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CRAFTING TIME: Sophia Atkinson, 3, right, works on a craft with Nicola Singh during Community Centre 55’s Winter Carnival event held Saturday at Kimberley Junior Public School.

A self-defence seminar in East York is raising money for an eleven-year-old boy fighting cancer.

Steven Koutrouliotis is undergoing 70 weeks of treatment at the Hospital for Sick Children.

“I have a tumour in my optic nerve,” Steven wrote in a statement. “It is a very scary experience. I have to go to the hospital every week. I am going to be doing chemotherapy just like Terry Fox.” Steven’s former martial arts club, FightClub, is holding an event to raise money he can use how he wishes, to help bring a smile to his face during treatment.

“Chemo makes you really tired. Steven loves playing hockey, and things like that, he can’t do those things now,” said FightClub’s Emmanuel Manolakakis.

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Fight Without Sight fundraiser set for Saturday in East York >>>from page 1 can raise to kind of help make this whole thing a little more bearable for him, and let him know that we’re thinking about him, we’ll do it. That’s what this event is for.”

Fight Without Sight, in honour of Steven’s fight for sight, takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 at FightClub, 401 Donlands Ave. Participants are asked to come 20 minutes early to register for the seminar, which focuses on defending unseen attacks. Admission is by donation, with all amounts accepted and all proceeds going to Steven.

“It gives somebody strength when you support them,” said Manolakakis. “When you’re sick and you’re at home, sometimes you don’t think anybody’s there, you feel kind of alone. I want to support him with this, to show him

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COMMUNITY CENTRE 55 CARNIVAL: Left, Colleen Rose and her granddaughter Brooke Wilcox, 21 months, emerge from the bouncer during Community Centre 55’s Winter Carnival event held Saturday at Kimberley Junior Public School. Above, Keira Downey-Sherman, 2, and her brother Lucas, 4, play in the sandbox during the winter carnival.

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For more information, contact Manolakakis at em@fightclub.ca or 416-200-0200.

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Celebrate the Year of the Monkey n On Friday, Feb. 5, the Pape/ Danforth library, 701 Pape Ave., will host a Chinese New Year craft from 1 to 1:30 p.m. for children ages 2 to 5. Call 416-393-7727. n A second Chinese New Year craft session is set for Monday, Feb. 8 at Jones library, 118 Jones Ave., from 4 to 4 :30 p.m. For details, call 416-393-7715. n O n T h u r s d a y , F e b . 11 , Wednesday, Feb. 17, and Friday, Feb. 19, Eastview Neighbourhood Communit y Centre will host Chinese New Year celebrations at Frances Beavis Manor, 369 Pape Ave.; Broadview Manor, 80 Danforth Ave.; and Greenwood Towers, 145 Strathmore Blvd. from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The festivities will include singing and dancing performances by members of the centre’s senior programs. Food and refreshments will also be served. Admission is $6. Those interested in attending must register by Saturday, Feb. 6.

Email Grace Chen at gracechen@ eastviewcentre.com or call 416392-1750, ext. 311. n Riverdale librar y, 370 Bro ad view Ave., w ill host a Chinese New Year celebration on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The free event for the whole family will include kids’ crafts, lion dancers, folk dancing, musical entertainment and lucky draws.

Call 416-393-7720 for information. n O n S u n d a y, F e b . 14 , t h e Chinese Chamber of Commerce (East Toronto) will welcome lion dancers to the neighbourhood from noon to about 2 p.m. The fun will begin at the Zhong Hua Men Archway on Gerrard Street, west of Broadview Avenue. n On Saturday, Feb. 20, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (East Toronto) along with local service groups and politicians will be hosting its Chinese New Year community fair starting at 11 a.m. with information displays followed by stage performances and live entertainment from noon to 2 p.m. The free festivities will be held at Gerrard Square (Second Level), 1000 Gerrard St. East at Pape Avenue, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All are welcome.

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East Toronto Chinatown looks to a bright future as new year approaches JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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fter more than four decades, the third Chinatown in the Greater Toronto Area at Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street East is going through a time of great change and renewed optimism.

East Toronto Chinatown came to be about 45 years ago when a handful of retailers took a chance and moved east of the Don River, at a time when opening up shop in Downtown Chinatown on Spadina Avenue became too costly.

Some of the neighbourhood’s key retail founders include Chong Wing Kam, who opened Imperial Hand Laundry and Dry Cleaner in 1971, Charlie Cheung (a.k.a.

Hung Suk), the owner of Kung Kee meat market, Hoy Fung, who opened another meat store in the early 1970s at 349 Broadview Ave., and Mr. and Mrs. Chui, who opened one of the community’s first Chinese-run beauty salons.

K.N. Chan, the owner of the famous dim sum eatery Pearl Court, is another key founder of East Toronto Chinatown.

Today, the ever-evolving neighbourhood is now in its second and third generation.

“Exciting things are happening. We have some great plans for the future. There’s lots of goodwill and enthusiasm,” said Valerie Mah, a retired principal who serves as one of three vice-presidents on the board of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (East Toronto). “(East Toronto Chinatown) is in a period of transition.

Lots of the original owners are

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A lion makes its way down Broadview Avenue for East Toronto Chinatown Chinese New Year celebration last February.

starting to retire more recent efforts Chinese New Year takes place on Monday, Feb. 8 and to improve East and are either it will welcome the Year of the Monkey. For more closing up or their Toronto Chinatown information on the Year of the Monkey, and Chinese relatives are taking including painting New Year celebrations planned for the Greater Toronto over. There’s some colourful murals, Area, visit us online at www.insidetoronto.com nice young blood cleaning up graffiti, coming in.” has worked and volunteered and making the neighbourMah, who lives in the west in the community since the hood safer with lighting and end but is actively involved other initiatives. late 1980s. as a volunteer for several She said an in-depth study Mah mentioned one of organizations and initiatives by students from Ryerson the biggest efforts of late: in Toronto’s east end, said University shortly after the the removal of spray paint she strongly believes in East fire offered some useful vandalism from laneways Toronto Chinatown, and can’t advice to help the neighbouras well as the painting of a say enough about its bright hood grow and evolve. large-scale mural on the brick future.

One of the key recommenwall at the back of the Green “I believe in this neighdations that came out of that P parking lot on Gerrard, just bourhood and I want to see was the establishment of a west of Broadview. This projit thrive,” she said, pointing to business improvement area ect, which was completed in a massive fire in July 2013 that in East Toronto Chinatown. the fall, was made possible destroyed one of the neighRetailers are still working to thanks to the efforts of 55 bourhood’s landmark buildget organized and set one Division police, the local busiings at the southeast corner up, but Mah said it’s part of ness community, residents, of Gerrard and Broadview as a positive future for the area, and students from Riverdale a catalyst for the community’s which in recent years has seen Collegiate Institute. evolution. a number of non-Asian stores “It was so well received.

“We saw it as an opportuand restaurants open up and The mural has created great nity to examine the commudo well. buzz for the neighbourhood,” nity closer,” said Mah, who She also spoke about she said, adding six to eight

murals are planned for East Toronto Chinatown this spring and summer.

Mah also pointed to the new William Peyton Hubbard Park just across from the community’s prized Toronto Zhong Hua Men Archway. The green space is set to open this year.

Like Mah, the merchants who established East Toronto Chinatown also highly regard their community and culture, which is clearly represented by the lengths they went to raise a million dollars to build the city’s first traditional Chinese archway in the community.

A great source of pride, those behind the landmark celebrated its grand opening in September 2009 with much fanfare. Dale Cheung, the past president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (East Toronto), along with Bernard Loh, the group’s former vicepresident, with the support of a small group of past and present members, spearheaded the project.

The group dreamed up the project while having dim sum with the area’s former city councillor, Jack Layton.

The archway is a joint project between the City of Toronto and the chamber of commerce. The Toronto Parking Authority provided the land and the construction management for the archway, while countless other supporters, notably Bridgepoint Health, donated cash and materials.

Mah said the archway has resulted in the development of many long-term relationships with local organizations and groups, including the neighbouring Bridgepoint Health, as well as helped raise the community’s profile.

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othing makes Toronto angrier than a transit strike. Well, almost nothing: transit strikes made Torontonians angry enough that in 2011 Toronto council asked the provincial government to declare the Toronto Transit Commission an essential service – same as police and firefighters – so we would never be troubled by wholesale transit service denial again.

In response to the 2009, 40-day garbage strike, Torontonians did something that was arguably even more radical, and elected Rob Ford mayor.

The lack of garbage collection for more than a month that summer infuriated residents. Parks were filled with stinking bags of garbage that only got stinkier in the heat, and the our view only thing worse than hauling garbage there was keeping it Less impactful festering in the yard. Toronto may well be heading for another job action if garbage strike in just a few unions strike weeks. But the city’s strategy in dealing with its two unions has made that eventuality less likely. It was a strategy developed under former deputy mayor Doug Holyday during Rob Ford’s otherwise tumultuous term of office. Rather than let negotiations poke along until the warm weather, Holyday and the city’s negotiating team set the strike deadline clock ticking in December and pushed hard until the end. The result? No strike, but a negotiated settlement. The only workers who walked off the job were from the library, and that strike was over in the blink of an eye.

Will it be the same in 2016? In some ways, the city is in an even stronger position this time than last because, since then, Toronto successfully expanded its contracted out garbage collection to about half the city. So if garbage workers do walk off the job, only Torontonians east of Yonge Street will be impacted. And unless the last half of the winter is truly balmy, the smell won’t be that bad either.

That’s a real incentive to CUPE Local 416 and Local 79 to make a deal, and probably offer up concessions to the city negotiators, to avoid a long and possibly not impactful job action. With all that said, the city could well be shut down later in the winter, with not just outside garbage collectors, but also unionized inside workers. And even without the stink... that eventuality will make everybody more than a little twitchy. Let’s hope that nobody does anything rash.

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Toronto’s half-imagined transit future not all bad Whatever you may think of the details, you’ve got to hand it to Toronto’s planning department and chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat for this achievement: the most completely imagined transit plan in recent memory.

There was one other: the OneCity Plan that former TTC chair Karen Stintz stitched together with the help of Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker that, in 2013, simply stitched together every dream project that caught their attention and put it on a map.

But that one, delivered to council in 2013, could barely stand up to a stiff breeze.

The plan that Keesmaat has put together and is completing is made of sterner stuff. The plan to make a one-stop subway crossing the gulf between Kennedy station and the Scarborough Town Centre is justified using economic development metrics rather than on a measure of local transit. The extended

david nickle the city Eglinton RT deals with the local transit needs along with a multi-station SmartTrack line running parallel. There will be more light rail in the west end, planners decreed, having looked with some rigour at Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack plan through Etobicoke and pronounced heavy rail there to be impractical. The light rail would provide more stops and therefore more localized service as it makes its way to Mississauga and the airport. As was reported last week, meanwhile, a downtown relief line coursing south from Pape station at Danforth and along Queen Street East past Toronto City Hall would deal handily with the growing congestion at the Bloor/ Yonge subway interchange.

The detailed justification of that plan will have to

wait until Toronto planners actually release the leaked report later in the spring, but the plan has a sense to it: Queen Street is already a busy streetcar route and Nathan Phillips Square is a focal point for the city.

So: a downtown relief line, a SmartTrack only slightly truncated, more light rail and a nominal subway in Scarborough.

If all that could somehow be built, to the specifications of the planners...well, Toronto would be in pretty fine shape.

That might be a trick.

There are engineering problems to overcome, financial hurdles to beat and the raw uncertainty of fickle Toronto politics.

Odds are good that some or all of this well-imagined future will not manifest.

More likely, it will be some of it. Two elements of this plan are particularly vulnerable: the one-stop subway to the Scarborough Town Centre and SmartTrack itself. In the

case of the former, the costs remain high to send trains to service a single stop. In the case of the latter, the realities of geography and engineering may make it cost prohibitive. It might be useful to imagine, then, a scenario in which those two elements are absent.

In the case of SmartTrack’s imagined demise, it might not be as bad as that: Metrolinx is still planning to expand GO Train service along that route. And if the subway vanishes – well, there are light rail plans on the book for linking the Scarborough Town Centre and Kennedy station. In the meantime, the plan would still encompass massive light rail expansion and a downtown relief line that would improve transit for everyone. As half-imagined futures go, it’s still not a bad one.

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Valentine’s Day Party WHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-4253070 With Rob Martine.

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I experienced what is called retinal tear, which is basically a small hole that opens up at the back of the eye.

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NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT AND INVITATION TO PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRES Class Environmental Assessment Leaside to Main Infrastructure Refurbishment Project Hydro One Networks Inc. (Hydro One) is initiating a Class Environmental Assessment to refurbish existing transmission infrastructure in the eastern part of downtown Toronto. This work is critical to ensure an adequate and reliable supply of electricity to the area, and to minimize the risk for future power interruptions.

Hydro One has identified two sections of underground 115 kilovolt (kV) transmission cable which are nearing their end-of-life and require replacement. These sections of underground cable, shown on the attached map, are located between:

Project Approval Requirements This project is subject to the provincial Environmental Assessment Act and is being planned in accordance with the Class Environmental Assessment for Minor Transmission Facilities (Class EA). Subject to the outcome of the Class EA, construction could begin by the end of 2016.

The Class EA process provides opportunities for public and stakeholder consultation, and your feedback is very important to us. Members of the public, businesses, stakeholder groups, First Nations and Métis communities, government agencies and other interested parties are encouraged to participate in this process.

We invite you to attend one of our upcoming Public Information Centres. At the Public Information Centres, Hydro One will provide more information about the project, discuss an alternative route for replacing the cable section between Leaside TS and Todmorden JCT, present environmental considerations and explain the approvals process. We encourage you to drop into one of the sessions to provide your input and discuss any issues or concerns.

The Friends of Withrow Park stewardship group is hosting its annual Withrow Park Neighbourhood Skating Party this Friday night.

The event, which will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., will also include free hot chocolate and cookies.

Participants are reminded to bring their own mug for hot chocolate.

All are welcome to attend.

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1. Leaside Transformer Station (TS) and Todmorden Junction (JCT) 2. Lumsden JCT and Main TS Hydro One will also be replacing and upgrading approximately 5 km of the overhead wire (skywire), which serves to protect the transmission line from lightning, between Todmorden JCT and Lumsden JCT.

Withrow Park skating party set for Friday

PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRES Please join us on one of the following dates: February 8, 2016 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Stan Wadlow Community Centre 373 Cedarvale Avenue, Toronto

Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School is hosting the second workshop in its series of seminars on mental health for parents and guardians on Wednesday, Feb. 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

This time around, the elementary school is presenting an interactive parent workshop titled Connecting with your Teens, featuring public health nurse Voula Varsamidou.

The seminar will look at building resiliency in the family by introducing evidence-based skill building strategies.

Childcare is available upon request by emailing Kristal.baines@tdsb. on.ca Bowmore is at 80 Bowmore Rd., south of Gerrard Street East.

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February 10, 2016 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Leaside Arena, William Lea Room 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto A second round of Public Information Centres will be held later in the year to present more detailed study information.

For More Information If you would like more information about the project or wish to be added to the project contact list to receive project updates, please contact: Stephanie Hodsoll Public Affairs Hydro One Networks Inc. Tel: (416) 345-6799 Community.Relations@HydroOne.com www.HydroOne.com/Projects/LeasidetoMain

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The Naval Club of Toronto, 1910 Gerrard St. E., just west of Woodbine Avenue, celebrates its 81st birthday with an afternoon of fun this Sunday.

All are welcome to attend the open house at the club, which will include food, light refreshments and birthday cake.

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Improve indoor air quality in your home As winter wears on, it’s not uncommon for people living in cold weather climates to experience some cabin fever. Winter weather confines many people to their homes, making many antsy to get out once the first signs of spring begin to appear.

In addition to contributing to cabin fever, winter weather can have a negative impact on indoor air quality. While air pollution is something most often associated with densely populated cities, the air inside homes is not immune to pollution, especially during long winters when windows are often closed for months at a time. Though open windows in spring and summer can vastly improve indoor air quality, there are ways to ensure that air stays fresh and healthy regardless of which season

it happens to be.

• Control indoor air moisture. Moist air is great for dust mites and mould, both of which are very bad for humans, so do everything you can to maintain healthy levels of indoor air moisture.

Dehumidifiers can reduce indoor air moisture and control allergens, but it’s important to take additional steps as well. When bathing, try to keep a bathroom window open on a slight crack to prevent mould growth. When preparing meals in the kitchen, make use of your exhaust fan. In addition, don’t overwater houseplants, as they can become breeding grounds for mould.

• Resist synthetic fragrances. A home that smells

good tends to feel more pleasant, especially during winter months when windows are closed. But synthetic fragrances, such as those found in detergents and air fresheners, may be providing that welcoming scent at a heavy cost to a home’s inhabitants. Such fragrances may be emitting various chemicals, including volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, into the air, affecting indoor air quality and possibly even human health. When buying laundry products, look for those that are fragrance-free, also choosing home cleaning products that do not include any artificial fragrances.

• Indoor air quality tends to suffer in colder months, when windows are closed and doors

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Transit Project Assessment Process GO Rail Network Electrification – Public Meetings Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is helping to transform the way the region moves by building a seamless, convenient and integrated transit network across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).

As part of this project, we are expanding GO Transit to enable 15-minute service on most corridors with electrified trains, which will enable faster and more frequent service. Together, these infrastructure improvements will change how people move around Toronto and the region with four times the current number of GO train trips, service on evenings and weekends, and twice the number of trips during peak periods.

Building on the GO Electrification Study completed in 2010, which looked at the electrification of the GO Transit rail system network, Metrolinx is currently undertaking environmental studies under the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP), in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08, to examine the conversion of several rail corridors from a diesel to an electric-based system. The project will include design and implementation of a traction power supply system (i.e. traction power substations and high voltage connections to Hydro One’s existing grid), as well as power distribution components (i.e. electrical power distribution facilities) located in the vicinity of the rail corridors.

Author George Elliott Clarke lives in the Victoria Park and Gerrard area.

Author George Elliott Clarke talks about his book The Motorcyclist

The Study Area (see map) includes six GO rail corridors, including potential locations for the electrical power supply and distribution facilities:

February is Black History Month and a number of events are planned in east Toronto:

• Union Station Rail Corridor • Lakeshore West Corridor – Strachan Avenue to Burlington • Kitchener Corridor – UP Express Spur (at Highway 427) to Bramalea • Lakeshore East Corridor – Don River to Oshawa GO Station • Barrie Corridor – Parkdale Junction to Allandale GO Station • Stouffville Corridor – Scarborough Junction to Lincolnville GO Station

w Saturday, Feb. 6 A Tribute to the Legends concert with the best of Dennis Brown, Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, and Joseph Hill at The Opera House, 735 Queen St. E., just east of Broadview Avenue.

Presented by Jones and Jones, this event will feature the best of reggae by Exco Levi, Chester Miller as well as Canada’s reggae queen, Nana McLean, and 17-year-old DJ phenom Joshua Lucas.

Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 10 p.m.

Tickets cost $22.50 plus service fees in advance, more at the door.

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A series of public meetings are being held as part of the TPAP process to provide information about the scope of the project, environmental studies, design and engineering components, preliminary locations for traction power supply/distribution facilities, project timelines and next steps. Interested persons are encouraged to attend: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School 959 Midland Avenue Scarborough, ON M1K 4G4 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 St. Maximillian Kolbe Catholic High School 278 Wellington Street East Aurora, ON L4G 1J5 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Monday, February 22, 2016 Unionville High School 201 Town Centre Blvd.

Unionville, ON L3R 8G5 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Nantyr Shores Secondary School 1146 Anna Maria Avenue Innisfil, ON L9S 4X5 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building, Room 203 255 Front Street West Toronto, ON M5V 2W6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, February 25, 2016 Abilities Centre 55 Gordon Street Whitby, ON L1N 0J2 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Monday, February 29, 2016 Oakville Trafalgar High School 1460 Devon Road Oakville, ON L6J 3L6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Holy Name of Mary Catholic Secondary School 115 Glenvale Blvd.

Brampton, ON L6S 3J7 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Stouffville District Secondary School 801 Hoover Park Drive Stouffville, ON L4A 0A4 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 3, 2016 Holly Community Centre 171 Mapleton Avenue Barrie, ON L4N 8T6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Lakeshore Collegiate Institute 350 Kipling Avenue Etobicoke, ON M8V 3L1 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Monday, March 7, 2016 St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School 1 St. Joan of Arc Avenue Maple, ON L6A 1W9 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Robert Bateman High School 5151 New Street Burlington, ON L7L 1V3 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 10, 2016 Glengrove Public School 1934 Glengrove Road Pickering, ON L1V 1X2 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Nelson Mandela Park Public School 440 Shuter Street Toronto, ON M5A 1X6 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

For additional information about this project, please visit gotransit.com/electrification.

Consultation with the public, review agencies and Aboriginal communities is a key component of the GO Rail Network Electrification Transit Project Assessment Process. Comments and information regarding this study will be collected to assist in meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act, and may be included in study documentation. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. If you have a comment or question, or to receive additional information related to the project, please contact the project team: electrification@metrolinx.com or via telephone 416-869-3200.

Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez composer le 416-869-3200 ou le 1 888 GET-ON-GO (438-6646).

w Monday, Feb. 8 The Pape/Danforth library, 701 Pape Ave., will be showing the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, at 2 p.m. All are welcome.

Call 416-393-7727 for more information. w Thursday, Feb. 11 An ‘eh List Author Series’ presentation will feature Governor General Award winner George Elliott Clarke and his latest novel, The Motorcyclist, which was inspired by Clarke’s father.

The author will visit at the Beaches library, 2161 Queen St. E., at Lee Avenue, from 7 to 8 p.m. There will also be a book signing.

Call 416-393-7703 for information.

Author Dalton Higgins discusses his new book, Rap N’ Roll, which looks at the politics, messages, and global reach of hip hop and rap in today’s pop culture.

All are welcome.

The presentation takes place at the Gerrard/ Ashdale library, 1432 Gerrard St. E., west of Coxwell Avenue, from 7 to 8 p.m.

Call 416-393-7717 for details. w Friday, Feb. 19 Author Dalton Higgins will discuss Rap N’ Roll at Jones library, 118 Jones Ave., from 1:15 to 2 p.m.

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The City of Toronto and TTC together with Metrolinx and GO Transit are working to bring more transit to communities across the city with connections throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

During February and March we have organized several meetings for you to learn more about integrated transit planning and provide your feedback on key projects and studies underway.

SMARTTRACK

• SmartTrack: Toronto City Planning and Metrolinx are working together on integrating SmartTrack and GO Regional Express Rail to improve transit across Toronto.

RELIEF LINE

• Relief Line: Toronto City Planning and TTC will present the preferred corridor and next steps to select the preferred alignment and stations.

SCARBOROUGH SUBWAY EXTENSION

• Scarborough Subway Extension: Toronto City Planning and TTC will present plans for Scarborough Subway Extension and optimized transit in Scarborough.

ELECTRIFIED GO SERVICE

• Electrified GO Network: Electrification of Metrolinx-owned rail corridors will enable more frequent and faster train service.

NEW STATIONS ON THE GO RAIL NETWORK

• New Stations on the GO Rail Network: Today 64 GO train stations serve thousands of customers and six more are under way. We would like to add even more stations so more people can access transit.

INTEGRATED TRANSIT FARES

• Integrated Transit Fares: We want to make crossing municipal boundaries and switching between transit systems simple and hassle-free.

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN REVIEW

• Regional Transportation Plan Review: Metrolinx is launching the formal review process for the Regional Transportation Plan, which guides the work being done to transform the transportation network in the GTHA.

JOIN US AT ANY OF THESE MEETINGS TO LEARN MORE. YOU CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE ONLINE. Tuesday, February 16 Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School 959 Midland Ave 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 20 Richview Collegiate 1738 Islington Ave 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, February 27 Scarborough Civic Centre 150 Borough Dr. 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, February 24 Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building Room 203 255 Front St. West 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 9 Lakeshore Collegiate Institute 350 Kipling Ave. 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Connect with Metrolinx by: • Visiting metrolinx.com/RER • Emailing: theplan@metrolinx.com or by calling 416-202-5589 • Meetings are wheelchair accessible

Thursday, February 25 Riverdale Collegiate 1094 Gerrard St. East 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 22 Nelson Mandela Park Public School 440 Shuter St. 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Connect with the City of Toronto by: • Visiting toronto.ca/TransitTO • Emailing: TransitTO@toronto.ca or by calling 416-338-2848

• Contact us if you require other accessibility accommodations

Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is working to transform the way the region moves by building a seamless, convenient and integrated transit network across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).

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The handsome, 11-yearold dog and his owner, Laura Knapp, went for a long walk the evening of Monday, Jan. 26 along the perimeter of Greenwood Park, near the off-leash dog area, and along Gerrard Street in the vicinity of Greenwood Avenue.

The next day, Clinton was seriously ill.

“He didn’t wake up. He was very lethargic. He didn’t want to eat his breakfast and that was very, very strange,” said Knapp, who has lived in Leslieville near Greenwood Avenue and Queen Street East for 16 years.

That morning, Knapp’s husband, Mark, took Clinton out for a pee break and the dog collapsed.

A trip to the vet ensued.

Their usual veterinarian at the Leslieville Animal Hospital was working in a Davisville clinic so they brought Clinton there to be checked out. The dog received a chest and abdomen x-ray as well as blood work.

“The vet wondered if it was possibly cancer, if a tumour has burst,” Knapp said.

The next day they took Clinton for an ultrasound at another animal hospital near the Allen Expressway and Eglinton Avenue. No tumours were detected, but

Clinton the chocolate lab.

some bloody fluid in the abdomen was found. This indicated the dog was experiencing some internal bleeding, which could be caused by a number of factors.

“No one was thinking he’d been poisoned at this point,” Knapp said.

The evening of Wednesday, Jan. 27, was a rough one for Clinton who was eating a little bit, but was clearly feeling unwell.

“He wasn’t his usual self,” she said. third trip The third trip to the vet happened the next day where Clinton was tested for Lyme disease. The doctors also wanted to see if the blood in his abdomen had started to clot.

“Again cancer kept coming up and the dog was feeling even worse. We were starting to wonder if this was the end, if we might have to make some tough decisions,” Knapp said.

The fourth visit to the vet was scheduled for Friday, Jan. 29, but before they arrived at the clinic, the Knapps received a call confirming poison used to kill rodents had been detected in Clinton’s blood. He was immediately put on month-long dose of Vitamin K, the antidote, and seems to be recovering.

Both troubled and relieved by the news, Knapp took to Facebook to let neighbours and dog walkers know Clinton had ingested rat poison.

A police report hasn’t been filed, but Knapp said she’s happy to provide information to authorities if other cases of dogs being poisoned surface.

Over in the Upper Beach/ Beach area, Dr. Jonathan Mitleman of VETS Toronto/ K ingston Road Animal Hospital treated four dogs for symptoms of poisoning this past weekend.

“It started out as one case of a dog stumbling, uncoordinated, wobbly in the back legs,” he said Tuesday, Feb. 2, afternoon.

“We became concerned when we saw case two, three and four.”

This led his team to start investigating patterns to see if they could determine what was going on. Mitleman said the only “common factor” found was that the animals may have ingested some of the rotting organic matter left outside.

“We hope it’s not something sinister.”

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TTC receives $50M to improve transit It’s not new money, but the TTC will receive $50 million from the city this year toward improving transit service.

Alongside T TC chair Josh Colle, Mayor John Tory announced this week the extra funding, part of a commitment of $95 million made to the transit commission in 2015. For this year’s budget, the TTC has had to trim $5 million from its operating expenses and suspend service expansions such as the Cherry Street streetcar.

Tory also promised to cut subway delays by half within three years. Last year, according to the TTC, delays across the network were down 13 per cent because of additional service, while customer satisfaction was at a historic high of 81 per cent.

GO UP, SERVICE DELAYED wPRICES

Talk about bad timing: on the very morning GO Transit fares increased, the agency reported mass delays across its rail corridors.

A GO fare increase – this

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT year’s went into effect Monday – has become an annual phenomenon for users of the regional service, a necessary cost, says Metrolinx, for improving bus and train operations.

But that didn’t stop many on social media from using pithy hashtags and sharing screenshots of delayed GO schedules to vent their frustrations.

GO offers fare refunds for delays of 15 minutes or more in certain situations. Visit serviceguarantee.gotransit.com TRANSIT EQUITY REPORT TO BE RELEASED York University’s City Institute is about to release a report, detailing the socio-economic barriers to transit access in the Toronto region.

Prepared by Sean Hertel, Roger Keil and Michael Collens, Next Stop: Equity seeks to determine just how easy it is to make use of transit,

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particularly in low-income neighbourhoods. The authors spoke with transit riders, planners and writers – I was also interviewed – in determining recommendations for agencies like Metrolinx to address the ongoing concern of improving transit equity.

The report is expected to be released this week.

YOUR OPINION ON TRANSIT wVOICE

If you’ve got an opinion on the city’s transit priorities you’ll have a chance to sound off during a series of public meetings.

The city’s planning department, along with the TTC and Metrolinx, wants feedback on a host of transit plans.

The meetings begin the week of Feb. 16 and continue through to March 22.

Find out more by visiting www.toronto.ca/transitTO Rahul Gupta is Metroland Media Toronto’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Call Wayne 416-527-3090 www.bigyellowdogwalking.com

Tenders

Tenders

Houses for Rent

Houses for Rent

MCCOWAN/ KINGSTON, 2 bedroom apartment on main floor of bungalow. $1450 including parking, laundry and utilities. Near TTC, school, library, church, banks and shops. Safe location. 416-913-3055.

Travel & Vacations

Travel & Vacations

REAL ESTATE. NW Montana.

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Mortgages/Loans

Mortgages/Loans

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Appliance Repairs/ Installation

Appliance Repairs/ Installation

Professional Repairs of all brands of: Refrigeration, Stoves, Dishwashers, Washers, Dryers, Air Conditioning & Heating.

Free Estimates. Warranty, Credit cards accepted. Seniors discount.

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Articles Wanted

ANTIQUES

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Plumbing

Plumbing

EMERGENCY?

Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm • 905-853-2527 Toll Free 1-800-743-3353 • Fax 905-853-1765 For delivery questions, please contact 416-493-2284

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Business Services

Tenders

Clogged drain, renovations, camera inspection, leaky pipes. Reasonable price.

25 years experience. Licensed/ Insured, Credit card accepted. Free estimate.

James Chen 647-519-9506

INVITATION TO BID

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, February 22nd, 2016 ATT: Circulation Manager Contract commencing: March 7th, 2016/ March 21st, 2016

Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our weekly apartment Newsbags to carrier and lobby drop locations within the Etobicoke and Toronto areas 1-2 times per week.

This entails picking up the product at our North York and Etobicoke locations on Wednesday’s, completing all carrier drops by Thursday’s at 2:00PM and all lobby drop deliveries by Thursday’s at 7:00PM. 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, February 22nd, 2016 ATT: Circulation Manager Contract commencing: March 7th, 2016.

HARDWOOD FLOOR sanding.

Specializing in stain/ refinishing.

Call for Free Estimate! Reasonable rates. Paul 416-330-1340 pager.

Lowest or any bids will not necessarily be accepted.

Only the successful Company will be contacted.

647-400-8198

Lowest or any bids will not necessarily be accepted.

Only the successful Company will be contacted.

Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking

INVITATION TO BID Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our weekly apartment Newsbags to carrier and lobby drop locations within the Toronto areas 1-2 times per week. This entails picking up the product at our North York location on Wednesday’s, completing all carrier drops by Thursday’s at 2:00PM and all lobby drop deliveries by Thursday’s at 7:00PM. 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, February 22nd, 2016 ATT: Circulation Manager Contract commencing: March 7th, 2016.

Lowest or any bids will not necessarily be accepted.

Only the successful Company will be contacted.

Firewood

Firewood

SEASONED HARDWOOD- Facecord, $150 including delivery (hst extra).

Bulk pricing available. Call 416-283-2500 (Local delivery) Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking

$100-$10,000

Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking

Cash 4 Cars

Dead or alive Same day Fast FREE Towing 416-831-7399

Trucks & SUVs

2006 FORD F 250, automatic, 150K, Asking $5,900.

Call 416-684-4324 Home Renovations

Home Renovations

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Flooring & Carpeting

Flooring & Carpeting

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Carpet installation starting from $1.19/ sq.ft. Hardwood, laminate at low prices.

27 yrs experience. Free Estimates. Best Price!

Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking

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We pay top cash for your junk car and we tow it away for free.

Trucks & SUVs

RAY PLUMBING Service Repair/ replacement, faucets, sinks, toilets, drains, main valve, leaky pipes, drain cleaning. Licensed and insured.

24/7. 416-880-4151

Waste Removal

PETER’S DEPENDABLE JUNK REMOVAL

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Quick & careful!

416-677-3818 Rock Bottom Rates!

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chimneys

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electrical

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home renovations

heating & cooling

home renovations

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TeutaGuci.ca

416.824.5712 TeutaGuci@yahoo.ca

Sales Representative

You only have one chance to make a great first impression!

Do you ever wonder why new home and condo developments have model suites? Those builders understand that they’re not only selling a space, they’re selling a lifestyle. A vacant home or condo cannot present itself in the best light. The rooms often look smaller and uninviting. People generally lack the imagination to see how beautiful their future house will be. Buyers are not attracted by empty rooms or old furniture. They’re interested in the lifestyle we can show them.

A staged property appeals to a broader pool of prospective buyers who want to be able to say, “I can live here” and “ I love this house “ All staging is not created equal. Quality staging ensures the highest possible return on investment and goes beyond repairs and decluttering. Classic, expensive pieces are the key to enhancing the rooms. Buyers will be impressed by the way the house looks and will be more inclined to make an offer thereby increasing the posibility of selling the property at top dollar. You only have one chance to make a great first impression. Do it wisely. Call us to find out how we can help you create your model home.

Open HOuse

Sat., feb. 6 & Sun., feb. 7 from 2-4Pm 158 Langford ave.

A warm - delightful 3 bedroom semi-detached home in the very desirable area of Danforth. Big backyard with large detached garage off lane and one private parking. Finished basement with Rec room. A great starter Home with some items updated. Freshly painted (‘16), New hardwood floor on main floor (‘16), Fantastic Location Within Minutes To Pape & Donlands Subway, Danforth Shops, Schools. Listed Price $699,000 For more information email or call Teuta

416.364.2036 • TeutaGuci@yahoo.ca

Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract with brokerage