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Staff photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBEHEADBANDS: Freddy, left, Brent, Const. Mike Hatzes, Gabriel, Const. Mayer Elharar and Const. Nelly Forde played a game of head-bands with Adrian, during the 21st annual Black History Month celebration inside the Eastview Community Centre on Sunday. For more photos from the event, please see page 9.
The Global Sunrise Project and The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) will be holding two screenings of the film Suffragette in honour of International Women’s Day.
The event, which will also include a one-day exhibition Travels Into the Heart featur-ing 32 photographs by Upper Beach-based teen photogra-pher/filmmaker and UN youth delegate Kasha Sequoia Slavner, takes place Sunday, March 6 at HangLoose Media Studios, 28 Logan Ave. Screenings are set for noon and 4 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited.
Tickets, which cost $15, are available by visiting http://bit.ly/1pmNyLG. Admission also includes three raffle tickets and movie snacks.
All proceeds from the screen-ings/art show will help support 17-year-old Kasha as well as other presenting delegates from the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace as they head to New York City for the 60th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Email [email protected] for additional payment options or more details.
Women’s Dayfilm screeningat HangLoose
Pinewood Toronto Studios (PTS), home of the largest pur-pose-built mega-sound stage of its kind in North America, is
expanding once again.The U.K-owned film and
television hub announced late last week that it is exercising
its option to lease additional land from the Toronto Port Lands Co. to construct a new 135,000-square-foot film and TV
support facility that will include four new flex/workshop spaces, production offices, structured parking and retail space.
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JOANNA LAVOIE [email protected]
Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts wants to desig-nate the week before Fathers’ Day – the third week of June – as Men’s Health Awareness Week in Ontario.
The Liberal MPP tabled his private member’s bill in the Ontario Legislature last Wednesday.
Joining Potts at Queen’s Park for the announcement were a trio of representatives from the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation (CMHF), including group founder and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Larry Goldenberg; president Wayne Hartrick; and high profile athlete ‘champion’ supporter Olympic gold medalist Adam Kreek.
“I am delighted to intro-duce this Bill in support of the CMHF and numerous other agencies supporting men, as it reinforces the importance of men taking stock of their lifestyle choices to better their physical, mental and
spiritual health,” Potts said in a release.
“We should do this for our own well-being and to be better partners, fathers, sons, brothers and friends to those we love.”
Goldenberg said many Ontario men believe they are healthy but in fact are not.
“Many health issues such as some cancers, heart disease and diabetes are preventable with simple lifestyle changes,”
he said in a release.“With the help of MPP
Potts, the passage of this Act will be a significant step forward in bringing more attention to men’s health so that everyone can help put in place a missing piece of the family health puzzle.”
A national, non-profit organization focused on inspiring men to live longer, healthier lives, the CMHF has taken an approach that aims to motivate men and their families with health informa-tion and lifestyle programs in such a way that they can truly hear, absorb and act on the idea that small lifestyle changes can have big, long term health benefits, Hartrick explained in a release.
“The results from our ‘Don’t Change Much’ life-style campaign shows that Ontario men are responding,” he said.
“With MPP Potts’ Bill recognizing Men’s Health Awareness Week, Father’s Day will be as much about being a healthy dad, as being
a good dad.”If the bill is passed, it
would make Ontario the first province to introduce a Men’s Health Awareness Week.
The bill’s second reading is set for Thursday, March 10.
MP bill
Also, Beaches-East York MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith has introduced his first piece of legislation: a private mem-ber’s bill aimed at bringing Canada’s animal protection laws into the 21st century.
Erskine-Smith tabled Bill C-246, The Modernizing Animal Protection Act, in the House of Commons on Friday, Feb. 26.
It seeks to end the prac-tice of shark finning, close loopholes and strengthen the Criminal Code’s provisions against animal abuse and make it easier to secure con-victions for animal cruelty, and ban the sale of cat and dog fur within Canada and require labelling of source fur.
On Wednesday, March 2, the Beaches-East York MP hosted a formal announce-ment/media event at the Toronto Humane Society’s (THS) River Street headquar-ters.
The second reading of the bill, which Erskine-Smith
expects will receive cross-partisan support, is still to be deter-mined.
“This is not a
partisan issue. Canadians across the political spectrum care about improving animal welfare,” he said in a Feb. 24 release.
“Our government ran on a platform of fairness, and this bill addresses the fair treatment of animals in our society.”
The last major reform to Canada’s animal welfare laws happened back in 1892.
Local MP, MPP introduce private member’s bills
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Supporting a men’s health awareness week in Ontario are (from left) Adam Kreek, Olympic gold medalist and spokes-person for the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation (CMHF); CMHF president Wayne Hartrick; Dr. Larry Goldenberg, CHMF founder and Order of Canada recipient; and Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts.
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MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
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involve PTS and Toronto Port Lands Co. entering into a long-term lease for an addi-tional 1.75 acres of land.
The Toronto Port Lands Co. has already approved Pinewood’s concept plan for this new state-of-the-art purpose-built facility and will be working with the film and television production com-pany to ready the lands for development.
In a Feb. 25 release, Blake Steels, PTS’ president, said the expansion would increase Pinewood’s capacity to host more than one production on its site at once.
“This means more films for Toronto, which is good for the whole film industry, the whole city,” he said, pointing to a 2013 expansion that added three purpose-built sound stages to its campus, allowing PTS to support productions of all sizes.
Pinewood Toronto Studios Chair Paul Bronfman, who is also the chair and CEO of William F. White International Inc., said this “much-antici-pated milestone” serves as a reaffirmation of PTS’ com-mitment to attract and sup-port all levels of production in Toronto.
“I’m proud we’re lead-ing the way in adding more purpose-built facilities to our city’s thriving film and televi-sion industry,” he said.
Bro n f m a n h a s b e e n involved as a principle investor in the facility since its previous incarnation as Filmport.
Eoin Egan, Pinewood International’s vice-president, agreed.
“It’s positive news for the production community in Toronto that we are expand-ing our studio footprint at Pinewood Toronto Studios. The additional space gives
us the ability to service more productions and bring more industry jobs to Toronto.”
Michael Kraljevic, presi-dent and CEO of Toronto Port Lands Company, said his side is “pleased with this development initiative by Pinewood Toronto Studios that will reclaim previously underutilized brownfields to create usable, employment space.”
“Since our initial invest-ment in 2005 to establish an anchor film tenant in the port area, we consider ourselves much more than just a land-lord, but also a catalyst for the film business in Toronto,” Kraljevic said in a release.
Ward 37 Councillor Michael Thompson, chair of Toronto’s Economic Development Committee, cal led the “impressive” expansion a great example of an effec-tive cooperative partnership between Toronto’s public and private sectors.
“ T h e e x p a n s i o n a t Pinewood Toronto will create well-paid jobs, generate a robust economic spill-over and increase the city’s rev-enue. Projects like this one support the growth of our film and television sector and add to our clout as a North
American industry leader,” he said in a release.
The City of Toronto has been notified of PTS’s pending application for all necessary permits to begin construc-tion. Approvals of this new facility are expected for this year with occupancy by film clients by 2018.
Located less than three-kilometres from Toronto’s downtown core on a 14-acre site in the port lands at Commissioners Street at the Don Roadway, Pinewood Toronto Studios is Canada’s largest film and television studio and the third largest film studio in North America after Los Angeles and New York. Options exist to expand PTS into a 30-acre facility with upgrades and improvements to Pinewood Toronto’s film and television studios, flexible spaces for media and inno-vation and complementary uses, such as culture, green spaces, retail and hotel.
Some of Canada’s big-gest productions have been filmed at Pinewood Toronto Studios including Total Recall, Robocop, Poltergeist, Pacific Rim, Crimson Peak, Pixels, Suicide Squad, as well as the 2016 Oscar nominee for Best Film, Room.
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The entrance to Pinewood Toronto Studios in the port lands. The studio has announced further expansion plans in the area.
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Beach Hill comic/writer Colin Sharpe, one of four members of the sketch troupe The Weaker Vessels, is excited to be premiering a brand-new show in the upcoming Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (TOsketchfest).
“This is the first time we’ve done this. It’s a new experi-ence for us,” said Sharpe, who will be performing alongside Jeff Clarke, who lives near Dundas and River streets, Annex resident Lance Bird, and Nadine Djoury, who is from the Little Italy area.
“The theme is a secret. You have to come see it to find out.”
The Weaker Vessels, who were nominated for the 2013 Tim Sims Encouragement Fund and in 2015 wrote a critically acclaimed show at the Toronto Fringe Festival, are performing for the fourth time in TOsketchfest.
The troupe is set to take the stage tonight at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 at 7 p.m. at Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor St. W. as well as on Wednesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St. W. (Lower Level), as part of the Sirius XM Sketch Off, a competition where troupes
perform their best audio sketch for a chance to win a comedy album produced by SiriusXM satellite and inter-net radio.
Sharpe is a l ife-long east-end Toronto resident who attended Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School and Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute.
He credits his high school drama teacher Heli Kivilaht for inspiring and encourag-ing him to consider a future in the arts.
“Ever since high school, I knew I wanted to write,” Sharpe shared during a recent
interview.After completing his sec-
ondary studies, he went on to York University graduat-ing from its Creative Writing program in 2009. While there, Sharpe took part in a few Fringe-type festivals and wrote a few plays.
He then attended Second City’s Conservatory Program from 2010 to 2011.
In 2012, Sharpe helped found The Weaker Vessels.
He’s also a founding member of the Cream of Comedy sketch troupe and is a member of Social Capital Theatre’s long-form improv team, Artistic Directors of Marketing.
Aside from doing numer-ous critically acclaimed solo performances, Sharpe is also a writer/performer for the Social Capital Theatre’s weekly comedy show, Fridurday Sketch Live, among other things.
Moving forward, he said he’s working on getting more into writing. He recently co-wrote an experimental short film titled Nosebleed with filmmaker Paul Aihoshi. The plan is to submit the movie to some upcoming film fes-tivals.
F o r m o r e i n f o o n TOsketchfest, visit www.tosketchfest.com
Beach Hill’s Colin Sharpe is ready for TOsketchfest
Photo/COURTESYColin Sharpe is a member of the sketch troupe The Weaker Vessels, who will be taking part in TOsketchfest starting tonight.
Winterfest set for Greenwood ParkEastview Neighbourhood Community Centre hosts Winterfest 2016 this Sunday at Greenwood Park.
The event is hosted by Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher, with support from Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and local businesses, It runs from 1 to 4 p.m. and will feature skat-
ing, games and give-aways.Everyone is welcome to
attend, even if they don’t have skates. Eastview has arranged for the loan of skates for those who need them.
There will be children’s games, a skating clinic by a former NHL player and free prizes for attending fami-
lies. To reserve a set of skates
(adults and children’s sizes available) – please call Fiona at 416-392-1750, ext. 303 before Friday with name and shoe size and they will be brought to Greenwood.
To learn more about Winterfest 2016, visit www.eastviewcentre.com
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Banning chewing tobacco in public spaces, arenas and sports fields should be a piece of cake. Given Toronto’s history dealing with
tobacco regulation, it’s more likely to be a gooey lump of chaw.
Chaw is one of the terms for so-called smoke-less tobacco products. Historically popular in the American south and midwest, the product also known as chew, grizzly, skoal and snuff has been spreading in at least visibility thanks to its popularity among professional and semi-professional athletes – in particular, baseball players.
The use of the product is extremely unhealthy. It might not get into the lungs, but it’s just as addic-tive as cigarettes and pipes and it’s associated with mouth, esophageal and pancreatic cancers, gum disease, and heart disease and stroke.
Its use is on the rise among young people. In Ontario, it’s used by six per cent of students in grades 7 to 12, or 58,200 students (that according to the 2015 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey). That’s up from 4.6 per cent in 2011.
The rate is lower for Toronto students – the increase is just
three per cent here. But without a doubt, the power professional athletes exert as role models is an influence, and a bad one in this case, on any young person.
This week, Toronto Board of Health Chair Joe Mihevc announced he’ll be asking the chief medical officer of health to draft a bylaw that would restrict the use of chewing tobacco from city facilities and public venues such as arenas and sports fields – including the Rogers Centre where the Toronto Blue Jays play.
Council ought to approve the bylaw when it comes forward, as a matter of responsible stewardship, just as it has approved ground-breaking bylaws prevent-ing smoking in bars and restaurants and bingo halls.
Critics might argue a bylaw in this case would differ from one restricting cigarette smoking: there is no issue of second-hand smoke affecting the health of non-smokers. This may be so but it doesn’t mean there’s no second-hand influence. And the influence of celebrity athletes, casually gumming a wad of toxins, is demonstrable and needs to be stopped.
City right to regulate use of chewing tobacco
Union’s ‘job for life’ being phased outToronto council won a signifi-cant victory in its negotiations with the city’s outside workers – no question.
Forget about the less costly benefit plan and the meagre pay increases that CUPE Local 416 agreed to. That’s just money.
The big, champagne-cork-popping win is on something more funda-mental. Now that this contract is signed, it won’t be long before Toronto can shed itself of a significant number of unionized gar-bage collectors by putting out a tender call, having a couple of meetings and contracting out garbage collection in most and eventually all of the city.
Conservative members of council and former mayors have been hoping to contract out garbage collection since amal-gamation, when former Etobicoke mayor and west-end councillor Doug Holyday came extolling the virtues of old Etobicoke’s contracted-out garbage
collection. Etobians were very happy, thank you very much, with their contrac-tor-delivered household garbage collection. The trucks came on time, picked up the garbage, and if there was ever a problem between the drivers and the owners, well that was their problem. Etobicoke was strike proof.
Not so the rest of Toronto.
In North York, Scarborough, East York and York and Toronto, city worker strikes meant that garbage moldered in garages and backyards until it got rank enough to heap in city parks and surface lots. CUPE Local 416, the union representing garbage workers, had real leverage at the bargaining table because of that. Former councillor Jane Pitfield put it most nakedly when in the
run-up to her failed 2006 mayoral campaign, she told reporters that she thought it was time to “phase out” unions.
Toronto’s outside workers have agreed to something like it, after they ratified the provision in the contract that phased out what another former coun-cillor and deputy mayor Case Ootes dubbed “jobs for life.” That was a provi-sion that former mayor Mel Lastman’s administration agreed to, that prevented the city from replacing workers with more than 15 years seniority in the event their position was con-tracted out.
That provision has been the single barrier to the contracting out of garbage collection citywide. It’s why even uber-conservative mayor Rob Ford could only contract out half the city.
It’s why a strike in warm weather would still be a political nightmare for councillors and mayors who want to get re-elected
in wards east of Yonge Street.
It’s why CUPE Local 416, whose membership is less than a quarter that of the city’s inside workers’ union CUPE Local 79, has real power in a collective bar-gaining session.
That power hasn’t been removed, but it is, as Pitfield put it, being phased out. In 2019, the final out-side worker will cross the line into an inaccurately named “job for life.”
He or she will enjoy another decade or two of job protection. The rest of the city’s workers will serve at the pleasure of Toronto council, and the jobs that they have will be as good as Toronto council deems to be their due.
No doubt about it. In love, war and contract negotiations, to the victors go the spoils.
David Nickle is Metroland Media Toronto’s city hall reporter. His column runs
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community calendarw Friday, March 4Winter Stations Design CompetitionWHEN: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Kew Beach CONTACT: [email protected] COST: FreeWinter Stations exhibition returns for its second year to celebrate To-ronto’s winter waterfront landscape. This year organizers are expecting to include up to 13 lifeguard stands across Balmy, Kew and Ashbridges Bay beaches. These utilitarian structures are to be used as the armature for temporary installations, which will need to be able to with-stand the rigours of Toronto winter weather. Ongoing.
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Yoga for KidsWHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715 COST: FreeJoin Jennifer from Opet Childbirth Services to learn some fun yoga exercises for kids.Bring your own yoga mat or towel to help with your poses.
w Saturday, March 5Brain Injury Society of Toronto - Family and Caregiver RetreatWHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, 14 St. Matthews Rd. CONTACT: Meri Perra, 416-830-1485, [email protected] to register COST: FreeAre you a family member or a caregiver of a person living with the effects of brain injury? Come to the Brain Injury Society of Toronto’s free half-day workshop for caregivers of people living with ABI. TOPIC: deal-ing with emotions. Visit www.bist.ca
w Monday, March 7Mom and Baby YogaWHEN: 10:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715 COST: FreeJoin Jennifer from Opet Childbirth
Services to learn some fun yoga ex-ercises for you and your baby. Bring your own yoga mat or towel to help with your poses.
w Tuesday, March 8Shout Sister Choir Toronto South EastWHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: Oriole Claxton, [email protected] COST: duesNo auditions. Sing a variety of music from pop and Motown, to folk to a country and blues. We learn from recorded tracks so you don’t read music. You are welcome to attend a practice with no obligation and new members are welcome at any time.
w Monday, March 14Make Your Own Meme!
WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Teresa, 416-393-7715 COST: FreeCome to Jones to make your very own meme! Registration is required for this program geared toward chil-dren eight and up. Participants must bring a device that can connect to WiFi (laptop, tablet).
Daisy’s Little Chefs March Break Cooking CampWHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Lazy Daisy’s Café, 1515 Gerrard St. E. CONTACT: Sally, [email protected] COST: $140This March Break, kids ages eight to 12 will learn how to chop, mea-sure, bake, team build and make healthy choices.
w Tuesday, March 15March Break: Robin Hood and the Dragon Presented by Apple-fun PuppetryWHEN: 2 to 2:45 p.m. WHERE: Jones Branch Public Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715 COST: FreeOh no! The Sheriff has stolen the money! The best way to get it back? A dancing contest of course! Afterward, everyone learns how to make a paper puppet to take home. Daycares and large groups, must call to register.
looking aheadw Sunday, March 6Toronto Violin SummitWHEN: 3 to 4:28 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: Krista Macfarlane, www.kruc.ca/concerts.html COST: $20 adults,$10 students, free to kids 12 and underCeltic fiddling, Norwegian Hardanger and jazz are some of the genres represented with Rebekah Wolkstein, Chris McKhool, Drew Jurecka and Anne Lederman. This concert is a rare opportunity to witness the versatility of the violin as four of the country’s most talented performers take you on a trip around the world.
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Get your runners and work-out gear ready for Stepping Up for Syrians, a fun night of dancing for a great cause this Friday.
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Applegrove Community Complex, 60 Woodfield Rd., north of Queen Street East, is running its annual income tax clinic on Tuesdays from
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The March edition of Beach United Church’s Jazz and Reflection series is set for this Saturday from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m.
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Artist Ben Watt-Meyer along with members of the Friends of the Spit stewardship group will be hosting an exhibition titled A New Archaeology for the Leslie Street Spit from today through to Sunday, March 13.
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An opening reception is set for Thursday, March 3 from 7 to 9 p.m., while an artist talk is planned for Saturday, March 12 at 2 p.m.
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WoodGreen Community Services in partnership with the Canada Revenue Agency’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program is offering free tax services for low-income individuals in a simple tax situation.
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Clinics are offered at three sites: 815 Danforth Ave. (3rd Floor), 1533 Victoria Park Ave., and a seniors-only clinic at 840 Coxwell Ave. (3rd Floor), and satellite sites.
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While Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts said the recently released Ontario 2016 budget is everything he signed up to be as a Liberal; over in Toronto-Danforth, NDP MPP Peter Tabuns can’t say he was really impressed with it.
During a recent interview, Potts said the Ontario Liberal’s $133.9-billion budget, which he said has been “extremely well-received” and has garnered “lots of positive feedback”, demonstrates con-sistent fiscal management, has stimulus investment in infrastructure, and is both progressive and caring.
To illustrate his point, the Beaches-East York representa-tive pointed to balancing the books as promised by 2017; a move, he said, is getting the attention of credit-rating agencies.
Potts also made mention of the transit file, notably invest-ment in regional express lines as well as the electrification of the GO line.
Lastly, he said the budget benefits post-secondary students with some eligible for free tuition and cheaper loans, and supports seniors by providing free prescrip-tions.
On a local note, Potts said he’s excited about the $345 million in funding earmarked in the budget for improving healthcare at all publicly funded hospitals, including Michael Garron Hospital, through the Liberal govern-ment’s Patients First: Action Plan for Health Care.
He also pointed to the transit hub at Main Street and Danforth Avenue, which will be funded as part of a $31-bil-lion GTA transit investment outlined in the budget.
Further, Potts said the provincial budget allows for investment in affordable hous-ing through an investment of $178 million over three years for housing subsidies and other benefits. He said he’s currently in the process of meeting with a number of local organizations and devel-opers to “find solutions in the
community,” notably along The Danforth.
Tabuns, on the other hand, feels the Liberal government’s budget is sorely lacking on several fronts.
“I don’t see help for Toronto, transit particularly,” he said late last week.
“I don’t see any alloca-tion for the relief line and wait times are as long as ever. This is a huge issue in Toronto-Danforth and east-end Toronto.”
Missed the Mark
Tabuns said the budget also misses the mark when it comes to subsidized child care, a major issue in Toronto. Zero dollars were allocated for affordable child care, meaning no new spaces for subsidized child care, in Ontario’s budget. “It’s tough for families to keep their head above water,” he said.
Tabuns, who was out this past weekend talking with constituents, said proposed changes to the Ontario Drug Benefit program, specifically
raising the annual deductible for those above the qualifying income threshold of $20,000/year from $70 to $170, is a major concern.
“It’s a huge impact for those on a fixed income,” he said, also pointing to concerns he heard about a one per cent increase in hospital budgets that doesn’t keep up with inflation and doesn’t allow for the hiring of more nurses or other healthcare workers.
“This budget is really going to make life difficult for seniors and young families. It’s wrong-headed.”
He also said no new money allocated for capital grants to school boards is another major area lacking in the budget.
Tabuns, who is the Ontario NDP’s energy critic, also chas-tised the province for its plan to sell off Hydro One. “It’s just going entirely in the wrong direction,” he said of the “one-time benefit.”
MPPs offer differing views on budget
For more local news stories, visit us online at www.insidetoronto.com
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Police arrested several teens and seized two handguns as part of an investigation into a Jan. 27 robbery on the Danforth.
Police said four males assaulted and robbed a 16-year-old boy near Danforth and Greenwood avenues.
The initial investigation led to the arrest of a 15-year-old boy later in the day. He was charged with robbery and two counts of narcotic pos-session.
Loaded handguns
The investigation contin-ued, and on Monday, Feb. 29, police executed four search warrants and located two loaded handguns, narcotics and stolen property. Several teens were also arrested at the time.
An 18-year-old male and a 17-year-old girl face a string of charges, including two counts of possessing a prohibited or restricted firearm with
ammuni-tion.
Three 15-year-old boys are charged with rob-bery. One is addition-
ally charged with narcotic possession while another is also charged with cocaine possession.
The boy arrested Jan. 27 will be additionally charged with one count of robbery, police said.
Teens face chargesin connection withDanforth robbery
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The subway exhibit Tunnel Vision could be a casualty of labour unrest.
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