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Winter Stations 2024 kicked off with the launch of the Making Waves installation in Woodbine Park, at the corner of Queen Street East and Northern Dancer Boulevard, last Thursday night. On hand for the opening ceremonies were (from left) Paul Bieksa, Executive Director of The Beach BIA, and Making Waves designers Purvangi Patel and Adria Maynard.
Winter Stations 2024 installations now on display at Woodbine Beach and along Queen Street East THE INSTALLATIONS for Winter Stations 2024 are now on display on Woodbine Beach and Queen Street East. Opening ceremonies for the installations on the beach took place yesterday (Monday, Feb. 19, after Beach Metro Community News press time) at Woodbine Beach. Before that, though, a launch was held to celebrate the Queen Street Stations on the night of Thursday, Feb. 15. New for this year will be three
installations set up along Queen Street East. They are CONRAD at Ivan Forrest Gardens park; Delighthouse at Kew Gardens park; and Making Waves at Woodbine Park (corner of Queen Street East and Northern Dancer Boulevard). Thursday night’s celebrations saw Winter Stations officials, sponsors and designers take part at the unveiling of the Making Waves installation. Paul Bieksa, Executive Director of The Beach BIA and one of
the Winter Stations sponsors, said he was thrilled to see the installations expanding beyond Woodbine Beach. “People want to see and have different experiences, and this lets them take Winter Stations in the Beach all the way from the sandy beach to along Queen Street,” he said. “We’re so happy that they will be able to continue their adventure of Winter Stations.” Especially appealing about the three installations in the Queen Street East parks is that they are il-
luminated and visitors will be able to experience them at night as well. Making Waves designers Purvangi Patel and Adria Maynard said they were very happy with how their installation looked at night with its illuminated bulbs. “I was very excited to see it lit up, and so happy with how it looked with the snow reflecting the light around it,” said Patel on Thursday. “I like it being in the park; gives people a chance to see it in the dark Continued on Page 15
Black History Month celebrations at Eastview THE EASTVIEW Neighbourhood Community Centre will be hosting a Black History Month celebration this Sunday. The 29th Annual Black History Month Event will bring youth from across Toronto together to celebrate the positive experiences and achievements of their peers,
said organizers from the Eastview Toronto BGC (Boys and Girls Club) and the Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre. The theme for the Sunday, Feb. 25, celebration is Black Heroes. Events at the free celebration will include performances, a fashion show, displays and a dinner.
The event is for youth ages 13 to 20 and all community members are invited to attend. Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre is located at 86 Blake St., in the Jones and Danforth avenues area. This Sunday’s celebration takes place from 1 to 4 p.m.
Those planning to attend are asked to register in advance by contacting Anthony Fagan by email at Anthonyfagan@eastviewcentre. com or by phone at 416 392 1750, extension 310. The registration deadline for attendees to contact Fagan is Friday, Feb. 23.
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INCREASING AUTO thefts in the Beach are leaving many local residents feeling frustrated and unsafe. Comments on local Facebook groups reveals the anger which came to a boiling point after four men attempted to kick down the door of a home near Queen Street East and Munro Park Avenue early on the morning of Jan. 30 in what was believed to be an attempt to the get the keys to a Land Rover. The would-be thieves were unable to get into the home and their hapless attempts at kicking in the door were shown on a YouTube video released by Toronto police. (As of Feb. 16 no arrests had been made in the incident.) Given the lengths some of the thieves seem willing to go to, many residents are worried not only about their property but their personal safety. Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford told Beach Metro Community News that he has been hearing those concerns and has spoken with Toronto police’s 55 Division about them. “There are deep concerns about the growing trend of auto thefts across Toronto, including in the Beach. I’m troubled when I hear that residents in Balmy Beach and other neighbourhoods across Beaches-East York are not feeling safe in their homes,” said Bradford. “I’ve spoken with officers in 55 Division about what more can be done to tackle auto theft. There are currently investigative units assigned to link these auto thefts, arrest individuals and recover vehicles. 55 Division’s Neighbourhood Community Officers work Continued on Page 3
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The City of Toronto recently partnered with St. Jude Community Homes to purchase 20 permanently affordable homes in the Normandy Apartments building on Gerrard Street East through the Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition (MURA) program SJCH aims to ensure the protection of tenants as rent is set at a maximum average of 80 per cent of Average Market Rent. There is also a guarantee for tenants that their homes will stay at these affordable prices for at least 99 years. “As we went from renter to owner, a collective sigh of relief was felt as worry and anxieties from the uncertainties of knowing the landlord wanted to sell the 20-unit building faded,” said SJCH Board Director/ Resident Wayne March and SJCH Executive Director Carol Zoulalian in a joint statement. “With ownership, tenants can continue to live long term in their homes now that the building is safe, well taken care of, and affordable in perpetuity.” Although St. Jude Com-
Frederick Langdon Hubbard He was born in Toronto in 1878, the son of William Peyton Hubbard, Toronto's first Black politician. Hubbard Blvd. in the prime Beach (facing the boardwalk and water from Balsam to Wineva Avenues) is named after him. He was the general manager of the Scarboro Beach Amusement Park for twenty years. The amusement park existed from 1907 to 1925 and was located adjacent to where Hubbard Blvd is today. He served as the first Black board member of the Toronto Transit Commission, which included a stint as chair, from 1929 to 1939. He passed away in Toronto in 1953 at age 75. Two large historical buildings at 660 and 662 Broadview Avenue, now on the site of Montcrest School, were Hubbard family homes and are named in honour of him and his father William Peyton Hubbard.
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eryone needs to feel safe in their home and have confidence that they will not be unfairly evicted.” The program has a wide range of support form city councillors including Beaches-East York’s Brad Bradford (Vice Chair of Toronto’s Planning and Housing Committee) who described it as a “common-sense” way to ensure that Toronto remains affordable. “The Multi-United Residential Acquisition program is an important part of Toronto’s plan to tackle the housing crisis,” said Bradford in the city’s news release. “This program helps notfor-profit housing providers preserve existing affordable homes and gives tenants more security and stability for the long term. The MURA program is one of the common-sense ways we are working to ensure that Toronto remains a city where everyone can afford to live.” – Amarachi Amadike is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter for Beach Metro Community News. His reporting is funded by the Government of Canada through its Local Journalism Initiative.
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Residents concerned for safety ‘Rise’ from Page 1 tirelessly to safeguard their respective neighbourhoods, but more needs to be done.” Answers to questions to Toronto police regarding issues specific to 55 Division were not made available to Beach Metro Community News by press deadline for this edition. However, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw spoke at length about the auto theft epidemic in a presentation he made to the National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft that took place in Ottawa on Feb. 8. “In 2023, there were more than 12,000 vehicles stolen in Toronto alone. That is about 34 vehicles stolen every day, that’s one every 40 minutes,” said Demkiw. As others at the Summit pointed out, Demkiw said organized crime networks play a large role in auto thefts across the country. He also cited the apparent ease in which stolen vehicles are shipped out of Canada. “Like other crimes facilitated by organized crime networks, it is borderless, and what may begin in Toronto can victimize those in surrounding cities and beyond. We know these stolen vehicles often wind up leaving Toronto, ending up sold around the world by organized criminal groups,” he said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke at the Summit which was attended by police, insurance, auto manufacturers and federal officials. The Province of Ontario also set up a Provincial Carjacking Joint Task Force late last year to combat auto thefts. However, help is going to be needed at all levels of government and also from auto
makers to deal with the issue. Locally, residents are trying to increase safety in their own communities. Resident Don Cameron is working to get the Balmy Beach Neighbourhood Watch up and running again after what had been an absence of many years. Approximately 100 people have expressed interest to Cameron in the local Neighbourhood Watch since he made public the plans to resurrect it last month. “It seems to certainly be about the car thefts,” said Cameron of some of the concerns he’s been hearing. However, there are other issues including break-ins and “porch pirates” stealing delivered packages. Cameron, who is a civilian member of the 55 Division Community Police Liaison Committee and a member of the Balmy Beach Residents Association, said he has heard complaints that police are not taking enough pro-active steps to deter or catch auto thieves operating in the area. “From the police point of view it is mostly about resources and what other calls are they responding to,” said Cameron, in response to a question as to why can’t police just be patrolling up and down the streets between 2 and 4 a.m. He said auto manufacturers also need to do much more to make vehicles harder to steal. “More attention does need to be given to the auto industry and how they improve security and make vehicles tougher to steal.” Please see upcoming editions of Beach Metro Community News as we continue to cover this ongoing story.
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Siya Elahy has been serving up pizza slices and memories for 30 years By Erin Horrocks-Pope
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rowing up in the heart of the Beach, a familiar face has become synonymous with comfort, community, and, of course, pizza. Siya Elahy, the man behind the counter at Pizzaville, has been serving up slices and smiles for an impressive 30 years. Siya’s journey began just a block west from the current Beach Mall location, where he opened his first Pizzaville. In 2004, he moved the operation to its current spot, becoming a staple in the lives of many residents, my own family included. My parents moved onto Waverley Road in the Beach in 1991 and started their pizza tradition with Siya when he first opened in April 1994, just two months after I was born. Siya’s memory extends beyond his customers’ pizza preferences; he recalls my mother’s pregnancy with my younger sister, Shelley, in 1995-96, even sharing anecdotes with me of the utter exhaustion I caused my very pregnant mother with my fast little feet and silent departures. These memories and meaningful moments have always made our family, and countless others, feel like a part of the extended Pizzaville family. In her early years, Shelley affectionately dubbed Siya “Mr. Pizza Maker Man,” a term my father continues to use to this day. While our interactions with Siya were primarily pizza-related, he played an integral role in shaping our community experience. Whether post-soccer game celebrations, spontaneous visits after daycare, or rainy Friday nights picking up pizzas for family movie nights, Pizzaville has always been more than just a pizza place for us; it is a collection of our family’s core memories. I even had my first date in Grade 6 at Pizzaville when a local boy, who I won’t name, bought me my favourite
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Siya Elahy is the man behind the counter at Pizzaville on Queen Street East. In her first Familiar Faces column, Erin Horrocks-Pope reflects on Siya’s impact on the community. vegetarian slice of pizza and an orange soda. We sat in excruciatingly awkward silence over our short Kew Beach Public School lunch break. I remember watching Siya smile, one of those smiles I now find myself wearing when watching my own kids start new chapters of their lives. Despite my relocation to East York with my husband and our children, familiar faces like Siya in the Beach always draw me back. Siya creates community within the walls of Pizzaville, which extends into homes every time a box of Pizzaville pizza is opened. During my high school and early college years, Pizzaville became my refuge for study sessions or escapes from my family to stew in my teenage angst. Witnessing Siya’s attention to detail during the after-school rush, especially towards families with kids, showcased his commitment to creating a welcoming environment. Highchairs would be set up, the back TV tuned to a kid’s channel, and every child greeted with genuine warmth. Now, as a mother myself, Siya’s influence spans three
generations in my family. During my recent pregnancy, Pizzaville’s vegetarian slice remained a constant craving, a tradition that seamlessly passed down from my parents. Reflecting on the evolution of the neighbourhood over the years, Siya said, “I remember all the kids and their families that come in here. I’ve watched kids grow up. I’ve watched families grow.” His pride in being part of the community is evident. His joy is apparent when recounting stories of former customers returning with their own successes, like the child who once frequented Pizzaville after school at Kew Beach who has now returned as a teacher at the local school. Although Siya now resides in Keswick, commuting five days a week to be with his customers and neighbours, his commitment to the Beach remains unwavering. As retirement age approaches, Siya expresses no desire to leave. “This is my community. These are my customers,” he said, emphasizing the deep roots he has planted in the neighbourhood.
Siya is humbled by the support from his customers over the past 30 years, and attributes these decades of success to family support, hard work, and his genuine love for the community. “I love making pizza for the families that live in the neighbourhood, and I always love when they come back for more, telling me they can tell we made it from the heart like we would for our own families. Because that’s exactly how we make it, every time,” said Siya. Marking its 30th year in the Beach this spring, Pizzaville is so much more than a pizza joint; for me it’s an archive of shared stories, laughter, and the unwavering spirit of a community brought together by the passion and dedication of Siya Elahy. Pizzaville is located at 1971 Queen St. E
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Local councillors have mixed reaction to approval of city budget, tax hike By Amarachi Amadike, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TORONTO COUNCIL approved Mayor Olivia Chow’s official 2024 budget on Wednesday, Feb. 14, an event that marks the city’s largest tax increase since 1998. Originally presented as a double-digit tax hike, councillors settled for a 9.5 per cent total residential tax increase after a decision was made to dip into the city’s reserves in attempts to close a $1.8 billion budget deficit. “We are finally having Toronto back on track, even though we inherited a huge $1.8-billion financial mess,” said Chow during a post council meeting media scrum. With an 18-8 vote in favour of Chow’s budget, most councillors were in good spirits as they envisioned a better functioning Toronto as a result of 2024’s budget process which saw a large number of public consultations across the city. “I’m proud to have supported the budget’s gamechanging investments in housing, transit and other critical services to help get us back on track after years of decline,” said TorontoDanforth Councillor Paula Fletcher who took to X (formerly Twitter) in celebration of the approved budget. Not all East Toronto councillors shared Fletcher’s enthusiasm, however. During the Feb. 14 budget meeting, Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford attempted to make last-minute changes as he proposed an increase in tax breaks for small businesses in the city. With Bradford introducing the Small Business Property Tax Subclass in 2021 under former Mayor John Tory – a move that resulted in the current 15 per cent small business property tax cut – the Beaches-East York councillor attempted to dou-
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ble down on his past success. At Wednesday’s meeting he recommended that Toronto Council further increase the small business tax cut to 25 per cent in light of sustained struggles being experienced by many business owners following the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s no secret that small businesses are really struggling right now,” Bradford told Beach Metro Community News. “In some respects, it’s more difficult today than it has been over the past four years.” Bradford said this struggle is due to a lack of funding to continue supporting small businesses in the manner the City of Toronto was able to during the height of the pandemic. With the city having exhausted pandemic relief funds, many businesses have been forced to shut down, he said. However, with Bradford’s proposal coming in at the closing stages of the budget proceedings, it was seen by the majority of councillors as just another hurdle in the way of the city’s efforts to close the $1.8 billion opening budget pressure and his motion was shut down by a 22-4 vote against the small business tax cut. Bradford said he blamed the timing of his proposal on the fact that the revised budget wasn’t presented by Chow until Feb. 1. “When I went through it, I noticed that there’s not a single sentence about small business, the economy and how we’re responding to challenges that entrepreneurs are facing right now,” he said. Bradford said he had hoped that the small business tax cut would be offset by a one per cent tax increase to larger commercial businesses. According to a representative of his office, city staff had confirmed that the reduction for small business can be offset by an additional property tax rate increase of 1.63 per cent for the remainder of the commercial property tax class. This includes the big office towers, big box stores and shopping malls. Some councillors, however, questioned the motives behind Bradford’s motion as it is widely believed that most small business owners are renters and not landlords. This would mean that any positive impact from an increased tax break on small businesses would be felt by the building owners and not the actual business owners. But Bradford said that “in the vast majority of com-
mercial real estate leases”, the tenant (business owner) is under a Triple Net Lease which means the tenant is responsible for payment of the taxes, maintenance, and insurance. “About 85 per cent of commercial leases in Toronto are Triple Net leases,” said Bradford. “This means that for 85 per cent of small businesses, this tax relief would go to them.” Although Bradford described the motion as “revenue neutral” during the Feb. 14 budget meeting, ParkdaleHigh Park Councillor Gordon Perks criticized it with claims that it is the opposite of that. He cited past struggles the city had after trying to increase taxes on larger commercial property owners. According to Perks, a multitude of lawsuits, which cost the city millions, accompanied their last attempt at generating funds in this manner. Bradford wasn’t the only councillor to see changes to the budget denied by Toronto Council on Wednesday. A separate motion by Etobicoke North Councillor Vincent Crisanti which recommended a one per cent reduction on the property tax increase by using another $42.2 million from Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund also failed to garner support and was defeated in a 20-6 vote against the proposal. Although Crisanti and Bradford saw their motions shut down, Etobicoke-Lakeshore Councillor Amber Morley saw her motion to increase Toronto police’s $1.2 billion operating budget by another $12.6 million pass with a 21-5 vote. According to Toronto Chief Financial Officer Stephen Conforti, this will be financed through city reserves which staff is expecting will be replenished “with any emerging funding programs from the federal and provincial government.” However, the provincial and federal government’s exact level of commitment to replace these funds is still unclear. “As to precisely how much, I do not know,” said Chow during Wednesday’s budget meeting. Following the final budget meeting and approval by council members, the City of Toronto officially has a $17.1 billion operating budget and a 2024-2033 capital budget of $49.8 billion. – Amarachi Amadike is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter for Beach Metro Community News. His reporting is funded by the Government of Canada through its Local Journalism Initiative.
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Tai Chi sessions help improve health and relaxation Mario Schwarz Guest column
TAI CHI, also known as T’ai chi ch’uan or Taijiquan, developed as an ancient Chinese martial art and a way of self-realization and is today widely practiced for its health benefits. Chronic diseases cause a large burden in people and affect the quality of life of individuals. Furthermore, almost half of the global
population suffers from at least one chronic disease and may be at risk of functional decline and disability. Exercise therapy is a safe way to improve physical function and reduce disability in patients with chronic diseases. In the past few decades, exercise has been widely used in the treatment of chronic diseases, and experts have begun to adopt the terms “exercise prescription” and “exercise therapy”. Tai Chi is not only good for treating a variety of health issues but also to prevent future illnesses.
Tai Chi is a complementary and alternative therapy that has become a widespread exercise worldwide. Over the past two decades, researchers have conducted extensive studies of the health-promoting effects of Tai Chi by focusing on various systems of the human body and their corresponding diseases. Studies have shown that Tai Chi is beneficial for patients with a wide range of problems and is a safe and effective way to promote balance control, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness. During the past 45 years more
than 500 trials and 120 systematic reviews have been published on the health benefits of Tai Chi. Reviews indicate excellent evidence of benefit for preventing falls, osteoarthritis, Parkinson’s disease, rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and improving cognitive capacity in older adults. There is good evidence of benefit for depression, cardiac and stroke rehabilitation, and dementia. There is fair evidence of benefit for improving quality of life for cancer patients, fibromyalgia, hypertension, and osteoporosis.
Tai Chi was designed as a way to exercise not only the muscles and the joints but also to stretch the fascia of the organs and balance the bioelectricity of each one of them, and that is why this practice was related in the ancient times as a longevity practice. In these times, where we live with extreme stress, Tai Chi can provide necessary tools to relax and calm the mind. For information on Tai Chi classes at Kingston Road United Church, please send an email to mariofna453@gmail.com.
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Bedrooms with windows should be part of building proposal Re: ‘Proposal for Queen and Lee calls for six-storey residential building and new, larger grocery store,’ Feb. 6, Beach Metro Community News. Having reviewed the indicative floorplan for the housing in the proposed development on the corner of Queen Street East and Lee Avenue, we are concerned to find that it contains 40 one-bedroom apartments with no windows in the bedrooms. The bedroom is in a closet with sliding doors that open into the kitchen-living space. This is dangerous and inhumane housing design. As for the 11 three-bedroom and six two-bedroom units, the crammed layout indicates that some of these bedrooms will have no windows too. Imagine a child growing up in a bedroom without a window. Imagine a fire. It isn’t right and it isn’t safe. In fact, it would be against Ontario’s Building Code which states that any room for sleeping in any building must have a
window – except that a loophole was created by a ruling made by the Building Code Commission on a condo in Guelph back in 2014. It is long past time to close this loophole. There is a reason that windows are considered essential to bedrooms. Fire is one: What if there is a kitchen fire, and your only means of escape is into the kitchen? It’s also considered unsafe for other reasons including poor air quality, lack of ventilation and access to daylight. Natural light is not optional for humans: It’s needed to regulate essential biological and psychological processes including serotonin and sleep, and windowless rooms are linked to poor health and long-term depression. Fresh air is essential too. That’s why we have these regulations. But even if the developer can get away with it, what kind of a person – what kind of a community – would stand for it?
If the interior layouts were redesigned, this large addition to the Beach could provide decent homes. As it stands, this is a greedy application that takes advantage of the housing crisis to extract maximum profit by selling homes unfit for habitation. The application should not be supported and whatever loophole allows windowless closets to be called bedrooms must be closed. A redesigned plan with windows in all bedrooms is not beyond the wit of the architect. There may be fewer apartments in the building, but these would be of greater value, and would provide happy, healthy and safe homes where people thrive. Isn’t that what we want for our future neighbours? Christine Murray, architecture critic Richard Marks, architect
A Vacant Business Tax is needed to motivate landlords of empty stores I agree with the new Vacant Home Tax but there’s also an urgent need for a Vacant Business Tax. Our Beach neighbourhood is dotted with empty storefronts. Right at our main intersection at Queen Street East and Lee Avenue there are five empty buildings that have been without a tenant for years.
Much like graffiti and litter, these dead buildings sap the life and vibrancy from a streetscape and create only blight. My suggestion is to have an escalating tax penalty for those landlords who refuse to rent their properties. It would be as simple as a $100 fine that doubles every month. I’m certain that an ever increasing levy would jar them to action and while a monetary penalty is the best incentive to
rent these buildings, there could also be an option to allow these properties to be offered at reduced rents or gratis for artist studios or commercial pop ups, etc... Whatever it takes to have them occupied and add to our neighbourhood, rather than detract from it. Bill Murtagh
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Singular word ‘Beach’ is a unifying term for entire community went to Malvern Collegiate about the same time and have never left our area. Perhaps the Beaches Library was named in recognition of the four beaches but that does not mean the District is called that. The Beach Theatre from 1919, the Beach telephone exchange from 1903, the Beach Hebrew Institute etc... all bear the singular name. I recognize that those from away called it the Beaches, perhaps from lack of knowledge or just because they were
going down to the area of four beaches. Personally, I think it became a trendy realtor name for the district in perhaps the 1970s or thereabouts. This was about the same time our current electoral district was renamed by someone perhaps not familiar with our history. The singular word “Beach” is a unifying term, recognizing that Balmy, Scarboro, Kew and Woodbine all share a continuous stretch of sand. As people, let’s stand united too. Sue Stuart
Interesting to see the Beach or Beaches issue crop up once again Re: ‘Area’s name is The Beaches,’ Letters, Feb. 6, Beach Metro Community News. I read with great interest (and incredulity!) the letter in your Feb. 6 issue, as my personal experience has been diametrically opposite to the letterwriter’s! My parents and grandparents moved to the Beach more than 100 years ago,
and all four of my family’s generations here have said we live “at the Beach”! Everyone we knew said the same thing. I don’t remember ever hearing it called The Beaches until perhaps the 1970s, when one of the Toronto dailies ran an article which said that “if you call it The Beaches, they’ll know you’re a stranger”! (This may account for the letter-writ-
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er’s non-Malvern friends calling it The Beaches!) Anyway, it was interesting to see this issue crop up again, so many years after the city settled on The Beach for its street signs. Mary Campbell Co-author of The Beach in Pictures, 1793-1932 (published 1988)
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Info: www.tbeths.com FEB. 29: Annual Soup Tasting Competition at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., 5-6:45 p.m. You’re the judge! Sample and choose your favourite soup from participating restaurants. Cost $5, proceeds supporting CC55’s year-round programs. Winner gets the Silver Ladle and a cash prize. Info: 416-691-1113 x 24, jade@centre55.com MARCH 1: 60s Music Night featuring Fraser/Daley at 140 Wineva Ave., 7 p.m. Live 60s music, dancing, cash bar, raffles, and more with headliners Fraser/Daley (Alec Fraser and Mike Daley) and openers Skylark. Tickets $50, proceeds towards Beach United’s year-round community programs. Tickets and info: beachunitedchurch.com MARCH 1: Wine and Cheese Pairing Featuring Wine from Piedmont, Veneto and Northern Italy at Gerrard Art Space / GAS Inc., 1475 Gerrard St. E., 7-8:30 p.m. Savour the flavours of these renowned wine regions of Italy. RSVP on The Pantry Eventbrite page. Info: 416-778-0923, gerrardartspace@gmail.com MARCH 2: Kingston Road Village Concert Series presents Back TWO Bach at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd., 7:30 p.m., featuring TSO musicians, Mark Fewer, violin, Sarah Jeffrey, oboe, and Steven Woomert, trumpet, and Monica Whicher, soprano. Tickets: www.kingstonroadvillageconcerts.eventbrite.com MARCH 2: Jazz & Reflection at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., 4:30 p.m. Join pianist/vocalist Jim Clayton, bassist Peter Telford and drummer Adam Warner for an afternoon of jazz in our beautiful Main Hall. Entry is pay-what-you-can and helps support Beach United’s yearround community programs. Info: beachunitedchurch.com MARCH 3, 10: Scarborough Model Railroaders Train Show, 17 Jeavons Ave., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Two floors of HO and N scale scenic layouts. Watch miniature trains that are as long as the real ones! Fun for all ages. Tickets: adults $10, children $5. Cash only. MARCH 4: Author Reading with Terry Fallis, 140 Wineva Ave., 7 p.m. Bestselling author Terry Fallis will read from his new novel A New Season and take questions afterwards. Fallis is the author of nine national bestsellers. Pay What You Can at the door. Info: www.beachunitedchurch.com MARCH 6-17: The Leslie Grove Gallery presents Beach Wood Rescued, a showing of sculptures and paintings by local artist Andrew Vasilevich, at 1158 Queen St. E., 12 noon-5 p.m. (closed Monday and Tuesday). The artist uses his creative spirit to mold discarded wood into imaginative sculptures that reveal the form and beauty of one of nature’s most magnificent structures. MARCH 7: Seniors Active Living & Lifestyles Fair at Beaches Sandbox, 2181 Queen St. E., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Hosted by Community Centre 55. An informative, free day of workshops, active demonstrations, healthy snacks, and health-related exhibitors. Info: Jade 416-691-1113, jade@centre55.com MARCH 13: Scarborough Garden & Horticultural Society Presentation by President of Toronto Greater Bulb Society, Michael Erdman “Easy Summer Bulbs” at Scarborough Village Recreation Centre, Kingston/Markham Rds., 7:30 p.m. Free. Refreshments included. Guests welcome. MARCH 18: East York Garden Club members’ monthly meeting: Darryl Cheng will be speaking on An Engineer’s Approach to Houseplant Care at Stan Wadlow Clubhouse, 373 Cedarvale Ave., 7 p.m. informal gathering, 7:30 p.m. meeting start. New members and guests welcome. APRIL 6: Annual Spring Sprint - 2km and 5km run/ walk, organized by the Beaches Recreation Centre Advisory Council. Volunteers will be needed the day of the event as well as leading up to the event. Please send your contact information to: springsprint@hotmail.ca APRIL 6, 7: The Art Guild of Scarborough’s Spring Art Show and Sale at Centennial Recreation Centre – Scarborough, 1967 Ellesmere Rd., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Show features over 400 original, juried works of art by member artists, many of whom will be in attendance. Free parking, admission, and refreshments. Info: https://theartguildofscarborough.com/upcoming-shows FRIDAYS: GRANTFUL FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP Food Bank and Soup Kitchen, 2029 Gerrard St. E., 3:30-6 p.m. Registration is required. New clients must present identification for members in their household on their first visit. Time slots are handed out and clients are encouraged to arrive at the food bank the time slot they selected. Info. 416 -690-5169 BEACHES MENTAL WELLNESS GROUP meets each Tuesday at 7 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. 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Are you interested in photography? We invite all shutterbugs to check out our local photo club. We offer a range of activities including guest speakers, mentorship, opportunities to share your work, photo excursions, competitions, practical seminars and more! We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from September to June, 7-9:30 p.m., at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. (unless specified in program). Info: beachphotoclub.com or email beachphotoclub@gmail.com BEACHES SANDBOX, 2181 Queen St. E. Upcoming February Workshops at Beaches Sandbox: •Sensible Sleepers - Baby Sleep Workshop – Feb. 28, 10-11 a.m. Free. •Mindful Motion Workshop for Seniors – Feb. 29, 1-2 p.m., $10.00. Register at beachessandbox.com or call (416) 928-0755. MEDITATIONS FOR WORLD PEACE at Atisha Buddhist Centre, 1823 Gerrard St. E., Sundays 10-11 a.m. (no charge). Info: www.atisha.ca or atisha.centre@gmail.com RCL TODMORDEN BR. 10, 1083 Pape Ave. •March 2: Correction: Down East Evening with Jiggs Dinner has been rescheduled to Saturday, April 27. The band will be Tim Kennedy and the Roadhouse Boys, 8 p.m. to closing. $30, doors open at 5:30, dinner is served around 6:30 p.m. Tickets available from the bar or call 416-425-3070 to reserve. Deadline for tickets or reservations is Friday, April 19 and All reserved tickets must be paid in full by Tuesday, April 23. •March 1: Dance Party with DJ Rob Martine, 8 p.m. following Bingo. •March 15: Karaoke hosted by AJ, 8 p.m., following Bingo at 6:30 p.m. •March 17: St. Patrick’s Day, following the parade, come back to party at Branch 10 with DJ Jose •April 5: Karaoke hosted by AJ, 8 p.m., following Bingo at 6:30 p.m. CHURCHES BEACH UNITED CHURCH, 140 Wineva Ave., invites you to share in worship with us each week. We offer a combination of in person and YouTube livestream opportunities on Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Services are led by our creative and passionate music director Steven Webb and our minister Rev. Greg Daly. In addition to Sunday services, Beach United Church offers a variety of inspirational music and educational programs open to the entire Beach community. Links and info: beachunitedchurch.com KINGSTON ROAD UNITED CHURCH, 975 Kingston Rd., welcomes you to their weekly 10:30 a.m. Sunday service. We are a welcoming, inclusive community and have various programmes which include weekly Sunday children’s programming, an adult choir, a junior choir, and a Youth Group. Our minister, Rev. Debra Schneider, and all of us would be delighted to meet you! ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC Church, 794 Kingston Rd., 2 blks. east of Main St. Lent & Easter Schedule: Stations of the Cross every Friday during Lent 4:30 pm. Confessions: Wed. Mar. 20 - 8:45 to 9:15am & 11:45am to 12:30pm & 6 to 7:15 pm & every Saturday 3:30 to 4:15pm. Palm Sunday Masses: (Mar. 23) Sat. Vigil 4:30pm & (Mar. 24) Sun. 9 & 11am. Holy Thursday (Mar. 28) no 8:15am Mass only Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Eucharistic Adoration at 7pm. Good Friday (Mar. 29) no 8:15am Mass only Liturgy of the Word and Communion at 12 noon & 3pm. Holy Saturday (Mar. 30) no 4:30pm Mass only Easter Vigil at 8:30pm. Easter Sunday (Mar. 31) Masses at 9 & 11am. Easter Monday (Apr. 1) Mass at 9am. CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH, 160 Lockwood Rd. Masses: Sat 5 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Info: 416-694-0382, corpuschristito.archtoronto.org TORONTO UNITED MENNONITE CHURCH, 1774 Queen St. E. is a Christian community in the MennoniteAnabaptist “peace church” tradition. We aspire to be a family of faith that welcomes people with diverse backgrounds and stories, worshipping together and supporting one another, while following Christ’s example in working for peace and justice in our urban context. Our worship services are at 11 am every Sunday. Info: www.tumc.ca ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST NORWAY Anglican Church, 470 Woodbine Ave. Welcome! We gather to connect with one another and worship God on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. In-Person/Livestream and at 5 p.m. In-Person for The Table, a contemporary service followed by a simple community supper. Our Food Pantry is open Mondays, 10 a.m.-12 noon. Info: stjohnsnorway.com, 416-691-4560 THE CHURCH OF ST. AIDAN (Anglican), 2423 Queen St. E., welcomes you to join us for Sunday worship at 8:30 a.m. (spoken service) and 10:30 a.m. (with music and children’s and youth programs). Thursday Evening Lenten Contemplative Service with acoustic and Taizé music, 7-8 p.m. in the Nave on Feb. 22, Feb. 29, Mar. 7, Mar. 21. 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good.” She continued with, “We were conditioned that our hair had to be beautiful, which meant a lot of manipulation and so many different styles which were definitely causing damage as well.” The pressure Black people, particularly Black women, have felt to wear their hair a certain way was forced upon us by way of discrimination. Eurocentric culture has always set the standard of beauty in the western world, which meant natural and traditional styles had to be put aside for many Black people in order to stand any chance of advancement. There have been a few highly publicized cases of hair-based discrimination. A story that broke in September 2023 particularly stood out. In Mont Belvieu, Texas a high school student served more than two weeks in-school suspension for wearing his twisted dreadlocks to school. The school
said that it wasn’t about his dreadlocks and that the length was in violation of the dress code. The student’s mother said that didn’t make sense since the locks were tied up neatly on the top of his head. It’s easy to see how all this fixation on policing Black hair can be a distraction. A distraction from letting a young student advance their education, a distraction from real issues like equal opportunity for Black and people of colour; let people get entangled in this meaningless debate so the systems of oppression can continue to operate unscrutinized. To allow these injustices to overshadow the true beauty in our Blackness and our hair would be to let ignorance win, and we won’t do that. Thankfully in our modern world we have more access to the world at large and through the perseverance of activists had more visible representation of Black and people of colour achieving all manner of greatness. One of the strongest superpowers we have is community. Tamara shared how communal an experience hair care was for her and her family. “We all came together and made it more of a bonding thing. We would do each other’s hair, sometimes I would say, ‘sorry’ to my mom ‘but I’m going to get auntie to do my hair because she’s more gentle than you’. There was always someone who knew how to do hair in my family. My mom would be doing the hair of all the kids that came over. My mom and my aunt were that resource for people. They loved that. They loved sharing what they knew about it. I think that’s what made me so into hair as well. They were interested in how they represented themselves through their hair and how they looked. . . Sundays my Continued on Page 13
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Fearless Meat on Kingston Road held a fundraiser for Michael Garron Hospital on the weekend of Feb. 10 and 11. All proceeds from the sale of the Fearless Fried Mother Clucker sandwich that weekend went to the Coxwell Avenue hospital. Supporting the cause on Saturday, Feb. 10, was customer Bob, with his bag of food, and Brittany from the Michael Garron Hospital Foundation.
Tamara Collins-Greaves works to change curly hair perceptions ‘For’ from Page 12 cousins would come over, Sundays were hair day. My mom would be doing hair on the hot stove, there were three girls, and we would line up to get our hair hot combed.” After high school, Tamara decided to get serious about her passion for hair and went to hair styling school in Toronto. When she graduated, she knew she was going to work as an assistant in a high-end salon in Toronto so she could get the best, most widely varied experience. Over the next 10 years Tamara gained more experience and education working on all types of hair, not just curly or Black hair. She felt it was very important to understand all hair styling and colouring techniques. During the pandemic when salons were shut down, Tamara, a resourceful wife and mother of three kids knew she had to be creative, she started doing virtual hair consultations, sold hair products, and expanded her social media
platform to help generate more income. With the idea of opening her own salon floating in the recesses of her mind, she even took some business courses to prepare herself for her next chapter. In October 2021, the doors to Curl Rituals opened. Tamara had felt that the curly hair industry was a little ridged and wanted to transform perceptions. “I wanted to change how people view curly hair professionals. . . I think with my background and how versatile I can be, I understand many different hair types. I’m trying to bridge that.” She wants to be more open minded and have her salon be able to provide more variety. Since opening her doors she has embraced her new community, “I like how the neighbourhood is so supportive and homey. I find that everyone looks out for each other here.” On a personal note, Tamara told me that in 2014 she stopped relaxing (a chemical treatment that Black people have been
using for over 100 years to straighten their hair) her hair and started discovering her natural curls. “As a Black woman wearing my natural hair is a huge statement of confidence and authenticity to who I truly am. I love challenging stereotypes and promoting inclusivity, there are no two curl textures alike! It’s important for my kids and the world at large to understand that Black hair is diverse, beautiful, and deserving of respect and acceptance. Black hair comes in a variety of textures, styles and lengths, each with its own beauty and significance. It’s not just about aesthetics; Black hair is deeply intertwined with culture, history, and identity,” she said. It is these words of wisdom that I wish someone had shared with me when I was younger. I am still learning now that it doesn’t matter whether I wear my hair straight, curly or frizzed out a la Chaka Khan, it does not define my Blackness. I can be any kind of Black woman I want to be.
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Woodbine Beach features six new installations ‘Winter’ from Page 1 and at all hours.” Making Waves features a bench which can be turned by handles to move and simulate the action of waves. In its description, the designers said it would “ripple” across time and space. Winter Stations, which started in 2015, will also include six installations along Woodbine Beach this year. The theme for Winter Stations 2024 was Resonance. Designers were asked to embark on “a journey of reinvention and imagination to breathe new life into the echoes of the past by recreating, reimagining and reinventing cherished installations from Winter Stations history” in their submissions. They are Bobbin’; We Caught a UFO; A KALEIDOSCOPIC ODYSSEY; Nova; WINTERACTION; and NIMBUS. Here are the descriptions of the installations on Woodbine Beach: We Caught a UFO! by Xavier Madden and Katja Banovic, Croatia and Australia. The installation We Caught a UFO! builds upon the past installation In the Belly of a Bear, which utilized the lifeguard chair by lifting the public above ground into a cozy space, transporting them into a new world. “We Caught a UFO! reimagines these qualities by referencing the rumours and whispers of the many UFO sightings across Lake Ontario. However, these rumours can no longer be disputed, as there is now physical proof! Caught under a net, the UFO is wrapped in glued aluminum foil which glimmers in the light, contrasting its surroundings as a foreign object. The public (especially kids) are encouraged to explore the UFO and climb up into the main space where pink plexi windows transform the beach into a new tinted landscape or planet! Ultimately, We Caught a UFO! is an installation which stimulates the public’s imagination while also providing a necessary shelter from the wind and cold.” A KALEIDOSCOPIC ODYSSEY, by Brander Architects Inc. (Adam Brander, Nilesh P., Ingrid Garcia and Maryam Emadzadeh), Canada. The installation invites onlookers to step into an experience in which they are challenged as to where reality ends and imagination begins. “Explore the limitless
depths of perception with this mesmerizing adaptation of Kaleidoscope of the Senses (Winter Stations 2020). In this installation, there are two guiding concepts. The scale of the traditional kaleidoscope is magnified 84 times to a human scale so participants can inhabit the instrument and become part of its wonder. Where a kaleidoscope is commonly a closed-loop system, this device is deliberately severed into two sculptured equal and opposite parts, with purposeful space between them.” NIMBUS by David Stein, Canada. This installation was inspired by the Floating Ropes installation (Winter Stations 2016). “NIMBUS’ playful shapes and colours do more than just resonate with its predecessor. NIMBUS evolves the concept and materials by adding saturated blue ropes hanging below a bubbly white structure. The station asks visitors to consider the presence and absence of rain in our contemporary world by referencing both severe storms and flooding, as well as concerning trends of lack of rain, drought and desertification.” Bobbin’ is by the University of Waterloo School of Architecture team of Max Perry, Jason Cai, Kenneth Siu, Simon, Peiris, Yoon Hur, Angeline Reyes, Oluwatobila Babalola, Yiqing Liu, Kenyo Musa, and Ali Hasan. This installation invites the visitor to a place where pivotal moments and whimsical memories prompt reflection. “It shelters visitors with slats that create an ever-changing threshold between the bobbing zone and the surrounding beach.” The seesaws draw from the playground-like Sling Swing and Lifeline installations of Winter Stations past, while its form within the landscape draws from the Hotbox and Introspection installations. “Each material has been sourced from previous student projects in addition to salvaged materials from the community of Cambridge. As you navigate through, bobbing up and down, a fresh perspective unfolds, encouraging resonance with the surrounding and past Winter Stations.” Nova, by the Toronto Metropolitan University – Department of Architectural Science team of Jake Levy, Emily Lensin, Luca Castellan, and Nathaniel Barry.
“Beneath the night sky, stars shine and create geometric patterns. Nova is a star that has crashed on top of a lifeguard station and illuminates Woodbine Beach throughout the night,” said the designers’ description. “Nova highlights TMU’s past decade of Winter Stations, inspired by the origami, materiality, and form of Snowcone, Lithoform and S’Winter Station. Nova introduces 3D printing, a textile canopy, and an elegant steel pipe connection to create a pavilion with ‘Resonance’. The star pavilion shields users and encourages them to engage with their surroundings, and the lifeguard station makes a beacon for users to access panoramic views of the beach.”
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TORONTO COUNCIL recently voted in favour of a demolition application to replace 68 existing rental units at 54-62 Glen Everest Rd. with a 12-storey residential building of 414 units. The decision came at the Feb. 7 Toronto Council meeting in which Scarborough Southwest Councillor Parthi Kandavel made his case as to why the motion was sent for final discussion without city staff’s recommendations during a Jan. 19 Scarborough Community Council meeting. “This was because we heard, very acutely, from multiple residents about their [poor] treatment,” said Kandavel at the Feb. 7 meeting. In his remarks, Kandavel highlighted an elderly couple in the building who he said went five days without electricity as well as other tenants who had ongoing issues with their tenant rights and standards. “And it was in that context I sought to move this motion without recommendation,” said Kandavel. Kandavel told Toronto Council that since his decision to move the motion without city staff recommendations, the tenant issues have been addressed – an objective he said was achieved by giving councillors the leverage to seek good faith commitments from the applicants, Altree Developments. “We worked (productively
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upon the construction’s completion, some equally said they lacked trust in this pledge and feared that they would lose the affordable living conditions that they currently have. “The reality is that we’re losing stock of affordable housing,” said Kandavel. “So it’s incumbent upon us not to make a bad situation worse by leaving [tenants] vulnerable.” Over the past few weeks Kandavel said his office has ensured tenants’ rights to return to the building at an affordable price, as well as their right to fair compensation upon relocating, are met by the applicant. In support of Kandavel’s strategy was Don Valley North Councillor Shelley Carroll who acknowledged at the Toronto Council meeting that, in the past, some applicants have yearned for
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Beach Metro Community News Lucky Volunteers for Feb. 20 The recipient of the Beach Metro Lucky Volunteer award for Feb. 20 is the King family who deliver the paper in the Hunt Club neighbourhood. “Sisters Sinéad, Arabella and Rosslyn King (left to right) have been volunteering for the Beach Metro for a number of years in the Hunt Club,” their mom, Robyn, told us. “They enjoy connecting with their friends and neighbours while they do their paper rounds. All three girls have lived in the Beach(es) since moving from South Africa in 2017. The girls attend St John Catholic School and participate in various sports within the community and are particularly fond of the girls rugby program at Balmy Beach Rugby Club.” Along with our thanks, the sisters receive a gift certificate to Fearless Meat. Do you receive a Beach Metro newspaper in your mailbox? If not, please consider becoming a volunteer carrier on your street. For details, please email Melinda Drake at melinda@beachmetro.com
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EAST TORONTO artist Jeff Blackburn contributed his illustrations to his first children’s book, Alphabet Dreams And Other Poet Tree Scenes, recently. The book is written by his friend Virginia Jahyu and features Blackburn’s illustrations. “It (Alphabet Dreams) has a slightly more advanced vocabulary than most alphabet books. It is giving kids a wider breadth of knowledge as far as what words are out there and concepts and ideas,” said Blackburn. He said Jahyu came to him with the project when it was fully written. “She (Jahyu) and I ended up having a number of meetings and going back and forth with different concepts that I created to match each of the little vignettes that she had come up with. So, each letter is its own standalone little rhyme and little poem.” According to Blackburn, the imagery for each letter can help facilitate and explain what those concepts are and play with certain
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ideas. He utilized “very simple and subtle things” in the imagery to help explain what was going on. “A quick example for the letter ‘J’, there are people dancing from June until May and so being able to show that through the window I did a number of different trees. We’re able to show kind of seasonal change happening throughout the image.” Blackburn said the imagery and the poetry mesh nicely together to give a fuller picture of the story. Living in the Woodbine and Danforth avenues area, Blackburn moved to East York more than two years ago with his wife and two young children, looking for “a little bit more space and a more solid community.” “It is nice. We are surrounded by young families right now and very close to the kids’ school,” he said. Blackburn grew up in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, moved to Toronto in 2003 and
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East York artist Jeff Blackburn created the illustrations for the children’s book Alphabet Dreams and Other Poet Tree Scenes. The book is written by Virginia Jahyu. gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University. He majored in studio painting, drawing and black and white photography; and minored in art history. “I was always drawn to
the art and always wanted to find something to do in the art,” said Blackburn. Asked about future projects, Blackburn said he is always working on several different studio works and commissions. “I’m in the process of our final stages of a children’s book that I’ve been working on with a doctor for different doctor’s offices about needle hesitancy,” he said. “So hopefully I’ll be able to finish that up and it’ll be showing up in doctor’s offices all over Ontario in the near future.” Blackburn and Jahyu are very happy that their initial run of Alphabet Dreams was sold out within 48 hours after release. They are now looking forward to finding a publisher and releasing the book on a wider scale. “One of the next goals of the book is getting a digital version online and making it more accessible,” said Blackburn.
Beach Wood Rescued art show slated for Leslie Grove Gallery LOCAL ARTIST Andrew Vasilevich is bringing his Beach Wood Rescued show to the Leslie Grove Gallery in early March. Vasilevich will be exhibiting his sculptures and paintings at the gallery, 1158 Queen St. E., from March 6 to March 17. He uses his creative spirit to mold discarded wood into sculptures revealing the form and beauty of nature. In his artist’s statement for Beach Wood Rescued, Vasilevich said his sculptures are created not only by imagination but also by the material’s response to careful manipulation. “My goal is to uncover the spiritual aspects that the force of nature imposes upon the wood,” he said. What makes his work special, and gives the exhibition its name, is that Vasilevich uses wood he finds in the Beach community that has fallen to the ground. “Normally, in late Fall and early Spring you are guaranteed that with the strong winds forcefully blowing, huge thick branches will collapse and be smashed to the ground in complete disarray,” he said in his statement. “Armed with my bow saw I wander amongst these fallen branches to examine, touch and feel them before the City workers come to sweep
Beach artist Andrew Vasilevich. them up, chain saws blaring to cut, crush and shred them. I always felt relieved that I had ‘rescued’ these branches from the shredder. New forms will emerge.” Among the woods Vasilevich works with are branches from oaks, maples, hemlock, redwood and lilac trees. He said lilac is his favourite wood to work with. “I carve lilac wood, remove the rot and earth only to reveal a hint of the lilac’s scent and the enriched tone of lilac’s deep purple colour. This manifestation excites me, as I see the movement revealed by the wood grain and the ef-
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fect the rot has produced on the wood,” said Vasilevich. “I need to understand and learn the potency of the spirit in things, matter, and art. My sculptures attempt to emulate nature’s form and beauty.” An interior and furniture designer, Vasilevich works in a number of art mediums including wood carving, painting and fibre work and he has been creating art since 1969. For more information on the Beach Wood Rescued exhibition, please visit the Leslie Grove Gallery website at www.lesliegrovegallery.ca
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GIVEN INCREASED food costs and busy schedules, potlucks make sense. Given a unifying theme – a guy’s band and a freezing cold winter night this potluck made even more sense at the cozy home of Carolyn Brown and Dave Belfour. Carolyn took the initiative to invite the male musicians and partners for dinner on the coldest night in January of this year. The evening began with music, laughter and comradery, then warmed up around a welcoming dining table of abundance, more music and laughter. The perfect anecdote to winter’s freeze. A great night out! Hot Chili on a Cold Night Dave, the host, provided a huge pot of his bubbling chili to fill our bowls and chase away hunger. It could not have been a better choice!
It was served with rice and a salad. Simple but delicious! I particularly liked the fact the chili was made from” scratch” that is, raw beans. It made a hearty, tasty stew. Here is Dave’s recipe: 2 cups (500 mL) raw kidney beans 1 cup (250 mL) raw chick peas 1 cup (250 mL) other beans of your choice such as garbanzo 1 large onion, (about 2 cups (500 mL)), chopped 1/2 cup (125 mL) olive oil 2-3 carrots, peeled and chopped 2-3 celery stalks, chopped 3-5 cloves garlic, crushed 1 each red, yellow and orange peppers, coarsely chopped 1-2 zucchini, coarsely chopped 1 can (28 oz/ 796 mL) diced tomatoes 1 small can tomato paste 1 tbsp, each cumin, chili powder, curry powder
and black pepper or to taste 1 cup (250 mL) frozen corn In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, combine kidney bean, chick peas and garbanzos. Cover with cold water and let soak overnight. The next day, drain and rinse beans then cover with cold water again. Bring to the boil; reduce heat and simmer until beans are tender about 1-11/2 hours. Meanwhile, in another large saucepan, heat oil over medium high heat and cook onions until tender, about 5-8 minutes. Stir in carrot and celery and cook until tender about 10 minutes. Then add garlic, red, yellow and orange peppers and zucchini. Cook stirring about 5-8 minutes or just until tender. Add the beans with the liquid they were cooked in, tomatoes, tomato paste, cumin, chili powder, curry, pepper and corn. Bring to boil; cook altogether until vegetables are just tender and liquid has thickened about 30 minutes.
Cover and keep warm until ready to serve. Makes 12 servings. Val’s Noodle Salad with a Sweet and Sour Vinaigrette Tasty and so different with its own crunchy topping, Val Marshall brought this salad as the perfect companion to the chili. (It would be good with any casserole.) Topping: 1 pkg Mr. Noodles, flavour of your choice, crushed 3/4 cup (175 mL) sliced almonds 1/4 cup (50 mL) sesame seeds 2 tbsp (25 mL) olive oil 1 large clove garlic, crushed Dressing: 1/2 cup (125 mL) olive oil 1/2 cup (125 mL) granulated sugar 2 tbsp (25 mL) soya sauce 1/4 cup (50 mL) cider or rice wine vinegar Salad:
Mixed greens of your choice about 8 cups (2 L) plus a selection of veg such as: 1 red pepper thinly sliced 1/2 -1 lb (250 m-500 g) mushrooms, cleaned and coarsely sliced 1/4 English cucumber halved and sliced 1lb (500 g) asparagus, tough ends removed, blanched 30 seconds. Topping: In a saucepan over medium high heat, heat oil over medium-high. Cook crushed noodles, almonds, sesame seeds and garlic over oil for about 1 minute or until golden brown. Set aside topping or store covered in refrigerator ready to use. Dressing: In saucepan over medium-high heat, heat oil, sugar, soya sauce until boiling. Stir until sugar dissolves about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; refrigerate until cool. May be made ahead and kept refrigerated. Salad: In a large bowl, combine mixed greens, red pepper, mushrooms and asparagus sliced into 2-inch (10-centimetre) pieces. Toss
with enough dressing to coat leaves and sprinkle the noodle topping over the top. Serve immediately. Makes 12 servings. White Chocolate Cranberry Poundcake A very portable dessert to take to a potluck. It is easy to serve and goes well with a dollop of ice-cream or whipped cream and a great cup of coffee! 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) butter, softened 3/4 cup (175 mL) each, granulated and brown sugars 1 tbsp (15 ml) grated orange rind 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla 4 eggs 2 1/4 cups ( 550 mL) allpurpose flour 2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder Pinch salt 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) fresh or frozen cranberries, halved 1 cup (250 mL) white chocolate chips Continued on Page 21
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How do you squeeze a Montessori school into the footprint of a clapboard garage? I don’t know, but here’s proof that it can be done. The archival photograph (above) of the southeast corner of Waverley Road and Queen Street East was taken in 1975. Do you have any old images of Queen Street East you’d like to share with our readership? Please contact me gdvandyke61@gmail.com
VARIETY VILLAGE in southwest Scarborough will be hosting the 36th annual Lieutenant Governor Games on Friday, Feb. 23. This year, it will be the first time that the Honourable Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will be presiding over the event. More than 800 children from across the Greater Toronto Area will have the opportunity to participate in this year’s games. The Lieutenant Governor Games were established in 1983 by the Honourable John Black Aird, the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Since then, seven Lieutenant Governors have continued the tradition of hosting the Games at Variety Village on Danforth Avenue, east of Birchmount Road. The annual event will be hosted by Tom Brown, former CTV weather anchor. The games aim to promote pathways to participation, physical activity, and social initiatives for youth of all abilities.
In this Beach Metro Community News file photo, athletes from Monsignor Percy Johnson Catholic Secondary School take part in last year’s 35th annual Lieutenant Governor Games at Variety Village. It serves as an introduction to accessible and inclusive sports and recreation for students with disabilities and their peers. The Lieutenant Governor Games provide a fun and carnival-like atmosphere where children of various abilities can engage in adapted cooperative and competitive activities. Variety Village President and CEO, Karen Stintz, expressed her excitement about the upcoming games in a news release. “We are thrilled to have Lieutenant Governor Edith Dumont presiding over the
games. This is a wonderful opportunity for children to come together and enjoy a day of inclusive sports and recreation.” More than 30 schools will be participating in the oneday event, engaging in a wide range of adapted games, sports, sensory activities, and recreational pursuits. Some of the activities include wheelchair basketball, dance, golf, bocci, floor curling, baseball, and many more. As the games come to a close, each child will receive a participation medal from the Lieutenant Governor.
Obituary Peter George McGee Nov. 25, 1953 - Feb. 1, 2024
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Author/historian Poplak to speak at Historical Society meeting on Feb. 28 THE BEACH and East Toronto Historical Society will host a presentation by true crime author and historian Lorna Poplak on the evening of Feb. 28. The presentation will feature Poplak speaking about her book The Don: The Story of Toronto’s Infamous Jail. Poplak’s presentation will
share with those attending what she knows about the rise and fall of the Don Jail that first opened in 1864 and continued to operate as prison in the Gerrard Street East and Broadview Avenue area until 2013. This free presentation will be taking place at Beaches Sandbox, 2181 Queen St. E.,
on Wednesday, Feb. 28, from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. For more information about The Beach and East Toronto Historical Society, please go to the website at http://tbeths.com/ or contact the Society by email at contactTBETHS@gmail.com - Isabelle Bullock
White chocolate cranberry poundcake ‘Potluck’ from Page 20 Topping: 1 cup (250 mL) white chocolate chips, melted Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C) Spray 9-inch (3L) Bundt pan with baking spray. Set aside. In a mixing bowl using electric mixer, beat butter and sugars together until fluffy.
Beat in orange rind and vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a tine until thick and smooth. In separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually beat in flour mixture into creamed mixture. Fold in cranberries and white chocolate chips. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake about 1 hour
or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool on rack. Using spatula, carefully loosen cake from pan and invert onto serving plate. Melt remaining chocolate chips in mixing bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and drizzle melted chocolate over the top and down sides of the cake. Makes 12-16 servings.
Peter McGee, long-time resident of the Beaches area, has died at the age of 70 after his cancer returned. Pete was blessed with five siblings in a close-knit family. Dad's job as an Air Force officer meant Pete's childhood took him from Ottawa to Downsview, Weston, Burbank, California and on to Winnipeg, Borden, and Barrie. In 1977, he graduated with a business degree from Ryerson and by then made Toronto his permanent home. He loved Toronto and living anywhere else was unthinkable. As a Purolator driver for more than 25 years, he knew many neighbourhoods and the downtown intimately so he always knew the best routes. Most of all, he loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. As a guitar player, he knew exactly the chords played, the key, and appreciated every complexity, every version. He listened intently to his music, the way some listen to opera. There was nothing written about them he hadn't read and he had an encyclopedic knowledge of weird facts and obscure stories. Quirky, funny, and occasionally grumpy, his quick wit created a number of phrases the family gleefully adopted. Pete could be quite shy but had plenty to say about baseball and hockey, giving delightful rants from time to time too. He took pride in his vinyl records, fossil collection, marvellous stew, Stan Smith sneakers, and being extremely organized. With three brothers, often broken into the teams of Cunning & Experienced vs. Young & Virile, Pete jumped into friendly rivalries of tennis, chess, and tabletop hockey. He took full credit for inventing the strength challenge of squeezing the bathroom scales with your hands. He was strong contender in Hairy Leg Contest and The Hairy Arm Match which grew more competitive as nephews joined in. To the annoyance of his brothers (and sisters), Pete's head was crowned with glorious thick curls. Pete was gifted athletically in several sports and was a teen lifeguard. When young, he swam competitively and his butterfly stroke remained a thing of beauty. He was unfailingly appreciative to all medical staff and very thoughtful of his family. He endured a lot, impressing health professionals and everyone else with his steady optimism. His fortitude and inner strength were amazing. Pete will be sorely missed by all who knew him. He is survived by siblings Glen (Lilia), Leslie (Phil Hein), Pat (Charlie Fairbank), Phill (Pauline), John (Mary) and eight nephews and neices. A family memorial is planned. Condolences can be sent to brother John, mcgeejoh@gmail.com
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Window & Eaves Cleaning Gutter Filter Installation
EUROPEAN CLEANING LADIES
For light moves/deliveries, junk removal, cleanups, etc. Efficient. Best rates.
647-806-7620
CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING
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www.thestudystudio.com (1r)
EXTREME CLEANING
Call me 647-403-8542
Good Time Music, Every Time Book your event now.
Andrew English B.Ed. 416-690-6116
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Front yard parking pads Drawings • Permits • Build 416-288-1499
www.kimpricelandscapedesign.com
Proudly serving the Beach for over 25 years Neil Bennett B.Ed./OCT • Sally Vickers B.Ed./OCT (23r)
416 421-5758
Peter the Handyman
Rockin’ Roots & Retro Revival Party
www.headstarttutors.ca 416-272-9589 • hstarttutors@gmail.com
A family business since 1956
(23r)
THE TWO FOURS
Keeping the Love of Learning Alive
RILEYS’ WINDOW CLEANING
PROFESSIONAL, MATURE, RELIABLE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS
Wanted
Financial Services
SQUIRREL REMOVAL
HEALTHY HOME
DEMOLITION SPECIALIST RECYCLING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR CLEANING 416-264-1495 CELL 416-567-4019 (2r)
20+ years experience Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Painting, and Handy Work. Randall 416-450-0599 torontomrfixit@gmail.com
416-889-9365 Peter No Min Qty Or No Max!! (23!)
(23.)
647-496-2211
WAYNE’S RUBBISH REMOVAL &
East York/Beaches/Birchcliff area A.S.A.P.
Pay $0.15 to $0.40 per ball Year Round! Pick-up available!
647-557-7932
General Services Cleaning Services
MR. FIX-IT
(23m)
WWW.RACCOONCONTROL.CA
PEST CONTROL
(w. of Midland)
We share our love of music using the Suzuki Method by providing gentle encouragement, inspiration, and musicianship in Violin and Piano.
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Humane removal of raccoons and babies from ATTICS, DECKS, PORCHES, GARAGES, SHEDS
Green Apple Landscaping
STONEHENGE
Online teaching available Ines 416 726 5729 (23r)
Pet Services
647-496-0815
2358 Kingston Rd.
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Beaches Suzuki School of Music
www.SquirrelControl.ca
Vienna Upholstery
Dependable service for over 20 years
Call for ALL your household needs 40 years in the Beach
We remove squirrels in a humane way from attics, walls, sheds, decks, etc.
Home Decor
Cell: 647.278.7490
Music
RACCOON CONTROL
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HOUSE CLEANING
TWO BROTHERS HANDYMEN SERVICE
IS ON VACATION
I am a female looking for shared accommodation (a room) with other females.
Call 647 949 8787
416-988-2589
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Pest Control
Call Hanna 416-699-6895 (23)
Shared Accommodation
Volunteer Opportunities
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R.E. Services Inc. Brokerage We make owning real estate & being a Landlord painless, easy & profitable.
Text/Message 647-700-4542
Snow clearing without property damage
REG’S APPLIANCE
Harding & King
Furnished Studio Bachelor
80’s Dance Party Feb. 24. • 8pm
LANDLORDS For Peace of Mind Call
416-693-5229
WINTER SERVICE
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Announcement
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QUALITY
Beaches Bluffs
416-617-8548 (r)
All Season Movers
(23$)
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
BEACH METRO COMMUNITY NEWS
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New inductees named to Scarborough Walk of Fame THE SCARBOROUGH Walk of Fame has announced the nine individuals that it will be honouring for 2024. Eight more stars (in honour of the nine inductees) will be placed at the Walk of Fame Court in Scarborough Town Centre (STC) on April 10. “It’s such a thrill to be sharing the stories of a new group of really amazing people who show Scarborough is well represented with local, national and international accomplishments,” said Walk of Fame chairman Glenn De Baeremaeker. The new Scarborough Walk of Fame inductees are: • Shamier Anderson and Stephan James - Entertainment • Rowan Barrett - Sport • Pauline Browes - Environment
Painters Family owned & operated 26 years in business
416-690-3890
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PROWAY
PAINTING & DECORATING Interior • Exterior Residential • Commercial Plastering • Drywall
416.797.6731
proway.painting@gmail.com Free Estimates & References Available
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SERENITY PAINTING Beach resident with over 30 years exp Interior / Exterior Work Proper Drywall & Plaster Repairs No job too big or small Have the job done right the first time. Referrals & Free Estimates
Steve 647-853-6420
(23r)
‘As Promised’ Painting *** Free Estimates ***
Small Repairs to complete houses Renovations
BEACH HILL
INTERIOR, EXTERIOR QUALITY PAINTING; KITCHEN CABINET REFINISHING & CUSTOM PAINT; STAINING & WATERPROOFING, DECKS & FENCES
25 years • Free estimates
Dave 416 694 4369
dave@beachhillpainting.com (9r)
PERFECT
Painting & Repair
50 years in the Beach
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NEIGHBOURHOOD PLUMBING
Complete Renos • Basement • Kitchen Bathroom • Flooring • Carpentry info@perfectpaintingandrepair.com www.perfectpaintingandrepair.com (23.)
ALL PERFECT PAINTING • Interior & Exterior Painting • Deck & Fence Staining • Drywall & Plaster Repairs
Insured & Bonded Over 33 years of excellence. References.
Mike 647.456.3666 AllPerfectPainting@gmail.com (19/24)
WG PAINTING
Licensed / Insured
Plumbing & Drains All types of plumbing work. Smallest leak - complete bath reno. Internal & external drain excavating. Call the professionals 416-480-0622 24 hr. - lic# P1624
(1r)
MASTER PLUMBER
George: 416-278-7057 or Gabston Reno: 647-342-2872
ATLANTIS PLUMBING & DRAINS •Heating & Mechanical
•Sprinklers •Complete Renovations •Boilers Repairs •Radiators •Improve water service 24 Hr Service
416-265-4558 Cell 416-727-1595
LICENSED
(23$)
Master Plumber • Lic. & Ins.
Complete Bathrooms Small Repairs Renovations 416-456-9999 Follow on Facebook (23..)
Electricians LOCAL ELECTRICIAN Fault Finding Knob & Tube Rewiring Service upgrades Insurance certificates
CEJA ELECTRIC
GET IT DONE Paint & Repair
Local resident w/38 yrs. exp. INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINTING All work guaranteed Fully insured • Free estimate Experienced Handyman Available warren_gamey@yahoo.com (2r)
NEXT DEADLINE February 26
CELL 416-875-5781
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ESA LIC# 7002668
ECRA/ESA LIC#7001069
ELECTRICIAN
416-833-3006
Carpenters
Fully licensed & insured. ECRA/ESA #7008706
George: 416-278-7057 or Gabston Reno: 647-342-2872 (4r)
MBX ELECTRIC Master Electrician Lic. ESA ECRA #7000314
Gus: 416-910-8033
(1r)
torontoroofingindustries.com (2r)
CARPENTRY by Kevin
Fences, Decks, Porches All interior work. Very established with Senior community. I work locally, I shop locally.
Steve 416-285-0440 • 416-605-9510 (23.)
Doggy needs a fence? Hubby wants a deck? And any house repairs
Beach Co Roofing Flat Roofing 647-309-8056
(23r)
CELTIC RENO Text Mac: 647-832-1742 (2r)
Eavestrough & Siding Over 40 years in the east end.
Martin 416 579-6534 (2r) ROOFING, REPAIRS
Certified carpenter with 10+ yrs exp. serving the Beach. Fully insured &WSIB. Contracting service specializing in finish carpentry, home remodeling/additions, drywall/ plastering, decks/fences. And much more.
Peter Tate
DUN-RITE
Shingles, Flats, Eavestroughs Fascia & Soffit Chimney tuck pointing 15% off for Seniors • All work guaranteed
647-857-5656
(2r)
CITYWIDE ROOFING 416-690-1430 647-898-1440
Serving the Beaches since 1974 Family owned & operated (23..)
J. BROW ROOFING
647-720-5621
Fine wood working Furniture refinishing Doors hang, trim • Hardwood flooring Decks, fences • Interior painting (2) *25+ yrs exp *Refs avail
Shingles • Flats • Cedar Free Estimates Residential & Commercial Cell: 416-788-9020 Lic# B16393
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Roofers
Trades
LANIGAN’S
HANDYMAN
Roofing & Aluminum
Residential • Commercial - Knob & Tube Wiring - Service Panel Upgrades - Renovations & Alterations
An honest family service in the heart of The Beaches
Call Marc 416-910-1235 (1r)
416-569-2181
www.laniganscontracting.ca (r)
Fully licensed local contractors
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YOUR STUCCO Drywall, Plastering, Taping 18 yrs Experience • Excellent Job Call Mike 416-854-7024 647 833 7024 (17r) Fax 647-341-6104
SILVERBIRCH
SERVICES “No Job Too Small”
•CARPENTRY •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL
•PAINTING •STAINING •DRYWALL REPAIR •PARGING •DECK & FENCE BUILD & REPAIR •INTERIOR & EXTERIOR REPAIRS
Marc Text/Call 416-617-7205 (r)
(23r)
BLANK SLATE RENOVATIONS Kitchens & bath, basement apts, doors, trim, crown molding, shelving, paint, drywall repair, tile, hardwood, fences, decks, interlock and more. Lic. & Ins.
416.274.5929
(23r)
• Expert Installation of Porcelain, Marble, Mosaic • Over 25 years experience • Total Kitchen & Bath Reno • Plus Tile Repairs
416-561-8713
(l6)
DRYWALL
Replacement and repair. Small to medium jobs only, please. Clean. Professional. 43 yrs experience. I won’t leave until you are 110% satisfied. Please call Colin at
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JOHN CLARKE
Cell 416 434-2762 Painting - Basement Renos Plaster & Stucco • Interior & Exterior Any Renovation Jobs & Indoor/ Outdoor Spray Painting 35 Yrs Exp • Refs upon request (23) Free Estimates
UNDERPINNING & WATERPROOFING
MET# B16348
416 606 4719
ALANO TILE & RENO
Stucco • Moulding Wall Systems
Since 1998
416-347-0974 for a free quote. (23..)
MAT’S HANDYMAN SERVICES Small or big, we do it all!
Drywall • Painting • Tiles • Small Plumbing Jobs •
Repairs of many sorts. Demolition as well. Reasonable rates.
Call Mat Now!! 416 888 8462 (2r)
NEXT DEADLINE February 26
(2r)
PERFECT PAINTING & REPAIR INC.
S.A.C. Masonry Brick, Block, Stone,
(23r)
VanDeursen Construction & Fine Carpentry
www.stonehengefoundations.com
416-826-3918 John www.mgcunderpinning.com maximumgen@gmail.com
Small & Medium Renovations Interior & Exterior Repairs 10 yrs in the Beaches
30 yrs experience in interior trim Custom Cabinet design. Hang doors, crown moulding and baseboards. cliffsidecarpenter.blogspot.ca gibsonpeterk@gmail.com Peter Gibson 416 578 3755 (4)
Stonehenge Foundations 416 467 6735
“Your basement lowering specialists”
GENERAL CONTRACTING
416-998-1166
UNDERPINNING & WATERPROOFING
Maximum General Contracting Inc.
K. R. ROOFING All types of Roofing
WHYTELYON
(r)
FLOORING SPECIALIZING IN SANDING & STAINING NEW INSTALLATIONS & REPAIRS JIM 647 405 8457 416 691 8457
Met. Lic. B-16-964
Kevin 647 282 8375 (3r)
Serving Your Community Since 1971
HARDWOOD
Shingles • Flats Roof Repairs • Metal Work Eavestroughing & Siding Waterproofing • Since 1984
CARPENTER
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
ROOFING & SIDING? SOLUTION!
CANADIAN CONTRACTORS
free estimates
MASTER ELECTRICIAN
(r)
416 694 0906 (2)
Knob & tube rewiring Service Upgrades (r)
Lic - Insured • Free Estimate
Can Pro Mechanical
Heating cooling service & install Hvac ductwork Furnace, boiler, hydronics Large and small jobs
www.webuildit.ca
Local • Reliable • Professional Servicing the beach for 18 years.
ESA 7006786
Foundation Repair/Waterproofing
416-659-7003
Doug 416-871-1734 Jeff 647-686-8103
TORONTO ROOFING INDUSTRIES LTD.
Free estimates • 647 888 4805 mvdcontracting@gmail.com (23r)
CARL 647-787-5818
WG PAINTING 416-322-7692
GREEN ISLE ELECTRIC
*Ask For Photo I.D.*
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MASTER
The Cliffside Carpenter
warren_gamey@yahoo.com (2r)
647 772 9427
(23)
WET BASEMENT ? Metro lic #B531 • All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates
Flat and Shingle Roofs Re-roofing, Repair Eavestrough, Soffit & Fascia Workmanship Guaranteed
Frank 647-889-5537
TOM DAY
DECLAN O’MEARA 416-698-6183
HOMEWORK
Panel & sub panel upgrades Free estimates LED light & pot light installations 100A & 200A service upgrades Electrical problem solving Licensed & Insured • ECRA/ESA # 7010497
Local resident w/38 yrs. exp. INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINTING All work guaranteed Fully insured • Free estimate Experienced Handyman Available
416-322-7692
(23r)
Barenaked Ladies. A full list of the members and organizations making up the Scarborough Walk of Fame can be found at www.scarboroughwalkoffame.com Full biographies of this year’s inductees can also be found on the Scarborough Walk of Fame’s website. The Scarborough Walk of Fame is hosted by the Scarborough Town Centre and is a community project of the Scarborough Community Renewal Organization. Sponsors of the Scarborough Walk of Fame include the University of Toronto Scarborough; Centennial College, Park Property Management Inc.; Roadsport Chrysler and Roadsport Honda; the Scarborough Town Centre; the Toronto Zoo and the Scarborough Health Network.
FAIRNEY & SONS LTD.
- Shingles & Flats- Repair & Tune ups - Cedar & Slate - Re-roofs & new work
Beach resident for 50 years. Discount for seniors and single parent. Lic. Master Plumber • Free estimates Patrick 647-404-7139 patrickj480@gmail.com (8)
Mark The Plumber
John 647-702-9502
ALL TYPES OF ROOFS
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
(4r)
PAINTING
Don’t call them, call those roofers
416-694-6673
Residential/Commercial
Fully licensed & insured. Lic #T94
(23)
100/200 AMP Service Upgrades • New Wiring New Homes/Additions Lighting Installations Troubleshooting ESA/ECRA #7002084
PLUMBER CONTRACTOR
We stand by our contracts, big or small. Also do Drywall and Plaster Repairs and more
Dianne 416 699 5070
BEACH PLUMBING 416 691-3555
sales@larryspainting.ca www.larryspainting.ca
THOSE ROOFERS
ELECTRICAL WORK
Plumbers
Larry’s Painting & Repairs
• Camesha Cox - Education • Sam Ibrahim - Business • Marg Middleton - Community • Dr. Vivian Rambihar - Health • Mark Stoddart - Arts and Culture All inductees will attend the April 10 ceremony. “If you haven’t seen the Walk of Fame, you really need to make a point of getting to STC. It’s really an impressive display and a great chance to recognize some of our previous recipients. You’ll be surprised at some of the names,” said De Baeremaeker. Past stars celebrated by the Scarborough Walk of Fame include entertainer Lilly Singh, soccer player Dwayne De Rosario, community builder Earl Campbell and rock band the
Chimneys, Concrete, and all masonry repairs Call Sergio 416 873 9936(23)
CJ DRYWALL & PAINTING
John 647-702-9502
info@perfectpaintingandrepair.com www.perfectpaintingandrepair.com Complete Reno * Finish Basement Bathroom * Kitchen * Flooring * Carpentry (23...)
Scotstone
Quality Stone Masonry & Brickwork Repairing & matching existing brick, Tuckpointing or new builds. Natural stone. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Foundations
Professional drywall and plaster work. Renovation and Repair. Very clean. No job too small.
www.scotstonecontracting.com scotstonecontracting@gmail.com Licensed masonry contractor
Call C.J. 647 222 5338 (23.)
Call Scott 416.858.2452 (23...)
BEACHES HANDY WORKS
Jack of all Trades
Dedicated precise worker. All your build and repairs. Indoor or outdoor: dry-wall, flooring, built-in, landscaping, interlocking, sheds, fences, decks, etc. at a reasonable price!
Call Hamid at 647-300-2462 (5r)
JDB MASONRY
HANDYMAN SERVICES
Basements, Kitchens, Bathrooms Fences, Decks, Drywall, Carpentry No job too small. Free estimates. Serving the Beaches for 15 years.
416-278-5328
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The Handy Couple
(23r)
Renovations & all home repairs. No job is too big or small. We do it all. 33 ys in the business • Free Estimates - Plumbing, electrical - Ceramic tiling, painting - Drywall, carpentry Joanne 416-991-2998 boomerrichjojo@outlook.com (2)
BRICK SPECIALIST
PRO A & R RENOVATION
Call Scott @ Scotstone 416.858.2452
ar-renovation.com
• Brick / Foundation • Concrete / Stone • Chimney & Parging
Restoration & Build www.jdbuild.ca
416-738-2119
Masonry & brickwork. Experts at matching existing brick. New builds, tuckpointing, colour matching, parging. Stone & Block. scotstonecontracting@gmail.com
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• Kitchens • Bathrooms • Basement Renovations
416-662-4450
Ins & Lic • Best of Homestars (10)
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024