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LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Indian Road Crescent resident Andrew Freyman was on one of his daily walks along Grenadier Pond in High Park recently when the smell of decay caught his attention. “It is hard not to notice,” he told The Villager. What he discovered was what he described as thousands of dead fish floating in the pond. The City of Toronto and the ministries of environment and natural resources have been notified and staff have been at the pond investigating. “We’ve been to the site and confirmed a die-off,” said Ministr y of Natural Resources spokesperson Jolanta KowalskiAug. 1. Yellow perch, rock bass, black crappy and a few other species are dead, Kowalski said. Small die-offs are not uncommon, she said, however, she classified this particular one as large in size. Die-offs can be caused by such environmental events such as storms or extreme heat. The July 26 storm could have impacted the water’s oxygen, said Kowalski, although a cause has yet to be determined. The Ministry of Natural Resources will be sending the dead fish >>>RESULTS, page 12

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Police shooting death all too familiar ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com Inquest after inquest has called for the same things: assessment, engagement and de-escalation. But that is exactly what Victor Willis says was missing in the

tragic interaction between police and Sammy Yatim early Saturday morning, July 27. “Recommendations that have come out have been very clear about de-escalation and how that should look,” said Willis, the executive director of the

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worked for more than 20 years to help bring understanding to engaging with people in crisis. It stretches at least as far back as 1988 when Lester Donaldson was in a rooming house, in crisis and had a knife. When police >>>YU, page 6

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Family Story told through installation and performance Check it out at Gallery 1313 in Parkdale Aug. 8 to 18 ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com A record player, pressed rose petals, glasses, a strand of pearls, pocket squares, playing cards – when they come from loved ones passed they can hold the story of generations-long family history. This is the tale the upcoming production of Family Story will tell by combining performance with a full-scale installation of artifacts created for the event. Family Story is a two-tier production – the piece is set in the fictional Milkaffer Family Museum, an installation of heirlooms and artifacts, which take over Gallery 1313 in Parkdale during The Summerworks Theatre Festival. Aurora de Peña, from the Ossington Village area, wrote the play and Nika Mistruzzi, from Parkdale, is the creative director with a part in the play. “Nika’s character has collected all of these artifacts from previous generations

of her family and displayed them in a museum,” de Peña explained. “And we go back in time and jump around to discover who the people who owned those artifacts were and how they contributed to her being the way she is.” The fictional Milkaffer family is based on de Peña’s own family who immigrated to Winnipeg in the 1820s from Holland. “All of my grandparents died in one year and I inherited all of their possessions,” de Peña said. “It was really hard, particularly for my mother, to sift through things like half-used cans of hairspray and tubes of toothpaste.” She was torn between determining what was an everyday object and what was imbued with the meaning of a loved one having owned it. Generations of medals from school competitions, old Bibles and a rotting ball gown wrapped in archival paper spoke about the history of their family.

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Parkdale’s Nika Mistruzzi (creative director), left, and Aurora de Peña (writer), from the Ossington Village area, are the creative duo behind, ‘Family Story’, a generations-long family history told in installation and performance.

“The stories a family tells about themselves frequently deviates from the truth,” de Peña said. “Those articles will tell of a story of a family in their own right.” In a rather inflated and surreal way, the central character explores her development as a person through these artifacts, looking for traits she has that are inherited or that might be intergenerational. “The thing about the project that is so fascinating is that it is so universal,” Mistruzzi said. “These

kinds of objects, we all have them.” In collaboration with Galler y 1313, Nika has curated a site-specific Family Story exhibit. “The community around the gallery, the building itself has so much character, nestled right in the neighbourhood the way it is, we are pretty jazzed that they want us there,” de Peña said. Thirty different artists, largely from the west end, have contributed work to the project, creating the family

heirlooms, artifacts and portraits. “There is one of the character’s childhood stuffed animals, some hats,” Mistruzzi said. “Another artist is building a giant Golden Book and a giant tooth brush.” They have pieces by graphic artists, painters, jewelry designers, clothing designers and even a car designer. “Everything we have had handed to us has been really beautiful and unique and interesting,” Mistruzzi said. This group shows works in conjunction with the play, but it’s a regular art installation during gallery hours. “You can go and see the installation and think about the piece in that way, and you can also see the play,” Mistruzzi said. During the play the performers utilize the space, grabbing props off the walls and using the space making explorations through objects. Family Story is being produced by Birdtown and Swanville, a theatre club based in the west end of Toronto, which the women started in 2006. Family Story combines

Birdtown and Swanville’s signature over-the-top theatrical style, with singing, dancing, moral lessons, and sock puppets. This is their third consecutive year participating in The SummerWorks Theatre Festival, a juried festival, featuring predominantly new Canadian plays. Mistruzzi said Summerworks has a wide scope as to what theatre can be defined as and that allows them to try new and different things. “It is nice, especially with a project like this, which involves visual artists and musicians,” Mistruzzi said. “And the whole festival runs like that because they also have the music series and a more performance art based series.” Fa m i l y St o r y b e g i n s tonight (August 8), 6:30 p.m. and runs through to Aug. 18. The installation can be seen Wednesday to Sunday between 1 and 6 p.m. For tickets visit summerworks.ca or phone 416-9156747.

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Pedal-powered tour kicks off Sunday

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The first of its kind in Canada, the inaugural pedal-powered ‘Tune Your Ride Tour’ featuring three indie/folk artists, hits the road Sunday with a kick-off event in Dufferin Grove Park. The 12-day bike trip boasting a string of pedalpowered outdoor concerts across eastern Ontario includes stops in Oshawa, Port Hope, Brighton, Picton, Kingston, Gananoque, Smith Falls, Kemptville and Ottawa – cities that are densely populated and not too far away from each other. “Our plan is to ride 60 kilometres a day,” said tour director James Davis, an Ossington Avenue and Bloor Street West-area resident. “We’re figuring on four hours of riding each day. We’ll get up not too early, ride for a few hours and then set up

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Our plan is to ride 60 kilometres a day. – James Davis

for a show.” The group will ride along Lake Ontario and be billeted in people’s houses along the way. Davis is no stranger to cycling. It has been his primary mode of transportation since elementary school. He rode downtown Toronto for the first time in 2002. “It’s the easiest way to get around the city. It’s environmentally friendly, healthy. It’s also a lot of fun,” Davis said. “I like to do what I can to promote cycling in a fun and open way.” The musicians won’t be the only ones pedaling – during performances, all electricity will be generated by audience members using bicycle generators that will power a bespoke P.A. speaker

system custom-designed for the annual Bicycle Music Festival, founded by Davis and that takes place Sept. 7. They’ll be riding special cargo bikes with extended frames to accommodate all their gear. The tour features folk musicians and cycling enthusiasts Abigail Lapell, Jessica Moore and Dana Sipos. Davis said he was inspired by the California band Shake Your Peace! a group known for their bicycle-based music tours and whose lead singer Gabe Dominguez co-founded the San Francisco’s Bicycle Music Festival. “I said, ‘Let’s do that, it sounds like fun,’” Davis said. The kick-off event in Dufferin Grove, 875 Dufferin St., starts at 4:30 p.m.

For further details, visit www.tuneyourride.com

Aug. 2 is a significant date for the Roma community as it marks the International Day of Remembrance for the Extermination of the Roma during the Second World War, when Nazi Germany and its allies tried to exterminate the Romani people from Europe. Ceremonies and events are held around the world to mark Aug. 2 and 3, 1944, when Nazis killed 2,897 Roma children, women and men in the Birkenau gas chambers. About 1.5 million Roma were killed in the Porrajmos. In Parkdale, a ceremony was held at Friendship Hall in Bonar Parkdale Presbyterian Church. Parkdale is home to the largest Roma community living outside the European continent. The Day of Remembrance

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This is an experience that has been left out of historical discourse, essentially. – Gina Csanyi-Robah

is an opportunity to share with non-Roma their experience, said Gina Csanyi-Robah, executive director of the Roma Community Centre, which hosted the event. “This is an experience that has been left out of historical discourse essentially,” CsanyiRobah said. “I remember going to my Grade 10 history class and covering the Holocaust, but never hearing about Roma or gypsies, if you will, as being victims of the Holocaust.” Csanyi-Robah said she learned about the Roma history related to the Holocaust from her grandmother, whose sister had been a survivor and had been in a camp.

“For me it has been a very personal connection through my family,” Csanyi-Robah said. With music, video clips, a short documentary film and survivor stories, the commemoration paid tribute to those who died during the Porrajmos, but also to those who continue to be victims of ongoing racially motivated violence and hate crimes across Europe, Csanyi-Robah said. Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Michael Coteau, who has been a supporter of the Roma community since he was the Ward 17 trustee for the Toronto District School Board, spoke at the event, as did Parkdale-High Park politicians MP Peggy Nash and MPP Cheri Di Novo.

For more information on the Roma community in Canada visit www.romatoronto.org/

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motions are running high in the aftermath of Sammy Yatim’s shooting death. News that the 18-year-old died in a confrontation with police was met with shock and grief. The footage of the incident from cellphone video escalated that emotion. It’s become common, with mobile video devices in every purse and pocket, that emergency situations involving police are captured and shared online with thousands of viewers. We become spectators – in this case, standing on the curb, watching as police yell orders at an individual who’s alone on a streetcar in the middle of the night. Shots are fired. Sirens blaze. More shots, more yelling. Then there’s a crackling – it could be a Taser - and our view sound the video comes to an end. Based on what appears to Await findings have happened, people are in uproar. They’re demanding in shooting of an justice for the teen’s death, sinSammy Yatim gling out the officer who fired his weapon. Some groups are going so far as to blame the police force as a whole – as we saw during last week’s march outside 14 Division headquarters. A petition has been launched to bring ‘justice for Sammy Yatim’. But it needs to be impressed upon people that the facts are not yet known. Of course, it’s a tragedy that a young man died but we can’t be so quick to lay fault – especially not when that judgment is based upon a dark, blurry cellphone video. The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is looking for answers. Police Chief Bill Blair acknowledged the need for those answers and promises full cooperation with the SIU, including a full review of the policies, procedures and training of the officers involved. Ontario’s Ombudsman, André Marin, is also set to review the fatal shooting. People need to step back, be patient and await the findings. Even Yatim’s family spoke out, saying they hold no ill will against the Toronto police force. And when the investigation is complete, the police need to be transparent in sharing the findings and the recommendations and must follow through on holding accountable anyone who may be at fault. We may not have been there to know exactly what happened, but we know enough to never want another police standoff to end so tragically.

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Mayor’s influence on provincial byelections debatable Much has been made of Mayor Rob Ford’s deliberate and enthusiastic involvement in the two provincial byelections that recently took place in the city. Over the course of the campaign, Ford stumped and shouted, alleged corruption, berated, paraded and, of course, endorsed two candidates from the party of his late father. He put as much energy into the enterprise as one might expect a mayor to put into mayoral duties: so much so that he caught the disapproving eye of the Minister of Municipal Affairs Glen Murray and raised the ire of Ford’s executive committee ally Peter Milczyn – both of whom were trying, without success, to plant a Liberal flag in the riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Ford might take some of the credit for preventing that, and decisively helping his deputy mayor, Doug Holyday, deliver the first Toronto Progressive

david nickle the city Conservative seat in a decade. The claim would be more credible, of course, if he’d been able to do the same for the PCs in Scarborough-Guildwood. It might be more reasonable to say that Holyday was in an excellent position to do so, all on his own. The long-serving municipal politician has had good years and bad over the course of his career — sometimes better known for utterly losing his temper on the floor of council, and sometimes, over these past few years, for bringing genial calm to a tumultuous field. While Holyday has never been anything but partisan, he’s proved essential to the Ford administration, delivering in negotiations with unionized workers what could be some of the most lasting changes to the way

the city does business. When Ford was dealing with what seems will be only the first part of his alleged crack video scandal, Holyday was a supportive second-in-command. He was also an appropriate scold, joining much of the public in urging the mayor to address the allegations against him head on. That Holyday would win in a riding that had been confidently Liberal for a decade isn’t surprising. That Ford’s candidate should lose in a riding to the east of there, in spite of everything... well, if a mayor’s word means anything in influencing a vote, that is a bit of a surprise. Ford and his family have been a-courting in Scarborough since the 2010 municipal election. Ford promised and could well be on the cusp of delivering a subway there. Scarborough folk were lined up through the trees at his first-ever Scarborough FordFest

party. Personally, he polls well there, too. Yet he could not transfer that combination of elbow grease and pixie dust to influence a provincial vote. It might be the office itself doesn’t hold much influence. When Ford’s predecessor David Miller waded into federal elections in a less partisan way, he tended to pick candidates in individual races that had a decent chance of winning. Mel Lastman knew enough to stay out completely. It might well serve as a sobering lesson to the Fords, who obviously enjoy campaigning and do seem to have a knack for it: regardless of how much fun it is out on the hustings for some other level of government, their energies might best be applied to dancing with the ones that brought them, and doing the job they were elected to do.

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Purr-fect ending to stray cat story, thanks to residents Brockton Triangle residents save little Lord Brock ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com To some it may have just been a stray, but in one caring corner of Toronto the story of little Lord Brock is one of the community coming together to save the life of a lucky little cat. “My eyes well up just thinking about it because it is not just about the cat, it is that people care,” Cherie LunauJokisch said. “I feel really fortunate that I live in this community and this is just another huge reminder of why I feel (so) fortunate.” Lunau-Jokisch is the owner of Beadle on Dundas Street West, in the neighbourhood known as Brockton Triangle, and she also lives in the area. In mid-July she noticed a sad- and skinny-looking cat hanging around.

She realized he had been around for some time and she started to worry about him. He looked sick, had open sores, was too thin, but LunauJokisch is extremely allergic so she couldn’t take him in herself. “This was not a feral cat, you could tell,” Lunau-Jokisch said. “He was curling around my legs right away.” So on July 15, LunauJokisch put a call out to her neighbours over the Brockton Triangle email group and various social media pages looking for, first, the cat’s owners, but, second, some food or medical advice or assistance. “I got an immediate reaction from posting it,” LunauJokisch said. People started bringing by food and a friend who has experience fostering cats came and checked the cat out. “She brought some antisep-

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tic and he allowed her to put it on his neck,” Lunau-Jokisch said. “She brought food and he was eating.” At this point she dubbed him Lord Brock, thinking it appropriate for the Brockton neighbourhood, which was pulling together to support him.

Lunau-Jokisch updated the email lists and social media groups on how Lord Brock was doing and explained it was clear he needed to see a vet. “People just started to offer to put money towards the vet,” Lunau-Jokisch said. She made arrangements

with the Queen West Animal Hospital in Trinity Bellwoods, where Lunau-Jokisch takes her dogs, for people to be able to call in donations on their credit card and to drop off cash donations for Lord Brock’s care. A neighbour lent her a cat carrier and another gave them a ride to the vet on Queen Street West. “When I went into the vet they announced on the speaker, they announced him as though it was this grand entrance,” Lunau-Jokisch said. The sores were from an allergy Lord Brock has to fleas, the vet explained, but other than that he was in fine shape. The bill was covered, and then some, by donations from the community. The focus then turned to finding a home for little Lord Brock. She put it back out to the list and Lunau-Jokisch said a handful of people responded. This led her to a man in the

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east end of the city who was looking for a companion for his cat Jack. On July 20 little Lord Brock had a new home with Darrell Hueston and Jack in East York. His new owner said Lord Brock is eating like a horse and is starting to fill out well. Lord Brock is very affectionate with Hueston and he and Jack are getting used to each other. “Jack is really friendly and wants to play, but Lord Brock, I think he had a rough time on the streets with the feral and strays so he is very weary,” Hueston explained. “It will just take a bit of time for Lord Brock to realize that Jack isn’t going to beat him up and take his food.” Hueston said he plans on keeping the name; after all, Lord Brock already responds to it. “I think what everyone did and the community pitching in to cover the vet bills and everything is just fantastic,” Hueston said.

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>>>from page 1 entered the room, they engaged and then shot him, Willis said. “Out of the inquest into that lethal engagement with police it was determined the police’s role should be to assess and de-escalate,” Willis said. “We have in case after case had the police engaging lethally as opposed to de-escalating and safely disengaging.” That message appeared no to have taken hold in 1997 with the shooting death of Edmond Yu by police. The similarities between Yu and Yatim are similar: Yu was a former medical student who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Police, while on a TTC bus, shot him with a hammer in his hand. When Yu died many at PARC felt like it could have easily been them. “This tragedy wasn’t just about Edmond, it was about anyone who could identify with him and it became important to us to hold that conversation,” Willis said. “Until you can know for

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He was sick. He needed help, not bullets and so did Sammy. – Katherine Yu

sure that if you are different, if you have a disability, if you at times have a difficulty perceiving your surroundings that you can be assured that if you are in crisis the police will not just shoot you... then our work isn’t done.” For the past 16 years PARC has honoured the life of Yu with memorials, marches and even naming a supportive housing building, Edmond Place, for him. All in an effort to work to change the circumstances that exist in society that contributed to his death — one being the expectation by society for officers to engage in de-escalation. Katherine Yu, Edmond Yu’s sister, said her brother’s death at the hands of police 16 years ago became painfully close when she heard about Yatim’s death. “There are so many similar-

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ities in Sammy and Edmond’s situations,” she said. “Both of them were in a confined, emptied vehicle, my brother was on a bus and Sammy was on a streetcar. There is no sign of communication and coordination among the police before they walked into the bus. When I watch the video... I hardly can see any talking among them or communication or organization.” She questions why police didn’t take time to understand and assess the situation for action. She said Yatim, like her brother and many others who have died at the hands of police, needed help. “Edmond had a dream to be a doctor, to find a cure for cancer for the well being of mankind. He was not a problem person, but a person with a problem,” Yu said. “He was sick. He needed help, not bullets and so did Sammy.” Yu said she will continue to work to bring about change. “We are hopeful that change is coming but I hope there won’t be another life taken before that change comes.”

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An inquest this fall will be looking into the deaths of Reyal Jardine-Douglas, Sylvia Klibingaitis and Michael Eligon, and Psychiatric Disabilities Addressing Violence hopes to get standing at the hearings. All three individuals died of gunshot wounds sustained when they approached police officers while carrying edged weapons, and all are reported to have been experiencing the effects of a mental disorder at the time of their deaths. The circumstances of which were all similar to the shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim, who was shot by police while on a streetcar July 27, in that there was a failure by police to assess and de-escalate the situation, said Victor Willis, the executive director at the Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (PARC). All the talk of diagnosis and whether or not Yatim had a mental health issue is a red

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boarding home. “We started to look at some of the issues about George Wass’s death, the attacks that he sustained, but probably more important was the concern that he did not get appropriately triaged at the hospital and was discharged and subsequently died of his injuries at his home.” The group started to identify there are complicating factors for people with disabilities and immediately started to look at some of the other institutions where these issues come up, such as security guards and the police and how they are trained. “The most tragic outcomes are deaths, but much more often it is the people whose interaction is not lethal, but it certainly does have an impact on their sense of well-being,” Willis said. The group’s hope is to participate in the inquest and add their voice to the conversation.

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herring, Willis said. The issue is not about diagnosis, but at that moment Yatim, like others before him, seemed unable to understand the situation, Willis said. “Anyone can be in a moment of crisis,” Willis said. “It could be alcohol induced, drug induced. The real piece we expect from the police officers is to not even get into diagnosis, but assess, can the (suspect) understand the circumstances.” That is why de-escalation and engaging should be paramount, Willis said. Psychiatric Disabilities Addressing Violence is a coalition of predominately psychiatric survivors and other interested supporters such as PARC, social workers, social justice students and family members of people who have died from an interaction with police. Willis explained the group came out of the death of George Wass in 2011. Wass died from injuries after he was beaten by a fellow resident outside his Parkdale

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The Babiak Team Sells The West End! $598,000 • 76 Renault Cr. New Listing! Bright 3 bdrm bungalow on 45x143’ lot with southern exposure. High unfinished bsmt w/ sep entry. Nr St. Demetrius School, Scarlett Heights Entrepreneurial Academy. Private drive & garage. Excellent starter/condo alternative. Bus to Royal York Subway. OH Sat/Sun 2-4 $1,645,000 • 11 Armadale Ave. A magnificent 4 br, architect designed custom stone home w/4,000’ of lux living, fabulous kitchen, granite island; family rm & master retreat. Meticulous attention to detail & quality workmanship: oak & travertine flrs, 10’ ceilings, Miele, Dacor, Jado, Grohe & Toto equipped. Private drive, short walk to Bloor West shops & subway. OH Sun 2-4

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Great Hwy7 & Pine Valley location close to all conveniences. Impressive executive 3bdrm, well maintained, gleaming hardwood floors on main flr, modern kitchen, s s appliances, granite countertops, 3 washrooms, combined living rm & dining rm, large family rm, gas fireplace, large custom deck and many extras!!

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Large 4+1bdrm 2 storey in Sandlewood / Richvale area! Family size kitchen, marble floors & counter tops, centre island, combined living and dining room, family room with fireplace, laminate floors, large master bedroom, 4 pc ensuite & w/o closet, finished basement rec. room, located close to all conveniences for $469,000!!

BLOOR/DUFFERIN!! Amazing opportunity, detached 3+1 bedroom 2 storey in high demand neighbourhood, large veranda, open concept living & dining room, family size kitchen walk out to patio & large backyard, and separate entrance to basement. Sold in 1Wk for 100% of Asking!!

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Conveniently located across from Sherway Gardens, 2bdrm, 2full washrooms, gorgeous corner suite, fabulous views, gleaming hardwood floors, open concept living and dining rm, W/O to Balcony, resort style amenities, 24hr concierge, and many extras just minutes to downtown Toronto and Airport for only $329,900!!

HER ANOTLD SO VALUE PLUS!!

Fantastic Toronto opportunity, 3+1bdrm 2 Storey, well maintained, modern kitchen, granite countertop, granite floor in foyer, oak stairs, 9’ ceilings on main floor, crown moulding, custom backsplash, formal living and dining areas, finished basement w/ sept. entr. to in-law suite, large garage and much more!! Sold in 1Wk for 116% of Asking!!

LARGE 3BDRM FREEHOLD TOWNHOME!!

Great location by the lake in School Point Landing community, South Ajax. Large renovated eat-in kitchen, w/o to fully fenced private yard. No neighbour behind, open concept living & dining rm, spacious master bedroom, w/ 4pc ensuite located close to 401 Hwy & Go train for only $329,900!!

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AMAZING OPPORTUNITY Raised detached bungalow with private drive and garage, large veranda, open concept living and dining rm, crown moulding, updated bathroom, Jacuzzi tub spacious kitchen, finished basement, backyard patio and shed, located close to transit and all amenities, must be seen!!

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Situated on quiet court, Brick 2 storey on a spacious pie shaped lot. Open concept Living & Dining Room, Sunroom, Family size kitchen, Greenhouse. Amazing Value!!

WATERFRONT EXPLORER!!

Luxurious waterfront condo, built by Monarch, beautifully upgraded suite, open concept layout, 9’ ceilings, hardwood flrs, granite countertop, s. s. apl., den or guess rm, oversized balcony overlooking landscaped courtyard with tranquil waterfall, amenities include: indoor pool, spa, gym, theatre, bistro with patio, waterfront trails,and much more just minutes to downtown Toronto and the airport for only $339,900!!

JANE/ST. CLAIR!! Detached 1 1/2 storey, Sunroom, Formal Living & Dining Room, stained hardwood floor, updated furnace, spacious backyard, garage, close to transit & amenities. Amazing Value only $299,900

RICHGROVE VILLAGE!!

Stunning upgraded 2 storey 2 bedroom executive townhouse, open concept layout ultra modern décor, stainless steel appliances, granite countertop, master bedroom with w/w closets and sitting area, thousands spent on upgrades, energy star home, located close to transit and all amenities, amazing value for $329,900!!

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STEPS TO YORK UNIVERSITY!! Fabulous 2+1bedroom 3 storey townhome, with walk out to balcony, open concept living and dining room, master bedroom with ensuite, high demand York University Village. New subway line to be built, great investment. Sold fast for 100% of Asking!!

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Beautiful Toronto 2 bedroom 2 bathroom townhome, all on 1 level, open concept layout 9’ ceiling, large family size kitchen, backsplash, California shutters, master bedroom with full ensuite, mirrored closet, and walk out to large terrace. Simply must be seen steps to transit and all amenities!!

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Being sold as land value only, Jane & Eglinton location, close to all conveniences. Sold in 5 days for 126% of Asking!!

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Spacious corner unit, fabulous view of the Humber river and wild life conservation area. Family size kitchen, fully renovated bathroom, large combined living and dining room, floor to ceiling windows, master bedroom with ensuite, granite counter top with undermount sink, great building close to all conveniences, Hwy 427, Airport, Hospital, Humber College, Woodbine Mall, Woodbine race track and more for only $169,900!!

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Jungle Trek Puppet Show WHEN: 2 to 2:45 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale library, 1303 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416-393-7686 COST: Free Travel into the mighty jungle with a fantastic puppet show by Applefun Puppetry. Drop-in. Groups of 10 or more register by phoning the library.

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Parade by Run for the Earth WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Trinity Bellwoods Park, 1053 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: info@runfortheearth.org COST: $5 donation Join the second annual Run for the Earth eco parade. Come dressed in full costume that you own, borrow, rent, or salvage. Consume nothing new. Parade ends at 1 p.m. at the Vegetarian Food Festival at Harbourfront Centre. To register, visit www.RunForTheEarth.org

Fr. John Redmond C.S.S. Performance: “Love, at the end of world” WHEN: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Scotiabank Studio Theatre @ Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble St. CONTACT: http:/www.summerworks.ca/ portfolio/love-at-the-end-of-world COST: Free The students of Fr. John Redmond C.S.S. present “Love, at the end of world” at the SummerWorks Festival Aug. 9 (4:30 p.m.), Aug. 10 (2 p.m.) and Aug. 11 (4:30 p.m.). The performance was selected at the Sears Drama Festival to perform.

highparknaturecentre.com COST: $2 to $5/person or donation Enter the magical woodlands where fairies and gnomes roam. Follow their trails of wisdom and offer them help. No registration is necessary. Meet at the High Park Nature Centre on Parkside Drive.

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Fairies & Gnomes Hike – Family Nature Walk WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: 416-392-1748, www.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.parkdalevillager.com. Read weeks of listings from your neighbourhood as well as events from across Toronto.

Breakdance workshop WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale library, 1303 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416-393-7686 COST: Free

Step in from the heat and join the library for a basic breakdance workshop, brought to you by P.O.S.E Dance Company. Drop-in. Groups of 10 or more register by phoning the library.

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block party this weekend wBellwoods The Bellwoods Block Party launches Aug. 10 from 1 to 7 p.m. at 198 Walnut Ave, across from Trinity Bellwoods Park, on a quaint private lane laced with studios, dress boutiques and art galleries. This and subsequent events on Sept. 7 and Oct. 5 will feature a mix of Toronto designers, food vendors, vintage treasures and live music. Visit www.facebook.com/ bellwoodsblockparty Parkdale market launches Aug. 14 wSouth

All of the logistics and permits for the new farmers’ market in south Parkdale have been sorted out. This new “Good Food Market” will officially launch Aug. 14 and run until Oct. 2. The market will operate Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. at Masaryk-Cowan Park, south of the Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre at 212 Cowan Ave. Good Food Markets sell highquality, affordable fruits and vegetables and bring healthy produce to neighbourhoods where it might not otherwise be available.

‘Town Square’ closing Aug. 14 wSourauren

T h e “ Tow n S q u a re” a t Sourauren Park project has a closing date of Aug. 14. The city’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation department anticipates they will have a contractor on board in the first half of September, and anticipate construction starting in late September or early October. For the first phase, Parks is looking at completing the paving for the main square, installation of light poles and bollards, grading and sodding of surrounding areas and planting of trees and shrubs. Parks is also endeavouring to have a section of sidewalk installed along the north side of Wabash Avenue in front of the proposed “Town Square”. councillor’s title incorrect wcorrection:

Councillor Mike Layton is currently the chair of the community liaison committee at Exhibition Place. He is not the chair of the Board of Governors. Incorrect information appeared in the July 4 edition of the Villager.

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>>>from page 1 to the lab at the University of Guelph for study. Results could take weeks, she said. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Environment is responsible for testing the water quality for such issues as bacteria, illness or pollution. It’s the Ministry of Natural Resources

that is the “fish expert,” Kowalski said. The fish cleanup is the responsibility of the landowner, which is in this case The City of Toronto. Frey said his concerns at this point are avoiding such a disaster in the future, the overall management of the pond and whether

improvements are called for and if the rotting fish are a potential health hazard. “The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority has been kept in the loop,” Kowalski said.

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Toronto emergency services kick off blood donation campaign 2013 Sirens For Life campaign goal is to collect 1,200 blood donations by Sept. 2 ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com Deborah Hunte said she is alive because of the people who give blood. “I’m here today, I’m breathing today, I’m working today because people donate blood,” said Hunte at the kick-off to the annual Sirens For Life campaign to raise blood donations. Hunte, a downtown resident, has a genetic blood disorder called sickle-cell anemia and has received blood more than 20 times in her life. Her twin sister died 13 years ago because of complications from sickle-cell anemia, but Hunte said she enjoyed 36 years of life with her – also thanks to Canadian Blood Services and the people who donate blood. The Sirens For Life campaign, which kicked off July

10 at Toronto Police Service 14 Division on Dovercourt Road, is an annual competition between the Toronto Police Service, Toronto Emergency Medical Services, Toronto Fire Services and other emergency services to donate the most units of blood over the course of the summer. The organization with the largest percentage of blood donations wins bragging rights. “I won’t spend a lot of time talking about who the potential winner of this competition will be, given the obvious answer is that the police will certainly do the best,” joked Acting Toronto Police Service Deputy Chief Frank Bergen. The police know the need for people to give blood, Bergen said, because they witness it first hand when attending car crashes and the like.

“A person who is injured in an auto collision may require as much as 50 units of blood,” Bergen said. “This year to date, the Toronto Police Service has investigated 25 collisions with life-threatening injuries. That would translate to requiring 1,250 units of blood.” The 2013 Sirens of Life goal is to collect 1,200 blood donations before Sept. 2. Charmaine Lodge, Canadian Blood Services director of donor and clinic services, said summer is typically a challenging time of year for collecting blood. Donations take a dip because people are out of town or don’t book appointments to donate because they are out enjoying the weather, Lodge said. “The challenge is that summer is also when people are out and about – they are on the roads, they are on the

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Deborah Hunte, flanked by emergency workers, helped to kick off the Sirens for Life campaign at Toronto Police 14 Division last month.

water, they are doing all sorts of activities so the chances of accidents and need for blood and blood products is greater,” Lodge said. “That is why the Sirens for Life campaign is so impor-

tant, it is an opportunity for our heroes to save even more lives.” The Sirens for Life campaign is also a call out to the community to also give blood.

“We need more Toronto residents to give blood,” Lodge said. Visit www.blood.ca or call 1-888-2-DONATE to make an appointment or for eligibility info and clinic locations.

Toronto’s first human case of WNV reported LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com A 68-year-old man is the first person in Toronto infected this year with the West Nile virus, the city’s public health department said. The unidentified man was infected in mid-July and is

recovering at home. He was never admitted to hospital for treatment, public health said in a statement Aug. 2. D r. B a r b a r a Ya f f e , Toronto’s associate medical officer of health, is urging residents to protect themselves against infection as the seasonal risk of the virus

is increasing. “Now that we have seen our first confirmed case of West Nile virus, we are entering into the period of greatest risk for contracting West Nile virus,” she said. Last year, Toronto had 94 human cases of West Nile virus.

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“Metrolinx continues to ask the city for input because it (the city) understands that building political consensus is paramount for better taxpayer investment into public transit,” Stintz wrote.

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The latest addition to the 56-kilometre path running parallel to Lake Shore Boulevard is between Yonge and Lower Jarvis streets. According to Waterfront To r o n t o , t h e trail addition is intended to complement a newly opened sidewalk in the area and provide a safe passage for cyclists and pedestrians. The addition was ready by the end of July. For more information, visit www.waterfrontoronto.ca

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The TTC chair hit back at a newspaper editorial decrying political interference in transit planning. Posting on her personal blog, Councillor Karen Stintz took a recent Toronto Star column by Toronto Region Board of Trade CEO Carol Wilding to task, insisting politicians should make the final decision on the fate of a transit project, and not Metrolinx, to keep the best interests of taxpayers in mind.

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RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The TTC opened up its Union Station construction site late last month to members of the media, where work is proceeding on an additional subway platform. The $161.5 million project, which began in May 2011, is part of an extensive renovation of Union Station and is expected to open in the summer of 2014 in a partially finished state. Intended to double the station’s existing passenger capacity, the project is one of the most challenging the TTC has ever undertaken due to the pressures of keeping subway service going, said TTC Project Manager Malcolm MacKay. “It’s a technically challenging job in that we’re excavating beside an existing facility and logistically difficult because we’re trying to operate our business of moving people. Our business is not construction and we have to keep our eye on that,” said MacKay

Wednesday, July 31. The new south platform will serve the Yonge line and will be partitioned from the existing platform via a decorative 12-by-eight foot multipaned glass wall spanning the length of the new subway platform to serve as both a public art showcase and barrier, MacKay said. He said going with the barrier design between subway platforms rather than widening the existing structure would mean less disruption for existing train service at Union and smaller project costs. 2014 opening “If we were to widen and put platforms on each side we would be giving up the existing infrastructure we have in place and doubling the excavation required for the project,” MacKay said. He said the opening of the new platform in 2014, even in an unfinished state, will pave the way for a much-needed renovation of the existing

central platform, which has not seen extensive work since Union Station opened as part of the Yonge line back in 1954. The work is part of an extensive revitalization of Union Station, which has double the daily passenger traffic of Pearson International Airport and is used by major transportation providers such as the TTC, GO Transit and VIA Rail. Other projects under way as part of the $700 million-plus revitalization, which is funded by all three levels of government, include a new glass roof and atrium over the GO Train shed and passenger platforms, a northwest extension of the PATH passenger walkway and a new retail concourse. Delays have forced the scheduled date for all planned station renovations to 2016. Metrolinx is also moving its offices to the station’s newly renovated east wing by September.

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