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HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com After 100 years in the Mount Dennis community, Bala Avenue Community School is set to celebrate the milestone.

The school has a slew of events and activities planned for its May 25 celebrations, including former students coming back to celebrate and speak to the current attendees.

One of the returning students is Asim Hussain, author of the children’s book Khadijah Goes to School.

“I had some fabulous memories there,” said Hussain. “The kindness of the teachers really stood out for me.”

Hussain went to Bala Avenue from kindergarten to Grade 1. He moved because his father got a job in Saudi Arabia. Although he was over 10,000 kilometres away he still wrote to his Grade 1 teacher, Mrs. Hofer.

“She still has the letter on her dining room table,” said Hussain. “I phoned her (a few weeks ago) and she read it for me.”

Hussain couldn’t believe it.

Former classmates will be given the opportunity to reminisce about the past with the help of archived photos, displays and tours of the school.

The student council’s fun fair will be going on at the same time at Bala.

According to school principal Lisa Beischlag, the alumni association has been hard a work for over a year prepping for this day.

Beischlag has been at Bala Avenue for four years as its principal and sees >>>bala, page 15

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frisbee challenge: Weston Collegiate and West Humber Collegiate players battle for the disk during tier two Toronto District School Board Ultimate Frisbee game at Weston C.I. Tuesday. Weston defeated West Humber 10-5.

Hillcrest Village playwright Lorenzo Pagnotta is getting back in the acting game at the 12th annual rock.paper. sisthaz event at Artscape Wychwood Barns Thursday, May 30.

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Mulcair tours Learning Enrichment Foundation NDP leader sets out on national tour from York HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com York South-Weston’s Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF) was the first stop in the NDP’s national consultation on urban issues this week.

Thomas Mulcair, leader of the federal New Democrats, took a tour of LEF’s youth centre and community store front at 1267 Weston Road, which serves as a hub for youth programming, community events and activities.

Mulcair also toured LEF’s 116 Industry Street location, which offers everything from employment services to child care services. It also has a bike shop, which recently partnered with BIXI Toronto (a bike rental service) and serves

as a repair and maintenance shop for the cycles.

Overall, Mulcair said he was impressed with the services and opportunities the LEF is providing to the community.

“I’ve had the good fortune during my political career to visit some pretty phenomenal locations, but this is truly outstanding,” he said.

“The extent and the scope of what’s being accomplished (through) identifying problems in a very systematic way and finding the best solutions.

It’s marvelous.”

LEF executive director Peter Frampton led the tour, and he kept the reality of the community’s economic need at the forefront of his discussions.

“The top priorities of the neighborhood is jobs, jobs, jobs. It has been for 20 years,” said Frampton. “There’s an undercurrent of precarious work in the community.”

York South-Weston is one

of 13 priority neighborhoods in the city. According to the United Way of Toronto, it is one of the poorest in the province.

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I’ve had the good fortune during my political career to visit some pretty phenomenal locations, but this is truly outstanding.

– Thomas Mulcair

“It’s the neediest community in Toronto,” said York South-Weston MP Mike Sullivan, who was one of several MPs taking part in the tour. “We’re very lucky to have Peter and the LEF here.”

Toronto MPs Andrew Cash (Davenport), Matt Kellaway (Beaches-East York) and Rathika Sitabaiesan (Scarborough-Rouge River) were also in attendance.

“We could very much benefit from something like this in my riding,” said Sitabaiesan.

Residents of the Scarborough-Rouge River riding currently have to visit different locations in the city to access certain services, she said.

“It’s like patchwork, but if we could bring it all together in hub or community centre it would make service a whole lot easier because it would be integrated. If it could be all under one roof it would be much easier for the community,” she said.

Mulcair said he doesn’t have any improvements to suggest for the LEF, calling it “an incredible resource that’s producing positive results.”

“I think there’s a lot of things that can be borrowed in a lot of other areas,” he said.

“The government should be as wise as the foundation has been in finding the best results (for the community).”

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FYI gets outreach worker through Ontario Youth Action Plan HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com York South-Weston’s For Youth Initiative (FYI) is adding a new youth outreach worker to their 25-plus staff thanks to the Ontario Youth Action Plan.

There will be 35 new youth outreach workers added to youth initiatives across the province, with 20 of them in Toronto, through the expanded Youth Outreach Worker Program.

“We’re excited about the opportunity,” said Lekan Olawoye, executive director of FYI. “All of our staff is out in the community already, but to have one dedicated staff to be in those places that we

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For Youth Initiative executive director Lekan Olawoye, left, joins MPP Laura Albanese (York South-Weston) for the announcement Monday of an expansion of the Youth Outreach Worker program.

don’t have time to be in...it’s exciting.”

The announcement was

made Monday at FYI headquarters, 1652 Keele St., with local York South-Weston MPP

Laura Albanese delivering the news.

FYI is a community initiative that provides programming to youth such as one-to-one mentorships, boys and girls groups and employment services to atrisk youth.

“They’ve been able to make a difference in people’s lives throughout the years,” said Albanese. “(They) increase opportunities for youth and keep them on a positive track.”

The outreach worker will be the first outreach worker for FYI who will be devoting time and effort to engaging youth in positive initiatives in the community and making them aware of the what FYI

has to offer.

“That will mean going into barbershops, behind buildings, wherever youth are and building those relationships and providing the mentorships and the role models that young people need,” said Olawoye.

The outreach worker will also come from the York South-Weston community to ensure they are aware of and sensitive to the issues facing youth in the area and are able to share their similar experiences.

So far, Olawoye has had about 500 applicants apply for the position and the job positing has only been up for two weeks.

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forward to reaching the most marginalized young people in the city,” said Olawoye. “The process should be interesting.”

According to Albanese, the 2013 Ontario budget is proposing that $295 million over two years be used to push entrepreneurship and innovation and to link about 30,000 youth to jobs and mentorship opportunities, like those offered at FYI. “They need to know there’s a positive future out there for them,” said Albanese. “And I feel that it’s our responsibility as a government to do our very best to provide that.”

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hould a provincial election come before summer – and we’re still waiting to see whether Ontario’s New Democrats will support the budget put forward by the minority Liberals on May 2 – transit must be at the forefront of the debate for Torontonians.

Toronto council’s decision last week not to endorse any of the proposed revenue tools for transit expansion can be taken as an indication it is not keen on working with other stakeholders – including other municipalities – until after a provincial election.

At best, it’s a non-commital stance. When it came time to consider those tools, Toronto council rejected all but two, and even then offered no opinion on those.

In addition, council voted to ask the province for funds for a westward expansion the Sheppard subway and the our view of conversion the Scarborough Rapid line to an extension of the Hold parties, Transit Bloor-Danforth subway line.

Neither of these projects (the candidates Scarborough project is currently to account funded as an upgrade and extension of the existing RT line) are listed as a priority of Metrolinx, the provincial transportation agency.

The city’s position on transit funding is at distinct odds with the positions recently put forward by Metrolinx, other municipalities and organizations such as the Toronto Region Board of Trade, who agree that if we want transit expansion, we must find a way to pay for it.

So what does this all mean?

It means if Ontario is plunged into an election, it is incumbent on Torontonians to hold the candidates and their parties to account.

We must ask them: What is their vision for transit’s future in Toronto? How do they intend to fund the necessary expansion to relieve our gridlocked roadways?

How will responsibility for cost recovery be allocated?

These are hard questions. They demand thoughtful answers.

We recently wrote in this space about how these proposed revenue tools are “gaining traction with influential decision-making groups and the public that is willing to pay for better transit.” We need to be part of that discussion so Toronto’s council is actively proposing solutions – not just demanding more funds.

A provincial election campaign, should it happen, is the ultimate opportunity to have your say.

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Getting away from the playoffs for awhile

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t’s been non-stop NHL playoffs for me virtually around the clock for the last two weeks and after the Maple Leafs game Monday night I was completely exhausted. I needed to take a break and unwind.

But what to do?

When in doubt a little R and R on the couch in front of the tube usually does the trick. So, when I came home I decided to kick back and flip on Animal Planet and catch an episode or two of one of my all-time favourite series, the classic Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.

Unfortunately, three quarters of the way into the program it dawned on me I wasn’t watching Wild Kingdom after all. I had flipped on one of the sports networks by mistake and I was, in fact, taking in a replay of a post-game press conference. It only sounded like Wild Kingdom.

Reporter No. 1: “Tough loss, Coach. It could have gone either way today.

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY What’s your initial reaction?”

Coach: “Well, sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you.”

Reporter No. 2: “Two of their players were coming off injuries. Yet they made a big difference. What did you tell your team about that in your post-game summary?”

Coach: “Same thing I told them before the game: the only thing more dangerous than a rhino is a wounded rhino.”

Reporter No. 3: “Your club took a lot of foolish penalties all year and it’s been more of the same in the post-season. Any explanation?”

Coach: “A leopard can’t change its spots, I guess.”

Reporter No. 4: “It was kind of sloppy out there for both teams, compared to the game before, which

was characterized by sound fundamental hockey for both clubs. How do you explain that dramatic turn of events?”

Coach: “Ah, it’s been a case of monkey see, monkey do all series.”

Reporter No. 5: “Their forwards are some of the smallest in the playoffs. Yet they are they proving hard for you to handle. How do you account for that?”

Coach: “Like I keep telling my guys, it isn‘t the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

Reporter No. 6: “What do you think of the opposing coach getting on the referee all night?”

Coach: “That’s what he always does, yak, yak, yak, yak, yak.”

Reporter No. 7: “Your club looked kind of sluggish out of the gate. What will you tell your players about the importance of a quick start in the next game?”

Coach: “The early bird

catches the worm.”

Reporter No. 8: “Do you think your team will learn from this loss?”

Coach: “Without doubt.

An elephant never forgets.”

Reporter No. 9: “You’re going to have to make a few adjustments before next game. What have you got up your sleeve?”

Coach: “I‘m obviously not going to let the cat out of the bag.”

Reporter No. 10: “OK, Coach, you’ve been a good sport to stand in the firing line all night. I think it’s only fair we give you last word.

The stage is all yours. Take it away.”

Coach: “It’s no secret, we’ve looked like a fish out of water at times over there.

But wait till we get them back in our own barn. Just wait.”

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

Not so much. His column appears every Tuesday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca

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Transit debate shows Toronto council at its weakest

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hat wasn’t a council debate on revenue sources for transit last week. It was more like a forum in which a bare quorum of individuals argued about mutually exclusive goals.

Without understanding transit’s new realities, the final votes only succeeded in showing council at its weakest.

In this case council’s impotence matters, not only for the immediate question on who will pay for transit, but just as importantly, it sent a doubtful message on how well council understands transit.

Because of the huge sums involved, commuting that usually crosses municipal boundaries, and the involvement of hundreds of stakeholders from dozens of jurisdictions, transit has become a complex regional issue.

To referee and prioritize competing demands, the province established

truths that the transportation minister, chair of the TTC and council stumbled.

At the same time it is obvious that campaign promises for new transit without taxes, fees or compromise cannot be fulfilled.

Perhaps council knew that it had no power.

During the debate some members became provincial party advocates, others proposed transit lines to their wards, while a few openly abdicated responsibility. Finally a majority approved whimsical resolutions as diverse as rejecting almost all the new fees and taxes yet reserving for its own use 25 per cent of those new fees and taxes should the province decide to proceed. These final votes cannot be interpreted as a position of council so much as the wishes of 45 individuals.

The premier, whether of this or a subsequent government, must draw the obvious conclusion from council’s spectacle:

����� �������� ������ ��� ��������� Metrolinx. By the time hundreds of ideas are distilled into Metrolinx’s priorities, they have been through months of trading and compromise. Once recommendations are approved, decisions are well beyond the authority of our mayor and council.

As recent leaked conversations and subsequent backtracking proves, those decisions cannot be revisited even by the transportation minister. Perhaps only the premier can revoke Metrolinx decisions, and such a U-turn would probably annoy thousands of stakeholders, or bankrupt the treasury.

Even if there is a change of provincial government, the same crippling financial requirements, regional demands, and political considerations will remain.

It is against these hard

regional transit needs regional decision-making.

In some ways, further integration helps long distance commuters. But for some sections of Toronto, trying to fit one rule every-

where poses problems.

By choosing not to participate, council’s decision went far beyond making a statement about taxes. It has made council’s weak position weaker, and so left

Toronto’s transit interests in the hands of Metrolinx and the province.

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York Jets House League Soccer Registration WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Keelesdale Park, 2801 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: Pete Karageorgos, www.yorkjetssc.com, pjkarageorgos@gmail.com COST: $190 Registration for boys and girls aged four to 17 every Saturday in May at the York Jets Soccer Office at Chris Tonks Arena in Keelesdale Park.

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Living With Dignity WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: West Park Healthcare Centre, 82 Buttonwood Ave. CONTACT: Gayna Creighton, 416-243-3600, gayna. creighton@westpark.org COST: Free Patients, families, caregivers and substitute decision makers explore advance care planning, a process that leads to a written summary of your wishes or instructions to guide your family/substitute decision maker to make healthcare decisions if you are not able to.

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Plant Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Eglinton Flats Park, 3601 Eglinton

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5 Essentials of Health to Live to 100 WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Library, 1123 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-394-1008 COST: Free Presented by Dr. Hoof. Call to register.

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Ave. W. CONTACT: roselandshs@ gmail.com COST: Free Roselands Horticultural Society’s annual plant sale takes place in the northwest quadrant of Eglinton Flats (enter off Emmett Avenue).

w Tuesday, May 21

Van Trip to the Green Mango WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Rita, 416-245-4395, rita@ywalc.ca COST: $7 Book by Friday, May 17.

w Tuesday, May 21

Rediscovering the Church WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Church of the Good Shepherd, 1149 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Schuyler Brown, 416766-1887, schuyler.brown@utoronto. ca COST: Free

Using the text ‘Anglicanism’ by Bishop Stephen Neill, Schuyler Brown will lead Tuesday evening sessions in May.

w Thursday, May 23

Weston IB Night with a Multicultural Twist WHEN: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Weston Collegiate Institute, 100 Pine St. CONTACT: Ms. Anne Dale, 416394-3250, afdale@rogers.com COST: $2/person or $5/family Eighth annual Taste of Weston IB, a community celebration featuring an international food buffet, games and music as well as live entertainment presented by the students.

w Saturday, May 25

Bala Avenue Community School 100th Anniversary WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: 6

Bala Av. CONTACT: Sofia Argiropulos, sofia.argiropulos@tdsb.on.ca COST: Free

w Monday, May 27

Roselands Horticultural Society: Made for the Shade WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Church of the Good Shepherd, 1149 Weston Rd. CONTACT: roselandshs@gmail.com COST: Free Roselands Horticultural Society’s monthly meeting will feature a talk

by Heinke Thiessen on gardening in the shade. Learn what plants to use to create a fantastic shade garden.

w Thursday, May 30

George Syme Community School Fun Fair WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. WHERE: 69 Pritchard Ave. CONTACT: Sofia Argiropulos, sofia.argiropulos@tdsb.on.ca COST: Tickets can be purchased for games, food and bouncy castles

w Friday, May 31

Casino Rama Trip WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Rita, 416245-4395, rita@ywalc.ca COST: $5 Book by Friday, May 24.

w Saturday, June 1

Silverthorn Legion Auction WHEN: 2 to 7 p.m. WHERE:

Silverthorn Legion Branch 57, 605 Rogers Rd. CONTACT: 416-653-6757, branch57@gmail.com COST: Free All sorts of goodies in our ticket auction.

All money raised goes back into the legion.

Everyone is welcome.

volunteers York West Active Living Centre

WHERE: 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Monica Sanmiguel, 416-2454395, ext. 233 monica@ywalc.ca Help older adults to improve their lives and learn new skills. Sign up for reception, kitchen server, special events, gardening and many more.

w Monday, June 3

Sophie’s Studio: Linda Granfield WHEN: 4 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Library, 1123 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-394-1008 COST: Free For ages 10 to 12. Call to register.

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At the same time, council voted to ask for significant increases in the transit investment in Toronto, asking the province to replace the aging Scarborough Rapid Transit line with an extension of the Bloor Danforth subway, and build a new North York Relief Line along Sheppard Avenue between Downsview station and Yonge-Sheppard.

The debate came after councillors interested in debating revenue tools seized the matter from Mayor Rob Ford’s executive committee.

At the beginning of the debate, it appeared as though Ford’s

desire not to make any recommendations to the provincial agency Metrolinx were thwarted.

But on Thursday afternoon, councillors voted to ask the province not to impose all but two of possible revenue tools.

Those two – development charges and sales tax – council simply didn’t vote on.

At the end of the vote, Ford was high-fiving various allies in the council chambers. mayor celebrates “I feel fantastic,” he said.

“We fended off the wolves today and saved the taxpayers at least $1,000 a household,” he said. “I couldn’t feel happier, this is one of the greatest days in Toronto’s history. You have to tell these people, people have had enough.”

TTC chair Karen Stintz was lobbying hard to have the matter seized from the executive committee on Wednesday, so that council

could have input into what revenue tools the province finally approved.

On Thursday, she insisted the fight was worth it.

“What council has done is we’ve made a statement on the kind of revenue options that we don’t think are in the interest of the city. There’s fourteen eliminated and two we were silent on.”

Eglinton-Lawrence Councillor Josh Colle pointed out council did endorse the general principle of using revenue tools to pay for transit expansion.

“Council endorsed revenue tools as something to use,” he said. “When it got down to specifics, there was far less willingness to cite them.”

The vote had councillors in Scarborough declaring victory in that council voted 35-9 in favour of asking the province for an additional $500,000 to replace the Scarborough RT with with a subway rather than light rail.

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Mobility challenged subway riders may find themselves in a quandary if a work stoppage by elevator maintenance workers stretches on.

TTC elevators at North York Centre, Davisville, St. George, Jane, Victoria Park and Main stations are out due to a province-wide strike of elevator technicians belonging to the International Union of Constructors.

Even though none of the striking workers are TTC employees, the transit commission is warning riders to prepare for an extended service outage affecting all 80 station elevators. To find the status of a station elevator contact the TTC’s Lift Line at 416-539-5438 or visit ttc.ca TTC hosts accessibility forum Last week at Exhibition Place, the TTC held its annual accessibility forum giving transit riders a chance to give feedback on mobility issues.

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Following the forum, TTC CEO Andy Byford promised to spend a day in a wheelchair to gain understanding of what mobility-challenged riders deal with traversing the TTC. buses seen on the street wArticulated

The first of a fleet of articulated buses set to service the streets of Toronto was spotted last week.

A picture of the 60-foot “bendy” bus was released for public consumption via social media showing the Nova Bus manufactured vehicle, which is distinguished by a pivoting joint dividing two separate seating sections.

The TTC has ordered around 150 of the buses from Nova, which is headquartered in Quebec. The first of the lowfloor vehicles is expected to begin service in the fall. work on Queens Quay reno wTTC

Waterfront Toronto is set to announce the winners of an international public art contest for its three sites in the West Donlands.

The planning agency, which has representatives from all three levels of government in its board, has appointed a jury of design experts to judge the submissions for three separate sites along Front Street.

Waterfront Toronto, which is also working with the TTC to complete a $100-million renovation of Queens Quay, wants the art installations completed in time for the 2015 Pan American Games.

The results are expected by the end of the month. To view the concepts under consideration, visit www.waterfronttoronto.ca Rahul Gupta is The Guardian’s transit reporter. His column runs every Tuesday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Metrolinx seeks input on future of Eglinton The city and the provincial transit planning agency Metrolinx are holding another series of public workshops to discuss the future of Eglinton Avenue West.

A third round of sessions is scheduled for late May and early June in various locations as part of the Eglinton Connects project, which seeks public input on future planning decisions for Eglinton, for which Metrolinx is constructing a new transit line.

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Oh, what a night! Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons wowed an audience of 850 people at a fundraiser for the new Humber River Hospital.

The legendary crooners performed many of their hit songs at the River Ball, held May 9 in Vaughan. The event raised $624,000 towards construction of the $225-million hospital being built at Hwy. 401 and Keele Street.

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Singh, chief of pediatrics, spoke passionately about the impact guests’ generosity would have on young patients and their families.

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Electoral reform proposals for Toronto heading to council DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto voters may find themselves electing their councillors and mayor in a different way in future elections, but it will be up to Toronto Council to decide how those changes will go, after the city’s government management committee was unable to recommend a single reform.

The committee met Monday to hear from the

public and consider a number of ways to make the electoral system more democratic.

The city clerk’s department suggested a range of possible changes and improvements.

Voting days could be moved to Saturdays or Sundays to make it easier for workers to vote, and permanent residents who currently have no voting franchise could be permitted to vote in municipal elections.

Internet voting for voters was disabilities was another option put forward, as was communications improvements to the city’s website.

The report also contemplates a ranked ballot system, where voters would choose their top three choices for an office rather than just one. The results would be tallied until one candidate had more than 50 per cent of the votes.

None of it made it through the six-member committee.

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Councillors Paul Ainslie, Mary Fragedakis and Pam McConnell supported most of the amendments and recommendations; Councillors Doug Ford, Vincent Crisanti and Giorgio Mammoliti voted no.

Under the rules of procedure, that means the matter goes to council next month without recommendation.

Social activist Dave Meslin of RaBIT (Ranked Ballot Initiative) said the vote just

meant the matter will go to council. Meslin said he believes there are 23 councillors who’ll support proceeding with at least that and possibly other electoral initiatives.

Meslin said the process has worked well in other jurisdictions.

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Making Love to Espresso is a multi-character solo show that showcases a gay man trying to maneuver through the dating world in a hyper-connected and hyper-sexualized dating culture.

Then there’s the zany sociology professor who’s an expert on everything tech and media, who tries to deconstruct the way information technology has changed dating culture, norms and courtship.

“I decided to focus on the dating aspect of it (technology) because I thought that was both important from the cultural side of it, but it also showed a link to a more topical relevance to online dating, dating apps and this euphoria of hyper-sexuality that’s forming,” said Pagnotta.

While Pagnotta’s play touches on sexuality and cyberbullying, the main focus is on how technology has changed the dating world.

The play’s aim is to suggest face-to-face communication strategies and skills the audience can take home and apply to their relationships.

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Admission is $10.

The annual event put on by b Current theatre company mainly presents work by female artists of colour that focus on themes, forms and styles that have grown out of the black diasporic culture, but this year it decided to shake things up and include work by men as a dialogue between men and women of color. This year’s theme is the

Bala celebrates May 25 >>>from page 1 how easy it is to fall in love with the school.

“To me it’s about the community. Bala plays a really strong role,” said Beischlag “There’s a connection, not just to the community, but to history as well because we have an honour roll of vets who were either active in the

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Festival of Dating Experience iut will feature twelve events, one for each year the festival, it will run from May 25 to 31 and includes visual arts, play readings, improv, film and dance.

Another Hillcrest Village playwright who will be showcasing her latest play at the festiva is Nourbese Philips.

Her play, The Redemption of Al Bumen, is set in Toronto in the 1990s when a highly publicized production of Macbeth is set to begin. There’s demand that Lady Macbeth be played by a black woman, but instead Bumen casts three black women as the witches and as a result five African women enter Bumen’s dreams to teach him a lesson.

Philips has won awards including the Casa de Las Americas prize in Cuba, and she was a Dora Award finalist in 1999. She’s also a novelist and poet. Her play will be performed Tuesday, May 28 at Wychwood theatre with other plays between 8 and 11 p.m.

Admission is $10.

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The transit asks are absurd practically, but useful politically. York Centre Councillor James Pasternak joined council with the narrowest of electoral margins, and he did so in part on a pledge to see that subway connection built.

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Under the current electoral system, pandering is the most effective weapon in the campaign arsenal.

Would changing the electoral system resolve Toronto’s transit gridlock issues?

By itself, it’s unlikely. But the reality is that for a variety of reasons, Toronto council has descended to a level of braying, craven opportunism that if allowed to persist, will render it all but irrelevant in the lives of Torontonians.

It might just make sense to see if there’s a better way to have a government that reflects both the will and the needs of Toronto’s entire community. All the evidence suggests the current system has not done so.

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The city clerk’s staff had come out with a range of ways to make the process more open, to make sure that as many residents as possible are enfranchised, to make the best choice for representing their needs and aspirations.

The committee would have none of it: all the recommendations, even one to help disabled people vote over the Internet, lost on a tie vote.

It was a depressingly familiar moment of legislative futility at city hall. The week previous, council had similarly failed, utterly, to present a coherent opinion on funding for the public transit expansion that is desperately needed.

That failure was undoubtedly the more serious of the two. Over the course of two days, councillors collectively rejected nearly every funding option set in front of them.

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JOB POSTING JOB TITLE: Digital Experience Consultant - 13 mth contract for Maternity leave coverage BUSINESS UNIT: Digital Media Group, Once Century Place, Vaughan THE COMPANY A subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, Metroland is one of Canada’s premier media companies.

Metroland delivers up-to-the-minute vital business and community information to millions of people across Ontario. We have grown significantly in recent years in terms of audience and advertisers and we’re continuing to invest heavily in developing best-in-class talent, products and technology to accelerate our growth in the media landscape and strengthen our connection to the community. For further information, please visit www.metroland.com.

THE OPPORTUNITY • You will work directly within a sales team environment. Essential to this role are strong people skills, creative thinking and fantastic relationship building skills. Your solid knowledge of marketing & digital will give you a leg up on the competition. Your ‘listen to understand’ attitude, patience and perseverance will assist you in providing the ultimate in customer service and follow through. A proven track record in an inside sales role within an online/digital environment is a definite asset.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES • Service automotive dealers and support outside sales to maintain and grow territory revenue.

• Effectively communicate the features and benefits of our digital assets to our customers and potential customers.

• Assist in administrative tasks such as order processing, etc • Work with an Online Sales Consultant towards progress and opportunities for further growth.

• Work through objections and overcome obstacles with the goal of superior customer satisfaction at all times.

• Provide feedback on market needs to further expand our digital product offerings.

• Build and maintain good relationships with clients and colleagues.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR • A proven track record working in a sales environment where your role has been to drive revenue.

• Minimum of 3 yrs inside sales experience, preference given to those with media/agency experience.

• Coachable and open-minded with a willingness to be trained and developed.

• Positive attitude and excellent communication and creative skills.

• Strong multi-tasking skills with a drive for results.

• Well versed in internet revenue vehicles and trends with an active interest in the digital space.

• Strong problem solving skills and capacity for strategic thinking.

• Ability to interact with cross-functional teams, salespeople and senior business people.

• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU • Opportunity to be part of an exciting company at the cutting edge of the media industry • Work for a well-established and respected company that is connected to your communities • Competitive compensation plan and Group RSP • Be part of a company that is committed to providing a healthy and safe work environment • We provide individualized career plans and extensive ongoing development opportunities • We’ve got your health in mind; you’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package and a generous vacation plan If working for a highly energized, competitive team is your ideal environment, please email your resume to malbert@metroland.com by May 24, 2013.

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Brick, blocks, stonework, chimney’s, tusk pointing, porches, flagstone, window sills.

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Automotive Services AIR CONDITIONING Specialists. Inspect hoses, belts, A/C compressor etc.

ASE Certified Master Mechanic, 3459 Dundas, West. East of Jane (416)769-0605, 416-562-3837

Home Renovations BUILDER/ GENERAL CONTRACTORS RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL. Finished basements.

Painting.

Bathrooms. Ceramic tiles.

Flat roofs. Leaking basements. Brick/chimney repairs. House additions 9 0 5 - 7 6 4 - 6 6 6 7 , 416-823-5120 CEILINGS repaired.

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