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NEW BOOK INSPIRED BY BABY ETHAN The two-year-old boy has come a long way since a bacterial infection that resulted in several amputations. Staff/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/ethansmiles WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The book launch is in November.
FATHER-SON DUO CLOSE THE BOOK ON TOUR OF 100 TORONTO LIBRARIES Lanrick Bennett Jr. and his five-year-old son Jackson have recently completed something few Torontonians can say they’ve done: visit all 100 Toronto Public Library branches. What makes their adventure even more interesting is that they used public transit to get to the vast majority of the city’s libraries. Toronto Public Library/photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/100libraries WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The Toronto Public Library applauded the father and son, and encouraged others to visit.
CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION ATTRACTED 1.54 MILLION VISITORS THIS YEAR The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) attracted 1.54 million people during its 18-day run from Aug. 19 to Sept. 5, nearly matching last year’s record 1.6 million visitors. Metroland file photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/cneattendance WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The 2016 CNE introduced two key programs that took the organization in a new direction.
MONITORING MOVEMENTS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES PER DAY Inside a control room, located in a nondescript Toronto office building, a small team watches the city’s traffic unfold. Cameras capture traffic at expected hotspots like the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway. Video feeds are also centred on Allen Road, Eglinton Avenue – more than 190 in all, capturing all the action in realtime. Staff/Metroland FEATURE: Pages 12 and 13
Toronto taxpayers will be on the hook for a total of $288 million to pay for the city’s contribution to Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack heavy rail transit plan, and more for the funding and regular maintenance of Eglinton Crosstown and other light rail plans. Metroland file photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/transitprojects WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: That’s just the beginning if council approves a funding agreement between the city and the province.
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In a 7-6 photo-finish vote, Mayor John Tory’s executive committee supported recommendations from external consultants who said that owing to the city’s growing population and future development, Toronto needs more councillors to ensure equitable representation. Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/47councillors WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Tory supported the 44-councillor model, saying ‘We will not get better governance beyond 44.’
MAYOR TORY STILL RIDES HIGH WITH VOTERS HALFWAY THROUGH FIRST TERM Mayor John Tory remains popular through his first term of office and would likely prevail in a hypothetical matchup with other municipal politicians, according to a new poll from Mainstreet and Postmedia. But Tory has slipped by seven per cent from the same hypothetical mayor’s race polled by the firm a year ago. Metroland file photo FULL STORY:bit.ly/toryapproval WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The poll broke down preference by communities with Tory having a strong lead with downtowners.
AUDITOR TO LOOK AT CITY WORKERS PAYOUT FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION PRESCRIPTION City Auditor General Beverly Romeo-Beehler will take a second look at the $1.9 million city workers claimed to pay for erectile dysfunction prescriptions. Audit Committee member Mary-Margaret McMahon (pictured) suggested some of those claimants were likely selling the drugs. FULL STORY: bit.ly/citydrugpayout WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Sixteen employees exceeded more than one-a-day last year.
A property owner faces charges in an Oct. 11 rooming house blaze that seriously injured a Toronto firefighter. Police allege a post-fire inspection and investigation revealed numerous violations of the Ontario Fire Code. Dan Pearce/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/firecharge WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read more about the fire, the injuries and the charges laid.
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Roncesvalles Village resident Carol Devine, a social scientist, is one of 77 women from around the world selected to participate in a 20-day expedition of Antarctica. The mission is to foster women’s impact in science with the goal of combating climate change and protecting the planet. Sandy Nicholson/photo
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The Warm4Winter campaign, coordinated by Toronto Police Service’s 11 Division, is looking for donations of warm clothes to ensure the seasonal transition seamless for those in need. Metroland file photo
Toronto city staff are bringing forward a deal for funding Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack heavy rail proposal and the new Metrolinx light rail that critics say will leave Toronto taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars in capital and operating costs. Metroland file photo
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letter Time to start building transit Re: Plan to build rail deck park in downtown Toronto comes to executive committee Instead of building one billion dollar “legacy,” the money should be spend on expansion of the subway system in downtown area to reduce the ever increasing demand on the surface traffic. Just think the crowds when ACC and Rogers Centre are open these days at the same time - and then, how is that going to look like in 25 years from today. The time to start expanding the subway network in downtown Toronto is now. Today, the Toronto politicians are wondering what made the previous Toronto politicians, 60 years ago, to build the Gardiner monstrosity. If today’s they decide to put up the Rail Deck Park in downtown Toronto, the future Toronto politicians, at the end of this century, will be wondering and thinking how to get rid of the humongous, crumbling concrete slab. That will just confirm the maxim that those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. Mario Gasparovic
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equivalent of a property tax increase as high as three per cent. And in case one thought that might be all - Toronto will, under the agreement, begin contributing $20 million a year over three years to GO Transit’s own capital expansion program. That’s a lot to digest. And it doesn’t include the cost of building the one-stop extension of Line 2 to the Scarborough Town Centre, which will add another $3 billion to the city’s debt, or the eventual cost of the downtown relief subway line – identified by the TTC as essential to deal with growing congestion on the Yonge subway Line 1, which could cost in the neighbourhood of $7 billion. Council will have to make a call on the deal next week at its November meeting, and it’s an unenviable task. Toronto does need better transit, and has for years, and this costly plan seems to be the only route to actually creating it. The trouble is that some of the biggest spends in this expensive list don’t match that well with the most urgently needed transit infrastructure in the city. SmartTrack might be Tory’s political priority; it is not, really, Toronto’s. And even the elements that do address priorities come with a surprising and politically unpalatable cost. Council probably can’t say no, in spite of those costs and misapplied priorities; if they do, it’s tantamount to giving up on city building, at least as far as partnering with the province is concerned. But councillors and the mayor will have a hard time convincing attentive voters that they’ve brought home anything like a win.
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Is it possible that it’s all too much, this suddenly tiny transit expansion plan? That is certainly an impression that one might take reading City Manager Peter Wallace’s report on a costly deal with the provincial government for building and managing the vestiges of Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack heavy rail and former mayor David Miller’s Transit City light rail plans. To begin with, the plans are tiny compared with their visions. Tory’s SmartTrack heavy rail plan now drops from 22 stations promised in the election to just six stations, and crucially is to be delivered by 2026, not as he promised within seven years. The old Miller light rail plan has been diminished for some time, resurrected as it was after the late mayor Rob Ford “killed” it in 2010. But now the lines on Eglinton, Finch and Sheppard Avenue which were originally understood to be operated and maintained by Metrolinx will be run by the city-owned Toronto Transit Commission. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will cost $80 million; Sheppard will cost $38.1 million; Finch West, $51.5 million. SmartTrack is expected to cost another $40.5 million to operate. Which is peanuts compared to the capital spending the city will have to do to cover the costs of the SmartTrack expansion. The city will need to finance debt to the tune of $2.01 billion of the $3.72 billion cost (which includes the cost of the Eglinton West LRT). The city can finance that through a mix of tax increment financing, development charges, and, eventually, the
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ONTARIO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELIZABETH DOWDESWELL RECEIVES FIRST POPPY The Royal Canadian Legion’s Ontario Command has presented the First Poppy to Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell at the presentation held at Queen’s Park last Thursday. Dan Pearce/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/firstpoppy WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The event was the ceremonial launch of the 2016 Poppy Campaign.
POPPY PROTOCOL: SIX RULES YOU NEED TO FOLLOW FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY The Royal Canadian Legion has begun selling its poppies of remembrance across our communities and the red symbols are popping up on people’s lapels too. With all of these poppies come questions about exactly how to wear them. Stock image FULL STORY: bit.ly/poppymanual WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Follow the six points from the Legion’s poppy manual to know how to wear one properly.
TTC LAUNCHES REMEMBRANCE DAY POPPY CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT WAR VETERANS Until Remembrance Day, members of the Royal Canadian Legion at subway stations will solicit donations for poppy purchases, with the proceeds going to surviving veterans and their families. Dan Pearce/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/ttcpoppy WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The TTC plans to honour Canada’s war dead by halting all vehicles for one minute on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.
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“It used to be we could ask an operator to bring up a (feed) and it was simple, but it’s a little more difficult because we’ve got so many cameras now,” she said. “Now it’s hard to remember them all.” From the control room, operators can also make traffic signal-timing changes to improve flow. The process can also be automated, with the system making predictive changes based on detectors measuring the level of traffic. Operators can also favour traffic signals at certain routes at the expense of others to even out traffic flow. Over 300 current signals have the adaptive technology, according to Lee, with more to come. The city has also undertaken re-timing its traffic signals, something which started back in 2012. Lee says a review has been undertaken of signal times at major arterials to improve the timing of traffic offsets, so that there’s minimal wait-times between a succession of signals. All of the city's 2,300 signals are scheduled for re-timing, with 939 completed at major routes. But re-timing is expensive, with one installation costing as much as $160,000 and regular maintenance $15,000 a year. Lee admits it’s hard to explain to the public why some traffic lights take forever to turn green while others turn much faster. “There are a lot of factors which can impact signal coordination,” she said. A major intersection with multiple left-turn lanes, for example, will drive up the amount of time before the light changes. And for the signals to be coordinated, they all have to have the same “cycle length”. The spacing between lights is another factor, not to mention whether there are transit signals for TTC
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Inside a control room, located in a nondescript East York office building, a small team watches the city’s traffic unfold. The group of traffic watchers, called operators, monitors feeds from dozens of cameras posted at the city’s busiest intersections, logging major traffic incidents 24/7. The team also coordinates emergency road closures, dispatches maintenance crews and communicates advisories to the commuting public. On a gloomy October morning, traffic surprisingly moves well during the heart of rush hour. But even during this unusually calm period, the traffic control team logs 12 major incidents between 7 and 10 a.m., which is normally one of the busiest parts of the day, according to head controller Linda Lee. “That’s just part of living in a city that’s booming,” said Lee Thursday, Oct. 20, during a tour of the traffic control centre. “When we look at our downtown cameras, it’s not just automobiles but lots of cyclists and pedestrians.” Cameras capture traffic at expected hotspots like the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway. Feeds are also centred on Allen Road, Eglinton Avenue – more than 190 in all, capturing action in real-time. The operators, contractors to the city, not only monitor traffic but also learn how to dispatch service. They undergo three months of training, learning how to operate the cameras, and familiarizing themselves with various locations. Each feed can be accessed by punching a four-digit code. Feeds starting with ‘8’, for example, reference expressway locations.
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HARDWOOD FLOOR CRAFTSMAN
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