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A west-end residents’ group is hoping the province will step in to halt a series of controversial train noise walls planned by Metrolinx.

Kevin Putnam and fellow representatives from the Junction Triangle Rail Committee are scheduled to meet with Ontario Transportation Minister Glen Murray Oct. 31 at Queen’s Park to relay the group’s objections to 16-feet high concrete and transparent acrylic barriers Metrolinx wants to begin constructing along the GO Georgetown South rail corridor starting next year.

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‘People are really hungry for puppetry’ Toronto Puppetry Collective kicks off second season Oct. 27 LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com

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New playground unveiled in Bloordale Davenport Councillor Ana Bailão led a playground grand re-opening and reception in Susan Tibaldi Parkette, 353 Margueretta Ave., on Saturday.

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The ribbon cutting ceremony took place at 10 a.m.

followed by refreshments at nearby Duffy’s Tavern, 1238 Bloor St. W., compliments of the Bloordale Business Improvement Area.

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“That’s how I started on this path. I approach it from an aesthetic point of view,” she said.

In 2007, Bigham opened her retail store, ‘Open Door Designs’ on Dupont Street, which features her own designs alongside other Canadian puppet builders and vintage collection.

To r o n t o ’s P u p p e t Performance Series will be performed at the Metropolis Factor y, 50 Edwin Ave. Shows are held Sundays and Mondays from October to June next year.

The Toronto Puppetry Collective presents the Puppet Allsorts second season with a launch Sunday, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. Here, artistic director and founding member Joanne Bigham poses in a puppet theatre with some puppets and toys.

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The event features the puppetry group Rock the Arts from Ottawa performing ‘Pirate Treasure,’ with an added bonus of a workshop about puppet manipulation after the show. There will be door prizes, a theatre with puppets to play in and more.

Puppet Allsorts, a puppetry performance series, which includes six all-ages shows as well as three adult-only shows, is the only series of its kind in the Greater Toronto Area.

“People kept asking, ‘Where can we see puppetry?’” said Joanne Bigham, Puppet Allsorts artistic director and founding member. “We formed last year in order to produce the series.”

Last year, the series was comprised of seven performances – five of which were all-ages and two adult-only.

All were sold out, Bigham said.

“We’re always surprised when this happens, but people are really hungry for puppetry,” said Bigham, who attributes this to their interest in live performance in a small set-

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When people think of puppetry, they tend to think of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, however, there is so much more to the medium, Bigham said.

“You can project anything onto a puppet, any emotion,” Bigham said.

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eadership is an important skill to acquire in life. However, many people, in particular youngsters in at-risk neighbourhoods do not have as many opportunities to gain those important skills.

Thankfully the charitable organization Kids Now has taken up the challenge, offering an afterschool program where youth in grades 7 and 8 can empower themselves and gain confidence.

Youth volunteer for the 12-week program and are paired with mentors who help drive home the importance of self-esteem, setting goals, communication, conflict resolution, and stress management.

All skills are rooted in making the right choices our view in life, staying in school, and taking part in extraAfter-school curricular activities and in the cominitiative benefits volunteering munity.

The last point, though entire community no more special than the others, is one that speaks to how a strong community is created - by everyone being an active part of that community, which helps make that community a better place to live, work, and enjoy life.

Kids Now mentors come from all walks of life including corporate employees, university students, and even former Kids Now participants Kids Now is a chance for corporations, companies, Torontonians, and even politicians to become mentors to youth.

This is something that would not only help the lives of youth, but create a community, a city where people believe in themselves, which leads to believing in their city and the neighbourhoods they call home.

The Kids Now program flourished in several schools in Toronto, in particular St. Luigi Catholic School where students raised funds for Meagan’s Walk, as well as to support a village in Kenya and ran a food and clothing drive to help the less fortunate. It is obvious that giving youth the right skills – leadership being just one – they will take up a challenge and become better citizens. It is now time for mentors of various stripes to help mould even more youth to become all they can be.

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Committee decision could vault bike lanes into an election issue J

ust in time for the 2014 municipal election, it looks like Toronto council is going to be talking big bike lanes again.

This week, Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee voted to restart the environmental assessment of bike lanes along Bloor Street – a route that is both a practical goal and symbolic grail for Toronto cycling advocates.

It should also send a shiver up the spine of any regular downtown bicycle commuter. Just about four years ago, cycling advocates convinced the council at the time to put bike lanes on Jarvis Street, and nearly got a separated bike lane pilot project on University Avenue too.

The Jarvis bike lane was good for cyclists, but better for politicians willing to stir up anger over what they characterized

david nickle the city

as those cyclists’ sinister and overweening ambitions. There wasn’t much consensus in the 2010 mayoralty race, but nearly everyone agreed that there was a war on, that war was against “the car,” and Jarvis Street was its battleground.

And so it was that the new council voted to pull the lanes out and widen the road again, against the wishes of the local councillor and community. As an afterthought a year later, council ordered the city to stop studying that other big bike lane project along Bloor Street.

And now, it is on the verge of starting up again, and from a transportation planning point of view,

it makes a great deal of sense. The city is studying a bikeway along Dupont just to the north of Bloor.

What happens there affects what happens on Bloor and vice versa.

And it’s not for nothing that Bloor is such a grail for bike nuts. All the public transit along Bloor is below ground, which means cyclists need contend neither with buses nor streetcar tracks, and it crosses many pedestrianand bike-friendly communities already.

It sounds perfect. But going into an election next year, it’s just as perfect an example for nay-saying politicians to hold up as the latest example of a permanent war against automobiles and their drivers.

It’s hard to see how pushing along with even an environmental assessment now will result in anything

but a push-back from what has previously shown itself to be a powerful anti-bike sentiment in a large part of the electorate.

This is not to say that bike commuters should despair and the city should shelve what is a good plan. A Bloor Street bike lane’s a good idea — just as it would be to extend the bike lanes back east along the Danforth. It would make the city safer, greener, and maybe even a bit more physically fit on average as commuters from Etobicoke to Scarborough and in between saw a better option in biking.

But wouldn’t it be nice if it didn’t also fuel the kind of divisive and disingenuous politicking that burned so bright in 2010?

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Library still Boy with cerebral palsy, autism pushed by veteran runner at marathon holds appeal 30 years later TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com

To the editor: Re: ‘Library marks centruy milestone,’ News, Oct. 17 In 1973, my older brother took me to the Bloor/Gladstone library for the first time when I handed in my parent-signed yellow library card application and received my first card. On that day I remember the children’s librarian (Miss Whiteside) told us a story based on the book, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes. I was so entranced with the book, I asked if I could be allowed to take it home, even though I had already selected the two books that were allowed, for a first visit. Miss Whiteside said I could take home a third book. I was so excited.

Little did I know that I would start to work at the public library in 1980 and 33 years, I’m still here.

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Nine-year-old Thomas Bourke triumphed at Sunday’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

The former Bloor West area boy ran the half-marathon – 21 kilometres – in just 1:46, an athletic feat for the boy diagnosed with cerebral palsy and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The run was a gift from veteran runner Michael Rumi, who made the time amid more than 10,000 runners and despite the added load of pushing Thomas in his 60-pound chair.

“It was so electric,” Thomas’ mom, Linda Canning, said of the family’s first marathon. “There are thousands of people, and high, high energy. Thomas is autistic so the high stimulation was a little bit challenging for him. But he was fine. He was in good spirits.

He knew he was going to a race.

He knew he was going to be running fast.”

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Thomas Bourke, 9, aided by veteran runner Michael Rumi, finished the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon Sunday in 1:46, and posed with his mom, Linda Canning, at the finish line.

ness and $8,550 in donations towards Thomas’ continued enrolment in the Academy of Conductive Education.

The Ontario March of Dimes’ twice-weekly integrative rehabilitation program teaches functional movement while working on cognitive and speech goals.

Thomas has participated in Conductive Education since age two. The highly structured, oneon-one learning environment costs $12,000 a year.

He requires assistance to sit, transfer and walk and has difficulty speaking, feeding, dressing and holding a writing instrument.

Canning said specialized interventions like Conductive Education are essential to reduce limitations that inhibit independence and quality of life, and are most successful when administered consistently and at an early age.

Canning and countless March of Dimes’ staff met Thomas and Rumi 100 metres before the finish line.

“It was a really emotional day,” she recalled.

“You go from getting goose

bumps to holding back your tears. Already, you’re walking into something that is awe-inspiring.

People are competitive, energetic.

Everybody is pushing their limits trying to get the best time.

“You know Thomas can’t do that. For somebody like Michael to go out of his way not only to raise awareness and funds, but to bring that experience to him to the best of Thomas’ ability, it’s incredible.”

Canning said she remains awestruck by people’s generosity.

The average gift donated to Team Thomas is $100 a person.

“People are inspired by him. He works so hard to learn and develop.

It must have struck a chord with people.”

Canning said she remains hopeful she can reach $12,000 in fundraising with people continuing to support Thomas in coming weeks via his website www.hopeforthomas.com Donations to Thomas’ Conductive Education may also be made by mail at Hope for Thomas Fund, 176 Martin Grove Rd. Etobicoke, ON M9B 4L1

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marathon morning Road Sweeping Operation Toronto & East York District Transportation Services is getting ready to perform sweeping operations on the streets of Toronto & East York this fall.The purpose of the sweeping is to collect leaves that fall, naturally, onto the street.

All streets will be swept on two occasions.The operation will continue until November 29, 2013.The map shows the area where the sweeping operation will take place.

Please do not rake leaves onto the roadway or sidewalks from your property. City by-law officers will be enforcing the City of Toronto by-law that relates to the use of streets and sidewalks. Raking leaves onto the roadway is a by-law offence and could result in charges being laid. It is an offence to store, place or dispose of material, including fallen leaves in such a way that it may enter onto a street by any means, including wind or water. In addition, raking, blowing, placing or dumping leaves onto City property (sidewalk, roadway, catch basins, etc.,) can create dangerous conditions, cause flooding on the roadways or on property or cause accidents.

Here’s how to put leaves out for collection: Use reusable containers (any rigid open-top container such as a garbage can, bushel basket, green plastic yard waste bin– no lids) or kraft paper yard waste bags.

Put leaves at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled yard waste collection day. Check your collection calendar for your yard waste collection schedule and more helpful hints.

Sorry, no plastic bags: The City does not collect leaves and yard waste in clear plastic bags or Halloween-themed plastic bags. (If you use these decorative bags, please empty the contents into one of the approved containers listed above before placing out for collection.

Ways to reduce the amount of leaves you put at the curb for collection: Feed leaves to your backyard composter now, plus stockpile leaves to add as dry material during the winter.

Here’s what the City collects as yard waste: Leaves, plant/tree trimmings, weeds and brush. Branches measuring less than three inches or 7.5 cm in diameter should be tied in bundles no longer than 4 feet or 1.2 min length and 2 feet or 0.6 m in diameter. Pumpkins and waste fruit from trees in your yard are also accepted.

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For more information on yard waste, please call 311 or visit us at www.toronto.ca/compost/yardwaste.htm If you have any questions about the service, call 311

THREE CHEERS: From top, Shelley Miles cheers her daughter Lindsey on at The S c o t i a b a n k To r o n t o Waterfront Marathon that took place on Sunday; Thousands of runners from all over the world pounded the pavement during the hours-long run over the weekend while Friends of High Park Zoo cheering section’s Corinne Smirle (left) and Coby Van Bilsen all the way from Spain for the event watch on Lake Shore Boulevard.

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Storage, short-term leases needed for displaced families >>>from page 1 now sharing with their new addition, born earlier this month at St. Joseph’s Health Centre.

“I rented this place for six months, what I thought was enough time to get things done. Turns out, I’ve got to find something cheaper by Dec. 15. We’re under a lot of pressure. We need storage too,” he said and is now

hoping to find a new landlord that can offer short-term leases for those who have been displaced.

The family is one of 10 condo owners plus three businesses who were uprooted by a three-alarm fire that engulfed the building’s roof on that May afternoon.

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cleaners, carpenters, artists and support workers, who share similar challenges, including no access to a workplace pension, no benefits or job security.

“Some are urban workers by choice, others are by circumstance,” Cash said. “Fifty-per cent of all workers in Canada cannot access a full-time, stable job. Today, we begin to change that.”

Cash’s Urban Worker bill proposes improved access to employment insurance, study options like income averaging for workers with fluctuating incomes, increased access to a livable pension while preventing the “mis-use and abuse” of unpaid internship programs.

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All three Davenport-area residents share one thing in common: their jobs and careers do not provide them a pension, security or benefits.

Shields would like to start a family one day, which could prove challenging since she doesn’t get maternity leave; Ludovico loves the flexibility her career provides her to care for her two young sons, yet she has to be careful during lean economic periods; while Manful, who has raised a family on his wages, is carefully saving for retirement.

Davenport MP Andrew Cash is working to bring stability and financial security

to the lives of his constituents Shields, Ludovico and Manful and those like them in Canada with a National Urban Worker Strategy he was set to introduce in the House of Commons this past Monday.

In advance of its tabling, Cash introduced the strategy while unveiling two new videos describing the issues urban workers face at the community learning centre, The Academy of the Impossible, Monday morning.

“It used to be you could get a job out of school, work for the same company for 20 to 30 years making enough money to raise a family and then retire with a pension,” Cash told his audience at the academy on Wallace Avenue, in the Bloor Street West and Lansdowne Avenue area.

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Building the Stonegate community St. Olave’s hosts a discussion on November 1 about the state of Stonegate and how you can help the community For years, the Stonegate community, nestled in east Etobicoke, has dealt quietly with social deprivation.

“The broader community may not be aware of Stonegate and the poverty that is there,” says William Cowling, a former resident of Swansea and longtime member of its Ratepayers’ Association.

After watching the Swansea Plaza be torn down to make room for a condo development, he would like to see the Stonegate community protect the Stonegate Plaza from experiencing a similar fate. ”Toronto has recently proposed to tear down the plaza

with a potential redevelopment,” says Cowling. “This could mean the exodus of affordable shopping options, from groceries at ValuMart to clothing at the Stongate Ministry’s Outreach Store and social services through the Community Health Centre.”

Members of the Stonegate Ministry fear that making room for a new structure with mostly new retail stores will threaten the current shops and services detrimental to the community.

“People are not very mobile.

The Stonegate Ministry knows that there are a lot of single mothers and immigrant households and the plaza is a walkable hub in an economically distressed community where not many have access to cars.”

“The Swansea community may not be aware that there are 75 low-rise apartments just across the river from them in Stonegate, or that 25 per cent of households are led by single

parents, or that 56 per cent are immigrants,” he says.“It would be catastrophic if the new development didn’t have the commercial aspect, including a grocery store, or if the health centre and clothing store were forced out.”

On Friday, November 1, Linda Dixon, the new Executive Director of the Stonegate Ministry, an ecumenical agency for all faiths, will speak at St. Olave’s.

“She will provide a timely look at the background: poverty, inadequate housing, literacy challenges and the lack of food security—together with the latest breaking news in Stonegate’s evolving story and some answers to the question, what can be done to help?”says Cowling.

Come to St. Olave’s at 360 Windemere Ave. for an All Saints Evensong at 6 p.m., followed by a light supper at 6.30 p.m. and Linda’s talk from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. You can count on some very lively discussions!

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s it just my imagination or is there more work going on during the weekends on Toronto roads than ever before?

Construction, resurfacing, maintenance, paving, grinding (whatever that is), concrete de-scaling (whatever THAT is), watermain replacement, railing replacement, bridge repairs, building new TTC tracks, repairing old TTC tracks. It’s endless.

Throw in marathons, walkathons, assorted otherathons, festivals and events and it can be quite challenging to navigate your way around.

So what’s a person to do?

The only thing one can do under these trying circumstances: grin and bear it.

And to help alleviate the frustration of the inevitable detours awaiting you, I suggest you make a travel plan well in advance.

The best way to find out what thoroughfares are out of service is online. For those without Internet? Not to worry.

Here are this weekend’s key road closures in and around town.

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY 1. That northbound highway entrance ramp you’re expecting to take to get out of the city and away from all the aggravating congestion.

2. The southbound highway exit ramp you’re planning on using to get to your favourite mall.

3. The eastbound lanes on the expressway. That’s if you’re heading east, of course.

4. If you’re heading west, it’s the westbound lanes on the expressway that are closed, needless to say.

5. From the intersection of Hey, I Thought That Was Supposed To Be Finished In April and Hey, I That Thought Was Supposed To Be Finished In May to the intersection of Hey, I Thought That Was Supposed To Be Finished In June and Hey, I Thought That Was Supposed To Be Finished In July.

6. That back road you were counting on to get to your job interview on time.

7. That one-way street you were counting on to get to your doctor’s appointment on time.

8. That short cut you were counting on to get to the time-management seminar on time.

9. That bridge you’ve been taking every weekend for as long as you can remember.

10. That overpass.

11. That underpass.

12. That in-between pass.

13. That street you need to take so you can get grandpa to his local pub where he can watch his beloved Arsenal on the tube.

14. The street you need to take to get your niece to her hockey game.

15. That street, too.

16. That one, too.

17. Definitely, THAT one.

18. Etc. And so on. Alas, also both closed for the next little while, I’m afraid. As if you hadn’t guessed.

Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics?

Not so much. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca

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New way to find your way on TTC? Colour-coded bus stop markings and a streamlined network map introduced in the last year could be removed in as little as two months.

TTC spokesperson Brad Ross said no decision has been made whether to preserve the designs currently seen along the 94 Wellesley bus route since being placed there on a pilot basis in February.

Ross suggested some elements of the designs could be incorporated into a proposed system-wide wayfinding strategy, which was to be unveiled to the public at the TTC’s monthly board meeting on Wednesday. truths about transit report wHard

An advisory panel tasked by Premier Kathleen Wynne to look at a list of transit revenue tools proposed by Metrolinx released its first of three planned reports this week.

O n M o n d a y, t h e 13-member panel published Hard Truths about Transit,

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT which dispels what it calls oft-mentioned transit “misconceptions,” such as the notion subways are the only worthwhile transportation infrastructure investment.

The panel, which includes Mayor Rob Ford’s former subway funding plan architect Gordon Chong, must report back to Wynne in December with final recommendations.

To read the report, go to www.transitpanel.ca can help build transit future wstudents

Are you in grades 9 to 12?

Do you want to be a transit builder?

If so, you have a chance to spend the day visiting construction in action and to win a pre-loaded PRESTO card through the program GO Ride the Rails: Transit Builder for a Day. GO Transit is inviting high school students living or

going to school within 300 metres of its rail corridor to submit a 500-word essay or 30-second video outlining what they would do to expand the transit infrastructure of tomorrow. The deadline to submit essays and/or videos is Friday, Dec. 13 by 5 p.m.

Email gts@gotransit.com TTC education campaign wnew

A public education campaign will launch across the TTC next year to encourage riders to offer up their seats to expectant mothers.

The TTC will place advisory decals aboard all vehicles in support of the measure, which Ross said comes as a result of provincial accessibility requirements and not – as has been reported by some media outlets – a strategy to improve rider etiquette.

Also planned is the future installation of blue seat inserts on all TTC vehicles designating priority seating.

Rahul Gupta is The Villager’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday.

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>>>from page 1 group has met with the province in regards to the noise walls. But last autumn’s meeting with then transportation minister Bob Chiarelli did not lead to a cancellation of the $20 million project, and Metrolinx is getting ready to issue a public tender for wall construction by the end of the year.

The provincial transit planning agency says the barriers need to be in place by 2015, when the Union Pearson (UP) Express air rail link begins operation and creates a significant increase in diesel train traffic along the corridor.

While Putnam is not optimistic the meeting with Murray will lead to overturning the project, he hopes the minister will keep an open mind on restricting construction of the walls and consider an alternative “living” wall design conceived by architectural firm Brown and Storey already dismissed

by Metrolinx as being too expensive to maintain over the long term.

“Metrolinx will build these walls until told otherwise,” Putnam said. “And the only one who will tell them otherwise is the minister.”

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Metrolinx will build these walls until told otherwise. And the only one who will tell them otherwise is the minister.

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As part of public consultations for the noise walls, Metrolinx organized multiple advisory panels made up of community members from eight west-end neighbourhoods to provide regular feedback on the designs.

At a previous community meeting, a representative for

the architecture firm contracted by Metrolinx to work on the designs told Metroland Media Toronto opposition for the walls was coming from a vocal minority and most residents living along the corridor supported the work. “‘There’s no public opposition, we have been on this project for six months and the majority of people really love the designs,’” said IBI Group landscape architect Neno Kovacevic on Tues.

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Putnam, who was surprised

by Kovacevic’s remarks, said he has since asked Metrolinx to provide evidence showing widespread support for the noise walls.

“They’re not prepared to show us the evidence of how many people want the full build because of ‘privacy concerns’,” he said.

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‘Innovative’ rail bridge to silence noisy train crossings New GO tunnel to help quiet Dupont Street/St. Clair West - the busiest rail corridor in Canada LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The Junction neighbourhood is on its way to becoming a lot less noisy and congested since an “innovative” rail bridge was installed to separate commuter and freight traffic earlier this fall, according to GO Transit.

The bridge will also aid in getting rid of a bottleneck at the busiest rail intersection in Canada, says the provincial transit agency.

Two of four planned bridges were installed on the east side of the rail corridor in the Junction’s West Toronto Diamond – one at Junction and Old Weston roads, the

other within the rail corridor where the CP rail North Toronto subdivision crosses GO Transit commuter service over a two-week period in September.

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The impetus for the project was the fact that the Dupont Street and St. Clair West corridor is the busiest rail corridor in Canada.

There was no more room in the schedule for more trains, said spokesperson Kelly Thornton.

“We had to dig a tunnel,” she said.

This lowered stretch of rail corridor will cut down on the volume of train noise for area residents by eliminating the need for so many trains

to travel over intersecting tracks. Meanwhile, the new bridge at Old Weston Road and Junction Road will also decrease wait times for pedestrian and vehicle traffic because drivers and people won’t have to wait at the rail crossing for passing GO trains, Neopilik said.

“We’ll be going underground,” he said. “We’ll be raising train speeds as well.”

Upon completion, the bridge project will enable GO trains on the Kitchener line and the new UnionPearson Express trains, which launches in the spring of 2015, to pass below CP rail service at the intersection for a 1.2 kilometre stretch along the Dupont Street and St. Clair Avenue West corridor.

Junction Triangle resident Scott Dobson agreed that the underpasses will make this specific area quieter because trains going in

different directions will no longer have to cross each other’s tracks. “(However), one must keep in mind that this will be more than made up for by the massive expansion of heavy diesel train noise going to the airport through the entire west end,” he said. electric trains better “Using electric trains, heralded the world over for being quieter, would have been the choice if quiet communities was the goal.”

GO Transit will start running trains on the east half of the lowered rail corridor in late spring or early summer next year. Two more bridges at the same intersections will be slid into place in the summer of 2014 on the west side of the corridor.

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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, 647-235-0843, www.junctionra.ca/ junction-seniors, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free The group meets at a local coffee shop for conversation, as a social network of neighbours. Tuesday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. , Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W. and Friday afternoons at the above location.

Everyone welcome.

Ward 13 Constituency Hours WHEN: 3 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Runnymede Public Library, 2178 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Irmgard, 416-3924072, councillor_doucette@toronto. ca COST: Free Ward 13 city Councillor Sarah Doucette holds constituency hours to meet with constituents in person.

Everyone welcome. An appointment is required.

at night (on Saturday too) and hear about legends and ghost stories that have been told about the Lodge and High Park. Not reccomended for children under eight years of age.

The Move Collective WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd. CONTACT: www.dovercourthouse.com, info@themovecollective. org COST: $12-$15 sliding scale, Children 12 and under, free Every Friday night. Ongoing since 2003, The Move is a meditative, playful, transformative and ecstatic dance event, created for the sheer love of dance. All are welcome. Come groove with our DJs. No experience needed. Admission - $12-$15 Sliding Scale, children 12 and under, free.

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Haunted High Park WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Colborne Lodge at High Park, 11 Colborne Lodge Dr. CONTACT: 416-392-6916, clodge@toronto.ca COST: $7.50$17.50 Visit Colborne Lodge and its grounds

Humbercrest United Church Fall Sale WHEN: 9 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd. CONTACT: David Drake, 416-767-6122, www.humbercrest.ca, info@humbercrest.ca COST: Free Lots of bargains on quality clothing plus footwear and accessories.

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Parenting Network Talk WHEN: 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. WHERE: Humberside Collegiate Institute, 280 Quebec Ave. CONTACT: Lisa Strucken, 416-604-2696, humbersidecouncil@gmail.com COST: Free Learn tools to improve co-operation, respect and communication with your teen; how to get teens to follow through on their commitments without nagging or threats.

The Junction Pumpkinfest WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Junction Train Platform, 2960 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Jessica Myers, 416767-9068, thejunctionbia.jessica@ gmail.com COST: Free Make your way to the neighbourhood to celebrate all things pumpkin and fall-inspired at local participating businesses throughout the day.

Pumpkin carving at the train platform and other fun family activities from 2 to 6 p.m .

What Trees are These? – Family Nature Walk WHEN: 1 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: 416-392-1748, ext.

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Clay and Paper Theatre presents Night Of Dread 2013 WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin St. CONTACT: www.clayandpapertheatre. org, info@theatreadmin.com COST: pay-what-you-can/$10 suggested Participants begin assembling in Dufferin Grove Park at 4 p.m.; parade starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 7:30 p.m.

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FourthAnnual Junction Gala WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. WHERE: St. John's Anglican Church, West Toronto, 288 Humberside Ave. CONTACT: Melani Tandon, 416-5365747, www.sjwt.ca, melani.tandon@ gmail.com COST: $25 Food, fun and dancing to raise funds for the church and its programming.

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Halloween Night Hike WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: 416-392-1748, ext. 2, www.highparknaturecentre. com/ai1ec_event/halloween-ni, COST: $8 person (three and under is free) Explore the haunting side of nature at the Nature Centre’s ‘Halloween Hike in High Park.’ Learn the not-soscary truth about bats, spiders, toads, gnomes and decomposers. Finish off the night warming up around a campfire in the bowling field behind the Nature Centre. Bring a flashlight.

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Cheering Section Wrap Party WHEN: 8 to 11 a.m. WHERE: NCE3, Ellis Park and Lake Shore Boulevard CONTACT: Friends of High Park Zoo, www.highparkzoo.ca, friends@highparkzoo.ca COST: Free Friends of High Park Zoo invites everyone who participated in the Neighbourhood Cheering Section for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon for a morning of free entertainment and refreshments.

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High Park Buckthorn Busting WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Grenadier Cafe, 200 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: http:// highparknature.org, stewards@ highparknature.org COST: Free Lots of people are needed to help remove buckthorn, a highly invasive shrub that competes with native plants. Meet in front of the Grenadier restaurant. Gloves and tools will be provided.

The Carnival Comes to High Park Alternative School WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. WHERE: High Park Alternative School, 265 Annette St. CONTACT: Jocelyn Midghall, 647-500-3843, hpalt.org, jocelyn.midghall@ gmail.com COST: Free Third annual High Park Alternative School Halloween Party Fundraiser! Celebrate Halloween early, dress up and enjoy food, games and partake in the silent auction and raffle. All proceeds go towards beautifying High Park Alternative.

Twilight Pumpkin Float in High Park WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE:

High Park wading pool, 1873 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: High Park Nature Centre, 416-392-1748, ext. 2, www.highparknaturecentre.com COST: $2.50/pumpkin Meet at the wading pool. Minimum $2.50 donation 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.

Sunday Service and Pot Luck Supper WHEN: 4:30 to 7 p.m. WHERE: St. Chad’s Anglican Church (High Park), 260 High Park Ave. CONTACT: 416-889-8248, info@ stchads.ca COST: Free Sunday church service, contemporary music, followed by a pot luck supper Junction Jam: A Vespers Service WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: St. John’s Anglican Church, West Toronto, 288 Humberside Ave. CONTACT: The Rev. Samantha Caravan, 416-763-2393, , pastor@sjwt.ca COST: Free-will offering Junction Jam is evening prayer wrapped in excellent music.

Some of Toronto’s finest musicians join us as we consider the mystery of our life and world through music and prayer. This week: The Humberside Collegiate Rising Stars

w Monday, October 28

Swansea Community Lunch Seniors WHEN: 12:15 to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: 416-6533535, 240, annist@rogers.com COST: $5 pp WTSS Silver Circle and Swansea

Area Seniors Association present a delicious community lunch, for adults, 55 years and older. Call to reserve ahead.

Scrabble Club WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Jo-Ann Woolverton, 416-394-1066 COST: Free Have fun and meet new people while enhancing your Scrabble skills at our weekly club. Ages 18 and up. Call to register.

w Wednesday, Oct. 30

Baby Time WHEN: 10:30 to 11 a.m.

WHERE: Annette Street library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416393-7692 COST: Free Bouncing and tickling rhymes, songs and stories for babies from birth to 18 months with their parents or caregivers.

Vaccines Revealed WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Kara Miley, 416-3941085 COST: Free How are they made and how do they work? Vaccination is an integral part of modern health care but many people are still suspicious about the effectiveness of vaccines and worried about the side effects they may incur. The talk aims to clarify what goes into making a vaccine, and how they work.

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MONARCH PAINTS AT 2755 DUNDAS STREET HOSTS COLOUR EVENT TO LAUNCH NEW FARROW & BALL COLLECTION Sponsored by:

On October 22, Monarch Paints hosted a colour evening to celebrate the launch of nine new colours into the Farrow & Ball collection. The event was attended by thirty local designers, painting contractors, and home owners interested in design. Farrow & Ball colour expert Jessica discussed the new colours and their origins, and provided tips on how to incorporate them into into the home.

Local eatery Roux provided hors d’oeuvres that were enjoyed by everyone. The talk was the second in a series of three monthly colour talks being given by the store, the last of which will take place at the end of November. For more information, please call 416-529-6560.

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