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St. John the Evangelist opening: September 2016 date CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com Students looking forward to returning to the new St. John the Evangelist Catholic School on George Street will have to wait until September 2016. This is the earliest they will be able to return after running into one issue in getting the site plan approval for the new school construction. “The only hurdle is the storm management system,” said >>>NEW, page 7

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Weston cultural hub plans becoming reality CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com Five years ago, residents and businesses put their heads together at a design charette to come up with ideas on how to improve the Weston community. Now some of those ideas are becoming a reality, including the redevelopment of the Toronto Parking Authority lot on John Street into a cultural hub, artist housing units, and an improved farmers’ market. Residents got an update on

Monday evening, May 26, at the Weston Village Residents’ Association annual general meeting (AGM) of the estimated $13.5-million project with Tim Jones, Artscape CEO and president, invited as the guest speaker. “We learned about the power of the arts to bring change,” said Jones, providing examples of Artscape’s previous projects including the Distillery District, West Queen West and the Wychwood Barns. He also noted the importance of working with a broad group of

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posed 8,500-square feet community cultural space can be best utilized. Artscape has also been working with Rockport Group, a developer that will be filing an application to the city in the fall to develop about 300 residential units ranging from three-storey townhomes to an 18-storey building consisting of “market rental apartment units.” David McBride, chair of the Weston Village Residents’ Association, said he saw the >>>ARTSCAPE, page 7


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Your local JOHNNY BOWER HONOURED WITH STREET NAME candidates for June 12 election Here’s a list of the candidates registered to run in the June 12 provincial election in ridings which touch the former City of York.

ST. PAUL’S Justine Deluce (Progressive Conservative), Eric Hoskins (Liberal), John Kittredge (Libertarian), Josh Rachlis (Green) Mike Rita (Freedom) Luke Savage (NDP) YORK SOUTH-WESTON Laura Albanese (Liberal), Eric Compton (Freedom), Paul Ferreira (NDP), Andrew Ffrench (Progressive Conservative), Jessica Higgins (Green), Abi Issa (Independent)

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Above, local barber Peter Kalamaris, left, whose shop is a shrine to the Maple Leafs, gets Toronto Maple Leaf legend Johnny Bower to autograph a vintage goalie stick on Saturday. Bower, a resident of the Jane Street and Lawrence Avenue neighbourhood in the 1960s, was honoured with the renaming of Patika Avenue in the area, to Johnny Bower Boulevard. At right, Bower, left, unveils the new sign. Photos/PETER C. MCCUSKER

Lack of advance polling station in York South-Weston ‘a big deal,’ says candidate CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com The Ontario NDP party has lodged an official complaint with Elections Ontario noting the lack of advance polling locations in the central region of the York South-Weston riding. “It is profoundly undemocratic that there’s no advanced polling site between Lawrence and St. Clair,” said Paul Ferreira, York South-Weston NDP candidate. “This is wrong and it needs to be fixed.” The party sent a letter addressed to Chief Electoral Officer Greg Essensa citing “the diverse populations in the central areas of York South-Weston already face

several barriers to voting, including co-ordinating schedules around shift work and child care, access to transit and mobility issues.” Ilona Boutros, Elections Ontario acting director of operations, responded in a letter that “heavy construction throughout the central part of the district creates fundamental difficulties in being able to secure a voting location in the area.” She added, the returning officer made every effort to find another location in the area that meets the Site Accessibility Standard, but was unable to do so. Alternative options were provided for those who can’t vote at an advance poll or on polling day including

voting in person at the local returning office until June 11, voting by mail by completing a Special Ballot Application form and then waiting for a ballot kit, or requesting a home visit if eligible by contacting the local returning office. “That’s completely ridiculous,” said Ferreira of the options given by Elections Ontario, noting the returning office is still quite a distance away between Lawrence and Hwy. 401. The mail option is also “incredibly bureaucratic,” he said. The simplest solution, noted Ferreira, is to put an advance polling site in the central region of York SouthWeston, suggesting the York

Civic Centre as an option or near Weston Road and Black Creek Drive or Eglinton Avenue. “That’s all we’re asking for,” said Ferreira. “We think this is a big deal.” A lawyer’s letter was sent by the party to Elections Ontario to reconsider its decision, stating that “the construction on Eglinton Avenue West is an additional reason to provide more Advance Polling locations as it extends the commute time for a huge number of voters throughout York South-Weston. “ Fa i l u r e t o p r o v i d e Advance Polling locations throughout the riding will prevent these voters from participating fully in this important election.”

ow about a botanical garden?” The suggestion draws an appreciative response from Dickson Okpei’s table companions. Okpei was in attendance at the Learning Enrichment Foundation’s (LEF) annual general meeting last Wednesday. Attendees took turns at contributing their own ideas toward the Refocus Kodak initiative. A joint project of LEF and The York Guardian, this project seeks to imagine what can be put on the former Kodak lands at Black Creek Drive and Eglinton Avenue, in addition to a planned maintenance and storage facility for the Eglinton Crosstown light rail line. Much like a session held about a month earlier at LEF’s Weston Road location, there was no shortage of good ideas from community members. Okpei’s cousin, Peter Ajiri, enjoyed the exercise. He has lived in the Mount Dennis area for about three years since emigrating from Nigeria. His list of items included (but was not exclusive to) a daycare, affordable housing and a satellite campus for a university. These sessions are fun things to witness and be a part of because they’re about possibilities – and how those communitybuilding pieces can connect with one another. The Crosstown LRT is a significant piece of infrastructure. We’re in the middle of a rare opportunity. And when the community speaks up, the chances of those possibilities becoming real increase. For more information, visit refocuskodak.ca

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he World Cup soccer championship officially kicks off June 12 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with a game between the host country and Croatia, but the excitement in Toronto is already starting to build. Short of being in Brazil, Toronto has to be the best place in the world for soccer fans to watch the World Cup. Most residents are already very familiar with how our city gets all dressed up and celebrates World Cup. Beyond the flags waving from cars, there are vendors selling hats, shirts and flags, and fans gathering in locations across Toronto to catch the action. Everybody will be talking soccer between June 12 and July 13, when the tourney wraps up with the championship game in Rio. There are 32 teams taking part in the World Cup and Toronto has significant our view demographic links to many of those teams. For instance, the Italian, Greek, Portuguese, German, English, French and Dutch diasporas are large and well established throughout the city. We’re all familiar with scenes of flag-waving fans filling the streets and celebrating after their teams win. Parts of Little Italy, Little Portugal, Corso Italia, and Greektown on the Danforth are seas of celebrating fans after wins by their teams. What’s especially interesting and makes the World Cup in our city so much fun is the mixing of fan bases, and how the Brazilian fans will watch and celebrate in Little Portugal, and parts of Corso Italia along St. Clair West have also become home-base for many fans with links to South American teams other than Brazil. North York has a strong centre of fans of African teams, and is also where Iranian fans gather. It’s all a part of what makes Toronto great. Here at Metroland Media Toronto, we know how important the World Cup is to our city. That’s why we’ve got special coverage in today’s paper to introduce soccer fans to our website dedicated to the World Cup in Toronto. You can access the website by going to www. insidetoronto.com/worldcupTO There’s information there about all 32 teams, the culture and demographics related to those team’s countries in the Greater Toronto Area, and information on the best places to watch games locally.

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ear Sun, I just wanted to drop you a quick line to let you know happy everyone is to see you’re back, and also to show you something I think you’ll find very interesting. Cast your gaze across the lake next to the CN Tower and over to the retractable roof that is open at the Rogers Centre. When I say open, I mean wiiiiide open and it’s all because of you. Now look straight down. You see the boys in blue and white warming up on the carpet beneath? Well, hold on to your Jays cap hotshot, the lads – wait for it – are in first place in their division. I’m not kidding. And get this, they didn’t have to switch divisions to get to the top either. They’re still in the vaunted American League East. That means the Jays are leading the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, et al, and get this, they swept the Red Sox last week.

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY Three out of three games. In Fenway Park, no less. The thing is, the way they’ve been playing, it wasn’t even that surprising. They gave Texas all they could handle before heading to Boston and then swept league-leading Oakland right after coming home from Fenway. They’ve been a handful for just everybody lately. What’s more, there’s eye-catching stuff happening with regularity up and down the Jays lineup. It could be a pivotal home run blast, a dazzling play in the field, a critical stolen base, an inning-ending strikeout, a game-saving catch at the wall, a runner thrown out at the plate – you name it. Sluggers Jose Bautista, Melky Cabrera and Edwin Encarnacion aren’t just smacking the ball around,

they’re crushing it. Speedy Jose Reyes is scampering around the basepaths like a one-man track meet. Veteran pitcher Mark Buerhle is mowing just about everybody down; ace reliever Casey Janssen is closing games with the best of them; and with depth on the bench, manager John Gibbons finally has the proper tools to do his thing, too. On top of all that, every time the club wins these days it seems there’s a story in the newspaper the next day about how the kind of streak they’re on hasn’t happened in like a gazillion years. It’s wild, I tell ya. Now, admittedly, it’s only May and things can change in a heartbeat in this game. Still, there’s definitely something going on here we haven’t seen since – ahem – those World Series days of yore. So, that’s it. I just wanted to get you up to speed on

what’s been happening since you’ve been away and to officially welcome you back. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m about to step inside the dome for today’s tilt. We’ll talk soon. When we do, just don’t ask me to try and explain how R.A. Dickey’s knuckle ball works. Anyhow, look for me in the nosebleed section right after the seventh inning stretch. I have a treat in store. It’s going to appear like I’m raising my arms to start a gigantic wave through the ballpark, which I hope indeed ensues, but in reality I’ll be raising them to salute you and thank you. The games here just aren’t the same without you. Warmly, Jamie 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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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.

Internet Safety for Seniors WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416394-1000 COST: Free A workshop to help boomers and seniors be safe online. Topics include being aware of online hoaxes, preventing identity theft and keeping personal information secure when shopping online. 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.

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Wototo Children’s Choir WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Faith Sanctuary Pentecostal Church, 1901 Jane St. CONTACT: Heather McKenzie, 416-244-4898, www.faithsanctuary.com, mail@faithsanctuary.com COST: Free Energetic gospel choir of orphaned children from Uganda on a Canadawide fundraising tour for housing, education and leadership training for disadvantaged African children. Admission is free, but freewill donations will be collected.

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OWLS Lunch: Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors WHEN: Noon to 2 p.m. WHERE: St. John’s Anglican Church Weston, 2125 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Don McCamus, 416-938-6781 COST: $7 Full hot lunch. Goodies table to browse. Raffle prizes. Weekly Barbecue WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-767-0231, , legionbr31@yahoo.com COST: Food for reasonable prices All 18 and older are welcome.

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

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Dennis Avenue Fun Fair WHEN: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Dennis Avenue Community School, 17 Dennis Ave. CONTACT: Naomi Van De Visch, vandevischs@gmail. com COST: Tickets can be purchased for games or food Jumping castle, games, raffle, barbecue, bake sale, live music and more!

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Bottle Racer 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: 416767-0231, www.facebook.com/ mountdennislegion, legionbr31@ yahoo.com COST: $25 per two person team

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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.

w Wednesday, June 18 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 Purchase tickets in advance. All 19 and older are welcome.

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Film Screening: ‘Last Chance’ WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Maria A. Shchuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-394-1000 COST: Free Paul Émile d’Entremont travels the world to tell the stories of five asylum seekers who flee their native countries to escape homophobic violence. Access Alliance will facilitate a discussion after the film and provide info on LGBT services. Call to register.

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Councillor Nunziata to host Community Safety and Policing Meetings in June Ward 11 City Councillor Frances Nunziata has always tried to foster a positive relationship between community members and the police. She has frequently hosted local meetings with area residents and the police to promote open lines of communication and to address concerns with community safety that a given neighbourhood may be experiencing. Throughout the month of June, Councillor Nunziata will be hosting a series of meetings throughout the Ward with a focus on Community Safety and Policing. At each of these meetings, local police officers from Toronto Police Services - 12 Division, will be in attendance to update the community on policing activity in the area, and to listen to concerns. The meetings are scheduled to begin at 7 pm and will be taking place on the following dates and locations across Ward 11: • Monday, June 9, 2014 – David Appleton Centre (33 Pritchard Avenue)* • Monday, June 23, 2014 – York West Active Living Centre (1901 Weston Road)* • Wednesday, June 25, 2014 – Luso Canadian Charitable Society (2295 St. Clair Ave. W) • Monday, June 30, 2014 – Royal Canadian Legion – Mount Dennis Branch 31 (1050 Weston Road)*

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*Councillor Nunziata has arranged for City representatives to attend these meetings and speak about the recently-adopted Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy 2020, which saw 31 neighborhoods across the City, including Weston, Mount Dennis, and RockcliffeSmythe, designated as Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs). What is an NIA, how were they selected and what does it mean for your neighbourhood? Get the answers to these questions and more by attending one of these meetings. Sign up for Ward 11 eNews Updates at www.francesnunziata.com

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New school a 21st century facility >>>from page 1 Dave Bennett, chair of the school’s parent council, explaining discussion is now taking place between the Toronto Catholic District School Board and Metrolinx as to who would be responsible to undertake, manage and pay for the system. But planning otherwise for the new school building is ahead of schedule, said Bennett, with floor designs made available at the Weston Village Residents’ Association annual general meeting Monday evening It will be a 21st century school with open concept classrooms and glass walls, as well as WiFi availability for mobile devices. An elevator, child care

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centre and multi-purpose rooms where the community can rent space are also included in the site plan. Evergreen was called upon to help with landscaping and to add trees and much-needed green space on the expanded

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Artscape involved in redevelopment >>>from page 1 plans to redevelop the parking lot as a “game changer” especially with Artscape being involved in the process. “Change takes awhile but you got to keep plugging away,” McBride added. “We’re light years ahead from we were five years ago and we’ll be light years ahead five years from today.” Some residents expressed concerns about how the redeveloped lands could continue to accommodate the trucks

that transport everything that’s needed for the farmers’ market each Saturday. Yo r k S o u t h - We s t o n Councillor Frances Nunziata said one idea is to obtain a city permit to close off John Street during the market to create space for trucks to park. Nunziata added she intends to form a steering committee sometime in the summer to work on how to extend the farmers’ market as well as specific ideas for the development of the cultural hub.

Paul Bedford, Toronto’s former chief city planner, also attended the AGM and was acknowledged by the councillor for his initial work during the Weston design charette. “This is a very special night for me because it has been five years. It’s great to see ideas finally happen,” said Bedford, adding there’s one idea from the charette he still hoped to see in Weston. “The number one idea was to land George Brown College. Please don’t lose sight of that.”

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ONTARIANS ARE HEADING to the polls June 12 to elect candidates who will form the next provincial government. The following candidates are set to run in the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence: MPP Mike Colle for the Liberal Party (who has held the seat since 1995), Thomas Gallezot for the NDP, Robin Martin for the PC Party, Lucas McCann for the Green Party, Independent Erwin Sniedzins and Michael Bone of the Freedom Party. The Guardian sent questionnaires to candidates from the four main parties.

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■ Increasing the minimum wage to $11 per hour and then further based on inflation would help many newcomers. Since 2003, our government has increased the minimum wage by 60 per cent from $6.85 to one of Canada’s highest minimum wages at $11. We must increase the hourly wage for personal support workers to $16.50/hour. This raise was included as part of our 2014 budget, and will raise the minimum wage for 34,000 publicly paid workers.

■ We have already invested over $16 billion in building the Eglinton Crosstown Line, extending the York-University line up to the centre of Vaughan and the new air-rail link train between Union Station and Pearson Airport. We also budgeted for an additional $15 billion in improving public transit across the Toronto area.

■ Before entering politics I was a history teacher at St. Michael’s College School. I was then elected as a Metro Toronto councillor; commissioner and chair of the TTC from 1988 to 1994. As an MPP, I have worked to build vibrant main streets and great local schools through Shop Local campaigns and a $275-million investment in full-day kindergarten. I have also headed the charge to save the historic postal station “K” and protect Bannockburn Park.

■ I propose to initiate a conversation between tenants, owners, developers and the government about quality of infrastructure, responsibilities, ways to settle disputes outside of court, existing regulations that are unnecessary, and non-existing regulations that are necessary. I propose to implement creative solutions to make daycare more accessible, more affordable and more reliable. I propose to keep schools open after hours for not-for-profit groups. I propose to be a voice for immigrants.

■ I would help not-for-profit groups offering activities like sport and recreation, arts and culture, English classes, cultural skills and similar available to immigrants in their own language. I would similarly support mentoring programs, networking groups and the diffusion of tool kits to help companies better integrate skilled immigrants into their workplaces, like what Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council proposes. I would organize community forums where immigrants can voice their concerns.

■ I would engage all stakeholders to start a global discussion about transit. We need to take transit out of the partisan battleground and solve this problem in a Canadian fashion: reasonable, respectful and democratic. I would propose to lawmakers in all level of government not to cancel anymore existing transit initiative of whatever nature. I would invite transit experts and new Torontonians from other cities to community forums about transit to provide a different angle.

■ I came to Canada from France in 2007. A former engineer and patent attorney, I now work as a bilingual actor, a cultural entrepreneur and a community organizer. In addition, I am actively involved in promoting French language and culture in Toronto and helping Francophone immigrants understand Canadian culture, way of working and way of life. I’ve lobbied for the creation of the French Language Advisory Subcommittee and created the Forums CFVT.org

■ I want to focus most of all on helping people reach their full potential. Whether it is a child with autism, a new immigrant who has skills and wants to work, a business trying to create jobs but caught up in red tape, I want to work locally to find solutions that will allow people and businesses to thrive here in EglintonLawrence.

■ The best thing we can do to ensure a smooth transition is to help new immigrants find jobs. We need to break down barriers that prevent people from using their skills and working in their areas of expertise. I will work along with a PC government to break down artificial barriers to credentialing, and utilize the Provincial Nominee Program, to match immigration to the jobs we need in the community.

■ We absolutely must build the relief subway line. This is a critical subway line that will relieve congestion across North York and in particular on the Yonge subway by giving people more options to get downtown. This is the most important thing we can do to create some breathing room for commuters. This is the number one transit priority for me and for the PC Party.

■ Robin Martin practiced as a trial lawyer, and then worked in government as a senior policy advisor where she developed her expertise in health policy. Robin later worked as a public policy consultant, developing substantive expertise in the area of energy policy. Robin was instrumental, working with health organizations, in getting a universal cancer screening program adopted by the Ontario government – the first of its kind in Canada.

■ I understand the value new immigrants place in drop-in centres, where they can obtain advice and support during this very challenging time in their lives. I would review the resources of this kind that are available for new immigrants in the Eglinton-Lawrence riding to see how they can be improved.

■ As MPP, I would promote continued investment in transit systems and work to build on the benefit that will come to our riding from the Eglinton Crosstown line. Improving transit, however, will require investment. We must have the courage to say we are willing to pay for what we need. I, along with other Green MPPs, will demand that Ontario establish a dedicated fund to build new transit and support the operation of existing transit.

■ Lucas McCann is a small business owner and director of communications of the Management Consultant Association at York University. Through his doctoral work in organic chemistry, Lucas came to realize the importance of science-based policy development and how these affect environmental issues important for Ontarians. Lucas is also an artist and is deeply rooted in the fine arts community in the Greater Toronto Area.

Robin Martin | 647-606-9441 www.RobinMartin.ca | Robin@RobinMartin.ca

Lucas McCann | 647-924-0560 LucasMcCann@gpo.ca @LucasGreenParty

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■ I would make sure that the Eglinton Crosstown line is completed – not cancelled as it was once before. Ensuring that Bannockburn Park remains a green space is also another important issue. I have been working in partnership with the community to assure that the severance and sell-off of Bannockburn Park does not take place. It is a space that is heavily used by the community in an area where there is a deficit of parkland.

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■ Eglinton-Lawrence is a riding of older, mature homes where energy efficiency can be an issue. I believe it makes sense to help people save money by saving energy, through making their homes more energy efficient. We have huge untapped potential to save energy. New York State has similar geography and climate to Ontario, yet our energy consumption per person is 50 per cent higher. Clearly, we have opportunity to reduce demand.


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Weekend subway closure slated Another TTC subway closure is taking place this weekend, this time on the Yonge line. All day Saturday, there will be no subway service between Eglinton and Bloor-Yonge stations so the TTC can continue track replacement work.

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oronto soccer fans are getting ready to wave their flags next month when the World Cup of soccer begins in Brazil. Being one the of most diverse cities in the world means that when the World Cup takes place every four years, there is no shortage of fans cheering for the 32 teams taking part in the tournament. And this year will be no exception. The World Cup kicks off on June 12 with a game between host Brazil and Croatia in Sao Paulo. Scarborough’s Josie Tanga is of Italian descent and she is already looking forward to this year’s World Cup, in which Italy will be making its 14th straight appearance. “It’s great,” said Tanga of the World Cup and its importance to Toronto’s huge Italian-Canadian population.

and we won it in 2004,” said Kouzoukas, who grew up in East York playing soccer. “That was the pinnacle for Greek fans,” he said of the 2004 Euro championship which Greece won 1-0 over host team Portugal. That win led to thousands of fans pouring onto Danforth Avenue, waving Greek flags and celebrating for hours. It also established Greektown on the Danforth, between Chester and Jones avenues, as the epicentre for Toronto’s Greek soccer fans during major tournaments such as the Euro and the World Cup. REALISTIC OUTLOOK

FIERCE SUPPORT “We have a huge fan base, and we love our Italian team. We support them no matter what.” Tanga said family and friends often gather at her home to watch the games when Italy is playing. “We have family and friends over and we get all dressed up for the game; wearing the bracelets and the hats,” she said. “Everyone gets very excited.” Of course, food is a big part of the celebration when it comes to watching the World Cup for Toronto’s fans supporting the countries taking part. “We make rice balls and pizza,” said Tanga. After enjoying the game in the relative calm of the home environment, Tanga said heading out to celebrate on Corso Italia, in the St. Clair and Lansdowne area, is also usually on the agenda providing Italy wins the match.

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>> insidetoronto.com/worldcupTO It was Toronto’s Italian fans who started the tradition of massive World Cup celebrations in the city with huge turnouts and street parties during the 1982 tournament when Italy won over what was then West Germany. As for picking a winner this year, Tanga likes Italy. No surprise given her heritage and the fact Italy has won the World Cup four times; second only to Brazil’s five World Cup championships. “The Italians,

who else,” she said when asked to predict this year’s champ. “My kids might have a different opinion, though. (Cristiano) Ronaldo is a great player; maybe Portugal. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Italy, though.” For Sam Kouzoukas, the participation of Greece in this year’s World Cup makes him proud of the team he supports. “Historically, we’ve done better in the Euro (the European soccer championships)

Kouzoukas is proud that Greece is making its second-straight World Cup appearance, but is realistic about his team’s chances of winning it all. “It’s a great accomplishment that Greece made it,” he said. He pointed out that Greek fans did not have a lot to cheer about in the 2010 World Cup during which their team went winless in their three preliminary round games, and were eliminated. However, Greece did advance to the quarterfinals of the 2012 Euro. Given his background of playing soccer and his Greek heritage, Kouzoukas said he finds it interesting how everyone in Toronto becomes a soccer expert once the World Cup begins. “When the World Cup comes, everyone is watching and everyone has an opinion. About two weeks before the World Cup and during it, everyone’s talking about it.” Hosting a World Cup event? Post it in our online calendar. Go to www. insidetoronto.com and click ‘Sign Up’.

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h, John Tory is a coy one. All this time when the mayoral candidate was talking about building a “Yonge Street Relief Line,” we assumed that he was simply renaming the Downtown Relief Line – and that his promise to start building the thing right away, at the same time as the city and province built a subway to Scarborough, was pie-inthe-sky. Well, it turns out the reason Tory didn’t call his secret transit plan the downtown relief line was he doesn’t intend to build the downtown relief subway line any time soon. His Yonge Street Relief line is something else: a 52-kilometre, 22-stop SmartTrack line, using GO Transit rail lines for an above-ground subway that will stretch from the western reaches of Etobicoke to the middle of Scarborough, and dip south to Union Station touching Main Station in the east and Dundas West station in the west. It will cost $8 billion divided between three levels of government, and the city will pay for its portion using Tax Increment Financing, the same system of borrowing against future

david nickle the city property assessment increases that Gordon Chong advocated when Mayor Rob Ford hired him to come up with a funding plan for his failed subway proposal on Sheppard Avenue. The idea itself is a refinement and expansion of a proposal that failed 2010 mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi proposed – to use GO lines as an interim downtown relief line. And it is a compelling idea. It provides rapid commuter transit to places that are pretty far off, and gives commuters from the edge of the subway system an alternative to clogging up the Bloor-Yonge interchange as they head to work downtown. It is also, in the context of this election, a too-cute game of rope-a-dope: an attempt to get his opponents to spend their energy attacking and questioning a suspected plan that is nothing like the real plan. For a short time after its revelation, it forces Tory’s opponents to basically call him on his semantics. It also, however, allows

his opponents to accuse him of hiding a flip-flop behind semantics. Earlier in the campaign, Tory did make it clear that a downtown relief subway line was essential, and sharply criticized Chow and Ford for not embracing it as a number-one priority. And while it is true that the new plan sidesteps some of the logistical problems of getting a downtown relief subway going right away, it raises other problems. To begin with, the TIF model of financing is another semantic trick: it is debt by another name, and with the billion-dollar Scarborough subway plan, Toronto will have nearly reached its debt ceiling. And like Chow’s downtown relief plan, Tory’s surface rail plan relies on a massive federal and provincial buy-in to go ahead, and in that sense, is just as speculative. The plan also doesn’t obviate the need for the TTC’s downtown relief line – the city has to find the money for that too. And as Tory himself pointed out not too long ago, that needs to come sooner rather than later.

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Offers in effect Thursday, May 29th, to Wednesday, June 4th, 2014

TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014

SENIORS’ DISCOUNT DAY

CUSTOMERS 55 AND OLDER

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