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SECRET ‘MAKING A Guess who’s LIFE OF T.O. the king of MURDERER’ kindergarten ROOFTOPS A guide to the most talked about metroNEWS metroNEWS documentary series around metroLIFE Toronto Your essential daily news | THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 High 2°C/Low -2°C Mostly sunny City pledges safer streets TORONTO’S DEADLY STREETS fic congestion. Saving lives “We have to balance com- peting priorities on our roads,” We can and trumps driver Robinson said. “But safety has to be number one.” must do better, convenience Pedestrian and cycling ad- especially for our HELLO for Vision Zero vocates have spent years push- most vulnerable ing the city to adopt an official Vision Zero policy. Those cries road users. Luke were renewed this week after Coun. Jaye Robinson Simcoe 2015 closed as the worst year MULCH. Metro | Toronto for traffic fatalities in more than a decade. One pedestrian has costing lives,” Reid said. City officials are promising to been killed so far this year and Robinson was hesitant to say adopt a policy that focuses on another was taken to hospital which Vision Zero principles the safety over speed when Toronto’s with life-threatening injuries new road plan will incorporate. Christmas trees generate road plan is overhauled later after being hit by a truck. “The strategy in Sweden was roughly 3,700 tonnes this year. For Walk Toronto’s Dylan Reid, to strive to eliminate traffic fatal- The plan, Coun. Jaye Robinson a genuine Vision Zero policy ities and we’re going to philo- of mulch every year said Wednesday, will be based on would include a “fully funded, sophically take that approach,” metroNEWS Vision Zero — an international systematic strategy” to improve she said. movement aimed at eliminating infrastructure and dangerous She mentioned an expanded road deaths. intersections, as well as public bike lane network, street lights Vision Zero was pioneered education campaigns “that target near seniors’ centres and more in Sweden in 1997. It’s credited drivers specifically” and speed red light cameras but shied away with reducing traffic fatalities reductions on major roads. from Vision Zero staples like in the country by nearly 40 per “This will cost money, but narrower lanes or wholesale cent, and has since been adopted costing money is better than speed-limit reductions. across the world, including cit- ies like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. A key plank of Vision Zero is that roads and traffic systems should be designed to save lives, even if that means inconvenien- cing drivers. That may be a tall order for Toronto, where political will re- mains skewed toward cars. For example, Robinson’s comments were followed Wednesday by a lengthy address from Mayor Cars and pedestrians are rarely squeezed for space more John Tory about relieving traf- than during rush hour downtown. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE FILE Stress-free holiday travel Want the best fares? starts with UP Express. Use your PRESTO! UP fares are customized to fit your travel needs, with tickets tailored to fit Families, Students and Seniors. FROM YOUR CONDO TO Children under 13 travel for free! But if you’re looking to take advantage of all THE AIRPORT IN MINUTES the best fares, use your PRESTO card. 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GOSSIP 11 Your essential daily news Dolce & Gabbana launches its first line of hijabs and abayas. Toronto’s rooftop gems If Molson Coors can build a hockey rink on the roof of an Adelaide Street office building, what other surprises tower over Toronto? Here’s a look at some treasures found high above the ground. Bees Ford Chef of the Fairmont Royal York’s Epic Model T track restaurant, Ryan Gustafson, tends to the bees on the roof of the downtown Built for the Ford Motor Company of hotel. The hotel may have hosted Her Canada in 1914, the roof of 672 Dupont Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, but the St. was once a place to burn rubber in buzz is all about the 14th floor, which Model Ts. Each floor of the building houses hundreds of thousands of was designed specifically for housing, bees in hives and temporary nesting assembling and showcasing the cars. spots. Since 2008, honeybee hives have generated an average of 450 pounds of honey a year. And the hotel diversified its hospitality offerings in 2014, opening a bee hotel to house weary pollinator bees seeking a rest during long voyages. Sweat lodge The Native Child and Family Services has a Sweat Lodge and Sacred Fire Garden area on the roof of their 30 College St. office building. Cities house more than Garden co-ordinator Spencer Quinn 50 per cent of Canadian indigenous readies a soil bed for planting garlic people, but the rooftop sweat lodge at bulbs at Ryerson’s rooftop garden Yonge and College Sts. stands alone. at the George Vari Engineering The lodge hosts traditional ceremonies and Computing Center. Ryerson almost every week, including some University student group Rye’s open to the general public. Homegrown operates eight edible gardens. Running track Mini-putt The running track atop the In classic Google fashion, a rooftop Cambridge Club at 100 Richmond St. balcony of the tech company’s Canadian W. is for exclusive use of members. headquarters at 111 Richmond St. W. In the midst of the rat race, runners boasts a five-hole mini-putt course. Each can take to the track towering above hole incorporates Toronto landmarks the streets of the financial district. in the design, including the Dufferin The roof of the 12-storey Sheraton St. arch, the Prince’s Gate, and Noel Centre at 100 Richmond St. W. hosts Harding’s Elevated Wetlands (the “teeth” a 160-metre running track. sculptures by the DVP). Visitors can access the course year-round. STORY: TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE; PHOTOS: TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE/CONTRIBUTED 4 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Toronto Artists to perform JAIL GUARDS Province prepares for possible strike Live from City Hall Guards at the Central East Correc- the guards and the Ministry of tional Centre in Lindsay refused Community Safety and Correc- to serve meals to hundreds of tional Services. inmates Wednesday, amid height- Meanwhile, the provincial ened tensions as the province head of the union representing MUSIC braces for a possible strike by Ontario’s guards says civil ser- New series will Ontario’s correctional officers vice managers being recruited to this weekend. staff jails in the event of a strike feature talent About 800 inmates in the jail by guards this weekend are ill- were forced to go without break- equipped for the dangerous chal- from a variety fast and weren’t fed by guards lenges they will face. of genres until around 1 p.m. — several With the government mov- hours past the usual 7 a.m. time. ing furniture and provisions into The refusals follow on the provincial jails, Ontario Public Ser- Gilbert heels of 70 guards at the jail vice Employees Union president Ngabo who booked off work Tuesday Smokey Thomas said Wednesday Metro | Toronto citing illnesses — the majority that security and safety in jails of the roster of correctional of- is at risk. It’s shaping up to be a lively ficers scheduled to work in the Guards will be in a strike pos- year at city hall — in a very institution that day. ition at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, but nontraditional way. The information was con- contract talks will resume Friday Today marks the official firmed by Chris Butsch, a cor- with a mediator in bid to avert a launch of Live from City Hall, rectional officer at the jail, and strike or lockout. which will bring local musi- president of the “Without ex- cians to the building’s rotunda Ontario Public perienced and for performances every other Service Employees properly trained week. Union (OPSEU) lo- The ministry may staff, the ministry The series aims to showcase cal representing may be forced to be forced to resort a variety of artists and is part the jail’s guards. resort to lock- of the city’s commitment to Butsch said to lockdowns. downs, which in create more opportunities for the refusal to turn greatly in- Smokey Thomas growth in the music industry. provide meals to crease tensions The commitment also includes the prisoners at and the risk of developing an official music the usual times was sparked by violence,” Thomas wrote in a strategy, which is still in the the guards’ fears about potential letter to Treasury Board President works. missing items from the institu- Deb Matthews. “These individuals Among those on today’s Graydon James, left, and Laura Spink comprise The Young Novelists. They’re performing at city tion’s kitchen. manage IT workers, policy ana- lineup is The Yong Novelists, hall as part of a new music series. COURTESY JEN SQUIRES Ontario jail guards have been lysts and correspondence writers. an indie roots band fresh off a without a contract since Decem- They are in no way qualified to European tour that took them gives people a “cohesive” way Muso Project, a band known ber 2014. They have rejected a supervise the shrewd and vio- GET INVOLVED through The Netherlands and to enjoy multiple genres in the for cranking out jazz, funk, contract offer with no wage in- lent criminals incarcerated in Switzerland. The group was same places, she said. R&B and soul hits in Toronto crease in the first year, a lump Ontario’s jails.” named new/emerging artist of “It’s really great for musi- since 2008. 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The program cludes a performance from The and Melanie Ungar. with the larger fight between Matthews. (cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:55)(cid:72)(cid:22)(cid:68)(cid:59)(cid:77)(cid:73)(cid:22)(cid:73)(cid:59)(cid:72)(cid:76)(cid:63)(cid:57)(cid:59) REVENUE Reinstate vehicle tax: Groups Mayor John Tory and council can conference at city hall where TRAFFIC start delivering on a 20-year plan councillors were discussing the to reduce poverty in Toronto by proposed 2016 budget. reinstating the vehicle registra- Council makes final decisions (cid:74)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:101)(cid:100)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:22)(cid:95)(cid:105)(cid:22)(cid:91)(cid:99)(cid:102)(cid:98)(cid:101)(cid:111)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:93)(cid:22) tion tax, says a coalition of so- next month. 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EXPIRY DATE: JULY 31, 2016 6 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Toronto Tenants ‘suffering since Day 1’ SHOPS AT AURA dences IV misrepresented the Lawsuit filed mall as “a first-class retail shop- ping centre” with “a future con- over alleged nection to the PATH.” I’m going to bet The condo corporation is there are people embellishment suing Canderel and The Resi- within a stone’s by developer dences of College Park IV for negligent misrepresentation, throw ... that don’t breach of contract and con- even know it exists. Optician Alfred Wong says he struction deficiencies, among was misled into thinking he other allegations, none of Jim Danahy, CEO of retail was making a smart investment which have been proven in advisory firm CustomerLAB when he bought a retail condo court. unit in the underground mall of In an email, a spokesman event of nearby development, the 80-storey Aura building, just for The Residences of College she said. north of Yonge and Gerrard. Park IV said, “It would not be “But right now, there is no A brochure for buyers boast- appropriate for us to respond to potential to connect anything ed future access to the PATH, these allegations — no matter because there’s no develop- which links 1,200 stores, 50 how baseless they may be — ment,” she said. buildings and Union Station. through the media, as this mat- A proposed redevelopment But there is still no PATH con- ter is now before the courts.” of the Chelsea Hotel is an op- nection, and Wong says his In the brochure, pictures portunity to tunnel from Aura business is suffering. show shoppers strolling the south toward the closest point “I keep losing money every mall’s corridors with shop- on the PATH, the Atrium on day, actually,” said Wong, who ping bags in hand. In real- Jonathan Tolentino runs Improshare at the Shops at Aura in the basement of the Aura Bay on Edward Street, said Al paid about $356,000 for his ity, “for sale” and “for lease” condo building at Yonge and Gerrard. LUCAS OLENIUK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Rezoski, a manager at the City condo in 2013. “There is no signs abound in the windows of Toronto who was the plan- traffic at all going through our of empty storefronts. There are “It looks like a ghost town,” Improshare, says he was bank- nificant foot traffic down here. ner and manager assigned to floor. It makes business very dif- only three restaurants in a food said lawyer Denise Lash in an ing on the link to the PATH. He Ever,” he said. the Aura tower. ficult for all the owners. Most court built for 12, according to interview. Her firm, Lash Condo and his family bought their re- Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam, But any connection is “10 of us have been suffering since the mall’s floor plan. More than Law, is representing the condo tail condo unit for $435,000 in whose ward includes the years off, and that’s optimistic,” Day 1.” half of the 122 retail units are corporation in the lawsuit. 2013 intending to rent it but Aura mall, says she feels for he said. It would also require In a $31.6-million lawsuit, unoccupied. Like many others in the opened their own store after the owners. Canderel has in- the permission of a number of the condo corporation claims “Is the Shops at Aura Toron- Aura mall, Jonathan Tolentino, months of looking for a ten- stalled “knock-out panels” on businesses between Elm and the developer, Canderel Resi- to’s worst mall?” ran a BlogTO 26, co-owner of the custom ant without success. the south side of the building Edward streets. dential, and College Park Resi- headline in November. T-shirt and apparel company “There hasn’t been any sig- to connect to the PATH in the TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE COURTS City loses rent-notice suit The City of Toronto was neg- ligent toward Parkdale room- ing-house tenants by failing to notify them of rent reductions after their landlords’ property taxes were slashed, an Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled. “It was a breach of the stan- dard of care for the city to not give any notice at all,” Justice Paul Perell wrote in a 17-page ruling in the class-action case. Unless the city’s legal de- partment appeals, the decision brings to an end a seven-year legal saga that began after the Terence Williams is the lead plaintiff in the class action against city, between 2004 and 2008, the city for failing to let tenants know about a rent reduction in reduced the property taxes on their rooming houses. LUCAS OLENIUK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE 33 Parkdale rooming houses between 25 to 70 per cent after overpaid their rent. lect up to $500. the properties were reclassified. “It’s inexplicable in this “The tenants ... were low- The city was required to noti- case, of all cases, the city sim- income people or on social fy both tenants and landlords of ply didn’t send these notices,” assistance, (who) could use the latter’s obligation to pass a said Brendan van Niejenhuis, the money for their personal portion of the savings on to the the lawyer representing plain- needs,” he said Wednesday. tenants. It didn’t, however, and tiff Terence Williams. Perell, in a 2011 ruling, wrote an estimated 200 to 500 tenants The average claim owing to he was reminded of the Greek individual class members is myth of Tantalus, who was pun- likely about $3,000 “based on ished for his misdeeds by eter- educated assumptions about nal confinement below a fruit rents in rooming houses at the tree beside a pool of fresh water. The energy that’s time,” he said. “If Tantalus reached for fruit been put into The city’s combined liability to eat, the tree branches would resisting this case could be as much as $500,000, raise beyond his grasp, and if he said. The city is currently he stooped for water to drink, has been ... a clear reviewing the Jan. 4 decision, the water would recede. Mr. injustice, as far as I a spokeswoman said. Williams, who does not deserve can see. Williams, 65, a community any punishment, has been tan- support worker in Parkdale, talized by the defendant.” Brendan van Niejenhuis said he expects he might col- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Toronto Thursday, January 7, 2016 7 COURT Muzzo to plead guilty in fatal collision Marco Muzzo will return to side the court, Greenspan Lake said, regarding a guilty court on Feb. 4 to plead guilty stressed: “This is not a plea plea for Muzzo. “We can never to charges related to a collision deal. This is an acceptance of repair but maybe we can learn that killed three children and responsibility by Marco Muzzo.” to carry our broken hearts. their grandfather, his lawyer Jennifer Neville-Lake, the She hopes the looming end Brian Greenspan told a Superior mother and daughter of the of court proceedings will allow Court judge Wednesday. deceased, said she and her hus- her family to move beyond their Greenspan said an agreed band have been “utterly deci- “Groundhog Day”. statement of facts will be pre- mated by this.” Edward Lake and Jennifer The couple was surprised sented on Feb. 4, when Muzzo Neville-Lake wasn’t expecting Neville-Lake. THE CANADIAN PRESS to hear Muzzo’s lawyer had will make a statement to the to hear an intent to plead guilty mentioned their children by court. The sentencing hearing from Muzzo, and is “cautiously have turned 10 years old. name. Neville-Lake said they is scheduled to take place on optimistic” that the family will “It’s not going to bring our had previously been mentioned Feb. 23 and 24. hear a guilty plea — the day family back or fix us, we’re go- only indirectly by the defence. Speaking to the media out- before her son Daniel would ing to remain broken,” Neville- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE It could be tough getting a copy of this week’s special edition of Charlie Hebdo. Generally only 20 copies reach Toronto. GETTY IMAGES School marks Hebdo attack EDUCATION event triggered an outpour- Students will ing of sympathy for France and the paper itself, turning Finch West Light Rail Transit Update attend event on Charlie Hebdo into a symbol for press freedom. press freedom, Open House Meetings Le Collège français has al- democracy ways provided lectures on press freedom for students in grades 11 and 12, but the subject has Please join us for an update on the Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, including the reference Gilbert become even more prominent Ngabo since the attack, Beaudin said. concept design for the stops, information on the maintenance and storage facility, and detail on public Metro | Toronto “We have a special con- realm elements. At any of the following meetings, you can fi nd out more about what is happening and nection because our school how it may affect you and your neighbourhood. For one Toronto high school, is French but we talk about Thursday isn’t just about re- press freedom issues from The Finch West LRT will membering last year’s terror- other countries, too,” he said. bring a new rapid transit experience ist attack on Charlie Hebdo. French Consul General Marc It is about remembering Trouyet, speaking at the school to your community, with 18 stops there are ongoing issues with event, said the attack was a re- through northwest Toronto, including press freedom all over the minder that freedom of speech an underground interface station at world, said Robert Beaudin, “is not a given.” principal of Le Collège français. “Those who attack our press Keele Street. Running along the “What happened in France freedom want to divide us. It is surface of Finch Avenue between was very horrible,” he said. a global threat to multicultural Humber College and Keele Street, “It was an attack on news and democracies,” he said. free speech.” Toronto has offered an “over- this reliable and comfortable transit The downtown Toronto whelming” amount of sympa- line is approximately 11-kilometres school is hosting a special thy to France, he said. What’s long and will connect to the new event on press freedom in light important is to make sure of what happened a year ago at threats of violence don’t hold Finch West subway station on the the French satirical magazine. back growth, he said. Toronto-York Spadina subway Two gunmen broke into “The students, like everyone extension. the publication’s office and else, have to know that these killed a dozen people, includ- liberties are the pillars of our Construction is scheduled to begin ing eight staff members. The democratic societies.” in 2017. Open House Dates and Locations: Waterfront raises Monday January 11, 2016 Tuesday January 12, 2016 Wednesday January 13, 2016 The board in charge of Water- to $15,500 in taxable benefits. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. front Toronto quietly voted Deputy Mayor Denzil Min- St. Wilfrid Catholic School (Gym) Julius Banquet Centre Father Henry Carr (Cafeteria) 6-1 to a pay increase for three nan-Wong — the only member 1685 Finch Ave W. 2201 Finch Ave W. 1760 Martin Grove Rd. executives, in time for the to vote against increases — said New Year. the board needs to improve Chief financial officer Chad accountability. 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Please allow 3 weeks for delivery. 10 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Toronto Exploring ‘value of a girl’ CRIME Stabbing: six people 219 sought THEATRE Play tells story Toronto police are searching of Nigeria’s for six people after a Tues- Boko Haram Number of Nigerian girls day-evening stabbing that still counted as missing put a man in hospital. kidnap victims from Boko Haram’s 2014 The victim, in his 20s, mass abduction. stumbled into the Pickle Bar- rel restaurant, just north They were in their last year of scenes from past and present, of Yonge-Dundas Square, to high school, poised to write explaining the relationship be- get help at around 7:30 p.m. an important physics exam, tween the two sisters. Hasana, The man was suffering when Boko Haram descended the younger, is on the autism from a single stab wound on their Nigerian town and spectrum and much of her care to the leg and bleeding badly. took them away. has been left to Ladi, older and He was taken to hospital, The 276 girls kidnapped by resentful. Ladi has attended where he underwent surgery Islamic extremists became the school while Hasana has had overnight. subject of a social media storm to pick up what she can on As of Wednesday morning in April of 2014 under the viral Chiamaka Umeh as Hasana and Amanda Weise as Ladi in All Our Yesterdays. CONTRIBUTED her own. the man was in stable condi- hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. The impending forced mar- tion, said police spokesman Toronto playwright Chloe Hung, rest of the world,” laments “I’ve been pleasantly sur- Hung, who attended Bishop riage of Ladi to their captor Const. Craig Brister. studying theatre in New York, Hung, 25. “That’s how it goes. prised by the feedback,” Hung Strachan School. “I hated phys- ignites the action. Officers were canvassing was struck by the widespread ‘There’s another tragedy.’” says, adding she was frequently ics. I imagined them studying Canadian actresses Amanda the area near Yonge and Dun- reaction to the event. The girls — 219 of whom asked why she chose the topic. and cramming.” Weise and Amaka Umeh play das streets Wednesday for se- “It seemed to be a bit dif- are still missing — filled her “I really felt so strongly about All Our Yesterdays focuses the sisters. Hung auditioned curity footage of the attack. ferent,” she said. “I thought, imagination and a class writ- the story. It’s about the value of entirely on two kidnapped sis- them both and directs the play. Police say one of the sus- ‘Something must happen, they ing assignment, where she de- a girl. I wanted to explore how ters without any depiction of The title is a quote from pects wore a black wind- must be found.’” picted two sisters in captivity; (when) they are so far away their captor. Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but breaker and had a large Then, in October 2014, came that was the first step in her they can slip out of our con- “I didn’t want it to be about Hung explains no more, hoping knife. a report about Boko Haram creation of All Our Yesterdays. sciousness.” Boko Haram,” says Hung, “If the audience will discover its Brister said investigators victims being rescued, but the The play, running Jan. 7-17 at She relates to the girls who (their captor) were onstage, meaning on their own. do not have full descriptions missing girls from Chibok were Factory Theatre as part of the were taken. the focus would be on him. Part of the ticket-sale pro- for the six alleged assailants, not in that group. Next Stage Festival, premiered “The detail that resonates I wanted to keep the story about ceeds is being donated to the nor do they know how or “In those six months, I had at the Toronto Fringe, where it with me is they were about the two girls.” Save the Children Fund. why the stabbing happened. forgotten those girls, like the was named Patron’s Pick. to write a physics exam,” says She tells the story with TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Ontario Energy Board THERE’S HELP FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS NEW Ontario Electricity Here’s how it works: Low-income Support Program households can receive a credit on each electricity bill. The amount will You may qualify for a reduction depend on how many people live on your electricity bill. It could be in your home and your combined reduced by $30 to $50 each month. household income. ( toll-free Apply Now. OntarioElectricitySupport.ca 1-855-831-8151 within Ontario)

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SECRET ‘MAKING A Guess who’s LIFE OF T.O. the king of MURDERER’ kindergarten ROOFTOPS A guide to the most talked about metroNEWS metroNEWS documentary series around metroLIFE Toronto Your essential daily news | THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 High 2°C/Low -2°C Mostly sunny City pledges safer streets TORONTO’S DEADLY STREETS fic congestion. Saving lives “We have to balance com- peting priorities on our roads,” We can and trumps driver Robinson said. “But safety has to be number one.” must do better, convenience Pedestrian and cycling ad- especially for our HELLO for Vision Zero vocates have spent years push- most vulnerable ing the city to adopt an official Vision Zero policy. Those cries road users. Luke were renewed this week after Coun. Jaye Robinson Simcoe 2015 closed as the worst year MULCH. Metro | Toronto for traffic fatalities in more than a decade. One pedestrian has costing lives,” Reid said. City officials are promising to been killed so far this year and Robinson was hesitant to say adopt a policy that focuses on another was taken to hospital which Vision Zero principles the safety over speed when Toronto’s with life-threatening injuries new road plan will incorporate. Christmas trees generate road plan is overhauled later after being hit by a truck. “The strategy in Sweden was roughly 3,700 tonnes this year. For Walk Toronto’s Dylan Reid, to strive to eliminate traffic fatal- The plan, Coun. Jaye Robinson a genuine Vision Zero policy ities and we’re going to philo- of mulch every year said Wednesday, will be based on would include a “fully funded, sophically take that approach,” metroNEWS Vision Zero — an international systematic strategy” to improve she said. movement aimed at eliminating infrastructure and dangerous She mentioned an expanded road deaths. intersections, as well as public bike lane network, street lights Vision Zero was pioneered education campaigns “that target near seniors’ centres and more in Sweden in 1997. It’s credited drivers specifically” and speed red light cameras but shied away with reducing traffic fatalities reductions on major roads. from Vision Zero staples like in the country by nearly 40 per “This will cost money, but narrower lanes or wholesale cent, and has since been adopted costing money is better than speed-limit reductions. across the world, including cit- ies like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. A key plank of Vision Zero is that roads and traffic systems should be designed to save lives, even if that means inconvenien- cing drivers. That may be a tall order for Toronto, where political will re- mains skewed toward cars. For example, Robinson’s comments were followed Wednesday by a lengthy address from Mayor Cars and pedestrians are rarely squeezed for space more John Tory about relieving traf- than during rush hour downtown. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE FILE Stress-free holiday travel Want the best fares? starts with UP Express. Use your PRESTO! UP fares are customized to fit your travel needs, with tickets tailored to fit Families, Students and Seniors. FROM YOUR CONDO TO Children under 13 travel for free! But if you’re looking to take advantage of all THE AIRPORT IN MINUTES the best fares, use your PRESTO card. 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GOSSIP 11 Your essential daily news Dolce & Gabbana launches its first line of hijabs and abayas. Toronto’s rooftop gems If Molson Coors can build a hockey rink on the roof of an Adelaide Street office building, what other surprises tower over Toronto? Here’s a look at some treasures found high above the ground. Bees Ford Chef of the Fairmont Royal York’s Epic Model T track restaurant, Ryan Gustafson, tends to the bees on the roof of the downtown Built for the Ford Motor Company of hotel. The hotel may have hosted Her Canada in 1914, the roof of 672 Dupont Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, but the St. was once a place to burn rubber in buzz is all about the 14th floor, which Model Ts. Each floor of the building houses hundreds of thousands of was designed specifically for housing, bees in hives and temporary nesting assembling and showcasing the cars. spots. Since 2008, honeybee hives have generated an average of 450 pounds of honey a year. And the hotel diversified its hospitality offerings in 2014, opening a bee hotel to house weary pollinator bees seeking a rest during long voyages. Sweat lodge The Native Child and Family Services has a Sweat Lodge and Sacred Fire Garden area on the roof of their 30 College St. office building. Cities house more than Garden co-ordinator Spencer Quinn 50 per cent of Canadian indigenous readies a soil bed for planting garlic people, but the rooftop sweat lodge at bulbs at Ryerson’s rooftop garden Yonge and College Sts. stands alone. at the George Vari Engineering The lodge hosts traditional ceremonies and Computing Center. Ryerson almost every week, including some University student group Rye’s open to the general public. Homegrown operates eight edible gardens. Running track Mini-putt The running track atop the In classic Google fashion, a rooftop Cambridge Club at 100 Richmond St. balcony of the tech company’s Canadian W. is for exclusive use of members. headquarters at 111 Richmond St. W. In the midst of the rat race, runners boasts a five-hole mini-putt course. Each can take to the track towering above hole incorporates Toronto landmarks the streets of the financial district. in the design, including the Dufferin The roof of the 12-storey Sheraton St. arch, the Prince’s Gate, and Noel Centre at 100 Richmond St. W. hosts Harding’s Elevated Wetlands (the “teeth” a 160-metre running track. sculptures by the DVP). Visitors can access the course year-round. STORY: TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE; PHOTOS: TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE/CONTRIBUTED 4 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Toronto Artists to perform JAIL GUARDS Province prepares for possible strike Live from City Hall Guards at the Central East Correc- the guards and the Ministry of tional Centre in Lindsay refused Community Safety and Correc- to serve meals to hundreds of tional Services. inmates Wednesday, amid height- Meanwhile, the provincial ened tensions as the province head of the union representing MUSIC braces for a possible strike by Ontario’s guards says civil ser- New series will Ontario’s correctional officers vice managers being recruited to this weekend. staff jails in the event of a strike feature talent About 800 inmates in the jail by guards this weekend are ill- were forced to go without break- equipped for the dangerous chal- from a variety fast and weren’t fed by guards lenges they will face. of genres until around 1 p.m. — several With the government mov- hours past the usual 7 a.m. time. ing furniture and provisions into The refusals follow on the provincial jails, Ontario Public Ser- Gilbert heels of 70 guards at the jail vice Employees Union president Ngabo who booked off work Tuesday Smokey Thomas said Wednesday Metro | Toronto citing illnesses — the majority that security and safety in jails of the roster of correctional of- is at risk. It’s shaping up to be a lively ficers scheduled to work in the Guards will be in a strike pos- year at city hall — in a very institution that day. ition at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, but nontraditional way. The information was con- contract talks will resume Friday Today marks the official firmed by Chris Butsch, a cor- with a mediator in bid to avert a launch of Live from City Hall, rectional officer at the jail, and strike or lockout. which will bring local musi- president of the “Without ex- cians to the building’s rotunda Ontario Public perienced and for performances every other Service Employees properly trained week. Union (OPSEU) lo- The ministry may staff, the ministry The series aims to showcase cal representing may be forced to be forced to resort a variety of artists and is part the jail’s guards. resort to lock- of the city’s commitment to Butsch said to lockdowns. downs, which in create more opportunities for the refusal to turn greatly in- Smokey Thomas growth in the music industry. provide meals to crease tensions The commitment also includes the prisoners at and the risk of developing an official music the usual times was sparked by violence,” Thomas wrote in a strategy, which is still in the the guards’ fears about potential letter to Treasury Board President works. missing items from the institu- Deb Matthews. “These individuals Among those on today’s Graydon James, left, and Laura Spink comprise The Young Novelists. They’re performing at city tion’s kitchen. manage IT workers, policy ana- lineup is The Yong Novelists, hall as part of a new music series. COURTESY JEN SQUIRES Ontario jail guards have been lysts and correspondence writers. an indie roots band fresh off a without a contract since Decem- They are in no way qualified to European tour that took them gives people a “cohesive” way Muso Project, a band known ber 2014. They have rejected a supervise the shrewd and vio- GET INVOLVED through The Netherlands and to enjoy multiple genres in the for cranking out jazz, funk, contract offer with no wage in- lent criminals incarcerated in Switzerland. The group was same places, she said. R&B and soul hits in Toronto crease in the first year, a lump Ontario’s jails.” named new/emerging artist of “It’s really great for musi- since 2008. 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The program cludes a performance from The and Melanie Ungar. with the larger fight between Matthews. (cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:55)(cid:72)(cid:22)(cid:68)(cid:59)(cid:77)(cid:73)(cid:22)(cid:73)(cid:59)(cid:72)(cid:76)(cid:63)(cid:57)(cid:59) REVENUE Reinstate vehicle tax: Groups Mayor John Tory and council can conference at city hall where TRAFFIC start delivering on a 20-year plan councillors were discussing the to reduce poverty in Toronto by proposed 2016 budget. reinstating the vehicle registra- Council makes final decisions (cid:74)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:101)(cid:100)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:22)(cid:95)(cid:105)(cid:22)(cid:91)(cid:99)(cid:102)(cid:98)(cid:101)(cid:111)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:93)(cid:22) tion tax, says a coalition of so- next month. 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(cid:102)(cid:101)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:22)(cid:91)(cid:100)(cid:93)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:91)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:93)(cid:22)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:22)(cid:105)(cid:95)(cid:93)- senior economist with the Can- Updating previous calcula- (cid:100)(cid:87)(cid:98)(cid:105)(cid:22)(cid:105)(cid:98)(cid:101)(cid:109)(cid:22)(cid:89)(cid:87)(cid:104)(cid:22)(cid:99)(cid:101)(cid:108)(cid:91)(cid:99)(cid:91)(cid:100)(cid:106)(cid:105)(cid:22) adian Centre for Policy Alterna- tions, they include taxes on en- (cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:22)(cid:87)(cid:22)(cid:89)(cid:104)(cid:87)(cid:109)(cid:98)(cid:36) tives. tertainment (which could raise Toronto’s 10 hot-spot By reviving the $60-per-car $18 million, according to Block), intersections: charge, said Block, councillors tobacco ($30 million), alcohol ($77 (cid:79)(cid:101)(cid:100)(cid:93)(cid:91)(cid:35)(cid:60)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:89)(cid:94) can “be true to their word” while million), road tolls ($78 million) (cid:79)(cid:101)(cid:100)(cid:93)(cid:91)(cid:35)(cid:73)(cid:94)(cid:91)(cid:102)(cid:102)(cid:87)(cid:104)(cid:90) “improving the lives of low in- and a tax on private, non-residen- (cid:60)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:89)(cid:94)(cid:35)(cid:76)(cid:95)(cid:89)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:95)(cid:87)(cid:22)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:104)(cid:97) come people in this city and tial parking spots ($174 million.) (cid:56)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:89)(cid:97)(cid:22)(cid:57)(cid:104)(cid:91)(cid:91)(cid:97)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:109)(cid:104)(cid:91)(cid:100)(cid:89)(cid:91) really improve all of our lives Councillor Norm Kelly, on (cid:59)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:100)(cid:35)(cid:67)(cid:87)(cid:104)(cid:106)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:22)(cid:61)(cid:104)(cid:101)(cid:108)(cid:91) by reducing inequality.” council when it passed the vehicle (cid:67)(cid:106)(cid:36)(cid:22)(cid:70)(cid:98)(cid:91)(cid:87)(cid:105)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:106)(cid:35)(cid:73)(cid:106)(cid:36)(cid:22)(cid:57)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:95)(cid:104) The tax — which council killed registration tax, remembers the (cid:69)(cid:191)(cid:57)(cid:101)(cid:100)(cid:100)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:35)(cid:58)(cid:101)(cid:100)(cid:22)(cid:67)(cid:95)(cid:98)(cid:98)(cid:105) in 2011 under the Ford adminis- “firestorm” candidates encoun- (cid:56)(cid:98)(cid:101)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:35)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:104)(cid:98)(cid:95)(cid:87)(cid:99)(cid:91)(cid:100)(cid:106) tration — could raise $66 million tered along the election cam- (cid:59)(cid:87)(cid:105)(cid:106)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:100)(cid:35)(cid:57)(cid:87)(cid:104)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:109)(cid:22) this year and be implemented paign trail. 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EXPIRY DATE: JULY 31, 2016 6 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Toronto Tenants ‘suffering since Day 1’ SHOPS AT AURA dences IV misrepresented the Lawsuit filed mall as “a first-class retail shop- ping centre” with “a future con- over alleged nection to the PATH.” I’m going to bet The condo corporation is there are people embellishment suing Canderel and The Resi- within a stone’s by developer dences of College Park IV for negligent misrepresentation, throw ... that don’t breach of contract and con- even know it exists. Optician Alfred Wong says he struction deficiencies, among was misled into thinking he other allegations, none of Jim Danahy, CEO of retail was making a smart investment which have been proven in advisory firm CustomerLAB when he bought a retail condo court. unit in the underground mall of In an email, a spokesman event of nearby development, the 80-storey Aura building, just for The Residences of College she said. north of Yonge and Gerrard. Park IV said, “It would not be “But right now, there is no A brochure for buyers boast- appropriate for us to respond to potential to connect anything ed future access to the PATH, these allegations — no matter because there’s no develop- which links 1,200 stores, 50 how baseless they may be — ment,” she said. buildings and Union Station. through the media, as this mat- A proposed redevelopment But there is still no PATH con- ter is now before the courts.” of the Chelsea Hotel is an op- nection, and Wong says his In the brochure, pictures portunity to tunnel from Aura business is suffering. show shoppers strolling the south toward the closest point “I keep losing money every mall’s corridors with shop- on the PATH, the Atrium on day, actually,” said Wong, who ping bags in hand. In real- Jonathan Tolentino runs Improshare at the Shops at Aura in the basement of the Aura Bay on Edward Street, said Al paid about $356,000 for his ity, “for sale” and “for lease” condo building at Yonge and Gerrard. LUCAS OLENIUK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Rezoski, a manager at the City condo in 2013. “There is no signs abound in the windows of Toronto who was the plan- traffic at all going through our of empty storefronts. There are “It looks like a ghost town,” Improshare, says he was bank- nificant foot traffic down here. ner and manager assigned to floor. It makes business very dif- only three restaurants in a food said lawyer Denise Lash in an ing on the link to the PATH. He Ever,” he said. the Aura tower. ficult for all the owners. Most court built for 12, according to interview. Her firm, Lash Condo and his family bought their re- Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam, But any connection is “10 of us have been suffering since the mall’s floor plan. More than Law, is representing the condo tail condo unit for $435,000 in whose ward includes the years off, and that’s optimistic,” Day 1.” half of the 122 retail units are corporation in the lawsuit. 2013 intending to rent it but Aura mall, says she feels for he said. It would also require In a $31.6-million lawsuit, unoccupied. Like many others in the opened their own store after the owners. Canderel has in- the permission of a number of the condo corporation claims “Is the Shops at Aura Toron- Aura mall, Jonathan Tolentino, months of looking for a ten- stalled “knock-out panels” on businesses between Elm and the developer, Canderel Resi- to’s worst mall?” ran a BlogTO 26, co-owner of the custom ant without success. the south side of the building Edward streets. dential, and College Park Resi- headline in November. T-shirt and apparel company “There hasn’t been any sig- to connect to the PATH in the TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE COURTS City loses rent-notice suit The City of Toronto was neg- ligent toward Parkdale room- ing-house tenants by failing to notify them of rent reductions after their landlords’ property taxes were slashed, an Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled. “It was a breach of the stan- dard of care for the city to not give any notice at all,” Justice Paul Perell wrote in a 17-page ruling in the class-action case. Unless the city’s legal de- partment appeals, the decision brings to an end a seven-year legal saga that began after the Terence Williams is the lead plaintiff in the class action against city, between 2004 and 2008, the city for failing to let tenants know about a rent reduction in reduced the property taxes on their rooming houses. LUCAS OLENIUK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE 33 Parkdale rooming houses between 25 to 70 per cent after overpaid their rent. lect up to $500. the properties were reclassified. “It’s inexplicable in this “The tenants ... were low- The city was required to noti- case, of all cases, the city sim- income people or on social fy both tenants and landlords of ply didn’t send these notices,” assistance, (who) could use the latter’s obligation to pass a said Brendan van Niejenhuis, the money for their personal portion of the savings on to the the lawyer representing plain- needs,” he said Wednesday. tenants. It didn’t, however, and tiff Terence Williams. Perell, in a 2011 ruling, wrote an estimated 200 to 500 tenants The average claim owing to he was reminded of the Greek individual class members is myth of Tantalus, who was pun- likely about $3,000 “based on ished for his misdeeds by eter- educated assumptions about nal confinement below a fruit rents in rooming houses at the tree beside a pool of fresh water. The energy that’s time,” he said. “If Tantalus reached for fruit been put into The city’s combined liability to eat, the tree branches would resisting this case could be as much as $500,000, raise beyond his grasp, and if he said. The city is currently he stooped for water to drink, has been ... a clear reviewing the Jan. 4 decision, the water would recede. Mr. injustice, as far as I a spokeswoman said. Williams, who does not deserve can see. Williams, 65, a community any punishment, has been tan- support worker in Parkdale, talized by the defendant.” Brendan van Niejenhuis said he expects he might col- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Toronto Thursday, January 7, 2016 7 COURT Muzzo to plead guilty in fatal collision Marco Muzzo will return to side the court, Greenspan Lake said, regarding a guilty court on Feb. 4 to plead guilty stressed: “This is not a plea plea for Muzzo. “We can never to charges related to a collision deal. This is an acceptance of repair but maybe we can learn that killed three children and responsibility by Marco Muzzo.” to carry our broken hearts. their grandfather, his lawyer Jennifer Neville-Lake, the She hopes the looming end Brian Greenspan told a Superior mother and daughter of the of court proceedings will allow Court judge Wednesday. deceased, said she and her hus- her family to move beyond their Greenspan said an agreed band have been “utterly deci- “Groundhog Day”. statement of facts will be pre- mated by this.” Edward Lake and Jennifer The couple was surprised sented on Feb. 4, when Muzzo Neville-Lake wasn’t expecting Neville-Lake. THE CANADIAN PRESS to hear Muzzo’s lawyer had will make a statement to the to hear an intent to plead guilty mentioned their children by court. The sentencing hearing from Muzzo, and is “cautiously have turned 10 years old. name. Neville-Lake said they is scheduled to take place on optimistic” that the family will “It’s not going to bring our had previously been mentioned Feb. 23 and 24. hear a guilty plea — the day family back or fix us, we’re go- only indirectly by the defence. Speaking to the media out- before her son Daniel would ing to remain broken,” Neville- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE It could be tough getting a copy of this week’s special edition of Charlie Hebdo. Generally only 20 copies reach Toronto. GETTY IMAGES School marks Hebdo attack EDUCATION event triggered an outpour- Students will ing of sympathy for France and the paper itself, turning Finch West Light Rail Transit Update attend event on Charlie Hebdo into a symbol for press freedom. press freedom, Open House Meetings Le Collège français has al- democracy ways provided lectures on press freedom for students in grades 11 and 12, but the subject has Please join us for an update on the Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, including the reference Gilbert become even more prominent Ngabo since the attack, Beaudin said. concept design for the stops, information on the maintenance and storage facility, and detail on public Metro | Toronto “We have a special con- realm elements. At any of the following meetings, you can fi nd out more about what is happening and nection because our school how it may affect you and your neighbourhood. For one Toronto high school, is French but we talk about Thursday isn’t just about re- press freedom issues from The Finch West LRT will membering last year’s terror- other countries, too,” he said. bring a new rapid transit experience ist attack on Charlie Hebdo. French Consul General Marc It is about remembering Trouyet, speaking at the school to your community, with 18 stops there are ongoing issues with event, said the attack was a re- through northwest Toronto, including press freedom all over the minder that freedom of speech an underground interface station at world, said Robert Beaudin, “is not a given.” principal of Le Collège français. “Those who attack our press Keele Street. Running along the “What happened in France freedom want to divide us. It is surface of Finch Avenue between was very horrible,” he said. a global threat to multicultural Humber College and Keele Street, “It was an attack on news and democracies,” he said. free speech.” Toronto has offered an “over- this reliable and comfortable transit The downtown Toronto whelming” amount of sympa- line is approximately 11-kilometres school is hosting a special thy to France, he said. What’s long and will connect to the new event on press freedom in light important is to make sure of what happened a year ago at threats of violence don’t hold Finch West subway station on the the French satirical magazine. back growth, he said. Toronto-York Spadina subway Two gunmen broke into “The students, like everyone extension. the publication’s office and else, have to know that these killed a dozen people, includ- liberties are the pillars of our Construction is scheduled to begin ing eight staff members. The democratic societies.” in 2017. Open House Dates and Locations: Waterfront raises Monday January 11, 2016 Tuesday January 12, 2016 Wednesday January 13, 2016 The board in charge of Water- to $15,500 in taxable benefits. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. front Toronto quietly voted Deputy Mayor Denzil Min- St. Wilfrid Catholic School (Gym) Julius Banquet Centre Father Henry Carr (Cafeteria) 6-1 to a pay increase for three nan-Wong — the only member 1685 Finch Ave W. 2201 Finch Ave W. 1760 Martin Grove Rd. executives, in time for the to vote against increases — said New Year. the board needs to improve Chief financial officer Chad accountability. 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Please allow 3 weeks for delivery. 10 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Toronto Exploring ‘value of a girl’ CRIME Stabbing: six people 219 sought THEATRE Play tells story Toronto police are searching of Nigeria’s for six people after a Tues- Boko Haram Number of Nigerian girls day-evening stabbing that still counted as missing put a man in hospital. kidnap victims from Boko Haram’s 2014 The victim, in his 20s, mass abduction. stumbled into the Pickle Bar- rel restaurant, just north They were in their last year of scenes from past and present, of Yonge-Dundas Square, to high school, poised to write explaining the relationship be- get help at around 7:30 p.m. an important physics exam, tween the two sisters. Hasana, The man was suffering when Boko Haram descended the younger, is on the autism from a single stab wound on their Nigerian town and spectrum and much of her care to the leg and bleeding badly. took them away. has been left to Ladi, older and He was taken to hospital, The 276 girls kidnapped by resentful. Ladi has attended where he underwent surgery Islamic extremists became the school while Hasana has had overnight. subject of a social media storm to pick up what she can on As of Wednesday morning in April of 2014 under the viral Chiamaka Umeh as Hasana and Amanda Weise as Ladi in All Our Yesterdays. CONTRIBUTED her own. the man was in stable condi- hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. The impending forced mar- tion, said police spokesman Toronto playwright Chloe Hung, rest of the world,” laments “I’ve been pleasantly sur- Hung, who attended Bishop riage of Ladi to their captor Const. Craig Brister. studying theatre in New York, Hung, 25. “That’s how it goes. prised by the feedback,” Hung Strachan School. “I hated phys- ignites the action. Officers were canvassing was struck by the widespread ‘There’s another tragedy.’” says, adding she was frequently ics. I imagined them studying Canadian actresses Amanda the area near Yonge and Dun- reaction to the event. The girls — 219 of whom asked why she chose the topic. and cramming.” Weise and Amaka Umeh play das streets Wednesday for se- “It seemed to be a bit dif- are still missing — filled her “I really felt so strongly about All Our Yesterdays focuses the sisters. Hung auditioned curity footage of the attack. ferent,” she said. “I thought, imagination and a class writ- the story. It’s about the value of entirely on two kidnapped sis- them both and directs the play. Police say one of the sus- ‘Something must happen, they ing assignment, where she de- a girl. I wanted to explore how ters without any depiction of The title is a quote from pects wore a black wind- must be found.’” picted two sisters in captivity; (when) they are so far away their captor. Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but breaker and had a large Then, in October 2014, came that was the first step in her they can slip out of our con- “I didn’t want it to be about Hung explains no more, hoping knife. a report about Boko Haram creation of All Our Yesterdays. sciousness.” Boko Haram,” says Hung, “If the audience will discover its Brister said investigators victims being rescued, but the The play, running Jan. 7-17 at She relates to the girls who (their captor) were onstage, meaning on their own. do not have full descriptions missing girls from Chibok were Factory Theatre as part of the were taken. the focus would be on him. Part of the ticket-sale pro- for the six alleged assailants, not in that group. Next Stage Festival, premiered “The detail that resonates I wanted to keep the story about ceeds is being donated to the nor do they know how or “In those six months, I had at the Toronto Fringe, where it with me is they were about the two girls.” Save the Children Fund. why the stabbing happened. forgotten those girls, like the was named Patron’s Pick. to write a physics exam,” says She tells the story with TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Ontario Energy Board THERE’S HELP FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS NEW Ontario Electricity Here’s how it works: Low-income Support Program households can receive a credit on each electricity bill. The amount will You may qualify for a reduction depend on how many people live on your electricity bill. It could be in your home and your combined reduced by $30 to $50 each month. household income. ( toll-free Apply Now. OntarioElectricitySupport.ca 1-855-831-8151 within Ontario)

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