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TELLING THORNCLIFFE PARK’S STORIES: Maria Berumen, left, and Claudio Sarmiento participate in the potato game during the Telling Thorncliffe Park Stories event held on Saturday afternoon at Jenner Jean-Marie Community Centre. Sponsored by the Myseum of Toronto, it was hosted by Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee, Tree of Life Video and Neighbours’ Night Out.
Councillorssend theirsympathiesto Ford familyJoanna laVoie [email protected]
East-end councillors Paula Fletcher and Mary-Margaret McMahon are mourning the loss of their council colleague and former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, who died Tuesday, after a long battle with cancer.
While Fletcher, who rep-resents Ward 30 ( Toronto-Danforth), may not have always agreed with Ford’s political views or actions, she said it’s no longer about that.
“No matter what side of the political fence you sit on, it’s a tragedy. This is just a human issue now, a very big tragedy for
Children aged six to 12 are asked to imagine what Eglinton Avenue will look like once the Crosstown LRT is in service.
The Crosstown’s community relations team is holding an Imagine Eglinton drawing con-
test. The submission deadline is March 31.The Crosstown team will select 16 drawings that will be printed on mesh banners and be incorporated in the project’s signage. Banners will be installed on construction
fencing along Eglinton Avenue. Submitted posters should be on 8.5” x 11” paper, landscape orientation, and un-folded. Make sure to use bright mark-ers. Poster drop-off locations include:
n East Community Office at Unit 110, 660 Eglinton Ave. E.
n The front desk of: Forest Hill Library, Northern District Library, and Leaside Library.
For more info, visit www.thecrosstown.ca/drawing
Kids get creative in Imagine Eglinton drawing contest
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News that a well-known east-end resident Daniel Harker has been charged with the alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old boy has sent shockwaves throughout the community and created a massive social media buzz.
Online, some said they couldn’t believe the 23-year-old Toronto man could do such a thing and emphasized that he is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Others expressed out-rage that they didn’t know about Harker’s arrest and the charges he faces until it was shared with the public. Some parents were incensed and upset to learn their children have been in close contact with him.
Harker has been charged by Toronto police in connection with an incident involving a six-year-old boy at his home near Woodbine and Danforth avenues on Saturday, March 5. Investigators said the accused, who was also a member of a number of east-end Facebook groups, allegedly advertised his babysitting services through www.care.com and was contacted by parents after they viewed his profile and resume online.
Harker was arrested Wednesday, March 16. He has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interfer-ence. He had a March 22 court appearance.
Police report the accused had access to other children in the community, and have released a list of some of the places where he worked:
• Toronto District School Board (TDSB) as a lunch-room monitor at Pape Avenue Junior Public School, 220
Langley Ave.• City of Toronto as a part-
time recreation worker, at various locations, includ-ing wading pools and gym classes
• SH Armstrong Community Centre, 56 Woodfield Rd., where he worked with pre-schoolers and older children in drop-in program
• Gledhill Child Care Centre, 2 Gledhill Ave., as a pre-school daycare worker
The TDSB, City of Toronto and care.com have been co-operating with police, who want to know if there are more victims.
Jenn, who asked that her last name not be used, has two sons who were in Harker’s Saturday morning sports class through the City of Toronto.
And while she didn’t know the accused very well, the eight-year Leslieville resident said she was “blown away” to learn her sons’ instructor is facing sexual assault charges. “It’s shocking to open up your Facebook and a lot of your contacts or local neighbour-hood Facebook pages have posted an alert with a big picture of your child’s coach alleging sexual assault,” she told The Mirror Tuesday night.
“It makes you think twice about your blind trust in strangers around your chil-dren. I recognize that he could be innocent, but it just shakes you.
Jenn said Harker “always seemed so nice and good” with her boys, but said she’s taking the allegations seri-ously.
Sixteen-year Beach resi-dent Andreea Julia Gasca said her first reaction, as a mom, was one of anger as her child had direct interactions with the accused.
On the other hand, as someone who works in the legal system, Gasca said she’s supposed to wear the “rea-sonable doubt” hat.
“Although he is legally innocent until proven guilty, six year olds rarely have the mental capacity to come up with stories intricate enough to convince the first step of the judicial system, the police, that the story was fabricated, which casts a huge shadow of doubt about his innocence,” she said.
Gasca’s family has attended programs at the SH Armstrong Community Centre for about three years. “We always have to use extra caution in select-ing primary caregivers for our kids, no matter how many references or where those references come from.”
CJ Williams, a mother of two grown children who takes care of a family member’s two kids, saw the accused a “few times” at Gledhill but didn’t have any direct interaction with him.
Parents at Pape Avenue School were advised of Harker’s arrest on Tuesday. An information session was held last night at the school.Anyone with more informa-tion is asked to call police at 416-808-2922.
Community in shock overcharges against babysitter
Daniel Harker, 23, has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference.
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CHEERING SECTION: Above, fans cheer for their team during Go Green Cricket and Sports Field ‘Crazy for Cricket’ screening of the India-Pakistan World Cup Under-20 cricket match hosted at Valley Park Middle School on Saturday morning. Along with watching the cricket match, there was also a petting zoo, pony rides and other activities at the event. Below, Jocelyn Molyneux guides Noor Pirani on a pony ride.
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There’s a reason Rob Ford was elected Toronto’s mayor in 2010, and it’s the same one that is now being expressed across the city as news of
his death sinks in.At the age of 46, Ford lost his battle with a rare and
aggressive form of cancer Tuesday morning; family members were at his side at Mount Sinai Hospital.
With his death comes an end to a controversial and, at times, bizarre run of Toronto politics. But unpacking all of that is for another day.
Today, we need to mourn and pay our respects to a man who had a profound impact on the city he loved and the people who lived in it.
While we remember Rob Ford, the politician, we must also remember him as a father who leaves a wife and two young chil-dren, aged eight and 10. Our deep condolences go out to them and to the entire Ford family.
From the first campaign he won as councillor in Etobicoke North
back in 2000, Ford always had a populist “man of the people” persona. He was genuine with that, and people gravitated toward to it. Here was a guy who unapologetically loved his sports, and his barbecues.
Many in the city saw themselves in him: the aver-age guy who was going to stick it to the so-called “elites” who thought Toronto was theirs to rule. Many voters loved that. And they loved Rob Ford.
He was unbeatable in every race he ran for coun-cillor, and when he announced he would seek the mayor’s seat in 2010, many of those “elites” scoffed. But Ford knew what they didn’t – he had deep and loyal support from those who proudly called them-selves members of Ford Nation.
Some of his populist success was built on tapping into resentment by those who felt excluded by the megacity’s political system – particularly those in Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke, who felt they’d been treated as second-class citizens since amalgamation.
Ford may have exploited that feeling. A feeling which resonated with him personally.
Rob Ford was what he was, and he always fought hard for what he believed in.
He will be greatly missed by the city that he loved.
Remembering Rob Ford, man of the people
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His love of Toronto was reciprocated
I think I first met Rob Ford in former Etobicoke Councillor Doug Holyday’s office on the second floor of Toronto City Hall, back in 2000. Rob had just won an election up in Ward 2, and he’d come down to see Holyday, bringing along his big brother Doug before set-tling in.
It’s funny, at first I thought Doug might be the new councillor – he was the aggressively friendly one, while Rob stood politely back: smiling a bit ner-vously, not saying much, rocking from one foot to the other. He was an easy guy to underestimate; an easy guy not to notice. And the first time we met, I did both.
Mea culpa.Over the 16 years
between his arrival at City Hall and his death in a hos-pital bed just a few hundred metres north and west of it, Ford taught me otherwise.
He came to City Hall with two clear and simple objectives: if not to reduce the size of government here,
then highlight where it was overstuffed, and to provide customer service to his con-stituents. He did this both by taking lessons from his father, former Progressive Conservative MP and label-making entrepreneur Doug Ford Sr.
He didn’t win votes at Toronto Council. But he did win votes in his northwest-ern Etobicoke ward, and then, improbably, across the entire city in 2010, and again in his Ward 2 stomping grounds in 2014.
His simple, straight-forward narrative caught on. It made him unbeatable, at least electorally.
Of course, Rob Ford was entirely fallible, as beatable as anyone both politically and personally. For the first couple of years as mayor, Ford ran a tight ship on council, winning many votes and pushing his small
government agenda even when fiscal and organiza-tional realities seemed to make that impossible. The vehicle registration tax was repealed; former mayor David Miller’s baby Transit City, cancelled; garbage col-lection west of Yonge Street was contracted out. In his first year, Ford used the last Miller-era budget surplus to orchestrate a property tax freeze.
It all fell apart. But we know all about that.
His plan to build a subway on Sheppard Avenue East didn’t survive council. A conflict of inter-est trial nearly cost Ford his job. A video of Ford smoking crack cocaine revealed a substance abuse problem of profound and humiliating depth, along with terrible displays of rage and racism and vulgarity that put Toronto in the crosshairs of international late-night television comedy.
You could make a joke out of it, and many did. But really, it was sad and hurtful,
and at times very frightening and dangerous.
And then there was the cancer. You can’t make a joke out of that. It tortured him for awhile, teased him with hope and, as is cancer’s wont, came back for what turned out to be the kill.
The last time I talked with Rob Ford was a couple months ago, when he’d come back to City Hall in the midst of bouts of the chemotherapy that couldn’t save him. We did a little interview outside a commit-tee room, and talked a bit.
It was a nice conversa-tion. He told me the doctors thought the chemo was working, that he was feeling pretty dragged out and often felt quite ill, but at least this time his hair wasn’t falling out. He took that as a good sign, and I agreed it might just be.
Mea culpa.
Rob Ford: a lesson in not making assumptions
David Nickle is Metroland Media Toronto’s city hall reporter. His column runs
every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @DavidNickle
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Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.east yorkmirror.com Read listings from your East York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.
it’s happeningw Friday, March 25Entertainment at the LegionWHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-3070 COST: FreeEvery Friday.
w Saturday, March 26Live Music @ the BranchWHEN: 7:30 a.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Far-rell, 416-425-1714, rcl22.com, [email protected] COST: FreeFeaturing Blaze and Glory. All welcome.
Family StorytimeWHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: FreeFor children from birth to age six and their caregivers. Registration not required.
w Sunday, March 27EuchreWHEN: 12:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, [email protected] COST: $6All welcome.
KaraokeWHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, [email protected] COST: FreeBring your singing voice or simply come out to listen.
w Monday, March 28After School Maker’s ClubWHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: River-dale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: FreeFor children aged 9 to 12. Registra-tion required.
CribbageWHEN: 7:15 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240
Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, [email protected] COST: $6
Drop-in DartsWHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, [email protected] COST: $5Blind draw format and all are wel-come. All money returned in prizes
w Tuesday, March 29East York Historical SocietyWHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-429-7821, eastyork.org/eyhs.html, [email protected] COST: FreeAllan Redway will speak on Govern-
ing Toronto: Bringing Back the City that Worked. Refreshments served at 7 p.m. Meeting at 7:30 p.m.
w Wednesday, March 30Mixed Snooker LeagueWHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-3070 COST: FreeSpares welcome.
w Thursday, March 31Health and Wellness FairWHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Clair O’Connor Community Inc., 2701 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: Celina Sheppard, 416-757-8757, ext. 250, [email protected] COST: FreeExhibitors include: Alzheimer Society, CNIB, Heart and Stroke, Shoppers Drug Mart, Tai Chi As-sociation, Nordic Pole Walking, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police Services presentation on scams, Clutter B Gone. Free admission and healthy snacks, lunch provided, but you must call to register for lunch by March 28.
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w Friday, April 1Community Variety ShowWHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-755-8352, www.presteignwood-bineuc.com, [email protected] COST: $7, or $20 for a family of fourShowcase your talent or enjoy the talents of others. Auditions will be held March 28 and 30 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Musical talent, skits, dance, comedy and much more. Call or email to reserve your tickets.
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Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts’s private mem-bers bill to designate the third week of June as Men’s Health Awareness Week in Ontario has received all-party sup-port.
Bill 170, an Act to proclaim the week immediately preced-ing the third Sunday in June as Men’s Health Awareness Week, had its second reading on Wednesday, March 10.
Potts tabled his private member’s bill in the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 24. 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 joined
Potts at Queen’s Park for the announcement.
If Bill 170 is passed, it would make Ontario the first province to introduce a Men’s Health Awareness Week.
A date for the bill, which aims to raise understanding and awareness of preventable health problems and encour-age early detection and treat-ment of disease among men and boys, to go to committee
Beaches-East York MPP’s men’s health bill earns supportand then onto a third reading has yet to be determined.
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Tennis buffs are invited to get involved in forming a commu-nity tennis club at Norwood and Fairmount parks.
Anyone interested in con-necting to brainstorm for ideas, improvements and events at local courts should contact the office of Ward 32 Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon at [email protected] or 416-392-1376.
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The Danforth Mosaic Business Improvement Area is looking for quotes for sound and stag-ing for its The Danny Loves Music series, which runs for five dates in July at East Lynn Park, 1949 Danforth Ave., west of Woodbine Avenue.
Companies interested in applying should email Oliver Hierlihy at [email protected] by Friday, April 1.
Visit www.thedanny.ca for more information.
wNeLLie’s sheLter seeks committee members
Two dedicated people are being sought to join the fund development committee at Nellie’s Shelter for Women and Children.
Anyone interested in apply-ing must submit a cover letter outlining their interest to serve on the committee and how their experiences align with Nellie’s mission, which is to supply programs and services for women and children expe-riencing violence, poverty and homelessness.
For details, visit www.nellies.org/2016/02/26/fund-development-commit-tee-members or email Janna Cheng-Brown at [email protected]. Applications are due by Wednesday, March 31.
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Applegrove Community Complex at 60 Woodfield Rd., just north of Queen Street, is holding its annual general meeting on Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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members are invited to social-ize, enjoy a light meal, vote, recognize partners and vol-unteers, and learn more about the community centre.
The meeting will also include nomination for vacan-cies on the centre’s board of directors.
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h i s f a m i l y,” s h e s a i d Tuesday.
“To lose your dad so young and to such a vicious, per-nicious cancer is devastat-ing.”
Fletcher said Rob Ford was a father, a brother, an uncle and a son who will be dearly missed, especially by his family.
“It’s going to be a big hole in the Ford family,” she said.
“My heart goes out to his family, especially his kids.”
Calling Ford “a major character,” Fletcher said he fought a good fight in a battle he sadly didn’t win. “He ral-lied really well and he was so bright and hopeful.”
Ward 32 Beaches-East York Councillor McMahon also expressed her condolences.
“My heart goes out to the close-knit Ford family. They’re a very tight family. I’m really
thinking of them, especially the kids and Renata,” she said Tuesday afternoon.
“It’s a big loss. It’s very sad.”
Politically, McMahon said she and Ford usually played well in the schoolyard, except when it came to trees.
“We got along. We dis-agreed on trees but we would always have a good banter and be able to joke about it after,” she shared.
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A visitor signs the book of condo-lences at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday f o l l o w i n g t h e announcement of the death of former mayor Rob Ford.
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While I disliked former mayor Rob Ford’s politics, I dislike the way that fate dealt him a harsh ending to his life even more.
I have had several
family members succumb to cancer and truly it is a terrible and devastating disease.
He leaves a large and loving family along with
two children who are still very young and to them I truly extend my sympathy.
While Rob Ford has passed away at a young age, the truth is that he did make a number of significant accomplish-ments during his life.
While undoubtedly con-troversial, Ford did establish and maintain a long political life that took him all the way to the mayor’s chair.
He did that by focusing on his constituents more than his reputation at City Hall.
While he may not have had large victories in the council chamber, he did have many small ones for individual people.
That is where Rob Ford was at his best, being there for his constituents and anyone else who needed help negotiating with City Hall.
Ford, for better or worse, understood how many people felt about city politics and used it to his advantage.
During the municipal election Rob Ford baited his election hook with the simple phrase “it’s time to end the gravy train”, and many bit it with a frenzy.
During the election Ford admitted on CBC radio that he had deliberately focused on small dollar items because that’s what people can under-stand.
rally support
That strategy allowed Ford to take a share of power, but it did not give him free reign.
This is unfortunately where his downfall as a politician really began.
While Ford was able to rally his public supporters around him when he needed votes to get into power, he lacked the political skills to gain true support from his fellow politicians.
As a result his time in power was marked by con-tention and controversy, all of which is history now.
However, having said that, one must admit that Rob Ford did reflect the views of many people in Toronto.
A view that city govern-
ment is too big and over-consumes the tax resources of its citizens without real regards for their needs.
Yes, that point of view may be an over-simplification of a complex set of municipal realities, but nevertheless it is still a point of view that exists and needs respecting.
Rob Ford did respect that view and strove to express it in whichever way he could.
The problem was that he was not able to do so with the skill and authority that is needed in order to be effec-tive in a democratic system of government.
So in many ways Rob Ford offers up two lessons in municipal politics that are his legacy.
The first is that a good poli-tician is one who truly cares about their constituents.
The second is that if one wishes to represent constit-uents well, then they must learn the art of cooperation and compromise.
rob Ford leaves legacy of good and bad politicsjoe cooper
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Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears
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East York Music Festival ResultsMarch 5 & 6, 2016
CELLO SOLOC1040 Grade 4 Repertoire - List A1. Chelsea Davis *C1042 Grade 4 Repertoire - List B1. Meghan Engelen * • 2. Chelsea DavisC212 Classical - 12 & Under1. Ewan BaileyC214 Classical - 14 & Under1. Rabu Milena • 2. Meghan Engelen *COMPOSITIONCIV212 Instrument & Voice - 12 & Under1. Bianca Norman *CP210 Piano - 10 & Under1. Jacob Wong *GUITAR SOLOG501 New Instruction - Less than 1 year1. Lucien Harrison • 2. Amir EmesG100 Open Class1. Megan Romano *G1012 Grade 1 Repertoire1. Alison BallardG1021 Grade 2 Repertoire - List A1. Armand BellonG1093 Grade 9 Repertoire - List C1. Megan Romano *G308 Pop/Rock/Folk - 8 & Under1. Evan MellisG310 Pop/Rock/Folk - 10 & Under1. Liv Sorensen • 2. Bronwyn Adamson • 3. Zoe MitchellG314 Pop/Rock/Folk - 14 & Under1. Sabine FollensINSTRUMENT AND VOICE SOLOIV6121 Up Tempo - 12 & Under1. Camille FollensIV6141 Up Tempo - 14 & Under1. Veronica MartinIV616 Ballad - 16 & Under1. Milena (Mimi) Damnjanovic * • 2. Isabella AspiotisIV6161 Up Tempo - 16 & Under1. Milena (Mimi) Damnjanovic *PIANO SOLOP1001 Prep A or B - List A & B (2 pieces)1. Amina Emes • 2. Maxwell JonesP1002 Prep A or B - List A & B (2 pieces)1. Angelos ZorbasP1011 Grade 1 Repertoire - List A1. Ueza Congo • 2. Angeline Beltran • 3. Enya Logie *P1012 Grade 1 Repertoire - List B1. Saffron Price • 2. Alexis Gorospe • 3. Haba-Maria KoraneP1013 Grade 1 Repertoire - List C &Etude1. Angeline Beltran • 2. Enya Logie * • 3. Haba-Maria KonareP1021 Grade 2 Repertoire - List A1. Angus ZhengP1022 Grade 2 Repertoire - List B1. Armando Rojo Bolton • 2. Alessandra NaccaratoP1023 Grade 2 Repertoire - List C & Etudes1. Gwyneth Goertz • 2. Morgan Sivers • 3. Armando Rojo BoltonP1032 Grade 3 Repertoire - List B1. Brandon Ho • 2. Raffael Dela CruzP1042 Grade 4 Repertoire - List B1. Damon HoP1052 Grade 5 Repertoire - List B1. Lily Vretanos • 2. Miranda Kwan • 3. Tamara CvijianP1053 Grade 5 Repertoire - List C1. Wolfgang Wai-HahnP1054 Grade 5 Repertoire - 2 Etudes1. Tamara Cvijian • 2. Wolfgang Wai-HahnP1063 Grade 6 Repertoire - List C1. Ashley Lagon • 2. Julia Gajardo-MelansonP1064 Grade 6 Repertoire - 2 Etudes1. Aidan PapadopoulosP1072 Grade 7 Repertoire - List B1. Ysobel BalatbatP1081 Grade 8 Repertoire - List A1. Henry Kelsey *
P1082 Grade 8 Repertoire - List B1. Henry Kelsey *P1083 Grade 8 Repertoire - List C1. Henry Kelsey *P1085 Grade 8 Repertoire - List D1. Miranda LiP1093 Grade 9 Repertoire - List C1. Carrie ZhengP1095 Grade 9 Repertoire - List D1. Claire LucP306 Pop/Rock/Folk - 6 & Under (2 pieces)1. Luke Stelling • 2. Gloria Baril • 3. William JarvisP308 Pop/Rock/Folk - 8 & Under1. Kaz Price • 2. Reilly Chang • 3. Deborah JarvisP310 Pop/Rock/Folk - 10 & Under1. Matthew Guzman • 2. Julien Wallace • 3. Jack PryceP312 Pop/Rock/Folk - 12 & Under1. Thomas Sorensen • 2. George Pachiadakis • 3. Emma BellonP501 New Instruction - Less than 1 year1. Keegan Chang • 2. Erik GjergjiP502 New Instruction - Less than 2 years1. Mateo Rojo Bolton • 2. Kingson Campbell • 3. Kyra BarberaP503 New Instruction - Less than 3 years1. Colby Chang • 2. Amina EmesVIOLIN OR VIOLA SOLOV1021 Grade 2 Repertoire - List A1. Justine MerielV1022 Grade 2 Repertoire - List B1. Alejandra Harrison • 2. Amelia BarilV1031 Grade 3 Repertoire - List A1. Kendrick Te-Scott *V1033 Grade 3 Repertoire - List C1. Kendrick Te-Scott * • 2. Nathalie StrangV1041 Grade 4 Repertoire - List A1. Gabrielle JemmottV1042 Grade 4 Repertoire - List B1. Melina GoulaV1051 Grade 5 Repertoire - List A1. Alexis SurteesV10162 Grade 6 Repertoire - List B1. Lea Rabu *V10163 Grade 6 Repertoire - List C1. Amelia Luc • 1. Lea Rabu *V10173 Grade 7 Repertoire - List C1. Joshua ShengV208 Classical - 8 & Under1. Veronica Baril • 2. Duncan BaileyV218 Classical - 18 & Under1. Aleksandar Nikolic-HouleV310 Pop/Rock/Folk - 10 & Under1. Teddy PorfirisV501 New Instruction - Less than 1 year1. Lily McIntoshVOCAL SOLOSG100 Open Class1. Demmy Romano *SG1031 Grade 3 Repertoire - List A1. Makela Kafele-Green *SG1082 Grade 8 Repertoire - List B1. Demmy Romano *SG208 Classical - 8 & Under1. Duncan Bailey *SG308 Pop/Rock/Folk - 8 & Under1. Maxwell Jones • 2. Duncan Bailey *SG310 Pop/Rock/Folk - 10 & Under1. Christina PachiadakisSG312 Pop/Rock/Folk - 12 & Under1. Alisa Gagne • 2. Avery DeMarco • 3. Amina EmesSG410 Broadway - 10 & Under1. Dorothy “Faith” VillarinSG412 Broadway - 12 & Under1. Patricia GreySG414 Broadway - 14 & Under1. Alexandra Nogueira • 2. Makeda Kafele-Green *SG416 Broadway - 16 & Under1. Veronica Long
*Represents Scholarship or Prize Winner.CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES.
The Annual East York Music Festival was held on March 5 & 6, 2016 in the heart of Pape Village. Since 2009 we continue to support amateurmusicians in their quest to find a positive & comfortable performance experience. Each participant is a winner because they are willing to share theirtalent with others. Our goal remains celebrating & showcasing music education excellence. Thank you to our esteemed adjudicators, hundreds ofparticipants from the GTA, assistants, volunteers, audience and sponsors: TD Bank, Yamaha, D’Addario Canada, Long & McQuade, Geo. Heinl &Co. Ltd., Lippert Music, Whistler’s, & private donors. Find out more by visiting www.eastyorkmusicfestival.com or twitter @EYMusicFest.
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Surveillance was stepped up at Toronto-area transit stations in the wake of the devastating terrorist attacks in Brussels this week.
Metrolinx confirmed it has boosted security at Union Station following the co-ordinated attacks at Brussels Airport, and later on within the city’s metro system, which resulted in over 30 known dead as of Tuesday.
The TTC also posted an advisory, advising vigilance and to report any suspicious activity to TTC employees or police.
wUP EXPRESS PRESIDENT offERS RESIGNaTIoN
The president of Union Pearson (UP) Express has resigned from overseeing the service, Metrolinx has confirmed.
Kathy Haley is the first senior executive to pay the price for the service’s low ridership, which resulted in scores of near-empty UP trains before fares were slashed
earlier this month. Since the service launched right before last year’s Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, it was excoriated for the high fares that seemed to price out regular transit riders in favour of business-class travellers seeking a rapid transportation option between downtown and Toronto Pearson airport.
wMEETING oN SECoND KEELESDaLE ENTRaNCE
Construction of the first Eglinton Crosstown under-ground station has hardly begun, and Metrolinx is already looking at options for adding a secondary entrance to the site.
The agency is gauging public feedback for purchas-ing surplus Toronto District School Board lands in the vicinity of the Keelesdale sta-tion site located near Keele
Street and Eglinton Avenue West. In order to construct the additional entrance, removal of a mature tree is required with the work set to begin before the end of the month.
A meeting takes place 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at York Memorial Collegiate Institute, at 2690 Eglinton West.
wHavE yoUR Say oN TTC BIKE REPaIR STaTIoNS
With spring having sprung and bicycle traffic set to increase as the weather warms, the TTC wants to know how it can improve its bike repair options.
The transit commission installed bike repair stations allowing for cyclists to attend to a quick tune-up or patch-up while on the go. Now, it wants to know if it should expand this service. Give your opinion by completing a short online survey via www.ttc.ca
Security increased at Toronto transit stations in wake of Brussels attack
Rahul Gupta is Metroland Media Toronto’s transportation and infrastructure reporter. His
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Councillor Rob Ford was amalgam-ated Toronto’s third mayor, who in a single term of office transformed city government even as he sharply divided public opinion and through his personal life drew intense and often unwelcome international attention.
He died Tuesday, March 22, after a long battle with a rare form of cancer.
At the time of his death, Ford, 46, was serving as Ward 2 Councillor (Etobicoke North) — an office he originally assumed in 2000 at the age of just 30. It was the same year he married his high school sweetheart, Renata Brejniak.
Ford, the youngest son of former Progressive Conservative MPP and Etobicoke businessman Doug Ford Sr., grew up in Etobicoke, attend-ing Scarlett Heights Secondary School where he played football, and attended Carleton University to study political science.
He spent a year there, joining the football squad, but not playing, and returned to Toronto, to work at the family’s label-making business, Deco Labels and Tags.
Ford ran for city council and was elected in Ward 2. He quickly became known as a sharp critic of government spending — particularly of fellow councillors using office budgets for city business and matters that seemed personal.
He fought for small government in other ways, particularly during the council’s annual budget debate, and he became known for his combative style, often going head-to-head with colleagues. He got into hot water in 2002 when he called Ward 7 (York West) Councillor George Mammoliti a “Gino-boy,” which resulted in a human rights complaint and Mammoliti officially changing his first name to “Giorgio” in honour of his Italian heritage.
Ford also became known over his three terms as a city councillor as a politician who returned calls per-sonally and also took steps to assist callers – whether from his own ward or not – in issues they were having with the city or Toronto Community Housing.
In 2010, Ford kept a promise he’d repeated for three terms and ran for mayor, after then-mayor David Miller announced he would not seek a third term. Ford handily defeated his opponents, chief among them former Liberal cabinet minister George Smitherman, despite several more scandals emerging during the campaign.
Ford’s brother, Doug Ford Jr.,
Rob Ford succumbs to cancer at age of 46who also managed the mayoralty campaign, was elected to council in Ward 2 that same year.
Ford ran on a simple slogan, “stop the gravy train,” arguing the city was wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and he knew where to find savings. He also promised to scrap a light rail plan, Transit City, that was unpopular among voters
in Scarborough and Etobicoke, and instead build a subway along Sheppard Avenue East.
When he was elected, Ford imme-diately rallied Toronto Council around several new changes. His first act as mayor was to announce that “Transit City is dead” and then-Premier Dalton McGuinty, whose government was funding the project,
was quick to comply.He scrapped a $60 vehicle reg-
istration fee that was imposed by Miller’s council, and supported a plan to have the Toronto Transit Commission declared an essential service, forever removing the spectre of transit strikes in Toronto.
He also instituted a core service review, looking for ways to save
money through the cancellation of services. That review, conducted by KPMG for the city, found there were far fewer savings than Ford claimed.Ford was also able to avoid strikes of inside and outside workers, obtain-ing concessions in tough rounds of bargaining.
Other plans failed. Ford prom-ised to phase out the municipal land transfer tax but was unable to do so.
He attempted to gain approval by Toronto Council for a Sheppard subway, but council didn’t go along, although council eventually approved another subway in Scarborough, to replace the aging Scarborough SRT line.
Ford continued to return phone calls and troubleshoot issues con-stituents brought to his attention — often attending their homes per-sonally.
He and his family hosted annual Ford Fests, where he would invite any and all to partake of beer, barbecue and live music. His support remained high among a group of voters that he called Ford Nation.
In 2013, issues of substance abuse overtook the mayoralty. The existence of a video showing Ford smoking crack cocaine become a huge con-troversy.
Ford repeatedly denied having done so, even as Toronto police commenced an investigation of the allegations, until finally in the fall of that year, Ford reversed his position and admitted it during a scrum on the way to a council meeting.
In 2014, he was set to run for re-election as mayor, but a cancer diagnosis in the summer led to his last-minute withdrawal from the mayoral race.
With minutes to spare before nominations closed, Ford registered for his old seat in Ward 2, while Doug Ford joined the mayor’s race.
Despite undergoing chemotherapy at the time for two tumors in his abdomen, Ford easily won Ward 2, while Doug came in second to former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader and broadcaster John Tory.
Ford spent his final years in munic-ipal politics offering sharp criticism to the policies emerging from Tory’s mayoralty, undergoing successful surgery for the initial tumors and attending meetings far sooner than his doctors advised.
In 2015, he announced a second set of tumors had been found, near his bladder, and entered into another round of chemotherapy, which was not successful.
Ford is survived by his mother Diane, his wife Renata, his daughter Stephanie and his son Doug, brothers Randy and Doug, and sister Kathy.
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Mayor Tory pays tribute to Rob Ford on behalf of cityRob Ford was “a man who spoke his mind” and brought “deeply-held convictions” to his career as a city councillor and as mayor, said Toronto Mayor John Tory in giving tribute to his predecessor at City Hall on Tuesday.
Ford, who had held the Ward 2 Etobicoke North seat on Toronto Council since 2014, was a frequent critic of Tory’s policies and when they briefly ran against one another in the 2014 mayoral race, was a tough debater, according to Tory.
“When he and I would engage in debate, he would turn to me when someone else was speaking and say, ‘Buddy, I’m about to knock you out cold,’” Tory told reporters at City Hall, just hours after Ford’s death was announced at Mount Sinai Hospital. “He would then deliver what blow he had, but once that was done he would smile and move on.”
Tory was flanked by members of Toronto Council for the brief news conference, a part of the memorials
for Ford at City Hall Tuesday after-noon. Flags outside City Hall and other civic buildings were flown at half staff, and a book of condolences was set out in the rotunda.
Tory praised Ford for his love of Toronto and its people.
“Rob Ford reached directly to people across the city with a phone call here and a visit there, and I know many people who are touched by his gregarious nature... it was pos-sible to disagree with him and also get along.”
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