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AN ONLINE community consultation meeting on plans for a mixed-income, mixed-use development on Queen Street East just east of Coxwell Avenue will take place on Thursday, June 10. It will be the second community meeting on the proposal by Housing Now for the city-owned site at 1631 Queen St. E., east of Coxwell Avenue and west of Eastern Avenue, on the south side. Approved by Toronto City
Council, the development is part the city’s Housing Now initiative aimed at increasing the supply of new affordable rental housing within mixed-income, mixed-use, and transit-oriented communities. The first community meeting on the proposal late last year revealed plans for the site included a 17-storey building facing Eastern Avenue. That prompted a furious debate within the Beach commu-
nity regarding the Queen Street East Urban Design Guidelines which had established a six-storey height limit in the area. People wishing to attend the meeting on June 10 are asked to visit https://createto.ca/housingnow/housing/1631-queenstreet-east/ for information on how to do so. The online meeting is slated to take place between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. and can be attended virtually or by phone.
Police, city working to keep Woodbine Beach area safe By Alan Shackleton
A LARGE police presence in the Woodbine Beach area last Saturday night helped prevent a repeat of what had been a chaotic and dangerous situation in the area the weekend before. Police and other City of Toronto departments had been preparing last week to avoid the behaviour that took place in and around the area over the Victoria Day long weekend. The long weekend saw huge crowds of young people gathered in the area, with fireworks being set off into the early morning hours and beyond, fires set, loud music, bad behaviour, illegal drinking, and massive amounts of litter left behind. Both Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford and police officials said last week they would be increasing both enforcement and their presence for the night of Saturday, May 29. Residents in the neighbourhood to the north of Woodbine Beach Park were particularly upset with the situation on the Victoria Day long weekend, and were urging police and the city to make sure it did not happen again. “There were hundreds of kids working their way through the neighbourhood,” said one resident of the long weekend situation. “They were having fights with fireworks and shooting them at each other. There were all kinds of problems from parking to puking to garbage.” Cindy Cass is with the Neighbourhood Watch in the area and also runs a Facebook page for residents of the community which she calls Pleasantville. She said she heard a flood of complaints last week from angry residents. In a statement sent to Beach Metro News on Sunday, May 30, she said the situation was much better last weekend. “Immediately after expressing concerns over more social media announcements of beach raves, action was then taken immediately. Brad Bradford and the police have been working diligently within our community to temporarily address the challenges,” she said.
“Their effort resulted in a much quieter and safer weekend.” Many of the problems on the long weekend were linked to an event organized on social media called Andrew’s Kickback. Police told Beach Metro News last week that the crowds they faced on the long weekend presented them with a number of challenges. “Over the (long) weekend officers responded to extremely large crowds in the Woodbine Beach area,” police said last week. “Due to the hostility and size of the crowds, officers had to use their discretion at the time and take into account the safety of themselves, those in attendance and the wider public. Public safety is always their priority and officers managed the crowds and dispersed them. Police will continue to investigate both incidents and identify those involved.” Police said on May 24 they encountered large crowds setting off fireworks, and that one person was taken to hospital after being hit by a firework and another person was treated for a leg injury for the same reason. Garbage was also set on fire, police said. Bradford said police estimated there were between 5,000 to 10,000 at the beach on the past long weekend, and keeping people safe was police’s priority. “There were reports of fireworks being launched at buildings and into crowds of people,” he said. “At that point, police were focused on responding to this as a public safety issue and controlling the crowds more so than complaints about noise and litter.” A similar Andrew’s Kickback was also being promoted for May 29 on social media. “We’re absolutely responding to the events of last weekend. Much of this week’s work has been focused on coming up with a plan to respond to the events that are being shared on social media,” said Bradford on Friday, May 28.. Similar preparation by police and the city is expected to continue through the rest of the spring and summer in anticipation of what will be large crowds at Woodbine Beach in the future and on the Canada Day holiday.
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Peter Wood, wife Youtaz, and children Zachary and Siena are helping to let people know about ALS Awareness Month this June.
ALS Awareness Month has special meaning for family in the Beach By Alan Shackleton
THE DECLARATION of June 2 as Lou Gehrig Day will have special meaning to a Beach family living with the realities of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease). June is ALS Awareness Month and Major League Baseball is marking it with a league-wide declaration on June 2 of Lou Gehrig Day in remembrance of the legendary New York Yankees player of the 1920s who had ALS. Beach resident Peter Wood was diagnosed with ALS in 2015. Today he is fully paralyzed and non-verbal. However, Wood is completely
aware of everything going on around him and is able to communicate by typing messages through eye-blink technology. “ALS is a horrible terminal illness without treatment or cure. The cruelest disease,” he wrote in an email interview with Beach Metro News in late May in advance of ALS Awareness Month this June. “It takes away your abilities over time. But your mind is perfect. Your eyes and ears too – so you are stuck witnessing every minute detail of your decline powerlessly.” Wood has deep family connections to the Beach, having lived on Kingswood Road until the age of four when his parents moved to Markham. Both sets of his grand-
parents lived in the Beach, with one of his grandmothers having moved here more than 100 years ago. He and his wife Youtaz moved to the area in 2009, and now live near Southwood Drive and Kingston Road with their children Zachary, 14, and Siena, 9. Wood’s brother and cousins also live in the Beach. Wood said his physical abilities started declining after he was diagnosed with ALS, and his family have experienced that process with him. “I first lost my strength in my left arm. Then the right arm. Eventually, I couldn’t walk,” he wrote. “Then my voice and swallowing Continued on Page 2
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Walk to End ALS this month helps to raise funds, awareness ‘ALS’ from Page 1 were impacted. Finally breathing became an issue. Now I can’t move anything. I’m totally dependent. There are huge losses: No speaking, no walking, or holding my head up on my own, no enjoyment of food. And there are millions of little things everyone takes for granted. Being able to scratch an itch on your face or reach out to squeeze my daughter’s hand, to tell her I love her in my own voice.” Wood, though, is determined to keep a positive attitude and to be an advocate for ALS awareness, treatment and funding to find a cure. “I’m trapped in a body that doesn’t function. What could be worse? To survive, you need to have a purpose, be incredibly positive and look for the good in each day,” he wrote. Wood wrote that ALS Awareness Month, Lou Gehrig Day and the upcoming Walk to End ALS are important events that help people understand more about the illness and the needs around it.
“I’ve done tours of MLB ballparks. Been to New York, Boston, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Washington, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, St. Louis, San Francisco and a bunch of minor league parks too.” Son Zach plays baseball, and Wood was a coach until he was physically unable to do so. “The last year I coached, I was bench coach,” he wrote. “Siena plays soccer and does competitive dance.” Loved to ski
Skiing was also a sport that Wood loved to take part in, especially with his kids. “They both ski. I love skiing: I was an avid skier. I have been all around North America to ski with childhood friends,” he wrote. As the impacts of his ALS were taking hold, Wood worked hard to make sure he was able to help Siena learn to ski. “Luckily that last season I had signed Funding for research Siena up for lessons at age three – she was supposed to be four when we took “We definitely need more funding them – she loved it. I would ski with for research. It’s been going on too long them after the lesson. I would use my without any effective treatment to at elbows to squeeze her onto the chair lift least slow down the progress,” he wrote. because my arms couldn’t do it. So glad “Lou Gehrig was diagnosed over 80 I had the chance.” years ago.” Wood now plays a big role in helping A big baseball fan, Wood said the schedule activities for the kids, though connection with Major League Baseball that has been severely limited of late and Lou Gehrig Day is a meaningful one due to the COVID-19 pandemic. when it comes to ALS. He wrote the restrictions and health “I’m happy that MLB is doing this day. dangers around the virus have added I’m not a Yankees fan, but Lou Gehrig challenges to the family’s life. “The kids miss activity and recrewas an incredible player and human beation. We all miss social interaction. ing.” The periodic visits from friends and Wood said he likes baseball because family meant a lot to me. Virtual is it is analytical, and he is a fan of the good; we are so grateful for that. But it’s game as BMN opposed to one specific team. Ad_May 28_FNL.pdf 6 2021-05-28 7:57 AM
not the same as face-to-face.” Also, in the early days of the pandemic it became difficult to hire caregivers. “I had a full turnover in March of 2020 right at the start of the lockdown because a lot of them worked in long-term care. I couldn’t take that risk. And they weren’t allowed to either,” wrote Wood. Impact on family He added that ALS has an impact on every member of the family, and that is something he wanted people to know. “They are missing so much because of ALS. We don’t travel and we are restricted in activities as a family. It’s like a perpetual lockdown for us,” he wrote. “I’m not able to participate and due to my care, Youtaz isn’t able to be away from home either for any length of time. So she can’t be out with them either.” When asked what he and his family would like to say to community members about ALS and how they can help, Wood wrote: “Donate as much as you can to help fund research. That is the only way to make this a treatable disease. I have experienced an abundance of support and love from friends and family members. It’s been incredibly uplifting. If you know someone who’s living with ALS, let them know that you care and support them by spending time with them.” In connection to Major League Baseball’s actions to raise awareness, The ALS Society of Canada is promoting the message Strike Out ALS during the month of June. Also, the Walk to End ALS will be taking place virtually on June 20, and that is an excellent way for people looking to help raise funds to make a difference. For more information on how you can participate, go to https://walktoendals. ca/participate-or-donate/ontario/
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East York modular housing plan expected to receive final approval from council THE SUPPORTIVE modular housing plan for East York’s Trenton and Cedarvale avenues area received approval at a city committee late last month and is expected to be given final approved by Toronto Council next week. The proposal for the threestorey building for people exiting homeless has raised concerns among some East York residents. The modular housing build – which allows the construction of the building faster than usual – will have approximately 64 studio apartments, self-contained, with a twin-bed, private kitchen, and bathroom. The building will also include a laundry facility, a public kitchen and dining area, program space, and administrative offices. Those living in the building will have supports in place to help them
as they try to move on from homelessness. The plan has been the subject of a number of online community meetings with concerns about loss of parking given the site proposed for the building is currently a parking lot; higher volumes of on-street parking and related safety issues for pedestrians, cyclists, and children in the area given there is an elementary school and sports fields across the street. Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford said the recent approval of the proposal by Toronto’s Planning and Housing Committee takes into consideration some of those concerns. “There’s an urgent need for housing in Toronto and this proposal will get people out of tents and into longterm stable housing. The project has moved quickly
but there has been, and will continue to be, extensive consultation with the community,” Bradford told Beach Metro News. “The process has all of the steps of a regular development application, including a lot more community consultation than would be typical. We’ve had dozens of meetings with residents in the local area and set up a Community Liaison Committee to make this project a success.” The final approval is expected when Toronto Council meets on June 8 and 9. He added that council’s decision is not the final step in the process. “There are still lots of details to resolve, including fine-tuning the parking plans for the area, implementing feedback to address safety concerns, and adding new road safety features in the neighbourhood.”
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Glen Rhodes food bank honours volunteer Clarisse Tatro By Alan Shackleton
AFTER 25 years of volunteering at the food bank in Glen Rhodes United Church, local resident Clarisse Tatro is stepping back and looking towards new adventures in retirement. Tatro, and her husband Nigel Burnett, were honoured for their years of work with the food bank which is run by the East End United Regional Ministry at Glen Rhodes church on Gerrard Street East just west of Coxwell Avenue. For the past several years, Tatro’s work at the food bank has included acting as the de facto manager. That has been an especially challenging undertaking over the last 14 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I have mixed feelings about this retirement,” said Tatro at a ceremony held for her on Wednesday, May 26, to mark her last day with the food bank. “It’s certainly going to leave a big hole in my life, and as with any change there’s some good and some bad to it.” She said that keeping the food bank open for its approximately 1,000 clients per month has been an “enor-
mous challenge” during the ongoing pandemic. “It was really difficult at the beginning with the rules changing every week.” Tatro said it was the hard work and positive attitudes of both the food bank’s volunteers and clients that have kept it operating while dealing with the changes made necessary by COVID-19 restrictions. “The volunteers were fantastic. Everyone wanted to help, even when their families were telling them to stay home,” she said. The food bank at Glen Rhodes has gone through the pandemic without a known case of COVID-19 among its volunteers or clients who come to the church every Wednesday. She said that in the past year and a bit, the need among clients has increased due to the economic impacts of the pandemic. “We’ve seen an uptick in clients as so many people are being hurt by this.” Over the past three decades, food banks and the people who run and volunteer at them have become experts at collecting and distributing food for those in need. Tatro said food banks
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Clarisse Tatro, right, receives a card on behalf of the parent resource group’s representative Rosemarie to thank her for her decades of work with the food bank at Glen Rhodes United Church. are critical to the survival of many people and she is proud of the good work being done by the one at Glen Rhodes. However, the need for food banks and the growing number of people depending on them should be a cause for concern not just in Toronto, but across the province and
country. Tatro said one way to help address that need is to make sure people receive enough money each month to survive. “I am a strong proponent for a guaranteed basic income,” she said. “As little as $200 to $300 a month would make such a difference in their lives.
They wouldn’t have to come here, they could buy their own groceries and secure a place to live.” But until that time, the Glen Rhodes food bank continues to make the experience of visiting their food bank a pleasant and respectful one. “We do our best. Organi-
zation is the key to getting this done and not wasting food,” said Tatro. Sharing, and understanding the need to be a part of a community and helping others, comes naturally to Tatro as she grew up in a family of 14 siblings in Vermont. She and her husband Nigel, who grew up in Etobicoke, met in Vermont. They have lived in East Toronto since the late 1970s, and in their home in the Woodbine Avenue and Gerrard Street East area since 1982. Along with their work with the food bank, the couple also volunteers to deliver the Beach Metro News in the community. At the May 26 ceremony marking her retirement, Tatro received honours from the City of Toronto courtesy of Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher, a card of thanks from the church’s parent resource group, and some gifts and flowers from the volunteers and the ministry. For more information on the food bank at Glen Rhodes United Church and how you can help support it, please go to www.eastendunited. ca/food-bank-communitydinner/
The Bundy House a centre of Beach’s social life for decades By Alan Shackleton
A BEACH home that for decades was one of the centres of the community’s social life is being remembered fondly by those who lived there and those who visited. “It was a house that was alive and always open to the neighbourhood and kids growing up,” said ClaireAnne Bundy of the house she grew up in with her family at 88 Pine Crescent. The Bundy House is now being listed for sale by local realtor Shea Warrington and Harris Bundy (who is a grandson of the home’s owners – Trudy and Robert Bundy). Built by Robert Bundy in 1963, the home sits on a massive 250-foot deep lot backing onto the Glen Stewart Ravine. “It’s an unbelievably rare property,’ said Warrington. “I’ve never been in a house quite like this. There is so much history here.” Robert Bundy had deep roots in East Toronto, attending Duke of Connaught elementary school and then Riverdale Collegiate, and he and was an extremely proud Toronto resident. He served the city in roles as parks commissioner and as head of the parking department. His wife Trudy’s story is also a remarkable one as she
Photo above left shows the front of The Bundy House at 88 Pine Crescent. Photo above right shows the view from the huge backyard that is on the Glen Stewart Ravine. was born in Germany, survived the Second World War and then lived with a family in England before coming to Canada. Robert Bundy’s obituary in the Globe and Mail from 2017 said he was “a man who knew how to get things done,” according to former Toronto mayor John Sewell. A Royal Canadian Navy veteran who served in the Second World War, he was decorated twice by Russia for his role in Murmansk convoys and also received the Burma Star and Atlantic Star medals. Waltraud ‘Trudy” Bundy died in September of 2020 and was remembered as not just the “life of the party”
(of which she hosted many) but also a woman dedicated to helping others and giving back to her community. She grew up in Hamburg, and her father spent the Second World War interned at Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario, as he was a noncombat prisoner because he was a member of the German merchant marine when the war broke out. Trudy survived turberculosis and temporary blindness as a child. After the war, she was billeted with a family in England where she came to love English life. Her father also told her what a wonderful country Canada was based on his time in Kingston, so she soon decided to make
Toronto her home. Given their experiences, Robert and Trudy knew the value of life and the importance of enjoying it. They made their home on Pine Crescent a place of parties, socializing, entertaining, friends and family time. “They were so proud of the city,” said Claire-Anne. “Dad grew up in the East End and knew the Beach is a jewel in the city.” Her parents loved to show off their home to visitors, including Russian ambassadors, numerous international dignitaries, and politicians of all levels and stripes. Claire-Anne remembered a time when the Vienna State Ballet came to visit the
house. “My dad wanted them to see what a house in Toronto was like. We had all the ballet troupe here being entertained.” Claire-Anne said growing up in a home backing onto the Glen Stewart Ravine was wonderful for herself and her siblings. “Growing up we lived in that ravine, we would build forts and we had such amazing times as children. It was a beautiful wooded paradise.” Harris Bundy also remembers the magic of the ravine and the home’s yard. “Mostly I just remember the amazing sunny days in the backyard spent with my
family and my grandmother,” he said. Harris also remembers “formal” Christmas celebrations at the house. “They were awesome Christmas parties. There were 70 to 100 people at them when I was young and my grandparents still had ‘pop’. It was all formal wear for the party and black tie was mandatory.” Family friend Catherine Morrow also has many fond memories of The Bundy House. “It’s been the scene of festive parties and formal Christmas celebrations, casual at-homes, fabulous fundraisers, innumerable birthdays and, under fairy lights in the spectacularly private and beautifully landscaped back garden, of raucous celebrations of graduations, marriages and lasting friendships.” Claire-Anne said her hope for the purchasers of her family home on Pine Crescent is that they will create and build the same intense and wonderful memories she has of living there. “I’m wishing they live it and embrace it and make wonderful memories as we certainly have ours,” she said. The home is being listed at $3.288 million and will then be holding for offers.
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Farmers’ markets now on
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Things were cooking at the Leslieville Farmers’ Market recently. The market takes place every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its new location in Greenwood Park. For more info, please go to www.leslievillemarket.com. There are lots of other farmers’ markets now taking place locally, including the one at the East York Civic Centre which takes place on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Concerns raised over filming, large crowds at the Leslie Street Spit By Martin Bryan
FROM THE increase in bylaw infractions by visitors to high-budget filming operations, there is growing concern that one of Toronto’s only reclaimed natural habitats is being destroyed. Advocates of the Leslie Street Spit are concerned that the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) isn’t doing enough to uphold Tommy Thompson Park’s main objectives as a public urban wilderness. John Carley, the co-chair of a decades-long advocacy group named Friends of the Spit, is calling for a strict no-film policy in Tommy Thompson Park. “It damages the habitat, it damages the visitor experience. It’s not good for humans, and it’s not good for the flora and the fauna,” he said. Tommy Thompson Park currently makes up more than 250 hectares of the “accidental wilderness” atop the Spit which is assembly of completely man-made peninsulas and embayments. The Spit is home to dozens of species of animals, including locally rare species of migratory birds. Several entities manage the Leslie Street Spit area including the TRCA, which currently runs many of the conservation efforts that are taking place in Tommy Thompson Park. TRCA released two statements in late March in an attempt to resolve ongoing public concerns about the increase in bylaw infractions
and filming after a number of complaints were issued resulting from the shooting of the Apple TV series See, starring Jason Momoa. The first statement, addressing concerns over the enforcement of general park rules regarding the visitorboom over the past several months, highlighted that the TRCA would increase park presence with the potential of working with Toronto police as a stand-in for their own TRCA enforcement officer’s after-hours. In the second letter addressing the filming at Tommy Thompson Park, TRCA confirmed another scheduled filming between March 29 and March 31, stating that it would “not have an impact on the natural areas and wildlife” and that the revenue generated from the production would help address the increased need for enforcement and the operational and programming costs associated with Tommy Thompson Park. With more than 255 visitors attending the park on the Easter long weekend, Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher thanked TRCA and the city for their efforts in turning away 27 dogs and their owners and immediately extinguishing two park fires during that time. Similar concerns about crowding will also be present for this upcoming Victoria Day long weekend. While Carley is impressed by TRCA’s approach in educating the public and enforcing park rules, he’s disap-
pointed that the collective voices protesting the filming fell on deaf ears, saying they were “ignored” and that there was no reason the filming need to take place there. “Where they were filming on the spine… they could have filmed that in the Portlands,” Carley said. “They could have filmed that elsewhere, it didn’t have to be on the Spit..” Ralph Toninger, Associate Director, of Restorative and Resource Management at TRCA, said that 41 to 55 commercial films have been filmed on their properties within the last 10 years and each potential production goes through rigorous vetting practices. Net revenue from productions goes directly into Tommy Thompson Park, including the construction of Cell 2 Wetland Trails, and the recovery and management efforts of native and invasive species, respectively. “Filming has always happened there, yes it has,” said Carley. “But the scale has changed in the last half year.” While he doesn’t have an answer as to where TRCA could substitute revenue from shooting high-production films, he wonders if the costs outweigh the benefits. While the debate on filming at the Spit is ongoing, the TRCA and advocates of the area both agree that visitors to the area need to be following the rules of the park in order to maintain the natural reclamation and conservation efforts of this unique urban wilderness.
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Raising of Pride Flag at school will have special meaning Eloise Morrison Guest Column
I write this on May the 17, the International Day Against Homophobia. I have a personal story to share. It is not something that one would feel the need to share like this or even wish to conceal in the first place … unless something happened causing pain or trauma. I want to share this story and let go of the internalized shame, judgment, and pain associated with what I innately felt was always LOVE. And I feel that it is time to let go. Especially with the significance of June 1 approaching. In 1987, when I was 12 years old, I
sat in the pews of St. John Catholic Church in Toronto, with my Grade 7 classmates, teachers and all our families for our confirmation which is a “sacrament” within the Catholic Church. During the confirmation ceremony, the bishop came down from the pulpit to speak with us, the ones to be confirmed. While listening intently to the bishop’s message, he began talking about homosexuality, and I quote his words: “When a man lies with a man it is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord” and he continued to tell us that homosexuality is a sin and you will go straight to hell if you partake in such relationships. After hearing this statement from the bishop, I immediately became overwhelmed with emotion. Tears were streaming down my face and I began to shiver un-
controllably. The others in my pew began to notice and wonder why I was crying. I just sat there frozen and did not hear anything further. My heart was pounding, and my mind began to race with countless thoughts. My family was sitting behind us listening to the Bishop as well and all I kept thinking about was MY FAMILY. My father, whom I love deeply, was also in the church listening to these harsh words. And this is where my mind went. My father is gay and my uncles are gay and my 12-year-old self had never heard those harsh, awful words before. The bishop associated homosexuality with sin and purgatory. I couldn’t understand where this comment was coming from! I was raised in an open loving family, very diverse, also cultur-
ally diverse, and this comment hit me harder than any other comment even the ‘N’ word. I had never heard anyone say that gay people would be going straight to hell and that it is a sin to be gay. So many things were going through my mind, specifically that my father was going to hell, my uncles were going to hell and my family and I were all going to hell by association. After hearing that message, I began to feel the immense hatred from the church towards my family, and I began to crumble on the inside. This traumatic experience affected me deeply, so deeply that still to this day I find it hard to share freely. The “shame” and judgment continues to live inside me. From that day forward, I vowed to never tell anyone about my family, and as I grew older I vowed
never to tell anyone unless I knew it was safe to do so. Basically, I closeted myself from the world and I’m not gay. I continued to replay this awful evening over and over, believing that what the bishop said was true, until it became my truth, my story. From that day forward I lived in fear that we were going to hell. Those powerful words that the bishop shared with us pierced my heart so deeply. I couldn’t even tell my friends why I was crying during our confirmation, because they heard the same message. I feared the judgment and the shame, and I felt they would also begin to hate my family and I. As I write this, I also think back to that evening and think of what my parents must have been feeling and the hurt they went through, Continued on Page 7
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Fond memories of growing up in Beach
In defence of self-checkouts
I recently discovered the Beach Metro News website, which allowed me to revisit my early life as a tween and teen in the Beach district. I have lived in western Canada since moving from the Beach in 1966. I have read much from the web page and really appreciate the Beach Metro News and the comments from various contributors. I lived in a few different locations in the Beach district (yes that what it was called by all us kids back then). It wasn’t very special in those days as it is today. Mostly, I lived at 45 Glen Manor Dr. (corner of GMD and Bonfield). It was a lively time for us kids in the neighbourhood. We were free of the anxiety parents experience
Re: ‘Say no to self-checkouts at stores,’ Letters, May 18. In response to the letter, not everyone is against self-checkouts. I happen to prefer this method, and I know many others who do as well. When shopping, I don’t particularly want to make smalltalk with a cashier, and I like anonymity when purchasing personal items. Many occupations have become obsolete over
today, and enjoyed the freedom parents do not let kids enjoy today. I initially attended Balmy Beach Elementary–the original building– then Williamson Road and directly to Malvern C.I. Glen Ames was under construction at the time. I moved with my family to Alberta where I finished high school and eventually attended university. I am retired now but earned four degrees and became a PhD in environmental sciences and spent 45 years in my career. I have noticed phenomenal changes to the Beach district since my time growing up there, only visiting three or four times while in Toronto on business.
During my many years growing up in the Beach, I had worked part-time at Sadlier Drug store, delivered the Toronto Telegram, fried fish & chips at the Nova Fish Store, and pumped gas at both the BP and BA gas stations at Queen and Wineva. As I look back at the beach – thanks to the Beach Metro News – I realize it was a great place to grow up. Thank you for providing me with a glimpse of my history. I still keep in touch with one neighbourhood kid. He was for many years the President of the Balmy Beach Canoe Club until recently. Again, thanks for the fond memories! David Reynolds
the years due to technology, such as switchboard operators, elevator operators, and video store clerks, and now cashiers are being phased out. Other job opportunities open up to replace them. In defence of Shoppers, there’s always an employee available to assist if someone can’t use the self-checkout, either due to a technical problem or the person’s inability to use these machines. Liz Glen
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Problems with Woodbine bike lanes not solved by changes Adam Smith Guest Column This guest column has been written in response to the In My Opinion column by Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford which appeared in the May 18 edition of Beach Metro News. The ongoing saga of the Woodbine Cycle Track continues with the latest changes put forth by Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford and recently approved by Toronto Council. This time however, city staff do not support the recommendations. On the surface it seems like a viable plan, until you realize all the details Councillor Bradford omits in his promotion of the idea. Slowing down Woodbine has been advocated for since the cycle track went in, and adding more physical separation to the cycle track and improving visibility of cyclists is all well and good, but the various complications and knock-on effects will make Woodbine less safe, and most importantly, it will not solve any of the problems it purports to while creating new ones: • narrower cycle track lanes; • narrower driving lanes: northbound curb driving lane will be less than the width of a TTC bus (3 me-
tres), southbound is exactly the width of a bus (3.3 metres); • misaligned northbound lanes through the Gerrard intersection; • lack of clear sight lines through the misaligned intersection; • increased traffic volume and congestion; • increased competition for parking on side streets during the rush hour prohibition. Councillor Bradford never mentions the crucial safety issues raised by this plan that resulted in staff not supporting it. Just reading the staff report and the complications they raise makes it obvious the potential for disaster: “The reduced taper and lateral shift could result in increased sideswipe and rear end collisions. Poor lane alignment, lateral shift and poor visibility of the far-side of the intersection could result in head-on collisions between southbound left-turning vehicles and northbound through vehicles. The above risks of the proposed design cannot be fully mitigated due to the constrained roadway width and topography of Woodbine Avenue north of Gerrard Street East.” Councillor Bradford leaves out that to squeeze in a second northbound driving lane requires narrowing all the lanes, cycle track included, to the point where the north-
bound curb driving lane will now be narrower than a TTC bus, with other lanes precisely the width of a bus. In the narrowest lane the buses’ mirrors will be hanging outside into the adjacent lanes. Imagine the pinch when two buses, northbound and southbound, need to squeeze by each other in busy rush hour. The councillor deftly omits perhaps the most unsafe change: misaligned lanes and worsened sight lines for northbound cars as they cross Gerrard. To accommodate two northbound lanes that will zipper together north of Gerrard requires the intentional misalignment of the driving lanes, because there is not enough room to have two lanes flow north through the intersection, and have the separated cycle track, and have a southbound left turn lane. Compounding this problem is that Gerrard is the crest of a hill that dips immediately after crossing northbound, which means cars approaching northbound do not have a view of cars approaching southbound, and vice versa, until they are already in the intersection. With the lanes misaligned and poor sight of approaching cars, this seems like a recipe for an accident. It’s interesting to note that this very stretch of Wood-
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Cyclists are seen heading down the hill on Woodbine Avenue south of Gerrard Street East. bine is already an exception of the cycle track due to the lack of width. Woodbine is legislated as a “cycle track”, not a “bike lane”, because only a cycle track can be on a street 50km/hr or higher. That higher, more dangerous speed requires a cycle track to be physically separated, by a flexi-post, bollard, curb, or planter, to increase the buffer between cyclists and cars. But Woodbine south of Gerrard doesn’t have the width for that, so southbound, where a cyclist can really pick up speed, what is merely the painted lines of an unprotected bike lane has the rules of a separated cycle track on a street 25 per cent faster. For example, a taxi can legally block a bike lane to drop someone off, they are not technically allowed to do
so in a cycle track. Lowering Woodbine to 40 km/hr will have brought the cycle track/bike lane in line with the law, but it is yet another example of how safety concerns and regulations can be bent to the will of a councillor. There is also the issue of the loss of parking. While this is not a safety issue, losing street parking for three hours every weekday comes with its own annoyances, not the least of which will be that people parked on Woodbine will then compete for side street parking with residents there. Any claims of improved traffic flow or travel times are unsubstantiated. There are no measures or predictions in the report other than total travel times previously measured for the entire length of Woodbine. Considering this change
only affects a half kilometre of road, any improvements to traffic flow or travel times is doubtful. This brings us to the crux of the issue: Side street cutthroughs by rush hour traffic. These changes to Woodbine will not solve that issue. That can be said with absolute certainty because the issue of cut-through traffic predates not just the installation of the cycle track, but even predates former Beaches-East York Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon’s time in office. So, how does opening up a second northbound lane solve a problem that existed when Woodbine was four lanes wide during rush hour? Simply put, it won’t. It’s no small irony that Councillor Bradford himself once said, “Opening up more lanes to traffic is like trying to lose weight by loosening your belt.” And yet here he is, doing exactly that. Perhaps it is just to placate angry residents, to show them the city is trying to do something, anything, to solve the issue. Perhaps he believes this is an improvement, despite the lack of support from the experts in transportation services due to safety concerns. The real question will be whether or not they keep the unsafe changes when they do not solve any of the problems.
Remember that words have the power to both hurt and heal ‘Raising’ from Page 6 especially my mother. She went into the school the very next day and had a very long meeting with the principal and my teachers. She tried her best to save me from the hurt and pain. Which is what I am trying to do for our four children now. You never know who is listening to your message and how your audience is internalizing your message. You never know who you may be hurting, who you may be discriminating against, who might take your message to heart with long lasting negative consequences. “Your words have the power to hurt, to heal, open minds, open hearts and
change the world. Never forget the responsibility you have over the words you speak,” said Steven Aitchison, author of The Belief Principle. Our children deserve to hear messages that lift them up and fill them with love and acceptance so that they can grow into strong confident human beings that do not have to hide who they are and live in shame! And most importantly, so they do not continue to share hateful messages and so they do not learn to judge others for their differences. Don’t we all want our children to love and be loved, unconditionally? On the International Day Against Homophobia, I can only imagine what messages
like I was made to hear would do to a child struggling with his or her sexuality. There were many other people in that church that evening — perhaps others that evening also struggled their whole life to just be free to be! Perhaps they too have lived a double life having to always cover up their truth. June 1 is my father’s birthday. He passed away four months ago. The deepest heartache for so many reasons. But June 1 will be a momentous occasion as the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) will finally celebrate inclusivity and encourage acceptance for all by raising the Pride Flag. This will be a very spe-
cial day for me … too many reasons to share right now, along with the fact that so much emotion is coming up for me while writing this. My family and I will be there at St. John Catholic School on Kingston Road on June 1 and celebrate this most special moment together. This is a gift — closure to deep lasting trauma and an opportunity to stand in my truth. St. John Catholic School is the elementary school that I attended from JK to Grade 8, and our four boys also attend the same school (two still there and two have since graduated). I am finally standing in my truth. I am proud to share that my father is gay, my uncles are gay, and I love them
unconditionally and they are a huge part of who I am today. I have lived a very beautiful, colourful life, filled with wonderful experiences and most of all filled with so much love. If you know me and know you have said something offensive in my presence, I forgive you. But if you know and love me and my family, and you are homophobic, would you consider changing your thought and open your heart to the idea that LOVE IS LOVE. You don’t always get to choose your family — but if I had to choose all over again, I would choose mine! In a heartbeat! Even if it meant going to hell… Once this message is
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shared, I will of course worry about what people will think but ultimately this is a huge step in my healing. First, I am sharing this here with this community that may not know me, and then I will take some time to share my story on my personal social media page and that will be extremely scary for me … and there will be no going back. I have been working on this for the past several years and right now things are aligning in a way that feels right. Most importantly, in honour and In loving memory of my Father, George Morrison, I am standing in my truth, our truth. Thank you for taking the time to read my story.
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BEACHES MENTAL WELLNESS GROUP. Join us most days for a free video support group run through ZOOM. Sign up and get details at https://www.meetup. com. Ask to join us: Mental Wellness Peer-to-Peer Support-Groups. Info: www.mentalwellness.help DANFORTH MENTAL WELLNESS GROUP Join us most days for a free video support group run through ZOOM. Sign up and get details at https://www.meetup. com/Mental-Wellness-Peer-to-Peer-Support-Groups/. Info: www.mentalwellness.help St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, 2423 Queen St. E. (at Silver Birch). Our ministries and programs are continuing, with study groups online, service videos on YouTube, opportunities to meet virtually in small groups, and an ecospirituality theme for action and learning all year. Find out more on our website: staidansinthebeach.com BEACH UNITED CHURCH invites you to join minister Karen Dale and music director Steven Webb every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. online. The Sunday Worship theme for the month of June is Thrive: a series exploring the question are we thriving or surviving? On Sunday, June 20th watch the compilation video celebrating Father’s Day and the “father figures” who have made a positive difference in our lives. Join the Interactive Sunday Session via Zoom on June 6 and June 27 at 10.30 a.m. This is an opportunity to share your thoughts and hear from others. Links will be posted on our website: https://beachunitedchurch.com/ KINGSTON ROAD UNITED CHURCH, 975 Kingston Road. Our weekly worship service is posted on YouTube each Saturday afternoon. Check our website for the weekly link. We have virtual Sunday School each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Please email the church for the link. Info: www.kruc.ca, kruc.info@gmail.com BIRCHCLIFF BLUFFS UNITED CHURCH is an affirming congregation that welcomes you to share in an online worship experience during the pandemic. Links are posted on YouTube each Sunday and you can connect through our website and Facebook page. While the doors may be closed, we are not: whoever you are, however you identify, you are welcome here. The Bluffs Foodbank is open on Thursdays and our weekly programs: Toby’s Place for 2SLGBTQ+ youth, and Dorothy’s Place for 2SLGBTQ+ seniors, continue online. Find out more at www.bbuc.ca BEACHES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 65 Glen Manor Dr. (S of Queen) in the heart of the Beach. Sunday services are continuing remotely at 10am. To join us on Zoom or by phone please visit the church website for more info: www.beacheschurch.org, 416-699-5871. Minister: The Reverend Katherine McCloskey FALLINGBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 35 Wood Glen Rd at Kingston Rd, is available on ZOOM. Please join our Worship Services on Sundays at 10:30 am with Rev. Angela J. Cluney. Book Club meets on the last Thursday of the month at 7 pm. Join us for our newly created Hobby Circle on the second Friday of the month at 2 p.m. Any hobby is welcome. For all ZOOM & phone links: email fboffice@rogers.com or call 416-699-3084. Everyone is Welcome! ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 794 Kingston Rd., 2 blks east of Main St. Holy Communion Services on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays (please register). See our website for parish information, Sunday Mass on YouTube, and more: www.stjohnsrc.ca, 416-698-1105 CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1810 Queen St E. Our Parish community wishes you a Happy Pentecost and continual flow of the Holy Spirit in the Ordinary Time. We hope that you had a good Lent by which you prepared well for Easter and the Descent of the Holy Spirit. Our church is open for daily prayer Tuesday- Friday 10-11 a.m. We live-stream Masses Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. (www.youtube.com/channel/ UCUZ7SKNksrs_AmaxNSJIS_g) as our Masses will not be celebrated with people until further notice. Confession Saturdays 4-4:45 p.m. at the Office or by appointment. Communion Services are every 15 minutes on Saturdays from 5-6 p.m., and on Sundays from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Preregistration is required for all in-person events (https:// www.eventbrite.ca/o/corpus-christi-parish-32202938595). Info: corpuschristito.archtoronto.org/, 416-694-0382 CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 72 Main St. (at Benlamond). Sunday service and mid-week study groups by phone. Call 416-691-4721 for more details. For updates about what is open visit www.calvary-bapist-church.ca
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East York’s Tea Squared helping out local organizations during pandemic mune system. It’s good for your bone density, good for your teeth and can prevent cardiovascular disease.” Weber added that tea drinkers also have a quicker response and recovery rate when dealing with diseases like the flu. Tea Squared is currently having a sale on their website. Readers of this article can put in the code “Beachmetro20” at checkout to save 20 per cent off purchases at https://teasquared.ca
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THE PANDEMIC has given an opportunity to bring out the best in people. It also gives people and their businesses an opportunity to help out establishments such as hospitals by sending supplies to them. That is what area resident Frank Weber, the founder and owner of Tea Squared, has been doing. Located in the St. Clair Avenue East and O’Connor Drive area, Tea Squared and Weber have delivered his tea to Michael Garron Hospital and the Fred Victor Mission during the COVID-19 pandemic. “If you want to be involved in the community and support it, you have to give (back) as well,” said Weber, who lives in southwest Scarborough. “We haven’t been impacted that much and when the pandemic started, this is an idea came up that we should participate in. And this is something that we are going to continue to do and try to be involved in the community in that way.” Weber said he planning to deliver again in the summer. Like many businesses, Tea Squared has faced challenges related to the pandemic, but Weber is thankful that the damage done wasn’t huge. While the restaurant part of the business declined, the company’s online sales
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Surrealism and neglect in the Long-Term Care sector This guest column has been written in response to the In My Opinion column by editor Alan Shackleton which appeared in the May 4 edition of Beach Metro News. By Luis Fornazzari As a behavioural neurologist with a unique interest in neurogeriatric care, for the last 20 years I have visited on a weekly basis several senior’s residences and Long Term Care (LTC) facilities in Toronto. These facilities are varied; 10 are in the GTA and others extend from east to west. They include non-profit, for profit, municipally owned, ethno-culturally administrated, some only English speaking, while others include languages representing the many groups in Ontario. The facilities range from serving the poorest to the wealthiest groups of seniors in this most multicultural city. Previously, in 2007, I was visiting these facilities by myself as a solo navigator. Now, I have the privilege to be part of a multidisciplinary team that belongs to a University of Toronto Teaching Hospital. The team include psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, and psychologists, in addition to their respective students representing these disciplines. Our work has been done under many political leaderships, and we can safely and proudly say that we have navigated under most partisan flags. Unfortunately I have not seen interest in any of them of changing the care of the elderly. Moreover, due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began last year we are currently conducting our
weekly rounds virtually. As always, after a day in LTC we go back to our world-class academic Teaching Hospitals, where we practice for the rest of the week. The well-deserved and recognized prestige in Canada and abroad of our Teaching Hospitals is based on many factors, in particular the stringent requirements to be a member of a hospital. I am aware of this professional rigor, based on my experience as a foreign graduate and political refugee from Chile. The strict requirements of Teaching Hospitals applies to all health care workers and to our most efficient supportive administrative staff. Hundreds of graduates and post-graduates from all over the world come to Canadian hospitals to learn and to exchange their own experience with us. Therefore, not surprisingly, when reflecting on the work of a particular day at LTC, our team is always inquisitive. We encourage reflection, and agree that we are undergoing some important, yet non-congruent situations in our practice. There are days in which we work like a “pauper” in LTC, and others days of the week in the hospital as a prince. I must say that it is difficult to find an analogy in our medical literature to represent our sentiments about the disparity of our work in different LTC’s milieus. But, thanks to our close contact with artists, we arrived at an approximate definition that mirrors what is in our minds. We feel we assess and treat medical, behavioural and psychological issues in LTC residents in a surrealistic world. After pondering for a long time, I was able to really understand how
disheartening it is to convey to our LTC’s residents and to their devoted underpaid and compassionate caregivers, the situation they are in. They are immersed in a system that is not concerned about the wellbeing of the healthcare providers or the elderly individuals under their care. Not surprisingly, both providers and residents are afflicted by one of the most serious and devastating social illnesses: neglect for at least the last 20 years. A long time ago, I attempted to share this message of disregard with contacts from my professional organizations, local politicians, different political parties, health critics, representatives from LTC, and even to those hospital’s departments that have peripheral involvement in LTC. Sadly, most of them never responded. The few who did, sent a polite, yet inefficient response without a hint of real compromise or a desire to correct the situation. Why neglect? For the last 20 years, the Ministry of Health And Long Term Care (MOHLTC) has worked, in my view, in a totally reactive kind of manner, as a mere reflex, responding only to complaints after they are received. After many complaints, the MOHLTC typically becomes slightly more active in their approach, albeit for a short while, until the next set of complaints starts the cycle again. Rarely, if ever, I have witnessed an active campaign geared at health prevention, education for the residents, or for the healthcare worker), that originated from the MOHLTC. My impression is that the ministry lacks enforcement of their man-
date to commit and guide them in their purpose. This ministry seems to lack the power and knowledge, or perhaps imagination, to ensure that LTC residents and staff are cared for in a humane and compassionate manner. One ponders the reasons why the standards of performance of two similar autonomous institutions vary so differently. Hospitals are more or less self-governing entities, yet, they are quite efficient. Yet, the MOHLTC, also an autonomous ministry, is inefficient. To exemplify the ministry’s disinterest on mitigating their shortcomings, we ask, how is it possible that a badly needed recommendation approved more than 30 years ago to have two residents per room, is not yet in effect? One still finds during weekly rounds at LTC facilities, four or more elderly patients that have medical and cognitive deficits, in a room where they share a single bathroom. Thus, I would like to make the following suggestions: • A fundamental change is needed to set up standards for our aging population. This is required to close the already insurmountable gap in delivery services between hospitals and LTC. For example, hospitals are entities developed for curatives purposes, however, they are already providing care to an increasing elderly population. At hospitals, we perform mostly geriatric neurology, geriatric psychiatry, and geriatric orthopaedic, among other services. Often, those patients who are sent to LTC after attending world-class regimen-care in the hospital, are typically discharged with no recommendations, or even
a follow-up appointment. The continuing approach to care is not a well-known concept in what is a surrealistic system. Unfortunately, despite the tremendous and magnificent practice of hiring of nurse practitioners, behavioural support leaders and the active incorporation of pharmacists in most LTC teams, the absence of proper services still persist as the hospital and LTC guiding beliefs are wildly apart. • It is of utmost importance to convince the MOHLTC to honour its duties. The ministry must be part of a comprehensive care for all citizens, from pre-infancy to the oldest, with the same interest, dedication and proactivity seen in hospitals. Likewise, it essential the ministry understands it has failed to provide LTC for our elderly population in the same efficient and ethical manner as other developed countries do. The ministry must implement the recommendations already made in studies conducted by healthcare professionals, colleges and other serious, respectable, and caring organizations. This change in responsibility is to ensure a modern vision for LTC is embraced in light of this pernicious pandemic which has resulted in unnecessary deaths; a challenge that the MOHLTC failed to prevent. Luis Fornazzari is a behavioural neurologist (neuropsychiatry). He is a consultant at the Memory Disorder Clinic, and the Geriatric Mental Health Outpatient Program at St Michael’s Hospital. He is a member of the Division of Neurology, the Department of Psychiatry and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.
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The Main Menu
Chicken recipes welcome back outdoor dining taining!
Jan Main is an author, cooking instructor and caterer janmainskitchen@ yahoo.ca
FINALLY! WE have been waiting a long time for this opportunity - to share a meal with friends on the patio, and I believe it is getting closer as we continue to live with the rules surrounding COVID-19. It is such a simple thing, but is has been greatly missed! When we are officially granted our “new freedoms”, you will probably want to ”dine out” regularly. Keep this easy, yet tasty recipe handy for scrumptious summer food – roast chicken on the barbecue. Save time – do two birds at once. One to serve hot and succulent and the other, to serve a day later as a luscious, chicken asparagus salad with our own Ontario asparagus! Welcome back to enter-
Roast Chicken on the Barbecue Use 2 small (1.5 kg each) supermarket chickens or one butcher shop chicken (2.5 kg) for this foolproof recipe. (Air-chilled give the best results.) Treat yourself to a foil roasting pan to streamline the process. You can discard after use, no clean-up required! 2 or 1 roasting chicken (2.5 kg) preferably airchilled 1 tbsp (15 mL) extra- virgin olive oil 1 lemon 2 cloves, crushed garlic 1 tsp (5 mL) dried thyme or 1 tbsp (15 mL) fresh 1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh washed parsley Water Sea salt and fresh black pepper Pre-heat barbecue to medium-high. Prepare roasting pan (foil or metal) with
a rack. If chicken is trussed with string; remove string. Place chicken(s) on rack. Remove any excess fat from chicken in the cavity. Discard. Drizzle oil evenly over chicken. Grate lemon rind over chicken; cut lemon in half; squeeze half the juice over chicken and place the used lemon in chicken cavity for flavour. Gently ease skin a little from chicken breast and place garlic on breast meat; replace skin. Sprinkle the outside of chicken with thyme, salt and pepper. Place the fresh parsley and any other fresh herbs inside the chicken cavity. Pour water into the roasting pan, about ½ inch (1.2 cm). Cover chicken with barbecue weight aluminum foil, sealing edges of foil around roasting pan. Put on rack in pre-heated barbecue and place lid down. Roast ½ hour; reduce heat to medium and continue cooking 45 - 55 minutes (depends
on size of bird) or until chicken is golden brown; legs wiggle easily and internal temperature is 185 F. Remove chicken from barbecue and let stand covered 10 minutes before carving. Serve warm or at room temperature. If doing 2 birds, refrigerate the 2nd for another use. Serves 4. Chicken Asparagus and Almond Salad This salad may be made with or without cooked fusilli pasta, depending if you want a more substantial salad. If you are in a pinch for time, use a barbecued supermarket chicken in this recipe. 1 cooked chicken (1.5 kg) 8 oz (1/2 lb) cooked fusilli pasta (use pkg directions for cooking) 1 lb (500 g)) fresh asparagus, tough ends snapped off and discarded 1/4 lb (60 g) snow peas,
washed and touch ends removed 6 green onions, chopped 1/2 red pepper, thinly sliced and cut in half 1/2 cup (125 mL) natural almonds, toasted (toast, at 350 F for 10 minutes) Tarragon Basil Dressing 1/2 cup (125 mL) each chopped cooking onion and fresh parsley 2 tbsp (25 mL) granulated sugar 1 tbsp (15 mL) each, dried tarragon and dried basil (if using fresh, double quantity, wash, dry chop) 1 clove minced garlic 1/3 cup (75 mL) cider vinegar 1 cup (250 mL) vegetable oil 1 tsp (5 mL) salt 1/4 tsp (1 mL) fresh black pepper Remove and discard chicken skin. Remove all meat from the bones. Do not chop the chicken meat but tear it into gener-
ous bite sized pieces and place in large mixing bowl with the following: cooled, cooked fusilli pasta (if using,) cooked asparagus (2 minutes) cool and slice into 1 ½ inch (3.7 cm) pieces and snow peas, chopped green onions, red pepper and almonds. Toss, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Meanwhile prepare dressing: In a food processor, combine onion, parsley, sugar, tarragon, basil and garlic. Chop using motor. Then with motor running, use feed tube to add vinegar, oil, salt and pepper. Pour into jar and refrigerate until ready to toss with salad. Dressing may be made several days in advance. Toss salad with about ½ of dressing and taste. Add more dressing if necessary. Any dressing left, may be kept covered and refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. Serve salad piled on large platter or individual plates garnished with fresh parsley or basil. Serves 6.
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Local author examines the art of universal healing By Jayson Dimaano
RESIDENTS WHO have been dealing with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year, might be able to find some helpful advice in East Toronto author Catherine Allon’s book Be Free Here and Now: The Art of Universal Living. A local psychotherapist and spiritual counsellor, Allon talked about how the difficulties of the pandemic and her book in an interview with Beach Metro News recently. “I decided that the more awake and aware people are, the more they are going to self-heal, live a healthy lifestyle, take care of the planet, take care of society and taken care of their loved ones,” she said. “That became my passion.” Allon became a psychotherapist in 1978, working with Children’s Aid for 11 years and then working with the Ministry of Health for another eight years.
Community Meeting #2 1631 Queen Street East Part of the City of Toronto’s Housing Now Initiative Join us online or by phone on Thursday, June 10 for the second Community Meeting for the Housing Now site at 1631 Queen Street East. At the meeting, representatives from the City and CreateTO will share and seek feedback on the updated proposal for the site. The updated proposal has revised how the building density is located on the site, resulting in a six-storey building height along Queen Street East, and proposes a new location internal to the site for the expanded Coxwell Early Learning Child Care Centre. A portion of the property at 1080 Eastern Avenue is included to create a private laneway and pick up and drop off spaces for the building. The underground parking garage is also proposed to extend beneath this laneway. City Council has approved 1631 Queen Street East to be a part of the City of Toronto’s Housing Now Initiative. The site is currently home to uses including the Beaches Employment and Social Services offices and the Coxwell Early Learning and Child Care Centre. The City and CreateTO are proposing to amend the Zoning By-law and the Official Plan for 1631 Queen Street East to permit a new mixed-income, mixed-use development providing market and affordable rental housing, an expansion of the Coxwell Early Learning and Child Care Centre, Indigenous place-keeping at Kishigo Lane and potential community or retail space along Queen Street East. Housing Now is a City-wide initiative with 17 locations across Toronto. Housing Now is part of the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan and will help the City in achieving its target of approving 40,000 affordable rental and supportive homes by 2030.
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She said she realized in 1998 that being a psychotherapist was not going to be her career for the rest of her life, and instead she became a spiritual counsellor. Since then, she does counselling from her home in Kingston Road and Main Street area. As a resident of the Beach for more than 40 years, she said she absolutely loves the area. “I love the Beaches. It’s such an open area and people are very friendly. I just came back from a walk (with my partner, Blair) in the Glen Stewart Ravine and a couple of young girls said hello to us with a big smile and started talking to us,” said Allon. “That is just how friendly people are in this area. You know people in the streets, you greet each other and
share how they are feeling during this period of COVID-19.” Be Free Here and Now: The Art of Universal Living was released on March 3, 2020, right before the start of the pandemic in Canada. She said the book wrote her, she didn’t write it. “The book came through me, it wanted to be written. I wanted to contribute it to people to give them all the ideas in the book to help them understand themselves and the world. To live more peacefully and to take care of the earth,” said Allon. She added the release of her book was at the same time as when people began to feel they were not free. She believes that we are all eternal souls that live many lifetimes. “We came back to the
planet at this time to help move it forward and help each other know that we are free, we are sovereign beings and we are one,” said Allon. “There are so many differences from each other, yet we are all one. We all have feelings, we all suffer. We all feel pain, shame and blame each other. On the other hand, we love each other, we know how to feel good.” Allon said the differences between people drop once we learn from each other, and share each other’s pain and problems. From that, everyone realizes their similarities. For more information on Be Free Here and Now: The Art of Universal Living, please go to www.balboapress.com/en/bookstore/ bookdetails/804236-be-freehere-now
SING! vocal festival continues with virtual shows until June 6 SING! THE Toronto Vocal Arts Festival marks its 10th anniversary with virtual performances until June 6. The festival opened on May 27. SING! was co-founded by Beach Citizen of the Year Patricia Silver. “This amazing music event started with a few of us at my kitchen table, a vision, and determination – and here we are, 10 years later, having reached more than 100,000 audience members and presenting thousands of singers from around the world,” said Silver. J.M. Erlendson, who grew up in the Beach. is SING festival chair and will be performing with three a cappella groups: Countermeasure, Beatsync, and Ruach Singers. Being virtual means artists from around the world can take part in this year’s
festival. Artists participating include Freeplay, the duo of SING! artistic directors and long-time Beach residents Dylan Bell and Suba Sankaran; The Ault Sisters, Cadence, the Hamilton Children’s Choir, and many others. SING! artistic directors Bell and Sankaran said the festival’s 10th year is a milestone that’s cause for celebration, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. “As SING! celebrates a decade of entertaining audiences, we’re proud to have brought attention to countless new artists as well as presented best-selling international acts,” said Bell. “We’ve also launched several SING! partner festivals in Texas, as well as SING! Edinburgh at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.” The festival’s online for-
mat also offers unique opportunities for audiences and performers. “While the performers miss the energy and camaraderie of live audiences, we’re pleased to be able to showcase a cappella talent virtually, from across Canada and around the world,” said Sankaran. “The online format allows audiences near and far to experience it from the comfort and safety of their homes.” “We’re also focused on supporting both our audience and performers, many of whom have been hard hit by the pandemic,” she said. “Our ticket pricing accommodates buyers of all budgets, while still fairly compensating artists.” The full schedule for SING!, and information on tickets and festival passes, is available now at www.singtoronto.com/
Online exhibits at Gerrard Art Space THE GERRARD Art Space is continuing to present its art shows in both online formats and in ways that follow COVID-19 regulations. The Collage Show featuring works by artists including Marsha Wineman and Fred and Karen Franzen will be taking place until June 6. The Impromptu GAS Show featuring works by Max MacDonald, James Soper, Elizabeth Forrest, Kay Compagnoni, Susan Macpher-
son, Dianne Jackson, Tamar Ishaky, Glennis Steuart, Grethe Jenson, Peg Graham, Dahlia Sawwan, Ashley Tuchscherer and Dana Green also continues until June 6. The gallery is currently not open to members of the public due to provincial pandemic restrictions, but people are welcome to stand outside and look through the gallery’s large windows at the works on display.
The Gerrard Art Space is located at 1475 Gerrard St. E. The works can also be viewed by going to the website at www.gerrardartspace. com Those who are interested in purchasing works, are asked to contact the Gerrard Art Space at 416-778-0923 from Wednesday to Sunday between 2 and 7 p.m., or by semdomg am email to them at gerrardartspace@gmail. com
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Anne Wentzel is the Beach Metro Community News Lucky Volunteer for June 1. As seen in the photo above left, Anne and her family have been delivering the paper since 1987, when it was known as Ward 9 Community News. The current photo shows Anne and dog Cady, who now helps her with the route in the Clonmore Drive area. “So here we are, before and now,” said Anne of the photos she sent to Beach Metro including the story honouring her and her family as volunteers in September of 1987. “It seems like I’ve been doing this route forever and always meeting interesting people along the way. Over the years my granddaughters Claire and Isla have also helped out. Now it’s just Cady and I. She’s always ready to come along.” For being selected Lucky Volunteer for June 1, Anne has received a prize of $50 which she will be donating to the Daily Bread Food Bank.
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Photos of Elmer Avenue bring back memories for reader Re: The Deja Views looking back on Elmer Avenue photos that appeared in the April 6 and May 18 editions. I have some more information and memories for your readers on the Elmer Avenue and Queen Street East area shown in both photos. The 1899 photo from May 18 showed two ladies crossing the street. On the east side of the street I believe I see a woman and perhaps a child with her crossing the street. The white building on the lower
west side had a drug store at the front which is now a pizzeria. The side entrance, which is visible would be the door to Dr. E.E. Toye later on. Looking up the east side of the street about six poles up there appears to be a horse and buggy. When I lived on upper Elmer Avenue in the early 1950s, there was a rummage collector who went up and down the street calling out “Ha-Deep.” I hope some readers will come forward with more photos like the one on May 18.
Back then, the streets were not paved as horse and buggies were the order of the day. If the person who took that photo had made a 180-degree turn, they would be facing what is today Kew Beach Public School. The photo in the April 6 Deja Views showed the home of Herbert Waters. The photo was sent from his great nephew. This photo of 75 Elmer Ave. was from the top of the street that was built in 1908-09. The house always stood out. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, I had
a paper route and Mr. Waters was one of my customers. Just across the street and above the laneway, was once the boundary of Elmer Avenue and was where Mr. Waters’ daughter and her family lived. The apartment building at Elmer and Norway stands where there used to be one of Mr. Water’s greenhouses. When I was very young, back in about 1952, my father took me out for a run on a sleigh and I can still see the greenhouse as he ran me by it.
One time when I was collecting for the papers, I met Mr. Waters at his door. He ushered me into a back room where he had some magnificent pictures of the Grand Canyon. They were spectacular photos, and he had recently taken a trip there. I could go on about Elmer Avenue as the Deja View features brought back many memories for me. I hope you have other readers who share some of their memories and photos of the area as well. John A. Brown
Lead-foot lobby being listened to when it come to Woodbine bike lane changes
Adding rush-hour lane will not improve safety
Re: ‘Number of changes planned for the Woodbine bike lanes,’ In My Opinion, May 18. I recently became aware of the latest Woodbine Avenue traffic issue and read the March 30, 2021 City of Toronto – Transportation Services report on the matter. The comments and opinions being expressed by the local councillor about safety and traffic are so dramatically at odds with the statements in the report prepared by professional engineers on city staff that something does not seem quite right to me. From the report: “While staff
Re: ‘Number of changes planned for the Woodbine bike lanes,’ In My Opinion, May 18. Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford claims, without providing evidence I could see, that adding a second northbound vehicle lane to Woodbine Avenue between Kingston Road and Gerrard Street East during afternoon rush hour will improve safety. In fact, Toronto’s Transportation Services Department concluded the opposite. In their report on the proposal, they state that, due to substandard design elements (e.g. narrow lane
do not support the proposed design, every effort has been made to achieve the objectives requested and mitigate risks to the best of our ability. The design remains substandard in a number of areas and therefore, staff does not support the proposed alteration of Woodbine Avenue.” The report also describes the traffic delay that motorists experience during peak hours as moderate and minimal. The unique substandard design being promoted also acknowledges that it will not be possible for northbound TTC buses to remain
fully within their travel lane. It saddens me that while cities around the world are seizing the opportunity created by the pandemic response to expand and improve bicycle facilities and help shift travel away from private automobiles our local elected officials appear to be acting as NIMBY megaphones amplifying the lead-foot lobby and promoting dangerous road design. Traffic delay is measured in seconds and minutes - the heartbreak of road violence lasts an eternity.
Lorenzo Mele
A community fridge program can make a big difference in the lives of many residents in need “I’m doing okay,” I told my friend. “I’ve got a roof over my head, food in the fridge and clothes in the closet. “At least I’m not living on the street,” I laughed, thinking that things could be worse. A few weeks ago, I watched a CBC news report on community fridges. It’s a volunteer project in which restaurants or stores across Toronto host an outdoor fridge outside their businesses for contributions of good, and for those in need to access food.
The neighbours and business owners stock the fridge with fresh, prepared or packaged food. And people in need can help themselves to whatever they wish from the fridge. This is a great idea for every community. Volunteers clean and re-stock the fridges on a daily basis but there is no set schedule as to when items will be there. One volunteer dropped off some food and said that she’s seen the fridge emptied within minutes. It’s an indicator that there are
many people secretly struggling to survive during these tough times. An elderly woman in her 80s was interviewed by the reporter. She was holding a tomato and a bag of spinach in her hands. She said she was grateful for the fridges and the kindness of strangers. She explained that she couldn’t afford food because of her dental costs. “It’s given to me, (so) I don’t have to go beg. I don’t want to beg,” she said quietly, as tears welled up. I found myself crying after watching this senior speak on-camera.
It was heart-breaking to hear about her hardships. What struck me was her age and the humble vegetables in her hands. A senior shouldn’t have to choose between basic groceries and dental care, I thought. And they shouldn’t have to beg for food. My own problems didn’t feel so big after that. For more information about the community fridge program, visit https://foodism.to/news-events/ community-fridges-toronto/ Sally Lo
widths, insufficient lane merge distances, poor intersection lane alignment) that the addition of another lane would increase the likelihood of head-on, rear-end and sideswipe collisions. As a result of these and other safety concerns, they recommended against installing an additional vehicle lane. There is also nothing in the staff report to substantiate Councillor Bradford’s claims that the additional lane will improve vehicle flow or reduce the frequencies of cars cutting through neighbourhood streets. Michael Polanyi
Extend Destination Danforth east As an East end resident who frequently shops on the Danforth, I am delighted by the success of Destination Danforth. It has helped local businesses, improved street safety, and made Danforth Avenue a place for people. This year it will be extended to Victoria Park. The next logical step is to extend Destination Danforth east of Victoria Park Avenue. Communities in Scarborough deserve the same benefits. Douglas Yardley
A few people are spoiling the pleasures of the Beach for everyone The Victoria Day long weekend was a nightmare in the Beach. There were so many cars racing along Violet Avenue between Lee and Leuty avenues. We would really like to have a couple of speed bumps as I think it is the only thing
that might help slow drivers down. I know there are plans to have more collections of litter and garbage, more bylaw officers etc... but I think there needs to be a serious Beach patrol by police for the rest of the summer.
On Victoria Day weekend a serious fight broke out at the corner of Alfresco and Leuty Avenues. Police were called. I also heard about people fighting over parking spots so aggressively that it felt like the situation
was out of control. We could hear cars and motorbikes racing up and down Lee and Leuty avenues and I expect it was the same for other streets by the lake. The Beach is a wonderful re-
source for everyone in Toronto but only if visitors treat the area and the local residents with respect. It is sad that a few people can spoil what should be a pleasurable experience for everyone. Sharman Wilson
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Tutoring • COVID 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 (11r)
Head Start Tutors Currently offering SKYPE/FACETIME SESSIONS Helping the student in your house adapt to the new educational reality.
www.headstarttutors.ca 416-272-9589 • neil@headstarttutors.ca
(7r)
Cleaning Services THE STUDY STUDIO HEALTHY HOME
CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING
• Bio-degradable, non-allergenic products used • Drying time 3-4 hours • Bonded, insured, certified Free At Home Estimates!
Individualized tutoring and programs for grades 3-12 in all subjects. Proven success with thousands of Beach area students for 20 years. On Kingston Rd. just east of Vic Park
416-690-6116 www.thestudystudio.com (10r)
Andrew English B.Ed.
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rileyswindowcleaning.com
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BEACHES LAWN MAINTENANCE
LAWN CUTTING
for Grades 1-12 immersion, extended and core, by French major student/teacher in training. References available. $30/hr bethany.m322@gmail.com 647-631-0288 (7r)
437-345-9858
(7)
ameliarosegardendesign.ca deb@ameliarosegardendesign.ca
416-804-0646
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- Clean Up - Trimming - Seeding, planting, etc.
437-345-9858
(7)
The Carefree Garden Garden maintenance, clean-ups, weeding, pruning and planting. We take loving care of your garden. Environmentally friendly. Lisa 647-236-6228 thecarefreegarden@primus.ca
(7)
GARDEN AND LAWN
Excellent pruning and trimming of shrubs, hedges and small trees. Planting and soil amendments. Butterfly gardens. Maintenance, mowing etc. Environmentally friendly! (9)
Landscapers Green Apple Landscaping
Award Winning Design & Build 25 years Experience Read our reviews on Homestars.com One-of-a-Kind Outdoor Living Spaces
416-288-1499
www.greenapple.ca
(r)
Green Apple Landscaping Front yard parking pads Drawings • Permits • Build 416-288-1499 www.greenapple.ca
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STONEHENGE LANDSCAPE • DESIGN & BUILD www.stonehengedesignbuild.com (r)
KIM PRICE Landscape Design 647-545-5143
Creating Award Winning Gardens • Design and Construction •
Garden & Tree
www.kimpricelandscapedesign.com
BEACH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
BEACH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
-Lawn Cutting
-Spring/Fall Property Clean-Ups -Hedge Trimming
416-414-5883
(7r)
- Clean Up - Trimming - Seeding, planting, etc.
416-467-6059
FRENCH TUTOR
Call 416-783-3434
(11)
Greg 416-693-8678
call ALBERTO 416 690 9389 for
NEXT DEADLINE June 7
freshgreenlawncare @gmail.com
www.carbontip-toe.com
HELP WITH MATH & ENGLISH
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647-606-0970
Gardening
Kingston Rd/Vic Park
Your local Rock ‘n’ Roots Revival Band is Ready to rock when the time comes (again). Stay well. Stay tuned. Stay in touch.
(19)
GARDENING
your garden oasis!
Rock, Roll, Roots, Blues, Country & Random
We remove squirrels in a humane way from attics, walls, sheds, decks, etc.
416 414 5883 info@blpm.ca
EVERGREEN TREE CARE
A softscape connection to
joyofmusictoronto.com 416-269-8109 (7)
416 421-5758
General repairs: Drywall / Caulking / Painting etc. Odd jobs: Fixtures, TV, Shelf & Picture install / Furniture assembly (IKEA)... & much more! Call/text Peter 416 577 4252 (7)
(7r)
Amelia Rose Gardening & Design
Plexiglass screens, masks, sanitizing hands & keyboards.
Humane removal of raccoons and babies from ATTICS, DECKS, PORCHES, GARAGES, SHEDS
Window & Eaves Cleaning Gutter Filter Installation
Peter the Handyman
IT Support
We’ll Make It Sparkle!
WE ARE NOW OPEN!
A family business since 1956
Computer Professional
On-Site & Remote
416-831-6279
ImpressYourMotherInLaw@gmail.com
Music Lessons
RILEYS’ WINDOW CLEANING
PROFESSIONAL, MATURE, RELIABLE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS
INDOOR / OUTDOOR
Home & Office Cleaning Solutions
(r)
General Services
East Toronto Sodding Co.
Gardening
Shine & Sparkle
Proudly serving the Beach for over 20 years Neil Bennett B.Ed./OCT Sally Vickers B.Ed./OCT
647-899-9074
RUBBISH REMOVAL & DEMOLITION SPECIALIST RECYCLING 416-264-1495 CELL 416-567-4019
We are a local Beach Property Management company now offering COVID safe residential cleaning for all your cleaning needs. We specialize in move in/move out deep cleanings. Contact Casey at 416-886-6934 or casey@ashbridges.ca (7r)
piano, guitar, voice, violin, drums & more
(r)
Custom Window Coverings
ASHBRIDGES CLEANING SERVICES
JOY OF MUSIC
• Mice • Cockroaches • Rats • Bed Bugs • Ants • Wasps • Centipedes • Spiders • more THEEXTERMINATORS.CA
BLIND AMBITION
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647 679 3282
416-699-8333
RACCOON CONTROL
647-496-2211
OFFICE SPACE
(r)
Demolition & Removal of Garages, Porches, Fences & Concrete. Howard 416 565 8569 (7)
PEST CONTROL
(w. of Midland)
Computer Services
Paul 416-821-3910
(r)
Home Decor
Commercial Space for Rent
pmcarthur577@gmail.com www.mcarthurbusinesscentre.com
DEMOLITION EXPERTS
SQUIRREL REMOVAL
*STARTING AT $20
416-691-8503
(7$)
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Times are harder than ever Stop paying the big guy’s prices We will beat any written estimate up to 20% because at the end of the day, it’s all just garbage Call today for your free estimate (6.) 416-270-0879
647-557-7932
LAWN CUTTING SERVICES
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BEAR’S GARBAGE REMOVAL & DEMO
www.SquirrelControl.ca
10+ years experience Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Painting, and Handy Work. Randall 416-450-0599 torontomrfixit@gmail.com
McArthur & Son Business Centre Air conditioning, boardroom, kitchen area, copier, etc. Individual offices from $500/mth. 577-579 Kingston Rd., w of Main St.
Struggling to connect online? Need a hand with your groceries & shopping? Or a ride to medical and personal appointments? RideSafe Transport helps seniors & their families lead connected, active lives in their communities.
Pest Control
REG’S APPLIANCE
Contact Martha @ Cell: 647-206-1415 Home: 416-449-0171
Beach Lawn Care
A perfect lawn instantly
Who has the time to clean anymore? I have the time, so give me a call. Roxanne 647 886 8303
For estimate call
HOUSE TO BUY
SUMMER CAMP COUNSELLOR
TIM O’MEARA
Drapes, Blinds, Valances Also Duvet Covers, Shams, etc.
Wanted
HELP WANTED
EXACT TAX SERVICES
2358 Kingston Rd.
TANDEM BIKE
416-691-0958
Local forestry consultant seeking FORESTRY ASSISTANT for evenings and weekends starting at $25/hr cash. Must be physically fit; preferably must have own means of transportation.
(17)
Vienna Upholstery
Like new; Adult 3 wheel tricycle Shimano 6 speed gear shift Accessories incl. basket, side mirrors, bell & lock. Will deliver locally. $300 Firm, cash only please leave message
Empoyment Opportunities
beachesnatureschool@ gmail.com
(7.)
For Sale
CHEF
416-699-6641
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY 161 Main Street, Toronto M4E 2V9 Serving the Community for Over 40 years
416-271-5203
#STR-2103-FXHKVD
Catering
Call Joel: 416 427 0595
OFFICE SPACE
Exceptional office for rent in a newly renovated landmark heritage building, suitable for professional, medical or commercial use. Bay windows, recessed lighting, hardwood floors, wood wainscoting. Great visibility, close to TTC, GO.
Beaches Fully Furnished Bachelor Basement Apt. $1,200/month includes heat/hydro/internet/cable. Angelo 416 698 9595 or 647 607 7067 (7)
Photo/Art
Beachphotoclub.com beachphotoclub@gmail.com
(r)
Harding & King
Routes available throughout the Beach, Upper Beach, Danforth, Birchcliff STUDENTS EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS
ABSTAX
HOME CALLS & PICK-UP SERVICES AVAILABLE E-FILE PERSONAL & BUSINESS TAXES
LANDLORDS For Peace of Mind Call
Volunteers Needed to deliver BEACH METRO NEWS
More than 30 years in the Cliffside/ (7r) Bluffs Neighbourhood
SPECIALISTS IN CDN AND U.S. TAXES GOV’T GRANT & LOAN APPLICATIONS
416-690-2880
(7..)
Call Juan 647 518 1179 www.ridesafetransport.ca
offer complete and thorough cleaning service for your house • office • condo Call Ilona 416-427-3815 (7.)
I provide excellent cleaning services for residential homes and condos.
RideSafe Transport
(r)
EUROPEAN CLEANING LADIES
EXTREME CLEANING
20 yrs exp. Quality work. Good prices.
1232 Kingston Rd., Suite 5 Toronto, ON M1N 1P3
Deadline for June 15th issue is June 7th
(7.)
Leaves, Yard Cleanup Garage Cleanups & Junk Removal Other various jobs Scrap metal removal
HELLARRA SERVICES INC.
The advertiser is responsible for checking the accuracy of the advertisement after the first insertion. Beach Metro News is not liable for errors and non-insertions in subsequent issues. Beach Metro News accepts advertising in good faith and does not endorse any advertisers or advertisements.
647-235-6690
HANDYMAN / HELPER
Business & Personal Income Tax Computer Bookkeeping & Accounting
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EXPRESS JUNK REMOVAL
info@blpm.ca
(7r)
(7).
LAWN CUTTING 416-414-5883
info@blpm.ca
(7r)
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
SERENITY PAINTING
Beach Builds
“General Outdoor Stonework” RETAINING WALL SPECIALIST Contact: JB Barton
647 679 3282 www.beachbuilds.ca
(7r)
THE STONE SAVIOUR
We stand by our contracts, big or small. Also do Drywall and Plaster Repairs and more
647 679 3282 www.beachbuilds.ca
(7r)
THE STONE PORCH LANDSCAPING www.thestoneporch.com thestoneporch@gmail.com
416-265-6674
Dianne 416 699 5070
(19)
PROFESSIONAL PAINTER Richard Durocher Interior & Exterior Small to Mid-size jobs
Finely Finished Stone Work
(7r)
Sunken Interlock Repair Flatten out your uneven... -Driveways -Walkways -Patios (7r)
• Lawn Maintenance & Fertilizing • Fall/Spring clean ups • Snow removal Call today for a free quote Servicing residential and commercial
437-774-6300
647 401 7970
(7$)
WG PAINTING
freshgreenlawncare @gmail.com
416-580-4290
• Weekly & Bi-Weekly Lawn Cutting • Spring Clean-ups • Fertilization & Aeration • Hedge Trimming & Pruning • Seeding & Sodding • Landscape Construction 647-210-LAWN (5296) www.BeachLawns.ca info@beachlawns.ca (19)
Scotstone
Traditional stone walls, steps, interlocking paths, patios & decks. Landscaping solutions to customize your space.
www.scotstonecontracting.com Call Scott 416.858.2452 (8)
“Always on Time and on Budget”
(7$)
Delivery Service Available Junk and Garbage removal Cottage country services
2 Men + Truck $85/hr Call Byron at
416-830-8183
(8r)
FULL SERVICE Local & long distance. Taking care of your possessions.
416-617-8548 (7.)
Painters
Larry’s Painting & Repairs Family owned & operated 26 years in business
416-690-3890
sales@larryspainting.ca www.larryspainting.ca
warren_gamey@yahoo.com (9r)
NEWBRIGHT PAINTING
NO MESS, NO FUSS, JUST SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP INTERIOR • EXTERIOR FULLY INSURED, 30 YRS EXPERIENCE, BEACH RESIDENT
CALL SEAN FOR AN ESTIMATE
416-985-8639
newbrightpainting@gmail.com
(8)
BEACHCOMBERS
*SPRING PROMO*
(r)
PROWAY
PAINTING & DECORATING Interior • Exterior Residential • Commercial Plastering • Drywall
416.797.6731
proway.painting@gmail.com (11)
(9r)
MBX ELECTRIC Residential • Commercial - Knob & Tube Wiring - Service Panel Upgrades - Renovations & Alterations
416-694-6673
(7r)
MASTER
416 694 0906 torontoroofingindustries.com (11r)
CANADIAN CONTRACTORS Shingles • Flats Roof Repairs • Metal Work Eavestroughing & Siding Waterproofing • Since 1984
Panel & sub panel upgrades Knob & tube & aluminum rewiring Free estimates LED light & pot light installations 100A & 200A service upgrades Electrical problem solving
All classified ads may also be viewed at www.beachmetro.com
50 years in the Beach
J. BROW ROOFING
ONTARIO WATER PLUMBING
LTD
MET LIC P18238, BBB A+, WSIB Master Plumber: Franc Zamernik
Mobile: 416-834-8474 Office: 416-757-6537 (r)
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLUMBING
Beach resident for 50 years. Discount for seniors and single parent. Lic. Master Plumber • Free estimates Patrick 647-404-7139 patrickj480@gmail.com (7.)
by Kevin
Fences, Decks, Porches Flooring, Windows, Doors, Trim, etc. Kitchens & Bath • Garage Restoration Serving the Beach for 15 yrs.
Kevin 647 282 8375
(9)
CUSTOM CARPENTRY IN THE BEACH
INTERIOR, EXTERIOR CARPENTRY QUALITY PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL DESIGN + BUILD Mario 416-690-1315 www.friedrichbuilds.com (7$)
Carpenter 30 yrs experience
TOM DAY
Plumbing & Drains All types of plumbing work. Smallest leak - complete bath reno. Internal & external drain excavating. Call the professionals 416-480-0622
(10r)
Design & build custom cabinets Wall units, mantles, interior trim Baseboards, crown moulding, hang doors Drawers, vanities cliffsidecarpenter.blogspot.ca gibsonpeterk@gmail.com Peter Gibson 416 578 3755 (16)
Cascade Plumbing GTA
Fence and Deck Repairs
All Plumbing, camera inspection, power washing, snake drain cleaning, sump pumps, drainage systems, and back water valve installations. Great affordable rates. Fully licensed.
Contact us at 416 602 2128 (7r)
Save the cost of replacing your sagging fence or deck. We rebuild existing fences and decks including rotting posts and boards for years of further service.
Call Richard at U Can Do It
416-580-4290
(7.)
647-771-0227 jeff@heyhandyman.ca www.heyhandyman.ca
Call Scott 416.858.2452 scotstonecontracting@gmail.com (8)
CANPRO MECHANICAL
RUSHFORD RENOVATIONS
Air Conditioning & Heating Experts HVAC / Repair / Maintain / Install Residential / Commercial Rental programs now available
(7r)
JOHN CLARKE
Cell 416 434-2762 Painting - Basement Renos Plaster & Stucco • Interior & Exterior Small Renovation Jobs & Indoor/ Outdoor Spray Painting 35 Yrs Exp • Refs upon request (7$) Free Estimates
MAYFAIR HEATING & COOLING
THE STONE PORCH MASONRY
416-265-6674
BERGERON ROOFING 35 yrs. experience
(17)
UPPER BEACHES ROOFING Flat and Shingle Roofs Installation & Repairs
Trades
BLOCK WORK CONCRETE CHIMNEYS WATER PROOFING DECKS + FENCES Call John at 437-233-8776
(7)
UPPER BEACHES ROOFING Flat and Shingle Roofs Installation & Repairs upperbeachesroofing.ca 647-358-2342
NEXT DEADLINE June 7
(7r)
Best of Homestars
UNDERPINNING & WATERPROOFING
Maximum General Contracting Inc. “Your basement lowering specialists”
416-826-3918 John www.mgcunderpinning.com maximumgen@gmail.com MET# B16348
Since 1998
(11r)
MASONRY by Daniel • chimneys & foundations • parging & tuck pointing • arches, lintels & sills • door & window rough-ins • foundation waterproofing
416 988-2589 danielmccaf@gmail.com
(7r)
(18)
MASON
Built hundreds of homes in the GTA 30+ years of attention to detail Health problems • haven’t worked since 2009 Can’t make ends meet No home – Need a hot meal
www.helpwanted.to
JASON THE MASON
TUCKPOINTING • CHIMNEYS CONCRETE WORK WINDOW CUTOUTS WATERPROOFING REGISTERED & INSURED 416-580-4126 cell (4/22)
(r)
Basements, Kitchens, Bathrooms Fences, Decks, Drywall, Carpentry No job too small. Free estimates. Serving the Beaches for 15 years.
416-278-5328
(13)
Brick, Block, Stone,
FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.
Chimneys, Concrete, and all masonry repairs
416-659-7003
Call Sergio 416 873 9936 (7r)
Foundation Repair/Waterproofing Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates
www.webuildit.ca (r)
Cable & Telephone Wiring Telephone Systems
Call C.J. 647 222 5338
are available in two sizes:
$13.00 for 20 words or fewer extra words are 35¢ each
AND/OR (7$)
(r)
FOUNDATION
WATERPROOFING/ REPAIR UNDERPINNING Fully Licensed Contractors Guaranteed
416 467 6735
stonehengefoundations.com (r)
YOUR STUCCO Drywall, Plastering, Taping 20 yrs Experience • Excellent Job Call Mike 416-854-7024 647 833 7024 (17r) Fax 647-341-6104
BEACHES HANDY WORKS Dedicated precise worker. All your build and repairs. Indoor or outdoor: dry-wall, flooring, built-in, landscaping, interlocking, sheds, fences, decks, etc. at a reasonable price!
Call Hamid at 647-300-2462
(8r)
JUST DRYWALL AND TAPING Sam Capetanu
416 876-4986
Jun e7
CLASSIFIED ADS
CJ DRYWALL & PAINTING Professional drywall and plaster work. Renovation and Repair. Very clean. No job too small.
Residential, Commercial, Retail, Home Offices Senior Rates
•
NEX dea T dlin e:
S.A.C Masonry
WET BASEMENT ?
Alan Burke 416-699-4350
416-662-4450
ar-renovation.com
HANDYMAN SERVICES
SERVICES “No Job Too Small”
Serving Your Community Since 1971
PRO A & R RENOVATION • Kitchens • Bathrooms • Basement Renovations
Jack of all Trades
HANDYMAN
Stucco • Moulding Wall Systems
(11)
(7r)
(7$)
Marc Text/Call 416-617-7205
CARPENTRY
MR. SKIMCOAT 416-322-2899 mrskimcoat@gmail.com
Painting, tiling, fencing, drywall, flooring, siding, vanities & much more.
Brick • Block • Concrete Steel • Stone www.thestoneporch.com thestoneporch@gmail.com
•PAINTING •STAINING •DRYWALL REPAIR •PARGING •DECK & FENCE BUILD & REPAIR •INTERIOR & EXTERIOR REPAIRS
(r)
25 years experience removing popcorn & refinishing it with a perfectly smooth plaster ceiling.
Quality stone masonry & brickwork. Experts at matching existing brick. New builds, tuckpointing, colour matching, parging. Stone & Block.
(7$)
•CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL
Carpenters
POPCORN CEILING REMOVAL
(7r)
upperbeachesroofing.ca 647-358-2342 (17)
(7..)
(7r)
THE BRICK SPECIALIST
Maurice (Cell) 647.638.8441
Frank 647-889-5537 ECRA/ESA # 7010497
416-738-2119
SERVICES
15 yrs exp No job too small! Free Quotes, satisfaction guaranteed - Lic & Ins
mayfairHEATINGandcooling.com
416-466-9025
(7..)
(9)
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Big or small we do them all
LICENSED
416 691-3555
24 hr. - lic# P1624
Local • Reliable • Professional Servicing the beach for 15 years.
COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SERVICES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Small Repairs to complete houses Renovations
TORONTO ROOFING INDUSTRIES LTD.
Shingle & Flat Specializing in Flat Roofs All Work Guaranteed
ELECTRICIAN
by Jim Ferrio
416-606-4719
(10r)
Lic# B16393
ESA/ECRA 7002084
QUALITY HOME IMPROVEMENTS & RENOVATIONS
www.canpromechanicalgroup.com
Shingles • Flats • Cedar Free Estimates Residential & Commercial Tel: 416-752-6453 Cell: 416-788-9020
100/200 AMP Service Upgrades • New Wiring New Homes/Additions Lighting Installations Troubleshooting
Lic: 7006786
(8)
ROOFING & SIDING? SOLUTION!
Steve 416-285-0440 cell 416-605-9510
ELECTRICAL WORK
Residential/Commercial
416-690-1430 • 416-266-8953 quotes@citywideroofing.ca www.citywideroofing.ca (7...)
Met. Lic. B-16-964
(7r)
www.jdbuild.ca
(9)
HEY HANDYMAN (r)
CITY WIDE ROOFING
416-910-8033
Restoration & Build
JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457
416 660 4721
(r)
George: 416-278-7057 or Gabston Reno: 647-342-2872
Call Marc 416-910-1235
- Shingles & Flats- Repair & Tune ups - Cedar & Slate - Re-roofs & new work
Gus:
• Brick / Foundation • Concrete / Stone • Chimney & Parging
FLOORING SPECIALIZING IN SANDING & STAINING
Call Jim for a free estimate
Flat and Shingle Roofs Re-roofing, Repair Eavestrough, Soffit & Fascia Workmanship Guaranteed
VISA / MC / AMERICAN EXPRESS
Satisfaction guaranteed! Call Jeff today for free estimate. 416-910-6302 beachcombersgc.com info@beachcombersgc.com
www.ontariowaterplumbing.com
ECRA/ESA LIC#7001069
416-833-3006
PAINTING
Professional Quality Service Repairs-Renovations-Installations
A.S.M. MOVERS
All Season Movers
All work guaranteed Fully insured • Free estimate Experienced Handyman Available
BEACH PLUMBING
Following COVID protocol
www.thegoodmoves.com Call Hakan: 416 899-3980
(22)
Master Electrician Lic. ESA ECRA #7000314
INTERIOR PAINTING
(r)
For all your roofing needs In the Beaches since 1974 FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED
Fully licensed & insured. ECRA/ESA #7008706
Plumbers
• Small & Big Moves; Long Distance • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country • Junk and Rubbish Removal
Fault Finding Knob & Tube Rewiring Service upgrades Insurance certificates
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Local resident w/32 yrs. exp.
416-569-2181
Lic - Insured • Free Estimate
MASTER ELECTRICIAN
WG PAINTING
www.laniganscontracting.ca
Doug 416-871-1734 Jeff 647-686-8103
CARL 647-787-5818
MP Interior Painting; Free Estimates. Mpinteriorpainting@gmail.com ; Piotr Wiench 416-301-4601; 416-269-0470 (7)
Movers
(7$)
*Ask For Photo I.D.*
Dave 416 694 4369
An honest family service in the heart of The Beaches
ALL TYPES OF ROOFS
free estimates
NEXT DEADLINE June 7
LANIGAN’S
Don’t call them, call those roofers
Electricians
ESA LIC# 7002668
HARDWOOD
THOSE ROOFERS
Knob & tube rewiring Service Upgrades
416-322-7692
416-322-7692
IN THE BEACH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS
Complete Bathrooms Small Repairs Renovations 416-456-9999 Follow on Facebook
warren_gamey@yahoo.com (9r)
dave@beachhillpainting.com (7r)
(7.)
Master Plumber • Lic. & Ins.
CEJA ELECTRIC
25 years • Free estimates
Call Richard at U Can Do It
Mark The Plumber
All work guaranteed Fully insured • Free estimate Experienced Handyman Available
INTERIOR, EXTERIOR QUALITY PAINTING; KITCHEN CABINET REFINISHING & CUSTOM PAINT; STAINING & WATERPROOFING, DECKS & FENCES
Save the cost of replacing your sagging fence or deck. We rebuild existing fences and decks including rotting posts and boards for years of further service.
(9r)
CELL 416-875-5781
PAINTING
Fence and Deck Repairs
Roofing & Aluminum
GREEN ISLE ELECTRIC
BEACH HILL
(11)
George: 416-278-7057 or Gabston Reno: 647-342-2872
Fully licensed & insured. Lic #T94
23
JDB MASONRY
SILVERBIRCH
Roofers
DECLAN O’MEARA 416-698-6183
Local resident w/32 yrs. exp.
(11)
GRASS CUTTING 647-606-0970
MASTER PLUMBER
PLUMBER CONTRACTOR
LOCAL ELECTRICIAN
INTERIOR PAINTING
HOWELL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
Free Estimates & References Available
(8)
*** Free Estimates ***
Relevelling of: -Driveways -Walkways -Patios -Retaining walls
-
Steve 647-853-6420
‘As Promised’ Painting
“save your sunken stone”
647 679 3282
Beach resident with over 30 years exp Interior / Exterior Work Proper Drywall & Plaster Repairs No job too big or small Have the job done right the first time. Referrals & Free Estimates
BEACH METRO NEWS
(7$)
$20.00 for a block ad (1 column wide x 1” high) no more than 40 words Our Classified ad section also appears on our website.
How about a
COLOUR AD? Call 416-698-1164 ext 26 for ‘Display’ ad rates.
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BEACH METRO NEWS
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Proudly Helping You ‘Own Your Dreams’ While Staying Safe and Exceeding Expectations!
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The brilliant and beautiful Jane Goodall wins the Templeton Prize! Congratulations, Jane!
Kerry Jackson Royal LePage Estate Realty, 2301 Queen St. E. Direct 416.571.2181 | Office 416.690.5100 Kerryjackson@gmail.com
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Just Listed! 2320 Gerrard St. E. #112 Charming Upper Beach Townhome! 2 Beds, 2 Baths, Parking, Locker & a Balcony Fantastic Neighbourhood, School District & Transit Call us for more details.
Tory Brown Team 416.690.5100
TORYBROWN.CA
hello neighbours
Tobia Homes is pleased to present this charming brick bungalow in Birchcliffe Village. Perfect for first time home buyers, young families and anyone moving up from a condo. This property includes a fully finished basement with a separate entrance providing potential income or perhaps a nanny or in-law suite. Enjoy a large fenced yard, private drive, great schools, local shopping and much more! Move in and enjoy or create your dream home.
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2301 Queen St. East | 1052 Kingston Rd | 517 Parliament
Heidi Visser | Sales Representative m:647.809.9673 e :heidi@tobiahomes.com
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Coming Soon to MLS Get ready to say hello to this stunning and spacious three-storey townhouse in the Upper Beach.
KEN GRIEVE & KELSEY GRIEVE Royal LePage Estate Realty
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