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Couple’s first AFTER THE STORM date began at Humber Cinema three decades ago LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The Humber Cinema has played an integral role in the lives of both Jina Rose Wilson and her husband John.

The couple has had an enduring love affair not only with each other, but also with the last of the Jay English-designed theatres, a fixture at the corner of Bloor West and Jane streets.

After all, it was the setting for the couple’s first date almost three decades ago. Not to mention, a reminder of her native England for the often homesick Wilson.

“When I first came to Canada, I was very homesick. When I went to the Humber, it was a little piece of home for me. It looked like the cinemas in London,” Wilson told The Villager during a recent phone conversation. “My husband’s family grew up here and would go to the Humber.”

One of the last remaining old fashioned art deco movie houses in Toronto, the Humber Cinema first opened its doors on Jan. 27, 1949.

In 1976, its one screen became two; in 1999, Odeon undertook a significant restoration of the theatre, including its entrance and new seating, only to close it in July 2003 due to declining attendance after the Cineplex Odeon opened on the Queensway in 2001.

Wilson says she isn’t a fan of the Cineplex Odeon on the >>>RENOVATED, page 6

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DIGGING DEEP: After the winter storm that pounded Toronto, this resident starts to do his part by shovelling snow on a side street in Bloor West Village. See more photos from the day after the snow storm on page 12.

Junction Triangle residents voice disapproval for Metrolinx noise walls at public meeting Concerns include potential to attract graffiti, appearance in residential community LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Several Junction Triangle residents were very vocal about their disdain for the noise walls Metrolinx plans to build along its Georgetown South

corridor at a public meeting last Thursday.

Despite the start of the snow storm, at least a couple dozen community members, as well as Davenport Councillor Ana Bailão, attended the consultation hosted

by the provincial transportation agency’s Stephen Lipkus, executive director of the Georgetown South Project.

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Tara McMahon recognized for volunteering, fundraising for multiple community agencies LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com In her 11 short years, Tara McMahon has already raised funds for cystic fibrosis, Habitat for Humanity and the United Way and has donated her hair to kids stricken with cancer – and shows no signs of slowing down.

“This young girl, she’s an amazing person,” said John van Rhee, program manager at Youth Assisting Youth, a charitable organization that provides peer mentoring to kids six to 15 years of age, with which Tara is involved. van Rhee was one of several people who nominated Tara for an Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award, bestowed by the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA). He hap-

‘If my hair grows by May, I’m going to cut it off – I’m going to be bald.’

Tara McMahon about her plans to once again donate her hair pened to have made the CN Tower Climb for United Way with Tara last year.

“We’re in awe of her,” said van Rhee. “She’s so community conscious for her age, just so giving.”

Tara has participated in the Toronto Polar Bear Dip at Sunnyside Beach for the past four years and even encouraged her mom to take part even though she was hesitant.

“One of my mom’s friends

told me about it. My mom didn’t want to do it at first,” she told The Villager.

Starting in 2009, Tara became involved with the Starlight Foundation for Childhood Cancer by donating her hair.

“If my hair grows by May, I’m going to cut it off – I’m going to be bald,” she said.

In 2009, Tara walked the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon for Cystic Fibrosis with a friend and a year later began volunteering with Girl Guides of Canada and got involved with the environmental group Earth Buddies at Howard Park Public School where she is a Grade 6 student.

“Yeah, it’s pretty awesome,” said the Roncesvalles Village resident when asked how it felt to be nominated as a Junior Citizen of the

Year.

She was one of 150 children across the province who was nominated.

“The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow and they are dedicating their time and energy to making a difference within their communities and around the world,” said the OCNA in a statement.

Nominees may be involved in community service; young people who are contributing to their community while living with a physical or psychological limitation or individuals who have performed acts of heroism or bravery.

Nominees between the ages of six and 17 are also recognized for being ‘good kids,’ who show a commitment to making life better for others.

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Roncesvalles resident Tara McMahon was nominated for an Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year.

Life-long dream to design cars comes true for local graduate LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com A Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School graduate’s career trajectory has received an unexpected, yet exciting new boost.

Reymin Deleon, 21, currently an industrial design student at Humber College, has won an internship at General Motors (GM) that starts in the spring. Deleon was one of just five students from across Canada and the US to win the GM Interactive Design Competition 2012 thus securing himself a paid internship while kick-starting his career, a life-long dream to design cars. The winners saw their designs displayed at the North American International Motor Show last month.

“It’s a one-shot deal,” the Keele Street and St. Clair Avenue-area resident told The

Villager. “It feels big.”

This was Deleon’s second attempt at the design competition.

Deleon joined the two-part competition in June and spent the entire summer working on designing the next GMC Terrain SUV. Competitors could choose to design the next Buick Lacrosse, Cadillac SRX, Chevrolet Camero or GMC and each had to design both its interior and exterior. Deleon chose the GMC Terrain and like all competitors was required to include new technologies, unique storage opportunities and “infotainment solutions etc. that are focused on the brand and its target customer.”

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Deleon graduated from The Art School @ Marrocco three years ago. He excelled throughout high school, said art teacher Heather Corriveau.

“It’s such a proud moment for me. I taught him art for four years. He was a really talented kid,” she said. “Humber College’s Industrial Design (one of the best industrial design colleges in the country) is a tough program. He’s one of a handful of kids who I’ve taught who got into industrial design. He had a strong portfolio out of high school.”

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City’s needs must be taken seriously at Queen’s Park

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ith the swearing-in of Premier Kathleen Wynne earlier this week and the naming of her new cabinet, Torontonians are right to expect the stars are well-aligned for the needs of our city to be taken seriously at the highest levels of Ontario’s government.

Wynne, the MPP for Don Valley West since 2003 and before that a Toronto District School Board trustee, is the first Ontario premier from Toronto since the NDP’s Bob Rae in 1990. Local residents may remember it was Rae’s government that proposed subway lines for both Eglinton and Sheppard avenues – a plan killed by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris which was elected in 1995.

Maybe this time things will be different.

Wynne’s cabinet is a large one with 27 members, five more our view than there were when Dalton McGuinty prorogued the proWynne to vincial legislature in October of last year. And the representation make transit from Toronto is significant with top issue nine of its members representing Toronto ridings. Adding in another five from the surrounding 905 municipalities, that’s a strong voice at the cabinet table for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

Wynne, who served as both an education and transportation minister in McGuinty’s governments, has first-hand knowledge of both those files and we can expect her to make both of them priorities.

While the education issue is province-wide, transit is at the top of Toronto’s list. Wynne has recognized that by naming Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray as minister of both transportation and infrastructure.

They understand intimately just how important Toronto’s transit is to the GTA and to the economic health and success of the province, and we’re expecting results.

And those results start with funding.

Metrolinx must present a report to the premier later this year on how to pay for the $50-billion Big Move transit improvements planned for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

At the Metrolinx meeting in North York recently, attendees said they wanted construction started and were willing to pay more if that’s what it took. See our story at http://bit.ly/XtlAKq Wynne and her cabinet need to hear that message and have the courage to put Toronto first. newsroom

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To the editor: It’s time they stopped telling us that Premier Kathleen Wynne is the first openly gay leader in Ontario.

Is this going to influence her ability to lead the Liberal Party? Isn’t it time to focus on what other qualifications she has to be a capable leader, instead of merely promoting her sexual orientation?

Has any other politician come out and said they were openly heterosexual?

Is sexual orientation now a prerequisite for getting elected?

Really, who cares? If she is a capable leader, let her get on with leading.

If not, then let’s have an election and find out who is ready to give good, honest leadership, regardless of their sexual preference.

Mary P. Nicol

If not term limits, then what for city council?

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n Monday, Willowdale Councillor John Filion gave up what for him had been something of a calling – the chairmanship of the Toronto Board of Health. He’d been at it for awhile; but for three years, he’s been the face of public health since amalgamation.

And there’s no reason he shouldn’t; after all, aside from a notable gaffe involving food carts, he’s done a pretty good job. And it’s not against the rules.

But what if it were? And what if it were against the rules for Filion to even be on council as long as he has?

Both are questions that have come up recently around city hall – not about Councillor Filion in particular, but about councillors in general. Should councillors be able to sit on boards and committees, term after term after term? Should

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councillors be allowed to sit on council for as long as they can get elected?

Toronto’s Executive Committee voted to look into the former; and two first-term councillors are hoping to convince their colleagues to look at the latter.

The Executive Committee question might get answered. But it’s unlikely the motion coming forward from MaryMargaret McMahon and Jaye Robinson to look at a three-term limit for councillors will pass. There are rather too many councillors in Filion’s position. If they voted for term limits, they’d

be voting themselves out of a job next election.

It’s too bad, because the heart of the McMahon/ Robinson motion is not an ageist attack on long-inthe-tooth politicians. What it is, is a recognition – and repudiation – of a sad reality: that Toronto council has become a Balkanized mess, where old political feuds routinely drown out intelligent debate on important issues.

Wiping the slate clean of those old feuds by removing all those old politicians would undeniably be effective. As with many effective plans, it would also be a little anti-democratic.

But democracy in municipal politics has always been an imperfect thing. Councillors, both good and bad, can coast back into office on name recognition, bolstered by their involvement in local matters in their ward

more than their actual performance at council.

Fundraising is easy for an incumbent, and tougher for a challenger. It all turns Toronto council into a very exclusive club.

There are advantages to that exclusivity. Over the years, career councillors have become formidably skilled in seeing through policies and projects that make the city better.

Sometimes, those ugly fights on the floor of council are necessary evils, to turn the majority of council away from one bad idea or another.

If the solution is not term limits – all right. But if not that, then what? The status quo is not an option. n David Nickle is The Villager’s City Hall reporter.

His column appears every Thursday. He can be reached at dnickle@insidetoronto. com

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Western Tech students learn about ‘Bullying Ends Here’ campaign LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Emily Tilford, a Grade 12 student at Western Technical Commercial School admitted she could relate to the RCMP officer who had just stepped off the stage in the auditorium last Friday afternoon.

Like Const. Tad Milmine, Tilford is gay. And, like Milmine, she revealed she experienced a particularly harrowing experience a couple of years ago while out with her girlfriend. The couple was sexually assaulted.

That, however, is where their similarities end. While Tilford says she’s comfortable with who she is and received plenty of support from her mom when she came out in Grade 9, Milmine suffered immensely, bullied until he was 17 years old, when he finally decided enough was enough and left home.

“I’m standing here right now because I know what it’s like to be you sitting there,” he told his audience of grades 9 to 12 students.

Milmine’s story began when he

was five years old, when he can remember having a dream that he wanted to be a police officer when he grew up. That, and his parents divorced; his mother moved out and his father, a “functioning alcoholic,” took care of him.

“After the divorce, things went bad for me. Dad met the woman of his dreams,” said Milmine.

Dream-like for his father, yet “the devil” to young Milmine.

He was forced to live in the basement – just four cement walls, one small light bulb and a black and white TV. He was made to eat alone in the basement; wasn’t allowed out on nights or weekends and wasn’t allowed to play sports.

“My dad was right there, but instead of dealing with the issue, he’d grab a drink and tell me to ignore her. I had no social skills. I was absolutely petrified of her,” said Milmine.

“At school, it didn’t take very long for kids to figure out that I cried a lot. All they had to do was call me a couple of names. They wanted to see ‘the show:’ the hyperventilating, the

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shaking shoulders, the crying.”

No one realized just how bad Milmine suffered because he got good grades, but he didn’t feel supported in any way and fell into a deep depression – this went on until he was 16.

“Depression turned into suicidal thoughts. I lost focus. I thought, ‘how can I ever get through this?’”

His life changed forever when at 17 during a one-sided screaming match with “the devil” he walked out the door never to go home again – he hasn’t seen his dad since.

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“All the tears dried up,” he said.

At 32, he decided to revisit his dream of becoming a police officer.

“I am living my dream. If you have a dream, it’s meant to be achieved.”

In October of 2011, Milmine read in the news about Ottawa native Jamie Hubley, the 15-year-old son of an Ottawa city councillor, who had taken his own life after being relentlessly tormented by bullies for years.

“I wrote Jamie’s dad an email to ask if it would be okay if I told Jamie’s story. He wrote back with just three words: ‘Yes. Good luck.’ I took those words as inspiration. I was going to take over where Jamie left off.”

Milmine created a website and spent about $14,000 of his own money to establish the Bullying Ends Here initiative.

“Bullying is not a virus. It’s not a disease. It’s up to you to change it.

If everyone here decided to make a choice to stop bullying, it’s over.

Your school would be famous,” said Milmine.

Western Tech, with the help of school resource officer Dorothy Wojtkowicz, is in the midst of creating a gay straight alliance.

“There’s a lot of interest (for it),” she said.

Young woman sexually assaulted Fourteen Division police are warning residents in the Dufferin and Bloor West streets area to take extra caution following a sexual assault in the neighbourhood on Sunday, Feb. 10.

Police say a man approached a 23-year-old woman who was walking her dog on Salem Avenue at around 3 a.m. and pushed her to the ground from behind. He then sexually assaulted her. The man is described as brown with a light complexion wearing a black, puffy jacket and black toque.

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Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for breaking into several homes.

According to 11 Division, several houses within the boundaries of Bloor Street West between Jane Street and High Park Avenue were burglarized. The suspect is described as black, 20 to 30 years of age, of medium build, unshaven with a few days’ growth of facial hair with distinctively large eyes. He was last seen wearing a black or dark waistlength jacket.

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“What a fight to get in. I was heartbroken when both our cinemas were gone in the area,” said Wilson, referencing the former Runnymede Theatre-turned Chapters bookstore. “ When (the Humber) re-opened, I was ecstatic.”

She calls the newly restored Humber “stupendous.” “ ( Ma n a g e r ) Ma u r i c e (Loeb) has done a great job,” said Wilson. $1.5 MILLION RENOVATIONS

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While still maintaining ties to a bygone era, Loeb has

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“It’s gorgeous,” said Loeb, who took over the cinema a year-and-a-half ago. “I started from A to Z. It looks like a Hollywood theatre.

Everyone takes pictures of what we did to the inside.

(Movie-goers say) we did a marvelous, marvelous job.”

Certainly, Wilson and her husband have no complaints. It was their first date destination and continues to be a favourite spot.

Wilson can still remember the day she set eyes on

her husband. She met him through his mother, who was her neighbour on St. Mark’s Road.

“I was best friends with his mother,” she recalled. “One day, he opened the door – he was quite tall. He still had his pyjama bottoms on.”

The two have seen so many movies at their local theatre, it’s tough to decide a favourite.

“There’s still a lot of people who don’t know it’s open again. I hope people in the area will support it,” said Wilson.

The four-screen, 800-seat newly restored Humber cinema plays first-r un films.

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Two and a half years ago, Dr. Oleg Klipitch and his wife Dr. Olena Klipitch opened the doors to one of Etobicoke’s most unique and accessible medical centres.

Profiled by The Etobicoke Guardian for being a shining example of service to a multicultural community from its outset, the Dr. O.K. Medical and Dental Centre has continued to grow and expand.

Operating out of their state-ofthe-art facility on 1278 The Queensway, the centre is embraced by the surrounding community for its multi-disciplinary approach to family medicine and a broad variety of services that are accessible and comfortable for the diverse area.

Dr. Klipitch and his team strive to offer the community a full range of health services under the convenience of one roof. With changes to OHIP coverage, many clinics and medical centres have been forced to scale back the range of services they offer. Dr. O.K. Medical and Dental Centre has done just the opposite working to continually expand the range of services offered in order to best accommodate the busy lifestyles of Etobicoke residents.

Just as Etobicoke finds success through working and growing as a community, the Dr. O.K. Medical and Dental Centre staff believes in teamwork as a core value of the practice.

The centre’s four family physicians go beyond what a single doctor can offer because they are registered as a Family Health Organization. Even if a patient’s individual family doctor is not in the clinic when needed, the other doctors on staff are available to assist. The clinic also has an internal medicine specialist on staff, Dr. Barchan, who is available for consultations and even limited same-day referrals.

The newest member of the Dr. O.K. centre is Dr. Caroline Oczachowski. With many family doctors retiring and most medical students going into highly specialized fields of medicine, Dr. Oczachowski is a valuable asset to the community because she is currently accepting new patients, as is Dr. Arta Bedaj, another family physician who has been at the centre for two years.

Growing up in Windsor, Ontario, Dr. Oczachowski went to medical school in Poland before completing a residency in Atlanta, GA. De-

siring a practice closer to home, Dr. Oczachowski was happy to join the team and is expanding her expertise to include the field of cosmetic procedures, another facet of Dr. O.K.’s multi-disciplinary centre.

Dr. Klipitch, Dr Bedaj, and the staff have received extensive training and provide the following cosmetic procedures: Botox, fillers, latisse, vein and vascular procedures. They will soon continue to expand the already large range of services to include photo rejuvenation, microdermabrasion, laser/IPL hair reduction, chemical peels, skin care products, fat cell destruction, and supplements.

“Dr. O.K. Medical and Dental Centre has worked to continually expand the range of services offered in order to best accommodate the busy lifestyles of Etobicoke residents.“ Perhaps the most interesting new cosmetic technology is a new technique called Selphyl. Using a platelet rich plasma derived from running components already present in the patient’s own body through a centrifuge, Selphyl is a more natural option in cosmetics. Dr. Oleg has had great success with Selphyl – and not only with his patients.

“I’m brave enough to say that I have even tried it on myself,” says Dr. Oleg. “It is not a miracle creation but it greatly helps the body rejuvenate in specific areas and it works.”

The medical services are only one of four distinct entities that operate out of the Dr. O.K Medical and Dental Centre. Just across the lobby is the dental centre, run by Oleg’s wife, Dr. Olena Klipitch. She and her staff provide services for all members of the family, including general dentistry, orthodontics, implants, cosmetics and dental surgery on the weekends. She credits her success

to the high standards of cleanliness and high-tech equipment that are above and beyond what is necessary.

“The office is really unique because all of the appliances and tools are top of the line. Even the air is cleaned to surgical standards,” says Olena.

The third component of the centre is a physiotherapy clinic operated by Andriy Kashuba and his experienced staff, who specialize in physiotherapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, kinesiology and massage to prevent health problems and help deal with chronic injuries and pain. Kashuba believes in keeping up on new technology and recently invested in bringing Shockwave Therapy to his offices. Through this non-invasive treatment, intense short energy waves are applied to injured tissue or joints to increase blood flow, speed healing and help reduce pain.

The genuine human appeal of the Dr. O.K. Medical and Dental clinic is well represented in the customer service provided by the pharmacy, administered by Maher Shaker, who runs his business with a genuine focus on being able to serve his community, regardless of age or language. He also offers a seniors’ discount on over the counter and prescription services.

Dr. Nadia Belsky has been practicing medicine for 35 years and actually came out of retirement to work at the Dr. O.K. Medical and Dental Centre. In her opinion, the need for more family-focused medical facilities is at an all-time high in Etobicoke.

“In the west end I know personally 11 doctors that retired in the last year. Each had almost 2,500 patients, so that is almost 30,000 people that lost a family doctor,” says Belsky.

Withtheneedforaccessiblehealth services increasing in the Etobicoke area, the Dr. O.K. Medical and Dental Centre continues to make it a priority to offer local residents full access to quality health care services within their community.

For more information about their services, visit online at www.drok. ca, or in person at 1278 The Queensway. For medical inquiries, call (416) 848-9795; for dental inquiries, call (416) 848-9790; and for Physiotherapy, call (416) 628-3738.

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The Yes Employment Centre hosts a Valentine’s Day hiring fair today from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Jobs available include outbound call centre, fashion retail, food service, licensed security personnel, PSWs, RNs, machinists and admin/customer service, administrative (HR, program facilitator and sound engineer).

Yes Employment Centre is situated at 1610 Bloor St. W. Tap into the Yes social network for up-to-date job fair info at www.yes.on.ca/facebook or www.yes.on.ca/twitter Pre-registration is a must.

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n K9 committee co-chair resigns A co-chair of the High Park

IN BRIEF Canine (K9) Committee has stepped down.

Paul Wehrle, appointed in November 2011, announced in an email recently, he was giving up his post.

“I am sorry to say that I must resign effective immediately,” said Wehrle. “A number of significant changes in my personal life have left me unable to give the K9 Committee the attention it is due.”

Ed Wugalter remains as the only chair of the committee at this time.

The High Park K9 Committee is a group of responsible dog owners and commercial dog walkers working to promote responsible dog ownership and the appropriate use of High Park and the High Park off-leash area by dog-owners.

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n TPH achieves special designation Toronto Public Health (TPH) has achieved the coveted Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) designation from the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada (BCC).

The BFI is a worldwide program of the World Health Organization and UNICEF. In Canada, the BFI designation is awarded by the BCC to hospitals and community health services that put policies in place to protect, promote and support breast-feeding.

This designation ensures that Toronto residents continue to receive high quality infant feeding services from TPH staff.

Families who have questions about infant feeding can call 416-338-7600 to receive telephone counselling and referrals to local breastfeeding clinics and parenting programs.

out in the snow: Clockwise from top: Nothing stops avid joggers like this man who took to the pretty snow laden trails of High Park after Friday’s storm; Bloor West Village resident David Longley shovels his sidewalk after clearing off his car while cross country skiers took advantage of the snow-covered ground.

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Toronto Hydro and TREB make moving easier According to the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), over 4,375 homes sold within the GTA in the month of January 2013 which means, in the not so distant future, buyers in the city will be closing their deals and moving into their newly purchased homes.

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My TorontoHydro gives customers fast and secure access to bills, payment history, account details and more. Customers can perform account moves online, 24 hours-a-day from the comfort of their homes.

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LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Dancer Christianne Ullmark’s latest project is unlike anything she has ever taken on before.

The Edmonton native, who moved to Toronto to pursue dance at Ryerson University, is performing in Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie’s remount of its acclaimed ‘From the House of Mirth’ that starts on Valentine’s Day and continues until Feb. 24 at The Citadel.

The music-dance-theatre collaboration is inspired

by American author Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel, The House of Mirth, which takes place during the United States’ Gilded Age. It’s the story of Lily Bart’s descent from the glittering social circle of 1890s New York to poverty and a solitary death – her dreams of marriage dashed by convention and her own conflicted desires.

To familiarize herself with

the story, Ullmark read Wharton’s novel.

As for the dancing, “It’s less technical; more physical in the upper body,” Ullmark said.

“We’re wearing heels so that’s the challenge – as well as long skirts. You have to look really refined and make it look easy.”

In addition to dancing, Ullmark teaches figure skating in Burlington. She graduated high school from the Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts in Edmonton.

Until just recently, Ullmark called the Bloor Street West and Lansdowne Avenue-area home.

Performances take place Tuesday to Saturday at 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. with additional shows on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 3 p.m.

Call the box office at 416364-8011 or visit colemanlemieux.com for tickets and for more information.

Dancing to music, not playing it, drives Dufferin Grove resident LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Dufferin Grove resident Andrea Nann was 12 years old before she realized dance was her true passion.

At the time, she was studying violin at the Vancouver Academy of Music, enrolled in an “intensive” program six days a week – after school and on Saturdays.

“I would sneak into the basement during breaks and watch (instructor Soonee Lee’s) ballet class through a small rectangular window,” Nann recalled. “I begged my parents to let me add one ballet class per week to my schedule. Within two years, I had completely transitioned from studying music to studying dance.”

The Vancouver native m o v e d t o To r o n t o i n 1985 to pursue a Fine Arts Honours degree at York University before settling in the Dufferin and Bloor

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Dancer Andrea Nann performs in the Peggy Baker Dance Projects’ production Stereophonic. Here, the Dufferin and Bloor West-streets-area resident performs with Brendan Wyatt.

West streets neighbourhood in 1992, where she and her husband are raising their children.

“We love it here,” Nann told The Villager.

Nann’s latest project is a starring role in the Peggy Ba k e r D a n c e Pr o j e c t s’ Stereophonic, a mixed bill of five multi-dimentional contemporary dance works

choreographed by veteran dance artist Baker, premiering Feb. 27.

Stereophonic is a full evening production that features four solo works and the premiere of a new quartet, explained Nann.

Nann says she isn’t partial to any one type of dance.

“To me, dance is a sublime language and I experience all forms of movement as dialects of communication.

Some dance genres encourage personal expression and interpretation while others demand uniformity,” said the artistic director of Dreamwalker Dance Company.

Stereophonic runs until Sunday, March 3 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis St. Performances are Wednesday to Saturday at 8:30 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at 4 p.m. For tickets call 1-888-838-3006 or visit www.peggybakerdance. com

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Lipkus assured the group that the sound walls would not be the ones like those

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“Our approach has been that these walls are absolutely needed because the noise exceeds permissible levels, but we’d like as much feedback as possible. We want to make sure everyone is informed,” he told his audience.

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They are not required along industrial properties, Lipkus pointed out as he showed the group aerial photographs of the corridor indicating where the walls would go.

As many as 140 trains will run every 15 minutes over a 20-hour period in 2015, he added. This is in addition to GO Transit’s 29 trains. sample walls Lipkus showed a variety of sample walls, including pre-cast cement, acrylic panels and insulated vinyl panelled walls, to those who attended the meeting.

They would be fivemetres high, but could let ample light through and could be various textures and colours.

“They wouldn’t be just a blank wall,” he assured.

Metrolinx is in the midst of organizing community advisory committees, which

would work with landscape architects, to determine what the sound walls would look like.

“We’re setting up nine community advisory committees along the corridor.

Each will work with a landscape architect. Metrolinx will present a couple of designs to the community before a final decision is made,” said Lipkus.

“Discussions are on the types of walls. The Ministry of Environment dictates that some walls are required for 2015.”

Residents argued the photographs showed no sense of scale. They asked Metrolinx for a mock-up instead.

Junction Triangle resident Francis LeBouthillier asked if there were green options, such as a berm, which would make it graffiti proof, he said.

“We did look at living walls, however, we have lots of areas along the corridor where space is not available. The best option is landscaping,” said Lipkus.

Construction of the walls is set to begin next year. Community Advisory Committees would start meeting in April.

“This will have a lot of different impacts on different communities,” said area resident Scott Dobson, who suggested that Metrolinx donate $5 million toward the constr uction of a pedestrian-cyclist bridge that would connect the railpath between the Junction Triangle and Parkdale. bridge fund “I think Metrolinx should give something back. We didn’t ask for these walls.

Throw some money into our bridge fund. It’ll look good on you.”

Bailão encouraged everyone to get involved in the discussion.

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If you would like to get involved, email councillor_bailao@toronto.ca or call 416-392-7012.

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Junction Seniors’ Gathering WHEN: 2 p.m. WHERE: Pascal’s Baguette and Bagels, 2904 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-2350843, seniors@junctionra.ca, junctionra. ca/junction-seniors The group meets twice a week at a local coffee shop for conversation, as a social network of neighbours. Tuesday mornings 10 to 11 a.m. Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W. All welcome.

Constituency Hours WHEN: 3 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Runnymede Public Library, 2178 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Irmgard, 416-392-4072, www.ward13.ca, councillor_doucette@ toronto.ca COST: Free Ward 13 city Councillor Sarah Doucette meets with constituents in person. All Ward 13 residents welcome. Call or email to make an appointment.

■ Saturday, Feb. 16

Thrift Shop WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Emmanuel Howard Park United Church, 214 Wright Ave. CONTACT: Megan Kallin, 416-536-1755, www.ehpunitedchurch.ca, hwrdprk@bellnet.ca COST: Items $1 and up Every Saturday at the church. All proceeds go to outreach meals. Items include gently used clothes, shoes, dishes, and household items.

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WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: 416-769-5686, stolaves@ stolaves.ca COST: Free Afternoon features St. Olave’s Choir and organist Tim Showalter along with a sequence of classical, contemporary and popular flutes pieces, played by Toronto’s City Flutes.

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Documentary Series (1-4) Water Under Fire WHEN: 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: Jane/ Dundas Library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Green 13, intransitions@hotmail.com, www.green13toronto.org COST: Free Hosted by Green 13, Water Under Fire is a seven-part series exposing the nation’s water crises. Host Bob McDonald challenges our comfort level, as we do take water for granted, and calls us to take action by presenting potential solutions. The first six programs in the series explore regional concerns: rocky mountains, prairie waters, northern waters, Great Lakes Basin, Atlantic Canada, and Quebec. The seventh program covers national and international perspectives.

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Osteofit Classes WHEN: 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: Swansea Area Seniors’ Association, 416-392-1953, swanseaareaseniors@gmail.com COST: $40 for eight weeks Maintain and build bone strength in weekly one-hour sessions.

Seniors Line Dancing WHEN: 11 a.m. to noon WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: Swansea Area Seniors Association, 416-392-1953, swanseaareaseniors@gmail.com COST: $40 for 12 weeks Beginners are welcome for weekly onehour classes – no partner needed.

Babyn Borscht WHEN: 1 to 2 p.m. WHERE: Ukrainian Canadian Social Services, Toronto, 2445 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Olena, 416763-4982, toroffice@ucss.info COST: $5 Traditional Ukrainian Dinner includes Borscht with garlic bread, perogies, coffee and sweets.

Lenten Series: The Jesus Prayer WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: St. Olave’;s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: 416-769-5686, stolaves@ stolaves.ca COST: Free Evensong for Lent at 6 p.m., with

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Call 416-820-0555

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Home Renovations BUILDER/ GENERAL CONTRACTORS RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL. Finished basements.

Painting.

Bathrooms. Ceramic tiles.

Flat roofs. Leaking basements. Brick/chimney repairs. House additions 9 0 5 - 7 6 4 - 6 6 6 7 , 416-823-5120 CEILINGS repaired.

Spray textures, plaster designs, stucco, drywall, paint. We fix them all! www.mrstucco.ca 416-242-8863 STUMPO CONTRACTING. General Contractor.

Renovations, basements, bathrooms, kitchens, additions. Plumbing, Electrical.

Decks, fencing, concrete. All Flooring.

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Licensed/ Insured. Free estimates.

Call Gino 416-524-2168

Waste Removal PETER’S DEPENDABLE JUNK REMOVAL From home or business, including furniture/ appliances, construction waste.

Quick & careful!

416-677-3818 Rock Bottom Rates!

Moving & Storage

Flooring & Carpeting

APPLE MOVING and Storage.

Residential/ office moving. Packing services. In business 30 years. Reliable & courteous. Insured & licensed. 416-533-4162

NESO FLOORING Carpet installation starting from $1.29/ sq.ft.

Hardwood, laminate at low prices.

26 yrs experience.

Free Estimates.

Best Price!

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Reasonable rates.

Paul 416-330-1340 pager.

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Bricks & Chimneys Repaired and rebuilt Bricks + mortar colour match House-front, pillars, bricks repaired or replaced Chris Jemmett Masonry

Tuckpointing 416-686-8095

Burton Electric Inc. 416 419-1772

Knob and tube replacement LED Lighting Aluminum wire reconditioning Permits and inspections

Pot lights Service upgrades Breakers/Panels FREE ESTIMATES

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PLUMBING

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EAVESTROUGH BY DESIGN We Accept Intallment Payments Professional Installation Seniors Discount EAVESTROUGH • SIDING

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ELECTRICAL

Handy Person

(416) 723-1169

Master Electrician

Specializing in removal of Knob & Tube & Electrical upgrades.

ECRA/ESA Lic.#7006706

CROATIAN ELECTRIC

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

(416) 234-9006

(DAVID) M.J. Yelavich & Sons, Etobicoke, Ontario 416-798-7284

ELECTRICAL

EAVESTROUGHS

ALL TECH ELECTRIC Contact: Jason Sa

Call

or Email:

distribution@insidetoronto.com

Professional Repairs of all brands of: Refrigeration, Stoves, Dishwashers, Washers, Dryers, Air Conditioning, & Heating.

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Warranty, Credit cards accepted.

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647-519-9506

HANDYMAN. GENERAL repairs.

Window screens installed, windows washed, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, eavestroughs.

Reasonable prices.

Cell: 647-831-5679 or 647-344-7214 Howie

416-798-7284

Appliance Repairs/ Installation

CHIMNEYS

EMERGENCY?

Free estimate James Chen

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HOME IMPROVEMENT Directory

Plumbing

Clogged drain, camera inspection Leaky pipes Reasonable price, 25 years experience Licensed/ Insured credit card accepted

Delivery questions?

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Auburn Plumbing Inc. Metro Lic# P1538

For all your plumbing needs

• New Work • Replacement, Repairs and Renovations - Faucets, Sinks & Toilets • High Pressure Flushing • Camera Inspection and Pipe Locating • Lead & Galvanized Piping • Plugged Drains & Backed-Up Sewers Quality and Service at Our Best

Call for a FREE estimate (416) 738-0274

IDEAL PLUMBING

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Master Lic.# 20557

www.idealplumbingdrain.com SASHA 416-371-7137 ALI 416-828-6611

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