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soup’s on! Alex Kuo, left, Sandra Brunner, Emma Baron and Daniel Taylor make a huge pot of soup on the weekend in celebration of the final Leslieville Farmers’ Market for the season.

Lanes to be renamed for Bob Fraser and Dominic Parker Two lanes in Ward 32 are set to be named in honour of some notable local residents.

On Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m., the lane west of Silver Birch Avenue and south of Kingston

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Road will be renamed in honour of artist Bob Fraser.

At 2:30 p.m., people are invited to attend a second lane naming in honour of late Beach resident Dominic Parker, an

off-duty firefighter who was fatally stabbed in September of 2013 at the former Rotana Café at 1530 Danforth Ave., just west of Coxwell Avenue.

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Contact Beaches-East York Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon’s office at councillor_mcmahon@toronto.ca or 416-392-1376 for more information.

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East-end residents are advised to carefully look over their children’s Halloween treats after a thumb tack was discovered late Monday afternoon in a chocolate bar.

Dawn Chapman, who has lived near Gerrard Street East and Coxwell Avenue since 2007, said she found a gold-coloured tack pushed deep into a mini Kit Kat bar.

“It wasn’t really visible. I saw a gold circle and then I realized it was a tack,” she said. “It’s an urban legend come true.”

Chapman along with her husband, James, their two children, as well as a number of friends had gone trick-ortreating Saturday evening on Eastwood, Highcroft, Bowmore and Wrenson roads.

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Beach teen wins Aboriginal youth writing award JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A Grade 12 student at Malvern Collegiate Institute in the Upper Beach has won a prestigious provincial award for her creative writing.

Justice Ryan, who is of Ojibwe/Potawatomi descent, is one of six Aboriginal youth across Ontario to receive a 2015 James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award.

The award, which celebrates Aboriginal youth for their creative writing efforts and provides them with an opportunity to showcase their work to a broader audience, was presented at Queen’s Park last month by Ontario’s Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, the Honourable James Bartleman, the 27th lieutenant governor of Ontario (2002 to 2007) and the first Aboriginal to hold the post, and Michael Chan, minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade.

Justice, who has lived in the

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Justice Ryan, centre, was recently presented with a 2015 James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award

by Ontario Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade Michael Chan, left, and Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts.

Beach neighbourhood near Queen Street and Woodbine Avenue for five years, received

the award for her comic about a young girl who learns more her Aboriginal heritage.

Titled The Escape, it tells the story of a girl named Wabanongkwe (Morning Star in the Ojibwe language) who flees a residential school, but is captured, placed in a coma and sterilized. Along the way, she learns some valuable lessons, including not to judge a book by its cover and to never forget her Aboriginal roots.

“My goal with this piece is to promote awareness about residential schools and really what went on there,” she said during a recent interview.

“The comic also shares stories of courage as well.”

Justice said she learned about the James Bartleman Award from her cousin when they attended a course last year called Decolonizing our Schools at the Aboriginal Education Centre near Dufferin and Bloor streets.

She said the course, which was led by Prof. Susan Dion, included learning about some of the horrors as well as stories of bravery, courage and perseverance from

those who attended residential schools. Her experience, which included visiting a residential school in Brantford, Ont., inspired her to create and submit a comic for the Aboriginal creative writing award.

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My goal with this piece is to promote awareness about residential schools and really what went on there.

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About a month ago, Justice learned she’d been selected for the honour.

“I was just extremely ecstatic,” she said, adding she hopes to develop her comic and improve it, including writing an essay so readers have even more insight into the storyline, its symbolism and the back story.

“I would really like to do more with it,” said Justice, who hopes to become a family physician and work in the territories and Aboriginal reserves up north.

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The five other winners of the 2015 James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award are Leera Beardy for her essay about living in Ontario’s North; Emily Mandamin for her poem about missing her mother; Darienne Martin for her poem expressing her passion for her culture; Rachel Otis for her poem about the true meaning of home; and Catherine Porte for her short story about a girl who uncovers her Aboriginal heritage in a surprising way.

“They are all wonderful examples of the diversity and richness of experience that is so essential to the cultural fabric of Ontario. I encourage each of the winners to continue sharing their stories,” Dowdeswell said in a release. w nominations Nominations are open for next year’s awards. Visit www. citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/ citizenship/honours/bartleman.shtm for details

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Remembrance Day has special meaning at Danforth Tech

School had most staff and students to serve in Second World War in British Commonwealth JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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emembrance Day has special meaning for the students and staff of Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute.

The east-end high school, which opened its doors in 1923 as Riverdale Branch Technical School, holds the unique distinction of having the most students and staff members to serve in the Second World War in the British Commonwealth.

A total of 2,235 members of the Danforth Tech school community actively served in the Second World War from 1939 to 1945; 241 didn’t make it home.

Bill Caskie, who attended Danforth Tech from 1940 to 1942 and in 1944, recalls how the entire school made a concerted effort to rally around those who enlisted to serve in the Second World War. The school even formed enlistment and war service committees. Once the war ended, those committees evolved into a war memorial committee, which had the goal of coming up with a memorial to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of the men and women from the school who served.

“The girls knitted socks, scarves and mittens (for care packages to soldiers overseas),” recalled Caskie, who was too young to enlist and left high school for a few years to help support his family.

His older brother, John, served overseas in the Royal Canadian Navy and made it home.

“We had daily assemblies where we’d say get updates and say prayers (for those serving

Above, Bryan Bennett, left, Ron Passmore, teacher/librarian Barb MacKay and Bill Caskie, members of the Danforth Tech Society, look through letters from students and staff from the Second World War era.

Above right, names of Danforth Tech community members who served in the Second World War are mounted outside the school’s War Memorial Library. Right, some of the school’s Second World War artifacts and documents.

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in the war). There were also all kinds of different fundraisers,” he added.

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anforth Tech, which was also used after hours during the war for training, also kept in touch with those serving overseas through the Tech Tatler yearbook and The Broadsheet newsletter’s special active service issue.

“It was a bit of a lifeline to home for them,” Caskie said.

One concrete way students and staff members remained connected to back home was by writing letters and sending

postcards to the school.

By the end of the war, those letters and postcards, many of which were sent to English department head Roy S. Foley, numbered upward of 2,000.

During the war time, all of the letters and postcards were typed out by students exactly as they had been written.

Upon his retirement, Foley – who served as an enlistment officer as well as the head of the school’s war memorial committee – stashed those cardboard boxes of letters and postcards in a sub-basement at the school. Years later, they were uncovered and in 2003 Danforth Tech Society board member Bryan Bennett (class

of 1965) along with Caskie and class of 1964 grad Ron Passmore (whose father James and his three uncles, Frank, Joe and Jack all served and made it home) embarked on the arduous task of organizing and cataloguing the letters and postcards into binders.

“We didn’t think we were ever going to finish,” said Bennett during a recent interview at the school.

The originals are now safely stored away.

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h e Da n f o r t h Te c h Society War Archives Committee, led by Bennett, is currently in the process of electronically

scanning all the letters and postcards.

Last year, Passmore also researched and prepared a display that shared the stories of several Danforth Tech students and staff members who served.

To honour the many contributions of its students and staff members to the war effort, Danforth Tech renamed its library the War Memorial Library.

Inside is a 12-panel stained glass window by Cyril J. Travers, an art teacher at the school for 23 years.

Four of the six lower panels depict the four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want and freedom from fear.

The two central panels aim to give unity to the piece with a student, carrying a graduation scroll, who is prepared to accept the duties and responsibilities of a peacetime citizen (The Student as a Mature Citizen) as well as a solider-in-arms who is ready and alert to fight for his country (The Student as a Soldierin-Arms).

The six top panels depict The Wise Administrator, The Eternal Struggle, the Canadian Coat-of-Arms, the Coat-ofArms of the School, the Signing of the Magna Carta and God the Creator.

The painted stained glass, which was installed in 1948 and dedicated to the teachers and students of Danforth Tech who served from 1939 to 1945, was refurbished and rededicated in 2004.

Two large bronze plaques, located on both sides of the stained glass windows, bear the names those who never

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returned home.

Inside the library there are 35 volumes of service records and verification forms of those from the school who served in the Second World War. There are also binders filled with war-time newspaper clippings that related to Danforth Tech.

Outside the library, there are four active service rolls inscribed with the names of all of those from Danforth Tech who served in the Second World War. “It’s absolutely incredible.

It’s always a joy to come in here every morning,” said teacherlibrarian Barb MacKay, who often speaks about the war memorial to history classes.

“There was a strong desire to honour the lives lost at Danforth Tech with a special war memorial.”

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very year, Danforth Tech holds Remembrance Day events to honour the sacrifices made by its students and staff members.

In past years, letters written by former students who served in the Second World War are read aloud by current students, accompanied by images projected in the background.

Guest speakers and student performances are also usually part of the special event.

This year’s assembly, which is set to get underway at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, will be remembering those who gave their lives for our freedom and our way of life as well as honouring the men and women who made sacrifices on the Home Front during the conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries, with dramatic performances, musical pieces, and poetry readings.

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emories. They return to us through thoughts, feelings and familiar sounds and smells. Memories can reflect happy times.

They can convey sadness. Memories can conjure up a time, decades old, or they can be from yesterday.

But what if those familiar thoughts, feelings, sounds and smells, returned you to a time of war?

A time when you thought you wouldn’t survive, weighed down with feelings of dread, by the sounds of the dying and the smell of death?

Would you want to remember?

This week, The Beach Mirror commemorates the memories of Canadian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice from the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War and the recent conflict in Afghanistan and all peacekeeping missions leading up to next week’s Remembrance Day. But also, we remember those who are still alive and are able, our view some willingly and some grudgto recount a time when Readers share ingly, only the present moment mattered. memories in When a slight move, or slow special section reaction meant the difference between life and death.

Within these pages we have information on Remembrance Day ceremonies in your community.

We urge you to attend one, speak to a veteran (so few remain from the Second World War) and talk to your kids about it.

This is an especially important year as it marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. More than 45,000 Canadian soldiers gave their lives and another 55,000 were wounded in the conflict.

Along with stories in the pages of our newspaper, our special section online can be found at bit.ly/ TorontoRemembers The section shares the memories of our readers and the stories passed down by their loved ones: A black and white photo of two young lovers in a time of uncertainty, with only first names exchanged.

A friend buried at sea. A mystery solider who died of pneumonia.

A cheeky nurse who kissed a solider while he lay in delirium in an army hospital bed.

You will read stories of friendship and laughter and letter writing.

Remembrance Day is always important, but putting a face and a name to the stories of war bring it a little closer to home.

The Beach Mirror welcomes letters of 400 words or less. All submissions must include name, address and a daytime telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters.

Copyright in letters remains with the author but the publisher and affiliates may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other forms. Letters can be sent to press@insidetoronto. com, or mailed to The Beach Mirror, 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON, M2H 0A2.

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A reading of the taxation tea leaves

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ou can read a lot of different things in the tea leaves after a big election and there’s lots of readings a fortune teller can pull from this last one.

For instance, one might say the election of Justin Trudeau as prime minister represents a generational shift, not just in Ottawa, but in the electorate.

Young, inexperienced and optimistic Justin Trudeau came into power despite old, battle-scarred and pessimistic Stephen Harper’s best efforts, and it’s hard not to imagine a group of voters born in the 1990s reacting badly to messaging that someone who at least looks about their age is “just not ready.”

Millennials, after all, have heard the same thing repeated ad nauseam since they were in short pants by their entitled elders.

Millennials, like the

david nickle the city rest of us, have heard a lot of other things repeated.

They’ve heard that government deficits are a cardinal sin, that taxes are best kept low and that government itself is best kept small and relatively inactive.

Based on last month’s federal election and the last few elections in which younger voters have been able to have their say, it’s seeming as though those notions are getting just as chilly a reception as that “not ready” attack ad.

Although a conservative himself, Toronto Mayor John Tory was a beneficiary of this post-boom bump, and in his early months, governed in that knowledge, boosting existing services and promising new ones – actively reengaging city government

in city life.

But as a conservative, Tory, along with many of his council colleagues, are showing oldee timee reluctance to square the circle – to do the things that in the past have been understood as politically unpopular: raise property taxes higher than the rate of inflation, consider new ways to bring in revenue such as road tolls… to increase revenue, in other words, to match aspiration.

Very soon, Tory and his supporters on council are going to find a need to do this.

Just one of Tory’s enhancements – a return to higher levels of TTC service to undo the transit cuts made in the Rob Ford years – will cost an additional $90 million to fund, fully rolled-out in 2016.

An inflationary property tax increase (the maximum that Tory has promised) will raise $50 million.

If that were the only pressure it would be bad enough, but of course it’s not alone.

The Toronto Police Service will be costing the city more, and another promise, the mayor’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, is rendered meaningless if there is not significant spending in social services added to the 2016 budget.

Taxpayers will also soon have to begin paying for the loan the city made out to itself, to help balance the otherwise askew 2015 budget.

Would Toronto taxpayers and voters be willing to look at paying more for better services and a more cohesive city?

The tea leaves, imperfect an indicator as they are, suggest they might just.

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Family Story Time WHEN: 11 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Liza, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Stories, songs and rhymes for children and their parents/caregivers.

Art in the Beach WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. CONTACT: info@beachguildoffineart.com COST: Free The Beach Guild of Fine Art is celebrating its 21st annual show and sale, and its second year at Beach United Church.

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Christmas Bazaar WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: Elaine MacSween, 416-699-6091, krucinfo@ rogers.com, www.kruc.ca Baking, preserves, children’s fun fair, books, crafts, jewelry, tea room, and artisan table in support of the East End Refugee Committee.

Christmas Bazaar WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Queen Street East Presbyterian Church, 947 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Rev. Rafael Vallejo, 416-465-1143, queeneastchurch@gmail.com Gifts, knits, silent auction. Sandwich and tea lunch for $5.

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Christmas Bazaar WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Fallingbrook Presbyterian Church, 31 and 35 Wood Gen Rd. CONTACT: 416-699-3084 Attic treasures, draws, knitting, silent auction, jewelry, baking, tea room.

Silent Auction WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 79 Hiawatha Rd. CONTACT: www.nuuc.ca COST: $25 Tickets at www.eventbrite.ca/e/silentauction-tickets-18142080451

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Movie: ‘Steamboat Bill Jr.’ with Buster Keaton

WHEN: 4 to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Toronto Silent Film Festival, 416-691-7330 COST: $15/$10 Silent film with live accompaniment.

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Mommy Ergonomics WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715, cmoran@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free A workshop on ergonomics for strong, fit moms.

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The Toronto Transportation Commission needed to replace more than 600 of its labour force drafted to fight in the Second World War, so it turned to women.

The predecessor to the Toronto Transit Commission, c a l l e d t h e To r o n t o Transportation Commission, needed to keep service running so a growing ridership could get to factory and manufacturing jobs in support of the war effort. Like other traditionally male-dominated industries decimated by fighting overseas, the TTC began hiring women.

From the TTC’s official numbers, by 1944, there were 386 female bus operators and streetcar conductors. Another 256 were employed for administration and bookkeeping functions, which up to that point had been performed by men.

Helen Reeder was one of them.

Originally from Saskatchewan, Helen migrated east to Ottawa where she worked in the federal Ministry of Munitions and Supplies, helping to co-ordinate steel shipments to factories all over the country. At a military reception in 1942, she met a handsome young enlistee from Toronto. Harry Culley was a clarinettist who had signed up to join the Royal Canadian Air Force military band, one of five such outfits sent overseas to raise morale among the troops by playing thousands of concerts while the war raged on.

Helen and Harry were instantly smitten; following a year of courtship they were engaged. But the conflict intervened on their burgeoning relationship, and Harry was shipped off to England in 1943.

There he would spend the next two-and-half years an ocean away from his fiancée. Over that time the two exchanged more than 600 letters, as documented in Love in the Air, a book written by their daughter Joanne Culley and published

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“I started reading the letters and realized a hundred in there

Left, Harry Culley and Helen Reeder pose outside their flat just before Culley was shipped overseas to England during the Second World War. Right, ‘Love in the Air’ by Joanne Culley is a collection of more than 600 letters exchanged by her parents during the Second World War. Photos/Courtesy

might be a story which might be of interest because they had a quite detailed account of what was going on during that time,” said Culley, who re-discovered her parents’ letters while cleaning out the contents of the family home following her father’s death in 2010.

With Harry stationed in the coastal city of Bournemouth, England, Helen moved to Toronto to be closer to her future in-laws, themselves musicians. She found a job with the TTC working at its Hillcrest headquarters as a cashier and bookkeeper. The job gave Helen independence and a good wage. In her spare time she composed letters and care packages for Harry.

“She was kind of embarrassed because she had a pretty good war,” her daughter said. “She had her own money for shopping and the movies or going out with her friends.”

At one point she visits a beloved co-worker who was wounded in the war and paralyzed.

“He’ll be there indefinitely,” Helen writes in a letter dated April 1, 1945. “I always feel so glad that I’m able to walk around when I leave a hospital.”

Helen was also present for a pivotal moment in the TTC’s history in 1945 when plans were unveiled for a rapid transit system, the first of its kind for the city.

Even with military censors going through every piece of their correspondence, Harry’s thoughts remained largely preserved. He questioned the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. He learned of the horrors of the concentration camps as the Allies began to liberate Western Europe from the Nazis. And while there is always the very real concern of being hit by a stray bomb, Harry’s toughest struggle was waiting to be reunited with his future wife.

It wouldn’t be until early 1946 when Harry received the OK to return to Canada. The couple was soon married.

With the men coming back to the jobs they left, nearly all the women at the TTC , including Helen, were laid off.

More than 70 years after they were written, the letters reside in Culley’s office in Peterborough, and there are plans to donate them to the Canadian War Museum.

She marvels that her dad was able to hang on to all the letters.

“What makes this unusual is both sides of the correspondence were there and my father carried all of them around in his knapsack,” she said. “His buddies kept saying, ‘Oh toss them out, why are you lugging those around?’ He couldn’t bear to throw them away.”

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t was 1944 and while bombs were dropping during the Second World War, a springtime romance was blooming in London, England.

It was between Thomas, a brave young 19-year-old Canadian soldier of the North Shore Regiment from Campbellton, New Brunswick, ready to be shipped out to fight on the Normandy beaches in June, and Freda, a strong-willed young au pair

girl from Leipzig, Germany stranded in England and interned for three years on the Isle of Anglesey Wales, by the act of formal Declaration of War between Great Britain and Germany in September 1939.

They saw each other for a few short months before being separated by battle.

The regiment landed on Juno Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Freda passed away 15 years ago in 2000, still in London, England. Thomas still remains a mystery. Their loving son, born New Year’s Eve 1944, now resides in Toronto.

– name withheld by request This is one of the submissions The Mirror received from readers sharing their memories and memorabilia for our special Remembrance Day coverage.

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Looking to do some holiday shopping? The Indigenous & Ingenious Show and Sale can help.

The show will feature unique Aboriginal works by 15 artists, many based in Toronto. Artists include soapstone carver Ryan Hill, watercolour painter Joseph Sagaj, beadwork artist Naomi Smith, baby moccasin designer Frank Wassegijig, chef and culinary artist Charles Catchpole and jewellery designer and co-founder of the event Barb Nahwegahbow.

The show was created to help First Nations artisans, artists and designers showcase and celebrate their talents and culture. Nahwegahbow

said it’s difficult for Aboriginal artists to find a place in Toronto to not only show their work, but sell it as well. The show has been running for a few years, but this is the first year it has expanded to include more than four artists.

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Toronto Women and the war effort, 1914-1918 Local historian Joanne Doucette speaks about the local impact of the First World War on the women of Toronto.

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Hosted by the local legion and Community Centre 55, the luncheon will begin around 11:30 a.m. Danforth Tech’s culinary program will cater the event.

For more information, call 416-691-1113, ext. 224.

Malvern C.I. Remembers The local high school hosts its annual Remembrance Day assembly from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by a school-wide moment of silence and a lunch for guests.

Malvern Collegiate is at 55 Malvern Ave., near Victoria Park Avenue and Kingston Road.

Contact the school’s principal, Diane Sharpe, at Diane.Sharpe@tdsb.on.ca or 416393-1480 to RSVP. Remembrance Day Assembly at Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute This year’s assembly, which will get underway at 10 a.m., will include dramatic performances, musical pieces, poetry readings and several short pieces presented by the school’s drama department.

Additionally, an extensive selection of uniforms and other items from Canada’s involvement in the World Wars and other conflicts in the last century will be on display during the assembly as well as in one of the school’s classrooms.

Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute is located at 800 Greenwood Ave., just north of Danforth Avenue.

For more information, contact the school’s principal, Denise Martins, at 416-393-0620.

Remembrance Day Assembly Honour Canada’s veterans by attending one of two concurrent Remembrance Day assemblies at Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School, 80 Bowmore Rd., which is south of Gerrard Street East and east of Coxwell Avenue.

Both assemblies, which will include slide shows of veterans or current service personnel who are related to the school’s staff members and students, will run from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. Parents, guardians and veterans are welcome to attend.

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Animal clinic offers free service for members of the military VETS Toronto’s third annual Vets for Vets Pets event that offers free canine/feline spay/ neuter and a free microchip for those who serve or served, is set for Wednesday, Nov. 11 starting at 8 a.m.

The Upper Beach animal clinic at 1025 Kingston Rd., just west of Victoria Park Avenue, is expecting to provide free veterinarian services to more than 50 pets of Canadian veterans and active military personnel past and present.

This offer is by appointment only and valid with a Canadian Forces identification card or equivalent identification that must be presented prior to booking an appointment.

Contact denise@vetstoronto. com or call 416-690-0625 for more details.

Silent auction at Main Street Terrace A silent auction benefitting the Main Street Terrace’s resident Christmas fund is set to take place Saturday.

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Lawn signs are available as long as supplies last. and Reflection at Beach United Church wJazz

Beach United Church’s monthly Jazz and Reflection series is set to take place on Saturday.

The event will run from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. and will feature The Barry Livingstone Group: Suba Sankaran (vocals), Colleen Allen (sax), Kobi Hass (bass), Paul Fitterer (drums), and Barry Livingstone (piano) This month’s theme is peace.

All are welcome. Admission is by freewill offering.

Beach United Church is at 140 Wineva Ave., just north of Queen Street East. Visit http:// beachunitedchurch.com your appetite to Pastafest at Applegrove wBring Applegrove Community Complex is hosting its annual Pastafest fundraiser on Saturday.

The event, which will also include a silent auction, will run from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Baron Byng/Beaches Legion

at 243 Coxwell Ave., just south of Gerrard Street East. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Advance tickets are available until Thursday and cost $12 for age 13 and up or $6 for children ages four to 12. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $20 for age 13 and up and $10 for children aged four to 12. Kids three and under get in free.

Tickets can be purchased at the Applegrove office or at the Applegrove Parent-Child Drop-In at 60 Woodfield Rd., just north of Queen Street East in Leslieville.

Admission includes a threecourse pasta dinner as well as a silent auction, door prizes, games and lots of fun.

Proceeds from Pastafest help pay for programs and services at the local community centre.

Call 416-461-8143 for details. fundraise for Syrian refugees wChurches

Beach United Church and St. Aidan’s Anglican Church are hosting a Syrian relief fundraiser Saturday.

The event, which runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., takes place at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave., just north of Queen Street East. It will include a light meal as well as lively music.

Tickets cost $20. Beverages are sold separately. For details or to purchase tickets, call 416691-8082. portraits help Red Door Family Shelter wHoliday

Have your holiday portrait taken and help Leslieville’s Red Door Family Shelter on Saturday.

Presented by Fogel Photography, the Family Building Families event will take place at Rebellion Gallery, 1495 Gerrard St. E., just west of Coxwell Avenue.

A suggested $75 donation includes one mini black and white photo shoot and one 5x7 black and white print.

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Metrolinx is set to begin an environmental assessment study for the bridge, and the groups hope the city’s report will provide an “informed second opinion” on the plan.

Metrolinx is also working to visually forecast the bridge’s impact on neighbourhoods.

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I brought my parents for lunch. The service was excellent and the waitress was so helpful with settling my parents into their seats. My Mom really enjoyed her liver and onions. Fish and Chips were delicious.Very comfortable atmosphere. We'll be back !

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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: • Load and unload delivery vehicles • Ensure all products are properly prepared for shipping according to the drivers’ run sheets • Perform physical material handling • Work in a secure and safety-conscious manner as outlined in the Company and department safety policies • Maintain good housekeeping practices in warehouse.

• To perform other general warehouse duties as assigned by the Warehouse Supervisor WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: • Valid forklift license • Previous shipping/receiving experience • Physically capable of lifting and carrying material up to a maximum of 30-lbs • Must have an excellent command of the English language (reading/speaking/writing) • Must be able to work overnight shifts and work up to 32 hours per week • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment • Have excellent time-management skills • Ability to set priorities and multi-task • Ability to perform repetitive tasks accurately and thoroughly, with minimal errors • Demonstrated basic numeracy • Have their own transportation • Ability to work in a team environment with minimal supervision WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU: • Opportunity to be part of an exciting company at the cutting edge of the media industry • Work for a well-established and respected company that is connected to your communities • Be part of a company that is committed to providing a healthy and safe work environment • We’ve got your health in mind; you’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package including pension and health care If working for a highly energized, competitive team is your ideal environment, please email your resume to ssidhu@metroland.com.

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JOB POSTING JOB TITLE: Mailroom Stacker (Part time; up to 32 hours/week) BUSINESS UNIT: Toronto, Warehouse - 175 Gordon Baker Rd ABOUT US: A subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, Metroland is one of Canada’s premier media companies. Metroland delivers up-to-the-minute vital business and community information to millions of people across Ontario. We have grown significantly in recent years in terms of audience and advertisers and we’re continuing to invest heavily in developing best-in-class talent, products and technology to accelerate our growth in the media landscape and strengthen our connection to the community. For further information, please visit www.metroland.com.

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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: • Wrap and secure all big and small skids • Tag skids correctly and remove them with a pump truck • Clearing minor bundle jams in the conveyor • Ensure TABA sheets are placed on the correct bundles • Create any lost TABA sheets • Bundle strapping • Wear PPE and comply with Metroland’s Health and Safety policies • Housekeeping and overall clean up while the machine is stopped for rejects • Complete and enforce all duties in accordance with our Health and Safety policies and the Occupational Health and Safety Act WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: • Completion of High School Education • Must be able to work in an unpredictable & changing environment • Must be able to multi-task • Ability to excel in a fast-paced, deadline driven and demanding environment • Capable of working in a team environment and maintain positive relationships with team members OUR AODA COMMITMENT: Metroland is committed to accessibility in employment and to ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with AODA, Metroland will endeavour to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling your interview.

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