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LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Roncesvalles Village’s “Grand Dame”, the Revue Cinema. “is ready for its close-up,” says film critic Geoff Pevere. Pevere, a Revue advocate, stars in a video short plugging the newly launched crowd-funding campaign ‘Renew the Revue.’ One of the country’s oldest movie houses, the cinema is desperately in need of a face-lift, said Mark Ellwood, Revue Film Society board member. “Like your house, you’ve got to keep fixing things,” Ellwood told The Villager Monday at the 400 Roncesvalles Ave theatre. The century-old cinema requires major interior upgrades to its ticket lobby, main lobby and auditorium, including lighting, wall treatments, doors, walls, floors and plumbing. “Our key element is to make the place more functional, to spruce up the bathrooms and fix the front facade of the theatre,” said Joe Ward, another board member. Added Ellwood, “Everything we do is to improve the customer experience. We think we can offer more.” The estimated total cost of the rejuvenation project is $150,000, $90,000 of which will >>>SUPPORTERS, page 17

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COMMUNITY SPIRIT: Amigos Do Minho perform during the third annual Ossington Village Alleyway Party Sunday evening. More photos of this fun community event on page 14.

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Ossington businesses considering BIA again Earlier attempt fizzled, but area councillor believes there’s a core group to ‘take it forward’ ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com

rom vacant storefronts turned busy bars to an old tire shop turned brewery, the frontage on Ossington Avenue has seen a substantial change in recent years. And with that change has come a renewed interest in possibly establishing a Business Improvement Area (BIA) for the strip, roughly between Queen Street West and Dundas Street. Trinity-Spadina Councillor Mike Layton said some business owners and residents have expressed an interest in forming a BIA on Ossington Avenue. In partnership with Toronto council, commercial property owners and tenants can work together to form a BIA to enhance the safety, improve the look and feel of their neighbourhoods with the goal of attracting more visitors to shop and dine there and to encourage new businesses to set up shop. In 2008 to ’09, there was an Staff photo/ERIN HATFIELD attempt made to create a BIA, Business owners along Ossington Avenue, roughly between Queen Street West and Dundas Street, are discussbut at that time Layton said ing the possibility of creating a Business Improvement Area (BIA) for the strip. there wasn’t as many businesses on the street and there wasn’t much interest in the idea. board of management elected The next step in the process “There is a real diversity of “There wasn’t a core group of from its members and funded will be to hold information sespeople around here, a lot of fambusinesses to take it forward, through a levy on all commercial sions on the topic and then idenilies and older people, people of and that is what and industrial tify a core group of businesses different backgrounds,” Clark you need,” properties to move the issue forward and said. There wasn’t a core within the BIA’s Layton said. “But to identify the boundaries of the “I think it would be great for I think it is there boundaries. But proposed BIA. the street to have an annual fesgroup of businesses to now.” the amount it Following that, Layton said tival in the afternoon and early take it forward, and that is would cost each It is a formal there would be a vote on the evening to bring that diversity of process to issue and if it goes through, the people together to celebrate.” what you need. business isn’t establish a BIA, set in stone and BIA will be formally established Ian Gillies, a partner at – Councillor Mike Layton Layton said. It instead depends with a board put in place. Telegramme Prints and Custom begins simply by on what the BIA Benefits of a BIA is that memFraming, went through a BIA informing people about what a chooses to do, Layton said. bers are in tune with what is debate at his store’s east-end BIA is. “It is almost what you make happening on the street; it can location. The Leslieville BIA was To that end, Layton had a stuof it,” Layton said. “We have advocate on behalf of its memcreated in February. dent working with his office this some BIAs that have a zero levy bers; and coorHe said in that summer who put together a plan because they have money in dinate resources, case there was that charted out the process and the bank from pervious years, Layton said. A A BIA is only as effective some resistance the communications that would some have $50,000 budgets and BIA also has the there as the people running it. because go out to the community. some have well over $1 million ability to get perwas already – Ian Gillies, Under the umbrella of the budgets.” mission to shut an informal Telegramme Prints and Custom Framing Toronto Association of Business Layton has a new co-op down the street organization Improvement Areas (TABIA), student who will work with his for festivals and of businesses there are currently 74 BIAs office for the next eight months to do streetscape improvements that were quite effective. Some across Toronto, which generate to help establish the BIA. in partnership with the city. people thought creating a formal more than $25 million in fund“You want to go out and talk “Anything that brings local BIA would add another level of ing toward street and sidewalk to as many people as possible,” businesses together to help them expense and bureaucracy. beautification, marketing and Layton said. “You have to, storelobby the city is a good thing,” In the end, Gillies said he promotional campaigns, street by-store, prove that this is a said Michael Clark, one of the voted in favour of the Leslieville festivals, clean streets, graffitigood thing for them to enter into owners of Bellwoods Brewery. BIA because he believed in the removal campaigns and crimebecause the majority of the land In particular, Clark said he people involved in the organizprevention strategies. owners and tenants have to vote likes the idea of a BIA organizing ing. Each BIA is run by a volunteer ‘yes’ in order to establish a BIA.” a street festival. “A BIA is only as effective as

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the people running it,” Gillies said. It is too early to tell the effect of the Leslieville BIA, but Gillies said they have hired a staff person, which is a good start, he said. On Ossington, Gillies said he thinks businesses could benefit from being united; however, he said he isn’t interested in seeing a BIA spend money on projects such as banners on street posts. Ken, who asked his last name not be used, is the owner of Ossington Tire Corp, which has been operating since 1946. He said he wouldn’t be interested in seeing a BIA set up on the street. In particular, he said, something like a street festival would actually hurt his business as people have to be able to drive to his shop. Lorenz Peter, owner of LP’s LPs record store, opened his store in December. He said he doesn’t like the idea of having to pay a levy to support a BIA. “I’m pretty small potatoes, so if I get caught in a tax thing it might sink me,” Peter said. A BIA on Ossington would be a means of preserving and enhancing the good along Ossington, said Jessica Wilson, who is the chair of the Ossington Community Association (OCA). “It’s about keeping business owners educated and connected with the community and also having them in a position to act on various initiatives, whether that is a street festival or a graffiti mural,” Wilson said. “You would have a unified group of businesses owners who are aware of the pressures and can add a voice and work to help to preserve what people think is good about the neighbourhood.” The OCA hasn’t delved deeply into a conversation about an area BIA yet, but Wilson said most business owners and residents she has spoken to are interested in opening up a discussion about it.

For more information on Toronto’s BIAs, visit www.toronto-bia.com

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When it’s weird, Toronto tops Austin One thing that Mayor Rob Ford’s trip to Austin should have confirmed to our Lone Star cousins last week: when it comes to keeping a town weird, the musicallyinclined Texans are a few steps behind Toronto. No doubt, as the mayor left the city limits with his entourage of music-industry leaders and councillors, Austin breathed a sigh of relief. Because when they say “Keep Austin Weird,” they mean a nice kind of weird. Toronto and the saga of Mayor Rob Ford has reached a level of weird that is rather more terrifying. News broke just before he left town for Austin that a close friend of Mayor Ford, Sandro Lisi, was arrested and charged with possession and trafficking of marijuana. The mayor addressed the matter at a news conference at a filling station near his home, in which he described Lisi as “a good guy” and a friend, before heading off to the airport.

david nickle the city While the mayor was gone, a story came out suggesting Toronto police have been following Mayor Ford and his associates using a leased Cessna. His brother, Doug Ford, told a Toronto Sun columnist that he had spoken to two Toronto police superintendents, who’d confirmed that there was aerial surveillance going on. Doug Ford then recanted the next day and suspected that the mayor’s enemies were behind it all. I worry about commenting on all this in a column filed early, for fear that something even weirder turns up in the interim. Because that’s how things have been going for the Ford brothers. This time last year, the mayor’s biggest problems were football, looming conflict of interest charges, and issues of reading while

driving, and all that seemed weird enough. Now, it’s substance abuse allegations, alleged family connections to the west-end drug trade, and that alleged video where the mayor was seen appearing to smoke crack cocaine. Men photographed with the mayor have been stabbed and murdered. Weirder still are the many among us who believe that all of this is simply a conspiracy of downtown elite, police and big media, to bring down a Conservative, millionaire mayor who is at the core, just an average guy. It’s hard to imagine a trade mission from the delusional Wonderland that Toronto has become, exciting anything in its hosts beyond a desire to back away slowly without making any sudden movements. With weirdos like us, you can’t be too careful.

David Nickle is The Villager’s city hall reporter. His column runs every Thursday; Council Notes every Monday online.

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bridge to close to pedestrians wforDufferin more than a week It closed to cars last spring, and as of 10 p.m. yesterday the Dufferin Bridge is now also closed to pedestrians and cyclists. The City of Toronto is closing the Dufferin Street Bridge to pedestrians and cyclists until Oct. 18. The closure will enable Metrolinx to complete maintenance work on the underside of the bridge, which spans the GO Transit/Metrolinx rail corridor. The Dufferin Street Bridge is south of Springhurst Avenue. Pedestrians who want to walk to Exhibition Place can access the grounds from Atlantic Avenue. for Playgrounds takes foot in High Park wRun

T h e H i g h Pa r k R u n f o r Pl a y g ro u n d s t a k e s p l a c e Saturday. Along with the run, there will be an outdoor education mall and family fun zone where participants can learn about groups and programs in the park. Organizers hope this will bring more awareness to the different ways the public can support the park and the good work these groups do.

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The Sorauren Park Farmers’ Market’s annual $2 used book sale is approaching and they are looking for donations. The sale is set for Oct. 28 from 3 to 7 p.m. People are encouraged to bring used books to the Monday market or drop them off at the West En d Fo o d Co-op store, 1229 Queen St. W. by Friday, Oct. 25. Proceeds support the Sorauren Park Farmers’ Market. Visit http://westendfood.coop Medieval Times toronto needs a King Could you be a king? Medieval Times Toronto is seeking a king for a part-time role for their current production. Potential king’s should be

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Howard Public School in Roncesvalles Village will host its popular Fall Fete, a fun-filled day of outdoor games, music and entertainment Saturday, Oct. 19. The Fall Fete, fundraiser for the Howard Home and School Association, takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 30 Marmaduke St. Follow the Fall Fete on Facebook and Twitter @fallfete Watch a free screening AT The Revue Cinema As part of the October Green 13 Movie Screenings and Discussions series, MP Peggy Nash and MPP Cheri DiNovo will host a free screening of Chasing Ice and discussion Sunday, Oct. 20 at the Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave. The screening begins at 4 p.m. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Visit peggynash.ndp.

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first public offering. The concert is being held in support of the Toronto Police Ser vice 11 Division Community Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) Community Safety Scholarship, which is awarded through the Scadding Court Community Centre Scholarship Program. The CPLC Community Safety Scholarship awards up to $4,000 to deserving young people who are making their community a safer place. Spier is on the CPLC and had offered to do the concert as a means of fundraising for the scholarship, which was first handed out last year. The profits from the concert will go toward the 2014 scholarship program.

The women decided on the theme “music and youth”, which comes to life through the pieces they have chosen to play. Tickets are $35 and include the concert and light refreshments after the concert. To purchase tickets contact Deb Skinner at 416-808-1119 or the Roncesvalles BIA at info@roncesvallesvillage.ca or 416-537-2701. Spier and Maguire said tickets will not be sold at the door. The concert begins at 2 p.m. at Gate 403 Restaurant located at 403 Roncesvalles Ave. For more on the CPLC, visit www.11cplc.org or read about Spier’s studio at www. susancreativestrings.ca

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Breast Cancer Awareness Event WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale Community Health Centre, 1229 Queen St. W. CONTACT: Susan Clancy, 416-537-2455, ext. 310, www. pchc.on.ca The event includes a panel discussion followed by sessions from holistic care, the screening information and lunch. Visit or call for details.

WHERE: Parkdale library, 1303 Queen St. W. CONTACT: www. torontopubliclibrary.ca Touch museum artifacts, play traditional Inuit games and make your own piece of art.

ID Clinic WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Parkdale Community Health Centre, 1229 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416-537-2455 This monthly clinic assists individuals who are applying for or replacing lost identification. The clinic takes place the first Wednesday of the month.

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Circle of Friends seniors’ program started in Parkdale ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com Like everyone else, seniors need activities to get them out, they need conversation, exercise and to feel a sense of community. And that is exactly what a new program hosted by the Parkdale Community Information Centre (PCIC) aims to give them. According to Cassandra Wong, the executive director of PCIC, the centre was seeing a large number of seniors coming in for help with various things like taxes or communication issues. Wong approached the PCIC board to hire a part-time staff for one year to help the centre engage with the seniors. Last spring, Carmen Espino was hired as the senior’s initiative coordinator at PCIC, which operates out of the Parkdale Library at 1303 Queen St. W. “First of all we did outreach to ask seniors’ input on what they would like to have in

this area,” Espino said. “It is important to have their voices on exactly what they want to have.” The feedback she received was seniors wanted to learn more about computers, using the Internet, writing and poetry, take social trips around Toronto and they wanted to have an exercise program, music and dance. PCIC doesn’t have the funding to launch all of these specific types of programming, so Espino said as the centre pursues the funding they decided to go ahead and start Circle of Friends. The weekly Circle of Friends seniors group is held Mondays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m Each week a group of between eight and 10 seniors come together, but all seniors are welcome. They begin the morning with some light exercises. “It connects the mind and body and I see that they enjoy it a lot,” Espino said. The group then has light refreshments followed by a

group discussion. “The time flies by so fast,” Espino said, adding soon she will start to incorporate some card games or bingo into the two-hour sessions. There is a large population of seniors from a diversity of backgrounds including Spanish, Tibetan, Thai, Filipino and more, living in Parkdale, and Espino said the Circle of Friends brings them together. The PCIC Seniors Initiative Program also hosts one-onone drop-in services for seniors on Mondays from 2 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Espino explained it’s during this time when seniors can sit with her to get information or assistance with questions or issues they are having with things like housing, translation of documents, help with calls to customer service they might need explained.

Above, Carmen Espino, foreground, leads Kenneth Cooper, left, Igresia Leon Palacios, Nelly Bloum and the rest of the class in stretches to warm up on Monday during the Parkdale Library’s Circle of Friends progam for seniors. Right, Espino, right, leads the workout in different stretches.

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Moore feeds them in the morning and there are a couple of neighbours who take on the task most afternoons. The building attendant at Lamport, Mario Morais, also keeps an eye out for the cats and lets the volunteers in and out of the stadium when need be. Moore started caring for the cats a couple of years ago and in July, after connecting with the Liberty Village BIA who connected her with the Toronto Feral Cat Coalition, started to trap, neuter and release. The coalition, formed in May 2010, consists of a number of organizations including Animal Alliance, Toronto Animal Services, Toronto Humane Society, Toronto Feral Cat Project, Urban Cat Relief, Toronto Cat Rescue, Annex Cat Rescue, Action Volunteers for Animals and Toronto Street Cats. The coalition meets monthly. Combined they provide a strategic trap-neuter-return program to address the problem of feral cats in Toronto. Toronto Feral Cat Coalition has been assisting Moore, and the Lamport Stadium staff, to trap and then take the cats to be spayed and neutered at Toronto Animal Services or the Toronto Humane Society and

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SKETCH hooks up with charity ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com They are just bare white spaces right now, but artists animated the rooms of 180 Shaw St. to show business leaders what the space will become with their help. The west-end community arts program, SKETCH Working Arts for Street-Involved and Homeless Youth, was chosen as one of the two stops on the 2013 Prince’s Charities Seeing is Believing Tour. Prince’s Charities Canada is a registered charity that expands and enhances the Canadian charitable work of Charles, Prince of Wales. The program is designed to give business leaders an opportunity to see first-hand how select organizations are creating opportunities for disadvantaged communities and how they can help. On Oct. 3, twelve Canadian business leaders visited SKETCH’s new creative hub, now under construction in the Artscape Youngplace building at 180 Shaw St. The leaders had the chance to see the youth in action, making art, lip balms and tote bags. Performance artists and musicians demonstrated their skills in the various rooms,

which, when completed this spring, will house SKETCH’s variety of programs including visual arts, recording, creative writing, woodworking, ceramics, sculpture, digital media, dance and theatre. The business people interacted with youth with the aim of learning how SKETCH’s community arts programming eliminates barriers and provides equal opportunities for young people living homeless or on the margins. Following the SKETCH visit, the tour convened at RBC headquarters where Gay Mitchell, deputy chair of RBC Wealth Management, led a closed discussion on the issues facing SKETCH, and challenged the leaders to take action. According to SKETCH, the potential partnerships could expand SKETCH’s capabilities in providing arts-and-skills programming and equitable opportunities for youth living on the margins. The community arts initiative has raised $1 million to renovate the space, but still needs to raise about $1.5 million to fully complete the new arts hub.

Above left, SKETCH performance artist Dynesti Williams plays a card game with business leaders to demonstrate how the ‘cards’ you draw in life can effect your access to opportunities. Above, performance artists Kerry, left, and Nico participate in an improv set in the movement studio last Thursday during a visit by business leaders to the community arts initiative’s new space on Shaw Street. At right, textile artists Lynn Hubbs, right, and John Paylor make tote bags as a demonstration of SKETCH’s textiles program.

To find out more about SKETCH, visit the organization online at www. sketch.ca

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