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A local councillor is urging residents to attend a meeting tonight to voice their opinions on the future of Toronto police’s 54 Division.

“I believe 54 Division does a good job serving our community and it should remain,” said Beaches-East York Councillor Janet Davis.

She added that a new building for the East York police station has been in the city’s capital plan for a decade.

Local residents have the option of a pair of pumpkin parades to display their Halloween jack-o-lanterns one last time next week.

The popular pumpkin parades are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1, the day after Halloween, and residents are invited to bring their pumpkins to local parks to display their work one more time for others.

Numerous residents turn out to see the lines of lit jack-o-lanterns for a final time. The pumpkins are then collected by the city.

This year, pumpkin parades are slated for East Lynn Park from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and at Withrow Park from 6 to 9 p.m.

The Danforth East Community Association hosts the East Lynn Park pumpkin parade. The Withrow Park pumpkin parade will take place on the main pathway between Hogarth and Strathcona avenues.

Closure considered Since the City of Toronto is considering the closure of the Cranfield Road division, its Community Police Liaison Committee meeting tonight is a good place to register opinions, she said.

The meeting starts 6:30 p.m. at the East York Civic Centre, which is located at 850 Coxwell Ave.

Oxi Parade set for Sunday The Greek community is holding its annual ‘NO’ (OXI) parade this Sunday at 1 p.m.

The event takes place on Danforth Ave. and honours the veterans of the 1940 event in which Greece refused the Italian ultimatum and entered the Second World War. Parade participants wearing Greek costumes and carrying Greek and Canadian flags will meet at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute and Donlands and Danforth avenues and move west along the Danforth.

Following the parade there will be a wreath-laying ceremony at the Alexander the Great Parkette, at the corner of Danforth and Logan avenues.

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The post-Halloween Pumpkin Parade in Withrow Park last year drew a large number of both jack-o-lanterns and spectators.

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Eid Bazaar FUN IN THORNCLIFFE: At right, Maryam Idroos sells samosas during the Eid Bazsaar held Sunday at the Jenner Jean-Marie Community Centre, which was presented by the Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee.

At top, Shaista Khattak makes a sale at the event. And Aisha Adil, right, gets some help from vendor Sarah Edhi.

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Change for Kids benefits Holland Bloorview ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com Toronto residents are being asked to give more than a treat this Halloween.

They can also hand out Change for Kids coins that give trick-ortreaters a chance to win prizes while supporting Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Canada’s largest hospital for disabled children.

“This is the first year we’ve ever run this program,” said Tracey Bailey, president of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation.

“Our goal is to raise $100,000.”

This is how the Change for Kids initiative works: People can buy an activated Change for Kids coin card for $5 at any Scotiabank branch in the GTA. Cards obtained from other distributors such as Spirit Halloween, Costco, Toys “R” Us, newspapers or magazines can be activated for $5 by visiting www.changeforkids.ca.

People can then pop out the coins from their card and give them to trick-or-treaters. Children and parents should be told to visit www. changeforkids.ca and enter their coin PIN code for their chance to win prizes.

“The PIN number is important

because Scotiabank will make an extra $5 gift to Holland Bloorview every time a PIN code is entered,” Bailey said.

There are more than 500 prizes, including a weekend stay at the Great Wolf Lodge for your family and nine other families of your choice.

Monster Mash on Sunday Change for Kids also features two events this weekend: a Halloween party at the Ontario Science Centre Saturday night (Oct. 27) and a “Monster March and Fun Fair” at Holland Bloorview on Sunday (Oct. 28).

Admission to the Halloween party is $18 and includes access to all Ontario Science Centre exhibits, a family dance party and chances to win prizes. The event runs from 6 p.m. to midnight.

The march and fun fair runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are $12.50. The march consists of a two-kilometre walk around the Holland Bloorview property.

“About every 10 feet along the two-kilometre walk, there are treat stations and trick stations and all kinds of fun things for kids to do,” Bailey said.

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Where is all the affordable space in our community?

To the editor: Some want property taxpayers to suck it up with yet another new tax or toll.

My position is that it is time for our corporations and unions to pay a one per cent new tax for the sole purpose of funding our public transportation systems.

Peter Clarke

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oronto’s neighbourhoods must be places where residents have opportunities to come together to learn, volunteer and play.

This month’s “A Closer Look” feature delves into the issues of affordable community space in the city and the challenges community groups have in gaining access.

We looked at both a city-wide experience and assessed the situation in our own community, looking at the issue from the standpoint of not only specific user groups, but also those who rent out their our view facilities for community use.

Non-profit groups At the root of this challenge is money – or lack of it.

Earlier this year, the cash- need access to strapped City of Toronto, rental spaces facing an outcry from local sports organizations, ultimately waived a permit fee hike for the use of city fields that would have added $1.5 million to the city’s coffers, but also would have threatened those organizations’ survival.

According to a report from the Wellesley Institute, titled ‘Exercising Good Policy: Increasing Access to Recreation in Toronto’s 2013 Budget’ increasing access to recreational facilities is a smart investment, one that pays off with improved health of the populace.

We agree the City of Toronto has a role to play in ensuring affordable access to community space for artistic and recreation groups.

But perhaps there’s more to achieving this than by waiving fees. There are facilities in the city (places of worship come to mind) whose operators are looking for user groups as well. As a representative from a church in Weston noted, about the only challenge with being a landlord is getting the word out that space in the facility is available for rent.

Would it make sense, then, for the city to have a centralized area online where not-for-profit facilities and potential user groups can be matched up?

There is also reason for optimism. One of the recommendations in the Wellesley report calls for stable funding for youth outreach workers programs in order to enable positive health outcomes for our young people. Earlier this month, the province announced funding for 35 new youth outreach workers, with 20 of those spots earmarked for Toronto.

While a provincial funding announcement from a minority government is not quite the definition of ‘stable’, that announcement, which took place at the Jane Street Hub in York, is a start and is recognition of the need for those kinds of investments in our communities.

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Re: ‘TTC will operate new LRT lines after all,’ Transit, Oct. 4.

Metrolinx was supposed to take charge of the TTC expansion, but now it is back in the hands of the TTC. The whole system needs a major shake-up, and privatization should be front and centre.

W.D. Adamson

Write us 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. Copyright in letters remains with the author but the publisher and affiliates may freely reproduce them in

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I suggest enacting a 10 cents per litre gas tax, GTAwide, doubling of parking rates throughout the GTA and enacting paid parking in every parking spot, even in the suburbs, to properly fund transit and subway expansion.

D. Stuhl

Party politics taking hold in Toronto H ere we are facing the beginning of fall and without question the resignation of Ontario Premier Dalton McGinty and the prorogation of the government is significant.

Plain and simply, this is going to be the year where the political status quo is in for a big shake up at all levels of government.

The beginning of all this was the municipal election of 2010, which showed us that from here on in the municipal governance model of the new City of Toronto will increasingly be focused on formal party politics. This is not surprising as its introduction has been quietly in the works since the announcement of our forced amalgamation 10 years ago in 1997.

However, rather than making the running of the city a smooth and rational

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affair, formal party politics has created an adversarial environment of unnecessary blunders and crisis.

Already we are seeing emergence chronic dysfunction at city hall based upon an entirely arbitrary “left wing/right wing” dichotomy.

All of this is entirely ironic, given the fact that the justification given for amalgamation was that it was supposed to make people work together at city hall. Yet now, more than 10 years after the fact, we are still hearing complaints that things are still not working to the satisfaction

of the minority who wanted amalgamation in the first place!

The reality is that the only municipality that was not working properly back in 1997 was the former City of York, which was to be solved by their voluntarily amalgamation into the old City of Toronto.

At that time East York and Leaside was the best run municipality in Metro Toronto, with part time councilors, one full time mayor and a dedicated municipal staff who were directly responsible to council.

Most importantly the people of the community had direct access to all levels of their local government through their ability to make direct representation to the council and received top-notch service for one of the lowest tax rates in the metro system.

Today, that is not the case anymore and now our property tax dollars are going outside of the community to keep the city running.

Yes, there will be many pipe dreams coming out of city hall on how to lessen the impact of rising costs through alternatives to property taxes, such as suggestions for a one per cent tax for building our much needed mass transportation system.

Really. we have to come to recognize the fact that we need to admit that the current structure of the city is not working properly due to the simple reality that large cities are not efficient. n Joe Cooper is a longtime East York resident and community activist.

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and asthma attacks met with concerted opposition.

The first attempts at smoking bans, in the mid1990s, happened in two former municipalities: North York and Toronto.

In both cases, councillors bowed to pressure from restaurant owners and the tobacco industry, and reversed the bans within months of them being put in place.

It was only after amalgamation and with the urging of the city’s persuasive medical officer of health Dr. Sheela Basrur that council pushed ahead with a city-wide ban. And that was a terrible fight in itself, as restaurateurs and barowners lined up to predict a veritable hospitality apocalypse if smokers were asked to take it outside.

But the bylaw passed, its

opponents placated with a soothing phase-in, and as it turned out Toronto’s restaurants and bars boomed, or at least flourished.

Eventually the provincial government decided to mirror Toronto’s ban and for a time, it seemed as though all was settled.

This week, the Toronto Board of Health decided to ramp it up. Having sent smokers outside, the board recommended starting consultation on a bylaw that would finish the job.

If council approves it, smoking on outdoor patios, at sports fields, outside buildings and on hospital grounds would be illegal.

One can never entirely predict these things, but so far it seems as though the kerfuffle of the late 1990s won’t see a repeat this time.

According to a report from the late Dr. Basrur’s successor, Dr. David McKeown, there is more widespread support for smoking bans now than 15 years ago.

The dire predictions the hospitality industry made last time didn’t come to pass; there is less question-

ing of a smoking ban.

This is not to say I’d lay money on it happening; after all, Toronto Council could well do another flip-flop on its 15-year-old opposition to casinos and approve one later this year.

And while the memories of the Mad Men-era smokeem-if-you’ve-got-em ethos may have been stronger in the late 1990s than it is now, we are in the midst of the Angry Man era of Ford family conservatism.

So we’ll see how this goes. Now that provincial law has enshrined the city’s existing smoking bylaw, there’s no risk of that reversing; it’s out of the city’s hands. The question of what happens outside, however, is very much in play.

The last thing Toronto needs is a bare-knuckled rematch of the smoking war. But given the crowd at city hall these days, that may be just what we get. n David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter.

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hose who think Toronto City Council’s tug-ofwar flip-flopping under Mayor Rob Ford is a new development in Toronto politics either have short memories or are new in town. Municipal councils have flipped and flopped frequently and sometimes with great gusto.

There were transit flipflops – remember when Metro Council, hamstrung on whether to build a Sheppard subway, voted to dig the tunnel but lay no tracks? No? Well let’s try an easier one.

Remember smoking in bars and restaurants?

Back in the day, it used to be commonplace to have your calamari dusted with nicotine. And your nonsmoking housemates could tell you’d been out on the town because of the way your coat stank.

Second-hand smoke was a health issue, but for many, commerce and culture trumped science and medicine, and any attempts to protect diners and tipplers from cancer

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Police

Man arrested in connection with stolen bikes A 40-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a stolen bicycle theft investigation.

On Saturday, police arrested Christopher Mowers, of Toronto, and charged him with one count of possession of property obtained by crime.

He has a Dec. 11 court date.

Police say a woman reportedly

saw her stolen bicycle for sale online and contacted authorities.

UNDERCOVER OFFICER An undercover officer then got in touch with the seller to purchase the stolen property. Arrangements were made to meet with him on Saturday, Oct. 20.

Police said the officer purchased the bike and the accused was arrested a short time late in his home near Gerrard and Main streets.

Police seized 12 bicycles from the accused’s residence.

Five of those bikes have since been declared stolen property.

Investigators believe the remain-

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RECENT VICTIMS SOUGHT Anyone who has been a recent victim of bicycle theft and recognizes any of the bicycles pictured should contact police.

Further, cyclists are being urged to register their bikes with the Toronto Police Service at https:// webapp1.torontopolice.on.ca/ BicycleRegistry/Submit.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.222tips.com.

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“Gyms are not like condominiums, they’re not being built on every corner – there’s a finite hen the Etobicoke inventory of them and the permit Basketball Association office holds all the cards,” DaSilva (EBA) got hit with news said. of a more than 333 per cent fee DaSilva’s concerns echo those increase at half its gyms last expressed by many in the city’s month, the impact was forecast minor baseball community earlier as potentially catastrophic – this year, when playing fields were especially to the 1,200-kid strong struck by a $1.5-million fee hike league’s lower income players. proposal by the City of Toronto.

That’s because, like many Groups like the Weston volunteer-driven, not-forBaseball Association profit sports organizations (WBA), Etobicoke Girls across Toronto, the bulk of Softball League and a closer EBA’s player fees go directly the East York Baseball look toward facilities permits.

Association said some of Inside For such groups already the city-owned fields they, Toronto as not-for-profit associaoperating on shoe-string budgets, any increase in tions, had previously used permit fees – like EBA’s for free, were now facing recent threefold bump-up at increases that could put some of Toronto District School Board the leagues out of business.

(TDSB) gyms – must be passed “If they had implemented along to its participants, that, it would have killed us,” explained Joe DaSilva, an EBA WBA President Roy Baksh told board member and volunteer The York Guardian back in April, coach. shortly after city council waived “If we ran a middle class league, the increased fees – which would we would have no problem have meant an extra $15,000 for because we’d just increase our the WBA – for a year. fees and people would say that While Baksh expressed hope was fine, but we’re working very the city might provide an exemphard to make (EBA) very inclusive tion next year to leagues like his of everybody,” he said, noting providing sporting opportunities that many of the league’s players in high needs areas, there is still come from single-parent homes, no promise the increased fees making fees a barrier. won’t be implemented across the “This (TDSB increase) really board in 2013. affects how many kids we can With increases at both cityafford to subsidize. We gather owned playing fields and in the funds during the year to subsidize TDSB school facilities due to around 200 kids, because how do come down in just a short few you turn away a kid who shows months, sporting groups across up with $50 and says, ‘This is all I the city have been left scrambling have. I want to play basketball’?” to see how best they can accomEBA is far from Toronto’s only modate all their players – not not-for-profit struggling with the just the ones who can afford the search for affordable space – just increase in fees they’ll be forced as the TDSB isn’t the only provider to levy upon them. struggling to accommodate them.

At a time when sports groups The changes to the permitare getting hit hardest, a report ting fee schedule at the TDSB, emerged this month from the explained board spokesperson Wellesley Institute, urging the City Ryan Bird, came about because of Toronto to improve the health of a shortfall between the cost of of its residents by increasing supporting the community use access to recreational outlets. of school space and the revenue “City councillors have opporcollected. “Before these measures tunities, right now, to improve were voted on, we were subsidizthe health of Torontonians that ing our permit holders to the tune don’t require massive investments of $11 million each year. The fact or complicated agreements with is we couldn’t continue subsidizother levels of government,” reads ing it to that level,” he explained, the report, entitled Exercising noting the TDSB issues close to Good Policy: Increasing Access 20,000 permits each year in its 550 to Recreation in Toronto’s 2013 schools across the city.

Budget. “One of these opportuAcross the city, a series of fee nities is quite simple: increase increases announced this year access to recreational services for at both the City of Toronto and Torontonians.” school board levels – arguably Coming as it does in the wake the two biggest providers of gym, of yet another violence plagued playing field and community summer in Toronto, the report spaces in the city – have left many and its recommendations are sporting groups crying ‘foul’ over reminiscent of reaction to a lack of affordable space.

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East Toronto Baseball Association (ETBA) secretary Karen Simms, left, Community Centre 55 special event and volunteer coordinator Nancy Culver, ETBA president David Breech, ETBA vice-president and webmaster Roy Delavigne and Community Centre 55 executive director Debbie Visconti get together at the centre this week. The ETBA has benefitted from free space and resources offered by Community Centre 55.

2005, when funding for community programming rolled in as a means to stop youth violence.

One of the results of that influx was the Community Hub initiative in some of Toronto’s most underserved suburban neighbourhoods, where a lack of community space was compounding the challenges of social isolation and poverty faced by many residents.

As part of their ongoing Building Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy – and in partnership with the province, key agency partners, and private funders – United Way Toronto has developed eight community hubs in priority neighbourhoods across the city, funding $1 million toward the capital costs of each hub, as well as contributing $150,000 annually toward each’s operating costs.

“In looking at developing the Building Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy and hubs in particular, was the fact that, yes, space is a big challenge all over the city, particularly in suburbs,” said Lorraine Duff, United Way Toronto’s director of programming.

“So we decided to ensure that some of this space was available for community agencies to use.”

Seven of the planned eight hubs will be fully open and operational as of next month, Duff added, noting the hubs in Mid-Scarborough, Crescent Town, Flemingdon Park-Victoria Village,

Weston-Mt. Dennis, and Rexdale are currently open, while those in Dorset Park and the Bathurst/ Finch area are set to open by beginning of November.

Duff said so far the community spaces within those hubs – including community kitchens, meeting rooms, and in the case of the Rexdale Community Hub, a gym – are always well used and in demand, especially by the kids.

The EBA was just one of the community groups impacted by the TDSB’s decision to reclassify its subsidy recipients earlier this year – meaning an “unplanned for and exorbitant” fee hike they say will nearly quadruple their permit fees.

Whereas now, as a Level 1 recipient, a single TDSB gym costs the EBA $3.51 an hour on a school night, come Jan. 1 the same gym in the same time slot will cost them $17.10 an hour once they’re shuffled down to Level 2 status – nearly five times as much.

And that’s on top of the additional 43.7 per cent hike in fees the board also plans to implement on Jan. 1.

While the TDSB has granted the EBA and other groups impacted by the subsidy re-categorization a deferral on the fee hike from its original September implementation date until Jan. 1, the EBA’s DaSilva said the league has no choice but to raise fees in January.

Community Centre 55 offers affordable space for groups Community Centre 55 (CC55), at 97 Main St. is much more than just a local community centre.

CC55 is a neighbourhood hub that for more than 30 years has allowed scores of non-profit community groups to access affordable, even free, meeting space and resources.

It is one of 10 volunteer boardrun, multi-purpose facilities in Toronto providing a broad range of community/recreation/social service programs. The awardwinning City of Toronto agency/ charity is part of the Association of Community Centres, a model where the centre’s core administration activities are funded by the city and treated like a city agency, but whose programs are funded though fees, donations and grants, and is treated like an independent not-for-profit community-based organization.

During the day, CC55 runs a range of affordably priced programming for children to seniors, but in the after-hours and on weekends it’s open for community groups.

“We have many user groups that really depend on us and we’re happy to have them. It’s a win for everybody,” said Debbie Visconti, the centre’s executive director.

Visconti said a lot of groups, especially those that directly serve the neighbourhood such as residents associations and special interest community groups, that may not be able to afford renting space at other locations in the area, have found a home at CC55.

The East Toronto Baseball Association, a family oriented, volunteer-run community organization that for more than 30 years has provided children and their families with the opportunity to enjoy the fun associated with baseball and community activities, is another local group that has greatly benefitted from the centre.

“It’s an invaluable resource for our group,” said David Breech, president of the association, which relies on the local centre for its mailing address, meeting space, and other administrative and storage.

“Community Centre 55 is great for the continuity of groups. It’s a hub of information for the community.”

Breech said he’s amazed at how many amazing people and groups make use of Community Centre 55.

“There aren’t many places like this in the city. It’s quite a dynamic group for such a small space and such a small staff,” he said.

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Poppy Funds also support donations to housing and care facilities for elderly or disabled persons; Medical training and research directed to geriatric support community medical appliances; Drop in centres for elderly and support of meals on wheels; Transportation of Veterans for medical appointments and/or compassionate reasons; Low rental housing for Veterans and their dependents in need; Supporting Long Term Care facilities in Toronto; Ontario Charitable Foundation for medical equipment for the community; Medical appliances for Veterans and their dependents; Remembrance Literary and Poster Contest for our school children; To support the army, navy league, air & sea cadets.

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Toronto could be banning smoking on restaurant patios, at the entrances to public buildings, outside hospitals and on sports fields.

Toronto’s Board of Health voted unanimously Monday to hold public consultations on the widespread bans of smoking outdoors, after hearing from anti-smoking advocates that they could go even farther, and from members of the restaurant industry that they should go slower in banning tobacco use in their establishments.

“Now we’ll go out and hear from folks,” said Board of Health Chair John Filion. “Regular folks and industry folks and see what we hear and bring it back. It will happen as soon as possible, I hope.”

The move comes 13 years after Toronto Council last dealt with the issue of second-hand smoke in public places, banning smoking in bars, restaurants and bingo parlours. At that time the proposed ban was controversial – so controversial that early attempts to protect restaurant workers and patrons from secondhand smoke were quickly reversed by councils in the pre-amalgamation cities of Toronto and North York.

But in 1999, Toronto Council voted to ban smoking in bars and restaurants across the city, relegating smokers to outdoor patios in the summer and the sidewalk other times.

The new rules would extend the smoking ban outside restaurants. And restaurateurs suggested the city shouldn’t be hasty in extending the smoking ban.

Marco Morano from the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association said an outdoor smoking ban could harm businesses in the current economic climate.

Steve Mastoris, owner of Whistler’s Grill in East York, suggested the city should wait for province-wide legislation and at least move slowly with a great deal more consultation than he said occurred in the late 1990s.“To move forward in some haste on a patio ban, I don’t think is genuine in Toronto,” he said. “Toronto’s a unique city – we’re diverse ethnoculturally. We’re not

Ottawa (where a ban was recently introduced). We’re an economic engine in our city and in our province. If you use Ottawa as a model you can do so, but there are other models in the province that have resisted the decision to ban.”.

Road Sweeping Operation Toronto District Transportation Services is getting ready to perform sweeping operations on the streets ofToronto this fall.The purpose of the sweeping is to collect leaves that fall, naturally, onto the street.

All streets will be swept on two occasions.The operation will continue until November 30, 2012.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. Raking leaves onto the roadway is a by-law offence and could result in charges being laid. 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).

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. For more information on yard waste, please call 311 or visit us at www.toronto.ca/compost/yardwaste.htm If you have any questions about the service, call 311 Briar Hill Ave Broadway Ave

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It’s Happening ■ Friday, Oct. 26

Monster Scavenger Hunt!

WHEN: 6 to 7 p.m. WHERE: S Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. COST: Free Costumes welcome. Halloween treats. Ages 3 to 17.

Hirut Hoot WHEN: 9 to 11 p.m. WHERE:

events.insidetoronto.com Hirut Restaurant, 2050 Danforth Ave. (at Woodbine, just a few doors west) CONTACT: Kevin MacDonald, hiruthoot@gmail. com COST: $5 Monthly stand up show features multicultural performers, headliners and rising stars.

■ Saturday, Oct. 27

Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416425-1714, jimb.farrell@yahoo.ca COST: Free Wear your costume for a night of live music and dancing at the branch. Music by our perennial Halloween Party at Branch 22 favourites Blaze & Glory.

WHEN: 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion ■ Sunday, Oct. 28 Change for Kids Monster March & Fun Fair WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WHERE: Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, 150 Kilgour Rd. CONTACT: Samantha Stefanin, sstefanin@hollandbloorview.ca COST: $12.50 (kids 4 and under are free) Wear costumes for the 2-km accessible walk-a-thon with trickor-treat stations. Top fundraiser wins a prize. Entertainment and a family fun fair.

Halloween is Coming WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

WHERE: Pape-Danforth Public Library, 701 Pape Ave. COST: Free Rhymes, stories and activities.

Sunday Afternoon Euchre WHEN: 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-4251714, jimb.farrell@yahoo.ca COST: $5

Everyone welcome to play.

All skill levels welcome.

Sunday Funday WHEN: 1 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 11, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: J. Haden 416-264-6466 COST: Free Entertainment and prizes.

Monday Night Cribbage WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416425-1714, jimb.farrell@yahoo.ca COST: $6 Everyone welcome.

Karaoke Night at 22 WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, jimb. farrell@yahoo.ca COST: Free Sing, dance or just listen.

■ Monday, Oct. 29

Seniors Strategy Consultation WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE:East York Civic Centre, 350 Coxwell Ave. COST: Free Share your views about seniors services in our city. With Councillor Janet Davis.

Drop in Darts WHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. COST: $5 A blind draw doubles dart shoot.

■ Tuesday, Oct. 30

Lost Rivers of Ashbridges Bay WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Public Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Riverdale Historical Society, riverdalehistoricalsociety@sympatico.ca COST: $5 Lost Rivers of Ashbridges Bay: Uncovering the Deep History Of Landscape In Riverdale, an illustrated talk by Helen Mills of Lost River Walk.

Halloween Party WHEN: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Danforth/Coxwell Branch Toronto Public Library, 1675 Danforth Avenue COST: Free Scary stories and supernatural creatures. Wear your costumes.

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Bid packages are available at the Reception Desk, of Toronto Community News, 175 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto Ontario M2H 0A2 Tender due date: Friday November 2nd 2012 By 5 pm To the attention of: Arlene Del Rosario Distribution Department Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

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2.0i

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Ratings of “Good” are the highest rating awarded for 40-mph frontal offset, 31-mph side-impact and 20-mph rear-impact crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) (www.iihs.org). A “Good” rating obtained in all three crash tests plus a “Good” rating in new roof strength testing and the availability of Electronic Stability Control (ESC) (Vehicle Dynamics Control) achieves a 2012 Top Safety Pick. Based on ALG’s 2012 Residual Value Award for Best Mainstream Brand. *MSRP of $25,995/$23,495/$28,495/$19,995 on 2013 Forester 2.5X (DJ1 X0)/Legacy 2.5i (DA1 BP)/Outback 2.5i Convenience Package (DD1 CP)/Impreza 2.0i (DF1 BP). Lease rate of 0.9%/0.9%/0.9%/1.9% for 24/24/24/24 months. Monthly payment is $288/$228/$318/$228 with $2,611/$3,497/$3,831/$2,390 down payment. Option to purchase at end of lease is $18,795/$16,802/$19,371/$14,708. Advertised pricing consists of MSRP plus charges for Freight/PDI ($1,595), Air Tax ($100), Tire Stewardship Levy ($29.20), OMVIC Fee ($5), Dealer Admin ($199). Freight/PDI charge includes a full tank of gas. Taxes, licence, registration and insurance are extra. $0 security deposit. Models shown: 2013 Forester 2.5X Limited Package (DJ2 LPN) with an MSRP of $33,395. 2013 Outback 3.6R Limited Package (DD2 LN6) with an MSRP of $38,495. Dealers may sell or lease for less or may have to order or trade. Offers applicable on approved credit at participating dealers only. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km per year, with excess charged at $0.10/km. Leasing and financing programs available through Subaru Financial Services by TCCI. Other lease and finance rates and terms available; down payment or equivalent trade-in may be required. Vehicles shown solely for purposes of illustration, and may not be equipped exactly as shown. Offers available until October 31, 2012.