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A the strain tools ian and one issue , Food Forward Benefit. rights, and am a martinabellpc ontariopc.com Many people alleviate pedestr Canada human people living the Ontario Child help to ■ My number school boards. of revenue bus is publicly Earthsharing passionate about torontocentre. this would funded I am in favour dedicated I am ment. would double school board MPAC our publicly Toronto. HOV lanes, getting from the environ transit system. the Catholic The misleading and and know tolls tion) make don’t free speech all pay. that include like that would ent Corpora and we I also support the “supAssessm funded and easier. lanes and Property board you be a good to B quicker which would (Municipal you tick off, which discontinued. It Point A life to achieve be s Taxation, all of my form where ing and should Catholic worked Land Value revenue for transit. worked hard that only ities. 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We need commit nity, and funding has long neighbo g by allowing all Ontarian community. and streetca our commu of our The NDP care for income and healthy reduce crowdin put more buses -Centre, I will safe the health MPP, in le, dental live and improve affordab As your its routes As MPP for Toronto so we can communities. e as one of to do this for transit. on the road. and of our measur restore funding for this children work to support build I will s. prioritie my first
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Keller Williams Referred Realty’s Frank Bertucca, centre, helps to assemble a playground for three-year-old Madison Elmaleh. The structure was one of six built by the agency on Thursday.
Making million dollar smiles JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With a half dozen playground builds taking place in backyards throughout the GTA, you can tack a few more smiles on to the growing list of grins provided by not-for-profit agency Million Dollar Smiles.
The organization builds play structures for children with lifethreatening illnesses at their homes. On Thursday, May 8, Million Dollar Smiles paired up with Keller Williams Referred Realty to build six new playgrounds, including one near Avenue Road and Lawrence Avenue for three-
year-old Madison Elmaleh. At nine months, Madison was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Doctors found more than a dozen tumours spread throughout her body, and she underwent chemotherapy and other treatments. Her father Thierry Elmaleh said treatment, provided by
SickKids, has helped improve her health greatly and the new playground being installed in the family’s backyard would boost her spirits. “A couple of weeks ago, she was at a friend’s house and the friend had a play set like this,” he said as Million Dollar Smiles >>>FUNDRAISING, page 13
Supporters of Riverdale Farm can come out and enjoy a night of live music and good eats in support of the Cabbagetown institution. Tickets have officially gone on sale for Riverdale Farm Aid, the farm’s annual summer fundraiser. This year’s event aims to build on the success of a similar fundraiser held last year, with the Riverdale Farm Stewardship Group saying it hopes it brings in more than $20,000. “We have a couple of musical acts lined up, including a performance by the Lemon Bucket Orchestra, who are really great,” said Anne Pastuszak, Stewardship Group chair. “We’ll have a bunch of food and beverage vendors, including one of the new places on Parliament Street, the 420 Smokehouse.” This year’s Riverdale Farm Aid event will also feature both live and silent auctions, with guests invited to bid on an array of prizes, including lunch with either TVO’s Steve Paikin or The National Post’s Christie Blatchford. The fundraiser will help support programs at the farm, which faced closure due to >>>THIS, page 11