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When Annex resident Michael Pietrzak spent time working in a refugee camp in Malawi, he couldn’t help but notice that one of the greatest challenges residents in the camp faced is one that often goes unreported.

He was invited into a man’s home and, despite it being the middle of the day, the inside of the house was nearly pitch black.

“It was so dark, I couldn’t even see the guy even though he was right in front of me,” Pietrzak recalled.

He soon learned a shocking 85 per cent of Africans face similar situations as they have no access to electricity due to high energy costs and the lack of a proper power grid.

In order to light their homes, many resort to cheap lamps fueled by kerosene and other conventional fossil fuels, which cause copious amounts of indoor air pollution and lead to respiratory conditions and death.

“Indoor air pollution kills more people than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined,” Pietrzak said. “And then there’s the economics of it. A lot >>>unique, page 6

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Rhubarb Festival denied funding Show goes on for yearly queer culture festival, Feb. 12 to 23 JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A rhubarb is brewing over a funding decision by the Department of Canadian Heritage not to fund an annual festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

The Rhubarb Festival has traditionally received funding through the department’s Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program to the tune of $20,000 to $25,000 per year.

This year, however, the department denied funding for the arts festival, leaving its supporters searching for answers.

“The Rhubarb Festival is going forward without funding – we had planned for that – but what we’re asking for is clearer answers about why our application was turned down,” said Mark Aikman of Buddies in Bad Times.

Aikman said the department also discontinued the funding a few years back, but pointed out the Rhubarb Festival asked for and received specific feedback as to why that happened.

“We’re not looking to get the funding again for this year, but we want to know what we can do to follow the application process and give ourselves a better chance to get funding again next year,” he said. “The mandate of the festival, the structure, the programming hasn’t changed significantly at all.”

He added festival organizers have, in fact, expanded programming this year, collaborating with five longstanding local organizations such as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives and Glad Day Bookstore.

The Rhubarb Festival has reached out to more partner organizations, as well, in

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...what we’re asking for is clearer answers about why our application was turned down.

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order to help bridge funding gaps and ensure audiences are not impacted by the loss of the grant.

“It’s part of the annual programming at Buddies in Bad Times and we’ve been able to build the festival around the regular budget,” Aikman said.

An email response to The Mirror from Len Westerberg of the Department of Canadian Heritage noted receipt of funding in one year does not guarantee a project or festival will receive funding the next.

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“The Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s application was reviewed in accordance with the Government of Canada’s ongoing objectives, which are to fund projects that deliver measurable, tangible results advancing program objectives; to provide the best possible value for money; and to meet the needs of Canadians.”

The Rhubarb Festival will take place as planned from Feb. 12 to 23 next year.

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Ward 27 changes to continue in 2014: Wong-Tam JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The year 2013 saw plenty of changes in Toronto Centre-Rosedale, and Ward 27 councillor Kristyn WongTam expects 2014 to bring about even more of a transformation.

Wong-Tam said the coming year will see a number of park beautification projects come to fruition or move toward completion along with other initiatives that will give parts of the ward a whole new look.

“We began a number of initiatives around park improvements going back to 2012, and in 2014 people can expect to see a lot of construction in our urban parks as we get going,” she said.

The councillor cited Cawthra Park as one urban oasis set to undergo wide-reaching changes. The downtown park will welcome new lighting and seating, a new entrance and the addition of paved pathways.

Yorkville will enjoy a similar makeover.

“We’re going to have brand new tree plantings in the Village of

Yorkville Park and the creation of a new Yorkville gateway marker at Bay and Davenport,” Wong-Tam said. “The Bloor-Yorkville BIA has been working hard to improve the area with new lighting, plantings and granite sidewalks.”

She added consultations will also begin on a $4-million redesign for Ramsden Park and that negotiations are still underway to secure green space at 11 Wellesley St.W., a site sold by the province to developers Lanterra, much to the chagrin of residents who wanted to see it turned into an urban park.

“We’ve made pretty good inroads with the developer who resubmitted their original application for two towers as a one-tower application,” Wong-Tam said. “I’m confident we’ll get some park space, which residents haven’t seen in that area in some time.”

Work on the Beltline Trail will also begin in earnest in 2014 as part of a long-anticipated upgrade that will see better lighting and improved trails to make the trail safer for pedestrians without damaging the

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The bottom line is, I want development to be a winwin-win; a win for the community, a win for the city and a win for the developer.

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Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam

city’s green space.

All of those efforts are part of a major plan to make Ward 27 more pedestrian-friendly. Wong-Tam has been a staunch advocate for more walkable city streets since she was elected, introducing the Celebrate Yonge festival in 2012 and the Church Street ‘parklets’ in 2013.

More ambitious is an overarching plan to launch a wider-reaching

open streets project that would see a large swath of downtown cut off to vehicular traffic on Sunday mornings to make way for cyclists, joggers and pedestrians.

“The routes are still being researched and analyzed, but we’re hoping it runs through a lot of iconic downtown neighbourhoods,” WongTam said.

The open streets project could create a continuous path stretching 10 kilometres or more.

“It will definitely cut through Ward 27 and I think it will cut through six downtown wards, from the west end to the east end.”

She acknowledged creating such a project has been a long, slow process as she and other councillors work to

impress its benefits on city staff.

In terms of development, WongTam said Ward 27 had seen the number of applications slowing down, but pointed out the applications she is seeing are typically larger in scale.

“It’s more the bigger developers with a solid track record in the city that are completing applications here,” she said. “Developers with a track record that are well-financed will do well, while those without that won’t do as well.”

While she acknowledged buildings will likely continue to get taller, particularly in the downtown core, she vowed to fight to ensure applications – such as the revised one calling for a 50-storey tower at 11 Wellesley – fit in with the community.

“The bottom line is I want development to be a win-win-win; a win for the community, a win for the city and a win for the developer,” she said.

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Councillor Matlow looking to improve Councillor Layton proud of consensus-building in 2013 infrastructure, green space in 2014 JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com As development pressure mounts in St. Paul’s, Ward 22 councillor Josh Matlow is looking to ensure 2014 brings about renewed infrastructure and more green space.

The councillor pointed out the area all around Yonge and Eglinton is at a crossroads with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT and a number of developments proposed around the area.

“Midtown’s under a lot of pressure so I’m working with residents on everything from parks revitalization projects to making streets – especially in school zones – as safe as possible,” he said.

Matlow noted residents in virtually every pocket of his ward have their own concerns, many of which revolve around development and the upcoming LRT line.

“I’ve been working with BIAs to try to find ways to make sure people support their local merchants,” he said. “The BIAs near Eglinton stand to be especially impacted by the Eglinton Crosstown.”

The development picture shows dozens of submitted or approved applications in Ward 22, some of which have caused more conster-

Councillor Josh Matlow

nation than others. Matlow cited a proposal for two towers on Yonge Street, just south of Eglinton Avenue, as a particular cause for concern.

The proposal, slated for the Art Shoppe site, calls for two towers of 29 and 38 storeys connected by a seven-storey podium. It was rejected by council but the developer is looking to circumvent the city’s powers.

“The Art Shoppe proposal is one we’re all watching because it’s at the (Ontario Municipal Board) now,” Matlow said. “It would set a dangerous precedent for a devel-

oper to be able to build such large towers outside of the urban growth centres.”

Another development proposal, for 95 and 99 Broadway Ave., is also before the OMB. Acknowledging the OMB has been known to override council and approve buildings that did not fit in with the communities in which they were built, Matlow will continue the fight to free Toronto from the provincial body.

Matlow plans to continue making the ward’s parks safer and better in 2014. Following last year’s addition of a farmers’ market in June Rowlands Park and the decision to name a playground after beloved children’s entertainers Sharon, Lois and Bram, the councillor said there is plenty for park-lovers to look forward to this coming year.

“We’re looking at installing new playgrounds in Charlotte Maher Park and Forest Hill Road Park and at revitalizing and beautifying the Belsize Avenue parkettes,” he said.

“Things like the new playgrounds, for me, is the meat and potatoes of being a city councillor.”

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The biggest challenge of 2013 was maintaining decorum and fostering consensus at city hall, said TrinitySpadina Councillor Mike Layton.

“I know a vast majority of councillors want to have a constructive and cordial dialogue around issues,” said the Ward 19 councillor. “Even if we don’t see eye to eye, the good thing about municipal politics is there is a lot of room for cooperation and that is what we should be doing.”

Layton said he believes many councillors are putting their heads back to work at getting things done for their wards.

Priorities moving into 2014 will be fighting against the big box store proposed for Bathurst Street near Kensington Market and a planning study on West Queen West. Dupont Street will also be undergoing a planning study.

“There are a couple of great things coming. The Fort York Library will open this year and the Fort York Visitors Centre,” Layton said.

There are also two pedestrian bridges planned for the ward, the Fort York Pedestrian Bridge and one in Liberty Village. Layton counts among the major wins in 2013 the battle over building a casino in Toronto, which

council rejected. Layton said he is particularly proud of the city-wide energy retrofit strategy he worked on, which was introduced at the beginning of 2013, and will be piloted in 2014.

“The way we brought everyone together; environmental groups, labour unions, Enbridge, Hydro, the Toronto Real Estate Board,” Layton said. “Building a big tent like that and practicing big tent politics is really what I got into politics to do – to try to build consensus.”

In the community, Layton said that effort at consensus building is reflected in the work his office has done with the residents around the Ossington Avenue Visioning Study that turned into the Ossington Avenue Planning Study the city did.

As for running in 2014, Layton said one of the reasons he ran for office last term was because he felt he could make a difference in his community by representing it municipally, and he still feels that way.

“I have enjoyed it to this point.

I think I brought a different kind of politics to city hall in the midst of what was very confrontational politics and I would like to try to continue,” Layton said.

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Let’s continue to be a place people want to live, work and play. Based on world ranking surveys in 2013, our city is already sitting comfortably at the top: we were named the most youthful city by the Youthful Cities index; the second most reputable city by the Reputation Institute; and second in the Overall North American Cities of the Future for business investment.

Maintaining that high standard requires ongoing commitment by our elected officials, our business and community leaders.

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Lastly, we hope to continue to see evidence of the good will of the people of Toronto. Whether it’s offering refuge from a power outage after an ice storm, local police engaged in community building, or school children initiating charity drives for typhoon victims on the other side of the world – that spirit of compassion is our most defining feature.

There’s much to celebrate this year, with the World Cup set to spark excitement in our communities only possible in a city as diverse as ours, and the ongoing preparation of hosting the Pan/Parapan Am Games in 2015. This is our chance to showcase our city on the world stage – let’s work together and make the most of that opportunity.

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Mayor Ford front and centre during ice storm

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ay one thing about Mayor Rob Ford’s work ethic: it seemed to have grown two sizes over the Christmas holidays.

When the power went out for a third of the city, leaving families freezing in the dark, there he was: front and centre.

It’s unclear whether the mayor did so out of a sense of civic duty or a fear that if he didn’t step up, Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly and councillors like public works and infrastructure committee chair Denzil Minnan-Wong might soak up all of the credit for helping out during the ice storm.

The fact that the mayor refused to declare a state of emergency, turning powers over to the deputy mayor and also perhaps increasing the amount of inter-governmental aid the city could expect, tends to support the latter interpretation.

david nickle the city But never mind that.

Despite having been stripped of his powers after having debased the office of mayor like none before him, the mayor took to podiums and neighbourhoods with great zeal – inserting himself as the reassuring voice of the public service in calamitous times.

Political Calculus Doing so is a political calculus – if he is to stand a chance in the mayor’s race later this year, Ford must be seen to be doing something beyond brushing off reporters, dreaming of football and returning a handful of constituents’ phone calls.

And he must not be seen to be absent during public emergencies, par-

ticularly when his other duties and powers as mayor have been so effectively curtailed.

Now, it will take a lot of public emergencies over the next 10 months for Torontonians to forgive his appalling behaviour over the past couple of years.

This is the guy who admitted to smoking crack cocaine while in office, who consorts with gang members and alleged drug dealers, makes lewd remarks related to his wife to deny allegations of making even more lewd remarks about former employees.

As much as polls indicate that Ford’s base is remaining loyal, the majority of Torontonians are looking elsewhere for their next mayor.

And Ford risks giving the impression that his newly-found municipal engagement is nothing but a cynical grab for

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It will take a lot of public emergencies ... for Torontonians to forgive his appalling behaviour over the past couple of years.

photo-ops, as sincere as a death-bed conversion.

Still, give him this: Rob Ford is finally doing the job he was elected to do.

On Sunday, he announced he’d be calling a special council meeting Jan. 10, to ask for provincial disaster relief assistance for those residents who spent all or part of the holidays dealing with the impact of the ice storm.

And whatever that does for his re-election chances, Ford seems to be doing the right thing now.

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Unique solar-powered lamps a sustainable alternative >>>from page 1 of African families are spending up to one-third of their income on traditional fuels.”

In order to offer a safer, less expensive alternative, Pietrzak teamed up with friends Symon Edmonds, Tyler O’Reilly and Gabrielle Scheliga to start Lightseed Energy, a company that aims to put solar-powered lamps in

the hands of some 580 million families living in rural areas across Africa.

The small desk lamps will charge during the day and then provide four hours of light at night.

“It will help with health, wealth and the environment,” Pietrzak said. “They can cut their energy use by more than 15 times, it reduces indoor air pollution, people will be able

to operate businesses longer and students can study after dark.”

The company has started a crowd funding campaign through which they hope to raise $30,000. That will allow them to reach out to some 2,000 families.

Lightseed Energy plans to get the lamps into the hands of families with primary school-aged children first

and foremost.

“That’s kind of the silver bullet – if you can fix the education system, you can fix a lot of other problems in the long term,” Pietrzak said.

The partners have already managed to make connections in Zambia, with contacts over there handling the logistics and paperwork, getting everything set up for when the Lightseed team heads over there in the spring or summer.

Eventually, the company aims to become a sustainable business with entrepreneurs

in Africa handling the on-theground duties, which will help Lightseed Energy reach out to more communities. They will also look into larger lighting systems in addition to the small desk lamps.

“By 2030, we hope to have solar in the hands of every African family,” Pietrzak said.

While that may seem an ambitious goal, Pietrzak noted that cellphone usage exploded in Africa once the proper infrastructure was in place.

“Ten to 15 years ago, virtu-

ally no one in Africa had a cellphone, but now everyone does,” he said. “It’s like that with electricity – there’s no electrical grid across most of Africa, or a very poor one at best. We want to replicate the cellphone model and get light into people’s homes.”

Lightseed Energy’s crowd funding campaign will run through Friday, Jan. 10. To donate, visit http://www. indiegogo.com/projects/ light-for-africa

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Local councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam enters dispute over status of cemetery lands JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A long-standing battle to determine whether Mount Pleasant Cemetery is privately or publicly owned land has new legs now that Kristyn Wong-Tam has joined the fray.

Acting as a private citizen rather than in her capacity as Ward 27 councillor, Wong-Tam has added her name to ongoing legal proceedings between Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries (MPGC), the not-for-profit organization that operates Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and Moore Park residents operating as Friends of Toronto Public Cemeteries (FTPC).

FTPC has been fighting to have MPGC declared a public trustee of the cemetery lands it owns, meaning Mount Pleasant Cemetery and other burial grounds would be publicly-owned land under the province.

The group argues that documents dating back to the cemetery’s foundation – formerly known as the Toronto General Burying Grounds – clearly state the cemetery is a public trust.

MPGC, meanwhile, contends it owns the lands as a private corporation and had challenged FTPC’s call for a public inquiry into its status.

A mid-December court date was slated to determine whether the residents’ group had the right to pursue its claim.

“They wanted to challenge us on standing and said our case has no merit,” said FTPC president Margot Boyd. “They dropped the challenge when we went under the Charities Accounting Act with Kristyn WongTam on our side.”

By amending their application to bring it under the Charities Accounting Act, FTPC’s claim was legally allowed to move forward.

Boyd said, however, MPGC has told FTPC to pay out $20,000 to cover the cost of MPGC’s cancelled motion to challenge the resident group’s claims and $50,000 in security to cover MPGC’s court costs.

“According to that act, if you have two applicants, you can ask for a public inquiry,” Boyd said.

Wong-Tam said she joined the battle after following the case for years. She had done her own research into the cemetery’s status

but came away empty-handed.

“As I looked into it, it continually raised more questions than anything else,” she said. “There are questions whether or not this particular cemetery or group of cemeteries was indeed a public trust.”

She added the status of the land should be easy to discern, but pointed out the two sides have been unable to convince one another of their positions.

“I’m interested in the truth and that’s why I joined – I believe the answers (residents) have been seeking have not been answered satisfactorily,” she said.

The case applies to all 10 cemeteries under the MPGC’s umbrella, which are spread across the GTA. FTPC says the land for those 10 sites is worth more than $1 billion.

“I feel it’s important to fight for public land,” Wong-Tam said. “This particular case should be one we’re all interested in as Torontonians and as Ontarians.”

MPGC declined to comment on the matter, citing the fact it is currently going through the court process.

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Maria Augimeri, a longtime TTC commissioner, is also conTO in TRANSIT ice storm played sidered a contender for the position. City havoc with transit operations across the city. council will vote on Stintz’s replaceBoth TTC and GO Transit riders ment at its Feb. 19 session. experienced major delays as the transit agencies struggled with Fare hikes in effect as of power issues caused by the storm.

New Years Day At its height, service on all subway As of New Years Day, TTC riders were lines was affected as well as streetfaced with another price increase, car routes, plus the Scarborough as the cash-strapped transit agency RT. struggles to cover its 2014 operating Several bus routes were also budget. forced to cancel service or detour Hardest hit are Metropass holdaround areas where downed hydro ers who will now pay $5.25 more per wires or trees were reported. month in 2014. A five cent increase It wasn’t until midday on was also approved per token or Christmas Eve – with the re-openticket. With the fare hike, the TTC ing of the Sheppard subway – that projects it will raise around eight service was fully restored. million dollars, which still won’t be enough to balance the budget.

Stintz to step down as In January city council will vote on whether to approve an annual chair of TTC operating subsidy for the transit Karen Stintz officially announced commission. she will step down from her position as chair of the TTC board in Regardless if the $428 million February. Stintz, who intends to request is accepted by council, the run in the 2014 mayoral election, TTC will continue to be among the made the announcement at last lowest funded transit agencies in week’s TTC board meeting.

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She will leave the chair’s seat as A fare hike for 2015 is also schedof Feb. 22, 2014, but will remain on uled. the board. She has already endorsed Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit fellow board member Josh Colle as reporter. Reach him on Twitter: @ TOinTRANSIT her replacement.

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Christmas lunch at the Scott Mission Below, Horace Prince, left, passes a meal to Juan Santillan on Wednesday morning during the annual Christmas Lunch hosted by the Scott Mission. Top right, volunteers prepare salad. Bottom right, Tony Mikle prepares some soup.

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TTC chair blasts timeline for Presto fare system A long term plan to install the Presto fare system in TTC vehicles and stations is not acceptable, says the transit commission’s chair.

The fare collection system is already in wide use on GO Transit and other GTA-area transit agencies with hundreds of thousands of transit riders tapping on daily.

Presto is scheduled to be fully deployed by 2016 on the

TTC, but that’s not nearly soon enough according to TTC chair Karen Stintz, who wants to see “substantial completion” by the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games.

At the Dec. 18 TTC board meeting, Stintz made a motion to direct staff to work with Metrolinx on a sped-up deployment schedule so that the smart fare card is in place in stations, new streetcars and

buses as well as Wheel-Trans vehicles by the time the 2015 Pan Am Games begin.

The motion, which also called for regular schedule updates to the board, was approved unanimously.

“We were presented with a schedule that wasn’t going to help us meet our goal, so I want to make sure the partners go back and look at a revised schedule,” said Stintz following

the meeting at city hall.

At the meeting, TTC staff presented to the board particulars of the Presto rollout plan, which will come in two phases starting fall of 2014, beginning with installing Presto card readers on 50 new streetcars to serve the Spadina, Bathurst, Dundas and Harbourfront lines, as well as at 23 stations, most of them in the downtown core.

Installations would be handled by Metrolinx, which operates Presto, including vending machines in stations and on vehicles as well as ticket validation devices for riders choosing to use paper tickets.

Riders will also eventually be able to use their mobile devices, debit and credit cards to tap on, though not in time for the 2014 deployment.

Complicating matters is the

need for the deployment to satisfy 4,000 “business requirements” to ensure stable implementation. Also required are power upgrades in stations to accommodate the new Presto machines.

TTC CEO Andy Byford agreed Presto implementation should be close to complete by 2015. But he urged caution on moving too quickly.

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Boys hockey SENIOR TIER ONE TEAM W Leaside HS 2 Malvern CI 2 Humberside 1 Lawrence Park 1 Riverdale CI 1 North Toronto 0 East York CI 0 Northern SS 0 SENIOR TIER TWO TEAM W Central Tech 1 Monarch Park 1 Harbord CI 1 Oakwood CI 1 Forest Hill CI 1 Northern SS 1 Western Tech 1 Parkdale CI 0 Danforth Tech 0 Bloor CI 0

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GA 7 5 1 2 3 9 9 6 11 19

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P 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0

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SENIOR TIER ONE East TEAM G Lawrence Park 5 Northern SS 5 Danforth Tech 5 North Toronto 4 Riverdale CI 4 East York CI 4 Rosedale Hgts 3 Leaside HS 5 Marc Garneau 6 Monarch Park 7 C. Francais 4

W 5 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0

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GA 0 1 3 2 3 4 4 8 11 12 8

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West TEAM G Parkdale CI 4 Harbord CI 5 Bloor CI 6 Humberside CI 3 Forest Hill CI 4 Ursula Franklin 4 Jarvis CI 1 Oakwood CI 5 Western Tech 7 Central Tech 2 Central Com. 3

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GA 1 4 6 2 5 4 1 8 12 4 6

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JUNIOR TIER ONE East TEAM G Malvern CI 6 Leaside HS 5 Lawrence Park 5 North Toronto 3 Northern SS 4 Monarch Park 6 Riverdale CI 2 East York CI 3 Marc Garneau 5 Danforth Tech 5

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GF 12 9 7 4 6 4 2 3 3 0

GA 1 3 4 3 6 9 2 4 8 10

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West TEAM G Harbord CI 5 Central Tech 4 Bloor CI 5 Forest Hill CI 5 Jarvis CI 3 Parkdale CI 3 Oakwood CI 4 Humberside CI 1 Western Tech 6

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GA 0 2 4 5 2 4 7 2 12

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Boys basketball JUNIOR TIER ONE TEAM G Oakwood 4 Lawrence Park 5 Northern SS 3 Central Tech 4 North Toronto 2 East York CI 2 JUNIOR TIER TWO East TEAM G C. Francais 5 Monarch Park 4 Jarvis CI 3 Leaside HS 4 Riverdale CI 2 Marc Garneau 3 Danforth Tech 5 West TEAM G Humberside CI 5 Harbord CI 5 Bloor CI 5 Forest Hill CI 3 Western Tech 3 Ursula Franklin 3 Parkdale CI 4

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PF 296 234 224 110 107 69 150

PA 191 292 187 249 114 143

PA 279 185 110 213 102 173 295

PA 190 220 204 99 153 124 200

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Chris Manjuris makes a save for Malvern Collegiate as they face Lawrence Park in senior boys tier one hockey action at North Toronto Arena earlier this month. Lawrence Park lost 2-1.

SENIOR TIER ONE TEAM G Eastern Com. 3 Oakwood 3 Jarvis CI 2 Western Tech 4 Northern SS 4 Central Tech 6 Monarch Park 5 East York 5

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PF 239 223 151 285 259 369 240 195

PA 126 117 135 285 269 409 304 316

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SENIOR TIER TWO East TEAM G Danforth Tech 5 Riverdale 2 Marc Garneau 3 Leaside 4 North Toronto 1 Rosedale Hts 1 C. Francais 4

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PA 258 96 171 263 71 46 306

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West TEAM G Central Com. 4 Humberside 4 Parkdale 5 Forest Hill 3 Ursula Franklin 3 Bloor CI 4 Harbord CI 5

W 4 3 3 2 1 1 0

L 0 1 2 1 2 3 5

PF 253 223 272 142 132 179 169

PA 183 183 258 140 145 199 262

Girls hockey Only one local school has a team fielded in girls hockey this season, and that’s Lawrence Park. They’re off to a great start with two straight wins, 6-1 over East York Collegiate and 2-1 over Malvern Collegiate.

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