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O T N O TOR L I C N U CO HALF-WAY T X E N E H T TO ELECTION

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LOCAL COUNCILLORS LOOK AT PROGRESS SINCE THE LAST ELECTION AND WHAT THE REMAINDER OF COUNCIL’S TERM HOLDS

Opinion divided on influx of Queen St. bars ‘There is a conflict’: Councillor Perks ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com Good planning means diversity. However, that is what is at risk by an influx of restaurants and bars on the western edge of Queen Street, Councillor Gord Perks told a group of Parkdale residents. More than 100 residents gathered at the May Robinson Auditorium on West Lodge Avenue on Monday, for a second community consultation meeting regarding an ongoing study of the number of bars, restaurants and similar use establishments on Queen Street West between Dufferin Street and Roncesvalles Avenue. “This meeting is to look at how to deal with the fact there is a conflict, and I can assure you there is a conflict,” Perks said. In August 2010, council directed

city planning staff to undertake a study of Queen Street West between Roncesvalles Avenue and Dufferin Street to determine if additional zoning controls could be introduced to mitigate some of the negative impacts of the high concentration of restaurants and bars. “I think (the study) is important. As changes happen, sometimes you want to stop as a neighbourhood and ask ‘Is this the change we want?’,” Perks said. He went on to say that sometimes bars and restaurants, which can make a lot of money, increase an area’s average rent and push other services and stores out. “I am a very strong believer in complete neighourhoods,” said Perks. “I think that no matter how much money you have, where you >>>INTERIM, page 5

Metrolinx to fund local projects Metrolinx is offering up funding of up to $1,000 for local projects related to transit and transportation. The Community Partnerships Program is designed to support local community-based initiatives across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) in areas where transportation improvement projects funded by Metrolinx are underway. Each year the Community Partnerships Program focuses on a different geographic area. In this round of the Community Partnerships Program, Metrolinx is inviting applications for projects located along GO Transit’s Union Station and Lakeshore West rail corridors in Toronto and south Mississauga, from Cherry Street in Toronto in the east to the Peel/ Halton border in the west.

This program was run for the first time last year, and focused on the Georgetown South Corridor. In addition to supporting the Wabash Building Society’s bicycle rings at Sorauran Park, Metrolinx supported a ‘newcomers on the move’ program at CultureLink, a new sign as part of a beautification initiative at Frontlines near the Weston GO station, and an historical plaque by the Weston Historical Society marking an aboriginal trail which has been mounted in Little Park, in Weston. For more information about what types of projects and applicants are eligible for support, visit www. metrolinx.com/partnerships and choose Community Partnerships. The deadline to apply is tomorrow. - Erin Hatfield

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Barrie Wentzell snapped early days of rock & roll Curated exhibition of never-before-seen images at Analogue Gallery throughout December ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com

n his Trinity Bellwoods studio Barrie Wentzell has reams and reams of negatives for photos stored away in a fire-safe box. Black and white images of rock and roll’s most legendary artists from 40 years ago, some of which even he hasn’t seen since the golden age in which they were taken. As a photographer for the United Kingdom’s Melody Maker professional musician’s newspaper from 1965 to 1975 Wentzell photographed hundreds of musicians including Bob Dylan, Elton John, Jim Morrison, David Bowie and Johnny Cash. Now, Wentzell has unearthed some rare and never before seen selections, which will be shown at Queen West’s Analogue Gallery in celebration of the space’s third anniversary. In the 1960s, a young Wentzell was working for a photojournalist in England, printing his photos. On his downtime Wentzell would get passes to the BBC, concerts and shows, borrow his boss’s Leica camera and experiment with photography of his own. “I just happened to be at Top of the Pops at the BBC and walked out into the bar and there was Diana Ross and the Supremes chatting to a reporter from the Melody Maker,” Wentzell recalled. He sat down, asked if it would be okay to snap a few photos and Ross agreed. The interviewer suggested Wentzell drop a few of his shots into the Melody Maker, which he did. That photo ran on the front page of the paper with a credit, which was unusual in those days, Wentzell said. A week later he got a phone call from an editor at the paper asking

if he wanted a gig shooting for the paper. Wentzell loved the photojournalist style of photography like the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Eugene Smith and Dorothea Lange and he brought that perspective into his rock and roll photography. “No one was really doing that,” Wentzell recalled while sitting in the Artscape studio he has lived in for the past 18 years. Going on interviews and hanging out with the artists changed the experience of capturing images and made it more trusting, Wentzell explained. That, in turn, made his photographs more casual and captured the artists in their best light. “We would stay for an hour or two sometimes,” he said. “When some of the artists like (Eric) Clapton and (Pete) Townshend started to get a bit richer, they would have little places in the country and we would go down to see them and spend all day listening to music, chatting and walking around. “We were all a group of friends because everybody was starting out, everybody was helping everybody else,” Wentzell said. “It was more like a family affair really.” While working at Melody Maker, Wentzell had to have his shots from the previous weekend in by Monday morning for his weekly deadline. “I was quickly printing and didn’t even have time to really look through them so I just picked a few and then put the rest away,” he said. “That was the thing about using real film – everything got captured. Maybe something got clipped out because it was out of focus but you would keep everything.”

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‘I wasn’t in it for the money, I was in it for the fun of it and when the fun seemed to be going in 1975, things were getting big and silly and outrageous... so I said screw this, I’m leaving. No regrets.’

Above, Trinity Bellwoods resident Barrie Wentzell was a photographer for the United Kingdom’s Melody Maker newspaper from 1965 to 1975 when he photographed some of rock & roll’s greatest acts, including Bob Dylan, Elton John, Jim Morrison, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, the Who and the Beatles. Some of those images, now on display at Analogue Gallery (673 Queen Street West), include ... top left, The Who’s John Entwhistle, left, and Pete Townshend in a recording studio in 1968; bottom left, The Beatles’ Paul McCartney, left, and John Lennon in 1967.

he was a friend of Lennon, and the people seemed really friendly.” He likened Toronto in the 1980s to what he suspected London could have become had it carried on the same path it was on in the late 60s and early 70s. “It is a country more run by the people, it’s people power, which was the dream of the 60s and Lennon’s vision of everybody working together,” he said. “That impressed me when I first came over.” So he returned to England, pulled together the necessary papers and immigrated to Canada. He said he appreciated the unity in diversity Ontario offered. He added he found Canada to be almost apolitical in nature, which he appreciates because it balances the public, corporate and political interests. “It had a great vibe and it still is. It is the best place to live on the planet,” he said. “I have never met so many creative people since I have been here; it is this

amazing hive of creative energy with nowhere to go with it.” It wasn’t until about 12 years ago he started to get requests from people for copies of his old photos. He started to dig some of his pictures out and Wentzell said that was when he realized the pictures still worked. “It didn’t really matter to me who I was photographing, I always tried to put people in their best light,” he said. “It is really cool to look back through stuff because it brings back memories,” he said. Between books, compilations, albums and personal collections there is a large demand for Wentzell’s photos. “Eventually I will get it together to do a book, which is in the works,” Wentzell said. For its third anniversary, Analogue Gallery, which represents Wentzell in Toronto, is curating an exhibition of neverbefore-seen images from Wentzell’s archive.

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Council needs to re-set priorities at halfway point

oronto council reached the halfway point of its mandate in spectacular fashion this week.

Monday’s decision by Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland ordering Mayor Rob Ford be removed from office due to his violation of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act will take effect Dec. 10. The judge gave council 14 days from Monday to deal with his ruling. That possible date of removal comes just three days after council reaches the twoyear anniversary of its four-year term. The situation on Ford is constantly changing. Council was examining its legal options at this week’s meeting. At the moment, it appears council has the choice of either appointing a caretaker mayor for the remaining two years of this term or calling for a mayoral by-election. City solicitor Anna Kinastowski said it’s our view going to be a long process, much of it dependent on other Councillors court rulings, which could stay Ford’s removal or keep him in must still focus office if he wins his appeal. If or when the time comes on community for council to make a decision on replacing Ford, we strongly favour the appointment route. Calling a by-election will cost an estimated $7 million. It will also likely cause a mess of a domino effect as councillors abandon their wards to run for mayor. And that’s the last thing Toronto needs, distracted councillors furthering their own political careers during a by-election while ignoring the needs of the wards they were elected to represent in 2010. As our stories in today’s paper on Council at The Halfway Point show, councillors must fully focus on the important work of representing their communities. This has to remain their priority. We also ask that the appointee be from Ford’s side of the political spectrum. He was elected on a mandate of fiscal responsibility and concern for taxpayers, and that should be respected. The halfway point of a council’s mandate is an artificial line for council members to reflect on what’s gone right and what’s gone wrong during the first two years of office. Unfortunately, this time it’s a harder line in the sand. It’s a re-set point for every civic politician and every civic official. There are no longer any rookie councillors – everyone has two years of experience. Understand that the pure pleasure and advantage of local politics is in moving forward carrying the interests of your constituency beyond an agenda of a perceived political left or right vision. Understand your best chance for re-election is to focus on the constituency.

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I am not excusing Mayor Rob Ford for his stupid actions that resulted in a single judge making the decision to have him turfed from office, but there are numerous others who have committed questionable acts who are still walking the floors of city hall. For example, what about the various city officials and councillors involved in the questionable city housing purchases for hundreds of thousands of dollars? And a single judge turfs our mayor for the sum of $3,150. Something stinks to high heaven.

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Ford situation leads to council paralysis “Rob Ford did this to Rob Ford.” No truer words were spoken about our third (amalgamated city) mayor, than the sound-bite-ready quip from lawyer Clayton Ruby, who led the legal challenge to Mayor Rob Ford’s legitimacy to hold the office to which he was elected two years ago. Ford is facing what can only be counted as a disgrace: ordered removed from office not by voters or his own life-choices, but a court of law, for violating the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. There will be an appeal of the decision by Justice Charles Hackland. Perhaps the mayor will prevail on appeal and be able to remain in office. But in the course of getting there, he will hear the verdict in the libel lawsuit from the owner of the Boardwalk

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Cafe. And before the end of the year, the result of a compliance audit on his election expenses will be released. Depending on how that goes, he could well be faced with removal from office a second time, as well as a second restriction on when next he can run for election. And that doesn’t even scratch the surface of other situations he’s been connected to including the displacing commuters to bring buses to ferry the high school football team he coaches back to their school and engaging senior city staff regarding repairs

to the road outside his family’s business. Ford has already surrendered the moral authority to lead the city. The courts are now in the process of taking legal authority from him. Some have suggested the punishment meted out by Hackland – and prescribed in the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act – outstrips the nature of the crime. Hackland admitted as much in his decision: that Ford’s decision to speak on his own behalf, when faced with a report demanding he repay $3,150 in donations to his football charity, wasn’t a matter of corruption, and the violation of the act was merely technical. But Ford is by all accounts a wealthy man. The injury he suffers in losing his job is paltry compared to the injury the city suffers in the wake of that.

Council is a fragile body at the best of times. The huge uncertainty Ford’s potential departure creates could throw it entirely off the rails. Toronto council will need to pass a budget, which, one would hope, would reflect the complex will of the electorate. It will have to deal with the continued implementation of a transportation plan. It will have to decide what to do about revenue sources like the land transfer tax. One might argue Ford’s presence has been of diminishing relevance to all of this, as council has chosen its own route. But the instability over the next few months will all but guarantee a level of legislative paralysis Toronto hasn’t seen since the early days of amalgamation. To paraphrase Clayton Ruby: Rob Ford did this to us.

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ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com In light of recent sexual assaults, increasing violence against women and cuts to social services that have left women wondering where to turn for help, Stephanie Gordon said the Parkdale Anti Violence Education (PAVE) working group is stepping up efforts to get information into the hands of the people who need it. Gordon, community outreach coordinator at The Redwood Shelter for women and children leaving an abusive situation, is one of the organizers of PAVE’s annual Dec. 6 Community E d u c a t i o n a l Fo r u m i n Parkdale. Dec. 6 is the anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique Massacre, where 14 women were killed, and The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, also known as White Ribbon Day. A robust program of speakers and presentations is planned to attract more participants to the sixth annual forum which will be held at the

Masaryk Cowan Community Recreation Centre, 220 Cowan Ave., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. “The event is open to both men and woman because we want to talk about Dec. 6, what happened and what the significance of it is,” she said. “But we also want to bring it back to the current situation and what is going on in our community, looking at the sexual assaults that have happened over the last couple of months and the different forms of violence that are impacting women and, to a certain respect, men in the community.”

tion on sexual assault and a representative from the White Ribbon Campaign will be speaking about what men can do around the issue of violence. Gordon will give a presentation on how to access shelter services when you are experiencing violence. T h e Na t i ve Wo m e n’s Resource Centre will give a talk and spoken word performance about violence against native women. A new community organization started this past s u m m e r, t h e Pa r k d a l e Women’s Advocacy Group, will give a presentation about the support group and what women can expect to gain by being a part of it. “It brings women together to teach them leadership skills and ways they can advocate around issues that impact women and children,” Gordon said. The event is free to attend, however community organizations can purchase a table to display their materials and resources for $25, which goes back into the event to help offset the cost hosting the event.

Bullying workshop The forum will take a look at bullying with a workshop touching on strategies for parents to deal with bullying and the steps they can take when a child is being bullied. “We think this is important since there are a lot of newcomer women who may not be familiar with the system and who they can go speak to,” Gordon said. The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre will give a presenta-

Interim control bylaw bans new bars >>>from page 1 come from, how old you are, what your abilities in life are, you should be able to live in this neighbourhood and get the services you need to enjoy your life.” This study started in June 2011 and the first community meeting was held at that time. The 70 or so people in attendance repeatedly requested a balance of businesses in the area and public drunkenness outside of clubs be addressed. However, at Monday’s meeting, many questioned the study and a recent interim control bylaw, which prohibits any new restaurant, takeout restaurant, rear yard and rooftop patio, bake shop, place of amusement, place of assembly, or club from opening or expanding for one year. Council passed this bylaw Oct. 30. Sheila Lippiatt, a Parkdale resident for 37 years, said Queen Street is the best she has ever seen it and said she objects to the interim control bylaw. “My objection against this is very strong,” she said. “I suggest those in opposi-

tion get together and file an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board.” Resident Alicia Pang, however, said she supports the study and the bylaw because she said virtually all of the places she has seen open in recent years are bars and restaurants she could not afford. “We need to have places that attract people at all hours of the day, from all walks of life and having one third of places on this strip be restaurants and bars jeopardizes that balance,” she said. West-end resident and area real estate agent Neil Spiegel suggested the neighbourhood be allowed to grow organically. ‘a lot of character’

“Lots of places in the city have a lot of character because they are not so onerously restricted,” Spiegel said. Perks and the planning staff asked for input on the kinds of controls that could be put in place to try to steer the development of the strip in the direction residents

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Toronto council at the midway point As Toronto council reached the midway point of its four-year term, local councillors spoke to The Villager about their accomplishments.

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Looking back on the first two years of their four-year terms, a councillors in the closer downtown west end look of say, among other Inside things, they take Toronto pride in their parks and the people who help create them. As for challenges in the coming two years, a possible casino and finding council consensus on a vision for this city’s future tops the list. They were interviewed prior to Monday’s court decision calling for Mayor Rob Ford to be removed from office over a municipal conflict of interest violation. n Gord Perks Ward 14: Parkdale-High Park When Gord Perks first took office in 2006 he said community leaders in Ward 14 had an active suspicion and hostility toward the city. Now, halfway through his second term, Perks said people are engaged and working with the city to make Parkdale-High Park a better place to live. “If I don’t ever win elected office again, I will be very proud of how much work I have done to have people in Ward 14 take a leadership role in designing their own neighbourhood,” Perks said. From planning public parks and streetscapes, to community leaders who work with the city and developers, Perks counts the work he has done to empower and engage residents among his greatest accomplishments. “I am also really proud of my role in rescuing the city’s budget process and transit planning from a mayor bent on derailing the things that make Toronto a great city,” Perks said. Looking ahead Perks said he will take up the challenge of ensuring free universally accessible recreation across the city and ensuring a casino isn’t built in Toronto. But further to that Perks said he wants to be part of a group of Torontonians who work to elect a council in 2014 that will change the conversation in the city. “One that is imagining Toronto getting better again instead of undermining the things that make this a great city to live in,” Perks said. n Ana Bailão Ward 18: Davenport As a new councillor, first elected in 2010, Ana Bailão said it was intimidating to be handed the housing file at the city, but midway through her first term, she cites her work with

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During a friendly game of touch football Sunday at Sorauren Park, Gerald rushes Simon for the ball. Downtown west end councillors are extremely proud of the parks in their wards.

the Special Housing Working Group among her greatest accomplishments thus far. Bailão led the working group to deal with Toronto Community Housing’s repair backlog while maintaining as much public housing as possible. She said she hopes to bring a housing plan to council in June that will be consensus-building and can bring affordable housing forward. Locally Bailão said she takes pride in her work restoring Dundas West BIA’s retail parking spots and ensuring an efficient end to the Dundas Street West road re-construction. “It’s now looking really good,” she said of the retail strip. “New shops are opening up every month.” Bailao said she takes pride in her role in expanding the West Toronto Railpath and in securing development funding for a Toronto Media Arts Cluster – 38,000 square feet of space dedicated to media arts. In the coming years Bailão said she expects the greatest challenge facing councillors will be cutting through the politics at City Hall. “People get into their campaign mode and with such a polarized city hall, it is going to get even tougher to get stuff done,” she said. n Mike Layton Ward 19: Trinity-Spadina When Mike Layton ran and won his first term as councillor in Ward 19,

parks were a big part of his platform. Two years in, strides in that portfolio are amongst his greatest accomplishments, Layton said. “We have helped establish and grow a couple of parks groups in the ward,” Layton said, adding the most notable are the Friends of Roxton Road Parks and the Northumberland Parkette. He is proud of how his community has worked together on supporting good and opposing bad development in the ward. And when the city’s cycling advisory committee wasn’t re-established, Layton convened it out of his own office. He meets monthly with representatives from a dozen cycling groups and individuals and takes feedback from them to city committees. “The group was being shut out by City Hall, figuring out a way to have them make a direct contribution has been a very worth while part of my activity here,” Layton said. Looking to the next two years, Layton said his greatest challenge will be to get the city on side with taking the steps toward and plans in place to make people’s lives better. “Everything is focused on cut, cut, cut and no one is answering the question about what people need,” Layton said. “It seems that we are at a deadlock here at the city and no one is thinking about a grander vision for our city and our neighbourhoods.”

n Adam Vaughan Ward 20: Trinity-Spadina Moving the revitalization of Alexandra Park and the neighbourhood south of Kensington Market forward and working with residents to map out a new future for the neighbourhood are some of the things two-term councillor Adam Vaughan is most proud of in the past two years. “We have had amazing success with the parks revitalization strategy,” Vaughan said. “We are recreating virtually every park in the ward with a strong support network of local residents groups leading the way.” Victories on the budget last year and the cuts that weren’t allowed through, as well as work on the transit file to provide transit to every corner of the city, was an accomplishment at the city level, he said. Top of mind in the coming years, Vaughan said, will be keeping a casino out of the downtown. “Putting a mega casino in the downtown is just bad economic development. It is just bad policy,” Vaughan said.

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Mayor Rob Ford has had a colourful first two years in office: starting from the moment he announced that Transit City was “dead,” then handed off the limelight in his swearing-in ceremony to a red-baiting Don Cherry. As he reaches the second anniversary of his mayoralty on Dec. 7, Ford’s political career in municipal politics could well be over. Superior Court Judge Charles Hackland has ordered Ford removed from office on Monday over a conflict of interest he failed to declare, when he asked council to forgive him having to pay $3,150 of money donated to a football charity. That matter was one of many black eyes Ford has inflicted on his own mayoralty. But what about policy? After two years in the mayor’s chair, what has Rob Ford done to change the face of Toronto? Initially, it seemed like he had accomplished quite a bit. He convinced Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Metrolinx to stop work on the Sheppard LRT and let the city attempt to build a subway there instead. He convinced Toronto Council to scrap the $60 vehicle registration fee, and using surpluses left by the previous administration, froze property taxes in 2011. Toronto councillors’ office budgets were slashed in half. He convinced council to contract out garbage collection in the area west of Yonge Street. He and Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday were able to win major concessions from the city’s remaining unionized workers, with only a short public library strike. In the service of his promise to cut the “gravy” at city hall, he implemented a core services review, which enabled council and the public to decide what services the city should or should not be providing. These exercises found little to cut. The fallout from the process arguably led Toronto Council to take a firmer hand with the mayor in 2012, which saw many of his promises undone. Council resurrected Transit City and turned around the 2012 budget to restore some key services. What’s to come? Well, if Ford is successful in appealing Hackland’s ruling, there are a couple of outstanding promises. Ford has promised to start cutting the land transfer tax on real estate transactions. And he is aiming at a 1.75 per cent property tax increase for 2013. And he has made it clear since the spring, when council shut down his subway dream: Rob Ford is already campaigning for re-election in 2014.

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A company of 50-plus actors were at a Toronto Community Housing building in Parkdale to stage a series of short plays aimed at raising awareness about elder abuse. Act2Studio Works, a theatre program out of the Chang School for Continuing Education’s Programs for 50 Plus at Ryerson University, staged their latest production of plays before an audience of seniors at the May Robinson Apartments Nov. 21. The series of seven short plays look at the different forms of elder abuse, including emotional, physical, sexual and financial abuse as well as isolation and neglect. “Toronto Community

Housing had been interested in developing a show on elder abuse and they contacted us because Act2Studio has a history of doing shows about social issues,” said Elaine Vayda, a member of Act2Studio Works. The plays were written by Vrenia Ivanoffski, artistic director and founder of Act2Studio Works, in collaboration with the actors based on discussions they had with Toronto Community Housing and concerns they had. “The plays were designed to generate awareness of the problems and help to stimulate discussion afterwards on different ways to react to it, how to get help and where

to look for help,” said actor Neil Naft. “By partnering with Toronto Community Housing and the professionals involved with it, we can get people thinking about elder abuse.” Act2Studio Works has performed the series of plays for Toronto Community Housing residents across the city nearly a dozen times in the past. “The feedback we get from people at the end of it is just so affirming,” said Judi Healy, a member of Act2Studio. “Nothing brings an issue to life more than seeing it played out on stage and it gives people an opportunity to comment on it.” – Erin Hatfield

Toronto Cat Rescue Adoptathon WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Pet Valu Liberty Village, 1176 King St. W. CONTACT: Alison F., 416-538-8592, www. torontocatrescue.ca, tcr.adoptions@gmail.com Lots of kittens and cats waiting for their forever families.

n Thursday, Dec. 6

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Wabash Building Society monthly meeting WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Sorauren Park, 50 Wabash Ave. Wabash Building Society monthly

meeting.

n Wednesday, Dec. 12

Bake Sale for Bocce WHEN: 11 a.m. WHERE: Mary McCormick Community Centre, 66 Sheridan Ave. CONTACT: friendsof-mccormick-park@googlegroups.com COST: Free Bake Sale for Bocce offers s’mores, cookies, butter tarts, banana bread, nanaimo bars, shortbread and more. There will also be coffee and hot chocolate. Baked goods and volunteers needed.

n Ongoing

Parkdale library events

How City Council establishes the City’s budget and priorities directly affects the quality of life for every resident. The Operating Budget determines what programs and services the City will offer and how much the City will raise and spend within a year and in the immediate future. The Capital Budget and Plan provides funding for the facilities and infrastructure required to deliver those services. A Staff Recommended 2013 Tax Supported Operating Budget and 2013-2022 Capital Budget and Plan are now being considered by the Budget Committee for recommendation to the Mayor and his Executive Committee and then to City Council. If you want to make your views about the 2013 Budget known there are several ways to do so.

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Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen St. W., west of Dufferin, offers Friday Movie Nights from 6 to 8 p.m. Sit back, relax and enjoy a movie on the big screen. They also offer Saturday Stories from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The presentation offers rhymes, songs and stories. West Toronto Stamp Club The West Toronto Stamp Club meets Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at Fairfield Seniors Centre, 80 Lothian Ave. Membership is $20. Call Don Hedger at 416-621-9982.

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1. Make a public presentation to the Budget Committee at its Budget Hearing. 2013 Operating Budget and 2013-2022 Capital Budget and Plan Hearing: Budget Committee December 10, 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West Please contact the Budget Committee at 416-338-5851 or 416-392-7445, or e-mail buc@toronto.ca no later than 4 p.m. on December 7, 2012 if you intend to make a public presentation. Please register to ensure that your name is placed on the speakers list. There will be a five-minute presentation time limit, unless the Committee decides otherwise. The Committee will hear speakers starting at 9:30 a.m. on December 10, 2012 and if necessary, the Committee will reconvene at 9:30 a.m. on December 11, 2012 to hear remaining speakers on the speakers list. 2. Submit a written presentation to: Budget Committee Toronto City Hall 100 Queen Street West 10th floor, WestTower Toronto, ON M5H 2N2 Fax: 416-392-1879 E-mail: buc@toronto.ca 3. Send a letter or e-mail to your local City Councillor. For information on how to contact your City Councillor, please call 3-1-1. Toronto City Council will review and approve the final 2013 Operating Budget and 2013-2022 Capital Budget and Plan at the Council meeting on January 15-17, 2013.

Now you can recycle more plastic stuff – like fruit and vegetable containers, clear takeout containers, molded bakery trays, plastic egg cartons, disposable plastic plates and cups, empty CD cases and more. So listen to Chuck and Vince and fill up your Blue Bin, not the landfill. Need a bigger Blue Bin? Call 311 to upsize it for free.

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For more information about the City Budget and the 2013 Budget process please visit our website: www.toronto.ca/budget2013 or toronto.ca/council. Notice: If you write or make a presentation to the Budget Committee, we will collect and use your personal information in accordance with applicable laws. We also videotape meetings and make recordings publicly available on request. For more information about the collection and use of your personal information, please visit: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/privacy.html

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