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TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com Do some holiday shopping while supporting the community, without leaving home, during the Metro Toronto Rotary Auction.

Now in its 35th year, the auction takes place from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday and 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday. It airs on Rogers Fri-Sat TV, from the East York Civic Centre.

This year, it will be live-streamed on YouTube as well. Viewers can call in to bid on items, with proceeds benefitting the Rotary Clubs of East York, North Scarborough, Parkdale-High Park, Scarborough Twilight and Toronto Humber.

“You can shop right from the comfort of your living room couch,” said Dave Pyette, from the Rotary Club of East York.

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Fun fair supports East Toronto Families for Syria East Toronto Families for Syria is hosting a drop-in fun fair in support of Syrian refugee families relocating to Toronto on Sunday.

The family event, which will include toys, games, a silent auction/raffle, a bake sale and more, will run from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Oaks n’ Acorns,

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Mercedes-Benz Toronto Corporate Retail Stores kick off the holiday season with toy drive

TORONTO, ON – The season for giving is upon us and for the second consecutive year, MercedesBenz Corporate Retail Stores will be holding a toy drive from now until December 15. This year, all unwrapped toys collected through this initiative will be delivered aboard Santa’s Sprinter to the Toronto Fire Fighters Toy Drive, a reputable non-profit charity that has helped thousands of families celebrate Christmas over the years.

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The Mercedes-Benz Toronto Corporate Stores are also pleased to announce that Santa Claus will be taking time out from his busy schedule to

make special appearances in support of the toy drive at participating dealerships across the GTA. This exciting chance to meet Santa in person is open to all and will be commemorated with a personalized digital photo taken with Santa and his Merry Metris.

“The employees from the Mercedes-Benz Toronto Corporate Stores are passionate about giving back to the communities in which they operate and we know that the donated toys will make a difference for those in need,” said Philipp v. Witzendorff, Vice President and Head of Toronto Retail Operations. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to put our retail facilities and our product, namely the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Metris commercial vans, to good use throughout the year and even more so during the festive season.”

In addition to conducting the toy drive, the Mercedes-Benz Toronto Corporate Stores have generously loaned a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van to the Toronto Fire Fighters Toy Drive for a three month period to support their toy distribution logistics throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

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Benz Toronto Corporate Stores have wholeheartedly embraced our cause once again this year by providing us the use of a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter,” said Ray Easby, Executive Director for the Toronto Fire Fighters Toy Drive. “The MercedesBenz Sprinter commercial van is an exceptionally versatile vehicle that has been instrumental in helping us achieve our very important holiday season mission.”

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hamper’s parade: Left, children wave as they get their first glimpse of Santa along the Kingston Road route of the Community Centre 55 Hamper’s Santa Claus Parade on Sunday. Centre, members of Beach Cheer perform during the parade. Right, Santa reacts to his fans on the street from aboard his float.

East York Collegiate students spend Ivy League weekend at Princeton TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com A group of East York high school students got a taste of Ivy League life at Princeton University, during a whirlwind weekend in New Jersey earlier this month The 44 students from East York Collegiate Institute were hosted by Jaimie McDonell, an EYCI alumna in her senior year at Princeton, where she is alternate captain of the women’s varsity hockey team.

The students, from grades 9 through 12, went on campus, history and museum tours, between seminars, sporting events and more.

“It was a really amazing trip,” said Grade 12 student William Tanner. “It was just a really enriching experience.”

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to university life, they got a crash course in Princeton history, touring the Princeton Art Museum, Princeton Battlefield and many other spots.

“We got to see the library where Scott Fitzgerald had written The Great Gatsby, even where Albert Einstein had

worked,” added Tanner.

“The museum tour was amazing too, how they took us through all their different periods of time to see all the different artifacts that that museum has was phenomenal.”

They got to take in five NCAA sporting events, watch-

ing football, soccer, basketball and hockey games, including McDonell’s team.

“That was cool,” said Grade 12 student Hanna Girndt.

“It’s kind of mind-blowing, and it’s inspirational.

Someone from East York Collegiate is down at an Ivy League school, one of the best in America, playing hockey at the highest level possible, NCAA Division 1.

And especially a female from our school, she’s such an idol that shows it’s possible for us to do things like that.”

McDonell was happy to share her Princeton experience with the students, who reminded her of herself a few years ago.

“I think it was just as much fun for me as it was for them,” she said.

“I loved seeing how excited they were to share something that’s so important to me, and

they were so interested in it, they were asking so many really good questions.”

She said her time at Princeton has been surreal, and she can’t believe she’s already a senior.

“I’ve loved every moment of it,” she said, adding her time playing hockey there has been just as surreal.

“I think every athlete dreams of playing at the highest level possible, and I’m just trying to enjoy every last second of it before it ends.”

Tanner and Girndt, both student athletes, appreciated the opportunity to get advice from McDonell and other varsity athletes during a panel discussion they attended.

They heard about how to balance athletics and academics, and how athletics can help open doors at postsecondary schools.

“There’s so much valuable

information they were able to provide for us,” said Girndt. “I met so many different kinds of people, and just hearing about that was inspirational, and it just shows that these things are possible, if you work hard enough and you apply yourself, you can do anything.”

That’s exactly the message McDonell hoped the students would take away from the trip.

She was happy to help get the students thinking about what they want to do after high school, and what they need to do to get there.

“I think it’s really important that the kids realize the opportunities that are available to them,” she said. “I was really hoping that they could walk away from that trip knowing if you put a little hard work in now, the possibilities for you are endless.”

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he Toronto Transit Commission’s board is on the right track when it comes to the balanced approach it decided to take this week regarding fare increases.

At its meeting, the board voted to increase cash fares for adults by 25 cents, up to $3.25, and to increase the price of an adult token to $2.90. Considering one can literally ride the TTC the entire length and breadth of Toronto for that price, it’s a more than reasonable cost.

At the same time, the board wisely decided not to increase the cost of the Metropass, which now goes for $141.50. The monthly pass offers unlimited rides. It is a valuable item based on the service it provides, but its cost is high relative to other North American cities and it has been the chosen route for our view fare hikes for too long.

TTC board chair Josh Colle There’s a cost summed it up well when he said the system cannot rely on to pay for Metropass users as an “endless well of money.” It also doesn’t good transit hurt to reward the loyalty of those who use the TTC multiple times every day.

The cash fare and token fee hikes only apply to adult fares. The TTC will keep fares for seniors and students where they are, at $2 cash and $1.95 for tokens, which is a good decision. And, of course, due to a decision by city council last year championed by Mayor John Tory, children under 12 ride the system for free.

This is all part of having a grown-up transit system in Toronto. The whining that takes place every time a fare increase is mentioned is unreasonable. There’s a price for good transit, and part of that must be paid by those who use the service.

That being said, all city taxpayers must continue to pay for the TTC whether they ride it or prefer to drive their cars or use their bikes. Property taxpayers can’t be complaining about the cost of building infrastructure if they want to continue living in one of the best cities in the world.

However, that does not let the federal and provincial governments off the hook when it comes to funding an essential service in Canada’s largest city.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made some big promises along those lines during the election campaign, and we expect him to honour them.

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Road to transit parity barely a ‘goat-path’ John Tory often talks a bit of sense – and he did so on Monday when asked what he thought about the thenimminent fare hike under debate at the Toronto Transit Commission.

“I believe fares should be adjusted for every year because the cost of running the system goes up and we have to maintain the financial viability,” said the mayor.

“I think it’s fair that those who use the system pay their share of the cost.”

This raised some eyebrows, if only because Tory had made some hay during the election and earlier this year in freezing transit fares, for 2014.

That he seemed fine with a 25-cent hike on the cash fare and a 10-cent hike on tokens... well that seemed a reversal.

Of course, Tory had only made the promise for 2014, and made it clear he never intended there be fare freezes all the way

david nickle the city down. And his position, that as costs to deliver a service increase so should the cost to the user, is as sensible as is his notion that services as they stand shouldn’t be cut.

Service should be reliable, and books should be balanced.

So far so good.

It is a shame, as my colleague Rahul Gupta remarked during the debate at the TTC, that the mayor couldn’t take the same even-handed approach to other matters of transportation financing, such as road tolls.

It’s a shame, sure, but it’s also an immovable factor in the politics of mobility, the disparity between the privileges of drivers and transit users respectively.

The latter occupy the bottom end of things.

Since the provincial government stopped funding operating costs for the Toronto Transit Commission, an uneasy balance of property taxpayers and transit users have been covering the cost of getting around to a greater and greater degree.

Fares rise every year or so, and service fluctuates too, and when service drops and fares rise, a portion of those transit riders who can afford to, use their cars more. The rest... well they get used to disappointment.

Drivers, on the other hand, are the demographic of choice, particularly for more conservative politicians, but not limited to that.

After the 2010 municipal election, politicians from across the political spectrum voted to shut down the vehicle registration tax along with then-mayor Rob Ford. Attempts to put a bike lane on Jarvis Street were similarly squashed.

And when Tory was elected, one of the first things he did was take immediate action to battle one of the few remaining irritants to the pampered driver: downtown traffic congestion in the presence of construction.

So while it would be sensible to look at revenue tools such as modest road tolls to help fund, for instance, the maintenance and reconstruction of the Gardiner Expressway, or more sensibly still, road decongesting public transit, the road to that solution is barely a goat-path these days.

Still, baby steps are better than none: and if a mayor can recognize decent public service requires a decent amount of revenue, well, that is at least a very tiny step in the right direction.

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Don Valley Art Club Show and Sale WHEN: Noon to 4 p.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Papermill Gallery, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-3962819, www.donvalleyartclub.com COST: Free ‘A Show Within A Show’ features 12” x 12” square paintings, all priced at $144, as well as small, medium and large artwork.

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Metro Toronto Rotary Live TV Auction WHEN: 7 p.m. to midnight WHERE: East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: contact@eastyorkrotary.org COST: Free Watch Rogers TV Cable TV 10/63 or online on YouTube at rogerstv.com/ rotarytvauction and you can bid on more than 950 donated items including: Leafs hockey tickets, jewelry, art, an African Safari and more. Every dollar raised supports local charitable organizations. Info: metrotorontorotaryauction.com Coffee and Chat WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Secord Community Centre, 91 Barrington Ave. CONTACT: Chaheda Azami, 416-698-1626, ext. 203,

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Goodie Sale and All Ages Concert WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Kimbourne Park United Church, 200 Wolverleigh Blvd.

CONTACT: Nicole Bourassa-Burke, 416-4617200, office@kpuc.org COST: Free A seasonal sale of Christmas baking, jams, jellies and perserves with new attractions. An all-ages concert ‘Colours of Christmas’ with Sarrah Jerrom and her ensemble at 11 a.m. Caft and gift tables; $5 luncheon.

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. epc@neighbourhoodcentre.org COST: Free, donations welcomed For members of The Neighbourhood Centre 55+. Includes pot luck, Tai Chi, bingo, word search games and more.

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Holiday Greeting Cards Family Workshop WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-396-2819, todmorden@toronto.ca COST: Adult $15, children $8 Learn about the origins of holiday greeting cards while creating a set of personalized cards. For ages six and up; children must be accompanied by an adult. Call to register.

Holy Eucharist Bazaar WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church, 515 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-465-5836, holyeucharistbazaar@gmail.com COST: Free Perogies, cabbage rolls, apple pies, jams, pickles, cards, jewelry, knitting, icons, and hand-crafted items.

RCL Ladies Auxiliary Bazaar WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: Nancy McKnight, 647223-9646 COST: Free Baked goods, knitted items, nearly new, draw tickets and more.

Christmas Dinner-Dance WHEN: 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. WHERE:

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Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714 COST: Members $10, guests $12 Dancing with the Peppershakers.

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Gift, Craft and Bake Sale WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE:St. Columba and All Hallows Church, 2723 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: becausefundraiser2015@ gmail.com COST: Free In support of Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto.

Christmas Wreath Workshop WHEN: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-3962819 COST: $30 Create a decorated wreath from evergreens, natural materials and ribbon. Includes hot mulled cider and a holiday treat. Call to register.

Euchre WHEN: 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-4251714 COST: $6 Grey Cup at Branch 22 WHEN: 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: 416-4251714 COST: Free

Celebrate the 103rd Grey Cup match.

Karaoke WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714 COST: Free

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Drop-in Arts and Crafts WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Secord Community Centre, 91 Barrington Ave. CONTACT: Chaheda Azami, 416-698-1626, ext. 203 COST: Free, donations welcomed For members of The Neighbourhood Centre 55+.

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Merchant Market Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Toronto East General Hospital, 825 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: Angela Pappaianni, 416-469-6580, ext. 2309, apapp@tegh.on.ca COST: Free Holiday festivities and shopping: jewelry, accessories, skincare, home, gift and handcrafted items.

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Much of East York’s special character has come from the hard work and caring touch provided by many unique women who have lived here.

There is Agnes Macphail, who represented our community as one of the first women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

True Davidson, whose tenacious spirit helped to shape the character of East York over her 25-year political career.

In 2010, our community lost Maureen Lindsay, a woman who cared deeply about her neighbours and who helped to nurture and protect East York.

I met Maureen during the time our community came together to fight our impending forced amalgamation. She was one of the core members of “Team East York” and worked tirelessly to get the message out that the community mattered more than politics.

She was a constant supportive presence at meet-

joe cooper watchdog ings during that unfortunate period, and helped to put a face on the spirit of citizenship the community was trying to protect.

Even after the imposition of amalgamation, Maureen did not lose her community spirit. She was in constant touch with me by either phone or email, pointing out problems or providing background information for stories I was writing about in my column.

She was also an active member of the East York Historical Society.

One of her main contributions to her neighbours was her tireless efforts to see Dentonia Park preserved as a safe public place. She was concerned the park might become a hangout for undesirable elements from outside the community, and made certain they didn’t gain a foothold.

She cared deeply for people of all ages, running the seniors Christmas dinner in East York, and helping at the Christmas and Easter parades in the Beach.

It is my hope people will continue to be inspired by Maureen’s example of good citizenship and neighbourliness. She showed us good communities do not happen by accident, but come about due to people taking the time to be involved.

To commemorate Maureen’s memory, the East York Historical Society is sponsoring a bench plaque in her name in Dentonia Park.

The unveiling will take place at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30 at the top of Sibley Avenue near the street sign under a large tree. If you can, attend and celebrate the life of a truly good East York citizen.

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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leaside sports stars inducted Photos by ALLEN AGOSTINO Top row: Inductee George Armstrong describes the ceremonial necklace he wears in memory of his mother, as he makes his address during the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday at Leaside Memorial Community Gardens; Meagan Fahlenbock and her daughters, Ashley and Steph, accept a plaque on behalf of Annie Fahlenbock; Anthony Regan, left, presents George Friesen with his plaque, accepted on behalf of his mother, Pat Friesen.

Botton row: Tony, left, Tom and Tim Irwin accept a Leaside Sports Hall of Fame plaque on behalf of their father, Arthur Laurie Irwin; Bill Pashby, left, presents Reid Humphery with his Athlete of the Year Award; Alan Redway hands Norm ‘Charlie’ Ahier his plaque.

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Almost 1,000 items are being auctioned off this year, the most ever. A new item hits the auction block every 10 minutes, with bidding on each item closing after the 10 minutes is up.

All items are donated, which means all proceeds go to the Rotary Clubs. Last year’s auction raised more

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than $100,000, and the hope is to raise that much or more this year.

Through the Rotary Clubs, the auction proceeds support a long list of local organizations.

It is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Rotary Club of East York.

Celebrities, politicians and well-known community members will drop by to join the auction broadcast, including Toronto Mayor John Tory.

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A “balanced approach” taken by the TTC’s board of directors means cash fares and token prices are going up for 2016, but not Metropasses.

The board voted unanimously to support staff recommendations for next year’s TTC and Wheel-Trans operating budgets, which will include a 25 cent increase to fares paid by cash to $3.25.

The cost of a token will go up 10 cents to $2.90 per token.

The board also supported keeping the price of the Metropass static following years of increases, as well as freezing all student and seniors’ fares for the time

being.

TTC chair Josh Colle said the decision was a realization the TTC can’t keep raising Metropass prices which have increased to $141.50, among the highest-priced unlimited travel pass among North American transit providers, while keeping cash fares unchanged.

‘Metropass user’ “At a certain point we can’t keep continuing to rely on the Metropass user as an endless well of money we can just go to,” said Colle after the board vote Monday at Toronto City Hall.

“Could we lose some ridership? Staff has factored that in

but on the whole we still come up with more revenue.”

The decision means the TTC faces a funding gap of around $58-million for next year’s operating budget, which it will attempt to fill by seeking an increase in the annual per-rider subsidy allocated to it by Toronto council.

Last year, the TTC received almost $480-million from the city for the 2015 subsidy, which also funded $95-million in service improvements trumpeted by Colle, as well as Mayor John Tory.

The board also supported looking at ways to boost revenue from TTC parking lots. ~With files from David Nickle

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The city announced the $19.7-million project will begin construction next spring and open in 2017. The Fort York Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge will span in separate sections across two railway corridors, connecting three downtown parks with the Fort York grounds.

The project was cancelled in 2011 by then-mayor Rob Ford and his suburban allies on council, including David Shiner, who decried its ornate design as too expensive.

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Since 2008, service has been ending just after midnight six days a week to accommodate critical subway tunnel repairs.

At the TTC’s recent customer town hall, CEO Andy Byford promised an end to the early closures.

Now it can be confirmed, thanks to the TTC’s Brad Ross, the Yonge line will return to regular night-time service beginning the weekend of Dec. 18 and 19.

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The transit commission is examining the prospect of bringing back continuous service of the 72 Pape bus from Pape Avenue to Union

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With the Union renovations complete, the TTC is considering replacing the 172 with two new routes: from Pape Station to Union via Queens Quay, and extending Front Street service to the burgeoning CityPlace development.

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In a televised announcement, McCallum announced the federal government has scaled back its commitment to admit 25,000 refugees from Syria by the end of the year, and will, in fact, only admit 10,000 at that time.

The remaining 15,000 will be admitted in January and February.

“Canadians want us to do it right and if it takes a little longer to do it right we should take that time,” he said.

“In order to do that right and give a welcome that is not just a smile but also a roof over their head, it is better to take that additional time, so

that is what we’re doing.”

The 10,000 who do arrive will land in Toronto and Montreal, and then be dispersed to other communities.

It was unclear from the news conference how many will settle in Toronto. list of cities “There’s a long list of cities and it is a growing list — it changes every day and grows every day — of cities across the country where refugees will go after they land in Toronto and Montreal,” said McCallum.

“Those are cities that have the capacity to receive the refugees and then to find places in conjunction with other agencies for them to live.”

McCallum said his vision “is to have them distributed relatively equally.”

On Monday, the mayorsaid, he believed, it could be between 2,000 and 2,500 coming to Toronto, based on

a conference call he participated in with McCallum.

On Tuesday, in a statement, Tory said the city is ready.

“In Toronto, we are ready to do our part,” he said.

“I am proud of those who have opened their doors to these families as a part of the first wave of resettlement, and I encourage the people of Toronto to find ways to offer their support.”

Tory said he was “confident in the government’s screening processes” and fully supported the revised timelines.

But he said funding must come with the refugees that Toronto will welcome.

“The City of Toronto has indicated the resources that are currently within our ability to provide, and I expect that the necessary federal and provincial resources will be deployed to help our city and others like it accommodate these new arrivals and set them up for long-term success in Toronto.”

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