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A public information meeting on a proposed off-leash dog area at Thompson Parkette is set for Tuesday, Aug. 14. This gathering, which will include reviewing proposals, receiving comments/input from the public and discussing the project’s next steps, will take place, at the Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E., from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more info contact Mark Hawkins, general parks supervisor, at 416-392-6828 or mhawkins@toronto.ca

JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com It’s been more than five years since residents of the former Don Mount Court community had their own park. That all changed this past Friday morning as the fencing came down on a new two-and-a-half acre green space in the heart of the new Rivertowne community. Within a matter of minutes, dozens of local children and teens were playing on the new playground

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equipment and beating the heat in the new park’s splash pad area. Scores of parents and area residents were also curious to check out their long-awaited park, which is east of the Don Valley Parkway between Queen and Dundas streets. “It’s a park we haven’t had for 11 years. The kids are going to be so happy,” said Pam Ireland, who has lived in the area for 26 years, adding she hopes more seating and umbrellas for shade will be installed in the park down the line. Asha Dual, a seven-year resident

with teenage children, sat on the committee to help design and plan the new $1.2 million green space. “I’m so happy for the kids. They now have a safe place to go,” she smiled. “It’s a place for everyone to enjoy, not only the kids.” Like all parents in the community, Miriam Tahalil is thrilled her four children now have a safe place to play. “I’m so happy because it gives the kids a place to come and play as opposed to the streets and back

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alleys,” said Tahalil, who lived in the former Don Mount Court and now calls Rivertowne home. Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher alongside local police officers also passed by the new neighbourhood amenity Friday morning to mark the special occasion, which was celebrated with cupcakes baked by local youth from the nearby Ralph Thornton Centre. “Last time we were here we were on a big mound of dirt,” said Fletcher, pointing to the symbolic >>>DAY-LONG page 3

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Special evening of prayer for the late Jack Layton Muslim women are invited to congregate at the Pakistan Community Centre on Wednesday, Aug. 15 for a special evening of prayer for the late Jack Layton. Those of the Islamic faith believe the Night of Power, celebrated on the 27th day of the holy month of Ramadan, is an evening where angels descended on the earth. In honour of this special occasion, prayers will be recited in commemoration of the first anniversary of the death of Layton, the former NDP leader and Toronto-Danforth MP. He was also the founder of the White Ribbon Campaign, the largest effort in the world of men working together to end violence against women. The service will run from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Prayers are set to begin at midnight. Non-Muslim sisters are invited to join in prayers at 3 a.m. The centre is at 1470 Gerrard St. E., between Rhodes Avenue and Craven Road. Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP to Tasleem Riaz at acccngo@yahoo.ca or 416-778-1500 or 416-602-2131.

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Jordan Andaoo, 11, leaps off the swing on Sunday at Rivertowne park, a new two-and-a-half acre community green space.

New Rivertowne park brings neighbours together JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com It’s been more than five years since residents of the former Don Mount Court community had their own park. That all changed this past Friday morning as the fencing came down on a new two-and-a-half acre green space in the heart of the new Rivertowne community. Within a matter of minutes, dozens of local children and teens were playing on the new playground

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Writer, illustrator releases first graphic novel Sarafin explores young characters struggling with visions, delusions and ‘psychiatric incarceration’ JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

s with all creative types, Sarafin is inspired by the things around her and her own life’s experiences. A writer and illustrator, the two-year Upper Beach resident who prefers to not share her real name because of the sensitive and controversial topics she sketches and explores in the comic strips she creates, recently released her first graphic novel entitled Asylum Squad Side Story: The Psychosis Diaries. Sarafin’s book, essentially a back story for characters she intends to explore in her future graphic novels, was launched July 15 during a gathering of The Secret Handshake, Canada’s first peer-run, non-clinical support group for those with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Asylum Squad Side Story: The Psychosis Diaries, which Sarafin characterized as experimental fiction written in a stream of consciousness style, takes many of its cues from the “dreadful” year or so she spent at Queen Street West’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) after being diagnosed with schizophrenic affective

disorder, a serious yet common mental illness that includes both a loss of reality and mood problems. “The strips have special meaning to me because of what they were about and what they were sharing. “The storyline is reflective of my journey. I wanted people to know what it’s like to be constantly bombarded with information,” she said, adding the story isn’t entirely autobiographic as it’s not her intention to expose her entire life in a graphic novel. “This is sort of my selfappointed project to return my ability to draw and write.” So far, Sarafin said she’s received a lot of support for her project from friends, family members, fellow psychiatric survivors as well as medical professionals in the field eager to gain some insight on their patients’ experiences. Sarafin’s initial incarnation of Asylum Squad was more of a “superhero romp with medicated teenagers.” After leaving CAMH, she connected with an art mentor who helped her revamp her work into a more substantial graphic novel.

‘I was the kid in class who was doodling when the teacher was talking. I’d doodle on my homework. I wasn’t the best student because I was in my own little art world.’ writer/illustrator Sarafin

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Writer and illustrator Sarafin recently launched her first graphic novel, ‘Asylum Squad Side Story: The Psychosis Diaries’. It features young characters struggling with visions, delusions and ‘psychiatric incarceration’.

In the years since her 2006 diagnosis and time spent at CAMH in 2008, Sarafin said she’s chosen to get well and take control of her life, crediting her supportive friends and family members and her healthy lifestyle, not to mention her artwork. “My art helped me get through it. You can take something negative and make an incredible piece of art out of it,” said Sarafin, whose next major goal is to land a publisher. Her ultimate dream would be to see her work turned into an

animated film. “Now my creative juices are flowing more than ever. Remembering the voices and visions I experienced adds to my creativity, comic designs and storylines. I won’t have a creative block for a long time,” said Sarafin, who is about 70 or so pages into her second Asylum Squad graphic novel, a plot narrative she hopes to complete by next summer. “I feel I’ve got lots of content from personal experiences and stories people have shared with me. I could fill at least three to five more books.” Whereas her first book ends at the hospital, Sarafin said her second begins with characters meeting at the fictional St. Dymphna’s mental health institute. “If you can imagine Breakfast Club in the loony bin, that’s what it’s like,” she smiled.

Making art for as long as she can remember, Sarafin drew her first comic when she was around nine years old. “I was the kid in class who was doodling when the teacher was talking. I’d doodle on my homework. I wasn’t the best student because I was in my own little art world,” shared the Stratford, Ontario native over a hot drink at a Leslieville café. Her artistic abilities were evident from an early age and Sarafin went on to major in visual art at the Etobicoke School of the Art. Half self taught and half professionally trained as an artist, Sarafin also worked in prop making for a time after completing her high school studies. She’s also studied animation and even considered a future in fashion for a time. Over the years, Sarafin’s also done various random artwork projects, including designing the logo for Mad Pride Toronto, an arts, culture, and heritage festival created by psychiatric survivors, consumers, mad people, folks the world has labelled “mentally ill”, and those in solidarity with them. Deep down she’s always known illustrating and writing comics was her passion. “(Making) comics is something I decided that I love enough that I’ll always do,” said Sarafin, who draws and writes comic strips full time while holding down a part time job to make ends meet.

Day-long grand opening festival is planned for Sept. 15 >>>from page 1 groundbreaking that took place at the site last September. “It’s been a long go, but it’s been done meticulously. (This park) is absolutely beautiful. There’s never been a park like this in the community. It’s a true community space.” Fletcher said she’s been working on making this new park a reality since she was first elected as a city councillor in 2003. “It was well worth waiting for. I’ve been working away at this for almost nine years,” she said. The unnamed park, which is designed by Toronto-based landscape architectural firm Janet Rosenberg + Associates and features an “urban river” theme in honour of the geographical and cultural heritage of the nearby Don River, includes a mix of active space and places to relax including a new playground, water fountains and other

water features, as well as nearly 100 metres of new bench seating, additional lighting, 67 new trees, community garden plots, a large community market and performance space and a community garden. A community consultation process is expected to be held in the coming weeks to determine the official name of the new park, which encompasses the former Joel Weeks Parkette (which was named in honour of Joel Andrew Weeks, an eight-year-old boy who lived in the community and drowned in a nearby sewer Easter Sunday 1982.) Several final touches still remain to be done in the coming weeks at the new neighbourhood meeting place in preparation for a grand opening festival, which is set to take place Saturday, Sept. 15 from noon to 8 p.m. Anyone interested in join-

ing the organizing team, should email miriam@ralphthornton.org, rebecca@ralphthornton.org or julio. rigores@torontohousing.ca

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Two items in our Aug. 2 edition about the soft opening as well as a call for public art in a park in the Rivertowne neighbourhood incorrectly indicated the new green space is named Joel Weeks Parkette. The park, which includes the Joel Weeks Parkette on the west side of Carroll Street, is actually currently without a name as the city works to determine what it should be called. Councillor Paula Fletcher said she hopes the new community hub, located north of Queen Street East and west of Broadview Avenue, will have a name by its official grand opening celebration on Saturday, Sept. 15. The Mirror regrets the error.

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Julia Reuter and her daughter Nikita, 2, check out the playground equipment at the new Rivertowne community park.

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ews from Toronto Public Health that two people in the city have tested positive for probable West Nile virus should serve as a warning for all residents. Now is the time to stop and think about protective measures regarding the disease that is spread by infected mosquitoes. There’s no need for panic; just remember some simple steps we can all take to limit both our personal risk of exposure and that of our neighbours. The best way to protect yourself is to limit exposure. Be especially our view aware at dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes are most active. Use Everyone can mosquito repellent, cover up help control with long sleeves and pants, and wear light coloured clothes in mosquito areas where there are mosquitoes. population Residents can also protect their home’s indoors by making sure all holes in window and door screens are repaired. Also, Toronto Public Health reminds residents that checking properties and limiting areas that mosquitoes can use as breeding grounds helps keep the numbers down. In particular, residents are asked to remove standing water from their properties, especially water that has gathered in plant pots, buckets and other items. On a larger scale, the city is also doing its part by having larvicide put into catch basins in order to help reduce the mosquito population. This year’s hot spring and summer have raised the risk level of West Nile virus in Toronto, and the city’s public health department said the two probable diagnoses last week mark the earliest appearance of the virus in humans since it first arrived in Toronto in 2002. An 80-year-old man, who has been hospitalized, and a 32-year-old woman recovering at home have been found with the probable diagnosis. Public health did not say what part of the city they are from. West Nile virus is a potentially deadly disease originally carried by birds who passed it on to mosquitoes after being bitten. People exposed to the virus can show a number of symptoms including fever, rash, neck pain, confusion, severe headaches and sensitivity to light. In serious cases, it can cause inflammation of the brain. However, the risk of infection is still considered low, according to Toronto Public Health, with less than one per cent of people becoming seriously ill and 80 per cent of people bitten by an infected mosquito do not become ill at all. That should not lead to complacency, though. Working together, we can all limit our exposure to this virus. Toronto Community News is a division of Metroland Media Group Ltd. The Mirror is a member of the Ontario Press Council. Visit ontpress.com newsroom

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To the editor: Despicable. At all levels of government, the right wing in this country is mounting a concerted effort to demoralize working people and their unions simply to please their friends on Bay Street. It’s not enough they sit idly by and watch what is left of the middle class erode before their eyes. They are vehement in their ideology to put unfettered control of the workplace back in the hands of the country’s employers. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Conservative leader Tim Hudak, Mayor Rob Ford and others are badly underestimating working Canadians. It’s true, as it relates to most things political, that we are a passive society, however, try stripping away a worker’s hard-earned wages, pension and benefits and all hell will break loose. Canadian workers won’t let that happen. Roland Kiehne, president, Canadian Auto Workers Local 112

Mayor Ford enjoying a good summer, so far

ayor Rob Ford finished off July with what can only be described as a series of bravura performances. It really started mid-July, as the mayor danced on the stage with ebullient young women at the launch of the latest iteration of Caribana. Later in the month, he traded quips with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, as the two movie stars descended upon the Hockey Hall of Fame to promote their new movie. Later that same week, he risked life, limb and dignity ascending a set of monkey bars in the new Underpass Park, bouncing up and down while delighted neighbourhood children chanted “Go Mayor, Go Mayor.” It was goofy. It could have gone all to pieces. The mayor could have fallen and really hurt himself; he could have ripped his trousers; he could, in the style of London Mayor Boris Johnson, have

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simply gotten stuck. But you know what? If it had all gone to pieces, the mayor would have left Torontonians with a really joyful reminder of just what it is we expect from a mayor in this town: that being, someone who isn’t afraid to get down in the dirt and be seen having a good time with his constituents. Mel Lastman, Toronto’s first mayor, was all about the goofball moments. His office both at Toronto City Hall and when he was Mayor of North York, at the civic centre, was filled with five-and-dime novelties and practical jokes that he’d pull out to amuse – and sometimes bemuse – visitors.

Lastman had his bad moments, certainly, but his good moments were just a joy. For Ford, there have been too few joyful moments, at least publicly. When things have gotten goofy, Ford has more often played an uncomfortable straight man who responded with anger and fear rather than good humour to the surprises life in the city tossed his way. There is, of course, no time like the summer to start doing this sort of thing. Ford has had some setbacks legislatively; Toronto Council has for the moment seized the agenda from him in the middle of his term. But council is in recess – there are no meetings until the fall – and there is no one to stop the mayor from actually going out and engaging with his citizenry, in a context beyond dealing with one-on-one grievances. The mayor has focussed

on grievance; arguably, it was a sense of grievance with city government that got Ford elected in the first place. And Ford has made no secret of his belief that the biggest problem with his city is the city. In expressing that belief, Ford has made a point of snubbing key sectors of the city: the arts community, the GLBT community, even the people developing the waterfront; when the Waterfront Park celebrated its groundbreaking earlier in the term, Ford was nowhere to be found. It’s good to see him rethinking his absent-father approach to leadership in this town now. Because at some point, even the sternest dad sits down with his kids and plays. n David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com

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Underpass Park turns neglected space into community hub JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Toronto’s first and Canada’s most extensive park built beneath an underpass is now officially open to the public. Located at the northeastern edge of the emerging West Don Lands community, south of King Street East under the Eastern Avenue and the Richmond/ Adelaide overpasses, Underpass Park has transformed a three-block tract of underused land into a bright, fully accessible neighbourhood amenity. The 2.7-acre park’s first phase between St. Lawrence Street and Bayview Avenue and accessed from River Street, south of King Street, officially opened to the public Thursday, Aug. 2. The special day was feted with snocones, Brazilian drummers and music. Children from the summer camp program at the Wellesley Community Centre were invited to check out the $5.3 million park’s new jungle gyms, while members of the C.J. skateboard crew tested out the park’s new skateboard area. “Toronto’s growth has brought for-

‘Underpass Park is an excellent example of how we turn neglected space into a community hub.’ – Mayor Rob Ford ward the need to think about how we best use spaces in our city that might otherwise go unused. The opening of the Underpass Park is an excellent example of how we turn neglected space into a community hub,” said Mayor Rob Ford during a speech at the launch event. In a release, Ford said Underpass Park is a “great example of how you can take a space that was neglected and turn it into a nice place for people and families to enjoy.” Waterfront Toronto’s president and CEO John Campbell said the unique public amenity is a “great example of creative city building.” “By viewing the space under the overpasses as an opportunity, we turned a potential liability into a great

neighbourhood asset, one that helped connect the community and raises the bar for urban space,” he said in a release. Ground officially broke last May on the new 315-metre-long, 2.7-acre park, which was designed by Vancouverbased landscape architect Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg in collaboration with The Planning Partnership and features a series of ribbon-like concrete and wood structures, a suspended public art piece called Mirage by award-winning artist/architect Paul Raff as well as mobile cafes. The new public space, which was envisioned to have a “focus on the everyday” by making use of available sunlight and rain as well as the bridges’ concrete columns and beams, will also include community gardens, flexible public areas for markets and festivals, areas for active recreational sports like basketball, tennis and street hockey, sitting areas, children’s play and climbing structures and planting areas for native wildflowers and grasses. The second phase of Underpass Park, west of St. Lawrence Street to Eastern Avenue, is set to open in the spring of 2013.

Children from the summer camp program at the Wellesley Community Centre (top) are joined by Mayor Rob Ford (left) on the new jungle gyms at Underpass Park, which opened to the public this month. The park is located south of King Street East under the Eastern Avenue and the Richmond/Adelaide overpasses. Staff photos/JOANNA LAVOIE

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Track work at the exit/ entrance of the TTC’s Russell Carhouse at Queen Street East and Connaught Avenue is expected to wrap up Monday.

The city has posted ‘Emergency No Parking’ signs along Queen Street East from Leslie Street to Greenwood Avenue. Toronto Police are also on hand between 6 to 11 p.m. nightly to help with managing the flow of eastbound traffic as well as enforcing parking restrictions. When streetcars are queuing, every effort is being made to allow motorists enough space to do an east to north left turn onto streets north of Queen Street East. Work is taking place 24

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thinking creatures,” said Nash, the MP for ParkdaleHigh Park. The bill also asks for stronger language in federal animal cruelty laws that would close loopholes that allow abusers to get off without consequence, Nash explained. conviction It is very difficult to get a conviction under the current animal cruelty laws, and Nash said it is time that changed. “We don’t just treat animals as property anymore,” she said. “I think people feel our society has moved on from this.” Nash recalls an incident

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Two years ago, Aaron Brown, who grew up in the area of Gerrard Street and Coxwell Avenue, was racing in the provincial high school track and field championships for Birchmount Park Collegiate. He won the 100m event. Yesterday he was slated to race at the London Olympics in a 200m semifinal heat alongside Usain Bolt, who was fresh off defending his Olympic 100m final last Sunday. Brown, who just turned 20 at the end of May, advanced to the semifinal heat after finishing third in his heat with a time of 20.55 seconds. “I was so nervous, it is crazy out there,” said Brown, in a post-race interview on the Canadian Olympic Association website. “The crowd is so loud and I’m standing next to the best guys in the world. I tied my personal best so going to be confident in the semis, I can run with these guys.” He did have at least one thing going for him in last night’s semifinals – it was slated for early evening (London time), as opposed to his 200m qualifying heat, which kicked off just before noon on Tuesday. “I’m not a real morning person so that didn’t help. At around 120m I felt the lactic acid, but I said no way, man, this is the Olympics and just found another gear, ran guys down.” Brown, when he’s not attending the University of Southern California, lives with his parents in east Toronto. He has a younger and older sister. Brown is also in the running for a spot on Canada’s 4x100m relay team, which competes in a qualifying heat on Friday.

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Former Birchmount Park Collegiate runner Aaron Brown has been named to the Canadian Olympic team and was slated to compete in the 200m semifinal heat yesterday.

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BaconFest at Leslieville Farmers’ Market; Beach Film Festival submissions; Greek culture BEACH BRIEFS Bacon will abound Sunday at Jonathan Ashbridge Park as the Leslieville Farmers’ Market hosts BaconFest. The day’s activities will include a best bacon competition among other bacon-themed events and promotions. The Leslieville Farmers’ Market is open Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., while Jonathan Ashbridge Park is near Coxwell and Eastern Avenues.Visit www.leslievillemar-

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Organizers of the Toronto Beaches Film Festival (TBFF), a smaller sister festival to the annual ReelHeART International Film Festival, have issued an open call for submissions for next year’s two-day event. Filmmakers can enter their works in five categories: short film (narrative), feature film (narrative), short documentary, feature documentary and vintage beach. All films are required to be at least

a Toronto premiere and must not have screened in a 200-mile radius, and have a June 1, 2013 deadline. The second annual TBFF will run June 28 and 29, 2013 and will include a range of screenings and related activities for the whole family. For more details, visit www. torontobeachesfilmfest.com or email torontobeachesfilmfest@ gmail.com.

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For 19 years the Taste of the Danforth

has been giving people the chance to be Greek for a weekend. The annual festival takes over the western stretch of Danforth Avenue from tomorrow to Sunday with more than a million people expected to descend on GreekTown for food, fun and more food. There is a full slate of activities and entertainment on tap including the Celebrity Stage, the Sports Zone, the Kids’ Fun Zone, an archery experience, the Danforth Showcase Stage, the Greek Stage, contests, and food. The Celebrity Stage features

entertainment from Second City, Stage West, a stunt show, archery show, and a number of bands ranging from Cuban music to Greek pop to a capella. The festival has grown to include more than just the best of Greek culture. There will be sports challenges, zombies, a stunt show, and a beer garden. The festival takes place on D a n f o r t h Av e n u e b e t w e e n Broadview and Jones avenues. Visit www.tasteofthedanforth. com for more information.

Municipal Class Environmental Assessment - Notice of Study Completion The City ofToronto has completed a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Study to advance the recommendations of the City’s Wet Weather Flow Master Plan (approved by City Council in 2003) to capture and treat polluted stormwater and combined sewer overflows (CSO’s) that are discharged to the Don River and Central Waterfront. This will help to improve water quality and our environment. In addition, necessary upgrades have been identified to the City’s critical sanitary trunk sewer infrastructure within the study area to improve operations and service future growth. The study has defined the problems/opportunities, identified and evaluated alternatives, and determined a preferred solution and design in consultation with the City ofToronto, regulatory agencies, and the public.The City has accepted the consultant’s recommendations regarding the preferred solution and design, including the following project components: Sanitary Trunk Sewer System l A Lower Don/Coxwell BypassTunnel that will be used on a contingency basis as a bypass to the existing Coxwell SanitaryTrunk Sewer (STS) allowing for periodic maintenance and any necessary repairs of the Coxwell STS, l Four underground storage tanks for offline storage of peak sanitary flows where additional capacity is needed. l Upgrades to the NorthTorontoTreatment Plant (NTTP). Wet Weather Flow Collection and Storage System l Three integrated tunnels (Lower Don/Coxwell BypassTunnel,Taylor Massey CreekTunnel, and Inner HarbourTunnel) connected to an equivalent of 15 underground vertical storage shafts that will collect and store wet weather flows and convey these flows to a new wet weather flow treatment facility. l Three underground storage tanks for offline storage of wet weather flows from four remote outfall locations. Treatment of Collected Wet Weather Flow l A new wet weather treatment facility that will provide high-rate treatment of wet weather flows and will be located on future lakefill in the waterlot south of the existing Ashbridges BayTreatment Plant. l A new pumping station in Ashbridges Grove Park with forcemains connecting to the new wet weather flow treatment facility. l Retrofit of an existing CSO tank at the NorthTorontoTreatment Plant. Opportunities for Review The study was carried out following the requirements for Schedule ‘C’ projects under the Municipal Class EA. An Environmental Study Report (ESR) has been completed and placed on public record for a 45-day review period starting August 10, 2012 and ending September 24, 2012.The ESR will be available for review on the project website at www.toronto.ca/cleanwaterways and at the following locations: Beaches Library 2161 Queen St. E. 416 393 7703

Leaside Library 165 McRae Dr. 416 396 3835

City Hall Library 100 Queen St. W. 416 393 7650

St Lawrence Library 171 Front St. E. 416 393 7655

If you have any outstanding issues about this project, please address them to the City staff listed below and we will attempt to seek a mutually acceptable resolution. James Yacoumidis, Policy, Planning and Project Consultant City of Toronto, Metro Hall, 18th Fl., 55 John St., Toronto, ON M5V 3C6 Tel: 416-392-8834 Fax: 416-338-2828 TTY: 416-397-0831 E-mail: cleanwaterways@toronto.ca or Visit: toronto.ca/cleanwaterways If concerns regarding this project cannot be resolved in discussion with the City ofToronto, a person or party may request that the Ontario Minister of the Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order), which addresses individual environmental assessments. The Minister must receive the request in writing by September 24, 2012 at the address below, and a copy must also be sent to the City contact. If no requests are received by September 24, 2012, the City may proceed with this project as outlined in the Environmental Study Report. The Honourable Jim Bradley Minister of the Environment 77 Wellesley St. W., Ferguson Block, 11th Fl., Toronto, ON M7A 2T5 Issue Date: August 2, 2012 Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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Cleaning Up Our Waterways: The Don River and Central Waterfront Project

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Jag Dish, field investigator with the City of Toronto, checks a creek in High Park last week for mosquito larvae that may carry West Nile virus.

LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com A top city health official is advising Torontonians to take every precaution to protect themselves against mosquito bites as higher incidences of the West Nile virus have been detected among the pesky bugs this summer. Of the 43 batches of mosquitoes trapped by Toronto Public Health, 24 have tested positive. “This is the highest amount we’ve ever found at this time of year,” said Dr. Howard Shapiro, associate medical officer of health, at a press conference in High Park August 1. Toronto Public Health

monitors regularly for the West Nile Virus, Shapiro said. To minimize the risk of contracting West Nile from infected mosquitoes, Shapiro suggested wearing mosquito repellent, avoiding wooded areas and wearing long-sleeved, light-coloured clothing from dusk until dawn while making sure screen doors and windows are in good repair and simply going indoors if there are a lot of mosquitoes in the vicinity. Shapiro called this year an unusual one, attributing the blistering temperatures to the rise in the number of infected mosquitoes. Very few people will actually experience symptoms;

only one in five will suffer fever, fatigue or headaches and won’t need medical treatment. One in 100 people will experience inflammation of the brain and need admittance to hospital. “This thing is so weatherdependent,” said Shapiro. We could see a cold snap that could kill mosquitoes. It varies from year to year. We saw 28 cases last year. (West Nile virus) has been fairly quiet in the most recent past.” During an outbreak in 2002, Toronto reported 160 confirmed cases. However, Shapiro assured the odds of contracting the virus are very low. Only 20 to 100 people will fall ill out of a population of 2.5 million.

Virus suspected in two Toronto residents DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Two people have been diagnosed as probably having contracted West Nile virus – marking what Toronto Public Health officials say is the second-earliest appearance of the potentially deadly disease in humans since it arrived in Toronto in 2002. “In the course of our investigation we know that these individuals first experienced symptoms around the middle of July and that is the second earliest that we’ve seen,” said Dr. Howard Shapiro, Toronto’s associate medical officer of health. “In 2002 people did have symptoms earlier, but in other years this would be early.” The two individuals are

a 32-year-old woman with probable West Nile Virus, who is recovering at home, and an 80-year-old man who has been hospitalized. Officials wouldn’t say what part of the city the two are from, and Dr. Shapiro said the risk of contracting the disease from mosquito bites is equal in all parts of Toronto. The disease originally came to Toronto carried by birds, who passed the virus on to mosquitoes after having been bitten. Since the arrival of West Nile virus, Toronto Public Health has been practising a surveillance program that includes putting larvicide in pools where mosquitoes have been known to breed. As well, Toronto Public Health traps and tests mosquitoes. In July, Toronto

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