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East-end Toronto residents are eager to celebrate the achievements and hard work of local athletes competing at the Rio Olympics. A flurry of recent social media posts discussed the
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Parade in the works >>>from page 1 The Mirror. “Lots of people in the community have come together and want to celebrate our Olympic athletes. We want to do something that’s significant.” Carlo said the local BIA is part of a working group that has been formed to organize the special event, which will likely take place after the Summer Olympics, which run until Aug. 21.
Early stagEs Still in the very early stages, the celebration will probably begin at East Lynn Park followed by a parade down Woodbine Avenue that ends at the Beach. Alison McMurray, a founding member of the Danforth East Community Association (DECA), said she wanted to get involved in planning a special event for the Olympic athletes because her children go to Monarch Park Collegiate, the same high school Beach resident Oleksiak attends. McMurray said DECA felt it
was important to let Oleksiak, who has won more medals at a single Olympics than any other Canadian athlete, and all east-end Olympians know the community supports them and celebrates their hard work. “It’s creating a memory, something these kids and young adults can look back on,” said McMurray, who is also a DECA board member. Ward 32 Beaches-East York Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon said she’s excited about the idea of doing something to recognize the achievements of both Oleksiak as well as all Olympic athletes. At this point, the focus is on the logistical details like permits, police escorts for the parade, possible transit disruptions, not to mention what the actual event will entail. Anyone interested in getting involved should contact McMahon’s office at councillor_mcmahon@toronto.ca or 416-393-1376.
Cool things to know about swimmer Penny Oleksiak
Here’s five cool things about east-end Toronto teenager Penny Oleksiak who, although only 16 years old, has become the first Canadian in history to win four Olympic medals. She capped off her historic haul in Rio with a gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle race on Aug. 11.
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She shouted out Drake. AND Drake tweeted back! In the midst of her busy opening week of the Olympics she did relate one disappointment that she shared with fellow Canadian individual swimming medalist Kylie Masse (bronze in individual 100metre backstroke) “So @Kjmasse and I tried to buy @ Drake tickets to celebrate. Basically sold out #ugh #maybenexttime”, tweeted Oleksiak. No worries there, though, as the fellow hometown superstar quickly tweeted back: “OVOPenny aka @typicalpen we are so proud of you!!!! Can’t wait to see you when you are back from Rio at a show!”
moved from “the east end of the Beach closer to the box and pool, so the kids could play shinny and swim. (It’s a) great place to bring up kids.”
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Monarch Park Collegiate’s Penny Oleksiak won four medals in swimming in the Rio Olympics, including a gold.
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She got a call from the second coolest Canadian (at least at the moment) behind Drake - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As the PM noted on his own twitter: “Great chatting with two golden Canadians today @oleksiakpenny and @rosiemaclennan. You’ve made us all so proud!”
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. She grew up in ‘The 6’, or more specifically in the Toronto Beach area. In fact her mom, Alison, in a previous interview with The Mirror, said the family
One of her brothers, Jamie, is a National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman with the Dallas Stars. So we did, in a recent interview, pose this silly question to their mother Alison, as to who would win a swim race between them. And she replied, via email: “Penny would win the swim race (jamie sinks!)” Put a paddle in their hands, however, and both would lose to another sister, Hayley (a Malvern Collegiate grad), who currently rows on the Northeastern University varsity team.
5. Penny swims for her school. She was a little too busy to compete for
her school this year as she was preparing for Rio (she took most of her courses online). But last year, she did compete for Monarch Park Collegiate and won two OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) gold medals in the 50-metre and 200-metre free.
As she prepared to come back to Toronto in August 2012, Jess started making plans to start a business. “I was thinking, what are some great products that do well in Japan and we don’t have over here? Onigiri was the thing I decided to focus on,” she recalls.
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Abokichi looks to make Japanese convenience store snack a Toronto favourite It was during a seven-year stint in Japan that Thornhill-native Jess Mantell first tried Onigiri – a Japanese snack made of rice balls stuffed with pickled or salty ingredients, sometimes wrapped in seaweed and commonly sold at convenience stores and gas stations in the country.
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D’Andrea. “(Spun cast pipe is) the worst infrastructure in the ground and when a watermain breaks in the winter, it’s usually one of those,” he said. Another need for replacing watermains is the ongoing intensification fuelled by Toronto’s development boom. A building going up means more pressure on the water system, so planning must account for anticipated increases to population, even if that’s 25 years away. “We can’t forecast how quickly developers will turn that land into development, we just need to be thinking about whether they’re likely to and make sure we’ve got the infrastructure,” said D’Andrea. On River Street, one such project got underway this summer between Queen Street East and Gerrard Street. The work is ambitious, as it will include a complete roadreconstruction plus beautification. Before any of that happens three crews of approximately eight, including a foreman, a backhoe operator, pipe layers and general labourers, are
replacing the pipes which given the age of the neighbourhood are of the inferior variety and likely made of lead, presenting possible health risks. The workers must also keep a close eye for existing infrastructure such as gas mains or subway tracks. Planning helps map out the locations and ensures utility companies are made aware of the work, crucial given the inherent dangers of unwittingly interfering with a live gas main. “If you break that stuff you get a free ride to the moon,” said Harry Persaud, a senior engineer with Toronto roads. Persaud, who was on site at a job inspecting the work carried out by a private contractor, estimates around 40 metres of watermain replacement is completed per day. While the city tries to coordinate the necessary water and road work into one project in order to minimize expenditures, the ever-increasing urgency to get broken or degraded pipes replaced means sometimes that’s just not going to happen, admitted D’Andrea. “Sometimes you just can’t wait,” he said.
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Some food for thought for watching Rio Olympics During the Rio Olympics, those of us early birds in the office make it a point to gather for a Games recap before work starts. It’s always a very animated discussion. And Drake is kind enough to provide the music. No, not that Drake. We wish. We’re talking Melvin Drake. He’s in IT. You haven’t lived until you’ve heard IT rap. Anyhow, the game plan for the get-togethers is to get everybody up to speed with what happened the day before and make them aware of what to keep an eye on in the day ahead. But with a week and a half of Rio 2016 TV telecasts behind us, we decided to veer from the usual babble operandi and turn our gaze to the Olympic coverage itself. We focused on one thing in particular our biggest Games telecast pet peeve: the announcers’ use of the word “medal”. Medal is no longer a noun anymore. It appears to be strictly a verb. Before an event announcers routinely say he or she is expected to medal or
jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY not expected to medal. Then after it’s completed, that he or she medalled or wasn’t able to medal. The use of medal as a verb is nothing new. It has been going on for the last VI Summer Games and V Winter Games and many viewers talk this way too, now. But the real worry within our group is that other Olympic terms are going to follow that lead. Announcers have turned a lot of other nouns into verbs and fans are copying them instantly. Listen closely to your daily Olympic conversations viewers and you’ll see what I mean. They now go something like this: 1. “So? Don’t keep me in suspense. Did they anthem yet?” “Yep. You just missed it. They podiumed 10 minutes ago.” 2. “Hey, did that kayaker silver again like he did in
London 2012?” “Not quite. But at least he ended up bronzing.” Well, we had our usual lively back and forth and the general consensus was that we were all getting worked up over nothing. So it was time to get to the real purpose of our daily Olympic huddle: share a quick bite before work. It was my turn to pick up the tab, so I proceeded to take the breakfast orders. “So how do pancakes sound everyone,” I cheerily inquired. “None for me today thanks, Jamie,” Jackie responded. “I already waffled.” “I’ll get you next time then. What about you, Arjun?” “Put me down for next time, too. I’m afraid I already French Toasted.” “Zayanna?” “No can do. I burritoed before I left. Twice, actually. I’m stuffed.” Five more co-workers also passed. One because he’d oatmealed. Another because she’d BLT’d. The other three saying they’d honeybunned,
doughnutted and bageled. Heck, even Drake declined and he had only double doubled, for heaven’s sake. There was just one person left. “So what about you Erin,” I mumbled meekly. “Hate to do this to you, big guy, but I’m going to have to take a rain check too. Er, I mean, pancake check. Whatever. The point is I forgot all about you buying breakfast today and I Egg McMuffinned on the way over.” “You mean the Mcway Mcover, I hope,” I corrected. Nobody McLaughed. To u g h Mc C r ow d . T h e $64,000 McQuestion was: do I McContinue? I thought about it, but what’s the point? It was obvious I didn’t have a chance of humour medalling in this group. Better just to McQuit while I’m McAhead. Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca
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Friday Night Dart Fun WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, jimb.farrell@ yahoo.ca COST: $2 A night of strictly fun darts. Blind draw doubles and a $2 entry fee will get you a night of truly fun and non competitive darts. Movie Night in Dentonia Park WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Dentonia Park, 80 Thyra Ave. CONTACT: Laura Nguyen, 416-392-4035, lnguyen4@toronto.ca COST: Free Free screening of Inside Out.Free popcorn. Bring your chairs or blankets. Entertainment at the Legion WHEN: 8 p.m. to noon WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-4253070 COST: Free Happens every Friday.
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The East York Garden Club Annual Flower Show and Tea WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Stan Wadlow Clubhouse, 373 Cedarvale Ave. CONTACT: Susan Bartlett, 416-6687872, susanhirst@gmail.com COST: free entry; tea and refreshments $5 Enjoy the beautiful flowers, plants and vegetables grown by members of the East York Garden Club. Bring a friend and relax with refreshments in the Tea Room. Listen to a guest speaker and bid on bouquets of flowers made from the entries at the end of day auction. CHECK OuT OuR complete online community calendar by visiting www. insidetoronto.com where you can read listings from your East York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto. All produce, food items and other goods sold at the market have to be certified organic or ecologically and sustainably produced. Family Storytime WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: Free Stories, songs and rhymes for children from birth to age 6 and their caregivers. Drop-in.
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Karaoke @ The Branch WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240
Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, jimb.farrell@yahoo.ca COST: Free Come out every Sunday evening for an entertaining night of Karaoke
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East York Farmers Market WHEN: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: Ruth Abbott, 416429-9684, rabbott@sympatico.ca COST: Free A wide range of fresh Ontario
products from fruits and vegetabels to honey and preserves, smoked meats and cheeses, fresh baking, home made soaps and lotions and freshly made smoothies as well as a barbecue and more. Art Bar Poetry Series WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: artbarpoerty@gmail.com COST: Pass The Hat The Art Bar Poetry Series - featured readers plus an open mic. PYWC.
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Mixed Snooker League WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-3070 COST: Free Spares are welcome. Under the Stars presents Purple Rain WHEN: 7 to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E. CONTACT: Regent Park Film Festival, 416-599-7733, http://regentparkfilmfestival.com/year-round/ underthestars/, COST: Free This film is Rated R and viewer discretion is advised, for this reason it will be screened behind the Daniels Spectrum building in the MDC Donors Courtyard.
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Pole Walking Club WHEN: 9:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Mosaic Home Care Services & Community Resource Centre, CNIB, 1929 Bayview Ave., Suite 215H CONTACT: 416-322-7002, www.mosaichomecare.com, info@mosaichomecare. com COST: Free The annual Summer Walking Club happens Thursday mornings. Walking takes place around the areas of Bayview and Eglington and Sunnybrook Park from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
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Parking Lot Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Luke’s Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: 416-421-6878, ext. 21 COST: Free Bargains and different vendors. Spaces available for rent for $30.
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Broadlands Community Centre 19 Castlegrove Blvd. Sat., Aug. 20, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Jenner Jean-Marie Community Centre 48Thorncliffe Park Dr. Tues., Aug. 23, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Etobicoke Civic Centre 399The West Mall, Meeting Room 1/2/3 Wed., Aug 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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That end-of-summer feeling As one of my friends said to me recently, even though we are now reveling in the last warm days of August there is the smell of “returning to school” in the air. I think anyone who has been part of the rhythms of the seasons in Southern Ontario has certainly experienced that melancholy end of summer feeling, particularly now when the days are getting noticeably shorter. There are other signs that help to kick in that end of summer feeling, such as when you go into a store and see that hockey equipment and skates replacing beach and camping equipment. If that does not tell you that fall is just around the corner, then the arrival of the Canadian National Exhibition certainly confirms it. While I for one will certainly be making the most of these final warm days, it is still a good time to start thinking about how to make the most of fall time. A good starting point is to always to check the pages of the The Mirror
joe cooper watchdog for announcements about fall programs and events. On Aug. 27 there will be a new multi-cultural festival held at Dentonia Park starting at noon and going to 9 p.m. The event will feature music, dance, vendors and food stalls, and if you would like to help out email cbonfestival2016@gmail.com. Fall programs There are also a number of new fall programs offered at the Evergreen Brickworks (550 Bayview Ave) that cover a range of different topics and special exhibits about the buildings, the ecology of the area and Toronto food and wine from Sept. 18-20. The activities that are available are of interest to individuals of all ages and families, and can be checked out at their webpage www. evergreen.ca
There are also a number of opportunities for volunteers, not only with the groups listed, but certainly with other organizations as well. East York Meals on Wheels needs people with to deliver meals and also assist in other activities; you can contact them at 416-424-3322. L i k e w i s e , E a s t Yo r k Learning Experience needs people who can donate two hours a week helping someone with reading, writing or basic math during the day or evening to call them at 416425-2666. Don’t forget that fall registration for programs offered by City of Toronto’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation programs in East York begins Sept. 16. This list only touches on many of the different activities that are taking place in our community. So plan now and make the most of the fall season.
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Shakespeare in the Ruff presents Romeo and Juliet at Withrow Park until Sept. 4.
ers. This space will be held until 7:45 p.m. each night. An accessible washroom is located at the north end of Withrow Park. Attendees are also welcome to bring a picnic and don’t forget to bring a blanket or a lawn chair. During inclement weather, those wishing to take in a show are advised to check the company’s Facebook page and Twitter feed for weather updates. Cancellations will be announced at 6 p.m. If the rain becomes heavy during a show, the company will pause for up to a half an hour for the weather to clear up. If the weather poses a
threat to the audience and the actors, a show may be cancelled mid-performance. Complimentary vouchers will be provided to audience members for another date. If it rains during the Sept.2 to 4 shows, the production will be moved to an alternate rain location. Shakespeare in the Ruff has also organized a number of feature nights: On Aug.19 and 26, and Sept. 2 there will be a postshow bonfire and talk with marshmallow roasting. People can also sign up for pre-show family workshops on Aug. 23 and 30 from 6 to 7 p.m. The troupe’s Young Ruffian apprentices will be performing as an opening to Romeo and Juliet on Aug. 26 and 28, while the company’s Guerilla Ruffians – a small group of recent graduates of post-secondary acting schools – are slated to perform a showcase as an opening act on Aug. 27. Admission is pay-whatyou-can with a suggestion donation of $15.
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INVITATION TO BID Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our weekly newspapers and flyers to carrier drop locations within the Toronto area 3 times per week. This entails picking up the product at our North York location on Tuesday’s, completing all flyer deliveries by Wednesday’s at 3:00PM and all newspaper deliveries by Thursday’s at 2:00PM to all carrier drops. All applicants must be a registered business, have a cargo van or cube truck and a valid HST number. Bid packages available at the Reception desk of: Metroland Media Toronto 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON M2H 0A2 Bids will be received until 12:00 noon Monday, August 29th, 2016 ATT: Circulation Manager Contract commencing: September 12, 2016 Lowest or any bids will not necessarily be accepted. Only the successful Company will be contacted.
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