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Toronto Council has repealed the interim control bylaw preventing restaurants and bars from opening on Queen Street in Parkdale, for all but the most concentrated stretch of Queen Street, as the city and the Ontario Restaurant, Hotel and Motel Association (ORHMA) head toward an August showdown at the Ontario Municipal Board. The bylaw was put in place last year to prevent restaurants and bars from opening before the city had completed a study

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Behind every great artist is an equally dedicated mentor. That’s the idea behind Gallery 1313’s new art mentorship program, running from July to the end of August, and geared toward artists just leaving high school or in post-secondary education. “It’s an outreach program to get Parkdale youth interested in the arts and to get to know the large artist community here,” said Phuong Nguyen, program co-ordinator. Exposing participants to the

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Hondy Indy returns July 18 to 20 Lake Shore Boulevard lane closure tomorrow to Sunday Ready, set, go. The popular Honda Indy Toronto returns this weekend to Exhibition Place. The largest annual sporting event in the city will begin tomorrow run until Sunday, July 20. Along with the races, the festival will feature food vendors and a craft beer fest, celebrating Ontario breweries. Other off-track entertainment includes its Junior Red Rider program, giving kids the opportunity to experience the Indy with multiple activities, including riding in a safe environment. Singer Danny Fernandes will perform the national anthem at the

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Sitting in “her” big arm-chair in the living room of the South Parkdale apartment she has shared with her husband, Ed, for the past 30 years, Wendy Bober laughs and smiles incessantly. Her disposition is pleasant and optimistic, not what one might expect from someone who has been battling ovarian cancer since 2011. “I’ve just always been like this and I made the decision that I am not going to change,” Bober said. “I am alive right now and I am not going to waste my energy. Yes I do believe I will die from this, but I am not there yet.” Even as she describes the battery of drugs, tests and treatments she has endured during the past three years, she smiles and shows photos of herself when she had lost all of her hair. “When I went to my doctor in March 2010, she never thought it could be cancer,” Bober said. Most women find out they have ovarian cancer by fluke and the symptoms aren’t overt: bloating, nausea and fatigue, she explained. There are no real tests for the cancer, and for many women ovarian cancer is found too late to cure. Ovarian cancer is the most fatal women’s cancer, according to Ovarian Cancer Canada. “That is why education is so important,” she said, Bober was 55 years old when she started experiencing a bit of bleeding nearly every day. She was given a Papanicolaou (Pap) test, but nothing came of it. Almost a year later, in March 2011, she went back to her doctor because she said she still wasn’t feeling great and knew something wasn’t right. “This time my doctor decided to send me to get an ultrasound,” Bober said. A week and a half later she got a call from her doctor and was booked to see a specialist. That specialist originally thought her symptoms were related to hormones, took some blood work and did a biopsy. That specialist called her back within a week, and Bober returned to his office April 1, 2011. “I fully expected him to tell me it was cancer because everything was going so fast,” Bober said. “I just thought, ‘What else could it be?’” The diagnosis was cancer, even though she had two children, breast fed both and had taken the birth control pill earlier in her life – all the things,

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Wendy Bober, who is battling ovarian cancer, sits in ‘her’ chair at her south Parkdale apartment knitting a dress for a girl in her church community.

Bober said, are thought to decrease the risk of ovarian cancer. She went in for surgery May 30, but doctors realized the cancer had spread too far to be removed, Bober said. Since that time she has undergone chemotherapy and a variety of drugs to fight the cancer. In addition to her oncologist, Bober visits a naturopath and gets regular massages and acupuncture all to keep herself feeling as well as possible. Bober said she believes it is her faith, her family support and her community that helps her stay positive. It also helps, she said, to be open about what is happening to her and allow people to ask as many questions as they like. Bober works two days a week, attends meetings at her church, runs to and from doctor appointments and rests after cancer treatments. “My husband is fantastic. He is out doing the laundry right now and he’ll come back and fold it up. He shops, takes my mother shopping, he has even learned to cook,” she said. “Now I’m like the armchair chef and I tell him to ‘do this and do that’.” She also spends a lot of time knitting blankets for babies in her church congregation. Bober said she never wastes her time trying to lay blame, feeling sorry for herself or being depressed or angry. “I have had time to plan things, talk to my family, decide I want to be cremated, get a will, live life,” Wendy said. “In fact, we are going to Las Vegas in six weeks.” Bober, who grew up in the Queen and Bathurst streets area, is the mother of two adult daughters,

Sheleigh and Lindsay. Sheleigh said her mother’s disposition isn’t just a brave face. “The way my mother looks at things has always been excessively upbeat,” Sheleigh said. “Even my sister and I, going through life, she helps us find the silver lining in things and I think that is why she has been doing so well for so long.” Sheleigh said she, her sister and a cousin had raised a few hundred dollars here and there to support ovarian cancer research, but this year they decided to do more. “This year I figured, even though my mom is a very happy person, it is getting worse than it used to be,” Sheleigh said. “And (Ovarian Cancer Canada) really should get more money to go toward doctor education and working on a cure.” Sheleigh has organized “Yellow and Teal: An Afternoon Charity Cocktail” fundraiser to support their Walking for Wendy team at this year’s Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope in September. The walk takes place at Woodbine Park at Coxwell Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard Sept. 7. The Walking for Wendy team hopes to raise $5,000. The fundraiser takes place Saturday from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Keg Mansion, 515 Jarvis St. Tickets are $60, half of which covers the cost of hors d’oeuvres and two drinks and the other half will go toward the Walk of Hope and the Walking for Wendy team. There will also be a silent auction with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to the walk.

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here’s so much going on with transit in Toronto these days. Construction projects are popping up everywhere. We all know about the maintenance work on the Gardiner Expressway, but do you know what’s planned for your local streets? The Union-Pearson Air Rail Link, the Relief Subway Line, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT – all major projects in the works, but do you know how each one may affect you? Or when they’ll be complete? Or how much they cost and who’s paying for them? Torontonians may agree transit is an important topic, but it’s been our experience that the subject is so mired in technical jargon and bureaucratic red tape, that it’s difficult for the average person to comprehend the big picture. People our view aren’t sure how it affects them – and when that connection is lost, Visit often to people become disengaged. That’s why The Villager and learn what’s our sister papers at Metroland Media Toronto have launched an going on online resource called The Transit Project. It’s a website designed to provide you the latest news on transit and commuting in and across this city. It’s also tailored to provide you information on projects as it relates to you – by commuter type and/ or geography. We’ve got an interactive map of the city that provides reports on the areas you select. We’ve also got overviews of the major projects on the go, like the Union Station revitalization, but also projects that are still on the books for the future, like the Yonge North Subway Extension. And then there’s our ongoing transit news pieces written by transit reporter Rahul Gupta (@ TOinTransit), as well as other staff on issues that impact our local communities. There’s also helpful information on getting around the city, by car, bike, TTC or GO Train. This is just the latest in a series of online products we’re creating to add value to your weekly newspaper. Many people visited our World Cup site at www. insidetoronto.com/WorldCupTO to find venues to watch games, to read game and team news, and tap into the culture of participating nations. The Transit Project is a resource that we plan to grow, especially with feedback from you. So check it out, bookmark it and come back often for updates: www.insidetoronto.com/transit Send feedback to Grace Peacock at gpeacock@insidetoronto.com

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Councillors focus on themselves during marathon meeting Council’s marathon July m e e t i n g s t re t c h e d o u t for four days last week. It wouldn’t have gone nearly as long as that, were it not for several juicy items irresistible to councillors in an election year: themselves. Council spent Tuesday evening, most of Wednesday and a good chunk of Thursday talking about reports from, and the future of, the city’s accountability officers. A morning and part of an afternoon was spent extracting an apology from Mayor Rob Ford for robocalls; an afternoon closing on the evening was spent extracting a few months of salary from Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti; and another morning was passed, not-quite extracting Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean from her job. As time-consuming as these were, each of these debates were extraordinary in their own way. The matter of Ford’s apology to Councillor Paul Ainslie was unique, in that

david nickle the city Ford did in fact apologize. At the end of the long debate, Ford returned to the council chamber and said sorry for robocalling every house in Ainslie’s Scarborough East ward last year to tell them how he hadn’t consulted with them about his vote against the Scarborough subway, when in fact Ainslie had consulted rather a lot. There wasn’t much at stake in that matter: Ford has not done what the integrity commissioner has asked in the past, and gotten away with it without consequence. There was a great deal more at stake in the matter of Mammoliti, who in the end lost three months’ pay over a $80,000 “gift” he received from a fundraiser the integrity commissioner maintained to be improper. Mammoliti disputes

many elements of the integrity commissioner’s report on the matter, but council was unswayed and overwhelmingly voted to effectively take $26,000 from Mammoliti. The matter of Mammoliti’s pay cut marks the first time in Toronto’s history council has voted to impose a monetary penalty against one of their own. The penalty is somewhat diminished by the fact it is so much less than the amount of money that Mammoliti received. But under the rules as they’re written, council could do no more: three months’ pay is as much penalty as an integrity commissioner can recommend and council can impose. Council did the right thing there, and also in a manner of speaking, in the matter of the future of Toronto’s Ombudsman Fiona Crean. A critical mass of councillors, including those stung by her criticism of

their work on the Toronto Community Housing board and the Public Appointments Committee, made the prospect of garnering the 30 votes necessary to extend Crean’s appointment impossible. But a simple majority was all it took to punt the decision to the newly elected council in 2015. It would have been an awful message to send to accountability officers that their future depended on maintaining good relations with badly behaving councillors. Council took care of some other, real city business too during those four days – business that had nothing to do with themselves. But even if they hadn’t, at least they were able to finish their penultimate council meeting on something resembling an ethical high-ground when it came to understanding their roles and obligations.

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Don’t Mess with the Vashty! And Friends ... WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Rose Will Studio & Gallery, 1630 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Tennille Rose Will, 416-897-8057 It’s Rose Will Studio artist Vashty Hawkins’ birthday! And what better way to celebrate than with an exhibit of her acrylic and encaustic art? With some wine, cheese, and friends too! All pieces are local, original and for sale. There will also be a raffle for two of Vashty’s pieces, with all proceeds going to the studio. Toronto Indie Arts Market - July Sunset Market WHEN: 7 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. CONTACT: www.torontoindieartsmarket.com Beat the heat at Toronto Indie Art Market’s July Sunset Market. Meet local creators of art, crafts, food, fashion, small press and more as they take over the Gladstone Hotel ballroom.

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Yellow & Teal, an afternoon cocktail fundraiser WHEN: noon to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Keg Mansion, 515 Jarvis St., Second Floor CONTACT: Sheleigh Bober, 647-217-0900, sheleigh.bober@

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Raising Artists Parent and Child Painting Workshop WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Trinity Community Recreation Centre, 155 Crawford St. CONTACT: Alessandra or Rita, 647-427-0920, creative@raisingartists.ca COST: $50 Raising Artists invites you and your child to join us in collaboration on an original masterpiece. We have the creative ideas, artistic know-how, and all the supplies you’ll need to craft a work of art during our unique parentand-child painting workshops.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.parkdalevillager.com. Read weeks of listings from your neighbourhood as well as events from across Toronto. gmail.com COST: $60 Parkdale resident Wendy Bober has been battling ovarian cancer for more than three years. Yellow & Teal is a charity event in her honour benefitting Ovarian Cancer Canada and going toward raising $5,000 for the team “Walking for Wendy” in this September’s Walk of Hope for ovarian cancer research.

mologist, will lead you through the fascinating world living just outside your doorstep. This workshop is designed to inspire people feeling buglove or bug fear. Starting indoors, MacLeod will teach you the bug basics. In the afternoon you will hike through High Park to find insects in their natural habitats.

Bug Phobia Be Gone! WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: 416-392-1748, naturecentre@highpark.org COST: $55 Emily Macleod, enthusiastic ento-

Taste of Toronto WHEN: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. WHERE: Fort York National Historic Site, 250 Fort York Blvd. COST: $25 Featuring specially created menus and exclusive opportunities with the city’s most acclaimed chefs, live

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Urban Wood Utilization Tree Tour WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Trinity Bellwoods Park, 1053 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Erin MacDonald, 416413-9244, erin@yourleaf.org COST: $5 suggested donation How can we make better use of our urban wood? Join us on this tour to hear from local arborists and woodworkers.

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Queen West residents discuss neighbourhood natalie chu nchu@insidetoronto.com From heritage buildings to highrises, Queen West residents were eager to share their thoughts and concerns on the developing strip. Nearly 100 residents gathered at the first public consultation meeting last Thursday to discuss the new West Queen West planning study, affecting Queen Street West between Bathurst Street to the east and Roncesvalles Avenue to the west. It was led by Toronto city planner Avery Carr, who called for feedback on preserving the heritage value and character of the strip and other recent development concerns. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re experiencing some increasing development pressure and we want to develop a strong community vision,â&#x20AC;? Carr said in his presentation. Developing a policy context, determining what heritage buildings need to be protected and deciding on further built form of new buildings were all on the future agenda. One immediate point of contention for residents was the highrise â&#x20AC;&#x153;eyesoreâ&#x20AC;? at Dufferin Street and

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Residents write their thoughts on what works and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work in places along Queen Street West between Bathurst Street and Roncesvalles Avenue.

Queen Street West. How it was approved and whether it would set a precedent for the rest of West Queen West was heavily discussed. City staff later clarified the building had fallen between two zoning laws, allowing its height and density. A few longtime residents went on to debate the purpose of this study, saying the â&#x20AC;&#x153;two-tieredâ&#x20AC;? approval system between city council and the Ontario Municipal Board has, and would continue to, prevent any progress on the subsequent recommendations by the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Skylines have been lost, transit has become impossible...all our

work becomes compromised or the builder gets what they want,â&#x20AC;? one resident said. Whether any of the plans would receive funding was also an issue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are no guarantees of money, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at what the community needs,â&#x20AC;? Carr said, adding exhaustive community consultation, along with unified city staff and council, would provide a strong argument toward implementing any recommendations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is there a common character of Queen West? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to figure out,â&#x20AC;? Carr said in an interview with The Villager. The study will continue in stages for another year before a final report is sent to council in late 2015. Due to scheduling conflicts, councillors Gord Perks, Ana Bailao and Mike Layton did not attend the meeting. A separate meeting examining transit capacity in the area is slated for later in the season. Carr said he also hopes to begin walking tours in August to allow residents to continue to give options on the different spaces along Queen.

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City of Toronto and ORHMA heading for OMB showdown this August >>>from page 1 a 25 per cent cap on the number of bars and restaurants on the Parkdale stretch of Queen Street. The OMB has set a full hearing to take place mid-August, and the ORMHA had sent a settlement offer to the city to forestall that. The ORHMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offer would have the city lift the 25 per cent ban. Toronto Council rejected that offer, and counter-proposed it would consent to an adjournment of the hearing until council heard from a working group made up of staff from Municipal Licensing and Standards and staff from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to study ways to improve compliance and enforcement of city bylaws by restaurants and bars. On Tuesday, Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks said the city is still waiting to hear whether the counter-offerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been accepted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made them an offer saying if you want to put off this hearing, we could do that pending the outcome of the working group,â&#x20AC;? said Perks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But be aware of two things: one, we view the issues as being more than simply enforcement and the working group may or may not come

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tions on noise and crowd management,” said local councillor Mike Layton. The Great Hall released a petition Monday, calling for support on its application to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission to increase the capacity from 303 to 1553. So far, more than 2200 signatures have been collected. “To pay the bills for what we want do, we need a higher capacity. We want to expand on the already existing program and keep it as a hub for community artists and local residents,” said Great Hall program co-ordinator Mark Foster. A hearing will also be held at 20 Dundas St. W., on July 30. Those interested in the issue are encour-

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how important these relationships are. “It’s really valuable in seeing the diversity of people’s art practices and I was somebody who, at a young age, didn’t really take advantage of seeking out artists whose work I admire,” Powers said. Her advice for young artists is to “not be afraid” of reaching out to other artists that inspire them, and that older artists often love to hear that others like their work. But along with the egoboost, Powers said artists have

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Offer(s) available on select new 2014 models through participating dealers to qualifi ed retail customers who take delivery by July 31, 2014. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,665, $5 OMVIC fee, $29 tire tax, other taxes, environmental fee, and $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes licensing, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees (up to $399), fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. Limited quantities of certain featured vehicles. Dealer order may be necessary. Representative finance example: 0% financing o er for up to 84 months available O.A.C to qualified retail customers, on approved credit for the new 2014 Forte EX MT (FO545E) with a selling price of $21,414 and includes delivery and destination fees of $1,485, tire tax of $29, A/C charge ($100 when applicable) and a loan credit of $1,000 (which is deducted from the negotiated price before taxes). 182 bi-weekly payments of $118 for 84 months with $0 down payment. Credit fees of $0. Total obligation is $21,414. See retailer for complete details. §Cash Bonus amounts are offered on select 2014 models and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. $4,000 cash bonus only available on the 2014 Optima Hybrid EX (OP74CE) and includes a $1,000 ECO-Credit. *Cash rebate amounts are offered on select 2014 and 2015 models and are deducted from the negotiated purchase price before taxes. Available on cash purchase only. Offer varies by trim. Certain conditions apply. †Loan rebate amounts are offered on select 2014 and 2015 models and are deducted from the negotiated purchase price before taxes. Available on financing offer only. Offer varies by trim. Certain conditions apply. O er ends July 31, 2014. See your dealer for complete details. ∆Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2014 Forte SX (FO748E)/2014 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748E)/2014 Rio4 SX with Navigation (RO749E) is $26,395/$34,795/$22,295. Highway/city fuel consumption is based on the 2014 Rio LX+ ECO (A/T)/2014 Forte 1.8L MPI 4-cyl (M/T)/2014 Optima 2.4L GDI (A/T). These updated estimates are based on the Government of Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. �The Bluetooth® wordmark and logo are registered trademarks and are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. 1Sirius, XM and all related marks and logos are trademarks of Sirius XM Radio Inc. and its subsidiaries. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation. Kia’s new Customer Friendly Pricing includes delivery and destination fees, dealer admin. fee up to $399 and all mandatory government levies. Prices do not include licensing or applicable taxes.

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