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Coldest Day of the Year: Snow begins to fall as cyclists head out from Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday for Cycle Toronto’s Coldest Day of the Year Bike Ride. More photos online at http://goo.gl/24VDKX

Perks highlights critical lack of transit funding LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The City of Toronto’s population growth and the amount of new construction far outweighs that of its counterparts like New York and Mexico.

In 1998, Toronto had as many as 385 million transit riders. This year, that number has grown to 545 million – “an enormous jump,” Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks told those who had gathered for his and colleague Parkdale-High Park

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The results of the Roncesvalles Neighbourhood Survey are in and residents have spoken.

When it comes to what they like the most about Roncesvalles, it’s also what they like the least and that’s the available shops and services.

“There’s two sides to every coin. It’s at the very top of what we like, but there are some residents who are somewhat concerned of the changing nature of the stores,” Aaron Caplan, a member of the Roncesvalles-Macdonnell Residents Association (RMRA) executive committee, told The Villager at the monthly RMRA meeting.

According to Caplan, residents’ responses indicated while they still love shopping on Roncesvalles, they feel the original businesses that support the everyday life of the community are quickly being replaced with chic boutiques, coffee shops, other franchises and bars.

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Anthology to give voice to black youth HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Fiona Clarke, the winner of the 2014 ArtReach Youth Arts Pitch Contest, which aims to support youth aspirations in the arts, is looking to turn her community project idea into a reality.

Black Like We: Troubleshooting the Black Youth Experience is an anthology Clarke hopes to publish that addresses systemic issues faced by black youth through the lens of their lived experience.

“I had this random idea to ask people through social media, to do an interview with me to talk about what encouraged them to continue with school, what were their issues, why did they push through and what did they achieve academically and I got a few people talking to me,” Clarke explained.

“It was pretty enlightening and I got different perspectives… I wanted to meld the education and systemic pieces together for this anthology.”

Clarke’s win came with a $5,000 prize to get her project off the ground. She plans to turn the anthology into an e-book, provide mentorship workshops and outreach in classrooms, all year round

and not just during black history month, which is a crucial aspect according to Clarke.

“People are black all year long, but however they can incorporate it into their schools would be great.

It would show students that other students, like me, can do this educational task. It’s not just a teacher (who can educate), we can create our own (educational pieces),” she said.

“We all have something to give, we all have a story and we all have something to offer.”

To achieve this she’s crowdfunding another $5,000 through an Indiegogo campaign, www.indiegogo.com/projects/black-like-we, that’s raised more than $820 so far to cover publication costs, honorariums for contributors, workshops and an official launch.

The anthology will be a collection of stories from about 35 different Canadian contributors, some of whom live in Parkdale and are members of Toronto Wordsmiths. A free writing workshop was held at the Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen St. W., where Clarke is a facilitator.

However this isn’t her first foray into publishing, Clarke is the woman behind Basodee: An Anthology Dedicated to Black Youth

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that focused on expression. It was such a success that Toronto teachers were requesting presentations and it made the Recommended Book List at the Toronto Public Library

and Open Book Toronto.

According to Clarke, Black Like We is a separate book with “a different spin.”

“It’s people talking about what being black means to them,” she said.

Some of the stories in this anthology include discussion around the 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Florida and its ripple effect to a young black youth in Toronto, a utopian depiction of the idea school system, the overall education system and its connection to black youths and an explanation of white privilege among many others.

For the 28-year-old Scarborough resident this e-book is important for many reasons, one of them is to inspire black Canadian youths in a literary sense.

“There’s not that much space for us to be on the book shelves, I think the people on the bookshelves are usually university educated professors. They’re the ones who are pushed, win awards and get real publishing contracts and I think that just sends the wrong message to your people growing up who may not be able to make it into the university system,” Clarke explained.

“I’m trying to show there are dif-

ferent pathways to get to the shelves and that we can produce professional quality work and we don’t have to have a Master of Fine Arts to write a powerful critical piece.”

The other is keeping black youths engaged in education because they once had the highest percentage of dropout rates in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) at 40 per cent.

According to a 2011 TDSB Census Portraits-Understanding Our Students’ Ethno-racial Backgrounds, 78 per cent of back students say that learning more about their own culture or race would make learning more interesting for them, while 66 per cent said it would help them enjoy school more and 56 per cent said it would help them do better in school. For Clarke, this anthology will be a step towards giving those youths the opportunity to share in experiences with other black youths, while simultaneously giving them a voice.

“It says, this is who I am, this is what I’ve been through, fix it, change it, look at it,” she said.

“At least look at it.”

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Bitten star Michael Xavier says second season to ratchet up suspense HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Michael Xavier, one of the main actors on the hit show Bitten, can’t wait for fans to sink their teeth into season two.

Fans are in for a very different show this time around, he told The Villager.

“Season two is more of a horror, it’s a scary psychological thriller almost,” Xavier said, adding this season is less of a love story and instead explores the dark side of characters and plots.

“We start season two three days after season one. We pick up right where we left off. Season one ended on such a high and that continues, so it’s even more intense ... and we introduce new characters.”

Xavier, who plays the role of Logan Jonsen, a well-polished and put-together werewolf and psychiatrist, originally hails from Ottawa. He began his foray into acting when he was 17 years old, but admits being the third of five siblings helped push him in that direction.

“I come from a big family and we’re all very outgoing, so Sunday night at our dinner table everybody

was sort of doing performances,” Xavier said.

“I was always entertaining and our parents always geared us towards what we enjoyed doing.”

With a nudge from his parents and Xavier’s interest in acting he started heading out to auditions as a teen, which involved a lot of dedication at the time. To get to the auditions, he would take a charter bus from his hometown to Toronto, do the audition and head straight back the same day.

“Looking back on it I think, wow, I must have really wanted to do this. It was through those auditions I thought, I’m not too bad at this, I should try this for a living,” he said.

“Ever since then I stuck with it.”

Inspired by an obvious love for acting, Xavier made a commitment and moved to Toronto, enrolling in the acting in television and film program at Humber College. After graduating in 2008, he snagged acting gigs on shows like Covert Affairs, Rookie Blue, Da Kink in My Hair and Nikita. Most recently he also had a cameo on the six part mini CBC series, The Book of Negroes.

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Michael Xavier stars as Logan in the Space channel series, Bitten.

But his big television break came in April 2013, when he got the call to be a part of Space channel’s original series Bitten based off the books by Kelley Armstrong called Women of the Otherworld.

The show has had a great success and resonated with viewers so well that it’s Space channel’s number one original series of all-time, reaching about one million viewers each week

last year over the course of the 13 episode season.

Naturally fans and the actors were happy it got renewed for a second season, with a premier date of this Saturday at 9 p.m. on Space.

The show films in Toronto in a studio on Eastern Avenue and on location in Hamilton and Cambridge. Although 13-hour days on set aren’t uncommon, Xavier doesn’t mind it, not even the early morning shoots.

“I love what I do so it’s not a problem. I love collaborating with different actors, directors and producers.

It’s great environment to work in,” he said.

According to the Queen and Gladstone resident when he first auditioned he just knew the show would be a good fit for him as an actor as he tries to give the most honest performance he can in each scene.

“I liked that it was edgy, it was something I hadn’t played yet, a psychiatrist with a dark side. I always look for a duality, or find one in different characters. There’s always the side that you want people to see, but then there’s the dark side that you know exists,” he said.

“And for this character it was so apparent that those dualities exist. It was really nice, especially in the first season...it’s clear that this guy has got it together and then by the end of the season, the cage gets rattled and you get to see more and more of that dark side come out.”

As far as his character is concerned, Logan has gotten quite dark and has evolved since the pilot episode. Right now his character is on a manhunt looking for his kidnapped girlfriend Rachel, one of the reasons why Logan has become unhinged.

“If you give him a reason to, he just might rip your heart out. So he’s losing it,” Xavier explained.

Besides travelling down a dark path, he promises this season will keep eyes glued to the screen, not only for the suspense but character progression, too.

“Tune in, you’re going to see a lot of growth from lot of characters and some new ones thrown into the mix,” he said.

“It’ll be a hell of a ride.”

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elp build the Pan Am Path and create a living legacy for the city of Toronto.

The 84-kilometre trail promises to connect communities literally and figuratively across the Toronto region and may be our best souvenir from the Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games.

Though it’s the dead of winter, now’s the time to get involved.

Workshops hosted by the many partner organizations are starting to take place to help build various installations meant to celebrate our diversity.

Lakeshore Arts in Etobicoke, for example, will begin public workshops this month to create unique flags banners for part of the path our view and that “explore themes of home, identity and community stories.”

Trail will The workshops aim to bring people together across genconnect all erations and cultures and is representative of the kind of colof Toronto laboration the path is meant to inspire. Check in with partner groups Urban Arts, Arts Etobicoke, East End Arts, Scarborough Arts and North York Arts for other local opportunities.

Stretching from the Claireville Reservoir in the northwest, down the Humber River, across the Martin Goodman Trail to the Don River and northeast to Rouge Park, the Pan Am Path’s installation and associated programs aim to engage and leverage diversity by showcasing the communities that exist along the route.

It’s a great chance for many of our Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIA) to get involved through the launch of the Path – which touches seven of the city’s 17 NIAs – and ongoing stewardship to ensure its future sustainability.

The Path also aims to promote healthy living by filling in the gaps in our trail system and improving the public spaces found within. The multiuse trail, once complete, has the potential to become a regional landmark that could raise the profile of the city for its own residents and tourists alike.

No matter your opinion of the Games, this project is a great example of people coming together to celebrate diversity and create a lasting legacy that’s accessible to all Torontonians. It’s bridging cultures and geography, providing a physical connection between our outer suburbs and the downtown core.

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Tory right to weigh in on possible school closures Watching the early months of John Tory’s mayoralty after having watched four years of his predecessor is to constantly be amazed – often at very small things that in a saner environment wouldn’t amaze anybody.

The mayor arrives at work before 7 in the morning?

He answers questions put to him? These things shouldn’t be a shock, but they are.

On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Tory did it again.

Upon reading reports on the possibility that a number of schools deemed surplus by the Toronto District School Board might be sold, Tory drafted a three-page, densely argued letter to both the public and Catholic school board chairs as well as the province’s Minister of Education Liz Sandals.

One can imagine how former mayor Rob Ford might have handled that issue – which is to say, not at all, unless perhaps he’d

david nickle the city gotten a call from a group of neighbours convinced that their local school was going to be overtaken by the disabled... or if someone convinced him it had to do with intramural football.

Tory’s letter addresses a rat’s nest of a problem of over-capacity and underfunding that the Toronto District School Board is facing: how to deal with schools that are operating far below capacity.

It’s a problem the board has faced since the amalgamation of Toronto in 1998, when it was forced to confront a provincial funding formula that penalized unused capacity and encouraged closures of schools that were underpopulated.

The formula has been problematic for Toronto, because the city has a long history of finding util-

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But it is a pleasant shock to see a mayor who understands the value of publicly owned assets to both established and growing communities.

ity in its school properties beyond their educational purpose.

Local school boards and local municipalities have, to varying degrees, been partners. It is also a problem because Toronto itself is by no means a stable community.

Population ebbs and flows – and the city itself is planning for more flow into its neighbourhoods.

The resources schools represent in a neighbourhood are finite, and in that sense precious. It is an even bigger rat’s nest because as much as there’s been cooperation and partnership between school board and municipalities, Toronto

politicians and planners have few direct ways to see those resources preserved.

The city can purchase surplus schools, and has done so in the past to preserve public uses or mitigate environmental impacts.

But that’s an expensive proposition – and given that Toronto is already borrowing money to simply balance its operating budget, not in the cards.

It may be that Tory’s attempt to delicately insert himself and the city into the process is a foolhardy one – as he admitted in his letter, it is none of the city’s fiduciary business.

But it is a pleasant shock to see a mayor who understands the value of publicly owned assets to both established and growing communities. That was another thing the other fellow never really understood.

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Make pies at West-End wA West-End Food Co-op Food Co-op pie-

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Participants will learn to make crust and seasonal fruit filling and by the end of the threehour workshop, will leave with a baked pie and ready to roll pie dough.

Attendees should bring an apron, 8-inch or 9-inch Pyrex, metal or ceramic pie pan, no deep dishes.

The cost of the workshop is $55 for non-members and includes a $5 lifetime membership. Payment is made in person at the workshop during registration at 5:45 p.m. To register, visit http://goo.gl/zVNIjn Totsapalooza Festival Small Print Toronto hosts Totsapalooza festival of picture books, indie bands and DIY crafts Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. at Revival Bar, 783 College St. Can-Lit icon Dennis Lee launches his first collection of poems for children in more than a decade. He will also conduct the show’s grand finale, a gigantic sing-along and jam session based

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on his classic Alligator Pie. The festival will also include Maker Culture for Kids; a photo booth; live music; and snacks.

Admission is $18 for adults, $12 for kids and free for babies.

Visit www.smallprinttoronto.org for tickets. ideas being accepted The Laneway Project is putting out an open call to people looking to transform their laneway spaces.

With funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, The Laneway Project will undertake two laneway improvement projects in partnership with local communities in different areas of the city.

Those interested can apply online at www.thelanewayproject.ca/pilotprojects Applications will be accepted until Saturday.

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Tuscan Dessert Cooking Class Le Dolci’s hosts a Tuscan Dessert Cooking Class Saturday.

Participants will learn how to make three desserts from the Renaissance period: panforte, ricciarelli and buontalenti. One will be plated, while the other two will be taken home.

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The class costs $85 per person and will take place at Le Dolci’s Culinary Studio, 1006 Dundas St. W. Visit www.ledolci.com Volunteer dancers wanted Calling all dancers, Cirque de Soleil will be hosting auditions Saturday and Sunday for volunteer performers for the Pan Am Games opening ceremony.

The performance company is looking to cast 115 boys and girls ages 12 and up Saturday and 50 male and female hiphop dancers ages 19 and up Sunday Feb 8.

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Sidewalk construction wUntil now on the end of February,

Metrolinx will be reconstructing the sidewalk at the northwest corner of Strachan Avenue and East Liberty Street.

As a result, the northwest sidewalk will be closed temporarily. A pedestrian detour will be in place. The right turn lane on Strachan Avenue will be also be temporarily closed; the southbound bike lane will be maintained. However, both traffic lanes on East Liberty Street will be narrowed slightly. A paid on duty officer on site to assist with traffic flow during construction hours.

Art Fair set for Feb. 19 The Artist Project kicks off its eighth annual art fair Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place, 195 Princes’ Blvd.

Participants can engage with more than 250 emerging and mid-career artists during this three-day event. Call 416-9604516.

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“The American government pays for transportation in its cities. Canada does not.”

Seventy-five per cent of the daily cost to run Toronto’s transit system comes from the fare box, said Perks. The 2015 budget is proposing service improvements to the TTC at a cost of $39 million, which would be funded by a 10 cent fare increase. An additional 50 new buses will be added to the city’s fleet through this year’s capital contribution for the price of $13.9 million.

This is so the TTC can add four new express bus routes while reducing overcrowding on especially busy routes at peak periods.

New streetcars won’t come without a price, said Perks.

“We are planning on cutting the frequency of streetcar service permanently,” said the councillor at Jan. 29. meeting.

“We’ll get worse service. Wait times will increase by 20 per

cent.”

Additional funding to improve subway service to the tune of $2.8 million does not include money for signal work.

While the budget is promising $7.9 million for as many as 181 new shelter beds as well as two new 24-hour drop-ins to support homeless and marginally housed women to ensure they have a safe place to stay overnight, there isn’t funding for public and social housing.

“In fact, after amalgamation, we were given a grant to deal with all the services that were dumped on us. The federal government said, ‘It’s not a grant. It’s a loan.’ We have to settle that in three years – last year, this year and next,” said Perks.

Toronto’s property tax remains much lower than any other of the big municipalities.

“We pay less money per person and we deliver more services per capita,” said Perks.

The average homeowner will pay a 3.2 per cent increase in property tax. However, property tax remains lower than inflation, said Perks.

As he explained in a recent newspaper column earlier this month and at Thursday’s budget meeting, if property taxes kept up with inflation, the city would have more funds to reduce debt, however, there is no desire on council to increase taxes.

Retired educator Manfred Netzel inquired about the proposed cut to Toronto Public Library’s (TPL) security guards within its branches. Students deserve a safe place to study, he said.

Doucette, who is on the library board, said it was a priority to maintain the city staff-recommended budget increase of 2.3 per cent increase without cutting hours or its collection.

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CNE hires Virginia Ludy to replace longtime GM hilary caton hcaton@insidetoronto.com When Virginia Ludy thinks of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) decision to appoint her as the first female general manager three words come to mind: “It’s about time. I think women can do anything they want to do,” she said. “I certainly think the playing field has changed for women now, I mean, the way women are accepted in operating business now is very different from 20 to 30 years ago.”

Ludy added the CNE has plenty of women working there and not too long ago Debbie Woodman was the president. But as the first female general manager, she tries not to let that define her.

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Virginia Ludy is the new General Manager for the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), replacing longtime GM David Bednar.

sibilities that come with the job,” Ludy told The Villager.

The mother of four, who lives at the Queensway and Parklawn, will take over the position from current general manager David Bednar who will be retiring in April after 16 years in the position. She has

worked with Bednar for the past 17 years, most recently as the assistant general manager and director of operations since 2013, when the CNE became independent from the City of Toronto.

“We’ve always clicked and he’s always provided opportunities for me to learn new things and experience new things,” she said.

Ludy will take over all of Bednar’s duties, which includes participating in the opening ceremony and testing out the wacky foods.

She already has a set of goals she’d like to achieve as general manager, helping the fair to be financially secure, grow attendance numbers, continue to be relevant to fair-goers and have the CNE Foundation be more active in the community.

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Streetcar service is too crowded and slow, says RMRA member >>>from page 1 don’t like transit; what we’re concerned about is the streetcar service, it’s just way too crowded and way too slow,” Caplan said.

“This is a major hub for transit, we’ve got the King, Queen, College and Dundas streetcars. Four of the 11 streetcars that run through Toronto, run through our neighbourhood, plus the subway. So we’re well serviced in terms of route options, but the actual service isn’t so good.”

Other favourable aspects of the community are how green the neighourhood is with trees, gardens, parks and proximity to the lake; the sense of community; access to transportation; proximity to the downtown core; the friendly people; and the small town village atmosphere.

The second most important issue to the community was the state of the parks and playgrounds.

According to Caplan, the Roncesvalles neighbourhood is falling behind in that department in comparison to other parks across the city and Charles G. Williams Park is a prime example of a park that “needs a re-do.”

When it came to what residents disliked most about the area, it was traffic that came out on top; particularly when it came to the speed and volume on side streets.

A close second was the lack of affordable housing, with one respondent stating it’s becoming unaffordable to the variety of people that made it a special community and it’s begun to shut out certain groups of people from moving into the neighbourhood.

Two hundred residents took part in the nine-question survey sent out via email by the RMRA and was also circulated online via Ward 14 councillor Gord Perks and MP for Parkdale-High Park Peggy Nash in late November. The

purpose of the survey was to find out the positives of the neighbourhood and the areas that need improvement.

For Caplan, who was in charge of sifting through the results of the survey, 200 respondents is impressive, especially since the questions were all open-ended, he said.

“They were very thoughtful and lengthy responses. I was really pleased,” Caplan said. “It’s confirmation that people care about the community. It’s really an active community that people do want to have a say.”

According to Caplan, what sparked the idea for the survey was a conversation between the executive committee members about whether or not the meetings and subject matter were relevant to the community.

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An artist’s ode to the 506 streetcar route JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Little India-area resident Karen Franzen is so passionate about the Red Rocket she’s recently created The 506 Streetcar Project.

Franzen, who has lived near Coxwell Avenue and Upper Gerrard Street East for 15 years, named her initiative after the 506 Carlton route, which runs for about 15 kilometres along Gerrard, Carlton and College streets. “ Where I live, I hear (streetcars) passing back and forth many, many times a day,” said Franzen, a community advocate who has been involved in several local issues over the years.

She said she decided to highlight the 506 route since it runs right outside her home and is especially interesting as it passes through many unique neighbourhoods that are home to a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic groups.

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The 506 streetcar as it passes through the Gerrard Street East and Logan Avenue intersection. East-end artist Karen Franzen is encouraging people who love the 506 streetcar and its route, to contact her.

Franzen said she felt inspired to move forward with her idea in light of her recent enrollment in an Artscape

course on creative entrepreneurship.

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said Franzen, who on Jan. 11 created a facebook group (http://goo.gl/l66zFb) for The 506 Streetcar Project.

“I set up the group to see what would happen. I think there are many, many stories and I just want to bring them out,” she said.

“I don’t know how this is going to evolve, but I just want this to sort of be a guide to the 506 streetcar.”

In less than two weeks, scores of people have already posted interesting photos and stories about their experiences on The 506.

“I’m also hoping the history of the streetcar will come into it, too,” said Franzen, who is also in the process of organizing a group streetcar ride on The 506. Visit the facebook page for the latest details.

As the project progresses, Franzen said she’s hoping to organize a fun art-based event on the 506 streetcar.

She’s looking for artistic individuals to contribute to the initiative as well as help to run and expand it.

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Record your experiences on the 506 Those with an affinity for the 506 streetcar route are invited to join fellow trolley lovers for an end-to-end ride.

Anyone interested in taking part in the hour-and-a-half-long trip should meet at Main Station at 10 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 8.

People are encouraged to bring their notepads, sketchbooks, recording devices and so on and document their experiences.

This ride is put on by the organizers of The 506 Streetcar Project, an initiative that aims to highlight the 15-kilometre-long 506 Carlton route, which runs along Gerrard, Carlton and College streets.

Visit http://goo.gl/l66zFb or email karen.franzen@ sympatico.ca for details.

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