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New heritage plaques unveiled JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com It was a special day in Riverdale this past Saturday as dozens of area residents gathered to learn more about the history of the downtown east community’s railroad and take part in unveiling of two new heritage plaques.

The day kicked off at 1:30 p.m. with a free walking tour called

Riverdale and the Railway.

Lead by Gerald Whyte, president of the Riverdale Historical Society (RHS), the tour examined the advent of the railway in the city’s east end starting with the opening of The Grand Truck Railway’s Queen East Station in 1896 to serve the city’s rapidly growing east end.

Those in attendance also learned about why this station (which was renamed Riverdale Station in 1907

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and demolished in 1974) was moved in 1927 and closed in 1932 as well as how the railway shaped the overall landscape of the community.

The historic streetscape of the first phase of the Riverdale Heritage Conservation District (HCD), which was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2008 and includes 224 properties along Tiverton (formerly East), West and First (formerly >>>RIVERDALE, page 3 @BchRivMirror

Just the facts: Home to several diverse communities, 55 Division (101 Coxwell Ave.) serves the communities of The Beach, Upper Beach, Little India, Leslieville, Blake-Boultbee, Riverdale, Riverside, East Toronto Chinatown, the port lands, the waterfront, and The Danforth covering a total of 17 square kilometres.

Some of the main issues local police officers encounter are theft

from vehicles, break and enters, public drinking, aggressive panhandling, robberies and assaults, as well as drug trafficking and guns.

Fifty-five Division is bounded by the Don Roadway, Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Don River to the west, the prince Edward Viaduct and Danforth Avenue to the north, Victoria Park Avenue and Nursewood Road to the east and the Toronto shoreline to the south.

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SURF’S UP

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ALOHA: Jeffrey Green gives his son Hudson, 4, a bit of momentum while paddleboarding during Aloha Festival at Woodbine Beach on Saturday. See page 5 for more photos.

New heritage plaques unveiled JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com It was a special day in Riverdale this past Saturday as dozens of area residents gathered to learn more about the history of the downtown east community’s railroad and take part in unveiling of two new heritage plaques.

The day kicked off at 1:30 p.m. with a free walking tour called

Riverdale and the Railway.

Lead by Gerald Whyte, president of the Riverdale Historical Society (RHS), the tour examined the advent of the railway in the city’s east end starting with the opening of The Grand Truck Railway’s Queen East Station in 1896 to serve the city’s rapidly growing east end.

Those in attendance also learned about why this station (which was renamed Riverdale Station in 1907

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and demolished in 1974) was moved in 1927 and closed in 1932 as well as how the railway shaped the overall landscape of the community.

The historic streetscape of the first phase of the Riverdale Heritage Conservation District (HCD), which was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2008 and includes 224 properties along Tiverton (formerly East), West and First (formerly >>>RIVERDALE, page 3 @BchRivMirror

DO YOU KNOW WHAT POLICE IN THE BEACH ARE DOING? READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT ON PAGE 12

Just the facts:

Home to several diverse communities, 55 Division (101 Coxwell Ave.) serves the communities of The Beach, Upper Beach, Little India, Leslieville, Blake-Boultbee, Riverdale, Riverside, East Toronto Chinatown, the port lands, the waterfront, and The Danforth covering a total of 17 square kilometres.

Some of the main issues local police officers encounter are theft

from vehicles, break and enters, public drinking, aggressive panhandling, robberies and assaults, as well as drug trafficking and guns.

Fifty-five Division is bounded by the Don Roadway, Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Don River to the west, the prince Edward Viaduct and Danforth Avenue to the north, Victoria Park Avenue and Nursewood Road to the east and the Toronto shoreline to the south.

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Butterflies take flight On the fly: Top left, Glenn Richardson tries to catch a buckeye butterfly in Tommy Thompson Park as he leads a group of visitors during the park’s Butterfly Festival on Saturday. Bottom left, a monarch butterfly flies at Tommy Thompson Park. Below, Amoreya Sharma, 1, and her mother Sara play with models of a caterpillar and butterfly during the festival.

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Riverdale HCD plaque is first of its kind in Toronto >>>from page 1 Lefroy) avenues, was also explored.

The majority of the “Bay and Gable”, Second Empire and Edwardian Classicism style buildings within the Riverdale HCD were built between the late 1880s and the start of the First World War. The streets in this district are among the first developed east of the Don River.

A plaque presentation followed outside St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, at 135 First Ave., just west of Logan Avenue.

The Riverdale Railway Station plaque is set to be placed at the corner of Queen Street East and Degrassi Street, while the Riverdale HCD one will likely be erected at the corner of Logan and First avenues in the coming weeks.

“The Riverdale Historical Society is very pleased to nominate these two plaques to Heritage Toronto,” Whyte

said during the unveiling ceremony, noting the Riverdale HCD plaque is the first of its kind in Toronto.

“Heritage is a job that takes everybody’s help and cooperation and we appreciate all the help and support over the years, especially from Councillor Fletcher.”

Whyte said over the years, the RHS has funded more than 10 heritage plaques throughout the community.

The Riverdale project was made possible thanks to a partnership between Heritage Toronto and the RHS with the support of Councillor Paula Fletcher and the City of Toronto.

The next big heritage effort in Ward 30 is the creation of a new Queen Street East Commercial Heritage Conservation District, which will likely run along Queen Street East from Degrassi Street to the Don River.

Dating back to the mid-1800s, Riverside started off as a low-income and somewhat lawless community before being annexed by the City of Toronto in 1884.

By the end of the 19th century, this stretch of Queen Street East had become one of the emerging city’s first main east-west arteries as it had one of the few bridge crossings over the Don River.

Toronto City Council authorized a HCD study for Queen Street East from the Don River to Degrassi Street in September 2006, but it has yet to be undertaken despite having enough funds to cover its associated costs.

Volunteers are now needed to get involved in helping research Queen Street East’s commercial history.

Anyone interested in participating in this project can call Fletcher’s office at 416-392-4060 or email Councillor_Fletcher@toronto.ca

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Scotiabank representative Monica Ceoc, left, Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher and Riverdale Historical Society president Gerald Whyte unveil two new heritage plaques outside St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, the final stop of the ‘Riverdale and the Railway’ walking tour.

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Opinion Ian Proudfoot Marg Middleton Peter Haggert Antoine Tedesco Warren Elder Jamie Munoz

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Garage sales are no place for thieves

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Crime prevention community must take ownership

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hen it comes to making our neighbourhoods safer, community interaction is critical for police.

But what happens next is just as important, whether it’s building on the success of a particular program or increased access and visibility into a community to build rich, trusting relationships.

In a special feature on policing in the nine communities we serve, Toronto Community News spoke to people and organizations directly involved in neighbourhood pro- our view grams and initiatives. Earlier this summer, after the horrific Danzig Community Street shooting, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair had announced partners must mandatory overtime for offibuild trust cers this summer in an effort to restore a sense of safety in city neighbourhoods. The summer safety initiative, which runs until Sept. 6, has an extra 329 officers on city streets each day.

The increased visibility manifests itself in different ways depending on the community and the types of crime that need to be addressed.

For example, there’s an increased foot patrol in the Beach, a ramped-up police presence on the subway system in East York, and more officers for 14 Division’s anti-gang initiative, Project Post.

But law enforcement is more than about solving crimes that have been committed. There is a proactive element, too.

“There is a sustainability component we are trying to address,” notes 12 Division Supt. Mark Saunders, whose area includes much of the former city of York.

“The only way to do this successfully is through community relationships.”

Breaking down barriers of distrust, increasing youth participation in community initiatives and establishing a healthy two-way discussion between law enforcement and residents are all part of the solution to safer communities.

Once the summer safety project wraps up, there must be a review of the various initiatives across the city to assess their respective impacts. Then there is the opportunity to build on programs which appear to have traction,.

“We can’t police the community on our own. We can’t solve all the problems on our own, we need the community’s input, we need their assistance and their consent to be in their community,” says 14 Division Supt. Mario Di Tommaso.

It’s acknowledgements like these that help pave the way. It’s up to the community to respond in kind.

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To the editor: If you are going to a garage sale, don’t steal from the people who are hosting it. They work hard to get it all set up.

I have had jewelry stolen at my garage sale and we are getting to a point where we are not going to have them any more if people are going to steal from us.

Ask to purchase the item for less or don’t buy it, but don’t steal from a garage sale.

People are trying to make a bit of cash with their stuff they are already getting rid of at a great price.

If you are that hard up for something, go on welfare.

Remember, it is still a crime stealing from a garage sale. Police can be involved.

Dorothy Hicks

Anything could happen as mayor takes stand

I

t might be premature to start speculating on the next two years in this city’s life, given the drama set to unfold next week at the University Avenue courthouse.

Mayor Rob Ford will be on a witness stand, testifying in his own defence against a complaint that he violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act when he spoke on the floor of council asking that he not be required to pay back about $3,100 in donations to his football charity made last term. Questioning him will be high-profile lawyer Clayton Ruby.

Anything might happen.

Given the inflexibility of the penalty for violating the act — the minimum sentence is removal from office – it’s not unreasonable to ask what would the rest of 2012, 2013 and much of 2014 look like at

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city hall, if Justice Charles Hackland finds Ford guilty of knowingly violating the act and throws him out of office in the next month or two?

Under those extraordinary circumstances, council will have some options.

The City of Toronto Act and the Municipal Elections Act allow council to hold a byelection to fill a vacancy, or fill the office by appointment.

Should council choose the more costly option of a byelection, and the sentence be the minimum, Ford would be free to run again. And given that the

matter in court next week concerns his charity work, he would stand an excellent chance of winning.

The fact that every councillor harbouring mayoralty ambitions would be tempted to run as well — losers could, in a byelection, still return to their seat on council — a mid-term re-election for Ford in the midst of a field crowded with challengers would be an excellent bet.

But council might also choose to appoint a caretaker mayor to see the term through to the next general election. There are advantages: it is cheaper, and far less disruptive to the flow of work at city hall. And there are disadvantages: Toronto would, for two years, have a mayor no one voted for but 44 councillors.

There would be a strong argument to hand the

job to the Deputy Mayor, Doug Holyday. He would be in a position to deliver something approaching the agenda that Ford’s supporters voted for.

But there would be an argument as well to install a more neutral figure, given that for the past calendar year, Toronto Council has essentially usurped that agenda in favour of the agendas its members see themselves as having been elected on.

Whichever way it goes it’s unlikely the decisions coming out of city hall would be much different than they have been. The mayor, whoever he or she might be, is after all only one vote. n David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears Thursdays. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto. com

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ous meditation classes. Some cost $10, others are free. Visit www.meditateinthebeaches.org

every third Wednesday, 715B Danforth Ave. Call Diane at 416-463-4502.

Rotary Club of Toronto Beach Rotary Club of Toronto Beach meets Tuesdays at 7:15 a.m. at Balmy Beach Club, 1 Beech Ave. Visit www.clubrunner.ca

Climate change help East Toronto Climate Action Group for those concerned about smog and climate change. Call Cameron at 416469-3033.

Canada Sings! Singalong Free neighbourhood singalong the second Tuesday of the month at various locations. Visit www.canadasings.ca

English as a second language Free English as a second language classes, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., St. William School, 343 Jones Ave. Free daycare. Call 416397-6070.

Toronto Beaches Children’s Chorus The Toronto Beaches Children’s Chorus is holding auditions for the 2012/2013 season. Children four to 15 are needed who love to sing and act. Visit http://torontobeacheschildrenschorus.ca

Ett Community Jazz Choir Ett Community Jazz Choir (jazz/ pop/secular) meets Wednesdays at 4:45 p.m. at Waverley Road.

Baptist Church, 129 Waverley Rd. All singers welcome. Call 416-694-3054.

The Joy of Writing The Joy of Writing, a weekly workshop where writers gather to read, write, laugh and inspire each other, meets Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m., at the QueenSaulter Library, 765 Queen St. E. Call Lucille Barker at 416-3926810.

Meditation The Atisha Buddhist Centre, 1823 Gerrard St. E., hosts vari-

Lactation help La Leche League Canada, Riverdale chapter, meets 7 p.m.

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Newcomer help Newcomer Outreach Program

by Toronto police helps new immigrants learn about the role police play in Canadian society and services provided by police.

Call 416-808-7070.

Post-partum help East Toronto Post-Partum Adjustment program hosts free weekly support group, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., South Riverdale Community Health Centre, 955 Queen St. E. Call 416-469-7608.

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It’s Happening

ALOHA! A TASTE OF HAWAII: The inaugural Aloha Toronto Festival, celebrating all things Hawaiian, took over Woodbine Beach last weekend. Above, Ariel Amaral paddleboards. At left, Lauren Edwards, 13, bites into a taste of Hawaii with a skewer from Liko’s Hawaiian BBQ. Photos/JUSTIN TANG

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Environment

Not Far From The Tree marks five years uniting tree owners and volunteers DANIELLE MILLEY dmilley@insidetoronto.com In January 2008, Laura Reinsborough sat around her kitchen table with friends and strangers talking about the beginnings of an urban tree harvesting project for Toronto. She had no idea what she was getting herself into.

Today, Not Far From The Tree (NFFTT) is in the middle of its fifth anniversary harvesting season with hundreds of volunteers descending on fruit trees right across the city, collecting everything from mulberries and apricots to apples and pears.

Reinsborough remains an integral part of the organization as its founder and co-ordinator – or the “fruit lady,” as she is routinely recognized as in her neighbourhood.

The time was right for the project: homeowners signed up their fruit trees, organizations came on board to benefit from the bounty and volunteers lined up to pick.

The accolades also started piling up, including an Environmental

Award of Excellence from the City of Toronto, an Urban Leadership Award from the Canadian Urban Institute, and, most recently, a Green Toronto Award in the local food category.

Reinsborough, herself, has been named a GreenHero, an Agent of Change by the Centre for Social Innovation and last year she received a Women of the Earth Award from the Yves Rocher Foundation.

“I feel really honoured to be a part of it. I feel really grateful to play the role I have in shaping it, to build and grow the project,” she said. “I also feel humbled because this is the work of so many people. It is the 1,200 people who volunteer, the 850 tree owners. It’s been embraced with open arms in Toronto.”

NFFTT began in Ward 21 St. Paul’s in the summer of 2008. It has since grown to 14 wards across the city.

The fruit harvesting program works by having homeowners register their tree then volunteers arrive for the pick and the fruits of their labour are divided into thirds with a share going to the homeowner, a share to the volunteers and a share

Not Far From The Tree harvests Toronto’s fruit with the bounty divided between the homeowner, the volunteer picker and a service group.

to local social service organizations, such as Wychwood Open Door.

Kathy Biasi is the manager of this day-time drop-in centre that serves homeless and socially isolated people. It’s been a partner since the beginning.

“I was fascinated. I thought, what a great idea,” Biasi said.

She lives in St. Paul’s and has seen the bounty a tree can produce.

“There was always more than what we could use and it was such a shame to let it go to waste,” she said.

“To me it made a lot of sense.”

The people served by Wychwood Open Door have limited funds to buy fresh food for themselves so the donation was welcome.

“It was really nice because it came from the neighbourhood,” Biasi said.

“They were being acknowledged by the neighbourhood.”

As NFFTT expanded to other neighbourhoods it found partnerships with local service groups in each neighbourhood – 30 in total – so the fruit stays in the community.

Volunteer picker Jenna Hossack likes the community aspect of NFFTT. “When I’m labelling my jars of jam I always name it after the street I picked it from so I remember where it came from,” she said.

The St. Paul’s resident first began volunteering two years ago and loved it so much she signed up to be a supreme gleaner, which is a volunteer in charge of a pick.

“I jumped at the chance to be more involved,” she said.

Being a supreme gleaner means

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she picks three or four times a week.

And it means she has a better chance of getting in on a pick, which are a hot ticket in the city.

“What’s most overwhelming is there’s interest in every single neighbourhood,” Reinsborough said. “We’ve grown quickly but still we’re nowhere near able to keep up with the demand.”

The pick notices go out through an evite and fill up within minutes as there’s room for just half a dozen volunteers. Reinsborough likes that NFFTT can take credit for some of the growing awareness about urban fruit.

“One comment we used to get is, ‘Is it safe to eat?’. We don’t really get asked that anymore.

“Now we’re starting to show by doing that the food in your backyard is safe,” she said. NFFTT continues to look for sustainable funding to expand the project, while helping mentor programs throughout the country and world.

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NEWS IN BRIEF A month of construction on the east side of Leslie Street, just north of Commissioners Street, is set to begin Tuesday, Sept. 4.

The work will involve TTC contractors conducting tests to assist with design work associated with buried utilities in preparation for the construction of the future Ashbridges Bay light rail vehicle storage and maintenance facility at the southeast corner of Lake Shore Boulevard East and Leslie Street.

The majority of the work will take place between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily.

People should expect a closure of about 50 metres of sidewalk on the east side of Leslie Street between Commissioners Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East.

The affected area will be fenced off for the public’s safety. There will also be clear signage on the boulevard.

Construction cones and signs will redirect pedestrians onto the Martin Goodman Trail. The work will not impact

the trail itself.

Anyone requiring more information should call 416397-8699, email ashbridges@ ttc.a or visit www.toronto.ca/ ashbridgesttc

n Name the ‘Hood

Members of the Gerrard Woodbine Neighbourhood Association have now whittled down their choices for their neighbourhood’s new name to four options.

They include: Beach Hill, Gerrard Woodbine Village, Upper Beach Village and Upper Gerrard Village.

The group’s members have until midnight on Thursday, Sept. 6 to vote in the contest’s final ballot and select their favourite pick for the neighbourhood’s new name.

The winner will be announced Saturday, Sept.

8 at 6:30 p.m. during a potluck dinner social at the Naval Club of Toronto, 1910 Gerrard St. E. For more information about the Gerrard Woodbine Neighbourhood Association and its “Name the ‘Hood” contest, visit www.gerrard-

woodbine.com or email the organizers at votename2012@ gmail.com

n Correction

A headline in the Aug. 23 edition of the Beach-Riverdale Mirror incorrectly indicated the Parent Resources Drop-In Centre, at 1117 Gerrard St. E., at Leslie Street was looking for a new home. In fact, the local child/parent facility is hoping to remain in its longtime home at the former Riverdale United Church.

The Mirror regrets the error.

The United Church of Canada, which owns the property, has given local groups and organizations until Oct. 31 to express an interest in purchasing the property before it places the property on the open market.

The Parent Resources Drop-In Centre has organized a town hall to strategize and seek out the interest of potential partners for Thursday, Sept. 27 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at 1117 Gerrard St. E. All are welcome to attend.

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Canadian National Exhibition

Weekend food frenzy at CNE EXcellunch still offers free admission for lunch patrons ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com

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midst the lights and action of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), sitting on a bench enjoying lobster rolls, crab rolls, tacos and potato twisters, were three young professionals who said they would never normally attend the annual fair.

Heidi Khoe, Michaela Frialde and Joan McLaughlin said they wouldn’t go to the CNE, but were drawn through the Princes’ Gates last Friday night with one thing in mind – food.

Aug. 24, 25 and 26 the CNE played host to one of the largest gathering of food trucks, dubbed Food Truck Frenzy. There were 17 trucks lined up along Princes’ Boulevard, just inside the Princes’ Gates. There were gourmet cupcakes, lobster rolls, pulled pork, fancy sausages, Mexican fries and all manner of tacos.

David Bednar, general manager of the CNE, said these three women were exactly the target audience of the Food Truck Frenzy event.

“Food Trucks are currently a hot trend, especially among their fans on the Internet, because they represent a new culinary experience,” Bednar said. “The CNE is all about new experiences,

Owners of Gourmet Stuft, Lance Freelan, with David Orzakovski in the truck window, had their first day of business selling unique sausages at the CNE Food Truck Frenzy.

so our Concessions Coordinator initiated the experiment we created at the CNE from Aug. 24 to 26.

It appears to have been a success in attracting young professionals to give the CNE a try.”

Friday was the CNE Food Truck Frenzy’s first day of business for Stuft Gourmet Sausages, operated by Parkdale residents David Orzakovski and Lance Freelan.

“It started with the burger craze in Toronto and we thought burgers needed some competition,” Freelan said. “The natural competition really is the sausage.”

Their unique sausages like Thai chicken, spinach and feta, and apricot dijon minted lamb, said the moniker “Frenzy” was appropriate for the CNE event.

Freelan said his truck was incredibly busy all day on Friday and he was thrilled.

Savera Hashmi, one of the proprietors of Pretty Sweet said food truck gatherings work well because in Toronto trucks are not permitted to just stop on public streets.

Events like the Food Truck Frenzy offer a chance to move

Staff photos/ERIN HATFIELD

Top, Savera Hashmi of Pretty Sweet holds up one of her gourmet cupcakes at the CNE Food Truck Frenzy on Friday. Above, from left, Joan McLaughlin, Michaela Friade and Heidi Khoe went to the Canadian National Exhibition for the Food Truck Frenzy.

around to different parts of the city.

Although the food trucks have moved on, food lovers can still

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The cost of admission will be refunded for those who enter and exit between noon and 2 p.m.

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The Beat Goes On at 55 Division

Stats across the city

The following shooting statistics provided by the Toronto Police Service between Aug. 23, 2011 and Aug. 23, 2012:

JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

• 55 Division – Last shooting July 5. Total of six shootings over past 365 days.

Over past three years, 15 shootings. Rank for shootings within city over past

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fficers from 55 Division are pounding the pavement for five weekends this summer in a concerted effort to make stronger connections with the communities they serve.

Called The Beat Goes On, the initiative is the result of the Toronto Police Service’s Project Summer Safety, a mandated increase of about 20 additional hours of service over a five-week period by each officer.

This city-wide project, which ultimately aims to root out guns and gangs in the city, came about as a result of a series of public shootings in recent months, notably a mass shooting on July 16 at a block party on Scarborough’s Danzig Street, which injured 23 people and killed two, including a 14-year-old girl.

Another man was fatally shot that afternoon outside Little Italy’s Sicilian Sidewalk Café, while a fourth person was killed by gunfire June 2 inside the cafeteria at the Eaton Centre. A second person died of his injuries on Monday, June 11 as a result of that shooting.

Locally, officers got together in late July to identify crime and safety concerns in 55 Division. They also identified three “beats” – Queen

Staff photo/JOANNA LAVOIE

Toronto police Sgt. Darryl Linquist, left, and Sgt. Elise Higgitt, of 55 Division’s Primary Response Unit, C Platoon, stop by a new park in Riverside last Friday as part of the division’s ‘The Beat Goes On’ program.

Street East, Riverdale and Blake-Boultbee – as areas that could benefit from additional patrols.

As a result, the weekend shifts for 55 Division officers were juggled. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, day and night shifts are now 12 hours long, while a rotation of officers work from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. as part of The Beat Goes On program, which is slated to run until Sunday, Sept. 9. “(The additional resources from Project Summer Safety) have allowed us to free up our officers who would normally work evenings to walk the beat,” said Const. Rob McDonald, 55 Division’s crime prevention officer.

“So much is missed when you’re driving around all the

time. There isn’t a lot of time to led to the creation of Project interact with the community,” Summer Safety, 55 Division he said, adding 55 Division is was working to develop a a very busy place and these more effective model for tackadded resources have allowed ling local crime and safety us to have an added presence concerns. in the community.

“It’s a city-wide initiative that actually fit “Our focus is to get into the community nicely with our new and meet the people. crime prevention hub a They’re there 24/7 to model. This project is closer look see and hear the things part of our changing we’re not aware of. We community focus,” Inside can’t be on every street, McDonald, adding Toronto said every day.” local stakeholders also Further, McDonald have an important role said the goal isn’t just to get to play in this new plan. more officers interacting with “We’re hoping for more the public on a street-level this interactive opportunities with summer, but also as much as the community and the offipossible moving forward. cers. It’ll be always evolving as Even before several highthe needs of the community profile shootings rocked the change and different concerns arise.” city earlier this summer and

Beach-Riverdale Mirror reporter Joanna Lavoie recently accompanied officers from 55 Division’s primary response unit on a Friday evening as they patrolled the Queen East-Broadview area.

“It’s nothing different than what we used to do before we got so busy,” said Sgt. Darryl Linquist during the walkabout. “ Un f o r t u n a t e l y, o u r resources are so stretched.”

He said as a result of the program, local police have recently seized guns as well as pharmaceutical drugs being sold illegally from a residence in the Riverside area.

“It all stems from what we’re doing here,” he said.

“It’s some really productive work we’re doing.”

Sgt. Elise Higgitt said The Beat Goes On program has given officers a chance to connect directly with community members and discuss their concerns one-on-one versus responding to calls for assistance in police vehicles.

“With The Beat Goes On we’re not bound to radio calls.

We have the freedom to walk the beat.”

Higgitt said she also hopes

365 days, 10th.

• 54 Division – Last shooting June 10. Total of eight shootings over past 365 days, Over past three years, 22 shootings. Rank for shootings within city, 9th.

• 51 Division: last shooting May 28. Over past year: 8. Over past three years: 32.

the program would help dispel any negative perceptions of the police, especially by children.

“The big purpose (of the project) is to be a little more proactive and work with the community instead of just responding to calls. We want to have an impact on the community. We want people to know we’re involved and we care,” she said, adding officers from every unit in 55 Division are contributing to the initiative in their own way.

While on patrol, police officers chat with residents about any concerns they may have in their community. They also simply say hello and let them know they’re present.

Linquist said at the end of the five-week program, they’d look at what worked best and would work to implement those practices at 55 Division. n Do have a comment? Send us an email to bsrm@insidetoronto.com

ONLINE POLICING: Read what other divisions are doing to keep engaged in the community.

Check it out online: www.insidetoronto.com

Toronto’s TAVIS program created to help combat gangs and guns The Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy, better known as TAVIS, was formed in 2006 in response to a sharp spike in gun violence in the city the previous year.

A total of 52 people were murdered by gunfire in 2005, many during the summer months, thus 2005 became known as the Summer of the Gun. TAVIS, run by the Toronto Police

Service, combats guns and gangs through two initiatives: • the summer neighbourhood initiative began in 2008; it involves teams of officers focussing on two or three high-crime neighbourhoods each summer (this summer the focus is on north Etobicoke and the Jane Street corridor); • the year-round rapid response unit has a total 72 officers; they

go to trouble spots throughout the city as needed to increase police visibility and enforcement.

On July 23, premier Dalton McGuinty announced the permanent funding of TAVIS. According to police, between Jan. 1 and June 30 of this year, the TAVIS rapid response unit: • arrested 765 people; • seized four handguns;

• seized two replica guns; • seized three air/starter pistols; • seized 22 rounds of ammunition; • seized $99,955 cash as proceeds of crime.

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Mayor Ford to take stand in defence of conflict of interest charges DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com The battle for Mayor Rob Ford’s job begins in public next Wednesday, Sept. 5.

That’s when Ford will take the stand at the 393 University Ave. Courthouse to convince Ontario Court Judge Charles T. Hackford that allegations by Toronto resident Paul Magder and his lawyer Clayton Ruby that he violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act are either incorrect, or if they’re true, that he broke the law by mistake.

It is a high-stakes game: if Ford is found to have breached the act, he is automatically removed from office.

If the judge so desires, he can also be fined, and barred from running again for up to the next seven years.

The allegations from Ruby

and Magder came forward earlier this year, and stem from a Feb. 7 speech Ford gave on the floor of council, concerning a report by the city’s Integrity Commissioner on his refusal to comply with a council order to return donations given to his football charity.

According to the Integrity Commissioner’s report, as a councillor, Ford violated the council code of conduct by using his city hall letterhead and a city staff member to raise money for the Rob Ford Football Foundation. The foundation was established

by Ford to purchase football equipment for schools in underprivileged neighbourhoods.

Ford was asked six times by the Integrity Commissioner to return $3,150 to the donors, and had not yet done so.

When the report came

before council, Ford stayed in the room and spoke to the matter. During his speech, he reminded councillors that football equipment had been purchased for schools in many of their wards, and pleaded with council not to require him to return the money to the donors.

‘No sense to this’ “To ask for me to pay it out of my own pocket personally – there’s no sense to this,” he said during the meeting. “The money’s gone. The money’s been spent on football equipment.”

Ford later voted with the majority in favour of a motion

by Councillor Paul Ainslie, to remove the requirement that he pay back the money.

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Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (MCIA). The Act states that a member of council must leave the chamber, and neither speak nor vote on a matter in which they have pecuniary interest.

“Because City Council voted on the issue of the Respondent’s obligation to personally repay the $3,150, Mayor Ford had a pecuniary interest in the outcome,” he said.

“It was also open to Council to impose additional pecuniary sanctions on the Respondent (for failing to pay the $3,150 and for failing to provide proof of repayment) because, under the City of Toronto Act, Council was empowered to sanction its members for breaches of the Code of Conduct, by... suspending the member’s remuneration.”

Ruby also argues that Ford could not claim that he was unaware of the conflict.

In 2010, when the matter first came up, Ruby writes, “Mayor Ford had been alerted to his conflict of interest by the Speaker (Sandra Bussin), and yet he chose to partici-

pate and vote on the matter, showing a deliberate decision to ignore the MCIA. Second, the Respondent had declared conflicts of interest many times in the past, which indicated that he had at least some familiarity with the MCIA.” Ruby’s factum indicates he is submitting an affidavit by Bussin, indicating that she had warned Ford of this very conflict.

In the factum submitted by Ford’s lawyer Alan Lenczner, the mayor’s team present several defences.

Doesn’t apply First, they argue that the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act doesn’t apply to matters concerning councillors’ codes of conduct. “The MCIA is concerned with business or commercial matters of the City of Toronto,” he writes.

“That is the objective of the MCIA.” Lenczner also argues that in the matter of a code of conduct violation alleged by the Integrity Commissioner, a member of council needs

to have the opportunity to defend himself.

“Otherwise, he is denied natural justice and fairness in that he cannot offer any explanation or mitigating circumstances, etc., before Council censors him,” the factum reads. “The draconian measure of muzzling a councillor when a sanction for his own conduct is being decided is not the objective of the MCIA.” Leczner also maintains that because the football foundation is not administered by Ford, he received no financial benefit from any donations.

The team also argues that the resolution requiring Ford to repay the $3,150 was beyond Toronto Council’s powers. Leczner also asks that the judge find that Ford committed an error of judgement because he was confused as to what was on the table when Ainslie moved the motion to forgive Ford.

He also argued that the amount is insignificant, and therefore wouldn’t influence Ford’s actions.

Mayor Ford will take the stand at 10 a.m. Sept. 5.

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