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UPCOMING Heather Reisman to host town hall on Chapters closure /7

City to fight ‘ridiculous monstrosity’

42, 48-storey condos going to OMB TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com

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The city will oppose 1926 Lakeshore West GP Inc.’s Ontario Municipal Board appeal of its application to build two condominiums of 42 and 48 stories in south Parkdale, south of Swansea.

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Council voted unanimously this month to endorse city planners’ recommendations, and to authorize the city lawyers and city planners to oppose the developer’s appeal on its application to build at 1926 Lake Shore Boulevard West east of Windermere Avenue.

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WARMING UP: Colborne Lodge held its Winter Fun Day on Sunday with taffy pulling, hot cider and baked potatoes – like the ones Ilana and daughter Lee-Elle have their eyes on.

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The concept isn’t new – a doctor making house calls is as old as the profession itself, but it isn’t a prevalent practice in Toronto.

Now a group of Greater Toronto Area residents has launched a service which will once again give people living in downtown Toronto the option

of seeing a doctor in their own home.

Reuven Dichter from Thornhill, Oren Lapsker from Richmond Hill and Dr. Roman Elinson from the Annex area are the men behind the new organization called Toronto House Calls.

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Correction

Choir group misidentified A story on page 3 of the Jan. 2 edition of The Bloor West Villager, headlined ‘Celebrate this Ukrainian Christmas with concert’, included a photo of the incorrect choir group.

In fact, the choir members featured were members of the Vesnivka Choir.

The Villager regrets the error.

Learn about electrification of UP Express at open houses Metrolinx and Hydro One Networks Inc. will host joint public open houses to offer residents an opportunity to learn more about plans to electrify Union Pearson (UP) Express, the train that will run between Union Station and the Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Members of the community will receive a project update and provide feedback on the preliminary design components, environmental effects and mitigation.

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of dundas street west explored at meeting worigins

pletion by 2015 and will run diesel trains, however an Environmental Assessment of electrification’s feasibility is now underway.

Open houses are scheduled for: • Monday, Feb. 3 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Locus 144 Restaurant, 171 East Liberty St., Unit 144 • Monday, Feb. 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Lithuanian House, 1573 Bloor St. W. For details, email electrification@ metrolinx.com or visit www.gotransit. com/electrification

p.m. at the High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave.

Have you ever wondered why Dundas Street curves as it does?

The origins of Dundas Street West relates back to the War of 1812.

The Roncesvalles Village Historic Society (RVHS) will explore this and the creation of a commemorative Peace Garden with guest speaker Abby Bushby, the founder of the Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden project.

It takes place on Feb. 6 at 6:45

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Cycle Toronto is once again inviting residents to bundle up and join in the Coldest Day of the Year Ride.

The annual event will see cyclists biking from Queen’s Park to Dufferin Grove Park, where they can enjoy skating and a campfire.

The event will kick off at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1.

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Book tells teenager’s unique journey Gargoyle series’ author releases new book The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Thirteen-year-old Gwendolyn Golden can fly, but instead of relishing in her totally unexpected and unexplained gift, her new ability is yet another thing she’s forced to deal with.

As if puberty isn’t already difficult enough, the teen is facing more than her fair share of challenges: she has anger issues stemming from her father’s disappearance during a storm one night when she was six and her classmates are spreading vicious rumours about her at school.

There’s no way she wants to divulge her secret, not even to her best friend or her mother.

The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden is Ossington Avenue and Bloor Street West-based author Philippa Dowding’s latest book for tweens ages nine to 12, which will be released Jan. 25.

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and I have always liked Icarus, the character in Greek mythology,” Dowding told The Villager when asked about her book’s inspiration.

“I thought flight was the perfect image to show the changes you go through as a teen.”

Dowding was also inspired by watching her daughter, Sarah, now

19, grow up. In fact, the book is dedicated to her. Gwendolyn, said Dowding, is angry. She has tragedy in her past, but she’s got a great sense of humour and loves her twin brother and sister.

“Most of us at about 13 start to discover things we don’t like about ourselves, but this is a story about how those things become strengths,”

Dowding said.

Dowding was born in England, but grew up in Oakville. She was a kid who loved reading and writing and always had her nose buried in a book. She said she wrote her first story when she was nine.

The author attended the University of Western Ontario and pursued a master’s degree at the University of Toronto. She said she always knew she wanted to work in publishing. Her first job was at The Financial Post. She’s been a freelance copywriter for the past 10-plus years. Being a professional writer, she said writing her first book wasn’t a challenge, but fun. It took a year to write.

Dowding’s lost gargoyle series garnered rave reviews and several award nominations.

The inaugural The Gargoyle In My Yard was a 2011 Diamond Willow Nominee for titles written for upper elementary readers (grades 4 to 6), The Gargoyle Overhead was nominated for the Ontario Library Association Silver Birch Award 2012 and The Gargoyle at the Gates was named a White Raven Book 2013 from the International Youth Library in Munich.

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Meet author Dowding at her book’s launch event Feb. 1 at 2 p.m. at Yorkdale Shopping Centre.

Day of treats, prizes on Feb. 1 Wise Daughters Craft Market, which specializes in locally handmade gifts and do-it-yourself workshops, will celebrate its fifth anniversary in the Junction Feb. 1 with a day of treats, give-aways and prizes.

Since its inception, the market, situated at the corner of Dundas

Wise Daughters keeps money in the community by relying on only local businesses for its retail supplies, printing and window cleaning, among other necessities. home-crafted products “Because all the products are made in southern Ontario, the furthest they travel is from Essex or Kingston via Canada Post; most are delivered by the artists, often by TTC or bicycle,” Breen said.

“The shop also carries work produced through social enterprises, such as Epic Mart and Inspirations Studio, helping marginalized adults find meaningful work.”

The Wise Daughters fifth anniversary festivities take place at the shop on Saturday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m., to 6 p.m.

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e know that the privilege of hosting large international events – such as the Olympics, a World Expo, or the Pan-American Games – comes with incredible opportunities for the host city.

But the lure of those opportunities must be carefully measured.

In Toronto, the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games are a little more than a year away. More than 10,000 athletes and officials – and more than 250,000 tourists – are expected to visit the city. As an accompaniment, these Games bring significant worldwide exposure as well as infrastructure improvements throughout Toronto. The potential for a significant, lasting positive impact on the city is enormous.

But in that vein, this week’s decision by Toronto’s Economic Development Committee to defer pursuing a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games is hardly surprising. There appeared to be our view little enthusiasm to pursue an opportunity that was costly (estisuggest a bid alone would Measure the mates cost between $50 million and $60 lure of each million), and unlikely to be successful, given the likelihood of the opportunity United States gearing up a bid for those same games.

And with the impending Pan-Ams, as Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly pointed out, it is unwise to pursue anything that would “take our eye off the ball.”

The decision is prudent, but we believe the experience of hosting the Pan/Ams will be helpful to the city for future bids for international events.

While an Olympic bid has been deferred, the committee did leave debate about a potential bid for the 2025 World Expo up to Toronto City Council.

While we must, when prudent, seize the opportunities provided by these once-in-a-lifetime events, these aren’t the only opportunities out there to improve our neighbourhoods and communities.

City-building has never been restricted to bricks and mortar projects. The actions of our volunteers matter – and always have.

For example, this past weekend, some 200 volunteers showed up at The Bargains Group on Caledonia Road to help pack 3,000 survival kits for the homeless as part of Project Winter Survival. Each kit is filled with basic supplies to help those living on the streets stay warm during the colder months.

These kinds of local community projects may not be as glamorous. They may cost less. But it’s hard to argue with the ongoing value they provide in enriching the community.

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Toronto heeds call for Olympic caution

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t used to be that all it took was a whiff of Olympic gold in the air for a certain segment of the Toronto political and business class to slick down their hair, don their Sunday best, grab a bunch of flowers (and a stack of plane tickets), and go a-courting.

That crazy, hungry optimism is in short supply in 2014.

Now our political leadership responds to the possibility of launching an Olympic bid with a big tub of ice cream, a comfortable set of pajamas and a binge on ‘50s weepies on Netflix.

On Monday, Toronto was so medal-shy that not a single proponent of a 2024 Olympic bid showed up to pitch it to Toronto’s Economic Development Committee. It didn’t help that a report from Ernst and Young indicating Toronto’s prospects of successfully bidding for and then running the games on budget were slim.

david nickle the city The committee agreed, and shelved the proposal indefinitely.

But heeding calls for caution is a new thing for Toronto’s would-be Olympians.

It doesn’t look bad on them.

Toronto squandered a lot of resources and goodwill when it lost the 2008 Olympics to Bejing. Mel Lastman embarrassed himself and the city, making a joke about being boiled by cannibals on the eve of a goodwill visit to Africa. And because the city’s waterfront development was so closely tied to successfully hosting the Olympics, one might argue that Toronto’s failure set the crucial citybuilding initiative back rather than forward.

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Toronto squandered a lot of resources and goodwill when it lost the 2008 Olympics to Bejing. Mel Lastman embarrassed himself and the city, making a joke about being boiled by cannibals on the eve of a goodwill visit to Africa.

the point that Toronto has other crucial city-building priorities than prettying up for the Olympics. Toronto needs to bring the federal and provincial governments on board to deal with our transportation issues, our housing difficulties, and the basics of our city’s finances.

And to take his point a step farther, we as a city need to look at our own fundamentals – and

recognize that the things that make life richer and healthier for Torontonians are also the things that will attract visitors and investment.

Toronto has a fading reputation as a cultural hub for both Ontario and the American states along the border. It wasn’t so long ago that we were a hub for Broadway-style live theatre in Canada and the northeastern U.S., and we could call ourselves Hollywood North and Broadway North both.

Now, we’re best known as the butt of late-night jokes about crack smoking and drunken stupors.

But we need to get past both dwelling on our glory days in the limelight and our more recent hours in the gutter – and when we finally do step out, learn to keep that hungry look out of our eyes.

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Art of Conversation WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: 416-3921953, swanseareaseniors@gmail.ca COST: $40 for eight weeks Seniors participate in an informative, interactive and fun course.

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Saturday Writers at the High Park Library WHEN: 9:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: Brian Bertrand, 416-393-7672, hpstaff@ torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Read from and discuss works in progress.

Prose, poetry, essays welcome.

Retirement Security Forum WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavina Ave. CONTACT: 416-769-5072, peggy.nash.c1a@parl. gc.ca COST: Free Join Parkdale-High Park MP Peggy Nash and Official Opposition Pensions Critic Murray Rankin (MP-Victoria) for a discussion about how to ensure dignity in retirement.

Organ Recital WHEN: 3 to 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: Janice Douglas, 416-769-5686, stolaves.ca, craig.janice@rogers.com COST: Free St. Olave’s celebrates its organ at 50 with a recital by Director of Music John Stephenson with music by Bach, Buxtehude and Bedard.

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Prayer for Peace in South Sudan service WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: Janice Douglas, 416-7695686, ext. 349, stolaves.ca, craig.janice@ rogers.com COST: Free St. Olave’s Anglican welcomes the South Sudanese Community Church at our annual joint service in which we will focus on peace in South Sudan. Archbishop Terence Finlay will talk about the Compass Rose Society’s work in the wartorn region.

Environmental Stewards, the Next Generation WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Howard Park Tennis Club, 430 Parkside Drive CONTACT: stewards@highparknature.org COST: Free Dr. Sandy Smith is a professor of Urban Forestry at the University of Toronto. Her areas of expertise are forest entomology, biological control, biodiversity indices, and insect behaviour. She will share her experiences in this developing field.

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Yoga for Seniors WHEN: 9 to 10 a.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavina Ave. CONTACT: 416392-1953, swanseaareaseniors@gmail.com COST: Five week sessions at $50 Weekly one-hour yoga sessions are good for improving flexibility, strength and balance. Mats are provided.

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Spectacular Deaths of Massive Stars WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Kara Miley, 416-394-1014 COST: Free Stars don’t last forever: our own sun will in time burn to a glowing cinder and fade away. But some stars go out in brilliant explosions. Dr. Christopher Matzner tours the thrilling and macabre ways stars meet their end and how stellar death enriches the galaxy and makes the universe fertile for life.

Seniors Community Lunch WHEN: 12:30 to 2 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavina Ave. CONTACT: Shirley Ansere, West Toronto Support Services, 416-653-3535, ext.240 COST: $5 per lunch A delicious nutritional multi-course lunch is provided in a pleasant setting. Dine with friends, meet new people. Reservations required.

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Life As We Know It WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: Brian Bertrand, 416-393-7672, hpstaff@ torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Filmmaker/visual humourist Cameron Tingley presents his short films and shares his observations of modern society. Step back from the hubbub of daily life to look at modern society with fresh eyes.

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StronGirls Fitness Class WHEN: 6 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: Laura Sanhueza-Miller, www.ShapingHerEsteem. com, info@shapingheresteem.com COST: Free Free fitness class for girls aged eight to 16.

Classes are 60 minutes long, with 50 minutes dedicated to physical activity and the last 10 minutes focused on open discussion about sport, visualization, and more.The structure of each session allows individuals to push as hard or as light, all while listening to music and making new friends.

Mystery Mayhem Authors Series WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Jane Dundas Library, 416-394-1085 COST: Free Meet three authors from the Crime Writer’s of Canada. Hear them read from their new work, and engage in lively Q and A’s. This month features Rosemary Aubert (Free Reign), Mel Bradshaw (Fire on the Runway) and Liz Bugg (Yellow Vengeance)

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Rotary to honour Dave Dryden at gala The Rotary Youth Impact Awards Gala takes place Friday, Jan. 31 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Old Mill, 21 Old Mill Rd. The 15th annual gala includes dinner, music, raffle draws and a silent auction.

Funds raised will go to Sleeping Children Around the World.

Its chair, Dave Dryden will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Rotary Club of Toronto West recognizes those who have supported Youth at Risk.

Visit bit.ly/1h2DNIR for information. the similarities between Howard and Da Vinci J o h n H o w a r d , To r o n t o’s Renaissance Man? Is John Howard – architect, engineer, surveyor, inventor and artist – Toronto’s Leonardo da Vinci?

Visit Colborne Lodge on Feb. 1 to see the many connections between the two, and then you decide.

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Feb. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr. Local poet Anita Lahey will introduce you to some great poems engaging with the natural world by Canadian poets.

Soak up winter in High Park and explore some trails and write your own verse.

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Pa r k d a l e - H i g h Pa r k Councillor Sarah Doucette agreed with city staff in opposing the proposed condos, arguing it represents a “ridiculous monstrosity”.

“We want to preserve the lakeshore and our views (of the lake),” Doucette told councillors. “We don’t want to block our waterfront and have no lakeshore left. The

lakeshore is packed on the weekends. If these towers are allowed, the parks will be in shadow when most people are there.”

The Western Waterfront Park to the south of the property is comprised of a number of different parks, including Sir Casimir Gzowski Park to the south, Lake Shore Boulevard Parkland and the future Sunnyside Bike Park to the east, and Sunnyside Park to the southeast.

To the north is the Gardiner Expressway and farther north, two 28- and 35-storey condo towers with townhouses.

Park Lane condominiums, two towers of 18 and 19 storeys, is to the east. Vacant city-

owned property approved to be transferred to Build Toronto is on the west side of Windermere.

The proposal requires the demolition of an existing fivestorey hotel.

City planners expressed the same concerns about shadow impacts and compatibility with the physical character of the area in a May 2013 preliminary report.

An Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing conference is scheduled for March 4 at which time a hearing date will be scheduled.

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The men started discussing Toronto House Calls when Dichter brought the idea up about a year ago.

“In my last position in Israel I worked for a private company, which one of their activities was providing this kind of service,” Dichter said.

“When I came here and read about the Ontario health-care system, I thought, why not try it here.”

The men said they quickly started planning it out and launched Toronto House Calls about seven weeks ago.

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“Specifically we are finding the elderly who have mobility issues, parents with young children or people who don’t have a family doctor.”

The number of doctors making house calls on any given day fluctuates, but they currently have a roster of about seven doctors who work with Toronto House Calls.

They will expand the number of doctors as the number of calls coming in increases.

To learn more about Toronto House Calls visit www.torontohousecalls. com or call the hotline at 1-877-888-8300.

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A contest to re-name the Downtown Relief Line (DRL) is expected to be launched in the early part of 2014.

The proposed line, which the TTC has listed has its top construction priority, is often mistaken, as its name would suggest, as benefitting only downtown transit users.

In fact, the project is intended to relieve existing subway congestion city-wide.

What’s more, Metrolinx, which has pledged to build the estimated $8.7 billion project by 2031, is researching how a relief subway line could be better integrated with existing transit connections in the GTA. No details are as of yet available for the contest, which is expected to launch in the next two months. worker’s video goes viral wretiring

A video posted by a TTC worker upset no one had planned a retirement party for his last day of work, made

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“Here I am, all by myself at work, wondering where everybody is,” says Mitchell in the video.

“Thirty-one years, nine months on the job and this is what we have to look forward to. Absolutely nothing.”

The TTC has since apologized to Mitchell and has promised a retirement party will be held.

a new art exhibition will be showcased in TTC subway stations starting this week.

‘Sorry’ combines 20 satirical poems mixed with collages which apologize for a host of serious offences, from modern art to sleeping.

The pieces will be featured on the Pattison Onestop video screens located on subway platforms, part of the advertising company’s regular output of cultural offerings.

In a press release for the event, artist and poet Gary Duehr, based in Boston, says he came up with the exhibition as a way of “exorcising the trend to apologize for behaviour without making meaningful changes.”

Sorry runs until Feb. 28 at various TTC subway stations. For more information on the program visit www. artintransit.ca

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Rahul Gupta is The Villager’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday. He’s on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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