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Community plans to celebrate Olympians Film shoots frustrating for Riverdale residents JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

East-end Toronto residents are eager to celebrate the achievements and hard work of local athletes competing at the Rio Olympics.

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idea of organizing a parade in Beaches-East York for four-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer Penny Oleksiak.

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Pressure on Toronto’s watermain work RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com A road closed by construction – asphalt torn up, dust and debris everywhere, workers in construction helmets milling about – has become such a common sight it’s likely you won’t pay much thought to the work taking place, much less what’s going on underneath.

This summer, the City of Toronto is tackling an unprecedented amount of construction, necessitated by an infrastructure backlog of more than $2.6 billion; $1.6 billion of that is for Toronto Water projects, including replacing well-aged watermains.

By tripling spending – Toronto has already committed $5.6-billion for water upgrades over the next 10 years, the largest infrastructure program in the country – the city projects to reduce its underground-infrastructure backlog down to $261 million by 2025.

“We’re making a concerted effort to address our backlog of renewal needs,” said Michael D’Andrea, director of the city’s engineering and construction services.

This year, the city has earmarked more than $550 million for infrastructure, $227 million of that for watermains and another $71 million for basement flooding protection, which includes “upsizing” sewer infrastructure to absorb the deluge of extreme thunderstorms – a more frequent occurrence due to climate change.

A total of 238 kilometres worth of sewer and watermain replacement is scheduled for completion by the end of 2016.

Some of Toronto’s sewer infrastructure dates back to the 1850s.

That might seem like a long time, but it’s actually the underneath infrastructure installed over the post-war period which is degrading faster.

Unlike the older water pipes which are thicker and have proven more durable, it’s the thinner walled spun cast models located outside of downtown which are corroding and breaking down much faster, according to

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Above, a construction worker prepares a pipe to be fitted for the watermain replacement work that is taking place on River Street at Shuter Street this summer.

D’Andrea. “(Spun cast pipe is) the worst infrastructure in the ground and when a watermain breaks in the winter, it’s usually one of those,” he said.

Another need for replacing watermains is the ongoing intensification fuelled

by Toronto’s development boom.

A building going up means more pressure on the water system, so planning must account for anticipated increases to population, even if that’s 25 years away.

“We can’t forecast how quickly developers will turn that land into development, we just need to be thinking about whether they’re likely to and make sure we’ve got the infrastructure,” said D’Andrea.

On River Street, one such project got underway this summer between Queen Street East and Gerrard Street.

The work is ambitious, as it will include a complete roadreconstruction plus beautification.

Before any of that happens three crews of approximately eight, including a foreman, a backhoe operator, pipe layers and general labourers, are

replacing the pipes which given the age of the neighbourhood are of the inferior variety and likely made of lead, presenting possible health risks.

The workers must also keep a close eye for existing infrastructure such as gas mains or subway tracks. Planning helps map out the locations and ensures utility companies are made aware of the work, crucial given the inherent dangers of unwittingly interfering with a live gas main.

“If you break that stuff you get a free ride to the moon,” said Harry Persaud, a senior engineer with Toronto roads.

Persaud, who was on site at a job inspecting the work carried out by a private contractor, estimates around 40 metres of watermain replacement is completed per day.

While the city tries to coordinate the necessary water and road work into one project in order to minimize expenditures, the ever-increasing urgency to get broken or degraded pipes replaced means sometimes that’s just not going to happen, admitted D’Andrea.

“Sometimes you just can’t wait,” he said.

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A sinkhole developed at Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue after a watermain break earlier this month.

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pending billions of dollars on replacing wellaged watermains and other infrastructure projects may not be the most exciting thing in Toronto’s budget.

But it’s something that should have been a top priority long time ago.

As noted in the Metroland special report featured in this week’s edition, the infrastructure backlog is now more than $2.6 billion with $1.6 billion of that amount allocated for Toronto Water projects.

And according to the City of Toronto website, there is an average of 1,600 watermain breaks annually, resulting from either the mechanical or structural failure of an underground pipe.

One would think the older Our VieW pipes, some dating back to the 1850s, would be the ones to City puts aside blame for the majority of waterbreaks. $5.6 billion for main But Michael D’Andrea, director water projects of the city’s engineering and construction services, explains the thinner walled spun cast models installed over the post-war period are actually degrading faster.

Most of those pipes are located outside of downtown, and not surprisingly the highest break rates are experienced in North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke as the watermains in these areas are also located in predominantly clay soil as opposed to sand.

It’s a city-wide issue and with more development taking place across the city due to Toronto’s development boom, the financial implications of not replacing well-aged watermains will be more devastating than the financial costs of not doing so.

The higher frequency of extreme thunderstorms due to climate change is certainly not going to ease the urgency of taking on such a huge infrastructure project.

So it’s a good start for the city to commit $5.6 billion for water upgrades over the next 10 years to reduce its underground-infrastructure backlog down to $265 million by 2025.

Let’s hope this concerted effort to address the backlog of renewal needs will continually be backed by a healthy budget. Otherwise, expect more stories of watermain breaks leaving many residents without running water especially during the winter.

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Some food for thought for watching Rio Olympics During the Rio Olympics, those of us early birds in the office make it a point to gather for a Games recap before work starts. It’s always a very animated discussion.

And Drake is kind enough to provide the music. No, not that Drake. We wish. We’re talking Melvin Drake. He’s in IT. You haven’t lived until you’ve heard IT rap.

Anyhow, the game plan for the get-togethers is to get everybody up to speed with what happened the day before and make them aware of what to keep an eye on in the day ahead. But with a week and a half of Rio 2016 TV telecasts behind us, we decided to veer from the usual babble operandi and turn our gaze to the Olympic coverage itself. We focused on one thing in particular our biggest Games telecast pet peeve: the announcers’ use of the word “medal”.

Medal is no longer a noun anymore. It appears to be strictly a verb. Before an event announcers routinely say he or she is expected to medal or

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY not expected to medal. Then after it’s completed, that he or she medalled or wasn’t able to medal.

The use of medal as a verb is nothing new. It has been going on for the last VI Summer Games and V Winter Games and many viewers talk this way too, now. But the real worry within our group is that other Olympic terms are going to follow that lead.

Announcers have turned a lot of other nouns into verbs and fans are copying them instantly. Listen closely to your daily Olympic conversations viewers and you’ll see what I mean. They now go something like this: 1. “So? Don’t keep me in suspense. Did they anthem yet?”

“Yep. You just missed it.

They podiumed 10 minutes ago.”

2. “Hey, did that kayaker silver again like he did in

London 2012?”

“Not quite. But at least he ended up bronzing.”

Well, we had our usual lively back and forth and the general consensus was that we were all getting worked up over nothing. So it was time to get to the real purpose of our daily Olympic huddle: share a quick bite before work. It was my turn to pick up the tab, so I proceeded to take the breakfast orders.

“So how do pancakes sound everyone,” I cheerily inquired.

“None for me today thanks, Jamie,” Jackie responded. “I already waffled.”

“I’ll get you next time then.

What about you, Arjun?”

“Put me down for next time, too. I’m afraid I already French Toasted.”

“Zayanna?”

“No can do. I burritoed before I left. Twice, actually.

I’m stuffed.”

Five more co-workers also passed. One because he’d oatmealed. Another because she’d BLT’d. The other three saying they’d honeybunned,

doughnutted and bageled.

Heck, even Drake declined and he had only double doubled, for heaven’s sake.

There was just one person left. “So what about you Erin,” I mumbled meekly.

“Hate to do this to you, big guy, but I’m going to have to take a rain check too.

Er, I mean, pancake check.

Whatever. The point is I forgot all about you buying breakfast today and I Egg McMuffinned on the way over.”

“You mean the Mcway Mcover, I hope,” I corrected.

Nobody McLaughed.

To u g h Mc C r ow d . T h e $64,000 McQuestion was: do I McContinue?

I thought about it, but what’s the point? It was obvious I didn’t have a chance of humour medalling in this group. Better just to McQuit while I’m McAhead.

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Parade in the works >>>from page 1 The Mirror. “Lots of people in the community have come together and want to celebrate our Olympic athletes.

We want to do something that’s significant.”

Carlo said the local BIA is part of a working group that has been formed to organize the special event, which will likely take place after the Summer Olympics, which run until Aug. 21.

Early stagEs Still in the very early stages, the celebration will probably begin at East Lynn Park followed by a parade down Woodbine Avenue that ends at the Beach.

Alison McMurray, a founding member of the Danforth East Community Association (DECA), said she wanted to get involved in planning a special event for the Olympic athletes because her children go to Monarch Park Collegiate, the same high school Beach resident Oleksiak attends.

McMurray said DECA felt it

was important to let Oleksiak, who has won more medals at a single Olympics than any other Canadian athlete, and all east-end Olympians know the community supports them and celebrates their hard work.

“It’s creating a memory, something these kids and young adults can look back on,” said McMurray, who is also a DECA board member.

Ward 32 Beaches-East York Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon said she’s excited about the idea of doing something to recognize the achievements of both Oleksiak as well as all Olympic athletes.

At this point, the focus is on the logistical details like permits, police escorts for the parade, possible transit disruptions, not to mention what the actual event will entail.

Anyone interested in getting involved should contact McMahon’s office at councillor_mcmahon@toronto.ca or 416-393-1376.

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Cool things to know about swimmer Penny Oleksiak

Here’s five cool things about east-end Toronto teenager Penny Oleksiak who, although only 16 years old, has become the first Canadian in history to win four Olympic medals.

She capped off her historic haul in Rio with a gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle race on Aug. 11.

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She shouted out Drake. AND Drake tweeted back!

In the midst of her busy opening week of the Olympics she did relate one disappointment that she shared with fellow Canadian individual swimming medalist Kylie Masse (bronze in individual 100metre backstroke) “So @Kjmasse and I tried to buy @ Drake tickets to celebrate. Basically sold out #ugh #maybenexttime”, tweeted Oleksiak.

No worries there, though, as the fellow hometown superstar quickly tweeted back: “OVOPenny aka @typicalpen we are so proud of you!!!! Can’t wait to see you when you are back from Rio at a show!”

moved from “the east end of the Beach closer to the box and pool, so the kids could play shinny and swim. (It’s a) great place to bring up kids.”

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Monarch Park Collegiate’s Penny Oleksiak won four medals in swimming in the Rio Olympics, including a gold.

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She got a call from the second coolest Canadian (at least at the moment) behind Drake - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

As the PM noted on his own twitter: “Great chatting with two golden Canadians today @oleksiakpenny and @rosiemaclennan. You’ve made us all so proud!”

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. She grew up in ‘The 6’, or more specifically in the Toronto Beach area.

In fact her mom, Alison, in a previous interview with The Mirror, said the family

One of her brothers, Jamie, is a National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman with the Dallas Stars.

So we did, in a recent interview, pose this silly question to their mother Alison, as to who would win a swim race between them. And she replied, via email: “Penny would win the swim race (jamie sinks!)”

Put a paddle in their hands, however, and both would lose to another sister, Hayley (a Malvern Collegiate grad), who currently rows on the Northeastern University varsity team.

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Penny swims for her school.

She was a little too busy to compete for

her school this year as she was preparing for Rio (she took most of her courses online). But last year, she did compete for Monarch Park Collegiate and won two OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) gold medals in the 50-metre and 200-metre free.

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Art of the Danforth festival starts Saturday Art of the Danforth, a longrunning, free neighbourhood art event that looks at big ideas from an intimate perspective, is returning to the city’s east end Aug. 20 to 28.

This year’s nine-day festival, which will once again consist of a carefully curated set of interventions in and around Danforth East between Greenwood and Woodbine avenues, will explore the concept of fault lines.

This time around, artists and community members are invited to consider the unseen forces at play in their neighbourhood, the weight of unstoppable and insistent change, and the friction between invisible societal forces as well as their day-to-day lives, and how we contribute to these “fault lines”.

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This time around, the troupe is presenting an original Canadian adaptation of The Bard’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet.

Shows, which run approximately 100 minutes and do not include an intermission, began on Aug. 16 and will be running until Sept. 4.

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West Don Lands historical walk slated Heritage Toronto is hosting a second historical tour of the West Don Lands this Saturday.

The walk, which will run from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and will be offered in both English and French, will take a closer look at the several transformations the area around the mouth of the Don River has undergone since the days when Aboriginal people fished and hunted there.

West Don Lands: From Manufacturing to Medals will also include information about

the area’s industrial past, the role it played in hosting Pan Am/Parapan Am Games athletes for last summer’s Games, and its future as a new mixed-use neighbourhood and a floodprotecting park.

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On Tuesday, Aug. 9, at approximately 2:16 p.m., officers from 55 Division responded to a call for a sudden death at a home in The Pocket neighbourhood, which is near Danforth and Jones avenues.

Once at the house, police located Plytas’ body. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her husband, Dan Reil, was arrested the same day after an autopsy was done on his wife’s body.

Reil, who according to his 31-year-old daughter, Krystal, was initially taken to a hospital for a psychiatric assessment, had an Aug. 11 appearance at College Park Courts.

Sh o r t l y a f t e r P l y t a s’ death,Reil had reportedly contacted his three adult chil-

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The children contacted emergency services once they arrived at the house and saw the condition of their mother’s body.

Plytas, who also had three grandchildren, had Graves’ disease, an autoimmune system disorder that made her frail. She relied on a scooter to get around.

About five years ago, she gave up her job as a waste management emergency dispatcher for the City of Toronto due to her illness.

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Lyme Disease Challenge aims to raise awareness TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com A young Toronto woman is challenging everyone to bite a lime to raise awareness of Lyme disease.

Paige Spencer brought the Lyme Disease Challenge to Brad Duguid’s office last week where she and the Scarborough-Centre MPP put their best sour faces on display, posing for photos while biting lime wedges.

The challenge encourages people to bite a lime wedge, take a photo and share it on social media to spread awareness of the disease. Photos are shared online using the hashtags #LymeDiseaseChallenge and #TakeABiteOutOfLyme.

Like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, people doing the Lyme Disease Challenge can nominate others to participate when posting a photo.

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Spencer has late-stage Lyme disease. The 22 year old believes she was infected 19 years ago, likely in the Rouge Valley, though she said it’s hard to know exactly where she contracted it. She went undiagnosed for 14 years until testing positive for Lyme disease five years ago.

“I love this challenge, it’s great awareness,” Spencer said. “It’s quite amazing how one simple act can go so far and affect so many people in a positive way. People will remember it, it’s something that makes its mark, and that’s so important.”

She added the challenge not only helps people avoid Lyme disease, but shows support for people with it.

In Ontario, Lyme disease is spread through bites from infected blacklegged ticks, also called deer ticks.

Through the challenge, Spencer hopes to make more people aware of how to protect from tick bites, and what to do in the event of a bite.

“It’s so important that people are aware of how to remove a tick properly, you don’t just rip it out, there are steps,” she said, noting proper removal helps reduce the risk of disease transmission.

Blacklegged ticks sit on tall grasses and shrubs, with arms outstretched, waiting to grab on to animals or humans.

People can reduce the risk of tick bites by staying in the centre of trails, and wearing DEET-based bug repellents and light-coloured clothing that makes it easier to spot ticks, which can be as small as poppy seeds. Wearing long-sleeve shirts, and pants tucked into socks, also helps prevent bites. To remove a tick properly, don’t squeeze or burn it — grab the head of the tick as close to the skin as possible with fine-tip tweezers or a tick remover from a tick kit, pulling straight away from the skin gently but firmly.

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Layton’s interest in politics began when he was in school, and he managed to parlay that passion into a long career as an elected official at the municipal and federal levels.

He was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1982 and represented the TorontoDanforth ward until 2003, when he took the reins of the federal New Democrats. He led the party until his death in 2011, representing TorontoDanforth.

His political career was merely a part of his legacy, however, as he was also deeply committed to social justice and activism. Layton was a vocal advocate of labour rights, and was an

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In 2010, Layton announced he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, eventually succumbing to the disease on Aug. 22, 2011.

His widow Olivia Chow and the Jack Layton Memorial Committee are co-hosting an event to mark the fifth year since his death in Riverdale Park West on Monday, Aug. 22.

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Hosted by BMW, Blacklist Rally, and Saturns Drives, the exotic supercar event will begin with a supercar rally at 10 a.m. departing from BMW Toronto.

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Another community member, who asked to not be identified, is also fed up with what’s been going on at 450 Pape Ave. In an interview with The Mirror, the lifelong Riverdale resident said parking restrictions, trucks coming in and out of the site at all hours of the day and night, traffic disruptions, public transit detours, little to no prior notification, and the level of noise has directly impacted his quality of life.

The resident said he’s supportive of Toronto being a destination for film and TV shoots, but he is concerned about the future of 450 Pape Ave., which is home to a circa 1902 heritage-designated building called Cranfield House. This designation means the 18,000-square-

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In an email to Metroland Media Toronto, Zaib Shaikh, the City of Toronto’s Film Commissioner and Director of Entertainment Industries, said he and staff from the Toronto Film, Television and Digital Media Office have met with one resident about their concerns and said they’ve advised that individual that they’ve been working with the production company to ensure that all public filming regulations are abided by The Mirror reached out to the owners of 450 Pape Ave. and Third Act Productions, producers of IT, for comment but did not hear back.

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Production crews arrived at the site on July 18 and could be there filming 24 hours a day until this Friday.

Thirty-year Riverdale resident Nick Shcherban shared his frustrations in a letter he sent out earlier this week to the media.

He also shared his concerns with local Councillor Paula Fletcher and Mayor John Tory, and the Toronto Film, Television and Digital Media Office. He said since the start of 2016 there have been 10 film and TV shoots at that site and it’s starting to negatively impact his family and the neighbourhood.

He said the most recent film shoot has been especially irksome. “They’re filming 24 hours a day. It’s driving us crazy, driving the dog crazy,” said Shcherban.

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Community members are invited to take a tour of the bee hives at the Portlands Energy Centre on Aug. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m..

Led by Toronto beekeeper Brian Hamlin, the free event will also include a discussions on bees and beekeeping, and environmental health through pollination, as well as a honey tasting. Those interested should meet in front of 470 Unwin Ave. The Portlands Bee Apiary Tour ispresented by the Fairmount Park Farm Market.

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This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Toronto and Region Conservation Authority along with the City of Toronto is presenting the eighth annual Tommy Thompson Park Butterfly Festival.

All are welcome to come and learn more about these amazing creatures and the 3,500-kilometre journey they make twice a year.

The festival will also include guided nature hikes, bike tours, bird banding demonstrations, workshops, activities for the kids, and educational displays about the more than 55 species of butterflies and moths recorded at this unique urban wilderness.

Children are invited to come dressed in bright colours like their favourite butterfly.

Tommy Thompson Park, which is also known as the Leslie Street Spit, is located at the foot of Leslie Street.

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Community members are invited to help clean up the shoreline at Woodbine Beach and Kew Gardens this Sunday.

T h e G re a t Ca n a d i a n Shoreline Cleanup event will get underway at 10 a.m.

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