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Scarborough residents can ring in the new year with a celebration at the Scarborough Civic Centre on Wednesday, Dec. 31. The celebration begins at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre Rotunda. There are a number of musical performances and activities planned for the evening. Musical guests Dan the Music Man, Sol de Cuba, The Lincolns, Jordan John and Two for the Show are all set to perform. Various activities scheduled to take place include arts and crafts with children and face painting with the Scarborough Clown Corps. Reptilia, Canada’s largest indoor reptile zoo, will have an interactive exhibit set up.
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Funeral for Amaria Diljohn on Saturday Girl, 14, died after being struck by TTC bus at Neilson and Finch MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Amaria Diljohn, a Scarborough girl killed by a TTC bus on Dec. 19, will be laid to rest this Saturday, Jan. 3, after a funeral service in her community. Amaria, 14, was run over
while crossing Neilson Road at Finch Avenue on her way home from school. The bus driver didn’t remain at the accident scene, but was later interviewed by police. The community had rallied to raise more than $14,600 as of mid-day Monday to a local
Scotiabank account set up for that purpose to help the family who were finding it difficult to pay for the funeral costs. The girl’s family is very grateful for those contributions, said Lisa-Marie Wishropp, a friend running a memorial Facebook page on their behalf.
“We would like to express our utmost gratitude to all of those that hold Amaria in their thoughts and prayers,” a posting on that page said Sunday. “We continue to be humbled by all that you have done.” Donations are still being >>>FUND, page 12
ICE SKATING Residents can also enjoy ice skating at the outdoor rink in Albert Campbell Square with music, weather permitting. Two cartoon movies will be shown during the five-hour celebration. To wrap up the celebrations, 2015 will be ushered in with a giant countdown at 11:59 p.m.
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TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI: Above, Jeevitha Lieberman places a rose at the foot of a memorial during the ceremony held Friday to recall the victims of the Dec. 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed hundreds thousands of people. Right, Venila Siva Pragasam rehearses for a performance during the memorial service held Friday at JC’s Banquet & Grill House on Ellesmere Road in Scarborough. The memorial was organized by the Canadian Tamil Congress. Photos/WILLIAM MEIJER
Man, 80, dies after being struck by vehicle An 80-year-old man is dead after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the street in Scarborough Sunday. Police said the senior was crossing Sheppard Avenue mid-block from the north side near Abbotsfield Gate (east of Pharmacy Avenue) when an eastbound 2015 Land Rover Evoque driven by a 24-yearold man struck him in the curb lane at 6:09 p.m. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Anytime you cross midblock you’re taking your life into your hands and unfortunately in this particular case the individual was struck,” Const. Clint Stibbe said. This is the city’s 29th pedestrian fatality of the year; last year there were 40. In a year-end interview earlier this month, 42 Division’s unit commander Supt. Thomas Fitzgerald said Sheppard Avenue is a hot spot for collisions.
The top three accident locations in the division are all along Sheppard. On June 29, five people were hurt, two critically, in a singe-car crash at Sheppard and Neilson Road. On Aug. 1, a 17-year-old boy riding his bicycle on Sheppard near Neilson was struck and killed by a westbound car. Two motorists were charged with dangerous driving causing death - street racing in connection with the collision.
Scarborough councillor, has said he’s willing to delay funding for the Sheppard East LRT line if that will help build SmartTrack, a surface rail plan he supports. Karygiannis’s argument is that north Scarborough deserves its share of subway tunnels, and such an extension will cost more to build 20 years from now. On the bus garage, planned near a concentration of seniors on Kennedy Road, Karygiannis may find himself alone, but he insisted consultations “are still going on,” and the TTC is looking at other sites. S c a r b o r o u g h C e n t re Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker, named a deputy mayor for Scarborough by Mayor John Tory, has the dual task of helping recruit companies to patch Toronto’s denuded tree canopy and of being council “champion” for the so-called Scarborough subway extension. He quickly announced a campaign to push for approval of an extra station along that extension – replacing the old Scarborough Rapid Transit line from Kennedy Station – at Danforth and Eglinton avenues, a proposal that provokes debate but which De Baeremaeker calls “common sense.” The extension route and its station locations must be approved during 2015 if the project is to have a hope of finishing a decade from now. Other councillors from the
area sound happy enough to get behind Tory’s efforts to build SmartTrack and reduce traffic congestion. Many will return to small local projects – adding sidewalks and dog parks, sprucing up playgrounds and parks, road repairs – most residents will welcome. Some projects will be large ones. Cho will meet ward residents to see what they want in a community centre in Joyce Trimmer Park. Michelle Berardinetti will do the same on an expansion of the West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre and a new design for Kennedy station. Berardinetti, who has four Neighbourhood Improvement Areas in her ward – the city used to call them Priority Neighbourhoods – wants the city to give developers incentives to build in them. It’s tough for these areas to get the development making other parts of Toronto prosperous, she said. “Development begets development. But when you don’t have any, you just don’t have any.” You also don’t have Section 37 money, which developers pay when they’re allowed to significantly increase density with a project in a ward. Certain councillors, then, have more money to spend on local improvements than Berardinetti, who wants Section 37 funds shared across the city.
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Foul play is not suspected after a 23-year-old man was found at the bottom of a pool Sunday. Emergency crews were called to 255 Bamburgh Circle near Steeles and Warden avenues at 10:24 p.m. The man was later pronounced dead at hospital. Police believe the victim was swimming with a resident of the building prior to the incident.
The Scarborough Sharks Girls Hockey Association is set to ring in the New Year with its 31st Annual New Years Classic tournament this weekend. More than 70 teams are slated to take part in age divisions ranging from atom to intermediate at up to four competitive levels (AA, A, B, BB) in the tourney which runs Jan. 2 to 4. Games will be played
in three Scarborough arenas: Canlan Ice Sports Scarborough, at 159 Dynamic Drive; Malvern Arena, at 30 Sewells Rd.; and Don Montgomery Community Recreation Centre, at 2467 Eglinton Ave. More on the tourney, including schedules, can be found at www.scarboroughsharks. sites.teamsnap.com
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ith a new mayor already in office and a new police chief to be named in the spring, 2015 is guaranteed to be a year of change for Toronto. Among the challenges for Mayor John Tory, who officially took office at the beginning of December, the hiring of a new chief to replace Bill Blair will be among the most critical. The relationship between the Toronto Police Services Board and police officers is not a good one at the moment, with the police union upset at board chair Alok Mukherjee for his recent Facebook post regarding the number of blacks shot by police in the United States. Also, Blair is unhappy with the board for its position regarding a report on “carding” of community members in North York’s 31 Division. Tory has made a good move towards repairing these relationships by taking a seat on the police board himself, something former mayor our view Rob Ford did not do. Hopefully, trust can be rebuilt between police board members and, most 2015 to see a officers, importantly, the residents they new chief at serve and protect. Key to that will be the selection the helm of a new chief. In today’s edition, we look at the selection process that will be used to hire Toronto’s next police chief. It’s a much more public process than ever before, and more information can be found in our feature on page 6. Also in today’s edition we’ve talked to those in charge of the police divisions in our community (41, 42 and 43 Divisions) to see what their priorities are for the coming year. Reducing street crime and working with youth were among the main goals identified by many of the divisions. A visible police presence on the streets helps keep street crime at bay, and gets officers out in their community interacting with those who live and work there – especially youth. It’s a good goal, but sometimes with community contact comes criticism. The carding report in 31 Division raised concerns that young black members of the community were being unfairly singled out for negative attention by police. There’s a fine line between having officers on the streets to deter crime and increase the sense of community safety while at the same time not appearing to target one group for undue attention, It will be an early and crucial test for Toronto’s new police chief to find that balance.
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The pigeon and the psychiatrist: Confessions of an unmasked mascot
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o a pigeon walks into a psychiatrist’s office. Not just any pigeon, either. We’re talking the one and only Parkdale Pigeon, the famous mascot of the Parkdale Pigeons, a legend in the world of minor hockey. Psychiatrist: “So how can I help you, son?” Parkdale Pigeon: “Well, Doc, it’s like this. I’m the mascot for a minor hockey team in Parkdale.” Psychiatrist: “Say no more. I know your team well. I go to all of your home games. Not to worry, the Pigeons won’t be in last place forever. If they add four fast forwards, two big defencemen, have a good draft and pick up a couple of free agents things could turn around. If not, I hear the league is adding two
jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY teams next year, so you’ll at least be better than those two new expansion pushovers.” Pigeon: “Very funny, Doc. But it’s not about the team, it’s about my outfit.” Psychiatrist: “You mean it’s too hot? Well, you know what they say: If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the pigeon.” Pigeon: “Are you gonna be serious, Doc?” Psychiatrist: “Relax, son. I was just messing with you. Don’t get your feathers ruffled.” Pigeon: “Doctor.” Psychiatrist: “Sorry. I couldn’t resist. Please continue. I’ll be good from now on. Now, what are you getting in such a flap
about?” Pigeon: “Doctorrr.” Psychiatrist: “That’s the last one, I promise.” Pigeon: “The thing is, I have to wear this get-up virtually 24 hours a day.” Psychiatrist: “Go on.” Pigeon: “I have to be in costume for all the games, for example.” Psychiatrist: “I see.” Pigeon: “Then there are all the charity appearances.” Psychiatrist: “Uh huh.” Pigeon: “And let’s not forget all the other functions and events for which I serve as team ambassador.” Psychiatrist: “So you’re busy? That’s your problem?” Pigeon: “Heavens no. It’s not the work. I love it. It’s just that I’m in the costume so much I’m starting
to really feel like a pigeon. The truth is, after spending all this time in the uniform I don’t know where I begin and the pigeon ends.” Psychiatrist: “Ahhh. So that’s it. You’re having an identity crisis. Well, why didn’t you say so in the first place?” Pigeon: “I was trying to Doc, but you kept doing shtick. So can you help me?” Psychiatrist: “Well, I do have one suggestion.” Pigeon: “What is it? I’ll do anything.” Psychiatrist: “You might want to come down from the windowsill.” Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca
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“Some of those end up being robberies because the victim realizes what’s taking place and then there’s a violent interaction,” said Insp. Dave Vickers, the second-in-command at 42 Division, adding police are putting more resources into public awareness on the issue. Vickers said 42 Division is focused on four goals for 2015: w reducing overall crime w traffic safety w building community relations w improving customer service (the way officers interact with the public) “One of our real priorities is to get out into the community to improve and build on the partnerships that we’ve made in our division,” he said. “We certainly work better together than we do individually.” Police have recently made two arrests following a string of residential break-ins in the northwest part of the division. “It appears to us that some of
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the Chinese population has been targeted for these residential breakand-enters,” Vickers said. The arrests were made on Goldhawk Trail earlier this month after a neighbour alerted police to a break-and-enter in progress. In response to the break-in issue, 42 Division’s crime prevention officer initiated a nosy neighbour program, which educates residents on suspicious behaviour that warrants a call to police. “We want people to be concerned,” said 42 Division’s unit commander Supt. Thomas Fitzgerald. “It’s much less onerous on the police to respond to those calls which turn out to be somebody’s cousin dropping by and just checking on the house than for us to investigate break-and-enters (which) take hours and hours to properly investigate.” In southeast Scarborough’s 43 Division, police priorities are breakand-enters, traffic, and street robberies, said acting unit commander Insp. Art Little. Police have assigned officers dedicated to robbery hot spots like the south side of the Scarborough Town Centre, near Ellesmere Road. Little said officers are also targeting collision hot spots such as stretches
of Eglinton, Kingston Road, Ellesmere Road, Brimley Road, McCowan Road and Progress Avenue. Police in the division are also keeping a close eye on local gangs. Police dismantled the Galloway Boys (with roots in the Galloway and Kingston roads area) a few years ago, but Little said “those people are getting out” on the street. “It’s always a fluid situation,” he said. “And we’re always on it and monitoring. That’s one of our internal initiatives at all times is to combat organized crime.” Little noted the division’s latest murder, on Eglinton Avenue, is also believed to be gang-related. No arrest has yet been made. Little, who grew up in the Markham Road and Eglinton area, was assigned to 43 Division a year ago following a tour of duty in Afghanistan where he served as advisor to the commander of the national police force. “As you can see, we walked around with rifles, body armour and helmets,” said Little, pointing to a photo in his office. “It was a fascinating year, and it makes you really appreciate what we have here.”
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or most people looking for work, going up against a four- or five-person hiring committee is nerve-wracking enough. Candidates for the top policing job in the city will have it a little tougher. “It’s a citywide interview process,” said Michael Thompson, former Toronto Police Services Board vice-chair. Thompson and Chair Alok Mukherjee developed the system for hiring the replacement for Toronto police Chief William Blair whose term ends in April. “It’s an open, transparent, fully accessible process that everyone’s involved with,” Thompson said. “The system and process we put in place allowed for internal/ external discussion to come up with the criterion we want.” The first part of that process, stakeholder consultations, have already taken place. The consultations looked to find answers to four questions: what are the top challenges faced by the new chief; what competencies will the chief need; what would those competencies mean from different perspectives; and what would they look like on an everyday basis. common themes In a report to the police services board Dec. 5, the consultants noted some common themes. The chief needs to be visible and build relationship among stakeholder populations. Communityoriented policing is essential. The chief must recognize diversity. Stakeholders also wanted a chief to bring innovative ideas, at the same time as he or she listened to community needs. The Police Services Board will then use that information to come up with a short list. Thompson said final applicants will face not only the hiring committee, but the general public. “It’s a full engagement process and the public will be able to hear from them,” Thompson said. “It’s never happened before in the city. We felt that we wanted to see something open and transparent. I think that’s interesting and cool.”
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Eve fire investigated wChristmas The fire marshal’s office has been called in to investigate a suspicious blaze that heavily damaged a Scarborough home early last Wednesday. Fire crews were called to 24 Cedarview Dr. near Meadowvale and Lawson, roads at 2:36 a.m. “We found the back of the home fully engulfed in flame, which included a deck, and the fire spread through a basement window to the interior,” Capt. David Eckerman said. “This fire was fed by a gas line. It’s unknown how the gas line came to be compromised.” The occupants of the home were all outside when firefighters arrived. No one was hurt. Eckerman said the fire is considered suspicious. Damage is estimated at more than $100,000. centre seeks help for roof repair wStacey
Scarborough’s Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care is appealing to the community for help as it raises funds for a much-needed roof repair to the facility, which opened in 1976. Located on Lawson Road, the
centre provides long-term care services. An estimate for repairs to the roof came in at about $138,000, and the work is desperately needed according to officials at the centre. Time is also critical as past a certain point next year, repairs will not be effective and the entire roof will need to be replaced at a cost almost four times as much as the repairs. Anyone wishing to help out the fundraising campaign, through donations of cash or perhaps roofing work services or material, can get more information at www.tonystaceycentre. ca or by calling Diana LeBlanc or Jennifer Laing at 416-2843333. Al-Anon offers help over holidays Ontario South Al-Anon/Alateen (AAA), an organization providing support to anyone affected by a friend or relative’s drinking, wants Toronto residents to know their services are available this holiday season. AAA understands the importance of having timely support during this time of year especially with increased stress by families who have loved ones
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t’s been a little over two weeks since John Tory became mayor as he sits down for his year-end interview, and he’s impatient. Not in a bad way, or so he insists. Having spent the past 11 years in a notalways-reciprocated courtship with Toronto voters, the 60-year-old Tory says he’s hoping to make impatience into a primary virtue of his mayoralty over the next four years. “I see myself as an impatient agent of change, who isn’t bound by the fact that it’s always taken six months to get something done around here,” says Tory. “I just accept the fact that it doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. I think that yes, it will really help to have someone who’s come in from outside.” Tory is capping off what seems like a running start as amalgamated Toronto’s fourth mayor. Since taking office, he’s done the usual things a mayor does: setting up an executive committee on council and staffing his office, and getting on with his agenda and convincing council to get behind SmartTrack, one of the most prominent pieces of his
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campaign, at the same time announcing an ambitious plan to ease gridlock in the downtown core. But it is not only his own campaign promises he is trying to enact. Tory has had a notable beginning, picking elements of his opponents’ campaigns that make sense. Early on, he announced he would be trying to improve Toronto Transit Commission bus service –
and just two days after the interview, he has made it clear that he wants private construction to minimize road closures. Both ideas are very near to his opponent Olivia Chow’s platform – which he criticized at the time – and Tory hasn’t been shy about acknowledging that. “I would like it to be the hallmark of how I operate,” says Tory. “The fact is I’ve said all the way along and I really want to stick to In partnership with In partnership with In partnership with
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few years that will woo those constituents who’ve voted for the Fords’ redmeat politics away from what he believes to be an alienation borne of isolation. As he met with councillors during the transition of power, Tory asked the same question again and again: what can be done to bring Toronto together? “It’s not about politics, it’s not about the Fords, it’s about what causes people to feel alienated about the city,” he says. “It was interesting: people had different views on that, but they broke it into two categories: One was people who had a strong fixation on monetary financial relationship with the city and therefore identified with those specifically who spoke to that, sometimes to the exclusion of all else. And then the other group were somehow isolated, and didn’t have access to the city in significant ways. Even when it comes to access to recreational facilities: they need the most and get the least.” Tory says it’s about how to get those people to feel more comfortable with the city. “We came to the conclusion almost unanimously that the best way in which you’re going to address those feelings of isolation is by delivering results for them.”
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Another chapter for Scarborough subway? Glenn De Baeremaeker only had one thing to do. When Mayor John Tory asked the Scarborough Centre councillor to be a deputy mayor, he spelled it out as clear as day: Keep the Scarborough subway plan on track. Make sure the thing gets built. Don’t let it get mired down in bureaucratic malaise, or Metrolinx monkey business. And if anyone on council gets any idea to bring the costly project back to council for another possible derailment... Well, Glenn, you know what to do. Those were De Baeremaeker’s marching orders. But as revealed in an interview with The Mirror’s Mike Adler, De Baeremaeker has different ideas. The three-stop subway extension, he said, needs a fourth stop. And he’s going to make sure it gets one, right at Danforth Road and Eglinton Avenue. De Baeremaeker says he’ll be circulating a letter to local politicians at all three levels
david nickle the city of government requesting the additional stop, for their signature. Then, it will be off to the TTC and Toronto Council, to get the approval to add at least $100-$150 million to the $3.56 billion project. If the idea goes through and the engineering checks out, the additional station will certainly serve Scarborough commuters better. But one can’t imagine Tory is pleased at the idea of opening a discussion now about how that line might serve Scarborough commuters better. That might lead some councillors to hold up the $3.66 billion (minimum) four-stop Scarborough subway paid for in part by 30 years of property tax increases, against the $1.3-billion, seven-stop light rail plan paid for entirely by the provincial government. And that might lead to the one thing that Tory asked De Baeremaeker to prevent: a re-
opening of the Scarborough subway debate in the first year of his mandate. For the sake of the city, that might be a healthy debate to have. When council approved the subway extension in 2013, it was doing so amid unprecedented municipal turmoil thanks to the Ford drama, and when the matter came up in the mayor’s race, it was before an electorate seized of a need for stability above all else. Now that the election is in the past and the city has emerged relatively stable, it might be prudent to reconsider the massive yet inadequate infrastructure project with its pocket-book-denting price tag. But if you’re John Tory, it’s got to be embarrassing: to have that debate kicked off by the freelance tinkering of one’s trusted deputy mayor who’s trying to increase public spending on an already-toorich deal that was supposed to be done.
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The incident took place around 10 a.m. Saturday when the bus, making a left turn at Main Street and Danforth Avenue, collided head-on with a streetcar headed north. Four people, including the driver of the bus, were taken to hospital for treatment; none of the injuries are considered lifethreatening. Police announced Monday the bus driver was charged with careless driving. In the wake of collisions involving TTC vehicles, CEO Andy Byford recently announced plans to fasttrack a review already underway of driver certification and training procedures. rail corridor BRIDGES TO BE BUILT wA planned pedestrian and
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There’s a new manager in charge of the city’s cycling department. Jacquelyn Gulati will replace interim manager Daniel Egan on Jan. 26. She’ll be tasked, among other responsibilities, with overseeing expansion and maintenance of the city’s bike lane network. Previously, Gulati was with the city of Mississauga where she helped develop a 20-year cycling master plan that would place cycling routes within one kilometre of 95 per cent of the city’s population. Rahul Gupta is the Mirror’s transit reporter. His column appears on Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT
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Fund continues to collect Ganderton set to step down as hospital CEO money to pay for funeral >>>from page 1 accepted, and such generosity makes it less likely the family will have to accept the transit commission’s offer to pay up to $20,000 in funeral costs. Prompted by a call from Raymond Cho, the local city councillor, the offer from TTC CEO Andy Byford was made before Christmas Eve, when the fund was up to $1,900 – far short of the $20,000 Wishropp said was the minimum the Diljohns needed.
Police investigation Wishropp and a cousin of Amaria, Darrell Diljohn, last week said the family would not accept money from the TTC – at least while a police investigation into the accident continues – unless it had no other choice.
Wishropp wouldn’t comment further on this Monday. She added, though, that Scotiabank was now accepting donations for the fund not just at its Malvern Town Centre branch (Account #26492-06748-26), but at a Scarborough Town Centre branch and others in Scarborough. Visitation for Amaria will be at the Highland Funeral Home on Sheppard Avenue, just west of Warden Avenue, from 5 to 9 p.m. this Friday, Jan. 2. Service will be at Malvern Christian Assembly, also on Sheppard, at 1 p.m., Saturday, before Amaria’s burial at Pine Ridge Memorial Gardens in Ajax.
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Rik Ganderton, the CEO who turned around the finances of the Rouge Valley Health System but failed to merge it with The Scarborough Hospital, is stepping down this week. Ganderton, whose contract was extended through 2014 so he could oversee the possible merger and other strategic issues, will continue to guide Rouge Valley “remotely” until his replacement takes office, RVHS Board Chairperson Joan Wideman announced. Michele James, a vice president who joined the hospital in 2008 with the title of chief transformation officer, will be acting CEO, in charge of daily operations, until then. Ganderton has tried to leave the job before. In what he later described
as a “temporary, interim assignment” Ganderton took over leadership of the hospital, which includes the Centenary campus in Scarborough, in 2007, after RVHS finished the previous year with a $12.5-million deficit. After a financial review and some cost cutting, Ganderton said in 2009 he would step down during that year, but changed his mind. In Oc t o b e r 2 0 1 3 , h e announced he would retire by June of 2014, giving himself time to see a possible merger, then still under study, of RVHS with its neighbour in Scarborough, TSH. But though both hospital boards agreed on their intent to merge, the arrangement collapsed in March – after the province refused to guarantee a “minimum” support of $5.4 million a year to cover costs,
or $18 million for planning studies which could point the way toward construction of new hospital facilities in Scarborough and West Durham. It was the TSH board which decided not to support the merger, a moment Ganderton in a year-end blog entry called “clearly a low point” for the hospitals in 2014, “given the benefits we saw and frankly the effort that the teams from both Rouge (Valley) and TSH put in to the project.” The RVHS board asked Ganderton to stay on until Dec. 31, and Wideman said he “will continue to provide strategic leadership advice and guidance” until a new CEO arrives. The selection committee is down to three candidates, and hopes to have Ganderton’s replacement in office by the end of March, said Wideman
in a Dec. 22 blog entry on the RVHS website. “While the merger did not proceed in March, we continue to believe strongly that it is the right thing for our patients and the local health care system,” she added. “We continue to work with TSH on several integrations at the program level and are hopeful that at some point this opportunity can be brought back to the table.” In his last annual message as CEO, Ganderton also gave RVHS staff credit for its preparations against the Ebola virus, a new affiliation agreement with the University of Toronto Scarborough, and for sheltering 27 residents displaced by a fire in Fairview Lodge, a Durham nursing home.
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This New Year brings time for reflection as well as new beginnings, fresh start, another opportunity to live our dreams. To our dear friends and clients, big whole hearted THANKS to each of you—who, one way or the other, have been a part of our successful 2014.
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Wishing you Happy Holidays and a New Year filled with prosperity and success! SOLD IN 5 DAYS OVER ASKING
The New Year offers a new beginning, a fresh start, another opportunity to live your dreams. If there is any way I can help make YOUR Buying and Selling dreams a reality, please don't hesitate to give me a call.
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CONSUMER FEATURE
French Connection goes platinum at Las Vegas RE/MAX Convention Third generation excels in real estate - continues family legacy of service As a seasoned Realtor with more than 30 years of experience in the Toronto and Durham real estate markets, Trish French continues to go above and beyond to serve community
members in buying and selling their homes. Affectionately known as “The French Connection,” Trish French has helped generations of families with their homes.
This year, Trish was presented with the #1 Top Producer Award in RE/MAX Rouge River Realty, Toronto Office and Trish was also honoured for her outstanding achievements and was presented with the coveted RE/MAX Platinum Award at the RE/MAX International Convention in Las Vegas. She has already been recognized by RE/MAX International with the “Hall of Fame” award and “Lifetime Acheivement” award. Trish and her mother Shirley French were partners for 22 years and well known in the community and Trish continues to serve their many clients. Shirley passed on her expertise and her grandson, third generation, Joe Garant, received the RE/MAX Executive Club Dave Liniger, RE/MAX CEO, Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder Award in 2014. presents Trish French with the Platinum Award at the RE/MAX “I’m completely honoured and International Convention in Las Vegas, U.S.A.
blessed to have such wonderful clients,” says Trish. “My main concern is to treat my clients the way I would want to be treated when hiring someone to represent me or my family.” Trish says she works with her “clients’ true priorities at heart.” “It’s all about trust,” explains Trish. “I truly want my clients to be thrilled with the results in the end and to earn the business of their friends and families as well. Their best interests are my top priority,” and Joe Garant, Shirley’s grandson, shares these same values. Constant referrals from past and current clients are a testament to the results she regularly achieves. For more information on Trish French and Joe Garant at RE/MAX Rouge River, please call 416-286-3993, or 1-800-6637119.
Top:Trish French receivingTop Producer Awards with Gurinder Sandhu, Executive Vice-President of RE/MAX Integra Ontario-Atlantic Canada and David Brown, Executive Vice President of RE/MAX Promotions. Bottom: Trish French and Joe Garant receiving Platinum and Executive Club Awards, respectively, from RE/MAX Rouge River Realty Ltd.
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Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays & Best Wishes for 2015.
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Season’s Greetings to all past clients and friends in Scarborough. Next year I will complete 27 years in Real Estate. I look forward to another successful year in 2015. If you have any interest in the Real Estate field, Please call me on my cell at 416-522-3534. All referrals welcome.
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Scarborough subway needs fourth stop: councillor MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Scarborough’s appointed “champion” for the BloorDanforth subway extension says that extension must be improved. “It’s no use having a subway if no one one can get access to it,” Glenn De Baeremaeker said of the $3.56-billion proposal recently. A Scarborough Centre councillor who threw his support behind the extension instead of the light-rail line Toronto council previously approved, De Baeremaeker this month was named Mayor
John Tory’s Scarborough deputy. Pa r t o f t h a t j o b f o r D e Ba e re m a e k e r, To r y announced, will be to keep the ‘Scarborough subway’ on track. But though he’s sure it’s going “full steam ahead,” the councillor said the three-stop project is flawed without another stop at Danforth Road and Eglinton Avenue. He and his Scarborough colleagues, he said, have less than a year - and perhaps only six months - to convince the TTC and council this fourth stop is “common sense.” De Baeremaeker said he
expects Scarborough councillors, plus local MPPs Mitzie Hunter and Brad Duguid and Scarborough Centre MP Roxanne James, to co-sign a letter backing the fourth stop next month. “That’s what I’ll be doing early in the New Year.” The extension, meant to run alongside the aging and obsolete Scarborough Rapid Transit line to McCowan Road before replacing it in 2023, is supported by promises from three governments and plans for 30 years of municipal property tax hikes. De Baeremaeker said his Danforth-Eglinton station,
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early February - locations and times still to be determined - on where the subway route should go. Though McCowan Road has most often been mentioned, De Baeremaeker said routes along the SRT line, Midland Avenue, Brimley Road, Bellamy Road North and Markham Road will also be considered. After the route is chosen, the actual alignment and locations for stations must be chosen, hopefully, by the end of 2015.
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That station will also create a “dramatic improvement” for Danforth and Eglinton, boosting property values and attracting new businesses, he said. De Baeremaeker acknowledged some people will want a station near them and some won’t. During the municipal election campaign, some small business owners interviewed along the Danforth Road corridor said they might not survive the years of disruption subway construction will bring. The TTC will be hosting a first round of public consultations in late January or
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halfway between the extension’s start at Kennedy Road and its next stop at Lawrence Avenue and McCowan, will cost a minimum of $100-150 million. It was often argued by supporters of the LRT line, which had seven planned stations, that it would serve more people for less money than the subway. De Baeremaeker said its greater number of stops would give people more access to the LRT, but he argued the subway is more convenient, so more people will use it, particularly if the fourth station is added.
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photo feature
Celebrating our community in photos, from events throughout the year 1. Students toss pigment into the air during the ‘Run for Yara’ colour run at Academie Alexandre-Dumas June 26. The benefit for the Hospital for Sick Children’s oncolgy department memorializes former student Yara Mohsen, who died from cancer in November 2013. Staff photo/DAN PEARCE
2. Catherine Hobbs and her daughter, Ryan, enjoy the Scrambler carnival ride at the Taste of Lawrence Street Festival July 6. The festival featured local eats, games, carnival rides and live performances on two stages.
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3. Olympic hockey star Natalie Spooner takes a selfie with Toros ‘Mr Canada’ Djerdjeian during her appearance at Hogan Chevrolet April 12 in celebration of her gold medal win at the Sochi Olympic Games. Photo/TOM HICKEN
4. The Princess Auto team is in the running at the Rouge Valley Health System’s bed race at Scarborough Town Centre May 23.
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5. Nikki Mehta, left, and Diann Dookarn dance to the music during Canada Day festivities in Thomson Park July 1.
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photo feature 1. Tyler Ruiz attemps a frontside overcrook during the Malvern Skateboard Festival at the Malvern Recreation Centre Arena Aug. 9. Staff photo/brian b. bettencourt
2. A driver takes his chances heading through a massive puddle on Neilson Road north of Ellsesmere Road following a heavy rainfall Aug. 4. Photo/manny rodrigues
3. Adriana Arias hugs a My Little Pony character at the Toronto Zoo during the zoo’s celebration of its 40th anniversary Aug. 17. Photo/PETER C. McCUSKER
4. Grade 1 children at the Winter Olympics parade at Vradenburg Public School Feb. 6. Staff photo/DAN PEARCE
5. Mas camp leader Fernanda Baez leads her group during the Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Junior Carnival parade along Neilson Road July 19. Staff photo/brian b. bettencourt
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photo feature 1. Wexford-Agincourt Twins’ Dylan, left, rounds third as the throw to the base gets past the East York Reds’ Nathan during the Rookie Ball Select Tournament for Cancer at Wishing Well Park Aug. 9. Staff photo/TOM HICKEN
2. Blue Danube Club member Katie Scwemlein cheers on the German team at the club during the second half of the World Cup final against Argentina. Germany went on to beat Argentina to capture their fourth World Cup title. Staff photo/brian b. bettencourt
3. The Chinese Collective Arts Association’s dance group performs at the Chinese New Year celebration at Scarborough Civic Centre Feb. 2. Staff photo/DAN PEARCE
4. Members of the Sri Varasitnitni Vinayyagar Temple pull a chariot during the Chariot Festival at the temple July 26. Staff photo/brian b. bettencourt
5. Visitors look at the art at the Art Guild of Scarborough fall show Nov. 8 at Centennial Comunity Centre.
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2. Sgt. Frank MacKay addresses the haggis while Bob Bible reacts at a Robbie Burns luncheon Jan. 19 at the Church of the Master United. Staff photo/Dan Pearce
3. Maya Laylor attempts to set a Junior Ontario Record by lifting 108kg at the Ontario Weightlifting Association Championships March 29 at Variety Village. Laylor was successful at lifting 102kg, but not at lifting the 108kg weight. Staff photo/Dan Pearce
4. Blessed Mother Teresa’s Andre Goulbourne, left, fends off Don Bosco’s Mayo Aroh during Toronto Catholic District School Board high school senior boys’ football action at Don Bosco Oct. 30.
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to meld their new homes in Canada with their cultural and historical backgrounds.” Aram’s work portrays the devastation of war from his perspective through a combination of photographs, installations and scultures. Baker, a Syrian Kurd living in Montreal also focuses on similar themes like persecution and displacement. Karakecili presents Kurdish culture through dance, music and body language melding Western art forms with art forms of his homeland. Chalak has travelled across Ontario, Hawaii, Europe and the Middle East. His recent artwork are photographic memories of his hometown in Erbil, Iraq, also the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The artists will hold a reception on Jan. 4 and meet with guests. Gallery hours are Monday to Wednesday from 10 a.m.
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Police are looking for two men in connection with a pair of violent robberies. At 10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27,a 57-year-old man was walking home when two males approached him from behind on a pathway leading to Bellrock Drive from McNicoll Avenue. The victim was put in a chokehold, but not seriously injured, police said. At 9 p.m. on Dec. 24, police believe the same two suspects pushed a woman waiting at a bus shelter at McCowan Road and Alton Towers Circle, north of McNicoll and stole her purse.
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Citizenship court welcomes record number of new Canadians ALI RAZA araza@insidetoronto.com It was all smiles for the country’s newest Canadians as they earned their citizenship in a ceremony in Scarborough recently. Citizenship and Immigration Minister and Ajax-Pickering MP Chris Alexander welcomed 78 n e wc o m e r s t o Ca n a d a at the Citizenship and Immigration Canada building in Scarborough on Dec. 23. The number of new Canadians reached 260,000 in 2014, a “record number” and double the number of new citizens from last year, said Alexander. “The highlight today is the enormous progress we’ve made in processing larger numbers of citizenship applications thanks to changes brought in by strengthening the Canadian Citizenship Act earlier this year,” he said. Changes to the Citizenship Act received Royal Assent on June 19, 2014. And since August the federal government has implemented new
After a long wait, they can now proudly call themselves Canadian. “I love Canada, I love the freedom,” said Fariba Tajadodhosseini after her and her two sons, Pedram and Pendar Pakkhoo, received their certificates. “I’ve been here for five years. We’re Iranian but we lived in Turkey for 16 years; today we’re finally Canadians.” ‘Awesome’
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Fariba Tajadodhosseini, left, and her sons Pedram and Pendar Pakkhoo celebrate becoming Canadian citizens at a ceremony in Scarborough last week.
decision-making process in the Act which it says has reduced backlog by 17 per cent since June, improved processing times and reduced taxes.
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Tajadodhosseini was born in Iran and moved to Turkey where she had her two sons. Her sons, who now speak fluent English with Canadian accents, were ecstatic. “I feel awesome, it’s amazing,” Pedram said. “I’m going to have some maple syrup after this!” Pendar added enthusiastically. Among the crowd of new citizens were people from Iran, Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh, to name a few countries. Families now have high hopes
of what Canadian citizenship offers their children. Hamid Reza Moghimi, originally from Tehran, Iran, received his citizenship along with his wife and three daughters. “I’m very happy,” he said. “My family and I are very happy, we have been in Canada for six years and we love it.” Alexander said it’s a very “emotional time” for newcomers, explaining that people have gone through struggles and persecution and made the sacrifice to come to Canada seeking a better life. “It’s hard work being an immigrant,” he said. “You see the joy on the faces of people in this room and it reminds us how fortunate we are to be Canadians and how fortunate we are to have so many newcomers willing to sacrifice so much to join us in building this country.”
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