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EYES ON THE PUCK: North Toronto’s Aidan Hagshi, left, and Scarborough’s Lucas Chapman keep their eyes on a loose puck in front of goalie Drake Boujouves during Scarborough Hockey Association Tournament novice 6 tyke action at Don Montgomery Arena on Saturday.

Horizon school students create new zoo exhibits for science fair projects JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com After months of research and hard work, students at Horizon Alternative Senior School have managed to give new meaning to the term ‘creature comforts.’ The grades 7 and 8 students visited the Toronto Zoo three times this year and received a behind-thescenes look at the habitats of several of the animals, after which they were

asked to create innovative 3D zoo habitats for a number of creatures found there. “They were told to look for ways to improve the exhibits at the zoo and make them more eco-friendly while meeting the needs of the animals living there, the trainers and visitors,” said science teacher Eric Paisley. Students were allowed to select specific animals and create a new habitat that met strict criteria. The

exhibits themselves were large and detailed, with an impressive amount of thought going into each. Some had multiple viewing levels and an exhibit for the North American River Otter even featured a tank and running water. “The zoo was very thorough with us and gave the students all sorts of information on the habitats they have there,” Paisley said. “The kids got to sit in on high >>>STUDENTS, page 12

Dishcrawl serves up hidden gems for Toronto foodies Toronto foodies can discover some of the city’s hidden gems and get to know new neighbourhoods now that Dishcrawl has come to the city. Dishcrawl, in which participants sample fare at four restaurants in specific communities in one evening, has become a popular social and gastronomic event south of the border. It debuted in Toronto with a walking tour of Queen West last fall and has continued growing. Toronto’s Dishcrawl is set to take participants to eateries in the Kensington Market area on

Wednesday, Feb. 20, followed by a North York tour on Feb. 27 and a trip around Little Italy on March 13. The restaurants are kept secret until 48 hours before the walks, at which point the starting location is revealed. After that, participants travel – typically by foot – to the other venues. TICKETS To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.dishcrawl. com/toronto

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‘Wonderful and whimsical’ theme of Bloor-Yorkville BIA’s IceFest this year

he ice will be flying in the Village of Yorkville Park when the Bloor-Yorkville BIA hosts its eighth annual IceFest celebrations Feb. 23 and 24. The BIA’s annual winter celebration brings some 20,000 visitors down to the area each year to witness ice carving demonstrations, an ice sculpture competition, entertainment, toys and treats. The biggest draw is always the ice sculptures, with top artists coming from all over to demonstrate their skills. “We change the theme every year and this year’s theme is ‘wonderful and whimsical,’” said Briar de Lange, Bloor-Yorkville BIA executive director. “The park is going to turn into an enchanted forest with 35,000 pounds of ice going into the event.” Visitors can watch the sculptors at work, either

in the competition or in other demonstrations. While IceFest technically begins Saturday, Feb. 23, the ice carving demonstrations will begin Friday, Feb. 22. “The ice sculptures make the whole event quite spectacular,” de Lange said. “We have an idea what we can expect to see, but what comes from the competition is always a surprise and all the sculptures are just fantastic.” Visitors will be encouraged to vote on their favourite entries in the Sassafraz Ice Carving Competition from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Glisse on Ice will perform an on-street skating show daily, and children will be able to bring home toys encased in ice. While many of the weekend’s events are free, photos with an ice sculpture will be sold for $5, with proceeds going

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Mike Heddington makes an ice sculpture during the annual Bloor-Yorkville Ice Fest last year. This year’s event kicks off with ice carving demonstrations Friday, Feb. 22 and continues Saturday and Sunday.

to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Volunteers will be soliciting on-site donations for the cause as well. “We have a group of retailers who will be donating a percentage of their sales that weekend to the Heart and Stroke Foundation,” de Lange said.

“They’re a great organization and we’re happy to support them.” Several restaurants in the Bloor-Yorkville area will also be offering hot drinks, hearty food and snacks. For details, including locations and times for the various events, visit www. bloor-yorkville.com/icefest

Sears Great Canadian Chill polar bear dip set for this weekend Hundreds of brave souls are expected to make a splash in the fight against childhood cancer in Yonge-Dundas Square on Family Day weekend. The square will be home to the Sears Great Canadian Chill, an annual polar bear dip in which participants raise funds for SickKids and other pediatric oncology initiatives by taking a plunge into an icy pool. The chill has taken place on Woodbine Beach, but organizers decided to move it downtown . “We had always wanted to break into the London (Ontario) market, but we had problems,” said Jef Moore of the Sears Great Canadian Chill team. “We finally decided to build our own custom pool and that gave us a chance to bring it to Yonge-Dundas Square.” With five people jumping into the pool at a time, the square promises to be packed throughout Family Day week-

end. The chill has attracted everyone from adrenaline junkies to those who have been touched by cancer. “Everyone has their own reasons for jumping in,” Moore said. “The important thing to us isn’t their reasons, it’s that they jump in.” While the icy cold dip may be the weekend’s signature event, there will be plenty of other activities. Live bands will perform on the Yonge-Dundas Square stage throughout the weekend and there will be snowball tossing games, a Pan-Am Games activity corner, face painting and more. “We’re estimating we’ll have about 500 people doing the dip, but we expect more than 1,000 to come to the square that weekend,” Moore said. The Sears Great Canadian Chill will take place Sunday and Monday. For a schedule of events, to register or to make a pledge to a participant, visit www.thesearsgreatcanadianchill.ca

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Cabbagetown author on prestigious short list Carol Bishop-Gwyn’s bio of National Ballet of Canada founder Celia Franca has been nominated for the Charles Taylor Prize JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A biography on one of the leading lights of the Canadian ballet scene has earned Cabbagetown author Carol Bishop-Gwyn a spot on the shortlist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Bishop-Gwyn’s book, The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca, shines a new light on the guarded visionary who rose from humble roots to co-found the National Ballet of Canada along with Betty Oliphant. Bishop-Gwyn got to know Franca – at least somewhat – when they lived a street apart from one another in Ottawa, but was amazed at how little of her true self the artistic pioneer let show. “One of the saddest things about her life was that her biggest invention was not the National Ballet, but herself,” the author said. The Pursuit of Perfection offers a hitherto unseen look at some elements of Franca’s life, one the author admits may have mortified

her subject who died in February, 2007 at age 85. Far from being sensationalistic, however, the book aims to give people a fuller understanding of the National Ballet co-founder. “I realized very quickly (in her research) that she wouldn’t allow a book about her, warts and all,” Bishop-Gwyn said. “My book has warts, but not for the sake of warts.” The book also celebrates Franca, who started the National Ballet at a time when support for the arts was rare in Toronto. Arrived in 1951 She came to Toronto in 1951 when the city had Massey Hall and the Royal Alex, but few other venues, and arts organizations such as the Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Arts Council did not exist. “She was not a great ballet dancer herself, but she had an amazing sense of drama and great passion and stage presence,” Bishop-Gwyn

said. “She was tenacious and absolutely determined and focused.” For the first seven years of its existence, the National Ballet made do with few funds, the only money it had having been scraped together by its founders. Bishop-Gwyn did not have the opportunity to speak at length with her subject, but she was able to track down plenty of resources, from letters to one of Franca’s old boyfriends to a series of taped interviews between Franca and a would-be biographer. “There was never a biography on Celia Franca,” the author said. “There was one in the process of being written in the ’90s by Frank Rasky, but the poor chap died. “His wife donated all his papers and hours and hours of tapes to a wonderful place called Dance Collection Danse and I was able to make use of them.” The Pursuit of Perfection follows Franca’s path from working-class roots through her studies and struggles as a dancer in London, to her eventual success in founding

‘One of the saddest things about her life was that her biggest invention was not the National Ballet but herself.’ ~ Cabbagetown biographer Carol Bishop-Gwyn

one of the world’s most renowned ballet companies. Like her subject, Bishop-Gwyn has been passionate about dance since childhood. Unlike Franca, however, the author learned her own abilities left her best-suited to working as a dance historian. ‘Little ballerina’ “I was a terrible little ballerina so I just became a big fan,” she said. Bishop-Gwyn has lived in Cabbagetown – the former home of Franca, Oliphant and Karen Kain

– and has fallen in love with the neighbourhood. “This area is kind of like the dance hub of the city,” she said. “You have the Distillery District close by, Lemieux Coleman on Parliament, Canadian Children’s Dance, the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Toronto Dance Theatre. “I try to attend as many performances as I can at the Winchester Street Theatre and at the other venues nearby.” Bishop-Gwyn’s book is one of five shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize. The winner will be announced Monday, March 4.

Google to help Regent Park youth become more web savvy JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Going on 12 years, Pathways to Education has helped youth in Regent Park and elsewhere get a leg up on their studies and helped them on to bigger and brighter things. Thanks to a new partnership between Pathways and Google, teens can brush up on more than just book smarts. Pathways to Education Regent Park’s new location in Daniels Spectrum is now home to a digital learning program that will help youngsters get connected. The Pathways to Education Regent Park Digital Bridge will offer lessons in Google SketchUp and other computer programs and help teens become more web-savvy while still providing the same core programming that has helped Pathways reduce dropout rates in the community by 70 per cent and boost post-secondary enrolment by 300 per cent. ‘We’ll help them learn’ “A lot of the students here have told us they have problems using any of the programs from the Microsoft Suite, so we’ll help them learn the programs and figure out things like formatting,” said Keegan Harbajan,

Twitter and Instagram are free, but you pay for them with your privacy,” he said. “If people want to give out their information, that’s fine, but we want to make sure they know they’re giving it out.” Digital Bridge

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Abdilatif Mohamed, leader of Pathways Regent Park’s Google Sketch program, explains the program at the launch of the Pathways to Education Regent Park Digital Bridge Tuesday.

program facilitator. “Just by teaching them to use the software, we can help them get past that 60 per cent or 70 or 80 per cent (grade) when they’re on the cusp and struggling to get over the top.” Harbajan said the Digital Bridge will teach students everything from

proper social networking protocol to research techniques. Many young people, he said, are unaware what they do online can be tracked – a lack of knowledge staff working at the Digital Bridge will work to combat. “Many people think Facebook,

The Digital Bridge will also allow for training in everything from professional email writing to more traditional Pathways mentorship programming. Students who attend every day will be given a laptop computer once they complete the program. Fellow program facilitator Abdilatif Mohamed noted the digital learning will complement Pathways’ already-strong programming. While younger students will still take part in the same programs, older students will receive enhanced computer training. “We have a multi-purpose room here (at Daniels Spectrum) so Monday, we can have kids coming in and working on Google SketchUp and Tuesday, we’ll look at social skills,” he said. Google Canada partnered with Pathways to ensure the space was properly equipped, donating $100,000 to help youngsters gain the skills and insight they need to remain at the top of their game in

‘The Google (Digital) Bridge was designed to be a creative space where possibilities can emerge.’ ~ Sheila Braidek, Community Health Centre executive director an increasingly wired world. Sheila Braidek, Regent Park Community Health Centre executive director, said she hoped the Digital Bridge would serve as the start of a long-term relationship with Google Canada. She added while Google’s gift will obviously benefit Pathways youth, it will provide a greater boon to the community as a whole in the long run. “The Google (Digital) Bridge was designed to be a creative space where possibilities can emerge,” she said during the Feb. 5 launch of the Digital Bridge. “It’s a space where digital media can be used, but also a place where people can just gather and talk about using it.” For more information about Pathways to Education’s programs, visit www.pathwaystoeducation. ca

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ith the swearing-in of Premier Kathleen Wynne earlier this week, and the naming of her new cabinet, Torontonians are right to expect our city to be taken seriously at the highest levels of Ontario’s government. Wynne, the MPP for Don Valley West since 2003 and before that a Toronto District School Board trustee, is the first Ontario premier from Toronto since the NDP’s Bob Rae in 1990. It was Rae’s government that proposed subway lines for both Eglinton and Sheppard avenues, a plan killed by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris, which was elected in 1995. Maybe this time things will our view be different. Wynne’s cabinet has 27 members, five more It’s time for than there were when Dalton McGuinty prorogued the proprovince to put vincial legislature in October. And the representation from Toronto first Toronto is significant with nine of its members representing Toronto ridings. Adding another five from the surrounding 905 municipalities, that’s a strong voice at the cabinet table for the Greater Toronto Area. Wynne, who served as both an education and transportation minister in McGuinty’s governments, has first-hand knowledge of both those files and we can expect her to make both of them priorities. While the education issue is province-wide, transit is at the top of Toronto’s list. Wynne has recognized that by naming Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray as minister of both transportation and infrastructure. They understand just how important Toronto’s transit is to the GTA and to the economic health and success of the province, and we’re expecting results. And those results start with funding. Metrolinx must present a report to the premier later this year on how to pay for the $50-billion Big Move transit improvements planned for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Metrolinx is holding consultations with residents as is the City of Toronto’s Feeling Congested meetings, the last of which took place last night at Metro Hall. At the Metrolinx meeting in North York recently, attendees said they wanted construction started and were willing to pay more if that’s what it took. See our story at http://bit.ly/XtlAKq Wynne and her cabinet need to hear that message and have the courage to put Toronto first. newsroom

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I would encourage every taxpayer in Toronto to get involved with the Feeling Congested campaign asking for public input on the future of transit in Toronto. We must speak up to make sure that special interest groups and lobbyists do not deflect the burden entirely on to the lowly citizen taxpayer. Let’s make sure all those with interests in the city pay their full share. Torontonians have always been paying for transit. Not only with our property tax increases, but every time we use the transit system. It is now the turn of the 905 area residents who get to use our public facilities for free to step up and be counted. Currently, the only way this can be achieved is through provincial taxation and adequate funding for the TTC. So go to the public meetings or go online and make yourself heard. Chris Belfontaine

If not term limits, then what for city council? On Monday, Willowdale Councillor John Filion gave up what for him had been something of a calling – the chairmanship of the Toronto Board of Health. He’d been at it for awhile; but for three years, he’s been the face of public health since amalgamation. And there’s no reason he shouldn’t; after all, aside from a notable gaffe involving food carts, he’s done a pretty good job. And it’s not against the rules. But what if it were? And what if it were against the rules for Filion to even be on council as long as he has? Both are questions that have come up recently around city hall – not about Filion in particular, but about councillors in general. Should councillors be able to sit on boards and committees, term after

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term after term? Should councillors be allowed to sit on council for as long as they can get elected? Toronto’s Executive Committee voted to look into the former; and two first-term councillors are hoping to convince their colleagues to look at the latter. The Executive Committee question might get answered. But it’s unlikely the motion coming forward from councillors Mary-Margaret McMahon and Jaye Robinson to look at a three-term limit for councillors will pass. There are too many councillors in Filion’s position. If they

voted for term limits, they’d be voting themselves out of a job next election. It’s too bad, because the heart of the McMahon/ Robinson motion is not an ageist attack on long-inthe-tooth politicians. What it is, is a recognition – and repudiation – of a sad reality: that Toronto council has become a Balkanized mess, where old political feuds routinely drown out intelligent debate on important issues. Wiping the slate clean of those old feuds by removing all those old politicians would undeniably be effective. As with many effective plans, it would also be a little anti-democratic. But democracy in municipal politics has always been an imperfect thing. Councillors can coast back into office on name recognition, bolstered by their involvement

in local matters in their ward more than their actual performance at council. Fundraising is easy for an incumbent and tougher for a challenger. It all turns Toronto council into an exclusive club. There are advantages. Over the years, career councillors have become formidably skilled in seeing through policies and projects that make the city better. Sometimes, those ugly fights on the floor of council are necessary evils, to turn the majority of council away from one bad idea or another. But council needs to have a long talk about how to both open the doors a bit wider to membership, and raise the level of debate beyond that of a grudge match. If the solution is not term limits – all right. But if not that, then what? The status quo is not an option.

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It’s Happening Young Working Professionals with MS self-help group WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. CONTACT: Lynn Laccohee, 416-967-3032, lynn.laccohee@mssociety.ca COST: Free Young working professionals (20 to 40 years old) with multiple sclerosis get together for information sharing and emotional and social support. Registration is required. Meeting location will be provided after registration.

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Family Day Tea Time for Teddy Bears WHEN: 11 a.m. WHERE: Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace CONTACT: 647-7251826 COST: Adults $23; children $17.50 Following a reading of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, everyone will enjoy a freshly baked scone, jam and tea or hot chocolate while the children decorate their own cookies. Children take home their decorated cookies. Call to register.

■ Friday, Feb. 15

Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival WHEN: 7 p.m. kick-off WHERE: Delta Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard St. W. COST: Free with some ticketed events A variety of music styles will fill four stages within the hotel. The event takes place at various times until Sunday. Visit www.winterfolk.com Dracula - A Love Story WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace CONTACT: 647-7251826 to register COST: $66 Follow the action as the actors move room to room. Includes a glass of champagne and chocolate fountain.

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Organic: The Way Forward WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: U of T Conference Centre, 89 Chestnut St. CONTACT: www.cogtoronto.org COST: $85 The Toronto Chapter of Canadian Organic Growers in association with The

cancer. The Sears Great Canadian Chill raises money for pediatric oncology. Register at www.theChill.ca

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PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR: Lions visit shop owners along Dundas Street West Sunday for the Chinese New Year’s celebration.

Big Carrot presents a one-day organic consumer conference. Includes organic lunch.

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Ghost Tracking WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace CONTACT: 647725-1826, COST: Adults $26.96 and children $15.95 Does Casa Loma have ghosts? Find

out for yourself with its ghost tracking experts. Sears Great Canadian Chill WHEN: 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Yonge-Dundas Square, 2 Dundas St. E. COST: Free Make a splash at the Sunday (2 to 6:30 p.m) night-time Chill party or join in on the family chilling and activities Monday (10 a.m to 4 p.m.) to help stop kids’

Free Crafts WHEN: noon to 4 p.m. WHERE: Queen’s Quay Terminal, 207 Queen’s Quay W. CONTACT: 416-596-9821, www.waterfrontbia.com Let your inner artist out and create your own family portrait button or family tree collage, colour and have your face painted.

■ Tuesday, Feb. 19

Women’s MS Self-Help Group WHEN: 1 to 2:30 p.m. CONTACT: Lynn Laccohee, 416-967-3032, lynn.laccohee@mssociety.ca COST: Free Women with multiple sclerosis get together for support, encouragement and information. Meeting location will be provided after registration. Taxes: What You Need to Know WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Central Eglinton Community Centre, 160

Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: Nancy Lyon, 416-392-0511, programmanager@ centraleglinton.com COST: Free Free talk on tax planning, tax credits, tax deductions, as well as how to save on taxes with basic tax knowledge. Phone to register.

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Wealth and Health in Africa WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Centre for Social Innovation, Annex, 720 Bathurst St. CONTACT: 416-961-6981, www. amrefcanada.org COST: Free A free public talk exploring if and how economic growth that’s happening in some African countries affects people’s health and well-being. .

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Be Gone Winter Blues! WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), 252 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: 416-7332117 COST: $10 in advance, $15 at the door Dr. Baljit Khamba will go through the commonly expressed signs and symptoms of SAD as well as the most common treatment approaches. Healthy Heart, Healthy Life! WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Central Eglinton Community Centre, 160 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: Nancy Lyon, 416-392-0511, programmanager@ centraleglinton.com COST: Free Learn effective strategies to take care of your heart and yourself. Call to register.

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Winterfolk on tap this weekend Staff file photo/NORM NELSON

Toronto brothers Ken, left, and Chris Whiteley, seen here performing in 2010 at a roots festival at the Distillery District, will play Winterfolk this weekend with their three sons.

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Brothers Ken and Chris Whiteley and sons Ben, Dan and Jesse on stage Friday, 10 p.m. NORM NELSON nnelson@insidetoronto.com Oh brother. And sons. That just about sums up the first Winterfolk gig for renowned veteran roots musician and producer Ken Whiteley, who has lived in his west downtown home/studio on Roxton Avenue for about two and a half decades. The 11th annual Winterfolk roots and blues festival will take place at Delta Chelsea Hotel at Gerrard and Yonge Streets Friday to Sunday. Whiteley will appear with his older brother Chris Whiteley and together they will have all their sons with them – Ben, Dan and Jesse. The only sibling who can’t make it is two-time JunoAward winner Jenny Whiteley. The Whiteley’s show is on tap Friday at 10 p.m. The elder Whiteleys were both born in the U.S. (Chris in 1948, Ken in 1951) but moved to Canada in 1956, growing up in Don Mills where they attended Don Mills Collegiate. “I use to actually deliver the Don Mills Mirror – I had a Don Mills Mirror paper route,” said Ken with a chuckle. Both have been playing professionally since the mid’60s, the highlight of their early career being an appearance on Saturday Night Live in one of their early incarnations (as the Original Sloth Band), backing up Leon Redbone. A later incarnation as the

Whiteley Brothers generated several blues CDs and numerous awards, including a Juno nomination for one of their collaborations, Sixteen Shades of Blue. Lately, Chris has focused a lot of his attention on his blues partnership with Scarborough’s Diana Braithwaite. That partnership, by itself, has generated nine Maple Blues awards and six Juno nominations for their three CDs. A fourth CD is due imminently, which they will follow up with an extensive tour. Ken, meanwhile, nominated for seven Juno Awards and 14 Maple Blues Awards over his career (with a ton more as a producer and session player), released a Christmas CD in December (with all the Whiteleys on it) and is donating 10 per cent of the sale of the CD to the Daily Food Bank. ‘Tuned into it’ He doesn’t expect it will take too long for the brothers to get up to speed again once they are on stage. “When we’re on stage playing music together he (Chris) knows where I’m going to go, and I know where he’s going,” Ken said. And as for the kids (Ben went to Oakwood Collegiate, Jesse to Etobicoke School of the Arts and Dan to a couple of downtown schools, including the City School), “they’ve grown up pretty tuned into it; they’re locked in,” Ken said. He recalled one festival in Orillia with his brother and Dan where they played nine hours over the course of the weekend, and not only did they not repeat a song – they still had songs to spare. “We went for nine hours without even dusting off some of our regulars.”

For those who love summer roots, blues or folk festivals, this weekend marks a great opportunity to take one in, right in the heart of downtown Toronto, in the middle of winter. And it’s virtually weatherproof! The 11th annual threeday Winterfolk Blues and Roots festival will take over the Delta Chelsea Hotel, at Gerrard and Yonge streets, f ro m Fr i d a y t h ro u g h Sunday. More than 150 artists are slated to appear at four venues within the hotel, including Monarch’s Pub and the Market Garden on the main floor and the more intimate Listening Room, on the 27th floor. On Saturday and Sunday, a fourth venue is added, in the Mount Batten Room on the second floor. There are only three ‘paid stages’ over the entire weekend and everything else is free and features a variety of music including: • individual band and solo concerts, including Crabtree and Mills, Laura Fernandez and Eve Goldberg; • special jams, including the Winterfolk all-star blues band with Jack De Keyzer, Al Lerman, Gary Kendall and Mike Fitzpatrick; • community music presentations, including a benefit for Artscan Circle and the best of Whistle Radio’s ‘Nite Out’; • and artist workshops such as ‘the wars we wage at home’, ‘Brian Blain’s campfire’ and ‘blues songwriting unplugged’. For those already familiar with Canada’s roots music scene, they’ll find a familiar treasure trove of talent. For everyone else, it’s a great opportunity to check it out in an intimate and weatherproof setting. You can even check out the artists beforehand. The user-friendly Winterfolk website has complete festival information, including a video performance link for almost every performer. For downtown and midtown residents, a handy four-page lineup was printed in last week’s City Centre Mirror and will be available at the venue. Visit www.winterfolk. com

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LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com While no tax would be popular, Geordie Graham and Richard De Gaetano discussed the least objectionable way to come up with the $2 billion a year needed to solve crippling transportation challenges facing the Greater Toronto Area. At first, Graham leaned exclusively toward taxes imposed on drivers, such as a fuel tax and highway tolls, which he felt would persuade drivers to take public transit. But De Gaetano argued increasing personal income and corporate taxes is fairer because they are the least regressive of all taxes. When it comes to solving the transportation woes of the GTA, the economic engine of Ontario, he would rather see the discussion focus on how we collaboratively build the city we want rather than how do we make the “bad people” (drivers) pay.

Overall, Graham agreed with that approach, although he still sees room for tolls or levies that help change behaviour. “You use a big carrot and a few little sticks,” he said. Graham, who moved to Toronto four months ago and lives in the area of Sheppard Avenue and Yonge Street, and De Gaetano, a resident of the Jane Street-Finch Avenue neighbourhood, were among five dozen residents who took part in a session of Feeling Congested? at the North York Civic Centre Monday. The forum was one of eight being held by the city to get people talking about future transportation priorities and how to fund them. Normally, the idea of implementing tax hikes, tolls and levies would meet with fierce resistance. And while potential transportation options have been batted around endlessly for years, we seem to be at a “tipping point” where people rec-

ognize the pressing need for solutions and acknowledge we are going to have to foot the bill, said Jennifer Keesmaat, the city’s chief planner. The average Toronto resident already spends 260 hours a year caught in traffic congestion and the GTA will add another three million people by 2036. Social and economic costs of congestion in the GTA have been estimated at $6 billion a year, according to the city. Feeling Congested? participants are asked to select their top transportation priorities. For example, should transportation decisions concentrate on providing commuters with a wide range of travel options in an integrated network or should affordability rule any improvements? And once those priorities are set, how do we pay for them? Options include income, property and sales taxes, toll roads, vehicle registration fees, development charges and fees on utility bills.

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Knee, created by Holland Bloorview scientist Dr. Jan Andrysek. Expected to cost less than $100, compared to other prosthetic knees that come with a price tag of $1,000 to $30,000, the LC Knee gives users a high level of mobility. Clinical evaluations are expected to wrap up this summer and the hospital hopes to talk to companies in the fall about bringing the prosthetic to market, Andrysek told The Mirror. William Goessaert, a 21-year-old champion para-alpine skier, is the first person in Canada to wear a prototype of the LC Knee. “It’s awesome, it’s a really good feeling (to be the first),” said Goessaert, who lives in the area of the Dufferin Street and St. Clair Avenue.

Fresh off his stunning victory last weekend, Canada’s top tennis star Milos Raonic was at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Tuesday to help make young patients’ dreams come true. “Really, I wanted to make a difference in kids’ lives,” he told The Mirror after announcing up to $70,000 in donations to the hospital northeast of Eglinton and Bayview avenues. “It (Holland Bloorview) is pretty spectacular. What they provide for the kids is, to me, pretty amazing. To give kids the opportunity to achieve their dreams and remove any limitations that there might be is pretty special and an opportunity I want to give the kids.” SPAIN SHOCKED Raonic, who last weekend was part of a Canadian contingent that beat Spain to advance to the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup for the first time, gave the centre a cheque for $40,000. The first gift from the Milos Raonic Foundation, the donation

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Tennis star Milos Raonic talks to Tai Young, of Markham, at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital last Tuesday. Raonic donated up to $70,000 to the hospital.

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“It’s going to change a lot of lives,” he said. Raonic got involved with Holland Bloorview after meeting Claire Johnson, a five-and-a-half-year-old – “the half is very important” to Claire, her mom, Susan Marshall, joked – patient at Holland Bloorview. Claire was born with an underdeveloped left hand. When Marshall explained to the medical team at Holland Bloorview that her daughter was having trouble serving a tennis ball, the hospital made a prosthetic device for her. “We went to Milos’s parents last summer” to tell them what the hospital could do for Claire as a budding tennis player and they wanted to see the facility, said Marshall, adding Raonic played a fun game of tennis with Claire last year. When Raonic’s foundation was established last November, Holland Bloorview was first on the list for a donation. Tai Young, a young patient at Holland Bloorview, was thrilled to meet Raonic. “It was good. I loved it because my grandma loves him,” said the Markham boy, who has just started playing wheelchair tennis and dreams of being an actor and a singer.

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their preservation from the parents who came to see the science fair. The four students who built the massive North American River Otter habitat were looking to collect for the International Otter Survival Fund. Creating the habitats came with somewhat unexpected challenges, as the students learned upon researching their animals. “We created a big water area, but there can only be one otter at a time in there because the females and males will fight,” said Grade 8 student Kaelan MoffettSteinke. “The trainers have to switch the otters at noon each day.” The students included solar panels and other sustainable features in their mock-ups, adding to the science fair’s eco-friendly instructions. The Toronto Zoo even sent a couple of staff members to judge the exhibits. They asked

the students tough questions as to the choices they made, and both said they came away impressed with the hard work that went into the projects. “They did a lot of really great work and put a lot of research into the animals and their habitats,” said Jacquie Kostoff, Toronto Zoo education coordinator. “A lot of what they came up, we’ve already incorporated, but we’ve definitely seen some new ideas. They may not be logistically possible because of money and other factors, but they’re good ideas.” Whether the zoo is able to make use of the students’ ideas, there is no question the youngsters took to the project. “The project was totally tied to the ministry’s curriculum, but it extends that,” said Horizon teacher Nicole Aucoin. “The school is academically enriched and our kids love to take a hands-on approach.”

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