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TECH ACROSS THE AGES Bessie Stallworthy, 101, has jumped into the deep end of the digital age, proving she and her peers can surf just fine.
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Heading to Washington in the SOULO-Mobile Village resident, smiled during a recent interview. "Some of it’s just fun and some of it will be personal growth and expression. The stories will be focused on when you stood up for yourself, a cause or someone else. That’s the theme." Following the march, Smith is inviting those interested in sharing their "stories from the front lines" to take part in the fifth annual edition of SOULO Festival, which will be held May 25 to 28 at Leslieville’s Red Sandcastle Theatre. "I’ll keep a space open in the festival for anyone on the bus," she said. On Friday, Jan. 13, several women going on the trip were invited to attend a premarch get together at the Newsgirls’ gym on Carlaw Avenue. The meet-and-greet-session was an opportunity for the participants to get to know each other a little bit and learn a little bit more
JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A magical storytelling workshop on wheels will be part of the convoy of buses heading to the Women’s March on Washington from Toronto this weekend. Tracey Erin Smith, the artistic director/founder of SOULO Theatre, has partnered with longtime midtown Toronto resident Savoy Howe of the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club in Leslieville, to co-host SOULO-Mobile. Fifty four women and one man mostly from the GTA have signed on to take part in the bus tour, which will include an on-board writing course, storytelling, entertainment, a sing along, and time for quiet reflection and journaling. "This is going to be a HERstoric event, a 36-hour adventure. I really think this is something you’ll tell your kids and grandkids about," Smith, a Liberty
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It’s a trend the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP), a non-profit organization that advocates At 101 years old, Bessie for financial security and Stallworthy has a cell improved health care for phone, can send emails, use Canadians over 50, is noticFacebook, blog and search ing more and more, said the web from her laptop or chair of the Toronto chapter iPad. Adina Lebo. "I have to admit, it’s pret"Seniors are using techty awesome and I started nology rather socially for tinkering with the computSkyping with grandchiler with no purpose at all. I dren and keeping in touch just wanted to learn somewith family. It keeps them thing different," said the connected, it keeps them accentenarian who has lived tively engaged rather than in the Upper Beach neighlooking at four walls," said bourhood for 65 years. Lebo. She first dabbled in techCARP encourages their nology at the age of 79 as a membership to keep up New Year’s resolution. One with technology as a part of of her friends gave her an active living after retireold laptop and printer and ment, which is where seshe began her foray into technology. She’s never niors begin their decline and disinterest in technolotaken a computer course, gy; when they leave the but instead has either workforce. learned on her own or had a "We are in an increasinglittle help from her friends. ly digital world and if you’re She uses her computer to not digitally connected send emails and her iPad to you’re not part of the world. go on Facebook and look at You’re left behind," Lebo pictures from her recliner. added. She still continues to exBut it’s all about the right plore the world through the motivation for the majority Internet, when many seof seniors to adopt the techniors, 20 years her junior, nology in the first place, acfeel overwhelmed by the cording to University of Toconcept of technology. ronto professor and co-di"I have an interesting life rector of the Aging Gracethanks to computers and fully Lab Dr. Cosmin technology because I have Munteanu. Society is pushso much at my fingertips ing more towards intergennow," she said. erational technology use Stallworthy is one of the with generations coming tomany seniors across Canagether in digital spaces like da who are choosing to not Facebook and Skype. be left behind on the "shoul"It gives them the option der" of the information to be more a part of the famihighway. According to Staly life as family life becomes tistics Canada, seniors have more digital, it forces them the fastest growing rate of to adopt technology," said Internet usage in the counMunteanu, who also works try. The number of Canadion creating apps to bridge ans 75 and older who choose the digital divide between to go online spiked from five seniors and youth. per cent to 27 per cent from Youth make up a large 2000 to 2012.
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Bessie Stallworthy, a 101-year-old Toronto woman who isn’t afraid to embrace technology, checks Facebook on her iPad inside her home in the Upper Beach. Stallworthy got her first computer at 79 and hasn’t stopped surfing the web since. portion of tech users today having grown up with technology right at their fingertips from infancy. From using touch screen technology on phones and tablets to using SnapChat, kids are consuming technology faster and earlier than previous generations and have access to the Internet like never before. According to MediaSmarts, a non-profit organization focusing on digital and media literacy, 99 per cent of the 5,436 Canadian students they surveyed in 2012 from grades 4 to 11 have access to the Internet out-
side of school. "It’s always shocked me at how fast this generation has picked up technology. It’s just second nature to them," said Penny Staznik, a mother of two boys, who already has one of them asking to create a YouTube channel with friends. "I think it’s the mentality that they’re not afraid of it. It’s always been there so they just go for it." Staznik’s oldest son, Goran, is nine years old and loves computer programming. He’s working on creating his own video game with the help of MakerKids,
an after school program in Bloor West Village. It focuses on teaching kids ages eight to 12 about robotics, coding and Minecraft. The company’s lead instructor Graham Steele sees firsthand the amount of technological knowledge kids already have when they walk through the doors of the program. "They know about the concepts we teach, but they’re missing the application portion, like what can you actually do with that knowledge. Now if they have ideas, they know the first step in where to go to
pursue that idea," Steele said. Kids are building video games, hot water heater switches and more. That thirst for technology is a gateway to creating a more technologically literate society that will hopefully also include more tech-savvy seniors. "There’s no dearth of opportunity for you as a new person to tech, young or old," Lebo said. "The connectedness we have is less of a burden and becomes more like a need for many of us no matter what your age."
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Time to fix Toronto’s too-low property tax problem Toronto’s budget committee has heard from 230 members of the public concerned about the city’s operating and capital budget for 2017. And if the committee were seriously listening to those deputations, the course forward on the year’s budget would be obvious. First, preserve services that impact Torontonians: services that include but are not limited to subsidized daycare, shelter services, library hours, public housing, transit, and to at least one Toronto Olympian, swimming pools. And following from that, finance it all adequately; which is to say, Toronto Council should raise property taxes appropriately for the many tasks at hand. There were some, such as representatives of the real estate sector, who worried about changes to collect more revenue from the municipal land transfer tax and urged status quo. But there were only a handful if that, who suggested that Toronto’s property tax rates were too high and needed to be reigned in. That, of course, is because property taxes in Toronto aren’t too high. Indeed, single family homeowners pay lower property rates than anywhere in the Greater Toronto Area, and have since Toronto was amalgamated nearly 20 years ago. Those single family homeowners are also bearing the burden of infrastructure and service demands that other, smaller municipalities don’t have to contemplate: an aging public transit system and a vast inventory of public housing. It confounds reason to think that the city has managed to give its residents such a deal on their taxes for so long. And yet this year, Mayor John Tory and budget chief Gary Crawford are sticking to a pledge to raise property taxes only by two per cent. This won’t close a budget gap of $91 million in total, so it is likely in the coming month that Toronto’s budget committee and City Council will have to disappoint some or maybe all of the people who came forward asking that services and subsidies be maintained - and cut. As well, council will have to dig into reserves and defer important investments, to the tune of $100 million. Politically, it is easy to understand why Mayor Tory doesn’t want to waver on property tax rates. He did promise inflationary tax increases, and might lose support in some quarters if he goes back on that promise. But what is politically expedient is not financially, or societally sustainable. Council needs to move beyond expedience, and raise taxes to an appropriate level.
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Lawyer’s lonely mission takes him to the streets Mukhtiar (Mark) Dahiya brings free legal help to homeless people in Toronto. Tall and fierce, Dahiya, a lawyer from Northern India, has made pro bono street law in his adopted city his mission, and works at it despite being unable to do so officially, as a lawyer of record. It has cost him. The Beach resident has seen people decline into drugs and mental illness, and knows many who died. He’s attracted unwanted attention from police. He contracted tuberculosis. Dahiya’s now 65, but won’t give up his dream: to open the City Law Centre, an office where people without homes or money can get a will, or deal with
MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto tickets police hand them for throwing cigarettes in the street. It’s unacceptable, "unCanadian," for the homeless to lack legal representation, says Dahiya, who believes just talking to a lawyer lessons their isolation, improves chances for survival. "They don’t need a Bay Street lawyer. They need a guy like me," he says.
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"I kept many people from suicide." But since he became a lawyer here in 2006, Dahiya says the Law Society of Upper Canada has held him back from doing what other lawyers won’t. As a street lawyer, he couldn’t afford licence and insurance fees for a practice, so he’s appeared in summary trials for the homeless as an agent, rather than lawyer. Short of funds, he was told last October he’s now exempt from the lawyer’s annual fee but, as he’s considered retired, he can’t provide legal services. If he returns to practice law, he’d have to pay insurance. Last week, the city announced it will finally begin recording and assess-
ing all the deaths of its homeless, hoping this can lead to their better health. But who will see to their legal rights? Dahiya argues the homeless don’t stand in lines for legal aid. He refuses, after all he’s tried, to join any charity or church who can fund his dream. "That is beneath my dignity," he says, waving his hand. A storefront clinic may not be something Dahiya, for all his passion, can achieve. But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. The City Law Centre must exist. Edges of Toronto is a column about how people see life in Toronto differently, depending on where they live. Reach Mike Adler at madler@insidetoronto.com
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At 88 years young, Michael Garron Hospital (formerly Toronto East General) is unveiling a sleek new look to go along with a renewed commitment to community. The hospital celebrated its 88th on Thursday, Jan. 12, taking that opportunity to unveil a brand new logo and new scrubs, volunteer outfits and other clothing items. The logo consists of a two-tone green hospital with white houses in the foreground, and its unveiling coincides with a time of change for Michael Garron Hospital. The rebranding comes just over a year after the hospital changed its name to Michael Garron in recognition of a $50 million donation by Berna and Myron Garron in honour of their late son. The hospital has been reaching out to the community it calls
home to find out exactly what the institution means to those who use it. "With this gift and the completion of a strategic plan last year came the opportunity to update our logo, our colours and our brand," said Michael Garron Hospital president and CEO Sarah Downey. "We took advantage of the same opportunity to reconnect with our varied stakeholders." "By far, the number one word used to describe us was the word ’community.’" The new logo, featuring distinctive East York homes, ties the hospital and the concept of community together. Downey noted the construction of a new eightstorey patient care facility over its Sammon Avenue parking lot and a new park on Coxwell Avenue affirm the hospital’s commitment to patients in the area. "We have more than
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Tory wants to end vacancy rebate DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Mayor John Tory took a stroll along Queen Street East in the Beach Jan. 16, noting the gaps in the storefronts, to underline the need to repeal an age-old property tax rebate that he believes encourages property owners to keep commercial and industrial land empty. "On the walk we saw six properties that were vacant from one year, to 25 years," said Tory as he joined local councillor Mary Margaret McMahon and budget chief Gary Crawford in front of reporters. "This is an energetic neighbourhood - one of our most energetic neighbourhoods - and yet these properties are vacant." Tory said he hopes that when Toronto’s 2017 budget
is passed, there will be one less incentive to landlords for keeping their properties empty. The budget includes the repeal of a property tax rebate that sends tax money back to the owners of land and structures lying commercially fallow. With a provincial regulation expected later this year, the city would save some portion of about $20 million handed out in rebates each year, with annual savings of that amount. Tory said the cancellation makes financial sense for a city that is still struggling to balance its 2017 budget - but also for the healthy development of the city and its neighbourhoods. "Unoccupied retail is not something that is good for the overall health of this neighbourhood," said Tory.
"The boarded up stores are an eyesore - they impact on the liveliness of Toronto’s main streets." Tory said the relief that the rebate offers is likely unnecessary to most landowners. Over the years the city has subsidized property owners to the tune of $366 million, and nearly 60 per cent of that has gone to owners in the downtown core "where property values are skyrocketing. "In one downtown ward, $82 million has gone to 400 property owners," he said. "What we’re really trying to do is make sure that owners are not indifferent to renting out these properties," said Tory. "If we do send out a cheque, they can say well, the city doesn’t care whether they rent the property or not. Well, we do care."
Winterfolk hosting preview show A preview concert and benefit for the 15th annual Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival is coming to Toronto’s east end on Saturday, Jan. 21. Featuring Blair Peckham, Tony Quarrington, Lynn Harrison, Brian Gladstone, HOTCHA!, Kim Doo-
little, Glen Hornblast, and Tragedy Ann, and hosted by Winterfolk’s artistic director Lillian Wauthier, the event will be held at Robinson Hall, St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd, just east of Warden Avenue. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. The show is set to run from 8
to 11 p.m. Tickets cost $22 in advance or $25 at the door. Winterfolk, an all-ages, mid-winter, urban blues and roots festival, will run from Feb. 17 to 19 on the west Danforth. Call 416-729-7564 or visit www.winterfolk.com for more details.
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Little ones can often get restless inside during the cold winter months, so find inspiration and ideas with these creative activities that are fun and educational. 1. Nature and animals. Parks, petting zoos, farms and nature
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courage kids to ask questions, and look up the answers you don’t know together when you get home. 2. The perfect indoor playdate. Schedule some fun with friends that supports learning through play, like by finding an easy DIY creative project for kids online. Registered early childhood educators, who are trained in child development and plan play-based early learning programs, recommend providing opportunities for exploration and discovery using everyday objects. Let the kids be in charge. Ask yourself: Is there a variety of materials for them to explore, like with different textures, sizes and shapes? Can they make choices about what the project will look like or what it can do? Is there an opportunity to ask questions and work together? Pick a
fun project that requires creativity, not just following instructions. Remember: there is no right way to play. The most fun and learning happens in the “doing” rather than a perfect product. 3. Local fairs and festivals. Free
community events happen year-round, not just during the warmer months. So explore the variety of festivals on offer, which almost always have designated activities especially designed for kids. Craft fairs,
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Here on the eve of the inauguration of presidentelect Donald J. Trump in Washington D.C., it’s hard not to think about the inaugural meeting of Toronto Council in 2010, and the years that followed it. There are all sorts of parallels between Rob Ford, amalgamated Toronto’s third mayor, and America’s soon-to-be 45th president. But the one that strikes me most this week is the one that impacted me most in 2010: their declared war on portions of the news-media. Both Trump and Ford took full advantage of an early advantage. In Trump’s case, it was the report of unverified intelligence information on the website Buzz Feed, and a more restrained report on same by CNN. In Ford’s case, it was a series of reports during the election by the Toronto Star, calling into question his methods coaching high school football.
DAVID NICKLE The City Trump, in high dudgeon, refused in his first, rare news conference to take questions from a reporter from CNN and flung invective at both organizations. His Transition Team has mused about tossing the Washington press corps out of the West Wing of the White House. Ford, you may recall, ordered the Toronto Star banished from the mayor’s office’s email notification list, falsely denigrated one of the Star’s reporters as a pedophile, and later in his administration, hid from growing scandal behind the doors of
the mayor’s office and the bluster of his brother Doug. Through much of this time, the Toronto media was fighting a rearguard action in the war over public opinion with the Fords. I was President of the City Hall Press Gallery at the time, so was something of a public face for my colleagues. It had amazed me at the time, how easy it was to denigrate journalists trying to bring light and accountability to a highly-questionable mayoralty. What also has amazed me, though, was how possible it was for good journalists to turn that denigration around with tough, diligent reporting. That’s something for American journalists to bear in mind, over their long game just beginning. David Nickle covers city hall for Metroland Media Toronto. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com
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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com After moving from its old home on Dundas Street East to its new digs in the former Eastern Commerce Collegiate, the First Nations School of Toronto is set to expand and reach new heights. The First Nations School of Toronto started out as the Wandering Spirit Survival School when it was founded in the 1970s with a mission of bringing the Ontario curriculum to aboriginal students. Students from across the city began attending classes at its new location after the winter break. While it has always catered to elementary school students. With a new, much larger home, the school is set to offer high school classes starting next school year. "At the old site, we wouldn’t have been able to add high school to our ex-
isting school," said principal Jonathan Kakegamic. "We realized that a lot of our students would get into high school and they weren’t as successful as we want them to be." The sheer size difference between the First Nations School and the typical high school has been a huge factor in that regard. Students would go from a cozy, almost familial environment - the First Nations School houses a little over 130 students - to a huge school where students could more easily get lost in the crowd. "The Grade Eights we currently have are really excited that they’ll be able to stay here," Kakegamic said. The school sticks to the Ontario curriculum, but places a heightened emphasis on First Nations traditions, culture and language. Students are taught First Nations languages to go along with English, and
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Jonathan Kakegamic, principal of the First Nations School of Toronto, stands Fridays include traditional drumming, singing and the sharing of cultural traditions. "We teach the curriculum, but with an Anish (Anishnawbe, or First Nations) flavour," Kakegamic said. As an example, he noted
that "if you go to most schools, there’s one paragraph in the textbooks about residential schools, but we look more at that because that’s an important part of our history we don’t want to forget. We also teach our students about taking care of the land and
other traditions." In addition to classes, the school offers a hockey academy with equipment provided, mentorship programs, direct connections to First Nations communities and other specialized programs. Teacher Sam Jardine
noted the students take to the programs at the First Nations School well - a far cry from the stories she has heard from graduates who have struggled to integrate into "mainstream" high schools. "It’s a tough transition for a lot of them, going from a small environment to a school where there are 2,000 students," she said. "This school differs mostly in that it gives students an opportunity to learn their heritage, which is being lost today." Grade 6 student Scarlett Rose relishes the chance to learn more about her culture, and loves the new facility. "It’s huge and the field’s gigantic," she said. "The old school was pretty rundown, so this is amazing here." For more information , visit www.tdsb.on.ca/ Community/AboriginalEducation/Schools.aspx or phone 416-393-0555.
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O Thursday, January 19 Jones Book Club WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Teresa, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Join the Jones Book Club to discuss Anne Tyler’s “Vinegar Girl”, and meet new literary-minded friends. Meet up every third Thursday of the month.
O Saturday, January 21 Family Storytime WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: Free Stories, songs and rhymes for children from birth to age 6 and their caregivers. Drop in, no registration required. Kids in the Kitchen WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen Street East CONTACT: Sudha Ellie, 416-778-5805 Ext.224, http://eastendchc.on.ca COST: Free A fun cooking program for kids 8-12 years old and their parents. Space is limited. Runs Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 21, Feb. 18 and March 18. Pre-registration required, space limited.
O GET CONNECTED Visit insidetoronto.com/events to submit your own community events for online publishing. Evergreen’s Winter Village WHEN: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: 416-596-1495, https://www. evergreen.ca/wintervillage, info@ evergreen.ca COST: Free This year spend winter playing outdoors, skating, and tasting the new Street Food Market. Admission is free! Open weekends to February 28.
O Sunday, January 22 Outdoor Guided Walk WHEN: 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, 67 Pottery Road CONTACT: 416-396-2819, todmorden@toronto.ca COST: $7.08/$4.42/$3.76 Tour the Wildflower Preserve to learn how birds, animals and plants adapt to and survive harsh winter conditions.
O Monday, January 23 Baby Time WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Liza, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Bouncing and tickling rhymes,
songs and stories for babies from birth to 18 months with their parents and caregivers. Drop in. Daycares, please call to register for story time.
O Tuesday, January 31 Managing Emotions WHEN: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen Street East CONTACT: Joanne Gallagher, 416-778-5805 Ext.218, http:// eastendchc.on.ca COST: Free Learn to access a state of peace and well-being, independent of your condition or situation. Six week program on Tuesdays (2:30 to 4:00 p.m.) 6 weeks program Jan. 31 to March 7. Registration required.
O Wednesday, February 1 Feel Better with Less Pressure WHEN: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen Street East CONTACT: Shirin, 416-778-5805 Ext.226 COST: Free Lower blood pressure means a longer, healthier life. Learn how to manage high blood pressure in this free 4-week program.
5 things to do this weekend O Friday, January 20 Boat Show WHEN: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place, 100 Princes’ Blvd CONTACT: 905951-0009, www.TorontoBoatShow. com COST: $20: General Admission; $17: Seniors The Toronto International Boat Show is the largest one-stop destination in Canada to comparison shop. DanceWeekend’17 WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. CONTACT: www.harbourfrontcentre. com/nextsteps/danceweekend17, info@harbourfrontcentre.com COST: Free Three days showcasing 25 of Toronto’s most stunning dance companies, plus two exciting world premieres.
O Saturday, January 21 Ice Breakers WHEN: 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Various venues, Various venues CONTACT: www.waterfrontbia.com, info@ waterfrontbia.com COST: Free Presented by The Waterfront BIA in cooperation with Winter Stations, opening weekend for five interac-
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Participants test drive a paddle boat at the 2016 Toronto International Boat Show. The 2017 edition runs Jan. 20-29 at the Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place.
tive public art installations through Queens Quay West (between York and Bathurst streets), on for eight weeks.
year, warm up and have a delicious snack or some craft beer rinkside at the new Boxcar Social location.
O Sunday, January 22 DJ Skate Nights WHEN: 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. WHERE: Natrel Rink - York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West CONTACT: http://www.harbourfrontcentre. com/djskatenights/, info@harbourfrontcentre.com COST: Free Top local and international DJs rock the Natrel Rink while you skate and dance under the stars. This
Suhaag Show WHEN: 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road CONTACT: info@ suhaag.com COST: $15 The largest, longest-running South Asian wedding show in North America features more than 150 vendors, catering to everything from decor to entertainment to clothing.
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A Toronto marijuana dispensary was the target of a violent armed robbery, police announced Monday, Jan. 16. At 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, Toronto police were called for a reported robbery at The Green
the gun, which was also allegedly fired during the reported robbery. The employee allegedly hit with the gun was treated in hospital. The suspects fled with an undisclosed amount of money and marijuana, police said.
Leaf, 2145 Danforth Ave. According to police, three masked men, one with a handgun, entered the dispensary and "took control of the three store employees and ordered them to the ground." One of the employees was allegedly hit with
Inaugural polar plunge for a great cause Scores of brave souls will take to the frigid waters of Lake Ontario for a great cause this Saturday, Jan. 21. The first Toronto Polar Plunge benefitting Special Olympics Ontario will get underway at 11:30 a.m. at
to take the chilly plunge. Toronto Police Chief Mark Sunders is expected to take part in the opening ceremony and say a few remarks at the 11:30 a.m. kick off. Visit www.PolarPlunge.ca for more information.
Woodbine Beach, 1675 Lake Shore Blvd. E. Check in starts at 10 a.m. Members of the Toronto Police Service, along with law enforcement partners, members of the public and athletes from the Special Olympics are all expected
Worker killed in industrial accident A man is dead following a serious industrial accident in the Beach. Toronto police Const. David Hopkinson said they received a call at 4:02 p.m. on Monday, Jan 16 after a worker found a crew mem-
A short time later, Kim McKinnon of Toronto Paramedic Services confirmed paramedics pronounced a man dead at the scene from "injuries sustained in an accident at that location."
ber in a machine at a construction site near the intersection of Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue. "It looks very, very bad. He’s vital signs absent," he said.
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Lobbying for a French-language high school A group of parents lobbying for a French-language high school in Toronto’s east end is now looking to take legal steps to ensure their children exercise their right to quality French-language secondary school in their community. The Coalition de parents pour une école secondaire de quartier, PESQ for short, is prepared to take its fight to establish an equivalent French-language secondary school in Toronto’s east end all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. In September 2015, the coalition retained the services of lawyer Nicolas Rouleau, who earlier that year successfully argued
for minority rights at the Supreme Court of Canada. The ruling determined British Columbia’s government violated student constitutional rights to an equitable education as their school, Rose-des-Vents in West Vancouver, was not equal to English-language schools in that area. French-speaking parents from east Toronto remain hopeful Rouleau and his team can make the same case once again for them. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, the Coalition PESQ is inviting francophone parents from east Toronto who are affected by the absence of a local French-language high school in the neighbourhood to join them for
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an information session. The gathering will take be held at the Kaza Family Centre, 1386 Danforth Ave., west of Coxwell Avenue, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Constitutional lawyers Nicolas and Sylvain Rouleau will be on hand to inform those in attendance about their language rights in a minority environment and on the legal process to ensure they’re upheld. The meeting will also include an update on developments that have taken place since the last meeting in the spring of 2016 as well as a question-and-answer session. Visit www.coalitionPESQ.com or email info@coalitionPESQ.com for more information.
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