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Save up used winter clothing Eleven Division’s Community Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) hosts its fourth annual winter clothing drive Nov. 16 to Dec. 8. The launch event takes place Nov. 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the new 11 Division station, 2054 Davenport Rd. Accepted items include new or clean and usable hats, mitts, gloves, scarves and socks. Donations can be dropped off at the station; Annette Library, 145 Annette St.; Green Apple Kids, 3605 Dundas St. W.; High Park Family Fun Place, 2968 Dundas St. W.; High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave.; Perth-Dupont Library, 1589 Dupont St.; Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave.; and the Swansea Community Recreation Centre, 14 Waller Ave. For further information, call Const. Quincy Mason at 416-8081188.

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PUMPKIN PATCH: Olivia Santos, 6, chooses a pumpkin for Halloween during the Friends of Roxton Road Park’s ‘Night of the Living Fred’ event Friday night in Fred Hamilton Park.

Graffiti mars re-opened High Park playground LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com On a recent visit to the Jamie Bell Adventure Playground in High Park with her five-year-old son, Annie Prokopowich noticed some scribbles in black marker across the back of the newly constructed castle. She had spent the majority of

her time at the bottom of the slide, watching her son’s descent over and over again before the two would head home, up the stairs of the ravine behind the castle. That’s when she saw the graffiti. “It’s o bv i o u s l y c h i l d i s h ,” Prokopowich said, referring to the hand-written words, some in pen, others in pencil.

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“It’s just a shame. We’ve all done silly things that we didn’t recognize had greater consequences.” The structure is not even four months old and it’s already defaced, she said in dismay. “To whoever misses the old castle write your name in the circle (sic),” wrote one culprit in pencil. “I love you,” wrote another in @ParkdaleLiberty

black marker, a heart around it. Prokopowich felt so strongly toward the graffiti that she wrote a letter to the editor to The Villager newspaper. “To me, this is a slap in the face,” she wrote. “Hundreds of volunteers donated time and money to rebuild the beloved playground and this is >>>WOOD, page 5

According to numbers crunched by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, many homeowners will be paying higher property taxes. On average, Toronto homeowners have seen a 22.8 per cent increase in their assessments since 2008. Whether that increase in market value necessarily means an increase in property taxes depends on whether that increase is greater or less than the average increase. To help sort it out, MPAC is mailing out individual property assessments. If a homeowner disagrees with the assessed value of their home, they have the option of filing a Request for Reconsideration. To check the accuracy of the assessment visit www.aboutmyproperty.ca

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Debut CD for Whitney Rose filled with veteran talent ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com Whitney Rose can only hope her debut CD set to be released Saturday will attract as much support from the general public as it did from esteemed Toronto musicians who backed her in the studio. The 26-year-old Prince Edward Island songstress only arrived in the city last year, but her new album boasts an impressive supporting cast from Toronto’s roots music scene, including a couple of Blue Rodeo members – and the son of another one. “I am absolutely floored at the amount of talent I managed to borrow for this record,” Rose said while sitting in a coffee shop in Parkdale, the neighbourhood she now calls home. The Blue Rodeo members include Bazil Donovan playing bass in the band as well as Bob Egan with a guest appearance on pedal steel. Playing piano in the band is Devin Cuddy, son of Blue Rodeo co-founder Jim Cuddy, along with his guitarist Nichol Robertson. Cuddy just released his band’s own debut CD, The Devin Cuddy Band Volume One. Also in the backing band are Michelle Josef (Prairie Oyster, Dr. John, Etta James) on drums and veteran Toronto guitarist and producer David Baxter. And guesting on backing vocals are Justin Rutledge,

‘I only hope that someday I am in a position where I can do for someone else what so many have done for me.’ ~ Whitney Rose

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Prince Edward Island native Whitney Rose, now living in Parkdale, will release her debut album Saturday at the Cameron House.

Wayne Petti (Cuff the Duke), Jamie Oliver (Big Tobacco and the Pickers) and Ted Hawkins (Lori Yates); and on fiddle Kendel Carson, who augments her solo career with various projects (including working with both Barney Bental and son Dustin). Donovan and Baxter produced the album, the bulk of it recorded at Blue Rodeo’s Danforth studio, the Woodshed, and the album is being released by Parkdale’s new record label, Cameron House Records. “I only hope that someday I am in a position where I can do for

someone else what so many have done for me,” she said. “Take Devin Cuddy. He is starting his own career, he just released his first record,” she said. “He’s a frontman, but he is my piano player – that is such a good example of how people are supporting one another.” Rose explained her immersion into the Toronto music world all began with Al Cross, the former drummer of Big Sugar, who suggested Rose connect with veteran Toronto singer/songwriter Joanne

Mackell, who signed her first recording contract when she was 23. “When I moved to Toronto, he said, ‘You have to meet Joanne Mackell.’ And he was right because everything has progressed so much from then.” Mackell introduced Rose to her drummer, Cleave Anderson, formerly of Blue Rodeo, and the pair asked Rose to get up and sing a song with them one evening at the Dakota Tavern, where she is also a regular performer. “We sang ‘It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels’ by Kitty Wells,” Rose recalled. After that night, Rose said, Anderson contacted her because he had a slot he needed to fill at the Cameron House and asked her if she would like to sing. “It was a Friday night in April, actually it was the day of the Royal Wedding, I’ll never forget that. Cleave put a band around me and

we filled those two hours with my own songs and a lot of covers.” It was the first time Rose said she had fronted a band, which was a little intimidating, especially considering the bass player was Donovan from Blue Rodeo. “It was a little daunting to say the least,” she said with a giggle. “When you are fronting a band for the first time you don’t want to be trying to lead Blue Rodeo’s bass player.” From there things started to snowball, she said. “The Cameron House is kind of like my living room where I go at the end of my day and I can count on seeing the people I love,” she said. “I am so grateful of what that place has brought me both personally and professionally.” There are 10 songs on the record, nine songs of her own composition and the 10th song is a cover of a song written by John Borra (Rattlesnake Choir), one of the back-up guest vocalists on her release. “I can honestly say that the record I am about to release is the record I want to release,” she said. “I am so lucky that I can say that.” The Cameron House will host a record release on Nov. 3 with a show at 6 p.m. and a second at 10 p.m. “I have an affinity for songs that were created long before I was born,” Rose said, citing Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison among those who have influenced her throwback style of music.

Pumpkin parade All dressed up: Left, volunteers Brittany Russell and Linsay Moran (right) made sure the first annual St. Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto West Halloween Fest got off to a great start on Sunday afternoon. The event started off with a parade around the neighbourhood followed by a party at the Palais Royale near Lake Ontario. Left below, about 150 participants paraded through the community. Below, bat baby Brayden Bishop tags along with superhero dad Brent. Below right, Ace from the Toronto Blue Jays was on hand leading the parade. Right, Zombie princess Zara Sansone gives a chilling look.

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Community can take key role in emergency planning

he damage caused this week by Hurricane Sandy and its after-effects to both Toronto and the American Atlantic coast should stand as a reminder to all residents of the importance of emergency preparedness. Whether we think of it or not, these episodes can be huge factors in defining community attributes or identifying community needs. And, as we head into a storm season, it presents a perfect opportunity for community organizations of all sides to impact their neighbourhoods, and provide a great public service. Resident associations can take a leading role in making sure their community members are aware of the dangers they face due to high winds, heavy rains, snow or other forces of nature. The city should include those residents associations as a key part of emergency planning. One area of the city might our view be susceptible to flooding. Another area has the potential Neighbours for toppled trees. The potential problems are different for each helping neighbourhood – and emerneighbours gency preparedness can be defined by neighbourhood as well. Local organizations are an excellent way to get street-level information out to the people who need it. Most residents associations already have street captains assigned to hand out newsletters and collect membership dues. They could also be the first sources on what steps need to be taken to prepare for or deal with emergencies. The street captains will also know of residents who have special needs that might be impacted by such things as a power outage, and can be used as resource by emergency officials. Residents groups can also take a proactive role in dealing with areas of potential danger. For instance, they should be charged with stressing the importance of keeping trees healthy and creating a list of potentially dangerous trees. And it might provide a significant and appreciated way for organizations to raise their profile and importance in the neighbourhoods of Toronto. Residents associations, community centres and schools can all contribute to emergency planning. This week’s storm blew deadly through Toronto and across the region. All of Toronto’s official organizations, including police, fire, EMS and hydro crews, did a great job in preparing for this week’s bad weather associated with Sandy. We can make that even better by using the great amount of knowledge and power held by our owns resident associations.

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Mayor Rob Ford has done nothing but cry and shout ‘I want it my way.’ All he has done is waste time and money. Stop focusing on changing transit agreements that were in place. Ford has wasted two years of construction time. Transit is a major economic ingredient and surface transit is a good way to open those stores that sit unused. Passengers on subways see blank walls whereas on the surface you see places to shop, eat and be entertained. Economic development is not an underground thing. Another area that Ford must focus on is that there is no left, right or centre in city governance. Councillors should be working together for the good of the city. Glenn Kitchen

Toronto casino both beneficial and detrimental Toronto’s City Manager Joe Pennachetti has upped the ante on the question of whether to allow a casino in Toronto’s borders this week. In a report to Mayor Rob Ford’s Executive Committee, which meets next week, Pennachetti indicates serious economic benefits to both Toronto as a whole, and more critically, the City of Toronto’s hungry coffers. As a whole, a big casino would create some jobs, and also threaten some jobs – particularly at Woodbine Racetrack in Etobicoke – but on balance, create more than it destroyed. And with the right deal, Pennachetti said a large casino resort could all but eliminate the city’s structural deficit. If it’s located at the Canadian National Exhibition, and the Ontario

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Lottery and Gaming Corporation agrees to give Toronto a sweeter deal than other host municipalities, then it could bring in up to $200 million a year. And that is the range of Toronto’s structural deficit, which is to say the difference between what it costs to run the city we want and the conservative estimate of how much money the city can actually collect each year. It’s a compelling argument to raise, given that the city, less than a generation ago, rejected the idea of hosting a casino in a proper

referendum. Will it be enough, to bring the tables and the slot machines to Toronto? It’s tough to say. But one thing for sure is that Pennachetti has framed for Toronto councillors the most interesting kind of moral argument: one with no right solution. Because he’s right: if Toronto bargains and extracts a gold-plated deal with the Ontario government, gambling revenues can deliver to Toronto a balanced budget. That would mean city services residents value could be sustainably funded, transit could expand as needed. City budget debates could be something other than the triage exercises they’ve become. And yet... that money will be coming from a tainted source: the pockets

and savings and mortgages of people who cannot resist the temptation of those tables, those slots. Casinos do best with the gamblers whose addiction causes them to give up their whole financial lives. It’s a choice that past and present provincial governments have already made, as they’ve built casinos in 24 communities around the province over the past few decades. Those revenues have become part of the bedrock of the Ontario government, and no government has dared look back. Toronto could dip into that pool as well. A great many Torontonians would benefit. A comparatively few number of Torontonians would suffer catastrophic loss. It’s a tough question – a moral question. One way or another, it’s a gamble.

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ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com With his current residency at Theatre Pass Muraille, theatre artist and playwright Andrew Templeton said he and his theatre company, Machinefair, have received the greatest gift in theatre – the time and space to develop a work. “The idea behind the residency is basically to create or evolve a piece of work,” he said. “All of the structure you need to put on a show is provided and we provide the material. It is a great gift.” The residency is part of Theatre Passe Muraille’s Bring the Buzz Festival, which provides space to emerging and independent artists to develop their art through the engagement of Passe Muraille’s core audience. There are five companies completing residencies. Over the course of his resi-

dency, Templeton will refine and hone his play What You Want: Toronto. Eight unique presentations will take place over the three-week residency and each will be slightly different. Templeton said he has the opportunity to essentially develop and work on what the final play will be in front of the Passe Muraille audience. “This will allow us to get the thing down and test it in front of audiences,” Templeton explained. “It is totally a unique opportunity because normally this all happens off camera.” The final two presentations, on Friday and Saturday, will represent the culmination of the material as evolved throughout the Bring the Buzz residency. “I have no idea what those will look like yet because we have a lot of material, which we will refine over the weeks and then decide what we

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Andrew Templeton is currently developing the play ‘What You Want: Toronto’ as part of Theatre Pass Muraille’s Bring the Buzz Festival residency program.

are keeping and present it as a show,” Templeton said, adding audiences will provide their feedback and contribute to the creation of the work. Originally from Vancouver, Templeton now lives in the

It’s Happening in your neighbourhood n Thursday, Nov. 1

Metrolinx public meeting WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Police Service 11 Division, 2054 Davenport Rd. Metrolinx public meeting about the progress being made on the Old Weston Road/ Junction Road Rail Crossing.

n Saturday, Nov. 3

Annual fall clean-up WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: High Park, off-leash area K9 Committee hosts its annual fall clean-up of the off-leash area. Anyone who can help is asked to meet on Dog HIll around 10 a.m. For further details email k9@highpark.org

n Tuesday, Nov. 27

Public consultation for Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden, Part 2 WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Fern School, 128 Fern Ave. The second of two public meetings on the Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden. After considering the ideas and options following the Oct. 23 meeting, NAK Designs Strategies will put forward a recommended plan at the November monthly meeting of Roncesvalles MacDonell Residents’ Association.

n Ongoing

West Toronto Stamp Club The West Toronto Stamp Club meets Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

at Fairfield Seniors Centre, 80 Lothian Ave. Membership is $20. Call Don at 416-621-9982. Parkdale Residents Association Parkdale Residents Association meets the last Thursday of every second month at 20 West Lodge Ave. Call 416-533-0044, visit http://parkdale.to or e-mail info@parkdale.to

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Beaconsfield neighbourhood. He moved to Toronto a year and a half ago, in part to participate in the theatre scene here, which he calls the “theatre centre of Canada”. What You Want: Toronto,

the sequel to the Vancouver p l a y, W h a t Yo u Wa n t : Vancouver, which was about being in your late 30s / early 40s living in the city, being single and finding your way. “It was the last play I produced in Vancouver, so it was like my goodbye letter to Vancouver,” he said. In the sequel, Templeton has moved the four characters to Toronto. “It is actually about my experience coming to Toronto,” he said. “It is about the first impressions someone has coming to a new city.” The whole play, Templeton said, becomes a reflection of being in your early 40s and the life choices you make – whether that is to become a parent or not, your career and where you decide to live at a time in life when people start to diverge. “I am really interested in the relationship between

people and place, so a lot of the piece is a reflection on that,” Templeton said. “What is the relationship we have to landscape and at what point do you become part of that place.” In addition to writing and directing the piece, Templeton is also taking on a role in the play, despite not having performed on stage in about 10 years. Remaining residency presentations for What You Want: Toronto are scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday, in the backspace at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave. Each night has a special theme and “talk back” sessions. For details on what will be presented each night, visit http://www.machinefair.ca All performances are Pay-What-You-Can. Tickets available at artsboxoffice.ca or by calling 416-504-7529 or in person during box office hours.

Wood will get a protective coating >>>from page 1 the thank you they get?” Prokopowich said she seized the opportunity to teach her son about respecting his community. “I only wish that the culprits had learned the same lesson,” she added. No one at the playground Thursday afternoon noticed the scribbles, including Michelle Seaton who was there with her two-year-old daughter. She was just happy to hear that no one had defaced the new structure with malicious intent. “Kids are kids,” said Seaton. “They do that kind

‘It’s unfortunate because it’s brand new.’ ~ volunteer co-ordinator Robyn Sorys of thing.” Pa r k d a l e - H i g h Pa r k Councillor Sarah Doucette said the city is aware of the graffiti and intends on cleaning it up. “You have to be careful how you remove it because it’s new wood,” said the councillor. Once the wood has been

left to weather, said Doucette, the city will apply a protective coating over the entire structure. “It’s infuriating. It makes you very, very cross,” she said. Community volunteer co-ordinator of the rebuild Robyn Sorys said she was disappointed to hear about the graffiti, yet realistic. “It’s very hard to prevent graffiti. It’s also to be expected,” she said. “We’ve always had it on the play structure, but the city has always been great about cleaning it up right away. It’s unfortunate because it’s brand new.”

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Historic prison chapel turning into a pub TTC supports relief line DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com

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N o w t h a t To r o n t o ’s Preservation Board has given the okay to construct a restaurant/bar in an old prison chapel, tipplers in Liberty Village will be able to drink hard liquor in a place where a century ago men did hard time. The two-storey building, on 70 East Liberty St., was a Roman Catholic chapel for the old Central Prison for Men complex. The 19th-century prison was closed in 1915, but prior to that had been a source of inexpensive labour; prisoners in the jail helped build many of the roads in the area.

T h e To r o n t o Tr a n s i t Commission has thrown its weight behind turning a downtown relief subway line into the city’s number-one priority for future transit expansion. Commissioners voted last week to endorse a report from TTC staff arguing the necessity of a new subway line that would take the pressure off of the over-crowded Yonge Street subway line. The report painted a dire picture of the future of transit congestion in absence of such a line. With population swelling downtown, and plans by Metrolinx to build an extension of the Yonge Street line into York Region, the line will reach and exceed its capacity well before 2031. And that is with the implementation of electronic signal control and widening the Yonge-Bloor line. The commission heard that the best solution is to create a relief line, that could cost as much as $8.3 billion depending on its reach.

ESSENTIALLY DERELICT The chapel currently stands in the midst of a public park – essentially derelict. But the owners of the site, the Pegasus Group – which operates North York’s Miller’s Tavern, the venerable Wheat Sheaf pub at King and Bathurst, and the Fox pubs – have big plans.

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The two-storey building, on 70 East Liberty St., was once a Roman Catholic chapel for the old Central Prison for Men complex. The Pegasus Group plans to turn what’s left of the building into a pub.

“It’s a very large project – it’ll probably cost $6 million,” said Terry Tsianos, president of Pegasus. The structure, said Tsianos, is crumbling on the inside. “The building itself doesn’t have any services – no electricity,” he said. “There’s floors, but you can’t walk on them. It’s a huge structural problem.” The reconstruction plans unveiled at the preservation

board show a two-storey glass addition off the building, that would allow a view through to the original prison north wall. Tsianos said the group hasn’t decided exactly which of their brands they’ll be putting into the old chapel – originally, they had been considering opening a second Miller Tavern. “But it’s going to be a nice

restaurant – it’ll be something nice for the neighbourhood,” he said. Tsianos said they would likely make an announcement in three to four months, following community council approval of the site plan. “I thought we were going to be where we are now a year ago,” he said. “It’s just taken a lot longer than we anticipated.”

But the report breaks down a staged approach. Building a downtown relief line only to the east – from Pape Station down Pape and across Queen Street then King Street – would cost $3.2 billion. Adding to that east and west to High Park would cost $6.2 billion. Extending the east line north to Eglinton and Don Mills Road would cost $5.5 billion, and building all of the line would cost $8.3 billion. The report also envisions a light rail line along Lake Shore Boulevard, through Scarborough and Etobicoke, to further bring people into the downtown. But staff made it clear the biggest benefit to the overcrowded Yonge line would come from the DRL. Politicians on the commission were split. John Parker and Glenn De Baeremaeker both supported the extended option while Peter Milczyn cautioned that “the issue is we have to pay for this – and that is the debate.” The report was slated to be discussed at this week’s council meetings.

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ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com For the past 25 years, Workman Arts has been working with people stigmatized by mental health, helping them find their strength and ability through the arts. “They come in and they can get a good footing on being an artist,” said Lisa Brown, Workman Arts’s executive/artistic director. “We aren’t interested in what your diagnosis is, we aren’t interested in where you have been, it is only where you are now and where you want to go.” Workman Arts is an arts and mental health company known internationally for its artistic collaborations, presentations, knowledge exchange, best practices and research in the area of how the arts impacts on the quality of life of people living with mental illness and addictions. Brown was working as a nurse at the former Queen Street Mental Health Centre, now the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, when she founded Workman Arts in 1987. “I worked evening shifts and I gravitated to the people who were in treatment care,” Brown said. “We started doing drawings and jamming and poetry readings.” According to Brown, those artistic

pursuits became a regular Friday night event and lead to an event they called “Uncle Buddies Talent Hour”. There were 13 performers doing everything from Shakespearean soliloquy to ventriloquism in front of an audience of 200. “It was fantastic,” Brown said. “I felt it was such a good experience for these individuals and for the audience.” They produced a play about being homeless during the holidays called Home for Christmas, which featured actors from outside of the hospital and clients. Workman Arts incorporated as a company in 1991 with the goal of being an arts resource to the arts and mental health community, to provide support and training opportunities, to connect the company with other arts organizations and to provide public education through the arts. “Those were our objectives in 1991 and they still hold true today,” Brown said. “They are just more developed.” “After that it (Workman Arts) was sort of organic in its growth,” Brown said. “We started creating more plays and, in 1993, we started the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival,” the world’s first and longest running film festival showcasing films

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that address issues of mental health and/or addiction. From the beginning of the film festival, there was always the notion Workman Arts would air the films, but they would also host a discussion afterward. “It was important that we had someone with lived experience, a mental health specialist and the filmmaker so that you would have all these different points of view,” Brown said. “It was an interesting way of looking at a piece of work and seeing the different sides of it as it related to mental illness.” Visual artists wanted to start to hang their work B:10” in the theatre they used to occupy at CAMH and T:10” Workman Arts started running trainS:10”

ing programs. Workman Arts now boasts 230 artists training and working in theatre, music, literary arts, visual arts and film. “We have a multidisciplinary thrust in our work,” Brown said. Workman Arts facilitates aspiring, emerging and established artists with mental illness and addiction issues to develop and refine their artforms through its arts training programs, public performance/exhibit opportunities and partnering with other arts organizations. As well, Workman Arts promotes a greater public understanding of mental illness and addiction through the creation, presentation and discussion of the artistic media. All of the training programs are free and any money the artists make through the sale of their works goes to them. Workman Arts operates out of St. Anne’s Parish Hall on Dufferin Street where they run most of the workshops and training programs. “This is a temporary space for us,” Brown explained. “In the next five years we will be moving into what we are tentatively calling The Creative Arts Healing Centre at Queen and Shaw as part of the Centre for Innovation and Discovery.” The space is slated to have a 450-

seat theatre, storefront art gallery, artist studios, digital media studios and the Workman Arts offices. Workman Arts do research on “art and madness”, Brown said and produce shows such as the fashion show, ‘Mad Couture’ and had a symposium at the AGO in April. Programming in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Workman Arts has included a screening of William Kurelek’s The Maze. The screening, held in October, was held in conjunction with St. Anne’s Church on Gladstone Avenue’s 150th Anniversary celebrations. Workman Arts also presented ‘Beneath the Surface’, a collection of artist projects screened on TTC subway platform screens throughout Toronto and ‘Being Scene’, the 12th Annual Juried Art Exhibition at the Gladstone Hotel. The 20th annual Rendezvous with Madness (RWM) Film Festival opens Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. with the film Little Bird (Kauwboy) by Dutch director Boudewijn Koole. The festival runs until Nov. 17. RWM explores these cinematic representations and hosts panel discussions after each screening. The films are the art, the discussion gives them perspective, Brown said. For more on Workman Arts, visit www.workmanarts.com

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Toronto will benefit if it approves a city casino If Toronto could extract the right deal from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), revenues from a casino in downtown Toronto could permanently fill Toronto’s structural deficit. That was the word Monday from Toronto’s City Manager Joe Pennachetti, following the release of his report on the economic impact of a casino on Toronto’s economy. The report will be going to Mayor Rob Ford’s Executive Committee Nov. 5 and there will likely be public consultations before council finally deals with the question of whether to allow casino gambling – probably in February or March. F o r n o w, h o w e v e r, Pennachetti has laid out a case for a casino in Toronto so long as the OLG is willing to sweeten the pot with higherthan-usual hosting fees. “There are issues that council has to decide on related to social and health impacts,” said Pennachetti, speaking

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would not participate in any revenue sharing,” the report reads. “Toronto residents and businesses would, however, still be subject to broader impacts associated with problem gambling, increased traffic and competition for discretionary entertainment expenditures.” The report hasn’t taken the fight out of some councillors. Works Committee Chair Denzil Minnan-Wong, a member of Mayor Rob Ford’s Executive Committee, said he opposed the idea of “a bigassed casino” in Toronto. Pa r k d a l e - H i g h Pa r k Councillor Gord Perks said raising revenues through a casino, “is to me the most reprehensible way. “A third of the money that comes from casinos comes from people with gambling addictions, who are literally losing the family’s house. I don’t want to solve the city’s problems that way.” – David Nickle

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Clogged drain, camera inspection Leaky pipes Reasonable price, 25 years experience Licensed/ Insured credit card accepted Free estimate James Chen

647-519-9506 Handy Person

HOME IMPROVEMENT Directory HOME RENOVATIONS FOR ALL YOUR RENO NEEDS • Windows • Doors • Bathrooms • Kitchens • Awnings • Eavestroughs • Porches • Railings • Steps • Patios • Stucco • Waterproofing • Brickwork • Decks • Roofing • Mould

HANDYMAN SERVICE. No job too big, no job too small. All you home needs and repairs. Good rates. Call John 647-467-9976

MODEL RENOVATIONS INC. (416) 736-0090

Painting & Decorating

10% SENIORS’ DISCOUNT • MEMBER BBB

A BEAUTIFUL Clean Job- Painting services/ kitchen cabinet spraying/ staircase refinishing/ renos. Great rates. Free estimates. Michael 647-833-6804

FINE QUALITY RESIDENTIAL PAINTING. References, 20 years experience, reasonable rates. Call Keith 416-720-8394

Moving & Storage 0$ Truck Fee. $19+/hr, Licensed. Insured Local/ Long Distance. Free Estimates. 24/7. Free boxes. 416-887-6696 ANY MOVING/ junk removal, Local & long distance. 24 hours. Insured, licensed. BBB and BNI Member. Voted #1 by Metro! 416-253-7641. www.ssonsmoving.com

Carpet & Upholstery CARPET UPHOLSTERY steam cleaning any 4 rooms, hallway and stairs $90. Sofa set $60. Extra rooms $20. Free deodorizing. 416-890-2894

Flooring & Carpeting NESO FLOORING Carpet installation starting from $1.29/ sq.ft. Hardwood, laminate at low prices. 26 yrs experience. Free Estimates. Best Price! 647-400-8198

Appliance Repairs/ Installation APPLIANCE/ TV Repairs (since 1988) Free Estimates Warranty, Credit cards, TV’s, Fridge’s, Stoves, Dishwashers, Washers, Dryers, Air Conditioning, & Heating. 416-616-0388

PLUMBING

Auburn Plumbing Inc. Metro Lic# P1538

For all your plumbing needs

• New Work • Replacement, Repairs and Renovations - Faucets, Sinks & Toilets • High Pressure Flushing • Camera Inspection and Pipe Locating • Lead & Galvanized Piping • Plugged Drains & Backed-Up Sewers Quality and Service at Our Best

Call for a FREE estimate (416) 738-0274

FINANCING AVAILABLE - AS LOW AS $39/MO LICENSED & INSURED • 25 YRS. EXPERIENCE

ALL-SEASONS Home Improvements

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2009 Winner

Roofing Siding Concrete Parging Waterproofing Stonework Porches Decks & Doors Railings

• Bathrooms • Tiling • Kitchens • Flooring • Drywall • Painting • Windows • Basements • Drains All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates B-12561

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IDEAL PLUMBING

· 24 Hour Emergency Service · Plugged Drain Repair · Service Specialist · Flat Rates · Fully Insured · No Extra Charge for Evening & Weekends

FREE ESTIMATES Master Lic.# 20557 www.idealplumbingdrain.com SASHA 416-371-7137 ALI 416-828-6611

PLUMBERS DIRECT

• licensed • honest • reliable • local • experienced • insured • quality workmanship • seniors discount • references

P 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE e 416-997-3063 t www.plumbersdirect.ca e Financing Available r: (Met Lic #P20579)

761-9700

GARAGE LEANING? Ready to fall over?

Garages rebuilt at substantial savings over replacement (single/double) No Permit Required • No Tax Reassesment • No Set Back Issues Just a nice garage at the fraction of the cost of replacement. Of course we also do General Home Renovations

Call Peter: 416-554-3517

CHIMNEYS

ROOFING

ROOFING DUN-RITE REPAIRS • SIDING/FASCIA • EAVESTROUGH 24 HOURS • TUCKPOINTING EMERGENCY REPAIRS • VENTING • GUTTER GUARDS • ANIMAL REMOVAL

ALL TYPES OF ROOF REPAIRS 647-857-5656

CANADIAN

Bricks & Chimneys Repaired and rebuilt Bricks + mortar colour match

ROOF

MASTERS

• Shingles • Flat Roofs • Skylights • Chimneys • Eavestroughs • Repairs • Free Estimates

House-front, pillars, bricks repaired or replaced

Tuckpointing Chris Jemmett Masonry 416-686-8095

ELECTRICAL ALL TECH ELECTRIC Contact: Jason Sa Master Electrician

(416) 723-1169

Save UP TO 15% OFF Lic. # B21358

EAVESTROUGHS 416-878-4731 EAVESTROUGH BY DESIGN We Accept Intallment Payments Professional Installation Seniors Discount EAVESTROUGH • SIDING

DOWNSPOUT DISCONNECTION

ECRA/ESA Lic.#7006706

Burton Electric Inc. 416 419-1772

Pot lights Service upgrades Breakers/Panels FREE ESTIMATES

Master Electrician * License # 7001220 * Insured www.burtonelectric.ca mark.burton@burtonelectric.ca

Fully Licensed & Insured

416-626-0777

www.canadianroofmasters.com

Specializing in removal of Knob & Tube & Electrical upgrades.

Knob and tube replacement LED Lighting Aluminum wire reconditioning Permits and inspections

• SHINGLES • FLAT ROOFS • SKY LIGHTS • CHIMNEY’S • VALLEY’S • ANIMAL PROOFING 15% Senior’s Discount

WWW.CANATASK.COM BONDED AND INSURED

FREE ADVICE AND ESTIMATE

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100 Tempo Avenue, Willowdale, ON M2H 3S5 www.insidetoronto.com | Circulation: 416 495 6524

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