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Women’s shelter season ender expands reach with opening of new head office LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com The North York Women’s Shelter will be showing off its new head office at an open house on Friday, Oct. 12. The new office will allow shelter staff to offer transitional support services to women and children trying to rebuild their lives after experiencing domestic violence. Women can find out how to leave violent situations. Or, if they have already left their abusers, they can learn about services that will help them transition into their new lives. The location of the organization’s emergency shelter has been kept confidential for the past 28 years for the safety of families living there. Because of that, the shelter has not been able to provide a public place where women can find out about transitional support services. Opening a new head office means those services can now be offered, executive director Charlene Catchpole said. “The most difficult time for the women we serve is when she has made the brave decision to leave >>>office, page 3

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final harvest: Peter Seenath of Pete’s Organics serves a customer at the farmers’ market at the Toronto Botanical Garden last Thursday afternoon on the last day of the market’s 2012 season.

Habitat families spend Thanksgiving in new homes LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com This Thanksgiving was especially memorable for two North York families, who were given the keys to their

new Habitat for Humanity homes just before the holiday. Sabah Omar and next-door neighbour Maryan Hilowle were filled with gratitude at a heartwarming ceremony last Thursday that saw

them taking over ownership of the semi-detached houses at 63 and 65 Giltspur Dr. near Sheppard Avenue and Jane Street. Surrounding them for the celebration were members of the con-

struction crew, volunteers with the Home Depot Canada Foundation, who helped the families build their new accessible and environmentally friendly houses in just 10 days. “I appreciate everybody who

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