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Big silencer to combat low droning noise in Cabbagetown JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Residents in and around South Cabbagetown are hoping this summer comes with the sweet sounds of silence. Since 2010, those living and working in the area have been subjected to a low but constant droning, oscillating noise throughout the summer months which has been distracting at

best and kept them awake at night at worst. The noise was eventually – after considerable confusion – traced to the Regent Park Community Energy Centre (CEC), which heats and cools buildings throughout much of Regent Park from a Toronto Community Housing (TCH) complex at 252 Sackville. Because the building is some >>>TORONTO, page 2

Massive project aims to transform space under Gardiner Expressway JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insideetoronto.com A massive project which will see a stretch of space under the Gardiner Expressway reimagined and turned into a better-used public asset is well

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underway, with the first public meeting on the initiative shedding light on possibilities. Project: Under Gardiner will revitalize the long-underused open space beneath the Gardiner deck between >>>PRIVATE, page 7

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MEAGAN’S WALK: Denise Bebenek gives hugs to brain tumor patients while students from across the GTA drop off cranes to mark the 15 years of the Meagan's Walk Monday at SickKids.

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Toronto Community Housing to update residents affected by the noise in the summer >>>from page 1 distance from the area where the noise was reported, it was not immediately evident the CEC was the culprit. “It wasn’t clear to people where the noise was coming from – people were calling 311 and it took a while to pin it down,” said Keith Lawrance, a volunteer board member of the Cabbagetown Residents Association and one of those affected by the noise. “If you’re right next to the building, you don’t hear it, but once you get about 100 metres away, it starts to become a problem.” Lawrance started u p a w e b s i t e , w w w. hastorontocommunityhousingfixedthenoiseproblemfromregentparkyet. com, to keep the public posted on any new developments regarding the issue.

poration to run it at a lower setting, but that solution was short-lived. “They promised to run it at half speed, but I don’t image the people in those buildings wanted to have to sweat through the summer,” Lawrance said. The Cabbagetown resident noted that readings he took in the wee hours of the morning, with little ambient noise from other sources, topped 60 decibels.

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Another resident near Carlton and Parliament streets said the noise was severely impacting her quality of life, but measurements taken inside her home showed it was one decibel below the allowable limit. “She said if she’d known this would happen and last for so long, she would have moved out long ago,” Lawrance said. “You can close your doors and your windows and it doesn’t really make a difference.” Thankfully, the droning noise has not been heard during winter months, and now it is hoped it won’t be a problem in the summer either, with TCH purchasing a bespoke silencer for the CEC. Given the uniqueness of the situation, buying such a device took time, leading

A brief update posted on March 30 updated those who keep tabs on the situation that relief should be coming soon. Those affected by the noise were generally to the north or northeast of the facility, with the noise being directed that way by the buildings in and around the area. Once the source of the noise was identified, Toronto Community Housing set about finding a solution to the problem. Given that the CEC provides heating and cooling to buildings in Regent Park, TCH could not simply shut the facility down. Residents affected by the noise asked the housing cor-

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to additional delays for Cabbagetowners hoping for a quick fix. “There’s no such thing as a pre-engineered silencer on the market – you can’t just buy a off-the-shelf solution,” said TCH spokesperson Lisa Murray. “We issued a public tender last year and now we think we have a solution ready to go in.” Because the silencer is big and bulky, additional engineering work has been required to find a way to install it without damaging the CEC. Now, it is expected to be in place in May. “The actual installation is expected to take less than a week, and we’re hoping to have it in before we start cooling the buildings, but that’s subject to a structural safety review for the building and to us getting a crane permit for the street to install it,” Murray said. Time is of the essence, as the cooling tower fans that have been pinpointed as the source of the noise are expected to be turned on in late May. Murray added that some residents have reported hearing noise during the winter months but said it could not be the cooling towers, as they have been shut off. “If we find it’s coming from one of our buildings’ mechanical units, we’ll find a solution, but we know it’s not (the cooling towers) causing noise,” she said. TCH will touch base with residents who were affected by the noise in the summer to see whether the silencer has, in fact, remedied the problem.

Leslieville Flea on Sunday at Distillery District The April edition of the Leslieville Flea is set for Sunday, April 17 in the Fe r m e n t i n g Ce l l a r o f Toronto’s Distillery Historic District, 28 Distillery Lane, near Parliament Street, from

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The curated market feat u re s v i n t a g e, salvaged, up-cycled

goods, furniture, antiques, collectibles and select artisans. Admission is free. Visit www.leslievilleflea.com for more information.

Studying the city’s core Second phase of TOcore downtown study kicks off with sweeping ideas such as turning the Don Valley Ravine into a 500-acre park - bigger than High Park JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A better, more integrated cycling network, an interconnected park system and a massive five-acre public green space were but a few of the sweeping ideas presented at the launch of the second phase of the TOcore downtown study. At a town hall meeting on Wednesday, April 6, City of Toronto staff and other urban planning leaders spoke of the need to come up with a plan for Toronto’s downtown core that will ensure it remains liveable in the face of rapid population growth. The study area, roughly bounded by the Don River, Bathurst Street, Dupont Street and Lake Ontario, needs new designated planning. The 17 square-kilometre space is already tightly packed, and the population is expected to nearly double from its current 250,000 to 475,000 – half the population of the province of Saskatchewan – over the next 25 years. In a series of pecha kuchastyle presentations – 20 slides in a slideshow, 20 seconds to discuss each one – a series of presenters offered ambitious views as to what Toronto’s downtown could look like.

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Evergreen CEO Geoff Cape offered up hopes that the ravine system – and the Don Valley in particular – could be reclaimed and converted into more usable public space. “Toronto’s ravine system is fundamentally unique to the city – it’s the largest ravine system in the world, a 44,000acre system,” he said. “To me, the ravine system of Toronto is our commons.” Cape noted that a Don River Valley Park could become a 500-acre park, larger even than the 400-acre

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The TOcore downtown study area is roughly bounded by the Don River, Bathurst Street, Dupont Street and Lake Ontario.

High Park. That would allow for multiple uses across the span of the park. “It’s broken into discrete zones which can be identified and developed with unique experiences adjacent to the downtown core,” he said, noting that the proposed park could go from more natural to the north to more urbanized closer to the lake. Cape also hopes to see Toronto leverage its laneways, turning them from derelict spaces to more active and welcoming spaces that could allow for micro-retail, art and more. City of Toronto director of parks Richard Ubbens spoke of the need to design what little park space there is in the downtown core so that it serves the needs of as many people as possible. That does not necessarily mean park space brimming with programmable spaces or designated uses. “Activation is important, sure, but people tell us time and again that they want that connection to nature – they want peace and tranquility and they want it right in the city, close to home,” he said. Ubbens noted that parks such as Corktown Common show what the city can do

when it is able to reclaim land, but pointed out that finding space can be a huge challenge. “Land is becoming expensive, maybe $30 (million) to $60 million an acre downtown nowadays,” he said.

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Land is becoming expensive, maybe $30 (million) to $60 million an acre downtown nowadays.

– Parks director Richard Ubbens

Jacquelyn Hayward Gulati, Toronto’s manager of cycling infrastructure and programs, pointed out that downtown Toronto’s cycling network has made huge strides in recent years, with bike ridership figures showing that the changes have been worthwhile. “We’re experiencing explosive growth in the use of our cycling facilities and people on bikes in this city,” she said. She noted that converting Sherbourne Street’s bike lane from one separated by a line of paint to a more separated bike track has seen bike use nearly triple from roughly 1,200 trips per day to around 3,500 trips per day.

The Richmond and Adelaide cycle track, meanwhile, has shown that there need not be a battle for street space between bikes and cars. Those are but a few of the concepts being looked at as part of the TOcore study. City of Toronto chief planner Jennifer Keesmat noted that the core, which is responsible for 51 per cent of Toronto’s GDP, a third of its jobs and a quarter of its tax base despite taking up only three per cent of its land area, is key to a healthy city. “There’s a tremendous amount of pressure to deliver from our downtown – we demand a lot from it,” she said. She pointed out that development in recent years has been guided by a 40-yearold plan that helped shape growth. While that plan served the city well in years past, exploding growth has prompted the need for an updated set of guidelines and policies. “It’s our turn as a city to define our public realm,” she said. Those looking to learn more about the study or weigh in with their own opinions can do so at www.toronto.ca/tocore

Suspect wanted in murder Toronto police are seeking the public’s help in tracking down a suspect in a fatal shooting near Queen and Parliament streets earlier this month. Julian Weekes, 27, was shot multiple times in the early morning hours of April 2 after attending a memorial for friend Ceyon Carrington at a Queen Street East establishment. Carrington was shot to death on March 23. Weekes was attended to by police and EMS staff at a gas station near Richmond and Parliament streets after a 911 call was placed shortly after 2 a.m. The shooting itself occurred nearby, outside Fuse Bar at 366 Queen St. E. “It was Julian’s blood that brought us back to this area,” said Toronto police detective sergeant Michael Patterson. “Through partners in the Regent Park community, numerous witnesses that have spoken to us and very high quality surveillance video, we were able to identify the suspect as the person responsible for shooting and killing Julian Weekes.” With help from members of the Regent Park community, police have identified 29-yearold Michael Teddy Gibson as a suspect in the crime. “We have had numerous meetings with community partners and members of the community who really took

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Toronto police are looking for Michael Teddy Gibson in connection with a murder investigation.

this homicide very hard,” said Insp. Dave Rydzik of 51 Division. “In Regent Park, we have been working very closely with our community partners in the last several years to create some relationships in order to stem some of the violence. It’s unfortunate this had to take place.” Gibson is considered armed and dangerous, and the public is warned not to approach him. Anyone who encounters him or knows of his whereabouts is asked to contact police at 416808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-2228477, or leave a message at www.222tips.com

Sexual assault suspect sought Police are looking for a suspect in an armed sexual assault that took place downtown Saturday. According to reports, a 52-year-old woman noticed a man loitering in the basement area of her apartment building near Parliament and Howard streets at roughly 10:30 p.m. When the woman entered the elevator, the man joined her, pulled out a small handgun and directed her out of the elevator. He then sexually assaulted her in a stairwell before fleeing the scene. The same man was seen loitering in a building near Isabella and Jarvis streets at roughly 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 10. He fled before police could arrive at the scene. The public is warned to be on the lookout for the suspect, particularly around stairwells and apartments buildings

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Toronto police are looking for the public’s help identifying this man in connection with a sex assault.

downtown. He is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416808-7474 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-2228477, or leave a tip online at www.222tips.com

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new pilot project that allows library patrons to borrow a musical instrument simply with their library card is a big step in the right direction. The Sun Life Financial Musical Instrument Lending Library officially launched this past week at the Parkdale library, now giving the opportunity for aspiring musicians to sign out instruments ranging from violins and guitars to a full-size keyboard and a banjo. It’s a step in the right direction in making music more accessible to the community especially for the youth as well as those who can’t afford to buy goodquality instruments. Just as several organizations have seen the value in youth playing sports by subsidizing expensive equipment, this program shines a light on the value of youth playour view ing music to enrich their lives. It’s also a step in the right Pilot project direction in making Toronto a opens music to music city by cultivating homegrown talent. everyone It was fitting that in attendance at the launch event were two successful Canadian musicians – Juno Awardwinning artist Chantal Kreviazuk and her husband, Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida. Maida told Metroland Media Toronto that he didn’t have access to musical instruments until his brother bought one when he was 12 years old. To ensure more kids have that opportunity to play music, Maida and Kreviazuk donated a guitar and keyboard of their own to add to the 100 instruments already in collection. The community can support this initiative, too. Residents can donate their own gently used or new musical instruments to this pilot program, which runs until the end of 2017, and help it grow and expand to libraries across the city. Instrument donation drive

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NDP crisis has been a long time in the making Last weekend, the New Democratic Party membership did what is unthinkable among mainstream Canadian party politics and ousted their leader Tom Mulcair. The shockwaves carried across the land: the NDP, stalwart voice of Canadian progressive thinking, is in crisis! Of course, the NDP has been in crisis for years and particularly for those of us watching from Toronto. Although you certainly can’t blame the late Jack Layton, it’s easy to mark the beginning of that crisis with the former federal NDP leader’s electoral success and then his death, both in 2011. The NDP was briefly the Official Opposition in Ottawa. As Stephen Harper’s Conservatives used their majority government to alienate much of the country, the NDP became a de-facto government in waiting. But it wasn’t just that collection of newly elected MPs that walked away with expectations raised. Layton

david nickle the city himself offered inspiration from his death bed. Love, he told the country, is better than anger. Hope is better than fear and optimism, better than despair. New Democrats at least politically, cherry-picked: Optimism and hope, that the party that had traditionally been a third-party left-of-centre conscience, might persuade voters to allow them to lead; and also fear, that if they led too much with their leftof-centre conscience then they’d never win. It was a bad and selfdestructive lesson. The Ontario NDP forced a costly provincial election in 2014, rejecting in conscience the most left-of-centre provincial budget that a Liberal government had ever put forward. Leader Andrea Horwath made some gains for the party,

but in Toronto lost some of the party’s most historically secure seats. The same year, Olivia Chow turned a commanding lead in the polls to a third-place finish in the Toronto mayoralty race, with a campaign that did tack more to the left, but was timid and unambitious. And last year, Mulcair did much the same thing federally, when he led the party to a place somewhat to the right of the Liberals, and predictably, collapsed. It was enough to wipe the slate clean for New Democrats in Toronto. Now there seems to be strong interest in the grassroots of the party in turning back to its progressive roots, embracing as many members have, the so-called Leap Manifesto, which urges the party to return to its environmentalist, socially- and economicallyinclusive roots. But don’t count out the lure of power to eclipse conscience. Alberta New Democrat Premier Rachel

Notley is still providing a lone successful example of the pragmatism that has proved so toxic to the party. At the convention, she provided a reminder the only way to make that stick for more than one term is to lighten up on the pipeline opposition. You’d like to think that in this age of surging U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and “Sunny Ways” Justin Trudeau, the original Canadian party of hope and social justice and change would be in an unambiguous position to capitalize on the mood, and maybe use that to take their shot at forming a serious progressive government one day. Instead, the NDP is tangled in its own ambitions. Disentanglement will take time, and when it’s over, who’s to say what will be standing in its place?

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Caregiver Show takes place at Ontario Science Centre Looking after a loved one who is suffering from dementia or other conditions can be extremely stressful for family members involved, and an upcoming show in North York aims to offer them some help and relief. Statistics from the Alzheimer Society of Canada show that in 2011, 747,000 Canadians were living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Between two per cent and 10 per cent of all cases of dementia start

before the age of 65. The risk for dementia doubles every five years after age 65. The Caregiver Show is slated for Friday, May 6 at the Ontario Science Centre from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The show helps raise awareness of how many family members are involved in caring for loved ones in need. This year’s The Caregiver Show is sponsored by The Mobility Shop and CanniMed, and is brought to

Toronto residents by Metroland Media Toronto and Downsizing Divas. More than 20 exhibitors are already scheduled to take part in the show. As the Alzheimer Society of Canada notes, caregiving is a critical issue for people living with dementia and for Canadians in general. The Caregiver Show allows attendees to learn about various health topics, take part in demonstrations from the participating organiza-

tions and experts as well as receive resources, services and products available for caregiving needs. Participants will also have a chance to connect with other caregivers and professionals in the industry. Also, there will be chance for caregivers to rejuvenate themselves in the Rest and Relaxation Zone where they can enjoy a little pampering and replenish their energy levels. This area will also help teach caregivers

ways to take care of themselves as they perform a very stressful job. The Caregiver Show will be a screening of the documentary Sybil and Betts: Requiem for a Friendship by filmmaker David Bajurny. Admission to the show is free. Parking at The Science Centre will be discounted to $5 for those attending the show. For more details on The Caregiver Show, please visit www.caregivershow.ca

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City Place, Bathurst Quay and the Fort York neighbourhood have filled up. Greenberg said the unused space below the Gardiner – which is elevated enough that a five-storey building could fit below its deck – is a jewel “that has been hiding in plain sight.” For years, the Gardiner has served as an unintentional border, separating most of Toronto from its waterfront. With ongoing work to make the shores of Lake Ontario more appealing to visitors, Project: Under Gardiner looks to eliminate the invisible line created by the expressway. “ We’re reintroducing something to the public that everybody knows so well – the Gardiner Expressway, people know what that is, obviously… but seeing it in an entirely new way,” Greenberg said. “Something that will move across barriers…that is a way to the waterfront…and will have an incredible number of possibilities in terms of programming.” There are problems that

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need to be overcome, with the intersection at Fort York Boulevard posing a large one. The City of Toronto has looked at a variety of options, including leaving it as-is, introducing a street-level crossing, building a bridge or digging a tunnel, with the bridge appearing to tick the most boxes in terms of safety, traffic considerations, connectivity and other factors.

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Without better designed spaces, of course, Project: Under Gardiner will do little to improve the links between the areas north and south of the expressway. Mark Ryan of urban design landscape and architecture studio Public Work noted the length of the project would allow for multiple uses. “To the east, there’s the most predominantly residen-

tial neighbourhood…the central area is really (Fort York’s) front door – this is a national historic site,” he said. “Finally towards the west, there is a particularly unique quality about that area. It feels like it’s in a pioneering state. “There’s a real chance to completely reinvent that section.” Early designs show the western portion of the 10-acre, 1.75-kilometre long stretch being converted into a creative action hub with plenty of artistic activities and programming. A mix of landscapes and hardscapes could serve to create studio spaces, performance spaces, maker spaces or other specialized features. The central area, near the entrance to Fort York, will feature landscaping and programming which Ryan said will likely reflect the fort’s history. He added that a water feature could fit nicely in that area, while the east-central portion will provide retail space. The eastern portion, meanwhile, is slated to be quieter, providing links between

the reimagined space and the surrounding residential community. A possible fitness area, off-leash dog area and connections to Toronto’s trail network are among highlights being proposed. All areas will likely feature better connections to the surrounding neighbourhood, more seating and washroom facilities, plus additional gardens and greenery to add colour and life. There is also a vision that could see a 1.75-kilometre skating track become a regular winter feature. The public was invited to offer feedback on the preliminary design at Thursday’s meeting, and another meeting will be set up to discuss the project in May, with an eye to having a finalized design before council by June or July. Should all go smoothly, construction on the project would begin in August and the revitalized space will be opened by Canada Day 2017.

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