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WHO WANTS A RIDE? The wagon was hitched up and the horses ready to go, at High Park’s Harvest Festival on Sunday where crafts, music, activities and historic tours were on offer. See more photos on page 3.
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John Howard, original owner of High Park’s Colborne Lodge, left explicit instructions for his funeral. “He requested to be well sealed within his coffin under the tomb,” Cher yl Har t, Colborne Lodge museum coordinator, told The Villager. “It’s our assumption it was because there was the issue of grave robbing in the Victorian era.” As part of its annual Haunted High Park event, Colborne Lodge will be aglow by only candlelight while staff recount myths and legends associated with Howard, his wife Jemima, and their property, High Park. “We know from newspaper accounts how John’s coffin was laid out and draped,” Hart said. “We also have a reproduction of a poem he wrote about the tomb.” And so, a replica flag-draped casket will be set up as it would have been for his funeral while every mirror in the house will be covered – as was the tradition during the period, a reference to bodies crossing over into the afterlife. The clocks would have been stopped at the exact moment of his death and not restarted again until after he was buried. >>>JUNCTION, page 9
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Council candidates for Ward 14 square off Emotions run high over cycling, gentrification and the Queen Street West moratorium HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Emotions ran high between candidates and constituents as questions about gentrification, cycling and the moratorium on restaurants and bars along Queen Street West were asked at a Ward 14 (Parkdale-High Park) all-candidates’ debate held Tuesday night, Sept. 30, at Fern Public School. It was a full house as about 80 residents filled the cafeteria, with at least a dozen forced to stand as the RoncesvallesMa c d o n n e l l Re s i d e n t s Association (RMRA) held the first all-candidates meeting for the ward. Candidates Charmain Emerson, Tim Kirby, Gord Perks and Gus Koutroumanos were in attendance and gave opening statements, the floor then was open to residents to pose questions to candidates. Cycle Toronto’s Mary Jo Pollak posed a question asking if candidates support bike lanes in the ward. Perks mentioned he and mayoral candidate Olivia Chow came up with the city’s first bike plan and began listing off his cycling triumphs for the ward, including the contraflow on Fermanaugh, Roncesvalles bump out, and getting bike plans approved on Bloor Street West. This question led to the first of many jabs political hopeful Charmain Emerson would take at the incumbent. “I definitely support bike lanes but I support bike lanes that are carefully planned.
When I take a look at the Roncy bump outs I don’t consider that a plan that was well thought-out,” Emerson said. “And I do believe that’s happened under the current councillor, so what I say to him when he talks about a bike plan for ward 14, I say what happened there?...What happened to the planning of that? That was under Mr. Perks as our Ward 14 councillor.” The crowd then burst into applause, with some residents agreeing out loud with Emerson. Another point of contention for the candidates was regarding a business owner’s question, directed at Perks, regarding why he put forth the Queen Street West Restaurant Study to council two years ago. It’s a motion the resident deemed “a wet blanket” on economic growth of the area. Candiate Kirby agreed the area was “robbed of economic growth” and that if elected he’d get rid of it because it never should have happened. Charmaine agreed to do the same. “Queen Street West affects the entire Ward 14, that’s all of us. Where was the consultation?” Emerson asked. Perks responded by saying he did in fact speak to the businesses and complainants
about the issue. “Our practice has been to sit down with each business and come up with a good neighbourhood agreement and seven out of 10 cases that turned out really well,” Perks said. The meeting quickly became a twoperson debate with Emerson interrupting Perks during his answer portion and bringing up the closure of the Roncy’s Bean patio and pointing out that Perks doesn’t live in the ward and therefore doesn’t know the neighbourhood as well. One of the more interesting questions near the end of the debate on the mind of a few residents was what councillors plan to do about gentrification in the Parkdale neighbourhood. Koutroumanos responded by stating that gentrification isn’t a bad word and that it should be welcomed in the neighbourhood as it helps businesses come in. As a solution, he offered pooling resources with different business using one store and sharing the high rent costs. By the end of debate some residents, such as Peggy Gail, felt like candidates could have been more prepared for the meeting and answered questions a bit more in depth. Others like Luc Denil thought it was enough for the time allotted.
A HEARTY HELPING OF HARVEST FALL FESTIVAL: Clockwise from top right: Robin Sorys uses all of her might to wheel out the pumpkins at Colbourne Lodge’s Harvest Festival in High Park on Sunday; Fiddler Stephen Fuller entertains; Philip Clark stirs the apple cider as Tiffany Bartlett checks on the baked potatoes during the festivities while Eric Mok tries his hand at apple bobbing while Jennifer Wu tries to capture his efforts on camera. Staff photos/IAN KELSO
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ere’s the challenge for this municipal election to Toronto citizens: let’s keep increasing the voter turnout. In 2010, the voter turnout in the city was 50.5 per cent. While that figure may not seem impressive, it is actually the highest total in amalgamated Toronto’s election history. It is a remarkable double-digit increase from the 2006 municipal election total of 39.3 per cent. It’s also more than 12 per cent higher than the 2003 vote. So was the election that swept Rob Ford into the mayor’s chair just a spike or a sign of a more engaged populace? We hope it’s the latter. Stronger voter turnouts mean more people are heard from and a more accurate portrayal of the city’s desires is presented for our repreour view sentatives to act upon. So how can increased engagement happen? Make sure your Know that multiple voting voice is heard options are available. If your schedule is tight on Oct. 27, Oct. 27 advance polls run – one location in each ward – from Oct. 14 to 19. While online voting in Toronto is not yet a reality, one location in each of the city’s 44 wards is equipped with a Voter Assist Terminal that will be available for both the advance vote and on election day. The city’s website, toronto.ca, lists accessibility information for all voting locations. Secondly, check to see that you’re registered. Paper cards are being sent in the mail to 1.6 million eligible voters this week. Citizens can also check the eligible voters list or get on it by visiting www.toronto.ca/ myvote Finally, and most importantly, there are no shortage of issues – city-wide and neighbourhood-focused – for citizens to explore. If you live in the city, there is something out there that impacts you. Visit our election website at insidetoronto. com/2014torontovotes to familiarize yourself with the candidates and the issues. If you don’t find that a concern is being voiced, why not voice it yourself? Elections are the perfect opportunity to do exactly that. There’s less than three weeks to go until Election Day, and less than a week before advance voting begins. Whenever you do it, whomever you cast your ballot for, make sure your voice is heard.
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ohn Tory’s plan for surface subway rail has been getting a lot of attention over the past months of the mayoral campaign – much of it skeptical. Indeed, Tory’s opponents have been attempting to use this rapid transit plan as their primary means of transporting themselves ahead of the popular Tory in the polls. They have good reason to: Tory is extolling the feasibility of his transit-for-nothing plan like a Revival-tent preacher. The financial plan for it is built primarily on his faith that Toronto development might continue to boom over the next decade or so as it has in the past – and that in particular it will boom around specific transportation nodes. For the western portion of the run, through Etobicoke, Tory places his faith in engineers to lay new track around, under and (who knows?) over houses and community facilities and roadways to complete the whole grand vision. So assuming that the
david nickle the city whole thing goes ahead, and Tory’s faith is not rewarded – Toronto could be paying back a shortfall in funding to a city-spanning ‘surface subway’ that will wreak havoc on a west-end community ruing the day they turned their back on the Ford family. There is, however, a more likely outcome should Tory prevail in the Oct. 27 election: the realities of economics, politics and engineering will make the whole-cloth plan Tory’s pitching now impossible. To begin with, there is that tax increment financing (TIF) plan, which relies on the marginal increase in property taxes from a large amount of new development. Even if the rules permit it and the development bears out Tory’s projections, there will be significant political problems in actually collecting the cash. The TIF scheme will keep tax
dollars away from municipal services associated with the growth, and more significantly could keep funding away from the province’s education system. And of course engineers are not magicians: the problems raised by Olivia Chow on the back of that napkin a couple of weeks ago are significant. Tunnelling for what could be kilometres through the loamy soil of Etobicoke will increase the financial cost of the operation; tearing through neighbourhoods and roadways will incalculably inflate the political cost. Now, Tory will still want to do something to fulfill his mandate, and even if a majority of skeptics are elected to council, he will be bound to use political capital to see that something through. He might be able to do so. One could imagine, for instance, a compromise SmartTrack plan that avoids all that west-end trouble entirely, by not going there at all and concentrate on beefing up and accelerating the electrification of the
GO Stouffville line through Scarborough, extending it slightly to the west to Liberty Village and up to the Bloor subway line. Doing so would provide rapid transit to parts of Scarborough that don’t have it now, and also deal with the considerable transportation infrastructure deficit in the busting-at-the-seams new neighbourhood of Liberty Village, while avoiding many, though not all, of those costly engineering problems. Which means that the whole scheme need not rely so heavily on the worrying TIF plan. It would also, in the strictest sense of the word, represent a broken promise. But since Mayor Rob Ford claimed that the Scarborough subway compromise following from the failure of his Sheppard subway plan was a “promise made, promise kept,” the term ‘promise’ has taken a certain elasticity. David Nickle is The Villager’s city hall reporter. His column appears Thursdays. Reach him on Twitter: @DavidNickle
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Four Villages hosts community health week Four Villages Community Health Centre hosts a Community Health and Wellbeing Week event Friday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tour both its sites with refreshments and a Nordic Pole walk in between. A welcome tour will take place at 1700 Bloor St. W. and 3446 Dundas St. W. at 11:45 a.m. Call 416-604-0640. Learn about saving the savannah in high park The High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr., hosts a family nature walk, Save Our Savannah, Saturday, Oct. 11 at 1:30 to 3 p.m. Learn about the plants and animals that make this habitat unique. Explore the savannah and help restore it. This event is suitable for all ages. The cost is $2 to $5 per person suggested donation. Visit www.highparknaturecentre.com
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Literary Speed Dating WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Bloor/ Gladstone library, 1101 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: 416-393-7674 COST: Free Looking for love in all the wrong places? Would you rather curl up with a good book than brave the bar scene? Why not try the library instead. Meet other singles in a friendly, fun and casual environment. Bring your favourite book (or DVD or CD) as a conversation starter. For adults age 30 and up. Registration is required.
Disruption Free Screening WHEN: 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: Jane/ Dundas Library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: 416-394-1014 COST: Free Greek 13 and Jane/Dundas library present screening and discussion of Disruption Free. Women’s History Month WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: 416-392 1954, rontdesk@swanseatownhall.ca COST: Free For their third annual Women’s History Month celebration, Swansea Town Hall and the Swansea Memorial Library jointly present a double bill of two fascinating films on Canada’s first women of aviation: Rosies of the North and The Lost Garden.
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West Bend Community Association WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Indian Rd Crescent Public School, 285 Indian Road Cres. CONTACT: 647-478-8457, info@ thewestbend.ca COST: Free The West Bend Community Association (east of Keele and North of Bloor to CPR tracks) monthly residents meeting. New members welcome.
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Autumn Sketchbook: Lessons in Colour WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: High Park Nature Centre, 416-392-1748, ext. 2, naturecentre@highpark.org COST: $150 for three sessions With the skilled instruction of botanical artist Nellie Sue Potter, and the colourful medium of your choice (colour pencils, pastels, watercolours) you will learn how to sketch various fall subjects. Continues Sunday, Oct. 19: 1 to 4 p.m and Tuesday, Oct. 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. Small Business Network: Shelley Town WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Bloor/Gladstone library, 1101 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: 416-393-7674 COST: Free Bloor/Gladstone is hosting an ongoing Small Business Network for small business owners, entrepreneurs and those wishing to start their own business. This month’s session features Shelley Town, the owner of TOWN, a retail card and design store on Bloor Street West in Bloordale.
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Junction Seniors Gathering WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Pascal’s Baguette and Bagels, 2904 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-2350843, www.junctionra.ca/junction-seniors/, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free A social network of neighbours meets for conversation: Tuesday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. at Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W., and Friday afternoons 2 to 3 p.m. at the above location. All welcome. Toronto Swing Dance Society WHEN: 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Lithuanian Hall, 1573 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: info@TorontoSwingDanceSociety.ca COST: Members $10, non-members $15 Toronto Swing Dance Society is hosting its next dance. Evening includes all styles of swing dancing plus West Coast lessons by Sean Browne. Music is 1/3 West Coast Swing, 1/3 East Coast Swing, 1/3 Two-Step, Latin, Hustle. No partner required. Beginners welcome.
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WARD 17: Councillor faces off against community activist DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Ward 17 Councillor Cesar Palacio and community activist Alejandra Bravo hammered hard at each other in an all-candidates’ debate at the Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre Oct. 2. The two are facing off for the third time in the municipal race for Ward 17 – and could also be facing one another in court, as Palacio’s lawyer served the Bravo campaign with a libel notice on the weekend over a piece of literature alleging Palacio had voted to cut the public library budget. Bravo has said the information was not distributed on behalf of her campaign. Based on that, the allcandidates’ debate, which happened at the tail end of a mayoral debate at the community centre, was predictably raucous, as Bravo went
after Palacio’s record as a supporter of the Rob Ford administration. Bravo accused Palacio of “creating a new tax for Scarborough,” when he supported the Scarborough subway property tax levy to replace the aging Scarborough RT with a subway rather than light rail. “I think it’s the wrong project,” Bravo said. “The project that was cancelled wasn’t going to be a streetcar, it was going to be on its own right-of-way.” Bravo went on to point out the light rail option was already funded by the province. “Now we’re being asked to pay for something the province was going to build anyway,” she said. “It’s going to put so much pressure on the TTC.” Palacio defended his decision, pointing to the St. Clair streetcar that was going by
outside the St. Clair Avenue West community centre. “Residents in Wa rd 1 7 k n ow what happens w h e n L RTs g o through,” he said, adding Scarborough didn’t deserve that. Bravo also continued to press Palacio’s position on public libraries, and his support of an overall 10 per cent cut to the public library system. “The reality is that Cesar Palacio and the Ford administration wanted 10 per cent cuts from libraries,” she said. “He talked about DVDs and magazines being maybe a frill.” Palacio read out his libel statement and maintained he is “passionate about libraries.” “I never voted to cut 10 per cent from libraries,” Palacio said. “That is nothing but
a smear campaign.” Palacio then went on to talk about the public transit improvements that he had supported in the ward, but was interrupted by hecklers who shouted “Talk about libraries!” Candidate Saeed Selvam, also on the floor for the debate, tried to distance himself from the race between Bravo and Palacio. “Do you want the next four years to be like this?” he said, following a particularly harsh exchange between the other two candidates. “We’ve had this problem for the last 11 years.” But the struggle continued, as Palacio was asked about cuts to emergency services in the area. He was heckled when he defended the cuts as “efficiencies, not cuts,” and
Bravo took the opportunity to note Palacio’s support for cutting the land transfer tax. “The truth is that we should be very afraid of what’s coming next,” she said. “We need to ask very clearly why Cesar supports cutting the land transfer tax. What will we cut next? I will make sure I’m not depriving the city of needed funds. This, my friend, is not gravy.” Bravo was confronted by a member of the audience who questioned her assertion that service was cut on the Dufferin bus route. “Where do you get your facts?” demanded the resident. “This councillor did cut bus service across the city,” Bravo said. “Some has been handed back, but for many years residents were squished like sardines.” Other members of the audience heckled Bravo, but she responded: “It’s just part
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their private and collective fears through the darkened streets of Toronto. Adults, youth, and courageous children are invited to help build masks, puppets, imagery and shrines, which will be paraded through the streets during the event. Participation is free, and there is no experience necessary. Visit www.facebook.com/clayandpaper for details. n The Junction Business Improvement Area (BIA) hosts its annual Pumpkin Fest Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Junction train platform, Dundas Street West at Pacific Avenue. There will be pumpkin carving from 2 to 6 p.m. and pumpkin-themed activities and treats at participating businesses all day. Visit www. junctionbia.ca for details.
n The Bloor West Village BIA, in support of St. Joseph’s Health Centre, hosts the Toronto West Halloween Fest, Sunday, Oct. 26. This event takes place in Bloor West Village between Armadale Avenue and Runnymede Road from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and includes a costume parade and street festival with a live performance by singer/songwriter Jully Black. Dress up and take part in the festivities and treats in support of the hospital’s Just for Kids Clinic. Visit torontowesthalloweenfest.ca for details. n The 19th annual Twilight Pumpkin Float in High Park takes place Sunday, Oct. 26 from 4 to 6 p.m. Meet at the wading pool in the northwest corner of High Park, just west of the main High Park entrance at Bloor Street West and High Park Avenue. A minimum donation of $2.50 to carve a pumpkin and set it afloat. Proceeds will send a class from a high needs school on a field trip to the High Park Nature Centre this fall. Contact highparknature. com for further details.
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Runnymede Healthcare Centre hooking up with west-end hospitals to provide rehab services Runnymede Healthcare Centre and Trillium Health Partners (THP) have joined forces to improve access to health-care services for patients who need extended rehabilitation therapy. This collaboration will see THP – comprised of Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre – refer patients who require slow-stream rehabilitation after treatment or surgery
to 33 protected beds at Runnymede hospital, which has been providing care to medically complex patients for more than 70 years. T h e h o s p i t a l ’s L o w Tolerance Long Duration R e h a b i l i t a t i o n ( LT L D Rehab) program offers a slower-paced, less intensive approach to rehab to help patients transition from acute care back into the community. “The continued growth
to receive the right care in the right place at the right time.” The LTLD rehab program has helped lower the average length of stay of rehab patients to 55 days, significantly lower than the average of 90 to 120 days. For THP, the partnership provides much-needed capacity. On any given day, the hospital has as many as 70 to 100 patients admitted and waiting
and success of the LTLD rehab program at Runnymede speaks to the increased need that exists for this type of specialized care in the community,” said Connie Dejak, president and CEO in a statement. “Both Runnymede and Trillium Health Partners share a strong commitment to excellence in clinical care, and this partnership provides us with another avenue to ensure that patients continue
for an available bed. By offering access to LTLD rehab at Runnymede, more patients at THP will be able to receive faster access to highquality care and transition back into the community. “Our priority is to provide patients with the right care, in the right place, at the right time. To do so, we must look beyond the walls of our own hospital and partner in new and unprecedented ways to provide the highest quality
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to host a cheering section >>>from page 1 been running for 10 years. Last May, Burns ran in the Toronto Good Life marathon and was deemed the fastest female dressed as a boxer, garnering her first Guinness World Record. “I like to test my limits,” she said about her love of running. Running in a costume makes a marathon more difficult, Burns admitted, but “it’s what makes it unique.” She certainly attracts attention from her fellow runners. “It’s a great way to raise awareness about a cause,” said Burns, who moved to the High Park area two years ago from London for its running scene. Friends of High Park Zoo, on behalf of the neighbourhood of Swansea-Bloor West Village-High Park, will host a
neighbourhood cheering section at Ellis Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard between 8:45 and 11:15 a.m. There will be a DJ, live entertainment, including a local family who sings a four-part harmony, according to Friends of High Park Zoo vice-chair Simone Stock. Burns will be running along with three other ‘neighbourhood champions.’ Charles Jewell, a life-long High Park area resident, who as a kid recalls feeding the deer. Now, it’s a popular destination for his family, including his wife Anetta and children Holly and Max. “We are truly lucky to have such an amazing park and a fully functioning free zoo in our own neighbourhood,” Jewell said in a statement. “Where else can you see colourful peacocks, energetic Mouflon sheep or stately yaks
a couple blocks from your house?” Sean Russell lives near High Park and has been taking his children to the zoo since before they could walk – his eldest is 15. This year will be Russell’s fourth Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Mike Hassan may not live in the neighbourhood, but he’s been visiting the zoo since before he could walk. The downtown resident started running five years ago and will be running his second waterfront marathon. For further information and to make a pledge in the name of these runners competing in support of the High Park Zoo, visit http:// bit.ly/1ylYw6N
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That’s what Susan and Gary did. “Almost three years ago, we were told Gary had cancer. We thought he only had six weeks to live. Today, he is doing great,” says Susan. “The team of angels at St. Joe’s – Janet Galbraith, Dr. Rania Lingas and the staff in the Oncology Clinic – are so caring. It’s because of them that he is doing so well today.” Has someone at St. Joe’s made a difference in your life? Join Susan and Gary and say thank you by making a gift to recognize them this Thanksgiving. They will be honoured through our My St. Joe’s Circle Program.
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Recalling the great flood 60 YEARS LATER, WE RECALL IN IMAGES THE HURRICANE OF OCT. 15, 1954 HURRICANE
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hough the initial forecast for that Oct. 15 in 1954 said the storm would dissipate, Hazel’s power intensified rapidly, hitting Toronto with 285 millimetres of rain in 48 hours and winds that gusted up to 110 kilometres per hour. Eighty-one people were killed. 1. People watch the rushing waters of the Humber River (TRCA); 2. Firefighters and civilians descend upon the crushed remains of the Kingsway-Lambton fire truck. Five of the nine men on board died when it became stuck on a flooded street and overturned, tossing the men into the water (TRCA); 3. Thirty-five people were killed on Raymore Drive in Weston during Hurricane Hazel. When the Humber River burst its banks and tore away a footbridge, the waters of the Humber were redirected through the neighbourhood. The flood washed away 39 per cent of the street, shown here, taking those lives with it. (Toronto Star) 4. The Monday, Oct. 18, 1954 edition of the Toronto Daily Star was full of hurricane aftermath stories, including one about the ‘storm orphan’ Nancy Thorpe, a four month-old baby (at top left). A fire chief was helping to evacuate a family in Long Branch, Etobicoke and took the baby after she was handed to him by her mother. He carried her across the road and when he turned back to assist the rest of the family, the house had floated out to the lake (Toronto Star); 5. Watching the Humber River churn (Weston Historical Society); 6. Barton’s Boat House on the Humber River was destroyed (James V. Salmon/City of Toronto Archives); 7. The Humber River flows up and over the Old Albion Road bridge (James V. Salmon/City of Toronto Archives).
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WHAT A FANTASTIC FALL! Together, with the support of our sponsors, friends and neighbours who either golfed or cycled for St. Joe’s, more than $450,000 was raised to support great care close to home. FALL CLASSIC
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Road closures coming to Bathurst and Dundas for streetcar, road, city work Another reconstruction project is scheduled to begin at a busy downtown intersection, this time at Bathurst Street and Dundas Street West. Starting Tuesday, Oct. 14, expect various road closures along Bathurst from north of Queen Street West to south of Dundas, including a full closure of Bathurst and Dundas for over two weeks in November, as city and TTC crews complete watermain, as well as streetcar track and road repairs. QUEEN’S QUAY STREETCAR TO RESUME After many months, Harbourfront streetcar service is set to finally resume on a new right-of-way along Queen’s Quay. Waterfront riders have had to rely on buses between Union Station and Exhibition Loop as construction of the new dedicated tracks, part of Waterfront Toronto’s hundred million dollar Queen’s Quay revitalization, dragged on.
w THANK YOU TO THE OVER 400 PEOPLE WHO HIT THE GREENS OR CYCLED FOR ST. JOE’S. You are helping your community Health Centre take care of you, your family and friends. Thanks for supporting St. Joseph’s Health Centre! FALL CLASSIC SPONSORS
rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT The work was also delayed because of last year’s major winter storm as well as unanticipated replacement of aged watermain infrastructure below the street. Both the 509 and 510 streetcars resume regular waterfront service as of Sunday, Oct. 12. ROADS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL wMAKING
City staff from various departments met this week to collaborate on developing guidelines for future Complete Streets policies. About 450 people from various city departments, including Planning, Transportation Services and Toronto Public Health, were expected to take part in a workshop Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park to learn more about Complete Streets, the
notion that roadways should be open to all forms of transportation including walking and cycling, according to Nancy Smith Lea, director for the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT). LAUNCHES wCITY CONTEST FOR BIKE APP
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