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n the snowy hills of Banff, Alberta, there are only two Chinese restaurants – neither of which Christina Chong has any intention of visiting any time soon. The East York native will be spending her first ever Chinese New Year away from Toronto. She moved to Banff three months ago for a coveted job at an accounting firm – and so far she doesn’t expect the Chinese atmosphere to be quite as authentic as Toronto’s. The 23-year-old usually spends the holiday listening to her vivacious Uncle Gary order a traditional eight dish meal to their round table , usually at one of many suitable restaurants in the Richmond Hill-Markham area – one of the Toronto area’s five hot spots for Chinese immigrants and exceptional

Ontario Place, which is owned by the province, opened in 1971 and was shut down in February 2012, with the exception of the marina, The Molson Canadian Amphitheatre and Echo Beach, Atlantis Pavilion and the parking lots. Now one of those parking lots, known as the administrative parking lot, will become a new urban waterfront park and a trail, which will allow public >>>PUBLIC, page 12

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Metrolinx and Hydro One Networks Inc. will host joint public open houses to offer residents a chance to learn more about plans to electrify Union Pearson (UP) Express, the train that will run between Union Station and the Toronto Pearson International Airport. At each open house, residents can receive a project update and provide feedback on the preliminary design components, environmental effects and mitigation, next steps and timelines. The UP Express is scheduled

for completion by 2015 and will run diesel trains, however an Environmental Assessment (EA) of electrification’s feasibility for the Union Pearson Express is now underway. Open houses are scheduled for: ◗ Monday, Feb. 3 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Locus 144 Restaurant, 171 East Liberty St., Unit 144; ◗ Monday, Feb. 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Lithuanian House, 1573 Bloor St. W.

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Parkdale youth nominated for Junior Citizen of the Year ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com From tutoring younger students and raising food locally to helping build a school in India, Merve Younussi, 16, has accomplished more in the way of aiding others then many will do in a lifetime. “Apathy means that when you see someone below you, you don’t really care about their situation,” Merve said. “If you see something wrong, you don’t do anything to change that. I guess I just have a passion for wanting to change something for the better.” For all Younussi does locally and globally to affect change, she was nominated for a 2013 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year, a provincewide honour that recognizes outstanding youth six to 17. Younussi was nominated for the award by Marjorie Murphy, her French teacher at Parkdale Collegiate Institute, who described Younussi as having maturity beyond her age, patience, smarts and kindness. Younussi said her commitment to helping others was sparked four years ago when she attended the We Day, an educational forum with inspirational speeches and performances from global leaders, activists,

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Parkdale Villager managing editor Antoine Tedesco, left, and TD Bank’s Parkdale branch manager Cheng Wang present Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year nominee Merve Younussi with her certificate last Thursday.

cultural icons and entertainers in Toronto. We Day is part of a family of organizations including Free The Children and Me to We, that has a shared goal: to empower a generation to shift the world from ‘me’ to ‘we’ through action. Younussi said the atmosphere and energy of We Day pulled her in.

“Coming home from that Me to We Day, I just knew I wanted to do something,” Younussi said. She started with her peers with a fundraiser to buy a chicken for a family in Africa. “That one little chicken really helped that family,” Younussi said. “I was surprised how that one little thing could make such a differ-

ence.” That inspired her to continue to try to make a difference in the lives of others, both globally and locally. Younussi has been involved with Free The Children and its sister organization, Me to We, for four years. She worked with others to raise 6,000 pounds of food for the Parkdale Community Foodbank and is currently involved in a clothing drive for people in need. In the summer, Younussi was chosen to attend a Me to We trip to India, which she raised around $5,000 to attend. She raised the money through bake sales, a coffee house that her teacher hosted and through contributions from her family. “I really wanted to go and make a difference in the lives of others in India,” Younussi said. In India she helped build a school. “Everyday the kids in the neighbourhood would wait for us,” Younussi said. “They would wave to us and shout our names. It was the cutest thing ever.” When she returned to Canada, Younussi said she had a new and deeper appreciation for the struggles people can face in other countries and in Toronto. She developed an action plan to continue to try to help

people globally and locally. Included in that plan will be a fundraiser where she will teach other youth to make macramé bracelets that she learned to make in India, which they will sell in order to raise money to either help build a well in a community in need or assist in some kind of agricultural initiative through Free The Children. Younussi lives with her parents and two younger siblings in Ecuhome Corporation’s supported non-profit housing in South Parkdale. Her family immigrated to Canada from Turkey when she was three years old. She is a member of the International Baccalaureate Student committee and tutors students at Fern Avenue Public School. She has been a youth mentor at Greenest City and is a volunteer with the Parkdale Community Information Centre’s youth program and participated in the Smoke Free Hero’s youth health advocacy project and Basketball Tournament. Younussi plans to go to university and possibly work in the medical field. “I like to help people get better and I want to see change happen,” she said.

To view a synopsis of the final 12 Ontario Junior Cirizen of the Year recipients, visit www.ocna.org

Tarragon Theatre’s Richard Rose directs romantic story ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com It might not be the perfect play for a Valentine’s Day date, but Richard Rose, artistic director at Tarragon Theatre, said their latest production is a love story at its core. Flesh and Other Fragments of Love, staging now at Tarragon, is an “autopsy” of romantic love, Rose said, but one where love triumphs over death. “It is about what romance really is and why we have it,” Rose said. With this production Rose – who is also directing the play – said the Tarragon continues its tradition of presenting English-premieres of new Canadian work. The play is an adaptation by the Gov.-Gen award-winning playwright Evelyne de la Chenelière, a Quebec play with a translation by Linda Gaboriau. “This one was extraordinarily difficult to translate,” Rose said. “Because it is very poetic, the text, you can’t be one-to-one. You have to somehow capture the image, but your own version of it.” You want to stay true to the play, but not be fixed by it and Rose said he feels the result is a good one,

although unusual, for English audiences. The story is of a couple who go on vacation in Ireland and discover a dead body on the beach. The discovery is the catalyst to the couple reviewing their own relationship and they begin to see each other in a way they haven’t before. “In the Quebec, or the French theatre, there is a style of theatre that is very presentational, talking directly to the audience and people speak in long passages,” Rose said, adding the play becomes a threeway conversation between a couple and the audience. “The audience is like the marriage therapist,” Rose said. “People will see the battles of their lives and their relationships...This is like the fight that goes on in the kitchen and it goes on and plates are thrown.” Originally from Sudbury, Rose has lived in the Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood for 20 years. Rose is the founder of Necessary Angle and has been the artistic director at Tarragon since 2002. He has directed more than 20 productions for the Tarragon stage, won five Dora Awards and received the prestigious Walter Carsen Prize

and City of Toronto Mayor’s Award for career achievements including an honourary doctorate from Thorneloe University in Sudbury. “One of the things I got because I came from Sudbury is a great concern for the rest of the country,” Rose said. “And we try as hard as we can at the Tarragon Theatre to get out shows out to the rest of the country and make some effort that way.” Tarragon Theatre, which is near Bathurst and Dupont streets, has a mission to create, develop and produce new plays and to provide the conditions for new work to thrive. “The mandate of the theatre is really the creation, development and production of new Canadian plays and or plays that compliment that,” Rose said. “So part of my job is to choose projects, help to create them, help to develop them and eventually to produce them.” Inside of that, he works with playwrights and runs a variety of programs that encourage the art of creation of plays. “I am at a time in my career now that I have directed a lot, that I am really trying to pass on education

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Tarragon Theatre artistic director Richard Rose is directing the play, Flesh and Other Fragments, at the theatre through Feb. 16.

and the art of directing,” Rose said. “I want to talk about that with people more and I teach a course here and we have a number of apprentices.” Rose helps to educate newer playwrights and young directors, some for a dozen years or more. In fact teaching is becoming more and more of a passion, Rose said,

and something he would like to do more of. “That kind of work is very important,” he said. “I have seen, experienced, made the mistakes a number of times, so I can be an advisor in that way.”

Tickets to the play, which runs until Feb. 16, are available at 416-532-1827 or visit www.tarragontheatre.com

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riday marks the start of the year 4712 in the Chinese lunar calendar, and there’s plenty of celebrations slated in and around Toronto over the coming days to help welcome the Year of the Horse. In our special feature in today’s paper, we’ve outlined some of the events local residents can attend while also taking a look at the history and traditions surrounding Chinese New Year. Find out more by visiting our events calendar online at bit.ly/torontocalendar The Chinese zodiac is made up of 12 animal signs, each representing a certain year, which repeats every 12. The Year of the Horse, which begins tomorrow, is in 2014 and will come again in 2026. The other 11 animal signs are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Last year was the Year of the Snake, our view and 2015 will be the Year of the Sheep. Each animal sign also has Year of the certain traits associated to Horse people those born in that particular year. For example, those born are restless in the Year of the Horse are said to be restless and seeking of independence, along with being good with money. Being able to not only learn about, but actually take part in the many different cultural celebrations in our city each year is one of the great things about living in Toronto. We urge local residents to take some time over the next few days to seek out at least one Chinese New Year event. If you are of Chinese descent, you’re probably going anyway and if you’re not, it’s a great opportunity to learn more about one of Toronto’s largest cultural groups while also having fun. And if you go, send us a photo to plv@insidetoronto.com How Toronto’s Chinese community grew from the first recorded resident, Sam Ching in 1878, to what it is today also provides an interesting look at changing attitudes and policies both in our city and across the country toward immigration. The Greater Toronto Area is now home to hundreds of thousands of immigrants of Chinese descent. Toronto has a number of areas with large concentrations of Chinese businesses and attractions including both downtown’s Chinatown and Chinatown East at Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street. Also, the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto is in Scarborough.

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Who are the real victims in the Ford saga Watching Rob Ford the past week and a bit brings to mind nothing so much as a prizefighter, bleeding from the ears and spitting teeth as he hangs on the ropes nursing a couple-three broken ribs, telling his manager before the last round starts: “Don’t worry. I’ve got him right where I want him.” It’s an absurd place to be for the mayor of Canada’s largest city. A full week ago, a broken elevator helped ensure Ford arrived late to deliver a lunch speech at the Economic Club of Canada – so late the club is offering refunds to its attendees. On Monday night, the mayor arrived on time to the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s annual dinner – uninvited. He reportedly sat down at the back of the room, and partway through a speech by Board of Trade President Carol Wilding filled with implied criticism, left. Earlier that day, he com-

david nickle the city plained to the media that his own executive committee had “stabbed” him “in the back,” and that was why he dare not tell anyone about his plans to cut taxes in this week’s budget debate. ‘Victim’ On that, and other things too, Ford appears to be conceding tactical defeats. In so doing, he paints himself as a victim of Toronto’s undemocratic elites. The ‘little people,’ Ford no doubt hopes, will take umbrage on his behalf. It’ll be a neat trick if he can pull it off. Because the fact is that Ford is a wealthy label-making heir, who has spent the past year or more over-reaching even that lofty privilege. He’s used his office to benefit his family’s business and

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(Mayor Rob Ford) will not acknowledge that any of his policies have driven up the cost to taxpayers.

his football coaching hobby – admitted to using hard drugs and being in a “drunken stupor” – and subjected those he identifies as enemies to slanderous and unfounded attacks. All of which has opened both Ford and the city to the sharp-tongued ridicule of the world. In reality, Toronto’s ‘elites’, such as they are, have become as much a victim in this scenario as Ford has made himself. But never mind that. As the mayor sets himself up for more body-blows, leading with his jaw, he reinforces his own dishonest narrative that he is the only one will-

ing to fight for the interests of Torontonians in a city “addicted to spending.” He will not acknowledge that any of his policies have driven up the cost to taxpayers. Push the boundaries He will not acknowledge that the “culture of entitlement” he has fought at city hall is in fact a culture whose boundaries he has in fact pushed. He will simply continue to push at the much narrower boundaries that Toronto council established for him last year when they removed many of his powers and resources, and do so until voters pass judgement in October. And then, he and the rest of the city will see: whether he has it where he wants it, or not.

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ENJOY SOME GUILTY ◗Indulge PLEASURES SATURDAY in food and fashion at Toronto Fashion Incubator’s (TFI) Guilty Pleasures Brunch and Designer Sale with fashion shows, beauty touch-ups, a silent auction, brunch and shopping. Silent auction proceeds will benefit the TFI, a nonprofit that supports new fashion entrepreneurs. Guilty Pleasures takes place Saturday at the Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. W. with brunch seatings at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The sale is open to the public from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Brunch tickets are $49. Visit fashionincubator. com for more information. LEARN TO MAKE STOCK WITH FOOD COOP Learn how to make chicken and vegetable stocks at the West End Food Coop’s (WEFC) Soup Stock Workshop, Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The workshop will be held at WEFC’s Co-op kitchen at 1229 Queen St. W.

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Soak up winter in High Park and explore some trails and write your own verse. Contact 416-392-1748 ext. 2 for details. STAGING SUSTAINABILTY CONFERENCE Staging Sustainability 2014, an international conference set for Feb. 2 to 5, will be the largest gathering of innovative sustainability practitioners in the world. The event focuses on ways in which performance can positively affect Earth. Hosted at three downtown Toronto venues: Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., 99 Sudbury and MaRS Discovery Centre, 101 College St., as well as streamed to satellite locations across Canada. Visit www. sustainablepractice.org

◗ COX WEAVES TALE AT PARKDALE LIBRARY ◗RITA Join Canadian icon and master storyteller Rita Cox to celebrate Black History Month with a family storytelling event Saturday. In 1997, Cox, a community activist and a leader in the black and Caribbean communities, was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for her outstanding work in storytelling and literacy. She will begin her tale at 10:30 a.m. at the Parkdale library, 1303 Queen W. Visit torontopubliclibrary. ca WRITE POETRY WITH HIGH PARK AS INSPIRATION An urban wilderness poetry workshop takes place Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr. Local poet Anita Lahey will introduce you to some great poems engaging with the natural world by Canadian poets.

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The Chinese find great symbolism in numbers Among zodiac signs, the horse is restless and the most misunderstood >>>from page 1 Celebrations will be held in all five Chinatowns in the Greater Toronto Area – home to more than 280,000 immigrants of Chinese descent. While at dinner, Chong’s cousin Jeffrey and his wife Fornita will hand Chong and her sister Gina red envelopes filled with cash – a tradition that brings immediate good fortune, though it’s meant to bring health and luck to those who receive them. “Not being able to go home and celebrate Chinese New Year with my family is going to be kind of sad,” Chong said. “We get together and catch up with everything. Not being able to do that is something I’m really going to miss. I’m going to give (my parents) a call and hopefully they’ll send me money.” Chinese New Year is considered a family reunion dinner. Toronto’s Walks and Bikes Tour guide Shirley Lam puts on a number of tours throughout the two week festivities. Some are food tours through Toronto’s downtown Chinatown which touch on some of the food traditions as well as cleaning rituals. “Between now and next Thursday is all of the frenzied cleaning up, dusting, getting your hair done already – I got mine done on Monday,” Lam said. Lam noted that it’s bad luck to cut or clean your hair on New Year’s Day. Any household cleaning must also be done prior to Jan. 31. “The 29th you have to stop doing cleaning and purging and stuff and the 30th is New Year’s Eve and you

shouldn’t be pitching out anything else at that point,” Lam said. This year, communities across the globe will be celebrating the lunar new Year of the Horse. They’ll decorate their homes in red to fend off evil spirits, and set off firecrackers for the same purpose. Lam noted that also important is symbolism in numbers. Usually at dinners there will be from eight to 12 dishes – eight being a very lucky number in Chinese culture. ZODIAC It’s ironic for Banff-based Christina, who was born the Year of the Horse, to be spending her first Chinese New Year away from home on the year that celebrates her sign of the zodiac. Horses like Chong are often restless and seek independence. They’re also great with money. Her sister Gina, the rooster is always busy and more aggressive in her goals. The other 10 animal signs are traditionally said to have competed in a race, the order of those who won is the order in which the years are celebrated. First – the rat – is charming and quick witted. The Ox came next and is reliable and dependable. Tigers are strong and competitive with a natural authority over others. The Rabbit is the happiest sign when among friends, but are often shy and cautious among strangers. The Dragons are born leaders, idealists, and perfectionists. Snakes are restrained, refined and intelligent. Then came

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Drummers help bring in the Year of the Horse at the Scarborough Town Centre Saturday afternoon.

the Horse, the most misunderstood sign. They often leave home at a young age and will be restless no matter where they end up. Sheep are the most feminine of signs. They’re elegant, charming and artistic. Monkeys come next – they’re inventive, quick witted, though seldom taken seriously. Next is the Rooster – sometimes abrasive and considered rude, but with high ideals. Man’s best friend the Dog comes next with their honest, faithful, and sincere attitude. Chong was born and raised

LOCAL EVENTS Downtown Toronto will be home to plenty of celebrations as the Chinese community rings in the Year of the Horse. THE CHINATOWN BIA will hold its annual celebrations over two days with opening ceremonies kicking things off at the Chinatown Centre, at 222 Spadina Ave., at noon on Saturday and Dragon City Mall, at 280

in Toronto’s east end, but her genealogy represents the wide range of Chinese immigrants who have come to make up more than 11 per cent of Toronto’s growing population. Chong’s paternal lineage represents one of the turbulent past for Canada’s Chinese. Though widely accepted in the Greater Toronto Area today, her great-grandfather faced a different fate when he arrived in Victoria, British Columbia in 1885 on a ship full of passengers set to work on the Canadian National

Spadina Ave., at 1 p.m. The festivities will include traditional performances including lion dances, martial arts demonstrations and Chinese dance and opera. The Toronto Zoo’s panda mascot will drop by to entertain children during the celebration, and there will also be various arts and crafts demonstrations for youngsters. Other attractions include a wishing tree, yoga, dim sum making demonstrations, paper lantern making, a Chinese windmill and dart playing for

Railroad. The Canadian Government had just implemented a $50 head tax on Chinese entering the country in hopes of curbing their immigration. “He smuggled my greatgrandma in, so two for the price of one,” Chong said. Families received an apology from the Canadian Government in 2006 for the head tax as well as compensation. The family is now settled among Toronto’s large and growing Chinese community. Chong, a fourth-generation Chinese descendent, some-

luck. The free event will run until 5 p.m. on Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday at both locations. A TASTE OF THE WORLD (www.torontowalksbikes.com) will offer tours of the Chinatown area – which is officially Toronto’s second Chinatown after the first was slowly phased out in favour of what is now known as the city’s financial district. Various restaurants throughout Chinatown will offer special fare to celebrate the

times feels that growing up in Toronto was a more westernized upbringing . “Growing up in this city makes you more open to other cultures. You’re a multicultural citizen.” Chong said that her extended family is quite traditional and celebrations like the Chinese New Year help her get back to that. “Growing up in a Western culture, it’s good to get back to your roots,” she said. “Because my extended family is traditional, it’s a good way to connect and get close to them and learn more.”

Chinese New Year. THE LILLIAN H. SMITH LIBRARY, 239 College St., will ring in the Year of the Horse on Saturday with a lion dance and a WuShu kung fu demonstration, Chinese Zodiac face painting for kids, Cantonese opera, and Chinese dance and classical music. The face painting starts at 1 p.m. with parents asked to pre-register their children by calling 416-393-7746. The live entertainment will run from 2 to 4 p.m.

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The 14 Division CPLC has met much success in fundraising for its annual scholarship, offered to young people from the area who are entering post-secondary education and have a demonstrated commitment to community safety. The 14 Division CPLC has $40,000 in the bank and will now turn its focus to recruiting more youth to apply for the scholarships. Last year, only eight applications were received, of which only six were eligible and four scholarships were awarded. This year scholarships will be for $4,000 and the application deadline is March 14. The scholarship is administered through Scadding Court Community Centre and more information is available at www.scaddingcourt.org/cplc_community_safety_scholarship

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rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT additional 75 coaches from manufacturer Bombardier to boost GO’s rail fleet in anticipation of an eventual transition to frequent, allday service. The trains will be manufactured in Thunder Bay, where the TTC’s new streetcar fleet is also under construction, and delivered starting in 2016. Expressway design options wGardiner

Wa t e r f r o n t To r o n t o i s expected to release in February updated designs of the four main construction options it is considering for the elevated portion of the Gardiner Expressway, between Jarvis and Leslie Streets. The options under study for the crumbling expressway include maintaining the Gardiner, keeping it intact and improving the public realm below, replacing it with a new elevated struc-

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T h e T TC c o n t i n u e s t o seek rider feedback on its revamped system map, which shows every bus and streetcar route in the city as well as the complete subway map. In contrast to previous versions, the new design, which is posted on the TTC’s website, focuses solely on the 416 area. The simpler look also indicates five distinct surface line types organized to display, among other things, vehicle frequency and on what days the service operates. Visit www.ttc.ca Rahul Gupta is The Guardian’s transit reporter. His column runs every Tuesday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

City to fight OMB appeal for ‘ridiculous monstrosity’ condo proposal for Lakeshore West TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com The city will oppose 1926 Lake Shore Blvd. W. GP Inc.’s Ontario Municipal Board appeal of its application to build two condominiums of 42 and 48 stories in south Parkdale, south of Swansea. Etobicoke York Community Council voted unanimously earlier this month to endorse city planners’ recommendations, and to authorize the city lawyers and city planners to oppose the developer’s appeal on its application to build at 1926 Lake Shore east of Windermere Avenue. The height and size of the proposed buildings “would affect the use and enjoyment of the adjacent parklands through excessive shadowing and inappropriate transition in building heights and massing,” city planner Derek Waltho wrote in his Dec. 6 report.

Pa r k d a l e - H i g h Pa r k Councillor Sarah Doucette agreed with city staff in opposing the proposed condos, arguing it represents a “ridiculous monstrosity”. “We want to preserve the lakeshore and our views (of the lake),” Doucette told councillors. “We don’t want to block our waterfront and have no lakeshore left. “The lakeshore is packed on the weekends. If these towers are allowed, the parks will be in shadow when most people are there.” The Western Waterfront Park to the south of the property is comprised of a number of different parks, including Sir Casimir Gzowski Park to the south, Lake Shore Boulevard Parkland and the future Sunnyside Bike Park to the east, and Sunnyside Park to the southeast. To t h e n o r t h i s t h e Gardiner Expressway and farther north, two 28- and

35-storey condo towers with townhouses. Park Lane condominiums, two towers of 18 and 19 storeys, is to the east. Vacant city-owned property approved to be transferred to Build Toronto is on the west side of Windermere. The proposal requires the demolition of an existing five-storey hotel. City planners expressed the same concerns about shadow impacts and compatibility with the physical character of the area in a May preliminary report. In September, a community consultation meeting attended by about 90 residents raised issues including the development being too tall, too dense and “unattractive in contributing to a wall of large developments facing the lake,” Waltho wrote in his report.

An Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing is scheduled for March 4.

Fifty years of homecare in Toronto This year marks 50 years of publicly funded homecare in Toronto – caring for the people of our community. There have been many changes in the services provided over the years, but some things have come full circle. In 1964, when The Home Care Program for Metropolitan Toronto was founded, doctors still made house calls. The program’s aim was to reduce the pressure on hospital beds, and support people with short term care as they completed their recovery at home. In its first year of operation, 948 patients were cared for. Over the years, that original organization has evolved into the Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (TC CCAC), funded by the Ontario government and one of 14 CCACs across the province. Last year, it cared for 46,039 people. While the focus of care today is typically on long-term supports that allow seniors to stay in their homes longer, clients of all ages receive care, including medically complex children and adults. The idea of homecare has expanded in 50 years. In 1985, the Home Care Program registered its first client with HIV/AIDS. This was still a time when much was still unknown about the disease and its transmission. The Home Care Program showed leadership in educating service pro-

Homecare has come full circle in the past 50 years. Doctors are starting to make house calls again, often supported by Toronto Central CCAC.

viders and the medical community about the disease and those in need of care. In 1992, in partnership with Casey House, an AIDS hospice, the Home Hospice Program was launched. Today, the Toronto Central CCAC continues to value partnerships and leadership. Today it works in partnership with family doctors, hospitals, community services, EMS and others, creating integrated teams of healthcare providers who communicate with each other about their clients. Clients and their family caregivers are also seen as partners in care – new training for staff and service providers guides them in taking the time to lis-

ten to clients to find out what is most important to them. In fact, a recent survey found 87 per cent of Toronto Central CCAC clients reported overall satisfaction with their care. With an aging population, caring for people in their own home has never been more important. But with its long history of respect, compassion and innovation, home care in Toronto is ready for the challenges of the future. And one thing has come full circle: doctors are starting to make house calls again – often supported by Toronto Central CCAC staff and services.

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Public can submit feedback online until Feb. 21 >>>from page 1 access to the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge. Walter H. Kehm, senior principal at LANDinc, said the site is a key location with access to the downtown, the Exhibition Grounds, recreation, restaurants and hotels, and it will be connected to the Martin Goodman Trail, the Trans Canada Trail and Lake Shore Boulevard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here people have a chance to engage with the water, climb a rock, put their feet in the water, and children can throw pebbles,â&#x20AC;? Kehm said. Not to mention the unfettered view, the best in the city, Kehm said, where on a clear day you can see Toronto Islands, Hamilton and Rochester. Patrick G. Morello, principal at LANDinc, explained that during earlier public

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