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Beach resident sues councillors over comments Brian Graff mentioned ’Scarberia’ nickname for Scarborough MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Two Toronto councillors, Michael Thompson and MaryMargaret McMahon, are being sued by a man who says their comments at City Hall damaged his reputation.

"I felt I had no choice but to defend myself," Brian Graff, who filed small claims court suits against both councillors, said in a Dec. 20 interview.

A Beach resident who ran against McMahon for councillor in 2014, Graff started a petition in October against a wardboundary proposal which would split his neighbourhood and combine part of the Beach with a Scarborough ward.

He spoke to a meeting of Mayor John Tory’s Executive Committee on Oct. 26, arguing the Beach and Scarborough don’t belong together.

"Scarborough has the unfortunate reputation as ’Scarberia,’" because of its ’Big Box’ stores and strip malls, Graff said, while the Beach has more in common with "Roncesvalles and Ossington and places in the West End of Toronto than we do with ’out by the Zoo.’" In his statement of claim, Graff said he mentioned the nickname ’Scarberia’ because he was talking about Scarborough’s "suburban urban form, and The Plaintiff was clearly not using it in his own voice to directly denigrate Scarborough or the people of Scarborough."

Thompson, a Scarborough Centre councillor, later said during the meeting he had heard "someone come here this morning and talk about Scarborough in a very disparaging way, and I am offended by that."

Mahon, councillor for Ward 37 (Beaches-East York), apolo-

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gized during the meeting to "Scarborough Councillors and Scarborough residents for the negative comments that we have seen from some of my

some comments implying I had said disparaging things about Scarborough, and I didn’t."

Graff, who is suing for $6,000 from each councillor said he wants "the record set straight," starting with apologies to him from Thompson and McMahon.

Earlier this month, however, Thompson called Graff’s legal action against him "ridiculous."

"I’m being sued for defending Scarborough," Thompson said.

McMahon, reached on Dec. 23, said she doesn’t think she did anything wrong.

After Graff’s deputation, she wanted to comment, she said, because "I could see the faces and the body language of the Scarborough councillors, and they were upset."

Both the committee and council approved a 47-ward model for Toronto, one which would keep the boundaries of the Beach intact.

Beachers in the media, but especially from the deputant Brian Graff."

McMahon, who said she won’t run for office again in 2018, reprised her apology during the Nov. 9 meeting of Toronto City Council, but didn’t name Graff.

Graff, in his claim, said was "shocked and horrified" by comments from both councillors.

He "suffered from emotional distress," he said, adding "news media and social media coverage have likely damaged his reputation" including his political reputation, "particularly should he run in the 2018 municipal election or stand for any other position as a candidate."

"I wasn’t calling Scarborough ’Scarberia’ but I was referring to the fact it has that reputation," Graff said on Dec. 20.

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Putting the spotlight on stories that matter to our readers

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In addition to covering local news and events across our communities in the city, reporters at Metroland Media Toronto now also carry beats on specific topics that we’re hoping will be of interest to readers. Some have been ongoing, but many are new.

Keep an eye to your local newspaper and www.insidetoronto.com for coverage of these beats and get in touch if you’ve got story ideas.

Reporter Fannie Sunshine is interested in all the ways we’re different from one another and how that defines our city. She’s covering race relations, women’s issues, the city’s indigenous and minority populations, and the LGBTQ community. Reach her on 416-774-2368 or at fsunshine@insidetoronto.com.

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David Nickle is a veteran of Toronto municipal politics, covering Toronto City Hall since amalgamation in 1998. That covers a lot of territory: everything from how garbage gets collected and where it goes, to how much property tax gets collected from you and what it pays for. Toronto has a close and sometimes fraught relationship with Queen’s Park, so he watches and writes about that too. He can be reached at dnickle@insidetoronto.com and followed on Twitter @davidnickle.

Breaking news, viral trends and all things ofthe-moment - that’s reporter Tara Hatherly’s area of expertise online at insidetoronto.com. She welcomes tips or leads on great viral media or anything you think Torontonians would find cool. Reach her at thatherly@insidetoronto.com or 416-774-2355, or on Twitter @Tara_Hatherly.

Andrew Palamarchuk covers murder and other serious crime in the city along with major vehicular crashes and fires.

He interviews people affected by tragedy and looks at societal issues that could have contributed to them and searches for solutions that could solve them. He can be reached at apala-

Tamara Shephard

Health Tamara Shephard reports on the health and well-being of people, from children to adults and seniors. With a special focus on mental health issues, as well as people’s access to health care, she’s interested in the stories that impact people’s lives. Reach her at tshephard@insidetoronto.com.

History Cynthia Reason is interested in writing the stories of the people and places of

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the past that helped define the city we live in today, as well as heritage conservation issues and the tireless efforts of those working to preserve it. Reach her on 416-495-6640, creason@insidetoronto.com or on Twitter @icreason.

Money Matters Reporter Joanna Lavoie wants to help everyday Torontonians navigate their finances and learn how to keep their money safe.

She’s also going to dive into issues surrounding the cost of living and investigate what it takes to be able to afford calling Toronto home. Feel free to contact Joanna at jlavoie@insidetoronto.com, on Twitter @JoannaLavoie or 416-7742269.

The Other Toronto Away from the brighter lights and most of the city’s wealth, there’s another Toronto that needs our attention. Isolated, at times ignored, The Other Toronto’s neighbourhoods struggle but are home to new Canadians and working folk; they have successes too. Mike Adler seeks their stories and writes a column, Edges of Toronto.

Reach him at madler@insidetoronto.com or 416-7742264.

in Toronto. What issues do you face as a modern parent raising a child in the 21st Century? Reach him at dkurek@insidetoronto.com or follow him on Twitter @DominikKurek.

Schools From budgets and bullying to special needs and specialized programs, there’s plenty going on in Toronto’s school system.

Reporter Justin Skinner is on the school beat, keeping readers posted on key issues in education. Reach him on 416-774-2309 or at jskinner@insidetoronto.com.

Dominik Kurek

Technology Reporter Hilary Caton is fascinated by the different ways we use technology for education, entertainment and advancing society.

Smartphones, drones, virtual reality, gaming - where’s it all going and what effect does it have on us? Tech story ideas welcome. Send them to hcaton@insidetoronto.com or tweet to @HilaryCaton.

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Transit and Infrastructure

Dominik Kurek is a married dad of two kids, a boy and a girl, who is interested in the struggles and successes of other parents

Rahul Gupta covers all manner of news relating to how we get around and the infrastructure upon which we do it. TTC, GO Transit, streets and highways, cycling, commuters, pedestrians and city planning are top priority in his beat.

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Shining the spotlight on the stories that matter In a city as large, diverse and ever-moving as Toronto, covering the news can often feel like a drop in a bucket. There’s so much happening here, and it’s a city full of strong communities that often carry their own unique identity. In the Metroland Media Toronto newsroom, we do our best to represent the communities we serve online and in print. Admittedly, we can’t do it all or be everywhere we’d like to be.

That said, we’re still going to do our best to make an impact.

So beginning this year we’re renewing our focus continuing to report on local news and events, city hall, crime and transit issues but we’re also introducing several new beats.

We’re looking to find stories on topics that matter or are of interest to our audience. Topics that, in many cases, we really haven’t focused on before. Parenting, history, technology, health and schools were key selections we felt deserving of more attention.

Considering how many struggle with the cost of living in the city, we’ve also dedicated a reporter to a ’Money Matters’ beat to help break down financial issues. Debt loads can be crippling and it’s shocking how many people lack the financial literacy to be able to manage it. How secure is our money in this digital age? These are areas we hope to explore. ’The Diverse City’ will aim to give voice to minority groups, indigenous people and the LGBTQ community, and investigate issues relating to how we’re all different - our successes in embracing that and the challenges that exist where it fails. All timely subjects for discussion considering the malcontent kicked up south of the border after president-elect Donald Trump’s win. How this affects us as Canadians remains to be seen, but we’ll be watching.

Another area of the city we want to spotlight is what we’re calling ’The Other Toronto’. These are the pockets of population, much of it concentrated in the city’s suburbs, that are home to immigrant communities and working-class families. Often isolated and struggling with challenges like neighbourhood crime and poor education rates, these Torontonians deserve our attention. What stories of success, resilience and identity are happening in our backyards? What needs to happen to improve the lives of our neighbours?

Mike Adler’s column today explains more. We want to be there for these people and tell their stories on a regular basis in the hopes it may make a difference down the line.

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Going in search of The Other Toronto in 2017 There is more than one Toronto.

More than a decade ago, the city, United Way, and the province saw poverty deepening around the edges of our freshly-amalgamated home.

University of Toronto Professor David Hulchanski, in his The Three Cities Within Toronto, makes plain how fast the city has divided since the 1970s into an ever-wealthier centre and waterfront, and other places where incomes consistently dropped.

The city chose nine "’hot spots’ of high need and low infrastructure" in 2005, then bumped that up to 13 "priority neighbourhoods".

It pledged people in these neighbourhoods would get money, community hubs and help organizing themselves.

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto A few years ago, the city changed the "priority" label.

Recalculating, it started calling its highest-needs districts Neighbourhood Improvement Areas because that sounded better, and today 31, out of 140 census neighbourhoods, are NIAs. Nearly all are in Toronto’s old suburban belt, and attached to other NIAs: northwest North York meets North Etobicoke’s Rexdale

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that second Toronto through a car window or on the news, in buildings glimpsed after a shooting, or roads after a pedestrian dies running for a bus.

But what happens in The Other Toronto should interest us as much as what happens on Queen Street or in Rosedale. It’s in this Toronto’s neighbourhoods where people on modest incomes can still afford to live.

We need to hear from people in these neighbourhoods, and in 2017, I’m going to do my best to talk to them about the city they live in.

Edges of Toronto is a column about how people see live in Toronto differently, depending on where they live. Reach Mike Adler at madler@insidetoronto.com

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and Jamestown, and to the south a string of other NIAs through what was once the City of York.

Go east, and Thorncliffe Park meets Flemingdon Park and Victoria Village in another corner of North York; below that, the former East York’s Crescent Town touches Oakridge across Victoria Park Avenue in Scarborough, where seven other NIAs clump together south of Highway 401.

This happened to those neighbourhoods because industries left and a new wave of development never came.

The apartments got older, the traffic crawled, people in the houses aged, subways weren’t built and MoneyMarts thrived.

They became part of The Other Toronto.

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"We send you upon that journey with our love and best wishes. Your presence in our life has given us a great gift and we’re forever thankful for that."

Close friend Lynn said her friend Jackie exuded warmth and love.

"Jackie just shone. She leaves a gigantic hole that will probably never be filled and should never be filled," she shared.

A memorial for the family is also in the works for late January or early February at Montcrest School.

Geoff Taber and Jacquie Gardener supported many charities. Anyone wishing to make a donation in memory of the Taber family is asked to contribute to the United Way Toronto and York Region or to their favourite animal shelter or pet rescue centre.

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"They were incredibly kind and they were incredibly gracious. They always reached out to others."

Heather Miller and Vincent Lam were members of the Riverdale Riders cycling group, which Taber lead.

Lam said he’ll always remember Taber as a funloving guy who liked to poke fun at others cyclists in the early-morning cycling group.

"It was always, always with a sense of kindness and camaraderie," Lam said.

"We’re going to miss Geoff a great deal. We’re going to miss the whole family a great deal."

On Dec. 23, Taber sent an email to his cycling group offering holiday greetings and making reference to what would come next. No one expected to they’d be mourning the young family, Lam said.

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Four members of a wellknown and well-loved family from Riverdale will be laid to rest today.

The funeral service for Geoffrey Taber, Jacqueline Gardner and their sons Andrew, 13, and Scott, 15, will take place at 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Bloor Street Church, 227 Bloor St. E. The visitation for the Taber family, who along with their dogs Haley and Shelby died in a Christmas Eve fire at their cottage in the Peterborough area, was held last night at the Estates of Sunnybrook Vaughan Estate, 2075 Bayview Ave. On New Year’s Eve, dozens of friends, neighbours, colleagues and family members gathered for a vigil in the family’s honour at the north end of Withrow Park.

During the memorial, many expressed deep sadness about the untimely loss. Others offered words of hope and resolve.

Many in attendance carried candles in small lanterns. A number of young people, many of whom who had played hockey with the boys, left hockey pucks with messages for the family in a plastic bin.

David Thompson, the head of Riverdale’s Montcrest School, urged everyone present to understand the preciousness of time, to appreciate every moment with their loved ones, and to always be kind and gracious, like the Taber family was.

Thomson spoke about Gardner’s volunteerism, Taber’s thoughtfulness, and the boys’ leadership and athleticism. Andrew was in Grade 8 at Montcrest, while Scott had graduated from there two years earlier and was attending Greenwood College School.

"This family is a family that was incredibly generous," Thompson said, who said everyone in attendance has their own spe-

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Volunteers needed for North American Indigenous Games The 2017 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) is looking for more than 2,000 volunteers when Toronto hosts the event this summer.

The Games will be held Sunday, July 16 to Sunday, July 23, bringing together 5,000 aboriginal youth from across North America to celebrate Indigenous culture and compete in a variety of traditional

and non-traditional sports.

This will mark the first time in its 25-year history the NAIG will be held outside of Western Canada.

More than 2,000 volunteers are needed in areas including: sport specialists, protocol, medal ceremonies, event services, medical, accreditation, opening and closing ceremonies, IT, photography,

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Volunteers will be stationed at various venues across the Greater Toronto Area.

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Celebrate start of new year in Toronto East Toronto residents are invited to ring in 2017 with their local representatives at two events.

The first, a BeachesEast York New Year’s levee, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7.

Co-hosted by MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, MPP Arthur Potts, and Ward 32 Councillor MaryMargaret McMahon, the gathering will run from 2 to

4 p.m. at The Grover Pub, 676 Kingston Rd., just east of Main Street.

All are welcome.

Visit www.facebook.com/ events/1306809542717334 for more information.

On Sunday, Jan. 8, area residents are invited to an East York Open House at True Davidson Council Chamber at the East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell

Ave. at Mortimer Avenue.

Hosted by Ward 26 Councillor Jon Burnside, Ward 31 Councillor Janet Davis and Ward 29 Councillor Mary Fragedakis, this event will run from 1 to 3 p.m. and feature special guests TTC CEO Andy Byford, City Librarian Vickery Bowles and City Manager Peter Wallace.

Light refreshments will be served.

Lots to celebrate in 150 years It’s early January, and here we are: just days into the year that our country, the former Dominion of Canada, turns 150 years old.

In Toronto and across the land, we’re going to be partying like we’re 200. We’ve already had a grand TO Canada With Love New Year’s Eve celebration at Nathan Phillips Square. Winterlicious will be celebrating its 15th year and our 150th, serving up birthdaythemed culinary experiences.

There’ll be photo contests and dance contests and a Toronto Newcomer Day. And Canada Day will morph into a four-day party the likes of which we’ve never seen.

We’re not the first to reach this venerable age. In 1926, America’s 30th President Calvin Coolidge spoke at great length on the manifold virtues of that great,

150-year-old republic.

America at 150 was in the middle of its own version of the "sunny ways" times that our charismatic young prime minister seems still to be basking in. It didn’t last, of course - a decade of consistent economic growth ground to a halt in the crash of ’29, and the poverty that had been limited to rural areas spread to the urban middle class.

How are we, at 150?

Well, we’re in a better state than our 241year-old neighbour is right now. We continue to welcome newcomers to our country and have maintained at least a public equanimity that seems to have eluded America as it prepares to swear in its 45th President Donald Trump.

We do have a greater challenge before us than Coolidge appre-

hended when he confidently pointed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States as guarantees of both virtue and safety.

At 150, it’s fair to say that Canada alone cannot guarantee both those things.

We’re coming of age in a world where both national virtue, and safety and security are open questions. It’s not just the changes in the United States that affect us, but all over the world.

So as we prepare to celebrate this significant birthday, we should not only count our gifts. We should prepare to preserve them - and perhaps, defend them.

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