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The Political Circus’ Gabe Thirlwall shows off her political figures puppets during the City of Craft market held Friday, Dec. 9 at the Theatre Centre.

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Jane and Finch residents seek out community hub FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com With plans for the Finch West Light Rapid Transit (LRT) to run through their community, and for a maintenance and storage fa-

cility set to take up prime land, Jane and Finch residents feel now is the time to request something just for them - a community hub.

A small group of residents and supporters got together Dec. 10 at

Monsignor Fraser College for the third workshop held by Community Action Planning Group York West (CAPG) to discuss what services the hub should provide.

Formed five years ago with a

focus on community transit issues, CAPG supports plans to build the 11 kilometre, $1 billion LRT line that will run along the surface of Finch Avenue from the

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RIDE program aims to get impaired drivers off roads DOMINIK KUREK dkurek@insidetoronto.com Toronto police are reminding motorists not to drink and drive and they’ve amped up their efforts to get those who do off the roads.

This year’s festive RIDE launched Nov. 24 and will continue right through to the early days of the new year.

While Toronto police conduct RIDE spot checks year round, during the holiday season, efforts are amped up. Drivers can expect nightly spot checks at multiple locations across the city.

Police are reminding everyone who drives a vehicle to be responsible, plan ahead and make smart choices about their transportation. The use of transit, designated drivers and taxi services are all excellent options for safe transportation, police say.

Police are also encouraging citizens to assist police in the war against impaired driving by calling 911 if they believe another driver may be impaired.

At the start of this holiday RIDE season, OPP officers charged 104 drivers with impaired driving related charges across Ontario the weekend of Nov. 25 to 27.

To date this year, there have been more than 30 deaths on Ontario roads where alcohol was a factor, the OPP said.

Police remind drivers that drinking and driving related deaths are completely preventable.

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Sgt. Derek O’Donohue (top left), of Traffic Services, takes notes during a R.I.D.E program on Dufferin Street under the Hwy 401 Monday, Dec. 12. Toronto police Const.

Bryce Levert (top right) shows a road side breathalyzer. Police Constable Greg Manuel (bottom left) talks to a driver.

Toronto police Const. Bryce Levert (bottom right) escorts a driver into the mobile breath alcohol testing unit.

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As gracious hosts, let’s not disappoint Syrian families now For many Syrian refugees who now call Canada their home, things must finally be settling in. For many who came in the first wave, a harsh reality awaits at the end of the month, however, when their federal living allowance comes to an end.

After 12 months, families stop receiving what could amount to $1,400 per month from the government. If jobs are not yet in place, or housing, the new year could bring some serious financial hardship.

In a country that has openly embraced more than 35,500 Syrian refugees since November 2015, we can feel good about living in a place so willing to help those desperate and in need. But our good deeds cannot end there.

Community programs like Syrian Welcome Dinners, founded by Torontonian Melissa Jones, are setting a great example of the kind of support people can continue to offer, even if it is in a small way.

Wanting to help to give Syrian families a warm welcome to the neighbourhood, Jones began a group that looks for volunteers to host them for a dinner at their home. As she says, this simple gesture makes a world of difference in that family’s integration into the city. It exposes them to our Canadian culture and connects them more deeply to their community.

These people’s journey settling in our city needs to stay front and centre for more than just the exciting first few months - particularly now that the financial assistance piece is nearing its expiration date.

We need to continue to offer support in various ways.

Learning English is a major barrier for many. Perhaps people could offer English conversation clubs in their neighbourhood. Syrian children in new schools no doubt face an intimidating integration into their peers’ social circles. How can we help them make new friends?

It is encouraging to see Torontonians like Jones taking initiative, even when it is at their own expense. In addition to volunteers willing to host dinners, she is also looking for a transportation sponsor. Currently, Syrian families are picked up by dinner hosts or by Jones or her husband. Because Syrian families are often larger and with small children, they sometimes have to rent a van to get them to their host dinner. Contact info@welcomedinners.ca if you can assist.

Many of the new families upon arrival spoke of the wonder and appreciation they felt being accepted so readily into this country. As time presses on, let’s not disappoint them now.

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Help for the helpless is often too far away There’s a man people are calling Larry. Larry was sleeping in front of the Walmart in Scarborough Village.

He looks older than his 55 years. People assumed he had no home.

But Larry (not his real name) has a home: an apartment in a Toronto Community Housing building nearby.

He didn’t want to be there, though. His arm hurts, so he can’t clean the apartment.

Eventually, that drove him outside.

Joy Robertson saw Larry outside Walmart more than once. Then, a few weeks ago, she spoke with him.

"All he needed was someone to help him clean," said Robertson, who runs a neighbourhood group called Scarborough

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto Residents Unite.

When she approached Larry, his forehead was bruised and some coins were scattered around him.

He was wearing torn size 10 sneakers; his only footwear.

Robertson wanted to help. She visited the apartment with a Toronto Public Health nurse.

There was no bed. Larry slept on a broken piece of sectional couch. His fridge

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was empty, apart from a milk carton.

Robertson wrote to people for Larry, saying he "admits to depression and drinks wine to escape depression and life issues, but said he will try again after the holidays to quit."

"It would be nice to see him have (a) comfortable place to sleep, a daybed maybe, and some food items."

She remembers a youth sleeping in the local community centre this summer, his possessions in plastic bags. He’s gone now.

It wouldn’t take much to make these situations better, Robertson said. Why aren’t these people getting approached by agencies and charities which are supposed to help?

Why, she asked, can’t we at least post lists of services

in every Toronto community centre? Then people can get help for others who need it desperately.

Agincourt Community Services, a Scarborough agency, gave Larry a $25 Walmart gift card to buy new shoes.

But in many corners of Toronto, charity can be far away, and Larry has no TTC tokens. Robertson was looking for a cleaner, but that’s not something most agencies will do.

The real problem isn’t money, she argued. It’s getting services to people that need them.

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Young immigrants took part in exhibit FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com The dinner table is neatly set with bowls of food and mugs at each place setting.

But where once were four chairs, now only two remain.

Adham Alazhari arrived 10 months ago to Canada, a country he had heard of but knew nothing about, and without speaking a word of English.

Born in a small Syrian town, the 18-year-old lost his mother when his house was bombed, and moved with his father and brother to Damascus, living there for two years. The trio then headed to Lebanon, where his father passed away after falling ill.

He and his brother, 20year-old Adbul Hakim,

where then privately sponsored to start a new life in Toronto.

After living with the sponsors for a month, they now reside downtown by themselves, with Alazhari attending the ESL program at Greenwood Secondary School, although after chatting with the articulate young man with bright green eyes, you wouldn’t guess he has been practicing his English skills for less than a year.

Alazhari is one of some newly arrived 230 Greenwood Secondary School and Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute students who took part in the outreach program Finding Home: Personal Journeys and Visual Narratives, which saw participants create three-dimensional structures based on the concept of what "home" meant to them.

Supported by an Ontario Arts Council Artists in Education grant, the program between the Aga

Khan Museum and artisteducators Vanessa Barnett and Elena Soni saw the students, all of whom are new immigrants from countries such as Syria, Sudan, Columbia, and Nigeria, visit the Don Mills Road and Wynford Drive museum in September for artistic inspiration. Over the next two months, the artists visited each school once a week to work with the students on designs.

Each was given an 8x11 wooden frame, and they picked out materials to use from Arts Junktion, a depot for receiving and distributing donated arts supplies which Toronto District School Board staff can use for free for class projects.

Many of the students included pieces of memorabilia from their previous home, such as family photographs.

The individual creations were then connected with other students’ pieces to make up the display,

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Adham Alazhari, 19, displays his installation that is part of the exhibit, ’Finding Home-Personal Journeys and Visual Narratives’, that opened Monday. dinner table for his piece because "we used to live like that. Everybody eats together."

As immigrants themselves, Soni said she and Barnett, who are from Venezuela and South Africa, respectively, understand what dislocation can be like.

"For Vanessa and I, (the

which will be exhibited Dec. 13 through Jan. 13, 2017 at the Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr. Alazhari admits he sometimes misses home, but said he’s been embraced by Canadians.

"The people are all respectful," he said. "I don’t feel like a stranger."

He chose to showcase a

program) gives an opportunity to children who recently arrived as refugees or immigrants, or first generation Canadians, the possibility of sitting down and really exploring what it means to be at home and build a home," she said.

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Artist rendering of the community vision for the Jane and Finch Hub. The hub would front Finch Avenue, with Finch West LRT trains and the maintenance and storage facility behind it.

As LRT moves in, residents want something for themselves

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new Finch West subway station on the TorontoYork Spadina Subway Extension at Keele Street to Humber College. Major construction is expected to start in 2017 and completed in 2021.

Metrolinx purchased land on Finch Avenue, between Norfinch Drive and York Gate Boulevard, for the future maintenance and storage facility for up to 75 light rail vehicles, along with storage of some light rail vehicles for the future Jane LRT corridor.

CAPG is asking the maintenance and storage facility bidders for a 50 metre setback from Finch Avenue to allow for a future community hub. The winning bidder is expected to be announced in spring 2017.

"Here’s land, help us build," said CAPG cochair Bob McElhinney, adding he hopes all three levels of government will

financially pitch in.

"There’s no other land in Jane and Finch."

In an email, Metrolinx said both the environmental assessment and project agreement call for the setback to be 32 metres to create space between the maintenance and storage facility and Finch Avenue, rather than a building.

"The bidders have been advised of the community’s request for MSF facility to be setback by 50 m," Metrolinx said. "In the event that the winning proponent is able to minimize the MSF footprint to allow for a 50 m setback, Metrolinx would consider leasing or selling the land to the city, who would work with the community group to build the community hub."

McElhinney said CAPG met with the three bidders in the summer to present their case, adding he’s "hopeful" more than 32 metres will be offered.

Community hubs have

the backing of Premier Kathleen Wynne, who put together a framework advisory group in August 2015 to look at the issue.

Next steps include finding funding for a feasibility study, McElhinney said, adding a meeting between CAPG, the United Way, Metrolinx, and the city is scheduled for the new year.

CAPG workshop co-ordinator Symone Walters, whose 15-year-old son, Tahj Loor-Walters, was shot metres away from the meeting’s location in 2013 and died 17 days later, said there needs to be more places for young people to go.

"We will be reducing harm and restoring hope to those who call Jane and Finch home," she said.

Suggestions made at the workshop included space for arts and culture, recreation, social services, health services, meeting rooms, a gymnasium, and a community kitchen.

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Food for thought Torontonians encouraged to serve Syrian refugees a taste of Canada TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com After coming to Canada as Syrian refugees, it was a year-and-a-half before Khalil Aldroubi and his family were invited to a Canadian home for dinner.

Aldroubi, his wife and their five kids came to Canada in spring 2015, but it wasn’t until this fall that the family had an opportunity to connect with a local family over some Canadian food. It was a program called Syrian Welcome Dinners, founded by Torontonian Melissa Jones, that made it happen.

“When I met the family from Canada in the program, to connect, I felt so happy and also all my family was happy,” Aldroubi told Metroland Media Toronto in an interview in English and Arabic, with program volunteer Anis Nasr translating when needed.

Aldroubi and his family were so excited to visit a Canadian home for dinner that he likened it to people anxiously awaiting Christmas morning.

“It was the same feeling for all my family and I waiting to meet the (Canadian) family,” he said. “I’m so happy that happened with my family. The dinner had a very strong impact, not only on myself, on my children too. We have tremendous gratitude.”

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Mohamad Khalil Aldroubi, left, and Samr Chehab Abdulkarim tells Melissa Jones, Founder of Syrian Welcome Dinner, about the dinner they recently had with hosts Dale Hidebrand and Marlene Sagada.

There are many other Syrian refugees who have yet to experience an evening in a Canadian home connecting with new friends over a meal, said Jones.

“It seems to be quite common that once Syrians are here, and I’m referring to government-sponsored ones, they aren’t really fully integrating with society or getting a chance to meet locals,” she said. “This is a way to really reach out and help the cause, and help these families that have been through so much, and with a low commitment and really making an impact and difference on their integration into the city.”

The Danforth resident was inspired to start the program when she met a newly arrived Syrian family and left wanting to do more to welcome them to

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Torontonians encouraged to serve Syrian refugees a taste of Canada Syrian Welcome Dinners is looking for a transportation sponsor.

Currently, transportation is provided by hosts if possible, or by Jones, her husband or volunteers, who sometimes rent vans out-of-pocket to drive refugees to dinners. Syrian families are often larger than standard vehicles carry, and public transportation can be difficult for large families with small children who are new to the city. Jones is hoping to find more sustainable transportation for the program.

Contact her at info@welcomedinners.ca or 647-462-5626 for more information about being a transportation sponsor. her community. Having lived abroad before, she also sympathized with trying to integrate and make connections in a new country with a new culture. She started networking with her friends and community to find hosts, and now she’s turning to the rest of Toronto to help welcome the city’s newest residents.

“I’ve heard from both sides, the hosts and the Syrians, that it’s just been a memory that they will always cherish,” Jones said.

“It’s a bit odd, you know to have a stranger over in your house for dinner, but for the people that are open to it, it seems to be really moving and touching.”

Dale Hildebrand and Marlene Sagada hosted Aldroubi and his family for dinner.

“The dinner was great,” Hildebrand said. “They said they were going to have us over for Syrian food sometime, so that’ll be fun. We’re looking forward to that.”

Aldroubi admitted he was nervous when his family came to Canada. He held back tears recalling what it felt like to arrive and realize they were in “a beautiful country” where refugees are respected and appreciated the same as everyone else.

Adapting to a new life doesn’t happen instantly for refugees. Khalil shared how hearing a helicopter overhead triggered fear in him and tears from his small child, with flashbacks of war still fresh in their minds although they were on Canadian soil. He said there’s no way to compare his new home in Canada with the one he left behind.

“Someone asked me, how do you find Canada? I say here I can sleep. Because in my country, I can’t sleep, because I fear for our safety,” he shared. “You

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can hear bombs. I’m so scared, because at any time, not just in the day, someone can come to take anyone from my family and can kill them.”

Something as simple as dinner can help people who have been through so much, Hildebrand said.

“It’s all fine and good for us to approve of our government’s policy to bring refugees to Canada, but to actually be able to interact with them, to welcome them directly, I think that’s something that many Canadians could do,” he said.

“These folks are just hungry for learning about Canadian culture and really want to make that connection to Canada. Just go out on a limb and invite a family in, you’re really going to enjoy it.”

Visit www.welcomedinners.ca for more information.

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Spacious semi-detached ideal for any family or investor.

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Bright & Spacious 2 Bedrm, 2 Bathrm Suite Located In High Demand Area Close To Vibrant Danforth Ave!! Amazing Open Concept Layout, Eat-In Kitchen, Master W/ Ensuite, Large Balcony. Recently updated and move-in ready. Must be seen only $549,900!!

Fabulous, Newly-Built 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Corner Unit!! Spacious Split Bedroom Layout, Modern Kitchen W/ Granite Counters And Stainless Steel Appliances, Master With W/I Closet And Ensuite Bath, Huge WrapAround Terrace W/ Bright West-Facing Exposure. Includes Parking Spot & Locker. Building Amenities Include Indoor Pool, Gym & 24Hr Security. Must Be Seen, Only $385,000!

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OPPORTUNITY kNOCkS! Spacious home in prime location features 3 large bedrooms, 2.5 baths, no neighbours behind, and a large finished basement with rec room and 2nd kitchen. Located on a child safe court, close to parks, golf course, transit, shopping and highways. You don’t want to miss it. Only $649,900!!

AMAZING vALUE! Large3Br,2Bathsuite,RenovatedKitchenwithGranite Counters and S/S Appliances. Large Master With Walk-In Closet And Ensuite. Open Balcony With Unobstructed Views. Close To All Amenities: Shopping, Transit, Schools, Easy Highway Access, All Inclusive Maintenance Fees. Only $249,900!!

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His three children in tow, Farid Taileb learned he was the winner of a contest sponsored by the Ontario grocery store chain Food Basics. In addition to winning free groceries, Taileb also received two vouchers worth $4,000 for plane tickets to fly his parents from Algiers, Algeria, where they live, to Canada.

"It wasn’t something I expected at all," said a smiling Taileb following the announcement Tues-

the contest explaining what they would do with the extra money saved from not having to buy groceries for a year, said Food Basics spokesperson Mark Bernhardt. Seven winners were eventually chosen, including Taileb.

"When we heard Farid’s story, we thought it was really touching and we wanted to make it come true," said Bernhardt.

Taileb will get the chance to tell his parents the good news in person when he flies to Algiers this weekend for a longawaited visit. He expects to invite them to Toronto likely for spring or summer.

"I’m sure they will be more than happy to visit us here in Canada," he said.

day at Food Basic’s location near Victoria Park Avenue and York Mills Road. "(My parents) will be very happy to hear I’m inviting them with two tickets to come to visit us."

Taileb said he entered the I Want It All contest last summer on a whim, which required him to create a short video pitch for a wish that could be granted by the grocery store chain. He decided he would ask for money to purchase tickets to visit his elderly parents, who he hasn’t seen in at least five years.

"I thought why not try (to make) a video, and it was the lucky one I guess," he said.

Nine hundred people across the province posted short videos as part of

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You know I’ll pay you back."Grandpa: "And when, pray tell?"Cody: "Right after I sell my first dot-com company."Grandpa: "Last time I saw you with a book open you couldn’t connect the dots. Now you expect me to believe you’re going to make a whole company out of them?"Cody: "Grandpaaaa."Grandpa: "Well, when you put it that way. Do you mind me asking what you plan to do with the money?"Cody:

JAMIE WAYNE But Seriously "Oh, save the universe.

That’s all."Grandpa: "With a couple of quarters? So come come we need to add tolls for the highways and to raise fares on the TTC to save one city?"Cody: "What can I say? it’s a gift." Grandpa: "Here’s the dough. Let me know how the video game turns out.". later that day.Cody: "Grandpa, Grandpa." Grandpa: "So? Is the universe once again a safe place for humanity?"

Cody: "I haven’t got on yet.

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been hogging the machine the whole time."Grandpa: "I guess he hasn’t seen Barney’s Caring Means Sharing. Here’s some more cash. Go buy him an episode."Cody: "No time for that. My next game is coming up. I have to play now or I won’t be able to do it.

You’ve got to do something.

The universe is counting on me."Grandpa: "Sorry. I promised your Grandma, I was here to watch you play hockey only. Not intergalactic stuff. You’ll have to ask your coach for help."Cody: "But Grandpa, that’s the whole problem. It IS the coach."

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