ww The East York STRUMMING n Lippert Centre makes beautiful music OBSERVER Page 7 Serving our community since 1972 Vol. 42, No. 5 www.torontoobserver.ca Friday, April 5, 2013 n COMMUNITY Plan afoot to manage Lower Don Trail corridor to be improved to accommodate new users By AARON NILES The Observer The city is considering significant changes around the trail in the lower Don Valley, south of Pottery Road. So on Tuesday night, a public meeting at St. Paul’s Church on Bloor Street East was convened by Parks, Forestry and Recreation, along with Transportation Infrastruc- @ ture Management and Toronto and Region Conservation, to O l For more review the proposed improve- East York ments. stories, “There are 80,000 new res- please visit us online at idents moving into the down- toronto town around the Lower Don observer.ca areas, if you include the West Don’s lower Don lands, Port- lands and Beaches,” said Brent Raymond of Aaron Niles /// Observer DTAH, the firm in charge of the project. “A large amount of people are going to want Marching for independence to have access to the natural environment and Greektown celebrated the anniversary of Greece’s independence from Turkey with the annual Greek Indepen- we need to manage that as best as possible. We dence Day parade on March 24. Participants made their way along Danforth Avenue, proudly waving Greek and want to provide the best possible access.” Canadian flags for passersbys to see. n See GOAL, page 4 Prestigious Leaside celebrates its 100th anniversary Leafy residential West, which includes Leaside, award goes and now the president of the his- neighbourhood torical society. “You have to know where to Redway was once home to you’ve come from to know a racetrack, ski jump where you’re going.” By ERIKA MARUCCI And Pitfield knows where The Observer By THOMAS MORRISON Leaside comes from. She wrote the definitive history of the com- The Observer Every day is a good day to be kind munity, a 1999 book appropri- and considerate. Leaside, you’ve come a long ately titled Leaside. For East York, March 24 is a day way. It recounts Leaside’s early to celebrate a person who contributes A century ago, it encompassed railway roots, the Lea family and significantly to the 1,025 acres of Canadian North- their circa-1850 octagonal house community with his or ern Railway land — and all of 43 — thought to have been the first her volunteerism and inhabitants. brick home in York County. Thomas Morrison /// Observer spirit. Those were the specifications Later, the book covers the That’s Agnes in Bill 55, passed by the Ontario careful planning for a town Jane Pitfield (right), president of the East York His- Macphail’s birthday, legislature on April 23, 1913… blending homes and industry. torical Society and author of the definitive history and the day when officially incorporating the In Leaside’s heyday, that in- of Leaside, distributes birthday cake at the society’s n the Agnes Macphail REDWAY Town of Leaside. dustry included the manufactur- meeting commemorating Leaside’s centennial. Award ceremony takes place at the East With that April 23 centennial ers of Durant and Nash cars, as York Civic Centre. looming, the East York Histor- well as the huge Canada Wire 1967 absorption into East York Pitfield, the community’s chief This year, Alan Redway, lawyer and ical Society honoured Leaside and Cable plant. (and then East York’s absorption chronicler, hosted the March 26 mayor of East York from 1977 to 1982, at its March 26 meeting. It was For the workers’ and other into the “mega-city” of Toronto meeting of the historical soci- is the recipient of the community’s held at the S. Walter Stewart li- residents’ amusement in sum- in 1998). ety — and that she was joined highest accolade for civic activism. brary branch. mer, there was the Thorncliffe Today, Leaside is thought of by Beaches-East York MPP Mi- The annual Macphail Award was es- “There are a lot of people Race Track; in winter, there was mainly as a leafy, highly de- chael Prue, the last mayor of the tablished by East York borough council that don’t think about how this a ski jump. sirable residential neighbour- Borough of East York before in 1994. neighbourhood became this But those features eventual- hood. amalgamation. n See FORMER, page 4 way,” said Jane Pitfield, former ly disappeared, and so did most But considering its rich her- city councillor for Don Valley of Leaside’s autonomy with its itage, it was appropriate that n See CELEBRATING, page 4 2 NEWS The East York Observer /// Friday, April 5, 2013 ‘ WHAT’ S UP IN E.Y. Exploring the seedy POLICE Love your park? It’s time to talk BRIEFS Come discuss proposed improvements with city parks staff regarding Gamble and Liv- Bracebridge ingston parks. The meeting will take place side of supplements break-ins have this coming Wednesday, April 10 at Bethany Baptist Church, located at 1041 Pape Ave. munity Services. The session lating cells. So by not taking E.Y. connection (at Cosburn). The Livingston Park discus- Nurse says whole was held to answer questions care of your health, you can sion begins at 7 p.m. and the Gamble Park foods best way about diet and its relation to destroy that part of your DNA Police have issued discussion follows at 8. cancer. that protects you. a warrant for the to get nutrients Diane Sanborn, a health In order to protect your arrest of an East promotion nurse from Wood- body, she continued, you York man in con- Learn how to ‘greenovate’ your home By NICOLETTE MENDOZA green, hosted the workshop. should avoid using supple- nection with a se- The Observer According to Sanborn, our- ments as a substitute for fruits ries of break-ins Beaches-East York MP Matthew Kellway is bodies are always trying to and vegetables. in Bracebridge, co-hosting an interactive panel and commu- With so many highly pro- form cancerous cells, but Sanborn said there’s little Ont. The man, nity discussion about how to renovate your cessed foods available, it can these cells can be combatted proof that dietary supplements whom police did home while reducing your carbon footprint. be hard to consume the right with the help of antibodies do- can reduce cancer anyway. In not name in their It will be held April 10 at 7 p.m. at the nutrients from direct food ing their job. fact, some high-dosage sup- news release, Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E. sources and so many resort “You can find a 100-year- plements can increase cancer faces numerous to supplements. But not all old man, fairly healthy, who risks. An example is Vitamin charges, including supplements are beneficial to passes away,” she said, “and A, which can impact skin can- break and enter, your health. in an autopsy, somewhere cer. theft and pos- Meeting features water features On March 26, the S. Walter they’ll find a cancer… even “It’s very alluring to think session of stolen This Thursday, April 11, the Leaside Garden Stewart library branch played though he was never diag- that there is a quick… medi- property. Society will be hosting its next meeting. host to Nutrition and Cancer nosed and had no symptoms.” cine or supplement that will The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Screening, a free informa- Sanborn said that there are cure or heal you,” she said. the community room at the Leaside library tion session for East Yorkers parts of our DNA that help to With all of the supple- Fugitive squad branch, 165 McRae Dr. Refreshments will presented by Wood- protect against ments available, she said, be available at 7. The meeting will feature green Com- cancer- people forget that the sim- arrests suspect a presentation by Peter Gill on “Water Fea- formu- plest way to get nutrients tures.” Visitors and new members are wel- is by eating straight from East York’s 54 come to attend. Memberships are $25 for a whole foods. Division reports single membership and $30 for a family. Sanborn said it is im- that Mohammad portant to do your own Masroor, 50, has research by looking been located and Book appointment to give blood for information related arrested locally by to research hospitals the Toronto police Next Saturday, April 13, between 10 a.m. with university health fugitive squad. and 2 p.m., the Greek Community of Toron- networks in Canada. Masroor is wanted to will be hosting a blood donor clinic. The She also advised her au- by authorities in clinic will take place at 30 Thorncliffe Park dience to be cautious of ar- Michigan and Flor- Dr. in the main floor hall. You can book your ticles that appear related to ida in connection appointment at www.blood.ca or at 1-888-2 the industry around health with accusations DONATE. food. of criminal sexual contact with a person under 13 that allegedly oc- Skate, don’t discriminate curred between Students from Centennial College’s East Immigrants ‘struggling’ 2000 and 2006. York campus have organized a skate for Masroor is being “You Can Play” — a charity promoting held in custody respect for athletes regardless of sexual for extradition orientation: April 14, 2-3 p.m. at Varsity to find appropriate jobs proceedings. Arena. Tickets are $5, and include a Toronto Gay Hockey Association game afterward. Canada as a landed immigrant Some are losing in 2005. Holding a master’s Man charged hope as search for degree and being a banker back with making Happy anniversary, True Davidson home, he also has a four-year work becomes a Canadian college diploma in ac- pornography The True Davidson Long Term Care Facil- counting.