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New development, an increase in housing prices and gentrification are just a few reasons why the Roncesvalles-Macdonnell Residents Association (RMRA) executive committee has decided to embark on starting a community-led planning study. “Roncesvalles is clearly in a transition stage as a neighbourhood. It’s becoming a desirable neighbourhood, more people are coming in,” RMRA chair Brian Torry told The Villager. “We’re starting to change from a sleepy single-family

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neighbourhood to a more mixed neighbourhood. But there comes a point when you got to start thinking about it (the study) and we’re there.” Torry and the executive committee are in the early stages of creating this study in order to help give the community a unified voice when it comes to future planning in the neighbourhood. The importance of launching this study has become more prevalent in recent years, according to Torry, who has lived in the Roncesvalles area for about a decade and has seen the changes first hand. >>>CITY, page 6

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Parliament needs to accept the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to overturn the ban on doctor-assisted suicide and promptly begin a Canada-wide discussion about how to implement a new law, a local federal politician said. “This can be an issue people can be quite emotional about,” Parkdale-High Park MP Peggy Nash told The Villager following Canada’s highest court’s decision today to reverse the 21-year-old law. “The government needs to comply with the

decision and take immediate steps to have a national discussion on next steps.” The Supreme Court struck down the Criminal Code provision that was originally put in place more than two decades ago to protect those suffering from “grievous and irremediable medical conditions.” The government has a year to change legislation, said Nash, who admitted she hadn’t read the entire judgement. If Parliament does not create a new law within 12 months, the decision permits physicianassisted suicides, albeit with >>>BAYCREST, page 12

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The 7th annual Totsapalooza festival of picture books, indie bands and D.I.Y. crafts Music and craft time: Below from left, Angela Ebenau, left, and her daughter Brooklyn work at the craft table during the Totsapalooza festival held Saturday at the Revival bar. Children’s author Ashley Spires performs a reading. Tracy Travers and her daughter Allison pose for a costumed photo. Javier Bonifaz-Carlson, 3, works on a craft. Children’s author Dennis Lee autographs his new book, ‘Melvis and Elvis’. Photos/EDUARDO LIMA

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hen it comes to choosing the right play and the right role, TrinityBellwoods area actor Gord Rand goes for the ones that scare him the most. “I look for it,” he admitted. “I ask myself, is this something that frightens me to do on stage? Is this going to reveal something in me I’m not sure if I want to reveal and, if so, why don’t I want to reveal it?” It’s all about artistic growth in his work and Rand has been fortunate enough to be selective. Lately he’s been gravitating toward works he said some people might classify as dark, but he doesn’t see it that way. “I see it as plays that investigate difficult questions about life and behaviour,” explained the Dundas Street West and Ossington Avenue resident. “Sometimes it results in funny plays, sometimes it results in tragic plays.” This February Rand’s fear and

interest in difficult topics led him to Tarragon Theatre’s production of Brandung (Abyss), written and translated by Tarragon’s first international playwright-inresidence Maria Milisavljevic. He snagged the lead role of Vlado, a Serbian immigrant living in Germany who has to face the trauma he’s experienced in the past head-on. The play is a thriller set in Germany about a missing 24-year-old woman, Karla Ritcher. Rand plays her lover Vlado who finds himself wrapped up in the investigation. “My character is a guy who comes to terms with his horrific past through this investigation. People don’t trust him, there’s a lot of racism against Serbians in Germany. He becomes a suspect,” Rand told The Villager. A love triangle also blossoms after Ritcher’s disappearance between Vlado and his girlfriend’s roommate, who also happens to be her sister. “This is a love story, really there’s so much love it’s not quite sure where to go,” Rand said.

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“The play is also about how she and he come to acknowledge their feelings for each other and find themselves in a world they weren’t quite planning for.”

Rand, who graduated from the University of Toronto’s theatre program, pursues acting full-time but was first exposed to theatre at 10 years old and even worked at the Shaw Festival box office as a teen. He said what draws him to the characters he plays is their trauma and how it affects people. That curiosity has led him to a variety of plays in the past 20 years, including the Tarragon’s Wide Awake Hearts; Shaw Festival’s The Philandere; and Mirvish’s The Innocent Eye Test, which won a Dora Award and many more. When he’s not acting, Rand is exploring that human trauma through documentary film as well. “I’m currently making a doc about a close friend who has PTSD, that’s the real life touch stone that I have. He’s a veteran of the Canadian Forces and I’m interested in how that affects one emotionally and how one reacts to real life difficulties and how your perception changes after going through something like

that,” Rand explained. He’s been working on the documentary for more than a year and the hope is to have the film done and ready for film festivals. “This is a movie about a guy who’s fought in wars nobody has talked about for the last 20 years,” he said. “The insane thing about it was seeing my buddy become this guy who he was proud of but at the same time there’s this darkness to him. My heart goes out to him.” But for now his main focus is Abyss, a play that’s been in the works for the past two years. According to Rand it’s been a labour of love and is “a play to get lost in.” “They’ll be entertained and be in for a good story that moves fast and is dark, mysterious and sexy,” Rand said. Abyss runs from Feb. 11 to March 15 at the Tarragon Theatre’s Extraspace, 30 Bridgman Ave.

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Will residents sign blank cheque for Scarborough subway? Predictably, Toronto council didn’t want to trouble itself this week with more questions about the Scarborough subway plan. Councillor Josh Matlow dared them to do otherwise – submitting five fairly uncomfortable administrative inquiries poking holes in council’s plans to hike taxes and build an expensive three-stop subway along a route that had been slated for a fully funded seven-stop light rail line. Questions asked, questions answered, Toronto council decided, voting overwhelmingly to approve a motion from Deputy Mayor Glenn De Baeremaeker to receive the inquiries and not send them along to Mayor John Tory’s Executive Committee. The questions were answered by City Manager Joe Pennachetti as the rules require. Given those answers, one might have thought councillors would be interested in a little more talk. Matlow wondered

david nickle the city about the sunk costs the city will be responsible for paying on the cancellation of the light rail line. Pennachetti said he’d report later, although leaked documents indicate it sits at $75 million. In 2013, they were estimated at $10 million more. What will the new subway cost to run, now? Pennachetti said $30 to $40 million a year for capital maintenance. It’s not known how much it will cost to run; it will depend on the service levels that council approves. How much help the city will get for operating it is an open question. What of SmartTrack and its impact on ridership of the subway? All of that will be factored into further studies emerging as the Scarborough subway environmental assessment unfolds, and the SmartTrack

preliminary work proceeds. And what is that ridership? In 2006, the city estimated 9,500 people per hour. In 2013, the ridership was estimated at 14,000. Pennachetti explained the new results came in a rush based on other variables. In the end, only six councillors thought those questions required more study. De Baeremaeker, with the blessing of Tory, carried the day and the whole matter is shelved. After the vote, De Baeremaeker pointed out that many of the questions Matlow posed had been answered in 2013 when council made the leap from light rail to subway. And he accused Matlow of simply using those questions as a back door to reopen the matter and build light rail rather than subways in Scarborough. Well, of course he is. Matlow opposed the subway for those reasons in 2013, and he’s opposing it again now. Things change.

Among other things, De Baeremaeker is proposing another $150 million for a fourth station on the line. In a scrum after the vote, De Baeremaeker wouldn’t rule out supporting an even longer route, for billions more, if the environmental assessment said it was a good idea. Matlow is not the only one uncomfortable with this. Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong voted against the subway in 2013 and still thinks there are problems. But that’s not the same thing as wanting to reopen the matter. The public wants to get on with things is the mantra; no one wants more debate. There is one more question though: are Torontonians tired enough of debate to sign a blank cheque for a transit plan that’s looking more and more like a bad fit? Guess we’ll find out.

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Former winner of Chopped Canada one of 10 finalists in Young Chef competition LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Just 25 years old, chef Hayden Johnston’s cooking career has already taken him all over the world. Inspired by his father’s home-style cooking growing up in Thunder Bay, Johnston graduated from the Culinary Institute of Canada in Prince Edward Island. He cooked for a summer in Italy before returning to Canada to work in the kitchen at Treadwell Farm to Table Cuisine in Niagara-onthe-Lake followed by a stint cooking on a cruise ship that took him to South America and Antarctica. Currently a chef de cuisine at Richmond Station, at Yonge Street and Richmond Avenue, Johnston was named a semifinalist in the S. Pellegrino Young Chef 2015 competition to find the best young chefs ages 30 and under from around

the world. “It feels good,” said Johnston of the recognition. “It’s fun. I’m happy to be a part of it.” The Dundas Street West and Sorauren Avenue-area resident discovered the competition through an ad on Facebook and filled out an application online in early December. Twenty regions representing the brand’s key markets, which include Canada, participated in the global talent search. Canada’s winner was declared Monday, and it was British Columbia chef Paul Moran. He will compete against 19 young chefs from around the world at the Milan Expo 2015 at the end of June. S. Pellegrino received more than 3,000 submissions from young chefs in countries, including China, Serbia, South Korea, New Zealand and Japan. From those submissions,

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ALMA (a leading international educational training centre for Italian cuisine) selected 200 semifinalists. Johnston was one of the 10 Canadian chefs. The competition was open to participants no older than 30 who have at least one year’s experience working as a professional in a restaurant as a chef, sous chef or chef de partie. Leading local chefs Susur Lee, Cory Vitiello and Matty

Matheson mentored and evaluated the semifinalists at Monday’s judging event at Malaparte in Toronto. Applicants were required to submit a recipe for a signature dish to FineDiningLovers.com, the online magazine for food enthusiasts endorsed by S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna. Johnston’s was Duo of Duck – Salt Baked Breast and Braised and Glazed Leg. It’s a dish that uses accessible, Canadian ingredients, he told The Villager. “We’re a country of lakes. Duck is a common ingredient. It uses local mushrooms, celery and potatoes,” Johnston said. “It’s an ingredient-focused, technique-driven dish.” Semifinalists were chosen according to the competition’s five ‘golden rules’ – ingredients, skills, genius, beauty and message.

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“It was a very hard task to select just so few finalists from so many interesting proposals,” said Andrea Sinigaglia, ALMA general manager, in a statement. “Having the opportunity to analyze original recipes created by young chefs from all over the world was a thrilling experience, and an incredible demonstration of just how much talent and love for fine food it is possible to find everywhere in the globe.” Competition is nothing new for Johnston. He was a winner of the Food Network’s Chopped Canada last year. He took home the show’s $10,000 grand prize. “I went in there with a good game plan. My girlfriend and I watched all of the American episodes,” he said. “I think I was better prepared.”

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New ‘Y’ serving at-risk youth in downtown area Vanauley Street YMCA opened shelter and drop-in centre JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Having just opened its doors, the Vanauley Street YMCA is already serving a huge need for at-risk youth in the downtown area. The new building, located in the Alexandra Park community, opened its shelter component on Jan. 22 and a drop-in centre on Jan. 26. With the mercury dropping this winter, it is also serving as an Extreme Cold Weather centre specifically for youth aged 16 to 24. The 40-bed shelter, in particular, takes the needs of youth into account more than the former Y shelter in the area, at 485 Queen St., did. “We have double-occupancy rooms and a couple of single-occupancy rooms, and each room has a pri-

vate washroom,” said YMCA youth outreach and intervention general manager Louise Smith. “A high number of homeless youth – about one in five – is a member of the LGBTQ population, and the added washrooms give added privacy to members of the trans community.” She added the private rooms are also beneficial to the population the Vanauley Street Y serves. “These are young people 16 to 24, and teenagers and youth often like to go in their rooms and shut the door,” she said. “When residents leave, their doors are locked, and we’ll have overnight staff here on the (residential) floor in case the youth need anything, including just someone to have a conversation with.” Each room comes

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The Vanauley Street YMCA offers drop-in services and is serving as an extreme cold weather centre for homeless youth.

equipped with a care package full of essentials such as soap, shampoo and socks. The building boasts two separate entrances – one for

shelter residents and one for drop-in centre users. The drop-in offers a variety of supports and social opportunities. Overall, the

Vanauley Street YMCA offers mental health support, substance abuse programming, employment assistance, counselling, medical ser-

vices and legal services. It is completely barrier-free, ensuring those with mobility issues can make full use of it. There are also laundry facilities on-site. Importantly, the new building is brightly-coloured on the outside and professional-looking on the inside. For 21-year-old Prince, the new shelter is a massive improvement over the old YMCA shelter in the area. “It’s wonderful, clean and everything’s new,” he said. “I like that I have my own room and have that privacy.” Prince has made use of several of the Y’s programs, and found employment thanks to the organization’s support. “They definitely have really good services and everyone’s engaged,” he said. “They have a lot of activities for their clients to do.”

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Stick to it Parkdale vs. Bloor C o l l e g i at e : To p , B l o o r Collegiate goalie Sean Rowe watches the puck pass in front of him after Parkdale CI’s Kenneth Ing (black shirt) scores, during boys tier two hockey on Friday at George Bell Arena. Left, Bloor CI’s Elias Hess -Childs (yellow) pushes Parkdale CI Zack Vienbacher to stop him making a shot. Parkdale won 7-1. Staff photos/IAN KELSO

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