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Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee has voted to restart the environmental assessment (EA) for bike lanes on Bloor Street – but drew the line at studying an extension of bike lanes east to the Danforth.

Council had voted to halt the environmental assessment study in 2012, refocussing money to other cycling priorities.

But city staff recommended starting the environmental assessment up again next year, in conjunction with a study of a parallel corridor along Dupont Street that’s already underway. It makes sense to study both, they said, because the two routes would affect one another.

In addition, staff pointed out that there has been a great deal of public interest over many years in creating a single eastwest bike route through the downtown.

“A bicycle facility along Bloor Street could be one of the most significant bikeways in the City bikeway network due to the length and location of the corridor,” the report reads.

“The changes required to implement a bikeway could also have substantial impacts on auto mobility, commercial loading and on-street parking.” >>>STRONG, page 9

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DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY: Ofilio Portillo dances during the TUDS Urban Dance Festival held Sunday night at The Citadel. For more photos of this event, see page 3.

Federal byelection in Toronto Centre Nov. 25 Voters in Toronto Centre will head to the polls Monday, Nov. 25 to determine who will take over the riding from departing Liberal MP Bob Rae. The four major parties have all selected candidates in the race, with three journalists and a lawyer squaring off.

The Liberal Party, which has held the riding since 1993, will be represented by Chrystia Freeland, who has worked for the Financial Times, Globe and Mail, Washington Post and Thomson Reuters, among others.

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and Halloween Parade in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation kicks off at noon at city hall. The parade starts at 3 p.m. and a show at Nathan Phillips Square will follow at 5 p.m. Saturday.

City staff, police, human trafficking survivors and experts will take part in the event, which will take place at the Toronto Harbour Light Ministries, 160 Jarvis St., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Eglinton Way BIA celebration Buskers, face painting, rickshaw rides and more will be on offer at a three-day style celebration put on by the Eglinton Way BIA. The event will also feature special deals and fall treats by local merchants.

It will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, between Chaplin Crescent and Oriole Parkway.

Halloween fundraiser set for sunday Boost Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention is hosting a Halloween fundraiser.

The BOO-st Spooktacular takes place aboard the Captain Matthew Flinders Cruise Ship a t Q u e e n’s Quay and will include food, activities, costume contests, live entertainment and more.

The family event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

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Celebrate music and film The Royal Conservatory of Music and Hot Docs are coming together to celebrate music and film.

Every Monday until Nov. 11, the organizations will showcase music documentaries with the help of special guest speakers.

Shows will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Royal Cinema.

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Cuban film and culture will take to the screen when CineCuba comes to the Royal Theatre next month.

The event will features films, exhibits, forums and more with an eye to the Cuban arts and culture scene.

CineCuba will take place from Friday, Nov. 1 through Tuesday, Nov. 5 at the Royal, 608 College St. For more information, visit www.cinecuba.ca

Movie monsters at wSpadina Spadina Museum Museum is paying homage to movie monsters throughout history.

The historic house will host participatory talks about creepy celluloid creatures from the 1920s through to the present day.

The three-part series will take place at the museum on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 12 and 19 from 7 to 9 p.m.

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Genre-bending first album debuts to critical acclaim JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

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fter a lifetime spent as a drummer working on other people’s musical projects, Hillcrest area resident Allan Rayman has finally set out on his own.

So far, that decision is working out perfectly.

Rayman – whose given name is Brendan but who adopted the Allan moniker in honour of his late grandfather – recently released his first album to critical acclaim.

The genre-bending album, titled Hell or High Water, was chosen as a mixtape of the month at popular hip hop website djbooth.

Rayman said the success

of his hip hop/trap/rock career turn was completely unforeseen, given his history in rock outfits.

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focus on my own music “I’ve been playing in and out of a bunch of rock bands since high school, then a year ago I thought ‘I’d like to not do the whole band thing and just focus on my own music,’” he said.

He got involved in the hip hop scene through his roommate, rap battler Tricky P and wrote and recorded Hell or High Water after a life change prompted him to make a go of it on his own.

“I needed a final push to work on my own stuff and I got that two summers

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Rayman’s debut album, Hell or High Water, was selected as the top mixtape by DJBooth.net last month and he will play his first headlining show at The Ballet on Friday, Nov. 1.

ago when I got my heart smashed in by a girl,” he said.

“I think heartbreak’s a pretty big story behind a lot of artists.”

While he is just now becoming known on the

scene, Rayman has long had an aptitude for music.

His father and brother were both guitarists and he drummed with The Tides, with whom he won the Battle of the Bands while attending Stirling Hall.

“That was my first hint that maybe this is something I’m good at,” he said.

Rayman’s vocals and his overall style are loose and easy as he flows between singing and rapping, and the musician said he has been likened to everyone from hip hop artist J. Cole to rocker Eddie Vedder. can’t be pinned down “I like when I hear that because I like feeling that I can’t be pinned down to one specific genre or style of music,” he said.

While his career is just now taking off, Rayman

makes a point of staying grounded, working in construction in addition to performing.

“My folks constantly tell me music’s a great hobby, but I have to keep my career and my parents want me to focus on that,” he said.

Despite his early success on djbooth, he also acknowledges that he has done very little to build his reputation in Toronto as of yet.

“No one knows who I am in the city and most of the people on the hip hop scene have been doing it for years, so I know I have to put the work in,” he said.

Rayman will be performing his first headlining show at The Ballet, 277A Ossington Avenue, at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1.

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TUDS STREET FESTIVAL TUDS Street Festival features three days of street dance artistry with dance shows, battles and workshops

Left, Tentacle Tribe’s Emmanuelle Lephan, left, and Elon Hoglund perform during the TUDS Urban Dance Festival held Sunday night at The Citadel. Above left, Miles Faber takes his turn on the dance floor. Stephanie Caldeira, left, and Frannie Antoinette participate in an open call dance during the event.

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Thankfully the charitable organization Kids Now has taken up the challenge, offering an afterschool program where youth in grades 7 and 8 can empower themselves and gain confidence.

Youth volunteer for the 12-week program and are paired with mentors who help drive home the importance of self-esteem, setting goals, communication, conflict resolution, and stress management.

All skills are rooted in making the right choices in our view life, staying in school, and taking part in extra-curricuAfter-school lar activities and volunteerin the community. initiative benefits ingThe last point, though no entire community more special than the others, is one that speaks to how a strong community is created – by everyone being an active part of that community, which helps make that community a better place to live, work, and enjoy life.

Kids Now mentors come from all walks of life including corporate employees, university students, and even former Kids Now participants.

Kids Now is a chance for corporations, companies, Torontonians and even politicians to become mentors to youth.

This is something that would not only help the lives of youth, but create a community, a city where people believe in themselves, which leads to believing in their city and the neighbourhoods they call home.

The Kids Now program flourished in several schools in Toronto, in particular St. Luigi Catholic School where students raised funds for Meagan’s Walk, as well as supported a village in Kenya and ran a food and clothing drive to help the less fortunate.

It is obvious that by giving youth the right skills – leadership being just one – they will take up a challenge and become better citizens. It is now time for mentors of various stripes to help mould even more youth to become all they can be.

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Committee move could vault bike lanes into election issue Just in time for the 2014 municipal election, it looks like Toronto council is going to be talking big bike lanes again.

This week, Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee voted to re-start the environmental assessment of bike lanes along Bloor Street – a route that is both a practical goal and symbolic grail for Toronto cycling advocates.

It should also send a shiver up the spine of any regular downtown bicycle commuter.

Just about four years ago, cycling advocates convinced the council at the time to put bike lanes on Jarvis Street, and nearly got a separated bike lane pilot project on University Avenue, too.

The Jarvis bike lane was good for cyclists, but better for politicians willing to stir up anger over what they characterized as those cyclists’ sinister and overweening ambitions.

david nickle the city There wasn’t much consensus in the 2010 mayoralty race, but nearly everyone agreed that there was a war on, that war was against “the car,” and Jarvis Street was its battleground.

And so it was that the new council voted to pull the lanes out and widen the road again, against the wishes of the local councillor and community.

As an afterthought a year later, council ordered the city to stop studying that other big bike lane project along Bloor Street.

And now, it is on the verge of starting up again, and from a transportation planning point of view, it makes a great deal of sense.

The city is studying a bikeway along Dupont just to the north of Bloor.

What happens there affects what happens on Bloor and vice versa.

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A Bloor Street bike lane’s a good idea – just as it would be to extend the bike lanes back east along the Danforth.

And it’s not for nothing that Bloor is such a grail for bike nuts.

Don’t despair All the public transit along Bloor is below ground, which means cyclists need contend neither with buses nor streetcar tracks, and it crosses many pedestrian – and bike-friendly communities already.

It sounds perfect. But going into an election next year, it’s just as perfect an example for nay-saying politicians to hold up as the latest example of a permanent war against automobiles and their drivers.

It’s hard to see how pushing along with even an environmental assessment now will result in anything but a push-back from what has previously shown itself to be a powerful anti-bike sentiment in a large part of the electorate.

This is not to say that bike commuters should despair and the city should shelve what is a good plan.

A Bloor Street bike lane’s a good idea – just as it would be to extend the bike lanes back east along the Danforth.

It would make the city safer, greener, and maybe even a bit more physically fit on average as commuters from Etobicoke to Scarborough and in between saw a better option in biking.

But wouldn’t it be nice if it didn’t also fuel the kind of divisive and disingenuous politicking that burned so bright in 2010?

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Church Street murals to welcome World Pride JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With the world set to turn its eyes to Church Street next year, the area is in the midst of undergoing a longlasting beautification project.

A new series of murals is being painted in the community, recognizing the struggles and identity of the LGBT community in preparation for the global event.

While some of the murals have already been completed, the Church Street Mural Project was officially launched at the Bank of Montreal at Church and Alexander streets last Saturday.

“This project began as a little idea when we were trying to figure out what we can do to create a legacy project for World Pride 2014,” said councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam at the launch.

The councillor noted the project aims to share a diverse view of the LGBT community, offering a message from Toronto to the rest of the world.

Officially known as the Church Street Mural Project Presented by BMO, the murals will serve as a way to welcome the world to Toronto for World

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Pride next June, but will remain on the buildings long after World Pride celebrations end.

“We felt it had to be a legacy project, one that would stay in the community for days and years to come,” Wong-Tam said.

Co-curators Syrus Marcus Ware and James Fowler accepted submissions from a variety of artists who had connections to the Church/ Wellesley community. The artists met with LGBT pioneers in Toronto, who helped steer the ideas.

“We wanted to show the diversity of the (LGBT) community, so we got artists with a history in the community and they made submissions based on the stories they heard and their own experiences,” Ware said.

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from various sub-groups within the LGBT community to a commemoration of the 1981 bathhouse raids that sparked fury and protests.

“One of the things we didn’t want was a bunch of montage murals,” Fowler said. “We wanted to show different parts of the community and we wanted artists working in different styles with diverse backgrounds.”

A total of 11 murals will grace buildings along Church Street, with some still in the works.

Artists Troy Brooks and Christiano De Araujo worked together on a realistic portrayal of the bathhouse raids, which will be located on the building that once housed The Barn nightclub.

“My work is so specific and so niche that there are only a few projects where it would fit in and this is definitely one of them,” said Brooks, who works around issues of sexuality, sexual roles and gender ambiguity.

The murals are expected to be completed by the end of the month.

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Artists Paula Solano, left, Alex Flores and Daniel Hernandez help unveil the mural, at 389 Church St. on Saturday, which is their contribution to the Church Street Mural Project in advance of World Pride 2014.

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Toronto After Dark Film Festival WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, 259 Richmond St. W. CONTACT: Toronto After Dark Film Festival, www.torontoafterdark.com COST: Tickets range: $10 to $19 Nine nights of horror, sci-fi, action and cult movies.

Dignity in Focus Charity Photo Auction WHEN: 7 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Airship37, 37 Parliament St. CONTACT: Ellen Cooper, http://toronto. plusacumen.org/events/dignity-infocus-2013/, COST: Early bird $40: regular $50 Dignity in Focus brings together more than 300 young professionals, leaders and partygoers with the vision of a world beyond poverty.

Exhibits and auction of photographs themed around the concept of dignity from locally and globally renowned photographers as well as Picture Dignity contest winners.

Are You Having Trouble Controlling The Way You Eat? WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave. CONTACT: foodaddicts.org COST: Free

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Downtown Jewish Family Fun Fair & Shabbat GPS Workshop WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave. CONTACT: Annie Matan Gilbert, http://mnjcc.org/children-families/jewish-life/163downtown-, anniemg@mnjcc.org Kids get to play while parents pick up ideas and information that will add zest, meaning and relevance to your Jewish life. Carnival games, crafts and prizes. and for the fun fair.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.citycentremirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your neighbourhood as well as events from across Toronto. oktoberfeast COST: $20 general admission, $75 VIP ticket Eat, drink, fight cancer, Bavarianstyle.

Free information session for food addicts in Recovery Anonymous. Visit foodaddicts.org.

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Jayu: The Human Rights Film Festival WHEN: noon WHERE: TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W. CONTACT: Elysse Kwon, 416-999-7424 COST: www.Jayu.ca Join Jayu as they present the Human Rights Film Festival.

Become a Knight at Halloween WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace CONTACT: 647-725-1822 to reserve COST: adults $35, children $25, seniors $30 Casa Loma’s knights will perform and train you. Also, Halloween castle decorating goes from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Various times.

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231, www.culturelink. ca/neatwalks The walk focuses on the history and hauntings of various buildings. Trivia and prizes. The walk ends at Nathan Phillips Square at 3 p.m. in time for Zombie Walk.

An encounter with writer Abdellah Taïa WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Alliance Francaise, 24 Spadina Rd. CONTACT: Alliance Française de Toronto, 416922-2014, ext. 35, www.alliancefrancaise.ca/en/cultural-center COST: Free Through his books and statements, a young Moroccan writer sheds light on a polarizing issue: homosexuality in North Africa. (French.)

Boo at the Barns WHEN: 5 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St. CONTACT: http://torontoartscape. org/events COST: Free The Wychwood Barns Community Association and Artscape Street Party present, Boo! at the Barns: Superheroes vs Zombies. Come dressed up in

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Cabbagetown Ghost Tour WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Cabbagetown: Parliament and Winchester CONTACT: Gilles Huot, cabbagetownpa@gmail.com COST: $5 per person or $10 for family of two or more Proceeds go to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association (CPA) programs. Tickets sold just before the tour.www.cabbagetownpa.ca

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St.Michael’s College Book Sale WHEN: 6 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Kelly Library - U of T, 113 St. Joseph St. CONTACT: stmikes. utoronto.ca/booksale Opening talk on Dora de Pedery Hunt’s artwork.

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The upcoming exhibition, The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperors, will showcase artifacts from the Qing and Ming dynasties, taken from the former palaces of Chinese emperors – palaces which were closed off to the public.

“This will be an extraordinary exhibition,” said ROM director and CEO Janet Carding at a special announcement on Wednesday, Oct. 9. “It will take our visitors on a remarkable journey right to the heart of the Forbidden City...a place where few people have ever been.”

The exhibit will include paintings, calligraphy, architecture, textiles, ceramics and more, all of which provides a heretofore unseen in Canada glimpse into imperial

China.

The Forbidden City was completed nearly 600 years ago and served as home to 24 emperors. Measuring more than 728,000 square metres, the city included more than 8,700 rooms and 980 buildings.

While most Canadians have not seen any of the items on display, they were also closed off to the Chinese public for generations.

“Back 500 years ago, (the Forbidden City) was accessible only to the Chinese emperor, his immediate family and a thousand of his servants,” said Fang Li, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China, standing before a half-scale reproduction of an ancient Chinese building. “At that time people like us would be forbidden from seeing the palatial (buildings) such as the one behind me.”

ROM vice president of world cultures Dr. Chen Shen noted people in ancient China were not only forbidden from entering the palatial grounds, they were also forbidden from using the imperial colour

yellow.

Those were but a few things off-limits to the people of the time.

“At that time, people like us would be forbidden to know anything about the Forbidden City unless, for the men here, you volunteered to be castrated and become a eunuch,” he said. “The good news is that you will no longer need to take such drastic steps to view the Forbidden City.”

The exhibit is being made possible through presenting sponsors the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation and lead sponsor Manulife Financial.

The exhibit will open March 8, 2014, in time for the ROM’s 100th anniversary celebrations.

In anticipation of the milestone, the museum is inviting the public to share their own memories of the venerable institution. People can submit stories and photos to help retell the museum’s own history.

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Strong public support for Bloor bike lanes: Annex Residents Association board member >>>from page 1 The committee heard from members of the public largely in favour of creating such a bikeway.

“Bike lanes on Bloor have strong public support,” said Albert Cohl, a board member of the Annex Residents Association.

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ations and they’ve expressed strong support.”

Jared Kolb, Executive Director of Cycle Toronto, told the committee Bloor is ideal for a bikeway because it has no streetcar tracks and is supported by a subway.

“The Toronto Centre for Active Transportation did studies in the Annex and in Bloor West Village and found 90 per cent of people were arriving by bike, transit and walking,” said Kolb. “Bloor

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No Frills closing raises concerns in St. James Town Activists say closure of discount grocery store threatens diverse neighbourhood’s food security JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The closure of a No Frills in the St. James Town community could leave residents in the densely-populated community in the lurch.

The grocery store, formerly located at 555 Sherbourne St., shut down recently and with little warning, according to local residents and food security advocates.

With St. James Town dominated by high rises, that leaves very few options for shoppers looking to fill their carts.

“We only have a Food Basics here now and that’s not enough to respond to the all the needs of this community,” said Kurt Aydiner of the St. James Town Community Corner. “There’s a No Frills over on Parliament, but that’s not as accessible to the people of St. James Town.”

In addition to its dense

population, the downtown community has many residents on fixed or low incomes, and many who do not have ready access to cars.

Last Saturday, representatives from Food Forward handed out apples outside the store’s closed doors to draw attention to the need for more food security in the area.

The “illegal” fruit stand also made a point about the obstacles in making sure everyone in Toronto – and particularly the most vulnerable – can fill their basic needs.

“We use this stand as an example of policy barriers that prevent proper food access in Toronto and the need for healthy food options,” said Food Forward executive director Darcy Higgins. “The city needs to get developers building food stores, kitchens and food hubs rather than close

them.”

City Council approved the demolition of buildings on the site, including the No Frills, in October 2011, but Aydiner said the store’s closing still came suddenly.

“We got a notice, but it didn’t have exact dates,” he said. “Some people just went there one day and it was closed.”

Aydiner added rumours abound that another grocery retailer could soon come to the area, but he pointed out unless it’s a discount grocery store, such as the recentlyclosed No Frills, it will not help everyone in the community.

“People here can’t afford to shop at some of the more expensive grocery stores,” he said.

“There is a need for affordable groceries in this area and this has absolutely had a huge impact on people’s lives.”

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Twenty-four pounds of poutine wins championship JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com World competitive eating champion Joey Chestnut made headlines at the Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship at Yonge-Dundas Square this past Saturday by eating 24 pounds of poutine in 10 minutes.

Many in the crowd, however, were there to cheer on the amateurs, who tested their own intestinal fortitude prior to the main event.

That event was won by Steven Dorgo of Guelph, who downed an impressive eight pounds of poutine in six minutes.

Hardly a heavyweight in terms of body mass, Dorgo easily outdistanced the rest of the amateurs.

“I like poutine, I like food and I can eat a lot so I thought I’d enter,” Dorgo said after claiming the amateur crown.

“The biggest challenge was not knowing how much everyone else was eating, so I had to just keep going.”

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Martin Au, left, Steven Dorgo and Ross Garrison compete during the Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship on Saturday at Yonge-Dundas Square. Dorgo went on to eat eight pounds of poutine to take the title.

He beat out a slate of 12 other competitors, including the more experienced Gustavo “the food assassin” Cruz, who placed second.

“This summer, I won a cannoli-eating contest, a spring roll contest and a chicken wing contest,” Cruz said. “I thought I had a good chance, but (Dorgo) was crazy.”

The competitors were forced to deal with the elements. While one might not assume weather would play

a role in a competitive eating championship, cold temperatures and rain ensured the poutine was colder and wetter than they would have liked.

Despite a bout of the shakes following the bout, Dorgo was quickly back on his game, munching on poutine after taking home the prize with his impressive eating display.

“I had a nice burp so now I can eat again,” he said.

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Here’s how to put leaves out for collection: Use reusable containers (any rigid open-top container such as a garbage can, bushel basket, green plastic yard waste bin– no lids) or kraft paper yard waste bags.

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Ways to reduce the amount of leaves you put at the curb for collection: Feed leaves to your backyard composter now, plus stockpile leaves to add as dry material during the winter.

Here’s what the City collects as yard waste: Leaves, plant/tree trimmings, weeds and brush. Branches measuring less than three inches or 7.5 cm in diameter should be tied in bundles no longer than 4 feet or 1.2 min length and 2 feet or 0.6 m in diameter. Pumpkins and waste fruit from trees in your yard are also accepted.

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Eglinton Crosstown LRT could breathe new life into neighbourhoods RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com An advocate for community building is bullish on the prospects of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT changing Weston and Mount Dennis for the better.

Speaking at a community meeting presented by Metroland Media Toronto and Toronto Public Libraries last Thursday, Peter Frampton said the area once known for its strong manufacturing base can reinvent itself around the light rail project.

Frampton said the project can help the area – for the first time in decades – create local employment, intensification and a renewed streetscape.

“I think this is the moment in time for the community we haven’t seen since the ’60s , maybe since the Second World War,” said Frampton, executive director of the Learning Enrichment Foundation, a local community development agency.

“We need to collectively

start envisioning Eglinton Avenue.”

Frampton was part of a three-person panel at Mount Dennis Public Library speaking about the community building potential for Weston and Mount Dennis presented by the $4.9 billion Crosstown light rail project.

He was joined by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority ( TRCA) board member Mike Mattos and York Guardian managing editor Paul Futhey. The panel was moderated by Metroland Toronto’s editor-in-chief Peter Haggert.

According to Frampton, it took some convincing for Metrolinx to incorporate community benefits in its plans for the area which includes a 54-acre maintenance and storage facility for the Crosstown’s light rail vehicles to be located in the former Kodak factory lands near the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Black Creek Drive.

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Peter Frampton shows a proposal for the new development transit hub for Mount Dennis in conjunction with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, which is under construction along Eglinton Avenue. Frampton was part of a panel discussion co-organized by Metroland Media Toronto on Thursday at the Mount Dennis Public Library.

tunnel launch shaft is also located near the intersection.

Now that the provincial transit planning agency is on board to promote revitalization of the area beyond “350 jobs and a parking lot”, Frampton said Metrolinx will

require contractors bidding for Crosstown work contracts to meet conditions benefiting intensification, city building and other community benefits.

“It might be cheaper and easier for them to put in a maintenance facility, but

there’s no reason why they can’t free up some land for some really interesting development,” said Frampton.

Better transit will make the Weston-Mount Dennis area a “destination” more than ever with easy access to the rest of the city via the LRT, said Mattos.

“People will say, ‘I like it here because of the parks, the access to transportation and it would be a good place to live’, and that will drive benefits for everybody,” said Mattos, a Mount Dennis resident since the 1970s.

“Right now people come here but they move away.”

Despite the potential, Futhey said many residents are skeptical the Crosstown’s promised benefits will ever be realized, remembering past disappointments such as the Eglinton subway plan cancelled nearly 20 years ago.

Local businesses are also concerned how they will be affected by nearly a decade of construction required to complete the light rail line,

which has already resulted in lane closures and upheaval to shops along Eglinton West where the western portion of a nine-kilometre tunnel is already being excavated.

But with St. Clair Avenue West, where after a painful construction period the completion of a dedicated streetcar lane resulted in more development interest, Futhey was optimistic new business opportunities will come once the Crosstown begins running in 2020.

“The point is, the community is changing overall and there will be an evolution from the current to the future,” he said.

“Certainly on St. Clair, you can see intensification is now taking place, now that the dust has cleared, on a rather shockingly fast scale with the number of new businesses, restaurants and bars opening.”

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Dine Her celebrates love gone awry - and zombies REBECCA FIELD bsrm@insidetoronto.com A dinner date gone wrong doesn’t usually include a marriage proposal by a zombie, but in the comedy Dine Her at the George Street Diner (129 George St. at Queen and Jarvis), this is exactly what you can expect.

The comedy is about love and survival in the city surrounded by zombies. It’s run

by Realspace Theatre and will make its way to the diner Oct. 24 to 26 at 7 p.m.

It’s a new kind of dinner theatre inspired by the location, instead of simply taking place in the location.

“It happens all around you,” said Leslieville resident Bruce Hunter, writer and resident zombie. “It’s about love gone awry under an unusual circumstance.”

The play came into fruition after diner owner Ash Farrelly approached Hunter with the idea they should use the space for a show. The oldfashioned, small diner had

already been used in a movie starring Daniel Radcliffe (The F Word), as well as Robocop.

“This room is a great room to do something in because you can be seen no matter where you sit. Visually, it’s great,” said Farrelly, who has a supporting role in the show.

Farrelly took over the George Street Diner six years

ago, when it was in need of refreshing.

“It used to be a little run down, little room of sadness,” Farrelly said. “It was needing a bit of love, that’s all.”

After Farrelly approached Hunter, a regular at the restaurant, about doing a show, Hunter sat in the diner for an evening and wrote the entire

show in his head.

“It wasn’t that I was trying to do something about zombies, it just sort of came out of the woodwork in a way,” said Hunter, who saw the large windows of the diner and took them as an opportunity to use the space creatively.

“It’s very fast moving and the audience doesn’t know what’s going to happen because we’re talking to

them and including them in the show,” Hunter said.

“They’re right there. We’re in their faces.”

The show has some original music and a zombie-themed menu to accompany the evening.

“I think it’s neat that it not only happens in this space, but it was inspired by this space,” Wood said. The pair have been approached by a

car wash and a tennis club to have shows written specifically for those spaces.

“People seem to have a really good time,” said Wood.

“That’s the other thing about these venues – when we come back in for the curtain call, we’re chatting with everyone...”

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Garage Sales

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YOUR Weekly Crossword

last week’s answers

How to do it: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3 by 3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

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puzzles in next Thursday’s edition

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Do You Want To Highlight Your Business Online Anytime, Anywhere?

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Mauve Friday is Coming.

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Visit www.subarudowntown.com

*0.5% finance rate available on 2013 Legacy 2.5i (DA2 BP). Dealers may sell or lease for less or may have to order or trade. Offers applicable on approved credit at participating dealers only. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km per year, with excess charged at $0.10/km. Leasing and financing programs available through Subaru Financial Services by TCCI. Other lease and finance rates and terms available; down payment or equivalent trade-in may be required. Vehicles shown solely for purposes of illustration, and may not be equipped exactly as shown. Offers available until October 31, 2013.