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New St. John the Evangelist school building under construction CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com Revisions are underway to the previously approved site plan for the new St. John the Evangelist school building to address constraints as a result of the gravesites recently uncovered. The status update on the school project, provided in a letter dated Dec. 15 from the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) to the school community, noted submission documents for city site plan approval are now pending approval of the revisions being made. “We do not think there will be a significant impact right now,” said John Yan, TCDSB senior coordinator of communications. “We will have more of an idea at end of January.” >>>BOARD, page 5

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Stephanie Gao serves popcorn during Fairbank Village BIA’s Light up the Holidays event Saturday afternoon on Eglinton Avenue West. For more photos, visit bit.ly/york_galleries

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A man faces charges in connection with a series of bank robberies throughout the city. On Feb. 13, a man wearing gloves, a baseball cap and a hooded jacket entered a bank near Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue, showed a teller a note demanding money and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t comply. He allegedly lifted up his hoodie, revealing a silver handgun. The teller handed over cash. On Oct. 1, police allege the same man was disguised with a fake beard, a wig and dark glasses during a bank robbery near Bloor and Sherbourne streets. On Oct. 15, he wore a fake beard, a baseball cap and a hoodie to a bank near Danforth and Logan avenues. He allegedly handed a teller a typed note indicating a hold up, and he fled with cash. On Nov. 13, police allege he wore a blond wig, gloves and a hat during a hold up at a bank at Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue. He allegedly gave a teller a note demanding a specific amount of money; the note also stated he has Hepatitis C and a gun. A man was arrested Dec. 10. Franco Cavaliere, 28, of Toronto has been charged with robbery while armed with a firearm, three counts of robbery and four counts of using a disguise with intent. Anyone with information on this or other crimes can report them to Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-2228477 (TIPS) or https://222tips.com

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et’s make next year a banner year in Toronto for volunteering in the community. With 2015 almost upon us, it seems like a good time to issue this call. There’s still a little bit left in 2014 to ponder goals and expectations for the coming year – and perhaps include some time to give to a cause or organization of importance to you. Also, 2015 is a big year in Toronto. The Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games are coming to the city in July. It’s Canada’s largest multi-sport event. There are opportunities both before and during the Games, which will rely on some 23,000 volunteers to ensure things run smoothly. Visit the Pan Am Games website for more information. And Toronto is a city known for its diverse offerings of festivals and events. The city’s special events office our view regularly lists volunteer opporand is a good place to What can you tunities start for those who can commit do to help your their time to a specific event – as opposed to a more regular community? volunteer experience. But volunteering is not just about what’s good for a cause, an organization or the city. It’s about what’s good for us, too. When it comes to the positive developments that arise from volunteering, it is not merely a ‘one-way’ street. Volunteer opportunities represent more than just a chance to get involved in your community and help out. In many cases, volunteers acquire new skills and contacts during the course of their work. Volunteers acquire intangible benefits, too: a richer experience of life in the city and the satisfaction of knowing your efforts are helping your community. When we think about what kind of environment we want to live in, what improvements we want in our neighbourhoods and what connections we want to forge in our community, volunteering helps in all of those areas. William Osler Health Centre recently honoured seven of its volunteers who had compiled a staggering 50 years each of volunteering with its hospitals, including Etobicoke General. Let’s see what we can do in one year. Calls for volunteering – the ultimate commitment to our community – are all around us. Let’s answer the call – in greater numbers than ever.

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Hey, don’t blame me – it was the snow Alright, a show of hands. On the count of three. How many of you out there were late for work last Thursday, the day of the snowstorm? Before we begin, if it was your day off, please kindly abstain from voting. And for those who get nervous before quizzes, not to worry. it’s an open book test. So if you can’t remember if you were late or not and have to consult a time tracker, or the company security system if you don’t have access to a time tracker, feel free to do so. I’ll wait. ... Later that day. OK. Looks like everybody’s good to go, so let’s proceed: 1,2,3. Wow. That’s quite a large group. Even bigger than I had anticipated. Moving right along, on to question number two. Of those who were late, how many told their boss it couldn’t be helped given that the weather was so bad? Ready to raise your

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY hands again? Terrific. On your mark, get set, go. Uh, oh. The entire same group. Oh well. Anyhow, that concludes the survey portion of the column. Now for the analysis of the results portion. A word of warning to the hand-raisers who couldn’t make it on time for their respective shifts and when they did arrive, provided the standard explanation. The way-too-snowy sob story doesn’t cut it, I’m afraid. We tend to get blanketed in the white stuff occasionally this time of year. This is Canada, after all. And don’t dare be fooled if your boss let your tardiness slide last Thursday. Companies tend to give employees a mulligan when it comes to the first blizzard of the season. I wouldn’t press your luck

after the next big snowfall, if I were you. Ditto for those of you who are routinely late for work and assume that blustery conditions are a licence to meander in late. It’s never a good idea in any season, but make no mistake, ’tis definitely not the season for such a game plan. The reason is simple. When we’re about be to hit with a snowstorm there is always plenty of heads up on TV, radio, in the newspapers, online, around the office. Everywhere. It’s impossible not to know it’s on the way. What’s more, given that we go down this path every winter, if you try and give examples of why you couldn’t make it on time, your boss has a laundry list of well-rehearsed comebacks for any occasion. If you say both your bus was late or it was bumper to bumper on the highway, you’ll be advised you should have left earlier. If you say you couldn’t get up

the hill in your car, you’ll be reminded you should have had snow tires on by now. If you say your battery went dead, you’ll be informed you should have had your annual winter tune up. And so on. The list at his or her disposal is as endless as it is obvious. Which brings us to the present. There don’t appear to be any predicted outbursts this week and the forecast for Christmas Eve is for light snow only. So my advice is you’d best think twice before calling in to say you’ll be running late that day. If you do, your boss will be licking his lips as he smirks: “If Santa can get here on time all the way from the North Pole, you shouldn’t have any trouble making it from York. Buh-bye. See you at precisely 9 a.m. sharp.” 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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Appreciation from coat drive organizers Clockwise from top right: Ten La, left, her sister Gakye La and mother Tensang La enjoy gingerbread cookies and hot chocolate during The Stockyards Shopping Centre’s holiday season tree lighting event last Wednesday evening; Julia, left, and Daniel Capela, Anthony and Margaret Paczoca and Victoria Garcia respond to the lighting of the tree; Lisa Evans warms her hands at a heater.

To the Editor: Re: LEF’s winter coat drive exceeds expectations, News, Dec. 11. As winter approached, Toronto Public Health school liaison nurse Edie Cade and Toronto District School Board community support worker Khadra Hussein were concerned about the number of children who were illequipped to face the cold weather and summoned community partners – the Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF), Weston King Neighbourhood Centre (WKNC), 12 Division, Toronto Police Service and its Community Police Liaison Committee – for help. Our community media partner, The York Guardian, helped spread the word through stories and ads that we needed new or gently used winter

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The boys at the Toronto Eagles Hockey team ran call for a coatFinal drive and collected submissions nine large bags of clothing for the cause. LEF’s winter coat drive exceeds expectations More than 900 collected And the TTC drivers i and maintenance workers entertain from Help the Mount Dennis the supercoffee crowd Dec. 18 Garage on Industry Street banded together to purchase almost 200 new winter children’s jackets. i i the Learning And Enrichment Foundation and Weston King Neighbourhood Centre clothing. harnessed their volunteers And your response was to distribute the clothing astounding! to those most in need. In total, you donated What a wonderful over 1,000 coats, 600 pairs response! of snow pants and 100 Our team had a lot of other articles of winter fun in the planning and clothing. Individual donadistribution of all the tions poured in daily. items you so kindly gave. The Children’s Breakfast But the big pleasure was Club donated 100 coats seeing the faces of those from their own coat drive. who would not otherwise Sears Canada gave us have proper winter attire. 350 winter jackets and 500 One recipient, delighted pairs of snow pants. to get his coat, said the For more community photos, visit us online at bit.ly/york_galleries

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No one should be left out in the cold during the winter and thanks to the Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF) and several other community organizations, more than 900 winter coats have been donated to those in need. Launching its first winter coat drive in November, LEF, a community economic development organization, hoped to collect 200 winter coats; instead more than 900 coats were collected. “The LEF and other community partners got together and identified a need throughout our communities,” community engagement facilitator Jean-Marie Boutot said. “Having seen kids in school yards without appropriate coats for the winter we decided to reach out to the community.”

Although the coat drive had a slow start, word spread rapidly reaching different organizations and communities including the Toronto Police 12 Division, TTC Mount Dennis Garage, school outreach programs and the Weston King Neighbourhood Centre.

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Sears Canada, after getting wind of the community effort, donated 500 children’s coats to the drive. The TTC Mount Dennis Garage, which started its own coat drive after also noticing school children without proper winter coats, joined the community effort

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Volunteers Nasrin Khodaei Bouran and Li Hong Song help sort donations during a coat dirve at the Learning Enrichment Foundation recently.

and plans to make an official donation of new, hooded coats today. “We have purchased 180 children’s coats of various sizes and our employees just stepped up and donated m o n e y,” T TC d i v i s i o n manager Tim Baubie said. “They’re a giving bunch and they all thought it was a

great idea, especially during Christmas.” The TTC Garage has surpassed its initial goal by 50 coats, which are destined for schools along the Mount Dennis bus route for at-risk children whose families don’t have the means to purchase proper winter clothing. “We put a sample coat on

display along with a poster so our employees could see exactly what they were purchasing,” Baubie said. “It was something different and it was the first time we’ve organized a coat drive for the community.” And it was perfect timing for all partners involved. “Oh my goodness, the people who received their coats were really, really thankful. They make a big difference and keep those in need warm in the winter,” Boutot said. Coats were being distributed through LEF childcare centres, before- and afterschool programs as well as at schools along the Mount Dennis bus route. The LEF is organizing a final distribution day for winter coats, one coat per person, on Thursday, Dec. 18 at 116 Industry St. from noon to 1 p.m. Hot chocolate will also be served. For more information, contact Jean-Marie Boutot at 416-572-0086 or visit www. lefca.org

Last call for holiday art! The York Guardian is once again accepting holiday cover art submissions for publication consideration. A submission will be selected for the front cover of an upcoming December edition of The Guardian. Submissions must have a local connection. Deadline is noon, Monday, Dec. 15. Please email pfuthey@ insidetoronto.com with your submissions and if you have any questions.

supercoffee is hosting its second #supersounds event Thursday, Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. All creative types – poets, musicians and comics – will be given 15 minutes of fame to entertain the coffee clientele at the family run cafe at 1148 Weston Rd. near Eglinton Avenue West. Anyone interested in participating in the open mic event can contact supercoffee at 416-551-8421 or at sayhi@ supercoffee.ca For more information, visit www.facebook.com/supercoffeeMD

whole experience “made (him) feel that the generosity in others is real.” Your kindness and generosity was deeply appreciated. Everyone involved in this venture thanks you from the bottom of our hearts for making our community a better place. We wish you and your families all the best for the holiday season and the coming year. – Edie Cade, Toronto Public Health – Khadra Hussein, CSW, Model School for Inner Cities – Jean Boutot and Ray Stephens, LEF – Michael Pisani, Myriam Frausto and Sylvia Hampton, WKNC –Joanne Rudnick, Jim Lambe and Stacy Marks, 12 Division TPS, – Barbara Spyropoulos, CPLC 12 Division TPS

Board continues to work closely with archdiocese, cemetery registrar >>>from page 1 play space for students is in Dozens of graves were question. But Dave Bennett, chair discovered this fall at the archeological excavation site of the St. John the Evangelist on the St. John the Evangelist Catholic School Advisory parish property, which may Council, expressed confialter the plan to expand the dence the site could still school site. accommodate the 600-pupil While the school building letter confirmed with several other Be a part of the that no historioptions that can be discussion. Visit cal gravesites discussed if necesthis story on our were found on website and share sary. t h e s i t e, t h e “We can’t deviyour thoughts in ate from that,” he TCDSB conthe comments tinues to work said. “The imporsection. closely with the tant thing is doing Archdiocese of it right.” insidetoronto.com  To r o n t o a n d Demolition work is still expected to the office of be completed by the end of the Ontario Registrar of Cemeteries to ensure human the year and a meeting with the school’s design commitremains buried on the parish property are treated with tee will be scheduled for dignity and respect. March to outline the options Whether or not the school and next steps. site expansion can still take For more information and place north towards Fern updates on the project, visit Avenue to provide valuable http://bit.ly/1yZIuz8

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It’s too soon to be able to map out where all the political fights will be in the coming winter’s city hall budget process. But the Toronto Public Library Board has thrown down the gauntlet for the first big one. This shouldn’t be a surprise. There is something about our library system that attracts duelling city councillors like nothing else. Last term, former budget chief Mike Del Grande instigated a minor skirmish when he wondered why so many DVDs and books were circulated in languages other than English. The same term, former budget committee vicechair Doug Ford made headlines by inventing the term lie-berry and disrespecting author Margaret Atwood, as he suggested closing a library in his ward to save some money. That was a Potemkin moment for bibliophiles to rise up and support their libraries. This time, the membership of the library board

david nickle the city (most of whom were appointed under former mayor Rob Ford’s administration) is setting up for a fight that lands somewhere in between. In their 2015 budget submission, they’ve included a 40 per cent reduction in security service in branches across the city. The move would save $660,000 from the budget, bringing its submission down to a two per cent increase over last year. It would mean that in some branches, there would no longer be a security guard present. Board chair Mike Foderick maintains those branches don’t need a security guard, given their historic low level of incidents over the past number of years. For instance, at the Centennial branch, the security guard worked 27 hours a week in 2013, and

over that year dealt with only a single incident. Perhaps there will be some library patrons comforted by that statistic. But it’s hard to imagine very many who send their children to libraries to study or their elderly parents there to read and socialize will be comfortable taking a chance on safety. The union representing library workers (which doesn’t, incidentally, represent the security guards) has already taken a stand on the issue, as a matter of workplace safety. If I were a betting columnist, I’d say by the time this works its way through the budget process there won’t be any change in the library system’s security complement. For a service that a majority of Torontonians seem to regard as untouchable, it’s astounding politicians of certain stripes can’t seem to keep their hands off it.

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Holiday Bake Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 1 Brookhaven Dr. CONTACT: 416-241-2470 COST: Free admission Sale includes baklava, spanakopita and homemade cookies.

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Weekly Barbecue WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-767-0231, legionbr31@yahoo.com COST: Food for reasonable prices Find out about Legion membership. All 19 and older are welcome.

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Adult Skating WHEN: 9 to 11:30 a.m. weekly WHERE: Weston Recreation Arena, 2125 Lawrence Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-241-0502 COST: Free Adults are invited to come out every Tuesday morning for pleasure skating. Participants must have your own skates. There will be music. Meet new friends and get some exercise.

by 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.

◗ Sunday, Jan. 4

Giant Open Cribbage Tournament WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-7670231, www.facebook.com/mountdennislegion, legionbr31@yahoo. com COST: $25 per two person team Early registration by Dec. 24 guarantees ‘sitting’ team placement. Registration on tournament day from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Play of 10 games begins at 12:30 p.m. Lots of cash prizes. Food available, cash bar and parking on site.

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New Year’s Eve Dinner/ 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: $40 Enjoy a buffet meal prepared

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Debit, credit card payment options coming to transit system: Josh Colle ‘We’re finally getting to a place we should be,’ says EglintonLawrence councillor RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com TTC riders, no matter what station they’re in, will finally have the opportunity to buy tokens and tickets using debit or credit cards. That’s the pledge made by TTC chair Josh Colle, who announced Tuesday morning that beginning in the new year all station fare collectors across the system will accept expanded payment methods for purchases of 10 or more tickets and tokens as well as day passes. While most transit systems in the world have long accepted a variety of payment methods, Colle said the switch was a “long time coming” and necessary for continuing work to integrate the TTC with the Presto

electronic fare system. “We’re finally getting to a place we should be, and it’s important to recognize this bridges us to Presto,” said Colle, who was accompanied by Mayor John Tory and TTC CEO Andy Byford during the announcement, which was made inside Victoria Park Station. “We have to make an urgent push to make sure we have that technology in the system sooner than later.” Tory agreed, pointing out when it comes to offering up-to-date payment options, the City of Toronto trails far behind other jurisdictions. “This city is two generations behind other cities, and even the private sector within the city, in terms of using technology to make people’s lives easier and more convenient,” he said. TTC riders have had the option to use debit or credit to buy a monthly or weekly Metropass since late 2012. Colle said having more ways to pay fares would also improve safety with TTC staff no longer needing

to accept large amount of cash to handle payments. Expanding fare payment options will cost the TTC around $1.5 million over five years, to offer more options to use debit and credit for payment, as well as the development of a “cash register” to account for the increased volume of transactions paid by card. The new options will not allow for the purchase of single fares using a card, but Byford promised a “wave and pay” option to go into effect next year, intended to allow for speedy payment of fares under $10. No further details were given. Byford said steps have been taken to ensure there are no lengthy lineups at fare windows because of the new options. “There’s a science to what we do,” he said. “Ultimately what we want is to get rid of tickets, tokens and transfers and move to Presto.”

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St. Nicholas of Bari Catholic School’s Jordan Regada and Andre Medeiros paddle the cardboard craft they built to the finish line during the Cardboard Boat Races held earlier this month at the Bishop Marrocco/ Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School pool.

Al-Anon services available over holidays Ontario South Al-Anon/Alateen (AAA), an organization providing support to anyone affected by a friend or relative’s drinking, wants residents to know that their services are available this holiday season.

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the growth of Toronto’s electronic book collection. In 2009, the e-book circulation was at 180,000. Now it’s at 3.5 million. “First the trend was toward the audiobook and then the transition came to e-book,” she said. “It coincided with the increased availability of e-book services, when the Kobo became available and then the Sony e-reader. Once those really became available on the market, we saw a huge increase.” In her new role, Bowles said she anticipates the electronic collection will continue its growth for another

five years until it plateaus. But she is anticipating a strong electronic presence in other areas as well. She said the new Fort York branch will incorporate various digital services. “People can come to the library to create content, whether through book content – you can do selfpublishing – or different kinds of content, where you have a maker fair or a digital innovation hub where people experiment with new technology like a 3D printer. I think there are so many ways where we can integrate new technology into the library.” In a statement, board chair Michael Foderick praised Bowles. “Vickery brings a wealth of experience to her new role, as well as a passion for public library service and a deep understanding of the library’s role in strengthening our city,” said Foderick. “She begins her new role at an exciting time, and will be leading one of the world’s busiest urban library systems through a period of change as libraries continue to evolve in the digital age.”

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Metrolinx approves 2015 fare hike for GO Transit Proposed fares for UP Express also OK’d RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Metrolinx’s board of directors unanimously approved a fare hike for GO Transit during its quarterly meeting last Thursday. The board also agreed to approve proposed fares for the Union Pearson (UP) Express air rail link which begins running in the spring. The move to raise GO fares for 2015 means riders with a Presto card will see an average increase of five per cent, starting in February. Metrolinx CEO Bruce McCuaig justified the increase, the third such hike in three years, by

pointing to recent service ees will pay $10 if they enhancements such as the use the service, and will addition of trains for the have the option to buy a Milton corridor. monthly pass for $300, “We’re providing more which Prichard said would choices, which cost us work out to $6.50 a ride if a operating dollars, plus federal tax credit for tranwe have other costs going sit passes is applied. up, and I think “Given people will the fare What kind of after the realize in their day-to-day transportation system tax credit lives that costs added is it that we pay for, is go up and is about yet it’s designed for the same we need to manage them.” somebody else? as for all Metrolinx GO riders – MP Mike Sullivan, board chair on all corYork South-Weston Rob Prichard ridors, spoke up this seems in defence of UP’s fare principled and fair,” said structure, introduced last Prichard. Wednesday, which will “We’re treating airport cost Presto users $19 for employees like we treat a one-way trip between regular commuters.” Union Station and Pearson Prichard said UP isn’t International Airport. He only meant for business compared the cost of the travelers or visitors to premium rail service to Toronto, in contrast to other similar services in McCuaig’s remarks on the world. Wednesday when he As part of the UP fares described the service decision, airport employas “an extension of the

flight experience” and not meant for daily commuters. “We think UP gives an additional option, a good option, for an enhanced price that’s consistent with what other passengers pay,” said Prichard following the board meeting. Planning is underway to integrate TTC and GO fares with UP’s to prevent double-charging, but McCuaig admitted having such an option in place before the planned spring launch is unlikely. Airport employee Joyce Nakanishi, a flight attendant with nearly 20 years experience, said even with the discounted rate she didn’t feel like she or her colleagues will be able to afford UP. Approximately 40,000 Pearson workers travel to and from the airport on a daily basis and a significant majority use cars. Nakanishi said it takes

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her 90 minutes to get to Pearson, and welcomed a much shorter commute in the form of UP, which Metrolinx promises will take less than 30 minutes to travel from Union Station to the airport and less than that for the line’s other two stops at Weston and Bloor GO stations. “But 10 dollars a fare is still high,” said Nakanishi who was speaking on behalf of the Toronto Airport Council of Unions. She compared UP to the tolled Hwy. 407, a premium travel option built with public money that’s out of reach financially for many taxpayers. “To offer a discount for us only, that’s not respectful at all to the taxpayers who contributed to this,” she said. York South-Weston MP Mike Sullivan agreed, saying there’s no way the public will recoup an investment of $1.4 billion, when over a billion dollars

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Include the mayor in a vocal group of influential types seeking more Presto on the TTC. The pre-loadable fare card allows for quick and paperless access to transit, and while more than 80 per

in segments on Adelaide, Richmond and Simcoe Streets in late July. To take the survey, visit www.toronto.ca/cycletracks

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT cent of GO Transit users use Presto regularly, it’s still only available at 14 TTC subway stations and on three vehicles – the transit commission’s new streetcars introduced in 2014. This week, Mayor John Tory joined TTC CEO Andy Byford and others in calling for speedier Presto integration. It will be at least 2019 before majority of the TTC is Presto-enabled. Until then, hang on to your tokens and tickets. CYCLISTS ASKED TO bike lane SURVEY wTAKE

RIDE THE ROCKET FREE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE In what’s become an endof-year tradition, the TTC is offering free transit rides for revelers on New Year’s Eve. From 7 p.m. onwards anyone taking the TTC will get to ride for free well into the first morning of 2015. The subway will also remain open past its regular 2 a.m. closing with the last northbound train scheduled to head to Downsview from Union Station at 3:30 a.m. and at 3:37 a.m. for BloorDanforth trains leaving Yonge-Bloor station. The TTC’s Blue Night bus network will remain in operation until 7 a.m. and most surface routes with late night schedules will run until 4 a.m. The subway resumes operation 9 a.m. New Year’s Day.

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than 250,000 emergency calls a year, or about 685 calls a day. “Since 2005 we’ve seen a really big spike with the aging population – we’ve actually transported about 60,000 new patients every year since then – so it’s a very, very high call volume.” Many of those callers, however, are simply not aware they have options other than calling 911 for non-emergency situations, Raftis said. While calling 911 for an ambu-

lance essentially means callers receive a mobile emergency room staffed by highly trained paramedics at their doorstep, that kind of service is not always necessary for minor medical problems – and doing so can divert paramedic resources from responding more quickly to real medical emergencies. “It takes some ambulances out of service, when they’re servicing calls that maybe we don’t need to,” Raftis said. “We’re not suggesting that half of

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