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Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust’s goal is to acquire, manage land for community interest HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com The Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust (PNLT) is one step closer to making history as Toronto’s first urban Community Land Trust (CLT).

The community-controlled non-profit organization held its founding annual general meeting Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the Bonar-Parkdale Presbyterian Church, 250 Dunn Ave. About 68 people voted to pass the organi-

zation’s bylaws and elected 10 additional new members to be a part of its board of directors, while 100 people attended to witness history in the making.

“The turnout was amazing, we did not expect such a full house,” said PNLT chair Judy Josefowicz.

“It’s so gratifying to see so many people, interested and committed and engaged.”

Passing the bylaws and voting in new board of directors is one >>>NEXT, page 5

Parking on front lawns during the CNE may soon be illegal hILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Temporary parking on lawns of residential streets in South Parkdale during the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) may become a thing of the past.

At a community meeting held Monday, Nov. 2 at Parkdale United Church, Parkdale-High Park councillor Gord Perks let

residents know he was putting forth a motion to the Toronto and East York Community Council that would remove the bylaw that allows CNE patrons to park their cars on the front yards of a few key streets near the Dufferin Gates.

“A number of people in the community, for years now, have been asking me to bring this for>>>OFFICIAL, page 6

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Free program: Sistema Toronto students perform during a concert held this past week at Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School. Sistema Toronto is a social development program that provides free after-school programming with intensive musical instruction per week throughout the school year. For more information, visit www.sistema-toronto.ca

Roncesvalles-MacDonell residents want developers to look at the ‘bigger picture’ HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com When it comes to intensification of the Roncesvalles-MacDonell community, the residents association just wants developers to look at “the bigger picture,” and one way to help them do that is to have a planning study.

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“I think when we look at it in the big picture, it makes for a healthier and happier neighbourhood,” said co-chair of the Roncesvalles-MacDonell Residents’ Association(RMRA), Brian Torry, after a meeting held Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Fern Public School In a motion put forth by

local councillor for ParkdaleHigh Park, Gord Perks, at the Toronto East York Community Council earlier this month the neighbourhood got what they asked for and the DundasRoncesvalles Planning Study was adopted.

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Donate gently used winter coats, hats, mittens to families in need T h e C h i l d r e n’s Breakfast Club has launched its 2015 Winter Coat Drive, which aims to collect 30,000 gently used, good-quality coats in time for winter, which will be distributed among the

area’s needy families.

The coats will be given away until they’re all gone.

Coats, hats and mittens can be donated at any Carquest auto parts store in Ontario.

Centennial College and Scotiabank branches in Scarborough are also collecting coats.

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Dentists, TTC workers and first responders will distribute stickers to promote good oral health and happiness at Union Station between 7 and 8 a.m.

Friday, which will be declared Give-ASmile Day in Toronto. bird-portrait workshop High Park Nature Centre, 375 Colborne Lodge Dr., presents a workshop series on how to draw bird portraits, Thursday, Nov. 12 and Thursday, Nov. 19 from 7 to 9 p.m.

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Toronto’s Catholic school board has added 13 additional Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) programs, which offer students the opportunity to both explore a specific area or career of interest and to acquire the skills and experience necessary to pursue a postsecondary pathway, this September.

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Lest we Forget This Remembrance Day we honour those who have given their lives for our freedom. Please wear your poppy in support of these brave men and women.

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King Street West condos termed ‘a pair of sore thumbs’ Residents rally against 19- and 21-storey condo development applications HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com It’s disrespectful, it’s a monstrosity of a building and it will ruin the neighbourhood.

Parkdale residents gave this blunt feedback to Lifetime Developments during a community consultation meeting Thursday night regarding its tandem condo development application of 21- and 19-storey buildings at 1182 and 1221 King St. West, respectively, at Dufferin Street.

“The buildings compete with and belittle everything around it,” said Dunn Avenue resident Jack Gibney, who shared the sentiment of disgust in the room with the other 60 or so Parkdale residents in attendance.

The majority of community members were vocal about how “appalled” they were by the proposal.

Gord Perks, the local councillor for Parkdale-High Park who hosted the meeting at Parkdale United Church, 171 Dunn Ave., agreed.

“I was very clear with the developers when they first presented this to me: This is way too many units, way too tall, and doesn’t fit the character of this neighbourhood,” Perks told The Villager “These are literally a pair of sore thumbs.”

City planning staff and residents echoed the same concerns over height, overdevelopment, shadows on local parks, and transition to Parkdale and adjacent neighbourhoods that have

two-storey townhomes and houses nearby and directly behind one of the buildings.

Residents also mentioned traffic concerns for that corner, specifically the overcrowded King streetcar.

Currently, the neighbourhood has a maximum build height of 23 metres, roughly eight storeys on the northeast corner (1182 King St.), which is home to Island Foods, Burger King, Starbucks, Washworld Coin Laundry and Pet Valu; Lifetime is requesting a height of 73m.

At the southwest corner (1221 King St. W), where a McDonald’s currently stands, its maximum height is 12m, roughly four-storeys; Lifetime is proposing 67m. Combined, the condos would have 749 units with the majority (72 per cent) of the units being onebedroom units, and underground parking for retail and residents totalling 577 spaces and 980 bike parking spaces.

The at-grade commercial level of the building was described to residents by Charles Gane, the lead architect on the project, as a “better retail experience,” which only translated to attendees as, expensive and high end, residents said.

“I really wanted to get away from the ‘ma and pa’ stores and give this a really nice big extent of glass that could be divided up,” Gane told The Villager.

“I just wanted two storeys of clear glass, so you can see through it. It’d be better for restaurants, etc.”

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Rendering of the two condo development proposed by Lifetime Developments at 1182 and 1221 King St W.

The community, with many small business owners in attendance, weren’t thrilled about Gane’s idea of a higher end retail space moving into the neighbourhood, which shocked the architect.

“I think it’s something different for the neighbourhood.

I’m surprised that they look at what we’re taking away and that they’re upset,” he explained.

Gane also added that he expected the neighbourhood to be shocked, initially, about the proposal, but he’s hoping they’ll warm up to it.

“Nobody likes something new, but we’re going to listen and take the feedback from the community, and hopefully the community will listen too; and they’ll probably think maybe it

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Nobody likes something new, but we’re going to listen and take the feedback from the community, and hopefully the community will listen too.

wasn’t as bad as they thought initially,” Gane said.

“It’ll be a whole new neighbourhood in two years. To me it’s a great opportunity and a great chance as an architect to build two buildings that relate to each other… It could be landmark, where people could look out and say, ‘that’s King and Dufferin’ and then everything builds up to it.”

Parkdale residents were clear, throughout the meeting, that they know intensification has to come to their

Motorists urged to be extra vigilant after clocks fall back Longer nights result in more collisions, police ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com

As clocks went back an hour this past weekend, police are urging motorists to pay extra attention to the roads.

“With the change in time, we do ask that drivers be more aware of pedestrians,” Const. Clint Stibbe said.

“Drivers in general seem

to be doing a pretty good job in the first week after the time change. However, after that we do see an overall increase in collisions right through until the middle of December.”

About 1,400 pedestrians have been struck in Toronto so far this year, including 29 who have died.

There were 23 fatal pedes-

trian-struck collisions at this time last year.

“We can cut our fatalities in half if pedestrians used marked crossings only,” Stibbe said.

“If an individual is going to do a mid-block crossing, we are asking that they

do it when there’s plenty of time for them to get across the road.”

Police traditionally start to see a rise in collisions in late September.

“In November it spikes,” Stibbe said.

“So longer nights are resulting in more collisions.”

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neighbourhood at some point, however, what Lifetime Developments is proposing is not what they had in mind.

“We can’t avoid it (intensification). But I’d like to see them stick with the allowed height, and try to make smaller retail spaces so Parkdale-style businesses can maybe get in,” Gibney said. “You can’t completely stop progress, so while they’re willing to negotiate we should sit down at the table and get something reasonable.”

But to Gane this proposal is reasonable.

“These guys (Lifetime Developments) build quality buildings, so the whole neighbourhood should be more receptive to having a good builder come in. It shows some confidence in the neighbourhood,” he said.

“I think they’re missing the fact that they could lock this in. Here’s the chance to get some downtown flare and design coming west. It’s a good opportunity.”

But for Gibney and the residents in attendance Parkdale already has its own unique flare they’d like to preserve.

“I wouldn’t want to see it (the condos) destroy the wonderful diversity of the neighbourhood we have,” he said.

The Villager remembers Come visit our special section online at http://bit. ly/TorontoRemembers as we remember the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers past and present.

There will be memories shared by veterans, photos during those times of conflict, and other touching stories passed down by our readers.

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emories. They return to us through thoughts, feelings and familiar sounds and smells. Memories can reflect happy times.

They can convey sadness. Memories can conjure up a time, decades old, or they can be from yesterday.

But what if those familiar thoughts, feelings, sounds and smells, returned you to a time of war?

A time when you thought you wouldn’t survive, weighed down with feelings of dread, by the sounds of the dying and the smell of death?

Would you want to remember?

This week, The Parkdale Villager commemorates the memories of Canadian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice from the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War and the recent conflict in Afghanistan and all peacekeeping missions leading up to next week’s Remembrance Day. But also, we remember those who are still alive and are able, our view some willingly and some grudgto recount a time when Readers share ingly, only the present moment mattered. memories in When a slight move, or slow special section reaction meant the difference between life and death.

Within these pages, we have information on Remembrance Day ceremonies in your community.

We urge you to attend one, speak to a veteran (so few remain from the Second World War) and talk to your kids about it.

This is an especially important year as it marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. More than 45,000 Canadian soldiers gave their lives and another 55,000 were wounded in the conflict.

We have more Remembrance Day features in our special section online, which can be found at bit.ly/ TorontoRemembers The section shares the memories of our readers and the stories passed down by their loved ones: A black and white photo of two young lovers in a time of uncertainty, with only first names exchanged.

A friend buried at sea. A mystery solider who died of pneumonia.

A cheeky nurse who kissed a solider while he lay in delirium in an army hospital bed.

You will read stories of friendship and laughter and letter writing.

Remembrance Day is always important, but putting a face and a name to the stories of war bring it a little closer to home.

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ou can read a lot of different things in the tea leaves after a big election and there’s lots of readings a fortune teller can pull from this last one.

For instance, one might say the election of Justin Trudeau as prime minister represents a generational shift, not just in Ottawa, but in the electorate.

Young, inexperienced and optimistic Justin Trudeau came into power despite old, battle-scarred and pessimistic Stephen Harper’s best efforts, and it’s hard not to imagine a group of voters born in the 1990s reacting badly to messaging that someone who at least looks about their age is “just not ready.”

Millennials, after all, have heard the same thing repeated ad nauseam since they were in short pants by their entitled elders.

Millennials, like the

david nickle the city rest of us, have heard a lot of other things repeated.

They’ve heard that government deficits are a cardinal sin, that taxes are best kept low, and that government itself is best kept small and relatively inactive.

Based on last month’s federal election and the last few elections in which younger voters have been able to have their say, it’s seeming as though those notions are getting just as chilly a reception as that “not ready” attack ad.

Although a conservative himself, Toronto Mayor John Tory was a beneficiary of this post-boom bump, and in his early months, governed in that knowledge, boosting existing services and promising new ones – actively re-

engaging city government in city life.

But as a conservative, Tory along with many of his council colleagues are showing oldee timee reluctance to square the circle – to do the things that in the past have been understood as politically unpopular: raise property taxes higher than the rate of inflation, consider new ways to bring in revenue such as road tolls… to increase revenue, in other words, to match aspiration.

Very soon, Tory and his supporters on council are going to find a need to do this.

Just one of Tory’s enhancements – a return to higher levels of TTC service to undo the transit cuts made in the Ford years – will cost an additional $90 million to fund, fully rolled-out in 2016.

An inflationary property tax increase (the maximum that Tory has prom-

ised) will raise $50 million.

If that were the only pressure it would be bad enough, but of course it’s not alone.

The Toronto Police Service will be costing the city more, and another promise, the mayor’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, is rendered meaningless if there is not significant spending in social services added to the 2016 budget.

Taxpayers will also soon have to begin paying for the loan the city made out to itself, to help balance the otherwise askew 2015 budget.

Would Toronto taxpayers and voters be willing to look at paying more for better services and a more cohesive city?

The tea leaves, imperfect an indicator as they are, suggest they might just.

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Next step for PNLT is to establish fundraising goals for land acquisition >>>from page 1 of the first steps towards the PNLT’s main goal of acquiring land, said Victor Willis a board member of PNLT and the executive director of the Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (PARC).

“It’s baby steps, having had this meeting and passing the bylaws we can now make the case to be a charitable entity, which means we can now receive gifts of land and money,” Willis told the Villager as ballots were being counted. “(Voting in) bylaws are a required activity from CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) to become a charity and we’ve now fulfilled that part so we’re feeling very good about that.”

So far, PNLT has received a three-year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation in 2014 for $210,600 to cover staff salaries and program costs. The next steps are to reconvene the sub-committees and work toward achieving fundraising goals for land acquisition, said Josefowicz.

The concept of the community land trust would allow a non-profit organization to acquire and manage land for community interest.

In the case of PNLT, the community interests include affordable housing, community gardens and open spaces, affordable spaces for nonprofits and small businesses and community planning.

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Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust board members count ballots last Wednesday at Bonar-Parkdale Presbyterian Church following a vote to elect 10 additional board members to the organization.

people voted onto the board, both Josefowicz and Willis are pleased with the broad range of skills the board of directors now has at its disposal.

“It is a really good spread.

We’ve got a very robust broad set of skills with some remarkable people and its immensely diverse,” Willis said.

The PNLT was created three years ago and since then the board of directors and subcommittees have been working to create the bylaws that were passed Wednesday as well as developing a model for community ownership that ensures long term affordability and has community benefits.

“It’s been three years of a lot of work and a lot of people have been involved who have helped move this initiative forward,” Josefowicz said, adding people donated countless hours, on weekends and evenings to help keep this cause moving.

“I think it’s an initia-

tive people can really stand behind. It’s really encouraging to see that level of engagement.”

As rooming houses and affordable housing units in Parkdale become scarce due to the steady progress of gentrification in the neighbourhood, and with low-income earners increasingly at risk for being pushed out of the area, the time for a community land trust is now, before the neighbourhood becomes unrecognizable to its own community, said Willis.

“If we don’t pay attention to these kinds of changes we’re going to wake up one morning and say, ‘where did everybody go?,’ It’ll have some people who can afford to stay, but some people who can’t will have left,” Willis said.

“It’s such an important opportunity to, in some ways, put an anchor into Parkdale and say there is a vessel for staying here and I think this (PNLT) is going to be it.”

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Official CNE parking can cost $30 >>>from page 1 w a rd ,” Pe r k s t o l d T h e Villager.

If his motion is adopted it would make parking on the front lawns of houses illegal on Cowan Avenue to Springhurst Avenue at the south end; Spencer Avenue to Springhurst at the south end; on Springhurst from Fort Rouille Street to Dunn Avenue; the entire north side of Thorburn Avenue and Tyndall Avenue near Thorburn to the south end.

There are roughly 104 properties where this bylaw is applied. Residents charge

between $10 and $20 to park on their lawns, which is a cheaper alternative to the $25 or $30 flat rate parking the Exhibition offers on its grounds. The city receives no revenues from this practice.

The push to bring this issue to council, Perks said, is because his office received numerous calls of concerns, which include children’s and cyclists’ safety in the neighbourhood, cars parked half on the property and half on the road disrupting on-street parking, and the volume of cars the parking attracts to the small residential area.

In a report written by the City of Toronto’s right of way management, it states soil compaction, poor turf quality and stunted tree growth as negative impacts of parking on soft surfaces.

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Perks told residents he’s “strongly leaning to get rid of” the bylaw because of all the concerns and complaints he’s been receiving.

Despite their frustrations, residents were looking to find a middle ground with the councillor about the motion to remove the front yard parking, but were forced to think about the bigger picture.

“The big picture is over time the city of Toronto has to move to a more pedestrian, cycling and transit friendly environment because with our population growth we can’t meet everyone’s needs in automobiles, so a little bit at a time things we’re used to doing have to change,” Perks said.

He also added the Exhibition board of governors is working on a study to assess the parking in the area during the CNE and said a parking facility is coming with the construction of the Raptors practice facility on the grounds. But that wasn’t enough to appease residents.

They’d like to see a parking structure and plan in place before he decides to remove the bylaw.

“Maybe then you can come to this group of people and take away the one little reward from the full summer of madness,” Barry told The Villager.

Residents will have the chance to voice their concerns at the East York community council on Nov. 10.

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Parkdale Library ongoing programs WHERE: 1303 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416-393-7686 COST: Free The Parkdale Libary hosts a number of ongoing programs including a Peer Tutoring Club Fridays from 4 to 7:30 p.m.; Poetry Circle Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m.; and Babytime Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11 a.m. There is also a Leading to Reading program for students in grades 1 to 6 who are having difficulty with their reading or writing. Students pair up with a volunteer who meets with a child for one hour per week.

Registration is required.

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Open Mic Night WHEN: 8 to 11 p.m.

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Planning study to include inventory of current development applications >>>from page 1 this because it’s being proactive for the future,” Torry said.

“But we’re still reacting to the pressure and the development that’s coming.”

The study will review the development of Roncesvalles Avenue between Queen Street West and Boustead Avenue and on Dundas Street West between Boustead and Sorauren Avenue. It will also include an inventory of current applications and development pressure in the area, as well as the improvement of streetscape along Dundas in the context of current and future development proposals.

The RMRA is hoping to include similar categories to the Bloor-Dundas study, which was done in 2008, such as built form, heritage, streetscape and the unique character of Roncesvalles Village.

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it. Roncesvalles is unique and we want to look at all aspects of that and I think the city will do that,” Torry told The Villager.

The neighbourhood has been battling development after development in recent months with the purchase of the Turner Porter Funeral Home by Worsley Urban Partners set to become an eight-storey mixed use building with 93 residential units and six grade-related townhouses, as well as Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the eight-storey, 81 unit and 96 unit Howard Park and Roncesvalles condo

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However, despite the pressures the co-chair of the RMRA wanted to make it clear that the neighbourhood is not antidevelopment and neither is this planning study.

“I think it’s just set guidelines and priorities and standards. It sets the expectations for the developers,” Torry said.

“I hope it lays out a set of ground rules that allow for development and intensification that respects the neighbourhood. That’s what I hope.”

The RMRA, plans to be heavily involved in “every aspect of the study” as well as encourage its membership to be a part of the discussion.

The first opportunity residents have to voice their opinions, concerns and ideas will be on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at Fern Public School at 7 p.m. with city staff and RMRA members.

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As many as 900,000 to one million people line the city’s streets to catch a glimpse of the dozens of floats, clowns and marching bands during the 95-minute parade along its 6.5-kilometre route. This year’s event boasts 26 floats and 21 marching bands, Beresford said.

A special Toronto Raptors float this year will highlight the upcoming NBA All-Star game, which will be played in Toronto in February next year.

The parade will follow the same route as last year, starting at Bloor and Christie streets, along Bloor Street to University Avenue, down University to Wellington Street and east on Wellington, ending at the intersection of Front and Jarvis streets at St. Lawrence Market.

The largest children’s parade in North America and the largest outdoor entertainment event held annually in Canada is made possible by its corporate sponsors and more than 3,000 volunteers.

Michael Bartlett, executive director of the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Foundation, expressed his excitement about being part of “such an iconic Toronto event,” and pointed out the parade is older than the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, which is just 99 years old.

“This has become a labour of love for us. This is an all-in effort for our company,” Bartlett said.

Bartlett acknowledged Johnny Bower, the Hall of Fame inductee, who was the last goaltender to win the

Stanley Cup for the Leafs.

Bower, who attended the Nov. 3 event, will get his own float in this year’s parade, Bartlett said.

“Thank you so much for joining us and thank you for all that you do for our community,” he said.

The third annual Holly Jolly Fun Run, a five-kilometre run, will kick off the parade, starting at noon. The run will follow the parade route, ending at Maple Leaf Square. Proceeds go to support the Santa Claus Parade.

The Air Cadets will be selling red noses on parade day at Union Station in support of the Air Cadets Squadron #180 and the parade. Noses are $2 each or $3 for five.

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City accessibility panel seeks volunteers The city’s transportation department is looking for volunteers for an advisory panel addressing accessibility issues in the city’s street infrastructure.

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Metrolinx is set to begin an environmental assessment study for the bridge, and the groups hope the city’s report will provide an “informed second opinion” on the plan.

Metrolinx is also working to visually forecast the bridge’s impact on neighbourhoods.

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Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from November 3 to November 30, 2015. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing and payments include delivery and destination fees up to $1,715, $5 OMVIC fee, $29 tire fee, and $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes other taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. 0% financing for up to 84 months or up to $7,000 discount available on other select 2015 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Maximum $7,000 discount ($6,000 cash discounts and $1,000 ECO-credit) is offered on 2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) only. $1,000 ECO credit is offered on all 2016 Optima Hybrid models. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2016 Rio LX MT (RO541G) with a selling price of $15,864 is based on monthly payments of $177 for 84 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $1,000 discount (loan credit). Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F)/2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) is $20,964/$24,764 and includes a cash discount of $5,500/$7,000 including $6,000 cash discounts and $1,000 ECO credit. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on the 2016 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO541G)/2016 Soul LX MT (SO551G) with a selling price of $17,564/$18,944 is based on monthly payments of $148/$218 for 60/36 months at 0%/2.9%, with $0 security deposit, $1,300/$0 discounts (lease credit), $750/$1,000 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation $8,853/$7,865 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $6,661/$11,346. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). §Open to Canadian residents who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence who take a test drive at a Canadian Kia dealership between November 3, 2015 and January 4, 2016. 10 weekly prizes of a $3,000 itravel2000 voucher available. Plus one $100 travel voucher per eligible test drive. Limit of one entry/test drive voucher per person. Skill testing question required. Some conditions apply. Go to kia.ca for complete details. ΩLease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2016 Forte SX (FO748G)/2016 Soul SX Luxury (SO758G)/2015 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748F) is $26,695/$27,495/$34,895. The 2015 Optima was awarded the 2015 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2015. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. The Kia Soul received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact multi-purpose vehicles in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.