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Women’s shelter season ender expands reach with opening of new head office LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com The North York Women’s Shelter will be showing off its new head office at an open house on Friday, Oct. 12. The new office will allow shelter staff to offer transitional support services to women and children trying to rebuild their lives after experiencing domestic violence. Women can find out how to leave violent situations. Or, if they have already left their abusers, they can learn about services that will help them transition into their new lives. The location of the organization’s emergency shelter has been kept confidential for the past 28 years for the safety of families living there. Because of that, the shelter has not been able to provide a public place where women can find out about transitional support services. Opening a new head office means those services can now be offered, executive director Charlene Catchpole said. “The most difficult time for the women we serve is when she has made the brave decision to leave >>>office, page 3
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final harvest: Peter Seenath of Pete’s Organics serves a customer at the farmers’ market at the Toronto Botanical Garden last Thursday afternoon on the last day of the market’s 2012 season.
Habitat families spend Thanksgiving in new homes LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com This Thanksgiving was especially memorable for two North York families, who were given the keys to their
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families and volunteers chanted the word “oyee,” Swahili for “we can do it.” After 10 busy days of construction and camaraderie, the most “poignant” moment of a Habitat build is the dedication ceremony when the front door keys are handed over to the families, Habitat for Humanity Canada president, Stewart Hardacre, said. “It is that moment when the collective efforts of Habitat for Humanity staff, volunteers and corporate sponsors have helped provide the opportunity for a better future to two much deserving partner families,” he said. Habitat’s goal is to empower lowincome families to build a better future by breaking the cycle of poverty through affordable home ownership. “For every day we make choices.
Some of these choices are simple and others more complicated. What to have for dinner, where to go on vacation, perhaps what school or university your son or daughter should attend,” Hardacre said. “But what if your choices were about whether to pay the rent or to heat your home? Or to pay the rent or buy groceries for your family? Or to pay the rent or have proper medical care for your children? Unfortunately for too many Canadian families, these are the daily choices they must make. Choices that most of us cannot imagine.” Secure housing means children do better in school, family health improves, families put down roots and contribute to stronger communities and they build equity in the future, Hardacre said. “What we at Habitat know for sure is that when we address this issue,
when we invest in long-term solutions to poverty housing, and change one families life at a time amazing things happen to them,” he said. Emmanuel Church of the Nazarene Pastor Bill Sunberg offered blessings for the families as they took ownership of their new homes and for the volunteers who dedicated their time. “We’ve heard lots of good sounds (from the construction site as they homes were being built). We’ve heard hammers and nails, we’ve heard power tools, we’ve heard people working together,” he said, pointing out there will be more joyful sounds to come. “We hear laughter of kids playing, we hear families together, we hear a lot of positive things coming out of this neighbourhood. It’s amazing all that can happen in such a short time.”
Office to offer health and safety programs >>>from page 1 her abuser and come to our shelter and when she is leaving the shelter and transitioning into life on her own,” she said in a statement. The head office provides a children’s play area, program space where women can take self-defence classes or yoga, a computer lab, and space where staff can provide counselling and help women write resumes. “This new office offers us the opportunity to reach out to our community in ways we haven’t been able to before,” Catchpole said. “We are proud to serve this com-
munity and look forward to being able to offer women and children programming that promotes empowerment, safety, health and healing.” The new head office marks the first step of the shelter’s $4.5-million Hope Blooms fundraising campaign to build transitional housing for women and children. The second-stage housing will help ease a backlog of women and children unable to move out of the emergency shelter because they can’t find safe and affordable housing to move into. A single woman seeking an afford-
able bachelor apartment typically stays at the shelter for about nine months. A woman with three or four children can be there for 12 to 14 months. That means shelter staff often make the “heartbreaking” decision to turn away women and children needing emergency refuge because there is no room, Catchpole said. They are referred to the police and other social agencies. Last year, the shelter turned 387 families away. The new transitional housing would provide women and children
with rent-geared-to-income units for up to a year. Abused women who can’t find a safe and affordable place to live between the emergency refuge of a shelter and permanent housing often return to abusive situations and a cycle of violence, according to Hope Blooms co-ordinator Sojie Tate. The head office open house will be held at 1140 Sheppard Ave., west of Allen Road on Friday from noon to 5 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served and everyone is invited.
Voyeur suspect nabbed at Sheppard station Police have arrested a man in a voyeurism investigation at Sheppard subway station Thursday. Police said as women got off the train, the accused would follow them to the escalator, standing directly behind them with a camera phone rolled into a newspaper to record under their skirts. When the accused reached the top of the escalator, he would return to the platform to wait for another train. A witnesses saw this and made a citizen’s arrest, with the assistance of a second citizen, around 3:30 p.m. Police said the citizens and TTC security were assaulted during the arrests. A camera phone was allegedly seized from the accused. Jonghun Shin, 22, of Toronto, is charged with two counts of voyeurism and two counts of assault. Police believe there may be more victims. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.
n Assault at Yonge/Finch
Police are looking for a suspect after a woman was sexually assaulted in the Yonge Street and Finch Avenue area Friday. Police said a man approached a woman from behind around 1 a.m., pushed her to the ground and sexually assaulted her. The woman called 911 on her cellphone and the man ran off. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.
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Police have released security camera images in the hopes of identifying a suspect in a North York bank robbery. Police said a man pulled out a large knife and demanded cash from a teller at a bank near Eglinton Avenue and Wynford Drive around 11:25 A suspect is wanted a.m. Sept. 25. by police after a “The man North York bank threatened to was held up Sept. stab the teller 25. while repeatedly demanding money,” police alleged in a news release. The suspect fled with cash. He is white, 30 to 40 years old, 5’8” to 5’10” tall, 180 to 200 pounds and wore a grey sweatshirt, grey sweatpants and a bandana on his head. Anyone with information can call the holdup squad at 416-808-7350 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
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Around the world, boys and girls, men and women deliver critical community information in a timely fashion, whether it’s news or advertising flyers. We certainly appreciate the dedication of our newspaper carriers at The North York Mirror. Why would someone become a newspaper carrier? It’s a wonderful proving ground for a young person to develop life skills. It’s an excellent opportunity for an older carrier to earn money and feel satisfaction of a job well done while serving the community. Here are six experiences that benefit a carrier: • Responsibility: A newspaper carrier accepts the challenge our view of satisfying their customer every single time they deliver a Carriers deliver newspaper to a doorstep. Being a newspaper carrier means one the news to has a commitment to customer our community service – and learns quickly the importance of reaching the customer’s doorstep with the newspaper each and every time. • Handling money: For many carriers, having a newspaper route means the first time having a bank account. This develops yet another key life skill in a youth. • Small business sense: The better customer service, the more smiles from customers. Miss a delivery and you deal with the complaint. A good carrier generally benefits with more tips from customers too! • Confidence and sense of achievement: Being a carrier means tangible achievement every time a route is delivered. Every thank you from a customer teaches a carrier good work is rewarded. Knowing you deliver your route on time every time gives a carrier confidence and satisfaction of knowing a job inside out and doing it well. • Discipline: Residents wait for their newspaper. Calls for missed deliveries come in mere minutes after the time a customer usually gets their newspaper. The discipline developed through delivering a newspaper carries over into discipline in other life tasks. • Understanding community: Your community newspaper is your window to community life. A carrier brings that life to your door. As a carrier, you get to know the people on the route – friends and neighbours – and that brings a neighbourhood community a little closer together. So being a newspaper carrier is much more than simply taking a wagon through streets to put pieces of paper on the doorstep. It’s ensuring a product that adds value to life in the community gets to the people of the community. We salute our newspaper carriers and wish them much sunshine as they deliver their newspapers and flyers this week. Toronto Community News is a division of Metroland Media Group Ltd. The Mirror is a member of the Ontario Press Council. Visit ontpress.com newsroom
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To the editor: Re: ‘City will get the transit it pays for,’ Editorial, Oct. 4 It would be interesting to have someone question the benefit of transit expansion. My observations are that few buses in the hinterlands (outside Toronto) have enough passengers to pay their operating costs, let alone the capital invested. Taking money in any of the forms outlined in the editorial is taking money from people who will not be able to benefit from the “expansion” because in most cases people will decide, “You can’t get there from here.” It has been pointed out the density is nowhere close to what is required for efficient use of high-volume transit. The Sheppard subway is an example of poorly spent money and I submit the Spadina line extension to a parking lot in Woodbridge will be an ongoing drain on Toronto and Vaughan. David Vallance
Meanwhile, back at the NHL lockout ... E verybody keeps asking me to write about the National Hockey League player lockout. I’m more than happy to oblige. But before I do, being a Canadian, I have to first take off my Canada hat. Born and bred here, hockey is in my DNA. To be truly objective on the subject, the beloved chapeau has got to go. So, au revoir Canada hat. I have to remove my NHL hat, too, of course. It wouldn’t look too good if somebody saw me writing about the NHL lockout on a laptop in the local coffee shop sporting my trusty NHL hat, now would it? So, buh-bye NHL hat. Ditto for my NHL Players’ Association hat, needless to say. I’m doffing it for the same obvious reasons. My much cherished Toronto Maple Leaf hat has got to come off as well, it
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saddens me to say. Sigh. The sighing is because we go way back. So far back, it’s got Dickie Duff’s autograph on it. I hate to part with that even for a few moments. But there are sacrifices one has to make for the sake of credibility, so off it comes, too. Adios Leaf hat. And finally, much as I hate to, I also have to take off my favourite hat of all, my Dickie Duff hat. Ironically, it’s got Davy Keon’s autograph on it. It’s a long story. I’ll tell you about it some time. Anyhow, that’s it for hats. I’ve got a job to do. I’m glad to remove it, too. I’m
delighted to have them all off. I didn’t realize I wore so many hats. I feel like I just lost 20 pounds. And I didn’t even have to call Jenny. I saved a small fortune. Now where was I? Oh yeah, the much requested update on the NHL lockout. With all the hats I wear that could potentially compromise my position now officially off, it’s time to put on the appropriate hat for the occasion. No, not my journalistic hat. I was referring to my hat with the earplugs and earflaps over them. I couldn’t write about the lockout properly without that hat on. There’s only so much you can take. So here’s where they stand. After a long break between talks, the owners and players finally got back to the bargaining table to discuss issues not deemed critical to the process, and NHL commissioner Gary
Bettman, who always plays his cards close to his vest, will say, “At least we’re talking, that’s a good sign.” Then those talks will inevitably break off and a few days after they do, NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr, who plays his cards even closer to his vest, will say, “Just because we’re not talking that’s not necessarily a bad sign.” Then the league will likely threaten to cancel another two weeks of regular season games. The sports media will speculate that the whole season could go down the tubes. And the fans won’t live happily ever after. Film at 11. Tweeting, texting and YouTube – 24/7. Now you’re up to date. n 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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t’s not quite fair to say that Toronto Council utterly disgraced itself last week as it dealt with the devastating report by Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean on the city’s flawed and hamstrung public appointments process. At the same time, if this council were your parents, you would have done everything possible to avoid bringing your fiance home for Thanksgiving dinner this year. It’s almost sad to bring it up again, in the same way that families like city council don’t a week later dig at the way the turkey-and-scotch grudge match between Dad and Uncle Lothar ruined the holiday for the rest of the family. So yes, the entire family that makes up Toronto Council did not disgrace itself. But faced with a report that sharply critiqued both the mayor’s office and some councillors who sit on the civic appointments committee, a small but significant rump of the ruling party smeared muck over the entire institution. Crean’s report said that the mayor’s office had interfered in the 2011 civic appointments process to the point that city staff were unable to do a fair job. It found that the mayor’s staff had attempted to force staff to boycott a newspaper not in the mayor’s favour, and
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to remove any mention of diversity from city advertisements. The report said that in one case, a potential appointee to a board had a conflict of interest, and when staff attempted to deal with it, an unnamed councillor, since identified as York West’s Giorgio Mammoliti, threatened staff members in a closed-door meeting. The response from Mammoliti and some others was classic Thanksgivingdinner attack strategy. Mammoliti began the debate by questioning Crean’s political neutrality. When this provoked an overly-angry response from Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks, which Perks later apologized for, Mammoliti huffed about the sorts of violent acts he might perform on his outof-line colleague. Mammoliti explained it wasn’t so much Crean’s neutrality as that of the rest of city staff that was the problem, then came back and accused the ombudsman of being deliberately provocative.
Frances Nunziata, the speaker of council whose role is to maintain civility, was chair of the committee at the time of the threatening behaviour the report cited. She nearly brought Councillor Janet Davis to tears, after she implied that an unsubstantiated complaint she’d made about Davis’ conduct to the city’s integrity commissioner, in fact indicated that the leftleaning Davis had tried to influence the process too. Budget Chief Mike Del Grande had the good sense to throw up his hands and leave the dinner table, as it were. It was finally left to Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday to try and bring back civility and point out that the actual recommendations in the report – to create a more accountable way for staff to deal with the crucial process of putting private citizens on public boards – were possibly the one thing everyone could agree on. And in the end, it kind of worked. The one thing we can be thankful for, looking back at this disgraceful display of civic behaviour, is that hard liquor is not available in the Council chambers. n David Nickle is The Mirror’s City Hall columnist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com
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“It’s perplexing to us why that is never discussed and we’re hoping this campaign will bring about a greater appreciation from the public,” he said. Applauding the campaign, TTC spokesperson Brad Ross said the relationship between the workers and management remains positive, despite a “bump in the road” arising from a decision approved by commission in late September to contract out around 160 cleaning jobs to the private sector. “Our maintenance workers deserve the attention and we’re as proud of them as the union is,” said Ross. Kinnear said the timing of the campaign was intended to coincide with anticipated public consultations regarding long-term transit funding. Without providing a preference for what revenue generating tool he’d like to see implemented, he said the decision should be left to elected officials.
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the upper hand with a 26-16 head-to-head record over the York Lions. The U of T has won the past four showdowns, including a close 10-8 victory last year, while previous to that, York squeaked out a 21-20 win in 2007 to cap a 13-game winning streak in the series. Ryerson University does not field a football team. The first 1,000 fans to enter the stadium will receive a foam finger and the first 2,500 fans will receive free sunglasses at
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ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com When Brit Taylor stepped off the curb on Danforth Avenue, she just wanted to visit her sister as quickly as possible. She paid for her haste with two weeks on bedrest after being hit by a van. And for others who jaywalk, Taylor has this message: “It’s not worth it.” The 23-year-old shared her story late last month, as police held a pedestrian safety blitz at 13 busy intersections across Toronto.
Taylor was jaywalking while listening to music on her iPod when a blue cargo van hit her on Danforth near Carlaw Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Aug. 27. “I’m leaving the gym, grabbed some walnuts, started crossing the street,” she said. “The traffic was a little dead, and instead of going up to the lights, I decided to cross behind and weave through traffic.” She made it across two lanes. As she stepped into the third, she noticed a van coming towards her. But it was too late to avoid a collision.
“It took me forward instead of running me over, so I got lucky with that,” Taylor said. A team of firefighters also happened to be nearby and tended to her until paramedics arrived. Taylor suffered serious injuries and was bedridden for two weeks. She still walks with a bit of a limp and hasn’t been able to return to work. “I’m that type of person where I’m always on the go,” said Taylor, noting jaywalking became a habit. Now she vows never to do it again. “I pay a lot more attention. I like
to make eye contact now with anybody that I’m crossing in front of,” she said. “I’m a lot slower, taking my time, and a lot more conscious of what’s going on around me.” That’s also the message police gave pedestrians during the “Smart Walk” initiative. “The intent is not to give out tickets but to share some safety information,” Toronto police Sgt. Jack West said. “When they’re crossing at an intersection, we’re trying to encourage pedestrians to put their cellphone down, walk across the street and scan, watch for turning vehicles.”
Despite what she’s been through, Taylor said she wants to send an apology letter to the motorist who struck her. “It’s going to be traumatic for him, too. He just hit somebody. He’s probably livid at me,” she said. “I want him to know I’m really sincerely sorry.” Seventeen pedestrians have died as a result of collisions in the city so far this year. And many more have been injured. “You think it’s not going to happen to you, but it definitely can,” Taylor said. “Just don’t jaywalk.”
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Executive committee recommends surveying Toronto residents on how to pay for transit Ford: ‘People of this city are taxed to death’ DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto’s Executive Committee has recommended sending staff out to ask Toronto residents just how they’d be willing to pay for potentially billions of dollars of public transit improvements. But for Mayor Rob Ford, it will take a big answer in the affirmative to convince him to support any revenue generating tools beyond the provincial and federal governments, and the private sector. “The people of this city are taxed to death and they don’t want new taxes,” said Ford as the committee was getting ready to vote on the proposed public consultation process Tuesday. “I’m not going to support anything unless the taxpayers of Toronto come out and say they want a new tax – and I don’t think they will – but that’s why we’re doing a consultation.” The consultation will be going
forward prior to a final report this spring, spelling out the sorts of taxes, fees and tolls that the city might impose to improve public transit. Toronto Council asked for this process after it rejected Ford’s plan to build a subway along Sheppard Avenue and ask the provincial government to bury the entire run of the new Eglinton LRT. Council rejected Ford’s idea that a public-private partnership was the best way to fund transit expansion like subways, and asked staff to come up with a way to find other ways that Toronto could go it alone funding major transit expansion. TTC chair Karen Stintz and vicechair Glenn De Baeremaeker later came forward with a plan for other transit expansion, dubbed OneCity, which council rejected in favour of waiting for this report. At the Executive Committee meeting, Stintz kicked off debate, arguing that the city needed to come up with a made-in-Toronto funding
solution. She said that crucial pieces of transit infrastructure in Toronto, such as the Downtown Relief Line, would become lost in any regional plan that included priorities for transit expansion outside Toronto. “We would be naïve if we thought (GTA municipalities) wanted to contribute to our downtown relief line,” she said. “I want to underscore... we cannot rely on the province to fund our transit needs. We’ve been waiting for too long.” The committee endorsed the plan for consultation on a range of funding mechanisms, but, against the advice of both Stintz and city manager Joe Pennachetti, decided to include public-private partnerhsips in the advice they sought. But the committee endorsed the overall plan uneasily. Committee member Denzil Minnan-Wong said the consultation needed to be “honest” with taxpayers, and likened the process to offering taxpayers a menu of “poisons”. Later, he said that the consultation needed to take into account
taxpayers’ ability to pay. “We all need more transit,” he said. “The real conversation is how much is this going to cost the average family. That’s the important part of the conversation we need to have. If we do select these revenue tools, how
‘We all need more transit. The real conversation is how much is this going to cost the average family. That’s the important part of the conversation we need to have. If we do select these revenue tools, how deep are our hands reaching into the pockets of the City of Toronto?’ – Coun. Denzil Minnan-Wong
deep are our hands reaching into the pockets of the City of Toronto?” Budget chief Mike Del Grande said it was necessary to let taxpayers know exactly what projects any new taxes would pay for, but he said that in the current model it was difficult to predict. “People want to know specifically what is the order of the projects that are contemplated,” he said. “We at the local level aren’t in control of that.” A number of members of the Executive Committee, however, supported the idea of selling the public on paying locally for massive transit improvements. “Let’s make sure we’re masters of our own fate, that we come to a consensus of how we are going to pay for it,” said Scarborough-Agincourt Councillor Norm Kelly. “I wish everyone who is involved in the process well and I hope that in the end the residents and businesses of the GTA are wise enough, mature enough and can see far enough into the future. If it’s not for them, it’s certainly for their grandchildren.”
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unusual yellow-orange branches that have a beautiful effect in the white winter landscape. For smaller gardens, there is a new variety called Arctic Fire Dogwood (Cornus Sericea ‘Farrow’), which is a compact, dwarf shrub showing brilliant red branches in the winter growing about three feet tall and wide. A mass appeal gray, red and yellow dogwood looks best when planted in a group of three or more shrubs. The form and colour of the shrubs are appreciated more when they are planted in masses and repeated in groupings. Alternatively for colour contrast, one yellow dogwood looks fabulous within a grouping of red dogwood. A lot of gardeners plant one shrub here and a different shrub there which often tends to look disorganized and busy, especially in a smaller space. Simple is better when selecting plant
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material and your goal should be to focus on a minimal palette of plants that work well in your garden. Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) is my favourite native shrub or small tree for its picturesque form outlined with horizontal branches
and brilliant red fall foliage. The cream-coloured flower clusters and unusual branching habit create an interesting contrast beside a brick wall or an evergreen shrub border. Spring planting is highly recommended and the bark becomes more attractive as
the shrub ages. The mature height is 10 to 15 feet with a spread of about 20 feet. The showy fruit is a bluishblack berry on a red stemmed cluster visible in late summer and may be grown in sun or shade conditions with adequate moisture. The birds
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n Marilyn Pomer is a landscape architect who writes about seasonal gardening. Her column appears every second Thursday. Contact her at marilyn@greenescape.ca
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BED, ALL new in plastic, Queen Orthopedic. Mattress, boxspring. Warranty. Cost $1,000, Sell $275. 416-779-0563
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QUALITY SEASONED firewood for sale. Pick-up or delivery available. Call Canal Farmers Market 905-775-0046.
Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking
$200$2000
Cash 4 Cars Dead or alive Same day Fast Free Towing
647-861-7399 1-888-9895865 WE BUY ALL CARS! Running or Not, we will buy it! Cars/Trucks/vans. Sell ANY Car today with ONE FREE Phone call to: 1-800-551-8647
Home Renovations BUILDER/ GENERAL CONTRACTORS RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL. Finished basements. Painting. Bathrooms. Ceramic tiles. Flat roofs. Leaking basements. Brick/chimney repairs. House additions 9 0 5 - 7 6 4 - 6 6 6 7 , 416-823-5120
DICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOME Improvements. Reliable, experienced, top quality service. Renovate an CEMETERY PLOT. Dou- entire home or room. ble decker at Memorial Carpentry, plumbing, Gardens Willowdale. electrical, ceramic, paint$6500 OBO. ing...(416)816-6219, anytime. 905-985-6453
PETER’S DEPENDABLE JUNK REMOVAL From home or business, including furniture/ appliances, construction waste. Quick & careful!
416-677-3818 Rock Bottom Rates! Plumbing
EMERGENCY? Clogged drain, camera inspection Leaky pipes Reasonable price, 25 years experience Licensed/ Insured credit card accepted Free estimate James Chen
647-519-9506 Decks & Fences 0 ALL DECKS built in 1 day. Highest quality. Lowest Prices! Free design and estimates. Call Mike 416-738-7752 www.griffindecks.ca
Masonry & Concrete BRICK, BLOCK & NATURAL STONEWORK
Chimneys, Tuck Pointing, Brick, Concrete Windowsills and Much More! For Free Estimate Call Peter: 647-333-0384 www. stardustconstruction .com
Painting & Decorating BROTHER’S HOME Painting & Renovation. From $125 per room. Interior/ Exterior. Wallpapering. Free estimates. Over 30 years experience. 416-558-3391
Moving & Storage A-1 MOVING & Storage Local & long distance. Short notice and negotiable rates. Houses/ apartments/ offices. Parking available. Ken: 416-658-5307
MOVING
LOCAL, long distance Packing service, FREE boxes.
www.toromovers.ca
416-844-6683
Carpet & Upholstery CARPET UPHOLSTERY steam cleaning any 4 rooms, hallway and stairs $90. Sofa set $60. Extra rooms $20. Free deodorizing. 416-890-2894
NESO FLOORING Carpet installation starting from $1.29/ sq.ft. Hardwood, laminate at low prices. 26 yrs experience. Free Estimates. Best Price! 647-400-8198
Garage Sales
WAREHOUSE SALE GIFTS, TOYS, XMAS, DECOR 309 EVANS AVE, BACK DOOR Evans-East of Kipling
FRIDAY OCT 12 NOON-7PM S/S OCT 13-14, 10am-2pm
ESTATE/ CONTENTS SALE OCTOBER, 13TH & 14TH 10am - 4pm 51 Stuart Cres. (401/ Yonge) Treasures galore!
Whole Home Content Sale
15 Raeburn Ave. (401/ Avenue Rd.)
Saturday, October 13th 9am - 4pm
Antiques, collectibles, house wares & more! Visit www. sellmytreasures.ca to view pictures
HOUSE CONTENTS SALE
Fri. Oct. 12th 5:30pm - 8pm Sat. & Sun. Oct. 13th & 14th 10am - 3pm 219 Gracedale Blvd. (Finch/ Islington)
HOME RENOVATIONS
LANDSCAPING, LAWN CARE, SUPPLIES
FOR ALL YOUR RENO NEEDS • Windows • Doors • Bathrooms • Kitchens • Awnings • Eavestroughs • Porches • Railings • Steps • Patios • Stucco • Waterproofing • Brickwork • Decks • Roofing • Mould
MODEL RENOVATIONS INC. (416) 736-0090
FINANCING AVAILABLE - AS LOW AS $39/MO LICENSED & INSURED • 25 YRS. EXPERIENCE
10% SENIORS’ DISCOUNT • MEMBER BBB
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1967 • QUALITY LAWN CARE • HEDGE & TREE PRUNING • WALKWAYS, PATIOS & DRIVEWAYS • SODDING, SEEDING & TOPDRESSING
FREE ESTIMATES
416-288-0313
WWW.UNDERHILL-WECARE.COM
MASONRY & CONCRETE GAS FURNACES CENTRAL AIR Sales, Service, Installations.
www.airflexltd.com 416-439-7155 metro lic. #H16265
UNIVERSAL HOME RENOVATION Electrical, Plumbing, Flooring, Etc... Repairs • Installation • Services
Electrical (Pot lights, Panel Upgrades, Knob & Tube, etc...) Plumbing (Drain services, bathroom & kitchen fixtures accessories, etc..) Flooring (Tile, Hardwood, Laminate & etc...)
Heating & Cooling Kitchen Remodelling Bathroom Remodelling Basement Finishing & Remodelling Demolition And MUCH MORE...
CALL: 647-990-1335 We’re Fully Licensed and Insured
ABU BAKAR BUILDING RESTORATIONS
Residential and Commercial Masonry Repairs, Concrete Work, Interlocking, Brick Repairs, Tuck Pointing, Parging, Caulking, Waterproofing and More! Fully licensed & insured
416-500-0304 • www.abubakarrestoration.ca •
PAINTING & DECORATING
DOUG ELLIOTT & SON PAINTING & DECORATING
WALLPAPERING SERVICES 30 YEARS OF SERVICE
416 419-1772
Knob and tube replacement LED Lighting Aluminum wire reconditioning Permits and inspections
Pot lights Service upgrades Breakers/Panels FREE ESTIMATES
Master Electrician * License # 7001220 * Insured www.burtonelectric.ca mark.burton@burtonelectric.ca
UNIVERSAL HEATING AND COOLING
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BIGGEST SALE EVER! SAVE $1,000
Furnace From $1450 installed! BEST PRICES IN TOWN!!!
Tune-up & Clean Furnaces or A/C Plus 22pt. Check List Carbon Monoxide CO Levels $
69.95
CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATES
*10 Year Warranty
PLUMBING
PLUMBER
SERVICING ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS
BEST RATES GUARANTEED!
24/7 - No extra charges for evenings, weekends or holidays Seniors Discounts Metro lic. # P20212 • Fully insured
PRICE
• WE CONVERT OIL OR ELECTRICAL FURNACE TO GAS • INSTALL TANKLESS HOT WATER & BOILER • LOWEST PRICE – WE DO ALL PROCESSES TO GET MAXIMUM REBATE
RATED A+ IN BBB 15 YEARS OF SERVICE ~ 24/7
416-445-1718
FREE ESTIMATES (416) 427-0955
R & Z PLUMBING & DRAINS
SAME DAY SERVICE
647-235-8123
ROOFING DUN-RITE REPAIRS • SIDING/FASCIA • EAVESTROUGH 24 HOURS • TUCKPOINTING EMERGENCY REPAIRS • VENTING • GUTTER GUARDS • ANIMAL REMOVAL
• SHINGLES • FLAT ROOFS • SKY LIGHTS • CHIMNEY’S • VALLEY’S • ANIMAL PROOFING 15% Senior’s Discount
ALL TYPES OF ROOF REPAIRS 647-857-5656
BEST BUY ROOFING
CANADIAN
ROOF
MASTERS
• Shingles • Flat Roofs • Skylights • Chimneys • Eavestroughs • Repairs • Free Estimates
Save UP TO 15% OFF Lic. # B21358
Fully Licensed & Insured
416-626-0777
www.canadianroofmasters.com
Roof Repair Experts
✓Full roofs ✓Missing Shingles ✓Minor/Major Leaks ✓Raccoon Problems
✓Eaves & Downspout ✓Skylights LIC# L179362 20% Senior Discount
416-248-0211
416.661.9393
TREE/STUMP SERVICES
Replacement & Repairs (Faucets, Pipes, Drains, etc.) 24hrs/7days a week 28 Years Experience • Licensed Metro License #16137896
Jacob Tree Service
est. 1997
• Tree & Shrub Removals • Pruning • Planting
Delivery questions? Email us at:
• MAJOR & MINOR REPAIRS • SHINGLES • ANIMAL DAMAGE • TRAP DOORS • REMOVAL • EAVESTROUGH REPAIRS • CHIMNEYS • SKYLIGHTS • FLAT ROOFS • GUTTER GUARD • TUCK POINTING • VALLEY REPAIRS • ALL VENTING WORK • PATCH WORK • SOFFIT & FACIA
BEST RATES AND SERVICE IN TOWN
www.universalhc.ca
distribution@insidetoronto.com
LOW COST REPAIRS EAVESTROUGH CLEANING
www.bestbuyroofing.ca
SUMMER SPECIAL - 20% OFF
HEATING & COOLING
ROOFING REPAIRS Co.
• Shingles • Flat Roofs
416.281.9667
Burton Electric Inc.
Since 1990
• Skylights • Chimneys Save • Repairs • Free Estimates UP TO Fully Licensed & Insured 15% OFF 416-823-1710
Reasonable Rates • Courteous • Free Estimates
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All Garbage Removal! Home/ Business. Fast Sameday! Free Estimates! Seniors Discounts. We do all Loading & Clean-ups! Lowest Prices. Call John: 416-457-2154 Seven days
HOME IMPROVEMENT DIRECTORY
HARDWOOD FLOOR Specialists. Installations, Resanding, Stains. For estimate call Jim 416-284-6243 or 416-561-9502
REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS
ALWAYS CHEAPEST!
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Landscape Design • FREE ESTIMATES
416.798-7284
24hr Emergency Service
(416) 417-TREE (8733)
8 FAMILIES
Huge Garage Sale! North York: 33 Adamede Cres. North York (Leslie X Finch) 10/13/2012 9:00am-2:00pm HUGE INDOOR GARAGE SALE
Sat. Oct 13 8am ~ 12pm
St. John’s United Church
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Waste Removal
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We speak Farsi, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese and English
A Donation Has Been Made To The Hospital For Sick Children And Schools From Proceeds Of These Sales.
BAYVIEW VILLAGE
TOTALLY RENOVATED TOP TO BOTTOM!!!
SPACIOUS & BRIGHT
$$$spent On Upgraded & Updated--Solid Brick & Stone Exterior W/2Cars Garage. **Large Principal Rooms W/Bright,Spacious 4Level Sidesplit--Classic & Comfortable Layout **High Ceilings(Lr,Bsmt) **Brand-New Kitchen(Quality Cabinet,Flr,Countertop,Halogen Lits) **2Mins Walking Distance To Subway,Ttc,Hwy-Convenient Location For Everything *Suitable For Large Family,Home Office Business. $1,398,000
Professionally,Totally Renovated($$$upgrades). Large Sundeck **Family+Rec Rms W/Renoved 3Washrms **Family Size Kit W/Lots Storage Area W/Breakfast Area **Incredible Landscaping W/Interlock Driveway **Short Walk To Subway,Bayview Village Shopping Centre *Best School--Earl Haig Ss/Bayview Ms **Close To Park,Hwy401,404 & Ttc **Move-In Condition!!! **A Very Quiet,Serene Backyard!!!!! $1,188,800
11 BURBANK DR
40 BUNTY LANE
CLASSIC BUNGALOW
**RARE OPPORTUNITY!! - 85FT FRONTAGE!!
60 Feet Frontage+Park-Like Setting Backyard W/Table Land On This Prestigious St In High-Demand Bayview Village *Generous,Spacious Principal Room-Waiting For Your Own Style To Be Added!!! *Practical,Bright Walk-Out Basement **Excellent School--Bayview Ms & Earl Haig Ss **Convient Location For Everything. $1,460,000
Excellent,Large South Lot(85Ftx144Ft)On The Prestigious St In The Centre Of Bayview Village **Spacious,Superb--Aprx,1800Sf(Main Flr+Bsmt Aprx 1800Sf)+Spacious Finished Basement-Live In Now & Build Later *3(Main Flr)Bedrms W/Master Ensuite+2Bedrms Bsmt *A Separate Entrance To Bsmt *Best School-Earl Haig Ss,Bayview Ms. $1,488,000
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