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As of the morning of March 18, we have received almost $36,000 in donations to help our paper to continue to provide the community news that is important to you.

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Housing report seeks higher densities

By Ahmed Dirie

A PROVINCIAL task force has recommended more residential developments that would bypass laws protecting the “character” of neighbourhoods across Ontario, and supplant single-family homes as their backbone, in an effort to deal with the affordable housing crisis.

The nine-member Housing Affordability Task Force was appointed in December in response to housing prices that had tripled, according to their report released in February. One of the tenets of the report is to reduce the red tape and legislations limiting the types of dwellings allowed to be built in Ontario neighbourhoods.

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standing the worries of incumbent residents.

“I know that there’s a lot of people in the Beaches who are going to say ‘We love the small town feel of our neighbourhood’,” said Berns-McGown. “But we’re going to actually need to have increased density. We’re just going to have to figure that piece out. There are going to need to be some adjustments made. But I think overall, in part because the folks who live here are very progressive minded, they do think it’s important to house their neighbours. And they don’t want unhoused people in parks because that’s just cruel.”

Laneway suites, detached apartments above the garage, and garden suites, detached structures Continued on Page 4

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A Beach Metro News begins its 50th year

s the last person standing, to reflect its local agenda and who has been continually the current municipal district Sheila Blinoff involved with this paper (Ward 9 Community News), and a Beach Metro News since it began, (well, since its constitution. It was to be not-forSpecial Advisor fifth issue in May 1972), it is my profit and non-partisan. It would pleasure to welcome you to the be distributed without charge to beginning of its 50th year. homes and businesses in the area Letter to Our Community: Expressway was cancelled, and The impetus to start a local by volunteers. Financing would then it was curtains for the rest.) paper was the lack of commucome from the sale of advertising. nity coverage by the main media.

Like several current institutions In 1972, the Beach Metro Community NewsVolunteers startedwould as be a encouraged protest paper in opposition to the People wanted to know what was that started here in the 1970s, to get involved.

Expressway. happeningScarborough in their own neighbourWard 9 News began at the old A young engineer from Binghood, and what their politicians YMCA at 907 Kingston Road. ham Avenue, Doug White, was were doing.

That building had been shut entrusted with overseeing the new Fifty years later, we are in an even bigger fight – a fight for our own survival.

At the same time there was a down for a while when two Scarventure. Doug had been hired on borough Road neighbours, Betty plan for a network of expressways a recycling grant run out of the linking the growing suburbs to the Stephen and Lenore Diaz, offered YMCA. He was re-directed to Advertising revenue alone can no longer cover the cost of gathering, editing and old city of Toronto. It was generalto keep the Y presence alive organize the paper while others local your door and/or online for free. ly opposeddistributing in Toronto. In the east news withoutto recompense by running washed bottles, crushed cans and end the proposed Scarborough a drop-in for local groups if the Y cardboard, and promoted recycling Expressway would follow the rail would cover the utilities. on his behalf. are asking join us. Please become a Beach Metro Community News Supporter line alongWe Gerrard down Coxwell you to Among those drawn to the All seemed well until two days and link up with the Gardiner. The building was a varied group of peo- before the first issue was due off today. ple interested in starting a paper. initial plan called for demolishing the press on March 1, 1972.

PHOTO: ALAN SHACKLETON Eight came to the first meeting. A 1,200 homes, later changed to 706 Norm Houghton, one of the If you value the Beach Metro Community News and want continue to see these pages filled thousand flyers went out before in this neighbourhood. founders and one of theto most the second meeting, and a crowd toimportant What better to rally theof stories leaders in the early withway the kind that are important our community, support us financially. came. There were another six pubcitizens of Ward 9 and keep them years, had been talking to the Beach Metro News cartoonist Bill Suddick is in his 40th year lic meetings, and many informal informed and ready to act, than staff at Seven News, the Riverdale with the paper. Here he is with some of his calendars from ones behind the scenes. their ownThe newspaper?

(In 1971 the paper that had been a which template. means Beach Metro Community News is a non-profit entity, everypast dollar donated decades and his first cartoon from April of 1981. To find Towards the end of 1971, the Spadina Expressway was canHe and they suggested there were out more about Bill and his cartooning, please see our story goes back into bringing you local news and community stories. We also have10.hundreds of on Page Continued on Page 10 celled, in 1974 the Scarborough group had a name for the paper

40 years and counting of cartooning with Bill Suddick

volunteers who deliver the paper to your doorstep every two weeks, and a volunteer Board of Directors made up of people who live in your neighbourhood.

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Initiative Reporter confused” regarding a 17-storey tain a district agreed-upon characdevelopment coming to 1631 Queen ter - are wondering what to make A NEW development proposed St. E.- despite guidelines that re- of a new Housing Now mixed-use Thank you! for Queen Street East and Coxwell strict height. development.

Avenue is too tall for the neighMany who participated in the “We’re somewhere on the specbourhoodThe and will set an unwanted creation of the Queen Street East trum between concerned and conBeach Metro Community News Board of Directors precedent, some Beach residents Urban Design Guidelines for the fused,” Jeffrey Levitt said. “It was are saying.

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Levitt was involved in developing the Queen Street East Urban Design Guidelines. He is supportive of the affordable housing initiative, stressing that is not the cause of concern among residents.

The proposed height is the “elephant in the room,” he noted.

The site is located southeast of Queen Street East and Coxwell Avenue, and falls within the Queen Street East Urban Design Guidelines which cover building heights along Queen Street East in the Beach from Coxwell to Nursewood Road.

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protect the character and history of neighbourhoods and communities that go back decades, but that may be a necessary evil according to John Cameron, President of the Balmy Beach Residents Association.

“I think in an ideal world we would be able to have a number of the controls that we have,” said Cameron. “But given the reality of what the markets have become, and how enticing neighbourhoods like the Beaches are, I don’t think we have a choice if we want to house future generations and residents of Toronto.”

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BEACHES-EAST YORK MPP Rima Berns-McGown announced earlier this month she will not be running in this June’s provincial election.

Berns-McGown won the seat for the NDP in the 2018 election, and it had seemed earlier this year that she would be seeking re-election. However, on March 10 she announced she would be a one-term MPP and would not be the NDP’s candidate in Beaches-East York in the provincial election set for June 2.

In her announcement, Berns-McGown said: “Because I am a deeply introverted person, this job takes an enormous toll. For my well-being, I’ve decided not to run for re-election. This decision was difficult to make, because I am so proud of the work we’ve been able to do in Beaches-East York.”

In an interview with Beach Metro Community News, Berns-McGown expanded on the reasons she was not running again. They include the toll the nastiness of politics and political criticism was taking on her, along with the realities of being a politician during what has been an extraordinary past four years.

“I feel as if I’ve served 12 years in four. What a time to be an MPP, and I was someone who never set out to be a politician,” she said of the challenges faced by a being a member of the Official Opposition to Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government and dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Berns-McGown said being a politician was not something she had thought she would do prior to be asked to run as the NDP candidate in Beaches-East York in the 2018 election. In that election, she won the riding over Liberal incumbent Arthur Potts.

“In 2017, when the riding association first approached me, the first words out of my mouth were I’m an introvert and this is not what I want to do,” said Ber-

ns-McGown. Once elected, though, she took on the job with passion.

“There were important things that needed to be said and I had to step up and say what I had to say. What a time.

I was critic for Poverty and Homelessness and there is such a need for systemic change. That really came to the fore during this time.”

Some of the issues she fought for include standing against racism, protecting tenants rights, being an advocate for the homeless, and battling provincial transit agency Metrolinx’s plans for Small’s Creek.

Born in South Africa of a mixed background, three of her four grandparents were Ashkenzai Jews and her paternal grandmother was Cape Coloured and an Afrikaner, her parents moved the family to Montreal because of Apartheid. Growing up she said she experienced both anti-Black and anti-Semitic racism. As an MPP, Berns-McGown was a member of the Ontario NDP’s Black Caucus.

She said she is very proud of the work she had done against racism while an MPP. Berns-McGown worked closely with the community after anti-Black graffiti was found at a Michael Garron Hospital construction site, trying to dig into the systemic causes of why it happened and finding real solutions.

“It was not just reacting to the incidents at the hospital but finding out what can the union, the landowner, the company, the hospital do about it,” she said. “When people had problems dealing with anti-Black racism, I was able to connect them with others within the riding.”

Helping tenants facing evictions and making a difference a the Tribunals Ontario Landlord Tenant Board was also a key moment. “We were able to overturn those evictions at the Landlord Tenant Board, and participated in an historic process. That was enormous.”

However, standing up for those who do not hold the power made her a tar-

get of those who did. Along with being an introvert, Berns-McGown said she is also an empathetic person who feels “peoples’ pain and their problems as my own.”

Which made the attacks and abuse she was subjected to on social media, and from politicians who did not agree with her, that much harder to deal with.

“It’s not the same for a white man in politics,” she said. “I’m capable of intellectually separating the fact that people would take shots at a politician, but the vile stuff, the terrible comments on social media, they take a toll.”

The nature of the criticisms against her, along with the “toxic” culture in Queen’s Park made her realize she was not prepared to do another term in politics. “You know it’s coming, the attacks, the comments…but why people think it is acceptable to speak to someone in that way is beyond understanding. Who raised them? That sense of entitlement is terrifying. I just can’t do it anymore.”

The level of nastiness at Queen’s Park was also extremely disappointing and disillusioning, she said.

“And even at Queen’s Park, you would have thought elected people would behave better. But you have these toxic games being played by politicians.”

Berns-McGown said she will playing no role in who the Beaches-East York Riding Association names as their candidate the upcoming provincial election, but she will offer her wholehearted support to that person. “We have an incredibly rich pool of smart people to draw from,” she said of the local NDP riding association. “They’ve been so kind and compassionate to me.”

Prior to her election in 2018, BernsMcGown was a writer, researcher and educator. In the future, she plans to write a book on her experiences as an MPP. She thanked residents for their support for her over the past four years. “It really has been an honour and I loved representing this community.”

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“As we continue to grapple with the generational issue that is the housing crisis, it’s become increasingly clear that we’ll need to look at all creative options and innovative ideas to help us move the needle on this issue,” said Beaches-East York Coun. Brad Bradford.

“Garden suites and laneway suites aren’t the panacea to housing affordability, because there is no one fix for the crisis we’re in. That said, these units are an important addition to the toolkit and I’m glad to see city council vote to approve both of these new housing forms over the past few years.

There’s more to do, but being open to having new types of homes in our communities is part of how we can add new housing options now and keep being thoughtful about creating even more tools to keep addressing the issue.”

One of the issues cited by the provincial task force is that real estate developments have traditionally been the jurisdiction of the municipal government. Taking that jurisdiction away is being met by opposition in many municipalities including Toronto, where Mayor John Tory is among those pushing back at what is perceived as an incursion by the province on zoning rights.

Tory told CBC News in February that he had emphasized to the province that it “is local officials…who know best, not the provincial government.”

“I actually disagree with Mayor Tory, vehemently,” said Berns-McGown. “And particularly as someone who has, again, had to work so hard to keep people housed during the pandemic, who has watched the homelessness crisis, which was al-

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ready a crisis before the pandemic balloon during the pandemic, who has watched Mayor Tory do absolutely nothing about it.”

The housing crisis is too big a problem for any one level of government, much less municipal, said BernsMcGown, who has fought against homelessness and unfair evictions which have both been exacerbated by the pandemic.

“So no, I don’t think mayors ought to be in charge of this. I think we have a fullblown crisis, both in terms of housing people, and what does it mean when you take housing as a human right?

When you’re serious about that, and not just putting people in cockroach infested anywhere and calling that housing, but actually housing people in places where they can thrive?”

Donna Braniff-Adams, spokesperson for the Beaches Residents Association, said the association supports garden suites and laneway housing options as “these housing forms are consistent with the eclectic housing styles that have evolved in the Beaches over many decades.” However, the association is concerned about the provincial task force’s links to the development industry and the recommendations to limit public input.

“Our concern with the (Premier) Doug Ford task force is that it’s heavily influenced by the development industry. Six of the nine names on the task force show up on Elections Ontario’s political donations list – and all contributed to the PC party within the last few years,” said Braniff-Adams in a statement from the association. “We are concerned with the recommendation to ‘Repeal municipal policies that focus on preserving a neighbourhood’s character.’

We think the Beach is a special place with a charming character worth protecting.

The task force recommends limiting public input. That’s

autocratic. Not democratic.

And not the Beach way.”

Bradford said the housing crisis requires the support of more levels of government and communities, not less.

“I think we get the best outcomes through collaboration,” said Bradford.

“Whether that’s with partners at other levels of government, the local community, or with future neighbours who would like to join us in the years ahead.”

Cameron believes the cost of housing could have far reaching impacts outside of the neighbourhoods themselves.

“It’s in the national interest for the GTA as a whole to be an economic driver... I don’t think it can be just an Ontario issue. I think it’s a national issue,” he said.

Neighbourhood associations, who have been at times averse to change and in many cases were formed to fight these exact types of decisions, may be more open to the idea now than in the past, said Cameron.

“I think had this proposal come forward even five years ago, there would have been more pushback,” he said.

“I think there will be some pushback from certain corners of the city. I do think it will be more readily accepted by the neighbourhood because if you look at our neighbourhood, you’ve got every age group from those who have just finished school all the way up to retirees....I think even those who’ve done well off the real estate boom of the past couple decades realize that it’s come at the expense of their children not being able to have their children grow up in their neighbourhoods.”

There is concern the task force recommendations could override Toronto developments already underway and make the Queen Street East Urban Development Guidelines unenforceable. Those guidelines limit the height of new buildings on Queen Street East be-

tween Coxwell Avenue and Nursewood Road, and have become a key part of the debate for building proposal at Queen and Coxwell. The height limit is six, and the proposal is calling for 18-storeys on the south side of the site facing Eastern Avenue.

In the Beaches Residents Association statement, Braniff-Adams said the association is committed to protecting the Urban Design Guidelines for Queen Street East. “We welcome thoughtful new developments and mid-rise buildings that fit into the community streetscape, while following Design Guidelines and Official Plan policies that were created with these goals in mind...This has allowed the addition of numerous new condos on Queen Street that provide new housing options for both first-time buyers and Beachers looking to downsize.”

The statement said the Beaches Residents Association’s Fight the Height petition against the proposed 18-storey building at Coxwell and Queen has received more than 2,800 signatures supporting enforcement of the six-storey height limit per the Queen Street East Urban Development Guidelines.

“If the province or city overrides the guidelines in the Official Plan to build an 18-storey high-rise tower at 1631 Queen, it will set a precedent that will invite additional high-rise towers,” said the statement.

Bradford said the task force’s report included 55 recommendations. “At the moment, these are just that – recommendations from those stakeholders and experts involved in the housing sphere. From my understanding, these components suggested would first need to be written into policies or a framework, then brought forward by the provincial government before they’d be actionable either at an Ontario or Toronto level.”

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Obituary

Lois Forrest was actively involved in local politics and community affairs BEACHER LOIS Forrest is being remembered as a dedicated resident who was actively involved in many aspects of the community including local politics.

Forrest died on March 6 of this year at the age of 88.

Born in Toronto in February of 1934, her family moved to the Beach when she was a child and she lived in the community for more than 80 years.

“Lois was a stalwart of countless local election campaigns, the Home & School, and an endless list of charitable and neighbourhood causes,” said the obituary posted by her family.

“Lois was honoured to serve the people of Beaches-East York as the federal Returning Officer for many years. An indomitable force throughout her life, Lois was proud of her family, and was an ever-present attendee at someone’s soccer game, baseball game, or recital, and was never too busy to drive you anywhere, stop for coffee on Queen Street, or buy everyone lunch at the GOOF. She never let us down, and she taught us to love family, friends, and community without limit.”

Lois’ husband Ivan was a longtime City of Toronto parks commissioner and Ivan Forrest Gardens park on Queen Street East at Glen Manor Drive is named after him. Ivan died in 2006.

Former Beach area city councillor Paul Christie said Lois managed many of his political campaigns, and played an important role in both his personal and political life.

“Lois meant a lot to me. I am posthumously grateful to her. She was really quite important to me,” he told Beach Metro Community News. “I really did love her, she was family to us.”

“Lois was part of a group of Beach women, and I include my wife, who really managed my campaign and my life,” he said. “She was

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Christie said that Lois’ personality and deep community connections meant working on one of his campaigns was always a fun activity for those involved. ““My campaign office became so much a place where people came for the friends, for the social experience, and she led that.”

Lois will be missed by her children Kim and Kevin, her daughter-in-law Sue and sonin-law Paul, grandchildren Meghan, Emily, Andrew, Meredith, Olivia, Isobel, and Edward, sister Pat, and her many great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and grand-nieces and grand-nephews. She was predeceased by her parents and her sister Maureen, and by her beloved and deeply missed husband Ivan, and son Andrew.

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irst in today’s column I would like to thank everyone who is supporting Beach Metro Community News in its 50th anniversary fundraising campaign.

The response in the first two weeks has been so wonderful to see.

People have been coming to the counter at the office on Gerrard Steet East to make donations and tell us how much the paper means to them and their families. It is so nice to hear these kinds words

and to see your strong financial support as we try to keep this very important non-profit community newspaper going.

Everyone here at Beach Metro Community News appreciates deeply the support and encouragement you are showing towards us.

We want this paper to be around for another 50 years, doing the work it does to keep the community strong and well informed.

Along with coming by to the office you can also support us by making a donation online at www.beachmetro.com/support or through the mail to 2196 Gerrrard St. E., Toronto, ON, M4E 2C7.

Among those offering kind words to us recently was BeachesEast York MPP Rima Berns-

McGown who stood up in the Legislature at Queen’s Park to talk about the importance of community newspapers and Beach Metro Community News in particular as she congratulated us on our 50th anniversary.

I was glad to see and hear her speech at Queen’s Park, but disappointed to learn she will not be running in this June’s provincial election.

Berns-McGown will have served as the riding’s NDP MPP for one term. The reasons she outlined for not running for re-election can be seen in the story I have written in this edition of the paper. They are valid and understandable, but also extremely concerning given the amount of abuse she had been

subjected to through social media and other channels. Politics has always been a rough-and-tumble affair, but there used to be lines it would have been unthinkable to cross. Not anymore.

As anyone who spends time on social media knows, we’re now in a world where there are no limits on behaviour and what people feel they have a “right” to say. Politics in this country has become so much more sinister, stupider, disgusting and dangerous. Unfortunately, I don’t think we can turn the clock back to a gentler and more polite time.

What we can do, though, is think long and hard about the people we elect to represent us.

This year sees both a provincial

election (June 2) and a municipal election (Oct. 24). Voters, this is your chance to make sure good people are elected. Look for those who speak to working together for all residents and promote tolerance and cooperation as opposed to division and distrust.

This is not the column for me to talk about specific candidates, parties, and riding/ward races as we head into these two elections.

However, in coming editions I am looking forward to ramping up our provincial election coverage.

We will especially be digging into the province’s role in Metrolinx’s treatment of East Toronto, and how do we build more affordable housing while protecting established neighbourhoods.

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Letters to the Editor

Open letter to disc golfers regarding the Beach course The following is an Open Letter to the Toronto Disc-golf Community.

Dear Toronto Disc-golf Community, We would like to reach out to you to explain our position in regards to the current location of the south course on Woodbine Beach.

The location and design of the course never took into consideration the habitat and its wildlife.

Since the high water levels of 2017, the City of Toronto has encouraged this flood zone to grow wild. It has since evolved into a coastal dune habitat, a very rare ecosystem in the Greater Toronto Area!

It is teeming with wildlife such as birds, native bees, sand wasps, dragonflies, butterflies like the

endangered Monarch and native plants. Over 265 species of flora and fauna, some rare, have been documented on INaturalist (www.inaturalist.org/projects/west-woodbinebeach-habitat) within this habitat.

This unique plant community includes, dogwood, milkweed, native grasses, sedges and rushes, including several “Species of Regional Conservation Concern” rated by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) including a species not seen in Toronto for over 100 years was documented here in 2020.

It is an important urban bird habitat. The habitat is a crucial bird migration stopover location, in particular for shorebirds such as sandpipers and plovers who suffer globally from loss of habitat. Some

shorebirds are “Species At Risk” (SAR).

Protected ground-nesting birds such as the Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow and Killdeer call this place home during the breeding season. Savannah Sparrow and Killdeer are considered “Species of Urban Conservation Concern” by TRCA. This natural heritage feature is part of a green belt and wildlife corridor spanning the shoreline of Lake Ontario, connecting it with Tommy Thompson Park (The Leslie Street Spit), Toronto Islands and beyond.

Wildlife corridors allow species to move across wider areas despite human developments, reconnecting fragmented and isolated populations.

It’s a high quality, feeding, breeding and migratory stopover for a myriad of pollinators and other insects. Some species found here are vulnerable, imperiled and critically imperiled, as rated by www.natureserve.org.

The main threats facing pollinators are degradation and fragmentation of suitable habitat.

Together with Toronto Field Naturalists, Toronto Ornithological Club, Toronto Entomologists’ Association, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Nature Canada’s Bird Friendly City – Toronto Team and Ashbridge’s Bay Park Nature Stewards we are calling on the City of Toronto to reconsider this location and design of the beach disc course.

It’s important to find a way to allow for recreational activities with

the long-term conservation of this rare dune habitat and its extensive biodiversity as encouraged by City Council’s biodiversity and pollinator protection strategies as well as David Suzuki Foundation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge.

There is urgency to this matter as shorebird migration starts in April. The Savannah Sparrow will return to its nesting territory in May and, as we are told, 3000 truckloads of sand are scheduled to be poured on the beach at some point.

We have not been told where.

We hope that you have a better understanding of why we care so much for this urban nature corner of our city.

Noam Markus Clyde Robinson

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

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Sports

Spots still open for players at East Toronto Baseball

By Jesse Gault

THE EAST Toronto Baseball Association (ETBA) is seeing a 20 to 30 per cent reduction in player registration numbers compared to the 2019 season.

The organization was active in 2020 and 2021 despite the restrictions made necessary due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020, the ETBA ran its competitive programs only.

Last summer the association ran both its house league and competitive programs.

The dip in participation has mostly occurred among the house league teams, though there has been a negligible reduction in participation among the competitive teams as well.

For the upcoming 2022 baseball season, organizers will not know for certain what the exact participation levels will be until after the March Break. That will be when many families have decided what their summer plans are and whether those plans will include a child playing organized baseball.

The hope and expectation at the ETBA is that by the 2023 season, participation will be back up to the 90 to 95 per cent level.

Aside from kids’ lack of participation, a challenge facing many youth sports organizations in Toronto is that a significant amount of the older volunteers are no longer available to help out.

However, the ETBA said it will be in a strong position going forward due to the younger volunteers who have been joining the organization, eager to teach baseball and related skills.

Due to concerns raised by the pandemic, some people have no longer been signing up to summer activities, such as baseball. In other cases, people are trying new activities instead.

The pandemic also meant many families have had to adapt to a number of lifestyle changes, including a lack of group social activities (such as organized sports, over the last two years.

However, with pandemic restrictions easing there is now a greater opportunity to once again participate in organized and team sports.

For some families, the pandemic has shown parents just how important participating in activities, such as organized sports, is for both the physical and mental health of their children.

Baseball, and other organized team sports, teach skills that kids may not necessarily learn on their own, such as how to interact with, cooperate with and have empathy for others. Learning how to deal with challenges in a healthy and positive way, for example, is a life skill that will help children to handle the situations of the workplace they will face as adults.

The ETBA offers house league baseball opportunities for players from Tee Ball (born 2017-19) all the way to Midget (born 2003 to 2006).

For information on playing baseball with ETBA, please contact Kevin Ainey at jokers34@yahoo.com or David Breech at david@eaglebeaversports.com or by calling 416-759-9997, ext. 0.

More information is also available on the association’s website at www.etba.net

COVID-19 vaccination clinic planned for Beach United THE CITY of Toronto will be providing vaccinations for COVID-19 to anyone aged 5 years and over on Thursday March 31 at Beach United Church.

The vaccination clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The church is located at 140

Wineva Avenue, just north of Queen Street East.

Vaccines provided will be either Pfizer or Moderna and can be first or second shots or boosters, as required.

The vaccine shot will be provided free of charge to anyone that needs it.

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MARCH 22: Beach and East Toronto Historical Society Zoom presentation, 7-8:30 p.m., featuring Beach Metro News editorial cartoonist, Bill Suddick. Info and Zoom link: www.tbeths.com MARCH 31: Soup Tasting Competition at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., 5-6:45 p.m. You’re the judge as you sample and choose your favourite soup at this annual fundraising event. Winner gets the Silver Ladle. $5 per person with proceeds in support of CC55 programs. Registration is required: 416-691-1113 ext. 224 or email jade@centre55.com APRIL 1-24: Beach Guild of Fine Art Spring Show Online. Original artwork in a variety of mediums, sizes and subjects. Visit the show at: https://beachartguildshowandsale.ca APRIL 17: Beaches Lions Easter Parade, along Queen St. E. from Neville Park to Woodbine, 2 p.m. Info: beacheseasterparade.ca APRIL 23: Historic Walking Tour with Beach historian Gene Domagala, 1 p.m. Explore the Main Street and Gerrard Street East neighbourhood. Meet at the NE corner of Main & Gerrard. Info: historyman1@hotmail.com APRIL 23: Acoustic Harvest presents Garnet Rogers at St. Paul’s United Church, 200 McIntosh St., 8 p.m. Tickets $30 advance only from www.acoutsicharvest.ca.

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Movie screening April 13 at The Fox, 2236 Queen St. E. Info: www.greatescapebookstore.com JAZZ: FROM NEW ORLEANS to Big Band Swing – A Four Part Lecture Series with Dr. Mike Daley, March 21, 28, April 4, 11 at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., 10 a.m.-12 noon. To register to attend the live lecture series: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/jazz-from-new-orleans-to-bigband-swing-tickets-261791123297. New ONLINE Option: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/jazz-from-new-orleans-tobig-band-swing-online-recordings-tickets-294662973887 JAZZ & REFLECTION: Alison Young and Jeff McLeod - Theme: Community at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., April 2 at 4:30 pm. Beach United invites you to join us for Jazz and Reflection “in person” with the highly energetic Alison Young on Saxophone and Jeff McLeod on Piano. Tickets are available with a donation through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ jazz-reflection-in-person-alison-young-jeff-mcleod-tickets-290452771057. For those of you who have a scheduling conflict or aren’t ready for “in person” events, we will be making a video recording available on Monday April 4. To register to receive a 30 day video link: https:// www.eventbrite.ca/e/jazz-reflection-video-link-alisonyoung-jeff-mcleod-tickets-290452339767. Donations received for this event will support the artists and weekly volunteer-run food programs held through the church.

FRIDAYS: GRANTFUL FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP Food Bank and Soup Kitchen at 2029 Gerrard St. E., is open from 3:30-6 pm. Registration is required. Time slots are being distributed. Those who already have their time slot, please come at that designated time and present it when you are called to be served. Face mask is mandatory. Please respect social distancing. Info: 416-690-5169 BEACHES MENTAL WELLNESS GROUP meets each Monday at 6 p.m. at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. at Swanwick. Info: www.mentalwellness. help. Or join us most nights of the week on Zoom. Go to: https://www.meetup.com. Ask to join us: Mental Wellness Peer-to-Peer Support-Groups.

DANFORTH MENTAL WELLNESS GROUP. Join us most days for a free video support group run through ZOOM. Sign up and get details at https:// www.meetup.com/Mental-Wellness-Peer-to-PeerSupport-Groups/. Info: www.mentalwellness.help BEACH INTERFAITH OUTREACH LUNCHES. We welcome adults in the community to pick up a bag lunch at the door from 11 a.m.-12 noon. Mondays at Corpus Christie R.C. Church,16 Lockwood Rd.; Tuesdays at St. Nicholas Anglican Church (co-hosted with St. Aidan’s), 1512 Kingston Rd.; Wednesdays at the Beach Hebrew Institute, 109 Kenilworth Ave.; Thursdays at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave.; Fridays at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. Info: 416-691-6869 CHURCHES BEACHES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 65 Glen Manor Dr. We are an inclusive and affirming congregation in the heart of the Beach. As of Ash Wednesday our church is now open for in person services every Sunday at 10am.

All regulations and protocols regarding Covid-19 are followed. You can also join us remotely via Zoom or by

York Councillor Brad Bradford phone. For a link to the service and more info please visit our website at http://www.beacheschurch.org or call 416699-5871. Minister: The Reverend Katherine McCloskey.

FALLINGBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 35 Wood Glen Rd., is meeting for in-person and Zoom Worship Sundays 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Angela J. Cluney. People are expected to be fully vaccinated, wear a mask and maintain social distance. Please join us for worship or for one of our zoom activities including: Lenten Bible Study Series on Tuesdays, March 29 and April 12 at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Hobby Circle on Monday, March 28 at 2 p.m.. Join us in- person for our Book Club on Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m. in the Friendship Hall. We welcome the author Heather Tucker to join us to discuss: The Clay Girl and Cracked Pots. Info: 416-699-3084, fboffice@ rogers.com, fallingbrookpresbyterianchurch.com ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 794 Kingston Rd. No registration required but a mask must be worn. Masses - Sat. Vigil at 4:30 pm, Sun. 9 & 11 am, Tue. - Fri. 8:15 am.

Confessions by appt. Lent & Easter Schedule: Fridays of Lent: Eucharistic Adoration 8:45 - 9:45 am. with Stations of the Cross at 4:30 pm - also at 7pm on April 8. Palm Sunday Masses at regular times. Holy Thursday (no 8:15am Mass) 7pm - Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Adoration. Good Friday (no 8:15am Mass) Mass at 12 noon & 3 pm for Celebration of the Passion of the Lord - Stations of the Cross at 7pm. Holy Saturday (no 4:30pm Mass) 8:30 pm - Easter Vigil in the Holy Night. Easter Sunday Masses 9am and 11am.

For church office: stjohnsto.archtoronto.org, 416-698-1105 WAVERLEY ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, 129 Waverley Rd. We invite you to join us either In-Person or On-Line for our Sunday Morning Worship Services (twitch.tv/waverleyroadbaptist or Instagram Live) beginning at 11 a.m., as we continue in our Sunday Series: “Legacy”! Info: waverleyroad.ca, 416-694-3054, info@ waverleyroadbaptist.ca. Follow us on Facebook & Instagram. Let us know how we may pray for you, too!

BIRCHCLIFF BLUFFS UNITED CHURCH is an affirming congregation that welcomes you to share in an online worship experience during the pandemic. Links are posted on YouTube each Sunday and you can connect through our website and Facebook page. While the doors may be closed, we are not: whoever you are, however you identify, you are welcome here. The Bluffs Foodbank is open on Thursdays and our weekly programs: Toby’s Place for 2SLGBTQ+ youth, and Dorothy’s Place for 2SLGBTQ+ seniors, continue online. Info: www.bbuc.ca ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST NORWAY Anglican Church, 470 Woodbine Ave. Hope is here at St. John’s Norway!

Join us for Holy Week & Easter with online and in person services April 10-17. Info: stjohnsnorway.com, 416-691-4560.

Throughout the year, we gather on Sunday mornings to connect with one another and worship God at 9 AM on ZOOM and with Holy Eucharist at 10:30 In Person and on Livestream. You are welcome here at St. John’s Norway.

ST. AIDAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Queen St. E. Sunday Services are at 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. (Children’s Program at 10:30). Wednesdays: mid-week service at 10:30 a.m.; Christian Meditation at 7:30 p.m. All welcome. Info: 416-691-2222, staidansinthebeach.com GRANT AME CHURCH, 2029 Gerrard St. E. Sunday Worship Service every Sunday at 11 am in person or live streamed on Zoom and Facebook. Zoom Meeting ID: 287 011 5889 Passcode: loveGod or Dial-in Number: 647-3744685 Numeric Passcode: 4498507 or Facebook m.facebook. com/Grant AME Church. Our Lenten Journey continues with a service Mondays at 7 pm on Zoom. Bible Study Wednesdays at 7 pm on Zoom. Join our prayer line every Wednesday for prayer from 11 am-12 noon. Dial-in number: 1-587-405-1252 Passcode: 7006901#. Info:416 690 5169; www. grantame.com or email: grantamechurch@yahoo.ca BEACH UNITED CHURCH, 140 Wineva Ave., invites you to share in worship with us each Sunday. For the Lent and Easter season we will begin to offer limited in-person worship experiences for fully vaccinated people. To attend worship in person please register here: https://www. eventbrite.ca/e/sunday-worship-at-beach-united-onlineand-in-person-tickets-275719884597. Services are also livestreamed and recorded and available through our website: www.beachunitedchurch.com. Good Friday April 15 at 10:30 am: a reflective service of journey to the cross. Easter Sunday April 17 at 7 am: gather at the foot of Wineva Ave. on Kew Beach for brief sunrise service. Easter Sunday April 17 at 10:30 am: Easter celebration with communion.

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Obituary

Jean Scott Collins was music teacher in Beach for decades, active member of church IN LOVING memory of Jean Scott Collins (nee Walwin) who passed away peacefully on Feb. 3 at Kelowna General Hospital.

Jean Walwin was born on March 29, 1922 in Nashville, Ont. and grew up in Janetville, Whitby and Richmond Hill. She graduated with a BA from Victoria College, University of Toronto, in 1942, and went on to teach in Welland, Arnprior and Fenwick until her marriage to William George Collins in 1947.

The young couple settled in East Toronto.

In addition to being a homemaker and becoming a young mother, Jean achieved her teacher’s certificate from the Royal Conservatory of Music.

In 1958, the family moved to their home on Pine Crescent.

Soon after, Jean embarked on her long career teaching piano and music to countless students, finally retiring in the early 1990s.

Jean was an active and long-time member of the

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JEAN SCOTT COLLINS United Church Women (UCW) and the congregations of both Bellefair United Church and later Beach United Church. Jean lived an active and full life of service and community participation.

She has been honoured for her long membership, dedication and valuable contributions to the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association. Jean was also a leader in the formation of Affordable Housing East and served on the board until retiring in her 90s.

In June of 2019, Jean and Bill moved to Kelowna, B.C.

It was only recently that old age and its related issues impacted Jean’s life and health.

Jean is survived by her husband of 75 years, Bill (Sr.), her children Marni and Bill (Jr.), her sisters Margaret McClure and Mary Seagrave, and daughters-inlaw Dianne Clark and Kyra Struve Collins.

She will be missed by her grandchildren Christine Nikiforuk, Matthew and Michael Collins, and her great grandchildren Minah, Kaeden and Atticus Collins.

“Aunt Jean” is also remembered by her numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Jean was pre-deceased by her sister Ann Stevens, her beloved granddaughter Emma Marie Collins, and most recently, her youngest son Daniel (Dan).

Following her wishes, cremation has taken place. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date.

If you wish to honour Jean and her life, please make a donation to a charity of your choice.

In Memoriam

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JUST OVER a year since her death, those who knew and loved Coral Beth Jewell are honouring her memory.

Coral Beth Jewell (Zanotti) ended her heroic battle with cancer peacefully on Feb. 26 of 2021.

Born Nov. 28, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Edward (Bill) Zanotti and Hilda Mae Zanotti from Perth, Australia.

She has been lovingly missed by her partner Jim Chomey, sisters Leita-Mae Petkov (Peter) and Joy Watts (Neil), brothers Ashley (Caroline) and Kevin (Eleanor), and her nieces, nephews and many cherished close friends.

A well-known teacher before her retirement in 1999, Coral taught for years at Earl Grey, Wilkinson and Norway schools in East Toronto. Many students and parents will remember her for her ukulele clubs at the schools, concerts, and her work at the Boyne River school which included music, science and nature studies.

“Many of her students in later life would stop Coral and say ‘Mrs. Jewell you were the reason that inspired me in music and now I’m with the Toronto Symphony or have my own recording band etc…,” said Jim Chomey.

“She was instrumental, often at her own cost, in acquiring 50 or so ukuleles and teaching students from kindergarten to Grade 6 how to play,” he said.

Coral spent her first 12 years in Australia with her missionary parents, who ran a school near the town of Cairns. She then lived briefly in England before coming to Canada.

Coral built lasting friendships through her many interests. She was a talented seam-

Coral Beth Jewell taught for decades at a number of local schools including Earl Grey, Wilkinson and Norway. stress, quilter and fabric artist, writer, a creative cook and an open-hearted joyful hostess.

She enjoyed taking courses and exploring new ideas. Whether she was walking the Camino, presiding over the Yorkshire Rose Quilting Guild, contributing to her writers’ group, painting someone’s house, or canoeing at Geneva Park, she made meaningful connections.

She loved to travel, and visited many places gathering more friends with each journey.

She was always available when anyone needed help. Locally, her charitable interests included Pegasus Community Project for Adults with Special Needs and assisting a Syrian refugee family.

Anyone wishing to share memories of Coral with her family members in Australia, can send an email to Jim Chomey at Chomey@ gmail.com and he will pass them on.

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Muna Shrestha, owner of Glitter Spa on Kingston Road near Lawlor Avenue, is one such person living a vastly different reality from what she knew as a child.

She is an unsuspecting force with her unique combination of calm, determination, and an easy laugh. When Muna laughs, you automatically want to share in her joy.

Muna was born and raised in Pipaldanda, a village in Nepal that was so small there were no cars or bikes.

She grew up on her parents’ farm where they were completely self-sufficient.

“We had fruits, vegetables, rice, everything grows there. We also had chickens and goats,” Muna told me.

“I’m the youngest with three brothers and three sisters, we all worked on the farm.”

In a town with no transportation, going to school was a long endeavour. “We had to walk an hour to school and an hour back, and there was a big river.

You had to swim across it to get to school. So, my clothes would be wet but they would dry by the time I finished walking to school. In winter I didn’t go to school because it’s too cold to cross the river.”

Though Muna’s mother had never been to school, she was a bright woman who always encouraged her children to continue their education. For her final years of secondary school Muna had to move to Kathmandu as there were no options to do so in Pipaldanda.

In order to get to Kathmandu, she had to overcome the initial challenge of getting to the airport. “From home to the airport we had to walk eight hours with all my bags. My mother found someone to help us carry the bags, but it was still a lot of struggle,” she said.

“I was super nervous to go. We didn’t even have electricity in my town. We used oil lamps to see at night.

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I thought it was so fancy! It was always so bright, even at night,” Muna told me as my mind reeled at the thought.

The next part of Muna’s story may trigger our western mind to be judgemental, but please remember that many cultures operate very differently and it is not up to us to judge or decide what’s best.

Moving to Kathmandu changed Muna’s life trajectory. A friend at school thought she would be a good match for his uncle and unbeknownst to Muna, he showed his uncle her photo.

The uncle saw the photo of Muna and was smitten. A meeting was arranged by Muna’s older brother who also lived in Kathmandu and had the authority to grant permission for her marriage.

Soon after an 18-year-old Muna provided a tea service for her potential new husband who was 12 years her senior.

“I was so nervous to see him, my hands were shaking. But if my brother and auntie said he was a good person I was willing to blindly trust them,” she told me. “My aunt asked me how I feel, and I said, ‘I don’t know, if you guys decide it’s OK, then it’s OK,’ and he seemed nice and he looked really handsome. So, we married a week later. It was very fast. I didn’t even know his name! The day after the wedding, my mother-in-law kept talking about ‘Kuber’ and I asked, ‘who is Kuber’?

She said, ‘your husband’s name is Kuber.’”

Muna is very good natured about telling her story, and fully acknowledges the absurdity of not knowing her husband’s name at the

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time of their wedding, but she also accepts that for her growing up at that time in her culture arranged marriages were a normal part of life.

At first married life was challenging as they got to know each other, but Kuber truly adored and cared for Muna and their love grew naturally. Four years after their daughter was born, Kuber was sponsored by his nephew who had moved to Canada. He was gone for two years and during that period Muna went to aesthetician school in Kathmandu and started working in her field.

In February 2009 it was time for the big move. Muna said, “I was excited by the opportunity to come to Canada. I felt like it’s going to be a better life for my kids.”

But uprooting your life and trying to adapt to a brand-new country and culture is a huge undertaking.

“It was way harder than I thought it would be. It was freezing cold; I was struggling with English and Kuber was working in a factory making very little money. I felt like I was behind, starting all over,” Muna admitted.

However, she was determined to move their life forward; she took ESL classes, and eventually got her first job as a cleaner at a Comfort Inn. Her first official day on the job she had the absolute worst-case scenario, trust me when I say most of us would have quit on the spot. But not Muna, not only did she get the job done, but at their Christmas party months later she was awarded cleaner of the year.

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Entrepreneur’s key to St. Aidan’s Anglican Church success is hard work set to celebrate re-opening ‘Muna’ from Page 15 not the life for her. She had already started taking an aesthetician certificate here in Canada while working part time.

In April 2011, she completed her one-year course and immediately applied for a job at Glitter Spa; she was hired on the spot.

After only a year, Muna’s friendly nature and exceptional work ethic gave the owner of the spa enough confidence to leave her in charge while she went on extended maternity leave. She worked seven days a week. While working full time at the spa, she did side jobs from home in her ‘off’ hours.

She said, “I would finish 8 p.m. here and then I get home and I would work until midnight. It wasn’t easy, but every penny counted.”

The spa was doing very well and Muna had excellent relationships with her clients, but she knew it was time for her to move on.

“I was ready to open my own. I told the owner I was thinking of leaving and then she said, ‘why don’t you buy Glitter Spa? It will be much easier for you than starting over’. I was quite happy to hear that,” Muna told me.

Muna has owned Glitter Spa since April 2016. She continues to work hard as an entrepreneur and mother of two.

Her young son can’t comprehend the world his mother grew up in. “My son doesn’t believe me, he asks me what my favourite dolls or TV shows were, and I tell him, ‘What dolls? I didn’t watch TV, I didn’t even have electricity,’” she said.

Ultimately, this is why many newcomers to Canada work as hard as they do.

They do not take this life for granted. Muna is highly aware of the privilege her children have for being able to grow up here and is so grateful for it.

“I want my kids to be free to make their own choices. I could never have imagined this life. I love my clients and I’m so thankful I can help people. I also have always sent money back home to support my family. That makes me so happy that I can do that. I’m proud of myself,” she beamed.

Luck may have helped bring Muna and her family to Canada, but her success is completely her own.

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AFTER CLOSURE for two years due to both the COVID-19 pandemic and extensive interior renovations, St. Aidan’s Anglican Church in the Beach will celebrate its official re-opening this Sunday, March 27.

Located on Queen Street East at Silver Birch Avenue, the church will also be celebrating its re-opening and its new look with an Open House on Saturday, March 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There is now a welcoming glass entrance on Queen Street East, an elevator to the lower level, accessibility features throughout and a refurbished interior.

The inside of the church is light, bright and ready to resume serving the community for the next 100 years.

The Open House will feature a self-guided tour and a chance to see the renovated interior as well as information displays on the heritage features of the building and the ministries that are carried out.

On Sunday, March 27, at 10:30 am there will be a special service of celebration and blessing, with Bishop Kevin Robertson preaching and presiding. All are welcome to attend.

For more on St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, please go to www. staidansinthebeach.com

St. Aidan’s Anglican Church celebrates its re-opening and renovations with an Open House this Saturday, and special service with Bishop Kevin Robertson on Sunday. Photo above shows the new renovated interior of the church.

Photo at left shows the new entrance facing Queen Street East.

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How a chance encounter led to more than a decade of Beach Metro columns Ann Brokelman is an avid birder and nature photographer naturephotosbyann.blogspot.ca

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f you didn’t know this already, let me be the first to tell you: This March, Beach Metro Community News celebrates its 50th anniversary! Congratulations on the milestone!

I often think about a chance encounter I once had with Phil Lameira, who was taking photographs for Beach Metro Community News at the same charity fundraiser that I was attending.

We ended up talking about wildlife, specifically hawks, and photography. I showed him a photo that I had taken at the Scarborough Bluffs, and he asked and encouraged me to submit the photo, and write about the story behind the moment, to the paper.

And so, thanks to this chance encounter at a charity event, I wrote my first article for Beach Metro Community News. The story, about foxes, was published back on Nov. 10, 2010, and I feel so privileged to be a part of the paper’s history.

Here is an edited snippet from that first article: “A flash of red goes by my window. I jump out of my chair and catch a glimpse of a white-tipped tail of a fox going around the corner of my house. The next day I see a flash of red again and this time I grab my camera hoping to get a quick shot.

To my amazement, when I open the door, the young fox is sitting on my front porch. Wow. You will see red foxes along the lake, beach area and local parks.

Foxes will make their dens in the bluffs, but they also

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This photo of a fox near the Scarborough Bluffs ran with Ann Brokelman’s first column in Beach Metro Community News in November of 2010. regularly make them in backyards, and under sheds, decks and bushes. They are so fast and highly intelligent. Most fox sightings come at dawn and dusk, but the other afternoon I had a chance encounter walking through a local park. I was looking up at a group of wildly cawing crows when something hit my leg. It was a fox, and I am not sure who was more surprised: him or me. I stepped to the right, and he veered to the left into the park. I watched on in the bright sun as the male fox then curled up into a ball, laying down on the leaves, and took a nap, wrapping his thick tail around his face. I sat on the grass behind a tree and just watched him. Enjoy the wonders of wildlife, but please do not feed the animals. The animals have adapted to life in the city, and the best thing we can do is not interfere.

If you see an injured wild animal, please call Toronto Wildlife Centre.”

Over the years, I have

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My favourite ones have been about the two owlets that were born in my backyard, an ornery snapping turtle, an endangered blanding turtle, and of course the one where a police officer thought I might have been a serial killer.

Those articles are still up on the Beach Metro Community News website, under On the Wild Side, if you ever want to go take a look.

I hope to keep sharing my stories with you, and so long as I’m still able to get out and about in nature, I’m sure I’ll keep having experiences to share.

Thank you so much for your support over the years, your positive feedback, for telling me stories of your own wildlife encounters, and of course for supporting the local Beach Metro Community News.

Here’s to another 50 years!

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The concert begins at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7:15 p.m.) at St. Paul’s United Church, 200 McIntosh St., in southwest Scarborough.

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U of T students set to take part in Brandenburg Concertos

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THE KINGSTON Road Village Concert Series features its final concert in The Brandenburg Project on the afternoon of Sunday, March 27.

Lead by Violinist Mark Fewer, the performance of the Brandenburg Concertos no. 4 and 5, plus a Bach Chorale (with audience), will take place at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd., at 3 p.m.

Fewer is a violin soloist, chamber musician, orchestral leader, artistic director, conductor, arranger, teacher, jazz violinist, recording artist and occasional radio host.

Musicians performing in this Sunday’s concert are members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as well as music faculty and senior students at the University of Toronto.

The music students are looking forward to playing some top musicians at the concert.

“It really just is so special to work with some of the best players in the world,” said Daphne Wagenner, a first-year masters student at the University of Toronto (U of T) who is studying music performance.

“I hope whatever orchestra I end up in, if I do end up in an orchestra, that I would be able to give that experience to someone in college or even in high school, I think it really helped to motivate me again. And it really pushed me to learn my part

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University of Toronto music students Jaedon Daly and Daphne Wagenner will be performing in the final concert of The Brandenburg Project on Sunday, March 27, at Kingston Road United Church. super well as if I was a professional already and try to just really blend into their sound. It’s a different level of playing for sure.”

Jaedon Daly, a fellow first-year masters student at U of T music, also appreciates the opportunity to play with such established musicians.

“It’s a very, very good opportunity to be able to play with these musicians and we learned so much playing alongside them,” said Daly.

“Because their level is so high, us playing with these people at a super high level will actually raise our bar as well, which is kind of cool. And we’ll have our own new

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Daly, who has been playing the violin for the last 15 years, studied at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo before coming to the University of Toronto. “I studied under the Penderecki String Quartet. That was a very tight knit university, a lot smaller than U of T,” said Daly. “So here I’m seeing a lot more people and the level might be a bit higher because Laurier is only an undergrad school, at least for music performance.”

Wagenner, who has been playing the viola for four years after playing the violin for 15 years before that, comes to U of T after studying in Florida.

“I went to the University of South Florida in Tampa,” said Wagenner.

“I studied under a J.T. Posadas. We did have a pretty high level of music and we did have graduate students and DMA students. The professors were super amazing. They have such great backgrounds. But unfortunately, the school itself is just not known for music. The level is just kind of middle so coming here is a huge step up. It was still a great school and we did get some opportunities there as well.”

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach will be featured the Brandenburg Concertos. He is a composer who has been popular with musi-

cians and audiences alike for centuries.

“I think what makes it so interesting to listen to it again, and again, and again, something I’ve heard 1,000 times is the interpretation and how it moulds,” said Wagenner. “But also this project is also kind of going back to how it originally was supposed to, or we tried to play originally how it’s supposed to sound. Maybe there’s a little bit of modernism in it.”

For Daly, playing Bach’s music via a string instrument provides an extra challenge.

“My take on Bach is while playing Bach on a string instrument, it’s always very difficult,” said Daly.

“Bach writes from the Baroque period. So a big thing today is, we try to mimic the Baroque style on modern instruments. The instruments are actually completely different nowadays which is a big thing. And playing Bach is very challenging as well. That’s why it’s still around.

Not only is it harmonically musically, very good and complex and nice to listen to, it’s good to work on.”

Tickets for the March 27 performance can be purchased at www. brandenburgprojectconcert3. eventbrite.com.

There will also be a second performance on Monday, March 28.

Although it will be closed to the public, it will be streamed live at www.youtube.com/user/UofTMusic.

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Beach Guild of Fine Art set to launch Spring Show online early next month THE BEACH Guild of Fine Art (BGFA) is hosting its upcoming Spring Art Show and Sale as a virtual event next month.

The show will take place online from April 1 to April 24.

The show offers a wide variety of art styles: landscape, figurative, still life to abstract with a great range of mediums including acrylic, oil, mixed media and watercolour.

Each show hosts a core of the Guild members but there are always a few different members who choose to enter and others who for different reasons are not showing any paintings this time.

The BGFA has been an active group of local artists creating in the Beach neighbourhood for close to 30 years.

Members may change but the dedication of the Guild to the promotion of art in the Beach has been a fixed goal since its inception.

During this show some of the artists are going to be donating all or a percentage of specific painting sales to the Red Cross Relief Fund for Ukraine.

The artists have included in their bio or the painting description which of their specific works will be part of this fund-raising effort.

Guild member are hoping in the fall to finally have an in-person show at Beach United Church on Wineva Avenue, but once again felt that due to COVID-19, an online show was the safest way to proceed for this spring.

Shopping online lets people sit in their home, or even wander room to room deciding where the paintings they love will fit best.

Visitors to the online show can tap on the SHOP button and find that the site is easy to navigate and the payment methods are secure.

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Musicologist Daley leads the lectures.

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BEACH METRO COMMUNITY NEWS

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Beach musician Fabio Dwyer makes a musical comeback from Parkinson’s

By Ginette Whitten-Day

FABIO DWYER is a Beach musician, a professional guitarist and co-owner, with his wife Laura Savage, of the Mill House School of Music (previously located at Dawes Road and Danforth Avenue, and now on St. Clair Avenue East).

He was a founding member of a local band, and has freelanced with a wide array of groups playing throughout Ontario. Fabio

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Satisfaction guaranteed!

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Larry’s Painting & Repairs Family owned & operated 26 years in business

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HANDYMAN

by Kevin

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CARPENTRY

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Beaches Brickworks

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cent of my guitar playing. I continue to improve,” he said. “My musician friends have been great. They’ve spent hours giving me musical workouts... I would never have made it if not for my friends and family, especially Laura my partner in life and in business.”

Fabio will be the special guest on March 25 at the Friday Night Blues Jam at The Black Swan on Danforth Avenue. For details go to www.facebook.com/Mike.Sedgewick.Blues.

Jam.

Carpenters

Kevin 647 282 8375

MARTIN PETROV

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and electrical stimulation to treat movement disorders associated with Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions. On Oct. 3, 2021 Fabio underwent the surgery at the Toronto Western Hospital and six weeks later (a time that allowed the brain to heal) the doctors switched on the device. “It was like a miracle.

My tremors were reduced by 95 per cent and I could walk, talk, swallow, smile and wipe my butt, but most of all, after three of the 11 adjustment sessions, I’d recovered 85 per

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Painters

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Local resident w/32 yrs. exp.

Call for a free quote; references available.

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Fully licensed & insured.

Lic #T94

WG PAINTING

Interior painting & plaster repairs I am a local resident who takes pride in making your home look great.

Following COVID protocol

Dianne 416 699 5070

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PLUMBER CONTRACTOR

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MASTER PLUMBER

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Servicing Residential & Commercial

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has released two solo albums and developed the soundtrack for two movies. In 2017, after a slow progression that began in 2012, Fabio was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.“I managed to play a little for the first two years following diagnosis,” said Fabio, “but by 2019, I couldn’t play at all. For a musician that’s like a death sentence.”

His one glimmer of hope was that he was a candidate for deep brain stimulation — a procedure that uses implanted electrodes

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