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You’re being watched as you move about the city. The traffic control centre keeps tabs on motorists, cyclists and pedestrians at major intersections and roadways across Toronto, and reacts quickly when an incident occurs. Get a sneak peek into its operations on page 3.

Residents weigh in on merging police divisions JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com The proposed merger of two police divisions serving eastend Toronto - 54 and 55 divisions - was top of mind at a community consultation hosted

by the Toronto Police Service at Danforth Collegiate.

The Oct. 26 meeting, one of several being held throughout the city, was part of a task force set up by Toronto police to discuss its modernization plans. Toronto Police Chief

Mark Saunders and task force member David Soknacki, a former Scarborough councillor, both gave opening and closing remarks as well as answering questions from the public.

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Support Beach Rotary at Corks ‘n Kegs fundraiser Toronto Beach Rotary Club’s third annual Corks ‘n Kegs fundraiser is coming to Beach United Church on Friday, Nov. 4.

The fundraiser, which will run from 7 to 10 p.m., will include wine and beer tasting, food pairings, and a silent auction.

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Proceeds from the event help support community projects in the Beach, notably Chopped 55 (55 Division’s popular cooking competition for local youth).

A charitable tax receipt will be provided for a portion of each ticket. Admission to the event is restricted to those 19 and over.

Beach United Church is located at 140 Wineva Ave.

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Deal on transit funding ‘not what we were promised’: Councillor Perks DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto city staff are bringing forward a deal for funding Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack heavy rail proposal and the new Metrolinx light rail that critics say amounts to capitulation to the provincial government - and will leave Toronto taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars in capital and operating costs.

“It’s certainly not what we were promised,” said ParkdaleHigh Park Councillor Gord Perks. “It’s much less at a much higher cost and there are two or three brand new costs being dumped on the city that have nothing to do with SmartTrack.”

The report penned by City Manager Peter Wallace will be going to a special meeting of Toronto’s Executive Committee Nov. 1 - so that Toronto Council can consider

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Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks says transit funding deal worked out with the province amounts to a capitulation.

it in time for a Nov. 30 deadline set by Metrolinx to nail down the funding agreements not only for SmartTrack service on its regional express rail line, but also funding and operating costs for the Eglinton Crosstown light rail line currently under construction.

T h e To r o n t o Tra n s i t Commission will, under the agreement, be responsible for operating costs that include ongoing maintenance of the light rail lines - something that councillors and the public had understood would be managed

by Metrolinx. For the Eglinton

line, that will amount to $80 million by itself. The Sheppard LRT will cost $38.1 million and the Finch West LRT will cost another 51.5 million.

As well, the city will have to pay for about $2 billion to build six additional stations on existing GO lines, and as a part of the deal begin contributing $20 million a year to GO Transit’s growth fund, over three years. All that will mean the equivalent of a property tax increase of between 1 and 2 per cent, depending upon how the city finances the project using other measures such as development charges, special tax levies along the line and asset sales.

TTC Chair Josh Colle said councillors will have to accept that building transit is costly.

“Part of this is that if we want these things then citizens and councillors have to take these steps to pay for them,” he said.

Mayor John Tory rides high with voters halfway through term DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Mayor John Tory is riding high with voters halfway through his first term of office and would likely prevail in a hypothetical matchup with other municipal politicians, according to a new poll from Mainstreet and Postmedia.

But Tory has slipped by seven per cent from the same hypothetical mayor’s race polled by the firm a year ago, and former City Councillor Doug Ford would have the best chance of beating him in a race that included city councillors Josh Colle, Mike Layton and Kristyn Wong-Tam. In the poll conducted with a sample size of 2,009, Tory would win 40 per cent of the vote among decided voters, with Doug Ford receiving 24 per cent, Kristyn Wong-Tam six per cent, Mike Layton four

per cent and Josh Colle just two per cent.

Twenty three per cent of the sample was undecided.

The poll broke down preference by communities. Doug Ford, brother to the late Mayor Rob Ford, unsurprisingly did best in Etobicoke, where he served as a city councillor.

There, he trailed Tory by just one per cent, 34 per cent to Tory’s 35 per cent. He also did well in North York, with 35 per cent of voters compared to Tory’s 39 per cent. But Tory maintained a strong lead with downtown voters, holding 48 per cent of votes, and was also secure in Scarborough, with 32 per cent of votes compared to Ford’s 23 per cent.

Mainstreet Research president Quito Maggi said in a statement that Tory’s strength in the downtown would mean that voters would “easily reelect John Tory today.”

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Watching where you commute

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Control centre relies on camera feeds, automated software to improve traffic flow

RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Inside a control room, located in a nondescript East York office building, a small team watches the city’s traffic unfold.

The group of traffic watchers, called operators, monitors feeds from dozens of cameras posted at the city’s busiest intersections, logging major traffic incidents 24/7.

The team also coordinates emergency road closures, dispatches maintenance crews and communicates advisories to the commuting public.

On a gloomy October morning, traffic surprisingly moves well during the heart of rush hour. But even during this unusually calm period, the traffic control team logs 12 major incidents between 7 and 10 a.m., which is normally one of the busiest parts of the day, according to head controller Linda Lee. “That’s just part of living in a city that’s booming,” said Lee Thursday, Oct. 20, during a tour of the traffic control centre. “When we look at our downtown cameras, it’s not just automobiles but lots of cyclists and pedestrians.”

Cameras capture traffic at expected hotspots like the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway. Feeds are also centred on Allen Road, Eglinton Avenue - more than 190 in all, capturing action in real-time.

The operators, contractors to the city, not only monitor traffic but also learn how to dispatch service. They undergo three months of training, learning how to operate the cameras, and familiarizing themselves with

various locations. Each feed can be accessed by punching a four-digit code. Feeds starting with ‘8’, for example, reference expressway locations.

“It used to be we could ask an operator to bring up a (feed) and it was simple, but it’s a little more difficult because we’ve got so many cameras now,” she said. “Now it’s hard to remember them all.”

From the control room, operators can also make traffic signal-timing changes to improve flow. The process can also be automated, with the system making predictive changes based on detectors measuring the level of traffic.

Operators can also favour traffic signals at certain routes at the expense of others to even out traffic flow. Over 300 current signals have the adaptive technology, according to Lee, with more to come.

to turn green while others turn much faster.

“There are a lot of factors which can impact signal coordination,” she said.

A major intersection with multiple left-turn lanes, for example, will drive up the amount of time before the light changes. And for the signals to be coordinated, they all have to have the same “cycle length”. The spacing between lights is another factor, not to mention whether there are transit signals for TTC vehicles on the route. Sometimes, the detectors can be damaged

through construction, causing the traffic signals to cycle without any apparent rhyme or reason.

The team monitors the communications of the traffic signals and dispatches a maintenance crew in case anything is off. In some cases there is daily monitoring, but in less busy areas that drops to weekly.

Lee says the value of the program comes from being able to easily coordinate a response to an incident. For example a disabled vehicle creating a massive traffic pileup can be more quickly

diffused and authorities dispatched if it appears on a camera feed. Lee also gets tips from police, sometimes even media outlets advising of a traffic scenario.

THE FUTURE The control centre also tracks response times and reviews with the pertinent authorities how to improve them.

Analysis of traffic patterns also takes place, although Lee admits without the proper software, it’s not possible for a deep-dive into the informa-

tion just yet. She’s hopeful new software ordered for the control centre will be able to provide automated suggestions to deal with a specific incident.

“Right now if an incident happens, our operators need to find the camera feed and then determine if messages have to be changed on an electronic road sign,” she said.

“The advanced system on the way will provide suggestions on what to post and where to post it based on where the closure. It makes the process more efficient.”

RE-TIMING TRAFFIC SIGNALS The city has also undertaken re-timing its traffic signals, something which started back in 2012. Lee says a review has been undertaken of signal times at major arterials to improve the timing of traffic off-sets, so that there’s minimal waittimes between a succession of signals. All of the city’s 2,300 signals are scheduled for retiming, with 939 completed at major routes. But re-timing is expensive, with one installation costing as much as $160,000 and regular maintenance $15,000 a year.

Lee admits it’s hard to explain to the public why some traffic lights take forever

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The City of Toronto’s Traffic Control Centre on Don Mills Road is a hub of activity during the morning rush hour, as operators keep close watch on traffic flow.

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t has been just a little over two years since John Tory became Toronto’s fourth mayor, and there are certainly reasons to celebrate.

Tory was, after all, elected in 2014 as an antidote to the awful toxicity of Toronto City Hall under the stewardship of his predecessor, the late Rob Ford.

And he has filled that role admirably and well - rising well above what was frankly a very low bar for civility and professionalism set by Ford.

Having reached the halfway point of his first term, Tory can be satisfied in the fact that he has brokered an effective peace, or at least détente, among Toronto Council’s often warring factions, forging a strong voting bloc of centrist and conservative members of council.

He has forsaken many of the less savoury dog-whistle rhetorical positions that have blurred council debates in the past (anyone remember the “war on the car?”) and shown a willingness to compromise in a way that occasionally crosses the ideological divide with council’s left wing.

That has generated much good will. But good will comes at a cost, and over the remainder of the term and beyond, Torontonians will be paying that cost.

To make peace in the city’s east end, Tory has stubbornly maintained solidarity with the ruinously expensive singlestop Scarborough subway plan. To please the north and the west, he backed another gold-plated infrastructure project, to maintain an elevated highway at the east end of the Gardiner Expressway against the good advice of city planners but according to the wishes of suburban motorists and their representatives.

He and council largely avoided making hard choices in the term’s first two budgets and may well be headed toward a cliff on the third in 2017 - again, in the interest of peace and compromise.

In all this, Tory has shown himself to be a good-natured and collegial Torontonian with the city’s best interests at heart. It’s a good thing that he has the remainder of the term to demonstrate the ability to manage the peace that he’s forged.

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Transit financing deal could be too much for taxpayers Is it possible that it’s all too much, this suddenly tiny transit expansion plan?

That is certainly an impression that one might take reading City Manager Peter Wallace’s report on a costly deal with the provincial government for building and managing the vestiges of Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack heavy rail and former mayor David Miller’s Transit City light rail plans.

To begin with, the plans are tiny compared with their visions. Tory’s SmartTrack heavy rail plan now drops from 22 stations promised in the election to just six stations, and crucially is to be delivered by 2026, not as he promised within seven years. The old Miller light rail plan has been diminished for some time, resurrected as it was after the late mayor Rob Ford “killed” it in 2010. But now the lines on Eglinton, Finch and Sheppard

david nickle the city Avenue which were originally understood to be operated and maintained

by Metrolinx will be run by the city-owned Toronto Transit Commission.

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will cost $80 million; Sheppard will cost $38.1 million; Finch West, $51.5 million. SmartTrack is expected to cost another $40.5 million to operate.

Which is peanuts compared to the capital spending the city will have to do to cover the costs of the SmartTrack expansion.

The city will need to finance debt to the tune of $2.01 billion of the $3.72 billion cost (which includes the cost of the Eglinton West LRT). The city can finance that through a mix of tax increment financing, development charges, and, eventually, the equivalent

of a property tax increase as high as three per cent.

And in case one thought that might be all - Toronto will, under the agreement, begin contributing $20 million a year over three years to GO Transit’s own capital expansion program.

That’s a lot to digest.

And it doesn’t include the cost of building the onestop extension of Line 2 to the Scarborough Town Centre, which will add another $3 billion to the city’s debt, or the eventual cost of the downtown relief subway line – identified by the TTC as essential to deal with growing congestion on the Yonge subway Line 1, which could cost in the neighbourhood of $7 billion.

Council will have to make a call on the deal next week at its November meeting, and it’s an unenviable task. Toronto does need better transit, and has for years, and this costly plan seems to be

the only route to actually creating it.

The trouble is that some of the biggest spends in this expensive list don’t match that well with the most urgently needed transit infrastructure in the city. SmartTrack might be Tory’s political priority; it is not, really, Toronto’s.

And even the elements that do address priorities come with a surprising and politically unpalatable cost.

Council probably can’t say no, in spite of those costs and misapplied priorities; if they do, it’s tantamount to giving up on city building, at least as far as partnering with the province is concerned.

But councillors and the mayor will have a hard time convincing attentive voters that they’ve brought home anything like a win.

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w Geocaching International Film Festival WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Toronto Public Library, Beaches Branch, 416-393-7703 COST: Free Geocaching is a worldwide activity where people obtain coordinates from an online profile and use GPS to find a container at the posted location. This year, Beaches library will participate in a Geocaching International Film Festival, screening short films related to Geocaching.

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Free Join the library for a special screening of animated short documentary films created by BBC Learning and Fettle Animation. A Q&A session follows the screening.

paintlounge.ca/events/espressions/, toronto.east@paintlounge.ca COST: $25 Join us at Espressions as you paint to live music featuring awesome local musicians.

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WHEN: 10:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Liza, 416393-7715 COST: Free Bouncing and tickling rhymes, songs and stories for babies from birth to 18 months with their parents and caregivers. Drop in.

Daycares, please call to register for story time.

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Family Time WHEN: 10:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Teresa, 416393-7715 COST: Free Stories, songs, rhymes and activities for children age 5 and under with their parents and caregivers.

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Holocaust Education Week: Children of the Holocaust WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-393-7703 COST:

w Espressions: Social Painting,

Live Music, and Coffee WHEN: 7:30 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Paintlounge Toronto East, 1173 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Paintlounge, 416-800-6973, http://www.

Youth WHEN: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. CONTACT: bestaff@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free A presentation for parents with children aged 10 to 17. Two-hour workshop focuses on strategies that build resilience in children such as communications, positive discipline, stress management, problem solving, and positive thinking.This program is created and delivered by Toronto Public Health staff. Registration required.

Advance Care Planning WHEN: 10 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Joanne, 416-778-5805, Ext.218, COST: Free Advance Care Planning is about making choices now on how you want to be cared for in the future.

Advance care plans and Power of Attorney; How to discuss your plans and decisions with the significant people and healthcare providers in your life; Tools and resources to help your planning process.

w Human Library: Cosmopolis

WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-3937715, COST: Free Borrow a Cosmopolis Toronto participant as if they were a book in the library’s collection and discuss migration experiences one on one or in small groups.

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WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: 416-6996091, www.kruc.ca COST: Free KRU’s Christmas Bazaar features jam, jellies, preserves, baked goods, tea room, jewelery and accessories, books, crafts. For more information, see www.kru.ca

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Baby Time WHEN: 10:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Liza, 416393-7715 COST: Free Bouncing and tickling rhymes, songs and stories for babies from birth to 18 months with their

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Annual General Meeting for Beaches Recreation Centre Advisory Council WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Beaches Recreation Centre, 6 Williamson Rd. CONTACT: Annikki Desmarais, 416-392-0740, springsprint@ hotmail.ca COST: Free The Beaches Recreation Centre Annual General Meeting is a chance to meet the members and find out more about the council. Potential new members and volunteers welcome. The meeting will be upstairs at the recreation centre.

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Investigators examine the scene of an industrial accident on Monday after a man was crushed by a wall collapse during an excavation project at a house on Pine Crescent. The man later died in hospital.

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A construction worker was killed in an industrial accident in the Beach Monday, Oct. 31.

Toronto police said a wall fell on the worker during the building of a garage at 25

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The worker, a man in his 40s, was initially trapped. He was freed at 8:45 a.m. and was taken to a trauma centre via an emergency run.

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Saunders said that the merger is a key part of the TPS’ future strategy but assured those in attendance that it does not equate to a reduction in services.

He said tough decisions are required as the police service evolves.

“If I have to make the choice between police officers versus buildings, I will always take police officers,” he said, noting funds in the budget dedicated to keeping the lights on and toilets flushing can go to better use.

Another resident, Dawn, said she feels police stations are important community hubs and serve as a crime deterrent.

Saunders said the future of the TPS is about making communities safer and said

a lot of people being served never set foot in a police station.

Soknacki agreed that some residents are comforted by having a police station in their community but said in the end the TPS must look at ways to make better use of its resources.

East York resident Karen said she feels her community is always one of the first ones to see service reductions and wondered why. ‘finding better ways’ Saunders said it isn’t a question of reducing services but of finding better ways to serve the public across Toronto.

“We’re moving to make sure there are more officers available at the right place and right time,” he said, adding he feels it’s a good thing for the TPS to change its direction to this new model of service delivery.

“The decisions that were

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Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders (left) talks to a local resident during the Toronto Police Service’s Transformational Task Force meeting held Oct. 26 at Danforth Tech.

made were not easy in any way, shape or form.”

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a cost-reduction exercise and said in the end the cost of policing will go up over time. “ T h i s i s n’t a b u d g e t exercise. This is changing the police service for what we want in the future,” he said.

Those at the meeting also inquired about the hiring moratorium and the impact it may have on the diversity of the force.

One attendee asked about the makeup of the TPS’ Transformational Task Force to which Saunders responded that his priority is the quality and engagement of its members, not their race.

Body camera and carding as well as how changes will be carried out and how community partnerships as well as technology will be leveraged were also raised.

The final report from the TPS’ Transformational Task Force is set to be released in January.

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SmartTrack details a let down “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten rhetorically asks at the end his infamous punk band’s first (and last) full concert tour.

It’s the same question transit watchers might be asking themselves when it comes to SmartTrack, Mayor John Tory’s ephemeral transit plan which received a harsh dose of reality this week.

A delayed city report detailing the funding and cost breakdown for the transit plan was finally released to the public this week, ahead of a special meeting of the mayor’s executive committee on Tuesday. After that it goes to Toronto Council for final approval before being presented to the province in time for a Nov. 30 deadline.

While campaigning for the mayoralty in 2014, Tory promised not only would the $2 billion-plus SmartTrack plan get built in seven years, the city’s financial obligations would be fully covered from borrowing against anticipated

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SmartTrack has received commitments from both the province and the federal government for financial support, but the city manager’s report finds Tory’s financing scheme won’t yield the revenue projected, meaning in addition to development charges, it will take a property tax hike of at least 2.1 per cent to pay for the municipal share of the plan.

And of opening the line in seven years as Tory repeatedly pledged on the campaign trail, the city is budgeting for construction expenses past 2026.

Plans change of course, and Tory has been clear since his election that many details about the plan will change.

And he should get credit for the initial vision of leveraging

the province’s own planned GO Transit expansion to create a local expansion of the service.

But like the $3.2 billion one-stop Scarborough subway extension, it’s fair to ask whether committing that much public money is worth it given the payoff - essentially six new GO stations for Toronto and future extensions of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT - is unlikely on its own to deliver the transit transformation Tory and champions of SmartTrack have long promised.

Tory’s response thus far is to accuse his critics of having no plans themselves.

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First Nations School of Toronto relocating, expanding TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com The First Nations School of Toronto is finally getting a new home where it can expand to include high school grades.

Toronto District School Board (TDSB) trustees voted unanimously to finalize approval for the move to Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute during the board’s regular meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26.

“This is a really historical day for Indigenous education in Toronto, and indeed in Ontario,” said EtobicokeLakeshore Trustee Pamela Gough during the meeting.

“As far as I know, it is the first time that the needs of urban Indigenous people in Ontario have been recognized in giving them a full Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 school.”

The school, which currently only goes up to Grade 8, is currently at 935 Dundas St. E., a space it has outgrown.

Along with being larger,

the new location at 16 Phin Ave. is near a subway stop (Donlands), which makes it easier to access.

“It’s poised to serve a much, much greater community, and to have space to conceive of ways of delivering education, of co-creating learning, and really allowing us to be innovators in Indigenous education with the community in a way that wasn’t there before,” Toronto-Danforth Trustee Jennifer Story told Metroland Media following the vote.

“It’s an incredibly exciting opportunity in front of us, and it’s the beginning of the journey, it’s not the end. We have a lot more work to do, but I think everyone’s looking forward to it.”

Work will now get underway to develop a curriculum for the high school grades and prepare Eastern Commerce for the move. Students currently at Eastern Commerce will stay there until the First Nations School of Toronto (FNST) grows to need more

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Superintendent John Chasty, Toronto-Danforth Trustee Jennifer Story and Principal Jonathan Kakegamic pose after Toronto District School Board trustees finalized approval for the move and expansion of the First Nations School of Toronto last week.

space in the building. The vote that approved the move also approved the permanent relocation of the Aboriginal Education Centre (AEC) to Eastern Commerce, where it recently set up temporarily

after its previous location, Brockton Learning Centre, was closed to make way for the relocation of Bloor Collegiate Institute. The AEC will provide a community hub for students at FNST, further

enhancing their educational experience.

Principal of FSNT, Jonathan Kakegamic, said he’s relieved to have relocation and expansion plans finalized.

“I think it’s a long time coming for the community,” he told Metroland Media after getting trustees’ stamp of approval.

Students could move to the new site as early as January 2017, with high school grades introduced in September of that year, starting with Grade 9.

Plans approved in June 2015 that aimed to move FNST to Eastern Commerce by September of this year stalled when a review of the site showed it needed significant work and funds to Indigenize - increasing natural light, and creating cultural celebration and gathering areas, among other renovations. The TDSB then began exploring building a new school somewhere else in the city. A proposal to build the school in the West

Donlands area, on a vacant parcel of land reserved for the TDSB, however, was scuttled following a study and community consultations. Members of FNST expressed that moving the school to a new location as quickly as possible was more important than ensuring a relocation site was perfectly Indigenized. Plans then switched back to moving the school to Eastern Commerce, where it could immediately begin expanding.

School Superintendent John Chasty told Metroland Media it’s important Canadians act on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations, which include increasing support and opportunities for Indigenous education.

“I think what this does is it starts us on our journey as allies on the road to recommendations addressing reconciliation,” he said. “It’s a first step in working with the Indigenous community in the City of Toronto, and it’s a big step.”

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Joanna Lavoie jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Lessons learned from WoodGreen Community Services’ innovative First Step to Home program for older street-involved men will be evaluated and used to support poverty reduction programs across Ontario.

Chris Ballard, Ontario’s Ministry of Housing and Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy made the announcement this morning in Riverdale WoodGreen’s Health and Wellness Centre for Older Adults at 721 Broadview Ave., just south of Danforth Avenue, First Step to Home, which helps older homeless men with complex needs find stable and independent housing, is set to receive $400,000 in funding.

The east-end Torontobased program is one of 30 community partner-led projects benefitting this time around from more than $16 million in funding that has been distributed through the province’s $50-million, six-year Local Poverty Reduction Fund (LPRF). This latest round of funding will see $6 million going to 10 community projects.

“This important funding for the Local Poverty Reduction Fund gives us the opportunity

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WoodGreen Community Services president and CEO Anne Babcock thanks the provincial government for its commitment to addressing poverty by investing in the First Step to Home program.

to carefully study and design a framework to measure the quality of our housing and wrap-around supports for seniors who have experienced homelessness and have a wide range of complex needs,” said Anne Babcock, president and CEO of WoodGreen Community Services, in an Oct. 26 release.

“By understanding how to effectively evaluate the impact of service delivery for this population, WoodGreen will apply the findings to support better outcomes for our clients and to strengthen evidence-based practice in the community support sector as a whole.”

The LPRC, which supports innovative, community-led programs that help groups

disproportionately affected by poverty get into housing, develop skills and find employment, including women, single parents, people with disabilities, youth, newcomers, visible minorities, seniors, and Indigenous Peoples, is also supporting initiatives led by Indigenous community and Indigenous-led organizations on and off the reserve.

“Ontario is investing in programs that will measurably improve the lives of those most affected by poverty. By harnessing the creativity of local partners, identifying community-driven solutions, and building on evidence based practices, we can make strong inroads in tackling poverty,” Ballard said in a release.

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Go Purple Day encourages people to ‘break the silence’ TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com

across the city of Toronto is a responsibility we all share,” David Rivard, CEO for Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, told the crowd.

“During the month of October we take extra steps to remind the community that the safety and well-being of children and youth needs to be our first priority, and that we need to keep their voice at the centre of everything we do.”

Everyone - not just doctors, teachers and police officers - is legally required to report suspected child abuse and neglect to the appropriate authorities.

In 2013, just three per cent of Children’s Aid investigations resulted in children being removed from homes in Ontario. Most investigations help families access needed supports.

Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children and Youth Services, MPP Sophie Kiwala, spoke at the event on behalf of Minister Michael Couteau.

“We encourage all Ontarians to learn the signs of child

Community organizations from throughout Toronto came together to mark Go Purple Day held recently.

Go Purple Day encourages people to “break the silence” and speak out to get help for kids in need, in honour of October being Child Abuse Prevention Month. People dress in purple and wear purple ribbons on the day to raise awareness.

Representatives from Toronto’s public and Catholic school boards and Children’s Aid Societies, the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies, Boost Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, Jewish Family and Child, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, and Toronto Police Service were joined by members of Ontario’s Ministry of Children and Youth Services for the event at St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School in East York.

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Earl Haig Public School students join representatives from organizations throughout Toronto at St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School to encourage everyone to ‘break the silence’ on Go Purple Day held recently.

abuse and neglect,” Kiwala said. “Every child deserves a safe, loving and nurturing home. Their safety is a collective concern. We all have a role to play.

“Ontarians should never hesitate to report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect,” she added. “It’s not necessary

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in order to decide to report.”

St. Patrick students helped make a video pledging to break the silence that can be watched at https://youtu.be/ Si5D_hsEBaU/. After the event, the students read A Tattle-tell Tale: A story about getting help to Grade 1 and 2 students from Earl Haig Public School. The story teaches kids that speaking up about needing help with a serious problem isn’t tattling.

Pauline Umli and Stewart Martin, youths who were cared for by the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, spoke at the event, delivering powerful messages of what it means to break the silence.

“Staying silent helps no one,” said Martin, sharing that for years he found it too difficult to ask for the help he needed. “Breaking the silence shines a light on the wrongs that need to be made right.”

Both Umli and Martin are working to become police officers to help keep their communities safe. It took Umli a couple years to tell a teacher

she needed help dealing with an unhealthy home environment.

“At first, like most people who go through things that I went through, I kept silent, not wanting to get my mom in trouble or not wanting to put shame on my family name,” she recalled. “My teacher who was moved by my story, she took it to higher authorities, and at first I was very scared.

I didn’t know what the future held, but what my teacher did was the absolute right thing to do.

“Three years later, I couldn’t be happier and more thankful,” she shared.

“I learned after many years that every child deserves happiness and a loving home. And if you know someone with safety concerns, please help them help themselves. Break the silence.”

Visit www.ontario.ca/stopchildabuse for information from Ontario’s Ministry of Children and Youth Services about spotting child abuse and neglect, and how to report it.

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Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking

Cash 4 Cars

Dead or alive Same day Fast FREE Towing 647-642-6187

Post your job openings here.

Coming Events

Coming Events

CRAFT AND VENDOR SALE Birchmount Community Centre 93 Birchmount Road Free Admission Sat. Nov. 5th, 2-7 p.m.

FREE Door Prize with ad!

CRAFT AND VENDOR SALE Leaside Memorial Gardens 1073 Millwood Rd. Free Admission Sun. Nov. 6th, 9:30 - 4:30 p.m.

FREE Door Prize with ad!

$150 - $6000 Cash on the Spot 4 Scrap Cars Free tow in 2 hrs.

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1-4pm One King St West Hotel Register at www.wbgcanada.com Questions 1.877.628.0740

Nanny / Caregiver Nanny/Caregiver of 2, 4, 6. $11.50/hr, Etobicoke location.

Apprentice Technician

req’d at Speedy Auto Service, on Danforth.

Email resume to: randallj@live.ca

Sewing Instructor/ Cust. Service

Needed immediately (some exp. req’d) Must be a people person.

Strong English skills req’d.

Perm. P/T. Shopper’s World Danforh 3003 Danforth Ave 416-659-0005 Email: teresa @sewingmachine.ca

Articles for Sale (Misc.)

ANTIQUES WANTED

Cash Paid For Silver plate • sterling • coins • gold • jewellery • watches, etc.

Teak • furniture • paintings • Doultons • fancy cups and saucers • medals • military • bronze • jade • Chinese • Japanese • fine art and quality smalls.

30 Years Experience

Professional and Courteous

David

416-231-9948 Articles Wanted

Articles Wanted

Contact for details: etobicokenannyposition@gmail.com

Experienced Auto Technician, Tire and Lube Technician and Apprentice

Cash for Older:

for a busy Scarborough service centre.

Monday-Friday 8-6, good working conditions.

Coins, jewelry, Amber, lvory, Military, Watches, Toys, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, Cups & Saucers, Silver, Gold, Records, Old Postcards/Photos, Guitars, Old Pens, Lighters & Old Advertising etc.

Send resume to degrootsdiagnosticbellnet.ca or call Mike at 416-282-7250

Kinark Child and Family Services

25 years experience

is recruiting for two (2) Lead Managers for our Peterborough and Durham/ Northumberland Programs.

For the full job description, including qualifications and instructions for how to apply, please visit: https://kinark.talcura.com/candidates/

by November 25, 2016

FT Paint Line Helper Assist Operators with production set ups.

Ensure proper paints are ready for operators use. Excellent English and Math skills with some Industrial experience.

Excellent wages $24.60/h plus 100% company paid H&D benefits.

Weekly Rotating Shifts.

Email: resumes@metalkoting.com

Waste Removal

Waste Removal

PETER’S DEPENDABLE JUNK REMOVAL

From home or business, including furniture/ appliances, construction waste. Quick & careful!

416-677-3818 Rock Bottom Rates!

PHIL MY TRUCK JUNK REMOVAL All kinds of garbage, construction, household, garage and property clean-ups.

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Plumbing

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RAY PLUMBING SERVICE Repairs & Replacement, Faucets, Sinks, Toilets, Drains, Main Valve, Leaky Pipes, Drain Cleaning.

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Classifieds

Articles for Sale

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

ACTION FOR A DIVORCE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ERIE PLAINTIFF: REBECCA FRAY 3873 SENECA ST., #3 WEST SENECA, NY 14224 (ERIE) Erie County

Firewood

DRY SEASONED FIREWOOD (Hardwood) Facecord $150.00 + HST Free Local delivery Volume Discount Available

416 283 2500

To the above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned and required to respond to the claim for the relief sought by the Plaintiff by either serving a written Demand for a Complaint or a written Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney, at Venzon Law Firm PC, 300 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14202.

Upon the Summons with Notice bearing the notation “Action For Divorce” filed in the Erie County Clerk’s Office on or about the 13th day of July, 2016, and upon the Affidavit of Attempted Service of Asghar Shoghi, process server, sworn to on the 4th day of August, 2016; and upon the Attorney Affirmation of Venzon Law Firm PC, Chad Pidanich, Esq., of counsel; and upon all the papers, pleadings and proceedings heretofore had therein; Let the Defendant, ALI SHAHRIARI, show cause at a Term of the Supreme Court to be held at 25 Delaware Avenue, Part 23, Buffalo, New York on the 22nd day of December, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. of that day or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard granting the Plaintiff relief.

Dated this 24th day of October, 2016.

VENZON LAW FIRM PC 300 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, New York 14202 (716) 854-7888 (phone) (716) 854-0294 (facsimile) www.VenzonLawFirm.com

Flooring & Carpeting

CARPET, LAMINATE A1, sales, installation, repair, restretch.

Seniors discount. 25 years experience.

For expert workmanship/low rates and free estimates call:

(416)569-5606

BUILDER/ GENERAL

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NESO FLOORING Carpet installation starting from $1.19/ sq.ft. Hardwood, laminate at low prices. 27 yrs experience.

Free Estimates. Best Price!

647-400-8198

Home Renovations

Contractors Metro LIC# T85-4420956 Residential/ Commercial.

Complete Restoration. Finished Basements.

Painting. Bathrooms. Ceramic Tiles.

Leaking Basements. House Additions.

Office/ restaurant renovations.

DEFENDANT: ALI SHAHRIARI 2575 DANFORTH AVENUE TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA M4C 1L5

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HARDWOOD FLOOR SANDING. Specializing in stain/ refinishing.

Call for Free Estimate! Reasonable rates.

Paul 416-564-8410

Home Renovations

v.

DIVERSIONS

Firewood

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Masonry & Concrete

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YOUR WEEKLY CROSSWORD

SUDOKU (DIFFICULT)

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plumbing

BaySprings Plumbing Small Job Specialists

Servicing All Your Plumbing Needs

SPECIALIZING IN KITCHENS, BATHROOMS. CUSTOM MILLWORK SMALL & LARGE REPAIRS FROM CONCEPTION TO COMPLETION.

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Country Renovation Inc. General Contracting & Restoration

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