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hile it may be hard to believe, we share Toronto with a large number of wild animals: raccoons, squirrels, geese, deer, coyotes, possums and even wild turkeys. The reasons for this are many. Increasing development in what were once rural areas are our view forcing animals such as deer Toronto home and coyotes into the watersheds that run from north of to wide variety Toronto down to Lake Ontario. The Humber, Don and Rouge of wild animals valleys are refuges for many animals fleeing the loss of habitat outside the city. Our many rail corridors make for relatively safe pathways. Toronto is also a major source of food for wild animals, much of which is created by people. We all play a role in making the city so desirable, and animals have learned that in Toronto they have little to fear from humans and lots to gain. The city is also home to numerous birds of prey including hawks, falcons and owls. But it’s not just in the parks and ravines where they are making their homes. Downtown office towers and the more builtup areas of Scarborough, Etobicoke and North York have birds nesting on their roofs – or in many cases specially made nesting boxes. Creating new habitats for these birds has helped increase their populations and seen them spread out to locations across Toronto. People are not just helping the wildlife in the city by being sources of food, in the cases of the hawks and falcons, we’re making a direct contribution to their wellbeing. Not all residents, though, love the idea of sharing our parks and ravine trails with such a variety of wildlife. Concerns about foxes and coyotes have been heard from all parts of the city. According to the experts, we can safely live with these predators. We just need to use some common sense and remember they are not the friendly, neighbourhood dog. As the wildlife numbers grow, Toronto can become an example for other large cities on how residents and wildlife can safely co-exist. We do, however, need to take steps to ensure we continue to live safely together. Too high numbers of any animal can lead to problems. Taking steps such as not making food sources easily accessible, taking care to protect small pets and being aware of how to deal with predatory animals, can make Toronto a great place for people and wild animals alike. newsroom
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To the editor: A poll suggests 52 per cent of Torontonians approve the idea of a casino. And to suggest that just the poor or needy use casinos is not doing much research. Where do you think the people who go to Niagara o r Ca s i n o Ra m a c o m e from? They are people from Toronto. Having a casino downtown makes us more of a worldclass city and a tourist destination. It only makes sense to keep those tax revenues here in Toronto. The politicians in Niagara are up in arms about a Toronto casino. Why? Because they know their cities biggest revenue comes from us, the taxpaying Toronto population. I say put out a vote to the citizens of the city and do what we want. A handful of left-wing activists shouldn’t make that decision for all of us. Sheila Barron
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didn’t just miss the hockey during the NHL lockout, I missed the pre-game atmosphere outside the arena. An integral part of that buzz is generated by the ubiquitous scalpers. And with the big, bad Bruins in town for the Leafs’ first Saturday night home game of the season, they’ll be in fine form. Scalper: “Who needs tickets? Who needs a pair? Who needs tickets?” Judge: “Uh, pardon me young man. Did I hear you correctly?” S: “You most certainly did, Your Honour.” J: “Shame on you then, son. Nobody ‘needs’ tickets.” S: “But, Your Honour ...” J: “Don’t ‘but, Your Honour’ me. I can assure you, nobody needs material possessions of any kind. Life’s essentials are the only things we need. Such as air, for example. We all need air. Am I right or am I right?”
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S: “You are right and you are right, Your Honour.” J: “And water – we need water too. Correct?” S: “No doubt about it, Your Honour.” J: “Everybody needs food. Do we not?” S: “Indeed we do, Your Honour. Indeed we do.” J: “And last and certainly not least, we all need shelter.” S: “Without question, Your Honour.” J: “Air, water, food and shelter. That’s it. That’s all any of us need. So shame on you, son. Nobody needs tickets, they want them. And I assure you there is a world of difference between needs
and wants.” S: “I sincerely apologize for the error.” J: “With all due respect, it’s the guy in the big gondola in the sky to whom you owe the apology.” S: “Noted. I’ll take care of that tonight, before bedtime. And now, if you’ll pardon me. I have some unfinished business, if that’s OK with you?” J: “Please, carry on.” S: “Who wants tickets? Who wants a pair? Who wants tickets?” J: “Uh, pardon me young, man.” S: “Yes, Your Honour.” J: “Son, now that we’ve got that little matter straightened out, just of curiosity, what are you asking for a pair of platinums?” S: “Oh, so sorry to disappoint you, Your Honour, I only have golds left.” J: “But I need platinums.” S: “You mean want platinums, don’t you Your
Honour?” J: “No, you heard me correctly the first time.” S: “Shame on you, Your Honour. I assure you, nobody needs platinums, they want them. There is a world of difference between needs and wants.” J: “But you don’t understand. I NEED platinums.” S: “I’m afraid I can’t help you there, Your Honour. All I have left are golds.” J: “But my wife is a diehard Leafs fan. She’ll have my hide if I don’t score us some platinums.” Scalper’s Wife: “Hey, quit whining, Your Honour. Count your blessings. I’m a lifelong Bruins fan and the best he offered me was a pair of purples in the nosebleed section.” Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. His column appears Thursdays. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca
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A man was found dead on Saturday in a field in the Ashtonbee Road and Warden Avenue area. Police believe the man was living in a metal storage bin and may have been burned by a malfunctioning propane heater.
Man dies after fire in ‘makeshift home’ MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com A Centennial College security guard making his outdoor rounds Saturday night saw a man burning to death in a nearby park, Toronto police said Monday. Quick action by a passing Toronto traffic officer, who arrived less than a minute later and used a fire extinguisher on the still-burning body, could not save the man, Const. Victor Kwong told The Scarborough Mirror. The burned man, who police say was homeless, appeared to be “using a metal container as a makeshift home” and using a propane burner to heat it. On Saturday night, he somehow set himself on fire but managed to escape the container, which was three feet wide, five feet high and
10 feet long. The guard, walking the western perimeter of Centennial’s Ashtonbee Campus smelled smoke and saw a human body engulfed in flames, Kwong said. The man, who carried identification, was 52 years old. Police would not release his name. The City of Toronto confirmed the man was living in one of the storage containers in the park used and managed by community groups. Damage could be seen on the container, which is near soccer fields and cricket pitches in Wexford Park north of Ashtonbee Road just south of the Gatineau Hydro Corridor. An investigation into the incident continued Monday, but police at this time do not consider the death suspicious.
Five rescued from fire in Birch Cliff apartment Toronto firefighters performed five rescues during a two-alarm early morning apartment building fire in Scarborough’s Birch Cliff neighbourhood. The fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. on Friday in a ground-floor apartment at the rear of the 12-unit Kingston Road lowrise between Warden Avenue and Manderley Drive. Residents took shelter in a TTC bus while 45 firefighters battled the blaze. Burned through ceiling The fire, which burned through the ceiling of the apartment above it, was put out in about an hour. Seven residents were taken to hospital, including four who were treated for serious injuries including smoke inhalation. None of the injuries were life threatening, Cpt. Mike Strapko said later. The cause of the $250,000 blaze was still
undetermined Friday afternoon and it was not known if the ground-floor unit had a working smoke alarm; it could be buried in the rubble of the collapsed ceiling, Strapko said. One person had to be rescued by firefighters with a ground ladder from the third floor at the rear of the building, while four other rescues were performed inside, he added. In all, five lives were saved, said Strapko, a public information officer for Toronto Fire Services. “That’s the main thing.” Such incidents should reinforce for residents the value of having working smoke detectors in their homes, and of families practicing escape routes from different rooms in case a fire occurs, Strapko said. “It’s a good family exercise and could save their lives.” He added when leaving a room containing a fire it is important to close doors as you escape so the smoke cannot fill an apartment hallway, endangering others trying to leave.
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What’s being called “the largest endeavor in the charity’s history” begins with a campaign – called Strong Start, Great Future – to raise $250 million. The money is for 10 YMCAs in 10 years, though only five projects, “each in different stages of development” were
announced this month. “They’re going into neighbourhoods where these types of programs and services are under-represented,” said Celecia Partap, a YMCA spokesperson, who said these “centres of community” will be places where people can meet their friends in a safe environment
and feel comfortable working out or in workshops. The YMCA in a release also said the centres will “enable neighbourhoods to focus on the long-term health of children, teens and young adults,” including inactivity and obesity. A survey shows nine in 10
young adults in Greater Toronto “lack daily physical activity,” and one in four adults have a “weak sense of belonging,” the United Way-supported charity said. Aside from the campaign to cover its capital costs while expanding from eight to 18 fitness centres, the YMCA will launch a Strong Kids Campaign for another $40 million to offset membership costs, particularly to help lower-income children and families join, Partap said. The first of its new east Toronto locations may be in Scarborough’s Bridlewood neighbourhood, where Toronto council approved a $29-million community hub in 2011 on the site of the former Timothy Eaton Business and Technical Institute on Bridletowne Circle. The YMCA would own the hub, a new building on land purchased by the City of Toronto for $6 million, and is expected
to house 11 community agencies and facilities for The Scarborough Hospital for at least 20 years. The United Way is set to contribute $2 million and hospital officials have said the building could be open by the summer of 2015. Another project would convert a building in the Beach where the YMCA operates a nursery program for toddlers into a centre offering a full range of programs. The property at 907 Kingston Rd., five blocks west of Victoria Park Avenue, must be rezoned before the conversion, but the YMCA is confident it will be, Partap said. Other locations named in the January announcement are on Cherry Street in the West Don Lands, near Spadina Avenue and Queen Street West in downtown Toronto and on Kipling Avenue in Etobicoke. Partap said the remaining five will be named over the next few years.
Woman hit by TTC bus dies in hospital Police are looking for witnesses to a fatal collision at Eglinton Avenue East and Sinnot Road last week. A 47-year-old woman was crossing on the east side of Sinnot Road from the south side to the north side on Jan. 23. The woman was struck by the bus and suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital, where she died the following day. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-8081900. Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222--TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your messages to CRIMES (274637)
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Cardinal Newman cheerleaders set to compete at Disney REBECCA FIELD rfield@insidetoronto.com A trip to Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports is only two weeks away for the girls on Blessed Cardinal Newman Secondary School’s cheerleading squad. The team heads to Orlando for the second annual Universal Cheerleaders’ Association world cheerleading championships on Thursday, Feb. 7. “It’s good exposure for the girls, we have a great group of girls this year,” said Lorna Holland, who coaches the team of 19 girls with her husband, Chuck. The team came third in their division at last year’s competition, where they were the only team representing Canada. They beat China, but finished behind two American teams. GYMNASTICS “I thought that was good considering we don’t have a lot of gymnasts on our team, and they have full team gymnastics,” said Holland. “We fared well in every other category. We walked out with our heads held high.” Holland notes that this competition is the first of the season for her team, while the American teams are close to their final national championships. “They’ve already competed around 10 to 15 times this year,” said Holland. “That’s a disadvantage to us, but we’re still going to go and do our best.” Holland and her husband have been coaching the girls four to five days a week in preparation. “They have a whole different philosophy towards cheerleading, so you have to bring a lot more energy than before,” said Holland on the American competition. Along with practices, the team has been
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working towards raising the $20,000 cost of the trip. The girls are working as servers and hostesses at Shoeless Joes at Morningside Avenue and Kingston Road for three weekends, gaining a percentage of the nights revenue in return. “I’ve shamelessly invited back all my years of cheerleaders so I’m hoping to have a big cheerleading reunion,” said Holland. “Maybe they can help contribute as well.” Each night of volunteering also has a silent auction and a 50/50 draw. FUNDRAISING The team also held a skating party and asked around for donations. They have raised $11,000 so far and will pay off the rest of the trip themselves. “Disney’s not cheap,” said Holland. “The neighbourhood has been great.” Holland is unsure of whether the team will be able to participate in Canadian competitions when they return due to the ongoing boycott of extracurricular activities in Ontario schools. “A lot of the teams that we compete against are in the public board, and they’re not operating,” said Holland. “Right now our goal is to the best we can here and then we’ll talk about the hereafter.”
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Rare spider among wild species found in Rouge BioBlitz survey MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com
Toronto Wildlife Centre has admitted for care and rehabilitated in its hospital more than 70,000 wild animals representing 270 different species. Some of the animals Toronto Wildlife Centre has treated include: PEREGRINE FALCON Peregrines are a species at risk in Canada. The falcons are known for returning to their favourite nesting sites. They can dive at more than 300 kilometres per hour when attacking. Peregrines inspired conservation efforts after DDT was banned.
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e may think we know everything that’s out there, but we don’t. During a dark earlymorning hour last June, a light catches a creature crossing a road in Scarborough. It wasn’t a raccoon or skunk or opossum we might catch rooting through our garbage, or one of the coyotes many residents lately have feared are menacing their cats and dogs. Nor was it one of the white-tailed deer people might see nibbling at their gardens, or a wild turkey like those which stopped traffic last month near the Scarborough Bluffs. The creature on the road was a black purse-web spider, Ontario’s only relative of the tarantula. It’s extremely rare, and never seen in Toronto. Barely 100 have been found anywhere, and those only in old-growth areas. This primitive spider species (it has parallel fangs) isn’t protected by Canadian or U.S. authorities “because they haven’t been able to find out much about it,” said Tom Mason, Toronto Zoo curator of invertebrates and birds. Finding it within the city limits about 50 feet from the Rouge Valley Conservation Centre is “dumbfounding to say the least.” Toronto’s suburbs are growing, but species – including, perhaps some new ones – are using the valley and other green corridors as a road to Lake Ontario. Mason has seen bald eagles and porcupines moving south this way. Beaver, he said, have become fairly common in the city again. Eastern Scarborough also contains three provincially significant wetlands – the Highland Creek Wetland Complex, Rouge River Marshes and part of the Townline Swamp – that are biodiversity “hot spots” out of proportion to their size and “highly important as reservoirs for provin-
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GREAT BLUE HERON It is among the species at risk in Canada and is the country’s largest heron. Adults show brighter colours during the breeding season and change to duller colours in winter. Some live as long as 17 years. File photo/MANNY RODRIGUES
Scarborough is home to a wide variety of wild life ranging from raccoons to coyotes to this rare white-morph gyrfalcon spotted in the Golden Mile parking lot recently.
cially, regionally and locally significant species,” a 2009 study said. Perhaps we haven’t looked closely enough at what lives just beyond our back yards. The first Rouge BioBlitz, 24 hours of all-out searching by 225 professionals and volunteers on June 15 to 16, found a phenomenal 1,430 species of animals and plants - more life than people would think exists in an urban park, said Mason. Results for spiders alone were spectacular. “In one day we collected 96 species, in which a good dozen were new for Toronto and one I believe new to Canada,” Mason said. This is coyote mating season, and the city told Torontonians last January it is “normal” to see coyotes in winter, when the carnivores are easier to spot and more comfortable roaming residential areas with fewer people outside. Coyotes use Scarborough’s landscape to their advantage. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority says they can quickly switch their natural diet of rodents to birdfeeder seed, garbage, garden crops and pet food, but adds humans and coyotes can co-exist. “Fear for personal safety is ill-founded as attacks are rare and usually the result of an animal being
fed,” the authority says. A 2009 presentation by the TRCA’s Ralph Toninger, who tracked several of the animals, suggested coyotes can “show up anywhere” in Toronto because they are not just using ravines and natural areas but rail corridors and fenced industrial lands to get into the city and out again. There were coyote attacks on dogs along the Bluffs in 2010, and the West Rouge Community Association told residents, after sightings across its neighbourhood near Rouge Park, to always walk their pets on a leash and that “it may be wise to carry a walking stick or umbrella.” City and provincial authorities say it’s important not to feed pets outside or make household garbage accessible to wildlife. They tell people encountering a coyote to wave their arms aggressively, shout, and throw things in its direction. People should call Toronto Animal Services through 311 to report coyotes who aren’t scared by such tactics, they say. The wolf’s urban cousins, however, aren’t the only ones who may snatch an unattended cat or small dog. On a February night two years ago, a homeowner near the zoo let her dogs into the back yard around 9 p.m. and heard them bark-
ing. She saw something, she told The Scarborough Mirror, she never expected in a built up area: “A Great Horned Owl with a wing span of five to six feet was swooping down attempting to take my Yorkie.” The woman’s rottweiler jumped at the owl and “stood over the Yorkie to protect him,” defeating two attacks by the bird, but she said pet owners should be warned about the danger. More often, it seems, close encounters with wildlife can turn animals into road kill, which is why experts from the zoo have studied remains on roads around Rouge Park. Squashed frogs and turtles won’t just tell us what is there; they may tell us how we can manage animal migration with fewer losses. The BioBlitz (www. ontariobioblitz.ca) will be tried again this September, yielding a different array of species, before shifting between five Greater Toronto parks. Part of the day-long survey’s value is raising awareness of the varied nature of life in our area, said Dave Ireland, managing director of biodiversity programs at the Royal Ontario Museum. Learning about the long list of species found, including the black purse-web spider, will realize their neighbourhoods are home to more than just coyotes, he said.
COYOTE Coyotes are being increasingly reported along waterways and hydro corridors across the city. It can run at speeds up to 40 kilometres per hour. Coyotes do not usually prey on domestic animals or pets. Residents who see a coyote are urged to report it to Toronto Animal Services at 416-338-7297. GREAT HORNED OWL One of Canada’s most common large birds of prey is known for its “horns” or tufts and enormous yellow eyes. The great horned owl are regularly seen throughout woods in the city.
BEAVER The largest rodent in North America, an adult beaver weighs between 16 and 32 kilograms. Slow on land, the beaver is a graceful, strong swimmer that can use its tail as a rudder. Its most common habitat is forested areas. Beavers only build dams when they need to enlarge the underwater habitat open to them in winter. TRUMPETER SWAN Well adapted to the harsh environments in which they live with an unusually dense layer of down. They are found in Canada year-round. In summer, trumpeters feed on leaves and roots of aquatic plants. When freshwater areas freeze, swans congregate on estuaries. RED FOX Red foxes inhabit home ranges of four to eight square kilometres around den sites. From autumn until March, foxes take shelter in thickets and heavy bush. Red foxes eat small mammals, including voles, mice, squirrels and rabbits. They hunt by smell, sight and sound.
COOPER’S HAWK Nests primarily in deciduous woodlands in the hardwood forests of southern Ontario. The hawks return to traditional nesting areas of tall, mature trees in mid-April to early May. Densely foliaged trees hide their nests.
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SCOTTISH CELEBRATION: Musician Steve Evans entertains residents at Retirement Suites by the Lake on Kingston Road last Friday afternoon during a celebration of Robbie Burns Day. The famous Scottish poet was born on Jan. 25, 1759 and his day is usually celebrated in late January with entertainment and traditional Scottish feasts.
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FAREWELL: Hudson walks around the Toronto Zoo’s polar bear habitat for the last time Sunday before being shipped to the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg. The one-year-old polar bear made the big move to his new home on Monday. The move of the 400-pound bear to its new home is Hudson’s next step to becoming a mature male polar bear in the hopes that he will be paired with a female in the future and contribute to the Species Survival Plan (SSP) breeding program, the Toronto Zoo said. The Assiniboine zoo has recently completed the International Polar Bear Conservation Centre – a key component of the new 10-acre Journey to Churchill exhibit currently under construction. Hudson will be the first polar bear to inhabit this new facility prior to moving into Journey to Churchill in 2014, the Toronto Zoo said. Once Hudson has departed to his new home, the Toronto Zoo will continue the polar bear breeding program and pair male, Inukshuk, with sisters Aurora (Hudson’s mother) and Nikita.
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Wynne preparing to step into premier’s job LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com Life has been a whirlwind of focusing on Ontario priorities since winning the Ontario Liberal leadership on Saturday night but Don Valley West MPP Kathleen Wynne told The Mirror she won’t neglect the concerns of her local constituents when
she steps into the premier’s job. “You just really don’t know what to expect (when you win),” she said in a phone interview Wednesday, Jan. 30, afternoon. “It’s been very, very busy, lot’s of people have been reaching out and it’s wonderful. It just sped right on from the convention.”
While Wynne acknowledged she won’t be as visible in Don Valley West when she becomes premier, she said her constituency office will be adequately staffed to address the needs of her constituents and she will continue to act as the riding’s MPP. “I’m not going to stop being the MPP of Don Valley West. It is still my role and
I will be in contact with constituents as I have been in the past nine years,” she said, adding the lessons she learned from serving as the riding’s MPP will help serve her as premier. “It is a terrific riding to represent. It is an intelligent, thoughtful riding. It embodies the best of what we are in Ontario.” During her victory speech Saturday night at Maple Leaf Gardens, Wynne said she didn’t want to been seen as a Toronto premier. Rather, she wants to represent the concerns of all of Ontario. That doesn’t mean she will shelve Toronto issues in an attempt to convince Ontarians she isn’t Torontocentric, Wynne told The Mirror. “We have to invest in all parts of the province. There’s been this kind of narrative I couldn’t win or we couldn’t win, being a group of us (leadership candidates) that are from Toronto, and most of the province doesn’t like to have premiers from Toronto. I reject that notion,” she said. “At the same time I think about transit in the GTA, I have to think about bridges in Kenora.” Transportation in the
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Outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty, right, raises the hand of his successor, Don Valley West MPP Kathleen Wynne, during the Ontario Liberal Leadership convention at the Mattamy Athletic Centre on Saturday.
Greater Toronto Area will be a top priority and Wynne said she will explore “dedicated revenue streams” including toll roads, congestion taxes and parking levies to help fund transit. Gridlock must be addressed to create a robust economy, which, in turn, is used to fund services such as health care, education and transportation, Wynne said. Wynne said fellow leadership candidates who are MPPs, including Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray and St. Paul’s MPP Eric Hoskins,
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would be welcome in her new cabinet but wasn’t willing to discuss what ministries she would name them to lead. Murray dropped out of the race earlier this month and endorsed Wynne. Hoskins supported Wynne at the convention after getting bumped out of the race following the first round of voting, in which he had the fewest votes. When told Don Valley West resident Gloria Way received a phone call Monday night asking her how disappointed she is in Wynne’s lifestyle – Wynne is Ontario’s first openly gay premier – she said anyone who attempts to use that information to discredit her will discover it backfiring on them because Ontarians are not prejudiced people.
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IGNITE program builds excitement for Pan Am Games Tara Hatherly thatherly@insidetoronto.com
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Members of Maracatu Mer Aberto perform during the launch event for the 2015 Pan Am Games IGNITE program Tuesday morning.
healthier, more connected and more joyful communities.” A first of its kind for Pan Am, the IGNITE program was modelled closely after the Inspired by London 2012 pro-
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TO2015 organizers hope to see 500 IGNITE initiatives created throughout the greater Golden Horsehoe area before the Games start July 10, 2015, helping Pan Am leave a living and lasting local legacy. Canadian boxer Mary Spencer, a decorated world and Pan American champion, spoke to the crowd about the power that sport and community programs have to make positive impacts on people’s lives. She will represent Canada at TO2015, where she’s looking forward to defending her gold medal win from the 2011 games. “I want to hear Oh Canada playing when they slip that medal around my neck again,” she said, while encouraging people to embrace IGNITE and the Games. “With the help of IGNITE, and all of you, this city is going to be buzzing, and it won’t be like anything you ever experienced before.” More than 10,000 athletes from around the world will converge on the GTA for TO2015, competing in 51 different sports over two weeks. “We are only 127 weeks to that flame being lit in July of 2015,” said Troop. “Each of you is a spark. Together we can create something amazing here in 2015. Together we can ignite the spirit through a celebration of sport and culture, and it’s up to us, we can make this game truly a tremendous, legendary event.” For more on IGNITE, visit www. toronto2015.org/ignite
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For over 50 years, we’ve designed and manufactured industry-leading exhaust systems ranging from standard mufflers, to custom-engineered exhaust and emission solutions to meet tomorrow’s environmental demands. We are currently seeking Fabrication (Machine) Operators to join our team. Responsibilities: • Responsible for tube bending, cutting and finishing using the equipment/machines (saw and CNC bender) to fabricate products according to client specifications. • Assists with equipment set up and regular equipment operation checks. • To perform quality checks and ensure that products are in compliance with specifications. • Responsible for documenting and recording data and submitting reports to management. • Reporting all equipment maintenance and/or product defects to the Production Supervisor. • Other responsibilities as required Qualifications and Experience: • Basic mathematical skills required (ability to use a counter to produce batch quantities) • Previous experience with tube bending, cutting and finishing in manufacturing environment • Proven ability to work independently, safely and demonstrate sound decision making • Demonstrates strong manual dexterity and the ability to use various tools and equipment • Flexible to work either morning or afternoon shifts Only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. No phone calls or agencies please. To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your resume to HR@activexhaust.com or fax to: (416) 445-9765
Trouble Shooters Plumbing Looking for a lic. and experienced plumber. All plumbing service work; new services - residential/ commercial. High pressure cleaning, inline video camera inspection; drain services. Services in Greater Toronto and surrounding areas. Permanent full-time position. Email: gc@torontoplumbers.com Restaurants/ Hospitality
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Banquet Hall needs: Ethnic Cooks (NOC: 6242), South Indian & Sri Lankan dishes. $15.50/hr, F/T. Banquet Manager (NOC: 0631), $19.50/hr, F/T. 416-261-3344
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BUILDER/ GENERAL CONTRACTORS RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL. Finished basements. Painting. Bathrooms. Ceramic tiles. Flat roofs. Leaking basements. Brick/chimney repairs. House additions 9 0 5 - 7 6 4 - 6 6 6 7 , 416-823-5120 CEILINGS repaired. Spray textures, plaster designs, stucco, drywall, paint. We fix them all! www.mrstucco.ca 416-242-8863 FINISHED BASEMENT, kitchen, bathroom, drywall, plastering, painting, hardwood, laminate, etc. Reasonable prices. Guaranteed. Free estimates. 416-712-3659
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS All claims against the estate of Robert Ernest Cann, late of the City of Toronto in the Province of Ontario, who died on or about the 29th day of October, 2012, must be filed with the undersigned Estate Trustee on or before the 25th day of February, 2013; thereafter, the undersigned will distribute the assets of the said estate having regard only to the claims then filed. DATED at Scarborough this 16th day of January, 2013. Patricia Lynne Cann, Estate Trustee, by her Solicitors, TATHAM, PEARSON & MALCOLM LLP, 5524 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M1C 3B2. Attn: Adrian J. Malcolm. (416)284-4749
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS All persons having claims against the Estate of Maureen (Mo) Davies, late of the City of Toronto, who died October 11, 2012, are hereby notified to send proof of such claims to the undersigned Estate Trustee. The undersigned will be responsible only for claims that we have received by or on March 15, 2013. DATED January 23, 2013 Rosemarie Bahr Estate Trustee by her Solicitors, Chapin & Chapin 16 Neville Park Blvd Toronto ON M4E 3P6
Plumbing
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COME RING IN THE NEW YEAR AT SCARBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE
KUNG HAY FAT CHOY! 2013 CELEBRATES THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE The Snake is the intuitive, introspective, refined and collected of the Animal Signs. In the Chinese zodiac, the Snake is listed after the Dragon, but its place and its significance as a symbol of worship is far less than that of the Dragon. It carries the meanings of malevolence, cattiness and mystery, as well as acumen, divination and the ability to distinguish herbs. In some places, people believe that a snake found in their court can bring delight. The Snake is keen and cunning, quite intelligent and wise.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 NOON • Thunder Drums Opening Ceremony • Eye Dotting Ceremony – Waking Up the Lions • Choy Ching Ceremony – Feeding the Lions and Lion Dance • Arrival of the God of Fortune – Chances to Win Prizes and Receive Lei Si Lucky Money 2 PM • Thunder Drums • Folk Dance • Arrival of the God of Fortune • Chinese New Year Food Contest – Chances to Win Prizes • Lion Dance – Come Dance with the Lions 4 PM • Thunder Drums • Tai Chi Dance • Arrival of the God of Fortune • Wishing the Best for the Year of the Snake • Farewell to last year’s Year of the Dragon Dance • Wheel of Fortune – Not 1, not 2, but 3 Chances to Win Prizes! NOON to 6 PM FREE YEAR OF THE SNAKE PHOTOS* *While quantities last
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