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Politicians, activists gather at meeting saying they won’t back down from issue LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Following a march from the GE-Hitachi uranium plant at Lansdowne Avenue and Dupont Street, a capacity crowd of protesters filled the Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre sanctuary for what organizers are calling the first of many meetings to come about the nuclear facility. Decked out in costume, the “Raging Grannies,” a group of older women who use song to protest and raise awareness of environmental and social justice issues, kicked off the Nov. 15 meeting that
brought out local politicians from all levels of government, as well as several guest experts. “If you love your neighbourhood, no uranium... Kick GE out for good, no uranium,” sang the trio to rousing applause. Facilitated by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance’s Angela Bischoff, the meeting brought together a host of speakers, including Roy Brady, from SAGE, Safe and Green Energy Peterborough and Council of Canadians, who spoke about public consultations to hold GE Nuclear to account; Kyra BellPasht from CELA, the Canadian Environmental Law Association >>>GE-HITACHI, page 5
Clean Train Coalition files lawsuit against Metrolinx RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Two west-end residents’ groups are taking different tacks in their battle to electrify an upcoming air rail link (ARL). Both the Clean Train Coalition and the Junction Triangle Rail Committee object to the province’s intention of running diesel trains along a planned rail spur linking
Pearson International Airport with Union Station via the Georgetown South GO rail corridor. Instead of diesel, which they fear will lead to long-term negative health effects for residents, the groups want clean electric trains running on the link instead when it opens in 2015. And they dismiss assurances by Metrolinx, the province’s transit planning body, the >>>JUNCTION, page 8
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CLOTHING DRIVE: Members of the Brownies and Toronto police kick off their winter clothing drive at 11 Division on Friday. Supt. Peter Lennox (foreground) with left to right, Staff Sgt. Phil Andel, John Dixon of the 11 Division Community Police Liaison Commitee (CPLC), Const. Quincy Mason, Jack Fava of the CPLC and Linda Martin committee co-chair, check out some of the donations.
Brock Public School celebrates 125th anniversary LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com It’s not every day that an elementary school turns 100 let alone 125 years old. Yet, Brock Public School has stood
the test of time in more ways than one. It was in 1887 that the kindergarten to Grade 8 school opened in the Dufferin and College streets area. Comprised of just four classrooms, it had four teachers and a student population of 202.
Graduate Leo Darmitz, who attended Brock from 1945 to 1952 and still has a soft spot for his old alma mater, says the school was one of the first in Toronto to have an intercom system and a library. >>>PUBLIC, page 19