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The Toronto Zoo's new Masai giraffe is named Amani Innis Dagg

The baby Masai giraffe, born at the Toronto Zoo on May 12, has been waiting for weeks for a name, and now that moment has finally come.

Formerly known as Baby Long Legs, the newbornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name was ultimately chosen by the public out of eight submissions. The finalists were chosen with the feedback of Raptors president Masai Ujiri and Honorary Consul of Kenya Sunir Chandaria. According to the zoo, more than 20,000 votes were cast to name the newest member of the Toronto Zoo. So what was the winning name? Amani Innis Dagg.

Amani means â&#x20AC;&#x153;peaceâ&#x20AC;? in Swahili, and Innis Dagg is in honour of the zoologist Anne Innis Dagg, who is thought to be the first person to study giraffes in the wild.

When Matt Cuesta watched the video showing the eight minute 46 second murder of American George Floyd, he felt that he had to do something. And heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been doing it now for more than three weeks.

Every day, the Toronto IT professional gets up at 4 or 5 a.m. and heads down to The Ex grounds and bikes 46 kilometres, and some days he runs 4.6 kilometres, to honour the memory of Floyd. His plan is to continue for 46 days. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called 46 for George. Cuesta, who grew up in Scarborough before moving to downtown Toronto, spent most of his time bodybuilding, pre-pandemic. He only took up cycling a year ago, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now his go-to activity while gyms are closed.

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Julien Christian Lutz, a.k.a. Director X, is hoping to bring a meditation program to the city to help reduce the incidents of gun and mass violence in Toronto by Ron Johnson

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This project stems from you being shot, accidentally, a few years back. Do you still think about that moment?

Not everyone is that lucky. The bullet wasn’t meant for me. It passed through two people before it hit me. One bullet can mean a lifetime of hospital visits and doctors and therapy. One bullet can take a life. So I’m a lucky one, and I’m very aware that that’s not always the case.

Your own research site Operation Prefrontal Cortex provides information on meditation and the impact it can have on the brain. Had you been meditating before your shooting and what came afterwards?

Yeah, meditation was actually something I was already doing. But I didn’t really know what it was doing for me. It wasn’t until later, when I started reading different things that talked about violence and aggression, the brain, abuse, neglect, stress and then as you bring them together. We were the first people to actually bring this information together [with Operation Prefrontal Cortex].

States. What they did in California, changing a city that had eight times the national average of gun crime down to a 40 per cent drop in one year, we need that here. What I care about is the violence in our city and it calming the f**k down. We need to look at places that have gotten results and do them. If that’s what it takes, then that’s what we should do. Because not only have they gotten results, say like in Sacramento, they've saved that city $29.2 million because of the gun crimes they have been able to prevent.

Sounds like a great program, but there has to be more to it, no?

Beyond even what we are talking about with Advance Peace, we need to be getting into these communities and helping kids that are already in trouble. You have to have a conversation, a very real conversation about what’s going on. Why is the world shaping young people who feel murder is the way to settle the dispute? What’s going on? You have to really get serious about this because now there’s no peeing section in a swimming pool, and you can only hold that back for so long, right? And now, the violence has spilled out into places where we all are.

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And when did you first start connecting the dots on all this?

No, but the thing was so clear. You know, from the middle school in San Francisco to the violent prison in Mexico, you see how these places are changed with the [Advance Peace meditation] program. You know, the environments were so extreme, the before and afters are so extreme. There was no real need to go and find something to double-check it.

You have a petition right now to bring Advance Peace to Toronto. Why?

I want Advance Peace [a charitable organization based in Richmond, Calif.] to come here. Advance Peace has a serious track record in the

It makes a lot of sense for what we got going on. Not every situation needs a cop. And when it comes to gun crime, we need to deal with prevention. Cops show up afterward and catch people. If it’s someone you love that has just been murdered, yeah, justice is nice, and that’s important.

But you would have much rather that the shooting never happened. And that’s the program we are talking about that gets at prevention and stopping them as opposed to catching them.

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Who have you spoken to, at the government level, on this, the mayor or the premier?

The deputy mayor, I’ve spoken to him about it. He’s seen the results, and he will present it to the city council on the 29th [of June]. And then we’ll see where it all goes. But this is an approach that makes sense. It should be provincial. This should be how we tackle what we got going on in our city, in our province and across the board. This is a big deal: to begin to look at the young people and see their potential.

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There is a movement to defund the police and use those funds to invest in other programs in, for example, at-risk neighbourhoods.

What are your thoughts on that?

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It was actually around the time a rapper — a lot of rappers were being killed — the rapper Smoke Dawg was killed on Queen Street [in 2018].

That was the one after which I decided to go to the mayor with our information [Operation Prefrontal Cortex]. I sat down and decided to present something to him. And then when TEDxToronto asked me to speak, I really got in there and started to bring it all together.

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I am the chief dog walker in our household. We live near a ravine. The best moments of March were morning walks in that ravine with the family or just me and the pooch. It was grounding. It made me feel like we could get through it. Without that, I would have been a mess.

That’s what nature does.

Forest bathing hasn’t become a massive health-care trend for no good reason. There is even a growing amount of evidence to demonstrate the healing power of time spent in the trees.

We need to recognize the importance of these spaces.

From this moment on, I will fight for every inch of natural space we have left in this city. I am one of the lucky ones that has access to a backyard and nearby green spaces like ravines. We aren’t all so lucky. Some areas are very park deficient. Some people have very little personal space.

They need it. We all do.

The city needs to prioritize expanding our protected parks and green spaces, strengthen any and all bylaws related to tree protection and ravine protection.

And the city needs to do it right now.

We need to do more to create space for people. Our population is growing. There could be more waves to this pandemic and possibly more viruses. There is no end to the benefits that these spaces provide, and it is time we move this item to the front of the municipal queue.

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City dwellers need all of the natural spaces, all of the beaches and all of the woods. We’ve learned many lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of them is the importance of protecting every inch of green we have left for all.

Beyond research that shows deforestation and climate change can contribute to creating these viruses like COVID-19, natural space that is accessible to the public has proven to be worth its acreage in gold. The more green space the more room to roam risk-free, the greater our mental well-being, the cleaner our air and the healthier our children.

If I am going to take anything from what we are going through, it is just how much I value forests, and beaches and even fields of grass.

I spoke to one local resident who took issue with privatizing high school fields. During the pandemic, some fields, such as at Central Tech, were kept locked and inaccessible to the public.

Why? Who knows? Razor Management wouldn’t return my messages, but it’s likely something to do with liability. But these are public spaces. We own that land.

It’s ours. How dare anyone keep us from them during a pandemic.

During the early weeks of lockdown, it looked like even park space might be shut down. High Park was closed off for a brief period during cherry blossom season, parking lots were barricaded. Yes, for good reason.

We don’t always make the best choices. But those moments when we could walk freely in nature allowed the overwhelming concerns and stresses of our new normal to momentarily dissipate.

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The Mulroneys have stated they are committed to learning more about anti-Black racism.

forms. CTV is also the network that employs her husband Ben Mulroney. Ben announced he will be stepping away from his role as anchor at etalk but will continue as co-host of Your Morning. In Ben’s announcement he said, “I love my wife; however, it is not my place to speak for her. And today, together, we are committed to doing the work to both learn and understand more about anti-Black racism as well as learn and understand more about our blind spots.”

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After Toronto influencer Sasha Exeter posted a video detailing threats she received from Jessica Mulroney, the Mulroneys have been receiving a lot of backlash. Jessica has been removed from her roles at Cityline, Good Morning America and Kleinfeld Canada. She stepped down from the board of directors of the charity she co-founded, the Shoebox Project, and CTV issued a statement that it was removing her show I Do, Redo from all Bell Media channels and plat-

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Aubrey Dan to renovate Rosedale landmark New design includes four-storey wood addition

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An application has been submitted to the city for a major office conversion to the historic Jarvis House in midtown Toronto. The site at 1067 Yonge St. in the South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District was purchased for $12.5 million in December 2018. The new owner is Aubrey Dan, a Tony Award–winning producer (Memphis) and philanthropist.

Dan is also the principal of the Dancap Family Investment Office and founder and president of Dancap Private Equity Inc. His intent is to create a worldclass office space.

“We had outgrown our existing office on Sheppard Avenue West, and we wanted to find an office building that could be designed to be intergenerational for the Dancap Family Investment Office and the Aubrey and Marla Dan Foundation,” said Dan. “What I loved about the building was that it was a heritage home in the front yet flexibility to expand on the back to really develop it to its full potential.”

The property currently has a three-storey house built in 1914 with a three-storey commercial rear addition added on in 1950.

The 1914 structure is an example of the Georgian Revival style and was listed on the City of Toronto Heritage Register on March 27, 1974.

The house was constructed for

Jennie Elizabeth Jarvis, widow of Lieutenant Colonel Salter Mountain Jarvis. It remained in the Jarvis family until 1928, after which it was repurposed into a funeral home.

The rear addition was built later by the Goethe Institute, which owned the property at the time.

According to the application, the house portion will undergo a full heritage restoration, whereas the rear addition will be demolished and replaced with a four-storey mass timber structure (where the primary load-bearing structure will be made of wood).

Dan said the heritage portion of the property is in disrepair and needs a lot of love and attention, and the goal is to both bring it back to its original glory but also be very conscious of environmental impact. He said the building is designed to be energy net neutral by using geothermal for heating and cooling as well as having solar panels on the roof.

“I am a huge fan of the history of Toronto, and I want to contribute to our beauty while being fully functional and costeffective,” said Dan. Dan said the approval process has been slowed by COVID-19, but he hopes to obtain a permit, which requires Toronto City Council approval, as soon as possible.

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Award-winning Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has been selected to build an 87-storey Yorkville mixed-use condo development at Bay Street and Bloor Street West — the firm’s first project in Toronto.

Real estate development companies Kroonenberg Groep and ProWinko announced the Yorkville condo on June 24. The two Dutch companies purchased the land at 1200 Bay St. in 2016 for $86.75 million.

The first 16 floors of the super-slim tower will be dedicated to retail and offices, and 332 condos will take up 64 floors above, varying from one-bedroom

units to multi-level penthouses. The commercial and residential units will be separated by a private amenities level.

The tower will be topped with a large restaurant and “sky lounge” on its top three floors that will offer CN Tower–rivalling panoramic views of the city that will be publicly accessible.

The tower comes in at 1,063 feet total, which would make it the tallest residential building in Canada if it were completed today. However, the already in-development Mirvish+Gehry residential complex on King Street slightly edges out this project at 1,079 feet.

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until we are able to access the clubhouse. They have agreed to accept our nets as a gift, and they will be installing them. Hopefully, this will happen within the next couple of days,” Lee said.

In addition, Lee has other concerns about the safety of the club’s staff and members. Hand washing before and after play is one of the city’s rules made difficult by a lack of access to soap or water.

“We realize other clubs are open, but the board feels that if we cannot comply with the guidelines we cannot provide a safe playing environment for our members.

This is the most important thing for us,” Lee said.

Nader Balata has been a member of the Leaside Tennis Club for seven years. His $140 membership includes access to the club’s courts and clubhouse. Balata will be able to play when the nets are up but will have to wait to access the clubhouse and its

facilities.

“We have everything in place and ready to go once we get the go-ahead.

Councillor Jaye Robinson released a newsletter that stated that community centres would be allowed to open as part of Phase 2,” Lee said.

When asked if he will seek a refund, Balata’s response was, “Likely not. I do want to support the club and community, and my fee is an investment in my community,” he said.

But refunds are not entirely off the table. Lee said that the club’s board has discussed options for refunding members but added that there are additional costs.

“We are waiting to see if we are able to salvage any part of the season. We still have expenses for phone/internet, insurance and PPE [personal protective equipment], which we purchased in anticipation of opening,” she said.

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Leaside Tennis Club’s nets sit on empty courts awaiting installation.

Staff moved the nets from the clubhouse in March for fear that a worker strike would prevent building access. Nearly halfway through the season, the nets remained on the ground.

Tennis clubs were permitted to open in May, but Leaside’s clubhouse is inside a shared, cityowned community centre that remains locked — with soap, sinks, bathrooms and medical equipment inside.

“Technically, the club cannot install the nets as we do not have a permit, opening us up to liability,” club president Rita Lee said.

Club members have been trying to “gift” the nets to the city for weeks as a potential solution, hoping that city workers will install them. The city has finally agreed to accept the nets as a gift, allowing the courts to open.

“The city has now agreed to open the club as a public facility

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Weekly drag shows in North York ’hood Drag celebrities have even stopped by

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The streets of Toronto were silent in March when the city suddenly stood still. To break the silence and uncertainty, residents began banging pots and pans every Friday night in support of essential workers.

Josh Petrie and his partner Sean Teperman were part of the six-person noise-making efforts in their Bathurst and Sheppard neighbourhood. To warm up the March weather and bring spirit to the sound of kitchen drums, Petrie decided to turn Friday nights into drag nights.

“Josh ( Jessyca) decided that on Fridays he would change it up and dress in drag and perform for the five to six people,” Teperman said.

Eventually, the neighbourhood heard about the performances, and people started to gather every Friday in anticipation of the next show.

The couple did not want to advertise their address directly, to respect physical distancing rules, but they did post the live shows to Facebook and Instagram.

“As time went on, the crowds grew and grew, and the show we performed became longer. It went from 10 minutes to a halfhour to one hour as the neighbourhood all got together to put in their input about what we should do to control the street and people and what songs they would like to be performed,” Teperman recalled.

When Petrie first began performing, retail stores were still shuttered. Putting drag outfits together took some ingenuity and planning.

“Josh would design his outfits from scratch since nothing was opened to purchase material required for his shows, He would design everything, and it would take him one week to figure out and put everything together,” Teperman said.

The beauty of a city in quarantine means that busy, famous personalities are home too. Petrie and Teperman took the time-lapse opportunity to reach out to drag celebrities, asking them to join in the weekly shows.

“We asked special guests to perform with Josh, and they came from Niagara Falls (Hairyetta) and Toronto to perform so the neighbourhood would have some change. We even had Sofonda Cox perform a couple of weeks, and we celebrated her birthday with everyone. We gave out ice cream from an ice cream truck to everyone that attended,” Teperman said.

Donations are a recent addition to the shows with proceeds going to various charities, including ACT, North York General, Black Lives Matter and SickKids Hospital.

Petrie decides where the money is sent at the end of each show.

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No one stepped up to save church as opposed to local Starbucks [church] was in disrepair, and there was no way for the congregation to maintain that building in any way.â&#x20AC;?

Toronto City Council stated its intention to give the property heritage designation in 2013, but that never materialized.

When the church finally closed in 2014, there was not much community resistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Did you hear about the petitions that were signed when the Starbucks was going out of business at the corner of Christie and St. Clair Avenue West?â&#x20AC;? Lee queried. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were no petitions

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were no petitions by the community when [our] church closed, which was kind of sad.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;references some of the materials of the church,â&#x20AC;? which had a dark brick design that reflected its Scottish Presbyterian origins.

The Wychwood-Davenport Presbyterian Church was sold to developers in 2014 and its congregation moved to a nearby seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home. Although there had been a vibrant congregation there in the 1960s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s, it had lost members beginning in the 2000s until it was a shadow of its former self, Minister Kevin Lee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The decision to sell was forced upon [the congregation after] continual decline over the 10 years previously,â&#x20AC;? Lee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The

by the community when [our] church closed, which was kind of sad.â&#x20AC;?

Now, the space will be given new life, something Matlow said the community has wanted.

Matlow said that the area is in need of new residences as more people are moving to the city and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find a place to live. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It's really important that we have a supply of affordable housing in our city for people to be able to live here, and certainly this community is no exception,â&#x20AC;? he said.

How affordable the condos will be hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been determined, but

Matlow is pushing for it.

Although the developers that purchased the land in 2014 originally wanted a nine-story, 53unit building, the plan was scaled back a little when the land was resold to its current developers.

Matlow said the community is happy that the proposal now stays within the guidelines for St. Clair Avenue West. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The developers] are not trying to exceed the city's vision for what the height should be at eight storeys, which is rare these days,â&#x20AC;? he said.

There have been some community concerns about traffic, Matlow noted, and the use of a nearby laneway, which children currently play in. Twenty-two parking spots have been proposed for the laneway.

However, Matlow said the developer has promised to do a traffic study to address those concerns.

As for the retail at the bottom of the building, Matlow hopes that it will consist of smaller mom-andpop shops rather than a big box store to maintain character on St. Clair Avenue West.

The history of the site will also likely be commemorated in some way that has not been determined. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It's a building that represents the spirituality of a group of people that built the city â&#x20AC;&#x201D; basically the Scottish Presbyterians,â&#x20AC;? Lee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The church represents that ethos.â&#x20AC;?

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A new eight-story condo is being proposed for St. Clair Avenue West and Wychwood Avenue to replace a â&#x20AC;&#x153;derelictâ&#x20AC;? church that dates back to 1937.

The proposal for 155 Wychwood Ave. consists of 29 condos that vary from one to three bedrooms, as well as 250 square metres of retail space on the ground floor with three bays facing St. Clair Avenue West.

It features a brick-and-glass design done by KC AU Architects that local councillor Josh Matlow said is â&#x20AC;&#x153;really nicely detailedâ&#x20AC;? and

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We should move ahead with permitting alcohol in parks Torontonians have behaved remarkably in the pandemic, so this should be easy

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In 2017, back in a different lifetime, the City of Toronto passed a pilot project that permitted the consumption of alcoholic beverages in five Toronto parks. The pilot also included the sale of craft beer in those limited locations, which were Trinity Bellwoods, High Park, Christie Pitts, Dufferin Grove and Withrow Park.

Fast-forward to the summer of physical distancing, patio lanterns and the closure of many recreational activities. It is little wonder that Trinity Bellwoods was overrun with people on one of the early nice Saturdays in May. Not only was it an opportunity for people to get some air after months of self-isolation, but it was also one of the few parks that permitted the consumption of alcohol.

The summer of 2020 will be like no other, so now is the time to expand the pilot project to allow drinking in parks across the city.

Public health officials all agree

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With so many enjoying our green spaces, it is a good time to make the move to permitting alcohol in city parks

that it is better for people to be outside than inside, to reduce the spread of COVID. Yet, many people who live in midtown live in condos and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a backyard or even a balcony big enough to permit a gathering within the physical distancing rules.

Expanding the pilot across the city will give more people a chance to

be outside and socialize with friends.

On my daily walks through Eglinton Park, I can anecdotally confirm that people are already enjoying an adult beverage or two, and everything continues to be very civilized. Opening up all the parks would alleviate the pressures on the five that permit the

consumption of alcohol and keep people from having to travel across town.

Torontonians can be trusted to use moderation while consuming alcohol in parks. During the pandemic, there has been a remarkable civic response to physical distancing, self-isolation and other protocols to reduce the spread of COVID. Allowing a little libation in the park while enjoying a picnic or a catch up with friends is certainly a reasonable civic response.

The permission also needs to be clearly granted instead of left to the discretion of bylaw officers.

Toronto City Council has demonstrated that it can act with haste. Within hours, council expanded the bike lane network, extended patios and installed traffic calming on collector roads such as Duplex Avenue.

Permitting alcohol consumption in municipal parks should only take minutes to decide.

There are risks, of course, and

the main one being that people over consume and become rowdy and bothersome. Since parks exist within neighbourhoods, there is a legitimate concern about changing the rules.

Amidst the restrictions that may be with us for some time, people have developed a new appreciation for the simple pleasures in life. For many, enjoying a beer or wine in the company of family and friends on a hot summer day is certainly one of those pleasures. Permitting alcohol in parks is not going to change consumption habits. It will just give people, who may have limited options, another place to connect.

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Karen Stintz is a former city councillor, elected in 2003, and was a chair of the TTC. She lives in Ward 8.

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41 years ago, I tried to change policing in T.O. and we are still trying The fourth example is the budget. For decades people have been asking for better budget information from the police service, but it has constantly refused to provide it. For the 2020 budget of $1 billion, the service and the board provided a fourpage document.

The board and the police service have a history and a system that is against making useful change.

Hoping that they will change now is wishful thinking. To expect a new chief to make meaningful change is a cruel joke.

We need to disrupt the system.

The best way to do that is to ask a small group of Black, Indigenous and people of colour to appoint a larger body of 12 to 15 people to chart a way forward for the police service and to put that group in charge in place of the Toronto Police Services Board to create the agenda for change. That is something that Toronto City Council might be willing to agree to rather than arbitrarily chopping the police budget by 10 or 20 per cent.

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refused to make first responders the unit of a plainclothes officer and a mental health nurse, rather than armed and uniformed officers. The results have been fatal: four of the last people who have died after interactions with Toronto police were in mental crisis. And they were Black, Indigenous or people of colour.

In August 1979, Albert Johnston, a Black man who was mentally ill, had been chased into his home and shot to death by police in front of his children. I was the mayor, and I brashly said the police had to change policies so this did not happen again. I was publicly vilified and called a cop hater. No change has been made in 41 years to prevent police killing those in mental crisis. It is a systemic problem.

A third example: strip searches.

A 2001 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in 2001 stated strip searches by Toronto police were demeaning and degrading and should only be done rarely.

The Toronto Police Service has continued for the last 19 years to ignore the court’s decision. The board has been asked on many occasions for the last decade to reduce the number of strip searches, but it has never agreed. In March 2019 a provincial agency stated that Toronto police stripsearched 40 per cent of those arrested. Other police forces in Ontario strip-searched one per cent. It asked the Toronto police to change its policies to reduce that number. The board has refused to take action.

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The Toronto Police Service is a hard nut to crack. It seems impervious to progressive change.

And the body which governs it, the Toronto Police Services Board, is simply an enabler, confirming the worse characteristics of the police. On the surface it looks like the board is a civilian control body — Mayor John Tory, councillors Frances Nunziata and Michael Ford, Jim Hart who is the chair and is appointed by Toronto City Council and three provincial appointees — but it simply rubber stamps what the police service wants.

I wish, at this time, when change in the way policing is done has so much support, that things were different, but that is wishful thinking.

Policing is an organization that is systemically out of public control.

While that might seem like an extreme statement, look at these four examples.

The police practice of carding involves stopping and questioning people, but Black, Indigenous and people of colour were stopped three times as often as white people. For six years the police board defended this discriminatory practice from those who wanted it stopped. Finally, the provincial government intervened with a regulation that has ended carding.

The board and the service were never part of the solution: they always defended this kind of discrimination.

Also consider the police response to those in mental crisis.

For the last decade the board has

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What to expect at Toronto shopping malls Complex new procedures at Yorkdale and Bayview Village by Nikki Gill

All common area and food hall seating has been removed from Yorkville Village

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With Premier Doug Ford’s longawaited announcement last month that Toronto could finally move into Stage 2 of the province’s reopening plan, local malls have been working hard to get health and safety protocols in place to ensure the health of customers and staff is the number one priority as they reopen their doors.

Here’s a look at what shoppers can expect at four of Toronto’s most popular malls now that they are back open for business.

Yorkdale

Yorkdale released a video on its website and Instagram page to show shoppers the new signage and cleaning procedures that are in place throughout the shopping centre. Select stores and restaurants will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting June 24. Water fountains, smart carts and valet services will not be available, and some seating areas throughout the mall have been removed. There will also be limited capacity in elevators and washrooms, and some tenants will still only be offering takeout or curbside pickup services rather than in-store shopping.

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Along with frequent disinfecting of all common areas and high-touch surfaces, Yorkville Village is also introducing a daily flush of fresh air into the shopping centre. Elevator and washroom capacity is limited, and stairwells will be opened for visitors who prefer not to use elevators. The staff has also removed all common area seating as well as all seating in its food hall.

For those who prefer to abstain

from entering a mall, Yorkville Village will continue offering its contactless pickup on the P2 level, as well as personal shopper services.

Eaton Centre

The Toronto Eaton Centre will be sure to receive a lot of traffic with its location in the heart of downtown. Now reopened, shoppers should expect to see signage on how to navigate the many walkways in the mall while respecting physical distancing protocols. Cleaning has also been increased and hand sanitizer stations will be available throughout the mall. Best Buy and Samsung will continue to offer curbside pickup services. Retailers that will be open for in-store shopping include Canadian Tire, Hudson’s Bay, Nordstrom, Shoppers Drug Mart, Lenscrafters, H&M and Roots.

Bayview Village

Bayview Village shopping centre has also reopened its doors with weekday hours from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays, but some tenants may choose to operate on further reduced hours. Pusateri’s, Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart will reserve the first hour of shopping for customers who require assistance. Entrances to many shops are also limited. Loblaws can only be accessed from its P1 entrance, and exterior entrances must be used for Starbucks and Talbots. For a full (and frequently updated) list of stores with their current operating hours, visit the website.

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Tow truck crime ring busted seized six tow trucks. Police also recovered a loaded firearm during the course of the investigation.

The officer, a 47-year-old from Toronto, faces numerous charges, including participating in activities of a criminal organization, possession of a device to intercept private communications and trafficking in the property obtained by crime. The 10 other people facing charges range in age from 21 to 50, and hail from Barrie, Toronto, Mississauga, Vaughan, Brampton and Guelph.

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officers are investigating a deadly shooting in the city’s Corso Italia neighbourhood. On June 19, at approximately 11:39 a.m., police received a call for a shooting on St. Clair Avenue West. Officers arrived and located a male victim with numerous gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. Paramedic services attended to the victim, but he succumbed to his injuries. He has been identified as a 37-year-old from British Columbia.

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Toronto Police Service has

released security camera images and is requesting the public’s assistance identifying a male suspect wanted in a sexual assault investigation. On June 20, police responded to a sexual assault in the area of Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue East. It is reported that the female victim fell asleep on a park bench and was approached by a suspect, who frisked the victim for valuables. The suspect then reached beneath the

victim’s clothing and engaged in sexual touching.

The victim awoke and confronted the suspect, who fled westbound on Sheppard Avenue East on foot. male victim is dead after a collision near the intersection of Bathurst Street and Glengrove Avenue West. On June 1, police received a call for a collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle. It is reported that the victim was driving a Yamaha motorcycle southbound on Bathurst when he collided with a Toyota vehicle driven by a 19-year-old female going eastbound on Glengrove.

The man received life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced deceased. An investigation by Toronto Police Service, Traffic Services is ongoing, and police are asking anyone who may have security or dashboard camera footage of the incident to contact police.

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Police obtained search warrants and made arrests over the last two months with the assistance of York Regional Police and Ontario Provincial Police. On June 15, police arrested and charged a Toronto Police Service officer who was immediately suspended.

Police allege at least one of the radios was stolen by the officer.

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Police initiated an investigation into the theft in August 2019.

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A Q&A with Bill Gairdner, CEO of Gairloch Developments Bill Gairdner, President of Gairloch Developments, has decades of experience in the Toronto real estate industry. That’s a valuable thing when you consider the amount of change that’s taken place in this city since the meteoric rise of condo developments in the early 2000s. As he gets set to launch a new addition to the quickly transforming Leaside neighbourhood, Post City caught up with Gairdner to chat about the present state of the condo market, his 1414 Bayview project, and the effect that COVID-19 has had on both.

Toronto is no stranger to condo developments but Leaside is a newer destination for condo growth, how do you think the intensification of condo projects in this neighbourhood adds to the urban fabric?

While Bayview Avenue hasn’t seen any major development in the past 30 years, it provides so much opportunity in adding vibrancy to the existing neighbourhood. This is a street that’s missing a strong urban fabric when compared to other pockets of the city, but there is lots of change in the works. You have the implementation of OPA 405 planning policy, the associated retail, residential and institutional development that will follow, and the addition of the Crosstown LRT – put it together and the neighbourhood will be much more accessible for a diverse cross-section of future residents.

How do you see 1414 Bayview fitting into this transformation?

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It was important for us to design a forward-thinking space that would not only complement the neighbourhood but also improve the daily lives of residents. Gairloch Developments is keen on the mid-rise built form typology, so this assembly of properties on an underdeveloped stretch of Bayview in a great neighbourhood seemed like the perfect spot for one of our projects. Our aim was to create an intimate building in a classic and distinguished neighbourhood.

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With the increase in families considering condo purchases over single-dwelling homes, how important was it for you to include 3 bedroom units in this condo?

Our plan from very early on was to provide larger, more spacious units that would work well for people downsizing from singlefamily detached homes and for

younger families perhaps choosing condo living vs other groundrelated housing options. 80% of 1414 Bayview’s 44 units for sale are 2 and 3 bedrooms. Our average unit size is 1100 sqft. which is quite large for a typical Toronto condo, which makes us a good fit for families looking for their new home.

Can you tell me about the architectural vision for the building, both in terms of its exterior form and the design of the units?

Given the constraints of the planning policy, there was a fair amount of juggling to ensure that we got the right unit mix, dimensions and exposures. But given the high demand feedback and sales thus far, it appears that we got the balance right. We’ve been working with Peter Clewes from architectsAlliance for this project. Personally, I'm a big fan of his and we have worked together for over a decade. To have someone as talented as him working on a building of this size is truly special and I believe that shows in the final design.

The clean, modern masonry building has a balance between the solid and transparent components, which allows the building to mesh well with the avenue’s existing architecture, while still adding an elevated design to the neighbourhood. It fits perfectly with the neighbourhood, adding to the existing history and architecture of the area.

Can you tell us about your decision to keep the amenities to a minimum?

We decided to keep the building amenities minimal so that we could focus more on the unit layouts and design specifications.

The 8-storey building offers 44 meticulously designed residences, with each unit boasting high ceilings, hardwood floors, and a custom designed Italian kitchen. Most units enjoy a large

terrace that overlooks the lush greenery in a tranquil and beautiful pocket of the neighbourhood.

It also allows us to ensure that our condo fees stay as low as possible, and that our future residents can enjoy the pre-existing amenities that the neighbourhood has to offer, including The Don Valley trails, the countless parks, the Beltline path, the rich dining and retail options available in the neighbourhood. Leaside is a distinguished neighbourhood with a lot to offer.

One of the trends that seem to be emerging from the COVID19 pandemic is a renewed desire to walk or cycle to work.

How does this development support bike parking?

The Gairloch team is comprised of avid cyclists, and we were strongly in favour of cycling as our main urban means of transportation prior to COVID-19.

Hopefully one of the silver linings of this pandemic is an increase in cycling infrastructure throughout the city.

With this in mind and acknowledging that there has been a renewed desire to cycle, we have over-allocated bike parking and storage options in this building when compared to the number of units. We have also spent substantial time designing the building to be as user-friendly as possible for both residents and visitors who decide to come and go by bike.

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A slow development funnel at the city could tighten market next year

The state of the housing market as city reopens If buying a new condo is on the agenda, now might be the best time What is happening in the market right now?

So basically, the number of properties for sale is a little higher than it would normally at this point of time. We don’t have the sales data for June yet, but we know that May’s sales volume was down about half from the previous year.

June will likely be down from last year between 30 and 40 per cent in the number of sales. I think going forward, you’ll see that improve by probably 10 per cent a month.

Soon we will see what the real unemployment rate and how badly impacted the economy has been and how fast a recovery we’re going to see. The change in the market priceing has been negligible. There are regions in Ontario where prices are rising faster than they were last year. Toronto is not one of those regions, but it is certainly not seeing any slippage.

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Is there still a lot of interest from buyers outside of Canada?

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We have a great deal of buyers that come from Asia —Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, India plus the Middle East. This represents most of the foreign investment buyers in the condo market. In the 416, there is no significant building of houses.

Condominium housing is where we see growth in Toronto. The single biggest buyer of new condominiums from floor plans are Chinese, either from Hong Kong or mainland China. What the last four months have shown to

people living in China is that they’ve got to get out of China.

People in Hong Kong have to get out of Hong Kong. It’s not easy to get foreign currency out of countries. The amount of pent up demand will be enormous. I think that condominiums developed in the 416 will continue to sell out quickly.

Is the city ramping up the development process, or is it still moving slowly?

The city is the city and getting anything done is very painful.

With slow development and strong interest from overseas, is now the time to buy a new condo before a possible slowdown?

If you can find one, yes. Most projects have sold very well. I know of one project that is launching during COVID-19, Alterra’s Eastern Avenue project. There appears to be a lot of interest. For buyers of new condominiums, it’s going be very hard to find product.

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Post City Magazines’ columnist Brad Lamb is the CEO of Brad J. Lamb Realty Inc. and Lamb Development Corp. He has more than 30 years of industry experience.

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The ORCA Project includes 10 buildings

Architect Moshe Safdie’s vision for Rail Deck Park Six towers proposed on the site World-renowned architecture firm Safdie Architects is now attached to a proposed development at Union Station Rail Corridor — the same location where the city hopes to create its Rail Deck Park.

The development, called the ORCA Project, is a mixed-use complex with 10 residential, retail and office buildings as well as green space across over 380,000 square metres.

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Street and Blue Jays Way in 2017 but was turned down by Toronto City Council in January 2018.

That ruling has been appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), which will hold a nine-week hearing beginning in November 2020.

In the meantime, Safdie Architects has been added to the project and submitted — along with PWP Landscape Architecture — a revised concept plan to the city in March.

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3,500 residential units that will vary from studios up to threebedroom units. Retail will also be incorporated into a three-level podium that will sit at the bottom of six residential towers and face Front Street. The towers will be laid out in a zigzag pattern to aid light, views and privacy.

The six residential towers above the retail podium will rise to 46 storeys and be split into two groups of three, with each triplet connected by a five-storey bridge that will feature both residences and amenities.

Although the city has designated the Union Station Rail Corridor’s airspace as parkland, P.I.T.S. Development Inc., a consortium of Craft Development Corp., Kingsmen Group Inc. and IDR Developments, has tried to fight that designation. It appealed the 2017 parkland designation decision but lost in July 2019 after LPAT noted the importance of creating new park space.

The new proposal does include 45,000 square metres dedicated to open space but still does consist of large buildings.

Safdie Architects was established by Moshe Safdie in 1964 and created Habitat 67, a head-twisting collection of small rectangular units that was created for Montreal’s World Fair Expo 67 but still stands today. Since then, the firm has worked on notable projects across the world, including Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Resort, which features a long boat-like horizontal structure resting atop three towers.

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Webber, who works for Parkdale Community Legal Services and was a consultant for the website. “[Renovictions and AGIs] destroy people’s lives — they push people out of their homes and neighbourhoods where they have established social networks.”

The website allows users to anonymously report renovictions or AGIs and then documents the data in both a searchable list and a map of the GTA. Already the map is littered with AGIs, which Zigman researched before the website’s launch, and a handful of renovictions, which he says data on is harder to obtain. The website also lists 10 companies to keep an eye out for based on the number of AGIs they have filed, with Starlight Investments at the top.

“It’s only when tenants have started organizing and started talking to each other that they see what’s possible,” Zigman said. “So that’s why sharing these stories is important.”

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RenovictionsTO is a volunteer-run organization whose mission is to put a spotlight on the landlord practices of renovictions and above guideline rent increases (AGIs) and give tenants “the tools they need to organize and fight back against their landlords,” according to the website.

“These are growing issues in the city that are contributing to the affordable housing crisis,” website co-founder Philip Zigman said. “We [want] to first and foremost document these issues.”

Renovictions are when landlords attempt to boot their tenants out by using a planned renovation as the reason the property must be vacated and then rapidly increase rents afterward. Rent prices for empty units are often higher than average rents, according to RenovictionsTO. Landlords can only increase the rents by a certain amount with an existing tenant if it is a rent-controlled building.

“There’s a financial incentive for landlords to push out tenants in order to raise rents,” said Cole

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T.O.’S PROFESSIONALS YOUR JEWELLERY… HOW TO VALUE YOUR VALUABLES

Colette Avital G.G., F.G.A.

BIO Colette Avital G.G., F.G.A. is a graduate of the Gemmological Institute of America (GIA) and the Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain. She is the owner of Fine Jewellery by Colette, a boutique that offers fine jewellery, custom designs, repairs, appraisals and other services. With over 30 years experience her priority is providing a positive jewellery experience.

Appraisals are a wonderful way to keep your jewellery documented and organized, but how should you know what pieces are valuable enough to have appraised? And what should an appraisal include?

Typically, appraisals are written for items that are valued over $1000 to $1500, depending on the amount of your insurance deductible. Ask your appraiser to advise you on which pieces of jewellery in your collection warrant fully described certificates.

Appraisal certificates are legal documents, produced by a trained appraiser who either has experience in jewellery retail pricing and evaluations or has Appraiser accreditation. Appraisals are not sales receipts with brief descriptions nor are they verbal descriptions. These documents are typed on proper certificate form stating the purpose of either retail, fair market or wholesale replacement values.

The function of an appraisal is usually for Insurance coverage, Estate settlements, or simply to have documentation.

Appraisals should indicate precious metal market prices, provenance, circa dates or any special features. Stones and diamonds are typically graded using the internationally recognized GIA grading system. A precise description in the body of your appraisal includes who the manufacturers or

trademarks are, what metals are used, whether the item was casted, assembled or die struck.

All signed certificates are sealed with the appraiser’s credentials. Be sure to read any limiting conditions noted in the disclaimer. Appraisal values fluctuate according to market prices, it is advisable to update appraisals every 3-5 years. When setting up your appraisal appointment you need time to discuss all your appraisal options, be sure to mention how many pieces you are bringing and if you have old documentation, this will help to reference any laboratory reports or designer brands.

Having a positive jewellery appraisal experience means finding an appraiser that you feel comfortable with. Your jewellery collection is your private story. It carries the sentiment, the legacy and the family history that belongs to you and no value on paper can equal that. Being responsible for making sure your jewellery is in good repair and sufficiently appraised is up to you. Book your appointment and give yourself peace of mind.

CONTACT Fine Jewellery by Colette 928 Eglinton Avenue West

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PREPARING A WILL AND COVID-19 In the present COVID-19 times, being safe and well is primarily on our minds, as it should be. But what also comes to mind are things like making a Will. As lawyers are deemed to be essential services many lawyers are open for business, even if working remotely.

3. Prior to the telephone conference or the audiovisual conference, you would need to provide a list of your assets/liabilities, names of individuals, children and charities you wish to benefit in your Will and then flesh out the details using the mechanisms set out above.

4. Prior to COVID-19, you needed 3 people in the same room at the same time to execute your Will: you and 2 witnesses at your lawyer's office. Hot New Tip: On April 7, 2020 an emergency Order in Council was made pursuant to the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act which allows for virtual signing of Wills and Powers of Attorney But during COVID-19, can you make a Will? Can with your lawyer instead of going to their office. this be done in the times of self-isolation and social Now you can be safe and be well in the comfort of your own home using visual techniques by signing distancing? It sure can and here is how: virtually with your lawyer.

1. If you and your lawyer have an established proIf all of this is too complicated, and admittedly a fessional relationship, the first meeting might be little scary, you could make a holograph (home made) handled with a telephone conference.

Will which in accordance with the Succession Law 2. If you do not have a prior relationship with a Reform Act must be wholly in your own handwriting, lawyer, then the first meeting could be done by a signed and dated by you without formality and withtelephone conference or by using any number of dif- out witnesses. Best practice is still to talk to your ferent internet-based audio-visual programmes like lawyer, e-mail the holograph Will to him or her, review potential changes, rewrite and sign it.

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Before COVID-19, planning to make a Will often involved at least two meetings with your lawyer. The first to discuss your current assets/liabilities, estate planning and instructions for the administration and distribution of your estate. And the second, where you would sign the document in your lawyer's office.

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Mary Anne Shaw, B.A., LL.B.

BIO Mary Anne Shaw is an established lawyer whose law practice focuses on Wills and Estates, Residential Real Estate and Family Law. Mary Anne Shaw is very active in the community, and has served on many boards and foundations in the not-for-profit arts and health sectors. She provides personal service and practical solutions.

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Toronto, Ontario, M4T 3A7 Tel: 416-968-0096

T.O.’S PROFESSIONALS THE IMPACT OF COVID ON FAMILY LAW

Meysa Maleki

BIO Meysa Maleki is a family law lawyer and accredited family law mediator with extensive experience in all aspects of separation and high conflict divorce, including complex financial matters and custody litigation. Her first book, The Conflict Resolution Grail: Awareness, Compassion and a Negotiator's Toolbox is now available on Amazon.

The worldwide impact of the coronavirus pandemic is well-known. These unprecedented and challenging times have taken a significant toll on people worldwide. As our lives are reshaped by COVID-19 and as we struggle to adjust to the new normal, many families are facing increased levels of conflict fuelled by unimaginable stressors. In this context, whether one is contemplating a marriage contract or a cohabitation agreement, the impact of COVID is unsurprisingly top of mind.

Should Parties Sign a Prenuptial or Cohabitation Agreement during COVID lockdown?

Marriage contracts (popularly referred to as “prenups”) or cohabitation agreements usually provide parties with a sense of control and peace of mind as to what will happen upon relationship breakdown especially where one party wishes to protect significant family wealth.

Best practices include the parties exchanging financial disclosure, understanding the nature or consequences of the agreement and entering the agreement voluntarily — free from duress, coercion, intimidation and undue influence. However, given that one party can seek to set aside the agreement, both the content of the agreement and the context of the negotiations are relevant considerations for the court.

For those considering signing a marriage contract or cohabitation agreement during the COVID lockdown, in particular for a couple who already reside together, a better course of action would be to enter into a standstill agreement during these unprecedented and uncertain times. Many are struggling with adapting to the current circumstances and are experiencing significant upheavals and stressors in their life. In addition to financial pressures, social isolation, increased mental health issues and even the experience of increased abuse, the voluntariness and the context of negotiations could attract increased scrutiny down the line. On the other hand, with a standstill agreement, the parties can continue their negotiations afterward in good faith when there is more of a return to “normalcy” without having the pressure of reaching an agreement in this context. However, where parties are adamant to enter into agreements, best practices should always be followed.

CONTACT Maleki Barristers 3080 Yonge Street Suite 4054

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BIO Dr. Marinic-Jaffer holds a Master’s Degree in Special Education, Adaptive Instruction, a Doctorate in Education and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Her practice focuses on advocacy for student accommodation and accessibility rights. She has worked in this area for over 30 years and currently provides mobile service throughout Ontario to meet student advocacy needs.

particularly overwhelming for parents and students.

The voice of independent advocacy effectively ensures parent and student voices are heard within this process What is an Individual Education Plan?

Subsequent to this procedure, the formation of an Individual Education Plan sets out to determine a student’s learner profile, as well as required programs and services to delivery instruction. It presents an opportunity for parental input, and is a process that is aided by the presence of advocacy, particularly where there is divergence between parental view of required supports and programs and a diverse view held by the administration.

While changes in accommodation needs, programming and service-related needs continue to transform over the course of a student’s academic life, advocacy for families and students is a consistent service that aims at accountability and meeting individual student needs on a daily basis in the educational environment.

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All families have the right to ensure that their children are provided with individual supports that help them to access the same curriculum as their peers. All students have the right to ensure access to programs and services that help them meet their individual disability related needs.

Family and student advocacy are essential elements in assuring that students with disabilities are provided with appropriate accommodations to meet their individual needs in the context of inclusive education. Parent and student voices are often muted in the context of professional discourse to the detriment of family involvement and to the detriment of meeting student needs.

What is an IPRC? The IPRC process (Identification, Placement and Review Committee) provides for the identification of disability and the subsequent placement of students into appropriate class settings, with the regular class as the preferred instructional context. This depends on parental wishes and committee agreement that such placement best meets a particular student’s needs. This often gives rise to conflict as parental choice and administrative advisement can hold opposing views as to which placement is in the best interest of the student. This process can be

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appear throughout the 10-episode series. Challenges will showcase the contestants’ singing, dancing, acting, impersonation, costume-making, and improv talents with one queen being sent home each week. Seven of the contestants are from right here in Toronto: Tynomi Banks, Scarlett Bobo, Priyanka, Lemon, Juice Boxx, Boa, and Anastarzia Anaquway. Who will you root for?

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Twelve of the country’s most fierce and talented drag queens are about to hit the air in the inaugural season of Canada’s Drag Race on July 2. The series, which will be presented by Crave, includes a star-studded trio of judges with Toronto supermodel Stacey McKenzie, actor Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Brooke Lynn Hytes. Etalk’s Traci Melchor will also

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’50s back in fashion Saturday nights aren’t cancelled, so why not stroll the streets in ’50s fashion? Find some vintage threads at Black Market on Queen West or Expo Vintage on Dundas and take your date out in retro style. Start by picking up some Cheesey Lucys or a Compressor from Burger Factory in Oakville (don’t forget the funnel cakes) and head to the 5 Drive-In to elevate your Netflix and Chill game. Take the long way home along Lakeshore and find a spot to go for a slow walk at Humber Bay Shores — great for curing the quarantine blues.

Birding is the word

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Give the term “love birds” new meaning by spending the day birding. The Leslie Street Spit is a great place to start your birdwatching adventure — more than 300 species of birds exist at this tuckedaway spot. Spend an hour or two seeing how many birds you can find (or just enjoy the sunshine on your face). Since you already have your head in the clouds, why not follow up on your avian adventure by sharing some kimchi fries, ceviche shooters and drinks at the Rooftop at the Broadview Hotel (the new Beer Garden and Grill are also worth a stop). After dinner, round out your newfound love for birding at home with the classic comedy The Big Year.

A DOZEN SUMMER DATES SPOILER: STAYING INSIDE WITH THE KIDS FOR THREE MONTHS DOESN’T DO WONDERS FOR YOUR LOVE LIFE. DON’T WORRY, WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED.

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“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.” So says Chuck Klosterman, and that’s why any date that includes a trip to a gallery or museum is often a wonderful experience. The city’s major galleries are opening up. At the Art Gallery of Ontario, non-members can purchase single tickets beginning on July 16. And a visit to this stunning Frank Gehry–designed building is always a pleasure and never too crowded. The exhibit of mesmerizing Diane Arbus photographs is the perfect antidote for the times as is a short side trip to embrace the majesty of the Group of Seven collection. Keep your head in the clouds afterwards and take a walk through the nearby University of Toronto campus. Finish the afternoon by picking up some of the city’s best Italian at Harbord village’s Piano Piano just outside the university gates.

As the gorgeous weather reminds us of the 2020 summer that could have been, there are still lots of ways to safely get at the activities that make Toronto summers so memorable. Start your morning with a romantic stroll through the modified Evergreen Brick Works Farmers Market, where you and your partner can still enjoy farm-to-table eats by shopping around for what you’re craving or by pre-ordering an Evergreen To-Go Box ($30–$95) of assorted delights. After taking in some fresh air and supporting local businesses, head home for a romantic night of cooking up your haul and sitting down to a delicious meal together. If you’re stuck for ideas, chef Nick Chen-Yin has compiled an incredible open source cookbook with recipes and tips from dozens of your favourite Toronto restaurants and chefs.

As of mid-June, wineries were given the green light to start reopening certain aspects of their in-person programming, and there are already plenty of ways to safely explore stunning vineyards and treat yourself to the fruits of their labour. Hidden Bench Winery is serving its wine by the glass on the patio, and you can book a tasting as of June 26. Thirty Bench Wine Makers, 13th Street Winery, Jackson-Triggs, Château des Charmes and Inniskillin began running wine tastings by reservation in late June, most with four-person maximums that will make for the perfect intimate experience. Be savvy with your reservation times, and you and your partner can hit a few of these neighbouring spots to make the most of your romantic getaway. Or, if you’d rather have someone do the planning for you, Grape Escape Wine Tours has extensive safety protocols in place and lots of options for bike and vehicle tours.

Broadway talent direct from your front porch Got a thing for show tunes? Or just love a good performance? The very talented folks at the Musical Stage Company have something very special worked up. Beginning July 18, the company will offer intimate performances for front yards and driveways across Toronto. Porchside Songs offers three 40-minute concert experiences performed by absolute gems of Canadian theatre including Vanessa Sears and Beau Dixon, Andrew Penner and Hailey Gillis and the Asian Riffing Trio (Colin Asuncion, Chris Tsujiuchi and Kevin Wong). Pick a date, and Musical Stage will take care of the rest. And a night like this demands delicious wine and nibbles, and that means a stop at Paris Paris, which has some unusual and fantastic bottles available for takeout or delivery along with snacks.

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One of the hardest things to take during quarantine is the lack of live music. The energy, the excitement of sharing a concert experience with your partner, and a few thousand buddies, is hard to top. But why not try? Luckily, many great artists are offering up free live-stream concerts and concert videos. So, why not turn your backyard into an outdoor theatre and let the good times roll — all you need is a digital projector for your laptop and a good Bluetooth sound system.

Throw a sheet up at the back of the house and tune into Depeche Mode’s Live SpiRiTs concert the band is putting on YouTube. Or check out some local talent on Dan Mangan’s Side Door Access streaming service. A few Toronto artists sharing great streaming concerts on the regular include Ron Hawkins, Sarah Slean and Steven Page. To add some authenticity to the experience, pick up some Houseplant Indica prerolls from midtown cannabis retailer Hunny Pot for you and your loved one to enjoy.

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Sunset on a Tiki Taxi

With the city’s best beaches now opening up on Toronto Island, it’s time to set up a dream adventure in our own sandy paradise. First, book a delightful little ride over the island via a private service such as the kinda funky Tiki Taxi and make sure to include a short tour of the lagoon and inner channels. Next, head down to the Mahjong Bar bodega and pick up a delish gourmet picnic basket along with a groovy cocktail kit. Make sure to pre-order. After the tour, head to Ward’s Island beach, easily one of the most scenic and least-crowded spots in town — clean water, great views and some secluded spots for a romantic afternoon.

Follow it up with a walk along the boardwalk that stretches along the island’s south shore.

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Sporting life Nothing says budding romance like falling flat on your face while trying a new sport together. With physical distancing a must, the local softball league is pretty much off limits for the foreseeable future. Why not try a new activity together or with a (socially distanced) group of friends? Here are three perfect sports for maintaining distance and having a good time:

In-line skating is back in a massive way, with everyone from kids to seniors hitting the streets on four wheels. Sales of Rollerblades have spiked, and they’re easy enough to find online if you don’t have a pair collecting dust in your closet.

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Disc golf is the sport you’ve probably seen but never tried. Now’s the perfect time to see if throwing a disc at a target is your hidden skill.

Toronto has a few disc golf courses, including Toronto Island, the Beach and E.T. Seton. You can buy a disc golf set for around $20.

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As much as you love your partner, spending the last four months two feet away from one another could make even Romeo and Juliet rethink their fevered plans about forever. Reconnect, unwind and address the stress that’s accumulating in your bodies by planning a wellness date night. Start by checking out the schedule of virtual classes at the Chi Junky Yoga Studio and drop in to the Zoom class for just $14, or peruse the big list of livestream options at Misfit Studio to find one that’s right for you. If you need to get out of the house before you can even think about peace of mind, you can follow social distancing guidelines by working up a substantial sweat in a geodesic dome on the grounds of Hotel X between June 21 and July 31.

A few videos of slackliners have been making the TikTok and Instagram rounds since quarantine began (only you probably had no idea what those people were doing!). Start by checking out some YouTube videos on how not to fall and tie your rope low enough not to do any permanent damage. There’s no better ice-breaker than attempting to walk a tightrope in the middle of a busy park! Slacklining is just goofy enough and a great exercise.

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How Toronto’s Black women artists are creating during the pandemic The catalyst that inspired Nadia L. Hohn to continue writing children’s books, how Kaia Kater is approaching songwriting through the pain and more by Jessica Wei We are in a singular moment in history — in the midst of a global pandemic. There has also been a civil uprising in Black, Indigenous and allied communities in response to the recent and continued police killings of unarmed Black men and women in the U.S. and in Canada, beginning with the death of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis. For many Black artists, not only have tour dates and art exhibitions been cancelled, they are tasked with processing and communicating the grief, anguish and anger of the communities that they represent — all while remaining confined to their homes.

Anique Jordan is a visual artist, based in Toronto, whose work centres around the community, Canadian archives and futures. In the alternate timeline in which Toronto’s public spaces have not been largely shut down by a global pandemic, she would have just been closing a public, multi-site installation that she curated for the Contact Photography Festival. It was supposed to take place at Malvern Library, the Doris McCarthy Gallery at University of Toronto Scarborough and Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute in

Scarborough.

“That was a project that was looking at young people within the community and how they are constantly transforming and impacting their community even when people don’t recognize them or see them as having the power to do so,” she says.

She had been working toward the show for two years, and it has now been postponed to the fall because of the pandemic. But earlier in March, the COVID outbreak and its subsequent lockdowns had taken an emotional toll on Jordan. She moved in with her mother to offer support, and eventually, things began to feel steadier.

In April, Jordan helped launch Artbank TO, a fundraising platform to raise money for residents who are self-isolating in the areas of Scarborough and Jane and Finch, and then pivoted to use the platform to support Black youth with monetary funds for self-care costs.

“There was a point where I started feeling a little bit better. I started thinking, ‘This is what it is.

We’re good, we can figure our way through it,’ ” she says. “But just as I

moved back to my apartment and as I started feeling better, the [death of ] George Floyd happened.”

Jordan is now balancing the responsibilities of being an artist at this time with her own responsibilities of helping to support Black communities in the GTA. “People are feeling unwell,

In another city, Toronto folk musician Kaia Kater was also trying to gain emotional stability from COVID-related anxiety. She was in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she splits her time with being in Toronto, and was spending her days trying to write songs for a potential new album, the follow-up to her 2018 album Grenades.

“As soon as the dates started

“I think it’s really important that, as adults are learning what allyship is, it’s just as important that kids learn what that is, what it looks like and how they can be better allies.” physically, mentally, emotionally, and they are not able to say, ‘Here’s what it is that I am experiencing and therefore I require these types of things in response to that.’ The way you would for any sort of disease or illness,” says Jordan.

“Without being able to say that, it makes it even more difficult... [It] becomes an act of convincing, which is another type of violence to your body.”

cancelling, I felt this big wave of inertia wash over me,” she says.

“Like, why bother writing? What is writing going to do? What is music going to do when there are people dying at an incredible rate?”

The reality of having to write while confined to her home environment was something Kater struggled to confront in the early days of the pandemic.

However, as the dominance of

news of the global impact of COVID-19 receded in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests across the country, she found herself contending with a whole different set of emotions.

“I am having a really hard time right now confronting the anguish that I feel, and it feels so big and so scary and so hard to put into words,” she says. “Most of my songwriting now is just chipping away at the edges tenderly and to approach all of this pain in an honest way.”

Nadia L. Hohn, a children’s book author and middle school teacher in Toronto, felt a renewed urgency to help support her community during the ongoing civil unrest. Early on in the pandemic, as a writer, Nadia was uncertain of how she could help.

“I think I was hitting a period, as many writers do, of some sort of complacency or just kind of a lull,” she says. “But we need these books right now. So the racial injustice has been a catalyst in many ways.”

In her career, Hohn has published six children’s books that follow themes around the African and Caribbean diaspora, including the Malaika series and A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett-Coverley Found Her Voice.

As an educator and as a writer, it became evident to her that she needed to use her unique expertise and platform to help diversify publishing and help elucidate issues of race to younger readers.

“I think it’s really important that, as adults are learning what allyship is, it’s just as important that kids learn what that is, what it looks like and how they can be better allies,” says Hohn. “We know that kids can see race, and some have unfortunately attached values to that, whether it came from the media or their parents or all of the above. I think it’s important that we start that education early, and we also have to teach our Black children and children of colour to value themselves in this system and develop resilience.”

As these artists continue to grapple with how to process this moment in history, and the pain associated with being a Black artist in a system that, as all three women have attested, was designed to oppress and police Black bodies, they have found comfort from their own community and from the action that the Black Lives Matter movement has inspired. They are all, in their unique ways, fighting for the space to allow them to thrive.

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World leaders have declared we’re all in the same COVID-19 boat.

In response, writer Damian Barr tweeted, “We are not all in the same boat. We are all in the same storm. Some are on super-yachts.

Some have just the one oar.”

Data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show nearly one-third of COVID-19 patients are Black, even though they’re only 13 per cent of the U.S. population.

Numbers are similar for COVID19 death rates.

We often assume this type of inequality doesn’t exist in Canada.

In Metro Montreal, COVID-19 cases are significantly higher per capita in Montreal North, an area with the lowest average after-tax income. Stats from Toronto Public Health indicate higher infection rates in areas with greater proportions of low-income people or newcomers.

“Many have said that COVID19 is the great equalizer, in that it doesn’t discriminate,” said Toronto health board chair Coun. Joe Cressy. “But that’s sadly not the truth. What we’re seeing is that COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting those who are living in poverty.”

The outbreak is showing us the cracks in our systems. If we address them, we’ll be in a better place to respond to longer-term climate and biodiversity crises.

The Canadian Urban Sustainability Practitioners have launched an “energy poverty and equity explorer tool” to explore energy poverty in Canada —

defined as households that spend more than six per cent of their income on energy, more than double the national average. In Vancouver, visible minority households are twice as likely to experience energy poverty.

If cities start using this tool, maybe they’ll make different decisions. For example, if the focus is solely on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, policy-makers might opt to provide incentives for single-family home retrofits, but this will primarily benefit affluent homeowners who are planning to renovate. With equity in mind, they could instead opt to invest in or provide zero-interest financing to retrofit social housing or multifamily, low-income housing. That would reduce greenhouse gases and energy poverty while improving equity, job creation and human health.

Recently a colleague asked, “How do we want to use our privilege to show up in this moment? Who do we show up for? And how?”

We must act now to ensure fewer people will be left behind to shoulder an unfair share of the impacts.

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Highlighting local Black-owned businesses on Instagram Kerin John on why she started her now very popular account and the community’s response

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John used her graphic design skills to launch @blackowned.to

a full-time freelance career with her main focus being @blackowned.to.

“Organization is probably the number one thing to just keep your head on straight,” John explains. “Also, try to prioritize a little bit and not take on too many things at once, or else you’re going

to burn yourself out.”

She has faced this challenge since starting @blackowned.to.

“The idea came to me because I was having a very difficult time finding Black-owned businesses in the city. With my design background and everything, I knew that I could create a page

She has a backlog of hundreds of businesses to post now, and so she thinks she likely will create a directory of them all and post it to the website.

“I want people to still have the resources without having to wait for me to post because it's going to take me forever to get through all of the businesses.”

She attributes the growth of the account to the community.

“Up until the past couple of weeks, supporting Black-owned businesses hasn't been a trend.

Now, it’s kind of, I don’t want to say trendy, but people are just trying to find ways to be a good ally,” John says. “But I don't want it to be temporary. I want it to be continued support for the Black community because, overall, we just haven’t had the same amount of customers, and starting a business for us has always been a little bit more challenging.”

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that was just easy to use because I’ve always been pretty good with social media.”

John started the account at the beginning of May and was mostly finding businesses to post on her own. However, by the beginning of June, she says things “really exploded.” She was getting upwards of 1,000 likes on each post and started getting so many direct messages that she couldn’t keep track.

“I had to turn them off and find a different solution. And that's how I decided to get a website for the business submissions,” she says.

John says running the Instagram account and posting new businesses from the submissions has now become almost all she does at this point.

“It's all I think about. I don't even sleep. It’s almost like an addiction. I'm always checking my emails, always checking the page.”

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Kerin John used her expertise in graphic design to launch the incredibly popular Instagram account @blackowned.to. The account is meant to help Torontonians find Black-owned businesses that they can support in their local community, and within two months it has grown to more than 50,000 followers.

John fell in love with graphic design back in high school at Central Technical School where a multi-year graphic design program was offered for high school students.

“My first intention was to go to college for it, which I did for a little bit, but I realized it was kind of a waste of time because I studied it in high school for so long,” John says. “After that, I just decided I would freelance and do this myself.”

At first, John was mostly doing work for people she knew, and that led to other work through word of mouth. Now, she is living

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Navigating difficult conversations in interracial relationships How to support your partner and work on being an ally Lately, I’ve been hearing from interracial couples who are struggling to navigate difficult and necessary conversations that they’ve avoided in the past.

When having conversations about race with your partner, there is no one-size-fits-all approach.

Listen to their experiences without chiming in with your own. We have a tendency to share our own stories of discrimination and stigma, but when it comes to race, it’s better to listen and offer support — not solutions.

As you listen and learn from your partner, recognize that they may not want to be your teacher.

If you want to support them, do the work. Read. Google. Unlearn.

Subscribe to websites that centre the voices of people of colour (POC). Read books like Me And White Supremacy, take workshops and engage in the lifelong process of dismantling systems of oppression.

Bedford Park couple Susan* and Ben* say they’re on the same page when it comes to racial

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justice, but it took time.

“Of course I know racism exists, but I don’t think I realized how bad it was until we moved in together and I’d hear the stories, the microaggressions, the incessant exhaustion he faced,” says Susan. “In his all-white workplace, they’d expect him to be the Black voice. The neighbours still turn to him for validation

expecting cookies for being good white people. People make jokes about him being the token Black friend.”

“I’m not here to validate anyone,” says Ben. “I used to get tokenized, but now I have no energy for it. Susan speaks up when I ask her to, and I’m glad we’re having these discussions in the open now. If you have Black

friends who have never talked to you about race, it’s because they never felt safe doing so with you.”

Toronto’s Natalie Preddie, a travel writer and on-air host, agrees. “Having a Black wife doesn’t give my husband an automatic pass. If anything, it should push him to learn more, speak louder, truly understand ally-ship, and educate others on what that means.”

Proximity to Blackness or Brownness or Asianness isn’t a shield against the subtle racism and colourism that is ingrained in our upbringings. Just as being a POC doesn’t mean that you understand the experiences of your Black partner, as anti-Black racism exists among other nonBlack POC. When your partner is with your family, ensure you’re cultivating a safe space. POC can’t be expected to laugh off subtly racist remarks from extended family (regardless of age) or friends. Speak up to let them know that subtle (or blatant) racism isn’t welcome in your home

— or in your life.

If you continue to spend time with people who are blatantly or subtly racist, ask yourself why. And ask yourself if you’re really working on being an ally.

When you speak up or fight for racial justice, don’t turn to your partner at every turn for information or validation.

Most importantly, ask your partner how they want you to show support. No one wants to speak for their entire race and no two people are alike, so ask your partner what support ideally looks like for them. *Names have been changed and relationship details have been shared with permission from all parties.

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numbers, and he asked me to go to the movies.

The first date

We went to the movies on our first date to watch Fright Night. I don’t know why, but we were killing ourselves laughing.

Warren laughed so loud during the movie, with his unique laugh, that the whole movie theatre was

“It was my first experience with that laugh, and I was so embarrassed.” waiting for him to laugh. It was my first experience with that laugh, and I was so embarrassed.

How they met

We met through some mutual friends when we were 19 and 20 years old. They spoke about him to me and me to him then said we were all going to a party on the weekend and I would get to see him. We just hit it off from there. We exchanged phone

The courtship

Most of the time, he would drive to my house, and we would eat junk food and go to the movies.

There was one trip that we took to Niagara Falls where I insisted I would lead the way. I swear it took us four hours to get there. I

We got married in 1990. We have such a huge family, there were about 250 people there. We wanted to get married at Fantasy Farm, but it was booked, so they said they had a sister location on the Danforth. It was horrible inside. It looked like an old cave, but I thought it was romantic because it was so rustic. The food was endless and people had the time of their lives.

The honeymoon

We were leaving for our honeymoon the day after the wedding. We went on a cruise to the Caribbean, and the whole ship was full of elderly people.

We managed to find some people our age and made the best of it and made some good friends. Meanwhile, we heard all our family had the best time at home because they brought back all the leftover food from the wedding and all the people who came from overseas were staying at my parents’ house. They had a great time.

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And together we both have Myles, 26, and Milan, 21.

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The original plan was for Taylor to release his new album this fall, but he decided to leak one song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Human Race,â&#x20AC;? and as he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;People just really really dug it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I found that the conversation opened up and what ended up happening was people really felt affected by the music,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Taylor has been around the Toronto music scene for a long time, born into a musical family with a father who played classical

piano and a mother who loved Motown. Other early influences included Jim Croce and John Denver.

As a teenager Taylor remembers his first gig at a place called the Spectrum as a member of the band SBB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; yes, simulated bacon bits.

But it was as a member of Canadian indie rock band Staggered Crossing that Taylor first made his mark on the musical landscape.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always think to myself I've done every gig in every choice imaginable, and then something comes up, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like, nope.â&#x20AC;?

Staggered Crossing released five studio albums during the late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s and early 2000s before calling it quits as Taylor embarked upon his solo career and added an additional six albums to the mix including his latest.

The Ridge was inspired by a series of letters to people in

Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, friends and family and even himself. He would head out into the woods, turn on his phone and just speak to them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For instance, I would start off and I'd say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dear Mom and Dad,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and then I would just talk to them.

It was really therapeutic,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean, they weren't there. And I've never shown them the videos, but I spoke to them, and then later, I would watch the videos and transcribe exactly what I said. And from there I wrote the songs.â&#x20AC;?

One particularly touching song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ballad of the Young Troubadour,â&#x20AC;?

Taylor wrote to himself and references his decades in the business on the road from town to town.

Although Taylor is a dramatic live performer, the current pandemic is curtailing most performances, but he has managed to live stream a few things from his Facebook page, and he is even doing a concert at a drive-in movie theatre as part of Ottawa Blues Fest later this summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always think to myself I've done every gig in every choice imaginable, and then something comes up, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like, nope,â&#x20AC;? he says.

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I couldn’t find this book in print (or as immediately as I wanted to read it.) So I’m listening to it on tape, performed by Ruby Dee. I am reminded of the magic of hearing someone tell you a story, like sitting at the feet of my teacher. And this one is nothing short of beautiful, like reading a long poem. It’s about a Black woman, in her forties named Janie that shares her life story with a friend. She’s raw, strong, honest. And she tells of her search for love and her longing to live a life her way. My niece was named after this author. From the moment she was born, this book went on my list. I finally have the space to take it in.

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This is where I began — it felt like no better a place to dive in. The book starts with a letter that Baldwin wrote to his nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the emancipation, one in which he candidly expresses his deep, deep frustrations as well as his hopes for the future. It explores the harsh realities of racism, oppression, power and privilege of that time.

However, it’s disheartening that it still rings so true today. Sadly, not much has changed. I was completely taken by Baldwin’s writing. It is profound. I have read and reread, underlined to allow his words to sink in a little deeper. I continue to sit with it.

My quarantine self spends most of my time alone. I venture out on long, endless walks in new neighbourhoods. And for the first time I’ve started to notice dogs in a completely different way. I find myself talking to them, even after they’re long gone, down the street.

I’ve been noticing their personalities, their likeness to their owners, the way they greet complete strangers. (I wouldn’t normally call myself a dog kind of person.) I picked this book up after several friends recommended it.

It’s by a Toronto-based author. It’s about a group of dogs that are granted human consciousness and language. It’s the right kind of playful.

“The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it — and then dismantle it.” There is no better description of this book than the one above given by the author. I’ve been participating in this work with my partner. (We decided to read this together — in the park, late at night on the porch). We’ve been examining ourselves, where we fit in — how our privilege impacts where we’re

What is there not to love about Zadie Smith? Swing Time has been sitting on my dining room table (and then off on a pile just beside) for well over a year. I haven’t actually opened it yet, but it’s next up. Now it’s back in its spot on my table, not to be forgotten. I’m told it’s a story of female friendship, family and identity, interwoven with music and dance. Um, yes please and thank you!

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We asked Canon to tell us about five books that matter to her. And she made a point to select five works written by Black authors.

“I think it is necessary that we support Black, Indigenous, POC communities: their businesses, their work, their art, their voices,” says Canon. “I am listening closely.

I am challenging old, tired ideas that are so deeply entrenched in the wirings of my brain: learning and unlearning.”

She says the voices she’s chosen have been and will be some of her best teachers during isolation.

“These books have opened me up, encouraged me to question and participate in this urgent discussion,” she says. “Inequality is present today, was present yesterday and has been around since forever ago.”

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In a world of protests and pandemics, the question of how far people are willing to go in pursuit of the right outcome has never been more relevant. Is an action, no matter how immoral, justified if the desired result is achieved? And what parts of the story are we losing as time marches on? These questions are central to the movie American Woman, starring Toronto actor Sarah Gadon.

The film, which was just released across all digital and ondemand platforms on June 30, reimagines the story of the headline-dominating kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst in 1974. It is told from the perspective of a political activist named Jenny, portrayed wonderfully by actor Hong Chau, who is assigned to protect Hearst.

“What I value about the potential of mediums like books and film is that they allow us to look back at the stories that were never told,” Gadon says. “I want the audience to immerse themselves in the dream of what might have happened to these women. I want the audience to think about how misguided and messed up movements can get when people hijack them for their narcissistic pursuits.”

As the world speaks up about

the systemic racism in our society, it of course is demonstrated in this film where Jenny is a forgotten character in a story that dominated the news.

She’s forgotten because she wasn’t what some thought an American looked like.

“In this famous story at the heart of those sensational events, was the story of another woman, Jenny or in real life, Wendy Yoshimura. Her story was marginalized because she wasn’t the prototypical ‘American woman,’ ” explains Gadon.

It’s the relationship between Jenny and the Patty Hearst–inspired character Pauline, played by Gadon, that is so central to the film and provides audiences with some very special moments.

“Pauline and Jenny are naturally drawn to each other,” Gadon says. “They are two women who otherwise never would have crossed paths if it weren’t for the radical intervention of the SLA [Symbionese Liberation Army].

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The film also stars Ellen Burstyn, David Cubbit and John Gallagher Jr. and is directed by

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“Since the pandemic started, they seem to be the only real constant in my life,” she says. “I’ve revisited some films like old friends. I’ve spent time watching a lot of films from the ’60s and ’70s, their slow pace grounding me during a time of total uncertainty. Films make me feel like I’ve travelled to distant cities, make me feel like I’ve fallen in love. They challenge me. It makes me happy that I can put

something out into the landscape of cinema that is both out of the box and completely relevant to the current movement that we are all witnessing.”

Gadon was at the premiere of American Woman at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall before the pandemic hit.

“I feel lucky to have been able to premiere the film at a festival in my hometown before we all dispersed into our individual

bubbles,” Gadon says. “But it’s bittersweet because I also miss making movies. It’s summer, and I’m usually lucky enough to be working, waking with the sun in the early hours of the day, collaborating with a bunch of different people from different walks of life to make something we all collectively believe in. I miss that a lot.”

Currently, Gadon is doing voice work and working on other

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Sarah Gadon and Hong Chau in a scene from ‘American Woman’

projects she has in development but makes time for a weekly movie screening with fellow Toronto film types Jacob Tierney and Matt Hannam.

“We rotate between who chooses the film each week and FaceTime each other before and after the movie with our thoughts and reviews,” she says. “It’s been fun because I’m an actor, Jacob is a writer and director, and Matt’s an editor, so we each approach things from our individual backgrounds.”

As a busy actor, Gadon rarely spends extended periods at home.

Her quarantine has been the longest stretch in years, she says.

And it does have its silver linings, as many have found.

“At first, it was hard to be home and not see my friends and catch up with loved ones, but I have been spending a lot of time with my parents,” she says. “I’ll go up to their house once a week after I’ve done their grocery shopping and have tea with them in the garden. I love my parents. It has been nice to be a part of their weekly routine and to luxuriate in conversation. In that way, this time is unique and precious.”

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Semi Challas. But Gadon says she had a natural curiosity in Chau from the moment they met.

“She’s a very compelling woman,” Gadon says. “Often when you are acting in a close relationship with an actor, you spend a significant amount of time getting to know them. Since we basically had no prep time together before we started shooting, I brought that curiosity into the process of shooting the film.

Gadon began acting at a young age in Toronto appearing in TV shows such as CBC’s Being Erica.

She made the transition to film thanks to filmmaker David Cronenberg, who cast the young actor in a series of films such as A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis, which put her on the proverbial map. In 2018, Gadon won a Best Lead Actress Canadian Screen Award for her work in the CBC mini-series Alias Grace. But, it has always been movies that she’s loved. And it’s movies that have given her some solace while quarantining at her Toronto home during the pandemic.

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ARRIVEDERCI The ’hood has been forced to say goodbye to two local institutions.

closed its doors for good last month. Not long after, Trattoria Giancarlo followed suit, announcing it too would be closing after 30 years in business. With deep regret, both owners (the Raviele and Barato family respectively) shared a heartfelt thanks with the community online. The loss is significant, and when the pandemic subsides, one thing remains clear: Little Italy will be forever changed.

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It’s no secret that restaurants across Toronto have been hard hit due to the coronavirus pandemic: forced to contend with months of service disruption, staffing shortages and a lack of rent relief. Sadly, two of Little Italy’s long-standing restaurants were unable to weather the storm. Il Gatto Nero, a beloved familyrun business that served classic Italian fare on College for more than 60 years,

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Pivoting for a Pandemic How one innovative school ensured that the learning never stopped When the global pandemic hit North American shores in midMarch, schools across the GTA responded in different ways. We sat down with Justin Medved (Director of Learning Innovation & Technology) at The York School to learn about their “Continuity of Learning Plan” and how a small school responded to the challenge.

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Q. Before the school went off for March break, you had your “Continuity of Learning Plan” ready just in case. How did that come about?

A. Having worked overseas for a number of years, I still keep in touch with a large community of school leaders from around the world. The international schools in Asia and Europe were a few weeks ahead of us, so I could predict with confidence that we would not be returning after the March break.

This gave us a little time to practise with our distance learning platforms and ensure that all our staff, teachers and students went home with a device. At the same time, we started work on our “Continuity of Learning Plan” (CLP) site. We needed a way to communicate and support our community in a responsive way, and the CLP site provided us with a way to do that.

Q. What were some of the things you had to keep in mind when building the “Continuity of Learning Plan”?

A. At the core of our plan were the following pillars: • Maintaining Connection & Relationships • High Engagement & Fun • Promote Health & Well-being With the help of technology, we were able to provide students with a nice balance of daily synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences. Students thrive under structure, so we took our existing

timetable and adjusted it for the age and stage of our learners. If you look at the plan, you’ll see how the JK–2 , 3–5, 6–10 & 11–12 school days differ. Our teachers provided our students with some of the most creative and innovative learning experiences during the school closure. For many, this meant reimagining and reinventing lessons from the ground up.

We were also mindful that the school day could not be as long and prompted movement and “getting up and out” as much as possible.

Q. Your portal includes not only academics but wellness and fitness as well. What was the thinking behind that?

A. Our community extends to beyond the classroom and we know the pandemic has huge mental and physical health ramifications that could affect our students, teachers and parents. Through our platform, we wanted to provide our expertise to help them navigate through these times.

Q. What has been the hardest part of the transition to online learning?

A. Our community extends to beyond the classroom, and we knew that the pandemic has huge mental and physical health ramifications that could affect our students, teachers and parents.

Through our platform, we wanted to provide our expertise to help them navigate through these times. The mental health and wellbeing implications from this prolonged school closure are now being fully understood. We tried our best to support our students by giving them outlets to connect and process their experiences together.

Q. What has been the hardest part of the transition to online

learning?

A. Nothing can replace face-toface teaching and collaboration, so it was hard missing the energy you feel in the hallways every day. Virtual classroom engagement started up a bit awkwardly, but by week two, our community started getting into the groove. Thanks to our incredible citizenship team we were able to keep our community close through our weekly virtual assemblies, community campfires and things like our annual Art Battle going virtual this year. Our Student Council organized videos to express school gratitude towards front line workers, and we were even able to host the 2020 IB Film Festival online. This event showcases the movies created by the students enrolled in the IB Film Diploma Programme course at The York School, Branksome Hall and Upper Canada College.

Q. Looking towards the fall and “reopening,” how are you approaching your planning?

A. We have learned much in the past three months. We have pushed the limits on distance learning and have upskilled our staff and students in an incredible way. Over the summer we are investing in infrastructure and planning that will allow us to respond to a number of different scenarios.

In a strange way, we have been preparing for this moment for two decades. As a school that has always placed a strong emphasis on technology integration across the curriculum, we were ready for this.

The planning for the “next normal” has begun, and I am confident that our teachers, staff and students will rise to meet whatever challenges may come.

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As ice cream parlours anticipate a make-or-break summer, many are upping their game with inventive new flavours. Chef Mark McEwan finds out what spots have the coolest creations in town, from one shop’s chocolatey concoction to a midtown haunt’s icy tart treat.

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KEY LIME PIE McEwan was a big fan of this scoop from Summer’s Ice Cream in Yorkville. The flavour tied for second, with McEwan describing it as “very refreshing” with a bit of zest. “This is icier than the others — closer to a sorbet,” he said.

“I really like the bright citrus flavour.

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BLACK VELVET COFFEE McEwan went gaga for this flavour, from Delight Organic Fair Trade Chocolate on Dundas, and loved seeing the traces of ground coffee in each spoonful. “This ice cream is not too sweet and has a great texture,” he said. “There is a rich coffee flavour, and you can taste the quality ingredients. Delicious!”

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BURNT MARSHMALLOW Meant to evoke memories of sitting around the campfire, this sweet find from Ed’s Real Scoop was another top contender. McEwan was quick to note the caramel ribbons running through it. “I can taste the burnt toffee flavour,” he said. “And the crunchy toffee pieces give it a nice texture.”

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McEwan loved the white chocolate and raspberry mix from the Old Firehall Confectionery in the 905. “It’s creamy, but I can taste the freshness of the berries coming through.”

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LAVENDER LEMONADE The burst of citrus and swirls of lavender definitely caught McEwan’s attention. “It has a good balance of flavours, which reminds me of lemon curd,” he said of the Big Chill’s sweet and “fresh” offering.

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UNICORN This colourful creation from Dutch Dreams didn’t wow McEwan, but he noted it would be a big hit with kids.

“It’s very sweet and reminds me of a classic birthday cake frosting.” It’s even got some candy pieces mixed in.

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Clockwise from left: KOST’s rooftop, Juanita Dickson and the patio at Kasa Moto

How Toronto restaurants have reenvisioned their patios

“We have a COVID-19 playbook that we’re going to be sharing with all staff — just to go through exactly what the new rules and steps of service will be to keep people safe.

People are very used to treating our dining rooms like their living rooms, which is what we love. But we need to train our guests on how to properly go about booking reservations, versus walking in, and on abiding by some of the rules and regulations to keep us safe and have it be an enjoyable experience.”

Charles Khabouth and other veterans share their plan Now that Toronto restaurants have been given the green light to reopen their patios, many are either getting ready or have already begun to welcome dine-in guests. These Toronto restaurant operators share how they’re preparing for patio dining.

Juanita Dickson, president & CFO of Gusto 54 Restaurant Group (Gusto 101 and Chubby’s Jamaican Kitchen)

“We are fortunate that most of our restaurants benefit from some level of outdoor space or patio. We have worked with the city to apply for permitting to extend our patios

beyond the current limits to allow for more seating with adequate physical distancing.

We are also preparing our teams and restaurants to take additional safety measures — digital menus pulled up via QR [Quick Response] codes on each table, shields or masks for our teams, additional safety signage and barriers at the host stand to protect our team.”

Charles Khabouth, CEO of INK Entertainment (Sofia Restaurant and KOST)

“The supply chain has been weakened significantly as some suppliers have had to shut

John Sinopoli, partner & executive chef with Ascari Hospitality Group (Ascari Enoteca, Hi-Lo Bar and Gare de l’Est)

“We have two existing patios, and we are hoping to add two more to our other properties through the CafeTO program. The largest challenge is likely going to be our teams getting their sea legs underneath them while adjusting to the many new and necessary protocols for executing service. Managing guests’ expectations in both quality and speed of service while adhering to the guidelines could be a challenge, but I’m sure as our team gets a few days under their belt, all will be well.”

— Jessica Huras

Canada’s first automated eatery opens in T.O. The new project by Paramount Fine Foods comes to King West Canada’s first fully automated restaurant, dubbed Box’d, has officially opened at 4 King St. W. in Toronto by Paramount Fine Foods.

“We are excited to bring the Box’d experience to Toronto,” says Mohamad Fakih of Box’d by Paramount Fine Foods. “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many Torontonians chose to cook their meals at home, but as the restrictions ease and more businesses open, people are looking forward to eating out. We understand that people may still be a little wary of public places, so we have created a dining option that is fast, efficient and safe.”

At Box’d, patrons order in advance with a mobile app or at a digital kiosk at the location.

Patrons are made aware of when their food is ready via a digital status board and are then led to their pickup location. Digital cubbies

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and shelves identify orders and create a streamlined experience.

For the Box’d menu, Paramount consulted with well-known Toronto chef Tomer Markovitz to develop both lunch and dinner selections, including vegan and vegetarian options. Menu items come with sustainable packaging, and there are also express menu options that are even quicker. Each menu item includes a protein choice such as chicken, kafta, steak or portobello mushroom.

There is also an entire section of hummus options, salad, wraps and more.

“With one chef per meal, all meals are sealed and delivered to sanitized, individual cubbies, which simplifies the process and keeps cleanliness and safety top of mind,” says Markovitz.

Another much-missed Toronto restaurant, Dreyfus, has reopened for takeout, as the hospitality industry continues to adapt to the new normal amid the pandemic. The homey French bistro helmed by an alumnus of Montreal’s famed Joe Beef restaurant had been widely praised since opening in the spring of 2019.

The restaurant initially opted not to pivot to takeout in response to Ontario’s extended dining room closures, leaving it temporarily shut down since mid-March of this year.

On the heels of the one-year anniversary of its original opening, however, Dreyfus returned with a new takeout program.

According to a recent post on the restaurant’s Instagram, the debut takeout menu was inspired by the owners’ past trips to Israel, as well as Ontario’s summer produce.

The menu focuses on shareable dishes and sides, featuring items like Parallel Brothers tahini with tomatoes and garlic; asparagus with pea tendrils and apple cider vinegar; and black lentils with caramelized onions and roasted marinated beets.

For now, orders can be placed via email, but the Instagram post indicates that Dreyfus will eventually be offering a more “sophisticated” takeout system. At the moment, Dreyfus’s takeout menu is only available for pickup on Saturday afternoons.

The City of Toronto recently released reopening guidelines for restaurants, advising that eateries could begin preparing to start operating dine-in services again. Among the guidelines are restrictions that require restaurants to use “no more than 50 per cent of the rated capacity available for use” and to maintain a minimum of two metres between each edge of every table.

Dreyfus’s takeout launch comes at a time when many restaurants are preparing for pickup and delivery to provide the bulk of their revenue for the near future.

With dining rooms set to operate at a reduced capacity going forward, numerous other delivery holdouts, such as Dasha and Giulietta, have also recently kicked off to-go programs; and another notable restaurateur, Grant van Gameren, has revamped the concepts behind most of his Toronto restaurants to make the menus more takeout-friendly.

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A Box'd menu option

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down and some are struggling to procure certain products. For us, this means menu changes were necessary in terms of ingredients and costs, as sourcing has become difficult and more expensive. Our top priority is safety and well-being. We are closely following the recommended guidelines from the government and local health officials. Some of the new measures we have include training all staff on wearing personal protective equipment, physically distanced tables, frequent cleaning, disposable dishware and cutlery, touchless menus, separate entrances and exits and strategically placed staff to mitigate lines and crowding.”

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Clockwise from top left: Lobster ravioli, chef John Horne and a recent tasting menu

Two top restaurants team up for a takeout collab Auberge du Pommier and Canoe’s new tasting menu changes weekly by Jessica Huras Oliver & Bonacini’s landmark North Toronto restaurant Auberge du Pommier is teaming up with its sister location Canoe on a collaborative menu series in Toronto.

Dubbed “Auberge avec Canoe,” the mash-up between the two fine dining restaurants sees Canoe’s chef Ron McKinlay and Auberge’s chef Tim Schulte working together to create weekly takeout tasting menus.

The result is a blend of Auberge du

Pommier’s French culinary approach with Canoe’s seasonal, Canadian ingredients.

“The two foods marry very well together,” says John Horne, O&B district executive chef.

Dishes on the collab’s first menu, which debuted on June 13, included McKinlay’s bison tartare with charred sourdough and Schulte’s lobster ravioli.

In future weeks, the collab will run on both Friday and Saturday nights. Pre-or-

ders will be picked up between 5 and 8 p.m. from Auberge du Pommier, and diners can expect a new lineup of dishes every weekend. Dishes are available for pickup as a set, multi-course menu, and Auberge avec Canoe has also launched à la carte dishes, which will be available for delivery via Uber Eats.

Horne says his team worked to source biodegradable containers, so they could minimize the waste created by offering takeout.

“It can all go in your organic bin and will disintegrate in 90 days,” he says. The containers are also oven-safe, allowing diners working their way through the tasting menu to keep each course warm until they’re ready to eat it.

The Auberge avec Canoe takeout menu is a trial run of the collaboration between the two restaurants, which will continue as dining rooms gradually reopen.

The road to reopening Canoe, which is set on the 54th Floor of the TD Bank Tower on Wellington Street West, looks particularly challenging, according to Horne.

“Canoe is a difficult one with the elevators and no real street access to do takeout,” he says, adding the restaurant doesn’t have a patio, which means they don’t have the option to provide outdoor dining service.

Auberge du Pommier’s large garden terrace, however, will be able to begin operating again soon now that Toronto restaurants have moved into Stage 2 of reopening.

“We’re going to continue the collaboration until we get more clarity on Canoe,” says Horne. “Why wouldn’t we put two iconic restaurants together at one location and get these guys back to work,” he adds.

“That’s the number one thing: getting as many people back to work as we can.”

Local farmers markets ready to return Some seasonal markets are up and running with others set to open this month

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A user’s guide to Toronto’s outdoor dining rules Toronto moved into Stage 2 of reopening on June 24, allowing restaurants and bars to begin serving dine-in customers on patios. As restaurants adapt their service and design to comply with the safety guidelines laid out by Toronto Public Health, however, patio season won’t look like the summers we remember from years past.

Over the last few months, we’ve been flooded with an often overwhelming array of new rules and guidelines related to the pandemic. As the city begins to reopen, it can be tough to know exactly what to expect and how we should behave as we return to our favourite restaurants.

So, we’re answering a few key questions and outlining some simple best practices to keep in mind to help you safely make the most of patio season.

Will my server be wearing a mask?

Wearing masks is a guideline that’s recommended but not required. Regardless, most restaurants are asking staff to wear face masks or shields to ensure both staff and diners feel comfortable and safe.

Why do I have to fill out a form?

Restaurants are required to take logs with your name and contact information, so the public health unit can notify everyone if an outbreak occurs. Although some of us might feel less than enthused about sharing our contact details, it’s a requirement that restaurants have to enforce.

Charles Khabouth, CEO of Ink Entertainment (Sofia, Cabana Waterfront Patio), says his teams have already had to turn away customers who refused to provide their contact details. “It's more than a requirement; it's what's right,” says Khabouth. “I think it's only right to be able to maintain everybody's safety.”

Indoor dining is not permitted as part of Stage 2, so, if it rains unexpectedly, be prepared to dine in the drizzle under an umbrella or pack up your meal to go.

Many restaurants are still figuring out the best solution for rainy days. At Love Chix, for example, owner Paul Marshall, says he’s adding extra umbrellas in the hopes of sheltering guests from light rains. “[We’re] just praying that Mother Nature helps us out a bit here,” says Marshall. “We'll have to be on our weather apps all the time.”

The bottom line? Come in a small group (of no more than six), stay at your table as much as possible (at least two metres from others), follow instructions provided by staff and, hey, maybe even have some fun, too.

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on Market Street, between the Esplanade and Wilton Street, to allow for physical distancing.

Similarly, Leslieville Farmers’ Market posted on Instagram that it had hoped to open on June 21, but they were not granted a permit in time. They then moved their opening to June 28.

For now, many markets are aiming for July opening dates, so they can receive their permits and implement the new protocols outlined by Toronto Public Health.

Trinity Bellwoods Farmers’ Market, Withrow Park Farmers’ Market, North York Farmers’ Market and Sorauren Farmers’ Market are among the markets that have announced the hope to begin operating in July.

In the meantime, other markets, like Dufferin Grove Farmers’ Market, continue to offer online ordering.

— JH

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From evenings spent at concerts to beloved outdoor festivals, the pandemic has put a damper on many of our summer rituals. Fortunately, there’s one warm-weather tradition that has been given the chance to restart before the season comes to a close. The City of Toronto has announced that it’s currently working to reopen 22 local farmers markets.

Along with the announcement, Toronto Public Health released guidelines to help market organizers, staff and vendors safely reopen.

Markets will need to rearrange their layouts to accommodate physical distancing and provide alcohol-based hand sanitizer stations for customers, among numerous other requirements to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

The Evergreen Brickworks Farmers’ Market has reopened, and St. Lawrence Market opened its outdoor market in a new location

City has released new guidelines for markets

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Saddened customers have been sharing fond memories of Scallywags

Beloved watering hole closes after 23 years Liverpool supporters say goodbye to Yonge and St. Clair sports bar by Jessica Huras Midtown sports bar Scallywags has announced it’s closing its doors for good. Open since 1997, the Yonge and St. Clair mainstay was a popular place for Toronto’s official Liverpool F.C. Supporters Club to watch soccer games.

Owner Jeff May shared the news via Scallywags’s Facebook page in late June, writing, “We would like to thank all of our many loyal patrons and staff for their friendship and support throughout the years. We will always be grateful.”

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The post has received over 200 comments from saddened customers, as well as former Scallywags staff who shared fond memories of their time working at the much-loved local.

“I’m so happy that I got to share this absolute treasure of an establishment with friends and family!” wrote one commenter.

Toronto city councillor Josh Matlow posted the news on

Twitter, where more commenters shared happy memories of Scallywags and expressed how much the bar will be missed.

“Scallywags, a Yonge & St. Clair institution for sports, meetings and celebrations (with one of the city’s best patios) has announced they’ve closed permanently,” Matlow said.

“Soccer and rugby fans, along with every neighbourhood regular, will be heartbroken. I can’t imagine Scallywags gone.”

The official Liverpool F.C. Supporters Club also paid tribute to the local pub on Twitter.

“Liverpool fans from all over the world have met here for hundreds of games, and we thank [Scallywags] for allowing us to call it home for years,” the post reads.

Scallywags is the latest in a string of long-running establishments that have closed since the pandemic began, including Trattoria Giancarlo, Southern Accent and Vesuvio Pizzeria. The closure comes on the heels of the announcement by Premier Doug Ford to allow Toronto to move to Stage 2, which in turn allows restaurants to reopen their patios to sit-down diners across the city.

Scallywags’s massive rooftop patio was a neighbourhood favourite and many local residents and frequent visitors noted their disappointment that it won’t get a chance to see another summer.

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Gourmet meal kits that double as cooking lessons in Toronto Top chefs offer master classes with their takeout by Caroline Aksich

How do I make takeout something that isn’t just food in a box? This was the question Brothers co-owner Chris White mulled over for months. The Yorkville restaurant’s recently launched five-course Saturday night meals ($65) is an event, not something to be wolfed down while binging Netflix. Every week, the courses change, but expect a mix of things that are tasty at room temperature with no prep (like a béchamel-blessed tomato galette), alongside participatory dishes that require some searing, plating and chopping. Each order comes with a romantic soundtrack as well as a wee handwritten

Skippa’s bento boxes

Chef Ian Robinson’s bijou bento boxes contain a trove of pescatarian delights. Some, like the fatty tuna and the gorgeous gleaming salmon roe, come raw.

Others, like the charcoal-grilled golden eye seabream, come cooked. These boxes, with their clay pot rice and pickled veggies, require no work. The maitake mushrooms, however, take about 20 minutes to prepare. An order ($25) comes with raw maitakes, a turnip (complete with steam and leaves), caramelized miso glaze and a lemony olive oil dressing.

The searing, baking, basting technique is labour intensive, but the results are worth it. Plus they give you enough miso glaze for leftovers. We made a second batch of mushrooms (using shiitakes and the Skippa technique) and used the rest to marinate salmon.

Giulietta’s grilled octopus

Down on College Street, chef Rob Rossi is offering a mix of haute Italian takeout (king crab spaghetti, gulf prawns swimming

in fra diavolo, heirloom tomato salad with burrata) alongside cook-at-home meal kits and grocery staples such as excellent Abruzzian olive oil. The carb averse may not be wooed by the pizza and pasta kits (although the house-extruded pastas are fantastic), but the excellent grillready proteins are sure to entice.

Octopus is one of the most challenging seafoods to prepare properly, but Rossi has made these precooked cephalopods idiot-proof. Just throw bay-andlemon redolent octopus ($22) on the grill to warm up the flesh and crisp the skin, and voila, dinner is served in a matter of minutes.

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This tiny Dundas West restaurant is known for chef-owner Michael Hunter’s hearty plates that focus on Ontario game meats like wild boar, venison and duck. Antler’s meal kits feature vacuum packed and marinated meats alongside prepared dishes like a buttermilkfried rabbit sandwich. Those lacking kitchen confidence should opt for the ricotta cavatelli meat kit, which comes with a venison boar ragu sauce. Simply boil, heat, plate and serve. For true grill masters, the Antler Game Box ($125) beckons. The kit comes with two dry-aged bison rib-eyes and two wild boar chops, two whole ducks and a Cornish game hen.

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novella that provides detailed serving instructions. Even if all you’re doing is tossing a medley of mushrooms in a pan, there are cooking strategies to glean. In this case, the kitchen ties herbs together into a neat bundle, so that you needn’t pick out thyme twigs later.

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The solution: Many chefs are going the meal kit route with dinner 80 per cent prepped and you — the diner — in charge of finishing and plating the dish. For the kitchen averse, this sounds like a nightmare, but for those of us who love to cook just as much as we love to eat, these meals become cooking lessons from some of the city’s top chefs.

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obsessed with the kimchi sides. Kang had started by fermenting 16 heads of cabbage, thinking that would last for at least a month — if not two — but he sold out in 48 hours.

His kimchi — which comes in three permutations: cucumber, radish and nappa cabbage — is sweetened by apples and pears and is lacto-fermented for a week until it reaches tangy perfection.

Post-COVID longevity: “I’m shutting down Kang Bang Fried Chicken and launching a Japanese natural wine bar, but we’re going to keep selling the kimchi and also add Japanese pickles. I haven’t thought that far into the future about it, but if there was an opportunity to get them into a grocery store, I’d love that,” says Kang.

Cost: $7 for a 500 ml jar.

Seven chefs whose pandemic-prompted food products have become huge hits Forced to adapt or risk closure, these Toronto restaurants are giving the people what they want by Caroline Aksich “Pivot” isn’t the mot du jour, it’s the mot du 2020. The hospitality industry — turned on its head by COVID-19 — had to quickly adapt to a dine-in-free reality. With rent and staff to pay, restaurateurs are getting creative when it comes to making ends meet. Many are now launching new products they never fathomed. Here are seven Toronto restaurants that launched pandemic-prompted retail products.

PIZZERIA DU’S VEGAN GELATO The Product: Mid-lockdown, Roger Yang

(Avelo, Awai) celebrated the very unceremonious launch of his new plant-based spot, Pizzeria Du. The restaurant has no patio, which means Pizzeria Du is fettered to takeout. To make use of the large Queen West–facing front window, Yang has decided to get into the gelato game. The coconut-oat milk base makes for an ultra-creamy icy treat.

Flavours range from classic (chocolate, strawberry) to quirky (black garlic, pistachio miso).

Post-COVID longevity: “There’s definitely a market for a richer, solid ice cream replacement — most of the plant-based grocery store gelatos taste like sorbet. When we gain enough traction, we will definitely be working on getting into grocery stores.

Because it’s made with multiple plant-based milks, we’re planning to name it M!LK!,” says Yang.

Cost: $12 a pint of DiLatte, $7 a half pint.

LIBRETTO’S FROZEN PIE The Product: Pizzeria Libretto’s crispy,

floppy wood-fired Margherita and pepperoni pizzas are now available frozen. The Neapolitan-style pies are par baked for 90

founder Max Rimaldi.

Cost: Starting at $11.

HONG SHING’S FROZEN DIM SUM The Product: When Colin Li took over his

family’s 23-year-old Chinese restaurant, he wanted to modernize the business. One of Li’s recent innovations was to add frozen dumplings (har gow and siu mai) and bamboo steamer baskets to the menu.

“We’ve been brainstorming about how this is going to live past 2020.” seconds until the crust blisters and chars, but they’re still just slightly underdone. They’re then flash frozen and shrink-wrapped for freshness. After a five-minute stint in the oven, dinner is served.

Post-COVID longevity: The pizzas are already available at Pusateri’s, Fresh & Wild, Lady York Foods, Fresh Avenue, Roast Fine Foods and Good Rebel. “It's been so amazing to learn and embrace this new world of frozen products. We will absolutely continue this as a spinoff of the Libretto brand,” says Libretto

Post-COVID longevity: “We’re definitely

going to keep working on a line of products that will also include sauces,” says Li. Cost: $20–$25 for a 20-piece bag of dumplings; $12 for a 6-inch steamer basket.

JEFF KANG’S KIMCHI The Product: When the pandemic hit, Jeff

Kang hit snooze on his high-end spots Canis and Apres Wine Bar and launched a Korean fried chicken pop-up. Although people loved the chicken tenders, they were absolutely

LOVE CHIX’S FROZEN BUTTER CHICKEN POT PIE The Product: This Junction Triangle spot

morphed into a bodega in March, selling groceries alongside a curtailed takeout menu.

One of their most popular oven-ready meals has been Mumbai-born chef Punit Sehgal’s butter chicken pot pie. The creamy fenugreekredolent sauce is cooked down for three hours before it’s poured into a butter puff pastry shell and frozen.

Post-COVID longevity: “We’re going to keep the groceries, like the pie, that are moving well for us. We’re adapting, but it’s about the community and what they want,” says owner Paul Marshall.

Cost: $38, feeds six.

BUCA’S RED WINE VINEGAR The Product: When chef Rob Gentile’s

family came over from Italy 64 years ago, they made their first batch of Canadian red wine vinegar using local grapes. They’d make wine every year, and anything that wasn’t good enough for sipping was turned into vinegar.

For the past six decades they’ve been keeping this vinegar culture alive. Now, the same tangy condiment used to dress Buca’s fantastic salads is available for sale by the bottle.

Post-COVID longevity: “We’ve wanted to expand into retail for a while, and there are definitely some items, like my family’s red wine vinegar, that we would love to further develop into a broader Cucina Buca line,” says Gentile.

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been busy bottling his Hellenic-inspired cocktails for home consumption. The Tzatziki — a clever nod to the Greek dip modelled on a French 75 — is a bestseller. The drink starts with cold-pressed cucumber juice and mint juice that’s mixed with lactic acid (for that sweet, silky milk-like mouth feel sans dairy) and Tanqueray gin. The concoction is then carbonated, bottled and labelled by hand.

Post-COVID longevity: “We’ve been brainstorming about how this is going to live past 2020. Right now, we are working on professional labels and we’re hoping to one day get into the LCBO,” says owner Thanos Tripi.

Cost: $40, serves four.

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TO SERVE 1. Remove julienned green onion from water and drain. Divide vermicelli equally between four plates and arrange green onion, cucumber, carrot, jicama, tomatoes, and pickled red onion around noodles. Top with fried taro root.

2. Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds and crushed peanuts over each salad. In a small bowl, combine edible flower petals, seedlings, sprouts and fried shallots.

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PREPPING THE CHUTNEY 1. Put the tomatoes and oregano in a large bowl.

2. In a large saucepan, combine the remaining chutney ingredients; stir together with a wooden spoon. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.

3. Remove from heat and pour over the tomatoes and oregano.

Stir to combine. Cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate overnight.

NOTE: Make the sweet and sour tomato chutney at least one day ahead so it has plenty of time to marinate. If desired, you can swap out the burrata for mozzarella or another soft cheese like a brie or Camembert.

PREPPING THE CROSTINI 1. Gently crush the garlic clove and rub over one side of each of the bread slices.

2. Brush both sides of the bread with olive oil. Toast the bread on a grill or in a skillet over mediumhigh heat until golden and crisp.

Transfer to a platter.

3. Break the burrata roughly with your hands and divide it among the toast slices. Spoon some of the tomato chutney over the cheese and garnish with the pine nuts and basil. Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper and serve.

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Everything was original in this house — all the electrical, the plumbing, the plaster, the trim.

This is a complete, back-to-thebricks restoration. By the end of February, our first set of permits was issued. By March 13, the demolition was complete. By March 16, the renovation was shut down.

Even though the lockdown was not official, fears about the COVID-19 virus were rampant.

We made our two older children move back home to hunker down together in the temporary condo for the duration of the quarantine.

We told the crews working on the house not to come in, and they were more than happy not to. For about three weeks the house sat empty.

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By March 16, Bryk's renovation was shut down right after demolition was complete

would we have to put into rent because the house wouldn’t be finished? Would we ever work again? We are all self-employed in our household, and you can blow through your savings pretty quickly when you’re paying for a mortgage, rent, and a massive renovation, with absolutely no income coming in. But there were

and still are bigger issues at stake that put everything into perspective. It became about family and friends and health.

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the construction site. With the house gutted, I was able to meticulously work out logistics. I was able to eliminate future bulkheads by tweaking the layouts of the bathrooms slightly so the toilet drains would line up with the joist spaces. Things that I had rushed for the sake of getting the permit in, I was able to reevaluate and change if necessary.

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At the best of times, a renovation will test your patience, strain your bank account, your sanity and often your marriage.

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10 APPLIANCE REPAIRS Professional repairs of all brands of refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, dishwashers, dryers, washers, heating & air conditioning. Warranty.

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