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A crowdfunding campaign initially set up to help pay for the funeral of 25-year-old east-end resident Donny Ouimette, one of two men fatally shot inside the McDonald’s at Danforth and Coxwell avenues Feb. 28, will now be used to collect money for his young son’s post-secondary education.

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post he put up on Facebook where he listed his goals of owning his own roofing company and a house by age 25 and having his son’s college paid for.

It can be found at https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/0x2aa.

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SANDWICH MAKERS: St. Brigid Catholic School students Rylea Tardio, left, and Amelia Amaral carry a bunch of lunch bags to distribute to the city’s homeless. Students and teachers recently prepared and packed 500 sandwiches in hand decorated lunch bags along with student written messages of hope during an event at the school.

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The next installment of East End Connects, a series of fun and social artistic and networking events hosted by local artists and community members, is set for March 18 Over the Sofa Art Circle, a free art discussion for artists about how to best display art work, will be held at Artisans At Work, 2071 Danforth Ave., just west of Woodbine Avenue, from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.

Hosted by Gail Gregory and Nola McConnan, the event is open to all area artists interested in taking part in an informal chat to debate, discuss, dissect and learn about art and

art issues.

Gregory is the retired curator of the Toronto Board of Education Museum. She has exhibited her artwork in Toronto galleries, cafés and libraries for more than 40 years.

McConnan is a full-time visual artist from East York who creates works in egg tempera, watercolour, pencil crayon or mixed media. Over the Sofa Art Circle is free to attend, but registration is required as there is a maximum of 20 attendees due to space limitations.

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ALI RAZA araza@insidetoronto.com East York comic Peter Hill is set to perform with his long-time comedic partner Ian MacIntyre as the comedy duo Beggar’s Canyon in the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival this year.

Entering its 10th year, TOSketchfest offers a lineup that includes Saturday Night L i ve’s Ka t e Mc K i n n o n , comedy duo Pajama Men and CBC’s The Irrelevant Show. It’s 12 days of live, scripted comedy that runs from March 5 to 15.

“Beggar’s Canyon has been around for about three years, but Ian and I have been working together since 2004,” Hill said.

Hill and MacIntyre specialize in “geeky” comedy.

They are both Canadian Comedy Award nominees in 2008 and 2011 and graduated from Second City Toronto in 2005.

Originally a troupe called Approximately 3 Peters,

We also like to comment on media, random silliness and the twists in everyday life.

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Ian MacIntyre, left, and East York comic Peter Hill are the comedy duo Beggar’s Canyon in the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival this year. As the troupe Approximately 3 Peters, they were nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award in 2011.

Hill and MacIntyre worked with their friend Peter Gal until 2013. As Gal had other

responsibilities, the remaining duo renamed themselves Beggar’s Canyon after a ref-

erence from Star Wars – the name of Luke Skywalker’s home. As the troupe

Approximately 3 Peters, they were nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award in 2011 for their improv spoof Doctor Whom, named after the popular British television series Doctor Who. F o r t h i s y e a r ’s TOSketchfest, the duo has some celebrity impersonations as part of their act.

Gordon Lightfoot, Stuart MacLean and Christopher Lambert are some celebrities that will be parodied.

“We also like to comment on media, random silliness and the twists in every day life,” Hill added.

Hill said he and MacIntyre are “old-timers” as it’s the ninth festival for the duo.

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for about 26 years,” Hill said.

“It started in high school and it’s been off and on since.”

TOSketchfest is of particular importance to Hill, as it stands as a platform for Canadian comics to perform alongside established performers. The festival brings in comics from across Canada and the United States.

“It’s an important date on the calendar for the comedy community,” Hill said. “It’s the perfect stage to showcase some of the best established Canadian talent, but also provide an opportunity for the next generation of comedic talent.”

Beggar’s Canyon is set to perform on Thursday March 12, at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 15, at 8:30 p.m.

The venue for both performances is the Theatre Centre Incubator located at 1115 Queen St. W.

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New Bridgepoint hospital achieves LEED silver certification JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com The new 464-bed hospital at Bridgepoint Active Healthcare’s campus in Riverdale is the first facility of its kind in Toronto to attain the prestigious silver-level LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

Bridgepoint has always aimed to construct a LEEDcertified hospital, said Ian Sinclair, vice-president of operations for the newlycreated Sinai Health System, during a recent interview.

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tor and the LEED consultant felt there was an opportunity to set the bar higher and go for silver,” he said.

“It came towards the end of the design stage before construction began on the new building.”

To qualify for the LEED silver level, Bridgepoint was required to “earn” a certain number of additional credits for its new hospital, which opened its doors in early 2013.

Some of those include diverting demolition materials from landfill, as well as installing 72 bicycle racks on the property and six to eight showers for staff members

to use.

Bridgepoint was also required to meet a target of diverting at least 50 per cent of its parking spaces from the ground.

Among other things, the hospital also has light pollution reduction, as well as ozone protection plans, and has a no-scent policy and a green education program.

After all of these steps were taken, the Canada Green Building Council, which administers the green building rating system, did an audit to ensure Bridgepoint was following through with its commitments.

“It was pretty tough,”

Sinclair said. “As a hospital, we have a sense of accountability to the community, a sense of stewardship. We also want to make sure we’re using public resources efficiently and not harming the community.”

The local health care centre, which provides care for patients with complex chronic conditions as well as those requiring rehabilitation, was officially certified on Feb. 9.

Some of the highlights of Bridgepoint’s LEED silver application include: w Achieving a perfect score in the Innovation and Design Process category.

w Being 30 per cent more energy-efficient than a building designed according to standard building code. This energy efficiency translates to an annual savings of approximately $900,000 a year. w The new hospital building incorporates environmentally-friendly features and practices, such as using storm water run-off to irrigate the gardens and a smart irrigation system that is connected to local weather stations; reintroduced native plants to the hospital landscaping; and efficient and innovative washroom fixtures, which use about 32 per cent less water than code.

w A high-performance heat recovery system, air conditioning system and highefficiency boilers. w At least 15 per cent of the materials used to construct the facility contain recycled content. This resulted in almost 30 per cent of building materials coming from local sources, reducing carbon emissions from transporting materials. w The project diverted about 230,000 metric tons, or 98 per cent of the site’s construction materials from landfill.

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Tory’s first 100 days: a blueprint for the future?

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ayor John Tory’s first 100 days have been momentous: he’s waged a war on those who park on arterial roads during rush hour; he’s headed to Ottawa to discuss city issues; he’s discussed bringing the city’s outdated methods into the 21st century; he’s put into motion the beginning analysis on his SmartTrack transit plan; and he’s tabled his first budget.

Exciting times for Tory. Equally exciting times for the City of Toronto.

But all this excitement, whether admitted or not, will come with a price: fare hikes, tax hikes, service fee hikes – hikes, hikes, hikes. This is not to say hikes are necessarily a bad thing; you have to raise money to run this city. But where does this lead?

While these steps feel like the our view city is heading in the right direction in terms of government relations, transit planning and Long-term economic development, goal is what even we assume they are planks in a short-, medium- and long-term matters strategy for the city.

We think the public would be served with the ever-craved transparency of a public document that shows what those strategy benchmarks might look like for key municipal files.

Tory has done an admirable job of being available to the media – what seems like any time of the day – and he’s also brought a necessary calm to the chain of office. But this is window dressing when it comes to the big picture.

It’s clear Tory wants to see Toronto on solid ground – he has to, he banked on the city’s economic outlook by borrowing in the future to pay for a present-day budget shortfall.

Regardless of all the things accomplished during his first 100 days, it’s the next 265 days, the next 1,095 days until the next election that matter more. The short-term gains are welcome, but the long-term goal is what needs articulating.

If we are to be the world-class city Tory and Torontonians want to be, we will need to pay for it – we’ve said as much in many editorials. However, we also need to know from those in charge of the municipal purse what their long-term vision is – two, three, four even eight years out.

The first 100 days sets a tone, but what is the entire song they’ll be playing?

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Some thoughts about the coming spring

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pring seems to be battling its way forward with on-again off-again appearances over the past two weeks. It is certainly good to see the snow melt after the long winter that we have had.

Frankly a sight that will be truly welcome is when the first flowers begin to poke their heads out of the ground.

With the warmer weather I’ve been chipping away at the ice and snow, plus picking up some dead branches.

Hopefully it will be nice enough out that I can start thinking about this year’s batch of renovations and improvements upon my home and property.

The big project last year was putting a new roof on the house and evicting the squirrels that were living there.

I wondered where they would find a new home, and now I know.

joe cooper watchdog They are back in my attic.

So that’s the next project – humanely evict my unwelcome tenants.

Despite these small problems and mishaps I have to say that overall I am lucky.

Good neighbourhood Much of this comes from living in a good neighbourhood that East York affords to its residents.

Truly, the foundation of a good home starts and ends with the community it is located in. The other day I was driving through one of the newer communities that was being built up in the area north of Toronto.

It was just a sea of houses all crammed together with no trees or character.

It was just a collection of homes, rather than being a neighbourhood.

One of the reasons why I have such passion for the community that I live in comes from having seen what happens when people stop caring about their neighbourhood.

I’ve travelled around Canada and the U.S. a fair bit, and I’ve seen neighbourhoods that are not fit to live in.

If there is one thing that I will say in seeing these other places that are in a decline and that is poverty is not necessarily the cause of such living conditions. If you want a cause, I would argue that a collective feeling of powerlessness brings it about.

We have been very lucky here in East York and Leaside because people still take the time to fix up and repair their homes, and keep their yards looking clean and pretty. I worry

though because over all I am beginning to see some signs that something is not going well in the rest of the city.

Clean streets If there is one thing that will quickly bring about vandalism and petty crime in an area, it is when a sense of abandonment creeps into a neighbourhood due to its unkempt streets.

I really hope that during the debates about the city budget that will take place this spring our politicians remember this. Let’s make sure that in the race to save money by spending less, that our clean streets are not sacrificed for the sake of making the bottom line look better.

Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at eym@insidetoronto.com

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Tips for Healthy Eating WHEN: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free Learn healthy and budget-friendly food tips. Workshop presented by students from the Masters of Public Health Community Nutrition Program at the University of Toronto. Includes a food demo and free food sample.

Blaze and Glory WHEN: 8 to midnight WHERE: Legion Branch No. 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-3070 COST: Free Blaze and Glory.

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March Break Kid’s Club WHEN: March 17 to 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: Phyllis Spence, 416422-0510 COST: $30 and up Open to children in JKto Grade 8. Youth helpers in Grade 9 are appreciated. Youth in Grade 7 and 8 welcome

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Peter Pan WHEN: April 18 and 19 from 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: PresteignWoodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-755-8352 COST: $10; $5 children and seniors Presteign-Woodbine Parkview Hills Youth Players present Peter Pan. Net proceeds go directly to charity. Bring the whole family.

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Life As We Know It WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free Filmmaker/visual humourist Cameron Tingley presents his short films and shares his observations of modern society.

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Foot Care Clinic WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Mosaic Home Care Services and Community Resource Centre, CNIB, 1929 Bayview Ave., Suite 215H CONTACT: 416-322-7002 COST: community clinics $40; in-home treatment $55 Every third Tuesday of the month.

w Friday, March 20

Felt Phone Case Workshop WHEN: 3:30 to 5 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart, 170 Memorial Park

Real Estate 101 WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Danforth/Coxwell Branch Toronto Public Library, 1675 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7783 COST: Free; registration required.

Real estate broker, developer, author, and U of T instructor, Claude Boiron, will give an overview of real estate ownership, buying, selling, leasing, financing, and answer all questions.

Ave. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free; call to register. Ages 11 to 18.

Create and decorate a felt phone case. Supplies provided.

w Saturday, March 21

St Patrick’s Celebration WHEN: 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714 COST: Free With Bill Craig.

w Thursday, March 26 Nordixx Pole Walking Canada WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Mosaic Home Care Services and Community Resource Centre, CNIB, 1929

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An Afternoon of Music WHEN: 3 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-

Bayview Ave. Suite 215H CONTACT: 416-322-7002 COST: Free; RSVP by March 23.

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w Sunday, April 12

Spring Breakfast WHEN: 8:30 to 10 a.m. WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416755-8352 COST: $10 Choir serves breakfast.

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CFUW WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Northlea United Church, 125 Brentcliffe Rd. CONTACT: 416-385-1055 COST: Free Topic: Marjorie Mason, garden commentator. Visitors and new members are welcome.

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leading Carleton most of the way before losing 84-80. All Carleton has done is win 10 of the last 12 national titles including the last four.

The University of Windsor, however, did pull off the semifinal shocker, edging the University of Ottawa 85-80.

In the subsequent medal games, the two Ottawa powerhouses were more true to form, Carleton winning the OUA championship 103-59 over Windsor; and Ottawa winning the bronze medal game 79-66 over Ryerson.

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But in regular season play in Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Ryerson was 17-2 including a comfortable 98-78 win over the University of Windsor who ended up at 15-5.

The explanation behind the seemingly skewed rankings can be found in last weekend’s OUA final-four in Ottawa, which also featured a couple of powerhouse Ottawa teams – Carleton University (17-2) and the University of Ottawa (18-1).

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It’s fair to say that 100 days into our four-year relationship with Mayor John Tory, things are working out.

The former provincial Conservative leader and radio talk show host has set a standard of behaviour and leadership that’s pretty comforting in the moment and shows potential in the future.

The phrase “unlike his predecessor” could show up in sentences throughout this column, and I’ll try to just use it this once, because the fact of the moment is that Tory’s success so far is made all the greater by the contrast with what went before.

Since taking office, Tory has shown a goodnatured work ethic and a

david nickle the city willingness to modify his preconceived agenda based even on inconvenient facts.

Tory’s only interest outside of his new job appears to be his wife Barbara: there are no afternoon field trips for football coaching or any other games.

And beyond those baseline virtues?

Speaking with reporters on his 101st day, Tory summed up his sense of his own accomplishments and aspirations.

“This was not going to be an administration of ideology and slogans… I hope what people see of it so far and I hope that what they do see is that it’s an administration of common sense, an administration of compassion, an administration that serves all the people and has a balanced city government.”

That is actually a pretty fair self-assessment as far

as it goes.

My, but he is green, though.

Tory is the first person to hold the mayor’s office in Toronto with no municipal experience.

He is easily tripped up when he chairs a meeting, and naïve when it comes to intergovernmental negotiations.

Sometimes this is inconvenient, sometimes it creates a real problem.

Tory misread the mood of the provincial government woefully when he left a meeting with Premier Kathleen Wynne believing that the $86-million hole left by the end to housing pooling might be filled.

In dropping that ball and deciding not to raise property taxes to cover the shortfall this year, Tory risks turning the next few hundred days in office into a much larger challenge than he signed up for.

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RT has new blue look wScarborough You can put lipstick on a pig after all, if the new-look Scarborough RT trains are any indication.

The drab cars were given a bright blue wrapping ( www.bit.ly/1AdDeEg ) sharply distinguishing the route as Line 3 within the TTC’s number-based hierarchy.

A relic from Ontario’s failed attempt to produce a provincially owned technology to control and export, the RT is scheduled for extinction whenever the Scarborough subway extension gets built.

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No timeline has been set for how long it will take to build the additional six-kilometre track leading from the York stop to Rutherford GO station, but according to an Ontario Ministry of Transportation

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT announcement Tuesday, it’s to improve train service on the Barrie line ahead of the future Regional Express Rail (RER) plan for GO rail expansion and electrification.

The TTC also has its own project under construction in the area, the Spadina subway extension, which it is considering opening in a partially completed state to York University. The full six-stop line that ends at Vaughan is scheduled to open in late 2016.

CONSULTATIONS COMING TO THE TTC wPOP-UP The next time you’re in the subway you may notice a cluster of city officials and planners milling about.

In an effort to increase the level of public feedback for the Relief Line study, the planning team is promising to organize “pop-up” consultations at subway stations so transit users can provide direct feedback on

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City planners must present alignment and station location recommendations for the Relief Line – which is forecasted to be the third largest TTC route as soon as it’s completed – for council to endorse by the end of the year.

TERMINAL DESIGNS TO BE UNVEILED wFERRY

Future looks for the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal will be unveiled at City Hall next week.

At 6 p.m. Monday, officials from Waterfront Toronto will present “bold and innovative” submissions from five architectural design teams vying to transform the leaden ferry terminal along with Harbour Square Park.

The submissions will also be displayed inside the City Hall main rotunda until March 20. Public feedback from the challenge will go to the jury panel tasked to pick the winning design.

Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column appears Thursdays. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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March has traditionally hosted some winter storms in the past which have crept up on us as we all look ahead to sunny days. It is still important to keep your wits about you.

Sandra Zisckind, Diamond and Diamond Personal Injury Lawyers, provides some tips to prepare for a winter storm: 1. Pick up basic survival items – make sure to stock up essentials in order to survive without leaving your house for a few days, including: flashlights (and batteries), candles, radio, non-perishable food, bottled water, blankets and warm clothing, matches, medications, and fully-charged cell phone.

2. Keep warm – seal up any drafts, dress in layers, make sure to cover your head (hood or hat), cuddle up and stay under covers.

3. Stay up-to-date – keep the radio or television on to get the latest weather updates, follow national and local disaster agencies 4. Winterize your house – furnace maintenance (replace filters), check smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, clear the fireplace, shut down outdoor faucets and

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5. Prepare for the worst – In the event of a power outage, make sure to: keep the fridge closed, put frozen items outside and have some fun activities ready to go (card games are always popular).

In addition, the Government of Canada provides weather alerts that provide more information on dangerous conditions in all areas of Canada. Be sure to check them out on their website.

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Investigation into shooting of two men continues >>>from page 1 gofundme website at http:// www.gofundme.com/ ouimettefund.

Funeral costs are being covered by Ouimette’s family.

Ryan Hind, 39, was also fatally shot on Saturday, Feb. 28, during what police are describing as a “fairly significant physical altercation” with an armed security guard.

Dixon said she’s also looking to be contacting Hind’s family to hopefully set up a fundraiser.

The unnamed guard, who sustained minor injuries during the exchange, has not been charged.

The investigation by Toronto police into the incident is ongoing.

Anyone with information should contact police at 416808-5500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.

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Monday, March 16 – 12pM

Snakes & Reptiles

Join us for a 1 hour presentation featuring live animals, some of which are now endangered in the wild and rarely seen. The first half of the show provides information about the animals and during the second half the audience will have some hands-on experience with these amazing creatures.

Tuesday, March 17 – 12pM & 2pM

Interactive Hula-hoop & Dance Workshop Join us for a 30 minute interactive workshop with fun for the whole family!

Practise your own special moves with hula hoops and ribbons to family-friendly and popular music.

Wednesday, March 18 – 12pM & 2pM

Frozen Ice Queen & Ice Princess Show Have you been enchanted by the smash musical hit “Frozen”? Now is your chance

to meet and sing along with your favourite princesses in this exciting and interactive show! Each show will be followed by a meet and greet with the characters.

Thursday, March 19 – 12pM & 2pM

Interactive Drumming Workshop Join us for a 30 minute interactive percussion workshop! *All entertainment will take place on the Upper Level

Friday, March 20 – 12pM & 2pM

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