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Willowdale artists hold art show and sale April 19 to May 2 For more than six decades, the Willowdale Group of Artists (WGA) has hosted an annual spring juried art show. One of Toronto’s oldest active arts groups, the WGA will hold its 66th show April

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ess than 24 hours after his group was crowned the winner of YTV’s The Next Star: SuperGroup, Ryan Hawken has barely had a chance to catch his breath. The North York resident and Earl Haig Secondary School student, along with Amer Dhahliwal, Curtis Smith, Kyle McVea and Angelo Moretti, got the news their band, Rebel Coast, had beat group Electric Ave. during the live finale Sunday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The winning group was determined by viewers’ votes. “I was pretty prepared either way for both outcomes,” Hawken said in a phone interview Monday, the day after the big win. “We got close with (Electric Ave.) and it’s sad to see them go, but there can only be one winner.” The two groups kicked off the finale by performing together and then each performed cover songs as well as their original singles, including We Are The Brave by Rebel Coast and Into Pieces by Electric Ave. After being announced the winner on stage by series host Jordan Francis, Rebel Coast performed its brand new single Don’t Stop Now to close the show. Footage from the live performance will be featured in

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the video for the single, which will be available later this week on Supergroup. ytv.com In the days leading up to the finale, Rebel Coast’s pop single We Are the Brave reached top spot on the iTunes music video charts. The finale capped off the six-part elimination series that followed the journey of several boy and girl groups over an intense multi-week training process, led by music industry experts. Hawken, 16, was one of an initial pool of 30 finalists to compete on SuperGroup, with 10 singers cut. The remaining 20 formed four groups of five – two boy groups, two girl groups. Rebel Coast will receive a management contract from 21 Entertainment, which manages singers Fefe

Dobson, JoJo and Kreesha Turner, and will have two original songs released on iTunes. Hawken made the Top 6 on YTV’s The Next Star in 2012, and was asked to come back to compete on spin-off series The Next Star: SuperGroup, which premiered March 11. The Next Star focused on solo acts, whereas The Next Star: SuperGroup was made up of groups. Though Rebel Coast’s sound will be pop based, Hawken said the group members are also fans of rock, acoustic and folk. Along with his newly formed group, Hawken is also part of several bands, the most noteworthy one called Boardwalk, which brings their rock/pop sound to various venues across the

city, he said. By pure coincidence, there was one familiar face when The Next Star: SuperGroup finalists gathered – fellow Earl Haig student Smith, who happens to be in Rebel Coast along with Hawken. “(Smith) played bass for me when my band played the El Mocambo,” Hawken prevously told The Mirror. “I didn’t know him that well and we would hang out once in a while. Now we are close.” And though the group’s fame is new, Hawken is already getting a taste of the rock ’n’ roll life. “Some fans followed us to our hotel (Sunday) night.” Rebel Coast will perform live during The Next Star auditions in Montreal April 29 and in Toronto May 17 and 18.

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A solution for long lineups at the tax office So I dropped into one of the locations of well-known preparer Read My Lips, Yes Taxes on Sunday afternoon and grabbed my spot at the back of the usual endless mid-April line. I was resigned for a long wait when I noticed the gentleman standing in front of me was David Copperfield, maybe the world’s best illusionist. I couldn’t believe my good fortune. I love that guy. “Oh man, David Copperfield,” I bubbled like a star-struck teenager, “I’m a huge fan of yours.” “I’m not David Copperfield,” he growled. “Actually, I’m a little fan,” I giggled, not listening. “As you can see, you’re a good foot taller than me.” “Mack, take the wax out of your ears, I told you I’m not David Copperfield,” he said, telling me again he was not David Copperfield. I didn’t hear it that time, either. I was way too excited. “Just out of curiosity, Dave, why are you wast-

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in my gym bag if you don’t mind improvising.” “For the last time, I’m not David Copperfield. And he’s an American, not a Canadian. No way he’d be in this line. Now if you don’t leave me alone I’m gonna have to call a security guard.” “Call a security guard? What for, when you can just take out your magic wand, say ‘Abracadabra’ or whatever it is you say to make a guard materialize right here on the spot?” “That’s it. You’re a nut job. I’m outta here,” he barked as he stormed out. “I’ll look for your next special,” I shouted as he exited the door. “Unless it’s on Showtime. I don’t have the super duper ultra deluxe optimum cable package.” “Sheesh, show biz people,” I mumbled under my breath after he left. They claw and scrape to get fame and fortune and then once they make it to the top, they have no time

for the little people who helped make them what they are. I don’t even know why I bother saying Hi to any of them, anymore. Well, with the excitement over I resumed my depressed state stuck at the back of the pack when I had to do a double take. Standing just in front of me now was one of my favorite actors. Two celebs in a row? Wow. What are the odds? “Excuse me,” I gushed leaning over to him, “Aren’t you Russell Crowe? I absolutely loved you in Noah, man. You were awesome. I smell another Oscar. Allow me to introduce myself. I’m a big fan of yours. Actually, I’m a little fan...” OK, OK. I know it ain’t pretty. But if you have any better ideas how to make an April tax lineup move any faster I’m all ears. Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca

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Kiss Me, Kate, a musical inspired by the Taming of the Shrew, is the next production being staged by Onstage Productions. Originally planned for a May run at Fairview Library Theatre, the company has postponed the play until October following a February watermain break caused flooding at Fairview Library, which closed the branch and adjoining theatre. Kiss Me, Kate will be back at Fairview Library Theatre in the fall. For details on the new dates visit http:// onstageproductions.org Stage Centre Productions has optede to cancel its production of You Never Can Tell, by George Bernard Shaw, that was to

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1969 RCAF Station Downsview is renamed Canadian Forces Base Toronto (Downsview). 1929 de Havilland Aircraft builds an assembly plant, hangar and runway at Downsview Park.

April 24, 1997 The federal government announces development plans for the former base including 1,200 residential units as well as recreational and commercial uses within the park’s 130 hectares (320 acres). The Downsview secondary plan progresses over the next several years.

1994 Then-prime minister Jean Chrétien raises the possibility of closing the base and floats the idea of creating a huge urban park in northern Toronto.

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April 1, 1996 CFB Downsview officially closes.

• 1947 Royal Canadian Airforce Station Downsview is established, later expropriated from the air force in 1952 by the Department of National Defence. 1994 Ottawa announces it will close the base. The site will be “held in perpetuity and in trust primarily as a unique urban recreational green space for the enjoyment of future generations.” At some point, Ottawa says the park has to be selffinancing, which means it has to accommodate development. But the scale of development would only become clear over time.

Residents will have a chance to learn more about plans for Downsview Park and to provide their opinions at a community consultation meeting this month. Canada Lands Company is holding the meeting to discuss issues such as the development and planning principles for the park, the application of the municipal planning approval process on the lands, and an update on activities taking place on the site.

January 2006 Following a federal election, the community discovers the park plan was altered so areas originally designated as green space will be developed with smaller parks than originally planned.

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April 21, 2011 North York Community Council approves development plans for the park after deferring the issue several times over the previous year. Toronto Council later endorses the plan. June 29, 2011 The Ontario Municipal Board approves an overall development plan for Downsview, including Downsview Park, that includes 20,000 residents in 9,800 residential units and 22,000 workers, with details still to be worked out. Albert Krivickas, vice-president of the Downsview Lands Community Voice Association, calls the decision a sad day for the community.

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Summer of 1998 Residents appeal the development plan to the Ontario Municipal Board.

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Feb. 18, 2010 Downsview secondary plan draft is released to the public.

May 18, 2010 Tony Genco, the park’s first appointed president, leaves the position after the board of directors decides not to renew his contract.

Aug. 13, 2010 Bill Bryck is named the new president of Downsview Park.

At a similar meeting in December, residents shared concerns about the future of the park, including the extent of development, development in the larger Downsview community, the impact of growth on traffic and infrastructure, the need for new schools and amenities such as a community centre, a concern that the future of Downsview Park is profit-driven, the transparency of Canada Lands, an apparent lack of inclusion of the diverse

June 28, 2012 Downsview Park, which includes greenspace, a man-made lake, a walking/running trail and community and recreational facilities, holds its official opening.

Nov. 29, 2012 Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose announces management of the park is being taken away from the board of directors and handed to Canada Lands Company. Although Canada Lands’ mandate is to redevelop or sell surplus federal government properties, the agency continues to conduct an internal review to determine the future of Downsview Park.

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March 2013 The Ontario Municipal Board and the city reach a tentative settlement on the development of the future Stanley Greene neighbourhood in the park but details have not yet been made public.

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Sept. 20, 2011 The Canadian Air and Space Museum at the park is shut after falling behind in rent payments.

To attend the Wednesday, April 23 meeting, RSVP online at http://rsvp.downsviewpark.ca

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March 29, 2012 The federal government announces Rouge Park, 50 square kilometre stretching from Lake Ontario north to the Oak Ridges Moraine including land in Scarborough, Pickering and Markham, will be Canada’s first national urban park, leaving Downsview residents disappointed and bewildered.

community in the consultation process, and the protection of green space. Canada Lands officials said they are committed to working with the community to shape the future of the park. The meeting will be held April 23 at the park’s Warehouse Event Venue at 2-35 Carl Hall Rd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and presentations begin at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Below is a timeline of Downsview Park’s history.

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Jan. 23, 2013 Community advocates and politicians hold a press conference to plead with the federal government to abandon any plans to sell off more of Downsview Park to developers. They begged Ottawa to save the 50 per cent of the park not now slated for development as a legacy for present and future residents.

December 2013 Canada Lands hosts a public meeting to hear from residents about the future of the park.

Get ready to hit the links in Toronto Five city golf courses opening this Friday Believe it or not, 2014’s biting cold is finally coming to an end. And the City of Toronto is encouraging residents to spend their first days of spring outdoors and hitting golf

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Feeling Congested? open houses planned Open houses are planned for late April as part of the next phase for the Feeling Congested? city planning initiative. The brainchild of chief city planner Jennifer Keesmaat, Feeling Congested? has gauged feedback from residents since 2013 on what priorities should be considered when

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A public meeting will discuss transit improvements in the Jane-Finch area. TTC chair Maria Augimeri and Metrolinx community relations director Jamie Robinson will take part in a panel organized by the Community Action Planning Group of York West to discuss transit plans for the area, such as the $1.2 billion Finch West LRT scheduled to commence construction in 2015. A presentation is also planned on current transit service in the neighbourhood, which is served by some of the city’s most crowded bus routes. The meeting is May 1 at York Woods Library, 1785 Finch Ave. W. For more information, contact Michelle Francis at 416-4180635 or email mf20703@ gmail.com Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Thousands of Toronto students dance for autism awareness CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com About 11,000 students across the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) danced simultaneously the morning of April 2 to mark World Autism Awareness Day. Nearly 200 from Senator O’Connor College School participated in the large-scale event led by special education and multiple exceptionalities/ developmental delay (ME/DD) teacher Alexandra Gavalas. “We all worked on it together,” said Gavalas, adding she posted an instructional dance video on YouTube with each class practising since March break. “ME/DD students were ecstatic with the idea.” While they didn’t break the Guinness World Record, the event was successful in getting the word out to fellow students and teachers about autism and in helping promote under-

standing and inclusiveness. Senator O’Connor students wore blue shirts, collected loose change totalling almost $600 for special education programs, and announced daily facts about autism leading up to World Autism Awareness Day. “The more people know, the more they’re aware. And the more they’re aware, the more they can do,” Gavalas said. Autism Canada Foundation defined autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as a complex neurobiological condition that can affect the normal function of the gastrointestinal, immune, hepatic, endocrine and nervous systems. It impacts normal brain development leaving most individuals with communication problems, difficulty with typical social interactions and a tendency to repeat specific patterns of behaviour. Susan Menary, TCDSB

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Pedestrian island to be removed Toronto council has voted to remove the only recommended way pedestrians can cross Victoria Park Avenue between York Mills Road and the Hwy. 401 off-ramp 430 metres to the north. A pedestrian refuge island between Scarborough’s Terraview Boulevard and North York’s Farm Greenway should disappear, council decided,

because such islands are now recommended only on roads up to five lanes wide. Victoria Park Avenue has seven lanes at the intersection, including turning lanes and bus bays. The city’s transportation staff, “due to public requests,” studied adding traffic signals as a possible replacement, but found signals did not meet city warrants there and “could cause gridlock due to existing vehicle queues” in southbound traffic if they were installed. A report said the pedestrian island was closed in February, and the TTC has agreed to remove bus stops on either side of the road, which generated most of the pedestrian traffic there. There have been four recorded collisions involving pedestrians at the crossing with the island in five years, one with serious injuries. Granite Club plans up for approval May 6 North York’s exclusive Granite Club athletic and social club is a step away from getting approval to add new facilities. At the April 8 meeting of North York Community

Council, councillors approved plans for a 2,275-square-metre (24,500-square-foot) recreational facility and bubble, a small maintenance building and a one-storey pavilion with roof viewing area at the club at 2350 Bayview Ave., north of Lawrence Avenue. The recreational facility could be used for four tennis courts or a soccer field. The plans, which would see homes at 2374 and 2378 demolished, must still be approved by city council. That is expected to happen May 6. York hosting violet convention wNorth

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Annie Malik, 19, was shot in the leg when a gunman opened fire inside the Steeles Avenue and Keele Street campus food court of the Student Centre March 6 around 10:45 p.m. Namra Malik (no relation), 20, suffered shrapnel injuries. Kemon Edwards, 22, has been

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charged with eight offences in relation to the incident, including careless use of a firearm, discharging a firearm endangering life, and aggravated assault. The women are suing for $18 million and $1 million, respectively, and the cost of legal fees for physical and emotional distress caused by the incident, it was announced last Thursday, at a press conference downtown. Six other students are each suing for $250,000, plus legal fees, for emotional pain and suffering. All eight plaintiffs, who are being represented by Diamond & Diamond Personal Injury Lawyers, are York University students. “I wasn’t walking alone through a dark passageway at York, I was sitting at the heart of York University, the Student Centre, with my friends,” Annie Malik said in a release. “Even after the firefighters and the police came to handle the situation, there was no sign of York security personnel anywhere. I am afraid to go to the campus, now I have no trust or confidence at York when it comes to the security of my health and my life.” The suit, which was filed April 9 in Ontario Superior Court, claims Annie Malik and Namra Malik suffered severe and permanent injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, paranoia, insomnia, nervousness, depression and irritability, and will continue to experience pain and suffering in the future and loss of enjoyment of life. The six other students claim to have suffered the same psychological problems.

None of the allegations have been proven in court. “We empathize greatly with the survivors who are suffering as a result of this terrible and random criminal activity on our campus,” Joanne Rider, York University’s chief spokesperson and director of media relations, said in a statement. “Fortunately Toronto Police Service, with assistance from York, was able to quickly make arrests in this case. York University’s first priority is to provide a safe environment where people can study, live and work. The university has a multi-year safety and security plan – this has resulted in many enhancements over the last several years, with ongoing enhancements planned.” Safety initiatives undertaken by the university include: • Enhanced security service patrols of key public areas in and around the central core of the Keele campus for the remainder of the academic year. • Seventy-six security officials, with an additional two being added each year in the next two to three years. • The installation of more than 600 CCTV cameras across the Keele campus. • Installation of an emergency PA system in several buildings, with work in Vari Hall, the Student Centre and York Lanes underway. • An expanded campaign to encourage students and staff to download the YorkU mobile safety app for emergency communications.

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York University recently handed out its end-of-season hardward to its student athletes including Female Rookie of the Year Sonia Glushkovsky, left, Bryce M. Taylor award winner Aisan Fazeli, Female Athlete of the Year Khamica Bingham, Male Athlete of the Year Dontae Richards-Kwok, Charles Saundercook Memorial Trophy winner Umar Khan and Male R o o k i e o f t h e Ye a r Jonathan Lao. For the full story, visit bit.ly/1hGPwQf Photo/MIKE DAHIROC

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