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or almost three-anda-half decades, Rick Rayman has laced up his shoes and hit the pavement running – and has yet to miss a day.

His running streak began Dec. 10, 1978. Through injury, illness and less than ideal weather, the 67-yearold York Mills Road and Bayview Avenue resident has run every single day since.

Active all his life, Rayman was looking for a way to maintain his fitness once his kids were born. He started running two to three miles a day, eventually increasing to five. In June 1978, he entered his first 20-kilometre race near the Toronto Zoo. Two months later, he entered his first marathon, and kept on going.

Fast forward 35 years, and Rayman will be taking part >>>‘it’s, page 13

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PAINTING AT PARKWOODS: Instructor Melinda Calway helps Lois Keir with her work at the Parkwoods United Church Art Club watercolour painting class yesterday. To see more photos, visit us online at bit.ly/northyork_galleries

Black Creek Community Farm receives $400,000 in funding The Black Creek Community Farm is one step closer to reality as it received $400,000 in

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uture bakers learned how to make bread last Thursday at a special workshop as part of Feed Tomorrow Week, which aims to raise awareness and collect pledges to help feed the city’s hungry students.

“There’s a need for food in our schools,” said Shannon Quesnelle, development manager for Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS). “A lot of kids are going hungry every day. It affects their grades and physical health.”

TFSS, an independent charity that raises funds and provides programs for children at the Toronto District School Board, held various events across the city this past week.

One of the featured events involved a dozen students from Rockcliffe Middle School and Maple Leaf Public School who visited Ace Bakery’s main facility near Keele Street and Lawrence Avenue where Master Baker Marcus Mariathas hosted the bread-

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Kevin, left, from Rockcliffe Middle School, and Jerome, from Maple Leaf Public School, roll out baguettes during a workshop at Ace Bakery on Thursday.

making workshop for the “junior chefs”.

Each of the students are part of the beyond 3:30 program, an after school initiative supported by TFSS, which the funds raised helps to support and keep the program going throughout the school year.

Beyond 3:30 offers free programming for students between the ages of 11 and

14, and provides a safe place for physical fitness, a nutritious meal, and homework support.

Ace Bakery has been involved for the past three years holding employee fundraisers to support TFSS. Some of the employees have also visited the schools to see the programs in action, said Fiona Mitchell, VP HR at Ace Bakery.

“This year it’s great to have the kids here,” Mitchell added. “And playing with dough is fun.”

Maple Leaf students Jerome December, Lucas Le and Catherine Tran said they all had a great time learning how to make bread and getting the tour of the facility.

“It was pretty cool,” Lucas said after the tour.

“Now my stomach is growling.”

Jerome added that he liked being part of beyond 3:30.

“It’s fun and it helps you learn so you can get caught up in school,” he said.

Final Friday at Fairview FARMER FAREWELL: Left, Reesor Farm Market’s Denis Taylor cracks open a freshly picked ear of corn at his stand on Friday during the final Fairview Mall Farmers’ Market of the season. Above, bottles reflect the light at the booth of Hillsdale, Ontario’s Marigold Maple Syrup. The market ran every Friday at the Don Mills Road-Sheppard Avenue mall.

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Tuberculosis case confirmed at North York’s Chaminade LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com A case of tuberculosis has been identified at North York’s Chaminade College School, according to a letter sent home to parents yesterday.

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culosis (TB). The individual is at home on treatment and is doing well,” said the letter from principal Carmine Settino to parents of students who attend the all-boys’ Catholic high school at 490 Queen’s Dr. in the area of Jane Street and Black Creek Drive.

“TPH has reassured us that the general school population is at low risk of exposure and

that only those with close, prolonged contact require any follow up. Anyone who has had casual contact is not at risk and does not require testing. Friends and siblings of the individual are safe to attend the school.”

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ith colder weather approaching, the needs of the homeless in our city will come into sharper focus and there’s a new initiative underway that allows local residents, business, religious groups and social service agencies to coordinate the ways they can help.

Homeless Connect Toronto is a branch of the North America-wide Project Homeless Connect which aims to improve the access the homeless have to the services and programs they need.

The 2013 Street Needs Assessment interim report, which was released by the City of Toronto this summer, estimated the number of homeless at 5,219.

While those numbers represent an increase of only about one per cent from the last survey in 2009, all Torontonians should be concerned that so many of our fellow citizens have no place to call home.

It’s important to note more than 76.1 per cent of those surveyed by the city on the night of April 17 were our view recorded as taking refuge in cityadministered homeless shelters.

Homeless Approximately 8.6 per cent were sleeping outdoors, according to Connect has the report. great potential Perhaps the bright spot in the report’s numbers is that the large percentage of homeless in shelters are at least within the reach of social service agencies and programs.

Which is why an initiative like Homeless Connect Toronto has the potential to do a lot of good.

Homeless Connect plans to bring together support services in fields such as housing, employment, health care, and clothing in one place, for those in need to access and learn more about what is available to them.

The organization is planning an event at the Harbourfront Community Centre on April 13 of next year, and is now looking for sponsors and service providers to get involved.

The local business community can help with sponsorships, covering the costs of getting the word out in the homeless community, and making those in need aware of potential job openings.

Homelessness is far from a downtown issue in Toronto. There are shelters in neighbourhoods around the city.

Local residents can take advantage of what Homeless Connect is doing by finding out the ways they can help, and by connecting to service agencies and programs in need of volunteers.

For more info on Homeless Connect Toronto, visit www.hctoronto.org

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Pick-up hockey more like pick-me-up hockey

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ne by one the lads shuffled into the dressing room at the venerable Dave Keon Arena late Thursday night to kick off another season of pickup hockey for The Way And I Mean Waaaaay Over The Hill Gang.

There were plenty of high fives, low fives, in between fives and smiles all around.

Then it was time to get down to business.

We’re talking of the business of sports injury oneupmanship, of course.

Romeo led off the festivities by giving a tear-jerking update on his long-time sciatica as he struggled to squeeze into his hockey pants.

I won’t bore you with all the details of his lengthy oration, but suffice it to say, with such limited mobility in his lower body, we were advised not to be expecting much in the way of backchecking from him for the next little while.

Next up was Scoop. He had his familiar tensor

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY bandages wrapped tightly around both wrists. Still battling carpal tunnel syndrome, alas, he sighed.

It was tough to follow with all the fancy terminology he used, but the gist of his tale seemed to be that he couldn’t see the light at the end of that carpal tunnel. In short, given the restriction of movement in his hands, he was letting us know we shouldn’t expect to see any passing from him in the immediate future.

Two tear-jerking Kodak moments right after another brought to you by OHIP. But wait, sports fans.

There was more, much more.

The Hulk informed us his nagging shin splints were acting up again. That meant no back-checking on the horizon for him.

Knox reported his bothersome elbow ligaments were

so tender he wasn’t even sure he’d able to get his skate laces tied, let along grip a stick. Ergo, no passing from him anytime soon.

Footsteps notified us that his always problematic Achilles tendon felt like it was on fire. Hence, no backchecking for him in the days ahead.

Gramps gave us a heads up that his aching rotator cuff was giving him fits.

Consequently, we shouldn’t expect much in the way of passing from him down the road.

And Frick said he was recovering from a high ankle sprain while his long-time line mate Frack added he was battling a low ankle sprain. The verdict: no backchecking for either of them for the time being.

And on and on it went ad nauseam. But it didn’t stop there.

It continued well past nauseam, until there was only one player left: Slick.

A hush fell over the dressing room.

Slick said he was suffering from the worst groin strain in his career and invited any skeptics to inspect the area personally. All present respectively declined. When it comes to the condition of one’s groin, one’s word is all that is necessary. So, we simply pencilled him in for no back-checking, too.

And there you have it. The Way And I Mean Waaaaay Over The Hill Gang is back to kick off yet another season of their unique brand of hockey.

Or are they? Hmmm. Now that I think about it, given their frail condition, it’s hard to believe any of them will actually be able to muster up enough strength to drop a puck for the opening faceoff.

Film – if indeed there is anything to film – at 11.

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Bridge and Euchre WHEN: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Parkwoods United Church, 85 Parkwoods Village Drive CONTACT: Edna, 416-496-8705, COST: $2 Everyone welcome. Games take place Fridays. Ages 50 and older welcome.

Great Books: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: 416-395-5639, www.torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free In 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a novella about a London lawyer who investigates strange happenings between his friend Dr. Jekyll and the evil Mr. Hyde. The book became a science fiction horror classic.

Celebrate Halloween with a talk by Michael Johnstone, University of Toronto, professor of 19th-century literature. Call to register.

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A Whimzical Tot Shabbat WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-3281, www.templesinai.net, programs@ templesinai.net COST: $20

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TCDSB Conference for Students and Families New to Canada WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Catholic Education Centre, 80 Sheppard Ave. E. CONTACT: Jody Huang, www.tcdsb.org/forcommunity/newcomers, jodelyn.huang@tcdsb.org COST: Free Go online to register

Comic Books and Other Hooks WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Northmount School, 26 Mallard Rd. CONTACT: Mrs. Withers, 416-4498823, ext. 114, www.northmount. com, jeanne.withers@northmount. com COST: Free A reading/writing workshop for parents and students in grades 2 to 8.

An Awesome Fall Art Show WHEN: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge St. CONTACT: Margie Wagner, 416590-1296, Margie@thewagners.ca COST: Free Presented by the Willowdale Group of Artists.

Oneg Shabbat: Josephus and Snowden: Traitors or Loyal Citizens?

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: 18 Wynford Dr., Main Floor CONTACT: Roby Sadler, 416-385-3910, info@oraynu. org COST: Non-members welcome, $15

Howling Hootenanny WHEN: Oct. 19, 20, 26 and 27 WHERE: Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy. CONTACT: 416-736-1733, www.blackcreek. ca, bcpvinfo@trca.on.ca COST: see website for details Collectibles, Artwork And Gifts Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Willowdale United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. CONTACT: Lina Posa, 416-2252309, willowdaleunited@bellnet.ca COST: Free 50th Anniversary Open House WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Willowdale Christian Reformed

Church, 70 Hilda Ave. CONTACT: 416-221-7829, office@willowdalecrc.com COST: Free Also, an anniversary worship service Sunday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m.

Show and Sale of Dollhouse Miniatures WHEN: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Today, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 WHERE: Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Ct. CONTACT: Judy, 416-225-4880, judith.anne.carlson@gmail.com COST: $8 Presented by the Miniature Enthusiasts of Toronto.

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Ward 10 Transit Town Hall WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Northview Heights Secondary School, 550 Finch Ave. W. CONTACT: Councillor James Pasternak, 416-392-1371, www.jamespasternak.ca, councillor_pasternak@toronto.ca COST: Free

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Willowdale United Church Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Willowdale United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. CONTACT: Lina Posa, 416-225-2309, willowdaleunited@ bellnet.ca COST: $7 per person/ $25 per family

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Registration for 2014/15 Temple Sinai Nursery School WHEN: 7 a.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-3281, www.templesinai.net, education@ templesinai.net COST: Visit online

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The Great Gatsby (movie) WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington Rd. CONTACT: 416-395-5440 COST: Free Stress Management Through Restorative Meditation WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington Rd. CONTACT: 416-395-5440 COST: Free This series of six sessions will present basic stress-relieving exercises, open to all levels, and meditation techniques. Call to register.

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Expansion of the subway, TTC bus services and Wheel-Trans service are the issues that will be discussed at a transit town hall meeting hosted by Monday York Centre Councillor James Pasternak.

TTC chair Karen Stintz will be the guest speaker. City transportation staff and TTC staff will also attend.

The meeting will be held Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. at Northview Heights Secondary School, 550 Finch Ave. W. at Bathurst Street.

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age of 18. Funds from the event will support the Daniel Bertoia Family Endowment Fund and b.r.a.i.n.child at the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation for brain tumour research.

For more information, visit www.skatewithdaniel.com Lodge needs volunteers wCummer

North York’s Cummer Lodge long-term care home is desperately looking for volunteers in all areas of the facility, especially in the tuck shop.

If you can volunteer at the home, at 205 Cummer Ave. east of Willowdale Avenue, call volunteer coordinator Liz McMulkin at 416-392-9493.

night supports brain tumour research wComedy NORTH YORK AUTHOR UP LITERACY AWARD wFOR The second annual Skate With Daniel Comedy Nite, held in memory of North York’s Daniel Bertoia, will take place Oct. 18 in Vaughan.

Friday The event will feature comedian Angelo Tsarouchas.

Bertoia died of a brain tumour Aug. 20, 2008 at the

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An author who grew up in North York is a finalist for the 2013 Governor General’s Literacy Awards.

Joseph Boyden’s book The Orenda is nominated in the Fiction

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The bilingual Literacy Awards celebrate the excellence of Canadian writers, illustrators and translators in multiple categories.

Winners will be announced Nov. 13. An awards ceremony will follow at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Nov. 28.

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The daughter of the late North York artist Aba Bayefsky will give a talk about her father at Lillian H. Smith branch library, 239 College St., Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The event, titled Kensington Market: Through the Art of Aba Bayefsky, will have Edra Bayefsky read from her father’s journal, and showcase images of his work featuring Kensington Market.

An artist and teacher, Bayefsky died in 2001.

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Transit planning is in jeopardy due to “short-term decision-making and politicking,” writes Tory. “The result has been decades of cancelled projects, incomplete facts and failed accountability.” work impacts streetcar service wTrack

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Wesley Magee-Saxton, 13, demonstrates exergame technology at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital earlier this month.

...this helps me get exercise as well as play video games, which is hard for kids with CP my age.

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– Wesley Magee-Saxton, 13

Kids with cerebral palsy cycle to fun and fitness LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com

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esley MageeSaxton is mesmerized by the video game he’s playing.

Nothing unusual about that for a 13-year-old boy.

But the game system the Scarborough teenager is using was built to ensure children with cerebral palsy (CP) get exercise while playing.

CP is a condition caused by brain damage before birth or early in a child’s life that affects muscle movement and posture.

Developed by North York’s Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and Queen’s University, the “exergames” are part of a project called Cycle to Fun that combine fitness and

virtual games to motivate kids with CP to exercise while gaming.

Not only do players use joysticks to control their avatar’s movements, but they must cycle on a specially adapted exercise bike to power the games. pedal power The system has six games, developed with feedback from Wesley and other children, which can accommodate up to eight players.

During a demonstration at Holland Bloorview on Oct. 3, Wesley was playing a game called Gekkoo Race against another boy with cerebral palsy in Vancouver.

While CP keeps him confined to a wheelchair most of the time, Wesley has

noticed an improvement in his well-being since he started playing the games.

“It makes it easier to walk. It makes it easier to transfer between my (wheel)chair and the bed because my legs are stronger. I feel more physically fit, so to speak,” he said.

“This set-up helps me get more exercise. I could operate a hand-held control fine before (with other games) but this helps me get exercise as well as play video games, which is hard for kids with CP my age.”

The games have been developed to accommodate differences in children’s physical abilities. That means a child who can pedal faster than others doesn’t win every race, said Wesley, who lives in Scarborough’s Highland

Creek neighbourhood.

“It’s balanced out with everybody, which makes it more fun for children who can’t pedal very quickly.

They still have the chance to win the race, get into the fray,” the articulate teenager said.

Wesley is thrilled he and other children with CP were able to give their feedback about the games, something that is more significant as emerging video game technology doesn’t accommodate children with disabilities.

“It’s extremely, extremely important because one thing I’m getting frustrated with nowadays is the big commercial consoles like PlayStation and Xbox are taking a more motion directive. You control the movement on the screen with

your motion, like waving your hand would wave the character’s hand or moving your leg would move their leg,” he said.

“As you can see, people in wheelchairs wouldn’t be able to play those games.

I feel the major consoles haven’t taken that into mind and just went ahead with the whole motion control, which leaves children with disabilities disappointed because they can’t play all the fun games.” keep kids active Holland Bloorview’s Dr. Virginia Wright is on the team that developed the games and is studying their benefits.

“We’re always trying to keep kids active, whether they have cerebral palsy or

whoever they are,” she said.

“That’s really the unique part of this. In order to play the game, you have to use your own body power so it’s a fabulous way of getting exercise.”

Researchers are hoping the games will benefit kids with CP in particular, Wright said.

“We like to hope because these kids are having more limitations as they’re getting older because of joint restrictions and the spasticity so it makes it more difficult for them to move as they get taller,” she said.

“We really wanted to find a way to help these kids in particular move a lot more.”

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Gambling council chair knows danger of ‘chasing losses’ LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com Terry Finn was hooked on gambling from the moment he placed his first bet on a horse race at the age of 13 at the track where he worked part-time.

From his first day at work in 1963 and every day he worked there throughout high school, he bet on several horse races.

Finn scored some wins big and small, but more often than not, he was “chasing his losses” or gambling more to recoup what he had lost.

“If I was down $4 from betting two races, I would bet a third to get that $4 back. That started right at that time,” the recovering problem gambler said.

“I didn’t realize it, but I was demonstrating one of the danger signs of gambling, of chasing the money you lost.”

Finn, now board chair of the Responsible Gambling Council, was at Downsview’s Delta Bingo earlier this month

as part of Problem Gambling Prevention Week, with the goal of helping family and friends of people with potential gambling problems learn how to identify problems, protect themselves and access local resources.

From a start of betting on horses as a teenager, once Finn graduated high school and got his first real job, he was at the track five days a week.

“I bought a car. I got behind, I wasn’t making payments regularly,” he said.

“I knew I was going to the track and betting whatever money I had in my pocket. I knew I had a problem (but I thought) my problem was I wasn’t winning.”

Although Finn quit gambling during his short-lived first marriage, he was soon back at it when he and his wife split up.

By the time he was married a second time, Finn had covering his tracks down to a fine art.

A salesman, he would visit clients for a couple of hours in the morning before dashing

Staff photo/Lisa Queen

Responsible Gambling Council board chair Terry Finn attends the Problem Gambling Prevention Week event at Delta Bingo earlier this month.

off to a casino to make money to bankroll his afternoons at the track.

He would get home before his wife to hide bills in the mail.

Even as his world crashed around him, Finn remained convinced the one big win that would get him out of trouble was just around the corner.

“It was very stressful, juggling to keep the wolves away from the door,” he said.

“Everything was crumbling.

The car was about to be repossessed. We were three months behind on our rent. The telephone, cable, all the bills were in arrears.”

Finally, one day on his way to the casino in January 2000,

Finn admitted his gambling addiction to himself.

He signed the paperwork to self-exclude himself from the casino and sought counselling.

Then came the hard part of telling his wife, Linda, who was shocked.

“I knew before I told her, I knew there was a very, very good chance she would leave me. At that point, it didn’t matter. I had to save myself because if I didn’t save myself, there was nothing there for her or the family,” he said.

Although Linda considered taking her two children and leaving, she decided to stay and the couple worked out a repayment plan with creditors through a bankruptcy trustee.

“I always knew in the back of my mind I had to quit but I was always looking for the easy way out,” Finn said.

“I want (other potential problem gamblers) to look at themselves and see where they are with their gambling, to recognize some of the signs of chasing losses.”

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“It’s my 300th and such a good event,” Rayman said. “It’s a special day for me. It’s a phenomenal marathon, my second favourite, New York being the first.”

After his first marathon, Rayman entered two to three a year. This year alone, he has participated in 19, down from his alltime high of 21 in one year, two years ago.

“Sometimes I have to get up early, two, three in the morning,” said Rayman, who sold his dental practice two years ago and now works as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry. “My minimum is a 30-minute run.”

Even a terrible respiratory infection several years ago didn’t keep him inside, although it kept him from work for two days. “I got up, ran, and went back to bed,” he said.

Though he had to pass up two marathons last year because of a sore back, he didn’t let injury keep him inside. And when the weather is icy, he slips on shoes with spikes on the bottom.

Nor does travel affect his passion. If Rayman has to be up at 5 a.m. to catch a flight, he rises at 3:30 a.m. to run. And he admits some distant destinations, like Australia, will have to wait, as flying times will interfere with his running streak.

“I try not to think about it,” he said, when asked how he might feel when his streak ends, adding he doesn’t have an end date.

With a personal best time of two hours and 47 minutes in the late ’80s, Rayman has slowed down his clock time.

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“I did my first trail marathon north of Huntsville this summer, jumping over trees, running over rocks and through mud,” he said. “I had to walk the last 28 kilometres. It took nine hours to finish, and she was there.”

And his wife won’t be the only one there when Rayman laces up Oct. 20.

Some of his students are planning to run with him,

and they are also raising money for the Scotiabank Charity Challenge – $300 per class in honour of his 300th marathon – for the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.

Two weeks after the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Rayman will head to Hamilton to take part in another one, he said, adding he’d like to keep going as long as possible.

But he is planning on cutting down his marathon numbers next year to 12 – at least it’s a thought.

“It’s expensive,” he said.

“But it’s part of my life. I spoke at graduation last year, and I said family is first, profession is third, running is second. You can’t let your profession take over your life. Any hobby, whether it’s skiing or cycling, makes for a fuller life.”

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But it’s not surprising.

Never mind Ford’s generally pugilistic modus operandi when it comes to local, retail politics. Never mind that Ainslie had broken with the mayor on his vision for a subway-at-all-costs for Scarborough residents.

The two hadn’t seen eye to eye really since the beginning of the term. Ainslie started out, installed as the chair of the Toronto Public Library Board, where he did his best to implement the mayor’s early-term cost-cutting agenda – ultimately getting caught up with the mayor’s office in the stumble over branch cuts that emerged in the 2011 budget process.

And when it came time to replace the budget chief,

robocall adventure “a blatant act of political thuggery.”

It’s a shame he couldn’t have found those words sooner.

Ainslie was right to raise questions about the financial realities of the subway plan.

Yet as recently as July, Ainslie supported moving along with that plan – even though many of the same funding problems existed. In an interview, he explained that he’d hoped the city could negotiate those away by the Sept. 30 deadline council set. But hope for such a resolution was as faint then as it is now.

Now it’s off to the integrity commissioner, who’ll be asked to rule on whether Toronto Council’s code of conduct is copacetic with aggressive robocalling in the wards of one’s political enemies.

While that sorts itself out, we might show a little understanding about the vehemence with which Ainslie directs his rhetoric toward Ford. As breakups go, this is an ugly one.

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On the other side of the equation, Ainslie wasn’t afraid to go on the record to the Toronto Star when they were investigating allegations that the mayor had shown up appearing to be intoxicated for the annual Garrison Ball.

Ainslie said those allegations were true.

So Ford took to the telephone lines, on his own dime, to tell Ainslie’s constituents that it was “extremely, extremely unfortunate” that Ainslie “did not listen to his constituents,” and “led the charge” against the subway in Scarborough. The implication is clear: that good-hearted Scarborough folk should cast their votes elsewhere.

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After Council’s 24-20 vote in favour of a subway extension over LRT, after the Mayor’s consent to tax increases totaling 1.6 per cent, and the federal government’s $660-million promise for the new line, is the debate finished?

Not a chance.

This is an issue that’s too good to resolve.

The Mayor‘s position is the easiest to understand.

Recent published polls show that his base strongly favours what is called the Scarborough subway. That residents in the former cities of Toronto and East

david soknacki beyond the headlines York disapprove doesn’t matter.

In terms of the Mayor’s seemingly perpetual campaign, it was an easy decision to target the one Scarborough councillor who voted against him, and so extend the life of the issue.

Nor did Council’s decision conclude matters for the provincial government.

Although the Queen’s Park recommended one route and is paying most of the

bills, Council drew its own line on the map plus asked for more money. In turn the minister responsible for transit advised that the Province now expects detailed assessments for both routes – a decision that will add two years before construction begins.

Queen’s Park wants the decision delayed for much the same reason as the Mayor. The governing Liberals realize that being recognized as a subway champion will assist them in this spring’s provincial election, just as it helped retain their seat in Scarborough during a

recent by-election.

As long as what passes for debate remains at the level of emotional election slogans, building that subway extension will be as protracted and acrimonious as possible, simply because that is in the interests of both the Mayor and provincial government.

For another view, take a look at the last poll results.

When asked to compare a two- or three-stop subway with a seven-stop LRT, the LRT was considered to be more appropriate. What about Scarborough residents? They preferred the LRT by a ratio of two to one.

All of which was completed before revised costs were recalculated: from about $200m per subway stop at the time of the Sheppard line, to over double per stop for the route into Vaughan, and now over double again in Scarborough.

It is as if cost, ridership, or planning considerations do not matter.

Success in Scarborough led the Mayor to consider reprioritizing transit citywide within a week of his victory. “To be fair,” he said, “the downtown people have enough subways already.”

Next he targeted the

already funded LRT projects on Sheppard and Finch, saying, “Obviously the next election is going to be fought again on subways ...

I want to connect McCowan to Don Mills – just do the Sheppard line – then I’m going to go to Finch and look at the Downtown Relief line.”

As long as residents accept caricatures as truth, then politicians will endlessly re-open decisions, and policy will be taken down dangerous paths.

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1. English 2. Mandarin 3. Chinese (not otherwise specified) 4. Cantonese 5. Greek 6. Italian 7. Persian (Farsi) 8. Arabic 9. Armenian 10. Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)

1. English 2. Mandarin 3. Chinese (not otherwise specified) 4. Cantonese 5. Greek 6. Italian 7. Persian (Farsi) 8. Arabic 9. Armenian 10. Korean

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Between 2001 and 2011, the number of Youth (those aged 15-24) in Pleasant View dropped by 14.3 per cent between 2001 and 2011.

In Pleasant View, the number of people listing English as their Home Language dropped by 8.1 per cent By comparison, the overall neighbourhood population dropped 2.6 per cent between 2006 and 2011.

While the overall neighbourhood population is dipping, the number of seniors (those 65+) is growing. That number is 28.3 per cent higher in 2011 than in 2001.

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One of the few Home Languages to have an increase in numbers was Greek, which grew by 14.8 per cent.

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The population of Pleasant View has dropped by 5 per cent between 2001 and 2011.

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ELECTRICAL Knob and tube replacement LED Lighting Aluminum wire reconditioning Permits and inspections

MOTHER TONGUE “Mother Tongue” refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood at the time of the census.

In the 2011 census, the percentage of people in Pleasant View who list English as their Mother Tongue is 31 per cent, according to the 2011 census. That number is 51 per cent in all of Toronto.

A comparison of a neighbourhood statistic with its Toronto equivalent

2006 070809102011

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Pleasant View Community Centre.

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Arabic

Mandarin is the most common nonofficial language in Pleasant View.

In the 2011 census, 13.3 per cent of residents listed Mandarin as their Mother Tongue, and 11.4 per cent listed Spanish as their Home Language.

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sports schedule

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TDSSAA BOYS FOOTBALL SENIOR TIER 2

FRIDAY, OCT. 18 w Northview Heights SS vs. CW Jefferys CI (CW Jefferys CI, 340 Sentinel Rd., 2 p.m.) w York Mills CI vs. John Polanyi CI (John Polanyi CI, 640 Lawrence Ave. W., 2 p.m.) w Georges Vanier SS vs. George S Henry Academy (George S Henry Academy, 200 Graydon Hall Dr., 3 p.m.)

THURSDAY, OCT. 17 w Newtonbrook SS vs. Martingrove CI (Martingrove CI, 50 Winterton Dr., 2 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 w Humberside CI vs. Newtonbrook SS (Newtonbrook SS, 155 Hilda Ave., 2 p.m.) w Thistletown CI vs. Downsview SS (Downsview SS, 7 Hawksdale Rd., 2 p.m.)

TUESDAY, OCT. 22 w AY Jackson SS vs. Westview Centennial SS (Westview Centennial SS, 755 Oakdale Rd., 2:30 p.m.) w CW Jefferys CI vs. Downsview SS (Downsview SS, 7 Hawksdale Rd., 2:30 p.m.) w Victoria Park CI vs. York Mills CI (York Mills CI, 490 York Mills Rd., 2:30 p.m.) w William Lyon Mackenzie CI vs. Northview Heights SS (Esther Shiner Stadium, 5720 Bathurst St., 2:30 p.m.) w Georges Vanier SS vs. Newtonbrook SS (Newtonbrook SS, 155 Hilda Ave., 3 p.m.) w John Polanyi CI vs. Earl Haig SS (Earl Haig SS, 100 Princess Ave., 3:30 p.m.)

VARSITY DEVELOPMENT TUESDAY, OCT. 22 w Runnymede CI vs. Westview Centennial SS (Westview Centennial SS, 755 Oakdale Rd., 2 p.m.)

GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY NORTH REGION, TIER 1 THURSDAY, OCT. 17 w Regional Final – Earl Haig SS vs. York Mills CI (Hangar Field 2, 2 p.m.)

TDSB BOYS SOCCER NORTH REGION SENIOR, TIER 1 THURSDAY, OCT. 17 w Earl Haig SS vs. Newtonbrook SS (Newtonbrook SS, 155 Hilda Ave., 2 p.m.) w Downsview SS vs. Westview Centennial SS (Westview Centennial SS, 755 Oakdale Rd., 2:30 p.m.) w Emery CI vs. AY Jackson SS (AY Jackson SS, 50 Fancine Dr., 2:30 p.m.)

MONDAY, OCT. 21 w CW Jefferys CI vs. Northview Heights SS (Northview Heights SS, 550 Finch Ave. W., 3 p.m.) w Don Mills CI vs. Westview Centennial SS (Westview Centennial SS, 755 Oakdale Rd., 3 p.m.)

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE We s t v i e w C e n t e n n i a l Secondary School ball carrier Michael Mo, centre, is trapped between North Albion Collegiate defensive end Tejae Hillocks, left, and his own teammate Shaquille Woods during high school varsity boys’ football action at North Albion on Tuesday.

The home side Cougars went on to win the game 16-2.

TUESDAY, OCT. 22 w AY Jackson SS vs. Georges Vanier SS (Georges Vanier SS, 3000 Don Mills Rd., 3:30 p.m.) w Emery CI vs. George S Henry Academy (George S Henry Academy, 200 Graydon Hall Dr., 3:30 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 w Westview Centennial SS vs. William Lyon Mackenzie CI (William Lyon Mackenzie CI, 20 Tillplain Rd., 3 p.m.) w Georges Vanier SS vs. CW Jefferys CI (CW Jefferys CI, 340 Sentinel Rd., 3:30 p.m.) w York Mills CI vs. Emery CI (Emery CI, 3395 Weston Rd., 3:30 p.m.)

Photo/PETER C. MCCUSKER

THURSDAY, OCT. 24 w AY Jackson SS vs. Westview Centennial SS (Westview SS, 755 Oakdale Rd., 3 p.m.)

TDSB BOYS VOLLEYBALL NORTH REGION SENIOR THURSDAY, OCT. 17 w CW Jefferys CI vs. Emery CI (Emery CI, 3395 Weston Rd., 3:30 p.m.) w Northview Heights SS vs. AY Jackson SS (AY Jackson SS, 50 Fancine Dr., 3:30 p.m.) w William Lyon Mackenzie CI vs. George S Henry Academy (George S Henry Academy, 200 Graydon Hall Dr., 3:30 p.m.)

UPCOMING In boys volleyball, north region, senior action, CW Jefferys CI takes on Westview Centennial SS at Westview on Monday, Oct. 28, at 4:15 p.m.

SPORTS SCHEDULE

For the complete schedule, visit www.insidetoronto. com/north york-torontoon-sports/

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