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Just bring the unwanted pairs of gently used or new shoes to The Melody Bar at the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Sunday, Jan. 24 from 7 to 11 p.m.

There will be live music and a raffle featuring prizes from local businesses.

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hilary caton hcaton@insidetoronto.com “Monstrous. Disastrous. Out of character.”

Roncesvalles residents did not hold back their distaste for the redevelopment of the former two-storey funeral home at 422-436 Roncesvalles Ave. and 76 Howard Park Ave. during a community consultation on Tuesday hosted by the City of Toronto’s planning division.

“It overwhelms the rest of the buildings (around it),” said local resident Harry Cornelius, who attended the meeting.

“The church right beside it is three storeys and the surrounding buildings are all very, very low with a village feel. This building provides a very different feel and it just doesn’t fit this area at all.”

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Parkdale faith groups team up to help Syrian refugee family HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com A reverend, an assistant Islamic prayer leader and a rabbi walk into a restaurant. It sounds like the opening line of a classic joke only this time it isn’t. It’s the beginnings of an inter-faith fundraiser that’s kicked off to help sponsor a Syrian refugee

family right here in Parkdale.

“It’s a sign to everyone that we’re capable of working together and enjoying the fact that we do,” Reverend Gary van der Meer of St. Anne’s Anglican Church on Gladstone Avenue, said.

It was his idea to gather the three at a breakfast spot in the >>>COMBINED, page 7

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at the park: A man and his dog play fetch in Trinity Bellwoods Park, under the far-off CN Tower, this past week.

Come be the belle of the ball at Fort York.

The Queen Charlotte’s Birthday Ball is a recreation of a significant moment in Toronto’s history, specifically a Ball offered

by Officers’ of the Garrison at York (Fort York) held in Toronto on Jan. 23, 1817. This costume ball will recreate an early 19th century social gathering on Jan. 23 from 2 to 10:30 p.m.

Call 416-392-7484 to register.

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Italian, Canadian soccer greats to go head to head in friendly match at Ricoh Coliseum FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Former Italian and Canadian professional soccer greats are set to go head to head – or feet to feet – in what’s being billed as an Italian cultural event through song and sport.

The Italian Football Heroes (IFH) match will be held at Ricoh Coliseum at Exhibition Place Saturday, March 5 and will see Italy vs. Canada in a seven on seven, three-period match.

The Canadian All-Stars team will be led by Paul Stalteri, while organizers are aiming to secure Alessandro Del Piero as the big name draw.

Del Piero, who has represented the Italian national team at three FIFA World Cups, four UEFA European Football Championships and played 19 seasons for Juventus FC, was set to participate, but recent reports stating he’s up for the role of Real Mallorca sporting director might put the kibosh on his IFH appearance, organizers said Friday, Jan. 8 at Toronto Azzurri Youth Sports Village, which will receive a portion of proceeds from the soccer

event.

The Keele Street and Steeles Avenue Toronto Azzurri Youth Sports Village is a non-profit organization offering sports and character building programs to underprivileged and at-risk youth in the Jane Street and Finch Avenue corridor.

Along with the soccer match, the event will also feature entertainment

by Italian singer Pupo, audience games and a meet-and-greet with players.

The game will be played on artificial turf with three periods of 20 minutes each, with hockey-like substitutions.

Entertainment and games will be held in between periods.

Tony Cipriani, office manager of the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario and a founder of Toronto Azzurri Youth Sports Village, said the IFH game is strictly for entertainment.

“Hopefully there will be future happenings,” he said. “This is a brand new concept.”

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Former professional soccer player Alessandro Del Piero may appear at the Italian Football Heroes soccer game at Ricoh Coliseum in March, that will benefit the Toronto Azzurri Youth Sports Village.

Italian Heroes Team:

Canadian National All-Star Team:

* Angelo Peruzzi: former goalkeeper, Roma, current assistant coach, Sampdoria. * Ciro Ferrara: former Italian national deputy head coach. * Max Tonetto: winner, Coppa Italia, 2007, 2009, and Supercoppa Italiana, 2007. * Dino Baggio: 1994 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Cup 1992-93, 1994-95, 1998-99, Coppa Italia 1998-99, Supercoppa Italiana 1999. * Simone Perrotta: 2006 World Cup winner. * Angelo Di Livio: Italian National Team 1995-2002. * Bernardo Corradi: Italian National Team 2003-2004 * Toto Schillaci: 1990 World Cup bronze medallist. * Luigi Di Biagio: Italian National Team 1998-2002. * Giuseppe Favalli: one Italian championship, one UEFA Cup. * Head coach: Renzo Ulivieri: current chairman of the Italian Football Managers Association.

* Paul Stalteri: Canadian National Team 1997-2010. * Jim Brennan: Canadian National Team 1999-2008, former Toronto FC manager (first assistant). * Marco Reda: Canadian National Team 2005-2008. * Joe Mattachionne: 2006 Toronto Lynx assistant coach. * Rob Aristodemo: Canadian National Team 1997-2000. * Chris Pozniak: Canadian National Team 2002-2009. * Jason Bent: Toronto FC assistant coach 2011-2014. * Rick Titus: Toronto Lynx assistant coach, 20072008. * Ali Gerba: Canadian National Team 2005-2011.

Queen Victoria students hit the ice with skating program

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HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com During the month of January, students at Queen Victoria Public School get to leave their books behind, throw on some skates and hit the ice thanks to the school’s skating program.

Nearly 700 students from grades 1 to 8 will have the opportunity to skate at one of the four outdoor rinks in the west end.

The program has been around for more than 15 years and has a collection of more than 500 skates and helmets.

Students were fitted in December in the school’s Skate Room in preparation for this highly anticipated activity.

Students have the chance to lace up their skates three times a week during the morning or afternoon for two hours of skating with their teachers and local volunteers.

“It’s just a really neat community activity,” said Martha McGloin, a Grade 8 teacher at Queen Victoria, who has been leading the charge on the program for the past 10

I would say about 95 per cent of the students at this school have never had skates before.

– Gary Donald, volunteer

up their skates and provide moral support on the ice.

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Queen Victoria Public School students receive skating lessons thanks to the school’s skating program. Here, volunteer Graham Lute helps Grade 2 student Angus lace up his skates.

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“The kids love it.”

Tuesday, Jan. 12 marks the first of three trips in a week to High Park and Dufferin Grove skating

rinks, with various trips to WallaceEmerson and Rennie Park for the rest of the month.

Older students are encouraged to help the younger students lace

For many students, McGloin said, this is their first introduction to skating.

“So many of our students are new to Canada or certainly their families are new to Canada,” she said.

“We’re just helping orient them on what activities you can do in the winter.”

Gary Donald, one of the volunteers who joined last year, agreed.

“I would say about 95 per cent of the students at this school have never had skates before. They either can’t afford it or simply haven’t been exposed to it.”

Donald heard about the program through his daughter who attends Queen Victoria. He said he was so impressed that he helped get the Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund on board to help with donations.

They have given more than 200 new helmets to date.

Although students don’t get skates or helmets, they are encouraged to continue upgrading their skills on the ice at Dufferin Grove or Wallace-Emmerson Community Centre as they provide rental skates for a small fee, McGloin said.

“Once they’re introduced to skating with us and once they’ve gotten over the fear of skating they’re encouraged to go there and get skates and keep going,” she said.

The process of putting this altogether does take an army and a lot of planning, but McGloin said they’ve been doing it for so long it’s become “a well-oiled machine.”

“The feedback I always get is worth it,” she said. “The kids just love it.”

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ome mid-January, the post-holiday blues are in full effect as many have returned to their regular work schedule and the kids are back in school after time off.

The festivities enjoyed just a couple weeks prior are nothing but a distant memory with the focus solely on surviving the winter that is now fully upon us.

But what shouldn’t be so easily forgotten is all the goodwill Torontonians have shown throughout the Christmas season and the start of the new year.

Charitable organizations as well as individuals who have requested for donations to be given to numerous worthy causes found their pleas answered.

The numbers don’t lie.

The North York Harvest Food Bank recently announced that it has hit its Winter Food Drive goal having raised $270,000 and 250,000 pounds of food.

That’s enough to provide our view 750,000 meals to children and families in northern Toronto.

Help those The De Sario family, who live near Keele Street and Sheppard who help Avenue, just tallied how much they raised with their annual others Christmas lights display consisting of 50,000 LED lights.

Passersby opened their wallets during the month of December and the first week of January to the tune of nearly $16,000 for The Hospital for Sick Children.

Across the city, residents and non-profit organizations also gave whatever the Syrian refugees who arrived in Canada this winter needed as they began to settle into their new adopted country.

Embrace the challenge

The easy thing to do now is to feel good about what’s been achieved collectively and not think about doing anything charitable until the next holiday season.

Instead, embrace the challenge to financially give if you’re able to do so. Or donate your time or any goods to groups that might need to help the disadvantaged in your community.

For example, Soles 4 Souls Canada, https://soles4souls.org/canada/, is hosting a shoe fundraiser, accepting unwanted pairs of gently used or new shoes to give to those in need.

Extend the spirit of giving and the warm feeling it brings throughout the rest of this cold winter.

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Mayor John Tory can take a lesson from Rob Ford on avoiding City of Toronto strikes Rob Ford caused his supporters a lot of grief over his term in the mayor’s office, but no one who voted for him had cause to complain about his mayoralty’s handling of labour relations.

Unlike his two predecessors, Ford got through his tenure with just one strike: a short one, of library workers. Council under Ford’s leadership went so far as to end the possibility of work stoppage at the Toronto Transit Commission, convincing the province to turn the TTC into an essential service. And through it all: no garbage strike, no inside workers’ strike, nothing to trouble Torontonians’ summer holidays an iota.

All other things being equal, this alone might have guaranteed the Ford family a key to the mayor’s office as long as they wanted. It was, after all, the discontent with the 40-day garbage strike presided

david nickle the city over by former mayor David Miller in 2009, that helped buoy Ford from his council seat to the mayoralty in 2010. The lesson – that job security for mayors and job security for garbage collectors can’t really coexist – was well-learned.

It seems as though this too is the one positive lesson Mayor John Tory has taken from Ford. Because right before Christmas, just as Ford and his deputy mayor Doug Holyday did in their day, the new team asked for a labour conciliator just weeks after negotiations between the city and its outside workers began.

This was a very effective strategy the last time the city used it. The conciliation process accelerates the timeline toward a possible

strike or lockout situation, making it impossible for the negotiators at CUPE Local 416 to time their work stoppage for the warm, potentially stinky, days of summer. That happens, and the city negotiators are under pressure from an increasingly exasperated public to settle. And politicians need to look no further than 2009 to understand the political cost of holding ground, as Miller and company did.

Would matters be any easier watching garbage pile up in parks and parking lots in a mucky, rainy March? It’s likely we’ll never find out. With half the city’s garbage collection contracted out, there is a serious disincentive for outside workers to walk off the job when first, it’s damp, and second, nobody notices.

That is likely why the city’s other major union, CUPE Local 79, held its

strike vote over the weekend. Toronto negotiators have so far not requested conciliation with its inside workers. And while they may have yet done so, as matters stood it would be easy to see a circumstance where both unions are negotiating contracts months apart from one another – so any labour disruption would only come from one element of city services and not both.

But these are defensive maneuvers for unions that are in a losing battle with their employer. If Tory and council somehow find themselves facing a strike or ordering a lockout, Ford’s reliable if often off-base criticisms of his successor will finally have some real bite.

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UberPool returns to Toronto this week

METROLINX HOLDS DAVENPORT MEETING Metrolinx will hold a public meeting in Davenport to discuss its planning study for an overpass to separate local rail traffic.

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The meeting is 6:30 p.m.

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Waterfront Toronto will provide an update on plans to renovate the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal.

A new vision for the ferry terminal and surrounding Harbour Square Park was the focus of an international design competition held in 2015, won by a partnership made up of local architectural firms KPMB and Greenberg Consultants, and West 8 from the Netherlands.

The winning proposal

entails a terminal roof made of wood and topped by parkland – a far cry from the current concrete structure.

Waterfront Toronto will reveal an update of the winning design at a Jan. 26 meeting at the Brigantine Room in Harbourfront Centre starting at 6:30 p.m.

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TTCriders will take their message of better transit funding directly to the transit commission’s customers during a public event this week.

On Friday, members of the transit advocacy group will take to Bathurst station between 1 and 3 p.m. to lobby riders about the TTC’s cash flow woes.

This month, the TTC increased cash and token fares, and the group said it is fed up with what it sees as a lack of government support.

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Uber Canada will resume its carpooling service in Toronto this week, the company has confirmed.

UberPool was launched on a trial basis during last year’s Pan Am Games. Over the two-week period in July, fares could be split between two riders headed in the same direction. And with costs to the user ending up 30 per cent cheaper than UberX – Uber’s controversial private taxi service – it was only a matter of time before the carpool option became permanent.

UberPool will be available in wide swathes of the city, although suburban areas are largely excluded. Only two riders per ride can take advantage of the fare-splitting option.

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Aviva Canada announces plan to sell insurance to UberX drivers MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com UberX drivers in Toronto, criticized for not having proper insurance coverage for passengers, may soon be able to get some.

Aviva Canada says it will be the first company in the country to sell supplementary insurance to its drivers who ride-share for the money.

“Ride-shar ing is not going away,” Glenn Cooper, a spokesperson for Aviva Canada, said. “Consumer demand drives this, just like anything else.”

UberX dr ivers aren’t licensed by the city, but use an app to turn their cars into a rolling business.

With an estimated 16,000 operating in Greater Toronto, Cooper said, “we knew there was a gap in coverage.”

Last fall, Aviva Canada cancelled some policies for UberX drivers in Ottawa after their commercial use was revealed because driving for Uber “is still considered commercial

use and is unacceptable for personal vehicles.”

Aviva’s position now is that most UberX drivers are ridesharing part time, and their add-on coverage, which the company said it hopes to offer starting next month, isn’t a commercial policy but covers driving done on a commercial basis.

Coverage is capped at 20 hours a week – drivers will be asked if they plan to drive zero to 10, or 11 to 20 hours with Uber – and could cost as little as $500 per year, Cooper said.

Licensed taxis in Toronto are required to have commercial insurance. The city, after trying unsuccessfully in court to shut down Uber within its jurisdiction, is working on new regulations to cover both taxicabs and ride-sharing drivers.

Cooper said Aviva is not taking sides, but hoping this will help municipalities make decisions on how to deal with ride-sharing services.

“If ride-sharing is out-

lawed, then we would adjust accordingly,” he said.

Uber has said its drivers are covered by a $5-million insurance policy, but members of the taxi industry and politicians have questioned whether this covers passengers or meets Ontario regulations.

Asked whether Uber Canada would recommend such supplementary insurance to its drivers, Susie Heath, a spokesperson, said Uber hasn’t seen details of the new Aviva policy.

“We remain committed to working with insurance companies and regulators across Canadian jurisdictions to quickly offer viable insurance products that embrace ride-sharing,” Health said.

Scarborough-Agincourt Councillor Jim Karygiannis, a critic of Uber and vice-chair of Toronto council’s Licensing Committee, said such a policy still needs approval from Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa and Transport Minister Steven Del Duca.

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Toronto Field Naturalists hosts a walk in High Park about birds

>>>from page 1 proposal. Roughly 80 residents and the local councillor for Parkdale-High Park, Gord Perks, gathered in the auditorium of St. Casmir’s Church to provide condo developer Craig Hunter & Associates a collective “no” with regards to the proposal.

Residents had a litany of concerns for this proposal, citing the potential lack of street parking it will cause if built, height impacts, noise, the reduced privacy for the neighbours on Hewitt Avenue and Howard Park in backyards and the overall esthetics of the building.

A few residents also voiced their discontent for the recent demolition of the building, which has caused houses to shake as early as 7 a.m. this week.

The proposal that has been filed with the city suggests building an eightstorey condo on Roncesvalles Avenue with 93 residential units (49 one-bedroom, 44

The Toronto Field Naturalists group hosts a walk in High Park about birds Thursday, Jan. 21.

Participants are asked the to meet at Bloor Street West entrance at 10 a.m.

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two-bedroom) with an additional six townhouse units on Howard Park Avenue. The development will have a twolevel, below-grade parking lot with 77 residential parking spaces, six visitor parking spots and 99 bike parking spaces.

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It’s too tall for a street of this width. The townhouses, the way they’re configured is a very serious problem.

– Councillor Gord Perks

Both buildings exceed the maximum permitted building height. The building on Roncesvalles max height is 13 metres.

It’s requesting 29.5m with mechanical penthouse, while the area of Howard Park has a maximum height of 10m and the proposed townhomes are

15.28m.

This is one of the major concerns the city and Perks have with the development.

“What they’re proposing has several problems,” Perks told The Villager.

“It’s too tall for a street of this width. The townhouses, the way they’re configured is a very serious problem. It needs better treatment.”

Perks added because Roncesvalles is a designated character area this proposal just isn’t good enough.

“It’s one thing to bend the rules if you have a strangely configured site on an area that is a regular main street,” he said.

“But if you got an area that’s designated as a character area in the city of Toronto, you not only have to meet the rules, you have to do better.”

This is the second meeting the developer has had with the community. Its first informal public consultation

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was held in April 2015. The proposal is very similar to the original with only 12 less units. But the height hasn’t changed to the dismay of the residents in attendance.

“We’re open to a range of things and the height will be one of those,” said Craig Hunter, the president of Craig Hunter & Associates.

“Getting people’s perspective is always helpful. It’s not always what you want to hear.”

A handful of residents mentioned if the development was five-and-a-half storeys tall they would be more inclined to support it.

Agreeing to eight storeys will set a dangerous precedent for future development that Cornelius believes is inevitable for Roncesvalles, which is fairly undeveloped.

“It will have a domino effect – absolutely,” he said.

“It’s monstrous in size. It’s over-ambitious. It’s out of character and it sets a terrible, terrible precedent.”

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Children can travel back in time and explore life at Colborne Lodge almost 200 years ago as part of a Time Traveller PA Day Camp at the lodge Friday, Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Campers, ages seven to 10, will explore the historic

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The lodge is at 11 Colborne Lodge Dr. in High Park. Preregistration is required. Call 416-392-6916 for details and to register. to win movie tickets, $100 gift card wenter

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Combined fundraising goal increased to $80,000 >>>from page 1 neighbourhood to discuss what the three communities could come together to do to strengthen their ties and the topic of Syrian refugees came up, he said.

“I was really excited and heart-warmed that Gary came forward with that request,” said Ilyas Ally, the assistant prayer leader, also known as an assistant imam with The Islamic Information & Da’wah Centre on Bloor Street West.

“As a mosque community we thought it was very important to also do something. So when Gary came forward we

thought it was an opportunity we had to jump on. It pushed us (the Muslim community) to work harder and strengthen our neighbourhood ties, which is something both Gary and I are passionate about.”

Although the rabbi’s synagogue, City Shul, was already underway with its own fundraising and chose to bow out of this particular joint venture, van der Meer told The Villager they provided the church with its first gift to jumpstart their efforts.

“We’re in a different era.

We’re in an era where we don’t want to be closed down in

little boxes that proclaim we’re the only right way. We don’t believe that anymore.” fundraising kick-off The official fundraising kick-off happened at St. Anne’s Christmas concert last month, where the announcement of a friendly competition was made with Ally at van de Meer’s side. The pair got to know each other’s communities for about a year-anda-half and chose to solidify their bond even further by sponsoring a Syrian refugee family together.

By coming together Ally hopes to show communities what great things can happen when people, no matter what their faith, come together for a good cause.

Originally the combined fundraising goal was $40,000, but since then Ally told The Villager that two more nearby churches have joined in on the competition – the Redeemer Lutheran Church in High Park and the Church of the Epiphany and St. Mark in Parkdale. These latest additions have boosted their fundraising ambitions to $80,000

by April.

“We feel that we can raise that money,” Ally said. “We’re already half way there.”

The competition so far has been nothing short of friendly, van der Meer said. He’s also thrilled that more churches are interested in joining in on the cause.

By having a mosque involved in the sponsorship process, van der Meer said it will provide refugees with a few less hurdles such as language barriers and cultural familiarization.

The churches and mosque will help provide housing, income and lifestyle support,

he said, while the church, specifically, hopes to offer emotional support for those settling in Toronto.

“People have left behind their whole world, their family, things they care about and maybe they left because things are violent and horrible, so they have to deal with this grief about what they’ve lost,” he said.

“People don’t get over that right away. This may not have been the world they wanted to replace it with, but they have no choice. I’m sure we’ll discover there’s a lot we need to do that isn’t about money.”

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Wonderful Family Neighborhood! Directly Across From Park. Detached 3 Bdrm Fernbrook Home On 54 x 120 Lot. Open Concept Living/Dining Room With Dark Laminate Flrs. Updated Kitchen with Walkout To Fully Fenced Backyard. Private Double Drive, Walking Distance To Schools/Shopping, Amazing Opportunity To Own! Must Be Seen! Only $485,900!!

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