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Down one level from North York Central Library lies a small store where most books, magazines, CDs and DVDs can be bought for the bargain price of $1 or less.

Book Ends, located on the concourse level at 5120 Yonge St., celebrated its 20th anniversary this fall. Operated

by Friends of Toronto Public Library, North Chapter, the store is volunteer-run and sells withdrawn library material, along with donated books from the public. Most items cost between 50 cents and $1, with more expensive items priced at around $5. >>>VOLUNTEER, page 26

Tuesday’s conviction of former North York General Hospital anesthesiologist Dr. George Doodnaught on charges of

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“I want to assure you that we have made, and will continue >>>HOSPITAL, page 19

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The victim was identified by a friend as 23-year-old Adrian Dudzicki, a top squash player in Canada.

“He had a love for the game of squash,” Jay Fleishman said of his squash buddy. “He was on his way to the National Squash Academy where he

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North York Rangers Junior A players thinking pink Sunday’s game a fundraiser for breast cancer foundation FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com

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t their game against the Toronto Junior Canadiens Sunday, Nov. 24, the North York Rangers Junior A hockey team will sport pink in support of breast cancer research.

The Pink at the Rink event, to be held at Herbert H. Carnegie

Centennial Arena, 580 Finch Ave. W., will include a pre-game raffle, sale of pink ribbon items, a 50/50 draw and bake sale at 2:15 p.m., followed by an on-ice ceremony and puck drop at 3 p.m.

All proceeds will be donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation via ICEd PINK, a fundraising program that encourages youth hockey leagues in Ontario to fundraise and raise breast cancer awareness.

Free admission will be given to kids wearing a minor hockey jersey, plus one pink item.

“We’ve done stuff with the boys before, but this is the first time for Pink at the Rink,” said Stephanie Gagne, the team’s preventative abuse co-ordinator. “The boys will wear special bright pink jer-

seys with our logo on it. They will be carrying signs saying who they are skating for. Unfortunately, breast cancer hits pretty much everyone.”

Raffle items up for grabs include a pink hockey stick signed by all the North York Rangers Junior A players, Toronto Maple Leaf tickets, a signed Joffrey Lupul jersey, and platinum Toronto Raptors tickets.

The goal is to raise $2,500, an amount Gagne said she hopes to surpass.

“Obviously we’re hoping to get a lot more than that,” she said, adding people can donate online if they can’t make it out to the rink Sunday.

Future Pink at the Rink events will likely be held in October,

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which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but preparations couldn’t be pulled together in time this year, she said.

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by Elena Piacentini, the mother of the captain of the North York Rangers Junior A team, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2012.

“It makes me feel really good to know that’s what’s behind it,” she

said. “We have no idea how many people to expect, usually we have 85 to 100 people in attendance for games.”

Piacentini, who underwent chemotherapy and radiation and returned to her office job in September, said she’s back at the rink to watch her son, Patrick, play, but did catch the games on the computer from home when she wasn’t able to make it in person. “(Pink at the Rink) is a great opportunity for the community to come together in support of breast cancer research,” she said.

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Local initiative that helps the stained glass artwork homeless joins national charity FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com An initiative that helps keep the homeless warm during frigid winter months is now part of a national charity.

Project Winter Survival is now under charity Engage and Change, which also has Project Water under its umbrella.

Both Project Winter Survival and Project Water were founded by The Bargains Group president and CEO Jody Steinhauer, which assembles kits and hands out bottled water to those living on the streets in the winter and summer, respectively.

Unfortunately, the number of people in need of winter survival kits is only going up, with requests for 13,000 kits last year, said Steinhauer, adding 3,000 were assembled.

Now in its 15th year, Project Winter Survival packages kits to be handed out to more than 170 social service agencies for distribution, including Canadian Red Cross, Covenant House, Out of the Cold programs, and the Salvation Army.

Last year, Project Winter Survival

expanded to Vancouver, and now hopes to reach all major cities in need from coast to coast, Steinhauer said.

“It’s very sad this is needed,” she said.

“As our team assesses demand, demand is up. Engage and Change is all about bringing the community together to make a difference for the less fortunate. I was speaking at Seneca College (recently) and a student came up to me after and said he just got out of a shelter and our kit kept him alive. We need more companies to get on board, to sponsor us and individuals to sponsor us.”

More than 15,000 kits, each filled with basic supplies to help those living on the streets stay warm during winter, have been assembled since the initiative’s start.

A $25 donation sponsors an entire kit with a retail value of $165. The Salvation Army will issue tax receipts for donations of $25 or more.

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oronto’s reputation has certainly taken a pounding these past few weeks, with news of our mayor drawing international attention for all the wrong reasons. But that doesn’t mean we can’t try to find some bright spots in this mess.

Once the jokes and stories die down, most will have seen our city as having taken the political steps necessary to deal with the situation while respecting the democratic process.

Mayor Rob Ford is only one person in this city and, remember, he’s only one vote on council.

What about the rest of us? We know Toronto is so much more than this.

We’re a great city with lots to offer residents and visitors. It’s our home, and there couldn’t be a better time for residents for take a look our view at our positives rather than feeling sorry for the unwanted attenwe’re getting.

Celebrate our tion We just held another wonderful great city and Santa Claus Parade last Sunday, drawing huge crowds downtown all it offers for the 109th annual event.

Remember that it takes some 3,000 volunteers to run the parade, and make it the success it is year after year. That’s the Toronto we’re proud to live in and there’s plenty more to celebrate.

With winter approaching, skaters can take to a number of outdoor ice rinks slated to open this weekend.

Going out and enjoying recreational activities in the city, be it skating, taking part in other sports or simply going for a walk in a park, there’s no better way to get back in touch with your community.

We can also enjoy the holiday season by taking part in one of the many events set for the city. We get the best of the best when it comes to productions such as the National Ballet of Canada’s The Nutcracker, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

And every neighbourhood celebrates the season with bazaars, bake sales, performances, community and school concerts, and numerous undertakings to help those less fortunate at this time of year.

When you are talking with friends and family from afar in the coming weeks, tell them the good things about our city. Ensure they understand all this political hoopla does not impact the day-to-day governing of Toronto, and certainly takes nothing away from the spirit, services and fun of our city.

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‘Is there ice yet?’ local skaters ask ‘I

s there ice yet?”

That was an oft-repeated line from kids at this time of year when I was growing up. As soon as it started to get cold – and it did in November – all we could think of was how soon we’d be playing hockey outside.

Oh, and when I say cold, I don’t mean this impersonating Celsius cold, I mean the real deal: Fahrenheit cold.

“Is there ice yet?”

The ice we were referring to was on rinks built in the playgrounds of the schools nearby. Prefab rinks that we called “cushions” were installed at all the public and high schools around town.

Some of the bigger schools were lucky enough to have more than one.

There were also pleasure-skating ovals beside the rinks. No fancy nickname for them, but they were just as popular as the cushions.

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY

The first flooding was always around the 15th of November. By the 17th a few of the schools were lucky enough to have a glistening surface.

“Is there ice yet?”

When my friends and I posed the question we weren’t talking about our own public school, West Prep, which, sadly, took longer to get in the game than others. We were referring to legendary locations such as Blythwood Public School, which always seemed to have ice first.

The maintenance man in charge of that rink had the magic touch.

But enough of way back when; fast forward to today.

Well, well, well, it looks like our once-favourite fall phrase could be making a comeback. There are

big plans in the works to extend the outdoor shinny and skating season in Toronto.

Not on the natural ice we used to have, made from water out of a big black hose that would freeze in a few days. There’s only a slim chance of getting natural ice in January and February, let alone November anymore. But on artificial ice, courtesy of refrigeration systems underneath the rinks, which is going to be putting in some much welcomed overtime this season.

Of the outdoor artificial ice rinks in the city, 14 are set to open this Saturday and 41 next Saturday.

A special tip of the hat – and tuque and hockey helmet – to Harbourfront, which beat the other rinks to the punch by getting theirs up and running last Saturday.

And the icing on the rink?

The majority of them are expecting to remain active through the third week of February and a bunch of the more ambitious venues have their sights set on staying open until the middle of March. Sweet.

Of course, the ever party-pooping climate may have something to say about that. Still, it warms the heart to know there is a commitment from the powers that be to try and keep the outdoor season going as long as possible.

Sooooo ... “Is there ice yet?”

Funny you should ask.

How does this Saturday sound to you?

Like music to these ears.

Race you to the rink.

Ah, on second thought, the news is so good, I’ll race you to all of them.

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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Educational and Support Group About Community Resources WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Bathurst-Finch Community Hub, 540 Finch Ave. W. CONTACT: Anna Siciliano, 416-635-2900, ext. 462 COST: Free

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Klezmas Carol WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Donway Covenant United Church, 230 The Donway West CONTACT: Jaren McLeod, 416-444-8444, donwaycovenant.com, donwaycovenant@msn.com COST: Adults $20, students with ID and children $12 Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ with music by The Klezmas Band.

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New and Used Winter Adult Clothes Donation WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-3281, www. templesinai.net, social_ action@templesinai.net COST: Free

York Railway Modellers Open House WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE:

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Soup & Movie Night WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Donway Covenant United Church, 230 The Donway West CONTACT: Jaren McLeod, 416-444-8444, donwaycovenant.com, donwaycovenant@msn. com COST: $5 Movie: ‘Prayers for Bobby’. Watch the film at 4 p.m., stay for soup supper at 6 p.m. The film will be shown again at 7 p.m.

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Fundraiser for Typhoon Victims in the Philippines WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. WHERE: VAT Activity Room, 3585 Keele St. CONTACT: Hung Ton, 416-567-3625; 416-536-3611, 416-636-8887 COST: $30 To help victims of Typhoon Haiyan, the Vietmese Association Toronto (VAT) presents two shows of the award-winning documentary ‘Bolinao 52’. Admission $30.

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5 Oakland Ave. CONTACT: Andy Orr, www.yorkrailwaymodellers.ca, andyorr@bell.net COST: Adults $5, children $1 Geranium, Pelargonium and Fuchsia Society of Ontario WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. COST: Free Elections, penny sale and presentations.

w Monday, Nov. 25

Gender and Affordable Housing Panel and Discussion WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Jane and Sheppard library, 1906 Sheppard Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-392-3031, thrive@metrac.org COST: Free

University Women’s Club North York General Meeting WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: St. Bonaventure Church, 1300 Leslie St. CONTACT: uwcny@uwcnorthyork.ca COST: Free Speaker: Dr. Lorna Marsden, former president and vice-chancellor of York University.

w Friday, Nov. 29

Harm Reduction In Prison Workshop WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Unison - Lawrence Heights site, 12 Flemington Rd. CONTACT: 416-338-7600, publichealth@ toronto.ca COST: Free

w Tuesday, Nov. 26

Eh List: Ted Barris and Tyler Trafford WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington Rd. CONTACT: 416-395-5440 COST: Free ‘The Great Escape’ and ‘The Almost Great Escape’ will be discussed by these Canadian authors, providing a different perspective on these events of the Second World War.

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Agricola Christmas Bazaar WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Agricola Lutheran Church, 25 Old York Mills Rd. CONTACT: Maarit Tuomikoski, 416 489-7600, , agricola@rogers.com COST: Free Holiday Bazaar WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Cherokee Public School, 390 Cherokee Blvd. CONTACT: Nesrin Berrak, berraknesrin@gmail.com COST: Free Program includes gingerbread house decorating and ornament making.

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Families mark 50th anniversary of plane crash Photo/Courtesy

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ive days after his father was killed half a century ago in what was then Canada’s deadliest plane crash, five-year-old Steve Austin was so excited to see his dad’s photo in The Don Mills Mirror that he raced from house to house pointing it out to neighbours.

He used to help an older boy down the street deliver The Mirror for a five-cent pack of gum every week, but he had never been as enthusiastic to hand out the newspaper as he was that day.

“Not understanding, the way I remember it is, I was so excited to see my dad in the paper I just knocked on the door and said, ‘My daddy, my daddy’ and ran to the next door,” said Austin, whose family lived on Brookbanks Drive southeast of York Mills Road and the Don Valley Parkway.

Austin’s father, Philip, was one of 118 victims killed in the Trans-Canada Air Lines crash near Montreal on Nov. 29, 1963.

The DC-8 jet went down in a muddy field just out-

side Ste. Thérèse, Que., mere minutes after departing for Toronto in a severe rainstorm.

Nine fathers from the Don Mills and York Mills area were killed, leaving 20 children fatherless, the Dec. 4 1963 edition of The Mirror said.

“Although the accident occurred 340 miles from this Metro suburb, no disaster has hit this young area harder,” the article said.

“Two families were at the airport waiting for their dads. Others were at home when news of the crash interrupted evening meals.”

Austin’s family – his mom Elisabeth, his older brother Rick, 8, and his little brother Bob, 3, – was at Toronto’s former Malton airport waiting to pick up his father when airline officials broke the news to them.

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We were all waiting in a room and somebody came in and told us the plane had gone down and there were no survivors.

– Steve Austin

Don Mills lost nine men, all fathers, on Nov. 29, 1963 “We were all waiting in a room and somebody came in and told us the plane had gone down and there were no survivors,” said Austin, who remembers being given a toy plane and so much food by officials trying to ease the impact of the devastating news that his mother had to take him out to a curb to be sick.

On Nov. 29 and 30, Austin, his mother and Bob and his daughter will gather in Ste. Thérèse with families who also lost loved ones in the crash of TCA Flight 831 for a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the disaster.

Left particularly hard-hit by the loss of his father, Rick, who lives in the area of Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue, has decided not to attend because he feels he already has closure about the incident, Austin said.

Philip Austin was returning home from a business trip at the time of the crash.

Although he was a star athlete, having drawn the interest of the Montreal Canadiens and winning football scholarship offers in the U.S., Philip Austin had followed his father’s advice to go into the family business.

His death left a huge hole in the fabric of the family, Austin said.

“Mom was devastated, absolutely devastated. She said two years later, she was still in bad shape,” the Pickering truck driver said.

“Neighbours said my parents were the perfect couple.”

While Rick was also devastated, Austin and Bob were too young at the time to understand their father’s death.

Although Austin said his mother provided a happy home for her sons on limited means, including a relatively small legal settlement from the crash, he came to realize over time

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At top, Phil Austin with his sons Steve, Bob and Rick at the cottage the summer before the elder Austin was killed in a plane crash along with 117 others on Nov. 29, 1963. Nine families from the Don Mills/York Mills area were affected by the crash, 76 from the Metro Toronto area. Above, Steve Austin displays a copy of the Dec. 4, 1963 edition of ‘The Don Mills Mirror’ and its story about the local men killed in the plane crash.

what the loss of his father meant to him.

He recalls times during his childhood when the faceless shape of his father would visit him to ask him how things were going before telling Austin he had to go.

While Austin always sought out father figures

growing up, the divorced father of four boys and grandfather of one with another on the way believes his life would have been different if he had had the emotional and financial support of his dad.

“I’ve always missed him.

There are still tears once in a while,” he said.

Business provides solar support A North York tech firm is reaching out stateside with a sponsorship of a university’s solar car team.

Bittele Electronics, based in North York in the Victoria Park and Sheppard avenues area, is providing the sponsorship to the Georgia Tech solar car engineering team in the form of custom PCBs (printed circuit boards) for the competitive solar racing cars.

In a statement, Ege Borluoglu, Bittele’s marketing co-ordinator, said the company is happy to aid “innovations in green technology.” business seminar tonight wCo-op

Innovation Initiative Co-operative Inc.’s next seminar is covering a diverse range of topics from patents to breast cancer to fuel systems.

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The seminar takes place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 at the Legion Hall, 6 Spring Garden Ave., second floor.

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The Emery Village BIA’s streetscaping was honoured with an award at the third annual TABIA Awards Banquet last week.

The awards banquet took place at Palais Royale.

Honoured in the large budget division of the streetscaping category, Emery Village was one of three BIAs acknowledged for their work in streetscaping. GreekTown on the Danforth BIA (large budget) and Kensington

Market BIA (small budget) were also feted. wins TABIA award wCity

The City of Toronto was recently presented with the Michael Comstock Community Builder Award from the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA).

The award acknowledges the city’s current and past partnership with more than 35,000 businesses in 77 BIAs across the city.

Michael Comstock, who died in September 2012, was a long-time advocate for the St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood and was TABIA’s president until April 2012.

For more info on TABIA, go to www.toronto-bia. com Paul Futhey is the managing editor of The North York Mirror. Business in Brief appears every two weeks.

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Political spectrum unites against Ford All those landslide votes to clip Mayor Rob Ford’s wings last week and this might be enough to bolster faith in the human community.

After all, councillors from the left and the right and the mushy middle united pretty firmly in opposition to a mayor whose behaviour has been an affront on every level.

For some time, it’s seemed as though council as a microcosm and we as a society are sharing fewer and fewer common values across the political landscape.

When council “took away the keys,” as Willowdale Councillor John Filion put it Monday, it was a powerful statement: we can agree that the lying, the crack smoking, the bullying, the public drunkenness, the inebriated ranting about murder, and the refusal to co-operate with police investigations are all beyond the pale.

It makes for good feelings now. But it would be a mistake to think this moment of clarity for those on council, and in the city, who supported Rob Ford until very recently have

david nickle the city washed the stains from their hands.

Those councillors who supported Ford because they supported the agenda must, like the voters who supported him, bear responsibility.

It was clear to anyone paying attention that Ford was a profoundly ill-equipped candidate to be mayor of Canada’s largest city. As a councillor, he had already proven himself prone to threats and rages, and also to lying about his alcohol consumption.

As a candidate for mayor, he was recorded offering to try and obtain OxyContin on the street for a supporter, and outed as having a drunk driving conviction in Florida.

When he took office, supporters overlooked a new litany of sins: his truancy during football season – which at one point included the diversion of a TTC bus to take the team he coached home; his documented incidents of danger-

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And when the allegations aimed toward the criminal, those supporters of the agenda barely whispered their disapproval, and many of the mayor’s supporters held fast. Even at other levels of government.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the mayor shook hands in front of the cameras and Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak gratefully accepted his help in the summer byelections, even as the crack video allegations swirled and coalesced.

It was only when the mayor’s behaviour descended to its most bestial, vulgar and universally offensive that his friends, allies and supporters made the choice to leave him behind.

So it comes down to this: we do share common values across the political spectrum.

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The North York Mirror looks at the changing trends and demographics in its local neighbourhoods. Data courtesy Statistics Canada via the City of Toronto.

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The BathurstFinch Hub is located in the WestminsterBranson neighbourhood.

Westminster-Branson: Population (2011): 25,400

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1. English 2. Russian 3. Tagalog 4. Korean 5. Spanish 6. Persian (Farsi) 7. Hebrew 8. Romanian 9. Hungarian 10. Ukrainian

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MOTHER TONGUE “Mother Tongue” refers the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood at the time of the census. In the 2011 census, the percentage of people in Westminster-Branson who list English as their Mother Tongue is 27 per cent. That number is 51 per cent in all of Toronto.

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+15.5% The number of people in WestminsterBranson listing English as their Home Language has increased by 15.5 per cent between 2001 and 2011 (the neighbourhood’s population growth over that same time period was 3.3 per cent).

While the population total in Westminster-Branson dipped slightly between 2001 and 2006, that figure rebounded somewhat, growing by 4.1 per cent between 2006 and 2011.

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A moving portrait of two families A story of friendship challenged by differing faith-based ideologies, The Chosen, based on a novel by Chaim Potok, is an entertaining and often fascinating play.

It touches on the chasm that separates Hasidic and Orthodox Jews, the generational gap and the struggles of parents to accept the life choices of their children.

Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders meet as teen members of opposing teams at a neighborhood baseball game in Brooklyn in the mid 1940s.

Danny bats a deliberate line drive at pitcher Reuven, hitting him in the face and sending him to hospital. Reuven is surprised when Danny shows up to apologize and a friendship develops between the two young men.

Danny is intellectually curious. He determined to reject the career path his father has set out for him to study psychology. Reb Saunders believes in raising his son in silence to teach him compassion.

As their relationship develops, Reuven begins to act as a buffer between Danny and his

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Writer Aaron Posner, who adapted Potok’s novel, places an adult Reuven on stage to narrate and explain the story, while calling for a younger actor to play young Reuven.

It’s a curious staging concept because Danny is played by one actor throughout. Zach Nash gives a nicely detailed performance as Danny while Tal Shulman portrays young Reuven with compassion and understanding enriched by his older self played by Sam Rosenthal.

The contrast between the two fathers could not be better delineated: Howard Jerome is a stern Reb – bound by tradition – and Michael Lebovic as Reuven’s father offers wisdom and encouragement for

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It is easy to see how Danny would envy the close, loving relationship Reuben has with his own father while struggling to connect with Reb. There is a lot to explore in these characters, and director Ari Weisberg has worked with his cast to uncover each level of the relationships.

The result is a play that draws us in from the very first scene and makes us not only care about these people, but ultimately understand their behaviors. The result is a moving portrait of the two families.

Teatron Toronto Jewish wChosen Theatre’s production of The has been extended to Dec. 1 in the Studio theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. For tickets, visit www.teatrontheatre.com or call the box office at 416733-0545.

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ers ranging in age from their twenties to their nineties.

Admission to the concert is $5 at the door. Children 12 and under get in free.

Habitat for Humanity Toronto’s 11th annual Gingerbread Build takes place the weekend of Dec. 7 and 8.

The annual event helps raise funds for the organization, which works to provide affordable housing for families.

Sat.-Sun. Gingerbread house building times are slated for 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. at Habitat Toronto’s Gingerbread Build Factory located at 19-4 Waterman Ave., in the Bermondsey Road and O’Connor Drive area.

For more information, call 416-755-7353.

For her win, Catton will take home $25,000.

The bilingual Literary Awards celebrate the excellence of Canadian writers, illustrators and translators in categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text and illustration), and translation.

Boyden, who grew up in North York, saw his book The Orenda nominated in the fiction category for Canada’s national book awards.

Division accepting for annual drive w31toys

Toronto Police Services’ 31 Division is accepting new, unwrapped toys for its annual toy drive.

Toys can be dropped off at 40 Norfinch Dr. until Saturday, Dec. 14 for children in need.

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The Spelling Bee of Canada will kick off its 27th annual competition Nov. 28 at North York Memorial Hall, 5110 Yonge St., from 6 to Thursday 9 p.m.

Guest speaker and awardwinning author Arlene Perly Rae will speak about the importance of literacy.

Competition training and workshops as well as a spellathon will be featured.

Attendees can also take part in the spellathon. The winning team will be announced at the event.

Though he was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction, Joseph Boyden did not take home the grand prize.

Eleanor Catton won the book prize for her murder mystery The Luminaries, it was announced last week. An awards ceremony is scheduled at Rideau Hall in Ottawa Thursday, Nov. 28.

Pieces entertains at holiday concert wResa’s

Resa’s Pieces will host a holiday concert Dec. 2 at York Mills Collegiate, located at 490 York Mills Rd. east of Bayview Avenue, beginning at 7:45 p.m.

Formed by Resa Kochberg to inspire people to recapture their inner musician and have fun doing it, Resa’s Pieces is a group of amateur perform-

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Sue Chun, 24, received the award from Lt. Gov. David Onley at Queen’s Park for Distinguished Service to the Community.

Chun, who recently received honourable mention at the 2013 Heritage Toronto Awards, is currently part of the City Life Film Project, sponsored by Remix Project and Temple Street Productions.

She is among three finalists selected to direct a short film under professional mentorship.

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Early subway closures extended The TTC board voted this week to support a plan extending early subway closures at the north end of the Yonge line to aid urgent tunnel repairs at Lawrence Station.

The move won’t much impact late night riders between Finch and Eglinton stations, who are accustomed to nightly subway shutdowns as of 12:30 a.m. for the past five years so work crews can complete urgent tunnel maintenance work.

The board’s decision now means early subway closures will continue for up to two more years to allow for the replacement of parts of the deteriorating subway tunnel ceiling under the Lawrence Station bus bay, which TTC has deemed a potential safety hazard.

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Corktown Common will remain open throughout the winter.

The urban green space by the GO train corridor and CN Rail tracks in the redeveloping West Donlands opened

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approve next year’s TTC and Wheel-Trans budgets, which contain a proposal to hike either Metropass or cash fares for 2014.

A proposed transit fare hike is expected to be a major source of conversation at an upcoming TTC public meeting this week.

Billed as a Customer Town Hall, the public forum takes place at City Hall tonight at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers and will give transit riders the opportunity to ask questions or offer suggestions directly to senior TTC brass.

The meeting is scheduled to take place one day after a special board meeting to

Shop open house wHarvey

The TTC is inviting residents to take a look at some of its new vehicles during an open house at its historic streetcar repair facility this weekend.

On Saturday, visitors will get the chance to tour the Harvey Shop, which was erected in 1923 and named after the TTC’s second general manager, D.W. Harvey.

Open house attendees will have the chance to check out both vintage as well as the brand new Bombardier streetcars, plus the 60-foot articulated buses set to begin service on some routes in December.

The open house runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harvey Shop, within the TTC’s Hillcrest complex located near the intersection of Bathurst Street and Davenport Road.

Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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>>>from page 1 to make, every effort to ensure that incidents like this never happen again.”

Officials who did not act on previous complaints about Doodnaught used their best judgement at the time, Rutledge said.

“No one had all of the information available during the trial,” he said, adding he has never heard of a similar “aberrant crime” in which an anesthesiologist sexually assaulted patients during surgery.

Doodnaught was convicted of sexually assaulting patients between 2006 and 2010 in the operating room, where

he was separated by other medical personnel only by a sterile screen used to partition patients’ upper and lower bodies.

Doodnaught’s lawyers had argued it wasn’t physically possible for him to have assaulted the women as they said and made reference to their compromised state of awareness during surgery.

Rutledge did not provide specifics about changes made at the hospital to ensure similar incidents don’t happen again, but said software has now been installed to track allegations once patients have made complaints.

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complaints are now being brought to his attention so he can ensure the right people are involved in investigating the allegations. ‘everyone feels safe’ “My goal is that everyone, patients, families, staff and physicians, feels comfortable and safe to come forward with any concerns,” he said.

The hospital remains respected in the community, although there is work to do make sure people know the hospital is doing what it can to address concerns, Rutledge said.

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Hospital enjoys an excellent reputation. Our staff and physicians are dedicated to provide the highest standards of care. We are troubled by this occurrence. We are sincerely regretful this happened but I have a great deal of faith in the professionals that work here and I’m actually proud of the standards of care they provide,” he said.

“It is our responsibility to make absolutely sure that we take every step necessary to ensure that incidents like this never happen again.”

Rutledge apologized to Doodnaught’s victims.

“Words cannot begin to express how sorry I am for the

profound impact these crimes have had on the lives of these patients,” he said.

“I want to say to all patients who were assaulted, I deeply regret you experienced this type of violation. This should not have happened and on behalf of the hospital, I sincerely apologize.”

The hospital settled a civil action with the patients about two years ago.

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Pair charged in series of violent convenience store robberies Third suspect sought

Police have charged two men and are looking for a third in connection with a series of violent robberies.

Police allege three masked men armed with screwdrivers and a knife entered a 7-Eleven on Bathurst Street in North York, assaulted the store

employee and stole cigarettes and cash on Nov. 10.

The employee was treated in hospital for his injuries.

Police also allege that on the same day three men stole a van near Scarlett Road and Scarlettwood Court in Etobicoke and drove to Jing Variety on Marlee Avenue in North York.

“Wearing disguises and armed with screwdrivers, the men entered the store,

jumped over the counter, held down the employee and assaulted him,” police alleged in a news release. “The men stole a quantity of cigarettes and cash before fleeing.”

That employee too was treated in hospital.

The next day, three men stole another vehicle from the Scarlett and Scarlettwood area and drove to a store on Broadview Avenue where they allegedly jumped over the

counter, pushed the employee to the ground, held a knife to her throat and stole cigarettes, lottery tickets and a cash register.

Jamie Jamieson, 42, and Mick Hlookoff, Joshua 28, both of Moskaluk Toronto have each been charged with

three counts of robbery, three counts of wearing a disguise, three counts of weapons dangerous and two counts of possessing property obtained by crime.

Hlookoff has additionally been charged with possessing cocaine.

A warrant for the arrest of 34-year-old Joshua Moskaluk has been issued, police said.

Moskaluk is white, 5’10”

tall, 165 pounds with blue eyes and short black hair. He has a tattoo of a cross on his upper back, a tattoo of “Angels and Demons” on his lower back, a tattoo of “Jungle” on his abdomen and “LGC” on his left shoulder. He is known to frequent the Lawrence Avenue and Allen Road area.

Anyone with information is asked to call the holdup squad at 416-808-7350 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.

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By Lisa Rainford

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xperts agree, the teenage years can present a whole host of pressures – most of which can easily be managed with the right support from parents and caregivers. There are particular pressures, however, that if unrecognized and allowed to fester, can compel youth to take their own drastic measures to cope.

With proper awareness and exposure to positive stories of inspiration, teens can change their outlook says Prof. Gordon Flett of York University’s LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research.

He points to all-star pitcher and Toronto Blue Jay R.A. Dickey as someone who overcame the odds.

With the release of his autobiography in 2012 Wherever I Wind up: My Quest for Truth came the revelation that Dickey had been harbouring a devastating secret for most of his life – he had been sexually assaulted as a child. To cope, he turned inward and away from his family.

“As one illustration of his feeling of isolation, Dickey would break into empty houses so he could sleep alone and didn’t have to go home,” Flett says.

Tormented by the abuse he suffered as a child coupled with early career setbacks, Dickey contemplated suicide for a time. It was after nearly drowning in the Missouri River his perspective on life changed.

“Here’s an example of someone who got a second chance and went on to become the best pitcher in the league,” Flett says.

Experts who deal with suicide from across the province, say youth contemplating suicide may be dealing with a number of risk factors including isolation, perfectionism, stress, imitation, the topic’s prevalence in public discussion, as well as a need for instant gratification.

The drive for perfection amounts to “a huge proportion” of suicide, particularly in youth, according to Flett, whose collaborative work with

Dr. Paul Hewitt of the University of British Columbia on perfectionism has received widespread national and international attention. Many people put on a front or “social mask” so even close friends and family don’t realize the extent of the pain they’re experiencing.

“We get contacted by families who say, ‘We didn’t see the signs; (the suicide) happened without warning,’” Flett says. “Sometimes these people can be so good at hiding the signs, but it’s important for families to know that this is common.”

However, family members and friends need to be aware if everything seems too perfect.

Flett advises parents to look out for their teens if they are no longer feeling or

seeming like their old selves. Open up a dialogue, he says.

Parents need to demonstrate to their teen that they care. Their child needs to know he or she matters, that their love is not contingent on unreachable expectations. Parents should not be afraid to share some of the mistakes they’ve made or how they overcame a difficult period in their lives.

In a conversation with school teachers, who asked him what they could do when they see kids who are pushed to the limit, Flett advised them to be that person teens can open up to, to assure them that they are not alone.

“They need to know the statistics, that others at the same age feel the same way,” Flett says. “Adolescence is a difficult time for everyone.”

Sheeba Narikuzhy, clinical supervisor at East Metro Youth Services, says there can be a

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We get contacted by families who say, ‘We didn’t see the signs; (the suicide) happened without warning.

Sometimes these people can be so good at hiding the signs, but it’s important for families to know that this is common.

– York University Prof. Gordon Flett, LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research

range of warning signs for youth thinking about suicide, including significant changes in eating and sleeping habits; withdrawal from friends, family and activities and unusual behaviour or unusual neglect of appearance and a teen’s decline in school performance or attendance.

“Be aware of talk of suicide, even in a joking way,” she says.

Sudden or dramatic changes in personality should get parents’ attention. If teens become happy and calm after a long period of moodiness and anger, perhaps they’ve made a decision about ending their life or, if they have begun to give away prized possessions, seemingly for no reason.

“The risk factors can be biological, whether teens have mental health issues like depression, anxiety or ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder),” Narikuzhy says. “There are social risk factors: victimization by peers; bullying or cyber-bullying or conflict with peers; it could be a romantic relationship breakdown or a change in friendship like a fight.

For teens, their social and peer >>> page 25

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Real teens, real trouble Keeping a close eye on a teen’s moods and activities can help determine whether there’s cause for concern.

The Catalysts: What to watch out for Metroland Media surveyed experts who deal with suicide on reasons why youth may contemplate ending their life.

The following six reasons are identified as catalysts and are explained here in the hopes the information may prove helpful to parents and caregivers concerned about their own child.

1. PERFECTIONISM The drive for perfection amounts to “a huge proportion” of suicide, particularly in youth, according to Prof.

Gordon Flett of York University’s LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research.

Many people put on a front or “social mask” so even close friends and family don’t realize the extent of the pain, helplessness and hopelessness they’re experiencing.

“No one’s that perfect,” Flett says.

“People need to be attuned when their sixth sense goes off.”

2. STRESS Stress could materialize itself in teens through such issues as depression, panic attacks or addiction.

Discussing mental health issues should be as basic as talking about sex education, according to Dr. Michelle Marshall, a psychiatrist at St. Joseph’s Health Centre’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health department.

“Parents need to start talking about the issue to normalize it,” she says.

“Have a conversation with your child.

“Ask the child what’s going on, ask >>>from page 24 circle is very important.”

Social media can have an influence on whether a teen takes his own life. Suicide can become contagious when it is glorified online, Narikuzhy says.

Oftentimes, schools are hesitant to publicize or talk about suicide for fear there will be imitation.

Flett confirms that suicide is more likely to occur among teens whose friends have committed the act.

“If a parent knows their child is vulnerable, be vigilant, keep eyes open,” Flett says.

“There is added depression when someone close takes his or her own life. They (wonder) ‘wasn’t knowing me enough?’”

We as a society are better off talking about suicide, yet it’s important how we broach the subject, Flett says.

“What I would advocate is for parents to do their own research, but more information should be

‘how can I help?’ Children and teens do best when they have a confiding relationship with at least one of their parents.”

3. PREVALENCE IN PUBLIC DISCUSSION Oftentimes, schools are hesitant to publicize or talk about suicide for fear there will be copycats.

Suicide is more likely to occur among teens whose friends have committed the act.

“If a parent knows their child is vulnerable, be vigilant, keep eyes open,” Flett says.

“There is added depression when someone close takes his or her own life.

“They (wonder) ‘wasn’t knowing me enough?’”

4. IMITATION Social media can have an influence on whether a teen takes his own life.

Suicide can become contagious when it is glorified online, says East Metro Youth Services clinical supervisor Sheeba Narikuzhy.

“For teens, their social and peer circle is very important,” she says. more readily available,” he says.

Hopelessness is the No. 1 psychological indication of suicide, the feeling of never being able to meet expectations and feeling socially disconnected, according to Flett.

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Teens who are going through extreme emotional pain will say I don’t want to die, but I don’t see any other way.

– Dr. Michelle Marshall, psychiatrist at St. Joseph’s Health Centre

There is a range of conditions where teens may have suicidal thoughts, agrees Dr. Michelle Marshall, a psychiatrist at St. Joseph’s Health Centre’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health department.

They might be struggling with

5. ISOLATION Hopelessness is the No. 1 psychological indication of suicide, Flett says.

Feeling socially disconnected, whether it’s because of a friendship or romantic relationship breakdown or victimization by peers through bullying, can turn a person inwards.

“They need to know the statistics, that others at the same age feel the same way,” Flett says.

“Adolescence is a difficult time for everyone.”

6. INSTANT GRATIFICATION Teens and youth are at their wits’ end.

They are desperate to get rid of their pain and they develop their own coping mechanisms to relieve that pressure.

However, most of the time, they want to “kill” the problem and the pain – not themselves, Narikuzhy says.

“Teens who are going through extreme emotional pain will say I don’t want to die, but I don’t see any other way,” she says.

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depression, panic attacks, addiction or sexual orientation. Discussing mental health issues should be as basic as talking about sex education, she says.

Normalize “Parents need to start talking about the issue to normalize it,” she says. “Have a conversation with your child. Ask the child what’s going on, ask ‘how can I help?’ Children and teens do best when they have a confiding relationship with at least one of their parents.”

Family doctors are your first point of contact, says the psychiatrist. Most of the time, teens and youth do not want to die. They want to “kill” the problem and the pain – not themselves, Narikuzhy stresses. “Teens who are going through extreme emotional pain will say I don’t want to die, but I don’t see any other way.”

Fearless hero, risk-taker remembered for his generosity The loved ones of Mark Snoddon shared his story in the hopes that his lost life is never forgotten and can inspire the change needed to avoid further preventable deaths in Ontario.

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hose who knew Mark Snoddon knew he was someone you could count on.

Mark wasn’t willing to settle for a mundane existence.

Tackling many feats in his short life, his strongest passion was fighting fire.

“He was the youngest fireman on the Baysville Fire Department,” said his mom Judy. “They called him Backdraft because he was the first one at every scene. He loved the excitement.”

Mark was fearless. Always pushing the limits, he often put himself in danger to help others, scaling the roof of a burning building or climbing inside a flame-engulfed car.

“Even when he was a kid, he would jump into anything. Nothing scared him,” she said. “Everybody loved him

from the time he was born. He had this huge smile. He was like a clown.”

While home visiting his family on Aug. 8, 1998, at the age of 21, Mark shot and killed himself on the front lawn of the family home in the early morning hours, while his family, including his wife, was still in bed.

A hero in life, Mark was honoured with a fireman’s funeral.

“There were so many people there.

It was unbelievable.”

Following the ceremony, one of the attendees told her he had met her son when Mark was working as a gas attendant. He said when Mark found out the man was in the process of moving and didn’t have much help, Mark said he would rally some friends and help the man unload belongings the following morning.

“He said he didn’t think Mark would actually show up, but there he was the next morning. That’s just the kind of guy he was. Always willing to help.”

-By Kelly McShane

Parent and youth resources for prevention and coping CALL 911 if you are thinking of harming yourself or if someone you know is in imminent danger of harming themselves.

Ontario Association for Suicide Prevention >> ospn.ca

health problems Mobilizing Minds >> www.mobilizingminds.ca A mental health project led by young adults, community organizations and health professionals

Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention >> suicideprevention.ca

Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) Youth Line 1-800-268-9688

Hope and Healing After Suicide: A practical guide for people who have lost someone to suicide in Ontario >> www.camh.ca

River of Life Program >> www.riveroflifeprogram.ca Online training about Aboriginal youth suicide

Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 Mind your Mind >> mindyourmind.ca A website for youth created by youth offering resources, tools to help manage stress and mental

UP NEXT ...

So how do we prevent teen suicide? Be open. Be honest. Admit it’s an issue.

Watch for the next part in our series on youth suicide.

See Part I online at bit.ly/1dTUlRK

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Volunteer-run shop gives new life to old books >>>from page 1 Proceeds from sales go to the Toronto Public Library Foundation for its children’s literacy program, Leading to Reading, a free program for children in grades 1 to 6 who can communicate in English and are below their grade level in reading, or need help with homework.

During its board of directors meeting next Tuesday, Book Ends will present a cheque to the Toronto Public Library Foundation, bringing the amount donated to more than $1 million.

Book Ends was established for two purposes, said store manager Rosellen Trudeau.

“It helped prevent withdrawn books from going into landfill, and it funded literacy programs at Toronto Public Library,” she said.

Open Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the

store is completely run by volunteers, several of whom have been with Book Ends since doors opened in 1993, Trudeau said.

“The library is always getting new books and material, and there is not room to keep everything,” she said, adding books are often donated to people from organizations looking for material to send to underprivileged countries.

“They box the books that aren’t getting looked at or are out of date.

Then they send it to us or our sister store (Friends of Toronto Public Library’s Book Ends store, South Chapter) at the Toronto Reference Library. People can donate their books to us as well. Sometimes we have so many books we can’t get into our storage room. We can have 2,000 to 4,000 books at any given time.”

A half-price sale for three days in October raked in $3,200, Trudeau said, adding 5,000 to 6,000 books

were sold during that period.

Though the amount donated this year to Toronto Public Library has yet to be determined, Trudeau said the number will bring the donation total to over $1 million.

“We’ve had a couple of lean years, but we have never given less than $49,000, and we’ve given as much as $60,000 to $70,000,” she said.

Aside from funds set aside to pay for parking for those volunteers who don’t walk or take public transit, store supplies such as tape, pencils and pens, and an annual volunteer appreciation night, all proceeds from sales are donated, she said.

A volunteer since 2008, Trudeau was looking to fill time after retirement. A book lover, the North York resident thought it would be a good fit to volunteer at Book Ends, which was looking for people to help out.

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papers and distributed flyers at community centres, hoping to get the word out about the store.

“A lot of people don’t know about us,” she said. “When the food court went (which was beside Book Ends), sales went down.”

In an attempt to get the store “into the 21st century,” Trudeau has set up Facebook and Twitter accounts, which advertises sales.

And a silent auction might be in the works to sell books from the late 1800s and early 1900s, including J.M. Berrie’s Peter and Wendy, but details need to be finalized.

“Maybe we’ll do it online,” she said. “We once got a huge Rembrandt book and sold it online for $40.

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