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YOUTH FESTIVAL FUN: Andre Vashist demonstrates how to dance ‘Gangnam Style’ for a group of contestants during the Scarborough Youth Festival on Saturday in Albert Campbell Square.

Baby delivered on side of highway ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com It was a special delivery. A baby boy was born at the side of the highway in Scarborough on Friday. Dad made the delivery in a taxi on Hwy. 401 near McCowan Road with the help of emergency medical dispatcher Christy Crowley, who gave instructions over the phone. The baby appeared within

two minutes of Crowley getting the call at around 8 a.m., but it felt a lot longer. “Dad was obviously very nervous. He kept asking: Are they (paramedics) coming, are they coming?” Crowley said. “Then once the baby was breathing and crying and everybody was together, dad felt a little better so I asked him the baby’s name and how is mom and how is dad...and he sounded pretty happy.”

Crowley, who has been on the job for two-and-a-half years, also provided post-delivery instructions. “I told him to find a clean dry cloth or a towel, and he had a T-shirt, (to) clean out the baby’s mouth,” she said, noting she then told the new father to find a string or shoe lace to tie off the umbilical cord. Crowley then advised him to wrap up the baby and give him >>>EMS, page 18

MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com A festival to “share the happy news” of Canada’s enduring friendship with South Korea this Thursday in Scarborough will be free and open to everyone, Raymond Cho says. The three-hour celebration at the Scarborough Convention Centre in Malvern features a rare

Canadian performance by the Korean Traditional Orchestra of the Blind, a group recreating the performances seen by a 15th Century Korean ruler who employed blind musicians in his court. Cho, the area’s Korea-born city councillor, said festivalgoers will also see Filipino, Indian, Tamil and African>>>EVENT, page 18

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CHESS ◗TheAGINCOURT CLUB MEETING Agincourt Chess Club meets this Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. The meeting takes place at the L’Amoreaux Community Centre, 2000 McNicoll Ave., at Kennedy Road. Those interested in playing chess are invited to take part. There are no fees, teaching or tournaments. For more information, please contact Alex Knox at 416-4930019, after 6 p.m. CITY OFFERS PET ◗Toronto MICROCHIPS LOCALLY Animal Services will be offering mobile microchipping for pets this summer at a pair of Scarborough locations. From 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., the ‘chip truck’ will be at Scarborough Heights Park, 7 Wynnview Ct. on Wednesday, July 17; and at L’Amoreaux Park, 3159 Birchmount Rd. on Wednesday,

Aug. 14. Cost for the microchip and a pet licence is $25 for cats and $35 for dogs. For more information, please visit www.toronto.ca/animalservices. DANCE BENEFITS ◗Local SUNSHINE KIDS realtors host their annual Sunshine Kids Foundation fundraising dance this Friday. The agents put together the fundraising dance and silent auction to raise money to pay for trips and outings for children with cancer. The event will take place at the Cedarbrook Community Centre, 91 Eastpark Blvd., from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. It will feature food, dancing, live entertainment, a cash bar and prizes including a $1,000 door prize. To order tickets for this Friday’s fundraiser, call Norm at 416-522-3534.

HONG HOSTS CONCERT HELPS ROUGE ◗TheYEE ◗ SPRING INTO WELLNESS VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM The Momiji Retirement Centre Yee Hong Foundation hosts its annual Spring Into Wellness event this Saturday. The fundraiser takes place at the Scarborough Finch site, 60 Scottfield Dr. in the Finch Avenue and Middlefield Road area. It’s part of Seniors Month celebrations being held by Yee Hong, which provides geriatric care at four centres in the GTA, two of which are in Scarborough. Spring Into Wellness includes a four-kilometre walk, bazaar, car wash and penny drive. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:15 a.m. followed by activities at the centre. For more info, visit www. yeehong.com/centre/wellness.php STEPHEN LEACOCK SENIORS ◗A wall UNVEIL WALL MURAL mural created by members of a seniors’ art group will be unveiled at the Stephen Leacock Community Centre tomorrow morning. The ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. in the building located by the tennis courts, 2520 Birchmount Road. Call 416-3964040 for more info.

will be swinging with big band music to celebrate Father’s Day on June 16 when the 17 piece Swing Shift Big Band takes to the stage from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Presented by the Rouge Valley Health System Foundation the concert and dance is a fundraiser to purchase diagnostic equipment for the cardiac units at the Centenary and Pickering/Ajax Hospitals. Vocalists Dave Statham and Larisa Renee will perform with the band. Along with the concert, there will be a raffle and door prizes donated by local merchants. Tickets are $30. They are available online at www.rougevalley. ca/rvhsf. They can also be purchased at Valu Mart or Maritime Travel in the Guildwood plaza, 123 Guildwood Pkwy. or at Brown’s Flower Shop, 2851 Kingston Rd. For more info, call 416-8051283. SPOT TO OPEN ◗TheTHE AT MALVERN LIBRARY SPOT (Success Power Opportunity Teamwork), a 3,770-square-foot addition

in front of the Malvern Public Library, has its grand opening ceremonies this Thursday at 11 a.m. and a showcase of local talent at 4 p.m. Intended as a safe, “youth-led” space for residents between the ages 14 and 25, it includes a media lab, a dance studio, a recording studio and space for other programming offered to youth for free. Built by the City of Toronto and the province’s Youth Challenge Fund, The Spot opened its doors in January at 30 Sewells Road. More information is at www. malvernspot.ca DIVISION POLICE ◗The42COMMUNITY PICNIC 16th annual 42 Division Community Picnic is set for Saturday, June 8, at Burrows Hall Community Centre. The picnic features a wide variety of food, entertainment (including recording artist Kim Davis), games, activities and inflatables for children and families to enjoy. The picnic runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with opening ceremonies set for noon. Burrows Hall Community Centre is located at 1081 Progress Ave.

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Panel hears concerns over hospital’s plans MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Kathy Huang, 32 weeks pregnant and expecting to deliver at The Scarborough Hospital’s General campus in July, said she was shocked and scared to hear she may have to give birth at the Birchmount instead. “I’ve heard nothing but negative comments about that campus,” Huang told members of an exper t panel weighing a merger of TSH’s two birthing centres into a single entity at the Birchmount, where postpartum deaths of two women in recent years are still news in the Chinese community. Huang said she’d deliver at North York General rather than the Birchmount, and so did other pregnant women attending the single day of presentations to the panel Friday at the Scarborough Civic Centre. ‘DEEPLY WORRIED’ Yue Yue Chen, due to deliver in August, and “deeply worried” about the Birchmount, said expectant mothers share stories on an online forum where the General’s birthing centre is well reviewed but many mothers express concern about the Birchmount deaths, both of which TSH says were unpreventable. Chen also wondered whether a merged Maternal Newborn program will be able to accommodate all patients and whether its wait times will be longer. Such community attitudes are a headache for the hospital and the eight outside experts assembled by the Central East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), a regional health care overseer, to deal with concerns about the merger before its next

has two staff working at night, so its residential program will be greatly affected by closing the General’s birthing centre. Dr. Leah Tatum, a pediatrician with an office close to the General, said its post-partum clinics see babies in the first week of life and its pediatric clinics can help children avoid ER visits or take children out of the ER for assessment in a friendlier environment. If one campus doesn’t have Maternal Newborn, it would not have pediatricians in support, and “would have to announce to the community that children should not come to this emergency department because it would not be safe for them,” Tatum said. Need flexibility Staff photo/MIKE ADLER

Members of an expert panel considering proposed changes at The Scarborough Hospital listen to delegations Friday at the Scarborough Civic Centre.

board meeting on June 24. “Many Chinese moms think the Birchmount campus is a poor choice to have their deliveries at,” said Dr. Samuel Ko, who asked if it makes sense to merge a larger birthing centre into a smaller one where many patients don’t wish to go, and where obstetricians associated with the General, including himself, don’t want to practice. ‘Failing them’ Dr. Larissa Tam said 1,000 Chinese women each year who choose to deliver now at the General, where she is based, will not go to the Birchmount. “In the end, we’re failing them.” A merged program at the General was the first choice of leading TSH medical staff and administrators; they changed their minds to help maintain Birchmount as a campus with

a fully-functioning emergency room, the panelists were told. But the present proposal had defenders too: Dr. Nathan Roth appeared with a group of eight midwives and obstetricians from the Birchmount to support the “regionalization” of women and children’s care, saying it can be safe and is long overdue. Jocelyn Liaw, an obstetrical nurse at the Birchmount, said the campus has great potential to become a maternal specialty site where midwives can train. Though there has been “some slandering” by staff at the General, she added, “we are the related branches of one family” and may work together at the Birchmount one day. Denis Lanoue, head of a ratepayers group for the Heathwood neighbourhood near the Birchmount hospital,

said birthing and pediatrics are core services residents will need with more people moving into the area. HARM POOR FAMILIES Other delegates at the meeting, for which speakers had to register in advance, said closing Maternal Newborn at the General will harm poor families and new immigrants living in central Scarborough most. Jane Kenny, programs admission director at Rosalie Hall, which is beside the General and whose Catholic founders had a role in buying land for the hospital and building it, said she works with young pregnant women from age 12 to 21, many arriving from shelters. “We are seeing the most vulnerable of youth,” she said. She added that Rosalie Hall

Dr. Peter Azzopardi, chief of pediatrics and Maternal Newborn medical director, said the programs’ bed occupancy is sometimes as low as 30 per cent or high as 120 per cent; a hospital can’t tell women when to give birth, and needs flexibility, he said. A consultant report recommending consolidation contains a “multitude of errors,” pegging annual savings from the move at $4.4 million, Azzopardi charged, adding the actual figure is barely more than $1 million. May Ye Lee, a former TSH board member and founder of the Chinese Outreach Committee which has raised $1.6 million for the hospital, told the panelists they lack “Scarborough practical experience” and accused the hospital of “planning in a vacuum without any regard to Scarborough’s growing needs.”

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Directors of hospitals to meet on ‘integration planning’ Directors of Scarborough’s two hospitals will meet on June 19 to approve the first stage of a plan that, when completed, may recommend the merger of Rouge Valley Health System and The Scarborough Hospital. Both hospital boards will separately to vote on an “inte-

gration planning framework” written by a joint committee with membership from both institutions, plus medical and community representatives. The Central East Local Health Integration Network, a regional health care overseer for the hospitals, has ordered

a detailed “integration plan” completed by October 15, and plans to vote on this first stage on June 24 in Scarborough. The TSH board, when it meets at the hospital’s Birchmount campus on June 19 at 5 p.m., must also consider the findings of an expert panel on whether TSH

should merge its two birthing centres into a single centre at the Birchmount and whether the hospital should divide surgical services between its Birchmount and General campuses. The RVHS June 19 board meeting will be at the hospital’s Centenary campus at

6 p.m. An Ajax campus of Rouge Valley is not being included in the “integration plan,” for which the joint committee will seek public comments some time after the framework is approved. – Mike Adler

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Police are seeking help in finding a man wanted for domestic-related threatening death. Clifton O’Neil Newman, 32, is black, six-feet one-inch tall, 200 pounds, with short black hair. He has tattoos on his left arm, left forearm, right forearm and upper right arm. Newman, CLIFTON wanted for three counts NEWMAN of threatening death, frequents the Malvern area and drives a 2011 silver Dodge Avenger with Ontario licence plate BLYF 703. “He is considered violent and dangerous,” police said in a news release. Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Const. Alechia Cracknell at 416-8084200. charged in sex assault wMan

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a May 19 sex assault. Police said a man approached the victim and began a conversation in the lobby of a building near Orton Park Road and Lawrence Avenue. “Once in the elevator, the man sexually assaulted the victim,” police said in a news release. Police didn’t release the name of the accused. robbery suspects sought wBank

Police are looking for two men after an armed robbery at a bank on Saturday morning. Police said two masked men entered the Bank of Montreal at 5540 Lawrence Ave. E., near Port Union Road, at 10:15 a.m. The men hopped over the counter, produced handguns and demanded cash. A teller complied, and the robbers fled. No one was hurt. The suspects are 20 to 24 years old with thin builds. One is black and 5’8” to 5’9” tall. The other is 5’10” to 5’11” tall.

Anyone with information on these or other crimes should call Crime Stoppers at 416222-8477.

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hen it comes time to decide on how we’re represented at city hall – specifically the size and number of wards in the city and how they’re divided – Toronto Council must be open to a variety of ideas. Next week, there’s an Executive Committee report going to Toronto Council on a Ward Boundary Review for the city. Toronto, currently divided into 44 wards, last undertook such a review in 2000. Since then, the wards’ make-ups and populations have changed. A city manager’s report to the executive committee notes “significant discrepancies among Toronto’s ward boundaries that warrant a review.” According to the report, any adjustments undertaken would be in place for the 2018 municipal election. our view Mayor Rob Ford, meanwhile, has made his position clear. In his comments at the Executive Important Committee, Ford said he believes debate needs a 25-member council can do the Noting Toronto is expected to citizen input job. receive three more federal ridings (bringing the total to 25), Ford said it’s an opportune time to consider reducing Toronto Council’s ward allotment from two wards per riding to one. “At the rate we’re going we’re going to have 50 councillors,” Ford warned. “And you see the problems we have with 44 councillors.” There’s no denying the current 45-member size of council (44 councillors plus a mayor) can be unwieldy at times. There is merit to Ford’s argument. But it’s early in the process. We need to hear many voices. Toronto Council will do Torontonians a disservice if it restricts itself – without considering any other factors – when defining new ward boundaries. Doing so may discount a more creative solution – one that gives a more effective voice to Torontonians – before it can be even explored. Figuring out what’s best for a diverse, multicultural city and its 140 neighbourhoods will be more complicated than shoehorning them into some cookie-cutter solution. For Torontonians, this is not only about your representation at city hall. This is about how your neighbourhood fits into the city. This is an important debate that needs your input. As the process moves along, we urge citizens to take advantage of the “broad engagement and public consultation process” referenced in the report.

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n Act IV, Scene I of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, three witches enter a dark cave and hover over a bubbling caldron, cackling “Double-double toil and trouble.” Yesterday, in a setting that was more Much Ado About Nothing than Macbeth, five buddies dropped by a local fast food establishment and hovered over several different-sized coffee cups babbling about double-doubles, with nary a word, let alone rhyming couplets, uttered worth mentioning. Act Foolish, Scene Umpteen. A brightly lit, Well-Known Coffee Franchise That Shall Remain Nameless. Enter the five lads. So, Jeremy, Mike, Ted, Nick and I hooked up for our daily java fixes and we each went for a doubledouble as is our went, er want. Whatever. For those who are unfamiliar with the phrase double-double, it’s a coffee with two creams and two

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY sugars. In that specific order. You can look it up in the Canadian Oxford dictionary. In fact, if you ask for your double-double to have two sugars and two creams instead of two creams and two sugars you will get a very funny look. And when I say funny, I don’t mean funny as in ha-ha, either. What’s more, if you make the mistake of telling the cashier that, “I hate to be a stickler for detail here, but given the location, shouldn’t that look you just gave me have been not funny as in double-double ha, as opposed to ha-ha?” the cashier will give you an even funnier look. Moving right along, we plunked ourselves down at a nearby booth and not being able to mind our own business, as is our custom, we listened to the next 15 people order their morning coffees.

For the record, 10 of them ordered double-doubles and five asked for triple-triples, a triple-triple being three creams and three sugars, presumably. I say presumably because while doubledouble is in the dictionary, triple-triple is not. What confused us is that in the entire time we were there we didn’t hear anybody order the regular. In fact, only two of us in the group even know what the regular is: cream and sugar. I’m assuming the regular was once the regular purchase, hence the handle. Perhaps it’s time the name was changed to: the once most popular and now no longer in fashion. Anyhow, we were all gleefully sipping our respective double-doubles when it dawned on us that each of us had a different size of cup. Jeremy had the extra small, Mike the small, Ted the medium, Nick the large, and me the extra large. The question was raised: is a double-double for an

extra small the exact same double-double as it is for a small, medium, large and extra large? Or is the doubledouble proportioned accordingly to each size? Enquiring minds wanted to know and as usual Nick was unanimously nominated to go and find out. We all looked over to the counter with bated breath as he walked up and before Nick could even open his mouth to say anything this time, the cashier gave him his funniest look ever. We’re talking a real doozy. My best guess is that it was somewhere between a quintuple-quintuple ha and octuple-octuple ha. Which I have a sneaking suspicion, when it comes to funny looks dished out from now on around here, is destined to be Nick’s new regular. 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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Traffic mess with surface LRT Case made for airline’s To the editor: The surface option for the Scarborough LRTs will require a lot of operating room. Metrolinx is about to turn our vital main streets into ugly transportation corridors complete with raised track beds and unknown kilometres of steel support towers strung with the power lines needed to run these glorified streetcars. Does that mean Sheppard and Finch avenues will be reduced to one lane east and one lane west, plus bike lanes, for all of the other users of the road? Can anyone envision the gridlock as the ‘conga line’ of cars and trucks tries to navigate the remainder of these once vital thoroughfares? This leaves us with several other unanswered questions. Where will all of the cars go? Will they have to add to the congestion on Lawrence, Ellesmere and Steeles avenues instead? Onto our side streets? Are residents going to be subjected to endless kilometres of traffic calm-

ing measures such as speed bumps? What happens to the emergency service vehicles? Do they have to take to the rabbit warren of side streets as they try to save our lives and property? Has anyone realized there will no longer be a centre lane available for making left hand turns unless you are at a major intersection? So how do residents get to their homes? They won’t be making any more left-hand turns onto or off of the side streets. How long will it take until local businesses start to see a fall-off in trade, especially during the lengthy construction period, and then decide to relocate because no one can get to their locations by car anymore? Will this leave these areas vulnerable for exploitation by highrise construction such as Yonge Street and Sheppard? Say goodbye to your neighbourhoods. We also know that pedestrians and cyclists are going to short-cut across the tracks to get to where they want to

go. So does that mean putting up physical barriers along the entire track system to make sure that no one gets killed? The CEO of Metrolinx recently said they are committed to the above groundoption for Scarborough. Has Metrolinx honestly explained to us just how they are going to decrease the current travel times over the present TTC bus service? No, they have not and they still will not discuss anything about the effect on Scarborough residents. Will there be fewer scheduled stops for passengers? Do they eliminate crosswalks and run red lights as the other options? We have been told by many different enlightened sources that the LRT is the best value for the money and therefore it is the best option for Toronto. I’m sure that to some minds residing in some steel and glass tower in another part of Toronto it may be. But is it the best option for Scarborough? Definitely not. Chris Belfontaine

expansion at island To the editor: I’m an aviation enthusiast and want to share my opinion on why Porter Airlines should be permitted to expand. Why, you ask? It’s due to the fact that the CSeries jets which Porter is planning to purchase are the most environmentally friendly and quietest in their class. They are even comparably quieter to the Bombardier Q400s that Porter is currently operating out of the airport right now. Keep in mind that Porter is asking for an extension of the runway of only 168 metres on each end, which does not go beyond the marine exclusion zone. Porter is also asking for an exemption of the “no jets allowed” regulation for only the CSeries jet. The airline is not asking for new noise restrictions, different flight paths, or alterations to the marine exclusion zone. What many people fear is

that once Porter is allowed to expand, other (dirtier, and noisier) jets will be allowed to fly in and out of Toronto’s Billy Bishop airport, however, that won’t be the case. The Toronto Port Authority (TPA), for over 30 years, has made it clear that only aircraft which comply with the TPA’s noise limits (such as Porter’s proposed CSeries aircraft) are allowed to be operated out of the airport. My point? We need more competition for flights and lower fares, especially in Canada. If Porter expands, more jobs will be created, and will further benefit Toronto’s economy. Before we rush to deny Porter’s expansion, let’s all do the research and number crunching, and listen to everyone’s take on the matter. Then, only then, do we make the final decision. Albert Przylucki

Thanks for return of wallet To the editor: When shopping at the Walmart Garden Centre on Milner Avenue recently, I inadvertently left my wallet on the counter after I made my purchase. When I returned an hour later and asked at the garden centre if anyone had found a wallet, I was told it was at the customer service desk. On retrieving the wallet, I checked it and found my cards and money were all there. I was unable to find out who had turned in the wallet. I was impressed that someone who could have benefitted from my lack of attention would turn in the wallet intact. I think this person is one of the many unsung heroes in our society, who rarely is recognized, but makes Canada such a great country in which to live. Jacquelynn Nicholson

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tecture in Canada. In 1963, UTSC, then Scarborough College, purchased the Miller Lash Estate from E.L. McLean, who purchased it in 1944, following the death of Miller Lash in 1941. The estate served as a residence for university principals until 1976. In 1998, the house was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, and a large restoration undertaken. The restoration, completed with the help of a government grant, was finished in 2005. “Keeping a large part of the history of the area alive is important to the university,” said Hahn. “We believe that it’s of interest to people to know where things began.”

esidents are invited to celebrate the Miller Lash House’s 100th anniversary, and the 28th annual Highland Creek Heritage Festival, with a two-day party this Friday and Saturday. The University of Toronto Scarborough and Highland Creek Heritage Festival Committee joined forces to hold a dinner, dance and community fair marking the occasions. “Simply achieving 100-year status and being still standing I think is important, and the Miller Lash House was an important part of the University of Scarborough campus, and it was significant in its being part of the beginning, so the university thought it was important to celebrate its 100 years,” explained Deborah Hahn, assistant director of retail and conference services for UTSC. Partnership “We are celebrating Miller Lash’s 100th anniversary, and because Highland Creek was not holding their festival this year, we invited them to join us in our festival ... It’s two groups celebrating a hundred years basically, but it is a partnership and we are working together.” The all-ages dinner and dance takes place Friday, with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $60 for adults, $100 for couples, and $45 for students and seniors. The evening, which takes place under a tent at the Miller

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This aerial shot of the Miller Lash House was taken in the 1950s, before the land surrounding it in the Highland Creek valley was purchased by the University of Toronto Scarborough. The house was built in 1913 and a 100th anniversary party for the house, along with the Highland Creek Heritage Festival, is set for this weekend.

Lash Estate, includes music and a silent auction. Admission is free to the community fair, which runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Fair highlights include a petting zoo, mutt show and farmers’ market, along with games, crafts, vendors, pony rides and live entertainment. Historical displays and guided tours of the Miller Lash House will round out the fair.

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The Miller Lash House as it appears today.

Guests can also enjoy watching Ontario Blue Jays teams play during the event at the UTSC baseball diamond. Lots of food An assortment of food options will be available during Saturday’s fair, including a cafe tent. There’s no fee to enter dogs in the mutt show, which offers prizes in four lighthearted categories - best dressed, best trick, best singer and looks most like its owner. The show begins at 1 p.m., with registration for owners and canine contestants at 12:30 p.m. A ceremony will be held at noon Saturday, featuring greetings and presentations from VIP guests and an address by Miller Lash’s great granddaughter. A town crier will bring a proclamation from city hall, adding a fitting old-time feel to the ceremony, following which an anniversary cake will be cut and served. The ceremony will stand in for the Highland Creek Heritage Festival parade, which will not

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happen this year. Nestled in the Highland Creek Valley, the Miller Lash House, completed in 1913, was likely the first home in Canada with poured-concrete walls. The walls are faced with river stone from Highland Creek, which flows through the estate grounds. Architecture The house was designed for wealthy Toronto businessman Miller Lash by architect Edward B. Green, Sr. of Buffalo-based firm Green and Wicks. It is considered among the finest of the few intact examples of arts and crafts archi-

Following the restoration, the house and its estate opened as a venue for weddings, events and corporate functions. A tent is erected on the site from May 1 to Oct. 31 of each year for outdoor events. Last month, the estate was opened to public tours for the first time as part of Doors Open Toronto. The Scarborough Mirror and Metroland Media Toronto are among the sponsors of the Miller Lash House and Highland Creek Heritage Festival celebrations. For more information about the Miller Lash House, visit www. millerlashhouse.ca/ For more about the Highland Creek Heritage Festival, visit http://www.fleurcom.on.ca/ Heritage/ Parking is free for both events, available outside the Miller Lash House, 130 Old Kingston Rd. Parking will also be available at the UTSC campus Saturday. Free shuttle buses will run every 15 minutes from 10:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. Saturday, servicing four stops – the UTSC campus, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 258 at 45 Lawson Rd., St. Joseph’s Church at 200 Morrish Rd., and the Miller Lash Estate. There will be signage indicating each stop.

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Chinese Cancer Support Group WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre, 3333 Finch Ave. E. CONTACT: Kenneth Nunney, 416-493-3333 COST: Free Support group for all adults 55 and over who have been diagnosed with cancer and are at any stage of the disease. In Cantonese and Mandarin. Speaking of Bones WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Eglinton Square Library, 1 Eglinton Square, Unit 126 CONTACT: Cathy Pyper, 416-396-8920 COST: Free Discusson on what osteoporosis is, risk factors and how to manage it through nutrition, exercise and medication. Registration required. Free workshop WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: The Scarborough Hospital, 3050 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Danielle Milley, 416-438-2911 COST: Free The Scarborough Hospital in partnership with Centre for Information and Community Services hosts a workshop on how to register your newborn, as well as how to apply for a birth certificate and the Canadian Child Tax Credit.

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Photo Organizing & Sharing WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre, 3333 Finch Ave. E. CONTACT: Sivanesan, 416-2933333, sivanesan@splc.ca COST: $50 and $45 for members for 4 sessions Create photo albums to share with your family and friends. Save Money by Lowering your Energy Use WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Morningside Library, 4279 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Zarmeena Khan, 416-707-8259, zarmeena.khan@ cicscanada.com COST: Free Understanding your energy bills, consumer and customer protection rules, Low Income Assistance Program and Home Assistance Program.

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East Scarborough Festival Market WHEN: 2 to 6 p.m. WHERE: St. Margaret’s Parkette, 4130 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Sarah, 416-298-5825, esfm@live.ca COST: Free Family friendly event takes place Thursdays in June, July and August. Vendors, volunteers and entertainment wanted. It’s Time to Talk Elder Care WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Eli Lilly Canada Inc., auditorium, 3650 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Paulina Szlachta, 416-431-8200 ext. 7615,

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Celebration of the Arts WHEN: Noon to 5 p.m. WHERE: Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, 225 Confederation Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-4026, crcc@toronto.ca COST: Free Annual exhibit and sale. Artists display paintings, photography, folk art, weaving, pottery, woodcarving, sculpture, jewellery and more. 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.

paszlachta@tsh.to COST: Free ‘It’s Time to Talk’ is a community service offered by The Scarborough Hospital Foundation. Our FREE Tough Transitions: Aging, Families and Eldercare forum and health fair features The Scarborough Hospital physicians, staff and allied healthcare workers who will offer expert advice on how to have difficult conversations about elder care with your loved ones. Parking, refreshments and a package of resource guides are included.

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Birkdale Art in the Park WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Birkdale Community Centre, 1299 Ellesmere Road CONTACT: David

Barnes, midlandparkcommunity@ gmail.com COST: Free Annual outdoor Art show and sale. Timberbank Jr. P.S. Spring Fair WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Timberbank Junior Public School, 170 Timberbank Blvd. CONTACT: 416 396-6605 COST: Free Bouncy castles, henna, Nascar, Raptors truck, vendors, food and more. 100th Anniversary of Miller Lash House - Community Fair WHEN: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. WHERE: University of Toronto at Scarborough (UTSC), 1265 Military Trail CONTACT: Miller Lash House, info@millerlashhouse.ca COST: Free

Celebrate the 100 years of the Miller Lash House and the 28th Annual Highland Creek Heritage Day. Activities include: petting zoo; pony rides; house tours; historical displays. Scarborough Film Festival WHEN: 12:30 p.m. WHERE: University of Toronto at Scarborough (UTSC), 1265 Military Trail CONTACT: info@ scarboroughfilmfestival.com COST: $10 - $20; screenings at UTSC and Fox Theate in the Beaches Local, Canadian and world cinema with a goal to enhance the Scarborough cultural scene through the art of film. Netball Summer Games WHEN: 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Flemingdon Community Centre, 150 Grenoble Drive CONTACT: info@oonthemove. com COST: Free Opening day will be marked by a series of matches amongst eight all female teams and one male team. Canadian Air Cadets Annual Ceremonial Review WHEN: 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Heron Park Community Centre, 292 Manse Rd. CONTACT: Andrea Johnston, 416-886-0302, hair876@yahoo. ca COST: Free The 876 Lincoln Alexander Squadron will be celebrating the end of its training year.

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100 years of the Miller Lash House & THE 28TH ANNUAL HIGHLAND CREEK HERITAGE DAY

This year the Highland Creek Heritage Festival Committee is partnering with the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) for a joint community fair celebration on June 8. The event will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Miller Lash House on the UTSC campus along with the 28th annual Highland Creek Heritage Festival. “The University is delighted at the opportunity to work with the Highland Creek Heritage folks by partnering and providing a venue for a longstanding community festival,” says Deborah Hahn, assistant director of retail and conference services at UTSC. “When the University began planning for the 100th anniversary it connected with community members who were well versed in the heritage of the area and it’s been a delightful experience.” Festival organizers were initially unsure if the event could take place at all this year due to a lack of volunteers, but after connecting with the University discovered they were planning to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Miller Lash House. “We are pleased to be working together as the Miller Lash House celebrates their 100th anniversary,” says David Adamson, chair of the Heritage Day Festival Committee. “The festival will take place in a beautiful park on the campus next to a lovely historic building, so it should be an enjoy-

able day for all.” Adamson says most of the festival events will take place as usual, but instead of a parade there will be a grand opening featuring VIP guests. In addition to an assortment of food options there will be craft vendors, a farmer’s market, café tent, live music, Ontario Blue Jays baseball games, information booths, mutt show, as well as pony rides and a petting zoo. Meanwhile, on the evening of June 7 there will be a dinner and dance at the Miller Lash House. Built in 1913, the house was designed by celebrated architect Edward B. Greene for wealthy Toronto businessman Miller Lash. Nestled in the heart of the scenic Highland Creek Valley, the beautifully restored house is a prime example of the Arts and Crafts style in vogue during the early part of the twentieth century. The Miller Lash House is located at 130 Old Kingston Road. Admission and parking for the festival are free, while there will be a free shuttle bus from Highland Creek Village and UTSC to the Miller Lash grounds on Saturday June 8. For more information about the festival please contact Mr. Adamson at (416) 2817758 or email dw.adamson@ rogers.com. For more information about the 100th anniversary celebration of the Miller Lash House including the dinner and dance, email info @millerlashhouse.ca.

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Volu nteers needed for Heritage Festival and Parade 2014 We are in desperate need of Executive Board Members to help plan and manage the 29th annual Heritage Day Festival in 2014. We also require volunteers to assist during the day of the Festival. If you are looking to donate your time and energies to a wonderful community cause and to be a part of a team of committed and fun individuals, consider volunteering to help for the coming year. An introductory meeting for those interested will be held at 7pm, Wed. June 26th, 2013 at the Royal Canadian Legion’s library, 45 Lawson Rd. For more information and to inform us if you are attending, please contact Chair, David Adamson at 416- 281-7758 or d.adamson@rogers.com

Miller Lash House gives visitors the chance to experience the 100-year history of a private retreat turned proud public asset, and one of Canada’s finest and few surviving intact examples of Arts and Crafts design. Now owned by the University of Toronto Scarborough, the estate is nestled in the Highland Creek Valley off Old Kingston Road. Miller Lash, a successful Bay Street corporate lawyer, had the house built in 1913. The second was insurance broker E.L. McLean, who purchased the estate in 1944 for a mere $59,000, after Lash died in 1941. Both men cherished this sanctuary within the rapidly developing Highland Creek hamlet away from the city. Lash made numerous improvements to the fine estate, with its extended horizontal plane, gabling and varied window treatments; heritage coach house; ice house and staff buildings. Two World Wars and the Depression impacted the estate’s fortunes, just as they did those of Miller Lash himself, who became President of Brazilian Traction, Light and Power in 1929, one of Canada’s earliest hydroelectric businesses. Brazilian Traction was incorporated and renamed Brascan in 1969.

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The complimentary Shuttle Bus will be picking up and dropping off at 4 stops every 15 minutes during the fair beginning at 10:30 am and ending at 4:40 pm. There will be signage at each point to indicate the bus stop. The buses will make a loop that includes University of Toronto Scarborough, the Village of Highland Creek and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 258 at 45 Lawson and ending at the Miller Lash House parking lot.

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Scarborough elementary school track and field championships

CLEARING THE HURDLES At top of page, Oakridge Junior Public School’s Lashauna Bedward (centre) runs to a firstplace finish in the girls Grade 5 hurdles Friday at Toronto District School Board’s elementary school track and field championships for the East (Scarborough) Conference at Birchmount Stadium. Above, West Rouge Public School’s Nick Duguid powers his way to a first-place finish in the Grade 6 boys 1,500 metre race. Right, Joseph Howe Senior Public School’s Emmanuel Ellis runs to a first-place finish in the boys Grade 7 hurdles. Far right, Joseph Howe Senior Public School’s Mussa Yussuf takes part in the triple jump competition.

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Soccer star Sinclair visits Mary Shadd school ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com

An Olympic soccer star is inspiring students at a Scarborough school to reach their goals. Christine Sinclair, an Olympian and captain of Canada’s Women’s National Soccer Team, visited Mary Shadd Public School on Thursday. “This is one of the things that I love most about where I am at in life is to be able to interact with these kids, hopefully let them realize that crazy wild dreams do come true. I’m living proof of that,” she said.

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Mary Shadd Public School student Andre Williams, right, and some of his schoolmates talk soccer with Canadian national team member and Olympian Christine Sinclair during her visit to the school.

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“She never gave up...and she always pushed herself to the limit.” Grade 8 student Krishan Rajkumar got his T-shirt, shoes, bag and soccer balls autographed by Sinclair. “This is definitely a shirt I won’t put in the laundry,” he said, noting “she’s my role model.” Playground fire

An arson at the school on May 6 destroyed its kindergarten playground that parents spent five years fundraising for. News of the blaze resulted in an outpouring of support; more than $60,000 was raised within days, allowing for a Future national team bigger and better playground “Hopefully these young to be built. kids out here are the future Three teens have been of the men’s and women’s charged with arson. national team.” Also on Thursday, Canadian Grade 7 student Rebecca Tire announced Sinclair has Pooran, who has been playing signed a four-year deal with soccer since age four, said them to promote youth Kanetix brand ads – CAR Sinclair was inspiring. sports.

“When I was young I didn’t have, for instance, female role models to look up to that played sports,” Sinclair said. “Hopefully times are changing, especially for these young girls that they can see female athletes living their dreams and living successful lives and they can aspire to do that as well.” Soccer equipment Canadian Tire donated $22,000 towards the rebuilding of Mary Shadd’s kindergarten playground. During Sinclair’s visit, the company also donated soccer equipment to the school. “But we have a list of other equipment from the principal that we’re going to be following up on,” said Landon French, a Canadian Tire vice president.

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At a public meeting in Riverside last week, the city’s chief planner announced a second phase of public transit consultations. Speaking at the Ralph Thornton Centre where she was a panelist for a transit discussion, planner Jennifer Keesmaat said the next phase of the Feeling Congested? public campaign would focus on specific transit project priorities for the city. The first meeting is June 6, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at St. George Subway Station (at St. George Street entrance, on east side of St. George Street just north of Bloor Street West). For more info, visit www.feelingcongested.ca

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2150 Condos Breaks Ground SCARBOROUGH, ON – The ground breaking ceremony for 2150 Condos took place on May 29, 2013. V.H.L. Developments was joined by purchasers and residents of the neighborhood, along with key members of the local business improvement association, to celebrate the start of construction. Guest of honour, Councillor Michael Thompson (Ward 37, Scarborough Centre), welcomed the attendees and spoke to the community. “I know that it’s raining. The rain brings a renewal and freshness, which is the start of something new that is significant. I would say this is that opportunity for the community”. He made reference to the site as a new chapter and transformation to the neighborhood, being created by the landmark and destination which is being developed in this community. “I’ve seen this particular site as a young boy growing up,

and many of us have hoped that something positive would take place on this site, a transformation where people would live, families would come, and the street would open to a sense of renaissance which we are creating on Lawrence Avenue East.” Also present at the ground breaking ceremony were V.H.L. President Van Lapoyan and V.H.L. General Counsel Marc Freed-

man, and architect Mazen Al Kaddam of Master Building Inc., to ceremonially shovel the first chunk of dirt to mark the start of construction. 2150 Condos, located at the northwest corner of Lawrence Avenue East and Birchmount Road, is a development of 593 residential dwelling units in 3 buildings ranging in heights from 17 to 19 storeys, as well as

400 square metres of commercial uses on the ground floor of the residential building situated along Lawrence Avenue East. The idea of the development is to plant the seeds of a vibrant mixed use community in an area which has historically been used for industrial and commercial uses. The towers will sit on the lands of a former car dealership, replacing inefficiently used land with a development which will inject life into the community. V.H.L. Developments anticipates that the development will attract more residential and commercial development in the area, ultimately transforming the community as envisioned by the Lawrence Avenue Study. It is V.H.L’s specialty to find undervalued properties, and redevelop the lands to establish value and a new community, while passing on savings to their purchas-

ers by offering attractive pricing. V.H.L’s latest success was the completion of a new community at Markham Place, located just southeast of Markham Road and Sheppard Avenue East, consisting of two residential towers, and a mixed-use commercial building consisting of retail and office units. Currently, in addition to being 80% sold and breaking ground at 2150 Condos, V.H.L. has been very successful selling

its other Scarborough project “Haven on the Bluffs”, located in the Cliffside Neighborhood minutes from Scarborough Bluffers Park. With a shortage of affordable accommodations in the city, V.H.L. Developments is proud to be able to provide homes to many people in Scarborough who never imagined that they could afford such luxury, let alone a condominium suite they could call their own.

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thomson takes city title TACKLE TIME: Ryan Turley of David and Mary Thomson Collegiate carries the ball past Cam MacDonald of Lawrence Park during the Toronto District School Board senior boys city rugby championship Thursday afternoon. David and Mary Thomson defeated Lawrence Park 23-7 to take the city title. Staff photo/NICK PERRY

Enbridge pipeline meeting in Scarborough MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Enbridge, owners of an oil pipeline across Toronto north of Finch Avenue, is inviting residents this week to hear about a project that will reverse its flow and increase its capacity. The pipeline known as Line 9 currently flows up to 240,000 barrels of crude oil a day from Montreal to Sarnia. Enbridge, in order to accommodate suppliers in Western Canada, is proposing to flow in the opposite direction and handle up to 300,000 barrels a day. The company is inviting Scarborough residents to

a community open house on the project from 5 to 7 p.m. this Thursday at The Princess Banquet Hall on 3330 Pharmacy Ave. Its letter says the project won’t require new pipe to be added, and that “all work will take place within existing Enbridge properties and rights-of-way, except for some temporary workspace.” Enbridge also said it ran state-of-the-art in-line inspection tools called “smart pigs” through Line 9 last year to collect data and evaluate any weaknesses in the pipeline, which would be fixed by uncovering those sections to “undertake all work required to ensure that the pipeline

can continue to operate safely.” Erosion uncovered a small section of the pipeline in the Rouge River last year, and an advocacy group, Environmental Defence, is campaigning against Enbridge’s proposal, telling its supporters tar sands oil – diluted bitumen from Western Canada the reversed line would carry – “is more dangerous to ship through pipelines than normal oil,” and the plan to reverse Line 9 “carries many risks, but few rewards for communities along the pipeline’s route.” Canada’s Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair also criticized the company’s environ-

mental record during a visit to Scarborough in May. Enbridge has defended the safety of the proposal, and in a statement last month said pipelines are safer than other ways of transporting fuel, and that the company has spent $1.2 billion over two years “to overhaul its safety practice, both in spill prevention and response.” The company has said residents can contact it directly about the Line 9 project at line9reversal@enbridge. com or by calling 1-888-7673098.

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Police have released security videos of three males in connection with the murder of a Scarborough father Thursday afternoon. Police said they were called to Mantis Road near Morningside and Finch avenues for a shooting just before 3 p.m. Surendra Vaithilingam, 38, was found inside a home with an obvious gunshot wound and was pronounced dead on scene. Police released two surveillance videos showing three males walking southbound on the east side of Mantis and then walking in between two houses. Moments later, the males are seen running from between the houses, heading north on Mantis. A four-door sedan with faded blue paint parked on nearby Bobolink Avenue fled the area. Vaithilingam, the city’s 25th murder victim of 2013, was born in Sri Lanka and came to Canada four years ago. His family said he recently bought a house on Mantis and stayed home on Thursday to work on his garden with a cousin. Relatives said Vaithilingam, a married father of a fouryear-old boy, worked six days a week at a painting company to support his family.

Sabesan Tharanna, a cousin, said Vaithilingam would also send money “back home” to his parents. “He’s very friendly and helped people. He’s a very responsible family man, such a loving person.” When asked why someone would want to kill his cousin, Tharanna said: “We don’t have any idea. Everybody is shocked and upset.” officers probe woman’s death wHomicide

A 66-year-old woman has died after being found in a Scarborough home with obvious signs of trauma. Police said they were called to a home in the Brimley Road and Finch Avenue area for unknown trouble on Saturday. Officers located Xin Ying Lu suffering from signs of trauma. She was taken to hospital in critical condition. Lu succumbed to her injuries Monday. Jianwen Chen, 39, was arrested at the scene. He was charged with aggravated assault and attempted murder. The investigation has now been taken over by the homicide squad.

Anyone with information on either incident should call the homicide squad at 416808-7400.

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Event marks 50 years of diplomatic relations

>>>from page 1 to the mother for bonding. Paramedics arrived within five minutes and treated mom and baby before taking them to The Scarborough Hospital Birchmount campus in good condition. “It was pretty exciting,” Crowley said of the call. “It’s a happy occurrence. It’s not somebody who’s ill or possibly dying. It’s something everybody is excited about.” This was Crowley’s second delivery on the job. About a year-and-a-half

>>>from page 1 Brazilian dances as well as a performance of Gangnam Style, a pop culture sensation from Korea last year. Multicultural foods will also be served free in the Convention Centre, a banquet complex on Torham Place northwest of Finch Avenue and Neilson Road, starting at 6 p.m. The entire event is meant to mark the 50th year of diplomatic relations between Canada and South Korea. Cho said what are now North and South Korea were

ago, she helped a dad deliver a baby girl in a bathroom. To r o n t o E m e r g e n c y Medical Services spokesperson Kim McKinnon said paramedics and EMDs deliver about 50 babies per year. “We have had babies named after roads and after paramedics,” she said. In Friday’s birth, Crowley said the parents had a name picked out in advance. “They didn’t name it after me,” she added. McKinnon said that both mom and baby are doing well.

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Christy Crowley, at Emergency Medical Services headquarters, helped deliver a baby over the telephone from her work station at the dispatch centre.

liberated from Japanese occupation in 1945, but then “the so-called superpowers made a wrong decision. They divided the country.” Starting in 1950, said Cho, Canada sent thousands of soldiers to the Korean peninsula to protect South Koreans, including himself, and after the Korean War Canada instituted full diplomatic relations with the Republic of Korea in 1963. Thursday’s celebration, he said, “sends a very strong message to say thank you to Canada and Canadians.”

Budget committee update Thursday

he next big meeting for Toronto councillors comes next week, when they sit down for their June city council meeting. This week is quiet on the meeting front. On Thursday, the budget committee meets, literally for an update on how things are going. The committee will be looking at the city’s second quarter variance reports – that will tell us whether the city has spent more, less or about the same amount that it intended to when it set the 2013 operating and capital budgets. As of press time, the reports weren’t available. reserve funds expected to balance wCity’s

Another variance report, on the state of the city’s reserve funds, will also be reviewed at the budget committtee. According to the report, finance staff are expecting that reserves should bal-

david nickle the agenda ance out at $2.1 billion by the end of the year. At the end of 2012, they clocked in at $2.9 billion. The funds are mostly going towards paying for the city’s 10-year capital plan. Callwood Park celebration wJune

Before all that happens, downtown residents and Trinity-Spadina Councillor Mike Layton will be celebrating the fruits of earlier JUNE capital CALLWOOD dollars, opening the June Callwood Park. The event takes place this morning (Tuesday, June 4) at 636 Fleet St. Callwood was a noted

feminist, journalist and author, who died in 2007. The new park includes flexible play areas, a maze and puzzle plaza for the kids, as well as public art, seating, and an urban forest for everyone else. appointments committee to meet wCivic

The Civic Appointments Committee will be meeting tomorrow to debate several public appointments. First on the agenda will be interviews with candidates for appointments to the Toronto Public Library Board. Then the committee will short-list applications for the Hummmingbird (Sony) Centre for the Performing Arts Board of Directors, the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Board of Management and the Toronto Licensing Tribunal.

Dave Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. Council briefs run every Tuesday.

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Franklin announces CFL retirement NORM NELSON nnelson@insidetoronto.com Canadian Football League training camps have kicked off in the past few days without Scarborough native Arjei Franklin who announced his retirement from the Calgary Stampeders in the off-season. The 31-year-old wide receiver, who is married with a two-year-old son, split his seven-year career almost equally between the Stamps and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers who drafted him 19th overall into the Canadian Football League (CFL). Stamps and Bombers “I want to thank the Calgary Stampeders for giving me the opportunity to be a part of such a great organization,” said Franklin, in the off-season Stampeders media release from earlier this year. “I would also like to thank the Winnipeg Blue

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Bombers for giving me my start in the CFL.” “Football will always be a passion of mine but I realize that the time has come for me to be physically present in my family’s lives year round. Lastly, I would like to thank God for blessing me with this unbelievable experience.” According to the release, Franklin, who suited up in his youth for both his Agincourt Collegiate high school team and the Scarborough-based Thunder football squad, played 94 regular season games (46 for the Stamps, 48 for the Blue Bombers) and eight post season games, including two Grey Cups – both at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

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In fact, as it turns out, his last ever CFL game was at last year’s Grey Cup which his Stampeders lost 35-22 to the hometown Argos. Franklin, however, had just come off the injured reserve and was little used. In the 2007 Grey Cup, in full health, on the other hand, he caught two passes for 38 yards with his then-team Winnipeg losing 23-19 to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. It was definitely full circle for Franklin who first played at the Rogers Centre with his Agincourt Collegiate football squad in his Grade 11 year in the 1998 Metro Bowl (losing handily to St. Michael’s College). In an interview from earlier in his CFL career, Franklin looked back fondly upon his high school days. Playing at Agincourt “was great”, he said, tipping his hat to his former coach Peter Paputsis. “I owe a lot to him. He’s the one who started me on the path to football ...”

He can also look fondly upon his university career with the Windsor Lancers where he graduated as the university’s all-time leading receiver for most TDs scored and for most all-purpose yards. And he posted pretty decent CFL numbers for a Canadian receiver. 94 games According to the release his regular season numbers over the 94 games included 165 receptions for 1,952 yards and three touchdowns. He also returned 17 punts for 128 yards and served as the holder on place-kicks for much of his Stampeders career. In his eight post season games, Franklin had 17 catches for 233 yards and two touchdowns. Both of his post-season scores – in the 2009 west division semifinal and the 2010 west division final – came in a Stampeders uniform.

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