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◗ Love, Laugh and Learn Wednesdays from Jan. 15 to Feb. 19, 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Free for parents/caregivers and their babies (birth to 18 months). Talk to a registered dietician, literacy specialist and public health nurse. Call 416-394-1016 to register.

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◗ Living and Learning with Baby Mondays from Jan. 20 to March 10, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Meet other parents and talk about adjusting to parenthood, infant nutrition, growth and development, caring for a sick child, keeping your child safe, community resources. To register, contact Trish, public health nurse, at 416-338-7066.

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Mark Verok, left, and Simon Chamberlain clean off the snow at Pearen Park Sunday morning before a free learn-to-skate lesson.

Lessons are offered every weekend from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and weekdays from 4 to 6 p.m. at the rink, near Eglinton Avenue and Weston Road. The weather is expected to warm up, with temperatures predicted to rise above 0 Celsius on the weekend.

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New patients are now being accepted at the West Park Family Health Team with a

couple of new physicians on staff.

“We really want to be serving the community we’re in,” said Kate Malisani, executive director of the West Park

Family Health Team, which operates out of the West Park Healthcare Centre’s Ruddy Building at 82 Buttonwood Ave. The physicians are Dr.

Christopher Sun, Dr. Erin McFadden and Dr. Katherine Onyett-Jeffries.

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◗ Ebooks: What? Why? And How! Tuesday, Jan. 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. Learn about downloading eBooks, eReaders, Overdrive Next Generation and more at this free presentation. Register at 416-394-1016. ◗ Digitization Workshop Thursday, Jan. 23 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Learn how to scan and preserve photographs and documents of the past so future generations can enjoy them. Presented by the Weston Historical Society. For more information or to register, call 416-394-1016.

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Standing up and speaking out for Canada’s veterans and their families!

You are invited to a Town Hall Meeting

with Mike Sullivan and MP Peter Stoffer, the NDP ‘s Veterans Affairs Critic

Tuesday, January 14th 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Mount Dennis Legion 1050 Weston Road Canada’s courageous veterans and their families stand up for Canada. It’s time to stand up for them!

The Harper Conservative government’s new Veterans Charter makes life for our veterans and their families unfair. Disabled and injured veterans are being discharged from service early, so that the government can avoid paying them. Retired veterans are seeing their pension benefits clawed back. Offices to support veterans are being closed.

If you’re a veteran or have a veteran in your family, or you’re someone who wants to stand up for our veterans, please attend this Town Hall meeting to learn more about what can be done to protect our veterans.

About Peter Stoffer: Peter was first elected MP in 1997, representing Sackville-Eastern Shore in Nova Scotia. Since then he has made a name for himself both inside and outside Parliament as Canada’s leading voice for veterans and their families. In 2013 Peter was recognized by his peers as Parliamentarian of the Year.

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Toronto to make rec programs free at more community centres York Community Centre, to open later this year, is one of the 16 sites MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com The City of Toronto will redraw the map for its recreation services this year, making swimming and other activities free for everyone in many new parts of the city.

The still-under-construction York Community Centre, the first full-service community centre to be built in the former City of York, would be one of the 16 new centres included. The York centre is due to open this fall.

The expansion of free recreation programs into these areas is the latest stage in what could be called a strategy for social inclusion in post-amalgamation Toronto, St. Paul’s Councillor Joe Mihevc said.

“It’s our attempt to say, ‘Everyone has the right to play, and to get fit,’” said Mihevc, a member of city hall’s Community Development and Recreation Committee, which approved the move last month.

“When you can’t afford recreation, then you’re not a full participant in the life of the city.”

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It’s our attempt to say, ‘Everyone has the right to play, and to get fit’.

– Councillor Joe Mihevc

Besides having a Welcome Policy, which can subsidize recreation programs at one location for low-income residents who apply, the city has maintained 23 priority centres where programs are free for all residents.

The priority centres were meant to include community centres serving parts of Toronto with a high percentage of low-income families, but most of them are in the former city itself, where recreation before amalgamation had been free.

Scarborough, for instance, has no priority centres apart from Oakridge Community Recreation Centre near the old city boundary, and communities with some of the amalgamated city’s highest low-income percentages, such as Thorncliffe Park and Scarborough Village, weren’t near the free city

programs.

Toronto’s Recreation Service Plan showed current centres serve less than half the city’s low-income areas, according to 2006 data.

That’s set to change with the addition of 16 more centres offering free recreation – eight in Scarborough, four in North York, three in Etobicoke and one each are in East York and York – that should cover all the lowincome neighbourhoods.

They won’t, however, be called priority centres.

Toronto Council voted in 2012 to call them something else, because since 1999 people “have expressed concern that the term ‘priority centre’ can contribute to negative perceptions of the area where these community centres are located,” a report last month said, suggesting they be known instead as “community centres where programs are free.”

City councillors have debated for years on the extent recreational programs should be paid from the “common pot” or by the individuals who use them, said Mihevc, who favours the former approach.

“No one questions the

right of anybody to go into any library at any time,” he argued.

What council will decide later this month is whether the expansion of free programs will start, as currently budgeted, after Labour Day in September, or earlier, as the committee had wanted.

Making programs free at the 16 new centres after Canada Day would cost just over $1 million more this year, said Mihevc.

The city plans on continuing the Welcome Policy but expects to spend $1 less on it each year after the expansion.

It also plans to wait 10 years before reviewing the no-fee status of the original 23 priority centres.

A group called Community Recreation For All said the city shouldn’t start charging fees at those centres even if surrounding neighbourhoods contain fewer lowincome residents than they once did.

“As the city intentionally builds mixed-income neighbourhoods, it must ensure that these developments do not result in service loss and cater only to people with high incomes,” the group said last year in a letter.

Knights of Columbus donate coats to York kids in need CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com Pancake breakfasts and pasta nights held throughout the year by two local Knights of Columbus councils helped raise funds for winter coats, which were distributed recently to boys and girls in need.

“Our main thing is charity,” said Rocky Gualtieri, who serves as district deputy for the local Knights of Columbus group, which consists of the Humber Valley and St. John Bosco councils serving the former cities of York and Etobicoke.

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for $195 last winter as part of its inaugural Coats for Kids program, which they handed

out to a dozen lucky boys.

They raised double the amount this year and

donated coats for both boys and girls to Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic Church.

“The parish identified who should get them,” Gualtieri said.

Wi t h St . Jo h n Bo s c o Council participating in the program for the first time this year, another 24 coats were purchased and donated to schools in Etobicoke.

As a Catholic fraternal service organization, Gualtieri hoped more Knights of Columbus councils in his district would join the program next year, providing more kids in need with an early Christmas present.

“The look on their faces was unbelievable,” he said.

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Residents wait for food vouchers last Thursday morning at the York Humber Employment and Social Services office at 605 Rogers Rd.

Frustration over lack of grocery gift cards in wake of ice storm Case workers can credit accounts of those receiving Ontario Works benefits CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com Some residents who lined up early last Thursday morning at the York Humber Employment & Social Services office to receive food vouchers ended up empty handed.

The provincial government had matched donations from several food retailers to distribute grocery gift cards at 15 Ontario Works Toronto offices to help those affected by last month’s ice storm.

But the demand for the gift cards has exceeded the supply since they were first available Tuesday, Dec. 31.

“It’s frustrating,” said one resident walking out of the Ontario Works office, noting she waited since 8 a.m. before the York Humber Employment & Social Services office at 605 Rogers Rd. had opened their doors at 8:30 a.m.

By 9:45 a.m., residents were told the food vouchers had run out but more may be coming in later.

The Ontario Works offices had extended their hours Thursday to be open until 7 p.m.

Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional

Services, released a statement Tuesday reminding the public that the gift cards are intended to help those who had lost food and are unable to replace it without financial assistance.

“This initiative cannot provide gift cards to everyone who lost power, and should be reserved for those facing the most need,” she said.

With the supply of cards expected to be larger on Friday residents who can wait until then were encouraged to do so.

But long-time resident Patricia Edwards said the distribution process has to change. “Or it’s just going to be the same thing again tomorrow,” said Edwards, who also waited in line since 8 a.m. for the $100 gift card given to eligible families in need.

The long-time local resident, who is on Ontario Works, ended up receiving a $100 credit to her account after talking with a case worker.

She wondered why that information wasn’t readily available to her.

“This is a disaster.”

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he heat is on. The race to the Oct. 27 municipal election is going to be complex, and hit residents where they live – in their wards.

The high-profile race always focuses on who will become the mayor of the City of Toronto. With former councillor and David Miller-era budget chief David Soknacki filing his paper on Monday, the first big name to challenge Rob Ford for the seat is in. Let the sound-bites begin!

However, the mayor is just one vote on council. He or she leads an agenda, but the real races – the races that matter most – will be fought in the individual 44 wards across the city.

In 2014, there are many issues that need addressing across the city, and each ward has its own unique issues, as well as a shared vision for the city. our view Knowing the people vying to fill your ward’s council seat – Opportunity their values and platforms – is to dig deep into extremely important. Knowing that they have their own opincommunity ions, and will not be on a mayoral ticket, following the lead of those who would be mayor, is essential.

It is through these 44 councillors decisions impacting your local parks, streetscapes, safety and business concerns are voiced and brought to the bigger council chamber. Also, one councillor can impact the thinking of others – sometimes from clear across the city. Could a councillor in Ward 2 (Etobicoke North) impact a decision in Ward 36 (Scarborough Southwest) or Ward 27 (Toronto Centre-Rosedale)? Certainly.

Residents should meet, find common ground on important issues such as development – the city isn’t getting any smaller, and development and intensification are but two examples of pressures every resident will feel.

Then there are city-wide issues such as transit, where knowing how your candidate sits on the issue is important for both your ward and the economic viability of the city.

The 2014 municipal election is an opportunity for residents across the city to dig deep into their communities, attend all-candidate debates, and pose questions that need answering. The glamorous nature of the mayor’s race will take on a life of its own, but it’s the grassroots, nuts and bolts races in each ward that truly deserve the attention of each and every Torontonian.

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Walking a thinning line at the hair salon Well, it looks like I’m a tad overdue for a haircut.

Ah, whom I trying to kid?

Truth be told, it’s actually several tads. I should have gone a long time ago.

What can I say? It’s the thinning hair thing. Putting off salon visits kinda goes with the territory.

Of course, thinning is just the politically correct term. Truth is, evaporating is more like it. David Copperfield couldn’t make mine disappear any quicker.

(I mean it. He tried in one of his shows in Vegas. You can look it up on YouTube.)

Which brings me back to the premise of this column.

When you have thinning hair, you avoid getting it cut. Your rationale is simple: why pay a professional to lop off what few measly follicles you have left when they’ll inevitably disappear on their own – for free.

Alas, you have to get it trimmed as regularly as those who are not thinning challenged. You have no

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY choice.

When what little thinning hair you have gets long, it makes you look sloppy, unkempt, absent-minded professor-ish. And if you wait too long to get it shorn, you may spook the neighbour’s dog and face the prospect of having the pup snap your scary picture and put it on his Facebook page to get even.

So you get it done eventually and that’s when things get really embarrassing. You see, when a guy like me with thinning hair slinks into a salon, he can feel all the energy get sucked right out of the room.

Not so when a hunk with a mane like a young Antonio Banderas sashays in through the doors. The moment a Banderas clone arrives, the hairstylists fight over him like it was a 20-girl Battle Royale in

Wrestlemania. And then the lucky winner does the samba to a Gloria Estefan medley while cutting his hair, pausing only occasionally to drool.

Meanwhile, the poor soul who draws the short straw and has to do mine grumbles to herself all the way through, stopping only intermittently to hum Peggy Lee’s Is That All There is.

And that, sadly, is the good news.

The bad news is what happens after she’s done.

She makes a huge production over what my hair looks like from behind. She gives me a gigantic mirror to hold and spins me around and around and around in the chair so I can get more angles of the back of my head than those 50 camera crews give you of the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl.

The only thing missing is slo-mo, instant replay and me getting my head doused with Gatorade.

Hey, my hair looks look

great from behind after she’s done, no question. But it never thins in the back so it always looks pretty good back there.

Besides, where else do you check out the back of your head except in a salon?

The rest of the world sees only the front and it’s the front that’s the problem here and it’s doing what it always does, thinning away like there’s no tomorrow.

It was thinning when I dropped into the salon. It was thinning while it was being shampooed. It was thinning while it was being cut. It was thinning while it was being blow-dried. It was thinning while it was being styled.

And to add insult to injury? All that spinning around in the chair makes it thin twice as fast. I tell ya, I can’t catch a break.

Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics?

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Circle of Conversation WHEN: 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Joselen, 416-245-4395, ext. 233, www.yorkwestactivelivingcentre.ca, joselen@ ywalc.ca COST: Free A program designed for people 55 and older who want to improve their English language skills, meet friends, and get information about social and community services in their community.

Community Connections Cafe WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. WHERE: UrbanArts, 5 Bartonville Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-241-5124, joan@ urbanartstoronto.org COST: Free Enjoy some free food and connect with your community on issues that concern you. Talk about housing, jobs, scholarships, community safety and more. Everyone is welcome.

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Childrens Karate Workshop WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: The York Academy of Martial Arts, 2081 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Richard Verlaan, 416-256-7463, info@yorkama. com COST: Free January is open house month and kids are invited to an introductory karate workshop every Saturday morning this month. Call to reserve your place. Parents need to sign a waiver. Wear comfortable clothes.

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.

Karaoke 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: food available at reasonable prices Join us for our weekly barbecue starting at 6 p.m. Karaoke begins at 9 p.m. Cash bar. All 19 and older are welcome.

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Tai Chi Beginners Workshop WHEN: 8 to 9 p.m. WHERE: The York Academy of Martial Arts, 2081 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Richard Verlaan, 416-256-7463, info@yorkama.com COST: Free

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Casino Rama Day Trip WHEN: 8:15 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: $5 Board bus in legion parking lot at 8:15 a.m. for 8:30 a.m. departure.

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Adult Beginners Karate Workshop WHEN: 7:45 to 9 p.m. WHERE: The York Academy of Martial Arts, 2081 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Richard Verlaan, 416-256-7463, info@ yorkama.com COST: Free Every Wednesday evening in January there is a free introductory workshop on karate. Call to reserve your place. Wear comfortable clothing.

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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 Enjoy food at reasonable prices.

Meet some new friends. Find out what Legion membership is all about. All 19 years and older are welcome.

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Robbie Burns Supper and Dance WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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

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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 Early registration by Jan. 10 guarantees ‘sitting’ team placement.

Registration on tournament day from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Play begins at 12:30 p.m. Email for entry form or more information.

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Food bank behind on winter drive targets Shortfall of food donations and financial help With its Winter Food Drive set to wrap up Monday, North York Harvest Food Bank (NYHFB) is behind its food and monetary targets.

The goal of the drive, which began Dec. 1, is to collect 240,000 pounds of food and $240,000. As of Tuesday, the food bank is 60,000 pounds behind target, and lagging by $20,000 in financial contri-

butions.

“The ice storm and power outages at the busiest time of our drive led to this shortfall,” Anette Chawla, executive director of NYHFB, said in a release.

“We urgently ask our community to start 2014 off right, and contribute – every little bit helps.”

Until Jan. 13, nutritious, non-perishable food items can be dropped off at NYHFB, 640 Lawrence Ave., local fire halls and participating grocery stores.

Nutritious food includes whole grains, high-fibre, low-sugar foods, low

sodium, canned or dried beans, olive/cooking oils, spices, and nourishing baby foods.

NYHFB is the primary food bank in northern Toronto, distributing more than two million pounds of non-perishable food to 60 community programs annually.

The food bank’s catchment area is bounded by Steeles Avenue, Victoria Park Avenue, St. Clair Avenue/Eglinton Avenue and Hwy. 27.

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Patients invited to enrol at clinic >>>from page 1 he hopes of taking on a minimum of 150 new patients per month for at least the next six to eight months,” Malisani said.

Residents who may not currently have a family physician are invited to enrol as well as those with physicians who may be

retiring and closing their practices.

The West Park Family Health Team also consists of other health professionals including a nurse practitioner, nurse, dietician, pharmacist and social worker, who work together to provide comprehensive medical care.

Patient services offered include general health education, flu clinics, as well as urgent hours three days a week from 5 to 8 p.m.

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parking lot closed for renos wCommuter The TTC commuter lot at Yorkdale Shopping Centre is now closed for renovation work.

The structure, which shut down Monday, isn’t scheduled to re-open until fall of 2015. During that time the existing lot will be completely torn down and re-developed underground along with a upper-level retail promenade.

The transit commission is advising transit riders to use the commuter lots at nearby Wilson and Downsview stations until construction is completed.

For more information, visit www.ttc.ca assistance during cold weather wseeking A record number of motorists requested roadside assistance from the Canadian Automobile Association for SouthCentral Ontario (CAA SCO) because of the extreme weather conditions over the last several days.

The auto club estimated there were 1,000 calls per

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT hour for assistance during Tuesday morning’s frigid temperatures.

The daily volume of calls in winter averages around 3,000, with the number usually doubling during storm days, according to the CAA SCO. Councillors’ transit votes posted The city’s largest advocacy group for transit users has posted the voting records of Toronto councillors on key transit funding votes ahead of a budget vote.

TTCriders posted the results of votes held between 2011 and 2013, which resulted in service cuts to the TTC and are the reason, according to the group, transit fares were hiked again this year.

“Many councillors might ‘talk the talk,’ but don’t ‘walk the walk,’ states a press release posted on the group’s website. “When it comes to their voting

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record, many councillors continuously underfund the TTC so that fare hikes, service cuts, overcrowding and longer wait times are necessary.”

This month, council will vote on a modest hike of annual operating subsidy provided to the TTC. To see list, visit www.ttcriders.ca

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The co-writer of an iconic pop song referencing the TTC has announced he is running in the 2014 mayoral election.

Jazz saxophonist Richard Underhill registered his candidacy Jan. 2 for the mayorship and took to Twitter (@richunderhill) to announce his intention to best Mayor Rob Ford in this year’s election, scheduled for 10 months from now.

Underhill is a member of the jazz-funk ensemble the Shuffle Demons, best known for their 1980s hit Spadina Bus.

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community check-up: beechborough-greenbrook As part of a new 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: Beechborough-Greenbrook

Top 10 Home Languages

1. English 2. Portuguese 3. Italian 4. Spanish 5. Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6. Somali 7. Vietnamese 8. Tamil 9. Turkish 10. Gujarati

1. English 2. Portuguese 3. Italian 4. Spanish 5. Somali 6. Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7= Tamil 7= Vietnamese 9. Turkish 10. Gujarati

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The number of people in the Children age category (age 0-14) in Beechborough-Greenbrook has decreased by 19.8 per cent between 2001 and 2011.

Beechborough-Greenbrook – Population (2011): 6,490

Portuguese is the most common non-official language in BeechboroughGreenbrook. In the 2011 census, 12.2 per cent of residents listed Portuguese as their Mother Tongue, and 8.5 per cent listed Portuguese as their Home Language.

Italian and Spanish also rank high.

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

PRIVATE DWELLINGS The percentage of private dwellings in Beechborough-Greenbrook that are apartment buildings of fewer than five storeys is 42.6 per cent. That figure is 15.6 per cent in all of Toronto.

The number of people in the Seniors (age 65+) age group in Beechborough-Greenbrook decreased by 27.1 per cent between 2001 and 2011.

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The overall population in BeechboroughGreenbrook decreased by 10 per cent between 2001 and 2011.

The Working Age (age 25-64) in BeechboroughGreenbrook was the only age group to increase between 2006 and 2011: by 8.4 per cent.

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The number of people listing Portuguese as a Home Language in Beechborough-Greenbrook went up significantly between 2006 and 2011: by 71.9 per cent.

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Frost quakes reported in city A phenomenon known as frost quakes are very rare in Ontario, according to Environment Canada, but have been reported recently in the Greater Toronto Area in the wake of extreme cold temperatures.

GTA residents shared via Twitter and Facebook that they were awakened by loud booms throughout the early morning hours of Tuesday and the previous Friday.

These explosion-like sounds are scientifically known as a cryoseisms, which can be caused by a crack in frozen soil or rock that is satu-

rated with water or ice, explained Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson.

Ontario’s porous soil allowed water to permeate and then freeze when it eventually expanded under the recent frigid temperatures.

“The pressure in the soil is released creating a sonic boom,” Coulson said. “It’s really rare for it to happen.”

Frost quakes, unlike earthquakes, are localized and affect the area within a kilometre.

– Lisa Rainford

Parking tickets brought on by ice storm: consideration of appeals Residents who got a parking ticket while their home driveways were blocked or ice-covered after the recent ice storm can get consideration – and perhaps their faith in humanity restored – by pleading their case to the City of Toronto.

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Toronto Crime Stoppers still going strong after 30 years Tree debris clean-up

ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com Toronto Crime Stoppers tips last year led to arrests in sex assaults, violent robberies, a kidnapping and an attempted murder and reduced the Dirty Dozen bank robbers to the Terrible Tens.

“Toronto Crime Stoppers is an extraordinary example of the power of a successful partnership between the police and the community,” Toronto Police Services Board chair Alok Mukherjee said Tuesday during the launch of Crime Stoppers Month.

“Through this program, the public plays an integral role in keeping our neighbourhoods safe, providing our police service with an enormous volume of beneficial tips.”

This year also marks the 30th anniversary of Crime Stoppers in Toronto.

Current Toronto Crime Stoppers chair Gary Grant was the co-ordinator of the program when it was launched back in July 1984.

“I was sitting in an office with one desk and one officer as my call taker and we pretty much did everything ourselves,” Grant said. “CityTV was really the first TV station that jumped in; they filmed a weekly re-enactment for us, which was quite fun and exciting to do at the time.”

Toronto was the second city to launch a Crime Stoppers program in Ontario. Hamilton was first.

“It gave people an opportunity to report criminal activity without fear of repercussion or without fear of going to court,” Grant said.

Toronto’s city-wide tree debris removal started Friday, January 3, 2014 and is expected to take approximately eight weeks, weather permitting.

The City will haul away all tree branches from front yards and roadsides and will include those that have fallen on private property if they are less than 15 cm (six inches) in diameter and have been taken to the curb. Please neatly stack limbs/ branches with butt ends towards the road for City pick-up.

Place wood debris at the front edge of your property as close to the sidewalk or road as possible without blocking either.

City crews will not collect large limbs (more than 15 cm or six inches in diameter) from private trees that have fallen on private property. Property owners should contact a private contractor for this. A City permit is not required to remove damaged or downed trees that are hazardous, however many trees can be saved with proper care and pruning.

For residents that live in the Asian long-horned beetle (ALHB) quarantine area in Etobicoke, City crews and private contractors will dispose of this debris in an appropriate manner. Residents are advised not to take this wood out of the Federal quarantine area. Check toronto.ca/trees for more information.

You may monitor the debris removal progress by checking a detailed map on the City’s web site at toronto.ca.

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New Crime Stoppers co-ordinator, Toronto police Det. Chris Scherk, at the Crime Stoppers Month media conference at Toronto police headquarters on Tuesday.

“One thing I noticed that Crime Stoppers did was it made drug dealers stand up and take notice and be fearful because not only were people calling in about the sale of illicit drugs – heroin, cocaine, marijuana – fellow drug dealers were calling in, their competitors, and really I don’t care who was calling in, and in some cases it was a parent.”

Today there are more than 1,200 Crime Stoppers programs worldwide.

Last year, Toronto Crime Stoppers fielded 8,906 tips, leading to 132 arrests, 473 charges, the recovery of $424,134 in property and the seizure of more than $9 million in drugs.

Also last year, the program launched the Tattle Tails initiative that focuses on generating tips on animal cruelty and neglect.

“An arrest was made recently in December for a German shepherd that was kept in a shed that was unheated, no water and in horrible living conditions: feces, urine-stained floors,” Grant said. “The police attended as a result of a Crime Stoppers tip.”

Since its launch in 1984, Toronto Crime Stoppers has received more than 107,000 tips, resulting in more than 10,000 arrests, 36,000 charges and the seizure of more than $302 million in drugs.

Former drug squad investigator Det. Chris Scherk took over as program co-ordinator, replacing Det. Darlene Ross, last week.

“In my own very recent experience, just before Christmas, my drug team was able to successfully deal with a chronic neighbourhood drug issue due to the information contained in a Crime Stoppers tip,” he said.

Callers to the program’s 24-hour hotline, 416-222-TIPS (8477), remain anonymous and are eligible for a $2,000 reward.

“I still remember negotiating with Bell Canada to get that number because we wanted to have something catchy and we wanted to get TIPS in there and 222 was quite simple but that was someone else’s number at the time,” Grant said.

Grant noted people can also “now tweet tips and Facebook tips, doing things that I could only have dreamt of when I was picking up a telephone back in 1984.”

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Board of trade launches Think Twice, Vote Once campaign Higher standards of performance sought from Toronto politicians RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The president of the Toronto Region Board of Trade called on prospective election candidates to heed frustration being expressed by residents and get on with improving public transit.

Noting the likelihood of two elections taking place within a single year, the first time it could happen since 2011 (federal and provincial votes), Carol Wilding said it was critical for candidates in both the municipal and provincial campaigns to show their support for improving transit within the Toronto region.

“We’ve got a pressing issue around transit, and it’s now time for candidates and politi-

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“Transit is one of the greatest social equalizers we have.

When you give people an opportunity to access transit then they can get to jobs.”

As part of the campaign, the board will publish several discussion papers which are intended to mobilize public support for regional concerns ahead of both the municipal and, should the minority Liberal government of Premier Kathleen Wynne fall, provincial election.

In her speech, Wilding called for candidates to campaign on improving the

regional transportation network, come up with a plan to replace aging infrastructure, focus on job creation and address the inequality gap between the rich and the poor.

“We are looking for the trusted and credible leadership that will address our frustrations and mete out our aspirations,” she said.

Wilding also implored candidates to avoid getting into ideologically fuelled political battles such as last year’s council and provincial reversal on the Scarborough LRT and the ongoing crack video controversy surrounding Mayor Rob Ford.

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