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DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com The City of Toronto will be taking the question of whether there should be a casino built in city limits to a number of neighbourhood meetings in January. The city-wide consultation will take the form of a series of community open houses, as well as an interactive website. The consultation will allow input on several questions council will be facing later in the winter when it decides whether to welcome a casino resort to the city: Should there by a casino in Toronto at all? If so, where would be the best location? What else should council consider in making its decision? The consultation five meetings will start the second week in January: n Wednesday, Jan. 9: City Hall Rotunda, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W, 6 to 9 p.m. n Saturday, Jan. 12: North York Memorial Hall, 5110 Yonge St., 1 to 4 p.m. n Monday, Jan. 14: Etobicoke Olympium Gymnasium, 590 Rathburn Rd., 6 to 9 p.m. n Thursday, Jan. 17: Scarborough Civic Centre Rotunda, 150 Borough Dr., 6 to 9 p.m. n Saturday, Jan. 19: Bluma Appel Salon at Reference Library, 789 Yonge St., 1 to 4 p.m. The website is available now and will provide opportunities for comment in January, at www.toronto.ca/casinoconsultation
JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Longtime Beacher Maureen Adamson is excited about her new roles as both a citizen appointee and the new vice-chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). “It is a very exciting opportunity and, needless to say, I am energized. I’m delighted to be elected,” said Adamson, who applied to serve on the now 11-member TTC board at the end of the summer. “I think it’s great to have citizens on the panel. It’s a real progressive move.” One of four new citizen board members selected from a field of nearly 500 applicants, Adamson’s citizen counterparts include Nick Di Donato, president and CEO of Liberty Entertainment Group; Alan Heisey, managing partner at Papazian, Heisey and Myers Barristers & Solicitors; and Anju Virmani, CIO of Cargojet Canada Ltd. Equally accomplished in her own right, the regular transit user who lives near Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue is the CEO of Cystic Fibrosis Canada. TTC Chair Karen Stintz said she’s looking forward to working with the TTC board’s new citizen members. “It’s early days but Maureen, Anju, Alan and Nick, the new ‘citizen commissioners’, are welcome additions to the TTC and the city,” she wrote in an email to The Mirror. Adamson said her goal is to represent the citizen’s perspective the best she can and to help keep riders informed of the decisions the TTC will make. “To me, that’s a privilege,” she said, adding she’d also play an oversight role in ensuring the Commission’s strategic plan is delivered. Adamson, who has several years experience in executive leadership as well as customer service, said it’s an exciting time >>>beacher, page 6
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BUMP: N. Mancini bumps the ball for Notre Dame High School as they face Pope John Paul in senior girls volleyball recently. Pope John Paul defeated Notre Dame 26-24, 24-8.
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