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CULTURAL CELEBRATION: Mary Au with the Eastview Dance Group performs the fan dance during the East Toronto Lunar New Year Fair held at Gerrard Square Saturday.

It’s game off at Monarch Park outdoor rink JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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In 1968, at just 19 years of age and living on her own in Ottawa, former Toronto City Councillor and Toronto-Danforth MPP Marilyn Churley made the difficult decision to give her baby up for adoption.

Ironically more than two decades later, Churley, found herself working as the Ontario NDP government’s minister responsible for all birth, death, and adoption records, including those of her own child.

Heavily involved in the battle to reform adoption disclosure laws and find her son, she has recently written a memoir about her experiences titled Shameless: The Fight For Adoption Disclosure and the Search for My Son. A book launch event is set for Thursday, March 12 at the Women’s Art Association of Canada, 23 Prince Arthur Ave. Olivia Chow will be providing opening remarks at the event.

Doors open at 6 p.m.

Visit www.facebook.com/ events/1381025165542885 for more details.

Despite winter still being in full swing, Tuesday night women’s shinny is already over for the season at Monarch Park.

The local outdoor rink, located just west of Coxwell Avenue and south of Danforth Avenue, was not on the list of 12 additional outdoor rinks to receive private funding to remain open until March 22,

weather permitting, and was shuttered Feb. 22.

Last year, the outdoor rink at Monarch Park was selected to stay open until March 16.

“Given the weather, there are a lot of people in the com-

munity who would like to keep skating. Monarch Park is a wellused local outdoor rink,” said area resident Stephanie Baptist, an active park user who serves as the adopt-a-tree coordinator for the Friends of Monarch Park

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gay curling holding car championship thursday installation clinic wCANADIAN w55seatDivision The grand opening ceremony of the Canadian Gay Curling Championship and the Riverdale “Do It On T h e Ic e” Curling League Bonspiel is Thursday from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Curling Club, 131 Broadview Ave. The festivities begin with the tradition of a bagpiper marching the competitors onto the ice, with the first ceremonial rock to be thrown by Toronto-based skip John Epping, this year’s provincial Tankard finalist. The championship features eight Canadian member cities. The Riverdale Curling League is the largest gay curling league in Canada. Visit www.gaycurl.ca Free cooking class at Ralph Thornton A free vegan and gluten-free cooking class will be held at the Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E. Saturday from noon to 2 p.m.

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Fifty-five Division police are hosting a car seat installation clinic Saturday at 9:15 a.m. at the Canadian Tire at Leslie Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East.

Call 416-808-5500 to book an appointment.

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The March edition of Jazz and Reflection at Beach United Church is Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at 140 Wineva Ave. The Malvern Collegiate Dance Band and Jazz Choir will perform songs and music on the theme ‘Up Jumped Spring’. Freewill offering.

Call 416-691-8082.

Park hosts cooking workshops wFairmount

The organizers of the Fairmount Park Farm Market have set up a series of hands-on cooking workshops.

The PitchFork School Winter Workshop Series takes place at The Flying Pony Café, 1481 Gerrard St. E. or in the kitchen of Glen Rhodes United Church, 1470 Gerrard St. until Thursday, April 2. Fees include the cost of materials. Payment is required to

reserve your spot. Email info@fairmountmarket.ca if pre-payment online is not possible. Visit www. fairmountmarket.ca for details, workshop dates or to sign up.

and on highway roadsides from Mexico to Minnesota. The David Suzuki Foundation is looking for Canada to do the same. Visit www. davidsuzuki.org for details.

the Canadian flag that flies in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill has been crafted from the wood from the “Maple Leaf Forever” tree.

It was unveiled Feb. 19. The silver maple was destroyed by a July 19, 2013 storm. Wood from the tree has been used to craft dozens of projects.

Volunteers needed for volunteers still needed Public Library Toronto’s Games wToronto wfor There are a number of volunteer opportunities available at library branches across the city.

Are you interested in helping people gain basic reading skills or introducing children to the digital world? Are you a teen looking for volunteer hours? Visit torontopubliclibrary.ca/volunteering to find out how you could help out. help the monarch butterflies The David Suzuki Fo u n d a t i o n i s calling on governments and rail, road and hydro agencies across Canada to plant milkweed.

Over the past month, U.S. federal and state agencies have made announcements, including a commitment of US$3.2 million for programs to grow milkweed – the plant monarchs depend on – in schoolyards and gardens

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The Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games is looking for volunteers.

Volunteers will work in all areas of the Games, with roles ranging from ticket takers to translators.

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Listen to a tiger growl, read about black holes and learn about your body in DK Books new online resource for children – www. dkfindout.com According to a press release, www.dkfindout.com offers safe, reliable and age-appropriate information for children; upto-date facts authenticated by experts; sounds, videos, animation and quizzes.

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ParticipACTION’s new campaign, Make Room for Play, calls on Canadian families to put down their screens to encourage more active play.

The campaign includes a series of four 30-second videos, which can be found at bit.ly/1Ke8E7x Visit www.makeroomforplay. com on how kids, from toddlers to teens, can reduce screen time and increase play time.

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students scrabble wordsmiths: above left, up for grabs at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) east scrabble tournament, held at Bowmore Road public school on Tuesday, are plenty of medals and trophies. At left, Simon W. and Natalie L. of Churchill Heights Public School take their turn. Top right, Zoe Libel-Pantazopoulos Lillian, left, and Lillian Jacobs of Bowmore in deep concentration. At right, a student places a word. The city finals are on March 25.

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Funnywoman Gwynne Phillips set to perform in TOsketchfest JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com While Leslieville-based performer/ writer/producer Gwynne Phillips may have grown up playing dramatic roles, sketch comedy is where she feels most at home.

One half of the sketch duo The Templeton Philharmonic, Phillips is looking forward to making people laugh in the upcoming 10th annual Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (TOsketchfest), which runs March 5 to 15.

An Orangeville native, Phillips started acting when she was about nine years old.

“I appeared in a number of productions with Theatre Orangeville.

It was great in helping me find my passion,” she said during a recent interview. “It’s great to have such a professional theatre in a small town like that.”

Growing up, she also did a lot of writing and continues to do so to this day.

In 2005, Phillips made the move to Toronto to study theatre at the University of Toronto. While there, she met her writing/creative partner Briana Templeton and after graduating in 2009, they formed The Templeton Philharmonic, which is known for using lots of theatrical and physical comedy in its sketches and lots of costumes from different periods.

“We knew we wanted to work together so we wrote a show to perform at the Montreal Fringe Festival,” she said.

What they came up with was an untitled dramatic play about a surreal dream, but soon realized they were actually writing a comedy, Phillips said.

While not much came of that initial play, it opened the door for the duo to explore writing and performing sketch comedy.

In 2011, Phillips and Templeton wrote their first sketch comedy show, which was performed at the Montreal Fringe Festival and won

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Briana Templeton, left, and Gwynne Phillips are The Templeton Philharmonic.

the Just for Laughs Best English Comedy Award. Since then, they’ve won several awards, most notably for best comedy duo at the LA Comedy Festival and Producer’s Pick at the 2014 Toronto Sketch Comedy

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Phillips and Templeton have also written a number of shows including

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More recently, they produced Unbridled and Unstable at Toronto’s Next Stage Theatre Festival.

Phillips and Templeton have also worked together on a number of plays, show pilots for television, short films and other screen projects. Phillips, along with Templeton, will be performing Sunday, March 8 at from 6 to 7 p.m. on a double bill with the award-winning troupe Uncalled For. Phillips will perform a second show with Templeton during TOsketchfest Friday, March 13 from 10 to 11 p.m. Both performances will be held at The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St. W.

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Still waiting for benefit of Tory’s Rolodex Questions One of the most resonant of the points hammered at by mayoral candidate John Tory was his belief Toronto could not solve its problems on its own.

The federal and provincial government would need to “come to the table” and pay a significant share of the cost of public housing, public transportation and infrastructure improvement.

It was hard to argue with that premise and also hard to be too skeptical of Tory’s boasts, that he, above all other candidates, had the capacity to draw reluctant premiers and prime ministers to that table. Tory has fostered a great deal of non-partisan goodwill, after all – particularly compared to his predecessor Rob Ford.

One can’t say whether anyone else would have done much better. But Tory’s relationships so far have borne little fruit.

Indeed, every time Toronto goes to the table with the

david nickle the city province it seems like Toronto gets saddled with the cheque.

Like previous examples – the $86 million in housing pooling, the $75 million in LRT sunk costs – the latest imposition emerged during the 2015 budget process.

It turns out that Toronto taxpayers owe nearly $100 million to Metrolinx for the Union Pearson Express rail project that Toronto property taxpayers understood themselves to have nothing to do with. It turns out that wasn’t the case, at all. When Metrolinx builds a rail line through a municipality and has to make upgrades and changes to municipal infrastructure, the cost of that work falls on the municipality. And there was a lot of infrastructure rejigging that needed to be done to that rail line – a rail line that’s pretty much

exclusively for the use of air travellers staying in or near downtown Toronto, and priced at $30 a ticket.

Now, this charge didn’t magically appear as Tory took office; city staff have known for years there would be a reckoning.

In the same way, it was the Ford-era council that decided to change directions on the Scarborough subway and toss away $75 million in sunk costs, and it was Ford whose bluster failed to convince the province to stick to its original schedule on the housing pooling fund.

But by the same token, the magic Rolodex Tory promised to bring to the mayor’s office hasn’t been nearly as effective as originally advertised – at least when it comes to swaying the provincial government to take provincial action on matters important to the city.

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David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column runs every Thursday.

remain with new sex ed curriculum As a retired teacher I have been most interested to hear about the new course for sex education.

However, there has been no mention how this will be implemented with the present financial shortfall.

Will teachers be taken out of their classes to attend courses for teaching these new aspects or will they merely be confronted with the new syllabus with instructions to “teach this”?

Also who will be responsible for the teaching in high schools; the home room or phys-ed teacher? Will the students in elective programs be covered? There are still many questions to be answered and explained.

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Access is key to Lever Brothers site development NATALIE CHU bsrm@insidetoronto.com The former Lever Brothers site may become a real anchor for the east end of Toronto, but only if the city can access it.

“This is the make or break of this project,” said Derek Goring, vice president of development at First Gulf Corp., on connecting transit to the proposed mixed-use commercial and retail site on the 28.5 acre grounds near Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Don Roadway.

During a Tuesday night community consultation meeting, Goring said plans for the former soap factory were largely contingent on three ‘Rs’: road, river and rail. He pointed out what made the site unique was its proximity to major transit arteries, but that were functionally serving as barriers due to inaccessibility.

Overcoming challenges such as the site’s location on the Don River flood plains and reconfiguring the Gardiner and DVP to connect to the extensive area just south of Eastern Avenue were also mentioned.

Still, First Gulf Corp. cast its vision to add a business employment hub for the grounds that have been inactive for years. Goring said the

development would boast vast office and retail space that could generate 50,000 new jobs in a $6-billion project.

“You don’t find a site this large in the downtown area that often,” Goring said.

The driving force of the project, he said, was the opportunity to add more employment space, a dwindling commodity in a city saturated with residential proposals.

“This is about incremental growth that will give the city a runway to be successful,” said Goring. “We are banking on the growth of the city.”

The property was first acquired

by Unilever Canada in various incarnations in 1892 and housed the long-standing Lever Brothers soap factory. The site is currently zoned as “employment lands” by the city.

More than 50 community residents gathered to discuss future plans in a largely interactive community meeting.

Local residents Chris Thompson and Lucy Richards both attended the meeting after seeing a lively debate on a community Facebook group.

Richards praised the move toward revitalization, but hoped to see more social services in the area.

Thompson agreed the long-term future plans were positive.

“These developments are exactly why we moved here,” he said of the area in flux. “I think the city has done their due diligence and I’m hopeful.”

Councillor Paula Fletcher also attended the meeting and called for a “robust” community engagement process for such an “interesting project.”

Fletcher previously told The Mirror she was “looking forward to seeing more” adding the site had true potential for transit. At the meeting, she said she’d be looking for transit alignment to the Port Lands from the possible Broadview extension.

The project is still in its very early stages, according to Goring, who noted there has been no official application sent. He added an application for rezoning will happen sometime in the spring, but the developer is still looking for funding for the project.

“This is just as much about the process as it is the project,” he said.

“And we’re in this project for the long haul.”

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For past stories about the former Lever Brothers site, visit us online at http://goo.gl/hJzH46

This week marks the launch of the Toronto Time Capsule, an online treasure trove of columns, articles and resources dedicated to Toronto’s history and citizen genealogy.

Produced by Metroland Media Toronto, the collection aims to bring history to life.

“The Toronto Time Capsule is an exciting work in progress,” said Grace Peacock, project manager and editor with Metroland Media.

“Just as you’d find fascinating things if you dug up an actual time capsule, it’s our intention to build a collection of stories, old photographs and news articles that can live on to represent the history of our city. We’re adding more to it every day.”

Find the site at www.insidetoronto.com/history and discover stories about the people, places and events that helped define the Toronto we know today.

On the site, you’ll find these sections: n In ‘Flashback’ you can peruse articles on heritage news and events written by Metroland Media news staff. n In ‘Local Tales’ read interesting columns from local historical associations and expert historians. n In ‘Genealogy’ you’ll find insider

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As the project grows, so do the opportunities for the public to contribute.

“We welcome contributions from more of our historical groups and experts, to help create a truly comprehensive historical offering,” Peacock said. “As well, any resident who has a memory or old photo they’d like to share, we’d love to see it.”

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ven though frigid winter temperatures may be somewhat behind us, we’re not free of the winter snowflakes just yet.

March has traditionally hosted some winter storms in the past which have crept up on us as we all look ahead to sunny days. It is still important to keep your wits about you.

Sandra Zisckind, Diamond and Diamond Personal Injury Lawyers, provides some tips to prepare for a winter storm: 1. Pick up basic survival items – make sure to stock up essentials in order to survive without leaving your house for a few days, including: flashlights (and batteries), candles, radio, non-perishable food, bottled water, blankets and warm clothing, matches, medications, and fully-charged cell phone.

2. Keep warm – seal up any drafts, dress in layers, make sure to cover your head (hood or hat), cuddle up and stay under covers.

3. Stay up-to-date – keep the radio or television on to get the latest weather updates, follow national and local disaster agencies 4. Winterize your house – furnace maintenance (replace filters), check smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, clear the fireplace, shut down outdoor faucets and

sprinkler systems, cut away tree branches that could damage your house, fix window and door leaks and clean the gutters.

5. Prepare for the worst – In the event of a power outage, make sure to: keep the fridge closed, put frozen items outside and have some fun activities ready to go (card games are always popular).

In addition, the Government of Canada provides weather alerts that provide more information on dangerous conditions in all areas of Canada. Be sure to check them out on their website.

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Clara Ho remembered for generous heart, kind spirit JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Ten-year Pocket resident Clara Ho wore many hats in her life.

Despite being many things to many people, her generosity, selflessness, compassion, kindness and humility always shone through.

Ho, an accomplished lawyer, writer/poet, dedicated volunteer, friend and partner, died of cancer Jan. 19 at the age of 39.

A memorial celebration in her honour was held the following Sunday. More than 200 people attended the event, which was held at The 519 Church Street Community Centre.

Jin Huh, Ho’s life partner of nearly 12 years, said the memorial was a great example of the many lives Ho touched and how her memory will live on because of the many ways she positively impacted others.

Like many, Huh said she won’t soon forget how Ho touched her life.

“I’m a better person for having been loved and for having loved Clara,” she said.

“It was a really amazing, special love some people search their whole life for.”

Aside from being a wonderful partner, Huh said Ho was a great friend and person to know.

“She made friends really, really easily and everyone she met she treated the same,”

she said.

“Clara really believed in striving for justice and equality in her work and in her day-to-day life she really lived those values.”

As a lawyer, Ho – a Calgary native who completed her law degree at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON – was known for fighting for those who didn’t have a voice.

Avvy Go, one of Ho’s colleagues and close friends, hired her to work at the Metro Toronto Chinese and South East Asian Legal Clinic in 2002.

“We hired Clara to provide legal services to low-income individuals. Poverty law was the main focus of her work,” said Go, the clinic’s director who also sits on the governing body of the Law Society of Upper Canada and actually handed Ho her license to practice law. remembering her friend Ho, w h o a r t i c l e d i n Geneva with the UN and at a Toronto law firm, worked at the busy clinic for about four years before moving on to METRAC, the College of Nurse of Ontario, the Human Rights Legal Support Centre, the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and the Clinic Resource Office.

“I worked very closely with Clara and we kept in close contact after she left,” said Go, who remembered her friend as a kind, gentle, unassuming,

but brilliant individual.

“Certainly she was a very good lawyer. She was very competent, very smart and hard working with strong writing and research skills.”

Go said she trusted Ho implicitly and had full confidence in her ability to argue sensitive and difficult cases in court.

“Clara was well-liked and sought-after by clients,” said Go, who said she was deeply saddened by her friend’s death.

A prolific writer and poet, Ho was known for her versatility, ability to capture the human condition and evoke deep emotions from her audience through her work.

“There are so many ways she made the world beautiful,” said Tina Edan, who met Ho almost 12 years ago.

Edan, Ho and Huh were all part of a writing group.

Despite living a full life, Ho also made time to volunteer for a number of causes.

She had a special affinity for helping the most vulnerable, notably refugee women, victims of human trafficking, non-status women, sexual assault survivors, as well as vulnerable older adults and young people.

Donations to Supporting Our Youth, a community development program designed to improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgendered youth in Toronto are still being accepted in Ho’s honour.

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Board Games Bonanza WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Gerrard/Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerrard St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7717 COST: Free Join us for an afternoon of board games such as chess, checkers, scrabble, jenga, Connect 4 and more. For ages six and up.

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Magic Show with Owen Anderson WHEN: to 3 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7715 COST: Free Join us for a professional magic show given by Owen Anderson.

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Pan-Am Games Challenge WHEN: noon to 3 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Liza, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Children are invited to participate in a Pan Am Games Challenge. Prizes will be awarded.

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Stop-Motion Animation WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Liza, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Join the library for a workshop on how to start doing Stop Motion Animation. Registration required.

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WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Gerrard/Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerrard St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7717 COST: Free March Break Program: Kids can meet magician Kyle, an illusionist and hypnotist with a unique style and flair. Drop-in. Children of all ages are welcome.

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Choreographer’s latest work explores dark theme of abuse JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Leslieville resident Marie France Forcier explores a painful and sensitive topic in her latest contemporary dance number: Scars are All the Rage.

Forcier, the artistic director of Forcier Stage Works, has spent the last three years creating dance numbers based on the post-traumatic lens in contemporary choreography, which is also the topic of her thesis for her recently completed master’s degree in fine arts from York University.

“This latest production is basically an expansion of my research,” she said during a recent interview.

“Scars are All the Rage is fairly dark and graphic and it was challenging to choreograph because of the subject matter. We’re talking about the cyclical nature of abuse.”

Forcier said her 30-minutelong number, which features award-winning dancers Molly Johnson and Louis Laberge-

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Côté, alongside newcomer Justine Comfort, aims to be both artistically sensitive while depicting reality.

“It’s not an entertainment piece, but more of a social commentary,” said Forcier, whose choreographies tend to be heavily image based.

“The movement in Scars are All the Rage often times looks disjointed and disoriented and not so much technically polished. The goal is to show the honesty of the physical response and emotion.”

Scars are All the Rage, which

also features an original score by longtime collaborator and Dora Award-nominated composer James Bunton, will have its world premiere on Thursday, March 12 at 8 p.m. at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. Fellow Toronto dance artist Tracey Norman will also present the world premiere of her piece what goes between at the double bill, which explores the impact of loss and transformation.

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During rehearsals, Forcier and Norman have been keeping a blog called Forcier/ Norman: Behind the Scenes! at forciernorman.wordpress. com, which shares their experiences about the development of their pieces.

The two-number event, presented by DanceWorks – Toronto’s leading presenter of independent dance – is part of NextSteps, Harbourfront Centre’s national dance series, which aims to bring the very best in Canadian dance from across the country – and around the world – to Toronto’s finest venues and theatres.

Forcier, who hails from Montreal and has lived near Queen Street East and Greenwood Avenue for about a year, started taking dance lessons when she was a child.

In her early teens, a teacher introduced her to contemporary dance. Forcier soon fell in love with the art form and went on to graduate from

college with a double major in social sciences and dance.

In 2002, she moved to Toronto to pursue a professional career in dance.

Three years later, Forcier completed her conservatory training at Cabbagetown’s School of Toronto Dance Theatre.

That same year, she founded her own dance company Forcier Dance Works and has worked as full-time

professional dancer and choreographer ever since.

Forcier, who also serves as the co-artistic director of the Hub 14 arts incubator for independent movementbased practitioners, has also written several dance-related articles. Forcier’s next adventure is motherhood as she’s pregnant.

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Grooving at Applegrove: Clockwise from left: Grace Tesa swings her daughter Evelyn Farmer, 6, around during Applegrove Winter Cider Social and Family Dance at Applegrove Community Complex, Saturday afternoon. Andrew Heinmiller takes a picture of his daughter Ava Heinmiller, 2, while sisters Frankie, 6, left, and Sadie, 8, accompanied by their mom Kim, make collages.

Ward 32 Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon, the newly elected vicechair of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, recently got a better look and understanding of what she’ll be dealing with during a recent Public Works field trip.

Last Thursday, the Beaches-East York rep along with fellow committee members as well as various Public Works Department staffers donned a hard hat and a brightly coloured vest and checked out three of Toronto’s most notable public works sites.

Her day began in north Etobicoke at the Disco Road transfer station and organics facility where Derek Angove, director of processing, gave a presentation about the city’s solid waste department.

The next stop was at 703 Don Mills Rd., the home of the City of Toronto’s transportation operations centre as well as its emergency operations centre. “(The transportation operations centre) looked like the bridge of a Star Trek ship with all the screens, graphics and what not,” said McMahon, who was equally fascinated by the city’s emergency operations centre,

where representatives from every department work together in the event of a major, city-wide crisis like the 2013 ice storm.

After lunch, the group paid a visit to the historic Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant, which McMahon called “The Perfume Factory”.

“The one thing to note there is that we were in a new building and they’ve done such great work with the odour-control measures,” she said, adding she’s just “blown away” by the passion Toronto Water employees have for their job and educating others about the important work they do for the city.

“We didn’t have a lot of time to tour ‘The Perfume Factory’ but I’m hoping to go back again this summer. It’s a pretty huge site.”

The Public Works field trip concluded at City Hall that afternoon.

“It was great to get out and get a full appreciation for how complicated each department is and the volume they have to deal with,” she said earlier this week, adding the tour was also a great opportunity for her to meet with staff.

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Now in its second season, Monarch Park is home to one of just three women’s shinny leagues in the city.

“It’s free and accessible and in the community,” said Baptist, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 12 years.

“The ease of it for a bunch of us who are parents is so great. Women’s shinny is a great activity in the community.”

Ward 30 Councillor Paula Fletcher said it’s a shame this popular local rink is already finished for the season.

“Where’s the common sense there?” asked Fletcher, whose 2014 motion at the Parks and Environment Committee to allow flexibility in the 2015 Operating Budget for municipal skating rinks was carried, but not implemented until the 11th hour.

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with this same situation. I’m just throwing up my hands,” she said.

“I think ( Toronto City) Council needs to step in.”

The committee adopted a similar “contingency fund” motion for 2016 at its Feb. 25 meeting.

Fletcher went on to express her frustration that year after year users of the city’s outdoor rinks are left in limbo as private donors only provide enough funds to extend the skating season at a finite number of rinks.

During a recent interview, she said extending the outdoor rink season – which she said costs roughly $200,000 – isn’t an overly expensive endeavour considering city council approved $443 million to expedite the repair of the crumbling Gardiner Expressway.

On Friday, Feb. 20, Fletcher penned a letter to Mayor John Tory and City Manager Joe Pennachetti requesting

Monarch Park be considered as an addition to the list of rinks that will remain open until March 22.

In her letter, Fletcher pointed to the rink being used extensively by residents of wards 29, 30, 31 and 32.

She also expressed her disappointment that she wasn’t “given the opportunity to explain this before the decision was made and include my colleagues from the surrounding wards who would, no doubt, agree to the important role this rink plays in all four adjoining neighbourhoods.”

“I’ll keep fighting,” Fletcher vowed.

Dedicated Monarch Park users like Baptist will also continue working to extend the skating season at their local outdoor rink.

“For next season, we’ll try to put ourselves on the list of folks who would benefit from an extended season,” she said.

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