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For the second consecutive year, the five-member band Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost (OMFG) is set to rock the stage at the Beach Celtic Festival.

Lead by Beach resident/Scarborough native Steve Lamb, OMFG was formed in January 2014 and has been serving toe-tapping traditional, Celtic, East Coast and folk tunes to audiences ever since.

“The more people singing and dancing, the more we want to play, that’s for sure,” said Lamb, the group’s lead vocalist and guitar player, during a recent interview.

“We’re really glad Sandy (Graham) and the Beach Celtic Festival have invited us back. We hope lots of people come out. It’s a lot of fun.”

The band also includes Beach resident Brooke Richardson on the fiddle/ backup vocals, Scarborough’s Bryan Lamb on keyboards, Scot Allan of Markham on the bodhran (Irish hand drum), drums and backup vocals, and East York resident Matti Palonen on the double bass, tin whistle and backup vocals.

Lamb came up with the idea to form the band after battling a brain tumour in 2013. While recuperating he’d compose music on his iPad. Richardson, his partner, would then compose violin accompaniment for his songs.

Once Lamb was feeling well enough, he brought his brother Bryan on board and little by little Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost came to be.

“The momentum just grew from there,” Lamb said. >>>beach, page 8

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back to class: Crossing guard Al Mainguy gets a hug from sixth-grader Courtney Anderson at the crosswalk at Gerrard and Leslie streets Tuesday as students returned to school. Mainguy has been serving the neighbourhood as a crossing guard for 10 years.

The memory of Noah Miles will be honoured Saturday with a fundraiser involving one of his favourite pastimes: riding a bike.

Noah, a three-and-a-half-year-old Leslieville boy, died suddenly on Jan. 17 four days after contracting invasive Group A streptococcal disease, which is caused by the same bacteria responsible for strep throat and other skin infections.

An independent, adventurous child who loved superheroes, Noah attended the WoodGreen Community Servicesrun Woodfield Child Care Centre at Duke of Connaught Public School.

Devastated by their son’s loss, his parents Jonathan Miles and Meighan Ferris-Miles – who have lived in the city’s east end since 2006 – started up The Noah John Winston Miles Foundation this spring as a way to honour and remember their son as well as work through their grief.

The foundation’s first major fundraiser, the Miles for Smiles Bikeathon, is set for this Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m.

The action-packed afternoon of wheeling around a closed bicycle course will be held at Duke of Connaught Jr. >>>bikeathon, page 10

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Beach resident walking for her mom, to help beat cancer JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com The start of the new school year is always a bittersweet time for fiveyear Beach resident Stacy Melbye.

As a teacher at Scarborough’s Oak Ridge Junior Public School, Melbye – who grew up near Kingston and Fallingbrook roads – is excited to welcome her students back to class.

She’s also painfully reminded at this time of year of her late mother, Debbie Burns, who in September 2012 received word that no other treatment options were available for her sixth bout of brain cancer.

Melbye’s mom died just four months later at the age of 54. She died just two weeks before the birth of Melbye’s son, Cole.

Six years ago, Melbye along with her good friend Kristy Tarala, whose mom is a breast cancer survivor, decided to form a team and take part in the Weekend to End

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Stacy Melbye will be participating in the OneWalk to Conquer Cancer Saturday in memory of her mom Debbie Burns, who died of brain cancer in September 2012.

Women’s Cancers, which this year has been rebranded as the OneWalk to Conquer Cancer benefiting the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

(PMCC).

Since 2010, the team – known as the Sisterhood of the Travelling Bobs, Brains and Bums – has raised more than $120,000 for the cause.

This year they’re aiming to raise $30,000.

“I truly do hope we are making a difference. I think the advancements are really helping people’s lives,” said Melbye, who was only 23 years old and in her first year of teaching when her mom was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 47.

“My mom was so brave and so strong. I think she’d be really proud that we do this every year.”

Melbye’s sisters Deanna and Krista as well as their father Mel have all taken part in the event over the years.

This year’s Shoppers Drug Mart OneWalk to Conquer Cancer, a oneday 25-kilometre journey throughout the streets of Toronto, is set for Saturday.

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their funds are directed including Discovery Research Fund, breast, gynecology (uterine, cervical and ovarian), lung, colon, rectal and gastrointestinal, endocrine, prostate, testicular, bladder and genitourinary, head and neck, brain, central nervous system, eye, leukemia, lymphoma, sarcoma, skin cancer, melanoma and childhood cancers.

Funds raised through the event, which since 2003 has raised more than $148 million for personalized cancer medicine, research, treatment and care for women’s cancers at PMCC, support personalized cancer medicine at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, which enables world-leading clinicians and researchers to detect cancers earlier, diagnose with more precision, target treatment for each patient and support patients and their families throughout the cancer journey.

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Little India resident’s The Rainbow Kid premieres at TIFF JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com The Rainbow Kid, the first fulllength narrative feature film written, directed and produced by lifelong Little India resident Kire Paputts, has its world premiere this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

“It’s been such a crazy, long journey and I’m so happy we have a platform this big to launch The Rainbow Kid,” said Paputts, who applied to be in TIFF in May and found out in July that he’d been accepted into the Festival’s Discovery section.

“It’s a great feeling to have your world premiere in your own backyard. It’s really exciting.”

A dark and gritty coming-of-age story about a teenager with Down syndrome who sets off on a crazy, life-changing adventure through rural Ontario to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, the Rainbow Kid stars Scarborough resident Dylan Harman, who plays the role of Eugene. During the film, Harman – an accomplished stage and screen

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Director Kire Paputts, right, and actor Dylan Harman will see their film, ‘The Rainbow Kid’, screened during the Toronto International Film Festival.

actor who has been working since five – encounters a host of largerthan-life characters including an alcoholic dowser, a burned-out punk rocker and a special needs girl with a disturbing home life.

“It’s definitely going to be one of the most memorable films in TIFF,”

said Paputts, a graduate of Ryerson University’s film arts program who currently freelances as a director, producer and editor.

The Rainbow Kid is the only Canadian film in this year’s TIFF lineup starring an actor with special needs.

Colin Brunton, a well-known Canadian director and producer who also calls the city’s east-end home, has worked closely with Paputts for eight years on a number of projects, including The Rainbow Kid. “This was such a from-the-heart production,” Brunton said.“Kire worked so hard. You couldn’t ask for better than to get into TIFF.” In early 2014, Paputts and Brunton started raising funds to make their dream a reality. Their first attempt was to raise $200,000 through a 30-day Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, but that target wasn’t reached and the filmmakers walked away with nothing. They reevaluated the project and pared it down as much as they could. The locations of the shoots were changed to inexpensive and/or free places

in the city. Cast and crew members took pay cuts, Paputts said.

Last summer, Paputts and Brunton succeeded in raising $30,000 through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for their project, which cost about $130,000 to produce. Filming for The Rainbow Kid took place last fall.

Paputts said The Rainbow Kid, which saw an earlier incarnation in 2012 as an award-winning short film called Rainbow Connection, is a great story featuring a differentlyabled main character.

“Usually people with special needs are portrayed through a sympathetic lens or (handled with) kid gloves.

I like to push the boundaries and break down barriers. I figure this film would be a really good opportunity to do that,” said Paputts.

The Rainbow Kid will be screened Saturday at 7:15 p.m., Monday, at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 19 at 10:30 a.m. at the Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, 259 Richmond St. W.

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Conservative candidate out of local race

Tim Dutaud, who was set to run for the Conservative Party of Canada in the upcoming federal election, is no longer the candidate in the TorontoDanforth riding after reports on social media determined prank calls posted on YouTube about faking orgasms and mocking mentally disabled people were true.

Meaghan Murdoch, a Conservative Party of Canada spokesperson, confirmed Tuesday that Dutaud is no longer a candidate for the Conservative Party. She did not provide any details about who would be running for Toronto-Danforth aside from indicating the Conservative Party’s aim is “to have candidates in all ridings across Canada by the time of the election.”

Fitz Matheson, the campaign manager for the Toronto-Danforth Conservative Association, indicated Dutaud resigned from the position. She did say that it is the Conservative Party’s intention to put forward another candidate in Toronto-Danforth.

On Monday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper commented on the removal of two Conservative candidates from the GTA: Dutaud and Scarborough-Rouge Park candidate Jerry Bance, whose identity was recently unveiled as the repairman caught on a hidden camera urinating in a mug and dumping it down a homeowner’s sink during a March 2012 episode of CBC’s Marketplace.

“What this says is we keep the highest standards for candidates and these two individuals are no longer candidates,” Harper said.

According to Dutaud’s LinkedIn profile, he worked in production at CBC television from 1995 to 2001 followed by nine years as a radio host with “the Score Media Group” ns he’s worked as a real estate sales representative and was the TorontoDanforth candidate since February.

Dutaud did not respond to The Mirror’s request for comment.

-Joanna Lavoie with files from Torstar News Service

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oronto marks an important milestone Sunday with celebrations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Toronto City Hall.

The two half-circle towers, with the council chamber pod in the middle, that dominates Nathan Phillips Square is an iconic symbol of the city not just for residents but for people around the world. It’s one of the great things about Toronto that should make us proud.

To celebrate this Sunday, there will be a free event from noon to 5 p.m. featuring entertainment by the Jordan John Band and a performance by STOMP dance competition finalists. Also taking the stage will be a group called the Clamshell Quintet, which is made up of four city councillors and a deputy city manager. Master builders from LEGO will be on hand to help residents build a replica of our view City Hall and the surrounding area.

Inside, there will be photoIt’s one of the graphs, architectural models and of the original furnishings great things some specifically designed for the buildabout Toronto ing.

As was shown during this summer’s Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, the building and Nathan Phillips Square are an important gathering place for all residents. Whether it’s hosting special celebrations, New Year’s Eve parties, or serving as a nice place to sit and have lunch in the summer or go for a skate in the winter, the area is always busy and reflective of life in the city.

It also serves as an historical reminder of pre-amalgamation Toronto as its formation coincided in many ways with the creation of Metropolitan Toronto in the late 1950s.

An open competition was started in 1957 to design the new city hall, and the eventual winner was Finnish architect Viljo Revell. Ground was broken in 1961 by then City of Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips. It officially opened on Sept. 13, 1965.

Along with celebrating a community gathering spot and a uniquely designed building, residents can also use this month to find out more about how Toronto City Hall came to be and how the city has developed over the past 50 years. Free lectures on that very subject are set for today and Sept. 24 in the council chambers starting at 7 p.m.

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have what it takes to get in my dreams.

And though fried chicken ain’t chopped liver it just don’t tantalize.

Like one burger, one shake and one fries.

So I’ll pick them up after class Friday And drop them at their grandma’s by 4.

And when my car leaves that driveway I’ll put the pedal to the floor.

Then make a beeline for the mall food court while I begin to fantasize About one burger, one shake, one fries.

My doctor wishes I shared the same passion for spinach and peas.

And that I didn’t look at broccoli like it had some kind of disease.

But no vegetable alive (and I’m including onions) can bring tears to my eyes.

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Dog parks are for pups, not picnickers To the editor: I have an issue with people using the leash-free area at dog parks for picnics.

This, in itself, is not upsetting except that the dogs all congregate where the food is and often make nuisances of themselves.

In addition, many of the picnickers, being kindhearted, will give food and bones to the dogs, not realizing that cooked bones (especially chicken bones) can splinter and cause severe internal damage in the digestive system.

In some cases, dogs are on special diets and should not eat the bits they are offered, but being dogs, will eat them anyway.

In my case, I prefer that mine not get into the habit of accepting food from strangers. It is a constant battle trying to get them away from the picnics and back to playing.

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Council set for a busy few months It has been a quiet summer at Toronto City Hall – the kind of quiet summers we’re going to have to get used to in the years after Rob Ford’s pyrotechnic mayoralty.

If it weren’t for the pyrotechnics of the federal election, indeed, we might as well all have run off to cottages and patios for August and tried to get our heads around city government again.

Lucky for us there’s every indication this fall legislative session will be much like the old session.

Council will be fine-tuning, reviewing and in some cases re-debating issues that have already had their day in the sun in this latest term. There will be a refined design to the Gardiner “hybrid” reconstruction that council narrowly approved in concept earlier this year.

In case anyone had wearied of Councillor Jim Karygiannis’ bloviations on the Uber ride sharing service during the Pan Am on tap for TTC service wimprovements

david nickle the city Games, take heart: council will be looking at a regulatory regime that will bring the popular service under something resembling control.

There will be a Scarborough subway debate, perhaps, along with a serious talk about Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack proposal that will for a span align almost directly with the new Scarborough subway. If I were to place odds, I would say it’s unlikely council will move off course on either plan.

But if you were done feeling unsteady about spending all that money on such a small piece of transit, you might want to break out the smelling salts this fall.

There will be smaller fights, too. Later this month, the allies of the Muzik nightclub at Exhibition Place will be squaring off to deal

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With September in full swing, the TTC has finally unveiled the first round of $95 million in service improvements.

Thirty-seven bus routes, many of them in suburban areas, will see an overall uptick in all-day service, restoring levels to what they were before sweeping budget cuts dating back to 2012.

Thirty-nine bus and streetcar routes as well as subway service will now provide all-day, frequent service.

The Blue Night network that operates once the subway closes at 2 a.m. also has expanded service.

The improvements could come at a cost to riders. It’s practically assured the TTC will hike transit fares for 2016 partially to off-set the added expense of running the new service.

has signed a deal with a Canadian insurance company to provide coverage for its drivers.

While not much is known about the agreement, Intact Financial Corp will soon offer policies for Uber drivers under its belairdirect brand. The agreement also comes in advance of anticipated stricter regulations for rideshares which will likely come up for debate in city council.

Uber does cover passengers and drivers in certain situations for up to $5 million, but according to media reports, at least one former driver was planning to sue the company after his insurance claim was rejected following a major collision.

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The event allows riders with accessibility issues to

with the Toronto and East York Community Council’s move this week to have city staff try and get the liquor license removed from the nightclub, in the wake of the deadly shootings there this summer.

Add to that labour negotiations with the city’s unionized workers and a budget debate that will once again have to accommodate both Tory’s costly service improvement agendas and his imperative to keep tax increases at or below the rate of inflation – and it’s going to be a full agenda for the next few months.

It is worth noting what a recursive cycle we find ourselves living. It might not be a bad thing: government is a long game, and under a serious-minded regime it can become a trifle grinding. But grinding away often creates good, smooth things. Here’s hoping it’s so.

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This year’s forum takes place Wednesday, Sept.

16 at the Allstream Centre inside the Exhibition Place grounds starting at 6 p.m.

The TTC will operate an accessible shuttle bus service leaving Bathurst Station starting at 5 p.m.

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Metrolinx has issued a request for bidding on contracts related to the Finch West LRT construction project.

The province’s transit planner issued a public notice for qualifications this week as a way to draw in private sector companies interested in bidding for construction of the 18-stop line, which will travel mostly above ground between the as-yet-unfinished Finch West subway station and Humber College.

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Last year’s Beach Celtic Festival was the group’s first performance at a festival.

They’ve since gone on to perform a number of shows throughout Ontario, including headlining the Cobourg Highland Games in June.

Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost also released its first album, Sociable, in May. The 12-track LP features nine original numbers as well as three traditional cover songs.

Visit http://oldmanflanagansghost.com for details.

A celebration of all things Celtic, the 12th Beach Celtic Festival is Toronto’s only outdoor ceilidh, a traditional Gaelic social gathering that normally involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing.

The Beach Celtic Festival is traditionally held the weekend after Labour Day. This year’s event is set to take place Saturday and Sunday at Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen St. E.

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Steve Lamb, left, Bryan Lamb, Brooke Richardson, Matti Palonen and Scot Allan are Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost.

The festivities, which will include dancers and music, runs from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Admission is free.

Beach residents Charles Robertson, Sandy GrahamRobertson and Don Graham created the event in 2003 in honour of their late parents, Jemima Sutherland-Graham, a Highland dancer from Edinburgh, Scotland, and Donald Arthur Graham, a Scottish-Canadian who was born and raised in the Beach.

Twelve years later, the trio continues to produce the festival.

The mandate of the Beach Celtic Festival, a celebration of Scottish, Irish and Welsh history, music food and culture, is to keep alive the heritage of the Scottish, Irish and Welsh people who came to Canada while inviting all cultures to come together and celebrate every year at a free event.

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Bike-a-thon raises money for anti-bully initiatives >>>from page 1 and Sr. Public School, 70 Woodfield Rd., between Queen and Dundas streets.

The event will also include an opening stretch session by Little Kickers, bike decorating and a temporary tattoo station.

Participants can win prizes for most sportsmanlike behaviour, best decorated bike and most laps in the allotted time.

There will also be a grand prize awarded to the individual who raises the most cash.

Those interested in taking part are asked to raise at least $100 per individual participant or $150 per family for the foundation, which aims to support anti-bullying initiatives in the community like Roots of Empathy.

Throughout Noah’s first year of life, he visited a Grade 3 classroom every three weeks as part of the program, which aims to

Noah Miles will be honoured at the Miles for Smiles Bike-athon set for Saturday. Noah, 3, died in January after contracting invasive Group A streptococcal disease.

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“The foundation is a perfect way to build on Noah’s legacy and keep the momentum going,” said Ferris-Miles, who remembered her son as a “special and very empathetic child.”

The timing of the fundraiser, which was made possible with the financial support of Leslieville Dentistry, The Wright Sisters real estate team and Allison Burrison of McLeish Orlando critical injury lawyers, is also very apt as last Sunday would have been Noah’s fourth

birthday.

“It’s a very emotional time for us but we still want to do something to honour our son,” Miles said.

Initially, the family had hoped to raise $10,000 at the Miles for Smiles Bike-a-thon but they’ve already surpassed that amount.

“We’ve been totally overwhelmed by the response. We have an amazing community,” he said.

Ferris-Miles said she’d like the Miles for Smiles Bike-athon to be an annual event people attend every year on the Saturday after school starts.

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Local runner helps Canada to relay bronze at world championships For once a lane disqualification went Canada’s way as its 4x100m relay team – with two Toronto east enders on board – earned a bronze medal at the world track and field championships Saturday in Beijing.

In fact, both Toronto east enders, Aaron Brown and Justyn Warner, went to the same east-end school – Birchmount Park Collegiate, although at different times.

They were joined on the bronze medal-winning team

by Canadian sprint sensation Andre De Grasse of Markham, who also took bronze in the 100-metre sprint event, and Brendon Rodney of

Brampton.

“It’s great to bring back medals with Andre to Canada and to the USC Trojans,” said Brown, in an interview on the Athletics Canada website. He was referring to the fact that both himself and De Grasse in addition to wearing Canada’s colours also attend the same U.S. college – University of Southern California.

Brown grew up in the area of Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street, attending Bowmore Public School.

The Canadian sprinters had originally finished in fourth in a time of 38.13 seconds but moved up when the U.S. team who finished

in second behind the gold medal winning Jamaican team were disqualified (which moved China into second and Canada into third).

“It was nice, Peter (Eriksson, the head coach) told us to stay down on the track, there might have been a DQ (disqualification),” commented Warner, who grew up in Scarborough’s Malvern neighbourhood although his family has since moved to Markham.

Although the Canadian relay team – including both Brown and Warner – had also earned the bronze medal at the 2013 world championships, they also experienced their share of disqualifica-

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This event is expected to be the largest of its kind in East Toronto and will celebrate all things cycling.

Visitors can look forward to a Bike Rodeo, Kids’ Bike Zone, fun demonstrations, free bike tuneups and a diverse marketplace with active lifestyle businesses and local environmental and social community groups.

Organizers made sure there will be something for everyone, so everyday riders, families and beginners can all join in the fun.

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Underwood, a member of the Balmy Beach Rugby Club, was in the lineup for Canada’s final tune-up match, a 47-18 loss to Fiji on Sunday.

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