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Three days a week, a team of volunteers gather at the Masaryk Cowan Community Centre in South Parkdale to prepare a warm breakfast and hand it to anyone who might need it. On Dec. 17, at the regular Monday morning meeting of the Parkdale Breakfast Club, a special tribute was made to those volunteers. A table displayed all of the news articles, letters of congratulations and accolades the breakfast club had received during the years. A few of those volunteers also took a moment away from serving plates of hot food to tell The Villager why they choose to volunteer their time at the breakfast club.
Phillip Johnson (right) Johnson, a 46-year-old recreation support worker, has been helping with the club for many years. He said there was a time when he was admittedly insensitive to the struggles of some of Parkdale’s residents. “That is until you come into the program and you see the need of the people and you realize, based on luck or chance or whatever, you could have been just like them.” He said one of the greatest joys in life is to help other people and his experience at the Parkdale Breakfast Club has taught him about being humble, kind and appreciative. “A lot of them are very loving and caring people and all they want is for somebody to treat them like they are a person,” Johnson said. Josh Ramchaitar (left) Jo s h R a m c h a i t a r i s R a m Ramchaitar’s 34-year-old grandson. He has been coming to the club since he was a young boy. He
is responsible for going to the food bank on Wednesdays to pick up food and making a Sunday run to a grocery store to get bread. Whenever he can, he comes to the club to also help serve the food. “It is nice to help out the people,” he said. “They are regular guys, you never know what happened in their lives or how they got to this point.”
Veronica Alvarado Alvarado, from North York, works at a bank at King Street West and Dufferin Street in south Parkdale. She has been volunteering at the breakfast club since 2011 after meeting Ramchaitar through one of her co-workers. “It was an eye-opener because you see a lot of people from the community here,” she said, adding it makes her feel as though she is making a contribution to her own community as opposed to an unnamed face. “This is something
where we can actually see how our contributions and volunteering makes a difference.”
Ram Ramchaitar Ramchaitar and his wife started the Parkdale Breakfast Club in 1989 after seeing a need in their community. Throughout the years there have been hundreds of volunteers who have helped the program run including his children, grandchildren and now great grandchildren. Surrounded by some of his grandchildren and great grandchildren (from left) Janice, 24, Julissa, 5, James, 8, Jaiden, 11, and Joseph, 21, Ramchaitar said helping out at the breakfast club shows the volunteers that all humans are beautiful people. “They take away from the experience how to deal with people who don’t have much and how to serve people who have very little and who have problems in life,” Ramchaitar said.
Simon Harry Harry, from High Park, has only been volunteering with the breakfast club for a few months, but already felt the positive effects of volunteering locally. “You remember how lucky you are and that there are people around that need help,” he said. “It does feel good to be doing something directly, yourself, that does make an impact.” He also works for a bank and was introduced to Ramchaitar through a co-worker. “I think there are a lot of people who want to help in the community, but don’t know how,” he said. “It takes someone telling you about it.”
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Ray Van Eenooghe and his 15-year-old daughter Reane Van Eenooghe, from High Park, worked with Ramchaitar at Canada Packers. He heard about what Ramchaitar was doing at the breakfast club more than 10 years ago and gradually started to help out more and more. “What I like about it is that it isn’t government funded, it is strictly volunteers doing this on their own,” Van Eenooghe said. “It is billed, not as a charity, but as a club.” Reane has been coming with her father to the club since she was about 10 years old and said she has always found it to be a very welcoming environment. “It is nice because I get to give the less fortunate food,” she said. “But it isn’t like a food bank where they stand in line and everyone is quiet. Here they sit down and talk to each other.”
Hospital gift giving inspired by memory of son LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Her family’s visit to St. Joseph’s Health Centre every year on Christmas Eve sums up the holidays for Jane Watson. This year, she, her husband, two daughters, one of her sisters and niece will be visiting as many as 400 patients stuck in hospital for Christmas. They’ll go room to room visiting each and every patient, giving them a small gift, smiles and some conversation. In recent years, a choir accompanied them after a St. Joe’s nurse was inspired by Watson’s efforts, she asked if she and the singers could join the family. “It adds so much to it,” said Watson. The patients are so overwhelmed by such a small token. “Every year, someone will tell me that this is the only gift they’ll get. I think some of them feel they’re being forgotten,” she said. Project Hope was founded by a
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Jane Watson, seen here with daughters Kelly and Sarah, delivers gifts and good cheer to St. Joseph Health Centre patients stuck in hospital over the holidays in memory of her son.
good friend of Watson’s, Ann Ferron. Ferron had been delivering gifts to patients at St. Michael’s Hospital and Toronto General Hospital for
several years. More than two decades ago, Ferron lost her father four days after Christmas. Several years later,
her mother passed away just days before. She knows how lonely Christmas can be and realized she wasn’t alone. Ferron decided she wanted to bring hope to people who are in hospital and started delivering gifts on Christmas Eve. When Ferron moved to Arizona, Watson decided to continue her friend’s efforts. For Watson, she knew she wanted to make a difference at St. Joe’s. More than a decade ago, her six-week-old son William Thomas was rushed to its emergency department where he died. “(Project Hope) is such a loving way to honour our son,” Watson told The Villager. Project Hope has become a Christmas Eve tradition for the Royal York Road and Bloor Street West woman and her family. They’ll start around 10 a.m. on Christmas Eve day. It’ll take them a couple of hours to deliver the gifts. They’ll leave a bag of gifts in the ER, too. “Last year, we were able to visit patients there. We wore gowns,
masks and gloves – as long as it was safe for them,” she said. Project Hope is celebrating its ninth year. “The night our son died is still so clear. He was rushed to St. Joe’s and from the moment we arrived at the hospital, the compassion was incredible. Everyone we encountered – nurses, doctors, EMS – were incredible,” Watson said. “They stayed with us, cried with us and guided us through the most unimaginable tragedy, losing a child. We have never forgotten that.” AnnMarie Marcolin, manager of patient, family and community engagement, said she has been fortunate to have been able to assist Watson and family over the past nine years. “I witness the impact they have on the patients. And, to be able to see when they hand the gift to the patient – they don’t exclude any area. They go everywhere in the entire hospital. The reaction is a tremendous amount of joy,” Marcolin said.
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t may be green. It may even be warm. But warm weather won’t change the true spirit of the Christmas season. On the front page of The Villager and the eight other Toronto Community News newspapers we publish today, we feature seasonal art with a local connection. The holiday season is underway and we thought featuring good works from the community would be a welcome change from tough issues, tough headlines. You can see the complete set of art from our front page photos in our online photo gallery found at bit. ly/TCN_holidayart You will see snow scenes. our view Stained glass. Classic and contemporary art. Artists show You will quickly see this community is rich in artistic talent glimpse of and that our artists have a flair for understanding and reflecting communities the neighbourhoods of Toronto. Art offers the same kind of experience as a newspaper. An artist chronicles a special place at a special time – and you can refer to that piece of work far into the future. A photo, a story or a piece of art can convey our history, our culture, our past, present or future. It’s fascinating how the warmth of a piece of art can melt the cold of a true winter day. To all of our readers, our online users, our advertiser partners and all community members, we wish you the best of the holiday season. Whether a Christian celebrating Christmas or not, this season offers time and opportunity to reflect on all that is accomplished, and offers the chance for us all to take steps to make the year ahead even better. In this space on the page, we often charge or challenge people to do something – and try to send a message you won’t see in other publications. Today, we’d like to challenge you during the year to buy a work of local art. We all need to encourage the efforts of our community’s artisans. That one small purchase, supports a local artist – and turns you automatically into a community builder. That piece of local art can be enjoyed by you, or give a whole younger generation a view of what was important to their ancestors’ culture, life and community. Encourage artists. And keep the spirit of the season alive in their continued good works. newsroom
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TTC Commission Councillor Karen Stintz has announced there will be a five cent hike to the TTC transit fares as of Jan. 1 in order to cover costs that will be incurred over the next year to implement improvements as well as added service. This will involve purchasing some new LRT vehicles as well as fullfilling current orders to build new ones. These will be regulated by Metrolinx. Also, GO Transit has petitioned Metrolinx to implement a fare hike ranging from 35 cents to 55 cents that, if approved, will be effective as of Feb. 1. In a city such as the size of Toronto, during peak rush hours, public transit offers a viable alternative to driving and therefore these changes can help reduce pollution as well as make the commute more tolerable. Maria Sabatino
Council has never seen a year like 2012 There has never been a more interesting year in the history of amalgamated Toronto council than 2012, and that’s saying something. Toronto, after all, has had some interesting times in its short history since megacity amalgamation took effect at the start of 1998. We’ve lived through epic corruption scandals, high comedy from goofball mayors, endless battles with the provincial and federal governments, riots and mass arrests and stinky, stinky garbage strikes. But 2012? You have outdone yourself, o waning year. The one interesting thing that didn’t happen this year was a garbage strike, and that’s something. But over the past 12 months, it has been a wild, realityshow-worthy ride: Toronto
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has seen nothing less than a seismic shift of power and influence away from a mayor who was just two years ago elected with a very powerful mandate. Mayor Rob Ford’s fall from grace, such as it was, was a constant narrative through the year – and not just because we scribes made it so. The year began on an optimistic note, as the mayor and his brother, Etobicoke North Councillor Doug Ford, started on what seemed like an easy, humanizing and healthful project, to drop a few
pounds (well, 50) over six months. The mayor’s faltering diet and exercise regime would become an all-to-apt metaphor for his faltering control of council. In the early months of 2012, councillors took matters into their own hands. The 2012 budget was re-made on the floor of council, to the mayor’s chagrin. And council didn’t stop there, voting to kill Ford’s dream of a subway to Scarborough and restore the light rail transit plan that he’d campaigned against. One could go on all column about the indignities that council heaped on the mayor’s office. But at least half of the fun of this reality show of a year comes from the mayor himself. As early as February, Ford sowed the seeds of
what might be his political downfall, when he spoke and voted on an integrity commissioner report demanding he repay $3,150 in donations to his football charity. As a result, Ford finishes the year awaiting an appeal of a judge’s ruling that will see him removed from office if it’s upheld. In between February and today, the mayor’s been called to the carpet for reading while driving, chasing a reporter, and skipping council meetings to coach high school football, among other things. In 2013, all of this could culminate in something even more interesting: a mid-term mayoral byelection, in which Toronto voters are asked to come in and pronounce judgement on the wild, precipitous year that’s just now passing.
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ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com The proposal to designate one block of Ossington Avenue as “mid-rise” proved to be a contentious one at a recent community meeting regarding the Ossington Visioning Study. A small but trendy section of Ossington Avenue between Queen Street West and Dundas Street West has been the subject of a study by the City of Toronto planning department to determine if the street would benefit from area-specific policies or design guidelines. Councillor Mike Layton hosted the meeting, which was led by city planner Thomas Rees, last Thursday at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. This was the third of three meetings led by the planning department. In addition, there has been a series of working group meetings. “The hope is to come up with a vision for Ossington and a plan moving forward,” Layton said. Rees said the best way to retain the existing character while encouraging small shops and daytime retail uses without significantly impacting existing houses is to increase density. He recommended an area-specific Official Plan Policy for the Ossington
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Strip that would prohibit residential units on the ground floor of new buildings facing Ossington; limit retail stores to 400 square feet or less; and ensure new residential units provide for a range of housing types, size and affordability. Apart from a mid-rise block up to six stories in height between Argyle Street and Bruce Street on the east side of Ossington Avenue and defined as Area 2, the remainder of the street would continue to be low-rise with a maximum height of four stories. However, many at the meeting were vocal in their opposition to the mid-rise block, saying it would disrupt the character of Ossington, increase traffic and negatively impact residents on nearby side streets. The block, they said, is at the centre of an important pedestrian and bike-path corridor and is too close to the route children use going to Givins-Shaw Junior Public School. Area 2 is the same block of Ossington Avenue where a condo development called 109OZ, a sixstorey mix of one and two bedroom lofts, is proposed. Some in the community, and the Ossington Community Association, have been vocal in their opposition to this development.
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Plans for 109OZ have been appealed, but no hearing date is set. Also at the meeting, community members David Carter and Jessica Wilson presented the findings of the community working group. They said they hope the findings would guide planning in the area. Their recommendations included sustaining demographic diversity, supporting and reinforcing the existing small businesses, maintaining the streetscape and building character. Rees said he is taking feedback on the plan until Jan. 11. There will then be further reviewing and refining of the draft Official Plan Policy in response to additional staff and community comments. A staff report on the proposed Area-Specific Official Plan Policy, including findings of the review, summary of community comments and results of visioning process, will go to Toronto and East York Community Council in February. To speak to the planner directly, contact Rees at 416-392-0758 or trees2@toronto.ca You may mail your comments to Rees at Toronto and East York District, 100 Queen St W, Floor 18E, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2.
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The Nutcracker highlight of ballet school year ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com The Nutcracker is the highlight of their dance calendar, said three young ballerinas with bright eyes and near perfect posture. Sitting amidst the tutus and tulle in the costume area at Parkdale’s Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement, the girls were giddy with talk of the school’s upcoming production of the much-loved Christmas tale. Jane Ernszt, Carolina Luiz-Pereira and Kiva Smith have each been dancing at Pia Bouman for about 10 years. Each of the girls have been performing in Bouman’s annual Nutcracker for the past six years. The students at Pia Bouman spend hours and hours each week preparing for the performance. Bouman’s Nutcracker, which this year marks its 27th annual production, is Toronto’s longest standing performance of the famous ballet and the only one in Toronto performed by children aged seven to 18. The effort and hours preparing are all well worth it once the performance comes. “After the adrenaline is rushing, I feel super energetic like I could go rule the world,” said High Park’s Jane Ernszt, 13. “It really makes me happy
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Kiva Smith, Jane Ernszt and Carolina Luiz-Pereira, students at Parkdale’s Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement, play around with their costumes for the upcoming production of ‘The Nutcracker’.
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wonder at the beauty of the city.” The community also expressed a desire for trees, seating and pathways through the space. The design incorporates curved pathways bordered by a low tapered wall to prevent people from cutting across the garden spaces. There is a grove of trees on the west side of the space, which allows for the view to be maintained, and a larger tree for shade at the south east corner. The species of trees and types of grass and plantings in the garden will be identified at the detailed design stage of the project. The pathways will be wide enough to accommodate strollers and wheelchairs. A memorial plaque at the northern entrance to the Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden will tell the story of the origin of Dundas Street. This portion of Dundas Street was constructed as a military road for the defense of York, the capital of Upper Canada, in 1812. Aboriginal warriors attempted to ward off the landing of the American fleet in April 1813. The garden would honour the men who built the road as well as those warriors. The proposed garden would be part of the 1812 Binational Peace
The curvature of the pathways in the proposed Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden are like extending a warm embrace to the community, said Jennifer Mahoney with NAK Design Strategies. The proposed design was unveiled to area residents at a recent meeting at Fern Avenue Public School in Roncesvalles Village. “It is a simple garden plan with some heritage and some public art,” Mahoney said. “But I must say it was surprising what we could do with such a small space.” The design, created by locally based NAK Design Strategies, took into consideration input from a number of community meetings as well as the restrictions of the concrete triangle immediately south of where Roncesvalles Avenue and Dundas Street West connect. “The two main messages we heard, were because of this intersection’s location (the garden) should act as a gateway to the village,” Mahoney said during the Dec. 12 meeting. “And most people wanted somewhere they could stop and
Getting into the holiday spirit, Toronto Animal Services is holding the 12 Strays of Christmas to urge residents to adopt a furry friend into their family. You can adopt from one of the city’s shelters and adoption partners. For more information visit www.toronto.ca/animal_services
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Looking south on Roncesvalles Avenue, the proposed Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden will redesign the concrete triangle immediately south of where Roncesvalles and Dundas Street West connect.
Garden Trail network, a cross-border tourism initiative connected with the international peace garden foundation, which mark the sites – and tell the stories – of the War of 1812. Mahoney said the design will be refined and submitted for approval
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by the city early in the New Year. Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden Project Coordinator Abby Bushby said the group will hold a meeting to plan fundraising activities in January. The earliest start date for construction would be in the fall of 2013.
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WonderFul watercolour: D e b b i e Wa d s w o r t h o f Etobicoke works on a handmade, watercolour card during a workshop hosted by My Time Watercolour at the Parkdale flower store Coriander Girl.
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Toronto’s budget chief Mike Del Grande offered up some “tinkering” to the city’s 2013 operating budget – adding back some funding for children’s nutrition programs, the Toronto Botanical Gardens, local arts organizations and various other programs, to the tune of $1,150,000. But the largest comes at a price: $1.30 for the average Toronto homeowner next year, in the form of a two per cent property tax increase as opposed to 1.95 per cent tax hike. And Del Grande warned his colleagues if councillors try to add back anything more, he won’t be around to shepherd the next two budgets through council. “If at the end of the day council wants to blow $25, $50 million more – I can tell you, guarantee for sure, they won’t have me again as the budget chair,” Del Grande told reporters following Monday’s penultimate budget committee meeting.
The city’s capital and operating budgets will have one more go-around at the budget committee Jan. 8, before being sent off to executive committee and then Toronto Council for final approval. The $9.42 billion budget has been under consideration at the budget committee for about a month, and last week, more than 200 deputations came to raise various issues with programs that had been flatlined or cut. Del Grande said he’d spent the weekend trying to figure out which of those requests could be accommodated, and how that might happen. ‘Tinkering’ He said his solution amounted to “tinkering” and dealt with various problems, at least in part. For instance, he will restore $300,000 in funding to local arts organizations in the city’s inner suburbs, and $30,000 to cash-strapped lawn bowling clubs. The Toronto Botanical Gardens had asked for $160,000 in funding to keep
going; Del Grande offered $75,000. And he moved that the city report on ways to get revenue from the billboard tax into local arts programs. And he set aside cash for community partnership funding and the city’s priority neighbourhoods. To fund it, he said the 0.05 per cent additional property tax increase is the way to go. “I’m going against the grain of what the mayor’s request was, but I just can’t accommodate everything,” said Del Grande, who later was unclear about whether he had discussed his plans with Mayor Rob Ford before bringing them to committee. “I think this is a fair tinkering. The budget, if we leave it alone now, will get us a lot closer to sustainability than we’ve ever been.” The amended budget will mean an effective 2.5 per cent property tax increase, because of shifts in tax burdens as a result of the latest round of MPAC current value assessment.
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