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TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com Lecent Ross, 14, went to visit a friend at a neighbouring Jamestown townhouse on a July morning in 2015.

They were in a bedroom when a gunshot rang out.

The bullet killed Lecent almost instantly. The shot came from an illegal semiautomatic handgun - a .44calibre Smith & Wesson.

A month later, police arrested Lecent’s friend, a 13year-old boy, and charged him with manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and a litany of gun offences.

Last Friday, the now 15year-old was sentenced to the maximum youth sentence of three years. He had pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death, possession of a restricted firearm and failing to comply with a court order.

He cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The teen has been in custody since his arrest in August 2015. He did not apply for bail. He will serve another six months in open custody before being released on community supervision, then probation for the remainder of his sentence.

"July 11, 2015 was the worst day of my life," Ross’s mother Alicia Jesquith wrote in a victim impact statement read to the court Friday by a friend.

"Since Lecent was killed, my whole world has changed . I have lost the ability to be the person I was when she was here."

Then Jesquith’s words were directed at the teen in the prisoner’s box.

"I am left picking up the pieces of our lives while you get to go home to your mother and your family.

My family is broken. My daughter is not coming back and I don’t know where I am supposed to go from here."

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Lecent Ross was killed July 9, 2015 after an illegal semi-automatic handgun fired in the Jamestown home of one of her friends. son said Friday that Lecent and the teen had been in a relationship and he did not mean to harm her that day.

He was "handling (the gun) in the bedroom," and when he moved to get past

Lecent in the tight space between the bed and the wall, the gun went off.

"He had the gun in his hand. It was pointing at her.

It discharged," Erickson said.

The teen had been sentenced for robbery and assault causing bodily harm two weeks before the shooting. He was on probation and was not supposed to be in the Jamestown area, court heard.

Erickson told the court the teen’s mother has moved away from Jamestown, and that counselling would be available. He had asked that the teen be released on probation after three months instead of six.

"I am not convinced (the teen) has progressed enough to be safely released into the community at this time," Ontario Court Justice Antonio Di Zio said in his ruling.

In handing down the maximum available custody, the judge said: "I don’t know if it will be enough. I suspect it might not be."

The teen apologized in court to Lecent’s family.

"I regret what happened.

I wish it didn’t happen . I just want you to know I’m sorry for what happened."

Pastor Al Bowen counselled Jesquith in the days following her daughter’s death.

"My heart goes out to Alicia. She has suffered a lot," Bowen said in an interview following the teen’s sentencing. "My heart goes out to the boy’s mother, too.

"When you get an urban shooting of this nature, the side effects never go away."

A man who was 18 at the time was also arrested and charged with several offences, including criminal negligence causing death.

He pleaded guilty last year to obstructing a peace officer by giving a false statement to police and received a conditional discharge.

He cannot be named due to the publication ban that covers the youth’s identity.

Bowen said he knows the boys charged in Lecent’s death. He visited them weekly from 2011 and 2013.

"They’re a really tight family," Bowen said.

With files from Torstar News Service

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Trustee offers reward for missing Richview school bell CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com A local school board trustee and an Etobicoke historian have teamed up to solve the mystery of the missing Richview school bell - and they need your help.

Etobicoke Centre trustee Chris Glover is offering up a $100 reward after his years-long search for the elusive, circa 1800s bell failed to turn up any concrete leads.

"Sometime in the last 30 years, this bell went missing - but we think somebody may have it or

may have a lead as to where it is," Glover said, noting that he’s had the Toronto District School Board’s (TDSB) archives department do a search, to no avail.

"So I’m trying to be a bit of a sleuth here and see if we can generate some interest to find the bell, because it would be nice to have it. I’ve been looking for it for years now, but it’s been a cold trail."

Glover recently turned to Denise Harris of the Etobicoke Historical Society for her assistance in the Richview bell search after reading a column

she penned for the Etobicoke Guardian in December, in which she chronicled Richview elementary school’s origins in the Eglinton Avenue West and Martin Grove Road area dating back 179 years.

The first of five incarnations of Richview elementary school was a log schoolhouse built in 1838, Harris wrote, followed by a succession of larger and larger buildings - a second log school in 1846, a "little red schoolhouse" in 1874, a two-storey school in 1915, and finally Richview Public School on Clement

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Should the bell be returned, Harris said she’d like to see it displayed in that school’s lobby alongside the 1915 Richview plaque.

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Richview Sideroad and stopping at the water pump outside the school to get a drink of water on a hot summer day. So there are memories associated with the bell, and it would be nice to keep one more artifact from that era."

Glover agreed: "It would be a nice artifact to have in one of our local schools, to show kids they’re part of a long history of public education in the neighbourhood."

Anyone with information about the Richview bell’s whereabouts is urged to contact Glover at chris.glover@tdsb.on.ca

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It was from that fifth and final incarnation of Richview Public School, which closed in 1981, that both Glover and Harris believe the bell went missing from.

The bell, along with the stone date plaques from both the 1874 and 1915 schools, had been on display in the school’s lobby for a time, but were nowhere to be found when the TDSB sold the building to the French Catholic school board in 2014, Glover said.

The school was ultimately demolished and

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Masking true cost of hydro won’t fix broken system Our hydro bills may be going down this summer, but don’t pop the bubbly just yet.

While Ontario residents will see an average 25 per cent reduction on the bottom line, what they won’t see is what it’s going to cost future generations and the current structural inefficiencies and ongoing bad planning that make electricity expensive for us in the first place.

Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the savings this month saying it was the fair thing to do. She heard from families struggling with their bills and struggling to understand why rates have skyrocketed.

Unfortunately, because the history of hydro and its mismanagement is such a long and complicated one, politicians looking to distract would-be voters benefit from its current complexity. People don’t get it and don’t have the time, the comprehension or the willingness to figure it out. What they do get is how hard it is to pay a huge bill.

So Wynne’s Liberals are waving a shiny 25 per cent hydro cut over here, while over there, our expensive hydro system continues to plod along.

The lower bills come from refinancing the term of payment the province owes to private power providers - from 20 years to 30. So we’re deferring costs to future generations in order to get some immediate relief.

And we’re incurring about $25 billion in extra interest charges over that time.

Additional relief will be coming through low-income and rural subsidy programs, but that too comes at a cost of $2.5 billion over the next three years charged to Ontario’s treasury and taxpayers.

As tempting as it is to celebrate lower bills, with an election year in 2018, we need to hold all parties to account to do more than float distractions.

Ontario generates more power than it knows what to do with and we’re forced to sell it to our neighbours at a discounted rate. Sometimes we have to pay for them to take it.

The sale of Hydro One has locked us into guaranteed contracts with private power providers whether we need that power or not. There’s little transparency as to the details of private contracts and that takes accountability right out of the system.

We need a comprehensive plan and a system overhaul.

Keep that in mind when you’re told to celebrate your June power bill. It’s not nearly enough.

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Finding the fire again in Rustic Rustic is an in-between place.

Luisa Giacometti says it’s part of a neglected Toronto, "caught in the middle" between Mount Dennis and Jane-Finch, neighbourhoods she believes get more attention, and more money.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she says, the area was a haven for drugs and prostitution. "There was violence constantly."

Residents from both the highrises and bungalows between Lawrence Avenue and Hwy. 401, east of Jane Street, turned things around.

"We worked hard at it," says Giacometti. One night, 400 filled a meeting at Nelson A. Boylen Collegiate.

Today, though, Boylen, its pool drained, is entering

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto its third year empty, awaiting a sale.

Active residents got older, moved away. The Jane Falstaff Community Association Giacometti and others created still meets, but the few leading it, she says, "are getting burned out."

Standing up for a neighbourhood is hard when you can’t find free spaces to meet in.

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Centre bursts with youth and kids from nearby highrises. The association met there last week, in one of the only free spaces it can get.

As one man pointed out, though, everyone in the room lives in a house, and is white. Most Rustic residents aren’t.

The community centre will close soon for renovations, but not before September, and the city says it’s looking at "relocation options" for programs.

But relocate where? For many in Rustic, the York Recreation Centre, at Eglinton Avenue and Black Creek Drive, is two long bus rides away.

People voted in the city’s lengthy "participatory budgeting" process for small park improvements - a ga-

zebo in Rustic Park, a white wall for movies at Maple Leaf Park. But sewer work has held those projects up.

New lights installed in Maple Leaf aren’t turned on.

Yet there’s hope. Rustic’s large, affordable house lots are attracting buyers.

People are moving back because they like the area, says Carlo DiBenedetto, one of its few business owners.

DiBenedetto says the residents’ group needs more warriors, more advertising, and events which are more enjoyable, maybe with food.

Giacometti and others approve. "If you’ve got the fire, we need the fire," she says.

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Developer named roads, ’garden’ apartments after family members DENISE HARRIS denise.harris@sympatico.ca In the summer of 1956, a land developer held a family picnic in a field overlooking a valley in northern Etobicoke. His nephew - six years old at the time remembers that as far as he could see, there was nothing but grass, with a few scattered trees and some grazing cows. He was told that within a few years, the whole area would be covered with houses and apartment buildings.

That picnic was held where the backyards of the apartment buildings at 60 and 70 Esther Lorrie Drive are today, overlooking the West Humber River valley,

just west of Kipling Avenue. Built in 1960 and seven storeys high, they were the tallest apartment buildings in Etobicoke at the time: seven storeys was the height limit of an Etobicoke hook and ladder fire truck. The houses on Esther Lorrie Drive south of the apartment buildings were constructed at the same time, also overlooking the West Humber River valley. The model home was listed at $29,500. Esther Lorrie Drive was named for two of the developer’s family members.

Running south from those apartment buildings is Jansusie Road, also named for the developer’s family members, as was Millmink Street running west off Jansusie. Four low-rise ’garden’ apartment buildings were erected on the east side of Jansusie in the summer of 1958. The buildings were named after the developer’s four children: Jeffrey Gardens (No. 5), Shelley

Gardens (No. 15), Pamela Gardens (No. 25), and Stephen Gardens (No. 35).

Each building’s name originally appeared in gold on the glass of its front door.

These buildings each had a front sidewalk that split and curved around trees, gardens and a water fountain. Each building’s lobby floor was decorated in terrazzo using a different colour and pattern, and included that building’s initials: SG can still be seen in the lobby of No. 15 and PG in No. 25. The buildings had typical 1950s carports at the rear, which have since been demolished.

To the west on Westhumber Boulevard, Esther Lorrie Park provides a spectacular view of the wide valley of the West Humber River. Moon Valley Drive was named by the developer who was struck by the beauty of a full moon over this valley one clear night.

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from Kipling via Rex Gate is Rex Heslop’s ’Sunnydale Acres’ subdivision, built in the late 1950s. Heslop had built the original ’Rexdale’ in the early 1950s, east of Islington Avenue, and north of Highway 401. Most of the houses in Sunnydale Acres made generous use of ’Angelstone,’ a decorative, exterior cladding used in many homes built in the 1950s and 1960s. Invented

by Edward Ratcliffe in 1952, Angelstone was considered the latest in decorative technology and advertised as having "the permanent graciousness of rock ashlar." In fact, with Heslop’s encouragement, Angelstone had opened a factory on Taber Road, just a few blocks south of Sunnydale Acres.

Denise Harris is the Historian for the Etobicoke Historical Society. Her column appears every second Thursday. Reach her at denise.harris@sympatico.ca.

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Seven storeys used to be tall for an apartment building

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LIGHTS OUT: ONTARIO’S ELECTRICITY PROBLEM

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Sheryl feels the premier is “buying votes.”

“It’s a shell game,” he said, adding the province is deferring debt charges and he believes these fees will be charged to JUSTIN SKINNER Ontarians through their income JOHN EDWARDS tax. The government needs to SIMON MARTIN come clean on the real costs of producing hydro and then develThis summer we’ll see a break op a plan to adjust rates, he said. on hydro bill costs, but some The government’s new residents particularly hard hit measures also include helpby high rates and delivery fees, ing low-income residents and aren’t buying it. broadening the rural and remote Erin couple Sheryl and John rate protection program by subOldfield received a $1,406 hydro sidizing rural homeowners who bill in January for their home have unusually high distribuand hobby farm. The delivery tion rates. The savings could be charge was $463. between $12 and $75 depending They’ve replaced all light on consumption and rate plan. bulbs with LEDs at a cost of Those subsidies will cost the more than $1,000, and the house government’s treasury, and taxincludes a geo-thermal heating payers, about $2.5 billion over the system as well as wood firenext three years. places.

Critics say lowering the cost “We’re saving the environof hydro artificially without ment but we’re not saving addressing broader strucany money,” Sheryl tural issues is a missaid. “If this contake. tinues, we have to “Nothing in the ‘Nothing in the move.” government’s new government’s new Premier plan changes the plan changes the Kathleen Wynne underlying costs announced of the power sysunderlying costs March 2 that tem,” said energy of the power the government consultant Tom would reduce Adams. system.” hydro rates by He challenged 25 per cent, which the notion that Wyn– Tom Adams, includes the eight ne’s plan was like refienergy per cent rebate on the nancing a mortgage. consultant Ontario portion of the “Not true. Her plan is HST. In order to do this, like refinancing monthly the plan refinances the rental costs. The monthly payments to private power rent payments will go providers who signed on down, but after the next for 20-year contracts. election the renter will be Under the new plan, in much worse trouble.” the province has increased Adams says Ontario is the payment term from 20 to 30 actually enjoying something of years, which will incur $25 bila “power cost sweet spot” at the lion in interest charges over that moment, with relatively affordtime. able nuclear power. But that’s John doesn’t believe Wynne’s about to change, he said, with plan is a genuine reduction and some of the province’s nuclear

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Sheryl Oldfield, a resident of Erin, Ont. walks inside her riding arena. Oldfield was astonished to find out her January hydro bill was $463 for delivery alone. generating units up for refurbishment in the near future.

“A decline in nuclear production and a sharp increase in cost is about to happen,” Adams said.

Keith Brooks, programs director at Environmental Defence, is pleased the government’s plan includes conservation initiatives like the $200 million Affordability Fund, which helps people make their homes more energy efficient.

But he said the government’s reforms make no changes to the supply mix – the amount of power we get from nuclear versus gas versus wind. “… To keep costs low, we need to see more renewables in Ontario’s future,” he wrote in an opinion piece for Metroland Media.

“Wind and solar power costs are plummeting, while costs for nuclear power are rising. Renewable energy has created a solid foundation for a clean economy – one that Ontario now needs to

build upon.”

Ontario’s NDP and PC energy critics both say halting the sale of public electric companies is priority Number 1. The cost to consumers is being hijacked by the drive for profit. “…Because of the way these new private power contracts are written, we are stuck paying guaranteed profit for power plants whether we need them or not,” said Peter Tabuns, NDP energy critic. “Right now, Ontario generates more power than we can use, about $2 billion a year worth of surplus power that we sell to Quebec and New York at a deep — 75 per cent — discount.

In fact, many times we have to pay them to take our power.”

Transparency on the government’s current energy contracts is also lacking, said Todd Smith, PC energy critic.

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extensions from the government that drag the project out years beyond what was envisioned by the original deal,” he said.

“That’s not something you do if you’re on the side of the people paying hydro bills.”

Mark Rodger, a lawyer with Borden Ladner Gervais and an expert in the utility sector, meanwhile, said delivery charges are a necessary hit. Simply being hooked up to hydro costs money even when energy is not being used.

Those costs could be cut, however, should some of Ontario’s 60-plus utility companies merge.

By having different companies running their own distribution systems, he said, it adds $1 billion in costs.

“Through consolidation, you can remove those costs through efficiency gains,” he said.

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LIGHTS OUT: ONTARIO’S ELECTRICITY PROBLEM

Population drives the cost of hydro delivery

Merging distributors could lower customer fees, says utility expert

Metroland Media recently collected a sample of hydro bills from Ontario residents to investigate the discrepancy in delivery fees based on location and distributor.

More than 20 electricity bills were collected from November 2016 across an area from Toronto to Bracebridge, Erin to Newmarket and a variety of places in between. Delivery fees ranged from $27.63 in Toronto with Toronto Hydro, to $177.92 in Erin with Hydro One. The fees cover the cost of getting that electricity to your home, explained Mark Rodger, a lawyer with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and an expert in the utility sector.

The fees are charged regardless of the amount of electric-

ity you use in order to support the broader infrastructure.

“Each of those rates are different for each of the utilities because they all have different costs and different sizes of the population,” he said.

As a result, urban customers may find a lower fee on their bills whereas rural customers could get dinged quite substantially because they bear the brunt of the cost in less populated areas.

The province currently has 60 local distribution companies, but Rodger expects that number to go down in the future.

Mergers, he said, could help alleviate the cost of delivery as distributors find efficiencies in their transmission systems.

“By having 60-plus utilities, there is an extra $1 billion of cost in the system … Through consolidation, you can remove those costs through efficiency gains.”

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When Toronto actress Wendy Olunike Adeliyi walked into the Kingsway Theatre on Bloor Street on March 3, she wasn’t expecting the evening to end with the police being called and facing what she claims was discrimination.

But that’s what Adeliyi, a black actress on the CBC show Working Moms, said happened after she was denied the right to buy a movie ticket.

She said she was initially denied because the theatre’s policy on no backpacks meant she had to part with it, which she didn’t want to do as it held her personal belongings. The manager offered to put her bag in a secure room, but Adeliyi wasn’t comfortable. Metroland Media was later told that she was allegedly ver-

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bally abusive and intimidating to staff during this exchange. Ultimately, though she finally decided to leave her bag in the room, the manager wouldn’t sell her a ticket and said she was no longer welcome. The owner of the theatre, Rui Pereira was then called and allegedly began shouting profanities at Adeliyi telling her to get off the premises, before calling the police, Adeliyi recalled.

In an interview two days later, Pereira told Metroland Media Toronto Adeliyi was being a "bully," was "verbally abusive" and was "intimidating staff." Pereira said backpacks aren’t allowed as part of a long-standing policy to prevent patrons from bringing in outside food and drinks, especially since the theatre has a liquor license.

"No one mistreated her.

Everything was done to accommodate her," Pereira

said.

While Pereira called the police, Adeliyi heard him say she was "a black woman who is threatening, wearing all black" and began filming her on his phone. At that moment Adeliyi admitted she felt scared.

"He just tried to amplify the situation so it favours him and so he looks like the victim here."

Pereira said the description he gave to the police wasn’t racist, he was simply responding to the officer’s questions.

"I don’t judge people by colour, that’s ridiculous...None of what went on here was unreasonable. None of this affected her personally, none of this was an attack on her," Pereira said.

Metroland Media reached out to Toronto police’s 22 Division, but information on the incident was not released.

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On November 1, 2013, Expert Mortgage launched the “85Alive”program in Ontario. The concept was simple: as long as you had a pulse, Expert Mortgage would provide you with a home equity loan, up to 85 percent of the value of your property. No job required. Bad credit, OK. The reason why Expert Mortgage could offer a “no questions asked” lending program, while the major banks could not, is that they represent over 200 private lenders who lend strictly on property value. These subprime lenders specialize in mortgage clients who have had some bad luck, and need a helping hand until they get back on their feet.

The program has been so successful that Expert Mortgage can barely keep up with the volume of calls. To help fund this unexpectedly large number of borrowers, it has partnered up with dozens more private lenders.

Licensed Mortgage Agent Puneet Garg, Expert Mortgage’s “85-Alive” representative for the GTA Region, says, “We’re seeing mostly homeowners behind on mortgage and property taxes. The banks are refusing to restructure their loans. Many of these people have lost jobs due to the bad economy... or they’re self-employed. Unless you are a perfect applicant, the bank doesn’t want to talk to you.”

But not everyone condones Expert Mortgage’s easy lending criteria. A local real estate agent with 25 years of experience, who has asked to remain anonymous, says, “When this market turns down, it’s going to get ugly!

It’s utter financial suicide for Expert Mortgage to be giving money away so easily to clients without the ability to make payments. I’d be surprised if they’re still in business five years from now.”

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like Anita P. don’t see a problem with the program. When questioned on how she plans on making payments on her mortgage when she has no income, Anita responds, “We were four months behind on our mortgage and they saved our house. My husband has been unemployed for nine months. He won’t be unemployed forever. We used the 85-Alive loan to pay off all our debt. We also had $25,000 left over that we put in the bank for emergencies.

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But a home safety expert says one more critical safety check should be added. “Power up your alarms, yes. But, also understand that alarms have a lifespan. They do not last forever,� says Carol Heller of Kidde, Canada’s No. 1 alarm manufacturer. “Over time, sensors can be affected by pet hair, cooking smoke and

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Heller also reminds that the National Fire Protection Association recommends replacing all smoke alarms every 10 years, whether battery powered or hardwired. During the time change, check your alarm’s age before installing a fresh battery so you don’t unknowingly power up an outdated system.

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Premium Finishes & Exceptional Craftsmanship, Astonishingly Spacious Detached 4+1 Bdrm 2-Storey, Open Concept Layout, Premium Hardwood Flrs, Iron Railing Staircase, Gourmet Kitchen With Granite Countertops & S/S Appliances, Master Retreat With Luxurious Ensuite & W/I Closet. Interlock and much more, Close To Amenities, Steps To School, Must Be Seen, Only $999,900!

2 Homes in One! Rare 3110 Sq Ft 5+1 Unit Multiplex with 2 Storey Semi in Front and Huge 2 Storey 2nd Home in Back. 6 Entrances. Earns Amazing 95k/yr with Potential 123k/yr. 7.1% Current Cap could be 10%! Only $999,000!

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Detached brick & stone, 3 bedroom bungalow with addition. Situated on a 156ft lot, large porch, open concept living & dining room, huge kitchen with walkout to sunroom, large finished basement rec room, gas fireplace, walkout to large backyard, private drive, high demand neighbourhood. Simply Must Be Seen.

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The existential political crisis that the United States is undergoing under President Donald Trump cannot help but impact the life of Canadians on the other side of the border.

Travel for Canadian citizens and permanent residents of certain national origins will be impeded, thanks to the Trump travel ban. The arrival of refugees, fleeing home countries and the United States both, on foot across our undefended border, will swell. The flow of goods and services across the border . well, we’ll see about that.

Something else we’ll see about will be the quality of the water that is lapping up against Toronto’s shoreline.

Leaked documents last week indicated that the Trump White House is intending to make drastic cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and its concentrated $300 million Great Lakes Restoration efforts.

By 2018, it will be down to just $10 million.

How much will this cut

DAVID NICKLE The City impact Canada? Much of the U.S. funding is, understandably, focused on the American shores of the Great Lakes - cleaning up old problems and restoring and strengthening wetlands. Our work will proceed apace.

But of course there are interconnections. Tony Maas, Manager of Strategies at the advocacy group Freshwater Future, says that cut - combined with other cuts to the EPA, impacting the extensive amount of research the agency produces - will have a rippling impact.

There are agencies that rely on EPA research, and on co-operative projects. Big, shared problems such as the

algae blooms choking out Lake Erie rely on EPA research.

And the cuts highlight problems in quantifying Canada’s own contribution.

While government does do work on the Great Lakes, it is difficult to track. The federal government did, in its last budget, allocate $3.1 million for dealing with those algae blooms.

Toronto can’t be faulted, putting tens of millions of dollars into mitigating its major impact on Lake Ontario’s health - the stormwater run-off that has historically sent raw human sewage into Lake Ontario. Good for us.

But with our neighbour’s imminent withdrawal - it might not be good enough any more.

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Trump could put Lake Ontario’s health at risk

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Neilson Park teachers show off their art skills Neilson Park Creative Centre opened its newest multimedia exhibition, Teacher’s Talkback, this week - showcasing work that best represents its instructors’ artistic practices.

Inspired by the idea of role reversal between students and teachers, the title of the exhibition gives Neilson Park teach-

ers an opportunity to turn the tables and talk to students and the community through their work.

"Our instructors are not only educators, but they also have vital roles in building our creative community," Jacintha Krish, chair of the gallery committee, said in a statement.

The exhibition presents a great opportunity for local residents to see the variety and high quality of work produced by the artists who act as instructors at the centre - including paintings, photography, mixed media, printing and sculpture.

It also gives the centre a chance to highlight upcoming

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This year’s slate of spring and summer creative art courses for adults, teens and children are now listed on Neilson Park’s website. Registration opened Wednesday, March 8 at 9 a.m. both online and in person.

"We have listened to the community and are excited to offer new PA Day and summer camps for children and teens, and one- and two-day adult weekend workshops, along

with our ongoing popular classes," program co-ordinator Claudia Di Nucci said in a statement, noting that the spring session begins in April and classes fill up quickly.

"We are also offering a free speaker series through partnerships with artist Bruce Parsons, the Etobicoke Art Group, the Calligraphic Arts Guild of Toronto, and the Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners Guild."

The popular Knit Knight drop-in sessions continues

one Wednesday evening per month, from March to August, and bring novice and expert knitters together in a casual, and productive environment.

Established in 1992, Neilson Park Creative Centre is a not-for-profit community centre dedicated to the promotion, advancement, appreciation and study of the arts in central Etobicoke. In addition to providing a permanent home for local community arts groups, it also provides bright and spacious gallery and studio spaces available for rental.

For more information, visit www.neilsonparkcreativecentre.com.

CONSUMER FEATURE

Learning goes outside the (classroom) box Once upon a time, if you wanted to learn outside of a traditional classroom, you could complete assignments and mail them to a teacher to be assessed.

From there, learning went online – but early on, taking an online course mostly meant reading text documents on a web page.

Well, times have changed.

“Our online students aren’t just reading PowerPoints and Word docs,” says Mark Ihnat, the director of eLearning in Humber College’s Centre for Teaching and Learning. “Many of our online courses offer interactive activities that take full advantage of the digital environment.”

These activities include a digital representation of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, where students can explore discussion points through an animated, clickable video. In another online course, students can watch animated border control scenarios, which provide the basis for discussion and responses.

According to Ihnat, most students take online courses because they need the flexibility to complete work outside of traditional class times – but

some find they simply learn better using an online platform.

“They’re looking to complete a program, but may have a tough schedule,” he explains. “And some students really take to it as a learning experience – the content is high quality, the interaction with professors is high quality, so it’s really a valuable tool to further your education.”

Humber has more than 600 online courses, and between 60 and 70 fully online programs, including certificates, diplomas, and Ontario graduate certificates. Between 5,000 and 7,000 students take online courses every semester.

The college recently launched humberonline. ca, which is a “one-stop shop” for all online courses, as well as links to support services and professional development opportunities.

“Along with their courses, students can develop their digital literacy with different workshops, including building an e-portfolio and social networking,” says Ihnat. “We’re there for them every step of the way.”

For more information, go to the website www. humberonline.ca

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Rob Stewart documentary WHEN: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. WHERE: Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood Rd, North, Toronto CONTACT: Todd Buhrows, 416-394-5247, tbuhrows@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: In memory of Rob Stewart, who passed away earlier this year, Brentwood Library is screening his 2012 documentary, Revolution.First Come, First Seated.

St. Patrick’s Day Special Wednesday Celebration WHEN: 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. WHERE: St. George’s on the Hill Church, 4600 Dundas St. W., Toronto CONTACT: Lauren, 416-2392341, info@stgeorgesonthehill.ca COST: Join organizers for a special Wednesday evening service to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. l Saturday, March 18 St. Patrick’s Day Tea WHEN: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. WHERE: Mimico Presbyterian Church, 119 Mimico Ave., Toronto CONTACT: Mary Rock, 416-252-6555, mary.rock@rocketmail.com COST: Adults $8; children under 10 $4 Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style. Dancers from the Johnson Academy of Irish Dance. Delicious homemade treats.

St. Patrick’s Dinner Dance WHEN: 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 286, 11 Irwin Road, Toronto CONTACT: 416-729-7913 COST: $20 Doors open at 6:30 Dinner at 7:30

l Sunday, March 19 Rustin’ Oree Walk WHEN: 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. WHERE: Esther Lorrie Park, 50 Westhumber Blvd, Toronto CONTACT: 416-743-1331, rasras@rogers.com COST: Weekly walking group for adults Sundays. It is not competitive and open to all walking styles. l Monday, March 20 Nordic Pole Walking Demo WHEN: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. West, Toronto CONTACT: 416-231-3431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: A fun and informative session with Certified Instructor Jaqueline Murdoch. For All Ages and Abilities.Pre-registration required. l Tuesday, March 21 Y.A.M. Workshop WHEN: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. WHERE: Lakeshore Arts, 2422 Lakeshore Blvd W, Toronto CONTACT: 416201-7093, info@lakeshorearts.ca COST: Y.A.M. is a weekly drop-in program run by you. Past workshops include stage combat, paper making, book binding, cake decorating, manga illustration, printmaking, more.

Movie Night - Moonlight WHEN: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. WHERE: Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood Rd, North, Toronto CONTACT: Todd Buhrows, 416-394-5247, tbuhrows@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: During Runnymede Library’s renovation, Brentwood Library will host Runnymede’s Movie Night.

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Centre, 432 Horner Ave, Toronto CONTACT: 416-252-6822 COST: Franklin Horner Community Centre hosts a free Seniors’ Health and Wellness Fair, featuring guest speaker Alexander Kim. Brentwood Adult Games Club WHEN: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. WHERE: Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood Rd, North, Toronto CONTACT: Todd Buhrows, 416-394-5247, tbuhrows@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Like to play cards or board

games, but have no one to play with?Meet some new people and try a game or two. l Friday, March 24 Flea Market WHEN: 11 a.m. - 7 a.m. WHERE: St. Demetrius Church Hall, 135 La Rose Ave., Toronto CONTACT: Irene Nazar, 416-244-5333, irenenazar@sympatico.ca, www.stdemetrius.org COST: Snacks available. Sale continues Saturday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

5 things to do this weekend l Friday, March 10 National Home Show WHEN: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. WHERE: Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place, 100 Princes’ Blvd, Toronto CONTACT: brittany@punchcanada.com,COST: $13-20 Discover everything connected to your home at North America’s largest home and garden event.

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Canada Blooms WHEN: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. WHERE: Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place, 100 Princes’ Blvd, Toronto CONTACT: 416-447-8655 COST: $0-20 The largest flower and garden festival in the country, Canada Blooms celebrates the very best in Canadian gardening and floral design. March 10-19. l Saturday, March 11 Unearthing Toronto’s Oldest Marketplace WHEN: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Market Gallery, 95 Front St E, Toronto, ON M5E 1C3, Toronto CONTACT: 416-392-7604 COST: The Archeology of the North St. Lawrence Market explores the history of the market through archaeological finds, archival photos, maps and plans. Saturdays until March 18.

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ROM’s Big Blue March Break WHEN: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. WHERE: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto CONTACT: 416-586-5797 COST: Free with Museum admission March 11-19, drop-in activities run from 10:30 a.m. to 30 minutes before closing unless otherwise noted, free with admission.

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Campaign in response to Trump’s travel ban FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Adam Zivo couldn’t sit idly by when U.S. President Donald Trump attempted to block migration from seven Muslim-majority countries in late January.

The executive order, which would have halted migration for 90 days and suspended the refugee program for 120 days, was ultimately blocked by the courts.

But the Yonge Street and Davisville Avenue-based photographer sprang into action as soon as news broke, creating the They’re People, Not Terrorists social media campaign featuring people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

Metroland Media Toronto caught up with the 24-year-old to learn more about the campaign before he moved to Mumbai for work.

Q: Tell me about why you decided to create this campaign.

A: I decided to create this campaign after I saw a Facebook post by a friend of mine who was studying in the States. This was right after the ban was announced, and he was concerned whether finishing his degree would mean being functionally imprisoned in America, since there was no guarantee at the time that he’d be readmitted into the country if he went back home during the summer or other holiday breaks. It made me re-

alize how far reaching the ban was, and the implications it could have on Canadians. The campaign was initially meant to address that specific angle, the reason for which was because it would make my Canadian nationality an asset rather than a liability. As the ban was clarified and Canadians were exempted from it, I revised the project to have a broader scope. I figured it would be better to do something rather than nothing.

Q: What are you hoping to achieve?

A: Roughly speaking, there are three goals for this project.

The first is to give people another way to show their opposition to the ban through social media.

The importance of that is that people are more inclined toward more concrete forms of activism if they perceive popular support for their cause, and whether or not that support exists is often gauged on social media. The second goal is to help combat prejudices against people from these nationalities. Though social media tends to act as an echo chamber, the hope is that these images might reach some Islamophobes and challenge their ideas of what it means to be a Muslim by presenting them in all their normalcy. The third goal is to place these images out there for public use as a readymade campaign for organizations that have a need for something like it but, due to budgetary constraints or bureaucratic inertia, might not be able to produce something similar.

Q: Have you personally experienced discrimination?

A: I’m gay, but I’ve been largely insulated from homo-

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Toronto photographer Adam Zivo created photo campaign They’re People, Not Terrorists in response to US President Donald Trump’s stance on immigrants and refugees.

phobia since I’m fairly masculine and most people don’t catch on to my sexuality when I meet them. However, when I was younger I had the displeasure of having some people joke about killing me, as well as a hate group once made on Facebook.

Thankfully the parts of Toronto that I grew up in and live in now are generally safe for people like me. There are neighbourhoods that I wouldn’t hold a guy’s hand in, though.

Q: You also created a social media campaign following the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre. Why? A: The #LOVEISLOVEISLOVE campaign was something that I did because I felt that it would be the best way to utilize my professional skills to con-

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for a general set of values rather than commenting on specific policies. This makes this refugee project an outlier, since it comments on policy as much as values, but in this particular case I think that the policy was egregious enough to warrant a response.

Q: Do you consider They’re People, Not Terrorists a political campaign?

A: I would consider this project to be a political campaign.

Its explicit purpose is to respond to a government policy.

Q: Tell me about your move to Mumbai.

A: I usually freelance, though I’ve just been hired by a new agency in Mumbai and will be acting as their lead photographer there.

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The massacre demonstrated the precariousness of LGBTQ+ safety, even in areas where gay rights are generally accepted. I have a history of running projects that focus on diversity and inclusion, so it seemed natural to run something like #LOVEISLOVEISLOVE. It was a fortuitous mix of good intentions and pragmatism.

Q: Do you consider yourself politically active?

A: I consider myself politically active, but with reservations.

I think that political engagement should be informed by a deep knowledge of the issues at hand, and I don’t think that my background as an artist really gives me that. I try to keep my projects limited to advocating

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Toronto’s Licensing and Standards Committee recommended approval of the proposed bylaw at its March 6 meeting.

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Landlords in buildings of three storeys or more must register with the city and pay an annual fee.

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