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Police know the human trafficking charge will be the hardest one to land a conviction on, mainly due to the victim’s unwillingness to testify or memory lapses, and will often take pleas for lesser offences. The total number of human trafficking convictions in Toronto since 2014 now stands at nine; in the first week of July alone, Toronto police arrested seven men within a four-day
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Pokémon to study animation at Max the Mutt college in Toronto from Mexico. She said the augmented reality aspect is what draws her to the new game. “Pokémon has always been about travelling,” she said. “Now, you get to explore the city while playing the game and you get to meet new friends along the way. It’s a really positive experience.” The highlight of the evening was when a life-sized Pikachu mascot showed up, attracting >>>players, page 6 Teak wood, PE rattan furniture and Sunbrella products 548 Annette Street isekkoteak.com
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FoodShare seeks new owner for its greenhouse LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com There’s one thing FoodShare Toronto won’t be packing up and moving when it relocates from the Bloor West and Dufferin streets-area to the Mount Dennis neighbourhood mid-next month: its 1,000 sq. ft. greenhouse. That’s why the non-profit organization, which works with communities and schools to deliver healthy food and food education, is seeking a new owner for the structure that has served as a FoodShare teaching tool for almost a decade. “There’s been lots of interest in the building so far. There are lots of people who would love it, but no one has the funds to cover the cost of taking it down and putting it back up,” said Angela ElzingaCheng, FoodShare’s urban agriculture and community food animation manager. Dismantling, moving, and installing the greenhouse at a new location comes with a price tag of approximately $50,000. It was built by Rogers Custom Greenhouse Mfg. about eight years ago after
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Latanya Austini, a participant of the Canada Summer Jobs 2014 program at FoodShare Toronto, tends to the organization’s greenhouse. FoodShare is seeking a new owner for the greenhouse.
FoodShare embarked on a fundraising campaign to offset its cost. “Right now, it’s not being used to its full capacity. It has a big amount of growing capacity,” ElzingaCheng
said. “We’ve used it as a classroom; for growing seedlings. It’s a very functional greenhouse.” It could be solar powered, operating completely off the grid, if it’s
erected in the right position, she added. FoodShare would like to see the greenhouse go to a community-led organization or a non-profit. Staff
are willing to help these groups facilitate funding, from such organizations as the Ontario Trillium Foundation that offers a capital grant, said Debbie Field, FoodShare Toronto’s executive director. “It’s a beautiful structure,” Field said. FoodShare will add a greenhouse at its new location, at 120 Industry St. A recent crowdfunding campaign surpassed its $30,000 goal to help pay for a new kitchen, which the building on Industry didn’t have. “We’re in the process of fundraising for the move,” Field said. “Work on the kitchen is moving along well.” FoodShare Toronto’s current building at 90 Croatia St. is being reclaimed by the Toronto District School Board. In the new location, FoodShare will be able to operate 24-hours a day, seven days a week as opposed to just daytime hours, which will allow for expanded programming. It will also be in proximity to other non-profit organizations.
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FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE Like the York Regional Police campaign ‘The Other Side’ that is helping victims hurt in the sex trade find a way out, there are other people and organizations offering assistance to survivors of human trafficking in the Greater Toronto Area. Here are a few: • Covenant House: 416-598-4898, www. covenanthousetoronto.ca/homeless-youth/ Home.aspx • East Metro Youth Services: 416-4523018, http://emys.on.ca/ • Women’s Support Network of York Region: 905-758-5285, www.womenssupportnetwork.ca/ • Toronto Police Service human trafficking team: 416-808-8385, www.torontopolice. on.ca/sexcrimes/htet.php • York Regional Police human trafficking team: 905-758-5581, www.yrp.ca/en/about/ human-trafficking.asp
Human trafficking issue is ‘a provincial, national crisis’ >>>from page 1 and justice is served, “I’m happy with that.” The provincial government unveiled the long-awaited human trafficking strategy Thursday, June 30, which calls for an investment up to $72 million aimed at increasing awareness and coordination, enhancing justice-sector initiatives and improving survivors’ access to services. Currently, Ontario is grappling with roughly 65 per cent of police-reported human trafficking cases in Canada. The strategy involves nine ministries and is based on four pillars: strong leadership through an anti-human trafficking office through CommSoc, which will collect and share information; increased awareness and community supports to help survivors heal; justice sector initiatives to identify trafficking earlier and hold traffickers to account; and indigenous-led approaches. Det. Sgt. Nunzio Tramontozzi of Toronto Police Service’s human trafficking team called the strategy a great start, noting specialized Crowns are a police asset. If Crowns don’t understand “trauma bonds” between the victim and pimp, it’s hard for them to wrap their mind around why a girl would protect a guy who brutalized her for years, he said, adding instead of forging ahead and putting the victim on the stand, they
tend to take pleas for lesser offences. “As of last summer we only had one (human trafficking) conviction in Toronto,” he said. “One guy. It’s pretty sad.” Ontario’s Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, who was on hand for the strategy’s release, called human trafficking an increasing, complex problem. A specialized team of Crown attorneys will ensure cases are prosecuted effectively and consistently across province, he said, adding expanded quick response programs will be in place to help victims, including paying for things such as travel costs, identification replacement, and enhancing 24-hour crisis assistance. But not everyone was pleased with the strategy. Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott, who put forward a private member’s bill Saving the Girl Next Door, which calls for victims to obtain restraining orders against their trafficker and sue them for damages, said while the strategy is a step in the right direction, it ultimately falls short. The Conservative MPP took issue with the lack of permanent multiyear funding and firm deadlines for establishing a multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary task force. In an interview with Metroland Media Toronto prior to the strategy’s
release, she said the province needs to take the lead in human trafficking enforcement. “It’s modern day slavery,” she said. “Will all survivors sue? No, but it’s a means of justice.” Michelle Smith, executive director of Women’s Support Network of York Region in Newmarket, which runs a human trafficking help line, called the issue a “provincial and national crisis.” She hoped the strategy would include long-term core funding, along with people specialized in human trafficking and infrastructure for couselling. Trafficked women sometimes require “eight, nine, 10-hour care”, with psychological and emotional trauma the most pervasive aspect. “We have women that are servicing eight to 10 men a day, against their will,” she said. Besides a strategy, greater emphasis on social media literacy must be taught in schools to help combat human trafficking, said Debbie Gordon, director of kidsmediacentre at Centennial College. Being able to share case studies about other young victims works, but voices of young people who question the sensibilities of the social media culture need to be heard, she said. “Kids will listen when it’s one of their own.”
MORE ONLINE VIDEO: Watch this Covenant House Toronto video: a dramatization of the reallife experience of “Amy” – a teen who found herself enslaved by a man she believed was her boyfriend. (bit.ly/covenantvid) STORY: Read this story from York Region about a real court case from 2014 involving a man who police alleged was pimping out a 16-year-old girl, and the subsequent verdict. (bit.ly/yorkcase) STRATEGY: Get more details about the provincial anti-human trafficking strategy and the four areas of action the strategy will be focused on. (bit.ly/ontariostrategy) STATISTICS: See statistics from Toronto Police Service about the number of occurrences, arrests, charges and victims related to human trafficking in the city since 2013. (bit.ly/policestats)
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Council leaves behind subways, spending for summer reprieve A quiet has descended on Toronto City Hall in the wake of last week’s marathon July council meeting. It seems almost peaceful. Councillors won’t be getting together again to disrupt that peace until September rolls around – and it would be nice to think that when they and Mayor John Tory meet once more, it will remain in a spirit of peace, and reconciliation. The debate over the Scarborough subway, after all, appears to be over. Whatever one thinks of the one-stop subway extension to the Scarborough Town Centre (coming in now at $3.4 billion and probably a good deal more), council decided on its second day of meeting that it was fine with the plan, and the expense. The fight, between critics like Josh Matlow and Gord Perks and boosters like Deputy Mayor Glenn De Baeremaeker and Tory himself, had been seismic until then.
david nickle the city When the vote finally came late in the day July 12, it wasn’t even all that close: just 16 councillors voted in favour of an amendment to scrap the subway plan and build light rail there instead, with 27 siding with Tory. It might have been closer, but Tory’s team made a point of rewarding its allies. In addition to the Scarborough subway’s continued approval, council also approved studies for no less than three additional transit projects not on any list but the ones on certain local councillors’ election literature. So in the coming months, we’ll hear about a westward extension of the Bloor-Danforth Line 2, from Kipling Station to Sherway Gardens (courtesy of Etobicoke Lakehsore Councillor Justin Di Ciano); a subway
connection between the Yonge-Sheppard interchange and Downsview Station (a long-held dream of York Centre Councillor James Pasternak); and a Sheppard subway extension from Don Mills Station to McCowan Road (championed by Scarborough Agincourt Councillor Jim Karygiannis). The studies aren’t, of course, anything approaching a commitment, but they are the sort of thing that has a limited but real effect of papering over possible divisions – both on council and inter-regionally. The Scarborough subway, now that it’s going ahead, is going to eat up a huge amount of money and resources. As we must remind ourselves, it is the only major transit project in the city’s long-term transit plan that is fully funded, and the only other one that’s even partially funded is also in Scarborough: the Eglinton Crosstown line that will actually service Scarborough neighbour-
hoods. The downtown relief line, which transit planners have noted is essential to stave off unacceptable levels of crowding on the Yonge line, is not funded, nor is light rail servicing the city’s waterfront. And as was revealed this week, it will likely be more difficult than not to wrestle more money from the provincial government. Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office noted in a report released Tuesday that the province is in danger of over-extending itself on transit spending as matters stand, with an extra $50 billion in provincial debt in 2021 due to transit alone. So fulfilling those dreams – of subways, eventually, everywhere – will be a long shot. In the short run of these summer months, as pleasant and peaceable as these dreams are, dreams are all they are.
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>>>from page 1 hundreds of fans. Tanisha Grewal was one of the lucky ones to get a picture with the mascot. “I’ve always been a huge Pokémon fan since I was two years old – I’ve watched all the anime series and played all the games,” she said. “I am so excited to see Pikachu here – it’s like my childhood dream came true.” Matthew Cashman, 30, the organizer of the “meet-up” and co-founder of Legacy Gamers, a Toronto-based gaming events organization, created the event “on a whim,” and was surprised at the turnout. He thought it was a great way to celebrate an important game in many people’s childhood. “I used to play Pokémon back in the day when it first came out, on my Game Boy black-and-white screen,” he said. “As a kid, I was pretty passionate about it.” Developed by American software company Niantic, Inc., Pokémon Go operates very much like a fantasy Google Map. The game is set in augmented reality, where players physically walk to “capture” Pokémon. The game also includes PokéStops that are city attractions, historic sites and art instillations for players to collect extra PokéBalls, lures to attract Pokémon to the area, as well as other items. Pokémon Gyms, located at various physical locations, are places where players
Even before it was available here this week, Nintendo’s augmented-reality phone game Pokemon Go was showing numbers to rival social-media giants like Twitter; filling parks and boulevards with giant mobs of like-minded players, hunting for virtual sprites in parks and boulevards, through the camera-lens of their smartphones. As viral phenomenon go, Pokemon Go is near the top of the heap. But it may well signify something more significant than even that. “It’s important not to underestimate how important this phenomenon is on different levels,” says Natalie Zina Walschotts, a Toronto-based game critic and designer who’s been playing and watching the game since it first emerged. “Literally a third of the world is playing this game,” she says. “More people are playing this game than anything else, and that’s important. The other thing that’s crucial is that it has already changed the discourse with which we move through the world.” Moving through the world – and interacting with objects that are not in fact in the world – is a cornerstone of a suite of applications known as augmented reality (as opposed to virtual reality, which through devices like the Oculus Rift immerse users in a completely invented space).
Pokemon Go is not the first AR technology or application – several years ago, Google introduced an experimental device “Google Glass,” which projected images and text on a pair of camera-equipped eyeglasses – but Pokemon is the first to catch on. Given its success, it is not likely to be the last. Walschotts was immediately struck by the power of a game that takes the imaginary friends of childhood, and places them in a familiar environment. “You are literally doing the thing you were pretending to do in a video game, and you are doing it in a real physical space,” she said. And because it is a game – one shared by millions of other users – it is safe, in the way that Google Glass, with its cameras and potentially disturbing and voyeuristic applications, might not be. But make no mistake. Augmented Reality will soon enough have numerous practical applications. “Augmented Reality makes the invisible, visible,” says Toronto-based science fiction writer and strategic foresight expert Karl Schroeder. “It has the potential to be a kind of heads-up display showing us what’s going on around us in a much more live and detailed way than traditional news or word of mouth. Our phones already show us where the nearest restaurant or gas station is… Everything from dating to political activism can be supercharged by AR.”
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Sarah Musso brings Pikachu along to the Pokémon Go players’ Canadian launch party at the CN Tower plaza on Monday evening.
become trainers and battle other Pokémon players on different teams. The event is dubbed by Cashman as “The Battle for the CN Tower”, meaning players will compete against each other for Toronto’s most iconic Pokémon gym. “It’s Canada’s icon as well – so I thought it would be the
best place to celebrate the launch of the game,” he said. Jill Vienneau came to the event to accompany her son Jackson, but ended up installing the game on her phone as well. She became a level five Pokémon trainer in one day. “I was skeptical at first,” she said. “But I must say, it’s been a lot of fun. You definitely get
sucked into the game.” Chris Mackinnon, 28, came all the way from Etobicoke with his friends. He says Pokémon Go gave them a purpose to go outside. “We’re all out here to live out our childhood dreams of becoming Pokémon trainers,” he said. “We have proven this game is better to play with friends and we’re so glad the game is out for everybody in Canada.” However, Mackinnon admits the game poses a safety risk for people. “I think the most dangerous thing is that you’ll end up in areas that you’re not familiar with,” he said. Toronto police Const. David Hopkinson says safety plans are in place and police officers are on site to make sure everyone is able to have fun in a safe manner during the event. But more importantly, he advises the public to be in charge of their own safety and not get carried away when playing the game. “The app does not account for your safety, as it does not take into consideration any traffic or trespassing onto private property,” he said. “Be aware of your surroundings, and be aware of how it might affect those around you. A Squirtle is not worth your safety.” MORE ONLINE Safety tip list issued for young Pokemon players at bit.ly/pokesafety
THE EVOLUTION OF POKÉMON — 1995 TO 2016 1995
The franchise is created by Satoshi Tajiri. The first Pokemon trainers battle for glory.
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A Super Bowl 50 ad tells the world Pokémon Go is coming. Gotta catch ‘em all.
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Council says ‘yes’ to street safety measure plans david nickle dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto Council has approved a new safety plan intended to reduce pedestrian and cyclist fatalities on Toronto roads. The plan calls for a number of measures to reduce road fatalities to zero – part of a Vision Zero aspiration adopted by several cities – including adding more signalized crossings, establishing slow-speed zones around schools, doubling existing fines for speeding and increasing traffic signs. By unanimous vote, council opted to support the approximately $80-million five-year plan, half of it new money, which received a boost to funding last week following criticism from pedestrian and cycling advocates for not going far enough in addressing road safety. Public works chair Jaye Robinson said with the new measures added, the plan
will allow the city in some cases to quadruple its efforts improving road safety. “From the beginning, this plan had great bones but the scale and scope were not enough,” said Robinson during council’s third day of its July meeting, held Thursday. Trinity-Spadina councillor Joe Cressy called the plan a good start, but hardly revolutionary considering smaller cities like Oakland and Portland have committed $200 million annually towards improving road safety. “While the plan will result in fewer fatalities, we have to think the headlines (about road fatalities) will continue in the years to come because ultimately a radical rethink of our streets, and the money needed for that, is required,” said Cressy. Council also supported measures to reduce speeds on sections of Richmond, Adelaide, Front and
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Toronto City Council has approved an $80-million five-year plan to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety on our streets. Wellington streets, from 50 Council also supported km/h to 40 km/h, as well as by a 24-17 margin Frances a stretch of Gerrard Street, Nunziata’s motion requestleading east of Victoria Park ing the Ontario Ministry of Avenue which encompasses Transportation to ban pedesthree councillors’ wards. trians from using handheld
devices while on a traveled road, for example while crossing an intersection. “If you’re texting and driving or texting and walking, in my opinion it’s the same,” said Nunziata during her remarks. Council did not support Kristyn Wong-Tam’s motion to accelerate the plan to two years, opting instead to support a less aggressive motion from Mary-Margaret McMahon which seeks staff advice on whether a faster timeline is “do-able”. McMahon’s motion passed by a wide margin, 39-2. Wong-Tam said the lack of support on council in regards to improving road safety for non-motorists is telling. “Billions of dollars have been spent getting people from A to B five minutes faster, and yet we’re struggling to find a little bit of money to keep people safe,” she said. Following the vote, a
prominent cycling advocate called on council to speed up the plan to prevent further deaths. “I sincerely hope we get to accelerate this thing to two years,” said Jared Kolb, Executive Director of Cycle Toronto. “The real problem is that people are going to continue to die on the streets of Toronto in preventable traffic collisions. But there’s still so much more that needs to be done. We’ve had 65 cyclists killed last year and we’ve already had a significant number killed and injured this year. We’ve got to accelerate this thing as fast as possible.” Kolb was also disappointed council opted to support Nunziata’s motion banning mobile phone use by pedestrians. Twenty-three pedestrians and one cyclist have been killed so far this year. - with files from David Nickle
Kids to yell ‘car’ once again as street hockey makes its return david nickle dnickle@insidetoronto.com It will be game on for street hockey players this year, after Toronto Council voted without debate to permit the playing of hockey and basketball on some roads. The move came on July 15, the fourth day of Toronto
Council’s last meeting before the summer break, as weary politicians gave the thumbs-up to EglintonLawrence Councillor Christin Carmichael Greb’s motion setting out rules for both on-street basketball and hockey. Transportation staff had recommended against allow-
ing the age-old practise of playing ball hockey and basketball on streets with portable nets, “as it encourages children and adults to play on the roadway” and could create a safety hazard. Council decided it was worth the risk. “We’re dealing with an age where obesity’s a problem
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and kids don’t have the space to get out and run around,” said Carmichael Greb. “I think that parents need to teach their kids how to be responsible and play safely. Most of us grew up doing it and it’s not anything different now. You yell ‘car’ and you go away, and you yell ‘play’ and you go on and play.”
Carmichael Greb moved an amendment to the bylaw prohibiting playing on roads. Now hockey and basketball are permitted on local roads that have a speed limit of 40 km/hr or less, only during daylight hours and never before 9 a.m. or after 8 p.m.. Those who decide to play
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What inspired you to write Malaika’s Costume? I actually made a picture book called The Greatest Carnival Ever when I was in Grade 6 at Msgr. John Corrigan. I think that shows that, even back then in the late ’80s, I had this love of Carnival. So, when I was taking a course on writing for children at George Brown College and we had a project where we had to write a picture book, I decided to write a book with a Carnival theme. But Malaika’s Costume is also an immigration story, too – one that I think is common for a lot of Caribbean families. My
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own parents came from Jamaica. And in my family, it was often the women that came (to Canada) first, worked, then sponsored their children to come up... In Malaika’s Costume, it was her mom who moved to Canada to work and Malaika is being raised by her grandmother. us a little bit Q Tell about the storyline of Malaika’s Costume? It takes place in the A Caribbean during Carnival time and
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ing it out. kind of reaction are you getting from Q What kids? It’s interesting
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what I call Caribbean Patois Lite, every child gets it. I had one audience where a lot of kids were of Brazilian descent, and they said they all knew of Carnival and they all liked the book.
up, did you attend Caribana here Q Growing in Toronto? Yes, my dad would
us and we’d look A take forward to it every year.
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Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers’ Market WHEN: Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Maria, 416887-0651, dufferingrovemarket.ca COST: Free Eat local and organic year-round. Family Nature Walks in High Park WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre at the Forest School, 375 Colborne Lodge Dr. CONTACT: Julie, 416-392-1748, naturecentre@highpark.org COST: Recommended Donation of $2- $5 Discover the natural wonders in High Park’s savannahs, woodlands and wetlands. Walks are led by nature interpreters and volunteers. Meet at the square of benches just south of the Grenedier Restaurant. Climate Change Town Hall WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Roncesvalles United Church, 214 Wright Ave. CONTACT: Tenzin, 416-769-5072, arif.virani.C1B@parl. gc.ca COST: Free; Registration required Ideas will be exchanged and submitted to the federal Ministry of Environment and
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Youth Comic Illustration Workshop WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: 416-393-7697 COST: Free An introduction to illustrating comics. Tips and tricks the professionals use. Illustrator and comic artist Ben Shannon leads a course in how you can make your own comic books at home. For youth aged 12 to 19 years old. Space is limited. Registration required. CHECk OUT OUR complete online community calendar by visiting www. insidetoronto.com where you can read listings from your Bloor West neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto. Climate Change.
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BIG on Bloor WHEN: 1 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Bloordale Village, 1140 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: www. bigonbloorfestival. com COST: Free A two-day street celebration of arts, culture and small business.
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Memory Lane: The Gift of our Stories WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: Free Over five weeks, seniors are invited to hear and share stories about
important life experiences and memories. Green 13 Monthly Meeting WHEN: 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692, www. green13toronto.org, COST: Free Green 13 is a group of Ward 13 residents concerned about the impact humans are having on our climate and environment.
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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, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free A social network of neighbours. Tuesdays at Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W. Fridays at Pascal’s, 2904 Dundas St. W. from 2 to 3 p.m. The StreetKnit Project WHEN: Last Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692, www. streetknit.ca COST: Free Help keep someone without a home warm this year. Patterns, wool and some needles are available.
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Vendors Wanted for Roncy Flea WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Roncesvalles United Church, 240
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Scott Dietrich: Magician WHEN: 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. COST: Free; For ages 4 to 8 Magician Scott Dietrich and his helper Sir Walken the magic bunny. Lots of audience participation.
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Baby Sleep Seminar WHEN: 11 a.m. to noon WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: Free Join Triona Coakelin, certified WeeSleep Consultant, at this one-hour complimentary seminar to learn about baby and toddler sleep, the importance of sleep, the most common issues, and the top sleep strategies.
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Top Catholic school board scholars honoured KELSEY CHENG kcheng@insidetoronto.com Six graduating students from the Toronto Catholic District School Board have made it to the top this year, all of them with at least a 99 per cent average. Four of these top scholars graduated from schools in Etobicoke – Robert Adragna, Julia Da Silva, Jason Pu and Rachel Santini. Daniel Fusca graduated from Chaminade College School in North York and Vy Nguyen graduated from Blessed Archbishop Romero Catholic Secondary School in York. Adragna graduated with a 100 per cent average in sciences from Bishop Allen Academy. He balances his academics with a variety of extra-curricular activities including creative writing and editing for the Toronto Public Library “Young Voices Magazine”. Adragna will be attending University of Toronto as a National Scholar to study engineering science to further develop his interest in innovate research on the universe. Da Silva and Pu both graduated from Michael Power-St. Joseph Catholic High School with the same
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Clockwise from top left: Julia Da Silva, Jason Pu, Robert Adragna, Rachel Santini, Vy Nguyen and Daniel Fusca are the top scholars from the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
grade – a 100 per cent average. Da Silva’s interest lies with literature and, while in school, she co-founded a forum called “Books, Quills, and Writing Skills” for students who share the same passion
for languages and reading. She also plays the oboe in the Etobicoke Youth Band and the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra. She plans to attend the University of Toronto this fall, and aims to earn a PhD in English lit-
aware. Not so in the catering industry, however, where food is often frozen and efficiency is the name of the game. Peter Harvey doesn’t buy into that. He wants PG Harvey Events to align with his values – local, seasonal, handmade food. While his seasonal menus evolve, Harvey says some of his signature items include his lobster bisque with cognac cream, and his prized béarnaise sauce.
erature. Pu co-founded his school’s DECA club, which provides members with an opportunity to attend business conferences, competitions and debates. He plans to study at the University of Waterloo and develop his knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. He said he hopes to become a software engineer. Along with graduating as the top student from Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School and Regional Arts Centre, Santini is also Athlete of the Year. She was in six school sports teams during final year and was scouted by McGill University to join their varsity women’s hockey team. She will be studying mechanical engineering program. This summer she is tutoring students and attending hockey training. Fusca graduated from Chaminade College School and will be studying computational biology and molecular genetics at the University of Toronto in September. Nguyen graduated top of her class from Blessed Archbishop Romero Catholic Secondary School. She will be majoring in life sciences and hopes to attend medical school.
It’s easy to find locally-grown organic menus these days as consumers become more health-conscious and environmentally
While Harvey has been a chef for many years, he hasn’t always been a businessman. For guidance, he joined the City of Toronto’s Food Venture Program, which covers goal-making, balance sheets and other essential skills.
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Davenport Councillor Ana Bailão hosts a couple of upcoming movie nights in conjunction with CUPE Local 416. The first one of the summer is Zootopia and takes place Friday in McCormick Park, 66 Sheridan Ave., starting at 8:30 p.m. The second film, The Good Dinosaur, will screen Thursday, July 28 in Dovercourt Park, 155 Bartlett Ave., starting at 8:30 p.m. Don’t forget to bring a blanket, lawn chairs and beverages. Contact councillor_bailao@toronto.ca.
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Offer(s) available on select new 2016/2017 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from July 1 to August 2, 2016. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Dealer order may be required. Some conditions apply. See your Kia 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 of $1,740, new tires tax ($15) and $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes licensing, registration, insurance and applicable taxes. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2016 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO541G)/2016 Optima Hybrid (OP74AG) is $11,995/$23,993 with cash discount of $5,575 (including a $500 competitive bonus** or loyalty bonus¶ and $575 dealer participation)/$7,777 (including $1,000 ECO-Credit). Includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,560, new tire tax ($15) and $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Cash discounts are available on cash purchase only of select 2016/2017 models and vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. Some conditions apply. See your Kia dealer for complete details. Excludes licensing, registration, insurance and applicable taxes. Offer ends August 2, 2016. ≠Lease offer from 0% is available on approved credit (OAC) on select 2016 models. Cash discounts are available on select 2016 models and vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. Some conditions apply. See your Kia dealer for all the details. Representative Leasing Example: On new Soul LX MT (SO551G)/2017 Sportage LX FWD (SP751H) with a selling price of $18,950/$26,650, including discounts of $0/$500 competitive bonus** or loyalty bonus¶ is based on 60/48 month term and 260/208 weekly payments of $37/$63. Lease for 60/48 months at 0%/2.9%, with a $950/$1,950 down payment or equivalent trade. $0 security deposit, first payment and RDPRM fees, including agent fees (up to $110) due at lease inception. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). **Competitive Bonus offer available on the retail purchase/lease of any new 2016 Rio, 2016 Rio5, 2016 Forte, 2016 Forte Koup, 2016 Forte5, 2016 Sorento, 2017 Sportage, and 2016 Rondo for the amount of $500, 2016 Sedona and 2016 Optima for the amount of $750 from participating dealers between July 1 and August 2, 2016 upon proof of current ownership/lease of a select competitive vehicle in the relevant class/category. 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. ¶$500/$750 loyalty bonus offer available on the retail purchase/lease of any new 2016 Forte, 2016 Sorento, 2017 Sportage, 2016 Rio, 2016 Rio5 and 2016 Rondo/2016 Sedona and 2016 Optima from participating dealers between July 1 and August 2 upon proof of current ownership/registration of Kia vehicle. Some conditions apply. See your dealer or kia.ca for complete details. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2016 Soul SX Luxury (SO758G)/2016 Forte SX AT (FO748G)/2017 Sportage SX Turbo AWD (SP757H) is $29,350/$28,370/$41,250. ALG is the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, www.alg.com. The 2017 Sportage was awarded the 2016 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2017. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. 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.