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North York Urban Hero Award winners get together at the conclusion of the presentation ceremony held Tuesday at Centerpoint Mall. See our story on page 3 as well as our special section on the recipients starting on page 15.

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“We felt our faith had been hijacked by these extremists.”

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CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com The annual North York Urban Hero Awards event was held Tuesday at Centerpoint Mall to celebrate and acknowledge local residents, organizations and businesses for giving back to the community.

“It’s important to recognize and honour heroes in the communities that we live in,” said Ian Proudfoot, publisher of Metroland Media Toronto, which publishes nine community newspapers across the city including The North York Mirror.

The award recipients this year were selected in a wide range of categories: arts and culture, business, community, environment, health and science, education and sports.

While each award recipient was nominated for numerous reasons, they all expressed their gratitude that evening and shared similar reasons for why they continue to enjoy serving the North York community.

“The work that I’m doing is very rewarding,” said Gael Ross, who was nominated for her volunteer work with Toronto Police Services where she founded the program Buckle Up Animal Restraint Control to educate pet owners on the dangers of having an unrestrained pet riding in a motor vehicle.

Her volunteerism also extends to helping the elderly at the Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged.

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work that you love is beyond words,” Ross said.

Fellow award recipient Talisha Ramsaroop shared her sentiments.

“I’m really grateful,” said the York University graduate student, whose commitment to social justice for youth in the Jane-Finch community was recognized by her colleagues as well as the youth in the NOISE mentoring project.

“It’s amazing to see people getting acknowledged for the work they’re doing.”

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– Gael Ross, North York Urban Hero Award recipient

Suppor ters of Resa Kochberg cheered her on as she received an Urban Hero Award for bringing together former amateur musicians ranging in age from their 20s to their 90s through her group Resa’s Pieces.

“We give back to the community by doing performances in North York and by bringing people back to music,” said Kochberg, adding she felt humbled and appreciated for being recognized for the community work that she’s done over the last 16 years.

Read about all the recipients in a special section in this week’s newspaper where you will find their bios and photos.

Top, Amit Sharma, left, Sonia Garbin and Sacha Michna (of the Yorkdale Cops for Cancer Committee) accept their North York Urban Hero Award from Metroland Media Toronto’s Warren Elder during a presentation ceremony held Tuesday at Centerpoint Mall. Left, Trudy-Ann Powell, a recipient in the education category, with her award and Elder. Visit northyorkmirror.com for more pictures of the award recipients.

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Sunnybrook doctor leads mission to Ukraine Today, a Canadian medical team, including members from North York’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, will head to Ukraine to provide specialized post-traumatic reconstructive surgical procedures otherwise unavailable to the people there.

Since November 2013, more than 1,700 people have been injured in demonstrations in the Eastern European country, which has experienced a year of political turmoil.

“We look forward to helping those with the greatest need in Ukraine while promoting surgical education by actively engaging their local medical professionals and preparing them to treat injuries and post-traumatic deformities going forward,” Dr. Oleh Antonyshyn, head of the mission and head of the Adult Craniofacial Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, said in a statement.

The team will treat facial and upper extremity trauma, post-traumatic craniofacial deformities, soft tissue defects and scars, and upper extremity disorders, a press release about the mission said.

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Firefighters rescued a worker from the roof of a North York townhouse after he suffered a back injury that made him unable to move yesterday.

Emergency crews were called to the home, on Scenic Millway near Bayview Avenue and York Mills Road, at 10:37 a.m.

Toronto Fire Services platoon chief Trevor Trotter said the roofer, believed to be in

his 30s, injured his back while swinging an axe on the roof.

“From what I understand, he hurt his back prior to this, and this further aggravated it, and he couldn’t really walk,” Trotter said at the scene.

“So the best way to take him down was to put him on a backboard and put him on our stretcher and take him down the ladder.”

The rescue took nearly an hour.

Paramedics took the victim to hospital for treatment.

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Toronto firefighters transport a roofing labourer from a Scenic Millway townhouse, in the York Mills Road and Bayview Avenue area, yesterday.

Domenic Santaguida, centre, a longtime North York resident, celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 25. Pictured with his daughters Vicky, left, and Teresa, Santaguida was feted by about 150 friends and family members.

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fter recent events in Quebec and Ottawa saw the killing of two Canadian military personnel, and an attack on Parliament Hill, it is important to remember that soldiers continue to serve our country every day – both at home and abroad.

Torontonians went to the polls Oct. 27 to elect a mayor and city councillors who will govern our city for the next four years.

With Remembrance Day taking place this Tuesday it’s beholden to Torontonians to remember what those who serve this country are fighting for – the right for democracy allowing every single one of us to vote for our elected officials, and to stand up for what we believe in as a country, province and city.

This sentiment has been said before, perhaps every Remembrance Day, and in the pages of this newspaper – but with the recent election and a federal election in 2015, it is a sentiment worth repeating. our view Voter turnout increased for the 2014 municipal election – Use your right more than 60 per cent of those to be involved eligible cast their ballots – and is something we should strive and be heard to do each and every election.

Engagement pays respect to those who fought for our right to engage in politics.

But once you’ve cast your vote – whether you liked the outcome or not – it is not time to stand still. Your vote continues, your opinion continues, and your ability to impact policy and decisions continues.

If all you do is cast a ballot but do little else over the next four years, then it was all for naught.

Participate in town halls, call your councillor, join a residents’ or community association and let your voice be heard.

With each military mission Canada has engaged in – including the most recent one against ISIS – our country offers up its military family to fight for freedom. Not just ours, but the freedom of other countries and innocent people.

Voting is a sometimes dangerous endeavor in many countries. For us it is simple: go to a polling station and participate.

No worry, no danger. We owe it to every soldier who fought for our freedom to remain engaged in the political future of our country, province and our city.

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Learning the ABCs of pre-game rituals

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ockey players tend to be creatures of habit, particularly on game days. They like to go to the rink along the same route, put on their gear in the same order, do the same on-ice warm-up and so on.

It all starts with the regular pre-game meal, which is often set in stone at the earliest of ages. I witnessed this ritual first-hand on Sunday when my friend Laura invited me to join her to watch her little guy Jake play a league game.

When I dropped by to pick them up, Jake was fully dressed in all his hockey equipment, wolfing down his cherished pre-game lunch while Laura was on speaker phone. She had just got a call from her friend Molly.

Molly: “So I take it as we speak Jake is inhaling his SpaghettiOs?” Laura: “Uh, uh, uh.

Not just SpaghettiOs. Campbell’s SpaghettiOs. They have to be Campbell’s

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY SpaghettiOs or nothing.”

Molly: “You really expect me to believe he can actually tell the difference between Campbell’s and a competitor or even a noname brand?”

Laura: “Yes, blindfolded.

With a stuffed-up nose.

And his tongue tied behind his back. I once tried a substitute and he didn’t take a bite. The different smell alone made him gag. Since then I have to show him the tin it came in and post it on Facebook before I’m allowed to make it.”

Molly: “You‘ve got be kidding.”

Laura: “We never, ever, ever kid about SpaghettiOs in this house. And that‘s not the half of it. He has a whole routine he goes through each time. He eats all the consonants first.

One by one. In alphabetical order, no less.”

Molly: “No way.”

Laura: “Yes way. Most definitely way. What’s more, after he‘s done with the consonants he eats the vowels, but in reverse alphabetical order this time.”

Molly: “Why in reverse for the vowels?”

Laura: “Beats me. He says I’m not ready to know.

He’ll let me know when I am.”

Molly: “And I thought my Luke‘s routine of eating corn on the cob one row at a time and skipping the next row as he works his way through the cob was weird. Anyhow, beside the quirky dining habits, how’s Jake doing?”

Laura: “He’s great. But one thing he does is bothering me a bit.”

Molly: “What’s that?”

Laura: “Well, after all these years he still can’t say ‘SpaghettiOs’. He still says ‘PusghettiOs’. It was cute, but now I’m getting concerned. Any ideas?”

Molly: “That depends.

How old is your little man, anyhow?”

Laura: “He’ll be 47 this Friday.”

Molly: “Not to worry.

I went through the exact same thing with my Luke.

So I went to a speech clinic where I learned that having difficulty properly pronouncing food names during the all-important game day lunch is a common occurrence among players. The good news is there’s a very simple cure.”

Laura: “So what’s the solution?”

Molly: “Next time he’s sitting at the table in all his equipment eagerly waiting for you to prepare his pregame meal and you ask him what he wants, just make absolutely sure that before he speaks – he takes out his hockey mouth guard.”

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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Holocaust Remembrances from Two Jewish Worlds WHEN: 9 to 10:30 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-3281, www.templesinai. net, programs@templesinai.net COST: Free Program features musical works by Canadian composer Sid Robinovitch.

Fabrik: The Legend 0f M. Rabinowitz WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. CONTACT: Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company, 1-855-985-2787, http://hgjewishtheatre.com/201415_ Fabrik.html COST: $40 to $50 Show runs to Nov. 16.

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Teen Cooking Club WHEN: 4 to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Downsview Public Library, 2793 Keele St. CONTACT: 416-3955720, doyag@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free An expert from Toronto Public Health shows us how to experience food with all five senses. Get some hands-on experience with food preparation and do some taste testing. For ages 13 to 18. Limited space, registration required.

Bus Trip to Casino Rama WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: St. David’s Anglican Church, 1796 Lawrence Ave. W. CONTACT: 416247-5181 COST: $10 This is a fundraiser for St. Philip’s Anglican Church - Etobicoke.

HT Certificate Part One: Foundations of Horticulture as Therapy WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Jenny Rhodenizer, 416-397-1341 communication@torontobotanicalgarden.ca COST: Public $600, members $550 Explore the evolution of the therapeutic use of gardening.

Jubilee ArtCraft Show and Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Jubilee United Church, 40 Underhill Dr. CONTACT: Deborah Johnston,

Caregiver Stress WHEN: 10 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Don Mills Family Health Team, Suite 200-20 Wynford Dr. CONTACT: Indra

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Moffett, imoffett@alzheimertoronto. org COST: Free For caregivers supporting a person with dementia; presented by the Alzheimer Society of Toronto. Register at www.alzheimertoronto.org/ edu_FamilyFriends.htm Holly Bazaar and Lunch WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, 1 Greenland Rd. CONTACT: 416-4443471, http://stmarkstoronto.org COST: Free

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Holocaust Education Lecture: The Fabric of Survival WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of

Author Naomi Ragen WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: The Pride of Israel Synagogue, 59 Lissom Cr. CONTACT: Gillian Litvin, 289-2908038, gillianlitvin@gmail.com COST: $36 All funds raised go to support the needs of women and children. Tickets online at Naamattoronto.com or call 416 636-5425.

The Wonders of Ability Gala WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: York Mills Gallery, 1885 Leslie St. CONTACT: Talia Keter, 416-661-8222, ext. 223, www.mukibaumfoundation.com, talia@mukibaumfoundation.com COST: 120 MukiBaum Foundation fundraising event. All proceeds will support a new day program for individuals with complex developmental disabilities.

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. www.jubileeunited.com, djpottery@ me.com COST: $2 Also happening Friday, Nov. 7, noon to 7 p.m.

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‘100 Years of Medical Progress: Dr. FitzGerald and Connaught Labs in North York” WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Concourse, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: Geoff Kettel, 416-425-8954, gkettel@gmail.com COST: Free The event aims to throw light on the medical history and cultural heritage significance of Connaught Labs in North York.

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William Avery Bishop V.C.: War Hero and Legend WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: Andrew Lowe, 416-395-5623, www. torontopubliclibrary.ca, alowe@ torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Aviation historian Keith Hyde speaks on the life of pilot William Avery ‘Billy’ Bishop, V.C.

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‘I’m Not Going Back: Wartime Memoir of a Child Evacuee’ WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington Rd. CONTACT: 416-395-5441 COST: Free The launch of Kitty Wintrob’s updated edition of her memoir.

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Jamal Roache, 26, was gunned down while walking through the Wycombe Road

plaza around 11:30 p.m. He was later pronounced dead in hospital.

In video surveillance taken from the scene and played during a press conference Nov. 1, a dark blue or black Honda Civic is seen slowly following Roache.

A man then exists the passenger side and fires at Roache, striking the unarmed victim six to eight times. The man gets back

into the vehicle, which leaves the scene.

Det. Sgt. Steve Ryan of Homicide described the shooter wearing a black and gray hoodie, dark shoes with white soles and a toque. His race is not known.

“I hope someone will see the video and knows who the suspect is,” he said, adding he couldn’t say if the shooting was gang related, but confident it was a targeted

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“It was a brazen and calculated attack,” Ryan said, adding Roache was known to police.

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Ryan urged the driver to contact him or a lawyer, noting they may not have been aware of the shooting, as it happened quickly.

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Roache was the third child of Carol Roache to be gunned down. Her daughter, Chemere, 18, was killed in 2002 while leaving an Etobicoke club with her boyfriend, who was the intended target. Four men pled guilty to several charges, including

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elena Kirk knows what she’s going to ask Santa for this year, even though she’s pretty confident she won’t get it.

“I want to get my ears pierced, but my mom said I have to be 12,” said the 9-year-old, who was decked out in a crystal princess costume inside Santa’s Secret Workshop Tuesday.

Helena, along with several other costumed children, celebrity clowns, St. Nick and his wife, was on hand to launch the Christmas season with details for this year’s Santa Claus Parade at the Weston Road and Wilson Avenue-area workshop.

The 110th Santa Claus Parade, to be held Sunday, Nov. 16 at 12:30 p.m., will feature 31 floats, hundreds of costumed participants and 21 live bands.

Like last year, the 6.2-kilometre parade will get going at Christie Pits on Bloor Street, east of Ossington Avenue, and head east to Avenue Road. It will then turn south before continuing east on Wellington Street before ending at St. Lawrence Market at Front and Jarvis streets.

Helena used to watch the Santa Claus Parade on television and in person, and became involved this year through The Hospital for Sick Children, where she is a patient and an mbassador.

The East York resident, who will be part of Swarovski’s Swan Lake float, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age three and a half and celebrated five years of living cancerfree this past April 1.

Peter Beresford,

president of the Santa Claus Parade, said they partnered with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) over the summer. Along with bringing in new sponsors, MLSE is also arranging the second annual Holly Jolly Fun Run, starting at noon Sunday and following the same route as the parade.

All proceeds from the run will support the Santa Claus Parade, and will end with a celebration at Ford Fan Zone at Maple Leaf Square. The run will be limited to 2,000 participants.

Former Toronto Maple Leaf Wendel Clark, who works as a community representative for the Toronto Maple Leafs, will start off the Holly Jolly Fun Run. “I would watch the parade as a kid in Saskatchewan,” said the former Leafs captain, who attended the parade launch. “I think it’s great.

It’s one of those things that’s been around forever.”

New this year, the Lady Leafs will be selling noses at the Toronto Maple Leaf game Friday, Nov. 14, and the Lady Raptors will do the same thing the following night at the Toronto Raptors game, and on parade day at Union Station. Money raised will support the Air Cadets Squadron #180. Red noses will cost $2 each or three for $5.

Like in past years, Santa’s float will be equipped with a Santa Cam to capture the crowd as parade-goers watch Santa make his way through the streets.

Snapshots will be posted on the Santa Claus Parade website and available for print about three days after the parade.

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Above, Santa and some of his young helpers warm up Tuesday at the his secret Santa Claus Parade workshop (somewhere in North York!) as work continues in advance of the 110th version of the annual march on Nov. 16. At right, the Toronto Raptors’ mascot joins the Santa Claus Parade team aboard a float.

Photos/Peter C. McCusker

w 1905: Santa made his first official visit to Toronto on Sunday, Dec. 2, thanks to the sponsorship of T. Eaton Co. The original parade was a “one man show” with Santa as the only attraction. Santa arrived in the city by rail, transferred into a special automobile and rode through the downtown streets, handing out souvenirs and surprise packages along the way. w 1906: Making a grand entrance, Santa arrived at the parade in a carriage drawn by four white horses. w 1923: Santa rode down Yonge Street in a sled pulled by eight live reindeer brought in from Labrador, Newfoundland. Children along the route started to join in the march, periodically stopping to gather together and sing with a band. w 1927: The parade expanded to include seven floats leading the way for Santa. Over the years, many floats came to be identified with popular nursery rhymes and fairy tales. w 1953: Santa “came to town” on a more conventional style of mechanized float, featuring a sleigh led by eight white mechanical reindeer. This has since been his trademark for the Santa Claus Parade. w 1982: T. Eaton Co. had to withdraw from the parade sponsorship and 20 corporations joined together as sponsors to help continue the annual event. w 1995: The Santa Claus Parade became the world’s largest Christmas parade and the longest running children’s parade in the world. w 2011: Mrs. Claus joined Santa in the parade for the first time. w 2012: The Grey Cup joined forces with the Santa Claus Parade, with the real Grey Cup making an appearance along the parade route. w 2013: The Holly Jolly Fun Run took to the pavement for the first time. The five-kilometre fundraising initiative kicked off the parade and followed the same route as the parade. w 2014: The Santa Clause Parade and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment form a community partnership, resulting in new parade activities and renewed strength for the parade for years to come.

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Breaking barriers when it comes to the arts and business Interested in pursuing an artistic career?

Illustrator Lamin Martin will be at the Barbara Frum library branch Thursday, Nov. 13 for a talk on how he overcame various challenges to build his illustration business.

The event takes place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Register in person at the branch, 20 Covington Rd., or by phone at 416-395-5440.

For more information on Lamin Martin, visit www. laminmartin.com Small Business Network meets The next Small Business Network meeting at the North York Central library branch is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19.

Special guests will be Mallorie Brodie and Lauren Hasegawa, the founders of Bridgit, a mobile communication platform for the construction industry. They will

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Call 416-395-5613 to register. The session will be held in the Large Study Room (Teen Zone). an award winner wSecureKey

North York’s SecureKey Technologies recently came away with a pair of industry honours at the inaugural IVIE Awards.

The North York tech outfit was honoured in two categories: Canadian Secure ID Benefiting Citizens or Consumers and Canadian Secure ID Benefiting Governments.

The awards, created by ACT Canada, recognize innovation in payments and secure identity products

using secure chip technologies.

SecureKey’s head office is on York Mills Road. The company is a provider of trusted identity networks.

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Enterprise Toronto will be at the North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge St., for a workshop on dealing with anxiety.

The goal is ultimately to be more relaxed and focused so entrepreneurs can live meaningful and productive lives without sacrificing mental and physical health.

The session runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 20. The event is free, but registration is required at enterprisetoronto.com

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Tabby, bichon frisé seeking homes Catholic board hosting education fair Our featured adoptable pets for November are with local rescue organizations located in the North York area. You’ll meet Peaches, a sweet and gentle cat who loves all people, and you’ll also be introduced to Maggie, a social bichon frisé with a medical issue that has made finding her a forever home quite challenging.

Peaches is a petite, ninepound, brown and orange spayed female tabby with large, soulful brown eyes and a gentle purr.

She was abandoned and taken in by a Good Samaritan who is now fostering little Peaches. This gentle feline was terribly underweight when she was found but a steady diet of quality wholesome food has brought her to normal weight and given her a lusciously soft and velvety coat. She is now in perfect health and is up to date with her vaccines.

Peaches loves to be brushed, play with small catnip toys and use her scratching post.

“She is a princess so needs to be an only child,” says Roz Gelade, founder of Urban Cat

lorraine houston critter chatter Relief. “She definitely does not like other animals, preferring the company of people, especially children. Therefore she would do best in a home with no other pets.”

Peaches comes with toys, bowls and a carrier. For more information on Peaches or to inquire about adopting her, visit www.ucrcats.com or contact Roz at 647-716-2287 or roz.ucrcats@live.ca Maggie, an eight-year-old bichon frisé, is an absolute doll of a dog. She loves to meet new people and dogs, and her foster family takes her wherever they go.

In her foster home she has two adoring girls aged seven and 10 whom she has become quite smitten with. Maggie loves to go for walks and enjoys playing and spending time in the yard. She is a very quiet girl who loves to be near people but does not have any separation anxiety issues.

Maggie was recently diagnosed with Cushing’s disease.

She has completed her testing and has the type that can be managed with medication (the type that is more of a hormonal imbalance rather than a pituitary tumour).

Since starting her medication her water consumption has become more normalized and she does not have to urinate as much. Unlike many dogs with Cushing’s, Maggie does not have a voracious appetite. Her medication costs approximately $75 per month and she will need to be on it for the rest of her life. While waiting for her new home, Maggie is enjoying the crisp fall air on the cushioned lawn chair at her foster family’s home.

For more information visit www.speakingofdogs.com or email info@speakingofdogs. com Lorraine Houston is director of Speaking of Dogs, an organization devoted to education, outreach and rescue. Her column appears the last Thursday of every month. Contact her at lhh4dogs@rogers.com

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An education and community resources fair will take place at the Catholic Education Centre, 80 Sheppard Ave. E., Saturday.

The event, hosted by the Toronto Catholic District

School Board special services department and the Special Education Advisory Committee, runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Visit the community agency booths on hand or speak to

staff during the fair.

Dr. John Mighton will be the keynote speaker.

No registration is required.

Participants who may require a translator are asked to call 416-222-8282, ext. 2586.

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Forum scheduled for Nov. 13 at Vari Hall >>>from page 1 on the “ISIS” part of the word crisis to refer to the terrorist group ISIS or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

The campaign is part of a national movement by students and others to highlight the global issues of growing youth radicalization and increasing Islamophobia, which is the fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.

Qudrat said he is grateful to live in Canada, a country where people are educated and most don’t link Islam to terrorist acts.

At the same time, he understands that people are afraid and don’t understand why extremists are committing atrocities.

He also pointed out it is not only radicals identified as Islamic extremists that carry out terrorist acts.

The Nov. 13 forum will feature a Canadian who has converted to Islam who will condemn ISIS. While the forum had already been in the works, it has taken on additional significance since the murders of two Canadian soldiers in October: Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo .

Qudrat, a third-year student at York’s Schulich School of Business, condemned the killing of the soldiers. The deplorable actions do not represent the “pure and pristine” teachings of Islam, he said.

The issue of youth radicalization hits close to home at York, Qudrat, said.

He pointed to former biology student Mohamud Mohamed Mohamud, who appears to have been killed in September while fighting with ISIS in Syria.

“We can’t just avoid (the issue) and hope it doesn’t happen again,” Qudrat said.

He is hoping the forum will “leave an impact in the hearts of Canadians” so everyone understands terrorist acts have nothing to do with Islam.

The forum will be held Nov. 13 in York’s Vari Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. and a free dinner will be served.

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All told, upgrading the signal system, which will take four years to complete, will cost nearly $366 million with the remaining amount coming from federal government infrastructure funding.

The work will improve service in time for the expected doubling of ridership in as soon as a decade, says the regional transit service.

The upgrades are expected to begin in 2015.

TORY PROMISES quick CONGESTION relief In a radio interview this week, John Tory briefly outlined some of his plans to improve gridlock, including naming himself “traffic czar” when he officially takes to the mayor’s office in December.

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Do you like to draw while taking public transit?

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Remembrance Day is a tradition to share across generations Remembrance Day is a solemn time to commemorate soldiers’ achievements and sacrifices and to pay respect to solders who died in battle.

But you might not know the significance behind the poppy or why we commemorate on November 11.

Here is a brief history of some Remembrance Day traditions to share with the whole family.

Armistice Day Remembrance Day was once known as Armistice Day because it marks the signing of the armistice that put an end to the hostilities of World War I. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, guns fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare between the Germans and Allied troops. The armistice agreement was signed in a French train carriage at 11 a.m.

Remembrance Day evolution Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day after World War II to commemorate soldiers from both world wars.

It is now used as a way to pay hommage to any fallen soldier.

In Canada, official national ceremonies are held at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Events begin with the tolling of the Carillon in the Peace Tower, during which members of the Canadian Forces participate and congregate at Confederation Square. Similar ceremonies take place in provincial capitals across the country. Very often moments of silence are offered for lost lives.

What about the poppies?

One of the unifying symbols of Remembrance Day is the poppy that is worn to honor lost soldiers. The bold, red color of the flower has become an enduring symbol of those who died so that others may be free.

The poppy became a symbol for a specific reason. Some of the most concentrated fighting of World War I took place in Flanders, a region in western Belgium. As a result of the fighting, most signs of natural life had been obliterated from the region, leaving behind mud and not much else.

The only living thing to survive was the poppy flower, which bloomed with the coming of the warm weather the year after fighting in the region had ceased.

Poppies grow in disturbed soil and can lie dormant in the ground without germinating. Without the war, they may have never come to the surface.

John McCrae, a doctor serving with the Canadian Armed Forces, was moved by the vision of poppies flowering in Flanders and wrote a poem titled “In Flanders Fields.” After the poem was published, it received international acclaim, and the poppy became a popular symbol of those lost in battle.

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Top economist new chair of Central Tory must get his executive right david nickle Local Health Integration Network The Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), which oversees health care planning for an area stretching from North York and York north to Lake Simcoe, has a new chair.

Dr. Warren Jestin was appointed chair of the board of directors on Thursday Oct. 30 for a three-year term.

He is Scotiabank’s chief economist and has been with the bank since 1979.

Jestin also serves on the boards of other organizations including Seneca College. He is past chair of the Markham Stouffville Hospital board of directors.

Jestin said he’s honoured to be joining the Central

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“I look forward to working together with Central LHIN’s board, leadership and health service providers to support the significant progress being made towards the creation of a high-quality, personcentred health care system in our community,” he said in a statement.

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It is a quiet time at Toronto City Hall this week.

With the new council weeks away, radio silence seems to be the watchword.

In at least the first part of the week, mayor-elect John Tory took time off to recharge after a long campaign.

If councillors have heard from him or his team about their roles in the new administration, they’re not talking about it. The mayorelect did tell a local radio show that he would hope to noticeably improve traffic congestion by early 2015.

But he’s going to have to deal with another congestion issue a little bit sooner: namely, deciding the shape of his executive committee.

Case Ootes, who’s heading up Tory’s transition team, wouldn’t speculate on how that committee would find its shape, but he did acknowledge the committee would be no good if its members didn’t help Tory implement his agenda.

Getting this one right is crucial. The question is,

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what kind of “right” is right for John Tory.

When Ootes helped Rob Ford make an executive committee four years ago, the two came up with a membership that was entirely suburban, mostly male and of a single mind politically. Councillors from the former City of Toronto and most of the women on council were on the outside.

That composition suited the Ford administration as he wasn’t elected on a mandate of conciliation, and a divided council suited his style.

Tory’s playing a different game. He’s billed himself as a city-healer. If that promise is going to bear fruit, he’s going to have to reach across the aisle.

Not altogether, of course: if reliable city hall conservatives like Denzil MinnanWong don’t find a place on

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Tory’s executive, then the city is truly out of joint.

And it is unlikely just-asreliable progressives like Gord Perks would be either eager to participate or welcome on a Tory executive committee.

But there are plenty of voices who have spent time on the outside this past term that might find a seat inside on this one. Ward 15’s Josh Colle, Ward 22’s Josh Matlow, Ward 27’s Kristyn Wong-Tam all sit at various removes from Tory’s fiscally conservative, socially liberal realm of politics. Shelley Carroll from Ward 33 is like many of Tory’s supporters, a card-carrying Liberal but over the past four years a persistent opponent of the Ford agenda.

Will Ootes recommend councillors like these to round out the committee and extend Tory’s reach? Or will he pick a more consistent core of supporters?

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he North York Mirror is once again delighted to share the stories of many of North York’s urban heroes with this very special celebration edition.

The Urban Hero awards, initiated by The North York Mirror and Metroland Media Toronto five years ago, is an annual

celebration of the great work of community volunteers.

Inside these next few pages you’ll find wonderful, uplifting stories of community dedication and progressive thinking.

We would like to thank each of this year’s Urban Hero award recipients for embracing community spirit, providing optimism

for the future and showing a driving ambition to help the people of North York.

These truly are good news stories.

If you see these recipients on the street say thank you.

Let’s all celebrate a job well done on behalf of our community.

And please start considering now who you might nominate as an Urban Hero in 2015.

For more information on the Urban Hero Awards, please visit www.urbanheroes.ca Ian Proudfoot Publisher The North York Mirror

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Arts & Culture Resa Kochberg

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Mary Ann Cross’ efforts with the North York Community Preservation Panel have earned her an Urban Hero Award.

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f not for Mary Ann Cross, many of North York’s streets and parks would bear names of no significance whatsoever, such as flowers that never grew in the area. But thanks to Cross’ tireless efforts, several now carry the names of community pioneers.

“Mary Ann Cross has assumed the role of champion for the naming of

streets and parks in North York to remember, honour and celebrate the early settlers in North York, with the active support of the North York Community Preservation Panel,” said panel chair, Geoff Kettel, who nominated her for an Urban Hero Award.

Cross has worked diligently to get families’ consent for their ancestors’

names to be honoured, Kettel said.

She is so far responsible for eight historical names being used for road signs including Johnson Farm Lane southwest of Finch Avenue and Yonge Street commemorating the area’s once-rural landscape, and a number of streets in Downsview’s Stanley Greene neighbourhood.

hat do you do if you were once a musician but put down your instruments when life got in the way?

Join Resa’s Pieces, of course.

For the last 16 years, Resa Kochberg has brought together former amateur musicians ranging in age from their 20s to their 90s.

What started out with 18 members has grown into three ensembles of 150 musicians composed of wind and string players and vocalists.

They practice at York Mills Collegiate Institute and perform at local venues including North York’s Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts.

“The motto is simply ‘Do your best but have fun,’” said Ruth Fishman, an original member of the band, who nominated Kochberg for an Urban Hero Award.

Kochberg’s dream has blossomed into a forum welcoming musicians to recapture the joy of music and sharing their gifts with the community.

“Resa has enabled music to connect people and

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Resa Kochberg is the founder of Resa’s Pieces, which today has three ensembles of 150 musicians.

those people to connect to a community,” Fishman said.

“She’s provided many magical moments, a sense of personal achievement and a direct positive impact on people’s general well being.”

Kochberg has walked in the same shoes as the musi-

cians she inspires.

Years ago, she left her job as an elementary school music teacher to become a stay-at-home mom before rediscovering her joy of playing music and inviting other amateur musicians to help her hit the right notes.

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he decline of the honeybee is a growing environmental concern.

And Peter Chorabik of North York-based Toronto Bee Rescue is trying to help.

Since 2011, his company has been committed to the humane removal and relocation of established honeybee colonies.

The company has a number of honeybee yards within the Greater Toronto

Area (including a Dufferin Street site and the main rescue yard in North York) where the rescued hives can live out the remainder of their natural lives in a safe place.

Services the company offers include the removal of the bees, brood, wax and honey as well as preventative measures to ensure the area is not reoccupied by a colony.

The company also collaborates with interested

homeowners of beefriendly properties if they wish to host a hive.

The results of the company’s efforts mean that homeowners are provided with a way to remove their honeybee hive in an environmentally conscious fashion.

The relocated hives mean that the bees can continue to pollinate plants – an important part of the environment’s natural life cycle.

Peter Chorabik of Toronto Bee Rescue.

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Yorkdale Cops for Cancer Committee

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ats off to the Yorkdale Cops for Cancer Committee!

The group is based out of Yorkdale Shopping Centre in North York and members devote their time and personal resources to fundraise for the Canadian Cancer Society.

To date, the group has donated in excess of $300,000 to help fund research projects, provide information services and support programs in the community, and advocate for public policies that prevent cancer and help those

living with it.

The 2014 event held in April was projected to raise $85,000 with police volunteers shaving their heads for the charity; in fact they exceeded this goal to raise $93,000. This was made possible through countless hours of planning, reaching out to communities and retailers to raise both volunteers and donors, and marketing the event to reach the broadest group of people.

Yorkdale Shopping Centre (Oxford Properties Group), in partnership

with the Toronto Police Service and Canadian Cancer Society, has been participating in the Cops for Cancer fundraising initiative for the past eighteen years. This year, the committee consisted of members from Yorkdale, Toronto police, Ontario Provincial Police and the Canadian Cancer Society.

This partnership puts an everyday hero’s face to a disease that leaves so many people vulnerable.

Expectations for 2015 are even higher with a goal to raise $100,000.

North York’s Soojeong Choe has kept the memory of his grandfather alive through his work raising awareness of Alzheimer’s disease.

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young man is keeping alive the memory of his beloved grandfather whose life was taken by Alzheimer’s disease.

It was early 2011 when Soojeong Choe, then a high school student at York Mills Collegiate, lost his grandfather, Sangmoo Choe, to the fatal brain disease with no known cause or cure.

The elderly man’s death was devastating for Choe, who was particularly close to his grandfather. Instead of dwelling on the loss, Choe opted to reach out

to other young people and formed an Alzheimer’s club at his school. The club’s 30 members raised more than $2,000 to help fund research into the disease.

This was just the start of Choe’s dedication to raising awareness of the disease that affects men and women of all races, religions and socio-economic backgrounds.

In the summer of 2012, Choe cycled in the London to Paris Bike Trip; he raised 1,400 GBP (about $2,500 CAD) for the Alzheimer’s Society of the

United Kingdom.

Choe followed up by embarking on a bike campaign that took him on a journey from Toronto to Vancouver. This 33-day journey raised $8,000 for the Alzheimer Society of Canada and he garnered national attention for the cause.

Choe, now a student at the University of Western Ontario, is the founder of the Alzheimer Bike Campaign as well as the Alzheimer Youth Organization, and a member of the Youth Brain Health Advisory Council.

Yorkdale Cops for Cancer Committee members from left: OPP Const. Angel Liu, Toronto Police Const. Mark Ceci, Toronto Police Const. Manny Patel, Toronto Police Det. Const. Cheryl Tomlinson-Thompson, Amit Sharma (assistant security manager Yorkdale Shopping Centre), Lucia Connor of Yorkdale, Sonia Garbin of Yorkdale, Tonya Stewart of the Canadian Cancer Society, Toronto Police Const. Sean Shapiro, and OPP Sgt. Kevin Connor. Missing from the photo are Staff Sgt. Chris Boddy and Const. Alan Cohen, both of Toronto Police Service, and Susanne Morphet and Sacha Michna of the Canadian Cancer Society.

little easier and a little more fun for us all.

Urban Heroes are nominated by people who appreciate their contribution to community life.

Urban Heroes are North York teachers, students,

family members, mentors, volunteers, leaders, innovators, protectors and caregivers.

Nominations are open to residents, groups and businesses in North York in the categories of community,

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The Awards

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he North York Mirror Urban Hero Awards is an annual program to celebrate the contribution of community members to community life.

Urban Heroes come from all walks of life and enrich

our community in many ways.

Their actions inspire.

Their words motivate. They are instant role models for anyone wanting to contribute to North York life, making it a little brighter, a

arts and culture, business, education, environment, health and sports.

For more on the awards, visit www.urbanheroes. caNominate someone today for an Urban Hero Award for 2015!

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Coming to Canada from South Korea, Chun and her mother moved to Toronto in 2006 and settled at Jane Street and Finch Avenue.

She started volunteering with jane-finch.com, which covers positive community events and stories in a neighbourhood that’s often portrayed in a negative light, and found her voice through broadcasting and filmmaking.

Chun founded Newcomer Tales, a multimedia story-telling project highlighting experiences

of local ethnic women and newcomers. She produces interviews, music videos and documentary pieces featuring young women and girls from priority neighbourhoods. Chun believes women and girls in her community can achieve their goals if they are given an equal opportunity to have their voices heard.

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ook Ends, North Chapter, operated by the Friends of Toronto Public Library, North Chapter, is a charitable organization that has been operating in North York for more than 20 years.

It sells withdrawn library materials, including fiction and non-fiction books, CDs, DVDs, videos, magazines, as well as privately donated books, on the concourse level of

North York Central Library for 50 cents to $5, with an average price of $1.

Book Ends, North Chapter, serves a diverse community from longtime Canadian residents to immigrants who come to the store for books written in their first language, as well as books assisting them in reading English.

Sale proceeds go to the Toronto Public Library Foundation for the Toronto Public Library’s

children’s literacy program, Leading to Reading.

The program is free for children in grades 1 to 6 who can communicate in English and who are reading below their grade level or need help with homework. Over the last two decades, sale proceeds from Book Ends have allowed the Friends of Toronto Public Library to donate more than $1 million to the Leading to Reading program.

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or a number of years, Ludovic D’Souza has brought his Victoria Park and Lawrence avenues neighbourhood together in the form of Canada Day street parties as a way to build community spirit and celebrate the country simultaneously.

His neighbours on Murellen Crescent and surrounding streets have grown accustomed to his annual summer party, which comes complete with a barbecue, kids games, and prizes.

The parties were originally just for Murellen Crescent residents, until home owners on other streets took note. Now, two other streets join in the annual fun, and neighbours who never knew each other have been brought together, thanks to D’Souza’s parties.

D’Souza’s generosity doesn’t stop in warmer months. When the city was hit with an ice storm last December, which plunged many residents in the dark for days without heat, he called his neighbours to make sure they were all right and to see if they needed anything. He also

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Ludovic D’Souza’s efforts in bringing his neighbourhood together have made him an Urban Hero Award recipient.

informed neighbours where they could find warmth and food, and

brought candles and hot water to the elderly on his street.

ael Ross volunteers to protect the most vulnerable in her community: the elderly and the animals.

As part of her volunteer work with Toronto Police Services, Ross founded the program Buckle Up Animal Restraint Control (BARC).

Ross provides education for pet owners on the dangers, to both pet and owner, of having an unrestrained pet riding in a motor vehicle through different events in North York.

Ross also volunteers at Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged, helping to take residents on outings and bringing them to on-site events.

In addition to all that, she is also involved with the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog program, acting as a team leader and evaluator in training.

She became involved with the program with her now deceased dog, Pinball, some two decades ago. The St. John Ambulance dogs she evaluates work in nursing homes and retirements residences in North York based on their owner’s location. The dogs Ross evaluates become weekly

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Gael Ross founded the Buckle Up Animal Restraint Control (BARC) program.

nursing and retirement home visitors, bringing companionship to lonely seniors.

Ross has also applied to

volunteer at the University of Toronto in a program they have to ensure research animals are well treated.

Linda Diener Volunteer spends time with multiple causes

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inda Diener spends her time volunteering for not one, but three causes.

She is a volunteer at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a Friend of Toronto Public Library, North Chapter, a charitable organization operating a store called Book Ends on the concourse level of North York Central Library, and is the alternating chair of the board of directors of the Joint Board, which is made up of directors from both the

Friends of Toronto Public Library, North Chapter, and the Friends of Toronto Public Library, South Chapter.

The Friends of the Toronto Public Library, North Chapter, has been a strong supporter of the Toronto Public Library for some 20 years, and since its inception in 1993 has raised more than $700,000 to support the library’s Leading to Reading children’s literacy program, as well as other literacy initiatives through book

sales at its used bookstore, Book Ends.

Diener also writes articles for the Friends’ newsletter, liaises with the Foundation of the Toronto Public Library, and volunteers her time for special sales put on by Book Ends.

On the Joint Board, Diener works to bring the South and North directors together to help enhance both the North and South Chapters of Book Ends.

If something needs to get gone, Diener can be counted on to do the job.

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Linda Diener volunteers with causes such as Friends of the Toronto Public Library.

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She was offered a job at a youth research institute from 2011 to 2014, playing a key role in the ACT for Youth project and in implementing the NOISE (New Opportunities for Innovative Student Engagement) mentoring project for 40 youth attending Emery Collegiate Institute.

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Powell has also been an active community animator over the past six years, supporting and advocating for residents’ voices to ensure their vision of a revitalized Lawrence Heights is one that is supportive for all those who live in the neighbourhood.

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Environment Brandon Pludwinski Nature walks key to physical health, well-being

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n a world increasingly reliant on electronics such as cellphones, tablets and computers, Brandon Pludwinski has taken the initiative to organize nature walks in North York’s Earl Bales Park for many local peers.

The walks help promote physical health as well as the creation of a sense of well-being.

Pludwinski, a recent graduate of William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, challenges walkers to use the five senses – sound, sight, touch, smell and taste – as they venture outdoors to fully benefit from being outside in nature.

As participants enjoy the variety, diversity and creativity found in the natural world, Pludwinski encourages all walkers to collect garbage along the way in the Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue area park and leave nature in its place.

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Aurelia Zhang’s contributions to the Dallington Pollinators Community Garden, which celebrated its first harvest earlier this fall, have earned her an Urban Hero Award.

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Brandon Pludwinski’s efforts in organizing nature walks in North York’s Earl Bales Park have earned him an Urban Hero Award in the Environment category.

walker also benefits from the increased activity they

experience on Pludwinski’s nature walks.

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ing and compassion. The Grade 12 student showed leadership throughout the summer.

And no job was too small for her as she helped with the log book in addition to tending to the local community garden, which celebrated its first harvest earlier this fall.

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Sports Bill Wall Dedicated supporter of cancer charities

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Joe Rizzuto, left, and his son, Mark. The elder Rizzuto joined the Grandravine Special Program 21 years ago and has been president of the program since 2003.

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oe Rizzuto first signed up as a coach with the Grandravine Special Program for people with developmental disabilities 21 years ago when his son, Mark, who has Down syndrome, wanted to play hockey.

Soon, he was involved in fundraising for the league.

He then became a director before taking over as president in 2003 when founder, Patrick Flick, retired.

There are now 95 players with the Grandravine Tornadoes, both male and female, ranging in age from six to their mid-60s, some of whom live in group homes.

The Grandravine Special Program has inspired similar leagues in the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden.

Rizutto does everything from arranging trips, booking ice time

and making sure the players get out to practices and games, to fundraising, dealing with parents and making sure the players learn valuable life skills, said Dolores Evola, who nominated Rizzuto for an Urban Hero Award.

“He’s the best guy I can think of. He’s amazing, what he does,” said Evola, whose 31-year-old son, Francesco, who is developmentally delayed, is involved in the league.

The program has been operating out of the Grandravine Arena in the area of Sheppard Avenue and Keele Street, since 1980.

Flick had a dream that ice hockey should open its arms to those with developmental delays.

While the players’ challenges are a factor, the focus is on their abilities and the fulfillment and self-confidence they get from playing and making friends.

pparently, Bill Wall hasn’t heard of the idea of taking it easy in your golden

years.

At 86 and legally blind, the North York senior is a dedicated supporter of cancer charities.

In 2003, Wall lost his sight. He learned to read Braille but was soon diagnosed with a disease that caused him to lose feeling in his fingertips.

Wall took up running and then started training for the Boston Marathon.

Unfortunately, doctors discovered he had a heart murmur and he underwent heart surgery.

Warned to stay away from running, Wall began participating in the annual Shoppers Drug Mart Weekend to End Women’s Cancers events.

It was at one of these events that he met Don Nadeau and the two friends began taking part in the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer, a 200-kilometre bike ride benefitting Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

Riding a tandem bike with Nadeau steering, their team, called The Power of Bill, raised $108,000 this year alone.

“Not only is Bill an inspiration to everyone because of the funds he has helped raise to conquer cancer in this lifetime but his motivation to never give up, to find ways to support and inspire his North York community and participate in iconic events that are changing the face of cancer despite his health are what truly make him an Urban Hero in the North York community,” said Leviana Coccia, who nominated Wall for the award.

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Bill Wall’s fundraising efforts for cancer charities surpassed $100,000 this year alone.

The 2014 North York Urban Hero Award recipients Here are the 2014 North York Urban Hero Award recipients, honoured Nov. 4, listed by category.

Arts and Culture Mary Ann Cross Resa Kochberg

Business Peter Chorabik Community Book Ends Sue Chun Ludovic D’Souza Linda Diener Gael Ross

Education Trudy-Ann Powell Talisha Ramsaroop Environment Brandon Pludwinski Aurelia Zhang

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Soon-to-be-former Mayor Rob Ford’s approach to politics has served to widen those divisions to the point that normal channels of leadership all but collapsed in late 2013 and were replaced by a provisional government barely held together by the straining goodwill of city councillors.

This term offers an opportunity to begin anew, with a new mayor who has run expressly on his ability to lead and build consensus.

In a 10-point code of conduct, Tory pledged to treat his colleagues, his office and his constituents with respect. That’s a good start, but Tory will have to not only build the base of political support on council he needs in order to put his agenda into effect – he will have to deal with a council traumatized by four years of unprecedented division.

City-wide, Tory must deal quickly with the reality that for much of Scarborough and Etobicoke, he is a second choice.

Voters there made it clear they feel downtown ‘elites’ like Tory don’t represent their needs and desires.

Fixing our broken city is bound to be a fundamental task.

Toronto has spent the last decade stuck; whether behind the wheel of a car, in a bus shelter on a wind-swept road, or waiting to pack onto a crowded subway.

All three main candidates in the 2014 mayoralty race put forward ways to relieve that congestion. Toronto voters expect Tory to come through on some big promises: he’s got to get his SmartTrack plan on the rails quickly in order to meet his self-imposed schedule of a fully operational frequentservice surface rail line stopping at 22 stations in Scarborough, Liberty Village and Etobicoke.

Tory has pointed to this infrastructure plan as not only a way to meld the city together geographically but also socio-economically, giving Torontonians a way to connect with employment regardless of the neighbourhoods in which they live.

Tory has also said he will make a point of personally ensuring that disruptive road repairs will be conducted efficiently and with an eye to maintaining traffic flow; that he will construct fully separated bike lanes at a reasonable pace to improve safety for cyclists.

n just weeks, John Tory will be taking over the job of mayor from Rob Ford — becoming amalgamated Toronto’s fourth mayor. Voters have handed Tory a fractured and fractious city government whose problems will require complex solutions.

We’ve spent nearly 10 months listening to the promises Tory hopes will resolve those issues: transportation gridlock, a lack of leadership, a divided council and a weakened position with other levels of government.

Voters also expressed some expectations. Forty per cent of those who voted want to see Tory keep his promises.

Sixty per cent expressed wishes and hopes that Tory didn’t address: worries about child care and children’s nutrition, and higher-order transit in corners of the city not addressed by Tory’s plan.

If Tory is to successfully unite Toronto as he’s promised, he’s going to have to speak to all those expectations. Here’s what we’ll be watching for:

Tory takes charge of a city increasingly divided between richer and poorer neighbourhoods, and where many new Canadians and people with disabilities do not think they have the same chance to participate.

South Asian business groups told Tory companies led by first- and second-generation Canadians don’t think city hall has a fair process for awarding contracts. Tory didn’t think that was a conscious exclusion on the city’s part. But he said he’d make certain one such business was placed on each short list for city contracts.

Tory said he’d urge Ontario’s professions to accept more foreign-trained candidates, and suggested doing more to integrate Toronto’s ethnic chambers of commerce with mainstream bodies such as Toronto and Region Board of Trade.

Tory doesn’t agree the city should force its contractors and suppliers to hire or train people from disadvantaged areas of the city, or visible minorities or persons with disabilities.

Tory told an audience of people with disabilities he would be a powerful advocate for them if elected.

John Tory has cast himself as the ‘chief salesperson’ Toronto has lacked for four years, a leader with a personal reputation strong enough to ‘sell, sell, sell’ his city to the world.

Tory, as co-chair of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance, a body trying to bring jobs to Toronto, and as former CEO of the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance, has thought about what Greater Toronto needs as a region – not just a city and its sprawling suburbs – to compete against the world’s other city regions.

Preparing to retire this year, city manager Joe Pennachetti said protecting core services residents want depends on getting the province to resume its former policy of funding half of TTC’s operating costs, and persuading both federal and provincial governments repair and expand Toronto’s affordable housing stock.

If the other governments won’t relieve those big financial pressures, Toronto must look for new revenue sources to scrape up the money, Pennachetti said. How would Tory convince the other governments to permanently shift large sums to the city’s coffers?

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The awards “celebrate four extraordinary individuals whose work has inspired us to embrace and defend the world of nature,” a statement from TBG said.

Atwood, a renowned novelist, poet and environmental activist, will be honoured along with Dr. Paul Hebert, who is the scientific director of the International Barcode of Life project, director of the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario and the Canada research chair in molec-

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