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Police have issued a public safety alert following a rash of distraction thefts targeting elderly Chinese women in north Scarborough.

Police said the victims were approached by three women who start up a conversation in Cantonese about family illnesses.

The women claim they can provide a blessing that will help cure illnesses and direct the victims to withdraw money and place both cash and jewelry in a bag. “The women would secretly take the money and jewelry and replace it with paper and other items,” police said in a news release yesterday.

The victims are told to place the bag in a hiding spot in their house. They discover the scam at a later time when they look in the bag.

T h e t h e f t s o c c u r re d between May 13 and 23 at various locations in north Scarborough, police said. woman robbed of jewels welderly

A 79-year-old woman was robbed of her jewelry in the

lobby of a Scarborough building Saturday.

Police said two men entered a building near Ellesmere and Markham roads around 7 p.m. on May 25.

One man approached the senior, grabbed her necklace and fled with his accomplice.

The suspects are black, 18 to 20 years old with thin builds. One is about 5’5” tall while the other is about 6’2” tall.

At 1:45 p.m. Sunday, an 82-year-old woman was robbed of her chain in the Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue area.

The suspect is black, about six-feet tall, 180 pounds with a medium build.

Neither victim was hurt.

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Police are looking for a man after a 44-year-old woman was sexually assaulted early Saturday.

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A man in a car — he did not own — was clocked going 56 kilometers-per-hour over the speed limit.

At 9:15 a.m. May 24, police clocked a 2009 Nissan SUV at 116 km/h in a 60 km/h zone on Markham Road at Finch Avenue.

The 31-year-old motorist, who didn’t own the vehicle, was charged with stunt driving.

His licence has been suspended for seven days, and the vehicle has been impounded for seven days.

Police said the owner of the SUV, not the driver, is responsible for the $800 impoundment charges.

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Free bicycle tune-ups and repairs are part of an annual Bike Rodeo open to southwest Scarborough residents this Saturday.

Part of the City of Toronto’s Bike Month, the event also features a bicycle course with safety and skills stations and a marketplace of cycling and environmental organizations.

The rodeo, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Warden Hilltop Co m m u n i t y Ce n t re o n Mendelssohn Street near St. Clair and Warden avenues, is hosted by TO35 Cycles, a group promoting safe cycling in the area.

More information is posted on TO35cycles.blogspot.ca

Scarborough’s Paul Abraham rides from Montreal to Toronto to raise funds which he used for the remainder of the trip.

The next setback was weather related: Abraham got caught in a hailstorm on the Thousand Islands Parkway.

“The wind had knocked me off before the hail started,” he said, noting “every time I wanted to give up I thought about Mike.”

Abraham also had to contend with frightening thoughts, especially when riding alone through marshlands. “I was just thinking a few times: if something jumped out and grabbed me, there’s no way anybody could find me out here.”

Seven days after leaving Montreal, and 631 kilometres later, Abraham arrived at Toronto City Hall. Throughout the journey, he said, he encountered a lot of stares and laughs. “If people laugh then I know they think it’s funny and that’s cool with me,” he said. “That’s two minutes of their day that was better because they saw me doing what I love doing.”

SickK ids Foundation spokesperson Janessa Bishop called Abraham’s fundraiser “absolutely incredible.”

There are more than 1,300 fundraisers on behalf of the foundation every year. “We have things from lemonade stands to police officers that will cycle, but I believe this is the only unicycle ride so I think Paul is the first one to do this for us,” Bishop said.

“Definitely a unique fundraiser and something that has helped us raise awareness and funds for the hospital.”

Abraham’s 2013 Unicycle Tour has raised $3,770.

His bike got stolen but he kept rolling.

And earlier this month Paul Abraham put his new wheel in motion for a good cause, attracting stares and smiles along the way.

Si x m o n t h s a g o, t h e 21-year-old spent hundreds of dollars restoring a bicycle that his grandfather had given him. But just two weeks later the beloved bike was gone.

Abraham, who grew up in Scarborough, said he went to a bike store but didn’t want another bicycle.

“I had my eye on an adult tricycle. They’re about $900.

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So Abraham settled on a unicycle.

“I was like no one is going to steal one wheel, so I bought it and then taught myself how to ride it,” he said. “It just takes deliberate practice and focus and a lot of discipline.”

In late February, Abraham happened to meet a nineyear-old cancer patient named Mike at SickKids. The encounter inspired Abraham to help the hospital. “This kid’s drive and his will to live and his passion for life touched me,” said Abraham, adding he called SickKids with a unique idea: a charity unicycle ride from Montreal to Toronto.

The idea was embraced.

Abraham left Montreal city hall on his unicycle at 8:30 a.m. May 10. “I planned my route out a month in advance and I printed out all the directions,” he said.

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n today’s newspaper we’ve presented the 11 funding tools Metrolinx was considering as ways to find $34 billion to fund the first part of the Big Move project in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).

There’s been plenty of debate about these tools, how transit expansion should be paid for and who will pay. Ultimately, all roads lead to the Province of Ontario when it comes to these questions.

Metrolinx, the provincial agency tasked with building and financing the Big Move transit expansion, has recommended four of the 11 revenue tools in a report which will go to the province and affected municipalities by this Saturday, June 1.

You can find which four Metrolinx said no to; which three it listed as supplemental measures; and the four it passed on to the province in our exclusive look here. Other players with a our view stake in the Big Move, including the City of Toronto, CivicAction and the Toronto Region Board of What are Trade, have their own positions you willing on the funding tools; this is also reflected in our report. to accept?

The Big Move is a huge project with many spurs of transit growth, and multiple jurisdictions with competing priorities. However, we are all part of the same transit/traffic mess, and it’s hurting our economy right now in long commute times and increased business costs. We’ll all pay the price for not getting the Big Move right.

The onus is on taxpayers to understand the situation and its impact. It’s your tax money that will potentially fund transit upgrades. It’s easy to just say no to taxes, but then you have to be able to offer other sources of funding and be part of the solution.

We hope our report will let readers better understand some of the ways in which Metrolinx thought the Big Move could be funded, and how those funding tools would work.

Take a look at them and then let your local MPP know what you think, and what you would be willing to accept and pay.

It is the province that will decide which revenue tools to implement, and right now we have a relatively unstable minority government situation.

Hopefully, the importance of better transit will trump politics when making these decisions.

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s the Ford brothers, Rob and Doug, face allegations about their personal lives and setbacks due to the departure of key staff, they have shown aggressiveness in defending what they say are key achievements of the administration.

To those who disparage, they point to the “over a billion” they have saved taxpayers, taming the unions, their advocacy for subways, and standing up for the average resident.

Really? Let’s take a look at some of those claims.

While claims for saving “over a billion” may be hyperbole, the Ford administration has limited the size of municipal government.

Huge amounts of gravy have never been found.

Yet the administration has found savings by chasing many small issues. It has not been afraid to eliminate costly practices, implement labour-saving automation and merge departments.

Even critics concede that

david soknacki beyond the headlines outsourcing waste collection was vindicated by achieving both lower costs and fewer complaints.

These triumphs are all the more impressive by coming after council revoked the much loathed vehicle registration tax, and approved labour agreements with the city’s major unions.

Against these early victories stands a long string of defeats.

First came the administration’s need to reverse its position on the redevelopment of the port lands, a decision that taught councillors that the administration could be beaten.

Nor was the mayor able to deliver on his key platform plank of “subways, subways, subways.”

Being unable or unwilling to compromise, he lost control of councillors on the TTC, then council itself,

and finally had to suffer the humiliation of seeing council approve the plan he declared dead on his first day of office.

Generally, on the critical transit file, Mayor Ford seems to misunderstand the demographics driving transit demand, fantasize about private financing, misread council, and so, by not grasping the new powers being given to Metrolinx, has lost the ability to make major transit decisions.

As well, council took the issue of a casino away from the mayor’s control.

Although it was highly unlikely that the current premier would allow a downtown casino, the mayor’s ineptness was directly responsible for council’s disapproval for a casino at Woodbine Racetrack in Etobicoke. It was a decision that has the potential of costing jobs and revenue.

In short, the mayor’s first year in office, and his focus on select financial issues saw notable successes, fol-

lowed by mutiny, personal troubles and most recently, by the inability to even articulate positions on signature issues such as Metrolinx’s recommendations for new taxes.

Although there is some truth in the administration’s claims, promoting their achievements list was done mostly to appeal to their core supporters, called Ford Nation. So far, it has worked.

Controversies have done little to dent the mayor’s approval level that stays at about 36 per cent, a figure unchanged from early May, although it is somewhat down from the 47 per cent with which he won the mayoral election.

The conclusion from the events of May is that until allegations from the media have been proven, the mayor, his administration and his supporters are solid enough to fight on.

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Canadian Energy Pipeline Association disputes Mulcair’s statements To the editor: Re: ‘Federal NDP leader Mulcair visits local recycling plant,’ Community, May 16.

In the article, inaccurate statements were made about the pipeline industry.

We would like the opportunity to set the record straight with the facts.

The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association represents Canada’s transmission pipeline companies that operate about 110,000 kilometres of pipeline in Canada.

In 2011, these energy highways move about 1.2 billion barrels of liquid petroleum products and 5.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas each year.

Our members transport 97 per cent of Canada’s daily natural gas and onshore crude oil from producing regions to markets throughout North America.

In the article, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, leader of the Official Opposition of Canada, was paraphrased by saying “But bitumen

may corrode the pipe faster than the crude it now carries, and the proposal is not going to be object of a serious, complete and credible environmental assessment process, because the Conservatives are gutting environmental legislation.”

No factual evidence This statement needs to be corrected.

There is no factual or operating evidence that diluted bitumen is more corrosive than conventional crude oil.

There have been numerous studies, including one released earlier this year by the Penspen Group, that dispelled the myth that diluted bitumen is more corrosive than conventional crude.

In this report, the Penspen Group examined 40 studies addressing the behaviour of diluted bitumen and conventional crude over a 40-year period. The research con-

cluded that diluted bitumen is no more corrosive when compared to conventional crude oil.

There was also another study by Alberta Innovates Technology Future (AITF) completed last year. It indicated that in terms of corrosion rates, there was no increased risk of transporting diluted bitumen versus conventional crude.

The AITF engages scientists and other experts, many of whom are worldrenowned in their areas of study, to look at this issue.

Lastly, at the most recent National Academy of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) International conference, 16 studies were cited, dating back more than 20 years, that compared corrosion rates between conventional crude and diluted bitumen.

None of these studies found evidence to determine that diluted bitumen was more corrosive than conventional crude. NACE International is the most

recognized, global organization dealing with corrosion matters.

In addition, this article also quoted Mulcair as stating the Conservative government was “gutting environmental legislation.”

This also requires correction. It seems that there is a continued effort by some members of the media, as well as, Mulcair, to misrepresent the purpose and application of Canada’s new environmental assessment legislation, CEAA 2012.

The changes to federal environmental legislation in 2012 have consolidated responsibility for environmental assessment of federally regulated pipeline projects with the National Energy Board (NEB).

The NEB, as an expert regulator with full life cycle oversight of federally regulated pipelines, utilizes its own assessment requirements and those of CEAA 2012 to evaluate projects and ensure the environ-

ment is protected and the public is safe.

Any project that is approved is subject to conditions that are enforceable, projects are inspected during construction and operation, and NEBregulated companies are accountable for their performance.

Environmental assessment and environmental protection are important to all Canadians.

The public interest is poorly served by inaccurate comments that exaggerate personal views and is not supported by an understanding of regulatory processes that are designed to inform and engage the public in the review of projects.

To find out more, we would encourage your readers to visit our website – www.aboutpipelines.com Brenda Kenny, President and CEO, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association

Accountability, wise spending sought from Toronto’s politicians To the editor: Now that it appears Mayor Rob Ford’s reign might come to an end, I have noticed something peculiar.

After garbage privatization west of Yonge Street, our own sanitation workers were efficient and friendly and bins actually landed in the same spot from which they were picked up.

That has suddenly changed.

The bins land either in the middle of the road or driveway and the workers smirk when challenged.

They sense the changes coming where unions will rule once again.

And no, I am not of Ford Nation; I just want accountability and money to be spent wisely.

Rositta Buracas

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Condominium consultation meetings set for civic centre

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Condominiums, a form of housing that succeeded in Toronto like almost nowhere else, have come with their own set of problems.

The City of Toronto started asking residents about life in condominiums earlier this year.

A second round of consultation, one the city can use to shape future developments, is planned this coming Monday, June 2, at Scarborough Civic Centre from 7 to 9 p.m.

“The first round of meetings identified issues that condo residents are experiencing. This second round will be about testing ideas to address the issues,” the city said in a release, More on the process is at www.toronto.ca/planning/ condo_consultation.htm The provincial government has jurisdiction over some regulations for condos

ENJOYING THE RIDE: Jonathan Sukhraj enjoys a ride at the Konkel Karnival on Saturday. The Karnival is hosted by Chuck Konkel, the federal Conservative Party candidate of record in the Scarborough-Guildwood riding. It is taking place in the parking lot of the Metro at Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue. It takes place daily from noon to 10 p.m. The final day is Sunday and it closes at 6 p.m.

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in the city, but the province has also sought comments on standards for condos (see www.sse.gov.on.ca/mcs/ en/Pages/condo_rev.aspx) and has plans to reform the Ontario Condominium Act in 2014.

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Bringing up a sensitive topic with an aging parent or relative is something experts say people should do before it’s too late.

How to do it is the subject of Tough Transitions in Aging, Families and Eldercare, a talk presented by The Scarborough Hospital Foundation next Thursday, June 6, evening.

Part of an occasional lecture series called It’s Time to Talk, this free event covers “how to have difficult discussions with your loved ones about elder care,”

which includes substitute decision-making, powers of attorney and advanced care planning.

It also lets audience put questions to its expert speakers, including a social worker, ethicist and nurse practitioner working at TSH, as well as Toronto Alzheimer Society CEO Cathy Barrick.

The June 6 forum, preceded by a one-hour health fair at 6 p.m., runs from 7 to 9 p.m. in the auditorium of Eli Lilly Canada.

The facility is located at 3650 Danforth Rd., in southwest Scarborough, but it is entered through a driveway on Birchmount Road.

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Seniors Book Club WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Albert Campbell District Library, 496 Birchmount Rd. CONTACT: 416-396-8890, COST: Free May 31: De Nero’s Game; June 28: The Brain That Changes Itself.

The Singing Pilgrims WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Salvation Army Citadel, 2021 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Stan Williams, 416-438-8552 COST: Free Annual Spring Concert Euchre Night WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Church of the Master United Church, 3385 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-4310333 COST: $6 /player Includes prizes, refreshments and fun. Wheelchair accessible. Support attendants free or $6 to play.

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Lawn Sale WHEN: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Church of the Master United Church, 3385 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: Gladys or Clara, 416-431-0333 COST: Free Individual lawn sale tables, snacks and baking.

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Springfest WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, 33 East Rd. CONTACT: Sue, 416-694-408 COST: Free Baked goods, plants, barbecue, gently used household itemsand more Lawn Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: St. Mark’s United Church, 115 Orton Park Rd. CONTACT: Art Nicholson, 647-280-3391, art@tailung.com COST: Free Yard and plant sale Craft Market and Antique Car Show WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Scarborough Village Community Centre, 3600 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: Jan Morgan, 416-3964051 COST: Free Scarborough Village Seniors hosts a craft sale, flea market and antique car show. Luncheon selection available.

Agincourt Lawn Bowling open house WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Agincourt Lawn Bowling Club, 1 Heather Road CONTACT: Dudley Phillips, 416-284-3937, nodud@rogers. com COST: Free Lawn Bowling is a sport for all ages and has various levels of competition, from casual bowling to international

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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, 416-2985825 COST: Free Family friendly event offers entertainment, vendors and fresh food. Takes place every Thursday in June, July & August. Vendors, volunteers and entertainment wanted.

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.

Eastpark Blvd. CONTACT: Pat, 416447-1537 COST: Free Couples and singles dancing.

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20th Annual Caribbean Gala WHEN: 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Tropicana Community Services, 670 Progress Ave. Unit 14 CONTACT: Cindy Harlow, events coordinator, 416-439-9009 COST: $150 Themed Balia i Ritmo. An evening inspired by Caribbean dances and rhythms. Silent auction, a threecourse Caribbean-style dinner, live entertainment by Ballet Creole, the Hummingbird Tassa Band and the Children & Youth Dance Theatre of Toronto as well as a raffle.

Saturday Night Dance WHEN: 7 p.m. to midnight WHERE: BirkdaleCommunity Centre, 1299 Ellesmere Rd. CONTACT: 416-3964069 COST: $6, includes refreshments

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SOLO Dance Club WHEN: 7 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Cedar Brook Community Centre, 91

YMCA Healthy Kids Day WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: YMCA Scarborough, 230 Town Centre Court CONTACT: 416928-3362 COST: Free All YMCA health and fitness centres in the GTA will be open to the community.

Second Career Information Session WHEN: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: On-Track Career & Employment Services, 1371 Neilson Road-Ground Floor CONTACT: 416-283-5229 Pre-Registration is required, , , COST: Free Get valuable information on eligiblity and how to complete the training application. A referral from an Employment Consultant is required if you qualify.

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Chinese Cancer Support Group WHEN: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre, 3333 Finch Ave. East 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 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Eglinton Square Library, 1 Eglinton Square, Unit 126 CONTACT: Cathy Pyper, 416-396-8920, cpyper@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Learn what osteoporosis is, risk factors and how to manage osteoporosis through nutrition, exercise and medication. Registration required.

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special report: big move, big money The following are 11 proposals considered by Metrolinx to help fund regional transit expansion as well as views of the organizations that have weighed in on the recommendations.

By Rahul Gupta

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PARKING SPACE LEVY

ing space would net $350 million per year.

How it works: Per space levy charged daily to operators of paid and unpaid commercial parking lots as well as at transit stations.

Annual projected revenue for the Big Move: A daily charge of $0.25 per park-

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EMPLOYER PAYROLL TAX How it works: Regular deduction paid by Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) employers each pay period in form of flat tax or a percentage of total gross salaries.

Annual projected revenue for the Big Move: 0.5 per cent tax would raise between $630 to $730 million.

Pros for implementation: w High revenue potential and minimal implementation costs.

Cons against implementation: w Could discourage job creation. w Doesn’t impact congestion.

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FUEL TAX

Pros for implementation: w Stable, long-term funding since parking spots are unlikely to be removed over time. w Easy to implement. w Encourages smarter land-use planning.

Examples where it is used: Oregon raised more than $200 million in 2010 for the Portland area TriMet transit service through an estimated 0.69 per cent payroll tax. Also used in New York City and Paris, France.

Toronto Region Board of Trade

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HIGH OCCUPANCY TOLL (HOT) LANE How it works: Low occupancy drivers pay a user fee to access High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV ) lanes normally reserved for vehicles transporting three or more people.

Annual projected revenue for the Big Move: A toll of 30 cents per kilometre would bring in anywhere from $25 to $45 million by 2014 and up to $250 million after 2017 if additional HOT lanes are constructed on the 400 series highways as planned.

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Examples where it is used: Widely used in places like Vancouver, Montreal, parts of Europe and Australia.

LAND VALUE CAPTURE (LVC) How it works: Fee charged to property owners, including developers and home buyers, to capture a property value increase resulting from proximity to a public transit connection or project.

Pros for implementation: w Encourages less fuel consumption over time. w Reduces total car trips and improves travel times over the long term. w Minimal administrative costs since taxing mechanism already in place.

Cons against implementation: w Could significantly increase costs for transporting goods and services resulting in higher prices for con-

Pros for implementation: w Voluntary usage, which means many road users would not have to pay more.

Cons against implementation: w Capital construction costs required to convert existing HOV lanes to allow for tolling. w Potentially unaffordable for lower-income drivers.

Examples where it is used: HOT lanes exist or are planned in just about every U.S. state dating back to the 1970s.

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Toronto council

CivicAction

Toronto Region Board of Trade

Which of the following recommendations do you support? Send us your thoughts at scm@insidetoronto.com

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Toronto council

Cons against implementation: w Low annual revenue potential. w Administration costs unclear due to a lack of details on how it would work. w Unpopular among majority of polled residents.

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Pros for implementation: w Can capture property value increases from public and privately held land.

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Annual projected revenue for the Big Move: Five cent per litre tax would raise up to $330 million per year.

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Annual projected revenue for the Big Move: LVC fees could produce $20 million in dedicated revenue, though the cost of implementation is unclear at the moment.

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How it works: Regional consumption surcharge in the form of a flat tax for every litre of gas purchased or as a percentage of the base price.

UNDER CONSIDERATION

Cons against implementation: w Lot owners can transfer the cost of the levy to users. w Unlikely to improve traffic congestion. w Levy would be enforced even if the spot remains empty during peak hours.

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sumers.

Examples where it is used: Vancouver’s TransLink receives around $120 million yearly through a 17 cents per litre fuel surcharge. Maryland’s Democratic governor Martin O’Malley recently signed off on a $650 million investment in public transit paid for by the state’s gas tax.

REGIONAL SALES TAX How it works: Percentage increase within GTHA of existing tax rate to fund transit projects.

Annual projected revenue for the Big Move: A one per cent increase would generate around $1.3 billion for the region and more than $500 million to Toronto.

Pros for implementation: w High revenue potential with capacity to rise as economy grows. w Can be adopted quickly.

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Cons against implementation: w Unpopular with polled residents who feel they’re over-taxed; would cost average Toronto household an estimated $600 more per year. w Would affect low-income residents more adversely.

Examples where it is used: Los Angeles County’s Measure R instituted a 0.5 per cent tax increase over 30 years to build subways.

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Toronto council

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Toronto Region Board of Trade

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HIGHWAY TOLL How it works: Same as HOV tolling, with exception everyone must pay for lane

usage, usually based on a fee per kilometre.

Would be implemented on all 400 series highways and major roadways.

Annual projected revenue for The Big Move: A toll of 10 cents per kilometre could generate up to $1.5 billion by 2021 without taking into account construction costs.

Pros for implementation: w Major long term revenue potential

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TRANSIT FARES INCREASE

How it works: Raising fares of all GTHA transit agencies including the TTC to raise money for transit construction.

Annual projected revenue for The Big Move: A 15 cent raise would raise around $50 million.

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Pros for implementation: w Would make transit riders solely responsible for funding expansion since they would likely benefit the most.

Cons against implementation: w A fare hike would negatively affect ridership and prompt many to

DEVELOPMENT CHARGE

since all road users would have to pay. w Could reduce traffic congestion, especially if there are alternative modes of travel.

Cons against implementation: w Significant capital and administrative costs required. w Would encourage people to live closer to urban areas, which would be a disadvantage for suburban employment.

Examples where it is used: Like HOV lanes, tolled highways are used

return to their cars. w Low revenue potential that could be better used for operation of existing service. w Fare hike would have to be uniform across GTHA. For the TTC, the least subsidized transit provider in North America, that would mean even more reliance on the farebox. w Would adversely affect fixedincome riders like seniors.

charges are already collected by municipalities. w Could encourage “smart” development by offering incentives for building near existing transit.

Annual projected revenue for The Big Move: 15 per cent increase across the GTHA would generate $100 million/year.

Cons against implementation: w May require a legislative amendment to provincial Development Charges Act. w Developers would likely pass cost onto home buyers.

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How it works: An incremental increase tied to transit funding of existing property tax rates for residents and organizations.

Annual projected revenue for The Big Move: Raising current rates by just over five per cent could yield in 2014 anywhere from $480-670 million in dedicated revenue.

Pros for implementation: w Easy to implement as tax collection mechanism is already used by every municipality and the province.

w Stable, long term growth prospects.

Cons against implementation: w Municipalities already rely on property tax revenues to fund many services. w Regressive nature of property tax would disproportionately affect lowincome home owners and renters. w Residents would object to doubledipping by province which already uses property taxes to pay for education costs.

Examples where it is used: Vancouver’s TransLink and London, Ont. have funded transit projects through property tax hikes.

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Toronto Council

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Toronto Region Board of Trade

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VEHICLE KILOMETRES TRAVELLED (VKT) FEE

How it works: All vehicles in a designated area would have to pay a charge for every kilometre travelled.

Distance would be measured via GPS devices installed in cars or odometer readings.

Annual projected revenue for The Big Move: Charging three cents per kilometre would net for transit construction around $1.6 billion.

Pros for implementation: w Extremely high revenue potential with the ability to rise significantly in the long term. w Would reduce congestion and impact driver behaviour especially if different pricing rates are adopted to account for peak travel times.

Cons against implementation: w Expensive to implement

Metrolinx

Toronto Council

CivicAction

Toronto Region Board of Trade

Examples where it is used: The city of Toronto used surplus fare revenues collected during the Second World War to pay for its first subway line, Yonge, which opened in 1954.

How it works: One-time charge on real estate developers levied by municipalities to recover public capital costs from the private sector.

Pros for implementation: w Easy to implement as development

PROPERTY TAX

worldwide to fund transit and road infrastructure. Locally, Hwy. 407, which is leased by a private consortium, has charged tolls per kilometre travelled since its inception in 1997.

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Toronto Council

CivicAction

Toronto Region Board of Trade

Examples where it is used: Used to fund part of city’s share of Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension and Sheppard-Yonge subway construction.

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Toronto Council

CivicAction

Toronto Region Board of Trade

w Legislative changes would be required from both the province and municipalities to allow for VKT tolls. w Drivers would have to assume entire costs even though they may not necessarily benefit from better public transit.

Examples where it is used: Denmark and the Netherlands have plans to impose a VKT fee within the next three years.

New Zealand motorists also pay a set charge for every 1,000 kilometres travelled.

Metrolinx CivicAction Toronto Region Board of Trade Toronto Council

Sources: KPMG/AECOM funding tool profiles report for Metrolinx; Toronto Region Board of Trade, City of Toronto, Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Pembina Institute, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Fraser Institute.

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Participants in Maya’s March will have their hearts in the right place. They’re raising money on behalf of Maya Murphy, an eight-year-old Scarborough girl who was born with a rare genetic disorder that has placed her heart on the opposite side of her chest.

The disorder, which affects one in 15,000 people, is called Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD).

“It’s fun when you take her to a new doctor and don’t tell them the heart is on the right side,” Maya’s mother Paula said. “There’s a look of puzzlement on their face.”

Maya experienced respiratory distress at birth. An x-ray revealed her organs were reversed. The newborn was sent to The Hospital for Sick Children where she spent more than two weeks. She was diagnosed with PCD at four months of age.

“It’s quite frightening to think that your little baby has a lifelong incurable disorder,” Paula said. “But because we caught it so early and started treatment so early, we’ve really been blessed.”

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“Sometimes she comes out with this wicked cough but other than that you really would never know,” Paula said. “She’s active, she’s very good in school, she has lots of friends.”

Maya’s family started Maya’s March five years ago to raise funds for SickKids and PCD research. Last year it was

decided that all the money raised will go towards PCD research at SickKids.

Maya’s March begins at 10 a.m. this Sunday at 21 Conlins Rd. The five-kilometre walk goes along Military Trail to Old Kingston Road, along Lawson Road, through Colonel Danforth Park, up Old Kingston Road and then back along Military Trail, ending at Conlins where there will be a barbecue, live music and a silent auction. Paula said she hopes to raise $15,000 this year.

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The committee supported an amendment by the mayor – a move that takes Ford a step closer to fulfilling a 2010 election promise to cut Toronto Council in half, or nearly so.

At the meeting, Ford made a passionate case for ignoring city legal advice to allow the ward boundary review to go forward without preconceived direction from politicians. Ford argued federal riding boundaries are likely to add three new ridings in Toronto. And if council continues with the practice of dividing ridings in two to create city wards, that would increase the number of wards from 44 to 50.

“What we have to do folks, is look at where are we going to go,” said Ford. “Are we going to go to 50 wards? At the rate we’re going we’re going to have 50 councillors – and you see the problems we have with 44 councillors.”

During the election, Ford promised to reduce council to 23. In his motion, he didn’t

specify a number of wards, but when he spoke, he repeatedly referred to 25 councillors as being a workable number.

“We have to align ourselves with the provincial and federal government, and 25 councillors can do the job,” said Ford.

“I don’t want to hear the argument that we work harder than MPs. I have no problem with increasing our salaries in line with an MP or an MPP... You might have to sit on two committees instead of one. But this is what people want. They don’t want more politicians in the city. They want less.”

Councillors on the committee voted for the recommendations.The matter will go to the June meeting of Toronto Council.

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>>>from page 1 If Robert De Niro could start a film festival in Tribeca, to bring people into that lower Manhattan neighbourhood after the September 2001 attacks, Petrov asked, why couldn’t he do the same for the place he grew up in?

The festival website (www. scarboroughfilmfestival. com) is full of facts about Scarborough.

Toronto may have film fests of many sorts, but Petrov, who went to R. H. King Academy and is a board member of Scarborough Arts, speaks proudly of his event as being one of the first outside the downtown core.

“I’m a film fan, yes, but I’m also a Scarborough fan,” he said.

Kim, who like Petrov has worked for the Toronto

International Film Festival, said Scarborough has a “minimal” presence in the cultural life of Greater Toronto, despite being one of its largest regions.

“I started to see Scarborough as a clean slate, a new canvas that’s waiting for a new initiative,” she wrote this month, adding the volunteer-run event from June 4 to 9 can “bring the community

together through showcasing quality and inspiring films that everyone can enjoy.”

Petrov also has hopes the festival can help people get beyond Scarborough’s problematic public image. When he asked students at Centennial College to make short films about Scarborough, four of the five films they finished were about killers or rapists, he said.

“Why not do it about a corner store? Or a documentary? Or experimental?”

The festival, meanwhile, struggled to find local venues outside of Scarborough’s remaining megaplexes. One of the few alternatives, the Woodside Cinema, is closed

for renovations.

Kim and Petrov decided to have some screenings, including opening night, at The Fox in the Beach, which Petrov calls “borderline Scarborough.”

Other films will play at the University of Toronto Scarborough, in a campus lecture theatre which Petrov said can seat 500 and has superb sound quality.

Submissions to the festival poured in from Europe, the U.S., and Thailand, but some short movies by Scarborough filmmakers are also included: Chance, by Kuru Selvarajah; Mermaid, by Joanne Doughty; Student Bodies, by Geoff Anhorn; and Little Miss Jihad

by Stephanie Law. A l s o h o m e g r ow n i n Scarborough is Ryan O’Callaghan, who wrote, produced and stars in the feature film Placebo, also screening.

He now lives in New York City, where his story is set, and said he “couldn’t be more excited” to have it shown at The Fox, where his grandparents went on dates in the 1950s.

“Scarborough has shaped the person I am and the artist I’ve become. The creative potential here is limitless,” said O’Callaghan, who grew up in the Guildwood area.

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Federal minister attends service at Sri Varasiththi Vinaayagar temple Federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will appear at a Scarborough temple this Saturday, June 1, to join a special prayer service for “world peace and economical growth,” the temple trustees said in a release.

T h e S r i Va r a s i t h t h i Vinaayagar Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Ganesh expects to welcome the minister at 9 a.m. for a tour before the service begins at 9:30 a.m.

The temple on Kennedy Road south of McNicoll

Avenue is known locally as the site of a chariot festival each July in honour of Lord Ganesh.

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The 16th annual 42 Division Community Picnic is set for

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The picnic features a wide variety of food, entertainment, games, activites and inflatables for children and families to enjoy.

The picnic is hosted by the Community Police Liaison

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The picnic runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with opening ceremonies set for noon.

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For more information on this year’s police community picnic at Burrows Hall, call the 42 Division station at 416808-4200.

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Heavy rains lead to flooding in basements, on roads DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com City staff are bracing for re p o r t s o f w i d e s p re a d basement flooding following an overnight rainstorm that flooded the Don Valley Parkway through the morning rush hour and has taxed the city’s systems to the maximum.

“We had an extreme event,” said Denzil Minnan-Wong, the chair of Toronto’s public works and infrastructure committee yesterday morning.

“We received a rainstorm of somewhere between 50 and 60 millimetres in an hour.

It was a significant amount of water.”

The storm set off an alarm system on the Dundas Street bridge over the Don Valley Parkway at around 3 a.m., telling city staff that the Don River was beginning to rise.

“Staff were immediately deployed around four, started to close roadways — we

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Looking north toward Lake Ontario from the Dundas Street entrance to the Don Valley Parkway after early-morning flooding of the Don River closed traffic in both directions yesterday.

changed the signal timing on some streets in expectation that there would be flooding,” he said.

The Don Valley Parkway was closed until mid-morning.

Minnan-Wong said there

could be more trouble in the afternoon commute, as another system tracks across the region.

But Minnan-Wong said the real problem is still emerging, as homeowners across the city continue to call in with

basement floods from sewer backups.

“The people I have a lot more concern with are the people who’ve had their basement flooded,” he said.

“We’ve had about 200 calls so far.”

Minnan-Wong said the calls have come from every area of the city with a particular concentration in North York.

Pockets of the former municipality have had to deal with sewer backups every few years.

They usually occur when heavy rains cause the storm sewers to back up into sanitary sewers, sending raw sewage into homeowners’ basements.

The city’s wet weather master plan is a long-term infrastructure improvement program intended to mitigate against flooding in the future.

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n the midst of the political apocalypse unfolding here at Toronto City Hall, it’s nice to see that things aren’t collapsing everywhere when it comes to the governance of our city.

On Monday, Metrolinx released its preferred revenue tools — yes, also known as fees and taxes — to pay for transit expansion in Toronto and the surrounding communities.

The revenue tools preferred are a one per cent hike in the HST, a five-centper litre gas tax, a 25 cent commercial parking levy and a 15 per cent increase in development charges.

Metrolinx also recommended tolls on HOV lanes, parking fees at transit stations and a land value capture tax as supplemental tools for funding.

The total cost for the average household would be $477 a year, according to Metrolinx’s calculations.

More for big families.

All of this was too rich for the broken instrument

david nickle the city that Toronto Council had become earlier this month, when it attempted consensus on ways to raise money for transit expansion. The best council could do then was ask for a couple more subways, and tell the provincial government to find the money to pay for it elsewhere.

The political appointees that currently make up Metrolinx are, sadly, left to be the grown-ups in a room full of democratically — elected kindergarteners.

Toronto needs that politically mature guidance right now. The city and the region that surrounds it desperately needs to update and expand its transportation infrastructure.

And council? Beset by scandal in the mayor’s office, its members divided along political, regional and grudge lines... In its current

state, it’s never been less fit to govern this city.

As Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday has pointed out, the business of the city goes on as it collapses. And that’s true, inasmuch as Toronto is 90 per cent a service delivery organization and as long as it’s financially sound and retains a professional bureaucracy, the city itself will work.

But that crucial 10 per cent, which involves moving an agenda forward and crafting policy — looking at the city we’ll have five years as opposed to dealing with the one we’ve got — is beyond Toronto.

Fortunately, the most crucial policy question of this term — how to fund and build better transportation — has been taken from council and given to an unelected body. Under ordinary circumstances, that would be alarming.

These days, it’s a lucky break.

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Province urged to act on Metrolinx report Mayor repeats opposition RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Several pro-transit funding groups want the provincial government to act quickly on Metrolinx’s final recommendations for new dedicated transit taxes and fees.

The provincial transit planning agency released its longawaited Investment Strategy this week which it will present to the province and municipalities by Saturday, June 1.

Metrolinx’s said the recommendations for four main revenue generating tools is enough to bring in the necessary $2 billion per year required to complete the Big Move transit plan’s first phase of priority projects within 15 years.

During a special meeting on Monday, Metrolinx’s board of directors voted to

unanimously endorse the report, which contains a number of recommendations for the Liberal government of Premier Kathleen Wynne.

The recommended revenue tools are increasing the HST in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) by one per cent; hiking development charges to 15 per cent; imposing a five cent gas tax; and requiring commercial parking lot operators to pay a fee of 25 cents per space.

The Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance, which has long called for revenue tools to fund a regional strategy urged the province to accept Metrolinx’s recommendations. “It’s been decades in the waiting, and the time has come for governments to invest in a dramatically better way to move people and goods across the

Toronto region,” said group chair John Tory.

“Let’s make our dream of a connected regional transportation network a reality.”

The Pembina Institute also reacted positively to the report.

“We are particularly happy to see that Metrolinx’s proposal includes a mobility tax credit to address income equity, and also a dedicated transportation trust fund to ensure that new revenues go exclusively to the Big Move,” said the environmental research group’s Ontario director Cherise Burda.

The Toronto Region Board of Trade, which made its own revenue tool recommendations earlier in the year, said the province should be quick to adopt the recommendations. “We urge the provincial government to move quickly

in advancing the report to the public through planned consultations. We will be looking for a clear timetable to legislatively approve a final investment strategy by the fall.” said board president Carol Wilding.

TTC chair Karen Stintz, who attended the release of the Metrolinx report on Monday, said she supported three of the recommended revenue tools but was concerned by the impact of a parking levy on Toronto region business owners.

“Adding the fourth tool of a parking tax will tip the scales of simply taking too much from our economy,” said Stintz in a statement posted on her personal blog.

Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. For more transit news, follow him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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to proposed transit taxes DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com

Mayor Rob Ford is no fan of Metrolinx’s suite of revenue tools.

On Tuesday evening, after a day-long executive committee meeting, Ford invited reporters and cameras into his office to make sure that was perfectly clear.

“It’s no secret that I’ve been fighting for new subway lines for the City of Toronto from Day One,” he said. “I support developing new rapid transit — and streetcars are not rapid transit. What I do not support is the province’s plan to slap new taxes on the backs of Ontarians. They call them revenue tools but we all know it’s a fancy name for taxes.”

Ford referred to the recent debate at council, which took place against his will, that nevertheless rejected all options for revenue tools and demanded the province fund two new, unplanned subway lines. “Toronto Council took a firm position last month — they stood beside me and said no to these new taxes,” said Ford, who had hoped to forestall the debate on revenue tools until Tuesday’s meeting of the Executive Committee.

“Yet the province is moving ahead without consulting the public, with a plan to hit Toronto families for taxes that will cost $500 to $1,000 a year if not more.”

Ford said the province should “lead by example” and deal with its own deficit before discussing new taxes.

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STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS UP TO 60% OFF! 30x40, 40x60, 50x80, 60x100, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

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Home Renovations

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Rain Date: Sunday, June 2 80 Houses and

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On June 15th, 2013 9am-2pm the Agincourt Lions Club will be holding a Flea Market in the Agincourt Community Centre Parking Lot, 31 Glen Watford Dr., Scarbough Vendor’s Space Rental $ 20. per Space (Bring own tables) Info & reservations 416-291-8720

COMMUNITY STREET SALE Sat,. June 1st - 9am Rain date: Sun., June 2nd - 9am

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Off Highview Avenue between Birchmount Rd. & Kennedy Rd., north of Danforth Ave.

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Rain date: June 2nd

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HEATING & COOLING

Scarborough Saturday, June 1st 8am-4pm All proceeds to Sick Kids Hospital and the Salvation Army

COME ONE! COME ALL! Garage Sale on Saturday, June 1st from 8am-2pm at 5021 Sheppard Avenue East, Unit 15.

Treasures to be found at reasonable prices!

NO JOB TOO SMALL

FOR A FREE ESTIMATE PLEASE CALL:

416-389-4988 www.fairportrenovations.com • lui@fairportrenovations.com

FRANK’S RENOVATIONS

• Interlocking • Flagstone • Verandas • Concrete • Retaining Walls • Waterproofing • Flower Boxes • Brickwork • Wood Fences

Free Estimates

MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST 8am - 1pm Marchington Circle (Pharmacy/ Ellesmere)

Metro Lic 15743

416.261.1363 Cell 647-678-9282 Call

APPLIANCE REPAIR/INSTALLATION

SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE!

SPRING SPECIAL!

AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE OR A/C CLEANING

79

$

We Service All Makes & Models

99

AND we do ALL Gas Piping Jobs & Duct Work (BBQ hook-ups, Stove Hook-ups, Dryers, Fireplaces, Pools, etc.)

Larry’s Air Care

Heating & Air Conditioning

416-706-9861

SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE!

MARS APPLIANCE REPAIR

UNIVERSAL

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HEATING AND COOLING BIGGEST SALE EVER! SAVE $1,000

for low cost, fast, reliable repairs of: • fridges• stoves• dryers• washers • dishwashers• freezers • dehumidifiers• air conditioners Call Mark (Cert. Tech)

HUGE GARAGE SALE

MOVING SALE

Something for everyone!

Burton Electric Inc.

YARD SALE

102 SOUTH WOODROW BLVD. (BIRCHMOUNT/ DANFORTH) Saturday June 1st 8am-2pm

380 Staines Rd. (Finch/ Morningside)

www.diamondstarltd.com

Master Electrician * License # 7001220 * Insured www.burtonelectric.ca mark.burton@burtonelectric.ca

Saturday, June 1st, 9am-1pm 115 Orton Park Road St. Mark’s United Church Saturday, June 1st 9am - 5pm

416-497-6495

416-451-9040

Plus 22pt. Check List Carbon Monoxide CO Levels $

CONCRETE & PAVING

69.95

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATES

*10 Year Warranty

PAVING COMPANY

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416-445-1718

www.universalhc.ca

have you read all about it?

Since 1967!

IDEAL PLUMBING Master Lic.# 20557

www.idealplumbingdrain.com SASHA 416-371-7137 ALI 416-828-6611

• Beautiful Landscape Designs For Your New Patio or Front Entrance • Amazing Lawn Care Programs • Interlock, Flagstone, Rockeries, Gardens, Sodding, Overseeding

416-288-0313 www.underhill-wecare.com

FREE ESTIMATES

PROPERTY SOLUTIONS

Yard Clean Up, Lawn Mowing & Property Maintenance

FOR ESTIMATE CALL

416-288-8300 416-709-4457

Creative IdeaS Landscaping

LAWN CARE: • Garden Design • Landscape Lighting • Sodding & Cutting • Planting & Pruning

STONE WORK: • Interlock Driveways, Patios, Walkways & Parking Pads • Retaining Walls • Natural Stone & Flagstone

416-629-4607

FREE www.CreativeIdeasLandscaping.com ESTIMATE

ROOFING REPAIRS

7

Visit

4 16 .7 9 8 .7 2 8 4

REPAIRS

REPAIRS

REPAIRS

Since 1990

ROOFING REPAIRS Co. LOW COST REPAIRS EAVESTROUGH CLEANING ALL TYPES OF ROOF REPAIRS

•ANIMAL DAMAGE • ANIMAL PROOFING • GUTTER GUARD • TUCK POINTING • CHIMNEYS • SKYLIGHTS • FLAT ROOFS • VALLEY REPAIRS • ALL VENTING WORK • PATCH WORK • SOFFIT & FACIA •EAVESTROUGH REPAIRS • MAJOR & MINOR REPAIRS • SHINGLES

SAME DAY SERVICE

647-235-8123

ROOFING

REPAIRS

by RAPID TAC • Skylight Repair • Shingle Repairs • Eavestrough Repair • Animal Removal • Eavestrough Cleaning

SAVE UP TO 20% FREE Eavestrough cleaning with any repair

QUALITYLANDSCAPES.ca

A Woman’s Touch Landscaping OVERGROWN OUT OF CONTROL GARDENS •Spring Clean Ups • Gardening • Flower Planting • Seasonal Containers Plus many other services. Give us a call.

Retain ad for a 10% discount*

Enjoy the spring!

*on some services

416-427-3367 • www.awtl.ca

Want to get your business noticed?

Get Noticed.

prlink.insidetoronto.com

Metro License #PH23521

RATED A+ IN BBB 15 YEARS OF SERVICE ~ 24/7

Email: anna@multiseal.net Website: www.multiseal.net I

Replacement & Repairs Faucets, Sinks, Pipes, Drains Etc. Furnace, A/C, Water Heater, Gas 28 Years Experience • 24/7

· 24 Hour Emergency Service · Plugged Drain Repair •Backflow Prevention · Service Specialist · Flat Rates · Fully Insured · No Extra Charge for Evening & Weekends

• WE CONVERT OIL OR ELECTRICAL FURNACE TO GAS • INSTALL TANKLESS HOT WATER & BOILER • LOWEST PRICE – WE DO ALL PROCESSES TO GET MAXIMUM REBATE

Call (416) 743-6017 S

BEST RATES AND SERVICE IN TOWN

Call 416-699-4754 S U L L I V A N L A W N . C A

Specializing in

Asphalt Paving Free Estimates StreetPrint Bonded and Stamped and Insured Coloured Asphalt

R&Z PLUMBING & HEATING 416.661.9393

Air Con. From $1450 installed!

BEST PRICES IN TOWN!!!

Tune-up & Clean Furnaces or A/C

PLUMBING

REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS

HAREWOOD AVE SALE! Huge Street Sale on Harewood Ave. (North of Kingston Rd.) Saturday June 1st ~ 8am - 2pm Rain or shine.

Items for Everyone!

25 Yrs Exp. • Free Estimates • References

No Job Too Small

GUARANTEED F������� HIGH QUALITY RENOVATIONS WORK

Salvation Army 305 Morrish Road

* Restrictions Apply. Call for Details

ELECTRICAL

• Resurface and Build new porches • Specialize in flagstone work • Stone facing around the house FREE ESTIMATES 10% Seniors Discount 36 years in Business www.pcbrick.ca

(Bellamy) Books, tools, toys, new articles, CDs, DVDs, records, garden equip. & lawnmowers

With Each Lawn Care or Contract* Lawn Cutting Contract

Build, Design & Repair Pressure Treated, Cedar, Chain Link

SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE!

HUGE YARD SALE Sat. June 1st.

8am-2pm 137 Highview Ave. (Kennedy Rd./ Highview) Lots of kids stuff & household items.

Diamond Star Ltd.

PETER’S CONCRETE & BRICK

251 Brimorton Dr.

9am - 12pm

Fence & Deck

NO DOWN PAYMENT FOR SENIORS!

SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE!

Saturday, June 1st

DECKS & FENCES

416-500-0304 • www.abubakarrestoration.ca •

REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS REPAIRS

(St. Clair & O’Connor)

TransitionSquad.com for photos.

Free estimates 416-286-2666

metro lic. #H16265

- PORCHES, STEPS, WALKWAYS - CONCRETE, STONE & BRICK WORK - BASEMENT LEAK REPAIR - PORCH ENCLOSURES & RAILINGS - 3 YEAR WARRANTY

AERATION, 1X 1 LAWN CUTTING or EAVESTROUGH CLEANING

REPAIRS

www.airflexltd.com 416-439-7155

Low Cost, Low Mint, Non Slip, Decorative Concrete Overlay on existing, poorly done, uneven or tiled Concrete veranda, steps, walkway, patio. etc.

All Concrete & Interlocking Works & Repairs www.venetianconstruction.ca

Residential and Commercial Masonry Repairs, Concrete Work, Interlocking, Brick Repairs, Tuck Pointing, Parging, Caulking, Waterproofing and More!

Fully licensed & insured

REPAIRS

Street Sale

31 Glenwood Cres.

Scarborough

STREET SALE

GAS FURNACES CENTRAL AIR Sales, Service, Installations.

Janellan Terrace and Bethley Drive (Lawrence and Beachgrove) Saturday, June 1st, 8am-2pm Rain or Shine

MASONRY & CONCRETE ABU BAKAR BUILDING RESTORATIONS

All proceeds to charity.

TRANSITION SQUAD ESTATE SALE. June 1st.

8am-1pm+

LANDSCAPING, LAWN CARE, SUPPLIES

REPAIRS

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE! Saturday & Sunday June 1st & 2nd 8am-2pm.

46 Creekwood Dr. (Neilson/Hwy#401)

CONCRETE & PAVING

REPAIRS

Semi Street Sale June 1, Saturday 8:30am-3pm.

Corinne Cres., Maidavale Cres., Rosemount Dr. (Eglinton/ Kennedy) Tools, household items, kitchen stuff etc. Lots of perennial plants & hostas different varieties

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Call 416-798-7284 to plan your advertising campaign today!

416-299-1788 ROOFING DUN-RITE REPAIRS • SIDING/FASCIA • EAVESTROUGH 24 HOURS • TUCKPOINTING EMERGENCY REPAIRS • VENTING • GUTTER GUARDS • ANIMAL REMOVAL

• SHINGLES • FLAT ROOFS • SKY LIGHTS • CHIMNEY’S • VALLEY’S • ANIMAL PROOFING 15% Senior’s Discount

ALL TYPES OF ROOF REPAIRS 647-857-5656 Call us at:

Delivery questions?

416-439-4400

www.insidetoronto.com

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HOME IMPROVEMENT Directory ROOFING

ROOFING

ROOFING

Eaves, Roof & Animal Removal

CANADIAN SUPERIOR ROOF

ROOFERS “R” US INC.

WE FIX IT! ALL OF IT! Summer Special

25% off*

Eaves Cleaning from $39.

Roof Repairs from $49.

Free Estimates and Seniors Discount Licensed & Insured.

416-839-8449

BEST PRICE ROOF REPAIRS • Emergency repairs • Shingles • Chimneys • Animal Removal/Preventions • Eavestrough Repairs • Ventilation • Skylights and much more

EAVESTROUGH CLEANING

$35

FROM FREE ESTIMATES ~ NO JOB TO SMALL

SENIORS DISCOUNTS SAME DAY SERVICE LICENCED AND INSURED

CALL 416-820-3634

Shingles Flat Roof Eavestrough Siding Emergency Repairs

My Best Price is My Best Service 30% Seniors Discount

WSIB Insured

416-285-0009

Best Work for the Best Price!

WSIB Insured

✓Full roofs ✓Missing Shingles ✓Minor/Major Leaks ✓Raccoon Problems

RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL SHINGLES AND FLATS REPAIRS 24/7 www.roof911.ca

Free Estimates Fully Insured WSIB

416 -450 -3062 GTA TREE SERVICE

✓Eaves & Downspout ✓Skylights

Quick Service!!!

• Experts in Removal of Dangerous Trees • Trimming, Pruning • Stump Removal • Ash Borer Treatment • $2 million Liability + WSIB SPRING SAVINGS 10% OFF! Call Bobby 416-828-TREE (8733) www.GTAtree.com

LIC# L179362 20% Senior Discount

Eavestrough • Downpipes • Soffit • Fascia •Window/Door Capping • Leaf Guard • Siding

(416) 887-4609

FREE ESTIMATE & 10 Years Labor Warranty

416-838-9366 647-780-3113

Flat Roof • Drywall Shingles and Repairs Demo • Painting •Siding

A Good ur Job is O 416-768-9318 Free Estimates Success

wanthony@rogers.com

Dong Sing Aluminum Ltd

METRO LIC # B21368

2012

Seniors Discount & Arborist Reports available

416-248-0211

647 459 8799

15%

(416) 508-7505 Roof Repair Experts

Reliable & Professional Shingling, Flat Roofs, Eavestrough, Soffit, Fascia, Leaky Basements, Interlock.

Small Repair & Free Estimate.

up to

• Trimming, Pruning & Stump Removal • Cert ed & Insured • Free Estimates

Since 1982 RENOVATION Insured • Guaranteed

Atena Construction 416-854-5156 www.atenaconstruction.com

WET BASEMENT?

CALL O AKLAND WATERPROOFING

FOUNDATION LEAKS ELIMINATED

*Licensed Contractor *Free Estimates

416-676-1533 THE WET BASEMENT SPECIALISTS

Waterproofing and Foundation Repairs

Danny • 416 845 3909

ESTIMATES FULLY INSURED • FREE• Stump Grinding

• Professional Tree Trimming • Dangerous Tree Removal • Cabling and Bracing • City of Toronto Arborist Reports • Lot Clearing

info@metrotree.ca | www.metrotree.ca To highlight your

Interior & Exterior Methods

Licensed & Insured • 35 yrs experience

Call for a free estimate 416-749-2273 • www.basetech.ca

SEAMLESS BASEMENT SOLUTIONS CORP. Wet Basement or Basement Leaking?

Experienced Basement Waterproofing Free Estimate, 100% Success & 25 Years Guarantee

Home Improvement Business call

(416) 875-2099 • www.roofdoctoron.com

WATERPROOFING

BASEMENT WATERPROOFING LOWER BASEMENT & UNDER PINNING

Since 1993

★ Shingles ★ Flat Roof ★ Eavestrough ★ Soft Facia ★ Repairs

A IDEAL ROOFING INC.

Save

TREE/STUMP SERVICES

416-798-7284

Call David: 416-888-6318 www.seamlesswaterproof.com

Let in the lighhte, heat!

Let in the light, block t

block the heat!

GET YOUR ESTIMATE!

26 MUIR DRIVE, SCARBOROUGH

CREATE YOUR OWN BACKYARD RETREAT!

Give us a call!

877.707.7427

R Y! A E T -Y AN 0 3 RR A W

(905) 980-1791

VIEW OUR ONLINE PROJECT GALLERY!

VISIT OUR WEBSITE

www.naturallightpatiocovers.com

SUMMER SALE NO MONEY DOWN!

2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER ✓ 7 PASSENGER ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ ABS BREAKS

9,888

$

ONLY 65,000KMS

OR

95

$

2009 FORD RANGER SPORT 2010 FORD FUSION SE

✓ V6 ENGINE ✓ EXTENDED CAB ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER STEERING ✓ ALUM WHEELS ✓ FOG LIGHTS ✓ & MORE

+ TAXES

5.99 $

WEEKLY 60 MONTHS

✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BREAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ AND MORE

10,988

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

85

5.99 $

2012 FORD FOCUS SE 2010 GRAND CARAVAN ✓ 7 PASSANGER ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ AM/FM CD PLAYER ✓ DARK TINTED GLASS

✓ 4 DOORS ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY

13,988

$

Punit (Prince) Sibal General Manager

2008 FORD EDGE SEL 2009 FORD EDGE SEL

✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ ALUM WHEELS ✓ FOG LAMPS

14,988

$

ONLY 40,000KMS

69

$

18,988

$

5.99 $

ONLY 17,000KMS

23,988

$

69

$

OR + TAXES WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

ENTRY

85

+ TAXES WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

18,998

$

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

75

2010 E-450 CUBE VAN

105

5.99 $

23,988

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 84 MONTHS

105

OR

69 WEEKLY $

+ TAXES

19,988

2011 ACURA CSX

16,988

5.99 $

72 MONTHS

2010 TOYOTA VENZA ONLY 36,000KMS

✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY

5.99 $

✓ 16’ BOX PARCEL VAN ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ V8 ✓ POWER BRAKES ✓ POWER STEERING ✓ AM/FM/CD

ONLY 22,000KMS + TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

15,988

$

14,988

+ TAXES

✓ LOADED ✓ LEATHER ✓ SUNROOF ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

20,988

+ TAXES

ONLY 26,000KMS

OR

95

$

+ TAXES WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

+ TAXES

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

65

✓ LOADED ✓ LEATHER ✓ SUNROOF ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS/ LOCKS/MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ ALUM WHEELS ✓ & MORE ✓ STK # A2727

18,988

OR

85

$

✓ LOADED ✓ LEATHER ✓ POWER SUNROOF ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER LOCKS ✓ SIDE STEPS ✓ 20” WHEELS ✓ FOG LAMPS ✓ TOW PKG ✓ & MUCH MORE

25,988

5.99 $

115 5.99 $ WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

$ OR

+ TAXES

28,988

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

119

60 MONTHS

20,988

41,988

5.99 $

ONLY 48,000KMS

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

65

5.99

2011 E-250 ECONOLINE

WEEKLY

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

85

5.99

2010 FORD FLEX LIMITED

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

89

18,988

5.99 $ 72 MONTHS

2012 FUSION AWD

✓ LOADED ✓ LEATHER ✓ NAVIGATION ✓ POWER SUNROOF ✓ DVD PLAYER ✓ 7 PASSENGER ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS

14,988

+ TAXES

✓ LOADED ✓ LEATHER SEATS ✓ DUAL SUNROOF ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ALUM WHEELS ✓ FOG LAMPS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ ONLY 36000 KMS

22,988

5.99 $

2013 FORD EDGE SEL 2010 F150 SUPERCREW LARIAT 4WD 2012 HONDA PILOT TOURING

✓ LOADED ✓ LEATHER SEATS ✓ PANORAMIC SUNROOF ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY

+ TAXES

5.99

✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER LOCKS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ ONLY 15,000KMS ✓ EX RENTAL ✓ EX US VEHICLE ✓ STK# A2630

✓ ALL WHEEL DRIVE ✓ LOADED ✓ LEATHER STEERING ✓ P/ WINDOWS ✓ SUNROOF ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR COND. ✓ P/LOCKS, MIRRORS ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ EX RENTAL

$

✓ 4 DOORS ✓ V6 ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY

5.99 $

2009 BMW 323I SEDAN

5.99 $

2012 TOYOTA CAMRY ✓ 4 DOORS ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ EX DAILY RENTAL

$ OR 95 5.99 WEEKLY 72 MONTHS $

75

$ 65 65 5.99 $12,988 ORWEEKLY WEEKLY 72 MONTHS $

ONLY 31,000KMS

5.99 $

WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

2010 TOYOTA CAMRY

2012 FORD ESCAPE

✓ LEATHER SEATS ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR COND ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS WHEELS AND MORE!

$ OR

60 5.99 $13,988 OR $60 WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

ONLY 57,000KMS

2012 TOYOTA COROLLA 2012 CHEVROLET IMPALA ✓ 4 DOORS ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ EX DAILY RENTAL

+ TAXES

$

✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ & MORE

✓ ALUM

2012 FORD TAURUS AWD

✓ ALL WHEEL DRIVE ✓ LOADED ✓ LEATHER ✓ SUNROOF ✓ V6 ✓ POWER SEATS ✓ P/WINDOWS, LOCKS, MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ ALUM WHEELS & MORE ✓ EX-RENTAL

15,988

+ TAXES

OR WEEKLY 60 MONTHS

2012 FORD FOCUS TITANIUM ✓ LOADED ✓ NAVIGATION ✓ LEATHER ✓ SUNROOF ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ FOG LAMPS ✓ ALUM WHEELS

✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ POWER MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ AND MORE

OR

11,988

OR

2008 FORD F-150

✓ V8 ✓ AUTOMATIC ✓ AIR CONDITIONING ✓ POWER WINDOWS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ POWER DOOR LOCKS ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ CHROME WHEELS

ONLY 18,000KMS

ONLY 36,000KMS

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 72 MONTHS

95

5.99

2012 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR 4WD

✓ LOADED ✓ NAVIGATION ✓ POWER WINDOWS/ LOCKS/ MIRRORS ✓ ABS BRAKES ✓ KEYLESS ENTRY ✓ ALUM WHEELS ✓ EX-RENTAL

ONLY 25,000KMS

49,888

150 5.99 $

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 84 MONTHS

PRICES ARE PLUS HST ONLY. IE. $10,000 FINANCED OVER 60 MONTHS, PAYMENTS ARE $50 PER WEEK AND COB IS $1813 VEHICLES MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS ILLUSTRATED. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS. *ON SELECT MODELS.

+ TAXES $ OR WEEKLY 84 MONTHS

179

5.99

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