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Vulnerable residents work together to fight food insecurity in Toronto JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

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hile solving the problem of food insecurity will require a concerted effort from all levels of government, there is a great deal being done at a more grassroots level to help make sure Torontonians can put food on their plates.

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CFC Chief Operating Officer Kathryn Scharf (www. cfccanada.ca) said awareness of food security issues is growing, as is action to

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Michael Garron Hospital’s redevelopment process is officially underway, the hospital and Infrastructure Ontario announced in a joint statement recently.

A request for qualifications (RFQ) has been issued to find companies able to complete the redevelopment work, which will add more than 500,000 square feet to the hospital formerly known as Toronto East General.

From the RFQ submissions, a shortlist of qualified candidates will be invited to respond to a request for proposals that is

expected to be released early next year.

“Today’s announcement is an exciting milestone for the Michael Garron Hospital community,” said Sarah Downey, MGH president and CEO. “We’re one step closer to making the Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre a reality. This transformational project will help ensure that we continue providing high-quality care and specialist services to the residents of the east Toronto community for generations to come.”

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Better wages, improved access are the keys to fighting food insecurity >>>from page 1 she said, adding that finding local partners willing to help deliver services is a key part of what her organization does.

Scharf noted that while teaching healthy food skills, offering cooking groups and classes, providing afterschool programs where kids can have healthy snacks and creating community gardens are all great ways to combat food insecurity, the key is in making sure more Canadians can earn a living wage.

However, that’s something that will only come about when governments mandate it, said Scharf.

“The key is to fight poverty, fight for housing, increase wages and social assistance rates,” she said. “We can push for those things at a grassroots level, but we can’t make them happen.”

Darcy Higgins of Building Roots (www.pushfoodforward.com/buildingroots) agreed that a wage policy, along with better social support, is the best permanent solution, adding his organization is doing its best in the meantime to bring food access to where people need it most.

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We’re trying to bring fresh food at affordable prices to where people need it most.

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“We’re trying to bring fresh food at affordable prices to where people need it most,” he said.

“We have a Moss Park Market that just opened in a shipping container on Toronto Community Housing property, and that’s a model we’re hoping to replicate in other communities.

We’re exploring and looking for partners across the city, especially in the suburbs.”

He said those battling food insecurity can also benefit from connecting with community agencies that can help teach them to cut costs and stretch their food budgets further, by joining

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The Toronto Food Council’s Food by Ward report looks at food security issues across the city on a wardby-ward basis.

Food needs vary by neighbourhoods JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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Michelle Porteous (right) and Jesenia Auceda make sandwiches at Sodexo Canada’s Feeding our Future Initiative at the Campbell Company of Canada in Etobicoke this week. The program helps provide lunches for kids in need over the summer.

cooking programs run by not-for-profits, or by growing their own food, perhaps in community gardens near where they live.

The Ashbridge Estate near Queen and Greenwood is a prime example of using available space to bolster food security. A new community garden has been planted there by Syrian refugees to complement an existing community garden at the site.

“There are so many communities – especially lowerincome communities – where there aren’t stores for people to buy fresh food,” Higgins said. “It tends to be more convenience stores (instead of affordable grocery stores with more healthy options) in those communities, so you have to look at other solutions.”

Toronto Youth Food Policy Council (www.tyfpc.ca) cochair Melana Roberts said projects to boost food security can range from relatively

small in scale, such as new pop-up food markets being launched at TTC subway stations at Downsview, Kipling and Victoria Park stations, to Malvern Eats – a community lunch that hosts as many as 300 guests – to the CEED (community eco economic development), which could see hydro corridors turned into community gardens.

“We’re working with Toronto Public Health and looking at four different sites where (CEED) could work,” she said, noting those sites include Rexdale, northeast Scarborough, Flemingdon Park and the Danforth and Victoria Park area. “They’re in neighbourhoods characterized as priority neighbourhoods with a really diverse mix of residents in terms of age, socioeconomic background and ethnicity.”

FoodShare (www.foodshare.net), meanwhile, helps various organizations bring food to communities by combining their buying

power. Rather than having each organization make connections and buy goods, they can pool their resources and make bulk purchases from the Ontario Food Terminal, stretching those dollars further.

“There’s $29 million spent a year by non-profit agencies in the community food sector (each year in Toronto,)” said Shawn Conway of FoodShare. “That’s a lot of buying power.”

“We started out with an emphasis on fresh produce, but now we have a dairy line and a bread line as well.”

Many other organizations across the city are helping to keep vulnerable Torontonians fed, but they all acknowledge their work is simply addressing the symptoms of the type of poverty that leads to food insecurity.

They say it’s ultimately up to government to determine if and when a permanent solution to the issue will be presented.

Food is an essential pillar of city building.

That’s the premise behind a recently released report titled Food by Ward: Food Assets and Opportunities in Toronto.

The report, which took about a year to put together, was initially launched by the Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC) as a way to engage with municipal candidates during the 2014 election on the topic of food security.

Now that the election is over, the TFPC is continuing to work with elected officials as well as community organizations and individuals to advocate for more food security programs and initiatives.

Using resources from Toronto Public Health, Food

by Ward provides a snapshot of food assets across Toronto’s 44 municipal wards, said Rachel Gray, chair of the Toronto Food Policy Council, during a recent interview.

Gray, who is the executive director of The Stop Community Food Centre in the Annex, said the findings of Food by Ward can and should be used to help identify food priorities and come up with viable ways to improve the availability of affordable, healthy food across the city.

She said the areas that tend to be lacking the most are the suburban, and often lower-income, parts of the city where people usually need a vehicle to go to the grocery store. The outer portions of the city are also often where marginalized individuals live, including those on fixed incomes, and newcomers.

Gray also said a lot of the findings in Food by Ward mirror those of the groundbreaking 2010 Three Cities Within Toronto report by David Hulchanski of the University of Toronto, which looked at income polarization in the city from 1970 to 2005.

The good news is that food insecurity problems can be improved when people and organizations come together, Gray said, pointing to simple things that can make a huge difference like community gardens and community food programs. And fortunately, a lot of people are interested in getting involved, she added. At Food by Ward’s launch event recently at Toronto City Hall, more than 100 community food champions as well as more than a third of Toronto city councillors same out to show their support. n Visit www.tfpc.to/food-by-ward to view the report.

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Tactics overshadow issues in the Pride Parade protest

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staged sit-in protest by the Toronto chapter of Black Lives Matter last Sunday at the Pride Parade certainly has people talking.

But are they talking for the right reasons?

Given the status as an Honoured Group for the parade, Black Lives Matter effectively halted the parade for half an hour as they issued a list of nine demands.

The annual parade that capped off Pride Month only began to move again once Pride Toronto executive director Mathieu Chantelois signed the document, seemingly agreeing to those demands, which included reinstating and committing to increase community stages as well as the removal of police floats in Pride marches and OuR ViEW parades.

The latter, not surprisingly, has been getting a lot of attention Continue with Toronto Police Association dialogue of president Mike McCormack conPride Toronto for signinclusiveness demning ing the paper and accusing Black Lives Matter of “hijacking” the grand event Sunday.

People on Twitter had plenty to say about it too, many siding with police and recognizing their contributions over the years to support the growing Pride movement.

It seems counterproductive and counterintuitive to exclude police from a parade celebrating inclusivity, especially as some in the LGBT community also work in the police force.

While the protest brought both public and media attention to Black Lives Matter, the reasons for the protest were overshadowed by the tactics. People are talking about whether it was appropriate or justified to do what they did during the parade, rather than how events like Pride can be even more inclusive and welcoming to other marginalized communities.

Perhaps continuing the dialogue at the upcoming community meetings on anti-racism that the provincial government is hosting this summer is a good place to start.

The first meeting is scheduled to take place in Toronto on July 14 with another in Scarborough on Sept. 13.

For effective change to occur, Black Lives Matter must first gain the public’s empathy and support for their cause.

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Black Lives Matter disruption of Pride Parade what you’d expect It’s hard to know what to make of the Black Lives Matter – Toronto (BLMTO)/ Pride Toronto dust-up.

That, of course, won’t stop me from weighing in on the spectacle – even if it wasn’t really much of one.

To recap: Black Lives Matter – Toronto, a group that has seen great success staging discomfiting public protests, accepted an invitation from Pride Toronto (another group that has in the past seen great success staging discomfiting public protests) to be an “honoured guest” at this year’s Pride Parade.

And things went exactly as you’d expect: a discomfiting public protest, in the form of a disruption to the Pride Parade that was only able to resume once Pride Toronto had “agreed” to a list of demands from BLMTO. Among those demands?

No coppers please, at future Pride parades.

The pearl-clutching began. The Toronto Police Association demanded

david nickle the city Pride Toronto apologize for signing off on the deal.

Mayor John Tory, through his office, joined voices on Toronto council including local councillor and longtime Pride supporter Kristyn Wong-Tam to make it clear that police should be welcomed at the parade for if nothing else than the purpose of keeping open lines of communication between the LGBTQ2S community and the police.

And finally Pride Toronto’s executive director Mathieu Chantelois made it clear himself that signing a deal with BLMTO, while he was trying to simply get the parade moving, wasn’t going to be binding, and ultimately, Pride and the community would make the final decision. It would be an excellent bet that police will be back in the parade next year.

It’s tempting to look at all

this from the outside and dismiss it as silliness, or an “inside-baseball” dispute… tempting to see this as a bit of a nadir for Black Lives Matter, pulling a disruptive stunt at what was otherwise a healing event for a community still processing the massacre in Orlando – all to extract promises that won’t be kept, and for the most part are over internal Pride matters that might have been dealt with as well using nothing more than a few stern emails.

That is, however, missing the point of successful protest movements like Black Lives Matter, which are combatting not only very small issues, but very, very large ones.

A few days earlier, Metropolitan Community Church pastor and gay rights activist Brent Hawkes stood with Police Chief Mark Saunders for what had been billed an historic apology by police for the bath house raids in the early 1980s that destroyed the lives of closeted gay

men, and ruined businesses.

An apology was a big thing, but also a small thing – and Hawkes spoke that day of how he had contacted the chief, and negotiated an apology, and that sometimes, negotiation was necessary.

The only trouble? At the end of all that negotiation, Saunders did not in fact apologize; he very deliberately expressed “regrets” for police actions, and promised to do better — and really, with that, closed the matter as far as police were concerned.

It’s comforting to think that change can happen with comfortable negotiation. But the reality is that genuine change requires an irritant to motivate it. Black Lives Matters understands that, and so of course they showed up in full, irritating glory on Sunday.

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Victim Services Unit honoured Woman slashed in face turns to social media to find attacker

>>>from page 1 the Attorney General, this award recognizes contributions by Ontario police services, alone or in partnership with private or public community agencies, for improving the level of service provided to victims of crime, tragic events, or other unfortunate circumstance.

The VSU, which was established in March 2014 and launched at 55 Division, received this honour for the work it does to ensure victims have access to exceptional support and assistance to help them deal with the impact of crime.

The unit’s mandate is to provide support, referrals, and information to victims

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Det. Const. Jennifer Metzger (left), Det. Stacie Branton, Det. Const. Jason Larmer, and Det. Sgt. Warren Wilson participate in the recent presentation to Toronto police 55 Division’s Victim Support Unit of an award from the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police.

of crime, witnesses and their families. “This work of this unit is rewarding for both the victim and the officer,”

said OPP Supt. Carson Pardy, who serves as the chair of the OACP Victims Assistance Committee, in a release.

Man, 22, arrested in Danforth and Logan shooting A 22-year-old Toronto man has been arrested in connection with a shooting this past weekend on Danforth Avenue in Greektown.

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Life-long East York resident Alicia Taylor was out with a few friends early Saturday, June 25 when a man she didn’t know slashed her twice on the left side of her face.

Taylor, 24, wanted to get a bite to eat and was walking eastward along Danforth Avenue near Pape Avenue around 3:15 a.m. when she said a man who “wasn’t all there” randomly started yelling at her.

“I didn’t even respond to him. I just kept walking,” said Taylor, a Canada Post mail carrier.

She said the man told her he had a knife and moments later slashed her in the face near her temple area and chin.

Blacked out “I just kind of blacked out and I woke up in hospital,” she said in an interview with The Mirror.

Police and paramedics were on the scene within minutes of the attack and Taylor was rushed to St. Michael’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Taylor said the friends she was with started chasing after the man but came back to help her as she was bleeding.

people to help her spread the word so her attacker can be apprehended as soon as possible.

“I want anyone with information to contact police,” said Taylor.

She said that the unprovoked attack has left her feeling anxious and looking over her shoulder more than ever before.

“I grew up in the Pape and Danforth and I know the area very well. I’m always out at night and I never ever once felt like I was in danger,” she said.

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East York’s Alicia Taylor is reaching out on social media to help find the man who slashed her in the face with a knife during a random attack near Pape and Danforth on June 25.

“I lost about a litre of blood and needed three blood transfusions,” said Taylor, who spent the weekend in hospital and was discharged on Monday.

InformatIon sought She’s currently off work until her stitches come out.

In the days since the incident, Taylor, who has a fivemonth-old son, has spoken out on social media and asked

suspect fled area Police said the suspect was last seen fleeing westbound on Danforth Avenue, then northbound on Pape Avenue.

Police said the suspect is only described as black, and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.

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Five area restaurants and the local butcher will meet on Danforth Avenue to match culinary wits in a batle to see who has the tastiest BBQ ribs at the 2016 Danforth Experiece Thrill of the Grill event.

The seventh annual event takes place on Saturday, July 9, from noon to 4 p.m.

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WHERE: royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: , 416-425-3070, , COST: Free tonight: DJ Derek.

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Garage Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: royal Canadian Legion, 9 Dawes rd. CONTACT: Nancy Mcknight, 647-223-9646, timms1979@yahoo. ca COST: Free Barbecue, hamburgers, hot dogs, cold drinks, coffee, tea and muffins available.

Thrill of the Grill WHEN: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Danforth Avenue (Broadview to Jones) CONTACT: 416-429-4479, www.thedanforth.ca/ COST: $20 and $10 Bike Fun Zone: decorating and safety tips from Ward 29 Bikes and Ward 30 Bikes. Proceeds will benefit kidney cancer research. Participating restaurants include: Allen’s Globe Bistro, the Combine Eatery, Factory Girl, the Meat Department and more.

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WHEN: 12:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-1714 COST: $6 Everyone welcome.

Jazz/Swing Dance WHEN: 3 to 6 p.m.

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East York Farmers Market WHEN: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Art Bar Poetry Series WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Black Swan tavern, 154 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: artbarpoerty@gmail.com COST: PWYC Featured readers plus an open mic. Check web site for details and schedule at artbar.org

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Mixed Snooker League WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: royal Canadian Legion, Branch No. 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-3070 COST: Free Spares welcome.

The Danny Loves Music Series WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: East Lynn Park, 1949 Danforth Ave CONTACT: Oliver, , , danforthmosaicbia@ gmail.com COST: Free Featuring Stephen Stanley. this is a family friendly event which has many vendors and a beer and wine tent. Brought to you by the Danforth Mosaic BIA.

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Flea Market WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: true Davidson Acres home for the Aged, 200 Dawes rd. CONTACT: Carly, 416-397-0400, cwolf@toronto. ca COST: Free Lightly used goods for sale, a barbecue, and raffles.

Live Music WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

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Enjoy nature in the backyard at Todmorden Wildflower Preserve While the lead up to summer has been a rollercoaster ride of hot and cold weather, our local plants have survived surprisingly well.

The best place to see nature is at the Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve, located in our community.

The preserve is a unique site, being made up of nine hectares of the remains of the original Don River and adjacent forest.

It is hard to believe today, but the original valley was filled with old growth pine, oak trees and elm trees, with wolves and bears living amongst them.

The blanket of wild flowers that bloomed from the spring into the autumn was also an important part of the forest.

As the European population grew, a sawmill was built and the forest was cut down in order to build the settlements that were

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The location became the site of a brewery and flower mill. In 1991, Charles Sauriol, the man who saved Todmorden Mills from demolition and promoted the environmental conservation of the Don Valley, initiated the establishment of the wildflower preserve.

He was assisted by Dave Money, past-president of the Ontario Horticulture Association, and a number of local volunteers.

The site has a well marked and maintained half-kilometre path that takes you through the preserve.

What you will see are a group of small ponds and marsh that are the remnants of the river, plus literally hundreds of species of

native plants.

Along with the maintenance of the trail and preservation of native species of plants, there is also an effort being made to reduce invasive non-native plants.

One of the worst problems being faced is the large amount of humangenerated garbage that comes in due to either illegal dumping or the debris that comes from the Don Valley Parkway.

The on-going work of maintaining the site is the responsibility of the Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve Committee (TMWPC), which you are welcome to join.

People are welcome to simply enjoy the preserve or join in the events.

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East York Blue Devils win Robbie soccer crown JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com This year’s Robbie International Soccer Tournament, which marked its 50th year, was an extra special one for retired MLS/ Canadian national team soccer star Dwayne De Rosario.

The Scarborough native’s 15-year-old son, Osaze, played in the under-16 boys division with Toronto FC Academy.

“I played in the Robbie and now I’m the father of a kid in the Robbie. I’m going to live vicariously through him and get back some special memories,” De Rosario said, following a June 30 press conference at the Delta Toronto East Hotel in Scarborough in advance of the tourney which ran from July 1 to 3.

In the tournament, Toronto FC Academy went on to win the championship with a 4-1 over FC Durham.

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Robbie’s honourary chair this year, said the event – the largest youth soccer tournament for charity in the world – is a way for young players to showcase their potential and dream big.

“I thank the Robbie wholeheartedly for creating that environment for kids like myself,” he said.

De Rosario is a former Robbie champion with his Malvern Magic team.

Celebrity game Along with being honourary chair, De Rosario organized a celebrity soccer match on Sunday afternoon at Birchmount Stadium as part of the championship day events.

The Robbie, which this year welcomed close to 400 teams playing at about 25 east-end Toronto venues, kicked off its 50th edition on June 25 with a tournament featuring 220 teams of players ranging in age from 8 to 12.

This past weekend’s soccer action saw about 160 teams of players aged 13 to 18 competing.

Mike Ellis, tourney chair for the last six years, said the Robbie is all about promoting soccer as well as raising funds to help find a cure for cystic fibrosis (CF).

The Robbie was established in 1967 in honour of Robbie Wimbs, who died in 1996 at the age of 33.

Since its creation, the tourney has raised more than $1.7 million for research into a cure and treatment for cystic fibrosis research.

This year, Robbie organizers presented a cheque for $50,000 to Cystic Fibrosis Canada.

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CNE volunteers assist with various roles and duties

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