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The Green Line project originated out of a design competition created by Helena Grdadolnik of Workshop Architecture in 2012.

She wanted to get the community at large excited about the prospect of linking up the scattered green spaces in the area and creating a more continuous and useful piece of the public realm.

“I live in the area and my office is in the area, so I was personally really interested in seeing the spaces improved and linked,” she said. “(Parks advocacy group) Park People got involved a couple of years ago and started working with Friends of the Green Line, a group I’m still involved in, and the city at the same time started looking at investing more into its parks department.”

Grdadolnik said she simply hoped to spark conversation about the idea and, while she hoped to see some sort of plan to link the spaces come to fruition >>>GREEN, page 16

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hop to it! Children hop down to the Easter Egg Hunt during special Easter events at the Colborne Lodge Sunday. For more photos, see page 3

MPPs host town hall on climate change and The Leap Manifesto Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo and her colleague, Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Taubuns, host a town hall meeting about climate change and The Leap Manifesto.

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GEARING UP FOR EASTER: Clockwise from left, Reet colours her own Easter Bunny drawing in the arts and crafts zone at the Colborne Lodge Easter event on Sunday; children line up and practice their hopping before the Easter Egg Hunt; Naomi is happy to show off the hidden bunny she found to Catherine.

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Rob Ford succumbs to rare form of cancer at the age of 46 DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Councillor Rob Ford was amalgamated Toronto’s third mayor.

In a single term of office he transformed city government even as he sharply divided public opinion and through his personal life drew intense and often unwelcome international attention.

He died Tuesday after a long battle with a rare form of cancer.

At the time of his death, Ford, 46, was serving as Ward 2 Councillor (Etobicoke North), an office he originally assumed in 2000 at the age of just 30. It was the same year he married his high school sweetheart, Renata Brejniak.

Ford, the youngest son o f f o r m e r Pr o g re s s i v e Conser vative MPP and Etobicoke businessman Doug Ford Sr., grew up in Etobicoke, attending Scarlett Heights Secondary School where he played football, and attended Carleton University to study political science.

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the family label-making business, Deco Labels and Tags.

Ford ran for council and was elected in Ward 2. He quickly became known as a sharp critic of government spending.

From the beginning, Ford made a point of submitting annual office budget expenses totalling only $2. It later emerged he was drawing on his personal wealth to subsidize his office, leading to a change in expense rules requiring all office expenses – even those subsidized personally – be publicly declared.

He fought for small government in other ways, particularly during the council’s annual budget debate, and he became known for his combative style, often going head-to-head with colleagues.

But Ford also became known over his three terms as a city councillor as a politician who returned calls personally.

In 2010, Ford kept a promise he’d repeated for three terms and ran for mayor, after thenmayor David Miller announced he would not seek a third

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Rob Ford participates at a council meeting in 2013. The former mayor of Toronto and Etobicoke North councillor died after a long battle with cancer on Tuesday.

term. Ford handily defeated his opponents, chief among them former Liberal cabinet minister George Smitherman, despite several more scandals emerging.

Ford’s brother, Doug Ford Jr., who also managed the mayoralty campaign, was elected to council in Ward 2 that same year.

Ford ran on a simple slogan, “stop the gravy train,” arguing

the city was wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and he knew where to find savings.

During his mayoralty, Ford maintained his interest in football, coaching at Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School, frequently missing council meetings to attend games. He also operated a football charity, raising money to buy equipment for high school teams.

This latter activity nearly

cost him the mayoralty when, in 2012, he spoke against an Integrity Commissioner’s report demanding he repay donations from lobbyists made to the charity while he was a councillor. That action had Ford standing trial for conflict of interest, during which he was nearly removed from office – saved only in appeal court.

The following year, issues of substance abuse overtook the mayoralty. The Toronto Star reported Ford attended a military event inebriated, and then along with the website Gawker, revealed the existence of a video showing Ford smoking crack cocaine.

Ford repeatedly denied having done so until in the fall of that year, he reversed his position and admitted it during a scrum.

Because of remarks he made at the time, Toronto Council took the unusual steps of removing all but his statutory powers as mayor and transferring the rest to his deputy mayor Norm Kelly.

During this time Ford’s antics attracted international

attention, and Ford became a favourite target of late-night American talk shows.

Although he publicly claimed he was no longer using alcohol or drugs, Ford nonetheless continued to do so through early 2014, after registering for re-election. When more videos emerged of his behaviour, Ford signed up for a rehab program and took a leave of absence.

He returned in fighting form, but a cancer diagnosis in the summer of 2014 led to his last-minute withdrawal from the mayoral race. However, he registered for his old seat in Ward 2, while Doug Ford joined the mayor’s race.

Despite undergoing chemotherapy for two tumors in his abdomen, Ford easily won Ward 2, while Doug came in second to John Tory.

In 2015, he announced a second set of tumors had been found and entered into another round of chemotherapy, which was not successful.

Ford is survived by his mother Diane, his wife Renata, his daughter Stephanie and his son Doug, brothers Randy and Doug, and sister Kathy.

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here’s a reason Rob Ford was elected Toronto’s mayor in 2010, and it’s the same one that is now being expressed across the city as news of his death sinks in.

At the age of 46, Ford lost his battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer Tuesday morning; family members were at his side at Mount Sinai Hospital.

With his death comes an end to a controversial and, at times, bizarre run of Toronto politics. But unpacking all of that is for another day.

Today, we need to mourn and pay our respects to a man who had a profound impact on the city he loved and the people who lived in it.

While we remember Rob Ford, the politician, we must also our view remember him as a father who leaves a wife and two young chilHis love of dren, aged eight and 10. Our deep Toronto was condolences go out to them and to the entire Ford family. reciprocated From the first campaign he won as councillor in Etobicoke North back in 2000, Ford always had a populist “man of the people” persona. He was genuine with that, and people gravitated toward to it. Here was a guy who unapologetically loved his sports, and his barbecues.

Many in the city saw themselves in him: the average guy who was going to stick it to the so-called “elites” who thought Toronto was theirs to rule. Many voters loved that. And they loved Rob Ford.

He was unbeatable in every race he ran for councillor, and when he announced he would seek the mayor’s seat in 2010, many of those “elites” scoffed.

But Ford knew what they didn’t – he had deep and loyal support from those who proudly called themselves members of Ford Nation.

Some of his populist success was built on tapping into resentment by those who felt excluded by the megacity’s political system – particularly those in Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke, who felt they’d been treated as second-class citizens since amalgamation.

Ford may have exploited that feeling. A feeling which resonated with him personally.

Rob Ford was what he was, and he always fought hard for what he believed in.

He will be greatly missed by the city that he loved.

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Rob Ford: a lesson in not making assumptions I think I first met Rob Ford in former Etobicoke Councillor Doug Holyday’s office on the second floor of Toronto City Hall, back in 2000. Rob had just won an election up in Ward 2, and he’d come down to see Holyday, bringing along his big brother Doug before settling in.

It’s funny, at first I thought Doug might be the new councillor – he was the aggressively friendly one, while Rob stood politely back: smiling a bit nervously, not saying much, rocking from one foot to the other. He was an easy guy to underestimate; an easy guy not to notice. And the first time we met, I did both.

Mea culpa.

Over the 16 years between his arrival at City Hall and his death in a hospital bed just a few hundred metres north and west of it, Ford taught me otherwise.

He came to City Hall with two clear and simple objectives: if not to reduce the size of government here, then highlight where it was

david nickle the city overstuffed, and to provide customer service to his constituents. He did this both by taking lessons from his father, former Progressive Conservative MP and labelmaking entrepreneur Doug Ford Sr. He didn’t win votes at Toronto Council. But he did win votes in his northwestern Etobicoke ward, and then, improbably, across the entire city in 2010, and again in his Ward 2 stomping grounds in 2014.

His simple, straightforward narrative caught on.

It made him unbeatable, at least electorally.

Of course, Rob Ford was entirely fallible, as beatable as anyone both politically and personally.

For the first couple of years as mayor, Ford ran a tight ship on council, winning many votes and pushing his small government

agenda even when fiscal and organizational realities seemed to make that impossible.

The vehicle registration tax was repealed; former mayor David Miller’s baby Transit City, cancelled; garbage collection west of Yonge Street was contracted out. In his first year, Ford used the last Miller-era budget surplus to orchestrate a property tax freeze.

It all fell apart. But we know all about that.

His plan to build a subway on Sheppard Avenue East didn’t survive council. A conflict of interest trial nearly cost Ford his job. A video of Ford smoking crack cocaine revealed a substance abuse problem of profound and humiliating depth, along with terrible displays of rage and racism and vulgarity that put Toronto in the crosshairs of international late-night television comedy.

You could make a joke out of it, and many did. But really, it was sad and hurtful,

and at times very frightening and dangerous.

And then there was the cancer. You can’t make a joke out of that. It tortured him for awhile, teased him with hope and, as is cancer’s wont, came back for what turned out to be the kill.

The last time I talked with Rob Ford was a couple months ago, when he’d come back to City Hall in the midst of bouts of the chemotherapy that couldn’t save him. We did a little interview outside a committee room, and talked a bit.

It was a nice conversation. He told me the doctors thought the chemo was working, that he was feeling pretty dragged out and often felt quite ill, but at least this time his hair wasn’t falling out. He took that as a good sign, and I agreed it might just be.

Mea culpa.

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Become tech savvy at Jane/Dundas library The Jane/Dundas library, 620 Jane St., hosts computer and library training sessions.

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Board of health gives unanimous support for safe injection sites Next step: gathering public opinion on potential locations DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto’s Board of Health will be making the final call on the establishment of three supervised injection sites for intravenous drug users in July.

But on Monday, March 21, the board of health voted unanimously to go ahead with public consultations for those

sites, leading to a final vote on actually implementing the plan in the summer.

Consultation would see sites put at the Queen West Central Toronto Community Health Centre, the South Riverdale Community Health Centre and The Works at Toronto Public Health’s building on Victoria St. Medical Officer of Health

Dr. David McKeown told the board all three organizations now deliver extensive harmreduction programs to drug users, including dispensing clean needles.

But he said safe injection sites would add a layer of treatment and safety to the process, and also make for greater community safety as users wouldn’t be injecting themselves in

public places and leaving discarded needles.

Dr. Jurgen Rehm, director of social and epidemiological research department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, reported that based on his studies of similar programs in Switzerland, the safe injection sites will improve community safety.

“The research shows that they did not increase crime, they actually do reduce other problems like public drug use and discarded injection equipment,” he said.

Kevin Lee from the Scadding Court Community Centre

corroborated this, noting that currently his west-end neighbourhood adjacent to the Queen West Central Toronto Community Health Centre has to deal with the fallout of street drug use directly. “”We have million-dollar homes, and we have social housing,” he said. “Queen West distributes 300,000 needles and those needles go somewhere.

At Scadding Court we’re just a block down and we do our due diligence to check the playground for needles, condoms and we’re finding them on a regular basis.”

Councillor Joe Cressey

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Former Torontonian urges government to step up bedbug fight JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com After years of relentless torment, one former downtown Toronto resident is calling on all levels of government to step up their efforts in fighting the ongoing bedbug crisis.

The woman, who asked to be referred to only by her first name, Kathleen, first came into contact with the bugs while volunteering in a community centre in Regent Park six years ago.

What ensued was a living hell that led her to move to Etobicoke to get away from the insects and eventually saw her move out of Toronto altogether.

“It’s more than just bugs – after a little while, the trauma kicks in,” she said. “You don’t know what you’re up against, and you wind up going into a downward spiral.”

Kathleen said her troubles became far more severe when her landlord found a loophole to evict her after

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Toronto Community Housing tenant representative Daniel Snihur, right, rally organizer Kathleen and a bed bug protest outside Nathan Phillips Square on Queen Street Friday regarding government inactivity against bed bugs.

the bedbug problem persisted in her building. From there, she moved “from one infested building to the next” before finally winding up in

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“It’s relentless – you literally feel them crawling all over you, and you wind up with blood and fecal traces all over your mattress.”

Kathleen said she is hoping all three levels of government will step up and provide funding for scientific research to find permanent solutions to the bedbug problem. Treating the problem using current pest control methods is a mere Band-Aid, with the bugs often returning before long. “(Current treatments) cause the bedbugs to disperse, but there’s a high recurrence rate,” she said.

She noted new methods are needed, and an information campaign to let people know about the problem – particularly in high-risk areas such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes and multiunit housing – should be another top priority.

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To r o n t o Co m m u n i t y Housing resident and tenant representative Daniel Snihur, who has also felt the bite of bedbugs, joined Kathleen and fellow activist Eliza, who was dressed as a bedbug, at a protest outside Toronto City Hall last week.

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Saturday Morning Knitting WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: Free Meet with other knitters to chat as you knit. Bring your own supplies.

Regency Masquerade Ball WHEN: 4:30 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd. CONTACT: Karen Millyard, 416-578-1031, www.JaneAustenDancing.ca COST: $55 or $40 for students and seniors.

In Jane Austen’s time, masquerade balls were all the rage: sly fun, gender-bending, and daring role-play were enticing additions to the delights of dancing, live music, and colourful costumes.

This re-enactment of a Regency-era masquerade ball will also feature decorations, elegant refreshments and door prizes. Historical masquerade costumes are optional, but warmly encouraged.

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Meditate in Bloor West WHEN: 6:45 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada, 416-762-8033, info@kadampa. ca COST: $12, or $40 for four classes Each class contains guided meditations and a talk. Learn how to meditate, what is mindfulness, and how to increase concentration and wisdom to lead to profound happiness and peace of mind.

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Chinese Brush Painting for Seniors WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: Swansea Area Seniors Association, 416-392-1953, swanseaareaseniors@gmail.com COST: $100 for 10 weeks Spend Thursday mornings with an instructor to discover your artistic talent in this delicate art.

Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers’ Market WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Maria Pia Perez, 416-887-0651, dufferingrovemarket.ca, piiiaperez@gmail. com COST: Free Eat local and organic, year-round, at one of Toronto’s oldest farmers’ markets.

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It’s a river. City planner Leo deSorcy follows the flow. Meet at the benches across from Grenadier Restaurant.

Daffodil Month WHERE: Loblaws, 2280 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Anika Austrie, 416-3237152, myccsschedule.ca The Canadian Cancer Society is looking for people who can spare a few hours to help out during this critical fundraising time.

Volunteers are needed from March 31 to April 3 and April 7 to 10.

Chair Yoga Spring Session WHEN: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd. CONTACT: Virginia, fagefraser@sympatico.ca COST: $55 for 9 weeks Gentle yoga for seniors, including those with some physical limitations.

Tea & Books WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: Brian Bertrand, 416-3937671, bbertrand@ torontopubliclibrary. ca COST: Free Join librarian Caroline Ingvaldsen for

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Autism Unframed Reframed WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Creative Spirit Art Centre, 999 Dovercourt Rd. CONTACT: Ellen Anderson, 416-5888801, www.creativespirit.on.ca, csac@ creativespirit.on.ca COST: Free In honour of the United Nation’s World Autism Awareness Day, the centre presents artist Orhan Guven’s solo exhibition, Autism Unframed Reframed. The exhibit remains on view for the month of April. This transformative event works to reframe negative conceptions to positive realities about artists with autism.

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The military man, and fifth in line to the British throne, made the announcement March 16.

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LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Although it’s been eight years that Toronto-based world jazz ensemble Avataar has been performing, it was only recently the group released its first record, which it will officially debut during a March 30 show at Lula Lounge.

Led by vocalist-Saxophonist Sundar Viswanathan, Avataar will perform a selection from its new CD, christened Petal and will include all original band members and guests who recorded the album at the show.

The CD, Viswanathan said, crosses many different genres.

“It’s rooted in jazz, but is influenced by classical Indian and Brazilian music,” Viswanathan told The Villager, adding there are hints of Jimi Hendrix, Enya and John McLaughlin. “It’s a pretty eclectic sounding record.

I’ve taken my time with this record, honing the sound.”

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Viswanathan said he is looking forward to performing at Lula Lounge, known for playing international salsa, jazz and world music.

Viswanathan said he would like audiences to think of Avataar’s music as a journey.

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Green Line would connect parks along hydro corridor >>>from page 1 eventually, she acknowledged that the response was greater than she could have hoped.

“It’s really exciting to see how many people have taken it on and are interested in taking it to the next level,” she said.

The Green Line would be created in the hydro corridor from Davenport and Lansdowne to the area east of Spadina near the City of Toronto Archives. That area features nine small city parks and parkettes, some vacant lots and parking lots. It would see the creation of a much larger green area that would

benefit local residents, walkers, runners and cyclists.

“The idea is to plug the holes between the parks that exist, so instead of having a bunch of small parks along that corridor, we would have a much larger, much more usable green space,” said Jake Tobin Garrett of Park People.

The plan requires buy-in from Infrastructure Ontario, which owns the land, and the City of Toronto, which would license the space from the provincial body. Garrett said the city has stepped up with money in the 2016 budget to help make the plan a reality.

“We’ve also had conversations with Hydro One, who operate the licence for the land we need and they seem positive about the idea of us using that green space,” he said.

Some obstacles remain, including ensuring the green space is not interrupted by some of the major streets that run through the planned area.

“A lot of people already use the hydro corridor as a means to get around, but it’s not the most pleasant experience in places, especially where there are roadways you have to cross,” Garrett said,

noting that pedestrian bridges would have to be built over streets and avenues including Dovercourt, Ossington, Shaw, Christie, Bathurst, Howland, and Spadina.

While the Green Line itself still requires some funding and planning, the movement to create the space has seen the area activated with the planting of a pollinator garden, the painting of a mural on Dovercourt, a harvest festival, and other events.

“There’s already been a lot of effort that’s gone into animating and activating the Green Line,” Garrett said.

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The event, which will feature live music, food, drinks, and a silent auction, will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, March 31 at Geary Lane, 360 Geary Ave. For more information on the Green Line, including a link to buy tickets to the fundraiser, visit https:// greenlinetoronto.wordpress. com

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The City of Toronto Archives will also host an interactive exhibit showcasing the Green Line until April 2.

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Elephant Journey with Rob Laidlaw Author Rob Laidlaw recounts the fascinating story of Toka, Thika and Iringa – the last three elephants at Toronto Zoo in his new book, Elephant Journey.

Tuesday, April 19, 1:30 pm Runnymede Branch, 2178 Bloor St. West

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Thursday, April 21, 6:45 pm High Park Branch, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. Tuesday, April 26, 7 pm Annette Street Branch, 145 Annette St.

KIDS & FAMILIES Cherry Blossoms and Other Trees in the City

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Learn about the history, description and other details of the cherry blossoms and other trees living at High Park.

Wednesday, April 20, 1 pm Annette Street Branch, 145 Annette St.

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WEBINAR: www.toronto.ca/wastestrategy Waste Recovery and Residual: How to Handle Remaining Materials Tuesday, April 12. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Presentation at 7:00 p.m.

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647-400-8198

JOBSTART, rent office space to non-profit; 41 Chauncey Avenue, (Bloor/Islington), 20 minute walk from subway. 900 sq.ft., $1,700/month or 1,100 sq.ft., $2,200/month.

416-253-2715, b.mistry@jobstartworks.org

0 ALL Decks built in 1 day. Highest quality. Spring discount! Free design and estimates. Call Mike 416-738-7752 www.griffindecks.ca

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RAZNO RENOVATION. Drywall. Plastering. Plumbing. Ceramic Tiles.

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LAKEFRONT 3 BEDROOM COTTAGE (sleeps 6)

Availabity at DISCOUNTED RATES for the months of MAY, JUNE, SEPT & OCT. (SUMMER sold out).

This pet friendly cottage is situated in Haliburton Highlands, with 4 piece bath, living/dining area, well equipped kitchen and attached screened-in Muskoka room. Well looked after grassy grounds on a gentle slope down to a 300 sq ft dock on a very peaceful NO MOTOR lake. Great swimming, fishing, with 1 canoe, 3 kayaks, a peddalo, lifevests, fire-pit and games. Please email patrick@nemms.ca for rates, full photos and details. 416.564.4511

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