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As Nepal deals with the aftermath of last week’s devastating earthquake, the Toronto District School Board is doing its part to pitch in. The TDSB launched a new fundraising initiative, tdsbCARES: Nepal Region Earthquake Relief at Rose Avenue Public School last Friday, encouraging students, staff, families and the general public to give what they can to

help relief efforts. Many Rose Avenue students themselves have been impacted by the disaster – the school has 112 students who were born in Nepal or are of Nepalese descent. Across the TDSB, some 610 families of students hail from the earthquake-torn country. Rose Avenue has set up a Nepal Earthquake Giving Tree, where students can leave a message of hope on a paper heart for the people of Nepal >>>SCHOOL, page 11

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‘Great surprise’: McConnell Toronto Centre-Rosedale councillor Pam McConnell said her first impression of the revamped Gardiner plans was “great surprise, because as the local councillor, I have not been briefed on (the new options.)” She said the hybrid model seems to provide plenty of opportunities east of the Don River, but pointed out it “seems to imprison areas” west of the river. It is crucial, she said, the right choice is made not just for today’s commuters, but for the longterm. “We are deciding something for three generations,” she said. McConnell said she wants to see Public Works and council decide on an option “that will not have to be dealt with (due to problems that arise), that we are not seen as the dinosaurs in the mix.”

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said. “That spring, she had been complaining of a sore shoulder and she was sent for physio. Eventually, her lymph nodes started to swell and she went to Mount Sinai (Hospital) where she was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkins lymphoma – the aggressive kind.” Carroll began treatment at Mount Sinai before being moved to Princess Margaret hospital, where she underwent chemotherapy treatments every three weeks. While her battle against the illness was challenging, the Hern family never lost hope. “My dad, my aunt and my brother tag-teamed so we could be there for her appointments,” Hern said. “Her treatments lasted the duration of that summer and the disease finally went into remission in

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Jacquelyn Hern, with her mother Carroll, who died due to non-Hodgkins lymphoma last year.

mid-August.” Carroll’s cancer remained in remission until April 2013, when doctors discovered the disease had returned. Her second diagnosis came almost two years to the day after her first, and she underwent a more radical treatment since the illness had

obviously resisted the initial treatment. “She had a stem cell transplant using her own stem cells, and what an awful experience that is for people to go through,” Hern said. “They basically wipe your entire system so you have no immune system and then

build you back up.” After the harrowing treatment, Carroll was released from Princess Margaret on Canada Day 2013. While she was symptom-free, her clean bill of health came with a warning from doctors. “They said if this doesn’t work, the cancer will be back in a year or two, and at that point, there’s not much else they could do,” Hern said. While Carroll seemed healthy for months thereafter, the fear the cancer could return was always in the back of the family’s minds. Last Mother’s Day, following a brunch, she sat the family down for a meeting. “She sat us down and said she was having symptoms again,” Hern said. “At that point, she hadn’t gotten official results from any tests, but she just knew.” Carroll opted not to take medication that would prolong her life while making her feel ill, choosing quality

over quantity for her final days. Hern took a leave from work to spend time with her mother before Carroll died on June 27. Now, the family will go to Bali, fulfilling a long-standing dream of Carroll’s. “One of the things my mom always wanted to do was take a family trip and she thought Bali would be a beautiful place,” Hern said. “We’re doing this for her and I think it will be a really special trip.” This fall, Hern will participate in the OneWalk, a 25-kilometre walk through Toronto for Princess Margaret. “Traditionally, it was the Weekend to End Women’s Cancers and before that, it was breast cancer,” Hern said. “It was genius to open it up to all cancers, because you can choose the kind of cancer you want to support research for.”

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Yara Nosikova, a former SickKids employee, will run 10 kilometres a day over 100 days this summer to raise funds for the hospital.

About a week into May, downtown Toronto resident Yaroslavna (Yara) Nosikova is roughly 50 kilometres into a 1,000 km journey that will last through much of the summer. Nosikova has committed to running 1,000 km for more than 100 days to raise money for the Herbie Fund, which helps cover costs for international families with children being treated at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). Having worked in SickKids’ Cardiovascular Surger y

Department from 2009 to 2014, Nosikova saw first-hand how both SickKids and the Herbie Fund make a difference in people’s lives. Though she left the medical field to earn a law degree following her time at SickKids, she never forgot how much her time at the hospital impacted her. “I really wanted to give back because the hospital has world-class professionals who are compassionate and dedicated,” she said. “When I worked there, I was thrilled to see just how good the care is that they give.” Nosikova will garner attention for her ongoing run by

wearing a yellow ribbon announcing her 1,000 km goal. Each day, she will sew a small pink running man image to her sash. “I hope the ribbon will attract people,” she said, adding she hopes to raise at least $5,000 through her efforts. Nosikova has been a runner for the past five or six years, though she usually topped out at about five or six kilometres per day. Ramping things up to 10 km each day will be a challenge, but one she is dedicated to meeting. “I’m a bit worried about having enough energy to go

10 km with my busy work schedule, but I’ll get through it,” she said. Her greater concern is simply dealing with the monotony of hitting the streets alone each day. To that end, she has reached out to local police and firefighter departments and to other distance runners, and she plans on mixing things up on weekends. “I’m hoping people join me because it might get lonely running 10 km every day,” she said. “On weekends, I might dress up in costumes. I’m thinking about hero costumes, but I could also have

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people tell me what to dress up as.” Her route will take her through the downtown core – typically from the Adelaide and Jarvis area and along the Martin Goodman Trail – with some runs taking place in other parts of the GTA. The ongoing fundraising effort, dubbed Yara’s 1000 km run, started on Sunday May 3 and will run through Aug. 10. For more information on the run, including a link for donations, visit www.facebook.com/Yara1000kmRun

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Tory needs to have the austerity talk At the start of the whirling vortex of chaos (otherwise known as the May Toronto council meeting) next year’s budget seems very far off. It is not, of course. While council and the city deal with the ramifications of open-season on food trucks, a new city manager, the quest for a just taxi license and gender balance on the TTC, the city’s 2016 budget looms large – larger than is typical thanks to the odd way council balanced the 2015 budget. This was in March, when council approved a 2.75 per cent property tax increase for homeowners, and filled a $60-million shortfall by effectively borrowing from the city’s capital financing capacity in future years. Services were generally sustained or even enhanced, taxpayers were mollified with a rate-of-inflation increase, and the pain, Mayor John Tory promised, would come later. Tory also promised to let Toronto know in the coming weeks

david nickle the city exactly how he would deal with the 2016 gap between what it costs to run the city as it stands, and the diminishing amount of money actually available. Although Tory would not use the words, it all suggested that in 2016, Torontonians would be looking at some form of service cuts. Given that, it’s understandable that Tory has not yet made good on that one promise, to explain how he’ll balance things. So far, the Tory mayoralty has been a good-news affair. His announcements generally aren’t about telling people what they can’t have, but what he will provide: improved traffic, jobs for under-privileged youth, technological innovation. Soon Tory is going to have to start talking about more difficult things:

initially, one suspects, strategies for cutting waste in the city’s administrative bureaucracy, but as the process carries on, cuts and fee increases that will impact lives. Tory has so far avoided talking about fees, effectively ruling out the operationally sensitive but politically difficult application of “revenue tools”. Without a willingness to enact those things, the city is left with only one option: austerity. The city doesn’t have a terrible record on measured austerity, but it doesn’t have a great one either. In general, Torontonians seem to like their services and react with a certain amount of organized pique when they are threatened. When the matter finally comes up, it will show even a council meeting such as this week’s for the honeymoon that it in fact is.

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Teacher Christie Bardecki a Pan Am torchbearer JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com As a former high-performance athlete, Christie Bardecki knows the value of nutrition. In spreading the word to her students at Lord Lansdowne Public School, she has not only helped them stay healthy and well-nourished, but she has also earned a spot as a Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games torchbearer. Bardecki, a teacher at the school, is no newcomer to the Pan Am Games, having won a silver medal in water polo in the 2003 Games. Despite those ties, it was her work on Lord Lansdowne’s nutrition program that earned her the torchbearer nod. She was named to the torch relay squad by sponsor President’s Choice. “President’s Choice believes in nourishing the mind and body and that’s something we really believe in here at the school,” she said. “You can really see the difference in our kids and the way they perform when they have a healthy snack in the morning.” The Leslieville resident is eager

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Lord Lansdowne Public School teacher Christie Bardecki hands out cherry tomatoes to students as part of the school’s healthy snack program.

to watch the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and will be cheering on Canadian athletes as they compete on home soil. “Our Pan Am Games (in which she won silver) were quite different,” she said. “That was in the Dominican Republic, so it will definitely be good for the athletes to have a hometown crowd cheering for them.”

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PROPERTYSTARSJOBS.COM ASSISTANT MANAGER Busy automotive repair and service centre seeks an Assistant Manager to handle day to day operations. Experience preferred, however, we will train the right candidate. Please submit resume to: randallj@live.ca or fax to 416-465-1978 DRIVERS WANTED AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrakes: Guaranteed 40 hour work week + overtime, paid travel, lodging, meal allowance, 4 week’s vacation/ excellent benefits package. Must be able to have extended stays away from home for three months at a time. Experience Needed: Valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrakes, commercial driving experience. Apply online at www.sperryrail.com under careers, FastTRACK Application.

electrical

roofing

Burton Electric Inc.

Low Cost Repairs $ Low Cost Repairs

416 419-1772

4 Knob and tube replacement 4 Service upgrades 4 Aluminum wire reconditioning 4 Breakers/Panels 4 Electrical Home Inspections 4 Pot Lights 4 FREE ESTIMATES Master Electrician * License # 7001220 * Insured www.burtonelectric.ca mark.burton@burtonelectric.ca

plumbing • 24-7 expert plumbing services • Expert plumbing repairs & installations • Expert drain & sewer services • Better services & better prices • License & insured with WSIB • Free esitimates

BaySprings Plumbing Small Job Specialists

Servicing All Your Plumbing Needs

Tenders

25OFF WITH THIS AD EXPIRES May 31, 2015

10% SENIORS DISCOUNT

TRAILER ASSEMBLERS

E-mail: david.thomson@itdtrailers.com Fax 905-670-2321

DRAIN EXPERTS 416-995-2855

You’re not happy... you don’t pay!

Innovative Trailer Design is looking for at its Mississauga location. Previous experience desirable. Competitive wages and full benefits after probation period. Straight Dayshift position & must have own tools.

416-427-0955

Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our Advertiser store copies of flyers to pre-determined store locations within the Toronto area once per week. This entails picking up the flyers at our North York location on Wednesday’s and completing the store drops within one day. Delivery addresses will be supplied with Bid packages. All applicants must have a registered business with a valid HST number. Contracts commence Monday June 1st, 2015. Bid packages are available at the Reception Desk, of Metroland Media Toronto, 175 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto Ontario M2H 0A2 Tender due date: Thursday May 21st 2015 By 5 pm To the attention of: Anton McCormack Mailroom / Trucking Supervisor Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

Building Equipment/ Materials

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS UP TO 60% OFF! 30x40, 40x60, 50x80, 60x100, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call: 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

ROOF REPAIRS • Roof repairs

leaks & replacement • Eaves trough cleaning, repair & replacement • Chimney cleaning, tuck pointing & rebuild • Animal removal, repair & prevention

SPRING SPECIAL Eaves or chimney cleaning from $59*

416.802.9909

Free estimates ~ Seniors discount Licensed & insured

Waste Removal

ROOFING DUN-RITE REPAIRS • SIDING/FASCIA • EAVESTROUGH 24 HOURS • TUCKPOINTING EMERGENCY REPAIRS • VENTING • GUTTER GUARDS • ANIMAL REMOVAL

• SHINGLES • FLAT ROOFS • SKY LIGHTS • CHIMNEY’S • VALLEY’S • ANIMAL PROOFING 15% Senior’s Discount

ALL TYPES OF ROOF REPAIRS 647-857-5656

Metro Lic. #P24654 - Fully Insured

FREE ESTIMATES

24/7 No Extra Charges for Evenings, Weekends or Holidays

To h i g h l i g h t yo u r

Home I m p rove m e n t Business call

INVITATION TO TENDER

ALWAYS CHEAPEST!

All Garbage Removal! Home/ Business. Fast Sameday! Free Estimates! Seniors Discounts. We do all Loading & Clean-ups! Lowest Prices. Call John: 416-457-2154 Seven days

Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm • 905-853-2527 • Toll Free 1-800-743-3353 • Fax 905-853-1765 For delivery questions, please contact 416-493-2284

$ Low Cost Repairs $ Low Cost Repairs $

Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm • 905-853-2527 • Toll Free 1-800-743-3353 • Fax 905-853-1765 For delivery questions, please contact 416-493-2284