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Staff photo/DAN PEARCEBIG SMILES: Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts hands out toothbrushes and toothpaste to students at George Webster Public school Monday after announcing the newly integrated Healthy Smiles program. More than 323,000 children and youth from low-income families are getting free dental care through Healthy Smiles Ontario.
Communityinvited tomemorial forMarilyn UllrichJoanna laVoie [email protected]
The life of Marilyn Ullrich will be celebrated with a memorial on Saturday, May 28 at Community Centre 55 (CC55), 97 Main St. at Swanwick Ave.
The gathering will run from 2 to 5 p.m. Al l wel l-wishers are welcome.
Ullrich, a 30-year east-end resident, d i e d o n Tuesday, M a y 3 when a n S U V driven by a 65-year-old woman, w h o i s believed to be her friend, crashed through the front window of Bold Steps Dance Studio on Spruce Hill Road, just north of Queen Street East.
Two others were injured in the spectacular crash, which happened shortly before a 10 a.m. dance class was set to begin.
At this point, there is no determination on charges being laid against the driver.
Pro wrestling fans can look forward to some mayhem in East York on Sunday.
Mayhem in Greektown, presented by Detroit Eatery, is taking place at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10 at
1083 Pape Ave. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
for the show, which features Greektown’s The Fraternity – Channing Decker and Trent Gibson – along with Michael Elgin, Mike Bailey, Rosemary,
Space Monkey, and many others. Tickets are $20, available from The Detroit Eatery at 389 Danforth Ave. and Golden Pizza at 1201 Broadview Ave.
A portion of the event’s proceeds will be donated to
Michael Garron Hospital.Immediately following the
show, an after party will be held at Detroit Eatery, where fans can eat, drink and hang out with the wrestlers. Visit www.bit.ly/24JlRMx for more info. >>>celebration, page 10
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Well-known resi-dent Mar i l yn Ullrich, 68, died after a vehicle crashed into a dance studio last week.
Mayhem in Greektown wrestling helps hospitalPro wrestling set for Legion Branch 10 to raise funds for Michael Garron Hospital
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Students at Holy Cross Catholic School recently raised $900 for L’Arche Toronto, using technology and trivia.
Members of the school’s Share Tech Team, a group of 10 students in grades 5, 6 and 7, organized the fundraiser. The two-day event had students from junior kindergarten through Grade 8 compete in online trivia contests created by the team. Money was raised by selling tickets, drinks and snacks.
The fundraiser was inspired by the team’s participation in The Learning Partnership’s Entrepreneurial Adventure program, which encour-ages students to explore entre-preneurship by developing and executing business ventures that raise money for local charities.
When it came time to decide on a charity, L’Arche, which supports people with intellectual disabili-ties, was the top choice, explained Victoria Godhino from the Share Tech Team.
“We looked at a bunch of organi-zations, and we had a vote over it, and we just felt like doing one which supports people with disabilities was one of the best choices for us,” she said.
“I think it’s good, because if we share with our students that there are people with disabilities, they get an understanding of what it’s like.”
Jennifer Wilson, director of devel-opment for L’Arche Toronto, visited Holy Cross in April to accept the donation and talk to the school’s students about the importance of
embracing people of all abilities.“At L’Arche Toronto, we believe
that celebrating difference is really important, and that’s why we sup-port people with disabilities in a way that celebrates the things about them that are unique,” she told stu-dents gathered in the school gym.
“What we believe is that when we come together with people with disabilities and people without, that we make a better world and we make a more inclusive world.”
She also spoke about seeing past people’s disabilities and using person-first language.
“When I use a word like disabled, I’m really using a label. I’m really saying that if somebody has a dis-ability, and I’m calling them dis-abled, that’s all they are, instead of all these other wonderful things,” she explained.
“But if we use a word like dis-ability instead, if somebody has a disability, there’s lots of things they have in their life, it’s not the only thing they are ... It just becomes part of you, but not all of you, and that’s the idea of what we really want to do, to create inclusion for people with disabilities.”
L’Arche offers daily living, com-munity participation and employ-ment supports, as well as an arts program. The organization has shared-living houses, four in the East York area, where people with and without disabilities live together, enriching each other’s lives. It co-ordinates volunteer and employ-ment opportunities, and offers its arts program, to help participants strengthen their skills and abilities and be active community mem-bers.
L’Arche Toronto’s arts program, Sol Express, has creative and perfor-mance art groups. Work by partici-pants has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario and performed for a wide range of film and theatre audiences.
A powerful video created by Sol Express members, titled I Am, was shown to the Holy Cross students. Performers in the video expand on the statements I am, I love, I hate and I dream, highlighting the simi-larities people of all abilities share. The video can be watched online at www.bit.ly/1WjM4zw.
Victoria said it was great for Holy Cross students to see the video and understand that people with dis-abilities are just like everyone else, and just want to feel valued and accepted.
“I think it’s important to include people with disabilities, because they’re human beings and we’re human beings also,” she added.
“It doesn’t mean they’re different from us, they just have a disability, and we should take into consider-ation that they’re not just somebody we should be leaving out, we should include everyone.”
The Holy Cross Share Tech Team is active in the community, help-ing people learn to use technology. The team’s mission pairs well with L’Arche’s goal of inclusion, noted team member Raffael Dela Cruz as he introduced Wilson’s presen-tation.
“We at the Share Tech Team believe it is our responsibility as students to use our knowledge to make a difference in our community, and if we work together we can all learn, share, help and inspire others to do the same,” he said.
“Since we all have something special to offer, it is important to include everyone.”
Visit www.larchetoronto.org for more information about L’Arche Toronto, part of L’Arche Canada.
Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns is calling on the province to protect parents from non-refundable child care wait list fees.
Last Thursday, the NDP member of provincial parliament introduced a private members bill – Bill 95, Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Waiting Lists), 2016 – in the Ontario Legislature to stop this practice.
“Families have enough difficulty with child care fees. They shouldn’t have to pay to wait for a child care space,” Tabuns wrote in an email to The Mirror.
“Because of the shortage of spaces parents put their children on multiple waiting lists. The fees don’t guarantee a child care spot but they do put a real burden on parents.”
Tabuns said families need to ensure they can get good quality child care when they need it. “Putting in place fair wait lists that don’t put a burden on families is the least we can do to help them today,” said Tabuns, who said he developed the bill at the request of local parents. A date has not been set for the bill’s second reading.
Last month, Beaches-East York Liberal MPP Arthur Potts presented a petition at Queen’s Park that also called for a ban on the practice of charging non-refundable waiting list fees to parents for daycare spaces.
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Institute’s production of The Odd Couple (the co-ed version) hits the school’s stage this week.
Opening night was last night, and another performance is on Friday beginning at 7 p.m. in the audito-rium at the school, located at 800 Greenwood Ave.
Tickets are $3 for students, $5 for non-students.
L’Arche Toronto’s Twist ‘n’ Sip Groove-a-thon fundraiser happens this Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Riverdale Hub, 1326 Gerrard St. E.
The fun-filled event for people of all ages and abilities aims to raise $60,000 for the organization.
There will be a live DJ and break-dance performance, raffle and cash bar, and more, including free activi-ties, giveaways and treats. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, or free for fundraisers, donors and kids under 14.
Visit www.larchetoronto.org/blog/twist-n-sip for more information.
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Students from Holy Cross Catholic School’s Share Tech Team present Jennifer Wilson from L’Arche Toronto with $900 the school raised. Holding the cheque, from left to right, are Share Tech Team members Corrado Fermo, Ruel Gutierrez and Uri Kibuthu. Pictured in back are Holy Cross teacher Liane Paix and Share Tech Team member Beatriz Provido.
MPP Tabuns calls for province to change child care wait fees
Holy Cross students show support for L’Arche Toronto
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Last week’s vote on Uber at Toronto City Council did undeniable harm to two very vulnerable groups in our city.
Taxi drivers form one of those groups. The suite of amendments moved by Mayor John Tory and approved by a solid major-ity of Toronto councillors makes the lives of drivers who don’t own their own plates undeniably worse.
Licenced taxi driv-ers come away from the debate with less stable income, in a position that makes it virtually impos-sible to compete with a potential flood of Uber-X cars and drivers.
And then there is that other vulnerable group – one that’s not vulnerable economically or socially perhaps, but is practically an endangered species in the political ecology of Toronto City Hall: Toronto’s small but vocal group of left-wing council-lors.
Tory left them gasping
in disbelief, after he aban-doned a long negotiation with them to come up with a more progressive and taxi driver-friendly set of amendments, to make a sharp turn to the right and champion a very different, very Uber-friendly set of amendments.
Those amendments mollified some of the bigger voices on the right – notably Giorgio Mammoliti and Jim Karygiannis.
But they left the leader-ship on the left – Janet Davis, Gord Perks, Deputy Mayor Pam McConnell – seething more than usual.
The negotiations had been long, and the left went into the May council meeting thinking they had a deal.
The reversal was a clear indication that the left could count on no reli-
able negotiations with the mayor’s office, so there was no point in trying.
None of this should concern Tory much.
While it’s true he has promised to bring Toronto Council together in a way that no other mayor has, the reality is that Tory does not really need to do so in order to govern.
His natural allies, coun-cil’s centrists and right wing, will support him on most matters.
If the mayor wants to put policy in place that strays to the left, he can rely on council’s left without a thought. Is the left going to vote against bike lanes, public housing dollars, public health mat-ters?
Given that Tory’s man-date seems to be based on offering comfort to voters of nearly every political persuasion, will the left really be able to bring forward a credible, win-ning mayoral candidate in 2018?
Council’s left wing meanwhile, is in a corner. Unless a Bernie Sanders municipal figure emerges very soon, there is very little that a left-leaning councillor can do to harm Tory politically, particu-larly as Tory is far more likely to face a strong chal-lenger from the right.
And as was demon-strated last week, there is scarcely more that left-wing councillors can accomplish in working with Tory and his staff.
They can vote for policies they agree with, of course, but influence them? Put a mark on them?
Well they can certainly try – if, that is, they can put from their minds the May 2016 council meeting, when they and Toronto’s cab drivers both lost it all.
The 10-year cycling plan proposed by the city this week that could see hundreds of kilome-tres of cycling infrastructure built is certainly
ambitious and one that is worth going after in an expeditious manner.
The plan is large in scale featuring 525 kilometres of new infrastructure with bike lanes and cycle tracks proposed in neighbourhoods across the entire city.
This should generate excitement as there seems to be a city-building opportunity here with feasibility studies planned on some of Toronto’s major street corridors including Yonge Street from Front Street to Steeles Avenue, along Bloor Street from Dundas Street West to Sherbourne Street, and Danforth Avenue from Broadview Avenue to Kingston Road.
Like public transit, this plan has the potential of connecting and moving Toronto residents by pro-
viding more travel alternatives especially for those living in the edges of the city where afford-able transportation options are woefully lacking.
Building a connected network of bike lanes throughout the city could also encourage more people to ride their bicycles on
safer, designated routes. The benefits of doing so are many, such as helping
reduce traffic gridlock, promoting a healthier life-style, and decreasing the number of cycling fatalities.
The timing also seems right with growing support from cycling advocates as well as the political will to take action on these issues. Last week’s approval by Toronto Council for a pilot project to put separated bicycle lanes on Bloor Street is a good start.
Of course, an ambitious plan like this has financial implications with the city recommending five levels of funding starting from $8 million a year that would allow for design and delivery of 27 per cent of the proposed projects, and $12 million a year to see half the projects go ahead.
But this shouldn’t be done piecemeal and spend-ing $20 million a year to complete the whole project in 10 years is warranted.
With careful planning, community consulta-tion, and financial accountability, the plan should proceed forward as soon as possible. Any delays in implementation could see costs rise and leave Toronto further behind other major cities when it comes to transportation infrastructure.
It’s about time a city like Toronto catches up and becomes more connected.
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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.
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it’s happeningw Thursday, May 12Art Show and Sale by The Don Valley Art ClubWHEN: Show runs until May 15 WHERE: Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-396-2819, www.donvalleyartclub.com, [email protected] COST: FreeA variety of original artworks created in multiple mediums, reflecting a wide range of artistic styles.
w Friday, May 13Button Making WorkshopWHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart, 170 Memorial Park Ave. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: FreeLearn how to make and design your own buttons. Supplies provided. For ages 11 to 18. Call to register.
Leaside Lawn Bowling Club Open HouseWHEN: Today 7 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, May 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: 190 Hanna Rd. CONTACT: www.leasidebowls.ca COST: Freeenjoy exercise, fresh air, refresh-ments, and fun.
Entertainment at the LegionWHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10,
1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-3070 COST: Free
w Saturday, May 14Amazing Church Yard SaleWHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine united Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. e. CONTACT: 416-755-8352, www.presteignwood-bineuc.com, [email protected] COST: FreeAll net proceeds to charity.
Family StorytimeWHEN: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: FreeStories, songs and rhymes for chil-dren from birth to age six and their caregivers. Drop in.
Native Plant SaleWHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Artisans at Work, 2071 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: 416-631-4438, www.nanps.org, [email protected] COST: FreeNorth American Native Plant Society hosts sale of wildflowers, ferns, grasses and shrubs. Get information about attracting birds, butterflies and other pollinators
Wilkinson Jr. School 100th AnniversaryWHEN: 1 p.m. WHERE: Wilkinson Junior Public School, 53 Donlands Ave. CONTACT: Gail Simpson, 416-393-9575, [email protected] COST: Freeopening ceremonies at 1 p.m. Dis-plays, photo ops, reunite with friends.
Dinner on the Orient ExpressWHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: The Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury, 1847 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: Gina Davidson, 416-484-1874, [email protected] COST: $40Themed dinner with entertainment and prizes. Dress the part, early 20th century costumes encouraged.
‘Addicted’WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 904 Cox-well Ave. CONTACT: 416-421-6878, ext. 21, [email protected] COST: $20Addicted is a play written and performed by Raven Dauda, a Dora Award-winning actress. For online tickets: http://addicted.brownpaper-tickets.com
w Sunday, May 15EuchreWHEN: 12:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, [email protected] COST: $6
KaraokeWHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, [email protected] COST: FreeCome to sing or just listen.
w Thursday, May 19Preschool Art PlayWHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: Freeexplore craft materials and make some simple art. For children ages two to six and their caregivers. Come dressed to get messy. No registration is required.
volunteersTrue Davidson AcresTrue Davidson Acres long-term care facility is looking for volunteers to assist with a variety of resident activities including feeding, visit-ing and participating in activities. Training is provided. We are also seeking a retired professionally minded person to be our volunteer gift store convenor to run our small gift store with a time commitment of a few hours a week. Contact Carly at [email protected] or 416-397-0364 for more information or to sign up for an orientation date.
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Bill Lewis is well aware how enthusiastic he gets when the topic turns to the history of his beloved East York.
But the 89-year-old can’t help himself.
“I get really excited,” he said, his eyes bright.
The East York Historical Society member was one of about a dozen participants who braved the rain Sunday, May 8 for Jane’s Walk Victory on the Home Front: East York and WWII - which hap-pened to fall on Victory in Europe (V-E) Day.
It was 71 years ago when Nazi Germany was defeated on May 8, 1945, ending the Second World War.
Lead by Evan McMurtry, a his-torical interpreter at Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, the 2.5-kilo-metre walk highlighted East York’s wartime experiences, support, and commemorations during the Second World War.
The first stop on the 90 minute walk was at William Burgess Elementary School, which opened in 1915. McMurtry noted patriotism was instilled in the students, adding the school’s cadet corps was lead by First World War veterans from the 80th Veterans Guard Cadet Corps.
Lewis, who jumped in with tales of growing up in East York when the group would pause at various sites, said he knew of 10 young men who never made it home from war.
“I walked into class and the teacher was in tears,” he said, adding someone the neighbour-hood knew well had died.
Near Donlands and Torrens avenue, McMurtry pointed out Pie in the Sky Studios, the site of the former Donlands Theatre.
“They would show good patri-otic movies during the war,” he said.
Close to Cosburn and Greenwood
avenues, McMurtry noted quite a bit of East York land was settled by veterans, who were able to purchase homes without heavy interest during the war.
The walk paused at Dieppe Park on Cosburn Avenue, where McMurtry noted a plaque by the City of Toronto, which read:
On August 19, 1942, six thou-sand allied troops embarked on 250 vessels from southern England on a daylight raid on the German occupied French resort town of Dieppe. Almost 5000 of these soldiers were young Canadian men.
Of the Canadians who embarked on the raid, almost 4000 were killed,
wounded or taken prisoner. Of the 1000 soldiers who returned to England, 600 of them were wounded.
On Jan. 11, 1943, East York Township Council renamed this site Dieppe Park. This plaque is a permanent memorial to honour the brave soldiers who fought and died for our country.
The final stop of the walk was near R.H. McGregor Elementary School, which was designated as an emergency hospital during the Second World War, McMurtry said, adding one classroom was used as a morgue.
The school also had a roll of honour – a record of students
k i l l e d i n action.
“I hope people took away my method of looking at traces of the (historic) city that are still here in the urban fabric,” McMurtry said.
“It’s like when you look at a house that’s old and wonder who lives there.”
Jane’s Walks, which were held in Toronto Friday to Sunday, are free, locally organized walk-ing tours, in which people get together to explore, talk about and celebrate their neighbour-hoods.
The walks were held in honour of the late Jane Jacobs, an urban-ist and activist who champi-oned a community-based approach to city build-ing.
Staff photo/BENJAMIN PRIEBE
Evan McMurty, right, leads a Jane’s Walk group around East York, telling the story of East York’s involvement in the Second World War. The group is pictured infront of William Burgess Elementary School on Sunday.
A walk through East York’s historyVictory on the Homefront: East York and WWII topic of Jane’s Walk through community
Jane100 a year-long celebration honouring urban planner Jane JacobsTorontonians have long hon-oured the legacy of city-builder Jane Jacobs through the popu-lar Jane’s Walks program, but this year the late urban activist will be in the spotlight even more.
To mark what would have been Jacobs’ 100th year, a group of people and organiza-tions are holding Jane100, a year-long celebration that will see community spaces activated and communities brought together.
People are invited to organize public events, which can be anything from a neighbourhood walk to a public picnic, block party, art exhibit, porch crawl or reading club.
Jacobs played a seminal role in shaping many parts of the city as Torontonians know it.
A strong advocate of grass-roots activism, she was an out-spoken and crucial opponent of the Spadina Expressway project, which was nixed in 1971 due at least in part to her efforts to mobilize community members.
She was also one of the lead-ers in shaping the St. Lawrence neighbourhood.
The Jane100 celebration offi-cially kicked off April 29 and will continue until May of next year.
Anyone looking to organize an event or volunteer to help out with the Jane100 project
can find out more by visiting www.
jane100.com or emailing
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While spring has been unsea-sonably late this year, it’s won-derful to finally see trees and plants bloom.
It’s so satisfying to see lush and green trees after a long winter and finally see local flower gardens full of colour.
While it is a delight to see how the green thumbs of many people have made East York a delight to the eye and other senses, there is good offering available from Mother Nature herself.
The best place to see that is the Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve, located in our community’s back yard in the Don Valley.
The preserve is a unique site, being made up of nine hectares of the remains of the original Don River and adja-cent forest.
It is hard to believe, but the original valley was filled with old growth pine, oak, and elm trees, with wolves and bears living amongst them.
What was also an important part of the forest was a blanket of wildflowers that bloomed from spring into autumn.
As the European popula-tion grew, a saw mill was built and the forest was cut down in order to build the growing settlements.
The location became the site of a brewery and flower mill, and represented the beginnings of industrializa-tion in what was to become Ontario.
In 1991, Charles Sauriol, the man who saved Todmorden Mills from demolition and promoted the environmental conservation of the Don Valley, initiated the establishment of the wildflower preserve.
The site has a well-marked and maintained half-kilometre path that takes you through the preserve, past the oxbow that is the remains of the old Don River.
What you will see is a group of small ponds and marsh that are the remnants of the river, plus hundreds of species of native plants.
There is also a variety of birds and animals to be seen, with some that you would never see in your backyard.
Along with the maintenance of the trail and preservation of native plant species, there is an effort being made to reduce invasive non-native plants.
One of the worst problems being faced is the amount of human-generated garbage that comes in due to illegal dumping and the debris that comes from the Don Valley Parkway.
The ongoing mainte-nance the site is the respon-sibility of the Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve Committee (TMWPC), a chari-table organization run by a volunteer board with about 50 members, and the public is welcome to join for free.
There are events organized by the TMWPC. Pick up a bro-chure at Todmorden Mills during operating hours.
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Riverdale Housing Animation Programs (RHAP) is present-ing its sixth annual Art of Community fundraiser on Friday.
The community art and entertainment show will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion Baron Byng Beaches Branch 1/42, at 243 Coxwell Ave. at Gerrard Street East, from 7 to 10 p.m.
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In the days since the accident, many people have stopped by the local dance studio to pay their respects.
Ullrich, 68, was a well-loved and wel l-known community member who supported events and initia-tives at Stephenson Park, near Danforth Avenue and Main Street.
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Ullrich, a retired medical administrator, is survived by her husband, Thomas, and sons, Douglas and Richard, daughter-in-law Brittan, grandsons Thomas and Charlie, her mother, Thelma Patterson, sister, Barb, and brother-in-law, John Roberts, and many loved ones and friends.
Visitation for Ullrich will be held at the Trull Funeral Home, 1111 Danforth Ave., just west of Greenwood Avenue this evening from 5 to 8 p.m.
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