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A new photo exhibit at the Toronto Archives is examining life in the city’s post-war suburbs, transporting visitors back to a transformational time in Toronto’s history when developers began sowing the seeds of complete communities on what was once farmland in North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough.

"After the Second World War, Toronto had an incredible housing shortage. People were literally living in garages, multiple families were living communally.

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Featuring 133 photos from the late 1940s through to the 1980s, Vranic’s exhibit documents an era when Canada’s national ideal of "the good life" was transplanted from urban city centres to these newly developed suburban oases originally built for returning war veterans.

In choosing to delve into the human side of suburbia rather than its built form, Vranic said the Wide Open World exhibit - which will remain open to the public at the Toronto Archives until August 2018 - also challenges the "little boxes" critique of suburban living.

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"I really wanted to show the good side of the suburbs and how, in some ways, the promise of the suburbs has been fulfilled."

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"While we don’t know all that much about each individual photo, together they represent three different forms of Canada’s favourite pastime," she said.

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"One of the interesting things about it is, all of these homes still exist. They were built in the 1940s during the war for returning veterans, so they’re very early, wartime suburbs. It’s a unique style of architecture and you can see the neighbourhood was planned around this big park, so that the moms could bring their kids out to play," she said.

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"No place is perfect, but the suburbs were definitely a good place to grow up - and that’s what we’re trying to showcase."

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The sprawling, threestorey chateau situated on four-plus acres is located in North York’s prestigious Bridle Path neighbourhood near Leslie Street and Lawrence Avenue.

With some 30,000 square feet of living space, 68 The Bridle Path features 10 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, a state-of-the-art gourmet kitchen, a two-storey indoor swimming pool with a structural floor that converts to a ballroom, a tennis court, formal manicured grounds and parking for up to 40 vehicles.

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According to the release, 68 The Bridle Path has a long and rich history.

Notable guests have included the late prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and celebrities Jane Fonda and Scandal star Tony Goldwyn. Numerous films have been shot at the home including Kissinger and Nixon, That Old Feeling, and It Takes Two. The home has also appeared in an episode of Suits.

"Campeau’s vision of an urban oasis was brought to fruition by the dedicated homeowners who ultimately achieved perfect symmetry in its design," Cohen said. "After more than 15 years, however, the time has come to share their labour of love. Like many of today’s baby boomers, the existing homeowners are ready to downsize."

Despite objections from residents, North York Community Council approved hundreds of additional units for a large scale Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue development.

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Bloor bike lanes a roadmap for cycling infrastructure What’s the problem between bikes and cars?

For years, all we seem to have been able to do is guess, and those guesses have been informed largely by where we’re sitting: on the saddle of a mountain bike, or in the seat of an automobile.

If the former, we guess the problem is the proximity to cars and the inattention of their operators; the lack of space and infrastructure on city streets to limit that proximity and maintain safety. If we’re in a car, we see cyclists as contributing to congestion, darting through traffic - trying to claim precious road space for no good reason.

Last week, Toronto Transportation staff took a lot of the guesswork out of the equation, releasing an extensive report on the year-long pilot project on the Bloor Street bike lane project. The lanes, which run 2.4 kilometres from Shaw Street to Avenue Road, were subject to intense scrutiny over that time, with some key questions posed: did they in fact increase the number of cyclists? Did they unduly impact other traffic? Did the loss of the parking that was displaced by the bike lanes harm local businesses? Did they improve safety?

Now we have some answers. The bike lanes have led to an increase in cyclists: Bloor is now the second-most popular cycling route in Toronto.

The lanes have slowed car traffic through the neighbourhood. But local businesses didn’t suffer; indeed, businesses saw a small increase in customers with the bike lanes, and the city has plans to improve movement through other adjustments.

And perhaps most importantly, things got a lot safer: there was a reduction of 44 per cent in car/bicycle interactions with the introduction of fully separated bike lanes.

Toronto council will be using that report to decide in November whether to make the bike lanes permanent, but it’s a good bet that they will follow staff recommendations and do so, as Mayor John Tory has already signalled he’ll support the permanent lanes.

The question then will become, what to do with the example of Bloor Street? The narrow, busy stretch of roadway represents one of the larger challenges when it comes to placing cycling infrastructure. If bike lanes were, as their critics have alleged, going to fail, then surely they would have failed spectacularly on Bloor.

The success of those bike lanes should spur council to support even more of them: along Bloor, along Danforth, and even beyond the downtown in Scarborough and Etobicoke and North York. Because we now know: if there is a problem between bicycles and cars, bike lanes are a great solution.

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Suburban councillors lead by delaying For some Toronto politicians, kicking a problem down the road instead of facing it is a good strategy.

Soon, you’ll see them try it again.

Rooming houses, any rooming house, are illegal in Scarborough, North York and north Etobicoke.

The city is proposing licensing them in parts of those neighborhoods - providing a legal, low-cost option for housing tenants elsewhere in Toronto already have.

Local councillors know their residents - at least those whose faces they see at public meetings - hate the idea.

But those councillors suspect they can’t win if this goes to court. As Chin Lee from Scarborough put it recently, there’s a housing

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto shortage and housing could be considered a human right.

Such councillors have delayed legalizing rooming houses in the suburbs. They delayed throughout the last term of council, and most of this one.

Chances are, when the current proposal finally reaches Toronto Council this fall, these councillors will insist more consulta-

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tions are needed - again.

Lee and others blame neighbourhood problems on rooming house tenants. "I do know of many who drive BMWs, Porshes, but they’re not willing to spend money on housing," he told constituents at a meeting. after encouraging them to speak against the proposal at council’s Executive Committee.

Kenneth Hale of the Advocacy Centre for Tenants believes some of these local politicians are exploiting fear. Rooming houses are something they can take a ferocious stand on, he says.

But while rallying their anxious homeowners, they aren’t offering up other solutions for affordable housing in neighborhoods where it’s badly needed, or suggesting where thousands of students enrolled at the city’s

fastest-growing post-secondary institutions can live nearby.

It was the province which finally made basement apartments legal in all parts of this city.

If it’s clear suburban rooming houses are stuck in a "consultation loop," says Hale, ACTO will push to have a Ontario Municipal Board hearing, arguing outlawing rooming houses in North York, Scarborough or Etobicoke infringes on Ontario’s Human Rights Code and Canada’s Charter.

The OMB can end up writing a rooming house bylaw for the whole city, Hale says, and chances are nobody’s going to like it.

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Sunnybrook opens intensive residential OCD centre Program treats patients with severe OCD FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com The symptoms first started when Charlotte Simmons was eight.

Something had been moved from its very specific place in her bedroom. To the youngster, that meant something bad would happen, and would cause an immediate high level of anxiety.

The Cobourg resident might not have known it at the time, but she was developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) which would only get worse over time.

OCD is characterized by obsessions, or intrusive, unwanted thoughts, images or impulses, which are disturbing, and persist despite efforts to resist them. Obsessions are typically accompanied by compulsions or rituals, which are repetitive behaviours or mental acts which the individual feels driven to perform.

"My obsession is something bad would happen to my family if I didn’t carry out rituals," Simmons said.

"I could spend five hours folding laundry in constant repetition. I had morning and night routines and I would need to carry out the tasks of getting ready in a specific order. I would brush my teeth six times, floss, brush two more times. I would turn on and off the lights, tap things, go up and down the stairs a certain number of times. Rationally I know it doesn’t make sense and doesn’t affect someone’s well-being, but your mind is telling you you have to do this."

OCD got worse for Simmons when she started the bachelor of science program at McMaster University several years ago and lived on campus.

"The routines took up so much of my time and I barely went to class, but I

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Dr. Peggy Richter, (left) Charlotte Simmons, and Premier Kathleen Wynne chat at the opening of Sunnybrook Health Sciences’ Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre, the first residential centre for OCD patients in Canada. did finish on time," she said.

Simmons sought help when she was around 20 and was initially diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and later with OCD. "I had spent the entire week crying, I was so ashamed, people were noticing something was wrong, and I knew I needed help," Simmons, now 24, said of seeking assistance.

She attended cognitive behavioural therapy sessions for several years, but her symptoms were so severe she sometimes had to skip appointments.

Her mom then learned of a pilot program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre that offered Simmons a glimmer of hope.

On Friday, Oct. 13, Pre-

mier Kathleen Wynne opened Canada’s first intensive residential centre for patients with severe OCD at Sunnybrook’s Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre located at Bellwood Health Services, 175 Brentcliffe Rd. "This is wonderful news for these patients who experience a level of illness so severe and debilitating that they are rendered gravely disabled, often becoming homebound, and unable to function in normal activities of daily living," Dr. Peggy Richter, head of the centre, said in a release.

"These individuals have typically failed treatment at a lower level of care (i.e. medication and/or psychological

treatment) and are unable to have their needs met through the current mental health system which then may result in no help being received, or some patients being sent to the U.S. instead."

The average length of stay in the program is six to eight weeks, but can be up to 12 weeks or more and is determined by the patient’s progress.

The program accepts referrals from family physicians and psychiatrists in Ontario.

Treatment includes exposure therapy, individual cognitive behavioural therapy, and group therapy.

Sunnybrook says that about 20 per cent of those diagnosed with OCD are severely debilitated, resulting in isolation, poor

quality of life, and economic hardship. Some 13 per cent of individuals with OCD attempt suicide, with 30 per cent reporting suicidal ideation.

Simmons was one of three patients who were part of the residential pilot program this summer.

She says she’s "so much better than I ever could imagine" in the 12 and a half weeks she’s been enrolled.

"I never thought I would be in a position to function," Simmons said, adding she’ll wrap up her residential portion of the program at 14 weeks, followed by three days a week of outpatient care for six weeks. "I want to live a functional and enjoyable life. The obsessions will always be there; there is no cure for OCD.

I’m 70 to 80 per cent better now."

Simmons will spend the coming months focusing on her recovery and plans to eventually go back to school to take courses related to mental health, she said.

"I’m taking it day by day," she said.

When asked if she has any advice for people in similar situations, she said "just accept you’ll never be ready. I don’t think it’s something you’re ever ready to do."

The Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre was created in 2013 to treat patients with OCD. In 2015, a strategic decision was made to narrow its clinical focus to provide care directly to those with severe OCD.

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Notice of Completion GO Rail Network Electrification Transit Project Assessment Process Metrolinx and Hydro One, as co-proponents, have completed an Environmental Project Report (EPR) in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 for the GO Rail Network Electrification Project.

The Project As part of Regional Express Rail, Metrolinx is proposing to electrify GO-owned corridors. The GO Rail Network Electrification undertaking will entail design and implementation of a traction power supply system and power distribution components including: an Overhead Contact System (OCS) along the rail corridors, electrical feeder routes, and a number of traction power facilities located within the vicinity of the rail corridors.

The Study Area (see key map) includes six GO rail corridors, as well as proposed locations for the traction power facilities (i.e., Traction Power Substations, Paralleling Stations, Switching Stations) and ancillary components: • Union Station Rail Corridor – UP Express Union Station to Don Yard Layover - No Traction Power Facilities • Lakeshore West Corridor – West of Bathurst St. (Mile 1.20) to Burlington - Including two (2) Tap locations, four (4) Traction Power Facilities, one (1) feeder route • Kitchener Corridor – UP Express Spur (at Highway 427) to Bramalea - Including one (1) Traction Power Facility, one (1) feeder route • Barrie Corridor – Parkdale Junction to Allandale GO Station - Including one (1) Tap location, four (4) Traction Power Facilities, one (1) feeder route • Stouffville Corridor – Scarborough Junction to Lincolnville GO Station - Including one (1) Tap location, three (3) Traction Power Facilities, one (1) feeder route • Lakeshore East Corridor – Don River Layover to Oshawa GO Station - Including one (1) Tap location, four (4) Traction Power Facilities, one (1) feeder route 30-Day Public Review – October 11 to November 9

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The environmental impact of this transit project was assessed and an EPR prepared in accordance with the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08 - Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings (made under the Environmental Assessment Act).

The EPR for the GO Rail Network Electrification is now available for a 30-day public review period starting October 11, 2017 on the project website (www.gotransit.com/electrification) and at the following locations: Metrolinx Head Office 97 Front Street – 2nd Floor Reception Toronto, ON M5J 1E6 tel: 416-874-5900 Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Central Region Office Metro Toronto District Office 5775 Yonge Street, 8th Floor North York, ON M2M 4J1 tel: 416-326-6700 Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Environmental Approvals, Access and Service Integration Branch 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 tel: 416-314-8001 / toll-free: 1-800-461-6290 Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Newmarket Public Library 438 Park Avenue Newmarket, ON L3Y 1W1 tel: 905-953-5110 Tuesday to Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday & Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Downtown Barrie Public Library 60 Worsley Street Barrie, ON L4M 1L6 tel: 705-728-1010 Monday to Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday & Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Pickering Library Central Branch 1 The Esplanade S. Pickering, ON L1V 6K7 tel: 905-831-6265 Monday to Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Scarborough Civic Centre Library 156 Borough Drive Scarborough, ON M1P 4N7 tel: 416-396-3599 Monday to Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Friday & Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Mimico Centennial Library 47 Station Road Etobicoke, ON M8V 2R1 tel: 416-394-5330 Tuesday & Wednesday: 12:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Thursday & Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Oakville Public Library – Central Branch 120 Navy Street Oakville, ON L6J 2Z4 tel: 905-815-2042 Monday to Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Friday & Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Markham Public Library 3990 Major Mackenzie Drive East Markham, ON L6C 1P8 tel: 905-513-7977 Monday to Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library 175 Mostar Street Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON L4A 0Y2 tel: 905-642-7323 Monday to Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Brampton Library Chinguacousy Branch 150 Central Park Drive Brampton, ON L6T 2T9 tel: 905-793-4636 Monday to Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Interested persons are encouraged to review this document and provide comments by November 9, 2017 to: James Hartley Manager, Environmental Programs and Assessment Metrolinx – GO Transit 20 Bay Street, Suite 600, Toronto, ON M5J 2W3 tel: 1-888-438-6646 e-mail: electrification@metrolinx.com www.gotransit.com/electrification

Patricia Staite Environmental Planner Hydro One Networks Inc. 483 Bay Street TCT12, Toronto, ON M5G 2P5 tel: 416-345-6799 e-mail: Community.Relations@HydroOne.com www.HydroOne.com/GORailElectrification

There are circumstances where the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change has the authority to require further consideration of the transit project or impose conditions on it. These include if the Minister is of the opinion that: • The transit project may have a negative impact on a matter of provincial importance that relates to the natural environment or has cultural heritage value or interest; or • The transit project may have a negative impact on a constitutionally protected Aboriginal or treaty right.

Before exercising the authority referred to above, the Minister is required to consider any written objections to the transit project that he or she may receive within 30 days after the Notice of Completion of the EPR is first published. If you have discussed your issues with the proponent(s) and you object to the project, you can provide a written submission to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change by no later than November 9, 2017 to the address provided below. All submissions must clearly indicate that an objection is being submitted and describe any negative impacts to matters of provincial importance (natural/cultural environment) or Aboriginal rights.

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Environmental Approvals Branch Attn: Adam Sanzo, Project Officer 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 tel: 416-314-8001 / toll-free: 1-800-461-6290 fax: 416-314-8452 e-mail: EAABGen@ontario.ca All personal information included in a submission such as name, address, telephone number, email address, and property location – is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s. 37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. For more information, please contact the Project Officer or the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at 416-314-4075.

This Notice first issued on October 11, 2017.

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The Villa Colombo resident celebrated her 100th birthday Monday, Oct. 16 surrounded by family at her Dufferin Street and Lawrence Avenue assisted-living facility.

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For 16 years, she worked as a manufacturer of men’s suits.

After losing her husband in 1994, Marrese found solace in her tomato garden, making her own sauces for her sons, Joe and Vince, and two grandchildren.

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Buying expertise tops his list of the five key tactics entrepreneurs should employ to survive and thrive, said Bald, based in BDC’s Vaughan office which serves 6,200 GTA clients, one-third of whom are small businesses.

Secondly, start-ups in particular must develop a solid business plan, he said. A blue print detailing what you want to accomplish and how you are most likely to achieve goals and objectives is an absolute

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The third step, according the 17-year BDC veteran, is identifying the specific actions required to bring the plan to fruition.

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“Don’t be afraid to make changes or amendments,” he said. “Don’t be married to the plan. Be flexible.”

Many small enterprises fail because owners hope for something unforeseen that will turn fortunes around, Bald said. His best advice to those is to recognize that their first loss is their best loss.

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Brown noted several schools in his ward, including Elkhorn, McKee, and Hollywood Public School, are over 100 per cent capacity and could potentially use EDCs to build additional classrooms.

He said portables are not the preferred solution to the overcrowding issue, noting safety concerns walking to and from the main building and student disconnect to the rest of the school.

He acknowledged EDCs are simply tools and not solutions to the problem, noting $1,300 to $1,500 per unit could be collected from the 72 new developments underway in Willowdale.

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With development booming in North York’s Willowdale neighbourhood, addressing the issue of overcrowding in schools is something that’s long over-due, several concerned parents said ahead of a public meeting regarding the situation.

"It’s been ongoing for a number of years now," said Melody Nguyen, who has two children at Elkhorn Public School near Bayview and Sheppard avenues. "It’s not something that happened overnight."

Nguyen knows in a few years her children will be taught in portables when they reach grades 4 and 5, which doesn’t sit well with her.

"It’s not the best situation for children to get to the gym, the office, the bathroom," she said.

A meeting Monday, Oct. 30 is scheduled at Earl Haig Secondary School, 100 Princess Ave., at 7 p.m. to discuss overcrowding in Willowdale schools. Education Minister Mitzie Hunter is expected to attend.

"We’ve got to look at the physical building of the school itself," Nguyen said.

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Ali Youssefi, co-chair of McKee Public School’s Student Advisory Council, said he would like to see school buildings expanded to accommodate additional classrooms for the growing number of pupils.

"This is ridiculous," he said. "Something so simple is not being solved. They are building houses and condos like crazy. We know what the problem is, now we need to know what the solution is."

Willowdale Trustee Alexander Brown says one tool to help with the solution is Education Development Charges (EDC) for new space - except under current rules, its unavailable within the Toronto District School Board (TDSB).

EDCs enable a school board to collect money from developers to buy new land for new school sites.

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Bid packages available at the Reception desk of: Metroland Media Newmarket 580B Steven Court, Newmarket, ON L3Y 6Z2 Bids will be received until 12:00 noon Monday, October 23, 2017 ATTN: Circulation Supervisor

As a returning officer, you will plan and manage federal elections in your riding during a ten-year appointment. You will represent Elections Canada and be on the front line for electors and candidates.

The hours of work vary between elections, but increase significantly in the year leading up to an election.

To qualify as a returning officer, you must be a Canadian citizen, at least 18 years old, and live in the federal riding where you’re applying to work.

Contract commencing: November 6, 2017

To find out more about the role of a returning officer and how to apply, go to elections.ca and click on Employment or call 1-800-463-6868.

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