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There was a time when the Corso Italia area resident thought she had a black thumb.

“Now, people ask me gardening questions,” she told The

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It all started about five years ago when Blair came across a flyer in a local laundromat promoting The Stop Community Food Centre’s ‘Yes In My Backyard’ (YIMBY) program.

YIMBY connects those who would like to garden, but don’t have the space to people who have the space in their yards that they’re willing to share. >>>woman, page 6

Grant will make education a reality for low-income kids MPP Cristina Martins unveils program at St. Mary’s LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Teens in grades 11 and 12 at St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School listened intently to Davenport MPP Cristina Martins as she explained how the new Ontario Student Grant will make post-secondary education a possibility for more than 150,000 low-and-middle income students.

The politician visited the Bloor West and Dufferin streets-

area high school to announce her government’s significant investment in post-secondary education.

“Today is truly an exciting day for students and their families across the province,” Martins told the students, who had gathered in the school’s cafeteria.

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When 16-year-old Alesia Bianchi saw a teen boy get hit by an SUV, she didn’t think twice about rendering aid.

Alesia was in a minivan with her mom Nina when the teen witnessed the accident near Galleria Mall last September.

“She says, ‘Mom, stop the car,’” Nina recalled. “I didn’t even pull over yet, and she already jumped out of the vehicle and ran to the individual.”

Alesia mobilized bystanders to help as she worked to stabilize the injured youth, who was bleeding heavily.

“He was thrown on top of the windshield of the SUV,” Alesia said.

“I asked if anybody had a first aid kit and nobody had one, so I had to use the resources around me. I had one pedestrian give me his shirt as the primary bandage, and then in my mom’s van she had a bunch of tissues and paper towels and I used that as the secondary stuff.”

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Alesia Bianchi, right, is pictured with her mother Nina, after Alesia received a Toronto Paramedic Citizens Award, due to her actions of helping a teenage boy when he was struck by a vehicle in the Dupont/Dufferin area.

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“Nobody was really doing anything,” the Grade 11 student said.

Nina said the boy had glass “embedded in his arms completely.” “(Alesia) was telling him to remain calm and not to move the glass,”

Nina said. “Honestly, she was very calm through the whole thing. It was second nature to her.”

But when Alesia got back into her mom’s van to go home, she says, she began to panic and second-guess her actions.

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Instead, the teen was nominated for a civilian citation.

On Tuesday, Alesia was among 23 citizens recognized for heroic actions during a ceremony at Toronto Paramedic Services headquarters in North York.

“She is an inspiration to teenagers to help others in their time of need and to put those at risk ahead of themselves,” the paramedic service said of Alesia.

Nina said she’s “very proud” of her daughter, who wants to work in emergency services.

“It kind of gave me an inside look (at the job),” Alesia said of her experience.

- “It just reinforces my will to become a paramedic.”

Alesia’s first ‘patient’ was taken to hospital in stable condition.

Toronto Paramedic Services Supt.

David Perschy said the awards ceremony is both a “recognition of individual efforts” as well as an opportunity to get a message out: “Don’t be afraid to get involved.”

Kevin Whalen pokes fun at politicians in Second City revue LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com One of the biggest lessons sketch comedian Kevin Whalen has learned in his 15-plus year career is that comedy is subjective.

“The scene one reviewer will hate, another one loves,” Whalen told The Villager during a phone conversation not long after the debut of his ensemble show, The Hotline Always Blings Twice, The Second City Toronto’s 77th MainStage Revue.

Open since March 22, Hotline has received positive reviews, Whalen said.

“We make fun of (U.S. presidential candidate Donald) Trump and (Prime Minister Justin) Trudeau,” he said, adding that the show also delves into the Toronto taxis versus Uber controversy and pokes fun at

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the TTC’s Presto card system and Netflix binge-watching. “It’s a mix of silly fun.”

The Roncesvalles Village is one of six cast members who wrote and

performs in The Hotline Always Blings Twice, comprised of “hilarious” sketches and improvised scenes, which runs until Sunday, July 10.

Whalen has been making people laugh since Grade 6 when his mother was called in for a meeting with his teacher. It was a meeting his mother never had to attend for his older brother and sister – something she made a point to tell him. Nervous the entire time she was away, Whalen said she returned only to tell him not to worry.

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That same year, Whalen had written a story that everyone in the class liked and it was then that it dawned on him that he enjoyed entertaining others.

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Catch The Hotline Always Blings Twice at the Toronto Mainstage Theatre, 51 Mercer St. Tuesday through Sunday. For further details, visit www.secondcity.com

CIBC president and CEO Victor G. Dodig and Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan will co-chair a $70 million campaign in support of St. Joseph’s Health Centre.

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hen it comes to how the Toronto council seat belonging to the late Rob Ford will be filled, there should be no debate. Obviously, the city must call a byelection for Ward 2 Etobicoke North.

Ford, the former mayor between 2010 and 2014 and before that Etobicoke North councillor from 2000 to 2010 and then again from 2014 until his death last month after a battle with cancer, would have wanted it that way.

The man believed in the power of the people and the voice of the voter as being supreme.

To do anything but call a byelection, would be a serious error on the part of council. our view Toronto The first step for councillors be to declare Ford’s Ward 2 Ford would will seat vacant, and that is expected happen at the May 3 meeting. have wanted to That’s a legal requirement it that way under the City of Toronto Act: that the seat be declared vacant within two council meetings of a councillor’s death, resignation or other reason why it can no longer be filled by the previously elected councillor. Since there’s already been a council meeting, late last week after Ford’s funeral which took place March 30, next month’s council meeting is when his seat must be declared vacant.

At the May 3 meeting, councillors can consider one of two options as to what they can do to fill the seat – either they call a byelection or they appoint someone to be a ‘caretaker’ councillor for the ward until the next municipal election in 2018.

The City of Toronto Act gives councillors a lot of leeway as they are actually only required to appoint if it is less than 90 days prior to the next municipal election.

There is no maximum amount of time left in a term that requires a byelection over an appointment.

The decision is at council’s discretion.

Given that there are more than two years left on this term, it seems clear that councillors should decide to call a byelection. It’s the right thing to do.

Once called, the byelection must be held within 60 days of the seat being declared vacant. We look forward to a date for the Ward 2 Etobicoke North council seat taking place in late June or very early July.

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Will councillors go for a ranked ballot system?

You don’t want to make judgements on character based on a single vote or action – we humans are more complex creatures than just one vote and we do things for all sorts of complicated reasons.

But it’s hard to not draw some pretty firm conclusions about the character or at least motive of councillors who don’t support ranked ballot voting in Toronto. The system, not currently in use anywhere in Canada but applied in countries throughout the world, allows voters to rank their choices on a ballot. If their first choice candidate fails to get more than half the votes, their second choice is counted instead. This goes on until some candidate or another gets half of the total first, second, third and quite possibly 15th-place votes.

The point is that only candidates who can appeal to half the voters in their jurisdiction get to be councillors.

In the last term of coun-

david nickle the city cil, a majority of councillors voted to ask the provincial government to give Toronto the option to use ranked ballots rather than the firstpast-the-post system that’s currently in place.

Then a couple of things happened. The first was the 2014 election. In total, 29 councillors were elected with more than 50 per cent of the vote, and 11 of those 29 were elected with less than 60 per cent of the vote.

Mayor John Tory had just 40.3 per cent of the popular vote.

The second was a latenight vote in 2015, when Ward 5 Councillor Justin Di Ciano, elected for the first time in 2014 with 54.1 per cent, put forward a motion to tell the province council didn’t mean what it said and was very happy with the first-past-the-post system. If the province puts

the ranked ballot system in place, his motion said, Toronto should be able to opt out or require a referendum to impose it. And that won, 25-18. But the province didn’t listen, and this week announced that despite Toronto’s second thoughts, a municipality can select its representatives using ranked ballots if council agrees. No need for a referendum; just a vote of council.

And we’ll see how that goes when this inevitably comes before council again.

I’m not optimistic that it will go any better. A council chamber populated only by very popular councillors would not be the same one we have today. It’s not to say that the 14 councillors and one mayor who couldn’t get 50 per cent plus one on the first ballot would all be gone; they might well have made it up in second and thirdplace choices. But some, like vote-poor Ward 16 Eglinton-Lawrence Christin

Carmichael Greb would have had a real challenge parlaying her 17.4 per cent of the vote into a majority.

But broadening her base of appeal, she might have.

Who could say? From a campaign strategist’s point of view, particularly one working for an incumbent, that uncertainty makes for a real problem. Simply feeding one’s political base doesn’t ensure a lifetime in municipal politics under a ranked ballot system.

In fact, what it does do is ensure that simply catering to one vocal minority in a ward will pretty much guarantee defeat at the polls, because that leaves one a first choice of that minority, and a second choice for no one. For politicians worried about their careers, that’s terrifying. For voters and taxpayers, that’s empowering. It’s a ray of hope.

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Toronto Silent Film Festival: 1000 LaffsRare & Strange Comedy Shorts WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: Toronto Silent Film Festival, www.torontosilentfilmfestival.com, torontosilentfilm@gmail.com COST: $15 / $10 students and seniors The bad boys and gals of Roaring ‘20 comedy are back and anarchy reigns supreme.

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Toronto’s Ravines and Urban Forests WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Howard Park Tennis Club, 430 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: stewards@highparknature.org COST: Free Join Jason Ramsay-Brown for a presentation on Toronto’s amazing tapestry of ravines and urban forests, and efforts to protect, preserve and enhance our city’s natural heritage.

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After School Club WHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Kara, 416394-1014 COST: Free For children ages six to 12 years old. April’s theme is “Science Fun”. Conduct experiments, learn something new and have some fun causing cool reactions.

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Creating from Within presented by ART for Cancer Foundation WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: AFC Place, 1884 Davenport Rd., Unit 1 CONTACT: Cid, 416-763-8752, http://artforcancerfoundation.org, cid_palacio@yahoo.ca COST: Free Sometimes there are no words to express how you are feeling when you are living with cancer. This is a free expressive painting workshop for people living with cancer.

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The Food Gardening Show WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church, 212 Delaware Ave. CONTACT: Susan Antler, 416-535-0240, www. soupalicious.ca, jim@compost.org COST: $5 The Food Gardening Show is all about the how-to’s of growing your own food and enjoying the rewards of local harvests. Come to learn and draw earthly inspiration from experts, products and organizations devoted to local food gardening. Presented by Plant a Row – Grow a Row. Tickets available in advance.

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Blair was first matched with a woman who lived about a 20-minute walk away and had six gardening plots. She shared two of them with Blair.

“She taught me how to prepare the soil,” Blair recalled.

The pairing ran its course over the next two years and Blair went on to be paired with a 92-year-old woman, who owned “the most lush garden I’d ever seen.”

“I’d seen her garden on a YIMBY tour (of local gardens at the end of the season). She had eight-foot tomato plants,” recalled Blair.

“We sit down with our YIMBY partners to decide what we want to grow,” she said. “We negotiate.”

They determine the day and time she’ll be over, if she’s allowed inside the house to use the washroom and if she can invite a friend with her

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Julie Blair, a Corso Italia area resident, is part of the Stop Community Food Centre’s Yes In My Backyard program, which pairs those who would like to garden with garden owners.

because she might need some additional help.

Blair’s harvest has included tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peas, arugula, herbs, and zucchini, and other produce.

The Stop provides a tool library, gardening and urban agriculture workshops, some free seedlings and a seed exchange.

“We want to make sure people are supported in a way that makes them comfortable,” said Stop spokesperson

Kathe Rogers.

“At the end of the season, YIMBY participants come together for a potluck and tour of all the gardens within walking distance.”

YIMBY’s catchment area extends north from Bloor Street West to Rogers and Vaughan roads, and from Bathurst Street to Dundas Street West and Old Weston Road.

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Students in low-to-medium income families to get tuition help >>>from page 1 single largest modernization-ever” of the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), Martins said that the provincial government will make tuition to college and university free for students whose families earn a low or middle income.

“We are doing what we need to build a highly skilled workforce,” Martins said. “This blows off the barriers that prevents students from pursuing a college or university diploma.”

The new program will mean the majority of students whose parents earn an annual income of $83,300 or less will receive enough money in grants to more than cover average tuition costs.

Additionally, the program will eliminate provincial student loan debt for eligible students whose parents earn less than $50,000 per year.

The new Ontario Student Grant will also provide additional support for full-time mature and married

students and eligibility will no longer be tied to the number of years a student has been out of high school.

“Ontario has achieved one of the highest post-secondary attainment rates at 66 per cent. Your odds of attaining a post-secondary education decrease if you’re a student from a low-income family,” Martins said.

This is a predictable and up front grant, she told the students, which will enable Toronto-area families to plan for their children’s’ education

on the basis of net price: the difference between the sticker price of tuition and what a student has to pay.

“You’ll know up front what your tuition will be – in some cases, it will be free,” Martins said. “We’re levelling the playing field regardless of how much your parents make.”

Even though the Ontario Student Grant doesn’t come into effect until next year, Martins encouraged this year’s high school graduates to continue with their post-secondary

studies.

“There’s a lot of assistance available now,” she said.

Christopher Belnavis-Grant, a Grade 12 student, said he was grateful to Martins for visiting his school.

“It made me aware of all the opportunity I have,” he said, adding that he plans to study social work at Seneca at the York campus next year.

The grants application process will be online.

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“It started out with my interest in the solidification of memory,” Gillespie told The Villager. “How does one take a memory and save it in order to revisit and reflect on the importance of that time or moment? I first focused on the creative people in my life – how by creating images, artworks and pieces of music, they were not only recording their ideas associated to that specific piece, they were preserving in that moment everything that they were focusing on and thinking about during the creation process.”

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20 BLOOR WEST VILLAGER | Thursday, April 7, 2016 |

427/QEW’s

SPRING CLEAROUT

SALE

Friday, Saturday, Saturday Sunday April 8-10th

Receive a $500 Gift Card or Cash Discount with any in-stock New Vehicle ehicle purchases.

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2016

SEDAN LX MT WELL-EQUIPPED FROM INCLUDES

$

12,574*

5,000*

$

IN CASH DISCOUNTS

INCLUDES $500 COMPETITIVE BONUS** AVAILABLE FEATURES: HEATED FRONT & REAR SEATS REARVIEW CAMERA

Forte SX AT shown‡

“My sister and niece love my Sorento so much they both bought one as well.”

-Mary R., Edmonton AB, Real Kia Owner

“Everyy time I walk up to the car I simply just smile.”

-Kevin T., Bedford NS, Real Kia Owner

Meet the Manager For the Best Deal!

amit sachdeva General Manager

2016

Sorento SX Turbo AWD shown

‡

2.4L LX FWD LEASE FROM

133

$

BI-WEEKLY≠

$1,950 DOWN AT

1.9

LX MT

% APR FOR 60

AVAILABLE

LEASE FROM ≠

MONTHS

INCLUDES $500 IN DISCOUNTS≠

STANDARD FEATURES: HEATED FRONT SEATS BLUETOOTH® CONNECTIVITY

Soul SX Luxury shown‡

2016

ALL-WHEEL DRIVE

$

78

BI-WEEKLY≠

$850 DOWN AT

0.9

% APR FOR 60

MONTHS≠

AVAILABLE FEATURES: HEATED FRONT SEATS PANORAMIC SUNROOF

Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from March 1 to 31, 2016. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing and payments include delivery and destination fees up to $1,725, $5 OMVIC fee, $29 tire fee, and $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes other taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. Φ0% financing for up to 60 months plus up to $4,000 discount available on select 2015/2016 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Maximum $4,000 (including $500 competitive bonus**) discount is offered on a new 2016 Forte Sedan LX MT (F0541G) only. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2016 Forte Sedan LX MT (F0541G) with a selling price of $17,574 is based on monthly payments of $226 for 60 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $4,000 discount (loan credit and $500 Competitive Bonus**). Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2016 Forte Sedan LX MT (F0541G) is $12,574 and includes a cash discount of $5,000 (including $500 competitive bonus**). Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. **$500 Competitive Bonus offer available on the retail purchase/lease of any new 2016 Forte, 2016 Sorento, 2016 Sportage, 2016 Optima and 2016 Optima Hybrid from participating dealers between March 1 to 31, 2016 upon proof of current ownership/lease ≠ of a select competitive vehicle. Competitive models include specific VW, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Honda, GM, Ford, Jeep, Pontiac, Suzuki, Saturn, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Subaru, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Land Rover, Infiniti, Acura, Audi, Lincoln, Volvo and Buick vehicles. Some conditions apply. See your dealer or kia.ca for complete details. Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on the 2016 Sorento LX 2.4L FWD (SR75AG)/2016 Soul LX MT (S0551G) with a selling price of $29,354/$18,954 (includes $500/$0 lease credit discount) is based on a total number of 130 bi-weekly payments of $133/$78 for 60 months at 1.9%/0.9%, with $0 security deposit, $1,950/$850 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation $17,287/$10,186 with the option to purchase at ‡ ® the end of the term for $11,435/$8,514. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG)/2016 Forte SX AT (FO748G)/2016 Soul SX Luxury (SO758G) is $42,095/$26,695/$27,495. The Bluetooth wordmark and logo are registered trademarks and are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. The Kia Soul/Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact multi-purpose vehicles/midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.