The City Centre Mirror South, November 26 2015

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Free The tree lighting Children organization to expand into new site

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Furniture retailer used to occupy space JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The old home of quirky furniture retailer Marty Millionaire will soon be home to a new global learning and leadership centre for not-for-profit organization Free the Children. The building, which was vacated late last year, has been unused until Free the Children decided to take it over with help from two generous benefactors, Hartley Richardson and David Aisenstat. The new Corktown location gives Free the Children two spaces in the downtown east neighbourhood, along with its 233 Carlton St. address in Cabbagetown. The new site will allow Free the Children to expand its programming, which works to educate and empower youth in the fight against child and youth poverty around the world. “This will help the organization be more global,” said Free the Children executive director Scott Baker. “It’s going to be a global learning hub, a dedicated learning space where we’ll be >>>FREE, page 12

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at the market: Visitors passed by the Christmas tree that was lit during the opening ceremony of the Toronto Christmas Market at the Distillery Historic District on Friday night.

Executives sleep on the streets to raise funds Covenant House’s annual Executive Sleep Out event highlights what life is like for city’s homeless youth JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com More than 70 business and

community leaders slept out on the streets Thursday, Nov. 19, night to help ensure youth in Toronto don’t have to.

The leaders braved the elements as part of Covenant House’s annual Executive Sleep Out, an annual event that raises

funds and awareness for the downtown youth shelter. The fourth ever such event, the Sleep >>>POLICE CHIEF, page 2


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