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Concerns with Brock Avenue bus diversion ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com A temporary bus diversion onto Brock Avenue in Parkdale came as a surprise to residents and area councillor Ana Bailao; and although it may be necessary some question how safe the route may be.

Bailao, who represents Ward 18 (Davenport) on city council, said she first learned of it through an announcement released a few days prior to the diversion, which took effect July 6.

“It was quite a shock and we didn’t have the opportunity as a community to find out has the due diligence been done,” she said.

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Street between Dundas Street and Peel Avenue, and the Dufferin Street Bridge was recently closed for an emergency reconstruction, which resulted in the 29 Dufferin bus temporarily being re-route to Brock Avenue.

Murray Barbon, the city’s manager of Linear and Trunk Watermain Capital Project Delivery, explained it was only recently that there was a change with regard to lane restriction on Dufferin, which led to the bus diversion.

Originally, while work was being completed on Dufferin, the plan was to keep one lane open in each direction, but when work began it was decided the lanes were too narrow and it was unsafe to >>>bailao, page 3

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Metrolinx reveals noise wall designs along rail corridor RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Scott Dobson is worried the concerns of residents are falling upon deaf ears.

He’s a member of a neighbourhood committee consulting with Metrolinx on design proposals for a series of noise walls to go up along the Georgetown GO rail corridor.

The Noise Wall Community

Advisory Committee (CAC) for Bloor Street West to St. Clair Avenue West meets regularly with Metrolinx officials, design consultants, elected officials and others to provide feedback on proposed designs for the five-metre high walls which are expected to be completed in time for the 2015 debut of the Union Pearson Express air rail link (ARL). >>>plans, page 6

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Parkdale Flea: T.J. Riley tries his hand at a classic pinball game on Sunday during the inaugural opening of the Parkdale Flea in and around Goodfellas Gallery on Nobel Street, near Dufferin Street and Queen Street West. A second flea is planned for Aug. 4.

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MYTH:

TAXPAYERS ARE GOING IN THE HOLE FOR OUR TUNNEL.

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ONLY PASSENGERS PAY FOR OUR TUNNEL.

Depth 10 Stories

Cost $82.5m

Length 800 feet

TUNNEL FACTS

Our new pedestrian tunnel will make accessing the airport easier, reducing congestion. Construction was funded completely by the private sector, based on part of the existing Airport Improvement Fee paid by every passenger.

And we incorporated City water and sanitary main improvements into the tunnel that will save city taxpayers $10 million by avoiding duplicate construction. So while everyone can benefit from the tunnel, only those who use the airport paid for it.

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PARC Ambassadors share benefits of co-op credit pilot project ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com A program that exchanges hard work for credits to buy food has been life changing for the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC) members piloting it.

Select members of the drop-in centre, called PARC Ambassadors, are piloting the Co-op Cred Program, which allows them to learn skills and purchase food regardless of social assistance restriction.

Eugene Hennie calls himself a direct beneficiary of the Co-op Cred Program pilot in Parkdale.

“I was destitute and not really advancing in my life,” he said. “This opportunity presented itself and it allowed me to become more of a human being.”

For Hennie that meant rather than depending on food banks and meal programs he was able to work in a community garden and

purchase healthy food with his work credits.

“What was really good for me is I was taking food from the food bank for the last year and a half, but now I don’t have to so – I am freeing that up for someone else,” he said.

“That is one of the greatest joys I have had in the last six months.”

Bob Rose, a senior PARC manager and the current coordinator of the PARC Ambassadors program, said it allows people, who might not otherwise be able, to access, purchase and consume healthy food.

“The community I represent haven’t had access to healthy food,” he said.

“Having access to healthy food can be a revolutionary experience.”

The Co-op Cred Program is a partnership between the West End Food Co-op (WEFC), PARC and Greenest City under the Parkdale People’s Economy Project, an ongoing

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Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC) ambassadors join program coordinator Bob Rose, far right. The Ambassadors are piloting the Co-op Cred program, that has them work for credits to make purchases at the West End Food Co-op.

collaboration between various community organizations to build a resilient local economy and a just local food system.

Specifically, the Co-op Cred Program is a WEFC project and the pilot project was developed in partnership with PARC. Ambassadors shared their

insight into the Co-op Cred pilot project at the Parkdale Food Network on June 26 at Masaryk-Cowan Community Center.

The pilot project started last February when a handful of PARC members were offered the chance to earn credits by working at the West End Food

Co-op and with those credits they could purchase goods at the co-op store.

Once a week each person works a three-hour shift, and their work is worth the equivalent of $13 an hour.

Five positions were created at the WEFC and they were given various training and supports in their roles there.

Ambassadors worked as kitchen, produce and inventory staff.

They also received their food handler certification to prepare, cook and serve safe food.

An additional three PARC Ambassadors were given roles at Greenest City, which runs the HOPE Garden, to work in community gardening where their tasks ranged from weeding and watering to making compost and harvesting.

Each worked for two-hour shifts, once a week, which they earned co-op credits.

“One of the most important elements of the Co-op Cred

Program is that right from the beginning it has been a learning and doing exercise,” Rose said. “People felt valued, people felt they were learning new skills, being welcomed and respected.”

For Bonnie Briggs, the biggest benefit for working as a PARC Ambassador in the Co-op Cred program is that she and her husband, both of whom are on the Ontario Disability Support Program, have a full fridge.

“I remember early in our marriage when we were lucky to have anything in our fridge at all,” Briggs said. “At times we were living on icing sugar.”

But, with the credits she earns to buy food at the WEFC, Briggs said they could make good food choices and the grocery money they do have goes further.

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For more on PARC, visit the organization’s website at http://parc.on.ca/

Bailao encourages residents bring concerns and questions to meeting

Meeting tonight to discuss traffic due to closure of Dufferin Bridge

>>>from page 1 keep a north and south lane open.

“As a result of the sewer going down the middle of the road and the inability to maintain two lanes of traffic safely a decision was made with transportation services to only allow for a northbound lane to function,” Barton said.

That meant the buses had to take another route.

Originally it was to be on Lansdowne Avenue, but Bailao said because of the pressure on Queen Street West due to the closure of the Dufferin Bridge for emergency reconstruction, the decision was made to run the buses down Brock.

“With all the changes happening already, south of Queen, everyone is stuck on Queen trying to get to Jameson Avenue to access the Gardiner Expressway,” Bailao said.

After talking to the TTC, Bailao said she understands there are some valid reasons for taking the buses down Brock: it is closer to the original route, closer to the people

ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com

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I think we need to be

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who use the Dufferin bus.

“But, TTC needs to hear from some of the residents and hear their concerns and answer some of their questions,” Bailao said.

Residents had that opportunity at a public meeting slated for last night at the McCormick Community Centre.

In an interview on Tuesday morning, prior to the meeting, Bailao said she hoped residents could express their concerns while bringing some understanding to the situation.

“I think we need to be reasonable, cool heads must prevail,” she said.

“It is a difficult situation because no one expected when we started the construction on Dufferin that we would have all this happen with the Dufferin Bridge.”

Jen Cypher lives on Brock Avenue and explained her

main concerns are around safety.

The community already had growing concerns about increasing traffic on Brock, speeding cars and motorists not stopping for crosswalks.

Cypher said she believes there was no proper assessment as to whether or not it is safe to run buses on Brock Avenue.

Particularly in the fall, when the McCormick Arena is in full swing, the situation will be even worse, she said, with people coming to and from the arena.

“I think they have seriously underestimated the volume of traffic and the kind of traffic that is on this stretch,” Cypher said.

“Maybe this is best place and maybe it can work, but then you need to do some other things,” she said.

Amendments, she said, need to be made to parking and perhaps better pedestrian crossings.

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For updates on the meeting, held after press deadline, visit www.parkdalevillager.com

The sudden closure of the Dufferin Street Bridge in June due to safety concerns meant the City of Toronto couldn’t go through their usual community consultation.

“There are times when you have to say to the community, ‘There isn’t time to work all this through a good robust public process, there is public safety at risk here and we just have to act now,’” said Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks.

The Dufferin Bridge, which crosses over the Gardiner Expressway from south Parkdale to the Exhibition Place grounds, was closed suddenly after inspections uncovered significant safety concerns, Perks said.

“Rather than compromise public safety, we went ahead and closed the bridge,” he said.

Within days of the announcement the bridge needed to be shut down, Perks said he sat down with city staff and walked through the kinds

of things that would need to be done in order to accommodate the traffic displaced by the bridge closing.

“It was at that point that I said, ‘We are going to have to have a meeting for the people in south Parkdale because they are going to be affected.’”

Perks said. The meeting is set for tonight from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Queen Victoria Public School, 100 Close Ave. C i t y o f To r o n t o Transportation and Technical Service Staff, as well as representatives from Toronto Police Service, will be on hand to discuss the consequences of shutting the bridge and the transportation plan to deal with it, Perks said.

The bridge will be closed to all vehicular traffic for 18 months until a temporary bridge is built to accommodate traffic until a permanent bridge is constructed, beginning in 2016.

“We have had to change the signal timing on over a dozen different traffic lights in the area,” Perks said. “We have had to change some of the turn movements in the

area.”

For example, Perks said, there are no more left-hand turns off Liberty Street onto Dufferin Street to head south.

The closure will impact the many events hosted at Exhibition Place during the summer months such as the Caribbean Carnival Toronto.

At a recent community liaison meeting at Exhibition Place, a number of representatives from various festivals shared their thoughts.

“The Dufferin closure has to be a part of the messaging when doing any communications about attending the parade,” said Denise HerreraJackson, who represents the Caribbean Carnival, adding she hopes with warnings about congestion, people will choose alternate routes to get to the Grand Parade Aug. 3.

A c c o rd i n g t o D a v i d Bednar, general manager the Canadian National Exhibition, he has been assured by Transportation Services the Dufferin Bridge will be open to pedestrians during the annual fair.

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Toronto flood: preparation and reaction I

n light of Monday’s severe thunderstorm that walloped the Greater Toronto Area and caused significant service disruptions and flooding, there’s much for all of us to learn from the experience.

There always is.

When it comes to the record rainfall and the subsequent flooding, power outages and transportation paralysis endured by Torontonians, we expect that service providers will undertake a thorough review of the steps they followed in the wake of Monday’s event.

Such introspection is important no matter how well or poorly things went; it’s essential because it can help lead to improved service delivery during future emergency occurrences.

Indeed, the consequences of our view Monday’s storm form a powerful reminder of the importance of Having a plan proper emergency planning, but just for the providers of munichelps weather not ipal services, but for residents and businesses as well. the storm Knowing what steps to take and what services to rely on during a trying time can make an unpredictable and uncomfortable situation just that much more bearable if there’s a plan in place. It helps to have that kind of stability.

In some cases, it can be simple steps. Making sure communication devices are charged frequently, for example, is one. Having an emergency kit at home is another. In your own neighbourhood, checking in on those who may have mobility issues or other illnesses is yet another.

But it’s also important to differentiate between preparation and reaction. The theory goes if we do a better job preparing, we’re better enabled to react properly. And while it’s important that all of us strive to improve our own planning for the unpredictable, it is also important to celebrate heroic deeds and acts of kindness we witnessed Monday evening. Some moving video and images have emerged. You can see some of them on our website at www.parkdalevillager.com There’s the picture of a man helping another move his car through a flooded intersection. There’s the video of the GO train rescue of 1,400 passengers on the Don Valley. So for emergencies, there’s the preparation part, which we must always strive to improve. And then there’s also the reaction part, which benefits from proper preparation.

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Cut Doug Holyday some slack Let’s not be too hard on Doug Holyday. Toronto’s deputy mayor seems to have found himself in a bit of a tangle since he decided to accept the nomination to seek a byelection victory for the PCs in EtobicokeLakeshore Aug. 1, and he’ll be stumping with former councillor and Liberal nominee Peter Milczyn.

Here’s the trouble: nine years ago, Holyday made a fuss when then-councillor Olivia Chow sought the nomination for the federal NDP in the same riding where she’d just won her council seat.

Holyday was outraged, and put forward a motion asking council require a councillor seeking higher office to immediately resign.

Holyday maintains the circumstances are different.

He hadn’t expected this byelection to come along, unlike Chow who knew an election was in the offing when she ran for municipal office.

david nickle the city Critics have pointed out in 2004, Holyday hadn’t made that distinction, and he shouldn’t now.

To that, I say: Oh, tosh.

Holyday has been consistent – consistently Conservative – through his long career as a municipal politician.

When mayor of Etobicoke, he took one look at that city’s unionized garbage collectors and replaced them with contractors. When Holyday came to Toronto council, he listened as mayor Mel Lastman called then Ontario premier Mike Harris a liar and gave away influence to NDP. When former NDP mayor David Miller took over in 2003, Holyday went to war.

When New Democrats on council tried to look after one another, using tax

dollars to cover legal bills related to their candidacy, Holyday was all over that.

And yes, when Chow made a play for a federal seat in Ottawa while she sat on Toronto council, Holyday stood up to shout, ‘No!’ But we should understand: Holyday was shouting ‘No’ to a New Democrat, attempting to use taxpayers’ money to bring a socialist agenda to the nation’s capital.

Councillor Holyday is hoping to cut gravy at Queen’s Park in the same way he understands Mayor Rob Ford to have done at city hall, and to bolster a Progressive Conservative caucus that has, to his mind, been too long out of power and far too long without a seat in Toronto.

The Conservative agenda is at stake.

And that, for Holyday at any rate, makes all the difference.

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Keep the land transfer tax: reader I have heard Mayor Rob Ford is still intent on reducing, if not eliminating, the city’s land transfer tax.

While I am in favour of eliminating taxes, I was surprised to read this tax brought in more than $340 million in 2012. What a cash cow this has become for the city.

I would like to suggest that not only should this tax remain in place, but more ways should be found to source new revenues from the real estate movers and shakers in this city. They aren’t suddenly going to go away and take their urban sprawl with them if they don’t get what they want. We don’t need to subsidize them because they can afford it.

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Alcohol use among issues discussed at park meeting

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A moderate amount of alcohol consumption should be tolerated in the park.

Trinity Bellwoods Park is frequented by all manner of users, from dog walkers and afternoon imbibers to treeto-tree tight rope walkers.

Last Thursday, many of them met to discuss how they can be harmonious and maintain the diversity of activity in the popular west-end park.

Trinity-Spadina Councillor Mike Layton was joined by parks staff, Toronto police, Municipal Licensing and Standards representatives and more than 120 residents for a community meeting at the Trinity Community Recreation Centre to address issues in the park.

The meeting was initially called to deal with noise and public safety, Layton said, but since word of the meeting reached social networks and mainstream media, he added the focus was placed on alcohol consumption in the park.

– local resident John Davidson

“When originally the meeting was drawn together this wasn’t to be about a single issue, it was to be a more fulsome discussion,” Layton said, adding the park is important to all of its neighbours and he hoped discussions reflected all their concerns.

Those who attended were broken into smaller groups at card tables set up in the community centre auditorium.

They had been randomly given numbers associated with tables so there would be a mix of people in each group.

They were then asked to consider what they liked about the park, list their concerns and come up with possible solutions.

When the groups reported

back, they identified concerns including drinking in the park, drunkenness, noise, public urination, the number of baseball games in the park, nighttime noise, the health of the grass, general maintenance and lack of garbage cans. A number of people said dogs running off leash – which is against a bylaw – is as big a problem. list Laura Jamer, who lives on Gore Vale Avenue, the northsouth street that runs parallel to the east edge of Trinity Bellwoods Park, reported on behalf of her group.

The list included: institute a reward for picking up litter; build more green spaces in the city to decrease pressure on Trinity Bellwoods; extend the hours of the public washrooms; add more garbage cans; put up no drinking signs; issue individual drinking permits.

The park is some people’s backyard, said Mike Hook,

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Peter White from Parks, Forestry and Recreation, said some of the ideas presented are achievable.

“We are going to have to talk to the councillor’s office and it is going to take some time, because there was a lot presented today,” White said. “But we will certainly do what we can.”

However, when it comes to suggesting police ease up on enforcement, 14 Division Supt. Mario Di Tommaso said the law is the law and the police can’t pick and choose which ones to enforce.

“We have an absolute duty to uphold the law, and we can’t really differentiate between a person (who) is drinking a single beer in a park and a person (who) has a dozen beer in the park,” Di Tommaso said.

“There has to be a fair and consistent application of the law.”

There are two statutes on the books in relation to drinking: the Liquor Licence Act of Ontario, which permits drink-

The laws should reflect the way people use the park, not dictate the way people use it.

– local resident Mike Hook

who reported for his table.

“The laws should reflect the way people use the park, not dictate the way people use it,” Hook said, adding police should enforce laws against public drunkenness instead of open container laws.

Another table suggested striking a committee to look at permitting certain areas of the park for drinking.

“A moderate amount of alcohol consumption should be tolerated in the park,” said resident John Davidson.

“For the most part, we all want to use it as our neighbourhood park, as our neighbourhood backyard, because a lot of us don’t have an outdoor space.”

Following the meeting,

ing only in private dwellings, private spaces and licensed establishments; and a city bylaw that prohibits drinking in public parks.

Project Green Glasses is a police strategy designed to deal with problematic parks, particularly in Trinity Bellwoods, Christie Pits, Bellevue Square, Dufferin Grove and Alexandra parks, Di Tommaso said. This is the second year the project has run. It kicked off April 30 and will run until September.

“We are in receipt of a number of complaints from the community and those complaints have to do with drinking, drug use, assaults, robberies, fights and all sorts of inappropriate behavior,” Di Tommaso said.

“So we are using our onduty resources to patrol all the parks and ticket people and arrest people (who) are violating the law.”

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>>>from page 1 But despite engaging in constructive discussions with Metrolinx, Dobson said the first designs unveiled for St. Clair, Dundas Street West and the West Toronto Railpath don’t adequately address the committee’s concerns. In particular, he is disappointed the designs are not more environmentally friendly and will physically obstruct the existing streetscape.

“I don’t think the Metrolinx designs are the worst thing I’ve ever seen, but I don’t think they are as green or open to the community as they could be,” he said Tuesday.

The five proposals from designers IBI Group range from precast concrete panels forming a ribbon-like design to various hues of plexiglass.

They were revealed during a

presentation at a recent committee meeting July 4.

Not considered viable for the areas is a “green willow wall” because the city of Toronto, which is responsible for maintenance doesn’t have the necessary resources to maintain it.

Metrolinx spokesperson Vanessa Thompson said the designs – which are not final – were based on feedback from all eight CACs. “It is important to remember that each respective CAC will be presented with different options based on the feedback received from each CAC,” she stated in an email Monday.

“We will deliver a final decision on the design of the walls taking into consideration what we heard from the CAC and wider public.”

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he TTC announced it will close portions of the Yonge University Spadina line for several days in a row in October to continue its complete overhaul of the subway signal system. The closure, which affects stations between Bloor and St. George, begins Thanksgiving weekend and continues for nine days until Oct 20. During that time subway service will be replaced by shuttle buses.

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The city might have found a way to prevent the flush-

But Dobson believes Metrolinx has made its choice and will proceed with construction regardless of the community’s approval. He is also worried installing the walls will mean electrifying the ARL will be placed on the back burner.

“People feel a decision was made already and it’s full steam forwards and Metrolinx is making it look like it’s working with the community,” he said.

“But they’re still ramming through something that may not be necessary.”

Metrolinx is expected to make a final decision on the noise wall designs in October, with construction slated to begin in 2014.

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ing of the BIXI bike share service by diverting funds for new public toilets to the cash-strapped operation.

While details of the plan have not been released, money set aside for installing automated toilets would instead go to paying off BIXI’s operating deficit and debts.

Quay construction work is now in effect. This past Monday, a two-week traffic diversion began on Queens Quay between York and Rees streets.

Also announced was a rerouting of the 510 Spadina temporary bus route replacing streetcar service until the Spadina Loop track is rebuilt. The work is expected to be done by early 2015. To see the plans in full, visit www.waterfrontoronto.ca

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Friends of McCormick Park draft plans to improve green space LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The Friends of McCormick Park are on a mission to make the 1.5 hectare green space in the Dufferin and Dundas West streets-area more friendly.

Founded in early 2012, the dedicated group of neighbours has been meeting regularly to discuss ways to enhance the park that boasts a ball diamond, basketball courts, a wading pool and a children’s playground. In addition to solving issues related to vandalism, off-leash dogs and safety, its latest and perhaps largest project is its Master Plan – “a long-term vision to assist with the planning and phased implementation of new park installations.”

Last month, Friends of McCormick engaged dozens of its neighbours, drumming up interest in the future of the park, during Davenport Councillor Ana Bailao’s compost day.

The “initial spark” for not only the creation of the group, but for the launch of the Master Plan was simply through conversation among community members at the park.

“The park has suffered serious neglect,” Fung Lee, an area resident and landscape architect, told The Villager “The benches were damaged and destroyed. Let’s look beyond the make-good things.’”

Neighbours admitted Dufferin Grove Park had been a more appealing option for their families. McCormick Park, explained Lee, is divided into three distinct areas: There’s a more quiet space along Brock Avenue, which has been nicknamed ‘The Lobby’; a family play area with wading pool and basketball courts; and then a field.

“What we want to do is make the family play area better,” Lee said.

The councillor has allocated funds through development

projects to renovate and expand the play equipment and dedicated sandbox.

“We’d like to add a fitness and parkour area for exercising. We’d like to add equipment that’s suitable for the older demographic,” Lee said.

The wading pool will be converted into a smaller splash pad, while the playground improvements are the most immediate of the Friends of McCormick’s plan, which will commence in 2014.

Lee credits the core group of people who have been working tirelessly since the founding of Friends of McCormick Park.

“They’re a great group of people with really diverse skills,” she said.

The next meeting to discuss renovations and improvements will take place Monday, July 8 at 7 p.m. at the park.

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the problem stemmed from one of the bars the community has been complaining about for years.

“There is definitely a lot of over serving,” Gaziuk said. “I see a lot of people who are visibly drunk all the time.

They try to pat my dog and they almost fall over.”

Gaziuk said he doesn’t understand why the bars that over serve aren’t shut down.

Pa r k d a l e - H i g h Pa r k Councillor Gord Perks said a bylaw is being considered that would limit the concentration of bars along Queen Street West, but the bylaw won’t address existing bars.

“People who have existing approvals and licenses – we can’t take their liquor licenses away. Only the AGCO can do that,” Perks said. “And they only do it in extreme circumstances. That has been a lot of the frustration for both me and the community.”

The purpose of the proposed Queen Street West concentration bylaw, which would limit the number of bars to 25 per cent, is aimed at future applications only.

The planning department doesn’t have the authority to look back retroactively and close places that already exist.

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When residents in Parkdale awoke last week to the news that four people had been stabbed following a fight at a bar, some residents said they weren’t surprised. They added it’s a symptom of over serving at problem bars in the area.

Four people were treated for knife wounds following a bar fight near Queen Street West and Dowling Avenue early Thursday, July 4.

Emergency crews were called to the scene just before 1:30 a.m. and found a man and woman suffering from stab wounds. Suspects had fled the scene, police said.

About 20 minutes later, police responded to a call near Lansdowne Avenue and Queen Street, where they found the alleged suspects, who also had stab wounds.

Two men were taken into custody.

“My first thought is, ‘which bar was it? Which problem bar that we have been complaining about for years did it happen at?’” said John Silva, an area resident who has been vocal about problem bars.

“My next thought is, ‘it is inevitable?’”

There are a handful of bars along the western edge of Queen Street West, which have long been seen as a problem in the neighbourhood. There have been public meetings and numerous online discussions pertaining to over serving at a few bars and the issues that result including fights in the streets, public urination and noise.

Silva said he believes the problem is with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) enforcement, or the lack thereof, when it comes to over serving.

“They either serve responsibly, or they don’t,” Silva said.

“And if they don’t, then the AGCO needs to be doing their job better.

“Four people have been stabbed and that is a concrete result of this negligence. It is beyond frustrating. We have been complaining for years about these places.

There is real violence that happens there and nothing happens.”

Kim Gaziuk has lived in West Parkdale for the past five years in his grandparents home which he has visited since the 1950s. He echoed Silva’s sentiment upon hearing the news of the stabbings.

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Ossington couple deals with flood from overseas ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com

Some of their neighbours reported having between two and four inches in their basements.

Hellie said they have never had a flood in their basement since they moved in 2007.

Hellie suspects the city’s mandatory downspout disconnection could have something to do with the flood because all the rain that used to go directly into the sewer system is now going onto the surface of the ground and overloading the systems.

“On Argyle (Street) everything is zero scaped (without landscaping) and the lots are really small and there is almost no porous surfaces for water to flow into,” Hellie said. “So water goes off the roof and straight into the storm drain.”

Toronto City Council passed a bylaw in 2011 making it mandatory for property owners to disconnect their downspouts. Disconnecting downspouts from the sewer system, according to the city,

While much of Toronto awoke Tuesday morning to deal with the aftermath of the flooding the night before, Benj Hellie and his wife Jessica Wilson were in Scotland trying to facilitate getting back to their Ossington Avenue area home to deal with the four inches of water waiting for them in their basement.

On the evening of the storm, the couple’s house sitter emailed and told them their basement was flooding, explained Hellie on the phone from Scotland, where the couple has been visiting for the past three months.

Their Argyle Street basement had four inches in the front of the house and about a half an inch in the back. Hellie presumes they will have to tear out the laminate floor in the basement and possibly replace some dry wall, but he’s hoping there isn’t too much damage.

Photo/VICKI TROTTIER

Ominous storm clouds as they envelop the Toronto skyline, left, before the rains fell, causing massive flooding across the city, including along Bathurst Street.

can reduce the risk of basement flooding and releasing polluted rainwater into our local waterways.

Disconnection is being phased in across the city, but by the end of 2016, the whole city will be covered by the mandatory program.

Hellie, admits it may not be the disconnection that directly caused the flooding at his home, but in their case it didn’t help matters.

Trinity-Spadina Councillor Mike Layton said the disconnection of the downspouts actually helps prevent flood-

ing.

“It is the permeability of surfaces that we care about.

This is why you have to keep your front lawn from being paved over into a parking pad. This is why we have this kind of restriction,” Layton said. “Because then, rather than the water rushing into the storm sewer and backing up, it infiltrates into the ground and replenishes the aquifer under the city.”

Across the rest of his ward, Layton said there was some flooding that took place. He took some time on his way to City Hall Tuesday morning to check out Christie Pits Park and said there was still some flooding there.

At this point, Layton said his office will do its best to manage people’s issues with flooding and direct them to the right city staff to assist them.

O v e r i n Wa r d 1 8 , Councillor Ana Bailao said her constituents fared quite well. She took a walk around

on Tuesday morning and all seemed to be pretty quiet, she said, adding her office hadn’t been receiving many calls from constituents.

“It doesn’t seem like it got too bad,” Bailao said. “I am sure there were some basement floods, but not the same extent as the Beaches or Trinity Bellwoods, because they are right on the Garrison Creek.”

Other than the dramatic flooding at King Street and Atlantic Avenue in Parkdale, Ward 14 Councillor Gord Perks office said they had only received one report of a flooded basement.

Parts of Parkdale were without power into Tuesday afternoon. Anna Bartula, the executive director of the Parkdale Village BIA, said about 10 of their member businesses along Queen Street West reported flooding.

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