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An open house will be taking place tomorrow at Learning Enrichment Foundation’s (LEF) newest location.

“We opened about three weeks ago,” said Ray Stephens, LEF client engagement coordinator, adding a full list of services are now being offered at 55 Emmett Ave., Unit 3.

Those services include language training, settlement services, employment services, skills training, conversation circle, group workshops, community events, and volunteering opportunities.

Stephens noted that five apartment buildings are situated along Emmett Avenue with plenty of community members that could use services offered

by LEF, which also has locations at 116 Industry St. and 1267 Weston Rd. The open house, which runs from 4 to 7 p.m. Call 416-7690830 or email emmett@lefca. org for details.

crafty corner: The Weston Craft Guild’s Sandra Fioroni, left, displays some of the group’s work, including her sweater, while shoppers browse items on the table during the Mount Dennis Legion Craft Fair Saturday morning. See more photos on page 6.

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Weston’s mayoral chain has been reported missing from the Weston Public Library.

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on the north wall and is now missing,” said Cherri Hurst of the Weston Historical Society last Friday.

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Answering some fundamental questions about the Eglinton Crosstown LRT

In recent weeks, The York Guardian and other Metroland newspapers across Toronto, in conjunction with the Toronto Public Library system, held information panels to discuss how the implementation of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT transit system will affect the lives of those who live near and will be serviced by the line.

The Crosstown, with construction underway and a completion date of 2020, will cross more than 54 bus routes within the city and stretch 19

peter haggert editor’s desk kilometres below ground in the west and central portions and above ground in the east.

Our sessions, featuring leaders of community organizations in the surrounding neighbourhoods, were quite fascinating. The thrust of the conversation changed depending on where along the Crosstown line the meet-

ings were held. w In Scarborough, residents talked about population density and neighbourhoods not wanting to lose their community character. w In North Toronto, the discussion centered around small business owners who fear losing their customers during any extended construction period. w At Mount Dennis Public Library in York, discussion evolved from making the best use of the opportunity

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CROSSTOWN our continuing look at the Eglinton LRT

Underneath Eglinton Avenue work is progressing on the city’s first major transit expansion in decades.

The Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit (LRT) proj-

ect is expected by 2020 to transform 19-kilometres of Eglinton Avenue from Black Creek Drive in the west to Kennedy Road in the east into a major artery for transit.

The line will be served by a three-car, Bombardiermanufactured light rail vehicle (LRV).

The Crosstown promises reduced traffic congestion and re-imagined road space

AN EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LRT CHECK-UP from Mount Dennis to the Golden Mile, as well as the potential for re-developing Eglinton into an engine of economic growth for the entire city.

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down of the major players responsible for bringing about the Eglinton Crosstown LRT: who’s responsible for what, and who residents can turn to with their questions:

WHO’S PAYING?

WHO IS DESIGNING THE STATIONS?

WHO’S OPERATING?

Provincial Government / Ministry of Transportation

Metrolinx (www.metrolinx.com)

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), www.ttc.ca

◗ The cost to build the Crosstown is $4.9 billion, as part of a $8.2 billion city-wide light rail network. Metrolinx is the provincial transit planning agency responsible for design, construction and maintenance. Metrolinx is the owner of the Crosstown. The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will operate service on the line. It has yet to be decided who will pay the operating costs once the line is running. An agreement between Metrolinx and the TTC has to be reached by 2018 on operating costs. ◗ Budget includes 54-acre maintenance and vehicle storage facility in Mount Dennis and the order of 76 three-car LRVs to be delivered by Bombardier before 2020.

◗ Through the alternative financing and procurement (AFP)

◗ A recent “master” agreement between the city, TTC and Metrolinx ensures the transit commission will operate the Crosstown for an initial period of 10 years starting in 2020.

◗ The underground stops will be designed by private sector

firms that have bid on the process. The design contracts are still being tendered.

◗ TTC will co-ordinate the running of the service and will have final say on vehicle movement and suspension of service due to emergency or other reasons

WHO DETERMINES THE FARES?

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS, SUCH AS NO LEFT TURNS?

WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT PLANS ALONG THE ROUTE?

Metrolinx and the TTC together will decide the fare, subject to approval by the provincial government. Fare amounts, revenue sharing arrangements and the level of operating subsidy needed from the province to run the LRT are to be decided at least two years before the start of service.

◗ Fares will be collected by the TTC through the Presto

smartcard. Presto ‘tap in’ portals are to be located on LRVs and at station and street-level stops.

WHO DECIDES THE ROUTE, UNDERGROUND AND AT STREET-LEVEL? ◗ Metrolinx. The 25 stations and stops were approved as

part of a 2010 provincial Environmental Assessment (EA), which includes 12 new underground stations between Keele Street and Laird Avenue. The remaining stops are located in a median lane at street-level on Eglinton. The stop at Kennedy Station will be located within the existing property.

◗ While the number of stations

could still change it would require an amendment of the 2010 EA. While Metrolinx has in the past proposed removing some stations from the Crosstown map, it now says there are no plans to alter the existing route alignment due to construction timeconstraints.

process, which is managed by provincial procurement agency Infrastructure Ontario, Metrolinx awards contracts for station design to be delivered at specific times.

◗ There are 25 stops along the route. The 13 above-ground stops are basically like streetcar stops, but longer and with a covered portion.

Metrolinx, in consultation with the City of Toronto, will establish traffic rules for the portion of the line running above ground. If there are major disagreements between Metrolinx and the city, they will go to a Dispute Review Board. The three-member board will be selected from a list of qualified experts.

WHO’S BUILDING? Metrolinx. The provincial transit planning agency has been tasked by the province to oversee design, construction and maintenance of the Crosstown (www.thecrosstown.ca)

◗ The province owns all Crosstown infrastructure but relies

on private sector companies chosen by Metrolinx through the AFP process to complete the construction.

◗ Metrolinx must also acquire all necessary real estate required for LRT station construction by 2015. ◗ During construction Metrolinx is also responsible for

seeing to necessary relocations or renovations of cityowned utilities such as hydro water mains in the event of conflicts with construction; removing materials left over from the cancelled Eglinton subway project; public relations; issuing regular construction updates; organizing community consultations; promotional materials and staffing a community office. Metrolinx must also replace any trees removed.

◗ Metrolinx must also consult with local elected officials as well as city and TTC staff to resolve construction-related disputes.

◗ Under the agreement, TTC will

operate the LRVs, handle security and staff all 12 underground Crosstown stations.

The City of Toronto (www.toronto.ca)

◗ The city’s planning department has launched a planning study called Eglinton Connects examining how to best redevelop the avenue to improve streetscaping, employment and commercial opportunities, and create more greenspace once the Crosstown starts running.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION? Metrolinx is responsible for future maintenance of all LRT infrastructure including LRVs, tunnel sections, tracks, signalling and communication systems. Metrolinx is also responsible for repairing, replacing or relocating city infrastructure such as watermains, storm and sanitary sewers if required.

What do residents want?

At a series of public meetings organized by Metroland Media Toronto on how the Crosstown will benefit local communities, residents in York, Midtown and Scarborough expressed the desire for more local employment, public spaces and creating an attractive streetscape among other concerns. See more on the meetings at http://bit.ly/1anrXVF

This is part of a continuing series looking at the Eglinton Crosstown LRT and its impact on our communities.

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he Toronto District School Board is faced with a stark reality: a declining student population, while its hard costs continue to grow.

But, in an attempt to reign in some of these growing costs, the province is contemplating selling $60 million worth of school properties this year.

The loss of such valuable community space will not only impact students but the city as a whole.

Where will not only students, but sports and community organizations, hold their events – sports or otherwise? How will we keep students active if there is no place to play sports or participate in outdoor activities?

In a time when more and our view more community organizaare looking for comExplore creative tions munity space, to sell off these properties is, in the words of solutions in Karen Pitre, Toronto Sports partnerships Council chair, “mind-boggling.”

There is a truth that some school populations are shrinking, and keeping schools open just for the sake of a small student body is not economical.

Some schools will need to close, but community space is at a premium in Toronto.

Neighbourhoods across the city are trying to carve out small parcels of land for community space, and with large playing fields already in existence, it begs the question: Why sell such valuable real estate? How will the community as a whole benefit by the selling of a field?

Why not look to partnerships with organizations to help preserve fields? Give the space over to the city to manage as a park or sports field. Take a different direction – create a covered skating rink like that at Greenwood Park, which can used yearround for other things, including concerts and other sports.

This is a time for creative thinking, not a time when it’s easier to just sell off a commodity. It’s important for the community – politicians included – to look at the community space that’s currently there, and think of ways to keep it there or make it better.

Some properties will have to be sold, but others should be preserved, improved, and become places that build community rather than divide it.

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Secret Santa parties: shh, don’t pass it on

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o, I was minding my own business last night, double parked on the sofa in front of the tube watching Scarborough’s Got Talent, when the phone rang.

I was fully expecting to hear that I had won a free trip to Florida, my 27th this week, but much to my delight it turned out to be a legit call. It was from none other than THE legendary Agnes Read herself, founder of the internationally renowned Agnes Read poll.

Agnes: “Good evening.

Permit me to introduce to myself. This is none other than THE legendary Agnes Read herself, founder of the internationally renowned Agnes Read poll. Is this Jamie Wayne?”

Jamie: “In the flesh.

Which reminds me. Hang on for a second. I’ll just grab a bathrobe in case you’re calling on Skype. There. OK. So, what’s going on?”

Agnes: “I’ve got a few quick questions if I’m not interrupting anything.”

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY Jamie: “You’re not. I was just watching a little television. A local comedian was doing an hysterical impression of a TTC escalator that was actually working and the poor guy still got voted off the island. I tell ya, the judges are even tougher on this show than the ones on Parkdale’s Got Talent.

Anyhow, go ahead.”

Agnes: Thank you. The survey I’m taking tonight is about company Christmas parties, which seem to be making a big comeback.

I’m just calling to find out if your office is having a Secret Santa-themed affair this year.”

Jamie: “Ha, ha, ha. That’s a good one. Who is this, really? Is that you, Ted?” Agnes: “I told you, it’s me. THE legendary Agnes Read herself, founder of the internationally renowned Agnes Read poll. And it was

a simple yes or no question.

Are you having a Secret Santa soiree? What’s so funny about that?”

Jamie: “Agnes, Agnes, Agnes. Come on now. If my company is having a Secret Santa party and I tell you, it wouldn’t be a secret anymore, now would it? You think I just fell off an eggnog truck?”

Agnes: “What the heck is an eggnog truck?”

Jamie: “It’s a turnip truck getting in the holiday spirit. I take back what I said earlier about you having a great sense of humour.”

Agnes: “I hate to break it to you, Secret Santa events are quite commonplace.

Telling someone their office is having one is not betraying a secret.”

Jamie: “Oh really?”

Agnes: “Yes, really. The only way you would do that is by telling somebody whose name you picked out of the hat to become their Secret Santa.”

Jamie: “And you wouldn’t dare ask me that, now would

you?”

Agnes: “Heavens, no.”

Jamie: “That’s good, because I most certainly wouldn’t tell you that, either.”

Agnes: “Jamie, please.

I have to know. Please, please, please.”

Jamie: “N. O. No. Good night, Tiffany.”

Agnes: “You mean Agnes.

THE legendary Agnes Read herself, founder of the internationally renowned Agnes Read poll.

Jamie: “No, I mean Tiffany. THE legendary Tiffany herself, founder of the locally renowned effort to try and find out who her Secret Santa is long before the big day arrives – that is, if indeed such a day will arrive this year, of course. And as you well know by now, on both subjects, my lips are permanently sealed.”

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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w Thursday, Dec. 12

Craft Sale WHEN: Today and tomorrow, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416245-4395, ext. 223 COST: Free Sale includes crafts made by the Low Vision Group, Knitting Group, Stitch and Tack Sewing Group and a white elephant table.

w Sunday, Dec. 15

Lessons and Carols WHEN: 4 p.m. WHERE: Church of St. Michael and All Angels, 611 St. Clair Ave. W. CONTACT: wychwoodclarionetchoir@yahoo.ca COST: Free Featuring the Wychwood Clarinet Choir and Wychwood Clarinet Youth Choir.

w Tuesday, Dec. 17

MPP Laura Albanese’s Holiday Open House WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: MPP Laura Albanese’s Community Office, 99A Ingram Dr. CONTACT: 416-2437984, lalbanese.mpp.co@liberal.ola. org COST: Free Join Laura Albanese and her community team for some holiday cheer.

w Sunday, Jan. 19

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Robbie Burns Supper and Dance WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-7670231, www.facebook.com/mountdennislegion, legionbr31@yahoo.com COST: $25 Enjoy a traditional Scottish supper with optional haggis. There will be a piper, Highland dancers and a pipes and drum band performance, followed by music with DJ Rob Best.

Cash bar. Door prizes. Tickets must be purchased by Jan. 11.

w Tuesday, Dec. 31

New Year’s Eve Dinner/Dance WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-767-0231, www. facebook.com/mountdennislegion, legionbr31@ yahoo.com COST: deadline $40 per person Enjoy a buffet meal prepared by

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Chef Jerry McElvanna at 6:30 p.m. followed by music provided by DJ Tom O’Rourke. Party favours, dance prizes and door prizes included. Cash bar. Tickets must be purchased by Dec. 14.

w Thursday, Jan. 2

Ready, Set, Go! WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Weston Library, 2 King St. CONTACT: 416394-1016, westaff@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Get a fast start to the new year by making and racing your very own pop bottle race car. Drop-in.

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Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www. yorkguardian.com. Read weeks of listings from your York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

Bring along non-perishable food items for the food banks of York South-Weston. Light refreshments will be provided. Call or email to RSVP.

answer your questions about money and relationships. Call to register.

Giant Open Cribbage Tournament WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416767-0231, www.facebook.com/ mountdennislegion, legionbr31@ yahoo.com COST: $25 per two person team

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Application forms are due to LEF by Jan. 10 and sessions run from 9:30 to noon. Meet with expert speakers, work on your business plan, and build your network.

ongoing The Stop’s Farmers’ Market WHEN: Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon, year-round WHERE: Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St., Barn 4 CONTACT: gbmarket@thestop.org

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The Winter Expo 2013 event will again showcase the talents of those participating in UrbanArts’ afterschool arts programs on Friday, Dec. 13 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

The free annual event will be taking place at UrbanArts’ new location at 5 Bartonville Ave. E. and will feature spoken word performances, music, dance and visual arts.

Free beverages and desserts will be served and a chance at a raffle prize for anyone tweeting @UrbanArtsTO with the hashtag #WinterExpo2013.

For more information, visit http:// urbanartstoronto.org Oakwood students show artwork at gallery Artwork by Grade 12 students from Oakwood Collegiate Institute are featured in an exhibition at the Amber Group Fine Art Gallery at 966 St. Clair Ave. W., until Wednesday.

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Union Pearson Express Electrification Environmental Assessment Transit Project Assessment Study and Class Environmental Assessment Study

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT Metrolinx is proposing to electrify the Union Pearson (UP) Express route beginning at the future UP Express Union Station in the City of Toronto and terminating at the future UP Express Pearson Station (Terminal 1, Toronto Pearson International Airport) in the City of Mississauga. The project involves the electrification of approximately 25 kilometres of track along the Union Station GO Rail Corridor and Kitchener GO Rail Corridor to Highway 427, where the route then follows the new UP Express spur line (under construction) into Toronto Pearson (see map below). The purpose of the project is to convert the UP Express route from diesel to electric power.

Electrification of the UP Express is part of The Big Move, Metrolinx’s regional transportation plan which will dramatically improve how people move in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas. Funding for the electrification is dependent on the Metrolinx Investment Strategy.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EA) PROCESS Metrolinx and Hydro One are carrying out a parallel EA process to satisfy both Metrolinx’s requirements under the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) and Hydro One’s requirements under the Class EA for Minor Transmission Facilities (Class EA). The parallel EA process involves both EAs being completed simultaneously. The Environmental Project/ Study Report will be made available for public review and comment.

THE PROJECT Electrification of the UP Express route will be achieved through a Traction Electrification System which will provide electricity to the trains by means of a Traction Power Distribution System (Metrolinx) and Traction Power Supply System (Hydro One).

TRACTION POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM The proposed Traction Power Distribution System is an Overhead Contact System (OCS) comprised of a wiring system providing power to the trains.

The wiring system will be suspended from a number of OCS structures (i.e. portals, cantilevers) placed along and over the track. The Traction Power Distribution System also includes two Paralleling Stations (PS) to boost the voltage along the UP Express route, as well as gantries which provide power to the OCS, and are located in the vicinity of each PS. A new electrified maintenance facility will need to be built to carry out maintenance on the new electric trains.

The environmental impact of the Traction Power Distribution System components and electrified maintenance facility is being assessed under the Transit Project Assessment Process, in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 – Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings.

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TRACTION POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM Electrification of the UP Express requires a connection to Ontario’s electrical system. It is proposed that the power be supplied from the existing 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line that runs between Hydro One’s Claireville Transformer Station (located near Highway 407 and Highway 27 in the City of Vaughan) and Richview Transformer Station (located near Highway 401 and Highway 27 in the City of Toronto). Cables will deliver power to a new 230 kV Traction Power Substation (TPS). The TPS will convert the voltage from 230 kV, to 25 kV so that it can be used to power the electric trains.

The Traction Power Supply system is subject to provincial Environmental Assessment Act approval in accordance with the Class EA for Minor Transmission Facilities.

CONSULTATION Members of the public, agencies and other interested parties are encouraged to participate in the EA process by attending consultation opportunities or contacting the project team directly with information, comments or questions. Consultation opportunities are planned and will be advertised on the project websites, in local newspapers and via direct mail.

A second round of joint Public Open Houses are planned for winter 2014 to present and seek feedback on both the TPAP (Metrolinx) and Class EA (Hydro One) project components.

Consultation with the public, review agencies and First Nations and Métis communities is a key component to the UP Express Electrification EA. If you would like to submit a comment or question, or receive additional information related to the UP Express Electrification Project, please send an email to the project team at: electrification@metrolinx.com or contact: Karen Pitre Executive Director, Electrification Metrolinx-GO Transit 20 Bay Street, Suite 600 Toronto, ON M5J 2W3 tel: 416-874-5910 e-mail: electrification@metrolinx.com www.gotransit.com/electrification

Patricia Staite Environmental Planner Hydro One Networks Inc. 483 Bay Street TCT6 Toronto, ON M5G 2P5 tel: 416-345-6799 e-mail: Community.Relations@HydroOne.com www.HydroOne.com/projects

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community check-up: keelesdale-eglinton west As part of a neighbourhood feature, The York Guardian looks at the changing trends and demographics in its local neighbourhoods.

Data courtesy Statistics Canada via the City of Toronto. This feature will appear every second Thursday.

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community check-up This week: Keelesdale-Eglinton West

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Keelesdale-Eglinton West – Population (2011): 10,655

Languages Portuguese is the most common nonofficial language in Keelesdale-Eglinton West. In the 2011 census, 25.9 per cent of residents listed Portuguese as their Mother Tongue, and 18.1 per cent listed Portuguese as their Home Language. Spanish and Italian also rank high.

Top 10 Mother Tongues

Top 10 Home Languages

1. English 2. Portuguese 3. Italian 4. Spanish 5. Vietnamese 6. Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7. Gujarati 8. Cantonese 9. Hindi 10. Chinese (not otherwise specified)

1. English 2. Portuguese 3. Spanish 4. Italian 5. Vietnamese 6. Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7. Cantonese 8. Chinese (not otherwise specified) 9= Gujarati 9= Hindi

City context A comparison of a neighbourhood statistic with its Toronto equivalent

MOTHER TONGUE “Mother Tongue” refers the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood at the time of the census. In the 2011 census, the percentage of people in Keelesdale-Eglinton West who list English as their Mother Tongue is 38 per cent.

That number is 51 per cent in all of Toronto.

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The number of people in the Children age category (age 0-14) in KeelesdaleEglinton West has decreased by 23.6 per cent between 2001 and 2011.

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The number of people in the Seniors (age 65+) age group in Keelesdale-Eglinton West increased by 8.3 per cent between 2001 and 2011.

-3.9% The overall population in KeelesdaleEglinton West decreased by 3.9 per cent between 2001 and 2011.

The number of people listing Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) as their Home Language in Keelesdale-Eglinton West more than doubled between 2006 and 2011.

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While it’s still the fourth-most common Home Language in the neighbourhood, the number of people listing Italian as their Home Language dropped 25.7 per cent between 2006 and 2011.

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staying afloat at the cardboard boat races: Above, Bishop Romero Catholic Secondary School’s Mitchell Correia, left, Rodas Mesfun, and Jaedyn Charles stay as still as possible to keep their cardboard boat afloat at Bishop Morocco School last Wednesday. Grade 10 students from the Toronto Catholic District School Board designed, built, raced, and then loaded their precarious vessels. Bishop Romero’s Kaitlyn Alexander, left, and Anna Fisico cruise to the end of the pool in their winning boat. Below left, Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School’s Melissa Tran firms up the duct tape on her team’s cardboard boat, the Paper Bag Princesses, which finished second overall.

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LOBLAWS FOREST HILL CELEBRATES GRAND REOPENING On December 6,Loblaws Forest Hill celebrated the reopening of its renovated store,modelled after the Loblaws store at Maple Leaf Gardens.The new market style layout includes quick and easy grab and go meals,with a focus on fresh local products, and a 12 foot cheese wall. To mark the opening,(left to right) Store manager,Mike Osqui;Daily Bread Food Bank Rep, Reni Kratka; MP, Dr. Carolyn Bennett, and Councillor, Joe Mihevc, cut into a freshly baked ACE Bakery baguette, and Loblaws presented the Daily Bread Food Bank with a $1,000 donation. Customers were wowed by a local artist making art out of produce and the presentation of an eight foot sushi roll. The first 250 adult customers received one $10 President’s Choice gift card and a complimentary reusable shopping bag.

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Eleventh Annual BEARY MERRY Christmas 2013

Metroland Media Toronto is very proud to be the founder of the Beary Merry Christmas Campaign. For the 11th consecutive year, York Guardian employees will deliver teddy bears to children spending the holidays in our local hospitals. We are so proud to have Samko & Miko as the official sponsor of this year’s teddy bears. As you can see, there are many other community minded businesses in the area that have generously purchased a bear for a needy child this season.

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The board voted unanimously last week to endorse a three-tiered fare increase that will add an average of five per cent more to single adult fares.

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Rob Ford: beyond the absurd From the ridiculous, to the absurd – and past that, to the slanderous, paranoiac and delusional. That is the route of discourse, coming from the office and family of the titular mayor of Toronto these days.

On Monday, Vision TV aired an interview between Lord Conrad Black and Mayor Rob Ford astonishing in its scope.

In the interview, Ford alleged Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair had used Ford’s friend Sandro Lisi as a “prop” to get at him in the course of the police investigation into Ford’s alleged crack use – because, Ford said, the chief was cross at having been asked to curtail his budget.

He made really unconscionable allegations about Star reporter Daniel Dale – allegations that were dismissed by the police when they were first made – about his 2012 visit to public land behind the mayor’s house.

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The previous Friday – as the Black-Ford interview was taking place – the mayor’s de-facto deputy, city councillor and brother Doug Ford, let loose his own litany of fabrications and contradictions.

In a 10-minute encounter with reporters, the city councillor suggested the generally Ford-critical media was practicing journalism in the manner of the Soviet state-supported (and generally state-supporting) Pravda.

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The media, he was sure, was murderous enough that they would be happy to drag Rob to the square, and hang him by the neck, if we were only provided a suitable length of rope.

It’s hard to know how to respond to all of this.

Lord Black exhibited his characteristic nerves of steel, chuckling supportively as the mayor burbled on with a list of dubious assurances and unsupported assertions. Clearly, his time in prison has made stronger stuff of him than we in the city hall press gallery, faced with the wrath of Doug.

The best that we could manage was to ask questions, challenge obvious falsehoods, and attempt to clarify outrageous-sounding conspiracy theories. And for all that, the Fordian discourse barely wobbled.

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TDSB to ‘address the concern’ outlined in forensic audit CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com

Toronto District School Board (TDSB) officials responded to a forensic audit report re l e a s e d Tu e s d a y t h a t revealed TDSB senior staff received more than $1 million in raises between March 2010 and August 2013 despite a provincial wage freeze for the broader public sector (BPS).

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by Ernst & Young in June after then-acting education director Donna Quan expressed concerns and asked the Ministry of Education to examine its financial management practices.

The report also found 45 per cent of 20 sample procurement contracts didn’t use the competitive bidding process as well as 79 per cent of the transactions conducted by the education director’s office, which are required by

the board’s own procurement policy.

“I recognize we do need to improve,” said Quan, who recently accepted the role as TDSB education director on a full-time basis. “There’s room for growth there.”

Other findings in the audit reported education program funds totalling $3.2 million may not have been used in accordance with the provincial regulations and about 30 per cent of selected trustee

expense claims were identified as potentially ineligible.

Quan acknowledged the 27 recommendations outlined in the Ernst & Young report to address the board’s financial policies and procedures. “ We will address the concern,” said Quan, who wouldn’t say until further study of the report whether or not staff or trustees would be asked to return pay raises or expenses respectively.

But she noted her intention to work with the ministry to come up with an action plan for the new year.

“This is a turning point for the TDSB,” Quan said.

“Every dollar must go into the classroom. I want to assure the public that the Toronto District School Board...will raise the bar on accountability and how we use funds.”

Minister of Education Liz Sandals said she expects the board to take the recommen-

dations seriously and act in a timely manner to ensure public dollars are being used efficiently and responsibly.

“The ministry will work with the board to finalize a plan early in the new year that will outline how the board will address the concerns raised in the report,” Sandals said in a statement.

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