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CHARGING THROUGH: Cooper Diemer carries the football for the Leaside Lancers as they face the East York Goliaths in senior tier 1 football at Monarch Park Stadium as part of the Thanksgiving Friday Night Lights tripleheader. Leaside won 13-12. For more photos, please see page 12.

Crossing guards work a minimum of three hours every school day in the morning, at lunch time and in the afternoon.

They are paid hourly with travel/vacation bonuses.

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Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) is committed to promoting the best start for babies and their mothers.

Earlier this month, the east-end hospital served as the location for the Ontario launch of the Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI), a global, evidence-based standard of care – developed by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund – shown to increase breastfeeding rates by promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding.

This initiative aims to support all mothers by giving them enough information to make informed and educated decisions about feeding their baby (including understanding the marketing pressures of formula companies) and promoting practices like skin-to-skin contact within the first hour after birth.

As part of the launch, TEGH also unveiled a BFI implementation toolkit and a 20-hour course toolkit to provide assistance and guidance to hospitals and community health services in Ontario, including family health teams, community health centres, aboriginal health access centres and nurse practitionerled clinics.

Toronto East General Hospital, one of just three hospitals in Ontario to achieve the BFI designation, has been working closely for several months with the Best Start Resource Centre by Health Nexus and the Provincial Council for Maternal Child Health to develop this collection of best practices.

“We’re trying to spread the baby-friendly knowledge everywhere,” said Rob Devitt, TEGH’s CEO, at the event, noting when other hospitals for various reasons reduced or even eliminated their breastfeeding clinics, TEGH made it a priority to keep its “well-used and well-run” breastfeeding clinic going.

“This is about ensuring as many people who can end up breastfeeding.”

Linda Young, the local hospital’s director of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, spoke about the BFI’s many advantages for both babies and mothers at the launch event.

“Breastfeeding and skin-to-skin practices, through the BFI 10 steps, are shown to improve not only infant health and development, but also to protect mothers from some types of cancer and other health problems,” she said, noting it was only about a year ago that the provincial Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced funding to ensure women receive the support they need to breastfeed successfully.

Young also acknowledged the ongoing support TEGH has had from BFI Ontario, the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada, BORN Ontario, Toronto Public Health, the Association of Ontario Health Centres, the Association of Ontario Midwives, the Association of Family Health Teams for Ontario, the RNAO and the Ministry team from the Health Promotion Implementation Branch.

Pediatrician Dr. Jelena Popovic also spoke

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about benefits of breastfeeding for both babies and their mothers.

“Breastfed babies are healthier babies,” she said, pointing reduction in the likelihood of contracting respiratory tract, ear, throat or gastrointestinal infection for breastfed babies.

Popovic also said breastfed babies are 60 per cent less likely to die from SIDS or develop chronic diseases like asthma, allergies, diabetes and hypertension as well as some childhood cancers and leukemia.

She went on to speak about ways breastfeeding positively impacts mothers including the decrease in postpartum blood loss and the expediting of pre-pregnancy weight, the lower risk of developing post-partum depression as well as the lowered risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Popovic also said it isn’t always easy for new moms to breastfeed and said initiating and maintaining breastfeeding has its challenges.

“In order for a mother to be successful in breastfeeding, she has to have an active support, not only from her friends and family, but from the hospital, community and the entire health system,” she said.

“From a clinician’s perspective, it is wonderful to see the commitment in the province, from hospital to community, to promote this global, evidence-based best practice.”

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Ted Reeve hockey set to celebrate 60 years DAVID GROSSMAN eym@insidetoronto.com

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t has been 60 years, but Nick Beverley still remembers one very special knock on the door of his home.

Beverley says that tap on his Kingswood Road residence may very well have been the start of a superb career for him in the National Hockey League.

“Mr. O’Leary – I’ve always remembered him,” said Beverley, who went on to benefit from a 13-year NHL career playing on five teams, coaching, becoming a general manager and now scouting for the Nashville Predators.

“He got me playing hockey. Looking back, it’s amazing how it all developed. Back then, I was a seven-year-old kid and never felt that I had a burning ambition for the NHL, but things kept evolving.”

And Beverley was also there, a member of the atom level under-10 year olds playing for a Knob Hill team, when the Ted Reeve Hockey Association started its inaugural season.

“I can remember playing a loose puck, chipped it off the boards, then deked the goalie for the winning goal,” said Beverley. “It was a wonderful atmosphere playing at Ted Reeve and a big deal as a kid.”

Beverley wasn’t alone with his praise and has memories and tributes of an amateur hockey organization that may be one of the oldest in Canada.

Al Sims also has a treasured story about his debut in the good ole’ hockey game.

For Sims, his roots trace back to the early years of the classic arena at Main and Gerrard – not far from

The Ted Reeve Hockey Association, which plays out of the arena that bears its name at Main and Gerrard, has a full day of celebrations set for this Saturday to mark its 60th anniversary.

where he lived.

Sims remembers when his father convinced him to get the skates out of the closet and play some hockey. At the age of 14, Sims said he put up some resistance, but ended up losing.

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recreational team and for Riverdale United Church developing friendships with guys at the Pape Recreation Centre,” recalled Sims, who had 10 years in the NHL with Boston, Hartford and Los Angeles and was the first round pick of the New York Raiders in the World Hockey Association.

“My father pushed me to try out for the Ted Reeve teams and he was right.

Going to play at Ted Reeve, even for only two years, raised the level of my game, I played on good teams, had great coaching and things just took off from there. Ted Reeve is really where it all started for me

and I even remember being on a team that may have gone undefeated.”

Beverley and Sims, and there are many more, have a hearty appetite for hockey, great memories and chronicles of the good times in the TRHA – an organization that will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a full day of activities on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the historic facility.

For Sims, his career highlights go beyond playing in a handful of Stanley Cup playoffs, but becoming teammates with Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, Dave Keon and Phil Esposito.

And he’ll never forget teaming up on the blue line with someone known as Bobby Orr. Hundreds of players, parents, coaches and alumni are expected to attend the festivities on Saturday at Ted Reeve Arena and pay tribute to one of Canada’s oldest hockey organizations named after a Second World War veteran, Canadian Sports Hall of Fame inductee and an individual who, as a journalist, wrote about the game.

Yet, Ted Reeve’s claim to fame happened to be as a Grey Cup champ, a lacrosse Mann Cup winner and an individual known for his inspiration to others.

A long-time Beach resident, Reeve wrote sports columns for both the Toronto Telegram and then the Toronto Sun. He died in 1983, and is buried in the St. John’s Norway cemetery.

Stan Edgell wasn’t as fortunate to make it from his tiny tot days to the NHL – but he claims to be the first coach of the TRHA. “I remember coaching 12 years and winning a house league title,” said the current 82-year old, who

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had another link to the rink as one of the iron workers whose job was to get the arena opened in 1954.

“Back then, I remember pulling barrels of water to flood the ice. Heck, we didn’t have any Zambonis.”

Edgell, also a former referee-in-chief at Ted Reeve, also played in goal and tore ligaments in a game jumping over the boards to stop a fight that involved peewee age players.

“Times have changed since those days,” said Edgell.

“Now, house leagues are like babysitters. Parents drop their kids and take off. There are also challenges – money to play and maintain a league. Even the volunteers are no longer around in the numbers like in past.”

Steve King, president of the TRHA, knows a great deal has come from six decades of helping youngsters learn to play hockey and have fun.

But he has concerns about the future.

“The numbers are down for house leagues over the past 10 years,” he said.

“We used to have 800 players and that has dropped to 380. There also used to be lots of people who really cared and gave their free time to help. Now, it’s so much harder to find them with so many other things going on.”

King said the culture has also changed the game with many newcomers not familiar with hockey often leaning to other sports.

Ted Reeve hockey’s 60th anniversary celebrations on Oct. 18, begin at 9:30 a.m. and will continue all day.

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ixty years ago today, Toronto woke up to a scene of horror. On the night of Oct. 15, accumulated heavy rains associated with Hurricane Hazel led to flooding that killed 81 people.

On Raymore Drive along the Humber River, 32 houses were washed away and 35 people were killed.

Five volunteer firefighters died when their truck was swept away as they tried to help a stranded motorist caught in the Humber’s flood waters.

Along with the Humber, the Don and Rouge rivers and Highland Creek flooded their banks with enormous amounts of fast-moving water.

By the time it was over, some 4,000 families across Southern Ontario and more than 1,800 in Toronto had been left homeless.

While 1954 may seem a long time ago to many, the impacts of Hurricane Hazel and how it changed land usage and development in Toronto are felt to this day. Also, judging by the many letters we’ve received from readers regarding the 60th our view anniversary, it is still well remembered by those who lived through lost family members.

We’re better it or See our collected coverage of prepared for Hurricane Hazel and letters from our readers at www.insidetoronto. diasters com/toronto-topics/4909272hurricane-hazel-60-years-later In her letter, Yvonne Rice remembers how she and her husband tried to help at Raymore Drive: “We drove to Raymore Drive and when we got there the Humber River was huge and houses were floating down the river with people on top screaming for help.

The firemen were all there and had ropes and were making a human chain to reach the stranded people.

I will never forget their cries for help as long as I live.”

Madeline McDowell, who is now vice-chair of the Humber Watershed Alliance, was 13 when Hurricane Hazel struck. She said at the time many didn’t realize how deadly the storm had been until the next day.

Coming on the heels of days of heavy rains in southern Ontario, Hurricane Hazel resulted in some 20 billion gallons of water rushing down the Humber, washing away everything in its path – bridges, houses, vehicles and people.

After the hurricane, a conservation authority, now known as Toronto Region Conservation Authority, was formed to improve flood control measures and regulate development on flood plains.

A hard lesson was learned by the death and destruction of Hurricane Hazel, but our city is now much better prepared for natural disasters.

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.

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ack in 2003, during the provincial elections, the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation asked for, and received, a written promise from Dalton McGuinty regarding his party’s tax policies.

Specifically, McGuinty promised in writing that he would respect the Taxpayer’s Protection Act (TPA) that had been enacted by the provincial Progressive Conservative government.

The act forbade certain tax increases or the running of provincial deficits.

However, soon after the election, Premier Dalton McGuinty initiated the Ontario Health Tax and did so without a province-wide referendum as is required under the TPA. In response, the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation launched a breach of contract lawsuit in the Ontario Supreme Court against McGuinty and his cabinet.

In 2004 Justice Paul Rouleau dismissed the

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action, making it clear in his judgement that is it is not the court’s role to intervene or enforce any promises or pledges made by politicians during an election.

The only remedy available to a citizen, said the judge, was to weigh carefully the record of each candidate and political party at the time of an election and then use his or her vote wisely.

Once elected, continued the judge, all a citizen can do is trust the official will use their power in the public interest until the next election.

This is why a vote is so valuable and requires the highest degree of respect by those entrusted with the responsibility of participating in the voting process.

The reality is that in a democracy, when you vote you are voluntarily giving

someone your personal power to act in your best interests.

Since amalgamation we’ve had three mayors with three entirely different political philosophies and agendas.

Sadly, all have ended their terms with controversy and dark shadows hanging over their legacies.

We are now going to elect a fourth mayor with a prospect being that no matter the outcome, the management of the city will be very different.

This election has yet again been far too long and focused far too much on the personalities of the participants rather than on issues.

Truthfully, the past four years for East York, which includes Leaside and Thorncliffe Park, have been the worst since amalgamation.

Under Mayor Rob Ford we’ve seen the muchneeded repairs to our infrastructure grind to a halt as our community has come

to be virtually ignored.

The question then is whether further infrastructure and community property repairs that are needed to be made will be continued under the next mayor.

Or will we go through another political “dark age” as we did during the early years of amalgamation?

The point is that once elected, our representatives at will use the power we have given them as is their mandate to do so.

How will our local community fare as this power is exercised?

Do get out and vote on Oct. 27 and when making your mark think wisely and clearly about your choice.

Remember, you will not have this much power and influence over the political process until four years hence.

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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Knitting WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free Learn to knit or bring your own project and enjoy knitting with others. Join expert knitter and spinner Cathy Thomson on the third Thursday of each month. All skill levels are welcome. Please bring your own needles and wool. Drop in – no experience required! Call 416-396-3975 for more information.

Canadian Federation of University Women WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Northlea United Church, 125 Brentcliffe Rd. CONTACT: Pat Price, 416-385-1055, www.leaside.org/cfuw COST: Free Canadian Federation of University Women, Leaside East York. Topic: Rachel Gotlieb, curator Gardiner Museum, Clare Twomey, Piece by Piece. Visitors and new members are welcome. A university degree is not a prerequisite for membership.

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Gentle Chair Exercise WHEN: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975

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EstDocs - Dinner & a Movie WHEN: 6 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Estonian House / Eesti Maja, 958 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: www.estdocs.com COST: $25, http:// estdocs2014.eventbrite.ca You can join us for dinner and a movie ($25) or just for the films ($15 at the door, space permitting). Note that one of the films contains explicit female nudity. Events continue until Tuesday. to register COST: Free Gentle movement for health and mobility. Movements target all joints from fingers to toes and help increase flexibility, strength and balance. Learn breathing techniques for relaxation.

Riverdale Show and Sale WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Jane Smith, 416-898-3511, www.stbarnabastoronto.com COST: Free Show and Sale will be Friday and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wheelchair accessible via Hampton Avenue. Free admission.

Scary Stories Told in the Dark WHEN: 7:15 to 9:25 p.m. WHERE: Pape-Danforth Public Library, 701

Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7727 COST: Free Join us for some seriously scary stories told by candlelight. Told by Toronto Public Library storytellers. This program is appropriate for children ges eight and up.

Sharon A Crawford featured East York author at Makin a Racket at the Rocket WHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Red Rocket Coffee, 1364 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: words@samcraw.com COST: Free Sharon A. Crawford, one of three featured authors,, will read from her new mystery novel Beyond Blood.

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Halloween Mask Making Family Workshop WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-396-2819, todmorden@toronto.ca COST: Adult $10, child $5 Use your imagination to create your own spooky Halloween mask in this family workshop. Registration required. Suitable for children six years and up. Children must be accompanied by adults.

Amazing Chemical Experiments WHEN: 2:30 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Danforth/Coxwell Branch Toronto Public Library, 1675 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7783, dastaff@ torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Join us in celebration of National Chemistry Week. Interact

with the wonders of chemistry through hands-on experiments, games and super cool demonstrations. Appropriate for children ages seven to 12. Free. Registration required.

OCKTOBERFEST @ 22 WHEN: 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714 COST: $12 to $15 Join us for a traditional fall festival Dinner Schnitzel Oktoberfest sausage sauerkraut and Kartoffelsalat and music courtesy of DJ Dave Alle Wilkommen.

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Spaghetti Western Movie and Dinner WHEN: 2 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 345, 81 Peard Rd. CONTACT: 416-759-5291 COST: $8 Enjoy Mel Brooke’s Blazing Saddles with a spaghetti dinner at 5 p.m.

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Mark a. Cadiz mcadiz@insidetoronto.com Often overlooked and frowned upon over the years, the Don Valley has played a pivotal role in Toronto’s urban development.

Jennifer L. Bonnell’s new book, Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don Valley, helps to remember the importance of the river’s long history with the city.

Coming off its official launch last week, Bonnell’s book identifies the impact of the valley as a physical and conceptual place for Toronto’s development going back to its evolution from the early European settlements to its present day status.

“The Don Valley was influential in our history, once a place of refuge for people pushed to the edges of society it has also been a place where things we didn’t want to see were hidden away,” Bonnell said. “Today it is completely different, now we value and protect the green space.”

Bonnell, an author and assistant professor at McMaster University, holds a doctorate from the University of Toronto and focuses her research on environmental history, Canadian and urban history and environmental sustainability.

Her latest book documents 200 years around the Don Valley – covering its 19th century days when it was seen as a hotbed for mosquitoes

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carrying malaria which eventually led to its reputation as an undesirable area.

Fast forward to the 20th century and it has played an integral part acting as an enabler for the city to expand. The planning of the Don Valley Parkway was an opportunity planners sought after opening the road to the development of the northeastern part of the city, facilitating growth.

TransformaTion Today the Don Valley’s transformation to a site harnessing the river and its valley as part of the effort to build a prosperous metropolis is fascinating, Bonnell said.

Anthony Westenberg from Evergreen Brick Works says without the Don River and the ravines Toronto would be a sadder, more stressed out place. The valley is important as a place where Torontonians can reconnect with nature

and recharge their batteries, he added.

“Any opportunity to celebrate the Don, learn from the past, possibly right some wrongs and move forward is an important effort, and Bonnell’s book forces us to step off the city grid and look at our relationship with water and nature,” Westenberg said.

Treasured green space Nowadays, one would be hard-pressed to find people who do not treasure the ravines and green spaces the Don Valley offers.

Yet, Bonnell said many residents are unaware of the importance of the valley to the city.

“The vast majority of Torontonians experience the Don Valley through their windshield. There isn’t a lot of awareness of the historical role the Don Valley has had in the development of our city,” she said.

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Jeffrey Baldwin statue to be unveiled at Greenwood Park After a year of hard work, a life-sized bronze statue and bench in honour of Jeffrey Baldwin, a Little India area boy who starved to death on Nov. 20, 2002 while in the care of his grandparents, is set to be officially unveiled in Greenwood Park this Saturday, at 3:30 p.m.

Crafted by famed Canadian sculptor Ruth Abernathy, the monument features a likeness of the little boy wearing a Superman costume.

It also includes a bench,

which will be engraved along the top rail with a poem chosen by one of Jeffrey’s sisters. The bench is inscribed with about 200 signatures and messages for Jeffrey from people who contributed to the project.

Ottawa resident Todd Boyce, a father of four, was so touched by the five-year-old’s story he created a successful crowdfunding campaign to raise $25,000 to commission a permanent memorial, which was also made possible

with the support of Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher and members of the Friends of Greenwood Park stewardship group.

Extra funds raised will be used to establish a bursary in Jeffrey’s honour for a student who has overcome difficult circumstances.

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ith advance polls open this week, it is tempting for those with strong opinions about the future occupant of the Toronto mayor’s office to put on their voting pants and cast ballot now rather than Oct. 27.

Certainly by this point, anyone paying even a bit of attention has heard enough from the top three mayoral candidates to make a choice. As long as one doesn’t hold with the idea of strategic voting then there’s no reason to wait.

If only it were as simple as that: that the future of the city rests solely, or even largely, on the shoulders of one mayor.

It doesn’t, of course. There are 45 pairs of shoulders including the mayor, and while the mayor has enough influence to carry most votes, the buck ultimately stops with 44 city councillors who can support or thwart an agenda as they see fit.

And while mileage may vary, it’s a fair guess that most voters haven’t had nearly as close a look at their

david nickle the city local ward candidates as they have at the Chow-FordTory trifecta.

With the high-octane drama in the mayor’s office this past term, it’s also more of a challenge to assess the record of one’s incumbent councillor. All of them have been operating under extraordinary circumstances – working in an arena that is one-half local governance and one-half Lord of the Flies.

There are a few incumbents who’ve stood out either as candidates for reelection or for the boot.

Giorgio Mammoliti, the Ward 7 councillor surely leads the pack in the latter: more than any other councillor not blood-related to the mayor he’s been a very publicly destructive force on council.

Ron Moeser’s terrible attendance record can be partially excused as he was laid up for nearly a year from ankle surgery gone

bad, but otherwise Ward 44 voters would be justified in turfing him.

Similarly long-serving councillor Norm Kelly, on the other hand, probably deserves another victory lap in Ward 40 solely on the basis of his supply-teacher/ deputy mayor role in the final, potentially fractuous year of this last term. Others, like Ward 22’s Josh Matlow or Ward 27’s Kristyn WongTam, have maintained an active enough rookie term to make re-election a relatively easy choice.

What about those many incumbents who kept their heads down through the term? And what do voters do in those seven wards with no incumbent?

It boils down to this: voters who take advantage of advance voting opportunities have more before them than whether it’s to be Ford More Years or four new years.

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All streets will be swept on two occasions.The operation will continue until November 28, 2014.The map shows the area where the sweeping operation will take place.

Please do not rake leaves onto the roadway or sidewalks from your property. City by-law officers will be enforcing the City of Toronto by-law that relates to the use of streets and sidewalks. Raking leaves onto the roadway is a by-law offence and could result in charges being laid. It is an offence to store, place or dispose of material, including fallen leaves in such a way that it may enter onto a street by any means, including wind or water. In addition, raking, blowing, placing or dumping leaves onto City property (sidewalk, roadway, catch basins, etc.,) can create dangerous conditions, cause flooding on the roadways or on property or cause accidents.

Here’s how to put leaves out for collection: Use reusable containers (any rigid open-top container such as a garbage can, bushel basket, green plastic yard waste bin– no lids) or kraft paper yard waste bags.

Put leaves at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled yard waste collection day. Check your collection calendar for your yard waste collection schedule and more helpful hints.

Sorry, no plastic bags: The City does not collect leaves and yard waste in clear plastic bags or Halloween-themed plastic bags. (If you use these decorative bags, please empty the contents into one of the approved containers listed above before placing out for collection.

The transit advocacy group TTCriders has set its sights on the mayoral race and released a report card grading the transit improvement plans of the main three contenders John Tory, Doug Ford and Olivia Chow.

Available via the group’s website, the report card rates Chow the highest, but the group wants more clarity in regards to lower fares and immediate service improvements. You can read the entire report card at www.ttcriders.ca PROVINCE TO REVISIT STRATEGY wCYCLING

The provincial government will soon re-table an Ontario-wide cycling strategy which was shelved just before this year’s Ontario election.

Liberal MPP Eleanor McMahon made the pronouncement during last week’s 2014 Complete Streets Forum in Regent Park. She said the legislation, which was first proposed by former Ontario

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The UP service is scheduled to open just before next year’s Toronto Pan American Games.

A four-stop express route intended for business class travel, the service has attracted controversy for the province’s decision to open the line with diesel trains. Both the province and Metrolinx have pledged to convert UP to electric as a precursor to its plan to electrify all GO Transit rail service within 10 years.

CELL SERVICE: montreal wins wsUBWAY A cellphone service went live at five subway stations last week. Not the TTC, where negotiations to introduce underground cellular service have fizzled out, but in Montreal’s STM which announced last year a plan to outfit all of its 68 Metro stations.

The service went live on the Green Line and is expected to take seven years to fully implement.

In Toronto, while wireless internet subway installations appear to be going smoothly, it’s been anything but when it comes to negotiations for underground TTC cell service.

A spokesperson for BAI Canada, which was contracted by the TTC to create a Wi-FI and cellular network, said recently the company was taking the “longview” to ongoing negotiations with the Big Three telecoms.

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Ways to reduce the amount of leaves you put at the curb for collection: Feed leaves to your backyard composter now, plus stockpile leaves to add as dry material during the winter.

Here’s what the City collects as yard waste: Leaves, plant/tree trimmings, weeds and brush. Branches measuring less than three inches or 7.5 cm in diameter should be tied in bundles no longer than 4 feet or 1.2 min length and 2 feet or 0.6 m in diameter. Pumpkins and waste fruit from trees in your yard are also accepted.

Sorry, we can’t accept: Soil, sod, grass clippings, logs or tree stumps.

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