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RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com A fledgling transit company promises more bus service for Liberty Village and other parts of the city very soon.

A week-long pilot launch earlier this month of Line Six, a private endeavour intended for Liberty Village commuters looking for another transit option beyond packed streetcars and buses, attracted 65 riders. And unlike the TTC, the company promised free coffee and a guaranteed seat on a chartered shuttle bus for the morning rush hour service, which ran between Liberty Village and Union Station Oct. 6 to 10.

Despite some logistical hiccups, the turnout plus the media attention surrounding the launch was encouraging enough to already make plans for expanding the service, said the company’s co-founder.

“It’s definitely a good start and sample size for us to get feedback,” said Brett Chang, co-founder of Line Six. “No surprises or disappointments. We are happy with the number.”

Chang, who launched the company a few months ago with Taylor Scollon, said the next phase for Line Six was expanding the chartered bus service to businesses looking for an option to transport employees. The >>>COMPANY’S, page 22

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HALLOWEENFEST FOR ST. JOE’S: Courtney Lake, left, leads the Magnolia Brass Band in the Halloween costume parade during HalloweenFest in support of St. Joseph’s Health Centre.

Youth group hopes hoops tourney will be Game On! HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com The Youth Action Team Against Violence (YATAV) community group needs your help to bring a city-wide boys and girls basketball tournament to Parkdale next summer by voting for their video online.

“The focus of the tournament

is on youth diversity and gender equity in sports culture with an added focus on violence prevention,” said Kalsang Dolma, who is a mentor for YATAV and is also a youth settlement worker with the Parkdale Community Information Centre (PCIC) and Parkdale Intercultural Association (PIA).

“The tournament will be

open to youth in sports teams or youth who want to participate across the city.”

The tournament will be called Diversity Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament for youth ages 15 to 29. YATAV is a group of youth who work on social justice issues through youth-focused actions for violence prevention. Its six lead-

ers are mainly from immigrant communities in Parkdale as well as Etobicoke.

In order to bring the tourney to Parkdale, the YATAV is participating in the Game On! contest.

The aim of the Game On! contest is to provide short-term funding to Toronto non-profit >>>TWO, page 18

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WARD 14: Gord Perks secures third Ward 18 Ana Bailão takes Davenport term as Parkdale-High Park councillor HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com

Hilary Caton hcaton@insidetoronto.com For a third straight term Gord Perks will be the city councillor for Ward 14 Parkdale-High Park.

The incumbent rallied 11,630 votes (55 per cent), beating out main competitor Charmain Emerson, who received 6,811 votes (32 per cent).

“I am delighted that people in this community have asked me to keep working for them for the next four years,” an excited Perks said at his victory party at the Cadillac Lounge on Queen Street Monday night.

“We have a lot to do, we have a city and future to win, and the work starts today. I am so excited and so hopeful about what we can do as a city, and what we can do as a neighbourhood.”

Meanwhile, Emerson, at her campaign party at Chopin Restaurant on Roncesvalles Avenue, said she was proud of her campaign.

“I am extremely proud of the results tonight; I’m very confident in the fact that we gave, I gave, Gord Perks a wakeup call,” she said.

“I had a fantastic team, I had a grassroots campaign and we kicked butt ... there was no campaign machine behind us. This is not over. Gord Perks has Charmaine Emerson coming and I’m coming strong and I’m coming hard. He’ll see more of me.”

Emerson said she knew without a doubt this race would be a close one.

“Everybody knows going up against the incumbent is an uphill battle, if I could achieve the results I did in 10 weeks the incumbent is done if I spend more than 10 weeks (campaigning),” said a confident Emerson.

“We felt it at the door, people were ready for change.”

The race also featured candidates Gus Koutoumanos (1,107), Tim Kirby (968), Andreas Marouchos (363) and Jimmy Talpa (254). thanks for hard work At Perks’ victory party the crowd in the Cadillac Lounge chanted Perks’ name as he took to the stage to give his victory speech, where he thanked all his supporters and volunteers for their hard work during the long campaign run.

He also addressed the turbulent four years the city has had.

“Toronto has just come off four incredibly difficult years, where we’ve shown that we’re resilient and we’re caring, optimistic and loving and we want a better future for our

It was a tight race, but incumbent Ana Bailão pushed through for the win, solidifying another four years as city councillor for Ward 18 (Davenport).

With only 1,106 votes between them, council candidate Alex Mazer couldn’t surpass the standing councillor. Bailão captured 8,781 votes (45 per cent), while Mazer walked away with 7,975 votes (41 per cent).

“It feels great to be re-elected,” said an excited Bailão at Casa dos Acores on College Street.

“I love serving this community as

the city councillor and I absolutely look forward to it. It’s a privilege to be given this opportunity to continue to do this work.”

Bailão admits she wasn’t worried about the closeness of the race.

“I knew we had worked really, really hard during the four years and we worked really hard during the campaign, we didn’t take anything for granted.”

The race also featured candidates Mohammed Uddin (540), Jolene Hunt (356), Paul Alves (272), Elsa Romano (270), Jim McMillan (212), Derek Power (197), Bobby Beckett (182), Joseph Ferrari (176), Robert Rodrigues (130) and Dennis Pavao (76).

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Landslide win for Mike Layton JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

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Incumbent Ward 14 councillor Gord Perks receives a hug Monday from a supporter at his election night event at the Cadillac Lounge following his re-election to council.

neighbourhood and for our city and all of you delivered that tonight.

Thank you.”

When looking ahead to the next four years as city councillor of Ward 14, Perks told The Villager his support will depend on what kind of government the new mayor, John Tory, wants to run.

“If he wants to build a progressive and an inclusive city I’m there, I’ll support him on that,” he said.

Perks went on to say he’d continue his work improving public spaces, public services and public transit.

One of those public spaces could be the construction of the Wabash Community Centre, an establishment Emerson said during her campaign that she’d be “a dog with a bone” to ensure the neighbourhood got that additional community centre promised to them for more than two decades.

But whether or not the community centre will get the green light in the future is still up in the air.

“I’d be delighted (to build Wabash Community Centre), if we’re going to have a government that can invest

in communities then, yes, we can build Wabash,” Perks said.

“If we have a government that wants to cut, then, no. It depends on whether or not this government is about investing in Toronto. If it is we’ll do very well, if it isn’t we’re going to be in for a struggle.”

Heated at times The rivalry between Perks and Emerson was heated at times with Emerson calling out Perks on decisions in the ward she sees as hurting small businesses in the past. She’s also criticized Perks for not living in the ward he governs.

Issues in the campaign focused primarily on the gentrification of the Parkdale neighbourhood, the growth of small businesses, cycling safety and transit on Queen Street.

Perks was first elected to represent Parkdale-High Park in November 2006. Before running for council Perks was part of the environmental movement and is the author of the Canadian Green Consumer Guide.

Incumbent councillor Mike Layton secured a landslide win in Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina.

Layton scooped up 21,220 votes leaving political hopefuls Scott Bowman who received 2,556 votes and Albina Burello and George Sawision in the dust, with 970 and 661 votes respectively.

“We’ve been well behind on transit for many years in the ward,” Layton said at his victory party at the Ryze

on College Street.

Layton was pleased Doug Ford was not voted in as mayor, but expressed some concerns over new mayor-elect John Tory.

“The last time we had a conservative mayor, they tried to cut the entire tree budget...if they try that with this council, we’ll fight that,” he said.

“We need to invest in public services, to invest in the city. Hopefully, Mr. Tory agrees.”

He was disappointed Olivia Chow was not elected to the mayor’s seat.

Ward 20

Joe Cressy wins Trinity-Spadina seat in open ward battle JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com In a wide open battle for Ward 20 (Trinity-Spadina), voters have elected Joe Cressy to council.

Cressy was the early favourite in the race, which featured a total of 22 candidates. He was known in the community for his advocacy work, including time spent working on environmental issues at the Polaris Institute, stints as a board director at The Stop Community Food Centre and Social Planning Toronto and work on Olivia Chow’s ‘I Heart Public Transit’ initiative.

Cressy was also known to residents for his unsuccessful bid to replace outgoing Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow in a June byelection.

He ran as a New Democrat in that race and was defeated by Liberal Adam Vaughan, who had served as

Ward 20 councillor prior to running federally.

“In the last year, I’ve learned what it feels like to lose and now I have a sense of what it feels like to win,” Cressy said addressing his supporters.

He cited affordable housing as one of his top priorities within the ward, vowing to speak out for residents who struggle to meet the city’s high market rental costs.

“We have a wait list in this city of 180,000 people (for affordable housing.)

“Ward 20 is one of the fastestgrowing wards in the city and we have to look at our opportunities to put in place some affordable housing.”

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ayor-elect John Tory must quickly prove he’s a wise choice. More than 60 per cent of eligible Torontonians went to the polls on Monday and elected Tory by a six-per-cent margin over rival Doug Ford.

This signals at least a temporary end to the Ford reign in Toronto, but it wasn’t enough of a victory to suggest Torontonians have denounced any Fordian influence.

In fact, 36 of 37 incumbent council members were re-elected, suggesting Torontonians are happy with their representation at a neighbourhood level – there’s just a different expectation of the person seated in the mayor’s chair.

Tory must achieve significantly better results working with the same councillors who set a dysfunctional tone of civic government during the past four years.

Tory has a small window our view to establish his credibility. So see him build some quick Time to build let’s consensus on SmartTrack or a consensus on similar transit plan, and convince various levels of government and transit potential other funding agencies that the plan will stick and it is the will of Torontonians.

Tory must quickly prove he has the ear and the interest of both provincial and federal governments.

We’d like to see quick signs from the province and the federal government that Toronto’s future issues are a priority befitting the economic engine of the province and there’s no trepidation dealing with – and believing in – the new administration.

Tory has been given the keys to the city. If he can unlock the door and present a bright future, Toronto will reach its potential as a place to live and grow, with smart plans for development catching the eyes of a global marketplace.

If he doesn’t, there’s an alternate view in the brothers Ford, who still hold influence in city politics and will be quick to point out any Tory misstep.

Forgive us for breaking into a baseball analogy: Two years ago, the Toronto Blue Jays brought some fresh all-star faces to their lineup, building anticipation of great things to come.

It took only a limited number of games to realize that team was not going to be a winner, despite all the promise. Toronto can’t afford to fail.

We will see what happens next. But we need to see it quickly.

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John Tory has his work cut out for him It has been a long wait – a really long wait, for everyone involved.

For John Tory, Monday night’s victory in the hardfought 2014 mayoral election must be like a glass of water after a walk in the desert – finally, a win for a politician who has gamely put his name forward for office so many times, and so many times missed out.

And for Toronto, it is a different kind of relief.

The pillow, finally removed from our collective face, while improbably there is still breath left in our lungs.

The Ford years are done, at least for now.

The city government can turn away from what was understatedly called the “distraction” of the Ford brothers.

We don’t need to spend time attempting to parse the mayor’s barely veiled bigotry, the awful banality of his drug problem, the drama (and melodrama) of

david nickle the city his sticker-baron family.

And the Tory years, whatever they may become, have begun.

They will, of course, contain challenges. But those challenges are not so great as that.

Tory has made much of a need to unite Toronto council as a primary task.

It is unlikely he will have much difficulty in doing so, at least in the short term.

Council has over the past year had a crash course in uniting itself, and maintaining a relatively calm demeanour as it goes about the business of government.

His bigger challenge, as he alluded to in his speech Monday night, will be in uniting Toronto – or more to the point, keeping united those voters who gave him a chance to govern.

It is a definitive mandate, but not an unequivocal one as many voters who might have supported Olivia Chow’s unabashedly progressive mayoralty moved to Tory’s side for fear of a Doug Ford mayoralty.

So it is not likely that the whole of Tory’s support feels, for instance, that SmartTrack and the Scarborough subway are the best way to do transit.

As those two things formed the centrepiece of Tory’s campaign it is unlikely he will abandon them, and he shouldn’t: a promise is a promise.

But he would do well to embrace elements of Chow’s platform as regards to housing and perhaps childcare.

He hinted in his speech that Chow might yet have a role in the work of the city.

It would be good to consider this.

Tory will also have to consider the many people who did not support him,

but voted for the Ford brand in spite of everything.

That is a sizeable portion of the city that rejected both him and any sense of progressive value.

Politically at least, Tory will have need to reach out in that direction.

One way he might do so is heed what seems to be a growing coalition of Scarborough councillors, and move to kill the remaining LRT lines on Sheppard and Finch (the one all-too-achievable element of Doug Ford’s transit plan).

He’ll certainly feel the pressure to do so, even though he is on record supporting the lines.

And that will be the hard thing for Tory: reigning in this new, strong council when it gets an idea in its head.

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Brockton Village’s McCormick Park gets its own ‘little free library’ HiLARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com

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McCormick Park at Brock Avenue and Middle Street is the location of a Little Free Library, where residents can take and return a book.

It took a bake sale, eight months and one determined member of the Friends of McCormick Park to get it, but it is here. Brockton Village finally got its own official Little Free Library and it sits comfortably near a tree at Brock Avenue and Middleton Street in McCormick Park.

“I’ve seen adults and children going to use it every day this summer,” said Lindsay Somers, the woman behind getting the little library installed.

“It’s been a real joy to watch it be so loved.”

American Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin came up with the idea. He wanted to pay tribute to his mother, a former teacher, by building a little library shaped like a schoolhouse. In 2009 he put it up in his yard with a ‘free

books’ sign and it was a hit with the neighbourhood.

Five years later there are more than 15,000 registered Little Free Libraries across 62 countries, according to its website.

Interested communities can choose from 20 different styles of Little Free Libraries from one shaped like an iconic British red phone booth to some that resemble a barn.

The cost ranges from around $200 to $800 with a neighbourhood building party kit that comes with four libraries for just under $1,000.

The concept is simple, if you take a book be sure to swap it with one of your own that you’ve already read. Take a book, leave a book.

Somers, who is a self-proclaimed avid reader, said she saw the website a few years ago and thought it would be a good idea for the neighbourhood, and of course for

herself.

“I wanted it personally for my own use. I thought if I would enjoy it, other people in my community would enjoy it for their own use, too.”

She had already accomplished putting a bocce ball court in the park by raising money through a bake sale and thought, why not do the same to get the Little Free Library.

Sh e ra i s e d t h e $ 4 0 0 needed to buy the wooden box already pre-assembled from the website and also had enough extra money to buy some brand new books.

When the little library was installed by the City of Toronto’s parks department, Somers contributed books from her own personal library.

Since then she’s had stacks of books in her home waiting to be added to the library, but every time she checks to see

if it needs replenishing it’s always been full.

“I haven’t seen those (original) books at all, they’ve totally cycled through. I go to the unit every week and new books are always coming in. It’s wonderful, it’s a great system,” said Somers, a Brockton Village resident herself.

The area also has two other little libraries on Delaney Crescent, one on the front yard of a home and another on the curve of the street. But Somers doesn’t mind, it’s not as if they’re in competition with each other, in fact, it’s the opposite, the more the merrier.

“I love that our little Brockton Triangle neighbourhood is becoming the free little library neighbourhood.”

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Halloween Monster wHalloween Mash at the Liberty Grand

this year is all about the music.

Halloween Monster Mash on Oct. 31 will have three different rooms pumping out three different sounds from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex, 25 British Columbia Rd. Prizes will be given to the best costume. Tickets are $49.50 and are available at www.ticketweb. com. Visit www.libertyhalloween.com pumpkin parade at Park wMcCormick

The McCormick Pumpkin Parade takes place Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the west side of the park.

Bring your pumpkin and light it up. The pumpkins will be collected the following morning by the city. Hot drinks and snacks will be available at the new McCormick Park Container Cafe.

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The 10th annual Pumpkin Parade is ready to light up Sorauren Park.

The parade is set for Saturday,

Nov. 1 at sundown, approximately 6 p.m., in Sorauren Park, at 289 Sorauren Ave. Participants are encouraged to bring their jack-o-lanterns to the park and line them up along the path.

Patrons can expect upwards of 2,000 lit pumpkins.

For more information, visit http:// soraurenpark.wordpress.com Learn about Parkdale history Nov. 5 The Parkdale Public Library is hosting a History of Parkdale Wednesday, Nov. 5.

The history session will be hosted by Bart Poesiat, a community organizer and former resident of Parkdale, and runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

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Junior Citizen of the Year Awards It’s time to call for nominations for the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards.

Every nominee will receive a certificate of nomination from his local community newspaper editor.

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to your community newspaper or the OCNA office by Nov. 30.

As many as 12 individual final recipients may be chosen as Ontario Junior Citizens of the Year and will be announced Jan. 23 at www.ocna.org You will receive a letter acknowledging receipt of your n o m i n a t i o n by the third week of January, otherwise, email jr.citizen@ocna. org Visit www.ocna.org/ juniorcitizen Movie Nights at Parkdale Library Parkdale library will be hosting Movie Nights Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m. until February.

Call 416-393-7686.

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Toronto police 14 Division is looking for crossing guards across the city including three positions in Parkdale.

The job requires a commitment of three hours a day before and after school as well as during lunchtime.

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als can either go to 14 Division, 350 Dovercourt Rd. and fill out an application, or they can call Andrea Tristao, the school crossing guard coordinator, at 416-808-1439.

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Ossington Avenue business owners form Toronto’s 78th BIA Hilary Caton hcaton@insidetoronto.com It’s official. The Ossington Avenue Business Improvement Area (BIA) has formally chosen its first board members.

Business owners from the Ossington strip from Queen Street West to Dundas Street West gathered at the Lower Ossington Theatre Wednesday, Oct. 22 for its inaugural annual general meeting (AGM) to choose the 10 board members that will make up the 78th BIA of Toronto.

“This is exciting,” said Nicky Potter, the owner of the Painted Lady at 218 Ossington Ave. and one of the BIA’s 10 new board members. “I’m so glad this is coming together so nicely. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be a part of it (the board). I wanted everyone to have an opportunity to put their name forward, but I’m glad I’m on board.”

Jamie Angell of Angell Galleries at 12 Ossington Ave. also became a board member Wednesday night and said he plans to bring his expertise to the board.

Angell said he was a member of the steering committee for the West Queen West BIA when it was first officially formed in 2005.

“I hope to bring marketing and promotion expertise.

As a small business owner and as a gallery owner, I’ve got a lot of experience with marketing and promotion,” Angell said.

“I also want to make sure things start off slowly, but surely. I think everyone is enthusiastic, but you have to make sure you have your clear goals on what you want to achieve and that’s a great beginning.”

Angell said he’s looking forward to sprucing up the avenue with similar aesthetics that have worked for the West Queen West BIA, such as lighting and planters along the street.

“It took a while (to get them), but it really unified the area it’s something to make it cohesive.”

Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina Councillor Mike Layton, who is the automatic 11th member of the board, also stopped

Staff photo/HILARY CATON

Members of the the Ossington Avenue BIA include James Pentland, left, Linda Nguyen, Paul Boehmer, Nicky Potter, Stephanie Drabik, Ken Georgopoulos, Sean Bryan, Kate Ferguson, Thanos Tripi and Jamie Angell.

by the inaugural meeting to area. Details of where it will offer his support, share in the be and who will paint it will excitement and thank steerbe decided in the new year when the board can start ing committee members for working on official BIA matmaking the BIA happen.

“The expectation is this ters, which include choosing group is the voice for the busia chair, vice-chair, secretary nesses on the street,” Layton and treasurer. said to the room of about 15 However, Potter wants to hit the ground running a lot business owners.

“If you want to see some sooner and start planning change on the street we (the for future projects as early councillor’s office) are here as next month with board to help make that happen. members. ...I’m excited about the ideas “What we want to execute that have been circulating and right away is planning to do look forward to help pulling cool stuff because it takes a lot of time to plan these things,” them off.”

The BIA got approval from said Potter, who is excited Toronto council this summer about getting a street festival and is the 11th BIA to be ready in time to coincide with created in Ward 19 Trinitythe 2015 Pan Am Games in Spadina.

Toronto.

To help the meeting run “We really want to make a smoothly, Ron Nash, a staff splash this summer.” member from the City of Toronto’s Business Improvement Area office, was on hand to help with protocol and the technicalities of the meeting, including helping pass the BIA’s first proposed budget Applications for Early French of $59,012.

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If you’re looking for a scare this Halloween, there are plenty of places in the city to find one MARK A. CADIZ mcadiz@insidetoronto.com

Several apparitions have been spotted over the years: the ‘White Lady’ described to have long hair and a flowing robe wails on the third floor...

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n the city’s 180-year history, Torontonians have encountered a myriad of unexplained phenomena. From the urban tales of Fort York to the Ghost of Glendon College, Toronto has amassed its fair share of paranormal activity.

And with Halloween on Friday, The Villager has decided to share seven eerie sites and ghostly accounts with its readers: 1) Queen’s Park Legislative Assembly of Ontario Known for its Richardsonian Romanesque style and light reddish facade, Ontario’s Legislative building, situated in central Toronto, a known site of unexplained phenomena.

Before the building was constructed in 1886, a female asylum nicknamed the ‘University Lunatic Asylum’ due to its proximity to the University of Toronto, stood in its place.

Several apparitions have been spotted over the years: the ‘White Lady’ described to have long hair and a flowing robe wails on the third floor, the ‘Maiden’ apparently holds her apron over her face; and a woman hanging from a hook has been sighted in the tunnels running beneath the building.

2) Fort York Fort York, one of the first British settlements in Toronto, was a deadly site during the War of 1812. Many invading Americans were killed by a massive explosion ignited by the fleeing British. It is said a mass grave was built for the dead, but no traces of it have been found.

With such a long history, it’s no surprise that Fork York is one of the most haunted sites in the city, according to the sheer number of reports from visitors and staff.

Numerous accounts have been reported about seeing a redcoated guard by the barracks and front entrance. Another popular story recounted by a staff member involves the Officer’s Quarters. One night while closing up, the staff member observed a light coming from the quarters. As he made his way toward the building, he said he could see figures gathered around a dining table. The closer he got to the building the fainter the apparitions became, and once there, any trace

- The tale told of several ghosts seen at Queen’s Park Legislature (left), thought to have been women who were patients at the female asylum that stood on the grounds prior to 1886.

File photo/NICK PERRY

suddenly fainted in the same spot.

of what he thought was a dinner gathering was gone.

3) Colborne Lodge Built in 1837, Colborne Lodge, situated in High Park, was home to John and Jemima Howard.

Jemima died of cancer in 1877.

In the early stages of her illness, Howard became extremely concerned about his wife’s behaviour and wanted to have her admitted to an asylum, but his request was denied. Eventually he confined her to her room, concerned for her safety. It is said she spent most of her days looking out the window and still does to this day.

4) Old Finch Road Scarborough Old Finch Road in Scarborough is said to be a site of several haunted tales but the most notorious of them all is about a young lady who was murdered near the site and her body left in the Rouge River in the early 1980s.

Ever since then the area is said to be haunted. The case remains unsolved.

5) Montgomery’s Inn Situated in Etobicoke, Montgomery’s Inn was built in 1830 by husband and wife Thomas and Margaret Montgomery. They ran the inn successfully for 25 years until Margaret’s

death in the mid-1850s. Since then, it has been converted to a community museum where there have been a number of unexplained occurrences reported.

One tale circulating refers to a school trip involving a young girl.

During the tour her teacher realized the girl was missing and went to find her. Apparently the girl said she couldn’t move, saying it was like someone was holding her dress.

Eventually she managed to rejoin her classmates.

Even stranger, years after the school trip, another member of the same family who visited Montgomery’s Inn is said to have

(John Howard) decided to confine (Jemima) to her room, concerned for her safety. It is said she spent most of her days looking out the window and still does to this day.

- The story of Colborne Lodge in High Park, and Jemima Howard (photo seen at left) who suffered the effects of cancer and was restricted to her room.

File photo/IAN KELSO

6) Ghost of Glendon College Most York University students are familiar with the legend of the Ghost of Glendon College.

Prior to its university status, Glendon was a residence for the Edward R. Wood family. The Wood family estate was entrusted to York University, and since then, many students living on the campus have reported apparitions of a lady wearing white wandering the garden.

It is also said this same mysterious woman has appeared in photographs taken in the garden.

Students speculate that maybe a woman from the Wood family has taken refuge on the grounds, most likely Wood’s wife Euphemia, who died in 1950.

7) The Old Don Jail The controversial old Don Jail, in the Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street area, was completed in 1864 and is a site infamously known for its 34 hangings. The Don Jail served as the holding point for both male and female prisoners and was the last site where executions took place in Canada after capital punishment was abolished.

Over the years there have been tales of spirits occupying the premises. One tale circulating is about ‘The Lady of the Don,’ a former inmate from the 1890s who hung herself with bed sheets. Several guards have reported seeing an angry, ghostly figure with blond hair wandering the main rotunda area.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE HAUNT? Tell us where you go in the city to get into the Halloween spirit. Send an email to letters@insidetoronto.com

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Ootes leads Tory’s transition team Road Sweeping Operation Toronto & East York District Transportation Services is getting ready to perform sweeping operations on the streets of Toronto & East York this fall.The purpose of the sweeping is to collect leaves that fall, naturally, onto the street.

All streets will be swept on two occasions.The operation will continue until November 28, 2014.The map shows the area where the sweeping operation will take place.

Please do not rake leaves onto the roadway or sidewalks from your property. City by-law officers will be enforcing the City of Toronto by-law that relates to the use of streets and sidewalks. Raking leaves onto the roadway is a by-law offence and could result in charges being laid. It is an offence to store, place or dispose of material, including fallen leaves in such a way that it may enter onto a street by any means, including wind or water. In addition, raking, blowing, placing or dumping leaves onto City property (sidewalk, roadway, catch basins, etc.,) can create dangerous conditions, cause flooding on the roadways or on property or cause accidents.

Here’s how to put leaves out for collection: Use reusable containers (any rigid open-top container such as a garbage can, bushel basket, green plastic yard waste bin– no lids) or kraft paper yard waste bags.

Put leaves at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled yard waste collection day. Check your collection calendar for your yard waste collection schedule and more helpful hints.

Sorry, no plastic bags: The City does not collect leaves and yard waste in clear plastic bags or Halloween-themed plastic bags. (If you use these decorative bags, please empty the contents into one of the approved containers listed above before placing out for collection.

Ways to reduce the amount of leaves you put at the curb for collection: Feed leaves to your backyard composter now, plus stockpile leaves to add as dry material during the winter.

Here’s what the City collects as yard waste: Leaves, plant/tree trimmings, weeds and brush. Branches measuring less than three inches or 7.5 cm in diameter should be tied in bundles no longer than 4 feet or 1.2 min length and 2 feet or 0.6 m in diameter. Pumpkins and waste fruit from trees in your yard are also accepted.

Sorry, we can’t accept: Soil, sod, grass clippings, logs or tree stumps.

For more information on yard waste, please call 311 or visit us at www.toronto.ca/compost/yardwaste.htm If you have any questions about the service, call 311

DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com John Tory spent his first day as Toronto’s mayor-elect gathering a stack of binders explaining his new roles — and talking with reporters as storm-clouds rolled over Nathan Phillips Square.

“It’s when you sit down with the city manager and many others, you get seized of the responsibility you have,” said Tory as he began a lengthy questionand-answer session with reporters the morning after voters asked him to be the successor to Mayor Rob Ford.

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... voters have sent a message that is abundantly clear.

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“You know I feel a strong sense of public service that goes with being in this job.

As you see the roster of issues out there, you understand its importance.”

Tory won’t take office for more than a month, but after taking a couple of days off, he will get down to the business of setting up his office, choosing his executive committee and ordering the agenda for the coming months.

He also announced his Transition Team leader, former city councillor Case Ootes, who will be assembling other advisors and “We lost our keys at a hockey game helping Tory hit the out of town, including our ground running when expensive-to-replace smart key for the he’s sworn in Dec. 1.

Ootes will be releascar. Our War Amps key tag did its job ing a work plan for when our keys were returned to us last the Transition Team week by courier, much to our relief.”

– which will be work– War Amps supporter ing out of temporary The Key Tag Service – it’s free and offices in city hall – it works. Nearly 14,000 sets of this week. lost keys are returned every year.

Tor y insisted he had not spoken to any councillors as to their role in the new council.

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city together throughout his mandate.

“I think the one thing that I know more so than anything else is going to bring the city together is results,” he said. “If people see transit being built... jobs... their finances organized...they are going to have more confidence in one Toronto.”

It was less than 24 hours earlier that Tory won the mayoralty with more than 40 per cent of the vote. He was trailed by city councillor Doug Ford and former MP Olivia Chow, the one-time front-runner who finished a distant third.

The evening seemed a closer race than many expected at times, as Tory and Ford seemed locked in a race with as little as 12,000 votes between them at one point and around 20,000 at various times.

There was no nailbiting in the hall at the Liberty Grand when Tory emerged to supporters, following an upbeat, well-produced campaign video apparently made for the event.

“Tonight, voters have sent a message that is abundantly clear,” said Tory.

“Voters want their elected officials to get down to work on the priorities that matter most to them... better transit, more jobs, an end to the gridlock that is choking our streets.

“And the electorate has spoken on one other issue: Torontonians want to see an end to the division that has paralyzed city hall in the last few years.

“And to all of that, I say: Toronto, I hear you. I hear you loud and clear.”

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Liberty Village violist Teng Li performs with New Orford String Quartet HILARY CATON plv@insidetoronto.com After five years together, the New Orford String Quartet is looking to shake things up this November by adding violist Teng Li to their Toronto premier of Journal: String Quartet No. 2, a new work

by Canadian composer Tim Brady.

“I was very honoured that they asked me to play a concert together,” Li said.

“It’s a great piece and the second viola part has a lot of nice moments as well.”

The Liberty Village resident became principal viola for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the age of 21 and has been for the last decade.

She’s performed internationally with orchestras in Munich, Shanghai as well as the National Chamber Orchestra, the Canadian Si n f o n i e t t a a n d E s p r i t Orchestra.

New Orford String Quartet violinist Jonathan Crow, who calls Roncesvalles Village home, said Li was asked to

join the quartet as a featured guest artist at two of their upcoming concerts, the first Sunday, Nov. 2 as a part of the Mooredale Concert Series at the University of Toronto’s Walter Hall and another in July 2015.

She will be playing during the Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K.516 by Mozart.

“She’s our star for the show,” Crow said.

Li is no stranger to group members either.

Both Li and Crow play at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra together, along with Eric Nowlin. Li is the principal viola, Crow is the leading first violin player and Nowlin is the assistant principal viola.

The other two members of the quartet are violinist Andrew Wan and cellist Brian Manker. Both Wan and Manker play for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

Naturally, this can make scheduling practices a bit challenging.

Crow said they try to put together their orchestra

Staff photo/HILARY CATON

Jonathan Crow, left, is a violinist with the New Orford String Quartet. Liberty Village resident and violist Teng Li will be performing with the quartet on Sunday.

schedules and set aside 10 to 12 weeks a year to do about 40 concerts as well as schedule practice times.

The time spent together, albeit short, is a good thing, he said.

“We all like each other and we mostly get along well. Also, we don’t play together all 52 weeks of the year, which in a way is a very healthy thing,”

Crow said. “...We have our separate musical lives.”

The quartet gets its name from the original 1965 Orford String Quartet, one of Canada’s best known musical ensembles formed out of Quebec’s Orford Arts Centre.

But after more than two decades of success, and 2,000 concerts on six continents, the

group disbanded in 1991.

“It’s one of the great string quartets of all time, for sure,” said Crow, of the original quartet.

“It’s very well known, with a beautiful sound. It’s very orchestral and there are a lot of different colours, textures and sounds to it.”

According to Crow, the group made sure it got the blessing from original members Andrew Dawnes, Terrence Helmer, Marcel Saint-Cyr and the widow of Ken Perkins before they became official.

“They were unanimously supportive of something that would continue the work that they’d done and continue the tradition,” Crow said.

“The ‘new’ is the distinction, so we’re not trying to take their fame, they’re still known for what they did.”

The group’s self-titled debut album was released in 2011 on Bridge Records and featured the final quartets of Schubert and Beethoven. The album was such a success, it was nominated for a Juno

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The quartet plays a diverse range of music that mixes in some of what the original Orford Quartet would play, such as Beethoven pieces and some 20th century Canadian composers.

“Diversity. It’s something we believe in strongly and not always doing the same things in the concert,” he said. “We like doing songs people don’t necessarily know and giving them a chance to know it.”

Sunday’s performance Sunday’s performance marks the quartet’s second Mooredale Concerts appearance since its debut in the series in October 2012.

There will also be a onehour interactive performance called Music & Truffles for children five years old and up. Attendees get a truffle at the end of the concert.

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Two hoops tournaments planned >>>from page 1 clubs, leagues and associations for sports development projects that encourage people from diverse backgrounds to learn and play sports together, to introduce or establish a new sport, reenergize existing sports programs and build sport volunteerism through skills and development training.

The contest was created by the City of Toronto’s social development, finance and administration division and is part of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games Host City Showcase program.

The program includes 28 projects with long-term community benefits, such as new and expanded community activities and cultural celebrations, new sport and recreation programs and economic development and tourism initiatives.

Game On! has two phases. The first is public voting and the second involves a panel of judges chosen

by Game On!, who will choose the winners in January. The sport proposals with the most online votes and best judges’ scores will receive funding.

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eligible for a $50,000 prize.

According to Dolma, the money will fund the two tournaments they’re planning – one for boys and one for girls. There will also be mix and mingle events organized for all participants that include training sessions on violence prevention topics, leadership through sports, networking, mental health and diversity. The money will also employ two youth sports coordinators that will help execute and

organize the tournament.

The video was written, produced, shot and edited by about 15 youths who make up the YATAV. Although the tournament is for both sexes, Dolma said she is hoping for the tournament to have a bigger impact on immigrant female youth, who are often shy about joining a sports team.

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The Gentlemen’s Expo will open its doors to the gentlemen and gentlewomen of the city at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from Nov. 14 to 16.

Entering its second year, the expo has broadened its vision of manliness to a more refined status than its opening year.

Co-founder Settimio Coscarella thinks the time is right for such a show that appeals to today’s modern man.

“In the last 10 years men’s tastes have definitely changed,” Coscarella said. “We wanted to create a show that provides content that guys could be proud of, putting together the best ensemble of brands and experiences we can so the guys of Toronto could have a show to call their own.”

The expo, of which insidetoronto. com is the presenting sponsor, will be spread over 100,000 square feet at the convention centre and will cater to a range of men’s interests from tasting some of the best craft beer in the city to browsing the latest in fashion.

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He falls into the modern category himself, and his company Dude Living Refined is a business that specializes in interior design for men.

“I focus on refining a guy’s space with masculine flair, which are women-approved,” Snider said.

“You want the designer to reflect your character.”

Snider’s said his design services appeal to men entering their late 20s and early 30s who go out less and prefer to entertain their friends and family at home instead.

“Often these guys want to spend more money on their home and need help and advice to decorate their space,” he said.

The Gentlemen’s Expo will pack a celebrity punch with former threetime Welterweight Champion UFC champion Georges St-Pierre, former Toronto Maple Leaf Gary Roberts and ex-Dragon’s Den personality Bruce Coxon all making appearances.

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High Park Buckthorn Busting WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Grenadier Cafe, 200 Parkside Dr. CONTACT: www.highparknature. org, stewards@highparknature.org COST: Free Many people are needed to help us remove buckthorn, a highly invasive shrub that competes with native plants. It’s a great way to make a difference while taking out your frustrations on aggressive flora that had it coming. Meet in front of

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Company’s roots in Liberty Village Unique pop-up clothing boutique set >>>from page 1 next route for the service, which started as a crowdfunded endeavour – seats for the October Liberty Village run were booked through online donations – will also be chosen via an online vote.

Options for new routes are available to vote for via the company’s website.

If any of the routes under consideration – a shuttle service from The Beach to Union Station currently leads the voting – receives 500 votes, Chang said a service could be in place within a week of the result. He also promised customers will get to reserve seats via mobile phone, check out online bus notifications and other improvements.

Visiting London “Right now we’re focusing on building the technology and making sure we have all the applications in place so when we get up and running full-time, everything

for Nov. 1 at Parkdale United Church JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

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A route from The Beach to Union Station is the current leader for the crowdfunded transit alternative, Line Six.

will be a lot smoother and work without us having to be there every day,” he said last Friday morning from London, England where he was consulting with transit professionals about the company’s next steps.

Ev e n t h o u g h C h a n g envisions a future where Line Six buses criss-cross the city serving outer suburban neighbourhoods as

far-flung as Scarborough and Etobicoke one day, he said the company’s roots will remain in Liberty Village.

“Liberty Village is where we started, and we care about that community,” he said. “If we open an office it will be there.”

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An innovative, global concept that provides free clothing to homeless and under-resourced people will be setting up shop in the hall and courtyard of Parkdale United Church, 171 Dunn Ave., at King Street West, Saturday, Nov. 1.

The first-ever Toronto Street Store, a program that started earlier this year in Cape Town, South Africa, will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

HeART: Toronto Artists for Community, a growing collective of artists in the Toronto and surrounding area that aims to connect and collaborate on initiatives to help make a difference in the community, is organizing the unique one-day pop-up clothing boutique.

“I saw a video and felt inspired to do this,” said Kate Drummond, a schoolteacher-turned-actress from the midtown area who is spearheading the effort, during a

recent interview.

“I knew Toronto would benefit from something like this.”

Less than a month ago, Drummond reached out to her friends for help to put on the Toronto Street Store and within days a dedicated team came together.

Mann Casting, at 93 Berkeley St., provided storage space for the donated items.

“I knew it was going to be a big undertaking. It’s literally an army of volunteers making this possible,” she said, adding the Street Store is an amazing way to bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots in our community.

“This started off as this little vision and it grew and grew and grew. … This is more than just a pop-up store for the homeless. It’s something that has caused a ripple effect in the community.”

Drummond said she hopes the idea will catch on and inspire others to organize more pop-up Street Stores.

In recent weeks, the members of HeART have collected thousands of items of clothing from people across Canada.

Organizers now have so many donations that they’re currently only accepting winter coats and baby clothes.

“It’s unbelievable generosity. I have literally been in tears for the past three weeks,” said Drummond.

Aside from leaving with a bag of clothing, shoppers will also be leaving the Toronto Street Store with a goodie bag of toiletries and other treats, all donated anonymously by individual and corporate donors.

Some have also donated household goods, which along with any leftover clothing, will be donated to the residents of Leslieville’s Red Door Family Shelter.

A second Toronto Street Store event is already in the works for the spring.

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