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The team working to conserve and revitalize a 125-year-old heritage property in Riverside has received a prestigious Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellent in Conservation. Andrew Pruss of ERA Architects and Les Mallins, the president of Streetcar Developments, along with the project team working to revitalize the Broadview Hotel at Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue were presented with the award during a recent ceremony at Queen’s Park. The accolade recognizes exceptional contributions to heritage conservation, as well as leadership, creativity and positivity it fosters in its community. "We are honoured to be the recipient of this award and thank Ontario Heritage Trust for this recognition," Pruss said in a release. "The Broadview Hotel has a rich history linked to the community of Riverside and we were privileged to preserve the landmark architecture of the building for many to enjoy for years to come." Mallins said receiving the award is a "testament to the talented work done by ERA Architect and the entire project team and the commitment we share to honouring and respecting the history of the Broadview Hotel."

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The circa 1891 Broadview Hotel in Riverside is set to reopen to the public this spring. Over a period of a year and a half, ERA Architects and the project team worked to conserve and maintain key architectural features of the circa 1891 landmark building notably its circular and arched windows, brickwork, and tower. The building’s revitalized façade was revealed to the public for the first time in October 2016. The Broadview Hotel, which will feature 58 guest rooms, event spaces, a restaurant, a lobby café bar and a rooftop bar, is set to open to the public this spring.

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Payday lenders tend to cluster in areas where people with low incomes or on social assistance need help making ends meet. There are several near the intersection of Morningside Avenue and Kingston Road in Scarborough. The City of Toronto has asked the province to tighten rules for payday lenders. collection practices," and minimum distances between cash shops. On Jan. 1, the province reduced the maximum $21 payday lenders charged for a short-term $100-loan to $18. A $15-limit is proposed for next January. Irwin said Alberta imposed a $15 limit last August, and "virtually extinguished" the payday industry there, though he acknowledged "not a lot" of Alberta cash stores have closed yet. If rates go to $15 per $100, the Independent PayDay Loan Association of Cana-

da told the province, independent cash stores "will have to shut down entirely, or they will have to resort to lending a far higher per cent of net pay than the 50 per cent currently being offered by them." The group also argues unregulated online lenders - many operating from offshore and using search advertising to find customers in the U.S. - could scoop their business if it gets harder for Ontario consumers to reach regulated lenders. Many, however, think Bill 59 won’t go far enough.

Jagmeet Singh, deputy leader and Consumer Affairs critic for Ontario’s New Democrats, says the legislation doesn’t cap annual interest rates for payday loans or allow borrowers to pay them back using instalments, instead of the entire principal and interest at the same time. That practice, Singh said, "puts people already in difficult financial positions in a worse financial position." By allowing cash shops to get around rules keeping a lender from charging more than 60 per cent inter-

est a year, Augimeri charges, the province is condoning "highway robbery." Should the storefront lenders vanish, however, opponents don’t believe the need for quick cash will disappear. Toronto ACORN, a group representing lowerincome residents, told the province more than half its members need to use "high interest" lenders "because mainstream financial services have failed them." The federal government should force banks "to create an alternative to payday and instalment loans

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Toronto councillors want the province to help the city restrict cash shops they see as predators in their neighbourhoods. But payday lenders warn proposed new rules and caps on charges will cause them to shut storefronts down, driving Torontonians desperate for cash to online lenders operating outside the law. "People who need it will go somewhere else," Tony Irwin, president of the Canadian Consumer Finance Association, which includes Money Mart and other payday lenders, predicted last week. If the brightly-coloured storefronts do close, their owners won’t get sympathy from Maria Augimeri, a North York councillor who has seen cash shops open in her ward as smaller bank branches shut down. She dismissed the argument that payday lenders offer necessary services for people who need cash. "It’s a lure. You don’t make ends meet through these payday loans. You get further into debt," said Augimeri. "Small, struggling communities don’t make for a successful bank, but they do make for a successful usury shop." Paul Ainslie says people in his East Scarborough ward have gotten second payday loans to pay for the first, since interest and overdraft fees can add up to more than the loan itself. "They don’t understand what they’re being hit with," added Ainslie, who’d like to see cash shops in his area shut down. With Bill 59, the Putting Consumers First Act, Ontario’s Liberal government is proposing extended repayment periods, more time between loans, more rules covering "unfair debt

at low interest and with extended repayment terms," ACORN said. Singh said the province itself could help provide affordable credit or "micro financing," and raising its minimum wage would help relieve financial pressures for many. Frances Nunziata, a Toronto councillor who contends payday lenders in her Weston neighbourhood target "the most vulnerable" and are "almost like loan sharks" in interest charged, represented the city at Bill 59 hearings last month. Toronto asked for an interest cap, and supported "microcredits" or other alternatives that can fill "the current credit gap." People on social assistance have a hard time not living beyond their means. For some, going to cash shops "becomes a bi-weekly or monthly act," said Ansley Dawson, financial empowerment superintendent with WoodGreen Community Services in East Toronto. Collection agencies "can be aggressive in inappropriate ways" trying to recover such loans, creating "a lot of stress and mental duress for our clients," Dawson said. WoodGreen, through a free financial empowerment program (call 416-6456000, ext. 1330 or write to fe@woodgreen.org), helps people find out what their rights are, and to take steps on a long journey toward financial stability. Dawson said the agency works with clients of all ages and ability so they can meet basic needs. In 2012, the city introduced reloadable social services benefits cards which, for residents on social assistance, are meant to eliminate need for cheque-cashing services, a profitable sideline of the cash shops. On Jan. 31, Toronto Council approved a motion from Ainslie calling for public consultations on payday loans "to propose further changes if needed." Read Adler’s column at www.insidetoronto.com

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America’s tourism loss could be our gain It comes as no surprise that Donald Trump’s travel ban - now stalled by the American judiciary, again - has resulted in a chill on prospective travel from the seven nations named in the ban. After all, Trump himself referred to it as a "Muslim ban" during his election campaign. But the chill isn’t limited to those countries. An Australian travel magazine - Traveller - recently carried the headline "Think twice about visiting America if you don’t want the Mem Fox treatment," referring to an author who has sworn she will never return to the United States after being detained and questioned on her way to a literary conference. A British survey taken in February found about 30 per cent of respondents were less likely to visit the country now that Trump is in power. And Britons make up the third largest number of foreign visitors to the U.S., after Canadians and Mexicans. British travel bookings to the U.S. are down year over year, although travel experts point out that is also related to a strong American dollar. The official marketing organization of New York, NYC & Company, says it expects 300,000 fewer international visitors in 2017, due to "travel ban related rhetoric." Tourism Economics, a U.S. firm that crunches numbers for airline and travel booking websites, projects that by the end of next year America will have lost 6.3 million visits, which translates into US$10.8 billion in spending. And Canada? Toronto’s Comfort Tours typically takes between 200 and 300 tourists to New York during March break. This year, 11 people signed up, the company owner said. Halifax travel consultant Bob Sime said in a media interview: "... what I hear from the hoteliers and car rental companies, and so forth, is that in traditional snowbird destinations, the winter destinations for Canada, you’ve got about a 13 to a 15 per cent drop in figures to date." Canada’s Girl Guides has announced it won’t travel to the U.S. Other organizations are expected to follow suit. Again, it’s not all Trump. The American dollar is a factor too, which is why more and more Canadians are finding other warm locales where their dollars go further. One country benefitting, ironically, is Mexico, so frequently a Trump target. That’s the thing. America’s tourism loss can be a gain for competing destinations. Trump’s unwelcoming America could be a welcome boost for Canadian tourism.

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Marching behind the Scarborough subway Well, that’s that. Scarborough’s marching behind its subway. Next week, Mayor John Tory expects "war" - again as the subway, that express tunnel to one of the grandest shopping malls in Eastern Greater Toronto, returns to Toronto Council. There, it faces people who, on a Monday, would say it isn’t Monday, the mayor told people at a Scarborough meeting this month. Presumably, these people would call $3.35 billion too much for one subway stop. But the mayor says he can stop such quibbles, once and for all, if Scarborough helps. Which Scarborough will, because the subway has enlisted nearly every-

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto one in Scarborough who couldn’t say no to it. The University of Toronto Scarborough, planning a massive expansion of its campus around the Eglinton East light-railtransit line, stands with the mayor. So does Centennial College, which had an LRT station promised to its largest campus until 2013, when that got dropped for the

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subway. Now, it’s behind the mayor’s "bold vision." Of course, the mayor’s vision is more than the subway. There’s SmartTrack, and also that 17-stop Eglinton East LRT line. The subway ate the LRT’s budget, sure, but the mayor says we’ll find a way, somehow, to build both. In Scarborough, he told his troops the LRT will not only go to UTSC but, "we hope, beyond" to Malvern Town Centre. Scarborough councillors Glenn De Baeremaeker and Neethan Shan say the same. The city already needs federal funds for a relief line subway, and a waterfront LRT, but who says we must choose? The first reason for the Scarborough Subway is to shave minutes off trips

downtown. The second is pride. Scarborough’s been stiffed, denied prosperity only the subway can give. Not having that tunnel to the mall, the mayor says, "keeps us from feeling like a family." The cost is huge, but who cares? It may be a boondoggle, but what isn’t? Aren’t they going to build that rail deck park downtown? Somewhere, there’s money. Politicians make promises. Those promises aren’t lies, exactly. Over time, they fade, and you forget who made them. For now, all of Scarborough’s eggs are in one basket. Reach Mike Adler at madler@insidetoronto.com

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half-year-old daughter Catharine attends the local nursery school. "Register now. We can’t afford for you to wait. We are guaranteed to be open for another year if we can get four or five new families to join." Parent Amy Demoulin, who is also the president of the board of directors, said there are a number of reasons why enrolment is down. She pointed to the fact more and more parents in the city need to return to work after a year and require full-day child care. "Lots of people can still benefit from our nursery school," she said, noting the situation really came to light late last year when they failed to meet their fundraising target. Corbin also said full-day kindergarten could be another factor. In recent months, parents at the east-end nursery school have come together

JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A well-loved east Toronto resource is facing an uncertain future. The Dentonia Park Cooperative Nursery School, which is located in the lower level of Faith Presbyterian Community Church at 140 Dawes Rd., just north of Danforth Avenue, has been struggling with enrolment challenges in recent years. To remain afloat, the notfor-profit school, which welcomes children ages 2 to 4 for a half-day program, must have at least a dozen students confirmed for the 2017-2018 school year. "If we don’t get 12 children enrolled by April 15 we will be closing," said Clifton Corbin, whose two-and-a-

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’If we don’t get 12 children enrolled by April 15 we will be closing.’ School parent Clifton Corbin

facility and its offerings. "We need to stay open so we can implement all of the strategies we’ve started talking about," Corbin said. Demoulin said the goal is to let people know what the Dentonia Park Co-operative Nursery School is all about and what a great place it is for their children. "A lot of times we hear we’re a hidden gem," she smiled. The local nursery school, which opened its doors in the community in 1974, has served generations of local children and families. "I don’t know what we would do without it. It’s been life-changing for us," said Anne Ross, mother of four-year-old pupil, Max. "It’s such an incredible community here and I’ve met so many wonderful people. Dentonia Park Nursery School has enriched our lives and our experience in the community." Ross said the local nurs-

Saturday, April 1 The Dentonia Park Co-operative Nursery School will be holding an open house from 10 a.m. to noon. All are invited to come with kids in tow to check out the space and what is offered there. Email dentonianurseryschool@gmail.com or call 416691-1202 for more information or to arrange a tour.

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ery school is a really "special place" that must be saved. "It would be incredibly sad to see this school close knowing just how it impacts the lives of young families," she said. Dentonia Park Co-operative Nursery School, which is open Monday to Friday from 8:45 to 11:45 a.m., currently offers full- and parttime spaces for up to 16 students. The not-for-profit school, which requires some parent participation, has competitive fees to cover its expenses. It was licensed as a charitable organization in 1983.

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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Getting accustomed to the Canadian way of life can be a challenge for newcomers at the best of times. Cultural and language barriers, and being in a new country with few friends or supports, can pose plenty of difficulties, particularly for those who came to Canada to flee violence in their home countries. Thanks to a partnership between the Together Project, Costi Immigrant Services and the Royal Canadian Curling Club, however, some 40 immigrants and refugees got a taste of Canadian life with a fun bonspiel on Wednesday, March 15. Anna Hill, director of the Together Project, noted the event was designed to help government-sponsored refugees and new Canadians at a social event where they could meet others and get accustomed to the culture in their new home. "We plan at least two community events a month, and the Royal Canadian Curling Club is one of the oldest curling clubs in all of Canada," she said. "We thought curling would be a fantastic community event

to introduce people to an iconic part of Canadian culture." The Together Project (togetherproject.ca) brings volunteers together to help link newcomers with one another, Canadians and organizations, matching refugees with welcome groups of five or more people. "We’re always looking for volunteers who may want to form a welcome group," Hill said. "Government-sponsored refugees don’t tend to have the same support system as privately-sponsored ones, so we speak to the newcomer families and the welcome groups to find a good match." Despite a few slips and spills on the ice, the newcomers at Wednesday’s event took to curling well. The kids, in particular, loved hurling stones down the ice. "It’s so nice and it’s so fun," said 11-year-old Arun Daniel, who came to Canada from Sri Lanka two weeks ago. "Everyone is so kind, so it’s easy to be friends with them." Syrian refugee Karam Jamalo enjoyed getting a chance to try his hand at a popular winter sport. "It’s fun to learn how to

play - right now I don’t know much about it except you have to play in a group," he said. Jamalo added that events such as the curling outing were "a good opportunity to find connections and have some fun trying new things." The event was also a boon to the Royal Canadian Curling Club, which is looking to reach out and bring on new curling converts. The club got involved with the Together Project when it applied to be part of Doors Open and their connection there offered to link the two organizations together. "It’s a good way to bring (the newcomers) together with larger groups of Canadians and non-Canadians," said Margaret Bryce of the curling club. "And it’s good for us, too. We try to get them interested once and then hopefully we can get them to come back again and again." Mirna El Sabbagh of Costi Immigrant Services said the curling event was a welcome respite for refugees living in housing provided by her agency. "It’s added value to what we can provide, giving them this experience," she said.

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deny this protection to over 150,000 tenant households and we support the NDP’s demand to make the law apply to them. "Diane Dyson, a FMT board member, said many Ontario households are at a "tipping point." "We’re hearing about rent increases of hundreds of dollars or even $1,000 a month. We’re hearing more and more of working people being forced to couch surf. We’re seeing people being forced to give up their home," she said.Tabuns’ bill is set to receive a second reading. A date for that to happen has yet to be set. In a statement, Ontario housing Minister Chris Ballard said it is "unacceptable" that some tenants are seeing their rent increase significantly. "My staff are already developing a plan to address unfair rises in rental costs by delivering substantive rent-control reform in Ontario as part of an ongoing review of the Residential Tenancies Act," stated Ballard, who added the province is also looking to freeze municipal property taxes for apartment buildings. During an interview with Metroland Media Toronto, Tabuns said the Rent Protection for All Tenants Act is the first of a series of private members’ bills and other measures

Monday meeting On Monday, March 27, TorontoDanforth MPP Peter Tabuns will be discussing his bill to make rental housing more affordable by ending two-tiered rent protection during a public tenant meeting in East York. The gathering will take place at Bethany Baptist church, 1041 Pape Ave. at Cosburn Avenue, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Ward 29 Coun. Mary Fragedakis, along with a representative from the federation of Metro Tenants Association, Bhavin Bilimoria of the Flemingdon Community Legal Services, and John Anderson of Acorn Toronto, will also be speaking during the meeting. All are welcome. Call Tabuns’ constituency office at 416-461-0223 or email tabunsco@ndp.on.ca for more information. aimed at protecting the rights of renters in Ontario he intends to take. "I call it a good first step, but there are others that have to be taken," he said. "It’s really the time for tenants to mobilize to protect themselves."Tabuns, who has held a number of meetings in recent months with tenants in his east Toronto riding, said another concern is landlords who find ways to "outprice" tenants and essentially force them to move out so they can raise the rent in older rental buildings. "It’s a big issue. People are feeling pushed out," he said.

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A private members’ bill introduced earlier this week in the House of Commons is aiming to ensure Ontarians aren’t forced from their homes because of significant rent hikes. The Rent Protection for All Tenants Act, which Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns tabled Monday, calls for rent-hike protection for all renters by immediately closing a loophole that allows landlords of dwellings built after 1991 to arbitrarily raise the rent. "We hear from young renters who are worried that this might be the month they’re hit with a rent hike they can’t afford. We hear from families that say the increases are chasing them from their homes - the place they’re raising their kids," Tabuns said in a March 16 release. "That’s not fair, and it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time to do something about it. It’s time to extend protection against unreasonable increases to everyone. "Both the Federation of Metro Tenants (FMT) and the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) are supportive of the new law, which would see the Residential Tenancies Act amended to include a rent cap for all renters according to the annual rent increase guidelines, which are typically 1.5 per cent annually. "In Ontario, rents are regulated to help tenants keep a roof over their heads," Kenneth Hale, ACTO’s director of advocacy and legal services, said in the release. "We cannot continue to

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l Monday, March 27 Councillor Janet Davis’ City of Toronto Seniors Strategy Public Consultation WHEN: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. WHERE: Stan Wadlow Clubhouse, 373 Cedarvale Ave, Toronto CONTACT: 416-392-4035, Councillor_Davis@toronto.ca COST: The City is looking for input from seniors, care givers and agencies serving seniors.

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l Tuesday, March 28 Adult Afternoon Movie: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel WHEN: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Branch, 370 Broadview Ave., Toronto CONTACT: Riverdale Branch, 416-393-7720 COST: British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.

Advisory Council. Registration by March 30. Volunteers wanted. l Sunday, April 2 Community/Beach clean-up at Kew Beach WHEN: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. WHERE: Kew Beach, Kew Beach, 2075 Queen St E, Toronto, Toronto CONTACT: Donna-Marie, 416 503 1552, contact@stopplastics.ca, stopplastics.ca COST: The health of our rivers, lakes and oceans and the wildlife that depend on them are at risk because of plastic pollution. StopPlastics wants to highlight the problem of plastic pollution by inviting people to participate in a beach clean-up.

l Thursday, March 30 Storytellers from Away - Kung Jaadee WHEN: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Branch, 370 Broadview Ave., Toronto CONTACT: Riverdale Branch, 416-393-7720 COST: In collaboration with the Toronto Storytelling Festival, some of the most renowned and accomplished tellers from across Canada and around the world.

l Tuesday, April 4 Adult Afternoon Movie: Letters to Juliet WHEN: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Branch, 370 Broadview Ave., Toronto CONTACT: Riverdale Branch, 416-393-7720 COST: Sophie dreams of becoming a writer and travels to Verona, Italy where she meets the "Secretaries of Juliet".

l Saturday, April 1 Spring Sprint - 30th Anniversary WHEN: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. WHERE: Silver Birch boathouse, 2 Silver Birch Ave., Toronto CONTACT: springsprint@hotmail.ca COST: $25 per event Annual 5km and 2km walk or run along the boardwalk hosted by the Beaches Recreation Centre

l Wednesday, March 29 Coping with Grief and Loss WHEN: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. WHERE: East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen Street East, Toronto CONTACT: Joanne Gallagher, 416-778-5805, http:// eastendchc.on.ca/calendar

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5 things to do this weekend l Friday, March 24 Winter Stations 2017 WHEN: 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: The Beaches, - From Woodbine to Victoria Park along the Waterfront, Toronto CONTACT: info@winterstations.com COST: Winter Stations 2017 closes March 27, temporary public art installations in The Beaches.

Toronto Storytelling Festival WHEN: 12 p.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Various venues, Toronto CONTACT: torontostorytellingfestival.ca/2017/ COST: Some ticketed events The Toronto Storytelling Festival has grown into one of the world’s biggest celebrations of the arts of voice and story. Until April 2. Toronto Winter Brewfest WHEN: 6 p.m. - 1 a.m. WHERE: Heritage Court, Enercare Centre, 100 Princes’ Blvd #1, Toronto CONTACT: info@brewfest.ca COST: $30 plus tax Sample more than 150 beers crafted from brewers from across Ontario and Quebec, nibble on delicious gourmet food from Toronto’s best food trucks. March

Sandra Whiting is again in the lineup for this year’s Toronto Storytelling Festival.

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l Saturday, March 25 Our Place Initiative - Centennial Park Earth Hour Walk WHEN: 8 p.m. - 9 p.m. WHERE: Centennial Park Arena, 256 Centennial Park Rd., Toronto CONTACT: info@ourplaceinitiative.com COST: Walk leaders: Matthew Siwiec and Johnathan Robertson. Dress for the weather and bring a source of light. Organized by OPI - Friends

l Sunday, March 26 The Old Book and Paper Show WHEN: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street, Toronto CONTACT: gadsden@antiqueshowscanada.com COST: $10, 12/under free Collectors and dealers in old paper, ephemera and vintage books get together for the biggest one-day vintage print sale of the year.

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