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JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com The 31st annual Share-A-Christmas campaign is set to be the biggest one yet as Community Centre 55 (CC55) aims to collect food and gift hampers for an estimated 800 less fortunate local families and individuals this holiday season. “This year we are expecting a higher volume of recipients,” said Debbie Visconti, CC55’s executive director, explaining numbers are up this year as WoodGreen Community Services isn’t running its annual

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Christmas hamper program. “We’ll need more donations of food and toys to accommodate the extra families we will be serving.” She said the need is especially great as the City of Toronto’s wellused Christmas Bureau has fallen victim to budgetary cutbacks. For several years, CC55 has provided toys and gifts to an additional 400 to 500 families across the city through its emergency distribution clinic after Dec. 22. Visconti said she expects a significant increase in demand because of the cutbacks. >>>TAKE, page 3

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NEWS IN BRIEF The lineup for a special 20th anniversary Riverdale Share holiday charity concert is complete. The show is not only back on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. after a oneyear hiatus, but back at the Danforth Music Hall. Known for raising both holiday cheer and funds for local grassroots charities that do their good work in the east end, this year’s concert includes Steven Page, who will be doing a tribute to the late Jack Layton with the Centre of Gravity Circus, Soul Influence, Sharon and Lois, The Sattalites, Russell deCarle from Prairie Oyster, the Eastminster choir and more. A special guest will be the founder of Riverdale Share Bill Usher. Tickets, which are $20, can be purchased at The Big Carrot, 348 Danforth Ave.; It’s My Party, 423 Danforth Ave.; and Treasure Island Toys, 581 Danforth Ave; or visit ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-500.

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2013 Operating Budget and 2013-2022 Capital Budget and Plan Hearing: Budget Committee December 10, 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West Please contact the Budget Committee at 416-338-5851 or 416-392-7445, or e-mail buc@toronto.ca no later than 4 p.m. on December 7, 2012 if you intend to make a public presentation. Please register to ensure that your name is placed on the speakers list. There will be a five-minute presentation time limit, unless the Committee decides otherwise. The Committee will hear speakers starting at 9:30 a.m. on December 10, 2012 and if necessary, the Committee will reconvene at 9:30 a.m. on December 11, 2012 to hear remaining speakers on the speakers list. 2. Submit a written presentation to: Budget Committee Toronto City Hall 100 Queen Street West 10th floor, WestTower Toronto, ON M5H 2N2 Fax: 416-392-1879 E-mail: buc@toronto.ca 3. Send a letter or e-mail to your local City Councillor. For information on how to contact your City Councillor, please call 3-1-1. Toronto City Council will review and approve the final 2013 Operating Budget and 2013-2022 Capital Budget and Plan at the Council meeting on January 15-17, 2013. For more information about the City Budget and the 2013 Budget process please visit our website: www.toronto.ca/budget2013 or toronto.ca/council. Notice: If you write or make a presentation to the Budget Committee, we will collect and use your personal information in accordance with applicable laws. We also videotape meetings and make recordings publicly available on request. For more information about the collection and use of your personal information, please visit: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/privacy.html

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santa hits the beach ‘Tis the season: Left, Addison McKenny, 9 months, shares a laugh with Santa Claus inside Community Centre 55 following the Beach’s Santa Claus parade on Sunday. Left below, Eva Marrison, left, Eva Ennis and Sophie Butler get comfortable as they wait for Santa Claus to arrive during the parade. Below, Lion dresses for the occasion as he marches along the parade route. Right, Megan Allen and the rest of the Malvern Collegiate band perform during the parade. Photos/NANCY PAIVA

Take part in events to bring a Merry Christmas to the community >>>from page 1 “We’ll do whatever we can for people. We won’t turn anyone away,” she said. “People in our community have been very supportive and we expect they will help us again this year.” Community Centre 55’s ShareA-Christmas program, the biggest yearly initiative at the Upper Beacharea agency, officially kicked off for the season this past Sunday with Hamper’s Christmas Parade on Kingston Road followed by a post-parade celebration at the local community centre. A number of events are planned for the coming weeks to raise muchneeded funds for the annual program. This Saturday, people are invited to join Santa Claus for a pancake breakfast at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St., at Swanwick Avenue. The event, which runs from 8 to 10 a.m., costs $3 per person. Reservations are not required. Later that evening, those 19 years of age and older are invited to take part in the 10th annual 12 Cheers

of Christmas Pub Night, which will run from 6 p.m. to midnight. Admission is $20 per person and includes appetizers, trivia and karaoke at the final pub. A shuttle service, departing from CC55 and transporting revelers from pub to pub and back, will also be provided. Race to help Community members are also asked to bring non-perishable food for the Share-A-Christmas program to the Toronto Beaches Lions Club’s Old Fashioned Christmas Tree Lighting at Kew Gardens Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. The newly rebranded Centre 55 Tanenbaum 10k race is also expected to benefit the Share-A-Christmas program in a big way as nearly twice as many people have already signed up to take part in this Sunday’s event. For more details, visit www. tanenbaum10k.com. Further, community members are invited to attend the All About The Benjamin’s Memorial Christmas Fundraiser for Community Centre

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Hamper the Reindeer is available for Share-A-Christmas fundraising events. Contact Community Centre 55 to book an appearance.

55 Saturday, Dec. 8. This event, which will include door prizes, a 50/50 draw, games, a DJ, cash bar and more, will take

place at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 73, at 2 Robinson Ave., near Danforth Road and Danforth Avenue. Aside from supporting various fundraising events, area residents can support the annual campaign by making a monetary donation. Charitable tax receipts are available. People can donate Canadian Tire money to the program, which serves those living in an area bounded by Lake Ontario and Danforth, Coxwell and Victoria Park avenues. Non-perishable human/pet food as well as toys for children from babies to teens are also greatly needed. Items can be dropped off at CC55, the Beaches Recreation Centre at 6 Williamson Rd., FreshCo at Gerrard Street East and Victoria Park Avenue, Price Chopper on Eastern Avenue and at local CIBC branches until Thursday, Dec. 20. Some of the fun ways to support the Share-A-Chrsitms program include organizing a draw, planning a food drive or money collection at your family or corporate Christmas

party, adopting a family or taking part in the CANpaign program by placing a money collection can at your business or holiday event. The centre’s mascot, Hamper the Reindeer, is more than happy to attend any Share-A-Christmas fundraiser. Email info@centre55. com or call 416-691-1113. CC55 is also selling Hamper the Reindeer Christmas cards. As always, volunteers are needed to help sort, pack, and deliver the food and toy hampers. Registration is not required. Packing and sorting of nonperishables takes place Tuesday, Dec. 18, Wednesday, Dec. 19 and Thursday, Dec. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. Toys will be sorted and packed Friday, Dec. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. No children please. Perishable food items will be packed and sorted Saturday, Dec. 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with delivery set to begin that same day beginning at 2 p.m. Anyone with questions can contact CC55 at info@centre55.com or 416-691-1113.

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Council needs to re-set priorities at halfway point

oronto council reached the halfway point of its mandate in spectacular fashion this week.

Monday’s decision by Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland ordering Mayor Rob Ford be removed from office due to his violation of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act will take effect Dec. 10. The judge gave council 14 days from Monday to deal with his ruling. That possible date of removal comes just three days after council reaches the twoyear anniversary of its four-year term. The situation on Ford is constantly changing. Council was examining its legal options at this week’s meeting. At the moment, it appears council has the choice of either appointing a caretaker mayor for the remaining two years of this term or calling for a mayoral by-election. City solicitor Anna Kinastowski said it’s our view going to be a long process, much of it dependent on other Councillors court rulings, which could stay Ford’s removal or keep him in must still focus office if he wins his appeal. If or when the time comes on community for council to make a decision on replacing Ford, we strongly favour the appointment route. Calling a by-election will cost an estimated $7 million. It will also likely cause a mess of a domino effect as councillors abandon their wards to run for mayor. And that’s the last thing Toronto needs, distracted councillors furthering their own political careers during a by-election while ignoring the needs of the wards they were elected to represent in 2010. As our stories in today’s paper on Council at The Halfway Point show, councillors must fully focus on the important work of representing their communities. This has to remain their priority. We also ask that the appointee be from Ford’s side of the political spectrum. He was elected on a mandate of fiscal responsibility and concern for taxpayers, and that should be respected. The halfway point of a council’s mandate is an artificial line for council members to reflect on what’s gone right and what’s gone wrong during the first two years of office. Unfortunately, this time it’s a harder line in the sand. It’s a re-set point for every civic politician and every civic official. There are no longer any rookie councillors – everyone has two years of experience. Understand that the pure pleasure and advantage of local politics is in moving forward carrying the interests of your constituency beyond an agenda of a perceived political left or right vision. Understand your best chance for re-election is to focus on the constituency.

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I am not excusing Mayor Rob Ford for his stupid actions that resulted in a single judge making the decision to have him turfed from office, but there are numerous others who have committed questionable acts who are still walking the floors of city hall. For example, what about the various city officials and councillors involved in the questionable city housing purchases for hundreds of thousands of dollars? And a single judge turfs our mayor for the sum of $3,150. Something stinks to high heaven.

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Ford situation leads to council paralysis “Rob Ford did this to Rob Ford.” No truer words were spoken about our third (amalgamated city) mayor, than the sound-bite-ready quip from lawyer Clayton Ruby, who led the legal challenge to Mayor Rob Ford’s legitimacy to hold the office to which he was elected two years ago. Ford is facing what can only be counted as a disgrace: ordered removed from office not by voters or his own life-choices, but a court of law, for violating the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. There will be an appeal of the decision by Justice Charles Hackland. Perhaps the mayor will prevail on appeal and be able to remain in office. But in the course of getting there, he will hear the verdict in the libel lawsuit from the owner of the Boardwalk

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Café. And before the end of the year, the result of a compliance audit on his election expenses will be released. Depending on how that goes, he could well be faced with removal from office a second time, as well as a second restriction on when next he can run for election. And that doesn’t even scratch the surface of other situations he’s been connected to including the displacing commuters to bring buses to ferry the high school football team he coaches back to their school and engaging senior city staff regarding repairs

to the road outside his family’s business. Ford has already surrendered the moral authority to lead the city. The courts are now in the process of taking legal authority from him. Some have suggested the punishment meted out by Hackland – and prescribed in the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act – outstrips the nature of the crime. Hackland admitted as much in his decision: that Ford’s decision to speak on his own behalf, when faced with a report demanding he repay $3,150 in donations to his football charity, wasn’t a matter of corruption, and the violation of the act was merely technical. But Ford is by all accounts a wealthy man. The injury he suffers in losing his job is paltry compared to the injury the city suffers in the wake of that.

Council is a fragile body at the best of times. The huge uncertainty Ford’s potential departure creates could throw it entirely off the rails. Toronto council will need to pass a budget, which, one would hope, would reflect the complex will of the electorate. It will have to deal with the continued implementation of a transportation plan. It will have to decide what to do about revenue sources like the land transfer tax. One might argue Ford’s presence has been of diminishing relevance to all of this, as council has chosen its own route. But the instability over the next few months will all but guarantee a level of legislative paralysis Toronto hasn’t seen since the early days of amalgamation. To paraphrase Clayton Ruby: Rob Ford did this to us.

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It’s Happening Not-So-Silent Auction WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Morse Street Public School, 180 Carlaw Ave. CONTACT: www. morsestreetauction.com The event features a 50-50 draw and a raffle and items to bid on. Park Social WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Navel Club of Toronto, 1910 Gerrard St. CONTACT: 416-392-1376 Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon hosts a Park Social, which is open to all members of local parks groups as well as park lovers. Light Up the Riverside WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Queen Street East from the DVP to Empire Avenue Event includes Santa Claus from 5 to 5:30 p.m., a tree lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. at the Mustard Seed Parkette, 791 Queen St. E., musical performances, activities for the kids and a raffle draw. Visit www.riverside-to. com/events/236

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Christmas Social WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Joseph’s Catholic School, 176 Leslie St. CONTACT: 416-560-7568 The fundraiser includes food,

WHEN: 4 p.m. WHERE: Beach United Church, 70 Silver Birch Ave. CONTACT: www.beachunitedchurch.com, 416-6918082 The Great Expectations: Advent Choral Service features live music, hand bells, carol singing and readings.

games and activities for the kids, raffles, a bake sale and music performed by staff, parents and community members. A dramatic reading of A Christmas Carol WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Glen Rhodes United Church, 1470 Gerrard St. E. COST: $20 at door Reading, a sale of Christmas cookies and carol singing.

Women of Jazz Concert WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: 416-699-6091, Shannon Butcher, vocalist, and friends perform. Cost, $20. Children 12 and under are free. Proceeds go to fixing the ramp.

Old-fashioned Christmas Tree Lighting WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Kew Gardens, Alex Christie Bandshell, Queen Street East at Lee Avenue CONTACT: www.beacheslions. com Toronto Beaches Lions Club’s Old-fashioned Christmas Tree Lighting offers music, carolling and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. Bring your loonies for the Lions.

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From The Don to Coxwell: Writing in the East End WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416392-6810 Four Toronto authors will speak about their work during an upcoming Community Matters Event. Shout Sister Choir

WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: music@absolutelymusic.on.ca COST: Free Shout Sister Choir is looking for new members. Practices are Tuesdays. Visit www.shoutsisterchoir.ca

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Christmas trip WHEN: 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. WHERE: Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. CONTACT: Evonne, 416-691-1113 COST: Free Join West 55 Travel Club, which is heading to the Owen Sound Arts and Lights Tour. Lunch is not included (bring on the bus), but a turkey dinner is. Cost is $80.

Holiday Arts and Crafts Gala WHEN: 6 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Lazy Daisy’s Café, 1515 Gerrard St. E. CONTACT: 647-341-4070, The second annual Holiday Arts

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Water issues meeting WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Balmy Beach Club, foot of Beech Avenue CONTACT: 416-392-1376 Ward 32 residents are invited to an information session on local water issues, which is the result of the Queen Street East Visioning Study. Email council-

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Jazz & Reflection WHEN: 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Beach United Church, 70 Silver Birch Ave. CONTACT: www. beachunitedchurch.com, 416691-8082 Featuring local musician Bill McLean.

Free flue shot clinic WHEN: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Gerrard Square, 1000 Gerrard St. E. CONTACT: www. toronto.ca/health/flu, 416-3387600 Flu vaccine is free for those six months and older who live, work or attend school in Ontario.

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Toronto council at the midway point As Toronto council reached the midway point of its four-year term, councillors spoke to The Mirror about their accomplishments.

JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Councillors were interviewed prior to Monday’s court decision calling for Mayor Rob Ford to be removed from office over a municipal conflict of interest violation.

Ford’s first two years started strong, ended in controversy DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com

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t’s been an eventful last two years for east Toronto councillors Mary-Margaret McMahon and Paula Fletcher. “There’s never a dull moment. It’s the most exciting thing I’ve done in my life, bar none and a heck of a lot of work,” said McMahon, a first-time councillor who attends multiple community meetings and events every day of the week, including weekends. She also keeps busy as a member of several local business improvement areas (BIAs) and community centre boards as well as the Toronto Atmospheric Fund and the city’s audit, and parks and environment committees. “I have 12- to 15-hour days and sometimes four meetings per night. I really want to help people, but sometimes it’s a juggling game,” said McMahon, joking the new family dog she promised her teenage son and daughter upon her election barely recognizes her. Fletcher, who will mark 10 years as a councillor in 2013, sits on the board of Bridgepoint Health and several local BIAs and community centres among other groups. She’s also on the Toronto Board of Health, is a member of the city’s economic development committee and has recently been appointed as the vice-chair for Toronto and East York Community Council. Free time Like McMahon, Fletcher also devotes much of her “free” time to attending community events and meetings. The Mirror recently chatted with both women about their experiences and what they feel are their biggest accomplishments and what their hopes and plans are for the remainder of the term. Both McMahon and Fletcher said it’s challenging being part of such a divided Toronto City Council. Fletcher said her goal is always to work with the mayor, but when faced with major challenges, notably the dismantling of a long-established plan for the port lands, she’s willing to take a stand and fight for her city and her constituents’ interests. “My job is to work for my ward

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and my city and make sure things are good there ... but not when crazy things like a Ferris wheel, a mega mall and a monorail in the port lands are going to happen,” said Fletcher, who successfully rallied fellow councillors to vote against these kinds of ideas for the prime waterfront land. “I’m very proud of the work I was able to do for not only the neighbourhood and the port lands, but the city.” Fletcher, who said her work to ensure the port lands remain a mixed-used community for all to enjoy is her No. 1 accomplishment so far this term, also pointed to the recent opening of the new Joel Weeks Park, recent renovations to Felstead Park, near Coxwell and Danforth avenues, and the planting of 100 new trees in Withrow Park. She said she is also proud of her work to retain the city’s ombudsman, Fiona Crean, fighting to extend her contract and “not diminish” such an important office. Further, Fletcher pointed to her efforts to maintain valued city services such as pools, libraries, community centres and affordable sports fees for youth organizations. “Toronto is not a 180 (degree turn) kind of town. I feel made-inToronto solutions are the best way to run the city,” she said. “Extreme positions don’t work.” McMahon described her experience as a member of city council in a different way: “I think we have

a heck of a long way to go to work better together,” she said during a recent interview, adding her priority is working for better transit, notably the development of a downtown relief line. “If we want better transit, we have to open up our wallets,” McMahon said, adding her top accomplishment since being elected two years ago is the development of new urban design guidelines for Queen Street East in her ward. Queen Street Study Toronto and East York Community Council as well as Toronto City Council both recently approved the Queen Street East Visioning Study, which aims to develop a future vision for Queen Street East from Coxwell Avenue to Neville Park Boulevard; help bring more consistent development to the popular stretch; and update the circa 1987 design guidelines for ‘Queen Street East – The Beaches’ through the creation of appropriate urban design guidelines that balance the policies of the Official Plan with the desires of the local community to maintain the existing neighbourhood character. “It was a long time coming and a lot of work, but Queen Street East is going to be in a much better place to deal with developments,” she said, adding the process was also “a lot of fun.” “The spin off is that the Beach

BIA is looking into a streetscaping plan similar to the one Roncesvalles recently completed.” A fan of parks, McMahon said in the next half of her term she will continue working to establish neighbourhood stewardship groups for all green spaces in her ward. “I’m big on parks. They’re one of the best features of Toronto,” she said, adding she’d also work on putting in place street captains in an ongoing effort to battle emerald ash borer infestations plaguing local trees. Further, McMahon said one of her major goals in the next two years is developing a stronger sense of community in the Main Square area. In the next two years, Fletcher said she’d devote a lot of energy to fighting the development of a casino along the waterfront and would also continue to work to support and strengthen the local film industry. As well, she said she’d like to get the conversation started on the development of design guidelines for appropriate development along Queen Street East in her ward. “There’s a lot of development coming to our avenues because people want to live in our great neighbourhoods,” Fletcher.

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Mayor Rob Ford has had a colourful first two years in office: starting from the moment he announced that Transit City was “dead,” then handed off the limelight in his swearing-in ceremony to a red-baiting Don Cherry. As he reaches the second anniversary of his mayoralty on Dec. 7, Ford’s political career in municipal politics could well be over. Superior Court Judge Charles Hackland ordered Ford removed from office on Monday over a conflict of interest he failed to declare, when he asked council to forgive him having to pay $3,150 of money donated to a football charity. That matter was one of many black eyes Ford has inflicted on his own mayoralty. But what about policy? After two years in the mayor’s chair, what has Rob Ford done to change the face of Toronto? Initially, it seemed like he had accomplished quite a bit. He convinced Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Metrolinx to stop work on the Sheppard LRT and let the city attempt to build a subway there instead. He convinced Toronto Council to scrap the $60 vehicle registration fee, and using surpluses left by the previous administration, froze property taxes in 2011. Toronto councillors’ office budgets were slashed in half. He convinced council to contract out garbage collection in the area west of Yonge Street. He and Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday were able to win major concessions from the city’s remaining unionized workers, with only a short public library strike. In the service of his promise to cut the “gravy” at city hall, he implemented a core services review, which enabled council and the public to decide what services the city should or should not be providing. These exercises found little to cut. The fallout from the process arguably led Toronto Council to take a firmer hand with the mayor in 2012, which saw many of his promises undone. Council resurrected Transit City and turned around the 2012 budget to restore some key services. What’s to come? Well, if Ford is successful in appealing Hackland’s ruling, there are a couple of outstanding promises. Ford has promised to start cutting the land transfer tax on real estate transactions. And he is aiming at a 1.75 per cent property tax increase for 2013. And he has made it clear since the spring, when council shut down his subway dream: Rob Ford is already campaigning for re-election in 2014.

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all of you in this room,” she said, adding the final push is now on to raise the remaining $900,000 needed to reach the project’s $7.5 million fundraising goal. The pre-opening event, which was held at PAC’s new corporate office at 558 Gerrard St. E., also included tours of the neighbouring 10,000-square-foot children’s hospice, which is set to transform a disused and derelict circa-1888 heritage building located on the same site as Bridgepoint Health hospital for patients with complex chronic disease and disability. Charles Rosenberg, the lead architect for the multi-phase proj-

ect, led the tours, which started at the three-storey addition being built along the north wall of an existing two-and-a-half-storey heritage building, which is known as the Governor’s House as it once served as the residence of the Old Don Jail’s prison keeper and his family. The building was last used as a clubhouse for guards from the neighbouring Don Jail before sitting vacant for more than a year. “The addition is really everything the old house isn’t,” said Rosenberg of the light and airy space, which will house the majority of the hospice’s amenities including the kitchen, living, dining and family rooms.

“We want this space to be as flexible as possible.” Rosenberg also spoke at length about creating a peaceful place for healing, adding his team has gone to great lengths to meet standards set by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care while trying to avoid creating too much of an “institutional” feeling. “It will be a very, very special place,” he said. Over in the old building, there will be four neonatal rooms on the main floor and six rooms for older children on the second level. Each colourful room will also have its own washroom.

The third floor will have office space, a staff lounge and a private chapel, while the basement will house a backup power generation system as well as several storage areas and utility rooms. “In the end, I think we’re going to get quite a unique and special facility,” Rosenberg said. Further, the new children’s hospice will also provide ongoing family support, pain and symptom management, assistance with the transition to home from hospital following surgery or illness, and spiritual and bereavement care. The site, which is already zoned for health-care purposes, is just steps away from the Riverdale library as well as park land. It’s also just a few kilometres from the Hospital for Sick Children. Founded in 1995 through a bequest from a Toronto art teacher who died of an AIDS-related illness, PAC provides in-home practical, emotional and spiritual support to Toronto residents of all ages living with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. Currently, there is no other option in Toronto for the family of a child with a life-limiting illness other than to go to a hospital when out-of-thehome palliative care is required.

IF YOU WORK IN ONTARIO, THIS IS YOUR FIGHT. On September 11, 2012, the Ontario Liberal government passed Bill 115, the Putting Students First Act, 2012.

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✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ 3.6L ✓ V6 ENGINE ✓ AUTO TRANS ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ LEATHER INTERIOR ✓ DOUBLE SUNROOF ✓ CD STEREO ✓ ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE ✓ 19" CHROME WHEELS ✓ 106,000 KMS

21,988

FOR ONLY

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ 2.5L ✓ 4 CYL ENGINE ✓ AUTO TRANS ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ PWR GROUP ✓ CD STEREO ✓ ALUM WHEELS ✓ ROOF RACK ✓ 58,000 KMS

22,988

2009 FORD F250 SUPER CAB H.D WITH NEW ARCTCIC SNOW

✓ 5.4L ENGINE ✓ AUTO TRANS ✓ AIR COND ✓ PWR GROUP ✓ BOX LINER ✓ 53,700 KMS ✓ BM102A

FOR ONLY

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

29,988

4 CYL ENGINE AUTO TRANS AIR COND PWR GROUP CD STEREO 50,000 KMS P4068

FOR ONLY

17,988

2012 FORD FOCUS SE ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

36,988+HST

2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE FWD

2.0L ENGINE AUTO TRANS AIR COND PWR GROUP SYNC ✓ CD STEREO 38,000 KMS P3969

FOR ONLY

15,988+HST

2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU LT

✓ V6 ENGINE ✓ AUTO TRANS ✓ AIR COND ✓ PWR GROUP ✓ LEATHER INTERIOR ✓ POWER SUNROOF ✓ ALUM WHEELS ✓ TRAILER TOW PKG ✓ 153,000 KMS ✓ CE153A

FOR ONLY

18,988+HST

2012 FORD FUSION SEDAN SE

NAVIGATION AUTO UPGRADED ‘BOSS 302’ WHEELS LEATHER BC121A 25,000 KMS

FOR ONLY

2012 MUSTANG GT✓ CONVERTIBLE 5.0 LITRE V8 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

37,988

2011 FORD ESCAPE XLT

4.6L ✓ V8 ENGINE AUTO TRANS AIR CONDITIONING AM/FM STEREO REAR DOOR GLASS 52,000 KMS ✓ P4082

FOR ONLY

5.0L V8 ENGINE 6-SPD MANUAL TRANS AIR CONDITIONING LEATHER INTERIOR 29,000 KMS ✓ P4063

FOR ONLY

2011 FORD E250 HEAVY DUTY EXTENDED CARGO VAN

6-SPD MANUAL TRANS AIR COND ✓ PWR GROUP BREMBO BRAKE PKG NAVIGATION RECARO RACING SEATS REVERSE CAMERA 9,000 KMS ✓ P4115

2013 MUSTANG GT CONVERTIBLE

2008 BUICK ENCLAVE CX

V8 ENGINE AUTO TRANS ✓ AIR COND PWR GROUP CHROME WHEELS LINE X BOX 86,000 KMS CM109A

FOR ONLY

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

2009 FORD F150 SUPERCREW XLT 4X4

FOR ONLY

31,988+HST

FOR ONLY

2012 FORD FOCUS SE

2011 FUSION SEL AWD

VALUED PRICE

5.0L V8 ENGINE AUTO TRANS ✓ AIR COND LEATHER INTERIOR REAR SPOILER 22,000 KMS ALL REBATES APPLIED FORD MOTORS EXECUTIVE DRIVER ✓ P3747 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

2010 GMC SIERRA CREW CAB 4X4

23,988+HST

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

2012 FORD MUSTANG GT CALIFORNIA SPCL CONV.

LEATHER MOONROOF SYNC PWR GROUP REVERSE SENSORS 33,000 KMS P3908

VALUED PRICE

V6 ENGINE AUTO TRANS AIR COND SPORT PKG ALUM WHEEL CD STEREO 53,000 KMS P4127

FOR ONLY

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

13,988

RANDELL PEVIE

FOR ONLY

4CYL ENGINE AUTO TRANS AIR COND POWER ROOF, SEATS, WINDOWS & LOCKS, LEATHER INTERIOR CD STEREO 117,000 KMS BL108A

11,988+HST

SHAUN BINNING

Used Sales Consultant

ALL CASH PRICES ARE + HST ONLY. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS. ALL REBATES APPLIED TO SALE PRICE.

46 YEARS OF QUALITY, TRUST & VALUE

Heritage Ford

OUT OF TOWN

1-800-267-3673

USED CAR:

416-264-2537

BRAND NEW 2013 FIESTA HATCHBACK SE

BRAND NEW 2013 FOCUS HATCHBACK SE

1.6L 4 CYLINDER ENGINE, 6 SPEED, AUTOMATIC, AIR CONDITIONING, POWER GROUP, SYNC SYSTEMS, KEYLESS ENTRY

2.0L 4 CYLINDER ENGINE, 6 SPEED, AUTOMATIC, AIR CONDITIONING, WINTER PACKAGE, SYNC SYSTEMS, REAR PARKING SENSORS

INCLUDES:

NO CHARGE WINTER WHEEL & TIRE PACKAGE

SALE PRICE LEASE WITH

$18,488

SALE PRICE

+ HST

$0 ONLY $235 @ 0% DOWN

FINANCE WITH

NO CHARGE WINTER WHEEL & TIRE PACKAGE

/MONTH + HST

LEASE WITH

FOR 48 MONTHS

$0 ONLY $259 @ 0% DOWN

/MONTH + HST

FINANCE WITH

FOR 72 MONTHS

+ HST

$0 ONLY $279 @ 0% DOWN

/MONTH + HST

FOR 48 MONTHS

DOWN

/MONTH + HST

FOR 72 MONTHS

$0 ONLY $309 @ 0%

$26,588 - $1,000 SALE PRICE $25,588

BRAND NEW 2013 ESCAPE FWD SE • 1.6L 4 CYLINDER ENGINE • 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC • AIR CONDITIONING • ALUMINUM WHEELS • POWER GROUP • CD PLAYER • KEYLESS ENTRY

$21,888

SALE PRICE

+ HST

TARGETED LOYALTY REBATE (IF YOU QUALIFY TAXABLE )

+ HST

FINANCE WITH LEASE WITH

INCLUDES NO CHARGE WINTER WHEEL & TIRE PACKAGE

$0 ONLY $383 @ 2.49% DOWN

/MONTH + HST

FOR 72 MONTHS

DOWN

/MONTH + HST

FOR 48 MONTHS

$0 ONLY $329 @ 2.49%

ALL CASH PRICES PLUS HST ONLY 48 MONTHS LEASE BASED ON $0 DOWN PLUS FIRST MONTHS PAYMENT LIC & ALL APPLICABLE TAXES. 20,000 KM PER YEAR ALLOWANCE WITH OPTIONAL BUYABLE OAC. ALL FINANCE PAYMENTS BASED ON 72 MTHS @ 0% ON FIESTA & FOCUS. 72 MTHS @ 2.49% ESCAPE $1000.00 TARGETED LOYALTY REBATE APPLIED TO SALE PRICE WHERE APPLICABLE. SEE DEALER FOR LOYALTY/TARGETED REBATE REQUIREMENTS.

THURS 9-8 FRI 9-6 SAT 9-5

OUT OF TOWN

1-800-267-3673

Victoria Park Ave.

SHOP ONLINE AT HERITAGEFORD.CA

NEW CAR:

416-261-3311

WWW.HERITAGEFORD.CA 2660 Kingston Road, Scarborough, ON M1M 11L6

Danforth Ave. Queen St.

HERITAGE FORD

st ing

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FINAL 2 DAYS! SALE ENDS NOVEMBER 30, 2012

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call: 416

Business Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Telephone Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Cash & Interac Transactions: 9 am - 5 pm

Careers

798 7284

fax: 905

853 1765

Adjustments: Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of your ad. Please check your ad on the first insertion. For multiple insertions of the same ad, credit will be made only for the first insertion. Credit given for errors in connection with production on ads is limited to the printed space involved. Cancellations must be made by 2 p.m. one business day prior to publication date. Cancellations must be made by telephone. Do not fax or e-mail cancellations.

Careers

Sales Opportunities

FULL RETAIL FULLTIME TIME RETAIL SALESPEOPLE SALESPEOPLE You must enjoy serving and

You must customers, enjoy serving satisfying exhibitand worksatisfyethic, and integrity, and also ethic, be ingvalues customers, exhibit work confi dent in your abilities. values and integrity, and also be LONG TERM confident in your abilities.

CAREER LONG TERM CAREER

BaseBase Salary, Commissions, Bonuses, Salary, Commissions, Extensive BenefiExtensive ts, (manufacturer’s Bonuses, Benefits,points programpoints & trips), SPIFFS, & trips), (manufacturer's program Management Training. SPIFFS,

email resume to Management Training.

hrdept@2001audiovideo.com or

Bayfield visit348 the store in personStreet with resume. Ash @Phone(705) 726-3633 81 Gerry Fitzgerald Dr. fax(705) 726-4614 (Corner of Steeles & Dufferin) hrdept@2001audiovideo.com Jeff-Manager

Domestic Help Available

Articles for Sale (Misc.)

A-1 MAID Service. Clean Houses, Condos. Experienced Cleaners. Bonded, Insured, Low Cost. Call 4 1 6 - 7 4 2 - 0 0 8 2 www.a1maids.ca

HOT TUB/ SPA. 2012. Brand new Warranty, fully loaded. Cost $8900.00 Sell $3900.00. 416-779-0563

SHINY CLEAN HOUSEExperienced European cleaning lady will keep your house clean. Fully Insured. Call Inna or Inga 416-929-3498 shinycleanhouse.com EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN Cleaning Lady available for quality house cleaning Guaranteed!! Trustworthy and friendly. References and free estimate available. 416-831-6279.

Tax/Financial $$$NEED MONEY$$$ Do you have a pension plan from an ex-employer? (LIRA) or (locked in RRSP). Call NOW! 1-416-357-9585

Mortgages/Loans $$MONEY$$ CONSOLIDATE Debts Mortgages to 90% No income, Bad credit OK! Better Option Mortgage #10969 1-800-282-1169 www.mortgage ontario.com

Articles for Sale

BED, ALL new in plastic, Queen Orthopedic. Mattress, boxspring. Warranty. Cost $1,000, Sell $275. 416-779-0563 FIREWOOD Mixed Hardwoods, all organic. Free Delivery. 12” Cuts. Call Frank at 905-896-3089

HOT TUB (SPA) Covers Best Price, Best Quality. All shapes & Colours Available. Call 1-866-652-6837 w w w. t h e c o v e r guy.com/newspaper

Vendors Wanted DURHAM’S FAST & FURIOUS MOTORSPORTS SHOW, Sat. & Sun, April 6th & 7th, Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Centre, Bowmanville, Ont. For more information or to book a booth call 905-579-4400 Jennine Huffman, ext 2627 or Jennifer Reesor, ext 2334 Visit www.durhamfastand furious.com or www.metrolandshows.com

Articles Wanted

Plumbing

ANTIQUES

EMERGENCY?

& Collectibles Wanted Cash for Older: Coins, Jewelry, Military, Watches, Toys, Barbies, Silver, Gold & old advertising etc. 25 years experience. Richard & Janet 416-431-7180 416-566-7373 Waste Removal ALWAYS CHEAPEST!

All Garbage Removal! Home/ Business. Fast Sameday! Free Estimates! Seniors Discounts. We do all Loading & Clean-ups! Lowest Prices. Call John: 416-457-2154 Seven days

PETER’S DEPENDABLE JUNK REMOVAL From home or business, including furniture/ appliances, construction waste. Quick & careful!

Clogged drain, camera inspection Leaky pipes Reasonable price, 25 years experience Licensed/ Insured credit card accepted Free estimate James Chen

647-519-9506 Moving & Storage 0$ Truck Fee. $19+/hr, Licensed. Insured Local/ Long Distance. Free Estimates. 24/7. Free boxes. 416-887-6696 ANY MOVING/ junk removal, Local & long distance. 24 hours. Insured, licensed. BBB and BNI Member. Voted #1 by Metro! 416-253-7641. www.ssonsmoving.com APPLE MOVING and Storage. Residential/ office moving. Packing services. In business 30 years. Reliable & courteous. Insured & licensed. 416-533-4162

Carpet & Upholstery CARPET UPHOLSTERY steam cleaning any 4 rooms, hallway and stairs $90. Sofa set $60. Extra rooms $20. Free deodorizing. 416-890-2894

Stuff to get rid of? Call (416)

798-7284

Flooring & Carpeting HARDWOOD FLOOR sanding. Specializing in stain/ refinishing. Call for Free Estimate! Reasonable rates. Paul 416-330-1340 pager.

MAINLY FLOORS Carpet, hardwood, tile from $1.29/sq.ft. installed. Free estimate in GTA. Christmas Special! Call 416-873-8043 E: megafloors@live.com

NESO FLOORING Carpet installation starting from $1.29/ sq.ft. Hardwood, laminate at low prices. 26 yrs experience. Free Estimates. Best Price! 647-400-8198

Appliance Repairs/ Installation APPLIANCE/ TV Repairs (since 1988) Free Estimates Warranty, Credit cards, TV’s, Fridge’s, Stoves, Dishwashers, Washers, Dryers, Air Conditioning, & Heating. 416-616-0388

Birthday? Anniversary? Memoriam? Let your community know with a personal message. Call

416-677-3818 Rock Bottom Rates!

416-798-7284

Home Renovations BUILDER/ GENERAL CONTRACTORS RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL. Finished basements. Painting. Bathrooms. Ceramic tiles. Flat roofs. Leaking basements. Brick/chimney repairs. House additions 9 0 5 - 7 6 4 - 6 6 6 7 , 416-823-5120 CEILINGS repaired. Spray textures, plaster designs, stucco, drywall, paint. We fix them all! www.mrstucco.ca 416-242-8863 CREATIVE CONSTRUCTION. We can handle all your renovation needs. Additions, Basements, Painting, Plumbing, Flooring, Electrical, etc. Call Chris 416-903-4120

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HOME IMPROVEMENT DIRECTORY

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HOME RENOVATIONS

ELECTRICAL

PAINTING & DECORATING

IDEAL PLUMBING

JORDAN D. ELECTRIC KITCHENS, BATHROOMS. BASEMENTS, DECKS & FENCES, CUSTOM MILLWORK SMALL & LARGE REPAIRS FROM CONCEPTION TO COMPLETION. 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE. LISCENCED & INSURED

MASTER ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR ECRA/ESA LIC 7004913 RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL • • • •

· 24 Hour Emergency Service · Plugged Drain Repair •Backflow Prevention · Service Specialist · Flat Rates · Fully Insured · No Extra Charge for Evening & Weekends

SERVICE UPGRADE 100, 200, 400 AMP KNOB & TUBE REMOVAL/REWIRING 24/7 TROUBLESHOOTING & REPAIRS SERVICE POT LIGHTS INSTALLATION

FREE ESTIMATES Master Lic.# 20557 www.idealplumbingdrain.com SASHA 416-371-7137 ALI 416-828-6611

(416) 887-6819

jordanelectric@sympatico.ca

MURPHY ELECTRIC Commercial / Residential Knob & Tube No Job Too Small!!

416.690.0173 or 416.529.5426 (ECRA-ESA#7004508)

RENT-A-HUSBAND

CONTINENT PAINT & WALLPAPER 425 Donlands Ave. at O’Connor Dr.

Call: 416-425-4120

• 35Years Experience • Interior/Exterior Projects • In-store Colour Matching • Free Estimate & Competitive Rates

PLUMBING

Home Improvement Services • Plumbing • Electrical • Drywall • Carpentry • Masonry • Basement Conversions

Complete Renovations

416-693-6169

CHIMNEYS

Bricks & Chimneys Repaired and rebuilt Bricks + mortar colour match House-front, pillars, bricks repaired or replaced

ROOFING

ROOFING DUN-RITE REPAIRS • SIDING/FASCIA • EAVESTROUGH 24 HOURS • TUCKPOINTING EMERGENCY REPAIRS • VENTING • GUTTER GUARDS • ANIMAL REMOVAL

• SHINGLES • FLAT ROOFS • SKY LIGHTS • CHIMNEY’S • VALLEY’S • ANIMAL PROOFING 15% Senior’s Discount

ALL TYPES OF ROOF REPAIRS 647-857-5656

TREE/STUMP SERVICES

he Handy C uple Plumbing / Electrical / Carpentry / Ceramic Tiling Painting (int. & ext.) / Drywall / Windows & Doors Bathrooms • Kitchens • Basements • Complete Renovations And All Home Repairs No job too BIG, no job too SMALL. Weare the Handy Couple, we do it ALL! Reasonable Rates... Free Estimates CALL JOANNE 416-714-0740 • joanritchie@live.com

PLUMBING

ALLAN’S TREE SERVICE Professional Tree Service for over 25 years

LANDSCAPING, LAWN CARE, SUPPLIES Free Estimates

*Certiﬁed I.S.A. Arborist*

• Arborist Report • Tree Removal • Tree Pruning • Tree Disease & Insect Control • Tree Cabling • Stump Removal • Tree Planting

Seniors Discounts

Free Estimates Call Allan: 647-286-3938

GTA TREE SERVICE

Spring & Fall Clean-Ups • Lawn Mowing • Seeding & Sodding • Pruning • Garden Bed Maint • Fert & Aerate • Snow Removal

647-210-LAWN (5296)

PAINTING & DECORATING

Tuckpointing Chris Jemmett Masonry 416-686-8095

english painter.ca

with over 30 years experience • Interior & Exterior • Senior Discount • Paper Hanging • Free Estimates #1 Readers Choice Diamond Award

416-422-3532

TOM DAY PLUMBING & DRAINS

Diamond #1 Readers Choice Award Winner!

• All plumbing work • Faucets, toilets, sinks, etc. installed Backed up drains, blocked toilets, basement backups, external/internal drain excavating. • Video Camera Drain Inspection Damp Basement, Complete Waterprooﬁng Service

416-480-0622

Metro License #PH15982 • MASTER PLUMBER

Quick Service!!! • Experts in Removal of Dangerous Trees • Trimming, Pruning, Removal • Stump Removal • $2 million Liability + WSIB WINTER SAVINGS 20% OFF!

Call Bobby 416-828-TREE (8733) www.GTAtree.com

To highlight your

Home Improvement Business call

416-798-7284

In!

% OFF

on selected items

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DAY SALE! Hurry

Friday, Saturday, & Sunday Only! Up To

our ticket price

50% OFF

our ticket price

Queen Set 3 Day Price

599

Reg. $1199.97 CHRLT2QPK

FINAL CLEARANCE!

Plus Do Not Pay For 15 Months*

SAVE $600!

Charlotte 2 Eurotop Queen Mattress Set

SAVE $1000

CHOICE OF COMFORT

Waterfront Comfort Top Queen Mattress Set

360˚ Foam Encased

Queen Set 3 Day Price

799

Reg. $1799.97

WFRONTPQP, WFRONTFQP

Plus Do Not Pay For 15 Months*

King Mattress Set $1499.97

SAVE $1000

Reg. $2499.97 WFRONTPKP, WFRONTFKP

90 DAY

Brick Mattress Lowest Price Guarantee.

+ FREE + 180 DAY Mattress Delivery.

when you purchase on your Brick Card Platinum.

Brick Mattress Satisfaction Guarantee. See instore for details.

Toronto Beaches

Toronto Bayview

Toronto Yonge

416-461-4222

416-932-1606

One Block South of King

1015 Lakeshore Blvd E. Unit 3 1669 Bayview Avenue

Etobicoke

63 Yonge St.

1555 The Queensway

416-368-1666

416-201-9630

*DO NOT PAY - O.A.C. All credit offers available upon approval of credit only on your Brick Card Platinum, minimum purchase of $250. Any Brick delivery charges, GST (5%), PST or HST (if applicable), and administration fee ($99.95) are required to be paid at time of purchase. In Quebec, administration fees do not apply but there may be an annual membership fee ($35). Interest may accrue for the final 25 days prior to the promotion’s payment due date at an annual rate of 29.9%, but will be waived if the payment of the balance is made in full by the due date. CREDIT DETAILS on Sample Purchase; Brick Card Platinum credit termsfor DO NOT PAY FOR 15 MONTHS. Sample purchase price: $2000.00, administration fee $99.95 (4.11 %), and interest charges $0.00. Total interest charges & administration charges: $99.95. Total Cost $2099.95. Balance due February 2014, or at such time, you may elect to make minimum monthly payments of 3.5% of your outstanding balance. A conversion fee of $42.50 (not applicable in Quebec) and a service interest charge (29.9%) applies when you decide to make minimum monthly payments. ‡Product may vary by location and may not be exactly as illustrated. We reserve the right to limit quantities by store and per purchase. To receive bonus offer or discount, complete package must be purchased and kept. +This offer cannot be combined with any other discount or free gift purchase, sale, or other promotion, unless otherwise specified. ∆ Excludes discounted, clearance, promoted offers and Tempur-pedic. Minimum mattress set purchase $799.97. See in store for complete details. Offer effective November 30- December 2, 2012, unless otherwise indicated.

Queensway Commons Plaza

Also available at all Brick locations

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