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Yorkwoods Public School student and member of Sistema Toronto Yorkwoods Orchestra Dexter Ofori-Twum warms up with other members of the orchestra in the green room at Glenn Gould Studio Auditorium before a concert. A documentary on the music program is heading to the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival next month. Read about it on page 8.

North York Harvest Food Bank (NYHFB) is hoping to collect $100,000 and 100,000 pounds of food for this year’s Spring Food Drive. The drive, sponsored by organic and natural products company Hain Celestial Canada, wraps up Friday, April 10. “This spring help us fill more than an empty plate by donating food and funds to North York Harvest Food Bank, assuring that we can stock up for the summer months ahead when shelves are at their emptiest,” Ryan Noble, NYHFB executive director, said in a release. “Together we can share the joy of a healthy meal and make sure families have enough food all summer long.” Needed items include canned meat and fish, dried beans, cooking oils and whole grains. For information or donation suggestions, check out www. northyorkharvest.com

Pan Am Games torchbearers announced in North York CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com The Pan Am Torch was unveiled Monday at the Ontario Science Centre along with the names of the first torchbearers who will be carrying the flame across

the country. “It will be seen by millions. It will bring Canadians together,” said Saad Rafi, CEO of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games (TO2015). “These Games are going to be special.” About 3,000 torchbearers in

total are expected to complete, on average, a 200-metre segment during the 41-day torch relay. Dignitaries in attendance included Toronto Mayor John Tory, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, and TO2015 board chair

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North York student named Woman Leader Of Tomorrow North York’s Azar Allasvandi, a George Brown College student, has been awarded for her leadership by Enactus Canada and HSBC Bank Canada. She received the 2015 HSBC Woman Leader of Tomorrow Award for Central Canada at the 2015 Enactus Canada Regional Exposition in Mississauga earlier this month. Allasvandi is one of eight regional winners across the country. “At HSBC, we strongly believe in the importance of a diverse, highperforming and inclusive culture – in our organization and in the wider business community,” said Sandra Stuart, HSBC Bank Canada CEO, in a news release. “We are delighted to be working with Enactus to recognize and encourage emerging leaders at the start of their careers through the delivery of the HSBC Woman Leader of Tomorrow Awards and HSBC Women’s Leadership Forum.”

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are inspired to contribute more themselves, Enactus Canada said in the release. The local student is currently managing two Enactus projects; the first is a women’s empowerment initiative and the second teaches at-risk youth how to grow and sell their own produce, which allows them to fund their education. Enactus Canada is the largest student leadership development organization in the country, the organization says. The awards recognize, celebrate and honour female university and college students, regionally and nationally, who exemplify success and inspire their peers, community and country through entrepreneurial leadership. The eight regional winners will travel to the 2015 Enactus Canada National Exposition in Toronto in May in the hopes of being named the national 2015 HSBC Woman Leader of Tomorrow.

More York University classes resumed this week Strike continues for more than 2,500 teaching assistants More classes resumed Tuesday at York University despite the ongoing strike by union members representing teaching assistants and graduate assistants. “If prevented from returning to class, many of our students face serious and urgent consequences, including those related to accreditation, certification, placement and graduation,” said Mamdouh Shoukri, president of York University, in a statement released yesterday. “At the same time, we know that there are difficulties associated with crossing picket lines, and that some students have expressed a reluctance or refusal to do so. The challenge is

that both positions are legitimate, and so we have done everything possible to give our students the choice to return to their studies in order to complete their terms.” Only the unit representing contract faculty in the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3903 accepted the university’s offer. About 2,600 teaching assistants, graduate assistants and research assistants remain on strike since March 3. Shoukri noted that with contract faculty no longer on strike, an “overwhelming majority of our courses and services can be available, and in a context where we are so close to the end of the academic year, it would be irresponsible not to consider resuming as much academic activity as possible.” Additional courses from the following faculties that have resumed this week include the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and

Design, Faculty of Education, Glendon, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Health classes not already resumed. Classes for the Faculty of Environmental Studies and Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies that have not already resumed are scheduled to begin Monday. “Please note that some courses directed by CUPE 3903 (Unit 1) members and who remain on strike will not resume unless those members express a desire to return,” added Rhonda Lenton, vice-president academic of York University. “In addition, tutorials and labs associated with these and other courses may not be active. Some assignments may not be graded until after the strike is settled.” Meanwhile, the union called on the university’s senate executive to refrain from opening classes until a settlement is reached, noting 5,000

undergraduate students have also signed a petition, pledging to refuse to cross the picket lines. “We need York to come to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair deal,” said Faiz Ahmed, chair of CUPE 3903, in a statement released this week. “Opening classes before reaching a settlement will create chaos and confusion among students, who should not be pressured to cross picket lines. It also runs the risk of prolonging the strike unnecessarily, by taking a business-as-usual approach.” Although classes have resumed, Shoukri said the university remains in contact with the provincially appointed mediator and looks forward to resuming negotiations. – Clark Kim

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Breaking into song on March Break Questions I was at a loss for words heading into March Break, but as luck would have it, not at loss for song. My name is Jamie and I’m here to say, I almost didn’t get this column in the paper today. I mean it, folks. I’m not making this up. It’s not my usual silly poetic license stuff. I can send you a selfie with me crossing my heart. I was getting nowhere fast, right from the start. I was at my wit’s end, I tell ya. Didn’t know what to do. Not having a topic by now was something new. And taunting me was the blank screen on my Mac. There was nary a word on it – that’s a fact, Jack. To be honest, I couldn’t even remember my name. I had no idea how to get in the game. Most perplexing of all, is this is the ideal week, and I’m not saying that tongue in cheek. March Break is a treasure

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY trove of topics aplenty. No way I was expecting to come up empty. Why would I, with so many great festivals in store? And bustling malls filled with entertainment galore. Then there’s the Ontario Science Centre and the zoos. Ripley’s Aquarium, the ROM, how could I lose? So I sought inspiration in the neighbourhood. Visited every rink, field and park I possibly could. Hopped on the subways, buses and streetcars. Even headed to Yorkville to reach for the stars. Checked out YouTube. Called my nephew on Skype. Googled and Twittered away long into the night. But after looking hither, thither and yon and back again,

I still couldn’t put pen to paper or paper to pen. I had a mental block bigger than the CN Tower. And the seconds were ticking down to the very last hour. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five ... ah what’s the use? No way to make it in time, I needed an excuse, Like my dog ate the column. They’ll swallow that line. Or the server was down. That works every time. Then a light bulb went off inside my head. Why agonize over this? Why not sing about it instead? So, I put two and two together and just like that, Came up with the I Barely Beat My March Break Deadline Rap. Oh yeahhhhh. 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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Mulcair’s support affords Tory some much-needed leverege david nickle the city Affordable daycare and a higher minimum wage would mitigate the income inequality that is degrading the city. The $90 million in gas tax money would go a long way to improving and just maintaining the sputtering Toronto Transit Commission system. Poverty and transportation have been widely identified as pressing issues for Torontonians, and Tory has put both of those things at the top of his to-do list. Tory and Mulcair met Monday at Toronto City Hall, the day following Mulcair’s speech. The two faced TV cameras and reporters immediately afterward, comfortably side-by-side and clearly on the same page. Our mayor was generous in his praise for the policy, but careful. He noted the gas tax promise was one that built on transit funding that had been initiated by the Liberals and

safety blitz for March Break wPolice Toronto Police Service has launched a safety blitz for pedestrians through March Break until Sunday. As part of the March Safe campaign, police are pledging to pay special attention not only to jaywalkers, but also vehicles making conditions unsafe for law-abiding pedestrians. According to a news release for the campaign, at least half of all fatal collisions involve pedestrians, of which there were 31 in 2014. “All officers will be paying particular attention to motorists, cyclists and pedestrians who commit traffic violations that may jeopardize pedestrian safety,” reads the release. Dundas West Elevator Shut Down The creaky elevator at Dundas West subway station is out of service while the TTC replaces its essential components. During the closure anyone with accessibility

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It is a good thing former Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader John Tory is taking the non-partisan part of his job so seriously. Otherwise, his meeting with federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair would have been very awkward indeed. Mulcair came to Toronto early this week bearing gifts – or at least the promise of gifts. The leader of Canada’s Official Opposition told a crowd at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre that Toronto was his and his party’s favourite: that the city and the region were the most important in Canada, and that money and attention would flow here from a federal NDP government. To specifics: the NDP would create 164,000 affordable daycare spots in the Greater Toronto Area over the next eight years; the minimum wage would be set federally at $15 an hour; and the GTA would receive $90 million a year more in funding from an increased share of the gas tax. This is powerful stuff.

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enshrined by the Conservative government. It was more, and that was good. And it was hard not to like that notion that Toronto was the most important place in Canada. Still, Tory wouldn’t endorse – and he would likely be foolish to do so. Mulcair and the NDP are the Official Opposition in only the most tenuous sense; the party gained its unprecedented influence under the irreplaceable leadership of the late Jack Layton. The promises Mulcair made are more powerful as ideas right now than they are as likely outcomes. But that is all right. Mulcair has put forward the best and most reasonable federal agenda for cities since another unlikely prime minister, Paul Martin, almost a decade ago. And that gives Tory some leverage in an arena where until recently it seemed as though he had very little.

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program would be receiving their first real instruments in three days’ time. or Toronto filmmaker They had been using selfmade, to-scale and decorated Michael Mabbott, the greatest feeling doesn’t papier mache instruments come from his film appearing until then. Yamaha Music at the 2015 Hot Docs Canadian Canada donated approxiInternational Documentary mately 160 instruments to Festival. the program. Instead, his gratitude is “I went out there and saw based on the opportunity this what was happening at the will open up for the stars of his program, met these kids, met documentary, which he filmed these teachers and saw these at Yorkwoods Public School, kids get their instruments for in the Jane Street and Finch the first time,” Mabbott said. Avenue neighbourhood. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime “It’s amazing. I feel excited experience. I’ve never seen and grateful and so happy,” anything like that, the hope the father of one said. and the joy.” Mabbott’s 20-minute film After that first day of filmMusic Lessons will appear at ing, Mabbott knew he had a the festival, subject for his documentary which runs It’s literally the most and filmed Apr il 23 to May 3. fantastic exposure the program The film folrunning at of the children’s voices Yorkwoods lows the first year of Sistema in our program from October Toronto’s 2013 to June that we’ve ever had. 2014, when program at – David Visentin Yorkwoods, the first group where the of 30 to 35 organization started in 2013. children in Sistema’s proSistema Toronto provides gram performed at Toronto’s instruction to children in Glen Gould Studio at the CBC Broadcasting Centre. grades 1 to 8 in the city’s underprivileged neighbourMabbott rode the bus with hoods. It also runs a program the children from North York at Parkdale Public School and for that day, which gave him is opening two programs in great joy. Now, he’s beyond Scarborough next year. happy the same children will Mabbott, an amateur musiget a similar experience when cian himself, was looking for a they get to perform downtown documentary subject related to again, this time at Hot Docs. music, hoping to film a house Music Lessons is getting an band, but instead stumbled hour-long showing: 20 minupon Sistema. utes for the film, 20 minutes A few days after reaching for a conversation session, and out to the non-profit organizaa 20-minute performance by tion, its founder and executive the children. director David Visentin called “The idea that these kids and said the children in the from the orchestra are going to

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i play at an amazing venue with amazing acoustics is hard to explain how happy that makes me and how excited I am,” Mabbott said. “It’s beyond my wildest dreams. It’s so cool.” Visentin shares the filmmaker’s enthusiasm, saying the folks running the organization couldn’t have imagined this happening. Visentin credits Hot Docs executive director Brett Hendrie for making it possible. “It’s literally the most fantastic exposure of the children’s voices in our program that we’ve ever had,” Visentin said. “They are in wonder with the whole experience of coming downtown, the lights and the audience,” he said. “They’re on stage doing what they were working so hard to do. This is phenomenally important to them.” Sistema Toronto is based on

a global movement, El Sistema, established in Venezuela more than 35 years ago. Visentin began the administrative work in his home’s basement office and provided music lessons at Yorkwoods along with other instructors. Through donations, the program has grown to include 150 children, who are professionally taught, and the number of students will grow next year when the two new ‘Music Lessons’ will be presented Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W. For details on the documentary film festival, visit www.hotdocs.ca

centres open. The children get instruction at their school after class four days a week. They get a snack, go to their music classes where they learn theory, note preparation, musicianship and more. Then they close each two-hour after-school program by going into one of three classes: choir, orchestra, and drumming. The students play on string instruments, including violin, viola, cello, flute and clarinet. Visentin said hearing the children speak for themselves is the best way to gauge whether the program is successful or not. The children who enter the program get to stay until Grade 8, so a child that enters in Grade 1 will get eight years in the program. Visentin said Sistema Toronto has a high retention rate. Three years in the pro-

You can learn more about the music program at www.sistema-toronto.ca

gram is equivalent to more than 1,000 hours of musical experience. Mabbott said he hopes the music program does more than churn out future musicians. “They’re kids, but they seemed like an extraordinary group of kids to me. They were so kind and disciplined. They were incredibly polite and thoughtful and articulate. I’ve worked with all sorts of people in this industry and these guys were my favourite and they called me Mr. Mike.” Additionally, music offers indirect benefits to life, Mabbott said. “It’s almost a catharsis. If I pick up a guitar and play for half an hour after a hard day, it doesn’t solve the problems, but it just gives you a few minutes of mercy and of calm and of joy,” he said. “It makes these children happy and hopeful.”

flight with the Northern Lights wTake The Toronto Northern Lights presents its annual spring show, TNL Takes Flight, at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on March 28. The Toronto Northern Lights is a dynamic group of men working towards a common goal of musical excellence to thrill and charm their audiences. Their repertoire ranges from barbershop to Broadway, vocal jazz to doo-wop, and Gershwin to the Beatles. Featured guests will be the a cappella vocal group Countermeasure. You can attend either a matinee performance starting at 2 p.m. or an evening show beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the George Weston Recital Hall at 5040 Yonge St. Visit www.tocentre.com/ georgeweston/torontonorthernlights for tickets. by the JCCC for movie day wStop

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre presents Kabukicho Love Hotel as its movie for March.

branch, 35 Fairview Mall Dr. • Whispered: mixed media works by Susy Martins, at Don Mills Library, 888 Lawrence Ave. E. These exhibits run until March 31 during library hours. Visit www.torontopubliclibrary.ca to check out all the events happening at North York libraries.

julie caspersen arts in brief Director Ryuichi Hiroki’s erotically charged and entertaining film traces the intersecting lives of the staff and clientele at the Atlas Hotel in Tokyo’s notorious Kabukicho redlight neighbourhood. Kabukicho Love Hotel will be screened Thursday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the JCCC, 6 Garamond Ct. Tickets are $8 for JCCC members and $10 for nonmembers. Tickets can be purchased by calling 416441-2345. Visit http://jccc. on.ca

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Arts in Brief appears every second Thursday. Email jcaspersen@insidetoronto.com

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Red Cross Babysitting Course WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Don Mills Library, 888 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Debby, 416-395-5710, debbyng@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: $60 For ages 11 to 15. March Break LEGO Fun WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Victoria Village Library, 184 Sloane Ave. CONTACT: 416-395-5950, vvstaff@ torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Limited to 18 childre, aged 6 to 12. Registration required.

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Applying Passover Messages of Hope and Renewal to Our Lives WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Baycrest Terraces, 55 Ameer Ave. CONTACT: www.templesinai.net, programs@ templesinai.net COST: Free

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Lunch and Movie: ‘Nicky’s Family’ WHEN: 12:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-4161, www.templesinai. net, programs@templesinai.net COST: $10 Call to register by March 19.

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Vegetable Growing in Small Spaces WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Unison Health & Community Service Bathurst Finch Hub, 540 Finch Ave. W. CONTACT: Jody, 647-385-2016, AddSomeFresh@gmail.com COST: Free Participants will take home a mini-garden. Registration encouraged.

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Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www. northyorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your North York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto. Seneca College Program Spotlights WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Seneca College’s Newnham Campus, 1750 Finch Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-4915050, ext. 22008, www.senecacollege.ca/programspotlight COST: Free Drought Tolerant Gardens WHEN: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 3200 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: Pat Cappelli, 647-296-0402, patcappelli@ yahoo.ca COST: Free

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Income Tax Clinics WHEN: 6 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington Rd. CONTACT: 416-395-5440 COST: Free Space is limited, call to register. Offered March 24 and April 13 6 to 8:15

p.m.; March 28 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Finding Your Way Through Grey Divorce WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: Margaret Wigglesworth, mwigglesworth@ torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Experts Marion Korn, family law lawyer and Eva Sachs, divorce financial analyst, share insights on what to expect from a grey divorce, or divorce that occurs later in life. Call to register. Free Math Tutoring WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Willowdale United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. CONTACT: Lina Posa, 416-2252309, willowdaleunited@bellnet.ca COST: Free For Grade 12 students on Tuesday

Finding Your Way Workshop WHEN: 3 to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Don Mills Family Health Team, Suite 20020 Wynford Dr. CONTACT: Indra Moffett, 416-640-6307, imoffett@ alzheimertoronto.org COST: Free A workshop on reducing the risk of people with dementia going missing. Presented by the Alzheimer Society of Toronto. The Science of Beauty WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Barbara Frum Public Library Auditorium, 20 Covington Rd. CONTACT: 416-3955440 COST: Free Learn about reading ingredient labels. Safe Schools Inquiry WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Senator O’Connor College School, 60 Rowena Dr. COST: Free The Toronto Catholic District School Board hosts its final public meeting on its safe schools inquiry. Seneca College Program Spotlights WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Seneca College Jane Campus, 21 Beverly Hills Dr. CONTACT: www.senecacollege.ca/programspotlight

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Fire and Life Safety Session WHEN: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Bernard Betel Centre, 1003 Steeles Ave. W. CONTACT: Maria Lindgren, 416-225-2112. ext. 130, marial@ betelcentre.org COST: Free Brookbanks Branch Seniors Films WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Brookbanks Library, 210 Brookbanks Dr. CONTACT: Jean Lee, 416-395-5480, jlee@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Today’s movie is ‘Johnny English’. Your Choice, Your Health WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Unison Health & Community Service Bathurst Finch Hub, 540 Finch Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-787-1676, ext. 301COST: Free Learn about diabetes management and available diabetes education services at Unison.

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Board games at Gibson House wplay The last Thursday of each month is Board Games Night at Gibson House Museum in North York. The Gibson family didn’t have cable, a phone or Wi-Fi, so when the chores were done they played games. If you’ve finished your chores, drop by the museum on Thursday, March 26 between 6 and 8 p.m. Open to all ages. The museum is at 5172 Yonge St. Visit Facebook.com/ GibsonHouse for the featured games of the month. Stress management workshop March 21 A stress management workshop is happening in North York Saturday, presented by Youth Now On Track Services. It is open to anyone aged 12 and up. Admission is free. Registration is required. The YNOT workshop will be held at Domenico DiLuca Community Centre, meeting room 3 (c), 25 Stanley Rd., from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

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Toronto Botanical Garden is inviting residents to check out its Pollinator Playground at Canada Blooms. The event runs until March 22 at the Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes’ Blvd., at Exhibition Place. The Pollinator Playground exhibit features pollinatorfriendly balcony gardens with pollinator patches of bees and butterfly-friendly plants, plus do-it-yourself projects and tips. An adjoining garden shop will have seeds, bulbs, live plants, lavender, local honey, natural beauty products, home décor and more. Visit www.canadablooms. com hosts annual Sakura Gala May 30 wJCCC

For a seventh year, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre is hosting its Sakura Gala on May 30, this year honouring two literary figures: Joy Kogawa and Haruki Murakami.

The evening promises the best of Canadian and Japanese entertainment and cuisine, and recognizes the contributions made in the promotion of Japanese culture. Kogawa is an acclaimed writer and poet; Murakami is author of award-winning books of fiction and nonfiction. Guests will also be treated to a performance by vocalist Tatsuya Ishii and the Nagata Shachu drum troupe. The North York-based centre is at 6 Garamond Ct. For details, visit www.jccc.on.ca

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Man charged in slew of vehicle break-ins Police have made an arrest after more than 60 thefts from vehicles were reported in North York over a one-month span. Between Feb. 13 and March 11, 11 underground parking garages in the Bathurst and Steeles area were broken into, and six in the Victoria Park and Ellesmere area. Brandon Ancion, 23, of no fixed address, turned himself in

A North York woman is $100,000 richer after winning Living the Life Lottery March 5. Audrey Millar had one of three winning entries for the Early Bird draw, which was sold at OLG Slots at Ajax Downs. Millar, who said she hasn’t won more than $10 in the past, was surprised with her windfall. “I couldn’t believe it...I felt a bit shocked,” she said. Millar plans to use some of her winnings to pay off debt and help her granddaughter with tuition.

to police Monday. He’s been charged with 17 counts of theft from motor vehicle under $5,000, 42 counts of mischief/damage to motor vehicle under $5,000, and one count of fail to comply. Police believe there may be more victims. Anyone with information can call police at 416-808-3200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 (TIPS) or https://222tips.com

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12,995

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FEATURES INCLUDE: low km’s customer service vehicle, auto, air and more. stk#B3129

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23,495

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22,995

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15,995

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2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S COUPE

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Sale Price

PRE OWNED SPECIALS $12,000 TO $15,000

8,888

+HST

Sale Price

10,499

+HST

2012 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S

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12,775

+HST

Sale Price

14,299

+HST

Sale Price

14,985

+HST

10,699

Sale Price

+HST

2012 NISSAN SENTRA 2.5 SER SPORT TECH PKG. FEATURES INCLUDE: ONLY 25K, FULLY LOADED WITH NAVIGATION, POWER SUNROOF, ALLOY WHEELS, REAR SPOILER & MORE. STK#B206

14,987

Sale Price

+HST

2014 NISSAN SENTRA 1.8S

2010 NISSAN ROGUE SL AWD

2010 NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE 2.5S

2013 NISSAN JUKE SV

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15,285

+HST

Sale Price

16,299

+HST

Sale Price

16,499

+HST

16,875

Sale Price

+HST

2012 NISSAN ROGUE S AWD

2014 NISSAN SENTRA SR

2012 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SL

2013 NISSAN ALTIMA S.5SL TECH PKG

FEATURES INCLUDE: TRADE IN WITH CLEAN CAR PROOF, LOADED WITH AWD, BACK-UP SENSORS, BLUETOOTH, TINTED GLASS, AND MORE. STK#C33243

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Sale Price

PRE OWNED SPECIALS OVER $22,000

Sale Price

2011 NISSAN ROGUE SV

Sale Price

PRE OWNED SPECIALS $18,000 TO $22,000

+HST

2013 NISSAN SENTRA 1.8SV

Sale Price

PRE OWNED SPECIALS $15,000 TO $18,000

5,995

15,899

+HST

Sale Price

19,473

2015 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5SV

2011 NISSAN QUEST 3.5 LE

FEATURES INCLUDE: LOADED WITH FEATURES, LIKE NEW, ONLY 22K, P/W, P/L, KEYLESS, SUNROOF, HEATED SEATS, ALLOY WHEELS AND MORE. FORMER DAILY RENTAL. STK#33189

FEATURES INCLUDE: LOADED WITH EVERY AVAILABLE OPTION, OFF LEASE, 1 OWNER WITH CLEAN CAR PROOF. MUST BE SEEN. STK#C33143

Sale Price

22,000

+HST

Sale Price

HIGH PARK NISSAN 3275 Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON

416-762-7537 www.highparknissan.com

Monday - Thursday: 9:00am - 8:00pm

Friday: 9:00am - 6:00pm

OLDEST NISSAN DEALER IN THE GTA! UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

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Sale Price

19,990

+HST

2013 NISSAN MAXIMA SV SPORT NAV PKG

+HST

Sale Price

27,995

FEATURES INCLUDE: TRADE-IN, 1 OWNER WITH CLEAN CAR PROOF, PANORAMA ROOF, LEATHER, BACK-UP CAMERA, LOADED WITH FEATURES, ONLY 35K. STK#C33202

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+HST

2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER SL AWD

FEATURES INCLUDE: LOADED, LOADED! ONLY 6500K, LIKE NEW. STK#B1033

25,998

20,900

Sale Price

Friday - Saturday: 9:00am - 6:00pm

29,985

Sale Price

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Mayor John Tory announces Francis Atta of North York as one of the torchbearers for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games during a ceremony Monday at the Ontario Science Centre.

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Board staff noted the allocation of jobs are primarily driven by enrolment numbers, which the Ontario Ministry of Education uses to determine how much funding to give to each school board in the province. In Toronto, enrolment of high school students is expected to decline by 2,000 in 2015, but increase by about 200 elementary students. While trustees approved the

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