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BIRCHMOUNT GYMNASTICS HOSTS FRIENDSHIP MEET

The Birchmount Gymnastics Centre hosts its 11th annual Friendship Classic Meet this week. The meet starts Thursday, March 21 and runs through until Sunday, March 24. Some 600 athletes between the ages of seven to 18, and another 100 coaches are expected to take part in the meet that will feature more than 20 teams from across the province. Disciplines to be competed in will include beam, floor, bars and vault. The Birchmount Gymnastics Centre is at 1800 Birchmount Rd. For more info, call 416-292-4110.

Malvern Resource Centre AGM SLATED Local residents are invited to attend the Malvern Family

Resource Centre’s annual general meeting this week. The meeting takes place this Thursday at the Malvern Recreation Centre, 30 Sewells Rd., from 6 to 8 p.m. Those planning on attending are asked to RSVP by calling 416281-1376, ext. 0.

Woburn Collegiate 50th anniversary gala Woburn Collegiate Institute will celebrate its 50 anniversary with a gala in May. The Party With A Purpose is set for Saturday, May 4, at the Ontario Science Centre from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets to the event are $90 and will help raise funds for school scholarships and initiatives. Woburn Collegiate is located on Ellesmere Road, just east of Markham Road. For more on the school’s 50th anniversary celebrations, visit www.woburnci50th.com

Acoustic Harvest hosts Song Circle Acoustic Harvest celebrates with the Toronto Friday Night Song Circle, a fundraiser set for April 20 at 8 p.m. The Song Circle is a gathering

for group harmony singing. With an emphasis on participatory songs, the singing is acappella or enhanced with sensitive instrumental accompaniment. There is often a jam session during the latter half of the evening. Cost for the event is $22 for adults and $20 seniors. It takes place at St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. For more info call 416-2642235 or visit www.acousticharvest.ca

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Birchmount Bluffs youth arts grant The Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre’s Youth Drop-in program recently announced it was the recipient of a $10,000 arts grant. Made possible through The Intact Foundation, the grant money will go to the centre’s Youth Media Arts Project.

Math-E-Litics event at Stephen Leacock C.I. Scarborough students are invited to take part in the Math-E-Litics Competition later this month. The Scarborough event takes place Sunday, March 31, at Stephen Leacock Community Centre, 2520 Birchmount Rd., from 2 to 6 p.m. The competition will be in three categories: sub junior (for Grade 6/7); junior (for Grade 8/9); and senior (for Grade 10/11). Prizes will be awarded and there is a registration fee of

Fundraising gala for Moeen Centre Tickets are now on sale for the annual fundraising gala for Scarborough’s Moeen Centre. Located on Kennedy Road, the centre serves physically disabled and developmentally challenged young adults. The gala is on Saturday, May 11, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Senator O’Connor Catholic Secondary School, 60 Rowena, in the Victoria Park and Lawrence avenues area. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for those 12 and under. For more info, visit www.moeencentre.org

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FILL IT UP: Above, Ashleigh Jones serves coffee to customers at Ted’s Restaurant Saturday morning. The restaurant re-opened following recently completed renovations to the business, which has been operating in the Highland Creek community for 60 years. Left, owner Randy Zhang at work in the kitchen.

Hospital specializes in breast reconstruction MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com After Mei Ling (Diana) Liu had a cancerous tumour removed from a breast in 2009, she found she did not “feel comfortable at all,” even while doing housework. “I don’t walk straight. I don’t feel like myself (during) that time,” she recalled earlier this year. Liu happened to see Dr. Sarah Wong on television. “This is a young doctor I could talk to” Liu remembers thinking, and in 2010 at age 46, she met Wong, a surgeon at The Scarborough Hospital, to talk about a technique that could reconstruct the North York woman’s breast using tissue from her own body. In 2011, Wong performed the surgery, called a DIEP free flap, at TSH’s General campus. “Now I feel very happy. I feel like I’m not a cancer patient anymore,” Liu said. The hospital hosts a Breast

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Dr. Sarah Wong, performs a ‘free flap’ breast reconstruction surgery. The Scarborough Hospital is the only one in Ontario performing the procedure.

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“It’s the one that’s the hardest to do and it’s the one that not many people are doing,” said Wong, explaining the procedure as basically “a transplant to yourself” using spare skin and fat on the abdomen. “It feels natural. It grows old with you,” said Wong, unlike artificial implants, which some women reject and “don’t know when you turn 80.” Breast implants are much easier to get, she said, while wait times for the reconstructive technique are terrible - generally two years in the Greater Toronto Area even if a patient is ready for the operation.

TSH, though, has begun to specialize in reconstructive breast surgery. The wait to see surgeon there about a free flap is six weeks to six months, and patients can typically have the surgery two to three months after they meet with Wong. Many surgeons weren’t supportive of breast reconstruction when Wong started at TSH, but there’s been a shift in thinking. Instead of telling postmastectomy women “just be happy you’re alive” and concentrating on physical healing, surgeons want to help improve their mental state as well, she said. “I’ve got women as young as 27, 28 in my practice,” said Wong. “They’re not grandmothers; they want to wear a bikini, want to breast feed.” Cancer Care Ontario is recognizing reconstruction as a higher priority, and in the last two years it’s become more

common to do a patient’s breast cancer surgery and her reconstruction in “one shot,” Wong said. LOW PERCENTAGE But the fact remains less than 20 per cent of Canadian women with mastectomies choose to have reconstructions of any kind. The percentage is higher the U.S., where insurance companies in recent years have had to pay for reconstruction. For those women who don’t speak English or who have lower social status and in Scarborough there are many - getting access to such surgeries is harder, said Wong, adding that’s why the hospital’s breast sessions are also in Mandarin, Cantonese and Tamil. If women decide not to have reconstruction done, that’s fine, she said. “It’s very different if they

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don’t know.” Liu has made friends with other women recovering from breast cancer surgery. She said she tells a body after the free flap operation hurts for two weeks, perhaps a month, “but the rest of your life you can enjoy it.” One woman had a double mastectomy and didn’t want a reconstruction, Wong said, adding she believes many who refuse worry about their cancer coming back, or think, “I’m alive - that’s it, for my kids, for my family.” She said Wong gave her a choice between implants and the free flap, but “I prefer to put my own things in my own body.” Liu showed the results of the operation to her son, who wants to be a doctor. “My son’s proud of me,” she said.

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Political will key to transit funding

t’s hard to argue with Toronto Region Board of Trade President, Carol Wilding, who said the time for debating how to pay for transit expansion is over. We are decades into a problem that should have been discussed generations ago. However, providing funding recommendations like those in the TRBOT’s discussion paper, A Green Light To Moving The Toronto Region, doesn’t make funding a reality. Compiled in the paper, released yesterday, revenue tools recommended by the TRBOT include a one per cent regional sales tax to generate up to $1.6 billion a year; a $1 per parking space levy also raising $1.6 billion annually; a 10 cent per litre regional fuel tax bringing in as much as $840 million; and a road toll for high-occupancy lanes charged at 30 cents per kilometre for single drivers who wish to use the lanes, which would generate a maximum of $45 million annually. “The debate is no longer if we need new revenue tools, but which ones,” Wilding said. “To succeed, all of us will have to contribute. All levels of government, the public and the private sector.” All revenue raised is to be our view earmarked for transit expansion. Great. And if managed properly – and transparently – the We are nearly $5 billion annually for decades into transit building would more than the $2 billion Metrolinx transit woes double says is needed each year for the $50 billion Big Move plan. The numbers are impressive. These are all worthy recommendations – but it all comes down to the increased taxation of people and the willingness of levels of government to impose such taxes. We’re a far cry from any government having that courage and despite the board’s assurances, from understanding what the public would accept. The Board of Trade discounted using devices such as property tax or income tax hikes to fund transportation, citing them as revenue sources for municipal governments – and always under consideration to increase to keep municipalities afloat. Whether in the form of a straight-out tax, a levy, or toll the end result is the same - money comes from the pockets of residents. We have said many times that we will get the kind of transit we pay for. Very true. Ambitious recommendations are needed. After all the region is losing $6 billion dollars in productivity annually. But is there a political will to carry any of these recommendations forward?

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Massive key chain takes toll on back I threw my back out last week due to some heavy lifting and I’m still walking a little gingerly today. I’d like to say the injury happened carrying a massive Boston Bruin defenceman on my back the entire length of the ice en route to depositing an overtime game-winner. But alas, it was nothing quite that glamorous. I got it from lugging around what just might be the largest key chain in captivity in my right back pocket. I’m talking enough precious metal to keep a silver mine in the black until the next millennium. The embarrassing thing is that outside of the two keys on it that I actually use, the rest haven‘t been in a keyhole since seemingly the first millennium. Take the key to our quaint family cottage up north, for example. We sold that place ages ago. And the guy who bought it from us

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immediately tore it down and built a solar home. That key opens nothing. Yet, here it remains. Next to that one is the key to a bike lock. A lock that was stolen, along with the bike, back when I was in university, I do recall. Still, I can’t seem to part with it for some reason.

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Next to that one is the key to a bike lock. A lock that was stolen, along with the bike, back when I was in university, I do recall.

And those are but two of my collection of inoperable, outmoded keys. My key chain is a veritable who‘s who of what‘s this. Such as the key to our snowmobile, long since

sent to the scrap heap. How I even ended up with that one I have no idea. I wasn’t allowed to drive it, for heaven’s sake. The key right next to it has me scratching my head even more. It’s for the shed. Which shed? I couldn’t tell you. We never had a shed. In fact, I don’t recall ever even being in a shed in my life. That doesn’t stop me from toting it around, mind you. I just like saying shed. And I like having a key to a shed even more. I also have one key on the chain that is a complete mystery to me. What’s more, on the face, it distinctly says: “Not to be copied,” yet I have four more just like it, all in different colours and arranged in a neat little row. For what it’s worth, I made the original key the captain of the four duplicates. And that’s just for starters. I have a plethora of other obsolescent keys too numerous to mention in a

column, but I will leave you with my absolute favourite: the key to my trusty guitar case. The guy who sold me the guitar told me to never lock the case. He said he didn‘t know why they even made guitar cases with locks in the first place. So he advised all his customers to throw away the key upon purchase, lest they lock the case one day by mistake and accidentally misplace the key. I didn’t take his warning to heart, of course. You know me, I just can‘t bring myself to part with any keys. So I keep it right here in its cosy little spot on the chain, snug as bug on a rug with all the others. And the irony of it all? Somewhere along the line, I lost the case.

Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. His column appears every Tuesday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca

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Reality will eventually force area’s transit issue

f one side of Toronto’s transit debate has a mantra against new taxes and tolls, while the other side is in survival mode at Queen’s Park with a huge deficit, is there any chance for transit investment? Actually, there is. Take out the posturing and mischief-making, work out transit goals based on demographics, select only what city hall can enact on its own without financial distress, and there remains a significant ability to build transit, should Toronto Council wish to do so. Toronto has a bundle of appropriate revenue tools that can raise substantial sums for transit without enraging large sections of the population. For example, although it has the ability, Toronto does not levy charges for development at high enough rates to maintain public infrastructure. It could also charge differing rates for specific areas. By not charging at replacement cost and assessing one rate citywide, council created a huge shortfall. Bringing these rates to cost recovery levels and targeting areas with individual rates will bring in large revenue flows. Similarly the city can raise funds against forecasted higher property

david soknacki beyond the headlines taxes around transit nodes. Or it can use fees from extra development densities for transit, sell air rights, levy zone-based fares or even tax parking spaces, an item currently under consideration. The point of this very short list is that when council eventually decides to act on its own, it will be able to raise hundreds of millions of dollars without making the city uncompetitive, polarizing residents or ruining its balance sheet. Basic choice Council then has a basic choice: whether to fund a transit plan, or to argue about ideals. So far the argument is more concerned about being right than building new transit. On one side, Ontario’s premier speaks of needing a “conversation” to secure an unspecified “revenue stream” for subways and light rail. On the other, our mayor says, “I don’t think the people are ready for a tax yet.” If the debate continues to bounce between two extremes, new transit construction will remain a dream. Fortunately, reality will

force the issue. We can start with the observation that Toronto has the ability to pay for surface light rail, buses and streetcars. Or it can fund very limited subway expansion. But not both. On its part, the provincial government is aware that transit use no longer follows traditional commuting patterns, and so needs a regional solution. Surprisingly, this challenge is approached similarly by the provincial Liberals and Progressive Conservatives. Both believe that Metrolinx, the province’s regional transit authority, ought to be responsible for subways, light rail and regional rail. To break out of the endless argument about paying for subways, expect both parties to levy taxes and user fees, which will be funnelled through Metrolinx. That leaves the need to manage and grow Toronto’s network of buses and streetcars, which is just the type of transit that city hall already has the expertise to run and ability to pay for. Once council reconciles itself to the obvious, it can get busy building our next generation of surface transit.

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whatever resources are needed to enforce the existing Scarborough bylaw. It’s hard to believe the city has just become aware of this problem. Revenue Canada There are some who feel the whole situation has been quite well co-ordinated between here and overseas with the connivance of local unscrupulous operators. Does Revenue Canada have an interest in the undeclared income amassed by

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amily and friends of Jonathon Talbot will be back at the table with a fundraising endeavour in the young man’s memory this weekend. The third annual table tennis tournament in Talbot’s honour takes place on Saturday, March 23, in Scarborough. The event aims to raise awareness for organ donation and raise money for Trillium Gift of Life Network. “Our son was so involved in sports, and one of the sports he enjoyed was table tennis,” Talbot’s mother Heather said in an interview with The Scarborough Mirror. “This (tournament) is another way to honour his memory.” Talbot, 22, was a passenger in a car that crashed into a hydro pole on Hill Crescent on March 8, 2009. Taken off life support He passed away two days later after being taken off life support. But his organs and tissues live on in at least four people. Talbot, known to friends as Jon T, was a fourth-year kinesiology student at York University with dreams of becoming a teacher or a firefighter. He was also a popular lifeguard and swimming instructor at the Scarborough YMCA and also worked as a bike technician at Sportcheck at the Scarborough Town Centre. Heather, a retired school teacher, said one of her It’s wonderful to fondest memories of her son was when he took her on do this, and it’s in a tour of the YMCA a week Jonathon’s honour, but before the crash. was so happy it just tears you apart. I to “Everybody see him. I felt like I was just miss him so much. walking with a celebrity,” she said. – Terry Talbot “And then we went into the Scarborough Town Centre and every person shopping, every person working in every store came running out. ... He was saying, ‘Oh, this is my mom,’ and I was just so proud.” In the years since her son’s death, Heather has spoken out for organ donation awareness and facilitates a bereavement group. “It’s still so emotional. Sometimes it feels like this has been my whole life not having him, and sometimes it feels like it just happened yesterday, especially this past week because it was March Break when it happened,” Heather said. “That whole time period of March Break is really, really hard for us so I went to a bereavement group, and now I’ve taken the training course to become a facilitator.” The bereavement group Heather facilitates serves as another way of keeping her son’s memory alive. “I get to still talk about him with new people who understand what it’s like to lose a child,” she said. “We can feel so natural. Laughing is OK. You’re allowed to laugh with them and cry with them.”

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Donation decision difficult Heather said the decision to donate her son’s organs and tissues was difficult. “You think about, ‘Oh, they’re going to cut into him,’ and

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Heather and Terry Talbot hold a frisbee printed with a picture of their late son Jonathon. Jonathon Talbot, who was an avid Frisbee player, died as a result of injuries he sustained in a car crash in March of 2009. A table tennis tournament in his memory will be held this Saturday.

I didn’t like that.” Heart valves, a lung, a liver and two kidneys were donated; since then, the Talbots have received letters from some of the recipients. “It’s bittersweet getting these letters. But they’re really cherished,” Heather said. Table tennis idea The idea of a memorial Ping-Pong tournament came in 2010 when Talbot’s parents met a liver recipient who mentioned she had won a gold medal for table tennis in the Canadian Transplant Games, the Olympics for organ recipients. When the Talbots told her their son also loved the sport, the woman suggested they create a tournament in his memory. Talbot also enjoyed cycling, baseball and ultimate Frisbee. His friends produced 150 Frisbees bearing his photo. Talbot’s father Terry, also a retired teacher, vividly recalls his son’s last Ping-Pong match.

“The Tuesday before (the accident) I said, ‘Jon, how about some table tennis?’ He said, ‘I could do that.’ And on that Tuesday we played 10 games. He beat me seven out of 10 games. And that weekend he was gone.” Terry has mixed emotions when discussing this weekend’s tournament. “It’s wonderful to do this and it’s in Jonathon’s honour, but it just tears you apart. I just miss him so much.” The tournament begins at 9:30 a.m. at J.S. Woodworth Senior Public School, 120 Sedgemount Dr. The event is hosted by Trillium Gift of Life Network, Canadian Transplant Association and Scarborough Kings Table Tennis Club. For more on this Saturday’s tournament, please call 416265-8930. For more on the Trillium Gift of Life Network and organ donations, please visit www.giftoflife.on.ca

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clean train coalition meets The Clean Train Coalition will update the public on its ongoing court battle against Metrolinx to derail the Union Pearson Express air rail link. Legal counsel Saba Ahmad will discuss the progress of the coalition’s appeal of a recent Ontario court decision upholding Metrolinx’s plan to run diesel trains along the ARL at an event on Wednesday, March 20. CTC wants the line elec-

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trified in time for the link’s 2015 opening. As part of the verdict the group was ordered to pay $30,000 in court costs to Metrolinx. The meeting takes place at Indian Road Crescent Public School, 285 Indian Road Cres., at 7 p.m. To register email info@thewestbend.ca

Commuter advocacy group TTCriders is holding a town hall on Wednesday, March 20, and has invited some of the transit commission’s top brass to take part. TTC CEO Andy Byford and chief customer officer Chris Upfold will respond directly to commuter feedback during Transit Talk at Metro Hall, 55 John St. To register for the free event, visit www.ttcriders.ca

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more charges laid in attack A Toronto man faces more charges in connection with a violent incident at a transit station. On Feb 1, Cassim Cummings allegedly grabbed a man by the neck at Finch station and choked him before uttering threats. Cummings is also accused of an assault at North York Centre station Feb. 12. The new charges were announced when the 20-yearold appeared in court Mar. 12 for a bail hearing stemming from his arrest in late February for allegedly stabbing a man in the neck on a train near Davisville station.

Looking for a career change? Metrolinx and the city’s department for employment and social services are cohosting a transit construction information session Thursday, March 21, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at COSTI Immigrant Services’ Weston office, at 35 King St. near Lawrence Avenue West and Weston Road. Attendees can learn about opportunities through GO Transit’s Georgetown South expansion. To register, call 416-397-0155. Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column runs every Tuesday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Successful You! 4 Week Series WHEN: 5:30 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Malvern Family Resource Centre Women’s Place, 31 Tapscott Rd., Unit B6 CONTACT: 416-293-4664, sbenn@mfrc.org COST: Free Women’s Place is hosting a series for women who are seeking careers. Look at the skills you already have and turn those into a career that you will love. Starts today. Registration required.

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Job Search Workshop WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: On-Track Career & Employment Services, 1371 Neilson Rd. CONTACT: 416-2835229, Space is limited-registration is recomended COST: Free Learn successful job search techniques; how to access the hidden job market and cold calling tips. Chronic Pain Self-Management WHEN: 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre, 3333 Finch Ave. E. CONTACT: Elsa Uy, 416493-3333, elsa@splc.ca COST: Free Topics: Effective ways to deal with chronic pain, fatigue and depression; Setting up exercise and healthy eating plans; Ways to feel better and do more of the activities you enjoy;

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Craft Sale WHEN: During mall hours from today to March 23 WHERE: Parkway Mall, 85 Ellesmere Rd. CONTACT: St. Jude (Wexford), 416-755-5872 COST: Free The Church of St. Jude (Wexford) is hosting a craft sale featuring handicrafts, knitting, crocheting, and handmade Easter items. The craft sale is taking place at Parkway Mall during mall hours. Caregiver Education Workshop WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre, 3333 Finch Ave East CONTACT: Elsa Uy, 416 493 3333 ext 227, www. splc.ca, elsa@splc.ca COST: Free This session will address what is healthy in caregiving and what is not. It will look at ways we can maintain our own health while caring for others. Strategies for achieving healthy caregiving will be emphasized. The Women of Troy WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Leigha Lee Browne Theatre, 1265 Military Trail CONTACT: http://wot-utsc.eventbrite.ca/, ahercules@utsc.utoronto. ca COST: Tickets: $10; $8 (students/ seniors), $5 (group 10+)

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Container Gardening 101 - Workshop WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Taylor Memorial Library, 1440 Kingston Road CONTACT: Randi Shulman, 416-661-6600, rshulman@trca.on.ca COST: Free Toronto Green Community and Toronto and Region Conservation host workshop on how to grow fresh vegetables. Includes a hands-on soil demonstration. Bring a clean yogurt or margarine container. Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.scarboroughmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your Scarborough neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

The Women of Troy, Euripides’ timeless indictment of the cruelties of war as seen through the eyes of the women and children who are its innocent victims. Directed by Paula Sperdakos and featuring senior Theatre & Performance Studies students at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

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Films and Fun WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Albert Campbell District Library, 496 Birchmount Rd. CONTACT: Albert Campbell District Library, 416-3968890, COST: Free This month’s film is the romantic comedy, Letters to Juliet. Set in Verona, Italy. PG, 1 hr. 45 min.

Saving Lives - CPR and First Aid WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, 33 East Rd. CONTACT: Sue, 416-6944081 COST: $15 City of Toronto’s Save City Program teaches Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Opportunity to practice the skills on mannequins. Wear comfortable clothing and come prepared to do some hands-on learning.

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Tax Clinic for Low Income Earners WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: First Alliance Church, 3250 Finch Ave. CONTACT: Lucy Liu, 416-494-3269, office@firstalliancechurch.org COST: Free

Low income earners with a maximum household (gross) incomes of either $25,000 for Individuals, $30,000 for single parent (add $ 2,000 per child) or $35,000 for families (add $2,000 per child). This service is by appointment only. Indo Canadian Seniors Club, Scarborough Holi Festival WHEN: 4 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Scarborough Village Community Centre, 3600 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: Jaycee Singh, 416 292 2662 jaycee_singh@hotmail.com COST: Non Members pay $5 including dinner The festival of colours marks the arrival of spring. It is celebrated with music, dance and colours fostering friendship and a sense of community. Saturday Night Dance WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Birkdale Community Centre, 1299 Ellesmere Rd. CONTACT: Jim, 416-267-6621 COST: $6 Everyone welcome

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Agincourt Chess Club WHEN: Noon to 6 p.m. WHERE: L’Amoreaux Community Centre, 2000 McNicoll Ave. CONTACT: Alex Knox, 416-264-6466 COST: Free Enjoy a casual game of chess every Sunday. No tournaments, teaching or fees.

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>>>from page 1 has warned the city will face health-related costs if a casino opens downtown. Brantford is an Ontario city whose residents voted narrowly during the 1990s to approve an OLG-run casino in their community, while Toronto’s residents voted against casinos. Thompson said the 11 a.m. forum next Saturday will take place in a common area of the mall, which is on Ellesmere Road at Victoria Park Avenue.

Man, 72, charged with murder >>>from page 1 that they can but they can’t do what is needed for some of these patients with the kind of staffing numbers and staff mix that they have.” The Canadian Union of Public Employees has also called for a coroner’s inquest. Police said they were called to The Wexford Residence at 1860 Lawrence Ave. E. for an assault in progress at 11:16 p.m. Wednesday. “When we got there, we arrested a 72-year-old man, and we discovered a 72-yearold woman with injuries and she was VSA (vital signs absent),” Toronto police spokesman Const. Victor Kwong said. “She was pronounced (dead) on scene. And we also had a 91-year-old woman with injuries, and she was taken to hospital.” Joycelyn Dickson, the 72-year-old woman, is the city’s 12th murder victim of the year.

A police source said a cane was the weapon used in the attack. The accused and the two victims were residents of the nursing home, police said. In a press release Friday, CUPE Ontario secretarytreasurer Candace Rennick alleged concerns had earlier been raised about the violent behaviour of the male resident involved in this incident. But in an inter view Monday, Rennick declined to elaborate. “I have to defer to the ongoing homicide investigation and say that those details will come out in due course, so we’re not able to comment on that point any further.” Rennick said residenton-resident violence is not uncommon in nursing homes. “It is directly related to not having enough staff on hand,” she said. “We are calling on the provincial government to

introduce a guaranteed staffing standard and the funding commitment to back that up.” RNAO is also demanding that Premier Kathleen Wynne include in the upcoming budget “a substantial increase in funding” for nursing staff in long-term care homes. Wexford Residence, established in 1978, is a non-profit long-term care facility with about 165 beds. “We’re all shocked,” said a resident who identified himself only as Peter. “It’s a good home. We’re getting well looked after here.” Wexford Residence executive director and CEO Sandy Bassett wouldn’t comment on the incident when reached by phone Thursday. She did issue a written statement to the media later in the day. “We have had a tragic incident here last night involving three of our residents. Our thoughts, prayers and sympathy go out to the

Joycelyn Dickson, 72, died after being attaced by a man Wednesday night at the The Wexford Residence. A 72-yearold man, who also lived at the nursing home, was charged with murder.

residents and their families,” Bassett wrote. “We want to reassure all family members that our residents, tenants and staff are safe and secure. We are cooperating fully with the police and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in the investigation. As the investigation is on-going, I

am unable to provide any details.” Peter Roy Brooks, 72, is charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault. Police are asking anyone with information to call the homicide squad at 416-8087400 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.

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The 8th Annual SOUP’ER SATURDAY If you love soup or just want to try something new, come to the 8th annual Soup’er Saturday soup tasting contest. Cast your ballot for your favourite soup as you sample soups from various Scarborough Restaurants, in our community. While you are here, make sure you get a raffle ticket for some great prizes!

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OCNA junior citizen honours LOCAL YOUTH HONOURED: At left, OCNA Junior Citizen Award nominee, Sahar Shamsi, with Scaborough Mirror Editor-inChief, Peter Haggert. Shamsi is involved in groups inside and outside school, including being head of the Charity Club at her high school. She continues to maintain an overall average of 90+ and be in The Principals’ Award circle. At right is another Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year nominee from Scarborough, Kevin Vuong. He is one of the student leaders who took charge of the Dr. Norman Bethune Chamber Music Ensemble this summer when the supervising teacher fell ill. They continued to perform for seniors across five venues in the Greater Toronto Area.

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Bernie Lubell speaks at McCarthy gallery Speaker Bernie Lubell visits the Doris McCarthy Gallery Wednesday, March 27, from 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. The San Francisco-based artist’s interactive installations have evolved from his studies in psychology and engineering.

He has been exhibiting internationally for more than 30 years, with works that include a phone boothconfessional communications network, simulations of the human heart and brain, and a cooperative knitting machine. The gallery is at UTSC, 1265 Military Trail Butterfly’s final wM.weekend on stage Scarborough Theatre Guild presents M. Butterfly at the Scarborough Village Theatre. The play continues to Saturday, March 23. Performances are March 21 and 22. Matinee is March 23 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18. To order, call the box office at 416-267-9292.

Koreen simon’s photos on display Local artist/photographer, Koreen Simon, in partnership with Scarborough Arts Council presents The Urban Nature Collection at Agincourt library until March 26. The display features animals in their natural habitat. For more details, please call 416-396-8950. The library is at155 Bonis Ave.

art of self wthe promotion March 27 Making a Living. Making Art. The Art of Self-Promotion event takes place Wednesday, March 27, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The three-hour round table event will see industry experts talk about the art of self-promotion.Presented by Neighbourhood Arts Network, Scarborough Arts and The S.P.O.T. Admission is free. Food will be served.The S.P.O.T. is at 30 Sewells Rd. art submission wTPL deadline is April 5 Toronto Public Library provides space for art exhibits which reflect the diverse cultural interests of the city and its neighbourhoods. Artists are invited to submit work for exhibition at one of 13 library branch locations. Artists or groups of artists selected to exhibit will pay a $20 (plus HST) exhibition fee at the time of installation. Deadline for submission is April 5. Call 416-393-7224 or email artexhibits@torontopubliclibrary.ca for more info.

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RAISING EPILEPSY AWARENESS: Robert Cook, right, meets with Scarborough Centre MPP Brad Duguid, and Scott Cavalier to promote Purple Day. On March 26th Purple Day events in Toronto and across the country will help raise awareness about epilepsy.

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SCARBOROUGH ICE RAIDERS NOVICE 6 DIVISION SATURDAY, MARCH 23 ◗ Powder Blue vs. Maroon (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 8 a.m.) ◗ Royal Blue vs. Black (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 9 a.m.) ◗ Teal vs. White (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 10 a.m.) SATURDAY, MARCH 30 ◗ Royal Blue vs. Teal (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 8 a.m.) ◗ White vs. Powder Blue (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 9 a.m.) ◗ Maroon vs. Black (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 10 a.m.) MINOR MIDGET DIVISION TUESDAY, MARCH 19 ◗ Hoult Helliwell vs. Carson Electric (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 6:20 p.m.) ◗ Scotia Bank vs. DTB Electric (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 6:35 p.m.) TUESDAY, MARCH 26 ◗ Carson vs. Scotia Bank (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 6:20 p.m.) ◗ DTB Electric vs. Hoult Helliwell (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 6:35 p.m.) JUVENILE DIVISION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 ◗ Scotia Bank vs. DTB Electric (Don

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Sean Wontorra of West Rouge Sports rushes down the ice checked by Metal Bendz players Andrew Weert and Satchel French in West Hill minor hockey midget round-robin playoffs Sunday morning. Final score of the game was 3-3.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 ◗ DTB Electric vs. Corstar (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 8:35 p.m.) ◗ Scotia Bank vs. Gervais Party Rentals (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 8:50 p.m.) ◗ Crestex vs. CGI (Don Montgomery Arena, 2467 Eglinton Ave. E., 9:45 p.m.)

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WEST HILL MINOR HOCKEY NOVICE WHITE DIVISION SATURDAY, MARCH 23 ◗ Team 5 Gray - Caravan Kids vs. Team 6 Powder Blue - Caravan Kids (Heron Park Arena, 292 Manse Rd., 1:10 p.m.) ◗ Team 4 Red - Caravan Kids vs. Team White - Metropolitan Commercial Realty (Heron Park Arena, 292 Manse Rd., 2:15 p.m.) ◗ Team 1 Black - Caravan Kids vs. Team 3 Gold - Caravan Kids (Heron Park Arena, 292 Manse Rd., 3:10 p.m.) NOVICE BLUE DIVISION SATURDAY, MARCH 23 ◗ Team 8 Black - Caravan Kids vs. Team 9 Gold - Caravan Kids (Heron Park Arena, 292 Manse Rd., 8:15 a.m.) ◗ Team 11 Green - Caravan Kids vs. Team 12 Powder Blue - Pace Consulting (Heron Park

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Scarborough’s Tyler Toffoli hits the ice with Kings Tyler Toffoli, 20, played his first National Hockey League game last Saturday, helping the Los Angeles Kings defeat the San Jose Sharks 5-2. Toffoli, who first started playing in the Scarborough Hockey Association and who started out in high school at

Birchmount Park Collegiate (before moving to play for the Ottawa 67s), did not get on the scoreboard. In 13:20, he managed one shot, two hits and one blocked shot. Los Angeles was slated to host the Phoenix Coyotes last night.

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PETES’ D’AGOSTINI WRAPS UP SEASON

Andrew D’Agostini and his Peterborough Petes had their drive for the playoffs fall one game short when they lost the last game of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) regular season on Sunday 5-2 to the

host Brampton Battalion, the final goal into an empty net. The Petes, who dug a huge hole to start the season, ended with 59 points in ninth place. A win would have vaulted them into seventh place past both the Mississauga

Steelheads and the Kingston Frontenacs who both finished with 60 points. D’Agostini, who attended Neil McNeil Catholic High School, feeding in from Precious Blood Catholic School on Pharmacy Avenue, is noted for his volunteer work

in Peterborough, particular with Cystic Fibrosis Despite being on a nonplayoff team, he posted the best stats of his career, finishing 11th best in the OHL with a 3.24 goals-against-average (GAA) and a .911 save percentage.

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Target-mania is hitting Toronto, with three Target stores opening in the city today and another coming soon. East York, North York and Etobicoke will be the first to welcome the American retailer. At 8 a.m. this morning, stores opened at East York Town Centre, 45 Overlea Blvd., Centrepoint Mall, 6600 Yonge St., and Cloverdale Mall, 250 The East Mall. A t 8 a . m . T h u r s d a y, March 28, Target will open at Shoppers World Danforth, 3003 Danforth Ave., just west of Victoria Park Avenue. The four stores are expected to be open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays. The store openings follow the pilot opening of three

stores earlier this month in Guelph, Milton and Fergus. “ Welcoming the first Canadian guests at our pilot stores was a great moment for all team members at Target,” said Tony Fisher, president of Target Canada. “We have learned quickly from the results of our pilot stores and are committed to delivering on Target’s ‘Expect More. Pay Less.’ brand promise as we approach our grand opening in early April.” The Toronto stores will join 17 others opening this month throughout southwestern Ontario. Target is using the stores’ ‘soft openings’ for testing ahead of grand openings in early April that will officially announce the company’s Canadian arrival. Most of the stores will feature Starbucks outlets and in-store pharmacies. In total, Target plans to open 124 Canadian stores this

year. The company is being tight-lipped about the store openings. In January 2011, Target officially announced it was spending almost $2 billion to purchase up to 220 Zellers locations, effectively buying out the Canadian retailer. Target selected 189 locations, some of which were sold to Walmart Canada or other buyers, with the majority reopening as Target stores. Much publicity has surrounded Target’s Canadian expansion. The Minneapolisbased company operates 1,784 American stores, famous for selling affordable designer-label clothing collaborations and stylish products, along with everyday home and grocery items and more.

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Progressive Conservative MPP Frank Klees talks transit in Agincourt.

Dalton McGuinty and now Kathleen Wynne, have proven untrustworthy to taxpayers, said Klees. During the speech he pointed out recent prominent Liberal spending scandals like ORNGE, eHealth and the recent cancellation of two gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga – the cost of which the Liberals say is $230-million but critics say it is much more – along with the near $12-billion provincial deficit as evidence the

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port one. “We’re hearing from people that they’re up to their ears in taxes and we believe before we increase the tax burden we need to look internally where savings are,” said Klees, who did not go into specifics as to how much cost-savings could be achieved. Scarborough-Agincourt Councillor Mike Del Grande attended the meeting and was invited by Klees to make some brief remarks. The former budget chief for Mayor Rob Ford repeated his call for a Scarborough subway and said the planned 14-kilometre Sheppard LRT was a political decision foisted upon Scarborough residents by downtown politicians. “In Scarborough we’re a different breed,” said Del Grande. “We’re very polite and we pay the price.” Rather than a street-level light rail vehicle traveling in a dedicated lane from Don Mills Station to Meadowvale Road along the middle of Sheppard

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record. “I believe we are putting a very strong alternative to the government of today,” he said of his party led by Tim Hudak. Another attendee said she was disappointed by the evening which was billed as an opportunity for residents to express their thoughts about transportation, but became more an opportunity for Klees to espouse the Progressive Conservative’s election platform. Copies of the party’s policy “White Paper” were also available at the event. “I agreed with what he said, but I wanted to hear more specifics about subways and road infrastructure,” said resident Christina, who didn’t want to give her last name. Local provincial PC candidate Liang Chen, who will run in the next election against incumbent Liberal Soo Wong, introduced Klees.

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