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Erica Kern (right) picks up some stawberries from Chanelle Seguin at the Thames River Melons stall during the East York Civic Centre Farmers’ Market on Tuesday morning. The market takes place Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. until October.

Relief Line, bike lane meetings set Residents are invited to attend a meetings on the Relief Line, a new subway line connecting the Bloor-Danforth subway, east of the Don River, with downtown. Hosted by the City of Toronto in partnership with the TTC, the second consultation is scheduled to take place Monday, June 20 at Calvary Church, 746 Pape Ave., just north of Danforth Avenue, also from 6:30 to 8:30

p.m. A presentation will begin at 7 p.m. The first Relief Line meeting was held last night at the Matty Eckler Community Centre, 953 Gerrard St. E. at Pape Avenue. Visit www.reliefline.ca Two public drop-in events are set to take place on bike lanes proposed for Woodbine, Corley and Norway avenues. The first gathering will be held on Wednesday, June 22 at

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nderwater adventure awaits in Tobermory, Ontario. Strap on snorkeling or SCUBA gear and dive in Lake Huron to explore the 22 shipwrecks at Fathom Five National Marine Park. Glass-bottom boat tours offer more views of the famous shallow shipwrecks (pictured above) that decorate the crystal-clear water surrounding the Northern Bruce Peninsula. Divers and snorkelers can also explore underwater caves and waterfalls, prehistoric corral remains and more. Adventures await on land as well. Hike easy and expert trails at Bruce Peninsula National Park, and marvel at jagged dolomite cliffs and thousand-year-old trees, on route to the park’s famous grotto. The park’s trail system is part of the Bruce Trail, Canada’s longest marked footpath, stretching from Queenston, Niagaraon-the-Lake. At Little Cove Adventures, try mastering obstacles in both the high and low ropes courses. After exploring Tobermory, board the MS Chi-Cheemaun ferry to Manitoulin Island. The world’s largest freshwater lake island, it has more than 100 of its own lakes, some with their own islands. Don’t leave without trying Manitoulin Island’s signature hawberries. Approximate drive distance from Toronto: 590-km round trip. Approximate drive time: 6 hours and 50 minutes. Approximate gas cost: $40.09 round trip. Tobermory Municipal Airport is not equipped for large commercial flights.

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ld-world and natural charm abound in Québec City. At Montmorency Falls Park, 84-metre-high waterfalls crash into the St. Lawrence from the Montmorency River. Enjoy the view while crossing over the falls on a suspension bridge, gondola or zipline, take the stairs that climb the cliff beside the falls, or try a via ferrata circuit and harness up to walk along a steel cable above the crashing water. Head to Historic Old Québec – a UNESCO World Heritage Treasure. Old Québec’s 4.5 kilometres of gated walls make it the only fortified North American city north of Mexico. The area boasts 37 National Historic Sites, including the iconic Château Frontenac (pictured above). Explore the centuries-old community with guided walking, cycling, bus, boat or horsedrawn carriage tours, or board a helicopter or hot air balloon to see it from above. Stop by Aquarium du Québec and take in stunning views of the St. Lawrence River while visiting seals, polar bears and thousands of other marine wildlife species. Before leaving La Belle Province, take the bridge to Île d’Orléans to see the island’s villages and taste its signature strawberries. Approximate drive distance from Toronto: 1,613-km round trip. Approximate drive time: 7 hours and 28 minutes each way. Approximate gas cost: $108.53 round trip. Toronto Pearson International Airport to Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport Approximate cost: $454.50 round trip. Average flight time: 1 hour 40 minutes each way.

eggy’s Point Lighthouse rising from the rocky shore of St. Margaret’s Bay is arguably the most iconic scene in Atlantic Canada. After photographing the famous beacon and exploring the rocks, head to neighbouring The Sou’Wester Restaurant and Gift Shop and enjoy a bowl of worldfamous seafood chowder. Get a different view of Peggy’s Point Lighthouse (pictured above) by hopping aboard Peggy’s Cove Boat Tours. Along with the landmark, passengers can see whales, seals, puffins and more during tours. Onboard, a live underwater video camera adds a unique glimpse of the ocean. Deep sea fishing tours are also offered. Take in the scenery and uncover centuries of St. Margaret’s Bay history by visiting the 13 interpretive sites along the Coastal Heritage Trail, “a museum without walls.” Hike the thousand-acre Peggy’s Cove Preservation Area, peppered with huge boulders left behind by the last ice age. A trip to Nova Scotia is hardly complete without a donair, a sweet and savoury sandwich sacred in the province where it was created in the 1970s. Approximate drive distance from Toronto: 3,660-km round-trip. Approximate drive time: 16 hours and 25 minutes each way. Average gas cost: $245.64 round trip. Toronto Pearson International Airport to Halifax, Nova Scotia: Average cost: Approximately $585 round trip. Average non-stop flight time: 2 hours 5 minutes. (Halifax Stanfield International Airport to Peggy’s Cove is an approximately 72-km, one-hour drive.) Text by Tara Hatherly Design by Julie Caspersen

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ust east of Moncton, lie the picturesque communities of Shediac and Pointe-duChêne. A popular vacation destination for eastern Canadians, the Acadian area boasts Canada’s warmest ocean waters. Enjoy a day by the water at Parlee Beach before hitting the main drag for dinner. Coined “The Lobster Capital of the World,” it offers the succulent seafood prepared every way imaginable – even piled atop poutine. After dinner, head to the nostalgic Neptune Drive-In to catch a flick under the stars. Make sure to snap a photo with “The World’s Largest Lobster,” a giant sculpture (pictured above) that’s been welcoming tourists to the area since 1990. On Sunday, check out the bustling Shediac Park Market at Pascal Poirier Park. The largest weekly outdoor summer market in Atlantic Canada, it features local food, desserts, wines, art and much more, as well as live entertainment. Cap off your stay by sailing the sea with Shediac Bay Cruises. Approximate drive distance from Toronto: 3,100-km round-trip. Approximate drive time: 13 hours and 45 minutes each way. Average gas cost: $210.73 round trip. Toronto Pearson International Airport to Moncton, New Brunswick: Average cost: approximately $530 round trip. Average non-stop flight time: 2 hours 8 minutes. (Greater Moncton International Airport to Shediac is an approximately 19-km, 15-minute drive.) • Flight price averages are based on prices available June 6 from Google Flights for Air Canada and West Jet adult fares departing Saturday, July 16 and returning Sunday, July 24. Prices do not include applicable taxes and fees. • Gas prices calculated June 6 and 7 using the GasBuddy.com Trip Cost Calculator, based on a basic 2014 mid-size car using regular fuel. • All driving routes contained within Canada • Toll payments may be required on some routes

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he city is on edge. Sunday’s mass murder at gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida, has put Toronto on high alert. That’s evident by Monday’s quick response by Toronto police to reports of a masked man walking around the University of Toronto’s St. George campus that the safety of the city and its citizens is of paramount importance. Dozens of Emergency Task Force officers descended on the campus, cordoning off roads searching each building, weapons drawn, in hopes of preventing a tragedy. Was there proof something as heinous as what happened in Orlando could happen here, in broad daylight? No. But the potenour view tial threat existed and that was enough. attack that killed 49 people Toronto in outThe enjoying a night of dancing and drinks at the gay club reminds solidarity us – once again – that hate hangs with all over us and lives can be tragically altered, and ended, in an instant. While Toronto police came up empty in their search for the “suspicious person,” reporting such suspicious activity to the authorities is something each and every one of us can do to ensure the safety of ourselves and our fellow Torontonians. We don’t want to live in fear, but we need to be vigilant to continue to live in peace. As Toronto continues celebrating its first-ever Pride Month, Pride Toronto executive director Mathieu Chantelois noted the need for safety and solidarity in the wake of Sunday’s shootings. “Pride has always been about creating a safe place where everyone can come together and be themselves,” he said. “Now, we are so painfully aware of the importance of standing up to hate with love and celebrating the beauty, diversity and strength of our community.” The Pride parade this year will be dedicated to the memory of the Pulse victims. The parade, which kicks off at Church and Bloor streets at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 3, will begin with a moment of silence, followed by a reading of the names of the 49 people killed and 53 wounded in the deadly attack. Pride is working with Toronto police and the RCMP on an upgraded security plan to ensure the public remains safe throughout Pride Month. The city is on edge, but it’s full of pride: for its citizens, its acceptance, and its sense of freedom.

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Need to go further in eradicating homophobia It was to be a nice little holiday in California: joining my wife at the end of a west-coast business junket to stay with dear old friends in Burbank, meet some of her Los Angeles-area family that hadn’t made it up for the wedding, enjoy some sun-drenched Southern California chill after not having seen each other for a couple of weeks. A good holiday: the kind that celebrates loving relationships – reaffirming old ties, cementing new ones, along the mad freeway system that seems to be the spine of Los Angeles County. On Sunday, early, we watched a bigger spine crack. In Orlando, Florida, more than 100 people were gunned down in a gay nightclub on Saturday night by Omar Mateen in what first seemed an act of terrible hate but now it seems was an act of deliberate terror. And just down the

david nickle the city highway from us, in Santa Monica, police arrested an Indiana man with a truck full of guns and the stated intention of using them at Los Angeles’ Gay Pride parade. At this point, no word whether the planned attack was one of terror or hate. Details. The suspect, who’d driven in from Indiana, meant to do harm to gay and lesbian and transsexual people. Armed like that, he likely meant to kill them. That was very close – I’ll be honest, close enough that it rattled us. But we didn’t have to be here in Burbank to feel that way. It’s close all around. When we get back to Toronto later this week, that same threat – the low, cretinous bigotry that casts itself against the light of unsanctified love (forgive

me, today, that florid metaphor) – will be pervasive. We’re in a city where a sizeable portion of the city has objected strongly enough to a curriculum promoting understanding of gay and lesbian sex that they would consider withdrawing their children from classes. Just a few years ago, we elected a mayor whose homophobia prevented him from attending Pride events and inspired him to fight when the Rainbow Flag flew over City Hall during the Sochi Olympics. We’re getting better in some ways. At the top levels, we’re no longer burdened with hateful leadership: the new Mayor John Tory, the new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau don’t pander to that vile id. Kathleen Wynne has spent a career, in part, defending against it. We’re a good place. But really, so is the United States. Same-sex marriage is lawful. There

is nothing wrong and very much right with a boy meeting a boy at the Pulse nightclub and exchanging a deep and hopeful kiss. It ought not bring a death sentence. U.S. President Barack Obama laid it out very clearly. The shootings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando were an act of hate. They were an act of terror. Homophobia, that bromide that has kept many scowling bigots in dinner-table conversation for decades, has inspired the worst mass-shooting in American history. It is something that can no longer be tolerated, even in those quiet and awful conversations. If we are to take Daesh seriously, we must also take homophobes seriously. Omar Mateen has shown us.

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The East York Garden Club WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Stan Wadlow Clubhouse, 373 Cedarvale Ave. CONTACT: Susan Bartlett, 416668-7872, susanhirst@gmail.com COST: Free Marion Jarvie will talk about Japanese maples. There will be a flower show.

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Entertainment at the Legion WHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-4253070 COST: Free

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Family Storytime WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: Free Stories, songs and rhymes for children from birth to age six and their caregivers. No registration required. Fab 1940s Day WHEN: Noon to 4 p.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-3962819, todmorden@toronto.ca COST: $10 plus HST Wear your best 1940s attire and

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Environment Day WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: East York Memorial Arena, 888 Cosburn Ave. CONTACT: www.janetdavis.ca, email councillor_davis@ toronto.ca COST: Free Ward 31 Beaches-East York residents are invited to drop off items for recycling and reuse. There will be music, face painting, crafts, free compost and information about local environment and community groups. Hosted by Councillor Janet Davis. For details on what you can bring, call 311 or visit www.toronto.ca/environment_days

Drop In Darts WHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416 425 1714, jimb. farrell@yahoo.ca COST: $5

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East York Farmers’ Market WHEN: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: Ruth Abbott, 416429-9684, rabbott@sympatico.ca COST: Free

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www. insidetoronto.com where you can read listings from your East York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto. join our costume contest. Live music with Bertie & The Gents. Learn the dance moves of the wartime era with a demo and lesson by Lindy Hop Revolution. Tour the cottage, sample wartime recipes, vintage vendors. Beach Party WHEN: 7 to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, rcl22.com, jimb.farrell@yahoo.ca COST: Free Snacks, beachy refreshments and dancing to the music of DJ David.

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WHEN: 12:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, jimb.farrell@ yahoo.ca COST: $6 Karaoke WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, jimb.farrell@ yahoo.ca COST: Free

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Cribbage WHEN: 7:15 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Far-

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Preschool Art Play WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: Free For children aged two to six and their caregivers. Come dressed to get messy. No registration required.

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WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: E T Seton Park, 73 Thorncliffe Park Dr. CONTACT: Kaylyn Sutcliffe, 416-323-7046, www.runtoquit.com/ break-free-5k-run-walk-s16124, ksutcliffe@ontario.cancer.ca COST: $25 Break Free 5k is not your typical run and is a celebration of healthy lifestyles that allows you to play along the way. Each Play Station is there to remind us that living a healthy lifestyle is meant to be fun.

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Kitchen Basics WHEN: 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: 416-421-6878, ext. 21, woodmount57@gmail.com COST: Free Suitable for anyone new to cooking, struggling to cook on a limited budget, or who may need a refresher. Each evening we will cook and learn together, share a meal and take away some excellent left-overs. All materials and food are provided.

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Home to Luminato events, Hearn is city’s ‘most beautiful’ theatre JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A lot of hard work and outof-the-box thinking went into transforming the disused Hearn Generating Station in the port lands into Luminato’s 17-day home. “I’m very excited about what the team has achieved here over the last threeand-a-half weeks,” said Jörn Weisbrodt, the festival’s outgoing artistic director, during a recent tour of the cavernous, 400,000-square-foot industrial space. “We really want to make a proposal for what the Hearn Generating Station could be for the future …We really want to show what the potential of

the place could be.” Located seven minutes from Union Station, Weisbrodt said the Hearn is an ideal location for hosting events. Two year ago, he walked into the space and said he knew right away he wanted to use it for Toronto’s 10th annual festival of art and creativity. Last Thursday afternoon, just hours before the festival’s opening night gala, Weisbrodt ushered journalists through the decommissioned energy plant for two-hour tours during which he spoke about his vision for the Hearn as well as how it will be used during Luminato. “You can basically traverse all disciplines within one

building. Nothing is separate,” Weisbrodt explained of the space, which contains a 960-foot-long central corridor called Turbine Hall that is dotted with art installations from OCAD University, Younger Than Beyonce Gallery, and Jordan Söderberg Mills. For Luminato, taking place until June 26, the Hearn has also been outfitted with a fully equipped stage. “It’s our sort of concert hall. It’s a stage where a lot of art organizations are going to perform,” Weisbrodt said of the “industrial cathedral” that has standing room for 5,000 people. The next stop was at the venue’s custom-built, 1,200-

seat theatre. “The sightlines are absolutely beautiful,” he said, noting the supporting structure for the theatre is entirely made of shipping containers and can be stored and mounted anywhere as needed. To keep the sound contained, long black panels made of recycled duct liners as well as the sides of shipping containers have been hung from the building’s rafters surrounding the theatre area. “I think this is the most beautiful theatre in Toronto,” Weisbrodt declared of the space. Visit https://luminatofestival.com for more details.

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Patrons walk through the Hearn Generating Station during the launch of the Luminato Festival at its new home in the former power plant. B.A.S.E. Aerial Services’ Team FX member Phil Sparrow heads for his landing after leaping from the top of the Hearn smokestack.

Bestival organizers thrilled with Woodbine Park, but residents rattled by sound JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com It was an exciting and colourful weekend in the Beach as Woodbine Park hosted its first commercial, ticketed event, Bestival. Upwards of 15,000 revelers attended the two-day “wonderland of music and arts” that featured headlining rock acts The Cure and Tame Impala along with a range of musical artists and DJs, food trucks, alcohol service, marching bands, a costume party and parade, an inflatable church, circus troupes, a yarn bombing installation, live mural painting, and more. Last year’s festival, which was Bestival’s North American premiere, was held on the Toronto Islands. This year, the U.K.-based event was in Woodbine Park. “We just moved here from Vancouver and this is kind of our introduction to summer in Toronto. It’s fantasselection in

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Bestival, which this time around was themed Summer of Love. “It’s a nice vibe. We love outdoor festivals,” said Ronnie, adding it’s their first outdoor concert since moving back to Toronto after living elsewhere for 20 years. “It’s great that they did this with the park.

We’re definitely having a good time.” In a Tuesday email to Metroland Media Toronto, Bestival founder Rob da Bank said he was thrilled with this year’s festival and its new home in the Beach. “Wowzers! Hey Toronto! You guys were incredible this weekend…eternal sunshine, beautiful people, sublime music from Tame Impala, The Cure and an unforgettable Jamie xx sunny singalong all conspired to make this a fantastic second edition,” he wrote. “Our new site seemed to be a hit with Torontonians rediscovering this great park and we thank you from the bottom of our dusty, tired hearts for welcoming us back again. See you in 2017.” And while the music and art festival may have been a

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left the area Sunday afternoon to get some peace and quiet. “Most (festivals) we find not too annoying but with Bestival, the music was very loud,” said Mitra, Mitra recorded the sound and how the festival’s loud bass rattled his home and sent it to his local councillor, Mary-Margaret McMahon. Reached late Sunday afternoon, she said she heard a few concerns from residents but said it’s her job to make it work for everyone. “This is the first commercial event we’ve done at Woodbine Park and we’re trying to find a balance,” she said, noting the main stage was moved to face Lake Ontario as to not deflect sound into residential areas. “Woodbine Park is a festival park. It’s not your average local park so we have to expect animation.”

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Tax-cut agendas bad for community Communities come in many different forms, but there are always six basic cornerstones for their existence. These are, in order of their importance; protection of public health, an opportunity for creating wealth, access to knowledge and communication, pleasant community surroundings, the promotion of social justice, and the opportunity of safe and healthy companionship with other people. To achieve each of these ideals people must work together and make commitments and compromises about many things that are common to each person. In a democracy, what directs and guides people in these decisions is a basic requirement that everyone who lives in a community will have an equal chance of enjoying the benefits that comes from having these six cornerstones in place and functioning properly. Over the past two years we have seen all six of these basic reasons directly threatened by a radical right-wing ideology. An ideology that is obsessed

joe cooper watchdog with the cost of everything and see little or no value in those six cornerstones. As a result, we’ve seen arbitrary spending cuts made to each municipal department that is responsible for ensuring those cornerstones are in place and functioning. Initially the premise of amalgamation was that our former metro system of municipal government was not supporting those cornerstones. The justification for the dissolution of our local governments came from the promise of greater efficiency in providing those cornerstones through the elimination of duplication, along with a reduction in the size of the bureaucracy. It was predicted that we would see savings of between $535 to $865 million between 1998 to the year 2000. All that has been achieved though is a paltry $120 mil-

lion in this period and it hasn’t become any better in the decade and a half following. All of the predictions for savings were based on four basic premises. These were; that the city would divest itself of its surplus property, cut the number of politicians, have people pay high user fees, and turn the delivery of the majority of city services over to the private sector. Municipal unions were supposed to be eliminated by having them compete directly with the private sector for contracts to deliver services. None of these ideas have proven themselves to be either practical or even desirable. Yet the right-wing politicians keep on promoting this dysfunctional agenda. They don’t really care about the outcome for ordinary people.

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tion was created to change the name of Bain Parkette to Erica Stark Parkette. More than 500 people supported the move and in April Toronto and East York Community Council unanimously approved it. Stark’s husband, David, said a few words at the event sharing how his late wife gave of her time to make a difference in their community by improving parks and volunteering for various initiatives. He also thanked everyone in attendance for supporting the young family during “the worst time in our lives.” Following Stark’s death, many in the community rallied around David and the boys, dropping off meals and doing what they could to help.

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12,870

May 2015

11,640

TREB MLS ® Average Price May 2016

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May 2015

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2016

2015

12,870 17,412 12,931 $751,908 15

11,640 18,611 18,585 $649,648 18

% Chg. 10.6% -6.4% -30.4% 15.7% -16.7%

Source: 2016 Toronto Real Estate Board

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