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LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Friends of High Park Zoo spokesperson Simone Stock is calling on local residents to cheer their “guts out” at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday.

The organization is hosting a Neighbourhood Cheering & Entertainment Centre starting at 8:45 a.m. during the marathon in support of its “champion runners” Charles Jewell, Supporters will be dressed in Sean Russell, Amanda Tayles costume as and Jeff Todd they run, and and Bridget raise funds, in Burns, who support of are all raising HIgh Park zoo pledge money in support of the zoo.

Burns is running in a peacock costume to help improve her chances at winning a Guinness World Record. This will be her third attempt. Her previous records were for the fastest marathoner dressed as a boxer and the fastest marathoner dressed as a zookeeper – both in 2014.

“The peacock has become symbolic of High Park since >>>runners, page 16

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star wars reads: Julia Di Crosta, 2, plays light sabre with her father Rob during Star Wars Reads Day at the Jane/Dundas Branch Library on Saturday.

Fire Song closes out imagineNATIVE film fest Bloordale filmmaker’s feature tells story of gay Anishnabe teenager following sister’s suicide LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com First Nations filmmaker Adam Garnet Jones’ full-length feature

celebrated its world premier at the Toronto International Film Festival to audience members who told him they have lived a variation of the movie protago-

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At the centre of ‘Fire Song’ is Shane, a gay Anishnabe teenager who lives in Northern Ontario and who is struggling to support

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Instead of heading off to university in the fall with his >>>writing, page 8

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Spotlight shines on Mexican composers at concert series LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com As part of its Fall Concert Series, Windermere United Church presents an evening of works by “outstanding” Mexican composers, such as Manuel Ponce, and poetry by literary greats, like Octavio Paz. The concert “is something I’ve wanted to do since we moved here from Mexico,” classical violinist Paulina Derbez told The Villager.

Derbez, a Mexico City native, has called Bloor West Village home since moving to Toronto with her husband in 2005. The couple has a seven-yearold daughter. The family has belonged to the Windermere United Church congregation for more than a year.

“We started the concert series last spring at Windermere,” Derbez said.

“The response was really great.”

The local church, with support from the Mexican Global Network Toronto Chapter presents ‘Mexico: From the Baroque to the Contemporary’ with the Monarca Ensemble, Saturday, Oct. 17. The concert will help launch the Mexican Global Network Toronto Chapter’s new Mexican cultural platform ‘Contemporary Mexico,’ Derbez said.

“This is a very unique event since Mexican chamber music is not very known in Toronto,” she said. “This new platform will include a cultural exchange between Mexican artists living in Canada and in Mexico where the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries will be promoted in Canada.”

Derbez is performing as part of the Monarca Ensemble, alongside pianist Maria Rosales, a Mexican National Youth Prize winner, and cellist Naomi Barron, a principal musician with the Britt Festival Orchestra.

This is an important concert for Windermere United, Rev. Alexa Gilmour said.

“The poet, Emily Dickinson, once said ‘tell all the truth, but tell it slant’ and music speaks the truth of our collective human experience in a way that touches our hearts and leaves a lasting impression,” she said. “Windermere loves to be part of

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Internationally known Violinist Paulina Derbez, a Mexico City native, brings the music of her homeland to Windermere United Church as part of its fall concert series on Saturday.

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events that bring community together for these shared moments of beauty.”

Derbez fell in love with Toronto when she performed at Harbourfront Centre in 2004. The following year, she moved here with her Australian husband, who happened to live in Toronto as a child. Two months later, she joined the Ontario Philharmonic.

She said she tries to go back to Mexico to visit family twice a year.

In 2013, Mexico’s magazine Quién named Derbez one of the “50 celebri-

ties that are transforming Mexico.”

A Toronto daily newspaper named her one of the “Top 10 most successful Mexicans in Canada.”

Derbez was introduced to music when her grandmother gave her family a piano; one of her sisters would give her the occasional lesson.

But it wasn’t until Derbez’s mother discovered a forgotten violin in the depths of a closet and asked her daughter if she’d like to take classes that Derbez’s love affair with the instrument began. She studied at the Yuriko Kuronuma Academy in Mexico City before travelling to Lugano, Switzerland to complete her training at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana.

Derbez has performed concerts around the world, in Japan, Colombia, France, Italy, Germany, Canada and Mexico, as a soloist and with chamber and symphony orchestras. She is the creator of the ‘Conscious Musician’ music teaching method and the author of a book of the same name.

The concert takes place at Windermere United Church, 356 Windermere Ave. , Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.

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Former Toronto mayor John Sewell discusses new book Former Toronto mayor John Sewell talks about his new book at libraries and events across the city through until December.

How We Changed Toronto chronicles the 12-year transformation of civic life in the city from 1969 to 1980.

Sewell describes the conflictfilled decade when Toronto developed a new approach to city government, civic engagement and planning policies.

After being mayor, Sewell chaired an Ontario Royal Commission on land-use policies, taught at Osgoode, worked as a columnist for The Globe and Mail and NOW Magazine and also wrote books on city planning and police.

Sewell’s speaking schedule is as follows: n Oct. 21, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood Rd. N.; n Oct. 28, starting at 7:30 p.m.

North Toronto Historical Society, Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd.; n Oct. 29,, 8 to 9 p.m. Magna Carta Exhibit at Fort York;

n Nov. 1 starting at 2 p.m. 40th annual City of Toronto Book Awards at Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W.; n Nov. 18, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E.; n Nov. 25, 6:30 to 8 p.m. High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave., and n Dec. 1, 7 to 8 p.m. St. Lawrence Library, 171 Front St. E.

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an there be too much of a good thing? This summer and fall’s 11-week federal election campaign makes a persuasive argument when it comes to democracy.

The campaign that began in the dog days of August is now nearly finished. Some readers will have already cast their ballots in advance polls over the Thanksgiving weekend. The rest of us will put this campaign to rest Oct. 19. And then it will be done: Canada will have a new government, or at least a new set of party caucuses that will be empowered to sort out who that new government will be. And what for the rest of us? Well, we are probably in for a long period of recovery from this our view campaign that has been notable for its vitriol and divisiveness.

Get out and For two-and-a-half months, well-funded political parties have vote for your been flooding our attention with assertions, often about one values Oct. 19 awful another, and all too often about ourselves. This may or may not win an election, but it certainly corrodes a country. Canadians have held a view of this country as inclusive and welcoming. While none of us are naïve enough to assume bigotry is absent, we have managed through, if nothing else, our legendary good manners, to hold that bigotry at least somewhat in check. We’ve done so also with the help of our leadership, who have through our history celebrated the country’s diversity, and gently chided outlying purveyors of hate, fear and division.

Through this long election, we have been without that sort of leadership, or indeed any leadership. The Conservative government has rested in caretaker mode, busily defending itself against two strong contenders in the Liberals and the New Democrats. We are rudderless in this storm of ugliness.

It’s something we can all consider as we cast our ballots. Are we choosing based on our own values, our own hopes for our federation, our communities and our families? Or are we slipping into fear and disdain and basing our choices on that?

What motivates us may not make a difference to the outcome of this election. But it behooves us to remember: in making up our minds about our government, we are also making up our minds about ourselves. Remember to vote Oct. 19.

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Government ads must deliver substance To the editor: Each week more than 1,000 English and French community newspapers – including the nine published by Metroland Media Toronto, which is a member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association – go about the business of telling stories that matter to the communities they serve.

We are at your rinks and schools. We are at your school board and council meeting.

We are at the scene when tragedy strikes. We celebrate your milestones. Our job is to cover your community. And we are good at it.

We are in towns big and small. Some community newspapers circulate well in excess of 100,000 copies. Some are in the hundreds. It may surprise you that each week, more than 20 million copies of community newspapers are distributed across the country.

Independent research shows that more than 70 per cent of Canadians read their community paper.

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strength, ours is a medium easy to ignore. Because we focus on Canada one community at a time, we lack the sex appeal of other media. We’ve seen our share of federal government advertising gradually erode over the years. Our regional and national associations have met with government MPs, opposition MPs, cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats to promote our case. We are always met with courtesy and a promise that things will get better.

Well things are not getting better.

So despite it being contradictory to everything we believe in journalistically, the time has come to tell you. In short, the federal government is all but ignoring your community newspapers. We believe this means the federal government is ignoring you and your community’s right to be informed about programs and services offered by the Government of Canada. In the last fiscal year, the federal government spent $75 million on advertising.

More than $26 million of that went to TV ads, while another

$15.5 million went to Internet advertising – an industry dominated by American-based companies like Google and Facebook. Creating ads and paying ad agencies ate away another $10 million. Radio advertising cost just under $7 million.

By comparison, community newspapers saw a paltry $867,000 in total advertising from Ottawa – or an average of about $25 per week per newspaper. The way in which your government uses your money to communicate with you is very telling. TV and Internet ads work to build brand, not to inform. Your community newspaper generates debate and serves as a forum for discussion – and is also one of the few places where local MPs actually receive editorial coverage outside election season.

The federal government knows it, too. The Prime Minister Stephen Harper government spent $1.25 million with a company called NewsCanada to create its own stories, stories it offers for free to print and broadcast outlets. The majority

of these government-approved stories are never published.

But you and I paid for them.

It is disconcerting the federal government spent 50 per cent more creating its own news than the total advertising buy in Canadian newspapers.

The federal government strategy appears to be that it’s more important to make pretty ads than to put relevant information about programs in front of readers of community newspapers. They’re telling you they’d rather give your tax dollars to Facebook and Google than Canadian-based companies that invest in local journalism. If the federal government continues to ignore our community newspapers, some communities may lose them. When that happens a vital voice is silenced.

If you believe, as we do, that government should invest in meaningful communication with citizens through community newspapers, we ask you to help us by contacting your local candidates.

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Legends and ghost stories at Haunted High Park Visit Colborne Lodge and its grounds and hear about legends and ghost stories that have been told about the lodge and High Park.

Co l b o r n e L o d g e h o s t s Haunted High Park Friday, Oct. 23, Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31. The event is suitable for ages 13 and older.

Children under 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Tickets are $17.50 plus tax, and refreshments are included.

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Join author Glenn Turner for a discussion about his book, The Toronto Carrying Place: Rediscovering Toronto’s Most Ancient Trail, Saturday, Oct. 24.

In the book, Turner documents his three-day walk along the route of the old portage from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe, searching for traces of the path and for its influence on today’s cityscapes and landscapes.

Famous in its day, the Toronto Carrying Place was the road to glory, riches and often violent death for thousands of travellers.

The event takes place at the Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor St. W. from 2 to 3 p.m.

and discuss her approach to memoir writing.

She’ll be at Annette Library, 145 Annette St., Tuesday, Oct. 27 from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. For details, contact 416-393-7692.

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The Jane/Dundas Library hosts a Halloween Howl Family Night Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Come in costume ready to scare up a ‘howling good time.’

Shiver to scary stories, go on a pumpkin hunt and make your very own batty headband. This event, at the library at 620 Jane St., is for families with children ages six and up.

Call 416-394-1014 for details.

The Twilight Pumpkin Float takes place Sunday, Oct. 25 in High Park.

Meet at the wading pool in the northwest corner of the park, just west of the entrance at Bloor Street West and High Park Avenue at 4 p.m.

Come carve a pumpkin and set it afloat with other ghoulish gourds. The cost is a minimum of $2.50 donation for the cost of a pumpkin.

Call 416-392-1748 for details.

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Local writer Diane Bracuk, winner of the PRISM international 2015 creative non-fiction award, will read from her awardwinning story Doughnut Eaters

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Discuss early spring bulbs in Swansea The Swansea Horticultural So c i e t y h o s t s a m e e t i n g Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. The meeting takes place in the Roussea Room at 7:30 p.m., and the topic will be early spring bulbs.

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T h e Ju n c t i o n Bu s i n e s s Improvement Area (BIA) hosts the Junction BIA Pumpkinfest Saturday, Oct. 30.

The event takes place at the train platform, 2960 Dundas St. W., just east of Pacific Avenue, from 2 to 6 p.m.

There will be pumpkins and carving, kids’ activities and treats.

Visit junctionbia.ca for details.

Volunteers needed for Leading to Reading Adults, seniors and students (Grade 9 and up) are needed for one or more hours per week to provide reading help for children in grades 1 to 6 at Annette Street Library.

The Leading to Reading program takes place Tuesday and Thursday after 4 p.m. at the branch, 145 Annette St. Call 416-393-7962 for more.

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Fire Song has been chosen as the closing gala film at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, Sunday, Oct. 18 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

The movie was a six-year endeavor for Garnet Jones, who not only directed, but wrote the script as well.

“It started out as wanting to write about a feeling; this feeling that exists in a community after a young person commits suicide,” Garnet Jones told The Villager. “There’s this incredible grief and fear because it can become a cluster of suicides.”

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Growing up in Edmonton and then Castlegar, B.C., Garnet Jones, who is gay, had thoughts of ending his own life. Immersing himself in the arts saved his life.

Garnet Jones enrolled at The Gulf Islands Film & Television School in B.C., a ‘creative media epicenter’ designed for rookie filmmakers who

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Bloordale's Adam Garret Jones' first feature length film made its world premier at the Toronto International Film Festival and has been chosen as the closing gala film at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

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“I went there when digital video was just becoming available. They wanted to see what would happen if they gave cameras to young people to tell their stories without censor-

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ship,” Garnet Jones said.

As a teen, Garnet Jones thought he wanted to be an actor, but after some discouraging advice from a drama teacher and countless auditions without success, he decided to throw in the towel.

“My experience (at Gulf Islands) was like night and day from what it was like being a performer. I felt like people were listening to me,” he said.

As he promotes his film, Garnet Jones doesn’t shy away from sharing personal tidbits of his own life.

“I think it’s been incremental.

It doesn’t feel as scary as it might sound,” he said. “The thing about sharing something so personal, it has really revealed to me how common the experience is. It makes me feel more supported.”

Fire Song was filmed at Fort William First Nation, an Ojibway First Nation reserve, outside of Thunder Bay. The majority of the cast is young and aboriginal.

“A lot of people we worked with had never been in front of a camera before, but they were eager to learn,” Garnet Jones said.

Garnet Jones is already at work on his next feature film, which he calls a relationship movie, that’s filmed in and around his Bloordale neighbourhood.

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Cancer Care Ontario is asking all women aged 50 to 54 to get a free mammogram, without appointment, at a participating clinic Wednesday, Oct. 21.

Oct. 21 is the Provincial Day of the Mammogram in Ontario. It also falls during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On this day, participating breast screening sites will offer walkin mammograms. Breast screening is available to all women aged 50 to 74.

However, Cancer Care Ontario says women aged 50 to 54 are the least likely to get a mammogram.

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Ready for Reading Storytime WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: Free Ready for Reading storytimes show parents and caregivers how to help their child get ready for reading. This six-week program is for babies 12 to 18 months.

Swansea Book Club WHEN: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: 416393-7638, swstaff@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Read three books by East Coast Canadian authors and discuss them with a group of bibliophiles. The book Annabel by Kathleen Winter will be discussed today.

Call 416-393-7638 or email swstaff@ torontopubliclibrary. ca to register or drop into the library at the Town Hall in person.

The books will be provided to you when you register!

Toronto Swing Dance Society Dance WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Lithuanian House Toronto, 1573 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: http://TorontoSwingDanceSociety.ca/ friday-dances COST: Non-members $12 Join the group for an evening of all styles of swing dancing plus West Coast Swing lessons.

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Autumn Splendour Photo-Buff Walking Tour WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: High Park, 1873 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: highparkwalkingtours@yahoo.ca COST: Free Bring your camera and shoot nature’s colourful glory along with well-known photographer David Allen. Meet at the benches across from Grenadier restaurant.

Fall Celebration WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: Julie, 416-392-1748 COST: Free Celebrate the opening of the OURSpace, High Park Nature Centre’s new outdoor urban restoration site. Learn about this exciting project, help plant the very first native plant seedlings, and enjoy some fun family activities, snacks and music.

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Taoist Tai-Chi - Beginners 1 WHEN: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: 416-392-1953 COST: $48 for 13 weeks Instructor-led one hour sessions are good for balance, memory, co-ordination and circulation. And fun, too.

Kundalini Yoga WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: Free Breathe, move, sing, relax and meditate with Kundalini Yoga. Free six-class series.

Toast to Autumn WHEN: noon to 7 p.m. WHERE: Lithuanian House Toronto, 1573 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: www.toasttoautumn.com COST: Free Bring your friends and family to this fall-time fair featuring live music with Juno artist Paul James, Ed Guca and the Polish Canadians, The Dreamboats, The Spandettes, The Ole Fashion and more. Giveaways, $5 food menus, beer, marketplace and a ton of free activities for the kids including the ever popular pumpkin carving, button making, soap making and more at this Oktoberfeststyle gathering.

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Author Reading - Ken Newton, Ann Ball, William New: Junction Book WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: Free The novel, set in West Toronto in 1951, is the tale of three private eyes working on the murder case of the Junction bookmaker’s youngest son. The trio will venture to the shadiest parts of Toronto’s Junction and experience their share of streetcars, scandals and slaughterhouses.

PAIL Network Bloor West Peer Support WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Bloor and Parkside area CONTACT: Lynn Davis, www. pailnetwork.ca COST: Free PAIL Network is an organization of volunteers who support families who have suffered pregnancy and infant loss.

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West Bend Community Association WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Indian Road Crescent Public School, 285 Indian Road Cres. CONTACT: 647-478-8457COST: Free The West Bend Community Association monthly residents meeting. New members welcome.

Overcoming Anger - Meditation Workshop WHEN: 7 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada, 416-7628033 COST: $10/class Through meditation and other practices it is possible to gradually reduce and eventually overcome these negative habits of mind completely. Suitable for everyone, these drop-in classes offer simple practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace. These classes focus on using Buddhist understanding to help us solve our daily problems.

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Register Register and participate participate in the full or half marathon marathon or 5K and run run or walk walk in community. Make Make your race race honour of a loved one or to simply give back to your community. more meaningful this year: Raise a minimum of $150 for SickKids Foundation and get your official SickKids Bandana on race day!

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2015 Breakfast of Champions Event

Join us for the 4th Annual Breakfast of Champions organized by the Young Professionals for SickKids (YPS) at the Arcadian Court. This annual breakfast, fundraising and networking event features up to 30 community and industry leaders, called Champions, and is attended by over 250 young professionals. In support of the Possibilities Fund at SickKids, attendees can sit with up to 10 other young professionals and enjoy an intimate breakfast with a Champion of their choice.

For tickets and event information, visit: www.breakfastofchamps.ca

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Runners help raise funds, awareness of west-end zoo >>>from page 1 the escape of a peacock from the zoo in 2015,” Burns told The Villager. “Running in a costume is only a minor inconvenience. The difficulty in running is still in overcoming boredom, injuries and hitting ‘the wall.’”

By winning Guinness World Records on the zoo’s behalf, Buns said she can raise awareness of it and its need for community support and fundraising.

As many as 200 people show up each year in support of the runners and the zoo.

“We’re hoping people will come out. It’s surprising how

fun it is,” Stock said.

Not only does the event serve to raise funds for the zoo, but also awareness, too.

“It surprises me how many people don’t know it’s there,” Stock said. “We get half as many visitors as the Metro Toronto Zoo. We were surprised to learn we were so well attended.”

According to 2013 statistics, the High Park Zoo had as many as 500,000 visitors that year.

At 122 years old, High Park Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in North America.

Torontonians managed successfully to save it from

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Eric Jackson, 13, and Cole Halling, 11, pose for a photo while cheering for marathoners as part of the Swansea Neighbourhood Marathon Cheering Challenge. Members of the community are once again wanted to cheer on runners who are racing on behalf of the High Park Zoo this year.

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in 2012, raising more than $340,000 in the following

two years to keep the zoo in operation. Since the zoo’s funding was restored at the end of January last year, the Friends of High Park Zoo has turned its attention to capital projects to enhance and sustain the facility. In fact, there is a meeting scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15 to discuss the zoo’s upcoming improvements in which residents are invited to attend. I It takes place at the High Park Forest School in High Park at 7 p.m.

For those planning on being part of the cheering section, you don’t have to worry about the cold. There will be coffee, compliments

of Starbucks, and Timbits donated by Tim Hortons.

Michelle Hillier of Fit2Dance dance will lead cheering section participants in an aerobics workout, sure to work up a sweat and stay warm.

DJ Woods will spin music while “an amazing group of male hip hop dancers” from Gotta Dance Studio on Dundas Street West will perform. Singer Liz Avrutov and horn player Wayne Neon and his Tubular Orchestra will also perform.

The cheering section takes place at the corner of Ellis Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard. To find out more, visit highparkzoo.ca

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2015 SORENTO “HIGHEST RANKED MIDSIZE SUV IN INITIAL QUALITY IN THE U.S.” BY J.D. POWER

“HIGHEST RANKED COMPACT MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE IN INITIAL QUALITY IN THE U.S.” BY J.D. POWER

Forte SX AT shown‡ Cash purchase price $28,364

FINANCING FOR UP TO 60 MONTHS

UP TO

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IN DISCOUNTS

Optima SX Turbo shown‡ Cash purchase price $36,564

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WELL-EQUIPPED FROM

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Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from October 1 to November 2, 2015. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing and payments include delivery and destination fees up to $1,715, $5 OMVIC fee, $29 tire fee, and $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes other taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. 0% financing for up to 84 months or up to $7,000 discount available on other select 2015 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Maximum $7,000 discount is offered on 2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) only. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing Offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2015 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO541F)/2015 Forte Sedan EX MT [FO545F] with a selling price of $17,564/$22,664 is based on monthly payments of $173/$311 for 84/60 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $3,000/$4,000 discounts (loan credit). Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F)/2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) is $21,464/$24,764 and includes a cash discount of $5,000/$7,000 including $6,000 cash discounts and $1,000 ECO credit. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease Offer available on approved credit (OAC), on the 2015 Soul 1.6L LX AT [SO752F]/2016 Sorento LX 2.4L FWD [SR75AG] with a selling price of $21,544/ $29,344 is based on monthly payments of $210/$298 for 48 months at 0.9%, with $0 security deposit, $500/$0 discounts (lease credit), $750/$2,300 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation $10,095/$14,287 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $10,755/$13,483. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). ΩLease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2015 Forte SX (FO748F)/2015 Soul SX Luxury (SO758F)/2015 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748F)/2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG) is $26,695/$27,295/$34,895/$42,095. The Kia Soul received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact multi-purpose vehicles in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. The Kia Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. The 2015 Rio/2015 Forte/2015 Rondo were awarded with the Clef d’or “Best in Class” by L’Annuel de l’automobile 2015. Visit www.annuelauto.com for all the details. The 2016 Sorento/2015 Optima/2015 Sedona/2015 Soul were awarded the 2015 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2016/2015/2015/2015. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Tra c Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). 2015 Kia Soul awarded ALG Residual Value Award for highest resale value in its class. Based on ALG’s residual value forecast for the 2015 model year. ALG is the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, www.alg.com.

The all-new 2016 Kia Sorento was awarded the ‘iF Design Award’ for its outstanding design. The ‘iF Design Award’ is one of the world’s most important prizes for excellence in design, www.ifdesign.de. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.