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Artist Todd Peterson at opening reception this evening Articsók Gallery’s latest exhibit is the works of an artist whose career also spans the fields of film, television, animation, theatre, technology and communications. Todd Peterson – director, producer, writer and actor – is also an artist who will have his canvases on display at the local gallery in a solo show called Passion, starting today until March 7. Peterson will be on hand opening night this evening from 6 to 9 p.m. RSVP to info@articsokgallery.com Articsók Gallery is at 1697 St. Clair Ave. W. Hours are Wednesday to Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.

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DOMINIk KUREK dkurek@insidetoronto.com Oakwood Village actor Patricia Cano says The Sound of Cracking Bones is something

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York South-Weston MP Mike Sullivan will be hosting two community events during the Family Day weekend. On Sunday, Feb. 15, Sullivan will mark the 50th anniversary of Canada’s maple leaf flag with a flag-raising ceremony at 1 p.m. followed by a reception taking place at the Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. Attendees will receive flag lapel pins. And on Monday, Feb. 16,

1955: Every Thursday, yorkguardian.com introduces an image or group of images of historical significance to the York community. In this shot from 1955 we see St. Cuthbert’s United Church, north of the Dufferin-Eglinton West intersection. The church closed in 2001.

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A Weston couple is not hiding indoors when there’s glorious winter to enjoy. Dave Nerenberg and Nina Silver have put up a six-foottall monolith made of ice in their front yard as a way to celebrate the season. “I made it because it’s Canada and it’s winter and I just wanted to do something to celebrate the time of year. I knew it was going to be cold. We all tend to spend a lot of time indoors,” said Nerenberg, a gardener by trade. The sculpture is about 20 inches wide and six inches deep with a flat top. To make it, Nerenberg made a wooden form, with design help from his wife, lined it with plastic and filled it with water. He left the form outside, elevated, for a few days and then with a help of a friend, raised it on his front yard. The plastic helps to remove the form easier.

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Silver added four coloured balloons made of ice to the bottom of the sculpture. This is the couple’s second attempt at making an ice sculpture. Last year’s attempt, Nerenberg admitted, didn’t work out as well. The York resident got the idea for the sculpture from a friend who lives in Markham who’s done this for several years. “I thought I could do one that’s as good, if not better. It’s friendly rivalry,” he said. The sculpture on Queen’s Drive has been standing for a few weeks now. How much longer it stands depends entirely on the weather, Nerenberg said.

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Nina Silver and David Nerenberg built a monolithic ice sculpture in their front yard.

Celebrate your mother language The Canadian Language Mu s e u m i s c e l e b ra t ing International Mother Language Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 with a day of free activities at Maria A. Shchuka Library. There will be crafts, a scav-

enger hunt, the opportunity to view a Canadian English, Eh? exhibition, and opportunities to celebrate your own mother language. The library is at 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. The event is free and open to all ages.

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ilipino immigrant Ceferino Guzman has gone full circle in his five years living in Canada. At first, he was trying to avoid getting stuck in a survival job and benefited from an organization that helped him find work that allowed him to use some of the qualifications he had earned back home. Now, armed with personal experience and a conviction to help other newcomers, Guzman works where he is able to help new immigrants find their way in Canada. Without non-profit organization Skills for Change helping him along, he said he would be doing today what most immigrants do when they arrive in Canada. “I would maybe be in a factory or maybe I would be in a coffee shop, which is a typical employment area for those who don’t benefit from information and support from settlement organizations like Skills for Change. They get into survival jobs and they get stuck there,” he said. His employment counsellor at Skills for Change, Norma Bernal, called Guzman an ideal client. “It’s good he was open minded,” she said. Guzman was a human resources manager for a top company in Manila, Philippines, and when he arrived here, he was aiming to find work in HR, ready to accept an entry level position. But Bernal, who is also Filipino, advised him to look beyond HR work, so Guzman applied for a position to become an admissions counsellor at Anderson College, a private career college in East York. He was hired and soon after was promoted and now does external relations

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Filipino immigrant Ceferino Guzman, left, sits with his employment counsellor Norma Bernal at the opening of Skills For Change’s new The Stockyards Mall office at Weston Road and St. Clair Avenue West on Friday. With Bernal’s help, Guzman is doing work at Anderson College similar to what he had done in the Philippines.

at the college, co-ordinating with newcomer settlement organizations like Skills for Change to help immigrants make better lives for themselves. Guzman and Bernal have remained friends over the years and are colleagues with the same goal. “We share the same goal of helping newcomer immigrants successfully transition,” Guzman said. “Thankfully, my job allows me to do that so now I’m a partner to Skills for Change.” So, when Skills for Change was celebrating opening its new location last Friday at The Stockyards Mall at Weston Road and St. Clair Avenue West, replacing its former Dufferin Mall location, Guzman was there sharing laughs with Bernal. While Skills for Change is focused on helping newcomers find work, the Stockyards location is a

Employment services w Job posting and connections to employers w Career counselling, workshops and info sessions w Resume, cover letter and interview preparation w Employment and training subsidies w Entrepreneurship, mentorship and networking opportunities w Internet café branch of Employment Ontario that is open to everyone. And, its new location is in a highly visible spot, right at the intersection of Weston and St. Clair, in a growing community. Skills for Change executive director Surranna

Sandy said the new location will serve more than 3,000 people per year and is partnered with more than 800 employers. “People should access this service because it’s free,” Sandy said. “We have very well trained staff who have been doing job and employment support for an average of 10 to 15 years and we’re very accessible.” The new location offers a range of services, including helping its clients search for work, helping them apply for second career programs, assisting them in applying for Ontario Self Employment Benefits, matching them with mentors, hosting workshops and guest speakers, providing referrals and access to job search tools such as computers, phones and fax machines.

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Hats off to your Family Day celebration A friend of mine, Who Shall Remain Nameless, is going to a special gala on Monday called Hats Off To Family Day and she’s beside herself with worry. Nameless is her maiden name, by the way. She made me swear under oath not to reveal her married name. For what it’s worth, I also had to sign an affidavit and have it notarized. It embarrasses me to say, I actually had to Google ‘affidavit’ before I agreed to do anything. But please don’t tell her that. Anyhow, the invitation said it was a come as who you are party (not to be confused with a come as you are party) and anyone not attired in such a manner would be refused entry. No wonder she was on edge. She says she finds it tough enough to pin down who she is at the best of times, but on Family Day it’s even more difficult because her relatives have seen her wearing so many different hats over the years.

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY First off, the majority of the crowd knows her as mom so showing up in a mom hat would be a good choice. Ditto for a mommy hat. Throwing on her proud grandmother hat would be a nice idea. She has that hat on a lot these days. She’s also known as Nana by many in the family, so being decked out in her nana hat would work just as well. So would sporting a daughter hat. She’s been a daughter the longest of any of her many identities over the course of her life. She’s a sister as well, which she’s been for only two years less than she’s been a daughter, so donning her sister hat would make a lot of sense. She’s been a niece, for considerable time, so a niece hat would be fitting, even if said hat doesn’t quite fit like it used to once upon

a time. She’s known as aunt and auntie so an aunt hat or an auntie hat are both worthy possibilities. Additionally, she’s a sister-in-law, so a sister-in-law hat would be well received. And she regularly reminds everyone that she’s also an aunt-in-law and auntie-in-law, so nobody would be too surprised if she showed up in her familiar aunt-in-law hat or auntie-in-law hats. Her prospective hat list is long. “You’ve got to help me, Jamie. Please. Who should I go as?” “Are you going to make me swear under oath one more time, sign a new affidavit and have it notarized, before I tell you?” I grumbled. “Of course. And I’d expect you Google ‘affidavit’ again, too,” she giggled. “Hey, how do you know I did that?” “What can I say? I read your column. Just don’t let that get around, especially

on Family Day. I have a reputation to uphold. Several actually. But back to the matter at hand, which hat should I wear?” “Why not put on all of them? On top of one another. In the order that they’ve been a part of your life. When you all doff your respective hats in honour of Family Day, you’re sure to be the hit of the party.” “That’s not half bad, even for you. So, do you promise that’ll happen?” “I’m not swearing under oath again, signing yet another affidavit and getting it notarized, if that’s what you’re looking for,” I sighed. “I hear you. I’ve put you through enough already. So forget the guarantee. How about this: Any chance you could you just Google ‘affidavit’ one more time? You know, for old times’ sake?” 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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Women’s Immigration Summary Advice Legal Clinic WHEN: 4 to 7 p.m. WHERE: North York Women’s Centre, 2446 Dufferin St. CONTACT: 416-781-0479, www. nywc.org COST: Free Appointment necessary, no walk-in service. LEGO Club WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Evelyn Gregory Library, 120 Trowell Ave. CONTACT: Richard, 416-3941006, , COST: Free What can you create with LEGO? Show off your skills! Join us for LEGO building challenges where you can use your imagination to create your own masterpieces.

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transit loss on Scarborough RT wpower Scores of Scarborough RT riders were forced to switch to emergency shuttle buses over the weekend following an extended outage on the aged transit line. The TTC blamed “electrical power loss” for the hours-long shutdown of the line from Kennedy to McCowan RT stations which lasted much of Saturday. This year should have marked the opening of the Scarborough LRT, which would have replaced the RT. But with plans switched to building a subway extension it won’t be until at least 2023 when Scarborough residents have a new transit option. Until then the TTC hopes to extend the shelf-life of the RT and should it eventually break down beyond all repair, replace its operation with buses.

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