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replacing the pipes which given the age of the neighbourhood are of the inferior variety and likely made of lead, presenting possible health risks. The workers must also keep a close eye for existing infrastructure such as gas mains or subway tracks. Planning helps map out the locations and ensures utility companies are made aware of the work, crucial given the inherent dangers of unwittingly interfering with a live gas main. “If you break that stuff you get a free ride to the moon,” said Harry Persaud, a senior engineer with Toronto roads. Persaud, who was on site at a job inspecting the work carried out by a private contractor, estimates around 40 metres of watermain replacement is completed per day. While the city tries to coordinate the necessary water and road work into one project in order to minimize expenditures, the ever-increasing urgency to get broken or degraded pipes replaced means sometimes that’s just not going to happen, admitted D’Andrea. “Sometimes you just can’t wait,” he said.
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Refugee children find spot where they can be kids CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com
their arrival in Canada. “We want them to get to know each other, to get to Two sticks of bamboo in hand, know their area, and to get Mouayad Alsaleh giggles as he to know that in Canada, you struggles to keep the rhythm can do this – you can enjoy of an impromptu percussion the phenomenal outdoor performance at Etobicoke’s spaces we have in the city,” Broadacres Park. she said, noting that ACCT is The easy-to-smile eight currently seeing roughly 400 year old only just arrived in new clients a month, many of Toronto from his native Syria them recently arrived Syrian last month, said through an families settling in the East interpreter last Thursday, but and West Mall communities he’s already well on his way of Etobicoke. to marching to the beat of his “We’d like the Syrians to not new Canadian drum, thanks feel that they’re isolated. We’d to a free two-week arts camp like for them to get to know, run by MABELLEarts and not only other Syrians in the catered espearea, but the cially to young whole comCommunication is munity that refugees like him. a main issue, and they’re now a “When he of.” culturally, there’s a new part And that comes here language and new community e v e r y d a y, country to learn. It is is nothing if h e’s r e a l l y enjoying it,” not easy, but slowly, not diverse, said 16-yeara i d Sa l m a slowly they will adapat. sAbubaker, old interpreter – Salma Abubaker, Osama Jibril, a ACCT’s youth ACCT youth settlement counsellor MABELLEarts settlement worker counsellor. who got involved with the “The area of the community where MABELLEarts works is acclaimed Etobicoke arts so very multi-cultural. We are organization himself as a newly arrived youngster from lucky, because diversity is our Jordan 10 years ago. strength here in Canada – there are Muslims and Christians “It’s nice, because I was in from all different countries: his footsteps, you know? So I kinda know what he’s going African, Middle Eastern, Arab, through and how he feels, black,” said Abubaker, who so I can relate in a different came to Canada six years way.” ago as a refugee of Eritrea Mouayad, brother via Sudan. Mohammed, 11, and sister “Being a refugee, I feel I Rayan, 10, were among close to understand these children’s three dozen refugee children situation where they are who enjoyed MABELLEarts’ coming to a new country. Arts in the Parks program, Communication is a main which was run in partnership issue, and culturally, there’s with the Arab Community a new language and new Centre of Toronto (ACCT) and country to learn. It is not easy, Applewood Shaver House, and but slowly, slowly they will funded by the Toronto Arts adapt.” Council and Weston Family MABELLEarts is hoping Parks Challenge. to continue facilitating that adaptation through its ongoFrom July 26 to Aug. 5, the kids, aged five to 12, spent ing programming out of their days beating the heat in Broadacres Park beyond the Broadacres Park by engaging recently completed two-week in creative dance, song and Arts in the Parks programart works, by exploring the ming, said the organizashade of the park’s woodlot, tion’s artistic director, Leah and by partaking in lots of fun Houston. water activities – all the while “We’re going to be here learning about the importance all through August, running of community building in the workshops for people of all nation they now call home. ages and backgrounds. Our The aim of the arts-focused hope is to meet a lot of people program, said ACCT Executive who live in the neighbourDirector Huda Bukhari, is to hood, because the more “break the isolation” felt by so people we meet in this commany refugee children upon munity, the better,” she said,
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Human trafficking issue is ‘a provincial, national crisis’ >>>from page 1 and justice is served, “I’m happy with that.” The provincial government unveiled the long-awaited human trafficking strategy Thursday, June 30, which calls for an investment up to $72 million aimed at increasing awareness and co-ordination, enhancing justice-sector initiatives and improving survivors’ access to services. Currently, Ontario is grappling with roughly 65 per cent of police-reported human trafficking cases in Canada. The strategy involves nine ministries and is based on four pillars: strong leadership through an antihuman trafficking office through CommSoc, which will collect and share information; increased awareness and community supports to help survivors heal; justice sector initiatives to identify trafficking earlier and hold traffickers to account; and indigenous-led approaches. Det. Sgt. Nunzio Tramontozzi of Toronto Police Service’s human trafficking team called the strategy a great start, noting specialized Crowns are a police asset. If Crowns don’t understand “trauma bonds” between the victim and pimp, it’s hard for them to wrap their mind around why a girl would protect a guy who brutalized her for years, he said, adding instead of forging ahead and putting the victim on the stand, they tend to take pleas for lesser offences. “As of last summer we only had
one (human trafficking) conviction in Toronto,” he said. “One guy. It’s pretty sad.” Ontario’s Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, who was on hand for the strategy’s release, called human trafficking an increasing, complex problem. A specialized team of Crown attorneys will ensure cases are prosecuted effectively and consistently across province, he said, adding expanded quick response programs will be in place to help victims, including paying for things such as travel costs, identification replacement, and enhancing 24-hour crisis assistance. But not everyone was pleased with the strategy. Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott, who put forward a private member’s bill Saving the Girl Next Door, which calls for victims to obtain restraining orders against their trafficker and sue them for damages, said while the strategy is a step in the right direction, it ultimately falls short. The Conservative MPP took issue with the lack of permanent multiyear funding and firm deadlines for establishing a multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary task force. In an interview with Metroland Media Toronto prior to the strategy’s release, she said the province needs to take the lead in human trafficking enforcement. “It’s modern day slavery,” she said. “Will all survivors sue? No, but it’s a means of justice.” Scott’s bill would also include traf-
ficking as a sexual offence under the age of 18. Michelle Smith, executive director of Women’s Support Network of York Region in Newmarket, which runs a human trafficking help line, called the issue a “provincial and national crisis.” She hoped the strategy would include long-term core funding, along with people specialized in human trafficking and infrastructure for couselling. Trafficked women sometimes require “eight, nine, 10-hour care”, with psychological and emotional trauma the most pervasive aspect. “We have women that are servicing eight to 10 men a day, against their will,” she said. Funded by Canada’s Department of Justice, York Region launched a bus campaign several weeks ago aimed at trafficked women, Smith said, suggesting a go-to guide and app needs to be available for school boards to inform teachers about human trafficking signs to look out for. Besides a strategy, greater emphasis on social media literacy must be taught in schools to help combat human trafficking, said Debbie Gordon, director of kidsmediacentre at Centennial College. Being able to share case studies about other young victims works, but voices of young people who question the sensibilities of the social media culture need to be heard, she said. “Kids will listen when it’s one of their own.”
FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE Like the York Regional Police campaign ‘The Other Side’ that is helping victims hurt in the sex trade find a way out, there are other people and organizations offering assistance to survivors of human trafficking in the Greater Toronto Area. Here are a few: • Covenant House: 416-598-4898, www.covenanthousetoronto.ca/homeless-youth/Home.aspx • East Metro Youth Services: 416-452-3018, emys. on.ca • Women’s Support Network of York Region: 905758-5285, www.womenssupportnetwork.ca/ • Toronto Police Service human trafficking team: 416-808-8385, www.torontopolice.on.ca/sexcrimes/ htet.php • York Regional Police human trafficking team: 905758-5581, www.yrp.ca/en/about/human-trafficking. asp
MORE ONLINE VIDEO: Watch this Covenant House Toronto video: a dramatization of the real-life experience of “Amy” – a teen who found herself enslaved by a man she believed was her boyfriend. (bit.ly/covenantvid) STORY: Read this story from York Region about a real court case from 2014 involving a man who police alleged was pimping out a 16-year-old girl, and the subsequent verdict. (bit.ly/yorkcase) STRATEGY: Get more details about the provincial anti-human trafficking strategy and the four areas of action the strategy will be focused on. (bit.ly/ ontariostrategy) STATISTICS: See statistics from Toronto Police Service about the number of occurrences, arrests, charges and victims related to human trafficking in the city since 2013. (bit.ly/policestats)
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Chinese Lantern Festival WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Empire Waterfront Eau Du Soleil Condominiums, 2183 Lake Shore Blvd. W. CONTACT: Ken Chou, 416-275-9789, komori86@gmail.com COST: Free and various cost Release your lantern and put a smile on the faces of many. This year’s event will be to support Million Dollar Smiles. Visit website to purchase lanterns: https://www.eventbrite. de/e/humber-bay-chinese-lanternfestival-tickets-26785551305 Garage Sale Items Needed WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-2313431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: Free Bring your gently used items to the centre Monday to Friday 9 am to 4 pm. Garage sale is on Sept. 10.
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Car Boot Sale Flea Market WHEN: 8 a.m. to noon WHERE: Discovery Community Christian Church, 6 Kilburn Pl. CONTACT: Karen Ewing, 647-242-2381, karena.events@gmail. com COST: Free Vendors, new and used treasures. Fables for the Future WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, 7 to
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Corn Roast WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Montgomery’s Inn Museum, 4709 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Sue Pye, 416-394-8113, montinn@toronto.ca COST: Free Join for an annual neighbourhood celebration, featuring oven roasted corn on the cob, barbequed hot dogs, pizza, watermelon and ice cream. Live music by Gin Lane, Etobicoke York Heritage displays and InPrint Collective hands on printmaking. 8 p.m. WHERE: Wincott Park, 86 Northcrest Rd. CONTACT: Arts in the Parks COST: Free Giant puppets, mask, dance, live music, satire and wit gone awry, drive Clay and Paper Theatre’s exciting new play, Fables for the Future.
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CFUW Etobicoke Registration and General Meeting WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Fairfield Seniors Centre, 80 Lothian Ave. CONTACT: Leslie Darling, communications@cfuwetobicoke.ca COST: Free CFUW Etobicoke hosts its registration and general meeting.
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Horticultural Society Meeting WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 80 Lothian Ave. CONTACT: Barbara Yake, 416233-9795, www.gardenontario.org/ site.php/etobicoke, ehs.by@bell.net COST: Free The Etobicoke Horticultural Society’s
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On the path to understanding Lyme disease >>>from page 1 work, there was a public consultation in June 2015 and a conference in Ottawa this May. Jim Wilson, president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, was one of the conference chairs. “I hope the end result will be that physicians recognize that Lyme disease is neither easy to diagnose, nor is it easy to treat,” said Wilson of the framework. “I think the evidence that was presented (during the conference), and the evidence that is published in many different research papers, has shown that the testing protocol that we’ve been using (in Canada) over the past decades is not accurate. It will not cover all of the strains of bacteria that we know we have and they’re still discovering more.”
Diagnosing lyme disease Along with funding for more research, including human tissue study, Wilson hopes the framework will change how Lyme disease is diagnosed and treated. “Tying the diagnosis to the patient having been in a known endemic area is foolhardy in a disease that’s transplanted randomly, so we hope that’s going to change,” he said. “Limiting the treatment to a specific period of time, three-to-four weeks of antibiotics for example, considering the evidence that was presented (at the conference) and the many research papers, that too must change. Doctors must be free to treat the patient based upon the symptoms.” He also hopes diagnosis will stop being tied to people having a “bull’s eye” rash. While Lyme literature notes most people with the disease develop the mark, Wilson said current research and his foundation’s experience indicate many people don’t develop any sort of rash at all. Wilson wants transparency in the framework and people with Lyme disease to have a say in it. “I just want to make sure that the patients and their experts are given the voice they deserve at the table where the policy decisions are made. We want to be engaged in the writing of policy, and not just token representation, and not just as reviewers of something that somebody else has written.” Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, said the province’s main focus
is helping people reduce the risk of getting Lyme disease. “So we have a public that is more aware, more knowledgeable on ticks, on handling of ticks, on accessing their physician in a timely fashion,” he said. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure ... It’s really very much in the hands of the public, because they’re the ones that choose to get exposed, they’re the ones that choose to go see a doctor or not, and choose to ask about it, so we want them as knowledgeable as we can get them.”
those experts in various areas to continue to review all those standards in that, and definitions, and assessments, and diagnosis around that, as well as the federal paper.” Once the framework is released, the Ontario government will review it, see what it agrees with and ask questions about points of difference. “And to see then what kind of so-called federal-provincial-territorial conjoint activities can, or should, or would we do,” Williams said. “Or what can we do more in our own respective jurisdictions.”
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GATHERING THE DATA
To help, Ontario launched a public awareness campaign as part of its “Combating Lyme Disease Through Collaborative Action: Ontar io’s 10 Step Education and Awareness Plan” that was released in July. Williams has seen “snippets and bits” of the federal framework, but noted it hasn’t been finalized, because some aspects are still being discussed. He hopes it will help provinces and territories better understand how other parts of Canada approach the issue, and how it varies throughout the country where different strains of Lyme-disease-causing bacteria are found.
He wants a better picture of how many Ontarians may have been exposed to infected ticks, because monitoring is done through testing and doctors sometimes use preventative medicine instead of ordering tests. Testing isn’t effective in the very early stages of infection, when medical intervention is thought to be most effective, because tests rely on antibodies that need time to build up. Instead, doctors sometimes prescribe antibiotics to keep a potential infection from setting in. “We would like to document that a bit better, so we can understand the work that our primary care doctors are doing in that regard, so it’s part of our surveillance system,” Williams said. He said Ontario’s testing method is the best. “We have a standardized one that we use, the same as CDC Atlanta and the other top-leading laboratories, it’s a two-stage one. We’re continually looking at our testing to make sure we’re trying to standardize it with other leading centres, and we feel ours is the gold standard.” He added, “We take (Lyme disease) very seriously, and we’re very concerned about it.” The provincial government will continue its awareness campaign, he added. “We really want to make (the public) aware of what we are doing, that we want to do more of it, and want to do it better.” he said. “And keep raising that bar up on prevention mode. Visit www.ontario.ca/lyme for Lyme disease information from the Ontario government, and www.canlyme.com for more on the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation.
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We really want to make (the public) aware of what we are doing, that we want to do more of it, and want to do it better. And keep raising that bar up on prevention mode. – David Williams, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health
“And keep pushing the research agenda on a go-forward basis, so not just sitting and saying, well this is as it is. Let’s keep driving and looking for solid evidence and science that would move all the aspects of it, and so we’re really hoping that (the federal government) might stimulate that and keep that moving ahead,” he added. “I know a lot of people are wanting to look at the actual treatment, concepts around chronic Lyme disease, and we’re waiting for
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Carole Hardacre demonstrates how she would remove a tick if she found one on her dog Morgan.
KNOW YOUR TICK
KNOW YOUR TICK BITES WHERE: Blacklegged ticks sit on tall grasses and shrubs, with arms outstretched, waiting to grab on to animals or humans. HOW: People can reduce the risk of tick bites by staying in the centre of trails, and wearing DEET-based bug repellents and light-coloured clothing that makes it easier to spot ticks, which can be as small as poppy seeds. Wearing long-sleeve shirts, and
pants tucked into socks, also helps prevent bites. WHAT: Early symptoms of Lyme disease can include headache and fatigue, fever and chills, and muscle and joint pain, as well as a stiff neck and rash. Left untreated, the disease can cause heart and neurological problems. For more information, visit www. toronto.ca/health or call Toronto Public Heath at 416-338-7600.
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