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SURF’S UP! PHOTOGRAPHY BY JUSTIN GREAVES Larry Cavero could never have imaged surfing the freezing Great Lakes when he first started surfing at age seven in his home country of Peru. But after moving to Canada and discovering the possibilities, he’s opened a new door to his favourite sport. Whether it’s -20C and hailing or the wind is gusting more than 50 kilometres per hour, you can find Cavero ripping up the surf along the Toronto shoreline. Cavero is one of the main organizers leading the surfing community in Ontario. He started Surf Dreams Canada, a local surf store which organizes events like beach cleanups and other environmental awareness events. On top of connecting aspiring surfers with gear and know how, Cavero is always keeping an eye on the weather forecast for rideable waves across Ontario. Surfers use websites specific for determining the size and direction of the waves.
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(Clockwise from top) Larry Cavero, (left) and Andrew Dawson celebrate a good day of surfing at the Scarborough Bluffs in mid March; Cavero selects a board in his Brampton home for a day of surfing on the Great Lakes; A group of surfers wait patiently for a wave at the Scarborough Bluffs in early April. The shore lines of Toronto attract surfers from all over the province year-round; Cavero cathces a wave.
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DOMINIK KUREK dkurek@insidetoronto.com The Toronto Birth Centre celebrated its 1,000th delivery since it opened in January 2014 and announced it is getting new funding that will allow it to bring more babies into the world each year. Previous funding allowed it to provide birthing services to 450 patients each year. An additional $175,000 in yearly funding from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care will increase services to 525 yearly patients. The funding will allow the centre to expand other services as well. The 1,000th baby was delivered April 19. The celebration and funding announcement happened Friday, April 28. Cheryllee Bourgeois, a Cree-Metis midwife, project co-lead for the birth centre and president of its board, said the facility hadn’t yet needed to turn away clients,
but it was getting close to its funded limit. The facility, one of three in Ontario, was established by the coming together of the midwifery and indigenous health communities. It followed decades of work, first separate by the midwifery and indigenous communities, which later came together. When Ontario’s Liberal government announced it would fund birth centres, the separate groups came together and worked on building this one. Facilities such as this are critical to the health of indigenous communities, Bourgeois said. "There are such big health disparities, in terms of outcomes for indigenous and nonindigenous people," she said. "We also know through many different kinds of research, focus groups and reports that have come out, there is still a systemic problem with racism and trying to access
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Natalie Tregaskiss holds her six-month-old son Barrington Tregaskiss-Crichton at the celebration for the 1000th baby born in the Toronto Birth Centre. health care, with issues around trying to get birth closer to home, issues of people having to be evacuated for birth - people having to leave their communities to be able to give birth." Bourgeois said the Toronto Birth Centre model could be replicated to a
much smaller scale in communities across the province. It would allow more people to give birth close to home at centres run by midwives. "When you take birth out of a small community, the thing that’s left for people to come together is real-
ly for people dying. It’s not only about good birth outcomes - although it does have a lot to do with that but it’s also about being able to build a healthy community," Bourgeois said. The birth centre prides itself on providing a homelike and comfortable set-
ting. "There is not the whole institution feeling of going to a hospital and having that kind of birth experience," executive director Roberta Pike said. "Families can bring as many support people as they want to the birth here and we’re really building a community focus." While indigenous families can already perform smudging ceremonies at a hospital, at the birth centre they are able to perform it without having to go through any onerous permissions processes. Families of other cultural origins are also welcome to bring in their traditional practices to the birth event. The Toronto Birth Centre is at 525 Dundas St. E., in Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood. It draws clients from across Toronto. For more information, visit www.torontobirthcentre.ca
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It’s time to celebrate our everyday heroes In a world often dominated by depressing headlines, inconsequential information and political movements that drive apart rather than bring people together, it’s refreshing to be able to take pause and celebrate something special. This year, we’ve got the Urban Hero Awards to look forward to again. And in all honesty, all the staff at Metroland Media Toronto can’t wait. The program is designed to be accessible to everyone in our city – you, your neighbour, that kid down the street who helps the elderly, teachers, social workers, volunteers – anyone can be an Urban Hero. That’s the beauty of it. It’s an awards program designed to recognized the average people in our communities who do great things, in their own way. For our readers in Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough, you’ll remember the awards program from previous years. But this time around, we’re launching with a new look, a slightly new awards process and nominations are open across the entire city. All this, in time for Canada’s 150th celebrations because we thought, what better way to celebrate what it means to be Canadian, by honouring the people that make a difference in the lives of others? Help us out by considering who you know that makes that difference. We’re looking for nominations in the categories of Arts, Business, Education, Environment, Good Neighbour, Health, Social Issues and Sports. Within each category the awards will recognize the ’Titans of Tomorrow’ (Youth 14-18), and the ’Champions of Today’ (Adults 19+). You can nominate someone today, but only until June 11. After we receive and confirm all nominations we’ll be launching an online public voting process, which will determine eight ’people’s choice’ Urban Hero winners. Another eight finalists will be selected by our staff, and the whole group celebrated at a reception later this year. Most recipients are modest about the impact they make, but it’s even more reason to give them the recognition they deserve. They may not be used to the spotlight, but what they do will no doubt serve as inspiration for others. These awards are a special opportunity to tell some really good news stories and demonstrate the strength of the good will that exists in Canada and here at home in our city. Go online to www.urbanheroes.ca to nominate someone or to learn more.
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What if Toronto just gives TCHC away? Toronto Community Housing Corporation – (TCHC) – will shut 7,500 apartments in five years unless it gets $1.7 billion. And it probably won’t. Not from the city, not from Ottawa or Queen’s Park. Though Mayor John Tory says it’s reasonable, and a "moral imperative," to split that repair backlog three ways, expecting those governments to do it is a bad bet. At a TCHC highrise in Scarborough Village – newsworthy in 2015, when brick cladding on one side suddenly slid off – Tory sounded like a man convinced he’s doing all he can to fix something before chucking it into the street. True, the province’s budget is out, without new money for social housing,
MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto but it’s not too late, Tory said. City taxpayers can’t pay, Tory argued, since that will mean double-digit increases forcing seniors out of their homes. "Property taxes were never meant to fund multibillion-dollar capital projects," he said, a bit rich from the guy backing up the Scarborough subway with a dedicated tax.
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Parents of students at John Fisher Public School were hoping to hear their children’s fate by late Tuesday afternoon. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has been working with parents and the developers the KG Group - to determine whether they could sufficiently mitigate risk
to staff and students at the school as KG Group builds a 35-storey rental apartment building next door. If so, the school would continue as normal, albeit with additional safety measures in place. Otherwise, the students could have to be moved to Vaughan Road Academy. A recent study offered
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Enjoy local weekend festivals Mooredale’s annual Mayfair, Toronto’s longestrunning community festival, returns for its 71st year with its impressive array of rides, midway games, bingo, a kiddie zone and plenty more to keep the young and the young at heart entertained. As usual, there will be a track and field competition with races for young ath-
letes aged one to 13. A raffle, bake sale and carnival treats will help round out the festivities, with adults invited to drop by the Mayfair beer and wine tent to quench their thirst. The event takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 12 and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 13 in Rosedale Park. Meanwhile, the Wanless
Park Spring Fair is slated to return for its second year, with a wide variety of events and attractions including a bouncy castle, egg throwing contest, pie eating contest, tug of war, and plenty of food and drinks, including a beer garden. The Spring Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 13 in Wanless Park.
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Former Toronto Island resident fondly recalls flood of ’52 MICHAELS CORRECTION NOTICE
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CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com For Toronto resident Ellen Sturm, last week’s news reports of a possible evacuation of Toronto Island residents brought back a flood of fond childhood memories. It was the spring of 1952, and Sturm’s family had just arrived from Germany a few months earlier to set up house in an old army barracks at Hanlan’s Point when the rains came - and kept coming and coming. The flood waters that resulted from that deluge, she recalled, uprooted large trees, left the lakeshore a mess, and brought schools of large carp into their Toronto Island neighbourhood. "Attending the local public school was a challenge for my little sister, Hella, because the carp had invaded the sidewalks and she was afraid to be knocked over," Sturm, who was 12 at the time, laughed. "But my brother Bert, who was 10 and quite good at construction, found a bunch of boards around and built himself a raft so he could go out and spike those fish for dinner." The carp, said Sturm, who now lives in Toronto’s west-end Thistletown neighbourhood, became a major staple of the family’s diet over the course of the two to three weeks it took for the flood waters to finally subside from the front steps of their home. "Before long, my father invited people from the mainland who thought it was very exciting to visit us over there, and my mother offered them these muddy tasting carps," she recalled. "We were quite happy when they finally disappeared, because that’s all we ate for weeks - fish soup, fish cakes, fried fish, jellied fish. They didn’t taste that terrific, but it was a source of food for us at a time we were struggling." Sturm’s father, Dr. W. Goegginger, was a Lutheran minister from Latvia
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bags nor any talk of evacuation. "For us as kids, it was actually quite exciting because it was something to do. Nowadays people are so careful, but we didn’t feel threatened by it and we didn’t complain. We were quite happy - we had enough to eat and we were together." A Canadian government webpage on ’Flooding Events in Canada’ did flag the year 1952, noting that problems of flooding and erosion in the Great Lakes have been the most severe when water levels have been high, "notably in 1952, 1972-73 and 1985-87."
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Take a Drake-themed downtown walking tour Jurassic Park, CN Tower and Drake-owned restaurant Frings included JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com After helping to raise Toronto’s profile internationally, world-renowned rapper Drake will be the focal point of a new walking tour through downtown Toronto. Drake fans Ellie Geronikolos, Eleni Nico and Stephanie Chong are set to start up new Drakethemed tours of the downtown core, hitting such locales as the Raptors’ tailgate party zone Jurassic Park, the CN Tower (as featured on Drake’s album "Views"), Graffiti Alley, and Drake-
owned restaurant Frings. The trio came up with the idea for the walking tour when they saw the interest in Drake all around the world. "When we would travel and people would find out we’re from Toronto, they would always ask a lot of questions about Drake, like, ’Do you know the building on his album cover?’" Geronikolos said. "We thought it would be cool to help people see our city through the landmarks he helped make famous." While Toronto has been home to plenty of celebrities over the years, few have made a point of celebrating their city as much as Drake, noted Nico. "I can’t think of any artists who have made the kind of references to the city that he’s made." While the tour is geared toward Drake fans, the Tours of the 6ix founders said a love of
Drizzy’s music is definitely not a prerequisite as they worked to create a tour that would appeal to anyone. "We just asked ourselves, if we had a friend coming to Toronto for the weekend, where would we take them?" Nico said. Of course, hosting a walking tour also takes research, and Geronikolos, Nico and Chong did their research to learn facts and figures behind the hot spots on the tour and the city as a whole. In addition to pointing out trendy and popular spots, the trio also made a point of finding spots that were highly Instagrammable. "We put in a lot of hard work to try to do the city justice," Geronikolos said. "We wanted to make sure we were giving people something they couldn’t find on other walking tours." For more information on Tours of the 6ix, visit www.toursofthe6.com
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Toronto Botanical Garden hosts spring plant sale WHEN: 10:00 a.m WHERE: Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave East (at Leslie), Toronto CONTACT: info@torontobotanicalgarden.ca COST: Plants for sale Toronto Botanical Garden hosts spring plant sale May 12 to 14. Don Valley Art Club WHEN: 12:00 p.m WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto CONTACT: Don Valley Art Club, https:// donvalleyartclub.com/ COST: In celebration of Canada 150, more than 100 members of the Don Valley Art Club will illustrate how Canada has inspired their work, May 3-14. Upper Canada Choristers Spring Concert WHEN: 8:00 p.m - 10:00 p.m WHERE: Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd., Toronto CONTACT: Upper Canada Choristers, (416) 256-0510, info@uppercanadachoristers.org, www.uppercanadachoristers.org COST: $25 each; free for children & teens accompanied by an adult The Upper Canada Choristers and
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l SATURDAY, MAY 13 Science Rendezvous featuring Soapbox Science WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: Yonge-Dundas Square, 1 Dundas St. E., Toronto CONTACT: Leigh Paulseth, 416-979-5000, l.paulseth@ryerson.ca, http:// www.ryerson.ca/sciencerendezvous/ COST: Science Rendezvous is a FREE science festival celebrating amazing feats of science and engineering from experts in the field!
l TUESDAY, MAY 16 Screening of Forgotten WHEN: 7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m WHERE: Amsterdam Brewery (Leaside), 45 Esandar Drive, Toronto CONTACT: Sandra Joyce, 416 686 0078, sandrajoyce@rogers.com COST: $10
By Toronto native Director Eleanor McGrath, Forgotten is about the over 100,000 British Home Children sent to Canada to work as indentured farm workers and domestics.
l THURSDAY, MAY 18 Ribfest at Yonge-Dundas Square WHEN: 11:00 a.m WHERE: Yonge and Dundas Square, 1 Dundas St. East, Toronto, Toronto CONTACT: Sameer J, 5198512581, Sam@northernheatribseries.ca May 18-21 presented by Northern Heat Rib Series.
l SATURDAY, MAY 20 The Waterfront Artisan Market returns to HTO Park this Summer WHEN: 11:00 a.m - 8:00 p.m WHERE: HTO Park, 339 Queens Quay West, Toronto CONTACT: Peter Ashworth, 416-603-6005, peter@ashworthassociates.com The Waterfront Artisan Market returns to HTO Park this summer every Saturday from May 20 through Thanksgiving weekend, 11 am to 8 pm, rain or shine! waterfrontbia.com
5 things to do this weekend l THURSDAY, MAY 11 ReelAbilities Film Festival WHEN: 2:30 p.m WHERE: Various venues, Toronto CONTACT: (416) 924-6211 COST: $15, adult May 11-18, the first and largest festival of its kind in Canada showcasing disability and Deaf cultures through film.
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l FRIDAY, MAY 12 Mayfair in Rosedale Park WHEN: 5:00 p.m WHERE: Rosedale Park, 20 Scholfield Ave., CONTACT: 416) 922-3714 ext.10 Exciting carnival rides, great bands, midway games for kids (great prizes!), face painting, track and field and more! Outdoor pub for adults. Also Saturday 9-5.
l SATURDAY, MAY 13 Buy Good. Feel Good. Expo 2017 WHEN: 10:00 a.m WHERE: Heritage Court, Enercare Centre, 100 Princes’ Blvd #1 CONTACT: sarah@thefairtradeshow.com COST: $7-$13 Canada’s largest consumer show dedicated to bringing together those who believe that business is about more than just maximizing profit, May 13, 14.
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TCAF: The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2017 WHEN: 12:00 p.m WHERE: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St., Toronto CONTACT: contact@torontocomics.com COST: Mostly free The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) returns to Toronto Reference Library, bringing with it over 400 comic book creators, writers, and illustrators from around the world, May 13, 14.
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were pressured to vote no. "When they found out we’re doing this - boom." SoHo House Toronto didn’t respond to requests for comment. Espinoza recalled the campaign to unionize started after an incident last Au-
gust, where fans in the kitchen weren’t working on a hot day. One line cook, a man of 22, fainted, "and was sneaked out the back," Espinoza recalled. "That’s when my blood started to boil."
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Another cook, who doesn’t want to be identified, said he saw the man faint. "They kept the place open," he said Wednesday. "It says they’d rather make money than take care of their people."
The man said he enjoys working at SoHo House, but it’s hard to live in Toronto on what it pays dishwashers and cooks. An employee who works in the front of the house, and who also wants to stay anonymous, said he’s been
threatened over the union. "It’s crazy there right now." The man agreed with the drive’s goals and thought many of the club’s famous clients would sympathize. "A lot of them are huge advocates for equality and the rights of different groups."
Marathon attracts thousands Peter Kemboi of Etobicoke won Sunday’s GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon. Kemboi finished in two hours, 41 minutes and six seconds. Despite unseasonably cool temperatures, 14,000 runners from more than 50 countries hit Toronto streets for GoodLife Fitness’s marathon, marathon relay, half-marathon, half-marathon walk, 10-kilometre run, 5K run/walk and relays. Michelle Spencer of Guelph was the fastest fe-
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Film Festival celebrates ’Reel Abilities’ JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com While the Toronto International Film Festival may boast glitz and big-name celebrities, it - and other Toronto film fests - could stand to learn something from one of the newer names on the festival circuit. The ReelAbilities Film Festival (RAFF) is returning to the Miles Nadal JCC for the second year, screening top-flight movies that deal with, or were created by, people with disabilities and Deaf artists. RAFF started out in New York in 2007, eventually making its way north of the border last year. In addition
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with a couple of world premières also on the bill. There was also a focus on making sure there was Canadian content for ReelAbilities Toronto. A special free Family Film and Arts Day will take place at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 13. Along with accessible screenings of family-friendly films, the event will also feature arts and crafts, storytelling, model city-building, face painting, live music and a stop motion animation workshop. RAFF runs from Wednesday, May 10 through Thursday, May 18. For more information, visit www.toronto.reelabilities.org
Fundraiser for diabetes diabetes treatment. The fund was named for Francesco Grosso, son of Cadillac Lounge owner Sam Grosso, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of two. Through the Hospital for Sick Children, the fund has helped more than 120 families cover diabetes-related costs such as insulin,
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