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Lost city grant inspires artists NATALIE CHU nchu@insidetoronto.com It felt like an opening ceremony in front of Parkdale Community Health Centre (PCHC).

Dressed in blue work jumpsuits, Elinor Whidden and Maggie Hutcheson unveiled a small sign with the word “VITAL” along with an image, and a lot more text, to a crowd a cheers.

Nearly 50 people gathered Monday to see the piece, and hear testimonies of how one community program changed,

and saved, lives. They also waved small white flags with personal quotes.

They were commemorating the centre’s 24-year-old harm reduction program that lost its city grant this year.

“The centre isn’t just maintaining what they have, but making harm reduction even stronger,” Hutcheson said in front of the crowd.

Hutcheson and Whidden are also known as the creators of the Department of Public Memory, an art project they started to remember the “underfunded

and under-appreciated services in Toronto.”

Though marking the PCHC’s harm reduction program was not declaring its permanent closure, Whidden said the latest project was “right up our alley” when she first saw the online petition to save the program’s funding.

“It was just the perfect timing and there was a real sense of urgency,” she said. “We need to have a rallying cry for why this is important.”

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‘Tree hugger’ seeking support for city saplings NATALIE CHU nchu@insidetoronto.com Michaelle McLean doesn’t mind being called a tree hugger.

“Trees are like the lungs of the city,” said the Ossington neighbourhood resident. “I think my mom taught me to be a tree hugger and taught me how important they were.”

On a bike ride home three weeks ago, McLean saw the city planted new saplings in her

local park, Osler Playground on Argyle Street. She instantly knew there was work to be done.

Over the years, McLean has seen cutbacks with park maintenance, namely a consistent watering program. Not wanting to see any more new trees die, she decided to water each sapling with 20 litres a week, or two large plastic jugs she found at the supermarket.

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Parkdale’s annual free Lab Cab Festival, held Saturday and Sunday, featured music, dance, theatre, poetry, comedy, film, visual art, storytelling, crafts, kids stuff and much more on Queen Street West between Roncesvalles Avenue and Dufferin Street.

Both days of the Lab Cab Festival featured the same schedule with these photos from Saturday. Top left, Family Band Jambouree members Eric Chisholm, left, Kristin Rodgerson, Rebecca Jess and Rob Kempson perform in a back alley off Elm Grove Avenue.

Far left, Jack Gibney, centre, leads an historical walk through Parkdale. At left, Tim and the Pacifiers’ Nancy Kalamanski, left, and Tim Machin entertain children. Above, Proximity Ensemble members Carla Mello, left, Mika Lior, Lo Bil, Tess Takahashi and Sarah Tolmie perform.

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Lovebot creator joins SKETCH artists to create mural NATALIE CHU nchu@insidetoronto.com

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preading more love was what artist Matthew Del Degan set out to achieve with his latest project.

But this time it wasn’t in the form of his popular concrete statues, Lovebot (found in popular neighbourhood fixtures across the city), but a “Torontocentric” mural housed in Virgin Mobile’s store on Queen Street West (as part of their RE*Generation movement to support homeless youth).

Del Degan worked in collaboration with SKETCH, a community art space in the Trinity-Bellwoods neighbourhood, for streetinvolved and homeless youth, from their late teens to 20s.

“It’s a passion project,” Del Degan said of the piece.

“It was all about love, positivity and selflessness.”

The project took two months to complete, and the artist was tasked with bringing all the collaborators’ ideas into one image.

One of the collaborators was Shaughn Martel, who’s been involved with SKETCH for three years.

Martel, who lives near College and Dufferin streets, said the collaboration happened through two meetings between SKETCH youth and Del Degan.

Equipped with markers and paper, nearly 10 members were able to discuss their concepts and draw objects based on those ideas.

The final product is a large, futuristic mural and includes a depiction of Queen Street West at Trinity Bellwoods Park.

Representatives from the mobile company wanted to make sure the space (formerly toy shop Magic Pony) fit in with the tight-knit community and contacted both groups.

“We just talked about life and cycles of renewal,” Martel said on coming up with the theme of the piece.

“A lot of it was just about sharing the struggles that we go through, but always giving it a positive spin,” Del Degan said. “Through trauma comes triumph.”

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Artists Shaughn Martel, left, and Matthew Del Degan display the new mural they helped create for the Virgin Mobile shop on Queen Street West.

For Del Degan, who lives in the east end, there are so many unique elements to the mural making it difficult to discuss them all.

“If you have specific feelings about the city that are very deep, we probably

covered it,” he said.

But the mural also celebrates some of Toronto’s more quirky elements. One of the pairs’ favourite parts of the piece is an abstract depiction of a white squirrel, the animal famous for

roaming in the west-end park.

“It’s a very Torontocentric image that we created about the community,” Del Degan said.

Overall, Del Degan said he was “flabbergasted” by

how well the collaboration went, and the amount of support and encouragement within the community.

“I like to break rules and I’m a happy and crazy kid, but everyone who was in that room was the same way,” Del Degan said.

He went into the project not expecting to teach other artists, but to create, have fun “and just be young together.”

Del Degan said he’s moving toward larger murals, eyeing the sides of buildings.

“I want to do more.

Murals are really powerful, and I want to give really big work to the city.”

A future collaboration with SKETCH is not out of the question either. For Del Degan, that could be a program combining art and technology.

“I want to re-imagine what street art could be,” he said.

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he one-year countdown to the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games has begun. As of today’s editorial, we’re 344 days away from the Pan Am and 372 from the Parapan Am. There is little doubt this event will focus eyes on the Greater Toronto Area. The numbers are impressive: $1.14 billion budget; 7,600 athletes expected to attend; 49 Pan Am and 16 Parapan Am events; 15 upgraded sports facilities and 10 new world-class facilities. The figures alone set us up to host what will truly be a world-class sporting event.

However, it’s also a chance for Toronto (and other municipalities involved in the Games) to really showcase what makes us so great. Toronto, for one, will be on display and we’re definitely ready for it.

The city has communities from all 41 countries across Latin America, South America, the Caribbean and North America attending the Games. From the Colombian community across St. Clair Avenue West, the Brazilians along Dundas Street West and Jamaican communities along Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto is our view the place to enjoy them all.

There’s a lot to With it, the Games bring development for Toronto via new cheer about athletic facilities in North York Scarborough to the masfor the Games and sive 35-acre Athletes’ Village in the West Don Lands that will be turned into a mixed-use community after the Games.

But with all the accolades and excitement come some pretty important concerns, namely the impact on traffic, particularly in Toronto, which is already experiencing dramatic traffic issues. In a recent interview, Stephen Buckley, the city’s director of transportation planning, said it’s still unknown how much of an impact the Games will have on local traffic patterns.

However, the Games will also see new transportation infrastructure built, including the UnionPearson Express air rail link and improvements to Union Station.

Shovels are in the ground, and athletes, coaches and spectators will be here in less than a year.

It’s time for governments, communities, and Torontonians to get behind the Games in these last stages of planning.

Before we know it, it’ll be showtime and we need to make sure we put our best collaborative effort forward to make the kind of impression we can all be proud of.

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Might some mayoral candidates step aside?

I don’t often find myself agreeing with my colleague Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy, but I have to say she asked the best question at Monday evening’s mayoral debate in East York.

Taking on Rob Ford directly, Levy pointed out that with no supporters left on Toronto council, he had no hope of fulfilling the agenda he proposed.

Why not, she wondered, at some point quit the race and throw support behind a candidate who could fulfill that agenda?

Of course, Ford had no intention of doing any such thing and said so, making it clear that only Rob Ford could look after taxpayer dollars and if anybody should quit, it was those other candidates.

Here in the middle of summer, no one’s going to say anything different.

But whether anyone admits it or not, Levy’s question will weigh on the mind of at least two other

david nickle the city candidates between now and election Day Oct. 27.

David Soknacki and Karen Stintz are two candidates who’ve put forward serious enough campaigns to put them on the A-list for mayoral debates.

But at least so far as polls are going, neither has gained traction.

That’s not to say they couldn’t. Stintz has spent the term building her reputation as a councillor and TTC chair with a conservative bent.

Soknacki has been out of politics for some time, but he’s put forward a strong centrist platform and of all the reasonable and staid alternatives to Ford, Soknacki is surely the most reasonable and staid.

There is, in theory, yet time for both of those candidates to capture the imagination of voters.

In 2003, David Miller only started to gain momentum in the summer before the election – and by the time of the vote, he was the people’s choice for the next mayor of Toronto.

Graceful exit There is also time for a graceful exit – such as Sarah Thomson and Rocco Rossi both did four years ago, when it became clear to both of them their earnestly begun campaigns were going nowhere.

By the time that election rolled around, the election boiled down to a staring match between George Smitherman and Rob Ford, with only New Democrat candidate Joe Pantalone tagging along in a distant third place.

Thomson threw her support behind Smitherman, and Rossi just stepped aside, to let his volunteers and funders have a graceful exit themselves.

So will it likely go this

fall – and really, it’s too bad that it will.

Great candidates Because aside from Soknacki’s smart platform and Stintz’ bona fides, there are a number of different visions for Toronto that voters should take a look at.

Toronto criminal lawyer Ari Goldkind is running a smart, lo-fi campaign himself, preaching the gospel of tax-what-youneed-to-spend as sensibly as Soknacki.

But there is an inertia to celebrity, and that is why, barring some calamity, Ford will not likely heed Levy’s suggestion and throw in the towel until the last poll is closed Oct. 27 – while other candidates who might have a chance of running an effective council after that vote will step aside.

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Artists document loss of city services >>>from page 1 pouring of stories and support from the Parkdale community.

“This is an essential service,” said Will, a longtime Parkdale resident who spoke during the ceremony. “We’re not asking for billions ...we’re asking for what we need to get by, and keep going.”

David Fabrizio, a peerworker of the program, said harm reduction keeps people safe.

“In the end, harm reduction ensures dignity. It stands for social justice, it is low-cost, high impact, keeps people safe and minimizes death. We do what we do out of passion.

If there’s a place that has need we will go there, working with people and saving lives.”

This sign marks the sixth one the pair has installed across the city. They previously commemorated a dropin meal program, along with a former computer resources centre and a couple of libraries that have closed.

The pair launched the project in 2011 as a response to the proposed 2012 budget cuts to “core” services.

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Maggie Hutcheson installs the Sixth Department of Public Memory sign in front of the Parkdale Community Health Centre on Monday night.

“We thought: what could we do as artists? In a way, we wanted to visibly mark what is often invisible infrastructure,” Whidden said.

Now the Canadian Council for the Arts is supporting the project, along with the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. To research the sites, the two engage with community members and staff on why the services were or are particularly meaningful.

The project, she hopes, will continue the conversation around the loss of important services.

“It’s a really interesting task because signs are usually supposed to direct or clarify information. Our challenge is our signs often ask more questions,” she said. Art is supposed to help you to ask those questions.”

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By the NUMBERS $1.44B Total budget for TO2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. Of that, $674 million is for new infrastructure.

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The number of athletes e x p e c t e d f o r co m bin e d Pan Am/Parapan from the Americas and Caribbean.

That number jumps to more than 10,000 when coaches and team of ficials are added.

Games’ impact on traffic difficult to predict: city transportation officials RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com

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hough planning and infrastructure builds are well underway for the 2015 Toronto Pan Am / Parapan Am Games, the city’s transportation officials have outstanding questions as to how traffic will be managed during the event.

The largest-ever multisport undertaking for the Toronto region, the Games are projected to cost $2.5 billion, of which the province has budgeted between $75 million to $90 million for transportation management, to ensure 7,700 athletes and coaches, plus some 1.4 million spectators get to their venues on time.

Eightnew Games venues are located in Toronto, including an athletes village, aquatics centre and an athletic stadium to be located at York University. The Pan Am coverage zone extends from north of Toronto south to St. Catharines.

With a year to go, finalizing traffic concerns now would seem a welcome cushion for the province which has had to deal with more pressing issues such as venue construction delays and the removal of Ian Troop as Games CEO in 2013, replaced by Saad Rafi.

In February, the province released a preliminary plan for managing Games traffic following almost two years of consultations between provincial and municipal agencies including the Ministry of Transportation (MOT), Metrolinx, Toronto,

the TTC as well as the Games’ introduced the city’s upgraded Integrated Security Unit. traffic control centre intended By establishing reserved to modernize citywide monilanes and encouraging toring of traffic incidents, use of non-automosaid the city is in conbile travel options, stant dialogue with t h e p r ov i n c e Pan Am officials believes it can in regards to the reduce existing plan.

“It’s coming traffic levels by 20 per cent. along quickly But how a n d w e’r e going to have much of a traffic impact to start doing the Games will things now,” he have on local said.

Per haps the traffic patterns remains to be plan’s chief seen.

TERESA MARANDO feature is the “That’s sort director of transportation establishment of the unknown o f a Ga m e s planning, Pan Am / when you do Route Network Parapan Am Games big events that (GRN) along are say, anomalies,” said dedicated HOV lanes found Stephen Buckley, the city’s on 400-series highways, Lake director of transportation Shore Boulevard and other planning. major arterials that span “We don’t know where 150 kilometres in the GTA people are staying, we don’t alone. know what venues they’re Dedicated route networks are now a must for internaattending. We don’t know where they’re coming from,” tional sporting events and he said. the GRN will be restricted to “They may come by train, athletes and personnel and they may come in carpools, attendees during the Pan American Games, running they may walk.”

Buckley, who – last week – from July 10 to 26, and the

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? IS THERE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR you’d like to know, as to how you or your community may be affected by the Games? Let us know and we’ll try to get answers for you in a future story.

Email us at plv@insidetoronto.com Artist renderings of the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre/COURTESY PAN AM

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We want to be cognizant that it’s going to be busy and we need to coordinate our efforts to make sure we’re not doing something to make it more difficult for each other.

– Teresa Marando, on the need for cooperation between the province and municipalities in managing transportation issues

Parapan American Games that go from Aug. 7 to 15, 2015.

They will also be open for use by carpoolers, buses, emergency vehicles and accredited media.

Enforcement will be largely on a volunteer basis.

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE The Games will also see the debut of transportation infrastructure such as the Union-Pearson Express air rail link. Infrastructure improvements at Union Station and on Queens Quay are also continuing.

“For almost every venue we have road access, transit access, there’s a GO station or connection nearby,” said Teresa Marando, director of transportation planning for the Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

Marando, an MOT official, said the province had already consulted with municipalities about deferring maintenance work and halting the granting of construction permits during the Games to reduce congestion.

“We want to be cognizant that it’s going to

be busy and we need to coordinate our efforts to make sure we’re not doing something to make it more difficult for each other,” she said.

When it comes to co-ordinating transit, the TTC and the city have to work together to deal with traffic issues such delivery trucks and illegally parked cars blocking busy streetcar routes, said TTC CEO Andy Byford.

“It’s got to be a joint team effort with the city to once and for all create clear ways for our vehicles to get through, and that can only to be to the benefit of Toronto ultimately,” said Byford following last week’s TTC board meeting.

NEW APPOINTMENT The TTC is about to appoint a Pan Am Games co-ordinator who will “obsess about the detail” of its transportation planning, said Byford.

“We still have a year to go,” he said. “The key for us is to get into the microdetail of making sure that the plan works.”

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Amount of metric tons of sand that will be brought in to create an urban beach at Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre 200 Princes’ Blvd., which is built as a temporary venue.

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The number of spor ting events that will be held at Pan A m Par k , w hich encompasses E xhibition Place, Ontario Place and the West channel.

49

The number of events in the Pan Am Games.

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The number of venues to be used for the Games.

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The number of events in the Parapan Am Games.

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The number of municipalities in Southern Ontario, mostly in the Greater Toronto Area, that will host events.

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T he num b er of at hletic facilities being upgraded in order to host events.

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The number of world-class facilities being built.

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The number of times Canada has hosted the Pan A m Games.

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Clay & Paper presents Animal Nature at Dufferin Grove Park WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin St. CONTACT: 416-708-3332, www. clayandpapertheatre.org COST: Pay what you can; $10 suggested Clay & Paper Theatre’s 2014 summer show is an epic papier-mâché tale of the search for the way home. Animal Nature is filled with a decidedly Canadian mélange of creature characters and giant puppets on a fateful journey to the very edges of the earth itself. Owl, Caribou, Possum, Grizzly, Orca and Humanimal have been displaced from their homes and must address the deceptively simple question “How did we get pushed here?”

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Beck Taxi is a family company started by Jim Beck in 1967, and managed by his daughter Gail for the last 25 years. The company is dedicated to providing customers with reliable and friendly service within 10 minutes anywhere in the city of Toronto. Beck Taxi’s fleet of more than 1750 vehicles - approximately three times the size

of the nearest competitor - ensures prompt and reliable service no matter where you are.

For customer convenience, all Beck vehicles accept payment by cash, credit card, and personal or corporate account. Additionally, 90 per cent of the fleet can accept payment by debit card.

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For over 45 years, Beck Taxi has led the way in Toronto Taxi service, continually developing new ways to make their customers’ commute convenient.

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Located on Roncesvalles, Pizzeria Defina serves authentic, wood oven pizzas, with a twist.

While respecting the craft of authentic Italian artisan pizzas, Pizzeria Defina cooks with the philosophy that traditional pizzas can be inspired by different cuisines from around the world including Turkish Pidé and Morrocan Chicken Calzone.

The new Mediterranean inspired summer menu offers a Sharing Pizza, Caprese Pizza, Grilled Fish and Octopus as well as Wood Fired Three Cheese Foccacia, and Wood Roasted Chicken Wings. To celebrate the World Cup Soccer in Brazil, Pizzeria Defina is offering a special FIFA inspiredmenuwithBrazilianPizza,specialty cocktails, imported beer and all games will be projected live.

From the mozzarella cheese to the cured meats, all recipes are made with fresh local produce and plump, juicy tomatoes imported from Italy. Patrons can choose from two different kinds of traditional thin pizza crust Napoletana is softer and perfect for folding while the

Romana is thin, crispy and charred.

In 2013 and once again in 2014, Isaac Mcdougall and Danilo Lupo, the two pizzaiolos from Defina, brought their culinary talents and innovative recipes to Las Vegas where they participated in the International Pizza Expo and competed for the Best Pizza Maker of theYear!

Danilo, armed with his D.O.P. San Marzano tomato sauce, creamy bufala cheese from Campagna, Italy, Macedonian sausage, spinach and micro basil served on a secret Weiss bierpizzacrustsweptthecompetition for Best Traditional Style Pizza in the Regional Division.

Isaac competed in the NonTraditional Division with his delicious Canadian Pizza with DOP San Marzano tomato sauce, bacon whiskey jam, double smoked bacon, Peameal bacon and Canadian cheddar. Both pizzailolos have successfully qualified at this year’s 2014 Pizza Expo and brought back even more innovative and delicious pizzas to RoncesvallesVillage.

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This car dealer is well known for providing knowledgeable information, competitive prices and excellent customer service. Ken Shaw Lexus Toyota Scion provides the best customer service because the staff’s first priority is to help clients identify their needs. The highly trained staff are prepared to answer questions regarding purchase price, monthly payments, interest rates and loan length along with all your questions about specific Lexus, Toyota or Scion models. All enquiries will be answered clearly, honestly and professionally to help make the decision process easier.

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Ken Shaw Lexus Toyota Scion has been owned and operated by the Shaw family for over 50 years and is your neighbourhood dealership. It all started back in 1958 when a small service station was opened on Dundas Street West by Ken Shaw. From those

humble beginnings Ken Shaw Lexus Toyota Scion has grown into one of Canada’s largest and most respected family owned dealerships. The Shaw family strongly believes in supporting local causes in a variety of ways, ranging from sports teams and charitable organizations to learning programs for children. The Ken Shaw family have always dedicated themselves to giving back to the community through sponsorship of major events and donations. Nobody can beat the family and team spirit that is offered at Ken Shaw Lexus Toyota Scion. The friendly and helpful atmosphere has contributed to building a local reputation of honesty and sales and service satisfaction.

REWARDS PROGRAM Ken Shaw Lexus Toyota Scion offers an exclusive VIP Rewards Program.

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Going Back to School Stress-Free Simple advice from Toronto Central CCAC Fall is around the corner and the return to school is on the minds of parents and kids alike.

While many children are looking forward to getting back in touch with their friends after the long hot summer, there are those who may be experiencing feelings of anxiety and stress at the thought of homework and school books. For those children who are in the midst of changing schools or grades, or who have had academic or social difficulties in the past, the approach of Labour Day can trigger feelings of extreme anxiety and in some cases, depression.

The Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) has a team of specialized Mental Health and Addiction Nurses who work in Toronto schools, supporting students, parents and staff who are in need of education, advice and consultation on mental health issues.

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St. Joe’s supports breastfeeding moms LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com It’s a common misconception among new mothers that they won’t produce enough breast milk to feed their babies.

Yet, the truth is, the more the breasts are used, the more milk they’ll produce, according to Janet Lang, a registered nurse and lactation consultant at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, debunking one of the biggest myths, just days before the start of World Breastfeeding Week, Aug. 1 to 7, co-ordinated by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (worldbreastfeedingweek.org).

Lang has been a lactation consultant since 1996. She’s been at St. Joe’s since 1999.

“I had so much trouble (breastfeeding) my babies, I didn’t want other mothers to go through what I had,” she said.

There wasn’t any breastfeeding support for women when her children were born in 1982 and ’85. This has changed by leaps and bounds since then. All nurses at St. Joe’s are currently trained in teaching new mothers how to breastfeed.

“We, as specialists, step in if

breasts to successfully breastfeed,” Lang said.

There are many benefits of breastfeeding. For one, the milk is readymade whenever babies are hungry and it’s always the right temperature; breast milk is easier for babies to digest than formula. Formula often causes constipation, said Lang, and takes longer to digest because it stays in the belly longer.

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Janet Lang is a registered nurse and lactation consultant at St. Joseph’s Health Centre. World Breastfeeding Week takes place Aug. 1 to 7.

there’s anything they can’t handle,” said Lang, who offers a daily 10 a.m. breastfeeding support group at the hospital.

She provides participants with resources for new families, including contact information for a 24-hour helpline and the hospital’s Just for Kids clinic.

“The first 72 hours of breastfeeding lays down all the receptors in the

Breastfeeding reduces rates of breast and ovarian cancer, she added.

“There is not a big percentage who have problems,” she said.

These challenges can include the baby not latching onto the nipple or sore nipples. This can be alleviated by positioning the baby a certain way on the nipple, Lang said.

St. Joseph’s Health Centre’s family birthing centre can accommodate as many as 4,000 births a year.

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Volunteers sought to adopt a tree >>>from page 1 neighbours to do the same.

She is asking nearby residents to commit to watering one of the 14 trees weekly to ensure the saplings will be able to establish roots.

According to McLean, a tree takes three to five years to mature.

“When I was growing up there were sprinklers all over the park and it was a very familiar noise at night... and now they’re gone because we can’t afford the water and the upkeep,” she said.

“It’s a really easy way to give back to the park,” she said.

For McLean, trees provide “beautiful shade”, something that will come at a premium in this park, once the two largest ash trees die due to the emerald ash borer infestation.

The ice storm in December also killed many of the city’s trees, and McLean said she hopes the watering project will spur a desire to plant more trees.

This isn’t the first tree-saving project McLean has tackled. She used to live half a block south from Trinity Bellwoods Park and was looking to get involved with it. She joined their Adopt-a-Tree program and ended up running it for six years.

“We had great response with

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Michaelle McLean waters a tree at the Osler playground on Friday as part of the Adopt-a-Tree program she initiated.

the neighbours around Trinity Bellwoods, so I thought, ‘Why don’t we check it out here?’”

Tree-adopting programs, she said, have quickly spread across the city and now have at least 10 established programs.

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The City of Toronto and Toronto Community Housing are putting people first by working hard to repair social housing.

Toronto City Council has approved a plan to secure an unprecedented $864-million investment over 10 years for capital repairs.

This funding is being used to repair Toronto Community Housing’s rapidly aging buildings.

The City of Toronto also needs:

Despite these efforts, there is still a significant funding gap which must be filled – a gap the City and Toronto Community Housing cannot fill on their own.

• the federal government to stop withdrawing money from social and co-operative housing and instead reinvest that money back into capital repairs;

That’s why we have launched the Close the Housing Gap campaign. Its goal is to persuade the federal and provincial governments to each match Toronto’s investment of $864 million over 10 years.

• the federal and provincial governments to provide fully-funded, long-term housing strategies.

By doing so, Ottawa and Queen’s Park will help sustain a valued social asset that improves the lives of Torontonians.

• the provincial government to treat social housing providers fairly when paying social assistance rent rates, and

You can add your voice to this campaign by contacting your MPP and MP and tell them to Close the Housing Gap. Or holding campaign events in your community. Or distributing posters, petitions and buttons.

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