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The fatal shooting death of 29-year-old aspiring rapper Ceyon ‘C-sick’ Carrington last Wednesday in Leslieville was not random, according to Toronto police. “I believe the shooting was targeted,” said Det. Andy Singh of the homicide squad during a Monday afternoon media scrum this week at the scene of the March 23 murder on Carlaw Avenue, just north of Queen Street. Singh said Carrington, who lived in Regent Park, and an unnamed friend were walking towards a music studio at 260 Carlaw Ave. when a man approached Carrington “without warning” from behind and shot him “multiple times” at a close range. The shooter then got into a dark-coloured vehicle, which sped away southbound on Carlaw Avenue. “I believe they knew exactly who Mr. Carrington was,” he said of the suspect and his accomplice. A trauma nurse who was in the area administered CPR to Carrington before paramedics arrived on the scene. The victim was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later. Singh said the friend, who >>>POLICE, page 2

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Police looking for help from residents in murder probe >>>from page 1 fled the scene out of fear for his life, was not harmed. “He is lucky to be alive and he was not injured,” he said, adding investigators believe there was never any intention to harm Carrington’s friend. Prior to the shooting, Carrington and his friend had been playing basketball over in Regent Park. A makeshift memorial has since sprung up in the laneway where Carrington was killed. Carrington, who was involved in speaking to and mentoring children at the Regent Park Community Centre, was known to police. He was one of two men charged with first-degree murder and other offences in connection with the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Tariq Mohammed in November 2014 at the Garden Restaurant on Dundas Street West near University Avenue. Carrington spent five months in jail but charges against him were withdrawn last June when the Crown found there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him and his co-accused Marcus Gibson. Both men were released from custody.

Aspiring rapper Ceyon ‘C-sick’ Carrington died after a shooting on March 23 on Carlaw Avenue. He is the city’s 21st homicide victim of 2016.

“We’re not here to talk about Carrington’s past. Our goal is to find who is responsible for Toronto’s 21st homicide of 2016,” Singh said. With that being said, he said police are appealing to community members for any information about

Carrington’s murder. They’re especially interested in speaking to anyone who might have video footage. “We have canvassed for a lot of video in this area and we are looking for a lot more,” he said. “We’d really appreciate any sort of surveillance or any information at this point.” The shooter is described as black with a dark complexion, about 5’10” with a medium build. He was last seen wearing dark clothing and had his hood up. The suspect fled the scene in a newer-model, four door black Hyundai sedan (possibly a Sonata model) that had tinted windows. Anyone with information should contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416222-8477, online at www.222tips. com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). A memorial has been set up on Carlaw Avenue where Ceyon ‘C-sick” Carrington was killed in a shooting on March 23. Staff photo/JOANNA LAVOIE

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Showcase your talent, support a great cause The organizers of the Riverdale Housing Animation Program’s “Art of Community” event are looking for talented residents to take part in their sixth annual fundraiser on Friday, May 13. Dancers, singers, artists, photographers, bakers, and even comedians are welcome to apply. All proceeds from the fundraiser, which will be held at the Baron Byng Legion Hall, 243 Coxwell Ave., at Gerrard Street East, from 7 to 10 p.m., will be directed to RHAP programming. The Riverdale Housing Animation Program is the programming piece/charitable arm of the Riverdale Housing Action Group, which helps people access affordable housing and daily support in the city’s east end. It runs several programs, including monthly women’s and young men’s groups, a March Break camp, an International Women’s Day celebration, a summer camp, an October celebration, and a holiday party. Contact Emily at emily@ rhag.ca for details about how you can showcase your talent while supporting the cause.

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oney for transit, and possibly more for housing. It was welcome news from Ottawa last week, when newly minted Finance Minister Bill Morneau released the federal Liberal government’s first budget, and it included those two things. Among other things, the budget pledged $3.4 billion in public transit investment across the country over the next three years. And an $11.9 billion infrastructure plan will allow for federal funding of housing. Both of these announcements are good for Toronto, which needs major investment in both areas, and has for many years. With the exception of the late former mayor Rob Ford, everyone occupying the Toronto mayor’s office has agreed that the federal government needs to engage in the direct financing of municipal needs – housing and transit in particular. But mayoral advocacy has our view only ever achieved partial success, and often none at all. Federal Liberals Count this year’s budget as partial win. make good on another Toronto stands to get a sizeportion of the federal transit, housing able transit funding, as the allocation will be based on ridership and the Toronto Transit Commission’s ridership is formidable. But 26 per cent – the share that Mayor John Tory’s office estimates will come to the city on that basis – is still only $884 million. The Toronto Transit Commission’s state of good repair backlog currently sits at $2.7 billion. Similarly, it’s hard to imagine federal infrastructure money, which will be divided more equitably, will get Toronto very far in completing the $2.6 billion repair backlog in Toronto Community Housing. Will there be more money in future budgets? One might hope so, particularly as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Morneau have signalled that they’re not going to be shy when it comes to running deficits higher than usual. But we shouldn’t confuse hope with expectation, and Toronto needs to accept that it will be, at least to some degree, on its own – with maybe, just maybe, a bit more help from the cash-strapped provincial government. That means that later this year, when Toronto considers new revenue tools, councillors will need to look very seriously at the options. We’ve been given a boost. But we’ll have to climb the rest of the way ourselves.

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Trying to find forgiveness for Rob Ford I’ve been thinking a lot about forgiveness lately. Generally, the act of forgiving is a healthy one. Carrying grudges, nursing old wounds, maintaining rifts is bad for the soul if you believe in that kind of thing, and for the digestion whether you do or don’t. It feels good to let go. But in the case of Robert Bruce Ford, interred yesterday after his untimely and awful death at age 46, forgiveness becomes… problematic. It’s not that he didn’t beg our forgiveness. When he was still mayor, before cancer struck him, Rob Ford offered a fulsome apology for the behaviour he exhibited while under the influence of his alcohol addiction. He went so far as to apologize on television, in the summer of 2014, where he accepted “full responsibility” for his “poor judgement.” During that time, he’d been recorded saying an awful thing about his mayoral rival, city councillor Karen Stintz,

david nickle the city and he apologized for that. With that done, of course, he launched into an eyebrowraising stump speech for his bid to be re-elected mayor then left without taking questions. But still: an apology is an apology, and it’s only good manners to accept it. And even if he hadn’t apologized, there is still the generosity we all feel toward the terminally ill. Imagining ourselves at a dying man’s bedside, a long-held grudge becomes an unimaginable burden. And so it feels good for us to absolve: to recall Rob Ford as a good bloke after all, whose sins were egged on by the demon rum; to conclude that he was simply the mayor that loved Toronto too much; and that through it all, returning phone calls and posing for selfies, coaching grateful high school footballers and hobnobbing with celebrities,

he somehow did great good for the city. That this doesn’t square with the historical record is problematic. Indeed, it is significantly problematic, as our consideration of the Ford years is not simply a matter of the historical record. In addition to a widow and two children, Ford leaves behind a political machine, in the form of Ford Nation: tens of thousands of people who supported him unquestioningly, and a political heir, in the form of his brother, former councillor Doug Ford. Earlier this week, Doug was front-and-centre at the visitation that the family requested be held in the Toronto City Hall rotunda, greeting wellwishers, embracing supporters, and posing for the selfies with those in line to visit his brother Rob’s flag-draped casket. We all grieve in different ways, but to onlookers, it seemed an awful lot like campaigning. And in the context of campaigning, the narrative

of what really happened between 2010 and 2014 in the mayor’s office matters. The truth of that is that Rob Ford stepped off a wellrun campaign and into a job that he bungled from nearly the beginning. At some point, booze and other drugs overtook him and made things worse. But there is little evidence that he loved Toronto enough, never mind too much, and plenty of evidence that drunk or sober, he despised significant elements of the city. His accomplishments – abolishing the car tax and the contracting out of some garbage collection – are few. The damage he did – to public transit, to the simple level of discourse – is considerable. And for that, and many other things, he never once apologized. As good as it might feel to grant, forgiveness is really not an option. David Nickle is Metroland Media Toronto’s city hall reporter. His column runs every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @DavidNickle

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Stratford Festival HD Production Screenings: ‘King Lear’ WHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7703 COST: Free ‘Anthony and Cleopatra’ will be screened May 3, and ‘King John’ on July 7. Shout Sister Choir Toronto South East WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE:

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April Fool’s Dance WHEN: 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. WHERE: Balmy Beach Club, at the foot of Beech Avenue CONTACT: Beverley Plante, 416-698-0214, bevplante@gmail.com COST: $15 in advance, $18 at the door Enjoy a night of dancing to the Rockaholics, classic rock with a little funky R and B. All proceeds support our paddlers and paddling programs.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.beachmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your Beach neighbourhood as well as events from across Toronto. Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: www. shoutsisterchoir.ca COST: dues We do not audition and we sing a fun variety of music from pop and Motown, to folk to a touch of country and blues. New members are welcome. If you are interested send an email to members@shoutsisterchoir.ca and specify Toronto SE as the subject line.

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Life As We Know It WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7703, www. torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Filmmaker/visual humourist Cameron Tingley presents his short, live-action films and shares his observations of

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Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7703 COST: Free From the minstrel gallery under the vaulted ceilings of Beaches Library, the chorale performs madrigals, the sophisticated, polyphonic and secular song from Shakespeare’s time.

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Toronto Silent Film Festival: ‘The Mark of Zorro’ WHEN: 4 to 5:45 p.m. WHERE: Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Toronto Silent Film Festival, www.torontosilentfilmfestival.com, torontosilentfilm@gmail.com COST: $15 / $10 With live piano accompaniment.

Kingston Road Village Concert Series: The Cecilia String Quartet WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: Krista, www.kruc.ca/concerts, krista.mac@ hotmail.com COST: Free The Cecilia String Quartet is ensemble-in-residence at U of T. Tickets in advance, online, or at the door.

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eh List Author Reading Series: Sally Christie WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7703 COST: Free Book signing to follow.

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WoodGreen youth program benefits from Norm Kelly apparel JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com East-end social service agency WoodGreen Community Services is the winner in a new partnership between Ward 40 (ScarboroughAgincourt) Councillor Norm Kelly and Leslieville-based apparel company, Peace Collective. Late last year, the year-anda-half-old “lifestyle brand with a philanthropic drive and civic pride engrained within its design” approached Kelly about working together on an exclusive limited edition “capsule collection” where 100 per cent of the proceeds would be directed to charity. I n t h i s c a s e Wo o d G r e e n Community Services’ Newcomer Youth Settlement Program, which provides counseling, groups programs, workshops, an art club, sports events and trip to youth age 13 to 24, is the benefactor. “WoodGreen fit the bill because of their focus on youth and we also wanted to do something with newcomers to our city. It was just perfect,” said John Molina, Peace Collective PR/marketing director, Tuesday afternoon. Kelly, who in the last year or so has

become a bit of a Twitter phenom, said three or four apparel companies, including Peace Collective, have recently approached him about using his name and likeness on their merchandise. Earlier this week, Kelly said he was happy to work with the east-end group as they have a serious marketing plan and are experienced in actually putting out a clothing line, not to mention the charitable component of what they do. “I’m really grateful I’ve been able to direct a fair chunk of money to charities and organizations in Toronto,” said Kelly, who left the design of his namesake apparel line in Peace Collective’s hands. He also said he hopes the Norm Kelly capsule collection does well and raises lots of funds for WoodGreen. “I’m hoping it sells out quickly and (Peace Collective) produces another run,” Kelly said. “It’s a quality product and Normaside, the proceeds are going to a very worthwhile cause, WoodGreen Community Services.” Maisie Lo, WoodGreen’s director of Immigrant Services, said the east-end organization couldn’t be more honoured to be benefitting

from Peace Collective philanthropic efforts. “We feel very privileged to be chosen to receive this donation. WoodGreen is really very excited,” Lo said Tuesday afternoon, adding they’ve never been involved with an initiative like this before. “It’s a fun project to be connected with and hopefully there will be lots of sales. It definitely will benefit our clients directly.” Aside from receiving 500 free “Home is Toronto” T-shirts from Peace Collective, WoodGreen’s new connection with the company will also include volunteers donating their time to mentor and spend time with young Syrian refugees and other newcomers to Canada during an upcoming bowling outing tentatively set for April 23. The Norm Kelly capsule collection coincides with the launch of Peace Collective’s new video series, Canadian Built. The aim of this project, which was officially launched March 28 and features Kelly in its first episode, is to highlight influential Canadians and inspire the community by sharing their story and perspective of what home means to them. “Our goal is to create a platform

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affectionately known as the 6dad. “Twitter has reintroduced me to the younger crowd. … This reconnection has delighted me.” Kelly went on to say that he admires the millennial generation. “They’re going to face a very challenging world, far more than my generation did,” he said, adding he admires today’s youth for their flexibility, faith in themselves and their entrepreneurial spirit. “They’re the leaders of tomorrow and I’m so pleased I’ve been able to engage them.” Peace Collective, which is working to establish a charitable foundation, is always looking for more ways to engage the community through monthly events and other outreach efforts. The company also has Toronto and Canada apparel lines. For each piece sold, $5 is donated to Breakfast for Learning, an organization dedicated to helping Canadian communities to start and sustain school lunch programs. “Our main effort is for the youth. You’ve got to invest in them to create a better future for everybody,” Molina said. Visit www.peace-collective.com for more information.

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In a matter of days, upward of 5,000 supporters signed an online petition (www. ipetitions.com/petition/ say-no-to-1-day-event-orfriday-to-saturday-dates). Meeting held In the end, a meeting was called for last Wednesday, bringing together members of the Toronto Music Advisor y Council, staff from the mayor’s office, the Economic Development and Municipal Licensing and Standards departments as well as Music Africa representatives. Later that afternoon, McMahon posted a joint statement on her website and social media announcing this year’s edition of Afrofest has been restored to two days. “Councillor Mar yMargaret McMahon, the City of Toronto and Music Africa Inc. are pleased to announce

that an agreement has been reached to grant Afrofest a permit for July 9 and 10, 2016 in Woodbine Park,” it read. “All parties are committed to working together to ensure Afrofest is successful this summer and in future years.” Afrofest organizers “acknowledge that there were some permit violations related to past years of the festival and the city admits to unclear communication regarding permit end times,” the statement read. Afrofest, which started in 1989, is the largest annual African music festival in North America. It draws up to 60,000 revelers daily. For the past four summers, Afrofest has been held at Woodbine Park in the Beach. Up until 2011, the festival was held at Queen’s Park, but it “outgrew” that space and was relocated to Woodbine Park in 2012.

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responds to what I was hearing at the door during the election and in the course of our pre-budget consultations held in the community,” Dabrusin said during a recent interview. “What’s nice is that a lot of the budget covers all of the issues that were raised time and time again. (The Liberal government) is ready to invest in Canada and invest in our

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Iconic space imagined for area >>>from page 1 form the triangle lot at Carlaw Avenue and Dundas Street East into an iconic, urban gathering space. To do so, the city has launched a design competition for a “signature marker,” a vertical streetscape element that can be seen from all directions that will reflect the vibrancy and history of the community. To qualify as a community representative on the panel,

you must live in the CarlawDundas area and have knowledge of the neighbourhood, have professional experience in art, architecture, landscape architecture, and/or urban design/industrial design. Anyone interested in applying should send a letter of interest and a summary of their background highlighting why they would make a good addition to the jury to btaylor9@toronto.ca by noon on Wednesday, April 6.

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