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Toronto Laneways Summit discusses underused resource HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com There are approximately 250 kilometres of untapped public space in Toronto and it’s all in the form of laneways, more than 2,400 to be exact.

So how can Toronto tap into this underused resource? Mark Garner, the executive director of

the Yonge Downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA), believes it’s by transforming laneways into “programmable spaces.”

“We have to start looking at these thoroughfares as public realm space and be treated like sidewalks and roads,” he said in reference to using them as connections to different parts of

the Yonge downtown area.

Garner added the laneways could be used as spaces to have a strip of cafés similar to what’s seen in Melbourne, Australia or as an entertainment space for bands during certain festivals.

It’s a step toward transforming the current laneways from garage pickup locations and >>>SUMMIT, page 9

Second walking tour for West Queen West planning study HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Additional bike parking, wider sidewalks and more pedestrianfriendly intersections are just a few suggestions Parkdale residents had for city staff during the second walking tour for the West Queen West Planning Study.

This tour took participants from Queen and Dufferin streets to Bathurst Street on a chilly

Saturday afternoon.

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Parkdale artist curates ‘wild side’ of textile art Hilary caton hcaton@insidetoronto.com Gallery 1313 is giving art lovers a chance to walk On the Wild Side of textile art.

Parkdale resident Mary Dyja will be co-curating the On The Wild Side exhibit with Jennifer Tsuchida. The group show will have 25 artists showcase fibre and textile art that intends to turns the perception of the genre of art on its head.

“Crafts and fibres are associated with a womanly and domestic theme...stereotypical things,” Dyja said in reference to choosing the theme for the show. “We kind of wanted to see the opposite side of that with this theme.”

Dyja added when choosing the artwork they were looking for variety and uniqueness.

“I was also looking for how they correspond to the theme,” she said.

“The theme is on the wild side, so I was looking for unusual use of fibre and texture or if they connected it to nature or something wild.”

The event premiers today (Thursday, Nov. 27) and runs until Dec. 6. The participating artists use textile materials from fabric to yarn to construction foam in lace cloths, to stuffed animals.

Dyja, who is originally from Belarus, but lives at King Street and Cowan Avenue, studied visual arts at York University; she said she always had an interest in art, but started exploring visual arts and textiles in university. She graduated last year and at 27 years old has already curated two shows including On the Wild Side and another coming up in the spring for York University.

“I like to stay busy,” joked Dyja,

adding she’d like to continue curating. “It’s hard, but I feel like I can do it, and being an artist myself I feel like I understand more about what artists have to do and what it takes to make pieces.”

Although Dyja isn’t showing any pieces in the show at Gallery 1313, she had participated in this year’s Nuit Blanche in October. Her installation, Fungal Overtake, consumed a room at the Gladstone Hotel on Queen Street. It was made of different sized crocheted pieces of yarn and wool.

“It was made of smaller pieces. It was a room infected by fungus and it was hanging from the ceiling. It had a fluffy texture to it,” Dyja explained.

She also became part of the installation and wore a mask while crocheting throughout the night. “I was wearing a mask to imitate that I wasn’t a human anymore, but that I was an infected organism,” Dyja said.

She said she decided to crotchet all night so people could come back and visit at different times of the night to see the progress. The purpose was to show how fungus can spread and consume anything. It was also interactive, so people could walk up to her or the hanging bits of the installation and touch it.

For this show, Dyja is excited to expose the wild side of textile art and wants people to come to the event with an open mind.

“I’ve been doing it for a long time,” she said. “There’s so much that can be done with textiles, people should come and experience it.”

The On The Wild Side exhibit runs from today to Dec. 6. The public reception is from 8 to 10 p.m. at Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen St. W.

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Actor Jean-Michel Le Gal of ‘Orphan Black’ and ‘Flashpoint’ fame is starring in a new teen sitcom, ‘Max and Shred,’ which premiered on Nickelodeon and YTV last month.

It’s a departure of sorts for the Roncesvalles Village-based thespian. Max and Shred is Le Gal’s first venture into acting on a kids’ show.

Although, he says, it doesn’t feel like a kids’ show.

“We spent a lot of time laughing on set,” Le Gal said. “I thought the writing was really fresh; it just popped off the page. It made me laugh out loud.”

Le Gal said he seized the opportunity to work with “super talented kids” who have “such a fresh per-

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Max and Shred is the story of an unlikely friendship that forms when an easy-going superstar snowboarder

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Weather permitting, the rinks will remain operational until the season ends Sunday, March 22.

The city’s remaining 36 outdoor rinks will open this Saturday (Nov. 29) and operate until Sunday, Feb. 22.

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moves in with a neurotic superstar academic and his family. The show focuses on the boys’ evolving relationship as they navigate the trials and tribulations of teenage life.

Le Gal plays Lloyd Ackerman the family patriarch. Although, he’s more childish than everyone else, always wanting to hang out with his kids.

Now that Max has moved in, Lloyd can live out his father-son athletic dreams – much to the relief of his son.

Le Gal’s nieces and nephews love the show. They tell him it’s really fun, that it has a lot of heart.

Le Gal grew up in Toronto, in the Don Mills area and spent time in Ottawa and England, but landed in Vancouver taking part in a Canadian World Youth exchange program.

There, he attended theatre school.

He fell in love with acting working on a TV show as a kid.

“As an adult doing theatre, I got the opportunity to really sink my teeth into it,” he said.

Le Gal said he’d love the chance to work with Daniel Day Lewis and Johnny Depp, although there are “fantastic people” in Canada including Sarah Polley, with whom he worked with on the film ‘Take this Waltz.’

After graduating from Studio 58 in Vancouver, Le Gal went on to join the Birmingham Conservatory of Classical Theatre Training at the Stratford Festival. He performed in such works as The Tempest, As You Like It, Merchant of Venice and Noises Off, earning him a John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Actor.

The final Parkdale Gallery Crawl for 2014 is almost here.

Hosted by art journalist and Art InSite founder Betty Ann Jordan, the crawl, set for Nov. 27, will celebrate great art, design and food in the neighbourhood.

This month’s walk will focus on Queen Street from Lansdowne to Sorauren avenues, offering an evening of exciting discoveries.

Attendees will explore stores, galleries, bars and restaurants from 6 to 8 p.m.

For more information and to RSVP to the crawl, visit www.parkdalevillagebia.com

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The application deadline for the Jim Fay Bursary is Nov. 30, 2014.

Bursaries are awarded annually to selected youth (ages 16 to 24) living in the Greater Toronto Area, who face financial barriers, and who want to further their study or practice of traditional, Celtic, folk or roots music.

Award amounts vary, up to a maximum of $2,000 per recipient.

Recipients may use their award to further their study or practice of music.

The financial award was set up to honour Fay, an Irish-born performer, who was garnering a following playing throughout Toronto.

He died of a heart attack on Thanksgiving weekend in 2008.

For further information and application guidelines, visit jimfaymusicbursary.ca

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oronto’s new council begins its work on Dec. 2 with the inauguration of councillors and our new mayor, John Tory. There’s optimism the next four years are going to focus on the needs of the city rather than the circus that was the final two years of Mayor Rob Ford’s administration.

Let’s hope so.

We’re going to be pushing the mayor and councillors to identify their priorities for this term and to achieve results. In today’s edition you can see where Toronto’s longest-serving councillor (Maria Augimeri, first elected in 1985) and one of our rookie councillors (Stephen Holyday) think council’s focus should be. our view Earlier this month, we also laid out what we think Tory’s Council must top priorities should be. You speak with one can read that story at http://bit. ly/1uUjUNs voice on transit A number of the same issues kept popping up for Tory, Augimeri and Holyday. Transportation, with both public transit and traffic on our roads; and working together as one cohesive council topped the lists.

On the traffic/gridlock file, both Augimeri and Holyday suggest looking into better traffic signal coordination to keep cars moving. While far from the only solution to our jammed roadways and ridiculously long commutes, it’s a start well worth looking into.

Augimeri, who was chair of the TTC at the end of council’s last term, pulled no punches when evaluating our public transit system. “We are a banana republic,” she called Toronto when it comes to updating and expanding public transit. Harsh words, but given the past decade of political football between LRTs and subways, bike lanes and the “war on the car,” it’s hard to disagree with her.

Tory and council’s challenge on this one is to speak with one voice on the public transit improvements Toronto needs, and then get the provincial and federal governments on board as quickly as possible.

Doing that also ties into the need for council and the mayor to work together. It’s one of the priorities we identified for Tory, and it will be the biggest test of his leadership.

He is not alone in making that happen, though, as voters are expecting councillors to work together this term. We’ll be watching to make sure they do.

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Hockey commentator Don Cherry not expected at first meeting of Toronto’s new council Dec. 2 In just a few days, the wait will be over and Toronto council will get going on its new agenda.

Well, it will get going on that agenda soon enough.

First off, there will be celebration, as the newly elected council and mayor join friends, family and senior city bureaucrats to ring in the new term in style, at the inaugural meeting.

There will also be some music – if past experience is any indication, a bagpiper or two will be involved – and some speeches.

One thing there probably won’t be this time out is Don Cherry, decked out in a hot pink suit-jacket with a Rob-Ford-sized chip on his shoulder, hollering at “pinkos” who he insisted were no longer in charge.

That was how it went at the 2010 inauguration,

david nickle the city as you almost certainly remember: Cherry railing, Ford grinning, almost everyone else gasping at the audacity of it.

Pleasant show The only thing missing from that Animal House inaugural was a keg of cheap beer and John Belushi spraying mashed potatoes over the front row of dignitaries.

You’re not likely to see that particular show repeated in John Tory’s inaugural meeting.

Given all the evidence, that’s far more likely to have more the flavour of a Omega Theta Pi mixer than a Delta Tau Chi toga party.

Which is to say, the

show will be a pleasant but rather dull introduction to the mayor that Torontonians believed they elected: avuncular, cordial and managerial, with a mission to keep councilmeetings calm and services as they are.

A just-so mayor.

By the time that meeting happens, we will all hopefully have a somewhat clearer idea of how that’s going to go.

As of Nov. 25, when this column went to press, Tory and his transition team still had not determined who would fill out the inner circle of his executive committee, or stand at his side as deputy mayor, or as the mayor’s pick for high-profile jobs like the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission.

There was not even any indication as to what the mayor might make a

priority at his first council meeting.

It would make sense for him to bring his SmartTrack plan to council early for at least a set of report requests – Tory has been mum on his plans other than to say that he wants something to happen to relieve congestion by early 2015.

To that end, last week Tory came out with a bizarre pseudoendorsement of the Uber ride-sharing app and a qualified endorsement of a city-staff-driven plan to squeeze a few feet from the width of motor vehicle lanes across the city.

But generally, the new mayor is playing his cards close to the vest.

The pinkos, at least for now, remain on their toes.

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Residents discuss final designs of new Dufferin Peel Park HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com The fourth and final public meeting for Dufferin Peel Park brought a handful of residents together to discuss and review the final design concept brought forth by Corban and Goode Landscape Architecture and Urbanism.

“It was pretty exciting from Day 1,” said Garth Goode, the lead landscape architect on the project.

“The Ward 18 community is obviously interested and very passionate about creating a new city park because it’s one of the coolest things you can be a part of. It’s a rare opportunity.”

The meeting, held Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Streetcar Developments Presentation Centre on Gladstone Avenue, h a d re s i d e n t s s h a r i n g thoughts, ideas and concerns about the park’s design.

The new greenspace is part of the condo development project at 11 Peel Ave., but will be situated to the west side of

the site on city-owned land at 405 Dufferin St. The three previous meetings were held in March, June and July by Ward 18 Davenport Councillor Ana Bailao, the city’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation department and the landscape architects.

The project has a fixed budget of $2.1 million, which was provided by the developer, Streetcar Developments.

There is no additional funding provided; therefore the goal of the meeting was to nail down the community’s priorities regarding what aspects in the final design hold more value in the end.

The final concept, a combination of two options presented at the third meeting in July, shows the park, located at the base of the new Carnaby condos currently under construction at Queen and Gladstone, with an abundance of trees, woodpanelled stepped seating, a large green space in the centre and water features, such as jets, misters and fog located

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in the north end. There’s also grove pocket park, a smaller greenspace within the park, that will have shade pavilions near the north corner, seating and proper lighting throughout the park.

One area resident raised the issue the central green space would be used heavily as a dog park. Her concern was not necessarily about the feces left behind, but the smell of urine that would linger and tarnish the park.

Although Goode agreed it could be an issue, he also conceded that coming up with a solution would be a “tough nut

to crack.” But it didn’t seem to bother attendee Joe Bolieiro, a resident near Dufferin and Dundas Streets.

“It is what it is, we just got to deal with it,” he said. “We can’t prevent people from bringing their dogs out there.”

Bolieiro, who has been part of the consultation process since its first meeting in March, was more concerned with the empty wall space at the south end that would be the base of a proposed bike path that would run along the West Toronto Rail Path near the wooded seating area and connect to Dufferin Street.

Bolieiro, along with a couple other residents, doesn’t want it to be used as a “graffiti canvas,” which would ruin the overall look and feel of the park. The group unanimously preferred a mural or some form of art cover it up.

According to Stewart McIntosh, the project coordinator with the city’s Park, Forestry and Recreation Department, said the bridge is only a proposed concept and has not been approved by the City of Toronto or Metrolinx as yet.

“We’re still in discussion to determine what their needs are as well as staging,” McIntosh said.

“From that they’ll let us know what their needs are and we use that to determine how far we can build the park without compromising the usability and structural underpinnings.”

Cyclists, however, wouldn’t be able to ride their bike into the park with the proposed bridge, instead they would use a bike rail along the side of

the seating area to walk their bikes into the park.

The group spent a portion of the meeting choosing which water feature would be best and its potential costs.

The room was initially divided when it came to choosing between interactive jets that came up from the floor or misters located on the 2.8-metre high decorative feature wall at the north end of the park.

In the end, jets were chosen because they could be turned to misters as it was just a matter of adjusting a setting.

The shade pavilions, just above the wall, were also a hot topic as the initial design wasn’t well received.

Many thought the glass and metal combination made the structure look like a bus stop. Instead wood and stone pavilions were preferred for overall aesthetic reasons.

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Liberty Village Christmas Food Drive WHEN: various times WHERE: Royal LePage Terrequity Realty (Liberty Village), 61 Hanna Ave. Unit 5 CONTACT: Amelita, 416-495-2660 COST: Free Christmas Food Drive for the Daily Bread Food Bank runs until Dec. 19.

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WISEMIX Collective Art Show WHEN: 6:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw St. CONTACT: Samantha Panagakos, 416347-4724, COST: $5 Come out for a chance to win a free piece of art work! WISEMIX Collective Art Show will be featuring works by local artist Samantha Panagakos and Liliana Monteiro.

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A showcase of interpretive paintings by four artists inspired by the Canadian experience. The exhibit runs Dec. 3 to 13th at Twist Gallery, with an opening reception tonight.

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Festive Season Celebration WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale Public Library, 1303 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416-393-7686, pkstaff@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Come and join the Parkdale community members to celebrate the holiday season at the Festive Season Celebration with light refreshments

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Gala raises $100,000 for PARC and St. Joe’s mental health unit HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Decked in their finest denim, members of The Boulevard Club opened their wallets to raise $100,000 for Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre’s (PARC) community meal program and for the mental health emergency services unit at St. Joseph’s Health Centre.

This is the first time St. Joe’s has been involved in the Boulevard Club’s fundraising event, said Deborah Carlisle, director of marketing, communications and membership for the club.

“We chose St. Joe’s because it’s in our local area and because they work with PARC in some ways, and also we have a number of members who work at St. Joe’s and they brought to our attention some of the needs there,” Carlisle said.

Maria Dyck, president of St. Joseph Health Centre

Foundation, said she was pleased The Boulevard Club wanted to include them in this year’s event.

“We’re thankful to them for putting this all together and creating an opportunity for us to collaborate in a new way we haven’t been able to before,” Dyck said.

The event, which took place at The Boulevard Club Wednesday, Nov. 19, was hosted by Adam Growe, the host of Cash Cab Canada. The evening had a live and silent auction to raise funds.

“Instead of bidding to gain something tangible, you’re bidding to provide a meal for members of PARC or items that St. Joe’s needs,” Carlisle explained.

Members also had the option to provide a direct contribution to PARC or St. Joe’s or a split donation.

A portion of the proceeds raised will go toward St. Joe’s renovations of its mental health unit, which helps

those struggling with addiction and mental health issues receive proper support.

“This is an area where we’d like to make some major improvements to the facility so we can provide the very best care,” Dyck said.

The other portion of the proceeds will benefit patrons of the community meal program at PARC. Last year the meal program served more than 70,000 meals. The program has been running for 32 years and has been the central element to the dropin centre and the doorway to different services offered at PARC. The program is open twice a day for breakfast and lunch.

It costs $3,650 to feed a PARC member for a year or $1,500 for half a year.

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New term brings a mix of fresh ideas and veteran experience to city hall She said one of the things council needs to do is look at the way it makes decisions, and the way it functions.

1. Functionality: Augimeri says the city needs to restore public confidence in its ability to function.

“This priority starts at the top, and is encouraged through an environment of congeniality and mutual respect while at the same time being competitive with our ideas,” said Augimeri.

DAVID NICKLE The first step to achieving this, said Augimeri, is in selecting a comdnickle@insidetoronto.com petent and positive speaker. tephen Holyday was seven 2. Public transit: “Upper levels years old when Maria Augimeri of government talk about big - Maria Augimeri was first elected to North York announcements but no one talks City Council. It was 1985, the same about what we really need,” said year as Stephen’s father, Etobicoke Augimeri.

Alderman Doug Holyday, suffered “We need operating funding.” his first electoral defeat in his bid Augimeri said the city needs to to join the old Etobicoke Board of get the provincial government to Control. begin funding the operating costs Next week, the 39-year-old of Toronto Transit Commission, as it had in the 1990s and earlier.

Stephen Holyday will be joining “We have a signal system that is Augimeri on the newly-elected Toronto City Council. Stephen will as old as I am on Line One, built in be sitting in the Ward 3 (Etobicoke 1954,” said Augimeri.

Centre) seat that was for much of “We are a banana republic.” last term occupied by his father, who 3. Gridlock: Augimeri is also a ended his long career in politics earfan of traffic signal prioritization lier this year after a brief stint serving to get transit vehicles moving more WHAT DO YOU THINK? When council gets down to quickly through the city, and believes as the Progressive Conservative MPP business, what issues do you hope will be first on the for Etobicoke-Lakeshore. the city needs to expand its bicycle agenda? Email us at letters@insidetoronto.com Stephen is one of seven repreinfrastructure. sentatives new to city council who While she acknowledged these will be getting their feet wet for the improvements would not make drivfirst time along with Mayor-elect tested in Etobicoke and then in nilly.” ing easier in the short term, it would John Tory. other places.”

4. Labour Relations: Holyday have longer-term benefits.

Augimeri, meanwhile, is return2. Public Transit: Holyday is also favours moving quickly with con“It’s a really good way to get ing to her Ward 9 (York Centre) seat a supporter of Tory’s plans to use tract negotiations with the city’s people out of their cars,” she said. that she’s held since amalgamation electrified rail as a way to expand unionized workers so as not to risk a 4. Services: “Toronto needs to in 1998. rapid transit using existing rightsummer strike – a strategy his father reignite its commitment to great The 60-year-old New Democrat is of-ways. employed as deputy mayor – and service delivery,” said Augimeri, who now the longest-continually-serving “It makes sense to me if you utihe favours plans to contract out noted that services have, despite politician on Toronto council. lize those other means for a choice, garbage collection across the rest promises from Mayor Rob Ford, Both councillors sat down with it alleviates traffic. It’s not a subway, of the city, if it makes sense. deteriorated.

Metroland Media Toronto last it’s not a bus, it’s not a GO Train.

5. Collegiality: Holyday is also Augimeri said the city needs to week, to talk about their It’s another system that taking his father’s advice revisit service improvehopes and priorities for has an everlasting and – and the benefit of his ments across the board, Toronto as a whole over durable value.” own experience in the focusing on the most the next four years.

3. Planning: Holyday provincial civil service vulnerable residents’ Holyday made a studied architecture – to his dealing with city needs. and design, and said he staff.

5. Citizens First: point of noting that while he shares many wants to ensure that the “I spent 15 years in the The city needs to stop of his father’s “small-c city’s planning process identifying citizenry as Ontario Public Service as conservative” values, he needs an overview. a manager,” he said. taxpayers – which may is a child of the digital “What I do know is “My dad taught me to sound like semantics – age and is interested in the folks in Etobicoke are have tremendous respect but for Augimeri it has exploring innovation.

Stephen Holyday frustrated with change for the staff at the city. It Maria Augimeri a point. that seems to be irrespondoesn’t mean you agree all “I believe referring to 1. Traffic: “Traffic congestion came up over and over sible. Let’s evaluate that. the time with what they’re doing but our citizenry solely through the again,” said Holyday, who wants “We know people want to live in chances are you’re getting pretty interaction we have with their walto push traffic signal prioritizathe city. But how do you deal with good information.” lets...diminishes the possibility of tion, using a “smart-city” intelliMaria Augimeri, a seasoned vethow a city should... build communidemands? You have to build more gent system of traffic management. housing, but that doesn’t mean you eran of city hall life, brings other ties and come together to increase ”That is something that could be let housing be developed willypriorities. our liveability,” she said.

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HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com In a few days Ward 14 (ParkdaleHigh Park) city councillor Gord Perks will be sworn in for the third time and this term he’s committed to a handful of issues affecting the ward.

The first is affordable housing.

“There is an emerging problem in Parkdale with the loss of affordable private market housing,” Perks said. “Because of the rental decontrol, the amount of affordable housing in Parkdale is declining sharply.”

According to Perks, he’ll be doing more to protect existing affordable housing and look into partnerships to create more.

He plans to start the conversation with the neighbourhood, local agencies and city staff about the next affordable housing project for Parkdale.

Transportation is another important issue Perks said he’s committed to improving by beefing up the quality of transit service, which he said has been in decline the past four years.

Perks also wants to look into creating more traffic calming areas on residential streets to prevent them from “becoming thoroughfares,” by reducing the speed to 30km/h, as well as improving cycling in the ward.

When it comes to access to daycare, Perks would like to see the provincial and federal governments doing their part to provide more quality childcare, reducing the wait list.

“It is ridiculous; the waiting list in Toronto is now 20,000 and parents are signing up before children are born. There’s more work to do,” he said.

The other issues he’d like to address in the ward are creating and improving greenspace and working more with community agencies.

Many Parkdale parks have received a facelift during Perks’ terms and he plans to continue improving the remaining few, includes Dufferin-King Parkette.

With regards to partnering with community agencies, Perks would like to work on getting them more resources.

For more stories on the new term at city hall, visit us at insidetoronto.com or follow city hall reporter David Nickle on Twitter @ DavidNickle

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Summit delved into various ideas, including leaving ‘as is’ >>>from page 1 delivery spots into vibrant community destinations.

Garner, along with five other speakers – Dylan Reid, the co-founder of Spacing Magazine; Brandon Donnelly, a real estate developer from TAS Design Build; Philip Bliss, chief strategy officer and cofounder of Perceptible Inc.; Victoria Taylor, the founder and principal of Victoria Taylor Landscape Architect; and Jonas Spring owner of Ecoman, a residential landscaping and gardening business – presented their ideas for Toronto’s laneways at the first Toronto Laneways Summit, Engaging In-between Spaces, last Thursday at the Great Hall on Queen Street.

The summit was hosted

by The Laneway Project, a Toronto-based non-profit organization.

“You would think with a topic so specific and niched as laneways that there isn’t a lot of people interested but in fact there’s a lot of people that are really passionate and care about it,” said Mackenzie

Keast, one of the partners of The Laneway Project.

During Donnelly’s presentation, which had a real estate angle, he showed how garages in laneways in residential areas could be, and have been in some cases, transformed into laneway housing.

“Laneway housing and laneway redevelopment is the only way we’re going to create new low rise housing in any sort of scale within the existing city boundaries,” Donnelly said. “ We ’ v e c o m p l e t e l y neglected laneways. Most people don’t even know they can serve for more than just cars and garages. It’s a hidden layer that most people overlook in the city.”

With less land available and more condominiums springing up across the city, Donnelly isn’t surprised some residents have turned to their own backyards for housing options.

From Bliss’s point of view laneways would be a great for a temporary art installation space for artists, while Taylor and Spring pitched to

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“We’ve completely neglected laneways.

Most people don’t even know they can serve for more than just cars and garages. It’s a hidden layer that most people overlook in the city.

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Presenters at the Toronto Laneways Summit, Engaging In-between Spaces, answer questions from the audience.

From left, moderator Mary Wiens, Philip Bliss, Dylan Reid, Brandon Donnelly, Victoria Taylor and Jonas Spring.

the public its laneway puncture infrastructure strategy. It involves creating greenspace by allowing the natural ecosystem that already exists to be a part of the design phase with the help of an incision made along the central drainage system channel of the laneway.

This could create a new park or community garden, according to Taylor.

As these ideas bounced

around the audience had a chance to ask questions and make suggestions.

One comment, which Queen and Lansdowne resident George Emerson termed the ‘get real’ moment of the evening, was regarding keeping laneways as is.

To the father of three it’s one of the few places kids can play in downtown when they become too big for playgrounds and parkettes.

“I raised three boys in Parkdale and they grew up in those laneways,” Emerson said.

“Most of us grown-ups might ride or drive through them once or twice a day, but they are hours-long play spaces for children of Parkdale.”

To which Reid responded it’s crucial for communities to take ownership of the space and voice what they would like see done with it, while Garner emphasized the importance of community involvement to discuss the use for the space.

According to Keast, he was glad that point was brought

up during the summit and called it a fair criticism.

“I can understand that if you’re in a sleepy residential neighbourhood and see these ideas and think that it’s going to come and destroy the character of the community,” he said.

“That’s not what we’re all about. It’s about supporting the residents in the communities and other groups that want that change to happen, it’s not about imposing it on anyone.”

Keast said he’s willing to work with those who wish to keep their laneways as is, as well, because they are users of the laneway too. next steps He said the next steps for The Laneway Project is to continue to work with various groups, BIAs and councillors to help them bring to fruition the laneways that communities envision.

“Our on-going goal is to support and transform laneways across the city,” said Keast.

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Sneak peek at artwork for West Toronto Railpath LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com A few local residents who braved Monday’s wind storm got a sneak peek of potential artwork for an outdoor mural project along the West Toronto Railpath.

StreetARToronto (StART), in conjunction with Metrolinx, held a community consultation meeting, Monday, Nov. 24 so residents could view preliminary artwork by the shortlisted artists. The art installation would be on the south side of the railpath’s Bloor West entrance and on a popular piece of land at the foot of Ritchie Avenue.

Artists presented their initial concepts for comment and feedback and will take the information into consideration as they work toward a final submission.

The mural project will help combat graffiti vandalism, said Carolyn Taylor of StART while helping to “bring out the character of neighbourhoods.”

Each artist was given 10

minutes to present their ideas during the community consultation held at the Crossways Employment and Social Services on Dundas and Bloor Streets West.

“It’s an honour for me to present my work,” said artist Paul Aloisi, who said he takes a site-specific approach to his work while taking into account the context and conditions of a place. “Each of my projects are pretty different from one another.”

Veteran graffiti artist Elicser Elliott has been painting for the past two decades.

Real life characters “I work with the community every time I paint,” he told his small, but attentive audience.

Since he spends so much time painting within a particular neighbourhood, he said he can’t help, but incorporate real-life characters into his paintings.

Matt McNaught, or KWEST as he is known, got his start painting freight trains.

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Graffiti artist Elicser presents his initial concepts for a mural project for the West Toronto Railpath at the Bloor Street West entrance and for a piece of land at the foot of Ritchie Avenue.

“This space along the rail corridor was unoccupied.

That was our place to express ourselves as kids,” he said.

McNaught, who lives and works in the area, said this project is his chance to give back to the community.

His approach, he said, was to think ‘What do my kids want to see?’

Oliver Pauk is proposing a

mosaic of coloured and mirrored Plexiglas that will provide a different experience in both daylight and after dark.

It will rely on LED technology and solar power.

If you couldn’t attend the meeting, visit www.gotransit.com/gts to view the concepts.

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Noise wall construction begins RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com To the chagrin of some, Metrolinx has begun noise wall construction along the West Toronto Railpath.

The five-metre-tall structures are intended to reduce noise and vibration caused by the projected increase in diesel trains serving the upcoming Union Pearson (UP) Express air rail link.

Metrolinx over the past few years has continued to plan for the project, which will involve erecting the walls in segments over 20 kilometres of the Georgetown South rail corridor, shrugging off sustained opposition to the work from local residents’ groups.

Last week, construction crews were spotted along the Railpath putting up large steel pillars to hold the wall segments in place. The pieces themselves, which were chosen through a community consultation process completed last year, will vary from transparent acrylic to precast concrete with a ribbon

design.

The entire noise walls project is expected to cost $20 million to complete and is part of a series of infrastructure upgrades taking place along the Georgetown South rail corridor in advance of UP. Critics of the project worry the walls will be used as justification to postpone electrification of UP Express, which Metrolinx said will take place prior to similar conversions on the entire GO rail network within a decade.

Me t r o l i n x c l a i m s i t has broad support from Georgetown South residents, who will experience five additional decibels of noise because of the uptick in train traffic following UP’s debut.

A survey taken in late 2013 of residents living adjacent to the rail corridor found a majority of the respondents supported the noise walls.

Critics countered the high approval rate is because only 22 per cent of those contacted responded to the survey.

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IC Savings (Italian Savings & Credit Union Ltd.) is an admirable example of this generosity. The company has pledged $1 million to the new Humber River Hospital, which will become North America’s first fully digital hospital.

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Credit unions are cooperatives; it’s part of our corporate culture

to pay dividends to our members through premium rates, and indirectly on their behalf to the community at large. In the end, everyone benefits.”

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Remember the elderly during the holiday season CCAC can assist in coordinating care for seniors during the holidays With the Holiday season in full swing, many of us are in planning mode. Whether it’s making preparations for outof-town visitors, meal-planning for a celebratory feast or making a list and checking it twice, it’s a busy time of the year. Those of us who may wish to leave the chaos behind and take a tropical vacation over the holiday break are likely counting down the days to rest and relaxation. Others are looking forward to the seasonal festivities as well as some well-earned down time with family and friends.

During this time of the year, it’s easy for many of us to forget that there are many in our community who may not have the family or social circles that much of the population enjoys. This is particularly the case for seniors, many of who may have lost a spouse, or who may be living alone at home, in a senior’s residence or a long-term care facility.

It’s been a well-known fact that the holiday season, while festive for many, can trigger

feelings of depression, and this is often acutely the case with the elderly. Without some of the personal supports that many of us take for granted, this time of year can seem bleak.

The holiday season is a good time to take stock of our lives and to reach out and help those who may need support. If you have a senior friend, neighbor or loved one, this time of year provides an opportunity to provide a helping hand. The Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) provides a variety of supports and resources for seniors. Following are some suggested activities from the CCAC to help the elderly during this time of year.

1) Check-In: Often, a simple phone call or visit to an elderly neighbours or loved one can make the difference in their mood. It will also provide them with the knowledge that they are cared for and are important to those around them.

2) Community Resources: Does your elderly loved one know about some of the community resources available to them? Whether it’s a day program or seniors group, these types of options are appreciated by those who may be alone

during this time of year. By visiting www.TorontoCentralHealthline.ca, friends and family members of seniors can find local, specific information about various community supports that are of interest to seniors.

3) Referral For Support: At any given time, anyone can make a referral on behalf of another to the CCAC. Whether you’re a friend, family member or neighbour and are concerned about an elderly person in your life, you can call (416) 506-9888 for help and guidance. Referrals can also be made anonymously on behalf of someone in need of help as well.

4) Respite Care: If you choose to go away during the holiday season and are concerned about an elderly loved one or friend, the Toronto Central CCAC can assist with coordinating the details of shortterm respite care. Because it’s a busy time of the year, bookings fill up quickly so call early for information and to make arrangements.

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Updated bylaw and design guidelines will be drafted and brought to city council >>>from page 1 bylaws and creating design guidelines for the area.

Carr was joined by City of Toronto staff in the transportation, urban design and community development departments to help address and clarify any questions raised.

To help participants visualize the future of Queen Street, they were asked to consider various problem areas as they walked to Bathurst Street.

They were asked to focus on six areas: built form, which focuses on building heights, setbacks and step backs; the streetscape; transportation including parking; the heritage attributes of the street; the character of the area; and public spaces.

Queen and Ossington resident Robert Wasserman, came to the walking tour with an open mind.

“I’m interested in hearing what’s going on and having a voice in what’s going on and try to protect some of the neat stuff about the neighbourhood,” he said.

At the tour’s starting point, residents had a fair bit to say about the aesthetics of the condo development on the south side of Queen and Dufferin streets.

Many agreed it was an improvement from what it used to be; however, the main floor commercial space clashed with the rest of the neighbourhood.

As the group moved north, Cycle Toronto Ward 18 cocaptain Hyedie Hashimoto said she’d like the future of Queen Street to have more protected bike lanes because

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Parkdale residents and city staff went on a second walking tour for the West Queen West Planning Study Saturday.

many cyclists don’t feel safe on the street.

“Queen Street is such a great street in terms of retail and restaurants and it’s a great east-west connector, but cyclists are weary of Queen Street,” said Hashimoto, in reference to the risk of cycling.

“Bike lanes are very controversial, but we’d like to see protective bike lanes happen.”

On the topic of transportation, many on the Nov. 22 tour asked if boulevard parking could be taken away to make room for more bike parking and to encourage people to take transit to West Queen West. But that’s an option Robert Sysak, the executive director of the West Queen West Business Improvement Area (BIA), knows would not go over well with his members.

“Members have been saying there’s not enough parking as it is. It’s really hard to park, that’s why people park on the boulevards,” Syask said.

“Businesses are for it because customers can come right to their business.”

According to Syask, many seniors can’t take transit or cycle and need cars to get around the city and if they’re

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purchasing a lot of items, it’s difficult to carry or hop on a packed streetcar and be comfortable.

“Parking does matter here.

It’s part of the equation,” he said. “That’s why these walking tours are important because it matters to hear what residents think, because we share the same space.”

Now that the second walking tour is complete, the city plans to continue to work with the community over the next several months, but for now Carr will compile the comments and suggestions from both tours and have them available for the community online.

From there an updated bylaw and design guidelines for the area will be drafted and brought to city council in the new year.

“People had a lot to say.

People really like these things and want to contribute to the conversation,” Carr said.

“I was impressed with both walking tours by the level of conversation, and dialogue that happened. They were very engaged.”

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Keeping the Region Moving, which was made public by provincial transportation minister Steven Del Duca on Monday, lists in some detail how Pan Am’s organizers plan to manage the transportation needs of an estimated 1.4 million games attendees, 7,500 athletes, 23,000 volunteers and 4,000 members of the media – in addition to regular commuters seeking to get to work on time.

While the $61 million transportation management plan won’t take effect until June of next year, it remains to be seen just how long it will take for travel within the region when the Games are on. And despite claims by organizers extensive travel modeling has been done to forecast traffic patterns and volume, Del Duca declined to share with media exactly what commuters, already

beset with some of the worst commute times on the continent, are in store for during the Games.

Del Duca who was appointed transportation minister this year promised to provide further details about the plan by next spring, enough time he said to provide adequate alternative travel options and commence dialoguing with businesses about the plan.

“I will say repeatedly, and so will my colleagues, there’s plenty of time and you will hear more about this,” said Del Duca towards the tail end of his afternoon press conference held inside the Macdonald Block government building. “We do have a plan in place that will deliver on the twin objectives of making sure the region keeps moving and the Games are a success.”

The centrepiece of the plan is the establishment of a temporary Games Route Network spanning around 1,500 kilometres in the form of temporary High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes on major roadways including Hwy. 401, the QEW, the Don Valley Parkway, the Gardiner Expressway and

Lake Shore Boulevard, open to Games and emergency personnel, athletes, media and regular vehicles with at least three or more people traveling together.

Use of the lanes will last from 5 a.m. to midnight every day from June 29 to Aug. 18.

In addition to travel options for motorists, a special public transit network will be in place which will allow anyone with a valid Games ticket to use TTC, GO and other services for no extra charge. There’s also the Union Pearson (UP) Express air rail link under construct i o n b e t w e e n Pe a r s o n International Airport and Union Station scheduled for completion before the Games officially begin on July 10, which is not officially part of the Games transit map.

The plan also promises the creation of a special trip planning app, which will allow for attendees to figure out the best route to venues located across Southern Ontario, the opportunity for accessibilitychallenged persons to book parking spots ahead of time and consistent signage indicating travel options to guide Games attendees.

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At the Warsaw Cup, which wrapped up in Poland last Sunday, Moscovitch, 30, and his new pairs partner Lubov Ivanovna Iliushechkina, 23, earned the gold medal in their international debut. “ We a re v e r y h a p py and proud to have won the Warsaw Cup,” said Moscovitch, in a Skate Canada media release. “We didn’t have our best skate in the free, but we are overall very happy with how the week went. It is our first full competition together and are still finding our groove.”

After success with other partners, Iliushechkina and Moscovitch teamed up in the spring.

After finishing fourth at world’s and fifth at the Olympics, Moscovitch was surprised to find his longtime pairs partner Kirsten Moore-Towers wanting to move on.

Iliushechkina, who had competed for her native Russia, meanwhile, got the necessary paperwork completed this fall, allowing her to skate for Canada alongside Moscovitch.

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Ice dancers Lubov Iliushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch perform during the 2014 Octoberfest event on Oct. 19.

The two are training out of the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club and are coached by Lee Barkell, Bryce Davison and Tracy Wilson.

“As a team, with Lee, Tracy and Bryce, we are doing some great work and feel very optimistic about what lies ahead,” Moscovitch said.

The new pair scored 163.02 points and were followed by Lina Fedorova and Maxim

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Moscovitch grew up in Parkdale on Cowan Avenue, first taking to the ice at McCormick Arena when he was just more than a year old. He started out skating with the West Toronto Skating Club.

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E E W K Y E A N D D 3 ALL VEHICLES MUST BE SOLD! WE WILL NOT BE BEAT!!

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OR CHOOSE GREAT CASH OFFERS

Offer includes delivery, destination, fees, a $3,600 cash credit and a $15 dealer contribution5.

Offer based on 2015 Rio LX MT (RO541F) with a selling price of $15,614. Excludes HST.

CASH PURCHASE PRICE FROM

11,999

$

INCLUDING

4

3,615

$

Sorento EX shown6 Cash purchase price $33,494 hwy / city 100km7: 9.0L/12.7L

Forte SX shown6 Cash purchase price $26,814 hwy / city 100km7: 5.3L/8.0L

Rio4 SX with Navigation shown6 Cash purchase price $22,514 hwy / city 100km7: 5.3L/7.3L Offer includes delivery, destination, fees, a $4,500 cash credit and a $15 dealer contribution5.

Offer based on 2015 Forte LX MT (FO541F) with a selling price of $17,514. Excludes HST.

IN CASH CREDIT 5

CASH PURCHASE PRICE FROM

12,999

$

INCLUDING

4

4,515

$

Offer includes delivery, destination, fees and a $4,500 cash credit5.

Offer based on 2015 Sorento LX AT (SR75BF) with a selling price of $28,794. Excludes HST.

CASH PURCHASE PRICE FROM

24,294

$

INCLUDING

IN CASH CREDIT 5

4

4,500

$

IN CASH CREDIT 5

BE READY FOR WINTER WITH OUR WINTER READY MODELS

1,000

$

HOLIDAY8

BONUS

HEATED STEERING WHEELFROM

HEATED SEATS

WINTER TIRES

HEATED MIRRORS

REMOTE STARTER

Offer(s) available on select new 2014/2015 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from November 1 to December 1, 2014. 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 includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,665, $5 OMVIC fee, $29 tire tax, other taxes, environmental fee, and $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes licensing, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees (up to $399), fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. 1“Don’t Pay Until Next Year” (60-day payment deferral) applies to purchase financing offers on all new 2015 models on approved credit. No interest will accrue during the first 30 days of the finance contract. After this period, interest starts to accrue and the purchaser will repay the principal interest monthly over the term of the contract. Offer ends December 1, 2014. 20% purchase financing is available on select new 2015 models on approved credit. Terms vary by model and trim, see dealer for complete details. 3Cash bonus amounts are offered on select 2014 models and are deducted from the negotiated purchase price before taxes. Available on cash purchase offers only. Offer varies by trim. Certain conditions apply. $6,000 maximum cash bonus amount only available on the 2014 Optima Hybrid EX (OP74CE) and includes a $1,000 ECO-Credit. 4Cash purchase price offer for the new 2015 Rio LX MT (RO541F)/2015 Forte LX MT (FO541F)/2015 Sorento 2.4L LX AT (SR75BF) with a selling price of $11,999/$12,999/$24,294 includes delivery and destination fees of up to $1,665, $5 OMVIC fee, tire tax of $29, $100 A/C charge (where applicable), a $3,600/$4,500/$4,500 cash credit and a $15/$15/$0 dealer contribution. See retailer for complete details. 5Cash credit amounts are offered on select 2014/2015 models and are deducted from the negotiated cash purchase price before taxes. Available on cash purchase offer only. Offer varies by trim. Certain conditions apply. Offer ends December 1, 2014. See your dealer for complete details. 6Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2015 Forte SX (FO748F)/2015 Rio4 SX with Navigation (RO749F)/2015 Sorento 3.3L EX AT AWD (SR75HF) is $26,695/$22,395/$34,495. 7Highway/city fuel consumption is based on the 2015 Rio LX+ ECO AT/2015 Forte 1.8L MPI 4-cyl MT/2015 Sorento LX 2.4L GDI 4-cyl AT. These updated estimates are based on the Government of Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. 8$1,000 Holiday Bonus amounts are offered on select 2015 Winter Edition models and are deducted from the negotiated purchase price before taxes. Available on finance offers only. Certain conditions apply. $1,000 Holiday Bonus amount available on the 2015 Forte LX+ AT Winter SE (FO74SF), 2015 Rondo LX AT 5-seater Winter SE (RN75SF), 2015 Rondo LX AT 7-seater Winter SE (RN75TF) and 2015 Optima LX AT Winter SE (OP74SF). 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.

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