Ruth Nadeau celebrates 100 years By Amanda Gibb
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EAST TORONTO resident Ruth Nadeau turned 100 on Saturday, Aug. 28, and celebrated her birthday with staff from The Neighbourhood Group the day before in her residence in the Cecelia Murphy Building on Coatsworth Crescent. “I just feel the way I feel, and I feel pretty good for 100. I never believed I would live this long, but here I am,” said Ruth in
an interview with Beach Metro News recently. Ruth said that her birthday party on Friday, Aug. 27 at her residence was so great that she couldn’t stop smiling. “It was just swell. The staff that works here in my building came dancing in singing Happy Birthday…with two great big balloons saying ‘Happy 100th birthday.’ How great is that, no wonder I was smiling,” she said. Ruth was born and raised in
the west end of Toronto in 1921 and has since seen the world change through major events such as the Great Depression, the Second World War, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Ruth looks fondly back on a major event of her childhood, when she sang in a double trio in her public school years and even performed at Toronto’s Massey Hall. “We were called the invinciContinued on Page 25
Candidates set for local ridings in federal election THE FINAL lists of candidates has been finalized by Elections Canada for the federal ridings of BeachesEast York, Scarborough Southwest and Toronto-Danforth. Here are the candidates who will be running in those ridings in the federal election slated to take place on Monday, Sept. 20. BEACHES-EAST YORK In Beaches-East York, Liberal incumbent Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is seeking to be elected as the riding’s representative for the third time. He was first elected in 2015 and then re-elected in 2019. Running for the NDP in BeachesEast York will be Alejandra Ruiz Vargas. The Green Party candidate in Beaches-East York is Reuben DeBoer. The Conservative Party candidate for Beaches-East York is Lisa Robinson. The candidate for the People’s Party of Canada in Beaches-East York is Radu Rautescu. The Communist Party of Canada candidate in Beaches-East York is Jennifer Moxon. The Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada candidate is Phillip Fernandez. Running as an independent candidate in Beaches-East York is Karen Lee Wilde.
SCARBOROUGH SOUTHWEST In the riding of Scarborough Southwest, Liberal incumbent Bill Blair is seeking to be elected for the third time. Running in Scarborough Southwest for the NDP is Guled Arale.
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In the riding of Toronto-Danforth, Liberal incumbent Julie Dabrusin will seeking to be elected for the third time. The NDP candidate for TorontoDanforth is Clare Hacksel. The Conservative Party candidate for Toronto-Danforth is Michael Carey. The Green Party candidate for Toronto-Danforth is Maryem Tollar. The People’s Party of Canada candidate for Toronto-Danforth is Wayne Simmons. The Communist Party of Canada candidate for Toronto-Danforth is Elizabeth Rowley. She is the leader of the Communist Party of Canada. The Animal Protection Party of Canada candidate for TorontoDanforth is Liz White. She is the leader of the Animal Protection Party of Canada. Also running in Toronto-Danforth is independent candidate Habiba Desai.
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From left, Sapphira Charles, Lisa Rochon and Ginetta Peters at the Leuty Boathouse. A mural arts project for the inside walls of the boathouse featuring works by Chief Lady Bird and Jacquie Comrie begins this week.
Art reinvention planned for walls of the Leuty Boathouse this week By Amanda Gibb
THE LEUTY Boathouse in the Beach is slated for an art reinvention this month when BIPOC artists Jacquie Comrie and Chief Lady Bird start painting and spray painting epic murals on the boathouse’s interior walls. The Leuty Boathouse mural project’s inception was driven by a jury of three women: local architect and founder of the Beachers for Black Lives Movement, Sapphira Charles; Ginetta Peters, a landscape designer who also works with the David Suzuki Foundation; and Lisa Rochon, an urban designer and author who has juried many Winter Stations’ competitions, and collaborated with Indigenous womxn artists and designers to create the Red Embers installation. All members of the jury are
long-time friends and collaborators with Friends of the Beach Parks, a group of local residents dedicated to enhancing and animating parks in the area. Rochon, who spoke on behalf of the other two jury members, said that the process of getting the Leuty Boathouse project off the ground started after they met last summer to discuss and research the boathouse and its 100-year history. “We were all aligned from the beginning, so the process has been very seamless, it seems. It’s certainly required a lot of work but it was quite delightful in the beginning stages,” said Rochon. The three reviewed mural artists’ portfolios with the help of STEPS, and the jury unanimously agreed to select Chief Lady Bird and Comrie for the project. The team applied for funding
from Street Art Toronto, (StART) a suite of programs that aim to make city streets beautiful by showcasing local artists, mentor emerging talent, and reduce vandalism and replace it with “vibrant, colourful, community-engaged street art.” “There was a great alignment from the beginning between Sapphira, Ginetta, and I, and an amazing sense of collaboration between Jacquie and Chief Lady Bird. They were highly enthusiastic…Every person and agency has been absolutely fully endorsing and enthusiastic about the mural project, including the City of Toronto and Parks and Rec, even at a local level,” said Rochon. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beach neighbourhood saw an increase in foot traffic as Toronto residents sought out naContinued on Page 3
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Kingston Road United Church hosts community Celebration Concert KINGSTON ROAD United Church will be hosting a community Celebration Concert on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 25. The free hour-long concert will feature performances by violinist Mark Fewer and mezzo soprano Julia Dawson. The concert is being presented by the church as a way to thank the community for its support during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are delighted to welcome our community back to our beautiful sanctuary for this celebratory concert,” said concert organizer Tim Dawson, a member of the Kingston Road United Church congregation and choir. Story idea? News tip? Let us know! /BeachMetroNews @beachmetronews #beachmetro
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Both Frewer and Julia Dawson will be performing with an accompanying pianist. Frewer will play a Beethoven violin sonata. Dawson will perform the music from Oscura Nox, a film project she conceived, directed and performed in. The music will consist of Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate and pieces from a commissioned work by Canadian-Iranian composer Iman Habibi. The concert is free, but donations to the church’s Raise Our Roof Fundraising Campaign will be most welcome. “Among the many challenges facing KRU as we reopen is the immediate need to replace the entire church roof, a
huge and expensive undertaking,” said Dawson. “While the concert is free, we hope that members of the audience will consider making a donation toward the roof project. Our beautiful building is a valued hub of community activity and we rely on local support to enable us to continue to serve our neighbourhood.” The concert starts at 4:30 p.m. and all safety protocols, including mask wearing, proof of vaccination and distancing, will in place. Kingston Road United Church is located at 975 Kingston Rd. For more information on this free concert, please go to www.eventbrite.com/e/reopeningcelebration-tickets-168014292271
Fairmount Park farmers’ market set for Wednesdays By Gail Ferguson
A CHARMING community market has returned to Fairmount Park on Wednesday afternoons. The Courtyard Farmers’ Market is nestled in the southwest corner of Fairmount Park, near Coxwell Avenue and Upper Gerrard Street East. Each Wednesday from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., the market offers fresh vegetables and fruits, meats, prepared foods such as homemade samosas and jerk chicken, and a great array of preserves and dips, baked goods, maple syrup and much more. The Courtyard Farmers’ Market has become a community event featuring great live music sponsored by Long and MacQuade, a featured “Artist of the Week” and a “Business of the Week”
sponsored by the Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association. Look for the orange coloured “I’m a Local” banner and drop by to meet both celebrated and emerging artists and the many entrepreneurs who generate commercial vitality in the Beach Hill neighbourhood. Like most things in life, this lovely laid back market is the culmination of months of the dedicated hard work of several individuals working towards a common goal. Leading the charge to animate Fairmount Park with a regular community market is Jennifer Forde, Courtyard Market Co-ordinator. She works with a dedicated group of volunteers to setup, manage, and take down the market each week. Local ceramic artist Karen Franzen integrates art into the mar-
ket by organizing a full slate of artists who exhibit and sell their work and talk about their craft. The Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association hosts a local business or organization each week to talk about their business. Check out the Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association map and directory created by Gabrielle Johnson of The Make Station which features more than 30 local organizations and businesses. The last market is of the season is on Oct. 6. A socially distanced Beach Hill community dinner is set for Wednesday Sept. 22 at 5:30 p.m. in Fairmount Park. Bring your family and a picnic meal or pick up a prepared dinner from one of the many vendors at the market. A fabulous bushel basket will be raffled off. Proceeds will support a local charity.
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Murals set for Leuty Boathouse ‘Art’ from Page 1 ture and exercise with the lake as a backdrop. Charles, who led #blacklivesmatter marches in the Beach last year following the violent death of George Floyd, said in a press release that “Creating safe spaces where all people feel a sense of belonging is vitally important for mental wellness and self-esteem.” Comrie’s work features the use of vibrant colours and shapes that breathe life into her art. She said that “Colour is the universal language of human emotion. It is scientifically known to positively affect brain function, emotional and mental health.” Chief Lady Bird, an OCAD graduate and a Chippewa and Potawatomi artist from Rama First Nation and Moose Deer Point First Nation, described her work as “continually shapeshifting… an exploration of self-love, lateral love, ancestral love,” in a press release. Rochon said both artists have been thinking about the
project and the Leuty Boathouse murals for several months. “We wanted to showcase the talents and work of womxn artists in a highprofile place in the Beaches, but equally we wanted to educate and enlighten about Indigenous culture and the need for mental health awareness. It’s not really about being heavy-handed about those messages but to engage people through art, to listen and allow other cultures to be heard. It’s a way of seducing people into greater knowledge and education about Indigenous and Black culture,” said Rochon. She said that OCAD graduate and Matthew Tribe was specially selected to prime the walls as a way to bring an aspiring muralist into the project. The primer paint is sponsored by Dulux Paints. Rochon said the murals are the first phase of the project, and the second phase would entail the painting of the structural columns and upper valences of the Leuty Boathouse.
“For too long, the voices of Black and Indigenous peoples have been absent from public art in the Beaches and many other Toronto neighbourhoods. The Leuty project is about challenging convention to put powerful BIPOC creatives out front for a change,” said Rochon. Painting of the murals will begin this week. There is a mentorship meet-up slated for Friday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. on site at the Leuty Boathouse for aspiring muralists with Comrie and Chief Lady Bird. Charles, Peters, and Rochon said they are “thrilled to champion the powerful public art of Chief Lady Bird and Jacquie Comrie, both are immensely talented art stars.” The unveiling of the murals is slated for the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 12, at approximately 3 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come to the unveiling ceremony and celebrate the completion of the mural project.
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Student earns national honours for Remembrance Day poster By Alexandros Varoutas
AYESHA HOSSAIN, a Grade 8 student at George Webster Elementary School, has won national honours in the Royal Canadian Legion’s Remembrance Day Poster Contest. Hossain, 13, was awarded second place in Canada for her poster depicting a nursing sister. She was honoured with a presentation of the award during a ceremony held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 11, which is the Branch she first submitted the poster to, on Dawes Road late last month. Hossain was encouraged to enter the art competition by her Grade 7 teacher, who recognized her potential and pushed her to try submitting for the contest. Until then, Hossain said she had never considered taking her art seriously. Her teacher would encourage her to be more optimistic with how she viewed her creations and would go out of her way to show off her artwork. Before then, Hossain said she wouldn’t hesitate to rip up a piece she didn’t like and throw it away. Now, she knows that she
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Ayeshia Hossain with her poster that won second place honours in Canada in the recent Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Poster Contest. sometimes needs to leave a piece she’s working on and come back to it after some time has passed, or even just keep it to look back on in the future. Her poster won honours at the Legion’s Branch, Zone, and District levels before landing the second place prize on the National level, where submissions came from across the country. The poster features a nursing sister against a striking blue background, and was inspired by all the women that have sacrificed their lives and safety to serve and provide medical aid in military conflicts. Specifically, the poster pays tribute to Nursing Sister E. L. Pringle
of the Canadian Army Medical Corps who was killed in a bombing attack while serving in France during the First World War. “I wanted to empower women,” said Hossain. “They play a vital role.” She said that, most of the time, men end up being the face of war or of military service. What Hossain wanted to do with her submission was bring attention to the important role women played throughout these conflicts, whether it was on the battlefield or in the hospitals. Remembrance Day is important, she said, because we must not forget the sacrifices these men and women made.
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Councillor should listen and enforce Queen East rules Brian Graff
President, Beaches Residents Association of Toronto Guest Column COUNCILLOR BRAD Bradford’s latest attack against opponents of the 18-storey skyscraper on Queen (i.e., Beach Residents Association of Toronto) which appeared in the Aug. 24 edition of Beach Metro News is disappointing. Particularly because his modus operandi is to use Trumpian tactics instead of listening and addressing our assertions constructively. Our change.org petition already has more than 1400 names, yet we are accused of being fake news. Very Trumpy. Bradford uses vague assertions, such as saying 18-storeys is somehow “consistent” with the “objectives” of the guidelines for Queen. Very Trumpy. Bradford claims it won’t set a
negative precedent, but Premier Doug Ford has revived the old OMB under the name Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) and the City’s planners haven’t yet presented any planning reports to Council. Bradford makes wild promises he cannot keep. Very Trumpy. Bradford never cites specific examples of where we spread “lazy half-truths.” Very Trumpy. Regarding the site which is 80 metres deep (at just one point), it has been said the tall buildings are set almost 100 metres back from Queen Street. That cannot be so. But mistakes are never admitted or apologized for. It is misinformation to say there are “no similar sites.” The LCBO/ Pet Valu site is also 80 metres deep, and it is impossible to ignore the entire block east of Kishago Lane, with the cinemas and new concert venue. This block could potentially be redeveloped with 18-storey towers, once current leases end. The neighbouring Toronto Community Housing site could also be devel-
oped to 18 storeys. As for fear, nobody objects to affordable housing at 1631 Queen St. E., or elsewhere in the Beach. TCHC and non-profit cooperatives have long been an accepted part of our community. While Toronto Council must follow the Planning Act in processing CreateTO’s application, Council has a conflict of interest. HousingNow is its own pet project and the City has a financial stake in how much density is approved. Approving higher density on lands the City owns in order to be able to sell that land to a developer for more money is a clear conflict. In effect, the City wants to triple the height to maximize the density, to reduce the amount of money needed to fund rental housing. This skyscraper is something it would never approve on Queen Street East for private developers or non-profits. Planning principles are going out the window. Bradford can quote potential low
rents, but this project likely benefits from other monies both federal and provincial governments are throwing around to build “affordable housing” or subsidize rents anywhere (vouchers perhaps?). Yet, 140 units is a drop in the bucket compared to the GTA’s population growth of more than 120,000 a year. There’s secrecy, not transparency, around the economics of this project, which will be a privatepublic partnership (“P3”). It is hard for citizens to be “informed” or accept the wisdom of the Housing Now approach when the project is a financial black box. P3s are controversial because often the public gets shortchanged, and some lucky developer could make a killing selling penthouses with lake views. If this project follows the pattern of some others, then the rental housing the City gets could be for as little as 20 years, and eventually all rental units revert to the developer. Long term, the City is left with little in return for valuable land.
Even though the portion of 1631 Queen St. E. proposal fronting on Queen has been reduced from eight to six storeys, CreateTO claims that extending the 45-degree angular plane upwards and back, higher than six storeys, is consistent with the guidelines and Official Plan policies for Queen. While this proposal might set the additional height away from Queen by 27 metres, the risk is that the clear six-storey height limit will be destroyed on all of Queen. The precedent will be that the 45-degree angular plane is all that limits heights, and nothing will stop buildings of seven to 11 storeys closer to Queen Street, because the 27-metre stepback for extra height is arbitrary and unenforceable. Instead of attacking constituents who are better informed than he is, Bradford should listen, then force CreateTO to meet the letter of the same rules that have applied to other redevelopments on Queen Street East since 2013.
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Time to start showing respect and courtesy to each other Over the past few days I’ve witnessed some pretty aggressive behaviour and angry outbursts by local residents. In one incident, a visually impaired woman of 75 was accosted by a rider on the bike path near the Leslie Barns. I witnessed it. The woman told me it was the third time she’s been targeted by that rider. She told me of another biker who tossed a water bottle at her and also spit on her; she’s filing an assault charge on him.
This morning a group of three dog walkers blocked the path of a woman running with her dog leading to a yelling match between all four. It’s time people begin showing a little more respect and common courtesy towards each other. I’m sure this has been brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, with all its various restrictions. In more than 20 years of walking the Beach area, running out to the Spit, etc... I have never experienced the type of aggressive behaviour I
am witnessing now. About two weeks ago I had a father of two young boys show his anger towards me as I attempted to weave around them as they blocked the bike path. A few observations and potential suggestions: 1.) Please keep your dogs on leash when outside of the well designated off-leash areas. I see roughly 50 per cent of dogs off leash during my daily walks which I have done since the pandemic started.
2a.) Groups congregating to talk, please recognize that you’re blocking the pathways for people who ride bikes, walk, or run. Please step off the path and onto the grass. 2b.) Walkers and runners - two abreast please. I’ve witnessed walkers five abreast out at the Spit blocking 1 1/2 lanes. 3.) “Tour de France”-style and other bike riders, slow down! Respect that the pathways are used by seniors, people walking dogs, parents with strollers and young children, runners, and others.
4.) Bikes on sidewalks - there’s a bylaw specifically made to prohibit this method of transport , especially now that we have bike lanes and designated paths. In short, let’s ask folks to obey the law and (during this unprecedented period of instability) to show a little more tolerance, kindness, respect and common courtesy towards each other.
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St. John’s minister uses technology to reach out By Christina Blizzard
STARTING A new job is always stressful. Starting a new job in the middle of a pandemic, when you’re a parish priest, the church is physically closed and your faithful flock is locked down made it doubly so for the Rev. Molly Finlay, who took over as incumbent at St. John’s Norway Anglican church at Woodbine Avenue and Kingston Road last year. She visited the church just once before it was shut down for the second time last November. “It’s certainly hard to enter a new community. As a leader, it was especially hard during a pandemic, when you can’t get to know people face to face. It’s also a very exciting time to enter into a community because you’re all in it together. We’re all in it together in real time,” Finlay said. Her appointment is historic. She’s the first woman incumbent priest in the parish’s 171-year history. Finlay brings unique work experience to her new role. She was formerly a TV reporter with Global News. Her communications expertise has been a blessing as the church went to on-line worship. “I’m so glad the pandemic happened in 2020 and 2021, when we have modern technology, because one of the first things I did when I got here was to get us on Zoom,” she recalled. Prior to that, the church was only offering dial-in services. “Zoom really helped get to a new level of connection, because we were able to see each other and really feel connected,” she said.“It’s been a wonderful thing for us and so have the digital recordings of church.” The church has actually grown during the pandemic, as people were able to check it out online. “Now we have a beautiful livestream. People can kick the tires, take a peek in the church doors and experience the church without physically having to come into the place,” said Finlay.
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Rev. Molly Finlay started at St. John’s Norway Anglican Church at Woodbine Avenue and Kingston Road last year. One new parishioner told her she already felt connected to the church through the online service. “She’s now part of the parish and feels so grateful to be part of a community of faith,” said Finlay. People have been asking more questions about faith and religion during the pandemic than before. Even in casual conversations, people have opened up and told Finlay how the situation makes them feel lonelier or makes them feel they need to question their faith. “I’ve had a lot of questions about what this life is all about,” she said. People ask her what happens to them if they die, or if their loved ones die. They ask her how a good and loving God can allow something like this happen, when millions of people around the globe have died of COVID-19. Finlay calls those the great questions of life. “That’s the where the church is in her glory. The church is the place where we come together and ask those big questions about what life is all about together. And we figure some of it out and others we continue to grapple with. And that’s a wonderful thing. And that’s our tradition as Anglicans,” she said. While the switch from TV reporter to priest may seem unusual, Finlay has been a person of faith all her life. Her uncle was the late Anglican archbishop, Terry Finlay. “I grew up going to church with my family, but I had plenty of years when I didn’t go to church or went
on a sporadic basis. Never in a million years did I ever think that I would end up doing this,” she said. Finlay also worked for a premier at Queen’s Park before being ordained in 2017. “I loved my job as a TV journalist and I loved being in politics,” she said. While COVID-19 restrictions are loosening, the church has chosen to stay online until Sept. 12. When it opens, there will be a new youth minister who will focus on a teen program. For more information, please visit http://stjohnsnorway.com
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THE CITY of Toronto is seeing an influx of LDD Moths (formerly known as European Gypsy Moths), which has left some residents in the Beach concerned for the foliage in the area. Resident Valerie Edwards has had her eye on the ongoing destruction wrought by the little caterpillars and is worried that, without the
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manually removed if spotted either by members of the community or city workers. Once spring rolls around and the weather gets warmer, the eggs hatch and the caterpillars begin their journey up the tree trunks to the canopy to feast. Alternatively, should they want to relocate, they can hang from a thread and get blown to another tree nearby. As they eat and grow, they begin to moult until they develop the distinctive red and blue dots. On average, one caterpillar can consume roughly one square metre of foliage. Once they’ve grown to their full size of about six centimetres, they find somewhere safe to cocoon for about two weeks before they’re ready to reveal themselves again. Once fully transformed, the moths enter their last stage in life. Unlike many other similar species, LDD moths are only interested in reproducing in this phase and thus don’t bother to eat anything for the remainder of their life. Female moths can be idenContinued on Page 13 Book an estimate today!
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other predators can help, McDonald pointed out that they can only do so much, and only up to a certain point in the caterpillars life cycle. “When infestations are as high as they have been this year, bird predation is probably inconsequential, there’s just more caterpillars than they can eat,” she said. “The other complicating factor is that they have these hairs on them that make it really challenging for birds to eat the caterpillars, especially when the caterpillars get older and bigger.” Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford is aware of the problem. In a statement from his office to Beach Metro News, he said he’s working closely with city forestry staff to stay on top of hot spots in the community. “The city has done aerial spraying in some areas, and stepped up as much as possible early in the spring season to tackle the issue,” the statement said. “They are also monitoring defoliation levels closely right now. This will help give us a read of how many eggs are being laid this season and what we need to do to get further ahead of the curve next season.” But, Bradford noted, city staff can only do so much. Community members also have a role to play in controlling the outbreak of LDD
Moths. On a local level, residents can take steps to help prevent the spread on their own property. Earlier in the season, caterpillars can be hand picked from small trees or shaken out to help protect young trees with less foliage. If residents notice egg masses this fall, usually an amber colour, on trees, they can scrape them off. McDonald pointed out, though, that it’s not enough to remove them. They have to be disposed of properly, in the garbage. “If you just scrape them off onto the ground, they’ll still manage to survive,” she said. Once the caterpillars grow to about an inch in length, they might start moving back down the tree to find somewhere to cocoon. This is where burlap banding comes into play. Banding involves wrapping the tree trunk with a wide piece of burlap and then tying a string around the middle. The burlap is then draped over the string creating a lip where the caterpillars will take shelter. The caterpillars can then be collected every day from this lip and disposed of. The city has more detailed instructions on how to do this at www.toronto.ca/wp-content/ uploads/2020/02/8b53-european-
An adult male LDD Moth is shown in the image at left. As fall approaches, residents are advised to look for amber covered egg masses on trees, scrape them off and dispose of them in the garbage so they will not hatch.
gypsy-moth-resident-make-burlap-caterpillar-trap.pdf However, Edwards said the business as usual approach is not good enough. “We could pay a really big price for complacency,” she said. The most common trees in the Beach are oak trees, and oak trees happen to be the most susceptible to these moths. Most trees can recover from having their leaves eaten but oak trees can be killed in just one season from the moths. And the ones that don’t die are left barren and vulnerable to disease. As Edwards drives by stretches of defoliated trees along the highway, she can’t help but consider
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY HEALTH DR. KARIN RUMMELL & ASSOCIATES OPTOMETRISTS 1914 Queen St. E. (E. of Woodbine) Mon.- Sat. by appointment
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BEACHES OPTOMETRY CLINIC Dr. Linda Chan, Optometrist and Associates
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Open Doors: Spiritual Matters
Churches see permanent and safe housing as a right Michael Van Dusen St. Aidan’s Anglican Church
“I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, …Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.” The above quote from the gospel of Matthew 25 represents a foundation of the church’s theology of compassion for the neighbour. It seems axiomatic that homes are essential for stability. • Address for mail, identification such as driver’s license, OHIP card. • Shelter from cold, heat, rain and wind • A secure place to leave one’s belongings • A place of privacy and rest Churches see housing as a right.
• For the past 17 years, St. Aidan’s has operated an Out of the Cold program, most recently operating at out of our partner church Beach United Church (while St. Aidan’s has been under renovation). • Even as we addressed the needs of people who had no permanent home, we recognized that OOTC was not a permanent solution. Causing people to move from place to place every night for shelter and a meal was only a bandage on a broken system. • We were meeting an existential need, while we advocated for a more permanent and structural solution than volunteer-run faith communities could provide. We applaud the city for offering people shelter in hotels as an alternative to living in parks, even while we recognize that shelters, while better, are not a long-
term solution. Building supportive housing is a real solution to the issue of people experiencing homelessness and we welcome the fact that it is happening in our neighbourhood. • Supportive housing recognizes that some people have needs that are not met by merely giving them a key and walking away. • Supportive housing provides specialized support and round the clock staffing to respond to the acute needs of people who had become homeless for a variety of mental health or addiction issues. At the same time, we regret and reject the hostility that has been used to characterize the potential residents and the councillor by a few in the community. These are our neighbours, who live in the community,
perhaps invisibly, but they are there. There is one supportive housing building being developed for Trenton/Cedervale in the north part of Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford’s ward. And there will be more in the area, closer to the Beach. People in our church communities live near these sites and we will continue to work with the people who will be their neighbours and with the councillor to ensure that the residents feel welcomed into the community. We encourage others to do the same. To paraphrase a quote attributed to Gandhi, “The measure of our civilization is how we treat the least fortunate in society.” Michael Van Dusen is a deacon at St. Aidan’s Anglican church on Queen Street East in the Beach.
Beach Metro News Lucky Volunteer for September 7
Bruce Howard McGregor (1924-2021) Born April 28th, 1924 in Toronto. Died August 18th, 2021, following a brief struggle with the challenges of being 97. Bruce was the second son of Duncan F and Louise (nee Cooke) McGregor, brother to Bill, Mary Lou, and Ivan. Except for a few short years in London ON, the family home for 80 years was Toronto. Gary Robinson is the Beach Metro Community News Lucky Volunteer for Sept. 7.
Bruce graduated from Malvern and then from the University of Toronto in the 1940s, with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and worked with a number of engineering companies before starting his own company in the late 1950s. Over 30+ years, Bruce ran an engineering sales business, building relationships with suppliers across the world and customers who respected his ultimate honesty.
Gary has been delivering the Beach Metro Community News on Lyall Avenue, from Wayland Avenue to Pickering Street, for close to 30 years. During that time, Gary had help delivering the paper for many years from his daughters Erica, Laura and Alyssa.
In 1959, while on a golfing trip at Gray Rocks in Quebec, Bruce met Pauline Mersel and so began their lives together. They celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2021 with two daughters, Alison and Karen, who grew up in a loving home where there was nothing that Dad couldn't do, fix, or explain.
As they were growing up, Gary felt that it was important to show them that volunteering makes a difference to the community you live in, and delivering Beach Metro Community News was an excellent way of doing that.
The funeral will be private at Pine Hills Cemetery. Later, we'll celebrate a well-lived life with family and friends. If you wish to honour Bruce's memory by a donation, please consider the University of Toronto's Engineering Faculty's Innovation and Entrepreneurship initiative. Or make a blood donation to Canadian Blood Services to help save lives – tell them Bruce sent you.
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For being selected Lucky Volunteer for Sept. 7, Gary has received a prize of $50 which he will be donating to Community Centre 55 to help families in need. PHOTO: SUBMITTED
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THE SHOPS ON
MAIN STREET
AMS Pizza & Wings 162 Main St.
Beach Hill Smokehouse 172 Main St.
Gemaro Bakery 149 Main St.
Welcome You Back! PRESENTED BY
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In Bloom Flower Shop 163 Main St.
DeSantos Premier Martial Arts 210 Main St.
Main Street Veterinary Clinic 170 Main St.
Might & Main 126 Main St.
Beachcomber Hairstyling 130 Main St.
Saks Fine Foods 165 Main St. Photography: Wally Hucker
Sylvan Learning Centre 145 Main St.
Red Tape Brewery 159 Main St.
Timeless Barbershop 152 Main St.
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Reel Beach: Movies in East Toronto
The Marsh King’s Daughter wraps up filming at Upper Beach locations
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Filming for The Marsh King’s Daughter takes place at Community Centre 55 on Main Street in July. has been here shooting Alice, Darling. Most of the psychological thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter takes place in the wilderness, but scenes were filmed last month at Kimberley School and Community Centre 55 (formerly Police Station #10 and #55) on Main Street. Daisy Ridley plays Helena who is leading a seemingly normal life until shocking events bring dark secrets back to the surface. The story is told in two time frames, the present and a period 15 years before at a time when the infamous “Marsh King” held Helena and her mother captive in the wild marshes of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Now a mother herself, Helena is forced to confront her past…and her father. Her early life was a lie: “I didn’t know we were captives until we were not.” While the title of the bestselling 2017 novel from Karen Dionne is taken from a fairy tale, the narrative that Helena tells is disturbing and far from a breezy summer read. I just finished the book, but I won’t give away any secrets. Ever read a novel and wonder how the movie adaptation would unfold?
Author Dionne is thrilled to see her story come to life: “I’ve read the script and I love it. Can’t wait to see how it translates to the screen. It still doesn’t seem real. I’m still pinching myself.” She tweets, “This is going to be amazing! I love seeing pics from the set…so cool. Yes, Michigan and Ontario have a lot of similarities… it adds so much to the story when readers are able to bring their personal knowledge and experience to the book.” The film shoot wrapped on Aug. 6 after filming in the wilds of the French River area near North Bay as well as in Alliston, Mississauga, Caledon, Kawartha Lakes north of Lindsay, Kingston Pen, Lake Simcoe and Toronto. The filmmakers thanked the Dokis First Nation for transporting crew and equipment across lakes, rivers and bush to remote locations. Dionne tweeted that seeing photos from the shoot, “gives me shivers! This is going to be such a gorgeous film.” The young Helena is played by 11-year old Brooklynn Prince, the precocious kid Moonee from The Florida Project (2017).
The scene filmed at Kimberley P.S. involves Helena getting off a school bus with news trucks around. I’m guessing Community Centre 55 plays an old-style police station with extras in sheriff deputy uniforms and vintage police cars. Helena is accompanied by her mother out of the station into a throng of photographers. The story echoes actual abductions, but author Dionne says the book was not inspired by any real event. Is our fascination with true crime unhealthy? Helena (Daisy Ridley of Star Wars fame) has no Jedi powers or light sabres. She has to be her own hero. In each of these films there isn’t any “knight in shining armour” coming to rescue the “damsel in distress”, no Prince Charming or Liam Neeson. The women show resilience by facing their trauma and taking matters into their own hands. We will have to wait until next year to see what happens. Watch for at least one of these films to premiere at TIFF 2022. Let’s hope life returns to normal by then… fingers crossed and shots in arms.
Community Centre 55 car show set for Bob Acton Park THE ANNUAL Car Show presented by Community Centre 55 is back at Bob Acton Park, and will take place on Sunday, Sept. 25. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bob Acton Park is located at 45 William Hancox Ave., four blocks east of Main Street and Gerrard Street East. There will be prizes for participants, and refreshments for sale. For more information, please contact Jade Maitland at Community Centre 55 at 416-691-1113 or by email at jade@centre55.com
Variety Village golf tourney slated SOUTHWEST SCARBOROUGH’S Variety – The Children’s Charity of Ontario and the Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club are teaming up to co-host the third annual Golf Fore Kids Charity Golf Classic. The event takes place on Friday, Sept. 24, at the Remington Parkview Golf Club in Markham. The tourney will help raise funds for the work done at Variety Village on Danforth Avenue through the Variety Athletic Club. Since 1982, the club has provided the perfect training
ground for athletes who go on to compete at provincial, national and international levels including the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Children, youth, and adults competing as members of integrated sports teams see many benefits from the club: developing both muscle and self-esteem, learning coordination, making new friends, and learning to see abilities rather than disabilities. For info on tickets, to sponsor a hole, support the auction, or make a donation, go to www.eventbrite.ca/e/ golf-fore-kids-charity-golfclassic-tickets-153811051997
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Dental Matters
A brief history of dental implants Dr. Allan Katchky Dental Matters
THE HISTORY of dental implants is a rich and fascinating one. Since the dawn of civilization, humankind has desired to seek out ways to replace missing teeth lost through dental disease or misadventure. There is archeological evidence that ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians and Phoenicians tried using fragments carved from oxen bones and ivory tusks, and attached them to other teeth using ligature wire made from gold. The Mayans were the first to try implanting artificial teeth into the jaws, and they were made from pieces of shells. In Europe in the 1700s and 1800s, the method of choice for replacing teeth was the process of allotransplantation (hold your breath…. taking teeth from cadavers and transplanting them to humans). Thankfully, this process was abandoned in the mid 1800s. It was only in the 1900s that various types of metals were tried as dental implants. Early attempts utilized iron,
platinum, gold and Vitallium (an alloy of chromium and cobalt). These attempts resulted in limited success. The metal which is used exclusively today is titanium. The discovery of titanium as a successful implantable metal was made purely by chance, and is a fascinating story in itself. The discovery was made by a Swedish anatomist named Dr. Per-Ingvar Branemark, and to this day titanium implants are also known as Branemark implants. In 1952, Dr. Branemark was studying blood flow within bones, and in order to do so visually he inserted optical ‘tubes’ into the leg bones of rabbits in order to peer into the bones. By chance, the tubes were glass walled with a titanium framework. When the study was concluded, Dr. Branemark proceeded to remove the tubes, and was shocked to find that he couldn’t remove them. By some process it seemed that the tubes had “attached” themselves to the bones. This incredible “accidental” discovery led Dr. Branemark to change completely his life’s research focus, and he spent the next 30 years studying how titanium attaches to bone.
The process is now known as “osseointegration,” and to our present knowledge titanium is the only metal that possesses this quality. Titanium also has some other qualities that make it ideal for medical and dental applications. It is biocompatible, meaning that it is readily accepted by the body, it is non-allergenic, and it is strong and yet very light in weight. Because of these properties, titanium is now used in hip and knee replacements, heart valve replacements, pacemakers, and of course, dental implants. Titanium-based dental implants have now been commercially available in North America since 1982. Over the past 40 years, the design of dental implants have been refined and improved greatly. Current implants have a success rate more than 90 per cent, making them a highly predictable procedure. Current techniques allow for comfortable and painless placement with local anesthetic, and the resulting replacement teeth are both natural in appearance and functional. Patients with dental implants report that their implants look and feel like their natural teeth.
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Federal Election 2021
Beaches-East York candidates answer our questions
REUBEN DEBOER GREEN PARTY QUESTION 1: Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself and why you decided to run in this election? I am running as the Green candidate this election to advocate for practical implementation rather than neglected promises. I previously ran provincially and federally at Eglinton-Lawrence before moving to the Beaches in June. I am eager to bring my experience and knowledge with me to my home riding, advocating for increased metal health resources, data protection, major poverty reduction, affordable housing, sustainable financing, and helping communities recover from the effects of the pandemic. I hold a Master’s degree in Sustainability Management and I have worked closely on multiple local initiatives, including the TTC Relief Line (now Ontario Line) and the Urban Design Study of the Gardiner Expressway. I am a certified Project Manager, leading projects for one of Canada’s leading diagnostic medical testing laboratories; ranging from finance to digital integration to corporate strategy. I am dedicated to improving the quality of life for the Beaches-East York community. QUESTION 2: What will you and your party do to reach justice with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples regarding the past abuses of the Residential School system, and will you commit to fulfilling the calls to action made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015? All Canadians have a moral obligation to deepen our understanding and facilitate justice for the original peoples of this land. Indigenous People’s place in society must be cherished and respected. Through my work with the Green Party, I commit to: • Fully implementing the calls by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission & Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women report, including #75: “develop and implement strategies and procedures for the ongoing identification, maintenance and protection of residential school cemeteries” • Providing sustainable funding for new and existing Indigenous Healing Centres to rectify the harms caused by residential schools • Honouring the original request from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for funding the work on the Missing Children and Unmarked Burials Project • Supporting the Canada’s Human Rights Tribunal orders requiring the government to compensate the child and family victims of Canada’s discrimination; and ensure non-status First Nations’ children living off reserve have access to Jordan’s Principle. QUESTION 3: Given the high numbers of seniors who died in long-term care facilities from COVID-19 and the deplorable conditions many of them were found to be living in by Canadian Forces personnel called in to help, what steps will you and your party be taking to help protect seniors in the future? COVID-19 has brought to light the humanitarian crisis that’s unfolding in long-term care (LTC) homes across Canada, an issue the Green Party has raised for years. The Green Party’s National Seniors Strategy already includes implementing Guaranteed Livable Income which supplements pensions and national Pharmacare so all seniors can afford to fill their prescriptions. Additionally, with the Canadian Forces report on current long-term care facility conditions, parliamentary Greens have already presented a petition calling on the current government to create national standards for care and staffing levels in LTC facilities under the Canada Health Act, and to Continued on Page 23
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NATHANIEL ERSKINE-SMITH LIBERAL PARTY
COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA
QUESTION 1: Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself and why you decided to run in this election?
QUESTION 1: Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself and why you decided to run in this election?
I’ve worked hard to deliver on the smart, fair, and honest representation that I promised you in 2015, and I hope you’ll send me back to work. Beaches-East York is home. I was raised by local teachers, graduated from Bowmore and Malvern, and grew up playing baseball at Ted Reeve and Stan Wadlow. I’m now raising my own family here with my wife Amy, and our sons Mack and Crawford. Before politics I was a commercial litigation lawyer and studied politics and law at Queen’s and Oxford. I’m running again because I continue to believe that politics is one of the most important ways we can make a positive difference, because I’ve seen my own advocacy reflected in our Liberal government’s agenda, and because our Liberal government has shown competence in a crisis and delivered meaningful progress on issues that matter, including climate action, child care, and clean water.
I am deeply committed to ensuring we have a voice and come together to be heard in Ottawa. This is why I am a candidate for election in Beaches East York. I’ve worked fulltime in the social service and housing sector over the past 18 years. This, along with my family’s own struggle with poverty, have given me a window into the growing inequality and heightening poverty in our Canada. Over the past year and a half we have all seen just how relentlessly brutal the pandemic has been for so many people. Particularly for our community’s most marginalized. During the pandemic, we have watched a serious crisis develop for big business, and capitalism more broadly. Interestingly, right across Toronto inequality and poverty have increased. Particularly for low-income communities, seniors, women and racialized people. Personally I have been working flat out on housing and tenant rights; and with the labour movement for better wages and jobs. I firmly believe that what we need as we emerge from this pandemic is a “people’s recovery” that can place the needs of regular folks before the drive for profits. This is really what we must press for.
QUESTION 2: What will you and your party do to reach justice with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples regarding the past abuses of the Residential School system, and will you commit to fulfilling the calls to action made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015? Our Liberal government has made significant progress, with 80 per cent of the TRC’s calls to action for the federal government now completed or well underway. We will deliver on all of them. We’ve funded Indigenous-led burial searches, and will appoint a special interlocutor to work with Indigenous communities to ensure justice for the thousands of unmarked graves. Since 2015, we’ve increased funding for Indigenous communities by over 50 per cent. We’ve helped to lift 109 (almost 70 per cent) long-term water advisories, over 180 short-term advisories, and water projects are underway in every community in need. We’ve closed education funding gaps, and passed legislation to implement UNDRIP (UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People), reform child welfare, and protect Indigenous languages. Going forward, we will finish the work to end water advisories, ensure compensation for First Nations kids, support self-determination, address systemic racism in justice and healthcare, deliver Indigenous early learning and child care, and prioritize Indigenous housing, including in Toronto. QUESTION 3: Given the high numbers of seniors who died in long-term care facilities from COVID-19 and the deplorable conditions many of them were found to be living in by Canadian Forces personnel called in to help, what steps will you and your party be taking to help protect seniors in the future? The pandemic laid bare the unacceptable living conditions for many seniors in Canada. To protect seniors, we will deliver federal support to provinces in order to improve the quality and availability of long-term care homes and beds, implement strict infection prevention and control, and help to hire 50,000 new personal support workers with raised wages to $25/hour. We will also establish national standards for long-term care, work which has already begun, through a new Safe Long-Term Care Act. We will also continue to increase the GIS for low-income seniors, enhance the caregiver credit, and take steps to help seniors age at home. Finally, we will build on our work to prioritize home care and affordable prescription drugs through health accords Continued on Page 23
QUESTION 2: What will you and your party do to reach justice with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples regarding the past abuses of the Residential School system, and will you commit to fulfilling the calls to action made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015? The Communist Party of Canada is calling for the end of the continuing genocide of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. We will ensure that reparations are paid for survivors of residential schools. We also are committed to enact each of the recommendations of Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We will put an end to the government’s wasting of millions of dollars for court cases against residential school survivors. We will immediately reallocate these funds to build the infrastructure required for clean drinking water on the 70 per cent of reserves that are currently under water advisories. We intend to guarantee the rights of Indigenous Peoples over all development on their lands, including resource extraction and pipelines. We will place their rights ahead of profit-making and greed. We will comply with Canada’s treaty commitments under the UNDRIP (Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People) and ensure good sustainable jobs and safe healthy housing. We will defund the RCMP and abolish CSIS (both of whom are tools of state aggression toward land and water defenders). We will redeploy these budgets to ensure UNDRIP and TRC recommendations are implemented. I firmly believe that to vote Communist is to vote for a new Canadian constitution that will endorse an equal and voluntary partnership among all nations that populate Canada and guarantee their right to self-determination up to and including separation. QUESTION 3: Given the high numbers of seniors who died in long-term care facilities from COVID-19 and the deplorable conditions many of them were found to be living in by Canadian Forces personnel called in to help, what steps will you and your party be taking to help protect seniors in the future? As a first step my party will place long term care within an expanded and universal medicare system. We will put the health and quality of life for our elders first and ensure the end to the private ownership and delivery of senior’s health care. It’s now time terminate the practice of corporations making profits off our seniors by overseeing our Continued on Page 23
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Federal Election 2021
Beaches-East York candidates answer our questions
LISA ROBINSON CONSERVATIVE PARTY QUESTION 1: Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself and why you decided to run in this election? I have always been motivated to help my community and I have a deep desire to weed out corruption wherever I find it. That is why I recently secured my paralegal diploma and became a member of the Law Society of Ontario. I am the mother of a 12-year-old son, and I want to ensure that he will have a better future than that promised by the Liberal Party. Justin Trudeau has promised a future of higher taxes, of lower growth and of pitting Canadians against each other. I want to be able to apply my experience in law and real estate to representing the people of Beaches-East York in Parliament so that I can fight to secure jobs, accountability and most importantly, our country. Erin O’Toole is driven by family and service, values I share, and that is why I decided to run with the Conservative Party of Canada. QUESTION 2: What will you and your party do to reach justice with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples regarding the past abuses of the Residential School system, and will you commit to fulfilling the calls to action made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015? Myself and the Conservative Party support treaty rights and acknowledge the horrible trauma being experienced by Canada’s Indigenous communities. That’s why, as part of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, the last Conservative government created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The Liberals do not have a plan for Truth and Reconciliation. The Conservatives will provide clean drinking water and economic opportunity to First Nations people; we will to provide mental health support for those who need it; and we will end human trafficking rings that abuse Indigenous women and girls. QUESTION 3: Given the high numbers of seniors who died in long-term care facilities from COVID-19 and the deplorable conditions many of them were found to be living in by Canadian Forces personnel called in to help, what steps will you and your party be taking to help protect seniors in the future? The Conservatives want to make sure that Canada is prepared for the next pandemic, because due to the failures of the Liberal government, Canada was not ready to fight COVID-19 and protect our seniors. We want to boost domestic vaccine research and strengthen the global supply chain so that we have everything we need to fight another virus. When it comes to long-term care, we want to work with the provinces to strengthen our long-term care homes. This includes devoting $3 billion of infrastructure spending to renovate our existing long-term care homes and growing Canada’s number of personal support workers by providing priority to those immigrants who can work in long-term care. QUESTION 4: What do you think is the issue in your riding that you can have the most impact on if you are elected MP? Local issues like bike lanes and construction projects are important, but the people of Beaches-East York and Canadians everywhere are struggling with economic uncertainty as result of the Liberal government’s mismanagement of the pandemic and our economy. If I am elected I will do everything I can to ensure that Canada does not suffer through more of the same. The price of everything from groceries to gas is going up and only the Conservatives have a plan to get inflation under control and make life more affordable for all Canadians. As part of Canada’s Recovery Plan we will lower food prices by increasing fines for price fixing, pass legislation that will help lower bank fees and strengthen our competition laws. This cost of living crisis that we are experiencing is important to the well-being of millions of Canadians, but especially here in Beaches-East York, and if elected I plan to make it a top priority.
ALEJANDRA RUIZ VARGAS NDP QUESTION 1: Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself and why you decided to run in this election? I was born in Colombia and immigrated to Canada in 2005. When I arrived I thought I had landed in paradise: mixed income families living together! But gradually, my view of “paradise” changed as I began to see the inequality across the country and here in our community. I decided to do something about it. I contacted ACORN, an organization that fights for social change, and got involved in campaigns for affordable housing, childcare for all, accessible internet for all, and EI reform. As a housing worker, I am very familiar with the issues that underhoused people face. In addition to housing and affordability issues, I am passionate about the environment (if not now, when?), pharmacare for all, and a fairer and more efficient immigration system. I chose to run to be MP in Beaches-East York because I want to be the voice for those whose voices have been silenced. QUESTION 2: What will you and your party do to reach justice with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples regarding the past abuses of the Residential School system, and will you commit to fulfilling the calls to action made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015? I am fully committed to implementing the 94 calls to action and the UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples). Reconciliation is a key plank in our NDP platform. We won’t pick and choose which rights to uphold. The NDP will ensure the appointment of a special prosecutor to pursue the perpetrators of harm on Indigenous children in Canada’s residential schools. We will take immediate action to support and resource Indigenous jurisdiction over child welfare systems. We must address the intergenerational impacts of colonialism and residential schools and ongoing injustices. Real reconciliation can only be achieved by ensuring safe housing, clean drinking water, respectful safe access to healthcare, and ending the underfunding of Indigenous children’s services. Locally, there is much we can do to support the urban Indigenous population here in Beaches-East York, from housing equity to local job creation. As your MP, I will advocate for these supports. QUESTION 3: Given the high numbers of seniors who died in long-term care facilities from COVID-19 and the deplorable conditions many of them were found to be living in by Canadian Forces personnel called in to help, what steps will you and your party be taking to help protect seniors in the future? I was devastated to watch the death tally rise day by day in our long-term care homes over the first two waves of the pandemic. It was like watching a slow-moving and avoidable train crash. The NDP will make immediate changes to ensure this never happens again. There are clear inequities in the level of care. Families need access to quality home care and long-term care no matter where they live or their income. An NDP government will end private, for-profit long-term care and bring long-term care homes under the public umbrella. I will listen to patients and caregivers here in Beaches-East York and our party will work collaboratively with provincial and territorial governments to develop national standards for home and long-term care. The NDP’s plan serves long-term care patients, their families, and protects long-term care workers through better wages, stable jobs and health and safety protections. QUESTION 4: What do you think is the issue in your riding that you can have the most impact on if you are elected MP? My experience and expertise positions me to address one of the most important issues nationally and locally: access to housing. The pandemic has made housing issues more precarious, with many worried how they will be able to afford rent or mortgage payments. We are in a very important moment in Canadian housing history, and I want to take advantage of this moment to make the best deal for our riding. One in three Canadians rent. Every day, our community loses neighbours to “renovictions” and because of the high price of rent. The NDP’s plan creates at least 500,000 units of quality, affordable housing and invests in co-op housing to ensure that people can afford a home. We also need to address affordable home-ownership. Our plan will help first time buyers by re-introducing 30-year terms to CMHC insured mortgages, doubling the Home Buyer’s Tax Credit, and implementing a 20 per cent Foreign Buyer’s Tax.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Beach Metro News sent these questions to candidates we were aware of in Beaches-East York. Due to our early print deadline because of the Labour Day long weekend, not all candidates responded in time for them to be published in this edition. Please visit our website at www.beachmetro.com for more information on the candidates.
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eliminate profit-making by government-funded LTC facilities. Finally, our plan acknowledges senior care must not be limited to care homes, but should include investment in a national “Aging in Place” approach to ensure every Canadian can live in their home safely and comfortably for as long as possible.
with the provinces, including by supporting the elimination of health system waitlists, hiring new doctors and nurses, expanding virtual care, and creating national mental health care service standards.
end of life. Not only will a public system be better for the people receiving care, it will mean better pay and better jobs for the workers providing the care
QUESTION 4: What do you think is the issue in your riding that you can have the most impact on if you are elected MP? If elected MP for BEY, my impact will be to advocate for the implementation of policies and the financing of strategies all major parties have talked about for years but made little progress. As a successful project manager I am committed to completing projects on time, on target and within the original scope. I will take this same approach to parliament, who have been complicit with delays, broken promises and half measures. In a political landscape full of distractions and obstacles, planning for success and accounting for the roadblocks along the way is the only way to ensure Members of Parliament can not only make promises, but keep them. My strong understanding of world class financial instruments and implementation will help get the solutions we need around long term strategies for public health, poverty reduction, international relations and, as always, serious climate action. I believe in being stewards of what we have, while planning for a sustainable future.
QUESTION 4: What do you think is the issue in your riding that you can have the most impact on if you are elected MP? First, I’m one of many Toronto Liberal MPs and this Liberal government will continue to be a strong partner for Toronto thanks to our collective advocacy. That partnership has included billions for public transit, child care, affordable housing, and climate action, as well as funding to protect our local waterfront. Second, our local advocacy has helped to shape the national agenda on a range of issues, including more ambitious climate leadership, saving lives in the opioid crisis, an improved benefit for the working poor, modern privacy rules, stronger animal protection, and more. As one specific example, I worked closely with East York teenager and cancer survivor Helena Kirk to secure $30 million for pediatric cancer research. Lastly, I will continue to do my best to work across party lines, to bring a sense of thoughtful independence to Ottawa, and to hold our government accountable for the promises we make.
QUESTION 4: What do you think is the issue in your riding that you can have the most impact on if you are elected MP? I will immediately turn my attention to the issue of housing security in Beaches East York. The rising cost of living is extremely serious for regular folks and rent affordability is a component. The report on evictions by Beaches Metro Community News earlier this year is just the tip of the iceberg in the crisis of housing security in too many areas of our riding. Of course people’s fundamental human needs like housing, income, jobs and health don’t happen in isolation from each other. This is why Canada’s housing plan must address all of these components concurrently. Our housing crisis will only begin to be addressed by building one million units of public housing over five years. We must also set federal policy on provincial rent caps and making evictions illegal for folks who are disabled or have lost their jobs. Further, rents must be fixed at no more than 20 per cent of income. A “people’s recovery” plan around housing also means that after paying rent everyone must be able to afford to live. A guaranteed livable income for folks depending on pensions or employment insurance, the elimination of student debt along with universal free daycare are also essential.
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Beach Memories Notice of Publication of Final Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report Ontario Line Project The Project The Ontario Line will bring 15.6 kilometres of new subway service to Toronto, making it faster and easier for people to get where they need to be each day. The line will stretch across the city, from the Ontario Science Centre in the northeast to Exhibition/Ontario Place in the southwest. The Ontario Line will have 15 new stations, including six interchange stations, connections to three GO train lines, two existing subway lines, the new Eglinton Crosstown LRT, and streetcar lines at 10 stations. The project will feature a combination of tunneled, surface and elevated segments, and will be completely separated from traffic to provide fast and reliable service.
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Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works The Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard early works are planned for where the Ontario Line will run alongside GO train operations. These early works will set the groundwork for other major construction on the Ontario Line project. The Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard early works include building a new bridge north of the existing rail bridge over the Lower Don River that will carry the Ontario Line tracks; shifting GO tracks in the Don Yard and nearby rail corridor to accommodate Ontario Line infrastructure; modifying the existing rail bridge to accommodate GO track shifts and Ontario Line infrastructure; and relocating and protecting utilities and signal infrastructure in the area. Environmental impacts of the Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard early works are being assessed in accordance with Ontario Regulation 341/20: Ontario Line Project (O. Reg. 341/20), under the Environmental Assessment Act. In accordance with Section 8 of O. Reg. 341/20, Metrolinx prepared the Draft Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report that was available for public review from June 22, 2021 to July 22, 2021. The Draft Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report outlined the purpose of the Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard early works, a description of local environmental conditions, potential impacts and proposed mitigation measures and a consultation record. Public comments received throughout the comment period for the Draft Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard were recorded and have been incorporated into the Final Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report. The Final Early Works Report and Minister’s Review Process Metrolinx established an issues resolution process to attempt to resolve concerns raised during the review of the Draft Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report. In accordance with Section 11 of O. Reg. 341/20, Metrolinx updated the Draft Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report and published the Final Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report to include a description of the issues resolution process, any concerns raised during the review period, what Metrolinx did to address these concerns, and impacts to the early works implementation timeline as a result of addressing concerns. Effective August 25, 2021, the Final Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report will be available on the project webpage (www.metrolinx. com/ontarioline). Within 35 days after receipt of the Notice of Final Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report, the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks may issue a notice to Metrolinx imposing conditions related to the early works. The Minister may also choose to inform Metrolinx that no notice will be issued. The Minister may issue a notice only if: • The Minister is of the opinion that the way in which Metrolinx has addressed a concern raised in the issues resolution process would cause unreasonable delay to the implementation of the early works and the conditions in the Minister’s notice change the way in which the concern is addressed in the final Early Works Report without causing unreasonable delay to the implementation of the early works; or • The Minister is of the opinion that the early works may have an adverse impact on the existing Aboriginal or treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, and the conditions may prevent, mitigate, or remedy the adverse impact. Once the Minister gives notice, confirms that no notice will be given, or the 35-day Minister’s review period is complete, Metrolinx will proceed with the early works as described in the Final Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report, subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister. To obtain an electronic copy of the Final Lower Don Bridge and Don Yard Early Works Report, please contact the project email listed below. Franca Di Giovanni (T: 416-202-5100, E: ontarioline@metrolinx.com) may be contacted on behalf of Metrolinx. Metrolinx, 130 Adelaide Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H 3P5 All personal information included in a submission – such as name, address, telephone number and property location – is collected, maintained and disclosed by Metrolinx for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of O. Reg. 341/20 under the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s. 37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. For more information, please contact ontarioline@metrolinx.com or 416-874-5900. This Notice was first published on August 25, 2021. Pour plus d’information, veuillez contacter le ontarioline@metrolinx.com
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aseball has been around for a long time in the East End, especially in the Beach area. There have been professional teams in both the western and eastern parts of Toronto, but that is for another column. We here in the Beach are concerned with the “amateur” baseball teams. Originally, as I have written about before, baseball was played in the back of what is now Ted Reeve Arena. It was in the 1890s and it was then known as the Grand Trunk Athletic Grounds. Back then it was played by railroaders and players from other areas and religious institutions. Baseball also became part of the Kew Beach athletic scene and later at Balmy Beach from about 1905 on. But let’s jump up several years to the heydays of amateur baseball in the Beach. About 100 years ago there was a league that actually started in Kew Gardens. This was obviously before the days of television, and attendance was in its prime. In later years, as many as 10,000 people come out to the diamond in Kew Gardens to watch a game between the Ted Reeve All-stars and the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. The Ted Reeve All-stars won! There were also games played in Kew Gardens featuring a women’s softball team in the early 1930s that drew some 8,000 fans. Baseball in the Beach is still alive and still sliding into home plate after more than 100 years. Walking down to Kew Gardens recently, I was amazed to see a baseball game being played at night. You might say it was a night of “fly balls” and outfielders “snagging” them. Which is nothing new; that’s baseball – a game that has been around for more than 150 years. The players that night were good and well worth watching. For me the only difference from the old days was that the teams were made up of both men and women. Following baseball through the years in the Beach, there was a decline in attendance for games featuring amateur teams due mostly to professional teams gathering most of the public’s attention. But please remember baseball is still alive in the Beach and it is still a pleasure to watch a game in Kew Gardens. I spoke to one of the organizers of the league playing the night I was there. Greg Hill told me this particular league had started in 1999 as co-ed. Prior to that several other leagues played on the diamond, which is surrounded by bleachers that once held thousands of fans on them and in the wider area of Kew Gardens. Now those stands hold mostly just a few fans, but the players are still throwing, hitting and catching the ball and cheering each other on. Greg told me his dad had been involved in organizing baseball leagues as well, so it runs in the family. Baseball is still going strong in Kew Gardens, and going down to watch a game is a great way to spend a September night. As Greg said, “Play Ball!”
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Gardiner ramps east of the Don River to be demolished A MAJOR change in the way traffic moves in East Toronto is now underway with the closure and upcoming demolition of the Gardiner Expressway’s off-and-onramps at Logan Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East. The permanent closure of the ramps and demolition work officially began on the night of Tuesday, Aug. 31. Eventually, the Gardiner Expressway will cease to exist east of the Don River. The expressway’s eastern most point will now begin and end at the Don Valley Parkway. The work is part of the Gardiner Expressway Rehabilitation Plan and the Port Lands Flood Mitigation Protection Project. Originally built between 1955 and 1964, the Gardiner Expressway once extended as far east as Leslie Street. However, that elevated part of the expressway known as Gardiner East was demolished in 2001. Work is slated to take place between September and November of this year. During that time, Lake Shore Boulevard East is expected to be closed on weekends between Carlaw Avenue and Cherry Street. The teardown of the ramps will be followed by work on the Lake Shore Boulevard East Project. For more info, go to www. toronto.ca and search Gardiner Expressway Reconfiguration.
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‘You get back what you give out’ in this life ‘Ruth’ from Page 1 ble double trio because nobody could beat us, and we went all around and competed in songfests…I often wished we made a record so I could hear it through my own ears.” Ruth’s daughter Linda Nadeau said that even today, her mother still loves to sing. “Mother sometimes thinks she’s lived an unremarkable life, but she’s lived a remarkable 100 years…My mother came from the days of milk, eggs, bread, and butter being delivered by horse and carriage…she’s come from that to seeing people going up to touch the outer space edge for fun,” said Linda. After Ruth graduated from Northern Secondary School, she went to work as a secretary. While working at a firm called Tippet Richardson, she met Doug Nadeau, who was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and her soon-to-be husband. “We fell in love at first sight, instantly. It’s the only way to fall in love…Doug asked me out and I said yes, absolutely. And of course, he asked me to marry him right on our first date,” said Ruth. Because of Doug’s work in with Royal Canadian Air Force, Ruth followed him around to different bases around Ontario and in western Canada. When they returned home, they decided to start a family and had three children: Donna, Linda, and Paul. “They started their love affair. My dad unfortunately passed away at 58, but it was
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Ruth Nadeau celebrates her 100th birthday with staff at the Cecelia Murphy Building on Coatsworth Crescent recently. an absolute love affair and she’s still in love with him. She never married anyone else after that, she said that she had the best and that he was the last one she would be with,” said Linda. Ruth has three children, seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Linda said that Ruth worked for many years as a receptionist at the law firm McCarthy Tétrault, and had a great career there until her retirement in her late 60s. “Her retirement years were spent with family and
of course with her sister Audrey. The two of them did so much together, all the time they would be playing cards, visiting, taking day trips together, and doing things well into their 80s,” said Linda. Ruth was involved in many sports throughout her life, including tennis, baseball, volleyball, and even crosscountry skiing into her 70s. “I played all the sports in school. I ran all the races and played on the baseball team, and I did everything, I learned tennis in school, too,” said Ruth.
“My mom is feisty. She’s a battler, and she’s the kind of person that doesn’t back down from too much. She was always a sportswoman when she was young and loved playing them,” said Linda. She added that her mother has lived a full, happy, and healthy life. “She’s still got that spirit in her and a great sense of humour. She’s great, and she and I are great friends.” Ruth said that she’s happy she was able to spend her birthday surrounded by fam-
ily and friends. She said that she received 100 roses from family in different colours and that she loves that her unit is covered in flowers. Ruth said that she had a fantastic time celebrating her 100th birthday, and Linda said that Ruth plans to be here for birthdays to come. “I’m a very lucky person. But if you give out love… you should get it back, if you have a good family. You get back what you give out, usually, in this lifetime,” said Ruth.
Federal Election 2021
Pair of virtual candidates meetings set for Beaches-East York ‘Candidates’ from Page 1 a pair of virtual candidates’ meetings planned for next week in the riding of Beaches-East York. On Thursday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. The Balmy Beach Residents Association, Community Centre 55 and Beach Metro News invite local voters to a Beaches-East York Federal Candidates Town Hall. The town hall will take place virtually and will be moderated by Alan Carter of Global News. It will be live
streamed and there will also be a phone number for people to call in to listen. Final details on the login information to attend the town hall and the phone number to call were not available as of Beach Metro News’ early deadline for today’s paper due to the Labour Day long weekend. Please check our website at www.beachmetro.com for full details on how to attend the Sept. 18 town hall. Also, the Beaches-East York Interfaith Community
will be hosting a virtual candidates’ event on Tuesday, Sept. 14. The Zoom event begins at 7 p.m., and candidates have been asked to respond to questions on social equity and the climate emergency. “The faith groups have included a preamble to each theme area stating the religious principles that frame the questions in an ethical as well as a political context,” said the organizers. Those wishing to take part can join in at https://us-
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VOTER INFORMATION For more information on your voting options, please visit the Elections Canada website at www.elections.ca/ home.aspx The Returning Office for Beaches-East York is located at 1450 O’Connor Dr., Suite 1, and its phone number is 1-866-236-8618. The Returning Office for
Scarborough Southwest is at 780 Birchmount Rd., Suite 1, and its phone number is 1-866-281-5091. The Returning Office for Toronto-Danforth is at Holy Name Church, 606 Danforth Ave., and its phone number is 1-866-714-6437.
ELECTION COVERAGE Beach Metro News will be doing its part to keep local voters informed during this federal election campaign. You can see our Ques-
tion and Answer pages with some of the Beaches-East York candidates starting on Page 20. Please note that due to the early deadline for this edition of the paper because of the Labour Day long weekend, not all candidates were able to get their answers in to us on time. Please check our website for more. Please note we will have online election night coverage on Sept. 20 so please visit our website, and our Twitter and Facebook accounts that night.
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Met. Lic. B-16-964
Steve 416-285-0440 cell 416-605-9510
Professional drywall and plaster work. Renovation and Repair. Very clean. No job too small.
Call Hamid at 647-300-2462 (12r)
“Your basement lowering specialists”
COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SERVICES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
VISA / MC / AMERICAN EXPRESS
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416 660 4721
CJ DRYWALL & PAINTING
BEACHES HANDY WORKS
Telephone Systems
JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457
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Call C.J. 647 222 5338
Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates
Maximum General Contracting Inc.
Shingles • Flats Roof Repairs • Metal Work Eavestroughing & Siding Waterproofing • Since 1984
Flat and Shingle Roofs Installation & Repairs
416-833-3006
FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.
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UPPER BEACHES ROOFING
Big or small we do them all (12...)
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*FALL PROMO*
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George: 416-278-7057 or Gabston Reno: 647-342-2872
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DECLAN O’MEARA 416-698-6183
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647-771-0227 jeff@heyhandyman.ca www.heyhandyman.ca
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Fault Finding Knob & Tube Rewiring Service upgrades Insurance certificates
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Electricians
Fully licensed & insured. ECRA/ESA #7008706
CALL SEAN FOR AN ESTIMATE
416-569-2181
Doug 416-871-1734 Jeff 647-686-8103
INTERIOR, EXTERIOR QUALITY PAINTING; KITCHEN CABINET REFINISHING & CUSTOM PAINT; STAINING & WATERPROOFING, DECKS & FENCES
NO MESS, NO FUSS, JUST SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP INTERIOR • EXTERIOR FULLY INSURED, 30 YRS EXPERIENCE, BEACH RESIDENT
www.laniganscontracting.ca
ALL TYPES OF ROOFS
(12$)
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
416-322-7692
An honest family service in the heart of The Beaches
Don’t call them, call those roofers
MASTER ELECTRICIAN
25 years • Free estimates
LANIGAN’S
THOSE ROOFERS
BEACH HILL
PAINTING
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*Ask For Photo I.D.*
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(12.$)
Roofers
416-322-7692
Satisfaction guaranteed! Call Jeff today for free estimate. 416-910-6302 beachcombersgc.com info@beachcombersgc.com
Carpenter 30 yrs experience
PLUMBER CONTRACTOR
Knob & tube rewiring Service Upgrades
All work guaranteed Fully insured • Free estimate Experienced Handyman Available
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INTERIOR PAINTING
416-985-8639
Kevin 647 282 8375
Cascade Plumbing GTA
(12.r)
Marc Text/Call 416-617-7205
Cable & Telephone Wiring
Fences, Decks, Porches Flooring, Windows, Doors, Trim, etc. Kitchens & Bath • Garage Restoration Serving the Beach for 15 yrs.
(12r)
CEJA ELECTRIC
newbrightpainting@gmail.com
CARPENTRY
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.
Fully licensed & insured. Lic #T94
•PAINTING •STAINING •DRYWALL REPAIR •PARGING •DECK & FENCE BUILD & REPAIR •INTERIOR & EXTERIOR REPAIRS
Serving Your Community Since 1971
Plumbing & Drains All types of plumbing work. Smallest leak - complete bath reno. Internal & external drain excavating. Call the professionals 416-480-0622
All Plumbing, camera inspection, power washing, snake drain cleaning, sump pumps, drainage systems, and back water valve installations. Great affordable rates. Fully licensed.
SERVICES “No Job Too Small”
•CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL
416-659-7003
Fence and Deck Repairs
WG PAINTING
All work guaranteed Fully insured • Free estimate Experienced Handyman Available
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.
Beach resident for 50 years. Discount for seniors and single parent. Lic. Master Plumber • Free estimates Patrick 647-404-7139 patrickj480@gmail.com (6)
ESA LIC# 7002668
INTERIOR PAINTING
Fence and Deck Repairs
416-580-4290
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GREEN ISLE ELECTRIC
Local resident w/32 yrs. exp.
HOWELL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
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647 401 7970
Sunken Interlock Repair
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Chimneys, Concrete, and all masonry repairs
www.webuildit.ca
by Kevin
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MASTER PLUMBER
416.797.6731
Steve 647-853-6420
LTD
Professional Quality Service Repairs-Renovations-Installations
Contact us at 416 602 2128 (12.r)
‘As Promised’ Painting
Relevelling of: -Driveways -Walkways -Patios -Retaining walls
647 679 3282 www.beachbuilds.ca
416-690-3890
Free Estimates & References Available
“General Outdoor Stonework” RETAINING WALL SPECIALIST Contact: JB Barton
ONTARIO WATER PLUMBING
24 hr. - lic# P1624
proway.painting@gmail.com
Beach Builds
www.beachbuilds.ca
Family owned & operated 26 years in business
PAINTING & DECORATING
416-414-5883 info@blpm.ca
Larry’s Painting & Repairs
PROWAY
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TOM DAY
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50 years in the Beach
Brick, Block, Stone,
WET BASEMENT ?
ESA/ECRA #7012267
Mobile: 416-834-8474 Office: 416-757-6537
(14r)
CANJAM ELECTRIC All your electrical needs, small or large
416 691-3555
(12$)
Painters
Landscape Design 647-545-5143
(12$)
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ECRA/ESA # 7010497
Winston 416-822-0275 647-701-0911
2 Men + Truck $85/hr Call Byron at
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Junk and Garbage removal Cottage country services
Front yard parking pads Drawings • Permits • Build 416-288-1499
Cell: 416-543-8254
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Movers
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416-288-1499
Panel & sub panel upgrades Knob & tube & aluminum rewiring Free estimates LED light & pot light installations 100A & 200A service upgrades Electrical problem solving
Electrical Services Small & Large Installations
• Small & Big Moves; Long Distance • All Kinds of Delivery Services incl. cottage country • Junk and Rubbish Removal
Award Winning Design & Build
A Company You Can count on Quality Since 1981
LICENSED
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
BEACH METRO NEWS
Since 1998
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MASONRY by Daniel • chimneys & foundations • parging & tuck pointing • arches, lintels & sills • door & window rough-ins • foundation waterproofing
416 988-2589 danielmccaf@gmail.com
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416-278-5328
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HELPING YOU IS WHAT WE DO.TM Residential & Commercial Services
2301 Queen St. East | 1052 Kingston Rd | 517 Parliament St.
estaterealty.ca | 416.690.5100
Dianne & Brian Chaput Sales Representatives Royal LePage Estate Realty
416.690.5100 | chaputliving.com
Pretty & perfect
Beach Freehold Townhouse Renovated, modern kitchen; 3 bedrooms; 2 full bathrooms; main floor family room with walk out to back deck; parking! Who could ask for anything more? $999,900. Call for photos & more info.
$749,900 Welcome to The Boardwalk! The Beach at your door. This beautiful one bedroom condo is tastefully renovated throughout & located in one of the most coveted buildings in The Beach!
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Just Listed! 127 Wildwood Cres. Charming 3 bed, 3 bath open concept semi with in-law suite situated across from Wildwood Cres Playground & Dog Park!
Kerry Jackson Royal LePage Estate Realty, 2301 Queen St. E. Direct 416.571.2181 | Office 416.690.5100 Kerryjackson@gmail.com
SOLD OVER ASKING
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO NOW? If you are debating downsizing your home, now might be the best time to do it. If you have equity in your current home, you might be primed to save money on a smaller space enabling you to live the life you want today.
HELPING YOU IS WHAT WE DO.TM It's a discussion worth having.
Residential & Commercial Services
2301 Queen St. East | 1052 Kingston Rd | 517 Parliament St.
Contact us for more details
Brown Team estaterealty.ca |Tory 416.690.5100 416.690.5100 TORYBROWN.CA
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KEN GRIEVE & KELSEY GRIEVE Royal LePage Estate Realty Sales Representatives
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Tips to get your home market-ready for fall • Update Light Fixtures • Fresh Coat of Neutral Paint • Liven Up Your Curb Appeal Connect with us to learn how you can maximize your sale this fall.