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LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com For the most part, life has returned to normal at Swansea Mews, the Toronto Community Housing complex on the corner of Windermere Avenue and The Queensway. It was only weeks ago that a fatal shooting took place at the otherwise quiet residential community. Christopher Kotsopoulos, 26, a father of three was allegedly gunned down on Aug. 5, the civic holiday, around 6 p.m. after a fight escalated at the complex. “Everything seems to be back

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to normal,” tenant representative Veronica Omolewa, told The Villager recently. While parents remain concerned, their children are back outside playing. “Life goes on,” she said. Po l i c e o f f i c e r s a r re s t e d 21-year-old Christopher Shaw, Eli Goldman, 23, and Jeffrey Truong, 26, and charged them with second-degree murder. At a press conference Aug. 9, Det. Sgt. Pauline Gray said two other men not yet identified by police are wanted for the murder and all >>>TORONTO, page 10

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A mural is in the works for one of the now blank cement walls of the underpass at the bottom of Parkside Drive. The mural is spearheaded by the community organization Collective Spaces, whose sole purpose is “creative space-making” in public areas of the city. Earlier this month, the group hosted a community consultation

meeting at the High Park Library in Roncesvalles Village to gather input from area residents on what they would like to see depicted on the underpass, where the Queensway passes over Parkside Drive. “We’re really excited about the project,” said Marcus McLean, executive director of Collective Spaces, who added as many as 15 community members shared their ideas and reflections at the Aug. 10 meeting. “We had a very >>>NATURAL, page 15

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