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Dufferin BRAVING THE COLD pedestrian bridge open Saturday Weather permitting, pedestrian access across the Dufferin Street Bridge should be open on Saturday, according to the city’s Engineering and Construction Services.

The Dufferin Bridge, which runs over the Metrolinx/GO Transit Rail Corridor in South Parkdale, was closed in June, 2013 after it was deemed unsafe.

The historic 100-year-old bridge was slated for reconstruction in 2016, but the city is erecting temporary bridges to carry traffic and pedestrians until the city can complete environmental assessments and draw up plans for the fully reconstructed bridges.

Demolition of the bridge took place on the weekend of Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2013.

The city and its contractors are working to install three temporary bridges to accommodate traffic movement until a permanent bridge can be built.

The city had planned to open a temporary pedestrian and cyclist bridge immediately following the demolition, but the installation was delayed as a result of complications to construction work taking place at the site.

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WINTERY WEATHER: Two people walk through the snow Tuesday past St. John’s Parish Polish National Catholic Church on Cowan Avenue. The city had to contend with bone-chilling weather until yesterday that saw wind chills dip below -41 C. The weekend will see temperatures climb to a comparitively balmy 3 C and 4 C.

Ultra marathoner’s book up for award ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com “Once you have run 100 miles in a day nothing seems impossible,” said David Carroll, who knows first hand of what he speaks. He has completed half a dozen of the epic and gruel-

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We all have a 100-mile race out there in the world waiting for us to discover it.

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asks province to wAtCity work together its December meeting, Toronto City Council agreed to ask the province of Ontario to enter into a formal cooperative venture with the city to jointly plan and revitalize Ontario Place, owned by the province, and Exhibition Place, owned by the city.

The city considers a formal co-operative venture is the best way to plan for the adjacent properties and to address key issues, such as infrastructure, transportation and heritage.

The motion, which was passed, calls on the process to be modelled on best practices for waterfront planning, with community consultation.

Plans for Ontario Place to be discussed A conceptual design for a future park and trail at Ontario Place will be presented to the public for feedback at a meeting Jan. 22 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St. The province shut down Ontario Place in 2012 in order to revitalize the public lands.

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new urban park and waterfront trail, located along a portion of the east island.

Ontarians are asked to get involved and help shape the vision for the park and trail.

Visit http://bit.ly/1faN30O the Exhibition Place strategic plan wReview

The Exhibition Place board of governors is encouraging the public to review and make comment on its draft strategic plan for 2014 to 2016.

The plan lays out the broad strokes for planning, specific initiatives and priorities for Exhibition Place, which is owned by the City of Toronto.

To download the 2014-2016 Strategic Plan and Comment Form, visit www.explace.on.ca/ about_us/plans_and_reports. php Provide comments and suggestions online or by email to Debbie Sanderson at dsanderson@explace.on.ca by Wednesday, Jan. 15.

York celebrates Queen Charlotte wFort

The annual Queen Charlotte’s Birthday Ball at Historic Fort York, 100 Garrison Rd., takes place Jan. 18 from 1 to 10:30

p.m. There will be afternoon dance workshops, elegant Georgian-inspired buffet supper and evening ball with live musicians.

There will also be a presentation by Wayne Reeves, chief curator City o f To r o n t o Museums and Heritage Services. People are encouraged to come in costume.

Admission for the day is $88.50 plus tax.

Call 416-392-6907, ext. 221 to register.

Next community police meeting Jan. 21 at 14 wDivision The Community Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) for Toronto Police Service’s 14 Division will hold its monthly meeting Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at 14 Division Headquarters, 350 Dovercourt Rd. These open meetings are attended by residents, community groups, representatives from resident associations and business improvement areas

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Residents who got a parking ticket while their driveways were blocked or ice covered after the recent storm can plead their case to the City of Toronto.

Overnight street parking is banned in many parts of the city, and requires a permit in others.

On Monday, Dec. 30, the city advised people to request cancellation of a ticket by describing the special circumstances in an application to dispute the fine at http://bitly.com/1ggfwPJ Completed application forms can be sent by email to parkingmeters@toronto.ca or faxed to 416-696-3652. Parking tickets can also be disputed at local civic centres.

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MPP DiNovo says doling out of grocery cards ‘worse than useless’

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mIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com A member of Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government apologized Tuesday, Jan. 7, to everyone in Toronto who had to stand in line to receive a gift card for groceries after the ice storm.

“It should not have happened, especially at the end, when there were no cards left,” Ontario Community Safety Minister Madeleine Meilleur said in an interview.

But Meilleur, whose ministry was responsible for distributing the cards to the city’s Ontario Works offices, said she does not regret the program, “because we were able to help 8,500 families.”

Opposition MPPs in Toronto, however, called the gift card distribution a hastily-thought-out scheme done more for Premier Wynne’s benefit than for the people who spent hours in lines last week and often were turned away empty-handed.

That result was “worse than useless” because it left so many frustrated, said Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo, adding the program, by tapping into a “huge and ongoing” need for food in Toronto revealed the Liberal government doesn’t understand the extent of poverty in the city.

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People seeking grocery store gift cards being distributed by Ontario Works in the wake of the recent ice storm crowded the building lobby at 325 Milner Ave. in Scarborough last Thursday morning.

she appreciates the people and companies who contributed funds for cards, but many who arrived at the 15 city offices were turned away and large numbers of the neediest, including seniors, could not have stood in lines anyway.

“It’s a pretty cynical kind of electioneering” for the Wynne government, considering a provincial election is expected this year, DiNovo added.

Doug Holyday, the city’s only Progressive Conservative MPP, said the idea for the program apparently came from the grocery chains and

was a good one, but the distribution was done poorly.

“They did it so quickly they botched the program,” recalling how cameras had captured Wynne delivering food baskets to Toronto homes.

“When the (gift card) distribution fell apart, you haven’t seen her since.”

Holyday charged the Wynne government was only continuing the distribution outside the city because it had been criticized for concentrating on Toronto, but added without a better plan it probably should

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have stayed away from distributing cards entirely.

“There are some needy people who could really have used (money for food) and who probably aren’t getting it,” the Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP said in an interview Friday.

Meilleur acknowledged problems with the Toronto distribution, including not having all the gift cards ready when they were needed.

“We were not expecting to have such an interest,” she said. “Actually, we got four times what we were expecting.”

The program, which between its donors and matching provincial funds gave out more than $842,000 worth of cards over three days, was a first: even people in areas devastated by the 1998 ice storm in Eastern Ontario didn’t have anything like it, said Meilleur, an Ottawa MPP. The government learned from its mistakes before continuing the program this week outside Toronto, where some people will be able to phone or register online to have a card mailed to them instead of

visiting an office.

“We adjust the situation, we correct the situation for the next time,” Meilleur said.

At first, the government merely said the program was for people “in need” and only later, after distribution points were overwhelmed on the first day, made clear the cards were not for everyone who lost power “and should be reserved for those facing the most need.”

Meilleur said it’s regrettable if some residents abused the program, but thinks it was just a few.

“We trust the honesty of the people. We trust that those came forward really needed” this help, Meilleur said.

Staff at the Toronto offices checked residents’ addresses to see their electricity was off more than 48 hours, but there was no test used to prove they had low incomes.

The program’s priority, the minister said, was to meet an immediate need for food, and asking for more evidence would have further delayed distribution.

She also said the amount of support from grocery chains, unions, and members of the public who paid for the cards also surprised the government, and she was touched by their generosity.

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Visually impaired runners with Achilles Running Club hit High Park LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com John Tomasino first learned of the Achilles Running Club through a friend.

The self-described novice runner, whose vision is impaired, relies on a running guide to make his way around High Park.

He is one of as many as eight people who meet every Saturday morning at the Black Oak Cafe as part of the High Park chapter of the Achilles Running Club.

The club, affiliated with Achilles Canada, provides support, training and technical expertise to runners of all fitness levels.

Tomasino is tethered to a guide, who describes the park’s terrain and alerts him to any obstacles he must maneuver around.

“They’re your eyes in the park,” said Tomasino of the guides, as he sat down for a post-run tea at the Grenadier Cafe in High Park, Saturday, Jan. 4.

“It’s all about communication.

The guides are fabulous.”

Tomasino prefers to hold onto his guide usually by the elbow.

“I prefer physical contact,” he said.

The local branch of the 15-yearold Achilles Canada was initiated in June by avid runner Nora Ceh. There is one other chapter in Toronto in the Beach. Anyone with any type of disability is welcome to participate.

So far those who have joined the High Park chapter are visually impaired.

Sandra Derencinovic, who lost most of her sight due to a genetic disorder, discovered the Achilles Club through its St. Patrick’s Day 5km Run/Walk through downtown Toronto followed by a hot bowl of Irish chili.

“It’s fun,” said Derencinovic, who usually runs with the club in the Beach.

“You get to visit with people you wouldn’t otherwise meet.”

Ceh was inspired to launch a local chapter of The Achilles Club, a non-profit, which provides people with various disabilities an oppor-

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A group from the High Park chapter of the Achilles Running Club meet each Saturday in High Park. The group helps people with disabilities, specifically those who are visually impaired, participate in running.

tunity to receive the physical, psychological, and communal benefits of running, after witnessing runners with bibs saying ‘guide runners’ and ‘blind runners’ on a race course in Paris.

After that event, she would see the same occasionally at races in Canada.

She then approached Brian McLean, president of Achilles Canada, about starting the High

Park chapter.

“I just kind of wore him down,” said Ceh with a chuckle.

Ceh’s friend and fellow runner, Kathy Nicholaichuk, is a guide with the High Park chapter. She ran with Ceh in the Paris race.

Since the High Park chapter was created, Nicholaichuk is helping one participant train for a halfmarathon.

Volunteers are always needed and sponsorship is greatly appreciated.

Achilles welcomes people with all disabilities, including visual, cerebral palsy, paraplegia, arthritis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, amputation, cystic fibrosis, or those who suffer from stroke, cancer, traumatic head injury, and many others.

The local branch of Achilles Canada meets every Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at the Black Oak Cafe in High Park – weather permitting.

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he heat is on. The race to the Oct. 27 municipal election is going to be complex, and hit residents where they live – in their wards.

The high-profile race always focuses on who will become the mayor of the City of Toronto. With former councillor and David Miller-era budget chief David Soknacki filing his paper Monday, the first big name to challenge Rob Ford for the seat is in.

Let the sound-bites begin!

However, the mayor is just one vote on council. He or she leads an agenda, but the real races – the races that matter most – will be fought in the individual 44 wards across the city.

In 2014, there are many issues that need addressing across the city – and each has its own unique issues, our view ward as well as a shared vision for the city.

Get to know Knowing the people vying to fill your ward’s council seat – councillor their values and platforms – is extremely important. Knowing candidates that they have their own opinions, and will not be on a ‘ mayoral ticket’, following the lead of those who would be mayor.

It is through these 44 councillors decisions impacting your local parks, streetscapes, safety and business concerns are voiced and brought to the bigger council chamber. Also, one councillor can impact the thinking of others – sometimes from clear across the city. Could a councillor in Etobicoke North impact a decision in Scarborough Southwest or Toronto Centre-Rosedale? Certainly.

Residents should meet, find common ground on important issues such as development – the city isn’t getting any smaller, and development and intensification are but two examples of pressures every resident will feel.

Then there are city-wide issues such as transit, where knowing how your candidate sits on the issue is important for both your ward and the economic viability of the city.

The 2014 municipal election is an opportunity for residents across the city to dig deep into their communities, attend all-candidate debates and pose questions that need answering. The glamorous nature of the mayor’s race will take on a life of its own, but it’s the grassroots, nuts and bolts races in each ward that truly deserve the attention of each and every Torontonian.

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Walking a thin line at the hair salon Well, it looks like I’m a tad overdue for a haircut.

Ah, whom I trying to kid?

Truth be told, it’s actually several tads. I should have gone a long time ago.

What can I say? It’s the thinning hair thing. Putting off salon visits kinda goes with the territory.

Of course, thinning is just the politically correct term. Truth is, evaporating is more like it. David Copperfield couldn’t make mine disappear any quicker.

(I mean it. He tried in one of his shows in Vegas. You can look it up on YouTube.)

Which brings me back to the premise of this column.

When you have thinning hair, you avoid getting it cut. Your rationale is simple: why pay a professional to lop off what few measly follicles you have left when they’ll inevitably disappear on their own – for free.

Alas, you have to get it trimmed as regularly as those who are not thinning challenged. You have no choice.

jamie wayne guest column When what little thinning hair you have gets long, it makes you look sloppy, unkempt, absent-minded professor-ish. And if you wait too long to get it shorn, you may spook the neighbour’s dog and face the prospect of having the pup snap your scary picture and put it on his Facebook page to get even.

So you get it done eventually and that’s when things get really embarrassing. You see, when a guy like me with thinning hair slinks into a salon, he can feel all the energy get sucked right out of the room.

Not so when a hunk with a mane like a young Antonio Banderas sashays in through the doors. The moment a Banderas clone arrives, the hairstylists fight over him like it was a 20-girl Battle Royale in Wrestlemania. And then

the lucky winner does the samba to a Gloria Estefan medley while cutting his hair, pausing only occasionally to drool.

Meanwhile, the poor soul who draws the short straw and has to do mine grumbles to herself all the way through, stopping only intermittently to hum Peggy Lee’s Is That All There is.

And that, sadly, is the good news.

The bad news is what happens after she’s done.

She makes a huge production over what my hair looks like from behind. She gives me a gigantic mirror to hold and spins me around and around and around in the chair so I can get more angles of the back of my head than those 50 camera crews give you of the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl.

The only thing missing is slo-mo, instant replay and me getting my head doused with Gatorade.

Hey, my hair looks look great from behind after she’s

done, no question. But it never thins in the back so it always looks pretty good back there.

Besides, where else do you check out the back of your head except in a salon?

The rest of the world sees only the front and it’s the front that’s the problem here and it’s doing what it always does, thinning away like there’s no tomorrow.

It was thinning when I dropped into the salon. It was thinning while it was being shampooed. It was thinning while it was being cut. It was thinning while it was being blow-dried. It was thinning while it was being styled.

And to add insult to injury? All that spinning around in the chair makes it thin twice as fast. I tell ya, I can’t catch a break.

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High Park the launching pad for ultra marathoner >>>from page 1 13 years. He is a writer of radio, comedy and game shows and a passionate runner who has completed many marathons and six 100-mile Ultra marathons.

“It is like a trip to the moon,” said Carroll, who is 47 years old, 5’8 tall and a fit 133 pounds. “You step outside of your ordinary life for 24 hours and you feel so alive.”

Ultra marathons come in different distances: 50 kilometres, 100 kilometres (which Carroll calls a “fun run”), 100 miles (160.9 kilometres) and even longer.

“Generally, the 100 mile race is considered the granddaddy, the real ultra marathon race,” Carroll said.

“For most people it takes between 24 and 30 hours to run, depending on the course.”

Every race is different, but generally there are aid stations every five or 10 miles. Carroll said the stations are manned by volunteers and have food and drink, so runners stop very briefly to fuel up and then continue on.

“I try to keep my stops to 60 to 90 seconds and then I keep going,” Carroll said. “It really has to become a meditation because you are fight-

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Carroll didn’t start running until he turned 30-years-old and ran his first marathon, the Toronto marathon, nearly 10 years ago.

“I ran the marathon and I was feeling good so I thought, ‘I’m going to run home.’’ Carroll said, explaining his home is only about 5 kilometres from the marathon finish line.

“When I got home I thought, ‘I feel pretty good, I’m going to do a loop around High Park,’” Carroll said, adding that is just what he did.

By the end of the day, he had run 52 kilometres. It made him wonder how much more he could push himself. At about the same time Carroll learned about 100 mile marathons.

A hundred miles is the distance from Parkdale to London, Ontario.

“I started training by running around and around High Park,” Carroll said. “And then I discovered the trails in High Park... and that one can actually run on the trails without breaking an ankle.”

Now all the 100 mile marathons Carroll runs are on trails in the wilderness.

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you just run into the darkness,” Carroll said. “Slowly the sun comes up, the sun goes over head, the sun goes down and you are still running.

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down and the sun comes up again and you are still running.”

It was during the early morning hours of one of these races that Carroll conceived the idea for his first novel.

“I was running through the woods at three in the morning. I had run 83 or 84 miles, I had been running for 22 hours,” Carroll explained. “And I had this crazy hallucination. I saw a grand piano tap dancing across the train in front of me and I suddenly thought to myself that what I do is really weird. It is a really strange passion to run for 82 miles and run so hard that you see grand pianos in front of you.”

Carroll said that is when it struck him this would make a really good story.

Carroll has 40 nieces and nephews, some of whom are completely fascinated by what their uncle does.

So when Carroll decided to write about 100 mile racing, he decided he would write it for them.

“It was just going to be a short story, something fun and whimsical,” Carroll said. “And then it turned into this 140 page book.”

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the story of Quinn, a young ultra marathon runner pushed to the breaking point and beyond in this gripping tale of physical endurance and emotional healing.

Carroll self-published the work online and handed it out as Christmas presents to his nieces and nephews.

Everyone loved it, Carroll said, so he decided to see about getting it published. Carroll got an agent, the book sold and now it has been nominated for the Silver Birch Fiction award, under the Forest of Reading program presented by the Ontario Library Association.

The Forest of Reading consists of eight programs, including Silver Birch, for readers aged six and up, and each program has nominated titles chosen by committees of library professionals.

Once the nominated lists are announced, youth read each of the books and in the spring of 2014, readers vote for their favourite nominated title and choose the winners of the Forest of Reading program at the Festival of Trees in May.

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Trinity Bellwoods Community Association WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Trinity Community Centre 155 Crawford St. Meets every two months on the fourth Monday.

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Feet, Don’t Fail Me Now Book Launch WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: The Samuel J. Moore, 1087 Queen St. W. CONTACT: Andrea Damiani, 604-875-1550, ext.

201, publicity@greystonebooks.com Join Ben Kaplan for the launch of his book, Feet, Don’t Fail Me Now: The Rogue’s Guide to Running the Marathon. There will be music, sneaker giveaways and celebrity guests!

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Movie Nights WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen St. W. COST: Free Call 416-393-7686.

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WHERE: The Rhino, 1249 Queen St. W. CONTACT: Sheryl Kirby, www. beerandbuttertarts.ca COST: Free Tasty nibbles, fab beer, plus selected readings from the first issue. Featuring essays, short fiction, poetry, photography and art, Beer and Butter Tarts tells the stories of food in Canada, from coast to coast to coast. This Canadian literary food journal is published twice a year and celebrates the ingredients, the cooks and the places that fill Canada’s plate.

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Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.parkdalevillager.com. Read weeks of listings from your neighbourhood as well as events from across Toronto. the Funky Mamas WHEN: 11 to 11:45 a.m. WHERE: Parkdale library, 1303 Queen St. W. The Funky Mamas, one of Canada’s best loved children’s bands, is four

moms, one banjo, one fiddle, one guitar, a mandolin, a penny whistle, and heaps and heaps of fun. Concert is good for all ages.

Toronto Fashion Incubator presents Guilty Pleasures at The Drake Hotel WHEN: 11 a.m. WHERE: The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416-5315042, COST: $49 Guilty Pleasures is a deliciously sinful one-day fashion and food event that features two floors of fabulous designer apparel and accessories for sale at special prices, informal fashion shows, beauty touch-ups and a

silent auction featuring prizes. One hundred per cent of the silent auction proceeds will benefit community programming offered by the Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI).

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Parkdale public library Parkdale Public Library, 1303 Queen St. W., offers a number of ongoing programs including an Adult Writers’ Group, Toronto Wordsmiths and Peer Tutoring Club. They also have a number of unique events, such as Beatboxing 101 with Eddy Daoriginalone Feb. 12. Call 416-393-7686.

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espite the biting cold, as many as 400 people braved the icy waters of Lake Ontario to take the plunge as part of the ninth annual Polar Bear Dip on Sunnyside Beach in support of Habitat for Humanity on New Year’s Day. The event raised more than $45,000, surpassing the organization’s goal of $40,000.

“It’s really quite amazing what people will do and how far they’ll go,” said Habitat spokesperson Joanna M. Dwyer.

Since the dip’s inception almost a decade ago, it has brought in almost $175,000, every penny of which goes directly to building homes.

“This coming year, we’re trying to break records on home starts. We have a

good amount of build sites in the pipeline,” Dwyer said.

“This funding could not come at a better time.”

Ene Underwood, CEO of Habitat for Humanity, said dippers “are making a bold statement” for the cause of affordable home ownership while helping to making a difference in the lives of “hard-working, low-income families” in Toronto.

The first-time participant of the dip joined other Habitat for Humanity executives on Sunnyside Beach, Wednesday, Jan. 1.

Visit www.torontohabitat.ca for more information or to make a donation.

Photos/RICHARD BARCLAY Left top, Mike Bonneveld, foreground, Keith Jolie and Ian Macleod race out of thechilly Lake Ontario waters as they participate in the Polar Bear Dip held annually at Sunnyside Beach on New Year’s Day. The event, hosted by the Toronto Polar Bear Club, raises money to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Left, a few brave souls take to the icy waters during the event. Above, Scott Bradley chills in the waters as he participates in the Polar Bear Dip.

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Two deaths attributed to H1N1 flu in Toronto: public health By no means is it anywhere close to the pandemic it became fours year ago, however, cases of H1N1 – or swine flu – have surfaced this season in the city, Toronto Public Health (TPH) reports.

Of the 210 confirmed flu cases in Toronto between Sept.

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Six people have died from the flu, two of them from H1N1, TPH confirmed.

Between Dec. 22 and 28, as many as 83 influenza cases were diagnosed, 15 – or 18 per cent – of which were confirmed as the H1N1 strain.

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Toronto’s city-wide tree debris removal started Friday, January 3, 2014 and is expected to take approximately eight weeks, weather permitting.

The City will haul away all tree branches from front yards and roadsides and will include those that have fallen on private property if they are less than 15 cm (six inches) in diameter and have been taken to the curb. Please neatly stack limbs/ branches with butt ends towards the road for City pick-up.

Place wood debris at the front edge of your property as close to the sidewalk or road as possible without blocking either.

City crews will not collect large limbs (more than 15 cm or six inches in diameter) from private trees that have fallen on private property. Property owners should contact a private contractor for this. A City permit is not required to remove damaged or downed trees that are hazardous, however many trees can be saved with proper care and pruning.

For residents that live in the Asian long-horned beetle (ALHB) quarantine area in Etobicoke, City crews and private contractors will dispose of this debris in an appropriate manner. Residents are advised not to take this wood out of the Federal quarantine area. Check toronto.ca/trees for more information.

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Shootings were down in Toronto in 2013 though the number of youths involved in gun crime went up, and the overall number of murders was up.

“And we’ve lost several young people, 15 and 16 years old, this year to gun violence and that’s a very concerning trend,” Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said in a year-end interview with The Villager.

“I’m concerned when young people are making bad choices or are victimized at such an early age and quite frankly I think this is something that deepens our resolve to continue to work in communities, to get into our schools, to reach these young kids so that they might make better choices.”

The city’s overall crime rate dropped 12 per cent from 2012; the number of murders slightly increased (56 in 2013, compared to 54 the previous year) though shooting homicides decreased.

“There is no other city of this size in North America with such a low homicide rate,” Blair said.

However, the chief admits more work needs to be done.

“That gang culture, that culture of getting access to a gun and resolving disputes through extreme violence is something that remains a concern,” he said.

Just two police divisions didn’t have a single homicide in 2013 (as of Dec. 30): midtown’s 53 Division and southeast Scarborough’s 43 Division, which takes in Danzig Street, the scene of a mass shooting in 2012 that killed two and injured two dozen.

The issue of how police deal with the mentally ill was

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put under the spotlight with the July 27 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim on an empty streetcar on Dundas Street and the Dec. 13 nonfatal shooting of an 18-yearold man at the Queen subway station.

“One of the great challenges in policing is that we are called in first response to people who are suffering emotional disturbance,” Blair said. “ We do about 20,000 such calls a year and the overwhelming majority of those are resolved safely and sometimes and tragically they are not resolved safely and then there are quite legitimate questions that the public asks about the police response.”

Following Yatim’s death, Blair asked retired Supreme Court of Canada Justice Frank Iacobucci to lead a review of the Toronto Police Service’s use of force options when dealing with the emotion-

ally disturbed. The review is ongoing.

The constable who shot Yatim was charged with second-degree murder.

Blair said it’s important to learn lessons from “those tragedies and then to apply those lessons to see if we could do it better the next time.”

Blair said the city began 2013 as one of the safest cities in North American and ended the year with a further 12 per cent reduction in crime.

“That’s an accomplishment that the entire city should be proud of. It’s something that we have achieved together and something that we’ll continue to build up,” he said.

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The auto club estimated there were 1,000 calls per hour during Tuesday morning’s frigid temperatures for assistance within the region, including Toronto, by CAA members.

The daily volume of calls in winter averages around 3,000, with the number usually doubling during storm days according to the CAA SCO. transit wThecouncillors’ votes posted city’s largest advocacy group for transit users has posted the voting records of Toronto city council on several key transit funding votes ahead of a forthcoming budget vote.

TTC riders posted the results of votes held between 2011 and 2013, which resulted in service cuts to the TTC and are the reason, according to

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT the group, transit fares were hiked again this year.

“Many councillors might ‘talk the talk,’ but don’t ‘walk the walk,’ states a press release posted on the group’s website. “When it comes to their voting record, many councillors continuously underfund the TTC so that fare hikes, service cuts, overcrowding and longer wait times are necessary.”

This month, council will vote whether to approve a modest hike of annual operating subsidy provided to the TTC. To see the list, visit www. ttcriders.ca Shuffle demon running for mayor The co-writer of an iconic pop song referencing the TTC has announced he is running in the 2014 mayoral election.

Jazz saxophonist Richard Underhill registered his candidacy Jan. 2 for the mayorship and took to Twitter to announce his intention to best Rob Ford in this year’s

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Underhill is a member of the jazz-funk ensemble the Shuffle Demons, best known for their 1980s’ hit ‘Spadina Bus’.

Underhill’s Twitter account @richunderhill describes him as a cyclist and transit fan, and he’s making use of social media to tout his candidacy and take shots at Ford, who has also registered for the race.

Articulated buses on 29 dufferin route TTC spokesperson Brad Ross tweeted recently that articulated buses, which provide approximately 45 per cent more capacity than the regular fleet, will be added to the 29 Dufferin bus route by the end of the month.

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