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udging from the feedrahul gupta back on Twitter, the response to the idea TO in TRANSIT of Union Station getting a name change is decidedly Greater Toronto Area. mixed. The initiative seeks to Councillor Denzil create more awareness for Minnan-Wong issued carpooling to work and a proposal this week to school as an alterrename Union native to single-car after Sir John A. Got your own Macdonald, who, naming suggestion travel. Through its in addition to for Union Station? Smart Commute being Canada’s Tweet your ideas program, first prime minto @TOinTransit. Metrolinx is also ister, was also encouraging cominstrumental muters to find potential in the construction of the carpooling partners via Canadian Pacific Railway. Carpool Zone, a free online Meanwhile, staff is ride-matching service. expected to report back to As part of the campaign, the city’s executive comCarpool Zone account holdmittee on the Sir John A. ers can enter a contest to Macdonald name change win two business class VIA proposal by July. rail train tickets to Quebec Celebrating Carpool City. Carpool Week runs Week until Monday. Visit www. Metrolinx is celebrating carpoolzone.ca Carpool Week by adding to Ryerson students the number of designated produce stark images areas available at 31 GO A new photo exhibition Transit stations in the

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tions that include her participation in the Ontario Justice Education Network, being a voice for marginalThe Rotary Club of Toronto West ized Rexdale youth and winning a held its annual Youth Impact Awards Metro Toronto track and field senior Gala at the historic Old Mill Inn on girls championship, she attributed Friday evening. her success to drive and multitaskWith more than 300 guests in ing. attendance and hosted by CTV News’ Weiting Xu received the UnderColin D’Mello, Rotarians presented 25 award and was humbled by the six accolades for a diverse range of honour. leadership in at-risk youth develop“To be standing here for Rotary’s ment. motto, ‘service above At t h e c e n t re self,’ it’s fantasof the ceremony tic,” she said. The We volunteer for the President of York was veteran NHL goalie and teacher human reasons. We University’s Rotaract Dave Dryden, who Club, her Course know it’s right to do Hero Knowledge has spent 12 years it, we know that it’s Drive – which has managing Sleeping Children Around the fair to do it, we know sent 200 books to World, an EtobicokeGambia so far – is that there’s a need out an extension of her based charity marking the distribution there and we should be interest in child of over one million literacy, women’s doing it. empowerment and bedkits to develop– Dave Dryden, Lifetime ing countries since microfinance. Achievement Award Winner its inception in Already a recipi1970. ent of the Queen Joining his late father Murray, he Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee is the second in the Dryden family Medal and Paul Yuzyk Award for to receive the Lifetime Achievement Multiculturalism, Paul Nguyen was Youth Impact Award, alongside a also awarded by Rotary for his role $20,000 donation to continue his in combating negative stereotypes efforts. with his website, Jane-Finch.com, “We volunteer for the human which will mark its 10th anniversary reasons,” said Dryden at the gala. this year. “We know it’s right to do it, we know “I started it to help promote local it’s fair to do it, we know that there’s youth and rap artists, and then I a need out there and we should be branched out into activism and it’s just grown ever since,” he said. doing it.” Jemeika Jackson, 18, was one At the business and community of three others recognized in the organization level, the Blue Jays Care individual category. With contribuFoundation was congratulated for its

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Award recipients, from left, Sandra Downey of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto, Weiting Xu, Jemeika Jackson, Paul Nguyen and Dave Dryden, along with Rotary Club of Toronto West president Bruce Gillies at the Rotary’s annual Youth Impact Awards at the Old Mill Inn. The Blue Jays Care Foundation was also recognized with an award.

Canada-wide sports and education investments, while the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Toronto was commended for a century of service in child mentoring. Now in its 15th year, the Rotary Youth Impact Awards Gala has raised

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– spoke as honorary chair for Rotary Club of Toronto West. “I have the privilege to attend a lot of events throughout Ontario and this is easily one of the most heartwarming and anticipated ones I get to attend,” he said.

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he Olympic Winter Games kick off Friday and we’ve got 221 athletes vying for gold in Sochi, Russia – our largest team to ever represent Canada at the winter event. Ontario is well represented with 64 athletes, the most of any province. Toronto has eight Olympians that we’re particularly keeping an eye on: Patrick Chan (figure skating), Dylan Moscovitch (figure skating), P.K. Subban (hockey), Natalie Spooner (hockey), Michael Lambert (snowboarding), Katie Tsuyuki (snowboarding), Lenny Valjas (cross country skiing) and Phil Brown (alpine skiing). If you weren’t already planning on it, there are a few good reasons to get on the Winter Games bandwagon for the next two and a half weeks. our view The Olympics truly are a unifying event. No matter your culOlympics tural background, your political views or whether you actually inspirational know the difference between for children luge and skeleton, there’s nothing like a podium win to ignite the national pride in all of us. The Games strengthen our communities at home. While our athletes are a world away, we can invite our neighbours, friends and family together to cheer them on. It’s a great excuse to reach out, or strike up a conversation with a stranger, to talk about the standings and how Canada’s team is faring. It serves as a great inspiration for our children. At a time when childhood obesity rates are critically high, introducing kids to the exciting world of the Winter Games is the perfect way to get them more active. It’s an especially welcome inspiration at this time, to be reminded that winter in Canada can be enjoyable if we embrace it and play in it. And children can always use more positive role models. Why not introduce them to our roster of Olympians and Paralympians who serve as examples of determination, focus, great teamwork and even how get back up after a failure. The Olympic Winter Games start with Friday’s opening ceremonies and continue until Feb. 23, with the Paralympic Games beginning March 7. Tune in, host a Winter Game-watching party, get the kids involved by having them cheer for their favourite athlete and then do something really Canadian – go play in the snow.

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n balance and considering their limitations, Toronto council put together a proper so-so budget for 2014. It’s too bad that in the midst of all that mediocrity, the most vital debate in the 2014 budget deliberations didn’t quite happen. That’s not to say that there wasn’t a lot of talk about the wisdom of slathering a 0.5 per cent property tax premium to pay for a portion of a multi-billion dollar subway going into Scarborough, because there was. St. Paul’s Councillor Josh Matlow provoked a couple of high-octane discussions about the property tax hike. On the first day of the budget deliberations, he tried to have the property tax hike itself voted on separately. He was thwarted then by Speaker Frances Nunziata and council’s procedural rules, and then council supported her ruling on a razor-thin

david nickle the city margin. And once that vote happened – it was done. When Matlow, an admitted naysayer on the Scarborough subway, moved a motion to put off spending any of the proceeds of that tax until 2015, Nunziata ruled that out of order on the legal advice that such a decision might open up the city to a legal challenge. To whit: you can’t say you’re levying a tax for a specific purpose then not spend it there. And so council, in their last budget debate before the election, went ahead and charged taxpayers for work on a subway that still may never be built. Now, it’s true that council has supported the subway to replace the Scarborough RT, and when it voted to do so last year, Metrolinx agreed to build

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A smart opponent would leave that base to (Rob) Ford, and go after a portion of the streetcar-loving majority.

it. But there are still impediments. For one thing, there are elections coming up: likely a provincial election, and a municipal election Oct. 27. And while there is a large contingent of voters in Scarborough who believe that a shorter subway line is a better fit than a longer light rail line, there’s every indication they’re not a majority. A poll released Monday, Feb. 3 by Leger shows that 61 per cent of Toronto voters would prefer a light rail line and 56 per cent of Scarborough voters would like light rail over a subway. In Toronto, at least one

serious mayoralty candidate, David Soknacki, has indicated that if elected in October will steer the course back to light rail. Others may or may not follow suit, depending on how public opinion goes across the city over the coming months. Mayor Rob Ford will almost certainly continue to support subways, on the likely correct assumption that the minority of subway supporters will intersect almost perfectly with his own base. A smart opponent would leave that base to Ford, and go after a portion of the streetcarloving majority. As to the province? Who knows what a fresh legislature will bring to the question of subways in Toronto. All in all, it seems an unwarranted risk, betting a 0.5 per cent 2014 property tax hike on the vagaries of election-year politicking.

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CAMP Restaurant, at 244 Jane Street, hosts its second annual Valentine’s CAMP Craft Fair on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 4 to 8 p.m. Participants will be able to buy artful trinkets for their loved ones while enjoying shucked oysters as they shop. For further details, call 647-346-2267 or visit www.camprestauranttoronto.com Gallery hosts group art exhibit critical mass #5 The KUMF gallery, 2118A Bloor St. W. suite 204, hosts the art exhibit called ‘Critical Mass #5,’ a group show comprised of work by artists Terry Gardner, June Hoffland, Sharon Jorgensen, Jean Mull, Camille Muller, Margaret O’Flanagan-Byerley, Sandra Ramsden, Steve Rose, Mara Shiavetto, Elaine Steels. The exhibit’s opening reception takes place Saturday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m., however, the event opens at 11 a.m. For further details, visit www. kumfgallery.com or call 416-7666802.

presents a Valentine’s Day card making workshop with pop-up hearts, on Sunday, Feb. 9 from 2 to 4 p.m. Take a look at the dynamic and expressive heart paintings by Jim Dine with a chance to create your own colourful drawings using the resist technique with oil pastel and paint. Visit www.artworksartschool.com or call 416-7660662 for details.

i d s c a n h a v e fun shakespeare wKwith High Park library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave., presents Shakespeare in Action – TD Shakespeare for Kids Library Club on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. Explore the world of magic, wizards, potions, and ghosts in some of the greatest stories ever told. Play drama games, get a head start on high school, and make friends with other Shakespeare fans. Visit www.shakespeareinaction.org/td-library-club.html make your own pop-up Valentine’s Day card Art Works Art School, 238 Jane St.,

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Electrification of Union Pearson (UP) Express is part of The Big Move, Metrolinx’s regional transportation plan to dramatically improve how people move in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

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Metrolinx and Hydro One Networks Inc. invite you to their joint Public Open Houses to learn more about the plans to electrify UP Express. At the Open House, interested members of the community can receive a project update and provide feedback on the preliminary design components, environmental effects and mitigation and next steps/timelines.

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The UP Express route and proposed locations for electrification components are shown on the map below.

The Open Houses will provide you with an opportunity to view displays and speak one-on-one with project staff. We look forward to seeing you there! Thursday, January 30, 2014 Islington Evangel Centre 49 Queens Plate Drive Etobicoke, ON M9W 6P1 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Monday, February 3, 2014 Locus 144 Restaurant 171 East Liberty Street Unit 144 Toronto, ON M6K 3P6 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 York West Active Living Centre 1901 Weston Road Weston, ON M9N 3P5 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Monday, February 10, 2014 Lithuanian House 1573 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M6P 1A6 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

For more information, please contact: Karen Pitre Executive Director, Electrification Metrolinx-GO Transit 20 Bay Street, Suite 600 Toronto, ON M5J 2W3 tel: 416-874-5910 e-mail: electrification@metrolinx.com www.gotransit.com/electrification

Patricia Staite Environmental Planner Hydro One Networks Inc. 483 Bay Street, South Tower, Floor 6 Toronto, ON M5G 2P5 tel: 416-345-6799 e-mail: Community.Relations@HydroOne.com www.HydroOne.com/Projects

Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez composer le 416 869-3200 ou le 1 888 GET-ON-GO (438-6646).

LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Toronto city council officially reinstated the High Park Zoo’s annual operating cost of $228,000 when it finalized the 2014 budget. Calling council’s decision “brilliant news,” Pa r k d a l e - H i g h Pa r k Councillor Sarah Doucette said she presented petitions last week boasting more than 24,300 signatures in support of the zoo, including more than 950 from children. It took Doucette and two of her colleagues to carry the pile into council. “You couldn’t see me behind my desk,” she said. Friends of High Park Zoo, organized in the wake of the city’s decision to cut funding in 2012, raised more than $340,000 to keep the zoo in operation over the past two years. “Thank you to our visitors, volunteers and all of our stakeholders for helping to raise awareness and support for High Park Zoo over the past two years,” said Chair John Formosa in a statement. “With over one million visitors passing

through the gates since the beginning of 2012, Toronto residents have shown that the 120-year-old High Park Zoo is a valuable resource that should be supported by their tax base.” Now that operating funding has been restored to the zoo, Friends of High Park Zoo said it will be looking to include capital project fundraising this year in an effort to improve and enhance the zoo – this in addition to running the llama pen and other family activities throughout the year. The goal is to make the zoo more accessible to the public, improving the animal paddocks and creating more educational components for visitors. Even though funding has been restored, the Friends’ vision remains unchanged: “To ensure there is always a free community zoo in High Park for families to enjoy.” It s m i s s i o n i s “t o enhance High Park Zoo... by leading activities that engage the community, while promoting education, awareness and fundraising for the zoo.”

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Learn about our citizenship and immigration system New Democrat MPs from Toronto’s west end will host a public meeting to discuss the direction of Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration system Thursday, Feb. 13 at Bishop Marrcco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School at 6 p.m.

Local service providers will be on hand to identify the needs of residents. Attending will be Davenport MP Andrew Cash, Parkdale-High Park MP Peggy Nash and York South-Weston MP Mike Sullivan. Call 416-654-0564.

Runnymede fire station to lose its truck Keeping station open without a truck provides a false sense of safety: TPFA VP LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com At its meeting to finalize the 2014 operating budget, Toronto City Council approved cuts to Toronto Fire Services, including the removal of the truck at the Runnymede station, no. 424. “Obviously we’re very disappointed,” said Toronto Professional Firefighters Association vice president Damien Walsh. “We ran a campaign outlining our concerns, particularly in the Runnymede area. The closing of a community resource, we feel will have an impact. You’re taking a first response truck out of the

community.” The neighbourhood has a number of special concerns, such as nearby schools and a long-term complex care facility. “Obviously, you’ve got a number of vulnerable people. Response times will be longer,” Walsh said. Area fire stations 423 in the Junction and 426 on Lansdowne will have to pick up the slack, he said. However, the Lansdowne Avenue station is losing one of its three trucks to Exhibition Place. The truck at Runnymede station is expected to be removed in March. Parkdale-High Park Councillor Sarah Doucette said she managed to save the building. “I’ve managed to arrange that the station remain in the fire services base budget,” Doucette said. “Fire services will continue to operate the building. It will be a fire station without a truck.” The building will be used for fire prevention and education, said the councillor. And, there is “a good possibility” a truck will be returned to operate over the

summer during the festival season, she said. “The good news is, we will not be losing the building,” Doucette said. Yet, Walsh called this “a bit of a shell game.” It will provide a false sense of safety, he said. The Master Fire Plan report is still being updated. It was last updated in 2007-08, Doucette said. The city is being looked at in a different light. Instead of looking at how long it takes fire crews to respond to fires at single-family homes, it is examining what it takes to respond to emergencies in multiple-storey dwellings, said Doucette. “The fire chief has a map of all the new developments planned for our ward,” she said. There is also a chance that a truck could be returned to the Runnymede station. Station no. 424 is one of four in the city that are facing the loss of trucks.

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Ward 13 Constituency Hours WHEN: 5 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: Irmgard, 416-392-4072, councillor_doucette@toronto.ca COST: Free Ward 13 city Councillor Sarah Doucette holds constituency hours regularly to meet with constituents in person. Appointment required.

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‘Faith Lift’ Women’s Retreat WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede Rd. CONTACT: Brenda Lien, 416-762-7059, runnymedeunited.org, brenda.lien@sympatico. ca COST: $40 Come together with others for an uplifting day and see how we all reflect God in our lives. Learn how past relationships affect our knowledge of God and how our knowledge of God affects our self image. Inspiring speakers. Breakfast and lunch. Valentine’s Bake & Book Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Runnymede Presbyterian Church, 680 Annette St. CONTACT: Walter Brewer, runnymedepc@bellnet.ca COST: Free

Avoiding Consumer Fraud WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Kara Miley, 416-394-1014 COST: Free Part of the JVS Toronto Financial Literacy program. This workshop will present tips and strategies for recognizing and avoiding consumer fraud. Learn what to avoid and the common mistakes that people make.

Winter Bird Photography Workshop WHEN: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: Jon Hayes, 416-392-1748 ext.2, naturecentre@ highpark.org COST: $65 Hone your bird photography skills this winter with Max Skwarna. You will likely photograph Chickadees, Nuthatches, Northern Cardinals and Woodpeckers - among other species. As you shoot you will receive advice and guidance from a seasoned professional photographer.

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Junction Seniors Gathering WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-235-0843,

www.junctionra.ca/junction-seniors, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free We meet twice a week at a local coffee shop for conversation, as a social network of neighbours. Tuesday mornings at the above location and Friday afternoons 2 to 3 at Pascal’s, 2904 Dundas St. W. All welcome. Green 13 & Jane/Dundas Library present screening & discussion of Revolution produced by Rob Stewart WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: www.green13toronto.org, intransitions@hotmail.com COST: Free/PWYC Revolution by Rob Stewart. Visit www.therevolutionmovie.com to learn more.

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ing Literacy program WHEN: 2 to 2:45 p.m. WHERE: High Park library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: Georgina Siabanis, 416-393-7672, hpstaff@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Stories, songs and crafts for children age three to five years with their parents or caregivers. Register in advance.

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BNI HIGH PARK WHEN: 7 to 9 a.m. WHERE: Dr. Generosity, 2197 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Jacqui Synder, 647-404-9380, info@ adventourus.com COST: Breakfast $20 Networking meetings are held weekly and visitors are welcome. Exercises for Seniors WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. WHERE: Ukrainian Canadian Social Services, Toronto, 2445 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Olena, 416-763-4982, toroffice@ucss.info COST: Free Exercises are conducted under the guidance of a professional trainer. Town Hall Meeting on Citizenship and Immigration WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, 1515 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Tenzin, 416-769-5072,

peggy.nash.c1c@parl.gc.ca COST: Free Join MPs Peggy Nash, Andrew Cash and Mike Sullivan for a town hall meeting on immigration and citizenship. Recently changes to the immigration system has created longer wait times and increased challenges for immigrant families. The town hall will be an opportunity for residents to come and learn about these changes and to connect directly with immigration service providers. Turn Up the Heat on Cancer Latin Music Night WHEN: 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: 3030, 3030 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Lisa Evans, writelisa32@yahoo.ca Turn up the heat on cancer with Latin music and dance featuring Rosario Arce, Raul Orlando and DJ Emmix. This event is a fundraiser for the Ride to Conquer Cancer, benefitting the Princess Margaret Hospital. Tickets can be purchased at www. ticketscene.ca/events/9958.

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