The Parkdale Villager, November 10, 2016

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CONSTRUCTION OF $6M KING-LIBERTY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO START FALL 2017 The King-Liberty pedestrian/cycling bridge will connect Liberty Village residents to King and Queen streets over the rail corridor between the westerly portions of Douro Street and Western Battery Road.

Staff/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/lvbridge WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Further public consultation on the design details are expected to convene for winter 2016-2017.

RETIRED TORONTO COLONEL RECALLS GROWING UP IN A MILITARY FAMILY

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For fourth-generation Torontonian John Catto, Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 is a time to remember the sacrifices many made for our freedom. It’s also a time of great pride for the 54-year Leaside resident, who has a long and decorated family history of military service. Catto recently sat down with The Villager to share stories of his family’s 120 years of military service.

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Pop superstar Mariah Carey brought some holiday cheer to a few thousand die-hard fans who packed Queen Street for a two-song mini-show at the unveiling of the new Saks Fifth Avenue/Hudson’s Bay holiday window displays. The Bay’s holiday windows have been a landmark destination for holiday shoppers. Justin Skinner/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/mariahbay WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The Bay’s holiday windows received an update this year with an “Enchanted Forest” theme.

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BILLIONS MORE COMING FOR TRANSIT, SAYS FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER The additional $25.3 billion in recent commitments now adds up to some $180 billion over the next 12 years for transit as well as affordable housing and greening initiatives, of which Mayor John Tory (right) said Toronto should get the lion’s share. Staff/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/transitfund WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Tory suggested the money could help pay to extend the Eglinton Crosstown LRT plan to UTSC.

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Toronto’s Tenant Issues Committee is recommending the city license landlords to ensure that renters don’t live in “despair and squalor. The item will go to the meeting of the Licensing and Standards Committee at the end of this month on Nov. 30.

Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/surveyacorn WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Residents said repairs were needed from the day they moved in, according to ACORN survey.

RATE-BASED BUDGETS GIVE BREAK TO WATER USERS, BUT HIT GARBAGE Torontonians will pay more to throw out garbage but will get a break on their water-rate increase in the city’s 2017 rate-based budgets.

It’s unclear whether these charges will remain as the budget proceeds.

Budget Chief Gary Crawford called the increases “a non-starter for me.”

David Nickle/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/towaterbreak WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: See how much more you’ll be paying to throw out garbage next year in Toronto.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GRANTS APPROVAL TO TRANSIT NETWORK FUNDING PLAN Mayor John Tory’s Executive Committee has given its approval to a deal with the province that will see the city spend billions to build the SmartTrack heavy rail plan and light rail in the city. Council will vote on the matter this week to meet a Nov. 30 deadline set by the province.

FULL STORY: bit.ly/smarttrackfund WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Toronto will be responsible for $2.35 billion in capital costs to build the SmartTrack heavy rail line.

Police responded to a shooting Saturday morning in Parkdale near Brock and Queen streets. A male in his 20s was shot and transported to hospital via emergency run.

Metroland file photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/pdaleshooting WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Toronto police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact them.

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TORONTO POLICE INVESTIGATING WEEKEND SHOOTINGS INCLUDING ONE IN PARKDALE

MPP for Parkdale-High Park Cheri DiNovo calls on Premier to stop any plans to privatize Ontario Place. Metroland file photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/ontarioplacebill WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read Premier Wynne’s response.

FUNDRAISER NEXT WEEK TO SUPPORT HOME FOR WOMEN AFFECTED BY MENTAL ILLNESS George Herman House is perhaps one of Toronto’s best kept secrets; situated in the Annex, it supports women affected by mental illness in a home-like setting. The fundraiser on Nov. 16 takes place at the Gladstone Hotel.

FULL STORY: bit.ly/queensclubs WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: See what the George Herman House offers to its clients and get more details on the upcoming fundraiser.

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Residents from Parkdale, Liberty Village and Roncesvalles came together at a public meeting to help Exhibition Place Board of governors form a focus for its 2017-20 Strategic Plan. They urged the board to reduce the amount of business development and replace it with added green space. Metroland file photo NOV 10 2016 |

FULL STORY: bit.ly/exgreenspace WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Local councillor Gord Perks agreed the 192 acres of land could be better managed.

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irksome parts of the proposed budget; a host of additional fees, some of which will create more of a disincentive to divert. Now homeowners who want to try a smaller bin, and recycle more, will be hit with a $25 fee for the bin exchange. The yellow-bag system of garbage collection for commercial districts will go up by $1.61 a bag, creating an incentive for businesses to drop the city service and go with a private hauler that won’t necessarily be as concerned about recycling and other diversion.

And there’ll be an $8 per household flat fee for collecting oversized items.

The increases are to pay, in part, for replacement of city-owned garbage trucks - trucks that may, in fact, prove unnecessary if council decides to contract out more or perhaps all of the city’s garbage collection, as it already has in the west end of the city. Budget chief Gary Crawford indicated Friday that all this fee-charging business won’t make it to council should he have anything to do with it.

“We need to keep the city affordable,” he said outside the meeting. Presumably that will mean keeping these double-digit increases in check. And doing so shouldn’t be that difficult, given that those digits are loonies and not percentiles.

The next struggle - with Toronto’s mammoth operating and capital budgets - is going to be a much harder fight. But it is likely to be the same story: staff bringing forward unpalatable options to cut services and hike fees, budget chiefs dropping gauntlets - and councillors, finally, doing their best to sort it out.

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But for now, the usually unsexy rate-supported budgets - water, solid waste, and the Toronto Parking Authority - are shaping up to be a pretty good opening act for what is sure to be a fraught debate over the operating and capital budgets for Toronto.

The rate budgets were launched a week ago at a Friday morning meeting of Toronto’s budget committee. It was a good-news, bad-news affair.

The good news is that the regular hefty increase to the water rate will be lower in 2017: five per cent, compared to the usual eight to nine per cent. Those increases had been paying for the upgrading of Toronto’s crumbling underground water infrastructure, and staff feel that Toronto is nearly square.

So toilet flushing will cost more, but not as much of an increase as last year. The cost of trash-tossing, however, is a different matter.

Staff there are recommending bigger increases than in the past on the garbage bin fees, as well as a host of new ones. To be honest, the bin fee increases aren’t that big. The overall increase in the cost is 3.9 per cent, compared to 1.5 per cent each year over the past eight years. The biggest increase, on the extra-large bin as it happens, is $24.34 a year. The smallest increase is probably the most irksome: $12.73. When the program was introduced and for several years afterward, the city maintained no charge on the wee bins, as a way to reward homeowners who are good at recycling and keeping garbage to a minimum.

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Leaving their footprint Central Toronto Academy students create shoe for Gotstyle

HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com The students of Central Toronto Academy are leaving a footprint in the fashion industry - literally.

Students showed off their school spirit by creating The Wolf Sneaker, named after their school mascot. It was a design collaboration with shoe designer George Sully of Sully Wong, a Toronto-based sneaker and bag company.

The sleek, black and white design was conceptualized by students enrolled in the 6ixess Academy, an offshoot of the arts department at the school, which helps students get involved with social entrepreneurship. The academy is run by art director Rebecca Dileo, who was bursting with pride Thursday, Nov. 3 night at the launch of the sneaker at the Spoke Club on King Street West.

“I’m on cloud 9, this turned out so well,” Dileo told The Villager.

“It all just came together and my students have a lot to be proud of tonight.”

The chance to design the sneaker came about with Dileo’s connection to Fashion Helps, a not-for-profit organization. Soon after community mentors, such as Melissa Austria from Gotstyle, George Sully, and Roger Gingerich from the Gingerich Group all came to the school to offer up their expertise.

Students then had to pitch their sneaker idea to them, Dragon’s Den style.

“I was very impressed with the work and the thought they put into it,” Austria said.

“It touches on the 6ix theme that’s so popular right now but still a sneaker that everyone would want to wear. It sends a message, but it’s also wearable. I love it.”

The sneaker took roughly a year to create and took it from being just an idea in the minds of students to a tangible product. The program received provincial grants as well as a grant from the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to help get the line off the ground.

For 18-year-old Hailey Ianni, a student involved in the project, it was, “incredible to see the sneaker come to life.”

“What’s great about it is, it’s designed by us and voted on by students for the school and its money for our arts program, which is such a great program,” Ianni added.

The shoe retails for $170 and will be sold exclusively at Gotstyle, in-store and online. All the proceeds from the sale of the shoe are filtered back into the arts department at Central Toronto Academy. There’s already a growing list for the sneaker, said Austria.

“It was a crazy experience. I would have never thought I’d be able to do this in high school,” said Andrei Martoiu,

a co-designer of the Wolf Sneaker. “I’m so happy I got this chance.”

Sully, who provided the silhouette of the sneaker students had to work with was amazed by what the students came up with, especially Martoiu.

“This is a simple sleek design. It looks dope. It reinvented something we’ve been doing so long,” Sully explained to The Villager.

“I’m happy with it. The experience was amazing, I’m hoping to do it over and over again. It’s a wicked cause and as a sneaker designer this collaboration was effortless.”

Left, the Wolf Sneaker, designed by students at Central Toronto Academy (CTA), retails for $170 exlcusively at Gotstyle in-store and online. All proceeds from the sale is given back to the arts department CTA; Top photo, CTA art director Rebecca Dileo (left), Sully Wong’s George Sully, CTA principal Iwona Kurman and two students show off the Wolf Sneaker designed by students.

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For fourth-generation Torontonian John Catto, Remembrance Day is a time to remember the sacrifices many made for our freedom.

It’s also time of great pride for the 54-year Leaside resident, who has a long and decorated family history of military service.

Catto recently sat down with The Villager to share stories of his family’s 120 years of military service.

“I grew up with a tradition of military service,” said Catto, whose paternal grandfather, Charles, as well as his great-uncle, Percy Taylor, served with the 48th Highlanders in Toronto dating all the way back to the late 1890s.

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Dan Pearce/METROLAND Remembrance Day is a special time of the year for Leaside resident John Catto, who was a member of the Canadian Officer Training Corps as well as a long-time reservist. Several of Catto's relatives, including his father and grandfather also served in the military.

“It was a privilege. I really enjoyed it,” said Catto, who for the last seven or so years has been invited to attend the Remembrance Day ceremony at UTS. “The Signal Corps was a big part of my life. I’m proud of the achievement.”

Catto, who grew up in the York Mills area, has a number of boxes of old photographs and memorabilia from his father and grandfather’s military service safely stored in his home’s basement. Some of the photos are in excellent condition despite being more than 100 years old.

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In 1968, he retired from the Reserve but a decade later was invited back to serve as a staff officer at the District Headquarters at the Moss Park Armoury. In 1981, Catto was invited to move up to the area headquarters at Canadian Forces Base Toronto at Downsview where he was promoted to full colonel serving as the senior advisor to the Commander of Communication Command and Chief Reserves. He officially ended his service in 1987.

In 1993, Catto was invited back for a second time to serve as the honourary lieutenant colonel for the Signal Regiment. Three years later, he was elevated to the rank of honourary colonel, a role he held until 2003.

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Charles Catto, who died in a canoeing accident in 1912 before he could serve in the First World War, joined the service around 1896 and was a major.

Four of Charles Catto’s five sons also entered the service.

Charlie served with the army reserve, while Wilson was a captain with the 48th Highlanders. Kenneth was a corporal with the Signal Corps. John (Catto’s father) joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1918.

“He was a young daredevil seeking adventure,” Catto said during a recent interview. “He qualified as a pilot and eventually piloted the largest night bomber the air service ever had.”

A great source of pride for Catto’s father, who flew a massive double engine Handley Page aircraft, was a successful night bombing mission that began on Nov. 4, 1918. During this attack, the Allied Forces dropped 15, 112-pound bombs on Metz, France.

“The Germans gave up the next week,” said Catto. “I think it was a big lark although they must have been terrified out of their skulls.”

John Catto Sr., who returned home to Toronto in the summer of 1919 and studied engineering at the School of Practical Science, went on to serve in the Canadian Air Force until it was disbanded in 1924. He then transferred over to the Corps of Guides until it too was disbanded.

In 1928, Catto joined the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals and was deployed overseas for a second time serving in the Second World War from June 1940 until the fall of 1945.

“After he went overseas, we didn’t see him until September 1945,” recalled Catto. “For six years of my childhood, dad was overseas but we had lots of letters.”

Catto’s father served in France, Belgium, and Holland. He was 46-year-old when he returned home from the Second World War and retired as a Member of the British Empire.

Around the time his father returned home from war, Catto was starting high school. In 1953, while attending University of Toronto Schools (UTS), he decided to join the Canadian Officers Training Corps where he was allocated to the Signal Reserve Corps.

Over the next 13 years of service, Catto climbed the ranks becoming a lieutenant colonel and commanding the Toronto Reserve Signals.

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DOMESTIC HELP AVAILABLE CLEANING SERVICE, home, office or apartment. Also after construction. Call Mila 647-781-0810.

Spray textures, plaster designs, stucco, drywall, paint.

We fix them all! www.mrstucco.ca • 416-242-8863

ARTICLES WANTED

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“Integrity before profit” Call Manuel 416-727-1900 HARDWOOD FLOOR SANDING. Specializing in stain/ refinishing.

Call for Free Estimate! Reasonable rates.

Paul 416-564-8410

PLUMBING

Faucets, Sinks, Toilets, Showers, Laundry, Main Valve, Leaky Pipes, Plugged Drains. Licensed & Insured.

24/7. Senior Discount!

416-661-2002

Call

1-800-743-3353

Cash for Older:

Coins, jewelry, Amber, lvory, Military, Watches, Toys, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, Cups & Saucers, Silver, Gold, Records, Old Postcards/Photos, Guitars, Old Pens, Lighters & Old Advertising etc.

25 years experience

Articles for Sale

ANTIQUES WANTED

Cash Paid For Silver plate • sterling • coins • gold • jewellery • watches, etc.

Teak • furniture • paintings • Doultons • fancy cups and saucers • medals • military • bronze • jade •Chinese • Japanese • fine art and quality smalls.

30 Years Experience

Professional and Courteous

David 416-231-9948

LANDSCAPING, LAWN CARE, SUPPLFIES GARDENING, CUTTING grass, weeding, gutter/leaf clean-up. Indoors cleaning floors & windows, also cleaning finish construction house and building, maintaining cleanliness commercial/ industrial buildings.

416-821-0359

LTEPD E H N WA Call 1-800 743-3353 to plan your advertising campaign.

HOW TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD Phone: 1-800-743-3353 Fax: 905-853-1765

APPLIANCE REPAIRS/ INSTALLATION Professional Repairs

OF ALL BRANDS OF: Refrigeration, Stoves, Dishwashers, Washer, Dryers, Air Conditioning & Heating.

Free Estimates. Warranty.

Credit cards accepted. Seniors discount.

search, sell, save!

Whatever you are looking for...

it’s here!

416-616-0388

TELL SOMEONE!

Repairs & Replacement, Faucets, Sinks, Toilets, Drains, Main Valve, Leaky Pipes, Drain Cleaning.

Licensed & Insured. 24/7.

416-880-4151

MASONRY & CONCRETE Brick ~ Blocks ~ Stonework Chimney’s ~ Tuck pointing Porches ~ Flagstone Window Sills All Masonry Work. Insured & Licensed

WASTE REMOVAL

$100-$10,000

For free estimates call Roman

Cash 4 Cars

Dead or alive Same day Fast FREE Towing 647-642-6187

STUFF TO GET RID OF? Call 1-800

$150 - $6000 Cash on the Spot 4 Scrap Cars Free tow in 2 hrs.

647-403-8542

743-3353

PETER’S DEPENDABLE JUNK REMOVAL

Check Out The Apartments For Rent Section!

Everything relating to wood floors and stairs. Serving Etobicoke since 1981.

RAY PLUMBING SERVICE

ARTICLES FOR SALE Put a composter in your backyard or use your green bin to reduce household waste.

Composting organics has two key benefits: it reduces the amount of waste going to landfills and when added to your garden, helps nourish soil and plants.

HARDWOOD FLOOR CRAFTSMAN

Local Plumbing Service

DOMESTIC HELP WANTED PSW (PERSONAL Support Worker), male or female wanted part-time 1-12 hrs per week between 7:30am-9pm for elderly female. Windemere Avenue South of Bloor.

Call 416-258-8754

FLOORING & CARPETING

From home or business, including furniture/ appliances, construction waste. Quick & careful!

416-677-3818 Rock Bottom Rates!

416-684-4324

www.fadomconstructioninc.com

FLOORING & CARPETING NESO FLOORING Carpet installation starting from $1.19/ sq.ft. Hardwood, laminate at low prices. 27 yrs experience.

Free Estimates. Best Price!

647-400-8198

To h i g h l i g h t yo u r

Home I m p rove m e n t Business call

1-800-743-3353

This is a great opportunity to brag. Tell someone what you’re doing to make the world a better place. Support the cause. Encourage them to get involved too!

SUDOKU (CHALLENGING)

How to do it: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3 by 3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

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