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Ofthe 44 pedestrians killed in Toronto last year, two- thirds were older than 65. These are preventable deaths.” said Mayor John Tory ‘Tuesday, after annotincing the first senior safety zone at the intersection of Dundas Street West and Bloor Street. ‘The intersection, previously identified as one of the deadliest in the city by Metro, has seen four pedestrian deaths and five serious injuries in the past six ‘years. Many victims were seniors, said Coun. Jaye Robinson, the intersection safer, the city has lowered speed limits in the area from 50 kmjh to 40 Jk, put up signs urging drivers to slow down and increased pedestrian crossing times. Similar changes will be made to 11 other intersections across the city in the first quarter of 2017, Robinson said. Many of the new senior zones are outside the downtown core, including the intersection of Eglinton and Midland, where two pedestrians were killed last yea Transportation staff will also be installing new red light cam- intersections. The cameras have been shown to reduce injuries and deaths at intersec tions by as much as 60 per cent, Tory said, The mayor was adamant the red light cameras have nothing to do with revenve. “It's not about the money,” Tory said. “Even if they produce zero dollars, I would still be happy with them. Rebranded to Vision Zero Toronto's road safety strategy hhas been rebranded as a “Vision Zero" plan, complete witha new Jogo and beefed up rhetoric from city officals Vision Zero is an approach to thi aths and injuries. It suggests safety is the responsibil: visionzERo Vision Zero logo. conrmaureo ity of transportation designers. ‘When Toronto's road safety strategy was unveiled last June, Mayor john Tory daimed it would reduce deaths and injuries by 20 per cent. Tonce mistakenly cited any objective other than zero.” Tory said Tuesday. “Frankdy, any mum- ber above zero is not acceptable: The Vision Zero logo is fea tured prominently ona new web- hat lets people map 11 years of pedestrian crash data You can visit the site at toronto.cajVisionZeroT0. uth Carolina. World d MAPPED | Toronto's targeted intersections The city has identified 12 intersections where seniors are most at risk in terms of road safety. Changes to those intersections, including lower speed limits, improved signage and re-timed crosswalks, will be rolled out in the first quarter of 2017. 2) AD 18) 9710: CmY @ Dundas Street West © Danforth Road © Mccowan Road and Bloor Street and Main Street and Lawrence Avenue © Dundas Street West © Victoria Park Avenue © Morningside Avenue and College Street and O'Connor Drive and Lawrence Avenue © Spadina Avenue @ Ealinton Avenue @ kennedy Road and Dundas Street West _ and Midland Road and Sheppard Avenue © Danforth Road © Brimley Road © Bathurst Street and and Coxwell Avenue and Lawrence Avenue Steeles Avenue Councillor calls for safer music events B my Warren ee Yo Metro Toronto A Toronto councillor is calling for electronic music events t0 step up safety for partier Coun, Paula Fletcher w asking the city’s Community De- velopment and Recreation Com- mittee next week to require that electronic music festivals have city paramedics on scene with the cost covered by promoters. ‘She hopes the requirement will prevent deaths like the sus- pected overdose of a woman during a December concert at Rebel nightclub, “It's such a tragic event,” she said. “One death is too many” It’s such atragic Isnot “reasonable” to shut tolerance drug policy and also down such festivals, she said, subjects every patron entering But, “thereshould be verystrong the venue to a full search,” @ protocols in dealing with any — spokesperson added. event. One death is too many. Coun, Paul Fletcher cy situations.” But, even if private pa ertainment, the owner _ics are on site, they need to’ of Rebel nightclub, wrote in an for city first responders to a emailed statement they pay a _riveand transport people to the private EMS company to beon emergency room, which can cost site during events. precious seconds in an overdose ‘Allof our venues haveazero situation, Fletcher said. smed- ® Toronto digest CRIME, “Lunchtime bandit’ caught A suspect police dubbed the “lunchtime bandit” who allegedly has an appetite for cash has been arrested Police say the robberies, occurred between Nov. 21 and Dec. 17 at banks located along Yonge Street between Lawrence Avenue and Davisville Avenue. Four of the five robberies, took place at around 12:30 pum. said police. | roappearis | Compensation dispute drunk driver who killed three children and their | grandfather in a colision orth of Toronto in 2015 says he's liable forthe crash, | butargues the amountof damages sought by the farity of his victims is too high. The Neville-Lake family is seeking more than $25 milion | from Marco Muzzo and his familys drywall company, Marel Contractors. SEXTRAFFICKING | Kidnap suspects surrender Two suspects in an alleged kidnapping and sex trafficking attempt of | their 25-year-old female vietim in December have surrendered to police Police say they responded | toacal of akidnapping con Dec. 19 after four men forced their way into the vietimis home in the Lake Shore Boulevard west and Bathurst Street area EDUCATION Union reachesagreement The union representing Ontario's French teachers has become the second | in three days to reach a tentative agreement with the province that would extend its current contract by two years. The news Tuesday about a deal with AEFO follows a similar agreement struck Saturday between the ‘government and CUPE, mobile lemme teers 6 Up eerie tn Ici oc oa ot ry se ne " vet. th oe pent sil ele ee Peta 3.20 se oes tse Sows Teese os te ota re a Toronto metré NEWS Nicole Tavares sports one of her pink hatsat Yarns Untangled in Kensington Market. couszoo umn mereo Now hat’sa statement roumies te anil eng: Here’s the right imi wcoetavaessaia headgearfor prcnTigismete Washington saytomakeavisul statement protestmarch imino wil be heading to Washington may for the march with 55 other = Warren ‘women. She'll be clad in a hat metro} Toronto When thousands of women march on Washington the day after Donald ‘ump's inaugurt- tion, many will be clad in bright pink hats, some of which will be made right here in Toronto. The “Pussy Hat Project” start ed in the US. in late November asa way for women who can’t make it to the massive rally to pitch in by sewing, knitting or Grocheting vibrant pink hats for ‘marchers to wear, Rachelle Hansen was already looking for a winter knitting project when the hats popped up on her Facebook page. “Even though we're Canadian Iwas very dismayed about the election results,” she said. To- ronto knitters can drop hats off made by a master knitter friend. “It’s really a movement.” she said, “there will be thousands and thousands of hats” ‘The Women's March on Wash- ington is billed not as a protest against Trump, but as a way to stand up forthe rights of women and minorities The hat project isa reference to Trump's comments, made on alleaked Access Hollywood tape, ‘where he brags about grabbing women "by the pussy For Hansen, knitting her support is a way to not feel “over- Whelmed” atthe new US. administration and the hateful thetoric swirling around it. “People cannot be dismayed by this,” she said. “Even if it seems like small thing, every- body has to do something.” REPORT Toronto ranked 4th most reputable city Toronto doesn't quite top the list when it comes to the world’s “most reputable cities.” But it's pretty close. The Six comes in number four in the Reputation In: tute’s new 2016 City RepIrak report, coming in behind Syd. ney, Australia, Vienna, Aus- tria and Zurich, Switzerland, Montreal and Vancouver also made the list, coming in at seventh and ninth, re- spectively The list uses a global survey based on tens of thousands of consumer ratings from G8 countries. It ranks global cities based on levels of trust, esteem, admiration and respect. Rounding out the top 10 are Stockholm, Edinburgh, Rome and Copenhagen, In 2015, Vancouver was the only Canadian city to make the list. | metréNEWs | Toronto Wednesday, January 11, 2017 | 5 | Creativity on the Waterfront Starting next month, eight public art installations focusing on producing less waste will be in The Beaches after being selected as winners of this year’s Winter Stations Design Competition. ousser woas0 wer20 1L.1See You Ashiyu: A Japanese hot spring made of wood. By Asuka Kono, Rachel Salmela/Toronto. 2. North: An art installation that suspends fir trees in midair. By studio PERCH/Montreal.. 3. BuoyBuoyBuoy: The installation takes the form of a silhouette and allows people to walk inside through a labyrinth transparent, solid and reflective units. By Dionisios Vriniotis, Rob Shostak, Dakota Wares-Tani, and Julie Forand/Toronto 4.Flotsam and Jetsam: Description not available. By University of Waterloo/Waterloo, Canada. 5. The Illusory: Constructed of highly reflective linear panels, the installation challenges viewers to think about what is and what can be. By Humber College School of Media Studies & IT, School of Applied Technology/Toronto, Canada. 6. The Beacon: Wrapped in aged wood, the structure aims to capture the essence of traditional lighthouses. It's actually a repository where people are encouraged to drop non-perishable food and clothing to be donated to charity. By Joao Araujo Sousa and Joanna Correia Silva/ Porto, Portugal 7. Midwinter Fire: The installation is an immersive experience, reframing the narrative of local forests to show city dwellers the potential power of urban ecology. By Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto. 8. Collective Memory: Two translucent walls made of recycled glass bottles create a threshold between the shore and the city. It's meant to represent people's interconnected stories and experiences. By Mario Garcia/Barcelona, Spain and Andrea Govi/Milan, Italy. au: evaros covtmaureo DESIGN OFFSITE Living large in small spaces shrunk by more than Luke y 100 square feet in the Simcoe past decade? Metro] Toronto With ving space Men and/or Women, aged 18 yrs. or older ata premium in our Good design is about more than increasingly dense fancy chairs and minimalist city, this exhibition typefaces. Jooks at how design can "The Toronto Design Offsite help people live large in small Festival began in 2011 asashow- spaces ‘ase forart and design dedicated Sponsored by houseware to making our city more beauti- retailer Umbra, the show fea ful, livable and inclusive. Tocele- tures prototype products ran- This folding corner tableis, brate Design Offsite's seventh ging from tiny plant pots to anexampleofthe space- year, Metro Creative Director folding chairs and space-con- saving products on display at Jason Logan has hand-picked scious toothbrush holders and the Design Offsite Festival's, list ofexhibitions to check out. soap dishes. Attendees can cast Compact Living exhibition. i ‘ali ‘We'll profile one every day theirvotesforthe best compact —_conrmisuten Eamnisia Therapenie Hoeanrck Ine spncializes ‘until the festival kicks offJan. 16. design. Tr the Wwordi of the Gugainie- ‘play rexy chy i the festival in conducting clinical research trials. 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DRUNK DRIVING Toronto Police won’t name and shame Refer a friend and you may receive $100! ‘Toronto police will not be fol-_In‘Toronto, police only iden- those charged with a host of lowing the footsteps of other tify impaired drivers in cases other serious cimes. forces by“namingand shaming’ where they were involved ina “Treating impaired driving drunk drivers collision causing serious injury — from things lke sexual assault of ASE SoS are RSE SHORE ‘Winnipeg police recently re ordeath, Police spokesman Mark child exphoitation is just wrong.” leased the names of 45 drivers Pugash said that policy willbe he said charged with impaired driving maintained, MADD Canada CEO Andzew overthe holidays Policein Dur “Idon'tthinkit'sappropriate Murie said his organization (OKO) hamalso release namesofdrunk for police to engage in naming doesn’t endorse or discourage drivers, and York Region police and shaming.” Pugash said, add- the practice. considering doing the same. ing that police do not identify \wxesarcozvereo wwwlambdacanada-cro.com www.todaysresearch.com Location: 460 Comstock Road, Toronto, M1L 454 Toronto ‘ENDER EQUITY Daycare clients feel pain, as do largely female recreation staff “@ my Warren ek wo Metro Toronto ‘Akio Maroon put her daughter Ella on the waiting lst for a day: ‘eare spot in Toronto as soon as she got pregnant, Ella is now eight months old, and Maroon just got a ‘week indicat available, But, it's not exactly hers to take They called me to let me know that I'm 32nd on the list, and that they've called 31 people before me and they have prior ity.” she said. Advocates say struggles like Maroon’s are all too common and will only get worse if city council moves ahead with loom- 2.6 per cent to all departments. ing budget cuts that dispropor- The cuts would mean an end tionately impact women, to subsidies for school daycares ‘Aspartofaneffort to makeup a change that will raise fees by shortfall of $91 million fornext about §350 a year and make it ‘year, the city is proposingcuts of harder for families that are lucky Escapes ; voucher on select sun packages. ‘sunwing | an enough to find spots. ‘It seems like not a lot for a lot of people, but it really is.” Maroon said Cts to other city services will also havea “trickledown effect © mayor's take Staff told to save money without service cute In response 0 questions about the PB budoet OE arc gender equity, a spokesperson for Mayor John Tory said all city divisions were told to “take a hard look” at their books to find ways save money without cutting services. Coun. Keistyn Wong‘Tam said the cuts run counter to a deci sion by city council to impose ‘Akio Marcon brought her daughter Ela,to | aPEMRa Cen RRA CNS budget deliberations Toronto's 2017 budget cuts affect women ‘She's calling on more people and children. coussoounamerno to share their experiences and the impact cuts could have in advance of council's final budget ‘on women strugeling to make er in Etobicoke. 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But Earlier, asthe crowd of thou- overhis postelection effortstore | “But I'm not sure what good it asthe crowd embraced him one all of us, regardless of our party when he noted the imminence sands chanted, “Four more _ assure Americans anxious about | would do anyway.” last time. affiliation or particular interest, of that change and the crowd years,” he simply smiled and the future. me associarco Press | The associarco Paess Cabinet shuffle: Who’s in and out Justin Trudeau promoted many up-and-coming MPs on Tuesday as part of a shakeup aimed in part at preparing for a Donald Trump presidency Foreign Affairs CHRYSTIA FREELAND. leaves the trade portfolio. to replace veteran Liberal MP STEPHANE DION, who announced Tuesday that he plans to leave active politics, Freeland is a cabinet superstar, credited with navigating through the Canada-European Union free trade agreement Courtney Gelinas holds tight to her stuffed bear Rufus. FORT LAUDERDALE Canadian 10-year-old rested cable gets her teddy bear back experience for dealing Yards from where workers fin- fatally shot five people one with the incoming Trump Trudeau holds a press conference as he'sjoined by | ished the cleanup from the Fort floor below them Friday. 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When Meyer hand- “substantial” portion of the takes Democratic institutions from . FRANCOIS-PHILIPPE edhe: Ruf, she held the bear 25,000 stranded items left be- o Maryam Monsef. Meanwhile, Monsef CHAMPAGNE, a Quebec tight. hind by fleeing passengers. = widely criticized for her handling of MP, takes on the international Courtney was with her par- including luggage, cellphones, Trudeau's promise to reform Canada's, trade portfolio following the | ents and siblings and about _ baby strollers and “lots of Hello voting system — is moving to replace promotion of Chrystia Freeland. | to board a plane home when Kitty backpacks.” Meyer said. Hajdu at Status of Women, officials say Esteban Santiago Tuc Associureo press, Almost everyone was fair game for Iwitter-bore Snark during the Golden Globes on ‘Sunday: Al Roker, who called Jessica Biel “Jessica Alba"; Jenna Bush, who mashed together the Hidden Figures and Fences to create “Hidden Fences"; and Tom Hiddleston, ‘whose aut-oftouch acceptance speech felt longer than his re lationship with Taylor Swit. But Meryl Streep. who de livered a rousing six-minute ‘oration while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award, was off limits — save, ofcourse, for the nameless object of her vitsiol Even now, to criticize ‘Streep would be to commit media hars-kiri, So here goes. It wasn't her message, ‘that those in power ought toreffain from bullying. It ‘wasn't her call to support the press It wasn't even when She referred to the room as representing the “most vilified segments in American society right now” although that was abitrich Iwas that Streep made a principled stand at an event ‘whose sponsoring organization —a group of 90 shadowy, ostensibly foreign reporters ‘who are required to have permanent residences in Southern California — is not ‘exactly a paragon of principle T'm talking about the Holly- ‘wood Foreign Press. Like near- Iy every person who's ever accepted a Golden Globe, Streep thanked the association, which according to a 2010 piece by the Toronto Star's Studio publicists extend to HFPA members unfettered access to A-listers whil other c1 sand journalists are shut out. JESSICA ALLEN ON THE HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN GLOBES Streep may have undermined herself by making her principled stand at an event whose sponsoring organization is not exactly a paragon of principle. Peter Howell, was created in 1943 “by eight foreign journal. ists living in Hollywood, who were frustrated by their lack of access to top stars. “They reasoned,” Howell wrote, “that creating their Roeper reported in his 2005, book, Schlock Value: Holly ‘wood at Its Worst. More recently, in December, the Hollywood Reporter noted that HEPA asked members — there are four Canadians on own awards might turn things the list, whose ylines {didn't around, and that thinking recognize and I struggled to paid off” find any meaningfl and re- ‘cent work of theirs online — to return expensive bottles of ‘Tom Fore-branded perfumes they were sent promoting the So well, in fact, that today studio publicists extend to HFPA members unfettered access to Misters, usually in Meryl Streep speaks while accepting the Cecil 8. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif, on Sunday. exotic locations, over dinner and drinks, while other critics ‘and journalists are shut out. Every year, the media writes Scathingly of the asso- Gation. Twenty-one years ago, the Washington Post reported that most members weren't fulltime journalists but rather “parttime freelancers for smnall publications in places like Lithuania and Bangla- desh, and include a college professor, a retired engineer, a ‘man who runs an ‘auto refer- ral service,’ and another who until recently sold appliances in Burbank” Even bold-faced industry names speak out. “In 1993, director Rob Reiner com- plained to the New York ‘Times about HFPA ‘press con- ferences’ that were nothing more than glorified photo- ‘ops for its members,” Richard designertumeddirector’s flm Nocturmal Animals. One HFPA member refused a miniature ‘wedding cake crowned with an interracial couple that Focus sent him to promote the film Loving. "Tcan't come hhome fiom a long day at the Four Seasons (attending press Junkets and screenings} to find decaying food on my doorstep.” he told THR. “1 ‘can’t even tell you how many bottles of cheap wine Ive gotten this year The alcohol tends to come fiom the for- «ign films, which send stuff from their country.” So why, asked Roeper, are the Golden Globes "taken so seriously when the voting is ‘done by approximately ninety cliguish, junketeering entertainment reporters who have to produce only a handful ‘of aticles per year in order to remain in good standing. with the HEPA?” Because as the entertainment press con- stantly tells us that the Globes “are like the primaries to the Oscars’ general election, the Globes’ stock just keeps on. rising” ‘To be clear, it’s not that the HEPA always gets it wrong. A few times over the last decade, they've awarded films with more staying power than the Academy did — think ‘The Social Network vs. King’s Speech, for example, or The Descendants vs. The Artist. But they're not even a particu- larly good indicator of what the Academy will choose. The Producers Guild Awards and the Critics Choice Awards are much better predictors, both having chosen the same best- picture winner as the Acad- emy eight times over the last 10 years. So why doesn’t the Aca¢- lemy, some 6,000 members strong, take the bull by the hors? Last year, Oscar voting ‘wrapped up two days before the Golden Globe winners ‘were announced. This year they were extended until January 13 — five days after the Globes. ! don’t know. And don’t know why I care. No one else really does. ‘The only one who hinted at the hypocrisy on Sunday night was Viola Davis. When. she accepted her award for best supporting actress in Fences, she dutifully thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press. ‘And then she gave a hint at how the sausages are made: “This is my fifth nomination,” Davis said. “I took all the pic: tures, went to the luncheon. She had to pause because the room erupted in knowing. nods and chuckles. “Been there, done that,” they seemed to say. Jessica Allenis the digital Correspondent on CTV's The Social MOCHAMA) Salute to the outgoing Obamas — the world is finally yours I'm so excited to see the Obamas out of office. It'll be so gratifying to see them free. ‘They haven't exactly announced their next steps, but if you look closely the hints are there. Barack recently published his 13th paper in an academic journal. (Which “peers” exist to peer-review a study by the president of the United States?) If academia doesn't work for him, he also recently served as a groomsman in the wedding of a White House staffer. im- agine being able to hire Barack Obama to be your ‘groomsman, The Secret Ser- vice knows how to throw stag parties. Michelle, too, could go in ‘completely different direc- tion. She can rock couture like a fashion model and can out-dance the best video vixen, However, she seems genuinely to believe in serv- ing the public. In her last. public speech, she promised ‘young people that she'd be there for them for the rest of her life. Some people want Michelle to enter into pol itics slash lead the Rebel AI- liance against Darth Donald. ‘That won't happen for two reasons, First, she doesn’t want to, Second, America doesn't deserve her! My god, the names that she’s been called over the last eight years — it's a miracle she hasn't given up her citizen- ship for a Kenyan one just to troll Fox News. ‘When Michelle first said, “1 wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves,” knew she was a better person than I because I would have burned it down the day after Inauguration day, Michelle and Barack woke up every day and man- aged not to cuss out Amer ica, Just for good manners and restraint alone, they were the best First Family in living memory. (Recall, for example, that the Clinton’s pets were in a constant feud?) After eight years living within the bubble of the White House, it will be great to see Barack and Michelle let loose a little. Mind you, it will be only by a smidge: they are still Ivy League- educated lawyers who just wrapped up two terms play- ing nice with Republicans. It could be (almost) anything and I would be happy for them. Michelle could take up a corporate gig for the oil industry and Id root for her. Barack could decide, as all the greats unfortunate- ly do, to record a rap album ‘and I would give it a four- star review on iTunes. Personally, I want them to have a reality TV show. Obamas! Unleashed! It'll be like Keeping up the Kar- dashians but with guest ap- pearances from Kofi Annan and the Pope. ‘The only joy to their fare ‘wells is knowing that soon ‘we'll be saying hello to the real Obamas. Sars by JasonLogan Tie, i, a ecow, “EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, 05 nl ne "° Va ee [email protected] BERKELEY General phone 416-486-4900 eerosaae Titayeenteoracs LIFE 0% Forty per cent of Canadian women aged 35 t0.45 have sex atleast once a week; 33 per cent getit onless than oncea ‘month, according toa Chatelaine survey. Your essential daily news cutrune Pairing weed and yoga may seem like a trend, but it has ancient roots Mila Petkovic ForMetro Yoga teacher Joey Lundgren, 35, smiles warmly at students, People chat casually before class with their neigh- ours, as they take turns breathing from the vaporizer. The atmosphere here is warm, open and connected. With his lon-like mane and fully embodied voice, Lundgren leads the class through a series of breathing When I started this practice, (it) was a very helpful effect for me because my body was kinda very stuck and not very strong or capable, and this has been true for many of our students too. For this reason it's some- times called ‘Ganja Yoga, the gateway drug to fitness,” said Lundgreen, The drug helps people relax and ‘open up, says studio owner Lucelene Pancini, 43, who also teaches at the studio, The dynamic blond woman — a former Brazilian champion of judo and jiu jitsu — opened Ganja Yoga on Bloor Street West in Toronto in 2011, and has seen the number of students ‘grow steadily over the years ‘Students at Ganja Yoga studio in Toronto smoke froma vaporizer before “It's beautiful to work with ganja class begins. courtesy anokew WiulANson but I tell people you have to be re- B JOHANNA SCHNELLER WHAT I'M WATCHING Moms baring all and bringing the truth ‘THE SHOW: Workin’ Moms, Sea- sont, Episode ‘THE MOMENT: Baringit First we see them from their (naked) shoulders up: three ‘women sitting cross-legged in a Mommy-and Me class circle, looking down at their own breasts and each other's. feel like a proud show dog. that didn't understand her days were numbered,” says Fran- kie (Juno Rinaldi) areal estate agent. “Look at these things. It's like chicken skin.” Anne (Dani Kind). a psychiatrist, replies, “What are you talking about? Yours are OK” Kate (Catherine Reit- man), a PR rep, says about hers, “They're not winning any blue ribbons. But they stuck in there. They might be a lit te deflated, but they're not throwing in the towel. | like them.” “I'm with you,” Anne says. “I breastfed my first for five months. This is where they landed.” The camera pulls back. The three women are the only bare. Reitman and Co. know there's ‘chested ones in the group. They no such thing, Here we are in regard each other. “It could be 2017 andstil, very little in our ‘worse, right?” Anne asks. "No, society nurtures working moms it could be better. {working humans). Mom-on This is what we callan auspi- mom judgment still rankles. ious —and audacious—begin- This show exposes its charac ning. This is the series’ opening ters’ humanity and fights back scene and this is the message with funny. that Reitman (yes, daughter Workin’ Moms airs Tuesdays of Ivan), who also created and on CBC. ‘writes the show, is sending: We are going to bare all and we're Johanna Schneller is a media going to tell the truth. Connoisseur who zeroes in on The Mommy-and-Me leader pop-culture moments. She ap- calls the circle asafe space, but _ pears Monday through Thursday. Wednesday, January 11, 2017 sponsible too. A lot of people come here who have never smoked, or done yoga before. Anxiety or paranoia can come, so | provide a safe space, so people can look and say ‘Lu is here for me,” said Pancini The studio uses an energizing strain of cannabis called Sativa at the begin- ning of the class and the more relax: ing, meditative Indica before going into the final resting state, Savass- nna, For legal reasons, the studio asks participants to contribute their own cannabis for the practice but shares the vaporizer. ‘Breathing becomes slower and deeper and muscles let go, so for sure you can go much further into the poses,” said Pancini, who has been teaching yoga for 12 years. “In the @ I know a lot of people really like the smo! aspect. I feel like offering it helps to set the mood and harness an environment that's perhaps less pretentious than other studios can be. It’s a mixed crowd but there's areal sense of community atmosphere here. Yoga student Ket, 31 Ganja: A gateway drug to fitness? mind, it’s the same thing. Because you're in the present moment you stop to care what the person is doing beside you.” Ganja yoga studios have existed for some years now in major centres like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. With the impending legalization of ‘weed, and more and more dispens- aries popping up, perhaps we will see fan increase in such studios, ‘One of the things we're doing is taking the stigma out of it a bit, and formally bringing it into practice of yoga. It makes for a beautiful, very friendly community environment ‘compared to the often beautiful but somewhat sterile usual yoga studios,” said Lundgreen, Although the idea of pairing weed and yoga may seem cutting edge or la mode, the practice goes back centuries. Hindu deity Lord Shiva is said to have introduced cannabis to the people as a medicinal and spiritual aid, and the Vedas (sacred Hindu texts dat- ing from 1200 BCE) record Indian holy men pairing yoga with cannabis preparations to connect to the divine. Although the use of the plant did not become stigmatized in India until the 1960s when the government clamped down on it after an international conference, the use of hang (a milkshake-ike drink made with ground cannabis} is permitted in India during celebrations, “I see it as a beautiful sacrament that can take you to another level — spiritually, physically — at least a litte bit faster,” said Pancini. ‘The message Catherine Reitman, left, (who also created and writes the show) is sendingis: Weare going to bare all and ‘we're going totell the truth. conrawureo