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ESCAPING THE TRAP: COMING UP WITH A STRATEGY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING The total number of human trafficking convictions in Toronto since 2014 now stands at nine; in the first week of July alone, Toronto police arrested seven men within a four-day span on human trafficking charges, one case involving a victim as young as 14.

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ENJOY BEER, MUSIC AT BANDSHELL PARK IN EXHIBITION PLACE FOR THREE DAYS The Toronto Beer Festival is back with a brood of new brews for beer lovers everywhere. The ultimate beer sampling experience will take over Bandshell Park at Exhibition Place from July 22 to 24. The festival will also showcase both local and international breweries and will pair it off with food and music. Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/torontobeer WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: See which renowned chefs will be participating in this year’s annual event.

TORONTO RESIDENT, 72, CLIMBING MOUNT KILIMANJARO FOR A GOOD CAUSE Given that he only got into hiking a few years ago, 72-year-old Rick McGraw’s upcoming adventure is a tall order – but one he’s determined to tackle head-on.

McGraw, who lives in the Yonge and Roxborough area, is about to climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for SickKids hospital. Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/climbmountain WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read what he’s doing in the city to prepare for the 19,500 foot climb up to the peak.

POKEMON GO PLAYERS TRY TO ‘CATCH ‘EM ALL’ AT CANADIAN LAUNCH MEET-UP “We’re all out here to live out our childhood dreams of becoming Pokémon trainers,” said Chris Mackinnon, 28, one of the many players at the launch event. “We have proven this game is better to play with friends and we’re so glad the game is out for everybody in Canada.”

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Toronto Council has thrown its weight behind a one-stop express subway in Scarborough supported

by Mayor John Tory – rejecting a move by St. Paul Councillor Josh Matlow to hold the province to a plan to build a seven-stop light rail line from Kennedy Station to Scarborough Town Centre instead.

Submitted image FULL STORY: bit.ly/scarbsubway WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Councillors are still divided after the controversial vote - find out what they are saying.

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COUNCIL VOTES FOR $3.4 BILLION ONESTOP SUBWAY IN SCARBOROUGH

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Representatives from the Toronto and York Region police services alongside those from the Canada Border Services Agency discussed their investigation at Toronto Police Headquarters as well as display a number of the items seized from the Project Beyond operation.

Joanna Lavoie/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/projbeyond WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Those items include eight firearms, ammunition, a silencer, and more than $2.3 million cash.

COUNCIL BACKS BANNING WALKING AND TEXTING IN ROAD SAFETY RULES Toronto Council approved a new safety plan intended to reduce pedestrian and cyclist fatalities on Toronto roads.

They also voted in favour of requesting the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to ban pedestrians from using handheld devices while on a travelled road.

Michele McLean/Metroland FULL STORY:bit.ly/walktextban WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Council also supported reducing speed limits on sections of Richmond, Adelaide, and Front.

TORONTO COUNCIL LIFTS BAN ON STREET HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL ON SOME ROADS It will be ‘game on’ for street hockey players after Toronto Council voted without debate to permit the playing of hockey and basketball on some roads. The move came on Friday, July 15 by Eglinton-Lawrence Councillor Christin Carmichael Greb. Dan Pearce/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/streethockeypermit WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: New rules are now in place for portable hockey and basketball nets.

Racing fans from across the province and beyond came out to Exhibition Grounds last week to watch the Honda Indy Toronto. “It’s awesome,” said Matt Crisanti, 28, of the on-track action. “I feel like I’m out there with them.” Dan Pearce/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/racefans WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Feel the excitment of fans, and learn what took place during the weekend-long event.

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The first official event of the newly formed Ossington BIA, OSSFEST features music as well as the Ossington Crit, a Criterium Bike Racing Event that has cyclists speed through a onekilometre route that cuts through a portion of Ossington Avenue and other streets.

Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/ossfest WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn more about this event and why you should attend – and participate in the bike event.

TORONTO POLICE INITIATIVE FOCUS COMES TO 14 DIVISION TO HELP THOSE AT RISK

When Parkdale actor Kaleb Alexander was about seven years old, he came across theatre being performed in the park. His mom took him to see Romeo and Juliet and he was hooked.

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FOCUS is made up of a multi-agency team that meets once a week to identify people who are at high risk of anti-social or criminal behaviour.

From there, agencies decide whether one or multiple agencies are needed to respond to the individual or group in crisis. Hilary Caton/Metroland

FULL STORY: bit.ly/parkactor WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read specifically why Alexander loves to perform in High Park.

FULL STORY: bit.ly/14divfocus WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn more about this initative and the goal of the program.

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Council leaves behind subways, spending for summer reprieve

Reader thanks Mayor Subway waste of money: reader Tory for subway A one-stop subway? What a waste of money!

People moved out of their homes because of a one-stop subway line.

Once the homes are removed, will the developers move in and build storied condos?

Have the developers promised all this new tax money? Who is paying for this one-stop subway line? You and me of course. Where else would the city get the money to build this one-stop subway line?

How long would this development be?

The Shepherd Avenue bridge took many years and made a lot of construction changes to the road for cars to travel.

Am I the only one who seems angry about this one-stop subway line?

When will the councillors listen to the people who have to pay for this one-stop subway line?

What can I do to get the councillors to listen that this one-stop subway line is a huge waste of money?

Carole M. Lidgold

Thank you Mayor John Tory for the Scarborough subway.

I hear a lot of moaning from other politicians around the city as to why we should not fund this, often what they forget is that Scarborough’s tax base has funded a princely amount of projects all west of Victoria Park, and if this tax base would not exist, then those projects would be seriously compromised or not happen at all. It was about time something came to Scarborough.

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of the Bloor-Danforth Line 2, from Kipling Station to Sherway Gardens (courtesy of Etobicoke Lakehsore Councillor Justin Di Ciano); a subway connection between the Yonge-Sheppard interchange and Downsview Station (a long-held dream of York Centre Councillor James Pasternak); and a Sheppard subway extension from Don Mills Station to McCowan Road (championed by Scarborough Agincourt Councillor Jim Karygiannis).

The studies aren’t, of course, anything approaching a commitment, but they are the sort of thing that has a limited but real effect of papering over possible divisions – both on council and inter-regionally.

The Scarborough subway is going to eat up a huge amount of money and resources. As we must remind ourselves, it is the only major transit project in the city’s long-term transit plan that is fully funded, and the only other one that’s even partially funded is also in Scarborough: the Eglinton Crosstown line.

The downtown relief line. And as was revealed this week, it will likely be more difficult to wrestle more money from the provincial government. Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office noted in a Tuesday report that the province is in danger of over-extending itself on transit spending, with an extra $50 billion in provincial debt in 2021 due to transit alone. So fulfilling those dreams – of subways everywhere – will be a long shot. In the short run of these summer months, as pleasant and peaceable as these dreams are, dreams are all they are.

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Be safe when you play Pokemon Go.

A quiet has descended on Toronto City Hall in the wake of last week’s marathon July council meeting. It seems almost peaceful.

Councillors won’t be getting together again to disrupt that peace until September rolls around – and it would be nice to think that when they and Mayor John Tory meet once more, it will remain in a spirit of peace, and reconciliation.

The debate over the Scarborough subway, after all, appears to be over.

Whatever one thinks of the one-stop subway extension to the Scarborough Town Centre (coming in now at $3.4 billion and probably a good deal more), council decided on its second day of meeting that it was fine with the plan, and the expense.

The fight, between critics like Josh Matlow and Gord Perks and boosters like Deputy Mayor Glenn De Baeremaeker and Tory himself, had been seismic until then.

When the vote finally came late in the day July 12, it wasn’t even all that close: just 16 councillors voted in favour of an amendment to scrap the subway plan and build light rail there instead, with 27 siding with Tory.

It might have been closer, but Tory’s team made a point of rewarding its allies. In addition to the Scarborough subway’s continued approval, council also approved studies for no less than three additional transit projects not on any list but the ones on certain local councillors’ election literature.

So in the coming months, we’ll see about a westward extension

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Pokémon Go players try to ‘catch ’em all’ KELSEY CHENG kcheng@insidetoronto.com Marina De La Peña remembers playing and watching Pokémon when she was little. Now at the age of 20, she never thought she’d be meeting more than 1,000 people that shared a collective memory of Pokémon – at the same time.

“I grew up with Pokémon – I’ve watched all of the anime and played most of the games,” said De La Peña, who gathered at the base of the CN Tower Monday night with her brother Rodrigo and many other Pokémon Go players to celebrate the official release of the game in Canada. “I am so happy about this launch because I get to meet people who love what I love. It’s brilliant.”

The launch of the game was particularly special to De La Peña, who said she was inspired by Pokémon to study animation at Toronto’s Max the Mutt college.

She said the augmented reality aspect is what draws her to the new game.

“Pokémon has always been about travelling,” she said. “Now, you get to explore the city while

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The first Pokemon trainers battle for glory.

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Staff/Metroland On the lookout: Players search for game characters during the Pokémon Go Canadian launch party at the CN Tower plaza Monday evening.

out our childhood dreams of becoming Pokémon trainers,” he said.

However, Mackinnon admitted the game poses a safety risk for people.

“I think the most dangerous thing is that you’ll end up in areas that you’re not familiar with,” he said.

Toronto police Const. David Hopkinson said safety plans were in place and officers were on site to make sure everyone was able to have fun in a safe manner during the event.

But more importantly, he advised the public to be in charge of their own safety and not get carried away when

playing the game.

“The app does not account for your safety, as it does not take into consideration any traffic or trespassing onto private property,” he said.

“Be aware of your surroundings, and be aware of how it might affect those around you.

“A squirtle is not worth your safety.”

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playing the game and you get to meet new friends along the way. It’s a really positive experience.”

Matthew Cashman, 30, the organizer of the “meet-up” and co-founder of Legacy Gamers, a Toronto-based gaming events organization, created the event “on a whim,” and was surprised at the turnout. He thought it was a great way to celebrate an important game in many people’s childhood.

“I used to play Pokémon back in the day when it first came out, on my Game Boy black-and-white screen,” he said. “As a kid, I was pretty passionate about it.”

Developed by American software company Niantic, Inc., Pokémon Go operates very much like a fantasy Google Map. The game is set in augmented reality, where players physically walk to “capture” Pokémon. The game also includes PokéStops that are city attractions, historic sites and art instillations for players to collect extra PokéBalls as well as other items. Pokémon Gyms, located at various physical locations, are places where players become trainers and battle other Pokémon players on different teams.

The event is dubbed by Cashman as “The Battle for the CN Tower”, meaning players will compete against each other for Toronto’s most iconic Pokémon gym.

“It’s Canada’s icon as well - so I thought it would be the best place to celebrate the launch of the game,” he said.

Chris Mackinnon, 28, came from Etobicoke with his friends. He said Pokémon Go gave them a purpose to go outside.

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The Canadian version of Pokémon Go is released in July. Everyone is playing everywhere.

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Up next is Pokémon Sun and Moon for the Nintendo 3DS - due in November.

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WORK UNDERWAY ON LARGE BLACK-ANDWHITE MURAL AT YONGE AND ST. CLAIR

The Connections Legacy Mural, spread out over 760 feet just south of Sheppard Avenue, uses 500 different shades of colour and applied fabric textiles representing a smorgasbord of different cultures.

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The large black-and-white mural by renowned U.K. artist Phlegm will depict a human form curled in a ball, with the person’s body being made up of buildings and plants, including such Toronto landmarks as the CN Tower and the Royal Ontario Museum..Justin Skinner/Metroland

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ESCAPING THE TRAP:

COMING UP WITH A CO-OrdINATed sTrATeGy TO COMBAT HUMAN TrAFFICKING miKE ADLER AnD fAnniE sUnshinE newsroom@insidetoronto.com The young man stands before the judge, barely crossing the age threshold of being tried in adult court.

Charges against him are lengthy and grim: a snippet includes forcible confinement, uttering threats, sexual assault, and human trafficking.

Police know the human trafficking charge will be the hardest one to land a conviction on, mainly due to the victim’s unwillingness to testify or memory lapses, and will often take pleas for lesser offences.

The total number of human trafficking convictions in Toronto since 2014 now stands at nine; in the first week of July alone, Toronto police arrested seven men within a four-day span on human trafficking charges, one case involving a victim as young as 14.

And one York Region cop has no problem dropping human trafficking charges if it means pimps will land in jail.

“It doesn’t mean they all walk, they all got away,” said Det. Sgt. Thai

Truong, adding as a police officer, as long as the accused is found guilty for what he’s done and justice is served, “I’m happy with that.”

The provincial government unveiled the long-awaited human trafficking strategy Thursday, June 30, which calls for an investment up to $72 million aimed at increasing awareness and coordination, enhancing justice-sector initiatives and improving survivors’ access to services. Currently, Ontario is grappling with roughly 65 per cent of police-reported human trafficking cases in Canada.

The strategy involves nine ministries and is based on four pillars: strong leadership through an anti-human trafficking office through CommSoc, which will collect and share information; increased awareness and community supports to help survivors heal; justice sector initiatives to identify trafficking earlier and hold traffickers to account; and indigenous-led approaches.

Det. Sgt. Nunzio Tramontozzi of Toronto Police Service’s human trafficking

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Michelle Smith, executive director of Women’s Support Network of York Region in Newmarket, which runs a human trafficking help line, called the issue a “provincial and national crisis.”

She hoped the strategy would include long-term core funding, along with people specialized in human trafficking and infrastructure for couselling.

Trafficked women sometimes require “eight, nine, 10-hour care”, with psychological and emotional trauma the most pervasive aspect.

“We have women that are servicing eight to 10 men a day, against their will,” she said.

Funded by Canada’s Department of Justice, York Region launched a bus campaign several weeks ago aimed at trafficked women, Smith said, suggesting a go-to guide and app needs to be available for school boards to inform teachers about human trafficking signs to look out for.

Besides a strategy, greater emphasis on social media literacy must be taught in schools to help combat human trafficking, said Debbie Gordon, director of kidsmediacentre at Centennial College.

Being able to share case studies about other young victims works, but voices of young people who question the sensibilities of the social media culture need to be heard, she said.

“Kids will listen when it’s one of their own.”

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team called the strategy a great start, noting specialized Crowns are a police asset.

A specialized team of Crown attorneys will ensure cases are prosecuted effectively and consistently across province, he said, adding expanded quick response programs will be in place to help victims, including paying for things such as travel costs, identification replacement, and enhancing 24-hour crisis assistance.

But not everyone was pleased with the strategy.

Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott, who put forward a private member’s bill Saving the Girl Next Door, which calls for victims to obtain restraining orders against their trafficker and sue them for damages, said while the strategy is a step in the right direction, it ultimately falls short.

The Conservative MPP took issue with the lack of permanent multi-year funding and firm deadlines for establishing a multijurisdictional and multi-disciplinary task force.

In an interview with Metroland Media Toronto prior to the strategy’s release, she said the province needs to take the lead in human trafficking enforcement.

“It’s modern day slavery,” she said. “Will all survivors sue? No, but it’s a means of justice.”

Scott’s bill would also include trafficking as a sexual offence under the age of 18.

• Women’s Support Network of York Region: 905-758-5285, www.womenssupportnetwork.ca/ • Toronto Police Service human trafficking team: 416-808-8385, www.torontopolice.on.ca/sexcrimes/htet.php • York Regional Police human trafficking team: 905-758-5581, www.yrp.ca/en/about/human-trafficking.asp

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Maria Charlesworth (left) and her mother Elizabeth try the hula hoops during last year’s Big on Bloor Festival. This year the twoday festival will shut down Bloor Street between Lansdowne and Dufferin streets. See Bloordale with its improved streetscape and community art.

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