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Scary fun set for Oakwood Village on Saturday Ghosts and ghouls will haunt York during the Oakwood Village Halloween Street Party Saturday.

The event, co-hosted by Oakwood Village Community Association, Councillor Josh Colle and 13 Division police station, will be held on Glenora Avenue from 1 to 4 p.m.

The party will include a barbecue, bouncy castle, craft sale, face painting and games.

Kids can bring their bicycles to decorate with art supplies before riding in a parade at 2 p.m.

Proximity to other stations on LRT line hurting candidacy RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com A senior Metrolinx official has retracted statements he made at a public meeting this week, which indicated the transit planning agency had ruled out adding an Oakwood Avenue stop to the station map for the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown light rail transit line.

Responding to a question from resident Claudia Giraldo, Jamie Robinson, director of community relations for rapid transit implementation, said Monday that adding Oakwood to the planned list of stations was unlikely to happen.

He later confirmed his remarks following the town hall meeting at the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre. The evening had been organized by St. Paul’s Councillor Josh Matlow.

“What we’ve said is we’ll proceed as if Oakwood will be there, but at this particular point in time Oakwood will not be one of the stations included,” said Robinson on Monday evening.

But on Tuesday morning Robinson retracted that statement and stressed no final decision has yet been made on the fate of Oakwood.

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A ceremony honouring the late Pantelis Kalamaris will take place Saturday at noon at 8 John St. The section of John Street from Weston Road to the railway tracks will be dedicated as “Pantelis Kalamaris Gardens” in honour of Peter Kalamaris, who opened Peter’s Barber Shop at 4 John St. in 1961.

The John Street name will remain, however an honorary sign will be posted above the street sign, reading “Pantelis Kalamaris Gardens.” An official naming of an un-named laneway off John Street will be named “Pantelis Kalamaris Ln.” Everyone is welcome to attend.

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cenotaph unveiled honouring york soldiers: At right, piper Patrick Allen McDonald plays a sombre tune at the newly unveiled cenotaph dedicated by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 57 Sunday afternoon at Silverthorn Avenue and Kenora Crescent. Above, the colour party marches past the new cenotaph, which replaces one built in 1923 in front of the Silverthorn War Veterans Hall at 351 Silverthorn Ave. to honour York Keelesdale soldiers who fought in the First World War. Photos/PETER C. MCCUSKER

People ‘yearning for more’ arts offerings in St. Paul’s City surveyed cultural groups in Ward 21 about lack of community space FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com

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he venues exist, but capacity is bursting at the seams and forcing potential renters to look elsewhere.

That was the consensus expressed at a public consultation meeting looking into affordable and sustainable cultural spaces for not-for-profit and community groups in Ward 21, held at Tarragon Theatre last Thursday.

“We are at absolute, total capacity for what we do,” said Gideon Arthurs, general manager of Tarragon Theatre on Bridgman Avenue.

“Our facility has become our biggest challenge right now, not our biggest

strength.”

The goal of the consultations is to give councillors a ward-specific priority list for cultural infrastructure as defined by their constituents and community cultural stakeholders.

Funded by a grant from the Province of Ontario, these consultations will address one of the recommendations of the Creative Capital Gains Report, endorsed by Toronto City Council in 2011.

This year, consultation sessions will be held in 20 wards. The remaining 24 wards will be surveyed in 2013 and beyond.

The consultant, Lord Cultural Resources, and the city are compiling a list of what’s currently available space-wise in the ward and what residents would like to see. This will help local councillors focus on where priorities are when it comes to Section 37 benefits.

According to the City of Toronto, Section 37 of the Planning Act permits the city to authorize increases in permitted height and/or density through the zoning bylaw in return for community benefits, provided there are related Official Plan policies in place.

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A public consultation on cultural infrastructure was held last week in Ward 21.

Section 37 benefits in the ward is Artscape Wychwood Barns, which received $1 million for the $24-million develop-

ment, helping to bring the project to fruition, said St. Paul’s Councillor Joe Mihevc.

He noted the southwest

corner of Bathurst Street and Davenport Road is set to be designated a heritage site and would like to see a rail museum in that area, showcasing the neighbourhood’s railway history.

“There is tons of support for arts in the community,” he said. “Our events are well attended.

But people are yearning for more. Tarragon is at 150 per cent capacity.”

Banners or murals showcasing the ward’s culture is something Arthurs would like to see, while several attendees noted the need for administrative space for small businesses.

Beth Brown, general manager of Theatre Direct at Artscape Wychwood Barns, said while having a space that’s accessible to the neighbourhood is great, some internal tweaks would make it better.

“Sometimes you build a space of your dreams and then realize it’s not working for you,” she said.

Soundproofing – or lack thereof – is an issue, along with moving offices into studios, which takes up space.

“Now we need to build a temporary wall so we can rent the public side of the space,” Brown said.

There also isn’t an internal communication system set up for the site, so often the organizations housed at Wychwood Barns have no idea what the others are doing, she said.

“It’s really hard when things are happening and we don’t know,” Brown said.

Library and after-hours school space would be ideal for prep work and productions, but the high cost of hiring security makes it unaffordable for community groups, Arthurs said.

“They just sit empty at night and it’s a tragedy of our times,” Mihevc said.

While there are no set plans for expansion, Tarragon Theatre is looking at options, Arthurs said in an interview.

“We might fill in the courtyard area, expand the lobby area,” he said. “We cannot fit in everything we want to do here.”

With 4,000 annual subscribers and 11 productions from September to May, the theatre draws audiences from the neighbourhood as well as surrounding communities, he said.

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Where is all the affordable space in our community?

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oronto’s neighbourhoods must be places where residents have opportunities to come together to learn, volunteer and play.

This month’s “A Closer Look” feature delves into the issues of affordable community space in the city and the challenges community groups have in gaining access.

We looked at both a city-wide experience and assessed the situation in our own community, looking at the issue from the standpoint of not only specific user groups, but also those who rent out their our view facilities for community use.

Non-profit groups At the root of this challenge is money – or lack of it.

Earlier this year, the cash- need access to strapped City of Toronto, rental spaces facing an outcry from local sports organizations, ultimately waived a permit fee hike for the use of city fields that would have added $1.5 million to the city’s coffers, but also would have threatened those organizations’ survival.

According to a report from the Wellesley Institute, titled ‘Exercising Good Policy: Increasing Access to Recreation in Toronto’s 2013 Budget’ increasing access to recreational facilities is a smart investment, one that pays off with improved health of the populace.

We agree the City of Toronto has a role to play in ensuring affordable access to community space for artistic and recreation groups.

But perhaps there’s more to achieving this than by waiving fees. There are facilities in the city (places of worship come to mind) whose operators are looking for user groups as well. As a representative from a church in Weston noted, about the only challenge with being a landlord is getting the word out that space in the facility is available for rent.

Would it make sense, then, for the city to have a centralized area online where not-for-profit facilities and potential user groups can be matched up?

There is also reason for optimism. One of the recommendations in the Wellesley report calls for stable funding for youth outreach workers programs in order to enable positive health outcomes for our young people. Earlier this month, the province announced funding for 35 new youth outreach workers, with 20 of those spots earmarked for Toronto.

While a provincial funding announcement from a minority government is not quite the definition of ‘stable’, that announcement, which took place at the Jane Street Hub in York, is a start and is recognition of the need for those kinds of investments in our communities.

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I’ve been the fair Snow White and the evil Black Knight And my favorite game show host.

Been there, done that, as they say, I’ve played everyone I wanted to be.

So when I make the scene this year on Halloween I’m dressing up as me.

I’ve been Goldilocks and Reynard the Fox, and Little Red Riding Hood.

I’ve been Donald Duck and sweet Lady Luck and a rocker name Johnny Be Good.

Been there, done that, as they say, I’ve played everyone I wanted to be.

So when I make the scene, this year on Halloween I’m dressing up as me.

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costume. I won’t have to rehearse my part.

I’ve played this dude pretty well my whole life.

I know my character by heart.

And when out I’m trickor-treating With my friends up and down the block.

I’ll stick out like a sore thumb, and I’ll really like that a lot.

I’ve been the Wizard of Oz, Mrs. Santa Claus and Midas with his golden touch.

I’ve been Polkaroo and Elvis, too. Thank you, thank you very much.

Been there, done that, as they say, I’ve played every-

one I wanted to be.

So when I make the scene, this year on Halloween I’m dressing up as me.

Yeah, I’ve been Bobby Orr, Shrek (3 and 4), Cinderella and King Tut. I’ve been Johann Strauss and Minnie Mouse and that cuddly Jabba the Hut. Been there, done that, as they say, I’ve played everyone I wanted to be.

So when I make the scene, this year on Halloween I’m dressing up as me.

Yeah, I’ve played ’em all, I found. So this time around I’m dressing up as me. n 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

To the editor: Re: Rally for Clean Trains, News, Oct. 11.

I’m wondering how many of these people have wood-burning fireplaces or stoves and light those stinking, smoky things.

According to Toronto Public Health and the Lung Association, the smoke from fireplaces and stoves is dangerous to people’s health, especially children, seniors and people with asthma, heart disease or other lung problems.

People can’t smoke in cars with children or near a playground, but children can breathe this stinking smoke at bus stops or on Halloween walking the streets.

I go out every night with my dog for a walk and the smoke from fireplaces is awful some nights.

According to the Lung Association, it can “trigger asthma attacks and premature death in people with heart and lung disease.”

People with these things are only supposed to burn clean, dry wood – not painted or heated wood, wood by-products, garbage or plastics, but how do we know what is being burned?

People out for a walk, waiting for a bus, children playing in the streets and out for Halloween are forced to breathe this stinking smoke. Multiply the number of wood-burning stoves and fireplaces on your street with all of them in Toronto and look what is going into the air.

Demand clean trains if you want, but if you have one of these stinking fireplaces or stoves and light them, clean up your own act first. Do you ever clean your chimney? They pollute indoor air, too, so if you have one you are breathing in dangerous fumes. If you don’t believe me write public health or the Lung Association for information and watch where you take your kids on Halloween.

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RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com A group of frustrated Davenport residents demanding clean running electric trains had a message for the absent Dalton McGuinty last week: get back to work now.

The group had expected to speak with the media about a private member’s bill brought by local NDP MPP Jonah Schein calling for electrification of a diesel air rail link (ARL) currently under construction connecting Pearson International Airport with Union Station. The link is slated to be completed by 2015, in time for the Toronto Pan Am Games.

But with the Oct. 15 announcement by the premier of his intention to step down and prorouge the provincial legislature until his successor is named, Bill 83, in its current incarnation, is dead.

It was supposed to have had a second reading this

afternoon in the legislature.

“We really thought we were getting somewhere,” said resident Marnie Bjornson who spoke at last Thursday’s press conference. “It’s incredibly frustrating we’re not getting our issue heard. Since when did prorogation become a strategy of choice?”

The Liberal government has already stated it is open to electrifying the three-kilometre ARL, which will run off the existing Georgetown GO rail corridor and will provide GO train commuters with an express shuttle service to the airport.

It has asked Metrolinx, the provincial agency tasked with delivering the project, to complete work on an electrification environmental assessment by 2014.

Despite community opposition, the provincial government has thus far refused to budge from its intention to open the ARL link as a dieselrunning line first with the possibility of electrifying the

rail track in the future. Nor has it assigned a timeline or allocated funding for a potential electric conversion.

That’s not good enough for the residents who live along the corridor. They fear the hike in diesel train traffic from its current levels will result in significant health problems down the road due to the increase in carcinogens in the air they breathe.

Farrah Khan, interim director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), said she was concerned that the decision to proceed with diesel was more about saving money for the cash-strapped provincial government than thinking about the long-term health costs to residents.

“Any diesel is bad diesel,” said Khan. “Putting people’s health at risk because maybe it’s cheaper to go with diesel doesn’t really make sense.”

In an email, Metrolinx spokesperson Mark Ostler said the diesel trains run-

ning along the ARL come 2015 will be the cleanest running possible and will not adversely affect the health of residents.

“We have worked closely with area residents and agencies on the issue of emissions and are confident that the emissions from the diesel multiple units will have a marginal impact on air quality along the corridor,” wrote Ostler.

At the press conference, Schein said the Liberals could electrify if there was a will to do so, citing remarks made by Metrolinx president and CEO Bruce McCuaig that electrification could be completed by 2017 if the political will exists.

“There is no commitment from this government,” said Schein.

“Instead this government is steering us full throttle to another train wreck.”

He said he intended to reintroduce the bill when the legislature resumes.

Family of three arrested in connection with distraction thefts A Markham family has been charged in connection with two distraction thefts of elderly Italian women.

Police said the thefts occurred in the Keele Street and Lawrence Avenue area in June and August.

The 12 Division major crime unit and the Canada Border Services Agency arrested a man, his wife and their son on Wednesday last week.

“Our investigation is still ongoing,” Det. Sgt. Colin Greenaway said Friday. “To date, we have charged all three jointly with two thefts in 12 Division.”

Greenaway alleged the female accused “has been identified for similar act crimes” in the United Kingdom.

“All three are immigrants from Romania claiming refugee status as of the spring of this year,” he said, noting the suspects do

speak Italian.

Greenaway noted the majority of distraction thefts in 12 Division involve suspects approaching victims and exchanging fake jewelry for real ones.

“A lot of times recently they’ve been asking for directions and then they’re so elated that the victims would help them with the address location that they have to hug them,” he said.

“During the hug, that’s when the exchange of the jewelry is taking place.”

Most victims don’t realize a swap happened until minutes, hours or even days later.

“There still could be potential ladies out there who don’t know that they’re wearing fake jewelry,” Greenaway said.

Ilean Stoian, 38, Ulise Stoian, 42, and Cristiano Stoian, 18, all of Markham, have been charged with two counts of theft under.

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MPP’s bill seeking electrified air rail link stalled when McGuinty stepped down

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Rising fees hit youth sports CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com

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hen the Etobicoke Basketball Association (EBA) got hit with news of a fee increase of more than 333 per cent at half its gyms last month, the impact was forecasted as potentially catastrophic – especially to the 1,200-kid strong league’s lower income players.

That’s because, like many volunteer-driven, not-for-profit sports organizations across Toronto, the bulk of EBA’s player fees go directly toward facilities permits.

For such groups already operating on shoe-strings budgets, any increase in permit fees – like EBA’s recent threefold bumpup at Toronto District School Board (TDSB) gyms – must be passed along to its participants, explained Joe DaSilva, an EBA board member and volunteer coach.

“If we ran a middle-class league, we would have no problem because we’d just increase our fees and people would say that was fine, but we’re working very hard to make (EBA) very inclusive of everybody,” he said, noting many of the league’s players come from single-parent homes, making fees a barrier.

“This (TDSB increase) really affects how many kids we can Staff photo/IAN KELSO afford to subsidize. We gather Whether local gyms remain accessible to our youth is a question the funds during the year to subsidize city and its school boards must come to grips with. around 200 kids, because how do you turn away a kid who shows up with $50 and says, ‘This is all I Across the city, a series of fee York Baseball Association said have. I want to play basketball?’” increases announced this year some of the city-owned fields EBA is far from Toronto’s only at both the City of Toronto and they, as not-for-profit associanot-for-profit struggling with the school board levels – arguably tions, had previously used for free search for affordable space – just the two biggest providers of gym, were now facing increases that as the TDSB isn’t playing field could put some of the leagues out the only provider and community of business. struggling to spaces in the city “If they had implemented accommodate – has left many that, it would have killed us,” them. sporting groups WBA president Roy Baksh told The changes crying foul over a The York Guardian back in April, to the permitlack of affordable shortly after city council waived ting fee schedule space. the increased fees – which would at the TDSB, “Gyms are not have meant an extra $15,000 for explained board like condominithe WBA – for a year. spokesperson ums, they’re not While Baksh expressed hope Ryan Bird, came being built on the city might provide an exempabout because every corner – tion next year to leagues like his of a shortfall there’s a finite providing sporting opportunities – Joe DaSilva, volunteer coach inventory of them in high needs areas, there is still between the cost of supporting the and the permit no promise the increased fees community use of school space office holds all the cards,” DaSilva won’t be implemented across the and the revenue collected. said. board in 2013.

“Before these measures were DaSilva’s concerns echo those With increases at both cityvoted on, we were subsidizing expressed by many in the city’s owned playing fields and in the our permit holders to the tune of minor baseball community earlier TDSB school facilities due to $11 million each year. The fact is this year, when playing fields were come down in just a short few we couldn’t continue subsidizstruck by a $1.5-million fee hike months, sporting groups have ing it to that level,” he explained, proposal by the City of Toronto. been left scrambling to see how noting the TDSB issues close to Groups like the Weston Baseball best they can accommodate all 20,000 permits each year in its 550 Association (WBA), Etobicoke their players – not just the ones schools.

Girls Softball League and the East who can afford a fee hike.

‘Gyms are not like condominiums, they’re not being built on every corner – there’s a finite inventory of them and the permit office holds all the cards.’

At a time when sports groups are getting hit hardest, a report emerged this month from the Wellesley Institute, urging the City of Toronto to improve the health of its residents by increasing access to recreational outlets.

“City councillors have opportunities, right now, to improve the health of Torontonians that don’t require massive investments or complicated agreements with other levels of government,” reads the report, titled Exercising Good Policy: Increasing Access to Recreation in Toronto’s 2013 Budget. “One of these opportunities is quite simple: increase access to recreational services for Torontonians.”

Coming as it does in the wake of yet another violence-plagued summer in Toronto, the report and its recommendations are reminiscent of reaction to Toronto’s Summer of the Gun in 2005, when funding for community programming rolled in as a means to stop youth violence.

Community Hub One of the results of that influx was the Community Hub initiative in some of Toronto’s most underserved suburban neighbourhoods, where a lack of community space was compounding the challenges of social isolation and poverty faced by many residents.

As part of their ongoing Building Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy, United Way Toronto has developed eight community hubs in priority neighbourhoods across the city, funding $1 million toward the capital costs of each hub, as well as contributing $150,000 annually toward each’s operating costs.

“In looking at a developing the closer Building Strong look Neighbourhoods Inside Strategy and hubs Toronto in particular, was the fact that, yes, space is a big challenge all over the city, particularly in suburbs,” said Lorraine Duff, United Way Toronto’s director of programming.

“So we decided to ensure that some of this space was available for community agencies to use.”

Seven of the planned eight hubs will be fully open and operational as of next month, Duff added, noting the hubs in Mid-Scarborough, Crescent Town, Flemingdon Park-Victoria Village, Weston-Mount Dennis, and Rexdale are open, while those in Dorset Park and the Bathurst/ Finch area are set to open in November.

Places of worship: additional links to community LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com In places of worship in York, there is more going on than praying.

Youngsters in daycares are playing with blocks, residents are taking horticultural, language or cooking classes, and community leaders are holding meetings, among other things.

Holy places rent out their spaces to bring in much-needed revenue and to welcome the community into their buildings, religious leaders say.

Westminster United Church, on William Street northwest of Lawrence Avenue and Jane Street, rents out space to a number of community groups and is looking to find new partners, Rev. Douglas Varey said.

For example, part of the church was renovated using a government grant about a decade ago to accommodate a daycare.

Meanwhile, a Spanish-speaking congregation has held services at Westminster for half a dozen years and a Zimbabwe church will be using space in November.

“We have a very attractive building,” Varey said.

“I’m personally very pleased the building is being used every day. It is a little spooky to sit in a church Monday to Friday and see no one. It (renting space out) really brings our building alive.”

Last year, renting out space brought $42,463 into the church’s coffers.

“We are not going to get rich on our rentals,” Varey laughed.

Schuyler Brown, the priest in charge of the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd at 1149 Weston Rd. at Eglinton Avenue, shared that view.

“We are a very small congregation and we depend on rental income to keep ourselves afloat,” he said.

“We are not trying to make money.

We are just trying to keep our doors open. We’ve always been dependant on rental income to pay our bills.”

Good Shepherd rents space to a daycare and to community groups such as a horticultural club. Until recently, it was renting space to an Aboriginal women’s group that held weekly cooking classes.

“We want to be part of the community,” Brown said.

“We realize not everybody goes to church these days” Brown said, adding the church wants to be a resource for community groups.

About the only challenge in being a landlord is getting the word out to members of the community that the church has space to rent, he said.

While an official of Beth Sholom Synagogue, on Eglinton Avenue west of Bathurst Street, said the synagogue rents out space, executive director Barbara Berke could not be reached to comment on the issue further.

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WHERE WILL THE STATIONS GO? Weston Road Station identified on Metrolinx map?

There is a “Weston/Black Creek” station identified.

Keele Steet/Trethewey Drive Station identified on Metrolinx map?

Yes. Open house on station design held Feb. 9, 2012.

Dufferin Street Station identified on Metrolinx map?

Yes. Open house on station design held Jan. 25, 2012.

Allen Road Station identified on Metrolinx map?

Yes, a connection with the existing Eglinton West station. Open house on station design held Feb. 2, 2012.

Chaplin Crescent Station identified on Metrolinx map?

Yes. Open house on station design held April 25, 2012.

EGLINTON AVENUE Jane Street Station identified on Metrolinx map?

Yes

Black Creek Drive Station identified on Metrolinx map?

There is a “Weston/Black Creek” station identified. A storage facility is marked near the area.

Caledonia Road Station identified on Metrolinx map?

Yes. Open house on station design held May 14, 2012.

Oakwood Avenue Station identified on Metrolinx map?

Yes

Bathurst Street Station identified on Metrolinx map?

Yes. Open house on station design held Nov. 28, 2011.

Above is a snapshot of the of major intersections along the western portion of Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT project. Potential station locations are based on a map provided at thecrosstown.ca, the Metrolinx-managed website for the project. The site states the project “will connect west to east from Jane Street/Black Creek Drive to Kennedy Station.” Note: The Metrolinx map does state that final station locations are pending provincial review.

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>>>from page 1 on his lack of familiarity with the issue stemming from being in his current position for only two months.

At the meeting Robinson said the installation of station headwalls, a series of concrete support columns underneath Eglinton Avenue, was underway at the east and west side of each planned station location, including Oakwood, which would theoretically make it possible to build the stop if approved.

Getting Oakwood onto the list of

planned LRT stations, however, would require amending the existing environmental assessment which would require approval from the province’s ministry of the environment.

Such a process might also require a further public consultation on the idea depending on whether the amendment is deemed “significant”, said Robinson.

Robinson said no EA is planned, but that decision could be re-considered in the next few months.

Further hurting Oakwood’s can-

didacy for inclusion is its relative proximity to the planned stations – Dufferin in the west and Eglinton West station (at Allen Road) in the east – as well as the desire of Metrolinx to locate efficiencies to reduce costs related to construction of the Crosstown, said Robinson.

“When we look station-by-station Oakwood would have lower ridership and it’s fairly close to other stations in the area,” said Robinson.

There has been vocal community support for an Oakwood stop of late.

A petition brought forth by local city councillor Josh Colle earlier in the year has gained signatures of support from 400 residents as of July.

In August, Colle said a stop at Oakwood Avenue was “50 per cent closer” to reality.

An EA amendment to add Oakwood would need to be completed by late 2014, when station construction is slated to begin,” said Robinson.

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is scheduled to begin running in 2020.

n Friday, Oct. 26

Halloween Dance WHEN: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Silverthorn Legion Branch 57, 605 Rogers Rd. 416-653-6757 COST: Free An evening of music and surprises.

Music by Dr. Phil. No cover charge.

n Saturday, Oct. 27

Halloween Dance WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-767-0231, legionbr31@yahoo.com Come in costume and win cash prizes for best male, female and couple. Cash bar. All 19 and older welcome.

Weston Village Farmers’ Market WHEN: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: 14 John St. Vendors offer fruits, vegetables and spices that reflect the variety of cultural groups that reside in Weston. Final day of the season.

n Monday, Oct. 29

Dancing into Health WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Unison – Keele-Rogers site, 1651 Keele St. CONTACT: Karima Kassam, 416-653-5400, ext. 1227 COST: Free An hour of movement and dance, followed by light refreshments. TTC fares reimbursed, keep your transfer.

Continues weekly.

n Saturday, Nov. 3

Weston Presbyterian Church Bazaar WHEN: 11:30 a.m. WHERE: 7 Cross St.

CONTACT: Sue Nazar, 416-241-1571, www.westonpresbyterian.ca, snazar@ initialcorp.com COST: Free Enjoy the luncheon and shop at the bake, craft, gift and white elephant tables. Not wheelchair accessible.

MAP Family Saturdays WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, 341 Oakwood Ave. CONTACT: 416-394-1040 COST: Free Colborne Lodge presents Adventures on the High Seas. An interactive, real-life story of high seas adventure, followed

by Victorian circle games, toys and riddles. For children aged six to 12. Call to register.

n Sunday, Nov. 4

Faith Seminars WHEN: 11:45 a.m. WHERE: Westminster United Church, 69 William St. CONTACT: Beth Street, 416-241-3261, www.westminsterunitedchurch.org, office@westminsterunitedchurch.org COST: Free An hour of study and discussion of chapters from The Heart of Christianity

by Marcus Borg. Also happening Nov. 18 and Dec. 2.

Service of Remembrance WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-767-0231, www.facebook. com/mountdennislegion, legionbr31@ yahoo.com COST: Free To honour the memory of the brave men

and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to achieve the freedom that we enjoy in Canada today. All are welcome.

Park on the west side of Weston Road south of Church Street and north of Lawrence Avenue.

n Friday, Nov. 9

Westlake Brothers Memorial Service WHEN: 3 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Westlake Park, Jasper Avenue COST: Free To honour the memory of the three Westlake brothers who perished within days of each other in June 1944 during the Second World War invasion of Normandy, France. All are welcome.

Regifting Auction WHEN: 9:30 a.m. WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Anna Endrizzi, 416-2454395, www.yorkwestactivelivingcentre. ca, info@yorkwestactivelivingcentre.ca COST: Free Silent auction 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration for auction paddle begins at 1 p.m. Auction starts at 1:30 p.m. All are welcome. All proceeds go to York West Active Living Centre.

Karaoke WHEN: 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-767-0231, www. facebook.com/mountdennislegion, legionbr31@yahoo.com COST: Free Weekly barbecue from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Cash bar. All 19 and older welcome.

n Sunday, Nov. 11

Weston Cenotaph Service WHEN: 1 to 2 p.m. WHERE: Westminster United Church, 69 William St. CONTACT: Beth Street, 416-241-3261, www.westminsterunitedchurch.org, office@westminsterunitedchurch.org COST: Free A 20-minute service with a focus on Canadians currently serving and who have served in Afghanistan. Weston’s Cenotaph is in Little Avenue Memorial

n Tuesday, Nov. 13

Holocaust Survivor Speaker WHEN: 1 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Weston Library, 2 King St. COST: Free A Holocaust survivor will share an unforgettable story. Sponsored by the UJA.

n Wednesday, Nov. 14

Buffalo Shopping Trip WHEN: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: York West Active Living Centre, 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Rita Orellana, 416-2454395 COST: $37/$40 Spend the day at the Galleria Mall and Fashion Outlet Mall. A valid Canadian passport is required for entry to the U.S.

n Thursday, Nov. 15

Financial Workshop Series WHEN: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, 341 Oakwood Ave. CONTACT: 416-3941040 COST: Free Part of a monthly series. Today’s topic: Your retirement income: How much is enough? Call to register.

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Christmas Bazaar WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: www.facebook.com/mountdennislegion, legionbr31@yahoo.com COST: Free Hosted by the ladies auxiliary of Mount Dennis Legion. The sale features baked goods, snack bar and 30 vendors. Email if you are interested in being a vendor.

n Wednesday, Nov. 21

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Rama Day Trip WHEN: 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Mount Dennis Legion, 1050 Weston Rd. CONTACT: 416-767-0231, www. facebook.com/mountdennislegion, legionbr31@yahoo.com COST: $5 Enjoy a day at the casino. Your ticket includes transportation and a buffet lunch at the casino. All 19 and older are welcome.

n Volunteers

York West Active Living Centre WHERE: 1901 Weston Rd. CONTACT: Monica Sanmiguel, 416-245-4395, ext.

233, monica@yorkwestactivelivingcentre.ca, www.yorkwestactivelivingcentre. ca If you wish to help older adults improve their lives, call to sign up. A variety of volunteer opportunities available.

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The York Guardian is delivered to 27,360 homes. Call 416-493-4400 to advertise in the #1 read newspaper in York.

Home renovations can affect your insurance Homeowners renovate for a variety of reasons.

Some build additions to accommodate their growing families.

Some replace outdated systems, making their house more energyefficient and eco-friendly. Still others want to increase the aesthetic appeal and market value of their homes. Whatever the reason you decide to undertake a renovation project, it's important for you to know that you are contractually obligated to report additions and other significant renovations to your insurance carrier. That's because renovations typically increase the value of your home; if you don't update your policy, you may fall short on coverage.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada recommends that you insure your home based on its replacement cost, the amount it would cost to rebuild the house if it were destroyed. If you raise the value of your home by renovating, the replacement cost will rise as well.

“If you remodel but don't report that activity to your

insurance carrier, then you might not have enough coverage to pay any claims that arise,” explains Jeff Burke, president and CEO of Western Financial Group.

“If you remodel your kitchen but then a fire destroys much of it, your insurance isn't likely to pay all of the costs of restoring the kitchen unless you have updated your policy to reflect the new granite countertops, hightech appliances, flooring, and the rest.”

It's important to get your insurance company involved as your renovation project is taking place so that you are covered in the event of accidents that may occur during the project, harming you or workers who may be involved.

Also talk with your insurance representative about these three items: whether you are required to remain in your home while the work is being done, since some policies will not cover claims for accidents that happen while the

Gta realtors release Oct. mid-month resale figures

house is vacated; whether your renovation is extensive enough to change the classification of your building while work is being done (to that of a “building under con-

struction”); and what impact unknown challenges (such as uncovering hazardous materials) could have on your insurance coverage.

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GTA realtors reported 2,961 sales through the TorontoMLS system during the first 14 days of October.

The number of transactions was down by 10.5 per cent compared to the same period in 2011. New listings were up by 5.5 per cent year-over-year to 6,505.

“Some households have put their home purchase plans on hold in response to the higher cost of home ownership brought about by the recent changes to mortgage lending guidelines,” says TREB President Ann Hannah. “Both first-time buyers and existing home owners have been affected, given that sales were down across

house types and geography.”

The average selling price for sales reported from October 1 through October 14 was $501,146 – up by almost six per cent in comparison to last year.

“The average selling price grew well above the rate of inflation in the first half of October due to relatively tight market conditions from a historic perspective. However, the market continued to become better supplied, pointing toward a slower pace of price growth as we move into 2013,” says Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis.

– TREB

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awns are sometimes difficult to maintain, especially underneath mature trees.

Grubs, crab grass, weeds and mould are just a few common lawn issues.

One difficulty is when exposed roots from deciduous or coniferous trees interfere with the lawn and lawn-care practices.

Walking over the roots can be awkward and mowing over them can be an arduous task.

With certainty, the answer is not to remove the tree. However the solution has changed over the past two decades with how we think about trees. soil overlay

In the past, many landscape solutions covered the exposed roots with soil and established a lawn on top while constructing a retaining wall around the area to accommodate for the change in elevation.

The problem with this is twofold. By covering the

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roots, you are decreasing the amount of oxygen available in the soil for the root system. The oxygen deprivation creates a stressed tree, and this could have serious long-term effects on your tree’s health.

Excavating and construction of a retaining wall around a tree can cause injury to the feeder and larger root system.

We often think of soil as plain dirt, but soil is composed of air, water, organic matter and minerals.

If we reduce the pore space in the soil containing oxygen, the structure of the soil (relationship between soil particles, air and water) will change and water/oxygen will not flow properly.

The relative proportions

of the four soil components vary with the soil type (sand, silt and clay) and climate conditions.

The easiest way to overcome this exposed root issue is to remove the lawn and replace it with mulch for a lower maintenance solution.

Many different types of mulch are available, from shredded to nugget size as well as different colours.

You could intermix the mulch with some perennial ground cover that is tolerant of dry shade. These ground covers are not very common but there are a few good ones to recommend. work with nature

If you decide to plant ground covers fill the holes with compost and make sure they are well watered while they are establishing their root system. You want to make sure these perennials have enough soil nutrients to grow properly.

Dicentra formosa

‘Luxuriant’ (fern-leaf bleedingheart) has cherry pink flowers above fern like foliage. This perennial blooms continually throughout the summer months but will bloom more with some dappled light.

Waldsteinia fragarioides (barren strawberry) is one of the toughest ground covers available with leaves that resemble a strawberry plant. Tiny yellow flowers bloom in the spring and spread slowly underground by stolons.

Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon’s seal) is a woodland beauty with delicate, white bell-shaped flowers that dangle along the arching stem reaching one to three feet in height. It is not a fast spreader but its white flower brightens up any dark corner of your garden. n Marilyn Pomer is a landscape architect who writes about seasonal gardening.

Her column appears every second Thursday. Contact her at marilyn@greenescape.ca

Ombudsman defends budget to city committee DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto ombudsman Fiona Crean defended her office’s $1.4-million budget in front of the city’s budget committee, in a public meeting taking place just two weeks after she delivered a report on political interference by the mayor’s office in the city’s public appointment process.

Crean’s office was one of four up for review by the committee. She answered questions about her staffing levels and a trip she took this past June to be a keynote speaker at an international ombudsman’s conference held in Azerbaijan.

Crean said she had responded to an invitation to be a keynote speaker at the First Eurasian Ombudsman’s Conference, and felt it was appropriate to attend in order to assist Azerbaijan’s government, just 20 years old, in establishing accountability officers.

“Azerbaijan is a new democracy and it was looking to the West for a number of folks to assist them in the development and continuation of independence and oversight officers,” she said.

“So it’s the responsibility of the taxpayer of Toronto to make sure that Azerbaijan gets up and running, I guess,” Etobicoke North Councillor Doug Ford observed dryly.

Crean otherwise defended her office’s staffing levels, and a request she would make for an additional staff member to perform investigations.

The ombudsman’s office exists to investigate complaints by citizens about city services. Each year, she said the office receives about 1,500 complaints, and will need to increase its staffing levels in order to keep up with demand.

Crean said she was limiting her request to one officer, being mindful of the city’s financial situation.

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Toronto could be banning smoking on restaurant patios, at the entrances to public buildings, outside hospitals and on sports fields.

Toronto’s Board of Health voted unanimously Monday to hold public consultations on the widespread bans of smoking outdoors, after hearing from anti-smoking advocates that they could go even farther, and from members of the restaurant industry that they should go slower in banning tobacco use in their establishments.

“Now we’ll go out and hear from folks,” said board of health chair John Filion.

“Regular folks and industry folks and see what we hear and bring it back. It will happen as soon as possible, I hope.”

The move comes 13 years after Toronto Council last dealt with the issue of second-hand smoke in public places, ban-

ning smoking in bars, restaurants and bingo parlours.

At that time the proposed ban was controversial – so controversial that early attempts to protect restaurant workers and patrons from secondhand smoke were quickly reversed by councils in the pre-amalgamation cities of Toronto and North York.

But in 1999, Toronto Council voted to ban smoking in bars and restaurants across the city, relegating smokers to outdoor patios in the summer and the sidewalk other times.

The new rules would extend the smoking ban outside restaurants. And restaurateurs suggested the city shouldn’t be hasty in extending the smoking ban.

Marco Morano from the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association said an outdoor smoking ban could harm businesses in the current economic climate.

“The industry landscape is certainly uncertain,” he

said.

Steve Mastoris, owner of Whistler’s Grill in East York, suggested the city should wait for province-wide legislation and at least move slowly with a great deal more consultation than he said occurred in the late 1990s.

“To move forward in some haste on a patio ban, I don’t think is genuine in Toronto,” he said.

“Toronto’s a unique city – we’re diverse ethnoculturally. We’re not Ottawa (where a ban was recently introduced).

We’re an economic engine in our city and in our province.

If you use Ottawa as a model you can do so, but there are other models in the province that have resisted the decision to ban.”

The Board of Health is considering recommending a ban given data that while smoking has been on the downward trend over the past decade, it has plateaued in recent years.

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Toronto residents are being asked to give more than a treat this Halloween.

They can also hand out Change for Kids coins that give trick-or-treaters a chance to win prizes while supporting Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Canada’s largest hospital for disabled children.

“This is the first year we’ve ever run this program,” said Tracey Bailey, president of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation. “Our goal is to raise $100,000.”

This is how the Change for Kids initiative works: People buy an activated Change for Kids coin card for $5 at any Scotiabank branch in the GTA. Cards obtained from other distributors such as Spirit Halloween, Costco, Toys “R” Us, newspapers or magazines can be activated for $5 by visiting www.changeforkids.ca People can then pop out the coins from their card and

give them to trick-or-treaters.

Children and parents should be told to visit www.changeforkids.ca and enter their coin PIN code for their chance to win prizes.

“The PIN number is important because Scotiabank will make an extra $5 gift to Holland Bloorview every time a PIN code is entered,” Bailey said.

There are more than 500 prizes, including a weekend stay at the Great Wolf Lodge for your family and nine other families of your choice.

Change for Kids also features two events this weekend: a Halloween party at the Ontario Science Centre Saturday night (Oct. 27) and a “Monster March and Fun Fair” at Holland Bloorview on Sunday (Oct. 28).

Admission to the Halloween party is $18 and includes access to all Ontario Science Centre exhibits, a family dance party and chances to win prizes. The event runs from 6 p.m. to midnight.

The march and fun fair runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets

are $12.50. The march consists of a two-kilometre walk around the Holland Bloorview property.

“About every 10 feet along the two-kilometre walk, there are treat stations and trick stations and all kinds of fun things for kids to do,” Bailey said.

Net proceeds from Change for Kids go to Holland Bloorview. The hospital, at 150 Kilgour Rd. near Bayview and Eglinton avenues, provides specialized programs and clinical care for youth with rehabilitation and complex care needs. It has about 600 inpatient admissions and 53,000 outpatient visits each year.

“Change for Kids is not only about raising money right now for the programs and services of the hospital,” said Bailey. “But the word ‘change’ has been very specifically selected because it means that everyone is doing their part to change attitudes towards disability and to make the world more accessible for everyone.”

The City ofToronto holds public consultations as one way to engage residents in the life of their city.Toronto thrives on your great ideas and actions. We invite you to get involved.

Combined Sewer Overflows Control in Humber River and Black Creek Sewer-sheds & Investigation of Basement Flooding in Study Area 6 Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study Notice of Public Open House Please join us at our first Public Open House to learn about combined sewer overflows to Humber River and Black Creek in the study area, the causes of flooding in Basement Flooding Area 6, and the options that will be considered to address these problems. Information will be available at the Public Open House.You will have an opportunity to view the displays and speak one-on-one with project staff. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Location: C.R. Marchant Middle School – Gymnasium 1 Ralph St. (west of Jane Street, north of Lawrence Avenue) Background The City ofToronto has historically been subjected to wet weather events which have resulted in recurring surface and basement flooding and have contributed to the degradation of water quality inToronto’s waterways. In response, the City ofToronto is undertaking a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study for Basement Flooding Study Area 6 (see map).The study will identify the causes of flooding and develop solutions to reduce LEGEND the risk of future flooding within Study Area Boundary the basement flooding area.

Basement Solutions to improve combined Flooding Areas sewer overflows into the Humber River and Black Creek within the study area will also be addressed.

We would like to hear from you Public consultation is an important part of this study. Visit the project website for more information or contact us if you want to be placed on our mailing list for updates.

Josie Franch Public Consultation Unit City of Toronto Metro Hall, 19th Fl. 55 John St. Toronto, ON M5V 3C6

Tel.: 416-338-2859 Fax: 416-392-2974 TTY: 416-397-0831 E-mail: jfranch@toronto.ca Visit: toronto.ca/involved/projects

Issue Date: October 25, 2012 Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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The City ofToronto holds public consultations as one way to engage residents in the life of their city.Toronto thrives on your great ideas and actions. We invite you to get involved.

Combined Sewer Overflows Control in Humber River and Black Creek Sewersheds & Investigation of Basement Flooding in Study Areas 4 and 5 Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study Notice of Public Open House Please join us at our first Public Open House to learn about combined sewer overflows in Humber River and Black Creek within the study area, the causes of flooding in Basement Flooding Areas 4 and 5, and the options that will be considered to address these problems.

Information will be available at the Public Open House.You will have an opportunity to view the displays and speak one-on-one with project staff. Details are as follows: Date: Thursday, November 1, 2012 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Location: Humbercrest United Church 16 Baby Point Road Background The City of Toronto has historically been subjected to wet weather events which have resulted in recurring surface and basement flooding and have contributed to the degradation of water quality inToronto’s waterways. In response, the City of Toronto is undertaking a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study for Basement Flooding Study Areas 4 & 5 (see map).The study will identify the causes of flooding LEGEND and develop solutions to reduce Study Area the risk of future flooding within Boundary Basement those basement flooding areas.

Flooding Areas Solutions to improve combined sewer overflows into the Humber River and Black Creek within the study area will also be addressed.

We would like to hear from you Public consultation is an important part of this study. Visit the project website for more information or contact us if you want to be placed on our mailing list for updates.

Josie Franch Public Consultation Unit City of Toronto Metro Hall, 19th Fl. 55 John St. Toronto, ON M5V 3C6

Tel.: 416-338-2859 Fax: 416-392-2974 TTY: 416-397-0831 E-mail: jfranch@toronto.ca Visit: toronto.ca/involved/projects

Issue Date: October 18, 2012 Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

Artists and designers invited to apply for Arts & Fashion Week Artists and designers are invited to apply for the 2013 addition of Fashion Art Toronto (FAT) Arts & Fashion Week taking place April 23 to 27.

The eighth annual event features runway shows, fashion-focused installations, filmmakers and video artists to present and screen fashion films, performers (dance/ music/performance art) to present work on the runway, and fashion photographers to exhibit photography work.

This year’s theme is Fashion Therapy and examines the human condition and aspects of the psyche that seek resolution through fashion.

Emerging and established fashion designers and artists, national and international artists/designers, exceptional students from art/design schools and performers are invited to submit their

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vision and interpretation on how fashion can be used as therapy. This year’s theme asks the question: How does fashion impact the human condition – our mental and emotional states?

Fashion Therapy will be presented across five days of programming based on these five sub-themes: drama, craving, escape, crisis and euphoria.

The early deadline to submit is Dec. 21, with the final deadline Jan. 9.

To submit an application, visit http://fashionarttoronto. ca/apply/ FAT Arts & Fashion Week celebrates inventive, pioneering and contemporary expression through 50-plus runway shows, live performances, fashion films, photography exhibits and art installations.

This multi-arts event features 200 Canadian and interna-

tional designers and artists each year and welcomes more than 5,000 guests, including buyers, curators, the media, and fashion and art lovers in general.

n What’s on the Table?

What’s on the Table is a fundraiser that pairs delicious food courtesy of Toronto’s top chefs with the best Niagara wines.

On Wednesday, Nov. 7, What’s On the Table returns to the Wychwood Barns.

The Stop Community Food Centre’s annual event is in its eighth year. All funds raised help support The Stop’s antipoverty and anti-hunger programs.

Wychwood Barns is at 601 Christie St. at St. Clair Avenue.

Tickets are $250 and the event starts at 6 p.m.

For details and tickets, visit www.wott.thestop.org/

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hose who think Toronto City Council’s tug-ofwar flip-flopping under Mayor Rob Ford is a new development in Toronto politics either have short memories or are new in town. Municipal councils have flipped and flopped frequently and sometimes with great gusto.

There were transit flipflops – remember when Metro Council, hamstrung on whether to build a Sheppard subway, voted to dig the tunnel but lay no tracks? No? Well let’s try an easier one.

Remember smoking in bars and restaurants?

Back in the day, it used to be commonplace to have your calamari dusted with nicotine. And your nonsmoking housemates could tell you’d been out on the town because of the way your coat stank.

Second-hand smoke was a health issue, but for many, commerce and culture trumped science and medicine, and any attempts to protect diners and tipplers from cancer and asthma attacks met with concerted opposition.

The first attempts at smoking bans, in the mid1990s, happened in two former municipalities: North York and Toronto.

In both cases, councillors bowed to pressure from restaurant owners and the tobacco industry, and reversed the bans within months of them being put in place.

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mation and with the urging of the city’s persuasive medical officer of health Dr. Sheela Basrur that council pushed ahead with a city-wide ban. And that was a terrible fight in itself, as restaurateurs and barowners lined up to predict a veritable hospitality apocalypse if smokers were asked to take it outside.

But the bylaw passed, its opponents placated with a soothing phase-in, and as it turned out Toronto’s restaurants and bars boomed, or at least flourished.

Eventually the provincial government decided to mirror Toronto’s ban and for a time, it seemed as though all was settled.

This week, the Toronto Board of Health decided to ramp it up a notch. Having sent smokers outside, the board recommended starting consultation on a bylaw that would finish the job, to the extent that any bylaw can.

If council approves it, smoking on outdoor patios, at sports fields, outside buildings and on hospital grounds would be illegal.

One can never entirely predict these things, but so far it seems as though the kerfuffle of the late 1990s won’t see a repeat this time.

According to a report from

2012

the late Dr. Basrur’s successor, Dr. David McKeown, there is more widespread support for smoking bans now than 15 years ago.

The dire predictions the hospitality industry made last time simply didn’t come to pass; there is less questioning of a smoking ban.

This is not to say I’d lay money on it happening; after all, Toronto Council could well do another flip-flop on its 15-year-old opposition to casinos and approve one later this year.

And while the memories of the Mad Men-era smokeem-if-you’ve-got-em ethos may have been stronger in the late 1990s than it is now, we are in the midst of the Angry Man era of Ford-family red-meat conservatism here at Toronto City Hall.

So we’ll see how this goes. Now that provincial law has enshrined the city’s existing smoking bylaw, there’s no risk of that reversing; it’s out of the city’s hands. The question of what happens outside, however, is very much in play.

And given everything else on our plate, the last thing Toronto needs is a bare-knuckled rematch of the smoking war. But given the crowd at City Hall these days, that may be just what we get.

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Visit these furry friends in person at one of our shelters,or view them online.

You can also visit participating PetSmart stores. Visit our website or call us for a list of locations: 416-338-PAWS (7297).

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n David Nickle is The Guardian’s city hall reporter.

His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at dnickle@insidetoronto.com

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