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Partial closure of UNDER-10 SOCCER ACTION intersection ®

A partial closure of the intersection at Kingston Road and Main Street will cause traffic headaches for a few more days.

According to a City of Toronto construction update, “this closure is required to carry out major reconstruction work on the TTC streetcar tracks.”

The partial closure, which took effect Wednesday morning, is expected to re-open Monday, Sept. 16, 6 a.m., in time for the morning rush hour.

Westbound Kingston Road is closed through the intersection (with westbound motorists diverted at Victoria Park Avenue, except for local traffic).

One eastbound lane on Kingston Road is being maintained.

Northbound traffic on Southwood Drive will be able to turn right (eastbound) onto Kingston Road, but will not be able to go straight across Kingston Road to continue onto Main Street.

Main Street will be closed to southbound traffic at Gerrard Street. Local traffic access will be maintained.

Pedestrian access to business and walkways will be maintained on both sides of the street.

Work hours run from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and “will involve periods of noisy, overnight work.”

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Bain Co-op celebrates 100 years REBECCA FIELD rfield@metroland.com

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FANCY FOOTWORK: Nabeel Iwainat, of Fallingbrook, and Aninda Sarker, of Kingston Road, fight for the ball during the first round of the Clairlea-Westview Soccer League under-10 playoffs at MacPherson Park Saturday afternoon. Fallingbrook won 5-1.

In the heart of Riverdale, the Bain Co-op has been at 100 Bain Ave. for the past 100 years.

Its 260 apartments, each facing onto garden-filled courtyards, leave people with the feeling they have left Toronto’s east end and entered a small country village.

This was the inspiration behind Eden Smith’s architectural vision in 1913 – a vision that is being celebrated with Bain’s centennial celebration Saturday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

“There was a movement within England of intellectuals, socialists, a whole mishmash of people who felt that it was really important that people were living in good housing in a natural environment,” said John Sharkey, a member of the co-op who has been living at Bain for more than 20 years.

“The two were absolutely essential for well-being,” said Sharkey, who said Smith’s design was based on a garden city movement during England’s Industrial Revolution.

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Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs album release Saturday Recording on Toronto Island gave latest record an island vibe rebecca field rfield@metroland.com A “scrappy rock and roll kind of thing,” is the sound out of the latest album from a group of east enders – according to the band’s lead singer, at least.

Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs have spent the last year making their latest record Stand Together, Fall Together, and it is set to be released Saturday, Sept. 14 at The Cameron House on Queen Street West.

“I really wanted to make a record, but I didn’t think it would be like this,” said Sam Cash, 20, who lives at Greenwood Avenue and Gerrard Street.

Cash was given some free studio time by Dan Morningstar, who owns Gas Station Recording Studio on Toronto Island, after helping his girlfriend move.

Cash thought the band would just cut some demos, but ended up with an album.

“The (Gas Station) has like an

island vibe. He’s (Morningside) like a super groovy dude,” said Cash. “It’s like you’re in the woods recording, like you have isolation. The band had some really cool ideas – we were starting to embrace this live band sound we were getting.”

The album came together almost in the same unplanned manner as the band.

“I remember I was at a point where I really wanted to gig a lot, but I didn’t really have a band – I had some guys who I was playing with, but they weren’t super into it,” said Cash who went to Rosedale Heights School of the Arts with the band’s bassist, East Yorker Aaron Comeau.

“I just needed a band so I booked a gig before I had a band. I just thought ‘If I book this gig, I’m going to need to get a band together.’”

That’s when Cash recruited Comeau, drummer Kyle Sullivan from East York and west ender guitarist Matt Bailey.

The album is currently being streamed on Exclaim.ca and the

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Kyle Sullivan, Sam Cash, Matt Bailey, Aaron Comeau from Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs.

band is looking forward to playing every Saturday in September at the Cameron House – who signed the band onto their label.

They opened for Sam Roberts B a n d o n Au g . 3 1 , i n B a l a , Ontario.

“I’m super excited,” said Cash.

“Playing gigs that size, no matter who it’s for, it’s just great exposure.

It will be awesome.”

Cash said it’s hard to distinguish themselves from the many other bands playing across Toronto, but they’re starting to gain some recognition for their work.

Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs release their latest album Stand Together, Fall Together, Saturday at The Cameron House.

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New federal fees may hurt musicians Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program in Canada, which slaps on fees for visiting international musicians, is endangering the local live music industry.

New regulations mean any venue where music is not the primary business must pay a $275 application fee per musician and crew member when it applies for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) to allow them to perform and work at the venue. An additional $150 work permit must also be paid per musician and crew member.

NDP Davenport MP Andrew Cash was joined by music industry representatives, small business owners and music fans at the Lula Lounge for a press conference Sept. 5 aimed at calling attention to the changes that came in over the summer.

These changes also affect local performers, Cash said, who might share a bill with an international artist and thereby nurturing their career and put in peril the music scene, which is an important part of the local economy.

Cash is calling on the federal government to reverse the fee.

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Co-op has undergone 20-year renovation challenge, says member >>>from page 1 The site was later sold to a private owner in the 1920s.

Bain – then named Riverdale Courts – changed ownership a number of times until the 1970s, when conditions deteriorated and an attempt was made to sell the apartments off as condos.

“He (the private owner) was prepared to sell it to the people. They were working class so they couldn’t afford condo prices,” Sharkey said.

“The people were seriously annoyed about the terrible conditions of the apartments.”

buy the property In the early 1970s, Bain residents convinced the City of Toronto to buy the property.

Later in the decade, tenants voted and the community was converted into a co-op and is now owned by the members.

“There was a smear campaign against it because some of the people didn’t like the idea of a co-op,” said Sharkey, who noted 60 per cent of the tenants voted for a co-op, while 40 per cent voted against.

“They thought it was a commie plot to take over the world,” Sharkey joked.

The co-op has four annual meetings to make decisions on budgets and activities. It functions on a onemember, one-vote policy.

Sharkey said the biggest efforts by the co-op have been to renovate and fix the building.

“It’s been a 20-year challenge of renovating all of the apartments both inside and outside,” said Sharkey who said repairs are constantly ongoing in the 260 apartments on the five-acre property.

“It was very demanding, but we did it,” Sharkey said.

The co-op now boasts a closedcircuit volunteer television station, a computer learning centre, a commercial community kitchen and many garden plots, which are increasingly being used to grow vegetables instead of just for esthetics. Sharkey said the community is becoming increasingly self-sustaining, a concept they will be focusing on at this year’s celebration.

The day will start off with a pow wow, and then move onto various displays on sustainable living,

Staff photos/REBECCA FIELD

Left, puppets to be used in the Bain Arts Collective presentation during the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Bain Co-op. Above, Kelly Copeland, left, Louis Szilagyi and Sean Frey work on the Bain Arts Collective presentation for the centennial.

including subjects such as gardening and bee keeping, as well as historical tours on the architecture and the lost rivers that still run underground through the area.

The Bain Arts Collective will kick off the evening’s celebrations with a performance that starts in Withrow Park with a giant glowing horse lantern.

The performance will then move

through each courtyard, telling different stories about Bain as it moves.

“We’ve been conducting interviews and collecting stories about living here and everything that we’re creating is inspired by the stories,” said Sean Frey from the collective.

“I think this place has a very interesting rich history. Lots of interesting people live here,” said

A Celtic touch in Kew Gardens the 10th annual beach celtic festival was held last weekend. it was a celebration of all things celtic.

Left, Angela Ryan dances at Kew Gardens Sunday afternoon during the annual Beach Celtic Festival. Below left and right, dancers perform on the stage of the Alex Christie bandshell.

Right, Norma Cassidy claps along during the performance.

Staff photos/NICK PERRY

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Frey, who is planning audience involvement, handmade puppet shows and memorial tributes as a part of the show.

“It’s really amazing that the co-op allows people to come together and also to activate a place in a way that they want.”

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For more information on the Bain Co-op, including its vision, visit www.100bain.com

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rovincial politicians are back to work at Queen’s Park this week, and for Toronto residents there will be something we haven’t had for 10 years – a Progressive Conservative MPP representing a Toronto riding.

Doug Holyday, who until the Aug. 1 byelection was Toronto’s deputy mayor and councillor for Etobicoke Centre’s Ward 3, is the first PC from Toronto in the legislature since Liberal Dalton McGuinty was first elected premier in 2003, replacing the Tory government of Ernie Eves.

Since then, Toronto’s representation has been decidedly Liberal, with a smattering of NDP MPs. Now we see a legislature with five NDP MPPs, one PC and 17 Liberals among our 23 ridings.

With Premier Kathleen Wynne representing Toronto riding our view of Don Valleythe West in the Liberal minority government as well, we Holyday will expect the needs of our city to be offer balance given the priority they deserve at Queen’s Park. at Queen’s Park A first step took place last week when Minister of Transportation Glen Murray announced funding for an extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway line from Kennedy station to the Scarborough Town Centre. This was a big issue during August’s byelections, particularly in the riding of Scarborough-Guildwood (which stayed Liberal in a race won by Mitzie Hunter).

Regardless of whether one thinks replacing the aging Scarborough RT with a subway is the right or wrong decision, what it shows is the political balance shifting in the city to a point where Toronto’s support can no longer be taken for granted by the Liberals.

With his experience as Toronto’s deputy mayor, we’ll be looking at Holyday to bring his perspective to a number of issues including government spending as he has a well-deserved reputation of looking after taxpayers’ money.

Given the riding he represents is right on the border of the Mississauga gas power plant that was controversially cancelled by the Liberals, we also want to see Holyday holding the government to account on exactly how much was spent on that decision. Holyday is deeply respected and passionate not only about Etobicoke but all of Toronto. Having an experienced and level-headed PC with a strong understanding of the issues of the entire city bodes well for the upcoming session at Queen’s Park.

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Accountability, good journalism essential to democracy Given the hearings, trials and appeals that Mayor Rob Ford has gone through over the past three years, it’s hard to imagine a lower-stakes game than the Ontario Press Council hearings that took place Monday.

If the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star are found to have behaved unethically in pursuing stories about the mayor and his brother.

Doug, they’ll have to publish the scolding decisions in full.

No one’s talking about throwing them out of their newspaper boxes.

But wouldn’t you know it?

Out of the second half of the hearing came one of the most cogent – and dispiriting – statements of the health of our body politic to come along in years.

Specifically, it came from complainant Connie Harrison, who objected to the Globe and Mail’s story alleging Doug Ford once

david nickle the city ran a hashish distribution business in central Etobicoke.

She, however, demands more than the Globe has been able to provide, being as none of the sources who spoke about the alleged Ford hashish business were willing to be identified.

Not enough Assurances from editors and reporters that the sources had been vetted, and their fears of the consequences of revealing their names were real, didn’t wash with Harrison.

The Globe should have betrayed its sources, submitted its reporter’s notes to a third party, or failing that, simply ask for its reporter’s resignation.

Bottom line: whatever credibility the Globe had

managed to earn over the decades reporting and publishing the news of the day didn’t count to her.

By reporting as much of the story that it thought it could without squaring the circle with unwillingly named sources, the Globe and Mail did only harm to the city.

Not feeling the love Now, we journalists have never enjoyed the love we feel we deserve from the public, and Harrison’s opinions and feelings are her own.

But they are not only her own, in this divided city.

The mayor and his brother take pains to paint their critics in the media as partisan liars, whose freedom-of-information requests are signs of impertinence rather than diligence.

Is that narrative taking hold?

Not overall, hopefully.

The accountability provided by good journalism is, as was stated by both Globe editor John Stackhouse and earlier in the day by Toronto Star editor-in-chief Michael Cooke, essential to the functioning of a healthy democracy.

It’s also fragile.

Reporters and editors cannot compel testimony or proceed with criminal charges if they believe they’re warranted.

They can’t use wiretaps.

They can’t enter premises.

They cannot, always, deliver 100 per cent of an important story as fast as their readers might wish.

With all its imperfections, however, good reporting sheds light on matters that the public should know about, and that’s a vital function – even if sometimes that light isn’t as bright or constant as some of us might wish.

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Applicious 2013 WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: The Ashbridge Estate, 1444 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Susan Fletcher, 416-461-8143 Applegrove Community Complex hosts Applicious Festival with entertainment, games, vendors and food. Wear red for a free activity.

Visit www.Applicious.ca or call 416461-8143.

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Terry Fox Run WHEN: 8:15 a.m., registration, with run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Woodbine Beach Shelter, east of Coxwell, south of Lake Shore The run is a non-competitive event where people get together to raise money in Fox’s name. Visit www. terryfox.org The Leslieville Flea WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Behind The Duke @ Queen Street East and Leslie, 1225 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Brigid Elmy, 647-2678538, leslievilleflea@gmail.com COST: Free

The Leslieville Flea takes place the third Sunday of every month. Visit www.leslievilleflea.blogspot.ca.

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Paws in the Park WHEN: 9 a.m. WHERE: Woodbine Park, 1701 Queen St. E. Carla Collins hosts Paws in the Park, a fourkilometre walk along the Martin Goodman Trail in support of the Toronto Humane Society.

Festivities before and after the scenic walk include live music, face painting, dog agility shows and more. Minimum $50 in pledges. Visit http://torontohumanesociety.akaraisin.com/Paws2013

Hebrew School Registration WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Beach Hebrew Institute, 109 Kenilworth Ave. CONTACT: Kim Van Rooy, 416-694-3124, kvanrooy@ sympatico.ca Register, then go to the back garden to decorate the Succah.

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Foot Care Clinic WHEN: 8:30 a.m. WHERE: Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. CONTACT: 416-691-1113 COST: $20 Foot Care Clinic takes place Sept. 16, Oct. 28 and Dec. 9 from 9 to 11 a.m. by appointment only at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. Call Evonne at 416-691-1113, ext. 222 to book a time.

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Improve your memory workshop WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. CONTACT: Evonne Hossack, 416691-1113 Improve your memory workshop takes place Tuesdays from Sept. 17 to Oct. 22 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Community Centre 55. Cost, $18.

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Building Vibrant Neighbourhoods with Powerful Communities WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Monarch Park Collegiate, 1 Hanson St. Guest speaker Jim Diers, the former director of Seattle’s department of neighborhoods, takes place Sept. 17 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Monarch Park Collegiate, 1 Hanson St. Admission is free.

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Pop-up City Planning Division information booth WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: East Lynn Park, 1949 Danforth Ave. The City Planning Division will launch a month-long outreach initiative called Planners in Public Spaces, which will make an appearance at the East Lynn Farmers Market.

Ralph Thornton Centre’s Annual General Meeting WHEN: 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Sandra Partridge, 416392-6810, info@ralphthornton.org

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COST: Free Annual general meeting.

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TEACHING POINTS Left, coach Katya Belkina offers some instruction during the introductory fencing class for children held Friday evening at the Beaches Presbyterian Church. Below, Madeleine Beecroft, 9, left, and her sister Maya, 7, face off.

Below middle, Max Schobeck, left, demonstrates a fencing drill. Below far left, Lucas Krone, left, and Elysia Harrison, both 12, work on their lunges with coach Belkina.

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Toronto Urban Film Festival on TTC subway stations until Sept. 15 Commuters taking the subway will be able to enjoy short, independent films as they wait for their ride with the return of the Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF).

Now in its seventh year, TUFF offers a selection of silent, one-minute shorts from around the world, with a different film screening every

10 minutes on each of the network’s 290 Pattison Onestop screens.

The brainchild of founder and Executive Director Sharon Switzer of Art 4 Commuters, the festival features animated and live-action shorts.

This year’s TUFF festival features

82 films from 20 countries. Of those, 23 come from Toronto.

The selections were chosen from some 390 submissions by guest judge and acclaimed filmmaker Bruce McDonald.

TUFF is also moving above ground this year with a series of eight-second shorts by media artist

David Clark, showed on the billboard at Yonge and Edward.

“While the TUFF films run every 10 minutes on the subway screens, these eight-second clips will run every minute.”

Select screens in Dundas, St. Andrew and Yonge-Bloor stations will be dedicated purely to TUFF

films, and the films will also be screened as a collection at the Drake Hotel in a special screening room with showings from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Friday to Sunday.

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now for car sharing in the Beach wHillRegister neighbourhood You have until Sept. 15 to sign up for the car sharing program in the Beach Hill neighbourhood, and receive the summer special.

Options for Cars now has a vehicle location site at 1857 Gerrard St. E., near Normandy and Gerrard, courtesy of the Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association (BHNA).

Register by visiting www. optionsforcars.ca – join by Sept.

15 and your first year’s annual $50 membership fee and $25 deposit for your smart key will be waived.

People can try car share for $28.25 plus. Any further costs are for actual usage.

Once 15 people have ‘joined’, the car comes to Beach Hill.

For details, email BHNA’s April MacInnes at aprilmacinnes@ hotmail.com or Options for Car’s Marc van Beusekom at marcvanb@optionsforhomes.ca or call 416-867-1501, ext. 229.

Commissioners and Leslie under construcwtion until Nov. 1 If the weather holds out, construction on Commissioners

Street, west of Leslie will wrap up by Nov. 1.

Construction is for the Leslie Barns and Leslie Street connection track with sewer cleaning along Commissioners Street.

Construction crews are working to clean the sewer lines along Commissioners Street, according to a release from the City of Toronto.

This will involve digging three pits on Commissioners in order to access the sewer system.

These pits will be worked on simultaneously.

Work will require occupying the centre lanes for about 500 metres west of Leslie Street.

Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction via the east and westbound curb lanes.

Street parking will be restricted within the work zone. The 83 Jones bus route will not change.

Construction crews are permitted to work 24/7 in order to expedite this process. Completion time is weather dependent, the release said.

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You’re invited to launch the 20th edition of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Sept. 21 at Woodbine Beach Park.

The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is a community initiative taking place on shorelines (fresh and salty) across Canada to address the issue of shoreline litter.

The cleanup takes place from Sept. 21 to 29, removing litter anywhere land meets water.

Registration for the Woodbine Beach launch Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. at the picnic shelter. Cleanup supplies and lunch at noon are provided. There will be prizes and an opportunity to take pictures with the panda. Woodbine Beach is at 1675 Lake Shore Boulevard

From an Urban Catering $500 cocktail menu for 20 to gift baskets from $10 and up, the third annual Nellie’s Online Holiday Auction is a unique way to help women and children fleeing abuse, and it needs your help.

Nellie’s Online Holiday Auction is looking for people to donate items such as gift certificates for products and services in order to raise money for the shelter.

People can begin viewing and bidding on items Nov. 15 to Dec. 18 at noon at which time winning bidders will be notified so they can pick up their gifts from Nellie’s, 754 Queen St. E. Dec. 19 and 20.

Last year, the auction raised $4,700 and this year the organization, which celebrates 40 years of helping people, hopes to raise more then $5,000.

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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), also kicked off last week.

Due to the increased foot traffic around festival venues such as Roy Thomson Hall and the TIFF Bell Lightbox, King Street, between John and Duncan streets, will close to car and bike traffic until the festival ends Sunday.

The 504 King streetcar will still be in operation throughout the closure, so don’t be surprised if some movie stars take the better way to get to their premieres.

GO TO THE EXHIBITION wThere MORE OFTEN are now more GO Transit trains serving the regional transportation provider’s stop at Exhibition Place.

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The City of Toronto’s planning department is giving residents a chance to come out and learn a bit more about the processes and procedures that help shape development in their neighbourhoods.

An outreach initiative dubbed Planners in Public Spaces (PiPS) will bring planning staff out to address the public on planning matters in general.

Pop-up locations will be opened across the city until Thursday, Sept. 19 giving residents a chance to talk to staff who provide council with reports on developments.

“The public only sees us when there are big planning meetings on controversial developments or studies,” said Toronto planner Giulio Cescato. “We thought ‘where are the chances to meet with

the public on a more regular basis?’”

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ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com With one quick move, a police officer saved a life and forged a friendship.

It was March 25 when Const.

Dawn Alexander responded to a call for a baby choking at a home on Woodfield Road.

She was one of the first on scene.

Alexander took 14-month-old Emiliano Cuevas from his mom Marcela, flipped him over and administered abdominal thrusts, causing a piece of prune to dislodge from his throat.

“He spit it up right there in front of us,” she said. “It was just a matter of moments, probably seconds.”

Emiliano was taken to hospital and has made a full recovery.

Alexander, then a 55 Division officer, had just returned from maternity leave.

“This particular circumstance was so close to home for me,” she said. “I had only been back to work for about two weeks when I arrived on scene to a choking baby who was not much older than the baby I left at home that day.”

On Friday evening, Alexander

I had only been back to work for about two weeks when I arrived on scene to a choking baby who was not much older than the baby I left at home that day.

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Former Toronto police 55 Division Const. Dawn Alexander, left, reunites with Emiliano Cuevas, his mother Marcela and father Alberto recently.

Alexander received the Gold National St. John Ambulance Lifesaving Award at the National Club Tuesday for her part in saving the life of 14-month-old Emiliano in his Beach home in March. Alexander is currently a Halton Regional police officer. Right, Alexander shows her award Tuesday.

was reunited with the little boy she saved.

“My son was also there, and they’re only about four months apart, so they were playing together and were best little buddies,” she said. “It was absolutely great to see the joy not only that he (Emiliano) brings to his parents, but that these two little boys have found a buddy

in one another.”

Alexander, now a constable with Halton Regional Police, was honoured for her life-saving action by St. John Ambulance Tuesday.

Also honoured were constables Cameron Black, Gregory Henkenhaf and Jian Zhang, who worked together to pull a suicidal man from the Gerrard Street

bridge over the Don Valley Parkway Aug. 6, 2012.

“They put their own lives at risk in trying to save this person,” 55 Division Insp. Greg Cole said. “He was almost going to go over, and they ended up grabbing a hold of him...and they ended up pulling him back up and then restraining him.” The suicidal man was taken to Toronto General Hospital for treatment.

“It’s nice for the officers to be recognized,” Cole said. “It’s also nice that the public and the media are looking at good news stories from us as well.”

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Mural for fallen Canadian soldiers vandalized A memorial mural for fallen Canadian soldiers was vandalized recently.

Toronto Police Const. Scott Mills and graffiti artist Jessey Pacho oversaw the Highway of Heroes” mural, in the laneway at the rear of the Coroner’s Building near Yonge and College streets “It was a message of respect for fallen soldiers and their families and it was a cry for world peace,” Mills said of the mural.

On Friday afternoon, Mills noticed it had been defaced.

Mills said he has a good idea of who the vandals are and the information came from the graffiti community itself.

Pacho said he’s working on a new design for mural. He and a friend plan to paint it Sept. 20 and 21.

Police believe the vandalism took place Aug. 5 or 6.

“We’re going to repair this mural and make it bigger and better,” said Mills.

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Students – be aware of surroundings, use the buddy system CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com The death of a 14-year-old North York girl on her way to school last week exemplifies just how important back-to-school safety is now students are back out on the city’s streets in full force.

On Sept. 3, Violet Jia Liang – a C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute student – was struck and killed by a dump truck as she made her way to her first day back to class.

Drivers, said Const. Tony Vella, need to be especially vigilant now school is back in session.

“The No. 1 main focus is drivers – when they’re going through school zones, they need to make sure they reduce their speed and follow the rules of the road,” he said in an interview with The Mirror.

“Just remember to be cautious, because there are kids in the area and they could run out in front of your vehicle. We want people to slow down and drive cautiously.”

While police are reminding drivers to be careful, Vella said students, too, need to take the necessary precautions to ensure their walk to school is a safe one.

“Going back to school, the one

near any wooded areas, abandoned buildings, laneways, parking lots or any other poorly lit areas where people could hide.”

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Const. Tony Vella offers tips to help kids get to school safely including telling students to cross the street at a marked crosswalk.

thing you really want to do is ensure that when you cross the street, you use the crosswalk or a crossing guard, or cross at a signalized intersection – that’s No. 1,” he said.

“Also, don’t cross the street without looking both ways first. And avoid crossing midblock.”

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make the trip with their child several times, pointing out any dangers they encounter along the way.

“Take a tour with your child to and from the school to show them the route they should take and also to ensure they don’t take any shortcuts,” he said, noting that walking in a buddy system is advisable for kids of all ages.

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Parents, Vella added, should also teach their young children to remember their full name, parents’ names, address, area code and phone number, in case they get lost.

And coming up with a code word is always a good idea and to report any suspicious encounters or people within the vicinity of their school to their teachers, school officials, parents or police.

“Make sure you teach your children how to use the 911 system...”

In the case of teens, Vella advised they keep their iPods, cellphones and other expensive electronics to themselves, lest they fall victim to a mugging. Should your child be approached by a mugger, Vella said their first priority should always be personal safety, and to always report incidents.

Kids Help Phone has launched new online content about friendship.

Throughout the summer, Kids Help Phone’s counsellors hear from young people who were worried about how the next school year will affect their friendships.

About 18 per cent of Kids Help Phone’s online and phone counsellors in April to June related to peer relationships, including friendships.

In addition to talking with counsellors, kids seem to like to explore a problem or learn on their own by using InfoBooth on kidshelpphone. ca, which is an online library of information.

Now kidshelpphone.ca offers content to help teens and young adults who have questions or concerns about friendship including quizzes and tips to help young people cope with shyness, jealousy, loneliness and isolation.

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After-school Program gets funding boost JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A boost in funding from the provincial government will ensure more kids across Ontario have access to after-school programs this year.

The Premier Kathleen Wynne government has pledged $13 million this year to Ontario’s After School Program, an increase of $500,000 over last year and $3 million more than the province provided in 2011.

Provincial Tourism, Culture and Sport Minister Michael Chan said that number would swell to $13.5 million next year.

The funding will support sports, arts and crafts, personal health and wellness education and nutrition programs offered by not-for-profit organizations across Ontario.

Chan announced the new spending at the Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club on Spruce Street Thursday, Sept. 5.

“The (Ontario After School) program right now reaches over 20,000 kids,” Chan said. “With this additional money, it helps another 650 (children.)”

In addition to boosting the funding, Chan said his government was

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Toronto-Centre MPP Glen Murray, right, and provincial minister of tourism, culture and sport Michael Chan take questions from children at the Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club last Thursday.

committing to supplying the funding for at least three years, ensuring that the organizations providing afterschool programming and support to kids know they will have stable funds over a longer term.

With that promise, he said, “orga-

nizations like the Boys and Girls Club can plan much better.”

Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Clubs Executive Director Ian Edward agreed.

“We’ve gone year-to-year funding our programs, so we’ve had to hire staff at the beginning of the year not knowing whether we’d be able to keep them on. It’s great to have some continuity to it.”

The value of after-school programming was not lost on the youngsters in attendance. Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club members Donovan Chiu and Raiyan Bhuiyan both spoke glowingly of the benefits of spending time at the club.

“I go to the Kiwanis Club because it’s educational and very fun, and you can win awards and play awesome games,” Raiyan said.

He added he particularly enjoys the opportunities for physical activity and reading programs offered at the club.

Donovan noted the Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club gives him a chance to maintain friendships.

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Lovebots bring lots of heart to concrete jungle ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com Lovebot #001, a hand cast cement robot with a big red heart, is dedicated to Matthew Del Degan’s ‘nonna’, his maternal grandmother.

Her love is what inspires Del Degan’s art and his core as a human, which he said gave rise to an invasion of 100 of these two-feet-tall robots on the city of Toronto – The Robot Love Invasion.

“Without her I couldn’t have done this because she gave me so much love,” Del Degan said.

“I wouldn’t be who I am today and wanting to give so much love back.”

The first public robot went out in April to Atomic Toy in Leslieville. This single robot exemplifies the goal of The Robot Love Invasion. One of the arms on that Lovebot broke and Del Degan said a contractor from the community took it upon himself to fix the arm.

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The Beach’s Rodger Beck, right, and Parkdale’s Matthew Del Degan prepare to march 100 Lovebots into Toronto. The Robot Love Invasion project aims to illuminate the love, kindness and compassion that exists in Toronto.

robots and like Lovebot #001, each has a number stamped into the back that corresponds to a real story of love and kindness, which have been sent to Del Degan from people all over the world.

“The stories are what fuel the Lovebot, it is the energy source,” Del Degan said. “If you give him love it keeps him going.”

On Aug. 12, Del Degan, who lives at Dundas Street West and Brock Avenue and his cohort, Rodger Beck, from

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“The goal of The Robot Love Invasion is to illuminate the love that exists in Toronto and to inspire more,” Del Degan said.

The Robot Love Invasion started more than four years ago: after moving to Toronto, Del Degan, 23, said he took notice of the fact people didn’t talk to each other on

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“It made me think, ‘we aren’t robots’, we do have big hearts,” he said.

He wanted to give the city a symbol to remind people of that, and the Lovebot was born.

There are beautiful things happening in the city, but Del Degan said no one seems to talk about that. The Lovebots are meant to change that.

“Some of the stories are so heartwarming,” Del Degan said. “It is really what keeps

us going.”

On the first day of the grand invasion Del Degan and Beck delivered a half-dozen Lovebots to locations near Trinity Bellwoods Park and Kensington Market.

During August hearts will pop up all over the map on the website http:lovebot.com, marking the location of the Lovebots as they are placed around the city. Also on the website, people can read the stories that correspond with each Lovebot.

Eventually the Lovebots will invade the entire city, from Etobicoke through to Scarborough.

Many of the bots will be located at businesses, but they are toying with the idea of hiding some at secret locations in the city.

The Lovebot Invasion is the first project of “lovingly disruptive art” by The Sandbox Society, a conglomerate of artists and volunteers Del Degan is fostering. The aim is to help people find a little bit of love in every corner of the city.

“The idea of the Sandbox society is you are just making (art) and, like kids, you meet each other with wide eyes,” Del Degan said, adding there are countless ideas of how to extend this project or create other projects to spread love across Toronto.

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MYTH: THE AIRPORT IS UNWILLING TO PAY ITS FAIR SHARE OF TAXES. FACT: WE’VE ALREADY PAID

% 100

OF THE AMOUNT RECOMMENDED BY AN INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL.

MPAC, the municipal property assessor, thinks City Council should tax the airport property as if it could be a high-rise condo development.

We agree with City of Toronto onto staf staff, that this is an “erroneously high assessment value1.” To date, we’ve already paid 100% of the amount of Payments in Lieu of Taxes recommended by an advisory panel. As for asking our passengers to pay more, we’re an airport, not a condo development site, and we don’t think we should be taxed like one.

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How We See Billy Bishop

How MPAC Sees Billy Bishop

City Council Meeting, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Item: EX31.27