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The Guardian joins in as official media sponsor for Pan Am 2015 The Etobicoke Guardian, as a member of the Metroland Media Group, is now the official print and online media sponsor of the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games. “The 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games will be a wonderful opportunity to showcase our wonderful city – so it’s only natural the media who cover the neighbourhoods of Toronto be involved,” said Guardian Publisher Ian Proudfoot, Metroland Central’s regional vice-president. Metroland Media Group joins the Star Media Group (which includes the Toronto Star and Metro English newspapers across Canada), as official print and online media supplier to the games. The Pan American Games will draw 10,000 athletes from 41 countries, holding 48 sports events in venues throughout the Golden Horseshoe. The 2015 Pan American Games will be held July 10 to 26, followed by the Parapan American Games, Aug. 7 to14. The Games are held every four years. For information about the games, visit www.Toronto2015. org “Star Media Group and Metroland Media Group are the very definition of engaged, community-rooted media,” said Ian Troop, CEO of TO2015, the Games’ organizing body. “Their market leadership, their >>>AN HONOUR, page 17
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT: After a break-in at Kingsway Baptist Church, which was also vandalized last Friday morning, the congregation took to the streets in a parade of thanks to the community for its support on Sunday. Here, Jo Tan (left) and Rosemary Burnell paint part of a banner thanking the community.
Sharing message of love after vandalism Kingsway Baptist Church incurs close to $30K worth of damage CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com The Kingsway Baptist Church community has taken an act of hate and transformed it into a message of love. On Sunday, just two days after a vandal broke into their beloved church – tearing up a Bible, emptying fire extinguishers all over the building, and splashing paint over the walls – nearly the entire Kingsway Baptist congregation ended its weekly service with a Grace Walk through the community that supported them throughout the
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ordeal. “I have to say, out of this one bad, terrible act, a lot of goodness has emerged,” said Pastor Wayne Dickau, noting that a number of community churches called to offer up their buildings for Sunday service, both church-goers and non-churchgoers alike have offered up their support, and donation offers have come in from across the province. “It’s been that kind of heartfelt outpouring from the community, and it’s been really good to find out there are a lot of good hearts around. These are really good and concerned citizens that don’t make
the news – the vandal makes the news, but these are the people that really should.” According to police, that vandal – an unknown male suspect – forced a door to the church at 41 Birchview Blvd. (at Bloor Street West and Montgomery Road) shortly before 4 a.m. Friday morning and went on an estimated $30,000 rampage. Dickau said the church’s security company was alerted to the breakin, but took about 30 minutes to respond to the scene. A lone male suspect, described as a white male, aged 20 to 24, 5’8” to 5’10”, 140 to 150 pounds, with short brown hair
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and a thin build was seen fleeing the church westbound on Birchview upon the security company’s arrival. No arrest has yet been made. While the actual physical damage caused by the vandal was minimal – damaged drums and a ripped up Bible – Dickau said the mess caused by the discharged fire extinguishers is proving to be costly. “I am telling you, virtually every one of our fire extinguishers he discharged all over the building – upstairs, downstairs, in nooks and crannies, and closets. He even >>>CONGREGATION, page 15
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