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Controversial cafe closed down
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Above, Abdullah Farah, 20, was shot Sunday morning outside the Cloud Nine Cafe (at left) on Danforth Avenue. It was the third murder connected to a cafe at that location in the three years, and it was shut down on Monday.
JOANNA LAVOIE [email protected]
A hookah lounge at 1530 Danforth Ave., just east of Coxwell Avenue, has been shut down.
On Monday, the bailiff ter-minated the lease agreement and changed the locks at Cloud Nine Café, which was previously known as Rotana Café.
This establishment has been associated with three murders in three years.
The latest incident, Toronto’s 26th homicide of 2016, hap-pened early Sunday when a 20-year-old Toronto man, Abdullah Farah, was killed in a drive-by shooting. Investigators believe shots were fired from a moving vehicle and are looking for a white, four-door sedan.
Just more than a year ago, 21-year-old Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf was fatally shot outside what was then known as Rotana Café.
Beach Triangle resident Dominic Parker, who worked as a firefighter in Markham, was stabbed to death there in September 2013. Late last year, Nabil Huruy, who has a mental health disorder, was found to be not criminally responsible for Parker’s death.
“I’m very pleased it has been closed down and it looks like there will be a great new use there,” Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher said late Tuesday afternoon, pointing to a new child-care centre slated to take
over that site and three adjoin-ing storefronts.
“It’s really disheartening a family had to lose a son in order for something to happen at this location.”
In a strongly worded letter to Mayor John Tory, Fletcher and her Ward 29 councillor colleague Mary Fragedakis said the two previous murders at 1530 Danforth Ave. should never have been described as a “coincidence.”
The April 18 letter, which was sent to Tory prior to 1530 Danforth Ave. being shuttered, goes on to say that local council-lors, along with residents and many fine establishments along the Danforth, have tried every “conceivable avenue” to shut down Cloud 9/Rotana.
Police officers from 55 and 54 divisions also undertook a special project in the area, the Toronto Parking Authority stepped up security at its lot
Staff photo/JOANNA LAVOIE
across the street and bylaw officers were regularly made aware of residents’ complaints to no avail.
T h e D a n f o r t h E a s t Community Association created a new “Danforth East Means to Me” mural at the nearby Coxwell Parkette. The 30-foot-long mural project brought community members of all ages together to communicate their thoughts and feelings about building a safer area.
In the letter, Fletcher and Fragedakis also expressed their disappointment and outrage that this lounge was granted a business license by the city-appointed Licensing Tribunal on Sept. 3, 2015 without hearing
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The management of Udupi Palace, a popular south Indian vegetarian restaurant in Little India, is reaching out to those who knew and loved employee Sudesh Shetty for help.
Shetty died April 13 at the age of 32.
Udupi Palace’s owner Hubert D’Mello, and manager Alwyn Lewis, who was Shetty’s room-mate, set up a GoFundMe p a g e ( w w w. g o f u n d m e .com/67zs6pg4) earlier this week to raise $20,000 to fly their friend’s body back to his hometown of Mangalore, India, for a proper burial. As of Wednesday, upward of $19,000 has been raised.
D’Mello said it will cost about $9,000 to fly Shetty’s body over to India. The rest of the money will be donated to Shetty’s family to help with funeral expenses as well as the loss of income as he often sent money home. “Sudesh’s family is very touched and very thankful, too,” D’Mello said, adding there’s also some talk of raising funds in India.
While Shetty’s family is devastated by the news of his passing, his death is also deeply upsetting to both his co-workers as well as many people in the community who knew him for his friendliness and warm smile. “He was a very nice guy, very hard working and coop-erative,” D’Mello said. “He was like a family member (at Udupi Palace). All of the staff and many customers knew him.”
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from area residents. “While this and other businesses beside it are scheduled to have their leases terminated in July, we need to keep this strip controlled until such time,” they wrote.
“Condition 6 of the Tribunal decision allows MLS to bring ‘any new charges…or…com-munity concerns relative to 1530 Danforth…back to the tribunal for a full hearing.’ A hearing with full participa-tion by Toronto police and our residents is long overdue.”
During an interview, Fletcher said there are still a few businesses on the Danforth that need “special attention.”
“All of the establishments that aren’t working to a good neighbourhood standard had better take note,” she said.
Fletcher credited residents, especially those who live in the immediate area, for their many and ongoing efforts to shut down the former Cloud Nine/Rotana Café and overall to help make the neighbour-hood a safer place.
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noon, about 20 frustrated neighbours gathered across the street from the scene of Toronto’s latest murder to take part in the Take Back the Danforth community rally, which called for immediate action on neighbourhood violence.
“We are very concerned with the recent spate of inci-dents,” said rally organizer Michael Rusek, who lives a few blocks away and was walking nearby about 15 min-utes before the shooting.
“This gun violence is some-thing that is making us feel less and less safe.”
Area resident Jan Bruels-Dorang said the last couple of years have become “very frightening” near Danforth and Coxwell avenues, espe-cially late at night.
“I used to be able to walk my dog around here,” she said. “As a group we have to speak out and start taking action.”
Bruels-Dorang, who has lived near Danforth and Coxwell avenues for about 18 years, said she often calls 55 Division to report drinking,
pot smoking and other illegal activities at Coxwell Parkette and the neighbouring Green P parking lot, but said police rarely respond.
“They’re not taking action,” she said, adding she feels overall this issue is being “stalled by bureaucracy.”
“The police need to get back to patrolling this area.”
Billy Dertilis, the chair of the Danforth Mosaic Business Improvement Area, also attended the rally.
“I don’t think (this murder) is indicative of the neighbour-hood,” said Dertilis, who owns Red Rocket Coffee and also lives in the area.
“Once you get rid of that business, you get rid of the problem,” he said.
“This isn’t a neighbour-hood thing. It’s a problematic establishment.”
Police continue to look for witnesses and information about Farah’s murder.
Anyone with information should contact police at 416-808-5500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or online at www.222tips.com
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For those who haven’t signed up their kids to play youth baseball in Toronto, you may be out of luck – and for that you can thank, in part, the Toronto Blue Jays.
A quick email survey of a couple of Toronto clubs confirmed a banner off-season in terms of registra-tion.
“Royal York registration is up from last year – by about 17 per cent and has put us over the 1,000-player level,” responded Alan Waffle, president of the Royal York Baseball League (RYBL).
“This is not normal and definitely due to the Blue Jay success last year. I saw the same result in registration in the early ‘90s when the Jays won the world series.”
He did, however, single out two other issues that are limiting mem-bership – “lack of appropriate-sized baseball diamonds and lack of vol-unteer parents in some cases.”
The Leaside Baseball Association, in the past few years, kicked off house league baseball for the younger play-
ers, which has proven to be popular and has been growing each year, said Howard Birnie, Leaside Baseball Association president.
“However, the growth in some
(divisions) is far beyond what we anticipated,” he said. “I have no doubt that Blue Jays’ success is the major factor since I saw it in the late ‘80s into the ‘90s when they
did so well.”Last year in Leaside, he said, there
were a total of 850 rep and house league players.
“This year it appears that we will have 1,050. This is, by far, the most in our history but until the past three to four years we did not operate ages four to eight, which is where we now have the largest numbers.”
Waiting lists
Waiting lists in most groups range from five to 25 “and growing as people realize that they should have registered their kids earlier. We are now discouraging people to bother going on (a) waiting list,” he said.
Like his RYBL counterpart, he said the league is limited by the number of facilities at its disposal.
“If we had more facilities, we could have taken more players. In fact, we were fortunate that some school field times became available to us that we did not expect.
Facilities are “a major issue” across Toronto, he said, “as associa-tions try to use whatever is available
with almost nothing new on the horizon.
“Another help would be more lighted fields, but we don’t see this as a likelihood.”
For the North York Baseball Association, the Jays influence may have simply hastened the time it took to fill up it’s already coveted spaces.
“I believe the Blue Jays success in 2015 has had an impact on our registration, although we normally sell out by this time,” said NYBA President Stephen Davis.
“This year, however, we opened registration on Jan. 15 and most of the divisions were full in early February, particularly the younger ages.
“The result is, this year we had to turn away a great number of play-ers (and) have a wait list for every division and a growing mailing list for 2017.”
And as for the Toronto Blue Jays, who fell one step short of the World Series last October, they’re off to a modest start so far this season, hovering around the .500 mark in a tough division.
Success of Jays fuels minor baseball boomleaside Baseball association sees most players registered in its history for this season
Staff file photo/METROLAND MEDIA TORONTO
Leaside Baseball Association president Howard Birnie says the league is seeing record numbers of players registering for this summer, and he credits the recent success of the Toronto Blue Jays with the renewed interest in the sport amongst youngsters and their parents.
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PARTY ON THE DANFORTH: People start to parade along Danforth Avenue near Main Street as part of the Bengali New Year festival hosted by Young Bangladeshi Torontonians Saturday.
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Numerous community clean-up events are set to take place in the Beach-Riverdale area this weekend.
Here are just a few of them:
Friday, April 22• Kingston Road Village,
meet at Pegasus, 931 Kingston Rd. at 10:30 a.m., organized by Pegasus and Ward 32 Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon
• Glen Stewart Ravine with Glen Ames Senior Public School, meet at Williamson Road Bridge at 1 p.m., orga-nized by Glen Ames School
• Ralph Thornton Centre, 1 p.m.
Saturday, April 23• Aldergrove Stairway
and Woodbine Avenue West Hillside, 10 a.m. to noon, organized by the East Toronto Climate Action Group
• Jeff Sloan Park, 137 Kingston Rd., 10 a.m. to noon, organized by Friends of Jeff Sloan Park
• A m r o t h A l l e y a n d
Community Garden, 10 to 11:30 a.m., organized by Amroth residents
• Merrill Park Dog Park and Ravine, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., organized by Merrill Park Dog Association
• Phin Park, 10 a.m., orga-nized by Friends of Phin Park
• Monarch Park, 10 a.m. to noon, organized by Friends of Monarch Park
Sunday, April 24• Glen Stewart Ravine,
meet at the Beech Avenue entrance to ravine at 10 a.m., organized by Friends of Glen Stewart Ravine
• Stephenson Park, 10 a.m. to noon, organized by Friends of Stephenson Park
• Kew Gardens, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., organized by Toronto Beaches Dog Association
• Greenwood Park, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., organized by the Friends of Greenwood Park
• Laneway from Craven to Glenside roads, 10 a.m. to noon.
Neighbourhood clean-upsplanned for this weekend
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We are 112 days into 2016. In those 112 days, the homicide rate in
Toronto has doubled from the same time last year according to the Toronto Police Service. That’s alarming any way you look at it.
As of Monday, 26 people have been murdered in the city. Some in broad daylight, others in the middle of the night. Residents awoken by gunshots, alerting them to another funeral, another cordoned off com-munity, another family grieving.
But these crimes in the early part of the year, are not an indicator Toronto is embarking on a murder-ous rampage of vendettas.
A Toronto police investigator (who spoke on condition of anonymity) interviewed by The Mirror
addressing this spate of violence in the city, directly connects the increase in murders to the aban-donment of the controversial carding practice by officers.
Police advocates say that card-ing is the thin line between those who obey the law and those who do not. But the fact is, carding
is a relatively recent innovation and Toronto police have been solving and preventing crimes for decades before such a program existed.
One thing that hasn’t changed in that time is us: people who are willing to keep an eye on the streets, and who help police investigate when a crime occurs.
Crime Stoppers has been an effective way for the public to help keep Toronto safe for a long time. The tip line is anonymous. Use it.
The carding debate is actually a distraction from the real matter at hand. What we should be talking about is the state of our city and how we can ensure it remains safe for everyone - no matter your race, age or gender.
Toronto has a population of 2.6 million people, numbers from 2011 show. Twenty-six murders among 2.6 million people is not a very high ratio, but each one has a devastating impact on those who knew and loved the victim. These numbers, though, are not indicative of a city where people are shuttering them-selves away, afraid to leave their homes.
What is needed is more active participation from the public to help prevent crime and bring criminals to justice. The more active we are in reporting crimes and suspicious behaviour, the safer we will be. And hopefully by next year this time, 26 lives will be saved.
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Rising murder rate a cause for concern, not fear
Drums of city’s cycling war seem to be silencedIt is springtime and even in this slow, hesitant, let’s-be-honest-way-too-chilly springtime, it’s hard not to think about bicycles.
Now that is not to say we all think the same thing about bicycles. Alongside light rail, UberX, the Gardiner Expressway and subways, subways, subways, the place of two-wheeled locomotion divides opinion in this town better than a curb-separated bikeway.
It was only six years ago that an entire election was fought over bicycles, after over-reaching cycling advocates managed to convince council to paint bike lanes on Jarvis Street. That was it: the ‘war on the car,’ and everybody was in: the motorists from Don Mills and Leaside and Rosedale, who favoured Jarvis as a fast route down-town; the bicyclists who favoured Jarvis Street as a less bumpy alternative to the cracked and heaving lanes on Sherbourne a few
streets over. And of course politicians and newspaper editorialists, who found the controversy to be an effec-tive delineation of the left and the right in matters of urban planning.
The lanes didn’t last long after the 2010 election. Bizarrely, that removal led to a kind of truce. Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, who chaired the Public Works and Environment Committee, created a Berlin Wall of sorts on Toronto’s roads, pushing the creation of fully separated cycle tracks: first on a no-longer-bumpy Sherbourne, and then through the downtown on Wellesley, Richmond and Adelaide Streets. Bicycles and cars on these streets have their own separate but parallel routes. It seems to be working out well.
Now here we are, in
the spring of 2016, and on Monday, April 25, the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee is taking another step towards what might be a permanent armistice. The committee will be looking at a half-million dollar pilot project, to put cycle paths on Bloor Street West. It’s a short stretch, two and a half kilometres long, between Shaw Street and Avenue Road. If council goes along with the plan, it will go in in September. Oh, what a dif-ference six years and a few cycle tracks make! In 2010, the city’s cycling office might have been proposing a pilot to cross the Rubicon. Bloor Street has long been the prize in the eye of cycling advocates, because of its city-spanning scope. One could take Bloor Street and the Danforth all the way from Scarborough to Etobicoke, in a single not-very-sweaty ride (Bloor and Danforth don’t have any challenging hills to speak of). The late former mayor
Rob Ford would have printed up a whole new batch of fridge magnets to rally the troops.
These days? John Tory took care when asked about it this week to explain this was only a pilot project and would be assessed without bias when it was finished. But the drums of war seem largely silent.
At the same committee meeting, councillors will be considering a few other bike lane projects – these ones, the old-fashioned paint-on-pavement kind. There are 11 of these, and they’re all over the place: most, it’s true, a quick pedal from the downtown, but one up on Sheppard West crossing the Addington Greenbelt. These kinds of lanes used to be big fights too, and maybe they still will be. But in these early days of the season...Hope springs eternal.
David Nickle is Metroland Media Toronto’s city hall reporter. His column runs
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it’s happeningw Friday, April 22European Hand Bouquet Work-shop WHEN: 1:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Mosaic home Care Services & Com-munity Resource Centre, CNIB, 1929 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: 416-322-7002 COST: Freeeach participant will be designing their own small bouquet to take home.
Entertainment at the LegionWHEN: Fridays 8 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CON-TACT: 416-425-3070 COST: Free
w Saturday, April 23Spring Arts and Crafts SaleWHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: St. Luke’s Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: 416-421-6878 ext.21 COST: FreeCalling all artists. Vendor tables.
Whoop De Doo at 22WHEN: 6:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-1714 COST: $20 to $25tribute to Vaudeville shows. Music, magic, dancers and games.
Alice In WonderlandWHEN: tonight at 7 p.m. April 24 at
1 p.m. WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. e. CONTACT: 416-755-8352 COST: Call for tickets; Net proceeds to charitythe Presteign-Woodbine Parkview hills Youth Players present Alice in Wonderland.
Kitchen BasicsWHEN: 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 904 Coxwell Ave. CONTACT: [email protected] COST: FreeFor anyone new to cooking or strug-gling to cook on a limited budget. We will cook and learn together.
w Monday, April 25After School Maker’s ClubWHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Riv-
erdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: FreeCome be creative at the library. For children ages 9-12. Registration required.
w Tuesday, April 26Shakespeare 1600WHEN: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart, 170 Memorial Park Ave. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: FreeChris humphreys wondered what is was like when Shakespeare created his plays. In pantaloons and ruff—and weaponry— he explores some of the plays.
Art Bar Poetry SeriesWHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Black Swan
tavern, 154 Danforth Ave. CON-TACT: [email protected] COST: PWYCFeatured readers and open mic.
w Wednesday, April 27Mixed Snooker LeagueWHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-3070, COST: FreeSpares welcome.
Expressions of Memoir: A Work-shop with Ann Elizabeth CarsonWHEN: 7 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memo-rial Park Drive CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: FreeAuthor Ann elizabeth Carson (Laun-dry Lines, 2015) invites participants to explore the many ways memoir is expressed in word, images, music and dance.
w Thursday, April 28Preschool Art PlayWHEN: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7720 COST: FreePlay with craft materials. For chil-dren aged 2 to 6.
w Saturday, April 30Spring BazaarWHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE:
Westview Presbyterian Church, 233 Westview Ave. CONTACT: Bill Proc-tor, 416-751-4684 COST: FreeCafé, used books, handmade crafts, lucky draw, silent auction.
Spring FairWHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church - Leaside, 1399 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: 416-485-0329 COST: FreeBaked goods, books, stamps, treasures, knitted goods and more. Barbecue on the green, a snack kiosk, and cotton candy.
w Wednesday, May 4Spring into SummerWHEN: Various days and times WHERE: Papermill Gallery, tod-morden Mills, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-396-2819, www.donvalleyartclub.com COST: FreeA variety of original artworks created in multiple mediums, reflecting a wide range of artistic styles. opening reception Wednesday, May 4 from 7 to 9 p.m.
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It’s still early spring and hope-fully our April showers will be soon bringing some May flowers.
Soon we should have an explosion of colour in many of the gardens that are found in East York as flowers soak up the sun and begin to bloom.
Music comes to mind as one of the natural ways that we use to express our revived spirits at this time of year, either making it or listening to it. One of the nicest com-munity contributors to this springtime celebration is the VOCA Chorus of Toronto (for-merly the East York Choir).
Each year at this time they bring to the community a new and exciting musical explora-tion. The choir has been an important fixture in East York since 1988 and has blossomed under the musical direction of Jenny Crober.
Another great contribu-tor to the choir’s success has been Elizabeth Acker, who has provided piano and key-board accompaniment for the choir for many years. Previous spring concerts have featured
the music of many traditions found in different cultures, each of which were warmly received by their appreciative audiences.
This next concert should prove to be no exception as the choir will be presenting an evening exploration of the various musical pieces from the stage, featuring opera choruses and musical theatre. It will take place on Saturday, May 7, 7:30 p.m., at Eastminster United Church on Danforth Ave.
The theme is ‘Vast Eternal Sky’, the name taken from one of the pieces to be performed, which captures the spirit of the music being featured.
The evening will open with Gabriel Fauré’s renowned choral masterpiece Requiem, which is a powerful and pro-found work. That opening piece will feature Elizabeth Polese, soprano, Lawrence Shirkie, baritone, and the Talisker Players Orchestra.
The second half of our concert will feature a wide range of secular and sacred repertoire, most of which celebrates themes of sky or heaven.
The music will feature Ola Gjeilo’s stunning Across the Vast, Eternal Sky, along with the exquisite Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré.
This will be followed by Morten Lauridsen’s much-loved and sublime Dirait-on, as well as Elizabeth Alexander’s Appalachian-inspired and joyous Faith is the bird that feels the light for sopranos and altos.
Many other works and per-formers will also be featured at the concert. Tickets are $25 general admission, $20 for seniors, and $10 for students, and can now be purchased through the choir’s website with a small service charge.
Contact www.vocachorus.ca, or call 416-947-8487 for more details.
Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears
every Thursday. Contact him at [email protected]
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Provincially incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation, South East Toronto FamilyHealth Team (SETFHT) provides comprehensive primary health care services topatients in an Interprofessional setting, focusing on patient-centred care in the areasof health promotion, disease prevention, and chronic disease management. With23 physicians located over two clinical sites, SETFHT is committed to providingcare to over 18,500 in East Toronto.
With a strategic plan refresh for 2015 to 2019, SETFHT hasmoved to amixedmodelof governance and is seeking one community member to join our SETFHT Boardof Directors. As a Board Director, you will be responsible for directing the affairs ofthe organization in accordance with applicable legislation, constituting documents,approved strategic and business plans and government policies established andcommunicated by the Government of Ontario.
Significant experience on a not for profit Board of Directors is preferred along withgood understanding of health-care administration and a desire to participate in theongoing operationalizing of our vision as a ‘leading academic family health team thatimproves the health of our community’. An accounting designation or experience infinancial oversight is preferred. It is expected that this individual would support theFinance & Audit Committee.
Directors would serve for a term of one to two years, subject to ongoing renewal.
To access the application form, go to www.setfht.on.ca and you will see a box withinformation on our application on the front page. Please fill out the form and forwarda copy of your resume to [email protected] by May 2, 2016.
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Thousands of parents struggle to find and pay for regulated child carein our community. The Ontario government is proposing to change
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Hosted by Councillor Janet Davis, Councillor Paula Fletcher,and Toronto-Danforth TDSBTrustee Jennifer Story.
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Homicides in Toronto are up 100 per cent from this time last year, and a veteran police investigator believes the end of carding has “definitely con-tributed” to that.
“Especially in our at-risk neighbourhoods where there’s been a lot of violence, we’re not having the same amount of contact,” said the investiga-tor, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“The community contacts or interactions are probably down 90-plus per cent city-wide, and you’ve almost seen that same correlation with the amount of shootings, and homicides have increased as a result as well, so I think they go hand in hand.”
Carding involved officers stopping citizens in high-crime areas and storing their details in a police database.
“When you looked at 200,000 police interaction contacts, that was a real preventative thing,” said the investigator, who has been with Toronto police for more
than 15 years. “If you go back to when carding became a hot-button issue and stopped, you could probably almost see the correlation with the shootings and the violence and the homicides.”
As of Monday, April 18, there were 26 murders in Toronto this year compared to 13 at that point in 2015.
There were also a total of 108 shooting occur-rences so far this year, a 58.8 per cent increase over this time last year. “This is only going to get worse,” the investigator warned.
Jooyoung Lee, assistant professor of sociology at University of Toronto, said it’s not clear what is causing the spike in crime but said it was too early to directly link it to the end of carding. “Changes in policies in the criminal justice system and in policing do have an impact on crime rates and also where crimes happen, but I think it’s way too early to say that the change in carding policies has resulted in this spike,” he said.
“This spike could be caused by any number of factors. It could be the result of a back and forth situation between gangs where there’s an emerging conflict between two groups and there’s retali-ation violence.”
Lee also noted year-to-date statistics are hard to interpret. “There is so much variation within a year,” he said.
“People worry that a spike in one month or in a few months means that that ratio will hold for the rest of the year. But what we see in Toronto is that over the last five to 10 years the homicide rate has been pretty consis-tent, so these things tend to average out by the end of the year.”
Toronto police spokesman Mark Pugash said there’s no “single explanation” for the spike in homicides. “I don’t intend this to sound flippant, but the people who have the best idea why it’s happening are the people who are doing it themselves, so I think it’s unwise to speculate about what might be motivating them.”
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ON THE ICE: Above left, Ian Goodtimes pipes in the teams during the opening ceremony at the East York Curling Club’s Women’s Championship night last Wednesday. Above right, Beaches-East York Councillor Janet Davis throws the first rock to open the event. For more information on the East York Curling Club, please visit www.eastyorkcurling.ca
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Dentonia Park amonggolf courses now openToronto’s five municipal golf courses are now open.
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Readership of weekly community newspapers in Ontario is very strong, according to the Community Newspaper Readership Report released by BrandSpark International. The report, conducted in partnership with Metroland Media, found that 73 per cent of Ontarians surveyed have read at least one of the last four issues of their Metroland Media community newspaper.
In Toronto, Metroland Media publishes nine community newspapers – The Beach Mirror, The Bloor West Villager, The City Centre Mirror, The East York Mirror, The Etobicoke Guardian, The North York Mirror, The Parkdale-Liberty Villager, The Scarborough Mirror and The York Guardian.
Most notably, just under nine in 10 (87 per cent) younger adults surveyed between the ages of 18‐35 are reading their community newspaper as much or more often this year than last year. That number jumps to 92 per cent for all adults surveyed.
“I think it’s fair to say that we were surprised at the strength of community newspapers in light of how print in general is perceived,” said Mark Baltazar, vice-president and partner at BrandSpark International. “These findings reinforce how much local information matters to Ontarians. Community newspapers are playing a major role in the lives of the people we studied, keeping them connected to what’s going on in their own backyards.”
Compared to last year, 13 per cent of the people surveyed indicate that they are reading Metroland newspapers more often while almost 80 per cent have not changed their reader-ship habits. Only 6 per cent of the people indicate they are reading it less. “This news certainly reinforces the feedback that we’ve heard from our readers across the province,” said
Michelle Digulla, vice‐president of marketing at Metroland Media. “There is a strong appetite for the community‐level, hyper-local news that community newspapers, in print and online, are uniquely set up to deliver.”
More than 13,000 adults across Ontario were surveyed online
and by phone for the study, which was completed from Nov. 24, 2015 to Jan. 31, 2016. The study focused on readership for the more than 100 local websites and community newspapers (including flyers) published across Ontario by Metroland Media. The margin of error is +/‐ 0.94 per cent.
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A construction accident this week in Forest Hill could have repercussions for the completion of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
The light rail project is delayed to 2021. Now, there’s a possibility Monday’s collapse of a front-facing wall belong-ing to the former House of Chan restaurant, where a secondary entrance is under construction for an LRT sta-tion at Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue West, could mean even further delays. The incident could result in a workplace investigation by the Ministry of Labour, requiring a suspension of work at the site. However long the investigation takes could determine how much longer Toronto has to wait for its very first LRT line.
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Bloor Street could have bike lanes by late summer.
The city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (PWIC) is expected to approve a pilot project to establish lanes from Shaw Street to
Avenue Road, the first such cycle-first infrastructure for the street.
It’s not yet clear what form the lanes will resemble. City staff has suggested a range of options for the $500,000 proj-ect, from bollards to simple painted lanes. If the PWIC committee approves the plan at its meeting April 25, city staff would likely report back on the lanes’ effectiveness in the latter half of 2017.
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Her fans call her Queen, and now Ashley Graham may have another handle to answer by: straphanger.
Last week, photos and video were posted of the American model and activ-ist cavorting on board a TTC subway train in noth-ing but lingerie. The photo shoot was a promotion for Graham’s new collection for Canadian plus-size retailer Addition Elle, which debuts
in July. In addition to becom-ing the first ever “my-sized” model to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s annual Swimsuit issue, Graham has gained legions of fans for her advocacy work for positive body image.
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It will likely be another charged atmosphere next week when Metrolinx hosts a public meeting for the Davenport Diamond train bridge.
The provincial planning agency is completing an Environmental Assessment as part of final approvals for the project. Metrolinx hopes to eliminate the Davenport Diamond rail crossing to improve GO train traffic by building the bridge, but resident groups have voiced strong opposition.
The meeting is Wednesday, April 27 at St. Sebastian Elementary School, 717 Brock Ave., from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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