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There’s more space for learning at two west-end schools Keele, Swansea public schools celebrate opening of expansions LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The consensus among students at Keele Street and Swansea Jr. and Sr. public schools since they’ve moved into their new classrooms, which are part of significant additions, is – they’re happy they no longer have to learn in detached portables. That sentiment was shared by students from both schools during special expansion project grand opening ceremonies held last week on Wednesday and Thursday. “Everyone is thrilled this day has come,” Swansea P.S. principal Mary Salvarinas told The Villager on Wednesday. “They love the new space.” When asked what excites them about the expansion, students shared several reasons, Salvarinas pointed out, including, “It’s a fresh start,” they have better access to technology, and “I don’t need my coat and boots to go to the washroom.”

“Thank you for getting us out of those portables,” Maya Denenberg, a Grade 8 student at Keele P.S., told her audience who had gathered in the new space for an unveiling June 2. “We’re very lucky we got this part of the school built – everyone loves it.” Senior students at both schools moved into their new spaces in January. Swansea’s new three-floor wing includes new science, technology, and engineering classrooms, which Salvarinas called “world class” and “leading edge.” The addition boasts large windows and lots of light. “Our dream has come true,” Salvarinas said. Toronto District School Board chair and Ward 7 trustee Robin Pilkey credited her predecessor, former trustee Irene Atkinson, and Parkdale-High Park politicians, MPP Cheri DiNovo and Councillor Sarah Doucette, for all their hard work ensuring the expansion was built,

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Swansea Public School celebrated the grand opening of its new expansion with help from Toronto District School Board (TDSB) superintendent of schools Jane Phillips Long, TDSB chair and Ward 7 trustee Robin Pilkey, students Yalissa Brown-Richards and Adrian Ng, Parkdale-High Park Councillor Sarah Doucette, and Swansea P.S. principal Mary Salvarinas.

during the ceremony at Keele P.S. “It’s hard to imagine when we started this project four years ago that we’d get to this point,” Pilkey said. “This is a great day. I’m so happy

to be included.” Three schools in the neighbourhood were in desperate need of expansion – Runnymede P.S., Keele, and Swansea, DiNovo pointed out.

“Two out of three ain’t bad,” she quipped. “I want to thank Irene for putting the pressure on the (Ministry of Education). We know how difficult it is to get funding for our schools. This really is about the students. We love you and that’s why we do it.” Doucette said she wrote a letter to the ministry expressing the need for these expansions, especially because of all the new residential developments that were slated to be built in the area. Section 37 funding went towards the schools’ additions (section 37 of the planning act permits the City of Toronto to authorize increases in permitted height and/ or density through the zoning bylaw in return for community benefits). “I’m really excited to see this,” Doucette said as she stood behind the podium in the glass link that connects the new addition to the old school building. The completion of the expansion comes a year after Keele celebrated its centennial anniversary. “We’re proud to say we celebrate excellence not only in academics, but our students leave here with great skills in arts, athletics, drama and character education,” principal Jennie Petkoe said.

Plan gets clients ‘house ready’ l Millennials, from page 1 and followed the guidance of their “You have to be financial advisor, Darlene Wang, who advised them about maxi- realistic in terms of mizing their investments and what you want and the importance of budgeting. “We don’t go on crazy shopwhat you can get. ping sprees at all and we’re smart with our purchases; no impulse If you have an ego, buying,” Perera said. you can’t play “But we’re still enjoying life. this game.” Short-term sacrifices mean longterm gains,” added Ninan. In the Darlene Wang next four or five years, the couple said, they’ll likely sell their condo and get a house. will be near Depending on what they want and their impossible needs, they did admit they’d consider moving unless you have two steady incomes over outside Toronto proper. $100,000,” Wang explained. “Millennials have to start with a condo to build equity, a townhouse, or a small bungalow, or (purchase) ••••• not in the GTA.” Getting into the Toronto real estate market To help her clients get ready to get into isn’t impossible for Millennials (those ages 18 the Toronto market, Wang, who works for to 35) but it’s no walk in the park. Investors Group, helps future homebuyers Purchasing a property in this city’s hot sort out their priorities and come up with a market requires two things: preparation and plan of action to maximize their finances in the willingness to compromise. a set time frame. For the last 16 years, financial advisor Getting “house ready” as she put it requires Darlene Wang has helped scores of young a change of mindset, a new way of living. adults to get their finances in order so they “You need to sacrifice more than ever and make smart decisions,” said Wang, adding can buy their first home in Toronto. understanding what’s involved in reaching “You have to be realistic in terms of what your goals helps avoid disappointment. you want and what you can get. If you have an ego, you can’t play this game,” said Wang, Wang said Millennials aren’t usually thinkwho admitted the likelihood of Millennials ing about getting their finances in order and purchasing a detached home in the city as saving up for a down payment on a property. their first property is slim. “In their head it’s ‘pay back me’ time,” she According to a recent report by Altus said, noting most Millennials in the 18 to Group for the Building Industry and Land 30 age range are in school or just finishing Development Association, the average price up their first post-secondary for a newer detached home in the GTA was degree or diploma, usually $1.05 million, which is more than double carry school debt, have no what it cost a decade ago and 21 per cent kids, and want to travel higher than just over a year ago. and party. “An actual standalone home in the GTA Under her guidance, Wang has helped her clients to get “house ready” “Often, the first property by tracking their spending, is a stepping stone that making small adjustments to their budget, investing fits your current wisely, and being realneeds and one istic about vacations and big purchases. that will get a “Incomes have good return.” nowhere near increased the way Frank Leo real estate has increased. You must

learn to do more with less,” she said. Real estate broker Frank Leo, who has been serving clients in Toronto and the GTA for 28 years, said for Millennials the biggest thing is the pressure of being “squeezed out of the market.” Leo, of RE/MAX West Realty Ltd., advises young buyers to avoid jumping into the market before doing their research, specifically knowing exactly what they want and can afford. “A good representative on your side helps keep your emotions in check,” he said. “If a property isn’t what you need or want then don’t buy it.” He added those between the ages of 18 to 35 who want to purchase a property in Toronto need to take a close look at their needs, and based on their budget a good realtor will be able to help find the right home to buy. “If you buy well, that’s a good investment. If you buy poorly then you’re in trouble. You want to make sure you have someone who knows their stuff to give you the best advice,” he said. Leo also said Millennials need to realize it’s not likely they’ll be buying the home of their dreams the first time around. “Often, the first property is a stepping stone that fits your current needs and one that will get a good return,” he said. “Real estate is all about understanding value and getting the best property for your money.” Meray Mansour, real estate agent with Royal LePage Estate Realty, agreed noting getting into a smaller “first-step home” like a condo or a small bungalow for a few years is what will help first-time homeowners build equity for their dream home. With 18 years of experience in Toronto’s real estate market, she said bidding wars for anything in the $550,000 to $700,000 range are to be expected. “There’s so much demand and very low stock. I advise my clients to understand bidding wars are a reality but to not be discouraged,” she said. “And because today’s market is so hot, being too emotional can lead to irrational decisions. You need a realtor that’s going to advocate for you in this type of market.” She encouraged Millennials to go for it if they do have enough money saved up to get into the market. “Don’t wait because the market is so hot,” she said.

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he city kicked off Bike Month, which runs from May 30 to June 30, with a blitz by Toronto police writing tickets to drivers parking in bike lanes. The heightened enforcement campaign called “Right 2 Bike” ran for one week until June 5 and saw parking enforcement officers working with traffic services and divisional units hand out 273 tickets at $150 a piece, totalling $40,950 in fines. That sounds like a lot, but the campaign to target drivers with total disregard for cyclists should continue in some shape or form. Bad habits are hard to break, especially this one. Since a bylaw change in 2014, which increased the fine for blocking a bike lane from $60 to $150, about 17,000 tickets have been issued to date. For more recent empirical evidence, just check Twitter where cyclists regularly tweet pictures of cars, taxis and our view delivery trucks blocking bike Make biking to lanes. While parking enforcement work easier for officer Brian Moniz noted most of the enforcement in the blitz cyclists took place in the downtown core, this could be a growing and more prevalent issue across the city. additional blitzes

With the city discussing how to expand cycling infrastructure in Toronto to the tune of $16 million per year for 10 years, any increase in bike lanes would only exacerbate the problem of cyclists being put in danger by drivers blocking their right-of-way. Perhaps having additional blitzes and an increased awareness campaign, combined with even higher fines for offenders is a potential solution to curbing bad driver behaviour. The alternative of not having some kind of sustained campaign to ensure the safety of cyclists will have an adverse impact on what the city seemingly wants to achieve through holding Bike Month each year. That is to encourage people to get out of their cars and ride their bikes more. Bike to Work days? Good luck finding more people to participate if it means navigating Toronto streets with the added challenge of swerving around parked cars.

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Karygiannis plays role of council’s angry man Ah, Scarborough-Agincourt Councillor Jim Karygiannis. We have not seen his like since… well really, since the last time the voters of Ward 39-Scarborough Agincourt sent a councillor to City Hall. Jim Karygiannis is the first-term successor to Toronto’s former budget chief, Mike Del Grande — who kept Ward 39 strange for a decade before that, often with the help of Karygiannis himself, who had been a Liberal MP for even longer in the area. In 2004, the two of them made headlines, personally helping to bust up marijuana grow-ops in their communities, while Del Grande also kept an inventory of constituents whose homes violated city bylaws. Del Grande had a brief tenure as former Mayor Rob Ford’s first budget chief, but consistently bemoaned the failings of his colleagues on council and delinquent constituents alike, maintaining a consistent and in retro-

david nickle the city spect magnificent rage. When Del Grande decided he’d had enough in 2014, Karygiannis happily assumed his angry role — at if anything a greater volume. He took on the Uber ride-sharing industry in the rhetorical equivalent of a berserk rampage, behaving so badly during Licensing and Standards Committee hearings that Mayor John Tory called him on the carpet. More than a decade after he and Del Grande waged their own local War on Drugs, he came to the defence of illegal storefront marijuana shops. And this week, two reports from the city’s Integrity Commissioner calling him out for behaviour not too dissimilar to those pot-busting days with Mike Del Grande. In one instance in 2015, Karygiannis scared the bejeezers out of a family

guilty of parking on the “skirt” of their home’s driveway. In another, he scared the bejeezers out of an Uber driver who he’d spotted going to pick up a ride in a house in his ward. The Integrity Commissioner found that Karygiannis had run afoul of the councillors’ code of conduct, which incredibly requires that councillors not intimidate people in the course of going about their business. On June 7, Karygiannis mumbled an apology on the floor of council. But he wasn’t sorry, not really. In an interview, Karygiannis maintained that he should be able to tell constituents to obey the law if he wants to, particularly if the city is slow to enforce. And if he’s intimidating in the course of doing that? “Maybe the method, she (the Integrity Commissioner) doesn’t agree with it. Maybe my method is a little rough,” he said. “I’m a big guy. What can I tell you? I’m six feet

and 260 pounds. When you see me walking up to you, you feel intimidated.” Maybe there always has to be a Jim Karygiannis at City Hall: someone who ignores decorum and puts on a show, a John Belushi character turning civilized discourse into a proper Animal House. When he was a councillor, Rob Ford fulfilled that role, spewing rhetoric across the city while digging down on the little things in neighbourhoods and dissing his colleagues for their city-funded office budgets. Doug Ford played that role a bit when Rob became mayor and Giorgio Mammoliti still dips toe in that pool from time to time, but clearly he’s getting tired. So maybe it’s good, that Karygiannis is here to keep an old Toronto tradition alive. David Nickle is Metroland Media Toronto’s city hall reporter. His column runs every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @DavidNickle

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Students take ‘drunk’ spin behind the wheel Guardian reporter, an experienced driver himself, knocks over multiple cones in his attempt ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com High school students were allowed to drive impaired in north Etobiocke last week. And they each had a police officer beside them. The students were taking part in Ford Motor Company’s Driving Skills for Life program, which included taking a drive wearing goggles that simulate alcohol impairment. The event took place in a closed parking lot at Woodbine Racetrack. “We want to demonstrate to them that there should be a zero tolerance for impairment and driving,” said Dave Drimmie, a Ford instructor. “They’re going to run over cones, they’re going to weave in and out of the lane, they’re going to either drive very slowly or very quickly, all issues that will demonstrate to them that it’s not safe to drive a vehicle impaired.” Grade 12 student Ryan Harris said the program changed his perspective, literally. ‘everything is blurry’ “You put the goggles on and everything is blurry,” he said. “You don’t know where everything is. It shows you how hard it is to actually drive drunk and how unsafe it is.” One goggle mimics how a person sees after a couple of drinks while another after four or five drinks. “We have fun in this simulation. But it’s not fun when it’s done in your own motor vehicle,” instructor Ralph Stotschek told students. The teens were cautioned about the three d’s: drunk driving, drugged driving and distracted driving. “If you think you could do it, you’ll find out the hard way that it cannot be done,” Stotschek warned. Const. Ryan Willmer of 23 Division said he hopes the program would deter teens “from making the wrong decisions.” “It gives youth the opportunity to see what it’s really like to drive impaired.” Willmer said he has come across young drunk drivers countless times over the past decade. Their typical reaction after

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York Guardian reporter Andrew Palamarchuk, with Toronto police Const. Ryan Willmer in the passenger seat, crushes pylons as he drives off course while wearing fatal vision goggles that simulate alcohol impairment. The test is part of a workshop for high school students regarding the dangers of impaired, distracted and highspeed driving held last week on the grounds of Woodbine Racetrack.

being pulled over by the constable: “I was drinking and I thought I could drive.” “Some ended up in bad accidents and some ended up with me stopping them before they got into an accident,” said Willmer, adding there were also those who “couldn’t be charged because they died.” Seeing the carnage by impaired drivers first hand is troubling, the officer said in an interview. “It makes me think: Why isn’t the message getting out. There are so many campaigns. ... We’ve got to figure out a way to make it click. This could be it,” he said, referring to the driving skills for life program. Participants also had a lesson on vehicle handling and distracted driving and could also try on a special suit that simulates drug impairment.

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soccer, “everyone wanted to go,” Pereira said. “We were excited,” said mid-fielder Henrique Franco, a Grade 12 student. “Our coaches were always letting us know what was happening there.” The team has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise the funds needed to travel to Attawapiskat. Pereira has been communicating with staff from Vezina Secondary School and the recreation co-ordinator in Attawapiskat to organize a soccer camp, and to establish a long-lasting relationship with annual visits and an exchange program. “We’d like to set them up with a soccer field so they can play a regular season,” Romano said. The team has been collecting gently used soccer gear – uniforms, cleats, nets, balls, whistles – that members will bring with them to donate to the Attawapiskat community. Vezina school staff were receptive to the idea of Bishop

Marrocco students visiting. It took Pereira a little bit of effort to make initial contact. After phone calls and emails went unanswered, he called a church in the northern community whose priest explained the mystery. “He said, ‘They’re all on a hunting break,’” Pereira recalled. The boys are in for a culture shock, Romano said. Their hosts are organizing Culture Days in honour of the team’s visit. Funding will go toward plane tickets, new soccer equipment that will be purchased and left for Attawapiskat students and community members, and food. As far as accommodations go, the team will be bunking in sleeping bags on the Vezina gym floor. Donations of gently used or new soccer equipment can be made at Bishop Marrocco, 1515 Bloor St. W. To make a monetary donation, visit the GoFundMe page at http://bit. ly/1XxlL8w

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Ben Lovatt is the founder of the natural history museum Prehistoria and has experience wrangling reptiles – not rodents. But, that’s why a friend reached out to him when he spotted one of the two capybara escapees in High Park Sunday at night. The capybara, who has been living with another in High Park since both escaped from High Park Zoo as they

where it is likely residing,” Lovett wrote, adding that this information has been relayed to zoo staff. The capybara fugitives are having the time of their lives within High Park’s 400 acres – they’re safe and eating well, Parkdale-High Park Councillor Sarah Doucette said. “We have found tracks. We know where they are in the park,” she said. “The biggest challenge is, they’re in heaven. They’re living a very happy life.”

Staff are still leaving treats out for the South American natives. The type of feed that’s being put out has a specific scent to help lure the animals back to their zoo enclosure. City staff are still working with the Toronto Zoo and trackers to get them home. Doucette said she doesn’t want to disclose the exact location where the pair is living for fear people will traipse off the path and scare them away.

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w Friday, June 10

Junction Seniors Gathering WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Pascal’s Baguette & Bagels, 2904 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-235-0843, www.junctionra.ca/ junction-seniors/, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free The group meets twice a week at a local coffee shop for conversation, as a social network of neighbours — Tuesdays at Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W., from 10 to 11 a.m.

w Sunday, June 12

High Park Spring Planting WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Grenadier Restaurant, 200 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: highparknature. org, stewards@highparknature.org COST: Free High Park Stewards in the Tablelands are planting more than 1,000 forbes, grasses and shrubs. Meet in front of the Grenadier Restaurant and walk to the site together. All tools will be provided.

Afternoon at the Movies WHEN: 2 to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Kara, 416-394-1014 COST: Free Come and watch a fun movie at the library this PA Day. They will be watching “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens”, rated PG. Drop-in.

of St. Martin in-the-Fields, 151 Glenlake Ave. CONTACT: Ron Cheung, 416-519-0528, www.voiceschoir. com, voiceschamberchoir@yahoo.ca COST: $20; $15.00 students/seniors This is Voices Chamber Choir’s 20th anniversary season finale. Music by Palestrina, Byrd, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Stanford, Morley, and Willan. Folk songs from Canada’s East Coast and more.

w Saturday, June 11

w Sunday, June 12

Cistello and Luna: a Violin Story WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Windermere United Church, 356 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: 416769-5611 COST: $20 at the door México Contemporáneo and Windermere United Church presents an evening of classical and Mexican chamber music. Voices Chamber Choir WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Church

w Wednesday, June 15

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Choral Evensong - Royal Best WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: 416-7695686, stolaves@stolaves.ca COST: Free A Choral Evensong will be followed by Strawberry Tea. Then “Royal Best” will mark the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II with song, music, drama and poetry. All are welcome.

w Monday, June 13

West Coast Swing Lessons WHEN: 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. WHERE: Lithuanian Hall, 1573 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Jay or Sylvia, info@ TorontoSwingDanceSociety.ca COST: Full series: Members $50, Nonmembers $70. Joanna Swanson will teach Toronto Swing Dance Society’s next series of West Coast Swing Lessons. Visit http://torontoswingdancesociety.ca/ monday-classes/registration/

w Tuesday, June 14

Stop Plastic Pollution WHEN: 6:15 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: Green 13, www. green13toronto.org COST: Free Join Green 13 and Annette Library in a talk led by one of the members of StopPlastic for a talk about plastic, the problems it poses, and why plastic pollution must be stopped.

Shout Sister Choir WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Emmanuel-Howard Park United Church, 214 Wright Ave. CONTACT: Oriole Claxton, members@shoutsisterchoir. ca COST: dues You are welcome to attend a practice with no obligation and new members are welcome at any time.

w Thursday, June 16

Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers’ Market WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Maria Pia Perez, 416887-0651, dufferingrovemarket.ca, piiiaperez@gmail.com COST: Free Eat local and organic, year-round, at one of Toronto’s oldest farmers’ markets.

w Friday, June 17

Swansea Book Club WHEN: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7638, frontdesk@swanseatownhall.ca COST: Free Read any or all three books and join this group for a monthly discussion.

w Saturday, June 18

Junction Summer Solstice Festival WHEN: noon to midnight WHERE: Junction Train Platform, 2960 Dundas

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w Sunday, June 19

Plants and Flowers in High Park WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: High Park, 1873 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: highparkwalkingtours@ yahoo.ca COST: Free Naturalist Ron Luft leads a trail walk through the spring flora, exploring natural and restored areas. Meet at the benches across from Grenadier Restaurant.

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DiNovo ‘unofficially’ enters federal NDP leadership race HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo will not be paying the $30,000 fee to run as an official federal candidate for the NDP Party, she announced Tuesday. DiNovo told The Villager, her decision to run unofficially is to show those who didn’t vote NDP, especially

millennials, that politicians should stand up for their principles, and it’s not all about the money. “I’m an unofficial candidate,” she said. “I don’t have that kind of money and I don’t plan on raising it. We have to get back to the principles our party was founded on and I think there’s a real hunger for that.” DiNovo made the

announcement to run for the position previously held by Tom Mulcair at Roncesvalles United Church, surrounded by friends and family. She was one of the first NDP members to openly call for Mulcair’s resignation after the party’s defeat in the 2015 federal campaign, which pushed the party to third place. She told The Villager her

decision to throw her name in the ring came after the April NDP Convention in Edmonton, where she saw a “pulling away” from the founding principles of the party especially when it came to the $30,000 up-front cost. “There were attacks on the lead manifesto, attacks on party decisions coming from within the party and that’s when I thought what’s hap-

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Winning night at races for St. Joe’s It was a winning night at the races for the ‘St. Joe’s Plate at Woodbine Racetrack,’ which raised $125,000 in support of mental health care at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, last week. In its fourth year, the event brought together more than 325 people to support a critical priority for the hospital. Proceeds will go towards a $3-million project to expand and enhance the Mental Health Emergency Services Unit. The unit is the first point of contact for the 6,500 men, women and children who come to St. Joe’s every year in crisis due to a mental health condition. ”We have one of the busiest units in the GTA and expanding this facility means we can enhance our emergency care service and the care space so our providers can continue giving our patients the best care possible,” Dr. Jose Silveira, chief of psychiatry, said in a statement. The vision for the unit is to have eight private rooms and

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The fourth annual St. Joe’s Plate at Woodbine Racetrack on Wednesday raised $125,000 in support of mental health care at St. Joseph’s Health Centre. Canadian Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley was a special guest.

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