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CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com Etobians looking to pass on the spirit of Thanksgiving this weekend need not look any further than The Queensway Canadian Tire – one of 10 stores across the province offering special deals to Basketeers. The Basketeers – a 3,500-volunteer strong group founded by Etobicoke’s own Cheryl Stoneburgh – is now in their 13th year of providing holiday care baskets for abused women starting a new life after leaving the shelter system. Last year, with the help of Canadian Tire, the group was able to generate 1,685 baskets to support 39 women’s shelters in eight different cities. Stoneburgh, a recent recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal, said they’re hoping to match, if not surpass, that goal again this year – especially since they’ve added another shelter to their roster of recipients. But they need a little help to push them to their goal – and they’re seeking new recruits. “It’s still hard times. People who used to do three baskets, are doing two this year; and those who used to do two are doing one,” she said, noting that with six weeks to go until the end of their drive, the GTA Basketeers are just around halfway to their goal of 800 baskets. “We’re so grateful for all of our supporters, but we haven’t seen the end of difficult times.” >>>BASKETS, page 9

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WORK OF ART: Lakeshore Arts held an Art Show and Sale and unveiled wall murals Saturday at Amos Waites Park. Here, Jim Bravo and Emanuel Ciobanica show off their Mimico Creek Mural. See more photos from this event and the inaugural Queensway Festival on pages 17 and 18.

Young Somali deaths ‘devastating’ TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com Six young Somali men shot dead since June. Families and the Somali community reeling, grief-stricken, searching for answers. “It has devastated our commu-

nity,” said Dr. Mohamed Gilao, a Somali community leader. “It has devastated the Toronto community. For one family to lose two young men with potential, it’s devastating.” Ahmed Hassan, 24, was shot dead at the Eaton Centre on June 2. Hussein Hussein, 23, killed on June 23. Abdulle Elmi, 25, Hassan’s cousin,

killed on July 8. Abdulaziz Farah, 28, murdered on Sept. 8. Then friends Suleiman Ali from Etobicoke and Warsame Ali, from Maple, both 26, murdered behind townhouses in the John Garland Boulevard-Jamestown Crescent area around 1:20 a.m. on Sept. 18. Police say the men did not live in

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Backpacks 101 Project surpasses its goal Fourth shelter benefits due to generous donations TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com The Backpacks 101 Project has surpassed its goal again this year and added a new shelter to its recipients. Monique D’Sa started the project six years ago with a modest goal: to fill 20 backpacks with school supplies for children who live with their mom in Women’s Habitat shelter in Etobicoke where the Royal York South mother of three had previously volunteered. This past month, 159 children went back to school with brand-new bags and supplies thanks to the generosity of local residents and businesses, D’Sa reported. “We could not do this project each year without the help of individual donors in our community, thank you,” D’Sa said in a statement. “You have added many smiles to children’s faces this September. Your generosity is appreciated.” In recent years, D’Sa’s project has donated backpacks filled with school supplies to children and youth at three Etobicoke shelters: Women’s Habitat, Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter, as well as youth

enrolled in the Stay in School program at Youth Without Shelter, which aids homeless youth. This year, donors’ generosity enabled the project to expand to include The Jean Tweed Centre, a treatment centre for women with substance abuse and/or problem gambling. Backpacks provided to the centre were distributed to children in its Pathways to Healthy Families program, Strengthening Families program, and to children of women in the residential program. Example for children “Teaching my kids is one of the reasons I do it,” D’Sa said of her The Backpacks 101 Project. “That’s one reason I’d like to see kids get in their piggy banks and take out $1 or $5 and go shopping with their mom to pick up something for another child.” In particular, D’Sa thanked Scotiabank, Polk Canada and Fill Your Own for its 2012 donations. Scotiabank’s financial donation allowed D’Sa to fill more backpacks and to send high school students back to class with a calculator, USB

stick, a lock and a geometry set, as well as all the basic school supplies. POLK Canada’s office donation drive enabled the addition this year of Jean Tweed as a recipient. MUZART offered their space as a drop-off location. Fill Your Own entrepreneur Annette Yang donated 120 of her uniquely designed stainless steel water bottles. D’Sa is already getting started on her project’s 2013 donation drive. She collects new donated items year-round. Blocks of construction paper, scissors, pencil crayons, pencil sharpeners, pencils, pens, duotangs, markers, crayons, geometry sets, glue sticks/bottles, scientific calculators, binders and lunch bags are needed for children, among other items. Donors may help in many ways. Children’s classes can fill an ecofriendly backpack. Collect school supplies in lieu of birthday gifts. Hold an office challenge at work. Collect supplies within your book club, play group or other organizations. Tell friends about the project. Email info@backpacks101.org for more information or to donate.

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Monique D'Sa, who operates Backpacks Project 101, fills backpacks with school items for children living in shelters. This year, donors’ generosity enabled the project to expand to include The Jean Tweed Centre, a treatment centre for women with substance abuse and/or problem gambling. She is pictured with her children (from left) Justin, Ethan and Emma last summer.

Etobicoke cooks ply their passion on new show Winning recipes will be sold in stores CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com Two Etobicoke home cooks have chopped, diced, whisked and blended their way onto Recipe to Riches, earning themselves a one-in-21 chance to win a $250,000 grand prize and have their recipes made into President’s Choice products. New Toronto’s Tracey Rigden will show off her dulce de leche brownies on the Oct. 31 episode of the Food Network reality cooking show, while Princess Ann Manor area resident Mary Rocto will give the judges a chance to sample her jerk chicken buns on the Nov. 14 episode. If they hope to win, the two Etobicoke foodies will have to impress Recipe to Riches expert food panelists Laura Calder (French Food at Home) Tony Chapman (Capital C) and Dana McCauley (Janes Family Foods) with their homegrown recipes, which will be judged on taste, presentation, originality, the story behind the recipe and its suitability to become a mass-produced grocery store product.

Mary Rocto For aspiring cooking show host Rocto, the appeal of Recipe to Riches wasn’t just the huge cash prize, but the chance to cook for the whole country. “I’ll be honest, having my jerk chicken bun made into a PC Product? I mean, that’s a dream,” she enthused. “Canada tasting and eating my product everyday? Every time they’d bite into it, it would be like getting a big hug from me.” Cooking, for Rocto, has been a lifelong passion born of an Italian family upbringing that centred

around food. The recently laid off wife and mother said she’s been cooking since she was a young girl and joked that, while some are born with silvers spoon in their mouths, she was born with a wooden spoon in hand – to stir the tomato sauce with. “I love to cook and bake. That’s all I do; that’s who I am,” she said. “My family and my friends are everything to me, so that’s what I do for them – I cook and bake.” Rocto chose her jerk chicken bun to enter into the competition because she believes it’s representative of multicultural Canada – the sweet bun is European, the jerk chicken is a tribute to her husband’s Jamaican heritage, and the barbecue flavouring is North American. “I was able to bring in so many different flavours and ideas from different parts of the world,” she said, explaining that her recipe consists of a sweet bun filled with jerk chicken, sweet red and green peppers “for crunch and freshness”, roasted corn “for sweetness and smokiness”, and Rocto’s own homemade mayo and barbecue sauce. “So I put it all in the bun, I bake it, and it’s amazing – it’s spicy, it’s sweet, it’s crunchy, it’s soft. It’s amazing. I know it’s my recipe, but it’s sooo good.”

Tracey Rigden For Rigden, competing on Recipe to Riches was a “nerve-wracking” and scary affair – which is precisely why the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs law clerk thinks it’s so fitting her episode is set to air on the spookiest day of the year. “There’s a reason why we’re on on Halloween, let’s just put it that way – it’s a scary episode,” she said laughing. “It’s fun to watch, though, and I’m sure people will absolutely laugh themselves silly.” The oldest of four siblings, Rigden said she learned early on to pitch in

with the family meals – picking up her cooking skills from dad, while honing her baking prowess under the watchful eye of mom. It was those latter skills she chose to showcase in presenting her dulce de leche (“candy of milk” in Portugese) brownies for the judges of Recipe to Riches to sample – a recipe she’s been perfecting for years. Born of a basic brownie recipe she looked up on the eve of a potluck a few years ago, Rigden’s sweet creation has since morphed into sweet perfection with the addition of a few key ingredients. “I’m a big Food Network junkie – I love it – and I’d just been watching a show about how to make dulce de leche, so I thought what the heck? I’ll give it a shot,” she said, noting that the result of her experimentation elevated her dish to the hit of that first potluck, as well as many others since. Regardless of whether that recipe wins her $250,000, Rigden said she already feels like a winner: “No matter what, I’m guaranteed a bronze medal, so it doesn’t matter if I win the prize. Just getting here was pretty darned impressive, I think.” n Recipe to Riches premieres on Oct. 17 on the Food Network.

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oronto councillor Josh Matlow is right when he says it’s “vital” that the city has an honest conversation about how to fund transit expansion for the TTC. Matlow, the councillor for St. Paul’s, made the comments in response to the release of a report by Toronto’s city manager Joe Pennachetti providing a list of transit funding options for local councillors to consider. The options provided by Pennachetti, including road tolls, parking fees and increased property taxes, are not new. We agree an honest conversation must be held on Toronto’s transit funding. Where we differ with Matlow is on who should be having that conversation. our view It’s certainly not our politicians. At the city level, the battles Taxpayers will between councillors have made transit planning unproductive foot bill for at best. Meanwhile, Toronto’s executive committee will disfuture transit cuss Pennachetti’s report at this month’s meeting. Though Councillor Matlow may wish it so, we have our doubts that will achieve anything. Higher levels of government are facing huge financial challenges and are limited in what they will commit to Toronto for transit. The provincially run Metrolinx, which is charged with finding funding for transit across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), does not even have to present its plan on where the money’s coming from to the provincial government until next June. All discussion will come to the same place. The private sector is not riding in on a white horse to save the day. Taxpayers are going to have to foot the bill. We need to clearly tell our elected representatives what it is we want when it comes to public transportation not just in Toronto but surrounding areas, and we have to let them know what we are prepared to pay for it. Along with the road tolls, parking fees, vehicle registration tax proposals, Pennachetti also offered ideas including a personal income tax hike of one per cent, a property tax hike, a payroll tax, a fuel tax, a parking levy, a Land Transfer Tax hike, and a development charge fee. The more time we spend trying to not raise taxes, the more difficult it will be to plan and pay for an infrastructure that is imperative to the future wellbeing of the city. We have often written about the imbalance between business tax and property tax in this city, and the light property tax load of Toronto compared to surrounding municipalities. Toronto residents may have to face the reality of what you pay for – or don’t – you get. Toronto Community News is a division of Metroland Media Group Ltd. The Guardian is a member of the Ontario Press Council. Visit ontpress.com newsroom

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h, goody. The October meeting of Mayor Rob Ford’s executive committee will have a familiar treat: a jolly long talk about how the city might fund major transit expansion projects in the future. From Mel Lastman to David Miller to Rob Ford, the dream of big transit projects has fueled both rhetoric and design like no other project except maybe property tax increases. In that sense, the conversation starting this month and going into next spring will be a little stilted, and might not go anywhere. That’s because the report from City Manager Joe Pennachetti frames the question at the nexus of those ideas: namely, how to finance big transit expansion, whatever that may be, using among other things, big whopping property tax increases. The report is something Toronto Council asked for, mostly in response to Mayor Ford’s moving target plan to build a Sheppard subway into Scarborough using private sector money and a growing amount of federal

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and provincial grants. In shutting down the subway dream, council in its wisdom decided to look at ways of financing transit absent either the private sector or nominal help from higher orders of government. It is a sensible thing to do: an “adult” conversation that determines what exactly Torontonians are willing to pay for in the way of public transit, which is to say, how much Torontonians are willing to pay. The report looks at hiking the land transfer tax by a percentage point, reinstating a $100 vehicle registration tax, imposing road tolls on highways, and a one per cent property tax hike. In the same agenda, the city manager is setting up a plan to devise a transit plan itself based upon a review of the city’s Official Plan. Once again, it is a sober

and sensible approach to transit planning — two elements lacking in both Mayor Ford’s subway dream, and the bus-tokenin-every-pocket approach that TTC Chair Karen Stintz came up with in the spring with the frenetically gerrymandering One City transit expansion plan. Seems dull and sensible and prosaic, yes? Well, there is still an element of pipe dream to it all. Because even as Toronto Council is considering these plans, so too is Metrolinx, the provincial government’s go-to agency when it comes to financing new transit. Metrolinx also is looking at ways to finance its own transit expansion plans – plans which encompass the entire Golden Horseshoe. The question becomes: if roads do get tolled in Toronto, just whose projects will that money go toward? And so it goes: the conversation on transit will go on, with no end in sight. n David Nickle is The Guardian’s city hall reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com

To the editor: Re: ‘Transit users speak out against bad behaviour,’ Special Report, Sept. 27. I read the article by Rahul Gupta; I could not believe the comments made by TTC chief customer service officer Chris Upfold. “Rudeness is not something that catches my attention as being high.” Another statement by Upfold was that riders should alter their travel patterns and the times they travel in order to reduce potential disputes. The message sent by Upfold was rudeness and disrespect for others wins. Values, respect, manners and etiquette are instilled into us at an early age with maturity bringing that forward to our later years. Once again the TTC has exposed itself to show us how deep their problems lie. The TTC’s biggest hurdle is the TTC. Ray Blais

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On our @TOinTransit Twitter account we received a number of responses to our coverage on rude riders on the TTC. Below is a sampling of some of the Tweets we received. To get in on the conversation visit us @ TOinTransit @commutersunited: It’s time to start a subway etiquette rule! @micahbarnes: why have we Toronto people become so deeply selfish and rude while in public spaces like the TTC? @MonicaAraujo33: Reading the paper I came across “transit riders complain about the rude ride on the TTC courtesy of other passengers” couldn’t agree more. @RachieB13 Dear annoying rude loud girl on the phone while on the bus. Shut up!! #TTC is not the place for your nails on a chalkboard laugh. #annoying @elizabethmunro: It ’s astounding how rude people are to TTC workers.

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Metroland Central expands its reach Division now extends from Toronto to North Bay Metroland Media Group’s Metroland Central division now stretches all the way to North Bay, under the direction of Toronto Community News publisher and Metroland vice president Ian Proudfoot. T h e d i v i s i o n , p re v i ously comprised of Toronto Community News and York Region Media Group, now reaches a readership of more than 900,000 homes on a weekly basis, stretching from the heart of the city in Toronto to North Bay in Ontario’s Near North, now incorporating Simcoe/Muskoka division

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>>>from page 1 Stepping in to help out again this year is Canadian Ti re, w h i c h w i l l r u n a Basketeer sale event this Friday to Sunday at 10 different stores located in Basketeer branch cities across the province – from The Queensway store here in Etobicoke, to stores as far away as Thunder Bay. special coupon For the duration of the sale, Basketeers will be able to make use of a special coupon emailed out to members that gives them a 10 per cent discount on basket-worthy items, ranging from housewares, to household appliances, to cleaning products. All regularly priced items to be discounted – which include toasters, glasses, irons, hair dryers, coffee makers, frying pans, kettles,

microwaves, knife sets, flatware and cleaners, among many others – will start with the product code 42-, 43-, or 53-. The Basketeer concept, Stoneburgh explained, is a simple one: “to support women in new beginnings.” volunteer To achieve those ends, Basketeer participants – whether they be individuals or groups – start with a laundry basket or other storage container, and then fill it full of items a woman starting a new life might need. Some participants choose a theme, buying all-kitchen or all-bedroom/ bathroom items, Stoneburgh explained,

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CORRECTION NOTICE The ad for Queensway Fish and Chips that appeared in the Etobicoke Guardian Newspaper on Sept 27,2012 contained an error. The hours that they are open should have read:Mon.Tues.Wed. & Sat 11 am -8 pm. Thursdays 11 am - 9 pm Fridays 10:30 am - 9 pm and Sundays closed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused Queensway Fish and Chips and their customers.We are located at 1236 The Queensway 416-252-7061.

noting the average cost of a basket is in the $150 to $200 range. A kitchen basket, for example, might contain a kettle, a frying pan, some kitchen towels, dinnerware, dish detergent, etc., while a

bed and bath basket might include sheets, an alarm clock, a blanket, and a pillow. Wrapped and decorated baskets will this year be collected at a Basketeer event at The Salvation Army

Mississauga Temple on Nov. 17, where donors will be treated to baked goods and coffee or hot chocolate from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. After that, each of the recipient shelters – of which there are 19 served by The

Basketeers’ GTA branch – come with their trucks to pick up the baskets for distribution to their clients. Volunteers wishing to contribute a basket can go to www.basketeers.ca to register or for more information.

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DAY AT THE PARK FOOD AND FUN: Top left, Luke Nowak plays hit the bell during the inaugural Queensway Festival on Saturday. Bottom left, Claudio Clarkson shares some candy floss with mom Angela during the festivities. The newly formed Queensway BIA and Councillor Peter Milczyn cohosted the community event at Queensway Park.

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his release. Instead, those friends called police. Twice the kidnappers made arrangements to pick up the money, failing each time – during the second cash pickup attempt in west Toronto, police arrested

Opeyemi. Seeing his plans foiled, Bo ordered Okesse’s release, and he was freed near Avenue Road and Wilson Avenue on April 14. Lewers, 27, of Hamilton, was sentenced to 10 years,

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>>>from page 1 Jordan symbol on the upper left chest with two stripes and a large sweatshirt with a large Vans logo on the front. Investigators urged citizens with information to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.222tips.com Gilao sees it as an issue of trust, and a question of how to build it. “Our community sees the police not as friendly. They see them as the enemy because of how it was back home,” he said. Somali families often move to public housing unaware of some areas’ history of gun violence and drug dealing, he said. “They flee war. They come here. How can they survive in this society? They just see housing as a shelter. They don’t know for a long, long time some of the areas are known for gangs, are drug dealing central. “It’s a contradiction. Canada is a very progressive society with beautiful social programs, like the building of public housing. But then there are no other programs after

that. They’re alone.” Abdifatah Warsame, 33, is the founder of Centre for Youth Development and Mentoring Services in Rexdale. He sees youth success stories every day. He agrees with Gilao that the “elder” generation of Somali-Canadians who fled the country’s civil war in the early 1990s no nothing of the presence and perils of drug dealing and gang influence that grips some neighbourhoods across Toronto. “We’re under siege. We’re in crisis,” Warsame said. “To bring change, it has to be collective change. Bring everyone on board. It’s our problem, as Torontonians, as Canadians. It’s not a Somali problem. “Young people are getting killed. People think, ‘they must be selling drugs or gang banging.’ Unless you live in their shoes, you have no right to judge. You’re only adding fire to the problem, not solve it. It’s our Canadian way of life that is at stake. Somalis are extremely, extremely grateful to Canada. Coming to Canada, it was a paradise.” Warsame believes part of the solution lies in increased

police resources and use of camera surveillance. Leaders like Gilao and Warsame haven’t lost hope. “Dejinta Beesha has been in the Dixon area since 2001 with settlement services and community services for new immigrants. You see young kids that used to come to our homework club finishing university, getting a job. Some are quite successful. They never left the neighourhood.” When murders occur, it is far more likely, Gilao said, that some in the community take the issue into their own hands, rather than contact police. That, too, must change. It only will with built trust and community outreach and partnerships, Gilao said. “People will build a behaviour. If someone’s son is murdered and they know the guy, they’re not going to share with the police. They’re going to kill him,” Gilao said. “People in mainstream society, if something happens, they talk to police. But the mainstream community has lawyers, money, resources that our community does not have.”

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n Saturday, Oct. 6

Car Boot Sale/Rummage Sale WHEN: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Westway Christian Church, 6 Kilburn Place CONTACT: karen.embracemggp@gmail. com New and used items for sale in church parking lot. Rain date: Oct. 13. Vendors sell items from the truck of their car or set up lawn chairs or blankets to showcase their wares. Thanksgiving Dinner WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 210, 110 Jutland Rd. COST: $12 pp

n Tuesday, Oct. 9

date: Oct. 12). One item, in particular, highlights how much technology has changed: many students will be seeing something for the very first time. The community will be adding some memorable 2012 pieces for the next anniversary in 2037 (75th). Diabetes 101 WHEN: 1:30 to 4 p.m. WHERE: West Toronto Diabetes Education, 365 Evans Ave. COST: Free Introduction to Type 2 diabetes. Learn how to manage your diabetes, healthy eating, exercise and blood sugar control. Call to register.

West Toronto Stamp Club WHEN: 6:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Fairfield Seniors Centre, 80 Lothian Ave. CONTACT: Don Hedger, 416-621-9982, www.westtorontostampclub.com, don. hedger@gmail.com COST: Free The Club est. 1935 offers various activities relating to the collection and preservation of stamps. The meeting will feature a verbal and silent acution and a ‘show and tell’. Visitors and new members welcomed.

Start Your Own Business for Youth WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Richview Library, 1806 Islington Ave. COST: Free Bring your ideas to life as an instructor from Youth Employment Services walks you through the basic steps of starting a business. This four-part program covers: where to get ideas, information on how to start your business, writing a business plan, strategies to promote and sell your ideas, how to make it all come together. Call 416-394-5120 to register.

n Tuesday, Oct. 9

n Thursday, Oct. 11

Adult Drum Circle - Open House WHEN: 8:15 to 9:15 p.m. WHERE: Great Room, The Kingsway Conservatory of Music, 2848 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: 416234-0721, www.kingswayconservatory. ca COST: Free Express yourself through the power of the drum. This exhilarating adventure in rhythm and self-expression develops drumming technique through Latin, African and Middle-Eastern grooves. All adults, beginners to aficionados, are welcome. No experience necessary. Open house admission is free, kicking off a nine-week drum circle program. Confirm your attendance by phone.

n Wednesday, Oct. 10

Reveal of Buried Time Capsule WHEN: 11 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School, 35 Saffron Cres. CONTACT: Joseph Schnurr, 416-393-5288, www.tcdsb.org, joseph. schurr@tcdsb.org A time capsule that hasn’t seen the light of day since 1987 will be revealed. (Rain

Year Round Travel WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 80 Lothian Ave. CONTACT: Ruth Blocka, 416 -232-2886, ruth.blocka@me.com COST: Free Joe Scott presents information on river cruises and Myrtle Beach. Misseto Bonsai Club WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Islington United Church, 25 Burnhamthorpe Rd. CONTACT: Liz Pfister, lizpfister@yahoo. com COST: Free Members of the group meet for their monthly meeting. Computer Workshop - DIgital Photos WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Amy, 416-252-6822, COST: $20 Learn how to transfer photos from your camera to your computer, tips for organizing files, printing, and emailing. Bring your camera, cords, and a USB memory stick.

Digital Photography-Introduction 55+ WHEN: 10 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-231-3431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: $40 for six-week program Introduction to digital photography from Oct. 11 to Nov. 15. Learn all about your digital camera settings and the fundamentals of photography such as lighting, composition, capturing the moment and organize images on a computer. This structured six-week class, led by a professional photographer and educator, will give you the basics of photography and the skills to manage your digital camera. Digital Photography - Next Steps 55+ WHEN: 12:30 to 2 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-231-3431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: $40 for six-week program Digital Photography - Next Steps from Oct. 11 to Nov. 15. Take your digital photography skills to the next level. Learn when and how to best use natural light and flash. Discover how to use your camera’s aperture and shutter speed to make creative images. Gain knowledge about the many ways to share your photographs with others online and in print. Pre-requisite: Digital Photography – Introduction or a good understanding of the automatic features on your digital camera. Digital Photography - Creative Steps 55+ WHEN: 2:30 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-231-3431 COST: COST: $40 for six-week program Digital Photography - Creative Steps 55+ from Oct. 11 to Nov. 15. Explore ways of using your digital camera to make creative images that tell stories and reflect emotion by changing apertures, shutter speeds, as well as the use of natural and flash lighting. The class will also practise using Manual + Programme settings, exposure compensation and discuss light painting. Field trips will allow us to practise these techniques with the instructor by your side. The resulting images will take you to a new level of photography. Pre-requisite: Digital Photography – Next

Steps or evaluation by instructor. **NOTE For all three levels of digital photography classes: Bring a digital camera, fully charged battery, memory card and USB flash drive. There is no class on Oct. 18. Pre-registration required.

n Friday, Oct. 12

Drop In at West Toronto Diabetes WHEN: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: West Toronto Diabetes Education, 365 Evans Ave. COST: Free Meet briefly with a nurse or a dietitian and have your questions answered. No appointment necessary.

n Ongoing

Euchre 55+ WHEN: 12:45 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-231-3431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca COST: $1.50 per day Join this group of avid Euchre players every Friday and Monday. New players always welcome. Membership to the Islington Seniors’ Centre is required to participate in most programs. Saturday Night Dance WHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 210, 110 Jutland Rd. CONTACT: Shelley Sing, 416737-9142, vssing@rogers.com COST: Free Dance to the music of Andrew Crawford in clubroom every Saturday night. Bid Euchre for Seniors WHEN: 1 p.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Susan, 416-252-6822, franklinhorner.susan@gmail.com, www. franklinhorner.org No partner or registration required for this weekly game of Bid Euchre every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Cost is $2 members/$3 non-members. Seniors’ Fitness WHEN: 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Susan, 416-252-6822, franklinhorner.susan@gmail.com, www. franklinhorner.org Gentle exercise program for seniors. Work out, using a chair if you like, to audio or video exercise programs designed to promote strength and flexibility to

seniors. Free for members. (Membership $25/year). Takes place on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Shuffleboard for Older Adults WHEN: 1 p.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. COST: $2 members/$3 non-members Weekly shuffleboard game every Tuesday. Bid Euchre WHEN: 1 p.m. WHERE: Franklin Horner Community Centre, 432 Horner Ave. COST: $2 members/$3 non-members Play bid euchre with a fun group every Tuesday. No partner required. Weekly Euchre WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 210, 110 Jutland Rd. CONTACT: Shelley Sing, 416-737-9142, vssing@rogers.com COST: $4.00 per week Every Wednesday. Knitting/Quilting/Sewing 55+ WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Islington Seniors’ Centre, 4968 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-231-3431, islingtonseniors@bellnet.ca, This is a social group of people who meet on Wednesday’s to chat and work on their craft and contribute made items to the centre. Membership to the Islington Seniors’ Centre is required. Wednesday Euchre WHEN: 1 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Horner Avenue Community Centre, 320 Horner Ave. CONTACT: Penny DeCarlo, 416-3946001 Every Wednesday afternoon. Members pay $1, non-members $1.50. Refeshments and prizes. English Conversation Circle for Newcomers WHEN: 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Rexdale Women’s Centre, 21 Panorama Crt. CONTACT: Margaret Nwosu, 416-745-0062, mnwosu@rexdalewomen.org, Newcomers are invited to enjoy the company of other newcomers, learn different cultures and improve their conversational skills in English at the English Conversation Circle for Newcomers every Wednesday.

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NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on behalf of Salvatore (Sam) Fazzari application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario for an Act to revive 1293403 ONTARIO LIMITED. The corporation was voluntarily dissolved under the Business Corporations Act on May 12, 2010 pursuant to Articles of Dissolution. The applicant represents that he was President, Secretary and Treasurer and only director of the corporation when it was dissolved and that the purpose of the revival is to deal with certain property that was held in the corporation’s name at the time of the dissolution. The application will be considered by the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. Any person who has an interest in the application and who wishes to make submissions, for or against the application, to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills should notify, in writing, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1A2. Dated at Toronto, this 19th day of September, 2012. ANTHONY KLEMENCIC Barrister & Solicitor 770 Brown’s Line Toronto, Ontario, M8W 3W2 Solicitor on behalf of Salvatore (Sam) Fazzari

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