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Mega-storm strikes east Toronto JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Hurricane Sandy was felt in a strong way in Beach-Riverdale with dozens of downed trees and hydro poles throughout the area.

Neville Park Boulevard homeowners and neighbours Barry Wadman and Andrew Spence received a “thunderous” awakening early Tuesday when a century-old red oak tree came crashing onto the roofs of both of their homes.

“At about 1:50 this morning we heard crash, bang, thud. There was drywall, tar paper, insulation and dust all over my wife Gillian and I,” said Wadman, who has lived on the street since 1983.

“My guess is the sustained high wind and the moist ground just caused (the tree) to topple. It just came our way.”

Spence, a six-year Neville Park Boulevard resident, said he was rocked out of bed by what sounded like “a train hitting the house.”

“There was a big bang, and rumbling and shaking,” he said late Tuesday morning as crews worked to remove the tree and clean up the mess.

“There was a branch poking through the ceiling of my bedroom.”

Fallen branches also destroyed the rear window of Spence’s vehicle, which was parked on the street across from his home.

Luckily, no one was hurt, although damage to both homes is extensive.

“The tree struck our master bedroom and (impacted the) kitchen and dining room below,” said Wadman, who suspects that entire section of his home may need to be rebuilt. “We’ll see what the engineers and the insurance adjustor have

Share recipes this Saturday Women from the city’s east end are invited to take part in an evening of shared recipes, stories and song Saturday.

The multi-faith Sisters to Sisters Shared Cooking and Dining Experience runs from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at the Pakistani Community Centre, 1470 Gerrard St. E. (in the lower level of Glen Rhodes United Church).

Presented by the Pakistani Community Centre in partnership with the Danforth Jewish Circle and Eastminster and Glen Rhodes United Church, the event will also include cooking demonstrations where attendees will learn how to make Sabbath challah bread from the Jewish tradition, Christmas cookies and mutton karahi, a goat stew to celebrate the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. Contact Tasleem at 416-602-2131 for more info.

■ Rail garden hootenanny

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Left, Malvern Collegiate students Samantha Hepperle and Shannon Webster-Millward walk by a tree uprooted on the school’s property during mega-storm Sandy. Above, a tree came down and smashed into Andrew Spence’s bedroom on Neville Park Blvd.

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The massive storm, which spanned an estimated 1,300 kilometres along the U.S. eastern coast to the Great Lakes, also caused a

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to large branches in the road, while downed tree limbs on the nearby Woodale Avenue, near Victoria Park Avenue, left a hydro pole leaning precariously against a tree.

The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which caused wind speeds in the GTA to reach nearly 100 kilometres an hour, also left an estimated 45,000 Torontonians without power at their homes and places of work.

A hootenanny is set to take place in the city’s east end for The Rail Garden’s final fundraiser of 2012.

The Harvest Dinner Dance, a night of drinks, music and dancing, takes place Saturday at the Royal Canadian Legion, 243 Coxwell Ave. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 for those 13 and over or $5 for kids ages two to 12.

Proceeds go to The Rail Garden at 446 Woodfield Rd. Visit www.therailgarden.com for details.

■ Fall fest

A day of fun take places Sunday at Greenwood Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The annual event will include a magic show, fair games and activities for the kids, and artisans from the community. There will also be a best pie contest. Email friendsofgreenwoodpark.frog@gmail.com to enter the pie contest or for details.

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New Presbyterian Church pastor sets goals JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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astor Rafael Vallejo, Rafael as he prefers to be called, has just completed his first week as the new head minister of Queen Street East Presbyterian Church.

The first “non-white” person to lead the 135-yearold church, the oldest Presbyterian congregation in Toronto east of the Don River, Vallejo is also the first pastor of Filipino Hispanic heritage in Ontario to be ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

His official induction ceremony into the Presbytery of East Toronto took place Sunday, Oct. 21 at the local church, located at the southeast corner of Queen Street East and Carlaw Avenue.

“The place was packed right to the last pew.

Basically the whole community was here regardless of belief or background,” Vallejo said during a recent interview. “I really felt that was what church is all about.”

On that day, he was presented with a special robe and a colourful stole crafted of tapestry-like fabric

depicting people of all races and ethnicities.

Vallejo’s first official Sunday morning service at Queen Street East Presbyterian was Oct. 28.

“It’s the beginning of a new journey, new ideas and new ways to relate to people and make connections,” he said.

Like many protestant churches, Queen Street East Presbyterian, which first opened its doors in November 1877 as Leslieville Presbyterian Church, was facing low attendance and an aging congregation coupled with rising overhead costs.

“The Presbytery wanted to shut it down,” Vallejo said. “There must have been a hand that brought me to Leslieville.”

Despite those challenges, Queen Street East Presbyterian, which serves a multi-racial, intercultural community trying to come to grips with the struggles that come with an evolving neighbourhood, has managed to stay afloat by renting out its hall and other spaces on the property to a number of secular and faith groups.

“If you want to see the extent of rich and poor, it’s right here,” he said. “We’ve got everything here. It’s like

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Rev. Rafael Vallejo is the first pastor of Filipino Hispanic heritage in Ontario to be ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church in Canada. He is the head minister of Queen Street East Presbyterian Church.

straddling both worlds and that’s also part of the ministry challenge.”

Vallejo said he thrives on Queen Street East Presbyterian’s diversity and the fact no two days are alike. The local church had been without a pastor for some time when Vallejo’s colleague/friend Bob Faris,

who was serving as Queen Street East Presbyterian’s interim moderator, asked if he was up for a challenge.

“At first I wasn’t sure what my role would entail. I had no idea what to expect,” said Vallejo, who has since come to understand he’s to be a peacemaker, one who builds bridges with those

who call Leslieville home from the sex workers and those with addictions to the young families and professionals who have recently purchased homes in the rapidly gentrifying area.

“My challenge is to try and relate to people. My goal is to reframe, reinvent what is church and it’s not what happens on a Sunday,” he said. “I come to people as they are in their real lives.”

On Wednesday mornings, the street pastor can be found at Leslieville Pumps having a coffee and chatting with people from all ages and walks of life about their day-to-day struggles and victories.

Around 8:30 a.m., he usually stops by the neighbouring South Riverdale Community Health Centre, which hosts a drop-in breakfast program for female sex workers.

Vallejo’s “office” is one of the wooden benches outside the centre.

“Ministry begins with conversation. Relationships take time to build. I’m there to be a presence in people’s lives,” said Vallejo, who is also involved in a range of causes including housing issues and economic equality.

“Sometimes it’s tough,

especially when it comes to those on the margins of society, but I’m not afraid to ask questions and hear people out.”

Relating and connecting with people is something he’s always done.

Raised near Manila, Philippines, Vallejo started studying at a Catholic seminary when he was 13 years old and by the time he was 18, had taken vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in Manila as a missionary.

For the next decade, he travelled throughout his homeland visiting people living and working in remote rice fields, farms and fishing villages and ministering to them.

“There are communities that needed to help themselves, almost forgotten areas,” Vallejo said. “It was basically the poorest of the poor.”

His formal studies began at the San Francisco Theological Seminary and continued in 2007 at University of Waterloo’s Conrad Grebel College.

His ordination service took place at his home church, Knox’s Galt Presbyterian in Cambridge, Ontario, on Oct. 14.

Martial arts mural unveiled JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A new community mural celebrating women in visual and martial arts has been unveiled near Main and Gerrard streets.

Painted by Toronto artists Grace Channer, Sandra Brewster and Jay Stewart, with the help of several volunteers, the 100-foot long mural is on the building that houses DeSantos Martial Arts at 170 Main St. Veronica DeSantos, a Martial Arts Hall of Famer and tae kwon do and karate master, owns both the local business and the building it calls home.

The colourful public art piece, titled KIA: Unified Movement of Power, was designed to reflect the energizing breath expressed

through martial art movement.

SKETCH Working Arts, a west Toronto-based organization aimed at fostering creativity, self-discovery and empowerment for youth who are street involved or homeless, is behind the project, which was made possible through a $20,000 grant from the City of Toronto’s StART program (formally known as the Graffiti Transformation Program).

The local mural is the community arts initiative’s first major project in the city’s east end.

SKETCH’s artistic director and founder Phyllis Novak, as well as its program director Rose Gutierrez, both live in the Beach/Upper Beach community respectively and had developed a relationship with DeSantos, a fellow Upper

Beach resident, as she’d previously raised funds for the grassroots organization.

They also knew the building is a popular site for tagging and wanted to do something to spruce it up.

DeSantos said she’s wasted a lot of time and money over the years cleaning up illegal “artwork” from her property and wanted to do something to make it stop.

“Our building gets a lot of tagging,” she said, adding it’s even featured on the City of Toronto’s website as one of the top tagged sites in the city.

Last March, she connected with the team at SKETCH Working Arts to start conceiving the project.

Throughout the spring and into the early summer, a series of consultations were held between the young

women artists from SKETCH and members of the east-end community, many of whom attend DeSantos Martial Arts, to come up with the themes for the mural.

Painting began in earnest in August.

After nearly three months, the new mural was officially unveiled Saturday with a community celebration that included martial arts demonstrations, food and fun for the whole family.

“We’re very happy to be able to do this. It was a lot of hard work but well worth it,” DeSantos said.

“They did a great job.”

Novak said it was an equally great experience for SKETCH, which hopes to build on the local beautification effort by sprucing up planter boxes among other things near the new mural.

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Top, visual artists Grace Channer, foreground, and Sandra Brewster work on the DeSantos Martial Arts mural on Main Street last Friday. Members of DeSantos Martial Arts join the artists who created their new mural on Main Street.

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Community can take key role in emergency planning

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he damage caused this week by Hurricane Sandy and its after-effects to both Toronto and the American Atlantic coast should stand as a reminder to all residents of the importance of emergency preparedness.

Whether we think of it or not, these episodes can be huge factors in defining community attributes or identifying community needs.

And, as we head into a storm season, it presents a perfect opportunity for community organizations of all sides to impact their neighbourhoods, and provide a great public service.

Resident associations can take a leading role in making sure their community members are aware of the dangers they face due to high winds, heavy rains, snow or other forces of nature. The city should include those residents associations as a key part of emergency planning.

One area of the city might our view be susceptible to flooding.

Another area has the potential Neighbours for toppled trees. The potential problems are different for each helping neighbourhood – and emerneighbours gency preparedness can be defined by neighbourhood as well. Local organizations are an excellent way to get street-level information out to the people who need it. Most residents associations already have street captains assigned to hand out newsletters and collect membership dues.

They could also be the first sources on what steps need to be taken to prepare for or deal with emergencies. The street captains will also know of residents who have special needs that might be impacted by such things as a power outage, and can be used as resource by emergency officials.

Residents groups can also take a proactive role in dealing with areas of potential danger. For instance, they should be charged with stressing the importance of keeping trees healthy and creating a list of potentially dangerous trees.

And it might provide a significant and appreciated way for organizations to raise their profile and importance in the neighbourhoods of Toronto.

Residents associations, community centres and schools can all contribute to emergency planning.

This week’s storm blew deadly through Toronto and across the region. All of Toronto’s official organizations, including police, fire, EMS and hydro crews, did a great job in preparing for this week’s bad weather associated with Sandy. We can make that even better by using the great amount of knowledge and power held by our owns resident associations.

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Mayor Rob Ford has done nothing but cry and shout ‘I want it my way.’

All he has done is waste time and money.

Stop focusing on changing transit agreements that were in place. Ford has wasted two years of construction time.

Transit is a major economic ingredient and surface transit is a good way to open those stores that sit unused.

Passengers on subways see blank walls whereas on the surface you see places to shop, eat and be entertained.

Economic development is not an underground thing. Another area that Ford must focus on is that there is no left right or centre in city governance.

Councillors should be working together for the good of the city.

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Toronto casino both beneficial and detrimental Toronto’s city manager Joe Pennachetti has upped the ante on the question of whether to allow a casino in Toronto’s borders this week.

In a report to Mayor Rob Ford’s executive committee, which meets next week, Pennachetti indicates serious economic benefits to both Toronto as a whole, and more critically, the City of Toronto’s hungry coffers.

As a whole, a big casino would create some jobs, and also threaten some jobs – particularly at Woodbine Racetrack in Etobicoke – but on balance, create more than it destroyed.

And with the right deal, Pennachetti said a large casino resort could all but eliminate the city’s structural deficit. If it’s located at the Canadian National Exhibition, and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming

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Corporation agrees to give Toronto a sweeter deal than other host municipalities, then it could bring in up to $200 million a year.

And that is the range of Toronto’s structural deficit, which is to say the difference between what it costs to run the city we want and the conservative estimate of how much money the city can actually collect each year.

It’s a compelling argument to raise, given that the city, less than a generation ago, rejected the idea of hosting a casino in a proper referendum.

Will it be enough, to bring the tables and the slot machines to Toronto? It’s tough to say. But one thing for sure is Pennachetti has framed for Toronto councillors the most interesting kind of moral argument: one with no right solution.

Because he’s right: if Toronto bargains and extracts a gold-plated deal with the Ontario government, gambling revenues can deliver to Toronto a balanced budget.

That would mean city services residents value could be sustainably funded, transit could expand as needed. City budget debates could be something other than the triage exercises they’ve become.

And yet... that money will be coming from a tainted source: the pockets and savings and mortgages

of people who cannot resist the temptation of those tables, those slots. Casinos do best with the gamblers whose addiction causes them to give up their whole financial lives.

It’s a choice that past and present provincial governments have already made, as they’ve built casinos in 24 communities around the province over the past few decades.

Those revenues have become part of the bedrock of the Ontario government, and no government has dared look back.

Toronto could dip into that pool as well. A great many Torontonians would benefit. A comparatively few number of Torontonians would suffer catastrophic loss.

It’s a tough question – a moral question. One way or another, it’s a gamble.

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The season may have come to a close for the Leslieville Farmers Market, but residents will still be able to get their fresh food fix throughout winter.

Once again, organizers of the market will be running a Winter Food Mix program. Sundays from 9 a.m. to noon, participants can pass

by Le Papillon on the Park, 1001 Eastern Ave., and pick up their small ($20), medium ($30) or large ($40) mix of seasonal produce and specialty items such as breads, breakfast sausages, eggs, ground beef, honey, hot sauce, hummus, jam, pesto, preserves, cheese and more.

Orders, which can be customized upon pick-up, can be placed each month or for the entire season.

A selection of products will also be available for purchasing à la carte.

Food basket pickups, which also include up to three recipes every week based on the ingredients in the mix, will begin Nov. 11 and will continue until May 26 with the exception of Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.

Participants are also encouraged to share photos and/or recipes from what they create with your ingredients. Visit http://leslievillemarket. com or email mix@leslievillemarket. com for more information.

The Leslieville Farmers Market, which takes place at Jonathan Ashbridge Park, near Queen Street East and Woodward Avenue, is expected to reopen for its third season on June 2.

It’s Happening n Thursday, Nov. 1

Pumpkin Parade at The Rail Garden WHEN: 6:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: The Rail Garden, 446 Woodfield Rd. Bring your lit jack-o’-lanterns for an enchanting evening.

Beach Pumpkin Walk WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Beach Boardwalk, base of Leuty Avenue Contact friendsofthebeachparks@ gmail.com for details.

n Saturday, Nov. 3

Jazz & Reflection series WHEN: 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. Mondays WHERE: St. Aidan’s Church, 70 Silver Birch Ave. CONTACT: 416-691-8082, www.beachunitedchurch.com COST: Free-will offering Beach United Church’s concert features the Downtown Jazz Band and its toetapping Dixieland sound.

Silent auction WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Main Street Terrace, 77 Main St. CONTACT: Lori, 416-690-3001 COST: Free Silent auction fundraiser for the Resident Benefit Account. Bake table, raffles, silent auction.

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Madeleine Holden carves a pumpkin at the Leslieville Farmers Market on the last day of its 2012 season Sunday.

Bach in the Beach WHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Calvary Baptist Church, 72 Main St. CONTACT: David Garde, www.torontobeachchorale.com COST: $20, $10 for students seven to 18 Toronto Beach Chorale: Beauty Voiced

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n Sunday, Nov. 4

Concert WHEN: 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Presbyterian Church, 65 Glen Manor Dr. CONTACT: Beaches Presbyterian Church, 416-699-5871 COST: Free Featuring the church choir and students from the studio of Debora Joy performing classics, jazz and Christmas carols.

Donations welcomed.

n Monday, Nov. 5

Out of the Cold begins WHEN: 5 p.m. Mondays WHERE: St. Aidan’s Church, 70 Silver Birch Ave. CONTACT: 416-690-2339, outofthecold.beach@gmail.com COST: Free Volunteers needed.

Flu clinic WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. CONTACT: Evonne, 416-691-1113, ext. 222 Community Centre 55 (CC55) and Toronto Emergency Medical Services hosts the clinic.

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Public meeting WHEN: 6:15 p.m. WHERE: Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E. A public meeting on the construction of the Urbancorp Townhomes on Howie Avenue will discuss the new development, the construction schedule and more. Visit http://on.fb.me/TlJGm7

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Beach scouts celebrate 100 years on Saturday

adopt a pet today.

Toronto oronto Animal Services is celebrating fall with a cat adoption event.

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On November 1, 2, 3, 4, 2012 all cat adoptions are only $25 (plus tax and a licence if applicable). Each cat comes fully vaccinated, vet-checked, spayed or neutered, and microchipped.

Visit these furry friends in person at one of our shelters,or view them online.

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A century of scouting in the Beach community will be celebrated this weekend.

On Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., there will be a free community fun fair at St. John’s Norway Anglican Church at 470 Woodbine Ave., just north of Kingston Road.

The fair will include a range of games including a fishing pond, a lollipop pull, a ping pong and bean bag toss, puzzles, hockey and more.

There will also be scoutingrelated challenges such as a knot-tying board as well as prize draws and a tea room.

A 100th anniversary dinner dance will also take place Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Hall on Curzon Street.

Tickets, which include a buffet and DJ dancing, cost $15 and can be purchased by contacting Peter Merriam at pwmerriam@hotmail.com A celebratory service is also set for Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s. Visit http:// scoutingfor100years.webs. com The 35th Toronto Scout Group, which was so popular it expanded to include the 37th scout group in 1948, was

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One hundred years of scouting in the Beach will be celebrated this weekend.

established in 1912 – just four years after the Boy Scouts began in Toronto.

“We’re the oldest continuously operating scouting group (in Toronto). We continued even through World War One and World War Two,” said Ed Harrison, who got involved in scouting more than 60 years ago when he was just eight years old and now serves as group commissioner for the 35th/37th Toronto Scout Group, which meets at St. John’s Norway Anglican Church and the nearby Norway Junior Public School.

The co-ed group operates five sections: Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and

Rovers.

“Scouting is an important part of the history of the Beach.

“There’s a long tradition of scouting in the community,” said Harrison, adding even today, scouting is alive and well in the area as the Beach community has the highest concentration of groups in Toronto.

Harrison and his wife, Sandy, who is also involved in scouting, are inviting any former 35th/37th Toronto Scout Group members to attend this weekend’s 100th anniversary festivities.

Past members are welcome to bring any scouting-relating memorabilia.

Beach residents group seeks heritage designation for Lick’s development

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In its latest effort to stop what it feels is an inappropriate condominium development in the Beach, the residents group behind the Save Queen Street campaign has applied to have 1960-1962 Queen St. E. designated as a heritage building.

The Beach Residents Association of Toronto (BRAT) filed an application with Heritage Preservation Se r v i c e s Mo n d a y, j u s t two days before Lick’s Homeburgers vacated its longtime home.

In its Monday release, the group expressed fear the property’s owner, Reserve Properties, could demolish the building before the Ontario Municipal Board

(OMB) reaches its final decision on the proposed plan to build a six-storey condominium on the prominent local site.

BRAT filed an appeal with the provincial land-use tribunal July 10 on behalf of its members and the community at large.

The owners of 1964 Queen St. E. have also filed an appeal which is expected to be heard by the OMB in January.

In May, Toronto and East York Community Council voted unanimously to back the controversial project.

A month later, Toronto council supported (without debate or any amendments) Reserve Properties’ application to amend the zoning bylaw for the project.

BRAT also wants to ensure that if its heritage appeal is

successful, the building won’t fall into a state of disrepair should it remain vacant for several years if the condo bubble bursts or until a new structure is constructed.

Should Heritage Preservation Services approve BRAT’s application, Reserve Properties would be forbidden from demolishing the buildings for 60 days.

B R AT i s c a l l i n g o n Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon as well as Heritage Preservation Services to fasttrack the application.

It’s also hoping Shelly Fenton, president of Reserve Properties, agrees to accept the designation should it be granted or agree in writing to not demolish the buildings unless the OMB permits the rezoning of the site to move forward.

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Waterfront Sanitary Servicing Master Plan

Through the study, problems/ opportunities have been defined, alternatives identified and evaluated, and a preferred solution determined in consultation with the City ofToronto various divisions, regulatory agencies, and the public.The City has accepted the consultant’s recommendations regarding the preferred solution, which includes the projects identified below.

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The City ofToronto has completed a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Study to develop a comprehensive Sanitary Servicing Master Plan to ensure that the necessary sanitary sewer infrastructure is in place in the Study Area (see map) to service the strong development growth alongToronto’s waterfront.

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Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Notice of Study Completion

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Study Area Boundary

Schedule A+ projects include: • New local sanitary sewers within the municipal Right-of-Way in development precincts including the West Don Lands, North Keating Area, Lower Don Lands and the Portland.

• New trunk/collector sewers within the municipal Right-of-Way in the Lower Don Lands and Portlands precincts.

• Capacity upgrade of the Scott Street Sewage Pumping Station (located on Scott Street just south of Front Street east) through equipment replacements.

• Future decommissioning of the existing Scott Street sewage pumping station.

Schedule B projects include: • New Portlands collector sewer along the Unwin Avenue corridor.

• A new sewage pumping station in the East Bayfront precinct, in the vicinity of Queens Quay East and Bonnycastle Street.

Opportunities for Review The study was carried out following the requirements for a Master Plan under the Municipal Class EA. A Project File Report has been completed and placed on public record for a 30-day review period starting October 25, 2012 ending November 26, 2012. It will be available for review at: Toronto City Hall Library 100 Queen St. W. Main Fl. 416-392-8016

St Lawrence Library 171 Front St. E. (at Sherbourne Street) 416-393-7655

Sanderson Library 327 Bathurst St. (as Dundas Street West) 416-393-7653

If you have any outstanding issues about any of the projects, please address them to the City staff listed below and we will attempt to seek a mutually acceptable resolution.

Mae Lee (Rigmea) City of Toronto, Public Consultation Unit Metro Hall, 19th Fl. 55 John St. Toronto, ON M5V 3C6

Tel: 416-392-8210 Fax: 416-392-2974 TTY: 416-338-0889 E-mail: rigmea_lee@toronto.ca or Visit: toronto.ca/involved/projects

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T h e To r o n t o Tr a n s i t Commission has thrown its weight behind turning a downtown relief subway line (DRL) into the city’s No. 1 priority for future transit expansion.

Commissioners voted Oct. 24 to endorse a report from TTC staff arguing the necessity of a new subway line that would take the pressure off the over-crowded Yonge Street subway line.

The report painted a dire picture of the future of transit congestion in absence of such a line. With population swelling downtown, and plans by Metrolinx to build an extension of the Yonge Street line into York Region, the line will reach and exceed its capacity well before 2031. And that is with the implementation of electronic signal control and widening the Yonge-Bloor line.

The commission heard the

best solution is to create a relief line, that could cost as much as $8.3 billion depending on its reach.

But the report breaks down a staged approach.

Building a downtown relief line only to the east – from Pape Station down Pape and across Queen Street then King Street – would cost $3.2 billion. Adding to that east and west to High Park would cost $6.2 billion. Extending the east line north to Eglinton and Don Mills Road would cost $5.5 billion and building all of the line would cost $8.3 billion.

The report also envisions a light rail line along Lake Shore Boulevard, through Scarborough and Etobicoke, to further bring people into the downtown.

But staff made it clear the biggest benefit to the overcrowded Yonge line would come from the DRL. And politicians on the commission made it clear that stopping the DRL at the

Danforth wouldn’t do.

“I urge that we give serious consideration to the eventual extension of the relief line up to Don Mills and Eglinton,” said commissioner John Parker, whose ward on council includes that intersection.

“It creates a perfect terminal to tap into the top end of the downtown relief line, which will create for all intents and purposes an Eglinton relief line.”

However, other members of the commission pointed out any talk of building new subways is premature.

“The issue is we have to pay for this – and that is the debate,” said Commissioner Peter Milczyn.

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U.S. parties mine for Toronto votes JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com While much of Canada will be watching raptly on Tuesday, Nov. 6 as U.S. voters decide whether Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney will lead their country for the next four years, some Canadians have more at stake in the election than others.

For dual citizens and expats, particularly the members of Democrats Abroad and Republicans Abroad, the election will hold extra importance.

Democrats Abroad Canada committee chair Allenna Leonard and Republicans Abroad Canada chair Mark Feigenbaum have been hard at work trying to urge people to turn in their ballots.

“Our major effort is just to get out the vote,” Leonard said. “We have members from all 50 states so we’re making calls to members from all 50 states.”

Feigenbaum noted even though the Democrats have traditionally received more of the youth vote, he and his organization are more interested in seeing people of all stripes ensure their vote is counted.

“I like to encourage people, even if they prefer the Democrats, to exercise their right to vote,” he said.

“It seems strange to me that some of the people who are the most vocal and critical of the government are the same people who don’t exercise

‘We (at Democrats Abroad) really think the closer the U.S. health care system gets to Canada’s the better off (Americans) will be.’ ~ Democrats Abroad Canada chair Allenna Leonard that right.”

Both Leonard and Feigenbaum have reasons for supporting their candidate of choice.

Naturally, the hot-button issue of health care was front-of-mind for both. Leonard said Obama’s plan to implement universal health care will provide huge benefits to all Americans, and notably the most vulnerable.

“We (at Democrats Abroad) really think the closer the U.S. health care system gets to Canada’s the better off (Americans) will be,” she said.

“Governor Romney wants to dial things back to the 1950s and allow employers to determine what health care they’ll give to people.”

Feigenbaum, however, disagreed with Leonard’s assessment.

While he noted both sides are spouting rhetoric that muddies the issue, he said a Canadian-style health care system would be less

than ideal.

“Some people see Canada as this great bastion of health care, but I’ve seen examples where it definitely doesn’t provide that great health care,” he said. “It’s not this panacea that some people make it out to be.”

Feigenbaum noted, as a crossborder tax lawyer, he is concerned over tax implications for Americans living abroad.

“For U.S. citizens living in Canada, as long as the U.S. tax rates are lower than Canada’s, we don’t pay extra taxes,” he said.

For Leonard, social and environmental issues rank higher on the scale.

She said the Republican side has a large number of climate change deniers whereas Barack Obama is more aware of environmental issues. “(The Republicans) are more interested in getting every last dollar out of the resource sector than protecting people from environmental damage,” she said.

Leonard added women’s issues also prompt her to stick to her staunchly Democratic leanings.

“The Democratic Party has led the way with respect to the role of women, supporting things like the Lilly Ledbetter (Fair Pay) Act that was an important anti-sex-discrimination act,” she said.

While Leonard said the human rights examples set by the U.S. will

‘Some people see Canada as this great bastion of health care, but I’ve seen examples where it definitely doesn’t provide that great health care.’ ~ Republicans Abroad Canada chair Mark Feigenbaum naturally have a positive impact on Canada, Feigenbaum said a stronger U.S. economy – which he believes Republican candidate Mitt Romney will deliver – will also provide benefits north of the 49th parallel.

“Canadians fare better when the economy’s better in the U.S.,” he said. “When the U.S. has a stronger economy, they’re much stronger trade partners and that helps Canada.”

With politics sometimes boiling down to a popularity contest in the minds of some voters, both Feigenbaum and Leonard suggested their candidates would make good choices for voters.

“I’ve been reading all sorts of things where people are trying to discredit Mitt Romney, but I’ve met him and he’s actually a very, very nice person,” Feigenbaum said.

Leonard noted, according to the polls, many Americans disagree.

“(Obama’s) likeability factor has been higher than Governor Romney’s for a while,” she said.

Both Leonard and Feigenbaum expect the Nov. 6 election to be hotlycontested to the end.

Leonard, who grew up in Pennsylvania, decried newly implemented voter ID laws that could see many shut out at the polls.

“Republican efforts at voter suppression have been a big issue,” she said. “You need a driver’s license or passport to vote in Pennsylvania and a lot of people in the cities don’t have those.”

Feigenbaum said he will be curious to see what happens in the many swing states, particularly in Florida, which has seen its number of electoral college votes increased from 22 to 29.

“I’ve seen a lot of math done with President Obama winning and a lot of math done with Governor Romney winning,” he said. “I think it’s going to be amazing to watch.”

Both Democrats Abroad and Republicans Abroad will host election night parties on the night of the election.

The local chapter of Democrats Abroad (www.democratsabroad. org) will meet at the Dominion Ballroom, 123 Queen St. W., starting at 7 p.m.

Republicans Abroad Canada (www.republicansabroad.ca) will meet at the Harbour Sports Grille, 10 Yonge St., starting at 7:30 p.m.

Church choirs fundraise for East End Refugee Committee NEWS IN BRIEF Choirs from eight churches will come together Saturday to raise funds for the East End Refugee Committee.

Choirfest 2012, which will feature both religious and secular music, takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. at Scarborough Road.

Participating churches include: St. Saviour’s Anglican, St. Aidan’s Anglican, Kingston Road United, Calvary Baptist, Beach United, Fallingbrook Presbyterian, Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist and St. John’s Norway Anglican.

Tickets, which cost $20 for adults or $10 for kids 12 and under, can be purchased by calling 416-699-6091 or 416691-4560.

The East End Refugee Committee, support coalition of several east-end churches, has worked since 1985 to sponsor refugees to Canada so they can escape persecution.

n Call out

Leslieville’s Atomic Toybot – part toy store, part art gallery, part book store – has issued a call for aspiring and established artists to take part in its new group show El Supremo – A Celebration of Absolute Rule.

The exhibition aims to explore how the man at the top is often the loneliest man, a virtual prisoner of his own authority.

Submissions are due by Nov. 15. Email atomictoybot@gmail.com or visit www. atomictoybot.com for more details.

n PastaFest

Applegrove Community Complex’s annual PastaFest dinner and silent auction takes place Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Corpus Christi Church, 1810 Queen St. E., at Lockwood Avenue. Proceeds will help fund the local community centre’s many programs and services.Call 416-461-8143 for tickets.

n Historical society

The recently re-launched Beach and East Toronto Historical Society will meet for the second time Nov. 6.

The gathering will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. at Lee Avenue.

For more details, call 416691-5229 or 647-718-5844.

n School meeting

Parents are asked to imagine “Schools of the Future” at two meetings next week.

Shape Our Future, a consultation the public school board has launched, covers kindergarten to Grade 12 and aims at a variety of subjects, such as how learning in schools can be “personalized, or designed” for each student.

Meetings take place Nov. 6 at Scarborough’s Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate and Nov. 7. at Danforth Collegiate from 7 to 9 p.m.

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The bad news, according to the numbers crunched by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), is that many of those homeowners will be paying for that in the form of higher property taxes.

On average, Toronto homeowners have seen a 22.8 per cent increase in their assessments since 2008, the

last time the provincial property assessment company looked at property values across Ontario.

RISE OR FALL? The property assessments are a crucial part of setting property tax rates.

While municipal councils can set the rate of annual increase for the overall tax rate, the amount each property pays is based on its assessed market value.

Whether that increase in market

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value necessarily means an increase in property taxes depends on whether that increase is greater or less than the average increase because municipalities cannot collect more or less taxes overall as a result of an assessment change.

So if a homeowner has an increase in assessment greater than the city’s average – 22.8 per cent in Toronto’s case – there will be a property tax increase, phased in over four years.

If a homeowner sees an increase less than the average, he or she can

expect an immediate decrease in taxes.

To help sort it out, MPAC is mailing out individual property assessments to owners across the province.

If a homeowner disagrees with the assessed value of their home, they have the option of filing a Request for Reconsideration and MPAC will review the assessment.

■ Property owners can check the accuracy of their assessment at www.aboutmyproperty.ca

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