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Riverdale MOSAIC STORYTELLING FESTIVAL street names to honour Jack Layton Blue Rodeo DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com The old Don Jail Roadway has been renamed in honour of the late New Democratic Party leader and local MP Jack Layton, and a new road in the Bridgepoint Health subdivision will be named in honour of local Riverdale band Blue Rodeo.

That was the word this week from the Toronto and East York Community Council, as they unanimously approved reports recommending names for the new subdivision resulting from the redevelopment of Bridgepoint Health at Gerrard Street East and Broadview Avenue.

Jack Layton Way The plan would see the existing Don Roadway, which connects Broadview Avenue with Gerrard Street East, renamed Jack Layton Way. Local councillor Paula Fletcher called the roadway a suburban-style street in an urban environment.

“This is really significant in our community, to be able to honour the late Jack Layton with a road north of >>>NEW, page 7

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STORY AT ST. DAVID’S: Diana Tso tells a story at St. David’s Anglican Church Sunday afternoon during the first session of the Mosaic Storytelling Festival. The festival continues every other Sunday until March 17.

Push on to have Leaside street designated as a heritage district LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com Heritage advocates have lost a battle to save a Leaside house but are

applauding a campaign to turn the street the home is on into a heritage conservation district.

Creating the district would “kickstart” the preservation of homes on

Parkhurst Boulevard from Bayview Avenue to Rumsey Road, southeast of Bayview and Eglinton Avenue, Geoff Kettel, chairperson of the North York Preservation Panel told

community council on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

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Wishing for warmer weather THE BIG CHILL: This mural at Danforth Avenue and Woodbine Avenue shows a nice warm summer scene - something many residents who have been outside this week might be wishing for this time of year as temperatures dipped to -9 °C Wednesday with the overnight temperature being forecast at -17 °C and feeling like -27 °C. The cold snap is set to last through the weekend with things warming up to zero by Monday.

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Rollergirls to start local daytime derby league rebecca field rfield@insidetoronto.com Four wheels, fishnet stockings and ‘fresh meat’ – brought to Toronto’s east end by GTA Rollergirls.

The Rollergirls are starting a daytime league – The Toronto Sirens – Jan. 28 at Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre for those women who want to strap on a helmet, elbow and kneepads and roller skates, but can’t make it in evening hours.

“We’re the first group in Toronto that’s ever done a daytime derby, so we thought there might be an interest and we’re giving it a go,” said Dara Douma, the GTA Rollergirl who is leading the daytime league.

Douma is a firefighter from the Beach who started playing roller derby just more than a year ago.

Her odd hours for shift work left her wishing there was a league during the day, so she’s starting one herself.

“Any other sport you can play in the day,” said Douma, known as ‘Triple D Stroyer’ to her teammates.

“You can join a hockey team, you can join a curling team, there’s lots of stuff, but there’s no derby.”

Practices will take place Mondays

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GTA RollerGirls’ Cat Kaddie, left, playing as a Jammer, breaks away from the pack during a practice scrimmage at Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School recently. The Rollergirls have started a daytime league, playing out of Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre.

from noon to 1 p.m. for an eightweek trial period to see how much interest there is.

It will act as a farm team for the evening league, which travels to bouts in Canada and the U.S.,

Douma said.

Each session is $10 or $70 for eight sessions. It will be run like one of

their ‘Fresh Meat’ programs, where the girls will learn a new skill set at each practice, Douma said.

“Training was really intense, your body just isn’t conditioned,” said Stacey Canfield, who finished the ‘Fresh Meat’ training program.

“It was always something really exciting that we were going to learn how to do, like we would learn how to jump, or weave,” said Canfield, also known as ‘Wookie Monster’ on the rink.

Canfield travels an hour from Milton two or three times a week to the Derby evening practices at Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School on Bloor Street West to be a part of the league.

“I thought roller derby was supposed to be for really tough-looking girls with lots of tattoos,” Canfield said. “That’s not the case.”

GTA Rollergirls invites women of all ages, sizes and skating levels to join the daytime league.

“What I love about this league is how very inclusive and fun it is,” Douma said. “Everyone has a place on the team.”

For details, email daradouma@ hotmail.com or visit www.gtarollergirls.com

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s Toronto grapples with its first significant cold snap of the season, we all must take the proper precautions to stay warm, but be ready to lend a hand to those who may need it.

It’s during these cold stretches where strong community bonds are most valuable – making people aware of what our view services are available, protecting against safety risks and provid- Extend warm, ing that sense of belonging to helping hand to those at risk of feeling isolated.

There’s a lot we can be doing. needy citizens The city issued its first Extreme Cold Weather Alert of 2013 on Monday. These alerts are called when Environment Canada predicts a coming overnight temperature of -15 Celsius or lower without wind chill. The alert also triggers additional homeless services in the city.

Getting people someplace warm is crucial. If you wish to help, there are opportunities to volunteer your time and donate goods which can be put to good use.

Visit www.volunteertoronto.ca to review what opportunities are out there.

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While the issue of homelessness may not be readily apparent in your own neighbourhood, there are community-building tasks you can undertake during these times that have a significant impact.

Cold weather means less outdoor interaction with our neighbours – especially those with mobility challenges. There’s nothing stopping you from paying a visit to a neighbour to check in on them and have a chat. It may be snow shovelling that’s needed or keeping walkways and stairs salted to prevent ice build-up.

Interaction is an important building block of a community.

Community-building exercises don’t need to take huge numbers of people and hours of planning to be successful. There’s always something we can do.

Even a short conversation can help you to get getting to know your neighbours a little better and forge a stronger community bond.

While some temperature relief is expected early next week and this cold snap will relent, these are prudent steps to follow. Winter is far from over, but even when the season changes getting to know the people we share a common bond with can lead to a healthier and happier community.

Ultimately, at a time when interaction with our neighbours is limited by the cold temperatures, now is when we need to ensure we’re looking out for each other. newsroom

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To the editor: So having a casino in Toronto would generate $400 million in revenues annually.

Really? Generate from what: thin air?

In reality, those $400 million would be funds that consumers would spend or save otherwise.

Capturing them with a casino would likely diminish vital revenues of other economic agents that depend on these to sustain their businesses.

If these $400 million were to be redistributed to taxpayers, for example under the form of a tax rebate, it may not matter much. But it does not seem to be on the table.

Looks like just another tax grab to me.

Jean-Marc Frion

Put the casino in the centre of the city, not downtown

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f we are going to have a casino forced upon us, given the lack of real public consultation, why locate it downtown?

Why has that location become so critical for the success of a casino and entertainment complex?

Are there not other locations that would be more sensible due to their accessibility to existing transportation routes and having open land?

These questions come to mind following the hamfisted way in which this entire casino proposal issue has been managed.

What makes this particularly galling is that numbers about jobs to be created and the income gained are being presented without any hard facts to back them up.

The real point about the proposed casino is that there already have been extensive studies done about such establishments

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that show they are not effective ways to build an economy.

Casinos make most of their money from the people who live near them, not from tourists as has been promoted, and they attract those people who can least afford to gamble their incomes.

Likewise the original vision for the Toronto waterfront that had been most spoken of by the public is not a place dominated by buildings and condos.

Everyone had already seen the way in which Harborfront had failed to open the lake to the majority of people, and had

instead hidden it behind a wall of buildings.

Public consultation has shown that people want the mouth of the Don to be parkland created from an ecological point of view.

This makes sense because the mouth of the Don River, and the area around it, is a very important flyway for the migration of many different types of birds.

So what are the alternatives?

Well, we have a real potential site that makes sense in Downsview at the location of the long closed military base.

The 644 acres of federally owned land is the perfect site for a casino and entertainment facility given the proposed numbers of people who are projected to be using it and working there.

The location is ideal for the large number of people who will be travelling to it; having the 401 to the south

of it, the Allen expressway to the east of it, as well as having access to at least one subway line that could be expanded into it.

Having the casino and entertainment complex in Downsview makes sense, and even justifies the city’s amalgamation by having it in the centre of the new City of Toronto.

Downsview offers open land, relative isolations, controlled access, transportation access, room for parking and future expansion.

If we’re going to have a casino, let’s place it where it will have no negative impact upon the city’s vibrant downtown community and cultural life.

n Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears every Thursday.

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protest”.

1:45 p.m.: On the way to fourth period, a gym teacher announces to another staff member: “If they wanted extra-curriculars so bad, they should’ve joined them outside of school”. The other staff member is quick to agree.

2 p.m.: The Grade 12 World Issues class discusses the Bill 115. They are told about how rough the teachers have it and how horrible the Liberal government has always been to them.

They are asked “Well, what would you have done differently?”

3 p.m.: The ski trip that was organized in October is cancelled. Participants are told that they will get their money back soon.

3:15 p.m.: The gym doors are locked and the teachers are gone. All teams have been cancelled indefinitely.

On Monday mornings, school is never a particularly welcome thing. But after waking up every day for six months to the sound of your educators protesting coming to teach you, Monday mornings past don’t seem to be complaint-worthy at all.

Though students are told that Bill 115 is not an issue that concerns them, I hope the timeline above shows

that it does.

This bill is something students can see, feel and hear at school. We can see it in the doors that are closed in our faces after class time, feel it in the frustration and anger that comes with having clubs and sports teams cancelled and hear it in comments like “If they wanted extra-curriculars so bad, they should’ve joined them outside of school” from our supposed role models.

I understand the frustration toward Bill 115 from the teachers, and I understand that it is the union, not the teachers making these decisions.

What I cannot understand is comments such as this and the attitudes behind them that are so belittling and disrespectful to the students, the very people protesters of the bill should be seeking support from.

Students are constantly told the bill is not our issue and that we’ll never understand, but then are asked by those same people “Well, what would you have done differently?”

I don’t know, but I do know that it is our issue and that we do understand.

R McCulloch

Bus design does not leave enough space for TTC riders To the editor: I was surprised to hear the TTC is considering limiting the number of baby strollers on the buses.

Don’t they know that families use the buses to get to work and the daycare centres?

Many people cannot afford a car and many want to avoid the hassles associated with driving in the city and have decided to spend their money on transit by taking the ‘Better Way’.

Are TTC drivers going to let a mother with one or more children stand and wait for the next two or three buses until she can get on?

Maybe if the TTC purchased a good bus in the first place, we, the riders, would not have to fight for space on them. Years ago when these things came on service, my first impression was the lack of available seating even when the bus was empty.

It is a ridiculous compromise design that does not really suit the needs of the people that use it. The design is all about the wheels

and once you step inside, you are compressed between them.

How is a handicapped person in a wheelchair supposed to get on or off when it is rush hour?

While it might have been determined to be a good thing to mix the needs of the transit riders, I think these buses were not the solution and it is obvious they are not. Any practical trials would have proven that.

One has to wonder why this particular design of vehicle was selected in the first place and who was responsible for ordering them.

It is the responsibility of those who ordered these buses to fix the problem they created by finally purchasing the right buses needed for the job.

That job is to accommodate and move as many people as possible. It is not to irritate and alienate the very people who have decided to invest their time and dollars by using public transit.

Chris Belfontaine

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Students are the main casualties of Bill 115 To the editor: Here is the day in the life of a Bill 115 casualty: 8 a.m.: Arrive at school to see teachers pacing the sidewalk with “Kill the Bill!” signs.

8:30 a.m.: Knock on the office door of the English department with no response. The door is locked and students will be ignored until 8:45 a.m.

8:45 to 8:50 a.m.: is the time slot given for communication with teachers outside of class.

8:55 a.m. (not a minute sooner): Teachers arrive to class wearing black to signify “the death of democracy”.

10:15 a.m.: Music classes are informed the concert they have been preparing for since September has been cancelled.

11:35 a.m.: Lunch period starts. Classrooms and offices are locked tight and staff members disappear.

Noon: The atmosphere in the school is tense. The cafeteria and hallways are filled with frustrated students whose normal lunchtime activities have been cancelled abruptly.

12:25 p.m.: Students prepare for the possibility school may be cancelled next class so the teachers can participate in a “day of

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Parkhurst Boulevard considered as heritage conservation district >>>from page 1 as Lawrence Park are at risk of losing their character because people are buying homes, demolishing them and replacing them with larger houses.

He has expressed frustration that the city’s heritage preservation services (HPS) has opposed some of his panel’s recommendations that homes facing demolition in these neighbourhoods be considered for heritage designation.

Kettel said the panel found it “quite shocking” HPS rejected 68 Parkhurst, built in 1937, as a heritage home based on criteria of design, historical and contextual value.

HPS did acknowledge “an analysis of Leaside as a potential heritage conservation district would determine if this property makes a significant contribution to the overall neighbourhood.”

The house at 68 Parkhurst will be demolished but the builder who bought it has agreed, after consultations with the community, to build a new home that fits in with the neighbourhood, Don Valley West Councillor John Parker said.

He persuaded councillors to ask the city to consider recognizing the stretch of Parkhurst from Rumsey to Bayview as a heritage conservation district, a move supported by Kettel and Agnes Vermes, with the Leaside Property Owners’ Association.

While the association regrets the loss of the individual house at 68 Parkhurst, creating the district would “kick-start” the saving of the street, Vermes said.

Leaside is caught in a paradox because it is

an attractive community in a highly desirable area but it is those attributes that make people want to buy there, demolish existing homes and build bigger houses, which erodes the character of the neighbourhood that makes it so desirable, Parker said. “We are victims of our own popularity in that regard,” he said.

Getting Parkhurst recognized as a heritage conservation district could be a long process because the city’s preservation services staff have a long list of neighbourhoods asking for consideration, Parker told The Mirror after the council meeting, ALL OF LEASIDE Recognizing a district means that individual homes in the neighbourhood aren’t worthy of heritage designation but, taken as a whole, the area is worth protecting, he said.

Unlike heritage designations on individual houses, which severely restrict any changes owners may want to make to their homes, being recognized as a heritage conservation district means home owners would be able to make any renovations they want to their homes as long as they keep the front facade so the uniform streetscape of the neighbourhood is preserved, Parker said.

The district recognition isn’t imposed by government, it is sought by the community, which is responsible for the costs involved in proving their neighbourhood deserves the title, he said. “It would be nice to do all of Leaside,” Parker said. “The trick is to do this in bite-sized pieces and identify segments that merit attention.”

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“This is a currently existing road. It’s a short cut, it’s a very suburban road that shortcuts from Broadview Avenue down to Gerrard and it really is a suburban road in the middle of an urban area.

“It will be closed and the little portion … will be a lovely urban road named after one of the most urban visionaries the city has ever known.”

The new Blue Rodeo Drive will run through the current site of the Don Jail.

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Dodgeball tourney helps Crescent Town youth RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com A fledgling charity will host a fundraising dodgeball tournament to benefit Crescent Town youth programs this Sunday.

Nabeel Khan from the non-profit Chaara Fund Foundation, says 100 per cent of the proceeds from the event will go toward local charities, which benefit youth. The tournament runs Jan. 27 at St. Dunstan Catholic School, at 14 Pharmacy Ave. The tournament, the first event organized by the Chaara Foundation, will feature teams made up of young adults from Crescent Town with ties to the neighbourhood who are looking for a way to support local youth programs.

“They are giving back through our organization by coming back to support the community,” said Khan, founder and CEO of the foundation.

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The after-school program would benefit youth between the ages of 11 and 14, who according to Khan are under served by current community programs. “These kids are too young for high school activities and too old for elementary school,” he said. “They’re right in the middle and at risk to become influenced by violence and drug use.”

Khan said he founded Chaara Foundation last year, whose name comes from the Bengali word meaning seed, following a trip to Peru which he decided to visit after growing disillusioned working in the corporate world as an architect.

His experience there volunteering and helping to build housing convinced him to get more involved in charitable work.

The foundation’s aim, he said, is to locate worthy Canadian charities that aren’t as well known and raise money for their benefit.

Khan urged more residents to donate more of their time to charities. “Life isn’t about just going to work,” he said. “There are so many worthy initiatives out there to get involved in.”

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ike Del Grande’s abbreviated tenure as Mayor Rob Ford’s first budget chief will almost certainly not be remembered the way that the Scarborough-Agincourt councillor would wish it.

Del Grande quit the job last week, providing a bitter cap to Toronto Council’s chaotic and graceless debate of Toronto’s 2013 operating and capital budget.

He went in with a chip on his shoulder, warning councillors that he would likely quit the job if they made even a single change to the budget he and Mayor Rob Ford’s executive committee presented.

That in itself was an unreasonable ultimatum; to ask Toronto’s divided council to leave his budget alone. If that were the only provocation, his resignation could reasonably be dismissed as a childish snit.

But Del Grande’s pride sustained deeper wounds, when Mayor Ford himself

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tore a hole in his own budget, first voting for a mischievous motion

by York West Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti to eliminate the budget’s two per cent property tax, and when that failed, voting to add $3.1 million to the firefighters’ budget. Del Grande had spent the past few months standing firm against firefighters’ demands. He had every reason to believe the mayor had his back. Who could blame him for resigning, when that turned out not to be the case, and in fact he had always been on his own?

The reality, of course, is that Del Grande was always on his own as budget chief — often by his own

design. Where past budget chiefs had divided work on the budget among their committee members, Del Grande took on much of it himself.

He was often sharp with deputations to his committee, who came to complain about the cuts his budgets would impose on various programs. Earlier on, he would dig in his heels on these matters, and leave it to council to sort it out.

Toward the end, though, it was clear that he took the job of balancing the city’s financial needs against its social and infrastructure needs very seriously. In 2012, when the public came to depute, Del Grande grilled each one about what it was they wanted, and how much it would cost. The list he kept posted during the meeting seemed at first like the kind of object lesson you’d use to teach a spendthrift teenager about household budgeting.

Oh we of little faith.

When it came time to wrap up the budget, Del Grande emerged with a proposal, to raise property taxes a hair and restore funding to various areas of need, raised convincingly enough by deputants. It was a significant gesture — but not significant enough for the needs of city council, and not even enough

for the political needs of the mayor.

In the end, it is not likely enough to solidify the story of Del Grande’s short time chairing the city’s budget committee as one of a balanced, thoughtful financial architect committed to rational budgeting for the good of all, as he might have wished. To do that

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Blake-Boultbee focus of police safety program Those living in and around the Blake-Boultbee and Rivertowne neighbourhoods may have noticed an increased police presence in their communities in recent months.

It’s all part of a citywide initiative by the Toronto Police Service (TPS) called the Neighbourhood Safety Project, which aims to improve community safety and increase positive engagement between the police and the public.

ENDS THIS MONTH The 15-week program, essentially a continuation of the TPS’ Summer Safety Project, kicked off Oct. 15 and is set to wrap up Jan. 27.

Each police division was tasked with examining its needs and coming up with a tailor-made plan that best served its residents, said Const. Rob McDonald of 55 Division’s community response unit.

“Everybody is doing it a little differently,” he said, explaining in 55 Division, two teams each consisting of four constables and a sergeant were assigned to patrol the BlakeBoultbee and Rivertowne areas nightly with the aim of eradicating

violent crime and its causes.

McDonald said historically the Blake-Boultbee and Rivertowne neighbourhoods have had higher instances of violent crimes and police were eager to do their part to better the situation.

“We’re trying to meet the community’s needs the best way we can as a police service. Our goal is not just to chase the ‘bad guys’ but to make communities safer and connect with people,” he said. During the project, 55 Division police made several robbery and drug-related arrests in connection with the local neighbourhood safety program.

They’ve also apprehended and/or identified a number of individuals wanted by Immigration Canada for being in the country illegally.

At the end of the 15-week campaign, each division will look at what worked, what didn’t and what the next steps should be to continue keeping communities across the city safer.

People are also invited to share their thoughts on the project by filling out an online survey at http:// svy.mk/10EKuM8 – Joanna Lavoie

Greenwood mural among StreetARToronto projects ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com Whether you look to the 80-footlong mosaic at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, the giant white wording ‘You’ve Changed’ on the side of a building near Queen Street West and Ossington Avenue or the Greenwood Village Mural, Lilie Zendel said the first year of StreetARToronto (StART) accomplished exactly what the program set out to do. “(StART) was created last year as part of the graffiti management program to support and celebrate permitted graffiti and street art,” Zendel said.

StART is administered by the Public Realm Section of the Transportation Services Division at the City of Toronto and aims to develop, support, promote and increase awareness of street art and its role in adding beauty and character to neighbourhoods across Toronto.

StART hosted a meeting at MOCCA in West Queen West on Jan. 21 to wrap up their inaugural

year and share details of this year’s program.

In 2012 StART partnered with 20 Toronto organizations to create 48 murals across the city, on walls, fences, underpasses, benches and pavement, particularly in areas that are targeted by graffiti.

The creation of these murals assisted in cleaning up 1,300 pieces of ‘tagging’. More than 60 artists were involved in the projects.

The challenges that program participants faced in the first year, Zendel said, was finding the funds to match StART grants, which is a criteria of the program, finding walls to use in the city, and managing complaints from building owners, artists, non-profits and Business Improvement Areas.

The other big issue is maintaining the murals and vandalism.

“We certainly want to expand as much as we can in a geographic sense,” Zendel said.

In 2013 StART will continue with its Partnership Program and its Diversion Program, which involves at-risk youth. Although StART aims

to support artists it does not fund artists directly, but funds projects through organizations.

Applications for murals to be painted this year are due by April 15 and they can be made through the StART website at http://www. toronto.ca/streetart/ Applications have to be made by incorporated non-profit or charitable organizations and must operate in Toronto.

“I personally would like to see some really large-scale projects this year,” Zendel said, adding the maximum funding for the partnership program has been increased to $30,000.

The StART contribution cannot exceed 70 per cent of the cost of the mural and of that remaining 30 per cent the partner organization must raise at least 15 per cent in cash.

By the spring of 2013 Zendel said they hope to launch a user-friendly map, which gives the details of the 585 murals and street art pieces found in Toronto. The map would include information about the artists and their inspiration for the work.

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Of the six remaining candidates three are from Toronto.

The Mirror posed questions to each Toronto leadership candidate. Local Don Valley West MPP Kathleen Wynne’s responses are below.

To see all the Toronto candidate responses, visit us online at: bit.ly/TCN_torontoliberals What would your priority be for Toronto?

n The GTA needs smart, efficient transportation and infrastructure that works. I will build on record McGuinty Liberal investments in infrastructure and transportation. I will champion the prosperity of the GTA by supporting increased investment in our regional transportation network, while ensuring we have a plan to pay for it.

I will also champion a fairer, more inclusive society. The moral argument for poverty reduction is clear, but the

economic imperative is equally compelling. That’s why I’ll move forward with the next poverty reduction strategy and implement the social assistance review recommendations, over time.

How would you approach the current situation with Bill 115?

n Just as I did as education minister, I will sit down with our education partners to strengthen the bargaining process at both the provincial and, importantly, the local levels. We need a sustainable model for wage negotiations, a structured dialogue with our partners in the broader public sector to create innovative models for engagement and negotiation.

Continued improvements in our education system are only possible if we repair the relationship with our teachers and support staff. I’m glad Bill 115 will be repealed so we can focus on developing a sustainable process within the fiscal reality.

What kind of Premier would you be?

n I’m running because I believe so deeply in bringing people together, finding common ground to achieve real results. Whatever happens in this race, on Jan. 28 we’re going to find ourselves

continuing to govern in a minority parliament. We need a leader with the skills and experience to unite Ontario Liberals and then find common ground with the Opposition.

In this minority parliament, we all have a responsibility to work together to get things done. I’ll reach out to the PCs and NDP and work to create jobs, grow the economy and invest in public services.

Tell us a bit about yourself.

n I’m a mother of three children, Chris, Jessie and Maggie, and two granddaughters, Olivia and Claire. I grew up in Richmond Hill and have lived in north Toronto with my partner Jane for more than 25 years.

I’m also a runner and I love to read!

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It’s Family Literacy Day WHEN: 2 to 2:45 p.m. WHERE: Danforth/Coxwell Branch Toronto Public Library, 1675 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Danforth/Coxwell Library, 416-3937783, dastaff@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free A reading sit-in. Find a favourite book and read along with your child.

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Free Kids Workshop - Tips & TricksBecoming a Confident Speaker WHEN: 10 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No.11, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: Helen Pearce, 416-690-6388, www.rcl11.com, youthed@rcl11.com COST: Free Tips and tricks on becoming a confident speaker: Primary Grades 1 through Grade 8 are welcome to attend. Facilitator: Donna Braniff, distinguished Toastmaster. Space is limited to 30 children.

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St. Luke’s Midwinter Madness White Elephant Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: St.

Luke’s Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: 416-421-6878 x21, www.stluke. ca, st.luke@ca.inter.net COST: Free Furniture, silver, collectibles, books, jewellery, household items and much more.

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You’ve Shaken off the Blues Now Come out and Chill WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, www.rcl22.com, jimb.farrell@yahoo.ca COST: Free Two of Us, just good music for your listening enjoyment.

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Community Variety Show Auditions WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: PresteignWoodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: Tricia, 416-755 8352, www.presteignwoodbineuc.org, presteignwoodbineunitedchu@bellnet. ca COST: Free A family night of singing, acting, dancing and musical entertainment. To get your place in the show, come to the auditions and show us your stuff.

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Riverdale Historical Society WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Public Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Riverdale Historical Society COST: Free Wayne Reeves, chief curator of the city of Toronto Museum Services, will be speaking on the work of R.C. Harris in Riverdale. R.C. Harris was the architect of the Prince Edward Viaduct and the R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant amongst many other city projects.

Admission free to RHS memebers and $5 to non members.

East York Historical Society WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: S Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Drive CONTACT: S. Walter Stewart Branch, 416-396-3975, jnanos@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Heritage Tree - Preserving our Natural Roots.What is a heritage tree? And why is it important to protect them?

Presented by Edith George, advisor to the Ontario Urban Forest Council.

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Movies on a Thursday Afternoon WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Danforth/

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eignwoodbineunidtedchu@bellnet.ca COST: $7 each; $20 per family Talent from the Parkview Hills and surrounding areas gather on this one fun family night to entertain communiry residents with music and comedy, and lots of fun. Come out to watch, or audition and participate!

Gordon Pape and Deborah Kerbel: Teaching Your Kids about Money WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Public Library, 370 Broadview Ave. COST: Free Financial expert Gordon Pape (father of three) teams up with his daughter, young adult author Deborah Kerbel (mother of two), in a new book that gives parents a step-by-step approach to raising money-savvy kids - and making it fun in the process. Anyone with children between the ages of 5 and 17 would benefit from this talk.

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Mosaic Storytelling Festival 2013 Tales from Around the World WHEN: 3 p.m. WHERE: St. David’s Anglican Church, 49 Donlands Ave. CONTACT: Trish O’Reilly-Brennan, opendooratstds@gmail.com COST: Suggested donation is $5 per person Multicultural storytelling performances every two weeks until Mar. 17. The Celebrate the diversity and creativity with tellers and tales from across the globe.

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Acting director Quan to focus on moving TDSB forward Board makes appointment to replace former director Chris Spence FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com With a focus on moving forward, the newly appointed acting director of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) vowed to work hard at restoring public confidence in a system left shaken after her predecessor’s resignation as a result of a plagiarism incident.

Flanked by TDSB staff, a poised Donna Quan spoke to reporters about the importance of focusing on students’ education and working as a team to ensure the best possible learning environment is achieved.

“We will reach out to partners and parents to ensure the TDSB remains one of the finest education systems in the world,” Quan said Friday at TDSB headquarters on Yonge Street.

Quan, who has more than 30 years of education experience, was chosen

as interim director Wednesday, Jan. 16, following two lengthy trustee meetings.

Quan accepted the position after former TDSB director Chris Spence resigned Thursday, Jan. 10, after admitting to plagiarizing parts of an op-ed piece he wrote for a newspaper on Jan. 5.

‘We have to ensure stability and leadership of the TDSB is firmly in place, then figure out what comes next.’

Chris Bolton, TDSB chair

Former deputy director Quan, who served as the board’s deputy director for the past two and a half years, began her education career in 1983 with teaching roles in a number of elementary schools, including French immersion.

The married mother of three daughters began her career with the TDSB in 1985, where she established one of the first non-profit schoolbased Early Years childcare centres at Faywood Arts-Based Curriculum School in North York.

Quan has held various positions within the board, including principal and families of schools superintendent.

Quan, who praised Spence for his “tremendous leadership” as director, acknowledged it had been a less than breezy week at the board.

“The past week has been stormy but the storm shall pass,” she said.

Chris Bolton, chair of the TDSB, said the focus is on getting things

back to an even keel before selecting someone permanent to fill the post.

Future “We’re not even considering what the future looks like in that regard,” he said.

“We have to ensure stability and leadership of the TDSB is firmly in place, then figure out what comes next.”

When asked if she’s hoping to continue her new job permanently, Quan said her immediate focus is on uniting her team and delivering the best possible education system to students.

Quan received her bachelors of education degree from the University of Toronto and her masters of education degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in Toronto.

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Del Grande sticks with decision TTC to look at impact Mike Adler madler@insidetoronto.com Mike Del Grande says there’s absolutely no way he’ll resume his role as Toronto’s budget chief.

“I’m not coming back,” said the Scarborough-Agincourt councillor, who resigned the post last Wednesday, hours after the city’s 2013 budget passed with some eleventh-hour additions that left Del Grande disappointed.

On Thursday night, he appeared to agree with a television interviewer who suggested he would accept being budget committee chairperson again if his council colleagues offered the job to Del Grande in a unanimous vote.

Icing on the cake But that evening Del Grande said this was a “hyperbole question” to which he gave a “hyperbole answer.”

His mind’s made up, he said.

“I can’t have 44 masters,” said Del Grande, referring to councillors making motions to change the budget he had worked on 75 hours a week.

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‘I had to do what I had to do to turn the ship around.’

Councillor Mike Del Grande ing his resignation, he added, was St. Paul’s Councillor Joe Mihevc’s successful motion for more transparency in the budget process.

Not personal Mihevc said this was meant “at face value” and not at all as personal criticism of Del Grande.

The process has for many years been hard to follow, he said, because it’s complicated and involves so much paper.

Though he’s had disagreements with Del Grande, Mihevc said Del Grande never asked him about his motion before the vote.

Del Grande, however, said he spoke against the motion and told fellow councillors he took it to be personal.

Several colleagues later praised Del Grande’s work in what they said is a difficult role.

“I think he feels the changes council made to his budget undermined what he was trying to do,” Norm Kelly, who represents the other Agincourt ward, said before news of the resignation came out.

Kelly added he hoped Del Grande was home with his feet up, reflecting on a job well done.

Police board Del Grande said he’s heard from some his own residents who, he said, understand why he quit the post and don’t blame him for the decision.

“I told my constituents (while I was budget chief) that I was on loan to the city, and that I had a bigger goal,” he said.

Del Grande added that he leaves the city’s finances in a better state than he found them in two years ago, when he took on the post.

“I had to do what I had to do to turn the ship around,” Del Grande said.

Now, serving on the Toronto Police Services Board looks like a new task in which he can accomplish something, Del Grande said.

“I’m a journeyman. I do one job and go on to the next one.”

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RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The TTC will consider the feasibility of limiting the number of baby strollers allowed on its vehicles in the future.

But chair Karen Stintz told reporters the transit commission has no intention of reducing the number of strollers allowed, for which there is currently no limit, nor would it consider charging extra for their use.

“We’ll take it back (to staff) and see if there’s anything we can do,” said Stintz Monday afternoon.

At the monthly meeting, Stintz and the rest of the TTC’s board of commissioners (minus Glenn De Baeremaeker who was absent) voted to receive feedback from staff regarding the use of strollers on all vehicles, which can be a source of dissatisfaction among some commuters for their size and tendency to block seats and exits.

Stintz, who said she has taken baby strollers on board TTC vehicles in the past with no argument from other riders, was surprised the issue came up during the meeting.

“I don’t have a resolution because quite frankly up until today I never considered the use of strollers to be a problem,” she said.

In a five-minute deputation to the board, resident Elsa La Rosa said baby strollers are often the source of disputes between commuters.

She called the presence of up to six strollers on one TTC bus a “comedy act” for riders attempting to make their way through. La Rosa, 61, called on the TTC to start charging riders with strollers extra fares or limiting their use at peak times.

TTC CEO Andy Byford admitted the feedback he has received from riders and bus operators indicates baby strollers blocking seats and bus exits are becoming a growing concern.

But adopting measures like those in London, UK, for example which limits strollers to two per bus, can create resentment among riders who would perceive operators as acting like “jobsworths” a British term for difficult or unhelpful employees, said Byford.

“It’s a tricky subject,” he said after the meeting.

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Ford pointed to several initiatives the city has undertaken.

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