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Teacher Pauline Roy, left, and Bob Roy look at photographs during the 100th anniversary celebration at Humewood Community School Saturday afternoon. For more photos please see page 18.

School construction: no delay expected Board to meet with Archdiocese over discovery of graves on adjacent property

CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com Plans to construct the new St. John The Evangelist Catholic School aren’t expected to be

delayed despite the recent findings of four graves on the adjacent parish property. “The site plan approval is proceeding as planned,” said Angelo Sangiorgio, associ-

ate director of planning and facilities at the Toronto Catholic District School Board, noting the burials weren’t found where the new school building itself >>>SPECIFIC, page 15

The Alameda Theatre Company will be making its final curtain call this week, culminating in the De Colores Festival, which has showcased the works of Latin American playwrights for the past eight years. During that time, Alameda Theatre Company has developed more than 25 works from Latin American writers across Canada, which founder and artistic director Marilo Nunez said she was proud to be part of. “There was no other place like this in Canada,” said Nunez, who decided to close down Alameda Theatre, citing difficulty in sustaining a small theatre company financially and with just one person at the helm. “And I want to start focusing on my own work.” Nunez noted, however, the end of her theatre company doesn’t mean she’ll stop advocating for continued support for up and coming Canadian Latin American playwrights. >>>DE COLORES, page 15

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n the heart of Mount Dennis where there is a dearth of independent coffee shops, Cassandra Nicolaou decided to open up supercoffee at the corner of Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue. “It just seemed like a perfect opportunity,” said Nicolaou, who isn’t a stranger to the former city of York. Her father, who owned the building since the early 1980s, had previously run it as a sub shop where Nicolaou spent time helping out. He would later close the business and lease it to other tenants and business owners over the years. When the space became vacant again, Nicolaou thought of running her first coffee shop there. “Let’s do something I’m passionate about,” she recalled saying. “Let’s do something in a neighbourhood that really deserves it.” It became a family affair with her father and a carpenter friend of his renovating the whole store. Her sister helped with the design and her brother works alongside Nicolaou at supercoffee. “It was a labour of love. It was a very long project,” she said. Now opened since May, the independent coffee shop Nicolaou dreamed of has been getting more and more attention from residents and politicians. During the recent provincial election campaign, candidates would stop by to show their support for small business. Residents also started to walk in for quality coffee and pastries. For both, supercoffee was a welcome sight to the community in need of revitalization after going through years of economic decline ever since the former Kodak lands closed for good. Walking into supercoffee, the store resembles those hip urban

Top left, Cassandra Nicolaou, owner of supercoffee, pictured at left at the corner of Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue West. Staff photos/Dan Pearce

Above, Bun And Bean Cafe co-owner Geraldine Reyes, left, and employee Beatriz Brandao stand behind the counter at the Weston Road and Black Creek Drive location. Photo/Clark kim

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space that’s very welcoming to everyone,” Nicolaou said. “These are people who appreciate independent coffee. We just hope people keep coming and check us out.” While serving good coffee is the primary goal, Nicolaou is also using supercoffee to bring people together in appreciation of good art and good music. Just recently, supercoffee was opened late for an acoustic music night featuring performances from local musicians, something Nicolaou is hoping to do on a monthly basis. Billie Jane McAulay has a

selection of her photographs of landscapes and people on display for the next two months for supercoffee customers to view and purchase them. “Supercoffee cafe has added a much needed spark to the community,” said McAulay, whose exhibition at supercoffee will be her first. “It feels like it’s slowly beginning to emerge.” Down the road from supercoffee is another family-run coffee shop, Bun And Bean Cafe, which opened in June 2013 on the corner of Weston Road and Black Creek Drive. Geraldine Reyes and her! hus!

band Eric Reyes also noticed the lack of mom-and-pop coffee shops in the area, which they’ve called home for nine years. “It was our dream to have a coffee shop in our neighbourhood,” said Geraldine, who runs the store with help from her mother, Agnes Guia, and employee, Beatriz Brandao. “And my commute is awesome. I can just walk here.” Despite the challenges they’ve faced since starting their dream business, like the July 2013 flood and last year’s winter ice storm, Geraldine said they’re starting to see more customers come through the door. “It’s been a year. Now we’re beginning to see a flow,” said Geraldine, noting that seniors from Beech Hall Housing Co-operative and students from Archbishop Romero Catholic School stop by on a regular basis. “They’ve embraced us. All of our customers we know on a first-name basis.” It’s the diversity of the neighbourhood that drew her family into this community, Geraldine added. As a result, the diversity is reflected in the menu at Bun And Bean Cafe, serving empanadas, Jamaican patties, and a good old Canadian breakfast with hashbrowns and bacon. With transit projects like the Eglinton Crosstown and UP Express underway, Mount Dennis may see even more neighbourhood renewal projects taking place, led in part by supercoffee and Bun And Bean Cafe. Both Geraldine and Nicolaou see the changes taking place in a positive light. “Hopefully we’re just the beginning,” Nicolaou said.

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Civic leadership is a critical issue Toronto remains a city with strengths and advantages that others around the world can only emulate. However, the lack of true political vision has disrupted serious progress on key issues such as economic and transit development. Political culture has been fractious and detrimental to building trust in leadership for the city moving forward. All of this means civic leadership has become a key issue in Monday’s municipal election. We had a record number of advance poll votes cast this year. The 161,147 votes cast is far more than ever before at advace polls. We hope that means residents take this election seriously and have taken the time to seriously question candidate platforms. Here are key issues a voter needs to consider: Leadership: Thankfully, there has been no major pre-election alignment between mayoral and council candidates. We need council members who openly fight for the needs and desires of their individual ward – and are not expected to blindly fall into line with mayoral direction. This city needs a leader who can work with council members from the most liberal to the most conservative. We need a mayor who can lead a council that works together – and leaves the cheap shots and uncalled-for language and accusations behind. We need a mayor who speaks in facts – and can competently back up their view. That mayor must expect the same from council members. A mayor must work aggressively and respectfully with provincial and federal governments. A mayor must build a profile on an international level and be respected as an ambassador on behalf of every resident. Transit: It would be hard to find two Torontonians who believe there is a focused plan for our transit future. Confusion, hostility and easily debunked transit plans have ruled four years of discussion. Yet, congestion increases. Transit builds take decades to complete. Meanwhile, the quality of life in Toronto erodes with no clear direction. Economic development: As do most major cities, Toronto suffers from unacceptable unemployment rates and is lacking in opportunity for the socially disadvantaged. We face stiff competition all the time from other lesser communities who woo industrial and retailer developers. If asked what issues were priorities of this past council, would economic development even rise to the surface? Toronto needs a new, unified vision for the future and fast. We believe John Tory is the only candidate who can deliver the unity, the vision and the results the city needs. That said, it’s you who does the voting. Please take the time to study the platform of your mayoral and council candidates. Consider the past four years simply lessons learned, and choose wisely on Monday. For more information on the Toronto election, including a look at our endorsements for some key wards in the city, visit our election website at www.insidetoronto. com/2014torontovotes

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See you at the polling station on election day

’m ready for the election. I mean, really, really, really ready. It seems like the campaign has gone on forever. But I have to admit, I do have one major concern before I cast my ballot next Monday. It’s the same anxiety I have every time I go to vote, too. It’s not the wondering if I qualify part. I know I do. I’m still a Canadian citizen, through and through. Nor do I worry about the age requirement. I’m at least 18 years old. I never get tired of telling people that I’m over 18. I’m a resident of the City of Toronto as well. Yet another biggie in the qualification department. Though I barely recognize the city anymore through all the traffic. But that’s a column for another day. That’s actually a lot of columns for a lot of other days. But back to the matter at hand, the column for this day, my worrying as the big day approaches. It’s not the wondering

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY if I’m eligible part that makes me nervous either. I’ve got the official Voter Information Card that automatically ensures I am an eligible elector. Hey, wait a minute: eligible elector. Does that sounds like a new mega hit reality show, or what? I can just see hear the TV announcer now: “Coming up next, right after the hockey game, Canada’s Sexiest Eligible Elector. Who will be voted out of the booth this week? Sorry. I got sidetracked dreaming of winning an Emmy. Where was I again? Oh yeah, the election. It’s not the actual voting part I’m worried about, either. I’ve got that down pat after all these years. Although I do have to admit, the process still seems rather old-fashioned with all the

technological wizardry at our disposal. I’m also not worried abut trying to figure out where my polling station is located. I don’t have to take out a GPS or go to Google maps for help. It’s just around the corner. A veritable hop, skip, jump and sprained ankle away. Which reminds me, I’d better stick to walking there this year. And no, it’s not the picking of the candidates either that makes me uneasy as I go to vote. I make up my mind who I’m voting for long before I go in. You have no choice but to do that. With the seemingly endless list of candidates’ names on the ballots you have to know in advance or you’d never get through them all. Nope, it’s the proving who I am part that concerns me. When I get to the desk in the polling station, somebody whom I’ve never met and who has never met me asks for some identification to prove I actually am me. The only photo I can

provide is on my driver’s license, which is curious, because it’s a picture that even I don’t recognize. Not that it matters, because it doesn’t say you need a picture with your ID. All you need in addition to your Voter Information Card is identification showing your name and qualifying Toronto address such as a cancelled personalized cheque, income tax assessment notice or an insurance policy, for example. But even though I’m apprehensive, I’ll be there Monday. Flashing said driver’s license, complete with photo, which, incidentally, looks back at me just as quizzically as I look at it. Good thing the unfamiliar guy in the picture is not running the polling station. If he were in charge, I’d never get in. 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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To the editor: Re: ‘Marking Hurricane Hazel’s 60th’, Oct. 16, The Guardian. After all these many years it is indeed a great chance to remember all that went on during Hurricane Hazel 60 years ago. I was the only child of Bell Telephone parents and living at Lawrence and Little avenues and was quite close to the Humber River. I saw our tennis club go floating down the river. I was only 19 at the time but graduated from Weston Collegiate and so I volunteered at the Weston Police Station, answering their phone. In addition to seeing the club house float away, I saw two firemen in a row boat going round and round in a flood of water at our intersection. Although there are many sad memories, it is also nice to remember the many nice folks and policemen we had back in the day. Jean Macdonell

To the editor: Re. ‘Residents with SmartTrack concerns hope to meet with John Tory,’ News, Oct. 9. Thank you for reporting on our concerns about the John Tory SmartTrack proposal, but please clarify some inaccuracies in that story. The Mount Dennis Community Association is non-partisan, and did not invite Olivia Chow to tour our neighbourhood, merely accepted an invitation to join her local walk-about. The Crosstown LRT will end at Mount Dennis Station, not at Black Creek as reported. MDCA is a community association with membership open to local businesses and institutions serving this area, not just residents. And our concerns were limited to Mount Dennis; we do not purport to speak for Weston, which is represented by its own strong community groups. Simon Chamberlain Secretary, MDCA

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Damage to home made it unlivable To the editor: Re: ‘Marking Hurricane Hazel’s 60th’, Oct. 16, The Guardian. When Hurricane Hazel hit us, I had just turned 14 a few days prior. We lived on Gilhaven Avenue, which was the last street off the bottom of Raymore Drive. We lived three houses in from the footbridge that washed out and sent water flooding around the bend and took out that row of houses at the bottom of Raymore. (You can see our house in that picture they always show of the bottom of Raymore Drive and the missing houses.) During the night we were woken by loud knocking on our door telling us to get to higher ground as the Humber was flooding its banks. Many of our neighbours and ourselves went up to the Westmount Army and Navy Club, which I believe was on Kingdom Street. They took us in for the night. The next morning when we came back to our home it was hard to believe the devastation.

The low-lying river had risen so high and spread out so much it looked like a lake. The bridge was gone and we then realized that so were the houses so close to us. Our basements were flooded and we weren’t allowed to stay. We were put up in motels along the lake shore. Eventually my brother and myself went to stay with our grandparents in Uxbridge while my mom dad and younger brother went to live with relatives. After a few weeks my mom and dad had enough of us being split up and decided we were all going back home. We were the first family to return and the Toronto Star came out and took our picture on our front porch and wrote an article about what we went through. Our basement was still flooded and we had trouble with rats from a dump that was on the other side of the river. It was hard getting up into Weston without the bridge as we didn’t have a car.

Compared to what happened around the corner from us, it was a small price to pay. I had known a younger girl in one of those houses whom I sometimes played with and traded comic books with. Sometime during the next year we were told we could no longer live in our houses anymore and all the families on Gilhaven were given a sum of money to relocate. Sandra Wilkie (nee Foote)

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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. Find out about Legion membership. All 19 and older are welcome.

w Saturday, Oct. 25

Horizons For Youth Barbecue, Garage and Bake Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Horizons For Youth, 422 Gilbert Ave. CONTACT: Bob Hall, 416-781-9898, ext. 27, bob@horizonsforyouth.org The youth shelter is hosting a United Way fundraiser. Fall Bazaar WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Church of the Advent, 40 Pritchard Ave. CONTACT: advent.toronto@ gmail.com, 416-763-2713 COST: Free Bake table, costume jewelry, china and glass collectibles, books, toys, gifts, household and Christmas items, lunchroom and more. History of York WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Evelyn Gregory Library, 120 Trowell Ave. CONTACT: James Murchison, 416394-1057, jmurchison@torontopubli-

w Saturday, Nov. 8

Giant Book Sale WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Evelyn Gregory Library, 120 Trowell Ave. CONTACT: 416-394-1006, egstaff@torontopubliclibrary.ca 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. clibrary.ca COST: Free Silverthorn, Mount Dennis, Fairbank, Weston and more: discover the stories of the communities that make up the former city of York.

toastmastersclubs.org COST: Free Group meets the second and fourth Monday of each month to support each other in improving communication and leadership skills.

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w Tuesday, Oct. 28

Van Trip to Sorauren Farmers’ Market WHEN: 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-245-4395 COST: Transportation is $7 for members, $10 for non-members The market offers fresh, local, organic or sustainably grown foods. Book by Thursday, Oct. 23. Midtown Toastmasters WHEN: 6:45 p.m. WHERE: St. Matthew’s United Church, Oakwood Room, 729 St. Clair Ave. W. CONTACT: Angie Oliveira, http://1610. toastmastersclubs.org, vppr-1610@

Computer Classes WHEN: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-245-4395 COST: $33.50 for five weeks Computer 1: Basics and Internet course to help those who want to learn how to use a computer; Oct. 28 to Nov. 25, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Computer 2: Email and Word course to help those who want to expand their computer skills; Oct. 28 to Nov. 25, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

w Wednesday, Oct. 29

LEF Toastmasters Meeting WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m. WHERE:

Learning Enrichment Foundation, 116 Industry St. CONTACT: Peter Marinelli, pmarine5105@gmail. com COST: $100 annual fee Improve your public speaking and leadership skills, and build confidence and self-esteem in your performance. Public speaking club meets weekly.

w Thursday, Oct. 30

Building Connections: Understanding Canada Together WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: North York Women’s Centre, 2446 Dufferin St. CONTACT: Fabiola, 416-781-0479, fabiola@ nywc.org COST: Free Helping immigrants in Canada understand and navigate the Canadian systems. Thursdays to Dec. 4.

w Friday, Oct. 31

Halloween Dance WHEN: 6 to 1 a.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-767-0231, www. facebook.com/mountdennislegion, legionbr31@yahoo.com COST: Free Following the weekly barbecue; party with DJ Steve Wilson. Dance begins at 8:30 p.m. Arrive in costume to compete for cash prizes. All 19 and older are welcome. Cash bar.

w Monday, Nov. 3

Care Essentials WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: St. Clair West Services for Seniors, 2562 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: Indra Moffett, imoffett@alzheimertoronto. org COST: Free A four-session workshop for caregivers of people in the middle stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Learn how to communicate effectively, respond to behaviour changes and provide support. Registration for all four sessions is required: www.alzheimertoronto. org/edu_FamilyFriends.htm

w Wednesday, Nov. 5

In Conversation with a Holocaust Survivor WHEN: 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Evelyn Gregory Library, 120 Trowell Ave. CONTACT: 416-394-1006, egstaff@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Guest speaker is Hungarian Holocaust survivor Leslie Meisels.

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Chow the choice for this columnist It is something of a cliché to say a municipal election marks a cross-roads for a city. But after four years of the Ford family’s wild reign at Toronto City Hall, any kind of road seems a relief. Based on the polls, a small majority of voters believes themselves to have found that road in the form of John Tory. Fiscally conservative, gracious of manner and civically engaged, the former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader, business executive and talk show host has presented himself as an agreeable antidote to the melodrama at City Hall. Tory would follow the rules. He would maintain cordial relationships on council and with other levels of government. His history of volunteer work on matters of social inclusion make it clear he could be expected to govern from a fiscally conservative centre. Elements of his platform, however, make him maddeningly difficult to

david nickle the city endorse. Key among these is the $8-billion (or so) SmartTrack surface rail plan that has been criticized for its vague and risky tax increment financing plan. With that said, SmartTrack is an improvement on the plan put forward first by Mayor Rob Ford and then his brother Doug, to pursue an unsupportable plan to build 32 kilometres of subway and kill the remaining planned light rail lines. Which brings us to Olivia Chow. For those voting strategically, third-place Chow seems a terrible bet. Yet she offers the most fiscally conservative and civically constructive platform in the race. Chow is promising tax increases marginally higher than Tory’s, and a land transfer tax premium for $2-million-plus real estate transactions. But she would

push to return the costly Scarborough subway to its provincially funded light rail predecessor, and put the billion dollars in tax revenue slated for the subway toward a necessary but unfunded downtown relief line. Some aspects of Chow’s platform might not come off as planned – notably, her plans to increase bus service and build affordable housing. But these failures would leave Toronto in a status quo, not in ruinous debt. Chow may have proven to be an inexpert campaigner and an often tenuous debater. But on Oct. 27, the debating and campaigning is over for nearly four years. And Chow’s work as a city councillor and Member of Parliament has demonstrated an ability to lead allies and parlay with opponents that Toronto’s next mayor will need in spades. By those measures, Chow is the best choice on Oct. 27.

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community for 26 years and a lot of good things have been happening during that time. “I think Weston and Mount Dennis is a very vibrant community,” said Nunziata, who also accused candidates like Chalhoub for being negative about York South-Weston. “I hate candidates who are negative about our community.” Nunziata and Chalhoub debated on a range of issues including public transit and local crime. While both agreed on their preference for subways over surface rail, Chalhoub argued the city needs to run more efficiently – and promote tourism – to pay for the high costs of building subways. Nunziata noted that all three levels of government need to come to the table and contribute financially. She added development charges built along the subway line can help pay for the construction costs as well.

As the incumbent, Nunziata ran on her track record and cited a number of developments taking place such as the Weston-Eglinton Mobility Hub, which she said is creating more opportunities for businesses to open up shop in the area. But Chalhoub disagreed that many improvements have taken place over the years. “Maybe Frances is not seeing what I’m seeing. Where is this vibrant community? I just see boarded up shops,” he said. “This area’s been forgotten. This area’s been completely ignored for a number of years.” Nunziata responded that while she’s been active in the community, attending meetings and keeping the community informed, she hasn’t seen Chalhoub participate in any local activities. “I don’t even know who he is. I haven’t seen him at all,” Nunziata said. “It’s obvious my opponent doesn’t care because he doesn’t have time

for meetings.” Chalhoub replied that Nunziata should go to fewer meetings and do something instead. He added that his decision to run for Ward 11 is not a political one, but a personal one. “I’m a deeply concerned citizen just like you are,” Chalhoub said. “I’m here to stand up for all of Ward 11.” Nunziata said she’s represented all of Ward 11 and worked with the community to bring a lot of investment into York South-Weston including the cultural hub to be built on John Street and the former Kodak Lands redevelopment project. “I lived in Ward 11 since 1963 and I represented all of Ward 11,” she said. “I want to continue to do that for the next four years.” Also on the ballot for Ward 11 is Jose Garcia.

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Ward 11 York SouthWeston Location: David Appleton Community Centre # ballots cast: 1,925 Ward 12 York SouthWeston Location: Amesbury Community Centre # ballots cast: 2,410

Ward 15 EglintonLawrence Location: Glen Long Community Centre # ballots cast: 2,733 Ward 17 Davenport Location: Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre # ballots cast: 2,976 Ward 21 St. Paul’s Location: Artscape Wychwood Barns # ballots cast: 4,884

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having lived in Mount Dennis for less than a year. He said completing the Crosstown LRT would be his preference for improving transit. “I’m not sure if people would ever completely stop driving, but it would be a start I guess,” said Bamhour who relies on his car to get around. The three main mayoral contenders John Tory, Doug Ford and Olivia Chow, have all introduced transit proposals but only Tory and Chow’s have any direct impact on Mount Dennis. Ford is continuing to push brother Rob’s subway plan, which sees the most change in the city’s east end. Chow has promised to pump millions into the TTC to improve local bus service, like the 32 Eglinton route, while also leaving the Crosstown construction unaltered. Tory’s SmartTrack, which would see the construction of a 22-stop “surface subway” route, has perhaps the most local impact on Mount Dennis. That plan has created concerns for the Mount Dennis Community Association, which fears building a rail spur track leading from Mount Dennis to Mississauga will disrupt shops and residences along Weston Road.

Long waits, infrequent buses and not enough options: that’s how members of the Mount Dennis community describe the quality of transit options in their neighbourhood. Transit improvements are coming to Mount Dennis, most prominently the Eglinton Crosstown LRT which is under construction along Eglinton Avenue West. But while signs posted by Metrolinx at the intersection of Weston Road and Eglinton promise the new transit coming, Mount Dennis, like other Toronto working class neighbourhoods, remains one more easily traversed by car. “It would take me two hours at least to get here and I’d have to take a bus to the subway, and then another bus,” said Nerissa Knight, proprietor of Ner’s Beauty Salon. Knight, a Scarborough resident, said it took her 30 minutes to drive from her home near Morningside Avenue at Morningview Trail to the salon located at 1280 Weston Rd., but only because she traveled during non-peak times. At Scott Funeral Home, Christopher Bamhour said he was new to the area

Mount Dennis would see increased transit options with the completion of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.

In early October the group released a media statement calling on Tory to clarify how SmartTrack could be built without “traffic chaos for residents.” The group, which says it’s nonpartisan, wants to see the Crosstown construction completed as planned, which would include an underground station acting as the LRT line’s western terminus when it opens in 2020. But for Peter Frampton, plans like SmartTrack are just the start for improving transit in Mount Dennis. “We need all three, subways, buses and light rail,” said Frampton, director of the Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF) this week. “I don’t

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Cycling team recruiting riders to fight cancer LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The Bloor West Village Idiots cycling team has a motto: ‘Nobody fights cancer on their own.’ “The fact of the matter is, no one gets through cancer on their own, you need a support network,” said long-time team member and avid cyclist Doug Evans. The Weston resident is all too familiar with this adage. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, in 2008. The following year, he decided to participate in The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer benefitting the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. “I’d been a cyclist,” Evans told The Guardian. “I thought, this sounds like a good fit for me. I’d done a number of events before.” So he approached RPM Total Fitness in the Junction, which boasts a spinning studio, for help setting up a training

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Doug Evans and his eldest daughter, Lisa, cross the finish line at this year’s Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer on a tandem bike. Evans, a Weston resident who has multiple myeloma, underwent a stem cell transplant and wasn’t able to complete the ride on his own. Lisa surprised him by renting the bike so they could cross the finish line together.

program. Through RPM, he met Tom Ostler, a captain of The Bloor West Village Idiots, and joined the team. “The 12-week training program is pretty unique,” said Evans. “We focus on people who want to do this ride, We help them through every aspect of the event.,We’ve had some real success stories.”

This month marks the Ride’s Team Up Challenge, a campaign designed to grow a team’s membership and promote the spirit of teaming up to conquer cancer. The campaign continues until the end of October. “Everyone signs up for it because they have a unique reason. Cancer is not the only

terrible disease, but it’s the one that landed on my doorstep,” said Evans. “Cancer has touched a lot of people’s lives.” Evans said he has experienced the advances in research funded by events like The Ride to Conquer Cancer. In the mid-1990s, those diagnosed with multiple myeloma would have been given roughly 16 to 20 months to live. “I was diagnosed in 2008. I was told it was not curable, but it’s treatable,” said Evans, who had a stem cell transplant in 2009 and another one in August. “The process is the same, biology is what it is, but the treatment options, the drugs are substantially different. There are less side effects and they’re more effective. I’m the beneficiary of someone else’s contribution to the research.” You’re either part of the solution or you’re not, he added. Ostler calls Evens the “big-

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The fact of the matter is, no one gets through cancer on their own – you need a support network. – Doug Evans, Weston resident and member of the Bloor West Village Idots charity cycling team

gest ambassador that the Ride to Conquer Cancer could ever hope to have.” “He has recruited numerous riders over the past seven years, sets up winter training programs, maps out on-theroad training schedules to prepare riders to accomplish the distance with ease, and he always has ideas to help riders with their fundraising,” said Ostler. Ostler says he is motivated to return year after year to participate because of the feeling that he and his team are making a significant different as a mass of bike riders. “And, it is a fun way to sup-

port a great cause. The team aspect is most important – getting together for group training rides, group fundraising events, and social events, and meeting all sorts of people out on the road during the event,” he said. This is not an elite cycling group, the two men stress. “We’re a bunch of idiots who like to get together and cycle and drink beer and have coffee,” Evans said with a chuckle. “We’re focused on the cause.” The Bloor West Village Idiots are participating in the Team Up Challenge to try to grow their team by the end of the month. Its first fundraising event will be supported by RPM during the Santa in the Junction event hosted by the Junction Business Improvement Area on Sunday, Dec. 7. If you are interested in joining the team or would like further details, visit the Bloor West Village Idiots Fan Page on facebook and http://bit.ly/1sQzEjs

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cemetery at St. John’s, local historian Martin Proctor said its presence would have most likely been known amongst past and present parishoners and students who attended the school. But hard details about the history of the Weston cemetery proved to be elusive. “As for when the first burial would have taken place or when the last burial would have taken place, or for that matter, how many individuals would have been buried at St. John’s we have no clear idea,” Proctor said. “If records had been kept concerning the burials, they have been either

lost or destroyed.” He explained it’s important to remember that from 1853 to 1913, St. John the Evangelist was a mission church and not a parish. “If St. John’s had been a parish from the onset we might have had a better chance of having a record of who was buried at the church, or how many people were buried there,” Proctor said. “St. John’s was initially administered to by a succession of visiting priests attached to other churches.”

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De Colores runs Thursday, Friday >>>from page 1 “Many of our writers were first time playwrights,” she said. The seventh and final De Colores Festival running today and tomorrow at the Wychwood Theatre, 601 Christie St., will end things on a high note.

“We got three amazing plays this year,” said Nunez, featuring new works from such writers as Martha Batiz, Isaac Luy and Amanda Parris. A closing night party is also scheduled after the final reading on Friday. The $5 cover includes dancing, DJ and a cash bar.

“It’ll be more of a celebratory party,” Nunez said. General tickets cost $15 and $13 for students and seniors. A festival pass is also on sale for $25. For more information or to buy tickets, call the box office at 416-504-7529, visit www. artboxoffice.ca or www.alamedatheatre.com

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Ralph ‘The Program Guy’ Platner remembered as community icon LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com It wasn’t exactly enough to fill a stadium, but about 200 mourners crowded around a North York gravesite the afternoon of Oct. 15 o say goodbye to Ralph “The Program Guy” Platner. A fixture for decades at Toronto sports games and concerts, where he sold programs and other items, Platner died Oct. 9 at the age of 67 at Mount Sinai Hospital after suffering a stroke in July. Although Platner, who grew up in the area of Rogers Road and Oakwood Avenue, had no next of kin and was estranged from his extended family, the numbers of people who attended his funeral at Mount Sinai Memorial Park on Wilson Road east of Keele Street showed how much he was loved, his friend of more than 40

years, Alan Ross, said. “This is unbelievable. This is a hero’s send-off. The man touched many, many lives and he was a gentle, caring person. No one knew how complex he was, not just sports but apparently he loved music and he loved the movies,” he said. “Just a very kind soul.” A devout Jew, Platner was renowned in the community for “crashing” bar mitzvahs and for his passion for Israeli politics. Rabbi Chaim Strauchler, of Congregation Shaarei Shomayim on Glencairn Avenue, west of Bathurst Street, who delivered the eulogy, said Platner would have been surprised by the outpouring at his funeral. “For all of us who knew Ralph, I think that we would all agree that, as a person, he would say, ‘This isn’t necessary, to have this many people come out for

me. It isn’t right,’” he said. Those who knew Platner – known to some as Ralph and to others as Ray or Rafe or Raphael – described him as quirky with an incredible memory for names, political facts and trivia. “Ralph was a person who remembered everything. Days of bar mitzvahs, ball games and facts that no one else knew,” Strauchler said. Eglinton-Lawrence MPP Mike Colle, who knew Platner for years, will remember him as a beloved member of the community who had a mind like a steel trap and who had an incredible work ethic. “He was a real iconic guy. He was a walking encyclopedia. He had a real pulse on the community,” he said. “He was unique, a oneof-a-kind real Toronto guy. I just hope the Blue Jays or somebody does something (to honour his memory).”

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Tips For Avoiding the Flu This Season Advice to stay healthy from Toronto Central CCAC Once again flu season is around the corner and many of us are bracing for this time of year when so many become ill. While all of us are subject to the symptoms of a nasty bout with the flu, there are specific people who are particularly vulnerable. Young children and the elderly who contract the flu can suffer serious health effects as a result.

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symptoms alone. If required, special tests must be administered within the first few days of symptoms appearing to determine whether the sufferer has the flu or the common cold.

FLU FACTS • Flu is very contagious and can spread quickly • The flu can be passed on to others who may be at risk of serious complications before you even know you are sick • Flu viruses change each year. Experts create a new vaccine to protect you each flu season. • You can’t get the Flu from the flu vaccine. • The Flu vaccine is safe. • By getting the flu vaccine, you protect yourself and others The Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) provides a number of tips for their clients and the public about how to avoid the flu this year. Following are some simple ways that will decrease your chances of contracting the virus. 1. Get the Flu shot – If you haven’t been hit by the flu bug yet, get the flu shot. Many doctor’s offices, hospitals and medical clinics will provide the shot during this time of year. Inquire about getting it done early in the season for greater protection.

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How well are consumers protected in Ontario’s retail energy market?

Above, former students and community members watch a presentation at Humewood Community School Saturday during the school’s 100th anniversary celebration. At left, Helene Eisenberg, left, and Rosalie Daniels sign the guestbook. Top far left, former students look through old daily register books at Humewood.

That’s the question the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is looking at with its review of the Energy Consumer Protection Act. The Act deals with energy retailing to low-volume consumers in the province. Just over 300 thousand residential and small business consumers in Ontario currently have contracts with electricity retailers; 362,000 have contracts with natural gas marketers. Please visit www.ECPAreview.ca and fill out the on-line survey to share your views on consumer protection with the OEB.

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Transportation Services has once again scheduled mechanical leaf collection service in the areas outlined on the attached map. Mechanical Leaf Collection will take place from: Monday, November 10th to Friday, December 5, 2014 A total of 43,300 notices, with the program collection dates, will be delivered to all households in the program area. Only those residents who are scheduled to receive mechanical leaf pick-up will receive notification, two weeks prior to the scheduled pick-up dates of the first week of collection. (Those that do not receive a notice are not eligible for the program). A day or two before the first Monday of your collection week(s), please rake all leaves to the edge of the roadway, but not onto the travelled portion of the roadway. Do not place leaves in ditches or in any way as to obstruct water flow. Once crews have picked up the leaves, they will not return to the area and the residents must bag any remaining leaves. Only the leaves that have been placed by the edge of the roadway by 7:00 a.m. the first day of your scheduled collection week will be removed.

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that praised the programs the same community organizations offer. Campey wouldn’t comment on the apparent contradiction in the message: Ford, as mayor, had voted several times, and often without stating w h y, a g a i n s t council approval of the Community Partnership and Investment Program grants and other city grants the non-profit agencies say they use to leverage contributions and support from other governments. The city also allows many social agencies to pay belowmarket rent for spaces it owns, and can issue property tax rebates or waive the cost of waste collection. But Beth Wilson, a senior researcher for the Social

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Planning Council, said needs are increasing across the city and are not being met because the agencies can only stretch their resources so far. In 2012, a plan to cut CPIP grants by 9.8 per cent was stopped by an eleventh-hour council motion, which passed by one vote, she said, adding in 2013, an inflationary adjustment after two years without one also passed by one vote at council. Per-person investment in community-based social programs is $17.70 a year in Toronto, which a SPC report said lags behind other cities; in Calgary, for instance, the amount is $66.72 a year. Staff of the Warden Woods Community Centre in southwest Scarborough works with older adults in danger of being evicted from their apartments. Colleen Phillips, a crisis intervention worker, said some

of the seniors are afflicted by bed bugs and other “deplorable” living conditions the community centre often doesn’t have the resources to change. “We are so underfunded in this area,” she said. “They need help, and help is so thin in helping these people. Our hands are tied.” Marilia Lana said her twiceweekly English conversation group at the Community Action Resource Centre on Keele Street is so successful that, after two years, intermediate-level English speakers are separated, but 33 beginners and pre-beginners must remain together. “It’s too many people in one room,” she said. An after-school program run by the same agency in an apartment building party room has had to be capped at 35 children. Susan Wright, working with

the Toronto Arts Council since 2000, said until recently that sector was usually lucky just to avoid cuts. Everyone got behind a campaign in 2003 to use a billboard tax to fund an increase in the city’s per capita funding to $25 a year, when it was at the $14 level. Today, backed by council and all the major mayoral candidates, it’s headed for $25 per person in 2017, said Wright, who credited Gary Crawford, a right-leaning Scarborough councillor who is also a visual artist, for helping to swing some council votes. Municipal candidates including Olivia Chow, Erwin Sniedzins and Himy Syed, all of whom are running for mayor, attended the presentation. For more information about the 2014 municipal election, visit www.insidetoronto. com/2014torontovotes

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CLARK KIM ckim@insidetoronto.com Plans to construct the new St. John The Evangelist Catholic School aren’t expected to be

delayed despite the recent findings of four graves on the adjacent parish property. “The site plan approval is proceeding as planned,” said Angelo Sangiorgio, associ-

ate director of planning and facilities at the Toronto Catholic District School Board, noting the burials weren’t found where the new school building itself >>>SPECIFIC, page 15