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FATIMA AL-SAYED newsroom@insidetoronto.com Staff and students at Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts had to endure the deaths of three of their own in the span of a month.

This triple-tragedy has brought a sombre and numb feeling to the building said Wexford’s principal Tom Lazarou.

While principals and teachers aren’t specifically trained to help students process grief, Lazarou said, they can do their part by listening.

Wexford’s first loss was Susan Longuet, a guidance counsellor for 11 years, who died of cancer on Sept.

16.

"She did things for students away from Wexford and we had no idea. It’s a huge loss," said Lazarou, adding that she would help students from home, supporting them with their plans for the future.

Two weeks later, Nicole Sutton, a French teacher who had been at Wexford for 16 years, died of natural causes, according to the

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Classes are getting back to normal at Wexford CSA after the deaths of two staff members and a student. principal.

"It shocked us a great deal because she was very young and it’s tragic; she worked Friday and she passed away Saturday," he said.

The biggest shock for students was 15-year-old Isaiah Witt who died after being stabbed in East York on Oct. 7.

Mohamad Ayoub, 15, couldn’t sleep the night he

found out his friend died.

"I didn’t believe it," Ayoub said. "If he’d see someone lonely he’d go up and ask to be friends. He was just so nice."

After hearing about

Scorpion found in package of berries bought at No Frills JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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A small scorpion was found in a package of blackberries purchased last week at the No Frills on Carlaw Avenue in Leslieville. team that will definitely start an investigation."

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who encounters any kind of foreign species in their produce should try to save the food items as well as the creature so they can test it and try to determine how it got there.

Early this afternoon, Loblaws provided further comment on the matter.

In an email to Metroland Media Toronto, Gumbs confirmed that a "detailed process" is in place to address customer concerns.

"Once the product is returned by the customer our internal team, along with our vendor, will investigate," she wrote, adding all of their vendors are audited regularly and uphold exceptionally high quality standards.

"We apologize for this customer’s experience as it is not reflective of those standards."

MP to host human rights town hall Beaches-East York MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is inviting the community to attend a Human Rights Town Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

The event, which will feature special guest Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada, will run from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hope United Church, 2550 Danforth Ave. at Main Street.

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A Leslieville resident got an unexpected surprise in a package of blackberries she recently purchased from an eastend grocery store.

Last Wednesday, Denise Buchanan bought two packs of berries grown in Mexico from the No Frills at Carlaw Avenue and Gerrard Street East. When she opened the clear plastic packages to wash them the following afternoon the mother of two was "shocked" to find a dead scorpion at the bottom one of the containers.

The reddish brown creature measured just over an inch long.

During a Facebook interview, Buchanan said she was "grossed out" but also a little "fascinated" to find the venomous in-

vertebrate in her children’s after-school snack.

She immediately threw out the berries, but kept the packages and the scorpion.

Buchanan said she doesn’t typically buy berries out of season, but thought it was a good deal and her kids "love them."

She plans to return the items along with the arachnid to her local supermarket today.

Karen Gumbs, a spokesperson for Loblaw Companies Limited, urged Buchanan to return the item to the store where she bought it or call Loblaws customer service line at 1-866-9876453.

"We definitely want to know about it," Gumbs said Friday morning.

"We do have a process in place (for situations like this.) We do have a

Witt’s death, students at Wexford began to wonder who would be next.

"I was telling my parents, ’if anyone else dies I’m leaving the school’," Ayoub said.

But Lazarou assures the community that students are safest in school with their peers and teachers.

Wexford turned to the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) for assistance to help students deal with the three losses.

According to TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird, the board has 115 social workers who can aid staff and students.

"Some issues may only require one counsellor, while issues affecting a large number of students may require multiple counsellors," Bird said.

A team of four grief counsellors was brought to Wexford for two days.

"The biggest part of a loss is to go through the process and deal with it and be more resilient about it," Lazarou said.

Lazarou is positive the school will get through this. Teachers are resuming classes as normal and students are back to learning.

"I think what I’ve realized through this is that I’m human too," he said.

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Canada’s soldiers continue to pay the price Jeff Sandney, a master warrant officer who works at Denison Armoury in Downsview, calms his dog down when the garbage truck rumbles by.

As he relates in a story by one of our reporters, the golden retriever more than returns the favour: calming Sandney down when he is stricken with anxiety.

Now 52, Sandney joined the Canadian Armed Forces at 17, and served in Bosnia, Cyprus, Egypt and the Golan Heights. In Sarajevo, Bosnia he recalled "seeing people shot all the time".

"Now I get high anxiety out of the blue. You just start sweating, and you don’t like to be around people or crowds," he told our reporter.

His story, on the heels of the inspirational Invictus Games hosted in Toronto this past summer, reminds us of the price still being paid by our soldiers.

His story is a part of our extensive coverage that can be found on our www.insidetoronto.com website and in our eight Toronto print editions this Thursday, leading up to Remembrance Day this Saturday.

Other stories delve into the Royal Canadian Legion’s only Jewish branch in Ontario; an East York Legion branch that is recognizing our soldiers who have taken their own lives; an east-end woman, now 99, who was on one of the first ships of nurses in the days following D-Day; one Toronto high school – Central Tech – that has been indelibly shaped by wartime service; and the dilemma of dwindling membership faced by many Legion branches.

Another of our reporters attended a Toronto District School Board school in Etobicoke where about 50 students in an adult class – many of them immigrants – gathered to hear an active member of the Canadian Armed Forces. An immigrant from Pakistan, himself, Capt. Adeel Zafar, explained that some soldiers are still paying the ultimate price. The emotion rose in his voice as he remembered one Canadian soldier, a young man in his 20s, killed in Afghanistan.

Zafar acted as liaison officer, and escorted the soldier’s body 200 kilometres along the Highway of Heroes from CFB Trenton to the Ontario coroner’s office in downtown Toronto.

"There was not a single kilometre not filled with Canadians. Every overpass, every bridge, people were waving, saluting, holding banners and Canadian flags," Zafar told the assembled, including our reporter.

"A girl about six or seven was holding a placard that said, ’thank you, Larry.’ Tears started coming down. For 10 minutes, I couldn’t see. That’s how emotional I was."

That was the day, Zafar said, "it became real" to him what he and Canadian Forces members do.

Canadians should hopefully often think about, and be thankful for, the sacrifice of our men and women in service – and Nov. 11 remains an essential commemoration of that remembrance.

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Time to stop appointing caretakers It is time to end the practice of appointing caretaker councillors to public offices left vacant between elections.

Last week’s decision by Toronto council to appoint former parks bureaucrat Lucy Troisi to fill in the seat that Pam McConnell held before her death is maybe a stark example: councillors voted against a candidate who had significant endorsements from community leaders, a nod from the late councillor’s family, and instead supported one whose main endorsement came from two councillors in Scarborough.

It’s not to say that Troisi’s a bad choice for councillor, but she’s not the community’s choice, and Toronto council showed it-

DAVID NICKLE The City self in majority to not be terribly interested in matching the community’s choice. In the past, council has been better at it. When Scarborough East Coun.

Ron Moeser passed away earlier this year, they chose another former bureaucrat, Jim Hart, who’d also worked with Moeser and so would mirror his style.

But council could have

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picked David Soknacki, the former budget chief under Mayor David Miller. A good choice, but hardly a carbon copy of the late Moeser in style and politics.

And who knows how good a choice Hart or anyone is to represent a ward?

In an appointment, the people are notably silent.

That’s why it might make sense to look at ending the practice of appointing politicians to office, period. Currently, council has the choice of a byelection or an appointment. Generally, earlier in a term council will hold a byelection and later it will appoint. But provincial law only requires an appointment if a vacancy occurs after March 31 of an election year.

This is a process unique

to municipalities. At the federal and provincial levels of government, a vacancy must be filled by a byelection.

There is no provision for appointments and if a seat is vacated close to a general election then it sits vacant.

The same holds true provincially.

That’s a good system to emulate.

Constituents shouldn’t have to rely on their elected representative’s political opponents to provide them with fair representation, in Toronto or anywhere.

David Nickle is a reporter and columnist covering Toronto City Hall for Metroland Media Toronto. He can be reached at dnickle@insidetoronto.com. Follow him on Twitter at @davidnickle

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Left, Marie Moyes, 99, served with the (British) Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service, landing in France just days after D-Day, with many other women pictured in the photo on the right.

Marie Moyes helped set up field hospitals in imminent danger, Moyes didn’t sugar-coat it.

"We were always in danger, but there was no time to think about it."

Born in Newcastle, England on Aug. 28, 1918 to Robert and Maude Steerment, Moyes was the second of six children. Her father served with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and Moyes lived in India from ages eight to 15 while her father was stationed there.

"I can still count in Hindustani," she said, counting out loud with lightning speed from her

FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com daughter Rowena’s home near Pape and Danforth avenues, where she has lived for the past eight years.

She knew at age 14 she wanted to become a nurse, and at 18 began four years of study toward that goal. When the opportunity came to help soldiers on the front line, she didn’t hesitate to sign up.

"I had seen some of the terrible damage that had been done to the troops and I wanted to help," said Moyes, adding her

unit travelled through France, Belgium, Holland, and into Germany.

She got a taste of what was to come while training at Lambeth Hospital.

She was walking with a fellow nursing student and close friend when a bomb dropped on the site.

Her friend was killed, but Moyes was unscathed.

"I was up on the third floor walking across a skywalk to the next block," she recalled. "(The blast) blew my apron off. A police officer was there and he said

’don’t open your eyes, please.’ He was holding me and told me to take small steps. When I opened my eyes, there was a hole in front of me.

If he hadn’t have grabbed me I would have gone down with the skywalk."

But the war did have one bright spot for Moyes: meeting her future husband, Philip.

They were both married at the time, and met up again several years later in 1949 through a mutual friend following their divorces. They were married Dec. 21, 1949 "the longest night of the year," their family would

joke.

The couple moved to Toronto in 1957, settling near Don Mills and Lawrence Avenue. Moyes worked as a nurse at a doctor’s office and retired from the profession at 65, and her husband was an editor at communications company Maclean Hunter.

Philip died in 2001 at age 84.

When it comes to Remembrance Day, Moyes said while she prefers to forget, she does acknowledge its importance.

"History should be there to learn it and learn from it."

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Marie Moyes was just 25 when she landed in the beaches of Arromanches one week after D-Day to tend to the wounded.

She was part of a small (British) Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service unit that volunteered to head into battle to set up field hospitals, following closely behind the troops.

"I was on the first ship of nurses after D-Day," said Moyes, now aged 99.

"They didn’t have a full hospital before D-Day, so we came and set one up.

We moved as the troops moved forward."

Asked if she was ever

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East York legion works to serve, support today’s service people JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A busy Royal Canadian Legion branch in East York’s Pape Village is living out its goal to serve and be relevant to today’s service people, their families, and the community at large.

"We’ve always thought about this," said P.J. O’Neill, president of Todmorden Branch 10 at 1083 Pape Ave. "God bless our senior vets, but we have to take care of the men and women serving now and we have to take care of (those) who will be serving in the future."

O’Neill, a 20-year Legion member with a long family history of military service, said that since Day 1, Branch 10 has been focused on taking care of vets and supporting them. He credits his dedicated members for co-ordinating and running a variety of events and programs throughout the year as well as leading various special initiatives that fulfill that objective.

"We’re so fortunate at this branch that we have a

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bunch of people who want to be involved," O’Neill said, adding anyone in the community is welcome to join the Legion.

"Branch 10 is always open to new ideas to connect with the community, to serve vets, and to educate people."

One of the most notable ways the forward-thinking Legion is connecting with and supporting vets and their families is through its efforts to remember and honour the service of Soldiers of Suicide (SOS).

Just over a year ago, the local Legion became the first in Toronto to host a SOS March. Branch 10 is also the only one in the Toronto area to have a dedicated Soldiers of Suicide memorial plaque as part of its cenotaph.

Branch member and longtime East York resident Lily Phillips spearheaded the initiative.

Back in early 2016, she first became aware of a nonprofit organization called Honouring Our Canadian Soldiers (HOCS), which was created five years ago to support Canadian military families that

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A Soldiers of Suicide memorial plaque hangs on the exteriors of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10 on Pape Avenue. have lost loved ones to suicide. Every February, there are HOCS national SOS services held across Canada.

Surprised and disappointed that there was nothing being done in To-

ronto to remember soldiers who have taken their own lives, Phillips decided to do something about it.

"It’s a reality. It happens to young and old," said Phillips, who in May 2016 approached Branch 10’s ex-

ecutive to see if they’d support doing something special to honour soldiers of suicide. The team welcomed her idea and a committee was soon struck to make it a reality. An ensuing fundraiser succeeded in raising enough money to pay for a plaque and cover expenses for a number of annual memorial marches/candle lighting services, which honour Canadian soldiers who have chosen to end their lives after their return to Canadian from various war and peace-time missions.

"I’m very proud our branch was able to get this out, and let families know their loved ones aren’t forgotten," Phillips said, adding one of the main goals of the project is to give impacted families a little comfort.

"Suicide is not an easy subject (to talk about), but we should recognize their service to Canada."

Working closely with HOCS, Branch 10 organized and hosted its first SOS march on Sept. 25, 2016. More than 500 people attended the gathering, which named and honoured 20 Canadian sol-

diers.

Another way, the 90year-old East York Legion is reaching out is through its Memorial Garden, which was planted this past August on the south side of Branch 10.

This special project was made possible with the support of the Highway of Heroes (HoH) Living Tribute, Tourism Toronto, and the American Society of Association Executives.

Branch 10 had planned to spruce up its side garden area and do something meaningful there, but its executive team figured it would take three to five years. Instead, it all happened in a less than two months.

"We also had lots of volunteer help and community donations," said Kirstin Kidd, a seven-year member who worked on the memorial garden project, which also includes a Lest We Forget sign, a flagstone walkway, and an arbour.

Visit http://rcl10.ca/ or call 416-425-3070 for more details about the programs, services, and initiatives at RCL Branch 10, Todmorden.

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Leaside students thank war vets for their sacrifices JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Students from an elementary school in Leaside recently got the opportunity to thank war veterans in person for their service.

On Tuesday morning, about 85 pupils from St. Anselm Catholic School on Bessborough Drive paid a short visit to Sunnybrook Veterans Centre, Canada’s largest veterans’ hospital.

For the last two years, students at the local grade school have taken part in a program called Postcards for Peace, a learning activity run

by Veterans Affairs Canada that aims to give youth an opportunity to send postcards to express messages of

thanks to those who served Canada in times of war, military conflict and peace, or to still-serving Canadian Armed Forces members.

Last year, a teacher dropped off their colourful postcards at the North York hospital. This time around, students presented them to vets in person.

"It’s so nice for the kids to make that connection," said Grade 5 teacher Michele Whyte.

"We’ve talked a lot with our students about how we must honour our vets for their sacrifice. Today was a great opportunity to present the cards to the vets, especially because they’re our neighbours." Frances McIlroy, a 100-year-old Sunny-

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From left, St. Anselm Catholic School students Cate Gaffney, Claire Martin, and Nora Nousiainen, chat with Canadian Air Force vet Jim Coburn Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre. brook resident who served as a nurse with the Canadian Army during the Second World War in England, Belgium, and Holland, was de-

lighted to receive a number of postcards.

"Is this for me? Why thank you," McIlroy said to Grade 5 students Grace Nor-

lived in Leaside with his daughter and attended mass at St. Anselm Catholic Church. A gunner during the Second World War, Coburn said he enjoyed chatting with the children.

Grade 5 student Neala Mullins said the visit was all about thanking veterans for their service, while fellow pupil Grace Norton said it’s important to never forget that vets put themselves in dangerous situations so that we could enjoy our freedom.

It was the first time both girls had been to Sunnybrook Veterans’ Centre.

During the visit, students from St. Anselm’s choir also sung a number of songs for the vets including Amazing Grace and In Flanders Field.

ton and Neala Mullins as they presented her with postcards. "It’s so nice to see the young kids here."

Veteran Angelo Malinas, who has lived at Sunnybrook for four years, said he also enjoyed seeing the local schoolchildren. "It’s nice to see the kids. They’re our future," said Malinas, who was a sergeant with the Greek Army and fought against Mussolini and Hitler.

"I’m lucky. Lots of people were killed. Fighting is no good. Killing is no good."

Canadian Air Force vet Jim Coburn, who has called Sunnybrook home since July, said he was touched by the children’s visit.

"I’ll never forget it," said Coburn, who until recently

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They proudly served Canada. We’re proud to serve them.

Across the GTA, at every Delmanor residence, we’re constantly reminded of the contribution our residents made to building and protecting this country. They sacrificed to make our lives better. It’s our responsibility to make theirs easier.

Join us this month in saluting our veterans, past, present and future.

Be ever grateful for your freedom and those that served to protect it.

We are, every day.

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’Exciting’ future envisioned for unique venue ownership of the historic property.

"It’s official. As of November 1st, the deal has closed," Karam, who along with Indrigo has co-owned 1300 Gerrard St. E. for almost 10 years, told The Mirror.

Karam, a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur who develops innovative sensory systems for the body, said the plan is to start afresh, while remaining focused on their goal of creating a community arts hub.

"We’re going to take over and basically rebuild from where we started back in 2008," she said.

"What we’re coming out with next is going to be incredible."

Karam said there has been a lot of interest from members of the arts com-

JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Despite a period of uncertainty, the future of 1300 Gerrard St. E., a circa-1914 vaudeville theatre in the Little India neighbourhood, looks to be a bright one.

In recent months, there has been a lot of speculation about would happen to the building formerly known as the Centre of Gravity. Many in the community wondered on social media if the unique edifice would be sold to a developer or if it would be leased to a major corporate tenant.

After discussions with lawyers, an agreement has now been reached for longtime area residents Robert Indrigo and his partner Maria Karam to buy out coowner Eli Chornenki for $2 million and assume sole

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Plans are now in the works to transform a historic building at 1300 Gerrard St. E. into a community arts hub. munity in being involved in rejuvenating the space.

They’re now in the process of figuring out who will do what and how it will be done.

"We’re bringing back a lot of the original people who started the circus.

Many of the initial players are now back in the picture," she said.

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Karam said they envision a multifaceted space for dancers, aerialists, circus, and other performance artists that is also home to live/work studios, an entrepreneurial hub, and professional tenants.

"We’re looking to the future and it’s exciting," she said, adding they’ll also be setting up a not-for-profit organization.

They plan to renovate soon, which Karam estimates an initial investment could cost upwards of $500,000.

"We want to preserve the theatre space and improve it, bring it back to its original glory. The renovations will roll out slowly, piece by piece, as we do need to have some revenue to keep going and pay the bills."

The goal is to relaunch the venue with a New Year’s

Eve celebration.

Karam said she’d also like to reopen the building’s now-shuttered café soon.

In a Sept. 22 Facebook post, Chornenki and his partner Svava Stefanson announced their decision to retire and cease operations at 1300 Gerrard St. E. by the end of the year. The Circus Academy they’ve run there for several years will soon be folding, and Zero Gravity Circus, their circus production company, will be handed over to Jeff Kearns, who has been involved with the company since its inception.

The future of the longrunning, monthly Lunacy Cabaret is a bit unclear at this time.

Chornenki, who was out of town until Thursday night, was not available for comment by press time.

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East Toronto remembers Area residents have several ways to honour veterans and show their appreciation to active service people this Remembrance Day. FRIDAY, NOV. 10 Malvern Collegiate Institute, 55 Malvern Ave., Canada 150: Keeping the Peacethemed assembly.

Starts at 10:10 a.m.

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SATURDAY, NOV. 11 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Kew Gardens Cenotaph, 2075 Queen St. E. at Bellefair Avenue.

Parade starts at 10:30 a.m. from Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Lockwood Rd. Service starts at 11 a.m.

A reception will follow after the service at the Baron Byng Royal Canadian Le-

gion, Branch 1/42, 243 Coxwell Ave. at Gerrard Street East.

INFO.: Gerry Morgan, 416-465-0120.

East York Remembrance Day service at the East York Civic Centre, Memorial Gardens, 850 Coxwell Ave. at Mortimer Avenue.

Parade gets underway at 10:30 a.m. from East York Collegiate Institute, 650 Cosburn Ave. at Coxwell Avenue. Service starts at 10:45 a.m.

Community members are welcome to visit the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave., north of Lumsden Avenue, afterwards.

INFO.: Richard Berthelsen, 416-397-5003, Richard.berthelsem@toronto.ca, or http:// www.rcl22.com.

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vice at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 345, 81Peard Rd., near St. Clair Avenue East and Victoria Avenue, starts at 1 p.m. Reception to follow.

A parade around the neighbourhood led by the Scarborough Pipe and Drum Band, Branch 345 executive, veterans and legion members will also take place from 12:50 to 1:10 p.m.

The branch will also be holding an overnight vigil by members of the Royal Canadian Air cadet Squadron 631 starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11.

INFO.: http:// www.rcl345.com Remembrance Day event at the Naval Club of Toronto, 1910 Gerrard St. E. west of Woodbine Avenue, starts at 2 p.m.

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Popular Kensington butcher shop coming to the Bazaar THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO! The East York/East End Cultural Hotspot was a great success!

Thank you to our wonderful partners: Signature, SPARK, HOT Eats, Media, Business, City of Toronto and Community. Your talent, creativity and passion is what makes this spot hot!

In celebration of Canada 150, over 4,000 stories were shared through this public art project and exhibited across the city - revealing the beauty and complexity of Toronto – six words at a time.

Sanagan’s Meat Locker, a well-known butcher shop in Kensington Market, is opening up a second location in the Little India neighbourhood.

According to a blog post, Kate Sanagan, sister of the shop’s owner/founder Pete Sanagan, recently learned about a free commercial space at 1513 Gerrard St. E., just west of Coxwell Avenue.

Within a matter of days a lease was drawn up and signed. All of this transpired in late September.

After a few renovations, Sanagan’s Meat Locker is set to open the doors of its east-end outpost in early

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l Saturday, November 11 Remembrance Day Service WHEN: 10:30 a.m WHERE: East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, Toronto CONTACT: 416397-5003, Richard.berthelsem@toronto.ca Parade gets underway at 10:30 a.m. from East York Collegiate Institute, 650 Cosburn Ave. at Coxwell Avenue.Service starts at 10:45 a.m. Community members are welcome to visit the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave., north of Lumsden Avenue, afterwards.

St. Cuthbert’s Christmas Fair WHEN: 11:30 a.m - 2:30 p.m WHERE: St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church - Leaside, 1399 Bayview Avenue, Toronto CONTACT: 416485-0329 Many booths. Remembrance Day service will be held at the St. Cuthberts Rd. entrance at 10:45 am.

Open Rhodes Art Show and Sale WHEN: 1:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m WHERE: Open Rhodes Art Show & Sale, 695 Rhodes Avenue, Toronto CONTACT: 647-8507256, jan@openrhodes.ca Over 24 local artists showing and selling their art work in an open house/street sale format. Partici-

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Sanagan’s Meat Locker owner Peter Sanagan.

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In his blog, Sanagan wrote a few words about his affinity for the community.

He owned a house near Greenwood Avenue and Queen Street East back in 2001, but has since moved away. A number of his close family members live in the area.

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Sanagan’s other location is in Kensington Market at 176 Baldwin St.

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Remembrance Day Event WHEN: 1:00 p.m WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 345, 81 Peard Rd., Toronto CONTACT: rcl345.com Observe Remembrance Day. Reception to follow. l Monday, November 13 Cribbage Night WHEN: 7:15 p.m WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave., Toronto CONTACT: 416-425-1714, jimb.farrell@yahoo.ca COST: $6 Come out to the branch and have a fun filled evening with people who also do. All are welcome. l Wed., November 15 Show Within A Show WHEN: 12:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: Papermill Gallery Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto CONTACT: 647-9874072 More than 200 affordable paintings of all sizes and types. Opening reception tonight, 7-9 p.m.

Men’s Bridge WHEN: 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: Leaside United Church, 822 Millwood Rd., Toronto CONTACT: 416-488-7720 COST: $3 Possibly the only male-only Bridge Club in Toronto. l Saturday, November 18 Fall Bazaar WHEN: 9:00 a.m - 1:30 p.m WHERE: Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Blvd., Toronto CONTACT: Phyllis Spence, 416-759-8531, westview233@gmail.com COST: Café with breakfast and lunch served; giant yard sale; 50/50 draw; bake table; crafts, books, accessories and more.

Arts and Crafts Sale WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m WHERE: Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave., Toronto CONTACT: 416-4633834 Toronto East Rotary Club’s 8th Annual Arts and Crafts Sale with 45+ Artisans in support of Out of the Cold and other community programs. All are welcome.

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