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Clinton, a chocolate lab, is on the mend after a rough week that has involved four trips to the vet.

The handsome, 11-yearold dog and his owner, Laura Knapp, went for a long walk the evening of Monday, Jan. 26 along the perimeter of Greenwood Park, near the off-leash dog area, and along Gerrard Street in the vicinity of Greenwood Avenue. >>>poison, page 6

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Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes facing sexual assault charges JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, who has served as the senior pastor of Riverdale’s Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (MCC Toronto) for 38 years, is facing sexual assault charges stemming from an alleged incident that occurred more than four decades ago.

Charges were recently filed against Hawkes in Kentville, Nova Scotia. He has been charged with offences from that era’s Criminal Code: indecent assault on a male and gross indecency.

The RCMP in Nova Scotia did not provide further details about the alleged crimes or age of the victim.

A plea date for Hawkes, who is denying the allegations, has been postponed until April 13.

“I want to be crystal clear: I am innocent of these allegations. The purported events

simply did not take place,” Hawkes said in a Feb. 1 statement.

“While it is impossible for me to understand where these almost-40-year-old accusations come from, I have a faith that will sustain me as well as faith in Canada’s justice system.”

The board of MCC Toronto remains suppor tive of Hawkes.

“Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, the senior pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, is a cherished and respected leader. He has been repeatedly recognized in Canada and the United States as an advocate of human rights and is the recipient of the Order of Canada and numerous awards and honourary degrees. The board of MCC Toronto knows Rev. Hawkes as a man of high integrity and an inspirational community leader who has led MCC Toronto for 38 years

in its quest for tolerance and inclusiveness. Brent has our steadfast support,” the board wrote in a Feb. 1 email sent by Anne Brayley, MCC Toronto’s chair of the board and vicemoderator.

The board said the alleged incident occurred prior to Hawkes becoming the pastor of MCC Toronto, which is north of Gerrard Street near Logan Avenue.

MCC Toronto is not funding Hawkes’ legal defence.

Hawkes, who is well-known for his decades of commitment to lesbian, gay and transgender rights and equality, officiated the world’s first legal marriage of a same-sex couple in 2001. He also presided at the funeral for NDP leader/ Toronto-Danforth MP Jack Layton.

Hawkes, who is openly gay, is a long-time activist in the LGBT community and ministry in Toronto.

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Celebrate the Year of the Monkey n On Friday, Feb. 5, the Pape/ Danforth library, 701 Pape Ave., will host a Chinese New Year craft from 1 to 1:30 p.m. for children ages 2 to 5. Call 416-393-7727. n A second Chinese New Year craft session is set for Monday, Feb. 8 at Jones library, 118 Jones Ave., from 4 to 4 :30 p.m. For details, call 416-393-7715. n O n T h u r s d a y , F e b . 11 , Wednesday, Feb. 17, and Friday, Feb. 19, Eastview Neighbourhood Communit y Centre will host Chinese New Year celebrations at Frances Beavis Manor, 369 Pape Ave.; Broadview Manor, 80 Danforth Ave.; and Greenwood Towers, 145 Strathmore Blvd. from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The festivities will include singing and dancing performances by members of the centre’s senior programs. Food and refreshments will also be served. Admission is $6. Those interested in attending must register by Saturday, Feb. 6.

Email Grace Chen at gracechen@ eastviewcentre.com or call 416392-1750, ext. 311. n Riverdale librar y, 370 Bro ad view Ave., w ill host a Chinese New Year celebration on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The free event for the whole family will include kids’ crafts, lion dancers, folk dancing, musical entertainment and lucky draws.

Call 416-393-7720 for information. n O n S u n d a y, F e b . 14 , t h e Chinese Chamber of Commerce (East Toronto) will welcome lion dancers to the neighbourhood from noon to about 2 p.m. The fun will begin at the Zhong Hua Men Archway on Gerrard Street, west of Broadview Avenue. n On Saturday, Feb. 20, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (East Toronto) along with local service groups and politicians will be hosting its Chinese New Year community fair starting at 11 a.m. with information displays followed by stage performances and live entertainment from noon to 2 p.m. The free festivities will be held at Gerrard Square (Second Level), 1000 Gerrard St. East at Pape Avenue, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All are welcome.

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East Toronto Chinatown looks to a bright future as new year approaches JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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fter more than four decades, the third Chinatown in the Greater Toronto Area at Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street East is going through a time of great change and renewed optimism.

East Toronto Chinatown came to be about 45 years ago when a handful of retailers took a chance and moved east of the Don River, at a time when opening up shop in Downtown Chinatown on Spadina Avenue became too costly.

Some of the neighbourhood’s key retail founders include Chong Wing Kam, who opened Imperial Hand Laundry and Dry Cleaner in 1971, Charlie Cheung (a.k.a.

Hung Suk), the owner of Kung Kee meat market, Hoy Fung, who opened another meat store in the early 1970s at 349 Broadview Ave., and Mr. and Mrs. Chui, who opened one of the community’s first Chinese-run beauty salons.

K.N. Chan, the owner of the famous dim sum eatery Pearl Court, is another key founder of East Toronto Chinatown.

Today, the ever-evolving neighbourhood is now in its second and third generation.

“Exciting things are happening. We have some great plans for the future. There’s lots of goodwill and enthusiasm,” said Valerie Mah, a retired principal who serves as one of three vice-presidents on the board of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (East Toronto). “(East Toronto Chinatown) is in a period of transition.

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A lion makes its way down Broadview Avenue for East Toronto Chinatown Chinese New Year celebration last February.

starting to retire more recent efforts Chinese New Year takes place on Monday, Feb. 8 and to improve East and are either it will welcome the Year of the Monkey. For more closing up or their Toronto Chinatown information on the Year of the Monkey, and Chinese relatives are taking including painting New Year celebrations planned for the Greater Toronto over. There’s some colourful murals, Area, visit us online at www.insidetoronto.com nice young blood cleaning up graffiti, coming in.” has worked and volunteered and making the neighbourMah, who lives in the west in the community since the hood safer with lighting and end but is actively involved other initiatives. late 1980s. as a volunteer for several She said an in-depth study Mah mentioned one of by students from Ryerson organizations and initiathe biggest efforts of late: tives in Toronto’s east end, University shortly after the the removal of spray paint said she strongly believes in fire offered some useful vandalism from laneways East Toronto Chinatown, and advice to help the neighbouras well as the painting of a can’t say enough about its hood grow and evolve. large-scale mural on the brick bright future.

One of the key recommenwall at the back of the Green “I believe in this neighdations that came out of that P parking lot on Gerrard, just bourhood and I want to see was the establishment of a west of Broadview. This projit thrive,” she said, pointing to business improvement area ect, which was completed in a massive fire in July 2013 that in East Toronto Chinatown. the fall, was made possible destroyed one of the neighRetailers are still working to thanks to the efforts of 55 bourhood’s landmark buildget organized and set one Division police, the local busiings at the southeast corner of ness community, residents, up, but Mah said it’s part Gerrard and Broadview as a of a positive future for the and students from Riverdale catalyst for the community’s area, which in recent years Collegiate Institute. evolution. has seen a number of non“It was so well received.

“We saw it as an opportuAsian stores and restaurants The mural has created great nity to examine the commuopen up and do well. buzz for the neighbourhood,” nity closer,” said Mah, who She also spoke about she said, adding six to eight

murals are planned for East Toronto Chinatown this spring and summer.

Mah also pointed to the new William Peyton Hubbard Park just across from the community’s prized Toronto Zhong Hua Men Archway.

The green space is set to open this year.

Like Mah, the merchants who established East Toronto Chinatown also highly regard their community and culture, which is clearly represented by the lengths they went to raise a million dollars to build the city’s first traditional Chinese archway in the community.

A great source of pride, those behind the landmark celebrated its grand opening in September 2009 with much fanfare. Dale Cheung, the past president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (East Toronto), along with Bernard Loh, the group’s former vicepresident, with the support of a small group of past and present members, spearheaded the project.

The group dreamed up the project while having dim sum with the area’s former city councillor, Jack Layton.

The archway is a joint project between the City of Toronto and the chamber of commerce. The Toronto Parking Authority provided the land and the construction management for the archway, while countless other supporters, notably Bridgepoint Health, donated cash and materials.

Mah said the archway has resulted in the development of many long-term relationships with local organizations and groups, including the neighbouring Bridgepoint Health, as well as helped raise the community’s profile.

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In response to the 2009, 40-day garbage strike, Torontonians did something that was arguably even more radical, and elected Rob Ford mayor.

The lack of garbage collection for more than a month that summer infuriated residents. Parks were filled with stinking bags of garbage that only got stinkier in the heat, and the our view only thing worse than hauling garbage there was keeping it Less impactful festering in the yard. Toronto may well be heading for another job action if garbage strike in just a few unions strike weeks. But the city’s strategy in dealing with its two unions has made that eventuality less likely. It was a strategy developed under former deputy mayor Doug Holyday during Rob Ford’s otherwise tumultuous term of office. Rather than let negotiations poke along until the warm weather, Holyday and the city’s negotiating team set the strike deadline clock ticking in December and pushed hard until the end. The result? No strike, but a negotiated settlement. The only workers who walked off the job were from the library, and that strike was over in the blink of an eye.

Will it be the same in 2016? In some ways, the city is in an even stronger position this time than last because, since then, Toronto successfully expanded its contracted out garbage collection to about half the city. So if garbage workers do walk off the job, only Torontonians east of Yonge Street will be impacted. And unless the last half of the winter is truly balmy, the smell won’t be that bad either.

That’s a real incentive to CUPE Local 416 and Local 79 to make a deal, and probably offer up concessions to the city negotiators, to avoid a long and possibly not impactful job action. With all that said, the city could well be shut down later in the winter, with not just outside garbage collectors, but also unionized inside workers. And even without the stink... that eventuality will make everybody more than a little twitchy. Let’s hope that nobody does anything rash.

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Toronto’s half-imagined transit future not all bad Whatever you may think of the details, you’ve got to hand it to Toronto’s planning department and chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat for this achievement: the most completely imagined transit plan in recent memory.

There was one other: the OneCity Plan that former TTC chair Karen Stintz stitched together with the help of Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker that, in 2013, simply stitched together every dream project that caught their attention and put it on a map.

But that one, delivered to council in 2013, could barely stand up to a stiff breeze.

The plan that Keesmaat has put together and is completing is made of sterner stuff. The plan to make a one-stop subway crossing the gulf between Kennedy station and the Scarborough Town Centre is justified using economic development metrics rather than on a measure of local transit. The extended

david nickle the city Eglinton RT deals with the local transit needs along with a multi-station SmartTrack line running parallel. There will be more light rail in the west end, planners decreed, having looked with some rigour at Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack plan through Etobicoke and pronounced heavy rail there to be impractical. The light rail would provide more stops and therefore more localized service as it makes its way to Mississauga and the airport. As was reported last week, meanwhile, a downtown relief line coursing south from Pape station at Danforth and along Queen Street East past Toronto City Hall would deal handily with the growing congestion at the Bloor/ Yonge subway interchange.

The detailed justification of that plan will have to

wait until Toronto planners actually release the leaked report later in the spring, but the plan has a sense to it: Queen Street is already a busy streetcar route and Nathan Phillips Square is a focal point for the city.

So: a downtown relief line, a SmartTrack only slightly truncated, more light rail and a nominal subway in Scarborough.

If all that could somehow be built, to the specifications of the planners...well, Toronto would be in pretty fine shape.

That might be a trick.

There are engineering problems to overcome, financial hurdles to beat and the raw uncertainty of fickle Toronto politics.

Odds are good that some or all of this well-imagined future will not manifest.

More likely, it will be some of it. Two elements of this plan are particularly vulnerable: the one-stop subway to the Scarborough Town Centre and SmartTrack itself. In the

case of the former, the costs remain high to send trains to service a single stop. In the case of the latter, the realities of geography and engineering may make it cost prohibitive. It might be useful to imagine, then, a scenario in which those two elements are absent.

In the case of SmartTrack’s imagined demise, it might not be as bad as that: Metrolinx is still planning to expand GO Train service along that route. And if the subway vanishes – well, there are light rail plans on the book for linking the Scarborough Town Centre and Kennedy station. In the meantime, the plan would still encompass massive light rail expansion and a downtown relief line that would improve transit for everyone. As half-imagined futures go, it’s still not a bad one.

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Poison used to kill rats detected in dog’s blood >>>from page 1 The next day, Clinton was seriously ill.

“He didn’t wake up. He was very lethargic. He didn’t want to eat his breakfast and that was very, very strange,” said Knapp, who has lived in Leslieville near Greenwood and Queen Street for 16 years.

That morning, Knapp’s husband, Mark, took Clinton out for a pee break and the dog collapsed.

A trip to the vet ensued.

Their usual veterinarian at Leslieville Animal Hospital was working in a Davisville clinic so they took Clinton there to be checked out. The dog received a chest and abdomen X-ray as well as blood work.

“The vet wondered if it was possibly cancer, if a tumour has burst,” Knapp said.

The next day they took Clinton for an ultrasound at another animal hospital near the Allen Expressway and Eglinton Avenue. No

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We were starting to wonder if this was the end, if we might have to make some tough decisions.

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tumours were detected, but some bloody fluid in the abdomen was found. This indicated the dog was experiencing some internal bleeding, which could be caused by a number of factors.

“No one was thinking he’d been poisoned at this point,” Knapp said.

The evening of Wednesday, Jan. 27 was a rough one for Clinton, who was eating a little bit, but was clearly feeling unwell.

“He wasn’t his usual self,” Knapp said.

The third trip to the vet happened the next day where Clinton was tested for Lyme disease. The doctors also

wanted to see if the blood in his abdomen had started to clot.

“Again cancer kept coming up and the dog was feeling even worse. We were starting to wonder if this was the end, if we might have to make some tough decisions,” Knapp said.

The fourth visit to the vet was scheduled for Friday, Jan. 29, but before they arrived at the clinic, the Knapps received a call confirming poison used to kill rodents had been detected in Clinton’s blood.

He was immediately put on month-long dose of vitamin K, the antidote, and seems to be recovering.

Both troubled and relieved by the news, Knapp took to Facebook to let neighbours and dog walkers know Clinton had ingested rat poison.

“My gut tells me it happened Monday night,” she said, pointing to the long walk she took with the dog around Greenwood Park and near

Gerrard and Greenwood.

A police report hasn’t been filed, but Knapp said she’s happy to provide information to authorities if other cases of dogs being poisoned surface.

“Fortunately we haven’t heard about any other incidents,” she said.

Const. Jon Morrice, 55 Division’s social media and crime prevention officer, said incidents of animals ingesting poison have occurred across the city in recent years and offered a few tips.

“Things you can do: keep a close eye on your pet, keep an eye out on your park, share information on social media (and any other way) and report to police,” he wrote. cases treated in beach area wmore

Over in the Upper Beach/ Beach area, Dr. Jonathan Mitleman of VETS Toronto/ K ingston Road Animal Hospital, treated four dogs for symptoms of poisoning

last weekend.

“It started out as one case of a dog stumbling, uncoordinated, wobbly in the back legs,” he said Tuesday afternoon.

“We became concerned when we saw Case 2, 3 and 4.”

This led his team to start investigating patterns to see if they could determine what was going on.

Mitleman said the only “common factor” found was that the animals may have ingested some of the rotting organic matter left outside.

With the warmer temperatures recently, these leaves and plants, etc. could be filled with mould.

“Moulds grow on organic matter and create toxins that cause these types of symptoms,” he explained, adding the good news is they’re usually temporary.

“We hope it’s not something sinister.”

All of the pets have since recovered and no new cases

have come in to the clinic since Sunday. substance sent for testing w'curious’

On a related note, VETS Toronto/Kingston Road Animal Hospital has also sent samples of what Mitleman described as a “curious” white crystal-like substance located in recent days by residents at the base of at least five trees near the so-called Purple Park, near the Balmy Beach Club at the foot of Beech Avenue.

The results have yet to come back.

When it comes to the incident of the dog ingesting rat poisoning over in Leslieville, he said Clinton was likely exposed to the toxic substance 10 to 20 days earlier.

“Rat poison disables the liver’s ability to make certain proteins,” explained Mitleman, who has treated several animals for rodenticide – the ingestion of rat poising.

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February is Black History Month and a number of events are planned in east Toronto:

Hydro One Networks Inc. (Hydro One) is initiating a Class Environmental Assessment to refurbish existing transmission infrastructure in the eastern part of downtown Toronto. This work is critical to ensure an adequate and reliable supply of electricity to the area, and to minimize the risk for future power interruptions.

w Saturday, Feb. 6 A Tribute to the Legends concert with the best of Dennis Brown, Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, and Joseph Hill at The Opera House, 735 Queen St. E., just east of Broadview Avenue.

Presented by Jones and Jones, this event will feature the best of reggae by Exco Levi, Chester Miller as well as Canada’s reggae queen, Nana McLean, and 17-year-old DJ phenom Joshua Lucas.

Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 10 p.m.

Tickets cost $22.50 plus service fees in advance, more at the door.

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Hydro One has identified two sections of underground 115 kilovolt (kV) transmission cable which are nearing their end-of-life and require replacement. These sections of underground cable, shown on the attached map, are located between:

w Monday, Feb. 8 The Pape/Danforth library, 701 Pape Ave., will be showing the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, at 2 p.m. All are welcome.

Call 416-393-7727 for more information.

1. Leaside Transformer Station (TS) and Todmorden Junction (JCT) 2. Lumsden JCT and Main TS Hydro One will also be replacing and upgrading approximately 5 km of the overhead wire (skywire), which serves to protect the transmission line from lightning, between Todmorden JCT and Lumsden JCT. Project Approval Requirements This project is subject to the provincial Environmental Assessment Act and is being planned in accordance with the Class Environmental Assessment for Minor Transmission Facilities (Class EA). Subject to the outcome of the Class EA, construction could begin by the end of 2016.

The Class EA process provides opportunities for public and stakeholder consultation, and your feedback is very important to us. Members of the public, businesses, stakeholder groups, First Nations and Métis communities, government agencies and other interested parties are encouraged to participate in this process.

We invite you to attend one of our upcoming Public Information Centres. At the Public Information Centres, Hydro One will provide more information about the project, discuss an alternative route for replacing the cable section between Leaside TS and Todmorden JCT, present environmental considerations and explain the approvals process. We encourage you to drop into one of the sessions to provide your input and discuss any issues or concerns.

Black History Month events planned

PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRES Please join us on one of the following dates: February 8, 2016 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Stan Wadlow Community Centre 373 Cedarvale Avenue, Toronto February 10, 2016 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Leaside Arena, William Lea Room 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto A second round of Public Information Centres will be held later in the year to present more detailed study information.

For More Information If you would like more information about the project or wish to be added to the project contact list to receive project updates, please contact: Stephanie Hodsoll Public Affairs Hydro One Networks Inc. Tel: (416) 345-6799 Community.Relations@HydroOne.com www.HydroOne.com/Projects/LeasidetoMain

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w Thursday, Feb. 11 An ‘eh List Author Series’ presentation will feature Governor General Award winner George Elliott Clarke and his latest novel, The Motorcyclist, which was inspired by Clarke’s father.

The author will visit at the Beaches library, 2161 Queen St. E., at Lee Avenue, from 7 to 8 p.m. There will also be a book signing.

Call 416-393-7703 for information.

Author Dalton Higgins discusses his new book, Rap N’ Roll, which looks at the politics, messages, and global reach of hip hop and rap in today’s pop culture.

All are welcome.

The presentation takes place at the Gerrard/Ashdale library, 1432 Gerrard St. E., west of Coxwell Avenue, from 7 to 8 p.m.

Call 416-393-7717 for details. w Friday, Feb. 19 Author Dalton Higgins will discuss Rap N’ Roll at Jones library, 118 Jones Ave., from 1:15 to 2 p.m.

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Transit Project Assessment Process GO Rail Network Electrification – Public Meetings Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is helping to transform the way the region moves by building a seamless, convenient and integrated transit network across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).

As part of this project, we are expanding GO Transit to enable 15-minute service on most corridors with electrified trains, which will enable faster and more frequent service. Together, these infrastructure improvements will change how people move around Toronto and the region with four times the current number of GO train trips, service on evenings and weekends, and twice the number of trips during peak periods.

Building on the GO Electrification Study completed in 2010, which looked at the electrification of the GO Transit rail system network, Metrolinx is currently undertaking environmental studies under the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP), in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08, to examine the conversion of several rail corridors from a diesel to an electric-based system. The project will include design and implementation of a traction power supply system (i.e. traction power substations and high voltage connections to Hydro One’s existing grid), as well as power distribution components (i.e. electrical power distribution facilities) located in the vicinity of the rail corridors.

The Study Area (see map) includes six GO rail corridors, including potential locations for the electrical power supply and distribution facilities: • Union Station Rail Corridor • Lakeshore West Corridor – Strachan Avenue to Burlington • Kitchener Corridor – UP Express Spur (at Highway 427) to Bramalea • Lakeshore East Corridor – Don River to Oshawa GO Station • Barrie Corridor – Parkdale Junction to Allandale GO Station • Stouffville Corridor – Scarborough Junction to Lincolnville GO Station A series of public meetings are being held as part of the TPAP process to provide information about the scope of the project, environmental studies, design and engineering components, preliminary locations for traction power supply/distribution facilities, project timelines and next steps. Interested persons are encouraged to attend: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School 959 Midland Avenue Scarborough, ON M1K 4G4 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 St. Maximillian Kolbe Catholic High School 278 Wellington Street East Aurora, ON L4G 1J5 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Monday, February 22, 2016 Unionville High School 201 Town Centre Blvd.

Unionville, ON L3R 8G5 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Nantyr Shores Secondary School 1146 Anna Maria Avenue Innisfil, ON L9S 4X5 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building, Room 203 255 Front Street West Toronto, ON M5V 2W6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, February 25, 2016 Abilities Centre 55 Gordon Street Whitby, ON L1N 0J2 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Monday, February 29, 2016 Oakville Trafalgar High School 1460 Devon Road Oakville, ON L6J 3L6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Holy Name of Mary Catholic Secondary School 115 Glenvale Blvd.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Stouffville District Secondary School 801 Hoover Park Drive Stouffville, ON L4A 0A4 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 3, 2016 Holly Community Centre 171 Mapleton Avenue Barrie, ON L4N 8T6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Lakeshore Collegiate Institute 350 Kipling Avenue Etobicoke, ON M8V 3L1 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Monday, March 7, 2016 St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School 1 St. Joan of Arc Avenue Maple, ON L6A 1W9 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Robert Bateman High School 5151 New Street Burlington, ON L7L 1V3 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 10, 2016 Glengrove Public School 1934 Glengrove Road Pickering, ON L1V 1X2 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Nelson Mandela Park Public School 440 Shuter Street Toronto, ON M5A 1X6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

For additional information about this project, please visit gotransit.com/electrification.

Consultation with the public, review agencies and Aboriginal communities is a key component of the GO Rail Network Electrification Transit Project Assessment Process. Comments and information regarding this study will be collected to assist in meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act, and may be included in study documentation. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. If you have a comment or question, or to receive additional information related to the project, please contact the project team: electrification@metrolinx.com or via telephone 416-869-3200.

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Men’s shelter gets unanimous approval from city committee DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com The 80-bed men’s shelter proposed by the Salvation Army for Leslie Street at Eastern Avenue got the unanimous recommendation from the city’s Community Development and Recreation Committee last week.

The recommendation to let the Salvation Army go ahead with the shelter at 29 Leslie St. will go to Toronto Council’s February meeting, despite the objection of some residents who came to the Jan. 27 meeting to persuade council to move the shelter elsewhere in the community.

“People are literally dying in the streets and if a group like the Salvation Army is prepared to house 80 homeless men we have a moral responsibility to allow them to do so,” said Beaches-East York Councillor Mary Margaret McMahon as the debate wrapped up.

That debate was preceded by deputations, divided between those who supported the shelter’s relocation from its downtown Toronto site to Leslieville, and those who complained that the site on the northeast corner of Leslie and Eastern was a bad fit for a neighbourhood filled with children and hard-to-police laneways.

Andrea MacDonald, who lives in a townhouse complex nearby, was one of those who complained the process of informing residents was not adequate, while at the same time supporting the shelter.

“This deeply flawed process has fed irrational fears,” she said, adding notices of the meeting weren’t adequately dis-

City Council was expected to discuss the shelter at yesterday’s meeting, after The Mirror’s deadline. Visit us online for updates: www.insidetoronto.com tributed and the meeting itself wasn’t properly accessible.

Another homeowner, Michelle Tofano, said she was concerned the built form of the neighbourhood – particularly the townhouses where she resides – made for real safety concerns, and worried that clients of the shelter might add to local crime levels.

“If you were proposing the corner of Queen and Leslie I believe we would be having a different conversation,” she said.

St. Paul’s Councillor Joe Mihevc asked Tofano: “We have a huge homeless problem, what would you have us do?”

Tofano replied: “I don’t want it in my neighbourhood.”

Others were more supportive. Michele Heath of the South Riverdale Community Health Centre urged the committee to approve the plan, noting that there is no shelter for homeless men available in the area.

The committee a p p r ov e d t h e p l a n unanimously, along with amendments by McMahon and Ward 30 TorontoDanforth Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Those amendments would see a community safety audit done in conjunction with 55 Divison police station, an assessment of lighting levels surrounding the shelter, the establishment of a community liaison committee, and the requirement that entrance to the shelter be on Leslie Street.

‘A Mickey Full of Mouse’ set to hit the Red Sandcastle Theatre stage JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Award-winning, Beachbased playwright Dawna Joy Wightman’s latest work, A Mickey Full of Mouse, is inspired by a dear friend named Margaret Ennis, whom she views as a sister.

The hour-long comedy tells the story of two women and the journey that brought them together illustrated through a nightmarish trip to Disney World with an alcoholic.

“The real-life journey wasn’t as exciting,” said Wightman, whose late mother, Patricia, was best friends with Ennis’ late mother, Helen.

Over the years, Wightman and Ennis spent a considerable amount of time together.

“We’ve known each other more than all of our lives,” she said earlier this week, adding A Mickey Full of Mouse was written with the goal of getting people thinking about the way they treat others.

“Margaret feels like a sister to me. I want to help her out.

I want to raise awareness that people are just people.”

About two years ago, Helen died, leaving Margaret, who has intellectual disabilities, to fend for herself. Ennis, who lives in New York state, has recently fallen on some hard times after rolling her truck and losing her job.

“I wrote this play for Margaret. It’s based on a true story,” said Wightman, who will be performing the lead role of Margaret as well as the roles of Momma, Security Officer Candy, and a number of smaller parts.

“I know Margaret so well.

I know her inside out,” said Wightman, who is no stranger to performing multiple roles in her plays. In 2012, she played nine characters in her solo show, Life as a Pomegranate, which is semi-biographical.

Well-known Toronto actor Laura Kyswaty co-stars as Anna, a character loosely

based on Wightman.

Toronto-based playwright and director Josh Downing is directing A Mickey Full of Mouse, which will have a preview run Friday to Sunday at Leslieville’s Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St. E. , east of Logan Avenue.

Tickets are $20. Call 416845-9411 or 416-557-1889 to save your seat.

This run of a A Mickey Full of Mouse is sponsored by The Real Estate Brothers, Sean and Dylan Provencher of Keller Williams Realty.

A Mickey Full of Mouse is also a fundraiser for Ennis, who is in need of extensive dental work, said Wightman.

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SKATING CLUB MARKS 81 PARTY AT WITHROW PARK YEARS WITH OPEN HOUSE ◗NEIGHBOURHOOD ◗NAVAL The Friends of Withrow Park stewardship group is hosting its annual Withrow Park Neighbourhood Skating Party on Friday, Feb. 5.

The event, which will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., will also include free hot chocolate and cookies. Don’t forget your mug.

All are welcome.

Visit http://friendsofwithrowpark.blogspot.ca for information.

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The February edition of Beach United Church’s Jazz and Reflection series is set for Saturday, Feb. 6 from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m.

This month’s edition will feature ‘Overjoyed’ by Wes Allen and Anthony Brancati Feat with Bill MacLean.

Admission is by freewill offering.

Beach United Church is at 140 Wineva Ave., north of Queen Street East.

Visit www.beachunitedchurch.com for more information.

The Naval Club of Toronto, 1910 Gerrard St. E., just west of Woodbine Avenue, celebrates its 81st birthday with an afternoon of fun Sunday, Feb. 7.

All are welcome to attend the open house, which will include food, light refreshments and birthday cake.

Doors open at noon. Call 416-924-2811 for information.

FUNDRAISER AT THE CEILI COTTAGE ◗SOUPER-BOWL Souper-Bowl 2016, the annual fundraising event for The Leslieville Farmers’ Market, is coming to The Ceili Cottage, 1301 Queen St. E., east of Leslie Street, on Sunday, Feb. 7.

For the fifth consecutive year, organizers will be lugging out the gigantic soup pot and preparing up to 100 gallons of soup. This time around, hearty vegetarian Guinness Irish stew is on the menu.

Souper Bowl, which always takes place on Super Bowl Sunday, will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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People are welcome to bring their own bowl, pot or bucket to fill up with stew, which is prepared on-site by the chefs from Ceili Cottage. The local pub’s famous sticky toffee pudding will be served for dessert.

Donations are pay-whatyou-can.

Proceeds from the event will help pay for the market’s community programming including its kids’ education program and the musical entertainment for its 2016 season, which opens on Sunday, May 29.

The annual fundraiser was previously held at Le Papillon on the Park, which recently closed its doors.

Visit www.leslievillemarket. com or email madi@leslievillemarket.com MEETING ON PLANS FOR TO 652 KINGSTON ROAD ◗650

A community consultation on the development proposal for 650 to 652 Kingston Rd. is set for Monday, Feb. 8.

The meeting will get underway at 7 p.m. at the Beaches Recreation Centre, 7 Williamson Rd., at Lee Avenue.

All are welcome.

Contact Beaches-East York

Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon’s office at councillor_mcmahon@toronto.ca or 416-392-1376 for information.

SUPPER AT ST. AIDAN’S ANGLICAN ◗PANCAKE

St. Aidan’s Anglican Church in co-operation with Beach United Church is hosting a pancake supper for Shrove Tuesday on Feb. 9.

The event will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Aidan’s Church, 70 Silver Birch Ave. at Queen Street East.

Admission, which includes pancakes, sausages, dessert, and beverage, is $7 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under. All proceeds will be directed to the church’s outreach programs.

All are welcome. Call 416691-2222 for details.

HOSTS MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP ◗BOWMORE

Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School is hosting the second workshop in its series of seminars on mental

health for parents and guardians on Wednesday, Feb. 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

This time around, the elementary school is presenting an interactive parent workshop titled Connecting with your Teens, featuring public health nurse Voula Varsamidou.

The seminar will look at building resiliency in the family by introducing evidence-based skill building strategies.

Childcare is available upon request by emailing Kristal. baines@tdsb.on.ca Bowmore is at 80 Bowmore Rd., south of Gerrard Street East.

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TTC receives $50M to improve transit It’s not new money, but the TTC will receive $50 million from the city this year toward improving transit service.

Alongside TTC chair Josh Colle, Mayor John Tory announced this week the extra funding, part of a commitment of $95 million made to the transit commission in 2015. For this year’s budget, the TTC has had to trim $5 million from its operating expenses and suspend service expansions such as the Cherry Street streetcar.

Tory also promised to cut subway delays by half within three years. Last year, according to the TTC, delays across the network were down 13 per cent because of additional service, while customer satisfaction was at a historic high of 81 per cent.

PRICES GO UP, SERVICE DELAYED Talk about bad timing: on the very morning GO Transit fares increased, the agency reported mass delays across its rail corridors.

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rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT year’s went into effect Monday – has become an annual phenomenon for users of the regional service, a necessary cost, says Metrolinx, for improving bus and train operations.

But that didn’t stop many on social media from using pithy hashtags and sharing screenshots of delayed GO schedules to vent their frustrations.

GO offers fare refunds for delays of 15 minutes or more in certain situations. Visit serviceguarantee.gotransit.com EQUITY REPORT TO BE RELEASED wTRANSIT

York University’s City Institute is about to release a report, detailing the socio-economic barriers to transit access in the Toronto region.

Prepared by Sean Hertel, Roger Keil and Michael Collens, Next Stop: Equity seeks to determine just how

easy it is to make use of transit, particularly in low-income neighbourhoods. The authors spoke with transit riders, planners and writers – I was also interviewed – in determining recommendations for agencies like Metrolinx to address the ongoing concern of improving transit equity.

The report is expected to be released this week.

YOUR OPINION ON TRANSIT wVOICE

If you’ve got an opinion on the city’s transit priorities you’ll have a chance to sound off during a series of public meetings.

The city’s planning department, along with the TTC and Metrolinx, wants feedback on a host of transit plans.

The meetings begin the week of Feb. 16 and continue through to March 22.

Find out more by visiting www.toronto.ca/transitTO Rahul Gupta is Metroland Media Toronto’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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H E L P P L A N T R A N S I T I N TO R O N TO The City of Toronto and TTC together with Metrolinx and GO Transit are working to bring more transit to communities across the city with connections throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

During February and March we have organized several meetings for you to learn more about integrated transit planning and provide your feedback on key projects and studies underway.

SMARTTRACK

• SmartTrack: Toronto City Planning and Metrolinx are working together on integrating SmartTrack and GO Regional Express Rail to improve transit across Toronto.

RELIEF LINE

• Relief Line: Toronto City Planning and TTC will present the preferred corridor and next steps to select the preferred alignment and stations.

SCARBOROUGH SUBWAY EXTENSION

• Scarborough Subway Extension: Toronto City Planning and TTC will present plans for Scarborough Subway Extension and optimized transit in Scarborough.

ELECTRIFIED GO SERVICE

• Electrified GO Network: Electrification of Metrolinx-owned rail corridors will enable more frequent and faster train service.

NEW STATIONS ON THE GO RAIL NETWORK

• New Stations on the GO Rail Network: Today 64 GO train stations serve thousands of customers and six more are under way. We would like to add even more stations so more people can access transit.

INTEGRATED TRANSIT FARES

• Integrated Transit Fares: We want to make crossing municipal boundaries and switching between transit systems simple and hassle-free.

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN REVIEW

• Regional Transportation Plan Review: Metrolinx is launching the formal review process for the Regional Transportation Plan, which guides the work being done to transform the transportation network in the GTHA.

JOIN US AT ANY OF THESE MEETINGS TO LEARN MORE. YOU CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE ONLINE. Tuesday, February 16 Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School 959 Midland Ave 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 20 Richview Collegiate 1738 Islington Ave 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, February 27 Scarborough Civic Centre 150 Borough Dr. 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, February 24 Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building Room 203 255 Front St. West 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 9 Lakeshore Collegiate Institute 350 Kipling Ave. 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Connect with Metrolinx by: • Visiting metrolinx.com/RER • Emailing: theplan@metrolinx.com or by calling 416-202-5589 • Meetings are wheelchair accessible

Thursday, February 25 Riverdale Collegiate 1094 Gerrard St. East 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 22 Nelson Mandela Park Public School 440 Shuter St. 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Connect with the City of Toronto by: • Visiting toronto.ca/TransitTO • Emailing: TransitTO@toronto.ca or by calling 416-338-2848

• Contact us if you require other accessibility accommodations

Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is working to transform the way the region moves by building a seamless, convenient and integrated transit network across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).