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Newlyweds Ryan Perera and Tripti Ninan are proud owners of a condo in Etobicoke.

JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Newlyweds Tripti Ninan and Ryan Perera are Millennials and purchased their first home in Toronto just under a year ago.

Based on their combined income and the down payment they were able to come up with, the couple bought a 700-square-foot, one-bedroom-plusden condo unit in Toronto’s west end near a subway station.

“We knew our first step would be a condo. We wanted to start small and we wanted something low maintenance,”

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said Ninan. “And for us, location was About five years ago, they both started setting aside money for their key because we wanted to be close to transit. I did not want ridiculous comwedding and future home purchase. mutes anymore.”

“We were actuNinan, a 30-year- “We don’t go on crazy ally planning for o l d m a r k e t i n g shopping sprees at all quite a few years professional who and saving up,” works downtown, and we’re smart with our said Perera. and 27-year-old purchases; no impulse “We saved for both our wedding Perera, an aeroand our property s p a c e e n g i n e e r buying.” whose office is near Ryan Perera e ve n b e f o re we Pearson Airport, knew what kind of place we wanted understood sacand how big the wedding would be.” rifices were required to make their dream a reality.

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“We took what we learned from our parents and applied it when the time came to buy a condo,” she said.

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Plan gets clients ‘house ready’ >>>from page 1 and followed the guidance of their financial advisor, Darlene Wang, “You have to be who advised them about maxirealistic in terms of mizing their investments and the importance of budgeting. what you want and “We don’t go on crazy shopwhat you can get. ping sprees at all and we’re smart with our purchases; no impulse If you have an ego, buying,” Perera said. you can’t play “But we’re still enjoying life. Shortterm sacrifices mean long-term gains,” this game.” added Ninan. In the next four or five years, Darlene Wang the couple said, they’ll likely sell their condo and get a house.

Depending on what they want and their needs, they did admit they’d consider moving be near impossible unless you have two steady outside Toronto proper. incomes over $100,000,” Wang explained.

“Millennials have to start with a condo to build equity, a townhouse, or a small bungalow, or ••••• (purchase) not in the GTA.” Getting into the Toronto real estate market To help her clients get ready to get into isn’t impossible for Millennials (those ages 18 the Toronto market, Wang, who works for to 35) but it’s no walk in the park.

Investors Group, helps future homebuyers Purchasing a property in this city’s hot sort out their priorities and come up with a market requires two things: preparation and plan of action to maximize their finances in a set time frame. the willingness to compromise.

For the last 16 years, financial advisor Getting “house ready” as she put it requires Darlene Wang has helped scores of young a change of mindset, a new way of living. adults to get their finances in order so they “You need to sacrifice more than ever and can buy their first home in Toronto. make smart decisions,” said Wang, adding “You have to be realistic in terms of what understanding what’s involved in reaching you want and what you can get. If you have your goals helps avoid disappointment. an ego, you can’t play this game,” said Wang, Wang said Millennials aren’t usually thinking who admitted the likelihood of Millennials about getting their finances in order and saving purchasing a detached home in the city as up for a down payment on a property. “In their their first property is slim. head it’s “pay back me” time,” she said, noting According to a recent report by Altus most Millennials in the 18 to 30 age range are Group for the Building Industry and Land in school or just finishing up their first postDevelopment Association, the average price secondary degree or diploma, for a newer detached home in the GTA was usually carry school debt, $1.05 million, which is more than double what have no kids, and want to it cost a decade ago and 21 per cent higher travel and party. than just over a year ago.

Under her guidance, “An actual standalone home in the GTA will Wang has helped her clients to get “house ready” by tracking their spending, “Often, the first property making small adjustments to is a stepping stone that their budget, investing wisely, and being realistic about fits your current vacations and big purneeds and one chases.

“Incomes have that will get a nowhere near good return.” increased the way re a l e s t a t e h a s Frank Leo increased. You must learn to do more

with less,” she said.

Real estate broker Frank Leo, who has been serving clients in Toronto and the GTA for 28 years, said for Millennials the biggest thing is the pressure of being “squeezed out of the market.”

Leo, of RE/MAX West Realty Ltd., advises young buyers to avoid jumping into the market before doing their research, specifically knowing exactly what they want and can afford.

“A good representative on your side helps keep your emotions in check,” he said. “If a property isn’t what you need or want then don’t buy it.”

He added those between the ages of 18 to 35 who want to purchase a property in Toronto need to take a close look at their needs and based on their budget a good realtor will be able to help find the right home to buy.

“If you buy well, that’s a good investment.

If you buy poorly then you’re in trouble. You want to make sure you have someone who knows their stuff to give you the best advice,” he said.

Leo also said Millennials need to realize it’s not likely they’ll be buying the home of their dreams the first time around.

“Often, the first property is a stepping stone that fits your current needs and one that will get a good return,” he said.

“Real estate is all about understanding value and getting the best property for your money.”

Meray Mansour, real estate agent with Royal LePage Estate Realty, agreed noting getting into a smaller “first-step home” like a condo or a small bungalow for a few years is what will help first-time homeowners build equity for their dream home.

With 18 years of experience in Toronto’s real estate market, she said bidding wars for anything in the $550,000 to $700,000 range are to be expected.

“There’s so much demand and very low stock. I advise my clients to understand bidding wars are a reality but to not be discouraged,” she said. “And because today’s market is so hot, being too emotional can lead to irrational decisions. You need a realtor that’s going to advocate for you in this type of market.”

She encouraged Millennials to go for it if they do have enough money saved up to get into the market.

“Don’t wait because the market is so hot,” she said.

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Cyclists deserve our respect, for safety’s sake T he city kicked off Bike Month, which runs from May 30 to June 30, with a blitz by Toronto police writing tickets to drivers parking in bike lanes.

The heightened enforcement campaign called “Right 2 Bike” ran for one week until June 5 and saw parking enforcement officers working with traffic services and divisional units hand out 273 tickets at $150 a piece, totalling $40,950 in fines.

That sounds like a lot, but the campaign to target drivers with total disregard for cyclists should continue in some shape or form.

Bad habits are hard to break, especially this one.

Since a bylaw change in 2014, which increased the fine for blocking a bike lane from $60 to $150, about 17,000 tickets have been issued to date.

For more recent empirical evidence, just check Twitter where cyclists regularly tweet pictures of cars, taxis and delivery trucks our view blocking bike lanes.

While parking enforcement officer Brian Moniz noted most Cars parked of the enforcement in the blitz in bike lanes took place in the downtown core, this could be a growing and more a real danger prevalent issue across the city.

With the city discussing how to expand cycling infrastructure in Toronto to the tune of $16 million per year for 10 years, any increase in bike lanes would only exacerbate the problem of cyclists being put in danger by drivers blocking their right-of-way.

Perhaps having additional blitzes and an increased awareness campaign, combined with even higher fines for offenders are potential solutions to curbing bad driver behaviour.

The alternative of not having some kind of sustained campaign to ensure the safety of cyclists will have an adverse impact on what the city seemingly wants to achieve through holding Bike Month each year.

That is to encourage people to get out of their cars and ride their bikes more.

Bike to Work days? Good luck finding more people to participate if it means navigating Toronto streets with the added challenge of swerving around parked cars.

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Karygiannis plays role of council’s angry man Ah, Scarborough-Agincourt Councillor Jim Karygiannis.

We have not seen his like since… well really, since the last time the voters of Ward 39-Scarborough Agincourt sent a councillor to City Hall.

Karygiannis is the firstterm successor to Toronto’s former budget chief, Mike Del Grande, who kept Ward 39 strange for a decade before that, often with the help of Karygiannis himself, who had been a Liberal MP for even longer in the area.

In 2004, the two of them made headlines, personally helping to bust up marijuana grow ops in their communities, while Del Grande also kept an inventory of constituents whose homes violated city bylaws.

Del Grande had a brief tenure as former mayor Rob Ford’s first budget chief, but consistently bemoaned the failings of his colleagues on council and delinquent constituents alike, maintaining a consistent and in retrospect magnificent rage.

david nickle the city When Del Grande decided he’d had enough in 2014, Karygiannis happily assumed his angry role at, if anything, a greater volume.

He took on the Uber ride-sharing industry in the rhetorical equivalent of a berserk rampage, behaving so badly during Licensing and Standards Committee hearings that Mayor John Tory called him on the carpet.

More than a decade after he and Del Grande waged their own local War on Drugs, he came to the defence of illegal storefront marijuana shops.

And this week, two reports from the city’s integrity commissioner calling him out for behaviour not too dissimilar to those pot-busting days with Del Grande.

In one instance in 2015, Karygiannis scared the

bejeezers out of a family guilty of parking on the “skirt” of their home’s driveway. In another, he scared the bejeezers out of an Uber driver who he’d spotted going to pick up a ride in a house in his ward.

The integrity commissioner found Karygiannis had run afoul of the councillors’ code of conduct, which incredibly requires that councillors not intimidate people in the course of going about their business.

On Tuesday, Karygiannis mumbled an apology on the floor of council. But he wasn’t sorry, not really. In an interview, Karygiannis maintained he should be able to tell constituents to obey the law if he wants to, particularly if the city is slow to enforce. And if he’s intimidating in the course of doing that?

“Maybe the method, she (the integrity commissioner) doesn’t agree with it. Maybe my method is a little rough,” he said. “I’m a big guy. What can I tell you? I’m six feet

and 260 pounds. When you see me walking up to you, you feel intimidated.”

Maybe there always has to be a Jim Karygiannis at City Hall: someone who ignores decorum and puts on a show, a John Belushi character turning civilized discourse into a proper Animal House.

When he was a councillor, Rob Ford fulfilled that role, spewing rhetoric across the city while digging down on the little things in neighbourhoods and dissing his colleagues for their cityfunded office budgets.

Doug Ford played that role a bit when Rob became mayor and Giorgio Mammoliti still dips toe in that pool from time to time, but clearly he’s getting tired.

So maybe it’s good, that Karygiannis is here to keep an old Toronto tradition alive.

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Blake-Boultbee talks safety after boy, 10, hurt in shooting

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JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Residents of the BlakeBoultbee area are understandably shaken up by the recent shooting of a 10-year-old boy in their neighbourhood.

They’re also determined to work together to ensure their community remains a safe one.

More than 70 area residents gathered Tuesday evening at the Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre on Blake Street to talk about community safety.

To r o n t o Co m m u n i t y Housing and 55 Division hosted the meeting, which was off-limits to members of the media.

The gathering was held just four days after a local boy was shot in the shoulder while sleeping in his bed.

The incident, which police continue to investigate, happened around 11:30 p.m. on June 3. The boy was rushed to hospital in serious but nonlife-threatening condition but now home with his family.

As of Tuesday evening, no suspect information has been released.

Const. Jon Morrice of 55 Division’s Crime Prevention Unit said Tuesday evening’s meeting “stressed the importance sharing information about crime” and the different methods to do so.

“Crime Stoppers was emphasized. They also did a presentation showing how it works,” he told The Mirror, adding the use of CCTVs like the ones used in The Entertainment District was mentioned. Morrice also said police will be working on preventative measures, enforcement, and community engagement.

Susan Godin, who has lived in the community housing complex for 20 years and has no plans to go anywhere, attended the

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A police officer stands outside a townhouse where a 10-yearold boy was shot in the shoulder on Blake Street and Boultbee Avenue on Friday night.

safety meeting. “This was a one-off thing. I feel safe in my community. I really do,” said the mother of a 23-yearold daughter with special needs.

Like many, Godin she said more police patrols on foot of the area would help neighbours feel safer. She also said she is one of many in the complex who would like to see the return of on-site Toronto Community Housing security guards.

Ward 30 Councillor Paula Fletcher was also in attendance and said residents had a lot to say about how to make the community stronger.

“This is one tight community. Blake-Boultbee has been a strong, stable community for decades and they’re very upset this has happened,” she told a group of reporters stationed outside the Eastview Community Centre following the meeting. Fletcher said those at the meeting talked about improving lighting and changing fencing, having more meetings, and other practical safety tips.

She also said neighbours aren’t fearful.

Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns said he saw a community that is united and also upset by the recent shooting of an innocent 10-year-old boy.

“There wasn’t a panic.

People know this community is very united and safe,” he said after the meeting. “I have no sense that people feel unsafe in their community.”

Tabuns also said he believes the shooter wasn’t someone from the neighbourhood.

“I think it’s reasonable to say someone came from the outside,” he said.

In the days since the shooting, a number of area residents have reached out on social media to discuss putting together a care package for the injured boy and his family.

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Luminato turns on The Hearn Former energy plant in the port lands is 2016 festival’s new home base The 10th annual Luminato Festival, which kicks off tomorrow, will be heating up the decommissioned Hearn Generating Station with 17 days of unique, not to mention, mostly free programming.

The massive former energy plant on Unwin Avenue in the port lands is the new home base for Toronto’s festival of art and creativity.

In previous years, the festival hub was located at various squares throughout the city, including the one named in honour of the festival’s cofounder David Pecaut near King and John streets.

For several months, crews have been working to transform the cavernous Hearn – which is large enough to fit the Statue of Liberty upright as well as on its side – into the world’s largest cultural and community centre.

Some of the highlights at the east-end venue include concerts and shows on the

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The decommissioned Hearn Generating Station will host Luminato events this weekend.

New Canadian Music Stage, visual art installations, and the Unsound TO 2016 music festival. A range of food and beverage options will also be offered.

Free tours of the space will also be available. The Hearn will be open to the public Tuesdays to Sundays (closed Mondays) from June 10 to 26 from with some exceptions to accommodate ticketed events. It will also be open weekdays from roughly 5 to 11 p.m. and on weekends from 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. or the close of programming.

Luminato’s outgoing artistic director Jörn Weisbrodt

and his team will officially turn on The Hearn for the first time in more than three decades on Friday, June 10 starting at 6 p.m.

The festival’s Big Bang Bash and opening party will take place there this evening.

This year’s Luminato will also be taking over the plaza at the refurbished Union Station, which will serve as the festival’s gateway.

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Canada Post ordered to no longer deliver Your Ward News paper JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Canada Post will no longer be delivering a controversial, east-end Toronto tabloid.

On Monday, Judy Foote, Canada’s Public Services and Procurement Minister, issued a prohibitory order against east-end Toronto resident James Sears, who has served as the editor-in-chief of Your Ward News for about a year.

An agent acting on Sears’ behalf is also prohibited from delivering the publication.

“As Minister responsible for Canada Post, I took action to stop the distribution of the publication Your Ward News.

Canada Post will not deliver this disturbing publication as long as the interim order remains in effect,” Foote said in a statement.

“Pursuant to s. 43(1) of the Canada Post Corporation

Act, I have issued an interim prohibitory order to this individual, who is its editorin-chief, advising him that he can no longer use Canada Post to spread this offensive material.”

The order, in which Foote indicates she has reasonable grounds to believe Sears is by means of mail either committing or aiding the commission of an offense that he is sending or causing to be sent, items

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that include hate propaganda in contravention of subsection 319(2) of the Criminal Code and/or that include the publication of defamatory libel in contravention of subsection 300 of the Criminal Code, the was issued May 26.

Sears, who has 10 days after the date the notice was sent to request a review panel, said Your Ward News has done nothing wrong.

“If we were spreading hate or libel of a criminal nature, we would have been charged a very long time ago,” he said.

“And even if we were charged, we would have to be convicted in a court of law before they could legally block delivery of our paper; and it would have to be on an issue by issue basis...not a ‘carte blanche’ order over our entire paper.”

In a lengthy letter to Foote, Sears called the delivery ban “absurd” and “illegal” and said he intends to fight the order.

Further, Sears accused Foote of libeling him and the “entire” Your Ward News staff through the alleged “spreading

criminal falsehoods about us, by stating that you believe we are violating up to two sections of the criminal code.” Sears also said Foote was wrong to label them as “criminals” and strip them of their mailing rights.

As a backup plan in case he gets “railroaded in the courts”, Sears said he’s “amassing a Nationalist army of volunteers to deliver all 305,000 copies of the paper to houses only across the GTA and into the 905 area code.”

He went on to say that by delivering only to houses, they won’t have to rely on Canada’s Post apartment building mailbox keys.

“And because the area is so huge, it does not matter if every house is hit...as long as all 305,000 go out!,” he wrote in an email to Metroland Media Toronto.

Lastly, Sears said that if Your Ward News is not convicted, he intends to seek a court injunction to “strike down Canada Post’s monopoly (on the delivery of mail to apartment mailboxes).”

He did indicate that Canada Post has refunded Your Ward News nearly $40,000 that it had already paid for the mailing of 305,000 newspapers, which were supposed to be distributed this week.

In a June 6 release, a coalition of citizens and groups known as Standing Together Against Mailing Prejudice (STAMP) said it is pleased with Foote’s move.

“We’re ecstatic about the Minister’s decision,” said Lisa Kinsella, a managing partner of The Daisy Group, which is one of STAMP’s founding members.

“For too long, Your Ward News has been permitted to disseminate racism, homophobia, misogyny and anti-Semitism to as many as 300,000 homes in Toronto.

Minister Foote’s swift and decisive action means that this disgusting material will no longer be landing in the mailboxes of people who don’t want it.”

Kinsella said the effect of Foote’s order would be immediate.

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Meals on Wheels is looking for people to help out in the Beach and East York.

Both drivers and runners are needed to deliver hot, nutritious meals to Neighbourhood Link Support Services clients.

Volunteers should be available for at least one day a week from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Those interested in volunteering can call Lina at 416-691-7407 or email ttrifonova@ neighbourhoodlink.org

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Riverdale parkette to be named for accident victim Erica Stark The Bain Avenue Parkette at 208 Bain Ave., west of Carlaw Avenue, in Riverdale is being renamed in honour of resident Erica Stark.

Just over two years ago on Nov. 6, 2014, the wife and mother of three sons was tragically killed while walking

her dog on the sidewalk.

On Saturday, June 11 at 11 a.m., the Erica Stark Parkette will be unveiled.

The event will also include a bake sale to raise funds for one of Stark’s favourite charities, the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides, a

national charitable foundation created by the Lions of Canada that works to assist Canadians with a medical or physical disability by providing them with dog guides at no cost.

All well-wishers are welcome.

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Ontario Parks day planned Ontario will celebrate the worldwide Healthy Parks Healthy People movement by again opening up all 330 of its provincial parks for free to day-use visitors for one day in July.

“Spending time in a provincial park is a wonderful way to connect with nature and stay healthy,” Bill Mauro, minister of natural

resources and forestry, said in a statement.

“I’m very pleased that the ministry of natural resources and forestry is offering free day-use on July 15, and I encourage everyone to visit one of our parks.”

For more information, go to www.ontarioparks.com

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Spring is the perfect time to refresh your home. Come into Living Lighting Beaches to view our wide selection of fixtures and ceiling fans, all on sale at great prices. Some quantities and styles are limited. Sale ends June 19, 2016.

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Tenders

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INVITATION TO BID

Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our weekly product door-todoor within the downtown Toronto area once per week. This entails bulk product pick up from our North York location on Wednesday’s, and have deliveries completed on Thursday’s by 7:00pm to all door-to-door locations.

All applicants must be a registered business, have a cargo van or cube truck and a valid HST number.

Bid packages available at the Reception desk of: Metroland Media Toronto 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON M2H 0A2 Bids will be received until 12:00 noon Monday, June 13th, 2016 ATT: Circulation Manager Contract commencing: June 30th, 2016 Lowest or any bids will not necessarily be accepted.

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Metroland Media Toronto

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Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our weekly product to drop locations within the downtown Toronto area 1-2 times per week. This entails picking up product from our North York location on Wednesday’s, deliveries completed by Thursday’s at 12:00noon to all drop locations.

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