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bright lights on the boardwalk: Members of the community walk beneath a canopy of tree lights during the Light up the Beach event Saturday night along the boardwalk.

Tickets for the annual Riverdale Share holiday charity concert, which takes place Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Danforth Music Hall “are going well” as they usually do, confirmed the charity’s volunteer executive director Susan Baker.

But even Riverdale Share’s highly anticipated 100 per cent volunteer-run concert, which is now in its 23rd year and again hopes to hand $30,000 to eastend charities, can’t sell them as fast as the hastily arranged fundraising concert slated for Monday night at the venerable music hall.

That would be the one announced by Justin Bieber on his Twitter account Tuesday, in support of his new album, Purpose. >>>volunteer, page 14

TEGH receives $50-million donation from Garron family The Toronto East General Hospital is being transformed by a $50 million donation, the largest ever made to a Canadian community hospital.

Announced yesterday at the hospital, the donation by Myron and Berna Garron is in

memory of their son Michael, born at TEGH in 1962. At 13, Michael died from a rare soft tissue cancer.

“Before our son Michael passed away, we made a commitment to him that his memory would never be forgot-

ten,” the Garrons said in a joint statement.

“It warms our heart to know that this gift will benefit so many families and children who use this hospital.”

In honour of the generous donation, TEGH will be

renamed the Toronto East Health Network, and its Coxwell Avenue site will be called the Michael Garron Hospital.

“I’m extremely proud and thankful to the Garrons for this transformational gift,” said TEGH president and CEO Sarah

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Riverdale actor David Fox stars in Upper Canada-inspired adaptation of ‘King Lear’ JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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Demolition has started at the former Sherrin Funeral Home on Kingston Road.

Demolition paves way for new YMCA on Kingston Road JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Demolition, one of the most jarring aspects of the construction of an eight–storey, 93-unit condo that will be home to the future Toronto Kingston Road YMCA, has begun.

Early this week, an excavator was busy tearing down the former Sherrin Funeral Home at 873 Kingston Rd. at Beech Avenue. The property has been used as a place for honouring the dead since the late 1920s.

Within the next week or so, the circa 1952 East City YMCA at 907 Kingston Rd. should also be coming down. Two homes at 218 and 220 Balsam Ave. will also be demolished as part of the Beech House condominium development.

The taking down of buildings on the Upper Beach site makes the future of a new and improved YMCA in the community all that much more real, Alex Versluis,

the organization’s vice-president of property management, said Tuesday.

“We are so excited. This really kicks off this official phase of construction,” he said, adding the demolition of the old Y building will get underway once all of the permits and approvals are in place.

“It’s all about new beginnings.

It’s really going to be a stunning facility.”

Versluis said the East City YMCA’s original cornerstone will be preserved, and the plan is to work it into the new building as a way to honour the Y’s 100-plus-year history in the community.

The demo work is expected to wrap up by the end of the year.

The next steps will be shoring and excavating the site, which is expected to last a number of months.

In late October, dozens of supporters gathered in the gymnasium of the former East City Y to break ground on the 60,000-square-foot

Toronto Kingston Road YMCA Centre, which will be located on two levels of the condominium development at the same site.

The $29-million east-end YMC will be able to serve up to 10,000 members and will include a gym, pool, group fitness areas and child minding as well as spaces for youth and community programs.

The YMCA of Greater Toronto is aiming to support many more people in the community through its expanded facility in the city’s east end as well as offer a wider variety of programs and services.

The development of the new Y was many possible through a partnership between the YMCA of Greater Toronto and developer Mitchell and Associates.

The YMCA of Greater Toronto, which is working to build 10 new Centres of Community across the GTA through its ambitious Strong Start, Great Future Campaign, is aiming to open its Toronto Kingston Road facility in 2017.

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Luzia’ coming to port lands Cirque du Soleil’s 38th original production titled Luzia is coming to the port lands this summer.

The Montreal-based circus company’s new touring show is set to open under the blue and yellow

“grand chapiteau” on July 28.

Co-written by Daniele Finzi Pasca and Julie Hamelin Finzi and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, Luzia – which fuses the sound of luz (light in Spanish) and lluvia (rain)

– is inspired by the richness of the Mexican culture.

The show will open in Montreal on April 21.

To purchase tickets online, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com/luzia

Veteran Canadian stage and television actor David Fox has brought to life one of William Shakespeare’s most iconic characters as he reprises the role of King Lear with a distinctly Canadian twist.

In its adaptation of what many consider the bard’s greatest work, North Bay’s Watershed Shakespeare Festival Collective has set King Lear in the British court during the 1837 Rebellion in pre-Confederation Upper Canada.

The Watershed Shakespeare Festival Collective, of which both Fox and his longtime friend Rod Carley, who serves as the plays director/adaptor are members, initially staged its production of King Lear for a two-and-a-halfweek run in North Bay in April.

“One of the things I’ve wanted to do was to play in my hometown of Kirkland Lake. North Bay is as close as I’ve ever got,” said Fox, who is originally from the Kirkland Lake area, but has called Toronto home for more than four decades.

Based on the success of that run, they decided to bring the show to Toronto.

Fox, a longtime Riverdale resident who has performed in several Shakespeare works during his 50-year career in the arts, said staging King Lear wasn’t something he’d felt inspired to do.

“On my own, I don’t think I would have wanted to do Lear.

It’s a huge script; a mountain of a play,” he said during a recent interview.

However at Carley’s suggestion, Fox decided to go for it and has had no regrets.

“I’ve come to think King Lear is the best play ever written. There’s nothing extra in the play. It’s the perfect piece,” Fox said of King Lear, which he feels “could have been written yesterday” with its themes of a family patriarch forced to face the consequences of making bad choices.

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David Fox appears in the Watershed Shakespeare Festival production of ‘King Lear’, running until Sunday at Theatre Passe Muraille.

“It’s a spectacular family story of love, lust, pride, greed and power.”

Now 74, the Dora Award-winning thespian said this run of King Lear is somewhat of a legacy project as Theatre Passe Muraille was where he performed in The Farm Show in 1972.

“It’s kind of nice to go full circle back there with King Lear,” said Fox, a former high school teacher who has appeared with every major theatre company in Canada as well as on some of the country’s most successful television series.

“It’s nice to go back there and do this. King Lear is a wonderful play and I think it’s going to be a fantastic run.”

Visit www.kinglearproject.com for more information.

details The Toronto run of King Lear is on stage until Sunday at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by calling 416-504-7529 or online at www.artsboxoffice.ca

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he Syrian humanitarian crisis has gripped the world, and the world is finally responding.

Traumatized by the horrors of war, a life away from unimaginable violence is what these refugees seek.

They are looking for a life of peace, a life of hope, and a future for their children in a land free from bombings, unwarranted arrests and detentions, rape, torture, intimidation and, of course, death.

This is what Syrian refugees are fleeing from.

Lifeline Syria, a Toronto-based organization, will recruit, train, and assist sponsor groups to welcome and support 1,000 Syrian refugees coming to Canada as permanent immigrants to our view resettle in the Greater Toronto Area over the next two years.

It’s time to Its website states some startling facts: more than 75 per cent of put people Syrian refugees are women and before politics children; fewer than one per cent of Syria’s refugees will get a chance to be resettled overseas. And after nearly four years of civil war, more than a quarter of a million people have died, more than half of whom are believed to be civilians.

It’s our national obligation to help the needy, the afflicted, the poor and the tortured. It’s our national obligation to welcome the Syrian refugees with open arms; not only is it the humane and decent thing to do, but our welcoming nature will help facilitate the settlement process so refugees can move from being victims of war to contributing members of Canadian society.

It’s time to put people before politics.

The Government of Canada will work with Canadians, including private sponsors, non-governmental organizations, provincial, territorial and local governments to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees to our country.

Welcoming the refugees is not only to benefit their physical health, but their mental and emotional well being. How can we not benefit as a collective people when we are doing good toward our fellow man?

For more information on how you can help the Toronto resettlement process, visit www.lifelinesyria. ca or read our story on The Clothing Drive – tinyurl. com/zrtrd2h – a Toronto-wide initiative that has collected thousands of pieces of warm clothing for Syrian refugees and is now in desperate need for a larger facility to store the donations, as daily drop offs continue.

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Councillors face a very real budget process It’s about to get real.

That was the message from Toronto’s new top bureaucrat to Mayor John Tory and the members of his Executive Committee.

For the first time in years, city staff will be crafting a preliminary operating and capital budget that will need serious political attention.

City manager Peter Wallace told the Tuesday meeting of the powerful committee in no uncertain terms that if council wants to balance the budget and provide a property tax increase at around the rate of inflation, council’s going to have to figure it out.

“We have a very challenging decision environment,” said Wallace, who came to the city earlier this year from his job as head of the civil service at Queen’s Park.

“Pressure is around five per cent before any political decisions are made by council. That is typically the type of pressure that we see, but that is not yet consistent with a residential tax rate at

david nickle the city the rate of inflation and it’s not consistent with known capital pressures. With staff recommendations we can partially, but not fully resolve that gap.”

This is a big change from the way council has become used to receiving its budget recommendations. Since the middle days of David Miller’s administration, city staff have presented a budget that more or less balances out, which is to say, the city’s programs are more or less funded by a property tax increase that more or less hits the rate of inflation.

Sometimes, surprises happen as earlier this year, when money the city had been expecting from the province didn’t materialize. Council figured out a complicated self-borrowing scheme to maintain the property tax increase then,

but that was a one-time fix.

This time, council is on notice that the situation hasn’t fixed itself, and city departments have generally not been able to meet the target of two per cent reductions that Tory promised would happen over the course of the year.

So it’s going to be up to council, and Wallace is hopeful Toronto’s 45 elected leaders will be up to the challenge to find political solutions where mere administration is not enough.

I would be more hopeful myself, had I not watched council try to do exactly that back in the early days of amalgamation, when the city was placed under extraordinary financial constraints by the downloading of hundreds of millions of dollars of new services.

What resulted then was a combination of a war of words between the city and the province, and a desperate attempt to rearrange the city’s finances to enable a

property tax freeze that was finally unaffordable.

Among other things, the city got deep into a computer leasing deal that cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and required a $26-million public inquiry to sort out.

When staff brought forward their unbalanced budgets then, councillors were faced with hair-whitening options for savings or revenue that went nowhere and paralyzed the process.

The solution was, ultimately, to engage staff in providing a real budget with real solutions. It made it all a bit dull.

Tory has made a mandate of being a bit dull, and it will truly be a test of that mandate, to see how he deals with what is going to be, once again, a very interesting and very, very real budget process.

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Studio 888 Festive Group Show WHEN: Today until Dec. 20 WHERE: 2359 Queen St. E. CONTACT: studio888art@gmail.com More than 20 artists participating.

Show hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 2 to 6 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Christmas Tree WHEN: 8 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Darren, 416-836-7793, babygummproductions@gmail.com COST: $25, $21 Canadian actors Ramona Milano (Due South) and Marc Bondy (Stratford Festival) star in this seasonal Norm Foster comedy. Second show Sunday, Dec. 13 at 3 p.m.

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Clothing and Book Swap WHEN: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Blake St. Public School, 21 Boultbee Ave. Gently used winter clothes, boots and outerwear.

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Country Winterland WHEN: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Beech Nursery, 4 Carlaw Ave. CONTACT: Michael Surgey, 416-4616555, michael@beechnursery.com COST: Free A rural winter day in the middle of the city. Farm animals, food and fun.

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Contemporary Art Show WHEN: 2 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Four Corners Studio, 761 Queen St. E. (rear) Four by Four studio art show.

Messiah in the Beach WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: Johanna Schueller, 416-690-4155, johanna-

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Saturday Family Story Time WHEN: 11 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Enjoy a family story time, and help us decorate our tree for the holidays.

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schueller@yahoo.com COST: General admission $25, youth (7 to 18 years) $12, children six and younger get in free Toronto Beach Chorale and soloists present ‘Messiah’, a holiday masterpiece. Tickets at the door (cash only) or at www.torontobeachchorale.com

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Colon Cancer Prevention WHEN: 2 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7703 COST: Free

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Wednesday At The Movies WHEN: 2 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7703 COST: Free Watch ‘Arsenic and Old Lace ‘ (1944).

Holiday Afternoon Craft WHEN: 4 to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Liza, 416-393-7715 COST: Free

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Pancake Breakfast WHEN: 9:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Beaches Recreation Centre, 6 Williamson Rd. CONTACT: springsprint@hotmail.ca COST: Free Holiday Shindig WHEN: 11 a.m. to noon WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715, cmoran@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Sing-a-long and story time. Wear your ugly Christmas sweater and win a prize.

Festival of Lights WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Beach Hebrew Institute, 109 Kenilworth Ave. CONTACT: 416-694-7942, info@ beachhebrewinstitute.ca COST: Free The Beach Hebrew Institute and the Chabad of Danforth-Beaches celebrates Chanukah. Join us at Kew Gardens at 6:30 p.m. for the lighting of the community menorah, followed by music, latkes and jelly doughnuts at the Institute.

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Ralph Thornton Centre offers new Date Night Passport for parents

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Drop off your kids and receive a discount at Riverside restaurants The Ralph Thornton Centre and the Riverside Business Improvement Area are giving parents a chance to enjoy worry-free Sunday evening date nights through a new Date Night Passport program.

The community centre will be providing “dinner and a movie” as well as other fun activities for children in a safe, supervised environment Sundays from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The passport, which costs $20 for each child aged six to 12, and $30 for each child age two to six (every additional child per family will be discounted by $5 off the one child price) also entitles parents to a 20 per cent discount – only valid on that

particular date night – to a number of restaurants and other services in the Riverside neighbourhood.

Those wishing to take part in Date Night must reserve by 4 p.m. on the Friday before by calling 416-392-6910, emailing info@ralphthornton.org or dropping by the Centre at 765 Queen St. E., 3rd Floor Reception, must purchase their passport, fill out a simple emergency contact/medical information form and waiver, agree to stay within the Riverside/ Leslieville area, and drop off and pick up their children during the designated Date Night hours.

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food bank fundraiser: Benedict Hilliard unveils the first daily flag of the holiday season at his Leuty Avenue home on Tuesday evening with support from Daily Bread Food Bank executive director Gail Nyberg, Beaches-East York Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon, and Michelynn LaFleche. From Dec. 1 to the 25, homeowners along Leuty and Violet avenues will display daily flags to later be auctioned to benefit the Daily Bread Food Bank.

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Hells Angels clubhouse could go on the market Former biker HQ on Eastern could sell for at least $700,000

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The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club’s former home on Eastern Avenue could soon be for sale.

The former home of the Downtown Toronto Hells Angels Motorcycle Club on Eastern Avenue could soon be the site of someone’s dream home.

Local realtors are estimating the 30” by 120” lot, at 498 Eastern Ave., just east of Logan Avenue, will sell for upwards of $700,000.

The cinderblock building, which has sat empty since it was seized by the Crown in March 2007 following a series of mass arrests and is in a state of disrepair, will likely be torn down to make way for a new residence.

The converted and fortified former house could also be snapped up by a builder.

At least three develop-

ers are trying to assemble parcels of land in the area, according to a recent blog post by local boutique real estate firm, Spring Realty.

The property, which still features the Hells Angels logo on the front door, is not yet listed on the MLS website.

It will be sold under the federal government’s pro-

ceeds from crime legislation.

A social club since 1978, the Para-Dice Riders Motorcycle Club owned 498 Eastern Ave. until the organization became part of the Hells Angels in late 2000.

At one point, the two-storey building, which features two sets of steel front doors and windows barricaded

with wire, was home to the largest Hells Angels chapter in Canada.

The motorcycle gang continues to have a presence in the neighbourhood as it currently operates a retail store at 98 Carlaw Ave., between Eastern Avenue and Queen Street East.

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Gerrard business owner charged after unsafe Tandoori ovens sold JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Anyone who purchased a Tandoori oven or a stock-pot burner from Kitchen Queen appliance stores on Danforth Avenue, Gerrard Street East or Markham Road is urged to immediately stop using the equipment and contact their fuel distributor, the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) and Toronto Police Service.

On Nov. 25, officers from 55 and 54 divisions and the police’s Transit Unit executed a search warrant at the Kitchen Queen store at 3001 Markham Rd. The search was in partnership with representatives from TSSA, the provincial body responsible for the safety inspection of fuels, pressure vessels and boilers, upholstered and stuffed articles and elevating and amusement devices, and the Canadian Standards Association.

Police said large gas model clay ovens were imported from India for resale.

A man approached the CSA to receive a safety inspection certifi-

cate for an oven but it was found to be unsafe and non-compliant with Canadian standards, and the certificate was refused.

Police said fake safety certificates were produced, and uncertified ovens were sold across the GTA. He also reportedly provided installation services without a license.

The owner of the Kitchen Queen (also known as Kitchen Queen Superstore) stores at 3001 Markham Rd. and 1415 Gerrard St. E., has been charged with possession of property obtained by crime and passing off wares. He has a Jan. 5 court date.

Members of 55 Division’s Financial Crimes Unit along with officers from 54 Division and the Transit Unit also recently executed a search warrant at the Kitchen Queen store on Danforth, seizing three industrial size and 15 smaller ovens that are not authorized to be sold in North America.

Authorities learned 300 residential, small and large industrial gas model cooking ovens allegedly affixed with counterfeit CSA-approved certificates have been sold to restaurateurs, catering business owners and residents

Man charged with attempted murder following shooting A 37-year-old Toronto man is facing five charges in connection with an attempted murder investigation in Leslieville.

On Oct. 19, at 11:30 p.m., officers from 55 Division responded to a radio call for a shooting near Dundas Street and Greenwood Avenue.

Police said a dispute took place between two men inside a residence.

The fight led to the shooting of a 48-year-old man, who was transported to hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

At that time, a 24-year-old Toronto man was arrested and charged.

Police arrested a second man on Sunday. He has been charged

across Canada in the past year.

The ovens were purchased partially assembled from India, finished in Canada, and allegedly unsafely installed, police said.

“Basically you have a constant flow of natural gas into these appliances without any safety features, so if a fire starts it could become an uncontrollable fire or a possible explosion,” said lead investigator Det. Rob Whalen of 55 Division’s Criminal Investigation Bureau.

“We’re hoping word of mouth through the restaurant industry will get tips in regards to where we can go to recover these ovens. Our main thing is getting these ovens out of businesses,” said Whalen at a press conference Friday.

Police have posted safety tips online at www.torontopolice.on.ca and set up a dedicated email at frauds@torontopolice.on.ca and telephone number 416-808-7298 to report any information.

Anyone with information should contact police at 416-808-7100 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416222-TIPS (8477).

with attempt murder, conspiracy to commit murder, possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm, and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

Investigators are asking for the public’s help to locate a third wanted man. He is described as having an olive complexion, is 6’3” tall and 30 years old, and should be considered armed and dangerous.

Anyone with information should contact police at 416-808-5500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416222-TIPS (8477).

– Joanna Lavoie

Police seize $12M in counterfeit goods Toronto police, in partnership with other law enforcement agencies and private partners, have seized $12 million in counterfeit goods over the last 18 months.

Project Pace (Partners Against Counterfeit Everywhere) II, an 18-month investigation into people and groups selling fake or so-called

pirated products, involved a number of counterfeit goods retailers from across the GTA as well as Montreal.

Counterfeit clothes, shoes, purses, perfume, jewelry, Blue Jays jerseys, Beats by Dre headphones, and even uncertified tandoori ovens and stock pots habve been seized.

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Senior robbed of cash, gold and jewelry in ‘blessing’ theft Police believe there may be more victims Toronto police have issued a public safety alert after a distraction theft in the East Toronto Chinatown/Riverdale area on the weekend.

A Chinese female senior was approached by three women on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. near Gerrard Street and Logan Avenue.

The three women started discussing health ailments and encouraging the victim to tell them about her issues. They convinced her she was cursed and should see a “doctor” who could bless her.

As instructed, the senior then went to her home and returned to the area with a large sum of money as well as gold coins and jewelry.

She handed the valuables over to one of the women who

had waited in the area, and was advised to wait while they took the money and jewelry to be blessed.

A short time later, one of the women returned and gave the bag back to the senior, advising her to not look in it for a number of days or the items would lose their blessing.

The woman took her bag and walked away but became suspicious and decided to look inside her bag and discovered all of her valuables were gone and had been replaced by fruit.

The first suspect is described as Asian in her mid-40s and was wearing a long red coat, jeans and a hat.

The second suspect is Asian, also in her mid-40s, and wearing a short red coat.

The third suspect is only described as Asian.

Investigators are asking people to educate their family members, especially those who do not speak English and

are seniors, about this type of crime.

Police believe there may be more victims and are urging anyone who has experienced a similar type of distraction theft to contact police.

Anyone who comes in contact with someone they believe is committing these crimes to try and take down their license plate and descriptions and contact police immediately at 416-808-5500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).

Tips can also be left on facebook at www.facebook.com/ TorontoPolice. There’s also a free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

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GO Transit eyes fare hike for 2016 A GO Transit fare hike for 2016 is on the agenda of Metrolinx’s board of directors, which meets today.

The regional transit provider is recommending a five per cent hike, which would mean an increase of 60 cents for any fares exceeding $8.25.

Five per cent annual increases have been the norm for GO, under the justification the money is used to fund service improvements.

The Metrolinx board will also hear from Union Pearson (UP) Express staff about plans to adjust the service’s rates including making it free for kids 12 and under. on Crosstown LRT station names wUpdate

Also at today’s meeting, the Metrolinx board will hear an update on plans for naming the 25 stations and stops as part of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Planning staff have already released a list that partially breaks from the traditional practice of naming transit stations after streets.

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT Instead, the Crosstown will seek to highlight prominent landmarks along Eglinton Avenue, such as the Ontario Science Centre. Other names recommended include Aga Khan Park & Museum, in honour of the Islamic art centre on Wynford Drive, plus Sunnybrook Park and Golden Mile. for GO trains’ opposed w‘Gardiner

They’re calling it the “Gardiner for GO trains” and a community group in Davenport is demanding Metrolinx suspend a proposal to build a three-storey bridge through the neighbourhood.

As of Tuesday, an online petition opposing the bridge released by Options for Davenport had garnered hundreds of names.

Addressed to local MPP Cristina Martins, the group wants Metrolinx to halt plans

for a planning study for the overpass and instead focus on building a tunnel.

Metrolinx has confirmed the six-month study will begin in January.

Alliance looks to ban UberX wTaxi

Lobby group the Toronto Taxi Alliance (TTA) wants the city to follow the direction of Calgary and bar UberX from operating here.

TTA members dropped off a letter at Mayor John Tory’s office outlining the group’s demands, which include immediately banning UberX. In the letter, the alliance says the presence of thousands of UberX drivers means potentially dangerous road conditions and more congestion, and accuses operator Uber Canada of running a service in violation of Toronto’s taxi bylaw.

Rahul Gupta is Metroland Media Toronto’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Tr i n i t y- Sp a d i n a c i t y Councillor Mike Layton was not in attendance at an announcement for the Fort

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The Great Canadian Sox Co. gives back The Great Canadian Sox Co. is hosting a sock drive to support the Dixon Hall homelessness department and shoppers can help.

For each pair of Bootgear winter socks shoppers purchase and donate, The Great Canadian Sox Co. will match the donation. This means that each shopper’s donation will provide footwear to two people in need to help them stay a bit warmer this winter.

All donated socks will be displayed on a Christmas tree while store donations can be seen in a Christmas bin. The goal is to donate 500 pairs of socks to charity this year.

The sock drive is a part of the S.O.C.K. (Standing on Canadian Kindness) initiative. This is a program created by The Great Canadian Sox. Co. to help the community and provide socks and funds

to people in need in Toronto.

Many people take socks for granted, but for the homeless, a pair can mean a lot. Clean, thick socks can prevent frostbite, blisters, swelling, bacterial, viral and fungal infections.

The Dixon Hall homelessness department will receive all socks collected throughout the drive.

The group supports approximately 17 organizations that provide emergency shelter, hospitality, clothing and safe refuge for homeless men and women in Toronto during the winter months.

The sock drive will be held throughout the month of December at the 980 Danforth Ave. Socks Outlet. The outlet is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the week and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends. Visit www.greatsox.com for more information.

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Malvern C.I. gets crafty at Other One of a Kind sale Malvern Collegiate’s Other One of a Kind Craft Show and Sale is slated for Saturday.

The sixth annual event, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria, is set to feature more than 60 vendors selling food and hand-crafted items.

The Other One of a Kind Show and Sale will also include prizes and raffle draws.

All proceeds will help support the school’s 2016 graduating class with awards and scholarships.

Malvern Collegiate is at 55 Malvern Ave., south of Gerrard Street East and west of Victoria Park Avenue.

For details, call 416-3931480.

Tea and crafts at Queen Presbyterian wStreet

Crafternoon Tea, a handmade market and charity tea p a r t y, i s c o m i n g to Leslieville Saturday.

The event will take place at Queen Street East

Presbyterian Church, 947 Queen St. E. at Carlaw Avenue, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

More than 25 vendors are set to showcase and sell their wares.

Once again, Pippins Tea Co. Inc. is sponsoring the Englishstyle tea area. Proceeds from the tea party will benefit the Out of the Cold program as well as The Lennie Project, where people make and donate warm items for Toronto’s homeless and underserved.

More than $1,000 worth of raffle prizes is also set to be won during Crafternoon Tea, which is organized by east-end resident Nathalie-Roze Fisher and her team of volunteers and bakers.

Visit www.facebook.com/ events/1694683420762474 for details.

Balmy Beach Club holds mash’ sale w‘mish

A Mish Mash Sale will be held at the Balmy Beach Club Saturday.

The event will feature a variety of goods for sale including

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All are welcome.

The Balmy Beach Club is at the foot of Beech Avenue. Call 416-691-9962 for information.

Winter fair at Equinox Holistic School Equinox Holistic Alternative School holds its Winter Fair Saturday.

The day of fun will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and will include an artisan market, live entertainment, a lunch café, an enchanted woodland pond, a children’s-only store of handmade treasures, homemade baked goods, and an oracle.

Admission is pay-what-youcan with a suggested donation of $5. A portion of the day’s proceeds will be directed to the Glen Rhodes Food Bank.

Equinox Holistic Alternative School is at 151 Hiawatha Ave.,

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north of Gerrard Street East and west of Coxwell Avenue.

Call 416-393-8274 for information.

Take a twirl at Cadence Academy wDance

Leslieville’s Cadence Dance Academy is hosting a December Dance Day Saturday.

The free open house will include dance lessons, live performances, social dancing and a clothing drive for Syrian refugees.

Classes run from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., followed by social dancing from 7 to 9 p.m.

Cadence Dance Academy is at 302 Carlaw Ave., Suite. 105, just south of Dundas Street East.

Visit www.cadencedanceacademy.com for more information.

Amnesty Group marks Human Rights Day wBeaches

The Beaches Amnesty Group is holding a Write for Rights campaign in honour of International Human Rights

Day Tuesday.

The event will be held at St. John the Baptist Norway Anglican Church, 470 Woodbine Ave. at Kingston Road, starting at 7:30 p.m.

It will feature guest speaker Marina Nemat, the author of the book Prisoner of Tehran.

Email beachamnesty@gmail. com for information.

Help keep the ice nice at Park wFairmount

The Fairmount Park Ice Masters, a group that creates and maintains the natural ice rink at Fairmount Park, are holding a rink-prep volunteers meeting Wednesday.

The gathering will take place at the Naval Club of Toronto, 1910 Gerrard St. E., just west of Woodbine Avenue, and will get underway at 8 p.m.

New recruits are welcome for the 2015/2016 season.

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Danforth residents sleep under the stars for Toronto’s Syrian refugees TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com Residents will brave a cold night outside to raise money to welcome Syrian refugees to the community.

During Sleep Out for Syrians on Saturday, participants will sleep in tents outside The Church of the Resurrection, 1100 Woodbine Ave. Before everyone takes to the outdoors, there will be a pre-sleep community party inside the church.

People can support the event by sponsoring sleepers, pitching a tent or attending the pre-sleep party.

The Danforth East Community Association’s DECA Connects group is hoping its sleep out will raise at least $10,000 for The Neighbourhood Group, which is raising funds to sponsor Syrian families. Already past its original goal of raising enough to sponsor two families, The Neighbourhood Group is

working toward bringing three families here.

“I saw the picture of what my eight year old calls the boy on the beach, and I was really devastated, and I contacted other members of the group just to talk about it, and I discovered that there was an entire community, if not an entire world, who was deeply shocked and motivated to do something by that photo,” said DECA Connects member Elizabeth Dove.

“And then I realized that our group could be the energy that creates a focal point for this community to come together and act on that need to do something.”

The group brainstormed how to help, and the idea for the sleep out was born. By Nov. 29, there were 28 tents registered and almost $5,000 raised.

“I really think this is an activity that has expanded people’s sense of community,” said Dove. “Syrians

were part of our community in terms of them being parts of our hearts, but the way this community has come together, and neighbours who were strangers are no longer strangers to each other, working together for something bigger than themselves, it’s been remarkable.”

Each tent has a fundraising goal of $250 or more. Contact sleepoutforsyrians@gmail. com to register a tent, or visit http://bit.ly/1PAi2V4 to sponsor sleepers by selecting “donate in honour of” and typing DECA or the name of a participant in the space.

Tax receipts will be issued, and the Government of Canada will match donations dollar-for-dollar, with the government funds supporting the Syria Emergency Relief Fund.

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“Philanthropy plays an important role in our health system,” said Michael Burns, chair of the TEGH Foundation board of directors. “With this

generous support from the Garrons, we are able to fund much needed investments in patient care and innovation.

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And he also announced he was giving the proceeds to a charity in his hometown once used by his mother – the Stratford House of Blessing.

With Riverdale Share, on the other hand, there were still tickets available, at least as of Wednesday.

“We’re hoping there are still some tickets for people at the door (on Sunday) but you never know – those last few days (of ticket sales) you never know,” Baker said.

Admission is $20 plus a non-perishable food donation to be brought to the venue Sunday.

Tickets are available at three Danforth locations: w the Big Carrot, 348 Danforth Ave.

Justin Bieber will perform at the Danforth Music Hall Monday.

w Treasure Island Toys, 581 Danforth Ave. w It’s My Pa r t y, 4 2 3 Danforth Ave. They are also available online.

Baker said she knew something was up because the

donated food from concert goers is usually left at the music hall overnight along with the choir risers.

“But this year, just a few days ago they (the Danforth Music Hall) said you know what, you can’t do that this year. Everything has to be out, there’s a big show coming in at 7 a.m. the next morning.

“And I thought 7 o’clock on a Monday morning, like who’s going in at 7 a.m.”

Justin Bieber, it turns out.

“I wrote to Justin Bieber,” said Baker, with a chuckle, “and said why don’t you show up a day early and be a guest performer (at Riverdale Share)... Hey it doesn’t hurt to ask.”

Bieber or not, the show will feature the usual lineup of artists from the talent-rich east end who volunteer their time for the always-anticipated show.

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Pick up some sweet offerings Sunday at Bake-0-Rama The Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association will officially kick off the holiday season with its annual Bake-o-Rama fundraiser on Sunday.

The festivities will take place at the Naval Club of Toronto, 1910 Gerrard St. E., west of Woodbine Avenue, from 3 to 5 p.m.

The event will include a bake sale, a baking competition, mingling, activities for the kids and a half-baked, semi-celebrity cake auction.

Anyone interested in making treats for the bake sale or the baking competition should email bakeoramabeachhill@gmail.com Holiday block party along gerrard The businesses of the Gerrard India Bazaar will be holding activities throughout December for their Holiday Block Party.

The festivities, which kicked off Wednesday, and will run until Dec. 28, will include several family fun

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events, shopping deals and various holiday events along Gerrard Street East from Coxwell to Glenside avenues.

Visit www.facebook.com/ Holidayblockparty/ for a full listing of events and activities. bazaar at CC55 Saturday wChristmas

All are invited to make their way to Community Centre 55 (CC55) on Saturday for the third annual Christmas Bazaar.

The event, which will run from 8 a.m. to noon, will include vendors, children’s crafts and games, a pancake breakfast (8 to 10 a.m., $3 per person), a mom-tomom sale, and a Bogs boot drive among other things.

Santa Claus and Hamper the Reindeer will be on hand to join in the fun.

Proceeds from the event will benefit CC55’s programs and services as well as its annual Share-AChristmas program for less

fortunate families and individuals during the holiday season.

Call 416-691-1113 to become a vendor. realtors host free movie and food drive East-end realtors Wafa Masri and Jalila Freve will once again be hosting their annual free Family Holiday Movie and Food Drive for Community Centre 55 at the Fox Theatre Saturday.

The Minions movie will be screened from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Admission is free with a non-perishable food donation. All ages are welcome.

Visit www.weselltorontocom/FreeMovie to get your free tickets.

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The December edition of Beach United Church’s monthly Jazz and Reflection series will have a “Man in the Red Suit” theme with Robi Botos and Paul

Novotny.

This month’s event will be held Saturday from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., just north of Queen Street East.

Admission is by freewill offering and all are welcome. Visit www.beachunitedchurch.com support out of the cold program A silent auction with Santa event benefitting St. Aidan Anglican Church’s Out of the Cold (OOTC) program is set for Saturday, Dec. 5 from 5 to 9 p.m.

Presented by FoodCentsAbility Community Support Programs, admission to the event is free with a donation of socks, gloves, hats and scarves for the local OOTC program.

Complimentary refreshments and snacks will be served. The event will also include gifts, a bake sale, treats, and hourly raffles.

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A limited number of Beach Photo Club calendars are available for purchasing at the front reception desk at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. at Swanwick Avenue.

The cost is $16. The local community centre will receive a portion of the proceeds. Call Nancy at 416-691-1113, ext. 224 for details 10K happens Sunday wtannenbaum

The 10th annual Tannenbaum 10K, a tenkilometre race benefitting Community Centre 55’s (CC55) Share-A-Christmas program, will be taking over the Martin Goodman Trail Sunday starting at 9 a.m.

Registration for the event, which is presented by the

Toronto Beaches Runners Club, is $50.

New this year is a onekilometre kids’ fun run at 8:30 a.m. Admission is free for those who bring a food donation for CC55’s ShareA-Christmas program.

Visit www.tannenbaum10k.com to sign up. group sings at st. aidan’s wchoral

The Cantemus Singers, Toronto’s Early Music choral group, will be presenting a concert titled Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Christmas Music of the 16th Century Habsburg Courts in Spain and Austria on Sunday at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, 70 Silver Birch Ave. at Queen Street East, starting at 3 p.m.

Tickets cost $20 at the door. Children under 12 get in free.

Proceeds will be directed to Community Centre 55’s Share-A-Christmas program.

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Have your say on TTC route changes Insurance Bureau of Canada presents 150 CO alarms to Toronto Fire Services to 72 Pape and 172 Cherry buses T h e To r o n t o Tr a n s i t Commission (TTC) is asking for input from transit users on proposed route changes to the 72 Pape and 172 Cherry bus routes.

In early 2014, the 72 Pape route was split in the port lands due to major construction activity around Union Station.

Now that construction is

complete, the TTC is reviewing these services as a whole, in conjunction with new streetcar service on Cherry Street and continued development in East Bayfront.

As a result, the TTC is proposing route changes that would reinstate direct service between Pape/Carlaw avenues and downtown, supplement existing service to George

Brown College’s Waterfront Campus, and introduce service to East Bayfront on Queens Quay East and to CityPlace, west of Spadina Avenue.

People are asked to fill out a survey at www.surveymonkey. com/r/TTCpape by Dec. 14.

Feedback can also be provided by calling TTC Customer Service at 416-393-3030.

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The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) recently presented 150 carbon monoxide (CO) alarms to Toronto Fire Services.

The donation, which was announced Friday at Fire Station 227 in the Beach, is part of the bureau’s provincewide initiative to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide.

The office of Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts, who last year took part in the inaugural launch of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, arranged the donation.

Carbon monoxide is a colourless, tasteless and odourless gas produced when fuels like propane, gasoline, natural gas, heating oil or wood have insufficient air to burn completely.

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TORONTO EAST JUST GOT $50 MILLION STRONGER. Vibrant, diverse and tight-knit, Toronto East is a community so many of us are proud to call home.

As a vital part of the city, we are brimming with potential, and now that potential becomes even stronger thanks to the Garron family and their historic gift of $50 million to Toronto East General Hospital.

Donated in memory of their son, Michael, who was born at Toronto East General Hospital, but at 13 was taken by cancer, Myron and Berna Garron sought to give back to this community.

Their generous gift will enable the hospital to advance the care provided to our patients at the bedside. It will fund the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment, including a CT scanner, and drive clinical innovation. The Garrons’ gift will also help us establish the �irst teaching and research chairs in our history, allowing us to attract the best and brightest professional staff.

Our community hospital will be propelled to the global stage, making it an example of excellence, innovation and inspiration around the world.

Thanks to this historic gift that will transform health care in Toronto East, we will become the Michael Garron Hospital in the Toronto East Health Network.

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