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Police from 54 Division are hosting a town hall meeting in East York on Monday.

The public meeting takes place at Harmony Hall, 2 Gower St., at 7 p.m.

Officers will speak about community safety issues and police priorities.

For details, call Cheryl Bremner at 416-808-5419.

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Riverdale Share tickets on sale Friday Tickets are now on sale for the 23rd annual Riverdale Share Concert, which will be held Sunday, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. at the Danforth Music Hall.

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“This event would not be possible without the dedicated volunteers and artists who donate their time and talent and money; the generous support of its sponsors who cover the costs of producing the show; and the

local merchants who help sell tickets and donate goods and services” said Susan Baker, executive director of Riverdale Share Community Association (RSCA), in a media release.

The volunteer-run organization plans to once again raise more than $30,000 and truckloads of food for families in crisis in the community in

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The courage and sacrifice of the men and women who served Canada will be honoured during Remembrance Day ceremonies at the East York Civic Centre.

The Wednesday, Nov. 11 service will take place at the cenotaph in the centre’s Memorial Gardens at 850 Coxwell Ave. It will begin at 10:45 a.m., following a march from East York Collegiate Institute, 650 Cosburn Ave. The memorial service will include two minutes of silence, a playing of The Last Post and the laying of wreaths.

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Remembrance Day has special meaning at Danforth Tech

School had most staff and students to serve in Second World War in British Commonwealth JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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emembrance Day has special meaning for the students and staff of Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute.

The east-end high school, which opened its doors in 1923 as Riverdale Branch Technical School, holds the unique distinction of having the most students and staff members to serve in the Second World War in the British Commonwealth.

A total of 2,235 members of the Danforth Tech school community actively served in the Second World War from 1939 to 1945; 241 didn’t make it home.

Bill Caskie, who attended Danforth Tech from 1940 to 1942 and in 1944, recalls how the entire school made a concerted effort to rally around those who enlisted to serve in the Second World War. The school even formed enlistment and war service committees. Once the war ended, those committees evolved into a war memorial committee, which had the goal of coming up with a memorial to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of the men and women from the school who served.

“The girls knitted socks, scarves and mittens (for care packages to soldiers overseas),” recalled Caskie, who was too young to enlist and left high school for a few years to help support his family.

His older brother, John, served overseas in the Royal Canadian Navy and made it home.

“We had daily assemblies where we’d say get updates and say prayers (for those serving

Above, Bryan Bennett, left, Ron Passmore, teacher/librarian Barb MacKay and Bill Caskie, members of the Danforth Tech Society, look through letters from students and staff from the Second World War era.

Above right, names of Danforth Tech community members who served in the Second World War are mounted outside the school’s War Memorial Library. Right, some of the school’s Second World War artifacts and documents.

Staff photos/Joanna Lavoie

in the war). There were also all kinds of different fundraisers,” he added.

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anforth Tech, which was also used after hours during the war for training, also kept in touch with those serving overseas through the Tech Tatler yearbook and The Broadsheet newsletter’s special active service issue.

“It was a bit of a lifeline to home for them,” Caskie said.

One concrete way students and staff members remained connected to back home was by writing letters and sending postcards to the school.

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By the end of the war, those letters and postcards, many of which were sent to English department head Roy S. Foley, numbered upward of 2,000.

During the war time, all of the letters and postcards were typed out by students exactly as they had been written.

Upon his retirement, Foley – who served as an enlistment officer as well as the head of the school’s war memorial committee – stashed those cardboard boxes of letters and postcards in a sub-basement at the school. Years later, they were uncovered and in 2003 Danforth Tech Society board member Bryan Bennett (class

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of 1965) along with Caskie and class of 1964 grad Ron Passmore (whose father James and his three uncles, Frank, Joe and Jack all served and made it home) embarked on the arduous task of organizing and cataloguing the letters and postcards into binders.

“We didn’t think we were ever going to finish,” said Bennett during a recent interview at the school.

The originals are now safely stored away.

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h e Da n f o r t h Te c h Society War Archives Committee, led by Bennett, is currently in the process of electronically

scanning all the letters and postcards.

Last year, Passmore also researched and prepared a display that shared the stories of several Danforth Tech students and staff members who served.

To honour the many contributions of its students and staff members to the war effort, Danforth Tech renamed its library the War Memorial Library.

Inside is a 12-panel stained glass window by Cyril J. Travers, an art teacher at the school for 23 years.

Four of the six lower panels depict the four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want and freedom from fear.

The two central panels aim to give unity to the piece with a student, carrying a graduation scroll, who is prepared to accept the duties and responsibilities of a peacetime citizen (The Student as a Mature Citizen) as well as a solider-in-arms who is ready and alert to fight for his country (The Student as a Soldierin-Arms).

The six top panels depict The Wise Administrator, The Eternal Struggle, the Canadian Coat-of-Arms, the Coat-ofArms of the School, the Signing of the Magna Carta and God the Creator.

The painted stained glass, which was installed in 1948 and dedicated to the teachers and students of Danforth Tech who served from 1939 to 1945, was refurbished and rededicated in 2004.

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Inside the library there are 35 volumes of service records and verification forms of those from the school who served in the Second World War. There are also binders filled with war-time newspaper clippings that related to Danforth Tech.

Outside the library, there are four active service rolls inscribed with the names of all of those from Danforth Tech who served in the Second World War. “It’s absolutely incredible.

It’s always a joy to come in here every morning,” said teacherlibrarian Barb MacKay, who often speaks about the war memorial to history classes.

“There was a strong desire to honour the lives lost at Danforth Tech with a special war memorial.”

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very year, Danforth Tech holds Remembrance Day events to honour the sacrifices made by its students and staff members.

In past years, letters written by former students who served in the Second World War are read aloud by current students, accompanied by images projected in the background.

Guest speakers and student performances are also usually part of the special event.

This year’s assembly, which is set to get underway at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, will be remembering those who gave their lives for our freedom and our way of life as well as honouring the men and women who made sacrifices on the Home Front during the conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries, with dramatic performances, musical pieces, and poetry readings.

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emories. They return to us through thoughts, feelings and familiar sounds and smells. Memories can reflect happy times.

They can convey sadness. Memories can conjure up a time, decades old, or they can be from yesterday.

But what if those familiar thoughts, feelings, sounds and smells, returned you to a time of war?

A time when you thought you wouldn’t survive, weighed down with feelings of dread, by the sounds of the dying and the smell of death?

Would you want to remember?

This week, The East York Mirror commemorates the memories of Canadian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice from the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War and the recent conflict in Afghanistan and all peacekeeping missions leading up to next week’s Remembrance Day. But also, we remember those who are still alive and are able, our view some willingly and some grudgto recount a time when Readers share ingly, only the present moment mattered. memories in When a slight move, or slow special section reaction meant the difference between life and death.

Within these pages we have information on Remembrance Day ceremonies in your community.

We urge you to attend one, speak to a veteran (so few remain from the Second World War) and talk to your kids about it.

This is an especially important year as it marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. More than 45,000 Canadian soldiers gave their lives and another 55,000 were wounded in the conflict.

Along with stories in the pages of our newspaper, our special section online can be found at bit.ly/ TorontoRemembers The section shares the memories of our readers and the stories passed down by their loved ones: A black and white photo of two young lovers in a time of uncertainty, with only first names exchanged.

A friend buried at sea. A mystery solider who died of pneumonia.

A cheeky nurse who kissed a solider while he lay in delirium in an army hospital bed.

You will read stories of friendship and laughter and letter writing.

Remembrance Day is always important, but putting a face and a name to the stories of war bring it a little closer to home.

The East York Mirror welcomes letters of 400 words or less. All submissions must include name, address and a daytime telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters.

Copyright in letters remains with the author but the publisher and affiliates may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other forms. Letters can be sent to press@insidetoronto.com, or mailed to The East York Mirror, 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON, M2H 0A2.

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A reading of the taxation tea leaves

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ou can read a lot of different things in the tea leaves after a big election and there’s lots of readings a fortune teller can pull from this last one.

For instance, one might say the election of Justin Trudeau as prime minister represents a generational shift, not just in Ottawa, but in the electorate.

Young, inexperienced and optimistic Justin Trudeau came into power despite old, battle-scarred and pessimistic Stephen Harper’s best efforts, and it’s hard not to imagine a group of voters born in the 1990s reacting badly to messaging that someone who at least looks about their age is “just not ready.”

Millennials, after all, have heard the same thing repeated ad nauseam since they were in short pants by their entitled elders.

Millennials, like the

david nickle the city rest of us, have heard a lot of other things repeated.

They’ve heard that government deficits are a cardinal sin, that taxes are best kept low and that government itself is best kept small and relatively inactive.

Based on last month’s federal election and the last few elections in which younger voters have been able to have their say, it’s seeming as though those notions are getting just as chilly a reception as that “not ready” attack ad.

Although a conservative himself, Toronto Mayor John Tory was a beneficiary of this post-boom bump, and in his early months, governed in that knowledge, boosting existing services and promising new ones – actively reengaging city government

in city life.

But as a conservative, Tory, along with many of his council colleagues, are showing oldee timee reluctance to square the circle – to do the things that in the past have been understood as politically unpopular: raise property taxes higher than the rate of inflation, consider new ways to bring in revenue such as road tolls… to increase revenue, in other words, to match aspiration.

Very soon, Tory and his supporters on council are going to find a need to do this.

Just one of Tory’s enhancements – a return to higher levels of TTC service to undo the transit cuts made in the Rob Ford years – will cost an additional $90 million to fund, fully rolled-out in 2016.

An inflationary property tax increase (the maximum that Tory has promised) will raise $50 million.

If that were the only pressure it would be bad enough, but of course it’s not alone.

The Toronto Police Service will be costing the city more, and another promise, the mayor’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, is rendered meaningless if there is not significant spending in social services added to the 2016 budget.

Taxpayers will also soon have to begin paying for the loan the city made out to itself, to help balance the otherwise askew 2015 budget.

Would Toronto taxpayers and voters be willing to look at paying more for better services and a more cohesive city?

The tea leaves, imperfect an indicator as they are, suggest they might just.

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Don Valley Art Club to host show City accessibility panel seeks volunteers I sometimes marvel at the fact, but I am of an age where I can remember things that now seem almost pre-historic.

One of those memories is driving along Don Mills Road into the Don Valley before the Don Valley Parkway.

Now I was just a young child at that time, so I’m not ancient, but I was fortunate enough to see the city before its great transformation.

One of the things that stuck in my memory as my family drove over the art-deco style concrete bridge over the Don River was a little cabin in the woods.

The bridge is still there, now part of the park system, but, unfortunatel, the cabin is long gone.

That cabin, I learned from my parents, was the home of the Don Valley Art Club, which was famous even back then.

It had originally been built by the club members back in 1948, and I later learned that the land was provided by the Township of East York

joe cooper watchdog for $1 a year. The club had originally met at members’ homes, then used the Chester Avenue public school facilities for a number of years.

Finally the group became too big and needed their own space, which is when the club made arrangements to build the cabin.

After the cabin was built it became not only a place to paint, but also hosted two shows per year and hosted a number of social events.

The cabin was also visited by a number of prominent Canadian artists of the time, including surviving members of the Group of Seven, as well as other notables.

In 1967, East York Mayor True Davidson was working on a plan to restore Todmorden Mills as a Centennial project and invited the Don Valley Art Club to locate at the site.

The club formally moved into Todmorden Mills in 1975

and helped to set up the area that they would use in the building.

At that time the membership was capped at 150 and the club stayed at the location until 2000.

The club then moved to a rented space at the Brickworks, where they stayed until 2011.

At the present time they now reside at 666 Eglinton Ave. W., which they share with the Forest Hill Art Club.

The club will be displaying its works at a show and sale at Todmorden Mills at 67 Pottery Rd. beginning on Nov. 25 and continuing to Dec. 6.

The show will feature more than 80 artists with more than 200 works of art on display, with a reception being held from 7 to 9 p.m. on the opening night.

The admission the gallery is free and there is free parking provided.

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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The city’s transportation department is looking for volunteers for an advisory panel addressing accessibility issues in the city’s street infrastructure.

“The Accessibility Advisory Panel for Transportation Services (AAPTS) will provide objective advice to Transportation Services staff on current accessibility issues,” a press release for the initiative reads.

The panel will meet regularly to discuss accessibility topics, make site visits to places where there’s an issue, and deliver recommendations.

To apply, contact Leigh Sherkin at Transportation Services by email at lsherki@ toronto.ca or call 416-3922718. to weigh in on Diamond Overpass wCity

It appears as if the city’s planning department will release a report next week detailing its opinion on the Davenport Diamond Overpass proposal.

caused another multi-day road closure.

Bay and Adelaide streets were shut for two days last week after a cracked window pane was spotted on the 64-floor tower leading to concerns of falling glass.

In late August, the same intersection was closed for multiple days when an antenna moored to the top of the building was spotted swaying.

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT Community groups have expressed opposition to the plan, accusing Metrolinx of creating a “super bridge” to replace the Davenport Diamond rail crossing that will have the same effect as dropping the Gardiner Expressway into the neighbourhood.

Metrolinx is set to begin an environmental assessment study for the bridge, and the groups hope the city’s report will provide an “informed second opinion” on the plan.

Metrolinx is also working to visually forecast the bridge’s impact on neighbourhoods.

It previously released a 3D model of the bridge from an overhead view and intends to create a street-level depiction of the bridge.

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Get ready for more construction delays on the Gardiner.

Nightly restrictions are planned from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. between Dufferin Street and Spadina Avenue.

Eastbound access will be limited to a single lane of traffic beginning today until next Wednesday. Westbound access will be reduced to one lane until Friday, Nov. 13.

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Book tells story of love, war and life as a TTC employee RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The Toronto Transportation Commission needed to replace more than 600 of its labour force drafted to fight in the Second World War, so it turned to women.

The predecessor to the Toronto Transit Commission, c a l l e d t h e To r o n t o Transportation Commission, needed to keep service running so a growing ridership could get to factory and manufacturing jobs in support of the war effort. Like other traditionally male-dominated industries decimated by fighting overseas, the TTC began hiring women.

From the TTC’s official numbers, by 1944, there were 386 female bus operators and streetcar conductors. Another 256 were employed for administration and bookkeeping functions, which up to that point had been performed by men.

Helen Reeder was one of them.

Left, Harry Culley and Helen Reeder pose outside their flat just before Culley was shipped overseas to England during the Second World War. Right, ‘Love in the Air’ by Joanne Culley is a collection of more than 600 letters exchanged by her parents during the Second World War. Photos/Courtesy

Originally from Saskatchewan, Helen migrated east to Ottawa where she worked in the federal Ministry of Munitions and Supplies, helping to co-ordinate steel shipments to factories all over the country. At a military reception in 1942, she met

a handsome young enlistee from Toronto. Harry Culley was a clarinettist who had signed up to join the Royal Canadian Air Force military band, one of five such outfits sent overseas to raise morale among the troops by playing thousands of concerts while

the war raged on.

Helen and Harry were instantly smitten; following a year of courtship they were engaged. But the conflict intervened on their burgeoning relationship, and Harry was shipped off to England in 1943.

There he would spend the next two-and-half years an ocean away from his fiancée. Over that time the two exchanged more than 600 letters, as documented in Love in the Air, a book written by their daughter Joanne Culley and published

by Friesen Press.

“I started reading the letters and realized a hundred in there might be a story which might be of interest because they had a quite detailed account of what was going on during that time,” said Culley, who re-discovered her parents’ letters while cleaning out the contents of the family home following her father’s death in 2010.

With Harry stationed in the coastal city of Bournemouth, England, Helen moved to Toronto to be closer to her

future in-laws, themselves musicians. She eventually found a job with the TTC working at its Hillcrest headquarters as a cashier and bookkeeper. The job gave Helen independence and a good wage. In her spare time she composed letters and care packages for Harry.

“She was kind of embarrassed because she had a pretty good war,” her daughter said. “She had her own money for shopping and the movies or going out with her friends.”

At one point she visits a beloved co-worker who was wounded in the war and paralyzed.

“He’ll be there indefinitely,” Helen writes in a letter dated April 1, 1945. “I always feel so glad that I’m able to walk around when I leave a hospital.”

Helen was also present for a pivotal moment in the TTC’s history in 1945 when plans were unveiled for a rapid transit system, the first of its kind for the city.

Even with military censors going through every piece of their correspondence, Harry’s thoughts remained largely preserved. He questioned the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. He learned of the horrors of the concentration camps as the Allies began to liberate Western Europe from the Nazis. And while there is always the very real concern of being hit by a stray bomb, Harry’s toughest struggle was waiting to be reunited with his future wife.

It wouldn’t be until early 1946 when Harry received the OK to return to Canada. The couple was soon married.

With the men coming back to the jobs they left, nearly all the women at the TTC , including Helen, were laid off.

More than 70 years after they were written, the letters reside in Culley’s office in Peterborough, and there are plans to donate them to the Canadian War Museum.

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t was 1944 and while bombs were dropping during the Second World War, a springtime romance was blooming in London, England.

It was between Thomas, a brave young 19-year-old Canadian soldier of the North Shore Regiment from Campbellton, New Brunswick, ready to be shipped out to fight on the Normandy beaches in June, and Freda, a strong-willed young au pair girl from Leipzig, Germany stranded in England and interned for three years on the Isle of Anglesey Wales, by the act of formal Declaration of War between Great Britain and Germany in September 1939.

They saw each other for a few short months before being separated by battle.

The regiment landed on Juno Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Freda passed away 15 years ago in 2000, still in London, England. Thomas still remains a mystery. Their loving son, born New Year’s Eve 1944, now resides in Toronto.

– name withheld by request This is one of the submissions The Mirror received from readers sharing their memories and memorabilia for our special Remembrance Day coverage. You can find more online: interviews with veterans, a city-wide listing of Remembrance Day services, features about life during wartime in Toronto. Visit http://bit.ly/TorontoRemembers

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Leaside Wildcats undefeated in women’s hockey play NORM NELSON nnelson@insidetoronto.com The Leaside Wildcats junior women’s hockey team are the only undefeated team left in the 20-team Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), and they’ll put that auspicious streak on the line at home this Saturday at 7:40 p.m. at Leaside Arena.

The Wildcats will take on one of their cross-city rivals, the Etobicoke Dolphins, who equally divided their first nine games into a respectable three wins, three losses and three ties.

The third team from the city, the North York-based Toronto Aeros, were just above the .500-mark through 10 games (four wins, three

losses and one tie).

Leaside will head into this Saturday’s home game with a record of seven wins and one tie, after winning a pair last weekend, 2-0 over London Sunday and 2-1 over Barrie Saturday.

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Ontario honours Leaside will be without captain Cynthia Cavanagh, a Scarborough resident, who has been named to one of two provincial teams representing Ontario at the Under 18 national championship in

Huntsville Nov. 4 to 8.

The Sir Oliver Mowat student graduated out of the Scarborough Sharks youth hockey program.

The relatively new Leaside women’s team, which is in its fourth year, congratulated Cavanagh on its website as being “the first-ever Leaside Jr. Wildcat to make a provincial team.”

The PWHL boasts the top junior girls hockey in the province with many graduates stocking post-secondary and even national teams.

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new Canadian culture; and in partnership with Jimmy Simpson Recreation Centre and WoodGreen Community Centre, a joint summer day camp for children three to 12 years; Riverdale Food n Riverdale Food Working Group (RFWG): a community

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Amazing Shades Bonspiel WHEN: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: East York Curling Club, 901 Cosburn Ave. CONTACT: Caroline Medwell, 416-618-1522, crmedwell@gmail.com COST: $180/team Annual women’s bonspiel.

St. Barnabas Anglican Church Market WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Jane Smith, 416-463-1344, jpef1956@gmail. com COST: Free Featuring a bake table, refreshments, jewelry, preserves and artisan tables.

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Dementia 101 WHEN: 4:30 to 6 p.m. WHERE: South East Toronto Family Health Team, 840 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: Danielle Del Duca, 416-469-6580, ext. 2681, bit. ly/1k7Px43 COST: Free Join the Alzheimer Society of Toronto for a workshop to learn about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, the impact of changes to the brain, the progression of Alzheimer’s and how support services can help.

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WHEN: 8 to 9 a.m. WHERE: East York Town Centre, 45 Overlea Blvd. CONTACT: Patricia Clark, 1-800-549-9799, www.alcoa.ca/e/mall-movers/ index.php, alcoa3@uniserve.com COST: Free Strength and stretch class, then a walk or wheel to start your day.

Non-Fiction Book Club WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416396-3975 COST: Free Today’s book is ‘The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture’ by Terry O’Reilly. Call to register.

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Toronto East Rotary Club Arts and Crafts Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Karen Somerville, 416-463-3834, amunn@pathcom.com COST: Free Artisans sell their creations; refreshments available; live music, face painting and a draw. Proceeds raised go to community projects including the Out of the Cold Program at Eastminster.

St. Cuthbert’s Christmas Fair WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church - Leaside, 1399 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: Dorcas Sheppard, 416-423-5066, dorcas.sheppard@sympatico.ca COST: Free

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Police investigate after thumb tack found in Halloween chocolate bar JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com East-end residents are advised to carefully look over their children’s Halloween treats after a thumb tack was discovered late Monday afternoon in a chocolate bar.

Dawn Chapman, who has lived near Gerrard Street East and Coxwell Avenue since 2007, said she found a goldcoloured tack pushed deep into a mini Kit Kat bar.

“It wasn’t really visible. I saw a gold circle and then I realized it was a tack,” she said. “It’s an urban legend come true.”

Chapman along with her husband, James, their two children, as well as a number of friends had gone trick-ortreating Saturday evening on Eastwood, Highcroft, Bowmore and Wrenson roads.

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candy bar didn’t appear to have been tampered with.

In an email to The Mirror, Catherine O’Brien, Nestlé Canada’s vice-president of corporate affairs, said they take all consumer inquiries extremely seriously as the safety and quality of their products is their number one priority.

“We have strict safety measures in place on our production line, including a metal detector scanning all finished products,” she wrote.

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when we were contacted by Dawn Chapman, who shared her Halloween experience with us. We reviewed the details and strongly encouraged her to report the case to the police.”

Upon further inspection, Chapman said her husband noticed “half-moon mark on the outside of the packaging,” which led them to conclude the tack must have been pushed in through the outside. Chapman said she may have ripped it off without noticing.

Toronto police issued a public safely alert around 8 p.m. Monday regarding the discovery.

In the release, investigators asked parents to be vigilant and always thoroughly check all candy received from Halloween loot bags.

Anyone with information on this incident should contact 55 Division police at 416-808-5500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-2228477.

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Former Ted Reeve player makes Leafs debut Rich Clune’s NHL career has resumed not far from the arena he grew up playing in as a youth – Ted Reeve Arena.

Clune, who won the novice scoring title in 1996 while playing house league in the Ted Reeve Hockey Association, was called up by the Toronto Maple Leafs last week.

He saw eight-plus minutes action in back-to-back losses 4-0 against Pittsburgh

Penguins last Saturday at the Air Canada Centre and Friday 3-1 against the host New York Rangers. He didn’t play in the Leafs 4-1 win over Dallas Stars Monday, Nov. 2.

The Leafs host Winnipeg Jets Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Clune, who grew up in the Danforth and Woodbine area, was a minus-one over the two games.

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The show will feature unique Aboriginal works by 15 artists, many based in Toronto. Artists include soapstone carver Ryan Hill, watercolour painter Joseph Sagaj, beadwork artist Naomi Smith, baby moccasin designer Frank Wassegijig, chef and culinary artist Charles Catchpole and jewellery designer and co-founder of the event Barb Nahwegahbow.

The show was created to help First Nations artisans, artists and designers showcase and celebrate their talents and culture. Nahwegahbow

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Indigenous & Ingenious will take visitors from a simple shopping trip to a full experience, celebrating cultural diversity.

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JOB POSTING JOB TITLE: Shipper/Receiver (Part time; up to 32 hours/week) BUSINESS UNIT: Toronto, Warehouse - 175 Gordon Baker Rd THE COMPANY: A subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, Metroland is one of Canada’s premier media companies. Metroland delivers up-to-the-minute vital business and community information to millions of people across Ontario. We have grown significantly in recent years in terms of audience and advertisers and we’re continuing to invest heavily in developing best-in-class talent, products and technology to accelerate our growth in the media landscape and strengthen our connection to the community.

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• To perform other general warehouse duties as assigned by the Warehouse Supervisor WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: • Valid forklift license • Previous shipping/receiving experience • Physically capable of lifting and carrying material up to a maximum of 30-lbs • Must have an excellent command of the English language (reading/speaking/writing) • Must be able to work overnight shifts and work up to 32 hours per week • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment • Have excellent time-management skills • Ability to set priorities and multi-task • Ability to perform repetitive tasks accurately and thoroughly, with minimal errors • Demonstrated basic numeracy • Have their own transportation • Ability to work in a team environment with minimal supervision WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU: • Opportunity to be part of an exciting company at the cutting edge of the media industry • Work for a well-established and respected company that is connected to your communities • Be part of a company that is committed to providing a healthy and safe work environment • We’ve got your health in mind; you’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package including pension and health care If working for a highly energized, competitive team is your ideal environment, please email your resume to ssidhu@metroland.com.

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JOB TITLE: Mailroom Stacker (Part time; up to 32 hours/week) BUSINESS UNIT: Toronto, Warehouse - 175 Gordon Baker Rd ABOUT US: A subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, Metroland is one of Canada’s premier media companies. Metroland delivers up-to-the-minute vital business and community information to millions of people across Ontario. We have grown significantly in recent years in terms of audience and advertisers and we’re continuing to invest heavily in developing best-in-class talent, products and technology to accelerate our growth in the media landscape and strengthen our connection to the community. For further information, please visit www.metroland.com.

THE OPPORTUNITY: We are looking for energetic and team-oriented part time Stacker, who would be responsible for wrapping and securing skids, troubleshooting minor jams and completing various warehouse duties. Reporting to the Operating Manager, this job is located at our location in Toronto location.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: • Wrap and secure all big and small skids • Tag skids correctly and remove them with a pump truck • Clearing minor bundle jams in the conveyor • Ensure TABA sheets are placed on the correct bundles • Create any lost TABA sheets • Bundle strapping • Wear PPE and comply with Metroland’s Health and Safety policies • Housekeeping and overall clean up while the machine is stopped for rejects • Complete and enforce all duties in accordance with our Health and Safety policies and the Occupational Health and Safety Act WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: • Completion of High School Education • Must be able to work in an unpredictable & changing environment • Must be able to multi-task • Ability to excel in a fast-paced, deadline driven and demanding environment • Capable of working in a team environment and maintain positive relationships with team members OUR AODA COMMITMENT: Metroland is committed to accessibility in employment and to ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with AODA, Metroland will endeavour to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling your interview.

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