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REMEMBERING: Attendees join in an interfaith candlelight vigil on Saturday at Hope United Church in memory of the two Canadian Armed Forces personnel slain last month in terror attacks.

Chief Blair at 54 Division town hall meeting Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair will be among the speakers at a town hall meeting hosted by East York’s 54 Division police next Monday night.

Blair will speak about community policing while 54 Division command officers will discuss the division’s crime trends and priorities.

The floor will then be open to questions from the community. The town hall meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 at the

Estonian House, 958 Broadview Ave.

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East York residents are invited to remember the courage and sacrifice of those who served their country during Remembrance Day ceremonies on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The ceremony will take place at the cenotaph on the grounds of the East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave. The ceremony begins at 10:45 a.m. The service will include two minutes of silence, the playing of The Last Post and placing of wreaths on the cenotaph and a memorial service. A flypast by the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association and the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is scheduled for the ceremony. Local councillors Janet Davis and Mary Fragedakis will attend the service. Also on Remembrance Day, a service will be held at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Warriors Hall, K Wing, 2075 Bayview Ave., between Eglinton and Lawrence avenues. It is set to begin at 10:15 a.m.

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I saw engraved on the wall the emblem of the 48th Highlanders.

ach year, thousands gather to honour the men and women who sacrificed their lives for this country, but for one young man this Remembrance Day is going to be different. This past summer, Monarch Park Collegiate student George PolanyiWilliamson, 17, was standing in an empty farm field in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France absorbing what was once a safe haven for Canadian soldiers in the First World War. Unknowingly, Williamson was about to stumble upon an underground shelter his great grandfather likely used during the Battle of Vimy Ridge which resulted in more than 10,000 killed and wounded. “We were given a chance to go into a system of tunnels in a farmer’s field partially built by Canadians and when we went down I saw engraved on the wall the emblem of the

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Monarch Park Collegiate student George Polanyi-Williamson, completely by chance, walked in the footsteps of his greatgrandfather in a Vimy Ridge underground shelter.

48th Highlanders…at that moment I realized 100 years ago my great grandfather stood at the same place,” Williamson said. The farm field that Williamson refers to is situated outside the Maison Blanche farm house, a few kilometres from Vimy where hundreds of soldiers prepared for their offensive

against the Germans. “It was a connection I thought that I would never really have with my great grandfather. It was completely by chance,” Williamson said. Originally from Winnipeg, Kenneth Williamson of the 48th Highlanders battalion was George’s great grandfa-

ther. In his early 20s, he went overseas to fight in the war and endured both the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Passchendaele. He survived the war, but died a few years later from lung problems caused by a severe gas attack at Passchendaele. After being selected as one of the 13 recipients of The Beaverbrook Vimy Prize, a prestigious summer scholarship for high school students, Williamson had the opportunity to spend two weeks in Europe visiting important First World War sites including Vimy Ridge. Considered to be Canada’s coming of age, the battle of Vimy Ridge saw all four Canadian military divisions from different parts of the country attack the Germans together. Scholars say it was a symbol of national unity, a stepping

stone towards independence from Britain. “It was an incredible experience because we were really given the chance to understand and appreciate the contribution our country made,” Williamson said. The annual award brings together youth from Canada, France and the U.K. so they can learn first hand about their history and begin to comprehend the grave impacts of war. Executive Director Jeremy Diamond of the Vimy Foundation said we have lost the direct connection with the stories of the First World War. “We no longer have any First World War veterans still with us and the veterans of the Second World War are in their early 90s,” he said. “The main goal of the Vimy Prize is to look to young Canadians to take up the torch of remembrance, making sure their stories and their legacies are not forgotten.” Diamond said the First World War is often referred

MPP Potts reflects on his own family’s military service JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Remembrance Day has special meaning for Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts. With several family members who served in the armed forces, he holds this time of year dear to his heart. During a recent interview at his Danforth Avenue constituency office, Potts said honouring those who served and lost their lives for our freedom is something he’s

appreciated since he was old enough to understand what Remembrance Day is all about. Growing up, Potts said he fondly remembers making the annual trek to Queen’s Park from his family’s home in the Castle Frank area on the Sunday before Remembrance Day with his parents and six siblings for the 48th Highlanders’ ceremony at the Veterans’ Memorial. Remembrance Day proper is also a big day for the Potts

family. “My father always made a big production of November 11,” he shared. “He’d insist on taking all seven of us kids out of school and we’d go down to (Old) City Hall to celebrate Remembrance Day at the cenotaph.” This year, he’ll be celebrating Remembrance Day at the Kew Gardens Cenotaph and will also be visiting local legions to present them with a new Ontario flag. On Nov. 4, Potts also read

a poem at Queen’s Park written by his late uncle Edwin Shuter, who served in the Second World War. The poem speaks about the importance of volunteerism in the war. Potts has a long family history of military service. His grandfather, Arthur Edward Potts, served in both the First and Second World Wars. All five of Arthur Potts grandfather’s brothers also served in the Great War. Sadly, three didn’t make it home.

His great aunts, Edith, Mary and Grace, were members of the Women’s Auxiliary Corps. Potts’ great uncle Bob also served with the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War in Italy and Central Europe as well as during the Korean War. His father, Joseph ( Joe), alongside his twin brother Arthur (Potts’ uncle) both enlisted with the Canadian Armed Forces as under age soldiers in 1943.

to as the time when Canada became a nation of its own, and the students selected for the scholarship are able to understand why. When Williamson was asked if young Canadians were slowly becoming unconcerned about past wars he said the youth were becoming “more distant.” A strong advocate for history, Williamson does his part by passing along the message to his friends, but he said it’s more important than ever for people to reach out to the youth and vice versa regarding history. This year, Williamson will lay a wreath on behalf of the Vimy Foundation at a Remembrance Day ceremony at Sunnybrook Hospital; the largest veterans care facility in the country. “I will have an opportunity to speak in front of veterans about my experience. It will be very moving to see the veterans who have fought in different wars for our country,” he said.

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St. Barnabas honours vets The Church of St. Barnabas on the Danforth hosts a Remembrance Day music and spoken word event honouring Canadian veterans and those who were killed during the First World War and the Second World War this Sunday at 4 p.m. Tickets are available now at the church for $15, and at the door on Sunday. Youth aged 16 and under can are free. For more, visit www. stbarnabas-toronto.com

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Political engagement a way to remember Canada’s veterans After recent events in Quebec and Ottawa saw the killing of two Canadian military personnel, and an attack on Parliament Hill, it is important to remember that soldiers continue to serve our country every day – both at home and abroad. Torontonians went to the polls Oct. 27 to elect a mayor and city council that will govern our city for the next four years. With Remembrance Day taking place this Tuesday, it’s beholden to Torontonians to remember what those who serve this country are fighting for – the right for democracy, which allows every single one of us to vote for our elected officials, and stand up for what we believe in as a country, province, and city. This sentiment has been said before, perhaps every Remembrance Day, and in the pages of this newspaper, but with the recent election and an upcoming federal election in our view 2015, it is a sentiment worth repeating.

Let your voice be heard over next four years

Let your voice be heard

Voter turnout increased for the 2014 municipal election – more than 60 per cent of those eligible cast their ballots – and is something we should strive to do each and every election. Engagement pays respect to those who fought for our right to engage in politics. But once you’ve cast your vote – whether you liked the outcome or not – it is not time to stand still. Your vote continues, your opinion continues and your ability to impact policy and decisions continues. If all you do is cast a ballot, but do little else over the next four years, then it was all for naught. Participate in town halls, call your councillor, join a residents’ or community association and let your voice be heard. With each military mission Canada has engaged in – including the most recent one against ISIS – our country offers up its military family to fight for freedom. Not just ours, but the freedom of other countries and innocent people. Voting is a sometimes dangerous endeavor in many countries, for us it is simple: go to a polling station and participate. No worry, no danger. We owe it to every soldier who fought for our freedom to remain engaged in the political future of our country, province and our city.

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So what’s in store for East York now? Now that the euphoria of the municipal election is over, what next is in store for East York? That really begs the question what exactly is East York in 2014? Does it still encompass Leaside and Thorncliffe Park, or is it now strictly the old municipality of East York. Likewise, what role does the Danforth play in the makeup of the community today? The reality is that amalgamation has, for better or for worse, changed the community into something different. Fortunately, the promise made by former minister of municipal affairs Al Leach to then-East York mayor Michael Prue back in 1998 did not come true: that East York would be wiped off the political landscape and forgotten. Here it is, the 21st century, and East York is still very visible and has its own

joe cooper watchdog postal area to boot. I’m not simply a sentimentalist; I believe a community identity is important for a healthy community. Good citizens However, to have a healthy community we need more than a name, we need good citizens, strong political representation, and healthy institutions to make it work. Our three recently elected municipal representatives all had healthy majorities and therefore strong mandates from the citizens of their wards. It’s my hope that all three will form a healthy and productive working relationship and the incumbents will welcome the new councillor and show him how city hall works.

I also hope we will see each councillor hold community meetings in the near future so citizen input can take place into the direction our neighbourhoods will be heading. While our councillors do have strong mandates, there were dissenting voices in the community and they need to be heard. Community meetings Hopefully, mayor-elect John Tory will take a page out of former mayor David Miller’s approach to governance and also hold community meetings. As Tory has admitted, there is a need to unify the city and he can only do that by getting out and meeting people on a one-to-one basis. That kind of populist approach worked for Rob Ford and it can only help Tory win over support from Ford Nation. Beyond these existential

issues, the next ones will be the bricks and mortar questions of making the City of Toronto work. Tory has inherited the Pan American Games and a host of other issues that will need to be addressed in a mature and timely manner. Now we get to see the real character of the people we have elected and their abilities to carry out their jobs at city hall. Let us hope “the circus” is over and we can now have responsible government down at Toronto City Hall. If that “circus” does raise its ugly head again, let’s hope our new mayor and city council clamps down on it immediately. We don’t want, or need, the stupidity of the last four years impeding the growth and progress of the city. 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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St. Barnabas Christmas Market WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: St Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Neville Reid, 416-424-2190, nwreid@sympatico.ca COST: Free Get your Christmas gift shopping done early at the annual St. Barnabas Christmas Market for craft items, home baking, jams and jellies. Open Rhodes Art Show & Sale WHEN: 1 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Open Rhodes Art Show & Sale, 695 Rhodes Ave. CONTACT: Jan Breuls-Dorang, 647-680-5237, www.openrhodes.ca COST: Free Ten houses and more than 17 artists on one city block showing their art. The artists donate a piece of work for a charity raffle. This year the charity is East End Children’s Centre. Food Workshops by Trade School! WHEN: 1 to 5 p.m. WHERE: East End Arts, second floor of Linsmore Tavern, 1298 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: http:// tradeschool.coop/toronto to register, tradeschool.toronto@gmail.com COST: Barter Learn how to make kombucha, kefir, sauerkraut, how to make the perfect pie lattice, apple sauce, bread, healthy sweet treats.

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Remembrance Sunday Parade & Worship Service WHEN: 10 a.m. WHERE: Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-4220510 COST: Free Parade and church service with 32 Signal Regiment, the 709 Army Cadet Corps, Jimmy & Associates (Veterans) and the Toronto Signals band. Parade marches west at 10 a.m. along Eglinton from the corner of Laird. Church service at 10:30 a.m. with parade at 11:30 marching east along Eglinton to Canadian Tire.

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Bus Ride for Good WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Shoppers Drug Mart (Danforth and Broadview) parking lot, 180 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: www.chaara.co/ about/events/ chaara-busnovember-2014/ COST: $25 Just get on the bus and we do the rest. Each trip is different and the locations are a secret. You never know where you’ll end up and what you might end up doing.

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East York Historical Society WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter

Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: Margaret McRae, 416429-7821, www.eastyork.org/eyhs. html COST: Free George Shields will tell us how Harmony Hall Seniors Centre came to be and about the mud slide on Notley Place when a house slid into the valley. Bring any information you want to share with the group.

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Your Health and Online Databases WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Public Library, 165 McRae Dr. CONTACT: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT170 COST: Free Learn how to use the top health databases through Toronto Public Library. Bring your own laptop or tablet.

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Non-Fiction Book Club WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free Join us the second Thursday of the month for a discussion on selected non-fiction books. For more information or to register please visit the branch or call 416-396-3975.

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Kid’s Club At Leaside Presbyterian Church WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: Phyllis Spence, 416-422-0510 COST: $30 per child and $50 per family, assistance available PA Day Kid’s Club for children in junior kindergarten to Grade 8. Youth helpers in Grade 9 and up are welcomed for community service hours. Snacks and hot lunch are provided. Activities include music, stories, crafts and movies.

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PA Day Puppet Show: Anansi and the Moss Covered ROck WHEN: 2 to 2:45 p.m. WHERE: Pape-Danforth Public Library, 701 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7727 COST: Free Join us for a Puppet Show based on a

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Fall Bazaar At Westview Presbyterian WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Ave/ (just off Bermondsey) CONTACT: Phyllis Spence, 416-7598531, www.wvchurch.wordrpess.com COST: Free Crafts, yard sale, silent action, breakfast and lunch, books and more. Toronto East Rotary Club’s 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 Diverse artisans selling their creations. Refreshments will be available, together with live music, face painting and a draw. Proceeds to community projects. Visit www. torontoeastrotary.com

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The TTC will hold its annual customer town hall, giving TTC riders a chance to sound off on transit concerns, Thursday, Nov. 20 inside the Toronto City Hall clamshell from 7 to 9 p.m. TTC riders will have the chance to directly address the transit commission’s senior management on service issues. Feedback is also shared via social media.

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Aquavision watercolour show now at Papermill Gallery The Papermill Gallery at the Todmorden Mills Heritage Site is hosting Aquavision 2014 presented by the Toronto Watercolour Society until Nov. 16. The event will feature works from several artists in the society’s juried fall show. On Sunday, Nov. 9, there will be a special reception as artists will be present from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The gallery is located at 67 Pottery Rd. For more information on the exhibit and the Toronto Watercolour Society, please visit www.torontowatercoloursociety.com Rhodes art show and sale slated wOpen

Nineteen east-end artists are set to showcase and sell their works of art during the sixth annual 2014 Open Rhodes

Art Show and Sale this weekend. The open house/street sale event will take place in 10 homes on Rhodes Avenue, one block west of Coxwell Avenue, south of Danforth Avenue, Saturday, Nov. 8 and Sunday, Nov. 9 from 1 to 7 p.m. daily. Follow the purple Open Rhodes signs to check out the artwork, which will include photography, pottery, jewelry,

mixed media textile, water colours and lamp work glass jewelry. This year’s participating artists include Doug Aucoin, William Bicket, Michelle Burnett, Amanda Dixon, Michael Dorang, Boban Dosic, Gordana Olujic Dosic, Melanie Forshee, Mark Harris, Bill Hornbostel, Holly Liddell, Doug MacLellan, Erin McGuire, Gillian Morris, Julie McNeely, Rick Shea, Dan

Simmons, Anita Wiklem and Adrienne Yeardye. Funds from the event, which will also include a raffle of several pieces of artwork by participating artists, will be donated to the East End Children’s Centre. Visit http://goo.gl/I7zG4s for more information. versus West Toronto debate wEast

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Honouring our heroes on Remembrance Day Throughout history, millions of soldiers have marched into wars to protect the freedoms of their countries. Remembrance Day is a solemn time to commemorate those soldiers’ achievements and sacrifices and to pay respects to soldiers who died in battle. On November 11, Canadians honour our past and present military. Since the end of World War I, memorials to remember those of the armed forces who fought in battle and perished in the line of duty have been dedicated on Remembrance Day. One of the unifying symbols of Remembrance Day is the poppy that is worn to honor lost soldiers. The bold, red color of the flower has become an enduring

symbol of those who died so that others may be free. The poppy became a symbol for a specific reason. Some of the most concentrated and bloody fighting of World War I took place in Flanders, a region in western Belgium. As a result of the fighting, most signs of natural life had been obliterated from the region, leaving behind mud and not much else. The only living thing to survive was the poppy flower, which bloomed with the coming of the warm weather the year after fighting in the region had ceased. Poppies grow in disturbed soil and can lie dormant in the ground without germinating. Without the war, they may have never come to the surface. John McCrae, a doctor serving with the

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Does Tory’s team know difference between success and survival? It is a quiet time at Toronto City Hall this week. With the new council weeks away, radio silence seems to be the watchword. In at least the first part of the week, Tory took some time off to recharge after a long campaign. If councillors have heard from him or his team about their roles in the new administration, they’re not talking. The mayor-elect

david nickle the city did tell a local radio show that he would hope to noticeably improve traffic congestion by early 2015. But he’s going to have to deal with another congestion issue a little bit sooner than that: deciding the shape of his executive com-

mittee. Case Ootes, who’s heading up Tory’s transition team, wouldn’t speculate on how that committee would find its shape, but he did acknowledge that the committee would be no good if its members didn’t help Tory implement his agenda. Getting this one right is crucial. The question is, what kind of ‘right’ is right for

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John Tory. When Ootes helped Rob Ford make an executive committee four years ago, the two came up with a membership that was entirely suburban, mostly male and of a single mind politically. Councillors from the former city of Toronto and most of the women on council were on the outside. That suited the Ford

administration as he wasn’t elected on a mandate of conciliation, and a divided council suited his style. Tory’s playing a different game. He’s billed himself as a city-healer. To do so, he will have to reach across the aisle. There are plenty of voices who have spent time on the outside this past term that might find a seat inside on this one. Will Ootes recommend

councillors like these to round out the committee and extend Tory’s reach? It might be a good survival strategy to hunker down. But there is a difference between survival and success – and we will see whether Tory and his team know what that is.

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goodwill of city councillors. This term offers an opportunity to begin anew, with a new mayor who has run expressly on his ability to lead and build consensus. In a 10-point code of conduct, Tory pledged to treat his colleagues, his office and his constituents with respect. That’s a good start, but Tory will have to not only build the base of political support on council he needs in order to put his agenda into effect – he will have to deal with a council traumatized by four years of unprecedented division. City-wide, Tory must deal quickly with the reality that for much of Scarborough and Etobicoke, he is a second choice.

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resume funding half of TTC’s operating costs, and persuading both federal and provincial governments to repair and expand Toronto’s affordable housing stock. If the other governments won’t relieve those financial pressures, Toronto must look for new revenue sources.

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