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FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Building on last year’s pilot project, which targeted three priority communities in North York and York, the Food-Friendly Neighbourhoods initiative just wrapped up its review on the Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue area – and results could have been better. Noting a lack of food services in priority communities, North York Harvest Food Bank (NYHFB) took part in a year-long initiative in 2012 to

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identify needs and solutions in Lawrence Heights, Weston Mount-Dennis and BathurstFinch. Funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the pilot project focused on combining existing research on food resources, such as farmers’ markets and food banks, with inperson meetings. The end result are three data plans which can be used to promote change. Building on Toronto Public Health’s 2010 Cultivating Food Connections report, the FoodFriendly Neighbourhoods Project helps bring attention to the lack of practical tools by bringing neighbourhoods into the discussion. This year, Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue was the focus area. >>>RESULTS, page 8

Two decommissioned TTC Wheel-Trans buses will begin their journey to Ecuador today

to help with seniors’ transportation needs, and Father Hernán Astudillo will be there when they arrive in the South American country. >>>ASTUDILLO, page 6

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