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Bridgepoint has always aimed to construct a LEED-certified hospital, said Ian Sinclair, vice-president of operations for the newly created Sinai Health System, during a recent interview.

“As the project design evolved, the general contractor and the LEED consultant felt there was an opportunity to set the bar higher and go for silver,” he said.

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To qualify for the LEED silver level, Bridgepoint was required to “earn” a certain number of additional credits for its new hospital, which opened its doors in early 2013.

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Design Exchange held a workshop for kids to make their own creations based on the five spectacular shelters showcased on Kew and Balmy beach artists at work: the free workshop was held Saturday by Design Exchange on Queen Street East, not too far from the five spectacular shelters that have transformed the Beach lifeguard stations into ‘winter stations’. Artists at work here include: top left, Lily Halton; top right, Levi and Laura Aaron; and bottom right, Leif Halton.

Area resident captures ‘A Day in the Life of Leslieville’ JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Photographs snapped during morning walks with her Pyrenees dog, Sunshine, have reignited long-time Leslieville resident Diane Walton’s passion for photography.

Walton, who has lived near Queen Street East and Greenwood Avenue for 12 years, said she felt so inspired by the community’s interesting sights and people she recently decided to launch a year-long photography project called ‘A Day in the Life of Leslieville’.

She said the initiative, which launched on Dec. 21, was inspired by her recently adopted dog’s preference for roaming the streets and sidewalks of Leslieville instead of hanging out at the Greenwood Doggie Park.

“It’s really nice. I’m getting a little more in touch with the community through this project,” said Walton, who posts a handful of photographs from her daily morning walk on the I am a Leslievillian! facebook group each day.

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Last Sunday’s posting was devoted to International Women’s Day. “It’s really just about the vibrancy, colour and culture of the neighbourhood. There’s never a shortage of interesting things to photograph,” said Walton, who 20 years ago worked as a photographer and freelance writer.

“This has opened a whole new happiness chapter of my life. I absolutely love it and I had forgotten how much I loved taking photographs.”

Walton said she’s considering putting together a calendar or a coffee table book of her photos once the project wraps up. She intends to donate some of the proceeds to a charitable organization.

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ayor John Tory’s first 100 days have been momentous: he’s waged a war on those who park on arterial roads during rush hour; he’s headed to Ottawa to discuss city issues; he’s discussed bringing the city’s outdated methods into the 21st century; he’s put into motion the beginning analysis on his SmartTrack transit plan; and he’s tabled his first budget.

Exciting times for Tory.

Equally exciting times for the City of Toronto.

But all this excitement, whether admitted or not, will come with a price: fare hikes, tax hikes, service fee hikes – hikes, hikes, hikes.

This is not to say hikes are necessarily a bad thing, you have to our view raise money to run this city, but does this lead?

What is the where While these steps feel like the city is heading in the right direclong-term tion in terms of government vision for T.O. relations, transit planning and even economic development, we assume they are planks in a short, medium and longterm strategy for the city.

We think the public would be served with the ever-craved transparency of a public document that shows what those strategy benchmarks might look like for key municipal files.

Mayor Tory has done an admirable job of being available to the media – what seems like any time of the day – and he’s also brought a necessary calm to the chain of office.

But this is, well, window dressing when it comes to the big picture.

It’s clear Tory wants to see Toronto on solid ground – he has to, he banked on the city’s economic outlook by borrowing in the future to pay for a present-day budget shortfall.

Regardless of all the things accomplished during his first 100 days, it’s the next 265 days, the next 1,095 days until the next election that matter even more.

The short-term gains are welcome, but the long-term goal is what needs articulating.

If we are to be the world-class city Mayor Tory and Torontonians want to be, we will need to pay for it – we’ve said as much in many editorials.

However, we also need to know from those in charge of the municipal purse what their long-term vision is – two, three, four even eight years out. The first 100 days sets a tone, but what is the entire song they’ll be playing?

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Tory has set comforting standards in first 100 days One hundred is a nice round number – and instinctively, one thinks that if you have 100 days at a job or with a new employee or dating a new paramour, it ought to be enough time to tell if things are working out.

It’s fair to say that 100 days into our four-year relationship with Mayor John Tory, things are working out.

The former provincial Conservative leader and radio talk show host has set a standard of behaviour and leadership that’s pretty comforting in the moment and shows potential in the future.

The phrase “unlike his predecessor” could show up in sentences throughout this column, and I’ll try to just use it this once, because the fact of the moment is that Tory’s success so far is made all the greater by the contrast with what went before.

david nickle the city Since taking office, Tory has shown a good-natured work ethic and a willingness to modify his preconceived agenda based even on inconvenient facts.

Tory’s only interest outside of his new job appears to be his wife Barbara: there are no afternoon field trips for football coaching or any other games.

And beyond those baseline virtues?

Speaking with reporters on his 101st day, Tory summed up his sense of his own accomplishments and aspirations.

“This was not going to be an administration of ideology and slogans… I hope what people see of it so far and I hope that what they do see is that it’s an administration of common sense, an administration

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It’s fair to say that 100 days into our four-year relationship with Mayor John Tory, things are working out.

of compassion, an administration that serves all the people and has a balanced city government.”

That is actually a pretty fair self-assessment as far as it goes.

Tory has spent his very long workdays trying to break the literal gridlock of downtown Toronto with new anti-congestion measures.

When he heard the impact that cuts on the TTC had, he looked for ways to mitigate those impacts by bolstering service.

When it got too cold outside, he did everything he could to open shelter beds.

My, but he is green, though.

Tory is the first person to hold the mayor’s office in Toronto with no municipal experience whatsoever.

He is awkward and easily tripped up when he chairs a meeting, and naïve when it comes to intergovernmental negotiations.

Sometimes this is inconvenient, sometimes it creates a real problem.

Tory misread the mood of the provincial government woefully when he left a meeting with Premier Kathleen Wynne believing that the $86-million hole left by the end to housing pooling might be filled.

In dropping that ball and deciding not to raise property taxes to cover the shortfall this year, Tory risks turning the next few hundred days in office into a much larger challenge than he signed up for.

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MARCH BREAK PROGRAMS Activities for school-age kids and teens.

Check out these free programs and many more at your local library branch.

Art Garage March 16, 2 pm Pan Am Games–inspired art workshop. For ages 5–10.

Beaches Branch 2161 Queen St. E. Mad Science presents Splash!

March 16, 2 pm Children explore the amazing properties of water and make a bioluminescent keychain to take home. For ages 5 and up.

To register, call 416-393-7720.

Riverdale Branch 370 Broadview Ave. Pan Am Games Challenge and Lego Club March 16, 2 pm

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Actor Carleigh Beverly takes to the stage in Time Stands Still JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

Make a Glove Monster March 17, 10 am Bring in a glove and leave with a cute or scary monster! For ages 6 and up. Some sewing involved.

To register, call 416-393-7720.

Riverdale Branch 370 Broadview Ave. Make a Stop Motion Animation Movie March 18, 2 pm Create a stop motion movie using a free app. You can bring your own mobile device or work in a group using our devices. To register, call 416-393-7715. For all ages.

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Participate in our Pan Am–themed Minute to Win It games to win prizes. For all ages.

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Space is limited and for some locations tickets may be required for admission. Tickets are free and can be picked up at the branch.

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Lifelong Beach resident Carleigh Beverly is excited to once again be playing the role of Mandy Bloom, the youngest character in an upcoming remount of the critically-acclaimed play Time Stands Still.

“Mandy is a breath of fresh air in the show,” said Beverly during a recent interview.

“There’s so much of her that is so truthful, so real. I agree with a lot of things she says.”

Initially staged during the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival, Time Stands Still is a play about a war correspondent named James and his longterm girlfriend, Sarah, who return home to face the consequences of their exposure to life in a war zone, how it has begun to affect their relationship and what ‘normal’ means for them now.

Presented by TSS Collective, the production – written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies – is being remounted for an 18-day run from March 12 to 29 at the Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave., which is near Queen Street West and Bathurst Street.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Theatre Passe Muraille Box Office by calling 416-504-7529 or online at www.artsboxoffice.ca.

Beverly, who lives near Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue, got into the performing arts as a

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Sam Rosenthal, left, and Carleigh Beverly appear in a scene from the play ‘Time Stands Still’.

dancer when she was very young.

As a child she auditioned and was accepted into the full-time program at the Canada’s National Ballet School, but once she reached her teens she said she felt the desire to branch out.

“Though I got lots of opportunities to perform, I just found a love for stage,” said Beverly, who went on to attend the Etobicoke School of the Arts.

“It worked out and it’s been good. Acting is definitely a passion.”

After completing high school, she briefly attended Ryerson University in 2008, but left after landing some roles on television shows.

Beverly’s been busy ever since working on several TV movie as well as children’s shows.

She’s also done several theatre roles.

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“I just love being on stage,” Beverly said.

“Stage is definitely where I want to be. I love the interaction with real people. I feed on it.”

Her first major stage role was in the Fringe festival play The Keeper’s Secret where she played the lead role of Ellie, who struggled with a drug addiction.

In 2009, Beverly joined Sterling Studio Theatre and performed in three productions.

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Red Door must raise $3 million to outfit new shelter >>>from page1 following a Monday press conference.

“We now have a willing developer, city council is on our side and we continue to have the support of Councillor (Paula) Fletcher.”

Ward 30 Councillor Paula Fletcher called the news “a community victory.”

“Last year when it looked like the Red Door might close, the entire community stood up and said no,” she said.

“We’re excited to be part of such an innovative project,” she said of the four-storey shelter, which will be built and owned by the City of Toronto and leased back to the Red Door for $1 a year.

Both Fletcher and Hawkins thanked the community for their support, especially the 50,000-plus people who signed the Save the Red Door petition.

“Leslieville wanted us to stay on Queen Street and we are. We’re ecstatic,” Hawkins said.

Developer Chris Harhay told those in attendance they’re “very excited as a company to be part of this.”

“It’s a great example, I think, of the public and the private sector working together in partnership,” said Harhay, who went on to say this model of incorporating residential, retail and community services into one project is one that

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works for the site.

“It’s truly a mixed-used development in the heart of Leslieville,” he said, adding it’s also an opportunity for them to give back to the community.

Harhay, who is also behind the 90 Broadview lofts and the East Lofts at Queen and Sherbourne streets, said they weren’t aware the Red Door was in such “dire straits” when they first purchased the property, which was in receivership. After touring the shelter and meeting some of its staff members and residents, Harhay said he was on board with incorporating a family shelter into the development.

“We’ve been big on live, work and play but to be able to actually put a community service into a new building is when we talk about breaking ground,” he said.

For the past year, Harhay has been working closely with the Red Door Family Shelter as well as the city to come up with plans for a seven-storey building that includes a purpose-built shelter with 94 beds as well as retail space on the ground level and 232 below-grade parking spaces.

“There’s still a lot of work to be done,” he said.

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Two weeks earlier on Feb. 17, Addie also found a large chunk of raw hamburger in the same ravine and brought it to her owner, who took it away.

Toronto police and the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have both been notified.

Dog walkers and owners should keep their dogs on leash until more information is available.

This past weekend, there was another case of meat left

in a local park.

On Saturday, March 7, an area resident posted on social media about an open package of bacon found in Cassels Park, which is east of Woodbine Avenue and south of Gerrard Street East.

Another resident also recently posted about trails of milkbones as well as some sausages being left on the street near Burgess Avenue between the entrance to Cassels Park and Golfview Avenue.

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Kingston Road Animal Hospital and VETS Toronto issued the warning March 3 after the owners of a fiveyear-old dog named Addie brought the pooch in for a precautionary check-up after she ate some of a raw chicken carcass she found.

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Energy-efficient building will save about $900,000 a year >>>from page 1 Bridgepoint was also required to meet a target of diverting at least 50 per cent of its parking spaces from the ground.

Among other things, the hospital also has light pollution reduction as well as ozone protection plans, and has a no-scent policy and a green education program.

After all of these steps were taken, the Canada Green Building Council,

which administers the green building rating system, did an audit to ensure Bridgepoint was following through with its commitments.

“It was pretty tough,” Sinclair said. “As a hospital, we have a sense of accountability to the community, a sense of stewardship. We also want to make sure we’re using public resources efficiently and not harming the community.”

The local health care centre,

which provides care for patients with complex chronic conditions as well as those requiring rehabilitation, was officially certified Feb. 9.

Some highlights include: • Being 30 per cent more energyefficient than a building designed according to standard building code.

This translates to an annual savings of about $900,000 a year.

• The building uses storm water run-off to irrigate the gardens and a smart irrigation system; native plants; and efficient and innovative washroom fixtures.

• A high-performance heat recovery system, air conditioning system and high-efficiency boilers and double-glazed windows.

• At least 15 per cent of the materials used to construct the facility contain recycled content.

As well, whenever possible, construction materials such as steel and drywall were sourced from suppliers within 800 kilometres of the building.

• The project diverted about 230,000 metric tons, or 98 per cent of the site’s construction materials from landfill.

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The next installment of East End Connects, a series of artistic and networking events hosted by local artists and community members, is set for Wednesday, March 18 from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. at Artisans At Work, 2071 Danforth Ave.

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PERFECT CONDITIONS: Two women snowshoe in Tommy Thompson Park Saturday morning.

Over the Sofa Art Circle, a free art discussion for artists about how to best display art work, will be hosted by Gail Gregory and Nola McConnan.

The event is open to all area artists interested in taking part in an informal chat to

debate, discuss, dissect and learn about art.Over the Sofa Art Circle is free to attend, but registration is required as there is a maximum of 20 attendees due to space limitations. Email info@eastendarts. ca to register.

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Relief Line could be further delayed due to Tory’s SmartTrack RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Construction of the Relief Line subway could be further deferred because of SmartTrack.

City and TTC planners are currently completing a technical study for the project, which, if approved by council and the provincial government, would take at least 11 to 14 years to design and complete – and only if funding is secured for its expected multi-billion dollar budget.

Even so, and despite congestion on the Yonge subway expected to balloon to 39,000 riders per hour by 2031, the Relief Line could be placed further on the backburner due to the emergence of John Tory’s SmartTrack project as a key transportation priority, city officials said during a public consultation as part of the study which was held Monday at St. Lawrence Hall on King Street.

“That’s something we’re going to assess carefully as we go through this study to understand timing requirements for the Relief Line,” said city planner Stella Gustavson during the meeting.

When the Relief Line study officially launched last spring, SmartTrack had yet to be introduced by then-mayoral candidate John Tory.

Conceived as a new surface rail system connecting with the subway system as well as an expanded GO rail network as part of the Regional Express Rail (RER) plan, SmartTrack now has its own planning study to go along with the Relief Line as well as the Scarborough subway extension study, which also recently got underway.

City planners have a tight timeline to complete all of the studies and make final recommendations to city council.

Close to 30 staffers from the city’s planning and transpor-

tation studies departments support a core group of eight attached to the Relief Line study, SmartTrack and the Scarborough extension, Tim Laspa said.

Laspa, the city’s director for transportation planning, said his group has already received more than 60 suggestions for specific station locations for the Relief Line, all which must be investigated and whittled down to a shortlist of routing options to be presented as part of the next phase of the study, expected around June.

“It’s a significant amount of work, but it’s part of our program and what we’ve agreed to undertake,” Laspa said.

About 100 people attended Monday night’s meeting and were given a chance to provide feedback directly to city staff on what they thought of the plans so far.

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Gertrude Kearns and The Art of Command at Fort York HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Contemporary war artist Gertrude Kearns’ 46-piece exhibition at the Fort York Visitor Centre is more than just homage to Canada’s Afghan mission; it’s a reflection of the effects war has on those who call the shots on the front lines.

“I hope each piece will indicate certain things about the personality of each commander and what the weight and burden he had to carry and show the energy of each one and the loneliness of command,” Kearns told The Mirror.

He r w o r k h a s b e e n described as an emotional journey, fearless, self-assured and ruthlessly honest by the military subjects portrayed in her latest body of work The Art of Command - Portraits and Posters from Canada’s Afghan Mission.

The exhibit, which runs until June 14, showcases large scale portraits and posters

Kearns created from 2006 to 2015. For the majority of pieces this will be the first time they’ll be on display to the public.

According to chief curator for the City of Toronto and the Fort York Visitor Centre Wayne Reeves, the centre couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have Kearns showcase her work there.

“It’s my job to know the history of Canadian military art and I knew she was a very important part of that over the last 25 years,” Reeves said.

“Her work has been at the Canadian War Museum and it’s caused quite a bit of controversy too. So all the museum staff were super charged to have her because it’s very contemporary, it’s edgy and yet it’s a natural fit to Fort York. We thought it was a winning combination.”

The exhibit has two components, the first is her portrait series of 20 different commanders. Each face etched with such intensity, precision and detail it’s hard

to look away.

Every line, wrinkle and crack on their face is amplified to show how commanders wear their time abroad on their face and not just on patches stitched onto their uniform.

The second component is 26 texted art prints that incorporate an image of the portrait with text sprawled around it.

Snippets of phrases, like “War changes you” and “No time for Hollywood moments” adorn the posters in bold, bright texts.

According to Kearns, it took years to persuade some commanders to agree to do a portrait, which consisted of about three, three-hour sit down sessions.

Since 1991, the Torontobased artist has been interested in covering war and different conflicts around the globe.

In the early 2000s, her introspective portraits of retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire drew national attention.

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Monday, March 16 – 12pM

Snakes & Reptiles

Join us for a 1 hour presentation featuring live animals, some of which are now endangered in the wild and rarely seen. The first half of the show provides information about the animals and during the second half the audience will have some hands-on experience with these amazing creatures.

Tuesday, March 17 – 12pM & 2pM

Interactive Hula-hoop & Dance Workshop Join us for a 30 minute interactive workshop with fun for the whole family!

Practise your own special moves with hula hoops and ribbons to family-friendly and popular music.

Wednesday, March 18 – 12pM & 2pM

Frozen Ice Queen & Ice Princess Show Have you been enchanted by the smash musical hit “Frozen”? Now is your chance

to meet and sing along with your favourite princesses in this exciting and interactive show! Each show will be followed by a meet and greet with the characters.

Thursday, March 19 – 12pM & 2pM

Interactive Drumming Workshop Join us for a 30 minute interactive percussion workshop! *All entertainment will take place on the Upper Level

Friday, March 20 – 12pM & 2pM

The Magic of Orion

Welcome to a new world of Magic! Orion takes you out of reality and into the Art of Magic! Orion’s world is one of mystery, intrigue, laughter and fantasy!

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