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CHILDREN’S CHOIR HOPES TO RECONNECT WITH OLD FAN ... DRAKE For its 15th anniversary, the Toronto Children’s Concert Choir and Performing Arts Company (known to many as TC3 pictured performing on the right) is hoping and praying to reconnect with Drake who had encouraging words for them back when they shared the same stage at one large concert in 2006. Courtesy photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/tc3choir WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn more about TC3, which started with just 11 kids and $5 to run the program.
THE TRAGICALLY HIP PLAN FOR LAST TOUR AFTER DOWNIE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER Gord Downie’s diagnosis of terminal brain cancer should have no bearing on The Tragically Hip’s upcoming summer tour, his neurologist from Sunnybrook hospital said during a press conference this week. Courtesy photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/hiptour WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read the statement issued by the band to fans on their website.
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Food brings people of all ages together. It’s a simple premise that non-profit group SKETCH, focusing on community arts development of homeless and marginalized youth, is banking on when it comes to its culinary arts program. It provides roughly 5,000 meals a year to more than 800 young people. Courtesy photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/sketchprogram WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: See how you can support this program that runs strictly on donations from the community.
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TORY: RISING GUN VIOLENCE IN TORONTO A GREAT CAUSE FOR CONCERN Toronto Mayor John Tory is calling on the federal government to “redouble their efforts” to increase border security to stem the flow of illegal handguns into Canada. This follows the brutal shooting death in Toronto of a pregnant woman (for which police, in this photo, are canvassing). Staff photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBE
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NEW WEBSITE OUTS ‘WORST’ CITY APARTMENTS IN NEED OF REPAIRS A website listing the 100 “worst” landlords in Toronto has launched on the eve of a debate on a possible bylaw to require a licence to rent out apartments. The website, LandlordWatch: Toronto is based on a similar listing in the out-of-control New York City rental market. File photo/ERIN HATFIELD FULL STORY: bit.ly/tolandlords WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Find out what the CEO of the company behind the new website has to say.
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A Peace Garden that was made to commemorate nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki gets a rededication after being moved to a new location from its original home in Nathan Phillips Square. Staff photo/METROLAND MEDIA TORONTO FULL STORY: bit.ly/topeacegarden WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Special guests at the ceremony included Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Toronto’s Licensing and Standards Committee voted to delay a debate on setting up rules for medical marijuana establishments (such as this one – Canada Bliss Herbal Society – which opened recently in the Junction), angering industy members who wanted to have their say. Staff photo/LISA RAINFORD FULL STORY: bit.ly/toweeddebate WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Find out why committee members put off the debate and when it will be held.
FULL STORY: bit.ly/pnltland WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: PNLT has launched a capital fundraising campaign to collect $25,000 to help pay for the garden.
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ORGANIZATIONS SHARE POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE IDEAS AT YIMBY FEST Social organizations from Toronto’s west-end got together to share ideas on affecting positive change in the city during the west-end YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) Festival. Local groups included Parkdale’s West End Food Co-op, Cycle Toronto, and Sustainability Ontario Community Energy Co-op. Staff photo/LISA RAINFORD FULL STORY: bit.ly/yimbyfestival WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Links are provided for other organizations looking to make positive social change.
TWO CAPYBARAS ESCAPE HIGH PARK ZOO, PRESUMED TO BE INSIDE THE PARK
BUDAPEST PARK UNDERGOING $200,000 MAKEOVER WITH NEW EQUIPMENT
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Toronto police were alerting anyone in High Park to keep an eye out for two capybaras who escaped their zoo enclosure around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. The animals, which look like giant guinea pigs, were presumed to be somewhere in High Park more than two hours after they went missing. Photo/SHUTTERSTOCK FULL STORY: bit.ly/capybarasgone WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Get contact information if you spot the missing animals, and learn more about the capybaras.
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The new improved park will feature new benches on platforms, a sandbox, a new paved pathway, reformed and resurfaced play pads on the west side of the park, to help with accessibility and restored and increased sodded areas. Submitted photo
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The Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust (PNLT) is in the process of getting its first piece of community-owned land, the ‘Milky Way’ Garden pictured here, for the first community land trust in Ontario. Courtesy photo
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oronto Council is being asked to approve a system to licence the city’s landlords, and we believe it’s an idea whose time has come. At a committee meeting last week discussing the issue, Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks came out strongly in favour of the proposal. “We have a duty to make sure that no one in the City of Toronto lives in squalor,” he said. “That’s an absolute minimum requirement that we have to meet and if we don’t meet it, we’re failing in our responsibilities as councillors.” We couldn’t have said it better if we’d written the motion ourselves. It is without question the responsibility of our elected officials to make sure we have rules and
regulations in place that guarantee basic human dignity. The thought of people living in “squalor,” as Perks described it, is something that belongs in the pages of history. Of course such conditions are unacceptable, and our city must have the legal means to enforce laws preventing such a thing. To that end, councillors will be voting on a bylaw at their meeting on June 7 that will allow the city to directly fine landlords who are not meeting minimum standards. As it stands now, fines against landlords are levied by the province. The new bylaw would see the city impose the fines as part of administrative fees and it would also make sure buildings are regularly inspected, rather than when complaints are made, which is how
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tory imperatives – to provide fulsome services and infrastructure, and to minimize the tax burden on property owners – means that very soon, Toronto Council will no longer be able to balance its annual budget. How, under those circumstances, do you say yes to a plan to host a world’s fair 25 years into the 21st century, of the sort that was really only a big deal in the middle of the 20th century? It’s not to say that an oldfashioned Expo wouldn’t bring some benefit to the city and the country. It would showcase the city to interested, forward-looking visitors. And it would maintain that interest over the better part of a year. But really, Toronto can do all of that on its own, and is doing that on its own. The port lands are already undergoing a major redevelopment and regeneration, meticulously planned and with great private-sector interest. Those precincts don’t need pavilions – they need parkland and housing and office/industrial space. We are already undergoing a massive and at-least partially funded public transit expansion. Would a successful Expo bid accelerate that? Or would it simply shift funding to other transit projects that might benefit visitors better than Torontonians? Last year, Tory did something that few other mayors have done, and said no to a potential Olympic bid. It’s not hard to see a repeat performance when it comes to Expo.
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the current system works. Councillors are also being asked to improve the inspection system for rental apartments and to set minimum standards for when the city itself will come in and do the work and bill the landlord. Also, councillors are being asked to approve the city collecting more detailed information about landlords who constantly violate the rules and to set up a rating system. Those are two more good ideas councillors should be acting on. It should be noted the biggest landlord in Toronto is actually the city itself through Toronto Community Housing (TCH). And as of last week, TCH was at the top of the list of complaints at LandLordWatch.com, which advocates for tenant rights in the city, One hopes that along with getting tough on landlords in the private sector, these new city standards and rules will also improve the quality of publicly owned housing as well.
xpo 2025, here in Toronto, with a major build in the city’s port lands, the eyes of the world on us, fancy pavilions from around the world, visitors from everywhere... How’s that sound? Tough to say no. Actually, it looks as though it will be pretty easy for Toronto to say no. On Monday, Mayor John Tory offered as tepid a response as he could to a letter from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau indicating the federal government would be interested in exploring a bid. He was even more tepid Tuesday, after a group of business and political leaders came to Toronto City Hall to offer up a private-sector funded business case for hosting the exposition. A study advocating a business case – that, he was fine with. But a commitment to hosting the event that involved either significant city expenditure or funding from other levels of government that might cut into money that would otherwise go to the city? Not likely. It would, in fact, have been very difficult for the mayor to say anything else this week, as his Executive Committee was grappling with a bombshell report from City Manager Peter Wallace talking about Toronto’s longterm fiscal forecast. The report has been floating around for more than a week, and its findings are stark: Toronto is headed for a fiscal cliff, and soon. Council’s two contradic-
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The City of Toronto and Nikon Canada selected the People’s Choice winner of its winter Snap & Share photo contest. With more than 1,400 submissions from across the city, 32-yearold Tony Geer’s photo of the Toronto sign and arches of the ice rink at Nathan Phillips Square grabbed the attention of Torontonians to pick up the People’s Choice win after two rounds of voting. We caught up with Geer to find out more about the magic behind that photo. Hilary Caton hcaton@insidetoronto.com
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How does it feel to win the People’s Choice award? It’s immensely gratifying. I’ve taken other photos which I’ve been very proud of, which I suspect might not resonate as well with a larger audience as taste is obviously subjective. But this photo is distinctly Torontonian and I think it’s tapped into the pride that we have for our city, making it appeal to a very wide audience and directly contributing to it winning the People’s Choice Award.
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H E LP PLAN TRAN S IT I N TORONTO The City of Toronto, TTC, Waterfront Toronto together with Metrolinx are working to bring more transit to communities across the city with connections throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
During May and June, we have organized meetings for you to learn more about integrated transit planning and provide your feedback on key transit studies underway.
SMARTTRACK AND GO REGIONAL EXPRESS RAIL
Updates will be presented for integration of SmartTrack and GO Regional Express Rail to improve rapid transit service on three GO corridors in Toronto. Options for extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT west to Pearson Airport will also be discussed.
RELIEF LINE
Results of the evaluation of alignment options will be presented, including proposed locations for stations entrances.
SCARBOROUGH TRANSIT PLANNING
Updates of the evaluation of options for the Scarborough Subway Extension will be presented. Options for an LRT connecting Kennedy Station and the University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus along Eglinton Avenue, Kingston Road and Morningside Avenue will also be presented.
WATERFRONT TRANSIT “RESET”
The vision for a comprehensive waterfront transit network will be introduced. Preliminary transit concepts and their associated evaluation framework will be introduced and discussed.
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Thursday, May 26
WATERFRONT WATERFRONT TRANSIT “RESET” TRANSIT RESET TRANSIT RESET (CENTRAL) (WEST) Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay West 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Presentation at 6:30 pm
John English Junior Middle School 95 Mimico Avenue 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Presentation at 6:30 pm
Tuesday, May 31 SCARBOROUGH TRANSIT PLANNING Scarborough Civic Centre 150 Borough Drive 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Presentation at 7:00 pm
Wednesday, June 1
Thursday, June 2
Saturday, June 4
Tuesday, June 21
SMARTTRACK Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building, Room 801 222 Bremner Boulevard 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Presentation at 7:00 pm
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Riverdale Collegiate 1094 Gerrard St East
York Humber High School 100 Emmett Avenue
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Presentation at 7:00 pm
9:30 am – 11:30 am Presentation at 10:00 am
City Hall Members’ Lounge 100 Queen Street West 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm Presentation at 5:00 pm
The same information will be available at each meeting and online, so you can choose the location and format convenient for you. Meetings are wheelchair accessible. Contact us if you require other accessibility accommodations.
For more information, meeting materials and to submit online comments, please visit toronto.ca/TransitTO
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Guinness the English bulldog runs the obstacle course during Woofstock events last year at Woodbine Park. At this year’s festival watch a running of the pugs, a fashion show, the Ultimutts stunt dog show, a costume show, a talent competition, and special presentation of dogs ready to be adopted. File photo/GIORDANO CIAMPINI
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A growing trend in Toronto and other cities around the world, urban farming is meeting the needs of a growing population With the world’s population expected to boom to as many as 11 billion people by 2050 and more and more people looking to go green and buy locally, urban farming is growing in popularity in Toronto and other cities around the world. Toronto welcomed two more urban farms in recent days, with food plants being grown in crates in order to help feed some of the city’s most vulnerable residents. At Scadding Court Community Centre, a new crate garden installed by urban gardening initiative The Bowery Project and local volunteers will see 250 square feet of food being grown.
It features 500 milk crates stacked two crates high, with plants being grown in the uppermost crate. Given that soil in cities often contains contaminants, the two-crate stacks help ensure the soil in which the food is grown is clean and free of toxins. Rachel Kimel, who co-founded The Bowery Project (www.boweryproject. ca) with Deena DelZotto a few years ago, said the Scadding crate garden would support the surrounding community in several ways. “The food grown here will support Alexandra Park throughout its revitalization, along with the (Scadding Court) community centre and its food programs and a local youth centre,” she said. “It’s also a good way to
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OPPOSITE PAGE: Yorkdale Shopping Centre added a new urban farm, led by Frank Ferragine, to help boost sustainability initiatives.
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THIS PAGE: Rachel Kimel, left, and Deena DelZotto of the Bowery Project lead the initiative to build a crate garden outside of Scadding Court Community Centre, on Thursday.
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engage local youth. Alexandra Park youth will do the maintenance work, and it helps connect people because when you’re out getting dirty in the garden, there are no language barriers.” The garden is one of several initiated by Kimel and DelZotto since 2014. “We have a site outside the YMCA buiding at 7 Vanauley with 1,500 milk crates where all the food gets directed into the homeless shelter,” said Kimel. Scadding Court Community Centre executive director Kevin Lee said his organization would also provide volunteers to help maintain the new crate garden, adding that a local women’s shelter has also offered to lend a hand. “It’s a great initiative to help animate urban spaces and create edibles here in the city,” he said. “This project fits in with our plan to help improve food security and food access in the community.” Yorkdale Shopping Centre has also added a new urban farm, led by Frank Ferragine (also known as Frankie Flowers) to help boost sustainability initiatives and give back to the community. “I got the idea when I first saw Fenway Farms at Fenway Park in Boston and thought ‘that’s pretty compelling,’” Ferragine said. “I’d been helping Yorkdale with their internal planting to help make it more welcoming and saw they have a lot of roof space that would be great to grow food on.” While the initial plan was to plant Yorkdale’s Elevated Eats urban farm – which grows plants in specialized crates – atop Yorkdale’s food court, the ability of the roof to support such a structure, the fact that Yorkdale is in a flight path and other issues led to the initiative being moved, at least for the time being, to the office building parking deck at 1 Yorkdale Road (south end of the mall). “Right now it’s a test farm,” Ferragine said. “It’s about 1,000 square feet but the goal next year is to grow it to 5,000 square feet.” That should be possible once the shopping centre’s renovation is complete. Elevated Eats features more than 25 kinds of edibles, including herbs such as rosemary, basil and oregano, several types of lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries and more. The food grown and harvested there, or proceeds from the sale of the food, will go toward Daily Bread Food Bank. “It’s a great opportunity for us to give back to the community,” said Yorkdale Shopping Centre general manager Claire Santamaria. “It’s also an extension of the sustainable initiatives we have here. For instance, 60 per cent of our expansion’s roof area will be a green roof with the runoff being used as grey water in our toilets and for other non-drinking water uses.” The urban farm will also be open to school groups who can learn more about farming at the site. For more information on Elevated Eats or to volunteer, email frankie@ frankieflowers.com or visit www.frankieflowers.com
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