The Parkdale Villager, March 3, 2016

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NOT GOING EXTINCT IN THE DIGITAL AGE Local bookstores in Roncesvalles have adapted to stay relevant in an increasingly digital world. And they have no intention of closing shop.

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THIS 12-STOREY OFFICE BUILDING IS BEING PROPOSED FOR LIBERTY VILLAGE

TAKE A WALK ON THE BEACH TO SEE ART View the 13 lifeguard stands across Balmy, Kew and Ashbridges Bay beaches currently transformed into temporary art installations.

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FULL STORY:bit.ly/libertyoffice WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: Find out what others had to say about the proposal.

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UPCOMING ANNUAL MUSIC THERAPY WALK AIMS TO RAISE $40,000 THIS YEAR

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The walk will start from the Music Therapy Centre to the Lula Lounge to raise money for the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund, which will enable music therapists to provide music therapy sessions to children at risk for social, emotional and physical delays. File photo/ATILLA SOYLU

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A proposal to build a 12-storey office building at Atlantic and Jefferson avenues and Liberty Street will create up to 2,400 office jobs, according to the developer. But it will mean artists in more than 40 live-work units will be looking for new places as the units are converted into commercial space.

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FULL STORY: bit.ly/therapywalk WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: See how music therapy can make a real difference in people’s lives and how you can contribute.

At the ripe old age of eight, Grade 3 student Carlie Weinreb recently gave a lecture at the University of Toronto, and has related presentations lined up in coming weeks at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Windsor – just in time for tax season.

Staff photo/DAN PEARCE FULL STORY: bit.ly/taxwhiz WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: An incredible story about how she’s been brought up and what lies ahead for her future.

Plenary Health, Fengate Bondfield Group and EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare are on the shortlist to design, build, finance and maintain the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health redevelopment project, which consists of two buildings designed for patients with complex mental illnesses.

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FULL STORY: bit.ly/camhshortlist WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: Learn what the project will include both for patients and community.

THE FRIENDS OF HIGH PARK ZOO LOOKING FOR INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED MEMBERS

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CAMH ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST FOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The Friends of High Park Zoo is looking for board members to oversee activities of the organization for 2016 and 2017 as the volunteer group embarks on its new master plan.

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FULL STORY: bit.ly/saferail WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: Find out when the annual general meeting takes place and details about the zoo.

RESIDENTS PETITION GOVERNMENT TO CREATE SAFE RAIL COMMUNITIES

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EXHIBITION GROUNDS BOARD CONSIDERING ABOVE-GROUND PARKING STRUCTURE

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A 10-year parking strategy presented to Exhibition Grounds board suggests four locations where an above-ground parking structure may work for the area.

File photo/NICK PERRY FULL STORY: bit.ly/exparking WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: Find out which parking option will make it easier to get to Liberty Village and BMO Stadium.

Safe Rail Communities, a national initiative established by Junctionarea residents advocating for safe, transparent and regulated rail service, has created an online petition calling for higher industrial standards in order to reduce the risks to neighbourhoods along train corridors.

File photo/COURTESY FULL STORY: bit.ly/saferail WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: Visit to sign the petition to bring Safe Rail Communities concerns to the government.

TOO DEEP IN DEBT GOODWILL HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL NOT REOPEN

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FULL STORY: bit.ly/insideworkers WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: If work action escalates some city services will be drastically affected.

Goodwill Industries of Toronto, Eastern, Central and Northern Ontario (Goodwill TECNO) will not restructure and reopen, CEO Keiko Nakamura announced Monday, along with her resignation. The organization is $6 million in debt, $4.2 million of which is owed to former employees.

File photo/DAN PEARCE FULL STORY: bit.ly/goodwillceo WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: 530 workers now have no hope of getting their old jobs back.

WANT TO GET TO PEARSON? IT JUST GOT A LOT CHEAPER ON UP EXPRESS Ontario’s Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca expressed confidence numbers will climb as a result of a fare cut on the Union Pearson (UP) Express. Fares will be dropping to 50 per cent less for travel on the four-stop rail service between Union Station and Toronto Pearson Airport.

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ARE CITY HALL EMPLOYEES CHEATING LESS? THAT’S WHAT ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS According to the Toronto Auditor General’s annual report for 2015, the City of Toronto’s Fraud and Waste Hotline received 572 complaints with a total of 800 allegations – the lowest number since 2007.

File photo/ANTOINE TEDESCO FULL STORY: bit.ly/fraudline WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: City employees have been caught faking their time sheets, cheating on their benefit claims and using city resources to work on a second job.

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FULL STORY: bit.ly/upfares WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: Find out exactly how much the new fares will cost when the new rates kick in next Wednesday.

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As of The Villager’s press deadline, there hasn’t been much movement on contract negotiations between the city and its inside workers since last Thursday’s protest at Nathan Phillips Square. Union president Tim Maguire launched a work-torule campaign last Monday.

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anning chewing tobacco in public spaces, arenas and sports fields should be a piece of cake. Given Toronto’s history dealing with tobacco regulation, it’s more likely to be a gooey lump of chaw.

Chaw is one of the terms for so-called smokeless tobacco products.

Historically popular in the American south and midwest, the product also known as chew, grizzly, skoal and snuff has been spreading in at least visibility thanks to its popularity among professional and semi-professional athletes – in particular, baseball players.

The use of the product is extremely unhealthy.

It might not get into the lungs, but it’s just as addictive as cigarettes and pipes and it’s associated with mouth, esophageal and pancreatic cancers, gum disease, and heart disease and stroke.

Its use is on the rise among young people. In Ontario, it’s used by six per cent of students in grades 7 to 12, or 58,200 students (that according to the 2015 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey).

That’s up 4.6 per cent in 2011.

The rate is lower for Toronto students – the increase is just three per cent here. But without a doubt, the power professional athletes exert as role models is an influence, and a bad one in this case, on any young person.

This week, Toronto Board of Health Chair Joe Mihevc announced he’ll be asking the chief medical officer of health to draft a bylaw that would restrict the use of chewing tobacco from city facilities and public venues such as arenas and sports fields – including the Rogers Centre where the Toronto Blue Jays play.

Council ought to approve the bylaw when it comes forward, as a matter of responsible stewardship, just as it has approved ground-breaking bylaws preventing smoking in bars and restaurants and bingo halls.

Critics might argue a bylaw in this case would differ from one restricting cigarette smoking: there is no issue of second-hand smoke affecting the health of non-smokers.

This may be so but it doesn’t mean there’s no second-hand influence.

And the influence of celebrity athletes, casually gumming a wad of toxins, is demonstrable and needs to be stopped.

OUR VIEW: CHEWING TOBACCO USE IS ON THE RISE IN YOUTH

City of Toronto union’s ‘job for life’ being phased out Toronto council won a significant victory in its negotiations with the city’s outside workers – no question.

Forget about the less costly benefit plan and the meagre pay increases that CUPE Local 416 agreed to. That’s just money.

The big, champagne-cork-popping win is on something more fundamental. Now that this contract is signed, it won’t be long before Toronto can shed itself of a significant number of unionized garbage collectors by putting out a tender call, having a couple of meetings and contracting out garbage collection in most and eventually all of the city.

Conservative members of council and former mayors have been hoping to contract out garbage collection since amalgamation, when former Etobicoke mayor and west-end councillor Doug Holyday came extolling the virtues of old Etobicoke’s contracted-out garbage collection. Etobians were very happy, thank you very much, with their contractor-delivered household garbage collection. The trucks came on time, picked up the garbage, and if there was ever a problem between the drivers and the owners, well

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that was their problem. Etobicoke was strike proof.

Not so the rest of Toronto.

In North York, Scarborough, East York and York and Toronto, city worker strikes meant that garbage moldered in garages and backyards until it got rank enough to heap in city parks and surface lots. CUPE Local 416, the union representing garbage workers, had real leverage at the bargaining table because of that. Former councillor Jane Pitfield put it most nakedly when in the run-up to her failed 2006 mayoral campaign, she told reporters that she thought it was time to “phase out” unions.

Toronto’s outside workers have agreed to something like it, after they ratified the provision in the contract that phased out what another former councillor and deputy mayor Case Ootes dubbed “jobs for life.” That was a provision that former mayor Mel Lastman’s administration agreed to, that prevented the city from replacing workers with more than 15 years seniority in the event their position was contracted out.

That provision has been the single barrier

to the contracting out of garbage collection citywide. It’s why even uber-conservative mayor Rob Ford could only contract out half the city.

It’s why a strike in warm weather would still be a political nightmare for councillors and mayors who want to get re-elected in wards east of Yonge Street.

It’s why CUPE Local 416, whose membership is less than a quarter that of the city’s inside workers’ union CUPE Local 79, has real power in a collective bargaining session.

That power hasn’t been removed, but it is, as Pitfield put it, being phased out. In 2019, the final outside worker will cross the line into an inaccurately named “job for life.”

He or she will enjoy another decade or two of job protection. The rest of the city’s workers will serve at the pleasure of Toronto council, and the jobs that they have will be as good as Toronto council deems to be their due.

No doubt about it. In love, war and contract negotiations, to the victors go the spoils.

David Nickle is Metroland Media Toronto’s city hall reporter. His column runs every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @DavidNickle

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Parkdale–High Park voted for change Arif Virani, MP and Parliamentary Secretary Parkdale–High Park, Canada is back. As I’ll be actively reaching out, consulting your Member of Parliament, I’m happy to and listening to Canadians as your Memwrite this first update to you on our prog- ber of Parliament. Currently, our governress as a new government. On October 19, ment is consulting Canadians on many 2015, Canadians voted for real change. As areas of public policy such as, Bill C-51, a government, we’ve already gotten to missing and murdered Indigenous women work by reversing the legacy of the past and girls and the 2016 budget. I encournine years by: age the residents of Parkdale–High Park to Reinstating the long-form census; in- reach out and be a part of the discussion. cluding an equal number of womOn December 7, en and men in the federal cabi2015 I was honoured he new design and net; ending the war on science to be appointed the by unmuzzling federal scientists; focus of The illager Parliamentary Secrelaunching an inquiry into murtary to the Minister reflecTs The VibranT dered and missing Indigenous of Immigration, Refuwomen; committing to resettling and diVerse communiTy gees and Citizenship.

25,000 Syrian refugees; acceptThis has given me the ing the science of climate change opportunity to assist and restoring our international reputation; directly in our efforts to compassionately reinstating health care services for vulner- respond to the Syrian crisis and resettle able refugees; cutting taxes for the middle 25,000 refugees to Canada. class by raising taxes on the wealthiest one I am also excited about the incredper cent; doubling the number of fam- ible changes to the Parkdale Villager. The ily sponsorship applications (parent and Parkdale Villager has been an established grandparent) annually to 10,000. newspaper in the community since 2008,

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The new design and focus of the Villager reflects the vibrant and diverse community that makes our neighbourhood thrive. It is a feast for the eyes, and makes more important local stories accessible to readers, while continuing its tradition of quality reporting.

As your Member of Parliament, I’m also happy to assist and discuss with you any federal issue of concern. Please send me an email at arif.virani@parl.gc.ca or call my Toronto office at (416) 769-5072 or Ottawa at (613) 992-2936. You can also reach out to my team on my website: www.avirani. liberal.ca or via Twitter @viraniarif.

I’m committed to being your voice in Ottawa to address the needs of our community and the desire for real change. The road ahead has a lot of challenges but by working together as Canadians, we will achieve a great deal. Canada is back.

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A letter from your MPP, Cheri DiNovo

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Dear Friends and Neighbours, As a proud Parkdalian for almost 20 years, I can say with certainty that Parkdale is one of the best places in the province in which to live, work, shop and play.

We are home to incredible social service organizations; places like Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre (which includes the incredible Tool Library, an invaluable resource), Parkdale Food Bank, Parkdale LINC, Parkdale Intercultural Association, Parkdale Community Legal Services, Students For a Free Tibet Canada, West End Food Co-Op, West Neighbourhood House, Parkdale Community Health Centre and the Parkdale Community Information Centre, just to list a few. These organizations help us and our neighbours in so many ways and bring us together as a community.

Recently, many of these organizations and others came together as we welcomed Syrian refugees into our community, showing our commitment to assisting our new neighbours. It was inspiring to see how many people have a deep desire to help those less fortunate and make this transition and settlement as comfortable as possible.

We have secured a spot as one of Toronto’s best neighbourhoods in which to eat and drink,

with terrific restaurants like The Commodore, Easy Restaurant, Grand Electric, Local Kitchen & Wine Bar and Om, as well as many, many more.

This ties in to the fact that Parkdale is home to many small businesses—our packed Parkdale Village Business Improvement Association is a testament to that. Make sure to visit Bike Pirates, Yummy Stuff, Duggan’s Brewery, Tibet Hair & Beauty Salon and Gallery 1313—and every other business around and in between—for the very best in local shops and services. Small business is the fiscal engine of our economy—providing more than 80 per cent of new jobs in Ontario— as well as the creative engine, adding new ideas and energy to the economy. We proudly live and shop local in Parkdale.

It’s important to note as well that Parkdale is an arts and culture hub. We have become the place for artists to put down roots. Theatre organizations such as FIXT POINT, Independent Auntie Productions, the Metis Fiddler Quartet, the Small World Music Society and the Hope and Hell Theatre Company call Parkdale home, and there are hundreds more arts organizations, collectives and independent artists who enrich Parkdale with art, music, theatre and dance.

We are diverse, with so many wonderful cul-

tures represented in our population, including Tibetan, Roma, Syrian, Polish, Vietnamese and so many more, making us a distinct, rich cultural hub in the heart of our wonderful city.

We have great community organizations, populated by many staff and volunteers who are actively striving to make living, working and shopping in Parkdale an incredible experience.

A tiny selection of these would be the Parkdale Residents’ Association, the Parkdale Village Business Improvement Area, the Parkdale Tenants’ Association, the HOPE Garden and, of course, our wonderful Parkdale Library.

We have a great history of fighting for social justice, fair rent, equal pay, LGBTQ rights, small business rights, and environmental justice. Our residents and business owners care about the mark we leave in this world and fight every day to make sure we make a difference.

Also, we cannot forget the great media we have in this neighbourhood: The Parkdale Villager, which keeps us up-to-date with announcements, articles and event listings for all of the above. The launch of the new and improved Villager is an exciting advancement in our community and a great platform through which we can share our skills, services and local news.

I’m a proud Parkdalian and a proud Member of Provincial Parliament for this area, and I can’t wait to see you at the next event!

Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo, MPP Parkdale – High Park

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Parkdale in Photos WATCHING THE OSCARS, FLIPPING OUT OVER PIZZA, AND INTERVIEWING LAWRENCE HILL Out and about: (Clockwise from top left) Hosts Heather Sanderson, left, and Kerry Riordan lead an Oscar Party at the Revue Cinema on Sunday night that included a live broadcast of the awards ceremony from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles; Actor Matt Damon appears on screen during the Oscar Party (Photos/ALESSANDRO SHINODA); School of Italian Pizza Master Chef Pasquale Ponticiello launches a pie into the air during the Restaurants Canada Show on Sunday at the Enercare Centre (Staff photo); Acclaimed Canadian author and essayist Lawrence Hill, left, is interviewed by broadcaster Garvia Bailey during a Black History Month event held last week at the Parkdale Public Library (Photo/GIORDANO CIAMPINI).

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Walking into Another Story Bookstore on Roncesvalles Avenue is meant to be an experience.

It gives off an exclusive book club vibe that’s friendly and approachable, as if you’ve found the key to a secret garden of books. It lures people in and encourages them to pull a book or two off the shelf, browse a little and soak it all in.

It’s that atmosphere that has brought resident and elementary school teacher Brian Day into the store for the past 20 years.

“I actually know several of the staff by name. It just gives it a friendly neighbourhood feel that you don’t get with a big chain store at all,” Day said.

“What draws me to the store is their highly knowledgeable staff. Having that expertise about a range of topics and books in the neighbourhood is wonderful and rare.”

Another Story Bookstore is a small independent shop owned

by Sheila Koffman. She opened the store on Roncesvalles in 2006. But the store originally opened on the Danforth by her former partner Peter in 1987.

It was his idea, she admitted. She had a government job at the time, but after a few years she decided to quit and help out at the store. It was supposed to be a temporary gig.

“I told him I’d help out for about six months and I got totally

hooked. We ran the bookstore together for a long time. It was both of ours for a long time,” Koffman said.

“It was the best thing I ever did.”

The store, now solely run by Koffman, has a comprehensive collection of children’s books, young adult books and adult books with an emphasis on themes of social justice, equity and diversity. This is how it’s always been for Koffman.

“Because of our backgrounds before the store, we wanted to find whatever diversity we could, but there was very little around at that point,” Koffman told The Villager.

“It’s always been something that we love and want to promote.

There’s just more available now. And it works well with the community, which has become so diverse too.”

Providing a niched array of books is what makes Another Story Bookstore a draw for Roncy residents. The store’s website boasts being “proudly independent,” and it’s one of the reasons why the store has had such success in the neighbourhood, she said, despite large book retailers aggressive expansion.

“I just think that people came to us for books that are not in book stores and that are different,” she said.

Its uniqueness is part of the reason why the bookstore has flourished. That, and good business sense, Koffman said.

Sheila Koffman is the owner of Another Story Bookstore, one of three independent bookstores along the small strip on Roncesvalles Avenue.

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There’s actually a greater interest in hardcovers now. Similar to how vinyl has made a resurgence. People are looking for more quality books, collectibles almost.

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The ubiquity of larger bookstores and other retailers carrying books at discounted prices has always been something independent bookstores had to battle. But with the introduction of e-books over the past decade or so, bookstore owners, like Koffman, had their concerns about the allure of carrying hundreds of books in the palm of your hand. Some thought book stores would go the way of the video store, but many have stood the test of time.

Perhaps it’s because owners soon realized they couldn’t rely solely on book sales.

Koffman has contracts with various schools in Peel District School Board as well as the Toronto District School Board to purchase books from Another Story. She said the majority of her profits come from those contracts.

“If we were just a retail bookstore, we weren’t going to survive,” she said.

Another Story also hosts book signings and book launch parties.

With the changing market, John Bowker, the owner of She Said Boom! knew from the beginning he had to be more than just a bookstore, so he also offered CDs for purchase.

“At the time bookstores were supposed to be very quiet whereas record stores were noisy,” Bowker explained.

“I remember people thinking it was very odd that we would combine books and music, but to us it was a natural fit and we still think it is.”

Bowker opened She Said Boom! on Roncesvalles in 1999 and has another on College Street. The store sold CDs, but has now moved to selling vinyl records. Bowker said the resurgence of vinyl is similar to the remaining allure of hardcover and paperback books.

“It’s a different reading experience. There’s an experience to reading a physical book that you can’t duplicate with an e-reader,” he said.

“There’s actually a greater interest in hardcovers now. Similar to how vinyl has made a resurgence. People are looking for more quality books, collectibles almost.”

Bowker added what also keeps his business booming is catering to his customers and knowing exactly what they want.

He said the type of person that comes into his store comes in because they know he’s not like the larger bookstores who “try to have everything in the world in the store.”

“We don’t do that. We try to focus only on the books our customers want,” he added. “It’s tough, but the main thing is you have to be very focused on your customers and understand what they want and the stakes are higher now with e-books.”

But despite the spiked interest in e-books over the years, Koffman has maintained a loyal customer base that fight for the independents.

“I make it a point to order books through Another Story because I know that’s the way I’m going to do my part to help bookstores like that survive and continue to be an integral part of the neighbourhood,” Day said.

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FILM FOLLOWS FIVE SYRIAN REFUGEE WOMEN AND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH Siham Abu Sitta has settled in Toronto with her daughters Joudy and Jana and is one of five women, refugees from Syria, featured in filmmaker Carol Mansour’s film Not Who We Are. Courtesy photo/CAROL MANSOUR FULL STORY: bit.ly/syrianfilm WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: Find out how to help these refugees and attend the screening at the Bloor Cinema on Monday, March 7.

STAND AT ATTENTION PRIVATE JUNO, ZOO WELCOMES CUTE POLAR BEAR CUB The Toronto Zoo unveiled their latest female polar bear cub this past week during a preview for the media. The zoo announced her new name as ‘Juno’, while the Canadian military announced they would adopt her as its mascot with the rank of private.

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GRADE FOUR STUDENTS HELPING AT-RISK KIDS GET A MORE COMFY SLEEP Grade 4 students Zoe Finkelshtein, left, and Alexis Maheras have organized Pyjama Day at Bannockburn School to benefit Moorelands Community Services.

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The Furniture Bank put out an urgent call out Monday for drivers and movers to pick up and deliver furniture to Syrian refugees moving into their permanent homes in the Greater Toronto Area.

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Recipients of the SHINE Youth Music Bursaries, created in memory of roots performers Jim Fay, James Gray and Doug Queen to help young musicians pursue their passion, say the awards have had a huge impact on their budding careers. Past winner Britney Fontes called the bursary an “amazing opportunity for musicians.” File photo/PEPPER FULL STORY: bit.ly/shineshow WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: Get upcoming concert details to help fund youth bursaries.

In a life journey that has taken him from being an Afghan refugee to becoming a leading man in Toronto theatre, Kawa Ada knows not to take anything for granted.

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RONCY RESIDENT STARTS UP DOC SCREENING SERIES AT REVUE CINEMA Since taking on the job of director of documentary programming at the Revue, Roncesvalles resident Samantha Hodder has made it her focus to choose documentaries that reflect the community it serves. She found the community’s taste varies from fashion docs to issues of cyber bullying. Staff photo/HILARY CATON FULL STORY: bit.ly/revuedocs WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS: Participate in the next documentary panel this month, which will be food themed.

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Celebrating Toronto’s winter landscape, see these lifeguard stands transform into temporary artwork installations. The exhibition runs until March 20.

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BRING HOME A PIECE GET GARDEN READY PARKDALE FLEA ON HAWAIIAN THEMED OF VINTAGE GARB AT SEEDY SATURDAY QUEEN STREET WEST DANCE PARTY

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Canada’s largest sale of vintage fashion at Exhibition Place, Queen Elizabeth Building.

Local vendors. Seed exchange.

Featuring local artisans and Workshops. Lunch for purchase by designers, antiques, vintage and West End Food Co-op. more at 1266 Queen Street West.

A DJ will be playing hits from the 70s to today at The Palais Royale for those aged 35 and older.

Parkdale Library has an upright piano to book for up to two hours per day to play.

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MARCH 5, 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. MORE INFO: bit.ly/seedysat CONTACT: 647-438-0038

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Bring your own skates. March 10 from 1 to 5 p.m.; March 13 to 2 to 9 p.m.; March 14 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The Canadian Blood Services Bloodmobile will be at Fraser Avenue north of Liberty Street.

Children get to play a drum and feel the beat at Parkdale Library, which is at 1303 Queen St. W.

Support local artists at the Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre Artist - Annual Art Sale.

Parkdale Community Information Centre connects people to information and services.

March 10 to 14; VARIOUS TIMES MORE INFO: bit.ly/familyskate CONTACT: 416-815-5982

MARCH 12, 10:30 A.M. to 2 P.M. MORE INFO: bit.ly/fraserave CONTACT: 416-550-2059

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MARCH 19, 4 to 7 P.M. MORE INFO: bit.ly/parcart CONTACT: 416-537-2262

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WEDNESDAYS, 6 to 11 P.M. MORE INFO: bit.ly/gamzfun CONTACT: 416-843-7344

SUNDAYS, 4 to 7:30 P.M. MORE INFO: bit.ly/libertygrace CONTACT: 647-361-7669

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