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cougars celebrate: The Toronto District School Board's North Albion Cougars varsity football team celebrate after a touchdown in the final seconds of the game secure a 32-27 victory against Scarborough’s Bendale/ Churchill Bulldogs at North Albion Collegiate on Tuesday.
NHLer donates hockey equipment to local leagues Mimico native and Chicago Blackhawk Dave Bolland makes gesture through his foundation CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com In a word, Dave Bolland’s recent donation of 10 full sets of hockey equipment to local minor hockey
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In memory: The Sasha Menu Courey Memorial Swimming Relay event was held Sunday at the Etobicoke Olympium in remembrance of the Etobicoke Swim Club member. Left, ESWIM Club members (left to right) Maria Benko, Olivia Bellio, and Tara Mallory took part in the seniors events; Above, ESWIM Club members Tristan Cote (foreground) and Aly Abdel-Khalik warm up togethr in the pool prior to their race. Staff photos/IAN KELSO
believe it was more than her life — it was her lifeline,” Menu said of his daughter. “In January 2011, her life fell apart when her coach said she had to stop swimming to heal a back injury. The endorphins and serotonin from swimming stopped being produced. She had been swimming 25 hours a week. She went into withdrawal symptoms. She had the pressure of keeping her scholarship.” Menu said their daughter would call them at night, pleading, “I really need to go back to swimming.” Menu Courey still holds the ESWIM 11-12 year old short course 50m freestyle record of 27.26 set in 2004. “After 15 years, swimming was her life,” Courey said of Sasha. “When there is a lot of stress or injury in the life of an athlete, we want to make sure their coaches and parents are there to encourage them to seek some help. A few of Sasha’s friends have had to stop swimming. They’ve had a hard time, suffered depression and they don’t have BPD.” An athlete’s drive and success does not make them immune from stress and difficult times, Menu added. “We want them to know, ‘It’s OK.
We have this and this support for you,’” he said. The couple wish they’d had the skills, primary among them validating a person with BPD’s feelings, to help their daughter that they now teach to others.
“Swimming was Sasha’s life. We believe it was more than her life — it was her lifeline.” - Mike Menu, father of Sasha Menu Courey People with BPD are often described as having “no emotional skin” with reactions of hurt, betrayal or abandonment a common response to innocuous comments. “When Sasha was 12 years old, after a meet I asked her, ‘why are you crying?’ You won. Be happy,’” Courey recalled. “She said, ‘I didn’t get my best time.’ What I said to her was invalidating. You validate the feeling first, then offer sugges-
tions. Knowing this communication could have saved a lot of crises with Sasha.” Dr. Marilyn Korzekwa of St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton gave keynote remarks at last Sunday’s relay. She is currently acting director of the Bridge to Recovery Day Hospital, and is involved in the provision of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), the most proven, evidencebased treatment for BPD. DBT is the first treatment proven to improve BPD within a year, Korzekwa reported. DBT is an intensive treatment. It requires individual therapy weekly for a year, two hours of group treatment a week, the therapists also have to meet weekly for one to oneand-a-half hours and be available by phone to coach clients through crises, Korzekwa said. “DBT is successful because it precisely targets the most damaging behaviours and issues in BPD. DBT focuses on suicide prevention and changing suicidal behaviours as its number one goal. It is also successful because therapists are highly trained and work together weekly as a community to help the
clients in the program,” Korzekwa said. “Unfortunately, because it is so resource-intensive and takes so long, there are waiting lists in all centres that offer it.” Courey met Korzekwa earlier this year at a meeting to discuss organizing a national network for the education and research about BPD. “The biggest issues with awareness is that lay people rarely know about the disorder whereas it is stigmatized within the medical field. Medical professionals who do know about BPD are afraid to make the diagnosis because they are afraid to give people the label,” Korzekwa said in an interview. “Fortunately, with the advent of DBT, that is changing.” Courey and Menu gave their talk, titled “Borderline...what? A message of hope” at Senator O’Connor College School for the second time earlier this week. “One student made a heart out of cue cards we gave them, gave it to me and said, ‘Sasha is in our hearts.’ If that person only knew we gave Sasha’s heart to a heart recipient. It really touched me. I’m going to frame it,” Courey said.
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Victims were socializing in Jamestown before murders >>>from page 1 be reckoned with. “Both women have tremendous strength.” Toronto police par tnered with the women, who included the CrimeStoppers information and printed the flyers. Warsame’s family is also distributing the flyers at their local mosque. The men are the fifth and sixth young Somali men to be killed by gun violence since Ahmed Hassan, 24, was killed on June 2 at the Eaton Centre. The spate of violence in the Somali community is rallying community leaders and victims’ family to take action and to seek help. What Vander Heyden knows of that night is that the men were socializing with three other male friends at a bar north of the city. Between 9 and 10 p.m., the men left the bar and went to Jamestown in a “social capacity,” the homicide detective said. “Suleiman and Warsame
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been peaceful since Toronto police’s 23 Division launched its Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) on June 1. Until early that morning, there had been no reported incidents of shootings anywhere in north Etobicoke for months. CrimeStoppers has been effective in the case, Vander Heyden said. “It’s like building a wall out of pebbles,” he said of solving the double-homicide. “We hope last week’s canvass is also effective. Homicides are either solved quickly or over a long period of time. This is now becoming the latter.” While Vander Heyden said he doesn’t necessarily expect witnesses to the murders to come forward — “that might be too hopeful” — “I am looking to talk with people who might have seen people hanging around and drinking that night.” Suleiman Ali and Warsame Ali are the city’s 39th and 40th homicide victims this year.
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To the editor: I have a thought of a great way to pay for transit in Toronto. Why not designate all of the money generated by the parking control officers, with their numerous books full of tickets, to fund transit. If council wants to penalize the owners of cars, delivery trucks and other vehicles belonging to people trying to conduct legitimate business off of the inner city roads, why not? Surely the substantial financial haul that pours daily into the city hall coffers can be rerouted toward this essential service. Chris Belfontaine
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nown to some Ontarians as “the education premier”, Dalton McGuinty certainly made his mark in education over the past nine years. He restored some funding after taking over government from Mike Harris’ Progressive Conservatives. He led successful initiatives to reduce class sizes and more recently, to implement full-day kindergarten. And despite the current sticky situation with the teachers’ unions to legislate a wage-freeze, McGuinty was able to negotiate generous contracts with them during his two previous terms. But times have changed since McGuinty was first elected. The economy is recovering and the province is in debt. And education policy deserves fresh eyes. our view The next leader must understand a certain tiring of current Leadership race Liberal education policy and adjust the vision. Fortunately, a will rejuvenate leadership race allows rejuvenakey issues tion on key issues. Understanding these are tough economic times, any discussion about increasing funding for education must be accompanied with a frank discussion on where the money will come from. And, like in every other government department, tough decisions will have to be made by the province with direction from the next premier on how to reduce the deficit while continuing to invest in education. In the meantime, as both Toronto school boards continue to face budget challenges, the public can help in finding the solution to providing essential school programming without breaking the bank. We encourage everyone to get involved with the Toronto District School Board’s (TDSB) largest public consultation process taking place over the next six weeks to help the board shape its plans on future budget decisions. “In a world that is quickly changing, we know how important it is to have the right opportunities and supports in place to prepare students for the future,” said Chris Spence, TDSB director of education, in a statement. “Simply put, we need the right programs in the right spaces in the right places.” Under the current fiscal reality, it will take more than a legislated wage-freeze to maintain a high quality of education in this city. The tough decision to cut some programs, for the time being, will be inevitable. Providing your feedback and helping come up with a consensus on how to proceed with the financial resources available will be crucial on building a firm foundation to making public education the best it can be for the next generation. Meeting dates in your neighbourhood can be found online at www.tdsb.on.ca/shapeOURfuture Toronto Community News is a division of Metroland Media Group Ltd. The Guardian is a member of the Ontario Press Council. Visit ontpress.com newsroom
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ith a surprise resignation, a constitutional fiddle, and a warning to his successor not to break the Liberals’ winning streak, Dalton McGuinty ended his third term as Premier. Given the nature of partisan party politics, it was mere moments before comments on his departure the future came out in either black or white terms. Yet for Toronto, which relies on Queen’s Park, his legacy and our prospects under a new provincial government are less clear. For a premier, Dalton McGuinty began his government in the best of circumstances. He followed Mike Harris, who had a rural political base, a need to retrench after his predecessor Bob Rae, and a belief that smaller government is better government. Whatever Torontonians may think of Mike Harris, he left his successor room to expand. Premier McGuinty made the best of his opportunity. Queen’s Park invested in new transit projects, shared gas tax revenues, and again paid for some municipal
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social programs. Ever the canny politician, McGuinty squeezed the greatest advantage from every cent, at times infuriating Toronto City Hall and then carefully doling out just enough subsidy. On the other hand, McGuinty left in place the huge ongoing costs for the city in transit and social housing. Instead of taking back direct responsibility for these expenditures, he instead offered a series of special payments or costsharing programs. This change of approach, from being a municipal paymaster to selectively paying for projects and smaller programs, caused the city significant financial turmoil. However it made for practical politics at Queen’s Park. McGuinty had to keep the support of his caucus, which often meant convincing skeptical MPPs that his
policies were not Torontocentric. On balance our city government probably achieved as well as it could have under any premier. The results speak for themselves. Prior to McGuinty’s arrival, the provincial Liberals had nine of Toronto’s seats in the provincial legislature, against 16 for the Progressive Conservatives. After Premier McGuinty took charge, Toronto has become a Liberal stronghold of 18 or 19 seats, while completely shutting out the Progressive Conservatives. But over the last decade those heady days being able to pin blame elsewhere and spending one’s way out of trouble have ended. Through bad luck, bad decisions and perhaps fatigue, the McGuinty government faces strong enemies, a deficit measured in billions, contempt resolutions at Queen’s Park, and an approval rating of about 20 per cent. One pollster reports that if an election were held today, the Ontario Liberals would be reduced to three seats provincewide, all of which would be
in Toronto. While the Liberals might get three seats in Toronto, remaining seats for the other two main parties are not evenly spread. Current voting intentions point to the NDP winning seats downtown, while the PCs will take the suburbs. So it was no surprise that PC leader Tim Hudak presented a suburban vision for transit, nor that NDP leader Andrea Horwath is unenthusiastic about a downtown casino location. If either one of these leaders is our next premier, they will either need to pull their policies to the centre, or risk governing with support from only part of our city. In retrospect the McGuinty government had a good run. It provided Toronto with a reasonable and stable political environment, although on a tight fiscal leash. In return, Toronto gave the Liberal party solid support for three terms. It was a fair bargain for both. n David Soknacki is a former city councillor and city budget chief. He can be reached at www.soknacki. com
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Students get a sneak peak into world of high school Toronto’s Catholic school board will be welcoming Grade 8 students and their families to a series of open houses at local high schools this fall. Each open house event will offer the
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Elder abuse focus of upcoming expo Are you or an elder you know being abused? Learn to recognize elder abuse and to report it next week at the Elder Abuse Education and Awareness Information Day in co-ordination with Toronto police 23 Division’s Community Seniors’ Expo. The information day and seniors’ expo takes place Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Albion Centre mall, 1530 Albion Rd. at Kipling Avenue. Educational presentations will take place throughout the day which includes snacks, light refreshment, prizes and
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Families struggling to cover cost of sport to be helped >>>from page 1 The Dave Bolland Foundation – the Chicago Blackhawk’s forward and Mimico native’s new charitable initiative supporting programs for marginalized youth – donated five full sets of hockey equipment (skates, sticks, helmets, pads and bag included) each to both Faustina and Queensway hockey clubs. “It’s about serving my community, staying true to what we have set out as important goals for the Foundation, and most importantly, supporting kids from all sorts of backgrounds who deserve a break,” Bolland, who remains in training in Chicago despite the lockout, said in a statement. Kim Allan, president of Faustina, said the donated equipment will be used by his league to help out families who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford the equipment for their kids. “This donation adds to the stock of equipment we keep on hand to help families with money issues and who can’t afford some or all of the equipment,” he said, noting that Bolland is a former Faustina Sportsman of the Year for his support over the years. What makes the donation even more great, added Szarka, is the fact that the equipment donation – valued at around $350 per bag – comes from a hometown hero. “I don’t think there’s a person in Mimico that doesn’t know the name Dave Bolland. The funny part is, there are probably five NHLers who come from the south Etobicoke area, but Dave holds true because he’s Mimico through and through,” he said of the former
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Dave Bolland of the Chicago Blackhawks (not pictured) donated hockey equipment to two local hockey leagues, including the Queensway Canadien Hockey Association which include players (left to right) Charlie, Samuel, and Alex, along with coach Chris Szarka (left) and Kim Allan (right) from Faustina Sport Club Etobicoke Minor Hockey.
Queensway Canadien, whose Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2010. “His mom had a neighbourhood party on her front lawn when Dave brought home the Stanley Cup, and they waved us over to take a photo. They’re a great family and great ambassadors for hockey. That’s just what Dave does.” Bolland’s hockey equipment donations through the NHLPA’s Goals and Dreams fund is just one of the facets of his new foundation. Launched back in February, the Dave Bolland Foundation – through Bolland’s annual Golf Classic – has also raised more than
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Transportation Services has once again scheduled mechanical leaf collection service in the areas outlined on the attached map.
Mechanical Leaf Collection will take place from: Monday, October 22 to Friday, November 30, 2012 A total of 43,300 notices, with the program collection dates, will be delivered to all households in the program area. Only those residents who are scheduled to receive mechanical leaf pick-up will receive notification, two weeks prior to the scheduled pick-up date of collection. (Those that do not receive a notice are not eligible for the program). If you are in the program area: A day or two before the start of your collection week, please rake all leaves to the edge of, but not onto the travelled portion of the roadway. Do not place leaves in ditches or in any way as to obstruct water flow. Once crews have picked up the leaves, they will not return to the area and the residents must bag any remaining leaves. Only the leaves that have been placed by the edge of the roadway by 7:00 a.m. the first day of your scheduled collection will be removed. If the leaf collection program is suspended due to an early snow fall, we will resume leaf collection during the month of April 2013. The City suggests that, whenever possible, composting is still the best solution for managing your leaves. For information on composting, please visit: toronto.ca/compost If you do not receive mechanical leaf collection, place your yard waste in reusable, rigid, open-top containers or kraft paper bags on your regular yard waste collection day for pick-up. Check your local collection calendar for your yard waste collection schedule and more helpful tips. If you have any questions about the service, call 311 or visit the website at: toronto.ca/transportation/leaf_pickup
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RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Departing Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty did act positively to improve transit over his time in office, said the former head of the TTC. But Adam Giambrone, responding to the premier’s Monday night resignation announcement, said McGuinty’s inability to provide stronger leadership on transit ultimately casts a long shadow over his successes. “From a transit perspective, he could have been firmer,” said Giambrone, who worked with McGuinty on the Transit City light rail plan, in an interview Tuesday. “He did champion good public policy, he did move the (transit) file forward. But he didn’t always follow through, and it’s unfortunate he didn’t show more leadership.” Giambrone, who chaired the TTC from 2006 until 2010, was critical of McGuinty’s decision to not restore provincial operational funding to the TTC – which was scrapped by Progressive Conservative premier Mike Harris back in 1995 – and for allowing Mayor Rob Ford to scrap Transit City following his 2010 election victory. “He backed away from Transit City,” said
Giambrone. The project was ultimately restored by Toronto council this year, but the delay has pushed back the completion of the lines to 2020 at the earliest. While praising McGuinty for his sincere desire to improve transit, Giambrone said the premier failed to come up with a sustainable funding strategy for the ambitious Big Move plan, which was adopted in 2008 and promised $50-billion worth of transit expansion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) over the next 25 years. But with funding questions still unresolved, the plan is in danger of never being fully realized, said Giambrone. “There’s no real Big Move as long as there is no long term funding plan,” he said. Metrolinx, the transit planning agency created under McGuinty, was expected to report back to the premier for June 2013 on an investment strategy to fund the Big Move. A spokesperson for the agency had no comment on McGuinty’s departure, but did say in a written statement that work on the plan was proceeding without interruption. “We don’t have a statement regarding the premier’s resignation. It’s business as usual
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One of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s promises was GO's new 15-minute guarantee, which launched this year.
for Metrolinx. We have $16 billion worth of projects with shovels in the ground,” wrote Malon Edwards, a media relations specialist for the agency. Mitzie Hunter from the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance, a group calling for full funding of the Big Move, said McGuinty was pivotal in bringing about transit
improvements set to be completed in the next few years, including the revitalization of Union Station and the Toronto-York Spadina Subway extension. “We’re pleased to see investments being made,” s a i d Hu n t e r, C E O f o r CivicAction. She said she was confident work would continue on the
Big Move, regardless of who McGuinty’s successor is. One of Mcguinty’s political opponents had few kind words for McGuinty’s transit achievements. Provincial NDP member Jonah Schein was especially critical of the decision by the Liberals to build an air rail link between Union Station and Pearson International
Airport in time for the Toronto Pan American Games, which would see a sizeable increase in GO diesel train traffic running along the Georgetown South rail corridor. Metrolinx is currently studying the feasibility of electrifying the air rail link, but the provincial government has already announced no decision will be made until after the line opens. Schein had introduced a private member’s bill calling for electric trains to run on the air rail link immediately upon its opening in 2015, and a debate was scheduled in the legislature at Queen’s Park this week. But the decision by the premier to prorogue the legislature – which accompanied his resignation announcement – has shelved the matter indefinitely. “We were quite optimistic that we were going to get support from a majority of members,” said Schein of his bill. He said that decision and others show McGuinty has failed to improve transit over the course of his three terms as premier. “We’re 20 years behind, and the government has had 10 years to work on it,” said Schein, who represents Davenport.
Commuters: what would you do with an extra 32 minutes? Transit awareness campaign by CivicAction invited comments on benefits of a shorter commute RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com What would you do with an extra 32? That’s the question advocacy group the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance is asking residents beginning today with the launch of a media campaign in favour of better regional transit. The group is calling on commuters to weigh in on what they’d do with an
extra 32 minutes each day, the time it says would be saved on commuting if the province’s $50-billion Big Move transportation plan for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is completed. Not completing the Big Move, the group argues, would push the average commute time from 77 to 109 minutes – a loss of 32 minutes – and continue to cost the regional economy
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press conference, and asked Twitter users how they would make use of the 32 extra minutes. • “I would spend more time with my family and volunteer in my community,” tweeted @henrjose (Joe Henry). • “With an extra 32 mins a day I’d like to say that I’d do housework (but it’s more likely I’d walk my dog longer),” wrote @rspring (Rebecca Spring). The fall campaign is the first phase of CivicAction’s strategy to bring more awareness for transit. Tory said the next step would be to convince residents of the increased costs they’ll have to shell out to complete the Big Move. “We think it’s better to establish the need first that there is a congestion crisis,”
he said after the press conference. “Then we can move to the question of what we are willing to do to make sure new transit gets built.” He said the group would continue to pursue a regional focus and avoid advocating on what mode of transit is best. “We’re not going to get involved in the subway versus LRT argument,” said Tory. “We’re more interested in getting people to face up to the issues and decide on priorities and how to pay for them. If we can achieve that, it would be a constructive use of our time.” Hunter said she expects phase two of the campaign will launch sometime in the winter. For more information, visit www.your32.com
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Votto’s dreams of World Series win come to an end Richview Collegiate grad Joey Votto was having a great post season, but that will likely be little consolation for him after his Cincinnati Reds lost the fifth and deciding game of their opening round National Baseball League series against the San Francisco Giants. The Reds blew a 2-0 lead in the series, despite some lofty numbers put up by the first baseman both in the series as a whole and in the crucial final game which the Reds lost 6-4. Over the five games, Votto, 29, was again amongst the league leaders in almost every offensive category, including a .389 average which he manufactured on seven hits in 18 at-bats. And if you throw in his four base-on-balls, his on-base percentage rises to a league-leading .500. Two of his seven hits came at key junctures in the final game in the seventh and ninth
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2011, the telecommunications industry fell apart and I had to focus on my existing business so these things just wound up being used to redecorate my office and my basement.” Cunningham said he approached Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment in hopes they might be interested in the historic items, but was unable to actually work something out. “I could never get the right people together to make the big decisions,” he said. “I made many attempts over the years, but maybe they think the reproductions look better than the originals.” He secured the services of memorabilia sales company Frozen Pond to help him auction off the items. Frozen Pond president Hersh Borenstein said the auction is not exactly historic given Cunningham purchased the pieces in a similar way 12 years ago, but noted it presents a unique opportunity for fans and collectors.
“We’re in Toronto, the greatest hockey city, and there’s a lot of Maple Leafs stuff here,” he said. “There’s a hockey void right now (with the NHL lockout) so this should appeal to fans.” Borenstein noted items such as the 1967 Stanley Cup banner represent a huge part of the team’s history. He hopes that banner in particular fetches at least $100,000 given its significance. “You can’t go to the Louvre and bid on the Mona Lisa, but for Leafs fans this is kind of the same thing,” he said. Cunningham said the money he receives for the items is beside the point. He simply wants to ensure the items wind up in the hands of those who will properly appreciate them. “I just hope the people who buy it are big fans and people who really want it,” he said. The items are on display at www.frozenpond.com and will be up for bids until 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
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They bring music to both happy and sad events. They entertain everyone from royalty on a red carpet to kids seated on a curb. And this past Saturday, the Toronto police pipe band commemorated its 100th anniversary during the annual police games at the Rogers Centre. The band has 83 members though only 18 are members of the police force. A handful are retired police officers. “The majority of the pipe band are civilians from all walks of life: doctor, dentist, photographer, students, teachers, lawyers,” said Staff Sgt. Robert Skinner, the band’s manager and drum major. “They came from across Southern Ontario.” The band participates in about 200 events per year, ranging from funerals to parades. “The ones we’re most noticeable for every year are the Toronto Santa Claus Parade, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, parades at Remembrance Day,” said Skinner, a 32-year veteran of the police service. “We play at a lot of police retirements, special dinners, the opening of any conferences that we’re running.” The band plays at funerals for police officers, both active and retired. Two years ago, the band was within 15 feet of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at the running of the Queen’s Plate. “We finished playing just before they came out,” recalled Skinner. “Her Majesty
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The Toronto Police Service Pipe Band, celebrating its 100th anniversary, performs during the Police Games at the Rogers Centre last Saturday. The annual event benefits the Toronto Police Widows and Orphans Fund.
‘The ones we’re most noticeable for every year are the Toronto Santa Claus Parade, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, parades at Remembrance Day. We play at a lot of police retirements, special dinners, the opening of any conferences that we’re running.’ Band manager Staff Sgt. Robert Skinner came out on the red carpet to present to the winner of the Queen’s Plate. But she just very politely looked to her left and acknowledged the band with a little nod of the head and a wave as we were saluting.” Skinner, who has been with the band for 23 years, also recalled a trip the band made to Stone Mountain, Georgia for a Highland Festival in the early ‘90s when the Blue Jays were playing the Atlanta Braves for the World Series. “We started with the Tomahawk Chop that they use in Atlanta for
the Atlanta Braves and then we went into Take Me Out to the Ball Game, and I can tell you the reception that we got from the crowd was absolutely incredible.” Pipe bands have a longstanding tradition with the police and the military, going back to the early days of Scotland. “The pipe band has taken me to France, Bermuda, all through Canada, United States,” Skinner noted. “I look at it as an extension and part of a community outreach in the police service.”
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through their hearing test results. If treatment is necessary, a technician will assist in choosing the best solution to suit the individual needs, without any pressure to purchase a device. Treatments include specialized hearing and personal communication devices outfitted and monitored by David Highgate. Hearing aids are among the best treatments to restore mild to profound hearing loss, and Hear For You offers Open Fit technology to ensure the most comfortable, discreet designs, and the most natural sound quality. To ensure patients get the most of out their hearing aid,
follow up services and rehabilitation appointments are encouraged. David Highgate and his team will address any questions or concerns and make sure hearing is being experienced at its fullest potential. For those already fitted with a personal hearing aid, Hear For You provides free hearing aid cleaning services to ensure patients continue to receive the best performance from their device. Assisted living devices are also available at Hear For You. A technician is available to introduce patients to a multitude of technologies including a Shake Awake alarm clock, and Pocket Talker Pro
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The Village of Islington Business Improvement Area (BIA) will unveil its 24th in a series of 25 murals next week. Entitled ‘Battersby’s March’, the newest mural in the BIA’s 25-mural ArtWalk will be unveiled at the CIBC at 4914 Dundas St. W. at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25. “Through art, the Village of Murals tell fascinating stories of our community,” BIA Chair Lola Macanowicz
said in a statement. “We’re excited about taking part in the War of 1812 celebrations and sharing the Etobicoke story as our part of our national history.” To commemorate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, the BIA commissioned ‘Battersby’s March’ to honour Etobicoke’s contribution during such a defining conflict. On July 29, 1813, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Battersby was
UPCOMING EVENT ordered to leave York with all the soldiers under his command to secure Burlington against an imminent American threat. Dispatched in a “march of extraordinary celerity” along Dundas Street, this force – consisting largely of Battersby’s own regiment, the Glengarry Light Infantry – arrived in time to dissuade the enemy from
attacking. ‘Battersby’s March’ features the three Canadian units that participated in the July 29 march: the 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot, the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencible Regiment, and Les Voltigeurs Canadiens. The mural became a reality through the support of the City of Toronto, local businesses and community partners, including the
CIBC, Arts Etobicoke, the Etobicoke Historical Society, Heritage Etobicoke Foundation, Montgomery’s Inn and and Fort York. contact information For more information and a free copy of the 2013 Mural calendar, contact Linda Plater at info@villageofislington.com or 647-7034802.
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