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Book retraces couple’s war-time love Love in the Air tells the story of Helen Reeder’s time as a TTC worker during the war and her correspondence with fiancé Harry Culley
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RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The Toronto Transportation Commission needed to replace more than 600 of its labour force drafted to fight in the Second World War, so it turned to women. The predecessor to the Toronto Transit Commission, called the Toronto Transportation Commission, needed to keep service running so a growing ridership could get to factory and manufacturing jobs in support of the war effort. Like other traditionally male-dominated industries decimated by fighting overseas, the TTC began hiring women. From the TTC’s official numbers, by 1944, 386 women were bus operators and streetcar conductors. Another 256 were employed for administration and bookkeeping functions, which up to that point had been performed by men. Helen Reeder was one of them. Originally from Saskatchewan, Helen migrated east to Ottawa where she worked in the federal Ministry of Munitions and Supplies, helping to co-ordinate steel shipments to factories all over the country. At a military reception in 1942, she met a handsome young enlistee from Toronto. Harry Culley was a clarinettist who had signed up to join the Royal Canadian Air Force military band, one of five such outfits sent overseas to raise morale among the troops by playing thousands of concerts while the war raged on. Reeder and Culley were instantly smitten; following a year of courtship they were engaged. But the conflict intervened on their burgeoning relationship, and Harry was shipped off to England in 1943. There he would spend the next two-and-half years an ocean away from his fiancé. Over that time the two exchanged more than 600 letters, as documented in Love in the Air, a book written by their daughter Joanne Culley and published by Friesen Press. “I started reading the letters and realized a hundred in there might be a story which might be of interest because they had a quite detailed account of what was going on during that time,” said Culley, who re-discovered her parents’ letters while cleaning out the contents of the family home following her father’s death in 2010. With Harry stationed in the coastal city of Bournemouth, England, Helen moved to Toronto to be closer to her future in-laws, themselves musicians. She eventually found a job with the TTC working at its Hillcrest headquarters as a cashier and bookkeeper.
What makes this unusual is both sides of the correspondence were there and my father carried all of them around in his knapsack. His buddies kept saying, ‘Oh toss them out, why are you lugging those around?’ He couldn’t bear to throw them away. – Joanne Culley, daughter
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The job gave Helen her independence and a good wage, and she worked off-hours, usually late-night shifts. In her spare time she composed letters and care packages for Culley. “She was kind of embarrassed because she had a pretty good war,” Culley said. “She had her own money for shopping and the movies or going out with her friends.” Helen wrote she took great satisfaction in making sure her accounts are balanced at the end of every shift and was forced to deal with casual harassment and unwanted approaches from male colleagues. At one point she visits a beloved coworker who was wounded in the war and paralyzed. “He’ll be there indefinitely,” Helen writes in a letter dated April 1, 1945. “I always feel so glad that I’m able to walk around when I leave a hospital.” Helen is also present for a pivotal
moment in the TTC’s history when plans are officially unveiled in 1945 for a rapid transit system, the first of its kind for the city. She mentions to a colleague the new Yonge subway line will be modelled after the London Underground so “’Harry will feel right at home when he returns.’” Even with military censors going through every piece of their correspondence, Harry’s thoughts remain largely preserved. Locations of famous military engagements are stricken, yet he is able to express his opinions without much fear of censure. He questions the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. He relates a scene where his band breaks out into spontaneous performance for recently freed British prisoners of war. He learns of the horrors of the concentration camps as the Allies begin to liberate Western Europe from the Nazis. And while there is always the very real concern of being hit by a stray bomb, Harry’s toughest
struggle is waiting for when he will be reunited with his future wife. For Culley, it was an emotional experience creating a narrative of her parents’ relationship. In addition to the correspondence printed verbatim from the original letters, Culley also crafts scenes that are fictional, but based on real events. “I had to distance myself from my memories as them, as parents, and think of them as young people in love, sort of similar to my own kids who would be about the same age,” she said. It wouldn’t be until early 1946 when Harry received the OK to return to Canada. The couple was soon married. With the men coming back to the jobs they left, nearly all the women at the TTC were laid off. Helen lost her own position after her wedding thanks to the TTC policy forbidding the employment of married women. She would eventually find work as a secretary. Harry continued to play music. More than 70 years after they were written, the letters now reside in Culley’s office in Peterborough, and there are plans to donate them to the Canadian War Museum in a few years. She still marvels at the fact her dad was able to hang onto all the letters. “What makes this unusual is both sides of the correspondence were there and my father carried all of them around in his knapsack,” Culley said. “His buddies kept saying, ‘Oh toss them out, why are you lugging those around?’ He couldn’t bear to throw them away.”
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Honour those who served at Remembrance Day ceremonies set for next week
Swansea Town Hall commemorates the men of Swansea who gave their lives in the First World War and for whom the Swansea Memorial Library was created. It also honours all those who served in wars and peacekeeping missions and those who have sacrificed themselves for Canada during a special service promptly at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, on the front piazza, weather permitting, or in the main floor’s Rousseau Room. Veterans in attendance will be acknowledged during the service. They are asked to contact the town hall beforehand. The service will be followed by a reception in the Rousseau Room. Everyone is welcome. Seating is on a first come, first seated basis. For further details, visit www. swanseatownhall.ca or call 416392-1945. There will be a service at the York Civic Centre, 2690 Eglinton Ave. W., starting at 10:45 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11. For further details, contact Tanya Kavcic at 416-392-6745 or by email at tkavcic@toronto.ca The Royal Canadian Legion Earlscourt Branch 65 holds its annual Sunrise Service, held before the Cross of Sacrifice, Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 8 a.m. at Prospect Cemetery, 1450 St Clair Ave. W. It will be held in the veteran’s section of the cemetery. Everyone is welcome. Visit bit.ly/1PZ1025 for details.
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emories. They return to us through thoughts, feelings and familiar sounds and smells. Memories can reflect happy times. They can convey sadness. Memories can conjure up a time, decades old, or they can be from yesterday. But what if those familiar thoughts, feelings, sounds and smells, returned you to a time of war? A time when you thought you wouldn’t survive, weighed down with feelings of dread, by the sounds of the dying and the smell of death? Would you want to remember? This week, The York Guardian commemorates the memories of Canadian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice from the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War and the recent conflict in Afghanistan and all peacekeeping missions leading up to next week’s Remembrance Day. But also, we remember those who are still alive and are able, our view some willingly and some grudgto recount a time when Readers share ingly, only the present moment mattered. memories in When a slight move, or slow special section reaction meant the difference between life and death. Within these pages we have information on Remembrance Day ceremonies in your community. We urge you to attend one, speak to a veteran (so few remain from the Second World War) and talk to your kids about it. This is an especially important year as it marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. More than 45,000 Canadian soldiers gave their lives and another 55,000 were wounded in the conflict. Along with stories in the pages of our newspaper, our special section online can be found at bit.ly/ TorontoRemembers The section shares the memories of our readers and the stories passed down by their loved ones: A black and white photo of two young lovers in a time of uncertainty, with only first names exchanged. A friend buried at sea. A mystery solider who died of pneumonia. A cheeky nurse who kissed a solider while he lay in delirium in an army hospital bed. You will read stories of friendship and laughter and letter writing. Remembrance Day is always important, but putting a face and a name to the stories of war bring it a little closer to home.
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ou can read a lot of different things in the tea leaves after a big election and there’s lots of readings a fortune teller can pull from this last one. For instance, one might say the election of Justin Trudeau as prime minister represents a generational shift, not just in Ottawa, but in the electorate. Young, inexperienced and optimistic Justin Trudeau came into power despite old, battle-scarred and pessimistic Stephen Harper’s best efforts, and it’s hard not to imagine a group of voters born in the 1990s reacting badly to messaging that someone who at least looks about their age is “just not ready.” Millennials, after all, have heard the same thing repeated ad nauseam since they were in short pants by their entitled elders. Millennials, like the
david nickle the city rest of us, have heard a lot of other things repeated. They’ve heard that government deficits are a cardinal sin, that taxes are best kept low, and that government itself is best kept small and relatively inactive. Based on last month’s federal election and the last few elections in which younger voters have been able to have their say, it’s seeming as though those notions are getting just as chilly a reception as that “not ready” attack ad. Although a conservative himself, Toronto Mayor John Tory was a beneficiary of this post-boom bump, and in his early months, governed in that knowledge, boosting existing services and promising new ones – actively reengaging city government
in city life. But as a conservative, Tory along with many of his council colleagues are showing oldee timee reluctance to square the circle – to do the things that in the past have been understood as politically unpopular: raise property taxes higher than the rate of inflation, consider new ways to bring in revenue such as road tolls… to increase revenue, in other words, to match aspiration. Very soon, Tory and his supporters on council are going to find a need to do this. Just one of Tory’s enhancements – a return to higher levels of TTC service to undo the transit cuts made in the Ford years – will cost an additional $90 million to fund, fully rolled-out in 2016. An inflationary property tax increase (the maximum that Tory has promised) will raise $50 million.
If that were the only pressure it would be bad enough, but of course it’s not alone. The Toronto Police Service will be costing the city more, and another promise, the mayor’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, is rendered meaningless if there is not significant spending in social services added to the 2016 budget. Taxpayers will also soon have to begin paying for the loan the city made out to itself, to help balance the otherwise askew 2015 budget. Would Toronto taxpayers and voters be willing to look at paying more for better services and a more cohesive city? The tea leaves, imperfect an indicator as they are, suggest they might just.
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‘Memo culture’ supports its own >>>from page 1 to assist returning former students and veterans, now elderly men who might experience challenges climbing the front steps to the school. Located at Keele Street and Eglinton Avenue West beside the York Civic Centre, the school was built in 1929 in memory of youth killed in the First World War and is declared as a heritage site by the City of Toronto. It features 11 steps symbolizing the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (when peace was declared) during the First World War. Raval, who also volunteered last year, said she and her fellow students want to show veterans that their presence is important to them. “By helping them to enter the building they spent time in as young men, we hope we’re showing them they are very important to us, and that their attendance at the ceremony is a priority.” “We might have different clothing now than when they were going to school here, but
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York Memorial Collegiate Institute principal Suzana Greenaway shows a plaque at the school auditorium main foyer entrance that names students who sacrificed their lives during the Second World War.
whether it’s a varsity jacket worn by a vet, or a hoodie worn by students today, the school name and spirit are still the same. So, we want to show them that we all can be a part of ‘Memo culture’. Same meaning, different jackets,” Raval said. The school interior features characteristics such as
murals, dedication plaques and stained-glass windows, which were designed and built in memory of those who served in the war. The coloured mural surrounding the auditorium entrance was painted by John Hall and dedicated on Feb. 27, 1949 as a Second World War memorial. York Memorial will hold a school-only ceremony as well as a public service, which is only one of four sanctioned Remembrance Day ceremonies by the city. “It is always heartwarming to see and meet the families of former students and vets, and the different generations who return for the ceremonies,” said Principal Suzana Greenaway, who will read aloud the names of the 45 students inscribed in the Roll of Honour, during the ceremony. “What’s often remarkable to visitors is that the school itself hasn’t changed much over the years, and it looks as they remembered it, but it’s only the clothing and styles of the students that remind one that time hasn’t stood still.”
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Santa and Mrs. Claus prepare to take the city by sleigh at the 111th annual parade Special Toronto Raptors float will highlight NBA All-Star game LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The Big Guy himself, with help from Mrs. Claus, opened the doors to his secret workshop to offer a special behindthe-scenes peak at this year’s Santa Claus Parade floats on Tuesday. On an especially warm day, parade volunteers and supporters were on hand to announce the float line-up for the parade, which will wind its way throughout the streets of Toronto during the 111th installment of the parade, Sunday, Nov. 15, starting at 12:30 p.m. “Santa Claus Parade volunteers work here for 12 months to build all the floats,” parade president and CEO Peter Beresford told his audience who had gathered at the workshop, tucked away in a corner of a North York neighbourhood. “The magic of the parade
is that every ticket to the show is free.” As many as 900,000 to one million people line the city’s streets to catch a glimpse of the dozens of floats, clowns and marching bands during the 95-minute parade along its 6.5-kilometre route. This year’s event boasts 26 floats and 21 marching bands. A special Toronto Raptors float this year will highlight the upcoming NBA All-Star game, which will be played in Toronto in February. The parade will follow the same route as last year, starting at Bloor and Christie streets, along Bloor Street to University Avenue, down University to Wellington Street and east on Wellington, ending at the intersection of Front and Jarvis streets at St. Lawrence Market. The largest children’s parade in North America is made possible by corporate sponsors and
more than 3,000 volunteers. Michael Bartlett, executive director of the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Foundation, expressed his excitement about being part of “such an iconic Toronto event,” and pointed out the parade is older than the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, which is just 99 years old. The third annual Holly Jolly Fun Run, a five-kilometre run, will kick off the parade, starting at noon. The run will follow the parade route, ending at Maple Leaf Square. Proceeds support the Santa Claus Parade. Santa and Mrs. Claus visited with children who modelled various costumes for the parade, in their workshop. “We are so happy to be here. This event marks the start of the Christmas season,” Mrs. Claus said.
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Conversation needed on how to support veterans Award-winning history teacher Katy Whitfield recalls her late grandfather would share scant information about his times overseas as he served in the Second World War LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Northview Heights Secondary School teacher Katy Whitfield’s grandfather was a gunner in the Second World War. The late Sgt. Bernard J. McCabe was a member of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, in training and in active service from 1942 to 1946 in France, England, Germany and Belgium. Upon his return home from battle, he married Whitfield’s g ra n d m o t h e r, D o ro t h y McCabe (nee Evanoff), in 1946. Dorothy wrote him weekly letters during his service. The couple went on to have four children and were married for 61 years. “He never talked about it,” Whitfield, a history teacher with a particular expertise in military history, said of her grandfather’s war experience. “My grandfather was really reserved. The war really changed him. He had a tough
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Katy Whitfield, who received a Governor General History Award for Excellence in Teaching in October, said her grandfather, a Second World War vet, would only share tidbits about his time in the trenches.
exterior. He was hard to crack, but he was very loving. He loved his eight grandchildren and his family dearly.” Whitfield said McCabe would only share tidbits of his time overseas with her. The lifelong Bloor West Village resident recalled showing her
grandfather a history textbook not long after she began teaching the subject in an effort to engage him in conversation about his time in battle. Instead, he disputed the book’s interpretation of a map depicting a battle on the Atlantic Ocean, illustrating a convoy of ships travelling between Europe and Canada. Whitfield has a cousin who completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan, with whom her grandfather was more apt to divulge more details to, both having been soldiers. “The experience of soldiers in war can be both an individual and collective experience,” the high school teacher said. “The voice of veterans can be missed in conversation about Remembrance Day.” She pointed to The Royal Canadian Legion of which her grandfather was a member and its long-standing support of veterans and their families. Established in 1926, the Royal Canadian Legion is Canada’s
largest veteran support and community service organization. “We will help you access the care and disability benefits you are entitled to, and provide representation, advocacy and financial assistance free of charge, regardless of whether you are a legion member or not,” Tom Eagles, The Royal Canadian Legion Dominion president, said in a statement. Whitfield, who received a Governor General History Award for Excellence in Teaching in October, said she has always had a keen interest in the past and would cut out articles from the newspaper
as a kid to create her own historical archive. Primarily a history teacher, she is currently teaching a World Cultures class in which students are studying ways of commemorating Canada’s role in peace and conflict in the 20th and 21st century. “When soldiers came home from World War One, society was unsure how to support them,” Whitfield said. “One of the things (society realized is that it) needed to create these new hospitals to support soldiers with missing limbs.” Society’s needs changed after the Second World War. While some important infrastructure, like hospitals, was
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Learn how to live a green life at upcoming EcoFair at the Barns The seventh annual EcoFair at the Barns is taking place Sunday, giving visitors a chance to learn to be green, to save on home energy costs, and to have fun with their children. It happens at Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St., from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free. The EcoFair is put on by Green Neighbours 21, Transition Toronto, and Wychwood Barns Community Association. “I think the impact of climate
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Street named after late entrepreneur Benny Stark Namesake known for his community building
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LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Davenport entrepreneur and community builder, the late Benny Stark, has been immortalized with the unveiling of a neighbourhood street in his name. Family, friends and supporters gathered Oct. 27 for an afternoon ceremony at the northeast corner of Turnberry Avenue and Union Street. Stark, who died Oct. 4, 2013 at the age of 93, was the proprietor of Stark Iron and Metal and Stark Auto Sales. “He fought long and hard for the retention of employment lands not only within the community, but across the city, and for the creation of good-paying jobs,” Davenport Councillor Cesar Palacio said. The councillor, who had known Stark for many years, said he would remember the man for his “courage, determination and entrepreneurial spirit.” “He was a principled and accomplished man. Within the community, he was known for his hard work and integrity,” Palacio said. Born in Czechoslovakia, Stark grew up on his family farm. After the Second World War, he got married. The Holocaust survivor immigrated to Canada in 1953 and worked many jobs to provide for his family, most of which were as a labourer at a scrap yard. In 1959, Stark opened his own scrapyard on Maria Street, near Dundas Street West and Runnymede Road. By the 1970s, the business had expanded enough to outgrow the space and moved to Union Street, in the St. Clair Avenue West and Old Weston Road area. Together with his son, Stephen, who had gone into business with his father, they acquired some neighbouring properties and ended up owning both sides of Union Street. The Starks own and operate Stark Iron and Metal and Stark Auto Sales. The councillor credits the family for “creating an industrial jewel.” Stark’s son, Stephen, calls the street renaming an honour. “The renaming of Union Street to Benny Stark Street is a great honor and I couldn’t imagine a better way of preserving the legacy and memory of our beloved father,” he said. “It’s such a great feeling to know that his grandchildren’s grandchildren will be able to go to a place, look up and see a sign with their grandfather’s name on it. It is beyond words. It
Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is working to transform the way the region moves by building a fast, convenient and integrated transit network across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and Simcoe County. Part of this plan is to bring frequent and reliable service to communities along the Barrie rail corridor. THE PROJECT Current plans include electrified, two-way, all-day service every 15 minutes to Aurora as well as peak, midday, evening and weekend GO train service to Allandale Waterfront GO Station. The service increase will be phased in over 10 years while we build additional infrastructure. To support this service increase, Metrolinx is proposing a new GO Station on the Barrie rail corridor within the City of Toronto. The Caledonia GO Station will be integrated with the future Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit Station at Eglinton Avenue West and Croham Road (west of Caledonia Road), adding regional connectivity to the Crosstown and the Toronto Transit Commission bus network. THE PROCESS Metrolinx is assessing the environmental impacts of building a new station on the Barrie corridor according to the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings. As part of the TPAP, an Environmental Project Report (EPR) will be filed documenting any potential environmental effects and mitigation requirements of the Project. Viewing locations for the agency and public review of the EPR will be published in the Notice of Completion. All information produced as part of this project is available at www.metrolinx.com/en/regionalplanning/rer/rer_work.aspx FIND OUT MORE Courtesy photo
for benny: Councillor Cesar Palacio, left, stands with Benny Stark’s son Stephen, Stephen’s wife Patti, and his mom Barbara, seated, during the recent unveiling of a neighbourhood street in Benny’s name.
means so much to my family and I. He is well deserving of this.” Palacio brought a motion to council in 2014 requesting the street’s name change after a discussion with community members, who are continuing to revitalize this piece of Davenport. Approval was awarded in June.
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jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY I don’t have a clue. The ubiquitous lactose and gluten leave me scratching my head, as well. All I know is the first time I saw “lactose-free” and “glutenfree” advertised I did the Ickey Shuffle followed by a moonwalk down the aisle. Getting ingredients thrown in at no cost? You’ve got to love that. Bread descriptions are equally puzzling. We hear about bleached flour versus unbleached flour, wheat versus whole wheat. Then there’s white, light rye, dark rye and pumpernickel on top of that. Seeds and no seeds. Add on the endless talk about grains. Heck, trying to figure out whether to get seven-grain or 12-grain alone is enough to give me a 24-7 migraine. We’re also supposed to be on the lookout for fiber and protein and to count
calories and grams at all times. But what really drives me batty is the fat family: monounsaturated fats, polyunsaturated fats, trans fats and saturated fats. Enough already. I wouldn’t recognize any of those fats if they were sitting next to me. Mind you, I would recognize Minnesota Fats. A guy dressed up just like the famous pool shark was beside me at the pumpkin pie eating contest at a Halloween party Saturday night. I clobbered him in the final. The poor lad was devastated. To show you the kind of guy I am, I bought him a drink: Lactose-filled. Pulpflowing. Ultra high carb. With a cherry on top. And not a measly, diet cherry, either. We’re talking the real deal, baby. A mouth-watering, calorie-laden beauty. 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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Service of Remembrance WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416767-0231, www.facebook.com/ mountdennislegion, legionbr31@yahoo.com COST: Free Service to honour the memory of those brave men and women who served their country and paid the ultimate sacrifice to achieve the freedom that we continue to enjoy in Canada today. All are welcome.
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Westlake Brothers Memorial Service WHEN: 3 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Westlake Park, Jasper Avenue and Cliff Street CONTACT: legionbr31@yahoo.com COST: Free We gather to honour the memory of the three Westlake Brothers, former Mount Dennis
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Annual Christmas Bazaar WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Karen, ladiesauxiliarybr.31@outlook. com Baked goods, snack bar and 30 vendors with new and old treasures. Parking on site. Rummage Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Fairbank United Church, 2746 Dufferin St. CONTACT: York Mt. Dennis Lions Club COST: Free Jewelry, boutique table, home decor, electronics and more available.
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Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from November 3 to November 30, 2015. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing and payments include delivery and destination fees up to $1,715, $5 OMVIC fee, $29 tire fee, and $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes other taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. 0% financing for up to 84 months or up to $7,000 discount available on other select 2015 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Maximum $7,000 discount ($6,000 cash discounts and $1,000 ECO-credit) is offered on 2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) only. $1,000 ECO credit is offered on all 2016 Optima Hybrid models. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2016 Rio LX MT (RO541G) with a selling price of $15,864 is based on monthly payments of $177 for 84 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $1,000 discount (loan credit). Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F)/2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) is $20,964/$24,764 and includes a cash discount of $5,500/$7,000 including $6,000 cash discounts and $1,000 ECO credit. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on the 2016 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO541G)/2016 Soul LX MT (SO551G) with a selling price of $17,564/$18,944 is based on monthly payments of $148/$218 for 60/36 months at 0%/2.9%, with $0 security deposit, $1,300/$0 discounts (lease credit), $750/$1,000 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation $8,853/$7,865 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $6,661/$11,346. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). §Open to Canadian residents who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence who take a test drive at a Canadian Kia dealership between November 3, 2015 and January 4, 2016. 10 weekly prizes of a $3,000 itravel2000 voucher available. Plus one $100 travel voucher per eligible test drive. Limit of one entry/test drive voucher per person. Skill testing question required. Some conditions apply. Go to kia.ca for complete details. ΩLease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2016 Forte SX (FO748G)/2016 Soul SX Luxury (SO758G)/2015 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748F) is $26,695/$27,495/$34,895. The 2015 Optima was awarded the 2015 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2015. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. The Kia Soul received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact multi-purpose vehicles in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.