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JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Despite months of discussions with the community, the developer of a proposed eight-storey, 110-unit condo development at 1327-1339 Queen St. E. has filed an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).

O n Tu e s d a y, Ja n . 1 3 , Goodmans Barristers and Solicitors submitted an appeal to the provincial land-use tribunal on behalf of Rockport (Queen and Leslie) Inc. In March, Rockport submitted an application to the City of Toronto’s Planning Department for the site, which is currently ‘mixed commercial residential’ and allows for a range of residential and commercial uses to a maximum height of 12 metres and a maximum total density of two times the lot area.

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from 7 to 8 p.m. at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. The meeting will include a presentation by a psychologist who will provide information

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Artist’s digital designs featured in Interior Design Show JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Riverdale-based digital artist Renata Janiszewska is a member of a group of just 30 international design talents taking part in the Interior Design Show’s designboom mart.

The popular, juried talent incubator aims to give emerging and established designers from around the world an interactive platform to test their new ideas.

Hundreds of objects ranging from household items to jewelry and accessories to small furniture pieces and lights will be featured in the designboom mart.

Next step “I’m very thrilled to be one of the 30 chosen from hundreds and hundreds of artists worldwide,” said Janiszewska, who learned in December she’d been accepted to participate in the prestigious event and has been busy ever since readying for it.

“It’s a great step in my career.”

This is her first time taking part in the Interior Design Show.

Janiszewska, who completed a bachelor of fine art at the University of Toronto and studied experimental art at OCAD University, has been creating digital art on her iPad since 2000. She will be showcasing and selling her unique works – printed on ceramic tiles of various sizes – this weekend at the prestigious four-day event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

She can be found at designboom

mart booth No. 2328.

Her colourful designs feature images of water and clouds as well as cats, a theme she’s been working on lately.

“They’re the most popular pet on the planet,” said Janiszewska, who was born in London, England, and raised in Forest Hill and north Toronto before moving to the Bain Co-op 15 years ago.

The tiles, which are available in both matte and glossy finishes, can be used in a number of ways from wall art to coasters and trivets to kitchen or washroom backsplashes or as the tiling in a shower.

“They’re much more versatile than just something you’d put on the wall,” Janiszewska said.

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Riverdale-based artist Renata Janiszewska, left, creates unique ceramic tiles, such as the one pictured above. At right, they are used in a shower backsplash. Her work will be on display this weekend at the Interior Design Show.

“I’d love to work with more interior designers to use my tiles in their work.”

The Interior Design Show runs from Jan. 22 to 25.

The show is at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building), 255 Front St. W.

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Catholic French board hosts open houses The Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud (CSDCCS) invites parents who want to register their child in a French-language Catholic school to attend one of two east-end open houses.

The events will allow parents and students to meet the team of teachers who will help them throughout their academic journey and to familiarize themselves with the various programs and services offered.

“The schools of the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud have a reputation for the excellent education they offer and for their school climate,” said Melinda Chartrand, CSDCCS president in a release.

“To register in a CSDCCS school is to join a large family where all students have their place and are respected for who they are. This nurturing and inclusive environment is a testimony to the longstanding tradition of the Catholic schools who have always been based on creating a school life conducive to learning, where all students feel they are loved, appreciated and respected.”

Interested parents are encouraged to go to http://yourfrenchschool.ca.

Open house events are: • ÉÉC du Sud-Est de Toronto, 343 Jones Ave. – Thursday, Feb. 19 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

• ÉÉC Georges-Étienne-Cartier, 250 Gainsborough Rd., by appointment.

Little India resident launches ode to the 506 streetcar route JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Little India-area resident Karen Franzen is so passionate about the Red Rocket she’s recently created The 506 Streetcar Project.

Franzen, who has lived near Coxwell Avenue and Upper Gerrard Street East for 15 years, named her initiative after the 506 Carlton route, which runs for about 15 kilometres along Gerrard, Carlton and College streets.

“Where I live, I hear (streetcars) passing back and forth many, many times a day,” said Franzen, a community advocate who has been involved in several local issues over the years.

She said she decided to highlight the 506 route since it runs right outside her home and is especially interesting as it passes through many unique neighbourhoods that

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East-end artist Karen Franzen is encouraging people who love the 506 streetcar and its route as much as she does to contact her. Left, the streetcar at Gerrard and Logan, while, above, people walking in the Gerrard and Broadview area.

are home to a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic groups.

A ceramic artist by trade, Franzen said she felt inspired to move for-

ward with her idea in light of her recent enrollment in an Artscape course on creative entrepreneurship.

“It’s an idea that I’ve had in my head for a few years,” said Franzen, who on Jan. 11 created a facebook group (http://goo.gl/l66zFb) for The 506 Streetcar Project.

“I set up the group to see what

would happen. I think there are many, many stories and I just want to bring them out,” she said.

“I don’t know how this is going to evolve, but I just want this to sort of be a guide to the 506 streetcar.”

In less than two weeks, scores of people have already posted interesting photos and stories about their experiences on The 506.

“I’m also hoping the history of the streetcar will come into it, too,” said Franzen, who is also in the process of organizing a group streetcar ride on The 506. Visit the facebook page for the latest details.

As the project progresses, Franzen said she’s hoping to organize a fun art-based event on the 506 streetcar.

She’s looking for artistic individuals to contribute to the initiative as well as help to run and expand it.

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Email karen.franzen@sympatico. ca for more information or to get involved.

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e’ve argued in these pages many times before that Torontonians will get the transit they pay for.

The city’s transit woes are many; the solutions will need to be multi-pronged and include the input (and funds) of all three levels of government. So Mayor John Tory’s recent transit announcement – basically a fare increase, children 12 and under ride for free, and the promise of service improvements – must be lauded as at least an attempt to come up with some solutions.

Despite campaigning on the promise to not raise transit fares, the user-pay approach to keeping transit moving versus a property tax increase is a safe option, but not necessarily a courageous one.

As the cost of running Toronto’s transit system rises, fares will have to increase, but property taxes may need to rise as well and alternative funding addressed.

Transit Bonds are just one idea. And with that inevitable increase, it’s not a stretch our view to demand more bang for our transit buck.

Demand more Tory’s Monday announcement offered some of this added value: value for our 50 new buses; restoring all-day, increasing buck everyday bus services that were cut in 2011; 10-minute or better bus and streetcar service. But there needs to be more in order to make the current and future increases at the fare box less frustrating.

For instance, a monthly Metropass will now cost $141.50 – it’s getting quite expensive to travel the TTC. For weekday cash commuters who drop $6 a day on transit, it works out to roughly $120 in a four-week month. Unfortunately there are few options for those without a car.

Last week’s GO Transit and TTC announcement that an extra $60 GO transit sticker can be purchased so transit users can ride GO when the TTC is busy is not the way to sweeten the transit pie. Soon it won’t be enough to merely add two subway trains on lines 1 and 2 during morning and afternoon rush hours, all-door boarding, or 12 extra routes to the Express Bus network.

Riders deserve more: a properly integrated GO and TTC pass, perhaps a two-hour ride-anywhere ticket so people heading out for quick grocery shopping can do so.

Torontonians have to get used to the fact that transit will cost everyone more money.

And politicians need to understand that any extra increases at the fare box or on our property taxes must be accompanied by something tangible to offset asking more money from residents.

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Tory’s progressive budget likely to pass easily

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he first budget of a term of council is often an easy one to swallow.

In 2011, it was such an easy budget that Rob Ford could get away with freezing property taxes, eliminating the vehicle registration fee and demanding that TTC fares be frozen, all thanks to a reserve squirrelled away from the previous administration.

In 2015, Mayor Tory is faced with a similar gift set. There is no surplus – the last time Toronto used a prior year surplus to balance the budget was 2012.

The land transfer tax – which former Mayor Ford generously failed to eliminate — has come in at a staggering $425 million, $50 million more than finance staff anticipated.

Ontario Premier Wynne and Mayor Tory are welldisposed to one another — something that could not be said for former Mayor

david nickle the city Ford and former Premier Dalton McGuinty — so odds are good the city will receive $85 million in help from Ontario.

And unlike former Mayor Ford, Mayor Tory has felt no need to deliver a property tax freeze.

Instead, Tory has done the opposite — and increased service levels to what seems like a luxurious degree, and charged Toronto residents appropriately.

Buses will run more regularly and subway trains more frequently and children under 12 will ride the TTC for free; there will be more resources to save the homeless from freezing cold nights and more shelter beds available all the time; traffic-clogging road work will finish up more quickly.

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Tory wants to be seen as fiscally prudent, but what he is selling along with that is the good life - or at least a better life - for constiuents.

And Torontonians will pay more.

There’s an inflationary tax increase of 2.25 per cent that goes up slightly above Toronto’s rate of inflation when the 0.5 per cent Scarborough subway levy is added in (which it is).

Non-children will be paying another 10 cents to ride the TTC. User fees are on the rise, as the city charges more for household garbage collection and hikes fees for renting ice by 7.25 per cent and premium sports field fees by 12.5 per cent.

Pushing increases like that would have been bad

medicine indeed for most mayors in Toronto’s recent history — and this may turn out to be the case for Tory but I suspect it won’t.

Tory made the point at a lunch-hour speech that his predecessor – that being Rob Ford, now Councillor for Etobicoke North – raised fees and taxes more marginally while at the same time reducing service. And that is not what’s going on here.

Tory wants to be seen as fiscally prudent, but what he is selling along with that is the good life — or at least a better life — for constituents. It is at least in the short term a very progressive budget coming from a darling of council conservatives.

It will likely pass as easily as it was, say, for Richard Nixon to visit China.

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LEGO Club WHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Teresa, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Bring the whole family. The library provides the LEGO.

Book Club WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7715 to register Meet with the Jones Book Club – Third Thursday of every month.

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Beach Balance Class for Seniors WHEN: 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. WHERE: Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. CONTACT: Eric Daw, 416-4500892 COST: First workout free Class focussing on balance, coordination, strength, flexibility and posture.

Games Days WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Join the library today or tomorrow for a celebration of games. Play games with the family or take part in our Scaredy Squirrel Scavenger Hunt. Drop-in anytime Friday or Saturday.

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Quilting Club WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Jones Library’s Quilting Club meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Work on quilts together to donate to

Jill’s Living Room WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-588-7262 COST: $10 Monthly musical-theatre open mic

a&e Q&A with playwright Andrew Kushnir

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Family Time!

WHEN: 10 a.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Teresa, 416-393-7715, cmoran@ torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Songs and stories every Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. for eight weeks.

Joy of Writing WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Jacob Allderdice, allderdice@gmail.com COST: Free Joy of Writing is a weekly meeting for folks who like to write and share what they write. All writers welcome.

Baby Time!

WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Liza, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Program for moms and babies features songs, stories and bounces.

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impact of arts in wEastdiscuss community End Arts is inviting area residents, artists, arts groups and community organizations to sound off on how arts and cultural activities shape your neighbourhood Thursday at LucSculpture School and Studios, 663 Greenwood Ave., from 1 to 3 p.m.

Feedback will be used to contribute to a city-wide survey about arts impact.

Refreshments will be served.

Visit http://eastendarts.ca/ count-me-in/ for more details.

Jones Library hosts wCommunity Family Literacy Day members are invited to celebrate Family Literacy Day at the Jones Library Friday and Saturday.

The festivities will include games and a Scaredy Squirrel Scavenger Hunt among other things.

The Jones Library, at 118 Jones Ave., is open Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 416393-7715.

Tabla Ensemble wTheToronto opens saturday Toronto Tabla Ensemble

(TTE) hosts its official grand opening Saturday at the new Centre for Indian Arts, 1386 Gerrard St. E. The festivities will begin with a celebration of the Indian festival Saraswati Puja at 9 a.m. followed by the inauguration ceremony at 3 p.m. and performance by the TTE and other local artists at 6 p.m.

Visit http://tte.rsvpify.com/ to RSVP. crafters invited to sewcial event Leslieville’s Nathalie-Roze and Co., in partnership with the Toronto Etsy Team and #416Hustler (another local Etsy team) invites fellow crafters to a “Sewcial” Saturday.

The event, where those in attendance will be sewing sweater toques and neck warmers from donated sweaters for local shelters, will take place from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. The Sewcial is part of The Lennie Project, a series of deliberate acts of kindness spearheaded

by Nathalie-Roze Fisher in honour of her uncle Lennie who died of cancer last year.

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panel discussion about wA free art and design interactive panel discussion exploring community sustainability at the intersection of art and design will be held Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at MadHus Café, 982 Kingston Rd. Visit http://goo.gl/GCU9pT to register or http://eastendarts.ca/ spaces-places-faces/ for details.

MP Craig Scott wToronto-Danforth acclaimed for NDP NDP members have nominated Craig Scott as their candidate for the upcoming federal election.

In November, New Democrats from the Beaches-East York riding acclaimed incumbent MP Matthew Kellway as their candidate for the upcoming federal election. The election is scheduled for Oct. 19.

New sculptural work in wGarden West Don Lands of Future Follies, a new

Pan Am volunteers wCirque needed de Soleil hosts auditions

sculptural work by Canadianborn/Berlin-based artistic duo Hadley+Maxwell, is the third and final public art commission selected for Front Street and Bayview Avenue in the West Don Lands.

The sculptures are based on the idea of the fanciful garden and landscape ornaments of 18th and 19th century France and England.

Feb. 7 and 8 for volunteer dancers for this summer’s 2015 Pan Am Games opening ceremony.

The performance company is looking to cast 115 boys and girls 12 and up Saturday, Feb. 7 and 50 male and female hip-hop dancers ages 19 and up Saturday,

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It will combine its special blend of stagecraft, acrobatic athleticism and colourful cultural pageantry to create this original one-night only production.

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The types of recreation positions available include aquatic instructors, lifeguards, music, art and dance instructors, fitness centre staff, special needs program staff, sports instructors, camp counsellors, facility staff and more.

Those who are interested in applying are asked to create a profile and apply online at www. toronto.ca/recjobs. Completed online applications must be received by Feb. 3. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a vulnerable-sector police reference check. appointments wThepublic website City of Toronto has officially launched its new public appointments website.

The website, found at www. toronto.ca/ServeYourCity, hopes to attract Toronto-based applicants interested in serving on a city board.

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service from the three stations part of the pilot, said Metrolinx CEO Bruce McCuaig.

Integrate transit He said the project would give Metrolinx, which is mandated by the province to run GO’s operations, a better sense of how to better integrate the regional transit system with the TTC’s in the long term.

“This gives us an opportunity to test how people make use of additional choices,” said McCuaig.

As par t of the pilot, McCuaig said nine more GO trains serving the Lakeshore East and Stouffville lines will enter into service during peak weekday periods to relieve GO’s own congestion issues.

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B e a c h e s - E a s t Yo r k Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon, along with council colleague Mike Layton, has called for better local integration of TTC and GO services.

She said the pilot represented a positive step for improving transit in the area.

“It’s not 100 per cent perfect, and that’s why we want to see what happens over the course of a year and how we can tweak it to suit our ridership,” said McMahon following the announcement.

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Toronto resident to open Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com For many struggling to make ends meet, food banks provide a lifeline through access to fresh, healthy offerings.

Those who have made a choice not to eat meat – whether for ethical, health or other reasons – have reduced options.

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Noble is looking to bridge that gap with the opening of the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank. His concept, which is slated to open at the Yonge Street Mission Jan. 31, is an extension of the now-defunct Ontario Vegetarian Food Bank, which had locations in North York and Scarborough until they closed in 2013.

“I was talking a lot with Malan (Joseph, the founder

of the Ontario Vegetarian Food Bank) and there was talk about opening one downtown,” Noble said. “I said I would volunteer there when it opens, but I didn’t hear anything for months, and after that they said there was no funding for it.”

Un d a u n t e d , No b l e managed to connect with the Yonge Street Mission through his grandmother,

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who volunteered there, and secured some space. With that dilemma out of the way, he and a team of like-minded volunteers are still working out a few details in the weeks leading up to his venture’s opening.

“We’re still in the process of figuring out the exact list of items we’d like and I’m learning to deal with the finances for a food bank – things like buying in bulk,” he said.

He said he hopes the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank is able to offer at least 50 per cent whole foods (fresh produce), though he understands items such as dried beans and other legumes are often cheaper and could allow the organization to reach more people.

While the food bank will be located downtown, it will be open to those in need from across the GTA, whether they are between jobs, working for little pay or otherwise having trouble meeting their financial commitments.

“There are a lot of people who work jobs that don’t pay a lot or they’re on social assistance that covers rent

and maybe a phone to look for work but doesn’t leave them with anything left over,” Noble said.

“Food is usually where people have to cut back.”

Noble first became a vegetarian 10 years ago after learning of the environmental impacts of farming animals.

When his sister introduced him to animal rights and some of the conditions in which farm animals are often kept, he switched to veganism.

“It was a personal choice, but there are a lot of reasons people choose to become vegetarian and they should have options for fresh food,” he said.

At present, the plan is to have the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank open one day a month, though Noble said that could change depending on funding and demand.

“We don’t know what to expect and how many people we’ll have come in,” he said.

“We’ll start out going with the last Saturday of every month because people have bills coming up on the first.

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Matt Noble is the founder of the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank. The bank is set to open at the Yonge Street Mission at the end of January.

If the demand’s there and we have the funding, I’d like to do it at least twice a month.”

The food bank is currently looking for funds and donations to help maintain it. An Indiegogo crowdfunding page has been set up at www. indiegogo.com/projects/ help-launch-the-torontovegetarian-food-bank to help meet the need.

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DailyFlag campaign raises more than $26,000 for Daily Bread Food Bank The final tally is in for the fourth annual DailyFlag for DailyBread (DF4DB) campaign and funds raised are more than ever before.

This year, supporters have donated a total of $26,125 to the unique Advent calendar-inspired community art installation where 25 homeowners from Leuty and Violet avenues created colourful flags unveiled daily throughout the month of December.

People then bid on the flags they liked the most or made direct monetary donations.

One hundred per cent of the proceeds from the DF4DB campaign go to the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Supporters were also invited to drop off nonperishable food donations at the fire hall at Queen Street East, just east of Woodbine Avenue.

Leuty Avenue resident Benedict Hilliard, who

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The 2014 DailyFlag for DailyBread Holiday Drive wrapped up for the season Friday, Jan. 10.

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Downtown-Beach Express changing its route Weather-permitting, the 143 Downtown-Beach Express Route will be diverting its usual westbound route.

The diversion is expected to last until December 2015.

T h e ro u t e c h a n g e i s required as the City of Toronto will be beginning major construction on Eastern Avenue between Woodfield Road and Knox Avenue.

As part of this project, the TTC will also be reconstructing its aging streetcar track on the north side of Eastern

Avenue between Connaught Avenue and Minto Street starting in late June 2015.

During construction, traffic will be reduced to one lane eastbound through the work zone requiring the diversion of the westbound express bus.

Eastbound buses will continue to run their normal routes. Those using public transit are advised to expect service delays and factor in additional time in their travel plans.

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Transit users are welcome to provide feedback on the performance and impact on service during the course of the construction.

The TTC is promising to make every effort to provide riders with updates on the diversion. Details can be found at www.ttc.ca Call Diego Sinagoga at 416393-2197 or call the TTC at 416-393-3030.

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Toronto Beaches youth Penny Oleksiak, a member of the Toronto Swim Club, ended her year in competitive swimming with a little fireworks, setting two new Canadian age-group records.

At the inaugural Ontario Junior International swim meet, held last month at the new Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC) at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, Oleksiak, who attends Grade 9 at Monarch Park Collegiate, set age group records (in the girls 13-14 category) in both the 100metre and 200-metre freestyle events (in 54.49 seconds and 1:57.43, respectively).

Her time of 25.51 in the 50m event also broke the old national record, but another competitor, Rebecca Smith from the Red Deer swim club, smashed it by even more at 25.40.

It had already been a great year for Oleksiak who was the top swimmer in the 14-year-old girls category at the Canadian Age Group Championships in Winnipeg in the summer.

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Penny Oleksiak is one of the country’s top 14 year-old swimmers, earning five gold medals at the national age group championships last summer in Winnipeg, where this photo was taken. She closed out the year in a similar vein, setting two new Canadian age group records at a meet last month at the new Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

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Decision by developer a ‘slap in the face’: residents’ group said, adding he’s “disappointed” an agreement couldn’t be reached when it comes to the project’s height, density, shadowing, overlook and traffic impact.

“I’m still hopeful we can come to some amenable resolution to the matter.”

Rockport’s move is especially distressing to the community as last summer, Winberg – who for several years worked as a lawyer representing developers taking their projects to the OMB – said as a developer he wants to do everything possible to avoid that route.

“One of the things it taught me is that effective community consultation ends up with a better product and you end up with the community supporting it,” he said, pointing to the historic Postal Station K at 23842388 Yonge St., which Rockport is working to redevelop into a 26-storey mixed-use building.

“That’s our general approach to things.”

Members of the recently revived East Toronto Community Coalition (ETCC), the same group that successfully stopped SmartCentres from building a big box development on Eastern Avenue, views Rockport’s

decision to appeal to the OMB as a slap in the face.

“It was as shock, I have to say,” said Victoria Dinnick, who serves as the group’s co-chair.

“We didn’t see it coming.”

Dinnick, like many in the community, has spent countless hours meeting with the developer in an effort to come up with a design that works better for the neighbourhood.

She’s attended several meetings and took part in a working group.

“The actual working group was rather frustrating. People felt it was just presenting information.

It wasn’t until the end that we felt meaningful ideas were discussed,” Dinnick said.

Winberg, on the other hand, said he felt they had “some very meaningful exchanges of dialogue and information” with the community during the working group process but in the end a decision must be made on the proposal sooner than later.

“It’s not about talking about it forever,” he said.

“We’ve got to come to terms with what it is.”

Once the working group meetings concluded late last year, members

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of the ETCC met on two more occasions with Rockport to discuss what they felt would be a more suitable plan for the site.

“We presented an alternative vision for the development and the developer seemed excited about it,” Dinnick said.

A second meeting ensued where Rockport brought along its architect to the meeting and the outcome wasn’t the same.

“The architect wasn’t so excited about the community’s concept,” she said.

Dinnick, who lives just steps away from the proposed condominium, reiterated that those in the community aren’t against development but want to ensure it fits in with the character of the neighbourhood.

“Our concerns are setting precedents for subsequent developments,” she said.

“Everything that follows, people will be able to cite that development. This is the most important development we’ll have.”

Dinnick said the ETCC’s concept was based on comments garnered from the working group and took into consideration concerns about intensification and traffic in the

rear laneway.

“We’re trying to get (this condo) as user-friendly as possible,” she said.

Ward 30 Councillor Paula Fletcher said she’s heard from a number of area residents who are “really upset” the application has gone to the OMB. “Somehow this has gone off the rails and nobody that I know of is in favour of eight stories at that location,” she said.

“For almost a year now, residents have been trying to make things work and find a solution.”

Both Fletcher and Ward 32 Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon have expressed concerns about the excessive height as well as density proposed for this project. They also want to ensure this condo fits in with the character of the neighbourhood.

A date for the OMB hearing has yet to be set.

A community meeting looking at studying and establishing urban design guidelines along Queen Street East from Leslie Street to Coxwell Avenue has been set for Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the S.H. Armstrong Community Centre, 56 Woodfield Rd.

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>>>from page 1 the application conforms to the Growth Plan, is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement and appropriately implements the city’s Official Plan, represents good planning, and is in the public interest.

Rockport also indicated that while the municipal election has delayed the review process, that additional delay will result if a study of this portion of Queen Street East is done.

Goodmans said it feels this would be “prejudicial” to its client as the law states that proposed developments are to be judged in accordance with the policies applicable at the time of the application.

“We’ve got to provide a timing context for a decision to be made,” said Jack Winberg, president of Rockport Group, earlier this week.

“We want to ensure the focus doesn’t get lost.”

Winberg said his side is open to further dialogue with stakeholders before the OMB hearing takes place in the hopes a resolution can be reached where all parties are satisfied with the development.

“We’ll continue to remain open to discussion with the community and with city planners and staff,” he

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