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St. Clair West Services for Seniors is introducing a new Acting Group on Friday afternoons to its membership.

The first session is tomorrow, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Adults 55 and up are welcome to join the group.

No acting experience is necessary.

St. Clair West Services for Seniors is at 2652 Eglinton Ave. W. Call 416-787-2114 ext. 238 for more information.

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STOPPING IN AT ST. JOHN: Former Team Canada women’s hockey player Katie Weatherston talks to students at St. John the Evangelist Catholic School about setting goals and working toward them during a visit to the school last Thursday. The 2014 edition of the Canadian women’s team goes for Olympic gold in Sochi today against the United States.

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York West Active Living Centre’s February Brain Café event features an introduction to ‘Building Bones with Weights.’

This men’s event runs from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 28.

This session will teach you about the benefits of exercising with weights and help design a six-week trail session on building bones with weights to run in March at York West Active Living Centre Call 416-245-4395 for more information.

When one door closes, another

opens. Or, in Kim Roberts’ case, three open.

The Oakwood Avenue and Vaughan Road resident landed

work as Ilene in the Steven Spielberg produced ABC drama Lucky 7, only to see it cancelled after two episodes last spring.

The show, filmed in Toronto, followed the lives of seven employees in a lottery pool after they hit the jackpot.

“Unlucky 7, as I like to call it,” Roberts, who played the girlfriend of one of the lottery >>>york, page 6

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FERRANTI ELECTRIC: Every Thursday, yorkguardian.com introduces an image or group of images of historical significance to the York community. This photo, taken Nov. 18, 1941, shows Ferranti Electric Company on Industry Street in Mount Dennis.

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York actor starring in ‘A Soldier’s Tale’ FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Jamie Maczko was aware of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and how soldiers coming back from war could be affected by it, but didn’t delve deep into the diagnosis until he signed up to take part in a production centred around the topic.

The Runnymede Road and St. Clair Avenue resident is one of three actors, along with numerous dancers, who will take to Harbourfront Centre’s Fleck Dance Theatre for DanceWorks’ premiere of A Soldier’s Tale.

Choreographed and directed by Signal Theatre artistic director Michael Greyeyes, the production looks into the aftermath and costs of war – on the soldiers who wage it and their families – by telling the stories of two soldiers: one a Second World War veteran, the other a soldier in the Iraq war.

Maczko, who studied acting at York University and had Greyeyes as a professor, said he received a call from his former teacher last June,

‘A Soldier’s Tale’ runs today through Saturday.

asking if he’d be interested in joining the production.

“It’s primarily dance with dialogue,” he said. “It’s very heavy in dance, but I don’t dance.”

A Soldier’s Tale is divided into two acts. The first act focuses on a Canadian soldier returning home from the Second World War and the

struggles he faces, while the second act tells the story of a soldier serving in the U.S. military who comes home after his deployment in Iraq.

Maczko plays a citizen in the first act, and an American solider in the second act who takes the life of an Iraqi he believes is responsible for the death of his comrade.

While Maczko doesn’t have direct experience with PTSD, he’s had family in noncombat military roles and has had a lifelong interest in the army.

“I looked into it deeper,” he said of his research into PTSD for his role. “It’s a crazy thing that happens. You are trained to kill, you get sent

home (once service is over), you go on as a normal person and expected to get a job.

That’s not what happens. I understood the concept of it (PTSD) and I knew it happened to soldiers but I never really thought about it.”

Growing up in Sarnia, Maczko moved to Toronto in 2006 to study acting at York at age 19.

His film, television and voice credits include A Girl Named Jack, Flashpoint, and Afghanada, and stage credits include Little Tongues, Matchbox Macbeth, Saved, and Cherry Docs, which he just finished wrapping in Munich, Germany when Greyeyes called about A Soldier’s Tale.

Maczko, who plans to keep busy with auditions once A Soldier’s Tale wraps, said he’d like to find work in film and television, while still keeping the theatre door open.

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A Soldier’s Tale will run Thursday, Feb. 20 to Saturday, Feb. 22 at Harbourfront Centre’s Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, at 8 p.m. nightly. Tickets cost $18.75 to $37.25. Visit www.danceworks.ca or call 416-973-4000.

Police seek suspect in Jane-Weston break-and-enter

Police have released this security camera footage in a break-and-enter investigation.

Police have released security camera footage of a man wanted in a break and enter investigation in

the Jane Street and Weston Road area.

Police said someone attempted to break into a business Sunday, Feb. 2 around 3 a.m.

The suspect is described as white, 25 to 30 years old, and 170 to 190 pounds. He was wearing dark pants and a white shirt.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-1200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

sex assault charges wadditional Police have charged a man with a sex assault dating back to 2011, nearly three months after he was arrested for a similar incident.

Police arrested and charged Andrew Medford, 23, Feb. 11 with a sex assault from July 15, 2011, in the Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue area.

He was charged with sexual assault with a weapon, overcome resistance - choking, threaten-

ing bodily harm, assault and weapons dangerous.

Medford was previously charged Nov. 23, 2013, with sexual assault in the Keele Street and Rogers Road area.

Police believe there may be more victims.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477. robbery at Weston Road bank wArmed

Police are looking for

a man following an armed bank robbery last Thursday.

Police said a man entered the Royal Bank at 1906 Weston Rd., approached the counter and produced a gun and a note demanding cash around 4:30 p.m. The teller complied, and the robber fled. No one was hurt.

The suspect is white and about six-feet tall.

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Anyone with information can call 12 Division at 416-8081200 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

We asked When it comes to redeveloping the former Kodak lands, what do you think will benefit the community most?

Asked Tuesday at Humber Community Seniors’ Services (HCSS).

“A mall. I think that’s one of the better ideas. There’s nothing around here.”

- Hans Kaarls “Something that generates employment would be good.

Something that generates jobs of the future. Like a centre of innovation like The MaRS Centre...we can attract IT businesses. Or get one of the community college’s satellite campus there.”

- Peter Mueller, vice chair of HCSS board of directors “Stores. A supermarket. A shopping mall.

That type of thing will do so we don’t have to go to Yorkdale.”

- Crosby Daley “Humber Community Seniors’ Services needs a bigger place.

I’ve been here for awhile and I think they deserve it.”

- Eileen Grant “I’d like to see more community services...and a drop-in centre for seniors. And something for the kids to do.

I’d like to see a music club... or a bicycle and skateboard park. There isn’t one close to here. If the kids have something to do, they wouldn’t get into trouble.”

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f we were to wipe off almost four years of dust from our crystal ball, the smoke would reveal a possible provincial election this spring. With that, comes uncertainty and, potentially, the province’s (and with it Toronto’s) transit file getting derailed – again.

If we are to take Metrolinx at its word, the provincial transit agency has put everything on the table when it comes to transit in the Great Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). At its recent meeting, a long list of options was presented by staff, which will then get whittled down following consultations with the public and elected officials.

More consultations? More waiting. And what feels like more of the same, which our view amounts to very little. Cynicism aside, Torontonians should attend Project any and all meetings when it comes to transit solutions. We deadlines need voices at the table. As many have to be met voices as we can muster.

With some projects now underway – the Eglinton Crosstown LRT; the Scarborough subway was given the green light – and Metrolinx committed to a share of the subway relief line within 15 years, we have a shot at being part of the discussion.

And according to Metrolinx CEO Bruce McCuaig, the plans are not limited to one major project, but likely a series of improvements in the short, mid- and longterm.

However, there needs to be a maximum time allotment for dealing with a project. No more open-ended deadlines. Projects take years – sometimes decades – to complete; so too much lag in decision-making is foolish.

Each day we consult, every week we wait for another meeting, the longer it will take to actually finalize a transit solution for the GTHA. If Metrolinx is to embark on another series of consultations – the first round kicking off in March – we should be there to voice our ideas. With an initial short list of recommendations to be presented to the Metrolinx board in June, and a final list by winter, things will hopefully become focused.

But when these projects will be completed is not so definite. A change in governments should not lead to changes to these approved projects. Deadlines have to be met. Decisions have to stick.

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Will we see Canada in the men’s hockey final?

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he Canadian men’s team has played a total of three, count ’em three, games in the Winter Olympic hockey tournament.

They’ve won all of them.

Ergo, they’ve lost none of them.

They’ve scored 10 goals and given up a whopping total of two, count ’em, two.

Yet every diehard Team Canada fan I know is fretting about the lads actually making it to the finals.

Take Benjamin. The poor guy has the heebiejeebies. They’re not the run-of-the-mill heebiejeebies either. I’m talking serious heebie-jeebies, folks.

Keeping pace in the department of anxiety is Victor who is a massive bundle of nerves.

And Jeff? The dude’s knickers are in a knot. It’s surprising enough he’s wearing knickers in the first place, but to have

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY them in a knot, too? Over a hockey game?

Then there’s Danny.

He’s worried stiff.

Jeremy is in a dither.

Carl is on tenterhooks.

And not to be outdone is Bart, who’s quaking in his boots. I mean it, too.

Environment Canada has been monitoring the quake all week.

I saw a report on the Weather Network this morning and I expect Grapes to do a feature on it on Coach’s Corner tonight.

Now who am I leaving out here?

Oh, yeah, Mike. How could I forget him? Mike is as big a Team Canada fan as they come and he’s on pins and needles.

Meanwhile, David is worried stiff.

Sonny is in a tizzy.

Tommy is shaking like

a leaf.

And Artie has butterflies in his stomach.

Butterflies, it should be pointed out that were young caterpillars before the hockey started.

Then there’s Ken who is panic stricken.

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Every diehard Team Canada fan I know is fretting about the lads actually making it to the finals.

Henry who is on the edge of his seat.

Max who has broken out in a cold sweat.

And it’s nail-biting time for George. I don’t mean the nails on his fingers and toes, either. I mean real nails, sports fans. He’s that agitated.

Yeah, they’re worried about Team Canada making it to the finals alright. Extremely worried.

And for three very good reasons: 1. The game starts at 7 a.m. EST on Sunday morning. None of these yahoos have ever gotten up before 1 p.m. on a Sunday. Ever.

2. That means if Canada qualifies they’ll have to rely on somebody to phone them to wake them up or they won’t be able to see their beloved team live.

3. And this is the biggie.

I’m the only one any of them know who gets up that early. That means they all have to trust that I’ll actually call.

Interesting. I can’t wait to see what happens.

Go, Canada, Go! 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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Take a Free Health Course Online with Coursera WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Library staff will discuss this trend in independent learning and demonstrate how to search and sign up for courses and actively participate once you’re registered. This six-week course is organized by University of California, San Francisco. Call to register. Course can be found at www. coursera.org/#course/nutrition Mount Dennis Local History WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Library, 1123 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-394-1008 COST: Free The history of Mount Dennis through pictures, presented by John Maniezzo, creator of the Facebook page Toronto Old Districts. Call to register.

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Resume Workshop WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Learn resume essentials before

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St. Paddy’s Pub Night WHEN: 6 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: $20 Purchase tickets by March 8 at the clubroom bar. Cocktails at 6 p.m.

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Free Income Tax Clinics WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416394-1000 COST: Free Get help filling in your income tax return. The clinic is in partnership with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario. Must be lower income. Sessions run Wednesday evenings in March.

Call to book an appointment.

w Wednesday, March 19

Casino Rama Day Trip WHEN: 8:15 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: $5 Purchase tickets in advance at the clubroom bar.

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. launching your job search. Open to all ages. Call to register.

w Wednesday, Feb. 26

Shopping Trip to Toronto Eaton Centre WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-2454395, ext. 223 COST: Transportation is $15 for members, $18 for non-members Book by Monday, Feb. 24.

w Friday, Feb. 28

Van Trip to St. Lawrence MarketWHEN: 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-245-4395, ext. 223 COST: Transportation is $15 for members, $18 for non-members Book by Wednesday, Feb. 26.

w Thursday, March 20

The DeHavilland Mosquito WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Library, 1123 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-394-1008 COST: Free Keith Hyde, aviation historian, will explain its origins and where parts were built across Canada. Call to register.

w Tuesday, March 4

Free Income Tax Clinic WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, 341 Oakwood Ave. CONTACT: 416394-1041 COST: Free Free tax return preparation if your total household income is $20,000 without depandants, or less than $30,000 with dependants. Clinics run Tuesday and Thursday evenings throughout March. Registration is required.

w Saturday, April 5

Youth/Adult Darts Tournament Fundraiser WHEN: 10 a.m. WHERE: Mount

Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Ellen, 416-762-9130. www.torontodarts.com COST: $10 per player, $20 doubles, $40 team Geoffrey Peter Memorial tournament. $10 from each doubles and $20 from each team goes to Shriners’ Children’s Hospital & Burn Centre.

For early registration e-mail Ellen at ellenwolfmacleod@rogers.com

w Sunday, April 6

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 Email for entry form.

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York actor happily juggling three projects >>>from page 1 winners, said with a laugh. “It’s unfortunate when you don’t see a project through. I think it got off to a slow start. We shot eight episodes and they were wonderful, and I hope they will air at some point.”

But the acting veteran is choosing to focus on the positive of the experience.

“Lucky 7 might not have happened at all, and I’d much rather have had that than not,” she said.

But Roberts doesn’t have time to think of the past, as she’s been busy with three upcoming projects.

She’ll be guest starring on Global’s new medical drama series Remedy, set to air Monday. She plays Aunt Priscilla, who comes from Ghana for a visit in the show’s 10th episode.

“It’s worth the wait,” she said of her character’s screen time. “(Priscilla) has a lot to say about a lot of things. You kind of want to strangle her, but turn to her at the same time.”

Born to a mother from Dominica and a Jamaican father, Roberts had to learn to speak with a Ghanaian accent, which she enjoyed.

“The writing is so good and I was handed pure gold with the script,” she said. “It’s a really exciting character and someone everyone can relate to.”

Next, Roberts will be seen in the recurring role of Neeva on FX’s The Strain, a drama/horror/sci-fi television series set to air in the summer.

A Haitian nanny to a wealthy family and protector of children and wise to mysteries unknown, Neeva is savvy enough to fear dark forces, but brave enough to fight back if needed.

“She follows her instincts,” Roberts said of Neeva. “She’s keen and on the ball. It’s very exciting.

I went straight from shooting Remedy to shooting The Strain, so I went from an accent from Ghana to an accent from Haiti. They are completely different characters. An actress with a role is like a mother with her babies, you love them all but in different ways perhaps.”

And if her plate wasn’t already full, Roberts has a movie, Dr. Cabbie, coming out in the summer, in which she plays a court clerk.

An actor for more than two

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decades, Roberts has worked with many big Hollywood names, including Sidney Lumet, Maya Angelou, Robin Williams, Jackie Chan, Mariah Carey and Lindsay Lohan.

A co-founding member of Toronto’s black theatre company Obsidian Theatre, she has appeared in more than 100 film and television projects, including I’m Not There, Dawn of the Dead, Saw III and IV, Blue Bloods, Being Erica, Rookie Blue and Degrassi: The Next Generation.

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On top of gearing up for her shows and film, Roberts will be recognized in April at the 14th annual ReelWorld Film Festival with the Trailblazer Award, which honours those who have found their path and followed it without wavering.

Founded in 2001 by Young and the Restless actor Tonya Lee Williams in direct response to a lack of positive diverse stories on screen and sustainable opportunities for emerging talent of colour trying to break into the Canadian entertainment industry, ReelWorld Film Festival showcases the best features, documentaries, animations, shorts and music videos from Canadian and international film artists over eight days in April.

While the festival focuses on diversity, namely individuals of Aboriginal, Asian, black, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian and multi-racial ethnicity, ReelWorld welcomes support from all.

“I’m really excited,” Roberts said of the award. “I just found out.”

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Investigation of Flooding and Combined Sewer Overflow Humber River and Black Creek Area (Study Area 4) Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study Notice of Public Information Centre #3 Please join us at the third Public Information Centre to learn about the solutions recommended to help reduce the risk of basement and surface flooding and manage combined sewer overflows in the area.This Public Information Centre will focus on the recommended locations and conceptual design for the proposed underground storage facilities.

You will have an opportunity to view displays, speak one-on-one with project staff, and tell us what you think about the underground storage solutions.

Drop in anytime between 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the date and location noted below. We look forward to seeing you there. Details are as follows:

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Location: Archibishop Romero School – Cafetorium 99 Humber Blvd.

(Weston Road/south of Eglinton Avenue West) Background Study Area 4, located in the Weston Road/Black Creek Drive, south of Eglinton Avenue West area, has experienced basement and surface flooding during extreme storm events in the past. As a result, the City of Toronto began a Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study in late 2012 to investigate the causes of flooding and identify solutions to reduce the risk of future flooding in the study area. Solutions to address combined sewer overflows have also been identified as part of the study.

We would like to hear from you If you are unable to attend the Public Information Centre but would like to be provided with information or would like to be added to the study mailing list, please contact: Mae Lee (Rigmea) City of Toronto Public Consultation Unit Metro Hall, 19th Fl., 55 John St. Toronto, ON M5V 3C6

Tel: 416-392-8210 Fax: 416-392-2974 TTY: 416-338-0889 E-Mail: rigmea_lee@toronto.ca Visit: toronto.ca/involved/projects/basement_flooding

Issue Date: February 13, 2014

Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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UP Express electrification budget nearly half a billion dollars Project cannot proceed without provincial funding commitment RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The budget to electrify the Union Pearson (UP) Express air rail link will be released in a matter of months, a Metrolinx senior-level manager confirmed last week.

Karen Pitre is heading Metrolinx’s Environmental Assessment (EA) of the project and researching how best to eventually electrify UP, an express rail service between Pearson International Airport and Union Station under construction along the GO Georgetown South rail corridor which will dramatically raise the amount of diesel trains upon its launch in 2015.

According to Pitre, the current budget estimate falls in line with previous projections from 2010 which found the project will cost $450 million

for design and construction costs.

“Based on the conceptual numbers from 2010, I think it will be that same order of magnitude,” said Pitre, Metrolinx’s executive director of electrification. “We’ll have our preliminary designs, budget and all the environmental work done and that will be the conclusion of this phase of work.”

She said both the EA and the project’s final budget will be worked out to present to Metrolinx’s board of directors for approval in April. It will still require a funding commitment from the provincial government to get built.

Metrolinx has organized a series of open houses over the last couple of weeks to give residents living along the Georgetown South rail corridor a chance to appraise the progress of design work for

the project, which would take around three years to complete - following the launch of UP as a frequent express rail service just before the Pan American Games.

Residents groups have called for the line to be electrified before UP opens, concerned about harmful carcinogens found in diesel train fumes.

But while both the province and Metrolinx have publicly committed support for electrification by 2017, the project cannot proceed without a clear funding commitment from the Liberal government of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.

In the meantime, Metrolinx is proceeding on the EA work, which was preceded by another electrification study dating back to 2010, leading critics of diesel trains to wonder if conversion will ever take place.

At the Feb. 10 meeting at the Lithuanian House on Bloor Street West, preliminary design work undertaken by

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An artist rendering of an electric gantry located near Ray Avenue and Industry Street in Weston. Several gantries are to be constructed along with other infrastructure as part of a future plan to electrify the Union Pearson (UP) Express air rail link, scheduled to open next year.

the Metrolinx study group showed preferred locations for the infrastructure needed for electrification, which include a traction power substation to be developed in collaboration with Hydro One. Also required for the service are support structures known as gantries, as high as 12 metres, which will need to be built at various locations along UP’s path, made up of a new spur line connecting the Pearson Terminal One

station with Weston, Bloor and Union, all of which are located along the Georgetown South corridor.

Pitre warned such structures would be “tricky” to locate.

“There’s no question it’s big electrical infrastructure,” she said.

The plans also show an Electrical Maintenance Unit (EMU) facility for electric trains located on the former Kodak lands in Weston, which

has already been earmarked for a similar maintenance and storage facility for the light rail vehicles to run along the future Eglinton Crosstown LRT line.

Rick Ciccarelli, a member of the Clean Train Coalition, was concerned the EMU’s location might interfere with proposed commercial redevelopment of the former Kodak Lands.

“The question we’ve had with Metrolinx is how do you maximize the footprint for job-producing activities,” said Ciccarelli. “Now we’ve got electrical equipment taking up what seems to be prime real estate.”

But Ciccarelli was largely complimentary of Metrolinx’s planning work for UP’s conversion, saying it shows the project can be completed in a fairly straightforward manner.

He said the group was meeting with provincial transportation minister Glen Murray last week to discuss the electrification plans.

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How to select Neighbourhood Improvement Areas?

If the current 13 Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs) lose that designation, the city needs to have a plan in place to help make the transition as smooth as possible.

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by Tammie Orifa, manager of employment services for JVS Toronto’s Jane Street and Finch Avenue site, who was one of about 70 people who came out to North York Civic Centre last month for a Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy 2020 discussion with the project team to help select criteria in relaunching NIAs for council’s approval, which may see some designations revoked.

Community consultations were held last fall, and the meeting was a consultation process for criteria in choosing NIAs, which is based on community input and the Urban Heart data tool, a set of equity-focused criteria including voter participation, walkability and self-reports of good mental health.

A city steering committee will make its final recommendations this month for council consideration, with council approval slated for April.

From 2005 to 2008, the city designated 13 neighbourhoods as “priority,” which meant extra funding from the city and United Way for things such as programming and health services, along with waiving fees for recreational activities.

The term “priority” was renamed “improvement” in 2011 by council, which felt the word was less stigmatizing.

Currently, the 13 neighbourhoods are Scarborough Village, Eglinton East/Kennedy Park, Weston-Mount Dennis, Lawrence Heights, Steeles-L’Amoreaux, Jane-Finch, WestminsterBranson, Flemingdon ParkVictoria Village, Dorset Park, Jamestown, Malvern, KingstonGalloway and Crescent Town.

Another issue is resources can only support 12 NIAs, due to staffing cuts.

Participants were asked to select NIA criteria options from two proposals – equal weighting and explanatory power.

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The second option would see NIAs chosen by placing greater emphasis on the inequities that explain most of the difference across the neighbourhoods.

“I’m quite concerned,” said Orifa, who prefers the latter option. “The community needs a lot of support and now is not the

time to withdraw that.”

The NIA designation has allowed her site to get targeted program funding for troubled youth, something that might not have happened without the label.

While Orifa favours re-evaluating the NIA process, if Jane and Finch loses the designation it will have huge impacts on the com-

munity.

“The neighbourhood doesn’t have the economic structure other neighbourhoods have,” she said. “There needs to be a plan in place to deal with this.”

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Dozens of charges laid over bogus TTC Metropasses ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com

Sixty-two people face a total of 196 charges following a four-month probe into counterfeit TTC Metropasses.

“We have an obligation and a responsibility to our law-abiding customers who buy their fare from legitimate sources to take action against those who attempt

to evade paying their fare,” TTC spokesman Brad Ross told reporters during a news conference at police headquarters last Wednesday.

“The TTC has one message for its customers today and that is buyer beware. If a deal sounds too good to be true, for example a $50 Metropass for sale online, then that deal probably is too good to be true.”

Police arrested 55 people for presenting fake passes as their fare while seven others were arrested for trafficking in the passes after they unknowingly sold the passes to police or TTC investigators.

“The blue passes for December was our largest seizure,” Const. Bob Moynagh said.

“That was from a person who was arrested for traffick-

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ing forged documents and upon being searched...he was found to be in possession of 56 counterfeit December Metropasses.”

Police displayed those passes at the news conference.

Those caught using fake passes were typically charged with fraud under $5,000, possessing property obtained by crime and uttering a forged document.

Police made 39 arrests at six subway stations throughout the city: Scarborough Town Centre, Dufferin, Sherbourne, Victoria Park, College and Lawrence West.

Sixteen others were arrested on four bus routes: Finch West, Jane, Lawrence East and Sheppard East.

The fake passes were being

sold through word of mouth for about half the price of real ones.

Police believe the counterfeit passes are being made in the GTA. “We’re very much interested in hearing from members of the public who have information on people that are either making or selling the passes and we encourage members of the public to call Crime Stoppers,” Moynagh said.

“The investigation is ongoing. We’re hoping to be back here in a few months with more information.”

The investigation is being c o n d u c t e d by To ro n t o Police’s transit patrol and the TTC’s special investigations unit.

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hammered with counterfeit Metropasses, resulting in several arrests and the dismantlement of labs.

Security features, like holograms, were subsequently added to the design of the Metropass.

Mark Russell of the TTC’s special investigations unit said counterfeit Metropasses using good quality holograms surfaced in 2011 and have been a problem since.

He said the swipe feature of the Metropass has never been compromised so a sure way of identifying an authentic pass is to use it in an automatic turnstile.

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The reports, the first of which will be available by mid-April, are intended to evaluate how well the TTC has fared when it comes to implementing service improvements as promised in this year’s customer charter. Announced last week, the 2014 charter lists almost 40 promises for service improvements.

Some of its first-quarter commitments include new janitor uniforms, additional staff to deal with Wheel-Trans customers, and spring cleaning at every TTC station. Other customer service pledges for this year range from the debut of new TTC streetcars and articulated buses to regular subway platform lighting maintenance.

To have a look at the full list, visit www.ttc.ca

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT attracting new users wPresto The Presto electronic transit fare card is attracting 50,000 new users per month, not including TTC use, according to Metrolinx.

The re-usable smart fare card is offered throughout the GTHA, including GO Transit, and allows users to pre-purchase a select number of transit rides at a time, which can be spent by “tapping on” at designated portals inside transit stations and vehicles.

Presto has experienced technical growing pains in the past, but vicepresident Robert Hollis told Metrolinx’s board of directors last week only 0.1 per cent of customers have reported not being able to use the card for an extended amount of time due to service outages.

Hollis compared a

recently completed major software upgrade to that of a heart transplant because of its trickiness to complete.

“We’re happy to announce the patient survived,” he quipped to the board. customer contest now on wTransit

The Presto transit fare card system is holding a contest in honour of its one millionth customer.

Between now and March 10, Metrolinx is giving away hundreds of dollars in the form of Presto travel vouchers to celebrate the anticipated tapping on of the millionth customer of the service.

Two top prizes of $500 each in vouchers will be awarded as well 20 $250 vouchers.

For more information about the Win with Presto contest, visit www.prestocard.ca

Rahul Gupta is the Mirror’s transit reporter. His column runs every Tuesday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

Neptis evaluates provincial growth plan A research group that recently issued a critical review of Metrolinx’s Big Move transit expansion plan is setting its sights on the province’s official growth strategy for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH).

Next month, in collaboration with the Canadian Urban Institute, the Neptis

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The provincial transit planning agency confirmed last week it is going ahead with a full build-out of five-metrehigh barriers along the stretch of rail corridor between Bloor Street West and St. Clair Avenue West, intended to act as a buffer for the noise

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and vibration caused by the anticipated hike in diesel train traffic along the corridor next year. The increase in traffic is projected to increase noise levels by more than five decibels in residential areas following the launch of the Union-Pearson (UP) Express air rail link in 2015.

In an email to residents sent last week, Metrolinx community relations manager Kelly Thornton explained the decision to go with a full build – despite not being required as per provincial noise regulations – was made to increase sound protection

for residents.

“Metrolinx is going above and beyond what is required to reduce noise for our neighbours. We are willing to build the full build walls in 2015, even though it is not required to do so, because it will increase sound protection for residents living along the corridor,” writes Thornton in the email.

According to Thornton’s email, the decision was made following door-to-door canvassing and mailouts to residents living between Bloor and St. Clair facing the rail corridor, which was done from Dec. 9 to 18.

Only 22 per cent of contacted residents responded, but of those who did, 72 per cent supported installing the

full build-out of noise walls by 2015, while 14 per cent were opposed and an additional 14 per cent were neutral.

This followed six months of collaborations with community advisory committees (CACs), eight separate neighbourhood working groups that worked with Metrolinx and noise walls designer IBI Group to modify the proposed designs to reflect concerns such as the length of shadows caused by the walls and their potential to be a magnet for graffiti.

In 2012, Metrolinx had committed to a full build of the noise walls along the entire 10-kilometre corridor, including designs and construction. In 2013, the designs were released and Metrolinx established the eight commu-

nity committees to consult on the proposed designs.

Following opposition along the Bloor to St. Clair corridor after the designs became known, Metrolinx pledged to review the decision for a full build in that area only.

In December, after the CAC for Bloor to St. Clair voted against the full build plan, Metrolinx decided to survey residents directly impacted by the walls and, based on that support, made the decision to proceed.

The walls will vary in appearance from precast concrete with a ribboned motif to clear transparent acrylic.

Some of the walls will have a trellis from which to hang greenery. It will cost some $20 million to construct the full 10-kilometre GO Georgetown

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An alternative design for a “green wall” concept put forth by the Toronto architectural firm Brown and Storey was dismissed last year by Metrolinx officials as being too expensive to maintain.

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$5.92

Sears Outlet Prices

Cannot be combined with any other current sale offer

EA.

While quantities last

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST TO SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2014

30

OFF

NOW

OFF

3 DAYS ONLY!!

SAVE

%

WAS: $1299.99 THEN: $383.00

Sears Outlet Prices

Prices as marked

A WIDE SELECTION OF WOMEN’S AND KIDS’ FOOTWEAR

Sears Outlet Prices

HERE’S ONE EXAMPLE:

SAVE A MINIMUM

While quantities last

30

ALL FITNESS EQUIPMENT

ALL OTHER FURNITURE

60

OFF

Sears Outlet Prices

EA.

While quantities last. Cannot be combined with any other current sale offers.

Sears Outlet Prices

SAVE

%- %

#49003

SELECTED WOODEN FURNITURE SAVE

10 20 SAVE

WAS $1299.99 THEN $799.95

OFF

ALL OTHER MAJOR APPLIANCES

SET

Prices as marked

Offer excludes all #195XXX items

2200 Islington Ave. N.

Dixie Outlet Mall

QEW

Dixie Road

DIXIE OUTLET

Hwy. 427

STORE HOURS:

MON.-FRI. 10AM-9PM SAT. FEBRUARY 22ND 9:00AM-6PM SUN. FEBRUARY 23RD 11AM-6PM

Hurontario st.

REXDALE OUTLET

Cawthra Road

Sale prices in effect Thursday, February 20th to Wednesday, February 26th , 2014 unless otherwise stated, while quantities last. Offers do not apply to purchases made prior to February 20th, 2014. All items have been priced for final sale. Sale priced merchandise may not be exactly as illustrated Ask for details.

Lake Shore Blvd.

STORE HOURS: MON.-FRI. 10AM-9PM SAT. FEBRUARY 22ND 9:30AM-6PM Sears Catalogue shopping SUN. FEBRUARY 23RD 11AM-6PM

Personal shopping only. Savings offers do not include Parts & Service or Sundry Merchandise, Items with #195XXX & Sears ‘Value’ Programs with prices ending in .97. All merchandise sold “as is” and all sales final. No exchanges, returns or adjustments on previously purchased merchandise; savings offers cannot be combined. No dealers; we reserve the right to limit quantities. Prices do not include home delivery. Although we strive for accuracy, unintentional errors may occur. We reserve the right to correct any error. ‘Reg.’, ‘Was’ and ‘Sears selling price’ refer to the Sears Catalogue or Retail store price current at time of merchandise receipt. Offers valid at Sears Rexdale and Dixie Outlet Stores. ©2014 Sears Canada Inc. †Sears Financial™ MasterCard®, Sears Financial™ Voyage™ MasterCard® or Sears Card offers are on approved credit. Sears® and VoyageTM are a registered Trademarks of Sears, licensed for use in Canada. ®/ TM - MasterCard and the MasterCard Brand Mark are registered trademarks of MasterCard International Incorporated Sale priced merchandise may not be exactly as illustrated

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