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Wouldn’t our neighbourhoods be better if we just had more trees? That’s the question the Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF), in partnership with the City of Toronto, want residents to ask themselves when they see its new public art campaign, Imagine a Greener Toronto. “We’re basically reaching out to Torontonians and asking them to imagine a greener Toronto,” said Janet McKay, the executive director of LEAF. She said the concept behind the art that people will be seeing is to catch their attention with “something that seems different, or out of place.” “It’s meant to draw the eye and at the same time get them to think, ‘Yeah there could be more trees in the city...wouldn’t it be amazing if more trees were popping up?’” she said. The campaign, which launched Oct. 3, will run for next two weeks with various tree-inspired public art popping up around the city, including at TTC stations, McKay said. The campaign’s first public art installation is on the wall of the Parkdale Community Centre, 75

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A public art campaign that will feature various tree-inspired public art popping up around the city includes the one on the wall of the Parkdale Community Centre, 75 Lansdowne Ave. The image is of a tree’s shadow created with chalk and created by a Toronto-based artist, who McKay said wished to remain anonymous.

Lansdowne Ave. The image is of a tree’s shadow created with chalk and created by a Toronto-based artist, who McKay said wished to remain anonymous. “The wall on the community

centre in Parkdale was a perfect spot and we were really happy with the way it turned out,” she said. “It’s a wonderful neighbourhood, it’s a neighbourhood

where we’ve done quite a bit of work. Obviously we’d like to do more engaging with residents there and green their neighbourhood.” >>>CAMPAIGN, page 11

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The 16th annual ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival kicked off yesterday and Parkdale musician Diem Lafortune will be screening the world premiere of her new music video Where Are All the Children? “The song is about the loss of innocence and the brutality that’s done to children all around the world,” said Lafortune, who also goes by the stage name of Mama D. Without giving too much away, Lafortune said the video follows the plight of children from here in North America to the Middle East. The ImagineNATIVE festival, which runs to Oct. 18, is the world’s largest Indigenous festival showcasing innovation in film, video, audio and digital media. Works from all across Canada and the world are showcased at this festival to reflect the diversity of the world’s Indigenous nations and highlighting the excellence of Native art and culture in contemporary media. Lafortune’s video will pre>>>LOCAL, page 11

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CAMH receives Nuit Blanche art installation I’ve Got Sunshine On A Cloudy Day offers a message of hope and power of love HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com The Centre of Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) now has a piece of sunshine to call its own. The centre received a 150foot 3D art installation that spells out “I’ve Got Sunshine On A Cloudy Day” created by Vancouver-based artist Catherine Chan last week. “I can’t tell you how excited people are, including our staff,” said Ivan Silver, chair of the art reference group in charge of handling all art donations to CAMH. “Everyone is making suggestions of where it should go. Many of us (from the committee) want to put it outside somewhere in a protected environment.” Other suggestions, Silver said, include within the campus in a section CAMH calls The Mall, where its Suits Me Fine clothing boutique

is located. But, ultimately, visibility is key. “We want people to be able to see it,” Silver said. “Whether you’re driving down Queen Street or walking within the campus outside would be by far the No. 1 spot, so people can see it lit up at night. I would be ideally looking at that kind of visibility if we can do it.” The art installation, originally part of this year’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 10 for 10th-Memory Lane exhibit, was donated after the curator, Che Kothari, suggested it to Chan. “The idea of donating to CAMH really resonated with me and I’m very grateful for how things worked out and that CAMH is now the piece’s home,” Chan said in an email to The Villager. “I’m really grateful to CAMH for accepting my piece and that it will have a home in the community. My hope for

Stop signs get green light in Queen West Triangle HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com The Queen West Triangle will be getting some much needed traffic calming measures in the next few months. All-way stop signs at Lisgar and Sudbury Streets are expected to be installed after being approved by Toronto and East York Community Council in September. The Queen West Triangle borders include Dovercourt Road and Sudbury and Lisgar streets. The request is part of traffic management control project spearheaded by Davenport Councillor Ana Bailao. “There are different things we’re doing with the Triangle. We’re looking at all-way stop signs, the speed bumps on Dovercourt and Sudbury; we’re looking at having Abel just going one way, a traffic light own Beaconsfield and Queen. Many things,” Bailao said. A community meeting was held this summer where resi-

dents identified solutions for each traffic problem. Toronto City Council originally did not recommend the all-way stop signs based on a report that stated the signs weren’t needed. The low volume of cars (188 per hour) and pedestrians (47 per hour) entering the intersection and the lack of collisions (three since Oct. 31 2013) did not justify having the stop signs installed, according to the report. However, a poll found more than 60 per cent of residents surveyed were in favour of the signs. Another poll will be heading to residents in the next few months about the installation of speed bumps on Sudbury Street between Queen Street and Dovercourt Road. The two-way street has a posted speed limit of 40 kilometres per hour. If nearby residents poll in favour of the speed bumps (a minimum of 60 per cent of residents is required to be in favour), the speed limit will be reduced to 30 km/h.

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CAMH received a 150-foot 3D art installation that spells out “I’ve Got Sunshine On A Cloudy Day” created by Vancouverbased artist Catherine Chan.

the piece is that it helps shed light on the stigma that continues to exist around mental health and addiction and that it gives hope to people going through personal challenges.” Chan, who is a photobased artist, said when she was thinking about what

to create for Nuit Blanche, she was reflecting on circumstances that can affect memory, such as mental health. More specifically, she was thinking about Season Affective Disorder (SAD) and how one of the treatments is full spectrum bulbs to recreate sunlight.

“I allude to this in my art installation because the text is illuminated, so the word ‘sunshine’ in my piece then becomes a simulation of sunshine and quite literally refers to the power of light to help us through difficult times,” she wrote. The installation pulls the lyric from a popular 1964 hit “My Girl” by The Temptations. For Chan, the art is also about the pain and joy love creates. “The memory of love, whether it brings a smile to our face or an ache in our heart, shapes who we are as individuals, but these memories are also shared collectively through music, literature and the arts. I’m interested in that duality of seemingly opposite traits, where the memory of love can be both personal and universal,” Chan wrote. “I think this duality helps remind us that we’re not alone

in the human experiences of love. So in this context, the word ‘sunshine’ in the art installation is a metaphor for hope and the power of love to help us through difficult times.” Chan gave CAMH the heads up about the donation a few weeks prior to Nuit Blanche, Silver said, adding the donation has the whole Queen Street campus abuzz with excitement. “We’ve gotten nothing but positive feedback. That message will resonate with so many people: the clients, patients and their families, as well as our staff,” he said. “This message couldn’t be any more appropriately placed. The message itself is inspiring. “When you’re here as a patient you’re not well and you’re looking for inspiration...there’s a point in your recovery when a message like this will resonate with you.”

New merry-go-round coming to Masaryk Park thanks to city funds A new playground addition is coming to Masaryk Park. City council approved the transfer of $18,100 to the City of Toronto’s Play Equipment Program to install a merry-go-round in the park for children two to five years old. The decision to add this playground equipment comes from consultation between the Masaryk Friends group in collaboration with Ward 14 (ParkdaleHigh Park) Councillor Gord Perks. Clive Scott, a constituency assistant to Perk’s office, said roughly 220 residents pushed for the funding for a merry-go-round. The cost to install the piece of equipment is roughly $9,500 and site preparation, including grading, construction of a retaining wall and fabric installation, is around $8,515, Scott said. The funds come from

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an there be too much of a good thing? This summer and fall’s 11-week federal election campaign makes a persuasive argument when it comes to democracy. The campaign that began in the dog days of August is now nearly finished. Some readers will have already cast their ballots in advance polls over the Thanksgiving weekend. The rest of us will put this campaign to rest Oct. 19. And then it will be done: Canada will have a new government, or at least a new set of party caucuses that will be empowered to sort out who that new government will be. And what for the rest of us? Well, we are probably in for a long period of recovery our view from this jumbo-sized campaign that has been notable for its vitGet out and riol and divisiveness. For two-and-a-half months, vote for your well-funded political parties have flooding our attention with values Oct. 19 been awful assertions, often about one another, and all too often about ourselves. This may or may not win an election, but it certainly corrodes a country. Canadians have held a view of this country as inclusive and welcoming. While none of us are naïve enough to assume bigotry is absent, we have managed through, if nothing else, our legendary good manners, to hold that bigotry at least somewhat in check. We’ve done so also with the help of our leadership, who have through our history celebrated the country’s diversity, and gently chided outlying purveyors of hate, fear and division. Through this long election, we have been without that sort of leadership, or indeed any leadership. The Conservative government has rested in caretaker mode, busily defending itself against two strong contenders in the Liberals and the New Democrats. We are rudderless in this storm of ugliness. It’s something we can all consider as we cast our ballots. Are we choosing based on our own values, our own hopes for our federation, our communities and our families? Or are we slipping into fear and disdain and basing our choices on that? What motivates us may not make a difference to the outcome of this election. But it behooves us to remember: in making up our minds about our government, we are also making up our minds about ourselves. Please remember to vote Oct. 19.

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went to Internet advertising – an industry dominated by American-based companies like Google and Facebook. Creating ads and paying ad agencies ate away another $10 million. Radio advertising cost just under $7 million. By comparison, community newspapers saw a paltry $867,000 in total advertising from Ottawa – or an average of about $25 per week per newspaper. The way in which your government uses your money to communicate with you is very telling. TV and Internet ads work to build brand, not to inform. Your community newspaper generates debate and serves as a forum for discussion – and is also one of the few places where local MPs actually receive editorial coverage outside election season. The federal government knows it, too. The Harper government spent $1.25 million with a company called NewsCanada to create its own stories – stories it offers for free to print and broadcast outlets. The vast majority of these government-approved

stories are never published. But you and I paid for them. It is disconcerting that the federal government spent 50 per cent more creating its own news than the total advertising buy in Canadian newspapers. The federal government strategy appears to be that it’s more important to make pretty ads than to put relevant information about programs and services in front of readers of community newspapers. They’re telling you they’d rather give your tax dollars to Facebook and Google than Canadian-based companies that invest in local journalism. If the federal government continues to ignore our community newspapers, some communities may lose them. When that happens a vital voice is silenced. If you believe, as we do, that government should invest in meaningful communication with citizens through community newspapers, we ask you to help us by contacting your local candidates. The Canadian Community Newspaper Association

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have a project for you, good reader, as you head out to vote, and just as important, as you head back home to get on with the next few years of your life. Be thoughtful. This shouldn’t be a project, and for many readers it needn’t be. But after having spent a good chunk of both the summer and the fall in an election campaign that for a good many voters seems to have turned on women’s fashion at citizenship ceremonies, it is clearly necessary for a large portion of us. It’s not surprising that it should be so: across North America, the political discourse over the past few years has veered consistently away from thoughtfulness and toward the knuckle-headed. Donald Trump is currently riding high on the greasy fingers of a mosh-pit of knuckle-heads in the Republican primaries. He may well have gotten some ideas from former

david nickle the city mayor Rob Ford’s 2010 campaign that was propelled by knuckle-headed rhetoric. And no wonder that Stephen Harper and the Conservatives took the knuckle-headed lesson to heart in the latter half of their campaign, with the business of the niqab, the “barbaric practices” snitch line and so on. We’ll see just how well that decision works out for them on election day. It certainly seemed to have an impact in the polls, at least for a while, as a certain demographic of voter abandoned thoughtful consideration for fear and loathing. The real question is what kind of message that strategy reinforces on both the electorate and the clever strategists looking to elect future governments. If the Conservatives don’t prevail, then the impact will

be limited on strategists. After all, when Doug Ford ran from a problematic place for mayor in 2014, he came closer than you’d think to beating John Tory, but couldn’t quite make it. Rob Ford, had he been well enough to run, might have prevailed for a second term, and he might yet prevail should he choose to run in the 2018 campaign. In the U.S. Republican primaries, Trump might prevail with his anti-immigrant rhetoric in winning the nomination, but he also might not, and as to his chances of actually winning the American presidency... Ultimately, that’s not up to us. What is up to us is make it a project to be thoughtful, when clever people are offering serious temptation to be the opposite. We can start right after the election or better, we can start right now.

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Sorauren Park Pumpkin Parade WHEN: 6 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Sorauren Park, 50 Wabash Ave. CONTACT: Colleen Kennedy, colken3@hotmail.com COST: Free Bring all “leftover” Halloween pumpkins to the park - light their candles and line them up in one long line around the park’s path. Celebrate one joyous display of down-to-earth creativity. No two pumpkins are the same and each one is cherished. This is a noncommercial event. All welcome!

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The Magna Carta at Toronto WHERE: Fort York, 250 Fort York Blvd. CONTACT: www.magnacartacanada.ca COST: $10 for youth, $15 for seniors and $20 for adults The Magna Carta, which according to www.magnacartacanada. ca, “set the groundwork for many concepts that continue to define democratic life today,” will be on display as part of a four-city national tour.

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Open Mic Night WHEN: 8 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Toronto Institute for the Enjoyment of Music (TIEM), 821 Queen St. W. CONTACT: Howard Goldbach, 416-504-5444 COST: Free Play or listen.

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Are you ready to vote? If you’re a Canadian citizen, 18 or older, you can vote in the federal election. Your voter information card tells you when and where to vote. If you didn’t receive your card, you can still register and vote at your polling place. To find out where to vote, and what ID to bring, visit elections.ca or call 1-800-463-6868 ( TTY 1-800-361-8935). Elections Canada has all the information you need to be ready to vote.

Nestlé Canada Craveyard Halloween Party WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Nestle’s Chocolate Factory, 72 Sterling Rd. CONTACT: 416-2183030 COST: Free Calling all witches, monsters and goblins! Join us for a spooktacular Halloween celebration filled with fun, family-friendly activities, entertainment and refreshments. Kids don’t forget to dress up in costume and join the Halloween costume parade. Rain or shine, the party goes on. In case of rain, join us at: The Circus Academy – 213 Sterling Rd.

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Eva’s Taste Matters WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex, 25 British Columbia Rd. CONTACT: www.evas.ca/events/ taste-matters COST: $125 A one-of-a-kind annual evening that brings together Toronto’s finest in the food and beverage industry with a exciting live and silent auction. Youth from all three of Eva’s shelters will also be on-site at the event serving desserts they baked and created themselves. La Belle Époque awards

WHEN: 6 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Palais Royale Ballroom, 1601 Lake Shore Blvd. CONTACT: http:// www.ETAAwards.com COST: $20 An annual, curated indoor art exhibit and awards gala, featuring 70 local visual/performing artists this year. The event provides a platform for promoting local artists, purchasing original works, networking with creative Toronto’s artists.

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Music Business 101 WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416-393-7686 COST: Free Musicians get their start in the music biz through their talent and creativity, but also by their business savvy and ability to communicate and navigate through the industry. MusicOntario (with partners) has designed a succinct workshop to navigate these paths on your way to a musical career, starting off on the right foot.

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30 Craft Market WHEN: noon to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: May Cafe, 876 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: ptbocrafts@ gmail.com COST: Free A variety of artisans will be offering their handcrafted treasures. Win a prize. Visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/1488420974791774/ to reserve. Music From Around the World: Celebrating with the Library Settlement Partnership WHEN: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416393-7686 COST: Free Come and celebrate the Library Settlement Partnership with musical performances and free food. No registration required. Drop in.

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PARK ZOO MEETING THURSDAY ◗HIGH

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The Friends of High Park Zoo, in collaboration with the City of Toronto, invited the public to share their ideas and visions for the zoo Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the High Park Forest School just inside the Bloor Street West entrance of High Park. Visit www.highparkzoo.ca or contact info@highparkzoo.ca

Toronto police have unveiled an online interactive crime map, allowing residents to stay on top of occurrences in their communities. No personal information is included and exact locations of the incidents aren’t shown. “Moving forward, the portal will also include other geospatial information, statistical requests, story maps of events and allow for links to news releases,” police said in a news release. Visit http://maps.torontopolice.on.ca

SALE AT THE ENERCARE CENTRE ◗BIKE

The Bicycle Show Blow Out Sale will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Enercare Centre in the East Annex Hall F, Door 33. Vendors include GEARS, Broadway Cycle, Wheels of Bloor and Chain Reaction. Admission is $5. Children under five are free. Call Josie at 416-363-1292.

LIVE GREEN CARD APP AVAILABLE NOW ◗TORONTO’S

The City of Toronto’s Live Green Card app is available now. The app is intended to help

users locate deals near them, and to claim, rate, save and share their favourites. For every 20 deals a person claims using the app, Live Green will plant a tree that the user can dedicate to a friend or family member. More than 500 member businesses offer deals on everything from coffee to solar panels. The app is available on the iTunes store and Google Play. METROLINX HOSTS ACCESSIBILITY MEETINGS Metrolinx hosts a public meetings on accessibility on the third floor of Metro Hall, 55 John St, in Rooms 308 and 309, next Tuesday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, real-time captioning and attendant services will

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be provided. Alternative formats will be made available upon request. A teleconference is set for Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Participants must register at www.metrolinx.com/en/ aboutus/accessibility/register. aspx and are asked to submit questions in advance, and then staff will respond to those during the call. DAY STORIES NEEDED ◗REMEMBRANCE

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. O n N o v. 5 , a s p e c i a l Remembrance Day section will appear in The Parkdale Villager and we are seeking any memorabilia or stories about the Second World War. Share your photos of

relatives returning from the war, old letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings and personal memories. Also welcome are memories and mementoes of Canadian soldiers who have served in the First World War, Korea, Afghanistan and peacekeeping missions around the world. Please scan and email any memorabilia (and your memories) t o M a n a g i n g Editor Georgia Balogiannis at gbalogiannis@insidetoronto.com or mail copies of your memorabilia to 175 Gordon Baker Rd., Toronto, ON, M2H 0A2 by Friday, Oct. 23. Please do not include originals in the mail. We cannot guarantee they will be returned.

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Local artist remasters 1998 album

Campaign helps people to “green up”

>>>from page 1 miere at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Saturday, at 2:45 p.m. This is the second time Lafortune has been a part of the ImagineNATIVE festival. She originally screened her film Mr. Businessman’s Blues in 2012 that discussed the rampant rise of capitalism. Although she’s premiering a music video six minutes in length, and not a full film this time around, Lafortune said she is happy to be back in the festival. “I like having a place to go where I don’t have to explain myself, which is a big thing,” said the Springhurst and Jameson avenues resident. “And the artists are so incredible it’s an honour to be a part of it.” The song is on Mama D’s, The Old New World Revolutionar y Rocking Ballroom Dance band’s latest album, Beauty and Hard Times, which was funded

>>>from page 1 The campaign encourages three easy steps to help people green up their neighbourhood: plant a tree through one of the many tree planting programs in the city such as Backyard Tree Planting or Get-a-FreeTree programs; care, by volunteering with the Adopta-Street Tree and Adopt-a-

by busking on the streets of Toronto for three years. The album’s message, which covers topics from celebrating female sexuality to what it’s like “to live in the broken dreams of your parents,” is about finding beauty through the pain, she said. “It moves from big picture to small picture (themes),” she said. “Most of the stuff I talk about, I’ve been there. My source of inspiration (for the album) is my life.” Mama’s D The Old New World Revolutionary Rocking Ballroom Dance band, tries to push the boundaries with their music by incorporating different instruments and sounds, she said. Pairing a violin with electric guitars and drums isn’t unusual to hear in the band’s music, it’s all part of their unique, signature sound that brings out bits of various genres. “It sounds eastern, it

sound Indigenous, it sounds Jewish, it sounds like all those things. It makes it a different sound that’s familiar at the same time,” she said. “What it really is is Toronto music. It’s what Toronto is. It’s an interesting place. Toronto is a place where people can be Canadian and still be who they are.” The album is a re-mastered version of an older album that was released in 1998. Lafortune said she wasn’t happy with how the 1998 album turned out, stating her vocals were buried throughout the entire album. “It’s a timeless album...it did well, but I didn’t like it. So I did it again. We recorded it on tape. It’s on analog. We used new vocals and we remixed it. It’s better now,” she said.

including face painting, sack races, and a pumpkin colouring competition. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 25. Trinity Bellwoods flea is here The October edition of the Trinity Bellwoods flea is upon us.

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Wrongful conviction a compelling story hiLARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.co For two years, Parkdale author Jasmine D’Costa has been immersed in writing the story of wrongfully convicted Toronto mom Tammy Marquardt. Her latest non-fiction novel, Real Justice: Branded a Baby Killer, The Story of Tammy Marquardt, had D’Costa captivated from the moment she began researching her story. “I had to deeply live in her (Marquardt’s) shoes. I get her. My spirit aligned with her,” D’Costa said. “I found that it was quite compelling that someone can lose a child and have to cope with that pain and (then) also not be allowed to cope with it and be told you’re the murderer.” The 120-page biography tells the story of Marquardt, who was convicted of murdering her two-year-old son, Kenneth, in 1993. She was sentenced to life in prison; her conviction hinged largely

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