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Bids sought to develop Lawrence Heights plan FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Toronto Community Housing has put out a request for tender to help implement the revitalization vision for Lawrence Heights, the organization’s president and CEO announced Wednesday. Toronto Community Housing is looking for a development and construction partner to help transform Lawrence Heights,
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units of market housing. Gene Jones, president and CEO of Toronto Community Housing, said they will narrow down the field to two or three bids in December and present the visions to residents in January. “A big part of the evaluation process is seeing which ideas are parallel with the vision residents have,” he said. “They live there, they are proud of where they live.” @NorthYorkMirror
The announcement follows years of input and involvement with Lawrence Heights residents, community organizations and the City of Toronto. Planning for the revitalization, which is part of the city’s Lawrence-Allen Revitalization, started in June 2008. Phase 1 of the Lawrence Heights revitalization will include 177 mid-rise and 56 townhouse rent-geared-to-income units, and
665 mid-rise and 163 townhouse market units. Construction of the first buildings in Phase 1 could begin as early as 2014. The entire Lawrence Heights revitalization will take 20 years. Toronto Community Housing is leading the revitalization and, through the sale of market housing with the private sector, will invest an estimated $350 million in new social housing.
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Making faces and fun at the Science Centre FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com
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ndy Liu laughed when an Ontario Science Centre employee began describing the Making Faces exhibit, one of 12 new ones recently displayed inside the Weston Family Innovation Centre. It wasn’t because the 20-yearold found the exhibit particularly funny. It had more to do with the fact he helped designed it, unbeknownst to the helpful worker. Liu, who enrolled in the Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue centre’s science school for one semester in Grade 12, said students had to design an exhibit as part of a class project for their innovation course. The students came up with the idea of creating a face puzzle by using their own faces and dragging video clips of different body parts onto the screen, such as eyes, noses and mouths. “You take various elements of your face and mash together other videos as well,” said Liu, who is studying medical sciences at the University of Western Ontario. “All the exhibits are
interesting. You never know what you’re going to find and that’s the cool thing.” Dr. Mary Jane Conboy, director of science content and design, said when coming up with ideas for new exhibits she looked at broadening the age range for the hall and adding story lines into consideration. “The innovation hall was originally designed for teenagers and a teen audience,” she said. “But we found a lot of people outside that age range were enjoying the innovation hall but were unsure if they were supposed to be there. It’s no longer aimed at a teen group, now it’s for anybody who attends the Science Centre.” The new exhibit threads in “inspiring stories of how innovation happens,” Conboy said, adding some inventors followed their dreams while others happened by accident. Senior designer Elgin Cleckley said he wanted the room set up in different zones, all focusing on innovation. “It’s a full family experience,” he said. “Parent and child can work together. As a designer, I’m really happy with it.”
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Clockwise from above: Andy Yan flaps wings like a bird at one of the exhibits while Elgin Cleckley watches at the Weston Family Innovation Centre Friday at the Ontario Science Centre; Dalen Labayen, 6, races his father Alexander and sister Lia, 2; A filter is used to see a design on the Light Games exhibit; Vivian Liang manipulates a photo of her face on one of the exhibits. Staff photos/Dan Pearce
In addition to Making Faces, here are the new offerings: n So You Think You Can Fly: Explores aerodynamics from the point of view of “the child in all of us” who thought we could fly by simply flapping our arms. Visitors put on a pair of wings and flap their arms as a sensor records the flaps per second. They learn about aerodynamics, including how long their wings would need to be, and how fast they would need to flap, to achieve flight with their body weight. n Tell Tale Heart: Up to four participants are invited to place their hands on one of several sensors that read their heartbeat. Their collective heartbeats will affect the behaviour of the 12-foot-tall sculpture. n 3D Evolution: Showcases how 3D technology has evolved from stereoscopes to 3D glasses and contemporary 3D screens that can be viewed without glasses. Visitors will learn how their brain perceives 3D and experience illusions that capitalize on this science. n Speech Synthesis: Allows a participant to try out new voice synthesis software by typing in a sentence and listening to it read back with five different “accents,” helping people understand that different languages pronounce the same grouping of letters or phonemes differently. Visitors can see how sophisticated voice synthesis has become by comparing the software to the restored, iconic “coffee machine” from the 1970s. n Friction Zone: Participants experiment with kinetic friction as they send sliders down ramps with different surfaces. Which ramp is slowest or fastest? What happens when you change your slider material? n Old-Fashioned Voting Booth: A New York state voting booth circa 1960s that has been adapted to poll participants about various topics including their favourite ice cream flavour. Clear Plexiglas has been installed on the back of the booth to show how it works with a series of manual counters.
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oronto residents will be impacted in a number of ways if proposed changes are made to federal riding boundaries within the city. The changes usually come about every 10 years to reflect shifts in population and ensure each riding serves an approximately equal number of voters across a particular province. What that means for Toronto is an increase from the current 23 ridings (one of which crossed the municipal border of Toronto our view and Durham Region) to 25 ridings, all of which would be New boundaries contained within Toronto. The boundary changes mean more will see Canada’s Parliament increase in size by 30 seats to power in GTA 338. Fifteen of those proposed seats are in Ontario, which means the provincial Legislature will increase by that number as well. Torontonians need to be aware, though, that these changes reflect the continuing growth taking place in the 905 regions surrounding our city. While Toronto essentially gains two seats, the 905 will see an increase of nine. The Hamilton and Barrie areas also each gain a new seat. Federally and provincially, the gain to Toronto’s influence is tiny – but combined with our neighbours in the 905, the Greater Toronto Area’s power has grown substantially. This is hugely important for our city in areas such as transit and economic development. What is needed is a willingness for federal and provincial representatives to work together for the good of the entire GTA, not just the communities that elected them. Also of interest for Toronto residents is the impact the changes could have on Toronto Council. Redistribution would create a scenario in which Toronto Council could increase from 44 members to 50. Whether that will happen ultimately lies with the province, but the justification is there based on the number of proposed ridings. What is most needed now is feedback from Torontonians. Residents in southeast Scarborough must surely be pleased that they will not have to share their MP and MPP with Pickering; and North York residents should feel they will have a stronger voice with the addition of another riding – Don Valley North. North Toronto residents should also feel an increase in their voting power with redistribution creating a Mount Pleasant riding. Public hearings on the plans are set for Nov. 14 at the North York Civic Centre and Nov. 15 at Metro Hall. Also, contact your MP and share your views. For more on the plans, visit www.redecoupagefederal-redistribution.ca 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: ‘Torontonians need to voice transit opinions,’ Editorial, July 13. What former mayor David Miller called consultations were really just information meetings by the city to tell us what they had already decided. What makes you believe that city council would ever consider public opinions? Environmental assessments conducted on the topic conveniently neglected how LRTs would affect businesses in the Sheppard East area. Environment studies, which concluded that LRTs or streetcars would create severe gridlock in all directions, were conveniently ignored by city council as was a fire department report saying that LRTs would cripple emergency vehicle traffic. The editorial is absolutely right when it say that politicians are incapable of agreeing on an all-encompassing plan for Toronto. Karl Haab
My three favourite picks for TIFF 2012 T
here will be a whopping 289 feature films and 83 shorts shown at the 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival that begins this week and I must confess I haven’t seen them all. Hey, what can I say, I’m human. Anyhow, there obviously isn’t room here to review them all so I decided to narrow it down to my favourite three. Incidentally, the first two are Canadian films. n Sole Mates Maureen Sandal is a single, retired podiatrist who runs a successful speed dating service in Toronto called One Step At A Time. Sheldon Moccasin, also single and a retired podiatrist, runs a competing speed dating company across town called Put Your Best Foot Forward. Long-time cut-throat rivals in both fields, they bump each other at a gala
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for the Canadian Walk of Fame and sparks unexpectedly begin flying. Starring Kim Cattrall as Maureen Sandal. Co-starring Donald Sutherland as Sheldon Moccasin. Martin Short as Hy Heels. Catherine O’Hara as Penny Loafer. And a cameo appearance by Mike Myers as Paul Bunion. n The Secret Ben Mulroney Tapes. Shhh. The tapes aren’t the only secret. So is the plot. Starring Matthew Perry as Ben Mulroney. Featuring Johnny Depp as
Justin Trudeau. With Ian McKellen as Gordon Lightfoot. Teri Hatcher as Shania Twain. Tommy Lee Jones as Stompin’ Tom Connors. The winner of Canadian Idol 5 as the winner of Canadian Idol 2. And The Guess Who as themselves. n The Unhit Man There is good news and bad news for the Godfather, Don Corny-Onee. The good news? He just became a dad for the very first time. The bad news? According to family tradition his baby will need a godfather and he only knows five godfathers and has contracts out on all of them. Oops. Ah, but which one to spare? And will it even be possible? Time is rapidly running out. The christening is in two hours and 33
minutes, closing credits not included. That leaves him no choice but to call to the only man that can possibly extricate him from this mess, the scariest guy alive, Antidote, aka, The Unhit Man. Starring Adam Sandler as Don Corny-Onee. With Charlie Sheen as Antidote. Featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as consigliere Crash Bamboom. Gino “The Nose” from New York as Gino “The Nose” from New Jersey. Fabio as Vincenzo. Vincenzo as Fabio. And David Spade as Al Bino. 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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Movies under the stars sundown cinema: Above, guests watch the final Movies Under The Stars event of the summer Friday night at Downsview Park. At left, Daniela Katryan, left pups Tanaya and Cuddles, Luke Bartlett and Krystyna Bartlett set up for the movie, ‘Dolphin Tale’. Residents were invited to park for the free Friday evening movies. Photos/PETER C. MCCUSKER
For more than 20 years, Toronto has joined the Parkinson Society of Canada in hosting a SuperWalk to raise funds for research, support and care for Canadians living with the disease. This year, the Toronto walk will take place at Earl Bales Park in North York on Sunday. “The day is very much about raising money to help find a cure,” said Jon Collins, manager programs and events for the Parkinson Society’s Central and Northern Ontario office. Last year the Toronto event raised more than $360,000 and this year, organizers are hoping to exceed the amount and reach $375,000. The event is family-oriented and will be filled with entertainment and activities for all participants. “They can expect a welcoming atmosphere with people who all share the same vision,” said Collins. Nationally, the Society hopes to raise a total $3 million to aid the more than 100,000 living with Parkinson’s across the country. More
than 40,000 of those affected reside in Ontario. “Parkinson’s is a condition for which there is currently no cure. It affects the people who live with it as well as their family, friends and loved ones,” said Collins. He added the debilitating symptoms of the disease affect and limit the activities and lifestyles previously enjoyed by those diagnosed as well as by the families who support them. Parkinson’s is a progressive brain disease caused when brain cells producing dopamine begin to die. Dopamine is needed to carry signals between nerves in the brain. Symptoms of the disease can include tremors and shaking, changes in thinking ability and speech, sleep problems and depression among many others. There is currently no cure. On Sept. 8 and 9, participants in communities across Canada will take part in the walk. Those interested in registering can do so online at www.parkinsonsuperwalk.ca Registration for the Toronto event will begin at Earl Bales Park, at Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue, at 9:30 a.m.
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tentatively scheduled for sometime in 2013, but Wi-Fi planning is still in the early stages. “There is no firm date for implementation,” said Edwards last week. Meanwhile the TTC, which has discussed since 2010 installing a wireless network to allow phone and Internet use in the subway, plans to provide an update during a board meeting sometime in the fall, said Jessica Martin. “There hasn’t been much movement,” said Martin, who works in corporate communications for the TTC. “We have limited info at the moment.” What is known, according to a May report presented to the TTC board, is that a request for proposal (RFP) was issued in May by the TTC for three pre-qualified telecommunications companies: Bell Mobility, Broadcast Australia and ExteNet Systems, based
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Offering a free Wi-Fi service that requires users to watch ads in exchange for access is growing increasingly popular, with global spending on Internet advertising rising more than 30 per cent in the last three years, according to a recent report by forecaster ZenithOptimedia. Over the summer, New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is offering free Wi-Fi until Friday at six subway stations located in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan, with plans to expand the service to 30 more stations by the end of the year. London’s Underground introduced Wi-Fi to 80 tube stations during the Summer Olympic Games at no cost to users. The Paris Metro has also introduced a limited service. Whether free or not, Mihnea Stoian believes that
in an age of smart phones and tablet computers it is unacceptable Toronto transit vehicles are not providing wireless connections. “I would say that not having Wi-Fi is out of step as to what we as a society expect,” said Stoian, co-founder of the transit advocacy group Commuters United, along with Nilaye Thakrar. While Stoian praised both the TTC and GO for improving how they update commuters on service changes, he said it was frustrating not to be able to enjoy the same amenities transit riders in other parts of the world take for granted. “We can’t always be playing catch-up if we want to have a world-class transit system like in Asia or Europe,” he said last week. n On Twitter? Follow @ TOinTransit
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uring my initial garden consultation, I ask clients how much sun their front or back yard receives. This question is not something most clients consider during their dayto-day lives so usually they will not know the answer or assume their outdoor space is in full sun. Sometimes, a couple will disagree on the amount of sun or shade in their garden. In this situation, I find the answer on my own. When I return to the property to take some initial measurements, I pay careful attention to the sun’s direction. You can also do it yourself this summer with these simple guidelines. What time is it? Believe it or not, the intensity of sun changes at different times of the day. Morning sun between seven and eight is less intense than the sun at noon. How much sun the northeast corner of your garden receives will not be the same as the north-east corner of your neighbour’s property. Large shade trees and fences will create shadows in your garden at different times of the day. My advice is to check your back garden over four time periods: nine in the morning, noon, 2 p.m., and
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five in the afternoon to see what the light conditions are in your garden. You can do a sketch on a piece of paper and draw a full circle for sun, a filled in circle for shade and a halffilled circle for part sun. Part sun locations receive about four hours of direct sunlight. Many successful gardeners do a lot of investigative work on their property before they start to plan a garden. You may not be able to check all the light conditions in one day, but over a week or so it’s easy to take a peek outside at the four time periods. The sun is at a different angle in the summer (located higher up in the sky) than in the winter, but summer is the main growing season for plants so that’s what you need to focus on. Dappled light, full shade or somewhere in between? A shade garden calls for a different palette of plant material. What type of shade
you have is critical to understand. Under an oak tree canopy, very little light will penetrate through the foliage so you will have full shade conditions. However in the spring before the leaves come out, sunlight will shine through the branches. Therefore, you will have a selection of spring bulbs and earlier flowering perennials to experiment with under the canopy. Dry shade welcomes different plants than a moist shade environment at the bottom of a slope. We need to consider what type of shade we have in our gardens. Gleditsia triacanthos var. Inermis (honey-locust) is a deciduous tree with small leaves that produce dappled shade. This effect will allow a greater diversity of plants to be grown in the surrounding area that would suit a woodland edge. Keep track of your light conditions this growing season and plant accordingly. 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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t was about a year ago this week that Doug Ford started talking about Ferris wheels and monorails and gigantic shopping malls for Toronto’s port lands. It didn’t go well for him or that plan, but a year later, after having spent a few days in the Etobicoke North councillor’s favourite town, Chicago, I can see how he got worked up about it. Chicago is world-famous for many things – the deepness of its pizza, its intricate history of crime and corruption, its fantastic architecture – but for a visitor staying in a downtown hotel, I have to say: nothing beats its waterfront. Jogging and biking trails wend up the river and along the waterfront for miles. There are marinas and parks and an aquarium. There is even a giant Ferris wheel, and yes, the view from the top of it is spectacular. Ford’s family business takes him to Chicago frequently, and it’s not hard
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to see how flitting between that place and the rustbelt splendour of much of Toronto’s waterfront could make a fellow impatient. Next week, Doug’s brother, Mayor Rob Ford, will be looking at the plan that emerged from the wreckage of the dream of quick commercialization of the port lands. Council asked for it last year – a revised plan to see exactly what the city and the development industry could do to actually make something of its waterfront. While there’s great potential for development in the port lands – there are a total of 900 acres of land ripe for the picking – very little can be developed without some very major infrastructure. In total, the consultants hired on to look at the area
estimated it will take $1.9 billion in infrastructure improvement to make the lands worth anything in terms of development. When asked, developers said even if the city sold them the whole thing for $1, they wouldn’t be able to build. It could literally take generations to see the whole thing built out. That’s not necessarily a discouraging thing; Chicago’s waterfront today is, after all, the culmination of a plan more than a century old, using land given for public use along the lake. The battles for a public waterfront were mostly fought in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, just as Toronto’s battles were waged in the late 20th century and continue in the 21st. Which is to say, we’ll get there eventually. n David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com
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