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SPRAY PAINT SCENE: Artist Aaron Li-Hill is nearing the completion of a huge mural that hundreds of people will see each day as they drive north and south on Parkside Drive under The Queensway bridge just north of Lake Shore Boulevard. Aaron is working with a group called ‘Collective Spaces’ on the project.
Be vigilant to keep safe: police LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com
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After reporting this week that incidents of break and enters in the Bloor West Village area
peaked this summer, police are asking residents to remain vigilant about their safety. Rob Tajti, 11 division crime analyst, reported a more than 25 per cent increase in break
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and enters since last year at a community safety meeting on Monday. Between July and August, there were as many as 30 to 40 reported incidents, the officer
told residents who packed St. Pius X Catholic School’s gymnasium at the corner of Bloor West and Jane streets. Several of those break and enters took >>>RESIDENTS, page 15
Roncesvalles Village’s “Grand Dame”, the Revue Cinema. “is ready for its close-up,” says film critic Geoff Pevere. Pevere, a Revue advocate, stars in a video short plugging the newly launched crowdfunding campaign ‘Renew the Revue.’ One of the country’s oldest movie houses, the cinema is desperately in need of a facelift, said Mark Ellwood, Revue Film Society board member. “Like your house, you’ve got to keep fixing things,” Ellwood told The Villager earlier this week at the theatre located at 400 Roncesvalles Ave. The century-old cinema requires major interior upgrades to its ticket lobby, main lobby and auditorium, including lighting, wall treatments, doors, walls, floors and plumbing. “Our key element is to make the place more functional, to spruce up the bathrooms and fix the front facade of the theatre,” said Joe Ward, another >>>CAMPAIGN, page 7