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JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A popular women-only spa has generated controversy after transgender clients were allegedly refused service. Recently, Body Blitz Spa, which operates two locations in downtown Toronto at 471 Adelaide St. W. and 497 King St. E., allegedly refused to admit a transgender woman to one of its facilities. Weronika Rogula, who identifies as a gender non-conforming queer, is friends with a transgender individual who was recently denied entry to the spa. On their personal Facebook page, Rogula said they’ll no longer be patronizing Body Blitz because of its anti-trans policy. "They do not welcome trans women in their women-only spa and so I am done giving them my money (benefits) and encourage you to do the same," Rogula wrote last Friday. "Women-only spaces should not be for cis (someone who idenl See SPA, page 11
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CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com As a hockey historian whose expert video consultancy services have been called upon by the NHL, CBC, ESPN, and Hockey Hall of Fame, Paul Patskou has made a career of digging up rarely-beforeseen vintage hockey reels. But it’s archived film of his century-old home team’s most famous goal that the lifelong Leafs fan from North York counts as his greatest discovery. "The story started when I retrieved some old footage from the National Archives that was marked ’unidentified.’ I didn’t have any idea what it was, but when I started watching it, I started recognizing the teams and the players right away," he said, naming the black-and-white images of Maurice "Rocket" Richard of the Montreal Canadiens, and Toronto Maple Leafs’ Bill Barilko among those he was quick to identify. "Then it dawned on me and I thought to myself, ’This couldn’t possibly be the final game in 1951 when the Leafs won the Cup, could it? Darn it, this IS the Barilko Game 5!’ "It was one of the best finds ever, because everyone talks about that goal." True, countless articles have been written about that legendary Bashin’ Bill Barilko game-winner on April 21, 1951 that secured the Toronto Maple Leafs their ninth Stanley Cup championship. Books, documentaries, and even a Tragically Hip song have cemented the four-time Stanley Cupwinning winger’s overtime goal and his mysterious disappearance while on a fishing trip just three months later - a lasting place in Canadian folklore. It was, after all, the last goal Barilko would ever score. And as fans of The Hip’s hit song Fifty-Mission Cap well know, the Leafs didn’t win another Cup until 1962, the same year Barilko’s skeletal remains were discovered in a plane wreck just north of his hometown of Tim-
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ager, and jumping on the ice and retrieving it from the net while the Leafs were celebrating," Patskou said, noting that no one at that point put much stock in Donohue’s story about his family having the real Barilko puck. "Everybody believed the Hall of Fame had it, and nobody thought there was any footage of the game that proved any differently." That’s when Patskou - lauded by many as the world’s foremost
authority on hockey video footage - dug back into his National Archive reels to pore over footage of the aftermath of Barilko’s Cupwinning goal. "When the question of the puck’s authenticity came up, I said ’I’m going to check my outtakes’ and darned if I didn’t find postgame footage showing this guy going on the ice and heading towards the net," he said of the find.
The video not only showed a figure Patskou believes was a 16-yearold Harry Donohue making a beeline for the net, he said, it also shows Chadwick the referee leaving the ice without the puck in hand. "That was a big deal, because we had these two pucks and didn’t know which one was real. And here, I sort of had proof now that what the fellow said about his dad retrieving it was true. Film doesn’t lie, you see." The story of the two Barilko pucks and the long-lost video footage that helped prove which was real is now documented in Toronto Maple Leaf Treasures: Inside the Room with the Ultimate Leafs Fan by Mike Wilson. Patskou’s co-author byline on that special Leafs centennial collector’s edition is just one of about 50 writing credits the longtime member of the Society for International Hockey Research member has racked up over the years - and that’s not even mentioning the countless hockey-themed documentaries he’s contributed to. Still, Patskou said, his very favourite part of the job remains digging up film on old-timers who have never seen clips of themselves playing before - lesser known Leafs from the ’40s and ’50s like Pete Conacher, Johnny McCormack, Phil Samis, and even Danny Lewicki, a member of that 1951 Stanley Cup-winning Maple Leafs team, who shared in the onice celebrations after Barilko scored. "Most of the players from that game are passed on now, but a few are still with us and when I show them this (video), they’re astounded," he said, noting that he’s screened the footage for Lewicki. "It takes them back in time to that moment, you see - when all the photographers were out there on the ice and they were getting ready to hoist Bill Barilko up for that famous photo. It takes them right back."
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JASMINE HUI jhui@metroland.com Children all across Canada are reporting that they love reading for fun, but as they get older, academic requirements and electronic devices are beginning to taking up their time. Scholastic released the Canadian edition of the "Kids & Family Reading Report" at the beginning of May and it revealed that older children from age 15 to 17 are starting to spend more time using digital devices rather than reading for fun. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is taking steps to incorporate technology with reading to encourage students to have good reading habits. Grade 6 students at John Ross Robertson Junior Public School Joshua Gough and Saskia Diplock are both avid readers and said it is because of their parents and the school’s
encouragement. “We do this activity where we talk about newspaper articles or read a book and share things about it with my family,” Saskia said “I also do it at school as well.” According to the report, seven in 10 children enjoy reading books for fun five to seven days a week, but the percentage decreases as they grow older. Twenty-five per cent of older children are reading books for fun and more than 60 per cent are spending their time online and using electronic devices. Teacher and librarian at John Ross Robertson Jennifer Tong said teachers should be open to including technology into their classrooms as academic workload increases with grade. “There’s definitely a high interest in technology and I try to encourage a balance,” Tong said. “Kids that don’t have access to technology are missing
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Is TO Council losing its civility as election looms? There have been some rough patches at Toronto City Hall this term, but on balance, the months and years following the 2014 election have been remarkably civil. It seems as though Mayor John Tory has fulfilled that much of his promise at least: bringing a measure of civility to Toronto, after four years of bad politics and worse behaviour under his predecessor, the late Mayor Rob Ford. Meetings are cordial. Clean-living is the rule of the mayor’s office. And hot-button issues have largely been kept from the floor of council. And it would be nice to believe that Toronto Council could maintain that agreeable trend. Alas, it appears not. Last month, nearly a full day of Council was spent on a toxic debate over city funding for the Pride parade and Pride Toronto, given that the organization had asked that police not march in uniform in this year’s parade. Led by Etobicoke Centre Councillor John Campbell, the debate dragged anyone who was watching into an ugly game of dog-whistle politics. It recalled earlier sociallyconservative pushes against the parade and the city’s active LGBTQ community: complaints about the public nudity in the 90s, or Queers Against Israeli Apartheid more recently. It set us back. And last week, Etobicoke North Councillor Michael Ford kicked off another blast-from-the-past debate. At the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee June 8, he persuaded committee-members to vote for a $500,000 study to look at replacing the streetcar service on Queen Street with buses. This brings forward an idea that his late uncle Rob Ford floated in the 2010 election, and that found some traction with some of his supporters: get rid of streetcars, which often frustrate motorists with their frequent stops and loading and unloading rules, and replace them with buses. This will not save money, it should be noted. Because of track and overhead work, buses are running on Queen Street now. And because those buses have less capacity than streetcars, there are more of them-and they are costing the TTC an estimated $1 million a month extra. What the motion - or at least its debate - will do is help remind Councillor Ford’s constituents that he is indeed his uncle’s nephew. It will keep the Ford name alive going in to election year 2018 - much the same way that Campbell’s political theatre will remind his socially conservative constituents where he stands. It also is a profound waste of this city’s political time.
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PEACH shows Jane-Finch youth they matter Community agencies change programs, change purposes, if they pay attention to the people they serve. They lose funding, but the best hang in, because not to have them is unthinkable. That’s true of PEACH, a Jane-Finch centre which has filled many roles over a quarter-century, and just went through the heartache of losing one. Its School Away from School education program, after 10 years, was cut because PEACH couldn’t afford one worker the public school board thought it needed. But PEACH – Promoting Education And Community Health – re-purposed its classrooms and is moving forward. Like the
MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto young people who come to its Eddystone Avenue building, it’s resilient. Most people don’t expect much of these youth. Outside PEACH, they don’t often get asked what they want to be, or do, says Mary Lafontaine, managing director. Many live in The Grassways, Toronto Community Housing townhouses scheduled to be torn down,
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"The support here of everybody is crazy." Youth come from as far as Rexdale or Scarborough to learn music, says Dave Clarke, mentor and chef here, who DJs CIUT’s The Masterplan. "Kids respect you when they see you grab a broom," he adds. But programs get funded, not the $12,000 a month PEACH needs to stay open. "Right now, we’re in more than a pickle as far as that’s concerned," Clarke says. Lafontaine says PEACH, which needs creative ways to cover costs, gets few donations. What could they use? "Anything," she says. Reach Edges columnist Mike Adler at madler@insidetoronto.com
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l Friday, June 16 Mastro and San Daniele Taste of Little Italy WHEN: 6:00 p.m - 12:00 a.m WHERE: Little Italy, College St., Toronto CONTACT: cityevents, http://tasteoflittleitaly.ca COST: Explore the tastes and sounds of Italy right in the middle of Toronto as College Street transforms into a classic Italian piazza for the Father’s Day Weekend.
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A Ferrari draws lots of attention at the 6th annual Yorkville Exotic Car Show on Bloor Street West in 2016. This year’s event takes place June 18 from noon to 5 p.m. Canadian race car driver Daniel Morad, 2016 Porsche GT3 Cup Canada and 2017 GTD Rolex 24 Hours Daytona winner, will be on site throughout the day for meet and greets, autograph signing, and Q & A sessions. Through its partnership with the Bloor-Yorkville BIA, the event has raised more than $200,000 to date
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Pride Toronto may bring more than a million people to the Church-Wellesley neighbourhood each year, but for those who call that area home year-round, there’s something to be said for a quieter sort of party. To that end, the ChurchWellesley Village BIA is keeping its VillageFest tradition alive, offering a smaller-scale celebration that shines a light on local talent, restaurants and businesses. The event was born out of World Pride in 2014, which brought out an even bigger crowd than usual to the always-happening
Pride Toronto celebrations. "Its function was to have a bit more of an intimate, more community-oriented celebration," said VillageFest spokesperson Adam Zivo. "The BIA funds it and it’s a way to showcase local business and talent." It’s also a way for Church-Wellesley Village residents to celebrate their own community in their own way without being cramped or crowded alongside hundreds of thousands of other revellers. "It definitely fills a niche - it’s a bit more of a relaxed space, a bit more chill," Zivo said. While VillageFest is smaller in scale than Pride Toronto, it is by no means a sedate affair. It is estimated that some 35,000 people attended last year, enjoying drag queens, live music, a high heel strut competition to raise funds for the People With AIDS Foundation. "The high heel strut is fun - people basically strut
down the street in the most flamboyant way possible for a great cause," Zivo said. Christopher Hudspeth of the Church-Wellesley Village BIA said VillageFest is a great way to celebrate the community. While Pride Toronto brings plenty of business to the area, the BIA’s smaller celebration allows residents to enjoy the area a bit more. "There’s local entertainment and local food," he said. "A lot of restaurants or places with liquor licences have expanded patios and a lot of the retail businesses have sales in their stores or sidewalk sales," he said. "For us, it’s a great way to show of Church-Wellesley as a destination. "It’s like saying ’come for the party, but remember, we’re here all year.’" VillageFest will take place on Saturday, June 17 and Sunday, June 18. For more information, visit www.villagefest.ca
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tifies with the sex they were born as) women only, but all women including trans women who are women. We know this and so should they. Bye bye blitz." A request to speak to the transgender individual was turned down. The management of Body Blitz provided the following statement late Monday afternoon to The Mirror. "We support the LBGTQ community and recognize that this is a sensitive issue. However, because Body Blitz Spa is a singlesex facility with full-nudity, we are not like other facilities. We recognize that this is an important discussion for single-sex facilities to have and we will seek to find a satisfactory resolution." The Mirror called the spa on Monday afternoon and the person on the line would not confirm or deny if they turned someone away because they had a penis. About a year ago, Leslieville resident Shelley Marshall wanted to bring one of her transgender friends to Body Blitz, but said when she went in to inquire about their policy, a staff member at the front desk told her no penises al-
lowed. "She looked at me and waved her hand over her pelvis area and said as long as this is gone," shared Marshall, who didn’t tell her friend about the policy until recently because she felt it would hurt her feelings and also embarrass her. "It’s all about the vagina. I have been there and have seen a trans man with a full beard and top surgery (breast removal)," said Marshall, who occasionally attends the east-end location as the waters help with her anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder. "A trans woman isn’t going to walk around showing off her penis." Marshall, who runs a mental wellness drop-in centre from her Carlaw Avenue loft, said attending a women-only spa would have been a positive and affirming experience for her friend and said the policy at Body Blitz is "ridiculous." "I cannot walk into that space again," she said. Franny McCabe-Bennett, an Oakville-based actor who has gone to Body Blitz on a number of occasions, said as a member of the queer community with trans and non-binary friends and family, she was "infuriated", especially during Pride Month, to
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Body Blitz Spa said it will "seek to find a satisfactory resolution." read about Body Blitz’s "extremely insensitive and transmisogynistic policies." "I started a #BoycottBodyBlitz campaign and am so pleased it has picked up steam," she told The Mirror during a Facebook exchange. Body Blitz Spa responded to McCabe-Bennett’s posts in a Sunday note on social media. The spa wrote because
they offer a "bathing suit optional environment, our current policy is to ensure all clients, are comfortable in an environment with nudity, including minors." "We acknowledge, respect, and admire all the myriad ways that women’s bodies and gender are expressed," the note read. Body Blitz’s owners also said they’ll be "working with a civil rights professional over the summer" to
help develop a "clear and fair" policy on transgender clients. "Please appreciate that policies take time and we are working diligently on this matter." Downtown Toronto resident Ailsa Blair also said she won’t be patronizing the spa until it changes its policy. "Words are only lip service. You need action," said Blair, a cisgender woman
who has undergone top surgery. "I’ve pulled my support unless something drastically changes." Blair said she was shocked to learn transgender people who wanted to go to Body Blitz were "subject to really intrusive and personal questions about their genitalia." "The ideal solution is to allow everyone who identifies as a women to go there," she said. Rachelle Hill, a "proud trans activist", was one of many who chimed in to share her thoughts about Body Blitz’ policy on social media. And while she hasn’t personally had an experience with this particular spa, Hill told The Mirror that as a pre-op trans women she finds the policy "very discriminatory." "I also find that it creates more fear for trans women. I have yet to go swimming or even use a change room at a gym for the very reason that I could be hurt in a verbal or physical (altercation)," said Hill, who lives in the Niagara area. "Gender is scientifically proven to be on a spectrum. Just because a person has certain anatomy doesn’t make them a man or woman."
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Community council reluctantly approves tower RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com
"I wish I wasn’t moving those recommendations, and I wish this building wasn’t going up next to the school," admitted Councillor David Shiner who voiced his strong displeasure with the handling of the file, which dates back several years. Approval for the project was already granted by Toronto Council following a "walk on motion" made public just two days before the November 2015 meeting, recommended by staff as part of a mediated settlement following a hearing before the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). While he opposes the project, Shiner said further
delaying the site plan for the tower is futile given the building is already approved. "With the greatest of regret I am moving this forward, but we shouldn’t have been in this situation in the first place." The decision to approve the site plan came after developer KG Group, following the intervention of the mayor’s office, agreed to a number of additional safety mitigation measures demanded by the school community. Those include assurances for third party mitigation in the case of construction disputes, modifying the building layout as well
as establishing a committee to regularly discuss concerns throughout construction. Katz also promised to meet once more with John Fisher community representatives ahead of the final Toronto Council vote which is scheduled to take place during July’s meeting. KG Group co-founder Marvin Katz also pledged more company funds for safety above the approximate half a million dollars already committed. In addition to a 700-page plan peer-reviewed and submitted for a TDSB audit even before it reached city staff, which was approved by the TDSB board last month, Katz said the mea-
sures taken for safety at the site are "unprecedented" given how many developments are approved citywide near schools and daycare centres without anywhere near the level of scrutiny. "We’ve worked hard to engage with the local community and parents to address concerns and we understand safety is the Number 1 priority," said Katz. Once completed the tower will create 315 rental units for the Yonge-Eglinton neighbourhood which KG Group has pledged to operate initially for 20 years, along with six additional rent-controlled units for at least 10 years.
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After a series of deferrals, protests and appeals, North York Community Council (NYCC) has reluctantly approved the site plan permit for a contentious development set to go up right next to an elementary school. The decision to approve the construction plan for the 35-storey tower project on Erskine Avenue to proceed comes after months of heavy objections by parents of John Fisher Junior Public School students, who have expressed serious concerns about the safety of their children when con-
struction begins. Through a co-ordinated media and publicity campaign, the dispute even managed to attract the attention of Mayor John Tory and Premier Kathleen Wynne, who personally intervened in the matter. Despite expressing severe reservations about the project, NYCC by a majority reluctantly agreed to provide approval for demolishing existing properties as well as sign off on a site plan for the tower slated to go up at 18-30 Erskine. The decisions allow for construction to begin as early as summer, pending final endorsement from Toronto Council.
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