)

Audi A5

Contents Sale

4 BLANTYRE AVE. Sat., June 14, 2014 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Make an offer!

YARD SALE 133 Elmer Ave Sat. June 14 • 9 a.m. (rain date June 15)

CD’s, Furniture, Record shelves.

Great Stuff!

Street Sale

Elmview Drive

Saturday, June 14th 8 a.m. - Noon Yard Sale

55 Lee

Sat June 14 • 10 - 2 Arts & craft supplies • a few collectibles • clothing • household goods

Rain date June 15 • 10-2

416-420-8696

Yard Sale (r)

Mostly Kitchen Stuff (Wholesale Samples) plus much, much more!

When:

Sat, June 14 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where: 205 Willow Ave. Raindate: Sunday, June 15

Great Escape

Waterfront cottage Haliburton Highlands 3 Bdrms, mod. kit & bath, Screened in porch, privacy.

Row boat.

Antiques and Art Lawn Sale Sat. June 21 (Rain date June 22) 49 Benlamond Avenue 9:00 a.m. to Noon

(9)

Private House Sales Amazing Value! Spacious Upper Beach detached bungalow, priv. prkg, huge pool-sized fenced garden with double deck, sep. ent. to lower level (5 rooms).

Only $499,000! Move-in ready; take note developers/renovators for topping up! 416-208-3220 (8)

Including Art Deco, Victorian and Mid-century Modern furniture (including Saarinen-style chairs), art, decorative objects, art books, frames, designer pillows, great household items too!

Annual

CAVENDISH / WINTHORPE STREET SALE

Sat. June 21 9 am - 3 pm Rain date: Sunday, June 22nd ANNUAL

Business Space For Lease Suitable for store, office or any business. facing Kingston Rd. About 1000 sq ft First floor with basement.

(8)

NEXT DEADLINE JUNE 16TH

(8)

Osborne Street Sale One way street north from Lyall Ave to Gerrard St E.

Saturday, June 21 9 a.m. to noon No rain date

EXACT TAX SERVICES TIM O’MEARA TAX ACCOUNTANT

416-691-7556

Personal • Small Business Corporate • Back Filing (9)

Wanted We buy! - We pay cash!

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)

COLLECTIBLES

Household Services REG’S APPLIANCE 416-691-6893

www.regsappliance.com

•Fast friendly service for 30 years •CESA certified Repairs to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers

(r)

Always buying 1950’s - 80’s Sports Cards Comic books • Toys • Magazines Best prices paid!

ROSS APPLIANCE SERVICE

416-323-0403

OVER 20 YRS. EXPERIENCE PROMPT & COURTEOUS

Please call Steven

(8)

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)

Office Services

1537 O’Connor Drive

(r)

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

(r)

?NEED HELP? PC/MAC SUPPORT

647.281.3084

needhelp_pc_mac@hotmail.com

(12)

HOME COMPUTER CARE Toronto’s Top Level In-home Computer Support & Service Freeware, Testimonials, Honesty.

Home Consultations $30

(r)

SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATION Free estimates.

No service charges.

(12)

BEACH WINDOW CLEANING & EAVESTROUGHS

416-691-8503

(17)

Home Decor

Vienna Upholstery 2358 Kingston Rd. (w. of Midland)

416-698-9000

(r)

(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 & Network Support

Home office & Small business Hardware & Software Support Networking, PC & Mac Cloud Services, Web Site Design

416-438-6360

(8)

Financial Services

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

For estimate call

647-899-9074

(r)

Fabrications

by finn Custom Blinds - Drapery 416-465-6292 finn.ellen@gmail.com (8.)

CLEARY’S HOME DECORATING SERVICES

From painting to choosing the right colours and accessories, I can help you create a space that you will love for years to come.

Reasonable & affordable.

Contact Frances 416.985.2049 frances_cleary@hotmail.com (8)

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

416-694-6241

SLIP-ON SLIPCOVERS (r)

K.V.’s Bookkeeping Services Ideal for Small Businesses Quality work, reasonable rates, references available.

(13r)

BOOKKEEPING/OFFICE ADMIN/+MORE Experienced, eclectic Beach resident offering a variety of affordable, flexible and practical support services to entrepreneurs and small business.

QuickBooks training also available short or long term.

Debra 416-693-6111

(r)

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

416-690-8673

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

KSTS Computer Support (VISA/MC)

416-461-9685

Repairs to all major appliances, vacuums, and microwaves.

Fast, friendly service.

Good rates.

BUDGET APPLIANCE REPAIR

HOME OFFICE: Computer repair

Call Kurban

JIM’S APPLIANCE SERVICE

Cleaning specialists •Windows •Eavestroughs •Decks •Siding

416-759-2219

416-357-1467

(r)

KLEEN WINDOWS

Kevin Lundbohm, Manager

http://homecomputercare.ca

416-463-6330

Call 416-648-4410

good on paper

2011 Premium 2.0T coupe Quattro Local Beacher-moving overseas.

Ice silver metallic-black leather interior Low miles 38,900 km Garage kept-dealer maintained Sells with balance of warranty $32,900

(across from Kew Park)

Private Suites Kitchen/Fireplace “Trip Advisor Approved”

Sat. June 14 • 10 - 2

New and used items • Silent auction BBQ Lunch

We make you look

(east of Fallingbrook, north of Kingston Rd.)

urban loft with full ensuite TV, wireless, kitchenette, parking $85 nightly 416-575-6113 www.bbcanada.com/suite lovat

Further information: 416-757-8757

THE PRINTING HOUSE

(r)

Entrance from private ground floor patio. A/C, DW, W/D, full kitchen. Permit prkg, Balsam/ Kingston Road, avail. Aug. 1. $1150 + utilities 647-218-1462 (8)

www.cozysuites.com

(8)

Auto Sales

(r)

2703 St. Clair Ave. E.

(Corner of St. Clair Ave E. & O’Connor Drive)

(8)

Garage Sales

Bright spacious

Call 416-271-5203 ViewIt.ca#147555

(8)

416-558-8388

New professionally installed kitchens.

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

416-856-4774

(10r)

647-352-0247

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

Warden/Kingston Rd.

416 838-2949 after 1:00 pm

Many other domestic items

647-352-0247

FURNISHED

416-726-2510

416-690-2880

West of Main St., across from Sobey’s Super Store

Just renovated! Imagine July 1st , you are moving into your new 1 bdrm apt. with brand new kitchen & bath on the top floor of a smoke-free triplex.

This charming suite includes 5 appliances including laundry; close to Danforth shops and TTC. 2 yr lease preferred. $1375.00 + Hydro (May/June) FIRM No pets.

Harding & King R.E. Services Inc. Brokerage

Out-of-Town

-Paul McArthur 416-821-3910

Personal Care

Very low prices for bulk buyers VISIT US TO BELIEVE! 2442 Danforth Ave.

Danforth/Woodbine:

COZY SUITES INN

Commercial Space for Rent

Largest Books, Records, Movies & Music Store 647-889-4114 • Open 6 Days, 12-7

2 Level 1 Bdrm Townhouse/Apt.

Glory Beauty Now Hiring

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

647-207-3154

(8)

Employment Opportunities

Convert VIDEO to DVD

416-901-2911

(8/15)

St. Clair O’Connor Community

x8 www.hardingandking.com Tenants: check out our (2) listings below

for a list of showing times and status updates.

The

Big Yard Sale

For Sale

(13r)

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

(r)

General Services

WAYNE&SON RUBBISH REMOVAL - COMPLETE RECYCLING - DEMOLITION SPECIALISTS

416-264-1495 CELL 416-567-4019

(11)

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

WASTE REMOVAL + RECYCLING + DEMOLITION MINIMUM LOAD $60 CALL MARY OR JOHN

416 690 0117 416 569 3236 C.

(r)

SCARBOROUGH DISPOSAL LTD. WASTE REMOVAL & EXCAVATION SPECIALISTS

Backyard • Basement Garage & Office Cleanup Fast, Friendly, Reliable Service Ministry of the Environment Lic. 14-40 yd Roll Off Container Service 11 yd pick-up truck service Excavation & Bobcat Service (r)

MR. FIX-IT PROFESSIONAL, MATURE, RELIABLE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS

(10)

&

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

416-624-3837

(r)

“Always on Time and on Budget” • Junk and Rubbish Removal • Hazardous Waste Pick-up • Small and Big Moves • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country

HONESTLY DONE

MON-SAT 10-10

(8.)

MAN WITH PICK-UP TRUCK

(12)

EXPRESS JUNK REMOVAL 24 HRS 16’ Cube Van & Pick up Truck Service

(9)

NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICE

Rubbish Removal, Demolition, Basement, Backyard & Garage Clean-ups. Home Improvements.

Seniors Discount. Tree Clean up.

We Recycle All Materials.

416-454-5404

(9)

A-TEAM WINDOW CLEANING Window and Eaves Cleaning Your satisfaction guaranteed 647-924-8532 416-698-4345

(9)

B&W DISPOSAL Backyard Basement Garage cleanups Rubbish Removal Small Demolitions Free Estimates

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

www.beachpuppylove.com

416 389 9234

(9)

Pet Minding

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

• Over 12 years professional experience including medications • Insured and Bonded • Veterinarian trained & recommended • Member of Pet Sitters International

Cleaning Services

(8)

TO SERVE AND RESPECT

BEST JOB & PRICE GUARANTEED

416-567-3205

(12)

HEALTHY HOME

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

NASH TRASH & JUNK REMOVAL

If I haul your trash, I’ll save you cash and your back.

Fast friendly service.

Free estimate. Also provide yard waste and tree removal.

(8.)

Ryan 647-380-9722

Toronto Estate Dispersal & Downsizing Services Assists individuals and families in the Greater Toronto Area wishing to downsize, move or disperse\ of estate effects and property.

416.465.2424

(11)

All ads may also be viewed at

www.beachmetro.com

BOOTHY’S

Cleaning and organizing superheroes Eco-friendly Local with references Kelly 647-889-4752 (16) Hardworking, reliable, trustworthy and experienced

Call 416-783-3434

(21/15)

*Insured*

EUROPEAN CLEAN

Outdoor Spring clean-ups too!

(8)

Hardworking Cleaning Lady. Houses, Condos, Apartments, Office. References available. 647-855-8424 (8)

Music

Bach to ROCK

416-729-2077 cell

RILEYS’ WINDOW CLEANING A family business since 1956

Window & Eaves Cleaning Gutter Filter Installation

(r)

BRENDA CAROL

VOCAL LESSONS

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.

(11)

PIANO TEACHER Susan Kohlhepp

416 421-5758

rileyswindowcleaning.com

(r)

Home & Office Cleaning & Organizing Services Weekly • Bi-weekly • One time cleaning Reliable & efficient

Guitar For Grown Ups Busy Life?

Struggle to find time?

I CAN HELP!

(r)

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

(12)

Marlene 416-698-5668

(r)

Nurturing, supportive care, flexible hours.

Early Childhood Education Specialists to answer your questions.

Call 416-698-0750

(r)

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 12

(r)

FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE FOR ADULTS WITH CHILDREN

B I R T H TO S I X Y E A R S • PLAYROOM • CHILDCARE REGISTRY • • LIBRARY • BABY TIME MON 1:30 PM WORKSHOPS EVERY 2ND THURSDAY

184 MAIN ST. across from Ted Reeve Arena

(416) 690-0102

(r)

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 (17)

16 years of Peace of mind while your child has FUN!!!

* 3 months - 5 yrs old; F/T or P/T * Cozy homecare setting * individually taught reading program, crafts, outdoor fun...

Gainsborough Rd.

416-778-9018

(9)

- 18 years experience - large renovated playroom with bathroom and kitchen dedicated just for the daycare - snacks and lunch provided - large fenced in play area - 6 months - 3 years - CPR certified yearly - full and part time available Call 416 690-5588 (8)

(416) 414-5883 info@blpm.ca

Tutoring

located near Queen and Victoria Park (8)

HELP WITH MATH & ENGLISH

LOOKING FOR CHILDCARE?

(11)

EUROPEAN CLEANING LADIES

offer complete and thorough cleaning service for your house • office • condo Call Ilona 416-427-3815 (11)

HOUSECLEANING WHO HAS TIME ANYMORE? 647 886 8303

(8)

call ALBERTO 416 690 9389 for • end of year 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 (10)

THE STUDY STUDIO Proven success with thousands of Beach area students for 12 years

1226 Kingston Road 416-690-6116 www.thestudystudio.com Specialized programs for grades 3-12 and beyond in all subjects.

Jennifer Wilson B.Ed. (21/15) Kim Rauch B.Ed.

Lil’ Learners is a small group preschool offering morning programs for ages 2-4.

Please visit www.lillearners.ca or call Kathryn 647-201-5540

We want to share our wonderful nanny with another family in the Coxwell/WoodbineDanforth area beginning this fall.

For further info please email

nannyshare88@gmail. com

Adrianne 647-289-7776

(13)

Childcare available in my home.

Norway Public school district.

Healthy snacks and lunches, trips to parks, library and dropins. Ref. available upon request.

Michel 416-559-0468 m_hynes64@hotmail.com (8) Home Daycare: Over 20 yrs experience, fun loving, reliable. Close to library, Beaches Rec Center, parks, drop-in center. CPR, daily outing. Reasonable rate, receipts. Excellent references. Ph: 416-693-5272 (12)

BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

-LAWN CUTTING - SPRING PROPERTY CLEAN-UPS - OVERSEEDING/FERTILIZATION - HEDGE TRIMMING - EAVESTROUGH CLEANING (11)

Garden Five-O

(8)

Nanny Share in the Beach We have an amazing nanny who cares for our son (16 months). We are looking to do a nanny share with someone in the neighbourhood. reidstreet5@gmail.com (8)

- SPRING Clean-up - Weekly & biweekly maintenance - Annual & seasonal planting - Seasonal Containers - Garden Design

Juli 416-994-6701

(9)

GARDEN CARE & ADVICE cleanup - pruning - planting readied for sale - vacation care maintenance - consultation

Allison 416-693-7214 naturescapeconsult@yahoo.ca

CLEAN UP • HEDGE TRIMMING LANDSCAPING • PLANTING IN LAWN MOWING • TRIMMING

647-766-7875 (9)

ALL LAWN AND GARDEN Mowing • Planting • Seeding Proper Pruning of Shrubs & small trees Small carpentry & Interlock repair jobs Yard clean-ups and challenging jobs all done with care for your property and the environment!

(8)

Karen for the Garden Garden clean-ups, planting, pruning, weeding and ongoing maintenance.

Call Karen or Lisa 416 691 5978 karenforthegarden@primus.ca (11)

Roses pruned when Forsythia bloom.

Also do designs & planting.

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

(r)

STONEHENGE LANDSCAPE • DESIGN & BUILD

416-467-6059 www.stonehengedesignbuild.com (r)

TRADITIONAL & PERIOD LANDSCAPE CONCEPTS

SERVICES INCLUDE: •Natural Stone & Interlock • Custom Woodwork Decks & Fencing • Planting Schemes of Formal & Natural Beauty Call The Professionals

289-830-1562

www.traditionallandscapes.ca

(r)

TRADITIONAL & PERIOD LANDSCAPE CONCEPTS The Professionals since 1971

COMPLETE ONE STOP SERVICE FREE CONSULTATION & FIXED PRICE QUOTATION (NOT JUST AN ESTIMATE)

www.traditionallandscapes.ca

(r)

KIM PRICE Landscape Design

416-693-5143 Creating Award Winning Gardens • Design and Construction •

www.kimpricelandscapedesign.com

Serving the Beach For 20 Years!

• Specializing in Interlock, Retaining Walls • All Natural Stone Work, Decks, Fences • Sodding, Planting,Water Features, Lighting, Etc. HARRY

416-699-8575

(12)

BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

-LAWN CUTTING -SPRING PROPERTY CLEAN-UPS -OVERSEEDING/FERTILIZATION -HEDGE TRIMMING -EAVESTROUGH CLEANING

(416) 414-5883 info@blpm.ca

(11)

IN THE BEACH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS • Weekly & Bi-Weekly Lawn Cutting • Spring Clean-ups • Flower Bed Maintenance • Fertilization & Aeration • Hedge Trimming & Pruning • Seeding & Sodding

647-210-LAWN (5296)

(17/15)

Scotstone

Traditional stone walls, steps, paths, patios & interlock.

IDEAL

Call Heather

(9)

BEACH LAWN CARE

- property clean ups - weekly/biweekly cut, trim, blow - starting at $15/week (9)

Privet Lane Garden Care Planting • Maintenance Pruning • Planters

Privetlane@outlook.com (8.)

416-465-6292

LITTLE WEED GARDENING SERVICES $15/hour 647-891-8062 vivienlittleweed@gmail.com (8)

DEADLINE for June 24th issue is Monday, June 16th

(r)

www.scotstonecontracting.com Call Scott 416.858.2452 (13)

Expert Pruner

Kevin 416-691-8503

416-288-1499

www.greenapple.ca

Landscaping solutions to customize your space.

GARDENER

416-686-7386

Award Winning Design & Build

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

GREENSTONE LANDSCAPES

VICTORIA GARDENING

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

Green Apple Landscaping

(17)

(13)

John, Master Gardener

Landscapers

289-830-1562

Garden Design & Service

DAY CARE CONNECTION LICENSED, NON-PROFIT HOME CHILD CARE

-EAVESTROUGHS CLEANING -LAWN CUTTING -SPRING PROPERTY CLEAN-UPS

BEACHES PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

(11)

Great references; 20 years experience.

Snacks, activities and homework supervision. September start.

info@blpm.ca

Passion for music? Piano teacher available, Hons A.R.C.T. graduate to teach all musical styles: classical, pop, folk, rock, musicals, move soundtracks and more. All ages welcome. In home lessons available.

416-570-3886 Michellelecce2@gmail.com www.michellelecce.com (10)

(11.)

416-391-2798

or m.afrozb@gmail.com

416-414-5883

HOME DAYCARE

Rob Hiemstra - GOPROGUITAR info@goproguitar.com

416-698-1923

Inchworm Preschool (19)

Availability: Full time, shared or pick-up/drop-off for school aged kids Ages: Infants to 12 year olds Contact Marzieh Bahadori at

Garden & Tree

www.lerouxfroebel.com

Eloise at 416.691.5799

APPRAISALS

416-839-1351

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

Peek-A-Bears Childcare

PIANO TUNING REPAIRS 416-699-3772

Child Care Available

CHILDREN’S CENTRE

(416) 699-8333

AND

(8)

EAST TORONTO VILLAGE

(r)

WWW.EUROPEANCLEAN.COM (8)

at ermastin@uwaterloo.ca

• SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1976 •

sjkohlhepp@hotmail.com

Same day service guarantee Open from Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE

Call Rose at 416 699 8585 or email

BALMY BEACH COMMUNITY DAY CARE

Serving Beach/EY for 15 years Wednesdays available Email or 647 710 1418

416-690-2289

THE HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANING COMPANY

Available from local student/craftsperson. No experience necessary, can teach basic skills or help with more complex projects. $10/hour.

Bilingual School

Available Monday - Friday, weekly or bi-weekly Good references

Caregiver

20+ yrs experience in Beaches

Affordable before and after school care available for ages 6 - 12. Pick ups from Balmy Beach and St. Denis schools.

Extended hours available.

LeRoux Froebel

CLEANING LADY

brendacarol.com 416-467-7959

Contact Irena

(9)

(9)

Kingston Rd/Vic Park

(416) 825-9705

LAWN CARE

glen@glenshomecleaning.ca facebook.com/glenhomecleaning

Scarboro Music

CARPET, UPHOLSTERY RUG CLEANING

Contact: Marion @ 647-406-4681 or: marionklein@hotmail.ca (8)

KNITTING LESSONS

647 390 2374

We teach it all!

STEAM CLEANING LTD.

*Bonded*

The benefit of having a home cleaner is obvious.

Hiring a small devoted cleaning service is smart!

saramackenziecleans@yahoo.ca (11)

OCT certified teacher, over 20 years experience, highly qualified (former dept head in a Senior highschool for Fr. Imm.)

General Instruction

Call Kristine 416-575-2990 (8)

Experienced

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

teddservices@gmail.com

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

CLEANING LADIES

BEACH Kevin 416-691-8503

(12)

CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING

Best Prices/Free Estimates

Cell

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

ULTRA

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

(8)

• weekly • bi weekly • monthly

(5/15)

TUTORING All Welcome

glen’s home cleaning

416-200-4471 www.alonepetcare.com (4/15)

GARBAGE REMOVAL

647-235-6690

647 980 4973

ALONE AT HOME PET CARE (19)

BILLY THE KID

416-820-1527

Personalized Residential Housekeeping 30 yrs. experience. References

BEACH PUPPY LOVE

RUBBISH REMOVAL

416-568-7276

PAWS SIT STAY

Walks Tailored To Your Dog’s Needs 5 Star Boarding w/pick-up/drop off Pet Visits/Sitting/Medications Exemplary Loving Caring Service Insured and References Available

Call Candy at 416 691-3170

CLEVER DISPOSAL

Call Hakan: 416 899-3980

THE CLEANING SERVICES OF STEVEN PICTON

CAT CARE SERVICE

416-265-7979

10+ years experience Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Painting, and Handy Work.

Randall 416-450-0599 email:MRFIXIT@rogers.com

Pet Services

Brendalee 416-804-5545 PAWSSITTER.COM

French / German / Spanish

Have you seen your floors lately?

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BEACH METRO NEWS

LANDSCAPING

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

416-439-6639

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Fresh Green

LOCAL, PROFESSIONAL ON TIME Lawn Care & Property Care weekly/bi-weekly

Shane 647 606 0970

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STONESCAPE 25 yrs experience

Interlocking Stone • Planters Retaining Walls • Steps • Fences Decks • Sodding

416-821-4065

rickscape@hotmail.com

(11)

Neighborhood Gardening Unbelievably Affordable

Seasonal yard cleanup, Planting, pruning, fertilizing Woodland garden design Any reasonable request Security Approved Contact: Tim Conway

647-828-2468

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Gardens

Painters

Ideas Designs Results

Make a fresh start to the season and have two certified garden designers coach you and give design suggestions to transform your garden from ordinary to stunning.

647-999-8617

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LAWN IN ORDER

416-690-8846

Interior • Exterior Residential • Commercial Plastering • Drywall

416.797.6731

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HIGH QUALITY, LED LIGHTING FIXTURES FOR TREES, PATHWAYS AND DECKS. DESIGN AND INSTALLATION. DC LIGHTING ON HOMESTARS FOR REVIEWS. (13)

Ontario Flora

Landscape design, maintenance.

Contemporary, lush eco-gardens with native plants added.

Best curb appeal.

416 964 0201 info@ontarioflora.ca www.ontarioflora.ca (11)

Movers

FRANZ’S PAINTING

Experienced. Reliable.

Professional Work Guaranteed.

Drywall Repairs. Competitive Rates.

Beach Resident.

Call Franz 416-690-8722

“Always on Time and on Budget”

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

www.thegoodmoves.com Call Hakan: 416 899-3980 (19)

A.S.M. MOVERS REASONABLE RATES

Local. Taking care of your possessions.

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STEVE’S PAINTING & REPAIRS INTERIOR • EXTERIOR WORK For strength, durability and finish, it’s all about the prep.

Have it done right, the first time.

References, free estimates.

Beach Resident

Cell# 647-853-6420

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‘As Promised’ Painting *** Free Estimates ***

(21/15)

Paolo’s Painting Interior and Exterior

Residential & Commercial • Free estimates Specialized in Residential Painting Reasonable rates for small or big jobs.

416-854-4360

www.paulospainting.com info@paulospainting.com ndojpainting@gmail.com

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HARM’S PAINTING

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STUDIO 1

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

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

(9)

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

newbrightpainting@gmail.com

(17)

PAINTER GIRLS Interior/Exterior Straight Painting/Faux Finishes Venetial Plaster/Plaster Repairs Wallpaper/Staining

WE MOVE FOR LESS! Accurate work & reasonable rates

416-999-MOVE (6683) Watch our videos at

Call now for free quote 416-702-5874

When you want the job done right, call a girl! (10)

ALL PERFECT PAINTING

Expert Painting & Custom Finishing Complete Interior & Exterior Staining & Varnishing Expert Restoration References

www.BestWayToMove.com (10r)

647-456-3666 allperfectpainting.ca

*MOVE MEN*

Simone’s Painting and Renovations

$29 / hr. & u p + 1 hr.

One,Two, or Three Men 7 Days a Week Call Delivery Dan 647-763-5257 (10r)

ATMS MOVING SYSTEMS Starting from $34.00 *Packing supplies & services * Local moving * Long distance moving * Storage * Licensed & Insured

416-944-2018 www.atmsmovingsystems.com BBB Accredited Business

(10)

RH PAINTING

Painting & Decorating

Packing & Internals Always on time & on budget (8)

Professional Painting Quality Work 25 Years Experience FREE ESTIMATES

647-968-7122

JIM’S PAINTING

Big & Small Moves • Offices

416-267-3241 Ecofriendlypainting.ca

“Big Small... We Move It All!“

Reliable Service • Pick-up & Delivery Toronto - Ajax

www.powellmovingtoronto.com (11)

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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

Lic: 7006786

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

(11)

Celebrating 40 yrs in the Beaches Knob & Tube rewire Service/Panel upgrades Renovations / Small jobs Commercial Industrial Residential

ECRA/ESA#7003913•ACP approved (18) Electrical

COMPANY

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

Call: 416.939.7833 Lic# 7009221

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 (9)

MBX ELECTRIC LTD.

Master Electrician Lic. ESA ECRA #7000314

Residential • Commercial - Knob & Tube Wiring - Service Panel Upgrades - Renovations & Alterations Call Marc 416-910-1235 (10)

416-999-3594

(9)

ATLANTIS PLUMBING DRAINS

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RPS PLUMBING & HEATING Repairs * New Installs Drains * Alterations All Work Guaranteed Call us: 416-558-8453 (11)

Fault Finding Knob & Tube Rewiring Service upgrades Insurance certificates

GREEN ISLE ELECTRIC

DECLAN O’MEARA 416-698-6183 ESA LIC# 7002668

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ALL TYPES OF ROOFS

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

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

416-690-1430 • 416-266-8953 quotes@citywideroofing.ca www.citywideroofing.ca (19/14)

Lic. & Ins.

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FENCES DECKS

• REBUILD • RESTORE • REPAIR 10% off Call Richard 416-265-4351 (8.)

Next Deadline June 14th

416-264-8517

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

416-691-8241

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Serving Your Community Since 1971

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Innerspace

THE ROOF WHISPERER

(6/15)

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)

BEACHES ROOFING

Flooring Installer

Your Neighborhood Roofer Metro Licensed, Insured, WSIB No subcontracting, specialized in flat roofs and skylights Warranties on any Roof Repair www.theroofwhisperer.ca

647-979-5652

& WATER PROOFING

We keep you dry from top to bottom

GENERAL CONTRACTING

647-350-1222

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ROOFING REPAIRS “oftentimes, a repair is all you really need”

Steve 416-285-0440

All Types: Ceramics • Natural Stones Vinyl • Cork Hardwoods • Laminates Floating and Plank Met. Lic. B-8357

Gord Walker 416-694-2119

(r)

Handy Dan the handyman

Repair - Reno - Restore

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

www.handydan.ws Dan 416-699-2728

(11)

Cable & Telephone Wiring Telephone Systems Residential, Commercial, Retail, Home Offices Senior Rates

(15)

Alan Burke 416-699-4350

(r)

STONEHENGE FOUNDATION REPAIR WATERPROOFING

416-467-6735

www.stonehengefoundations.com (8)

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EAVESTROUGH

Basement Lowering

MARK 416 447-9631

Underpinning Specialists

Cleaned, Repaired & Replaced

&

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

416-659-7003

416-694-7402

Met. Lic. B-16-964

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GODFREY RENOVATIONS & REPAIRS LTD.

www.webuildit.ca

Over Twenty-five Years in the Beach

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

Glenn 416 837 9298

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FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.

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

G. LOCKE

Marc 416-617-7205

Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates

CANADIAN CONTRACTORS

Accomplished Finish Carpenter 25 yrs exp PORCHES, DECKS, FENCES CABINETRY, BUILT-INS INT/EXT TRIM & STAIRCASES

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

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

REX NORMAN CARPENTRY

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SERVICES “No Job Too Small”

•CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL

Foundation Repair/Waterproofing

647-206-3376

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

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WET BASEMENT ?

Andrew Call or Text

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Mark Denington

416-691-8693

KEW BEACH ROOFING GENERAL CONTRACTING

Fixerontheroof.com

•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

• CARPENTRY / TRIM • DRYWALL / TAPING • FINISHED BASEMENTS “Serving the Beach Since 1980”

BEACH RENOVATIONS

No Roofing, siding, eaves or masonry repair or replacement project is too small. Call our roofing contractor alliance! We dispatch pre-qualified independent contractors who offer 10 year workmanship warranties and have legal businesses, WSIB and liability insurance. License #B-21792 (r)

GNOMEWORKS

ED GODFREY

Licensed + Insured • 30 yrs experience (12)

ROBINSON CARPENTRY For quality craftsmanship

Trades

•NO JOB TOO SMALL• Metro Lic. #B9948

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

647-606-5662 416-690-0726

Carpenters

Built-in-Cabinets

DRAINS • SINKS TOILETS • LEAKS FAUCETS • TAPS $25 OFF ANY SERVICE W/THIS AD Call Rickey Rooter

CELL 416-875-5781

(11)

• ON TIME / ON BUDGET •

PLUMBING PROBLEMS ??

(16)

CITY WIDE ROOFING

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

(11)

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

Lic - Insured • Free Estimate

416-699-3005

(17)

HANDYMAN

Don’t call them, call those roofers

Total renovations, basements, trim, doors, porches, wall units, closets.

Electrical, plumbing, paint, drywall.

All types of plumbing services!

“Drain cleaning and Power Washing Camera inspections with locator” We take emergency calls!

Affordable rates.

(r)

THOSE ROOFERS

with attention to detail

“Quick and reliable service”

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

416-698-2613

SISK ELECTRIC CO. LTD.

LOCAL ELECTRICIAN

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(22/15)

ECRA/ESA Lic#7001629

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Queen St. Roofing

N.D. TREEN ELECTRIC

MET LIC P18238, BBB A+, WSIB Master Plumber: Franc Zamernik

Free Estimates • Metro Lic. B17416

Tel. 416-569-2181

Electric

POWER

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SINCE 1974

FREE estimates.

Negotiable & Clean Mission: To provide Good Painting by Good People

Lic. #P-15099

Electricians

Dennis MacFarlane

Powell MOVING CO.

416 457-5507

(8r)

(r)

- knob & tube - no job too small

ACE

416-466-9025

CONTRACTING CO.

416-690-1630

Cell 416-529-5426

35 yrs. experience

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

LANIGAN’S

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

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

416-690-0173

Shingle & Flat Specializing in Flat Roofs All Work Guaranteed

416-694-7497 ~ 416-423-4245

VISA / MC / AMERICAN EXPRESS (11)

690-8533

&

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

416-833-3006 Big or small we do them all

Plumbing • Heating • Drains Renovation, Repair & Installation

**Licensed**

CLAYTON ELECTRIC

COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SERVICES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL

MIKE PARKER PLUMBING

Call Paul at 416 602 2128

(r)

- ECRA/ESA#7004508

Plumbers

24 hr. - lic# P1624

*Ask For Photo I.D.*

CARL 416-417-7572

ELECTRIC

Family owned over 30 years Interior & Exterior Residential & Commercial Seniors Discount (9)

BERGERON ROOFING

Roofers COXWELL ROOFING

MURPHY

UNITED PAINTING & RENOVATIONS 647-457-0748

416-265-4558 Cell 416-727-1595

- Free Estimates - Interior/Exterior Painting, Staining, Metallic Surfaces - Fully Trained/Insured, BBB accredited - 3 Year Written Guarantee - National Multiple Sclerosis Sponsor - Committed to the Beaches

Ref Available

(11)

Heating, Boilers & Radiator Repairs Reno, Repairs - LICENSED

COLOUR CREEK

MOVERS ARE US

Steve 647-898-5116 or 647-853-5676

(8)

Professional work with a personal touch.

Free estimates.

416-578-1221 (10)

416-888-1647

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

Cascade Plumbing

DEPENDABILITY•AFFORDABILITY QUALITY•ATTENTION TO DETAIL (11)

(10)

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLUMBING

NEW BRIGHT PAINTING

CARTAGE & STORAGE

647 401 7970

www.ontariowaterplumbing.com

No job too small for all your repair and painting needs (19)

ECRA/ESA LIC#7001069

free estimates

Mobile: 416-834-8474 Office: 416-757-6537

416-694-2470

416-690-1356

Knob & tube rewiring Service Upgrades

BEACH PLUMBING

We stand by our contracts, big or small.

Also do Drywall and Plaster Repairs and more

Dianne 416 699 5070

Master Electrician

Richard Durocher Interior & Exterior Small to Mid-size jobs

Call 416 824-2957

Free Estimates & References Available (19)

BEACHES LANDSCAPE LIGHTING

Call Andre 416-422-4864

(r)

PAINTING & DECORATING (9)

PROFESSIONAL PAINTER

HUGO’S PAINTING

PROWAY

Innovative solutions for your outdoor living space through design & installation

All Season Movers

Family owned & operated 26 years in business

416-690-3890

LISA ORRIDGE LANDSCAPE DESIGN

416 254-0119

Larry’s Painting & Repairs larryspainting@gmail.com www.larryspaintingtoronto.com

10 years in the beach Spring clean-ups, fertilizer Garden Beds, Mulch, Seed Lawn & Hedge Maintenance paul.kinney@rogers.com

Lisa (416) 698-2187 corridge@rogers.com

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

www.basementlowering.com 416-494-3999

BLACKJACK ROOFING (8)

“Reclaim Your Basement”

KINGSTON RD ROOFING

CONCRETE WORK

For all your roofing needs

35 years in the Beaches Marty 416 579 6534 Roger 416 579 6548 KingstonRoadRoofing.ca (5/15)

(r)

Lowering Basement Benching-Underpinning Waterproofing Inside/Outside New Drains

416-917-5990

(r)

UNITED ROOFING

CLIMATE KING

Flat Roof Specialists Shingle Roofing Roof Top Decks Residential & Commercial Family Owned Over 30 Years Seniors Discount

Sales, Installation, Service Gas Furnaces/Boilers, Stoves, BBQ, Dryers, Water Heaters/Tankless, Air Conditioners, Gas Fireplace, Humidifiers, Duct work, Radiators Fully licensed & Insured

647-457-0748

(9)

HEATING & AIR

(416)465-6999•(416)768-7279 climateking.ca (13)

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

DILULLO MASONRY • Chimneys - repairs or new • Brick, Block, Stone work • Tuckpointing, colour matching • Concrete work - repairs or new

416-463-9331 (r) TRADEPRO GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC ADDITIONS KITCHEN & BATHROOMS 40 Years Established in the GTA / Beach

www.tradeprocontractors.com

416-752-1585

(r)

TOTAL RENOVATIONS INC. Architectural Design-Build

416-694-2488 www.totalrenovations.com (r)

MR. HARDWOOD FLOORS

Stucco • Moulding Wall Systems Drywall, Plastering, Taping 15 yrs Experience • Excellent Job Call Mike 416-854-7024 647 833 7024 Fax 647-341-6104

(15)

FLOORING SPECIALIZING IN SANDING & STAINING

Hardwood Flooring Sanding, Staining, Refinishing, Repairs & Installations.

Quality workmanship for excellent rates.

416-375-5191

Give your floors a new beginning!!!

(9) Free Estimates

WEBSTER CONTRACTING INC. 647-235-6690 Lic & Ins

(18)

CHIMNEY REPAIRS • TUCKPOINTING BRICKWORK • PARGING CONCRETE • INTERLOCKING PLS Masonry offers over 20 years home repairs experience in the GTA Competitive prices • Satisfaction guaranteed

Call today for free estimate

(9)

Jack of All Trades Handyman Services Decks, Fences, Carpentry Drywall, Bathrooms Kitchens, Basements No Job too small Free estimates!

(11)

Jack 416-278-5328

416 738-2119

(13)

416 660 4721

(10)

QUALITY CUSTOM BUILT DECKS, FENCES AND LOTS MORE ALL WORK GUARANTEED FREE ESTIMATES

Jack 416-278-5328

(10)

Simone’s Painting and Renovations

Professional work with a personal touch.

Free estimates.

416-578-1221 (10)

EXPERT TILE INSTALLER

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

416-699-0958

(9)

BASEMENT PARGING

SEAL YOUR BASEMENT FOR NEXT WINTER * Free Quote * Damp Proofed * Professional Expert Finish * 20 yrs Experience All masonry work undertaken.

“No Extras” “Book Now”

Ph. Trevor 647-378-7171 Ivan 647-771-4585

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Better Masonry Service • Brick • Block • Stone • Flagstone • Masonry Repair Free Estimates

647-834-3091

WARD 9 Community News Inc.’s AGM is just around the corner and we are excited to welcome our new Board of Directors member, Debbie Visconti, nominated unopposed and will be acclaimed as the treasurer.

Visconti was born and raised in the community. She grew up in the Main and Gerrard area and attended Kimberley Public School, Bowmore Public School, and Monarch Park Collegiate Institute.

After obtaining her bachelor of commerce, she worked for Scotiabank for 29 years in management.

Three years ago, Visconti took on the position of Executive Director at Community Centre 55. She is responsible for community service delivery through Centre 55, including a daycare, seniors’ programs, the Share

Dost thou enjoy the Bard?

Othello opens soon Roderigo, played by Jonathan Dufour, left, scouts out the father of the Venetian beauty Desdamona on command from the villain Iago, played by James Soares, in a rehearsal of Bard in the Park’s Othello. The play opens at Norwood Park from June 11 to 13, then moves to the Alex Christie bandshell in Kew Gardens from June 16 to 22. See News Briefs on Page 11 for times.

PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON

A Christmas program among a very long list of services, programs and special events. She had previously been on the Board of Management at Centre 55.

Visconti has served on the Toronto East General Hospital board. Her current volunteer duties include a position as treasurer of a dog rescue organization, and president of her resident’s association.

Visconti will take over from our longstanding treasurer Kelvin Francis, who has decided to retire from the board after 29 years of volunteer service to Ward 9 News and Beach Metro Community News.

The staff, board, and all the BMN family thank Kelvin for his great work over the years and wishes him well.

Debbie, you have some big shoes to fill, but we are confident you’ll serve us well. Welcome to the family.

Professional Brick Repairs That Complement The Appearance Of Your Home.

Seamless Brick & Mortar Matching 20 years • References • Insured Call Martin for a free estimate

416-435-2946

(9)

D.S. RENOVATION

CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN Call: 416-550-4362 Web: deol@dsreno.com Licensed and Insured Contractor • Bathroom renovation • Basement renovation • Kitchen renovation • Deck • All home renovation (10)

LABOURERS

Will aid in Construction, Demolition, Landscaping, Yard cleanup, Moving assistance, Window and eaves cleaning, Painting

(8)

NO JOB TOO SMALL 647-924-8532 416-698-4345

TorontoGeneralConstruction.com

MB CUSTOM GLASS

www.BetterMasonryService.com

info@TorontoGeneralConstruction.com (17)

BMN to elect new treasurer at AGM

By Phil Lameira

ryansullivandesign@gmail.com (10)

A DUNN TUCK POINTING

CUSTOM HOME RENOVATIONS Roofing. Bathroom.

Basement. Additions etc.

416-899-3394 1-800-768-6791

Marble*Porcelain Limestone*Glass

Reasonable pricing All work guaranteed Peter 416-558-8453

(8)

WOODY’S

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Decks & Fences Doors & Windows Basements & Bathrooms General Repair & Maintenance Ref’s avail. Call for free estimate

416-428-4249

www.jdbuild.ca

HANDYMAN SERVICES

SHIP SHAPE Home Improvements

Underpinning Foundation Repair Drains, New/Repair

MANUEL 416-727-1900

Licensed masonry contractor

Call Scott 416.858.2452

by Jim Ferrio ODD JOBS PLUS “Seniors never pay tax” Call Jim for a free estimate (11)

RYAN SULLIVAN DESIGN

Quality Stone Masonry & Brickwork Repairs and new builds, Chimneys, Fireplaces, Foundations

QUALITY HOME IMPROVEMENTS & RENOVATIONS

SILVERBIRCH

HARDWOOD

JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457

JD MASONRY

BRICK, BLOCK, STONEWORK CONCRETE REPAIR/BUILD CHIMNEY/TUCKPOINTING

www.scotstonecontracting.com

WATERPROOFING

All about wooden floors Serving Toronto since 1981

416-999-2333

Scotstone

YOUR STUCCO

BEACH METRO NEWS

Boardwalk goes to the dogs at Slobberfest Piper Sarah Severn, above, who plays with the Scarborough Legion Pipes and Drum Band, leads the pack parade to Leuty Pavillion early on Saturday, May 31, for the crowning of the King and Queen of Community Centre 55’s annual Slobberfest.

This year’s honours went to Rocky, an Alaskan Malamute, and Noelle, a German Shepherd, Border Collie and Husky mix, whose tails were wagging as CC55’s deejays played hits like the Beatles’ ‘Hey Bulldog’ and Devo’s ‘Whip It’ on the stereo.

Sharon Hogg, right, wins a funny look from Lola, a Pug-Brussels-Griffin mix or “Puffin” that she dressed up for the annual costume contest.

“Do you know what she is?” Hogg asked a reporter not up on dog breeds.

“She’s a chicken!”

PHOTOS: ANDREW HUDSON

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20 Years Experience, Frameless glass showers, Glass railings, Custom Mirrors, Glass and window replacement.

Call Martin for a free estimate

416 435 2946

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JOHN CLARKE

Cell 416 434-2762 Painting - Basement Renos Plaster and Stucco Small Renovation Jobs & Roofing 35 Years Experience References upon request (9) Free Estimates

ALL MASONRY CEMENT WORK Over 30 years European/Canadian experience Free estimate 416-284-2151

(9)

THE HANDYMAN Small & Large Jobs Indoor/Outdoor Work Reasonable Rate Call Bruce anytime (416) 469-1974

(9)

JASON THE MASON

TUCKPOINTING • CHIMNEYS CONCRETE WORK WINDOW CUTOUTS • WATERPROOFING & REGISTERED & INSURED 416-580-4126 cell (11)

Creative Construction

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

416 - 903 4120

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BEACH METRO NEWS

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

DANFORTH LUMBER COMPANY Our GARDEN CENTRE is in FULL BLOOM! Come on down and see our full selection!

Trees • Shrubs • Plants 50% off all Fountains Come see our ever expanding selection of patio stones and landscape stone.

Real Estate Inc. Brokerage This Week’s Feature Birchcliff Village This wonderful 4+ bedroom family home located South of Kingston Road is on a gorgeous 50' x 220' lot featuring a Western exposure. The main floor open concept plan has hardwood throughout, gourmet kitchen, lower level perfect for a nanny suite and a massive outdoor deck ideal for alfresco dining. Fantastic home for entertaining! Walk to the bluffs, Rosetta Mclean Park, 5 minutes to beach and only 20 minutes to downtown.

$1,159,000 A Tranquil Beauty

Ravine Corner Lot!

Nestling Taylor Creek

SO

DANFORTH LUMBER

LD

Danforth Ave.

DANFORTH LUMBER

Gerrard St. E.

Victoria Park Ave.

Dawes

Main St.

Rd .

www.DanforthLumberHBC.com

25 DAWES RD.

(416)

699-9393

Fantastic corner ravine lot! Your own private nature walk and pool, prime location and ready for your creative renovation. A great footprint to top off! Garage and private drive! Immediately across the street from desirable Courcelette P.S.

A tranquil location, South of Kingston Road, backing onto Midland Avenue Park ravine. This lovely, well maintained home features a centre hall plan and is meticulously maintained. Walk to park, bluffs, lake and shopping. Close to great schools and public transport.

Stunning backyard with deck and patio all overlooking the Taylor Creek ravine! Open concept main floor, hardwood floors, lovely master overlooking ravine with ensuite. Nicely finished basement. Family friendly East York pocket with easy access to DVP and highways.

$1,489,000

$739,000

$1,189,000

Ask about our complete Concierge Service.

Selling • Buying • Staging • Concierge Service

Getting to Know Us! Thea DeClute*

Josephine Chan*

Emily Norris*

John den Ouden*

Audrey Larter*

Kim Leggat †

“What home will make you happy?” The answer is different for everybody and is rarely just about square footage and list price. Selling real estate may be a transaction, but finding the right home for the right people isn’t.

I have spent over 25 years in the business world, working to find the human connection between the things we buy and the things we really care about. My focus on creating meaningful connections between people and properties is valuable to both people looking to buy a home and people looking to sell theirs. From the excitement of buying a property to the joy of making a home, I want to help you find the space that will be so much more than a roof over your head. If you are planning to sell, I provide a comprehensive marketing strategy to generate the largest pool of buyers and bring the best price for your home. All with honesty, integrity and the least amount of stress for you!

Kalle Ludig*

Kate Craig*

Tanya Haughey*

Pat Doyle*

Beth Downey*

Call Cristina, Your Local Realtor!

Direct: 416.606.4663 Email: mail@cristina.ca NEW LISTING! EXCLUSIVE!

$649,000 - South of Kingston Road.

Renovated detached 4 bedroom home with private drive, attached garage and a large renovated in-law suite with separate entrance. Open concept, 3 1/4 inch hardwood floors, new kitchen with Cesar Stone, gas stove, walk-out to large new deck. Large fenced yard. New garage door. 2 bedrooms on the main floor and 2 larger bedrooms, one with large walk-in closet, the other with Juliet balcony on the second floor, 3 baths in all.

Two of the bathrooms are newly renovated with all new fixtures.

SOLD - 15 Linton Ave. Totally renovated Cape Cod-style home with

finished basement, 2 newly renovated bathrooms, gorgeous new kitchen, Quartz counter tops, overlooking new deck with hot tub and a treed pool-sized landscaped yard.

Royal LePage Estate Realty, Brokerage 1052 Kingston Road • 416.690.2181 www.cristina.ca

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Josh Korman*

Patrick Devine*