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TRIBUTES POURING IN FOR FORMER MAYOR ROB FORD, WHO DIED TUESDAY Battles on the council floor were all but forgotten as political friends and foes alike were saddened to hear former mayor Rob Ford (seen here at a Nov. 2013 council meeting) had lost his battle with cancer Tuesday. Mayor John Tory said, “the city is reeling with this news.” File photo/DAVID NICKLE FULL STATEMENT: bit.ly/toryford WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read Mayor John Tory’s full statement, part of our extensive online coverage.

MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES ARE GROWING LIKE, WELL, WEEDS A medical marijuana shop on Parkdale’s Queen Street West, opened by a mother of three, is just one of more than 50 dispensaries scattered around the city. A Parkdale Village BIA spokesperson says they are operating in “a grey area.” This week’s feature takes a look at this relatively new retail trend, geared - at the moment - to users with a doctor’s prescription. Photo/EDUARDO LIMA FEATURE: PAGES 8 and 9

TIBETAN WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION HOLDS VIGIL AT PARKDALE COLLEGIATE The Tibetan Women’s Association of Ontario, earlier this month, marked the 57th anniversary of the Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day with a candlelight vigil at Parkdale Collegiate. Photo/EDUARDO LIMA MORE ON THIS ISSUE: bit.ly/tibetanrally WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: To read more about this issue, read a story about an earlier rally held at Masaryk Park.

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SPACE STATION COMMANDER CHRIS HADFIELD VISITS ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE Col. Chris Hadfield, Canada’s first commander of the International Space Station, made a visit to the Ontario Science Centre, in Toronto, during March Break to accept a national science award. Photo/STEPHANIE LAKE FULL STORY: bit.ly/hadfieldvisit WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn how a trip to the science centre as a youth inspired Hadfield to become an astronaut.

For only the third time in its history, the Toronto Honda Indy has announced changes to its classic street course in and around Exhibition Stadium (in this photo Dario Franchitti catches a little air in practice at the 2011 Toronto Indy). However, the changes are only minor. File photo/GRAHAM PAINE

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WEST END INTERFAITH GROUP SPONSORING SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY The West End Interfaith Refugee Support (WEIRS) mission, a mix of congregations that includes three churches and a mosque, is a little short of its $80,000 goal to sponsor a Syrian refugee family and are seeking the public’s help, said St. Anne’s Anglican Church Rev. Gary van der Meer. Photo/HILARY CATON FULL STORY: bit.ly/weirsmission WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Find out about the mission and how you can help the group meet its fundraising goal.

PLANS UNVEILED AT PUBLIC MEETING FOR JOSEPH WORKMAN PARK UPGRADE Joseph Workman Park, seen in this photo from last summer (Jennifer, left, and Nicolai Salcedo are playing with their children, Martin and Laura), could use an upgrade or two. Its fencing is falling over, the lighting is shoddy at times and the children’s playground could use more equipment.

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FULL STORY: bit.ly/parkupgrade WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Councillor Mike Layton unveiled plans to upgrade the park at a meeting last week.

GLADSTONE FLEA MARKET IS GOING GREEN NEXT MONTH FOR EARTH DAY Karen, left, and Michelle offer distinct handmade soap and beauty products at the Wits End Soap booth, during the Gladstone Flea Market on Sunday. Next month’s market will be held Sunday, April 24. Staff photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBE FOR MORE INFORMATION: bit.ly/fleagoesgreen WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Next month’s market is going green in honour of Earth Day. Find out more online.

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FEWER PEOPLE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE BETTER WAY THIS YEAR Lower than anticipated TTC ridership could mean a possible $30-million revenue shortfall for the TTC this year. A staff report estimates that if the levels remain where they are there could be between eight and 13 million fewer rides than initially projected for the year. Photo/TONI HAFKENSCHEID FULL STORY: bit.ly/ttcriders WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn what’s behind the lower ridership numbers – a trend happening across Canada.

BOARD OF HEALTH GOING AHEAD WITH CONSULTATIONS ON INJECTION SITES Toronto’s Board of Health will be making the final call on the establishment of three supervised injection sites for intravenous drug users – including this Toronto Public Health building at 277 Victoria St. – in July. The plan will now go to public consultations both in the affected neighbourhoods and city-wide. Staff photo/JUSTIN SKINNER

ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO TO THE 2016 EDITION OF TORONTO COMICON The always-popular Toronto ComiCon took over the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on the weekend and, as always, many of the fans went dressed as their favourite characters, including this pair. Photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBE MORE PHOTOS: bit.ly/comiconphotos WHY YOU SHOULD SEE MORE: Check out other costumed fans who attended the show.

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here’s a reason Rob Ford was While we remember Rob Ford, the elected Toronto’s mayor in 2010, politician, we must also remember him and it’s the same one that is as a father who leaves a wife and two now being expressed across the city young children, aged eight and 10. as news of his death Our deep condosinks in. lences go out to them At the age of 46, and to the entire Ford Ford lost his battle with family. a rare and aggressive From the first camform of cancer Tuesday paign he ran for councilime to pay our morning; family memlor in Etobicoke North bers were at his side at back in 2000, Ford respects to the man Mount Sinai Hospital. always had a populist With his death “man of the people” who loved our city comes an end to a persona. controversial and, at He was genuine with times, bizarre run of that, and people gravitated toward to it. Toronto politics. Here was a guy who unapologetically But unpacking all of that is for another loved his sports, and his barbecues. day. Today, we need to mourn and pay our Many in the city saw themselves in him: respects to a man who had a profound the average guy who was going to stick impact on the city he loved and the people it to the so-called “elites” who thought who lived in it. Toronto was theirs to rule.

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his small government agenda even when fiscal and organizational realities seemed to make that impossible. The vehicle registration tax was repealed; former mayor David Miller’s baby Transit City, cancelled; garbage collection west of Yonge Street was contracted out. In his first year, Ford used the last Millerera budget surplus to orchestrate a property tax freeze. It all fell apart. But we know all about that. His plan to build a subway on Sheppard didn’t survive council. A conflict of interest trial nearly cost Ford his job. A video of Ford smoking crack cocaine revealed a substance abuse problem of profound and humiliating depth, along with terrible displays of rage and racism and vulgarity that put Toronto in the crosshairs of international late-night television comedy. You could make a joke out of it, and many did. But really, it was sad and hurtful, and at times frightening and dangerous. And then there was the cancer. You can’t make a joke out of that. It tortured him for awhile, teased him with hope and, as is cancer’s wont, came back for what turned out to be the kill. The last time I talked with Rob was a couple months ago, when he’d come back to city hall in the midst of bouts of the chemotherapy that couldn’t save him. We did a little interview outside a committee room, and talked a little bit. It was a nice conversation. He told me the doctors thought the chemo was working, that he was feeling pretty dragged out and often felt quite ill, but at least this time his hair wasn’t falling out. He took that as a good sign, and I agreed it might just be. Mea culpa.

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Many voters loved that. And they loved Rob Ford. He was unbeatable in every race he ran for councillor, and when he announced he would seek the mayor’s seat in 2010, many of those “elites” scoffed. But Ford knew what they didn’t – he had deep and loyal support from those who proudly called themselves members of Ford Nation. Some of his populist success was built on tapping into resentment by those who felt excluded by the megacity’s political system – particularly those in Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke, who felt they’d been treated as secondclass citizens since amalgamation. Ford may have exploited that feeling. A feeling which resonated with him personally. Rob Ford was what he was, and he always fought hard for what he believed in. He will be greatly missed by the city that he loved.

I think I first met Rob Ford in former Etobicoke Councillor Doug Holyday’s office on the second floor of city hall, back in 2000. Rob had just won an election up in Ward 2, and he’d come down to see Holyday, bringing along his big brother Doug before settling in. It’s funny, at first I thought Doug might be the new councillor – he was the aggressively friendly one, while Rob stood politely back: smiling a bit nervously, not saying much, rocking from one foot to the other. He was an easy guy to underestimate; an easy guy not to notice. And the first time we met, I did both. Mea culpa. Over the 16 years between his arrival at city hall and his death in a hospital bed just a few hundred metres north and west of it, Ford taught me otherwise. He came to city hall with two clear and simple objectives: if not to reduce the size of government here, then highlight where it was overstuffed, and to provide customer service to his constituents. He did this both by taking lessons from his father, former Progressive Conservative MP and label-making entrepreneur Doug Ford Sr. He didn’t win votes at Toronto council. But he did win votes in his northwestern Etobicoke ward, and then, improbably, across the entire city in 2010, and again in his Ward 2 stomping grounds in 2014. His simple, straight-forward narrative caught on. It made him unbeatable, at least electorally. Of course, Rob was entirely fallible, as beatable as anyone both politically and personally. For the first couple of years as mayor, Ford ran a tight ship on council, winning many votes and pushing

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Exploring the “grey area” of medical marijuana dispensaries A Toronto mother of three has opened up a medical marijuana shop on Parkdale’s main strip on Queen Street West and a passerby wouldn’t even know it. Nestled between a flower shop and a bar, The Caylx Wellness Centre has no enlarged marijuana leaf emblazoned on the store front, its name isn’t a play on words associated with weed and there’s no neon lights; the go-to marketing designs for dispensaries. Instead store owner Danielle, who requested to not have her last name published, went a different route, and focused on the importance of discretion. “I don’t feel like it should be exposed. It’s still not widely accepted. It’s a grey area. There’s also quite a bit of a stigma to it. So it was important to me, when branding this that even our symbol, the calyx, resembles something you would see at a holistic centre,” Danielle told The Villager. “We’re not about being out there and bringing in the most business. There’s something to being discreet and quiet. A lot of people may be taking medical marijuana for whatever reason, but they don’t want everybody to know.” The Calyx Wellness Centre opened in late October 2015 and since then has taken in roughly 153 patients, with

more showing up daily, she said. Those who are aware of her shop require a legitimate doctor’s note and prescription to purchase the medical marijuana. It’s also a membership-only dispensary. No card, no entry is her policy, and patients also have to be 25 years of age or older to be a member. Danielle’s aspiration for the clinic is for it to become a complete holistic centre with a serene feel with the potential to refer patients to acupuncturists and even offer cooking with cannabis classes. Although competition is stiff, with more than 50 dispensaries scattered around the city, she said she is hoping her branding will set her apart from the others. The design is bright and light with airtight security. “When you walk in, you feel like you’re walking into a spa,” Danielle explained. Many of the clientele come from the Parkdale area, however, patients come from other neighbourhoods, too. In Parkdale alone, three dispensaries have popped up on Queen Street West between King Street and Elm Grove Avenue in the past five months. The Parkdale Village Business Improvement Area (BIA) has been dealing with some community concerns, said Anna Bartula, its executive director. “The impression is that it’s not a positive business image. There are also a lot of misconceptions that people will be selling drugs and there’ll be lineups... there were also questions about what if there’s a robbery. There were concerns about it being a targeted part of the street.” The community also brought forward concerns of loitering and the type of clientele dispensaries would bring to the

neighbourhood. But who comes to the business is not up to the BIA, Bartula said. “It’s such a new business and nothing like this has been in our neighbourhood before. As a BIA, I feel like we’re in a grey area. They’re like any other business and we treat them as such,” Bartula explained. Over in Fort York, cannabis dispensary We Leaf opened at the bottom of the LTD Condos on Bruyeres Mews. The overall sentiment toward this dispensary seems to be different than from those in Parkdale. “It’s neither good nor bad. The marijuana culture, the weed culture is not actually anything harmful to a lot of people,” said Fort York resident Ryan Myal. “It’s something that Canadians are very open to. It’s even something the federal government is considering decriminalizing and regulating and I think there are some good things that could come of it, too. It’s additional revenue they (the government) have and it could go a long way to supporting infrastructure in the city.” From the city’s point of view, there is no bylaw that permits dispensaries in the city. According to Richard Mucha, acting director of Licensing Services at the city’s Municipal

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Licensing and Standards department, the city only looks at the land use of where the business is operating and if it’s in compliance. “If the primary use is a doctor’s office, then we can check and see if that’s being done. Our only responsibility is land use. And if these properties come to our attention, we’ll investigate them as we would any other land use concerns,” Mucha said. “The dispensing of marijuana, medical or otherwise, is a matter for Toronto Police Service or Health Canada.” The legalization and regulation of marijuana has not yet been adopted by any level of government in Ontario, therefore these dispensaries are technically operating illegally according to the City of Toronto, Toronto police and Health Canada. There are only a select few dispensaries authorized by Health Canada to distribute marijuana by mail to those with verified prescriptions. According to Health Canada’s website, it states neither Health Canada nor the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) authorize licensed producers to provide marijuana for medical purposes through a storefront. So how can they continue to run? The simple answer is they just do, but not without watchful eyes. “The people who are doing it are committing civil disobedience. They’re breaking a law that’s unjust that our federal government is committed to changing somehow... Yes, it’s illegal but it’s the right thing to do,” said Jamie Shaw, the president of the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries in Vancouver. “It’s a tricky thing. Is it wrong to break an unjust law? That’s where the crux of the issue really comes down to. People are using it for medical reasons. That’s exactly what’s led to all of this in the first place.” Originally, Shaw said, medical dispensaries opened to help patients find relief from HIV and cancer treatments. “...These people are suffering the most and we need to do something about that right now,” she added. Danielle’s patients, who come in to her dispensary in Parkdale, suffer from a range of medical issues, such as arthritis, AIDS, cancer, glaucoma and diabetes. The most common problem among her clients is epilepsy and back pain, she said. The Parkdale community has its fair share of residents who need Calyx’s services, according to the BIA’s executive director, and it’s safer than using alcohol in her opinion. “Alcohol is much more dangerous than a clinically monitored approach to a holistic medicine. People who use this suffer from grave illnesses, whether it’s epilepsy or cancer. These are serious things, not recreational,” Bartula said. “I think being in a community that offers a lot of resources to individuals struggling with different health obstacles, it makes sense for it to be here. I’m surprised it didn’t come sooner.” HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com

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MORE FUNDING NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO PERMANENTLY GET RID OF BEDBUGS IN T.O. Kathleen, who was driven away from living in Toronto by bedbugs, was at city hall to encourage all three levels of government to step up funding to fight Toronto’s bedbug crisis. Staff photo/JUSTIN SKINNER FULL STORY: bit.ly/tobedbugs WHY SHOULD YOU READ THIS: Kathleen and others who have lived with bedbugs talk about the damage it does to your well-being.

COLLEGE FASHION STUDENTS MAKE AN APPEARANCE DURING FASHION WEEK Toronto Fashion Week’s Visibility by Design competition called for fashion students to design an outerwear garment that was both fashionable and reflective to aid pedestrians to be more visible at night. Photo/GEORGE PIMENTEL FULL STORY: bit.ly/fashionseneca WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: find out more about this innovative competition and meet the third-place winner from Seneca College.

PRINCE HARRY ANNOUNCES INVICTUS GAMES COMING TO TORONTO Prince Harry’s third Invictus Games, an international sports competition for wounded, injured and sick troops – both still serving and veteran – is coming to Toronto next year. Prince Harry will be here in May before going to Florida where this year’s Games are taking place. Staff photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBE FULL STORY: bit.ly/invictusto WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn about the importance of the Games and the significance of the timing.

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Parkdale residents will see familiar places in local author Suzanne Sutherland’s young adult book Under the Dusty Moon, inspired by an in-house concert at Sonic Boom. Photo/DUNDURN

Parkdale actor Stephen Joffe plays the lead in The Crackwalker, a difficult and uncomfortable play to watch about mental illness, addiction and violence. The Crackwalker, by Judith Thompson, paints an unadulterated portrait of the downcast and downtrodden members of society. Photo/HILL PEPPARD

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AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN EXISTENCE AVATAAR RELEASES ITS DEBUT ALBUM WEDNESDAY

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Conference, seminars, workshops and exhibitors fill the downtown convention space.

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Ed Kopec on keyboard, Gram Whitty on bass and Elizabeth Martins on vocal. All are welcome.

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