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TTC not tearing up Roncesvalles LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will have to do some minor tweaking of Roncesvalles Avenue to accommodate its new streetcars, however, the

work will be minor and won’t take place until 2016. “I know there was concern that there was a plan to tear up Roncesvalles Avenue again,” TTC spokesperson Brad Ross told The Villager. Yet the street will not be

torn up, he said. Instead some adjustments will have to be made to the streetcar platforms – or bumpouts as they are called. There are 12 along Roncesvalles Avenue and they will either have to be lowered or raised, depending on the

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The Bloor West Village Idiots cycling team has a motto: ‘Nobody fights cancer on their own.’ “The fact of the matter is, no one gets through cancer on their own – you need a support network,” said long-time team member and avid cyclist Doug Evans. The Weston area resident is all too familiar with this adage. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, in 2008. The following year, he decided to participate in The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer benefitting the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. “I’d been a cyclist,” Evans told The Villager. “I thought, ‘this sounds like a good fit for me.’ I’d done a number of events before.” And, so, he approached RPM Total Fitness in the Junction, which boasts a spinning studio, for help setting up a training program. Through RPM, he met >>>EVERYONE, page 19

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MP Peggy Nash describes ‘very frightening’ lockdown in Ottawa LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com At press time yesterday afternoon, Parkdale-High Park Peggy Nash remained in lockdown in a safe location at Parliament Hill after a shooting attack in Ottawa. “We were in our caucus meeting, I had left for a moment and was in a nearby corridor. I heard the shots, but didn’t know what it was at first,” Nash told The Villager by phone at about 1:45 p.m. “A security guard told me to take cover. It was very frightening. I didn’t know what was going on – there seemed to be lots of shots.” A tactical squad came through the house securing it, said Nash, who joined the rest of the caucus in a safe room. “We don’t know exactly what’s happening,” she said at the time. RCMP and Ottawa police officers

are on the scene. A Canadian soldier was killed and Parliament Hill security guard wounded Wednesday morning during the attack that police say involved more than one assailant. Sirens blared as buildings in the vicinity were put in lockdown while police and soldiers continued the manhunt. Police confirmed one suspect was shot and killed. Nash shared her experience via Twitter, saying security locked her in a room on the Senate side of the house, initially. “It’s a place that you have to go through security to get into the building,” Nash said. “I’ve never encountered any form of violence or someone bringing weapons like this before.” Nash said she is grateful for the soldiers and police officers that are keeping everyone safe. “They’re courageous and we’re

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SOLO ARTIST: Sojourner DeMaria, right, performs a song during Nestle Canada’s Craveyard Halloween party Sunday afternoon. The event featured a live musical performance by Dan the Music Man, a haunted house, fun maze, fun house, stick-on tattoo station, pumpkin decorating, below, face painting, kids costume parade and Halloween treats.

Actor stars in Concord Floral at The Theatre Centre Mainspace on Queen Street until Oct. 26 LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Bloor West and Dufferin streets resident Eartha Masek-Kelly, 18, stars in Why Not Theatre’s presentation of Suburban Beast’s Concord Floral this month. Masek-Kelly is one of 10 teens performing and tweaking the dialogue for Concord Floral, which runs until Sunday, Oct. 26 at The Theatre Centre Mainspace, 1115 Queen St. W. Masek-Kelly plays two characters, the role of a teenager and of a fox. While she said taking on both roles is “tricky, both characters are sassy” and fun to embody. Concord Floral, an abandoned greenhouse, is a hangout for neighbourhood kids – yet, something has happened there, which no one can talk about. And when two friends come across the horrible secret buried

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themselves. The first professional play for the cast, the teens spent much of their high school career working on the production. More than three years in the works, Concord Floral’s development has been a collaboration between artist Erin Brubacher, choreographer/dancer Cara Spooner and playwright Jordan Tannahill.

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oronto remains a city with strengths and advantages that others around the world can only emulate. However, the lack of true political vision has disrupted serious progress on key issues such as economic and transit development. Political culture has been fractious and detrimental to building trust in leadership for the city moving forward. All of this means civic leadership has become a key issue in Monday’s municipal election. We had a record number of advance poll votes cast this year. The 161,147 votes cast is far more than ever before at advance polls. We hope that means residents take this election seriously and have taken the time to seriously question candidate platforms. Here are key issues a voter needs to consider: Leadership: Thankfully, there has been no major pre-election alignment between mayoral and council candidates. We need council members who openly fight for the needs and desires of their individual ward – and are not expected to blindly fall into line with mayoral direction. This city needs a leader who can work with council members from the most liberal to the most conservative. We need a mayor who can lead a council that works together – and leaves the cheap shots and uncalled-for language and accusations behind. We need a mayor who speaks in facts – and can competently back up their view. That mayor must expect the same from council members. A mayor must work aggressively and respectfully with provincial and federal governments. A mayor must build a profile on an international level and be respected as an ambassador on behalf of every resident. Transit: It would be hard to find two Torontonians who believe there is a focused plan for our transit future. Confusion, hostility and easily debunked transit plans have ruled four years of discussion. Yet, congestion increases. Transit builds take decades to complete. Meanwhile, the quality of life in Toronto erodes with no clear direction. Economic development: As do most major cities, Toronto suffers from unacceptable unemployment rates and is lacking in opportunity for the socially disadvantaged. We face stiff competition all the time from other lesser communities who woo industrial and retailer developers. If asked what issues were priorities of this past council, would economic development even rise to the surface? Toronto needs a new, unified vision for the future. We believe John Tory is the only candidate who can deliver the unity, the vision and the results the city needs. That said, it’s you who does the voting. Please take the time to study the platform of your mayoral and council candidates. Consider the past four years simply lessons learned, and choose wisely on Monday. For more information on the Toronto election, including a look at our endorsements for some key wards in the city, visit our election website at www.insidetoronto. com/2014torontovotes

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t is something of a cliché to say a municipal election marks a crossroads for a city. But after four years of the Ford family’s wild reign at Toronto City Hall, any kind of road seems a relief. Based on the polls, a small majority of voters believe themselves to have found that road in the form of John Tory. Fiscally conservative, gracious of manner and civically engaged, the former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader, business executive and talk show host has presented himself as an agreeable antidote to the destructive melodrama at city hall. Tory would follow the rules. He would maintain cordial and professional relationships on council and with other levels of government. His history of volunteer work on matters of social inclusion make it clear that he could be expected to

david nickle the city govern from a fiscally conservative centre. A Tory mayoralty would be an improvement. Elements of his platform, however, make him maddeningly difficult to endorse. Key among these is the $8 billion (or so) SmartTrack surface rail plan that has been roundly, and soundly, criticized for its vague and risky tax increment financing plan. Tory’s relentless defense of the plan is a serious worry. If it fails, as seems all too possible, taxpayers will be on the hook. With that said, SmartTrack is an improvement on the plan put forward first by Mayor Rob Ford and then his brother Doug, to pursue an unsupportable plan to build 32 kilometres of subway and

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Elements of (Tory’s) platform, however, make him maddeningly difficult to endorse.

kill the remaining planned light rail lines. Which brings us to Olivia Chow. For those voting strategically, third-place Chow seems a terrible bet. Yet Chow offers the most fiscally conservative and civically constructive platform in the race. Chow is promising tax increases marginally higher than Tory’s, and a land transfer tax premium for $2-million-plus real estate transactions. But she would push to return the costly Scarborough subway to its provincially-funded light rail predecessor, and put the billion dollars in tax revenue slated for the subway toward a necessary

but unfunded downtown relief line. Some aspects of Chow’s platform might not come off as planned — notably, her plans to increase bus service and build affordable housing. But these failures would leave Toronto in a status quo – not in potentially ruinous debt. Olivia Chow may have proven to be an inexpert campaigner and an often tenuous debater. But on Oct. 27, the debating and campaigning is over for nearly four years. And Chow’s work as a city councillor and Member of Parliament has demonstrated an ability to lead allies and parlay with opponents that Toronto’s next mayor will need in spades. By those measures, Olivia Chow is the best choice on Oct. 27. David Nickle is The Villager’s city hall reporter. His column appears Thursdays. Reach him on Twitter: @DavidNickle

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Reader remembers the damage and the kindness after storm To the editor: Re: ‘Marking Hurricane Hazel’s 60th’, Oct. 16, The Villager. Like Madeleine McDowell I also lived on Humbercrest Boulevard on the east side. In 1954 I was in Grade 9 at Runnymede Collegiate and that stormy Friday I was ready to go to the movies with my friends but my mother said a definite “NO”. When I looked outside on Humbercrest the wind and the water came down so hard you could not see the other side of the street. The noise was so loud from the wind it was like being in a wind tunnel almost all night long. After the storm, Dundas Street West from Scarlett Road to Prince Edward Drive was closed to automobile traffic until the bridge structure could be evaluated by the city engineers. The Bloor Street bridge over the Humber was also closed for the same reason. On Sunday, my father and I walked across Dundas to the

middle of the Dundas bridge and looked down at the river. Most of the old, narrow, onelane bridge had been washed away and the water was 40 feet up the new bridge’s support pillars. It was moving very fast with multiple kinds of debris: fridges, stoves, chairs, trees and tires were some of the things we could distinguish. I remember for many years afterward you could see how high the water had been because the pillars of the bridge had been scoured clean by the action of the water. washed away On the west side of the river down the dirt road there had been a small house and a hot dog and hamburger stand owned by people named Rhodes. Everything the family had was washed away including the house and hamburger hut. The other thing I remember about the hurricane is

that there was a mannequin manufacturer at Dundas and Gooch in the 1940s and 50s, across from the Dayton Rubber Factory. body in river One of the young boys on

Humbercrest Street went out to the hill above the river and thought he saw a mannequin. His father never told him it was a body. Three weeks after, my sister and my mother and I were walking along the now very calm and shallow river. In the

50-foot oak and maple trees on the east side, 30 feet in the air, there were stoves and refrigerators caught up in the branches. On t h e Mo n d a y a n d Tuesday after the storm many of the senior boys at Runnymede Collegiate left

school to help the firemen and other rescuers look for the bodies of people at East Drive and Scarlett Road. I still see some of those men who helped and they remember those days very vividly. Donna Firman

Irish immigrant thought rain was typical weather To the editor: Re: ‘Marking Hurricane Hazel’s 60th’, Oct. 16, The Villager. Yo u r s t o r i e s a b o u t

Hurricane Hazel reminded me that my father had just arrived in Toronto and wrote to my mother and I in Ireland about the terrific rain he had

to drive through one October evening. “You should see the kind of storms they have in this country,” he said.

It wasn’t until I came in 1956 that I realized it had been the hurricane – something we never had in Ireland. Ruth Grier

Trees along river bank bore the storm’s discards To the editor: Re: ‘Marking Hurricane Hazel’s 60th’, Oct.16, The Villager. I was just a kid when Hurricane Hazel hit Toronto in 1954. We had just moved to Leaside (now living in Etobicoke) and lived close to

the Don Valley where we kids loved to play and explore. I remember the heavy rains and winds. but fortunately our house was spared any damage. The next day, being clear and sunny (if I remember properly), we went to have a look in the valley and was

amazed to see the water level to the top of the banks and to the top of the trees. Over time, as the water levels receded, you could see every manner of debris in the branches, be it cloth, paper, plastic, metal or whatever. The trees looked like veritable Christmas trees.

Even years later you could still see remnants of junk up in the trees. I’ve wondered if some archeology students could even now, after 60 years, find souvenirs of Hurricane Hazel in the trees or on the river banks. Kal Raudoja

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volunteers comprised of neighbours, business owners and organizations, under the moniker ‘Roncy Works’, seized the opportunity to make further streetscape improvements as well as undertaking a ‘Buy Local’ campaign in support of businesses as they endured the major reconstruction of the street. Roncesvalles Avenue officially re-opened to streetcars in July 2011. The original plans for the neighbourhood were modified and finalized in 2013 before the TTC had purchased its new streetcars. “ We’d b e e n h e a r i n g rumours that Roncesvalles was going to be ripped up again,” said Veronica Feihl, a

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Multi-Media Art Class - Seniors WHEN: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: A Thompson, annist@rogers.com COST: $30 per month Instructor-led weekly sessions on Tuesday mornings let you choose your medium with watercolours, oils or acrylics and discover your talent.

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Christmas Craft Show & Coffee House WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: 416-769-5686, stolaves@stolaves.ca COST: $2 pp, under 12 free St. Olave’s Anglican Church presents its Christmas Craft Show and Coffee House. Shop for unique, handmade items from 25 artists, artisans and craft persons. Enjoy a special festive brew, along with tasty treats, in the Coffee House. A book table is also featured.

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Book Club WHEN: 12 p.m. WHERE: Windermere United Church, 356 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: Windermere United Church, 416-769-5611, www.windermerechurch.ca, windermerechurch@bellnet.ca COST: $20 includes book and participants guide Every Thursday evening until Nov. 27. The book for this session is “Reading the Bible again for the First Time” - taking the Bible seriously but not literally. The cost for the book and participants guide will be $20.

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Yoga for Seniors WHEN: 9 to 10 a.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: Swansea Area Seniors Association, 416-392-1953, swanseaareaseniors@gmail.com COST: $50 for five-week session Weekly one-hour instructor led sessions are good for improving flexibility, strength and balance. Junction Seniors Gathering WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Pascal’s Baguette and Bagels, 2904 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 6472350843, www.junctionra.ca/junction-seniors, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free The group meets twice a week at a local coffee shop for conversation, as a social network of neighbours. Tuesday mornings 10 to 11 a.m. at Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W., and Friday afternoons at Pascal’s.

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Earlscourt Park Annual Pumpkin Parade WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Earlscourt Park, 1200 Lansdowne Ave. CONTACT: friendsofearlscourtpark.blogspot. com, friendsofearlscourtpark@gmail.com, www.facebook.com/frendsofearlscourtpark COST: Free Friends of Earlscourt Park’s farewell to Halloween. Bring your carved pumpkin to the JJ Piccininni main entrance and be part of the magical display. Candles, lighters provided.

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Ministry of Labour finds fault with TTC bus bike racks A recent Ontario Ministry of Labour ruling means cyclists for the time being cannot make use of the bike racks found on most TTC buses. The ministry ordered the TTC to lock the bike racks found on the front of its Orion VII and Nova articulated buses because of sight line concerns when the racks are full. Until the issue is resolved, the TTC will allow bikes on board its buses, if there’s enough room.

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In the wake of flooding last week, the city’s urging residents to do a better job ensuring loose piles of leaves don’t get onto the streets. Improper disposal of leave and debris was identified as a key culprit for flooding on St. Clair Avenue West after a freak thunderstorm the evening of Thursday, Oct. 16 which temporarily suspended streetcar service. The city is urging residents to dispose of loose leaves

rETURN OF STREETCAR HITS TECHNICAL ISSUES The return of streetcar service to Queen’s Quay last week did not come without some technical issues. Following the resumption of both the 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina services Oct. 12 on the street’s newly built transit right-of-way, riders complained of excessive wait times and vehicle bunching, which the TTC

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GO bus passengers have the opportunity to provide feedback on the quality of their rides and maybe win a travel voucher in the process. From now until Tuesday, Nov. 18 GO riders can make their feelings about bus service known by filling out an online survey. GO says it surveys its customers every two years and uses the feedback to carry out service improvements. It’s also giving survey takers a chance to win one of 10 travel passes worth $250. Take the survey at www. gobussurvey.com Rahul Gupta is The Villager’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @ TOinTRANSIT

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Sat, Sun and Holidays: 12-5pm / Fri: closed *The HighPark program is only available on selected suites. Parking incentive only available on suites over 535 sq. ft. 5% deposit program available on a limited number of suites. Free maintenance is only available for one year. Limited time offer. Conditions apply. See Sales Representative for full details. Exclusive Listing: CityLife Realty Ltd, Brokerage. Brokers Protected. Prices, speciﬁcations and programs are subject to change without notice. Illustrations are artist concept. E. & O.E

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Learn to balance on blades this winter Registration for the Swansea Figure Skating Association (SFSA) is officially open. SFSA offers group instructional classes every Sunday at the Rennie Outdoor Ice Skating Rink between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. throughout

the winter season. Each of the four 45-minute classes has three lessons of different levels on the ice running concurrently. The total number of participants in the program each year is 120. Classes are

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Halloween events planned this weekend Kidz360, 3431 Dundas St. W., hosts its free annual Halloween Boo Bash Saturday, Oct. 25 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. There will be a bouncy castle, cotton candy, candy hunt, pumpkin decorating and a costume contest. Visit kidz360. ca/2014kidz360-halloween-boobash or call 647-351-9360 to register or for details. check out haunted High Park on saturday Colborne Lodge, in the south end of High Park, hosts a Haunted High Park for families, Saturday, Oct. 25 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hear about legends and ghost stories that have been told about the lodge. Period refreshments included. Not recommended for children under eight. Call 416-392-6916 to register.

humbercrest church hosts fall sale Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd., hosts its fall sale Saturday, Oct. 25 at 9 to 11:30 a.m. Start your Christmas shopping early with new and gently used gift ideas, books, toys, games, Christmas decorations, handmade items, as well as home baking and preserves. Visit www.humbercrest.ca for details about drop-off information. Contact 416-767-6122 for further details.

take a halloweenthemed art class Art Works Art School, 238 Jane St., hosts a Halloween event Sunday, Oct. 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. Visit www.artworksartschool. com or call 416-766-0662 to sign up for one of these art lessons:

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Fifty-Seven, 2489 Bloor St. W., presents an infant/family CPR and safety workshop Sunday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon. This two-hour, non-certified course focuses on child and infant CPR and relief of choking, and gives you pointers on basic family safety and first aid for around the home – for expectant parents, parents, grandparents, babysitters and all childcare providers. For further details, call 416972-9367 or visit http://bit. ly/1ubYRkX documentary on river system wsee

Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede Rd., presents a screening of the documentary Cold Amazon The MacKenzie River Basin, Wednesday, Oct. 29

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at 7:30 p.m. A discussion with special guest speaker Tom Axworthy, president and CEO of the Walter, and Duncan Gordon Foundation, who will share insights and lead a group conversation, will follow the screening. Call 416-767-7629 or email office@runnymedeunited.org for details. christmas craft show at St. Olave’s St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave., hosts a Christmas Craft Show and Coffee House Saturday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shop for gifts from more than 25 artisans and crafters. Sample specialty coffee and enjoy a tasty treat. Event also includes book table. Toonie admission to benefit the Hunger Patrol, feeding Toronto’s homeless. Visit www. stolaves.ca or call 416-769-5686 for details.

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Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $25,407. Conditions apply. � $16,699 Selling Price for a new 2014 Sentra 1.8 S MT (C4LG54 AA00), M6 transmission. Conditions apply. �Models shown $25,899/$34,707/$43,674 Selling Price for a new 2014 Sentra 1.8 SL, CVT transmission (C4TG14 AA00)/2014 Altima Sedan 3.5 SL (T4SG14 NV00), CVT transmission with technology package/2014 Maxima 3.5 SV Sport (U4SG14 NS00) MT. *�±≠�Freight and PDE charges ($1,567/$1,575/$1,600), air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Lease offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. Offers, prices and features subject to change without notice. Offers valid between Oct 8-31, 2014. #Offer is administered by Nissan Canada Extended Services Inc. (NCESI) and applies to new 2014 Nissan Sentra models (each, an “Eligible Model”) leased and registered through Nissan Canada Finance Services Inc., on approved credit, between Oct 8-31, 2014 from an authorized Nissan retailer in Canada. Offer recipient will be entitled to receive a maximum of six (6) service visits (each, a “Service Visit”) for the Eligible Vehicle – where each Service Visit consists of one (1) oil change (using conventional 5W30 motor oil) and one (1) tire rotation service (each, an “Eligible Service”). All Eligible Services will be conducted in strict accordance with the Oil Change and Tire Rotation Plan outline in the Agreement Booklet for the Eligible Vehicle. The service period (“Service Period”) will commence on the lease transaction date (“Transaction Date”) and will expire on the earlier of: (i) the date on which the maximum number of Service Visits has been reached; (ii) 36 months from the Transaction Date; or (iii) when the Eligible Vehicle has reached 48,000 kilometers. All Eligible Services must be completed during the Service Period, otherwise they will be forfeited. The Offer may be upgraded to use premium oil at the recipient’s expense. The Eligible Services are not designed to meet all requirements and specifications necessary to maintain the Eligible Vehicle. To see the complete list of maintenance necessary, please refer to the Service Maintenance Guide. Any additional services required are not covered by the Offer and are the sole responsibility and cost of the recipient. Offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain offers NCESI reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. Ask your retailer for details. °Nissan is the fastest growing brand in the non-luxury segment based on comparison of 12-month retail sales from August 2013 to July 2014 of all Canadian automotive brands and 12-month averages sales growth. ^Based on 2014 Canadian Residual Value Award in Subcompact Car segment. ALG is the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, www.alg.com. +Based on GAC (AIAMC) Compact segmentation. All information compiled from third-party sources, including AutoData and manufacturer websites. July 30, 2014. *Based on GAC (AIAMC) Compact segmentation. All information complied from NR Can Fuel Economy data and third-party sources, including manufacturer websites. 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‘Everyone signs up for it because they have a unique reason’ says captain >>>from page 1 Bloor West Village resident Tom Ostler, a captain of The Bloor West Village Idiots, and joined the team. “The 12-week training program is pretty unique,” Evans said. “We focus on people who want to do this ride, We help them through every aspect of the event. We’ve had some real success stories.” This month marks the Ride’s Team Up Challenge, a campaign designed for the purpose of growing a team’s membership and promoting the spirit of teaming up to conquer cancer. The campaign continues until the end of October. “Everyone signs up for it because they have a unique reason. Cancer is not the only terrible disease, but it’s the one that landed on my doorstep,” Evans said. “Cancer has touched a lot of people’s lives.” Evans said he has experienced the advances in research funded by events like

The Ride to Conquer Cancer. In the mid-1990s, those diagnosed with multiple myeloma would be given roughly 16 to 20 months to live. “I was diagnosed in 2008. I was told it was not curable, but it’s treatable,” said Evans, who had a stem cell transplant in 2009 and another one in August. “The process is the same, biology is what it is, but the treatment options, the drugs are substantially different. There are less side effects and they’re more effective. I’m the beneficiary of someone else’s contribution to the research.” You’re either part of the solution or you’re not, he added. Evans’ team member Ostler calls him the “biggest ambassador that the Ride to Conquer Cancer could ever hope to have.” “He has recruited numerous riders over the past seven years, sets up winter training programs, maps out on-theroad training schedules to

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prepare riders to accomplish the distance with ease, and he always has ideas to help riders with their fundraising,” Ostler said. Ostler says he is motivated to return year after year to participate because of the feeling that he and his team are making a significant difference. “And, it is a fun way to support a great cause. The team aspect is most important – getting together for group training rides, group fundraising events, and social events, and meeting all sorts of people out on the road during the event,” he said. This is not an elite cycling group, the two men stress. “We’re a bunch of idiots who like to get together and cycle and drink beer and have coffee,” Evans said with a chuckle. “We’re focused on the cause.”

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‘Mutual admiration’ bonds students and seniors Bishop Marrocco’s intergenerational program bridges gap between young and old with hosted activities LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com It’s a ‘mutual admiration society’ for students in Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School’s intergenerational program and the seniors they visit at the Loyola Arrupe Centre for Seniors, now operating as LA Centre for Active Living. The program, established by teaching assistant Flora Venezia connects teens and seniors with

the help of food about once a month at the centre at 55 Rankin Cres. in the Bloor Street West and Lansdowne Avenue-area. Recently, the students baked pies as a contribution to the seniors’ Thanksgiving feast – a cherry, pumpkin, coconut cream and banana pie, among other flavours. They served as many as 50 seniors as part of the celebration. “It brightens up our day,” said William Reid, a resident of the

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“We felt really spoiled.” Reid says he enjoys learning about the students’ life – “what we missed when we were teenagers,” he said. “I had to work all through my teenage years,” recalled Reid. Tina Duong says she enjoys the students’ visits because it allows her to practice her English conversing with the teens. Mackenzie Da Costa, a Grade 10 student, has been a part of the intergenerational program since last April. “I thought it’d be fun to help out,” she told The Villager. The teens baked treats for both a Mother’s Day and Father’s Day lunch and visited Corn Fest at the centre. They recently helped build six picnic tables too. Da Costa has loved to cook since she was little, she said. The students get a kick out of learning from the seniors’ experiences as well. “They have a lot of stories to

tell,” said Da Costa. Venezia credits school resource officer Candy Graham, who also established the ‘Cooking with Cops’ program three years ago in partnership with ProAction Cops & Kids Toronto chapter. She is instrumental in helping the students prepare the baked goods. Some students are in the kitchen before school while others choose to bake after class. The LA Centre for Active Living, which opened its Rankin Crescent location in December 2012, is a membership driven, volunteer based community organization that’s led by a volunteer Board of Directors. It provides a variety of programs to fulfill the needs of those 55 years of age and older. Programs and activities at the centre include line dancing, Zumba, and a cardio strength and balance class.

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YOUR Weekly Crossword

last week’s answers

How to do it: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3 by 3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

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