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Late summer is the time of year to enjoy fresh roasted corn and maybe find a few yard sale treasures in the meantime. Don Mills United Church is hosting a Community Corn Roast

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Three mayoral candidates came to Kimbourne Park United Church at Coxwell and Danforth avenues Tuesday night to talk transit, safety and their vision for Toronto. Rob Ford was absent because his brother and campaign manager Doug Ford said the mayor’s time was better spent campaigning than talking to 20 or 50 partisans in a basement. “We’re going to be hitting probably 1,000 homes versus 50 people in a basement getting him tied up,” Doug Ford said. “What the people want to see is the mayor at their front door. They don’t want to see him in a basement somewhere with 20 people playing party politics.” By the time candidates John Tory, Olivia Chow and David Soknacki arrived just before 7 p.m., the main floor church hall was filled with nearly 300 people, many from the neighbourhoods encompassed by the organizing Greenwood Community Association. The debate was billed by organizers as a forum, initially to let candidates expound on their platform in three areas: transit, policing and safety, >>>transit, page 2

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>>>from page 1 and their overall vision for the city. But the discussion often strayed to the absent mayor. “Transit is issue No. 1,” said Soknacki as he kicked things off. “Issue No. 2 is anybody but Ford.” Soknacki went on to underline his own commitment to light rail in Scarborough rather than the councilapproved subway extension, and also dismissed Tory’s Smart Track plan, which combines the downtown relief line route with new stops in Scarborough and Etobicoke. Soknacki said the city needs a “prime directive” for engineered and funded plans. “Changing plans, doing them on the fly, is very expensive and worse, impacts people’s lives over the long term.” Tory, whose transit plan rests on a surface rail system dubbed Smart Track, had a different view. “On transit, to me, the mayor must arrive in office determined to substantially improve the existing system,” he said. “I will move ahead with Smart Track, I will also move ahead with the Scarborough subway,” he added. “The last thing I want to do is go down to city hall and reopen that debate again.” Chow talked about her plan to improve bus service and build the downtown relief subway line, using in part a high-end premium increase on the land transfer tax. “We can pay for the downtown relief line,” Chow said. “If people are buying a house

worth more than $2 million, they can pay one per cent more on the land transfer tax.” Chow also criticized Tory’s plan, which relies on the electrification of GO Transit lines. She pointed out Metrolinx has indicated such a plan will be a decade in the making. “Mr. Tory has said no to immediate bus services, no to the LRT, no to investing immediately on the downtown relief line,” she said. “It’s not fair to leave people behind.” On policing and safety, candidates found themselves more in agreement. Police budget Tory said the city needs a “renewed commitment” to community policing, and pledged to work with the board and the police association to rein in the Toronto Police Services billion-dollar budget. Soknacki, meanwhile, said the police budget does need to be looked at closely and repeated his pledge to sit on the police services board and initiate a review of the way police do their business. He pointed out such a review hasn’t been conducted in more than a generation. “The tools they have, their objectives and systems are the same their parents had,” he said. Chow focussed on more direct issues: particularly the issue of carding and racial profiling by police, and the way in which police deal with the mentally ill. “We have to make sure that people that have mental illness are treated in a way that

can be de-escalated,” Chow said. “We need to stop racial profiling.” Chow also said the city and police need to do more to protect pedestrians, championing lower speed limits and changes to the city’s 100 worse intersections. On the question of vision for the city, Chow spoke of her plan to increase the number of children who can be fed via a breakfast program, and praised the local efforts to revitalize the Danforth businesses. “We need to redevelop the Danforth so those empty store spaces will have vibrant, successful businesses,” said Chow, promising to work to cut red tape for small businesses. Soknacki noted Toronto has strengths that can be built on – strengths that are not as obvious as, say, Calgary’s resource sector or Ottawa’s public service hub. He said people come to Toronto because of the quality of life. “The only thing we have is our wits and one another,” he said, adding he wanted to make sure all communities have a fair chance. “That’s why I believe so strongly in transit,” he said. Tory agreed Toronto has great strengths, noting it tends to show up on many best-of lists. He jokingly compared Toronto to Melbourne, Australia, where he’s visited. Tory said he would focus on attracting jobs to the city.

For more from Tuesday’s mayoral event, visit us at www. eastyorkmirror.com

Hospital brushes up on Ebola preparedness Workshop gets frontline workers trying on protective gear, discussing infection scenarios JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

ike a scene out of a movie, several frontline workers at Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) recently donned bright yellow protective suits and face shields to simulate what would happen if a patient suspected of having the deadly Ebola virus came to the local hospital’s emergency department. The protective gear demonstration was part of an Ebola preparedness workshop, which 40 or so TEGH staff members attended last Thursday. The hour-long interactive seminar included a lecture followed by hands-on learning where TEGH workers could practice donning and removing personal protective equipment, properly disposing of biohazardous materials and using special kits designed to handle lowas well as high-risk patients. Toronto East General Hospital is taking this extra step to ensure its staff members are prepared in the event a patient has symptoms of Ebola, which are similar to

those of the flu but far more severe. Special attention is placed on those who have just returned from West Africa, where hundreds of cases of the deadly virus, which is spread through contact with a carrier’s body fluids, have been reported in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Toronto East General Hospital’s Ebola Preparedness Committee, which includes practitioners in the emergency department, infection control, occupational health and members of the hospital’s security team, was recently formed in light of a recent Ebola scare in Brampton. “What we’re trying to do here is talk about Ebola and what we’re doing here at Toronto East General Hospital,” said Barley Chironda, a registered practical nurse who serves as a senior infection prevention and control practitioner at TEGH, during the workshop. “There’s no cure (for Ebola). Most of the stuff we’re dealing with is prevention,” he said. “Ebola is one of those things that is moving really fast, We don’t know where it is going next.” C h i ro n d a u rg e d f ro n t l i n e

Toronto East General Hospital registered practical nurse and senior infection and control practitioner Barley Chironda dresses in a personal protective suit at an Ebola treatment workshop at the hospital.

workers to slow down when they suspect a possible Ebola patient is presenting him or herself at the emergency department. “I really want you guys to take a moment and take this in because this is a reality,” he said. Cheryl Nelson-Singh, a registered nurse who works as a nursing practice leader at TEGH’s emergency department, spoke about how staff can know if a patient is at risk of having Ebola and the protocols frontline workers should follow. She said Toronto East General Hospital will be practicing a “stop, identify and isolate” process for any patient with possible Ebola symptoms, noting the goal is to be as efficient as possible as more tests done equal more risk of exposing the deadly virus to even more people. Nelson-Singh also spoke about the stringent procedures for transporting tests for at-risk patients to the lab. Chironda, alongside Jennifer Sampson, a registered nurse who works as the emergency health services supervisor at TEGH, then spoke about the personal protective equipment workers are to don and how to properly suit up. Sampson also presented attendees with various possible scenarios and how to determine if a patient is high or low risk for Ebola infection and how they should proceed. Dr. Paul Hannam, the east-end hospital’s emergency department chief and medical director, said the hospital’s emergency department prides itself on being prepared for anything and everything that comes through the door. “(Ebola) is a very serious illness, although we feel the risk to our community, to our patients is extremely low based on the information we have at this time.” Regardless, Hannam said it only makes sense to give frontline staff the tools they need to make good decisions, if a patient with symptoms of Ebola comes to the emergency room. “I think this type of workshop is one of the many things we’ll be doing to make people more comfortable with the assessment of a person with risk factors,” he said. “We’re trying to be proactive.” Hannam said with the Ebola virus there are lots of unknowns. “Our goal is to make staff and the community feel more comfortable, to keep everyone safe.” Ebola facts

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Toronto East General Hospital infection control department volunteer Afat Abdullayeva portrays a patient during an Ebola treatment workshop recently at the hospital.

The World Health Organization estimates 20,000 people could become infected with Ebola before the epidemic in West Africa is contained. To date, upwards of 1,500 people have died from the virus, which has no specific cure aside from keeping a patient constantly hydrated. Ebola patients remain contagious even after death. The illness, which has survived for the last 38 years due to its ability to be carried and mutated in the bodies of “reservoir” animals without killing them, can be contained with basic but vigilant infection control practices. This latest outbreak is believed to have come from fruit bats that transmitted Ebola when they were consumed by humans or primates.

So far, there have been four Ebola scares in Canada, one in Brampton and two in the Montreal area. All cases have turned out negative. A fourth person who recently returned from West Africa was been placed in isolation in a St. Catharines, Ont. hospital with Ebola-like symptoms Tuesday. As a precautionary measure, three Canadian scientists were evacuated from Sierra Leone this past weekend and are now back home in Canada in isolation after three people working and/or staying at the same West African hotel tested positive for Ebola.

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ometimes, the NIMBY (not-in-my-backyard) argument just doesn’t work. While it’s our democratic right to speak up when we’ve got something to say and we’re proud that resident and business groups do so in Toronto, make sure your issue is bigger than just you. Do your homework. Ensure you’ve got strong arguments and consider the bigger picture – is this change needed for the greater good? A group of Scarborough residents lost their NIMBY battle last week and were told to ‘suck it up’ after city council approved a controversial TTC bus garage in their neighbourhood. Despite arguing the location was inappropriate, the matter went through because the land was zoned heavy industrial (thus, buyer beware when you moved in, they were told), finding a new site would delay the project and drive up costs. TTC our view staff maintained there weren’t any other locations available anyway. Have something So residents were asked to ‘shoulder the load’ for the good of the to say before city. you speak out In that case, the project was needed and the location made sense, regardless the lack of alternative sites. Buyer beware can also be applied to homes that exist under flight paths. In Etobicoke, a residential group from Markland Wood is still pushing to change an increase in night flights from Pearson airport that fly over their homes, even though Transport Canada approved the changes last summer. City council recently agreed to have its city manager review the issue, though the local councillor reminded residents, ‘the airport is also a business.’ And just last week, Parkdale-High Park MPP Peggy Nash sent a letter to the Canadian International Air Show on behalf of her constituents to suggest the annual air show be relocated. Citing the ‘deafening’ and ‘frightening’ noise, she says it’s a major disturbance for many Toronto residents. It’s also a six-decade tradition that draws thousands of spectators and whose planes comply to noise regulations set out by Transport Canada. Plus, it’s over in three days. Chances the complaints will yield any change are slim. Take serious stock of your chances before pitching a NIMBY battle, because most are not worth the time. But if you’ve got the numbers, the facts and the political will, kudos to you for trying.

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The real issue for the upcoming municipal election The race for the position of mayor for the City of Toronto started at a ridiculously early date and has boiled down to one issue. That issue is nothing less than the fundamental role of municipal government in the day to day life of the city. More specifically, your vote on Monday Oct. 27 will be a referendum, where you will be asked to make a very serious decision. What you will be asked is to decide whether to take the “Common Sense Revolution” ushered in by former Premier Mike Harris to its conclusion or to affirm the value of an autonomous system of local government. This is a political battle that has been on-going since the 1950s when the role of municipal government, and education for that matter, changed significantly. Ontario went from being a province where most people lived in rural areas

joe cooper watchdog to one where its population was concentrated in urban centres. Likewise municipal government changed from being a caretaker of the conservative status quo to being an active agency of material and social change. A number of people who benefited from the old status quo didn’t like the changes; particularly in the amount of political power that city council was beginning to acquire. What was even more troubling for some people was the rise of progressive political movements that wanted to expand and strengthen the role of local government. The power of local government was demonstrated with the cancellation of the Spadina expressway in 1971, which came from organized grassroots politi-

cal movements. It is now 43 years later, and the political landscape of Ontario has been transformed since the introduction of neo-conservative ideas in the 1980s. Copying the same political tactics used by the progressives of the 1960s and 1970s, the new conservatives have built their own grassroots movement. Rather than being based upon the community and a strong local government, this new movement focuses on solely upon the individual. The rallying cry is a simple one; taxes are too high, politicians have too much power and the private sector can deliver municipal services cheaper. It does not matter if any of these statements are true (and factually they are not) but they are still repeated so often that they appear to be self evident to many people. So again, what this upcoming municipal election

is really about is a choice between two competing definitions of democracy. Do you wish to have Toronto run as a social democracy where local government serves and protects communities of people, be it defined as identifiable groups or neighbourhoods? Or do you wish to see the size and role of local government reduced, with a greater emphasis being placed upon individual satisfaction in the delivery of government services? Think carefully about what each choice means when it comes time to vote. Both positions have their benefits and downfalls, as well as visible and hidden costs. I’ll be looking at both sides of these political positions in upcoming columns. 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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Yoga in Riverdale Park WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Park East, 550 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Trixie, 416-466-8152 COST: Donation to Classes are at the south east end of the park off Broadview Avenue by the large statue of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Portion of all proceeds support Nellie’s Shelter. Community Corn Roast WHEN: 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Don Mills United Church, 126 Don Mills Rd. COST: Free Community corn roast and yard sale.

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Karaoke at Branch 22 WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714 COST: Free Bring your singing voice or simply come out to listen.

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East York Garden Club monthly meeting WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Stan Wadlow Community Centre, 373 Cedarvale Ave. CONTACT: Susan Bartlett, 416-467-4945COST: Free Dugald Cameron, of Gardenimport, will be a featured speaker. Topic: How to Plant a Spectacular Spring Garden Now. Final flower show of the year. Doors open at 7 p.m.; Speaker starts at 7:30 p.m. 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.

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5 pin bowlers wanted WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: O’Connor Bowl, 1401 O’Connor Dr. CONTACT: 416-751-7599 COST: $15 week Mixed league looking for new bowlers for Monday nights.

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East York Farmers’ Market WHEN: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: Ruth Abbott, 416429-9684 COST: Free Leaside Balance Class for Seniors WHEN: 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. WHERE: Leaside United Church, 822 Millwood

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Planting for Fall Colour WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Public Library, 165 McRae Dr. COST: Free The well-traveled garden instructor and horticulturist Frank Kershaw is an engaging and entertaining writer and speaker. Frank is director of planning and research with Toronto’s Culture and Tourism Department, which manages 8,000 hectares of parkland and natural areas.

Mason Brothers WHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-4253070 COST: Free Mason Brothers.

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Garage Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Kimbourne Park United Church, 200 Wolverleigh Blvd. CONTACT: 416 461-7200 COST: Free Themed tables. Rain or shine. Steak Dinner and Dance WHEN: dinner at 7 p.m. and music at 8 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-4251714, rcl22.com COST: $10 Barbecue steak dinner with all the trimmings and country and western performer Wendy Lynn Snider.

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Sunday Concert Series 2014 WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Ave.CONTACT: Tony Mason, 416823-0201, westview233@gmail. com COST: $10 or $20 for the series except Dec. 7, which is a free will offering. Sep 14: All Gershwin; Dec 7: Seasonal Readings and Carols; March 1, 2015:

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Canadian Federation of University Women WHEN: 11 a.m. WHERE: Northlea United Church, 125 Brentcliffe Rd. CONTACT: Pat Price, 416-385-1055, COST: Free Canadian Federation of University Women, Leaside East York. This month’s topic: Meet and Greet. Visitors and new members are welcome. A University degree is not a prerequisite for membership.Visit www.leaside.org/cfuw

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Provincial funding for local agencies JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Four non-profit agencies from the city’s east end have received nearly $200,000 in provincial funding for repairs and upgrades to their facilities. The WoodGreen Red Door Family Shelter is set to receive more than $55,000 for structural upgrades and fire safety compliance, while The YMCA of Greater Toronto has also been selected to receive $20,000 for building repairs and new boilers at its Dawes Road facility. Both of these facilities offer shelter and support to parents and children experiencing domestic violence. Emergency women’s shelters across Ontario serve approximately 12,000 women and close to 8,000 children annually. Community Living Toronto is also set to receive $100,000 for exterior repairs and improvements, while Operation Springboard will get $15,000 for sewer line replacement and repairs. Both of these local agencies help people with a developmental disability lead active, fulfilling lives and provide support for their families.

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Ontario, and our government is proud to help them meet their capital needs, so they can invest in people,” Potts said.

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Visit us online for all of your municipal election information Election of Toronto’s mayor, 44 city councillors on Oct. 27 Where do you begin trying to figure out who to vote for in the Oct. 27 municipal election? Well we’d like to think you can start at eastyorkmirror.com There is one mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto. Add to that school board reps and you’ve got a whole heap of people to choose from. At eastyorkmirror.com we have a page for each ward election in the city,

listing the candidates for various positions. We have invited candidates to answer a few questions – giving voters the opportunity to get to know those wanting to lead our civic government. We think residents need to vote. And we also think voters need to be informed when they go to the polls. So go to eastyorkmirror. com for information. And candidates, if you haven’t already submitted

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Construction to begin on west headwall for Laird Station Construction on the Crosstown progresses along Eglinton Avenue with the arrival of headwall work at Eglinton Avenue and Sutherland Drive. The Crosstown is the largest transit project in the history of the region. When the service is complete, it will provide a reliable transit option that will get you across town 60% faster than bus service today and provide considerable benefit to Toronto. What, Where and When? Crews will be constructing the west headwall for Laird Station beginning in early September. Station headwalls create the frame for future underground stations and are required to be in place prior to the arrival of tunnel boring machines at each of the station locations along the Crosstown route. A jet grout plant will be required to construct the headwalls. It will be located on the roadway at the northeast corner of Sutherland Drive and Eglinton Avenue East in a fenced off area separate from the public roadway. The setup of the grout plant is expected to start in early September. Work at Eglinton Avenue and Sutherland Drive will take approximately four to six months and will occur in two stages – each stage is expected to last two to three months. In the first stage, a work zone will be set up on the southeast side of Eglinton Avenue and Sutherland Drive while work is done on the south part of the headwall. In the second stage, the work zone will move to the northeast side of Eglinton Avenue and Sutherland Drive while work is done on the north part of the headwall. Motorists and Pedestrians There will be some restrictions for motorists and pedestrians along Eglinton Avenue during this work. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in either direction on Eglinton Avenue East. As well, northbound traffic on Sutherland Drive will be prohibited at Eglinton Avenue. Access to Sutherland Drive southbound will not be restricted. Traffic delays are expected. We ask motorists and pedestrians to take care when travelling near construction areas. A paid-duty officer will be on site for the duration of this work. For complete details about this work, please visit ‘What’s New’ at www.thecrosstown.ca.

With the start of the school year, the TTC has adjusted bus and streetcar service on several routes. Beginning this week, bus service for the 196 Rocket express to York University will increase Saturday evenings, all day Sunday and on holidays with vehicles now coming every 10 minutes from 15. As well, a new express bus, the 198, has launched, offering speedier weekday trips between Kennedy station and University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC). In the west end, the 45 Kipling bus will temporarily bypass Six Points Interchange reconstruction work taking place at Bloor Street West, Dundas Street West and Kipling Avenue. More service is also scheduled for after peak morning periods, between 9:00 and 10:00. For a full list of schedule changes visit www.ttc.ca New student photo ID policy Also in September, the TTC is no longer requiring junior high and high school students to carry a TTC photo ID to purchase discounted fares, tickets and Metropasses. TTC staff can still ask students over 16 years for government or school-issued ID to determine proof of age, and post-secondary students will have to purchase special photo ID for $7. Photo ID sessions organized by the TTC are taking place on selected dates at various colleges and universities this month and next. Students can also get their picture taken at Sherbourne station weekdays between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., as well as from 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on the first and last business day of the month.

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The TTC is looking for anyone with an opinion on the accessible transit service to take part in its annual public forum. The Public Forum on Accessible Transit is on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Exhibition Place inside the Queen Elizabeth Exhibit Hall. Topics up for discussion at the event include reviewing new service improvements as well as updates on past commitments for improving accessibility on the TTC. T One hour prior to the start there will be an opportunity to meet one-on-one with TTC staff. The TTC will also live-tweet the event using thehashtag #TTCAccess. An accessible shuttle bus service to the forum will be available from Bathurst station starting at 5 p.m. with returns commencing at 9 p.m. Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column appears on Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @ TOinTRANSIT

HOV lane requirements change The city is easing up on restrictions on using High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV ) lanes along a stretch of Eglinton Avenue East. Starting this week, HOV lanes, between Leslie Street and east of Markham Road will reduce passenger requirements from three to two. The change comes in recognition by the city of greater traffic congestion along the Eglinton East corridor, which is also impacted by construction related to the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project.

HOV lanes are generally restricted to transit vehicles, taxicabs, as well as bicycles and motorcycles, but their use is extended for carpooling only during peak-periods and holidays. In a statement, the city promised to monitor traffic levels along Eglinton for a full year after the passenger restriction is lifted, and incorporate those findings into a HOV strategy under development for the entire city. – Rahul Gupta

Police campaign puts focus on safety in school zones ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto. com Police have launched a back to school safety blitz in an effort to halt speeders and distracted drivers. The two-week initiative, which focuses on school zones, began at 7 a.m. Tuesday at Wilkinson Junior Public School on Donlands Avenue. “Right in front of the school we were running lasers northbound and southbound,” Const. Hugh Smith said. “We were stopping somebody almost every three min-

utes over a two-hour period, and half the people were getting charged, the other half were getting cautions.” One vehicle was clocked at 74 km/h in the 40 km/h zone. “And that’s with a high presence of police right in front of the school,” Smith said. “They weren’t even near the speed limit.” Some speeders were racing to school to drop their kids off, Smith said. The safety campaign runs until Sept. 12. “It’s about everybody getting back to a new type of

routine...now that we have the children getting back to school,” Smith said. Police also hope to crack down on poor pedestrian behaviour such as texting and walking. “When you’re walking, you want to make that eye contact (with motorists),” Smith said. Parking enforcement officers are also taking part in the campaign, enforcing no stopping and no parking restrictions near schools.

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Bussin will run for council in Ward 32 DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com In 2010, 9,000 voters in Ward 32 (Beaches-East York) sent their long-serving councillor Sandra Bussin home in favour of community organizer Mary-Margaret McMahon. On Tuesday, Bussin came to city hall to file nomination papers to try and turn what was then the highest-profile changing-of-the-guard at city council next to the election of Mayor Rob Ford into a highprofile comeback. “This is where I live, it’s where I raised my family – that’s where I work and I think I could do a good job,” Bussin said. “I’ve been elected a number of times there and I’m going to give it another shot.”

Bussin had represented the Beaches neighbourhood on council since amalgamation in 1997. Then, she defeated incumbents Paul Christie and Steve Ellis to join Toronto Council veteran Tom Jakobek as one of two councillors in the ward. She held onto the seat until 2010, the end of a term in which she served as one of three deputy mayors to Mayor David Miller and also as speaker at council. Bussin lost that election to MaryMargaret McMahon, with 5,998 votes to McMahon’s 15,159 votes. Among other things, Bussin then had to face controversy over a contract extension to Tuggs Inc. to continue operating the Beaches Boardwalk Pub. She acknowledged the

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Community gets update on revitalized Bridgepoint JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com After five and half years of intense construction, the revitalized Bridgepoint Active Healthcare campus a t G e r ra rd St re e t E a s t and Broadview Avenue in Riverdale is finally starting to take shape. “I hope you’ll feel the c a m p u s i s a s we l c o m ing to you as our patients feel it is today,” Marian Walsh, Bridgepoint Active Healthcare’s president and CEO, told the approximately 40 residents and stakeholders who attended a recent community update event at the local hospital for patients with complex, chronic disease and disability. “I think we’ve really changed the landscape quite a bit.” Walsh said Bridgepoint is proud of its track record of involving the community throughout its $1.2 billion redevelopment process,

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which has resulted in the creation of a beautiful, green campus with a new, environmentally-certified hospital that uses 30 per cent less energy and recovers half of the reduced amount of water it uses. Calling it a new era for the local hospital, Walsh gave a brief rundown of the spacious, 680,000-square-foot, 10-storey hospital building, which patients and healthcare professionals started occupying in April 2013. She also pointed to the repurposing of the Old Don

Jail into Bridgepoint Active Healthcare’s new administrative building and research facility. “We’ve kept the exterior form, but we’ve also kept the very important architectural features. The space honours the history of the Old Don without the penal feeling,” Walsh said, adding the new Bridgepoint Hospital also aims to make a positive contribution to public architecture in Toronto. Walsh also gave an update on the 462-bed hospital’s new main entryway off Broadview Avenue, which is expected to open in roughly three months. Workers are currently busy planting trees, shrubs and other greenery, and installing an interlocking brick roadway. She also brought the community up to date o n Br i d g e p o i n t Ac t i v e Healthcare’s plan to amalgamate with Mount Sinai Hospital. “Now that this great

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david nickle the city provide marginal improvements. And in her person, she would provide the only sure-fire way to make sure that Rob Ford wouldn’t be mayor. All of that combined seems to have mainly inspired the voters who supported her strongly in early 2014 to look elsewhere in the summer. support Chow’s new fiscal policy might well drive off even more support. She is proposing a tax increase after all – an increase to a tax upon which even former Mayor David Miller (whose council imposed the thing) didn’t dare campaign. The only candidate charting in polls at all who’s talking about the necessity for tax increases is David Soknacki, and he’s stuck in single digits. The only candidate proposing specific tax increases is criminal lawyer Ari Goldkind, and he’s not charting at all. This land transfer tax idea is definitely an all-ornothing kind of thing. But one can see how Chow and her advisors think it might

have some appeal. To begin with, it deals with a hole in Chow’s transit platform – specifically, that for her to increase bus service by 10 per cent would require more buses than the TTC has on the road. A land transfer tax increase covers that tidily. And it’s difficult to argue compassionately against funding more school breakfast programs. As well, it is likely only a handful of Torontonians even remotely likely to vote Chow would be impacted by a land transfer tax increase on $2 million homes, and a thimble-full would be impacted enough to complain about it: hardships endured by such a tax grab are the first among first-world problems. Of course, that scarcely matters in the daily pileons that occur in a Toronto mayoralty race, and in coming out with this policy the Chow campaign has painted a target on their candidate for Tory and Ford certainly and perhaps Soknacki as well. But the calculation has obviously been made: better to be talked about as a tax-andspend progressive, than not talked about at all.

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Legals

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