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Silverthorn-area residents are eagerly awaiting the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, particularly the local Keelesdale station, but are aware its construction will bring added congestion to an already busy area. That’s what brought John Dileo and his wife Debbie out to an open house hosted by
Metrolinx last week, to update the community on the status of Keelesdale and what’s to come. “We’re looking forward to the new station,” Debbie Dileo told The York Guardian that evening at York Memorial Collegiate Institute. Yet, the couple, long-time Yore Road residents, were curious to find out what kind of traffic interruptions they’d have >>>watermain, page 11
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Woman injured in scaffolding collapse intends to sue: lawyers MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Hannah Somerset, a 66-year-old personal support worker walking along Eglinton Avenue West last month, saw a construction worker run from a building. A moment later, her lawyers say, she was pinned under rubble and collapsed scaffolding that broke both her legs and feet, and also fractured her spine. Somerset’s life was “perma-
nently altered” when the front of the former House of Chan Restaurant, chosen to be a station entrance for the Crosstown Light-Rail Transit line, fell forward onto the sidewalk, injuring seven people, on April 18 at around 2:30 p.m. She intends to sue the City of Toronto, Crosslinx Transit Solutions Constructors (a construction consortium of the province’s Metrolinx agency), and Delsan-AIM Environmental >>>victim, page 11
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yearly tradition: Jack Westbrook peeks out from behind his newly purchased plant during opening day at the Weston Farmers’ Market on Saturday at its temporary location this season in the Weston GO/UP lot. The market runs Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will stay open until the last Saturday in October. It is run by Weston Village BIA.
One year, Weston’s Catherine Swartz sold as many as 3,800 of her homemade butter tarts during her street’s annual yard sale, an event that’s taken place for almost three decades. This year, she’s only baking 1,000 – so, anyone who knows how scrumptious the tarts are, better get to the Saturday, June 11 sale early. The annual sale, now in its 29th year, features household goods, toys, antiques and homebaked treats, among a host of other items, and attracts visitors not only from across Toronto, but as far away as Montreal, North Bay, Windsor, Owen Sound and Barrie. “One year, a neighbour even sold his van,” Swartz told The Guardian. Swartz attributes the success and longevity of the event to the street’s neighbourly vibe. “We have a huge community spirit,” she said. “When people move onto the street, >>>more, page 7