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Residents in the Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue area will celebrate Earth Hour with a walk around the neighbourhood Saturday, March 29.

Now in its seventh year, the walk will get underway in the Cameron Public School parking lot at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Radine Road at 8:30 p.m., rain or shine. Walkers will gather starting at 8 p.m.

Saturday Coffee and hot chocolate will be provided

by Tim Hortons and walkers are asked to bring their own mugs.

Started in 2007, Earth Hour is organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and encourages households and businesses to turn off nonessential lights for one hour to raise climate change awareness.

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The event takes place again this Sunday at 5 Oakland Ave. (Wilson Avenue and Hwy. 400 area) between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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Annual Passover Food Drive kicks off Sunday FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Donations are needed to help Jewish families celebrate the holiday of Passover this year.

The Passover Food Drive, organized by the National Council of Jewish Women of

Canada, Toronto Section, will run March 23 to April 2, with delivery day set for April 6.

The 2,500 boxes, filled with traditional Passover food such as matzo, apple sauce, farfel and canned tuna, will be packed and delivered to those in need in Toronto and the GTA, said

Passover Food Drive chair Glenda Ephron Cooper.

Volunteer drivers are needed April 6 to deliver boxes between 8:30 a.m. and noon, Ephron Cooper said, adding those who are interested can show up at 4700 Bathurst St. the morning of. Each driver is expected to

deliver six to eight boxes.

Along with volunteers, the food drive is also looking for food and monetary donations, with cash going towards purchasing perishable items such as chicken, she said.

“Our delivery numbers are the same as last year, but my gut

tells me it’s always going to be more,” Ephron Cooper said. “The drive started 32 years ago with 25 boxes. There has been a lot of immigration and change since then. There are a lot of seniors, single families, unemployment.

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JCCC screens ‘Unforgiven’ K en Watanabe (Inception) stars in director Lee Sang-il’s visionary remake of Clint Eastwood’s iconic Academy Award winner, Unforgiven.

Continuing a rich tradition of cross-cultural adaptations, Lee swaps six-shooters for samurai swords, transposing the classic western to Meijiperiod Japan.

The film was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and is being shown at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), 6 Garamond Ct., at 7 p.m.

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Admission is $8 for JCCC members, $10 for nonmembers.

The screening will be preceded by the announcement of the Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2014 lineup.

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Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. Toronto photographer Mario Voltolina presents Fiori, a celebration of colour and life through contemporary floral portraiture. Voltolina’s body of work covers both digital and analogue technologies that create candid images reflecting his surroundings.

Meet the artist on opening night; the work will be on display until June 6 at the free exhibition.

Visit http://torontobotanicalgarden.ca Centre changes venue and schedule wStage Taking a Chance on Love by C. Robert Jones is the latest production being put on by Stage Centre Productions, which normally makes use of Fairview Library theatre, Due to a flood at the adjoining library, the show will go on at the Crescent School Theatre, 2365 Bayview Ave. And instead of a two-week run, the play

will be staged from March 19 to 22, including a matinee on March 22 for a total of five performances. This new venue seats about 300, and Stage Centre website states this will allow all patrons to be accommodated.

Tickets are not available online for this play, so call the box office at 416-2995557. Visit www.stagecentreproductions.com for show details.

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A 3D short made with participation from Seneca College’s Animation Arts Centre won best animated short at the Canadian Screen Awards.

Oscar-winning director Chris Landreth took home the prize March 9 for his 11-minute 3D short, Subconscious Password.

This was the latest of several honours for the short, which include the Annecy Cristal Award for best short film at its world premiere in June at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France.

For Subconscious Password, Landreth teamed up once again with producer Marcy Page of the National Film Board of Canada, producer Mark Smith of Copperheart Entertainment, and faculty

and students from Seneca College, who collaborated with him to make Ryan, which won the 2004 Academy Award for best animated short film.

“Seneca students have been involved in animating the last three films I’ve done with the National Film Board,” Landreth said in a release.

“It was completely natural to work with Seneca again on this project and it’s invigorating to work with such talented and up-andcoming animators. The students were more professional than many of the professionals I know.”

More than 15 graduating students were given the chance to work on Subconscious Password, with support from five faculty members, as part

of the Animation Arts Centre’s Summer Animation Institute in 2012.

After graduating, many of them were hired to work on the project until it was completed last February.

“We’re thrilled that Subconscious Password has won a Canadian Screen Award and we are very proud of Seneca’s contribution to the film,” Mark Jones, Seneca’s chair of Creative Arts and Animation, said in a release.

Several Seneca visual effects for film and television professors and graduates also worked on the television series Vikings, which won a Canadian Screen Award for best visual effects.

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North York’s Danelle Im eyes 2018 Olympics David Grossman nym@insidetoronto.com You won’t find her winning a scoring championship or signing autographs, but Danelle Im has something very special going her way right now.

And the North York native can send along her gratitude to older siblings Justin and Chris for their role in getting her actively involved in playing hockey.

Im, whose home is in the Yonge and Finch area, but is now finishing a third year of kinesiology studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, might very well be competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

For Im, she could be wearing the national uniform of Korea – where her parents were born. Some might think it’s a bit to soon for Im to be getting excited, but there is evidence that Korea is more than interested.

“I look at it as an opportunity and know that Korea has a developing team – and they might think I can help,” said Im, a graduate of Willowdale Christian School before choosing to take public transit and attend North Toronto Collegiate.

“Seems like they are

interested in me, nothing is confirmed just yet, but I’ll just wait for now. When I look at the scenario, it’s pretty amazing for me – and an honour to be considered.”

Ranked 24th in the world, Korea has never qualified for the Olympics.

With the big event coming to Korea, the country has a chance to plan for the future – and Im might be designated as one of those building blocks.

Im, who is 21 years, was invited to South Korea last summer, as a guest of the Korean Ice Hockey Association, to skate with the national team. They picked up the costs and liked what they saw of her play.

While she may not be a prolific goal scorer, the speedy and gifted winger has potted some big goals – including the one with 8:43 gone in the second period – that turned out to be all Laurier needed to win the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) women’s title and a berth in the national playoffs in Fredericton.

Im has played on two OUA championship teams in her two years at Laurier and is also the recipient of an All-Canadian academic award.

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A 22-year-old man is recovering after being stabbed during a road rage incident Monday night.

Police said the violence happened on the Victoria Park Avenue off-ramp from Hwy. 401 eastbound around 11:45 p.m. on March 17.

“We responded to a road rage incident,” Const. Victor Kwong said. “There was a physical altercation...then there was a stabbing.”

The victim was found near Victoria Park and Sheppard avenues.

Paramedics took him to a trauma centre for emergency treatment. His stab wound was serious but not life-threatening.

Police didn’t release a description of the suspect.

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Wilfrid Laurier University’s Danelle Im, right, takes Queen’s defender Danelle Bishoff into the boards during recent Ontario University Athletics playoff hockey action.

“It’s amazing what has gone on for me,” said Im, who remembers starting

her hockey career playing on the Willowdale Blackhawks boy’s Double-A

squad. “I was six years old and wore my brother’s hand-me-down skates.”

Man charged in connection with shooting at York U. Five others charged as a result of subsequent police search A man faces charges in connection with a shooting at York University that injured two women.

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That’s what the annual Earth Hour event calls for, this year on Saturday, March 29 between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Organized by the World Wildlife Fund, the event encourages residents and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol of support for the planet. It is a worldwide event that, according to organizers, has participation from more than 7,000 cities and towns in 154 countries worldwide.

But the concept isn’t front of mind for all Torontonians. In the city last year, according to Toronto Hydro, there was a seven per cent reduction in energy use. In 2009, the city a 15 per cent reducour view experienced tion in energy use. So what’s hapConservation pening?

For symbolism to have strength, there needs to be measurable needs to be momentum.

There has to be front-of-mind growth. If there isn’t, the impact of the overall message – however powerful it may be – is blunted.

One way of ensuring that momentum takes place is seeing new and interesting ways of integrating the event into community life.

We’re encouraged, for example, that some pockets of the community build a neighbourhood gathering around Earth Hour.

Last year, there was an outdoor concert in Roncesvalles Village. This year, in Etobicoke, there’s a concert at Islington United Church celebrating the 20th anniversary of the church’s organ. In North York, the Yonge-Sheppard neighbourhood will once again have its annual Earth Hour community walk.

It’s a fine idea to consider joining a local Earth Hour event. So, too, is using our creativity to come up with our own localized Earth Hour events. Either way, you have people getting together, united in a common cause. Everyone can appreciate the environmental and cost benefits of saving energy. It’s great that Earth Hour can help bring that message to the forefront.

Ideally, respect for the environment and energy conservation is a constant, front-of-mind proposition – not just for one hour in a year.

For some, Earth Hour is a place to start. For others it’s one simple activity in an ever-mindful drive to preserve the environment.

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irst off, I’d like to offer a belated congratulations to the King of the Jungle for living up to his end of the bargain.

March most definitely came in like the proverbial lion. Kudos, big guy.

I knew I could count on you.

Ah, but will I be able to say the same to your sheepish animal kingdom counterpart less than two weeks from now?

That’s the topic for today.

The $64,000 question is: will March stay true to its well-known weather idiom by going out like a lamb?

The jury is still out on that. When I say jury, there are only two of us on it at the moment – Ted and I. And truth to be told, the value of the question we’re pondering is quite a bit less. It’s 20 cents. We have a whole Timbit riding on the outcome.

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY I say yes, It will go out like a lamb. Ted says no chance, it’s gonna go out the same way it came in, with a mighty roar.

As an aside, we also have a side bet of another Timbit on the actual cost of a Timbit. He says it can’t possibly be 20 cents. He figures it’s a lot less than that. Likely closer to a nickel.

He also says nobody in their right mind would buy just one.

I told him I’ve purchased one Timbit plenty of times.

To which he responded, “I rest my case.”

But back to the matter at hand.

It’s still early, but I’d have to begrudgingly admit Ted’s looking pretty good right now. In the

prediction department, that is. As for braving the elements department? Not so much, I’m afraid.

Ted says unashamedly, that when it comes to weather, he’s a fairweather fan. What’s more, by declaring that he’s a fair-weather weather fan he says it isn’t just cold weather he detests. He says he doesn’t care for fair weather either. He likes one and only one kind of weather: hot, hot, hot.

I told him nobody in their right mind would offer that ridiculous kind of definition. He told me he does it routinely.

To which I responded, “I rest MY case.”

How the heck two jury members are able to rest their cases during a trial is a column for another day. The point is Ted’s convinced that this unseasonably long cold spell is proof that it isn’t going to end for quite some time,

which is what precipitated our wager.

He’s far from alone.

It seems everybody you bump into is grumbling that we’ll probably still have winter in May. So...over to you lambs.

The ball is in your court.

Hey, I know you’re really up against it this March.

This lion has been on his game, no doubt about it.

I say it’s time to show him who’s boss.

And to prove I believe in you, I’m going put my money where my mouth is.

Not only will I give you the two Timbits I’m going to win from Ted, I’ll splurge for a Tim Hortons muffin, too. Your favourite – baaaaanaaaaana nut.

Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics?

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Health Needs of the Chinese Community WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: North York Civic Centre Council Chamber, 5100 Yonge St. CONTACT: CHAmbassador2@hsf. on.ca COST: Free Ontario Chinese Health Coalition is looking for volunteers for the meeting. Register at www.ochcmobilize. eventbrite.ca.

Community Volunteer Income Tax Clinics WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Downsview Public Library, 2793 Keele St. CONTACT: 416-395-5720 COST: Free Program provided by the Canada Revenue Agency for people with low incomes and simple tax situations.

Saturdays until May 10. Registration is required.

Shabbat Itanu, Shabbat of Inclusion WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-3281, www.templesinai. net, programs@templesinai.net COST: Free Paul Rosen, Olympic sledge hockey player and sports commentator for

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Ten Healthy Habits Of Financial Management WHEN: 1 to 2 p.m. WHERE: Downsview Public Library, 2793 Keele St. CONTACT: Diana, 416-395-5720, doprograms@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Learn how to get your financial house in order. There will be a question-and-answer session following the one-hour presentation. Call or email to register.

Vendors Market WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: 15 Hove St. CONTACT: Susan, 647227-3733, sroitman@hotmail.com COST: Free Funds raised support B’nai Brith Canada and Uptown Chabad.

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. vestor.today@gmail.com COST: Free

Meditation WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Downsview Library, 2793 Keele St. CONTACT: Nomita Sanchdev, 647766-7050, gnosticculturalacentre@ gmail.com COST: Free

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Healthy Eating & Healthy Living Event WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Lawrence Square, 700 Lawrence Ave. W. CONTACT: Danielle Astrug, 416-303-2177, dastrug@nych.ca COST: Free Free community fair features exercise, food demonstrations and information from community organizations on how to live a healthy lifestyle.

Author Book Signing: ‘What Is Your Money Telling You?’ WHEN: 1 p.m. WHERE: Chapters, 2901 Bayview Ave., #132 CONTACT: Joe Barbieri, 647-286-8020, joethein-

Documentary: ‘Beautifully Broken’ WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Beth Torah, 47 Glenbrook Ave. CONTACT: Raina Kornhauser, 416782-4495, ext. 27, rsvp@bethtorah.ca COST: Free The film explores the life and work of Rafael Goldchain, a Canadian contemporary photographer whose work has been exhibited in major museums internationally. RSVP by email.

York Railway Modellers Spring Open House WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: York Railway Modellers, 5 Oakland Ave. CONTACT: Andy Orr, andyorr@

Plan a Successful Home Reno WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington Rd. CONTACT: 416-395-5440 COST: Free Call to register.

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Seniors Health and Wellness WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Brookbanks Library, 210 Brookbanks Dr. CONTACT: Jean Lee, 416-395-5480 COST: Free Bon Voyage: Terrific Travel Tips and Delightful Destinations WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120

Yonge St. CONTACT: 416-395-5660, www.torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Hear from experts in the travel industry about hidden gems around the world, tried-and-true vacation spots, and how to find great deals.

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Posture improvement: the Mitzvah technique WHEN: 2 p.m. WHERE: Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington Rd. CONTACT: 416-395-5440 COST: Free Call to register.

Archaeology and the Reign of Hezekiah of Judah WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Beth David B’Nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue, 55 Yeomans Rd. CONTACT: 416-633-5500, barge@sympatico.ca COST: Free

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Rosa Siciliano was planning to celebrate her grandparents’ 60th wedding anniversary last Thursday evening, but a fire at the couple’s North York home that afternoon cancelled the celebration.

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the north york mirror examines a local issue. this week: neighbourhood equity score

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oronto’s community development and recreation committee has approved a new way to designate priority neighbourhoods – one that will shift resources through communities across the city.

The policy change must still be approved by Toronto Council

when it meets in April. But if it goes ahead, it will mean that the total number of those neighbourhoods will increase to 31 from the current 22.

The new neighbourhoods are eligible for additional programs and capital funding based on a new metric, called a “Neighbourhood Equity Score.”

don valley village Where: Wards 25, 26, 34 (Don Valley West, Don Valley East) Score: 73.19 City neighbourhood rank: 31/140

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humbermede* Where: Ward 33 (Don Valley East) Score: 60.52 City neighbourhood rank: 61/140

downsview-roding-cfb* Where: Ward 10 (York Centre) Score: 58.41 City neighbourhood rank: 68/140

bayview village

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bayview woods-steeles Where: Ward 24 (Willowdale) Score: 62.37 City neighbourhood rank: 59/140

black creek*

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Where: Wards 11,12 (York South-Weston) Score: 43.07 City neighbourhood rank: 109/140

clanton park

Where: Ward 24 (Willowdale) Score: 65.18 City Rank: 52/140

newtonbrook west

Where: Ward 10 (York Centre) Score: 46.57 City neighbourhood rank: 103/140

willowdale east

Where: Ward 23 (Willowdale) Score: 56.07 City neighbourhood rank: 76/140

Where: Ward 34 ( Don Valley East) Score: 53.79 City neighbourhood rank: 83=/140

Where: Ward 24 (Willowdale) Score: 65.84 City neighbourhood rank: 47/140

Where: Wards 7, 11, 12 (York West, York South-Weston) Score: 53.79 City neighbourhood rank: 83=/140

pleasant view Where: Ward 7 (York West) Score: 34.30 City neighbourhood rank: 127/140

Where: Ward 34 (Don Valley East) Score: 40.39 City neighbourhood rank: 113/140

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humber summit* Where: Wards 9, 10 (York Centre) Score: 69.53 City neighbourhood rank: 37/140

victoria village*

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hillcrest village

Where: Wards 25, 34 (Don Valley West, Don Valley East) Score: 77.43 City neighbourhood rank: 19/140

Where: Ward 12 (York South-Weston) Score: 50.72 City neighbourhood rank: 93/140

Where: Ward 33 (Don Valley East) Score: 51.87 City neighbourhood rank: 89/140

Score: 83.04 City neighbourhood rank: 10/140

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Where: Wards 7, 8, 9 (York West, York Centre) Score: 24.39 City neighbourhood rank: 139/140

Where: Wards 25, 26 (Don Valley West)

Where: Ward 12 (York South-Weston) Score: 35.40 City neighbourhood rank: 126/140

Where: Wards 10, 23 (York Centre, Willowdale) Score: 76.15 City neighbourhood rank: 25/140

Where: Wards 26 (Don Valley West) Score: 35.81 City neighbourhood rank: 124/140

Where: Ward 8 (York West) Score: 21.38 City neighbourhood rank: 140/140

To see city-wide scores, and to review the methodology used to obtain these scores, visit our story online to download the city documents: http://bit.ly/1j3VGMu

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Where: Ward 15 (Eglinton-Lawrence) Score: 56.01 City neighbourhood rank: 77/140

flemingdon park*

the city’s 140 neighbourhoods and, under this metric, whether that neighbourhood could be designated as a priority neighbourhood (noted with a *).

Where: Ward 7 (York West) Score: 36.09 City neighbourhood rank: 122/140

Where: Wards 7, 9 (York West, York Centre) Score: 37.16 City neighbourhood rank: 119/140

Where: Wards 24, 33 (Willowdale, Don Valley East) Score: 71.65 City neighbourhood rank: 34/140

It looks at various categories including unemployment levels, education level, voting rates, physical surroundings and health levels.

Below, we’ve listed the 32 neighbourhoods served by The North York Mirror and included that neighbourhood’s Equity Score, that score’s ranking within

Where: Ward 23 (Willowdale) Score: 69.67 City neighbourhood rank: 36/140

willowdale west Where: Ward 23 (Willowdale) Score: 67.04 City neighbourhood rank: 42/140

york university heights* Where: Wards 8, 9 (York West, York Centre) Score: 37.66 City neighbourhood rank: 117/140

yorkdale-glen park Where: Ward 33 (Don Valley East) Score: 65.72 City neighbourhood rank: 49/140

Where: Ward 15 (Eglinton-Lawrence) Score: 49.53 City neighbourhood rank: 96/140

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Cohost of Discovery Canada’s Daily Planet will give a presentation of his new book at the Ontario Science Centre Saturday.

Dan Riskin’s Saturday presentation on his book Mother Nature Is Trying To Kill You will begin at 2 p.m. inside the centre’s Weston Family Innovation Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd. The presentation is free with admission.

There are a couple of names to add to the original list of seven North York students who obtained Royal Conservatory of Music gold medals earlier this year.

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York University student Emanuel Ebrahim and president Mamdouh Shoukri walked in each others’ shoes yesterday.

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A woman faces charges and another is recovering from a stab wound following a fight in a North York apartment early Friday.

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kilometres in the Greater Toronto Area – and located on major roadways like the QEW, Gardiner Expressway, the Don Valley Parkway, Lake Shore Boulevard and the 400-series highways. They would be intended for use

by Games personnel, athletes, media and public transit and restricted to single-occupancy vehicles before, during and after the Pan Am and Rahul Gupta Parapan American Games.

However, there are no plans to rgupta@insidetoronto.com enforce proper use of the lanes The provincial government is planbeyond current security levels. ning to establish a special road netSpeaking at a press conference work to transport athletes competing on Friday, Chan said Games orgain the 2015 Toronto Pan American nizers were confident traffic levels Games. during the Games could be reduced Introduced by Ontario Tourism by as much as 20 per cent locally – if Minister Michael Chan, people commit to the carBe a part of the the proposal would see pooling measures, make a coordinated system of use of public transit and discussion. Visit priority lanes to form a take alternate routes to this story on our Games Route Network website and share get around.

(GRN) linking venues “We are very confident your thoughts in and training facilities in achieving this 20 per cent the comments the downtown core and target is attainable,” Chan section. throughout Southern told reporters, saying the Ontario. reduction would be com bit.ly/1lIypgp According to the plan, parable to that achieved some 770 kilometres of lanes would during the 2010 Vancouver Winter be designated as High Occupancy Games and the 2012 Summer Vehicle (HOV) lanes – including 150 Olympics in London.

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The province is proposing a Games Route Network (GRN) for the upcoming 2015 Pan Am Games.

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In addition, Games attendees will be able to use their admission tickets to ride GO Transit and TTC as well as other local transit agencies without paying an additional fare.

Complicating matters, particularly within the Toronto city limits, are ongoing construction activities such as the Union Station revitalization as well as regular congestion affecting roadways and the subway system.

The plan estimates some 1.4 million spectators will visit Toronto and surrounding areas for the games as well as 23,000 organizers, coaches and athletes.

Following the announcement opponents of the plan, including the Ontario Conservatives, warned the measures would create “traffic chaos” and prevent local residents from attending the Games.

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Raitt mum on federal transportation funding at TRBOT RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Rail safety and trade were top of mind during Lisa Raitt’s speech to the Toronto Region Board of Trade (TRBOT) Tuesday afternoon.

During her approximately 30-minute address, the federal transportation minister – who was appointed to her current post just nine days after the July 2013 Lac-Megantic rail tragedy – spoke extensively about ensuring safe and reliable transportation of combustible materials such as fuel whether by rail, pipeline or ship.

“We want to have world-class safety systems for all of those forms, because we have to make sure we have that social licence to deliver the goods in the best way we can,” said Raitt to a packed ballroom of business and transportation professionals inside the Sheraton Centre hotel.

Raitt also spoke of free trade agreements Canada has signed with the European Union and more recently South Korea, saying Ontario specifically would benefit from the agreements.

Premier Kathleen Wynne as well as major automobile manufacturers like Ford with a strong base in the province have already spoken out against the South Korean deal, saying it will jeopardize thousands of automotive jobs.

Raitt countered those criticisms by insisting it would remove around 98 per cent of all tariffs in place currently between Canada and South Korea, thereby creating new export opportunities for Ontario businesses, which she said averaged around $550 million per year in exports to the country between 2010 and 2012.

“Once this agreement comes into force, tariffs will be eliminated on almost all of Canada and Ontario’s key exports in particular,” she said.

Raitt spent only a few minutes speaking about new transportation investments, such as new bridge planned along the Detroit River connecting Detroit and Windsor, and another in Montreal announced as part of this year’s fiscal budget.

She also trumpeted the Harper government’s project-by-project investment in local infrastructure improvements such as the Union Station renovations – of which the federal government has committed $133 million to the estimated $800 million budget – plus gas tax revenue allocations which have transferred nearly one billion dollars since 2006 to TTC capital projects.

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ernment funding for Toronto-area aspirations such as the Relief Subway line, telling reporters after her speech any such decisions were not part of her minister’s portfolio and would be left to local politicians.

“I certainly know transit is incredibly important to the GTA, but the

specifics of what will be built is something left to the local needs to figure out and then talk to us in terms of what funding is available,” she said.

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ing discussions did not come up as a topic of discussion.

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Ontario Power Authority officials are sounding the alarm after an Etobicoke resident reported she received a solicitation call to inspect her furnace from someone purporting to be with the authority.

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) co-ordinates province-wide conservation efforts, plans the electricity system long-term and contracts for clean electricity sources.

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Courage Canada Blind Hockey tourney this weekend The world’s only blind hockey tournament will return for its second annual event this weekend.

Minister of State for Sport, Bal Gosal, will drop the puck at the opening ceremony for the three-day 2014 Courage Canada National Blind Hockey Tournament at the former Maple Leaf Gardens.

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This week the province introduced tough penalties for drivers caught operating a mobile device while driving.

Announced by Ontario Transportation Minister Glen Murray on Monday, the measures are part of a proposed amendment of the provincial Highway Traffic Act intended to improve road safety in the province and curb distracted driving, which kills almost as many people annually as impaired driving.

If the bill is passed, fines for distracted driving would increase to a maximum of $1,000 as well as tack on an additional penalty of three demerit points.

The proposed bill also increases penalties for “dooring” – when a driver opens a car door in the path of an oncoming cyclist – and requires automobiles to keep one metre apart while passing cyclists.

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If a new rating system tracking convenience of accessing public transit is to be believed, Toronto is number one in the country.

Walk Score, an American company best known for rating municipalities and neighbourhoods based on their walkability, released its first-ever scores for transit access. It gives the city a score of 78, one higher than Montreal.

“Toronto has great transit – a subway system, streetcars, extensive bus service, and GO Transit rail lines serving the outer suburbs,” reads Walk Score’s entry for the city.

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A new “ski transit” service was announced in New York recently and will provide bus trips from Toronto and New York City to several ski resorts in the state.

The I Ski NY bus service kicks off next season, and will offer trips from Toronto to six ski mountains.

Few details about how the service will operate in Toronto are known, but New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a press release the intention of the initiative is to promote ski attractions in the state to locals and out-of-towners alike.

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On Monday, one of those showed up to file papers at city hall – Ari Goldkind, a 40-yearold criminal defence lawyer.

He made some headlines saying that he has a nose for B.S. and referring to the current mayor as Sideshow Rob. If past experience is any indication, an ambitious but untested outsider like Goldkind will go exactly nowhere in this race.

He is a fringe candidate.

But it’s rude not to ask what ideas even a fringe candidate brings to the table, and so that’s what I did. He started out sounding a bit like David Soknacki and Olivia Chow, advocating a return to the LRT in Scarborough over the council-approved subway.

Then he kind of sounded like Soknacki on the land transfer tax, but it turned out I’d misunderstood when I thought he said exemptions to the tax should go to lowerpriced houses and purchasers of homes worth more than $1.1 million should pay more.

����� ������ ��� ���� What Goldkind actually wanted to see was the land transfer tax increased on million-dollar homes, and everybody else pay the same. That, along with higher property taxes, would pay for repairs and improvements of Toronto’s public housing.

Goldkind may throw around words like B.S. pretty freely, but for him, and really only him, taxes are not a dirty word.

After we spoke, it struck me: higher taxes shouldn’t be a de facto taboo, as they’ve become.

Because while Goldkind might not have a hope at winning the election, if he actually pulled it off, his program of tax-and-spend government would probably make life a lot better here and drive almost no one from their homes.

Taxes are low in Toronto – lower than elsewhere – and yet services are slipping.

According to this year’s Ombudsman’s Annual Report, even basic customer service

isn’t sustainable.

As this year’s budget debate wrapped up, city manager Joe Pennachetti said property taxes will practically have to rise more dramatically in coming years than they have in the past, just to maintain status quo.

Toronto is circling the drain. And yet, the collection of miserly landholders that make up Toronto will almost certainly shuffle out and cast their vote for one of five or so A-list mayoralty candidates with well-known resumes and no stomach for pitching the larger-scale tax hikes the city needs to pull out of its spin.

Now, I can’t say anybody should go to vote for the unknown criminal defence lawyer who just joined the long list of fringe mayoralty candidates.

But maybe it’s time we shook our heads, and stopped believing we can have a great or even decent future, paying only a little more than we did in the past.

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