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weLIKE toBIKE DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com In 1991, 15-year-old Yvonne Bambrick rode the streets of Toronto with brash confidence – making the considerable daily commute from her family home at Victoria Park in East York to Jarvis Collegiate by bicycle, along busy downtown streets that made scant accommodation for bikes. “Back when I was a naive

teenager, I didn’t think twice about it,” recalls Bambrick 25 years later, sitting on a sunny patio in Kensington Market, steps from one of the city’s massive on-street bike racks and just over a block from the busy College Street bike lanes. “The concept of bike lanes wasn’t on my brain at all. I did know it wasn’t safe – I got doored on the Danforth and had a wipeout on bad road conditions.

g the di n i sta go 15.1 km – cycle tracks 209 km – white bicycle lanes 6.1 km – Yellow ‘contra-flow’ bicycle lanes 26.2 km – lanes with shared lane pavement markings 302 km – signed routes (no pavement markings) – courtesy City of Toronto

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Other wise I was just a teenager on her bicycle, happy to be free getting where she’s going. It meant I could have all the ice cream I wanted.” In 2016, the Toronto that Bambrick bikes around is a much safer place. Toronto has a total of 558.4 kilometres of on-street bike lanes, including white bicycle lanes, contra-flow lanes that run against the flow of traffic, so-called “sharrows”, signed routes without pavement markings and even a few kilometres of cycle tracks that are fully separated from traffic. A lot of people use those lanes. According to the 2006 Census, Torontonians bike to and from work like nobody else in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, with 19,780 commuting by bike compared to 14,925 in 2001. I n 2 0 1 5 , Bambrick published a book for those cyclists: The Urban Cy c l i n g Su r v i v a l Guide: Need To Know Skills and Strategies for Biking in the City. It was a book culled from her work advocating for cyclists as the head of the Toronto

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Cyclist’s Union – now Cycle Toronto – and her years riding Toronto’s sometimes tricky streets. There’s a lot to know: how to make a safe left turn (there’s more than one way); how to suit up for cycling in bad weather; dealing with potentially hostile interactions; and how to navigate all those different styles of bike road infrastructure. Currently, most of those routes are in neighbourhoods surrounding the downtown core – including the relatively new cycle tracks on Sherbourne, Adelaide and Richmond streets. “Richmond-Adelaide were a game changer,” Bambrick says. “I was having to ride there all the time (before), and I’m a confident rider but even for me it was tough. This is amazing. Transformative.” Ba m b r i c k a n d o t h e r cycling advocates said they are hoping for more change like that on roads that extend beyond the downtown. This summer, the city will be embarking on a pilot project to try a cycle track along Bloor Street through the Annex – a test, to see whether a city-spanning track could be installed the length of Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue.

And the outcome of that could determine the implementation of parts of the city’s next big plan for cycling expansion: the Cycling Ne t w o rk 1 0 Ye a r Pl a n . Under that plan, Toronto’s bikeway and bike trail network would be extended to the ends of the city: north a l o n g Yo n g e St re e t t o Steeles Avenue; on Kingston Road in Scarborough from Eglinton Avenue to the H i g h l a n d C r e e k Tr a i l ; Kipling Avenue from Bloor Street to the Waterfront Trail; and Midland Avenue, from Steeles to Lawrence avenues. Toronto’s Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat said to provide an effective cycling alternative, the network needs to expand in the same way that transit networks expand – in a continuum. Do that, she says, and it becomes viable to commute, at least to downtown, from nearly anywhere in the city. “With cycling, distance isn’t that much of a problem,” Keesmaat says. “The city is really not that big, and 10 kilometres, 20 kilometres isn’t really a big deal. And from the centre of the city you can get pretty much anywhere on a 10-kilometer bikeway. If you’re cycling from Scarborough

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to Etobicoke, that’s a big trip. But from the centre of the city you can get anywhere – all you need is safe infrastructure.” The other thing that a cyclist needs, of course, is the will, and a bit of know-how. Bambrick is an evangelist for the former and a resource for the latter. When asked what it takes to get on a bike, after dutifully recommending a careful read of her book, she suggests a step-by-step approach. Borrow a bikeshare bike; go riding with a friend on a quiet street. If it’s been a while, take a BikeShare course. And remember: roads were originally for bikes. “ We paved our roads because wheelmen’s clubs advocated to get the roads paved. The bicycling movement has been around for a long time,” Bambrick says. “It’s never gone away.”

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‘Bigham’ and ‘Agar’ crescents tied to family from the early 1800s Unless you look up at just the right moment, it’s easy to miss this beautiful stone heritage house, perched on top of a steep hill, on the north side of Rathburn Road, east of Martin Grove Road. It s b u i l d e r, A n d r e w Bigham, was born in Ireland in 1767 and immigrated to the United States in 1792. In 1800 he married Mary Fortunis, and they had four daughters and one son before Mary died in 1806. Andrew then married Mary Copeland and in mid1807, they immigrated to Ontario. In 1808, Andrew was granted land based on his British military service. He and Mary settled on a 26-hectare property northeast of today’s Martin Grove Road and Rathburn Road intersection where he initially built a log house. They would eventually have three daughters and seven sons on this property. Andrew also erected a saw mill on Mimico Creek, which ran through his property.

denise harris history corner The exact date their new stone house was built is unknown, but it was designed in a fairly uncommon “saltbox” style, suggesting construction in an early colonial period, i.e. 1820 to 1840. The walls are made of river stone, possibly from Mimico Creek. The front door has three panels, with a mullioned transom above. The house’s interior still has its pine woodwork and stone fireplaces. A covered verandah runs across the front of the house, facing south and overlooking the Mimico Creek Valley. (Rathburn Road was not put through east of Martin Grove Road until 1962.) When Andrew died in 1843, he left the farm to his two youngest sons, Samuel and Jonathan, although Jonathan soon transferred his share to Samuel. Samuel married Eliza Ash in 1849. In the 1850s, Samuel purchased the 14-hectare prop-

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In 1889, having no children of their own, Samuel and Eliza transferred ownership of their property to Samuel’s niece, Mary Ann Bigham Agar and her husband George Agar. From there ownership passed to their son John Agar and his wife Ida in 1915, and then to John’s uncle, Elmer Agar, in 1946. In 1954, Elmer filed a plan of subdivision for most of his property east of Mimico Creek to Kipling. He named this new subdivision ‘Glen Agar’ after his three-year-old grandson. Today we can still catch an occasional glimpse of the original Bigham stone house. The families have been commemorated in the naming of Bigham Crescent near Renforth and Eglinton, and Agar Crescent southwest of Rathburn and Martin Grove.

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Mental health, ESL supports required >>>from page 1 turn their backs on the newcomers, who are an investment which will pay off in the future, said Munson on Monday. “We can’t let them down now. We can’t let ourselves down now,” he said by telephone from New Brunswick. “We have to get on with making this work.” The all-party committee called on the federal government to provide the refugees with more Englishas-a-Second-Language classes and child care while parents, particularly women, attended them. It called for more mental health services for the refugees, more speed in approving the Child Tax Credit to families and replacing government loans made to refugees with grants. Jamillah MananghayaPoernama, who coordinates the Agincourt Community S e r v i c e s A s s o c i a t i o n’s Syrian Newcomer Project in Scarborough, said some of the project’s 200 recentlysettled Syrian families will find it hard to cope during the next six months. “There’s an overwhelming need for a lot of things,” she said, adding though the refugees are grateful for all

support, many are depressed or anxious. Many of the first families to arrive in December or January have depleted their savings. Their private sponsors, didn’t fully support them financially, thinking they could get jobs once they reached the safety of Canada, said MananghayaPoernama. “Even entry-level jobs are very hard to find.” She echoed findings of the committee, adding refugees who arrived before the federal government changed last fall are still paying back the cost of their air fares to Canada. “It’s the financial part of it that concerns them the most,” said MananghayaPoernama. When approached now by people who want to sponsor new Syrian refugees, she said, she asks them to support those already here. Debbie Douglas, executive director of the Ontario Coalition of Agencies Serving Immigrants, said her group gets concerned about refugees entering “Month 13,” because government and private sponsors only commit to support them for one year. “What happens after that year is over and people have to start supporting them-

selves?” asked Douglas, predicting it will be difficult if they don’t have language skills and training needed to find jobs. Many of the refugees are at beginning stages for learning English or French. That kind of ESL instruction “needs beefing up” in Ontario and many more child-minding spaces must be added, Douglas said last week. OCASI also believes mental health challenges of refugees may not surface for years, and it’s important for frontline workers to be trained to see the signs, she said. “I don’t think there’s a sense of panic,” Douglas added. “I think it’s doable.” Munson said it would have been hard to know in advance what the cost of Syrian refugee settlement would be, but with new refugees coming this fall, governments should learn from the past six months and act accordingly. “Refugees have said over and over again the last thing they want to be is a burden,” said the senator, whose committee heard often-emotional testimony from refugees and advocates in Toronto and other cities. “You could see the quiet suffering that was going on,” he said.

Etobicoke Centre Liberal MPP Yvan Baker called door-to-door sales calls in the neighbourhood of the recent Mississauga explosion “disgraceful,” and said his bill would ban the practice. Baker’s Bill 193 proposes a ban on door-to-door rentals, sales and leases of furnaces, air conditioners, water heaters and water treatment systems in an effort to crack down on aggressive sales tactics. Last month, it passed second reading in the Ontario legislature. “The misleading, aggressive and coercive tactics being used by the salespeople who are approaching vulnerable residents in Mississauga in the aftermath of the explosion are absolutely disgraceful,” Baker said in a statement. “If passed, Bill 193 would ban this activity. We must pass Bill 193 to protect Ontarians and end these predatory practices.” Baker’s bill proposes stiff penalties. Individual offenders would be subject to a $2,000 fine under the ban. Organizations caught flouting the ban would face a fine of as much as $25,000. On June 28, an explosion rocked a residential area on Hickory Drive near Rathburn and Dixie roads killing two people and injuring nine others. The explosion caused devastating damage to nearby homes and properties. More than 100 people were evacuated from their residences. Although many have returned, 69 families are still displaced as the site is offlimits. Roman Stasiw, 54, who lives in the neighbourhood on Ideal

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A massive explosion leveled one house, damaged up to 24 others and killing two people in MIssissauga. Etobicoke Centre Liberal MPP Yvan Baker called door-to-door sales calls in the neighbourhood “disgraceful” and said his private members' bill would stop the practice.

Court, reported he received a knock on the door on July 4 by a young man with a clipboard claiming to be with an energy company. He asked to check the furnace of the home “out of concern” of the June 28 explosion. “I slammed the door on him,” said Stasiw, who works with the Ministry of Transportation. “Really? You’re going to take advantage and use a disaster to get into someone’s house. That’s low.” Another resident who said she lives on nearby Windcroft Court, who didn’t want to give her name, said two young men came to her door Monday evening and one of them “actually had his foot in the door and wanted to come inside” to inspect the furnace before her son stopped him. Enbridge Gas spokesperson Jamie Anne Vaughan said that Enbridge Gas Distribution

doesn’t rent, sell or service natural gas appliances (water heaters, furnaces, etc.) “nor do we sell energy contracts.” “We advise our customers to always ask for ID when someone comes to their door selling a product or a service. As well, to confirm the name of the company that the salesperson represents, and keep a copy of any material that they are shown,” Vaughan said. In April, Mississauga city councillors were some of the first to pass a motion urging the Ontario government to ban door-to-door sales. Toronto, Markham, Richmond Hill, Brampton, Hamilton, Hastings Highlands, North Dundas, Oakville, Oshawa, Pickering and Wellington North all passed motions to support the ban of door-to-door sales. ~with files from Louie Rosella, Metroland Media

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sex trafficking reveals the dark side of social media MIKE ADLER and FANNIE SUNSHINE newsroom@insidetoronto.com Girls are growing up online, and many in Greater Toronto spend as much time with social media as they do in school, chatting, liking, posting. They don’t know pimps are watching. Predatory men and boys are waiting not just at the shopping mall, but on Instagram, Snapchat, free dating sites, anywhere they can catch a girl at the right moment. Experts say that could be after she argues with her parents, or expresses vulnerability about her looks. “They’ll tell her how smart she is, how pretty she is, that she’s a grown-up who can make her own decisions and doesn’t have to listen to her parents,” said Michele Anderson, human trafficking advocate for Toronto’s Covenant House. Sixteen is a typical age, but girls as young as 12 are targets. “They tell their life stories online,” saying things like, “I look fat today,” said Det.-Sgt. Nunzio Tramontozzi, head of the Toronto police human trafficking team. Trolling, traffickers start out by assuring the girl, “You’re not, you look great,” he said. “Within days, they hook them.” Online luring is one reason sex trafficking happens around Greater Toronto – a hub for this type of crime through which victims are moved quickly from hotel to hotel – not just to homeless girls, but to the girl next door. If a child looks for validation or acceptance in an online space, and someone offers it, “that’s an adrenaline rush, that’s dopamine,” said Debbie Gordon, director of kidsmediacentre at Centennial College. Online culture puts pressure on children to get approval for posts, or to build up followers, without really caring who those followers are, she said. Some may say, “If I show more, take more risks, the next selfie will get more likes,” added Gordon. “You see so many kids taking such incredible risks.” A trafficker will suggest meeting for dinner or coffee, and will shower a girl with expensive designer purses or cellphones, Anderson said. They’ll then head to a hotel, where the girl is introduced to some of the trafficker’s friends, and she’s forced to have sex with them in exchange for the gifts she received. “They’ll say, ‘What, you think this is all free?’” Anderson said. If the girl resists, blackmail ensues. Or the trafficker gets aggressive and abusive. Victims are typically allowed home at night, but the

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threat of physical violence always looms if they dare tell anyone what’s happening, Anderson said. In Olivia’s (not her real name) case, the trafficker was someone she knew from high school, entering her life when she was about 20, struggling with her mental health and severe low self-esteem. There was a honeymoon phase where she felt special and loved. Olivia began living with the trafficker, feeling like she hit the jackpot. “He played on those vulnerabilities, knowing I wanted this relationship to be my forever.” Olivia worked as his girl for two years, in hotel rooms from Burlington and Oakville to Markham, Richmond Hill and downtown Toronto. “To some degree, the industry itself met a lot of my needs. Now I felt good at something. I felt desired.” Leaving was difficult. She was incredibly scared for her reputation, and her trafficker threatened to send her sex ads to people she cared about.

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One day, a police officer posed as a John, checking Olivia’s identification to see if she was underage. She wasn’t, and wasn’t too receptive to his questions, but kept his card. It was six months before she called, hoping to escape and rebuild her life. Some trafficked women and girls finally, literally run for their lives. Others are held in place by ingrained feelings of love, dependence or fear. Luring is sometimes done by women, most often by friends who are victims themselves. Some are told they could be “partners” with their trafficker if they recruit replacements. Recruiting is a means of self-preservation, a chance to have sex with fewer people, said Carly Kalish, a therapist for the Scarborough-based East Metro Youth Services. “The illusion of being their partner is a big part of why you stay, but it’s never actually the case,” she said. NEXT MONTH: How Ontario’s new anti-trafficking strategy could convict more traffickers and offer crucial support to more survivors.

This is some of the language and words used which could indicate a girl is trapped in “The Game” (prostitution). Sources: East Metro Youth Services, kidsmediacentre, Toronto police detective

MORE ONLINE Karly’s story: From being homeless and a drug addict who engaged in the sex trade as a teenager, Karly found a way out and is now giving hope as a peer counselor to women and girls who survived sex trafficking or are still in the sex trade. (bit.ly/karlystory) Signs a girl is being lured: Experts say sex trafficking masks itself as a typical relationship for a girl. Parents and friends can spot these and other warning signs a girl is in a dangerous relationship. (bit.ly/luringsigns)

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did you first start writing? Q When

wanted to write specifically for children.

I started writing little picture books when I was five or six years old...As I got older, I started to attempt to write novels, although I never finished them. Then during high school, I started writing for the school paper. I wrote poetry, I wrote articles. And in university, I wrote for the university paper, community papers, and I did an internship at Psychology Today magazine in New York. I thought I might go the writing route, but I actually went to teachers’ college and I’ve been a teacher for the last 13 years. During that time, my writing went on hold until about five or six years ago, when I decided I

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Nadia Hohn, 38, is the author of Malaika’s Costume, a colourful, Carnival-themed picture book being promoted just in time for the upcoming Toronto Caribbean Carnival.

What inspired you to write Malaika’s Costume? I actually made a picture book called The Greatest Carnival Ever when I was in Grade 6 at Msgr. John Corrigan. I think that shows that, even back then in the late ’80s, I had this love of Carnival. So, when I was taking a course on writing for children at George Brown College and we had a project where we had to write a picture book, I decided to write a book with a Carnival theme. But Malaika’s Costume is also an immigration story, too – one that I think is common for a lot of Caribbean families. My

Looking to get your little ones in the mood for mas this upcoming Toronto Caribbean Carnival season? If so, look no further than Malaika’s Costume, a colourful, Carnival-themed picture book written by Rexdale native Nadia Hohn and published by Groundwood Books at House of Anansi Press.

own parents came from Jamaica. And in my family, it was often the women that came (to Canada) first, worked, then sponsored their children to come up... In Malaika’s Costume, it was her mom who moved to Canada to work and Malaika is being raised by her grandmother.

us a little bit Q Tell about the storyline of Malaika’s Costume? It takes place in the A Caribbean during Carnival time and it’s after Malaika’s mother has left to work in Canada. Her mom has promised to send Malaika money for a Carnival costume, but the money doesn’t come. So she needs to figure it out – and the story is about how she goes about figuring it

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out. kind of reaction are you getting from Q What kids? It’s interesting

even though A because the book is written in

what I call Caribbean Patois Lite, every child gets it. I had one audience where a lot of kids were of Brazilian descent, and they said they all knew of Carnival and they all liked the book.

up, did you attend Caribana here Q Growing in Toronto? Yes, my dad would

us and we’d look A take forward to it every year.

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Free Community Lunch WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Temporary location - St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 1579 Royal York Rd. CONTACT: Church Office, 416-247-5181, , COST: Free We are now at our temporary location at St Andrews Presbyterian Church-Dixon and Royal York Road. Please join us for a “free” lunch, including salads, sandwiches, desserts, tea/coffee/cold drinks. A donation of non perishable food is much appreciated.

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Get Braided for a Good Cause WHEN: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Youth Action Network, 1489 Dupont St. CONTACT: braidsforaids.com COST: starting at $30 BrAIDS for AIDS presents its annual BrAIDathon and Hair Styling Show in Toronto to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. To book appointments, a $10 fee is charged that is applied to your hairstyle. The booking fee is non-refundable. To book e-mail info@ braidsforaids.com Regency Ball and Supper WHEN: 2:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas St.

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Grace Jerk Food Festival WHEN: 5 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Centennial Park, 256 Centennial Park Rd. CONTACT: www.jerkfestival.ca COST: $7; youth $2 Grace Jerk Food Festival (JerkFest) is a fusion of jerk food, pulsating music, family-friendly entertainment and good vibes, highlighting the Caribbean culture.

Stonegate Farmers’ Market Annual Corn Roast WHEN: 4 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Parking Lot - Christ Church St. James Anglican Church, 194 Park Lawn Rd, CONTACT: Julia Graham, 416-2317070, ext. 229 COST: Free Join the Stonegate Farmers’ Market for its annual corn-roast, featuring sweet and juicy Ontario corn. W. CONTACT: www.JaneAustenDancing.ca COST: $50 to $60; free parking Jane Austen Dancing celebrates the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s masterpiece Emma. Includes a Regency dance workshop, a short lecture on Georgian balls, dancing to live music and a lamplight tour of the inn. No dance experience or partner are needed, but the dance workshop is required for people newer to English country dancing. The Cavalcade of Marvels WHEN: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Panorama Park, 31 Panorama Ct. COST: Free Produced in association with Eldritch Theatre, The Cavalcade of Marvels is an old time carnival show using puppetry, magic and music acts that have

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Stonegate Farmers’ Market - Kids Crafts WHEN: 4 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Parking Lot - Christ Church St. James Anglican Church, 194 Park Lawn Rd. CONTACT: Julia Graham, 416-231-7070, ext. 229 COST: Free

◗ Tuesday, Aug. 2

Cyber Seniors at Brentwood library WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood Rd. N. CONTACT: Ana Malespin, 416-3945240 COST: Free This five-week program pairs older adults and seniors age 55-plus who want one-on-one help and support in learning new computer skills with

Royal York Baseball Minor Bantam Tournament WHEN: 6 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Queensway Park, 8 Avon Park Dr. CONTACT: Dan Prizzon, 416 294-5213 COST: Free Royal York Baseball will be hosting a tournament for players from throughout Ontario. Come by and enjoy a hot dog and baseball.

◗ Friday, Aug. 12

CultureShock Community Arts Festival WHEN: 4 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Memorial Park - York, 32 Little Ave. CONTACT: www.neighbourhoodartsnetwork.org/toronto-arts-online/ attend-an-event/events/cultureshockcommunity-arts-festival COST: Free Activities include performances of music, dance and spoken word, an art show and sale, community infor-

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Tween STEAM Club WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood Rd. N. CONTACT: 416-394-5247 COST: Free Join us as we explore the world of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics. Let your creativity amaze you as you create optical illusions, design LEGO mazes, build towers, bridges and elevators. For ages 10 to 13 years. Drop-in.

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Yoga in the Garden WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: weekly yoga classes CONTACT: Marina Quattrocchi, marina.quattro@bellnet. ca to reserve COST: Free Enjoy yoga classes in a beautiful Etobicoke garden. No experience necessary.

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