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MAKING CONTACT: Leaside Flames’ Sean Connolly trips up Ted Reeve Tornados’ Desmond Jones during Leaside Hockey Association Select Invitational Tournament action Saturday at Leaside Memorial Gardens Arena. The teams played to a 1-1 draw.

A local principal has been named one of Canada’s best.

Crescent Town Elementary School’s principal Tammy Ross was awarded with Canada’s Outstanding Principal Award by The Learning Partnership, a national organization that champions excellence in education.

“There isn’t anything in particular that sets me apart from other principals,” Ross said. While her admission is humble, her peers and colleagues, who nominated her, believed otherwise.

Ross is at the helm of an inner-city school that boasts a large number of students who are new to Canada.

Ross joins 51 educators across Canada as one of this year’s winner.

“English is not the first language of 90 per cent of our students,” said Ross. “Many of our teachers have English as a Second Language (ESL) training, which is a tremendous benefit.”

The advantages of having ESL trained staff is evident with the school’s Education Quality and Accountability report, which shows that in 2012, 73 per cent of students in the school met the provincial reading standard and 84 per cent met provincial writing standards.

CULTURAL TRADITIONS According to Ross, it is important that the students meet and exceed provincial standards, but as educators, Crescent Town Elementary School staff strive to respect and honour the traditions and cultures unique to each student and their families.

“It is important that we respect their culture by celebrating their traditions,” Ross said.

Each year, the school endeavors to celebrate the traditions and holidays the students bring with them from their cultural backgrounds.

“We just recently rang in the Chinese New Year with the entire school,” said Ross. “We try and cel>>>ROSS, page 12

East Yorker participates in presidential parade TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com A local resident represented Canada at United States’ President Barack Obama’s second presidential inauguration in Washington, DC

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East York resident David Lockie and Port Hope resident Jackie Nichols were selected to march in the Jan. 21 inaugural parade as part of the 295-member Lesbian and Gay Band Association, the second-largest

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The band is notable for being the first LGBT group to participate in the parade, when it initially did so in 2009 during President Obama’s first inauguration.

Lockie and Nichols marched

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East York skating party COUNCILLOR HOST SKATING PARTY: Clockwise from top left: Skaters take to the ice during Beaches-East York Councillor Janet Davis’ 10th annual skating party at East York Memorial Arena on Sunday.

Members of the East York Skating Club’s Ice Dreams synchro-skating team perform during the skating party. Councillor Janet Davis, right, joins Katherine Howse on the ice. The East York Skating Club’s Charlotte Lawson performs.

Bowmore principal earns national honours DANIELA PITEO eym@insidetoronto.com Bowmore Road Public School will join seven other Toronto-area schools this year that have been honoured with an Outstanding Principal Award.

The Learning Partnership, a national organization, will present principal Thelma Sambrook with the award at a ceremony to be held Feb. 26.

“What good work can we do from the start of the day to the end of the day,” Sambrook asks of the staff and students at the school in Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street area.

“The focus is on making every day a special day.”

Sambrook’s vision of doing good work each day can been seen in the hard work of her staff and students as they advocate making the area an accessible neighborhood.

“The work we do at the school

focuses on a more inclusive world,” Sambrook said. “We consider social justice an important issue.”

As a collaborative author, Sambrook helped write the story of Luke Anderson, a quadriplegic who chronicles his tale of being an able-bodied young man until he sustained severe spinal injuries during a mountain biking trip in the British Columbia interior.

“The profits from the book go to creating greater accessibility in the City of Toronto,” Sambrook said.

The students at Bowmore Road Public School have been inspired

by Sambrook’s book, and through the Me to We Foundation, an advocacy group that offers people better choices for a better world, they began to canvas their community, spreading the word on the importance of creating and maintaining an accessible neighborhood.

“The students feel empowered when they contribute to change,”

Sambrook said.

“I feel the world is in good hands.”

She said having fun and participating in the community are important Bowmore Road.

“We encourage the children to engage the community and have fun,” Sambrook said. “We want the kids to like school and the work they do. It is very rewarding to see the students shine and be able to share their accomplishments family and the community.”

There is a strong emphasis at the school that promotes a focus on people. “The tone in our building is quite positive,” Sambrook said.

“I get to work with talented educators. I am inspired by their hard work and I focus on highlighting their achievements.”

She said Bowmore’s staff and students share in the award.

“The (Outstanding Principal Award) is not just an award for me,”

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Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School’s principal Thelma Sambrooke, takes a moment on the school’s main staircase.

Sambrook said.

Sambrook will join 51 principals across the country this month when she receives her award at a gala dinner.

While the acknowledgment as a leader in education is honourable, her focus will always remain on the great work her staff and students put forth every day, she said.

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City’s needs must be taken seriously at Queen’s Park

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ith the swearing-in of Premier Kathleen Wynne earlier this week, and the naming of her new cabinet, Torontonians are right to expect our city to be taken seriously at the highest levels of Ontario’s government.

Wynne, the MPP for Don Valley West since 2003 and before that a Toronto District School Board trustee, is the first Ontario premier from Toronto since the NDP’s Bob Rae in 1990. It was Rae’s government that proposed subway lines for both Eglinton and Sheppard avenues, a plan killed by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris, which was elected in 1995.

Maybe this time things will our view be different. Wynne’s cabinet has 27 members, five more It’s time for than there were when Dalton McGuinty prorogued the proprovince to put vincial legislature in October.

And the representation from Toronto first Toronto is significant with nine of its members representing Toronto ridings. Adding another five from the surrounding 905 municipalities, that’s a strong voice at the cabinet table for the Greater Toronto Area.

Wynne, who served as both an education and transportation minister in McGuinty’s governments, has first-hand knowledge of both those files and we can expect her to make both of them priorities.

While the education issue is province-wide, transit is at the top of Toronto’s list. Wynne has recognized that by naming Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray as minister of both transportation and infrastructure.

They understand just how important Toronto’s transit is to the GTA and to the economic health and success of the province, and we’re expecting results.

And those results start with funding.

Metrolinx must present a report to the premier later this year on how to pay for the $50-billion Big Move transit improvements planned for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

Metrolinx is holding consultations with residents as is the City of Toronto’s Feeling Congested meetings, the last of which took place last night at Metro Hall. At the Metrolinx meeting in North York recently, attendees said they wanted construction started and were willing to pay more if that’s what it took. See our story at http://bit.ly/XtlAKq Wynne and her cabinet need to hear that message and have the courage to put Toronto first. newsroom

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To the editor: This is an open letter to city council (particularly to the East York councillors).

It is beyond understanding, beyond any logic, the way snow plowing is done in the area. This former East York area is highly populated by older people, retirees.

When snow comes, seniors will come out two or three times a day to slowly shovel the snow from their sidewalks and their driveways so they can have access to the road.

After the sidewalks and the driveways are cleared, the Bobcat comes around to clear the already-cleared sidewalks.

Then the snowplow comes to block the cleared driveways so the old retirees are imprisoned. Please, do not plow our street. Do not plow the snow from the street and throw it in front of our driveways. Leave it on the road, it will eventually melt.

George Pornaras

Asking questions counters political propaganda

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ack in 1937, a group of Americans from many different occupations came to be concerned about the state of democracy in their country, particularly when it came to public debates about important issues.

Their concern lay in the fact that social manipulation, rather than logic and facts, which had previously characterized democratic life in America, was winning important debates too often. To help remedy this situation, Clyde R. Miller and other concerned citizens formed the Institute for Propaganda Analysis, whose reports and publications are still relevant today.

One of the great discoveries made by the Institute was the seven basic devices employed in propaganda campaigns to manipulate public opinion.

These are: Name-Calling, Glittering Generality,

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Transfer, Testimonials, Plain Folks, Card Stacking, and Band Wagon.

Name-calling is the definition of groups or individuals with a negative label such as socialism, yuppie or yerrorist in order to tear down their status and credibility in a debate.

Glittering Generality are virtue words such as patriotic or civilized, where the user manipulates their definition to suit their own purposes and to keep others from using those words in a debate.

Transference is the linking of important symbols such as flags, monuments, historic events or intuitions

to policies or issues in order to legitimize them and thus end debate.

Card Stacking is where you ensure that the public does not know about opposing arguments or alternative ideas, while ensuring that your own points get as much coverage as possible.

Last, and most important, is making sure that being on the Band Wagon of a particular idea or policy is seen as being the only place to be, unless you want to be thought of as being different, unusual or just plain stupid.

However, you have one great tool to counter propaganda devices and that is the question “why”.

Over the next few months, we are going to be swimming in a virtual ocean of propaganda as all three levels of government come closer to their different election times.

You will be encouraged to jump on various bandwagons, honour testimonials, respect values and embrace various ideas, symbols and causes.

The labeling and vilification of politicians, individuals and journalists will certainly take place, while facts and information will likely be controlled and manipulated.

Always ask why an issue is suddenly important or why a certain ideas are considered bad or off-limits for discussion in political debates.

More importantly, ask who is pushing for a debate or political change; is it really a public issue or some topic manufactured in a political back room. n Joe Cooper is a longtime East York resident and community activist.

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ave you ever wondered if you had done something differently in your past, if you could have altered the course of your life or someone else’s?

East Side Players (ESP) is gearing up to stage Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn, a story about three women who alter their fate by changing the past and subsequently, change their future.

This show has a plot line that sounds like it’s straight out of a movie.

Marina Leyderman, firsttime director for ESP, said it is a combination of a dramatic, science-fiction, thriller with comedy, murder-mystery and time travel in the mix.

“It has all the elements, but the drama is definitely there and so is the science fiction,” she said.

This is because of the time travel component that sees one woman named Phoebe, travelling back in time in order to give warning to someone who was murdered 20 years earlier.

Set in London, England, 2032, in the fancy Regal Hotel, Phoebe is there to meet a client, a wealthy businessman, when the meeting takes an unsuspected turn.

Tammie Van Dyk, who is playing Phoebe, said the client she is meeting, an aged and ailing man named Reece, actually wants her there for an unexpected reason that essentially puts her life in danger.

“My sole reason for being there is just to witness his signature on his confession,” Van Dyk said, adding that the confession tells of his part in the murders of his first two wives in that very hotel.

To make matter worse, the counterpart to the murders, Julian, comes across this confession after Reece collapses.

“I am forced to bring Julian back to the room, at which point he sees the confession and that’s when says, ‘You’re not going to get out of this alive,’” Van Dyk said.

Phoebe then flees to the closet which, to her surprise, leads back to that identical suite 20 years earlier in 2012, to his second wife. Ruella on the night

she’s to be murdered.

After some interesting interactions between the two women, Leyderman said they form an unlikely bond and must band together to save all their lives, including his first wife who was murdered in 1992.

“They travel back and forth between the future and the past trying to save his first wife, and if they are successful, they all get away from the killer and everything that happens will change their lives,” she said. action and drama Besides the action and drama, Leyderman said there is a touching human element in the show, the development of the relationship between Phoebe and Ruella, who have to build a trust in an unlikely scenario in order to change the past.

‘To me, it’s something very interesting and touching and I think in the majority of productions it wouldn’t be the main focus...” Leyderman said.

Van Dyk said Ruella is a very strong and nurturing woman, and it’s interesting to see how

their relationship builds, how they become allies and how their lives are irrevocably altered after they meet.

While this show has action, intrigue, mystery and time travel, Leyderman said the timetravel element is the biggest challenge to communicate to audiences because they’re travelling through the decades but in the same location. However, she said the plot will be easily followed through the script, and specific staging will make it clear.

“The set is critical, the costumes must be interesting, the lighting is important as well as the sound, and the special effects...so it has all the elements of the theatre cleverly put in one script,” Leyderman said. n Communicating Doors opens Feb. 21 and runs until March 9, 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 24 and March 3, at The Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery Road.

Tickets are $22 and $15 for students. For tickets, please call 416-425-0917 or visit www.eastsideplayers.ca

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Kristie Paille, top, Lydia Kiselyk and Tammie Van Dyk appear in the East Side Players’ production of Communicating Doors.

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Looking at term limits for council

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n Monday, Willowdale Councillor John Filion gave up what for him had been something of a calling – the chairmanship of the Toronto Board of Health. He’d been at it for awhile; but for three years, he’s been the face of public health since amalgamation.

And there’s no reason he shouldn’t; after all, aside from a notable gaffe involving food carts, he’s done a pretty good job. And it’s not against the rules.

But what if it were? And what if it were against the rules for Filion to even be on council as long as he has?

Both are questions that have come up recently around city hall – not about Councillor Filion in particular, but about councillors in general. Should councillors be able to sit on boards and committees, term after term after term? Should councillors be allowed to sit on council for as long as they can get elected?

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into the former; and two first-term councillors are hoping to convince their colleagues to look at the latter.

The executive committee question might get answered. But it’s unlikely the motion coming forward from Mary-Margaret McMahon and Jaye Robinson to look at a threeterm limit for councillors will pass. There are rather too many councillors in Filion’s position. If they voted for term limits, they’d be voting themselves out of a job next election.

It’s too bad, because the heart of the McMahon/ Robinson motion is not an ageist attack on long-inthe-tooth politicians. What it is, is a recognition – and repudiation – of a sad reality: that Toronto Council

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has become balkanized, where old political feuds routinely drown out intelligent debate.

Wiping the slate clean of those old feuds by removing all those old politicians would undeniably be effective. As with many effective plans, it would also be a little anti-democratic.

Over the years, career councillors have become formidably skilled in seeing through policies and projects that make the city better. Sometimes, those ugly fights on the floor of council are necessary evils.

But council needs to have a long talk about how to both open the doors a bit wider to membership, and raise the level of debate beyond that of a grudge match. If the solution is not term limits – all right. But if not that, then what? The status quo is not an option.

■ David Nickle is the Mirror’s City Hall reporter. His column appears every Thursday. He can be reached at dnickle@insidetoronto.com

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n Thursday, Feb.14

Presteign-Woodbine Heritage Group WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-755-8352 COST: $7 per week An afternoon of history, fact and fiction. Learn about our city, our province and meet historians, authors and various speakers each week. Each session also features an optional bus trip.

When you live year round at Delmanor how you enjoy winter is up to you not the weather. On the nice days you can enjoy a stroll on our maintained community pathways or scheduled excursions on our private bus. But, when old man winter wants to get your goat you can enjoy a host of indoor daily activities, LivingWell programs and classes, live entertainment, guest lecturers, and hearty meals served in an elegant dining room full of friends. To sample how to enjoy all the seasons at Delmanor join us for an event or lunch and an afternoon of thumbing your nose at the weather.

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Income Tax Clinic WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Woodgreen Community Services - Danforth, 815 Danforth Ave., Suite 100 CONTACT: WoodGreen Volunteer Services, 416-645-6000 volunteer@ woodgreen.org COST: Free Annual tax clinic for marginalized communities from March 5 to April 27. Serving seniors, newcomers, students, unemployed and low income people.

Services available in various languages. Speak to staff if you have language needs. Booking appointment now. Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Every Thursday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 815 Locations: All days, Danforth Ave.; 1533 Victoria Park Ave. Thursdays only; 840 Coxwell Ave. Thursdays only.

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Amelia Bedelia Day WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Pape-Danforth Public Library, 701 Pape Ave. CONTACT: Pape Danforth Library, 416-393-7727, COST: Free Beloved book character, Amelia Bedelia, turns 50. Silly stories and games. For those aged 3 and up. Tickets available 30 minutes before event.

PA Day Teen Movie: Snow White and the Huntsman

WHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. WHERE: S Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free Free teen movie: Snow White and the Huntsman. For those aged 13 and older.

Valentine Dinner and Dance WHEN: 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 11, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: J. Haden, 416-264-6466 bjhaden@rogers.com COST: $20 per person Swing Band. Bar opens at 6 with dinner at 7. Tickets at the bar.

n Saturday, Feb. 16

Eastview Community Centre ‘Skate For Camp’ Skating Party WHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Park East Rink, 550 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Ravi Joshi, 416-338-7189, rjoshi@ toronto.ca COST: Free Family-friendly skate co-hosted by councillors Paula Fletcher and Mary Fragedakis. All refreshment sale proceeds will also help send kids to camp.

n Sunday, Feb. 17

Mosaic Storytelling Festival Tales from Around the World WHEN: 3 p.m. WHERE: St. David’s Anglican Church, 49 Donlands Ave. CONTACT: Trish >>>It’s, page 9

>>>from page 8 O’Reilly-Brennan, http://opendooratstds. blogspot.ca, opendooratstds@gmail. com COST: PWYC - suggested $5/ person Multicultural storytelling performances The Open Door East End Arts Collective and St. David’s Anglican Church celebrate the diversity and creativity of our rich East End neighbourhood – and our world. Mariella Bertelli and Hugh Cotton with stories of enchantment, love, and suspense from Italy, England and Ireland — all sure to warm the heart and bring a smile to the lips.

Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416 755 8352 COST: $7/adult & $3/children under 5 Pancakes, sausages, dessert and coffee and tea.

Annual Family Pancake Supper WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Presteign-

n Tuesday, Feb. 19

Sunday concert series at Westview Presbyterian Church WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Westview Presbyterian Church CONTACT: Rev. Tim Purvis, 416-759-8531, wvchurch. wordpress.com, westview@bellnet.ca COST: $10/PERSON Sunday Concert Series: Chamber Of Secrets.

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WHEN: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 11, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: T. Bragan (chairman), 416-264-6466, bjhaden@rogers. com COST: Free We play darts, euchre every second Tuesday of the month.

n Wednesday, Feb. 20

Riverdale Arts & Letters Club: Eliabeth Abbot WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Public Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Riverdale Branch, 416-393-7720 COST: Free Author, historian, and Riverdale resident, will discuss her new revision of “Haiti: a Shattered Nation - the Duvaliers and

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East York Garden Club Monthly Meeting WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Stan Wadlow Clubhouse, 373 Cedarvale Ave CONTACT: East York Garden Club, www. eygc.ca, info@eygc.ca COST: Free Design an Outdoor Garden Room with guest speaker Celia Rutte. A visual presentation that walks you through the process of creating a room in a garden.

The presentation promises to be informative and entertaining with lots of design tips, photos, floor plans, sketches and a healthy dose of humour. Celia Rutte, principal designer and owner of Design for Conscious Living, is an interior decorator and landscape designer

who works primarily in and around the Toronto area. She is an accredited member of the Canadian Decorator’s Association and also the president of the Toronto Chapter.

n Saturday, Feb. 23

Spaghetti Dinner WHEN: 5 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, rcl22.com, jimb.farrell@ yahoo.ca COST: $10 “Home made“ spaghetti dinner. Live and recorded music. This is an all ages event children welcome while dinner is served. Adult non branch members $10.

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Lockie member of Rightously Outrageous Twirling Corps >>>from page 1 of members from throughout the United States.

“No b o d y h a d g o t t e n together in the past, so we had 295 people all coming together for that weekend to practice,” Lockie said of the

group, which had only two days together to get its performance up to presidential standards.

Nichols marched as part of the honour guard, carrying her flag at the front of the group, while Lockie

performed with the colour guard, dancing and spinning his flag along to the band’s music. Lockie had to learn routines for four different songs, which he admitted was a little nerve-wracking under the circumstances.

“Everything was done basically by distance education, so we had video clips that we had to follow. They would email them to us, and we’d have to learn the routines based on the video clips,” he explained.

Lockie and Nichols are members of ROTC Toronto, the Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps. The performance ensemble has been part of Toronto Pride for 18 East York’s Dave Lockie, left, years, and appears regularly and Port Hope’s Jackie Nichols in Washington, D.C. in many other parades.

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Founded by Calvary Church Toronto in 1973, its mission states that “Nisbet Lodge/McClintock Manor are caring Christian homes dedicated to providing long-term care and seniors housing in the heart of the Danforth.”

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For the organizations 35th anniversary they published a collection of stories called, Our Danforth: One Hundred Years of Memories.

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As the head of the school, Ross tries to maintain a strong sense of community.

“The students and their families are very important to staff at the school,” Ross said.

“We are here to help them integrate into the community.”

During the past 14 years, Ross has worked as a principal, a role she came into after 20 years of teaching.

“I needed a change,” said Ross.

“I had taught various grades and subjects and wanted a new role in the school.”

Her role as principal has been met with accolades as she is set to join seven other Toronto principals this month for the award ceremony being held at the end of February.

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Crescent Town Elementary School principal Tamara Ross at the school’s Parent and Family Literacy Centre.

The 51 principals honoured this year will participate in a five-day executive leadership program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

This is the ninth year the Learning Partnership has presented the award.

“This award is very special,” said Ross, noting that it belongs not just to her, but the entire school.

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Study Overview The City ofToronto has initiated a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study to assess flooding problems during heavy rainstorms in Basement Flooding Area 1 (see map) and to recommend solutions to alleviate future basement and surface flooding in this area.

Background The City ofToronto has historically experienced severe storms, which have caused the recurrence of surface and basement flooding. On August 19, 2005, the City experienced a severe storm that produced flooding of many residents’ homes, erosion in ravines and watercourses, and damage to City roads, bridges, and sewers. In response, City Council approved the “Basement Flooding Work Plan” to undertake investigations to alleviate future flooding in 34 basement flooding areas, including Area 1.

Two Public Information Centres (PICs) are planned for this study.The first PIC is tentatively planned for late Spring 2013.

City staff and the consulting team will be present at the PIC to provide information, answer questions, and discuss the next steps in the study process. Notification of the PICs will be advertised in the local community newspaper and notices will be mailed to addresses within the study area.

We would like to hear from you Public consultation is an important part of this study.

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Mae (Rigmea) Lee Senor Public Consultation Coordinator Public Consultation Unit City of Toronto, Metro Hall, 19th Fl. 55 John St., Toronto, ON M5V 3C6 Tel.: 416-392-8210 Fax: 416-392-2974 TTY: 416-338-0889 E-mail: rigmea_lee@toronto.ca Visit: toronto.ca/involved projects Issue Date: February 7, 2013

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AVINGS!

10 DAYS ONLY

1,000

$

ACCESSORY BONUS!

2013

Engineered for all seasons. Standard iAWD.

LOOK NO HIDDEN COSTS

0

$ DOWN DOWN

140

$

+TAXES Bi-weekly*

DEMO Loaded with standard features: • Intelligent All-Wheel Drive (iAWD) • Dual Zone Automatic Climate Control • 17 inch Alloy Wheels • SmartPassTM Keyless Entry/Start System • Premium Audio System w/bluetooth • Heated Seats • HWY 6.8L/100KM 24MPG

SAVE SAVE OVER OVER NOW NOW

Applicable 6,000 $23,995 + Applicable Taxes Taxes

$$

Was $$29,995

CONSUMER SHOULD READ THE FOLLOWING: All offers and selling price include delivery and destination, air tax $100, fuel $60, 1 year license fee $94 and a $299 dealer admin fee. Offers and selling price EXCLUDE PPSA up to $72 (when financing), applicable taxes and insurance. All model bi-weekly payments are calculated with $0 down. Term 96 months at 4.99% fixed rate OAC. Vehicles may not be exactly as shown. These offers cannot be combined with any other offers and are subject to change without notice. Vehicle images shown may include optional upgrades. Limited time finance offers available OAC. Special bi-weekly purchase finance offers are available on 2012 Grand Vitara JX (L2NB5T2) with automatic trans, 2012 SX4 JLX crossover (H3NB722) with automatic trans, 2013 Kizashi S (6B234C3) with automatic trans. Financing example ($22,600 financed over 96 months at 4.99% is $132.44 bi-weekly with cost of borrowing of $4872.75).

GET CONNECTED GO ANYWHERE. ANYWHERE. NEVER NEVER GET GET LOST. LOST. GO NEW SX4 JA iAWD CROSSOVER 2013

0%

PURCHASE FOR FINANCING UP TO

OWN IT FOR

147

$

BI-WEEKLY**

WITH

72

MONTHS*

0

DOWN

STANDARD 3-MODE INTELLIGENT ALL-WHEEL DRIVE

STANDARD INTELLIGENT ALL-WHEEL DRIVE

STANDARD 4-MODE 4WD

SCARBORO SUZUKI A DIVISION OF VIGLIATORE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

CONSUMERS SHOULD READ THE FOLLOWING: *All offers and Selling Price include Delivery & Destination ($1,650 for Kizashi/$1,450 for SX4/$1,650 for Grand Vitara models), $100 A/C Excise Tax (where applicable), $29 Tire Tax, $1 Environmental Handling Fee, $399 Dealer Administration Fee and $5 OMVIC Fee. Offers and Selling Price exclude PPSA up to $72 (when financing), applicable taxes (including HST and tax for fuel conservation, where applicable), license, registration, insurance and a down payment of $0. Vehicles may not be exactly as shown. These offers cannot be combined with any other offers and are subject to change without notice.

Offer available on select models. Dealers may sell for less. See participating dealers for details. Vehicle images shown may include optional upgrades. Limited time finance offers available O.A.C. **Special bi-weekly purchase finance offers are available on a new 2013 Kizashi S iAWD Model 6B234C3 (Selling Price $30,179), 2013 SX4 Crossover JA iAWD with manual transmission Model H3NB2G3 (Selling Price $22,979), 2013 Grand Vitara Urban 4WD with automatic transmission Model L2NB5U3 (Selling Price $29,679). The bi-weekly 60 month term amortized over an 84 month period payment based on 2013 Kizashi S iAWD @ 0.9%, purchase financing, bi-weekly payments are $171 with $0 down payment. Cost of borrowing is $889 for a total obligation of $31,068. Estimated remaining principal balance of $8,817 plus applicable taxes is due at the end of 60-month period. 2013 SX4 Crossover JA iAWD @ 0%, 2013 Grand Vitara Urban 4WD @ 0%, purchase financing over 72 months, bi-weekly payments are $147/$190 with $0 down payment. Cost of borrowing is $0/$0 for a total obligation of $22,979/$29,679. Pricing is calculated on units painted white in colour, other paint colours will cost extra. †Advanced Audio System with Navigation not available on SX4 sedan JE, JA, SX4 hatchback JA, or Kizashi S (S3LB1G3, S3LB113, S3LB613, H3NB1G3, H3NB6G3, H3NB613 or 6B234C3), advanced audio system with navigation standard on all other 2013 models. Offer valid until February 28, 2013.