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Former Toronto mayor David Crombie has come forward to help save the Red Door Family Shelter.

Crombie will serve as the head of a leadership team making connections with various organizations and levels of government to come up with solutions to keep the shelter at 875 Queen St. E. “We can make this just not about Riverdale, just not about this area. We can make this (fight for Red Door and for family shelter beds) something that defines this city so let’s keep at it,” said Crombie, whose involvement in the battle to save the Red Door was announced Monday during an emergency community meeting on the future of the 106-bed shelter for homeless families.

More than 300 people attended the gathering, which began with a video presentation and included testimonials from former Red Door clients Stephen Simpson and Kozeta Izeti.

Simpson said that although it’s unfortunate organizations like the Red Door need to exist, he’s grateful his family had a safe place to go when there were no other options.

“We should feel a great sense of sadness the Red Door needs to exist but it’s necessary,” he said. “Shelters provide choice where no choices exist.” >>>community, page 11

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CELEBRATION: Yagnesh Brahmbhatt is covered in coloured pigment during the Hindu spring festival of Holi, the Festival of Colours, Sunday in Woodbine Beach Park. See more pictures from this event on Page 3.

Easter parade will be politician-free JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com There’s no place for politics of any kind in the local Easter parade.

This year, the 48th annual parade’s organizer, the Toronto Beaches Lions Club, has decided politicians elected or running for office will not be welcome to take part in the popular Easter Sunday (April 20) event, which is set to begin at 2 p.m. sharp and run westward along Queen Street East

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“We’ve never allowed any of the candidates in our parade,” said Begley, adding the Toronto Beaches Lions Easter Parade is made possible thanks to the hard work of a small team of volunteers who just don’t have the time or manpower to supervise politicians participating in the parade, which this year is expected to draw 50,000 people. >>>easter, page 10

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Colourful Holi Day FUN: Celebrants cover each other with coloured pigment during the marking of the Hindu spring festival of Holi, the Festival of Colours, Sunday in Woodbine Beach Park. According to www.holifestival.org/holi-festival.html, Holi “marks the arrival of spring, the season of hope and joy. The gloom of the winter goes as Holi promises of bright summer days.”

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Former mayor Blair remembered for his many contributions Aleksander Bajrak abajrak@insidetoronto.com One of East York’s most active ambassadors has died.

Willis L. Blair, an 18-year alderman of East York council and mayor of the former municipality, died at the age of 90 Saturday, April 5.

“There were only six of us in the history of East York, and I came to rely on Willis and his sage advice,” said Michael Prue, the last mayor of East York before amalgamation and current NDP MPP for Beaches-East

York.

“He was very open and had some good words for me way back then. He was jovial and loved life.”

Having worked for 25 years for Canada Life Financial, Blair set his sights on politics, not only becoming chief magistrate of East York from 1973 to 1975, but also being elected to Metro Council and appointed to the Ontario Municipal Board and LCBO as chair.

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mayor of East York from 1982 to 1993.

Blair also devoted more than five decades of support to the East York Kiwanis Club, Westview Presbyterian Church and the Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH); he sat on the hospital’s board of governors and on the TEGH Foundation Board throughout the construction

of additions to the facility.

Johnson also credits Blair as central to the delegation responsible for pitching the World Junior Curling Championships, the first of which was held in East York in 1975.

Paul Beeston, president of the Toronto Blue Jays, said the franchise, which was established in 1977, “might not be here” without Blair’s contribution as metro councillor.

“Willis, along with Paul Godfrey, was at the forefront of making sure that Exhibition Stadium, as it

then was, was converted to a multi-purpose stadium so that you could play baseball in it,” Beeston said.

“He never hesitated to say, why wouldn’t you get more pitching, you need more hitting. To know Willis was to like Willis. It’s a huge loss.”

Blair is survived by Elsie, his wife of 70 years, his son, Douglas, daughters, Judy Fletcher and Janice Jones, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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Willis L. Blair died Saturday, April 5. Here, Willis Blair and his wife Elsie attend a garden unveiling ceremony in 2011 Blair.

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he door to a very unique opportunity opened this week for some 20,000 people across Ontario with the launch of the volunteer recruitment campaign for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Games.

It’s a great chance for residents young and old to build organizational and leadership skills that could lead to job opportunities.

It’s also beneficial to the city, to be able to develop an engaged, experienced volunteer contingent that not only contributes to the strength of our community today, but one that develops a legacy of volunteerism that can be called upon for future events – at the local level or again on the world stage.

For these Games, there will be volunteer positions across 16 municipalities in all aspects of the events, from anti-doping and medical services, protocol and the Games-time news service, to ticketing, venue management and ushers at our view events. Positions start as early as September.

If you have the time, skills and Show Toronto passion to spare, it’s an opportunity seriously worth considering. pride and It’s a chance to be a part of an volunteer exciting, world-class event, to meet new people and learn new skills – but more than that – it’s a chance to directly contribute to the strength of our city and the bonds between our individual communities.

When athletes arrive from countries across the Caribbean and Central, South and North America, all eyes will be on our city and the collective force of ambassadors that will be welcoming them. Our communities are already rich with volunteers who work tirelessly at the grassroots level, but this is Toronto’s chance to display our dedication and pride.

In addition to gaining experience, the province will be granting each volunteer at the Games a volunteer certificate and the Ontario Student Assistance Program is offering benefits to make it easier for college and university students to get involved. Those with additional language skills are especially encouraged to apply.

Saäd Rafi, CEO of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Games, likens volunteers to the ‘backbone’ of the event and said they will be behind every amazing moment we witness next year.

It’s true, the power of volunteerism cannot be understated, whether it’s locally or helping to host the largest sporting event Toronto’s ever seen. For details, visit TORONTO2015.org/volunteer

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Rob Ford’s political wounds self-inflicted Mayor Rob Ford sought to set the tone early on in the 2014 mayoral race when he predicted it would be a “blood bath.”

That’s a crude metaphor for what this very Canadian race is turning into.

Civil face In these early months, it seems that candidates for the top job are struggling to put as kind and civil a face on the proceedings as they can.

It is almost well-mannered.

Opponents of Ford have, it’s true, called out the mayor on his bad behaviour and other obvious shortcomings, but it seemed like they had to be goaded into doing so after a notable lack of carnage in the first, televised mayoral debate.

Most of the real bloodletting has come from the sidelines: those ‘No Ford Nation’ Rob Ford parody

david nickle the city signs showing up on streets around the city, or that independently produced YouTube attack ad on John Tory, drawing ties between him and the Fords, reminding women voters of his advice on golf and success in business, and his wellcompensated work with Rogers.

Code of conduct From the candidates themselves, the aggression remains generally passive.

Last week, Tory emerged with a code of conduct he’d follow as mayor – pledging to show up on time, not make enemies’ lists, not consort with criminals and obey the law – which if boiled down amounts to a sniping assertion to behave nothing like Ford.

Olivia Chow, meanwhile, has stuck to the line that

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From the candidates themselves, the aggression remains generally passive.

the mayor’s a bad example for her grandchildren, then gone on to talk about child care, housing, business taxes and public transit.

Karen Stintz largely avoids the issue, and David Soknacki favours a lighter-touch version of those clever street-sign and YouTube snipes, combined with more direct questioning of the way in which the mayor’s using his office resources during the election period.

One could almost anticipate a relatively genteel run up to the Oct. 27 election, were it not for the fact that all this messy characterbased stuff keeps coming up.

On the weekend, Ford

took Budget Chief Frank Di Giorgio on a very bad boy’s night out at the Air Canada Centre.

While there, the mayor threw a tantrum, fell into what sounds like a selfie-driven-mosh-pit of fans, and ditched poor Di Giorgio for a taxi full of revelers and a night on the town.

Di Giorgio was left to mope off to his ward, where a small gathering of constituents were waiting for a visit from their mayor.

At the end of it, even Di Giorgio – among the last of Ford’s supporters on council – admitted he had to rethink his loyalties.

If the mayor keeps this kind of behaviour up, his prediction will come true, but not as he thinks.

Whatever ‘blood bath’ comes of it, the wounds will be the mayor’s and they’ll be entirely self-inflicted.

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Event proves Leslieville a great place to live to the raffle that accompanied the comedy show, in addition to The Duke generously donating its space and comedians Peter Anthony, Steve Dylan, Michelle Shaughnessy and Casey Corbin giving of their time, was overwhelming.

Having a business community that is so eager to help is a huge feather in our communal cap. And our friendly neighbours who packed The Duke to attend, many having to stand for the duration of the evening, was an enormous gesture of community spirit and support.

Our volunteer committee was moved by the kindness and generosity of everyone and we will continue to keep the momentum going

to make a positive impact in our community.

We have a total of $30,000 to raise for Greenwood Park and if the Comedy for a Cause is any indication, we are certainly on a solid track to getting there. We also have an online campaign where charitable donations can be made at any time in any amount (tax receipts are given to donations of $10 or more): https://torontoparksandtrees.org/greenwooddog-park We want to thank the community for embracing this local project. We hope to see you all at our next event to DITCH THE DUST! Katie Reid, certified professional dog trainer

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Book Talk WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7703 COST: Free Ryerson University journalism professor and book lover Suanne Kelman offers an insightful discussion about ‘The Cellist of Sarajevo’.

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Riverdale Arts and Letters Club WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 Raymond Mar, researcher and professor of psychology, will talk about Why Fiction is Good for You.

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Easter parade about children, organizers say >>>from page 1 “Unfortunately, over the years some of these elected officials have refused to abide by our parade regulations and directives,” the Toronto Beaches Lions Club wrote in a statement.

“This year after due consideration our Club has decided to return the Toronto Beaches Lions Parade back to the community and families and make the parade a political-free zone. … It is our hope that this decision will lead to (a) better and more family oriented parade.”

Begley said even parade handouts require approval from the organizing committee.

“There are no political statements of any kind permitted (in the parade).

It’s not a political forum,” he said. “In the past, we’ve even stopped some neighbourhood associations from marching in the

parade. It depends on what they’re doing.”

Mayor Rob Ford found out about the no-politics policy Tuesday morning – after he had already purchased a skid of 10,000 chocolate Easter eggs.

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Ford said he understood the organizers’ thinking and didn’t begrudge it.

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A new developer has expressed interest in purchasing the property and building a condominium. However, a Red Door family shelter is not part of those plans.

On Monday night, Red Door’s executive director Bernnitta Hawkins said the groundswell of support for the shelter has been “phenomenal.”

“I can’t tell you how overwhelmed we are with the support we are receiving from the community,” she said during the meeting.

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