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CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com There were many figures in Etobicoke’s history that helped shaped Toronto’s westernmost district into the diverse sprawl of suburban neighbourhoods mixed with pockets of industry that it is today.

In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Guardian consulted Denise Harris of the Etobicoke Historical Society for help identifying and highlighting

some of the more interesting characters of the past — among them, Islington’s earliest settlers, the founder of Thistletown, an esteemed Humber Bay hotelier and bridge builder, the Father of Rexdale, the developer behind the famous Valhalla Inn. 1) George and Mary Johnston, first settlers of Islington — After moving from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada with their five children in 1798,

George and Mary Johnston settled in Islington sometime around 1808. The family built a log cabin on a plot that today sits on the north side of Dundas Street West, near Royalavon Crescent, where they forged a farm out of the densely-forested land. The Johnstons later bought a 100-acre lot on the west side of Kipling Avenue, between Bloor Street and Burnhamthorpe Road, upon which they built a second home.

George Johnston died in 1824 at

age 60, while his wife Mary died in 1846 at age 73.

Eventually six generations of Johnstons would live on the land George and Mary first settled in 1808, remaining in the Islington area for 177 years. The Johnston’s grandson James and his wife Mathilda — pictured here on the veranda of their circa 1894 retirement home at 1100 Kipling Ave. — were among those descendants.

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2) John Grubb (17831850), founder of Thistletown — Grubb was 50 when he and his family arrived from Scotland in 1833 to become among the earliest settlers of Etobicoke, and would become instrumental to the development of Thistletown (then known as the village of St. Andrew). In addition to taking on duties as an elected Magistrate and District Councillor for the new Etobicoke District from 1844 to 1846, he was also involved in the construction of two plank roads that would become the foundation for today’s Albion and Weston roads.

— In 1851, Grubb purchased 100 acres of Concession B lands in Etobicoke Township, where he established Brae Burn and Elm Bank (pictured here in 2014) farms along the west branch of the Humber River. He also acquired a third parcel of land north of Elm Bank in the village of St. Andrew, renamed Thistletown around 1867.

3) Octavius Laing Hicks, Humber Bay hotelier, boat builder and bridge builder — A native of Scotland, Hicks settled in Humber Bay in 1873 and quickly established himself as a hotelier — purchasing the Royal Oak Inn on Lakeshore Road, west of the Humber River. Soon after, Hicks began building boats just west of the Inn, specializing in fine yachts and small pleasure craft. He also

founded a boat livery business near the mouth of the Humber River, owned a commercial fishing fleet, and formed the Humber Steam Ferry Company with two other hoteliers.

— Hicks received his first bridge commission in 1905 for Musson’s Bridge (pictured here) spanning the Humber River on Albion Road — the first all-riveted steel bridge with a permanent floor. Two years later, he built the first concrete through-beam bridge in Unionville in 1907, followed in 1908 by the first concrete arch bridge in Canada over the Humber River on Scarlett Road. When Hicks died in 1930, he was eulogized in the Engineering Review as “the most active and widely known bridge contractor” around Toronto.

4) Rex Wesley Heslop (1905-1973), developer of Rexdale — Born in 1905 on a farm just north of the subdivision that would be named after him, Heslop established Rex Heslop Homes Ltd. in the late 1940s. Known as “The Father of Rexdale” and “Etobicoke’s Horatio Alger”, Heslop he went on to develop more than 3,600 homes and 70 businesses on 1,200 acres of land in the area.

— After first building 400 homes in Alderwood, Heslop purchased the 100acre Wilbert Wardlaw farm on the east side of Islington Avenue north of Hwy. 401 in 1951. By April the following year, he’d sold his first 40 homes in Rexdale to workers from nearby Malton’s fastgrowing aircraft industry. Heslop also built Rexdale Plaza in 1956, a n d

most of the areas now referred to as New Rexdale and Sunnydale.

5) Edmund Peachey (19021978), Valhalla Inn developer — Edmund Peachey fell into the home building business after acquiring two vacant lots in North York Rex Wesley Heslop from a friend in 1929. After selling the home he’d built on the land — a house he’d initially intended for his mother and sister — for a modest profit, the Canadian National Railway telegrapher used the proceeds to build and sell another.

Rexdale By 1944, Peachey quit CN to make aerial photo a go of home building full time. His first major development was Etobicoke’s Chestnut Hills community at Dundas Street West and Islington Avenue. He went on to build more than 1,500 homes in west-end Toronto.

— Peachey’s last major housing development — West Deane Park — was built in the early 1960s and named achey after his wife, Deane nd Pe u m d E truck (pictured here with omes H Peachey in this undated photo).

Shortly thereafter, several of Edmund Peachey Homes Ltd.’s airport-area land holdings were rezoned, compelling him to delve into the hotel business. Considered the crown jewel of his career, the Vi k i n g - t h e m e d Valhalla Inn Bridge Musson’s opened to much fanfare in 1963.

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School board hoping to turn closed school into community hub CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com As Don Bosco prepares its final graduating class of Eagles to leave their north Etobicoke nest, the Toronto Argonauts could be sailing in to set up shop in the soonto-be-vacant Catholic secondary school.

When contacted about reports that the CFL team is considering the football field once commandeered by late Mayor Rob Ford as a potential new training facility, TCDSB spokesman John Yan confirmed that the Argos are one - albeit one of many - potential community partners the board is speaking with in their efforts to retain the facility as a community hub.

"In terms of what the future of Don Bosco will be, we’re working with the City of Toronto and other community organizations to maintain it as a community resource, so that it would be kept as an asset to the neighbourhood," he said of Bosco, which will officially close its doors this month after suffering a precipitous decline in enrollment over the last decade. "(The Argonauts) are one of many that we’re currently talking to in trying to see what the potential is for the facility."

Similarly, Argos spokesman Jamie Dykstra would only confirm that team officials are currently "examining several alternatives" to address its training requirements and community development objectives.

"We are engaged in exploratory discussions with numerous parties in this regard, included among them the Toronto Catholic District School Board," he said in an emailed statement.

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The late former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is seen in this file photo coaching the Don Bosco Eagles.

"However, none of such discussions have advanced beyond the preliminary stages to date."

Ten years ago in 2007, Don Bosco was a thriving school that boasted a 113 per cent enrollment rate, but as of last October, the undersubscribed school had only

90 or so Grade 11 and 12 students remaining - a situation that spurred the TCDSB to consider shutting down its programming at the end of this school year.

While Bosco’s 30-odd remaining Grade 11 students were transferred to neighbouring high schools - in-

cluding Archbishop Romero, Chaminade, Michael Power/St. Joseph, Father Henry Carr, Msgr. Percy Johnson, and St. Basil the Great - in February, this year’s Grade 12 class was allowed to stay on and will graduate at Bosco later this month.

Despite its enrollment woes in recent years, Yan described Don Bosco as "an amazing complex" with a very large football field and tennis courts, among other recreational resources.

"One of the things we’ve been hearing over and over is that neighbours want to keep the school as a community asset," he said.

"There are enough condo towers in the rest of the city; we need green space, we need recreational space.

And that is our ultimate goal (with Bosco) - to retain it as a community hub, as a community resource."

The Don Bosco site, he added, is currently out on a Ministry of Education circular, and until that process is completed, "there’s no way to finalize anything" in terms of the school’s future use.

"There are a number of options on the table, but until that process works its way through, it’s premature to land on anything right now," he said.

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EDITORIAL | OPINION

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Learning from our past helps guide our future Toronto’s come a long way in its relatively short history, with substantial change taking shape in the last 150 years.

Consider, if you lived in Parkdale in the 1800s, you were probably upper-class. It was a community known as a ‘resort village’ due to its proximity to the lake and its large summer homes.

Meantime, Toronto’s downtown core, which is now a bustling area of big business and big banks, was once home to the city’s most notorious slum, The Ward.

While Scarborough evolved into an industrial hub during the Second World War, as the population expanded east with dreams of prosperity.

These are just a few stories of Toronto’s past we bring to light this week to commemorate Canada’s 150th birthday. You can read these features in the editions of the Mirror, Guardian and Villager newspapers as well as online at insidetoronto.com/Canada150 We have a lot to celebrate and be proud of in this city and country of ours, as we prepare to mark our nation’s sesquicentennial.

But we’d do our forebearers a disservice if we didn’t continue to strive for the betterment of this city and its residents.

While it’s not hard to acknowledge where we went right, where we went wrong as a society has had lasting effects on the people of Toronto.

The erection of the Gardiner Expressway dismantled Parkdale as an upper-class enclave, resulting in 60 years of social and economic instability. The area is currently experiencing improvement through gentrification after years of neglect, but the investment is forcing some of its long-time residents to feel squeezed as the cost of living surges.

While an area as blatantly bleak as The Ward may no longer exist in Toronto, poverty does, with many children at the centre of the crisis.

And now there’s hope a subway extension will spur development in Scarborough once again, after the city lost its footing as an industrial centre after amalgamation.

To know where we’re going, we must always remember where we came from.

We must ensure the countless generations of indigenous, including the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas, are continually recognized and honoured for their contributions to this land. For without them, there would be no Canada. There would be no Toronto.

Learning from our past positions us for a brighter future: a future of progress, inclusiveness and reconciliation.

A brighter future that’s another 150 years in the making.

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City plan for legal rooming houses may fail I hoped the crowd in Don Mills would be a little different.

I’d been to other meetings where the city talked about legalizing rooming houses in Toronto’s suburbs, but these people have Shelley Carroll, a reasonable city councillor.

And Carroll has argued for licensing and legalizing rooming houses where they’re illegal - North York, Scarborough, and parts of Etobicoke.

Without a legal alternative to point at, she’s said, the city’s record against illegal rooming houses was miserable.

Shutting them all is impossible. Students and the poor will use them, so licensing is a way to keep tenants safe. Carroll’s said all this.

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto Yet, facing the same homeowners who turned up to discuss this in 2015, plus the city’s plan to license seven-room "multitenant houses" in five areas, she wavered.

If Carroll isn’t on board, the plan’s doomed. An issue that should be settled won’t be.

In 2015, homeowners at such meetings heard other views. This time, housing

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advocates, students and other tenants were closeted in focus groups.

At Don Mills, as in Highland Creek days earlier, homeowners were angry and incredulous. The city says every house in the pilot areas could become a rooming house, but after three years all licensing could vanish. It also expects illegal rooming house owners to embrace licensing.

Homeowner stories at both meetings were the same as ever. They came to live in a "unique" new community, built for families.

Decades later, everything’s changed. Rooming houses are everywhere.

Homeowners are right to blame universities and colleges for this, specifically York University, Seneca, University of Toronto Scar-

borough and Humber College.

They’ve become the largest industries in their suburban neighbourhoods. They’ve lagged behind on building student residences, content to see rooming houses spread.

Rooming houses became a secondary business near campuses, an investment or way to pay a mortgage.

If these neighbourhoods had more basement apartments and legal rooms for rent (two per home is legal) near campuses, there might not be such an evident need for affordable, convenient housing, but there is.

There’s no going back to the 1970s. Many in these subdivisions saw this coming, and sold. Over time, others will too.

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Awareness campaign sheds light on painful skin disease TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com The symptoms can trigger stigma, shame and suffering in silence.

Painful, deep-seated, boil-like abscesses carry an unpleasant odour and can burst without warning.

Abscesses most commonly grow in the underarms, in the groin and perianal areas, and under a woman’s breasts.

"I think the reason it’s not really talked about is because it occurs in the well-hidden, intimate areas of the body. I didn’t have that luxury. My HS appears on my neck," said Brian Bourque, 33, whose HS first appeared at age 16.

"It’s very visual. People always ask about it. I was very self-conscious about it."

Hidradenitis Suppurativa, or HS, is a chronic, painful skin disease that can create open wounds and significant scarring.

HS affects one to four per cent of the world’s population, most in their 20s and 30s. It is three times more common in women than in men.

Diagnosis often proves difficult, and frustrating.

People with it, and doctors, may think HS is an overgrown hair, acne or infection.

The average Canadian with HS will see five doctors for more than 17 appointments over eight years before being diagnosed, the Canadian Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation reported.

Bourque’s diagnosis took 11 years. Four years ago, he found a dermatologist who accurately diagnosed his HS, and put him on a regimen of antibiotic and

anti-inflammatory drugs that has proven successful.

That’s why the Etobicoke man is driven to help others with HS. Bourque and five others with HS created HS Aware, a not-for-profit organization with a mission to increase public awareness of HS and offer support to people with it.

At www.hsaware.ca, people share their experiences and challenges living with the skin disease.

With HS Aware, Bourque’s mission is to educate and empower other young people with HS to get an accurate diagnosis early: "It’s physically debilitating, and it drains you emotionally and mentally.

"There’s a community of people trying to live positively and to minimize how much they let HS affect their quality of life," Bourque said.

"Don’t be ashamed of it; talk about it.

It’s all about talking about it and letting it out. Stay strong."

Bourque’s journey to diagnosis was torturous. In his late 20s, he visited hospital emergency departments as often as 50 times a year for a doctor to lance the painful abscesses on his neck. At its worst, Bourque had an abscess nine inches long by six inches wide on the front of his neck.

"It became insufferable.

I’d lost hope of getting any help or diagnosis," he said.

"Since I got connected to the HS community, it empowered me to live a full life and not let HS stop me. I still live with pain. I still feel self-conscious about it. But to me, connecting

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with other sufferers improves my quality of life mentally and emotionally."

Bourque’s experience is all too common.

Richmond Hill dermatologist Dr. Afsaneh Alavi sees patients in the disease’s latest, most-severe stage, called Hurley Stage 3, characterized by multiple, interconnected tracts and abscesses across an entire area.

Often, long-suffering patients have scarring, suffer from depression, can’t work, are on disability and pain medication, said Alavi, staff dermatologist at Women’s College Hospital and assistant professor in University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine, dermatology division.

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"Because there isn’t public awareness (of HS), patients often don’t come to us early," Alavi said.

"Sometimes, they go to the ER or to their family physician. We need more public awareness. We need a team approach to these patients, including psychiatry, surgical, medical, nursing and wound care, nutritionists, pain management specialists."

There is no universal treatment for HS. Combination therapy is most common, Alavi said, and may involve use of antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, hor-

mone therapy, even surgery.

Last year, the Canadian Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation, of which Alavi is past president, lauded Health Canada’s approval of the drug Humira, produced by AbbVie Canada, for the treatment of moderate to severe HS. "Humira has made a huge difference in severe and inflammatory (HS) cases. Before that, there was no approved drug for the disease," Alavi said.

Alavi wrote a chapter in the book, A Guide to Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Living with HS, available as a Kindle edition for $4.95 on

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While 30 per cent of HS cases progress, 70 per cent resolve, sometimes with age, she said.

Alavi’s message to people with HS, or those who suspect their abscesses could be HS, is to seek help.

"If you notice recurrent boils, abscesses or acnelike lesions under your arms or in your groin or perianal area, seek help and see your doctor," Alavi said. "Don’t hide with stigma. Don’t feel there is no treatment. There are treatments. We want to help patients have a better quality of life and fight this disease."

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But led by a strong push by Lucien Bouchard, the “Yes” side, supporting independence and sovereignty, gathered momentum in the final weeks and made the outcome razor thin.

Dr. Brendan Carr is William Osler Health System’s new president and CEO. Osler operates Etobicoke General and Brampton Civic hospitals and the new Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness.

Carr is an emergency department and family physician, currently president and CEO of the Vancouver Island Health Authority in British Columbia.

Carr was hired after an extensive, 10-month national search.

"We’re thrilled that Dr. Carr will be joining Osler, and will be bringing valuable skills, experiences, and insights from his time leading large, integrated regional authorities," Osler board chairperson Vanita Varma said in a statement.

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Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is upgrading its commuter rail system into Regional Express Rail. The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is now home to nearly 7 million people and heading towards 10 million by 2041. To address the urgent transit needs of the GTHA, the Province of Ontario committed to implement Regional Express Rail and make other improvements to the GO system. By 2025, electrified trains will be running every 15 minutes or better, all day and in both directions, within the most heavily travelled sections of the GO network.

| Etobicoke Guardian | Thursday, June 22, 2017

Notice of Commencement and Public Meetings GO Rail Network Electrification Transit Project Assessment Process

The Process Metrolinx and Hydro One are co-proponents, jointly carrying out the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 - Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings (made under the Environmental Assessment Act) to examine the environmental impacts of converting several GO rail corridors from diesel to electric propulsion.

The Project As part of Regional Express Rail, Metrolinx is proposing to electrify GO-owned corridors. The GO Rail Network Electrification undertaking will entail design and implementation of a traction power supply system and power distribution components located along and within the vicinity of the rail corridors.

The Study Area (see key map) includes six GO rail corridors, as well as proposed locations for the traction power facilities (i.e., Traction Power Substations, Paralleling Stations, Switching Stations) and ancillary components: • • • • • •

Union Station Rail Corridor Lakeshore West Corridor – West of Bathurst St. to Burlington Kitchener Corridor – UP Express Spur (at Highway 427) to Bramalea Barrie Corridor – Parkdale Junction to Allandale GO Station Stouffville Corridor – Scarborough Junction to Lincolnville GO Station Lakeshore East Corridor – Don River Layover to Oshawa GO Station

Traction Power Supply and Distribution System Electrification of the GO Network requires a connection to the provincial electrical system. It is proposed that power be supplied from Hydro One’s existing 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission lines through the installation of five (5) Tap locations which will bring power to the Traction Power Substations (TPS) and then feed into the power distribution system components adjacent to and along the rail corridors to be electrified.

Consultation Building on the first and second rounds of public consultation meetings held in February/March 2016 and November 2016, Metrolinx and Hydro One are now formally commencing the TPAP. A third round of public consultation is planned for June/July 2017 (details below) and will present the findings of the technical/environmental studies (posted online at www.gotransit. com/electrification) undertaken for the GO Rail Network Electrification Project. Members of the public, government agencies, Indigenous communities and other interested parties are encouraged to participate in the process and/or contact the project team directly with feedback or questions. A discussion guide will be posted online at www.gotransit.com/electrification prior to the meetings to provide key information.

We invite you to join us in person at the public meeting nearest you to find out more.

Meeting times: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / Presentation: 7:00 p.m.

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017 Ajax Community Centre 75 Centennial Road Ajax, ON L1S 4S4

Thursday, June 29, 2017 Metro Hall 55 John Street Toronto, ON M5V 3C6

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 Newmarket Community Centre 200 Doug Duncan Drive Newmarket, ON L3Y 3Y9

For further information on the project and studies completed to date, please visit www.gotransit.com/electrification.

If you would like to be added to our project mailing list, submit a comment or question, or to receive additional information related to the Project, please send an e-mail to the project team at: electrification@metrolinx.com or contact: Patricia Staite James Hartley Team Lead – Environmental Assessments Manager, Environmental Programs and Assessment Hydro One Networks Inc. Metrolinx – GO Transit 483 Bay Street TCT12, Toronto, ON M5G 2P5 20 Bay Street, Suite 600, Toronto, ON M5J 2W3 e-mail: Community.Relations@HydroOne.com e-mail: electrification@metrolinx.com website: www.HydroOne.com/projects website: www.gotransit.com/electrification Comments and information regarding this project are being collected to assist in meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. All personal information included in a submission – such as name, address, telephone number, email address, and property location – is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s. 37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. For more information, please contact James Hartley (contact information above) or the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at 416-327-1434.

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Parents can track kids on school bus Parents of students in Toronto’s schools can now keep a closer eye on their kids’ travels thanks to a new online transportation portal.

Launched on Tuesday, June 20, the new portal will allow registered parents to check their children’s transportation information online. Parents can also sign up for email notifications to learn of any bus cancellations or delays.

The initiative was created by the Toronto Student Transportation Group,

which oversees school bus matters for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB). The group will install GPS tracking on all buses in time for the 2017-18 school year, allowing parents to keep track of their children’s buses.

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"With the launch of the transportation portal, parents and guardians will now have immediate access to their children’s transportation information and have delay notifications sent directly to their inboxes," said TDSB director John Malloy.

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ATM robberies spark safety alert Toronto police from north Etobicoke’s 23 Division have issued a public safety alert following a string of knife-point robberies at bank ATMs. Police said there have been seven such incidents between Rexdale Boulevard and Steeles Avenue since May.

In each case, three masked males armed with knives robbed a victim of the cash that had just been withdrawn from an ATM at a bank between midnight and 7 a.m.

"The public, particularly residents in the north Etobicoke area, are asked to remain vigilant when attend-

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Anyone with information is asked to contact 23 Division at 416-808-2300 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at 222tips.com or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).

The City of Toronto holds public consultations as one way to engage residents in the life of their city. Toronto thrives on your great ideas and actions. We invite you to get involved.

Official Plan Amendments for Heritage Views of & to City Hall, Old City Hall & St. James Cathedral Community Consultation Meeting The City is holding a Community Consultation meeting where you can learn more about this proposal, ask questions and share your comments. Details are as follows:

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To speak to the planner directly, contact David Oikawa, at 416-392-7188 or david.oikawa@toronto.ca. Comments can be mailed to the planner at: City Planning, Toronto and East York District, 100 Queen St. W., East Tower 18th Floor, Toronto ON, M5H 2N2.

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EVENTS

CONSUMER FEATURE

Made In Canada is “not to be missed” This year, Canada turns 150 and Famous PEOPLE Players is celebrating with a show full of famous Canadians.

Made In Canada: The Musical puts a spotlight on Canadians like Shania Twain, Gordon Lightfoot, Drake and more, using their music to tell a story.

The show starts with an opening monologue from Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!’s host. After the opening, Canadian actor Dan Aykroyd voices a maple leaf who takes viewers on an audiovisual journey across the nation.

One of today’s most famous Canadians will also be making an appearance in Famous PEOPLE Players form. A life-size puppet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, voiced by Cathal J. Dodd, blows out the candles on Canada’s birthday cake.

The show’s opening night was held on Saturday, June 17. Jan Riley, wife of the late Doug Riley, was recognized at the show and received a volunteer award from Famous PEOPLE Players. Riley has been fundraising to get the Canadian theatre company to perform in Mexico.

Famous PEOPLE Players is an internationally acclaimed black light dinner theatre company based in Toronto. It is a not-for-profit organization that prides itself on working without operating government grants. The players are people who are developmentally challenged and gain life

skills and confidence through the performances.

Initially discovered by Liberace, the group has since been on Broadway and performed around the world.

Made In Canada: The Musical will be running until October. A select few performances will have the option to enjoy a lasagna lunch, but tickets to the special showings are limited.

Founder Diane Dupuy says the show is “not to be missed.”

For tickets, visit famouspeopleplayers.com or call 416-532-1137.

l Friday, June 23 Arts in the Parks: Toronto Taiko Tales WHEN: 6:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m WHERE: Panorama Park, 31 Panorama Court, Toronto CONTACT: 416-392-6802 Arts in the Parks brings free, family-friendly arts events and activities to a park near you. Take in Toronto Taiko Tales, an interactive Japanese drumming workshop and performance. l Saturday, June 24 Strawberry Tea and Bake Sale WHEN: 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: Church of the Atonement, 256 Sheldon Ave., Toronto CONTACT: Church of the Atonement, 416-251-6292, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: $6.00 per ticket Strawberry Tea and Bake Sale featuring homemade goodies and gift basket raffle. Strawberry shortcake, tea and coffee will be served for $6 per person. All are welcome. l Sunday, June 25 Beekeeping Challenges: Sustainable Urban Beekeeping Workshop WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m WHERE: Centre for Urban Ecology, Humber Arboretum, Humber

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Jazz Vespers WHEN: 4:00 p.m - 5:15 p.m WHERE: All Saints’ Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W., Toronto CONTACT: Kelly, 416-233-1125, office@allsaintskingsway.ca, www.allsaintskingsway.ca COST: Enjoy an hour of meditation and fine jazz with the June Garber Quartet, featuring June Garber, vocals; Eric St. Laurent, guitar; Attila Fias, piano; and Ben Wittman, drums. l Tuesday, June 27 Stonegate Farmers’ Market -

Bike Clinic WHEN: 4:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m WHERE: Parking Lot - Christ Church St. James Anglican Church, 194 Park Lawn Road, Toronto CONTACT: Julia Graham, 4162317070, julia.graham@stonegatechc.org, Ride your bicycle to the market today and receive a service-check and pointers on D.I.Y. bike repair.

Learn basic skills and ask questions about how to care for your bike to make it last. Also stock up on fresh produce and wonderful products from our vendors. Geoff will be on site for the bike clinic starting at 4:30 at the Market. l Wednesday, June 28 Kick-Off to Canada Day WHEN: 5:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m WHERE: Lakeshore Commons Field, 19 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive, Toronto CONTACT: 416-675-6622 Canadiana campground theme and festivities include the Fire Guy show, maple taffy station, Indigenous activities, stilt walkers, food trucks, rock climbing, awesome giveaways and more.

Toronto Pearson: Conversations about our future Toronto Pearson is an important part of the region and your community. Our airport is growing as an employment zone and now as a transit centre. Both increasing demand for air travel and the rising population of the Greater Toronto Area are behind our growth.

This summer, we are launching a series of initiatives to talk about the airport’s plan for long-term growth. Join us for any of our five public workshops taking place across the Greater Toronto Area.

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Thursday, June 22, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives 9 Wellington Street East, Brampton

Central Tuesday, July 4, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Mississauga Living Arts Centre 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga

West of the airport Thursday, July 6, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Harbour Banquet & Conference Centre 2340 Ontario Street, Oakville

Each workshop will include presentations about the airport followed by small group discussions on how to help guide us through the next phase of our growth and ensure that we manage the impact of our operations responsibly. Residents of any neighbourhood are welcome to attend any or all of the workshops.

To learn more about the important region-building conversation, or to fill in our survey on Noise Fairness and Airport Growth, please visit: www.torontopearson.com/conversations

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Amazing Modern Open Concept Layout. 2 min. Walk to Subway. 24 hr Concierge & Visitor Parking. Walk Score (94), Transit (97), Bike (100).

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OPEN HOUSE – SUNDAY, JUNE 25 – 2-4 PM Rare!‌ Very rare! 4-bedrm double garage bungalow with near 200 SF 3 season sunroom overlooking a private fenced yard. 3 bathrms including coveted master ensuite. 2014 finished bsmt with huge “Media Roomâ€? 3pc bath + HUGH additional oversized shower! Hardwoods BARNSLEY, B.Sc. throughout main floor. Eat in kitchen.

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BURNHAMTHORPE GARDENS 49 ASHBOURNE DRIVE Charming bungalow, loved by the same family since 1961 and perfect for either a downsizing or first time buyer looking to enjoy now and update down the road or to design their future dream home. Spacious sunlit principal rooms, bright eat-in kitchen w/plenty of storage, good sized bedrooms with wood floors, and separate entrance to basement w/ bright rec room wood burning FP and tons of storage. Enjoy a relaxing private backyard surrounded by lush greenery‌your very own escape to release the stress of the day. Located in the Wedgewood, Our Lady of Peace and Bloorlea school districts, short walk to Kipling subway and GO stations, with easy access to major traffic routes, and shopping, this is a great space to call your next home.

TRANSFIGURATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL HOLDS ANNUAL BARBECUE WITH SUPPORT FROM LOCAL REALTOR SUSAN QUAGLIERI On Friday, June 16, Transfiguration Catholic School held its annual fundraising barbecue. Guests enjoyed bouncy castles, face painting, food and games. One of the event’s many sponsors, Realtor Susan Quaglieri, had fun bouncing with other guests. All of the funds raised at the event will go to the school.

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REXDALE REAL ESTATE $279,900 This is an ideal starter. You’ll love the spaciousness in this condo. It has been well maintained from the newly renovated Kitchen complete with breakfast bar, New Appliances, L-Shaped Living/Dining room, Warm Oak Parquet Floors, 3 generous Bedroom. The Master has a 2 pcs ensuite and a Walk-In Closet. The balcony has a great view of the city. This is an ideal starter. For a picture tour please visit www.TinaSellsRexdale.com

$579,900 Ideal Starter Home. This 1 ½ storey home has an L-shaped Living/Dining room, Sunny bright renovated eat-in Kitchen. 2 bedrooms upstairs with sloped ceilings. There is a walk-out from the back door to a nice size deck overlooking the back yard. You’ll enjoy having family B.B.Q’s on the deck. The basement has been finished with a large recreation room with a stone fireplace. This is a great starter and a great price. It won’t last long For a picture tour please visit www.TinaSellsRexdale.com

$659,900 This Is An Ideal Starter, This Well Loved 3 Bedroom Backsplit Backs Onto Greenbelt.

Large Living/Dining Room Combination With Picture Window Overlooking The Front Garden. Convenient Galley Eat-In Kitchen, 3 Generous Bedrooms With Parquet Floors, Nice Size Master With Double Closet Overlooking The Backyard, The Recreation Room Is Massive With A Log Burning Fireplace And A 3Pcs Bathroom.

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$699,900 Situated on a pie shaped lot is this fabulous well loved 3 Bedroom Bungalow with 2 bedroom basement in-Law Suite. Warm Oak Hardwood floors, Eatin Kitchen with built in corner bench and table, off the Master Bedroom is a sliding glass door walking out the 3 season Sun room which overlooks the fabulous lot. Privacy galore. Of course there is Central Air for those hot days in July and August. This is a great house. For a picture tour please visit www.TinaSellsRexdale.com

Sandhya and Swapna Mylabathula’s episode set to air this weekend CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com If you’ve ever wondered how illusions work, you may want to tune in to the Season 4 première of Finding Stuff Out this week on TVOKids.

The episode, entitled Did I Really See That?, will feature Rexdale twin scientists Sandhya and Swapna Mylabathula guest starring alongside 10-year-old host Zoey Siewert, as the trio explores the science behind such mind-bending illusions as camouflage, placebo effects, and mirages in the desert.

"It was a wonderful opportunity to be a part of this show. We love that the

show is a great avenue for science communication for kids, in a fun and engaging way," Swapna said.

"Science communication is particularly important for this audience, because it hopefully makes them more interested in exploring science and shows them that science can be fun."

Sandhya said both she and her sister, who share a passion for science, count themselves "extremely lucky" to have been afforded the opportunity to appear on Finding Stuff Out so as to pass the baton on to future generations of young scientists.

"It was a truly wonderful experience working with the producer, cast, and crew of (Finding Stuff Out), who were incredibly welcoming and such creative geniuses developing this amazing show," she said of the show’s fourth season, which filmed last year.

"We had a blast both be-

hind the scenes doing research and development, and onscreen, and look forward to continuing with the show."

The Mylabathula sisters are now working as science consultants for Finding Stuff Out’s fifth season, which is filming now.

Hosted by Zoey Siewart, Finding Stuff Out is a show that gives kids the answers to the questions that matter to them. Each episode features Zoey enlisting the help of science experts and real kids to concoct "the most outrageous experiments that help her find answers."

The episode featuring the Mylabathula twins will air on TVOKids on Friday, June 23 at 6 p.m. (repeated on Saturday, June 24 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 25 at 11 a.m.).

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No question about it: Mayor John Tory’s lateterm quest to wring cash out of Queen’s Park and Ottawa to repair public housing is a noble endeavour.

The city’s stock of public housing is dilapidated and getting worse.

There’s a $2.6 billion repair deficit - a very big number - and that deficit is going up by some quite big numbers in the coming years: $502 million more in 2018 and an additional $450 million in 2019.

More than 7,000 units will be permanently closed by 2022 because of this, if nothing’s done.

And Tory’s been making that point consistently and aggressively, mostly to the provincial government. It’s noble work.

But here’s the thing with nobility.

It is a way to describe virtue, and also to describe a social class: that is, a class born in antiquity that at its best is supposed to

can better be served by city programs. It also protects the city’s scattered housing - and the families that live in them - under a nonprofit co-op agency.

These are both a big deal.

But as told by people of the deputation: the TCHC has a long way to go. The committee heard stories about drugs and crime and bullying, particularly in the tight quarters of TCHC rooming houses. They heard complaints about deferred repairs.

And they heard from advocates, both on council and off, that many of these problems were repairable.

"The ongoing starvation of TCHC is creating real misery for the people living there," said Kenn Hale, of the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario. "You have the power to raise the money, and allocate it to housing."

Noblesse oblige, in other words.

DAVID NICKLE The City look after the basic needs of its vassals, but as history has shown us, most often falls short.

On Monday, Mayor Tory’s Executive Committee got an earful about the limits of that nobility. Deputants talked about the city’s Tenants First policy, which is a significant bit of under-the-hood tinkering with the massive Toronto Community Housing portfolio.

Among other things, it will hive off the seniors’ housing operated by TCHC to its own unit, so those often vulnerable residents

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CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com As the last glint of sunlight disappeared behind Mabelle Park’s horizon of towering highrises just past 9 p.m. last Thursday, its diverse residents settled onto blankets beneath the trees to break their Ramadan fast together.

While thunderstorm warnings had seen MABELLEarts’ weekly Iftar Nights celebration scaled back, the cloudy skies and slight drizzle did nothing to dampen the spirits of the intercultural gathering who flocked to the central Etobicoke park for an evening of campfire songs, dance, art, prayer and food.

"Iftar Nights is an amazing thing, especially with this community. It’s all about getting together with family and friends," said 16year-old Aseel Mohammed, an Etobicoke Collegiate student and MABELLEarts youth volunteer who greeted each guest as they ar-

rived.

"For people new to Canada, it’s a good way to welcome them and also shows them that this is a very good place."

While MABELLEarts has been hosting Iftar Nights in Mabelle Park for the last six years, the acclaimed Etobicoke arts organization just recently expanded the event’s reach to other communities. Last year, they welcomed more than 200 newcomer families, many Syrian refugees among them, while this year they have been busing in hundreds of guests from across the Greater Toronto Area to share in the celebrations.

So far, the feedback from participants has been nothing but warm, said Daven Seebarran, MABELLEarts’ development manager.

"It’s because of the people here that it works," he said. "The residents of Mabelle are the hosts to these folks - welcoming them in, bringing them in to the com-

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Youth play during the MABELLEarts Inter-Cultural Iftar Night last Thursday at Mabelle Park. munity and treating them with great Canadian hospitality."

To help build up to the larger-scale of this year’s Iftar Nights events - which run every Thursday night throughout June, ending on June 29 with an Eid al-Fitr celebration - MABELLEarts

enlisted the help of the Mabelle community’s youth and elder leaders, said artistic director Leah Houston.

"The leadership that we’re seeing in this community is just so off the charts.

Both youth and adults are playing such huge roles in what happens here," she

said, noting their help has been especially appreciated in outreach work MABELLEarts has been doing with asylum seekers being housed at a north Etobicoke hotel.

"It’s the residents of this neighbourhood who are really leading that for us, be-

cause they know better than anyone the experience of being new to Canada."

Last summer, Islam Rezk and her eight-year-old son Omar were among those newcomers just being introduced to the MABELLEarts community upon their arrival from Egypt.

This year, the pair blend seamlessly into the group’s Iftar Nights celebrations Omar amid the flag-waving children playing in the park, Rezk among the women helping to distribute food to all those gathered at sundown.

"Here you see black and white, Muslim and nonMuslim - the aim here is sharing," Rezk said shortly before breaking her own fast with an Iftar of dates, bread and hummus.

"It is held deep in our Islam religion that we share our food, we share our Iftar with others from all over.

All people, whoever they are, we share our food together - this is the aim of Iftar."

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The delegates of the Charlottetown Conference, including 23 who would go on to be considered the Fathers of Confederation, stand on the steps of Government House in September 1864. John A. MacDonald, sitting on the steps in front, attended as Premier of Ontario, but would go on to become Canada’s First Prime Minister.

A triumph of ‘union and champagne’ How two dozen Fathers of Confederation spurred the birth of a nation JIM COYLE Torstar Media Sure, the charming Charlottetown of today might be all Avonlea preserves, and Gilbert’s Toffee, and Anne’s teas, and green gables as far as the eye can see.

But, to hear it told, Charlottetown at the time of Confederation

— for which everything from the handsome city square to the wellgroomed trail to the bridge from the mainland are named — was the nearest thing to Gomorrah on the Northumberland Strait.

“When the boys went down to Charlottetown they spent a lot of time in places other than the library,” former prime minister

Brian Mulroney once declared, with no small admiration.

Right he was. And “boys” they were.

As Canada celebrates the 150th anniversary of Confederation this year, it’s worth recalling that the country came into being as something of a lucky accident, the product of booze-soaked chin-wagging

in 1864 among 23 men of varied enthusiasm for the nation-building project.

Happily, what happened on Prince Edward Island that summer didn’t stay on P.E.I. George Brown, a Father of Confederation and founder of the Globe newspaper, chronicled the making of the deal that led to Con-

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Get a taste of what Ontario has to offer this summer Plan an excursion to celebrate the province’s 150th anniversary We may all be talking about Canada’s 150th anniversary, but it’s a milestone for this province of ours, too. On July 1, 1867, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia entered into Confederation. Celebrate this summer with events and excursions that showcase the best this province has to offer.

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Canoeing is so strongly entrenched in the history of Canada and with some 250,000 lakes and 100,000 km of rivers, there’s no shortage of water to dip your paddle in. In fact, Ontario has more canoe routes than any other region in the world. Some of our best canoeing can be done in our vast and unspoiled provincial and national parks like Pukaskwa National Park in northern Ontario. The canoe routes in Temagami Provincial Park are the very same travelled by the legendary Grey Owl and a trip through Killarney Provincial Park will surely be an unforgettable one after witnessing its gleam-

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l Wednesday, June 28 Kick-Off to Canada Day WHEN: 5:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m WHERE: Lakeshore Commons Field, 19 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive, Toronto CONTACT: 416-675-6622 Canadiana campground theme and festivities include the Fire Guy show, maple taffy station, aboriginal activities, stilt walkers, food trucks, rock climbing, awesome giveaways and more. l Friday, June 30 Toronto Ribfest WHEN: 11:00 a.m - 11:00 p.m WHERE: Centennial Park, 256 Centennial Park Rd, Toronto CONTACT: Rotary Etobicoke, 416-276-6360 Rotary Etobicoke kicks off Canada Day celebrations with its annual Toronto Ribfest. Two stages with entertainment, Toronto’s largest mobile midway and a kids zone.

Canada Day Party in Nathan Phillips Square WHEN: 5:00 p.m - 11:00 p.m WHERE: Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto CONTACT: toronto.ca/canada150 A four-day celebration featuring music, dance, circus, and street arts in Nathan Phillips Square. Friday’s performances include Bareto, Buffy Saint-Marie and the Barenaked Ladies. Fireworks at 10:55pm. l Saturday, July 1 Amesbury Park Canada Day Celebrations WHEN: 9:00 a.m WHERE: Amesbury Community Centre, 1507 Lawrence Ave West, (west of Keele), Toronto CONTACT: 647-219-6842 The day will include a flea market, softball games, live entertainment, a body building demonstration, and a calypso band. Fireworks at 9:45 p.m.

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Multicultural Canada Day WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 9:00 p.m WHERE: Yonge-Dundas Square, 1 Dundas St. E., Toronto CONTACT: 416-986-5310 Showcasing dance and music groups from around the world, a Parade of Nations at 10 a.m., visual arts, crafts and foods.

Canada Day Picnic WHEN: 11:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m WHERE: Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd., Toronto CONTACT: spadina@toronto.ca Join MP Carolyn Bennett, Spadina Museum and community groups for a free fun Canada Day celebration.

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Party like it’s 1867 WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m WHERE: Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy, Toronto CONTACT: 416-736-1733 COST: Partial admission Step back in time and celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday at an 1867-style birthday bash. Experience a citizenship ceremony, jugglers, magicians, and tumblers.

Canada Day at the Museum WHEN: 11:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m WHERE: Scarborough Museum, 1007 Brimley Road, Toronto CONTACT: shm@toronto.ca Features local crafters, interactive printmaking, pie eating contest, Scarborough Salsa dancing, karaoke, traditional fiddler and caller square dancing and Canada Day Cake.

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Canada Day at Stan Wadlow Park WHEN: 12:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m WHERE: Stan Wadlow Park, 373 Cedarvale Avenue, Toronto CONTACT: Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, 416-396-2819, todmorden@toronto.ca, www.toronto.ca/museum-events Entertainment, selfies against an archival billboard image of Todmorden, replica clothing from the 1890s and crafts. Food and displays from East York groups.

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Canada Day at Broadlands Community Centre WHEN: 1:30 p.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: Broadlands Community Centre, 19 Castlegrove Blvd, Toronto CONTACT: toronto.ca/canada150 Family activities, old-style community picnic. Face-painting, games, clown entertainment, and folksinging.

Canada Day Party at Mel Lastman Square WHEN: 2:00 p.m - 11:00 p.m WHERE: Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto CONTACT: toronto.ca/canada150 Canada Day Party features Persian funk, Indigenous hip hop and indie rock, and Afro-Latin soul. Also includes family-friendly programming, outdoor theatre, circus arts and great food. Fireworks at 10:55pm Canada Days at Scarborough Civic Centre WHEN: 2:00 p.m - 11:00 p.m WHERE: Scarborough Civic Centre Albert Campbell Square, 150 Borough Drive, Toronto ON, Toronto CONTACT: Justine.Palinska@toronto.ca Multi-stage event featuring musical performances, fireworks at 10:55 p.m., garden mural, family zone, food and beverages.

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Our Home on Native Land WHEN: 1:00 p.m - 11:00 p.m WHERE: Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W., Toronto CONTACT: 416-973-4000, info@harbourfrontcentre.com Celebrate Canada Day with music, art, and a different approach. We explore the different narrative threads interwoven in our history: narratives of decolonization, resurgence of justice movements, and celebration of life on Turtle Island.

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Celebrating 10 great inventions Canada gave the world TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com As Canada nears its 150th birthday, we’re celebrating the great inventions Canada gave the world.

Thousands, perhaps even millions, of Canadians call to mind Dr. Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best and their discovery of insulin in the early 1920s among Canada’s proud history of inventions. In 1923, Banting and his supervisor J.J.R. Macleod, received the Nobel Prize.

Similarly, scores of Canadians recall the advent of the Canadarm, Canada’s mostfamous robotic and technological achievement. The Canadarm made its space debut on the Space Shuttle Columbia on Nov. 13, 1981.

Other great Canadian inventions might be lesser known.

Did you know the comic superhero Superman was created by Canadian-born artist, Joe Shuster in 1932? Or that James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891?

Here’s a look at 10 of the great inventions Canada gave the world.

Alkaline batteries

Bloody Caesar

Canadian-born engineer Lewis Urry invented the zinc manganese dioxide alkaline battery in 1959. Urry was a development engineer for the Canadian National Carbon Co., a Toronto division of Union Carbide that made Eveready batteries, when he was transferred to Everready’s Cleveland lab tasked to make standard carbon-zinc batteries last longer. Instead, he invented a new battery.

Basketball

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Walter Chell, bartender at the Westin Hotel in downtown Calgary, AB, invented the bloody Caesar cocktail in 1969 to commemorate the opening of the hotel’s Italian restaurant. The drink typically contains vodka, a mix of tomato juice and clam broth, hot sauce, Worchestershire sauce, and is served in a celery salt-rimmed glass with a stock of celery or lime wedge.

Clam broth is what distinguishes a Caesar from a Bloody Mary.

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Canadian Roman Kroitor coinvented the IMAX camera in 1968. Kroitor and other cofounders Graham Ferguson, Robert Kerr and William Shaw developed a camera system that allowed for high-resolution images and enlarged projection.

Insulin

C. H. Best and F. G. Banting circa 1924. In 1921, Dr. Frederick Banting and his student Charles H. Best were credited with discovering the hormone insulin in the pancreatic extracts of dogs. The pair then developed insulin for human treatment with the help of Canadian chemist James B. Collip and Scottish physiologist J.J.R. Macleod. In 1923, Banting and Macleod were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

The Telephone

Canadian artist Joe Shuster cocreated the DC Comics hero, Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel in Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938). Originally, the character was known as The Superman. “A genius in intellect, a Hercules in strength, a nemesis to wrong doers - The Superman” states this early version of the iconic superhero.

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Snowblower Scottish-born Canadian inventor, scientist and engineer Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, which he patented and first got to work in 1876. His first communication by the device was “Watson, I want to see you,” spoken to his assistant, Thomas Watson.

Canadian Dr. James Naismith invented the sport of basketball in 1891. The Dr. James Naismith Basketball Foundation commissioned and dedicated this statue by sculptor Elden Tefft in 2011 in Lawrence, Kansas, the city where Naismith died in 1939.

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Hotels full, Canadians had to sleep on their boat O From page 33 governor. It was built, Brown recorded, on lobster, oysters and champagne.

The next day, the conference adjourned at 3 o’clock to attend a sumptuous buffet hosted by journalist and politician William Pope, featuring yet more lobsters, oysters and champagne.

“This killed the day,” Brown noted.

Perhaps, but the social whirl was apparently vital to helping delegates who scarcely knew each other make common cause.

On Saturday, a long lunch was held aboard the Queen Victoria, where “eloquent speeches” were made, Brown recorded.

“And whether as a result of our eloquence or of the goodness of our champagne, the ice became completely broken, the tongues of the delegates wagged merrily.”

According to dispatches, Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister and by most accounts the country’s architect, and his chief ally, the equally loquacious Irishman Thomas D’Arcy McGee, entertained and enticed delegates with witty and cogent arguments in favour of Confederation.

One historian dates the conception, if not the birth, of Confederation from the moment the Canadians started pouring from their huge onboard stock of champagne.

That night, P.E.I. Premier John Hamilton Gray gave a dinner, followed by dancing at his country estate.

Sunday brought a blessed day of rest.

But the new week saw negotiations continue apace, as did the festivities.

On Monday, the island’s opposition leader, George Coles gave a lunch. On Tuesday, P.E.I. Attorney General Edward Palmer did likewise. And that night, Lt.-Gov. George Dundas and his wife hosted a ball at Government House.

By Tuesday, the Canadians had made their pitch on the benefits of confederation, its ways and means, finances and, of course, an inter-colonial railway so coveted by the eastern delegates.

On Wednesday, the Maritime provinces said they found the idea of confederation to be “highly desirable” — provided satisfactory terms of union were reached.

Afterwards, naturally, the Canadians received the Maritimers back aboard their steamer.

On the closing day of proceedings, to celebrate what became known in some circles as the triumph of “union and champagne,” the gang of 23 gathered for a grand ball at Province House, reportedly the most enthusiastic wassail of all.

One newspaper correspondent reported wryly that when delegates took their leave from P.E.I. the next day, leaving the formalities of confederation to Quebec and 1867, the statesmen were as befogged as the harbour.

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bilious attack: “The natural result of such a round of dissipation.”

But let us put that ghastly image aside and look back, first off, to the beginning of the union.

Across the British colonies in North America, anxiety was afoot. The American Civil War and worries about the loss of reciprocity with the U.S. had left the Maritime colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island concerned about the future of small, separate provinces.

They agreed to meet in Charlottetown on Sept. 1, 1864, for an inter-colonial conference — five delegates from each of three provinces — to discuss Maritime Union.

Arthur Gordon, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, is credited as being the catalyst for the Charlottetown conference.

He had hoped to unite the three Maritime provinces on the assumption that he would govern them.

But statecraft seldom goes smoothly.

Nova Scotia Premier (and future prime minister) Charles Tupper refused to attend unless delegates from the opposition came with him — the better to spread the blame should unpopular deals be cut. Naturally, P.E.I. and New Brunswick followed suit.

So Gordon’s hope that an agreement could be reached by three colonial governors was taken over by politicians from all parts and all parties.

Meanwhile, the confederation-minded leaders of central Canada in Ontario and Quebec saw an opportunity and asked to send a delegation to put the case for confederation of all the colonies in North America.

Permission granted, the eight delegates from the Canadian government set sail from Quebec aboard the excellently appointed steamer Queen Victoria in ideal weather on Monday, Aug. 29, 1864, arriving at Peake’s Wharf on the Charlottetown waterfront on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 1.

Formally dressed, the delegates were fetched ashore from the Queen Victoria in boats manned by four uniformed oarsmen and boatswain.

They were met, however, by no formal reception, just P.E.I.’s provincial secretary in a rowboat. Everyone else, it turned out, was taking in the attractions of Slaymaker and Nichol’s Olympic Circus, making a rare visit.

Not only that, the popularity of the circus had filled all the hotel rooms in the island capital of about 7,000. The Canadians would have to sleep on their boat.

That first day, there was a bit of “howd’ye-do,” Brown reported, and the central Canadians were told their confederation proposal would be first on the agenda the following day.

Evening brought a dinner given by P.E.I.’s

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A city through the ages From Hogtown to the Skydome: Highlighting some of Toronto’s historic milestones DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto’s story goes back long before Confederation. But for the last 150 years, the city that was for centuries best known as a crossing of trade routes grew into Canada’s largest city — a cultural, economic centre for a nation that spanned from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans, north to the Arctic.

Here are some milestones along the way from the 19th century onward.

The William Davies shop As Toronto began its history in the new country of Canada, it developed the second nickname of its career (the first, Muddy York, no longer applied).

The reason? The William Davies shop among other things begat a cavernous slaughterhouse, at Front and Frederick Streets, to kill, process and cure pork.

Davies was certain that his new recipe for a product known as peameal bacon would be a hit in the U.K., and he was right.

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Toronto in 1867 was small. It was initially made up of the Town of York (bounded by Bathurst Street, Parliament Street and Dundas Street). But it soon started to swallow up other villages and town: Yorkville, the Liberties, and Brockton were the first.

Then in 1978, Parkdale joined Toronto, followed by the West Toronto Junction

first city-building chairman, Fred Gardiner. In 1953, just prior to the formation of Metro, Gardiner chaired the metropolitan executive committee and started the wheels rolling for planning the four-to-sixlane expressway from the Humber River to Woodbine Avenue. The highway was planned to deal with the growing number of cars in the city, which would often get stuck on Lakeshore Boulevard. The highway was originally budgeted to cost $20 million, but that soon grew and when it was built cost $110 million, that cost paying in part for the premium of elevating the highway.

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and North Toronto. The last annexation happened in 1914, and it’s doubtful the residents minded: It was the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Forged in fire Toronto grew by leaps

and bounds, but it also learned some hard lessons along the way. On April 19, 1904, Toronto’s downtown was decimated by a fire that likely started at the E.S. Currie Limited Neck Ware factory on Wellington Street west of Bay. The fire

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spread, destroying over 100 buildings before firefighters from across the city could put it out. Although only one person lost their life, it was a calamity for the growing city, throwing five thousand people out of work. But the fire inspired

the city to boost its firefighting capacity and institute new safety laws.

His way, the highway In the 1950s, the age of the car was upon Toronto — as was the age of Metropolitan Toronto, and its

Postwar Toronto wasn’t all about the car; Toronto was also poised to become a cultural centre for Canada, and for that to happen, it needed a place where culture might thrive. In the mid-1940s, Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips called on Toronto’s monied philanthropists to find the funds to build a performing arts space, and E.P. Taylor, who would later convert much of his farm into the community of Don Mills, took an interest. In 1954, he took up the challenge and said he’d build a performing arts centre. The O’Keefe Centre (named after Taylor’s brewing company) opened its doors in 1969 with a gala production of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot.

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A new city hall In the postwar years, a growing and forwardlooking Toronto needed a city hall to match, and Toronto politicians had been looking to build one since 1943. It took awhile to come to the iconic city hall that currently hosts Toronto’s city government. Before settling on this design by Finnish architect Viljo Revell, city leaders considered hundreds of more conservative design. Construction began in 1961, and city hall was opened in 1966.

The greatest of the malls When most people think of iconic Toronto megamalls, they immediately think of Toronto’s Eaton Centre. But in 1964 Metropolitan Toronto, the world of indoor shopping malls was making its mark to the north. That was the year that Yorkdale opened at Highway 401 and the Allen Road.

At the time, it was the largest shopping mall in the country, and one of the largest in the world.

It was also the only mall in the country to contain two major department stores — Simpson’s and Eaton’s — in the same building.

Almost grown We had the country’s biggest mall in the 1960s, and in the 1970s, we’d cornered the market on tall towers: the CN Tower, which began construction in 1973 as a way to extend

broadcast range and also to enable microwave telecommunication between the tall buildings in the city’s growing downtown core. As far as most Torontonians were concerned, the major benefit of the tower was bragging rights: Until 2007, the tower held the world’s record as the tallest freestanding structure.

A temple to sport Toronto was always a sports-loving town, and a destination for sports fans. But for many years, its sports infrastructure didn’t keep up with its fandom, and in 1982, the Toronto Argonauts hosted the Grey Cup at Exhibition Stadium in a driving November rain. Ontario Premier Bill Davis was in attendance, and not amused.

Not long after, Davis announced that a committee would meet to plan a domed stadium, initially to be built at Exhibition Place. It didn’t end up there — the committee finally selected the current site, near the CN Tower.

The dome would be retractable, so if weather permitted football, baseball and other sports could take place out of doors. The name, SkyDome, was picked as a part of a “name the stadium” contest. Now, it’s known as the Rogers Centre and home to the Toronto Blue Jays and the Toronto Argonauts.

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Throw your Canada Day party with tips from an expert SARA CARSON scarson@simcoe.com For Canadian entertaining expert Sebastien Centner, our country inspires thoughts of the great outdoors, Quebec cheese, Ontario wines, maple syrup and Kim Mitchell’s Patio Lanterns.

When it comes to throwing an unforgettable Canada Day party, Centner has unique tips you can use at home.

Dazzling decor

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“We want to find ways to celebrate our country and celebrate Canada Day in a way that is typically Canadian, which is being (environmentally) responsible,” Centner said.

Red and white is a Canada Day go-to. Centner suggests you choose one and pair it with silver or gold.

“Canada Day is typically a very casual holiday … but how do we do something that also represents this 150th celebration that is really, really momentous. From that point of view that’s where I think integrating silver and gold work really well,” Centner said.

Instead of cut flowers, Centner would plant red, or white impatiens in clay terracotta pots. If you choose silver, put a mirror under your pots for an inexpensive

When it comes to home entertaining, Centner recommends batch cocktails.

“It’s self-serve. All you have to do is replenish glassware,” he said.

Create a Caesar bar with all the trimmings. Make a pitcher of classic Caesars and spicy Caesar and provide celery salt for glass rims and garnishes like celery, cucumbers, tiger prawns, edamame beans and long green beans.

You could also serve pitchers of red and white sangria.

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Host an unforgettable Canada Day celebration. Plan your party outside and create a Caesar bar with all the trimmings. and easy touch of elegance, he added.

Menu inspired by Canadian food and drink Serve Ontario wines with Quebec cheese, British Columbia smoked salmon, lobster from Nova Scotia, or beef sliders using

Alberta beef. Cook Prince Edward Island scalloped potatoes with shaved Alberta beef, or scallops and herbs from the east coast.

For dessert, Centner suggests taking inspiration from Canada’s winter. Create maple syrup taffy at home by freezing a large block of ice. Pour maple syrup on the block and roll the now thick syrup onto a Popsicle stick.

Showcase Canada’s musical history Create your own playlist, or find one on Spotify, a music streaming service.

“What a great way to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary if you go from Stompin’ Tom to Justin Bieber,” Centner said.

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