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COUNCILLOR CRESSY CALLS BLOOR BIKE LANE DATA GOOD NEWS An update into the Bloor Street Bike Lane Pilot Project shows an increase in cyclist usage and an increase in travel time for drivers. Data shows usage increased to 4,500 cyclists per day (36 per cent) from 3,300 cyclists per day. Metroland file photo FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/citycentre

MIDTOWN COUPLE ENJOYS A DIFFERENT KIND OF RETIREMENT Rather than simply see the world, Gerry and Sharleen Moodie have decided to spend their travelling years sharing their knowledge by helping entrepreneurs in developing nations grow their businesses with help from Cuso International. Submitted photo FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/citycentre

EX LIBERAL MINISTER GEORGE SMITHERMAN TO SEEK COUNCIL SEAT

GETTING SQUEEZED OUT Residents are struggling as Toronto’s income disparity grows. Joanna Lavoie/Metroland l See MIDDLE, pages 10-11

Former Ontario Health Minister and mayoral candidate George Smitherman is looking to get back into politics - specifically municipal politics, in the form of a seat on Toronto Council in the eastern part of the city’s downtown. Smitherman, 53, said he’s looking to run in one of Toronto’s new wards. David Rider/Toronto Star FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/ citycentre

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A car drives by The Distillery Districts Light Festival on Monday, Jan. 30. The Toronto Light Festival is the city’s first-ever festival of this kind, featuring 21 light art installations from local and international artists Distillery Districts Light Festival on Monday, Jan. 30. The Toronto Light Festival is the city’s first-ever festival of this kind, featuring 21 light art installations from local and international artists. It is on until March 12.

LOCAL l Friday, March 3 ROM Winter Fridays - Discounted Admission for All Ages WHEN: 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. WHERE: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park CONTACT: 416586-5797 COST: visit rom.ca Fridays to March 17, enjoy discounted admission from 5:30 10 p.m., and roam the galleries, or check out our newest special exhibition.

Triptych: The Musical World of Hieronymus Bosch WHEN: 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. WHERE: Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W., Toronto CONTACT: 416-964-6337 COST: $15-60 (discounts for seniors, under 35 & students w ID) Europe’s male vocal octet Cappella Pratensis celebrates music from the era and home city of Dutch Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch in its Canadian debut. l Saturday, March 4 Sing Joyfully! WHEN: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St., Toronto CONTACT: 416-598-0422, http:// www.tmchoir.org/201617-season/sing-joyfully/ COST: $35, $20 for 30 and unders.

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Visit insidetoronto.com/events to submit your own community events for online publishing. Join in a stirring hymn sing with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, all accompanied by the great Yorkminster Park organ. Webcast on livestream.com. Spectrum Music Presents: Tales of the Unconscious WHEN: 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. WHERE: Knox Presbyterian Church, 630 Spadina Ave., Toronto CONTACT: Ben McCarroll-Butler, b.mccarroll.butler@gmail.com, http:// spectrummusic.ca/event/details/ tales-of-the-unconscious/ COST: $15 general | $10 student (ID required) Featuring three of Canada’s leading voices in jazz, Mike Murley (saxophone), Andrew Downing (bass), and Chris Pruden (piano), this ethereal mix of voices and improvisers evokes the limitless depths of our imagination. l Sunday, March 5 Celebrate Toronto 2017 WHEN: 12 p.m. - 10 p.m. WHERE: Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. W., Toronto CONTACT: Karishma Karia, me-

dia@celebratetoronto.ca, www.celebratetoronto.ca COST: Celebrate Toronto, the 2-day festival honoring Toronto’s 183rd Anniversary at Nathan Phillips Square, March 5 and 6. Study and Go Abroad Fair Toronto WHEN: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: Metro Toronto Convention Centre - North Building, 255 Front St. W., Toronto CONTACT: info@studyandgoabroad.com, http://www.studyandgoabroad.com/ COST: Canada’s largest international university and student travel expo. Best Ontario Sommelier Competition 2017 WHEN: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. WHERE: George Brown College - Centre for Hospitality and Culinary A, 300 Adelaide St. E., Toronto CONTACT: Nicole Schram, 4164615270, nicole@thesirengroup.com COST: 75.00 An epic wine challenge will culminate on March 5th, with a single sommelier being proclaimed the very best in Ontario.

l Friday, March 3 Curious Minds Weekend WHEN: 12 p.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, 506 Bloor St W., Toronto CONTACT: 416.637.3123, http://www.hotdocscinema.ca/responsive/content/ curiousmindsweekend COST: Various packages Over three days (March 3-5) of in-depth on-stage discussions, meet innovative thinkers and explore the most urgent and exciting issues of our time.

Toronto Light Festival WHEN: 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. WHERE: The Historic Distillery District, 55 Mill St., Toronto CONTACT: Kathleen Stelmach, kathleen@torchiacom.com, http://www.torontolightfest.com/ COST: The Toronto Light Festival is on until March 12. Hours: Sunday to Wednesday, sundown to 10 p.m.Thursday to Saturday, sundown to 11 p.m. l Saturday, March 4 TMC hymn sing WHEN: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St., Toronto CONTACT: 416.598.0422, http:// www.tmchoir.org/201617-season/ sing-joyfully/ COST: $35 (general seating);

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Visit insidetoronto.com/ events to submit your own community events for online publishing. VOXTIX (30 & under) $20 Join in a stirring hymn sing with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, all accompanied by the great Yorkminster Park organ. l Sunday, March 5 SingONtario! WHEN: 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. WHERE: Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge Street, Toronto CONTACT: info@choirsontario.org COST: Various prices Ontario’s premiere choral event including non-competitive adjudicated choir performances, clinics, workshops and massed festival choir.

ORIANA Women’s Choir Concert WHEN: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd., Toronto CONTACT: Laura Inostroza, (416) 526-6257, info@orianachoir.com, http:// orianachoir.com/ COST: Adults $25. Seniors $20. FT Student $10 Two major works for women’s voices.

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Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s new campaign might make you feel like a super hero. The Capes for Kids campaign runs to Sunday, March 12 in support of children with disabilities. Holland Bloorview is Canada’s largest children’s rehabilitation hospital. Sign up at http://capesforkids.ca/. Submitted photo FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/northyork

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The City of Toronto is considering a stormwater charge

Tell us what you think Visit toronto.ca/stormwatercharge to: • Learn more about the proposed stormwater charge • Get a complete list of the public consultation dates and locations • Complete the survey What is stormwater? Stormwater is rain and melted snow. When not absorbed into the ground, it runs off properties onto streets, down storm drains and through a complex network of pipes that carry it into local waterways or, in some cases, wastewater treatment facilities. Generally, the more hard surfaces a property has the more stormwater it adds to the stormwater system.

RESIDENTIAL Assumes annual water use of 265 cubic metres and a lot size of 0.037 ha (approx. 4,000 sq ft)

What is the challenge? An increase in extreme storms, combined with more hard surfaces in the city is resulting in more water making its way into the stormwater system. Too much water can overwhelm the system leading to ﬂooded basements and poor water quality in local waterways, including Lake Ontario.

How is stormwater managed? Making infrastructure improvements is necessary to manage the impacts of stormwater. To help manage stormwater, the City is creating new holding ponds, tanks and tunnels, and overhauling some sewer infrastructure that is more than 100 years old.

How will a stormwater charge affect water bills?

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The proposal is to remove the portion paid for stormwater – currently embedded in the water rate – and show it as a separate charge on the bill. The water rate will decrease and a stormwater charge will be added. The amount paid for stormwater will be based on property size and the average amount of hard surfaces on properties of a similar size. Some bills will go up and some will go down. The examples on the right use proposed 2019 water rates. They are examples only, because water use and lot size differ for all properties.

There is a growing need for new and upgraded stormwater infrastructure. Toronto City Council will be considering the stormwater charge in the spring of 2017.

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APARTMENT & CONDO BUILDINGS Assumes annual water use of 2,557 cubic metres and a lot size of 0.088 ha (approx. 9,500 sq ft) PROPOSAL: CURRENT LOWER WATER RATE + STORMWATER CHARGE Water rate charge: Water rate charge: $7,771 $10,018 Stormwater charge: $860 Total annual bill: Total annual bill: $8,631 $10,018 Per day: $27.45 Per day: $23.65 Annual difference: -$1,387 -13.8% INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL & INSTITUTIONAL Assumes annual water use of 532 cubic metres and a lot size of 0.052 ha (approx. 5,600 sq ft) PROPOSAL: CURRENT LOWER WATER RATE + STORMWATER CHARGE Water rate charge: Water rate charge: $1,617 $2,084 Stormwater charge: $530 Total annual bill: $2,084 Total annual bill: $2,147 Per day: $5.71 Per day: $5.88 Annual difference: $62 3.0%

Meet with City re presentatives by attending one of our formal presentations* • Scarborough Civic Centre Tu esday, March 7 • East York Civi c Centre Monda y, March 20 • Etobicoke Civi c Centre Thursd ay, March 23 • York Civic Ce ntre Tuesday, M ar ch 28 • Metro Hall Th ursday, March 30 (4 p.m. to 9 p.m.) • North York Civi c Centre Tuesda y, April 4 * Events start at 6 p.m. (except w here noted otherwise) and pr esentations begi n at 7 p.m.

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto represented by UNITE Here, Local 75 on York’s Downsview campus, and 60 at UTSC, get $11.50 to $12.21. After 10 years, Maddelena Funarolo’s pay is $12.21, not up even by $2. "How do you feed a family?" she asks. "How?" Their contracts are not with the universities but Aramark, a U.S. company. Meanwhile, servers at U of T’s St. George campus, working for U of T directly, get $18 or $20 an hour. Servers at the suburban

campuses deserve those same wages, wages they can live on. Darrell and Maureen Jansen have served UTSC students and staff for 10 years. Maureen gets $11.50, Darrell $12.66; he was promoted recently but Aramark didn’t increase his pay. Their two children are in college. The Jansens rent a north Scarborough house for $1,000 a month, have no savings, and while on strike, no income. Like other servers, they say their fight isn’t just for money but the next generation. They also want more respect from an employer constantly pushing more work on them. "We are strong. We will fight to our last," Maureen says. Growing fast and planning big things, York and UTSC say they’re "anchor institutions" committed to raising up the communities around them. That’s a lie if fulltime employees on those campuses don’t make a living wage.

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They serve meals on Toronto campuses, but can they afford meat for their families? They deal with hundreds of customers a day, and are expected to smile. Until now. Food servers at York University and University of Toronto Scarborough are on strike. Keisha Latty, on the job at York for 11 years, says the pay is insulting. She needs $1,200 for rent, plus babysitting money and food for her three kids. Last week, she hadn’t paid her February rent, and March was just days away. "You can’t afford to buy food in the city anymore. There’s no affordable rent in the city anymore," Latty says. And TTC fares go up, "so when you go home, you go home with nothing." Latty actually has one of the highest salaries in her unit, $15.41 an hour. Most of the 220 people

concern with the Trump administration’s repeatedly adversarial stance toward the media with retired Navy Admiral William McRaven, leader of the 2011 operation that killed Osama bin Laden, calling it "the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime" and Republican Senator John McCain cautioning that suppressing the press is "how dictators get started." While the hostility toward the media is not as prevalent here in Canada, it’s becoming more common to see eerily similar rhetoric dotting the comments sections of news websites and social media feeds. A big part of the news media’s role is holding elected officials, at all levels of government, to account for their actions and the decisions they make and to protect your right to know. At the same time, we’re accountable for our coverage to you, the public. It’s OK for politicians and the public to disagree with the manner in which a story is covered or offer additional information that can make the narrative more clear but there’s a massive difference between that and allegations of fabrication and deliberate falsehood. By all means, don’t hesitate to critique and question news stories, we welcome it but let’s also be careful not to shoot the messenger.

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There’s a troubling trend taking place in the political discourse of late. The news media is in the crosshairs and coming under increasing fire by those who would prefer to be the subject of propaganda instead of public scrutiny. The latest salvo came Friday when U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a double whammy, with White House press secretary Sean Spicer barring a number of news agencies, including the New York Times and CNN, from the daily briefing and the commander-inchief himself again referring to the media as "the enemy of the American people" in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. It’s an escalation of a campaign intended to sow distrust in the media that’s been ongoing since Trump’s election campaign, with Orwellian terms such as "alternative facts" and "fake news" now entering the lexicon. A free press is an institution so integral to a functioning democracy that Thomas Jefferson is famously quoted as having said: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." That’s among the reasons why many academics and experts have expressed

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ACTING TODAY CAN PREVENT AN ACCIDENT TOMORROW. At CP, we want to make the safest railway in North America even safer. Changing legislation and regulations to allow the use of video and voice recorders in the cabs of our locomotives could prevent accidents, protect communities and save lives. Find out more at CPRailSafe.ca.

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Middle class feels the squeeze Residents struggle to stay afloat as income disparity in Toronto grows JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com North York resident Cathleen Trinh, mom to three-year-old Charlie, keeps a fairly tight rein on her finances. Trinh, who works in Richmond Hill, directs a notable portion of her earnings to child care. "It is manageable with my income. I’m pretty lucky, but it could be better," said Trinh, who is on a waiting list for a child care subsidy. "The Canada Child Tax Benefit helps me a lot." Since becoming a single mom a year ago, Trinh said she’s learned a lot more about how to access government resources and tax breaks. She’s currently working to save up enough money to purchase a property in the city. "One of the major financial challenges is trying to own something. It’s basically impossible," admitted Trinh, who came to Canada from Germany 14 years ago. "I have not given up hope on home ownership, but I’m not ready for it yet. Maybe in the next year if the prices aren’t crazy." Trinh’s situation is a common one for people in Toronto who earn between $40,000 and $90,000 annually. Danielle C., a mother of young two sons from East York, would love to own her own home in the city but realizes it’s just not possible with her family’s $80,000 annual income and their current monthly expenditures, which includes $2,000 for daycare. "We could afford the mortgage payment but the challenge is to pay down our consumer debt and save for the down payment," said Danielle, who asked to not use her full name for privacy reasons. "Five years would be the earliest my partner and I

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Cathleen Trinh and her son Charlie, 3, are feeling the financial pressures of living in Toronto. could consider a house, if all things fall into place." Regardless, she said the benefits of city life, notably its diversity, walkability, and access to public transit, outweigh the dream of home ownership. A decade ago, University of Toronto professor David Hulchanski published a groundbreaking report, Three Cities Within Toronto, which looked at income polarization in Toronto by neighbourhood from 1970 to 2005. In early 2015, Hulchanski and his team of researchers provided an up-

date to that initial report. They found that the city’s wealth is becoming even more concentrated in the central part of the city with less affluent areas growing in Toronto’s outer limits. The findings, which still ring true today, also show that the average income is rising significantly in downtown and the north end, essentially pushing out those who earn less. Sean Meagher, executive director of Social Planning Toronto, spends his days advocating for affordability for Toronto’s roughly one million households.

Together with his team, he works to build a Toronto where everyone has the "means to participate" in society. "We don’t want people pushed into pockets. We want people to be able to live everywhere in the city and afford to do so," he said. "I think it’s valuable (to the city) and an investment we have to make." Recently, the council has been pushing Toronto to do better in a campaign of the same name. Part of "Toronto Can Do Better" includes lobbying the city to look at the bigger picture

MIDDLE CLASS CHALLENGES ANDREEA GASCA A Beach resident for 16 years, Andreea Gasca is prepared to make sacrifices so that her 12-year-old daughter Nikita can reap the benefits of growing up in a diverse, multicultural city. "I’m staying in Toronto because of what it can teach my child. I want my daughter to have an open mind. From an arts and culture standpoint, Toronto offers so much," shared Gasca, who works for the Attorney General’s office. Originally from Montreal, Gasca said to stay afloat she’s had to find creative ways to stretch a dollar. "We’ve developed an addiction to Value Village and the Facebook (buy and sell) groups. You have to find ways to make it work," said Gasca, who has only taken one vacation in 12 years. "It’s tough to get ahead, to make ends meet." Gasca said inflation is a key reason why she struggles to get ahead even if her income has increased in recent years. ALICIA PENNY Scarborough resident Alicia Penny, her partner, and their two-year-old son, Elijah, are also working hard to stay afloat. Toronto is home and she feels her family has the right to live here. "Our roots are here. It’s just too much to up and move somewhere else where you don’t know anybody," she told Metroland Media Toronto. Penny, who has lived in the city for the majority of her life, said one of the challenges her young family faces is the cost of housing. "It requires a lot of juggling," she admitted. Both Penny, who works in landscaping, and her partner, a mechanic by trade, are both currently receiving disability benefits. She said the challenge is that any extra income earned or any savings or assets they had are counted against them. "It’s tough to get ahead," she said. and invest in transit, good jobs, and affordable housing in its 2017 budget. "Our view is, let’s budget smart. We want a plan that makes sense. It’s about making choices that meet our needs versus the numbers we like," he said, pointing to the importance of considering interconnecl See TORONTO’S page 11

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all income levels. You don’t have to be in the lowest income bracket to feel the stress of affordability," said Diane Dyson, director of research and public policy. "We help people who are trying to find resources." Dyson and her colleagues work to better understand how decisions made by the government directly affect people’s

lives, and identify and improve the "missing pieces" in the system. A major part of their work is addressing the lack of affordable housing in Toronto. For Steven Vanderherberg, the agency’s director of strategic initiatives, it’s all about helping people living with less find the right balance of income and expenses, and to help them be

autonomous and better "afford their lives." WoodGreen runs yearlong income tax clinics as well as a host of Financial Empowerment Services to help people increase their financial literacy, manage their debt, create a budget, access government income sources. -with files from Torstar News

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to the city’s coffers through a small property tax increase can be beneficial for all. WoodGreen Community Services, a long-standing social service agency in east Toronto, is one of many organizations across the city helping Torontonians find ways to afford their lives and thrive. "Income stress affects

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