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police ready for close shave: Cancer survivor Det. Tricia Johnston, of 22 Division, Cops for Cancer ambassador Alexandra Connor, and participant Const. Cheryl Tomlinson-Thompson at the Cops for Cancer launch at Yorkdale Shopping Centre Wednesday. See story on page 3.

Residents in the Three Valleys community between York Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue East got the ear of the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday, to reassess the level of noise they’re suffering from the non-stop traffic on the Don Valley Parkway.

The residents had submitted a petition, asking that an existing noise barrier along the west side of the highway be extended to muffle the sound.

But city staff pointed out that a 2006 noise assessment indicated existing and future noise levels wouldn’t warrant a barrier, which could cost as much as $1 million.

Resident Dana Dvorak argued that the noise study wasn’t repre>>>city, page 5

Plan for year-long Allen closure meets resistance Alternative sought on plan to close expressway during light rail construction RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com A spokesperson for Metrolinx acknowledged it is considering

abandoning a plan to close a portion of the Allen Expressway for one full year to speed up construction of the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown light rail transit line.

Jamie Robinson said the transit planning agency hasn’t completely ruled out its original plan to close off the northbound lanes of the Allen from Eglinton Avenue to Lawrence

Avenue for all of 2014 in order to save time on Crosstown tunneling for the underground portion of the line traveling east from Black Creek Drive along Eglinton Avenue.

But because of concerns raised by the city’s transportation department, Metrolinx is researching another plan to excavate a smaller diameter tunnel directly underneath Eglinton West station.

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Author bitten by werewolf lore North Yorker Kat Kruger to speak at central library Jan. 30 FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com

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riting the next Twilight series was never Kat Kruger’s goal.

Sure, there are elements of paranormal activity, biting and werewolves in her debut novel, The Night Has Teeth, but that’s where the similarities end.

First, science fiction is woven into the fantasy book, the first in The Magdeburg Trilogy. Second, it’s gender-neutral geared, not just aimed at females.

And third, the protagonist isn’t a hunky boy a la Jacob from Twilight or Alcide from True Blood.

“I decided to reclaim the werewolf genre,” said Kruger, formerly of North York who now splits her time between her old stomping grounds and Halifax.

The Night Has Teeth, which came out in September, follows 17-year-old Connor Lewis, who got off to an interesting start on his first day of kindergarten when he bit a fellow student, setting the framework for a social outcast life.

Years later he lands a scholarship to study in Paris, where his fortune begins to turn for the better after he makes friends and experiences normal teenage life. But that feeling doesn’t last.

Through his host family, Connor learns of the underworld of werewolves in which there are two types: those who are born and those who are bitten.

Those born take the form of elegant wolves, while the bitten will turn into halfman, half-beast creatures that rarely survive.

Unfortunately for Connor, a 400-year-old

Kat Kruger’s book ‘The Night Has Teeth’ is the first in The Magdeburg Trilogy. Kruger will return to one of her favourite teen haunts, North York Central Library, for a question-and-answer session Jan. 30.

‘Werewolves are human but animalistic.

There is an underside to human behaviour.’

– Kat Kruger bitten human is hunting him and his loyalties are tested.

For as long as she can remember, Kruger has been a fan of the spooky genre in general, from Frankenstein to Dracula, she said.

“I really like that type of fiction,” she said, naming Kelley Armstrong, Kenneth Oppel and Maggie Stiefvater as favourite authors. “Werewolves are human but animalistic.

There is an underside to

human behaviour.”

While Connor is from New York City, he spends the majority of the book in Paris, a city Kruger said is filled with interesting Gothic cemeteries.

“I created a mythology that’s really science based rather than magic based,” she said. “I did quite a lot of research.”

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From there Kruger began thinking of how werewolves could exist from a scientific standpoint, which drew her to genetics research.

“I like being able to apply science in fiction,” she said.

Kruger came across several challenges in the two-and-a-half years spent writing The Night Has Teeth, one of them being penning the book from a teenage boy’s perspective.

“I’ve never been a 17-year-old boy,” she said, laughing. “Luckily I had a male editor. He pointed out a 17-year-old boy wouldn’t know what a cashmere sweater was, so that was changed to just a sweater.”

Kruger will be discussing her novel during a question-and-answer session at North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge St., Wednesday, Jan. 30 from 7 to 8 p.m.

“I practically lived at North York Central Library as a young adult and this is my way of giving back,” she said. “I might inspire future writers in the audience.”

Kruger, who won the Young Adult/Juvenile Novel Prize at the 34th Atlantic Writing Competition in 2011 for The Night Has Teeth, before it was published, said the second book in the trilogy is due out in September, with the third set for a spring 2014 release.

“I think I’m done with werewolves after this,” she said. “I’d really like to branch out.”

Cops for Cancer launched at Yorkdale Head-shaving set for April 13 FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Tricia Johnston knows all to well how devastating cancer can be.

A detective with 22 Division, she was diagnosed in 2003 with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the same form of cancer that invaded her sister. After six months of chemotherapy and three months of radiation, Johnston has been cancer free since 2004.

She was just one of many officers on hand Wednesday, Jan. 23 at Yorkdale Shopping Centre for the 17th annual Cops for Cancer kick-off, which hopes to raise $45,000.

“I think it’s important to donate,” Johnston said, adding her mother battled breast cancer. “You are fundraising for research. Without funding for research we wouldn’t have proper treatment.”

Since 1999, Cops for Cancer has raised more than $750,000 in Toronto to support cancer research.

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, the first Cops for Cancer program started in 1994 when an Edmonton police officer with a shaved head posed for a picture with a young cancer patient. The officer wanted to support the boy, who was being ridiculed at school because of his hair loss.

Other officers joined and Cops for Cancer was launched.

Since then, law enforcement and emergency services officers from across Canada have

held Cops for Cancer fundraising events for the Canadian Cancer Society. Donations are used to fund cancer research as well as support programs and cancer prevention initiatives. To date, more than $54 million has been raised across the country.

New this year, there will be an added fundraising effort called Jail and Bait.

Participants can decide to be placed in “jail” rather than clip their hair, and audience members will raise funds to bail them out.

Alexandra Connor, past participant and ambassador of Kids of Cops for Cancer, chopped off 10 inches of her hair and raised $3,500 last year in support of the cause.

The 11-year-old Bradford resident decided to get involved after her father, an OPP officer, told her of the initiative.

“It’s a really great cause because a lot of people are affected by cancer,” she said, adding the plan is to grow her hair this year and cut it next year.

Anthony Casalanguida, general manager of Yorkdale, said the mall has always had a positive relationship with Toronto Police’s 32 Division and is happy to support such a worthwhile cause.

Participants who register before March 1 will automatically be entered to win a $250 gift card for Yorkdale Shopping Centre. n The head-shaving event will take place at Yorkdale on April 13. For information or to donate, visit www.cancer.ca

CORRECTION A story about an exhibit and gallery grand opening at Bayview Village Mall contained incorrect information.

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s Toronto grapples with its first significant cold snap of the season, we all must take the proper precautions to stay warm, but be ready to lend a hand to those who may need it.

It’s during these cold stretches where strong community bonds are most valuable – making people aware of what our view services are available, protecting against safety risks and provid- Extend warm, ing that sense of belonging to helping hand to those at risk of feeling isolated.

There’s a lot we can be doing. needy citizens The city issued its first Extreme Cold Weather Alert of 2013 on Monday. These alerts are called when Environment Canada predicts a coming overnight temperature of -15 Celsius or lower without wind chill. The alert also triggers additional homeless services in the city.

Getting people someplace warm is crucial. If you wish to help, there are opportunities to volunteer your time and donate goods which can be put to good use.

Visit www.volunteertoronto.ca to review what opportunities are out there.

Call 311 if you see someone you think needs street outreach assistance.

While the issue of homelessness may not be readily apparent in your own neighbourhood, there are community-building tasks you can undertake during these times that have a significant impact.

Cold weather means less outdoor interaction with our neighbours – especially those with mobility challenges. There’s nothing stopping you from paying a visit to a neighbour to check in on them and have a chat. It may be snow shovelling that’s needed or keeping walkways and stairs salted to prevent ice build-up.

Interaction is an important building block of a community.

Community-building exercises don’t need to take huge numbers of people and hours of planning to be successful. There’s always something we can do.

Even a short conversation can help you to get getting to know your neighbours a little better and forge a stronger community bond.

While some temperature relief is expected early next week and this cold snap will relent, these are prudent steps to follow. Winter is far from over, but even when the season changes getting to know the people we share a common bond with can lead to a healthier and happier community.

Ultimately, at a time when interaction with our neighbours is limited by the cold temperatures, now is when we need to ensure we’re looking out for each other. newsroom

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To the editor: Re: ‘Time to cap number of terms for politicians to hold office,’ Letters, Jan. 17.

I agree with W.D. Adamson’s call for a time cap on a politician’s terms of office, but for a different reason.

Basic to a healthy democracy is an informed and experienced citizenry.

Since holding political office is an integral part of educating members of a democracy, political office should be shared as much as is reasonably possible.

Given that politicians are prone to develop a sense of entitlement to their public office, they clearly need legislative help to make them see when it is time to give someone else a chance to serve and learn.

Albert Pietersma

The weather forecast versus the Leafs forecast

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was in a local mall Sunday afternoon taking advantage of the Boxing Month sales when I noticed a huge gathering around one of the giant TV screens across from the food court.

I walked over to check out what the big attraction was and just as I arrived, the on-air host advised viewers to stay tuned for the weather. Upon hearing that, the crowd let out a groan. They were hoping for replays from the Toronto/ Montreal game from the night before, Game 1 of the much-awaited 2012-2013 (not including the 2012 part) lockout-shortened NHL campaign.

“Give us a break,” one of the onlookers grumbled.

“It’s the middle of January and the Leafs are still in the playoff hunt. Let’s see the hockey highlights already.

Who the heck cares about the weather?”

I raised my hand rather

but seriously

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sheepishly. “I do,” I replied.

Then I stick-handled my way through the pack to get closer to the TV. After a commercial for a rather odd-looking device that guaranteed to firm my derriere for just four easy payments of $19.99, not including tax, the meteorologist came on screen: “Brace yourself folks, there is a lot of snow in the local forecast over the next few weeks.”

“Yahoo!” I screamed.

“Now you’re talking.”

Then I broke into a happy dance, followed by the boot scootin’ boogie, macarena, beer barrel polka, skater’s waltz, Ickey shuffle and ended with a moonwalk that

would have done Michael Jackson proud. After which I raised my hand again, though not sheepishly this time, but confidently. And I’m talking the hand with the white glove on it.

A guy looking on broke out into a huge grin. As fate would have it, he was a judge from So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

“Buddy, you don’t just THINK you can dance,” he beamed. “You can FLAT OUT move. You’ll definitely be back next week.”

I blushed. Though I highly doubted I’d be back to the mall next week unless the Boxing Month sales turn into Boxing Year sales.

Meanwhile, back at the TV set...following the meteorologist’s forecast the extended 14-day outlook appeared on the screen.

When I saw it I groaned.

Louder than Leafs fans had just done, I might add.

There wasn’t even a little

bit of snow on there. The snow being forecasted was in millimetres. It takes 25.4 of those millimetres to make one measly inch of snow and in the 14 days from that day, the predicted snowfall was expected to exceed 25.4 millimetres only a few times.

We’ll be lucky to get three inches or so once. The rest of the time, flurries at best.

And we’re supposed to brace ourselves for this? When was the last time you braced yourself for flurries?

Who wants to watch a Toronto winter forecast in January with snow basically out of the picture when you can watch a Toronto hockey forecast in January with the Leafs still very much in the picture? n Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously.

The topics? Not so much.

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>>>from page 1 tive,” confirmed Robinson last week, adding the new plan wouldn’t change the Crosstown’s timeline for tunneling which is expected to last two-and-a-half years.

He said an internal report on the matter is expected to be completed within the next few weeks.

While a partial closure of the Allen would allow for more space for construction staging and allow 150 trucks transporting soil to enter the area daily, the city was concerned such an idea would seriously inconvenience traffic, said transportation spokesperson John Mende.

“Our concern was the impact on the local road network,” said Mende, director for transportation infrastructure for the city.

“All traffic wanting to access Allen Road northbound would have to go up to Lawrence Avenue, which would have put traffic pressure on parallel streets.”

Instead of issuing a recommendation for the city’s public work committee, which was to have voted on the Allen Road closure proposal before final approval from council, Mende said his staff instead asked Metrolinx to come up with a different idea.

But tunneling directly below

the subway also presents challenges, said Robinson.

“There are all sorts of utilities that we want to avoid while tunneling,” he said. “It’s almost like we’ll have to thread the needle between all the infrastructure that is underneath the subway.”

Local city councillor Josh Colle, who opposes a closure of the Allen, said he was happy Metrolinx is trying to come up with a different plan.

“My concern was always making sure Metrolinx had exhausted every option,” said Colle, who represents the ward of Eglinton-Lawrence. “This is construction of a momentous scale.”

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City to study sound levels along parkway >>>from page 1 sentative. And she said a noise attenuation wall on the east side of the highway made things worse.

“While there is a wall on the east side of the Parkway, there is nothing to block the noise from reaching our area,” she said.

“Our noise problem has become much worse ever since

this wall on the east side was built. The traffic noise bounces off the wall and carries straight over top of the ravine into our community.”

The committee wouldn’t go as far as building a wall. But committee chair (and local Don Valley East Councillor) Denzil Minnan-Wong said it made sense to redo the noise assessment.

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With a focus on moving forward, the newly appointed chair of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) vowed to work hard at restoring public confidence in a system left shaken after her predecessor’s resignation as a result of a plagiarism incident.

Flanked by TDSB staff, a poised Donna Quan spoke to repor ters about the importance of focusing on students’ education and working as a team to ensure the best possible learning environment is achieved.

“We will reach out to partners and parents to ensure the TDSB remains one of the finest education systems in the world,” Quan said last Friday, two days after her appointment, at TDSB headquarters on Yonge Street, north of Sheppard Avenue.

Quan, who has more than 30 years of education experience, was chosen as interim director Jan. 16, following two lengthy trustee meetings.

Quan accepted the position after former TDSB director Chris Spence resigned Jan. 10, after admitting to plagiarizing parts of an op-ed piece he wrote for a newspaper.

‘We have to ensure stability and leadership of the TDSB is firmly in place, then figure out what comes next.’

– Donna Quan Quan, who served as the board’s deputy director for the past two-and-a-half years, began her education career in 1983 with teaching roles in a number of elementary schools, including French immersion.

The married mother of three daughters began her career with the TDSB in 1985, where she established one of the first non-profit schoolbased Early Years childcare

centres at Faywood ArtsBased Curriculum School in North York.

Quan has held various positions within the board, including principal and families of schools superintendent.

Quan, who praised Spence for his “tremendous leadership” as director, acknowledged it had been a less than breezy week at the board.

“The past week has been stormy but the storm shall pass,” she said.

Chris Bolton, chair of the TDSB, said the focus is on getting things back to an even keel before selecting someone permanent to fill the post.

“We’re not even considering what the future looks like in that regard,” he said. “We have to ensure stability and leadership of the TDSB is firmly in place, then figure out what comes next.”

When asked if she’s hoping to continue her new job permanently, Quan said her immediate focus is on uniting her team and delivering the best possible education system to students.

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Ontario Liberal party leadership: Talking to Toronto candidates

n The GTA needs smart, efficient transportation and infrastructure that works. I will build on record McGuinty Liberal investments in infrastructure and transportation. I will champion the prosperity of the GTA by supporting increased investment in our regional transportation network, while ensuring we have a plan to pay for it.

I will also champion a fairer, more inclusive society. The moral argument for poverty reduction is clear, but the

How would you approach the current situation with Bill 115?

n Just as I did as education minister, I will sit down with our education partners to strengthen the bargaining process at both the provincial and, importantly, the local levels. We need a sustainable model for wage negotiations, a structured dialogue with our partners in the broader public sector to create innovative models for engagement and negotiation.

Continued improvements in our education system are only possible if we repair the relationship with our teachers and support staff. I’m glad Bill 115 will be repealed so we can focus on developing a sustainable process within the fiscal reality.

What kind of Premier would you be?

n I’m running because I believe

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The couple is offering free Picture a Cure photography sittings for people battling cancer out of their shop, A Nerd’s World. The quirky shop is at 986 Bathurst St., just north of Bloor Street.

“In the last four years, I’ve had four close family members who have died of cancer and two more who are fighting cancer,” Chris said. “After my grandparents passed away, I wished I had had professional photos taken with them and now I want to make sure other people have that opportunity.”

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Darts fundraiser scores with $1,500 for SickKids Foundation HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com

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he One Girl Can Make a Difference Dart Shoot in support of the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation was right on target for their fundraiser held Saturday by raising $1,500.

“I was extremely happy to see the amount of support I had,” said 19 year-old Chelsea Olar, who organized the event.

“The turn-out was fantastic.”

Held at the Army Navy and Air Force (ANAF) York #383 on Weston Road, the tournament had 24 participants from the

community come out to support Olar’s cause. The tournament generated $500 through players’ fees and donations and received an added boost with a $1,000 donation from ANAF York.

The event was Olar’s third dart shoot fundraiser in support of the SickKids Foundation.

“I chose a dart tournament as I do play in two different leagues myself,” said Olar, who credits her mother, Laurie, for sparking her interest.

Olar plays with the All Blacks at the Queen Street Dart League, and the Giggles and Farts team at the ANAF York.

‘I was extremely happy to see the amount of support I had.’

- Chelsea Olar “I enjoy the night out to play and have fun with many other dart players,” said Olar. “It’s a great way to enjoy yourself and enhance your simple math skills.”

Olar began fundraising in 2009 when she decided to donate her hair for children who suffered from hair loss due to a medical

condition. In January 2010 Olar donated a 13-inch braid to Angel Hair for Kids – A Child’s Voice Foundation. By August 2012 she chopped her locks once again and donated three braids at 14-inches each to the same foundation.

Prizes were also handed out at the tournament that included two gift certificates from Mayday Malone’s restaurant; door prizes were donated by Native Child and Family Services of Toronto - Scarborough Child and the Family Life Centre.

“I had an excellent time and it couldn’t have of been more fun,”

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said Olar. “I can’t thank everyone enough for all of the support.”

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divided work on the budget among their committee members, Del Grande took on much of it himself.

He was often sharp with deputations to his committee, who came to complain about the cuts his budgets would impose on various programs.

Earlier on, he would dig in his heels on these matters, and leave it to council to sort it out.

Toward the end, though, it was clear he took the job of balancing the city’s financial needs against its social and infrastructure needs very seriously.

In 2012, when the public came to depute, Del Grande grilled each one about what it was they wanted, and how much it would cost.

The list he kept posted during the meeting seemed at first like the kind of object lesson you’d use to teach a spendthrift teenager about household budgeting.

Oh, we of little faith.

When it came time to wrap up the budget, Del Grande emerged with a proposal, to raise property taxes a hair and restore funding to various areas of need, raised convincingly enough by deputants.

It was a significant gesture – but not significant enough for the needs of city council, and not even enough for the political needs of the mayor.

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Del Grande quit the job last week, providing a bitter cap to Toronto Council’s chaotic and graceless debate of Toronto’s 2013 operating and capital budget.

He went in with a chip on his shoulder, warning councillors he would likely quit the job if they made even a single change to the budget he and Ford’s executive committee presented.

That in itself was an unreasonable ultimatum; to ask Toronto’s divided council to leave his budget alone. If that were the only provocation, his resignation could reasonably be dismissed as a childish snit.

But Del Grande’s pride sustained deeper wounds, when Ford himself tore a hole in his own budget, first voting for a mischievous motion by York West Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti to eliminate the budget’s two per cent property tax, and when that failed, voting to add $3.1 million to the firefighters’ budget.

Del Grande had spent the past few months standing firm against firefighters’ demands.

He had every reason to believe the mayor had his back.

Who could blame him for resigning, when that turned out not to be the case, and, in fact, he had always been on his own?

The reality, of course, is that Del Grande was always on his own as budget chief – often by his own design. Where past budget chiefs had

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It was on one of the hottest days of 2011 – July 22 – the 76-year-old North York resident went missing.

The only details Rob and his three brothers have about that day is that their father originally set out from his Finch Avenue East and Don Mills Road home for the Services Canada office on Yonge Street, north of Sheppard Avenue.

The last time he was seen was on surveillance cameras at 4900 Yonge St. at 1 p.m. that day.

What happened next may never be known.

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“It’s bittersweet to have closure. We have answers, but they are incomplete,” Rob said Friday, two days later.

“Considering the circumstances and where he was, it opens up so many more questions.”

Rob is mystified at how his father would have made the roughly 16-kilometre journey from his home to Services Canada and then on to the site where his remains were eventually found, near Callaway Court in Thornhill.

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Rob said he has had a hard time swallowing that.

“It’s hard not to think: why and how would he end up there?” he said.

“The mystery is partially solved because he was found, but the circumstances of how (he met his fate) are festering in my mind. I just wish I could get some definitive answers, everything is incomplete.”

Although questions still remain, Rob was also upbeat that a huge weight had been lifted from his mind after 18 months of questions.

“There’s a huge relief when someone finally told me that the journey was over and that my father had been found,” he said.

“We rejoiced that our stresses would be over.”

When he learned the news, the first thing he did was call family in Toronto, Calgary, Victoria and Ireland.

He long ago stopped listening to news with his father’s discovery in mind.

“Every time we saw a news story and they had found something, our hearts pumped into our throats,” Rob

said. “We had just resigned ourselves to the fact that when – or if – police found him, they would come and tell us. But when I saw police at my door, I knew instinctively (the skull) belonged to my father.”

He said his father was devoted to science fiction and was halfway through writing a book about physics, specifically, time space and a theory on black holes.

As far as what kind of man his dad was, he called the five-foot, two-inch former mechanical engineer a “feisty” character.

“He was a fun loving, great guy, who would give you the shirt off his back,” Rob said.

“He was the kind of guy, where even if it would get him in trouble he would do it for you. He was strong and stubborn, he was the quintessential Irishman.”

A funeral will be planned after the investigation is complete.

“We’ve waiting this long, a few more weeks won’t hurt,” Rob said.

Hagans is survived by sons Bill, Steven, Rob and Jeff.

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