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Food co-op planned for Stonegate plaza WILL KOBLENSKY etg@insidetoronto.com Stonegate Plaza’s redevelopment won’t feature a supermarket in its condo and retail space, but it could house the West End Food Co-op or a similar, non-profit group.

West-end councillors unanimously passed a motion Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Etobicoke York Community Council pushing ahead developer VANDYK’s plans

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of turning a 1950s plaza into three high-rises and a retail building. A multi-use private road will weave between the structures while a green space featuring a splash pad is planned as the centrepiece for what the developer dubs “The Shoppes at Stonegate”.

The item must still be approved

by City Council on March 10.

Community activists won many amenities they campaigned for, including Stonegate Community >>>food, page 14

Townhouses approved in Islington, Norseman area West-end councillors gave the green light to zoning bylaw amendments that will pave the way for a mixed-use development on the site of the old Sunbeam building in Ward 5 this week.

The application unanimously approved by Etobicoke York Community Council on Tuesday, Feb. 23 proposes the development of 176 townhouse units and a 4,024-square-metre, 25-unit industrial building on the site at 1030 and 1040 Islington Ave. at Norseman Street.

Also approved was a draft plan of a subdivision that will create five blocks and three new public streets through the residential

area on the easterly portion of the site, one of which will provide a connection between Islington and Norseman.

In exchange, the owner of the site will be required to enter into a Section 37 agreement with the city worth $325,000: $315,000 allocated to streetscape improvements along The Queensway between Islington and Royal York Road, and $10,000 toward capital improvements to Fairfield Park.

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Children with a parent in prison get support, have fun TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com Kids huddle together physically, and emotionally, on wooden benches on a former Alder wood elementar y school’s stage.

There, they excitedly share the high and low points of their day, their feelings, and sometimes, their stress.

One boy spontaneously upturns himself into a backward bend. Moments later, another boy shares how his mom broke her wrist the day before.

For some, it’s a rare safe place to open up with other kids who understand and to mentors they trust.

Tuesday afternoon was a typical day in the peer mentorship program for kids ages six to 13 run by FEAT (Fostering, Empowering, Advocating, Together) for Children of Incarcerated Parents at Franklin Horner Community Centre during the simultaneously rarest of days.

Aviva Canada representatives presented FEAT cofounders Derek Reid and his daughter, Jessica, an oversized Aviva yellow cheque for $50,000, the grand prize in the 2015 Aviva Community Fund national competition.

Aviva Canada has awarded $6.5 million to more than 222 Canadian charities and community groups in the past seven years.

“We’re very excited to win,” Derek Reid said. “The program was kind of on life support. It couldn’t have happened at a better time.”

If Aviva is a lifeline for FEAT’s program, the program is a lifeline for the kids.

FEAT runs the same program Wednesday nights at Ephraim’s Place Community Centre in North York, which serves kids in the Jane-Finch and Jane-Sheppard neighbourhoods.

Rayshawn, 11, lives in Etobicoke with his grandmother and aunt.

“I like all of it,” Rayshawn said of the program. “I get to play fun games, interact with other kids, say how my day

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FEAT for Children mentor Andres Lapena, left, talks with Joshua on Tuesday at the Franklin Horner Community Centre, as the program received a grant of $50,000 from the Aviva Community Fund.

has been. It makes me feel at home.”

Rayshawn, his grandmother and aunt, sometimes joined by his sister, visit his dad in prison twice a month through a bus program run

by FEAT every Saturday and Sunday.

FEAT charges $30 for return bus trips to Warkworth Prison in Campbellford, Ont., and $40 for trips to Kingston prisons.

Otherwise, the run would cost well more than $100, well out of reach of many families, Derek Reid said.

The Reids offer riders support, information and a listening ear.

“It helps me in school,” Rayshawn said of the peer mentorship program. “Before, I couldn’t really talk to anyone about (my dad being in prison). It made me feel stressed. This has helped me feel less stressed and to be more open.”

Children and youth with parents in prison often experience traumatic abandonment by a fundamental role

model, which can result in compromised self-esteem, trust and sense of security in family relationships, school truancy, a decline in academic achievement, as well as antisocial attitudes and behaviours, the Reids said. peer connection “It connects kids with one another and with a positive role model, so important with the loss particularly of a loved one, a parent, on the inside,” said Jessica Reid, who has a background in teaching and psychology.

“That absence from the child’s life can lead to low self-esteem. A lot are bullied at school, doing poor academically, there can be mental health challenges. All these can be antecedents to a potential lifetime of crime.”

Five years ago, Jessica taught in Alberta. She had three children in her class with dads in prison.

She connected particularly with one, a young girl.

“She had light eyes and

dark hair, longing for a relationship with her dad,” Jessica said. “She’d tell me how much she missed him, how much she wanted to hug him.”

Jessica could relate. Her dad, Derek, didn’t know of her existence until she was 24.

Once they met, Jessica asked Derek to help her research whether any organizations existed in Canada to support kids of incarcerated parents. They found none.

“It’s unbelievable that in 2011, at-risk kids were totally forgotten about in Canada, which is such a progressive country,” Jessica said, recalling her shock, adding programs do exist in the U.S. and the U.K. Devin Murphy-Eagleson, 19, a program mentor, is a Centennial College social service work student.

“Some of the kids are angry, some are aggressive,” he said of the kids. “Others are very quiet and keep to themselves.

They’re very closed off. They don’t really open up.

“Some have a parent in for a few years, some more than

20 years, some have parents who were deported.”

Murphy-Eagleson empathizes with the kids. His own parents had been incarcerated when he was young.

Both are now out, and part of his life.

“I try to relate to them.

Sometimes, I relate my own experiences. I do what the kids want to do. It’s really about getting the kids to help themselves, helping them to open up to people.”

Peer support and mentorship programs have been shown to reduce problem behaviours and to improve academic performance among participants, the Reids said, noting FEAT shares those outcomes in its program.

“It’s so important we really get in there at a young age.

Obviously, early intervention is key to changing how kids think,” Derek Reid said.

“Growth among younger kids tends to be bigger than the changes we see in 14, 15 or 16 year olds because the younger kids are willing to learn and to change.”

Wondering when the snow plow went through a street or sidewalk you intend to use?

Well, the City of Toronto has taken out the guesswork out of it with a new web page.

The web page enables residents to see the location of plows, sidewalk plows and salt trucks and when individual streets were serviced by the City’s winter operations crews.

The new web page uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) installed on plows and salt trucks to determine when a road was serviced by using a colour coded system. If a road was serviced within the last four hours, the road will be shown with a green line. If a road was serviced within the last four to 12 hours, the road will be shown with a blue line and if serviced between 12 to 24 hours earlier, the road will be coloured red. The web page is available at http:// www.toronto.ca/plowTO At this time, information on exactly when plows or salt trucks will service specific streets is not available.

Varying amounts of snow received during any snow episode and potential route changes make it difficult to predict exactly when vehicles will attend to certain roads, the city said.

Some winter operations equipment including bus stop plows, hand crews and supervisory and support vehicles is not displayed on the web page.

You can follow the city’s winter operations activities on Twitter at @TO_WinterOps.

Correction A story on the front page of the Feb. 11 edition of The Etobicoke Guardian, headlined “SEYA under threat after funding cut” requires correction.

Former South Etobicoke Youth Assembly co-ordinator Amber Morley works in Councillor John Campbell’s office.

The Guardian regrets the error.

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onsidering that film and television production work is worth $1-billion a year to Toronto, we think it’s a good idea Mayor John Tory is heading out to Los Angeles for a business mission in support of the industry. The mayor of one of the world’s largest centres for film, television and digital media production should be making annual visits to help promote and protect what is an important business to our city. And he goes at an especially good time as the value of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar makes shooting movies and television shows in Toronto even more attractive for American production companies.

“Toronto’s film and television sector is a growing source of jobs and economic growth,” said Tory in a city press release.

Along with the dollars the industry pumps into Toronto’s economy, it’s also helping grow an valuable source of local our view extremely talent, which benefits our city on so many levels. Being a centre of Trip helps film and television production makes Toronto a cultural hub promote T.O.’s also in Canada for those industries. It builds a strong community of not economy only people in the creative arts, but also in the many technical sides of the industry from high-tech digital imaging, to sound systems, to set building, special effects, catering, transportation, hotels and more. It’s an industry that also builds Toronto a profile beyond the film industry as it also helps increase tourism. While in Los Angeles, Tory has meetings planned with 11 major studios including CBS, Paramount, Warner and Sony. According to the city, those studios alone have more than $800-million worth of projects planned for Toronto in 2016 alone. Tory is not going by himself on this trip either, as he is bringing a delegation of both film and tourism professionals from the city with him.

They represent Canadian companies and the local hospitality industry, and are making the trip with the mayor on their own dime. There are nine partners as part of the mayor’s delegation and they are paying $5,000 each to sponsor An Evening With Canada’s Stars that will showcase Canadian excellence in the industry as part of the visit. Tory will also meet with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. While some may see this as a nice excuse for the mayor to get out to California at the end of February, we view it as an important part of the job, promoting local industry and looking after the economic health of Toronto.

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‘Crazy’ gondola scheme might be stretching it If you’re going to pitch a crazy transit scheme like gondolas across the Don Valley to service a fancy artisanal market, probably it’s best to make sure that nobody’s planning an extravagant mea-culpa about their crazy transit scheme within the same week.

Such is the unhappy circumstance that the entrepreneurial gondola-iers at Bullwheel International Cable Car Corp., who pitched their plan to stretch cable across the Don Valley just days before Metrolinx moved to slash prices on the Union-Pearson Express train to boost its gossamerthin ridership.

The train was at one time touted as a major economic development boost, providing a quick link between Union Station and Pearson airport. The investment – $465 million – was deemed worthwhile, even as the private sector consortium initially interested in the project lost interest, and in

david nickle the city 2010 Metrolinx took the whole thing over.

The private sector clearly knew something that the public sector leadership didn’t, because the rail line opened up with tepid ridership.

It wasn’t hard to see why.

With few stations, and those that existed difficult to access, the only way that the 25-minute airport ride could be a convenience would be for those travellers who were staying or holding meetings within a short walk of Union Station.

And with the price point of $27 one way, really only executives with an expense account would have any reason to ride it.

But for that class of traveller, an airport limo ride with door-to-terminal service would only cost a few dollars more.

What a terrible idea that

airport express train was.

What a terrible, seductive idea.

It was so seductive, of course, because it played to that aspirational myth that is so damaging to Toronto’s more necessary priorities: namely, that we need to dress ourselves up in the manner of much larger cities in Europe and America in order to remain competitive.

So if there are trains from Stockholm’s downtown to its airport, and an express train between Victoria Station and Gatwick Airport in London, what fun it would be for us to be like that too.

So many of our major transit initiatives have sprung from that ethos.

In the 1990s, then North York mayor Mel Lastman fought tooth and nail to make sure there was money for the Sheppard subway, because he knew that building it would validate the Yonge-Sheppard hub that was to be his old city’s

downtown.

Scarborough is getting an absurd, one-stop subway extension to the Scarborough Town Centre, because residents there have been convinced that a subway is the path to civic legitimacy.

The gondolas as described sound like a lot of fun – soaring over the leafy glories of the Don Valley, carrying passengers from the million-dollar-homes of prime Riverdale to the boutiques and paths of the Evergreen Brick Works in the Don Valley and back.

It sounds almost enough fun to subsidize with tax dollars when the logistics prove too costly and the revenues too slim for the private sector.

The worst that can happen is you might have to cut your fares.

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Step back in time at Jane Austen Supper Club Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas St. W., hosts the Jane Austen Supper Club Saturday, Feb. 27 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Boasting a taste of Jane Austen’s world, the event features a meal prepared by the historic cooks at Monty’s Inn and a talk on Regency dining.

Historical clothing is encouraged, but optional. Admission costs $55.

To r e g i s t e r , g o t o JaneAustenDancing.ca or call 416-578-1031.

Dance to the beat of decades past Lakeshore Arts is leaping back in time to present Dancing From Decade to Decade.

The fundraising dance takes place Saturday, Feb. 27 starting at 7 p.m. at the Long Branch Legion, 3850 Lake Shore Blvd. W. The event features live musical entertainment spanning the 1950s to the ’90s, hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and prizes for best costume.

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The potluck supper begins at 5:45 p.m., followed by the concert, which will feature show tunes, hits from the ’50s and ’60s, and Maritime folk songs.

Tickets cost $20 for adults, and it’s free for kids 12 and under.

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Humber Liberal Arts welcomes author Humber Liberal Arts and Sciences hosts a free literary reading featuring Antana Sileika Wednesday, March 2 at noon at The Assembly Hall, 1 Col. Samuel Smith Park Dr. You can hear, question and meet Sileika, author of Buying on Time and Woman in Bronze.

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Richview library hosts leap year party Richview library, 1806 Islington Ave., hosts The Impossible Day Leap Year Party Monday, Feb. 29 from 7 to 8 p.m.

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A Ravenscrest Drive home that once housed a man credited with hiding Anne Frank’s family during the Holocaust is one step closer to being designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Etobicoke York Community Council unanimously supported an application to designate Coulter House, at 112 Ravenscrest Dr., as a heritage property at its Tuesday, Feb. 23 meeting.

“Located in the area southeast of Eglinton Avenue West and Martin Grove Road, where it is historically linked to the Richview community, the Coulter House is a rare surviving example in Etobicoke of a late 19th century Ontario house with gothic revival styling that retains its architectural integrity and its original orientation in its historical setting,” city planning staff wrote in a report recommending that city council state its intention to designate the building.

The circa-1874 property is historically associated with Victor Kugler, an internationally recognized member of the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War, who,

with others, helped hide Anne Frank, author of The Diary of a Young Girl, and her family from the Nazis during the German occupation of the Netherlands.

At Otto Frank’s request, the State of Israel honoured Kugler with the Vad Vashem Medal as a “Righteous among the Nations” in 1972.

In Canada, Kugler, who was a tenant of Coulter House from 1955 to 1965, also received awards from the Canadian Congress of Christians and Jews, and the Canadian Anti-Defamation League, as well as a key to the former city of North York.

In addition to its ties to Kugler, Coulter House is also historically linked to the development of Etobicoke, in particular the historical hamlet of Richview, which emerged in the mid-19th century near present-day Eglinton Avenue West and Hwy. 427, according to the city planning division’s report.

“With his farm located southwest of Richview’s crossroads, Robert Coulter participated in the community as the co-founder of the non-denominational Union Chapel...and as a public school trustee for over 30 years,” the report reads.

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...The Coulter House is a rare surviving example in Etobicoke of a late 19th century Ontario house with gothic revival styling that retains its architectural integrity and its original orientation in its historical setting...

– City planning staff

“ T h e Co u l t e r Ho u s e remains an important surviving reminder of the historical origins of Richview and Etobicoke. The property was associated with the Coulter family for over 125 years.”

Planning staff also notes that Coulter House is distinguished by its “pattern brick detailing” identified with the gothic revival style, its “crossgable roof ”, its “unusual moulded keystones”, and the application of “contrasting buff on red brick.”

To read the full report, visit bit.ly/1VCwVWH The matter will now go before Toronto City Council for final approval on March 30 and 31.

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Martingrove Memories CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com

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ime to dust off those Ursus yearbooks and dig out those orange jerseys, Bears: Martingrove Collegiate is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary this spring with a fourday reunion “extravaganza.”

MCI’s half-century festivities will take place May 11 to 14 and will include a hockey and athletics night, an arts showcase, a reunion pub, an alumni staff breakfast, an open house, and a gala dinner.

Tickets are available at www. mcibears.com “Spots are already starting to fill up, so our message to alumni is ‘register, register, register,’” said reunion cochair Anne Thomson, a class of 1994 alumna who teaches social science and physical education at MCI. “We’d love to see thousands of people back, so if you’re planning to come, now is the Staff photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBE time to make those plans.”

Hugh Anderson and Anne Thomson, Martingrove Collegiate Institute alumnus and teachhing staff, are Co-chairing MCI’s 50th busy preparing for Martingrove’s 50th anniversary and reunion, with events taking place May 11 to 14. reunion alongside Thomson is her former “all-time-favorite math teacher” turned-colleague Hugh Anderson, a veteran educator who has taught at MCI for 49 years.

“Back when I first started at Martingrove in 1967, Eglinton Avenue was Richview Side Road and it was just one lane each way,” Anderson recalled of MCI’s early years as a fledgling school of just 500 students.

Etobicoke’s best. teaching, that Anderson said “For me, personally, it’s “Across the street was just “It’s a reputable school and he’s returned to MCI since going to be seeing students fields. In fact, there was nothreally well known,” Thomson officially retiring in 2000 to from the last 49 years come ing but fields all around us, said of MCI, which boasts continue teaching on either a back and say hello,” he said. anywhere you looked, actor Kiefer Sutherland and long-term occasional or supply “And not just the students except on the musician Tom basis.

I taught in the classroom, but west side of Cochrane among “People always ask, ‘Why do also those I coached in basMartin Grove, its most notable you still do it?’ But you know ketball and track and field for For more where there alumni. what? I still love it,” he said. many years, and the students information were some “We have “No matter what day I I took on March Break trips about the MCI 50th houses. There quality procome in or what class I teach, over the years. Since 1978, I’ve anniversary reunion were also grams, with I find there are always at least travelled all around the world or to register for any some horse a variety of two students that day whose with my students, places like of the events, visit stables on the activities for mother or father, or aunt or Hawaii, Italy, Greece, France, www.mcibears. north side of kids, a great uncle, or even grandmother England, and Russia. com Richview Side music program, or grandfather, that I taught. I “I’ve had so many amazing Road. You get the great athletics, love that connection.” bonding experiences with my idea – a lot has a Model United Reconnecting with those students over the years, and changed.”

Nations, a great former students from generaI’m looking forward to seeing Fifty years later, robotics team, and great tions past is what Anderson many of them again.”

Anderson and Thomson agree students in math and science said he’s most looking forward Tickets can be purchased by sendthat MCI has grown by leaps who regularly win provincial to come the 50th anniversary ing a cheque payable to ‘MCI 50th and bounds, with a student and national competitions. It’s reunion – the fourth such Anniversary Reunion’ along with your population tallying in at 1,150 just a really great variety in this celebration he’s been involved name, phone number and list of events you and a host of programs that building.” with, after helping organize wish to attend, to Martingrove Collegiate Institute, c/o Reunion Committee, 50 have earned the school the It was for those reasons, MCI’s 25th, 35th and 40th Winterton Dr., ON, M9B 3G7. enviable reputation as one of coupled with his “passion” for reunions.

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Four rinks have been reserved at the MasterCard Centre, 400 Kipling Ave., for this celebration of five decades of MCI Hockey. Grads from 1966 to 1979 will be on Rink 1, while 1980 to 1989 grads will be on Rink 4, 1990 to 1999 grads on Rink 3, and 2000 to 2015 grads on Rink 2.

Cost is $15.

For more information, contact Greg Dowell at gjdowell@rogers. com ATHLETICS NIGHT Wednesday, May 11, 6 to 10 p.m.

MCI Bears Athletic Council hosts a basketball and volleyball tournament at the school, at 50 Winterton Dr. Event includes door prizes, snack bar, and an appearance by MCI’s cheer squad.

Cost is $5. Space is limited.

ARTS NIGHT Thursday, May 12, 7 to 9 p.m.

MCI celebrates a free evening of art, technology, music and drama. The school’s visual arts and technology programs will be putting on displays throughout the school. The performing arts programs will be showcasing their talents in the auditorium.

MCI 50TH REUNION PUB NIGHT Friday, May 13, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

The always-popular pub night will be held at the International Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre (formerly The Skyline Hotel), 655 Dixon Rd. Tickets cost $20.

STAFF BREAKFAST Saturday, May 14 at 9:30 a.m.

Event is open to all former and current Martingrove C.I. staff members and will be held at the school, 50 Winterton Dr. Cost is $10.

OPEN HOUSE Saturday, May 14,10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

MCI is throwing open its doors at 50 Winterton Dr. to welcome back all returning alumni. Tour the school, reconnect with former teachers and classmates, and check out memorabilia, photos and yearbooks in the school’s decade rooms.

REUNION GALA Saturday, May 14, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Gala event will be held at the International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Rd. Cocktails will be served at 7 p.m., followed by dinner at 8 p.m. and dancing from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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Toronto police launch cold case website to generate tips Oldest case is 1959 murder of 12-year-old Patricia Lupton in Scarborough ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com Police have unveiled a new homicide cold case website in an effort to generate tips on more than 500 cases, some dating back six decades.

“We would encourage members of the public to go onto the website and use social media to spread the word on the individual cases and persons that are wanted for outstanding murders,” police chief Mark Saunders told reporters at a news conference earlier this month.

“We can use the technology and advance investigations and hold those that are (responsible) accountable for these offences.”

A murder case is usually taken over by the cold case section if it remains unsolved after three years.

The new website allows people to search more than

500 cold cases.

The oldest is the murder of 12-year-old Patricia Lupton.

She was found suffering from trauma off McCowan Road south of Ellesmere Road at about 7:05 p.m. March 9, 1959 and later pronounced dead on scene. Patricia was last seen alive about 90 minutes earlier, leaving her home en route to Kennedy Park Plaza.

“Each case is important to us, despite its age,” Saunders stressed.

“When information about any of these cases surface, investigators review and assess to see if anything can be done to advance the investigation. Homicide investigations have always been, no matter how long ago, given top priority as there is no greater responsibility than investigating the death of another human being.”

In order to lay charges,

police need physical evidence and/or witness testimony.

Police hope that as time passes, some witnesses will have a change of heart and come forward.

“This webpage is an additional tool that we can use to communicate with the public and seek out information,” Saunders said.

The “most wanted” section of the website highlights cases where an offender is identified.

“From time to time over the years, the trail of a person wanted for homicide goes stale. Some slip out of the country, move to another province, take up an alias, c h a n g e a p p e a r a n c e s ,” Saunders said. “In all, we have 30 outstanding arrest warrants for homicide cases, the oldest dating back to 1983.”

There are also a number of cases where police have the offenders’ DNA.

“All we require to solve these cases is a name,” Saunders said. “There are people out there who know who these offenders are in each of these cases, and all we require from them is to bring that name forward to us.”

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From time to time over the years, the trail of a person wanted for homicide goes stale. Some slip out of the country, move to another province, take up an alias, change appearances.

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Patricia Lupton was found dead along McCowan Road south of Ellesmere Road on Monday, March 9, 1959, at about 7:05 p.m. She was the second homicide of 1959 and the case – Toronto’s oldest cold case – is still under investigation.

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But food accessibility, one of the health centre’s functions, still hasn’t been served as no grocer could be secured for the development.

“The idea of the supermarket was exhausted,” Bev Leaver, the Stonegate Community Health Centre’s executive director said. “All of the major grocers were appealed to and were not able.”

But a food coop could take a grocer’s place. Selling locally sourced produce and providing work-to-eat programs, the coop option could be a suitable substitute for a grocery story in the largely low-income Stonegate community.

But the identity of that non-profit is hush-hush.

“The name of the food coop is anonymous right now,”

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The Stonegate Community Health Centre as it currently stands at 150 Berry Rd. is part of a plaza that is under redevelopment.

Sherman Chan, VANDYK’s vice-president of acquisitions and development said.

Despite that, Councillor Justin Di Ciano’s December newsletter said “he was pleased to announce the West End Food Coop will be opening in the new development.”

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“Because the Stonegate health centre is part of our development and they are

connected to the Parkdale Community Health Centre, we researched the kind of partnership they have in Parkdale and we want to replicate the same thing,” Chan said when asked how a food coop came into the equation. “We found the two communities have similarities.”

Leaver suggested the ambivalence toward full disclosure is because the deal hasn’t been finalized.

“It’s not confirmed, they’re not ready to commit to that,” Leaver said. “We’re very excited about working with an organization like the West End Food Coop.”

Leaver wants both inexpensive and organic options from whatever food coop VANDYK brings into the fold, the kind of affordability she said isn’t available in Parkdale’s location.

The current lack of a supermarket along the west side of the Humber River between Bloor Street and The Queensway has been described as a food desert.

“Understanding that 30 per cent of youth in this area live in poverty, understanding that the seniors can’t get to grocery stores, how do we create a community hub?” asked Councillor Justin Di Ciano during Tuesday’s meeting.

The Stonegate Community Health Centre is running nutrition programs during the redevelopment with Food Share, a non-profit organization, for locals unable to pay bus fare or walk elsewhere.

“I was pleased the developer (VANDYK) allowed us to stay on site so we didn’t have to disrupt our services during construction,” Leaver said.

“We’ve been working very closely with them on shaping what the other services will be like the pharmacy, a food store.”

The three condos’ heights will include one 10-storey, one seven-storey and one six to eight-storey building, collectively containing 505 apartments.

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VANDYK convinced councillors to adopt a private multi-use roadway called a “Woonerf” throughout the site where bikes, pedestrians and cars could share the street.

“We wanted to create a hub, a gathering space that was the focal point of the Stonegate community,” Chan said. “We wanted to make the aesthetics of even the road feel like pedestrians dominated as opposed to vehicles.”

Neil Cresswell, Toronto’s director of City Planning, said he did not share Chan’s optimism, saying the site needs regular city streets to support increased density.

Di Ciano said he is excited about the private street.

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Victoria Industrial School for Boys helps care, train and improve boys The Victoria Industrial School for Boys officially opened to great fanfare on May 16, 1887 when a six-car train arrived at Mimico, festooned with flags and flowers, and carrying the governor general, Lord Lansdowne, and 350 other dignitaries and citizens.

This new residential school was built “to provide a place where vagrant boys can be taken care of, trained, and improved, instead of being sent to gaol to be hardened and made vicious among older criminals.”

Superintendent W.J. Hendrie made it clear the school differed from a reformatory in that there were no bars or cells like a prison.

The boys were not criminals, but needed help by “acquiring a home feeling and habits of industry and obedience in the kindly atmosphere of the School.”

It was the first institution of its kind in Canada. The students were aged 10 to 14, and came to the school through the Toronto School Board Truancy Department. The boys lived in three or four-storey “cottages” where a matron acted as “mother” and a guard as “father”. The guards also taught the boys trades, such as carpentry, printing, farming, baking

denise harris history corner and tailoring. Eventually, the school had six cottages, a farm with greenhouses, a hospital, a school with an assembly hall, a skating rink, a gym with a swimming pool, workshops and an administrative building.

Operated on a military model, the boys wore gray and red uniforms, and each day was highly structured, typically consisting of 9.5 hours of sleep, 4.5 hours of work, 3.5 hours of school, three hours of recreation/ play, two hours in the cottage and 1.5 hours for meals.

Teachers were provided by the Toronto School Board, and on Sundays the boys attended church.

However, attitudes and methods for dealing with problems change over time. The school gradually changed into a place that housed more hardened boys with criminal histories.

In 1928, Victoria Industrial School was renamed Mimico Reform School, with all of the criminal connotations that new name implied.

There were accusations that the school was “barbarous and anti-

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Physical drill at the Victoria Industrial School for Boys in 1898, once located northwest of the Jutland Street and Ourland Avenue intersection.

quated.”

In October 1934, provincial minister of welfare, David Croll, announced the Mimico facility was being closed and all boys transferred to the Bowmanville Boys’ School, thereby removing “a largely artificial

distinction between types of youths who have been sent to one or the other institution.”

By December, the facility was vacant and the property turned over to the adult Ontario Reformatory, which had been located to the west

of the school since 1913, and which has its own story to tell one day.

Denise Harris is the Heritage Officer of the Etobicoke Historical Society.

Her column appears every second Thursday. Reach her at denise. harris@sympatico.ca

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It’s a snowy day in February and I thought I would take a moment and update you on the Rexdale Real Estate Market. What a difference a year makes! I have always felt that Rexdale was undervalued compared to the rest of Toronto and one day we would catch up. We’re doing that in leaps and bounds. While doing the research on this article I was amazed at how much prices had changed in a couple of years. There is no doubt in my mind that in the near future we will be named as one of the up and coming “hot spots” in Toronto. The fact that the Woodbine race track is expanding will only benefit the Rexdale Real Estate Market.

2015 was an incredible year! Let me give you the facts. In 2010 the Rexdale Real Estate market (W10) sold a total of 506 single family homes (detached/Semi’s or links) of which 81 were over $400,000. In 2012 out of 505 homes sold 309 were over $400,000. In 2015 out of 563 homes sold in Rexdale 559 sold over $400,000. Wow, that is quite a jump! At the present time there are a total 29 properties FOR SALE. To say that is very little is an under statement. This is an ideal Seller’s market very little competition and Buyer’s are looking for properties. If you’ve been thinking of selling your home give me a call this market can change at a moments notice. You can always reach me at 416-743-3832.

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Detached 1.5 Storey * No Garage

$311,700

$386,753

$464,586

$405,000

$541,500

Detached 1.5 Storey * with Garage with Garage/Carport

$337,641

$395,341

$490,986

$455,000

$599,000

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$305,038

$370,750

$492,364

$403,500

$610,000

Detached 2 Storey * with Garage/carport

$390,214

$449,857

$590,417

$415,000

$1,120,000

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$344,872

$405,734

$521,861

$335,000

$630,000

Detached Bungalow * with Garage/carport

$361,453

$435,296

$560,000

$420,000

$905,000

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$333,489

$408,960

$510,800

$415,000

$571,000

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$302,758

$376,429

$460,462

$382,700

$516,000

Semi-Detached Bungalow/ Backsplit/2 Storey * Garage

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$408,786

$525,543

$413,000

$920,000

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$195,182

$265,464

$81,000

$420,000

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$179,371

$189,856

$194,674

$122,500

$237,000

Condo Apartment - 2 bedroom

$152,955

$182,521

$183,895

$39,000

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Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca, centre, makes an announcement Tuesday at Union Station’s UP Express lounge about a fare drop to help fill trains.

Province announces fares slashed to help resuscitate UP Express RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com

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Ontario’s Transportation Minister preached patience o n g row i n g t h e Un i o n Pearson’s moribund ridership while expressing confidence numbers will climb as a result of a fare cut.

Steven Del Duca confirmed fares for UP will be dropping significantly, to 50 per cent less for travel on the four-stop rail service between Union Station and Toronto Pearson Airport. For residents living along the rail corridor, the fare cuts mirror local GO service, with a price slash of nearly $7 for a one-stop trip between Bloor and Union.

The fare change takes effect Wednesday, March 9, right before the March Break holiday.

The UP Express has seen a steady reduction in the number of passengers since its launch last year.

“Notwithstanding the efforts of Metrolinx (to grow ridership), we continue to be troubled by the fact numbers weren’t coming up as quickly as we like them to,” said Del Duca, who made the announcement at UP’s Union Station stop Tuesday. “So in advance of March Break we

want to put forth a more affordable option for commuters in the region.”

Del Duca said record ridership for UP over the Family Day weekend, when rides were free, saw nearly 43,000 people make use of the service, making a convincing case there is solid demand for the service if fares are reasonable.

“Our job now is to drive up awareness of the service,” he said.

Metrolinx had initially set a target of 5,000 daily riders for UP’s first year of operations.

With the fare reduction, Del Duca said he was optimistic the service will be able to hit that benchmark by June 2016.

A recent Metrolinx staff report indicated the cumulative daily UP ridership between November and December was 2,400.

Less clear is how the reduction will affect the province’s stated aim to have UP eventually recover its operating costs.

The fare cut is something UP’s critics have called for since pricing for the service was announced before last summer’s Pan Am/Parapan Am Games in Toronto. Despite praise for the quality of service, the trains since UP’s June

launch – beyond an initial boost during the Games – have remained largely empty, something Del Duca admitted at Tuesday afternoon’s announcement.

Even so, TTCriders, one of UP’s most strident critics, was disappointed fares weren’t reduced further.

“At double the cost of a token to ride from Dundas West to Union Station the train is still not a mass transit line for all of us,” said the group in a statement.

Metrolinx’s board of directors held a special meeting Tuesday evening to formally ratify the price change.

New Union Pearson Express fares (taking effect March 9) Adult one way With Presto n Union to Pearson: $9 (was $19) n Union to Weston: $5.02 (was $15.20) n Union to Bloor: $4.71 (was $11.40) Without Presto n Union to Pearson: $12 (was $27.50) n Union to Weston: $5.65 (was $22) n Union to Bloor: $5.30 (was $16.50)

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ARRR: Above, Milena, left, enjoys a pirate sword fight with Toronto Public Library staff member Susan Gillette or ‘Jean the Parrot Smuggler’ during Pirate Day at the Richview Library Friday, while, bottom right, Milena has a hair bed put in by library staff member Amanda Della Rocca. Top right, James Whittaker and mom Vanessa Martin work together on a pirate-themed puzzle. Far right, Samantha Pimentel has her face painted by the library’s Marnie Woudstra.

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Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 7:30pm We want to hear from you! Join Michelle DiEmanuele, President and CEO of your community hospital during a live telephone town hall as she provides an update on how we’re meeting the health care needs of our community. Share your thoughts and questions with Michelle!

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Affordable home health care equipment at Silver Cross It’s been 18 months since Silver Cross opened the doors of its Toronto West location and became the go-to spot for home health care equipment. The shop has made a name for itself with affordable new and used accessibility products to help seniors, people with disabilities and anyone else facing permanent or temporary mobility challenges.

The local health care business carries some equipment that has been previously used, saving clients as much as 60 per cent of the original sale price. This ensures that everyone has access to the proper equipment needed for mobility.

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‘Patients First’ Consultation-Have your Say WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd. CONTACT: Catherine, ybaker. mpp.co@liberal.ola.org COST: Free Let your MPP know how you feel about the provincial health-care system and how you would like to see it changed.

Movie Night at the Church WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: The Church of Christ the King, 475 Rathburn Rd. CONTACT: 416-621-3630, ctketob@rogers.com COST: Free The movie for today is Yogi Bear.

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Steel Pan Vespers WHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: St. Philip’s Anglican Church, 25 St. Phillips Rd. CONTACT: 416-247-5181 COST: Free Featuring the Joy Lapps-Lewis Quartet. A freewill offering is accepted.

All Jazzed Up: Casual Concert WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: St. Giles Kingsway Presbyterian Church, 15 Lambeth Rd. CONTACT: 416-2338591, stgileskingsway.com, sgk@ bellnet.ca COST: $25 This casual jazz concert will feature Andras Weber on cello and the Attila Fias Jazz Piano Trio.

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Science at the South Pole WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood Rd. N. CONTACT: Todd Buhrows, 416394-5247, tbuhrows@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Prof. Keith Vanderlinde talks about his work with the 10m South Pole Telescope, and the science that convinced him to undertake an 11-month position.

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St. Patrick’s Tea WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Mimico Presbyterian Church, 119 Mimico Ave. CONTACT: Mary Rock, mary.rock@rocketmail.com COST: adults $8; children under 10 $4 We are pleased to welcome dancers from the Johnson Academy of Irish Dance at our annual St. Patrick’s Tea. Enjoy delicious homemade treats.

welcome. Play casually or enter one of the four to six tournaments held each season.

Etobicoke Horticultural Society March Meeting WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 80 Lothian Ave. CONTACT: Barbara Yake, 416233-9795, www.gardenontario.org/ site.php/etobicoke, ehs.by@bell.net COST: Free The guest speaker is Bob Leask and his topic is “Hot New Hostas”. Everyone is welcome.

Toronto No. 1 Toastmasters Open House WHEN: 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall CONTACT: Tatiana, to@webua. com COST: Free We would like to invite you to our open house featuring professional speakers and leaders who have benefited from The Toastmasters.

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Let There Be Music Community WHEN: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Westway United Church, 8 Templar Dr. CONTACT: Susan Chopp, 416621-8966, choppertini@hotmail.com COST: $50 per term Let There Be Music Choir is looking for singers in all vocal categories.

Midweek Lenten Service WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Our Saviour Lutheran Church., 2705 Islington Ave. CONTACT: Pastor G.C. Johnson, 416-741-2110, http://www. oslc.on.ca/ COST: Free Everyone is invited.

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Nordic Pole Walking – Free Demo WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-231-3431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: Free Please join us for a fun and informative session with certified instructor Jaqueline Murdoch. Register at the front office if you want to attend.

World Day of Prayer WHEN: noon to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Ambrose Church, 782 Browns Line CONTACT: Margaret Gombita, 416259-3096, mgombita@rogers.com COST: Free Service followed by light lunch.

Storefront Humber Lunch WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Storefront Humber Inc., 2445 Lake Shore Blvd. W. CONTACT: epc@storefronthumber.ca COST: $2 Join our seniors community dining (lunch) program. Meet new seniors and enjoy entertainment after lunch.

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Identity Theft WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Eatonville Library, 430 Burnhamthorpe Rd. CONTACT: Peggy Ho, 416-394-5270, eaprograms@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free This seminar explores identity theft, what it is and how to become aware of potential damage, the various types of fraud, how you can be protected from it. Call to register.

Etobicoke Mississauga Coin Stamp & Collectables Club WHEN: 7 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall CONTACT: Ben Boelens, 905890-9484, boelens40@gmail.com COST: Free We hold monthly meetings to discuss coin, banknotes, stamps and other

w Wednesday, March 2

The Three Biggest Rules of SelfPublishing WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Eatonville Library, 430 Burnhamthorpe Rd. CONTACT: Peggy Ho, 416-3945270, eaprograms@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Novelist, speaker and president of Editor’s Desk talks about the industry of self-publishing.

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Kingsview Chess Club WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Susan, 416252-6822, franklinhorner.susan@ gmail.com COST: $10/yr plus membership ($30) Everyone from beginners to experts

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Time Together WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Humbervale Place, Parkwood Dining Room, 1447 Royal York Rd. CONTACT: Rev. Cindy Randall, 416-2492821, mmlj365@hotmail.com COST: Free Celebrity Voices with Robert Davis, for seniors and forever young music lovers. All are welcome.

Fret Not Ukulele Night WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Montgomery’s Inn Museum, 4709 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Sue Pye, 416-3948120, spye@toronto.ca COST: $15 Our monthly ukulele gathering with Doctor of Music, Chris Wilson. Come, sing, laugh, make music and learn to play the ukulele. Bring your uke or borrow one for the night.

Chemical Exposure WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Eat-

onville Library, 430 Burnhamthorpe Rd. CONTACT: Peggy Ho, 416-3945270, eaprograms@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Registered holistic nutritionist Deborah Hutchison discusses chemical exposures in food, water and environment, and how that can be influencing your health. Call to register.

Lakeshore Environmental Gardening Society Meeting WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Long Branch Library, 3500 Lakeshore Blvd.

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World Day of Prayer WHEN: 1 p.m. WHERE: Renforth Baptist Church, 627 Burnhamthorpe Rd. CONTACT: Evol Wiens, 289232-7545, evol.williams@gmail.com COST: Free Our guest speaker is Jennifer Fernandes from Canadian Baptist Ministries. All are welcome.

World Day of Prayer WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Leo’s Catholic Church, 277 Royl York Rd. CONTACT: saintleosmimico.ca COST: Free Ecumenical service; all are welcome!

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World Day of Prayer WHEN: 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Abundant Life Assembly, 145 Dixon Rd. CONTACT: Irene Bowen, 416-243-8398 COST: Free Women from all christian denominations gather to pray and fellowship.

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Academic All-Canadian is in a tough course - engineering NORM NELSON nnelson@insidetoronto.com Etobicoke native Jennifer Thompson has again been honoured for successfully juggling varsity sports with her post-secondary studies in the tough engineering stream.

A member of the women’s hockey team at Dalhousie University in Halifax, she has been recognized for the second consecutive year as an Academic All Canadian.

The designation is annually bestowed upon post-secondary athletes on varsity teams who are also able to maintain an ‘A’ average (over 80 per cent) in the classroom.

Each year, less than 3,000 student-athletes from more than 50 post secondary institutions accomplish this feat.

Currently in her third season as a forward for the varsity hockey team, Thompson, who attended Ursula Franklin Academy in west Toronto, also landed in the spotlight for two other off-ice accomplishments.

She’s the recipient of an NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award as well as the Bruce and Dorothy Rosetti Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship.

She modestly attributes her achievements to a team effort.

“My t e a m m a t e s a n d coaching staff have been a driving force behind my success on and off the Ice” she

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Jennifer Thompson, an academic All-Canadian for the second straight year, gets a scoring chance against the University of Moncton.

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Scotiabank’s Heather McFarlane, left, and Mike Facchin join Toronto Marlies Zachary Hyman, T.J. Brennan and Andrew Campbell along with local elementary school students at the Scotiabank Toronto Marlies Reading Hero Challenge event held Monday at the MasterCard Centre in south Etobicoke. Hyman, a midtown Toronto native, is himself a published children’s author, having written Hockey Hero and The Bambino and Me.

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said, in a media release from Dalhousie. “We all work hard and try to bring out the best in each other, we are a very supportive team.”

Volunteer tutor When not in the classroom or on the ice, Thompson, a former player with the Etobicoke Dolphins junior team, is a volunteer math and science tutor at a junior high school in Halifax.

“From a young age, my

parents encouraged me to explore the field of engineering because it would open doors to many career paths,” Thompson said. “I volunteer as a math and science tutor because I want to encourage young women to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.”

Currently pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering, she plans to pursue a career in the field of renewable energy upon graduation.

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Rita Fraser Fraser still turning a head or two

Etobicoke’s top two women’s hockey teams – both based out of the MasterCard Centre in south Etobicoke – have made the playoffs.

But both have their work cut out for them, having nabbed the last available spot, which carries with it a playoff date against the first-place team.

The Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins finished in 16th spot in the 20-team Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), featuring the top junior players in Ontario, with 34 points in 38 games. They’ll hook up with first-place Durham West Jr. Lightning in the league’s best-of-five opening round.

The schedule had yet to be released.

The Toronto Furies finished fourth in the five-team Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL), the top women’s hockey league in Canada, with 14 points in 24 games. They’ll face firstplace Les Canadiennes de Montreal (42 points) for a best-of-three series that will be held Feb. 26-28, all in Montreal.

Saturday’s game is slated to be broadcast nationwide on Sportsnet 360 at 5 p.m.

(EST).

The other league semifinal series features Brampton Thunder taking on host Calgary Inferno.

The Boston Blades, who saw a loss of players to a new U.S. league, finished last.

PWHL’s top scorer An Etobicoke native led the PWHL in scoring.

Daryl Watts, who suits up for the Mississauga Chiefs, led the league by a wide margin with 65 points (30 goals, 35 assists) in 34 games.

That put her ahead of her teammate Mikyla Grant-Mentis, a Brampton resident, with 49 points (21 goals, 28 assists) in 37 games.

Watts started her hockey career at one time playing in both the Humber Valley Sharks and the Etobicoke Dolphins organizations.

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Humber College’s Olivia Lei, the defending national and provincial college champion, won her second straight Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) championship in women’s singles this past weekend, hosted by North York’s Seneca College. The Humber Hawks also took the overall men’s and women’s titles. For a full recap visit our website at bit.ly/24p6TMw

The Etobicokebased Toronto Patriots are the twotime Ontario Junior Hockey League champs, but they won’t three-peat.

The Patriots have been eliminated from playoff contention for some time as they head into their final game of the season this Sunday, Feb. 28, 7:45 p.m. at Westwood Arena against Mississauga who have also been eliminated.

The Patriots head into the game with 42 points in 53 games while Mississauga currently has 23 points from 52 games.

The Patriots were the first team to repeat as champs since St. Michael’s pulled off the trick back in 2005 and 2006.

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