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The upcoming public park in the Regent Park community has received a boost that will help provide programming for residents in the area.

The Weston Foundation has earmarked $120,000 over two years to the park as part of a $1.3 million commitment to local green spaces through the Weston Family Parks Challenge.

The funds will help the Christian Resource Centre, Dixon Hall and Green Thumbs Growing Kids ensure there are plenty of ways residents can enjoy the park once it opens this spring.

“It will bring to life the new community garden, community greenhouse and bake oven,” said Christian Resource Centre community food centre manager Liz Curran. “We’ll be able to offer programs where people can come together, learn new skills and share knowledge.”

Curran said the community garden will allow residents in the area to grow crops from around the world and share those crops with their families and others in the community, while the greenhouse will allow residents to grow greens and herbs year-round, learn about worm composting and more.

The bake oven, meanwhile, will give people a chance to share recipes and enjoy good food. >>PROGRAMMING, page 11

The concept isn’t new – a doctor making house calls is as old as the profession itself, but it isn’t a prevalent practice in Toronto.

Now a group of GTA residents have launched a service which will once again give people living in downtown Toronto the option of seeing a doctor in their own home.

Reuven Dichter from Thornhill, Oren Lapsker from Richmond Hill and Dr. Roman Elinson from the Annex area are the men behind the new

organization called Toronto House Calls.

“The point is to give people who want to see a doctor the option to see them in their house rather than going to the ER (emergency room) or their local walk-in clinic or to their family doctor,” Lapsker said.

Their vision is to connect Toronto residents to doctors.

“Our aim is to connect the community with local doctors who will see them in their home on the same day,” Lapsker said.

Dichter and Lapsker are both >>>TORONTO, page 12

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Jane Bradshaw spikes the ball for North Toronto as they face Marc Garneau in senior girls volleyball Monday afternoon.

North Toronto won the match 25-14, 25-14.

The downtown core needs transit to match its explosive growth, starting with a relief subway line, says a spokesperson for the Business Improvement Area (BIA) representing the city’s financial district.

Grant Humes believes it is essential to approve construction of the congestion-easing subway line, also considered a priority by the city, in order to provide better rapid transit within 15 years to the borders of the Toronto Financial District

(TFD) BIA, which includes Bay Street, King Street and Union Station.

“If you look at the way this city will grow, we need to effectively get people into the downtown core,” said Humes, executive director for the BIA. “Within a 10-minute walk of Union Station there’s six million square feet of office space being built. We have to ensure people can get down here.”

Humes, who previously ran twice in elections for the federal Liberals, said elected officials, who’ve pushed for suburban >>>SUBWAY, page 10

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The project, known as Brookdale on Avenue Road, was approved by North York Community Council Jan. 15 but must still be approved by city council Feb. 19.

The development, at 16781704 Avenue Rd., 375-377 Fairlawn Ave. and 412-416 Brookdale Ave., would include a seven-storey building and four townhouses.

In addition to 97 condo units, the building would house 18 rental units to replace affordable and midrange rental units now on the site.

Greg Puklicz, chief financial officer for Mady Avenue Road Ltd., said the developer has been working to create a

positive project for the community.

“We’re quite pleased with the final design,” he said.

Mady’s website called the development an “elegant” project located in an upscale but traditional neighbourhood.

However, some residents are upset by the scale of the project.

“The core issue is this condo building is too big,” said Stephanie Leaist, a lawyer and mother who lives on Fairlawn.

She said she is upset with the height of the building because it would loom over green space in the neighbourhood.

The increase in traffic poses a threat to safety, Leaist said, adding she and her neighbours are considering hiring planning experts to advocate on their behalf against the development.

Dr. Todd Greenspoon, who lives on Brookdale beside the proposed townhouses, said the project would be too close to his home.

“We’re going to face directly

into a brick wall. It’s going to look awful,” he said, adding he is also worried about his loss of privacy.

“It looks like the nice, little guy, being me, is going to get stomped on by the condo.”

Denise Baker, a lawyer re p re s e n t i n g St a r b a n k Development Corporation, urged councillors to turn down the development or to defer it until concerns can be addressed.

This is the first project since the completion of the city’s Avenue Road study and already councillors are prepared to relax the guidelines calling for a five-storey limit on the height of buildings, Baker said.

“If this is where we are with the first building, where will we be with the 10th building?” she said.

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Students play beautiful music together Tanzanian school joins forces with Regent Park School of Music for musical webcast JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

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ollaborations are common in the music world, but a group of youngsters from Regent Park have taken things to another level, teaming up with a group of children in Tanzania.

The Regent Park School of Music’s Steel Pan Drum Class was slated to perform a special simulcast web concert with Grade 5 students from Rich Hill English Medium and Nursing School in Geita, Tanzania on Wednesday, Jan. 22, after The Mirror’s deadline.

Regent Park School of Music teacher Christie Ulicny, who devised the project, travelled to Tanzania earlier this month and has spent the past few weeks working with the students there.

“These budding musicians are participating in an international collaboration that builds mutual respect and raises cultural awareness, through the common language of music,” she said.

The students collaborated on

the song Be the Change, which was penned by Ulicny and music producer/drummer Seppo Salminen.

Regent Park students played steel drums for the song while the students in Geita sang and played donated guitar, percussion and keyboard instruments.

The local students, from Sprucecourt Junior Public School, were mentored by older students from the Bishop Strachan School.

“Christie’s been doing volunteer work (at Sprucecourt) and she was planning on taking a vacation,” said Regent Park School of Music director Richard Marsella.

“She had this idea and we knew right away we wanted to be part of it and foster it – it was one of Christie’s dreams.”

Due to time constraints, the Regent Park musicians were only able to spend 10 weeks rehearsing and learning the song.

Ulicny and Salminen had just two weeks to instruct the students in Tanzania.

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These budding musicians are participating in an international collaboration that builds mutual respect and raises cultural awareness through the common language of music.

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Regent Park School of Music teacher Christie Ulicny, right, works with students at Rich Hill English Medium and Nursery School in Geita, Tanzania recently. The school is partnering with the Regent Park School for a simulcast performance on Wednesday.

The song itself highlights the importance of being a leader and bringing about positive change in the world, a fitting theme for the collaboration between cultures.

“The kids have been rehearsing it throughout the first semester and we’re really looking

forward to seeing how it turns out,” Marsella said.

“We did a test webcast (Monday morning) and there was a six-second delay between here and there, but who cares?

We’re talking about connecting kids across the world.”

The project currently stands

as a one-time thing, but Marsella said the Regent Park School of Music could explore similar opportunities.

“Right now, we’re just happy to be part of round one, but we’d definitely entertain the idea for other projects like this,” he said.

Be the Change will be released independently in digital format in May and will serve as a reminder of the power of youth advocacy.

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Fundraiser to help stand-up comic battle Lou Gehrig’s Disease JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Veterans of the Toronto comedy scene are rallying around one of their own with a special show in support of veteran stand-up comic Jo-Anna Downey.

National Theatre of the World, founded by Little Italy residents Naomi Snieckus and Matt Baram, will perform I Seen You On TV…the Jo-Anna Downey Edition to raise funds for the Jo-Anna Downey fund.

Downey is battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and the illness has left her unable to speak.

The longtime host of Spirits Comedy Night, she is well-known and respected in the comedy crowd.

Snieckus and Baram have worked primarily in the improv and sketch comedy worlds and did not work often with Downey, but they were still struck by her warmth and support in an often-competitive field.

“Jo-Anna’s just one of those great people,” Snieckus said. “When Matt started doing stand-up, she gave him a space to perform. I’ve done stand-up a handful of times, and

every time I saw Jo-Anna, she would say ‘when are you coming back to perform for me?’”

Snieckus and Baram have been working together for more than a decade, having met while both working with Second City and their chemistry has grown both on and off the stage since then.

“We’re life partners and work partners,” Snieckus said. “We have a sixth sense about each other that’s nice to be able to rely on and trust. I know a lot of Matt’s choices before he even makes them.”

For I Seen You on TV, they will enlist the help of Carolyn Taylor of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Ennis Esmer of The Listener and others.

The stars are all seasoned improvisers, though some have admittedly not performed live improv comedy in years.

“We just let them find a way into (Baram and Snieckus’) great chemistry,” Snieckus joked. “Honestly, improv’s just like hanging out with friends and riffing. Even when people come back after not being on stage in a while, they find their way quickly.”

National Theatre of the World just celebrated its fifth anniversary,

and the founding duo has travelled extensively to perform around the world. They have taken the stage across North America, in the UK, Israel, Germany and elsewhere.

“We’ve really gone everywhere with our improv, which is amazing,” Snieckus said. “When we’re not touring, I Seen You on TV is a good way for us to make sure we keep our chops up and it’s a chance for us to spend time with friends and celebrate Canadian talent.”

While the show is a success, Snieckus hopes the upcoming fundraising edition draws an even bigger crowd than usual. “(Downey’s) just a positive gal,” she said.

“She’s there for everyone in the comedy scene and who doesn’t want to show someone like that some support?”

I Seen You on TV…the Jo-Anna Downey Edition will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. at the Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. For tickets, visit www.thenationaltheatreoftheworld. To donate to the Jo-Anna Downey Fund, visit www.joannadowney.com

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National Theatre of the World founders Matt Baram, left, and Naomi Snieckus will be joined by a group of guest stars for their upcoming show, I Seen You on TV!. The event is a fundraiser for comedian Jo-Anna Downey.

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e know that the privilege of hosting large international events – such as the Olympics, a World Expo or the Pan-American Games – comes with incredible opportunities for the host city.

But the lure of those opportunities must be carefully measured.

In Toronto, the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games are a little more than a year away. More than 10,000 athletes and officials – and more than 250,000 tourists – are expected to visit the city. As an accompaniment, these Games bring significant worldwide exposure as well as infrastructure improvements throughout Toronto. The potential for a significant, lasting positive impact on the city is enormous.

But in that vein, this week’s decision by Toronto’s Economic Development Committee to defer pursuing a bid for the 2024 Olympic our view Games is hardly surprising. There appeared to be little enthusiasm to pursue an opportunity that Volunteers was costly (estimates suggest a help build our bid alone would cost between $50 million and $60 million), and city unlikely to be successful, given the likelihood of the United States gearing up a bid for those same games.

And with the impending Pan Ams, as Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly pointed out, it is unwise to pursue anything that would “take our eye off the ball.”

The decision is prudent, but we believe the experience of hosting the Pan Ams will be helpful to the city for future bids for international events.

While an Olympic bid has been deferred, the committee did leave debate about a potential bid for the 2025 World Expo up to Toronto City Council.

While we must, when prudent, seize the opportunities provided by these once-in-a-lifetime events, these aren’t the only opportunities out there to improve our neighbourhoods.

City-building has never been restricted to bricks and mortar projects. The actions of our volunteers matter. For example, last weekend, some 200 volunteers showed up at The Bargains Group on Caledonia Road to help pack 3,000 survival kits for the homeless.

These kinds of local community projects may not be as glamorous. They may cost less. But it’s hard to argue with the ongoing value they provide in enriching the community.

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Toronto heeds call for Olympic caution It used to be that all it took was a whiff of Olympic gold in the air for a certain segment of the Toronto political and business class to slick down their hair, don their Sunday best, grab a bunch of flowers (and a stack of plane tickets) and go a-courting.

That crazy, hungry optimism is in short supply in 2014.

Now our political leadership responds to the possibility of launching an Olympic bid with a big tub of ice cream, a comfortable set of pajamas and a binge on ’50s weepies on Netflix.

On Monday, Toronto was so medal-shy that not a single proponent of a 2024 Olympic bid showed up to pitch it to Toronto’s Economic Development Committee.

It didn’t help that a report from Ernst and Young indicating Toronto’s prospects of successfully bidding for and then running the games on budget

david nickle the city were slim. The committee agreed, and shelved the proposal indefinitely.

But heeding calls for caution is a new thing for Toronto’s would-be Olympians.

It doesn’t look bad on them. Toronto squandered a lot of resources and goodwill when it lost the 2008 Olympics to Bejing.

Then-mayor Mel Lastman embarrassed himself and the city, making a joke about being boiled by cannibals on the eve of a goodwill visit to Africa.

And because the city’s waterfront development was so closely tied to successfully hosting the Olympics, one might argue that Toronto’s failure set the crucial city-building initiative back rather than forward.

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We, as a city, need to look at our own fundamentals – and recognize the things that make life richer and healthier for Torontonians are also the things that will attract visitors and investment.

Kelly rose this time to make the point that Toronto has other crucial city-building priorities than prettying up for the Olympics.

Toronto needs to bring the federal and provincial governments on board to deal with our transportation issues, our housing difficulties and the basics of our city’s finances.

And to take his point a step further, we as a city need to look at our own fundamentals – and

recognize that the things that make life richer and healthier for Torontonians are also the things that will attract visitors and investment.

Toronto has a fading reputation as a cultural hub for both Ontario and the American states along the border. It wasn’t so long ago that we were a hub for Broadway-style live theatre in Canada and the northeastern U.S., and we could call ourselves both Hollywood North and Broadway North.

Now, we’re best known as the butt of late-night jokes about crack smoking and drunken stupors.

But we need to get past both dwelling on our glory days in the limelight and our more recent hours in the gutter – and when we finally do step out, learn to keep that hungry look out of our eyes.

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Lounge hosts fundraiser wLi’ly Our Children, Their Future, a fundraiser for Sick Kids Foundation Charity, takes place Friday at Li’ly Lounge, 656 College St. Presented by House Junky and Promo Records, the evening will feature musical performances

by Jason Hodges, Robb G and others.

Doors open at 9 p.m. and advanced tickets, available at wanttickets. com/houseforacause, are $15. meeting for island airport On Monday, the City of Toronto will host a public meeting on the request to permit jet airplanes at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. The focus of the meeting will be to provide an update on the status of the review of this request, and to hear from members of the public.

Beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Queen St. W, city staff from the community planning, transportation planning, economic development and public health divisions will be available to answer questions.

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6475 to register.

Auditions to be held for show UforChange is seeking performers for an upcoming show to highlight the vibrancy of Regent Park.

Titled ‘Spark’, the show will seek to build community through arts and entertainment.

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Anyone looking to audition is asked to email Julia@uforchange.org or call 647-829-6900 by Thursday, Jan. 30. festival set for Feb. 1 and 2 wtea

Tea lovers are invited to drop by the Toronto Reference Library to join in the second annual Toronto Tea Festival.

The event features tastings of teas from around the world, tea-making implements, presentations and more.

It will take place at the library from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 and Sunday, Feb. 2. coldest day of the year ride Feb. 1 Cycle Toronto is once again inviting residents to bundle up and join in the Coldest Day of the Year Ride.

The annual event will see cyclists biking from Queen’s Park to Dufferin Grove Park, where they can enjoy skating and a campfire.

The event will kick off at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1.

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Metrolinx and Hydro One Networks Inc. will host joint public open houses to offer residents an opportunity to learn more about plans to electrify Union Pearson (UP) Express, the train that will run between Union Station and the Toronto international airport.

At the open house, people can receive a project update and provide feedback on the preliminary design components, environmental effects and mitigation, next steps and timelines.

The UP Express is scheduled for completion by 2015 and will run diesel trains, however an Environmental Assessment (EA) of electrification’s feasibility for the Union Pearson

Express is now underway.

O p e n h o u s e s a re scheduled for: • Monday, Feb. 3 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Locus 144 Restaurant, 171 East Liberty St., Unit 144 • Monday, Feb. 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Lithuanian House, 1573 Bloor St. W. For details, email electrification@metrolinx. com or visit www.gotransit.com/electrification 2014 participants wWorldPride

WorldPride 2014 is getting underway in earnest with the launch of a new website and video and a call for artists and other participants.

The event, slated to take place June 20 to 29, will shine a spotlight on Toronto as it invites members of the LGBTQ community from around the world. Visit www.worldpridetoronto. com wanted for greening Ward 19 wideas

Fresh off the success of last year’s plan to green Ward 19, the David Suzuki Foundation is expanding its Homegrown National Park program.

The initiative spawned several greening projects in Trinity-Spadina last year, and now the Homegrown National Park plan is looking to spread to wards 17, 18, 20 and 21.

To submit a proposal, visit www. davidsuzuki.org

Help decide the future of the Gardiner Expressway East We invite you to join us at the third public meeting where you can comment on the results of the evaluation of the alternative solutions for the future of the Gardiner Expressway East.

The Study Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto are jointly carrying out the Gardiner Expressway/ Lake Shore Boulevard Reconfiguration Environmental Assessment (EA) and Integrated Urban Design Study. The EA will determine the future of the Gardiner Expressway East and Lake Shore Boulevard East, from approximately Jarvis Street to approximately Leslie Street. The study area for the EA is displayed on the map below.

Four alternative solutions are being considered: • Maintain the elevated expressway; • Improve the urban fabric while maintaining the existing expressway; • Replace with a new above-or-below grade expressway; and, • Remove the elevated expressway and build a new boulevard.

Get Involved Interested persons are invited to participate through a series of public meetings, live webcasts, workshops and online opportunities. If you can’t attend in person, you can participate and watch the meeting online at www.gardinereast.ca.

Gardiner Expressway East Public Meeting Thursday, February 6, 2014 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge Street, Toronto (Bloor Street subway station) Open house begins at 6:30 p.m.; presentations at 7:00 p.m.

Please register at: www.gardinereastpublicmeetingfeb6.eventbrite.ca For more information or to be added to the project mailing list, contact info@gardinereast.ca, or call (416) 479-0662.

To learn about the project or contribute your insights and views please visit www.gardinereast.ca.

Computer courses wSaturdays S t . J a m e s To w n Community Corner is offering free classes to teach residents the basic ins and outs of computers.

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Classes take place Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon at 200 Wellesley Street East. To register, call 416-964-6657.

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Peter MacKendrick Community Gallery Reception WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St. COST: Free The Wychwood Barns Community Association officially renames its community gallery the Peter MacKendrick Community Gallery in memory of one of the neighbourhood’s most engaged citizens.

Fairy Tale Puppet Show WHEN: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St. CONTACT: 416393-7746 Celebrate family literacy and the start of Family Time Story series with a trio of favorite fairy tales presented by puppets.

Yonge Street Mission’s (YSM) PATH Clothing Drive WHEN: 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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The Rosary Sonatas by Biber: The Joyful Mysteries WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Fr. Madden Hall, University of St. Michael’s College, 100 St Joseph St. CONTACT: The Musicians In Ordinary, 416-535-9956, www. musiciansinordinary.ca COST: $25; $20 for students and seniors The Musicians In Ordinary continue their cycle of the entire Rosary Sonatas for violin and continuo by 17th century composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber.

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Toronto Nomads Rugby Club Junior Rugby Winter Training WHEN: 1:45 to 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Michael’s College School Dome, 1515 Bathurst St. CONTACT: www.torontonomads.com/ juniors COST: Free Toronto Nomads Rugby Club welcomes junior girls and boys, beginners and experienced players. Free of charge every Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. (arrive 1:45 p.m.)

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Random Order set to release latest CD, Black Lipstick Kiss, Jan. 30 at Mod Club JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com After more than 20 years honing a sound that has seen them play festivals around the world, Torontobased band Random Order is switching things up.

The band, fronted by Yonge and Bloor area resident S. Lynn Phillips, has long had audiences jumping to their ska and reggae-tinged rock but has decided to move in a harder direction.

“I like a lot of Quentin Tarantino films and I’m into horror and zombie stuff, so (the new sound) fits in more with that,” Phillips said. “It’s got more of a surfy feel, more rock, but there are still ska elements and reggae elements.”

Their new sound will be front and centre when they release their new CD, Black Lipstick Kiss, at the end of the month.

While the band’s change in direction came about in

part as a result of Phillips’ own interests – she is the singer/songwriter and lead guitarist – the addition of new drummer Caterina Marchese helped “Her thing is heavier music, so she’s added a real edge to our music,” Phillips said.

Random Order started out as a three-piece group, and formed shortly after Phillips moved to Toronto from her hometown of Kitchener in 1989. The band released its first full-length cassette, Destiny, in 1990 and earned almost instant acclaim.

They were compared to the Slits and received airplay not just locally, but as far away as Ireland.

“Growing up, both my brothers played in bands, so there was always a band rehearsing at my house,” she said. “I started learning to play the steel guitar at seven and then took up the acoustic guitar at 12.”

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“Our live show’s pretty engaging because we get involved with the audience,” Phillips said. “Toronto has a bad reputation for people not dancing at shows, people just sitting back and saying ‘ok, impress me,’ but we get them dancing.”

The singer is confident audiences will take to the band’s newer sound, which Phillips refers to as “spinetingling Pulp Fiction swamp rock with a ska/reggae twist.”

“When I first wrote Black Lipstick Kiss, I decided to test it out by playing it acoustically at shows,” she said.

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Union Pearson Express Electrification Environmental Assessment Public Open Houses Electrification of Union Pearson (UP) Express is part of The Big Move, Metrolinx’s regional transportation plan to dramatically improve how people move in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

Metrolinx and Hydro One Networks Inc. invite you to their joint Public Open Houses to learn more about the plans to electrify UP Express. At the Open House, interested members of the community can receive a project update and provide feedback on the preliminary design components, environmental effects and mitigation and next steps/timelines.

The UP Express route and proposed locations for electrification components are shown on the map below.

The Open Houses will provide you with an opportunity to view displays and speak one-on-one with project staff.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thursday, January 30, 2014 Islington Evangel Centre 49 Queens Plate Drive Etobicoke, ON M9W 6P1 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Monday, February 3, 2014 Locus 144 Restaurant 171 East Liberty Street Unit 144 Toronto, ON M6K 3P6 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 York West Active Living Centre 1901 Weston Road Weston, ON M9N 3P5 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Monday, February 10, 2014 Lithuanian House 1573 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M6P 1A6 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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“Toronto’s reality is not many of our politicians ride the subway through Bloor and Yonge on a regular basis,” he said. “There’s maybe not the sense of urgency.”

The BIA spent 2013, its first full year of existence, building up credibility and awareness. Humes said the organization’s number one goal for 2014 is developing a long-term public realm master plan to create a consistent look for the financial district.

He said the BIA is examining city plans for the financial district over the next five to six years in an effort to create a cohesive plan for the area’s public realm, primarily roads and sidewalks, in an effort to create a “set standard” for the first time.

“There’s never been a cohesive plan, it’s always been pieces,” he said.

“Every time someone’s come in and worked on (street improvements) they’ve put something else back in.”

“In your financial district you’re supposed to have order and consistency. That’s how we want to present our face to the world.”

The BIA also plans to build upon last year’s beautification efforts at the power intersection of Bay and King Streets, where last year it spent approximately $250,000 for the installation of new banners, street signs, patterned street pole wrappings to hinder graffiti and postering and all black metal garbage receptacles.

The money also covered a thorough “powerwashing” of the intersection’s sidewalks.

This year, the BIA will turn its attention to Richmond Street, which is

scheduled to undergo city water main upgrades plus TTC streetcar track work.

Street improvements are expected to begin in the summer.

“As the work rolls down Richmond we’re going to put our improvements into place,” said Humes.

The BIA will also continue to plan along with the city and Tourism Toronto on developing a city-wide wayfinding strategy to be in place before the 2015 Pan American Games.

Planning manager Evan Weinberg said planning for the project kicked off at the end of 2013 and much of 2014 will be spent meeting with stakeholders, holding consultations, developing mapping and reviewing design concepts.

“We’ll be the first neighbourhood in the city of Toronto to have a fullyfunctioning infrastructure related to wayfinding. This isn’t a temporary plan, this will be a fully built-out system,” said Weinberg.

The BIA will contribute $100,000 over two years to the estimated $800,000 budget.

Also planned for 2014 is ramping up the social media and online presence by promoting various events taking place in the financial district, from lunchtime concerts to retail sales. There are an estimated 200,000 visitors within the area daily, according to city employment data, but virtually none of them are residents.

Humes said the BIA would continue to work with the city to keep track of seemingly small concerns, which nevertheless effect the reputation of the country’s financial centre.

“We’re saying let’s pay attention to the cracks in the sidewalks, let’s pay attention to these little things because those are the details that sometimes trip you up,” he said.

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Programming for park left up to community >>>from page 1 “Our goal is to make sure there are as many ways as possible to get the local community involved in the park,” she said.

Part of the funding will go toward launching a Friends of the Park group through the hiring of a part-time staff member to help organize programming.

“Having a Friends of the Park group will give local community

members a sense of ownership and agency over the park,” Curran said.

The creation of a largely volunteerbased group will also allow programming in the park to continue once the two-year funding window is closed, though the community could also raise funds on its own through events and other means to ensure the paid staff member stays on.

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Dave Harvey of Park People, an advocacy group that worked with the Weston Foundation to determine where the funds from the Parks Challenge would go, said the funding commitment will mean the park will be able to open in earnest with a slate of programs that will be further developed in time.

“When the park was being planned, the community said they wanted a greenhouse, bake oven

Having a Friends of the Park group will give local community members a sense of ownership and agency over the park.

– Liz Curran

ming will dovetail perfectly with the Christian Resource Centre’s community food centre.

and community gardens and the city said ‘we’ll build them, but it’s up to the community to program them,’” he said.

“This money will definitely help kick-start that. It’s going to be a beautiful park with some interesting features in it and this money will allow the park to be used to its best.”

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Elinson, originally from Kiev in Ukraine, and Lapsker are second cousins.

All three men work in the

health care industry; Elinson is a family doctor in the Yonge and Davisville area, Lapsker works for a company that produces prescription pads and markets prescriptions, and Dichter works at Sunnybrook Hospital for the division that oversees the medi-

cal performance of the emergency medical services.

The men started discussing Toronto House Calls when Dichter brought up the idea about a year ago.

“In my last position in Israel I worked for a private company,

which one of their activities was providing this kind of service,” Dichter said. “When I came here and read about the Ontario Health Care system, I thought, why not try it here.”

The men launched Toronto House Calls about seven weeks

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Cov e re d by O H I P (Ontario Health Insurance Plan), the visit is free to the patient.

The service is currently focused on downtown Toronto between Dufferin Street and Bayview Avenue, to just north of Eglinton Avenue, but that is a soft boundary, the men said.

When they can accommodate calls from just outside those boundaries they can, particularly if there is a cluster of calls coming from a particular area.

The call centre to request a visit is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and physician home visits take place between 6 and 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends and holidays.

You can also request a visit online. The earlier you request the visit in the day, the better the chance that you would be seen that evening, the men said.

“For a lot of people, access is a challenge,” Elinson said. “Specifically we are finding the elderly who have mobility issues, parents with young children or people who don’t have a family doctor.”

Elinson said they are seeing calls from people with respiratory illnesses, gastrointestinal illnesses and minor injuries. They get a significant number of calls from elderly and for pediatrics.

“There are certain limitations as to what one can do during a house call,” Elinson said. “You can’t

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draw blood, you can’t do imaging. We don’t want to be perceived as a substitute to a clinic or family doctor or the emergency room. We are a complement to those.”

One of the services they provide is a triage of sorts, where doctors assess the case and determine if the patient should be going to the emergency room for treatment.

A significant number of emergency room visits have a low enough acuity that they could, and arguably should, be handled by a family doctor, Elinson said.

“It is a misallocation of resources and can be a waste of people’s time, that is well known,” Elinson said.

The routes are planned for the doctors in advance and distributed to the doctors through a secure application on their smart phones. The number of doctors making house calls on any given day fluctuates, but they currently have a roster of about seven doctors who work with Toronto House Calls. They will expand the number of doctors as the number of calls coming in increases.

To learn more about the Toronto House Calls program visit www. torontohousecalls.com

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For more Crosstown information:

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Oren Lapsker, left, Roman Elinson and Reuven Dichter are the principals behind Toronto House Calls, which connects Toronto residents with doctors who will see patients in their homes.

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| CITY CENTRE MIRROR | Thursday, January 23, 2014

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���� ����������� ����� ���� �� ���� ���� ����� �� ��� In a fire, seconds count. Just a few can mean the difference between life and death for you and your loved ones.Toronto City Council’s reckless plan to cut millions from fire services will mean fewer firefighters, station closures, longer response times, and will put people at risk. More buildings, residents, and traffic mean that firefighters are already stretched too thin. There are fewer firefighters today than there were 15 years ago when Toronto amalgamated.Toronto’s firefighters are working harder than ever, but that won’t make up for cuts and underfunding. Toronto citizens and taxpayers expect and deserve adequate fire protection, not decreased public safety.

Take action. Visit secondscounttoronto.ca Contact your Councillor: 1.866.381.3398