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Black Cat Fish & Chips closing MARK A. CADIZ mcadiz@insidetoronto.com Black Cat Fish & Chips is closing up shop Saturday after a 60 year-run on Avenue Road south of Wilson Avenue.

Known for serving halibut and chips, the business has been owned by the Karahalios family since 1968. But with the death earlier this year of owner Konstantinos Karahalios – or

Gus, as everyone called him – the family has made the decision to close.

“It was his life since 1968,” Karahalios’ son, Jim, said this week.

Karahalios died Feb. 26 after a long fight with cancer at the age of 76. His wife, Maria, son, Jim, and daughter, Emily, initially decided to keep the restaurant going, but it wasn’t the same without Karahalios.

“My dad was a big character and it was strange for the regulars not to have him there,” Jim said.

Karahalios, who lived in Downsview, came to Canada in 1962 by boat from Arkadia, Greece and worked at five factories before he was able to save up enough money to purchase Black Cat in 1968. In addition to running the restaurant, Karahalios >>>saturday, page 6

‘Pop up shop’ for Harmony Place clients FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com

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For the second year, clients from Harmony Place Support Services will get a chance to shop for their own clothes in a ‘pop up shop’ organized by New Circles Wednesday, Dec. 3. >>>mobile, page 6

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orth York Arts has found a new home at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, meaning North York residents can look forward to new arts and cultural opportunities on their doorstep.

The partnership creates a North York Arts hub at the centre, allowing both organizations to work collaboratively to increase the profile of North York arts locally, nationally and internationally and also provide accessible and affordable space for arts and cultural groups.

“This evening is to celebrate the collaboration of North York Arts and the Toronto Centre for the Arts,” Lila Karim, managing director of North York Arts, said at a gala Nov. 19 to announce the hub at the centre on Yonge Street north of Sheppard Avenue.

“Since 2011, North York Arts and the Toronto Centre for the Arts have worked together to build the arts profile in North York, celebrate creative talent in the region and provide art and cultural programming to residents.

And now, we celebrate this major milestone together in our collaboration. We are very, very excited about the possibilities and opportunities that will be created with the North York Arts hub being here at the Toronto Centre for the Arts Centre for the community.”

North York Arts, being incubated by the Toronto Arts Foundation, is a service organization that

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North York Arts will have a hub at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. works with the arts community and various partners to foster North York arts programming and bridge connections within North York and across the city.

Establishing a home at the Toronto Centre for the Arts opens up a world of possibilities including opportunities to increase programming, events and services, Karim said.

Willowdale Councillor John Filion launched the idea for North York Arts about five years ago in his living room with a small group of people who shared his vision for bringing arts and cultural activities back to North York’s downtown more than 10 years after it all but disappeared following amalgamation.

“We all have a different definition of what politics is, what politics is all about and what politicians are.

manager of the Toronto Centre for the Arts, is thrilled to welcome North York Arts to the centre.

“I’m going to be frank, from the day I heard about North York Arts, I had high hopes that they would set up shop here because we look at North York Arts as a conduit that will lead us to many arts groups that are out there that can use a smaller, less frequently used space that’s currently available,” he said.

Claire Hopkinson, CEO of the Toronto Arts Foundation, is also pleased North York Arts is now calling the Toronto Centre for the Arts home.

“This is actually a really exciting moment for North York Arts, for the Toronto I like to think of myself as Centre for the Arts and also somebody who is involved for the artists in this comin building communities munity,” she said. and I can’t think of any“Now, we are here at thing that is more valuable last and North York Arts or productive in bringing is going to be helping people together for friendanimate this beautiful ship, for collaboration, for state-of-the-art facility in experiencing joy than the this vibrant part of Toronto. arts,” he said, crediting From here, their work and a number of players for their connections and their bringing that idea five years energy are going to radiate ago to fruition. across the many “I have great communities of Be a part of the hopes that North North York and discussion. Visit York Arts will bring art and this story on our flourish and website and share people together, become a real your thoughts in as they do so well. vehicle, not only This fits perfectly the comments for this Willowdale with our vision at section. community that the Toronto Arts I happen to rep northyorkmirror.com Foundation of a resent, but really creative city block all of North York, by block, of helpeven perhaps outside its ing to spread access to the borders. I think the arts are arts across the entire city of so important…I expect to Toronto, of making the arts look forward to great things connect with community, for North York Arts.” of giving voice to the arts Pim Schotanus, general and putting a spotlight on

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The hub builds on recent arts successes in downtown North York including the annual Cultura Festival at Mel Lastman Square, Karim told The Mirror.

North York Arts is collaborating with other organizations such as Toronto Public Library, Gibson House museum and Earl Haig Secondary School’s Claude Watson School for the Arts, she said.

It has also reached out to the community to find out what residents want and looks forward to hosting workshops for them and inviting them to different arts and cultural events in its new home at the centre, Karim said, “The centre is a beautiful facility. It’s a bit of a winwin in the sense they have this beautiful backdrop here. It’s a professional facility. It’s the only one of its kind north of Bloor Street. For us, as community programmers and community connectors, we’ll be able to build a bridge and bring community in,” she said.

“We want to present beautiful high-impact, local artists but arts and culture at (residents’) doorstep.

So, instead of North York having to go downtown, because a lot of the art and cultural activities and events happen downtown, we want to say, ‘Wait a minute, you can just go to your backyard and enjoy great film, great dance, great art, just a foot (step) away from you.’”

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North York Harvest Food Bank (NYHFB) is looking to raise $250,000 and collect 250,000 pounds of food for this year’s Winter Food Drive.

The drive will run Dec. 1 to Jan. 12.

Needed are non-perishable items such as fish, dried beans, cooking oils and Monday whole grains, which will be distributed to 42 member agencies serving more than 13,000 individuals a month.

NYHFB is the primary food bank for northern Toronto, which distributed more than two million pounds of food last year through 60 neighbourhood programs.

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Council’s new priorities include transit and unity

Write us The North York Mirror welcomes letters of 400 words or less. All submissions must include name, address and a daytime telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. Copyright in letters remains with the author but the publisher and affiliates may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other forms. Letters can be sent to letters@ insidetoronto.com, or mailed to The North York Mirror, 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON, M2H 0A2.

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oronto’s new council begins its work on Dec. 2 with the inauguration of councillors and our new mayor, John Tory. There’s optimism the next four years are going to focus on the needs of the city rather than the circus that was the final two years of Mayor Rob Ford’s administration.

Let’s hope so.

We’re going to be pushing the mayor and councillors to identify their priorities for this term and to achieve results. In today’s edition you can see where Toronto’s longest-serving councillor (Maria Augimeri, first elected in 1985) and one of our rookie councillors (Stephen Holyday) think council’s focus should be. our view Earlier this month, we also laid out what we think Tory’s Council must top priorities should be. You speak with one can read that story at http://bit. ly/1uUjUNs voice on transit A number of the same issues kept popping up for Tory, Augimeri and Holyday. Transportation, with both public transit and traffic on our roads; and working together as one cohesive council topped the lists.

On the traffic/gridlock file, both Augimeri and Holyday suggest looking into better traffic signal coordination to keep cars moving. While far from the only solution to our jammed roadways and ridiculously long commutes, it’s a start well worth looking into.

Augimeri, who was chair of the TTC at the end of council’s last term, pulled no punches when evaluating our public transit system. “We are a banana republic,” she called Toronto when it comes to updating and expanding public transit. Harsh words, but given the past decade of political football between LRTs and subways, bike lanes and the “war on the car,” it’s hard to disagree with her.

Tory and council’s challenge on this one is to speak with one voice on the public transit improvements Toronto needs, and then get the provincial and federal governments on board as quickly as possible.

Doing that also ties into the need for council and the mayor to work together. It’s one of the priorities we identified for Tory, and it will be the biggest test of his leadership.

He is not alone in making that happen, though, as voters are expecting councillors to work together this term. We’ll be watching to make sure they do.

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The newest game for the hockey crowd: Who wants to be a goaltender?

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t’s just a few months into the minor hockey season and out of nowhere my buddy Leo’s seven-year old son Kyle suddenly surprised him with the news that he had decided to switch from being a forward to becoming a goalie.

A former goalie himself, Leo was delighted. So they loaded up on all the new gear on the weekend.

While Leo was helping him put it on in the basement for the very first time, Kyle’s mom Terry stood at the top of the steps and called down to find out how he was doing.

Mom: “So? Let’s have it, Junior. I’m waiting on pins and needles for an update.”

Son: “Come on, Mom. You know better than that.

You don’t sit on knitting.

It’s supposed to be on your lap. How many times have I

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY told you that?”

Mom: “Stop, my stitches.

Just get back to the important matter at hand. How’s it going on down there?”

Son: “Well, I‘ve got good news and bad news. Which do you want first?”

Mom: “Neither, thanks.

If it’s all the same to you.”

Son: “Come on, Mom. You have to pick one or the other. You know the rules.”

Mom: “ Where is that written?”

Son: “The clock’s ticking.”

Mom: “What are the choices again?”

Son: You have until the count of three: 1, 2, ...”

Mom: “ Good news or bad news, eh? That’s really tough, you know.”

Son: “Mommmmm?

Mom: “I was just messing with you. Don‘t get your little shorts in a knot. Well, just to be on the safe side, I think I‘d better use up my a lifeline and take the 50/50.”

Son: “I hate to break it you Mom, but Dad’s shaking his head. He says they got rid of the 50/50 in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire a long time ago.”

Mom. “So I‘ll just have to phone a friend, then. Be a lamb and call your Auntie Carol. Make sure to call collect, too. Give her a taste of her own medicine.”

Son: “Dad says the phone a friend thing is gone, too. Nice try.”

Mom: “So, I guess that leaves me no alternative but to ask the audience.

Can I still do that?”

Son: “Yeah, he says.

That’s still around. Trouble is we’re the only ones down

here. There’s no audience.

Community cable wouldn’t pick this up. He tried.”

Mom: “Ok. Ok. You win.

I give up. I’ll pick one. Give me the good news first, I guess.”

Son: “You’re sure, now?”

Mom: Positive.”

Son: “Is that your final answer?”

Mom: “Final answer.”

Son: “Terrific. The good news is that I finally got all my goalie equipment on.”

Mom: “Wow. And to think it only took a measly one hour and 45 minutes, too. I‘m so proud of you.

But, enough stalling. Don’t keep me in suspense. So, what‘s the bad news?”

Son: “I can‘t move.”

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Agricola Christmas Bazaar WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Agricola Lutheran Church, 25 Old York Mills Rd. CONTACT: Maarit Tuomikoski, 416-489-7600, agricola@rogers. com COST: Free Seneca Open House WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Seneca College’s Newnham Campus, 1750 Finch Ave. E. CONTACT: Student Recruitment, 416-491-5050, ext. 22008, www.senecacollege.ca/ openhouse COST: Free

Dec. 6, 13 and 20 Christmas by Lamplight at Black Creek WHEN: 6 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy. CONTACT: http://christmasbylamplight.ca, bcpvinfo@trca.on.ca, 416-736-1733 COST: see website for details For three magical evenings, Black Creek Pioneer Village invites visitors to join in the holiday festivities. Bathed in the glow of lamplight and dressed in its finest holiday decor, Black Creek comes alive with live music, food and activities. Program only or with dinner options available.

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Anti-Israelism on Campus WHEN: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416487-4161, www.templesinai.net, programs@templesinai.net COST: Free

Nora Gold discuses her book ‘Fields of Exile’, a novel about anti-Israelism on campus. Call to register.

York Railway Modellers Open House WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: York Railway Modellers, 5 Oakland Ave. CONTACT: Andy Orr, www. yorkrailwaymodellers.ca, andyorr@bell. net COST: Adults $5, children $1

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Toronto Police 31 Division CPLC Meeting WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: 31 Division, 40 Norfinch Dr. CONTACT: Larry Perlman, www.torontopolice.

Holiday Open House WHEN: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Jenny Rhodenizer, 416-397-1341, communication@ torontobotanicalgarden.ca COST: Free

Resa’s Pieces Holiday Concert WHEN: 7:45 to 9 p.m. WHERE: York Mills Collegiate Institute, 490 York Mills Rd. CONTACT: info@resapieces. org COST: $5 at the door Music performed by all three ensembles: strings, concert band and singers.

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NeighbourLink Benefit Concert WHEN: 2 p.m. WHERE: Spring Garden Church, 112 Spring Garden Ave. CONTACT: Janice, 416-221-8283 COST: $20 at the door, children under 12 get in free Featuring the Bernard Pears Chorale as well as a variety of local talent.

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Training Session for Catholic Parent Councils WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Catholic Education Centre, 80 Sheppard Ave. E. CONTACT: Theresa Pastore, www. tcdsb.org/FORPARENTS/CSAC/NewsEvents/Pages/CSAC-Training-Session. aspx, theresa.pastore@tcdsb.org COST: Free

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www. northyorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your North York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

Adore Him: A Soli Deo Gloria Ballet Production 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: $20/adults, $12/students, children 12 and under get in free Call for tickets; tickets also available at the door.

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Last week’s edition of the calendar listed an incorrect date for the Seneca Open House. The correct date is Saturday, Nov. 29.

The Mirror regrets the error.

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Grow Your Own Mushrooms WHEN: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Jenny Rhodenizer, 416-397-1341, communication@torontobotanicalgarden. ca COST: Public $40, members $32

Parkwoods United Church U.C.W. Candlelight Service WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Parkwoods United Church, 85 Parkwoods Village Dr. CONTACT: www. parkwoodsunitedchurch.ca, office@ parkwoodsunitedchurch.ca, 416-4475519 COST: Free-will offering Guest speaker is Bruce Voogd, fund

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Christmas Tree Lighting and Toronto Fire Fighters’ Toy Drive WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Shops at Don Mills, 1090 Don Mills Rd. CONTACT: 416-447-6087, ext. 244, www.

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Saturday the last day for Black Cat >>>from page 1 organized charitable events at Black Cat and donated food to the needy.

In an online guestbook following Karahalios’ death, Stephanie Klaamas wrote that Toronto won’t be the same when she visits from Alberta.

Klaamas’ daughters grew up knowing Karahalios and Maria; it was a family tradition to go to Black Cat. Another regular, Michael Belanger, wrote: “Everyone loved the guy and it was an utter pleasure to speak to him.”

Jim admitted business had slowed in the past 15 years, but his father was content to wind down into his retirement years.

He said after he and Emily finished school the motivation to have a busy restaurant wasn’t the same for their dad.

“Regulars continued to come and my father was fine with that,” Jim said.

Over the last several months it has been difficult for the family to keep the restaurant while trying to move on from

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Maria Karahalios cuts halibut while her son Jim looks on Wednesday at Black Cat Fish & Chips. The family has owned the restaurant for 47 years on Avenue Road and will be closing its doors this weekend.

Karahalios’ death.

“It’s sad because I spent my whole life in there,” Jim said

this week. “But at the same time it’s necessary for us to move on, especially for my

mom, and the only way to do that was to close down the restaurant.”

Mobile mall suits clients who have disabilities >>>from page 1 The event falls on the International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD), which helps support human rights of those who face physical, social and economic barriers.

In 1992, the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed Dec. 3 as the International Day of Disabled Persons, and is now celebrated world-wide.

Last year, 56 Harmony Place clients – adults who have physical and developmental disabilities – chose gently used clothing and other basic necessities from a mobile mall set up by New Circles at Harmony Place’s Railside Road site, at no cost to them.

The clients, the majority of whom are in wheelchairs and have cerebral palsy, got to have their pick of shirts, jackets, pants and jeans, along with undergarments and socks.

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As for the reasoning behind setting up a mobile mall, Phioukham said it gives clients a chance to do something for themselves.

“A lot of the time choices are made on their behalf,” she said. “The care giver will buy them clothes because it’s easier. We bring the clothes to them, and they decide if they like that colour, or like that style.”

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our exclusive look brain facts w A human brain weighs about three pounds and is mostly made of water. w Every second, a single neuron in your brain may send as many as 1,000 signals.

These signals can zip from neuron to neuron at speeds of up to 402 km per hour. w Neurons are the building blocks of the nervous system and come in many shapes and sizes. Some stretch from the spinal cord all the way to the toes and can be more than three feet long. w When you smell something sweet, spicy or rank, your nose is sensing chemicals in the air. It sends messages to a brain area called the olfactory cortex, which can distinguish between about 20,000 scents. w Your visual cortex, the “seeing” part of your brain, combines visual cues such as shapes and colours to help you recognize objects in about one-fiftieth of a second. w A particular part of your brain called the fusiform face area helps you recognize faces. People without a functioning fusiform face area cannot recognize their own families or even their own faces in a mirror. w Caffeine works by blocking the effect of a brain neurotransmitter called adenosine, which makes you sleepy. w Studies suggest men with lower levels of the neurotransmitter oxytocin are less likely to marry. w People with Parkinson’s disease often have too little dopamine in their brains, while people with schizophrenia often have too much. w Your short-term memory lets your brain remember things for around a minute or so, just long enough to think about them. Most people can keep about six or seven items in their mind at once. w Brain scans show children and adults learn second languages differently. Children process another language in the same part of their brain as their first language, but adults process it in a different place, which can make learning a new language more difficult.

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It’s a three-pound organ made mostly of water, yet it’s arguably the most important part of the body, and one scientists are still trying to fully understand.

The Ontario Science Centre is hoping to get people thinking and learning about the brain through its new exhibit Brain: The Inside Story, which opened Nov. 19 and will run to March 29 at the Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue site.

The exhibit, on tour from the American Museum of Natural History, features the latest news in neuroscience, showcases new technologies used to study the brain and treat various conditions, and details how the brain can rewire itself in response to experience, disability or trauma.

After walking through the opening area of dangling, tangled wires and flashing lights meant to replicate trillions of firing synapses inside the brain, and past a real preserved human brain, visitors can partake in interactive exhibits and brain-teaser games, while taking in brain scan images and illustrations.

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Latest science centre exhibit aims to connect visitors with info about their grey matter tors can take a seat in the “brain lounge” and discover how different parts of the brain are stimulated by various activities, such as listening to music, sporting events or foreign languages.

The exhibit also includes a six-foot homunculus and an eight-foot model of the subcortical brain.

“I didn’t want it to be too celly, too molecular,” said Dr. Rob DeSalle, lead exhibit curator and curator at the American Museum of Natural History’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology in New York City.

“I wanted to tell the story about the brain. I hope people get a sense of wonder for their brain and learn new things the brain does.”

Up until 100 years ago, very little was known about the brain, DeSalle said,

adding it’s only been in the last decade information has increased, in part due to advanced imaging.

“There’s been amazing proliferation, but there is still a lot more to do,” he said.

A brain mapping initiative in the United States has begun, which will be made up of 100 billion cells in the brain, with each cell making 1,000 connections, he said.

What fascinates DeSalle most about the brain is the part in which decisions are made – something he found himself thinking of quite a bit, having raised two daughters.

“Their decision-making was not good,” he said, laughing.

“But decision-making changes as we grow older.

Eventually you learn what decisions not to make.”

His favourite part of the exhibit is similar to a choose-your-own-adventure type set-up, where a kid steals a cookie from his mom after smelling the freshly baked goods.

“You’re told what’s happening in the brain,” he said. “You make decisions for the kid. You can spend an hour in front of it. It’s fun.”

And if there’s one thing DeSalle hopes visitors will take away from Brain: The Inside Story, it’s the sense of wonder people will hopefully have for the organ.

“I hope they know a little more about the threepound thing in their head,” he said.

Besides the exhibit, the Ontario Science Centre plans to offer brain-related events, including a fourpart Cafe Scientifique series themed “This is your brain on...” food, exercise, music; live animal presentations; Research Live! where visitors are invited to contribute to real-life scientific studies exploring topics ranging from genetics to cognitive development; and BRAINfest!, an interactive family-friendly brain game event.

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Left, Niamh Rafter puts together a brain model at an interactive display at the new brain exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre.

Above, a visitor reads up on the emotional part of the brain.

Highlights of the exhibit w Picture-Sound Illusion: This exhibit tricks the brain into hearing sounds that aren’t there by exposing it to misguiding visual information, demonstrating how the brain integrates various senses, in this case, seeing and hearing. w Neuron Gesture Table: When visitors place their hands on the neuron gesture table, this hightech interactive exhibit “turns” their hands into neurons that can interact with other neurons (other people’s hands), mimicking a synapse in action. w Build-a-Brain: This interactive exhibit reveals the evolutionary path of the brain from the brain stem to the enlarged frontal lobe unique to humans. Piece by piece, users assemble an oversized model of a human brain while learning about the similarities and differences between human brains and those of other animals.

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New term brings a mix of fresh ideas and veteran experience to City Hall cil needs to do is look at the way it makes decisions, and the way it functions.

1. Functionality: Augimeri said the city needs to restore public confidence in its ability to function.

“This priority starts at the top, and is encouraged through an environment of congeniality and mutual respect while at the same time being competitive with our ideas,” said Augimeri.

The first step to achieving this, DAVID NICKLE she said, is in selecting a competent and positive speaker. dnickle@insidetoronto.com 2. Public transit: “Upper levels tephen Holyday was seven of government talk about big years old when Maria Augimeri announcements but no one talks - Maria Augimeri was first elected to North York about what we really need,” said City Council. It was 1985, the same Augimeri. “We need operating year as Stephen’s father, Etobicoke funding.”

Alderman Doug Holyday, suffered Augimeri said the city needs to his first electoral defeat in his bid get the provincial government to to join the old Etobicoke Board of begin funding the operating costs of Control. the Toronto Transit Commission, as Next week, the 39-year-old it had in the 1990s and earlier.

“We have a signal system that Stephen Holyday will be joining is as old as I am on Line One, built Augimeri on the newly elected Toronto City Council. Holyday will in 1954,” said Augimeri. “We are a be sitting in the Ward 3 (Etobicoke banana republic.”

Centre) seat that was for much of 3. Gridlock: Augimeri is also a last term occupied by his father, who fan of traffic signal prioritization ended his long career in politics earto get transit vehicles moving more lier this year after a brief stint serving quickly through the city, and believes WHAT DO YOU THINK? When council gets down to as the Progressive Conservative MPP the city needs to expand its bicycle business, what issues do you hope will be first on the for Etobicoke-Lakeshore. infrastructure.

Holyday is one of seven repreWhile she acknowledged that agenda? Email us at letters@insidetoronto.com sentatives new to city council who these improvements would not will be getting their feet wet for the make driving easier in the short first time along with mayor-elect tested in Etobicoke and then in other 4. Labour Relations: Holyday term, it would have longer-term John Tory. places.” favours moving quickly with conbenefits.

Augimeri, meanwhile, is return2. Public Transit: Holyday is also tract negotiations with the city’s “It’s a really good way to get ing to her Ward 9 (York Centre) a supporter of Tory’s plans to use unionized workers so as not to risk a people out of their cars,” she said. seat that she’s held since amalgaelectrified rail as a way to expand summer strike – a strategy his father 4. Services: “Toronto needs to mation in 1998. The 60-year-old rapid transit using existing rightsemployed as deputy mayor – and reignite its commitment to great New Democrat is now the longest of-way. he favours plans to contract out service delivery,” said Augimeri, who continually serving politician on garbage collection across the rest noted that services have, despite “It makes sense to me if you utiToronto council. lize those other means for a choice, of the city, if it makes sense. promises from Mayor Rob Ford, Both councillors sat down with it alleviates traffic. It’s not a subway, 5. Collegiality: Holyday is also deteriorated.

The North York Mirror last week to it’s not a bus, it’s not a GO train. taking his father’s advice – and the Augimeri said the city needs to talk about their hopes It’s another system that benefit of his own experirevisit service improveand priorities for has an everlasting and ence in the provincial ments across the board, Toronto as a whole over durable value.” civil service – to his dealfocusing on the most the next four years.

3. Planning: Holyday ing with city staff. vulnerable residents’ Ho l yd a y m a d e a studied architecture “I spent 15 years needs. and design, and said he 5. Citizens First: point of noting that in the Ontario Public while he shares many wants to ensure that the Service as a manager,” The city needs to stop of his father’s “small-c city’s planning process he said. “My dad taught identifying citizenry as conservative” values, he gets an overview. me to have tremendous taxpayers – which may is a child of the digital “What I do know is respect for the staff at the sound like semantics – age and is interested in the folks in Etobicoke city. It doesn’t mean you but for Augimeri it has Stephen Holyday are frustrated with agree all the time with Maria Augimeri exploring innovation. a point.

1. Traffic: “ Tra f f i c change that seems to be what they’re doing, but “I believe referring to congestion came up over and over irresponsible. Let’s evaluate that. We chances are you’re getting pretty our citizenry solely through the again,” said Holyday, who wants know people want to live in the city. good information.” interaction we have with their walto push traffic signal prioritizaBut how do you deal with demands?

Maria Augimeri, a seasoned vetlets...diminishes the possibility of tion, using a “smart-city” intelliYou have to build more housing but eran of City Hall life, brings other how a city should... build communigent system of traffic management. that doesn’t mean you let housing priorities. ties and come together to increase ”That is something that could be She said one of the things counbe developed willy-nilly.” our livability,” she said.

Newcomer Holyday and veteran councillor Augimeri offer their take on the city’s priorities heading into the 2014 to ‘18 term

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NORTH YORK - Ward 8 Councillor Anthony Perruzza was re-elected to a third council term when voters went to the polls Oct. 27.

The Mirror asked the councillor, who represents the north-west part of North York, what his top five priorities are locally for the coming term.

1. Transit: “The 36 Finch bus cuts through my ward and it’s crammed at rush hour. It’s a busy route that doesn’t work very well.

We need to know what the ultimate plan is – LRT, something else? A dedicated bus lane? Finch Avenue needs to be able to work, it’s not working now. The priority is to get surface traffic moving.”

2. State of housing: “There are a lot of rental housing and TCH buildings in my ward. The state of disrepair is an ongoing, perpetual concern. We need to raise the bar on what constitutes livability. Bed bug (concerns), security issues, we need locks that work. We need to do better.”

3. Youth opportunity: “We need to create places for kids to go to.

We need to create opportunity for them. I’ve been connecting with local social agencies but we still need to do much more of it.

We need to expand services for youth at risk.”

4. State of infrastructure: “Our infrastructure is quite old. It’s failing, it’s flooding in extreme weather events. As a city we’re facing it, and as a ward we’re no different. We need to have a much better plan. We need to do a better job renewing our infrastructure, how we reshape that road, change the elevation. We need to think that through a bit more.”

5. Seniors: “ They’ve been struggling hard to make ends meet. They have no access to big incomes, they live off their Canadian pension. We need to do a little bit better. We need to better connect seniors with pastimes and activities and (find ways) to lessen the overall burden the government has put on them.”

For more stories on the new term at City Hall, visit us online at insidetoronto.com or follow City Hall reporter David Nickle on Twitter @DavidNickle

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Sometimes the system can be tenderhearted Toronto Public Library branches collected nearly $3 million in fines, but forgave more than $375,000 last year Some 25 per cent of the 2013 fines waived resulted from errors in assessing the charges, but the library system hopes to eliminate these errors through staff training.

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Free black cat adoption event this month The City of Toronto is holding a free black cat adoption event just in time for Black Friday.

Until Sunday, Nov. 30, the city is waiving the usual $75 adoption fee for all kittens or cats with any black colouring.

A $15 ($7.50 for seniors) pet license fee will still be applied.

More than 150 cats, all of which are spayed/neutered, micro-chipped, vet-checked, deLast Day wormed and vaccinated, are available for adoption at the city’s four animal shelters as well as at several adoption partner locations.

Approximately 220 cats and kittens were adopted during the recent Fall in Love adoption campaign but there’s still an immediate need to find homes for more than 150 cats and kittens.

Research has shown that black cats and dog tend to not be adopted as quickly from shelters as animals of other colours.

Anyone interested in adopting a kitten or a cat should visit one of the four Toronto Animal Services shelter in the city. Shelters are open seven days a week from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Locally, the North Shelter is at 1300 Sheppard Ave. W. – Joanna Lavoie

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Sometimes, the Toronto Public Library system can be tenderhearted, especially when it comes to young borrowers who owe it money.

City libraries collected nearly $3 million in fines last year, but though librarians are taught waiving fines “is permitted only in an exceptional situation,” the system forgave more than $375,500 in 2013.

That’s because librarians – besides being allowed to actively shush you – also have the power to waive small fines, or call in a supervisor to negotiate the payment of larger amounts, explains a report this week by acting city librarian Anne Bailey.

The report, requested in May by the Toronto Public Library Board and presented at its meeting this week, says fine-waiving is done for “compassionate reasons”– medical emergencies, severe weather which closed branches, poverty, mobility issues, and “cognitive or mental health challenges” – that prevented people getting materials back to branches on time.

Supervisors offer deals to some delinquent library users, the report says, because this approach, sometimes involving a payment plan, “ensures that some revenue is collected, retains the customer and allows the customer to continue to borrow materials.”

Some 35 per cent of customers who had fines waived or reduced in 2013 were children or teens; librarians didn’t want them joining the ranks of 65,805 banned from borrowing for not paying what they owe.

“These are customers who have opted out of library service rather than pay their fines, and a large proportion are children and teens,” says the report, estimating 84 per

cent of the cut-off accounts are “associated” with young readers.

The library board was assured, however, that the annual amounts of forgiven fines are declining, and down 12 per cent from 2012.

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Let’s go for a skate – remaining outdoor rinks set to open Weather permitting, 36 of the city’s 51 outdoor skating rinks are set to open for the season this weekend.

Theses outdoor rinks will operate until Sunday, Feb. 22.

This past weekend, the city’s other 15 rinks were scheduled to open. Those are to remain operational until the season ends Sunday, March 22.

General hours of operation for Toronto’s outdoor

rinks are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.

Toronto’s outdoor rinks are compressor cooled, which allows them to operate in a range of weather conditions.

Some closures may occur during unseasonably warm temperatures

or following a heavy snowfall. Rinks are maintained by teams of staff from the City of Toronto that circulates through the city every day.

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community assault reported in apartment stairwell wSex A suspect is being sought after a woman was sexually assaulted at gun point inside a North York apartment building Sunday.

Police said the woman, 18, was in the stairwell of a Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue apartment building when a man approached from behind, pointed a gun at her, and sexually assaulted her around 6 p.m.

The suspect is described as black with light skin, 5’ 9” tall and 200 pounds. He was wearing sunglasses, a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood over his head, blue jeans, and a bandana covering his face.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477. injuries in Allen/Sheppard crash wSerious A 30-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries in a car accident near Allen Road and

Sheppard Avenue Saturday.

Police said a Toyota Camry was heading north on Allen Road when it collided with a tractor trailer turning left from a construction site just before 6 a.m.

The Camry’s passenger was taken to hospital.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-8081900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477. dies after being struck on finch avenue wWoman Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a pedestrian was fatally struck at Driftwood and Finch avenues last Friday.

Police said the driver of a Dodge Caravan was travelling east on Finch Avenue, approaching Driftwood Avenue, when a 60-year-old female pedestrian was hit at the intersection around 6 a.m.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-8081900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

Division year-end on Dec. 1 w31meeting The public is invited to a yearend meeting being held by 31 Division’s Community Police Liaison Committee on Monday Dec. 1.

There will be a brief discussion on the issue of carding.

The Toronto Police Services Board voted Monday unanimously in August to approve a new carding policy that restricts when officers can document people on the street.

The meeting will also include awards being presented to auxiliary police members and Larry Perlman will be presented as the committee’s new vice-chair.

Refreshments will be served after.

The meeting will be held Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at 31 Division at 40 Norfinch Dr. in the area of Finch Avenue and Hwy. 400.

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23, dead after DVP crash Monday morning wMan,

A young man is dead after the car he was driving crashed through the guardrail and landed in a ditch on the Don Valley Parkway Monday.

The single-vehicle collision

happened in the DVP’s northbound lanes just south of Don Mills Road at 3:49 a.m.

Police haven’t determined why the 2007 Lexus ES350 left the roadway.

“The 23-year-old driver was transported to hospital without vital signs and was pronounced dead,” Const.

Clint Stibbe said.

The northbound DVP was closed during the morning rush hour as officers from traffic services investigated.

Witnesses to the crash are asked to call traffic services at 416-808-1900.

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The violence happened on Billy Bishop Way near Wilson Avenue and Dufferin Street at about 3:40 p.m. on Nov. 19.

The victim, in his 40s, was taken to Sunnybrook hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Anyone with information can call 32 Division at 416808-3200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

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arts Garland Christmas Show wJudy The Judy Garland Christmas Show (That Never Was) is a part-tribute, part-spoof musical play being put on by the Civic Light-Opera Company next month.

The show opens Dec. 3 and runs to Dec. 14 at the Zion Cultural Centre, 1650 Finch Ave. W. Tickets are $28. Call the box office at 416-755-1717 or order tickets online at http://civiclightoperacompany.com/ judy_garland_14.html Showtimes are Wednesday at 7 p.m., Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m., matinees on Sundays and Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.

This non-profit theatre company was founded in 1979 by artistic director Joe Cascone, who is still at the helm.

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The world premiere of A Hockey Cantata by Dean Burry will be presented in a musical afternoon at the Toronto Centre for the Arts Dec. 7.

julie caspersen arts in brief In a production titled The Snowman, the Orchestra Toronto presentation also features The Snowman by Howard Blake, which includes a video animation.

There will be Hanukkah songs with guest artists the Bach Children’s Chorus, and the Arlid Plau Concerto for Tuba and Strings featuring the 2014 Concerto Competition winner Jarrett McCourt The Snowman concert starts at 3 p.m. in the George Weston Recital Hall with a pre-show chat at 2:15 p.m. The arts centre is at 5040 Yonge St. Visit www.tocentre.com/ georgeweston/thesnowman out gardenthemed art at TBG wCheck

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Christmas Wish List

For Her tJoe Fresh is mad about plaid scarves this season and this double dose of print is the perfect way to sport the trend.

tGet on the clock with Kate Spade New York’s sleek and sophisticated timepieces. Whether crafted in soft vachetta or stainless steel with a colorful wash of enamel and a witty idiom tucked on the inside, each style shines at every hour no matter where your adventurous day takes you.

uFrom gig ticket stubs, shells from far flung beaches, to old polaroids of friends and family, organize your memories in this cool Memory Box

by Luckies of London. Featuring various containers like a tin, an envelope, and a screw cap jar, keep your treasures safe and sound. pStay on trend this season with Baggu’s Duck Bag stylish bag made from 100% durable, recycled cotton canvas duck. A perfect everyday tote featuring two handles and 40” adjustable strap, to carry in hand or over shoulder.

q Carven Le Parfum’s burst of spontaneity and gracefulness are carried

by Neroli, Mandarin Blossom, and the delicacy of White Hyacinth. A lighthearted floral bouquet is built around a hint of Jasmine and Ylang Ylang, touched with a whiff of Sweet Pea.

Christmas Wish List

For Him t Turn any TV into an on-demand entertainment portal with Google Chromecast.

Plug into any HDMI port on your TV and connect to your home Wi-Fi network to stream the web, HD videos, music, Netflix, Youtube or anything with a Google Chrome browser.

t Stay connected with Polo Ralph Lauren Mixed Media Touch Gloves. Made with leather and wool exterior and Thinsulate insulation, these gloves feature specially designed fingertips, allowing him to use touch devices.

t From work to the weekend, keep him warm with a cosy cashmere v-neck from Club Monaco that’s always in style.

p Destiny is a next generation first person shooter set in our future developed by Bungie, the creators of Halo. Made for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360.

tSoap and Paper Factory’s ultra-emollient gift set is packed with essential oils that moisturize, soothe and protect with a refreshing blend of mouth-watering vanilla, sandalwood and bourbon.

Free of parabens, phthalates, and petroleum. Available at Indigo.

u The Cobra Fly-Z XL Driver is engineered to help make golf easier through higher draw-biased ball flights that deliver easy distance.

u Update his bulky wallet with Fossil’s Reynolds Slim Bifold. The slimmed down design carries all the essentials without sacrificing space.

u For the athlete, Sims rereleased Terry Kidwell’s 1985 Roundtail Pro-Model. The rideable reissue is updated with a 4 Hole pattern, full rocker freeride shape, Horizontal Lam Hard Maple Veneer Core and Bi-Axial Fiberglass – Under Topsheet & Above Base.

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Offer expires Jan 15, 2015.

On November 22, Hudson’s Bay at Centerpoint Mall hosted The Wish List holiday beauty gala to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.Ticket holders were treated to holiday make-overs, beauty demonstrations, product samples, desserts, and more. Tickets were $10 and $2 from every ticket sold went towards the Foundation.

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2 Longevity claim based on commissioned third-party tread wear test results versus Bridgestone® Blizzak™ WS70™, Nokian® Hakkapeliitta R, tire size 205/55R16. ‡ For terms and conditions, see the MICHELIN® Tires Owner’s Manual or visit michelin.ca.

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Bank robbery: police release images A man who robbed a North York bank earlier this month wore a blond wig and claimed to have hepatitis C and a gun, police say.

On Tuesday, police released security images of the man in the hopes of identifying him.

Police said the robber entered the bank, near Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue, approached a teller and handed her a note demanding money around

“He indicated that he was ‘hep C’ and had a gun,” police said in a news release.

The suspect fled with a quantity of cash. He is white, 5’10” to six-feet tall, in his mid-20s with pale skin, a skinny build and dark facial hair, eyebrows and hair. He wore a blond wig.

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Police services board postpones meeting on carding report Chief Blair disputes report; set to meet with board’s lawyers MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com A public meeting set for yesterday to examine an embarrassing report on the controversial Toronto Police practice of “carding” has been cancelled.

The civilian Toronto Police Services Board, which ordered the report after making changes to the force’s community contacts policy in April, announced on Monday the noon-hour session would be rescheduled, but didn’t say why.

On Tuesday, however, Michael Thompson, the

board’s vice-chair, said Police Chief Bill Blair – who disputed the report’s findings and promised to address them at the meeting – would be meeting the board’s lawyers Wednesday instead.

“That’s what happens in policing: one step forward, 30 behind,” said Thompson, a Scarborough councillor who added the lawyers tried to meet the chief well in advance of Wednesday, “but that didn’t materialize.” jane-finch area The report is very critical of how police applied the carding policy this summer in neighbourhoods around the Jane-Finch intersection, after police city-wide were told they could only stop and question people out of concern for “public safety.”

Researchers, after interviewing 404 people who live,

work or go to school in the area covered by 31 Division, concluded, “there is a view that the police racially profile members of the community,” roughly 40 per cent still believe their community’s relationship with police is “poor,” and the status quo is “unacceptable by any measure.”

When it was introduced to the board on Nov. 13, Blair called the study behind the report “advocacy” and said its findings don’t match facts.

After the board’s chair, Alok Mukherjee, reacted to the report before its presentation, saying the police faced a “crisis of confidence” in parts of Toronto, Blair accused Mukherjee of making “inflammatory and reckless” remarks.

But Thompson this week said he supports Mukherjee’s comment “100 per cent.”

There are differing opinions on carding, but there’s no

doubt it “has been a consistent problem and a problematic issue for some time.”

The councillor charged some on the police force have resisted change and don’t want to believe the report. crisis in community “Community people are telling us there is a crisis.

I think we need to listen to them,” said Thompson.

“Their perception is their reality. We have to figure out how to deal with their reality.”

The report found 75 people who said they were carded before June, and 62, or 15 per cent of interviewees, carded after.

Almost 48 per cent of residents police stopped and questioned agreed they had been “spoken to disrespectfully” the last time they were carded, and 39 per cent said

they were “surrounded and intimidated” by police.

Of those carded since June, after the policy changes took effect, 86 per cent said they didn’t receive a receipt, as required, with the officer’s name, badge number and reason for the stop, while 70 per cent didn’t feel they “had a right to leave.”

The announcement Monday said the board will consider the report at one of its future regular meetings.

Next week, however, the board – like other city committees – will be reconstituted for a new municipal term, and Thompson isn’t guaranteed to return, though he said he’s put his name forward.

“There are people hoping the new board will not have the energy” needed to deal with the issue of carding, he said.

Meanwhile, Neil Price, the consultant who wrote

the report, will present its findings today at a forum in Metro Hall downtown, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., to “identify where we now stand on the issue of police carding and what’s next.”

The forum is organized by the “Campaign to Stop Police Carding,” but Price in the report said he hoped its recommendations – including a ban on carding minors, keeping contact data a maximum of two years and revising what the report says are “vague and highly subjective” categories used to justify carding – will help the force in revising its contacts policy.

At City Hall Tuesday, mayor-elect John Tory said Torontonians need to be “vigilant” in seeing the justice system keep the confidence of everyone in the city.

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TTCriders is calling on the public to vote on a list of nominees as part of its 2014 Transit Champion and Transit Troll Awards.

Nominated in the category of Champion are TTC CEO Andy Byford, city councillor Joe Mihevc, transit fares activist Sheryl Lindsay and blogger Steve Munro.

Up for the dubious Troll distinction are Doug Ford, anti-LRT councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.

The awards will be announced at an event Dec. 4. For more information, visit TTCriders.ca ASSISTANCE ALARM to be RENAMED wTTC In an effort to re-state its purpose, the alarm activated by pressing a yellow strip located on all TTC

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT subway trains is undergoing a name change.

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The most recent statistics gathered by the TTC indicate a whopping 70 per cent of alarm activations in 2012 were deemed nonemergencies.

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Tuesday, Dec. 2 you can view online design concepts via www.gotransit. com/gts from four visual artists shortlisted for the

walls at Ritchie Avenue and the West Toronto Railpath.

Email your feedback directly to gts@gotransit. com The work is part of Metrolinx’s GTS upgrades, ahead of next spring’s launch of the Union Pearson Express air rail link.

MEETING ON EXTENDING RAILPATH wPUBLIC

Also planned for the beginning of December is a final public meeting organized by the city seeking feedback for a proposal to extend the West Toronto Railpath into the Sudbury Street area.

Options under consideration include constructing a new physically separated cycle path, sidewalks along an extended Railpath between Queen and King Street West.

The meeting takes place Monday, Dec. 1 at 99 Sudbury St. from 6 to 8 p.m.

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Keeping the Region Moving, made public by provincial transportation minister Steven Del Duca Monday, lists in detail how Pan Am’s organizers plan to manage the transportation needs of an estimated 1.4 million Games attendees, 7,500 athletes, 23,000 volunteers and 4,000 members of the media – in addition to regular commuters.

While the $61 million transportation management plan won’t take effect until June, it remains to be seen just how long it will take for travel within the region when the Games are on. And despite claims by organizers extensive travel modeling has been done to forecast traffic patterns and volume, Del Duca declined to share with media exactly what commuters are in store for during the Games.

Del Duca, appointed transportation minister this year, promised to provide details about the plan by next spring, enough time he said to provide adequate alternative travel options and speak with businesses about the plan.

“I will say repeatedly, and so will my colleagues, there’s plenty of time and you will hear more about this,” said Del Duca toward the tail end of his afternoon press conference held inside the Macdonald Block government building.

“We do have a plan in place that will deliver on the twin objectives of making sure the region keeps moving and the Games are a success.”

The centrepiece of the plan is the establishment of a temporary Games Route Network spanning around 1,500 kilometres in the form of temporary High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV ) lanes on major roadways including Hwy. 401, the QEW, the Don Valley Parkway, the Gardiner Expressway and Lake Shore Boulevard, open to Games and emergency personnel, athletes, media and regular vehicles with three or more people traveling together.

Use of the lanes will last from 5 a.m. to midnight from June 29 to Aug. 18.

A public transit network will also be in place that will allow anyone with a valid Games ticket to use TTC, GO and other services for no extra charge.

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Credit Unions: A Credit to Their Communities On the Canadian financial landscape, credit unions may be small in size compared to major banks, but they have a big impact on the quality of life in the communities they serve. According to Credit Union Central of Canada, when it comes to local causes and charities, credit unions contribute on average four times as much of their pre-tax profits as banks. In 2013, credit unions contributed $49.3 million in total in numerous ways. Among these were donations and sponsorships of $38 million, $1.6 million in bursaries and scholarships, and $5.5 million in financial services to community organizations.

IC Savings (Italian Savings & Credit Union Ltd.) is an admirable example of this generosity. The company has pledged $1 million to the new Humber River Hospital, which will become North America’s first fully digital hospital.

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Well, it will get going on that agenda soon enough.

First off, there will be celebration, as the newly elected council and mayor join friends, family and senior city bureaucrats to ring in the new term in style, at the inaugural meeting.

There will also be music – if past experience is any indication, a bagpiper or two will be involved – and speeches.

One thing there probably won’t be this time out is Don Cherry, decked out in a hot pink suit-jacket with a RobFord-sized chip on his shoulder, hollering at “pinkos” who he insisted were no longer in charge.

That was how it went at the 2010 inauguration, as you almost certainly remember: Cherry railing, Ford grinning, almost everyone else gasping at the audacity of it. The only thing missing from that Animal House inaugural was a keg of cheap beer and John Belushi spraying mashed

or stand at his side as deputy mayor, or as the mayor’s pick for high-profile jobs like the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission.

There was not even any indication as to what the mayor might make a priority at his first council meeting. It would make sense for him to bring his Smart Track plan to council early for at least a set of report requests, Tory has been mum on his plans other than to say that he wants something to happen to relieve congestion by early 2015.

Toward that end, last week Tory came out with a bizarre pseudo-endorsement of the Uber ride-sharing app and a qualified endorsement of a city staff-driven plan to squeeze a few feet from the width of motor vehicle lanes across the city.

But generally, the new mayor is playing his cards close to the vest. The pinkos, at least for now, remain on their toes.

david nickle the city potatoes over the front row of dignitaries.

You’re not likely to see that particular show repeated in John Tory’s inaugural. Given all the evidence, that’s far more likely to have more the flavour of a Omega Theta Pi mixer than a Delta Tau Chi toga party.

Which is to say, the show will be a pleasant but rather dull introduction to the mayor that Torontonians believed they elected: avuncular, cordial and managerial, with a mission to keep council meetings calm and services as they are. A just-so mayor.

By the time that meeting happens, we will all hopefully have a somewhat clearer idea of how that’s going to go.

As of Nov. 25, when this column went to press, Tory and his transition team still had not determined who would fill out the inner circle of his executive committee,

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active@insidetoronto.com w Junior – Michael Power vs. Chaminade (Chaminade College, 490 Queen’s Dr.) w Senior – Cardinal McGuigan vs. St. Basil’s (St. Basil’s High School, 20 Starview Lane) w Junior – Dante vs. St. Frere Andre (St. Frere Andre, 330 Landsdowne Ave.) BOYS BASKETBALL EAST DIVISION TUESDAY, DEC. 2 w Junior – Yeshivat or Chaminade vs. Brebeuf (Brebeuf College School, 211 Steeles Ave. E.) w Junior – Crawford Academy vs. Senator O’Connor (Senator O’Connor College School, 60 Rowena Dr.) w Senior – Monsignor Charbonnel vs. Francis Libermann (Francis Libermann, 4660 Finch Ave. E.) THURSDAY, DEC. 2 w Junior – Crawford Academy vs. Yeshivat or Chaminade (Chaminade College, 490 Queen’s Dr.) w Senior – Crawford Academy vs. Yeshivat or Chaminade (Chaminade College, 490 Queen’s Dr.) TUESDAY, DEC. 9 w Senior – Community Hebrew Academy vs.

UTS (University of Toronto Schools, 371 Bloor St. W.) w Junior – Community Hebrew Academy vs.

UTS (University of Toronto Schools, 371 Bloor St. W.) w Senior – Yeshivat or Chaminade vs. Etienne Brule (Etienne Brule, 300 Banbury Rd.)

BOYS BASKETBALL CITY-WIDE DIVISION THURSDAY, NOV. 27 w Father Redmond vs. Brebeuf (Brebeuf College School, 211 Steeles Ave. E.)

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TUESDAY, DEC. 2 w Father Henry Carr vs. Brebeuf (Brebeuf College School, 211 Steeles Ave. E.) w Senator O’Connor vs. Blessed Mother Teresa (Blessed Mother Teresa, 40 Sewells Rd.) GIRLS VARSITY HOCKEY MONDAY, DEC. 1 w Mary Ward vs. Community Hebrew Academy (Chesswood Arena, 4000 Chesswood Rd.) TUESDAY, DEC. 9 w Community Hebrew Academy vs. St. Joseph’s (Phil White Arena, 443 Arlington Ave.) BOYS HOCKEY THURSDAY, NOV. 27 w Senior – East – Senator O’Connor vs. Blessed Cardinal Newman (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E.) w Junior – West –Oliver Mowat vs. Chaminade (Amesbury Arena, 155 Culford Rd.)

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Battle at the net: The Toronto Aeros’ Jackson Spence, centre, battles for the puck with Mississauga Ice Warriors netminder Joseph Bertone and his teammate Blaze Brooks during Under-21 Showcase Hockey Tournament action at Herb Carnegie Centennial Arena on Saturday.

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Man hands over life savings to alleged fraudster Police have released an image of a man wanted in a fraud investigation after an auto body shop operator was defrauded of $60,000.

Police said a man befriended the operator of the Toryork Drive and Weston Road shop in October, proposing a business partnership of purchasing high-end used vehicles to ship to Africa for resale.

After several visits, the operator agreed, and withdrew his life savings of $60,000 at the man’s

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Sandy Zhu and Norma Martinez Puga take a look around a stimulation room during the launch of the Champions Club for children with special needs at the Toronto International Celebration Church Sunday. The club is open to all families; they don’t meed to be members of the North York-based church. The club is open during worship each Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and is a program created to meet the physical, mental and spiritual needs of children with special needs. In addition to the stimulation and sensory station, pictured here, the program offers a physical therapy station (to help develop social and emotional interaction) and a spirit station (teaching church curriculum).

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