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����� ������� ������’� ���� Welcome to our annual Hospital for Sick Children – or SickKids – themed edition.

While you will find your regular community stories and features in The York Guardian, the balance of stories are in support of Healthy and Happy Month at SickKids.

Why do we do this? The health of our children is too important.

There are far too many signs our children simply aren’t as healthy as we were during our own youth.

For instance, in a recent SickKids Health and Happy Pulse Check survey, 79 per cent of adults 55 and older think children’s lifestyles are not as healthy today as compared to their own childhood.

That belief – and actuality needs to be reversed.

The stories you see here are just a sample of the stories appearing today in community newspapers across >>>SUPPORTING, page 8

Photo/RICHARD BARCLAY

TREATMENT AT SICKKIDS: Patricia Espin Jurado, 16, was born with a rare hereditary disorder that resulted in her receiving a liver transplant at the Hospital for Sick Children when she was eight years old. Read Patricia’s story on page 3.

Easy access to Weston farmers’ market despite John St. closure CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com Despite the recent closure of John Street in Weston, residents will still have access to the farm-

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From frail to fit: SickKids gives girl the gift of health

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A Weston fundraiser in honour of the late Terry Trafford has raised more than $5,500 for Kids Help Phone.

Trafford tribute raises $5,500 for Kids Help Phone The Tribute for Terry ball hockey charity event held in memory of Terry Trafford raised $5,537.80, which will be donated to Kids Help Phone to help raise awareness of mental health issues and depression.

Oliver Dr igo and his friends organized the fundraiser on Sunday, May 11 at Weston Memorial Junior Public School where Trafford attended school before he went on to play for the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit.

“It was a resounding success and one that we hope to continue in some shape or form in the future,” Drigo said. “We have all been touched by mental illness, be it within ourselves, in our family, or with our friends.

This event allowed for the

community to come together in honour of one of our own while raising money and awareness for addressing mental health.”

About 250 hot dogs and hamburgers were sold, more than 40 ball hockey players registered, 17 silent auction prizes were donated, and countless raffle tickets were sold.

“We wanted to celebrate the life of our friend and neighbour through the game that he loved, letting hockey and fundraising act as a means for uniting the community of Weston and shaking off our grief,” Drigo added.

“Although Terry might be gone, he is not, and will never be, forgotten.”

– Clark Kim

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Weston Village Residents’ Association will be holding its annual general meeting Monday, May 26 with keynote speaker Tim Jones, presiMonday dent and CEO of Artscape, to talk about how the arts can transform communities.

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The meeting runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Weston Memorial Junior Public School auditorium, 200 John St. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information, email contact@welcometoweston.ca or call 416-2415801.

ike a flower coming into full bloom.

That’s how Rocio Jurado described her daughter’s transformation from a physically weak and frail little girl to a strong and active one.

“She couldn’t do many things,” Jurado recalled.

Patricia was born in Ecuador. Her skin and eyes began to develop a yellowish hue shortly after birth.

Her bones were frail, her appetite declined, and she cried continuously.

Doctors at the local hospital couldn’t diagnose her. Eventually, a pediatrician told Jurado that if Patricia didn’t seek more specialized treatment, her daughter’s life would be in danger.

Her father, a Canadian citizen, had family living in Toronto. They immediately decided to travel to The Hospital for Sick Children.

It was at the worldrenowned hospital known to many as simply SickKids that Patricia was diagnosed with alagile syndrome, a rare, multi-system hereditary disorder.

The doctors then devised a treatment regime that allowed Patricia to travel back home to Ecuador, returning to Toronto every six months for follow-up care.

“We didn’t come with a plan to stay,” Jurado said.

But that quickly changed when Patricia turned two years old and her condition began to deteriorate.

It became evident that Patricia needed constant care at SickKids.

“It was the reason why we immigrated to Canada, knowing SickKids was the best hospital,” Jurado said.

Then in 2006, when Patricia was eight, the medication she was taking became inadequate to treat her symptoms. While alagile syndrome affects multiple organs, her liver was damaged the most.

It holds a special place. They were there when we were most vulnerable, especially my mom.

– Patricia Jurado

Photo/Richard Barclay

Patricia Espin Jurado, 16, left, is joined by her mother Rocio Jurado in their Woodbridge home. Patricia was born with a rare hereditary liver disease that resulted in her receiving a liver transplant at the Hospital for Sick Children when she was eight years old. She is a former SickKids ambassador.

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It was the reason why we immigrated to Canada, knowing SickKids was the best hospital.

– Rocio Jurado

She was placed on the liver transplant waiting list.

Rocio credited both sides of the family with providing the support they needed to get through that difficult time.

“We were also very blessed to have good friends,” she said. “I don’t think we could have made it if it was just us.”

As she was growing up near Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue, the St. John the Evangelist Catholic School community, including Patricia’s classmates, teachers, and her friends’ parents, all rallied for her.

Six months later after being put on the transplant waiting list, Jurado

received a page notifying her there was a match.

There was a feeling of joy yet worry at the same time, Jurado noted.

The doctors would help alleviate their fears by explaining step by step what would be involved during the major surgery.

When the time came in February 2007 for Patricia to receive her life-saving liver transplant, the community of family and friends as well as staff at SickKids came out again to show their support.

Patricia was just eight at the time, but the 16-yearold today still remembers the care she received then.

“They treated me on such a personal level,” she said. “And they’re really dedicated. It’s insane.”

She also remembered making friends at the hospital and not feeling so isolated even as she missed some time away from school, thanks to a teacher who spent an hour each day at the hospital

going over school subjects in a fun way.

Even after Patricia experienced a complication two years after the transplant, her family knew they could trust the doctors and nurses at SickKids.

“She couldn’t be in better hands. I always knew she’d make it,” Jurado said. “I knew she was in the best place in the world.”

“I don’t think I would have gotten the same result without SickKids,” Patricia added.

While there’s no cure for alagile syndrome, Patricia is able to manage it and is doing well.

The active teenager is horseback riding, one of her dreams that came true, without fear of getting easily injured.

Patricia also told her story a countless number of times as a former SickKids patient ambassador.

Even as Patricia prepares to receive follow-up care at Toronto General Hospital when she turns 18, her time at SickKids will always be remembered fondly.

“It holds a special place,” said Patricia, who wants to be a social worker one day to help others.

“They were there when we were most vulnerable, especially for my mom.”

Her mother agreed.

“We’ve been at SickKids most of our lives,” Jurado said. “At SickKids, it’s become our second home.”

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anadians believe our youth do not have a healthy lifestyle. We are twice as concerned about obesity in our youth, than any other health risk. That says a lot about the physical conditioning of our youth. But it also says there is hope for our youth – if we heed the warning signs and act now.

It’s Healthy and Happy Month (healthyandhappy. com) at The Hospital for Sick Children and this year the theme is centered around prevention of youth health issues.

Growing healthier children now will save much grief later in life when they become unhealthy adults fallen victim to the bad decisions made when young.

And all of this is increasingly our view taxing on the health care system – overburdened and underfunded Get motivated given increasing demands.

The hospital – affectionately to help raise known as SickKids – conducted a survey, and here’s an example of healthy kids what they found: w 56 per cent said society must do everything it can to improve the lifestyle of today’s children. w Bullying, obesity, child abuse, alcohol/drug abuse, suicide, depression all rank high in the minds of Canadians. w 78 per cent say children today are getting less exercise compared to their own childhood. w 65 per cent say children today have poorer eating habits. w 59 per cent say children are receiving less nutritional value in what they eat. w Mental illness is the second most concerning illness among young people.

Add to the fact that UNICEF ranks Canada 27th out of 29 industrialized nations on obesity. When that stat was shared, 21 per cent of Canadians said it motivated them to personal action.

That would amount to a significant amount of action, but it’s not enough. We hope through the stories you read in today’s themed edition and the stories you read online at www.insidetoronto.com or www. yorkguardian.com, you will be motivated to help preserve the health of young people who are part of your world.

This may be the first generation of Canadians who do not live as long as their parents. That’s a hard concept to accept in a society where we generally are able to control many of the threats to our children’s health.

We must not let that happen.

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Getting in touch with our true nature

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he phone rang bright and early Saturday morning.

It was my buddy Shawn inviting me up to a cottage he and his wife had rented in Algonquin Park for the holiday weekend.

He didn’t have to ask twice. I hustled out the door in a flash and was on their doorstep at 1 p.m. sharp.

I jubilantly honked several times to announce my arrival, but before I ambled inside I sprawled on the grass in front in awe of the surroundings: the Ontario wilderness in all its glory.

Rugged, majestic, untamed, unspoiled. I felt like I was smack-dab in the middle of a Tom Thomson watercolour.

I took a deep breath.

And another. And another.

I savoured each one. Is there anything more delicious than the taste of clean air? Is there anything more invigorating?

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY The aroma of the landscape was out of this world, too. The unique blend of birch bark and pine needles was positively intoxicating.

And the sky?

Fuggedaboutit.

I can’t remember the last time I’d ever seen it this dark shade of blue.

I had to put on my sunglasses it was so bright. I couldn’t stare at it without squinting.

No matter which way I looked, the scenery was spectacular. It was sheer joy to be in the presence of such beauty.

After I’d soaked it all in I closed my eyes and drifted away, imagining what I hoped would be in store for me on the weekend. A little hiking, some canoeing, a lot of stars at night, the northern lights if I get

really lucky, a campfire or two or three and best of all, coming face to face with the indigenous wildlife frolicking in their natural habitat.

Just the thought alone of the animals I might be crossing paths with put a lump in my throat.

Elegant white-tailed deer prancing about with their fawns, industrious beavers feverishly working away on their dams, exuberant ruffed grouse drumming on a log, chimney swifts soaring overhead, black bears rumbling through the woods, moose foraging in the brush.

And the piece de resistance? The ubiquitous common loons serenading one and all with their captivating yodeling melodies.

Oh, yeah. A guy could get used to this in a hurry.

A real hurry. It doesn’t get any better than this.

No doubt about it, there’s nothing like a

weekend roughing it in the wilderness of Algonquin Park to...

I was about to complete my final thought when I was awakened from my a daydream by an unmistakable thunderous roar.

It was Shawn with his arms folded standing at the door.

“Hey, nature boy,” he bellowed. “The Rangers/ Canadiens game is about to start and the pizza, wings, fries and onion rings are getting cold while you’re waxing rhapsodic out there. Wrap up the monologue pronto and get your butt in here or you going to miss the opening face-off.”

The great outdoors will have to wait, apparently. The not too shabby indoors beckons.

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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Learn a Language During Asian Heritage Month WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Have you always wanted to learn Chinese, Japanese or Tagalog?

Library staff will show you how to learn these and others through an online tutor. Call to register.

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Computer Lessons at York West Active Living Centre WHEN: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416245-4395 COST: $33.50 for 5 weeks Computer 1: Basics and Internet.

Learn how to use the keyboard and mouse and search the Internet.

Building Connections Program: Friendship, Fun & Learning WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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Computer Lessons at York West Active Living Centre WHEN: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416245-4395 COST: $33.50 for 5 weeks Computer 3: Working With Digital Pictures. Learn how to upload photos from your digital camera to a computer, organize them and back them up for safety.

Tasty Smoothies and Nutrition Workshop WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Toronto Public Health will demonstrate how to make healthy smoothies, substitute healthy for unhealthy foods and teach how to cook nutritious meals on a budget. Call to register.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting us at www.yorkguardian.com. Read weeks of listings from your York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

WHERE: North York Women’s Centre, 2446 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Fabiola Murphy, 416-781-0479, info@nywc.org COST: Free Meet other women in a relaxed, welcoming environment and learn about available resources. All women are welcome.

Computer Lessons at York West Active Living Centre WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416245-4395 COST: $33.50 for 5 weeks Computer 2: Email and Word. Learn how to use email, send attachments and use Microsoft Word.

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WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free A representative from LEF will be at the branch to talk about programs and share success stories. Topics include business analysis, project management, food handler and more. Call to register.

The Art Of The Prayer Book 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 What it is about the Book of Common Prayer that people love. Weekly.

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Movie: Sleeping Tigers WHEN: 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Library, 1123 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-394-1008 COST: Free Presented by National Film Board of Canada during Asian History Month.

Painting and Photography Show WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: St. Clair West Services for Seniors, 2562 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: Nico Cassidy, 416-787-2114, ext.

236, nicoc@servicesforseniors.ca COST: Free View the artwork of the members of Eglinton Hill Centre. Members of our art and photography classes will be exhibiting paintings in a variety of styles along with nature and group photography.

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WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Evelyn Gregory Library, 120 Trowell Ave. CONTACT: 416-394-1006, egstaff@ torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Drop-in; program will take between 15 to 30 minutes. Call for more information.

w Sunday, June 8

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

w Monday, June 16

Internet Safety for Seniors WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free A workshop to help boomers and seniors safe online. Call to register.

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The TTC has reached labour agreements with four unions representing around 10,000 of its employees.

The new four-yearcontracts with the unions – including Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 113 – were settled without proceeding to arbitration for the first time since 2008, notes a press release issued by the TTC over the Victoria Day weekend.

Not many details are known about the new deals, although vehicle operators, fare collectors as well as maintenance workers will receive a pay raise of just over eight per cent over the life of the contract.

Non-unionized workers will also receive slight pay increases. There are provisions to restrict job outsourcing.

TO in TRANSIT Doors Open event, taking place this weekend, one of the vehicles will be available for a tour, though not a ride, at the TTC’s Russell Carhouse, 1433 Queen St. E., east of Greenwood Avenue, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The new streetcars go into service as of Aug. 31 on the 510 Spadina route. Visit www. ttc.ca. down communication wToning

Metrolinx has toned down its communications with the provincial election campaign in full swing.

The agency tasked with coordinating regional transit planning within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) has reduced its usual volume of press releases and social media postings until after the Ontario election, scheduled for June 12. Until then, Metrolinx, like other provincial departments, will limit communications to “emergencies, statutory requirements, public health

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Lake Shore Boulevard lane closures began this week and will stay in place until the middle of July as the city undertakes “critical” utility work in advance of next year’s Pan American Games.

Starting May 21, westbound lane closures are scheduled in the areas from Yonge to Rees Street, Bathurst Street to British Columbia Road, and Parkside Drive to Windermere Avenue. Eastbound lane closures are also scheduled between British Columbia and Lower Spadina Avenue.

The closures are set to take place mostly outside rush hour, as well as weekends and evenings.

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Supporting our children >>>from page 1 Toronto. You’ll find them all, gathered at http://bit. ly/SeO3ai on the www. yorkguardian.com website.

SickKids provides leadership in many programs aimed at creating a healthy lifestyle for youth, the stories of which you’ll find in either this edition or our online collection.

And leadership begins at the top. SickKids Foundation CEO and president Ted Garrard even shared his personal story online – a compelling tale

of a young person and how a sedentary lifestyle threatened his future health.

In 2013, the number of visitors to our online story collection told us the work of SickKids was important to you. We know you’ll find this year’s collection just as compelling; just as sobering.

Whether someone works at SickKids or someone works at this newspaper – we are all parents, grandparents or friends who need to encourage our youth to stay active and

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make the investment in health today to help provide a long healthy life in the future.

We hope you join us in supporting the cause of healthy, happy children.

We encourage you to read this edition and visit the online collection of stories. Frankly, the health of our children is too important not to take an active role.

At left, Roseland Horticultural Society member Mirella Marnica dresses for the occasion during the society’s annual plant sale at Eglinton Flats Saturday morning. Below left, Sadie Campbell loads up with flowers. Below, Barb Clarke shops for the perfect plants at the annual sale of perennials from members’ gardens, plus an assortment of annuals, including vegetables and herbs.

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Market’s grand opening set for June 14 >>>from page 1 Ward Funeral Home.

Local dignitaries have been invited to open the market season and the Urban Gypsy Band will be performing until noon.

There will be activities for children, added Hossain, with a bouncy castle set up and face painting available.

Throughout the summer, plenty of musical bands are scheduled to perform as well as special events including an interactive cooking display from celebrity chefs, corn roasts and a best apple pie contest.

“The market and community is so strong,” said Hossain, noting while John

Street is closed, residents can head south along Rosemount Avenue then west on Lawrence Avenue and north on South Station Street to the market.

“It’s a gathering place for everybody.”

For more information about the Weston Village BIA Farmers’ Market, visit www. westonvillagebia.com

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Men founded Friends for Life after bonding at SickKids LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com As a child, Erick Bauer can remember tearing up and down the halls of the Hospital for Sick Children.

Diagnosed at age five with cystic fibrosis (CF), Bauer was in and out of the pediatric centre until he turned 18. The hospital became his second home, a source of great comfort, he recalled.

“It was always positive – even though I was dealing with negative issues,” said the Dufferin Street and St. Clair Avenue-area resident. “One of my favourite things was to go down to the cafeteria with my mom and we’d get a Jell-O.” Bauer was far from alone during his regular treatment visits.

In addition to his family, Bauer relied on a former elementary school classmate and friend, with whom he reconnected on a deeper level at SickKids as a teen.

He and Steve Cameron, who

now lives in Leslieville, forged a strong bond both facing life-threatening diseases together. Bauer, battling CF and Cameron, diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s large cell anaplastyic lymphoma, were patients at SickKids during the summer of their Grade 10 year.

“We spent a lot of time there,” recalled Bauer. “In hindsight, we appreciate what a great place SickKids is. You might not realize it at the time, but afterward, the difference it makes in patients’ and families’ lives – we wanted to give back to the hospital.”

Cameron recalls a lot of good came out of a place where he experienced the worst time of his life.

“It’s pretty incredible they’re able to provide the best situation for the worst situation,” he said. “You’re well taken care of with stateof-the-art equipment, the facilities are great and they’re just getting better.”

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tion the men created the Friends for Life Foundation (FFLF), a non-profit charitable organization whose mission is to unite people in the fight against cystic fibrosis and cancer while rais-

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Last year, the foundation expanded into Calgary.

“We had friends and family members who had moved out west to Calgary – Steve’s younger sister had moved out there – key people who had started FFLF in Toronto had moved out west,” Bauer said. “The idea arose to start a Calgary chapter.”

A second annual westcoast gala will be held in October.

Meanwhile, FFLF will be hosting its keynote gala in September. Typically, the event boasts a theme that directs the dress code, atmosphere and entertainment, said Stefanie Cali, director of fundraising, and Bauer’s wife. The gala is comprised of live performances and live and silent auctions.

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for Life was born out of the relationship Steve and I had and what we went through at SickKids. Him, radiation treatment and me, regular treatment visits. We spent a lot of time there,” Bauer said.

Today, more than 12 years after their friendship was formed as 16-year-old patients, Cameron is in remission while Bauer continues to battle CF. Through FFLF, the two work tirelessly to put an end to the two devastating diseases. They are launching a grant program, sponsored

by Scotiabank and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, to support CF and cancer patients financially.

They discovered that families and individuals, who were facing these illnesses and were forced to relocate from across Canada to Toronto to receive world-class care at SickKids, needed additional help. Through the grant program, FFLF will distribute as much as $50,000 annually.

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Nursing association report: healthy habits Celebrate active living key to preventing childhood obesity Students, their families and community members are all invited to take part in a fivekilometre run/walk celebrating healthy, active living at Downsview Park Saturday.

The Toronto District School Board’s health and physical education department is hosting the TDSB Healthy Schools event.

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The Registered Nurses’ Statistics Canada reports 31 per cent of children age Association of Ontario released the second five to 17 are either edition of its recomoverweight or obese. this mendations for the community These kids are susprevention of childceptible to illnesses story hood obesity at a inspired by such as diabetes, stroke and hypertenrecent event at the the goal Bond Place Hotel. sion. of having The guideline The guideline happy, focuses on social facis called Primary healthy tors that contribute to Prevention of children Childhood Obesity. It higher obesity rates. provides recommen“Fast food resdations for nurses, doctors, taurants, the prevalence of teachers and parents to help processed foods, lower levels prevent child obesity. of physical activity and a sed“It is based on the best entary TV and video game available evidence, and there culture. These are the ingreto assist health practitioners dients for a staggering epimake the best decisions for demic,” said Carol Timmings, the appropriate health care,” chief nursing officer with said RNAO Director Irmajean Toronto Public Health, in a Bajnok. press release.

Information is provided Timmings, along with on how to establish healthy Manager Lorraine Telford and habits in children in their Bajnok, oversaw the develop-

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ment of RNAO best practice guideline. The guideline offers strategies in a variety of different methods.

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RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles entertained 850 guests with early hits to later classics.

Hospital president Dr. Rueben Devlin took guests

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He shared details on the hospital’s patient-centered approach to care.

Dedicated volunteer Ucal Powell was presented with a “No Limits” award, which recognizes people in the community who stand as extraordinary examples of Humber’s vision for the future.

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Griffin Centre: Doug Ford not the only NIMBY Whilst his brother cavorts about cottage country on day passes from addiction rehabilitation, it’s reassuring to see that Etobicoke North Councillor Doug Ford is keeping up the Ford name and all it stands for here in the city.

As the Etobicoke Guardian’s Tamara Shephard reported last week, Doug Ford showed up – late – for a meeting at Toronto police’s 23 Division, to take on the Griffin Centre, a home for developmentally disabled youth on behalf of its angry neighbours.

According to Shephard’s report, Ford told the staff of the centre that they had “ruined the community” in the Kipling Avenue and West Humber Boulevard area.

The two-month-old centre is a house where four youth – some with autism – live under supervision. Some of the youth have behavioural issues that manifest in outbursts sometimes requiring police to attend. The staff at the centre sometimes park on the street. Sometimes, the youth who live in the centre are permitted outdoors.

It was this last point that

david nickle the city seemed to shock the councillor, whom Shephard quotes thusly: “You can’t destroy a community like this. People have worked 30 years for their home... My heart goes out to kids with autism. But no one told me they’d be leaving the house. If it comes down to it, I’ll buy the house myself and resell it.”

Later, he asked if any of the children were sex offenders (for the record: staff at the centre said none of them are).

It’s difficult to know what to say about Doug and Rob Ford anymore. They have so debased the public discourse in the past year, that even when one of them passes an evening by stirring up an angry crowd to run a house for disabled youth out of town, it’s hard to properly admonish him.

The men are scoundrels. We know it and they know it.

But let’s leave Doug alone a moment, and ponder some

of the other comments that Shephard collected last Thursday night from those in attendance.

“This is not a place for mental people. This is a residential area. Why don’t you build a house out on a farm?”

“When my child says, ‘Mommy, why are there police here again?’ What do I say?”

“This is a community for people, not for that.”

Councillor Ford’s remarks ride the crest of that wave of unfortunate NIMBYism – and one might argue that his and his brother’s reign at Toronto City Hall were propelled by the same poisonous sentiment.

In October, odds are good that voters will send the brothers Ford from Toronto City Hall – probably for good.

But the insular, fearful, uncompassionate and fundamentally selfish sentiment on display at 23 Division last week – the sentiment that allowed the Fords in to begin with – it will take a great many years to rid ourselves of that.

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THE RIDING OF YORK SOUTH-WESTON has been represented provincially by the Liberal party since October 2007, when current MPP Laura Albanese secured the riding in a narrow victory over Paul Ferreira of the NDP. Ferreira, who is running against Albanese for the fourth time, had defeated Albanese in a byelection earlier in 2007. Andrew Ffrench is running for the Progressive Conservatives. Each of the candidates of the four major parties running in York SouthWeston for the June 12 provincial election were asked to answer the following questions. As of Tuesday afternoon, there was no candidate listed for the Green Party.

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Tell us about one local issue that you plan to champion as MPP.

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■ Creating sustainable jobs for people of all ages is important to me. I strongly support tying infrastructure investments to local trades and apprenticeship programs, especially through an initiative known as Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs).

It is instrumental to help create jobs for our youth. The recent Youth Jobs Strategy, a $295-million investment, benefits local youth including those facing barriers to work such as immigrants, visible minorities, those on social assistance and youth with disabilities.

■ I regularly host poverty reduction consultations to gain community perspective on this issue. Based on this, I’m working towards better access to local services including job and skills training, greater access to nurses and doctors, and more supports for seniors.

The latest consultation formed part of the 2014 budget including raising the minimum wage, saving money on childcare and post-secondary education and reducing waiting lists for developmental services, with a proposed investment of $810 million.

■ The Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which will run underground along Eglinton Avenue from Black Creek Drive, will provide more transit options.

To ensure our community benefits from the UP Express, a new service running from downtown Toronto to Pearson Airport, we successfully secured a stop in Weston. I also championed for the electrification of the UP Express and was successful in ensuring government commitment in the 2014 budget. The NDP and PCs chose not to support it.

■ Since 2007, it has been my privi-

■ Job creation, particularly for

■ York South-Weston has the low-

■ One of the NDP’s top three priorities for Toronto transit: the new UP Express air-rail link must be electrified at the earliest opportunity. It must also be affordable for local riders and eventually be fully integrated with existing transit surface routes.

Eventually, I would like additional stops along the line.

I will also fight for increased capacity and more frequent service on our major bus routes and on the GO line which goes through Weston.

■ An immigrant, I am proud to live in Weston. I have called this riding home for almost a decade.

I was privileged to serve local residents as MPP previously and look forward to doing it again.

Previously, I was a marketing and communications executive in the private sector where I managed multi-million-dollar annual budgets.

I am presently a senior assistant to MP Mike Sullivan, a position that enables me to engage with local residents daily.

■ The high ratio of poverty in York South-Weston is coupled by the lack of jobs. As a result of the Million Jobs Plan bringing more jobs into this once vibrant riding, it will reduce the number of people living below or on the poverty line.

The Million Jobs Plan has a retraining program to help make people both young and the over-50 not only job-ready, but to have good-paying jobs available.

■ The Ontario Progressive Conservatives and their leader Tim Hudak are all about good transit through the use of subways, cross-city transit, a faster GO Transit system, and an improved highway system. This would make it much easier and convenient for the residents of York South-Weston to commute to other parts of the city allowing them broader access to employment and education within the GTA.

■ Ontario has been good to my family. I was born of an immigrant couple from Jamaica, by way of England. When they settled in Ontario they knew this would become their forever home. I met my wife here in York South-Weston.

I am a graduate of York University, with a BA in political science.

Most of my career I have worked in financial services. I am now a partner in a business consulting company.

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young people and older workers.

We must leverage all government spending in our area to create local jobs and to ensure government investments benefit the community.

Paul Ferreira | 416-244-3349 PaulFerreira@ontariondp.ca | www.voteferreira.ca

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has a serious lack of good-paying Jobs. The Ontario Progressive Conservatives led by Tim Hudak have a Million Jobs Plan, which will bring good-paying jobs, and I will be working closely with Mr. Hudak to ensure that York South-Weston is a key recipient of the benefits of the Million Jobs Plan.

est average household income in the entire GTA: 80 per cent of the households are in neighbourhoods that qualify for Toronto’s new “neighbourhood improvement area” designation.

The best way to address this is to create good jobs and provide adequate income supports.

The NDP would increase the minimum wage to $12 by 2016 and then index it to inflation going forward, meaning a raise each year for lowwage earners.

lege to serve as MPP for York SouthWeston where I have lived and raised my family for 30 years.

I am dedicated to improving the quality of life for the residents of this community by championing policies that promote local jobs, education, health care, supports for seniors, developmental services and attracting local investments. Prior to politics, I enjoyed a career in broadcast journalism for 20 years with OMNI Television.

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YORK GUARDIAN | Thursday, May 22, 2014 |

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