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Taylor Massey youth honoured The youth in the Taylor Massey neighbourhood are working to be positive role models in their community – and others are taking note. The Neighbourhood Youth Alliance organized a Youth Awards Gala recently recognized fellow youth in the community, which includes neighbourhoods in roughly the Main Street to Pharmacy Avenue and Danforth Avenue to the north part of Dawes Road. WORK IN COMMUNITY “We want youth to be recognized for the work they are doing in the community. It’s a motivation to do more and more,” explained Raya Haddass, one of the organizers of

DUSK DANCES SET FOR WITHROW PARK DANCING IN THE PARK: Above, Dan Watson hosts a dress rehearsal for Dusk Dances at Withrow Park Monday evening. Right, members of 605 Collective perform their work, Audibule, during the dress rehearsal. Remaining Dusk Dances at Withrow Park are tonight, Friday, Saturday and Sunday with opening bands at 7 p.m. and dances starting at 7:30 p.m. Withrow Park is located south of Danforth Avenue between Logan and Carlaw avenues. Staff photos/NICK PERRY

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the event. There were awards presented in seven categories including youth initiative, visual arts, leadership and sports. This was the first year the awards had been given to youth by fellow youth. “Youth are around each other so they know who does what and who deserves what,” Haddass said. Below is the list of recipients. Sayan Faraz, Top Volunteer Award; Saif Sajel, Youth Initiative Award; Karlo Faliciano, Visual arts Award; Herve Kayambe, Performing arts Award; Brian Balgobin, Leadership Award; Jamil Omi, Sports Award; and Ishtiaque Mahmud, Award of Excellence.

The Mirror a member of Pan Am Games media sponsorship group The East York-Leaside-Riverdale Mirror , as a member of the Metroland Media Group, is now the official print and online media sponsor of the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games. “The 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games will be a wonderful opportunity to showcase our wonderful city – so it’s only natural the media who cover the neighbourhoods of Toronto be involved,” said Mirror Publisher Ian Proudfoot, Metroland Central’s regional vice-president. Metroland Media Group joins the Star Media Group (which includes the Toronto Star and Metro English newspapers across Canada), as offi-

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Leaside lawn bowlers help City hardship fund to continue: Davis surpass fundraising goal DANIELLE MILLEY dmilley@insidetoronto.com

Tourney made its local debut with 1920s-style costumes Laura Booth lbooth@insidetoronto.com More than 100 young professionals raised in excess of $46,000 for the Toronto and District Chapter of Cystic Fibrosis Canada after a friendly tournament at Leaside’s Lawn Bowling Club during the month of July. The Toronto Lawn Summer Nights fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis research and care surpassed its fundraising goal of $20,000. Together with its partner event in Vancouver, the July tournaments raised more than $130,000 marking the event as a huge success and encouraging organizers to expand the event to other cities. “We’re looking very seriously how we can perhaps take this to other cities, because it’s clearly an event that young professionals really, really enjoy and it’s good fun,” said Geri Markvoort, one of the organizers. The tournament’s Toronto debut

“It was half luck, half amalgamated skills we picked up ... We just happened to put in some really good shots” Austin Armstrong, winning team’s skip had participants – all new to the game – head to the greens every Thursday in July to sip cocktails, showcase their 1920’s-style costumes, meet new friends, and roll some bowls for a good cause. The underdog team, The Sun Also Ryses, took home the trophy after a very close final match. “It was half luck, half amalgamated skills we picked up,” said Austin Armstrong 27, the winning team’s skip. “We just happened to put in some really good shots.” The event began three years ago

in Vancouver when creators Duncan Gillespie and Andrew and Graham Dalik were inspired by the story of Eva Markvoort, a young woman who made her battle with Cystic Fibrosis public to raise awareness. Eva died in 2010 at the age of 25 when her body rejected a double lung transplant. Eva’s aunt, Geri Markvoort, teamed up with CFC and the events original creators to carry on Eva’s memory in Toronto at the Leaside club. “This was an event that so much evoked her passion, her love of life, her love of getting together with her friends,” said Markvoort. “(For) people who have CF, every moment with their friends, every moment in the sunshine is so precious to them and this is what we are trying to communicate with this event.” Donations will continue to be accepted on the event website at http://toronto.lawnsummernights. com/

After some confusion by staff, the City of Toronto’s hardship fund is safe for now. Earlier this week it was reported staff had killed the more than $1-million fund, despite a decision by councillors during the last budget debate to keep it going. Following a letter written by Beaches-East York Councillor Janet Davis and signed by 15 councillors, the fund has been revived. “They have reviewed the decision and between now and the next council meeting they’ll be maintaining the status quo,” Davis said. The fund is used to assist low income residents with medical expenses. “The hardship fund provides medical supports to low income individuals for things like medical devices, prosthetics, wheelchairs, exceptional prescription drugs and other kinds of medical supports,” Davis said. There were 1,500 people receiving support from the fund – individuals not on social assistance so they were unable to receive support from that

avenue. The fund was first identified to be cut during the KPMG service review, but councillors voted to keep it. During the 2012 budget process there was a motion recommending it be funded for half the year (to the tune of $588,000) and that the city approach the province to take over the responsibility. That motion was amended by executive committee to say if the city wasn’t successful with the province it would fund the money from the operating budget to continue the fund. “I don’t think there was any ambiguity, but staff interpreted it as funding it for half the year and winding the project down,” Davis said. “That was not our intention or understanding.” Staff had moved 1,200 of the individuals receiving support from the hardship fund to other programs, which had left just 300 people to be identified on a case-by-case basis. The fund will now continue to offer support to those individuals and it will accept new people if they are eligible. The issue will go back to council in October for clarification.

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oronto’s a great city and has a lot to offer its residents in the summer. Take advantage of small neighbourhood gatherings. Attend a more public evening out like the Friday evening Cultura Festival events or the Sunday Serenades at Mel Lastman Square in North York. Maybe it’s a multi-day/multi-site festival, such as this weekend’s Caribana, taking place in locations downtown and at Exhibition Place. our view It’s not so much what a resident chooses to experience. The type or scale of the event doesn’t Toronto has matter – but taking part in some plenty to offer way does. By supporting local events with their presence, residents are all its residents making an emphatic statement of community ownership and pride. They’re saying their community matters. Given the tragic events of the previous month, an infusion of community spirit across the city proves Toronto is for its residents to enjoy. When you’re part of a community, taking part in what it has to offer provides mutual benefits. Large or small, these events are an opportunity to educate yourself about your community. There’s a reason we choose to live where we do. Finding out more forges a stronger connection and a greater identification. If it’s an event close to home that is more to your liking, there are opportunities to find out more about your own neighbourhood. Even if you find community spirit is lacking, why not get involved to start something new that addresses this void? Own your piece of the city. Get to know it intimately. If it’s an event in another part of the city, it may be an opportunity to broaden your horizons. There are also opportunities for Toronto’s communities to learn from one another. You may even be inspired to start something similar in your neighbourhood based on something you’ve seen in another part of the city. Ultimately, Toronto as a city will only be as strong as its people. What better way to play that role than by experiencing and enjoying the things that make this city great? Think of it like a fine green lawn. A well-fertilized lawn not only enhances the growth and appearance, it chokes out the unwanted weeds that leave the lawn malnourished and unattractive. We can choke out the unwanted elements in our communities; it just takes an active population in every neighbourhood to show who owns the community. Toronto Community News is a division of Metroland Media Group Ltd. The Mirror is a member of the Ontario Press Council. Visit ontpress.com newsroom

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To the editor: I would like to suggest a solution to improve the staffing levels in Toronto’s police department. I have to wonder why I see fully equipped, good to go police officers standing around the many dozens of construction sites across the city watching a work crew digging a hole. What is the ultimate cost to the taxpayers of Toronto? If these men and women have all of this extra time off so that they can work these hours plus their regular shift, perhaps the regular shift could be increased to allow them to focus on essential police work. So I have to ask, is the City of Toronto squandering this valuable resource by assigning its officers to this duty? Is this another way for our cash-strapped city to generate income for the city treasury by having the contractor pay for security? Or is this once again part of the dance between the city and its unionized employees? Chris Belfontaine

Change August civic holiday’s name to Emancipation Day

or most, the August civic holiday is simply a nice long weekend between Canada Day and Labour Day. Some communities have used the day to celebrate local historical figures, such as Simcoe Day in Toronto. Yet few people know the day is of actual historic importance and should have greater recognition than it does now. On Aug. 1 in 1834, slavery was officially abolished in Upper Canada and throughout the British Empire. Now, you may say, what does that have to do with Ontario, as most people do not associate slavery as being practiced here? The reality is that it was, though not on the scale one thinks of as found in the southern United States and the Caribbean. Slavery using people from Africa can be traced back to 1628 in New France and earlier than

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that using native people as slaves. Formal legal codes legitimizing and controlling the practice in New France and Lower Canada were in place during the 1700s. About 2,000 slaves arrived with the influx of American Empire Loyalists after the American Revolution, and in Upper Canada (now Ontario) they numbered around 500. In the 1780s a serious attempt was undertaken to eliminate slavery in the British Colonies and that movement began to take root in many colonies. One of the strongest proponents of that movement

was John Graves Simcoe, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. While he desired to eliminate slavery completely, there was resistance from merchants and farmers who were slave owners and so a compromise was worked out. As a result, in 1793 the Act Against Slavery was passed, which made Upper Canada the first British Colony to outlaw the practice. It was not a perfect law as it only prohibited the creation of new slaves and the children of slaves remained slaves until their 25th birthday. However, on Aug. 1, 1834 slavery was officially prohibited in the British Colonies and all slaves were officially emancipated without exception. For many decades, Aug. 1 was openly celebrated by African-Canadians and those who were supporting the fight against the practice of slavery in the

United States. Indeed many people in Upper Canada played an important role in the American Underground Railroad movement prior to the American Civil war. However, by the end of the American Civil War and with the emancipation of American slaves, the official celebration slowly faded from practice. Unfortunately, our own historic memory of Canada’s struggle to overcome human bondage faded as well. In 2008, Aug. 1 was officially proclaimed to be Emancipation Day in Ontario, but little effort has been made to publicize it. It may be worthwhile to make the celebration of that day a more prominent part of our summer tradition. n Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at eym@iinsidetoronto.com

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rom the brick makers who built the building blocks of Toronto to the matriarch of the family who found success in the Don Valley to the geologists who uncovered the ancient past of the site, Memory in the Mud unearths and guides people through the history of Evergreen Brick Works in all its incarnations. The 45-minute drama and historical tour, which moves throughout the Brick Works, is written and directed by Kathleen Payne, the artistic director of Words in Motion, a tenant in the newly redeveloped Evergreen Brick Works site. Payne said she quickly became captivated by the history of the site. “Almost immediately I would walk through the kilns and the walls spoke to me,” she said. She was put in touch with the historians working on the site’s history who provided her with the facts and figures, which she combined with her own research to create the stories. The show’s audience is guided by Memory, played by Katy Grabstas, who takes them from character to character to hear the stories of those connected with the Brick Works. ‘BUILDING WITH A SOUL’ “This is a building with a soul, this is a building with a voice, this is a building with a memory,” she said. The first stop is a Toronto Daily Star reporter (played by Michal Grzejszczak) who uncovered stories about the homeless men who would sleep at the factory – with permission of the manager – during the 1930s. The men would make their beds atop the piles of cooling bricks to stay warm on cold nights. The story then moves ahead to the 1950s when brick maker Edvins Groskaufmanis, or Big Ed, takes a break from his work to share some insight on brick making. Workers would labour 15 or 16 hours a day making up to 16,000 bricks each in the kilns – red bricks, glazed bricks, yellow

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an actual brick worker who pioneered advances in brick making technology and travelled the world sharing his expertise. Before stumbling upon the next memory, Memory briefly points out the graffiti along the kiln walls, which speaks to

another chapter in the site’s history when artists and party-goers brought life to the abandoned plant. Next up is Mrs. Taylor, a fictitious version of the matriarch of the Taylor family who owned Todmorden Mills and later started the Don Valley Brick Works after they stumbled upon the good quality clay while digging fence posts. The Taylors were successful in their new endeavour – especially after the Great Fire of 1904 destroyed many buildings downtown and prompted the city to enact new building standards. Their bricks were used in Old City Hall, Massey Hall, Osgoode Hall and Casa Loma. There was even a special brick created to build a mansion called Ardwold for the Eaton family. “We Taylors are long gone, but a brick can last, a brick can last 1,000 years,” said Elizabeth Johnston as Mrs. Taylor. The audience is next introduced to Heinz (Grzejszczak), who represents the German prisoners of war held at Todmorden Mills and put to work making bricks during the Second World War. Finally the piece makes its way outside where Professor Arthur Philemon Coleman (Woods), a University of Toronto geology professor, shares his findings of the ancient history of the site including the remains of tropical trees and a giant beaver the size of a black bear (which can be viewed at the Royal Ontario Museum). Payne learned a lot while working on the piece. “The German prisoners of war, I didn’t know that they were sent to Canada,” she said. Memory never encounters a raver or graffiti artist because that history was harder to weave into the story, and Payne wanted to keep the show family friendly. The show was first workshopped in the fall and is back for a summer run Wednesdays and Sundays from 2 to 3 p.m. until Sept. 16, and Sept. 29 and 30 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. In the event of rain, presentations occur in covered areas only. Tickets can be purchased online at http://ebw.evergreen.ca and are $20 for adults and $10 for children.

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Leaside’s Martha McCabe, shown in this file photo celebrating her bronze medal in the women’s 200m breaststroke World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China in July of 2011, was slated to swim in the semifinal of the same event last night at the London Olympics.

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If she made it into the finals, McCabe would swim at the Aquatics Centre today at 7:40 p.m. London time (2:40 p.m. Toronto time). Visit us at www.insidetoronto. com for an update on how she did. McCabe, 22, grew up in the Bennington Heights neighbourhood, and she attended Bennington Heights Public School, Cosburn Middle School and then went on to Leaside High School. Now training on the west coast with the Vancouver Dolphins, she competed out of the Granite Club on Bayview Avenue as a youth.

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things open. Council out-and-out took over the budget in 2012 and after that, ran the mayor’s subway plan out of town. This week, there are no public hearings – as there shouldn’t be, at the beginning of August in Toronto. The 44-member Toronto Council is in charge. It’s not always graceful; that heavily-amended budget that council passed in the winter has required more than a little tinkering through the spring and summer to hold water, and a made-by-council transit plan crumbled to dust almost as soon as TTC Chair Karen Stintz unveiled it. But it’s worth remembering how a summer ago, Toronto residents stood up in the face of a stacked meeting and a determined mayor, and with their own determination, re-stacked city council and effectively changed the government. ■ David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com

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during the 2010 election promised to not only stop the light rail transit plan unfolding in Scarborough, but reduce the number of bike lanes in the city. Some might call the match something of a dichotomy. Not Keesmaat.

“I don’t think it has to be a dichotomy,” she says. “I think it’s a really important part of city building – ensuring that people have lots of choices. “What I hear in that story line about cars – this is what I hear, ‘I get around in my car and it’s difficult because there are cyclists in the way.’ From a planning perspective, I say let’s make it easier for everyone to get around. Some people will always drive their cars, and maybe they should drive their cars. But they should have choices. Transportation planning is about adding choices and to take transit, or live in a higher density community and walk, is a choice.” In her capacity as a planning consultant, Keesmaat has worked with municipalities across the country and around the world. Here, she’s worked on initiatives in major cities including Mississauga, Vancouver, London and Halifax and most recently founded the group Project Walk — promoting better understanding of pedestrian issues through various means. Keesmaat was hired to replace retiring chief planner Gary Wright, and will be taking the city through some fairly dramatic change. The portfolio includes not only land-

use planning, but also transportation planning and the city’s central waterfront. When reminded in the interview that all of that responsibility is in the context of being located in the largest and most complex city in the country, Keesmaat replies, “I just got a little shiver when you said that. My sense is that it’s almost a bit incomprehensible – which is why it’s a difficult position to comprehend, particularly if you’re not a Torontonian, how do you take this on? “My sense of the task before us is that we need to make some pretty bold decisions, we’re going to take some risks – we’re going to need to be inventive and embrace new kinds of collaborations.” Keesmaat is not the first chief planner to draw this conclusion. One of her predecessors, Paul Bedford, was a prime advocate for plans to tear down the Gardiner Expressway in the name of opening up the city’s waterfront. During that debate, Keesmaat came with a different point of view. She and her group presented a report that explored the idea of leaving the Gardiner up, but re-configuring the public space beneath it to make it friendlier to pedestrians and cyclists, and linking

the city with its waterfront. Keesmaat will be dealing with some specific infrastructure issues right out of the gate. In the fall, council will be taking another look at public transit infrastructure, after having sidestepped the issue in July. Keesmaat will have to weigh in on questions of what additional transit improvements ought to go where; and along with the city manager’s office, how one pays for it. While she hasn’t started the job yet, Keesmaat is a proponent of what she calls “fair pricing” for roads, admiring the effect that road pricing has had on congestion in London, England. She’s also watched with interest as Los Angeles residents voted in a referendum in favour of a special transit tax levy. “They had a referendum and the residents supported a tax, knowing it was dedicated to transit. There’s inspiration for us – but to get there you have to have the real conversation first. People need a lot of information, need to understand how things work – what’s currently subsidized and what isn’t. We need to enrich those conversations with real data. ” Keesmaat will start work with the city Sept. 10.

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(416) 693-8424 APPETIZERS Thai Spring Roll (Pho Pia Phak) (2 per order) Samosa (2 per order) Thai Cold Spring Roll (Pho Pia Sod) Shrimp Chips Crispy Tofu Thai Room’s Calamari (Pla Meuk Tod) Thai Room’s Chicken Wings Satay Skewers Tofu Beef Chicken Shrimp Thai Room Vegetarian Appetizer Platter

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Thai Room Appetizer Platter

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Mango Chicken Chicken with Peanut Sauce Thai Chili Chicken Marinated Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang) Thai Avocado Chicken Coconut mango Chcken

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SEAFOOD Green Curry Shrimp (Keang Khiao Wan Goong) $11.99 Red Curry Shrimp with Pineapple (Panang Goong) Malay Curry Shrimp Garlic Shrimp (Goong Kratiam) Basil Shrimp Goong Phad Kraphow) Lychee Shrimp

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Chicken Salad (Lard Kai)

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Spicy Beef Salad (Nuer Num Tok)

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NOODLES

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SALADS Thai Room’s Mixed Greens Green Mango Salad (Yam Ma-Muang) Malaysian Salad

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Basil Lamb

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BEEF Beef with Vegetables Green Curry Beef (Keang Khiao Wan Nuer) Red Curry Beef with mango (Panang Nuer) Malay Curry Beef Beef in Oyster Sauce (Nuer Nam Mun Hoy) Basil Beef (Nuer Phad Kraphao) Crispy Beef Thai Beef Steak (Nuer yang)

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CHICKEN (Fresh, white meat) Chicken with vegetables Green Curry Chicken (Keang Khiao Wan Gai) Red Curry Chicken (Panang Gai)

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Golden Curry Chicken Malay Curry Chicken

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Cashew Nut Chicken (Gai Phad Med Ma-Muang) $11.99 Ginger Chicken (Gai Phad Khing) $11.99 Basil Chicken (Gai Phad Krapao) $11.99

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Coconut Cashew Vegetables (Me D Ma-Muang Phad Pak) Mango Tofu Avocado-Peanut Stir-Fried Lychee lemongrass Tofu Tofu with Asparagus Tofu Goreng

RICE Thai Room’s Fried Rice (Khao Phad Gai) Vegetables $8.99 Chicken $9.99 Beef $9.99 Shrimp $11.99 Thai Room’s Signature (Chicken and Shrimp) $10.99 Thai Room’s Curry Fried Rice (Khao Phad Kraphao) Vegetables $9.99 Chicken $10.99 Beef $10.99 Shrimp $12.99 Thai Room’s Signature (Chicken and Shrimp) Thai Room’s Royal Pineapple Fried Rice (Khao Phad Supard) Steamed Rice $1.49 - Brown Rice Coconut Rice Sticky Rice with Peanut Sauce Steamed Noodle Roti Malay Bread (2 per order)

Curry Pad Thai Vegetables Chicken Beef Shrimp Seafood Oodles of Noodles Bean Curd Chicken Beef Lamb Shrimp Seafood

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VEGETABLES Red or Green Curry Vegetales (Keang Puk) Malay Curry Tofu with Vegetables Mixed Vegetables (Phad Puk Ruam) Thai Style Eggplant (Phad Ma-Khua) Sauteed Spinach Basil Tofu (Kraphao Tofu)

$11.99 $11.99

SIDE ORDERS

Thai Room’s Famous Pad Thai (Thai Rice Noodles) Vegetables $8.99 Chicken $9.99 Beef $10.99 Shrimp $11.99 Seafood $12.99 Thai Room’s Signature (Chicken and Shrimp) $10.99

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