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PARKDALE FILM AND VIDEO SHOWCASE OFFERS SHORT FILMS BY PARKDALIANS The 17th annual Parkdale Film + Video Showcase offers the community the chance to view films by people who live or work in Parkdale, or whose work touches on issues important to the west end. Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/parkdalefilms WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The showcase will play 12 shorts under the theme “Close to Home” on various topics.

DEBUNKING THE FOOD BANK MYTH A myth that those who rely on food banks are lazy or have made bad choices is absolutely not the case, say leaders in the fight against hunger. Staff/Metroland FEATURE: Pages 12 and 13

BABY BOX CO. LAUNCHES PROGRAM TO DISTRIBUTE BABY BOXES TO NEW MOMS The program is free but it features an educational component. In order to receive a box, parents are required to complete ‘Baby Box University,’ which is comprised of a series of videos on such topics as lactation and post-partum depression among others. Dan Pearce/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/babyboxco WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The program is designed to provide all children an equal start in life.

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TORONTO’S FIRST PERSON INFECTED WITH WEST NILE VIRUS HAS BEEN REPORTED Toronto Public Health said laboratory testing confirmed a resident in the city has tested positive for West Nile virus. Two probable cases of the virus have also been reported are under investigation. Stock image FULL STORY: bit.ly/firstwnvto2016 WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read how you can protect yourself from mosquito bites and the virus.

DOING BUSINESS WITH CITY HAS A COST: SOCIAL GOOD TO BECOME A REQUIREMENT Any company looking to do business with the city will have to do some social good as a part of their contracted work. And it will be easier for smaller companies in a position to do that work to get city contracts. David Nickle/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/socialgoodto WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: The move is part of the city’s poverty reduction strategy. See how it will help communities.

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Everybody loves Raymond. If Raymond Cho, victor in the ScarboroughRouge River byelection based his candidacy on anything, it was this, and not policies of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Benjamin Priebe/Metroland

Toronto Hydro customers will soon start receiving their electricity bills each month, as all electrical utilities in the province switch to monthly billing. Submitted image

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MANIFESTO FEST TO CELEBRATE SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE The Manifesto of Community and Culture Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary and promises 10 jam-packed days worth of creativity. Founded in 2007, Che Kothari and a group of Torontonians who love the arts brainstormed ways to build a space for the arts and culture community. Submitted photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/manifestofest WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: This year’s 10-day festival from Sept 9 to 18 features a giant downtown concert and market.

TEEN IN RECOVERY AFTER CUT WITH KNIFE IN LARGE CROWD IN PARKDALE A teen girl is recovering after she suffered a serious cut in Parkdale Tuesday night, Aug. 30. Emergency crews were called to King and Dufferin streets for a stabbing at 10:41 p.m. Toronto Paramedic Services spokesperson said the victim received “a serious but non-life-threatening cut” and was taken to hospital.

TERRY FOX RUN RETURNS TO TORONTO’S HIGH PARK TO RAISE CANCER AWARENESS The Terry Fox Run in High Park on Sunday, Sept. 18 is just one of more than 9,000 happening across Canada. The event is accessible to anyone. There is no entry fee; no minimum pledge. Participants can run, walk, blade or bike to raise funds. Metroland file photo FULL STORYE: bit.ly/highparkterryfox WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Registration begins at 8 a.m. The run can be completed between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the park.

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email Tragically Hip broadcast at Sorauren Park magical Did I miss something or did Parkdale Villager fail to report on an amazing event held at the Sorauren Park Town Square on August 20th? The Friends of Sorauren Park played the CBC broadcast of the Tragically Hip’s last concert to a peaceful crowd of about 2,000 people. It was magical. The F.O.S.P. should be thanked and commended on organizing and orchestrating such a wonderful, community building evening. Susan Vandendam

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It’s fair to say they supported Councillor Mary Margaret McMahon’s idea with a fair bit of enthusiasm. Why shouldn’t they? Toronto’s wildly over-budget renovation of Nathan Phillips Square has proven to be a hit with the tourists – aided by the considerably lesscostly giant glowing TORONTO sign that landed on the north side of the skating rink / reflecting pond thanks to the 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games. And our weird old City Hall itself is both a civic and a science fiction icon; the now 50-year-old Star Trek television series used postcard images of the two curving towers and saucer-shaped council chamber as backdrops in more than one episode. A gift shop is the least that City Hall should have, and maybe it will have a bit more. Just under a year ago, Toronto councillors approved a plan to look into building a modestly scaled municipal museum at the eventually liberated Old City Hall just across the road. A bit further afield, councillors will soon be setting the wheels in motion to build a fantastically expensive park near King and Spadina, and another one on Richmond Street. Austerity, at least for the moment, seems a thing of the distant past. It won’t, of course, stay that way for long, as the city gets back to the quotidian business of budget-setting. Mayor Tory is asking for big cuts to spending across the board – 2.6 per cent – in service of an old-fashioned inflationary property tax increase. And that means that however weary we might be, of a city limited by austerity – that is the place we will be heading again, before we know it.

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The opposition to the provincial Liberal government is calling Ontario’s hydro prices the highest in North America.

Every so often it sneaks up on you and smacks you in the ear: Toronto, at least the amalgamated one we live in now, was founded on a myth of nothing grander than austerity. The provincial government forced the amalgamation of the five cities and a borough with old Metro Council with the promise to save tax dollars. Mel Lastman, the first mayor, got elected with the promise to freeze property taxes. Toronto’s newly elected council argued for a while whether it made sense to move from Metro Hall into Toronto City Hall, then once they moved spent considerable time arguing about selling Metro Hall. Twice-weekly garbage collection in North York became a distant memory. Free recreation programs in the old City of Toronto became unaffordable and the city started charging for them. And, as we were reminded Tuesday morning at the September Government Management Committee, the old City of Toronto’s gift shop closed its tiny doors. I was there at the time and barely recall the decision. Pam McConnell, who was among the 56 councillors who made up the first amalgamated Toronto Council and prior to that had sat on the old Toronto Council, said that it was cut by then-budget chief Tom Jakobek, as an unaffordable frivolity. The gift shop was another casualty of the dour mindset into which young Toronto was born. Well, frivolity has come back into vogue under Toronto’s fourth mayor, John Tory – and on Tuesday, the committee voted to see what it would take to open another shop for tourists at City Hall.

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Vendor Tony Neale sells produce at his stand during past seasons of the Sorauren Park Farmers’ Market. This year the market continues to take place Mondays and features different events and vendors. Metroland file photo SEPT. 12, 3 to 7 P.M. MORE INFO: bit.ly/mondaymrkt CONTACT: WWW.WESTENDFOOD.COOP

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SORAUREN MARKET OFFERS ONTARIO GROWN PRODUCE RIGHT IN THE CITY

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Cooking demos, presentations, new products and food that may just change your mouth’s mind.

Two main stages, midway rides, classic car show, community dance stage, buskers and more.

All styles of swing dancing plus performances. Music: East and West Coast Swing, Latin Hustle.

Toronto Bicycle Music Festival takes place at Evergreen Brickworks.

Find household items, clothes, shoes, kitchen utensils and books at this yard sale.

SEPT. 9 to 11, VARIOUS HOURS MORE INFO: bit.ly/veggiefestto CONTACT: INFO@ HARBOURFRONTCENTRE.COM

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Sweets and treats for sale along with a chicken and rice lunch takeaway for $5.

Top Chef Masters chef takes street meat to a whole new level at The Drake Hotel.

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Enjoy the fall colours in Toronto’s famous 139-year-old Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Feature: Inuit Piqutingit (What Belongs to Inuit). Films screen second Thursday of each month.

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VIGIL REMEMBERS ‘EVERYBODY’S GRANDMOTHER’ PEGGY ANN SMITH The community, including one of her grandchildren pictured above, came together to remember Peggy Ann Smith, who was shot to death late last month. Police are looking for two men in her death. Staff/Metroland FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/peggyannsmith WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read about the well-loved community member and what people are saying about her.

NATURE LOVERS SAY TRCA OVERREACTED WHEN LOCAL WETLAND DRAINED The Toronto Region Conservation Authority started emptying Reesor Wetland in Scarborough in April because of a damaged earth berm, and the structure was in danger of collapse. “We made the decision to drain it completely because it was compromised. It was a question, in my mind, of public safety.” Mike Adler/Metroland

ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS Buy a paper door for $2 at The Home Depot. Money will be given to various charities. Dan Pearce/Metroland FULL STORY: bit.ly/depothelp WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn how else it will help.

FULL FEATURE: bit.ly/wetlanddrain WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read the TRCA’s side and why people are upset about the timing.

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CLOSES KING STREET FOR SEVERAL DAYS

King Street will close through TIFF’s first weekend to allow for the creation of a Festival Street between University and Spadina avenues, to be accessible only by pedestrians. Metroland file photo FULL FEATURE: bit.ly/TIFFking WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn about the changes and when they will take place.

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The food that is needed at food banks is the same that families want to serve at their dinner table. It’s healthy, low sodium, low sugar, and protein-packed. “There’s a lot of food insecurity awareness around fall and Christmas,” Noble said. That’s why September’s Hunger Awareness Week is timely and important. “It helps raise awareness before we enter our busy season,” Noble said. Pam Jolliffe, interim executive director of Food Banks Canada, a national charitable organization that supports a network of provincial associations, affiliate food banks, and food agencies working at the community level to relieve hunger, said hunger is a symptom of people living in poverty. “It’s a persistent problem – unacceptable in a country like Canada,” Jolliffe said. “Most food banks started 30 years ago as a short-term solution. Unfortunately, they’re still here many years later.” Overall, food bank use has increased by 26 per cent since 2008. Alberta is suffering economic difficulty because of the sputtering oil and gas industry. So many Albertans are out of work, Jollife said. The government has been taking steps to help families out of poverty, she said, citing the new child tax credit, and changes in support to seniors, as well as the ‘Canadian Poverty Reduction’ strategy; however, more steps can be made. “We need Canadians to speak up, to press the government for better policies,” Jolliffe said. For further information or to make a food or financial donation, visit www.foodbankscanada.ca, www.northyorkharvest. com or www.dailybread.ca

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Campaigns, such as Hunger Awareness Week, which takes place Sept. 19 to 23, help bring attention to the issue of hunger in Canada, and sees food banks across the country hosting events to highlight the work they do and the experiences of Canadians who are assisted by them. Yet, hunger, pointed out Nyberg, is not just a week in September, it’s here all year. She encourages everyone to make a food donation by dropping off items at the nearest fire hall or grocery store. Daily Bread also benefits from companies like Loblaws that have strict rules regarding expiry dates. Food that gets turned away from chain stores can go to food banks, Nyberg said. The North York Harvest Food Bank is the primary food bank for northern Toronto. Last year, it distributed more than 2.3 million pounds of through 77 community programs. Since the recession in 2008, food bank use in the inner suburbs has increased by 45 per cent, according to executive director Ryan Noble. He points to the high cost of real estate coupled with stagnant wages and fewer employment opportunities as some of the reasons for the increase. “People find themselves in food insecurity because of job insecurity. We live in a very rich city in terms of financial and food,” he said. “It’s when housing systems and job systems break down that there’s a problem.” Food bank users are getting a small supply of food so that their money can stretch further, Noble said. For the average user, once rent and utilities are paid for, all that’s left is $4.51 a day, he said. Through its partner agencies, North York Harvest Food Bank also provides clients with further support, such as job skills, settlement services, and housing. The food bank, Noble said, “gives us a captive audience to understand what the root causes (of poverty) are.”

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