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Community excited about new West Lodge Park NATALIE CHU nchu@insidetoronto.com The slight scraping of wheels going back and forth on a newly paved ramp is heard amongst a flurry of laughter and conversation.

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on his long board yells to his friends. A group of five or so children gather on their bikes and begin exploring the bumps, flat ramps and rails of this new skate area, right in their local park.

The children are gathered to play in just one of the areas

of the new and improved West Lodge Park, which opened last weekend to a flurry of excited residents.

Located on Lansdowne Avenue, just north of Queen Street West, the space was deemed an underused city park before the facelift. Now, the park

is open with new features where families and skate enthusiasts can gather.

“They did a very nice job and it’s good to see this after so many years,” said Ricardina Garcia, who has lived just across the street from the park for 25 years.

Garcia brought her young daughter to the park; something she said was a great change to the space. “It was more of a big kid playground before...now there’s something for every kid.”

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Rooming house issue on next year’s agenda MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Councillors on Toronto’s executive committee have agreed to handle an explosive issue next year – the possible legalizing of illegal rooming houses in their wards.

Rooming houses can be legal in some form in old Toronto, York and Etobicoke, but are illegal in Scarborough, North York and East York.

City council has avoided settling on a single city-wide standard for years, but faced with rising numbers of complaints from residents, along with threats of a human-rights challenge by advocates, it has brought it up again.

The committee last week approved a plan promising extensive consultation, including “tailored and localized” meetings, “in areas identified by local councillors and city staff as having rooming house-related complaints, such as neighbourhoods near post-secondary institutions.”

Councillors were told owners of rooming houses, both legal and illegal will be asked to participate, so city officials can understand the “full sum of issues” involved.

North York Councillor Shelley Carroll said they had better be prepared to run those meetings in a “nonpolitical and an upfront way” so that “everyone feels safe in the room.”

The usual conversation on illegal rooming houses in her area “gets racist in about five minutes,” she said, suggesting it’s fortunate the consultation would take place next year, after October’s municipal election, “when we can all be grown-ups.”

To rush it, Carroll predicted, will provoke “an explosion.”

Such strong feelings are involved in North York, East York and in Scarborough – where it’s legal to rent two rooms and a separate apartment in a house, but not three rooms – that sympathetic councillors from those former cities buried the issue and continued calling for better enforcement of exist-

ing bylaws to shut rooming houses down.

A report and consultations promised for 2011 was not done, and in 2013 a proposal for “dwelling room accommodation” in zones where multi-unit dwellings are already allowed was delayed indefinitely.

“We made no progress on the issue this term, at all,” Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks told the committee. “It’s worse than disappointing. It’s a failure of governance and leadership.”

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We made no progress on the issue this term, at all. It’s worse than disappointing. It’s a failure of governance and leadership.

– Gord Perks, councillor

Pro g ra m s o f f e re d t o rooming house operators in Toronto helped them convert to inspected, licensed rooms, raising the quality of life for more than 1,000 tenants dramatically, Perks said.

“It’s something you can do; it’s something council has chosen not to do.”

Some residents and councillors seem to believe people who can’t afford a single-family home shouldn’t be allowed to live in many Toronto neighbourhoods, which is discrimination, Perks charged.

Geordie Dent, executive director of the Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations, said illegal rooming houses are one of the few affordable options for many in the city, though tenants often live in “very, very poor conditions,” and cannot report violations to the city.

“In cases such as Kensington Market, people can end up dead,” said Dent, referring to a fire which killed two men in a St. Andrew Street rooming house in March.

But illegal rooming houses aren’t going to disappear, he argued, and a crackdown will only add to the “housing nightmare” lower-income

tenants face.

There should be a general amnesty for existing rooming houses, legal or otherwise, and a moratorium on kicking tenants out during the consultation, said Dent.

Studies done over the years have shown there’s a great need for licensed, regulated rooming houses across Toronto, said Phil Nazar, housing manager of the Toronto Christian Resource Centre, a non-profit group involved in founding and operating rooming houses.

He said he hoped new zoning will bring illegal rooming houses into the fold, but added it’s not clear why the consultation is needed.

The committee approved a four-phase plan, starting with research and moving to a discussion paper, after a consultation, for the executive committee by next June.

A final report is expected by December after a second round of consultation.

Zoning that allows rooming houses, even licensed and inspected ones, will be difficult for many homeowners in the city’s inner suburbs to accept.

In a letter this month, Alice Stark from Scarborough’s Bridlewood area, said she blames roomers in her neighbourhood for “run down houses, cars parked on lawns, illegal widening of driveways and overall poor maintenance of homes.”

Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly said the consultation is just asking people what they think, not telling them what the city will do.

“It gives everybody a chance to proclaim on the issue,” Kelly said before the meeting. “It’s not saying we’re going to have legal rooming houses.”

Though stressing she’s been concerned about the safety of young women in her ward, one of whom was murdered in a rooming house, Carroll said some legal rooming houses should exist in North York.

“But they have to be properly regulated,“ she added.

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Brite Star Cleaners offers unemployed free suit cleaning Family-run business believes giving free service is good for the entire community HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com

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or 47 years, 73-year-old Stanley Borovilos has been operating Brite Star Cleaners and Laundry, at 193 Roncesvalles Ave., with his family.

And for the past month, he’s been offering to dry clean one man or woman’s suit for free to those who are unemployed.

Konstantinos, Stanley’s 43-year-old son, said the idea came from one of his father’s friends.

“He was travelling in the States and he saw it being done and thought it was a cool idea. And he asked my dad if he was interested,” explained Konstantinos.

“My dad said no problem because it’s something to help the community. It’s a give-a-little-geta-little type thing.”

Brite Star is a family-run business. Stanley first immigrated to Canada in 1960 from Greece and worked at a dry cleaner on the Queensway before opening his own in 1967. Konstantinos has been working part-time with his dad since his was 12 years old, and came to work full-time with

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Brite Star Cleaners’ Stanley Borovilos, left, and his son Konstantinos are offering to dry clean one suit for free to those who are unemployed.

him in 1995, he says, right after university.

The idea is to dry clean for free what men and women typically wear to an interview to make a good impression on their potential future employer. The price to dry clean a man or woman’s dress suit is $17 at Brite Star. It may not seem like a lot, but they

believe every little bit helps when it comes to assisting those in need in tough economic times.

In Ontario the unemployment rate remained at 7.5 per cent, despite 40,000 jobs being created in the province according to Statistics Canada. Unemployment among youth is at 13.1 per cent as more of that demographic

entered the labour market, while employment fell by 30,000 among people aged 55 and over.

Closer to home, Toronto had an unemployment rate of 8.9 per cent for July, an increase of .04 per cent from July 2013.

“The unemployed could use a break here and there, that’s why we have this service,” said Konstantinos, who added they’re providing this service to the unemployed completely on an honour system.

There’s no judgement.

“I got to take it all at face value.

I can’t sit there and say, ‘you don’t look unemployed’ because nowadays you don’t know,” he explained.

Brite Star currently has a sign in their window advertising this service, but Konstantinos said they don’t plan on going beyond that.

“We’re hoping the service gets spread by word of mouth,” he explained.

“I know a few people have tweeted it and posted about it on Facebook and that’s good so far.

We’ve had a lot of people come in tell us what we’re doing is really great. People walk by, see the sign

flea finds Collectibles, antiques, kitsch, vintage clothing, jewelry and food are part of the Roncey Flea Market

Fabulous finds: Left, the Roncey Flea Market took place on Saturday at Emmanuel Howard Park United Church. These two brass/copper bugles are from the University of Australia.

Below, clothing, antiques, collectables and crafts were all popular items at the sale. Right, Ainsley Bauman makes unique fridge magnets and buttons using old photos of the area.

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and see it as a goodwill gesture.”

He added for the month they’ve been offering the free service to the unemployed, only two people have used it so far, but he’s confident more people will utilize the service. The Borovilos’ are hoping if more people are employed in the area it’s not just good for their business, but for the community as a whole.

“If more people have jobs more people will spend money in the community and everyone will benefit from that,” he said.

“They’ll go to the market, eat at restaurants, drink at a coffee shop and shop in the neighbourhood.”

Konstantinos said the family is happy they can give back to the community anyway they can.

“It’s like that movie Pay It Forward; it’s that type of feeling.

You could be having the crappiest day and someone looks at you and smiles – that smile can change your whole day.

It’s the same thing,” explained Konstantinos.

“It’s something positive as opposed to all this negativity.”

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n this week’s papers and online (http://bit. ly/1pCC7MZ), we take a look at nine key municipal ward races to watch this municipal election year, but truth be told every ward across the city is an important one to watch.

There are ward races with high-profile name recognition (Michael Ford, nephew of mayor Rob and councillor Doug, in Ward 2), some with no incumbent (Ward 20 and 39 with the departures of Adam Vaughan and Mike Del Grande, respectively) and then there are rematches (like in York South-Weston’s Ward 12, for example).

Regardless of whether you live in one of these onesto-watch wards, it is the responour view sibility of every Torontonian to make their wards the most imporKeep a close tant ward to watch leading up to day, Oct. 27. eye on your vote Although candidates have been at it since Jan. 2, the last day to file local race nomination papers is Sept. 11, at which time the races really begin.

And for those few weeks leading up to election day, it is the responsibility of every Torontonian to ask their local candidates important questions about themselves, and what they plan to do for the ward. Because, after all, it’s what happens in your ward that impacts you the most every single day.

Transit, development, safety, green space, visioning studies, the list of issues that could potentially impact one or every ward across the city are many. But what’s key to your neighbourhood, your ward may not be the same as the ward next door. That’s why it’s important to not be too distracted by what’s happening elsewhere in this municipal race. Keep your eye on the local prize.

The race to become mayor is always the hot-button topic, and the one that gets more play in the papers, but the mayor is only one vote on city council – no different than your local councillor. The administration’s vision may come from the mayor, but when it comes to voting, each councillor’s vote counts.

Councillors will fight for what is good for their ward; they will raise issues the city needs to hear; and they should speak on behalf of their constituents. Make sure they do, and that you keep them accountable after they take office.

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ix years ago, Joseph Pennachetti came to the job of Toronto city manager abruptly and definitively.

David Miller, mayor at the time, stepped out of his office to talk to reporters about the departure of Pennachetti’s predecessor, Shirley Hoy. Scarcely after thanking Hoy for her service, Miller announced that Pennachetti – Toronto’s chief financial officer – would be Hoy’s replacement.

There were some formalities to be observed.

For one, Toronto Council had to vote on the matter.

But Miller said that council would do so, and, speaking as a mayor at the height of his influence, he was right. Pennachetti stepped into the city’s top job easily, in a smooth transition in the middle of a term, with a mayor who had confidence in him.

Pennachetti ran a

david nickle the city smooth bureaucracy even through the somewhat rougher transition to a very different mayor in Rob Ford, and the tumultuous years of his term as mayor – through a time when it was unclear that there was anyone in charge politically.

It’s hard to imagine another bureaucrat being able to manage something like that as gracefully as Pennachetti – which is why the timing of his departure, to fall between the Oct. 27 municipal election and the convening of the new council – is such a gift.

Deciding who the new city manager is will, as a result, be among the first orders of business for the 2014-2018 council and mayor.

As such, it will give

council and the mayor in particular, the opportunity to choose a city manager who will mesh well with the political mandate that Torontonians will have granted. a lot to ask It’s a lot to ask of a new council, which will have a number of greenhorn councillors blinking in the light and possibly a new mayor who’s never done this kind of thing before.

But a sympatico city manager will be essential for the job ahead. Because it’s going to be a tough job, one way or another.

At the end of this year’s budget deliberations, Pennachetti warned council that in coming years it will have little choice but to raise property taxes at rates higher than the rate of inflation.

Pennachetti said the bureaucracy has cut as much as it can without

affecting core services.

Tax increases or other new sources of revenue are going to be the rule, to keep the city functioning.

There will be more pressures as well. At some point, the real estate market in Toronto is going to slip, and when that happens, the city’s lucrative land transfer tax is going to start to dry up.

If certain mayoral candidates prevail, taxpayers will also have to finance a costly subway through annual property tax levies.

Council will be responsible for all this. They will need a bureaucrat that understands their mandate, understands city finance and gets the value of public service.

And as Pennachetti will be otherwise occupied, the sooner they find a replacement the better.

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Boxing mentors looking for a home of their own JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com After years of working out of schools and other venues, the Mentoring Juniors Kids Organization (MJKO) is looking for a home of its own.

The organization was founded by downtown Toronto residents Ibrahim and Miranda Kamal, a couple who met at the Cabbagetown Boxing Club through their shared love of boxing.

MJKO leans on that passion, teaching youngsters discipline and boosting their self-confidence largely through boxing instruction.

“We’ve been doing this for a while out of other locations so we wanted to have a place of our own,” said Ibrahim Kamal, who recently retired from his own 18-year professional boxing career that saw him compete for Canada on multiple occasions at the Commonwealth Games, Pan Am Games and World Championships.

“We want to keep it somewhere in 14 division (based on Toronto police boundaries) because we’ve been to every high school in that area and there are a lot of kids we’ve

there will be computers and things of that nature for kids to do their homework on,” Kamal said.

“It will be a full wellness centre with a boxing component added, whether it’s for kids going into a competitive stream or just boxing for fitness. It’s going to be MJKO’s home.”

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Ibrahim Kamal, a former national team boxer, works with local youth. Kamal and wife Miranda run a boxing mentoring program.

worked with there.”

In addition to their work in schools in the west downtown area, the Kamals hold weekly events Saturdays at Harbourfront Centre.

While their work is certainly beneficial, the opening of a new

centre would obviously allow them to do more.

“When school’s out in the summer, we’re only around for kids once a week, and during the school year it’s twice a week,” Kamal said.

“Once the centre’s up and running, we’ll be able to offer programming

every day.”

They have started a crowdfunding campaign and have set a goal of $50,000, which they plan to use to set up the MJKO Champion Centre.

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race to watch WARD 18 - DAVENPORT

Bailão facing challengers to council seat Affordable childcare, affordable housing, the West Toronto rail path, improving transit options, changes in development and revitalization of streets are issues for Ward 18

HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com With more than 44,900 people, Ward 18 Davenport is one ward to watch in this year’s 2014 municipal election. The ward’s current councillor, Ana Bailão, has been leading the charge for the past four years and will battle it out with a set of new candidates this year.

Out of the 10 registered candidates so far, nine are candidates who didn’t run in the 2010 municipal elections making them new council hopefuls.

But Bailão isn’t focusing too much attention on that detail.

She began her campaign to stay in office months ago and has decided to approach this election differently.

“In the last couple of months in June and July we’ve done a series of neighbourhood planning sessions and I had over 200 residents participate,” said Bailão.

“We went over some of the stuff we’ve done over the past four years and some of the key projects the community wants to focus on.”

Bailão says she and her team have gotten close with the community and really listened to their needs and wants to make this campaign not just about her, but the community as well.

Since in office Bailão has spearheaded a few developments in the area, including a new 11,000 square-foot library, three new parks, the expansion of the West Toronto Railpath to Fort York and the revitalization of three of the ward’s major streets Dundas, Bloor and Dufferin.

“I think it shows that we’ve been able to take the challenges of a community in change and make it into opportunities and I want to continue to do that,” she said.

Bailão has lived in Ward 18 since she was 15 years old and believes her familiarity with the area is one aspect of her campaign that helped her get elected in 2010 and will get

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Davenport is a pie shaped ward bordered by the railway tracks, Queen Street and Dovercourt Road.

her re-elected this fall.

“One of the things I will continue to focus on is the kind of councillor the community wants and it was very clear to me, from the last election, that community engagement, having a councillor that was knowledgeable about the community and was responsive and respecting of the community, is what they want,” said Bailão.

One of the candidates looking to shake things up is firsttime runner Alex Mazer.

A former policy director to the Ontario Minister of Finance for four years, Mazer is hoping to bring a fresh perspective to city hall, if elected.

“It’s an amazing opportunity to bring new positive and progressive leadership to city hall,” said Mazer. “Because so many people are paying attention because of the dysfunction, mismanagement

and lost opportunities at city hall, we now have a chance to make a difference. And that not only requires a new mayor, but a new generation of city councillors.”

Having never run for public office before, Mazer sees this as a positive rather than a negative.

He added Ward 18 needs strong leadership and the area, in his opinion, isn’t getting that from its current councillor.

“When I meet people at the door they respond really well to the fact that I’m a new candidate. I think the desire for change is really strong,” he said.

Mazer says he’s different from the current incumbent because he disagrees with Mayor Rob Ford’s agenda, whereas Bailão agrees on “most of Ford’s agenda,” such as tearing up bike lanes in the city and agreeing to a

Scarborough subway line.

From talking to people in the area, Mazer plans to focus his campaign on affordable childcare and education.

“As a young parent I’ve e x p e r i e n c e d c h i l d c a re wait-lists. I think it’s really important that we have both affordable childcare and good quality local public schools and there’s been a trend of closing and selling local public schools over the past few years,” said Mazer.

“I think we need to take a different path especially with more families living in the area.”

If elected he aims to maximize the potential of the West Toronto Railpath and improving transit options through cycling, improving pedestrian streetscapes and having the railpath connect with the rest of the downtown.

M a z e r ’s c o m m u n i t y involvement includes being the co-founder of Better Budget TO, a group that aims to better inform Toronto of the budgetary process as well as influence the process.

He has served as a board m e m b e r a t Fo o d Sh a re Toronto, a non-profit community organization that provides food security to the community; and he also volunteers in the community.

Another council hopeful is Jolene Hunt, a candidate who plans to represent the younger voters in the ward.

It’s a demographic that’s been overlooked with the incumbent, she said.

“If you’ve been in politics for a while and you’re in a certain demographic it’s easy to lose touch with what the day to day people are going

through,” said Hunt.

54 per cent, 10,300 people, are She plans to listen and renting at the average price fight for the young people in of $978 a month. The average the ward in their late 20s and price of a home in the area is early 30s, whom she says feel around $600,000. they’ve been left out of the The survey also showed political landscape because 23.2 per cent of people 25 they don’t make a certain years of age and older are still amount of money. living at home, compared to Like her counterparts, the Toronto wide 17.9 per cent.

Hunt’s platform rests on addressing affordable hous“Housing affordability is ing, transit and development an issue in our area. That’s issues facing the ward. From why I’ve put forth in counher involvement with the cil co-ownership models community Hunt said resiand different models that dents feel like they’re paying are being implemented in more and receiving less in other cities to tackle this issue terms of services when it of extremely high prices of comes to the gentrification homes in our area.” and changes in the area.

Ac c o rd i n g t o Ba i l ã o “I think that Davenport is a 164,000 people live in Toronto model of what a 21st century Community Housing (TCHC) Toronto looks like. We live in in the city. She added the the best neighbourhood in backlog of repairs, costthe city in my opinion, but ing around $862 million, at we’re facing some changes TCHC and the long waiting and we have to craft that list needs to be addressed. change for the future,” said The high possibility of the list Hunt. growing as the years go by as Three of those changes the population begins to age and become more dependent are the developments at on fixed income Bloor and Dufferin Streets, is a quickly t h e Ju n c t i o n If we don’t put approaching Tr iangle and reality. money into the the intersection The Ontario of Paton Road backlog it’s going to Non-Profit and Lansdowne get worse... Housing Avenue. Her conAssociation – Ana Bailão cern is the areas released its have caught the annual waiting eye of condo developers. list survey last year and it “I’ve got nothing against showed about 72,700 housecondos, but I want to see holds in Toronto were waiting for affordable homes as it done properly. I don’t want to see something like of December 2012 with an the Mirvish project where average waiting time of five years in Toronto.

10,000 residents will be in one block,” Hunt said.

“There are a lot of pres“We’re a neighbourhood of sures on this issue. If we don’t families and we’re not going put money into the backlog to have schools to go to if it’s going to get worse and the Toronto District School it’ll be harder to tackle,” said Board sells them (the schools Bailão. at Bloor and Dufferin Streets) The fight for a seat at city off. It’s also reducing public hall to represent Davenport is still anyone’s race and voters space.”

For this election one of the will have to decide on Oct. 27 issues Bailão will be addresswho they want to represent ing in Ward 18 is affordable them. housing.

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Ward 2: Etobicoke North

Ward 9: York Centre

Ward 12: York South-Weston

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ard 2 - Etobicoke North is the race to watch to see if name recognition is all it takes to get a seat on city council. Polls indicate that twentysomething, Humber College student Michael Ford, nephew to Rob and Doug, leads the race, with Rexdale native and financial planner Andray Domise coming in second. Dr. Lorne Bozinoff, president of Forum Research says name recognition, however, only goes so far. The Ford brand isn’t untarnished and Michael Ford has kept a low profile so far in the election, with his uncle Doug saying there’s no reason for him to speak to reporters. In order to beat the Ford brand in north Etobicoke, pundits say candidates need to do a “huge amount of grassroots, streetlevel, door-to-door canvassing” to get their own name out there.

t’s a rematch in Ward 9 between incumbent Councillor Maria Augimeri and businessman Gus Cusimano, which saw the former almost losing her job in the 2010 municipal election by less than 100 votes.

Augimeri, who has represented the area for three decades, held onto her seat by 89 votes four years ago.

A court challenge to try to have the election overturned by Cusimano ensued. He initially won the challenge, but then lost on appeal. He was then charged with breaching the Municipal Elections Act by voting for himself in a ward he did not reside in. He pled guilty and agreed to a $1,000 fine.

Also running are Anthony Fernando, Danny Quattrociocchi, Ances Hercultes and Wilson Basantes.

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t’s the third matchup for municipal candidates Cesar Palacio and Alejandra Bravo in Ward 17 - Davenport, who faced off against one another in 2003 and 2006. The last time around, Palacio won with only a couple hundred votes ahead of Bravo. The incumbent says he’s running on his track record and experience, citing his advocacy for fiscal responsibility and neighbourhood revitalization. Bravo, on the other hand, feels the ward needs a change and thinks Palacio’s close alignment with Rob Ford is detrimental to the constituents of Ward 17. She’s mostly concerned about creating jobs and expanding transit.

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hree candidates have so far signed up to run in Ward 12 - York SouthWeston in the upcoming 2014 municipal election on Oct. 27.

Longtime incumbent Frank Di Giorgio is running again in the riding he’s served in since 2000. Before the city’s amalgamation, Di Giorgio was a North York councillor first elected in 1985.

It will be Nick Dominelli’s third time running for Ward 12, finishing second both in 2010 and 2006 by less than 500 and 2,300 votes, respectively.

Lekan Olawoye, who’s built a strong local profile as executive director of For Youth Initiative for the past six years, will also be on the ballot to represent Ward 12.

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ith former councillor Adam Vaughan leaving the municipal scene to join the Liberal Party of Canada as MP for TrinitySpadina, the race for the council seat in Ward 20 has attracted a full slate of candidates.

The ward is one of the city’s most diverse in terms of neighbourhoods, from the artsy, primarily low-rise Annex community to a growing number of highrise condominiums downtown.

It has seen its share of change in recent years, including an overhaul of the entertainment district, massive condo development and the rapidly redeveloping waterfront.

Other issues that have captured the public’s attention include a proposal for a weatherproof dome at Central Tech, a proposal to build a Walmart near Kensington Market – which led to extensive community consultation on stronger development controls along Bathurst Street, and the fight over the expansion of the Toronto Island Airport.

Whoever wins the election race will have their hands full representing their constituents’ disparate wants.

Ward 26: Don Valley West

Ward 30: Toronto-Danforth

Ward 39: Scarborough-Agincourt

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The ward includes the neighbourhoods of Leaside, Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Heights and Wynford and takes in parts of East York and North York.

Registered to run are incumbent John Parker, who has held the seat since 2006, and challengers Jon Burnside, Ishrath Velshi and David Sparrow.

In the 2010 election, Parker beat Burnside by 415 votes.

Prior to being elected ward councillor in 2006, Parker, a lawyer, was MPP for the York East area from 1995 to 1999. Burnside is a former Toronto police officer, who has been involved in the ward through both his job and coaching youth sports.

Velshi has served as executive assistant to Parker at city hall, and most recently as executive assistant to Ward 34 Don Valley East Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong.

Sparrow is a longtime resident and president of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA).

ard 30 - Toronto-Danforth, is going through a period of significant change and its next representative will need to both be able to mitigate those changes and the impacts they’ll undoubtedly have on the ward, while juggling the expectations and demands of city hall.

Improving transit both in Toronto-Danforth and the city as a whole as well as finding the best balance when it comes to development pressures are key election issues this time around in Ward 30.

This election race promises to be an exciting one this time as three-time incumbent Paula Fletcher is running for a fourth term.

She won the last election in 2010 by just 259 votes against television personality, Liz West.

West is also running again.

Jane Farrow, a journalist, former executive assistant to Ward 32 councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon and founding director of Jane’s Walk, is also trying her hand at representing Ward 30 as is Dan Trayes, Francis Russell, Kim Diep and Mark Borden.

ith the decision by veteran incumbent councillor Mike Del Grande to step down earlier this year, the race for the Ward 39 Scarborough-Agincourt council seat features a number of high-profile candidates.

Running for the seat are Christopher Blueman, Cozette Giannini, Clayton Jones, Jim Karygiannis, Franco Ng and Patricia Sinclair.

Collectively, the candidates have deep community roots and a wealth of political experience.

Karygiannis served as the area’s MP for more than 25 years before resigning his federal seat earlier this year Blueman, who grew up in the area, served four years as a councillor in Sundridge, ON, before moving back to Scarborough.

Sinclair has been actively involved in numerous city issues, mostly related to transit service in Scarborough.

Ng worked as an assistant in Councillor Del Grande’s office.

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Saturday Writers WHEN: 9:30 to 11 a.m.

WHERE: High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7671 COST: Free Read from and discuss works in progress. Prose, poetry, essays welcome.

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C3 TORONTO FESTIVAL WHEN: 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: St. Luke Elementary School, 319 Ossington Ave. CONTACT: C3 Church - Vanessa Fry, 416-832-4344 COST: Free A fun-filled family day for kids of all ages. Jumping castles, pony rides, petting zoo, bubble, soccer, food, prizes and giveaways.

Grandparents Day in High Park WHEN: 3 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Grenadier Cafe, 200 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: www. highpark.org Celebrate the grandparents in your life with a family tea on the patio of Grenadier Restaurant. Afternoon tea $12.99; cream tea $8.99; children 12 and under $5.99.

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Toronto Flower Market WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WHERE: 1056 Queen St. W., 1056 Queen St. W. CONTACT: Natalie Petozzi, npetozzi@gmail.com COST: Free Toronto’s first outdoor flower market was created with a mandate toward raising awareness about locally grown flower varieties and greenhouses. Visitors can shop the stalls of high-quality, affordable flowers while interacting directly with local growers and florists.

Toronto Flower Market takes place the second Saturday of each month, from May until October.

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Council approves deal for Raptors’ training facility at Exhibition Place DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto Council has approved a deal with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment to construct a basketball training facility, but it turned down a motion by Mayor Rob Ford asking for youth from Toronto Community Housing to have practice time at the facility.

According to city staff, Ford’s plan could throw a wrench into negotiations between the city and MLSE,

which will see the city receive $4.4 million in rental payments over 20 years. The facility, costing an estimated $30 million, will be entirely funded by MLSE, and MLSE will cover the operating costs.

Exhibition Place, meanwhile, will pay $1 million for the conversion of an underutilized baseball diamond to the east of the site to new parking, to make up for the parking that’s lost.

One of the two courts in the 68,000 square foot facility will be

primarily for community use, while the other will be used as a practice court for the Toronto Raptors. time allotment Ford offered a motion suggesting 10 per cent of the time be allocated specifically to young people who reside in Toronto Community Housing properties.

“It’s essential, in my eyes, that we give the underprivileged youth in our city the same opportunity as every-

body else,” said Ford, adding “we want to have kids rise up through the ranks. We have to concentrate on the youth in these neighbourhoods.

You’ll bring tears to these kids’ eyes.

One day they’ll be playing at the Air Canada Centre.”

Ford hoped by phrasing the motion as a request rather than a renegotiation of the contract, council would support the move.

In the end, it didn’t matter. Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly led the charge in having the motion referred off to

city staff, arguing it wasn’t fair to single out young people in TCHC buildings.

“There are lots of kids who are needy that don’t live in TCHC housing,” said Kelly.

Ford said the referral was a “deal breaker for me,” but council supported the referral and approved the deal.

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Upgrade a great example of community involvement >>>from page 1 area, there is a larger playground, a rope structure, a new basketball hoop and more green space for pedestrian use. Four rows of raised flower beds on the north side serves as the community garden.

Updating the park was a process that took almost two years, including budget meetings and community consultations. Residents wanted to improve the litter situation and the amount of illicit activity going on in the area.

Unfortunately, amongst the new features there are beer cans and water bottles scattered around.

“There are some people who still litter so we need to keep it clean,” said resident Suresh Patel, who has taken his daughter here every day since the opening.

However, Patel agrees the changes have solved a lot of issues. Most notably, there used to be problems to access. “We used to have to jump the fence to the park,” said city councillor Gord Perks. Now, a new pathway leading into and around West Lodge Park is as welcoming as the other mainstay green spaces in Parkdale.

The total budget for the upgrade was $300,000. “The park used to feel like this big space where we weren’t doing anything. Now, it’s reorganized and people are enjoying it,” Perks said.

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“It’s a beautiful example of bringing in voices that aren’t usually heard,” Perks said.

“I rarely get these unsolicited emails, but people are just so thrilled about it.”

Aside from the cosmetic upgrades, Perk believes this space has inspired ownership within the community.

“I wish I had the time to go for a walk with the kids who designed it,” Perks said.

“It’s a neat lesson in civics. If you put an honest effort to make change, one day you may get to see it and touch it and I think that’s important.”

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A call to the main number at (416) 506-9888, connects people with knowledgeable staff who can start the process of providing information and referrals (where required) to local community services. Some of these include: Home Care Support – After a hospital stay, seniors may require additional medical care or assistance with activities such as bathing or meal preparation.

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Specialized Services – Support for special needs related to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, stroke recovery, palliative care and convalescent care can also be arranged.

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The patient electronic record, which has been implemented in all 15 inpatient units and is scheduled to be installed in the ER in the fall, followed by the hospital’s clinics, allows the health-care providers to communicate with their patients more effectively, said Anne Trafford, the hospital’s chief information officer.

This is because doctors and nurses are not relying on pieces of paper or binders. They will immediately have the most up-to-date information, including diagnostic reports, such as CT scans, and “best findings” in literature.

The software is accessed by health-care providers through various methods including on a computer at nursing units, tablets or work stations on wheels. They contain information on medication, equipment and supplies for patients, Trafford said.

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Unless otherwise stated, while quantities last. Sale priced merchandise may not be exactly as illustrated.

Offers Exclude all #195XXX. Items. Some items may be reconditioned or refurbished.

ON ALMOST ALL FOOTWEAR FOR THE FAMILY EVEN IF IT’S ALREADY ON SALE! ID MAY BE REQUIRED

ALL MAJOR APPLIANCES SAVE

10-25

GREAT SELECTION OF LEATHER, UPHOLSTERED & WOODEN FURNITURE

SAVE UP TO

60

%

OFF

Sears Original Prices

%F

PLUS, SAVE AN EXTRA 10%

OF

WHEN YOU USE YOUR SEARS FINANCIALTM CREDIT CARD†

Our Outlet Prices

PRICES AS MARKED. SOME ITEMS MAY BE RECONDITIONED OR REFURBISHED

BACK-TO-CAMPUS

BACK-TO-SCHOOL ALMOST ALL KIDS’ FASHIONS

EXCLUSIVE TO SEARS OUTLET SERTA® ACKERLY

SAVE

20

%

TIGHT-TOP TWIN AND DOUBLE SIZE MATTRESS TWIN SIZE. 418 COILS. ONLY $178.88 ea.

DOUBLE SIZE. 608 COILS. ONLY $198.88 ea.

OFF

Our Outlet Prices

EXCLUDES ALL 195XXX ITEMS.

1-YR. WARRANTY PROVIDED BY SERTA. ASK SALES ASSOCIATE FOR DETAILS

ALMOST ALL WOMEN’S & MEN’S SUMMER FASHIONS CHOOSE FROM SHORTS, CAPRIS, SWIMWEAR, SUMMER DRESSES, SLEEVELESS & SHORT-SLEEVED SHIRTS & BLOUSES PLUS, SAVE AN EXTRA 5%

WHEN YOU USE YOUR SEARS FINANCIALTM CREDIT CARD†

SAVE

20

%

OFF

Our Outlet Prices

(EXCLUDES ITEMS PRICED $2 AND ALL 195XXX ITEMS)

3 DAYS ONLY

FRIDAY AUGUST 29TH TO SUNDAY AUGUST 31ST, 2014

ON ALL STAINLESS STEEL FRIDGES, RANGES AND DISHWASHERS

SAVE

25

%F OF

PLUS, SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 5%

WHEN YOU USE YOUR SEARS FINANCIALTM CREDIT CARD†

SALES OFFERS CANNOT BE COMBINED.

Dixie Outlet Mall

Dixie Road

QEW

Lake Shore Blvd.

Hwy. 427

DIXIE OUTLET

Cawthra Road

Sale prices in effect Thursday, August 28 th to Wednesday, September 3 rd, 2014 unless otherwise stated, while quantities last. Offers do not apply to purchases made prior to August 28th, 2014. All items have been priced for final sale.

Sale priced merchandise may not be exactly as illustrated. Ask for details.

Hurontario st.

PARKDALE VILLAGER | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |

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STORE HOURS:

TUES.-FRI. 10AM-9PM SAT. AUGUST 30TH 9:30AM-6PM SUN. AUGUST 31ST 11AM-6PM CLOSED MON. SEPT. 1st

REXDALE OUTLET

2200 Islington Ave. N.

STORE HOURS:

TUES.-FRI. 10AM-9PM SAT. AUGUST 30TH 9:00AM-6PM SUN. AUGUST 31ST 11AM-6PM CLOSED MON. SEPT. 1st

Sears Catalogue shopping

Personal shopping only. Savings offers do not include Parts & Service or Sundry Merchandise, Items with #195XXX & Sears ‘Value’ Programs with prices ending in .97. All merchandise sold “as is” and all sales final. No exchanges, returns or adjustments on previously purchased merchandise; savings offers cannot be combined. No dealers; we reserve the right to limit quantities. Prices do not include home delivery. Although we strive for accuracy, unintentional errors may occur. We reserve the right to correct any error. ‘Reg.’, ‘Was’ and ‘Sears selling price’ refer to the Sears Catalogue or Retail store price current at time of merchandise receipt. Offers valid at Sears Rexdale and Dixie Outlet Stores. ©2014 Sears Canada Inc. †Sears Financial™ MasterCard®, Sears Financial™ Voyage™ MasterCard® or Sears Card offers are on approved credit. Sears® and VoyageTM are a registered Trademarks of Sears, licensed for use in Canada. ®/ TM - MasterCard and the MasterCard Brand Mark are registered trademarks of MasterCard International Incorporated Sale priced merchandise may not be exactly as illustrated.

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