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WEEKEND, January 30-February 1, 2015metronews.ca | twitter.com/metrotoronto | facebook.com/metrotoronto Tonight’s Jackpot 30 TORONTO $ million Bye-bye $13 million NEWS WORTH SHARING. Man has right numbers — seven seconds too late. Page 11. Super Bowl special Making T.O. one of the CRTC bans safest cities for cyclists subbing out of U.S. ads Streets. Plan to lower How safe are cities? cyclists, Kolb says. On Shaw speed limits could put Street, for example, coupling a lower speed limit with a bike Searching the Internet for us on track with world’s Dr. John Pucher’s book, City lane has made the road more the American Super Bowl most bike-friendly places Cycling, compares cities popular with cyclists than commercials Canadians based on the number of drivers. don’t get on TV has become annual fatalities per 10,000 Copenhagen and Amster- a national pastime, but that’s cyclists. 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And our duce residential speed limits (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:95)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:552)(cid:3)(cid:627)(cid:553)(cid:636) That has led to even safer searches outnumber our would put Toronto in line (cid:580) Toronto: 1.3 streets, with numerous stud- giant neighbour to the south with the safest cycling cities (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:55)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:552)(cid:3)(cid:629)(cid:553)(cid:627) ies showing fatalities or in- mostly around game day, in the world, activists say. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:56)(cid:229)(cid:315)(cid:3)(cid:98)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:266)(cid:552)(cid:3)(cid:630)(cid:553)(cid:635) juries go down as the volume when Canadian broadcast- “The No. 1 way to reduce of cyclists on the road goes ers have been subbing out fatalities and serious injures up. splashy American ads for is to lower the speed limit,” of reducing the default speed “It is likely that causation Canadian ones. said Cycle Toronto director limit to 40 km/h. There’s also runs in both directions: Safer That hunger for U.S. ads Jared Kolb, who wants To- talk of letting cities set their cycling encourages more cyc- is why the CRTC announced ronto to take a page from own limits below the current ling, and more cycling en- Thursday it will stop Can- Copenhagen and Amsterdam. 50 km/h. courages greater safety,” says adian broadcasters from Known as the world’s safest While making streets safer John Pucher, author of the subbing in Canadian ads for places for pedallers, those for bicycles involves every- 2012 book City Cycling. American ones during the cities have speed limits at or thing from attitudes to infra- Super Bowl as of 2017. below what the province is structure, speed undoubtedly Road fatalities “The best commercials are considering. plays a role: A cyclist hit by coming from the U.S., where In Copenhagen, there are a car travelling at 45 km/h is they have more skin in the even streets where the limit nearly twice as likely to die as In 2013, there were 63 game, given what they’re is a mere 15 km/h. It’s un- one hit by a vehicle travelling deaths on Toronto roadways. paying for advertising,” said likely anything that extreme at 30 km/h, according to Kolb. Of those, 40 were pedes- Kenneth Wong, a marketing will come to Toronto, but On- Lower speeds also make trians and five were cyclists. professor at Queen’s School tario is toying with the idea streets more attractive to of Business. “In fact, many of the Canadian ads shown Calling on all local winter pedallers at the Super Bowl are just regular ads, nothing special done for the Super Bowl.” KATY’S ON THE BALL Cyclist Jared Kolb insists winter cycling, and an oppor- on Adelaide — described by In the meantime, it’s “there’s no such thing as bad tunity for people who don’t Kolb as “a big win for cyclists” become more important for weather, only bad clothing.” normally ride in the winter to — and end up at Metro Hall Super Bowl ads to make the The director of Cycle To- try it out,” he said. on Wellington Street. Katy Perry is introduced at a news conference in Phoenix on most of the buzz online, he ronto bikes throughout the The event starts at 11:45 About 200 people have said. More companies are Thursday for the Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show, where she will year, and will be on hand Sat- a.m. at the southern gates to signed up to attend the event making “teasers,” which are urday to lead the city’s annual Trinity Bellwoods Park. Par- on Facebook, including Ward be performing. Four pages of coverage inside: The recipes, the essentially online ads for Coldest Day of the Year Ride. ticipants will head east along 20 Coun. Joe Cressy. players, the coaches. CHRISTIAN PETERSEN/GETTY IMAGES their Super Bowl ads. “It’s really a celebration of the new protected bike lane LUKE SIMCOE/METRO JESSICA SMITH CROSS/METRO T OO U PP T O N NS S U FFF!! C AATTIIO 0%% OO F VAAC 550 V BoAw onieknw n yvooacwuart ia otnnri dpw oyfnoo eruv fecrreoy eud!alyd CONGRATULATIONS! YOU COULD BE NEXT 1.866.WOW.DEAL NORMA R., GEORGETOWN, ON janna d., ayr, on This could be you! 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[email protected] (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296): The Call him the pup of Bay Internet continues to be E Street. a winner and people will At 17, Brandon Fleisher continue to make money understands the ins and outs from the sector. of stock markets like a, well, wolf. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:255)(cid:292)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:296): They tend to have W stability in their fi nancial The Grade 12 student reports. at Toronto’s Upper Canada College has, within a year, (cid:96)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:552)(cid:3) doubled his initial investment of $50,000. He also started a Brandon Fleisher has got a solid start in stock market investing at the young age of 17. The Grade 12 student at company through which he Toronto’s Upper Canada College has, within a year, doubled his initial investment of $50,000. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:95)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296): People are using computers and offers free analysis of differ- DAVID VAN DYKE/METRO phones, instead of tele- ent stocks and markets. S visions, to tune in, Fleisher Fleisher picked up an in- started spending entire days “I worked really hard to So what’s the secret to said. terest in the world of stock combing through companies’ gain the trust from my par- his success? Fleisher said it’s exchanges when he was in financial reports and study- ents to invest the real money simple: Find companies that (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:61)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296): The ups and Grade 8. ing balance sheets. in my portfolio,” he said, ex- are growing and profitable downs of oil prices may be “In a math class, we all It took about two years of plaining that he was making and have the patience to stay a recipe for disaster. had to pick a stock and grow balancing school workload big profits in the fake money invested for a good while. the most out of it by the end and his passion for running trade, where he invested in It also helps if you’re a bit (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:279)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:305)(cid:289)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296): of the year,” he said. a virtual portfolio before he Netflix and Tesla. of a whiz kid too. Fleisher’s dad runs a scrap “I did very well, then got the chance to invest real He has since broadened his “I really do like investing. metal business. “He says started playing virtual stock- money. Fascinated by his suc- network of investors, and his I don’t really see it as a bu- it’s not good,” Fleisher exchange games with fake cess and skills in the markets, company, The Financial Bulls, rden,” he said. “When I am said. “I have to take his money, and it really gave me Fleisher’s parents gave him is now operated with him as doing investments, it’s not as word on it.” the thrill.” money to setup an account CEO and other people his age if I need to take a break at any Not too long after, Fleisher with a broker. offering financial advice. point at all.” Social media comment thread. harsh,” said their hands not even qualify for manda- according to the legislation, Toronto lawyers On Jan. 15, James Trevor were tied. Canada’s new tory minimum sentencing. there must be three kilo- Munroe, 23, was slapped mandatory minimum After the mistake was grams of marijuana to war- use Facebook to with a year in jail after sentencing laws said the brought to the attention of a rant a mandatory minimum free man from pleading guilty to possess- penalty must be one year federal prosecutor in charge sentence of one year, even ing just over three ounces of in jail. of Ontario’s criminal appeals with the previous trafficking harsh sentence marijuana for trafficking, a Within days, a ragtag unit — again on Facebook conviction. relatively small amount that defence team composed — Munroe was released on Several lawyers piped in, When justice wasn’t served typically garners a 30- or 60- of Toronto lawyers and bail, just over a week into linking to the law online inside a Sarnia courtroom day sentence. prosecutors serendipitously his year-long stint. and saying the mandatory this month, an unconven- But the federal prosecu- assembled on Facebook, at Munroe had 97 grams, minimum didn’t apply in tional appeal was spontan- tor, Munroe’s lawyer and first decrying the steep sen- or 3.4 ounces, of marijuana, the case. “Someone get this eously mounted in a much- even the judge, who called tencing before discovering and a recent prior drug fellow bail,” one said. less-hallowed hall: An online the sentence “extremely the amount of marijuana did trafficking conviction. 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WIND, WIND MOBILE and TRUE MOBILE FREEDOM are trademarks of Wind Telecommunicazioni S.p.A and are used under license in Canada by Globalive Wireless Management Corp. © 2014 WIND Mobile 4 TORONTO metronews.ca WEEKEND, January 30-February 1, 2015 Major crime down, but police budget up The jumble of charts and “per- there were 12,000 fewer char- Alok Mukherjee, chairman categories, including sex as- formance” statistics in the To- ges laid in the major-crime cat- of the seven-member civilian sault and auto theft, he said. ronto police presentation to egories, including murder, sex oversight board, said crime “The simple equation — the budget committee Thurs- assault and robbery. data alone does not give an ac- crime down, crime up, police day left at least one new city “How do you justify that curate picture of what the po- budget up, police budget down councillor scratching his head. level of officers ... when crime lice service does. — doesn’t work,” he told re- Toronto’s major-crime rate is down by such a substantial “We need to get beyond porters after the meeting. has declined 27 per cent since level?” Campbell asked rep- crime indicators,” Mukherjee Sloly also cited claims of a 2005, but the police budget resentatives of the Toronto said. rise in the level of unreported has risen by 37 per cent, noted Police Service. They were at Deputy Chief Peter Sloly crimes across the country, a John Campbell. city hall to give the politicians said the level of officers is justi- rise in new “safety threats,” During that time, the num- an overview of the proposed fied for many reasons. Despite including cyber-crime, and the ber of officers has remained $1.15-billion police budget, 90 the downward trend in crime, growing complexity of bring- virtually the same, 5,229 in per cent of which goes to salar- there was a three per cent up- ing cases to court. 2005 and 5,231 in 2014, yet ies and benefits. tick last year in some crime TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Trustee Ausma Malik warns that schools are also used as community hubs, but may appear near-empty according to the ministry’s formula. VINCE TALOTTA/TORONTO STAR Schools not under- used: Public board Education. Queen’s dragging their heels on school closings, when 130 schools are Park wants city to spell considered less than 65 per out plans for closing cent full. But when staff released the YOUR CARD some facilities list of under-used schools Wed- nesday, many warned against snap decisions based on “util- IS WORTH Is a school half-full or half- ization rate” numbers alone. empty? “I don’t think it tells the That depends on how you whole story,” warned trustee measure. Ausma Malik. “The minister As the Toronto District herself and the premier have School Board scrambles to talked about our schools as name schools that are less community hubs, and so many than two-thirds full by Queen’s of our schools are being used in Park’s counting method, many that way,” but they appear near- are asking how good that prov- empty under the ministry’s for- incial yardstick is. mula. Education Minister Liz San- “Blake Street Junior Pub- dals has given the TDSB just lic School is listed as 45 per weeks to spell out plans for cent full, but we’ve just added closing schools over the next French Immersion and it’s pro- three years that are under-used jected to grow to 86 per cent,” A LATTE. by the province’s reckoning said trustee Jennifer Story. — which counts only full-time Eastdale Collegiate may be K-12 students, not extras such only 32 per cent full, but many as child care and parenting pro- of its students have been re- grams that may share space. ferred from larger schools that “It would be a disaster if couldn’t meet their needs. we closed Burnhamthorpe “Some schools focus on life Collegiate, for example (only skills,” said Story, “but we could 35 per cent full with teenaged lose this kind of site by strict students),” said trustee Chris adherence to the province’s Glover, “because the building is utilization guidelines.” absolutely packed with almost An exasperated Sandals said Turn your Starbucks Card into a rewards card for your favourite food and drinks on us. 1,000 adult students going back Thursday that she realizes that Get a free drink when you join our loyalty program at Starbucks.ca/rewards. to get high school credits. But being listed as under-utilized the ministry doesn’t consider doesn’t necessarily mean it this space as being used, be- must close. But with Ontario cause they’re adults.” spending more than $1 billion Sandals has ordered the a year on under-utilized schools TDSB to start offloading excess provincewide, “we need more space, after a damning report detailed information about by veteran educator Margaret what their plans are (by) Feb. At participating stores. Some conditions apply. © 2014 Starbucks Coffee Company. All rights reserved. Wilson criticized trustees for 13.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE metronews.ca TORONTO 5 WEEKEND, January 30-February 1, 2015 Eco concerns motivate store owner Retail. Antique eclectic place to shop. Quoted He opened Elle & Eve — a shopping and 10,000-square-foot furniture “There’s a major environmental problem going on right philanthropy under and design store — after watching charity donations now, with baby boomers downsizing. Where is all there one roof in new shop take a dive in recent years stuff going to go? It’s going to go into landfills.” in his previous role as head fundraiser at a non-profit. Kirill Zaretsky, owner of Elle & Eve ROSEMARY “We noticed as the econ- WESTWOOD omy started to get worse and At Elle & Eve, the money is various price points, he wants [email protected] worse, the first thing people split 50/50 between the store the store to have something cut down on is their charit- and donors, and donors can for everyone. The goal is to The owner of Toronto’s new- able donations. We had to choose what charity — any help people break away from est and “biggest” consign- figure out a different way to charity — gets their half of cookie-cutter home decor. ment store says he’s doing raise money,” said Zaretsky. the profits. “I’m a big believer in in- more than launching a busi- So, he launched a pilot “We’ll support a hockey dividualism, that people ness. project, asking for donations team; as long as it’s doing shouldn’t go to the same He’s launching an environ- of high-quality merchandise. good in the world, we’re stores and have the same look mentally friendly, charity- He then flipped the items and happy to support it,” Zaretsky in their home,” he said. supporting design movement. kept the profit. said. The store mixes antiques Kirill Zaretsky, 38, wants It started making money, People can also go the with art deco and modern to change the consignment and Zaretsky got the idea to traditional consignment pieces to create a “signature model, increase charity dona- start a consignment store route and keep their half of look.” At his new consignment store, Kirill Zaretsky, 38, is hoping to upcycle quality tions, reduce waste in land- where the profits would go to the sale. “It’s all about self-expres- used furniture while raising money for charities. The store is at 50 Samor fills and give people a more a charity. With various rooms at sion,” Zaretsky said. Rd., just north of Dufferin and Lawrence. DAVID VAN DYKE/METRO SmartTrack complicates Scarborough subway plans Residents, who watched in fury genuine, said Coun. Joe Mihevc, subway’s ridership. proved the project over a seven- as city politicians flip-flopped who sits on the TTC board. It is But moving the subway fur- stop LRT to replace the aging on a subway or LRT, are now also complicated. ther from the GO tracks has its Scarborough RT. being asked for their views on The complication — in this own issues, said transit blogger Extra kilometres could add what the Scarborough subway case — is the need to insert Steve Munro, who still believes another $1 billion to the sub- extension should look like Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack the city should be building the way’s already hefty estimated when it opens around 2023. plan into the Scarborough tran- LRT. $3-billion tab. Toronto planners begin pub- sit scenario. “Going further east (with There’s also the common- lic consultations on Saturday to The city has already ex- the subway), immediately you sense objection to the proposed gather input on nine potential panded the area it is studying have problems with the line Bellamy and Markham corri- subway corridors, even though for a subway extension east, becoming more expensive be- dors, which would require the construction doesn’t start for from the originally envisioned cause you’re adding mileage,” subway to travel east and then another three years. McCowan Road, to Markham he said. double back west to stop at the Eventually, the specifics of Road. Planners have to give The Markham Road corri- Scarborough Centre. routes and stops will be recom- themselves enough room to dor, for example, would mean “The key thing is Scarbor- mended by city officials and recommend a route that won’t a nine-kilometre subway. That’s ough Town Centre. That’s the ultimately approved by council. risk SmartTrack trains on the about 50 per cent longer than node and that is the thing that Coun. Joe Mihevc says the city’s desire to consult the public is genuine. In the meantime, Toronto’s nearby Stouffville GO tracks the McCowan route council has to be thought through,” ANDREW FRANCIS WALLACE/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE desire to consult the public is cannibalizing the expensive envisioned in 2013 when it ap- said Mihevc. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE 15 % 610 Queen Street West SO FA BULOUS 275 King Street East OFF EVENT 430 Progress Avenue Scarborough 295 High Tech Road Richmond Hill 181 North Queen Street January 29 - February 9 Etobicoke Some Exceptions May Apply. metronews.ca TORONTO 7 WEEKEND, January 30-February 1, 2015 Toronto’s vagina industry growing Health Ontario sees record organ donation Beauty. City sees Quoted Ontario set a new record for growing demand for organ donations last year “The demand for this is skin-lightening and that helped save more than going crazy.” 1,000 lives, an agency for exfoliating treatments organ, tissue and transplant Alaa Abbassi, Allure Body Spa, on vaginal aimed at ‘lady-bits’ “skin bleaching.” donations said Thursday. Trillium Gift of Life Net- work, which co-ordinates The $50 vajacial is now a deceased donations in the ROSEMARY regular service, she says, with province, said there was WESTWOOD at least one booking a day. It an 18 per cent increase in [email protected] includes exfoliation, tweezing, organ donations from the To the list of things Gwyneth a “high-frequency wand” to year before. Ronnie Gavsie, Paltrow wants to teach you, get at deep ingrown hairs, and the president of Gift of Life, add: How to pamper your va- moisturizing. said publicly disclosing hos- gina. “You see the results right pital donation performance The celebrity-turn-lifestyle away,” Framppon said. has been “a game-changer.” blogger drew the ire of health At Allure Body Bar, mean- THE CANADIAN PRESS professionals this week when while, women are opting for she claimed herbal vagina down-there “skin bleaching” Investigation steams will cleanse your uter- — a $75 procedure that light- us and balance “female hor- ens the skin colour by one to T.O. man facing mone levels.” four shades, said spa founder Deemed “bogus” by some Alaa Abbassi. 18 fraud charges doctors, Paltrow’s claims “The demand for this is go- nevertheless highlight the ing crazy,” she added. A Toronto man is facing very existence of a so-called V- The spa sees between one a string of charges in con- steam, which itself is just one Products, like this one available at Fuzz Wax Bar, are just part of the growing industry of nether-region spa treatments and four clients a day for the nection with a bankruptcy corner of the rising vagina in- and skin care available in Toronto. CONTRIBUTED treatment and fields up to six fraud investigation. RCMP dustry. calls daily from the curious. say the 18 charges against In Toronto, treatments for popular treatment, opened its the “vajacial” — a facial for the based on feedback from clients “A lot of people are taking Alex Petrou, 57, are related lady parts have arguably never third city location Friday and vagina. and staff, said Jessica Framp- care of their nether-regions, to allegations of fraud and been more popular. has 2,000 members, or regular “We saw there was a grow- pon, Fuzz co-founder. “A lot of their lady-bits. It’s a very popu- abuse of the bankruptcy Fuzz Wax Bar, where Brazil- waxers. ing need for extra care for girls were suffering from in- lar treatment for men as well,” process. THE CANADIAN PRESS ian waxes are by far the most In December it introduced down there from women,” grown hairs or acne.” Abbassi said. HOME MIRROR DOESN’T MATCH WHAT YOU SAW IN THE STORE MIRROR? Donate new or nearly new professional attire to Dress for Success Toronto and help give thousands of disadvantaged women a chance to transform their lives. Together, we can all help Canadians get to work. Until March 15, 2015 For donation hours and guidelines, visit DressForSuccess.org/Toronto Don’t miss this rare and intimate look at an artist who redefined comics. 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All bi weekly payments are at 4.99% interest and are all OAC. All in price is plus HST only. 1Down payment, terms and interest rates will vary. OAC. 10 TORONTO metronews.ca WEEKEND, January 30-February 1, 2015 Transit reinvestment good, but just not good enough overlooked was the devastat- through the fare box, with a we’d need to spend over $400 Some perspective BUDGET ing impact a series of cuts had 10-cent fare hike. million more. on the TTC. All of this is good news, if Facing so many other DECODER It started in 2011 when People often wonder why Toronto doesn’t have not great news. budget constraints, Toronto is Mayor Rob Ford moved to a transit system as good as New York’s.... To get Even the fare increase is at never going to be able to fund Day 5. TTC service will reduce the service’s operating to the per-rider subsidy provided in New York, least somewhat understand- things to that level by itself. subsidy, money that comes able, given that it comes with With the city government get better, but Toronto from city hall to supplement the TTC’s total subsidy would need to go up by service increases. finally making plans to invest still lags behind other fare-box revenue. $100 million from where it’s projected to be in If there’s a dispiriting ele- in service again, the next step The TTC’s subsidy was 2015. ment, it’s that even with such is to turn to the provincial cities— which means already the lowest of any large large-scale improvements, and federal governments and Ottawa and Queen’s urban transit system in North Toronto still lags way behind. ask when they plan to get on America. But the cuts came redefining the definition of reversal of the Ford-era service People often wonder why board with funding. Park have to chip in anyway. what constitutes a transit cuts and a pledge to provide Toronto doesn’t have a transit The 2011 cut was only vehicle that’s reached capacity. 10 minute or better bus and system as good as New York’s Decoder series about $1 million, but it led to The result? That sardine-can streetcar service on major or Chicago’s, but there’s no MATT bigger cuts. The TTC’s subsidy feeling you experience every routes. mystery to it. It’s spelled out ELLIOTT declined by another $18 mil- day as you try to get around. Some of the new costs in the transit budget. This is the final part of a [email protected] lion in 2012. To make up the Toronto’s draft 2015 budget will be paid for through an To get to the per-rider sub- series examining the pro- difference, the TTC reduced is notable in that it admits increase to the TTC’s operat- sidy provided in New York, the posed 2015 Toronto budget Of all the stories coming out service on several routes and those service cuts were a bad ing subsidy, which is set to TTC’s total subsidy would need and explaining what all of city hall in the last four rolled back “loading stan- thing and takes steps to fix increase to $479 million, an all- to go up by $100 million from those numbers are really years — and, to be fair, a lot dards” across the system. them. It includes $95 million time high. The rest of the new where it’s projected to be in about. were crazy — one of the most In basic terms, that meant in new spending, including a investments will be covered 2015. To reach Chicago’s level, City spending thousands on heightened security The city has spent more than Entrances and exits lenges, given the increased buildings. $300,000 on increased security threat level, are not unique to “What I’ve been told is that at municipal buildings after at- Toronto.” we are doing this in response tacks in Ottawa and Quebec. The most apparent change After an armed gunman to the federal government put- The cost of keeping city at City Hall has been the stormed Parliament Hill in Oc- ting out an alert to other gov- hall and other city-run facili- lockdown-style operation tober and a Canadian solider ernments,” Perks said. “The ties under restricted access is of all entrances and exits. was killed in a Quebec attack, position of the corporate secur- $24,000 a week, the city con- Since October, lone security the city moved to an “enhanced ity department within the City firmed Thursday. guards hired by the city security level.” That move was of Toronto is we will keep them If the city continues with its have been stationed at in response to the attacks and in place until the federal gov- enhanced security program, by various entryways. Only the the federal government in- ernment decides to lift the se- the end of this year it will have main entrance off Nathan creasing the domestic terror- curity advisory to government paid more than $1.4 million. Phillips Square has been ism threat level from “low” to buildings.” “We are working to bal- publicly accessible without “medium,” Brown said. It’s not clear how many ance the high priority we place a city-issued security card. Coun. Gord Perks, who guards are currently staffed to on ensuring a safe and secure asked for clarification of the provide the extra security, their environment for the public, security costs, said he is not rate of pay or the number of councillors and employees spokeswoman Wynna Brown aware of any specific threats hours worked. A security guard takes shelter under an overhang on Thursday, as snow falls with fiscal due diligence,” said in an email. “These chal- being levelled against city TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE on Nathan Phillips Square. 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