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For the last six months or so, restaurateur Robert Maxwell’s first duty of the day has been to clean a wad of spit off the front door of his Upper Beach eatery, The Beech Tree.

“It doesn’t happen every night, but at least a few times a week. One week it was every night and then it didn’t happen for about a week and a half,” he said during a recent interview.

Dixon Avenue bike lane installed A new contra-flow bike lane has been installed on Dixon Avenue in the Beach.

The new yellow bicycle lane allows cyclists to lawfully and safely cycle in both directions on Dixon Avenue, a one-way street, from Woodbine Avenue to Kingston Road.

T h e we s t b o u n d t ra ve l lane between Kingston and Lockwood roads will remain one-way for drivers and cyclists.

Those who want to cycle eastbound can now do so in the eastbound-only bicycle lane.

Between Lockwood Road and Woodbine Avenue, the eastbound lane will remain one-way for drivers and cyclists, while the westbound-only bike lane will help cyclists connect more easily to Lockwood Road and Sarah Ashbridge Avenue.

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“It just seems too regular to be a random thing... I know people spit, but this is our front door. It feels vindictive, like we’re being targeted.”

Maxwell, who bought the 32-seat restaurant about a year and a half ago recently shared his concerns on social media.

On April 21, the first-time restaurateur – who also lives in the area – posted a lengthy message on the facebook page for the Kingston Road Village >>>RESTAURANT, page 10

Wayfinding shared lane pavement markings have also been installed. These sharrows aim to help cyclists navigate the Dundas Street East bike lanes without having to cycle on busy arterial roads.

This connection also includes a push-button crossing at Queen Street East where Lockwood Road becomes Sarah Ashbridge Avenue that directs cyclists to the push-button crossing to reach the multiuse trails south of Lake Shore Boulevard East.

A community launch event is set for Sunday, May 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. Stay tuned for details.

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JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A new plan to build a two-pad indoor arena in the port lands has surfaced.

Late last week, PortsToronto (formerly known as the Toronto Port Authority) announced it has set aside a piece of federally-owned land at the foot of Cherry Street for a community hockey and skating complex.

The property, which the selected developer will lease for a multi-year term, is large enough to accommodate a 75,000-square-foot building with two indoor ice rinks as well as locker rooms, viewing areas and other amenities.

The developer will also be responsible for the development of the business plan, the construction of the building as well as the management and operation of the facility, which will be named the PortsToronto Arena.

Plans for the complex are set to be developed in the next year and a half, while the aim is to open the facility within the next three years.

In an April 23 release, PortsToronto indicated it would be working closely with the City of Toronto and Waterfront Toronto to ensure the building is “in keeping with the future vision for the area” and that planning issues like sanitary servicing, storm water management, accessibility, architectural design and fit with surrounding areas including parkland is addressed.

Despite being on federal land, PortsToronto – the federal agency responsible for the management of the Toronto harbour among other

Toronto is the hockey capital of the world, and any plan to have more indoor ice surfaces is good news, especially in the dense core of the city.

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Artistic rendering of the proposed two-pad arena for the port lands.

things – has also asked the project be reviewed as a Site Plan Application to ensure city planning and servicing issues are taken into consideration before construction begins.

“Over the past few years, PortsToronto has worked to improve the utilization of every single asset within our domain. We’ve succeeded at the Outer Harbour Marina and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, and hope to soon break ground at 30 Bay Street,” stated Mark McQueen, PortsToronto’s chair, in the press release.

“For a city covered in ice and snow for so many months of the year, indoor ice rinks are in surprisingly short supply in Toronto, particularly for girls hoping to play organized hockey. By providing PortsTorontoowned land, and spearheading this initiative, we will ensure the development of a new state-of-the-

art hockey complex for a growing population of downtowners.”

McQueen went on to say hockey is a “point of nation-defining pride and passion among Canadians and a sport that is inclusive of both genders and all ability levels.”

“We are proud to make this investment in the City, one which will be of particular benefit to the waterfront community,” he said.

‘Hockey capital’ Mayor John Tory expressed his support for the project, which is located on the site that was once home to the Rochester ferry marine terminal.

“Toronto is the hockey capital of the world, and any plan to have more indoor ice surfaces is good news, especially in the dense core of the city”, he said in the release.

“I a p p l a u d t h e e f f o r t s o f PortsToronto to dedicate land at the foot of Cherry Street to develop an arena that not only serves the public and hockey enthusiasts, but adds value to the revitalization of our waterfront.”

Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher also said she welcomes the arena to her ward as it helps fill a demand for more skating and hockey rinks in the southern portion of the city.

She does, however, feel there are a number of hurdles to overcome before it can come to fruition.

“I’m very open to trying to make this happen, but there are really big hills to climb in order to make this successful,” Fletcher said late Tuesday afternoon.

She said the site itself poses several challenges.

“There’s big infrastructure issues: no sanitary or storm sewers and limited electricity,” Fletcher said.

She’s also concerned about how people will access the arena, which is located on a site that can only be reached by a one-lane bridge.

“There are already line ups to get to the Cherry Beach soccer fields and the Cherry Beach dog off-leash area,” she said.

“It’s really not sufficient. The

bridge needs to be upgraded and PortsToronto needs to try to find out how to make it happen.”

Fletcher also pointed to the importance of “design excellence” for the project and the importance of PortsTorotno’s willingness to work with the City as well as Waterfront Toronto to ensure the arena fits with the already established vision for the waterfront.

Lastly, she said this project won’t be getting PortsToronto any “brownie points” when it comes to the controversial expansion of the Billy Bishop Airport.

“These are two very separate projects and there’s no connection to the airport expansion,” she vowed.

“I’ll be keeping a close eye on this, doing due diligence and working with the community.”

This latest proposal is a far cry from the four-pad Portlands Sports Complex suggested for the corner of Commissioners Street and the Don Roadway back in May 2010.

That controversial $34-million project, which called for 433 surface parking spaces ranging as far south as the ship channel, created such a stir it prompted the resignation of prominent planner/architect Ken Greenberg.

PortsToronto has already issued a Request for Expression of Interest to identify a developer. The deadline is May 12.

A Request for Proposal will then be issued to a selected short list of potential developers.

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Leslieville resident directing first major Canadian theatre production JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com After nearly a decade of travelling back and forth between New York City and Toronto, Rachel Slaven has now planted full-time roots in Leslieville and is keeping busy directing her first major Canadian theatre production, Therefore Choose Life.

When Slaven, who is originally from Aurora but has lived on and off near Gerrard Street East and Carlaw Avenue for the last two years, decided to relocate permanently to Toronto she got in touch with Avery Saltzman and David Eisner, the artistic directors of the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Co., about the possibility of working

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on a project in Toronto.

About a year ago, they invited her to direct the world premiere of a heart wrenching play called Therefore Choose Life by Kathy Kacer, a multi-award-winning author of Holocaust books for young readers, and her Gemini Award-winning son Jake Epstein.

“I was really fascinated by the story the play is telling,” Slaven said during a recent interview.

“I thought it was a really interesting premise and I was excited to work with the playwrights.”

Inspired by true events, Therefore Choose Life tells the story of a Holocaust survivor named Joseph whose quiet life in Canada with his wife and son turns upside down when he unexpectedly receives a letter from his past.

Joseph is forced to face the heartbreaking dilemma of leaving his family for his first and true love Chava, whom he thought perished in the Holocaust.

Slaven, who said she especially enjoys working on new projects, said she’s excited about helping the playwrights bring their vision to life.

She also said she’s thrilled to be working with a “stellar” cast, which includes Epstein, Genie Awardwinner Sheila McCarthy, Saltzman,

Dora Award-winner Lisa Horner and Amelia Sargisson.

“It’s a really exciting, wonderful cast to work with,” said Slaven, who started acting when she was a child and went on to graduate from the drama program at Queen’s University in 2006.

Initially, she thought she’d become an actor but in university Slaven developed an interested in directing and hasn’t looked back.

Therefore Choose Life, which runs until May 10, is being staged at the new Greenwin Theatre at the recently repurposed Toronto Centre for the Arts at 5040 Yonge St.

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Rachel Slaven directs Therefore Choose Life, which runs until May 10 at the Greenwin Theatre.

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The so-called Big Data project – the subject of our exclusive report Big Data – aims to take GPS probe data from our smartphones and other electronic devices to analyze traffic patterns. That information will give city planners a much more accurate picture of how people get around, where they’re coming from, where they’re going, at what time and – hopefully – help solve the city’s gridlock problem.

It could also monitor commuter times and help tackle commuter roadblocks. If anomalies show up on a particular road during rush hour, it may indicate a problem and the city could be quicker to respond. our view That said, it’s not a sure thing. having seen the data City must take yetWithout (it needs to be purchased advantage of from private sector navigation firms), city staff are reluctant this information to make promises about what they’ll be able to do with it.

But if there’s any hope it can fix or improve traffic in this city – it’s worth a shot. Annually we waste about $11 billion in lost productivity due to traffic congestion. And according to a traffic index compiled by navigation firm TomTom, the average Toronto commuter loses about 84 hours each year while delayed in traffic.

We can’t afford not to try. We’re being tracked already via GPS in dozens of apps we activate on our smartphones. Our movements and locations are already being charted – whether we know it or not. With that information readily available the city needs to step into the 21st century and take advantage of that data, particularly if it’s got the potential to help improve our lives and the functioning of our city.

Transparency will be key in alleviating privacy concerns. We probably won’t see much of the data released to the public after the city’s purchased it, since private companies are charging for it. But at the least, the city should keep the public informed of its intention and its results, in a broad sense, as the experiment moves forward.

Our traffic problems need a solution, and this is the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that may just get us there.

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Councillor thrilled over Sheppard LRT delay Jim Karygiannis, the Ward 39 Scarborough-Agincourt councillor, had what to outsiders might seem a novel reaction to word that a major infrastructure improvement touching his ward was to be postponed, possibly indefinitely. He was, to use his own words, “ecstatic.”

Karygiannis’ delight in failure is not so mysterious when you look at the particulars: the infrastructure being a light-rail line along Sheppard Avenue East – and Ward 39 being located on the bleeding edge of Scarborough.

Karygiannis won the seat in 2014, campaigning heavily against the Sheppard LRT and promising to fight for what was long ago promised to Scarborough residents: a subway, connecting the foreshortened Sheppard subway to the Scarborough Town Centre.

Mel Lastman first promised it when he was mayor of North York in the early 1990s; Rob Ford promised it in 2010 when he ran for his

david nickle the city single term as mayor.

The LRT, delivered it seemed by former mayor David Miller and former premier Dalton McGuinty, never stood a chance, at least in public opinion, and as it turns out politically.

Former deputy mayor and Ward 40 Councillor Norm Kelly told The Scarborough Mirror’s Mike Adler during the election he was talking with Scarborough MPPs about delaying the funding for the Sheppard LRT. On Monday, that is precisely what happened. The province announced the Sheppard line will go ahead after another light rail line on Finch is up and running, which is scheduled to happen in 2021.

The question now is, will the prospect of a Sheppard subway line become a real question? Karygiannis says he’d like to make it so, but he has a great deal stacked

against him.

The least of his problems is the money: Toronto council and Mayor John Tory are heavily committed to a long list of expensive transit projects, including another costly subway venture in Scarborough, the extension from Kennedy north-eastward and Tory’s own SmartTrack plan.

Of course, financial impossibility has never stopped big-dreaming politicians before. But there is also a more daunting barrier: political fatigue. There is little appetite among the powerful in Toronto for more public transit debate, and for most on council, little to be gained fighting this fight. In the end, Scarborough transit grouses will likely have to confine their celebrations to a wake for the infrastructure that Karygiannis seems so happy to lose. Small victories are still sweet.

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Toronto has long fancied itself as a world-class city. However, I do not believe that it is there yet.

First, we have to look at the real world-class cities to see what they have that gives them this most desirable ranking.

World-class cities all have one thing in common – historical sites.

What has Toronto got that would make it a worldclass city? Not much I’m afraid. Until we learn to preserve out historical artifacts rather than destroying them we will never have a world-class city. Oh, we have Fort York and a few others, but there are and have been some who would want to destroy these and build condos.

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TEGH foundation president retiring JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Friday will be a bittersweet day for Beach resident Teresa Vasilopoulos, who is retiring from Toronto East General Hospital ( TEGH) after 25 years.

Vasilopoulos, who started her career at TEGH as a member of the hospital’s communications department before moving over to fundraising 18 years ago, said her time has been a fulfilling experience and one she’ll miss.

“I’ve seen incredible growth and advancement during my 25 years at East General,” said Vasilopoulos, who for the last 14 years has served as the president of the foundation.

“I’ve worked alongside a really remarkable team of physicians, staff, volunteers and board members.”

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in robotic surgery for prostate surgery. She also mentioned TEGH’s role as a regional centre for lung cancer surgeries.

“It’s been really exciting to watch the role philanthropy has played in making these achievements possible. It’s very rewarding to work with altruistic people who are dedicated to improving the lives of their community.”

Vasilopoulos said one of the best parts of her job has been the many strong relationships and connections she’s helped forge, notably the Taste of the Danforth and the Beaches International Jazz Festival.

“Their ongoing contributions are vital to the work being done at Toronto East General Hospital,” she said.

Vasilopoulos said her retirement will allow her to have more time with her family as well as more opportunities to travel, including a vacation to Europe this summer.

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WHERE: Beach Toyz, 1887 Queen St. E. CONTACT: John Helfrich, 416-4648920 COST: $7.50 Bring in your bike and learn how to clean, lubricate and adjust it so that it’s fun to ride again. De-mystify brake adjustments, tire pressure ratings, gear shifters. No walk-ins will be allowed.

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Temptations WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m.

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House WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club, 30 Ashbridges Bay Park Rd. CONTACT: Drschulman@ rogers.com COST: Free Come to the open house to learn about sailing programs for adults and kids.

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Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715, cmoran@ torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Songs and stories for children of all ages. Six-week session. Runs until June 5 at 10:30 a.m.

Beach Studio Tour WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: www.thebeachstudiotour.ca CONTACT: Sue Obata, 426690-0031 COST: Free The tour showcases the work of 25 artists in 14 locations in the Beach. Runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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a walking neighbourhood. The space is also available to rent for private events and functions.They even have a roster of chef’s you can hire to cater your event.

It also functions as an art gallery, with local Eastender Dude Man’s work on display in April, and an Adrienne Jackson exhibit in May. “We’re a diverse neighbourhood economically and everyone should have an opportunity to display art and be educated on it,” says Polina. The main goal of the gallery is to support upcoming local artists, and give them an affordable space to display their works.

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The corner of Kingston Road and Warden Avenue is about to become a hub of activity.

It’s the location of the Kingston Social, a new creative space in Birch Cliff Village.

“From Victoria Park to Birchmount, there isn’t anything for residents to walk to,” says Kingston Social co-founder Polina Privis. But she’s hoping with the help of the Kingston Social, she can develop a sense of community, and show other businesses that they can succeed in Birch Cliff.

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United Church’s monthly Jazz and Reflection series welcomes the Downtown Dixieland Jazz Band performing songs on the theme ‘The Best is Yet to Come’ Saturday from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. Admission is by freewill offering.

Call 416-691-8082 or visit www.beachunitedchurch.com for more details.

Choral evensong saturday St. John the Baptist Norway Anglican Church celebrates the music ministry of retiring music director Melva Treffinger Graham Sunday with a choral evensong at 4:30 p.m. at St. John’s Norway, 470 Woodbine Ave. A reception will follow.

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13th annual Walk So Kids Can Talk fundraiser is set to take over Woodbine Park, near Lake Shore Boulevard East and Coxwell Avenue, Sunday.

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People are asked to drop off donations in the bins outside at the school’s office at 80 Bowmore Rd. Call 416-393-9450 for more details. volunteer board members East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen St. E., is looking for new volunteer board members.

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Pick-ups can also be arranged throughout the city’s east end until May 3.

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BASEMENT FLOODS ARE ON THE RISE. DON’T LET YOUR BASEMENT BE NEXT. Together we can stop heavy rainfall, melting snow and runoff from ending up in your basement. At the City, we’re doing our part by plex underground continually updating and maintaining Toronto’s complex pipes, sewers and catch basins. Now it’s your turn. Here are some tips to help you flood-proof your home.

Fix cracks in your foundation.

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Restaurant owner doesn’t know what to make of “icky reign of terror” >>>from page 1 Resident’s Association about the “icky reign of terror”.

In the post, Maxwell wonders if The Beech Tree might have offended someone, if the music could be too loud, if they’ve got a policy that doesn’t sit well with someone, or if it’s just a case of random bullying.

“Perhaps I may regret drawing attention to the problem – I’m not typically outspoken about such things, but I’m just throwing it out there: does anyone have any idea what this is about?” he wrote.

Within hours, scores of neighbours reached out to express their outrage and embarrassment and offer tips on apprehending the culprit, he said.

About a dozen or so area residents have even offered to keep a closer eye on the local restaurant late at night and in the wee hours of the morning.

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The Beech Tree restaurant owner Robert Maxwell said someone has been repeatedly spitting on the front door of his bistro at 924 Kingston Rd.

“It seems to have struck some kind of cord,” he said.

As someone who suffered badly from bullying as a child, Maxwell said he’s eager to resolve this problem.

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Fishing at Outer Harbour Recreational Pier JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetornto.com There’s a new, accessible spot along the waterfront for Torontonians to cast a line while enjoying city views.

“People love to fish in the city. They’ll fish off of anything. Now they can come and fish here off of this pier.

I hope to catch a really big fish here today,” said Ward 30 Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Fletcher, alongside representatives from Waterfront Toronto and Toronto and Region Conser vation Authority, ceremonially cast fishing lines into the water for the special occasion on Wednesday, April 18.

The node, as it’s also called, is one of 13 “Quick Start” projects that build on recent investment in Lake Ontario Park and Tommy Thompson Park. These projects aim to deliver public benefits within a short period of time.

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ning and construction of the improvements – is also designed to be a rest area for those using the nearby Martin Goodman Trail and the Tommy Thompson Park trail system. The remaining project components including plantings, signage and bicycle racks are set to be completed later this spring.

The event also included a tree planting, which recog-

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Liberal and NDP MPPs sound off on provincial budget JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com For Beaches-East York Liberal MPP Arthur Potts, Charles Sousa’s recently tabled budget “strikes an excellence balance between holding a line on expenses, while maintaining necessary services.”

Potts said the budget maintains existing programs, doesn’t raise taxes and offers a plan for eliminating Ontario’s $10.9 billion deficit by

2017/2018.

“This budget strikes the right balance between investing in our future and eliminating the deficit, and again demonstrates our province’s leadership in absence of a strong federal partner,” Potts wrote in an April 23 release.

Toronto-Danforth NDP MPP Peter Tabuns, however, called it “bad news”.

“People won’t be happy when (the budget’s) effects land on their

doorstep.”

Tabuns expressed concerns about the impacts budget cuts will have on the film and digital media industries.

Specifically, he pointed to “substantial” funding reductions to the various film tax credits.

“All of these tax credits help the film industry in east Toronto,” he said. “We’ve had a few good years where the industry was able to rebuild itself. Why you’d kick them

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now makes no sense to me.”

Tabuns said the budget also fails to allocate any funding to the muchneeded Downtown Relief Line.

As the NDP’s Energy Critic, Tabuns also spoke about his trepidation with the privatization of Hydro One and the reality this move will, in his opinion, inevitably cause hydro bills to continue to rise.

On the other hand, Potts said the provincial budget offers many good things notably the maintenance and

investment in key social services like seniors programs, health care and employment opportunities for youth. He also pointed to the $16 billion in funding earmarked for transit and transportation infrastructure across the GTHA. He said one way this funding would be used to help develop a transit hub at the busy Danforth GO/Main Street TTC station, as well as expand transit along the Lakeshore East line out to Oshawa.

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Spring Into Change

Join us at The Spoke Club for an exciting gala featuring live musical performances by the Dave Murphy Band, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction.

Proceeds will be donated to the Patient Amenities Fund at SickKids with the goal of raising $30,000 to help children and families in need.

To purchase tickets, visit www.springintochange.ca

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Meagan’s Walk

This Mother’s Day weekend, join us for a 5 km walk in support of the Meagan Bebenek Endowment Fund and awareness, research and treatment of paediatric brain tumours at SickKids. The event begins at Fort York and ends with a human “hug” around The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).

Register at www.meaganswalk.com

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Bar Down by the Lake Ball Hockey Tournament The Faustina Hockey Club is hosting a 3-on-3 co-ed full day ball hockey tournament for ages 5 to adult in support of Juvenile Arthritis Research at SickKids. A surprise Toronto Maple Leafs alumni will be in attendance!

Register your team today: faustinagivingbackhope@gmail.com

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Francesco Grosso Diabetes Fundraiser

The Francesco’s Fund for the Diabetes Clinic at SickKids will be an evening of live music, celebration, community support and education in support of newly diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes kids at the hospital. All proceeds go directly to provide financial assistance to newly diagnosed families.

To purchase tickets, please contact liagrosso@rogers.com

Homecare and Ontario Doctors – Working together Whether they’re a family doctor, someone providing specialized care or emergency medicine, doctors play a valuable role in caring for those most important to us. At the Community Care Access Centre (CCAC), a provincially-funded home and community care organization, we know access to health care is vitally important, particularly for seniors and the elderly. On May 1, the Toronto Central CCAC will celebrate Doctor’s Day and say thanks to the physicians who help us make a difference in the lives of over 73,000 Torontonians each year. On this annual day of recognition, we are honoured to celebrate the importance of our doctor partners.

Doctors who work in partnership with the CCAC’s home-care and hospital teams help people in neighbourhoods across Toronto. With our doctor partners, we create a team of people to care for those in their homes, making things smoother and easier for home-care patients. For example, this could include a nurse or nurse practitioner, a family doctor, multiple doctor specialists, a personal support worker, a pharmacist, a physiotherapist, and all together, this group makes up one team.

The doctor is connected to everyone through the care coordinator’s quarterback role and the patient has a team of people to care for him or her.

This is pretty new and somewhat revolutionary.

Imagine if a loved one had a team caring for him

or her at home after returning from the hospital, as an example, and everyone who came into the home was on the same page. No one would have to repeat a description of how they are feeling or what was happening with the illness. Imagine if everyone worked together to make sure that your loved one was cared for by a team of people working with your trusted family doctor, involved and in the know, every step of the way. By working together, doctors and their partners, such as CCAC Care Coordinators, are able to do just this.

And our partnership with doctors goes beyond just the family doctor. CCAC partners with doctors who specialize in disease management (COPD, diabetes etc.), emergency room doctors or doctors who help discharge you home after surgery or a hospital stay. Doctor partnerships are central to the success of getting people home and keeping them out of hospital. Without our fabulous doctor partners, patients wouldn’t be as healthy and happy at home. Happy Doctor’s Day! For more information about how doctors and the Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) can provide you with health care support, contact the CCAC at (416) 506-9888 or visit www.healthcareathome.ca

—Jodeme Goldhar is the Lead, Health System Integration for Complex Populations and Primary Care at Toronto Central CCAC

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Lots of Jane’s Walks taking place in east end The annual Jane’s Walk festival takes place May 1 to 3.

Jane’s Walks are free, organized ‘walking conversations’ that talk about and celebrate neighbourhoods. They are inspired by the late Jane Jacobs, whose writing championed a community-based approach to city building.

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Friday, May 1 • East Danforth East, A Culinary Walking Tour • The City’s Best Hiding Places: A Geocaching Tour!

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Environmental Justice in South Riverdale, Leslieville and Riverside • Complete Streets: the policies and designs that make Toronto’s streets • Assessing the “fitness” of our public spaces • Making Beach Public Spaces Inclusive • Be f o re t h e Br i d g e : Todmorden, Chester and the Danforth in the 1890s • Distillery District Photo Walk • Down by the riverside • East Danforth East – A Culinary Walking Tour • Lower Don River Ecological Restoration and

Heritage Walk • Watah Walk – Steps of self knowledge • Spooky Night Walk Sunday, May 3 • Connecting Riverdale to the Lake – A Quick Start Proposal • A New Archaeology for the Leslie Street Spit • How to Grow Healthy Trees in the City • Fresh Perspectives on Public Spaces in Thorncliffe and Flemingdon • T h e Pa t h o f Pa r k Privatization • A s h b r i d g e’s Neighbourhood

Highlighted Jane’s Walk The City’s Best Hiding Places: A Geocaching Tour!

When: May 1 at 4 p.m. at the front of the Donlands station, just north of the Danforth.

Jane’s Walk’s Executive Director Denise Pinto will

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Games Organizing Committee held a 100-day countdown celebration to the Parapan Am Games April 29.

The event featured a wheelchair rugby demonstration and eight Team Canada wheelchair rugby hopefuls.

Wheelchair rugby will make its Parapan Am Games debut this summer.

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Games released the men’s and women’s baseball schedule.

On the men’s side, teams competing include Canada, Cuba, the U.S., DominicanRepublic and Puerto Rico.

Canadian men’s opening game is Saturday, July 11 against Dominican Republic.

The women’s teams competing include Canada, the U.S., Venezuela, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Canada’s women’s team opening game is Monday, July 20 against Cuba.

The games will be played at the President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark.

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fuls will be at the Shiseido Canadian Open from April 29 to May 2 at the new Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

Canadian duet swimmers Karine Thomas and Jacqueline Simoneau, who are favoured to win gold at the 2015 Pan Am Games, as well as GTA-based athletes Rebecca Maule, Lisa Sanders and team captain Marie-Lou Morin will be competing.

The Pan Am Sports Centre is at 875 Morningside Ave. Tickets are available at the door. For more info, contact http://2015shiseidoopen. com

Live soccer draw held Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games held a live soccer draw Friday, April 24.

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In a city as gridlock-choked as Toronto, drastic steps are needed to address congestion, and the idea of making use of so-called Big Data is gaining traction among an enthusiastic collection of city officials, including Mayor John Tory, who are convinced the answer to alleviating Toronto’s often nightmarish traffic lies in making use of trillions of bytes of data to analyze traffic patterns on a massive scale never seen before locally.

“This will be a game changer and will establish Toronto as a leader in running a truly smart city,” said Tory this month of a plan to establish a specialized team of city traffic planners dedicated to the task of analyzing large amounts of vehicle – cars, public transit, bicycles – as well as pedestrian data in order to provide an accurate indicator of how the city moves around.

While planning is still in the early stages, the team’s official role will be to analyze the movements of tens of thousands of daily road users whose activities are captured via GPS probe data – tracked GPS signatures pulled directly from smartphones and other electronic devices – to determine how best to improve traffic conditions, influence public policy and evaluate the benefits or drawbacks of traffic regulations.

But really, it’s about making sure commute times stay consistent.

“People care about and get accustomed to their commute times and what really bothers them, I believe, is reliability,” said Toronto’s transportation services director Steve Buckley during a recent interview.

“What we really care about, for example, is if at 5:30 in the afternoon traffic on say Bayview Avenue is performing any different than usual.

Using data may tell us if it is and why.

It may be able to provide us with evidence something occurred there and we can intervene and help.”

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because we have to sort through hard questions on what it is that exists out there,” he said. “We need to understand how useful it will be to us, how much it will cost to procure, manage and maintain the data.”

The new team will partner with McMaster University as well as the TTC to analyze vehicle movements.

It’s also tasked with reporting on the impacts of newly installed bike lanes, whose use is determined through GPS data provided voluntarily by the users of a mobile application for cyclists developed by the city.

Unlike open data (compiled figures released by the city for unlimited public use) Big Data will rely on proprietary information provided by private sector navigation firms that will sell the data to the city for

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its intended use.

Currently, the city is preparing a short list of companies it will contract for the initiative.

As long as the city entrusts the private sector with coming up with the necessary data, don’t expect to see a lot of compiled information released publicly for free since there is a significant commercial incentive to charge for such information. uckley believes the cost to the city is worth it if it makes it possible to better understand traffic patterns that five or 10 years ago would have been impossible to identify without requiring millions of dollars in expenses.

With navigation companies such

as TomTom and Inrix reaching ascendancy, private data collection has become so sophisticated it’s now possible to determine with pinpoint accuracy what is happening on roads on a minute-by-minute basis.

Once city staff become accustomed to playing with data sets, Buckley said he envisions more specialized groupings of data classified by factors such as speed of movement, which could provide a more accurate picture of citywide movement.

“You can envision a day where they can develop algorithms which are sophisticated to separate all those GPS signals and almost have a dynamic model for the city,” he said.

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While there’s a wealth of information for vehicles, there’s just not as much emphasis when it comes to the cheapest and easiest form of transportation: walking.

Dylan Reid, the founder of Walk Toronto, is skeptical considerations are being paid to pedestrians, noting the complete lack of mention of walking in a recent press release for the Big Data plans.

And, he said, there’s readily available data that is not being applied for improving conditions or making the case for more pedestrian spaces.

Reid points to a recent decision by city council, reinforced by city staff, to eliminate a pedestrian scramble, allowing unimpeded access from all corners of the street, at the intersection of Bay Street and Bloor Street after local complaints the practice was impeding traffic.

Reid believes existing data could have been used to find other intersections where a pedestrian scramble would help, rather than eliminate one entirely on the rationale it was underused and negatively affecting car traffic at the Bay-Bloor intersection.

With that in mind, he said he’s skeptical new data will be acted upon unless there’s the political will to do so.

“I am a little skeptical from a pedestrian point of view because the data is there and they’re choosing not to use it,” Reid said.

Toronto’s transportation services director Steve Buckley concedes there are issues with using Big Data to track pedestrian movements.

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