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Thorncliffe market plays important role in community SAM JURIC sjuric@insidetoronto.com

couldn’t,” Ikram said.

Her feelings of isolation dissolved after she was introduced to Sabina Ali, Chair of the Thornncliffe Women’s Committee.

With this introduction, she became acquainted with the world of opportunity that is the Thorncliffe Community Market, also fondly referred to as, Thorncliffe’s Friday Bazaar.

“In any new place you want to be able to talk to someone, to share things with someone,” said Ikram.

Selling her traditional Pakistani garments at the market has given Ikram the chance to do just that.

“The market is an important >>>MARKET, page 2

For Aamna Ikram, remembering her native-Pakistan is like reliving a past life.

It was a life marked by strict religious traditions. “I spent my childhood there, but there wasn’t too much freedom for a lady,” said Ikram.

In 2008, the Ikram family made the journey to Canada in search of opportunities for further education.

Loneliness soon settled in as Aamna became overwhelmed by the isolation many immigrants encounter after moving to a new country.

“I didn’t want to talk to anyone because I felt like I

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Canoe Project in Little India aiming to attract butterflies JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

notably attracting Monarch butterflies and bees.

Bursting with native plants, the Community Canoe Project also aims to engage people in interactions with wetland plants and animals. Other goals of the initiative, which is part of >>>CANOE, page 8

While the bright blue canoe outside Little India’s Flying Pony Café and Gallery may not be hitting the waters of Lake Ontario any time soon, it is serving a number of very important roles,

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Market helps new immigrants gain confidence >>>from page 1 place of community engagement. It’s a landing-mat for immigrants and offers a place for people to come together and break barriers,” said Ali. The market has the ability to give new Canadians the ability to forget the stress and isolation they go through as newcomers, Ali said.

The revitalization of

Burgess Park has played a big part of the Friday Bazaar’s triumph, Ali said.

“It has instilled a sense of pride and ownership in residents. People participate, they clean up the park. It is good for the health and wellbeing of the neighbourhood,” Ali said.

In 2008, older community members came together in order to begin the process

of making the park a more welcoming place.

“We really wanted to bring change in the neighbourhood,” said Ali. A plethora of fresh produce, clothing, hand-crafted items, jewelry, and prepared food (made in the community kitchen) can be found at the Thorncliffe Market.

Coupled with a strong sense of community, the

market also provides economic opportunities for women in the neighbourhood. “It has become an economic hub. The market provides supplementary income for newcomers, especially women,” said Ali. The market also gives people the unique opportunity for people to learn how to make bread in an outdoor tandoor oven.

The Thorncliffe Community Market will kick-off on May 29, and runs every Friday until June 27. The Friday Bazaar will take a brief break until July 25, finishing off on Sept. 26.

In looking back and comparing her life in Pakistan to the life she has built here in Thorncliffe, Ikram appreciates the changes she notices in herself. “I got married

when I was 22 years-old and I became a housewife. Now I have gained confidence. I walk freely and easily here.

I’m doing something now,” said Ikram.

In her involvement with the market, Ikram has found that her self-esteem has grown leaps and bounds. “This has been an achievement for me.

I’m not just a housewife. I’m a dress designer,” Ikram said.

The City of Toronto holds public consultations as one way to engage residents in the life of their city.Toronto thrives on your great ideas and actions. We invite you to get involved.

O'Connor Drive Road Resurfacing (Broadview Avenue to Greenwood Avenue)

Public Open House We invite you to attend a Public Open House to learn about upcoming work on O'Connor Drive between Broadview and Greenwood. The Open House will highlight the construction schedule, what local traffic and pedestrian disruptions to expect and provide you the opportunity to speak directly with project staff. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Location: S. Walter Stewart Library (Auditorium), 170 Memorial Park Ave. Construction Details Beginning late August, the City of Toronto will be carrying out road resurfacing work, and making improvements to curbs and sidewalks along O'Connor Drive from Broadview Avenue to Greenwood Avenue.

In order to complete the work effectively and in a safe manner, some pedestrian and traffic restrictions will be necessary.

Road work at the intersection of Don Mills Road and O'Connor Drive will require a weekend full closure in order to expedite the construction activities and complete the intersection work as quickly as possible.

These important upgrades are required to improve the City's transportation infrastructure.

For more information A more detailed notice will be issued before construction begins. If you have any questions about the work, please attend the open house or contact us: Josie Franch, Public Consultation Unit, City of Toronto, Metro Hall, 19th Fl., 55 John St., Toronto, ON M5V 3C6 Tel.: 416-338-2859, Fax: 416-392-2974, TTY: 416-338-0889, E-mail: jfranch@toronto.ca, Visit: toronto.ca/constructioninfo Issue Date: May 28, 2015 Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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Fairmount Park Farmers’ Market GETTING OUTDOORS: Todd Dillon examines a seedling along with vendor Ann Polera during the pop-up Fairmount Park Farmers’ Market on Wednesday evening. The market’s weekly summer run begins June 3. Below, Franki Feistner, left, Keziah Fitzpatrick and Nicola Skaelhorn make ‘seed bombs’. Brenden Cavin plays some tunes for shoppers.

Photos by Giordano Ciampini

Premier and the Aga Khan officially open park DOMINIK KUREK dkurek@insidetoronto.com Premier Kathleen Wynne and His Highness the Aga Khan officially opened the Aga Khan Park in front of hundreds of guests and dignitaries on Monday.

The 6.8-hectare park encompasses the Aga Khan Museum and Ismaili Centre, both of which opened last year.

The Aga Khan, in his remarks, said the opening of the park signifies the completion and connection of the Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum.

“In the first place, of course, we celebrate a striking new connection between the two buildings we dedicated last year,” he said. “The Aga Khan Park now connects those buildings in a special way – not just as a passageway, or empty space between two structures, but as a work of art in its own right.”

The park was designed by

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The Aga Khan Museum is reflected off one of many water features throughout the new Aga Khan Park during the official opening.

Lebanese landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic who set out to recreate the sensory experience he felt while visiting traditional Islamic gardens in the Alhambra, Spain and Humayun’s tomb in Delhi, India.

The park features a formal

four-part garden, reflective pools, paved walkways and more than 500 trees.

“I’m in awe today at the beauty of this park and how this expansion will further benefit the community,” said Wynne in her remarks.

She said the park will benefit not only the local Ismaili community, but all communities surrounding the park, across the city and the province.

“This is a true 21st century space, one that’s steeped in history, but that speaks to our modern vision of a global inclusive and peaceful society,” she said.

She said she appreciates the Aga Khan Museum’s promotion of values of cultural diversity, intercultural peace and tolerance, which is critical to a pluralistic society like Ontario’s.

“These are values that we hold dear in Ontario and values that are shared by His Highness the Aga Khan,” she said.

The Aga Khan said the creation of the Ismaili Centre, museum and park is the culmination of many years of work, a process during which time much was learned.

“We learned, once again, that civil society is cemented when

people of many backgrounds come together in places of peace and joy, of inspiration and contemplation, of interaction and common purpose,” he said.

“I hope that this park will contribute to strengthening Toronto’s already vibrant pluralism, showcasing to the world Canada’s rich example of pluralism in action.

The Aga Khan is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, and the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network. The network is active in more than 30 developing countries, with a mission of compassion for the most vulnerable in society and to service to humanity without regard to faith, origin or gender.

The park will be open for such things as community art exhibits, performing arts events, film screenings and cultural festivals.

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et ready Toronto, the Pan Am Games Torch Relay is coming to town starting this Saturday.

The flame was lit Monday in Mexico and is now on its way to Toronto. It splashes down with a special arrival ceremony celebration at Harbourfront featuring a float plane, canoe and a ‘mystery’ first torch runner.

For more details on this weekend’s plans for the torch, see our feature story on page 6.

The torch relay goes from May 30 to July 10, and will touch Canadian communities from the Atlantic to the Pacific. More than 130 communities will be visited during the 41-day torch relay, with some 3,000 runners taking part.

For local residents, most of the excitement will begin July 4 in the final days leadour view ing up to the opening ceremonies on July 10 of the Toronto 2015 Pan Games.

Relay to have AmAfter its visit to Harbourfront huge impact this Saturday, the torch will be carried to the Distillery District in Ontario

by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield for a community celebration before heading out across Canada.

During its journey, the torch will visit Richmond, B.C.; Calgary, Alberta, during the Stampede; Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Canada last hosted the Pan Am Games in 1999; and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

It’s in Ontario, though, where the torch relay will have the biggest impact. Virtually every corner of the province will be visited, with community celebrations planned at numerous locations.

As host city, Toronto will have a number of celebrations – with events planned specifically for Scarborough, North York, and Etobicoke in early July.

On June 28, the torch will be in the city for the annual Pride Parade.

Also, a unique event is set for July 4 at the Prince Edward Viaduct (also known as the Bloor Viaduct).

The viaduct will be lit up to create a multicoloured effect on the Luminous Veil, which encases the famous bridge.

Community groups including the Danforth BIA, which has incorporated its annual Thrill of the Grill event into the celebration, will be on the bridge to welcome the torch and the relay runners. Metroland Media Toronto will also be a big part of that celebration as we are hosting games and events for kids on the viaduct.

For more on the torch relay, visit us at www. insidetoronto.com/toronto-pan-am-games

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Skill not pesticides make a garden bloom

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n my private library, one of my treasures is a wonderful book called, The Complete Book of Garden Magic.

It was originally written for the amateur gardener in 1935 by American Roy E. Biles (1888 – 1941), and was reprinted with updated information for 20 years after his death.

Even though it has been out of print for more than 40 years, it is still considered to be a primary source of useful information, and contemporary abstracts and references on gardening. One of the key points that Biles makes in his writing is that there is a law of creation contained in every garden that must be respected if we are to see it bloom, grow and prosper.

He believed that if one followed that law, one moved into direct contact with real magic through which one achieves the miracle of the healthy garden.

joe cooper watchdog Biles was by no means a mystic or a crank, otherwise his ideas and techniques would never have been accepted, or practised, by as many people as they have been.

He used up-to-date science, chemistry, biology and mechanical engineering extensively within his practice, and encouraged others to do the same.

However, what makes his techniques still worth practicing today lay in the fact that he advocated preventing problems before turning to chemical pesticides as a solution.

Pests, Biles had found, were simpler to control when one took the time to understand them, and prevent their occurrence, than by using a confusing multiplicity of “one-type-fits-all” commercial pesticides.

Biles was not averse to using garden chemical sprays and powders himself, but in a controlled manner, fully respecting the fact that these were poisons designed to kill insects and disease.

More importantly, Biles believed that many “modern” pesticides were not as effective as traditional garden chemicals such as copper, sulfur, lime, and nicotine.

He found that many proprietary pesticides simply did not justify their price and only added unnecessary complication to gardening for all of the questionable benefits they claimed to provide.

What was needed more than anything else, according to Biles, was to keep your garden clean and healthy through proper care and maintenance.

In addition to the aforementioned chemicals, Biles also used a wide range of natural and mechanical

products in his control of pests.

These included soaps, diluted glue, ground tobacco and juice for pesticides, destroying insect eggs before they hatched, using wire mesh to keep animals out, and the proper turning of soil to expose pests to natural predators.

Likewise, Biles was a strong advocate of building bird houses and feeding stations to encourage birds to stay in a garden and help keep them clean of pests.

Toronto Council has wisely banned the use of pesticides; a policy the province has also followed.

So ironically we have simply caught up with wisdom that was also scientific knowledge and general garden practice for home gardens 80 or so years ago.

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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Don Valley Art Club WHEN: Noon to 5 p.m. preview to May 29 WHERE: Todmorden Mills Papermill Gallery, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: www.donvalleyartclub. com, todmorden@toronto.ca COST: Free Spring Into Summer Art Show and Sale. A variety of original artworks created in multiple mediums, reflecting a wide range of artistic styles. An opportunity to see original art that is professionally displayed and “readyto-hang” in a home or office.

Crescent Town Community Centre Grand Reopening WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Crescent Town Community Centre and Crescent Town Market Place, 2A The Market Place CONTACT: Kristal Arseneau, kristalarseneau@crescenttownclub.com COST: barbecue and children’s games cost extra Events will include vendor tables, free fitness class, games for children, barbecue and contests.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.east yorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your East York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

Heritage Group WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416755-8352 COST: $7 A series of presentations on the history of Toronto and Ontario. Soup for lunch is served on the first Thursday of each month.

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Let’s Play President: Tournament WHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart, 170 Memorial Park Ave. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free President or Beggar? For those aged 13 to 17 years old. Prize for winner.

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Parking Lot Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: Roger Purkis, woodmount57@gmail.com COST: Free Variety of vendors. Tables $25.

Spring Yard Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: St. Clair O’Connor Community Inc., 2701 St. Clair Ave. E CONTACT: Pauline Campbell, 416-757-8757 Ext.244, p.campbell@scoc.ca COST: Free Bake sale, silent auction, barbecue lunch. All proceeds support seniors programs and services.

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St. Barnabas’ Spring Yard Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Father Jonathan Eayrs, 416-463-1344 COST: Free Drop off donations at the church or arrange for pick up. Proceeds going toward playground.

William Burgess Spring Carnival WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: William Burgess Public School, 100 Torrens Avenue CONTACT: Williamburgessfundraising@ gmail.com COST: Free Pony rides, petting farm, bouncers, face painting, barbecue, cake walk, market place, raffle.

Chester Elementary Spring Fair WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Chester Elementary School, 115 Gowan Ave. CONTACT: chesterparent@gmail.com COST: Free Silent auction, face painting, bouncy castles, crafts, entertainment, book sale and much more.

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Pancake Breakfast and Bake Sale WHEN: 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: Rev. Angela J Cluney, 416-422-0510 Ext.25, , COST: FREE WILL DONATION Pancakes, sausages, hash browns and fresh fruit.

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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

100In1Day: Rain Garden Installation Demonstration WHEN: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: 705 Sammon Ave., 705 Sammon Ave. CONTACT: Marc Yamaguchi, 416786-5308 COST: Free A contingent of Homegrown National Park Rangers are despatched to carry out a rain garden installation

Heritage Walk in Todmorden Village WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Don Mills United Church, 126 O’Connor Dr . CONTACT: Margaret McRae, 416-429-7821 COST: Free The East York Historical Society will lead a walk to look at heritage homes. The walk will cover homes in the O’Connor Drive and Broadview Avenue area and will last about 2 hours. Meet in front of Don Mills United Church.

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ON THE DANFORTH THURSDAY MAY 28TH TO SUNDAY MAY 31ST 54 Performances Featuring Over 30 Different Groups!

Great music, great food, great times!

Experience the entertaining sounds of strolling musicians along the Danforth. Shop, dine and take in the great music from bands playing at the Alexander the Great Parkette (corner of Logan and Danforth).

ymbolism counts for a lot in Toronto politics: certainly for more than it should.

The Gardiner Expressway, which is really just a strip of elevated concrete and asphalt used by a few of Toronto’s many commuters, is also a symbolic battleground for suburban motorists and downtown pedestrians. Next month at council, that potent symbolism will go up against measly facts and mere expert opinion and more than likely end in council spending an extra $500 million to build new elevated ramps from the Gardiner to the Don Valley Parkway.

Such is how it goes when councillors play to their home crowd: from a cynically political perspective, everyone on council will be a winner no matter the outcome.

Of course, not all political symbolism at city hall is a slam dunk. Some of these debates can be treacherous ones indeed — and some of them are very small.

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A Toronto city councillor wants the TTC to do a better job of providing transportation to major music festivals.

In a letter to the TTC board, Mike Layton notes major music events such as the Field Trip and the Toronto Jazz Festival, generate hundreds of millions of dollars to the country and local economy. But when a concert venue is located away from major transit, it’s a logistical “nightmare” for those without access to a car. And even those with a car have to deal with limited parking spots and traffic jams.

The TTC board will consider Layton’s request at its monthly meeting scheduled for May 27.

Month Kicks Off Across Toronto wBike

THURSDAY, MAY 28TH – 6:00PM TO 10:00PM FRIDAY, MAY 29TH – 6:00PM TO 10:00PM SATURDAY, MAY 30TH – 12:00PM TO 10:00PM SUNDAY, MAY 31ST – 12:00PM TO 9:00PM

This week marked the start of Bike Month, an undertaking organized by Metrolinx agency Smart Commute and local municipalities across the Toronto region, intended to promote the many virtues

david nickle the city On Tuesday, Mayor John Tory’s generally right-ofcentre executive committee spent a good portion of a short meeting dancing around a symbolic leghold trap set by generally left-of-centre councillors Mike Layton and Glenn De Baeremaeker. The two had put forward a member’s motion to have council establish an “environmental bill of rights.”

The motion contains many “rights” that very few voters would want to pass up: a right to breathe and drink clean air and water and eat safe food; access to nature, to know about pollutants and the right to take part in decision-making. It also lays responsibility on council to promote these rights, and by the by, points to matters of policy that also have great symbolic value for political brands.

But they weren’t about to

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The event kicked off Monday, May 25 with Bike to Work day and continues ‎for exactly one month until Thursday, June 25 featuring a full calendar of events from workshops to group rides.

You can also win prizes like a new Norco bike and travel vouchers from Presto and Via Rail.

Visit www.gotransit.com/ cycling for more details. providers mark milestone wtransit

Both the TTC and GO Transit celebrated milestones recently for separate landmark events that happened to take place on the same date.

As columnist and historian Mike Filey describes in a recent article for the Toronto Sun, this past Saturday, May 23 marked the launch of GO’s operations back in 1967 in an effort deal with “worsening traffic congestion” on

vote it down — because oh, the symbolism of that would have been an embarrassment. Other municipalities had passed a similar bill of rights already.

So the committee did the sensible thing, and sent it off to the interim city manager for a report to come back late in the fall. Layton was disappointed at that prospect and, laying cards on the table, expressed hope it could come before the federal election.

Because after all, it would be really something if Canada’s largest city could make it clear that its policies and practices were all aimed toward preserving the environment, just as Torontonians were set to join their fellow Canadians passing judgement on the environmentally dodgy Conservative government record. Now that would be what you would call symbolic.

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Seventy years before that, Toronto the Good finally allowed the running of streetcar service for the first time ever – on a Sunday.

As Filey writes, on that first day of operation the privately run precursor to the TTC donated the day’s revenue, $321, to local hospitals.

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Mayor John Tory announced the subway will open at 6 a.m. on that day all throughout the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

For those hoping for a permanent shift to an earlier opening time on Sunday, TTC CEO Andy Byford said TTC staff is looking into the matter.

Beyond costs, he said TTC workers use the three extra hours of downtime on Sundays before the subway opens at 9 a.m. for needed maintenance work.

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Smile Theatre brings cheer to The Caregiver Show angeline mair amair@insidetoronto.com Great theatre can happen anywhere and bring big smiles to almost anyone — this is Smile Theatre’s mission, which brings musical performances to special audiences such as seniors who are isolated.

“Imagine taking a big musical and squishing it down into a really small compact space: that’s what we do,” says Tom Carson, general manager of Smile Theatre.

The company hires professional actors who star in 55-minute shows and travel to retirement residences, nursing homes and long-term care facilities. The shows are rehearsed and created locally then taken on the road throughout the Greater Toronto Area and sometimes further.

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ing at The Caregiver Show, which takes place this Saturday, May 30 ,at Centennial College’s Progress Campus. The Caregiver Show is presented by Saint Elizabeth Health Care, which offers at-home services for family caregivers. The show is brought to Toronto residents by Metroland Media Toronto and Downsizing Divas.

Carson said the performances have a direct positive impact on seniors because the shows include music that is familiar with their history. “So that triggers memories for them and engages them on a level that’s different than just talking to them.”

As a theatre artist, he said he finds the work difficult because performing in a small activity room, cafeteria or a hallway may not offer the space a traditional theatre does. But the

reward is greater.

“The reason you are doing this is to reach those folks, who are there, who are just not going to see anything like this if you don’t go there.” performing And the quality of actors is at par with who is performing on the big stages across Ontario, Carson said.

“The actors you see - at The Shaw Festival or in a Mervish Production - those are the same people you will see in a Smile production in a little nursing home in the middle of nowhere.” he said.

Although Smile Theatre does not employ music therapists or base its creative work on science, Carson said the work the troupe does has

an impact on the audience.

He said it’s difficult to gauge if this approach to theatre is working, but, recently, after a show a caregiver said, her mom, who is 98 years old, hasn’t said a word in three weeks and they were worried about her. The caregiver said, during a performance she saw her mom tapping her foot and smiling and humming along.

Smile Theatre presents 250 performances in a season from September to June. The company’s home base is in the Annex at Bloor Street and Spadina Road.

Speakers at this year’s The Caregiver Show include Teepa Snow, who has more than 33 years of experience in geriatrics, and is an occupational therapist currently working as a dementia care and dementia education specialist.

Health and wellness expert Rose Reisman will also be speaking at the show to caregivers about the importance of taking care of their own health and nutrition.

Along with the guest speakers, The Caregiver Show will also feature resources, services and products along with a chance for caregivers to connect with other caregivers and with professionals in the industry.

As well, there will be a Rest and Relaxation Zone to provide a little pampering and replenishment and a chance for caregivers to take care of themselves.

The show goes from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Centennial College’s Progress Campus, 941 Progress Ave.

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Top 5 Tips For Caregivers The Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) provides a variety of supports to those who are transitioning from hospital to home, and to those who need support to remain in their homes. The province of Ontario spends only approximately $2.1 billion on home-based health care (Ontario Home Care Association, 2014), however, this figure does not take into account the considerable support and assistance that is provided by informal caregivers.

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4) Take care of yourself – You’re no good to your loved one if you are not feeling up to par. Be sure to get plenty of rest, eat well and get out of the house whenever you can.

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Coming to terms with aging and the ever-evolving changes that go along with it can be challenging, especially when you are living in a retirement residence surrounded by people who are just like you.

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Set in the beautifully constructed home for retired singers and musicians, somewhere in England, three former opera stars, Cissy (Malorie Mandolidis) Wilf (Daryn DeWalt) and Reggie (Robert Ouellette) pass their days doing activities like reading, enjoying the garden and socializing (and Wilf also makes inappropriate sexual jokes to anyone who will listen).

Because they sung together at one point, thankfully, the trio have each other. It’s clear they have a history, and it doesn’t take long to hear them reliving their glory days, and

comparing them to the reality they face now.

Regardless, the trio seem content, that is, until a new arrival comes to live at the home; the fourth person in their former opera quartet, and Reggie’s ex-wife, Jean ( Jane Hunter). This turns Reggie upside-down, despite the divorce being more than 30 years ago. Add to that, Jean is not the happiest person, likening her situation to prison and lamenting that she is there on “charity.” great composer Each year at the home they celebrate the birthday of the late great composer, Giuseppe Verdi, with a gala.

The quartet have been asked to sing their famous Rigoletto for the gala finale, and despite it being decades since they have appeared on stage, Cissy, Wilf and Reggie think it’s a great idea.

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relay starts wTheTorch on Saturday Toronto 2015 Pan Am

Games’ torch arrives in Toronto Saturday for the start of the 41-day Torch Relay.

A float plane carrying a lit flame inside a lantern will touch down in Lake Ontario near Toronto’s waterfront, where it will be handed to an Elder of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, who will then travel by canoe for a ceremony by Chief Bryan LaForme at Harbourfront Centre.

The flame for the torch was lit Monday, May 25 during a ceremony at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

The torch will then be passed to several bearers before Col. Chris Hadfield will run with it into The Distillery District.

Celebrations are scheduled to end around 6:30 p.m.

Pan Am beach volleyball schedule The schedule for men’s and women’s beach volleyball has been released by the Pan/ Parapan Am Games organizing committee.

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Councillor Mary Fragedakis and City of Toronto

michele mclean pan am/parapan am B o t h t h e m e n’s a n d women’s competition will be held at the Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre at 200 Princes Blvd.

The tournament will host 16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams.

To view the full TORONTO 2015 Pan Am beach volleyball schedule for both the men’s and women’s tournament, visit TORONTO2015.org/0/ beach-volleyball-schedule To purchase tickets, visit TORONTO2015.org/tickets More headliners wTO2015 for Panamania is hosting Panamania,

a 35-day arts and culture festival.

Whitehorse and Charles Bradley & his Extraordinaires have recently been added to the list of performers. Other music headliners scheduled to perform free outdoor concerts include the Flaming Lips, Jann Arden, Marianas Trench and Stars.

Panamania features more

than 1,300 artists in 250 performances across Toronto from July 10 to Aug. 15.

For the full schedule and details, visit TORONTO2015. org/PANAMANIA

Saturday, June 13, 2015 | 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Dieppe Park | 455 Cosburn Ave. | East of Greenwood Ave.

Public wTheToronto library hosts chat Toronto Public Library

invites patrons to talk oneon-one with athletes, organizers and journalists involved with the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games through their Human Library program.

Check out a person the same way you check out a book. Reserve a human book or drop by the North York Central Library or Parkdale Library Saturday, May 30.

E m a i l t h e l i b ra r y a t humanlibrary@torontopubliclibrary.ca to request a time slot or drop by the day of the event.

North York Central Library is at 5120 Yonge St. Parkdale Library is at 1303 Queen St. W. Michele McLean’s column on the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games appears every second week. Reach her at mmclean@insidetoronto.com

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he Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games will be off to a splashing start when the torch touches down in the city Saturday for the start of the 41-day Torch Relay.

The Pan Am flame was lit Monday during a traditional ceremony in Teotihuacan, Mexico at the Pyramid of the Sun, which was organized and hosted by the Mexican Olympic Committee (MOC).

A float plane carrying a flame lit inside a lantern will touch down in Lake Ontario Saturday, where it will be handed to Elder Garry Sault of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, who will then travel with the lantern by canoe to shore for a ceremony conducted

by Chief Bryan LaForme at Harbourfront Centre.

The first torchbearer – whose identity is being kept under wraps – will then leave Canada Square at Harbourfront Centre, where the torch will be passed to several bearers before Col. Chris Hadfield will run with it into The Distillery District.

Family oriented celebrations will be held at both Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay, and The Distillery District, 55 Mill St. Festivities will begin at Canada Square at 2:30 p.m., featuring a soundtrack produced by local musical

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Pan Am Games Organizing Committee chair David Peterson, right, speaks to a performer at XVII Pan Am Games ‘Toronto 2015’ torch lighting ceremony Monday in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

director Andrew Craig and a performance by the Obeah Opera.

Celebrations will continue in The Distillery District at 4 p.m., and will include performances by Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, The Chimera Project, Dance Migration and Jasmine Denham, who will perform the official song of the Games live for the first time. Hadfield is expected to arrive with the torch around 5 p.m.

The torch will then head to communities around Thunder Bay before making its way back to Toronto to take part in Pride Parade events June 28. It will leave Toronto once again and return July 4, where it will

remain in the city Canadians.”

The Pan Am until the Torch Relay Games run July 10 Peter Haggert, and accompanying editor-in-chief of to 26, followed by the Parapan celebrations wrap Metroland Media Am Games Aug. 7 up July 10.

Toronto, publisher of to 15.

The torch will be The Mirror, Guardian, and Villager papers and carried by more than 3,000 torchbearers in 200 official print and media supmetre segments through plier for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am some 130 communities during the 41-day tour.

Games, said the company is “You can imagine just how thrilled to be a close partner much of a detailed exercise of the Torch Relay. this is,” Saad Rafi, CEO of the “While the torch brings Pan Am/Parapan Am Games community pride to comorganizing committee, said munities of Toronto and of the preparations. across Ontario, that paral“We are getting anxious lels our goals through our for Saturday. For Toronto newspapers, magazines and the GTA, (the Games) and websites of bringis an opportunity to share ing community news and what we are as a region, to information to better our share the pride we have as communities,” he said.

Many events are being planned around the Torch Relay, including The Thrill of the Grill Saturday, July 4 on the Prince Edward Viaduct.

The Danforth BIA will host the sixth annual event fundraiser from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the east end of the viaduct, where the Luminous Veil – the suicide barrier rods – will be lit for the first time.

“We usually hold this event at Broadview and Chester, but because the bridge will be lit, we moved it to there,” said Jennifer Jones, vice-chair of the BIA, adding the top half of the bridge will remain permanently lit.

The Thrill of the Grill, co-hosted by The Food Ne t w o r k’s c h e f Ly n n Crawford and Tommy Smyth of HGTV’s Sarah 101, will feature a handful of chefs serving up edibles including ribs, corn, and beer.

“I hope this is the start of many events on the bridge,” said Jones, adding the BIA was instrumental with the initial funding and advocating for the Luminous Veil and lighting.

As for being part of Pan Am Games celebrations, she said residents might be slow to warm to the sporting event, but once it arrives it will be fully embraced.

“Any city that is hosting an event like this has a chance to really turn the dial on the city up a notch,” Jones said.

meet a torch bearer

Clara Jung among youngest participants in torch relay JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com East Toronto resident Clara Jung is both excited and honoured to play an important role in the upcoming Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games as a torchbearer.

Clara, who turned 13 on May 13, is also one of the youngest torchbearers in the 41-day event.

Like all the relay’s 3,000plus torchbearers, she’ll be running between 200 and 400 metres while carrying the two-and-a-half pound

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At age 13, Clara Jung will be among the youngest participants in the relay. torch.

Clara, who attended Norway Public School until

Grade 6 and is currently enrolled at the Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto at Ryerson Community School, will be doing her leg of the relay on Friday, July 3 in Belleville, ON, which is in Prince Edward County where her family has a cottage.

“I think this is a really good opportunity for kids my age and I feel it’s a big honour to run (in the relay),” said Clara, who applied to take part in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Torch Relay earlier this year and found out she’d been

accepted in March.

“I think it’s great. I’m very excited to be taking part.”

Clara said she’s looking forward to the once-in-alifetime experience.

Excited “I’ve never done anything like this before. It’s a first and I’m excited,” she said during a recent interview.

Clara, who loves to swim, hopes to check out some of the swimming competitions during the Pan Am Games this summer, which run from July 10 to 26, and

at the Parapan Am Games from Aug. 7 to 15.

The Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay, which spans more than 130 communities, will start this Saturday and will conclude July 10 with the dramatic lighting of the cauldron at the opening ceremony in downtown Toronto.

For more on the Pan Am Games and regular updates, visit us online at www.insidetoronto.com/ toronto-pan-am-games

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