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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Northern Secondary School recently continued an impressive streak that will benefit many of society’s most vulnerable members. The midtown high school won the United Way’s Spirit Award, given out annually to the top fundraisers, for the second straight year and 10th time since 1996. The school raised upwards of $33,000 to earn the award. The school has long been dedicated to raising funds for the United

Way. Prior to its run of Spirit Award wins, it earned the distinction of making the best overall contribution to the United Way six times between 1979 and 1984. “Our United Way campaign has become a part of the fabric of this school,” said Northern principal Ron Felsen. “It’s become a Northern tradition.” The key to the school’s success is having a student-run committee devoted purely to holding events and drumming up school spirit for the United Way campaign. >>>FUNDRAISING, page 6

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Family Day: Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow, left, Suzanne Rumskey and her son Robin go for a skate around the rink at Trinity Bellwoods Park on Family Day Monday.

Trinity-Spadina Councillor Adam Vaughan couldn’t even get a nomination to sit on Mayor Rob Ford’s Executive Committee at a recent meeting of the city’s Striking Committee which is tasked with making recommendations to fill appointments on various city committees and agencies. But Vaughan, one of Ford’s most vocal critics on council, is hoping Toronto Council will see the light and overrules the Striking Committee’s recommendations to put Ford loyalist Vincent Crisanti into the vacancy on the committee. “Ultimately it’s council’s decision,” said Vaughan, who represents Ward 20 on city council. “I think there’s a case to be made to recognize that on major issues it’s not about ideology – it’s about making sure that different parts of the city

are present when issues are being debated.” Vaughan pointed out, currently, the mayor’s committee has no representation from the city’s downtown core. He said lack of representation on important committees can lead to unforeseen problems. “Maybe one of the reasons we didn’t get attention to streetcar lines this past snowstorm was the downtown councillors, who represent areas where most of the streetcar lines are, weren’t a part of the Toronto Transit Commission.” Toward that end, Vaughan had put his name on a short list of councillors interested in serving on Ford’s Executive Committee. The others were York Centre Councillor Maria Augimeri and Etobicoke North Councillor Vincent Crisanti. The committee only considered Crisanti, a Ford loyalist since the 2010 municipal election.

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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Having grown up knowing the pain and uncertainty of living in foster care and on the streets, actress and aspiring filmmaker Kalista Zackhariyas is determined to do something about it. Zackhariyas, who splits her time between Cabbagetown and Mississauga, is launching the Youth Code, an organization that aims to provide support as well as arts and recreational programming for children recovering from abuse. “I was inspired by my own personal life,” Zackhariyas said. “I grew up as a ward of Children’s Aid and spent the better part of my adolescent years being homeless and in shelters.” She fell into the care of Children’s Aid due to domestic abuse, but had difficulty settling in when confronted with the foster care system. “There were times when I

ran away from foster homes because I felt alone,” she said. “Things can be pretty scary and it’s hard to feel like you really belong.” Once she was old enough to get out of the foster care system, she did so, but lacked skills, education and the support of a family. She wound up spending time in the shelter system just to have a roof over her head. ‘Saved my life’ Fortunately, she met two women in particular who helped her out, one by offering her food and support and the other by urging her to follow her dream of dancing. “I really feel like the arts saved my life,” Zackhariyas said. “I was able to create something, and it wasn’t just negative. I got to be part of creating something beautiful.” The more time Zackhariyas spent in the shelter system,

the more she realized her story was not unusual. While there are shelters and services for youngsters fleeing abusive situations, she noted there is always more to be done. “I’ve reached out to different shelters and agencies that provide core services for children that need to get out of abusive situations,” she said. Zackhariyas has gone on to become an actor, earning the lead role in the 2010 film Snow and is currently creating her own short film with hopes of workshopping it into a feature. While film gives her a creative outlet, the Youth Code (www.theyouthcode.com) is more than a side project. “I know how important it is for kids to have arts and recreational activities,” she said. “It can make such an enormous difference in a life.” The Youth Code has already forged partnerships with Women’s Habitat and the Peel Children’s Aid Foundation

‘I really feel like the arts saved my life. I was able to create something, and it wasn’t just negative.’ – Kalista Zackhariyas to bring programming to those locales. While the partnerships will begin as a pilot project, Zackhariyas hopes to keep them going while branching out into other communities across Ontario and eventually across Canada. The Youth Code will hold a launch party and inaugural fundraiser with gourmet food, cocktails and live entertainment at One King West on Saturday, March 16. For tickets or information, visit www. theyouthcode.com

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Kalista Zackhariyas is starting up the Youth Code to help children recovering from abuse.

SickKids to share its knowledge with six Caribbean nations JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A new initiative will see SickKids Hospital taking its top-of-the-line health care for children with pediatric cancer and serious blood disorders down south. Through a partnership with six Caribbean nations, SickKids doctors will be seeking to improve health outcomes for children in Barbados, the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Caribbean-SickKids Paediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Project came about because some of SickKids’ top doctors are natives of Caribbean countries. “Our former head of cancer and blood disorders, Dr. Victor Blanchette, was brought up in Barbados and Dr. Upton Allen, the head of infectious diseases here, was born in Jamaica,” said SickKids chief of global child health Dr. Stanley Zlotkin. “They have leadership roles here and over the last couple of years, it’s become apparent to them that the survival and recovery rates in the Caribbean are much lower

‘Jamaica, until recently, did not have a single pediatric oncologist ... while SickKids alone has 20 pediatric oncologists.’ – SickKids Foundation president and CEO Ted Garrard. than they are here.” Zlotkin noted children treated for leukemia at SickKids have an 80 to 90 per cent chance of successfully battling the disease, a number that drops to 50 per cent in the Caribbean. The Caribbean-SickKids Paediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Project will allow SickKids doctors to provide training to medical professionals from the Caribbean nations and offer ongoing telemedicine support. Blanchette estimated the

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Leukemia survivor Kanigia and her father Curtley at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados.

program could help with the diagnosis and treatment of 75 cases of newly-diagnosed leukemia or lymphoma each year, with potential cure rates as high as 90 per cent once proper medical equipment and training are in place.

He added, since many children in the Caribbean are of African descent, those nations may see higher incidences of certain cancers, such as Burkitt’s lymphoma. By simply offering train-

ing, SickKids promises to boost the chances of recovery for children in the selected nations, which lack the resources and knowledge in Canada in dealing with childhood cancer and blood disorders. “Jamaica, until recently, did not have a single pediatric oncologist,” said SickKids Foundation president and CEO Ted Garrard. “Trinidad and Tobago has only one pediatric oncologist, while SickKids alone has 20 pediatric oncologists.” Dr. Michelle Reece-Mills, who was trained at SickKids, became Jamaica’s first – and to date, its only – fully-trained physician specializing exclusively in children’s cancer and blood disorders. The SickKids Foundation has already raised about $2 million for the project, with an overall target of raising $8 million over the next five years. Most of the funding will go directly to the Caribbean nations. “We want to make sure each facility has telemedicine facilities, computers where we can see each other on the screen,” Zlotkin said. “We’ll also be updating the labs down there to make sure

they have the best equipment they can.” The foundation is currently seeking additional funding from par tners looking to help improve the health care system for children with cancer and serious blood disorders in the Caribbean. “We’re looking to the community for philanthropic support,” Garrard said. “Whether that’s Canadian companies that do business in the Caribbean, members of the (Caribbean) diaspora or people who just want to make a difference, we think this is something they’ll want to support.” The program is slated to run for five years with an end goal of ensuring children living in the six Caribbean countries receive the same quality of care as children treated for cancer and blood disorders at SickKids. “Our success will be when we leave the program because the survival and recovery rates are as high there as they are here,” Zlotkin said. For more information on the initiative, visit www. sickkidsfoundation.com/ caribbean

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s Toronto’s Feeling Congested? campaign shifts into its next stage, Torontonians eager to see an improved transit system throughout the city and its surrounding regions must understand the size and complexity of the challenge. To be blunt, the process of enabling criticallyneeded transit improvements is going to get harder as the process advances. Having the public give feedback and direction – which happened earlier this month – is a critical component to this process. That meaningful methods of paying for transit infrastructure were at the heart of these consultations is important. Community members must understand that we will only get the transit we are willing to pay for. But ultimately it will be the leaders we elect who will be entrusted with the potentially difficult decisions that will get shovels in the ground. These leaders may be in a position where they have to weigh what’s best for a community versus what’s politically expedi- our view ent. Feeling But that’s one of the reasons why the public feedback part is Congested so important – that we articulate what it is we want and that we to host panel are willing to pay for it. It is also important to keep discussions that momentum going. Early next month, the Feeling Congested? campaign is hosting a series of discussion panels. The first features Toronto’s chief planner, Jennifer Keesmaat, former Vancouver co-director of planning Larry Beasley, president and CEO of Toronto Board of Trade Carol Wilding, along with councillors Peter Milczyn (planning and growth committee chair) and Michael Thompson (economic development committee chair). It takes place Monday, March 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Jane Mallett Theatre at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. It’s vital to get involved now any way you can. While this focus on transportation is looking not only at the needs of today, but also those decades from now, some big things are happening in the coming months. Last week we heard Metrolinx chair Robert Prichard say a special board meeting is being planned for May 27 where the investment strategy to pay for $34 billion worth of projects will be released. These projects include the eastern portion of a downtown relief subway line. The realization of some of these projects may be decades away, but the potential decisions putting them in motion are fast approaching. We need to be ready. newsroom

Shaving land transfer tax a big fight

arring anymore run-ins with the law, it looks as though Mayor Rob Ford has at least one serious fight ahead of him as he attends to the last two years of his term: the land transfer tax. The mayor has made it clear he would like very much to shave 10 per cent off the tax on real estate transactions. The plan is a dilution of his 2010 election promise to scrap the tax entirely – something even the tax-cutting Ford soon realized would be financially impossible. The tax brings in in the neighbourhood of $350 million a year, and since Ford’s predecessor David Miller introduced it, has become a crucial element in balancing the budget. The 10 per cent cut, on the other hand, is a battle the mayor might conceivably win. Held against budgets that run in the neighbourhood of $10 billion, $35 million can exist in a margin of error – and such a cut would just be added into the other pressures the city’s budget committee and council have to deal with each year.

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The real battle will be convincing council to support adding that $35 million to the tally. Ford’s former budget chief Mike Del Grande, as staunch a fiscal conservative as the mayor in most respects, was deeply skeptical about the plan. His replacement, Frank Di Giorgio, is comparatively cheerful at the prospect of at least looking. But he’s unwilling to make any cut to the tax without finding some offsetting revenue. And the rest of council? Over the past three budgets, council as a whole has been unwilling to follow the mayor and his agenda too far down the road to privation. With an election coming up, will 23 councillors jump onto the land transfer tax bandwagon as readily as they did in 2010, when they supported the freshlyelected mayor’s plan to scrap the vehicle registra-

tion tax? There’s very little percentage that they will do so. Unlike the vehicle registration tax, which all cardriving voters had to pay every year they continued to own a car, the land transfer tax is relatively invisible. Property-holding Torontonians pay it every time they move house. But that tax is rolled into other costs of buying and selling and moving – and once the move is done, the tax doesn’t rear its head again until the next move. Which means for most Torontonians in the 2014 election, it won’t be top of mind. Given that, shaving 10 per cent off in the 2014 budget will take an enormous amount of political capital from the mayor’s office – more than David Miller used to get it installed in the first place. It may take all that Ford has at this point in his mandate. It will likely take even more. n David Nickle is The Mirror’s City Hall columnist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com

To the editor: Re: Cartoon, page 4, Jan. 31. The cartoon commenting on the poor functioning of both minority and majority governments brilliantly highlights the problem with our current electoral system. The big problem with a minority government is that defeat of some legislation is taken as triggering a new election. Only when a fresh coalition cannot be formed is an election necessary. The other side of the coin is that our majority governments don’t actually represent the majority of the voters. Usually they only represent about 40 per cent. This means that legislation passed by parliament does not have the clear support of the electorate. The most popular class of electoral systems, proportional representation, ensures the elected representatives actually do reflect the way the people voted. Bills passed by parliament really do enjoy the support of the representatives of the majority of the people. If we followed the example of most countries and switched to some form of proportional representation, a cartoon complaining about the problems of both majority and minority governments would not be needed. Gary Dale

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Dracula - A Love Story WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace CONTACT: 647-725-1826 COST: $39, plus HST Based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this tale of unrequited love is brought to life by Brant Theatre Workshops. Follow the action as the actors move room to room in Toronto’s own Gothic mansion - Casa Loma. Adapted by Sharyl Hudson with musical direction and original score by Bill Sewers. Pre-registration is required, please call 647-725-1826 or 647-725-1822. Art of Time Ensemble presents Gabriel Prokofiev WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. CONTACT: 416.973.4000 COST: $25 to $59 Art of Time Ensemble kicks off 2013 by fusing the worlds of classical and electronic music together on stage in Gabriel Prokofiev. London DJ and composer Gabriel Prokofiev continues his grandfather Sergei’s legacy of reinventing modern music in his dynamic concert, taking place Feb. 22 and 23.Prokofiev, the grandson of legendary Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, unites with Art of Time Ensemble’s artistic

director Andrew Burashko in an exploration of the future of classical music. The performance is made up of four pieces, three of which were composed by Prokofiev himself. Between each piece, Prokofiev will take to his laptop to create an original, electronic remix of the work just performed; offering audiences an alternative take on what they’ve just seen and heard.

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View and create collage art. Enjoy music, espresso, lemonade and delicacies. Songs and Stories to Lift your Spirit and Warm your Heart WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square CONTACT: Mariposa In The Schools, 416462-9400, www.echowomenschoir.ca, info@mariposaintheschools.ca COST: Free Singer-songwriter Chris Rawlings, dub poet-activist Michael St. George, storytellers Sandra Whiting and Marylyn Peringer, Gurpreet Chana (‘The Tabla Guy’) and others join Echo Women’s Choir and conductors Alan Gasser and Becca Whitla in a spirited evening of song and story. The master of ceremonies is storyteller, author and playwright Sharada Eswar.

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8th Annual Peace of Minds Yogathon for Schizophrenia WHEN: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. CONTACT: 416-449-6830, www.yogathon. ca, specialevents@schizophrenia.on.ca COST: A fundraising initiative, $100 minimum for individuals Help create Peace of Mind for the more than 130,000 individuals in Ontario who are living with Schizophrenia, and participate in a fun, yoga-filled event. Supporters of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario (SSO) – yoga enthusiasts and novices alike – will come together to stretch their bodies to create peace of mind, while raising funds to support the SSO’s youth engagement initiatives, including Be The One, a province-wide, for-youth, by-youth social action initiative.

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First for Canada: The Canucks Bruno Hache, yellow, and Habs Joseph Del Grande battle for the puck during Canada’s first National Blind hockey tournament sponsored by Courage Canada Friday at Mattamy Athletic Centre. The Canucks and the Habs played to a 5-5 draw.

Le Chien Noir: Salon des arts WHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. WHERE: City Art Gallery, 230 Queen St. E.

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In Conversation With… Geraldine Moriba and Don Lemon: Documenting the Black Experience WHEN: 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. WHERE: TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W. CONTACT: Customer Relations, 416-599-8433, http:// tiff.net/blackhistory, customerrelations@tiff.net COST: Adult tickets are $12, children’s tickets are $8.50 and students and

seniors cost $9.50. TIFF and the Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue (BAND) present this unique onstage conversation featuring Geraldine Moriba, Emmy Award-winning executive producer of CNN’s In America, and Don Lemon, CNN news anchor and journalist.

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Science at the Movies: ‘Star Trek: First Contact’ feat. Lawrence Krauss WHEN: 6 to 10:30 p.m. WHERE: Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Lindsay Archibald, http:// krauss-first-contact.eventbrite. ca/, lindsay@treehousegroup. org COST is $10 Boldly join the University of Toronto and the Treehouse Group at Science at the Movies, a series that will combine expert knowledge with classic sci-fi films. For the first installment, Lawrence Krauss (http://krauss. faculty.asu.edu/), renowned cosmologist and best-selling author of ‘The Physics of Star Trek’, will be on hand to give a talk and answer audience questions about Star Trek: First Contact. The battle to save the future has begun!Doors open at 6 p.m.; the session will run from 7 to 10:30 p.m.

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>>>from page 1 A full week is dedicated to raising funds for the United Way. Every home form class also undertakes its own project to raise funds. “It isn’t a one-day campaign; we don’t just do a bake sale and move on,” Felsen said. “The committee has as much of a presence in our school as student council or the athletic council.” While the students lead the charge, faculty and staff are more than happy to pitch in,

whether it is Felsen agreeing to allow students to throw pies in his face for a donation, one of the vice-principals taking on all comers in table tennis or teachers taking part in the Faculty Follies teacher talent show. The student events, however, typically take the spotlight. “We have a fashion show over two nights in November that’s big fundraiser for us, and we have a great race event that pits the student council against the athletic coun-

cil against the gay-straight alliance against the drama council,” Felsen said. Some 250 students also participated in the Enbridge CN Tower Climb for United Way, raking in $15,000 and taking home the Student Team Climb Award. The money raised will be distributed to the United Way, which will then disperse the money among its member agencies to help fund programming in a variety of areas.

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Former Prime Minister Paul Martin speaks to students last week about Aboriginal history, culture and traditions during the launch of Free The Childrens’ We Stand Together campaign.

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Monarch Park Collegiate acted as host to kick off the We Stand Together campaign launch last week in partnership with the Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative (MAEI) and Free the Children. The campaign celebrates Aboriginal history, culture and tradition in an effort to raise awareness of Aboriginal issues. Former prime minister Paul Martin was joined by his son, David; Waneek Horn Miller, Olympian and Aboriginal rights activist; and Craig Kielburger, founder of Free the Children to discuss and educate area students about the third annual We Stand Together campaign. “There is a clear gap between what many nonAboriginal Canadians understand about the issues and circumstances faced by Aboriginal people,” said Martin, the MAEI founder, to a crowd of students from the host school, White Oaks Secondary School, Samuel Hearne Middle School and the Toronto District School Board Aboriginal Education Centre. “We Stand Together is a grassroots initiative that starts right inside the classroom to teach young Canadians the significance of Aboriginal history, helping to close this gap, foster understanding and raise awareness of Aboriginal culture and history in Canada for generations to come.” The impetus for the MAEI had its roots in Martin’s youth, when he worked as a student on barges in River to the Beaufort Sea. During the

summer months while Martin worked as a seaman saving money to attend university, his co-workers were mainly Aboriginal Canadians, Inuits and Metis. He would come to learn a great deal about their customs, cultures and beliefs during the summers, but one lesson always stood out.

‘We Stand Together is a grassroots initiative that starts right inside the classroom to teach young Canadians the significance of Aboriginal history...’ ~ Paul Martin, former P.M. “We would talk about life as we saw it,” Martin said. “We would talk about science and I would talk about this new invention on the scene, the television, but they would talk about the stars and how their elders taught them how to navigate using them.” Therein Martin began to learn about their differences, but he realized, as he would look toward the future, his fellow co-workers never considered what their future held. “These young men would not attend university and none would graduate from high school,” Martin said. “Decent schooling wasn’t there to give them, and this was 40 to 50 years ago,”

Martin said, noting that in the decades to pass, not much would change. Martin would approach Craig Kielburger, a children’s activist known for helping students worldwide, to help him build his initiative. “Since 2009, We Stand Together has been embraced by hundreds of schools across the country, “ Kielburger said. “Ni n e t y p e r c e n t o f these educators reported an increased awareness of Aboriginal issues among students and 78 per cent felt better equipped to teach their students about Aboriginal issues. “ We St a n d To g e t h e r encourages students and teachers to include Aboriginal issues in their everyday discussions.” Even though strides have been made in Aboriginal education, both Martin and Kielburger said the road ahead is still long, with high rates of poverty, crime and suicide among Aboriginal youth. “The Aboriginal community is the fastest growing population,” Martin said. “We need to address these issues and see that Aboriginal youth have the same opportunities as non-Aboriginal students.” We Stand Together is a 10-day celebration, from Feb. 25 to March 8, that joins with the MAEI and invites teachers, students and parents across the country to learn about the challenges, as well as the achievements being made.

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Chronic TTC overcrowding addressed at public meeting Rahul Gupta rgupta@insidetoronto.com At the final public session of a transportation consultation organized by the City of Toronto, residents made clear improving travel experiences for commuters should be an official priority for improving transit. The group of approximately 50 individuals participating in the city’s Feeling Congested? public consultations, which were organized by the city and chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat were asked to give their opinions on what Toronto’s transportation priorities should be and what revenue funding tools will be needed to pay for future expansion. Divided into mini-groups, many of the participants felt the key issue for the city was addressing overcrowding on the TTC, which is at record capacity. Rishi Lukka said his greatest issue with TTC service was the tendency for “bunching” of vehicles on busy routes, which result in service gaps. “You get four or five buses in a row, which screws up the gaps,” said Lukka. “That’s the biggest problem today with managing the system. Lukka, an engineer by training, said he preferred a regional sales tax to pay for new transit. “I feel that a sales tax would allow for the greatest choice of how you spend your money,” said Lukka following the session. “I feel that it allows for the greatest fairness of choice on how you fund transit. Erika Ivanic, who also

‘The population and transit system Toronto has should mean it has more of an influence than some of the other jurisdictions.’ ~ Erika Ivanic, transit user took part in a similar transit consulting session hosted by Metrolinx, said she preferred the city’s approach because of its specific mandate. “Metrolinx did well in generally getting the conversation going,” said Ivanic, an urban planner. “The city was more concerned in getting us to make decisions based on what we value.” Size matters Ivanic, who also volunteers for the TTC riders advocacy group, said Toronto’s size should be considered by Metrolinx when it makes it final recommendations to the premier on funding this June. “The population and transit system Toronto has should mean it has more of an influence than some of the other jurisdictions,” she said. “Obviously, I’m biased being a Toronto resident.” Greg Spence, a sometime transit advocate, said the TTC could improve existing service by adding more buses to its routes rather than commit to more expensive and lengthier measures. “Hard fixed rail lines are

years in the distance,” said Spence. “Buses are flexible and you can have as many on the road as you need.” But Brad Ross, the TTC’s executive director of communications, disagreed saying more buses on the street would mean increased costs. Ross also said that smaller buses would not be an advantage.

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“Smaller buses... are of no benefit,” said Ross in a tweet. “No savings to be had – in fact maintenance costs would rise.” Ross said larger buses such as the articulated or “bendy” buses the TTC plans to introduce in the fall, would be better off improving service reliability. Keesmaat said the findings of the participants reflected a common theme for all of the sessions, which also took place in York, North York and Scarborough, that it was imperative for the city to address capacity issues now and find a way to pay for new transit in an equitable manner. The city must report its findings from the commission to Metrolinx in time for the transit planning agency’s report to the premier on an investment strategy to pay for its long-term Big Move transportation plan. Keesmaat also announced the city will hold a special experts panel in March as part of the first phase of its transit consultations. The entire consultation process will last for nine months.

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There’s still time to create a mascot for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. Steve Wallace, vice president of brand activation for the TO2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, said his office receives about 10 entries a day. So far, more than 100 entries have been received. “It’s always fun to see them,” he said. The contest is open to teams of children and youth aged 16 and younger. Teams, made up of two to six members, can be budding artists, storytellers, mascot researchers and colouring experts. The mascot could be an animal, inanimate object or even a space oddity. Whatever captures the excitement of the Games and the imagination of the public through fun, colourful and community spirit. Wallace’s office has received entries from as far away as

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Museum seeking input Having shared some of downtown Toronto’s history over the past few years, the Cabbagetown Regent Park Community Museum is turning to the public to help plan its future. The museum recently released a survey asking the public for their impressions of its exhibits and what they would like to see in the future, helping determine a direction for upcoming exhibitions. “We want to test how much people know about us and how they feel about us,” said Laurie Stephens, museum board member. “We’re known in the community because we get exposure at Riverdale (Farm), but we need to find ways to get the word out to more people.” One of the problems in promoting the museum lies in the fact that it does not have an official home to call its own. Revolving exhibits are set up at Riverdale Farm with additional exhibits displayed at the 51 Division police sta-

tion on Parliament Street and the Toronto police headquarters on College Street. “We would love to have a location somewhere that we can call our own,” Stephens said. “That would help us significantly in making sure people know about us, but until that happens, we want to know what the people in this area and across Toronto want to see from us.” Massive research While it is small in scale, those working to bring the museum to life have done a massive amount of research and work bringing the history of Cabbagetown and Regent Park to life. “There are exhibits on anything and everything,” Stephens said. “The museum has worked out relationships with the Macedonian church in Regent Park, we’ve done work with WoodGreen, exhibits on the Aboriginal history in this area, which is rich, as well as looked into military aspects and the history of policing.”

Resident Carol MooreEde helped pave the way for a museum recognizing the history of Cabbagetown and Regent Park in 2004, and it was incorporated as a not-forprofit company in 2008. It was established as the area – and Regent Park in particular – was undergoing massive change. With the large-scale Regent Park Revitalization underway, there was a chance the area’s historic role in the fabric of Toronto would be lost, Stephens said. “It was a community going through a lot of transition and it was important to capture that history,” Stephens said. While much of Toronto’s history is captured by organizations such as the City of Toronto Archives, Stephens noted the museum places far more of a focus on the specific areas it serves. Further information on the museum is available at www. crpmuseum.com To fill out the survey, visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/ Cabbagetown RegentPark CommunityMuseum

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Ombudsman faced ‘increasing resistance’ last year DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Last fall’s fight on the floor of council over a scathing report on political interference in the public appointment process was just “business as usual,” according to Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean. “Every ombudsman I’ve ever met has had challenges around independence and reporting relationships,” Crean told reporters Thursday morning as she released the 2012 annual report for the office. “It tends to happen around budgets and around controversial investigations. I have put the fall behind me in the sense that I saw that all as a part of the learning curve. It’s business as usual for us.”

The debate last fall saw Mayor Rob Ford’s and his allies attempt to cut Crean’s tenure short with the city. They were angered at a critical report from Crean, which indicated the mayor’s office and his allies had interfered with the supposedly arms-length process of appointing members of the public to city agencies, boards and commissions in 2011. Ford backed off on the plan, but the contretemps was enough for Crean to make a note of the matter in the introduction to her annual report. She said that last year marked “increasing resistance to the presence of our office from some councillors and public servants.” Crean pointed out the report on

public appointments and another on botched public consultation by the TTC in attempting to build a second exit to Donlands Station triggered “accusations that the investigation was politically motivated,” and the suggestion the ombudsman should no longer report to council but a committee on her investigations. “This would undermine the office’s ability to report to the legislative body as a whole and through council to the public at large,” she wrote. Crean also observed that in some cases, members of the public service have been showing resistance to the office’s investigations. “At times, employees have demonstrated resistance by shirking their responsibilities and saying

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they could do nothing because the ombudsman was involved,” she wrote. “In some instances, there have been challenges to our jurisdiction and attempts to curtail our inquiries. Where these situations have arisen, dialogue and information have overcome the resistance.” In 2012, the office of the ombudsman was able to address 1,430 complaints. Most common complaints had to do with poor communications, followed by delays in service and inadequate service, unfair decisions and unpredictable enforcement. The annual report, which cost $8,700 to produce, will be going to Toronto council when it meets Wednesday.

Mayor Ford apologizes to Toronto’s medical officer of health DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Mayor Rob Ford has cleared one more potential run-in with the city’s Integrity Commissioner. In a report to next week’s council meeting, Integrity Commissioner Janet Leiper said Mayor Rob Ford had apologized to Toronto’s

Medical Officer of Health Dr. David McKeown, over remarks he and his brother councillor Doug Ford had made on their radio program in 2012. The brothers had taken Dr. McKeown to task for commissioning a report titled ‘Road to Health: Improving Walking and Cycling in Toronto.’ The report made recommenda-

tions including reducing speed limits on Toronto streets to prevent injuries and deaths. Mayor Ford said on his April 29 radio program that Dr. McKeown’s salary was “an embarrassment,” and suggested he would straighten the situation out. Leiper had originally reported to council in the fall that she believed

Ford had violated city council’s code of conduct by disparaging Dr. McKeown’s professional reputation publicly. The matter was put over until the decision on Ford’s conflict of interest charges was rendered, because it was unclear as to whether or not he would be able to speak on his own behalf at council.

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Celebration: Lion dancers perform at the Lillian Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library Saturday afternoon during a celebration of the Chinese New Year.

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