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Regent Park Farmers’ Market offers more than Ontario produce JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com After four short weeks, the Regent Park Farmers’ Market is already reaping benefits for the community. While the market has been up and running as a pilot project since early June, it celebrated its official opening Wednesday, July 3 with a variety of vendors and organizations selling their wares to the public. Regent Park’s own farmers’ market, a joint venture between

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Toronto Community Housing ( TCHC) and the Daniels Corporation, differs from most in that it offers far more than fresh, locally grown food to residents in the area. “One of the things we’re really doing is providing opportunities for the people here in Regent Park,” said Martin Blake, Daniels Corporation vice-president. “The Paintbox Bistro is opening up its catering kitchen on Wednesdays to give Regent Park residents a chance to try their >>>market, page 7

Annex resident weathers Monday night deluge NORM NELSON nnelson@insidetoronto.com Monday night’s record-setting deluge, which shattered city one-day rainfall totals set with Hurricane Hazel back in 1954, left an Annex resident hoping Mother Nature didn’t have a mid-week encore up her sleeve. During Monday’s epic rainstorm, which wreaked havoc on the city with both widespread flooding and power outages, Karen Millyard, a professional dance teacher as well as a cho-

reographer, researcher and consultant, had water seep into her 1887 Annex house in two spots – her upstairs bathroom and the basement. “I think probably a lot of people have wet basements today,” she said in a Tuesday interview, managing a chuckle. But the most dramatic, she said, “was definitely the water coming in over the sink” in the upstairs bathroom. “I was not expecting that. I went upstairs and heard this >>>Resident, page 3

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Higher! Hazel Moran, 18 months, gets some swing power courtesy of father Thomas in Eglinton Park on Saturday.

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Our new pedestrian tunnel will make accessing the airport easier, reducing congestion. Construction was funded completely by the private sector, based on part of the existing Airport Improvement Fee paid by every passenger. And we incorporated City water and sanitary main improvements into the tunnel that will save city taxpayers $10 million by avoiding duplicate construction. So while everyone can benefit from the tunnel, only those who use the airport paid for it.

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Left, Jadon Carpenter takes batting practice at the Blue Jays Baseball Academy Rookie League opening day last Thursday at Stan Wadlow Park. Below, Toronto Blue Jays catcher JP Arencibia talks with children. Right top, Koran Muhammad and Mariah Alexander-Ferry try to catch a ball at the event. Middle, the day included games and a barbecue. Bottom right, Arencibia tries to cheer up an unhappy player at the event. Staff photos/Dan Pearce

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Resident hopes severe rain doesn’t return anytime soon >>>from page 1 tap, tap, tapping, it was just running freely down the medicine cabinet.” Fortunately, she said, “it stopped within a very short time.” She can only recall one similar occurrence. “And, again, it was a freak cloud burst with extremely heavy rain and this happened once before many years ago, and never since. “A roofer once told me that

sometimes strange circumstances drive water into places that wouldn’t ordinarily be reached because the shingles are fine on the top ...” She was left cleaning it up in the dark. “I made sure I didn’t turn the lights on because the bathroom lights are right above the medicine cabinet right where the water was pouring in. But for the time being, everything’s well dried out.” Meanwhile, at the back of

the house, water was finding another way in. “There was water plummeting off the roof at the back of the house...so some of it did go into the basement eventually,” she said. “It wasn’t completely flooded – water isn’t covering every part of the floor. But, you know, it was fairly major. I had streams of water coming in and, yeah, just running freely across the floor, puddling on the floor.

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“The floor isn’t graded properly so the water tends to pool rather than streaming straight toward the drain which is not so good. “I’m just sweeping the water to the drain right now.” She was hesitant, however, to completely finish the job with more rain in the forecast. “If we get another storm because the ground is so saturated right now, the ground just can’t hold any more water

after a certain point. “And there’s no real point in trying to dry it now if we’re just getting more later.” Environment Canada was advising the city wouldn’t likely be out of the woods until yesterday (Wednesday) when thunderstorms were forecast to usher in slightly cooler weather. Monday’s storm totals varied widely from a low of 20 millimetres up at Buttonville Airport to a high of 126mm

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n light of Monday’s severe thunderstorm that walloped the Greater Toronto Area and caused significant service disruptions and flooding, there’s much for all of us to learn from the experience. There always is. When it comes to the record rainfall and the subsequent flooding, power outages and transportation paralysis endured by Torontonians, we expect that service providers will undertake a thorough review of the steps they followed in the wake of Monday’s event. Such introspection is important no matter how well or poorly things went; it’s essential because it can help lead to improved service delivery during future emergency occurrences. Indeed, the consequences of our view Monday’s storm form a powerful reminder of the importance of Having a plan proper emergency planning, but just for the providers of munichelps weather not ipal services, but for residents and businesses as well. the storm Knowing what steps to take and what services to rely on during a trying time can make an unpredictable and uncomfortable situation just that much more bearable if there’s a plan in place. It helps to have that kind of stability. In some cases, it can be simple steps. Making sure communication devices are charged frequently, for example, is one. Having an emergency kit at home is another. In your own neighbourhood, checking in on those who may have mobility issues or other illnesses is yet another. But it’s also important to differentiate between preparation and reaction. The theory goes if we do a better job preparing, we’re better enabled to react properly. And while it’s important that all of us strive to improve our own planning for the unpredictable, it is also important to celebrate heroic deeds and acts of kindness we witnessed Monday evening. Some moving video and images have emerged. You can see some of them on our website at www.citycentremirror.com There’s the picture of a man helping another move his car through a flooded intersection. There’s the video of the GO train rescue of 1,400 passengers on the Don Valley. So for emergencies, there’s the preparation part, which we must always strive to improve. And then there’s also the reaction part, which benefits from proper preparation.

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Cut Doug Holyday some slack Let’s not be too hard on Doug Holyday. Toronto’s deputy mayor seems to have found himself in a bit of a tangle since he decided to accept the nomination to seek a byelection victory for the PCs in EtobicokeLakeshore Aug. 1, and he’ll be stumping with former councillor and Liberal nominee Peter Milczyn. Here’s the trouble: nine years ago, Holyday made a fuss when then-councillor Olivia Chow sought the nomination for the federal NDP in the same riding where she’d just won her council seat. Holyday was outraged, and put forward a motion asking council require a councillor seeking higher office to immediately resign. Holyday maintains the circumstances are different. He hadn’t expected this byelection to come along, unlike Chow who knew an election was in the offing when she ran for municipal office.

david nickle the city Critics have pointed out in 2004, Holyday hadn’t made that distinction, and he shouldn’t now. To that, I say: Oh, tosh. Holyday has been consistent – consistently Conservative – through his long career as a municipal politician. When mayor of Etobicoke, he took one look at that city’s unionized garbage collectors and replaced them with contractors. When Holyday came to Toronto council, he listened as mayor Mel Lastman called then Ontario premier Mike Harris a liar and gave away influence to NDP. When former NDP mayor David Miller took over in 2003, Holyday went to war. When New Democrats on council tried to look after one another, using tax

dollars to cover legal bills related to their candidacy, Holyday was all over that. And yes, when Chow made a play for a federal seat in Ottawa while she sat on Toronto council, Holyday stood up to shout, ‘No!’ But we should understand: Holyday was shouting ‘No’ to a New Democrat, attempting to use taxpayers’ money to bring a socialist agenda to the nation’s capital. Councillor Holyday is hoping to cut gravy at Queen’s Park in the same way he understands Mayor Rob Ford to have done at city hall, and to bolster a Progressive Conservative caucus that has, to his mind, been too long out of power and far too long without a seat in Toronto. The Conservative agenda is at stake. And that, for Holyday at any rate, makes all the difference.

David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column runs every Thursday.

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Keep the land transfer tax: reader I have heard Mayor Rob Ford is still intent on reducing, if not eliminating, the city’s land transfer tax. While I am in favour of eliminating taxes, I was surprised to read this tax brought in more than $340 million in 2012. What a cash cow this has become for the city. I would like to suggest that not only should this tax remain in place, but more ways should be found to source new revenues from the real estate movers and shakers in this city. They aren’t suddenly going to go away and take their urban sprawl with them if they don’t get what they want. We don’t need to subsidize them because they can afford it. Chris Belfontaine

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Young working professionals with MS self-help group WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Lawrence/Yonge area CONTACT: Lynn Laccohee, 416-967-3032 COST: Free Young working professionals (20 to 40 years-old) with multiple sclerosis get together for information sharing and emotional and social support. Meeting location will be provided after registration.

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Mad Spirituality: Faith, Fools, and Fellowship WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: 246 Sackville St. CONTACT: Alisa, outreach@madprideto.com COST: Free A panel of peers making short presentations followed by open discussion.

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The Toronto Summertime Grand Arts Festival WHEN: noon to 9 p.m. WHERE: Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. W. CONTACT: Jane, 647-772-8957, www.tsgaf.com A celebration of the arts/entertainment industry, the festival highlights the unifying/healing power of the arts through various displays, dance and music.

Riverdale Farm’s Mid-Summer Mixer Fundraising Event WHEN: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Farm, 201 Winchester St. CONTACT: riverdalefarmevents@gmail.com COST: $30 per adult and $5 per child with adult Great food, entertainment and fun activities for the whole family - rain or shine. Proceeds from the event will be used to enhance the visitors’ experience of the farm.

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Pizza in the pits tree tour WHEN: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Christie Pits Park, Bloor and Christie Learn about the ecology of the area and how to identify different types of trees as well as what local residents are doing to improve the park. The tour ends at the second Homegrown Pizza in the Pits night at the wood-burning oven in Christie Pits. Cost for the event is $1 to $9. Visit www.yourleaf.org/ event/2013-07-12/pizza-pits-treetour or call Robyn at 416-413-9244, ext. 14.

An Evening of Shorts WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Rainbow Market Square Cinemas, 80 Front St. E. An after-party takes place at The Jason George Pub, 100 Front St. E.

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SoundClash Festival WHEN: 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. CONTACT: A Linton, 416-9734000 SoundClash Festival is an innovative

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Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.citycentremirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your neighbourhood as well as events from across Toronto.

w Saturday, July 13

Sculptures, Streetscapes and Stars Heritage Toronto Walk WHEN: 10 a.m. WHERE: Simcoe Park, Front and Simcoe streets Meet at Simcoe Park at Front and Simcoe streets. The one-hour walk ends at Roy Thomson Hall. Explore the sights of Toronto’s Theatre District – theatres, parks, sculptures and neat buildings. Cost: pay what you can. No registration required.

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Toronto Cat Rescue Adoptathon WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Pet Valu College, 339 College St. CONTACT: Alison Finkelstein, 416-

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WHEN: 9 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Christie Pits Park, Bloor and Christie CONTACT: 647-377-094 COST: Free Christie Pits Film Festival takes place Sundays until July 28 from 9 to 11 p.m. in Christie Pits Park. The short program will begin 15 minutes after sundown, followed by a feature film. The festival will also be hosting a special screening on Saturday, July 20 as part of the Big on Bloor Festival. Visit www.christiepitsff.com for films and programs.

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Picture Change WHEN: 11 a.m. WHERE: Royal Bank Plaza, 200 Bay St. CONTACT: Brynn Campbell, 905-282-9074, www. photosensitive.com Exhibition explores the ways in which photography has the power to bring about a change or make an impact. Each of the 100 photographers submit a photo from their portfolio, along with a story.

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Subway closures for signal work

he TTC announced it will close portions of the Yonge University Spadina (Y-U-S) line for several days in a row this October to continue its complete overhaul of the subway signal system. The closure, which affects stations between Bloor and St. George, begins Thanksgiving weekend and continues for nine days until Oct 20. During that time subway service will be replaced by shuttle buses. Track signal conversion work on Y-U-S is expected to last for at least four more years and until then additional lengthy subways closures are expected. share system flush with funds? wBike

The city might have found a way to prevent the flushing of the BIXI bike share service by diverting funds for new public toilets to the cash-strapped operation. While details of the plan have not been released,

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT money set aside for installing automated toilets, part of the city’s street furniture deal with Astral Media Inc., would instead go to paying off BIXI’s operating deficit and debts. A report on the plan is expected to be presented to the city’s executive committee later this year. Quay work begins wQueens

With the summer in full swing, a traffic plan for Queens Quay construction work is now in effect. Beginning Monday, a twoweek traffic diversion began on Queens Quay between York and Rees streets. Also announced was a rerouting of the 510 Spadina temporary bus route replacing streetcar service until the Spadina Loop track is rebuilt. The work is part of a $110 million revitalization of Queens Quay, the water-

front’s most prominent roadway, which is expected to be done by early 2015. To see the plans in full, visit www.waterfrontoronto. ca noise wall plans wMetrolinx

Metrolinx released new designs of planned noise wall barriers to reduce the effects of increased diesel train traffic when the Union-Pearson Express (UP) train service opens in two years. The transit planning agency has worked with several community advisory groups on finalizing designs for the five-metre high walls, which are to be installed along the Georgetown South GO rail corridor beginning next year. The noise walls are opposed by several westend resident groups.

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GO expands Quiet Zones on its rush-hour trains RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com GO Transit will soon expand Quiet Zones noise restriction areas to all of its rush-hour trains. Beginning Monday, July 15, the program will be in effect on the upper levels of all GO trains servicing rush hour commutes both morning and afternoon. During that time, commuters seated in the specially designated areas will be expected to refrain from creating excessive noise through loud conversations, music or beeping electronic devices. “There will still be an opportunity to take a quick phone call or hold a quiet conversation if it doesn’t disturb others,” said Mary Proc, GO’s vice-president of customer service. Proc said positive feedback

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A recent customer survey indicated more than 80 per cent of respondents supported the program. The restriction will not be in place on weekends when

there are more families and train riders are generally more “boisterous”, said Proc. But while GO has no plans to end the program, no final decision will be made on making the Quiet Zones a permanent feature of the regional transit provider’s train service just yet. Proc said the restriction will be re-evaluated within three to four months when another customer survey is issued. On Twitter, the response to the Quiet Zones expansion was largely positive with comments from users like @being_margaret praising increased opportunities to enjoy the silence. “Quiet zone on my GO Transit rush-hour trains? Yes please!” she tweeted.

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Vendors Emma Sowiak, left, Arlene Throness and Leslie Lane of Fresh City Farms show off their produce during the opening of the new Regent Park Farmers’ Market, located on Regent Park Boulevard. The market takes place every Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m., through Aug. 28.

Market a popular addition to changing neighbourhood >>>from page 1 hands at starting up their own business.” That falls into Paintbox’s ongoing plan to help incubate local businesses. “People in this community are beginning to see what the market has to offer,” Blake said. “They’re saying ‘I can make great samosas. Maybe I should try to make them and sell them at the market.’” Regent Park resident Mary Ann Kalalang has used the market as a step toward opening her own baking business, offering a variety of baked goods to those who drop by. “It’s a really good way for me to experience my first real business opportunity,” she said. “It’s my first time joining anything like this and the response has been good. It’s been great, actually.” TCHC president and CEO Gene Jones said the market is another important step in Regent Park’s ongoing revital-

ization and serves to bring the community together. “Before the revitalization, Regent Park was a part of Toronto people avoided,” he said. “Not any longer. Residents, neighbours and tourists alike have something to look forward to every Wednesday.” Market Bucks have also been made available to Regent Park residents, giving them a chance to drop by the market and test out the wares. In addition to providing opportunities for local residents, the Regent Park Farmers’ Market offers spaces for community organizations such as Art Heart and the Regent Park Soccer Club. Naturally, it also features Ontario farmers selling fresh, organic produce, including vegetables and herbs that are not available in most grocery stores. “There’s been a good response so far, and one thing I keep hearing is that

people really appreciate having something to bring the community together,” said vendor Michael Bernstein of Wicklow Way Farm. The residents of Regent Park and the surrounding community have clearly taken to the market. It was packed during its opening celebrations and offers the promise of growing larger as the summer goes on. “It’s nice to have something like this close by,” said downtown resident Marie Clemens, who took a short walk to Regent Park to check out the market. “There hasn’t been something like this in this area that I know of and it’s a welcome addition to the neighbourhood.” The Regent Park Farmers’ Market runs from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through to Aug. 28.

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Toronto’s Bloor viaduct will light up by the Pan Am Games in 2015 DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com The Luminous Veil will become luminous in time for the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, after Toronto’s Executive Committee voted in favour of finishing the prominent suicide barrier along the Bloor viaduct with lights, as was originally intended. The committee approved spending $200,000 immediately and up to $1.3 million in 2014’s capital budget to light up the bridge. The lights were part of the original plans for the veil when it was constructed 10 years ago, but was removed for lack of funds. That was then. With the Pan Am Games coming to Toronto in 2015, Mayor Rob Ford’s Executive Committee voted for the lighting, which would light up the entire bridge, both underneath and on top. Committee member Councillor Norm Kelly moved

the motion to add the cash to the project on behalf of local councillors Pam McConnell and Paula Fletcher. “I think we have an opportunity now with the Pan Am Games to use the money to implement council’s decision to create a luminous veil,” he said. “It has the opportunity to be a beautiful... a gorgeous addition to the City of Toronto.” Fletcher came to the committee to urge support. “What I’m here to speak to you about is for the City of Toronto to be able to realize a project started many years ago: to make the luminous veil luminous,” she said. “...It is a major architectural wonder here.” The veil was a controversial item a decade ago. Although it was first approved in 1998, money continued to be an issue as its cost more than doubled from the initial $2.5 million estimate. Finally, the difference was paid for through

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Businesses’ help sought by Zero Gun Violence Movement MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Businesses – and everybody else in Toronto – must do more for youth at risk of criminal involvement if the city hopes to see a summer without shootings, says a new coalition called Zero Gun Violence Movement. Groups concerned with violence in Toronto, where

12 people were killed by guns already this year, announced a 90-day anti-gun violence campaign recently in Scarborough. Unfortunately, word came to the organizers that a man in his 20s on Danforth Avenue was being rushed to a trauma centre after being shot multiple times. “We didn’t even finish closing down the launch,” Louis

March of the African Canadian Heritage Association recalled in an interview last week. And the next day, a 19-yearold was shot at Midland and Lawrence avenues about a block from where the Movement’s press conference was held at Redemption and Reintegration Services, an agency providing training and support for people coming out of the justice system.

Both men were seriously wounded but expected to survive. The two incidents just show “we have a lot more work to do,” said March, who has been doing anti-violence work since the city’s infamous Summer of the Gun in 2005. That string of shootings led to the creation of the province’s Youth Challenge Fund and to city and United Way investments in “priority neighbourhoods” recognized to lack resources in Toronto’s former suburbs. Often, these investments were programs to support young people or give youth a safe place to be in such neighbourhoods, but March said he’s been talking to people across Toronto who say they need more help serving youth at risk. “There’s a lot of incredible people doing a lot of incredible work out there. But is it enough?” he asked. Members of the movement want to re-engage corporate Toronto to offer more job

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Louis March, centre, and community members launch the Zero Gun Violence Movement last month.

placements, scholarships, mentoring and other programs. If companies commit to go a little beyond what they already do, the results will be important for at-risk youth, March said. “It exposes them to a different world.” March would also like to see more collaboration and sharing between community organizations working against violence, and a fresh look at the strategies being used. The movement wants to recruit local celebrities and

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