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Subway guards tasked with opening and closing train doors are destined to become a relic of the past as the TTC prepares to switch to one-person controlled vehicles.

Beginning Thanksgiving Sunday, the TTC will launch One Person Train Operation (OPTO) on modified Toronto Rocket trains on its Sheppard line (Line 4). The YongeUniversity line (Line 1) is set to be converted by 2019 with the Bloor-Danforth line (Line 2) following after that.

The four-car train sets on Sheppard are smaller than the models running on Line 1, and they will allow the operator to not only pilot the vehicle, but open and close the doors thus eliminating the need for another person to manually control such functions, said

TTC officials. Door controls will now be located in the drivers’ cabins found at both ends of the Rockets, along with video screens depicting what’s unfolding at platform level via “multiangle” cameras.

“Drivers can open and close the doors without leaving their seat,” said the TTC’s chief acting operating officer Mike Palmer on Monday during a technical briefing at Don Mills Station. “She or he upon arrival will have the platform images come up... (which they can monitor) as the train leaves the station.”

The policy is widely in use across the world and within the TTC on the Scarborough RT. OPTO will save the transit commission an estimated $18 million a year once it is implemented on both Sheppard and Yonge-University-Spadina and $30 million systemwide, said >>>TTC, page 5

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Teens learn about DNA at GENEius Girls workshop Fannie SunShine fsunshine@insidetoronto.com In a small classroom inside John Polanyi Collegiate Institute, a group of teen girls used DNA to determine an ocean male to female predatory mystery: involvement in how many stem is three sharks were to one, which responteachers like sible for a nicole Anthony simulated hope to change attack?

Liquid DNA was loaded into a gel and placed into electrophoresis chambers. A current was then applied, and the end result was a bunch of separated bands which, based on the pattern formed, would determine how many sharks were responsible for the attack.

The teens were taking part in the GENEius Girls program, run by GENEius

a young age contributes to the low numbers of females in the STEM fields, something she’s hoping will be a thing of the past.

“The archetype is the white male scientist,” she said. “I’m trying to change that.” more needs to be done

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Elizah Revilla (left) and Kiana Darrell take part in a GENEius Girls workshop at John Polanyi Collegiate Institute last Saturday.

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The girls spent several hours last Saturday not only learning about the role DNA

plays, but trying their hand at being scientists.

Anthony founded GENEius Science as a way to get more girls involved in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), typically male-dominated

fields some females might feel intimidated by.

“I want to get them interested,” she said. “In Canada it’s three to one (male to female STEM involvement). The numbers are not great.”

Since June, GENEius Girls has offered workshops at the Allen Road and Lawrence Avenue area school and at an Oakville library, and more are planned, Anthony said.

She noted a lack of confidence, access and support at

Grade 11 John Polanyi student Elizah Revilla said she enjoys learning about biology and agrees more needs to be done to get girls onboard. “(Female) teachers like Miss Anthony will influence more girls to become involved,” she said.

Kiana Darrell said she became interested in science last year after enrolling in John Polanyi’s science, math and robotics program in Grade 9.

“It’s interesting to find out about how stuff works.”

Cats and dogs get to church for Feast of St. Francis of Assisi st. Francis of Assisi is patron saint of animals and the environment Fannie SunShine fsunshine@insidetoronto.com The trio walked to the front of The Donway Covenant United Church, patiently waiting to get a blessing from Rev. Jennifer Palin.

Placing her hands on each of them, she offered this blessing: “You know how much your creator loves you and blesses you, amen.”

The three then sat quietly by the pews, but not before one licked Palin’s face.

Last Sunday marked the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, who was a saint of animals and the environment. The day is also a popular one for

pets to be blessed.

“This is part of how we remember St. Francis,” Palin said in an interview before the service at The Donway West and Lawrence Avenue church.

Past animals blessings at the church have included dogs, cats, bunnies and even a goldfish.

Last week, the spotlight was on two dogs and one cat.

Heather Sheldrick brought Boardwalk, her 10-year-old bichon-terrier-poo, who was receiving his third blessing.

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Michelle Han was walking past the church earlier in the week and saw a sign about the animal blessing.

So she brought fourmonth-old corgi Mochi to Sunday’s service.

“I love it,” she said of the blessing for her small dog.

“Usually it’s me going to church, not him.”

Stephen Lecik kept cat Harriette on a leash to make sure the four-month-old stayed close by.

“It’s mostly fun,” he said of the blessing.

But sadly, he added, “Our horse was too big to bring.”

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Donway Covenant United Church Rev. Jennifer Palin (left) bestows a blessing, and gets a kiss in return, on Michelle Han’s dog Mochi as part of the pet blessing ceremony held during services last Sunday at the church.

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Could we elect a Trump-like leader?

Here in Canada, the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency is a terrifying one.

The real-estate mogul and reality television star has been building support on a campaign of bigotry, misogyny and violence. While his campaign is still trailing that of former secretary of state, senator and first lady Hillary Clinton, the gap in polls is narrow and it is conceivable that Trump might prevail.

The leader of our closest neighbour, biggest trading partner and longtime ally might be a whitesupremacist-approved, lying, narcissistic tyrant.

The only comfort we might take in this distressing scenario: at least something like that could never happen here. Or could it?

Our parliamentary system of government treats executive power very differently the American bicameral Our VieW than system. In some ways a prime with a firm majority can It can happen minister exercise far more power than a in the U.S., so president whose party doesn’t also control both the House of why not here? Representatives and the Senate. A Trump-like prime minister could make profound and potentially damaging changes to our country, with few to none of the checks on the power of a like-minded president.

Our nomination process means it’s less likely that any party would choose such a polarizing figure as its leader, and in a federal election, voters aren’t faced with a simple choice between two candidates as happens in the U.S. But, it would be naive to think that Canadians are immune to the kind of xenophobic bigotry and nativism that has fuelled Trump’s rise.

At its core, Trump’s success depends on two things – people who are profoundly worried about their future and a society where systemic racism makes it easy to blame “the other” for its problems. We have both here.

In 2015, when Stephen Harper’s Conservatives banned women from wearing niqabs when taking citizenship oaths, vowed to revoke citizenship to dual citizens convicted of terrorism and floated the idea of a snitch line for “barbaric cultural practices,” the party had strong support.

Now, Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch is promoting a plan to screen out immigrants who hold “anti-Canadian values.”

Does that mean that Canadians are ready to consider handing a Donald Trump the key to 24 Sussex Dr.? We like to think not. But we’d like to think the same of our friends south of the border.

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 press@ insidetoronto.com, or mailed to The North York Mirror, 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON, M2H 0A2.

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Is Toronto Hydro Mayor Tory’s next gold mine?

There has to be gold in here somewhere.

That sentiment, or a variation of it, has been a mantra for political leaders and would-be leaders since amalgamation.

Former premier Mike Harris and his municipal affairs minister Al Leach were the first to see the mythical El Dorado in the 416 area code when they amalgamated the city from seven municipal governments into one. Surely, pulling all those bureaucracies together into one would save hundreds of millions of dollars.

When that didn’t pan out, provincial scolds like former Scarborough Tory MP Steve Gilchrist helpfully suggested that amalgamated Toronto might sell off Metro Hall.

But that never made sense in the end, as the former seat of Metro government housed a sizeable part of the city’s bureaucracy.

Privatize garbage collection city-wide? Maybe one day it’ll save the cash-

david nickle the city strapped city millions, but Toronto had to break free of job protection language in collective agreements to even consider the idea. Now that’s happened, maybe contracting-out advocates will make one more attempt, and may pull it off.

It’s hard to say whether Mayor John Tory will succeed at one of the most often-sought gold mines in the Toronto portfolio: that being Toronto Hydro, the electricity distribution company wholly owned by the City of Toronto.

Certainly, many before him have tried and failed.

Mel Lastman mused about selling it off. Jane Pitfield, running to unseat David Miller in 2006, gave it a go on the hustings, as did Karen Stintz in 2010 – and in neither case were they able to get near a mandate to do so.

Tory has been ruminating about a Hydro sale for months at least – or a species of Hydro sale, perhaps similar to the notion that Karen Stintz floated in 2010.

Stintz argued that selling off about half of the city’s interest in the company would raise enough money to pay for the downtown relief subway line. She also suggested that leasing the company could work, if it weren’t possible to avoid the provincial taxes placed on the sale of more than 10 per cent of the asset.

Either of these options might work well for Mayor Tory’s purposes. He, too, needs to finance a downtown relief line, and could also use some coin to build his scaled-back SmartTrack plan.

A couple of weeks ago now, Tory turned his attention very publicly to the nuts-and-bolts workings of Toronto Hydro, in particular dealing with the multiple outages in highrise downtown Toronto condomin-

ium towers like CityPlace.

The culprit, Tory noted first in a news release and then in front of reporters at the Toronto Board of Trade, was aging infrastructure serving growing areas.

And he made it very clear that he not only wanted to get some power flowing from the utility, but also some cash, which he said should not be at the cost of public accountability.

This is going to be a delicate balance. It’s hard to imagine very much money coming out of a partial sale of a power grid already in dire need of upgrade and repair – particularly one that will offset the loss of part of the annual dividend Toronto gets, amounting to approximately $60 million.

But it looks as though in the short term at least, we’re going to dip our pan into that river one more time.

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TTC CEO Andy Byford says OPTO could actually improve safety >>>from page 1 CEO Andy Byford. He promised no direct layoffs, with subway guards either re-assigned to new station duties or other divisions, with their positions getting phased out upon retirement through attrition.

The TTC’s largest labour union Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113 strongly opposes the move,

warning OPTO jeopardizes safety even though it is in place – in some cases for nearly 20 years – across far busier transit systems like the London Underground, the Paris Metro and the Hong Kong MTR. Last week, the union released the results of an opinion poll, indicating more than two-thirds of respondents oppose removing the guard from trains.

But Byford insisted OPTO could actually improve safety.

“By having a train operator at front and not have someone leaning out of the window I would argue it’s a much safer practice,” said Byford.

“Who better to control the doors than the person who knows exactly where the train is, the train operator.”

A TTC guard makes sure the doors are clear before closing them at Don Mills station. The TTC's one-person train operation system goes into effect this month.

It will cost $60 million to complete OPTO conversions on Sheppard and Yonge, with cost-savings expected within three years, according to the TTC. Palmer said the Sheppard subway guards, who will transfer to Line 1 as of next week, could be re-assigned to the Spadina subway extension to Vaughan when it opens in early 2017.

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Early Ontario Land Records Course WHEN: 4 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Archives of Ontario, 134 Ian Macdonald Blvd. CONTACT: 647-933-6463 COST: $90 Three-session course provides an intro to the land granting process.

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The Youth Arts Pitch Contest WHEN: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. CONTACT: toronto.ca/ culturalhotspotCOST: Free Participants apply for a chance to pitch their idea in front of an audience and panel of Toronto arts community judges.

WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: 416-395-5639 COST: Free Meet the new writer in residence, Kim Echlin, as she talks about the writing life. Registration required.

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Giant panda cubs turn one Tara HaTHerly thatherly@insidetoronto.com Toronto’s world-famous babies are turning one.

Giant pandas Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue were born at the Toronto Zoo Oct. 13, 2015. A birthday celebration will take place at the zoo Thanksgiving long weekend – Saturday through Monday.

There will be pandathemed activities and giveaways, interpretive stations, festive photo opportunities and more. Panda mascots will join the party, visiting and posing for photos with guests.

“We are proud of the past year’s exciting journey with the giant panda cubs and are delighted to be celebrating their first birthday,” John Tracogna, Toronto Zoo CEO, said in a statement.

A fundraising dinner is being held Saturday, Oct. 15 to mark the milestone birthday of the only Canadian-born giant pandas and celebrate the

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CAN YOU DONATE? Yes, if you’re 17 or older, in good general health, and weigh more than 110 pounds

WHO DOES MY DONATION HELP?

YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO DONATE IF:

Heart surgery: up to 5 donors Cancer treatment: up to 5 donors Leukemia: up to 8 donors per week Car crash: up to 50 donors

you have had a tattoo or piercing in the past six months you have had a dental cleaning or filling in the past 24 hours or dental surgery in the past 72 hours you have been pregnant or given birth in the past six months

you have spent three months or more cumulatively in the U.K. you take prescription medications

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Meet Yvonne Ohara: she’s done it 800 times TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com Yvonne Ohara is in the exclusive 800 club.

Recently, the Etobicoke woman became one of only a handful of Ontarians to donate blood an astounding 800 times.

“Blood is the ultimate renewable resource,” said Ohara, 68, who works for Toronto police. “You don’t know when you, a family member or a friend may need some blood.”

Every two weeks, Ohara heads to Canadian Blood Services (CBS) headquarters at 67 College St. to donate a bag of platelets, which she can donate 24 times a year.

Ohara began donating blood at age 21.

She said she was drawn to more specialized platelets and plasma donation after seeing other donors on different blood-drawing machines.

“The nice thing about plasma and platelet donation is you’re essentially matched with (a recipient),” Ohara said.

Platelets, a component required to make blood clot, is in need by people with diseases associated with prolonged bleeding, such as cancer and bone marrow therapy. Platelets have a shelf

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Yvonne Ohara celebrates her 800th blood donation with Canadian Blood Services. Ohara has been donating for 47 years.

life of only five days.

Plasma donations help people with some bleeding disorders, liver diseases, and in some operations.

Blood donation is a family tradition for Ohara.

Ohara’s father, Charles Overton, began taking her at age four to his blood-donation appointments, including at

the former Hospital for Sick Children, which is now CBS headquarters where Ohara donates.

Overton donated 99 times until his age made him ineligible.

Michael Scharlemann, Ohara’s husband, has donated blood 78 times. He made a stem cell donation after being

notified he was a match on the national unrelated bone marrow registry.

“The trick is to get donors younger, in high school and in college,” Ohara said. “Make it a family tradition. Go with your parents or friends to a mobile clinic at the mall.”

Across Canada, CBS must collect 17,000 units of blood

every week. Since blood products have a limited shelf life, demand is constant.

“Roughly every minute, every day, someone in Canada needs blood,” CBS stated.

Blood and blood components are used to treat a number of injuries and illnesses, including various forms of cancer, hip and joint conditions, transplants, traumas, such as car accidents, blood disorders, and many others.

Across the country, less than four per cent of eligible Canadians donate blood, CBS reported.

One in 60 Canadians donate, despite the fact one in two is eligible.

Meanwhile, half of Canadians report they or a family member have required blood or blood components for surgery or medical treatment, CBS stated.

Type O negative blood is in highest demand. It can be used in emergency situations on anyone when there is no time to test a patient’s blood.

People with Type O negative blood are considered universal donors.

One person may donate whole blood up to six times a year, improving the lives of as many as 18 people, to CBS stated. The

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The standard blood donation is approximately 450 millilitres, slightly less than half a litre or two cups. An average adult’s body contains about five litres of blood.

This year, CBS has revised its donation eligibility requirements.

Health Canada approved CBS’s request to reduce the blood-donation waiting period for men who have sex with men from five years to one year.

CBS tests blood donations for syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV-1 and 2, Human T-Cell lymphotropic virus HTLV-I and II and West Nile Virus.

CBS also revised its donation eligibility requirements to mitigate the risk, which it pegs at one in 8.3 million, of the Zika virus entering the Canadian blood system.

Anyone who has traveled outside of Canada, the continental United States and Europe is now ineligible to give blood for 21 days after their return.

The Zika virus lasts three to five days in the blood, and clears the body within 21 days, CBS stated.

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Entertaining Angels a fun play to start 40th season of Stage Centre Productions Opening their 40th season, Stage Centre Productions offers the North American premiere of Richard Everett’s comedy Entertaining Angels.

Not only is it very funny, it is filled with fascinating characters and, between the laughs, it touches on love, loss, grief and absolution.

Grace, the widow of beloved Vicar, Bardolph, learns months after his death that he not only had an affair with her sister, but also fathered a son. Heather Goodall plays Grace and it is a joy to watch her run through the gamut of emotions from grief to shock to anger and ultimately to forgiveness.

Along the way she finds a way to let go of the past she has been clinging to. Daniel Wyse portrays the memory figure of Bardolph, with whom Grace carries on several revealing discussions.

Judy Gans plays Ruth, the sister who seduced Bardolph, and had a child out of wedlock by him. When the two ladies

mark andrew lawrence front row centre confront each other, it sets off moments of almost farcical proportions, and yet there is genuine pain hidden by the sometimes acidic barbs.

Trying desperately to keep the sisters from scratching each other’s eyes out is Jo, Grace’s daughter. Nikki Hogan plays Jo with a performance filled with warmth and tenderness as she tries to make peace between the warring widows.

Also offering her own unique perspective is Sarah, the new Vicar. She, too, comes with some baggage, but through shared pain she helps bring about healing and reconciliation.

Janice Peters Gibson was originally chosen to portray Sarah, but a family emergency called her away. Director Michael James Burgess tells me that Kate Coursey has taken over the role on short

notice. It’s the kind of lastminute switch that may inspire onstage mayhem in film or play, but when it really happens it is not so fun. Don’t worry. The ensemble cast will no doubt help Coursey through any rough spots, and audiences will appreciate their efforts.

The stunning set designed

by Pierre Rajotte depicting a rural English vicarage garden drew gasps and applause from the audience when the curtains opened. The applause continued long and loud at the end of Entertaining Angels.

In between there was plenty of laughter.

Entertaining Angels is playing until Saturday at Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Dr. Visit www.

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Union upset over TTC’s one-person subway system launching next week Connecting Community through Vibrant Streets Mural Unveiling The STEPS Initiative, emerging artist Beth Dawson and community members from North York have inspired the creation of a public art installation at 700 Sheppard Ave. W. A Memoryscape of North York captures collective memories of residents’ experiences engaging in public spaces. Join us for the official unveiling of the community art piece.

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It appears the TTC is going to have a fight on its hands as it begins to phase out subway guards from service.

The guards are responsible for safely opening and closing doors on the train. Transit agencies the world over have switched to a one-person system, and now the TTC is following suit as of next week on the Sheppard line.

The TTC’s main labour union ATU Local 113 isn’t taking the move lying down: it had a hand in encouraging TTC personnel to turn down voluntary late night subway shifts during Nuit Blanche, presumably to protest the new one-person system according to media reports, and is promising further actions in the future.

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The TTC will explore using taxi cabs and ride hailing services like UberX to supplement service along certain routes.

The transit commission’s

rahul gupta TO in TRANsIT board expressed caution, but ultimately voted unanimously to explore if the scheme will make sense for the TTC, as it has for other cities.

The TTC already contracts taxi companies to provide additional Wheel-Trans service, but it’s unknown what the face of future “micro transit” could look like. TTC staff will now research the matter to see if the scheme will work for the transit commission.

OF EGLINTON BUS BARN UNDER WAY wDEMO

It was probably more suited for filming post-apocalyptic zombie movies in its later years, but the Eglinton bus barn in its heyday was a crucial transit hub.

Demolition of the old barn began in late September at the Yonge-Eglinton intersection. Dating back to 1922, the

garage housed buses and, according to Transit Toronto, was the city’s first streetcar storage facility. It closed for good in 2004, with calls from community advocates to convert all or part of the land into a public square.

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The busy Bay-Richmond intersection will close Oct. 6 to 11 for road and streetcar track work. Construction will take place 24 hours a day, although the city is promising to suspend noisy and disruptive work by 11 p.m. nightly.

Cyclists and pedestrians will still be permitted to access the intersection.

Another closure is planned over the weekend on Bay Street, between King and Adelaide streets, for a crane hoisting.

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LegaL Notice To Anyone Who Attended: The Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf (formerly the Ontario School for the Deaf, Milton); The Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf (formerly the Ontario Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb; and/or The Ontario School for the Deaf), the Robarts School for the Deaf Or are the Family Members of Someone Who Did

A Lawsuit May Affect Your Rights. Please Read this Notice Carefully this notice is to advise of a lawsuit brought as a class action relating to the ernest c. Drury School for the Deaf (formerly the ontario School for the Deaf, Milton) (“Drury”), the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf (formerly the ontario institute for the education of the Deaf and Dumb and the ontario School for the Deaf) (“Sir James Whitney”), and the Robarts School for the Deaf (“Robarts”), collectively referred to as the “Schools”. it involves anyone who was a student at Drury since 1963 to the present, Sir James Whitney since 1938 to the present, and Robarts since 1973 to the present and certain of their family members. If you know a student of the Schools who cannot read this notice, please share this information with them. if you are within this group, you have a choice of whether to stay in the class or not, and you must decide this now.

What is this case about? the lawsuit says the Province of ontario failed to properly care for and protect people who attended or resided at the Schools. the lawsuit says that students were emotionally, physically, and psychologically traumatized by their experiences at the Schools. the Province of ontario denies these claims. the court has not decided whether the Plaintiff or the Province of ontario is right.

Are you included?

You are included in this lawsuit if: • you attended or resided at Drury at any time between 1963 and august 23, 2016 and have not otherwise released your claim • you attended or resided at Sir James Whitney at any time between 1938 and august 23, 2016 and have not otherwise released your claim • you attended or resided at Robarts at any time between 1973 and august 23, 2016 and have not otherwise released your claim • you are the parents, spouses, children or siblings of someone and who is included in the lawsuit and who attended or was in residence at one of the Schools between 1978 and august 23, 2016 • you are an estate trustee for a person who was a student or family member of a student who is included in the lawsuit and that person was living on or after august 10, 2013 Who are the lawyers who represent the class?

Koskie Minsky LLP are the lawyers for the plaintiff and the class. You don’t have to pay Koskie Minsky LLP for this case.

instead, the lawyers will be paid only if there is recovery of money or other benefits for the class. if there is success, the lawyers would either receive a portion of recovery or be paid by the Province of ontario.

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Stay In the Class Action: You do not have to do anything to stay in the class action. You will be legally bound by all orders and judgments of the court, and you will not be able to sue independently the Province of ontario about the legal claims in this case. if money or benefits are obtained, you will be notified about how to ask for a share.

Staying in this Class will not impact the residence or services and supports received by class members from community based agencies which are funded by the Province of Ontario.

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Nobody beats a Yonge Steeles Tire Deal! †CANADA’S LARGEST FORD LINCOLN DEALER AS PER FORD OF CANADA REPORTING FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2015. ENVIRONMENTAL FEES EXTRA. OFFERS ONLY VALID WITH COUPONS WHICH EXPIRE OCTOBER 31ST, 2016. COUPON MUST BE PRESENTED TO BE REDEEMED. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS. OUR CUSTOMERS N ARE THE MOST JUST VISIT US AND EXPERIENCE OUR SERVICE DIFFERENCE WE ARE NEVER SATISFIED UNTIL YOU ARE!!

IMPORTANT VISITORS TO OUR PREMISES. † WE RESPECT YOU AND JUST NORTH OF STEELES ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING YOU WITH THE BEST SERVICE.

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• Replacement of front or rear pads or shoes • Service of Calipers, mounts and sliders • Inspection of rotors, hydraulic system and brake fluid levels • FORD PROTECTION PLAN which offers replacement coverage age InCludeS InStallatIon on pads and shoes for as long as you own your vehicle *EXPIRES OCTOBER 31ST, 2016

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Our Ford-Trained Experts Will Help You Find The Right Tires For Your Ford Based On Your Driving Habits.

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*EXPIRES OCTOBER OBER 31ST 31ST, 2016

With Lifetime Warranty

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Motorcraft®

Includes: •Inspect All Front End Components •Inspect All Steering Components •Perform Front Wheel Alignment •Road Test

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there’s more to it than oil and a filter.

• Ford-trained technicians use only Motorcraft® oil filters • Rotate and inspect four tires • uP POINT INSPECTION every hose, belt and fluid checked TO • Comprehensive Vehicle Report Card • Make it part of your regularly scheduled maintenance to help maximize your gas mileage

7120 YONGE ST

905-764-4110

www.yongesteelesfordlincoln.com

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