The City Centre Mirror, October 13, 2016

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CHEF JAMIE OLIVER STOPS BY TORONTO TO TALK ABOUT CHILDHOOD OBESITY

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Chef Jamie Oliver joined members of the Stop Marketing to Kids Coalition at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto this past week. Oliver urged the Canadian government to be a world leader in creating policies that help people make healthy choices.

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Are you one of several generations in your family who have served the Canadian Armed Forces?

Metroland Media Toronto is looking to highlight military families with a history of service over the years this Remembrance Day, with an eye to showcasing the dedication and sacrifices made for Canada.

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FULL STORY: bit.ly/youthobesity WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Oliver urged the government to ensure kids have access to affordable healthy food choices.

FULL STORY: bit.ly/storycallout WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: We want to share the stories of these multi-generational groups of servicemen and women.

SOPHIE GREGOIRE TRUDEAU ENCOURAGES GIRLS TO REACH FULL POTENTIAL Sophie Gregoire Trudeau led a panel of girls and young women to discuss gender equality and other important social issues at Plan International Canada’s midtown office on International Day of the Girl on Tuesday. Justin Skinner/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/sophiepanel WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The panel also noted men and boys need to take an active role in promoting gender equality.

IS ONTARIO’S EDUCATION SYSTEM LIMITING STUDENTS’ POTENTIAL?

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It has been 13 years since Ontario eliminated its official 13th year of school – then known as OAC – amid a controversial curriculum change that was supposed to end student streaming. But could another change made when OAC was eliminated – introducing applied and academic course options – be making it hard for students to finish in four years with the credits they need to succeed?

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For Maria Miranda, the most effective tool against this late summer and early fall’s seasonal onslaught of box elder bugs has been duct tape.

Dan Pearce/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/boxelders WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn what’s attracting these red and black bugs in droves and when will they go away.

COUNCIL UNDECIDED ON WARD 42 AFTER SEAT LEFT VACANT BY RAYMOND CHO

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EEK! SWARMING BOX ELDERS A NUISANCE, BUT POSE NO THREAT TO HEALTH IN CITY

Voters in Scarborough-Rouge River won’t know until November whether their new representative will be appointed or elected in a byelection, after council put off making the call at its Oct. 7 meeting.

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FULL STORY: bit.ly/ward42vacancy WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: A petition from 900 residents asks for an end to the “musical chairs” of byelections in the ward.

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TORONTO ARCHIVES EXHIBIT SHOWS HOW CHILDREN USED TO PLAY IN THE STREETS While it may be unthinkable today, a century ago, the streets of downtown Toronto were teeming with kids who were running around, playing and even working unattended as newsies or at other jobs. That element of the city’s history is being highlighted in a new Toronto Archives exhibit.

Toronto Archives/Arthur Goss photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/playgroundsto WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Find out more about the exhibit, ‘From Streets to Playgrounds’ and how to see it.

TORONTO FIRE CHIEF SALES STEPS DOWN; LEAVING POSITION ‘EFFECTIVE TODAY’ Jim Sales joined the fire service as chief in July 2012 and has been on a personal leave for the past few months. He served in Edmonton, Markham and Barrie before joining Toronto Fire Services.

Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/jimsalesretires WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read about who will fill in the role of Fire Chief until the City finds a replacement.

The Flemingdon Community Food Bank, which serves new Canadians in one of the poorest and most densely populated neighbourhoods, says they are deep in debt and often short of food. The chair of the food bank confirmed the organization is now $90,000 in rent arrears.

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For Rama Rau’s grandmother, age wasn’t just a number. “My grandmother in India never knew how old she was. And no, she wasn’t senile!” said Rau, the keynote speaker at the York Centre for Asian Research’s presentation on gender in India.

“It’s because her birthday was never celebrated “. Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/genderindia WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The presentation also touched on topics such as violence against women and education.

ONE-OPERATOR SUBWAY TRAINS KICKS OFF ON SHEPPARD LINE Subway guards tasked with opening and closing train doors are destined to become a relic of the past as the TTC prepares to switch to one-person controlled vehicles. The TTC launched One Person Train Operation (OPTO) on modified Toronto Rocket trains on its Sheppard line Sunday.

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NYGH, KNIX WEAR LAUNCH BRAS TO BENEFIT BMO BREAST DIAGNOSTIC CENTRE Five limited edition bras benefiting the BMO Breast Diagnostic Centre at North York General Hospital (NYGH) are hitting the shelves in stores this week, and five local women are the reason.

Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/nyghknix WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Find out how much Knix Wear is hoping to raise for the NYGH Foundation.

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The CRA needs to target tax evaders For many years, an elderly man has been paying for private home care so he could remain in his house.

Recently his son discovered that he could claim the private home care against his taxes as long as he had a note from a health-care provider. His family doctor signed a note saying the 93-year-old man needed attendant care to continue living in his home.

What this man spends on home care is much less than care in a hospital.

This is what the government is touting!

This elderly man always filed and paid his income tax and since he has retired he continues to pay his taxes.

Now, for the first time, he is expected to get a tax rebate and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) wants to audit him.

The CRA is targeting the wrong people; seniors instead of those who stack money in off-shore tax havens to avoid paying taxes.

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Call lottery what it is – poverty tax, reader Two years ago the Ontario government sent out a request for proposals seeking a service provider that could take over the lucrative lottery trade in the province. After realizing, however, that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is valued at around $3.8 billion, they quickly did an about-face.

Over the years I’ve asked my doctors, dentists, lawyers and other professionals if they buy lottery tickets. I’ve never gotten more than a blank stare back from any of them. But ask the not-so-well-off that very same question and you’ll oftentimes get ear-to-ear smiles as these hapless ones explain their winning strategies for lotteries such as 6/49.

The chances of hitting it big on 6/49 are one in 14 million. Would it not be more appropriate for our government to dispense with the buzz and business rhetoric and call it what it is – a poverty tax? Perhaps the government should move on to businesses that are less addictive to their users; enterprises like animal poaching, organ harvesting or the procurement of exotic snake and lizard skins. Seedy yes, but not habit forming.

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It looks at this point as though the 11-year-old tape of Trump bragging about being able to grab women by the genitals has become a deal-breaker, at least with his nominal Republican allies and most likely with the electorate. It is worth remembering, however, that while Ford’s many drug-and-alcohol-fueled videos did isolate him from his allies on council, it did no such thing with the electorate. Ford didn’t even have to appear especially contrite in order to reclaim the love of the so-called Ford Nation. When he returned from rehab, his apology for his behaviour morphed halfway through into a stump speech – something Trump mirrored in his own apology the Saturday morning after the tape appeared, when he characterized the tape as locker-room talk and then dismissed it as a distraction from his message.

We’ll never know whether Rob Ford could have won a second term as mayor – his cancer diagnosis saw to that. But Doug’s campaign made John Tory’s election to the mayoralty in 2014 a near thing, despite Doug’s own very Trump-like campaign gaffes.

It’s hard to say whether Trump will, with weeks still to go in the campaign, be able to rally in the United States in the same way the Fords had been able to in Toronto. Probably he won’t. But whether he does or not, it’s a sure bet that the sizeable minority of voters who’ve held tight with Donald won’t let a little tape, no matter how vile its contents, sway their loyalty to the Trumps.

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The U.S. presidential election – particularly, the rise of its Republican standard-bearer – has felt a bit like a funhouse mirror for many of us watching in Toronto.

Donald Trump, with his nativist populism, his “plain-spokenness,” which frankly came across more as ugliness and bigotry but worked more like Teflon… well, it was something that we’d seen before here, first in 2010 when the late Rob Ford won the mayoralty against more qualified candidates and again in 2014 when his brother Doug Ford came close to doing the same thing.

Of course it’s not the same thing. Neither of the Ford brothers were even half as incoherent as Trump has been, and neither made such a direct pitch to the socalled Alt-Right white supremacist crowd. But the trajectory, the ability to gather support to unlikely levels, had some similarities.

And last week, another similarity emerged: the calamitous revelation, on tape, of behaviour that to most people is beyond the pale.

For Trump, that came in the leaked Access Hollywood tape, in which Trump boasts to then-host Billy Bush of his ability to use fame to get away with what amounts to sexual assault on women he finds attractive. For Rob Ford, it came in the form of a series of recordings: the long-denied video in which he smoked crack; a drunken video of a walk on the Danforth; a drunken rant at an Etobicoke restaurant disparaging then Toronto police chief Bill Blair; and, maybe most damning, a lewd and drunken rant about Karen Stintz, the Toronto councillor and former TTC chair who was running against him for

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Shanice Szmidt, a competitor and coach at Toronto Boxing Academy is scheduled to make her professional boxing debut Oct. 15 at the Aitken Centre in New Brunswick.

Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/shaniceboxer WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Szmidt has an undefeated amateur record and is a past national champion in wrestling and rugby.

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Torontonians are once again reminded to not feed wild animals after another family pet was likely attacked by a coyote in the eastern Beach recently.

Couscous, an eight-year-old domestic long-haired cat, was admitted to the Beaches Animal Hospital after being bitten by a “large animal.” Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/catbitten WHY YO U SHOULD READ MORE: Toronto Animal Services has coyote awareness information available.

FOREST HILL’S WEST PREP STUDENTS OPEN TIME CAPSULE BEFORE 75TH ANNIVERSARY Amidst their planning for the upcoming 75th anniversary this month, West Preparatory Jr. P.S. students and staff came together for a special assembly to open a time capsule, created by students in 1991.

Staff/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/foresthillcapsule WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Find out what students discovered when they opened the time capsule.

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Dr. Daniel Schecter (pictured) of the Cannabinoid Medical Clinic, hopes to see the stigma surrounding medical cannabis wiped out as people learn more about it as a means of relieving pain and coping with other conditions. Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/cannabisinfo WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: A Medical Marijuana information session will be held Oct. 19 hosted by Metroland Media Toronto.

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HEAR CLASSICAL PIANO’S RISING STAR YUJA WANG PLAY BARTOK’S WITH THE TSO

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Yuja Wang channels all the virtuosity and warmth of Bartók’s final, most appealing piano concerto, Piano Concerto No. 3.

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OCT. 15, 8 P.M. MORE INFO: bit.ly/tsoyujawang CONTACT: 416-598-3375

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Explore the galleries, or hit the dance floor with tasty food and drinks. This week’s theme is beer.

Experience a ghostly Victorian village on one of three terrifying tours.

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Heroes and villains themed annual party-in-the-stacks, with proceeds going to the library.

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront marathon and half-marathon hit the streets.

Capture nature’s colourful glory with High Park photographer David Allen.

Hear the internationally-acclaimed An interactive terror maze of 24-voice Elora Festival Singers psychological warfare. It feels like perform in Toronto. stepping into a horror movie.

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TAPESTRY SERIES: SHEILA HICKS

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A special evening with a curated tour and behind-the-scenes look at the works of Sheila Hicks.

Guests: Douglas John Cameron with Lady kd lang, and Devin Cuddy singing Don Valley Jail.

MOMS, DAUGHTERS TAKE TO THE STAGE

GET COLOURING WITH HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR DANIEL ROTSZTAIN

Four different pairs of real life mothers and daughters engage in a ‘game’ of answering questions.

An adult colouring book program featuring All the Libraries Toronto author Daniel Rotsztain.

Come in costume, walk through a spooky haunted house and enjoy Halloween activities and treats.

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Metrolinx is building the Eglinton Crosstown, Toronto’s new 19-kilometre light rail transit (LRT) line that will run along Eglinton Avenue with a central 10 km underground section. The Crosstown 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. With 25 stations and stops and connections to 3 TTC subway stations, 54 local bus routes, 3 GO Transit lines and the UP Express, the Crosstown will improve travel times and change the way we move through the heart of the city.

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TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com It has been 13 years since Ontario eliminated its official 13th year of school – then known as OAC – amid a controversial curriculum change that was supposed to end student streaming.

The official 13th year, called Grade 13 until the 1980s when it was replaced by OAC (Ontario Academic Credit), was phased out in 2003 by the Progressive Conservative government.

But could another change made when OAC was eliminated – introducing applied and academic course options – be making it hard for students to finish in four years with the credits they need to succeed and decreasing the likelihood some students will excel, while effectively continuing to stream students?

Applied and academic credits are meant to be “mix and match,” but most students take courses in one or the other. Academic credits are typically required for university.

“In a lot of cases, students pick applied because they think it will be easier, and then ironically they are much less likely to be successful in the applied stream. There’s so much evidence that says

it’s a bad idea to divide kids, particularly in that first grade of high school. It limits choices, it closes doors, it sometimes sets kids up for failure,” said Annie Kidder, founder and executive director of advocacy group People for Education. “There are kids who either aren’t graduating, or who are getting to Grade 12 and realizing that there are doors that are already closed to them that got closed when they made that choice in Grade 8.”

The courses replaced vocational, college and university streams, and are meant to teach the same curriculum in different ways. Academic courses study essential and related concepts with a theoretical approach, while applied teach essential concepts in a more practical, hands-on way.

According to Ontario’s Education Quality and Accountability Office, of students who demonstrate strong math skills in grades 3 and 6, those who take applied math courses in high school are less likely to continue earning high marks. Lowered expectations, and in turn, lowered effort, for kids in applied courses has been floated by education experts as one potential cause for the disparities.

In math, 83 per cent of Ontario Grade 9 students in academic courses met or exceeded the provincial standard this year, while only 45

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there have to be boundaries in this, but the problem always with capping anything is are there people who lose from that, and I think in this case 34 may be too low.”

Education Minister Mitzie Hunter and Education Critic Patrick Brown declined to be interviewed for this article, after weeks of correspondence with their representatives, with Hunter citing a lack of availability.

“When selecting their courses in Grades 9 and 10, students are not expected to make binding decisions about a particular educational or career pathway,” said Ministry of Education spokesperson Heather Irwin.

“However, they should try to ensure that they have the prerequisites required for future courses they plan to take. Schools must make provisions to allow students to make changes in direction and must clearly describe these provisions in their school program/course calendar.”

But the provisions, which can include a half-credit summer course, seem to present a barrier. During the 2014-2015 school year, only three per cent of schools reported students often transfer from applied to academic courses, while 43 per cent reported transfers happen never or not very often, according to a People for Education study.

During a government announcement about child care Friday, Sept. 23, Metroland Media Central reporter Cynthia Reason asked Hunter if Ontario would consider reviewing the academic and applied separations in Grade 9. Hunter said the ministry is consulting with school boards, some of which, she noted, have requested the separations be eliminated.

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per cent of applied students hit the mark. In English, 92 per cent of Grade 10 students successfully completed this year’s Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, while only 47 per cent of applied students were successful.

A study by the Toronto District School Board, Ontario’s largest school board, suggests 60 per cent of students who take applied courses in Grade 9 don’t graduate within five years, compared to 14 per cent of those who choose academic.

It takes 30 credits to graduate high school. A 34-credit threshold was introduced by the provincial Liberals in 2013. After 34 credits, the government decreases funding to school boards for most students.

Students wanting to earn more than 34 credits must get approval from their board, and may have to take courses through continuing education.

“Over a decade ago, Ontarians moved to four years of high school, but many students are still taking that additional fifth year, even after graduating,” said a government statement at the time. “We need to shift the culture in our schools and encourage students to graduate and move on to the next stage in their lives after four years.”

Needing to replace applied credits with academic or raise marks in a completed course, or switching career paths and needing different courses, to get to post-secondary programs, can leave students wanting more than 34 credits.

“I think we need to allow for the vast amount of change that happens to young people,” Kidder said. “Obviously it can’t be unlimited and

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