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Thorncliffe Park eyed for free rec programs MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com The City of Toronto will redraw the map for its recreation services this year, making swimming and other activities free for everyone in many new parts the city including Thorncliffe Park. The expansion of free recreation programs into these areas is the latest stage in what could be called a strategy for social inclusion in postamalgamation Toronto, St. Paul’s Councillor Joe Mihevc said. “It’s our attempt to say, ‘Everyone has the right to play, and to get fit,’” said Mihevc, a member
of city hall’s Community Development and Recreation Committee, which approved the move last month. “ When you can’t afford recreation, then you’re not a full participant in the life of the city.” Besides having a Welcome Policy, which can subsidize recreation programs at one location for low-income residents who apply, the city has maintained 23 priority centres where programs are free for all residents. The priority centres were meant to include community centres serving parts of Toronto with a high percentage
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of low-income families, but most of them are in the former city itself, where recreation before amalgamation had been free. Scarborough, for instance, has no priority centres apart from Oakridge Community Recreation Centre near the old city boundary, and communities with some of the amalgamated city’s highest lowincome percentages, such as Thorncliffe Park and Scarborough Village, weren’t near the free city programs. In Thorncliffe Park, the programs would be based out of the Jenner Jean Marie Community Centre.
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Local DJ spins at skate nights REBECCA FIELD eym@insidetoronto.com It’s like a Canadian version of Roller Boogie happening down at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre this winter. One east end DJ and his crew are helping warm up the rink with their beats. Footprints on Ice will be DJing their Funk, Soul
and Jazzy beats as part of DJ Skate Nights at Harbourfront Centre’s Natrel Rink on Saturday, Jan. 18. The event runs for 12 consecutive Saturdays on the rink through to March 1 and features some of Toronto’s top DJ’s. “It will be my first time skating since high school probably,” said
area resident Stuart Li who started Footprints with DJ Jason Palma 11 years ago — they were later joined by Jason Sanders (DJ General Eclectic). Footprints is a DJ event that takes place at the Rivoli on Queen Street West and showcases a fusion new and >>>DJ, page 8
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HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS: Riverdale Collegiate’s Nathaniel Cunningham, left, battles Leaside High School’s Ivan Gadzic (1) during high school junior boys’ basketball action Tuesday afternoon at Leaside. Riverdale went on to win the game 61-38.
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