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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com While the First World War was fought entirely on foreign soil, its repercussions were felt in Toronto, and St. Andrew’s Church Toronto is hosting a special event to showcase its impact at home.

The church will host a special multimedia presentation, Voices of War, Dreams of Peace: The Legacy of the First World War to commemorate the 28 members of its congregation who died fighting in the conflict.

The lives of those 28 soldiers were researched by congregation member Fiona Smith, who spent countless hours doing online research and driving around the neighbourhood around St. Andrew’s looking for whatever information she could unearth.

“There are a lot of stories (regarding the soldiers) in my neighbourhood, the Annex,” Smith said. “For instance, I’ve driven past Harbord Collegiate hundreds of times and never once stopped to look at the school’s World War I memorial.”

When she did stop in, she noticed one of St. Andrew’s’ soldiers was listed there, while another who also attended the >>>REMEMBERING, page 11

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PLEASANT MOUNT PLEASANT: Maya Deeby works on her pumpkin while her mom Jennifer looks on at the Mount Pleasant Village BIA Harvest Fun Fair Saturday.

Pan Am Athletes’ Village nearly complete JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games less than a year away, the Athletes’ Village for the international event is fast

nearing completion.

The village will be located in the Canary District in the West Don Lands, near Front and Cherry streets. The buildings that comprise the Athletes’ Village will be converted to 810

units of market housing and 253 units of affordable housing once the Games are done, and the site will also be home to housing for students at George Brown College and the Cooper Koo Family YMCA.

Work on the area is roughly 95 per cent complete, with a special bricklaying ceremony taking place on Tuesday, Sept.

30 to mark the fact that work is almost done. >>>VILLAGE, page 12

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Rotary Transition Centre helps homeless served by St. Mike’s ER JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

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In addition to providing health care, the downtown hospital is home to the Rotary Club of Toronto Transition Centre, a drop-in centre that serves the city’s homeless and underhoused.

The centre offers a place to sleep on a temporary basis, meals, laundry services and even hands out clothing to those in need.

“The Rotary Transition Centre is mostly used by homeless people who are admitted to our ER, and a lot of times those people’s clothes are ruined,” said St. Mike’s Hospital social worker Rebecca Steinhoff.

The centre tries to keep a store of clothing on hand,

but Steinhoff said increased demand combined with dropping temperatures have caused a shortage.

“I came in (recently), there was nothing left. There was someone who needed a jacket and all that was left was a men’s dress shirt, so I sent him off with that as a jacket,” she said.

When faced with that shortage, Steinhoff and the centre put out a call to the general public, asking people to give what they can. The centre accepts both monetary and clothing donations, with money used to buy items such as underwear and socks in bulk and to fill in other gaps in the clothing supply. Those clothes are invaluable to the countless homeless or marginalized people who drop in, whether they are admitted to St. Mike’s or not.

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She added the number of clients at the centre has increased noticeably and they drop by at all times of the day and night.

“We’re seeing people in their 80s who are homeless or very marginalized, where all their money goes to rent and then they can’t afford to cover their other bills,” she said.

The most pressing need, however, is ensuring those who do not have a warm home of their own can at least gain some comfort as the nights turn colder.

“I’ve had clients who have frozen to death or who have lost limbs because of the cold,” Steinhoff said.

With winter coming, the Transition Centre is particularly in need of jackets, pants, winter shoes and boots, hats, gloves and sweaters, though any type of clothing in decent condition is welcome.

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Development along Ossington Ave. strip key in Ward 19 HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Known for its quirky collection of stores and a mish-mash of industrial buildings and karaoke bars, the Ossington Avenue strip between Queen and Dundas streets has changed significantly in the past 30 years.

“There’s been significant gentrification in the neighbourhood; there were anchor restaurants and bars in the neighbourhood that really changed the face of it,” said Ward 19 Councillor Mike Layton (Trinity-Spadina).

“It’s become a more desirable place to live for a lot of young people and those young people turn into young families and with that comes yet a different set of needs,” such as housing and development.

“In the neighbourhood there’s only so many houses, there’s only so many apartments in those houses and there’s obviously a demand for more, which is why you see so many condo developments coming,” he said.

“They see demand and they’re trying to serve that demand.”

The Ossington strip has become desirable to developers over the years with Queen Street West and Dundas Street becoming increasingly trendy and popular to young people.

“What was once a low-rise street on Ossington has now been the subject of several development applications for an increase intensification of mid-rise buildings,” Layton said.

The community has been fighting against it since 2012, with the Motif mid-rise condo building at 41 Ossington under construction by the Reserve Properties developers.

According to Ossington Community Association (OCA) President Jessica Wilson, the community was completely taken off guard by sudden interest condo developers had in the area.

She said there was no community association established when the fight came to their doorstep.

“The residents felt screwed by the process, by the developers and by the city to be frank,” Wilson said.

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The Ossington Ave. strip has experienced significant gentrification recently, and Ward 19 residents in the area see development as a key election issue.

The building was approved in January 2012 and just six months later, the community had another condo proposal with 109OZ, a mid-rise condo development that was “three times the size of Motif ”, Wilson said.

“Once 109 came down the pipe, the community was like, ‘Woah, we’ve got serious development pressures here,’” Wilson said.

“At that point as a community, we got together and got a community association and became a very strong lobbying group to the city and planning department.”

The community had major concerns, not only with the quick and sudden interest condo developers had in the strip, but also with height, increased traffic and decreased parking options.

Not to mention the townhomes that will have a midrise condo overlooking their backyard on Bruce Street.

“What’s happening in Toronto is the infringement on residential enjoyment, it is a scandal,” Wilson said.

The community even took their fight to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB); however, 109OZ will still be going up. The consolation prize, Wilson said, was

that the ground level retail component was broken up from one large retail space into three.

“It’s a win for the community. It reduces the ability to have a big corporate store in the bottom,” Wilson said.

Ward 19 council candidate George Sawision isn’t a fan of the condo developments, not only for the size but the infrastructure issues it will create.

“It’s detrimental to the area because the infrastructure isn’t available. Ossington has very limited sewer, pipes and water supply as well as electric supply for the area,” Sawision said.

He says condo developers are refusing to “pick up the tab” on infrastructure costs and are still bold enough to build the condos that no one in the community really wants.

“In Ossington alone, you’re looking at a minimum $400 million for infrastructure,” he said.

“That means a minimum 15 per cent tax hike on properties for the next four years.”

Sawision said he’d like the Ossington strip to develop into something similar to Queen Street West.

“I’m trying to keep the c h a ra c t e r o f Ossington unifor m and the condo development should comply with that, and it’ll take a zoning change to do that.”

A rezoning of the strip would prohibit future developments from going against already established height and commercial space standards.

Sawision said the development in the area isn’t being fought because the community is anti-development, the community just wants developers to consider the area’s character and build what best suits its look.

Layton agreed.

“Our job is to make sure what they’re building reinforces the unique character of the neighbourhhood and reinforces it in a sustainable

way,” Layton said.

Unfortunately, according to Sawision, the community isn’t getting their voice heard on the issue.

“The community has to have a say. Right now the community has been very vocal. But for some reason their input has been disregarded to a large extent actually...It looks like condo developers won’t be stopped now.”

But with the community noticing the drastic changes happening around them, they decided to be proactive against future development.

“In 2013 we started a neighbourhood visioning process, half a dozen meetings with a steering committee where we got to hear from the community about their thoughts and how they’d like to see the community grow,” Layton said.

“We involved the city planning department and wrote area-specific guidelines that were reflective of the community’s desire.”

That visioning process developed into the Ossington Planning Study, which according to Wilson, is the best thing to come out of this battle with developers, but it

was still a little too late in her opinion.

The Ossington Community Association also managed to get the Toronto Official Plan amended in November to have Ossington Avenue from Queen to Dundas a protected area.

“I think that will hopefully provide a measure of protection in the area and preserve the main street feel and the small-scale retail,” Wilson said.

According to Wilson, the OCA’s next task is ensuring the character of Ossington is further protected by getting the city to recognize the area as a Heritage Conservation District because it’s a “historically interesting street.”

She tried about a year ago and her nomination was rejected but she plans to keep trying.

“A persistent issue with our neighbourhood is the city neglect and the failure to appreciate what we have here,” she said.

“Consequently, we’re going to lose a lot of what makes us special and what the world sees as special.”

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he power of social media is too often taken for granted. It allows an easy avenue for people to cast judgment in a way they can’t in person. It takes no effort and yet, the consequences of that cast stone can be devastating.

Last week a woman wrote a post on her facebook page complaining about a rude transit rider on a TTC bus who wouldn’t move his bag to let her sit down.

He swore at her, made an obscene gesture and allegedly stomped on her foot. She also posted a photo of the man she took with her phone.

The post went viral and was viewed thousands of times in only a few hours. People were outraged.

As happens when things go viral, the media picked it up and our view once the story broke, another transit rider came forward with Everyone a video of the interaction. It was posted to YouTube and some said makes they’d try to find the man dubbed the ‘transit leprechaun’ because mistakes of the bowler hat and green shirt he was wearing.

It was public shaming the only way social media can deliver it: fast, brutal and with little to no consequence of its impact. Thousands of angry people with their finger pointed at one man.

We’re not writing in defence of this transit rider.

Rather, we hope to caution people before they cast judgment in such a public sphere. Things have a way of sticking online. Everything is public. Don’t trust your privacy settings.

Consider the TTC driver who lost her job this summer after a video was posted showing her bus running a red light and nearly hitting a pedestrian.

Before anyone knew anything about her, she was publicly shamed in a similar manner. After it was discovered she was a single mom of two and that she lost her job over the incident, the man who posted the video said if he had known that would have been the consequence, he never would have made it public.

Whatever this man’s done, his punishment has surely been dealt. We may not know him, but certainly his friends, family and employer have recognized him by now. Perhaps he deserved this, perhaps he just made a mistake.

It’s not for us to say – but when it’s said online, it speaks deafening volumes.

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Imagining what a Doug Ford mayoralty would be like John Tory is to be the next mayor of Toronto.

All the polls point to this as the likely outcome and have for some time. So why, then, don’t we all just relax, enjoy the fall season of new television and wait for an affable and uneventful four years?

Well, for one thing, there are still three and a half weeks to go until election day, and anything could happen.

And for another, based on the polls, the secondmost likely thing to happen is that Doug Ford somehow wrestles the lead away from Tory and is elected the fourth mayor of amalgamated Toronto.

It is not such a remote possibility; those same polls that show Tory so far ahead show the label-making councillor for Ward 2 in second place. And most of them were taken when Ford was behaving – how shall we put this? – like a bit of a jerk.

If Ford puts on his candi-

david nickle the city date pants, keeps it civil and plays it right, a Ford mayoralty is a possibility.

How would we cope with such an eventuality? Well, we can look back at his brother’s victory four years ago – where many of us simply stared slack-jawed as Don Cherry kicked of the inaugural council meeting and Rob Ford announced the end of light rail transit.

Some happy few of us simply hoped for the best.

No doubt they slept better, dreaming of stalled gravy trains and tax cuts and shining subways.

In that spirit, I thought today we might, as a (positive) thought experiment, imagine what the very best possible scenario is for a Doug Ford mayoralty.

So, looking on the bright, half-full-not-half-empty side of life, we might hope for a few things:

• We’ll likely see longer press availabilities and more of them. Unlike his younger brother, Doug Ford has not been shy about talking, and sometimes hollering, in front of cameras.

There will never be a question of asking Mayor Doug Ford the wrong question. All the questions will be wrong, and he will tell us why.

• The Ferris wheel will be back. Well, maybe not the Ferris wheel, but expect something similarly big on the waterfront to the idea that Councillor Doug Ford floated in 2011. Maybe a Colossus of Rhodes, bestriding the mouth of the Humber? No, let it be a surprise.

• Toronto will have a new music festival, and it will be just like the ones Doug Ford saw when he visited Austin, Texas and came back with Lone Stars in his eyes. Ford was pretty clear about this at the debate on the arts Monday. We might even get a new city motto out

of it: ‘Keep Toronto Weird’, anyone?

• We will all learn to love Sigma Six – or at least figure out what it is.

• The entertaining trench warfare that has come to characterize Toronto City Council meetings will continue, with a small reshuffling that will keep all of us guessing.

While Doug Ford’s election is a long-shot, Rob Ford’s election in Ward 2 is nearly a certainty. The brothers Ford will still be manning the turret in the bunker that the mayor’s office has become. Council will still be fed up with them both. It will be fun, in the way that we’ve come to define fun over the past four years.

So there you have it. Keep happy, Toronto, sleep well.

If the pollsters are as wrong as they sometimes can be... you can always learn to stop worrying and love the Ford.

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YellowCard campaign hopes to delist the ‘R’-word JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Many Special Olympic athletes know all too well that words can pack a punch.

Now, working in tandem with the Special Olympics, not-for-profit organization motionball is looking to take some of the sting out of things. The organization has launched the YellowCard campaign in hopes of putting a stop to the use of the R-word - “Retard”.

Paul Etherington, who cofounded motionball with his brothers Mark and Sean and who now serves as the organization’s chair, said the lesson is one that must be shared with motionball’s target audience, young professionals.

“To me, (use of the R-word) is just a kind of ignorance,” he said. “I talked to so many people while we were starting the (YellowCard) campaign who just didn’t put two and two together. They didn’t stop to think ‘Hey, this is negative, this is a derogatory word.’”

Athletes shake hands following a competition at the 2014 Marathon of Sport Toronto held in May. The Marathon of Sport is Motionball’s flagship event in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation.

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The YellowCard campaign, which officially launched Wednesday, stemmed from a push by Special Olympics International to stop the use

of the word.

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The campaign requires very little commitment from those who get involved. It aims to

draw attention to the fact that the word in question is a slur by getting people to sign a pledge simply stating they will no longer use the word.

“We also have corporate sponsors and private donors who have pledged to donate $1 to motionball for every person who takes the pledge on YellowCard Day,” Etherington said.

He added the goal is to have 36,000 people take the YellowCard pledge in the first year, roughly one person per Special Olympic athlete in Canada.

Etherington said he hopes the campaign gains traction on Twitter using the hashtags #YellowCard and #nogoodway.

He would also like to see people film short videos of themselves writing the offending word out and then tearing it up to show their commitment to phasing it out of their vocabulary.

“It’s hard for some people even to write it out, but it’s a strong way to make the

pledge,” he said.

Those who take the pledge become YellowCard ambassadors. In addition to no longer using the word themselves, the ambassadors are encouraged to step in and speak out when they hear others using the ‘R-word’ as a slur.

For Special Olympic athlete Matthew Fields, the campaign is certainly welcome. He noted the word is pervasive in everyday conversation and even in popular music.

Like Etherington, he believes many people use the word carelessly as opposed to maliciously.

“People don’t think about what they’re going to say before they actually say it,” he said. “They have to understand, that word is frightening to some people, and it’s offensive.”

While the YellowCard campaign launched Oct. 1, it is a year-round initiative.

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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com As the sun goes down on Saturday, the spotlight will come up on the arts world t h r o u g h o u t d ow n t ow n Toronto.

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will see more than 120 art installations crop up in pockets along Spadina, at Fort York, in and around Roundhouse Park and in and around Nathan Phillips Square.

The event has become a staple for art lovers, who know they can always find a plethora of interesting pieces as they walk the normally staid city streets.

“This year, we started with a few curated exhibit areas exploring different parts of the city,” said City of Toronto programming manager special events Julian Sleath.

“We’re excited to be looking at other buildings, locations and parks to light up with art that we’ve not previously used.”

This year, Nuit Blanche will keep a select few instal-

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A pic of Melting Point, an installation at Scotiabank Nuit Blanche that will take place at Fort York.

lations up and running for 10 days after the event itself.

Among those that will remain is Melting Point, by Parkdale artist/architects Christine Leu and Alan Webb of LeuWebb Projects.

Leu said Melting Point will be the team’s third Nuit Blanche installation over the past few years, and she always welcomes the excitement the event brings.

“It’s amazing how the city embraces the event, and while we like the exposure, we really just want to be part of something that brings art

to the whole city,” she said.

Melting Point will see 1,000 incandescent bulbs pointing south out of two cannons at Fort York. They will shine along with a variety of sounds, including the lapping waves of Lake Ontario, booming explosions from Fort York historical reenactments and harp music.

While Melting Point will remain even after most Nuit Blanche installations have ended, it will still be transitive. Sleath said the temporary nature of the installations appeals to many of the artists.

“It may sound bizarre, but the commitment to make something beautiful that only lasts 12 hours can be quite liberating,” he said.

For a full list of installations, including the 10 extended projects which will be on display until Oct. 13, visit www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca

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w Thursday, Oct. 2 Small World Music Festival WHEN: through to Oct. 5 WHERE: Various locations CONTACT: http:// smallworldmusic.com/ events-archive COST: Prices vary by event Small World’s signature annual program returns for its 13th year, bringing the sounds of Serbia, India, Trinidad, Iran, Germany, Pakistan and more to Toronto.

w Saturday, Oct. 4 Toronto Cat Rescue Adopt-a-thon WHEN: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow WHERE: Pet Valu, 182 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: Alison Finkelstein, 416-538-8592, www.torontocatrescue. ca COST: Adoption fee applies Kittens cost $100 and cats one and older are $50. Adoption fees for cats eight and older are waived.

Long-Term Care Planning WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Alzheimer Society of Toronto, 20 Eglinton Ave. W., Suite 1600 CONTACT: Indra Moffett, 416-640-6307, www.alzheimertoronto. org/edu_FamilyFriends. htm COST: Free A workshop for family caregivers who are considering long-term care.

Learn strategies to help the person adjust into long-term care, caregiver coping strategies, how to enhance communication with staff and make the most of your visit.

The Gardiner Museum presents Piece By Piece: A Clare Twomey Exclusive WHEN: 10 a.m. WHERE: Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park CONTACT: Justine Woolcott, jwoolcott@strategicobjectives. com COST: $12 The Gardiner Museum, Canada’s national ceramics museum, debuts acclaimed British artist Clare Twomey’s Piece by Piece, in her first Canadian exhibition.

Bayview Art Tour & Sale WHEN: noon to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow WHERE: 32 Walder Ave. CONTACT: Margaret Cresswell, muralsbymarg@sympatico.ca COST: Free Visit different artists in different venues throughout the community. Meet the artists and see a variety of work.

Green Energy Doors Open: Innovation at its Finest WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Ave. CONTACT: The Conservation Council of Ontario, 416-533-1635, http://greenenergydoorsopen.ca COST: Free The Robertson Building is the home to a bio-filter green wall, a rooftop wildflower garden and numerous solar panels that help create a cleaner, more energy efficient and aesthetically

pleasing green space for its tenants and visitors alike. The Conservation Council of Ontario (CCO) will be hosting a highly informative guided tour of this distinct building and its green additions.

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Parents Conference: The Community Connections “We are here for your teens” WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Scadding Court Community Centre,

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Meet community organizations and gain great information to help them succeed in: academics, health, employment and volunteer opportunities. Call the Sanderson Branch 416-393-7653 to register Scotiabank Nuit Blanche WHEN: 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. WHERE: Toronto CONTACT: 416-392-2489 COST: Free Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is Toronto’s annual all-night celebration of contemporary art, produced by the City of Toronto in collaboration with Toronto’s arts community, for 12 hours from sunset to sunrise. Visit www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca.

Evening of Hope: OMID’s first annual Fall Reception WHEN: 8 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Arta Gallery, 55 Mill St., Suite 102, Building 9 CONTACT: www.omid-e-mehr. org/10thanniversarytoronto.php, toronto@omid-e-mehr.org COST: $40 This year organizers are also celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Omid Foundation - a decade of hard work and dedication to empower disadvantaged young women in Iran. As part of the event, paintings and photographs donated by prominent Iranian artists will be for sale.

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CIBC Run for the Cure WHEN: 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: University of Toronto - Medical Sciences Building, 1 King’s College Circle CONTACT: Monica Kocsmaros, 416-815-1313, ext. 290 COST: Fundraise $150 Canada’s largest, single day event in support of breast cancer research, health education and advocacy programs.

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Silent Partners: Eco Home Renovations WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Ave. CONTACT: www. weconserve.ca COST: Minimum $5 donation.

Voluntary donation for students/seniors The Conservation Council of Ontario offers a panel discussion on ways of saving money and reducing energy demand in your home. In addition, there will be a discussion on reducing carbon emission and waste to better the relationship between natural and built environments.

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Older Lesbians Book Group WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-235-0843 COST: Free The group will be discussing the novel Bittersweet by Nevada Barr. Light refreshments.

Love Food Fest WHEN: 6 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St. CONTACT: Jessica, 416-642-7927.

COST: $125 Come out to watch top Toronto chefs compete in re-inventing their favourite childhood dishes in support of Action Against Hunger. Tickets include access to a marketplace of boutique food, wine and beer merchants from Toronto’s top vendors.

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Former model Velvet Haney pens graphic novel about Alexandra Park JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com While she has walked catwalks around the world and currently lives in tony Forest Hill, Velvet Haney hasn’t forgotten her humble roots growing up in Alexandra Park in the 1950s and 60s.

Haney was one of six children raised almost entirely by their

mother in a small abode they called the Mousehouse.

She has captured her childhood in her new autobiographical graphic novel, The Mousehouse Years.

While times were hard in those early days – Haney’s father was a larger-than-life character, but was often absent from the family’s life – she looks back on that time with a definite fondness.

“I really wanted to write a story about growing up in Alexandra Park in that era,” she said. “The adventures my siblings and I had. That’s not something I think a lot of kids have these days.”

The Mousehouse Years serves as a tribute to Haney’s mother, Meg Richardson, who died in 2000.

“It was always my mother’s dream to be published and now, through

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Crosstown Community Office (East): NOW OPEN The Eglinton Crosstown is a 19-kilometre Light Rail Transit (LRT) line that will run along Eglinton Avenue through the heart of Toronto, with an underground central section. The line will connect Mount Dennis in the west to Kennedy Road in the east and the new service will be up to 60% faster than the bus service today.

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her letters and words, she is in a way,” Haney said. “As I was writing parts of it, I was laughing because my mother was quite a character.”

While the book looks fondly on some of the good times Haney shared with her family, it also offers an unflinching look at some of the problems they faced, from living in a hardscrabble neighbourhood to battles with alcohol, mental illness and a roving father.

“My first instinct was to write about growing up in Alexandra Park and leave out, as I call it, my father’s yucky stuff,” the first-time author said.

“As I wrote it, though, I knew I had to include that part. My family was always pretty open so the story wouldn’t have been complete without it, but as I wrote that chapter, I was sweating all the way through.”

Her siblings were supportive of the endeavour, supplying some of the photos and letters interspersed throughout the book and helping Haney recall specific details.

While their help was invaluable, the book is based on Haney’s own experiences and what she heard from her mother.

“Being alone with six children, she told us a lot of stuff some parents wouldn’t tell their kids just because there were no other adults around,”

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Velvet Haney’s graphic novel, The Mousehouse Years, tells the story of her upbringing on Vanauley Street in Alexandra Park.

she recalled.

The author is already looking ahead to further graphic novels depicting her days of working as a model and married life.

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Remembering members who died >>>from page 1 school had been left off.

Smith used online database ancestry.ca and pored over materials at the Toronto Reference Library in search of information.

The list of fallen soldiers who were part of the church’s congregation was a veritable who’s who of influential families back in the 1910s, from Francis Gibson, son of Ontario Lt.-Gov. John Morison Gibson, to Gordon Hanlan, son of champion sculler and Toronto alderman Ned Hanlan.

“There was also Major Alexander Miln, who was the manager of the Mutual Street Arena and the manager of the first professional hockey team in the city (the Toronto Professionals),” Smith said.

She managed to track down letters the soldiers had written to family, as well as photos and other archival materials.

For the commemorative event, actors will read the letters in period costume to help audience members get a

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feel for the era. Photos of the soldiers will be showcased, and performers will sing and play songs from the 1910s.

“I’m really looking forward to the whole event, but especially to hearing actors reading the letters,” Smith said.

St. Andrew ’s Church Toronto reverend Will Ingram noted guest speakers will address those in attendance, speaking not only of the First World War, but also of the culture and music scene at the time.

“It’s not a glorification of

the war, but a commemoration,” he said. “We’ll be looking at what lessons we’ve learned since that time and what we unfortunately haven’t learned.”

Voices of War, Dreams of Peace will take place at St. Andrew’s Church Toronto, the regimental church of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4.

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>>>from page 1 The site is being developed in collaboration between Dundee Developments and the Kilmer Group. Ken Tanenbaum, Kilmer Group vice chair, said the deadline imposed by the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games made meeting strict timelines a must.

The village will house some 10,000 athletes and officials, and roughly 700 construction workers are working on the site, with building costs reaching $1 million per day.

As important as it is getting the Athletes’ Village right, it is even more crucial the development serves Torontonians well into the future. Nestled between the 18-acre Corktown Common park and the Distillery District, the Canary District aims to be more than a set of condos near Toronto’s waterfront.

The area will feature wide sidewalks to allow for easy pedestrian access, with street

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level retail up and down the street. While the site is relatively close to current transit lines, a streetcar will loop up and down Cherry Street, linking to the King streetcar.

While there will be roads interspersed between the buildings, there will also be vibrant laneways for pedestrians.

The Cooper Koo YMCA will feature a level of underground

parking, five change rooms, a large gymnasium with a running track overlooking it, and two pools, one of which will have an adjustable floor.

With work finishing on – and in some cases ahead of – schedule, the developers are set to hand the area over to Pan Am/Parapan Am Games organizers by next February before it is returned to their oversight following the Games.

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on the gridiron: Clockwise from right, Luc Babin of Lawrence Park runs over Jaiquane Buchanan of Downsview during senior tier one football action Thursday afternoon. Downsview defeated Lawrence Park 19-0. Adam Vandeursen of Lawrence Park tries to make a reception as Jay Nelson of Downsview defends. Cole Macfarlane makes a pass. Jahrelle Bishop carries the ball for Central Tech as they face Leaside in tier one senior football Friday afternoon. Leaside won 17-7.

Emillio Estrada carries the ball. Minkah Abdullah carries the ball.

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CONSUMER FEATURE

Learn to save a life

Mercedes-Benz Midtown teams up with Heart and Stroke Foundation complimentary Hands-Only™ CPR training sessions for the public on Sunday, October 5, from 10:00am11:30am and 1:00pm-2:30pm. The sessions will be conducted by certified medical practitioners.

For 2014, all of Mercedes-Benz Midtown sponsorship dollars have once again been allocated exclusively to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. As a lead sponsor, they are dedicated to providing the communit y with the necessary training to increase chances of survival from cardiac arrest.

L a s t y e a r, M e r c e d e s - B e n z Midtown trained over 100 community members in life saving HandsOnly™ CPR. Due to popular demand, infant CPR training has been added to this year’s sessions.

Learning the skills is easy, and it could mean saving the life of a friend or family member. The Heart and Stroke Foundation encourages all Canadians to learn CPR.

“ The more people trained, the greater the chance of keeping a person who is experiencing cardiac arrest alive until an ambulance arrives,” says Andrew Lotto, Manager, Resuscitation, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

Through a consistent commitment to innovation, Mercedes-Benz has introduced many sophisticated safety and assistance systems that prevent accidents and allow valued customers to effectively negotiate a variety of challenging situations.

“We are extremely proud to help contribute to safer roads, and it is this dedication to safety that compelled us to partner with the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The statistics are staggering and speak for themselves. CPR training saves lives, and we are proud to offer the opportunity to learn this crucial skill in our dealerships,” says Jens Israng, (former) Vice President and Head of Toronto Retail Operations.

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Mercedes-Benz Midtown invites you to learn CPR training on October 5.

S to re s re ce i ve d t h e H e a r t a n d Stroke Foundation’s Outstanding Corporate Partner Award for their 2013 partnership.

When it comes to CPR, you’re in the driver’s seat.

To register for the learning session, please visit www.mbcpr.ca.

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With every minute that passes without help, the chance of surviving a cardiac arrest drops seven to 10 per cent.

There are 40,000 sudden cardiac arrests occurring every year in Canada, 7,000 in Ontario alone, which is why Mercedes-Benz Toronto Corporate Stores and The Heart and Stroke Foundation have partnered to offer their local community members the opportunity to learn life-saving skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Mercedes -Benz Midtown, located at 849 Eglinton Ave. E., will host

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