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Toronto Police and the fire marshal’s office are investigating after six fires were set within a 40-minute span near Coxwell and Danforth avenues early yesterday. “(Investigators) would like anyone who might have been driving in the area (between) 2:45 and 4 in the morning who might either have seen anything or who had a dash cam rolling to contact them,” Const. Victor Kwong said.

Police are also asking anyone with a home security camera that may have captured the arsonist or arsonists to come forward.

Fire crews were called to 6 Oakdene Cr. at 3:10 a.m. for a porch fire. Another porch fire >>>fires, page 9

Conservatives drop Toronto-Danforth candidate Dutaud Tim Dutaud, who was set to run for the Conservative Party of Canada in the Oct. 19 federal election, is no longer the candidate in the Toronto-Danforth riding after reports on social media determined prank calls posted on YouTube about faking orgasms and mocking mentally

disabled people were true.

Me a g h a n Mu r d o c h , a Conservative Party of Canada spokesperson, confirmed Tuesday that Dutaud is no longer a candidate for the Conservative Party.

She did not provide any details about who would be

running for Toronto-Danforth aside from indicating the Conservative Party’s aim is “to have candidates in all ridings across Canada by the time of the election.”

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She added that it is the Conservative Party’s intention to put forward another candidate in Toronto-Danforth.

“I don’t have a date at this time, nor a person,” Matherson said Tuesday afternoon.

According to Dutaud’s LinkedIn profile, he worked in production at CBC television from 1995 to 2001 followed by a nine-year stint as a radio host with the Score Media Group.

Dutaud‘s profile indicates he’s worked as a real estate sales >>>candidate, page 9

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Sculptor Peter Wirun’s ‘The Gordian Knot 2015 - The Greek Dilemma’ is on display until Sept. 25 at the John B. Aird Gallery.

past strength. Where the top body’s head would be hangs a plumb bob, an ancient device used as a level, that when hung always points to the centre of the Earth.

Plumb bobs, for Wirun, represent a search for truth and have appeared before in his works. A painter as well, his art has been shown at the John B. Aird Gallery several times before.

He is currently working on a piece titled Confluences that uses video to explore the connections between the right and left sides of the mind.

Constantly inspired by new experiences and materials, he can also be found drawing, carving, firing clay and writing poetry, or playing with sounds and graphics on his computer, when he’s not scouring antique shops for pieces to incorporate in his works.

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Gordian Knot 2015 - The Greek Dilemma by Peter Wirun is part of a Sculptors Society of Canada exhibit showing until Friday, Sept. 25 at the John B. Aird Gallery, 900 Bay St. An East York resident for the past 40 years in the Playter Boulevard area, Wirun was moved to create his latest piece by what he saw as the seemingly impossible position in which Greece now finds itself.

“The more I read, the more confused I became, coming away with the thought that the only way out of the dilemma would come with the appearance of a modern day Alexander the Great,” Wirun explained, referencing the legend of the problematic Gordian knot disentangled by the ancient ruler.

The mixed-media sculpture, standing 5’5” high, uses a symbolic Gordian knot to represent the problems now crippling Greece’s economy. The knot of ropes and snakes that binds the feet of a half-torso representing Greece, holds a sword waiting for a hero to cut the country free. Greece, depicted as half a body to portray it as half-whole, is bound to crutches, illustrating the financial support holding the country together.

The sculpture’s rusted exterior conveys a message as well.

“There is a reason for presenting the sculpture as a rusting metal object,” Wirun said. “Rust is a commonly used metaphor for slow decay due to neglect, since it gradually converts robust iron and steel metal into a soft, crumbling powder.”

Atop the half-torso representing Greece’s current state stands a smaller one, wearing armour-like clothing, that embodies the country’s

great outdoors: At top, Anna, 5, left, Jasper, 4 and Anthony, 7, pick mint leaves to make sun tea during Nature Play at the Evergreen Brickworks’ Children’s Garden Monday. Above, Aether, 2, fills a watering can at the trough while working in the garden. At right, Charlotte, 8, shaves crayon pieces to make a new rainbow crayon.

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oronto marks an important milestone Sunday with celebrations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Toronto City Hall.

The two half-circle towers, with the council chamber pod in the middle, that dominates Nathan Phillips Square is an iconic symbol of the city not just for residents but for people around the world. It’s one of the great things about Toronto that should make us proud.

To celebrate this Sunday, there will be a free event from noon to 5 p.m. featuring entertainment by the Jordan John Band and a performance by STOMP dance competition finalists. Also taking the stage will be a group called the Clamshell Quintet, which is made up of four city councillors and a deputy city manager. Master builders from LEGO will be on hand to help residents build a replica of our view City Hall and the surrounding area.

Inside, there will be photoIt’s one of the graphs, architectural models and of the original furnishings great things some specifically designed for the buildabout Toronto ing.

As was shown during this summer’s Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, the building and Nathan Phillips Square are an important gathering place for all residents. Whether it’s hosting special celebrations, New Year’s Eve parties, or serving as a nice place to sit and have lunch in the summer or go for a skate in the winter, the area is always busy and reflective of life in the city.

It also serves as an historical reminder of pre-amalgamation Toronto as its formation coincided in many ways with the creation of Metropolitan Toronto in the late 1950s.

An open competition was started in 1957 to design the new city hall, and the eventual winner was Finnish architect Viljo Revell. Ground was broken in 1961 by then City of Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips. It officially opened on Sept. 13, 1965.

Along with celebrating a community gathering spot and a uniquely designed building, residents can also use this month to find out more about how Toronto City Hall came to be and how the city has developed over the past 50 years. Free lectures on that very subject are set for today and Sept. 24 in the council chambers starting at 7 p.m.

For more on the celebrations, go to www.toronto. ca/cityhall50th

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n 1812, the governor of the state of Massachusetts had a bill passed under his direction that re-drew the state senate districts.

The results, it was noted, were a bit unusual in both their shape and the effect it would have on the political landscape.

One of the newspapers of the time noted that when printed out it looked something like a salamander.

The governor of the time was Elbridge Gerry, and the new animal shape was called a “Gerrymander.”

It was obvious the new electoral boundaries would give the governor’s party an edge in the next election.

Along with that, the term “Gerrymandering” became part of the political language of the United States.

The term is not as well known in Canada, though the practice of drawing political boundary lines to favour political parties is

joe cooper watchdog not unknown.

However, through political reforms in 1985, this country has developed a system based upon representation by population.

This leads us to what is currently happening in Toronto where a very significant ward boundary review is being undertaken.

In 2014, a decision was made by the City of Toronto to undertake this review and create an independent body to do this.

The reason given for the review was the fact that some wards in Toronto had up to 45 percent higher populations than average.

As a result, this review, called Draw the Lines, is attempting to rebalance the population distribution.

The reason why it is

important for people in East York to be aware of this is that our wards may have the most change.

As has been pointed out, Ward 29, TorontoDanforth, which represents the west side of East York, has the lowest population density in the city.

In the most recent report made by the Draw the Lines committee, the size and shape of that ward, and possibly Ward 31, Beaches-East York as well, have been changed.

One possibility is that Ward 29 would be extended to include Leaside and Thorncliff Park.

The other possibility is that Ward 29 would be extended east to Woodbine Avenue and Ward 31 would be extended north to Lawrence Avenue and south to Kingston Road.

A third proposal is that most of the boundaries for both wards stay the same, but the southern boundary for each would

be extended south to Kingston Road.

The bottom line is that the changes to the ward boundaries will no longer follow the old boundaries of East York.

Despite claims of the changes being politically neutral it would alter the voting patterns of those wards and impact how our community would be represented.

Starting on Sept. 16 the second round of public consultations on the ward boundaries begins.

During the first round, participation by people in East York was poor, with roughly 30 people showing up.

Unless a stronger showing of people is made during the next round, East York, as a distinct community, could disappear forever.

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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Council set for a busy few months It has been a quiet summer at Toronto City Hall – the kind of quiet summers we’re going to have to get used to in the years after Rob Ford’s pyrotechnic mayoralty.

If it weren’t for the pyrotechnics of the federal election, indeed, we might as well all have run off to cottages and patios for August and tried to get our heads around city government again.

Lucky for us there’s every indication this fall legislative session will be much like the old session.

Council will be fine-tuning, reviewing and in some cases re-debating issues that have already had their day in the sun in this latest term. There will be a refined design to the Gardiner “hybrid” reconstruction that council narrowly approved in concept earlier this year.

In case anyone had wearied of Councillor Jim Karygiannis’ bloviations on the Uber ride sharing on tap for TTC service wimprovements

david nickle the city service during the Pan Am Games, take heart: council will be looking at a regulatory regime that will bring the popular service under something resembling control.

There will be a Scarborough subway debate, perhaps, along with a serious talk about Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack proposal that will for a span align almost directly with the new Scarborough subway. If I were to place odds, I would say it’s unlikely council will move off course on either plan.

But if you were done feeling unsteady about spending all that money on such a small piece of transit, you might want to break out the smelling salts this fall.

There will be smaller fights, too. Later this month, the allies of the Muzik nightclub at Exhibition

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The TTC will hold its eighth annual forum for accessibility next week.

The event allows riders with accessibility issues to

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The province’s transit planner issued a public notice for qualifications this week as a way to draw in private sector companies interested in bidding for construction of the 18-stop line, which will travel mostly above ground between the as-yet-unfinished Finch West subway station and Humber College.

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While not much is known about the agreement, Intact Financial Corp will soon offer policies for Uber drivers under its belairdirect brand. The agreement also comes in advance of anticipated stricter regulations for rideshares which will likely come up for debate in city council.

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With September in full swing, the TTC has finally unveiled the first round of $95 million in service improvements.

Thirty-seven bus routes, many of them in suburban areas, will see an overall uptick in all-day service, restoring levels to what they were before sweeping budget cuts dating back to 2012.

Thirty-nine bus and streetcar routes as well as subway service will now provide all-day, frequent service.

The Blue Night network that operates once the subway closes at 2 a.m. also has expanded service.

The improvements could come at a cost to riders. It’s practically assured the TTC will hike transit fares for 2016 partially to off-set the added expense of running the new service.

Place will be squaring off to deal with the Toronto and East York Community Council’s move this week to have city staff try and get the liquor license removed from the nightclub, in the wake of the deadly shootings there this summer.

Add to that labour negotiations with the city’s unionized workers and a budget debate that will once again have to accommodate both Tory’s costly service improvement agendas and his imperative to keep tax increases at or below the rate of inflation – and it’s going to be a full agenda for the next few months.

It is worth noting what a recursive cycle we find ourselves living. It might not be a bad thing: government is a long game, and under a serious-minded regime it can become a trifle grinding. But grinding away often creates good, smooth things. Here’s hoping it’s so.

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Non-Fiction Book Club WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free Join us the second Thursday of the month for a discussion on selected non-fiction books. Today’s book is ‘This Changes Everything’ by Naomi Klein.

The Beach Visits the Don WHEN: Noon to 4 p.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum & Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: info@ beachguildoffineart.com COST: Free Fine art show and sale hosted by The Beach Guild of Fine Art. There will be 125 pieces of artwork on display: landscapes and urban scapes, people and places, abstract and realism, contemporary and traditional. There is an opening reception Friday, Sept. 18, 6 to 9 p.m.

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Hiring Fair WHEN: 9 a.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: Neighbourhood Link, 416-691-7407, www.neighbourhoodlink.org COST: Free Automotive and aerospace manufacturers are hiring more than 100 engineers, technicians and assemblers.

Only registered participants will be interviewed. Call to register.

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Withrow Park Farmers’ Market WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: North end of Withrow Park, 725 Logan Ave. CONTACT: Leah Leon, 416-459-4253, Withrowmarket.com COST: Free Weekly outdoor market featuring guest vendors, kids’ crafts, music and more.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.eastyorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your East York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

Park Yoga WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Park East, 550 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: www.theflyingyogi. ca COST: Donation Classes are located by the large statue of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. A portion of the proceeds supports Nellie’s Shelter. Weather permitting.

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Sunday Concert Series WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Ave. CONTACT: Tony Mason, 416-823-0201, https://wvchurch.wordpress. com COST: $30

Euchre WHEN: 12:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, jimb.farrell@ yahoo.ca COST: $6

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Tai Chi on the Danforth: An Introduction WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: St. Barnabas Anglican Church Chester, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Silvia Wineland, 416-757-3728, http:// www.zwta.org COST: Free Tai chi is a gentle mind-body exercise for balance, flexibility and relaxation.

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East York Farmers Market WHEN: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue CONTACT: Ruth Abbott, 416-429-9684, , rabbott@sympatico.ca COST: Free

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Local doctor cleared on charges of sexual assault and harassment A doctor working in the Beach and East York area has been cleared on charges of sexual assault and criminal harassment.

The Crown withdrew the charges against Dr. Oluleke Badmos in court in July, following an investigation into the allegations. The obstetrician gynecologist has a practice in the Upper Beach area,

and also works at Toronto East General Hospital.

“This has been a very difficult time for my patients, the Toronto East General Hospital, my colleagues, staff and family,” said Badmos in a publicly released statement.

“I am very pleased that the charges have been completely withdrawn, and I can fully

resume my practice and my role at Toronto East General Hospital.”

In October 2014, Badmos was arrested after a patient said she was touched inappropriately during an exam in spring 2013. The patient also alleged the doctor began contacting her in an unprofessional manner in August 2014.

After-school program returns to community A new partnership between The Ralph Thornton Centre and the Eastview Toronto Boys and Girls Club has resulted in the re-establishment of an after-school program in Riverside.

Starting today, The Ralph Thornton Centre, at 765 Queen St. E., just east of Broadview Avenue, will be providing a safe place for 24 children aged six to 12 to receive after-school care from 3 to 6 p.m.

“There are learning and leadership components as well as homework help, physical education and healthy snacks,” said Laurette JackOgbonna, the children’s program co-ordinator for Eastview Boys and Girls Club/ Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre.

Maria Moutsatsos, RTC’s director of programs, called the partnership with Eastview “a natural connection” and said the return of after-school

programming in Riverside meets a consistent need for it in the community.

The after-school program at The Ralph Thornton Centre costs $200 per month with an optional “safe walk” from Morse Street School, at Queen and Carlaw Avenue, for an additional $50 per month.

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Fires set in waste bags, on porches and in a car >>>from page 1 erupted at 16 Oakdene at 3:14.

At 3:33 a.m., firefighters were called to a car fire at 310 Strathmore Blvd.

“Then at 3:37 we had a garbage bin fire at 646 Coxwell Ave.,” said Capt.

Mike Strapko of Toronto Fire Services. “Then we had two separate fires of yard waste bags at 3:50 and that was at 618 and 608 Coxwell.”

There were no injuries.

“It’s extremely dangerous, especially at that hour when most people are sleeping,” Strapko said of the arsons.

“If the fire breaks into the house and the person

doesn’t get up on time, it could end in tragedy.”

Strapko said residents should always keep their sheds and vehicles locked up and shouldn’t store combustibles next to a vehicle or a building.

“I know it’s difficult with yard waste and garbage bins, but people can try to keep them in a garage or a shed.”

All the fires happened within a 1.5-kilometre radius.

Police don’t have a description of the suspect or suspects.

Anyone with information is asked to call 54 Division at 416-808-5400 or 55 Division at 416-808-5500.

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At left, Brady steps up to the plate during the community baseball game held Saturday at Withrow Park. Above, Ian Smith fields the ball during the game.

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BUY ~ SELL ~ LEASE Benefits of Listing with Teuta....

September Special

Let me handle the stress of selling your house. I find that many clients struggle with where to start when it comes to preparing their home for sale. My property preparation service will make your house look beautiful.

√ Free Painting

√ Free Staging

Painting value can add 5% to 10% to the value of your house.

Home staging value can add 10% to 20% to the value of your house

Open HOuse

Sat Sept 12 & Sun Sept 13 from 2-4pm 76 YardleY aVe Solid 2+2 Bedroom Bungalow On 40’ X 100’ Lot Located On A Quiet Demand And Established Neighbourhood In East York.

A Great Starter Home With Most Of The Major Items Updated.

One Of The Largest Lots In The Topham Park Neighbourhood!

Close To Shopping, Schools, Parks, TTC & Close To DVP. Do Not Miss This One! listed price $549,000

For more information email or call Teuta

416.364.2036 • TeutaGuci@yahoo.ca

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Your neighborhood Painter

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√ Repairs √ Drywall LOWESt PRIcE

416-824-5712

√ Professional √ Reliable

high quality guaranteed

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Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract with brokerage