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Donna Trella appointed to the Order of Ontario One of this year’s appointees to the Order of Ontario was recognized for founding an Etobicoke-based not-forprofit that serves young Ontarians with developmental and physical disabilities. Donna Trella, founder of Reach for the Rainbow, was bestowed with Ontario’s highest honour during a ceremony at Queen’s Park on Wednesday, Jan. 20 along with 24 other recipients. “It was probably the hardest secret I had to keep,” a laughing Trella said of her reaction to finding out she had been named to the Order. “I wanted to tell the taxi driver and the fellow who pumped gas for my car.” Trella and this year’s other recipients were all recognized for demonstrating “excellence and achievement in any field benefiting the people of Ontario or anywhere in the world.” “These 25 accomplished individuals inspire us,” Lt.Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell said of the 2016 Order of Ontario recipients in a statement. “From breaking ground in advances in health care, to speaking out for those who cannot speak for themselves, to nourishing our souls through art and music, they have served this province with dedication and generosity. To them we are grateful.” Tr e l l a , a l o n g t i m e Mississauga resident, was lauded as a “driving force” in working to change attitudes around accessibility and inclusion in Canada through Reach for the Rainbow. In the years since first introducing its integrated summer camp program with just 20 campers back in 1987, Reach for the Rainbow has grown leaps and bounds

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Donna Trella, founder of Etobicoke-based not-for-profit Reach for the Rainbow, was appointed to the Order of Ontario during a ceremony at Queen's Park last week.

– now serving close to 800 clients with developmental and physical disabilities at 42 partner camps across Ontario annually. Dawn MacDonald, executive director of Reach for the Rainbow, said Trella’s work to help improve the lives of children with disabilities through the organization is worthy of recognition. “Donna was unrelenting when it came to the needs of those kids and their families,” she said, adding Trella was a “game-changer” in an era when many parents of disabled children didn’t know where to turn for help.

“She busted the doors open to inclusion.” While happy about the honour, Trella herself was quick to deflect any commendations directed her way. “I’m humbled to win the award, but I’m truly humbled by all the people (I have worked with over the years),” she said. “I’m being recognized, but it wasn’t just me. It takes a village and I was so fortunate to have the most amazing people (with me).” – files from Chris Clay and Cynthia Reason

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rom barren and white to vivid and bright in the matter of two weeks, Toronto police teamed up with a local businessman to transform a bleak, unused space into a warm and welcoming place for Kingsview Village kids. The Big Blue Door games room – a partnership project between 23 Division’s Somali Liaison Unit (SLU) and Jon Connor, a VP with Internet Access Solutions – is set to officially open at 340 Dixon Rd. Thursday, Feb. 11. The project began with a chance meeting recently between the SLU’s Sgt. Brian Beadman and Connor in the hallway of the building. “Basically, we’re a neighbourhood policing unit here in Etobicoke, and Dixon Road is assigned to our neighbourhood,” Beadman said of the SLU, whose officers often undertake community engagement initiatives in the buildings at 320, 330 and 340 Dixon Rd. as a way of building bridges with the residents – especially the youth – who live there. “One day we ran into Jon Connor, an independent businessman that does the Internet for a lot of residents in the neighbourhood. We asked him what the chances were for getting an Internet feed in the room so that we could set up some games for the kids. He said he could do even better than that.” After surveying the room, Connor said he felt immediately compelled to help

Beadman and the SLU turn the bleak space into something special. “We walked in and I said, ‘Brian, you know what? Nobody’s going to want to come in here. It doesn’t matter what you do – it’s dismal,’” Connor said of his first impression of the room that would become The Big Blue Door. “There definitely wasn’t a lot of flair or funk going on in there that would attract kids. So, I said ‘Listen, I’ll do this on one condition – I’ll give you the Internet, but you need to give me the keys to the room for two weeks.’” After Beadman agreed and handed over the keys, Connor immediately returned to his office and started calling anyone and everyone in his Rolodex who might be able to help out. “To be honest with you, I was shocked at the result. I used to run all the home shows across Canada...so my Rolodex is pretty thick with people I can call on if I need a favour – and I called them all,” Connor said. “People started sending me e-transfer donations, I had designers I’d worked with before offering help, and I had people like Mike Holmes and Bryan Baeumler saying, ‘What can we do for you?’ And literally two weeks later it was done.” The Big Blue Door, for a list of which police Big Blue Door officers will supporters run, features visit this story colourful online at wall art by insidetoronto Montreal.com based Muralunique,

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The Etobicoke Horticultural Society hosts its next monthly meeting Wednesday, Feb. 3 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 80 Lothian Ave. Guest speaker will be Terry Kennedy from Orchids in Our Tropics, a greenhouse in Gormley, ON. He is a past president of the Southern Ontario Orchid Society and an accredited judge with the American Orchid Society. The meeting will feature a bring-and-buy table and a raffle. Everyone is welcome. Visit on.fb.me/1ZYK8PJ or www.gardenontario.org/ site.php/etobicoke

before and after: Toronto police 23 Division’s Somali Liaison Unit teamed up with Internet Access Solutions to transform this oncebleak room (at right) at 340 Dixon Rd. into a vibrant games room (above) for neighbourhood kids aged 10 to 16 to enjoy alongside local police.

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lots of comfy furniture, large-screen TVs, Xbox game consoles, laptop computers, a table hockey game, as well as an assortment of board games, for the enjoyment of neighbourhood kids aged 10 to 16. More than just a games room, though, Beadman said he hopes the Big Blue Door will act as a meeting ground where officers and kids can have fun, build trust and develop respectful relationships. “We want to engage in positive policing with these kids. We want them to see that we’re not there to get them in trouble or arrest

them, we’re there to build trust within the community,” said Beadman, noting this officers will be running the Big Blue Door Mondays and Fridays from 4 to 7 p.m. “I think through this project, these kids are going to see the other side of us (police). They’re going to see us there leading by example as positive role models.” The fact that Beadman and his officers are taking such a hands-on approach to the Big Blue Door games room is why he jumped at the chance to get involved, Connor said. “I wouldn’t have done this if the police hadn’t said

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they were going to run it themselves. This is all about the police. The room itself is just the vehicle. The people driving the room, driving this program, are these police officers,” he said. “The basis of the whole program is that it’s a fun and interactive place for kids to play, chaperoned by police officers. It’s not about, ‘Oh my god, the cops are here! What’s going on? It must be bad!’ Because now the police will be there all the time and most of that time, they’ll be sitting beside these kids playing Xbox or teaching them how to use a laptop.”

A community meeting to discuss the LUSH Cosmetics property on Jutland Road in Etobicoke has been rescheduled. Originally slated for last night, the meeting has been postponed until Thursday, Feb. 11 due to a scheduling conflict. It will now take Thursday place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Meeting Room 3 at Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall. A LUSH representative will be in attendance, along with EtobicokeLakeshore Councillor Justin Di Ciano, and staff from Municipal Licensing and Standards and the Building Department. For more information, email Councillor_DiCiano@ toronto.ca

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omething needs to change. In the last four years, four people in mental distress have been shot and killed by Toronto police officers. All four shootings happened within minutes of the initial contact with police. In none of these deaths was a mental health crisis worker on scene. On Monday, Const. James Forcillo was convicted of attempted murder in the shooting death of 18-yearold Sammy Yatim. Yatim was behaving erratically on a streetcar July 27, 2013, brandishing a knife. But it seems clear from a YouTube video that members of the public were not in harm’s way and neither were Toronto police officers in imminent danger. Yet, police took a confrontational approach. A situation like Yatim’s required calm behaviour and verbal deescalation. Yatim required a gentle approach to encourage our view him to drop his weapon and walk off that streetcar alive. Time to He did not need to have a gun pointed at him while being change yelled at to drop the knife. But training is now what ultimately cost Yatim his life was less about Forcillo’s approach than the fact that no officer on the scene knew how to handle the situation differently. That’s a major failure of our police’s training when it comes to dealing with people in mental distress. Mayor John Tory said something needs to change when it comes to that training, and we agree. Just hours after the verdict, Tory said, “We must learn and make sure that Sammy Yatim’s death, a dark moment for our city, results in real change.” As a member of the Toronto Police Services Board, Tory will be able to not only demand better police training, but ensure it happens. Police Chief Mark Saunders said his officers’ oneday training in crisis management is adequate and stressed Yatim’s death was an isolated incident. We feel one day is not adequate training for officers. A coroner’s jury looking into the police shootings of Michael Eligon, 29, Reyal Jardine-Douglas, 25, and Sylvia Klibingaitis, 52 – all shot after approaching police with knives or scissors and all considered mentally ill – released its findings in February 2014 and called for better and longer training for police in dealing with such situations. Here we are almost two years later waiting for that training to get better. It can’t happen fast enough.

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City’s public housing portfolio starts with funding It’s hard to be hopeful in the best of circumstances, and when you look at the state of public housing in Toronto, it can be difficult not to despair. On Tuesday, Mayor John Tory and Senator Art Eggleton did their best to put a hopeful face on the prospects for Toronto’s public housing portfolio, as managed by the Toronto Community Housing Corporation. The occasion was the release of the final report from the Mayor’s Task Force on Housing. The task force was one of the first things Tory kicked off after his election in 2014. Headed by Eggleton and made up of blue-chip executives and community leaders, the task force has been doing yeoman’s work trying to find a way out of the housing weeds. Task force members, to their credit, did what they could. Last year, they found a way to permit the corporation to renegotiate some of its mortgages to

david nickle the city find more operating dollars. They identified problems with services to tenants on matters such as repairs and safety, and offered up some solutions. And finally, at the end of their tenure, they’ve recommended a bicameral structure intended to divide up the management of existing buildings and the construction of new ones between two new non-profit companies, at a somewhat greater arms-length from city council than the current Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) as it’s currently constituted. Essentially, that plan would put Toronto’s public housing stock into a co-op model. As Tory noted at the news conference, there are 240 co-op-run housing corporations in Toronto, and little is heard of them, presumably because they’re

well run. Going co-op would let the corporation play with its mortgages more aggressively, borrowing against assets to cover the cost of maintenance and also expand the housing stock. And that would allow the corporation to create more mixed-income communities, where more units are rented out at market rates. Without doubt, this all is a step forward. But again, it’s hard to be too hopeful that implementation of the recommendations will be a success, when TCHC is so woefully underfunded. Eggleton made this point right off the top. The giant portfolio of public housing is crumbling, and the repair backlog totals $2.6 billion. Soon, many of the units will be uninhabitable. The TCHC is also operating under a growing operating deficit that could become as high as $200 million in a decade. The federal government has given good indica-

tion there might be some money from Ottawa going to housing renewal and construction. The provincial government, according to Tory, is in a trickier situation and is unlikely to be able to provide much funding in the foreseeable future. In that scenario, what is foreseeable is something a little more sinister: an arms-length, non-profit company determining that the best way to deal with its unbalanceable books is not to take out mortgages, but to begin to sell. Ultimately, Eggleton was right to frame the problem as he did. There are changes that can make Toronto’s public housing portfolio more manageable and the lives of tenants better. But the first of those changes must involve funding. Anything else is just shuffling deck chairs.

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Fashion show comes to Franklin Horner Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave., hosts a lunchtime Women’s Fashion Show Friday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. Tickets to the Delmanor Prince Edward-sponsored event – which will feature a gourmet four-course lunch, red and white wine selection and clothing from Northern Reflections – cost $20. For more information or to order tickets, call 416-2526822. discuss Seniors’ issues at advisory meeting Etobicoke Centre MPP Yvan Baker hosts his next monthly Seniors’ Advisory Group meeting Monday, Feb. 1 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Richview Library, 1806 Islington Ave. All seniors living in the riding are invited to join the February meeting. Discuss important issues impacting seniors in the community. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, email ybaker.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

new year held at seniors centre wchinese Celebrate Chinese New Year with a special dinner hosted by Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W., Thursday, Feb. 4 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Catered by the Mandarin, dinner menu items include an egg roll, black pepper steak, sweet and sour chicken balls, chicken chow mien, baby shrimp with almonds and diced vegetables, Cantonese chow mien, sweet and sour Peking style pork and double vegetable fried rice. Dessert, coffee and tea will also be served. Tickets cost $13.50 each. For more information, call 416-2313431. hear Klassical Hitz for Kidz at assembly hall T h e Et o b i c o k e Philharmonic Orchestra presents Klassical Hitz for Kidz Sunday, Feb. 7 at the Assembly Hall, 1 Col. Sam Smith Park Dr. Choose from

one of two fun family concerts – the first featuring the Mimico Children’s Choir from 2 to 3 p.m., or the second featuring Etobicoke Suzuki Music from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., including a complete performance of Peter and the Wolf. Tickets cost $10 for children or $20 for adults and can be purchased online at www. eporchestra.ca or by calling 416239-5665. make your own Valentine’s Day cards Stonegate Community Health Centre hosts a free Make Your Own Valentine’s Day Cards workshop Wednesday, Feb. 10. This adults-only workshop will be led by Gabriele Kresic from 10 a.m. to noon at 150 Berry Rd. All materials are provided. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call 416-231-7070, ext. 307.

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Baker and Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn host their a n n u a l G ov e r n m e n t a n d Community Services Fair next month. The event takes place on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Cloverdale Mall, 250 The East Mall. For more information, call Baker’s office at 416-234-2800 or Milczyn’s at 416-259-2249.

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Humber College gets $200K boost for new community college fund Funding will go toward supporting the college’s School of Social and Community Services, TPS Humber College will receive nearly $200,000 in funding as part of the newly created, $15 million Community and College Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF), Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan announced last week. Humber’s funding, which was revealed during an event at the college’s Lakeshore Campus will go toward supporting an “innovative” partnership between the college’s School of Social and Community Services and the Toronto Police Service (TPS). The two-year initiative, said Humber President Chris Whitaker, will involve Humber faculty and 18 students who will work with the TPS to evaluate the impact neighbourhood officers are having in communities across all 17 police divisions in the city.

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Federal Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan recently announced that Humber College will receive $200,000 in funding as part of the newly created Community and College Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF).

“The Neighbourhood Policing research project is an example of how Humber students work collaboratively with our partners to gain both real-world experience and seek ways in which to give back to

the community,” Whitaker said in a statement. “This program focuses on enhancing the public’s confidence and trust in the police. We’re grateful to (the Social Sciences and Humanities

Research Council) for their support.” In addition to the Humber project, the CCSIF funding will support 26 other projects involving research partnerships between colleges, polytechnics, communities and businesses that foster and encourage “social innovation,” Duncan said. “Social innovation is about finding new ways to deliver community services and strengthen communities as a whole through research,” Duncan, who also serves as MP for Etobicoke North, said in a statement congratulating the team heading up Humber’s Neighbourhood Policing research project. “Together they are bringing college and polytechnic researchers together with citizens to build stronger, safer and healthier communities.”

Partner with Summer Company JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The provincial government is offering support to high school and post-secondary students looking to start up their own businesses. Minister of Tour ism, Culture and Sport Michael Coteau and Trinity-Spadina MPP Han Dong dropped by Central Toronto Academy on Monday to announce the program is now accepting submissions from students aged 15 to 29. Selected entrants will receive grants of up to $3,000, plus training and mentorship. “This year, we’re hoping to add 900 new success stories... and we know future p ro s p e r i t y h e re i n t h e province of Ontario really depends on the success of our young people,” Coteau said. “That’s why we’re continuing to build this program.” Last year, the province invested $250 million in a Youth Jobs Strategy, which aims to tackle the issue of youth unemployment

and underemployment in Ontario. That investment will aid programs like Summer Company, which has helped young people launch businesses in the technology, health care, recreation and other fields. The program will benefit youth like Hamdi Ali of Central Toronto Academy, who designed sweaters with his own Toronto logo. While the design has proven popular among classmates, Summer Company would provide him with the means to expand the business. “I’m trying to get into the program to launch my own company,” Ali said. “It’s not only the money – I would get training I need. I would get mentorship and make connections.” Summer Company will start in late June/early July and run through Labour Day. Applications are now open and will be accepted until May 6. For more information on the program, visit www. ontario.ca/page/start-summer-company-students

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lament for wesley mimico place redevelopment CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com

n what is being characterized as a “hard, disappointing decision”, a renewal project aimed at transforming Wesley Mimico United Church into a mixed-use facility with seniors’ housing and community space has been cancelled. Nearly eight years in the making, the nowaborted Wesley Mimico Place redevelopment plan would have seen the circa1922 church – at 2 Station Rd. in south Etobicoke – redeveloped to include a new sanctuary for church and community events, a 24-unit independent living apartment building for seniors aged 55 and up and 3,500 square feet of community space. “I think it really is a great loss. This was very much a community-based initiative with all sorts of people in the community and beyond supporting it. So, for the board to have to make the decision that it’s not going to happen was a great disappointment both to us and to the larger community,” Harry Oussoren, president of the Wesley Mimico Place board, told The Guardian in an interview shortly after informing supporters of the cancellation in an email titled A Difficult Decision. “The general reaction from the community has been lament and grieving that this is not going to happen, and we share that. The board feels it even more poignantly because we were convinced that this was something that would be a wonderful way to honour both the architectural and social heritage of the building, while serving the community in a more effective way.” Attributing the decision to “wind down” the renewal project to a number of issues, Oussoren said long delays in gaining approvals under the city planning process, along with the costly nature of heritage

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Redevelopment plans for Wesley Mimico United Church, at 2 Station Rd., have been aborted, putting in limbo LAMP’s community kitchen which was supposed to be located in the structure. LAMP was recently awarded Ontario Trillium Foundation funds to build the industrial-grade kitchen.

preservation, were the two biggest factors at play. “It took us seven-anda-half years to get to this point – and the last threeand-a-half years were focused just on trying to get the rezoning done... (The process) is just so slow, and there is very little support for community-based organizations that don’t have deep pockets,” he said, noting each delay in the process translated into extra costs. “The other major consideration was the heritage factor. While we were certainly interested in maintaining the heritage value of the building, in doing so under the Ontario Heritage Act, we were forced to shrink the saleable space of the building – and there was no money from any source

to compensate for that.” Oussoren estimated the cost overruns that can be attributed to heritage efforts alone totaled more than $750,000 – an insurmountable barrier, even despite the Wesley Mimico Place community’s fundraising efforts. “We raised over $580,000 in grants from various sources, both church and government, and still that was not enough to carry the project,” he said.

ow, the Wesley Mimico Place board is left mourning not only the loss of the redeveloped building itself, but also the innovative partnerships it would have housed and helped facilitate – most notably, two planned col-

laborations with LAMP Community Health Centre and Etobicoke Services for Seniors (ESS). While ESS had teamed up with Wesley Mimico Place to run a respite program for seniors out of one of development’s proposed two-bedroom suites, LAMP had gone so far as to secure a $150,000 grant from Ontario Trillium Foundation to build an industrial-grade community kitchen at the site. Both Oussoren and Russ Ford, LAMP’s executive director, said they have not given up hope that their two organizations can still work together to make the community kitchen a reality. “Maybe we can still work something out with them, or maybe we’ll

saying thanks Plans are underway for a part-evaluation, partcelebration event to thank supporters of the Wesley Mimico Place renewal project for their hard work over the years, said Harry Oussoren, president of the Wesley Mimico Place board. While the details of the event have yet to be confirmed, it is tentatively scheduled to take place March 5 at Mimico Presbyterian Church. have to do something independently – but we’re not giving up on this project, that’s for sure,” Ford told The Guardian last Thursday, calling the kitchen project an “important community asset.”

n seeking out alternate locations for its community kitchen, Ford said LAMP is casting a “wide net” – including considering the costly possibility of retrofitting the existing kitchen facilities at LAMP’s Fifth Street location. “If we do that, though, I think it might involve taking down walls and things like that, and the costs will get pretty high,” he said, noting affordability and location are two of LAMP’s top considerations in choosing a new location. “So, we’re still in a search process at the moment – and it’s a totally wide net. We’re considering different options because, while Wesley Mimico provided a great opportunity for us, we believe there has to be other places.” Meanwhile, the twoand-a-half month process of winding down the Wesley Mimico Place renewal – which will include settling with the project’s architect, development consultant and construction manager, as well as refunding any deposits made on residential units – continues, Oussoren said. While no decision has yet been made on the future of their nowstripped church building, the Wesley Mimico United congregation will continue to meet for Sunday worship every week at the Mimico Centennial Library at 47 Station Rd., and will also continue offering its community lunch and food bank services every Saturday at the Martin Luther Church, 5 Superior Ave. “The most important thing is that we’re really grateful to the number of people who have worked so hard to support this project,” Oussoren said. “We have so many reasons to say thank you to everyone involved.”

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Buses to Humber will meet TTC’s 10-minute service vow >>>from page 1 campus, Humber faculty, staff and students, TTC chair Josh Colle and city staff “who listened to Humber’s request for transit for its growing population (of students),” Grimes said. “I heard loud and clear in the last election that transit is the big issue,” he added. “This Kipling express bus will be great for the kids who commute to Humber College and for people in the neighbourhood.” Currently, the 44 Kipling bus runs between Kipling station and Lake Shore Boulevard West with local stops along the route. The route is part of the TTC’s 10 Minute Network, and operates 10 minutes or better, all day, every day. Humber is a commuter college with students regularly advocating for faster, lesscrowded transit, Buote said. Some 9,300 full-time students attend Humber’s Lakeshore campus. “It always comes up,” Buote

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said of students’ advocacy for improved transit. “We want to get more students taking the bus. The only way to do that is for students to trust the service and not be waiting or on very-crowded buses during peak periods. Students also take the bus because there is not a lot of parking.” Some students and faculty take the 501 Queen streetcar, which recently became part of the TTC’s 10 Minute Network.

“All of this is a step in the right direction,” Buote said. Ahmed Tahir, president of the Humber Student Federation, said transit is his top priority. He estimated 80 per cent of Humber students take public transit to class. “It’s a good step forward,” he said. “I think it will make commuting more efficient and provide enough supply to meet the needs of all the students getting to campus.” The 188 Kipling South Rocket will be a service

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improvement over the 44 Kipling bus, Tahir said. “There are a lot of stops on the 44. It’s crowded in peak times in the mornings and afternoons. You can be sardined. It seems the majority of people on the bus want to get to the Lakeshore campus.” Tahir said he would like to see similar moves by Mississauga Transit. At present, students who live in Mississauga must pay a fare there, then another when they board a TTC bus or streetcar. Meanwhile, the new 186 Wilson Rocket will ease commute times for Humber students who attend the college’s north campus. The daytime route is designed to speed the trip from York Mills station to Humber’s north campus at Hwy. 27 and Finch Avenue West. It replaces the 96E Wilson Express bus. Mike Olivier, a Long Branch resident and transit advocate with the South Etobicoke Transit Action Committee, said he expects the 188 Kipling

South Rocket to be a service improvement. “I think it will be better,” Olivier said of the express bus versus the 44 Kipling bus. “Going north, by the time you get to the subway, it’s standing room only. And going south, 60 to 70 per cent of riders get

off at Birmingham or Lake Shore,” at the south end of the route. The $3.4 million net annual cost is part of the TTC’s 2016 operating base budget, among $95 million in annual TTC service improvements announced last year.

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188 Kipling South Rocket: The service will operate Monday to Friday during the day to expedite trips between Kipling station and the Lakeshore campus of Humber College.

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Centre station and Finch station. The new 199B will run between Scarborough Centre station, York University and Finch station during weekdays and weekday early evenings. The 199C is a new branch to run express between Finch station and Morningside Heights during the weekday rush.

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Licensed Mortgage Agent Puneet Garg, Expert Mortgage’s “85-Alive” representative for the GTA Region, says, “We’re seeing mostly homeowners behind on mortgage and property taxes. The banks are refusing to restructure their loans. Many of these people have lost jobs due to the bad economy... or they’re self-employed. Unless you are a perfect applicant, the bank doesn’t want to talk to you.” But not everyone condones Expert Mortgage’s easy lending criteria. A local real estate agent with 25 years of experience, who has asked to remain anonymous, says, “When this market turns down, it’s going to get ugly! It’s utter financial suicide for Expert Mortgage to be giving money away so easily to clients without the ability to make payments. I’d be surprised if they’re still in business five years from now.” Nonetheless, homeowners

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Meade Creech: a man who helped build Etobicoke M eade Creech: a distinctive name for a distinctive and talented man in Etobicoke’s history. Meade’s parents, Robert and Ellen, emigrated from Ireland in 1829 when he was five. After four years in Philadelphia, they moved to York Township where Robert worked as a miller near Weston. In 1843, the family moved into an existing house on the south side of Dundas, just west of Prince Edward Drive, in Lambton Mills. Meade married Charlotte McCammon in 1850 and they lived with his parents. Meade decided early on that he wanted to be a builder, and set about learning everything he could about the trade. He had no formal training, nor did he serve as an apprenticeship. Initially, he worked building houses in the area, and as he gained more knowledge, he started designing buildings as well. There

Dundas St. W. Meade continued to design and build houses, including a new house for his family in 1885, located just west of today’s Gibson’s Cleaners. When Meade died in 1896, his son, Joseph, inherited the house. Joseph had initially joined the building trade with his father, but a serious hand injury forced him to choose a different path. He kept a confectionery store in the family’s old house for 10 years, and then became a salesman for Robertson Confectioners for 40 years, retiring in 1930. Joseph lived in the family home until his death in 1957 at 101 years of age. The house was demolished in 1968, the year after the last remaining Creech resident, Joseph’s daughter, Josephine, died.

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was no formal certification process for architects at that time. His first major commission in 1870 was to design and build a schoolhouse in Eatonville, on the northwest corner of what is now Bloor Street West and Hwy. 427. In 1874, he built a brick schoolhouse in Lambton Mills on the same property where Lambton-Kingsway School is today. Because the local Methodist Church had no musical instrument and Meade greatly loved music, he decided to build the church a pipe organ from scratch. Using trial and error, the task took two years to complete, but he was successful. In 1877 he built a new Lambton Mills Methodist Church on Dundas Street West. A Masonic Lodge for the local branch came next

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The Creech family home in Lambton Mills at 4245 Dundas St. W. in 1896, now demolished. Left to right: Meade Creech, Mrs. Joseph (Mary Ellen) Creech holding son William, Josephine Creech, Mrs. Meade (Charlotte) Creech, George Creech, Marie Storey (Mary Ellen’s sister).

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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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Thorncrest Ford is pleased to announce our Top Salesman of the Year is Carlos Mendes. Carlos wishes to thank all his customers for making 2015 a successful year. Carlos joined our team in July 1992. Due to his commitment of complete satisfaction, Carlos is building a loyal and growing list of people who are driving home happy. Carlos’ personal interest in your automotive wish list will help you acquire your next vehicle at a great deal. So for personal or business automotive needs please call Carlos and experience the Thorncrest Ford Advantage. Thorncrest Ford also wishes to express gratitude for the continuing support of our community in the new year. Thorncrest Ford gostaria de aproveitar esta oportunidade para cumprimentar Carlos

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Split Toronto Community Housing into two: Mayor’s Task Force DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto Community Housing needs to be broken up into two companies – one to manage existing affordable rental stock, and another to build new ones – and public housing should have more people paying market rent. But before anything, the company managing Toronto’s public housing stock needs more money.

Those were among the 29 recommendations of the Mayor’s Task Force on Toronto Community Housing, released Tuesday. “We must report Mr. Mayor that the present funding model under which TCHC is operating is unsustainable,” said Senator Art Eggleton, who headed up the task force for Mayor John Tory. “The company suffers financially and many tenants struggle socially. TCHC does not have the revenues it needs to manage and

maintain good quality homes.” TCHC, Eggleton noted, has a $2.6 billion capital repair backlog, and an operating deficit that could surpass $200 million in 10 years. The final report from Eggleton’s task force offers recommendations beyond hoping for more funding. Currently, the organization deals with both development of new housing and the maintenance of existing housing. The Task Force proposes two corporations: one, NewHome,

which would operate existing TCHC buildings at arm’s-length from the city, eventually taking over ownership; and a stripped-down TCHC which would have a mandate to “rehabilitate, redevelop and demolish” current TCHC properties. Mayor Tory extolled the virtues of the non-profit model, which the report envisions constituted in a way similar to the 240 co-op housing boards that exist in Toronto today. The co-op model would allow

TCHC to borrow more heavily in order to deal with repairs and backlog. Currently, it mortgages to a value of about 15 per cent of its assets. The report also recommends bringing in more market-rent-paying tenants. Currently, the ratio is 90 per cent rent-geared-to-income tenants and 10 per cent market, and it would move to a 70/30 split. The plan went to Executive Committee yesterday, and then will head to Toronto Council.

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Work continues at track level earlier this month at the York University subway station. The station is one of six new terminals along the Toronto-York Spadina subway extension currently under construction.

TTC approves $400 million to pay for subway extension Toronto on hook for $240 million, York Region the rest RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The TTC’s board of commissioners approved $400 million in extra funds for the Spadina subway extension during its meeting last week. The board was expected to approve the request made public by the TTC last week in order to account for hundreds of millions in unsettled contractor claims for the Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE), which has experienced significant delays. It’s the second time in 10 months more money has been needed for the extension, driving its budget to nearly $3.2 billion. TTC CEO Andy Byford said it was always known extra costs – over and above the $150 million authorized for a third-party company in March to manage the remaining TYSSE construction – would be needed. “We said at the time that

report was not the end of the issue, the $150 million would get us across the line to open the Spadina extension by 2017,” Byford said. “But what we couldn’t say at the time was what the final cost would be in terms of claims and uncalculated costs.” second recent request Even though the project was funded by all levels of government, only the City of Toronto and York Region are on the hook for cost overruns. That will work out to a 60-40 funding split with Toronto paying the larger share of $240 million. While Byford couldn’t guarantee no more money will be needed to finish the work – according to the TYSSE report the extension is 80 per cent completed – he told the board the money requested was an “upper limit” ask, which could be reduced through negotia-

tions with contractors, or if the TTC determined a claim was frivolous. And Byford said it was unlikely contractors would intentionally delay the pace of the work to gain leverage for settling unpaid claims. “The contractors, by-andlarge, want to finish because at the end of the day the longer they stay on site the more costs they incur,” he said. T TC board member Alan Heisey said one of the issues with the TYSSE was the elaborate nature of the station design. The stations boast natural lighting as well as enlarged entrances and concourses. The issue now moves to Toronto council, which must approve the request and determine how to find the extra money for TYSSE.

How do you feel about the TTC needing more money to complete this project? Write us a letter to the editor. Email: etg@insidetoronto.com

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Internet Drop-In - Go to the Movies WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood Rd. N. CONTACT: Todd Buhrows, 416-3945247, tbuhrows@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Learn how to look for movie reviews, find the latest movie to watch at the theatre and more. Limited space: first come, first seated. Handwriting Analysis for Teens WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Richview Library, 1806 Islington Ave. CONTACT: 416-394-5120 COST: Free Come prepared to laugh and learn during Elaine’s “Power of the Pen” while you discover how to communicate even more effectively through knowing what the strokes of handwriting mean. Ages 12 and up. Drop-in. The 150 Mile Fashion Footprint with Rebecca Burgess WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Neilson Park Creative Centre, 56 Neilson Dr. CONTACT: Karen Harkins, 416-6225294, programs@neilsonparkcreativecentre.com COST: Free Rebecca Burgess’s commitment to sourcing her garments within 150 miles of her home in California led to the establishment of Fibreshed.

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Transit Town Hall WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 3819 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: ybaker.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org COST: Free Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca will be speaking and taking your questions about Ontario’s plans to improve public transit, with MPPs Yvan Baker and Peter Milczyn.

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Tune Tales with Campfire Crew WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Richview Library, 1806 Islington Ave. CONTACT: 416-394-5120 COST: Free Celebrate Family Literacy Day with Andrew Queen and the Campfire Crew. Drop-in. Messy Church WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Philip’s Parish Hall, 60 Dixon Rd. CONTACT: 416-247-5181 COST: Free Children up to age eight. Fun games, arts, crafts, stories with a Biblical theme. Food and drinks.

w Sunday, Jan. 31

Dixieland Vespers WHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: St. Philip’s Anglican Church, 25 St. Phillips Rd. CONTACT: 416-247-5181 COST: Free

An hour of music, prayers, poetry and readings featuring The Bob DeAngelis Dixieland Band.

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Casino Niagara WHEN: 9:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: , 416-231-3431, islingtonseniors@ bellnet.ca COST: $10 Bus departs from Islington Seniors’ Centre at 9:15 a.m., returning at approximately 5:30 p.m. The bus is being shared with Highway Terraces Seniors’ Club. Protect Your Money WHEN: 2 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Eatonville Library, 430 Burnhamthorpe Rd. CONTACT: Peggy Ho, 416-3945270, eaprograms@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Presented by the Ontario Securities Commission. Call to register.

Skin Care Workshop WHEN: 2:30 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Stonegate Community Health Centre, 150 Berry Rd. CONTACT: 416-2317070, ext. 307 COST: Free An afternoon of creation for self care. Carolina Taron will facilitate a workshop on making an all natural moisturizer. Registration is required, as space is limited.

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Planet 51 (Family Movie) WHEN: 10 to 11:45 a.m. WHERE: Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood Rd. N. CONTACT: Todd Buhrows, 416-394-5247, tbuhrows@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Rated PG. Drop-in. Dr. Moira McQueen presents Bioethics from a Roman Catholic Perspective WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: All Saints Roman Catholic Church, 1415 Royal York Rd. CONTACT: Franca Gallucci, franca.gallucci28@gmail. com COST: Reserve seats in advance Four Tuesdays in February. Part One: A Catholic Perspective on Ethics. Coin Stamp & Collectables Club WHEN: 7 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall CONTACT: Ben Boelens, 905 890-9484, boelens40@gmail.com COST: Free

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Novi Singers: Choir seeking new members WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Polish National Union Hall, basement, 71 Judson St. CONTACT: Ala, 416-7699630, novisingerstoronto@gmail.com COST: Membership fee Experienced singers welcomed for all sections to perform a diverse and inventive repertoire.

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Grocery Shopping Trips WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Stonegate Community Health Centre, 150 Berry Rd. CONTACT: Sonia De Martinez, 416-2317070, ext. 239 COST: Free Stonegate CHC runs a shuttle bus for seniors and those with disability and mobility issues for grocery shopping. Call if you are interested.

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He shot Yatim three times initially before shooting him five more times while the teen was on the floor of the streetcar. Speaking to the media at police headquarters Monday, Saunders noted Toronto Police Service (TPS) is constantly looking to upgrade the ways in officers deal with high-pressure situations. He added “the Toronto police service, as a result of this tragedy, has examined in the smallest detail, with the assistance of distinguished outside experts, the way in which we use force, the way in which we respond to people in crisis, our pro-

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Donate skates to give kids true winter experience >>>from page 1 kids, he rushed the net. Anga said he expects donations to be distributed in early February to the culturally diverse elementary school on Jamestown Crescent near Martin Grove Road and Finch Avenue West. Some students hail from countries where there is no winter. “Especially for newcomers, they get bored stiff in winter. They don’t know how to skate. We want to get them on the ice. They’re the future hockey players,” Anga said. The 2016 Skate Drive is focused on just that – ice skates and hockey skates. Anga’s garage is already “half full,” he said, of hockey equipment, including helmets, shoulder pads, gloves, and jerseys. “We’re still a little short on skates. We want to focus on skates,” he said. “Our motto is, ‘Put a kid in hockey and you keep them out of trouble,’” he said. Anga’s history of advocating for ice rinks, equipment, and hockey and skating opportunities for neighbourhood children is long. He had lobbied the city for a

HOW TO DONATE Anyone with gently used boys’ or girls’ skates is urged to donate them to the drive. Skates can be dropped off at 23 Division station, 5230 Finch Ave. W. at Kipling Avenue, or at Anga’s Farm, 89 Bankfield Dr., north of Albion Road, east of Islington Avenue. Or call Anga directly at 416-839-2111 to arrange pickup.

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John Anga displays his collection of children’s hockey equipment on Tuesday, collected during his drive to get youth out on the rink. Further donations of children’s skates are much needed, and all collected equipment will be donated to Greenholme Junior Middle School in early February, for the benefit of the local students.

decade to secure and approve installation of two shelters for children who play hockey on an outdoor rink at Summerlea Park in Thistletown. In 2011, it became a reality. That January day, Braeburn Junior School students flanked

“I’m the guy with the Zamboni who built the outdoor rink 115feet by 55-feet wide with four-foot boards and lights, who supervised while kids played until 4 a.m.,” he said of the outdoor rink on his property he ran for years. Anga has coached the minor bantam Etobicoke Bulldogs for seven years. “I really look forward to it,” he said of coaching. “(Hockey) keeps the kids out of trouble. Win or lose, it’s fun.”

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Dr. Amanpreet Chopra

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Dental Implants & Laser Surgery Cosmetic Dentistry - Smile Make Overs BraCeS-Orthodontist-in-Clinic Crowns and Bridges Gum Disease Treatment and Surgery White Fillings - Teeth Whitening* Invisalign - Invisible Braces root Canal with New Technology Intra Oral Cameras, Digital PaN & X-rays Wisdom Tooth extraction Dentures Full and Partial Laughing Gas Nitrous Oxide Friendly & Caring Staff

Dr. Chopra’s dental office was the 2015 Diamond Award recipient for Best Dental Clinic, and would like to thank the readers for this year’s nomination. For the past 20 years, dentistry and the welfare of society have been Dr. Chopra’s passions. Aside from offering optimal dental care to the community, Dr. Chopra makes it her priority to give back to others. Every year, Dr. Chopra searches for residents within the area who don’t have dental coverage and asks them to send her their story. After reading all the submissions, Dr. Chopra and a team of judges choose one entry as the winner to receive $2,500 worth of free dental care from her office. Dr. Chopra considers it her biggest achievement and honour to give somebody their inner smile. During her years in India, she was an integral part of many free medical and dental camps organized by the Lions Club and the Rotary Club. Dr. Chopra often went to the rural parts of India and provided free treatment to many patients. The Indian army was also treated at her clinic for free as well as widows and orphans.

Dr. Chopra’s staff is a true reflection of Canada and consists of Indians, Pakistanis, Somalians, Middle Easterners, Europeans, Chinese, Africans and above all, they are Canadians. The staff is very friendly and courteous to everyone. All the patients are treated with the latest technology and equipment. Every patient who walks in the door is considered and treated like a family member. Dr. Chopra’s friendly personality and caring nature make a visit to her clinic very enjoyable. Practicing family dentistry for many years, Dr. Chopra is very fond of children and they feel the same way about her. She makes them feel comfortable to ensure they have a pleasant dental experience. To further help the community, Dr. Chopra is taking on new patients. Dr. Chopra’s clinic offers: complete family care, cosmetic care, urgent care, implants (including one day implants), laughing gas, veneers, crowns, bridges, wisdom teeth surgeries, teeth whitening, tooth-coloured fillings, digital tech root canal treatments, digital X-rays and laser treatment seven days a

Dr. Amanpreet Chopra week with 24-hour emergency service. Orthodontic treatments are also offered and include Invisalign, Fastbraces and braces for children and adults. The multispecialty dental clinic also offers appointments with a periodontist. Students and seniors receive a discount on services at the clinic. All insurance plans are accepted and companies are billed directly and electronically. Consultations at the clinic are complimentary. Dr. Chopra’s office is located at 2599 Islington Ave. She also has clinics in Mississauga and Brampton. For more information, visit www.thefamilydentist.ca. To book an appointment, call the office at 416-741-0002.

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2016 READERS’ CHOICE NOMINEES

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2016 READERS’ CHOICE NOMINEES Etobicoke MONTESSORI School Thank you to the Etobicoke Community for Nominating JobStart for the 2016 Readers’ Choice Award As the Best Employment Agency and Best Learning Centre JobStart provides dynamic Employment, Mentoring, Training and Settlement Services, matching the skills of a diverse range of Job Seekers with the hiring needs of Employers, achieving employment success for thousands of Job Seekers annually.

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At top, Kat, left, learns how to ride a snowbaord for the first time while Ronnie watches, during opening day of the Centennial Park ski hill on Friday. Above, Matthew holds on to the ski lift, making his way up the hill for another run. Far left, 82-year-old Bill Metcalfe takes a highspeed run down the hill. At left, ski patrol member Martin Sneath tests the texture of the snow.

Centennial Park Ski and Snowboard Centre open Attention all Etobicoke skiiers and snowboarders: the slopes at Centennial Park officially opened at noon Friday. Featuring a ski and snowboard school, snowboard and downhill ski rentals, helmet rentals, t-bar, carpet lift, night skiing and a snack bar, the Centennial Park Ski and Snowboard Centre is located at 256 Centennial Park Rd. Open until mid-March, the centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regular hours of operation are Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8

p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (weather permitting). The Centennial Park Ski and Snowboard Centre is located near public transit and offers competitive rates on lift equipment and instruction. Season passes are also available. Please note that the use of helmets is mandatory for participants of all ages in school board programs, for other school groups and for ski racing programs, as well as for race coaching staff, on-hill supervisors and ski patrol members.

For more information, call the Centennial Park Ski and Snowboard Centre at 416394-8754 or visit www.toronto.ca/ski

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FULLTIME CHILD Caregiver. Candidate is to care for 1 year old. Duties: Supervise children. Prepare and serve nutritious meals. Maintain a safe and healthy environment. Light housekeeping. Prepare for nap time. Rate: $13.05/hr. 40hrs per week. Email: ra_sawhney@yahoo.ca Domestic Help Wanted

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