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Resident snaps prize-winning photograph It wasn’t the best sunset he’s seen, but Jose Marvin Evasco made it one to remember. His long-exposure photograph from the beach at Bluffers Park beat more than 1,600 other entries to win the City of Toronto’s first Snap and Share contest this week. “It came out well,” said Evasco, 37, who mixes fruit and crystal drinks at a food processing company and takes pictures as a stressrelieving hobby. His father-in-law had just arrived from the Philippines
last fall, and Evasco’s family was showing him places around Scarborough. Bluffers is one of the closest parks to Evasco’s home, and one of his favourite to shoot. He always brings a camera and tripod with him, he said. Sponsored by Nikon Canada, the contest encouraged people to capture “parks, forestry and recreation moments” in the city from Aug. 18 to Oct. 31. The winners and honourable mentions can be seen at www. toronto.ca/photocontest
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Police investigate after a female pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle near Birchmount and Ellesmere roads yesterday morning.
Woman, 58, dies after being struck by vehicle on Birchmount Road 2005 Pontiac Sunfire driven by a 58-year-old man hit her at 6:17 a.m. on Jan. 28. “She suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene,” Const. Clint Stibbe said. “It was a mid-block crossing situation, so there was no marked crossover or crosswalk where she was crossing.”
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Jose Marvin Evasco is the Grand Prize winner of the City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Photo Contest for ‘Sunset at the Beach’, taken at Bluffers Park.
A 58-year-old woman is dead after she was struck by a car while crossing Birchmount Road on Wednesday morning. Police said the pedestrian was crossing Birchmount Road, north of Ellesmere Road, when a northbound
The woman was crossing from the east to the west side of Birchmount at the time of the collision. “We’re seeking witnesses,” Stibbe said. On Nov. 12, 2009, Amable “Shashi” Rajaratnam, 49, was struck and killed by a northbound vehicle while crossing Birchmount at Rolark Drive, north of Ellesmere.
Workers at the nearby Catholic Children’s Aid Society had requested a traffic signal or crosswalk at the intersection. However, the city said studies showed a signal or crosswalk weren’t justified due to very low pedestrian volume.
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Chen added to slate of local federal Liberal candidates (Scarborough-Rouge River), was chosen by party members at Agincourt Collegiate Institute to run in the new riding, which spans from Midland Avenue to Neilson Road north of Hwy. 401. His nomination nearly completes a slate of Scarborough candidates
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Trying to come to grips with our winter I’m still rooting for fullfledged snow. But from the sounds of things it looks like I may have to settle for just flurries for the next little while. I can’t believe it. It’s the end of January for heaven’s sake and flurries are all we’re going to get? Not necessarily. The operative word is “may”. When it comes to forecasts of flurries, meteorologists don’t nail it down. All we’re told is that there’s merely a “chance” we’ll get them. It’s not a guarantee. Heavy sigh. How much of a chance? Big? Slim? Somewhere in between? All of the above? None of the above? They don’t say. Just a chance of flurries, is all. That’s it, just a chance. Heavy double sigh. On second thought, given the circumstances and being Canada and all, better make that a heavy double double sigh. For here and to go.
jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY It’s cruel and unusual punishment, I tell you. With snow and rain, meteorologists always give you a range of what they expect, but with flurries they can’t seem to do that. Flurries are one tough cookie, apparently. Or is that cookies? Whatever. The point is flurry sightings are not unlike UFO sightings. They typically don’t leave a trace that they’ve been here. They just blow around and around for awhile until they disappear into thin air. So how could a meteorologist measure them? Try and round them up in a gigantic net and count them quickly one by one before they disintegrate? Lots of luck with that. But if it’s frustrating for the experts to try deal with flurries, how about us aver-
age citizens? Forecasts are supposed to help us make plans. How can you make plans when all you have to go on is a chance that something might happen? Say you have a two-andhalf year old son or daughter who wants to go outside and play, for example. It takes an average of three hours to outfit them in their flurrysuits only to have him or her tell you after it’s finally on that they have to go to the bathroom. So you have to do it all over. That means a whopping six hours to get them dressed on just the chance that they’ll even need one on. Another heavy double double sigh. And what about you? You have to take even longer to dig your flurrymobile out of the back of the garage, pack it in on the trailer at the back of your truck, haul it up to Barrie or Orangeville for its winter tune-up on the chance that you’ll need it, too. And another heavy
double double sigh. It makes you just want to fly south for the season until this all blows over, right? Guess again. The airlines monitor weather just like travellers do and hearing flurries forecasts is music to their ears. It’s a veritable symphony, in fact. They know about your frustration and have got you right where they want you. So there are no deals to be found. Their so-called flurrybird specials are jacked up as high as they can be. Add on the extra money it’ll cost for the difference between our dollars and you know that means? What else? One last heavy double double sigh for the road. 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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Jay Aymar Concert WHEN: 8 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Church of the Holy Trinity Guildwood, 85 Livingston Rd. CONTACT: Patricia Murray, 416 805-6499, pmurray@trebnet.com COST: $20 or two for $35 Canadian singer songwriter Jay Aymar performs with musicians: Vivienne Wilder, Joe Ernewien and Sahra Featherstone. With guest Jadea Kelly.
Murder Mystery WHEN: 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Sts. Peter and Paul Banquet Hall, 231 Milner Ave. CONTACT: Danielle Griffith, 416-293-5711 Ext.1, www.sttims.ca, office@sttims.ca COST: $75 Murder Mystery Dinner presented by Scarborough Players. You all know Casablanca. What happened five years later?
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Scarborough Taoist Tai Chi WHEN: Open house 7 to 9 p.m.; Feb. 5 9:30 to 11 a.m. and Sat. Feb. 7 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Wexford Heights United Church, 2102 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-6562110, scarborough@taoist.org COST: varies A gentle set of movements that promote well being for all ages.
WHEN: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 614, 100 Salome Dr. CONTACT: 416-4479774 COST: $35 per session First class free, session of five classes $35. New session every six weeks. Next session starts Jan. 29.
WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Bendale Public Library, 1515 Danforth Rd. CONTACT: Sandra Cox, 416-3968912 COST: Free Interactive musical show features songs from his popular videos.
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Thanksgiving Service WHEN: 3 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Anglican Church of the Nativity, 10 Sewells Rd. CONTACT: Trician-Renee Edwards, 647-772-2847 COST: Free Annual multi-faith gathering of Grenadians to give thanks and celebrate Grenada’s culture, history and achievements.
Financial Frauds and Scams WHEN: 1 to 2 p.m. WHERE: St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre, 3333 Finch Ave. E. CONTACT: Elsa Uy, 416-493-3333 Ext. 305 COST: Free Learn about the current financial frauds and scams. Speaker: Dorothy Feenan, Civilian Co-chair of Commu-
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The World Goes ‘Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb WHEN: Feb. 5 to 7; Feb. 12 to 14 and 19 at 8 p.m. Matinees at 2 p.m. on Feb. 8, 15 and 21 WHERE:
Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: Catherine Huculak, 416-712-2254 COST: $27; $25 students/seniors Scarborough Music Theatre presents The World Goes ‘Round filled with humour, romance, drama, and non-stop melody in a celebration of life and the human spirit.
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Black History Service WHEN: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Christ Church Scarborough Village, 155 Markham Rd. CONTACT: 416261-4169, office@christchurchscarborough.com COST: Free A black history service with guest speaker Rev. Vernal Savage. Reception to follow. Everyone welcome.
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Employment Ontario Info Session WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Albert Campbell District Library, 496 Birchmount Rd. CONTACT: Albert Campbell Library, 416-396-8890, COST: Free; registration required Learn key strategies to access employmentopportunities.
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Left, Toronto Zoo CEO John Tracogna, left, Ontario Association of Crime Stoppers president David Forster, Toronto Zoo Adopt-A-Pond program coordinator Julia Phillips, with a Blandings turtle, and Toronto Zoo amphibian and reptile curator Andrew Lentini learn about Ontario species threatened by poaching for food or the illegal trade in pets during an event at the zoo on Tuesday. Above, Phillips releases 10 turtles into the wetlands at Rouge Park last summer. Staff photo/MIKE ADLER
Getting tough on turtle poaching in Ontario Toronto Zoo part of campaign that includes Crime Stoppers MiKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com On the poster, Captain Sunshine, a mature Blandings turtle from the Toronto Zoo, appears to having a gangster moment, surrounded by what look like guns, bags of drugs, and bundles of Canadian cash. In real life, though, turtle poaching and smuggling is a threat to Ontario’s turtles, which are being trapped in wetlands to supply people, either in the city or overseas, with exotic pets or food. And this week, the zoo, Crime Stoppers and provincial authorities launched a campaign linking the illegal trade in turtles with organized trafficking in drugs, guns and human beings. If you see anything suspicious involving turtles, they said, call either Crime Stoppers or the natural resource ministry’s tip line. Otherwise, the “shocking crime” of turtle poaching is bound to continue, said
Toronto Zoo CEO John Tracogna, adding many people don’t realize taking turtles from the wild is a crime. Seven of the eight native Ontario turtle species are considered “at risk” they’re either rare or threatened - which includes Blandings, snapping, Eastern musk, Northern map, spotted, wood and spiny softshell. Legal trade in Ontario doesn’t deal in native turtle species, so if you see one in a supermarket, restaurant or pet store, “that’s worth investigating, because the likelihood of that being legal is very low,” Andrew Lentini, zoo curator of amphibians and reptiles, said during a press conference at the Americas Pavilion in which the poster turtle, also known as Mister Grumps, posed for cameras. Lentini said one of the best ways to help Ontario turtles is joining a group of citizen scientists such as Frogwatch or the zoo’s
Seven of the eight native Ontario turtle species are considered “at risk” of poaching.
Turtle Tally program (torontozoo.com/adoptapond.turtletally.asp) which record sightings of turtle species and disturbances to habitat. He agreed these hundreds of volunteers, though not involved in fighting crime, are among the most likely to notice poaching
attempts. But other citizens can stop poachers too, by reporting persons carrying snares, nets, cloth bags or buckets in wetlands, said Lentini. “Awareness is a huge part of saving species.” People representing the “stop the illegal turtle trade” campaign didn’t lay
out much evidence to back up the suggestion amphibian smugglers in Ontario are connected, for example, to international drug trade. But David Forster, president of the Ontario Association of Crime Stoppers said illegal wildlife trafficking is the world’s fourth most profitable criminal enterprise – after selling drugs, guns and human beings. Ontarians may not feel turtle crime is a threat to their society, but “in many cases it’s part of a much bigger organization,” said Forster, adding his network, which now gets 200,000 anonymous calls a year, receives hundreds of “environmental tips,” some involving poaching of moose or deer. “We’re aware there are organized groups,” as well as individuals out hunting for turtles, said Victor Miller, a detective investigator for the ministry who said purloined turtles could be headed for Asia, Russia or a destination in Toronto.
Turtle hunters know, for instance, that turtles are vulnerable while laying eggs, and rare turtles can be found in particular spots. “Obviously they’re going to research and find out where those areas are.” A Scarborough restaurant was fined in 2013 for having 31 spiny softshells on the menu, and last year two Canadian men were arrested after one tried to ship 200 turtles by air to China at Pearson International Airport and another crossed the border at Windsor from Detroit with 51 live turtles under his clothing. Miller said one “transient” offender in the Greater Toronto Area has wound up in jail twice after he was caught several times with illegal turtles. More on the zoo-Crime Stoppers campaign is at http://www.torontozoo. com/crimestoppers/
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on it and six fire trucks.” The victim was spotted by police and then brought up to safety by firefighters. “We figured it was best to bring him back up the bluffs to the top,” Strapko said. “Two firefighters retrieved the person from about 50 feet down.” Paramedics took the victim to hospital for treatment of frostbite and hypothermia.
A man and a 15-year-old boy were taken to hospital after the vehicle they were in slammed into a pole in Scarborough Tuesday. Police said the vehicle spun out and hit a light pole on Progress Avenue east of Bellamy Road around 6:15 a.m. “The engine and the dashboard had gone into the vehicle, which is why the 15-year-old boy had to be extricated,” Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said. The teen and the driver were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police are still investigating.
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Police are also probing a hitand-run crash that happened on Middlefield Road near McCowan Road at 4:52 a.m. on Tuesday. Police said two cars collided and then one of them took off, leaving its bumper and licence plate behind. A 67-year-old victim suffered chest pains and was taken to hospital. His injuries are serious but not life threatening. Anyone with information should call 416808-4200.
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A 23-year-old man suffered frostbite and hypothermia after he fell halfway down the Scaroborough Bluffs and was stranded there for more than three hours Sunday. Fire crews were called to Greyabbey Trail at 7:44 a.m. “He had fallen down three hours before he called it in,” Capt. Mike Strapko said. “He fell about halfway down, so we responded above and below. We sent the fireboat with a medic
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In 2011, former mayor Rob Ford and Toronto City Council made a very short-sighted move. Faced with a budget surplus from the previous administration, the council and mayor decided to use it all, offer a property tax freeze that no one asked for and wasn’t sustainable. In subsequent years, it made Toronto’s financial system more precarious, because by using one-time funding (in that case a surplus), city services were instantly outsized as compared to reliable revenue. It develops that in 2015, John Tory and the new council are doing something similar. In order to provide a budget that improves city services on a number of fronts, Toronto will be borrowing $86 million from the provincial government, to be repaid with interest. That loan will pay for services the city has now as well as for improvements, reversing many cuts made during the Ford years and adding more. Life will be easier in Toronto
david nickle the city in 2015 on a number of fronts. But because the marginal service improvements rest on a marginal revenue source, 2016 will be another matter. Whether children can continue to ride free on the Toronto Transit Commission and catch their buses more quickly will depend on whether council can bear to cut services somewhere else. The Ford administration brain trust was well aware that the 2011 tax freeze meant city council would have no choice but to impose austerity measures in 2012. One might expect the Tory administration’s brain trust is similarly far-sighted. Tory has made promises to that effect: that he would find efficiencies in subsequent years, once he’d had a chance to settle into the job. It’s a nice promise to make, but more difficult to achieve.
Last year, city manager Joe Pennachetti, thinking to retire, told council very seriously that Toronto’s public service is running lean now, and that the city’s service levels cannot sustain more trimming. Taxes would have to rise if council is to afford the services that it had in 2014. Putting children on the subway for free, adding subway cars and buses to make rush-hour more bearable, sheltering the homeless adequately… Pennachetti had not even contemplated such wonders last fall. So what is to become of us next year? It is difficult to say. Over the course of the campaign, Tory displayed his conservative bona fides; in the months following, he reached out to a more broadly based constituency. And with this budget, he will have settled us into a corner. How we get out of it is anybody’s guess.
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Scarborough part of city’s rooming house investigation A city investigation of Toronto rooming houses is starting in a dozen neighbourhoods where the subject is especially sensitive. The 12 areas targetted for “tailored” consultations early this spring match the largest clusters of complaints about rooming houses - legal or illegal - over a two-year period. Opinions from these places, including some districts
downtown where rooming houses are legal and others along the city’s northern edge where they are not, will shape a June report to Toronto council’s executive committee. Recommendations in that report could lead to legal rooming houses in Scarborough and North York, something many councillors from those areas have feared for years.
Movements toward a report and consultations on the issue, promised during the last term of council, were buried. But the latest attempt, approved by the executive last summer, seems to be going ahead. When councillors asked for a report on the consultation at Scarborough Community Council in January, they were shown a memo from
Municipal Licensing and Standards explaining how the first-stage of the consultation will work. Most of the largest complaint clusters in the city’s inner suburbs are near postsecondary campuses, where supplies of cheap student housing haven’t kept up to demand. This includes York University Heights, Smithfield near the Humber College
North Campus, and Highland Creek near University of Toronto Scarborough. Other clusters are in areas such as Parkdale, Cabbagetown and South Riverdale where rooming houses, if licensed and inspected by the city, are legal. The MLS memo says local councillors will be asked to share “their experience with rooming houses and to assist
in identifying neighbourhoods and participants that should be consulted during the review.” Ratepayer groups, rooming house tenants and operators, neighbours, social service agencies and postsecondary institutions are among “key stakeholders” to consult, it says.
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The Project
Consultation
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is proposing a new bus maintenance and storage facility on the north side of McNicoll Avenue, east of Kennedy Road. The purpose of the project is to increase maintenance and storage capacity for additional buses which are required to accommodate growing ridership and improve transit service.
The public, agencies and other interested persons are encouraged to participate in the Passmore Avenue Mary Ward Catholic School TPAP by attending the Open House or contacting staff directly with information, comments or questions. Two public open ue v en houses were held during the McNicoll A pre-planning phase of this project. A third public Open House has been arranged to present and receive feedback on the proposed bus garage and environmental assessment work completed to support this project. The public open house will be held as follows:
Pre-planning activities were carried out from July 2013 to October 2014 and included the completion of the environmental inventory within the study area and initial impact assessment work (noise; air quality; land use; traffic; and cultural and natural environments), as well as initial consultation with agencies / interested and/or potentially affected property owners and stakeholders.
The Process The environmental impact of this transit project is being assessed according to the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings. As part of the TPAP, an Environmental Project Report (EPR) is being prepared, which documents the planning process involved and the details of the new McNicoll Bus Garage. The draft EPR that has been prepared and all information produced as part of this project is available for review on the project webpage at www.projects.ttc.ca. The EPR will be finalized and made available for a 30-day public and agency review, within the next 120 days following stakeholder consultation.
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You are encouraged to attend the public open house and to provide us with your comments so that they can be addressed as the study progresses. If you would like to be added to our project mailing list or have project-related questions or comments, please contact: Lito Romano, Senior Community Liaison Officer Toronto Transit Commission 1900 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4S1Z2 Tel: 416-397-8699 | Email: lito.romano@ttc.ca
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special report
BLACK history
MONTH
survey seeks complete picture of people’s lives in our black communities MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com
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oronto’s black community is not unified, not one. It’s many. Organizers of the Black Experience Project know this: 400,000 people in Greater Toronto say they’re black, but each of their lives is different. Finding out how different is a monumental job, but next month – Black History Month – the project’s interviewers will start asking around 1,800 residents what it’s like to be black in the GTA. They’ll be asked about the strength of their identities – black, ethnic, and otherwise – their goals, religious beliefs, and where they feel they belong. Nothing like it has been done with Toronto’s black community, or communities, before. “It’s going to answer some questions we’ve all asked,” as well as shed some light on misconceptions, North York filmmaker Ryan Singh said last week. “More people will say, ‘The black community is a viable community, and we want to know more about it.’” Its supporters, including members of more than two dozen non-profit groups, say the project, when completed and released later this year, won’t simply sit on a shelf. “We’re going to get a really complete picture of people’s lives,” added Keith Neuman, executive director of the nonprofit Environics Institute, one of the project’s partners. The study is an important exercise, said Karen Carter,
executive director of Heritage Toronto and one of hundreds of “trailblazers” who volunteered time to shape it during 2012 and 2013. Black people in Toronto have layers of identity – whether they’re from families whose ancestors arrived on the Underground Railroad, or who came from the Caribbean in the Trudeau era, or from Africa more recently – complicated by the spaces in Greater Toronto they live in, Carter said. After its findings are known, Carter hopes the community, or communities, can “look within ourselves at these complications, as we grapple with them.” As chairperson of Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue, which uses culture “as a way to educate the average Canadian and average fellow citizen about who we are,” she said she avoids featuring just works from artists of Caribbean background, though artistic excellence must be shown by all. Carter also hopes the project demonstrates the usuallyoverlooked economic power of Toronto’s black people, and that the results make their leaders more confident, able to go “walking in the door (of institutions) and saying, ‘Hey, I’m here,’ even if you weren’t invited.” Michael Hall, a vice president of YMCA of Greater Toronto, said his organization, a project partner whose black staff examined the proposal and got involved in designing the research, is committed to use the project afterwards to serve the community better. The YMCA supports any chance to “understand who (the black) community is,”
call to action A video on the project can be found at http://youtu.be/JKezwsr7N10 A question is asked: What does it mean to be black? People’s answers included the following powerful words: identity • judgement • freedom • rhythm • connection inclusion • strengths • endangered species • strength empowerment • cultural values • trendsetter
what’s on in Scarborough w saturday, jan. 31 Black History Month Family Day Tropicana Community Services, 1385 Huntingwood Dr., noon to 5 p.m. Events include a dance workshop, a drumming circle, an art workshop and more. Call Tropicana at 416-439-9009.
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Keynote speaker and former Scarborough East MPP Mary Anne Chambers addresses the Ontario Black History Society’s Black History Month kick-off brunch this past Sunday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
share your view What are your thoughts on the successes and challenges of the black community? Email us at scm@insidetoronto.com including its needs and aspirations, Hall said. Though a report on the project’s “trailblazing” first phase concludes “there is no single ‘black experience,’ but rather ‘black experiences,’” and “the diversity with the community needs to be emphasized,” it also finds Toronto’s black people, as a whole, face challenges “not similarly experienced by most other immigrant or ethnic communities in the GTA.” Singh said he sees the project as a way to unite the black community’s factions and fragments. “There’s power in unity,” said Singh, adding his work within the community has reflected a “love-hate relationship” for years. “I love because I love my people, but I challenge because I find we’re so fragmented,” said Singh, who directed a call-to-action video (http:// youtu.be/JKezwsr7N10) for the project. The research won’t answer every question, but it will start
conversations to help heal the community, and will change the way advertisers and governments look at black people, he predicted. “It’s the beginning of understanding a people.” Singh joins a five-person panel discussing black experiences, moderated by author and broadcaster Dalton Higgins, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5 in the Maria A, Shchuka Toronto Public Library branch at 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. Each person speaking at the free event is a black storyteller or educator. The city’s other scheduled Black History Month events are, unsurprisingly, quite diverse, presenting everything from personal histories and spoken word poetry to culinary delights. For the Ontario Black History Society kick-off brunch this past Sunday, Mary Anne Chambers, a former Scarborough MPP, said she planned to speak about “selfempowerment,” her call to people in black communities “to see themselves as part of the solution.” “We are capable of, and we have made, these huge contributions to the world, and we need to continue to take our responsibility to define who we are and write our own history,” she declared last week.
Chambers said she’d reflect on achievements of black inventors, “people whose names we don’t hear as much as maybe we should,” but whose brilliance improved lives around the world. “Notwithstanding challenges too many people still experience as a result of poverty or not-too-subtle racism, we’ve come a long way,” added Chambers. Drop-out rates for black high school students are unacceptably high, relations with police are strained, and the community is over-represented in Ontario’s child welfare system, said Chambers, a former provincial minister for children and youth. Expressing sympathy for young people in these situations – “They need the village to support them today” – she also said she’d encourage youth to seek careers in law enforcement or justice system, to make changes from inside. When black youth and police meet under positive circumstances, stereotypes diminish and respect increases, said Chambers. “I hear this from the kids and I hear this from the police.”
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Learn more about the Black Experience Project at www. environics.ca/bep-gta
w Thursday, Feb 5 Hue: A Matter of Colour Agincourt Library, 155 Bonis Ave., 6 to 7:30 p.m. Part of the National Film Board’s Mini Film Fest, Hue: A Matter of Colour is a feature documentary by Vic Sarin which examines the history and current state of discrimination based on skin tone. Call 416-396-8943. w sunday, Feb. 8 Black History Service Christ Church Scarborough Village, 155 Markham Rd., 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Vernal Savage with a reception to follow the service. Call 416-261-4169. w Tuesday, Feb. 10 Beatboxing Cedarbrae Library, 545 Markham Rd., 10 to 11 a.m. Learn about the versatily of the human voice with renowned beatboxer and poet Eddy Daoriginalone (Eddy David). Call 416-3968850. w Wednesday, Feb. 18 Hip Hop Workshop Malvern Library, 30 Sewells Rd., 2 to 3 p.m. Discover the value of literacy, creative speaking and writing with Guinness World Record holder Duane Gibson as he shares personal stories through freestyle rap. Call 416-396-8969. w saturday, Feb. 28 Toronto Urban Book Expo (TUBE) Malvern Library, 30 Sewells Rd., noon to 4:30 p.m. Learn about the Canadian urban fiction scence, and meet authors and publishers. A discussion on what makes great urban fiction with Stacey Marie Robinson of Kyan publishing is planned during the expo. Call 416396-8969.
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Park will be most protected in the world: feds >>>from page 1 “no urban park in the world will be as well protected.” The government, promising to put $143.7 million into the Rouge NUP over its first 10 years, would have park wardens patrolling to stop illegal hunters and trash dumpers, active enforcement never paid for by a variety of partners in the current park. The Rouge NUP would also begin with more money for restoration projects – such as planting wetlands installing culverts to help wildlife cross roads – than Rouge Park, run on provincial, federal and municipal lands in Scarborough, Markham and Pickering, ever had. But national conservation groups and local activists with deep roots in the Rouge River Watershed have convinced the province and opposition parties the federal plan — by giving equal weight to tenant farmers — has compromised the ecological integrity of the park. By refusing 18 “reasonable” opposition amendments suggested by the conservation groups,
the Conservatives were left with legislation “far too weak” to justify transfering the 40 per cent land for Rouge NUP held by the province, said Duguid, MPP for Scarborough Centre. “They simply closed their ears and minds.” Michael Chong, Conservative MP for Wellington-Halton Hills, said both governments want the same thing, to protect the Rouge for future generations. That will be clear, when the park legislation, Bill C-40, which passed third reading Monday and is headed to the Senate, becomes law, he added on Tuesday. Parks Canada will then finalize its management plan for the Rouge NUP and appoint an advisory council to help run it, demonstrating to the province “what they want has been put into effect,” said Chong, a former federal representative on the Rouge Alliance, a council of partners running the park until 2012. Chong argued the bill, which explicitly bans hunting, fishing and theft of cultural artifacts in the park - though such activities are also
banned or controlled by other laws - is “much stronger” than legislation for provincial parks, which often allow logging and hunting. The Tory MP attributes the battle to pre-election positioning by opposition parties. Like other supporters of the bill, he says Rouge NUP, the first of a new class of “urban” parks, can’t be managed with the same “wilderness standard” Parks Canada uses to protect the ecology of national parks. The conservation groups have countered, however, that many national parks also have roads and residences like the Rouge. What’s at stake, they say, is the primacy of ecological protection, represented for many by a 600-metre-wide “ecological corridor” meant to allow species to migrate between Lake Ontario and the Oak Ridges Moraine. Promised both in Rouge Park plans and provincial legislation, it was left out of the bill by Parks Canada to preserve its vision of an urban park “balancing” nature, recreation and agriculture. While Chong said the government
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such features as the corridor can be done through the management plan rather than the legislation, opponents say they must be enshrined in law. “The legislation is what lives beyond one minister or 10 ministers,” so it should be as strong as possible, said Scarborough-Rouge River MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan, a New Democrat who added the government failed to listen to the very activists who “literally built (Rouge Park) one tree at a time.” Sitsabaiesan said she will introduce a new bill for a Rouge NUP in February which ensure its ecological integrity and boost its size to 100 square kilometres. Scarborough-Guildwood MP John McKay, environment critic for the federal Liberals, called C-40 “a magnificent demonstration of how not to get consensus” on a project everybody, at first, had wanted.
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>>>from page 1 painting, indoor entertainment and outdoor games will also be featured. Favourites from previous Winterfests return for this year, they include wilderness educator HawksShadow, snow sculpting, clowns, maple taffy station, a barbecue and a bonfire. This year’s Winterfest also features a “Mutt Show” for dogs. The event is free and sponsored by Centennial Community & Recreation Association, West Rouge Sports & Recreation Association, Highland Creek Community Association, Port Union Seniors and City of Toronto - Parks, Forestry & Recreation. Winterfest runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Port Union Co m m u n i t y Ce n t re, 5 4 5 0 Lawrence Ave., just west of Port Union Road, and in neighbouring Charlottetown Park. For more information, contact Port Union Community Centre at 416-3964031.
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The city’s newest cycling infrastructure manager took her post this week. Jacquelyn Gulati officially replaced Daniel Egan on Monday. She comes from a similar post at the City of Mississauga, where she worked on improving active transportation planning to improve cycling and walking. In Toronto she’ll be tasked with continuing the slow-moving expansion of the city’s network of bike lanes. CFO DEFENDS TTC’S FARE HIKE wMETROPASS
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The Urquharts of Highland Creek solved monarch butterfly mystery
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or decades past, Canadians have been fascinated with the beautiful monarch butterfly but every fall, they disappeared and nobody knew where they went. Obviously, migration was the answer but where did they go? Forty years ago this month, the mystery was solved. Our Scarborough story starts with Dr. Fred Urquhart and his wife Nora beginning their life-long study of the monarch butterfly. Dr. Urquhart served as Curator of Insects and Director of Zoology at the Royal Ontario Museum and began raising and tagging the butterfly in the hopes of solving the decade old mystery of where they went every winter. With a team of volunteers, the Urquharts discovered these tiny insects never fly at night, do not fly over open water and can migrate 130 kilometres a day. Migration of birds and mammals, are amazing enough but the monarch had neither mass nor significant brainpower to match the larger migrants. The Urquharts moved to Highland Creek in 1949 where they built a home on Military Trail and con-
���� ��������� ������� ���� tinued raising and tagging hundreds of thousands of the monarchs. Thousands of milkweed plants, the sole food of monarch larvae, were cultivated on their one acre property. Dr. Urquhart and his wife joined the faculty of the University of Toronto in 1961 and eventually worked out of UTSC, a short distance from their home. With grants from the National Geographic Society, the National Research Council of Canada and donations, research gained momentum and hundreds of tagged monarchs were reported from across the continent. One butterfly, captured, released and captured again flew 80 miles in one day. It was determined that the majority of migrating monarchs hatch in late summer and head south where they mate and die off leaving their next generation to return north. Still, nobody knew where their winter home was located. Frustrated, Nora wrote to newspapers in Mexico asking for volunteers to report sightings and
help with the tagging. In February, 1973 the Urguharts received a letter of support from Ken Brugger who offered to crisscross Mexico following up on reports of tagged monarchs being located. Finally, on Jan. 9, 1975, the Urguharts’ life-long research proved worthwhile as Brugger reported he had found the winter colony on he Neovolcanic Plateau, 240 kilometres from Mexico City on a site now protected as an ecological preserve by the Mexican government. Finally, the Urquharts of Highland Creek were honoured for their work on monarchs and the Insect Migration Studies program they managed on several occasions. In 1998 they were presented with the Order of Canada. This is the highest award given to Canadian citizens in recognition of life long contributions to the country. Dr. Urquhart, an internationally renowned expert in the migration patterns of the monarch butterfly, died Nov. 3, 2002, at age 90. His Military Trail house now sits empty, awaiting re-development.
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Rouge Park Winter Hike SUNDAY STROLL: Trail guide Martyn Anniss talks about the Staghorn Sumac as he leads participants on the Rouge Park Winter Hike on Sunday. Below, Daniel Busch, left, and Janet Busch walk along the trail. Bottom centre, Anniss displays a racoon skull found on the hike. Bottom left, Elin Marley examines a Baltimore oriole nest. Centre, Richard Busch attempts to get a bead on some wildlife.
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of fashion at Centennial wBusinesss Centennial College’s School of Business is launching a two-year diploma program in the business of fashion. The new Fashion Business and Management program will cover changes in the fashion industry, including globalization and technology. Students will also learn about product development, marketing, retailing, finance and human resources, as well as the culture of fashion. The program is now accepting applications now for classes starting in September of this year. For more, visit www.centennialcollege.ca landscaping company honoured wLocal
Hank Deenen Landscaping Ltd. of Scarborough has been honoured by the Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association for its work in landscape construction, maintenance and design projects. The company, with offices on Midland Avenue, was recognized at the association’s Awards of Excellence Ce re m o n y e a r l i e r t h i s
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from Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals and stressed the importance and value of trustees to help parents deal with local school issues for their children. “We went to the polls on Oct. 27 and elected a bunch of trustees,” said Federico Carvajal, one of several parents who gave a deputation at the meeting. “If I recall correctly, Ms. Sandals wasn’t elected as trustee.” While most provided their endorsement to trustees, a few delegates like parent Aly Alibhai expressed disappointment at the trustees after reading the report. “I read this report with incredible dismay, disappointment and quite frankly, shock,” said the parent of two daughters. “This is not acceptable to me as a taxpayer. I think you guys need to get your act together.” Fellow parent Stewart Nam implored the trustees to “play nice” with board staff. “Get along and try to find common ground,” he said. “I hope members of the board do take this
report seriously.” But other delegates accused the province of having an ulterior political agenda in the report, which they say is to force the school board to close under-utilized schools. Winston Tinglin, interim executive director of Social Planning Toronto, questioned the recommendation from the Wilson report to have the TDSB provide a three-year capital plan that reflects a system-wide assessment of pupil accommodation needs of the board. He expressed concern that would mean a large number of schools can be closed with negative impacts to students, families and the community at large. “This is a too narrow a view of schools and education,” said Tinglin, explaining schools are also locations for child care services, community meetings and neighbourhood green spaces. “The school is a community hub.” TDSB Chair Shaun Chen said there was a deep sense of encouragment by trustees after hearing some
of the delegates. Chen notes the public input will help shape the final response to the province by the Feb. 13 deadline. Beaches-East York Trustee Sheila Cary-Meagher also felt reassured by what the public had to say and hoped the provincial government was listening. “Pay attention. That’s all. Just pay attention to what people are saying,” said Cary-Meagher, adding the cause of culture of fear is the provincial government with threats of budget cuts resulting in school employees worrying about whether they’ll have jobs or not. At the end of the nearly six-hour meeting, trustees voted in favour of holding two more similar consultation meetings in Scarborough and the York West area to solicit feedback from the community. Some trustees have already planned their own meetings in their ward including one in Etobicoke and North York.
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Ice dancers Gilles and Poirier win silver medal at nationals Scarboro Figure Skating Club members Paul Poirier and Piper Gilles bounced back to a second place finish in the ice dance event at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships which wrapped up on the weekend in Kingston. As a result they’ve earned a busy winter schedule and will represent Canada at both the Four Continents Figure Skating Championship in Seoul Feb. 9 to 15, and at the World Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai March 23 to 29. The duo matched their best result in 2013 when they also finished in second place. That year they finished well back at the world championships in 18th spot. Last year, they dropped out of contention in fourth place at the national championships. Poirier, who represented the Scarborough club at the 2010 Winter Olympics with former partner Vanessa Crone (finishing 14th), is from Unionville while Gilles, an American who recently received her Canadian citizenship, now makes Toronto home.
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Tax/Financial
Tax/Financial
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Mortgages/Loans
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Mortgages/Loans
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Apartments for Rent Swissport Canada
Baggage Handler
Ask about our Route Bonuses! Ask about our Bonus for B or E Licenced drivers!
10:00a.m. - 4:00p.m.
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APPLY BY PHONE:
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APPLY IN PERSON:
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Must be at least 21 years of age, have a valid A,B,C,D,E,F, or full G licence, and be proficient in english.
DZ Driver/Loaders & 310T Mechanics Wanted!
Notices (Public)
Notices (Public)
REWARD CALL 416-700-7084
Anyone having information about Sunshine Tree Services or Dave Coleman, Matthew Coleman, John Klunkovski, Tammy McPherson, Mark Morin, Eliza Willoughby, Colleen Blanche Andrews (aka Aunt, Madam, Principal West Hill P.S.) Domestic Help Wanted
Domestic Help Wanted
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Medical & Dental Services
Medical & Dental Services
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Starting wage: $11.30/hour Four Points by Sheraton 6257 Airport Road, Mississauga, ON L4V 1E4
Swissport is a people-focused organization – without our people we simply cannot meet our goals and achieve our vision. We offer a great working environment with Health and Dental benefits for all of our employees. The positions are for Canadian Citizens/Permanent Residents, requires continuous heavy lifting and a G2 driver’s licence.
All candidates must pass a Transport Canada background check. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, go to:
www.swissport.com
NEW YEAR, NEW CAREER FULL TIME OPENINGS COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION
CALL 416-479-9138 Legal Services
Legal Services
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Apartments for Rent
MEADOWVALE/ELLESMERE Highland Creek, close to 401. 2 bedroom walkout basement apartment. Parking, washer and dryer, non-smoking/pets. Available immediately. $950 +. 416-724-9089.
Job Fair
Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
Free training provided!
GFL Environmental is looking for DZ Driver/Loaders and 310T mechanics in the Aurora, Caledon and Etobicoke Areas. Waste experience an asset. Training will be provided. Please email resume, drivers abstract and CVOR to careers@gflenv.com or fax to 905-428-2324. More details visit website: http://www.gflenv.com/
Houses for Sale
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Astrology/Psychics
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KINGSTON/ MCCOWAN Large, new 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. $950/ $1099. Laundry, elevator, balcony, storage. Immediate. Frank 416-738-5516
Condos for Rent
Condos for Rent
Luxury Condo for Rent in Richmond Hill. Just renovated, New Granite Kitchen and Stainless Steel Appliances. 175 Cedar Ave, Richmond Hill. large 1 bedroom & separate Sun room. 800 Sf. condo, master bathroom w/ ensuite, 2pc washroom, pantry, includes all utilities and Rogers cable. Everything is NEW, floors, kitchen, bathrooms, lights, appliances. Very Bright Spacious, Very Well Maintained Luxury Building! Super Quiet. Great Residents - Fantastic Lifestyle Features Such As: outdoor Pool and Tennis, indoor Hot Tub, Squash, Gym, Media Room & More. Walking Distance To Bus, Go Train, Shopping, Schools, Parks. Non-smoking, no pets. Looking for long term lease $1,550 mth. Includes one parking spot. 2nd underground parking spot if required + $75 mth. Available Immediately. Call 905-830-6690 references required, first and last month.
Townhouses for Rent
Townhouses for Rent
MORNINGSIDE/ MILNER: 3 bedroom townhouse for rent. Garage, A/C & playground. Close to schools & shopping. Now accepting applications. Immediately. 416-282-3976
Houses for Rent
Houses for Rent
MORNINGSIDE/ KINGSTON Road- 3 bedroom detached. Available February 1st. Large fenced yard. Close to all amenities. $1000. Please John 416-282-1562 VICTORIA PARK/LAWRENCE 3 bedroom upper level of house for rent. 2 parking, non-smoking/pets. Available immediately. Rent is negotiable. 416-751-6893.
Travel & Vacations
Travel & Vacations
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Tenders
Tenders
Tenders
INVITATION TO TENDER Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our weekly Newspaper and flyers to carrier drop locations within the Scarborough, Etobicoke, East York and North York areas 3 times per week. This entails picking up the newspapers and flyers at our North York location on Tuesday’s and completing all Flyer deliveries by Wednesday’s at 3 p.m and all newspaper deliveries by Thursday’s at 2 p.m to all carrier drops. All applicants must have a cargo van or cube truck. Contracts commence Monday March 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd, 2015. (Depending on area selected to bid for) Bid packages are available at the Reception Desk, of Metroland Media Toronto, 175 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto Ontario M2H 0A2. Tender due date: Thursday February 19th 2015 By 5 pm To the attention of: Anton McCormack, Mailroom/ Trucking Supervisor Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.
INVITATION TO TENDER Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our weekly Apartment Saverbag to carrier and lobby drop locations within the Etobicoke and Scarborough area 1 to 2 times per week. This entails picking up the skids of Saverbags at our North York location on Wednesday’s and completing all carrier deliveries by Thursday’s at 2 p.m and all lobby drop deliveries by Thursday’s at 7 p.m. All applicants must have a cargo van or cube truck. Contracts commence Monday March 2nd 2015 Bid packages are available at the Reception Desk, of Metroland Media Toronto, 175 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto Ontario M2H 0A2. Tender due date: Thursday February 19 2015 By 5 pm To the attention of: Anton McCormack, Mailroom / Trucking Supervisor
DOG GROOMING Specializing in small dogs One at a time (1-2 hours) www.stylishpetgrooming.ca Kennedy and Ellesmere 416-820-5514
Building Equipment/ Materials
Building Equipment/ Materials
STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS UP TO 60% OFF! 30x40, 40x60, 50x80, 60x100, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call: 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
Home Renovations
Home Renovations
BUILDER/ GENERAL Contractors LIC# T85-4420956 Residential/ Commercial. Complete Restoration. Finished Basements. Painting. Bathrooms. Ceramic Tiles. Flat Roofs. Leaking Basements. Brick/ Chimney Repairs. House Additions 905-764-6667, 416-823-5120
Waste Removal
Waste Removal
PETER’S DEPENDABLE JUNK REMOVAL
Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.
INVITATION TO TENDER
416-677-3818 Rock Bottom Rates!
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Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.
Articles for Sale (Misc.)
CLOSET DOORS: Sliding panel board or mirror. Any size. We install! Call 416-618-8805 Visit our website www.amdclosetdoors.com Articles Wanted
Pet Supplies/ Boarding/Service
From home or business, including furniture/ appliances, construction waste.
Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our Advertiser store copies of flyers to pre-determined store locations within the Toronto area once per week. This entails picking up the flyers at our North York location on Wednesday’s and completing the store drops within one day. Delivery addresses will be supplied with Bid packages. Contracts commence Monday March 2nd, 2015. Bid packages are available at the Reception Desk, of Metroland Media Toronto, 175 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto Ontario M2H 0A2. Tender due date: Thursday February 19th 2015 By 5 pm To the attention of: Anton McCormack Mailroom / Trucking Supervisor Articles for Sale (Misc.)
Pet Supplies/ Boarding/Service
Articles Wanted
ANTIQUES
& Collectibles Wanted Cash for Older: Coins, Jewelry, Military, Watches, Toys, Barbies, Silver, Gold, Records, Old Postcards/Photos, Guitars, Old Pens, Lighters & Old Advertising etc.
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Cars
Cars
2007 HYUNDAI TUCSON
GL V6 2.7L Automatic, Asking $7888. One owner, non-smoker, well maintained, market value more than $9000, plus 4 235/60/16 2-year winter tires with aluminum alloy wheels value $700. 137,800KM. 416-856-3728 Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking
Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking
TOP CASH For Scrap 416-834-4233. We pay top cash for your junk car and we tow it away for free. Home Renovations
Plumbing
Plumbing
RAY PLUMBING Service Repair/ replacement, faucets, sinks, toilets, drains, main valve, leaky pipes, drain cleaning. Licensed and insured. 24/7. 416-880-4151 Handy Person
Handy Person
HANDYMEN. PROFESSIONAL, reliable. Install, renovate, repair. Carpentry, electrical, plumbing. Decks, fences, kitchens, bathrooms, basements, floors. Free estimates. Zik 416-522-9279
Painting & Decorating
Painting & Decorating
PETE THE PAINTER. U.K. craftsman. Interior painting. Reasonable rates & seniors discounts. Free estimates. Call Pete Steele: 416-491-3934
Moving & Storage
Moving & Storage
MOVERS, DOMESTIC/COMMERCIAL Since 1995, Fully Insured/Licensed, A1, A+ rated with the better business bureau, serving GTA/anywhere in Ontario, www.cubevanforhire.com 416-431-2920
Home Renovations
CEILINGS REPAIRED. Spray textures, plaster designs, stucco, drywall, paint. We fix them all! www.mrstucco.ca 416-242-8863
Mortgages/Loans
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Flooring & Carpeting
Flooring & Carpeting
NESO FLOORING
Carpet installation starting from $1.19/ sq.ft. Hardwood, laminate at low prices. 27 yrs experience. Free Estimates. Best Price!
647-400-8198
CARPET INSTALLED from $1.19/sq.ft. includes pad. Hardwood, Laminate, Ceramic at low prices. 22+ yrs experience. Free Estimates. No HST! 416-834-1834
Landscaping, Lawn Care, Supplies
Landscaping, Lawn Care, Supplies
SMALL TREE Removal. Yard clean-up and pruning. Free Estimates! Call Allan for great rates at 416-755-3420. Appliance Repairs/ Installation
Appliance Repairs/ Installation
Classifieds
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Refrigeration, Stoves, Dishwashers, Washers, Dryers, Air Conditioning, & Heating. Free Estimates. Warranty, Credit cards accepted. Seniors discount. 416-616-0388
#1 APPLIANCES Licensed Refrigeration Contractor, 28 Years Experience, FREE ESTIMATE, 2 YRS. WARRANTY Refrigerator/ Stove/ Washer/ Dryer/ Hot Water Tank/ Furnace/ Air conditioning Robin: 416-418-1821
Dating Services
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appliance repair/installation
home renovations
home renovations
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waste removal
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Small Job Specialists
4 Knob and tube replacement 4 Service upgrades 4 Aluminum wire reconditioning 4 Breakers/Panels 4 Electrical Home Inspections 4 Pot Lights 4 FREE ESTIMATES Master Electrician * License # 7001220 * Insured www.burtonelectric.ca mark.burton@burtonelectric.ca
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