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June 2011 Vol XIV No 6Mailed to 140000 readers from Liberty to Riverside-Leslieville Toronto Islands to BloorMailed to 140000 readers from Liberty to Riverside-Leslieville Toronto Islands to Bloor

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Reality showgleeks singfor charity

No off-leashfor VictoriaSquare pups

Island tree fest takes root

Toban Dyck

King andSherbourne resi-dent Sheldon

Smith has gone fromdining room manager atThe Keg to leading aworkplace glee club in acharity-driven realitytelevision series thathas teased shy singersout of the shower andonto the national stage

Canada Sings is a 6-part reality televisionseries staging workplaceGlee clubs in a song anddance competition

In each episode of the 6-part series twoworkplace glee clubs will compete for a$10000 donation to the charity of theirchoice Jann Aarden Pierre Bouvier and RobVan Winkle (Vanilla Ice) will judge the teams

Smith is one of three Downtown residentsheading up workplace teams of singers whodid in fact keep their day jobs

ldquoThrough the boot camp portion of theshow people who would normally only singin the shower now sing 6-part harmonies infront of a camerardquo said Smith ldquoThere are a lotof singers and dancers in the restaurant indus-try But most of the team was made up of peo-ple who donrsquot sing and dance on a regularbasisrdquo

Anthony Marcusa

Just as the words left his mouth lamentingthe irresponsibility of some dog ownersand park-goers councilor Adam Vaughan

paused to watch what looked liked a BostonTerrier race untethered across the delicate soilon Victoria Memorial Square on May 24

ldquoWe need to create awareness amongst dogowners that this is sacred territory and a con-sciousness about how to use itrdquo said Vaughanpointing out a former patch of grass that hadbeen destroyed by dogs

Bounded by streets Niagara Portland andWellington and located few blocks northeastof Fort York Victoria Memorial Square isboth one of the earliest public parks in thecity as well as Torontorsquos first military ceme-tery While the area inside the diagonal stonerectangle at the park is the graveyard massburials and other tombs are believed to beelsewhere close by

Weather during the early spring makes thepark a swamp and the soil vulnerable to thosewho use it and while there is a stone path toidentify the area it is difficult to conceive ofany other adornment or barricade that wouldbe presentable but also not disrupt the graves

The issue of dogs is a divisive one Whilesome want dogs under control and note thatthere are several off-leash parks within walk-ing distance other residents feel stronglythat the animals can be free There was onlydismay for some when residents were told thepark designated as a National Historic Site of

Dennis Hanagan

Families can have a full day of free funJune 11 at the second annual TorontoTree Festival on Toronto Island The

event features kids games lessons on treecare and forestry experts rappelling fromtrees

ldquoPeople should come out and learn aboutprobably the worldrsquos most overlooked assetthatrsquos around them everydayrdquo says WarenHoselton (see photo at right)

For the full article including event details visitthebulletinca

Duncan McAllister

Along-standing polling place has hadits Elections Ontario (EO) statusrevoked thanks to new provincial

accessibility standardsIronically the removal of the Dixon Hall

polling place at 58 Sumach from the list ofvoting locations has forced voters to a loca-tion that is currently inaccessible due toconstruction access to the replacementlocation at 203 Sackville Greenmdashthe SouthRegent Park Community Centremdashhas beencut off north of Shuter St during revitaliza-tion

Area resident and Trefann Court ResidentsrsquoAssociation (TCRA) member Bill Eadiestates ldquoFor everyone (physically disabledor not) who lives on Shuter 203 SackvilleGreen is not easily accessible due to closureof Sackville Green from Shuter to Dundasrdquo

He continues ldquoDixon Hall is readilyaccessible to our neighbourhood DixonHall has a wheelchair ramp and button toopen the door Why is the province claim-

ing that it is inaccessiblerdquoEadie took his questions to EO and was

told ldquounfortunately Dixon Hall is no longeravailable to us as a voting location becauseit is deemed inaccessible under EO accessi-bility specificationsrdquo

Alicia Fowlie spokesperson for EOsheds some light on this ldquoOur site inspec-tions which were conducted in the fall oflast year determined that the alternate loca-tion sent to you by EadiemdashDixon Hallmdashdidnot meet our site accessibility standards andthere was no temporary remediation (ietemporary ramp) that we could put in placefor election dayrdquo

Eadie feels that the Ontario accessibilitybar may be set too high and that localmunicipally funded locations like DixonHall may not be able to effect a retrofit to

Fort Yorkrsquos long-awaitedlibrary comes true in 2014Kimberly Spice

The bookmobile that arrives weekly inthe OMNI television parking lot onQueens Quay will be laid to rest when

the Toronto Public Library opens a newbranch at the corner of Fort York Boulevardand Bathurst in 2014

Toronto Community Housing (TCHC)played an instrumental role in helping thelibrary find their architectural design teamKuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg(KPMB) who also designed the TCHCrsquos 427affordable housing development on thesame block

ldquoWersquove been working with TCHC on thisproject for several yearsrdquo Anne Baileydirector of branches Toronto PublicLibrary told The Bulletin ldquoThe architectur-al firm of KPMB was selected through TCHCto do the condo development so then whenwe started working with TCHC and thecondo developers Context it was felt that itwould be advantageous for the project andthe overall design of this whole block and

area to work with the same architectsrdquoA portion of the library development site

turned into an archaeological dig after work-ers found the foundation of an engine-housealong with blacksmithing items from the1850s but the find will have no impact onconstruction since the discovery was locat-ed in the designated park and garden area

The developers want to memorialize thehistorical finding by incorporating some ofthe items within the parkldquoWe are workingwith the archeologists right now and

Dixon Hallpoll closed

continued page 2 continued page 2

continued page 2continued page 6

Old Town resident Rachel Leigh Brittain is one of the youth stars of the new interactive online

film Far from the Heart which was filmed on Delaware Ave in May The intensive play-turned-

internet production tackles the issues of alcohol drugs and sexual violence in a modern way

Kimberly Spice

In Clarence Parkmdashhalf akilometre east ofVictoria Parkmdashthe entire

south portion will be trans-formed into a dog run in thehopes it will entice area petowners to come to the petfriendly area

ldquoFor some reason dogs areabundantly present in thewardrdquo Adam Vaughan point-ed out to 40 people at a com-munity meeting May 4 atMetro Hall ldquoIf one of theparks is totally off limits itmeans the other park has toshoulder some of theresponsibility

ldquoAlthough this is gener-ous (in size) if we donrsquot dothis you will get dogs out-side the dog run area and youwill loose the entire parkrdquo

One resident asked if thedog run could be moved tothe west portion of the parkalong Spadina leaving thesouth a quiet section forthe enjoyment of residentsArborist Michael Ormston-Holloway said the uniquetypes of trees which is animportant feature of thepark wouldnrsquot survive ifdogs were set free there

A child friendly water fea-ture was met with opposi-tion as a potential ldquodogwash stationrdquo

Vaughan will be meetingwith the planners to discusstheir suggestions andanother public meetingwould be arranged prior tothe upgrade of the park

For information aboutClarence Park visit atwwwwellingtonplaceorg

Canada could not be givenoff-leash status

One gentlemanmdashwhoclaimed privately that he didnot have a dogmdashleft imme-diately upon hearing thenews the ban could not beoverturned

ldquoHe is one of the peoplethat always lets his dog off-leashrdquo whispered onewoman in attendance

Meg Morden of 550 FrontSt W opts to walk her dogaround the outside of themarked gravesite butbelieves the area should beaccessible to everyone pro-vided they are responsibleand keep dogs properlyrestrained

ldquoWe need to have aware-ness about the nature of thepark and the time of year itcan be usedrdquo said MordenldquoIf there is enough criticalinteraction self enforce-ment and continuing educa-tion we will all be helpedrdquo

Attendees vowed to createand pass out flyers at resi-dential meetings while onespecific resident said hewould ldquotake out ad space inthe paper if thatrsquos what ittakesrdquo

The free-running dog wasnot the only moment oftragic irony that befell theevent 50 Portland St resi-dent Mark Hutton and hisfriend were on the other sideof the park practicing theirgolf swings when one resi-dent informed them of thenature of the site

ldquoI knew that there wassomething to this parkrdquosaid Hutton ldquoBut peopleshould be allowed to use itas they pleaserdquo

As plans for more off-leash dog parks in the areacome to fruition (see storyat right) vigilantWellington Place residentsplan to patrol the square

ldquoThere is going to have tobe self-enforcementrdquo addedMorden ldquoPeer pressure hashelped in the past and wersquoregoing to have to keepinforming people about thepark when they visit

BRING YOUR DOG

A FESTIVAL FOR DOGSThe St Lawrence Market Neighbourhood (Front St amp Church St) Toronto

Over 250 Vendors amp Exhibitors Fashion Show Stupid Dog Tricks amp

Other Contests For Your Dog Ms amp Mr K9 Canada Pageant VIP Lounge

Woofstockreg

Saturday June 11th amp Sunday June 12th 2011 10am to 6pm

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Fresh ready-to-eat salads with baby SpinachArugula Lettuce and Sprouts of all kindsplus Uncle Georgersquos homemade dressings

Ttasty healthful wraps (lled with fresh sproutshummus and more ALL CERTIFIED ORGANICALL CERTIFIED ORGANIC

June 2011 2 wwwthebulletinca

Ontariorsquos 1st Certified Organic Retailer Look for the Canadian organic logo on our productsavailable in our vegetarian

deli organic juice bar produce bulk and cheese departments

Natural Food Market4164662129 infothebigcarrotca

Wholistic Dispensary4164668432dispensarythebigcarrotca

Organic Juice BarFresh Juices Salads amp Sandwiches

Free Nutritional Store ToursFree Seminars bull Cooking Classes

348 Danforth AvewwwthebigcarrotcaMon-Fri 9-9 bull Sat 9-8 bull Sun 11-6

Organic Leaders for 27 Years

the provincersquos ldquogold-platedstandardsrdquo as he calls themin time for elections thisfall

Fowlie counters thatldquoalthough the locationpassed most of our inspec-tion criteria the ramp whichleads into [Dixon] Hall wastoo steep and the turningradius was too tightTherefore the proposedalternate site for voters liv-ing in this polling divisionis Enoch TurnerSchoolhouse which is fullyaccessiblerdquo

Currently voters may bereassigned depending onwhich side of the construc-tion barrier they are on

Says Fowlie ldquoThe return-ing officer is aware of theconstruction near this site

and as a result has onlyassigned voters living tothe north and west of theconstruction to this votinglocation

The construction shouldnot impede their accessVoters living to the southand east of the constructionwill most likely be assignedto vote at Enoch TurnerSchoolhouse or Oak CityCo-op which also passedour inspectionsrdquo

Residents have a few moredays to voice concerns onthe issue says FowlieldquoWhile these are the pro-posed locations for votersin the area our consultationprocess will continue untilJune 3 which we extendedpast our one month require-ment by an additional 30daysrdquo

Voters can suggest alternate pollsfrom page 1

Branch replacesbookmobile

from page 1

Victoria Square residents promisedoggie discipline to protect graves

Clarence Park off-leash OKed

Heritage PreservationServices the planningdepartment and the parksdepartment to try and figureout how we can commemo-rate these finds within theparkrdquo stated ContextrsquosPeter Venetas

The 2-storey 15000-square-foot library willinclude comfortable areasfor studying wirelessaccess public meetingrooms and an outdoor gar-den Funds for the $8697million project were collect-ed through Section 37 bene-fits and developmentcharges for roads sewersand waterlines

For more informationvisit wwwtorontopublicli-braryca

from page 1

Dennis Hanagan amp Ryan Emberly

On April 27 Stacey Zhang at 292 Queen St Woffered cocktails and sweets as it welcomed visi-tors to its new store Zhangs collection is

described as highly detailed and structurally unique-DH

Leanne Proctor of Elmer Olsen Model Management Stacey

Zhang co-owner Karl Hearne of Trinity Bellwoods and co-

owner Stacey Zhang of the Fashion District

Above left Staff member

Aineacute Doyle of the

Entertainment District and

colleague Aleyah Solomon of

Cabbagetown Above right

Veronica Saluzzi of

Harbourfront is a freelance

model Right Justine

Woolcott and photographer

Kalynn Friesen of the

JarvisCarlton neighbour-

hood

At left Brigid Towler an editorial assistant with Medium

Magazine and Andrea Golberg is a design assistant at Bionic

Studio at DundasSpadina and also designs belts which are

sold at Response on Queen West At right Christina Butty of

Cabbagetown works in marketing

On April 30 The Drake Hotel on Queen West wasbuzzing with brides-to-be at its Spring WeddingShow with an array of paper goods gowns cakes

and accessories-DH

At left Catherine Langlois is a Toronto custom bridal gown

designer At right Shawna Buker of Chinatown is with The

Devils Workshop on Queen West which specializes in making

wedding bands

On May 1 Canadian celebrities hit the runway at theLiberty Grand Exhibition Place to tell their sto-ries of inspiration in support of the Childrenrsquos Aid

Foundation and the new Ignite the Spark Fund whichaims to encourage children to attain their goals

Above left Debra McGrath of Little Mosque on the Prairie

and actorcomedian Colin Mochrie Above right Comedian

Andrea Martin Below left Sandra Beadle who works in

financial services and Esplanade resident Marva Clarke who

works in marketing volunteered for the Sparks event Also

volunteering were Delrine Meehallage who works in market-

ing and events and Tricia Douglas of The Esplanade who

works with The Score sports channel at King and Peter

Ifeel more than any othercity Torontorsquos true twinis Chicago Not only do

we share a great deal physi-cally architecturally andhistorically but ultimatelywe can also learn from eachotherrsquos mistakes and tri-umphs

bull Both cities grew up on aGreat Lake (Michigan andOntario) were first inhabit-ed by indigenous FirstNations (the Potawatomiand the Huron) then camethe French explorers Eacuteti-enne Brucircleacute in 1610 for usand Louis Joliet in 1673 forChicago

(Ironically the first per-manent resident of Chicagowas Jean Baptiste Point duSable a French Canadianwho arrived as a free slave inc1790)

bull Both cities had forts(Fort York Fort Dearborn)burnt down in the War of1812

bull Both cities were incor-porated within a few years ofeach other almost to the day(March 6 1834 for usMarch 4 1837 for them)

bull Both cities boomed withthe coming of the railroad

bull Both cities fortunes werebuilt upon meat packing(cattle and hogs)

bull Both cities sufferedthrough a Great Fire thatbrought about an extraordi-nary building boom

bull Our populations are alsosimilar with about 25 mil-lion for each city properHowever Chicago metroarea is 14 million to our 55million

One thing we donrsquot sharewith Chicago is its murderrate 10 times that ofTorontorsquos

In the past year Irsquove goneto Chicago twice and asimpressed as I am with thecityrsquos remarkable architec-ture my Chicago counter-part historian and tourguideTerry Sullivan told me nobuilding however marvelousis safe Any Chicago devel-oper can buy it tear it downand build something thatwill bring in more tax dol-lars to fill the coffers atChicago city hall

Much like in Toronto theonly way a building can bespared the wreckers ball inChicago is if the govern-ment buys it or agroundswell of public sup-port together with privatefunds are found to save itOne of the finest examplesof the public support for ahistoric building is the for-mer Central Library com-plete with a gigantic Tiffanyglass dome

This absolutely breath-taking library built in 1893was slated for demolition inthe 1970s but was saved bya public outcry and todaythis buildingmdashwhich isoften regarded as the jewelin the crown of ChicagoArchitecturemdashis home tothe Chicago Cultural Centrethat opened in 1991

Sadly unlike Chicago we

tore our first greatlibrary down (theMechanics Instituteon the northeast cor-ner of Church andAdelaide) along withsome 25000 build-ings during thedestructive Urban Renewalperiod of the 1950s andlsquo60s

Another connection weshared (aside from the factToronto was Chicagorsquosstand-in for the filmldquoChicagordquo) is an admirationfor the newspaper and thetemples we built to housethem

Theirs is the marvelousChicago Tribune Tower builtin 1925 for the newspapergiant that still dominatesthe entrance to theMagnificent Mile ofMichigan Ave

Our temple to the newspa-per was the former TorontoStar Building on King StreetWest (now the BMO Towersite) built in 1929 It wasoften regarded as the thirdmasterpiece in the triumvi-rate of art deco newspaperskyscrapers after the DailyNews in New York City andChicagorsquos Tribune

Shamefully the TorontoStar decided to tear theirsdown in 1972 and buildinstead one of the saddest-looking buildings in thecity One Yonge Street

Chicago also has a won-drous downtown waterfrontpark that was developedover a 100-year periodmdashasopposed to our publicHarbourfront Park which isonly a few decades old

The lands surroundingboth of our harbours arelandfill and whereas we builton top of ours Chicagobuilt its expressways andtrain tracks underneath thuscreating a green belt above

A few years ago I had thehonour of escorting then-Chicago Mayor Richard MDaley (his 21-year termcame to an end this pastMay 16) around St LawrenceMarket and I asked him whathis impressions of Torontowere

He told me we have a verybeautiful and clean city andChicago could learn a lotabout how we go aboutbuilding public housingBut on the other hand heobserved that Torontoshould have created a publicwaterfront park 100 yearsago

I said to him ldquoYou should

have seen it just 40 yearsagordquo

I am a big fan of our water-front As each year goes bymore interesting sites arebeing added like SugarBeach and SherbourneCommons with more tocome I think how it alllooked when I arrived inToronto back in 1972 whenthe waterfront was nothingbut rusting hulls weather-beaten docks and dilapidatedshacks

And while we donrsquot havethat great expanse of greenspace along the Downtownwaterfront we do haveToronto Island which I havealways thought of our water-frontrsquos saving grace

Both cities have also hadto deal with controversialwaterfront airports Butwhereas Chicago lost theirsin 2003 when Mayor Daleydecided to transform it into alakeside park ours afteryears of heated debates isexpanding much to thedelight of some and frustra-tion of others

While personally I likehaving the convenience of aDowntown airport I canrsquothelp thinking it should havebeen built further out intothe lake

There are many more whowould love to see the wholeIsland airport just disappearaltogether

Chicagoans have a longheld reverence for its archi-tecture that is to be enviedwhile here we are only justnow starting to appreciateours

I love Toronto and wouldnever want to live anywhereelse but as far as visiting ourChicago cousins I will goany chance I get

bull bull bullJoin me Weds June 29 at a

performance of the RailwayChildren The all inclusiveprice includes a scrumptiouslunch at the Royal YorkHotel and tours of thefamed hotel Union Stationthe historic rail landsTorontorsquos Railway Museumand a ticket to see thisunique show that features afull scale model of a workingsteam locomotive All inclu-sive $160 Phone Angela

Goodwin at 416-449-0931 tomake a reservationCheck out my website for

all my upcoming day trips toStratford Niagara ampMuskoka and make sure youvisit The Bulletinrsquos websitewwwthebulletinca forordering details on my newbooks compiling the last 12years of my Bulletin historycolumns Visit my websitefor more details on all of theabove wwwbrucebelltoursca

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Toronto and Chicago sharemany things but thankfullynot the murder rate

On May 4 SeventhStage TheatreProduction present-

ed its All The Single Ladiesfundraiser at the DistilleryDistrictrsquos DancemakersStudio It was a fun evening

of dancing drinking and food with Melissa-Jane ShawSamantha Collard provided acoustic entertainment-DH

Above left Kelly Young of King West and Shantona

Chaudhury of the Annex Above right Hilary Page left with

sister Bronwyn Page of Broadview and the Danforth

Above left Linda Hechtl

left with board member

Dawn Whiteman of Spadina

and Queen Above right

Elizabeth Witzke of the

Junction Triangle Michelle

Dunbar of King West and

Heather Paterson of King

West Village Left Sara

Gilchrist of Leslieville and

Dylan Smith of Parkdale

On May 5 the Gladstone Hotel in Parkdale held areception to launch Exposed 2011 as part of theScotiabank CONTACT photo festival The exhibit

was curated by Britt Welter-Nolan and David Brown andco-produced by the Gladstone and SpeakEasy-DH

Above left Ossington and Bloor resident Roma Maksymec

left with photographer Mafalda Silva of the St George and

Bloor area Above right Queen West photographer R

Kolewe with his photo of Grand Central Station

On May 6 Flirty Girl Fitness invited 300 GTA ladiesfor an evening of tasty treats sexy services andhot performances from some of Torontos most

noted and notorious femme fatales-DH

Above left With Blo on King West are Marilu Taraborrelli

Candice Irons George Gogos Kait Moffat and Patricia

PannozzoAbove right Anna Druet left and Tanya Grant of

the Sultans Tent amp Cafeacute Moroc on Front Street East Below

left Lydia Palmer Michelle Epstein (co-owner of the Toronto

studio) Marlo Aquilina Caitlin Ryan and Stacy Walman

Below right Laura Thipphawong is owner and executive

chef of Alligator Pear Catering on Bloor St W in the Annex

Morse Street Junior PS is having its annual barbecueand silent auction on June 16 from 3 pm to 6 pmThe school is located at 180 Carlaw Ave just south

of Queen St E There will be games inflatables food enter-tainment and a silent auction featuring fantastic itemsdonated from local businesses This is the parent councilrsquosbiggest fundraiser and it supports initiatives like the

schoolrsquos Eco Club ldquoGangGreenrdquo and sports uniformsin addition to music and sci-entists in the classroom

Duncan McAllister

This yearrsquos 51 Divisioncommunity policeliaison committee

spring open house and bar-becue had splendid weatherdespite what earlier lookedlike a not-so-splendid day

The May 28 event washeld at the historic 51Division headquarters atParliament and Frontstreets where visitors weretreated to a barbecue staffedby officers and CPLC volun-teers

CPLC chair Deb Devganwas pleased with theturnout ldquoIt was reallysteady the weather was

great and there was a lot ofinterest from the communi-ty in seeing the building andmeeting the officersrdquo

House band TheCoppertones were on handto crank out the tunes whileguests took in sights likethe horses of the MountedUnit the Police DogServices and TorontorsquosEmergency Task ForceStatic displays showed offshiny police vehiclesincluding the ETF armouredtruck

The annual BuildingBridges scholarshipfundraising cocktail recep-tion gala will take place thisyear at the CorusEntertainment centre on thewaterfront on Nov 10

June 2011 4 wwwthebulletinca

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Toronto It is mailed free via Canada Post to most businesses and

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Choice even those that say ldquono flyersrdquo The Bulletin isalso avail-

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printed on eco-friendly paper derived from sustainable sources

that are managed and maintained with environmental sensitivity

Published by

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Editor Frank Touby

Ext 3 deareditorthebulletinca

Publisher Paulette Touby

Managing Editor Anisa Lancione

Ext 4 anisathebulletinca

AAV Producer Peter Reynolds

Associate Editor Bruce Bell

brucebellthebulletinca

Advertising Arthur Roman

Ext 3 salesthebulletinca

LayoutDesign Kelly McGowan

Columnists

Bruce Bell John Sewell Mike

Comstock Frank Touby

Contributors

Michael Gregoris Dennis Hanagan

Anthony Marcusa Duncan McAllister

Eric Morse Catherina Perez Kimberly

Spice Paul-Franccedilois Sylvestre Leslieville

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All Contents copy 2011 CBNG Inc

This issue 85500

Bonuses backbone of excellencehellipor bonersEditorial

There is absolutely no valid reason taxpayers shouldpay bonuses to already high-paid employees Thesame by the way also goes for employees and board

members of private corporations that are owned by publicshareholders

The rationale for a bonus is to inspire the recipient to putforth super-human effort to excel and bless the institutionor enterprise with a desired outcome And itrsquos baloneyTheyrsquore mostly automatic pay boosts that cost taxpayers orshareholders and are designed to conceal the real overpaidstatus of those executives masked as rewards for excellenceabove and beyond the call of duty

Keeping your fat paycheque should be enough incentivefor executives whose pay comes from tax money or from

public shareholders While managing a large organizationisnrsquot as unique a skill-set as managing a puck on the ice ordirecting a Broadway show and making big bucks there areskills involved that deserve high pay for important workThe standard for top CEO pay in the past has been 40-timesthe rate of the lowest paid member of the organization Butsome of todayrsquos spoiled CEOs may make 400 times that Itrsquosoutrageous

The Ontario electricity companies you own make million-aires out of some execs and bonuses play a big part in that

Fatcat execs in our publicly funded hospitals win bonusesformdashget thismdashcogitating on how to get employees to washtheir hands more often Can you imagine A bonus likelywent to the hospital exec who figured out that if you dis-

charge patients in the morning before the noontime rush ofemergency room patients you can clear the backlog

Thatrsquos not rocket surgery as Don Cherry would say Howmany deep thinkers do we have in that industry mullingover the same repeating challenges coming up with similarsolutions and getting huge bonuses for it

Itrsquos a ripoff of our tax money and it robs us of funds forfrontline healthcare Shareholders in public companies arerobbed when shares in their firms are given to executives asincentives If the execs are so sure of their skills at raisingshare prices they should buy their own stock

Rather than encouraging the use of bonuses in the publicsector as Ontario does it should abolish that senseless andcostly practise

ADowntown city service review and information ses-sion has beeen scheduled for June 11 from 2 to 4 pmin committee room 1 on the second floor of city hall

The session will be hosted by Kristin Wong-Tam PamMcConnell Paula Fletcher and Adam Vaughan

Mike Layton is also hosting a session for Ward 19 on June13 at 7 pm at St Christopher House

A survey about city services is also online at wwwtoron-tocatorontoservicereview

Service review meet June 11 19

Canada Day celebrations

Waterfront book at Fort talk

51 Division cooks up community

Volunteer Joseph Toporowski Heinz Kuck 51 Div superinten-

dant Deb Devgan CPLC chair Bob Kemp CPLC treasurer

Corktown sale June 4

Movies in the park June 19

Hidden garden tours June 5

Strawberry social June 8

Morse St school benefit June 16

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The St Lawrence Neighbourhood Association will onceagain kick off its annual Canada Day Celebration witha parade at Crombie Park (Sherbourne and The

Esplanade) at 11 am The first 200 paraders will get a free t-shirt A free barbecue and entertainment plus a bouncy cas-tle for kids will follow at Market Lane Park (Jarvis andFront) at noon

The Corktown Residents and Business Association willmeet on June 7 at 7 pm in the back room at theDominion on Queen

The working title for the presentation is ldquoThe Productionand Consumption of Tasty and Fresh Food in the Cityrdquo andwill see two speakers addressing the topics of both growingand eating healthy green food in the city Philip Collinsthe co-founder of Fresh City Farms and Jamie Kennedyproprietor and chef at Gilead Cafe

Corktown food experts speak

Christopher Hume will interview contributors to thenew book Reshaping Torontorsquos Waterfront (pub-lished by the University of Toronto Press) at the

Parler Fort sopeaker seriesrsquo June 20 meeting at 730 pm atFort York Tickets are $10 For information call (416) 392-6907 ext 221 or e-mail fortyorktorontoca

Island gardentour June 25

The Corktown community street sale will be held onJune 4 from 10 am to 4 pm along Trinity MewsWilkins Ave and 402 King St E

Art City is hosting a family friendly Movies in thePark event at Riverdale Park East on June 19 Theevent is to raise money and awareness for Art City a

registered charity which provides free afterschool and week-end art classes to children The event is free and open to thepublic

The Cabbagetown Preservation Association is holdingits annual Hidden Gardens amp Private Spaces tour onJune 5 from 10 am to 3 pm Tickets are $15

This year children from ldquoKids growingrdquo project will guidepeople through their garden at the Winchester School Alsoguest gardener Liz Primeau will be in the garden at 89Winchester St with her books and gardening advice

For information visit wwwcabbagetownpaca

The Riverdale Horticultural Society will be having itsannual flower show and strawberry social on June 8 at7 pm It takes place at the Frankland Community

Centre at 816 Logan Ave All are welcome

Private Island gardenswill be open to thepublic and their gar-

deners will be on hand toanswer your questions onJune 25 and 26 from 1 to 5pm Tickets ($10) andmaps will be available in thewhite gazebo at the WardrsquosIsland ferry docks Forinformation call (416) 2030216 or visit wwwtoron-toislandorg

June 2011 5wwwthebulletinca

Bill Blair was appoint-ed chief of police inToronto six years

ago replacing the hard-edged imperiousness ofJulian Fantino with talk ofconciliation and a policeforce more attuned to thecityrsquos needs

Blair had gained a reputa-tion as someone who couldcreate change from withinand the expectation was thatwith him as chief wersquod havea new and progressivepolice force

But it hasnrsquot happenedDiscrimination by Torontopolice against those withdark skins continuesunabated under Blairrsquos lead-ership It was a story Blairdidnrsquot want told when in2008 the Toronto Star askedfor recent police data tocompare with it 2002 studyBlair and the police boardfought hard to prevent theinformation from beingreleased The appeal court

ordered the police force torelease it and the Star foundthat rates of discriminationcontinued at a rate of threeto one Blairrsquos statements ofconcern and conciliationhad not resulted in changesto police practise

Nothing has been done toreign in police spendingthe budget has climbedevery year and for 2011 isover $910 million The pro-posed collective agreementfor the next four years withthe Police Associationwhich Blair has publiclyendorsed would see thestarting salary for a newrecruit rise to $72000 andan officer with five yearrsquosexperience would get$90000 That doesnlsquotinclude the $10000 eachofficer receives on averagefor duty pay or the$15000mdash20000 manyofficers receive for over-time After the mayhemcaused by Toronto police

during the G20mdashtheyarrested more than 1100people although chargesagainst all but a handfulhave since been abandonedand searched hundreds ille-gallymdashmany think policedo not deserve a salaryreward that will make themhigher paid than teachers

At the same time Blairhas done little to look forefficiencies within thepolice force Two-officerpolice cars after dark are aluxury Toronto taxpayerscan no longer afford yetthis practise which is notused by the RCMP is notbeing rethought Cuttingtwo officer cars by halfwould save $90 million ayear Nor can taxpayers con-tinue to pay Toronto policethe current shift schedulewhich has officers workingthree shifts a 10-hour day-time shift a 10-hourevening shift and an 8-hournight shift adding up to 28

hours for every 24-hourperiod Changing to three8-hour shifts or two 12-hourshifts would save $100 mil-lion a year But these kindsof efficiencies arenrsquot on thetable

Instead of placing officersin a community on a long-term basis to deliver realcommunity policing Blairhas introduced the TAVISmodel Toronto Anti-Violence InterventionStrategy It consists of largegroups of officers sweepingthrough neighbourhoodsrandomly stopping youthsand others and searchingthem It seems to haveincreased distrust of policerather than creating recon-ciliation

Sure crime is down but itis down across Canada andthe rate of crime reduction inToronto (which has the low-est serious crime rate of anycity in Canada) is no differ-ent than elsewhere our

police strategiesdonlsquot produce ratesany different thanthose in other citiesThe number of thosewho are strip-searched after arrestby Toronto police isvery highmdashpossibil-ity up to 50although the annual reportspromised by Blair in 2005have never materialized sowe donlsquot know the precisefigures We do know that theSupreme Court of Canadahas stated that strip search-es should not be a routineoccurrence but Blair hasnot implemented that deci-sion

Blair has put officers intoschools so that errant stu-dents risk arrest rather thandetention and staying lateThis strategy has been usedfor a decade in United Statesbut is coming under increas-ing criticism there for crim-inalizing youth

In short the reforms weexpected from Chief BillBlair have not happened Herepresents more of the

same and it is not goodenough for Toronto Weneed a progressive policechief one who will reshapethe force and how it relatesto other city institutionsBut his contract runs anoth-er four years two years agoin May 2009 withoutnotice or debate the PoliceServices Board extended hiscontract for a further sixyears

It would be nice to thinkthat Blair will change butpeople rarely do and itwould be nice to think thePolice Services Board wouldcreate change but policeboards rarely do Sadly weshould prepare for more ofthe same

John Sewell is a formermayor of Toronto

Is Chief Blair Julian Fantino lite

John Sewell

Torontorsquos gravy trainof political rhetoric ismuch richer with the

addition of the War on theCar a really clever and quitedivisive phrase somethingthat was certainly a pushback to Transit City Maybeit originated in response tothe sniper fire of the park-ing police The $30 yellowbullets have wounded manycitizens and tourist alikeOr it might have beenbecause of the unconnectedstop and go bike lanes thatseemed to be more a politi-cal statement that sensiblepath

The reality is Torontorequires a diverse trans-portation network of whichautos are a big part It isvery possible that duringthe Miller years we failed tomake any improvements intraffic flow Irsquom sure that isthe case Downtown In factthere have been severaladded impediments

They set out street signsin sufficient numbers andwith fine enough print tobewilder the driving andparking public

They created long stretch-es of no left turns where wemust take three rights tomake a left The timing sys-tem for traffic lights was setin preference to the streetcarroutes Lane closures forconstruction could last foryears without any provision

for traffic capacity andpylons and signage litter isleft behind in huge num-bers Donrsquot even get mestarted with poor road main-tenance and potholes

Critics of Mayor RobFordrsquos administration havehighlighted the War on theCar as a negative thing thatplaces Ford on the side ofthe driving public whomthey coujld care less aboutThey would like us to thinkif you are for improved traf-fic flow you are againstpublic transit To handle themasses of Toronto bettertraffic flow can only comewith better transit

We need more of themParking restrictions forboth sides of King andQueen streets in the morn-ing and evening rush hoursare due to the TTCrsquos absolutepower Older parking rulesrestricted parking on justone side in the rush hourdirection not bothDowntown merchants havebeen fighting this injusticefor years

The outgoing bulge intraffic occurs firstDowntown then farther outDowntown it should proba-bly start at 3 pm not 4pm and last till 5 pm not6 pm but we have thesame inefficient times allthe way out intoScarborough and Etobicoke

The Downtown coreallows Shred-it trucks UPSand FedEx to block laneswithout towing them whichwould happen if it were you

or I The city enjoys a sys-tem where companies payfor traffic congestion Taxispark in driving lanes next tothe bank towers wheresuper-wide sidewalks wouldallow them a lay-by lane andimprove traffic We neversee police in intersectionsto facilitate traffic duringrush hours even thoughdirecting rush-hour traffic isa common police practise inbusy downtowns like ours

Jarvis and Adelaide is nowthe intersection with themost horn honking JarvisStreet south is one of onlythree Downtown opportuni-ties to get onto theGardiner Heavy trafficPoorly timed lights causeblockage of eastboundAdelaide traffic and inces-sant honking As a last gaspof the War of the Car theproposed new FarmerrsquosMarketParking Ticket

Court building willadd 1000 cars per dayto Jarvis St when itcould have used KingSt TTC made thatdecision against theTraffic Dept plan Wemust pay attention tothe Gardiner Expresswayand the horrible Lake ShoreBlvd Traffic flow would beimproved if it were madeinto a toll road and ramps

modernized A group paid$895 millon for 10 of the407 toll road Just thinkwhat selling the Gardinercould bring in

Car wars

13

13

Before itrsquos too late the Ontario Liberals should forceDalton McGuinty out the back door and out of thepartyrsquos leadership Months ago when the Toronto

Star published the picture of an old man lying on the floorin a private old-age home Dalton said essentially ldquoThatrsquosit Irsquove got to run again They need merdquo

The doofus didnrsquot even catch on that the atrocity occurredon his very own watch Or he thought the rest of us are toostupid to have noticed that his government regulates thosefacilities and it is what failed Thatrsquos been the story of hisentire loopy reign When Mike Hatredrsquos CommonSimpletonrsquos Revolution came to an end and everyone was sosick of it and of him that the Liberals romped to victory thelast thing we expected was what we got Mike Harris with abrain

McGuinty is as big a developerrsquos lackey as any Tory Firstoff the mark he let a bud build 900 houses on the ldquoprotectedrdquoOak Ridges Morraine

Next he not only retained the pro-developer-anti-citizenOntario Municipal Board he kept in place the Harris dodgethat gives OMB final say It gets the premier off the hookbecause therersquos no appeal to Cabinet for the aggrieved asthere was before Harris Go developers Screw the cities

Oh yes and ldquoScrew the poor and middle classrdquo Suppresswage increases Lower corporate taxes Constrain outsideincome to those on welfare to keep them in dire straits

Wreck the hospital system worse than Mikey did inventLiberal Health Integration Networks (LHIN) to rob the tax-payer harm the non-rich sick and create a mean-spiritedgravy train for friends and relatives of those in power Shutdown hospital facilities

Attack the health system devastate OHIP beneficiaries bycutting out coverage for chiropractic and physiotherapy to

help Big Pharma avoid competition Drug them up insteadDalton continues Mikeyrsquos lunatic market-value assess-

ment against property owners raising taxes so high on eld-erly who want to stay in their suddenly high-value familyhomes they are forced to sell to avoid becoming house-richand tax-poor It also creates a bureaucratic monster MPACfilled with high-paid folks with nice pensions when theyretire Of course if buildings were taxed on their squarefootage of livableuseable space it wouldnrsquot require such anarmy of swivel servants constantly testing the vagaries ofthe real estate market Cities would just adjust the mill rate

While he impoverishes us with the HST and higher elec-tricity bills McG enriches big corporations that makeldquogreenrdquo electricity and equipment He kept that ridiculoushydro monstrosity of separate kingdoms that Harris invent-ed to make our electricity bureaucracy more like the corpo-rate sector replete with overpaid executives and competingmissions That way our public electricity system could besold to private companies who would rape us unmercifullyas private companies always do when gifted with propertythat should belong to the people Expect a corporatistyokel like Tim Hudak McGuintyrsquos likely soon-to-be suc-cessor to attempt just that

But Timrsquos no greater a corporatist than Dalton is Theyrsquorein the same league which is to enrich the elites and impov-erish the rest of us Theyrsquore just on separate teams Daltoncrippled the cities just as Harris did He kept in place thedownloads that Mikey slapped down with his usual heavyfist The very livable well-run CityHome was dumped intothe TCHC bureaucracy with a monstrous mess of public-housing slums from the former Metro Toronto and theprovince

McGuinty didnrsquot protect Toronto from the G20 disaster a

year ago this month andthat horror story con-tinues to resonate in ourpsyches and haunt ourcollective dream of alivable well-policed city He should have been firm thatTorontonians mustnrsquot be imposed upon and pushed fromtheir Downtown in order to entertain foreign bigwigs onbehalf of the federal government He saw what happened inPittsburgh He could have and should have told StephenHarper to conduct the G20 on federal property and not torestrict the freedoms of Ontario citizens for this event

In the aftermath of the catastrophe that did occurDowntown Dalton should have been investigating andarresting the numerous felons wearing uniforms guns andbadges who committed outrageous criminal acts againstinnocent civilians Instead those felons are still on thepolice forces of Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario and itrsquos allbeing swept under the carpet

This same premier who just gave police whopping bigpay raises hasnrsquot even raised the issue of cleaning up thedepartments arresting those who committed crimes andensuring that if convicted they can never serve in uniformagain With Hudac pledging to create chain gangs tougherprisons and all the stuff that appeals to the huge ToryNeanderthal element donrsquot expect our police to improveduring his reign G20 gave us a taste of the police state Itrsquosa fact in the US and itrsquos a clear danger in Canada If you likebeing pushed around by your own police on your ownstreets thank Dalton for letting it happen

Itrsquos been a voter tradition that Ontariorsquos premier is in theopposite party of the federal leader But not with DaltonProgressive Liberal Glen Murray would be a saner choice

Go McGuinty Go McGuinty Go Go Out

13

13

Toban Dyck

Painter sculp-tor and vora-cious reader

Erik Tonatiuhrsquosapartment onChurch andAlexander offers abirds-eye view of aneighbourhood he says is

essential to his happinessand his art

ldquoOne of the reasons toexist in life is to be happyand Irsquom happy here inrdquo said

Tonatiuh ldquoItrsquos safefree and peoplehave the courage todo what they wantand be them-selvesrdquo

A Mexico Citynative Tonatiuhmoved to Toronto

in 2004 Now he holds a

BA in Fine Arts from theOntario College of Art andDesign (OCAD) and intendsto return in fall to complete

an MA in contemporary arthistoryldquoHere I am sevenyears laterrdquo he said addingthat he wants to stay in

Toronto and teach art tochildren with disabilities

For the full article visitwwwthebulletinca

GEORGETOWN SOUTH PROJECTCOMMUNITY BRIEFING SESSIONSHUMAN HEALTH MITIGATION PLAN

BACKGROUND

Metrolinx an agency of the Province of Ontario is helping transform the way the region moves by championing and delivering mobility solutions for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)

Metrolinxrsquos Georgetown South (GTS) Project will improve rail infrastructure to meet existing GO Transit ridership demand and future increased service Through track sharing it also allows for a new Air Rail Link (ARL) between Torontorsquos Union Station and Pearson International Airport

REVISED HUMAN HEALTH MITIGATION PLAN

Why has Metrolinx prepared a revised Human Health Mitigation Plan

As part of the Minister of Environmentrsquos approval of the GTS Project in October 2009 Metrolinx committed to the completion of additional air quality modelling and human health assessments

Metrolinxrsquos previous air quality and human health assessments were based on Tier 2 emission standards for locomotive engines (current standard) The new assessment uses Tier 4 emissions standards (upcoming standard) that will be implemented by the ARL and GO fleet starting in 2015

Metrolinx was also asked to draft a revised human health mitigation plan to address any possible health risks if any after the move to Tier 4-compliant locomotives

Review the Plan

The draft Human Health Mitigation Plan will be available on June 2 2011 for a 30-day review period You can download the plan and comment forms at gotransitcomgts or visit one of our two community offices and pick up a copy

Strachan Community Office Weston Community Office901 King Street West 1631 Weston Road

Toronto ON Toronto ONTel 416-581-1300 Tel 416-241-2300

COMMUNITY BRIEFING SESSIONS

Feel unprepared to comment on the Plan

Find out more by attending one of our community briefing sessions

The sessions will provide members of the community with the background they need to offer thoughtful and informed comments on the revised mitigation plan

The sessions will include a presentation about how and why this series of assessments are different from the previous study what the modelling results are as well as an overview of the draft mitigation plan Air Quality and Human Health experts will be on hand to address questions

Dates Thursday June 9 2011 Tuesday June 14 2011 Thursday June 16 2011Times 630 pm to 830 pm 630 pm to 830 pm 630 pm to 830 pmLocations York West Active Living Centre Harbourfront Community Centre Lithuanian House 1901 Weston Road 627 Queens Quay West 1573 Bloor Street West Toronto ON M9N 3P5 Toronto ON M5V 3G3 Toronto ON M6P 1A6

We look forward to seeing you there

For more information please call 416-581-1300 e-mail gtsgotransitcom or visit gotransitcomgts

Pour plus de renseignements veuillez composer le 416-869-3200 ou le 1-888-GET-ON-GO (438-6646)

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Smithrsquos glee team KegSpirits is raising moneythrough the Keg SpiritsFoundation for Free theChildren which is a charita-ble organization buildingschools in Africa

ldquoThe concept of the showis really great It sheds lighton all the great charitiesthat are receiving supportThe whole event was justabout getting people tohave fun and help out a goodcause It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunityrdquo hesaid adding that through thefive full-time days his teamspent in the studio lateJanuary they became closefriends

However Smith said thescripted and sensationalizednature of reality televisionshocked him and his team at

firstldquoI thought reality televi-

sion was just putting a cam-era in a room but this wasquite different I was sur-prised at first at how orches-trated it was They createdstories Producers took measide one day and showed mea competing teamrsquos per-formance in order to elicit aresponse from me Exceptwhat they showed me wasnrsquota real performancerdquo

Smith 28 moved fromAjax eight years ago to pur-sue an acting and singingcareer that began when hewas a young boy He hasremained involved in the-atre but has also followedhis culinary dreams byattending chef school atGeorge Brown College

Canada Sings will air onGlobal TV in August

from page 1

Producers staged drama singer

Long time St Lawrence resident Dan OLeary with agroup of volunteers looks after what he calls ldquoorphangardensrdquo OLeary spearheaded the creation of the chil-

drens garden at Princess StHe has noticed an ldquoorphanrdquo he does not have time to look

after It is the garden on George St S just south of TheEsplanade adjacent to the yard of St Michael CatholicSchool He is looking for a volunteer or volunteers to ldquopar-entrdquo the sad patch He is able to provide water hoses gar-dening tools and some plant material He can be reached atdogardennowgmailcom

Orphan garden needs volunteers

Sculptor shapeda life Downtown

On May 8 Argosoffensive linemanT a y l o r

Roberstonrsquos Life on theLine presented its firstannual Motherrsquos DayBreast Brunch Ever at theHard Rock Cafe on YongeStreet The event benefit-ted the Canadian BreastCancer FoundationRobertson started thecharity in honour of hismother who died of can-cer when he was 7

Melanie Hunter her four-

year-old daughter and can-

cer survivor Aleisha and

Taylor Robertson

Tara Ireland who works in

the RichmondPortland

area with her daughters

Hali left and McKenna

King West residents Chad

G Cranston co-founder of

metropolitan lifestyle mag-

azine TCHAD and event

organizer Cheryl Willberg

Musicians and Little Italy

residents Nicole Byblow

(piano) and Dane Hartsell

(guitar)

Argos coach Michael

Clemons and mom Ann

On May 8Alexandra ParkC o m m u n i t y

Centre and ScaddingCourt Community Centrepresented a Janersquos Walkin honour of MotherrsquosDay Participants endedtheir walk at ScaddingCourt where they hadrefreshments and heardabout SCCCrsquos revitaliza-tion plans which includean outdoor market thatofficially opens June 17at 2 pm on SCCCrsquosDundas side

Restaurant E11even atthe corner of York Stand Bremner Ave

wants to add a sidewalkpatio during the summer

The proposed sidewalk onthe newly constructed YorkSt will be seven meterswide to accommodate thelarge crowds generated bythe popular sports venuesand the waterfront

The restaurant has appliedfor a 30-metre-long and 5-metre-wide patio that woulddominate the sidewalk andwill be placed under the $18million overhang that

would double as public artfor the Maple Leaf Squarepodium it would be coveredwith oscillating LED lightsthat are activated by thepedestrian traffic below

The York QuayNeighbourhood Association(YQNA) viewed the patioplans and found they wouldnarrow the sidewalk to twometres

ldquoResidents are all infavour of animating thestreets but found this widepatio would create a bottle-neck for pedestriansrdquoYQNA member Ulla

Colgrass statesPam McConnell city

planners and the YQNAarrived at a compromisewith the restaurant andMaple Leaf Sports andEntertainment The side-walk will be evenly dividedndash 35 metres each for pedes-trians and the patio Thepermit will be reviewed intwo years If it doesnrsquot cre-ate a bottleneck the patioowner can apply for anextension A quick councilapproval enabled the restau-rant to get the patio up andrunning this summer

Ontariorsquos Alcohol andGaming Commission isworking on loosening theiroutdated regulations forconsuming liquor in publicThe YQNA is supportingthese efforts which mightenable this patio to move tothe curbside away from thebuilding That would returnthe overhang to its intendedfunctionmdashweather protec-tion for pedestrians

York Quay group renegotiates patio application

Cleaning Up Our Waterways The Don River and Central Waterfront Project Municipal Class Environmental Assessment StudyPublic Open House

You are invited to attend a Public Open House to learn about the work completed to date the study recommendations including the preliminary preferred design for the Project and the next steps in the process Details are as follows Date Monday June 20 2011 Date Wednesday June 22 2011 Location Harbourfront Location Don Montgomery Community Centre Community Centre Dance Studio Gymnasium 627 Queenrsquos Quay West 2467 Eglinton Ave E

Date Thursday June 23 2011 Date Monday June 27 2011 Location Leaside Location Mennonite Community Gardens New Life Centre William Lea Room of Toronto 1073 Millwood Rd Upstairs Room 1774 Queen St E

All Open Houses will take place between 600 pm and 900 pm The same information will be available each night so please drop in at the location that is most convenient for you You will have the opportunity to view displays meet with the project team ask questions and provide input on the studyBackgroundIn 2008 the City launched the Don River and Central Waterfront Project with the goal of identifying a solution to capture and treat polluted stormwater and raw sewage from combined sewer overows before it enters our waterways thus helping to improve water quality and our environment In addition the Project will identify necessary upgrades to our sewer system infrastructure that will improve operations and service future growthThe preferred solution including new underground tunnels storage tanks and shafts and a treatment facility for wet weather ows was presented at our last Public Open Houses held in May 2010 Since then the study team has identied the preliminary preferred design for the Project which includes the proposed location of various facilitiesWe would like to hear from youPublic consultation is an important part of this Project Find out more and let us know what you think

The Don River and Central Waterfront Project

The City of Toronto 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

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

June 2011 7wwwthebulletinca

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Buying or sellingTalk to a legal expert

Contact Karen Yolevski at416-860-1990 or

kyolevskibasmansmithcom

1 Dundas Street West Suite 2400Box 37 Toronto Ontario M5G 1Z3

Itrsquos about results

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OOn May 10 theAlameda TheatreCompany held its

annual Pentildea (a LatinAmerican fundraiser) at theRevival Restaurant andLounge at 783 College St

to raise funds for theatre created by Canadian LatinAmerican artists-DH

From the left are Alameda Theatre director Dominika

Gorzynska of Harbourfront artistic director Marilo Nunez and

director Julie Katona

Above left From Harbourfront are Roberto Carnovale and

Pamela Aedo Above right Harbourfront residents Alfredo

Suarez and Flossie Morales

On May 13 Canadian Stage Visionaries presentedunScripted Opening Night the annual galafundraiser in support of Canadian Stage at One

King West The evening included cocktails hors doeu-vres and dancing as well as celebrity-curated live per-formances-RE

Above left Matthew Jocelyn (artistic and general director)

Tenny Nigoghossian and David Abel (managing director)

Above right Joe MacLeod and Meghan Heffern

Howard Hiller left and Martha Chaves and Linda Bradbeer

from Church amp Wellesley Chaves is an actress and writer and

hosted the evening event

Teri Worthington Coombs Samantha Kives and Colleen

Nicholson

Canadian Stage event coordinators Joanne Williams

Natasha Mytnowych and Julia Lefebvre

On May 17Horizons Loungeat the top of the

CN Tower was the venuefor the Riesling amp CoGerman Wine Trade Fairwhere guests sampledover 100 wines-DH

Greeting guests were

David Peloski of Davisville

and Mt Pleasant and

Sarah Maria from Forest

Hill Theyrsquore with Cole

Event Management

Kimberly Spice

Jake Babad currentlyspends his summers as atour boat captain and

tour guide on the TorontoHarbourmdashleaving the lasttwo winters free to pen hisnovel Hanlanrsquos Point whichsold out the first day ofrelease

The story revolves aroundSam an awkward reclusiveToronto Island gentlemanwho after falling in lovewith a city girl must to comeface-to-face with new emo-tions and life decisions

The 24-year-old Babad hasa historic connection to theIsland His grandmother andher brothers lived on theIsland when they wereyoung and Babadrsquos parentsmet each other while work-ing at Centre Islandrsquosamusement park

Babad does not hesitate topoint out that he has no for-mal knowledge of what it is

like to be an Islander butused his experience of play-ing at the Islandrsquos amuse-ment park when he was achild along with his sum-mers as a tour boat operator

ldquoIt came from the questionof what is life like whenyoursquore so close to this majormetropolismdashyoursquore very

cosmopolitan but at thesame time quite disconnect-ed Whatrsquos always fascinatedmerdquo he continues ldquowasthat most Torontoniansknow almost nothing aboutitmdashitrsquos very much a touristspot and yet you have one ofthe oldest communities inthe city Most people justoverlook itrdquo

Babad enjoys his job as atour boat captain and hiswish would be to work onthe water until retirementmdashbut he realizes that econom-ically he cannot supporthimself in the long runworking only a few monthsa year so he is consideringa career in publishing Self-publishing his novelsparked a great interest inthe process

Selling out his stock of101 books in 24 hoursBabad said a few copies werebought by Island residents

ldquoI havenrsquot had any feed-back from Islandersrdquo Babad

reflected when asked about aresponse ldquoThatrsquos some-thing I should follow upwithrdquo

For information visitwwwjakebabadcom

June 2011 8 wwwthebulletinca

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338 Queen Street East Parliament416 955 4791 Tu-Fr 11-7 SampS 9-5

infoadornmentsonqueencom bull wwwadornmentsonqueencom

Self-published captain steersreaders toward Toronto Island

On May 18 the 52Division commu-nity police liaison

committee (CPLC) heldits annual Police Weekfunction at the DundasSt W division headquar-ters The event includedcommunity and policedisplays musical enter-tainment and refresh-ments Proceeds willbenefit the CPLCrsquos com-munity work-DH

Parking Enforcement offi-

cers Kirsten Edgerton

(above) and Cynthia Kirou

Rob Mackay and Fred

Gerber (below)

Tsering Dolma a commu-

nity development worker at

University Settlement

House with Leo Viveiros of

the UofT police

Godwin Francis left and

Robert Clements are vol-

unteers with Toronto Police

Services and help out at

TPS community events

Musicians Mil Sepic and

Suzanne Mallet

Laura Schaefer Queen

Street West BIA coordina-

tor receives a hug from

Sgt Chris Gordon after

presenting him with a cer-

tificate thanking him for his

DJ services at the event

Gordon works in opera-

tions systems support

On until June 10photos by 20thcentury master

Andreacute Kerteacutesz are onexhibit in the CorkinGallery in the DistilleryDistrict-DH

Jane Corkin with the cur-

rent exhibit