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Streetcar track work starts on 501 Queen route DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Area residents should expect dust, noise and other inconveniences as the City of Toronto and the TTC start work to replace the streetcar tracks at the far end of Queen Street East.

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A First World War mortar shell found buried in an East York backyard caused a closure of the area around the McRae Drive fire station Saturday, Oct. 1.

A resident, who found the shell while digging in his yard, brought it to Fire Station 321 on McRae Drive, near Laird Drive Saturday.

It appeared the decades-old shell was a dud, but as a precaution Toronto fire and police

closed the area around the station and called in the Toronto Police Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Response team.

The area was re-opened after it was determined the weapon wasn’t a threat.

Toronto Fire Services tweeted after the incident that if you find a mortar shell while digging, leave it where it is and call 911 from a safe distance.

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Toronto Police Service considers merging 54 and 55 divisions East-end Toronto residents are invited to a community consultation to learn more about the Toronto Police Service’s plans to modernize the force.

On Wednesday, Oct. 26, TPS chair Andy Pringle and Chief Mark Saunders will host a community consultation session from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute, 800 Greenwood Ave.

The gathering will include remarks from Pringle and Saunders as well as breakout discussions to get the public’s input on the future of policing.

The consultation will also be streamed live at https://www.facebook.com/ TorontoPolice.

The public can also submit comments via email, mail or video by visiting http:// www.torontopolice.on.ca/

TheWayForward/have-yoursay.php.

Prior to the meeting, the public is encouraged to read the Transformation Task Force’s Interim Report, notably its 24 recommendations.

In east-end Toronto, the Task Force is recommending merging 54 and 55 divisions. The report can be viewed online at http://www.torontopolice. on.ca/TheWayForward/docs/ report_full.pdf

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check out the gourds: colleen Morrissey and her nephew owen look through the gourds at the east York Farmers’ Market tuesday. the market takes place every tuesday until oct.

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Be a c h e s - E a s t Yo rk M P Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is hosting a town hall on electoral reform on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

The gathering will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Brigid’s Catholic Church, 50 Woodmount Ave., located northwest of Danforth and Woodbine avenues.

All are welcome to come

and discuss electoral reform, notably if a referendum should happen before any changes are made and, if not, what alternative process is acceptable, and what system should be adopted and what principles should be considered in doing so.

The evening’s speakers will include Ajax MP Mark Holland, who is the

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Democratic Reform; Dennis Pilon, a professor at York University and an expert on electoral reform; and Jane Hilderman, the executive director of Samara Canada, a charity dedicated to citizen engagement.

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Meet Yvonne Ohara: she’s done it 800 times TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com Yvonne Ohara is in the exclusive 800 club.

Recently, the Etobicoke woman became one of only a handful of Ontarians to donate blood an astounding 800 times.

“Blood is the ultimate renewable resource,” said Ohara, 68, who works for Toronto police. “You don’t know when you, a family member or a friend may need some blood.”

Every two weeks, Ohara heads to Canadian Blood Services (CBS) headquarters at 67 College St. to donate a bag of platelets, which she can donate 24 times a year.

Ohara began donating blood at age 21.

She said she was drawn to more specialized platelets and plasma donation after seeing other donors on different blood-drawing machines.

“The nice thing about plasma and platelet donation is you’re essentially matched with (a recipient),” Ohara said.

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Yvonne Ohara celebrates her 800th blood donation with Canadian Blood Services. Ohara has been donating for 47 years.

life of only five days.

Plasma donations help people with some bleeding disorders, liver diseases, and in some operations.

Blood donation is a family tradition for Ohara.

Ohara’s father, Charles Overton, began taking her at age four to his blood-donation appointments, including at

the former Hospital for Sick Children, which is now CBS headquarters where Ohara donates.

Overton donated 99 times until his age made him ineligible.

Michael Scharlemann, Ohara’s husband, has donated blood 78 times. He made a stem cell donation after being

notified he was a match on the national unrelated bone marrow registry.

“The trick is to get donors younger, in high school and in college,” Ohara said. “Make it a family tradition. Go with your parents or friends to a mobile clinic at the mall.”

Across Canada, CBS must collect 17,000 units of blood

every week. Since blood products have a limited shelf life, demand is constant.

“Roughly every minute, every day, someone in Canada needs blood,” CBS stated.

Blood and blood components are used to treat a number of injuries and illnesses, including various forms of cancer, hip and joint conditions, transplants, traumas, such as car accidents, blood disorders, and many others.

Across the country, less than four per cent of eligible Canadians donate blood, CBS reported.

One in 60 Canadians donate, despite the fact one in two is eligible.

Meanwhile, half of Canadians report they or a family member have required blood or blood components for surgery or medical treatment, CBS stated.

Type O negative blood is in highest demand. It can be used in emergency situations on anyone when there is no time to test a patient’s blood.

People with Type O negative blood are considered universal donors.

One person may donate whole blood up to six times a year, improving the lives of as many as 18 people, to CBS stated. The

BLOOD DONOR CLINICS IN OCTOBER: ETOBICOKE Oct. 7 4 to 8 p.m., Woodbine Centre, 500 Rexdale Blvd.

Oct. 13 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Humber College, Lakeshore campus, 3199 Lake Shore Blvd. W. Oct. 25 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall DOWNTOWN Oct. 14 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., RBC – Waterpark Place, 88 Queens Quay West

SCARBOROUGH Oct. 8 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Agincourt Community Centre, 31 Glen Watford Dr. Oct. 17 1 to 6 p.m., Bridlewood Mall, 2900 Warden Ave. Oct. 24 2 to 7 p.m., Parkway Mall, 85 Ellesmere Rd. NORTH YORK Oct. 21 3 to 7 p.m., Jubilee United Church, 40 Underhill Rd.

entire process takes just over an hour.

The standard blood donation is approximately 450 millilitres, slightly less than half a litre or two cups. An average adult’s body contains about five litres of blood.

This year, CBS has revised its donation eligibility requirements.

Health Canada approved CBS’s request to reduce the blood-donation waiting period for men who have sex with men from five years to one year.

CBS tests blood donations for syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV-1 and 2, Human T-Cell lymphotropic virus HTLV-I and II and West Nile Virus.

CBS also revised its donation eligibility requirements to mitigate the risk, which it pegs at one in 8.3 million, of the Zika virus entering the Canadian blood system.

Anyone who has traveled outside of Canada, the continental United States and Europe is now ineligible to give blood for 21 days after their return.

The Zika virus lasts three to five days in the blood, and clears the body within 21 days, CBS stated.

If you want book an appointment, download the GiveBlood app on IOS or Android, visit www.blood. ca to find a clinic near you or call 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888-236-6283).

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Could we elect a Trump-like leader?

Here in Canada, the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency is a terrifying one.

The real-estate mogul and reality television star has been building support on a campaign of bigotry, misogyny and violence. While his campaign is still trailing that of former secretary of state, senator and first lady Hillary Clinton, the gap in polls is narrow and it is conceivable that Trump might prevail.

The leader of our closest neighbour, biggest trading partner and longtime ally might be a whitesupremacist-approved, lying, narcissistic tyrant.

The only comfort we might take in this distressing scenario: at least something like that could never happen here. Or could it?

Our parliamentary system of government treats executive power very differently the American bicameral OuR ViEW than system. In some ways a prime with a firm majority can It can happen minister exercise far more power than a in the U.S., so president whose party doesn’t also control both the House of why not here? Representatives and the Senate. A Trump-like prime minister could make profound and potentially damaging changes to our country, with few to none of the checks on the power of a like-minded president.

Our nomination process means it’s less likely that any party would choose such a polarizing figure as its leader, and in a federal election, voters aren’t faced with a simple choice between two candidates as happens in the U.S. But, it would be naive to think that Canadians are immune to the kind of xenophobic bigotry and nativism that has fuelled Trump’s rise.

At its core, Trump’s success depends on two things – people who are profoundly worried about their future and a society where systemic racism makes it easy to blame “the other” for its problems. We have both here.

In 2015, when Stephen Harper’s Conservatives banned women from wearing niqabs when taking citizenship oaths, vowed to revoke citizenship to dual citizens convicted of terrorism and floated the idea of a snitch line for “barbaric cultural practices,” the party had strong support.

Now, Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch is promoting a plan to screen out immigrants who hold “anti-Canadian values.”

Does that mean that Canadians are ready to consider handing a Donald Trump the key to 24 Sussex Dr.? We like to think not. But we’d like to think the same of our friends south of the border.

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Is Toronto Hydro Mayor Tory’s next gold mine?

There has to be gold in here somewhere.

That sentiment, or a variation of it, has been a mantra for political leaders and would-be leaders since amalgamation.

Former premier Mike Harris and his municipal affairs minister Al Leach were the first to see the mythical El Dorado in the 416 area code when they amalgamated the city from seven municipal governments into one. Surely, pulling all those bureaucracies together into one would save hundreds of millions of dollars.

When that didn’t pan out, provincial scolds like former Scarborough Tory MP Steve Gilchrist helpfully suggested that amalgamated Toronto might sell off Metro Hall.

But that never made sense in the end, as the former seat of Metro government housed a sizeable part of the city’s bureaucracy.

Privatize garbage collection city-wide? Maybe one day it’ll save the cash-

david nickle the city strapped city millions, but Toronto had to break free of job protection language in collective agreements to even consider the idea. Now that’s happened, maybe contracting-out advocates will make one more attempt, and may pull it off.

It’s hard to say whether Mayor John Tory will succeed at one of the most often-sought gold mines in the Toronto portfolio: that being Toronto Hydro, the electricity distribution company wholly owned by the City of Toronto.

Certainly, many before him have tried and failed.

Mel Lastman mused about selling it off. Jane Pitfield, running to unseat David Miller in 2006, gave it a go on the hustings, as did Karen Stintz in 2010 – and in neither case were they able to get near a mandate to do so.

Tory has been ruminating about a Hydro sale for months at least – or a species of Hydro sale, perhaps similar to the notion that Karen Stintz floated in 2010.

Stintz argued that selling off about half of the city’s interest in the company would raise enough money to pay for the downtown relief subway line. She also suggested that leasing the company could work, if it weren’t possible to avoid the provincial taxes placed on the sale of more than 10 per cent of the asset.

Either of these options might work well for Mayor Tory’s purposes. He, too, needs to finance a downtown relief line, and could also use some coin to build his scaled-back SmartTrack plan.

A couple of weeks ago now, Tory turned his attention very publicly to the nuts-and-bolts workings of Toronto Hydro, in particular dealing with the multiple outages in highrise downtown Toronto condomin-

ium towers like CityPlace.

The culprit, Tory noted first in a news release and then in front of reporters at the Toronto Board of Trade, was aging infrastructure serving growing areas.

And he made it very clear that he not only wanted to get some power flowing from the utility, but also some cash, which he said should not be at the cost of public accountability.

This is going to be a delicate balance. It’s hard to imagine very much money coming out of a partial sale of a power grid already in dire need of upgrade and repair – particularly one that will offset the loss of part of the annual dividend Toronto gets, amounting to approximately $60 million.

But it looks as though in the short term at least, we’re going to dip our pan into that river one more time.

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Heritage Group WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. e. CONTACT: 416-755-8352, www.presteignwoodbineuc.com COST: $7 Historical presentations about ontario, Toronto and the surrounding areas and so much more.

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PA Day Movie WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: riverdale Branch, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: Free Feature: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) rated PG. Entertainment at the Legion WHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight WHERE: royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-4253070 COST: Free every Friday.

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Think Well, Eat Well, Move Well WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Mosaic Home Care Services and Community resource Centre, CNIB, 1929 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: kevin, 416-322-7002 COST: Free Vita Health Clinic returns for an

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California Suite WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Cosburn Arts Centre, Cosburn United Church, 1108 Greenwood Ave. CONTACT: 416-4215711 COST: $20, $15 seniors/students (general seating), www.eventbrite.ca It is set in The Beverly Hills Hotel and consists of four scenes, each a vignette of marital tribulation. The cast of eleven players is directed by Nicholas Banks and Larry Westlake.To reserve: www.eventbrite.ca CHeCk oUT oUr complete online community calendar by visiting www. insidetoronto.com where you can read listings from your east York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto. interactive presentation teaching the three most important ways to improve your health.

Developing Characters and Dialogue in Fiction WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Ave. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free Learn how to develop credible characters and make their dialogue sing. With author and editor Sharon A. Crawford.

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Leaside Blood Donor Clinic WHEN: 2 to 7 p.m. WHERE: North-

Lea Middle School, 305 rumsey rd.

CONTACT: 1-888-236-6283 COST: Free Book an appointment by visiting www.blood.ca Men’s Bridge WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Leaside United Church, 822 Millwood rd.

CONTACT: Jim, 416-488-7720 COST: $3 Casual Bridge Wednesdays. Coffee, tea, cookies and conversation.

Electoral Reform Town Hall WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: St. Brigid School, 50 Woodmount Ave. CONTACT: MP Nathaniel erskine-Smith,

416-467-0860 COST: Free Guest speakers: MP Mark Holland, the parliamentary secretary to the minister of democratic reform and York professor Dennis Pilon.

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Adult Book Club: The Paris Wife WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: riverdale Branch, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: riverdale Branch, 416-393-7720 COST: Free Meetings are held on second Thursday of the month.

Leaside Garden Society WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Public Library, 165 Mcrae Dr. CONTACT: 416-488-6194 COST: Free Michael erdman speaks about tulips.

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SEEDS Harvest Festival WHEN: 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: estonian House / eesti Maja, 958 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Joanne, 647-444-5534, www.sendseedstoafrica.org COST: $20 Music by The Neil Youngun’s and Suzie’s Alibi. Vegan and gluten-free food, dancing, prizes and more.

Proceeds to Charity SeeDS.

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Riverdale Art Show and Sale WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: St.

Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Jane Smith, 416-820-3835 COST: Free Featuring 22 local artists from the GTA who are putting their ‘Square Foot’ forward in 12x12 painting for $130.

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MAP Family Saturdays – Todmorden Mills Visit Riverdale Branch WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: riverdale Branch, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: riverdale Branch, 416393-7720 COST: Free Todmorden Mills visits the riverdale branch. Try and make old-fashioned toys to take home.

ODDtoberfest WHEN: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Whistler’s Grille, 995 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: info@oddtoberfest.ca COST: Free Fundraiser to benefit the Pediatric Advanced Care Team at Sickkids Hospital.

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An American presidential election Canada needs to be concerned about An American friend of mine who once lived and worked in East York commented to me on how impressed she was on how closely Canadians follow the American elections.

She found many of her colleagues at work to be more knowledgeable and informed about the issues being debated than those she left behind in the United States.

Frankly people in Toronto and the GTA are rather unique in some ways regarding American issues due to being so close the U.S. border.

Many people take it for granted, but we actually have access to more American media outlets through TV, radio and other media, than many Americans.

So while many of us may not have experienced the day-to-day life of an American, we certainly saw the daily panorama of that

joe cooper watchdog country’s history as it was being made.

One aspect of that history, the gaining of civil rights by America’s AfroAmerican population, was made possible through television.

I can remember watching a news program in March 1965 and seeing the coverage of the Selma to Montgomery March. TV reporters filmed and broadcasted images of state and local police attacking black people with Billy clubs, tear gas and police dogs.

Instantly what could have been a buried headline on a back page became a shared historic moment with the entire world, and an old and discredited way of social relations collapsed.

I thought about that

image as I watched the two candidates for the U.S. presidency practice a game of one-upmanship rather than face many of key issues facing their country today. It has been an amazing journey for the U.S. to have gone from the evil of racial segregation to roughly 50 years later fulfilling the ideal that anyone can be president of the United States.

Yet now it seems that the United States is facing a time when all of that accomplishment is on the verge of unravelling.

Decisions made over the next few weeks are certainly going to determine some very historical changes that will either reinforce or undermine more than half a century of hard work by many people.

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 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.

Toronto’s world-famous babies are turning one.

Giant pandas Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue were born at the Toronto Zoo Oct. 13, 2015. A birthday celebration will take place at the zoo Thanksgiving long weekend – Saturday through Monday.

There will be pandathemed activities and giveaways, interpretive stations, festive photo opportunities and more. Panda mascots will join the party, visiting and posing for photos with guests.

“We are proud of the past year’s exciting journey with the giant panda cubs and are delighted to be celebrating their first birthday,” John Tracogna, Toronto Zoo CEO, said in a statement.

A fundraising dinner is being held Saturday, Oct. 15 to mark the milestone birthday of the only Canadian-born giant pandas and celebrate the

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Jia PanPan (left) and Jia Yueyue, Toronto’s panda bear cubs, play in their enclosure earlier this year. They will turn one next week.

recent downgrading of giant pandas from endangered to vulnerable. Contact Nicole Singh at nsingh@torontozoo. ca or 416-392-5910 or Gary Chan at gary.chan@cccgt. org or 416-292-929, ext. 229, for more information and tickets. The dinner, which is raising money to establish a Toronto Zoo fund supporting endangered Chinese species,

is co-hosted by the Chinese Culture Centre of Greater Toronto (CCCGT).

“The arrival of the two giant panda on 2013 has created a huge opportunity for promoting friendship and understanding between the people of Canada and China,” Dr. Ming Tat Cheung, CCCGT chair and president, said in a statement.

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Open House 5:00 - 9:00 pm Presentation 6:00 pm and repeated on the hour.

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Don Mills Crossing is a study led by the City of Toronto City Planning Division that will examine ways to focus and shape anticipated growth around Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East.

Building on the work of Eglinton Connects, Don Mills Crossing will look to improve connections to the surrounding areas, layout a network of open space and determine community services necessary to support new growth.

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What is this case about? the lawsuit says the Province of ontario failed to properly care for and protect people who attended or resided at the Schools. the lawsuit says that students were emotionally, physically, and psychologically traumatized by their experiences at the Schools. the Province of ontario denies these claims. the court has not decided whether the Plaintiff or the Province of ontario is right.

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Staying in this Class will not impact the residence or services and supports received by class members from community based agencies which are funded by the Province of Ontario.

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Toronto police seek help finding suspect in fraud investigation Toronto police are seeking help in finding a man wanted in a fraud investigation.

Police allege a man has been renting condo units at various Toronto locations over the past several months.

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Oleksiak wins prestigious Swimming Canada award Swimming Canada, the national governing body of swimming in Canada, has named 16-year-old Beach resident Penny Oleksiak as its Female Swimmer of the Year.

Oleksiak, a Grade 11 student at Monarch Park Collegiate, is Canada’s most decorated summer Olympian in a single Olympics. She’s also the country’s youngest ever medal winner. Oleksiak won four medals at the Rio Olympics: gold in 100m freestyle, silver in 100m butterfly, and bronze in both the 4X100m freestyle relay and the 4X200m freestyle relay.

For the second year, the Female Swimmer of the Year is the youngest member of the national team. Last ye a r’s h o n o u r we n t t o Emily Overholt, 18, of West Vancouver, B.C. Ben Titley, Oleksiak’s coach, was also recognized for his

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