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Parkdale BIA has strategic plan in place for 2013 ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com Looking to 2013 Anna Bartula, the executive director of the Parkdale Business Improvement Area (BIA), has her strategic plan in place and there are set to be some changes this year: Street festivals and a kindness campaign are in, while Nuit Blanche and those distinct jute shopping bags branded with the Parkdale BIA’s logo are out. “The approach this year is to do smaller programs more often,” Bartula said. Primarily, Bartula said the BIA will look at what is happening in the community and promote and piggyback on the initiatives that already exist as opposed to starting them from scratch. A timeline with bullet points and post-it notes lines the wall in the BIA office at 1313 Queen Street West. Initiatives will be spread throughout the year, spe-

cifically so they line up more clearly with the retail calendar. “There are certain times throughout the year that are the most important for retailers,” she said. “There are times that are really busy and times that are really slow.” Bartula said it’s important to support businesses through busy and slow times. The BIA targets programs and events that will appeal to its entire membership. One of the first events for the new year will be celebrating the anniversary of Parkdale’s incorporation as a Village, which happened on Jan. 1, 1879. The BIA will coincide the launch of its new website with the anniversary. The BIA has also created a new emblem for window decals to be displayed on member businesses’ windows, which will be rolled out in January.

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Anna Bartula, the executive director of the Parkdale Business Improvement Area, displays a new emblem for window decals to be displayed on member businesses’ windows in 2013.

In the spring there will be a street event called ‘Spring into Parkdale’ where member businesses will be encouraged to have sales and samplings. “We have some really great plans like apple cider and all

kinds of wonderful things that encourage families and people to walk the strip,” Bartula said. The new year will see the BIA re-design promotional materials and produce a new shopping bag to be handed

out. The BIA will continue with its partnership with Parkdale Collegiate Institute to participate in the CONTACT Photography Festival in May, a program the BIA started in 2011 to give students an opportunity to show their work during the festival. In June, Bartula said the BIA will launch a “kindness campaign” where a street team of hired ambassadors will be interacting with business members, residents and people on the street. “Maybe doing a little sweeping of the streets... opening doors for people, paying for parking, handing out free newspapers,” Bartula said. This summer, the Lab Cab Festival will be moving to Parkdale July 27 and 28, according to Bartula and the BIA is on board to be one of the sponsors of the annual, two-day multi-arts festival. Aviva Armour-Ostroff,

one of the organizers of Lab Cab, said they will be using many businesses between Roncesvalles and Dufferin as performance venues. Bartula said the BIA’s involvement in Lab Cab will replace the late winter festival Fireside Culture Week, which the BIA hosted for the past four years. The BIA will continue to participate in the Queen West Art Crawl in September, but Bartula said Nuit Blanche is off the roster of events for 2013. For the past few years, the Parkdale BIA hosted a significant Nuit Blanche installation called LEITMOTIF, but it is cancelled since most BIA member businesses are closed at night when the event happens Wrapping up the year of activities, Bartula said in the winter of 2013 the BIA will host a street-focused celebration similar to the one in the spring.

Emmanuel Howard Park United Church offers youth interfaith learning Roncesvalles church will host speaker series from range of faiths ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com

n a community as diverse as ParkdaleHigh Park, one church is making sure young people get an education in all manner of faiths. “God Everywhere” is a new youth program initiated by Emmanuel Howard Park United Church on Wright Avenue in Roncesvalles Village. Beginning Jan. 6, Rev. Anne Hines, the minister at Emmanuel Howard Park, said the church will launch a series of guest speakers from a range of faith groups. “The United Church has done a lot in terms of interfaith dialogue,” she said. The more liberal of our United Churches, of which we are one, believe that God can be found in many places.” But, instead of taking the children to a mosque, synagogue or temple for a lesson in other faiths, Hines said the church decided to invite people of other faiths into their church as a show of fellowship. The series of talks is open to all children,

‘Our guests will not be just talking at the kids. We want it to be done in a way that the kids will actually be forming a relationship with this person.’ – Rev. Anne Hines, the minister at Emmanuel Howard Park between the ages of seven to 12, regardless of religious affiliation. It’s an important age for children to be learning about other faiths and traditions, Hines said. “When they are in school and particularly in the middle elementary grades they start to really notice the difference in the kids around them and they will start to notice that there are kids of different faiths,” Hines said. “We thought that was an important time for kids to have exposure in a very positive, comfortable way.” The series will feature guests from Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Baha’i and Native spirituality. “We were very thoughtful about which of the faith groups we wanted to highlight in our community,” Hines said.

The guests are each very heavily involved in their respective faiths and come from all over the city. Each guest will be invited to say a prayer in the sanctuary, in front of the entire congregation at the beginning of the Sunday service, before heading off with the young people to the Emmanuel Howard Park Church’s version of Sunday school, dubbed, ‘Definitely Not Your Parent’s Sunday School’. “Our guests will not be just talking at the kids,” Hines said. “We want it to be done in a way that the kids will actually be forming a relationship with this person.” The guest will lead a fun and interactive introduction to their faith. “Our native Canadian guest, for instance, has a chest full of interesting

religiously significant artifacts, so she is going to do a treasure chest with the kids where they can take stuff out and hold it and talk about it,” Hines explained. The series of talks will end with an event called Noah’s Pudding on Feb. 10, modelled after a project by the Canadian Intercultural Dialogue Centre, a Muslim organization, where a traditional Turkish desert called Noah’s Pudding is made and shared. “They have started to make the making of this pudding into an opportunity for interfaith dialogue,” she said. “So they will come on a Friday night and make up the pudding with our youth group and as they do that there will be a sharing about the tradition of the pudding, the history and the culture of the pudding.” The making of Noah’s Pudding is a common practice among Muslims and Christians in the Middle East. People who cook it share a cup with their neighbours and it carries with it the significance of good relations. “I hope the big takeaway for the kids is that

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Rev. Anne Hines will launch an interfaith program for children at Emmanuel Howard Park United Church.

God can be found everywhere, in every person, in every faith tradition, on every rock and every stone,” Hines said. “It promotes a sense of connection.” Hines said she expects this program may be a springboard to other interfaith activities at

Emmanuel Howard Park United Church. “We are all doing the same thing,” she said. “We are all recognizing that we are not just flesh and blood. We are spirit.” Registration is encouraged, although not mandatory, by calling 416536-1755.

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here is an infinite number of ways to improve and progress our communities. The secret is to actually get out and do it. Your actions don’t have to be big. They don’t have to be time-consuming. They don’t need to command the spotlight – although some are very public. To borrow a phrase, just do it. In today’s newspaper we’ve compiled a simple list of possibilities. A few meetings. Some great phone conversations with community members – it wasn’t hard to find 50 ways to improve our community. These thoughts, of course, are only a sample. If you visit bit.ly/TCN_50ways, you’ll see the 50 ways as expressed in each of our nine community newspaper neighbourhoods throughout Toronto. We think the more information you have about your comour view munity the better. Your Parkdale Villager See pages 12 & reaches 24,590 homes. And our website, www.parkdalevillager. 13 for a list of com, reaches many more comways to help munity members. It’s been a year where our Facebook and Twitter feeds have had a more prominent role in our quest to provide you news and information about your community in a format you desire. We are dedicated to the betterment of Parkdale and we sponsor many community events. It’s all meant to give you increased access to community information and to grow community involvement and commitment. Parkdale isn’t Scarborough. It isn’t North York. It isn’t the Beach. There is of course common interest for all communities that make up Toronto. But there’s a deep richness of community life and spirit that is uniquely Parkdale in flavour. We encourage everyone to become deeply involved in your community. And share your stories, thoughts, projects and objectives with us. We love to share them with our readers. The sheer act of being a resident means you are a community owner. That means you are responsible for the upkeep, the health and wellness and the profile of where you live. We are all community builders. Thanks to all those community groups who participated in this project. We look forward to your feedback and future ideas on building a better Parkdale. As always, we encourage you to share your thoughts with us. And we wish you all a safe and festive weekend as we inch closer to 2013. Together, let’s make 2013 The Year of the Parkdale community. newsroom

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The city has begun to install electronic water meters, which will transmit water use data wireless every few hours through some type of antennae installed for the purpose. Why not transmit such data once a month or every three months? Such convenience for the city bureaucracy brings a convenient but intrusive use of technology right into our homes. I am worried about the health and safety aspects of ever-growing electromagnetic radiation. There are pregnant moms and babies in the households. They are exposed to such radiation all for the convenience of city bureaucracy. We have heard enough about radiation from cellphones and now we add more of it to the ever growing load of harmful radiation that we are being exposed to in our daily living environment. This kind of pollution is not welcome. K. Chandra

Mayor’s fate will impact council in coming year For city hall columnists, the late-December spot in the paper is customarily reserved for a look forward at the coming year at council. And if this were more ordinary times, it would be fairly easy to predict some things. One might write about how council will make a decision on whether to invite a casino resort complex into the city’s downtown or how the city will come to terms with the need to fund transit infrastructure at the expense of funding services to the community, or vice versa. For 2013, though, much of what comes to pass will hinge on what happens in the days following Jan. 7, in the matter of Mayor Rob Ford’s appeal of a judicial order demanding he be removed from office. If the decision is upheld, the repercussions are seismic. They are also unpredictable.

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Council will have an immediate decision to make within two months of the decision: whether to hold a byelection for the office of mayor, or appoint a new mayor for the remainder of the term. Should council appoint, it will have to decide what direction it actually intends to take. Ford has spent the past two years attempting to fulfill a right-wing agenda at city hall – and has had some success in doing so. But council has not consistently shared that view, frequently rebuffing Ford’s more controversial initiatives.

Usually when council considers appointing for a vacancy, there is some effort to make sure the appointee reflects the politics of the person they’re replacing. Under this council, that rule of thumb may or may not apply. It is up in the air. And that goes double for the public. Ford was elected as a clear leader of the pack, and in the past, voters have been notably forgiving of the mayor’s many personal foibles. If there’s a byelection, Ford has every right to run in it and at least as of late this month, every intention of doing so, and given history – a very good possibility, all things considered, of being elected. As does federal New Democrat MP and former city councillor Olivia Chow if she decides to run for mayor.

So once again: in 2013, anything goes. One thing we can predict, or at least observe, about 2013: in the next year, Toronto Council is going to have to finish the messy process of growing up and learning how to govern itself. It’s done well enough so far, coalescing around what its members deemed unacceptable cuts in the 2012 budget, and solidifying around a consensus in favour of light rail compared to the mayor’s vision of a Scarborough subway. But next year, the challenges will be big: council will have the city of the future in its hands like it never has before. Alternatively, if things go differently on Jan. 7, council will have to learn to work with this mayor again. Either way – 2013 is a great big unknown.

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Chris Bolton was acclaimed as the chair of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the board’s annual organizational early this month. A former TDSB teacher and principal who has represented Ward 10’s Trinity-Spadina since 2003, Bolton brings nearly 40 years of experience to the role of chair. “The board is facing serious fiscal challenges in the months ahead. As chair, it is my hope that through steady leadership, we can make the difficult decisions that must be made, while never taking our eye off of what’s important – our students,” Bolton said in a statement. Sitting to his right this year will be Ward 21 Trustee Shaun Chen, who was re-elected vice-chair of the TDSB. Representing the constituents of Scarborough-Rouge River, Chen is a graduate of Scarborough public schools and is currently a PhD student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He has a “passion for helping youth in need and ensuring they have the resources they need to reach their full potential,” read the TDSB release.

The late Jim Fay, who endeared himself to traditional music fans, especially within his west-end neighbourhood where he played local pubs, continues to inspire musicians four years after his death. A musician “passionately committed to his community and craft,” according to friend and Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School teacher Heather Corriveau, Fay’s passion has inspired an annual concert to raise funds for a scholarship in his memory. A native of Ireland, Fay moved to Toronto at the age of 10. He died four years ago of a heart attack. He was 44. Recipients of the Jim Fay Music Bursary were awarded their prize at Gate 403 in Roncesvalles Village recently. This year’s grand prize winner was Brandon Appleton. His nomination came from the artsbased organization for homeless youth called Sketch. “Brandon’s been travelling across the country hopping trains and playing music,” said Fay’s wife Marie MacCormack, adding he’s been living the life of a folk singer. The annual concert in memory

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of Fay, which celebrates music and community while raising money for the bursary for at-risk youth, collected $4,000 this year, she said. No barriers Often, young artists experience a multitude of barriers, including poverty, addiction and unstable housing, when applying for funding and support. Organizers of the bursary believe these barriers should not prevent young people from pursuing their artistic ambitions. “In addition to the money, all of us are connected to many musicians in this city,” MacCormack said of the bursary’s selection committee. “We have the resources of people in the music industry.” The seven other recipients, which were referred by a range of agencies, such as the Native Child and Family Services of Toronto and Youth N Charge, include Dustin Frank, Ahthat Laphia, Amefika Browne, Conrad Downey, Omar Sanchez and Nichelle Bernard. Next year’s SHINE concert takes place March 3 at Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25. To book, call 416-537-8236. Visit www.jimfaybursary.ca

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Musician Jim Fay, pictured above, died in October 2008. In honour of his memory, his family and friends have created a scholarship in his name. A concert to benefit the fund called SHINE, takes place March 3.

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“That’s the sort of irony of this situation,” said Carnevale, who was left without a job when Ontario Place closed. “The entire point of the exhibit was how once they (the turtles) reach a certain size, people abandon them and they live for 45 years.” Without any other option, Carnevale moved the turtles into a large tank on the back deck of her home. Carnevale said The Villager story generated a lot of response. She got calls from other media, some people wishing her well and commending

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her for helping the turtles, but no one could take them. As the weather got colder, Carnevale moved the turtles inside her home. The large tub was set up in the basement where they are living today, with the exception of the eldest of the turtles that died of natural causes. Not all hope is gone, Carnevale said. The experience has inspired Carnevale and her husband, and the couple is looking at renting a property outside of the city and starting an animal sanctuary that would also create compost from animal waste. Read the original story at www.insidetoronto. com/news-story/78830-ontario-place-turtleslooking-for-new-home/

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Downtown relief line new priority: Metrolinx CEO RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Metrolinx CEO Bruce McCuaig announced an updated list of regional transit priorities, which include two new subway lines for Toronto. Addressing a recent packed lunch-hour audience of business professionals at the Toronto Board of Trade, McCuaig listed an estimated $34-billion worth of new transit fast-tracked for completion within 15 years. The change in priorities for the provincial agency’s four-year-old Big Move plan was required to make sure it was up to date, he said. “We needed to define some projects in greater detail,” said McCuaig. “We also needed to reflect all the relevant studies that have been completed since 2008.” While federal, provincial and municipal governments will be expected to kick in a portion of the funding for the projects, the lion’s share of the money – more than $20-billion according to numbers provided by Metrolinx – will need to come from residents in the GTHA, said McCuaig. “We still have to pay for these services, whoever builds them,”

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said McCuaig. “We can’t expect the money to come from anybody but ourselves.” One of the new priorities is a downtown relief subway, which the TTC has long considered essential for easing overcrowding on the existing Yonge line. Should funding be allocated for an east-west downtown relief line, to travel between Pape station and St. Andrew according to one plan proposed by the TTC, the subway could commence running within 15 years - 10 years quicker than originally proposed. The accelerated timeline is necessary, he said, due

to a projected 25 per cent increase in subway ridership by 2031. “We are re-prioritizing this project because of a simple and stark fact,” he said. “Our subway system just cannot manage the volumes of people trying to enter or exit the downtown core.” Other projects announced in Thursday’s update, which would benefit the city include a bus rapid transit (BRT ) lane connecting Kipling Station to Burlington; a BRT between Scarborough Town Centre and downtown Oshawa; and a six kilometre extension of the Yonge

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Toronto police Chief Bill Blair said he could be forced to close a station in 2014 as a result of the tight budget the Toronto Police Services Board and the city’s budget committee recommended earlier this month. “There is a point in staffing reductions where we will have to make some very difficult decisions,” Blair said. “It may require very difficult decisions, and one of the decisions I will have to consider is whether we can operate 17 police stations.” Blair made the comments outside the committee room where moments earlier Toronto’s budget committee had approved sending on the 2013 police operating and capital budgets to Mayor Rob Ford’s Executive Committee. The $927.9 million budget put forward by the board is $21 mil-

lion less than the budget that Blair proposed. The board ordered the chief to freeze hiring and promotions, hold back money that is contributed to the city’s vehicle and equipment reserve and cut back on premium pay. Find savings, but how? It also demanded that Blair find $6.7 million in unallocated savings, making no specific recommendations. Blair said that because the board’s numbers were off on savings that might be achieved through a hiring freeze, he has to find $8.7 million. Board members had suggested he could find that money from the $8 million surplus generated this year. But Blair said doing so is impossible without city permission, and

that banking on a surplus for next year wasn’t predictable. “There’s some speculation that there may be a surplus somehow. But what this really is is an unallocated reduction. And an unallocated reduction is without precedent. I have never seen a decision by a body to reduce a budget without knowing where those reductions are coming from.” Blair pointed out he has no power to lay off officers – that is a decision for the Toronto Police Services Board, who this year instructed him to hire another 80 officers who began training last week. “They’ve approved the hiring of the 80 officers. I just have to figure out how to pay them.” The budget committee approved the budget, over the objections of vice-chair Doug Ford, who agreed with Blair on the issue of balancing budgets using surpluses.

The City of Toronto will be taking the question of whether there should be a casino built in city limits to a number of neighbourhood meetings in January. The city-wide consultation will take the form of community open houses as well as an interactive website. The consultation will allow input on several questions that council will be facing later in the winter when it decides whether to welcome a casino resort to the city: should there be a casino in Toronto at all? If so, where would be the best location? What else should council consider in making its decision? The consultation meetings will take place in five locations starting the second week in January:

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Visit Sorauren Farmers Market every Monday, all year round in Sorauren Park. Get fresh foods straight from local farmers and producers.

When you see your neighbour’s children selling lemonade, buy a glass.

Buy coffee for the next person in line.

Buy a 2013 calendar featuring historic photos of the Roxton Road neighbourhood. Visit http://roxtonroadparks. com for details.

Start a Neighbourhood Watch in your community: contact the Crime Prevention Association of Toronto (CPAT) at www.cpatoronto. org or 416-225-1102.

Support adult literacy by tutoring in basic reading, writing and math at your local library. Call 416-3955555.

Fill out an online form at www.salvationarmy.ca/ volunteer to connect with the Salvation Army volunteer co-ordinator in your area.

Start an adopt-a-tree program in your area. Learn how at www.parkpeople. ca/resource/starting-adopttree-program

Support your library. Libraries in Toronto have a range of programming from movie nights to peer tutoring and live music nights. Visit www.torontopubliclibrary.ca for details on what your local library has in store for you and your family.

Get involved with the High Park K9 (Canine) Committee to promote responsible dog walking in High Park’s off-leash area. The committee meets on a monthly basis. Contact : k9@highpark.org

Keep your recycling bins tidy and off the sidewalk. Find out what your community is doing for Earth Day and how to get involved.

Use less. Get an energy audit, conserve energy and lower energy bills through conservation. Visit www.greensaver. org

Create habitat for butterflies and birds. Learn how from the Canadian Wildlife Federation at www.cwf-fcf.org

Support Sistema Toronto, which provides free music lessons in an ensemble-based environment at Parkdale Public School. Donate at http://sistema-toronto.ca

Deliver a meal. For more information on Meals on Wheels or to volunteer in the downtown west end, contact the volunteer department at St. Christopher House at 416-5324828, ext. 105 or email volunteers@stchrishouse.org

Learn about healthy, affordable culturally diverse cooking and the power of good food to bring people together by purchasing FoodShare’s first cookbook, Share.

Give blood when Toronto’s Bloodmobile is near you. Visit blood.ca/bloodmobile for a schedule.

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Buy a membership to the not-for profit community theatre, The Revue Cinema, on Roncesvalles. Visit http:// revuecinema.ca/home

Grocery shop or shovel the driveway or cook a meal for a sick or elderly neighbour.

Stop into the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC) to see what the drop-in centre is doing. Visit http://parc.on.ca

Attend the next meeting of the Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden. Visit www.dundasroncesvallespeacegarden.ca

Bring magazines for the lobby or household items for the thrift shop at Emmanuel Howard Park Church, 214 Wright Ave. Visit http://ehpunitedchurch.ca

Volunteer with special events in Toronto, such as Doors Open and Canada Day.

Donate to the Redwood Shelter, a safe haven for women and children escaping domestic abuse. Donations help purchase muchneeded practical items for families arriving at the emergency shelter. Call 416-5339372, ext. 227.

Sign up to help flood your local outdoor rink. Sorauren Park and McCormick Park both ask area residents to help create an outdoor rink for skating.

Donate to local charities. Visit www.221Toronto.ca to find organizations to support.

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Dive in to the pool. Visit www. toronto.ca/parks/prd/skating/ index.htm to find public swimming times in your neighbourhood.

Support local artists. Visit Gallery 1313, see a musician in concert or attend a theatre production.

Establish a community garden or help out at Parkdale’s award-winning community garden, Greenest City; www.greenestcity.ca

Keep abreast of what’s happening in municipal politics, sign up for your councillor’s email newsletter.

Volunteer at the Out of the Cold program. Visit www. ootc.ca for details.

Open the door for people with a stroller or with mobility challenges.

Lead a Jane’s Walk on May 4 and 5 and teach others about your neighbourhood. Learn how at www.janeswalk.net

Help keep the High Park Zoo open. Join Friends of the High Park Zoo. Contact www.highparkzoo.ca

Properly dispose of cigarette butts.

Carpool or promote car-sharing and ride-sharing.

Join your neighbourhood’s email list, Google group or Facebook page. The Brockton Triangle, West Parkdale Neighbours, Liberty Village and the various individual streets have dedicated email groups with interesting discussions and alerts to meetings.

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Buy a membership to the West End Food Co-op. It shows your support and gets you discounts at some WEFC events. Visit http://westendfood.coop

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Kenway Yu, centre, does his best to channel recording artist Psy during the shooting of a Gangnam Style video this month to help launch the Parkdale Community Food Bank’s awareness and donation campaign. The food bank helps feed 3,000 families every month. For more photos from this event, see page 14.

Be friendly, enjoy people Give up your seat on the transit system for someone who needs it.

Report suspicious activity to Toronto Police Services. For emergencies, call 911.

Help bring literacy skills to people with Parkdale Project Reads. Visit http://parkdale projectread .org

Swap plastic forks and paper plates for reusable cutlery and food containers.

Lend a hand with Habitat for Humanity at a build site or at a ReStore location. Visit www. torontohabitat.ca/volunteer. html

Attend “Yes In My Back Yard” at the Gladstone Saturday, Feb. 16 and learn about all the neat projects people are doing to improve their neighbourhoods. Visit http://yimbytoronto.org

Contact your local school to become a volunteer mentor.

Honour Canada’s veterans at a Remembrance Day service in November.

Read your newspaper. The Parkdale Villager offers residents a unique perspective on what is going on in your neighbourhood. From community meetings, local initiatives, politics, art and entertainment – being informed will help you to understand how you can help your community. Visit www.parkdalevillager.com

■ What are your ideas for making Parkdale a great place to live? Let us know at letters@insidetoronto.com

Community building begins by caring about others ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com

hat does it take to make an impact, improve your neighbourhood and make your community a better place? “The first step is to decide you are going to do it,” former councillor Joe Pantalone said. “We are all stronger when we help each other and the environment we live in.” Pantalone, who had 29 years of experience in municipal politics including as the former deputy mayor and councillor for Ward 19, remains involved in tree advocacy issues and Waterfront Toronto. Through his various experience, Pantalone said he has come to firmly believe, “If you aren’t part of the solution, you are part of the problem”. From food banks to the abundance of not-for-profits, immigration settlement work, meals on wheels or tree planting, there are countless ways for residents to work together to create a better society, Pantalone said. For Rev. Gary van der Meer, the key to making your community a better place begins before you even walk out the door. “In the morning, make the decision that you are going to be friendly and enjoy people,” said van der Meer, the priest at St. Anne’s Church on Gladstone Avenue. “Choose to actually say ‘Hi’

and ‘Good morning’.” The easiest and most effective way to make a positive impact on your neighbourhood is to try to learn the names of the people you deal with whether they be your neighbour or the server at the local coffee shop. By personalizing your neighbourhood, it will lead you to caring about your neighbours and in turn, they will care about you, he said. Kuni Kamizaki, who specializes in social planning and community development, works with the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC), Parkdale Food Network and the Parkdale Land Trust. The best way for people to start contributing to their neighbourhood is by thinking about their relationship with their community and choosing to become involved, he said. “Locally, you can have more impact and say in the decision making,” he said. “Many interesting ideas are happening at the local level.” He cited the work at PARC, The Centre For Social Innovation, The United Way, The Metcalf Foundation and The Centre for City Ecology as examples. “All of these groups are making a commitment and investment in local work and creating a space for people to get involved,” Kamizaki said. “The Parkdale Food Network is a good example because it is

creating a common ground for different organizations to work together.” Kamizaki added it is important for people not to get totally caught up in the “local” side of engagement, but also work with city, provincial and federal initiatives as well as look to other countries to share experiences and lessons learned. Frank Trotz is an artist, teacher and resident of south Parkdale. He has lived in the neighbourhood for 11 years and is involved with the Parkdale Residents Association and the West Parkdale Neighbours group. But Trotz said the greatest contribution he and others can make to community is simply befriending the people around you. “Look at who is around you,” Trotz said. “You have to be willing to reach out to people.” Trotz has come to know some in the Roma community who live across the street from him and he explained by befriending them he has come to care about their struggles to stay in Canada and that motivates him to try to help them as best he can. “There are also these three men. I call them my Sunshine Boys. I give them money for coffee and I sit and talk with them,” Trotz explained. “I am a friend of theirs and they are my friends and that is the way it should be.”

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Annual Boxing Day treats walk at zoo RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com On New Year’s Eve, the zoo will host from 5 to 8 p.m. a family countdown to 2013. The annual event, in its 10th year, will feature animal visits and zookeeper talks and a full line-up of familyfriendly entertainment including a 1960s cover band, an appearance by Po from the hit film franchise

Kung Fu Panda, the Majinx Magic Show team and the WotWots children’s television characters. Tickets for the outdoor event are $20 for adults and seniors and $12 for children between the ages of four and 12. Children under three are admitted for free but must have a ticket. The zoo is also inviting patrons to sign up for its White Lion holiday special,

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Dance video party: Right, Alexandre Tristen, 2, dresses the part for the shooting of a Gangnam Style video shot this month to help launch the Parkdale Community Food Bank’s new awareness and donation campaign. The food bank helps feed 3000 families every month. Below, Adina Diaconescu takes on the role of choreographer for the video. Photos/NANCY PAIVA

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Expressive Art Co-op: Artist Jessica Malone shows Maureen Brights her drawings at the West End Food Co-op recently. Local artists from Expressive Arts Group at the Parkdale Community Health Care displayed their work for sale. Staff photo/DAN PEARCE

Railroad club hosts last holiday show in Liberty Village

(From L - R) Toronto Hydro’s Amar Bhambra, Robert Hoover, Claudio Bellisario and Shawn Li review technical drawings for a project in Liberty Village. This electrical work is part of a larger Metrolinx project that will move a portion of the GO Train service underground. Toronto Hydro will relocate its existing infrastructure and install more than 5,000 metres of new cable.

At the end of December, the public will have their secondto-last opportunity to visit the Model Railroad Club of Toronto before it leaves Liberty Village. The club has been in Liberty Village for 66 years, but it announced last fall that effective April 30, it will be leaving its home at 171 East Liberty St., calling the club, “a casualty of Toronto’s development drive”.

Founded in 1938, and having moved to its current location in 1946, the Model Railroad Club of Toronto has been continuously building and maintaining the O scale Central Ontario Railway. The model railway, the product of decades of work, is the largest and most famous permanent model railroad layout in Canada. The club will open its doors to the public for its

annual holiday show Dec. 29 and 30 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $6 for children. The club’s final show in Liberty Village will be in February. Proceeds from the shows will go toward the costs of rebuilding in a new location in May. For details, visit www. modelrailroadclub.com

iberty Village Powers Holiday Lights With Upgraded Electricity Infrastructure Improved streetscapes, traffic flow and increased electricity reliability are a few of the things residents of Liberty Village can look forward to this holiday season. Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited (Toronto Hydro) is currently powering a Metrolinx project there. The work involves relocating and upgrading electricity infrastructure in preparation for the 2015 Pan American Games. A portion of the GO Train service will pass underground, which will also help improve the streetscape. Residents can enjoy these benefits this season as they complete their holiday shopping.

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City sidewalks busy sidewalks – is certainly the case in Liberty Village. From new condo developments to the growing number of shops and restaurants, it’s no surprise that Liberty Village is well known as one of Toronto’s fastest growing neighbourhoods. All of this growth requires a reliable supply of electricity; so, in addition to relocating its infrastructure, Toronto Hydro will upgrade its equipment and install more than 5,000 metres of new cable at the same time. With the area experiencing 143 per cent growth since 2006 , the aging Paper Insulated Lead Covered (PILC) cables currently being used cannot support the growing electricity demands of the neighbourhood. With age and increasing electricity load, the lead cables can leak, compromising the electrical strength of the cable. Damaged cable may result in power outages. To keep those strings of street lights, even stop lights, blinking a bright red and green - electricity upgrades are needed. These upgrades will help increase capacity to meet the growing demand for power caused by continued development. In the downtown core, most of the underground network is comprised of deteriorating PILC cable. It was the first type of underground cable installed in the city and 1,305,000 metres of PILC cable remains in the system. Toronto Hydro’s latest rate application includes 17 jobs to replace/repair deteriorating PILC cable. Toronto Hydro’s work on this project is expected to be complete by the end of 2012.

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