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CELEBRATION: Artists Newsstand founder Jess Dobkin, left, and theatre artist Moe Angelos cut the cake during celebrations last Thursday at the Chester subway station for the 50th anniversary of the Bloor-Danforth subway line.
Young leadersto be honouredin Danforth EastThe Danforth East Community Association (DECA) is looking to recognize young leaders from the citys east end.
The local community group, which got its start in 2007 with the goal of making Danforth East a more vibrant, walk-able, safe place, has recently launched the Young Leaders Scholarship.
The new program, which is being launched in partner-ship with Toronto Community Housing and the Scadding Court Community Centre (SCCC), will provide a graduating student with $2,000 to help with the cost of their upcoming post-secondary education.
To qualify, students must be 25 years old or younger, live or go to high school within
the DECA boundaries from Monarch Park to Main Street, Lumsden/Mortimer to the train tracks, be graduating this year and have a plan to continue their education, demonstrate a need for financial help, and have a strong record of activism or engagement.
T h e Yo u n g L e a d e r s Scholarship is part of SCCCs Investing in our Diversity Scholarship Program, which was established in 2001 and has distributed upwards of 330 scholarships valued at $1,000 to $4,000 to students from low-income families who have demonstrated good aca-demic records and community leadership.
Some key Torontonians
Officials from Service Canada will be paying a visit to Toronto-Danforth MP Julie Dabrusins office at 1180 Danforth Ave., just west of Greenwood Avenue, this Monday from 10 a.m. to noon.
Employers are invited to learn more about how to pre-
pare strong applications to the Canada Summer Jobs program. Both non-profit organizations as well as private businesses are eligible to apply. All poten-tial employers are welcome to attend. Email Julie./[email protected] or call 416-405-8914 for more details.
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EastviEw cElEbratEsblack History MontH
GETTING MOTIVATED: Above, motivational speaker Noel Walrond gives a lecture about passion and personal empowerment, during the 21st annual Black History Month celebra-tion inside the Eastview Community Centre on Sunday. Below, Freddy, left, Brent, Const. Mike Hatzes, Gabriel, Const. Mayer Elharar and Const. Nelly Forde played a game of head-bands with Adrian during event. Bottom photo, Lynn Davidson sings Lift Every Voice and Sing during the celebration.
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including former Chief Justice Roy McMurtry, former Mayor Barbara Hall, and former Ryerson University president/current Deputy Education Minister Sheldon Levy sit on the scholarships advisory committee.
To raise funds for the new scholarship, DECA will be holding a community ping pong tournament this June. Stay tuned for more details.
The application deadline for the Young Leaders schol-arship program is Thursday, March 31 at 5 p.m.
To get an application form and/or for more details, visit http://www.scaddingcourt.org/deca_young_leaders_scholarship/
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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 cant say he was really impressed with it.
During a recent interview, Potts said the Ontario Liberals $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 hes 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-ments 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 hes 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 governments budget is sorely lacking on several fronts.
I dont see help for Toronto, transit particularly, he said late last week.
I dont 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.
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, mean-ing no new spaces for subsi-dized child care, in Ontarios budget.
Its 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.Its 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 doesnt keep up with inflation and doesnt 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. Its 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 NDPs energy critic, also chas-tised the province for its plan to sell off Hydro One.
Its just going entirely in the wrong direction, he said of the one-time benefit.
MPPs offer differing views on provincial budget
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Unions job for life being phased outToronto council won a signifi-cant victory in its negotiations with the citys outside workers no question.
Forget about the less costly benefit plan and the meagre pay increases that CUPE Local 416 agreed to. Thats just money.
The big, champagne-cork-popping win is on something more funda-mental. Now that this contract is signed, it wont 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 Etobicokes 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.
Torontos 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 Lastmans 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. Its why even uber-conservative mayor Rob Ford could only contract out half the city.
Its 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.
Its why CUPE Local 416, whose membership is less than a quarter that of the citys inside workers union CUPE Local 79, has real power in a collective bar-gaining session.
That power hasnt 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 citys 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 Torontos city hall reporter. His column runs
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Banning chewing tobacco in public spaces, arenas and sports fields should be a piece of cake. Given Torontos history dealing with tobacco regulation, its 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 its just as addic-tive as cigarettes and pipes and its 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, its 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). Thats 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 hell 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 doesnt mean theres no second-hand influence. And the influence of celebrity athletes, casually gumming a wad of toxins, is demonstrable and needs to be stopped.
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featuredw Friday, March 18 Toronto East Rotary Clubs Euchre Party WHEN: 6 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Whistlers Grille, 995 Broad-view Ave. CONTACT: Jim Cremidas, [email protected] COST: Euchre players must register online by March 14.Prizes for the first and second place players. The winner will choose from a list of charities which will receive a $500 donation from the Toronto East Rotary Club on the winners behalf.
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its happeningw Friday, March 4Stepping Up For a Syrian Family WHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Grace Church, 383 Jarvis St. CON-TACT: [email protected] COST: $43A fusion dance class to help the Toronto East End Welcome Project sponsor a Syrian refugee family to Toronto.
w Saturday, March 5Julie Dabrusin, MP Office LaunchWHEN: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: office of Toronto-Danforth MP Julie Dabrusin, 1180 Danforth Ave. CON-TACT: 416-405-8914 COST: FreeGrand opening of Toronto-Danforth MP Julie Dabrusins community office.
w Sunday, March 6Skating PartyWHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: East York Memorial Arena, 888 Cosburn Ave. CONTACT: 416-392-4035 COST: FreeCouncillor Janet Davis will host her 13th annual skating party at East York Memorial Arena. There will be cookies, live performances, face painting for kids and prizes. Free skate sharpening and rentals will also be available.
Sunday Concert Series WHEN: 3 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Ave. CONTACT: 416-823-0201 COST: $10old songs, new sentiments: folk musi-cian Ed Barrington with special guest David honan.
w Monday, March 7After School Makers ClubWHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Riv-erdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: FreeFor those aged nine to 12 years old. Registration required.
w Tuesday, March 8Youth Resume WorkshopWHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Riv-erdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: Free
Learn how to prepare a resume. For ages 14 to 21. Presented by WoodGreen Employment Services.
Art Bar Poetry SeriesWHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: [email protected], www.artbar.org COST: DonationFeatured readers plus an open mic.
w Thursday, March 10Heritage Presentation Series at Presteign-Woodbine UnitedWHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine united Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-755-8352 COST: $7/presentationhistorical presentations about ontario, Toronto and the surrounding areas - little known facts, the darker side of Toronto the Good and more.
Leaside Garden Society WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Public Library, 165 McRae Dr. CON-TACT: Donald Beard, 416-488-6194 COST: FreeMarch meeting: no guff vegetable gardening with Steven Biggs plus winter mini flower show.
w Saturday, March 12St. Patricks Day CelebrationWHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-1714 COST: FreeCelebrate St. Patricks Day early with singer Bill Craig and Irish dancers.
w Monday, March 14Mad Science Presents: Imagine WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riv-erdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: Free; registration requiredInteractive workshop for children aged six to 12 years old. Space is limited.
w Tuesday, March 15March Break Kids ClubWHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-422-0510 COST: $30 and upFor children in Jk to Grade 7 with youth in Grade 8 and up as helpers.
w Wednesday, March 16Magic ShowWHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Riv-erdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: FreeFun and hilarity with an appearance by Sir Walken, Scotts live rabbit, rubber sharks and multiplying angry birds.
w Thursday, March 17Canadian Federation of Univer-sity Women Leaside-East YorkWHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Northlea united Church, 125 Brentcliffe Rd CONTACT: Pat Price, 416-385-1055 COST: FreeSpeaker will be former Toronto-Dan-forth MPP Marilyn Churley.
w Friday, March 18Mini Jar PendantsWHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart, 170 Memorial Park Avenue CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: FreeLearn how to create your own mini jar pendant. Supplies provided. For ages 11 to 18. Call to register.
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According to the old Farmers Almanac, we are not going to have a lot of snow this year, but when it comes, watch out.
As I have said before, a snowfall is a good way of measuring how well a community is functioning. When you have individuals willingly cooperating with their neighbours to solve a common problem such as snow removal, then you have a good community.
This is particularly true when you see sidewalks con-sistently kept clear of snow by a large number. It takes a high degree of civic cooperation to make walking easier and safer after a snow storm.
Our snow storm this week made it easy to observe that high levels of civic coopera-tion are still to be found in East York. Not surprisingly, its good civic qualities that make our community one of the best to live in within Toronto.
However, a surprising number of people still did not bother to shovel their side-walks, or were dumping their
snow directly in the street, both of which makes walking or driving treacherous.
Currently city by-laws state that the owners of any build-ing, be it occupied or not, and that has a sidewalk situated beside a roadway located somewhere beside it, must clear that sidewalk 12 hours after a snow fall ends.
That responsibility also includes ensuring that the sidewalk is free of ice as well. This week many East Yorkers were out clearing their side-walks while the snow was falling in order to make sure that their neighbours would have a safe passage.
However, while many people are clearing off their sidewalks promptly and their driveways as well, there is one trend that I am seeing that is becoming far too common today. That is the practice of shoveling snow out onto the roadway, be it from a sidewalk or a private driveway.
Not only is this practice illegal, it makes road snow removal very difficult for city work crews and can create a serious safety hazard for all vehicles using that section of the roadway.
That shoveled snow is not the same as what fell, and being compacted by a snow shovel, can quickly form into rock hard ice that can con-tribute to a serious accident or road hazard.
Under Toronto by-law 719-5, a person convicted of shoveling snow onto city streets is covered under section 61 of the Provincial Offenses Act and is liable for a fine of not more than $5,000. The fine is very high because that shoveled snow can cause a true road hazard.
You can help with enforce-ment by calling 311 when you see someone breaking the by-law and reporting them as it helps to keep the streets safe.
Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears
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Mind-Reading MysterionA mind-blowing magic show featuringmentalism, the supernatural, spoonbending, mind reading and madscience. For ages 6 and up.Monday, March 14, 2 pmDanforth/Coxwell Branch1675 Danforth Ave.
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Eastview 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 dont have skates. Eastview has arranged for the loan of skates for those who need them.
There will be childrens games, a skating clinic by a former NHL player and free prizes for attending fami-lies.
To reserve a set of skates (adults and childrens 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
w Stepping up for SyrianS fundraiSerGet your runners and work-out gear ready for Stepping Up for Syrians, a fun night of dancing for a great cause this Friday.
Sponsored by Gerrard Street Easts Cornerstone Studio, the event will feature instructors from the east-end dance studio teaching a series of dance lessons from Bhangra to hip hop to house from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Grace Church, 383 Jarvis St. at Carlton Street. The downtown church has donated space for the event, which will also include prizes, a silent auc-tion and light refreshments.
Tickets cost $43 and must be purchased by Thursday, March 3.
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East End Welcome Project, a group of 23 Torontonians that is sponsoring a Syrian refugee family to Toronto. Visit www.eventbrite.com/e/stepping-up-for-syrians-tickets-21140142736 for more information or for tickets.
w indoor cycling for a great cauSe eventAn indoor cycle-thon this Saturday will help raise money for youth mental health awareness.
The Six-hour Indoor Cycle-thon for a Great Cause begins at noon at Mindset Cycling, 100 Sunrise Ave., Unit 157.
Cyclists of all levels are invited. They should bring a road bike, cycling shoes, riding clothes and pay a regis-tration fee that goes to charity. All proceeds go to jack.org, an organization that encourages youth to raise awareness of mental health issues with the aim of ending the stigma around the subject.
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Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts wants to des-ignate the week before Fathers Day the third week of June as Mens Health Awareness Week in Ontario.
The Liberal MPP tabled his private members bill in the Ontario Legislature last Wednesday.
Joining Potts at Queens Park for the announce-ment were a trio of rep-resentatives from the Canadian Mens Health Foundation (CMHF), including group founder
and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Larr y Goldenberg; president Wayne Hartrick; and high profile athlete champion supporter Olympic gold medalist Adam Kreek.
I am delighted to introduce this Bill in sup-port of the CMHF and numerous other agen-cies supporting men, as it reinforces the impor-tance of men taking stock of their lifestyle choices to better their physical, mental and spiritual health, Potts said in a release.
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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 mens health so that everyone can help put in place a missing piece of the family health puzzle.
A national, non-profit orga-nization focused on inspiring men to live longer, healthier lives, the CMHF has taken an approach that aims to moti-vate men and their families with health information 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 Dont Change Much lifestyle cam-paign shows that Ontario men are responding, he said.
With MPP Potts Bill recognizing Mens Health Awareness Week, Fathers 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 prov-ince to introduce a Mens Health Awareness Week.
The bills second reading is set for Thursday, March 10.
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Also, Beaches-East York MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith has introduced his first piece of legislation: a private mem-bers bill aimed at bringing Canadas 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.
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On Wednesday, March 2, the Beaches-East York MP was scheduled to make a formal announcement/media event at the Toronto Humane Societys (THS) River Street headquarters.
The second reading of the bill, which Erskine-Smith expects will receive cross-partisan support, is still to be determined.
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 plat-form of fairness, and this bill addresses the fair treatment of animals in our society.
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The winning entry plus a project logo will be revealed in late June or early July. Check out www.undergardiner.com for more information.
wONTARIO LIBERALS GIVE TECHNOLOGy A BOOSTThere wasnt any new invest-ment in public transit for the Toronto region in this years provincial budget, but the Ontario government is clearly interested in boosting support for autonomous or self-driving vehicles.
The 2016 budget granted $10 million to the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium for a partnership with the federal and Quebec governments to further research autonomous vehicle technology.
The Union Pearson Express fare cuts could affect dues-paying taxi drivers
Rahul Gupta is Metroland Media Torontos transportation and infrastructure reporter. His
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