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When a massive storm blew through Toronto July 19, Leslieville residents learned the legendary maple tree on Laing Street, which inspired the composer of the song The Maple Leaf Forever, had shed its last leaf.

The tree, which had over its long life survived hard winters and hot, dry summers, and the weight of legend, courtesy of composer Alexander Muir, was finally felled by the heavy winds and rain of July 19. Most of it collapsed on the adjacent roadway.

But all may not be lost.

Dilligent foresters at the city’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation Department gathered a considerable quantity of wood from the tree and set it aside in an unidentified urban forestry building.

On Tuesday, Toronto’s Executive Committee will deal with a plan to repurpose that wood – in plaques for civic awards, pen casings and possibly even a gavel for Toronto Council’s speaker.

In total, council will have 48 logs from the Maple Leaf Forever Tree to repurpose – some of it in good condition, some beginning to rot.

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KICKING OFF THE DAY: Aboriginal dancer Joseph Harper performs to the sounds of the All Nations Drummers during the Bain Apartment Co-op’s 100th anniversary celebrations Saturday. See Page 3 for more photos from this event.

The Greater Beaches Neighbourhood Association (GNBA), along with the former Friends of Queen Street, are ready to take on condo developer EMC Six Limited in a battle reminiscent of David and Goliath.

The arena for this particular fight is an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing set to take place Monday, Oct. 7.

In order to prepare, concerned community members gathered at Kew Beach Public School Tuesday evening to discuss and see the proposed changes put forth by the community members from previous meetings that would be applied to the condo located on the northeast corner of Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue.

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According to the renderings shown at the meeting, the new proposed re-design of the building by the GNBA will no longer disrupt the original cityscape of Queen Street East by towering over the buildings that are already there.

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Right bottom, Amy Siegel, left, is a Spirit of the Bain Co-op and Marie Wilson is Lady Aberdeen as part of the celebrations’ Home Made Stories Project. The theatrical presentation on Saturday evening highlighted the history of the surrounding area and the Bain Co-op through a number of acts that physically led the audience through the grounds of the Co-op. Bottom left, a theatrical procession created by residents of the Bain Apartment Co-op gets underway. Middle, dancers join a shadow puppet performance. during the celebrations.

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ith summer vacations over, students back in school and the establishment of new routines at home, September means busier times for most of us.

And with the increased traffic volume on our roads that comes with the fall season, there comes a greater need for vigilance and proper planning for all of us making our way around the city.

We know Toronto has traffic congestion challenges.

The longest commuting times in the country are in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, according to a StatsCan report released in late June.

Traffic congestion has been identified as a major economic impediment by the Toronto Region Board of Trade, costing billions to the greater Toronto economy. The need for a sustained commitment from all levels of government to funding transit infrastructure is acute.

And the discussion about our view what’s happening on our roadin Toronto is not confined Drivers must ways to congestion. There’s safety, too. pack patience, A pair of recent schoolchildren pedestrian deaths, including plan ahead the tragic losses of a 14-year-old North York girl and a five-yearold girl in Scarborough, spurred the Toronto District School Board last week to request chair Chris Bolton to enter into discussions with the city, police and other school boards to talk traffic safety. Trustees have directed that those representatives look at ways to reduce traffic risks to students (an increased use of crossing guards is already one suggestion).

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Mayor Ford’s love of campaigning evident Mayor Rob Ford has made a name for himself as a great lover of football, sometimes to the point of distraction.

But there is another game that excites nearly as much passion from our mayor and distracts him from his day-to-day duties almost as thoroughly. That would be campaigning.

On Monday, Ford found the hustings so distracting he could barely pay attention to questions in a press scrum, held outside his office and just a few feet away from the spot where his staff had set up a television screen continuously looping a video of highlights of the summer of 2013.

The mayor finally stopped, transfixed at the slow-motion video of himself getting ready to arm-wrestle wrestlerturned-politician Hulk Hogan at the start of a local comic convention. When asked whether he was in fact campaigning now, with his video and another Ford

david nickle the city Fest in the offing later this week, the mayor was clear: “I’ve never stopped campaigning... If you do, you lose at the polls.”

In the strictly practical sense of the word, the mayor was correct: an elected official is being judged from the moment he or she takes office.

However, there are strict rules about spending and receiving donations for electoral campaigns outside the campaign period.

And the video, produced by a local production/editing company and scored by one of the mayor’s vocally talented staff-members, sure looks like a bit of both.

But Ford doesn’t care about these things, and by the evidence, the powers-that-be don’t either.

Toronto’s Compliance Audit Committee let the mayor off the hook over a boatload

of questions arising from the way he and his brother conducted the 2010 mayoralty campaign when they were brought forward early in the term. The mayor survived that, just as he survived a conflict of interest ruling that threatened to remove him from office.

And as things stand right now, campaigning hard and pushing the rules might be worth the risk. Because as much as the video playing in the office window struggles to maintain a happy narrative, the other narrative – the one surrounding the actual business of governing – is less cheerful.

The mayor could well see his subway plans dashed as the realities of financing the Scarborough RT replacement with a subway dash against the October council meeting. The questions surrounding videos and allegations of drug use continue to swirl and those other videos – of Ford at the Taste of the Danforth – give a different sense of the

Summer of Ford. Indeed, the scrum happened just as he left the city’s parks and environment committee, a committee he belongs to ex-officio, but never routinely attends. This time, as a week ago, the mayor came with the express purpose of blocking an attempt to circumvent his budget process, by adding projects and programs back into the budget before he had even had the chance to set a framework.

Ford had to block the matter there, because really, he would have no hope of stopping a budgetary coup at council, a body over which he has long ago lost control.

Much better to concentrate on arm-wrestling photo ops, picnics in parks and fishing trips.

They might not get him reelected, but they certainly seem to be keeping our mayor entertained.

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East Toronto Healing Energy Exchange WHEN: 8 to 9:15 p.m. WHERE: Queen Street East Presbyterian Church, 947 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Larissa, 416-898-2832 Learn how to tap into your own healing energy to help others and receive some yourself? The ETHEE meets monthly to exchange healing energy. No experience necessary.

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Beach Shelter, Woodbine Beach CONTACT: Weiwei Su, 416-4894567, ext. 7234 COST: Free The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is an opportunity to help clean our waterways and shorelines, ensuring their health for the wildlife and communities that depend on them. Registration at 10 a.m. at the picnic shelter. Participate in a shoreline cleanup in your community from Sept. 21 to 29. Register at 1-877-427-2422.

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Planting Day and Social WHEN: 3 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Naval Club of Canada, 1910 Gerrard St. E. Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association Planting Day & Social takes place Sept. 21 from 3 to 8 p.m. Help plant perennials along Gerrard at 3 p.m., meet at the parking lot, 1906 Gerrard; ‘Blue Chip’ Food Truck from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Forward

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Riverdale Historical Society meeting WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: St. Matthew’s Bowling Club, 450 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: www.riverdalehistoricalsociety.com The event is a presentation by the Toronto Parks and Trees Foundation, which enhances Toronto’s parks. Free for members, $5 for non-members.

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Elaine Gong is hoping the new location of her popular jewellery store, L.E. Jewellers, will shine as brightly as the merchandise in her store.

Those who frequent Leslieville will know of Elaine’s original store, which was a fixture in the Loblaws at Leslie Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East. The store which sells brands such as Pandora, Thomas Sabo, Elle and Citizen watches has brought her close to customers for over two decades.

Now Elaine and L.E. Jewellers have moved to a new site beside Starbucks in the Canadian Tire Plaza across the street from her old location.

“I’ve put my heart into this new location”, she said. “I’ve personally and passionately designed it from top to bottom with my customers in mind.”

Not only is this new setting

Owner, Elaine Gong, put her heart and soul into the new location and features a new design with mores space to showcase her selection of high quality jewellery and watches.

for L.E. Jewellers offer a fresh start, but a bigger one as well.

It’s more than five times the size of the original store and it features a new design with bright custom showcases for all the jewellery and watches on hand.

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each customer gets.

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These changes, unlike the original renderings of the condo, which obstructed the view of the clock tower gateway into the Beaches and overshadowed the neighbouring buildings, comply with the area’s newly created Urban Design Guidelines (UDG), which aim to preserve the character and heritage of Queen Street East.

The guidelines were unanimously passed by council in November 2012 in response to a visioning study the community took part in.

“The city is trying to allow the Beach to slowly develop in a way that will not impact the neighbourhood (negatively),” said Beaches-East York MPP Michael Prue.

Residents at the meeting were told about the additional proposed amendments the association made to the building, with the community’s help, which include a wider sidewalk, an unobstructed view of the clock tower gateway, a three-storey street wall with a four-storey apparent height.

According to Hykamp, the GNBA has been fighting this development for about two years and don’t intend to give up now. One of the reasons the issue is being put to the OMB, Hykamp said, is because the City of Toronto never said yes or no to the developer’s proposal and

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now the developer is looking to appeal the GNBA’s changes and still build the six-storey condo.

The community’s major concerns were about the height and size of the new proposed condo, its heritage sensitivity and its general compatibility with the neighbourhood. ‘re-jigging’ “The look and feel (of the building) needs re-jigging,” said Sappira Charles, an architect and a resident at Woodbine and Norway avenues.

“From an architecture standpoint, it’s not in line with the neighbourhood.

It looks like a design that belongs in downtown that was sort of plopped onto this neighbourhood. It’s not a good fit.”

This isn’t the only development the community is fighting.

Another condo, proposed at 200 Woodbine Ave. by Queen Street East Properties

Inc., threatens the area’s character and also isn’t in compliance with UDG, the GBNA said.

“This is what we’re trying to protect, it isn’t just some rinky-dink street,” Prue said.

“This is a whole destination that people come to...

That’s why they live in the Beach, that’s why they fight for the Beach.”

And the GNBA isn’t fighting alone. It’s getting legal help from the law firm WoodBull LLP, which will represent the association at the OMB pro bono, removing legal fees that could have potentially cost the GNBA upwards of $100,000, Hykamp said.

Instead, they have to raise about $30,000 in order to pay the expert witnesses in the urban design and heritage fields, the two aspects in which its basing its case around. The GNBA has already begun fundraising and has collected about $10,000 and need another $20,000 more to cover the costs.

“They’re very wise here, to get pro bono work and to keep the costs to a minimum,” Prue said.

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Layton plaque, oak tree unveiled at Withrow Park DANIELA PITEO bsrm@insidetoronto.com

Jack Layton was honoured with a plaque and oak tree in Withrow Park.

Former NDP leader Jack Layton was celebrated over the weekend when people gathered for a plaque unveiling at Withrow Park.

On Saturday the Toronto Danforth NDP Riding Association unveiled a plaque next to an oak tree planted in memory of Layton.

Layton’s widow, MP Olivia Chow, said she was honoured to attend the afternoon ceremony.

“An oak tree is strong, it’s sturdy and I heard it changes colour from green to orange,” Chow said. “An oak tree is such a perfect memorial – with deep roots and spreading branches – and with acorns that mean future growth.”

“I know that many (people) were inspired by Jack’s message of hope and optimism and love. I certainly feel the love here today.”

Chow said Layton was fond of the Logan Street park.

“Jack loved this park because it

is such a wonderful meeting place for the community,” said Chow.

“He loved cycling through here and coming to barbecue here.”

Toronto-Danforth MP Craig Scott also spoke about the similarities a strong oak and Layton share.

“Jack was a team builder and he left behind a team, so he lives on,” Scott said.

“He had very deep roots in this community, but a young tree with newly planted roots is a tree that represents the continuation of Jack’s

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Area resident Ron McKay came out to the unveiling.

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Raise Your Voice with Avril Lavigne at Woodbine Beach JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Raise your voice with Avril Lavigne at Woodbine Beach Saturday.

The Women’s College Hospital Foundation has teamed up with pop rocker Lavigne for the Raise Your Voice initiative.

The campaign will allow

Torontonians to step inside a portable soundproof booth and sing along to the chorus of Lavigne’s ballad ‘Keep Holding On’.

Raise Your Voice is designed primarily as an awarenessraising campaign, though there will also be a fundraising component in the coming months.

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to engage a younger demographic and raise awareness of women’s health especially for younger women,” said Arlene Madell, Women’s College Hospital Foundation spokesperson. “The reason we approached Avril is she’s young, she’s globally wellknown just like our leading research facility is – and she’s Canadian.”

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Parents scramble as École Napoléon’s preschool shut down HILARY CATON bsrm@insidetoronto.com Parents with children enrolled in a preschool program provided by École Napoléon, a French immersion school on Danforth Avenue, are scrambling to find a new facility for their children this week.

“I think everyone has been in a state of shock,” said Erin Young, a parent with a three-and-half-yearold son enrolled part time in the program.

The facility’s preschool was shut down as of Monday after the Ontario Ministry of Education found it was operating without a licence for the past three years despite being inspected yearly by the ministry.

Young is one of the 17 parents who received a letter from the school Sept. 9, stating the ministry was shutting down the preschool program because it has been operating as an unlicensed childcare facility.

Only five families are able to keep their children in the program.

According to the Ontario Ministry of Education, a licence is not needed if a centre has less than six children registered.

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École Napoléon’s preschool program was shut down by the province after it was found to be operating without a license for three years.

The five children chosen will be the ones who have been in the program the longest.

For the other 12 families, Young included, they will have to find a new facility for their children, which will be difficult as many childcare programs registration periods have ended.

“Trying to find another place for your kid to go in the middle of September is pretty much a nonstarter,” Young said.

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The Toronto-Danforth MPP sent a letter to the province’s Minister of Education Liz Sandals on Sept. 12 requesting an answer to the question: Why did it take three years to notice and to act?

Since the letter was sent there has been no response from the minister, Tabuns said. “What I tried to do with the legislature is put the issue

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The provisional, or temporary licence, École Napoléon is seeking could take up to 12 months to receive, Tabuns said.

According to Tabuns, providing a childcare facility with such short notice to shut down after it’s been found to be unlicenced is neither improper nor uncommon.

“Everyone has to feel the children are safe that’s the bottom line,” Tabuns said.

“Although they (parents) badly need childcare their children are happy there that still doesn’t mean that it meets the qualifications of the Days Nurseries Act. It doesn’t mean that everything that is supposed to be there is there.”

Parents, along with Tabuns, are working on getting École Napoléon an accelerated temporary licence.

The principal of École Napoléon was contacted, but declined to comment.

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community

Community keeping a close eye on Hells Angels’ store The community will be “watching” the goings-on at a new shop in Leslieville, apparently operated by the Hells Angels motorcycle club, just steps from the clubhouse closed down by the RCMP several years ago.

“I’ve heard a few things about it and I think everybody will be watching what’s going on,” said Councillor Paula Fletcher.

T h e To r o n t o federal hands.

Be a part of the She said there’s not Danforth councillor discussion. Visit said she too is monitormuch to be done about this story on our ing the establishment the new shop. website and share that opened on Carlaw “This is a retail space your thoughts in Avenue north of Lake unfortunately like any the comments Shore Boulevard. small business opening section.

The Hells Angels up,” said Fletcher. former clubhouse was “It is not a clubhouse. around the corner on  bit.ly/18ucSyI It is, I gather, a retail Eastern Avenue. outlet.”

In 2007, that property was seized People who want to start a busiby the federal government and, ness in Toronto can visit http://bit. ly/1aIhl5p according to Fletcher, remains in

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OFFER VALID FROM: SEPT. 1-SEPT. 30, 2013 MUST PURCHASE ALL 3 TIRES AT M.S.R.P TO QUALIFY FOR FREE TIRE. ALL FOUR TIRES MUST BE THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, & SIZE. ALL TIRES ARE SUBJECT TO O.T.S.F FEES & 13% TAXES. CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER.

Staff photo/NICK PERRY

The exterior of the new Hells Angels’ store at 98 Carlaw Ave.

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The City of Toronto holds public consultations as one way to engage residents in the life of their city.Toronto thrives on your great ideas and actions. We invite you to get involved.

Electronic and illuminated sign study Public Consultation Sign Regulations The City of Toronto is considering potential changes to sign regulations for electronic and illuminated signs and billboards.

Toronto residents and businesses are encouraged to participate and provide feedback about this important issue. Please attend one of the following workshops for a brief presentation, and to speak with City staff on this subject.

Monday, September 23, North York Civic Centre Tuesday, September 24, Etobicoke Civic Centre Wednesday, September 25, Toronto City Hall Thursday, September 26, Scarborough Civic Centre Each session runs from 6 to 9:30 p.m. with an information presentation at 7:30 p.m.

For those unable to attend in person, comments can also be sent directly to signbylawunit@toronto.ca.

For more information, please visit toronto.ca/signs Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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Tree pieces should stay public >>>from page 1 tretained and preserved,” reads the staff report. “Even severely decayed wood may have significant value in creating art pieces and the smallest pieces of solid wood can be used for a variety of applications such as pen casings and flag holders?”

If that seems like a lot of fuss for a tree, consider the tree’s significance.

According to legend, the tree on Laing Street caught the attention of Alexander Muir in 1867, the same year as Canadian Confederation.

Muir, a veteran of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Toronto, was strolling underneath the tree in front of the Maple Cottage, was inspired by a single leaf falling, to pen The Maple Leaf Forever.

The song, beginning with the line “In days of yore, from Britain’s shore...”, goes on to refer to British General James Wolfe’s capture of Quebec and celebrate Britain’s colonial triumph. For this reason, it served for many English Canadians as a national

Photo/WAYNE ADAM

The Maple Leaf Forever tree on Laing Street may be refurbished into an artifact to honour its historical significance.

anthem, but did not receive the same appreciation from Francophone Canadians.

The city, meanwhile, has received about 200 requests for a piece of the tree and is in contact with wood crafters, offering to help create heirloom pieces. The city has presented a plan to evaluate those proposals. First, any items created should be kept

“in the public realm to the greatest extent possible.”

No more than 5 per cent of the wood should be used for awards or plaques to then go into private hands.

The city would give preference to proposals that would be used within the Leslieville community, or that have a national or provincial significance. Projects going to Toronto cultural and historical institutions, such as libraries, would do well as would applications inside city government, such as a gavel for council’s Speaker.

So far, more than 50 proposals have come in for the wood. The city is also considering what to do with the remaining trunk, which currently is about four metres high in front of the Maple Cottage. Staff are recommending it be trimmed back to two metres, and be the site of a public art work that would remain on-site.

Visit http://bit.ly/1aTdbuL to read the lyrics for The Maple Leaf Forever, written in honour of the tree.

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The festival will run from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

THE EMERALD ASH BORER (EAB) is killing ash trees throughout Ontario.

Help protect our trees!

EAB has been detected in southern Ontario. The following counties are in the regulated area: Essex (1), Chatham-Kent (2), Lambton (3), Middlesex (4), Elgin (5), Huron (6), Perth (7), Oxford (8), Norfolk (9), Bruce (10), Wellington (11), Waterloo (12), Brant (13), Haldimand (14), Niagara (15), Hamilton (16), Halton (17), Peel (18), Toronto (19), York (20), and Durham (21).

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Only one gas card per new or used vehicle purchase at Downtown Toyota. *$200 Gas Card offer may not be combined with any other offer. Terms and conditions apply. Please visit Downtown Toyota or call 416 465 5471 for complete details on all programs.

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*Leasing offers available O.A.C. from Infiniti Financial Services based on a new 2013 Infiniti JX35 AWD (luxuriously equipped base model) with an annual APR lease rate of 2.9%. Monthly lease is $547 for a 48 month term. $5000 customer cash incentive included in lowered lease rate. Down payment of $0 and first monthly payment required. Buy back is $19,307 at end of term. Total lease obligation is $30,211 plus taxes. Cost to finance over term is $4,026. Model shown may be different from actual lease vehicle. Lease offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,995. Applicable license fees, insurance registration, PPSA and taxes are excluded. $0 security deposit required. 16,000 km per year allowance applies. Additional charge of $0.15/km applies after 16,000 km. Terms and conditions apply. Offer valid until September 30, 2013. Call 416 975 2623 or visit Infiniti Downtown for complete details.

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