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Helen Lu, a founder of the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care who walked fast and put in long days during five decades of charity work in Toronto, died in her North York home this month. She was 82. The daughter of a wealthy Shanghai family, Lu was better known to thousands as Mama Lu, a tireless and engaging woman who could gather large sums for causes ranging from a local hospital to earthquake relief in Haiti. Lu raised $50,000 for Yee Hong’s 2010 Dragon Ball by selling $20 raffle tickets. She raised $25,000 over two years for a video to educate the city’s >>>COMMUNITY, page 4
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PULL! Edwin Klomp and his team of Toronto firefighters pull an airplane during the ALS Canada Plane Pull at Bombardier Aerospace Sunday morning. The goal, $100,000 in funds raised for ALS research, was within reach as of Monday afternoon.
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You can learn about proposed changes to a pipeline running through North York at an information meeting tomorrow. The Line 9B pipeline has
been carrying light crude oil along the hydro corridor for 37 years, according to the Bayview Cummer Neighbourhood Association. Now, Enbridge wants to reverse the flow of the pipeline to transport bitumen/ heavy crude oil from Alberta to Wed. Montreal. The association is concerned about the plan. The meeting will be held Wednesday, May 29 at 7 p.m. at Cummer Valley Middle Auditorium, 70 Maxome Ave. southwest of Cummer and Bayview avenues. Representatives from Toronto Emergency Services, Enbridge and Environmental Defence will talk about the proposal, the safety of pipelines, emergency response to oil spills and environmental issues related to the transport of bitumen. The meeting is cosponsored by the association and Toronto District School Board Willowdale Trustee Mari Rutka.
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LAUNCHES ELECTRIC BIKE IDEA ◗ENTREPRENEUR A North York entrepreneur
unveiled the production prototype of his company’s electric bicycle on Bike to Work Day Monday. Henry Chong, CEO of Revelo Bikes Inc., showed off LIFEbike at the MaRS Discovery District downtown. LIFEbike is a light, compact, chainless electric bike that combines the environmental benefits of cycling with the convenience of a scooter. Chong, who also launched a campaign on Indiegogo to fund the first production run of the bike, said he is determined to get people out of their cars and on to two wheels. “In Toronto, 82 per cent of downtown dwellers commute less than 10 kilometres and only six per cent travel by bike,” he said in a statement. “To encourage people to bike, we need a simple solution that offers the option to travel without breaking a sweat and not worry about showering, changing and parking. That’s where LIFEbike comes in.”
The bike weighs 33 pounds including battery and can reach speeds of 25 kilometres per hour. It costs less than five cents of electricity a day to operate. The Indiegogo campaign aims to fund the production of 20 bikes, which will sell for about $1,800 each. ACES DAY APPEALS TO YOUNG TENNIS PROS ◗LITTLE
Calling budding Wimbledon stars, North York’s Parkway Valley Tennis Club is holding its annual Little Aces Day. Kids aged four to 12 are invited to the event, which will feature mascots, clowns, face-painting, a DJ, barbecue and fun tennis instruction all for free. Little Aces Day will be held Saturday, June 1 from 10:30 Saturday a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the club at 230 Cassandra Blvd. southwest of Victoria Park Avenue and Ellesmere Road. For details, visit www.pvtc.ca or www. littleaceskidstennis.ca or call 416-391-3962.
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Police are asking residents at Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue to make sure their vehicles are secure after a number of cars have been reported stolen from the area this year. Since January, police have seen an increase in stolen Toyota vehicles from driveways or residential streets. It doesn’t appear the vehicles were damaged to gain entry. Police are asking the public to lock their cars when parked and to secure electronic transmitters inside their home.
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Far right, the musical entertainment gets rolling at the Kermes Spring Fair at the Nile Academy Sunday afternoon while Hermiz (immediate right) manages the grill. The event included Turkish cuisine, live music, arts and crafts, prizes and entertainment for children. Staff photo/Nick PeRRy
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Toronto French School student wins first in Poetry in Voice bilingual competition Khalil Mair takes home a $5,000 prize, earns $1,000 for school library JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Toronto French School student Khalil Mair may be short on life experience, but he is certainly not short on talent. Mair, who is currently in Grade 9 at the Lawrence and Bayview avenues area school, recently won first prize in the national Poetry in Voice finals, taking home a $5,000 prize for himself and earning $1,000 for his school’s library. “What I love about poetry is that it manages to condense emotion and a strong message into such a short work,” he said. While Mair writes his own poetry based on his reactions to current events, like his fellow Poetry in Voice competitors, he was given a list of pre-published poems from which to choose for the competition. His choice for the Englishlanguage poem was certainly unusual for a teenaged boy; he selected Elizabeth Bachinsky’s Wolf Lake, a harrowing piece that tackles the difficult subject of sexual abuse.
“I read the first few lines and even though it was from a woman’s point of view, it was so incredibly powerful I just had to do it,” he said. To read the difficult poem, he had to place himself fully in the role of the poem’s narrator as she goes through a whirlwind of emotions in speaking of horrific violence. “The poem has a life of its own so it wouldn’t be right for me to try to make it my own,” Mair said. “I had to only use my voice as a tool. I had to try to find out where the energy in the poem peaks and make sure the power and tone of my voice got that across.” As an entrant in the bilingual portion of the Poetry in Voice competition, Mair also had to read a French poem. He selected Albert Samain’s Il est d’etranges soirs for that portion of the competition, though he admitted he was not as naturally drawn to that work. “I liked it, but I mostly chose it because the competition has requirements where you have to read one poem writ-
ten before the 20th century and one poem under 25 lines and that met the criteria,” he said. That Mair won in the Poetry in Voice bilingual stream is impressive in its own right. He only began attending French school in Grade 7, when he entered the French stream at the Bayview Glen School. “I just decided I wanted a challenge and learning French was a good one,” he said. Mair is active at school as a member of the student council and the classical club. He also takes part in the model United Nations and is an avid debater. His win in the Poetry in Voice finals earned him some time with author Margaret Atwood, who imparted some wisdom to him and his fellow winners, pointing out that at their young ages, they must soak up experience in order to ensure their own work is informed. Mair beat out Elisabeth Sohier-Poirier of the Lycée Français de Toronto and Aisha Nafees of Montreal’s Westmount High School to take home first prize.
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Police are looking for a suspect after a young woman was sexually assaulted in the Cummer and Snowcrest avenues area last Wednesday. Police said a 19-yearold woman was walking in that area around 10:45 p.m. when she was sexually assaulted by a man from behind. The man was last seen fleeing east on Cummer Avenue. The man is described as white with a tanned complexion, 23 to 26 years old, 6-feet to 6’5” tall with a chubby face and black goatee. He was last seen wearing a red baseball cap, a red T-shirt, black shorts, running shoes and was carrying a red and white gym bag.
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Police have arrested a suspect in a sexual assault investigation involving a woman at a York University library. Police said a 19-yearold woman was approached by a man in Scott Library last Wednesday and struck up a conversation. The woman was then sexually assaulted. Police arrested Sharyar Jaleel, 40, of Toronto, Friday and charged him with sexual assault and breach of a peace bond.
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Community contributions lauded >>>from page 1 Chinese community on heart disease and stroke, and then distributed it herself. Lu died May 15 after an eight-month battle with cancer, “during which she was always planning and discussing ideas for fundraising for Yee Hong,” the Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation said in a release, adding during six weeks there Lu told everyone on her floor at Princess Margaret Hospital - from doctors to visitors and housekeeping staff - about the organization. As a child, Lu saw her parents and grandparents helping the poor in Shanghai, she said in a 2007 interview. After the family settled in Taiwan, Lu met her husband, Lu Wu Che, while asking for charitable contributions in the offices of Taiwan’s highway bureau, where they both worked. It was after the couple emigrated to Canada in 1969 that Lu saw her personal service as a way of returning a favour from her new adopted home: a counsellor in an employ-
Helen (Mama) Lu passed away on May 15.
ment office signed her up for $40 a week in support so Lu could look after her two children while taking a one-year course. Lu got work as a clerk with Canada Customs, where fellow employees noticing her busy, purposeful movements gave her the nickname Mama. Years later, she said, people in the Chinese community started calling her Mama Lu in tribute to her charity work. Upon her retirement, Lu worked “more than full time”
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as a Yee Hong volunteer, but still steered some of her energies to other causes. She was a founding director of the Chinese Canadian Council of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, starting the Heartbeat News in 1993 and initiating the foundation’s Sing For Your Heart fundraising gala. Yee Hong, however, said out of all the causes Lu helped, “she breathed Yee Hong, the organization that she so proudly and so fondly called her home,” and the Yee Hong Foundation said she leaves “an unforgettable legacy” in “those whose lives she touched and changed for the better.” Lu’s efforts earned her dozens of awards, including the Order of Ontario, the Ontario Medal For Good Citizenship and Yee Hong Foundation’s Golden Ray. In 2010, the North York Mirror and Metroland Media Toronto named her as an Urban Hero.
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Solar Stage hosts a production of Aladdin for kids aged three to 10. Imagine what you could do if you had three wishes and they could all come true. Aladdin, based on the original tale from the Arabian Nights, allows us to laugh and be amazed as we follow the young Aladdin on his adventures. Aladdin runs June 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 and 23; tickets are $16 ($13 for shows on June 16, 22 and 23). Solar Stage Children’s Theatre is at 4950 Yonge St., in The Madison Centre. Visit www.solarstage.on.ca; call 416-368-8031 for tickets.
her acrylics and mixed media works June 7 to July 8 in the Upper Carrier Gallery and Atrium B; Italian Heritage Month Exhibit runs June 6 to July 8 in the Lower Carrier Gallery; Nina Di Carlo has an exhibit in Atrium A June 6 to July 8. • Chiarandini: Passion Meets Paintbrush is a presentation on Canadian/Italian artist Albert Chiarandini, with art historian Ewa Chwojko and composer/music historian Steeve Chwojko. It takes place Friday, June 14, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Admission is $10 (light snacks provided), and includes a slideshow, videos and music. Call Gallery Curator Rosa Graci at 416-789-7011, ext. 300. The galler y is at 901 Lawrence Ave. W.
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Here’s what’s happening at the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery in June: • Italia del Futuro/Italy of the Future exhibit runs from June 6 to 26 with the opening reception June 6, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. This is an overview of important scientific and technological innovations pioneered by Italy. • Lena Shugar will exhibit
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Central Library on June 6, 7 to 8 p.m. Register for this free program by calling 416-3955639. North York Central Library is at 5120 Yonge St. Film Festival June 13 to 28 wJapanese
The Toronto Japanese Film Festival showcases the finest Japanese films that have been recognized for excellence by Japanese audiences and critics, international film festival audiences and the Japanese Film Academy. TorontoJFF is a bridge between the Japanese film industry and the Canadian/ North American film industry. The festival runs from June 13 to 28. All films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Tickets are $10 for JCCC members $12 for non-members. Get tickets at JCCC reception, call 416-4412345, ext. 222 or visit www. ticketweb.ca The centre is at 6 Garamond Ct. Visit http://jccc.on.ca/ torontojff
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Seniors’ Moments - Healthy Eyes, Healthy Ears WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: St. George on Yonge Anglican, 5350 Yonge Street CONTACT: Anne Wynter, 416-225-1922, anne.dawson@rogers. com COST: Free Learn all about keeping your eyes healthy so that you can continue doing the things you like to do. Learn about healthy ears and participate in a free screening test. All seniors are welcome. Living Well In A Condominium Seminar WHEN: 7 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Novotel Toronto North York Hotel, 3 Park Home Avenue CONTACT: , 416-4916216, josee@taylorenterprises.com COST: $45 plus HST The Canadian Condominium Institute is presenting a great seminar for anyone thinking of purchasing a condo or who is new to living in a condo.
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Free Chair Exercise Class WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: St. Bonaventure Church, 1300 Leslie St. CONTACT: Eric Daw, 416-450-0892, theomnifitt@gmail.com COST: Free Call or email to register. Community Quilt Group Gathering at the Museum WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Gibson
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E-Reader Workshop WHEN: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Hillcrest Library, 5801 Leslie St. CONTACT: Isaac Han, 416-395-5830, ihan@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Learn how to download e-books from Toronto Public Library 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. House Museum, 5172 Yonge St. CONTACT: , 416-395-7432, , gibsonhouse@toronto.ca COST: Free Meet with friends and improve your sewing. Drop-ins are welcome. The Book of Nehemiah - Lecture by Rabbi Wayne Allen WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Beth David B’Nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue, 55 Yeomans Rd. (southwest of Bathurst/Sheppard) CONTACT: Beth David Synagogue, 416-633-5500, info@bethdavid.com COST: Free Nehemiah and the Politics of Power. Imagine Gala, presented by Imagine a Cure for Leukemia WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: The Warehouse Venue, 2-35 Carl Hall Road, Downsview Park CONTACT: Nara Abrams, 905-886-3233, donate@ imagineacureforleukemia.com COST: $65 in advance, available at www.
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Three Valleys PS Fun Fair WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Three Valleys Public School, 76 Three Valleys Dr. CONTACT: Trixie Doyle, may30@rogers.com COST: Free Rain or shine. 50th Anniversary Senator O’Connor College School WHEN: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. WHERE: Senator O’Connor College School, 60 Rowena Dr. CONTACT: Carole Neira, 416-393-5505, www.senatoroconnor50threunion.com, soc50threunion@gmail.com COST: $30 for the day 50th Anniversary Celebration of Senator O’Connor College School
Muirhead PS Annual Fun Fair WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Muirhead Public School Ground, 25, Muirhead Road CONTACT: Muirhead P.S., ayomi_ratnasekera@yahoo.com COST: Free Rain or Shine. Better Living Stroll, Roll and Run Relay WHEN: Noon to 3 p.m. WHERE: Better Living Health & Community Services Recreation Centre, 1 Overland Dr. CONTACT: Glenn Beardsley, 4164477244, gpbeardsley@betterlivinghealth.org COST: $15 to cover event administration fee Help rally your community to raise funds for essential programs and services. St. Conrad’s 10th annual BBQ WHEN: 1 to 6 p.m. WHERE: St. Conrad School, 5 Exbury Rd. CONTACT: Mauro Reda, 4163186667, mreda72@gmail.com COST: food and raffles sales
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YMCA Healthy Kids Day WHEN: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Sheppard Ave. YMCA, 567 Sheppard Avenue E. CONTACT: 416-928-3362 COST: Free Join in on the fun activities including dance classes, obstacle courses,
crafts and much more. Ward 10 Community Bike Ride WHEN: 1 p.m. WHERE: Esther Shiner Stadium, 5720 Bathurst Street CONTACT: Councillor Pasternak, 416-3921371, http://www.jamespasternak. ca, councillor_pasternak@toronto.ca COST: Free Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak invites you for a community bike ride in Ward 10 to celebrate Toronto Bike Month. Join us as we begin at Esther Shiner Stadium and bike along the beautiful Finch-Hydro Corridor trail through G. Ross Lord park. Little Aces tennis fun WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Hillcrest Tennis Club, 37 Cresthaven Dr. CONTACT: Brett McBurnie, 416-5743827, www.hillcresttennisclub.ca COST: Free
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dill?” Jamie: “The older the better.” ... 10 minutes later. Moe: “French fries, home fries or hash browns?” ... 10 minutes later. Moe: “Regular coke, diet coke or cherry coke? ... 10 minutes later Moe: “We’re done. Now, how are you gonna pay? Mastercard, Visa or American Express?” Jamie: “Vis... Oops. Where did the time go? It’s already 1 p.m.. Gotta hightail it back to the office or else I’ll be in hot water, Moe. Sorry. Better
cancel my order - AGAIN. That makes it an even 500 times in a row.” Moe: “Oh well. There’s always tomorrow. The special is hot dogs.” Jamie: “Regular, king size or foot long?” Moe: “Hey. That’s my line.” Jamie: “Couldn’t resist. See you, tomorrow. Same Bat-Time, Same BatChannel.” For a copy of Moe’s Special Made To Order Only Diet, please contact Jamie care of The Mirror. Editor: “Letter, fax, e-mail or tweet?” Jamie: “Now cut that out. Sheesh. Everybody wants to get into the act.” Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. His column appears every Tuesday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca
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Stop talking transit, Resident concerned over impact of ‘glorified streetcars’ on neighbourhoods already; get on with it To the editor: The surface option for the Scarborough LRTs will require a lot of operating room. Metrolinx is about to turn our vital main streets into ugly transportation corridors complete with raised track beds and unknown kilometres of steel support towers strung with the power lines needed to run these glorified streetcars. Does that mean Sheppard and Finch avenues will be reduced to one lane east and one lane west, plus bike lanes, for all of the other users of the road? Can anyone envision the gridlock as the ‘conga line’ of cars and trucks tries to navigate the remainder of these once vital thoroughfares? This leaves us with several other unanswered questions. Where will all of the
cars go? Will they have to add to the congestion on Lawrence, Ellesmere and Steeles avenues instead? Onto our side streets? Are residents going to be subjected to endless kilometres of traffic calming measures such as speed bumps? What happens to the emergency service vehicles? Do they have to take to the rabbit warren of side streets as they try to save our lives and property? Has anyone realized there will no longer be a centre lane available for making left hand turns unless you are at a major intersection? So how do residents get to their homes? They won’t be making any more left-hand turns onto or off of the side streets. How long will it take until local businesses start to see a fall-off in
sales, especially during the lengthy construction period, and then decide to relocate because no one can get to their locations by car anymore? Will this leave these areas vulnerable for exploitation by highrise construction such as Yonge Street and Sheppard? Say goodbye to your neighbourhoods. We also know that pedestrians and cyclists are going to short-cut across the tracks to get to where they want to go. So does that mean putting up physical barriers along the entire track system to make sure that no one gets killed? The CEO of Metrolinx recently said they are committed to the above ground-option for Scarborough. Has Metrolinx honestly explained to us just how they are going to decrease
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the current travel times over the present TTC bus service? Will there be fewer scheduled stops for passengers? Do they eliminate crosswalks and run red lights as the other option? How can something that is supposed to be part of the flow of traffic not be affected by these vital traffic controls? We have been told by many different enlightened sources the LRT is the best value for the money and therefore it is the best option for Toronto. I’m sure some minds residing in some steel and glass tower in another part of Toronto think that it may be. Chris Belfontaine
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To the editor: Re. Metrolinx CEO comments on transportation plans, Letters, May 21
Metrolinx President & CEO Bruce McCuaig states, in his letter to your journal, “We need to decide if we’re committed to making the transportation system better across
Subways beat light rail To the editor: Re: ‘Metrolinx CEO comments on transportation plans,’ Letters, May 21. This letter just about clarifies the problems Toronto is faced with, but in all of the time Metrolinx has been in operation, courtesy of the Liberal government, or that should be under the thumb of the Liberals, nothing has improved. If the truth be known,
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nothing will as one only has to look at the accomplishments so far and just how much it has cost the poor taxpayers. Any two-year-old knows, we need subways - it is the only modern efficient way. The stupidity of wasting tax dollars on aboveground fixed rail operations is going backward, not forward. W.D. Adamson
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the north york mirror tackles a local issue. this week: humber river hospital
Humber River Hospital: a numerical look
our exclusive look
The new Humber River Hospital is now being built at Hwy. 401 and Keele Street. Costing more than $1.7-billion, the hospital is expected to open its doors in the fall of 2015. As North America’s first
fully digital hospital, patients, for example, will be able to check in at kiosks, which will alert medical personnel they have arrived for their surgery. Because patient records will be automatically updated, they won’t have to answer
the same questions over and over again. Patients will also be able to order meals from their bedside, have video calls with their families and access multi-language educational materials.
Doctors will be able to use voice-recognition technology at patients’ bedsides rather than scrawling notes. The Mirror asked Humber River Hospital to provide numbers about the construction and operation of
the new hospital. Here are facts officials provided. What are your observations about the construction of the new hospital? Email us at nym@insidetoronto.com
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pages in the Project Output Specifications document
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feet in distance from portal of care to clinic reception
equivalent savings in tons of CO2 due to green initiatives
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75 per cent of supplies delivered by automation
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community funding not on exec. agenda wTransit Given the rather astounding turns that events at Toronto City Hall have taken in the past week, it’s probably impossible to set an accurate agenda for this coming week. But business does go on, even for embattled Mayor Rob Ford. Today his executive committee meets – at a meeting that if he’d had his way, would have included a late-in-themonth debate on transit revenue tools. But city council seized that issue and dealt with it at its May meeting. Reshaping of city wards discussed The executive committee will
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david nickle the agenda be debating the shape of city councillors’ 44 wards – or at least a process for reshaping them. Staff are recommending that the city hire a consultant to review new ward boundaries, based on changing demographics. The process of setting boundaries is always politically fraught – if politicians get too deeply involved, the result can be gerrymandering in such a way that gives advantages to incumbents, or particular parties.
on slate at executive meeting wDinner Dinner is also on the menu at executive committee – in particular, a proposal to add a dinner break to council’s marathon meetings. Scarborough East Councillor Paul Ainslie said that the city should set a half-hour break between 6 p.m. and 6:30. Council’s afternoon/evening session runs from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. without a break. Ainslie argues that the Employment Standards Act requires employees to have a meal break after five hours at work.
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TTC board agrees to new, amended newstand contract At a meeting last Friday, May 24, the TTC board agreed to approve an amended contract for the operation of subway station newsstands, which came under scrutiny following criticism from Mayor Rob Ford. The new deal with Tobmar Investments reduces the size of the contract to operate the Gateway newsstands and convenience stores from 10 to four years after which the contract must be put to public tender. The new deal, which is supposed to kick in following the expiration of the current contract in 2014, will continue to give Tobmar exclusive rights to TTC’s newsstand locations until 2018. station closure starts in June wPape
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Following a customer survey, the TTC announced it is closing Pape subway station for an extended amount of time in June to complete renovation work ahead of schedule. Beginning on Saturday, June 15, there will be no buses or subways at the station until the start of service June 27. During that time, construc-
rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT tion crews are expected to complete the bulk of the modernization work, which includes a new bus waiting area, landscaping and spaces for bike parking. Month kicks off this week wBike
Local cycling groups celebrated the start of Bike Month which kicked off on Monday, May 27. The region-wide initiative is an undertaking of groups such as Cycle Toronto and Smart Commute, which is supported by Metrolinx, as well as other organizations who want more residents to rely on pedal power to get around the city. Bike Week began with Bike to Work Day which saw several groups take part in organized rides, including one from the intersection of Yonge and Bloor streets to Nathan Phillips Square where a pancake breakfast was served. Planned every day of Bike
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Work continues on a new streetcar right-of-way along Queens Quay. Construction crews continue to demolish the existing track corridor along the waterfront’s most prominent street between Lower Spadina Avenue and Yo Yo Ma Lane. They are expected to begin backfill and repaving work starting next week. On Monday, May 27, TTC crews began to deliver streetcar rail materials to a staging site which must be welded together before they are installed and electrified by the end of the year. The work is part on going renovations of Queen’s Quay expected to be completed sometime in 2014. Rahul Gupta is the Mirror’s transit reporter. His column runs every Tuesday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT
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Artists get to meet Governor-General David Johnston >>>from page 1 More than 1,049 submissions were received from coast to coast and the seven winning banners have been professionally produced by the NCC and will be flown in Major’s Hill Park until October. On May 31, the artists who created the Top 3 banners, along with their classmates, will meet with Canadian Gov.-Gen. David Johnston, via video conference, to discuss their banner and how they can participate in building smarter and more caring communities. The Windfields students placed in the Top 3. Submission for the contest, now in its fourth year, were judged by a threemember panel and looked for both artistic merit and content of the message, said Kerrie Rodier, co-ordinator of school programs and youth engagement for NCC. “The theme is wide open,” she said. “The only guidance they had was to tell
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Windfields’ Timothy Choi, Truman Wong and Catherine Zhang focused on nature, particularly wild animals. “We want Canadian youth to be aware of and respect animals in the wild. We would love for generation upon generation of children to be able to appreciate the wonders of Canadian nature,” the Grade 8 students
wrote of their piece. The students learned about the contest in art class and thought it would be interesting to submit a piece, Catherine said. “ We wanted to draw something that represented Canadians and Canadian children everywhere,” said the 13-year-old. “We liked animals and nature and in Grade 7, we had an art project about the Aboriginal art style of animals, so we included a Haida wolf.” The banner, which also shows the northern lights in the background, took about five days of in-class work to create, along with time spent out of school, she said. “We all worked really hard,” Catherine said, adding the group was shocked to learn they placed in the Top 7. As for the video conference with Johnston, she said she’s honoured for the experience. “I’m going to ask him a
few questions about what he wants the next generation of children to do, and questions about his work,” she said. Rodier said the NCC decided to target the grades 5 to 8 range because youth that age don’t always feel their opinions are valued. “They might not have had a chance to express themselves in a national forum,” she said. “Maybe they don’t feel people are listening to them.” Banners were created in groups of two to three and winners were informed in late March or early April, she said, adding the NCC will send a copied set of banners to the winners and their school. “They should feel really proud of themselves, there were over 1,000 entries,” Rodier said. For more information on the National Capital Commission, visit www.canadascapital.gc.ca/
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CASSANDRA Spring Fling SPIRIT OF THE SEASON: Clockwise from top right: Evan Lewis, right, and his sister Mollie tuck into their burgers during the Cassandra Public School Spring Fling on Saturday; Connor Franolla makes a find at the dinosaur dig; Helen and Tom Morgan serve up burgers and dogs; Kaitlynne Fischer picks through the best titles at the book sale in the gym; Mackayla Dixon draws a flower for a prize. Photos/PETER C. MCCUSKER
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