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DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Supporters from business, the arts and government for a Toronto bid to host Expo in 2025 brought a new privately funded report to hard sell the idea at City Hall this month. “ We’ve c o m e t o g e t h e r because we want to share our passionate belief (in Expo 2025),” said Claire Hopkinson, CEO of the Toronto Arts Council and co-chair of the Expo 2025 volunteer bid committee. “We all know instinctively that it would be a tremendous oppor-
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FERTILITY PROBLEMS and reproduction issues aren’t limited to the human population. Read our feature to discover how Toronto Zoo staff like Heather Kalka (above with Juno the polar bear cub) are helping animals conceive and how their baby-making efforts are furthering species’ conservation. See it on page 3.
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A controversial men’s shelter slated for Runnymede Road and St. Clair Avenue West has been reduced from 100 to 50 beds and will now include on-site counselling for those battling homelessness. The input of a resident-driven community liaison committee has resulted in changes to the men’s shelter report that was unanimously adopted by city council at its Oct. 5 meeting. The newly approved report recommends that a 24-hour,
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