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Pastor Delroy Williams of the Open Door Healing Centre says a prayer during a vigil on Neptune Drive Saturday morning to remember Elijah marsh. The toddler died Thursday after wandering out into the cold.
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More than 500 students and educators celebrated the spirit of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games yesterday with sports activities, cultural dances and motivational speakers. Hosted by the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB), the Pan Am Celebration Day also welcomed students from the Halton and Dufferin-Peel school boards to The Hangar at Downsview Park. “ We w a n t e d the communitybuilding aspect of the Games,” said Greg Rogers, TCDSB co-ordinator of student leadership programs, who also sits on the Pan Am Games community outreach committee. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” While the goal of the committee is to bring people to the Games, Rogers said it’s also to bring the Games to the people. “That’s the purpose of today,” he noted, adding it’s about celebrating both sports and multiculturalism. “And we wanted to make this day experiential.” The student leaders and educators participated in activities throughout the day using resources
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The secret to rolling up the rim success I dropped into my neighbourhood Tim Hortons Sunday morning and ran into my buddy Mike, who is usually all smiles. He was slumped in his chair, shaking his head. “I never win,” he sighed as he showed me the PLEASE PLAY AGAIN written on the inside of his rim. “Forget about a car, I can’t even win half a Timbit.” “Chin up, lad. If it’s any consolation, I haven’t won half a Timbit either.” “Jamie, you know there’s no such prize. Can’t you be serious for even one second in your life?” “Beats me. Why don’t I buy you another cup of coffee. If you win a stopwatch you can time me and you’ll know once and for all. How’s that sound?” “You know they don’t give away stopwatches in the contest, either. But I’ll take you up on your offer because I’m itching to take another shot at the rim.” “Coming right up and to show you what kind of guy
jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY I am, while you try again I’ll watch and then give you some tips on how to improve on your rim game plan.” I could see in his eyes he wanted to ask me if he could just get the java without having to be subjected to my tips. But he knew better. Anyhow, we talked over our coffees, intermittently our coffees talked over us and then it was time to get down to business. Mike did his thing, but it ended up in the same old same old PLEASE PLAY AGAIN. He showed it to me and whined, “See?” “What do you expect, man? You didn’t do it right,” I replied. “What do you mean I didn’t do it right? I rolled it up. Just like I always do.” “Precisely, my point. That’s why you never win.
You’re not following the exact instructions. They clearly state you have to RRROLL it up. Not roll. RRROLL.” I got him another, but alas, it was deja vu all over (PLEASE PLAY) again. “How do you explain why I lost this time, Mr. Know-It-All?” “That wasn’t a RRROLL, either. You PPPOPPED it up. Come on man, you’re not concentrating. I’ll go get you one more. But please, focus this time.” He tried once more, but the outcome was still nada. “So?” “Admittedly a slight improvement, but you merely UUUNCURLED that rim.” ...Later that afternoon. “Come on Mike, even a child of four knows that was a textbook LLLIFT up.” ...Later that evening. “Also not a RRROLL, I’m afraid. That was a TTTWIST and SSSHOUT. For what it’s worth, Twitter didn’t care for the TTTWIST at all,
but went bonkers over your embarrassing SSSHOUT.” That was the last straw. Mike officially threw in the towel. “OK, hotshot, since you’re such an expert, I’ll buy you a cup and you can show me how it’s done.” “Be glad to. I thought you’d never ask.” I gulped the coffee down, rubbed my hands together a few times, wiggled my magic fingers and then made my move, after which I broke into a huge grin. “Read and it weep, pal. I just won half a...” An astonished Mike interrupted. “Timbit? You just won half a Timbit?” “Better. Half a stopwatch. So even though you won’t get the answer to your original question, at least you’ll be able to find out if I can be serious for half a second.” 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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Book Ends Half-Price Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Book Ends, North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: bookendsnorth@hotmail.ca Runs today, Friday and Saturday. TCDSB Staff Presentation of ‘Let’s Murder Marsha’ WHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Madonna Catholic Secondary School, 20 Dubray Ave. CONTACT: 416-2228282, ext. 2787 COST: $20 Performances Feb. 26, 27 and 28.
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North York Central Library, Room 2, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: Diane Meaghan, 416-509-5508, diane. meaghan@utoronto.ca COST: Free Discussion of Pat Capponi’s ‘Last Stop Sunnyside.’ Co-sponsored by the Older Women’s Network, and open to all women, even if you have not read the book. Refreshments will be served.
Oraynu Family Purim Festival WHEN: 10 a.m. WHERE: St. Andrew’s Jr. High School, 131 Fenn Ave. CONTACT: Roby Sadler, 416385-3910, info@oraynu.org COST: Non-members welcome: adults $8, kids $4 (family maximum $20) Bring Passover food for the National Council Passover food drive.
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Winter Gardening Workshop WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Dr. CONTACT: Wendy Colman, 647340-2647, versuewen@rogers.com COST: Free Registration is required; call Clare at 416-429-4991, ext. 256.
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Grades 4 to 6 Improv Purim WHEN: 5 to 7:45 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-4161, www.templesinai.net, programs@templesinai.net COST: $10 An interactive workshop with a Second City comedian, pizza and hamantaschen. Call to register.
Charity Knitting Group WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Centennial Library, 578 Finch Av. W. CONTACT: Honey Coleman, honey. coleman@gmail.com COST: Free
Masters Meet Rising Stars: Sinfonia Toronto Concert WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. CONTACT: Margaret Chasins, 416-499-0403, sinfoniatoronto.com, sinfoniatoronto@gmail.com COST: $49 adult, $39 senior, $19 student
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World Day of Prayer 2015 WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Donway Covenant United Church, 230 The Donway West CONTACT: Jaren McLeod, 416-444-8444, donwaycovenant@msn.com COST: Free
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Income Tax Clinic WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Fairview Library, Room 3, 35 Fairview Mall Dr. CONTACT: 416395-5750 COST: Free Income tax service provided by volunteers from the Certified General Accountants of Ontario, Toronto Chapter. People must meet the criteria. By appointment only. Clinic also offered March 19 and April 4 and 16. Call the library for details and hours.
Temple Sinai Presents: Studio Audience Night. WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-4161, www.templesinai. net, programs@templesinai.net COST: Free An evening of laughs, cue cards, special music, our annual costume party and contest, and refreshments.
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david nickle the city She called the planning cuts in particular “a disaster.” The eight additional planners that are no longer in the budget would have let the city work on a more aggressive schedule of assessing and establishing heritage conservation districts. Maybe that didn’t seem like such a disaster on Friday when the motion passed. But on Tuesday, heritage advocates begged to differ. Currently the city has a backlog of 16 neighbourhoods that are candidates for preservation of their heritage elements, and there are likely more that haven’t been flagged. If the city doesn’t get going on that, then buildings and elements that reflect Toronto’s history will continue to erode — and eventually, vanish. A s R i c h a rd L o n g l e y, president of Architectural Conservancy Ontario, told the
planning and growth management committee: “I see that proposal at budget committee as a kind of suicide note.” As for the ombudsman and integrity commissioner, both of those offices represent crucially important checks against incompetence and malfeasance. They were established in legislation in response to political and administrative corruption unearthed in the Bellamy inquiry. Both offices investigated and shed light on improprieties at the last council and at a staff level that offered real consequences and remedies. Some of those investigations had serious consequences indeed. Though those cuts were in the interest of “fiscal responsibility,” the method of their delivery indicates something not quite so pure. It is indeed a nasty little mess, that the city’s executive committee and council will either have to wear, or clean up.
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Bunker found near Rexall Centre >>>from page 1 to the bunker, which measured 6-feet 4-inches high, two-feet 10-inches wide, and 33.3-feet long, Saunders said. A ladder led down into the bunker, and once inside officers discovered a number of items, including moistureresistant light bulbs, a gas can, wheelbarrow, food and beverage containers, and a rosary with a Remembrance Day poppy attached to it, hanging from a nail in the wall. A smaller, concealed hole was located nearby, which housed a gas generator. “It was well off the beaten path,” Saunders said. The deputy chief defended the decision to fill in the site, noting media was aware of the discovery and he wanted to “get in front of it.” Though police don’t know how long the bunker was there, Saunders said it appears a sump pump was used sometime this winter, adding he believes more than one person had a hand in building the bunker. The bunker’s structural integrity was quite sound, he said, adding it was warm
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efore Scarborough native Jill Andrew became known for giving empowering speeches to young women about selfesteem and before she provoked deep conservations about female body image and female representation in the media, she was just Jill: a curvy woman with her own set of insecurities and hardships she had to overcome. “As a child I was sexually abused. I was a victim and a survivor of that,” she said. “One of the first things that I had to get over is that I had done nothing wrong. That’s a huge part of it. It doesn’t matter what poster you read or what PSA (public service announcement) comes on, you oftentimes sit with this feeling of what did I do? Was it the way I was dressed? What did I say to egg the person on or entice them?” After years of therapy and support Andrew accepted that what happened wasn’t her fault. “Your body is not to blame, your person is not to blame and that these are bigger issues than an individual thing. These are systems that we’re living with where men predominantly feel as though they have ownership over women’s When International Women’s Day (IWD) started up in the early 1900s, it was to bring a voice to women’s oppression and inequality, with thousands of females marching in New York City in 1908 calling for shorter working hours, better pay, and the right to vote. Fast forward 107 years and while some gains have been made, some things remain the same, said a former president and vice-chancellor of York University. “The meaning has
bodies,” she explained. “Looking back over my years now, I started to realize I had to take ownership of me and that’s all I can take ownership for; not somebody else’s wrong doings because that’s how we grow.” It’s that same self-ownership Andrew lectures about in her keynote speeches at conferences on university campuses across Toronto. Her acceptance of what happened to her and her own body image led her to become founder of the Body Confidence Canada Awards, the Curvy Catwalk Fashion Fundraiser and co-founder of FatinTheCity.com, a plus-size fashion “fatshion” blog. She also doubles as a body image consultant and works for the Toronto District School Board as a student equity program advisor. There she helps plan conferences, events, workshops and opportunities for children to learn and connect with each other and also help shift their perception of gender roles, what women are capable of achieving and self-esteem. “There’s this idea that we (women) should be thankful that we should be at the table. No. We need to be the people forming the table and bringing the ideas to the table and finding people to help us push our ideas forward. A lot of the work
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that I try to do is around that,” Andrew told The Mirror. During her speeches, Andrew focuses on the long-term negative effects on women and girls as they begin to police their bodies. Self-policing, according to Andrew, happens more often than women think; it’s in the form of not going out past a certain time because you could get hurt or not wearing spaghetti straps because you doesn’t want to be labelled a slut. This follows girls into adulthood, she said, explaining some women mute their opinions to avoid being called “bitch in the boardroom” by the boys club. “It’s all of this self-policing we do that doesn’t pay atten-
tion to the larger systemic issues going on that create the environment where women and girls feel like they have to censor themselves, with what they wear or their ideas,” Andrew said “(If it continues) you start to chip away at your own selfesteem and your own worth and your own knowledge and it happens to women all the time.” Andrew believes it’s time we look at how these images affect a woman financially as well as emotionally and physically. “The body image conversation needs to go deeper, we need to encourage women and girls to think about how a negative self-concept or negative self-worth might impact your salary. We know that
women are missing statistically from board of directors, women are missing from politics,” she said. However, the future isn’t bleak. Andrew said awareness is growing of manipulation tactics used when it comes to perceptions of feminine and masculine ideals. And with that awareness, younger people tend to be more vigilant and thus quicker to point out the manipulations online. “I got to tell you they’re more receptive now. I feel like this generation is a frustrated generation. I feel they’re a generation that wants things to be better and are willing to do the work and have the conversations and are willing to do a little more than maybe I did.”
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changed quite a bit over time in North America,” Lorna Marsden said of IWD, which is celebrated March 8. “At first, it was for working women in the U.S. who were looking for better wages and working conditions. Now, it’s an occasion status. We have made tremendous gains, but we don’t have equal pay, we are still lacking representation of women in decision making positions, such as
Equality, said while her career has been made somewhat easier by choosing not to have children, she does have understanding for females who have children and find themselves in difficult work-related situations. And if she could give advice to women, it would be numerical in nature. “It is important women do something with numbers,” she said. “That doesn’t
business and cultural. So it’s a mixed bag. International Women’s Day is not a day of action; it’s something to think about. I like that the day is not captured by one ideology or another.” Childcare is still a major barrier for families, and especially women, as they are often the ones who put careers on hold to raise a family, she said.
“The tendency has been for the lowest paid person to stay home, and that has usually been the woman,” she said. Marsden, who is also past president and vicechancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University, a former senator, and author of numerous books including Canadian Women and the Struggle for Equality: The Road to Gender
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mean they need to be an accountant. They need to look at data and deal with data. They have to understand that facts matter, data matters, when building an argument.” A n d m e n s h o u l d n’t always be seen as bad guys, Marsden said. “We have a lot of very supportive men in this country,” she said. “There is nothing in our culture that says we are inferior to men. It’s not embedded in our culture.” – Fannie Sunshine
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Pan Ams: athletes’ village complete – on budget, on time Toronto is officially set to welcome thousands of athletes from across the Americas for this summer’s Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. With less than half a year to go before the Toronto 2015 Games start, the athletes’ village is officially complete, with dignitaries and Toronto-area athletes on hand for an official ceremony last Friday. “In less than five months from now, the eyes of the world will be focusing here in Toronto, the GTA and Ontario as we welcome 41 countries and more than 10,000 athletes and officials here to compete in the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Games in 51 sports, the largest sporting event in the history of Canada,” said Michael Coteau, Ontario minister responsible for the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. The village will feature a new YMCA, a coffee shop, a store, a dining tent, banking facilities and more. Once the athletes leave, the area will undergo a six-month transformation before becoming a vibrant downtown community with a mix of affordable housing and retail, plus accommodations for George Brown College students. “After the Games, our community partners will transform the athletes’ village into the foundation of a vibrant new Toronto neighbourhood, the Canary District,” said Premier Kathleen Wynne, who noted that, with work complete, the West Don Lands area already shows a glimpse of its long-term future. “You can already see that this is a neighbourhood,” she said. “You can see with your imagination people walking up and down these laneways, in and out of these buildings.” The new community will feature shops, the Cooper Koo YMCA, health-care facilities and housing, with the first permanent residents slated to move in as soon as April 2016 and George Brown students set to enter the school’s residences on site in September 2016. Mayor John Tory noted the development of the $709-million athletes’ village – and the legacy uses for the site – serve as a longoverdue revitalization of an area close to Toronto’s waterfront. “We’ve gathered in a place which people had basically written off not too long ago,” he said. “If you go back and look at what people were saying about this very site that we’re standing on today 20 years ago, I think it’s a miracle we’re standing here today.” Toronto 2015 CEO Saad Rafi also
lauded the work on the athletes’ village, which came in on time and on budget, and which will provide plenty of benefits to the city well beyond the scope of this summer’s sporting event. “Beyond the Games, we’ve launched a new Toronto waterfront community,” he said. “When the athletes have gone home, you’ll see
children playing, students rushing to class, seniors living independently. That vision is soon becoming a reality.” Canadian athlete Samantha Sendal had a chance to visit the athletes’ village while construction was still underway and said she was pleased with what she saw. She pointed out the athletes will
want for nothing – particularly the Canadian athletes, who had first choice of accommodations and had their own area painted red to convey Canadian pride. “There’ll be coffee shops, banks and a 24-hour food tent, and it has a really homey feel,” she said. “There will also be stations set up near the village where our friends and family
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Mennonite and Brethren in Christ choir. The gala is at the Carrier Art Gallery of the Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. Tickets cost $125. There will be food, wine and an auction.
The fundraiser supports the choir’s North American premiere of a show called Judith, a grand oratorio by English Victorian composer Sir Hubert Parry.
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can come and see us.” The Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games will take place this summer, with the Pan Am Games running from July 10 to 26 and the Parapan Am Games taking place from Aug. 7 to 15.
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Firing up the Pan Am Games Torch Relay Excitement is building for the 41-day journey of the Pan Am Games Torch Relay, which will have more than 180 celebrations. The details of the route have just been released and more than 130 Ontario communities and five communities outside of the province will host the Pan Am flame. The torch relay starts when the Pan Am flame is lit during a traditional Aztec lighting ceremony at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico. It will end on July 10 with the lighting of the cauldron at the opening ceremony in downtown Toronto. The torch relay will visit six Canadian Forces Bases, a national and a provincial park, as well as five First Nations communities, including the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, the official Host First Nation of the Games. The torch relay will also visit five national historic sites, including Fort Henry in Kingston and the Halifax Citadel. It will also be part of the Canada Day festivities on Parliament Hill on July 1. Three-thousand torchbearers will carry the flame through communities across Ontario as well as Richmond, BC, Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal and Halifax. The torch will see more than 60 modes of transportation while touring through Canada and exceed 5,000 kilometres on the road and 15,000 kilometres by air. Specific timing for the more than 180 community celebrations, as well as the street-level route, will be confirmed beginning in May.
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Allan Price as Leo Greshen and Eric Fink as Benny Silverman hash over old animosities in the presence of Justine Lewis as Benny’s daughter Norma in ‘The Value of Names.’ the funny lines count and mark andrew lawrence giving punch to the more front row centre dramatic exchanges. The setting is a somedaughter and Allan Price as what cramped veranda at the director who essentially Benny’s home and often ruined his career crackle the performers are in each with intensity. other’s faces. Ari Weisberg For her part, Lewis shows does his usual masterful Norma to be both confident job of making intimate in her career choices while conversation play naturally still her father’s little girl. as if we are somehow eavesAnd Price brings an dropping on these private unapologetic fire to his exchanges. scenes, never fully underThe Value of Names standing why Benny can’t runs until Sunday in the let the past stay in the past. Studio Theatre at the The play makes its points Toronto Centre for the Arts, effectively and ends rather 5040 Yonge St. Visit www. abruptly on a dark note teatrontheatre.com as Benny rejects the olive Veteran theatre reviewer Mark Andrew Lawrence branch proffered by Norma. offers his insights on stage The performers take pleaand musical productions for The sure in volleying the diaNorth York Mirror. Contact him at nym@insidetoronto.com logue back and forth making
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transit scramble may come to a halt wpedestrian The Bay-Bloor pedestrian scramble is one step closer to extinction thanks to the city’s public works and infrastructure committee. The committee voted 5-1 during its meeting on Monday to support a staff recommendation to get rid of the scramble at Bay Street and Bloor Street West that forces car traffic in all directions to come to a halt so pedestrians can freely cross from any side of the four-way intersection. According to staff the negative impact on vehicle traffic is not worth the “modest” benefit to pedestrians. The decision, which requires final assent from city council, has pedestrian advocates concerned about the future of other scrambles, such as at the intersection of Yonge and Dundas streets. Hydro, TTC Power struggle wToronto
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scores conservatory gold w13-year-old Willowdale resident James Heffernan has received a regional gold medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music for earning the top mark on his exam. The 13-year-old received a top score in his region of Ontario and Quebec for the Grade 8 piano category. He received his medal at a ceremony at the Royal Conservatory’s TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning earlier in February. Medals are awarded each year to students who achieve the highest mark in their respective province or region. in playoff action this week wAeros
The North-York based Toronto Aeroes kick off their perennial medal hunt in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) this week. The perennially powerful Aeros finished their season tied for second place with 60 points in 38 games. Their opponent in the opening round, best-of-five series is Aurora, who finished tied for 13th place with 29 points.
The Aeros will host the first two games at two North York arenas: the opening game tonight at Carnegie Centennial Arena and the second game Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at their home rink at Seneca College Sports Centre. North York teams face off in Junior A playoffs North York’s two provincial junior A teams are playing each other in the opening round of the Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs. The North York Rangers and the Toronto Jr. Canadiens will face each other in a best-of-seven series that kicks off Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Buckingham Arena. The Jr. Canadiens finished five points ahead of the Rangers in the 54-game regular season.
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workers on Yonge targeted, police say wSex Police are looking for a suspect after a number of sex assaults on sex-trade workers have been reported along Yonge Street, between Finch and Sheppard avenues. Police said a man contacts the victims, all of Chinese descent, claiming to be a client. He then sexually assaults and robs the victims. The suspect is described as black. He wore a dark-coloured hat with a light-coloured pattern, a puffy dark jacket with
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that’s the spirit Students in the Toronto District Catholic School Board participate in the Northern Spirit Games Friday at Dante Alighieri Academy in North York, one of five sites where students in grades 4, 5 and 6 participated in a day of athletic, cultural and spiritual celebrations. The students were taught indoor and outdoor activities based on traditional First Nations, Métis and Inuit games, which focus on physical strength, agility and endurance, such as showshoeing (at right) and teamwork (below). In photo at bottom left, St. Nicholas of Bari students Michael Zappata and Lucas Chaves participate in the rope skipping event. And bottom right, Holy Rosary Catholic school student Kate Valdez loses her fish during the seal crawl event. Staff photos/DAN PEARCE
charity skate Clockwise from top: Kaitlyn Liu shows off her spinning skills during a fundraising skating party Saturday at Canlan Ice Sports to benefit Children in Action, an organization that helps build schools in Africa and India; Julia Ionescu, left, Megan Marshall and Ishan Vijay skate together; Kaitlyn Liu, left, and Stefanie Siauw lace up; stars from the TV show ‘Degrassi’ – Sarah Fisher, left, and Ana Golja – strut their stuff on the ice. Photos/Nancy Paiva
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Thurs. Feb 26 to Wed. March 4 Fresh Homegrown Ontario
SPRING LAMB HALF OR WHOLE
5
$ 99 lb
Special Cuts available
VEAL SOTTO SPALLA
4
$ 99 lb
11.00 kg
13.21 kg
Fresh Homegrown Ontario
PORK SELECT HAMS
1
$ 29 lb $1.49lb Primal cuts
Fresh Homegrown Ontario
Fresh Homegrown Ontario
BONELESS VEAL SHOULDER
5
$ 99 lb 2.84 kg
Cut From Canada AA Or Higher
BEEF STRIPLOIN STEAK
8
$ 99 lb
13.21 kg
Fresh Homegrown Ontario
CHICKEN LEGS
1
$ 49 lb
19.82 kg
Product of Italy
TAVOLA ITALIA PROSCIUTTO CRUDO
9
$ 99 lb
22.02 kg
(Whole $8.88lb $19.58kg)
3.28 kg
Product of Italy
PECORINO ROMANO
7
$ 99 lb
WOW PRICE!
17.61 kg