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2 NEWS The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 

Bank Stops Street Sleepers · 

Mike Milando 

Until recently, enclaves in 

the walls of the Royal Bank 

branch at the southwest corner 

of Spadina and College 

served as sleeping quarters 

for about two or three Market 

residents. Then the bank 

erected barriers in that 

space, wooden embankments 

slanted at 45 degrees 

with a decorative metal plate 

across them. 

Before the metal plate was 

added, the branch's manager 

didn't know what the finished 

product would look 

like, only that the building 

was receiving a face-lift, 

some kind of remodelling or 

restructuring. Customer 

relations explained that customers 

have complained, 

saying they are reluctant to 

use · banking machines 

because of fear of street 

people. 

Nearby, the Corner Dropin 

on Augusta Ave. isn't a 

place for street people to 

sleep either, but everyone is 

welcome for coffee and a 

sandwich each morning and 

to hang out for part of the 

day. Many of the people who 

go there sleep on the street. 

A group of them agreed to 

speak with me, if they didn't 

have to give their names. 

Almost all said they understand 

wjly the bank would 

erect the barriers: they are in 

the business of serving customers 

and when the customers 

complain you have to 

do something .. They didn't 

seem very concerned. 

But they explained that 

there will always be people 

for whom sleeping on the 

street is· an appropriate thing, 

at a given time. And like 

most banks, the Royal Bank 

is at a streetcorner which is 

Time for Another Capsule? 

New Health Campus Unveiled 

Masha Buell 

The new Doctors Hospital 

Multicultural Community 

Health Campus, Clinical and 

Community Services Centre 

was officially opened on 

Monday October 22 with a 

ceremony in the new building 

at 340 College Street. 

The Honourable Lincoln M. 

Alexander, Lieutenant Governor 

of Ontario, shared the 

unveiling of the cornerstone 

with. Zanana Akande, Minister 

of Community and Social 

Services and MPP for 

St.Andrew-St. Patrick, 

Metro Chairman Alan 

Tonks and six-year-old 

Yvonne Lee from King 

Edward Public School. 

Yvonne read a list of items 

that were placed in a time 

capsule under the cornerstone. 

Time capsule contents 

include copies of documents 

found in the original 1888 

time capsule, as well as current 

newspapers, coins, hospital-specifi.c 

information, 

and some childrens' handicrafts. 

(The original artifacts 

found in the 1888 cornerstone 

can be viewed in the 

new Health Sciences Library 

on the sixth floor of the new 

Clinical and Community Services 

Centre at 340 College 

Street.) 

The new Clinical and 

Community Services Centre 

represents a milestone in the 

plans for the Doctors Hospital 

Multicultural Community 

Health Campus which will 

function as an umbrella 

organisation for a complete 

range of medical, social and 

community services, delivered 

in partnership with 

many social and health service 

agencies. 

well-lit with many passersby. 

So it's a lot safer than other 

places. They said sleeping in 

a back alley, people are 

· often beaten up - sometimes 

by crusaders who think 

they'll improve society by 

beating up a street person to 

teach him or her a lesson. 

They suggested that customers 

of the bank who are 

afraid of people sleeping on 

the street should try it, even 

one time. Maybe when they 

have, their fear of people 

sleeping on the street won't 

be as great as their understanding 

of the fear that 

street people face. 

Malcolm, who works at the 

Drop-in and used to live on 

the street himself, added: the 

way things are going - free 

trade and layoffs, the GST 

- more people than realize 

it will be taking up this challenge 

in the near future. 

Community Centre Roundup 

Mike Milandao 

Cecil Seeks 

Constitution 

A sub-committee was set 

up by Cecil Centre's adminstrative 

committee, to look 

at relations betwee n the 

Cecil executive- which is 

also the board of management-and 

the administrative 

committee itself (AC). 

That sub-committee of the 

AC is presently formulating 

proposals that amount to 

"radical surgery on the centre's 

structure" in the opinion 

of director Julia Goldstein. 

Sub-committee members 

Julia Goldstein, Josie Hayes, 

and Robert Barnett are 

examining the constitutions 

of other centres for adoption 

in whole or in part by Cecil 

Centre, or as aids in writing ~ 

new one for Cecil Centre~ 

There has been mention at 

administrative committee 

(AC) meetings of including 

public input to this process in 

the future, but no decision 

has been made. 

This sub-committee originated 

around the time of resignations 

from the administrative 

committee (and 

Board) by Louisa Kamin and 

Yvonne Ferrer, members 

whose view of the AC's role 

and powers differed from the 

director's. They and Kerry 

Gearin had been attempting 

to respond to staff discontent 

after the AC -received a 

unanimous, unsigned staff 

memo from the Centre's 

staff, an attempt "blocked by 

the director" says Kelly 

Gearin. ' 

Gearin is a member of the 

AC and its executive. However, 

at the last AC meeting, 

which Gearin did not attend, 

chairperson Roberta King 

announced that Gearin's resignation 

in "a local newspaper" 

was "accepted", commenting 

that it would have 

been nice if the centre had 

been informed directly. 

But Gearin says she has 

not decided to resign and 

that her letter in the last 

issue of Drum, while critical 

Does anyone out there have a 

picture of how it was before? 

Yvonne Lee (centre), behind,from left to right, The Honourable Lincoln M. 

Alexander, Zanana Akande, Bob Hall, and Dr. Bob Frankford. 

of the centre's management, 

said ·nothing about her 

resigning. She says "If I had 

decided to resign, I would 

have communicated this 

directly to the centre." She 

signed the letter as an 

"Executive Board Member". 

Scadding Court's 

lOthAGM 

Scadding Court Community. 

Centre located at 

Bathurst and Dundas streets 

held its annual general 

meeting October 26. Eight 

persons were acclaimed to 

the centre's Board of Management. 

Pat Dale, Bill Graham, 

Ming-Chu Yung, and Minerva 

Hui are new. Krista 

Snow, Alice LeBlanc, Sonny 

Atkinson, and Dermot 

Moore continue - they 

were acclaimed after their 

two-year terms expired. 

The other four of the 12 

elected positions on the 

Board are held by Chris 

Bolton, Jenny Chen, Mario 

Silva, and Sunny Labrosse, 

who enter the second year of 

their two-year term. The 

remaining four of the 16 

member Board are appointed 

officials. 

Board chairp~rson Sunny 

Labrosse announced that 

architects will be chosen for 

the centre's planned expansion 

in about 10 days, and 

the centre hopes to have 

something on paper by the 

end of the year. He said that 

one of the main reasons the 

Board in the past year had 

been able to focus on policy 

matters that affect day to daymatters 

was the staff, suggesting 

initiatives. This year's 

retreat of Board and staff 

had been the best of his 

experience he said. 

Terri Hope, director of the 

centre, highlighted cooperative 

programming initiatives 

that had been started in the 

past year. Among others, the 

list included anti-racism 

action, AIDS aware ness, 

Chinese outreach, and after 

school programming with 

neighbouring Ryerson Public. 

The general meeting was 

followed by a dance. 

photo: Buzz Bu!7.a 

photo: Brian Summers 

GOOFS 

To Play Benefit 

Colin Puffer 

Censorship of art has been 

an issue recently much discussed 

in North America. We 

are aware of the prosecution 

of the Cincinatti gallery that 

displayed Robert Mapplethorpe 

's photographs and have 

heard about the charges 

against 2 Live Crew. We know 

that Canada Customs regularly 

restricts the importation of 

literature into the country. But 

there is a prosecution of a local 

company, Fringe Product Inc. 

that hasn't received much 

attention. See Another Court 

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- 'NEW 

CANADIAN 

LABOUR 

SONGS 

For use in ·ra!Hes, 

pickets, and &rgaruzing. 

'The Litde Red 

.Songbook" is now 

totally Conadian. 

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The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 

Eight Elected to 

Downtown Health Board 

Lee Zaslofsky 

Lee is a Community 

Health Worker, West Central 

Community Health Centres 

Last October 16 the 

Downtown Community 

Health Board held elections 

to fill its eight positions. 

The elections were held in 

a crowded room at the 519 

Community Centre. Sixteen 

residents tried for the 

Board's eight positions. 

After a talk by Board of 

Health chair Jack Layton 

and Fran Perkins of the Public 

Health department, the 

voting began. 

The eight people elected 

to the Community Health 

Board include people with a 

variety of interests and backgrounds: 

Michael Shapcott, a 

community organizer; Louise 

Sommers, a childbirth 

instructor; Robert Hutchinson, 

a counsellor at the People 

With AIDS Foundation; 

Phong Tham, an AIDS Educator 

working with Vietnamese-Canadians; 

John 

Campey, a longtime community 

activist; Dick Moore, 

Alison Stirling, and myself. 

These days there is a growing 

emphasis on the community's 

role in health. After 

all, it's pretty hard to keep 

healthy if your city or neighbourhood 

is polluted, if 

incomes are too low, if social 

strife is an everyday thing. 

That's where the Community 

Health Boards come in. 

There is one in each of 

Toronto's four health areas. 

Their mandate is to make 

sure community residents 

have a strong voice in shaping 

the City's health services, 

and in raising the health 

NEWS 

issues we feel are important. 

Kensington shares many 

problems with other downtown 

residents, while having 

a few of its own. It's going to 

be important for Kensington 

residents to make their voices 

heard as the newly elected 

Community Health Board 

gets to work. 

Deep Quong Clears Hurdles 

But Race Not Over 

David Perlman 

October 30, after close to 

five hours of heated deputations 

and acrimonious debate, 

the City's Land Use committee 

voted 4-2 to approve a 70- 

unit subsidised housing complex, 

Deep Quong Homes, at 

25 and 27 Cecil Street. The 

motion to approve was made 

by Councillor Amer who 

called the project "the single 

most ·important issue I have 

dealt with in my Ward". Also 

voting to approve were eouncillors 

Layton, Maxwell and 

Hall, of Wards 6, 11 and 7. 

Opposed were Councillors 

Gardner of Ward 15 and 

Councillor Walker of Ward 

16. 

Deep Quong Homes now 

goes to a vote of council, 

probably December 4. And 

judging from the reactions of 

the two councillors who 

opposed the project at the 

land use committee meeting, 

the project will have its 

oppopents at Council. 

And judging by the number 

and tone of deputants for 

and against the project, there 

will be people who won't let 

the ' matter rest, whether 

Council approves the development 

or turns it down. 

The Deep Quong Board, 

of which this writer is a 

member, will meet Tuesday 

November 6 to attempt to 

respond to concerns raised at 

. the meeting, and to attempt 

the difficult task of getting 

neighbourhood people 

opposed to the project 

involved in the committees 

that will have the task of seeing 

to it that the project is 

controlled by the community 

it is located in. 

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DISTANT DRUM 

Coming in December · 

For Cecil Centre Watchers 

Drum has come into possession of a document prepared 

by the executive director of Cecil Centre and circulated to, 

among others, the Cecil Board of Management. The document 

responds to Drum coverage of Cecil Centre issues, 

and suggests that Drum has motives other than our stated 

ones. Decide for yourselves in the December Drum. 

nme at Last for Tenant Rights 

The on-again-off-again effort to get a tenant move_ment 

going in the Kensington Market area is gathering steam 

once more. 

Watch out for the "tenant survey" that volunteers will 

be carrying around the area between now and month end. 

The questions are simple, the responses could make or 

break efforts to protect the existing stock of affordable 

housing in the Market area. 

For people who get missed by the surveyors, we'll have 

a clip-out version of the questionnaire in the December 

DRUM. 

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Biggest news on the Drum commercial front, if you're a 

retailer or the provider of any service in the Market area, 

you can be on our December/January beaFthe-winter 

Kensington coupon monopoly map. Contact DRUM at 

599-DRUM for details, by FRIDAY November 23. 

And in January 

Challenge to the province, ... an open letter to the Minister 

of the Environment of Ontario, regarding the Railway 

Lands and the Spadina LltT. 

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4 

TALKiNG 

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I 

Last month, in this 

space, DRUM said no to 

City Council renewing 

the' mandate of the 

Kensington Market Area Task 

Force, until the residents' 

and business men's associations 

have renewed their own 

mandate in the community. 

And at a subsequent emergency 

meeting of community 

task force members, we got 

raked over , the coals for our 

remarks. So here's some 

clarification of what we 

meant: 

DRUM agrees with the task 

force that much of the 

important business raised by 

the task force is unfinished. 

And this city council 

now has less than a year 

left to act on task force 

recommendations. So this is 

the time you'd expect · City 

staff, and politicians, to 

start "damage control"- m~ki 

_n g s u r e t h e r e ' s no - o n e 

around to blow the whistle 

on unkept promises. 

This version of the task 

foree should be around for 

as long as this version of 

city council. It's up to the 

next council to ·decide 

whether there should be a 

renewed task force. (And in 

making that decision we hope 

that they take our comments 

in the previous DRUM into 

account.) 

Drum is a publication of Kensington Market Drum, 

72A Kensington Avenue, Toronto M5T 2Kl. 

· Drum is published monthly. 

Phone or fOx (416) 599-DRUM 

for information on deadlines 

Drum is distributed free, door to 

door, in the Kensinglc?n Market Area 

(see map p.S-9) and further afield. 

And it is available at the commercial 

oudets listed on the map, as well as 

at selected oudets across Metro. For 

schools and study groups, up lo 1 00 

copies of Drum are available, free of 

charge if you collect. 

Drum is available by subscripiton, 

outside our door lo doOr distribution 

arrea. The cost is $15P.er eight 

issues. Back issues are avialabe. 

liems in Drum credited lo individuals 

are in the COj:)yright of those individuals. 

Points of view in such items 

are those of the writer, not necessar- 

. ilyDrum's. 

. TALKING DRUM The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 

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mation service operating 

through the Talking Yellow 

Pages: a shaky start, but 

we're there. Phone 283-1010, 1 

then, when prompted, 3786 

(DRUM). Then, contact us 

with yourideas for the service; 

• that a save-the-canopies 

deal is definitely in the 

works: November 13, 7pm, 

committee room 1, city hall, 

task force meeting, we'll 

hope to hear what urban 

design has in mind; 

• that time io; running out on 

the restaurant control by-law 

-(set to expire in January), 

and that the no-parking-fornew-housing 

by-law being 

proposed to replace it is running 

into opposition from 

Public Works: watch the 

agenda for December 11 

City Land Use Committee. 

That's where we could get 

our first glimpse of the new 

by-law; 

• that there's a new "big 

fish" on Augusta (Osler Fi"h 

Co.):one happy spin-off, so 

far, is more people are find~ 

ing out about the laneway to 

the Bellevue parking lot, 

right at Osler's back door; 

- 0 • that someonc's garbage is 

't" ~ l • cf" som~one. else's gold, and that 

noth1'hg •s wasted when soyf 

ft\ beans are made into tofu and 

l__l_~ ~IN soy milk: it's going to take 

T\ 1 ~ that kind of thinking to stop 

p~ v\ t ·~ the Metro (and Market) rot; 

••••••••••••••••••••• 

LAST TIME 

WE REPORTED 

• that the Toronto Western 

Hospital's Leonard St. 

garage is doomed, and 

prospects for hoao;ing on the 

site appear poor: Next meeting 

of the Hospital's liaison 

committee (November 8) 

comes too early for us to 

announce, and too late for us 

to report here. More in 

December; 

• that the public will have a 

say Nov 19 when the OMB 

hearing into Precinct 9 of the 

· Railway Lands resumes: Not 

any more. Resumption of the 

hearing has been postponed 

to January 15, while City and 

CN try to hammer out a deal 

behind closed doors; 

• that our new MPP, Rosario 

Marchese, is now Ontario's 

Minister of Culture and 

Communications:Which no 

doubt made easier his early 

· ---= • that there arc families in 

Alexandra Park who feel 

under siege (drugs and housing 

projects, you know): as 

do all of us when the lawbreakers 

know we know; 

endorsement of the Bay 

Street Ballet Opera House in 

our riding. See Letters; 

• that the program coordinator 

at Cecil Centre, Madeline 

Yakimchuk, had been suspended 

and then fired by the 

executive director, Julia 

Goldstein, as part of a 

"showdown" at the Centre: 

since writing, the firing and 

suspension have been 

rev~rsed. The Centre has 

accepted a letter of resignation 

from Ms.Yakimchuk. 

The settlement also includes 

3 months severance pay and 

withdrawal of a union 

(CUPE) grievance against 

the Centre. There's no gag 

clause, so Ms. Yakimchuk 

can continue to speak out 

about the Centre; 

• that we have launched 

DRUM TALKING, an infor- 

Drum Goes Monthly 

Our next 5 publication dates are; 

• Dec 8 

• Jan 3 

• Feb 1 

• March 1 

-• April4 

For information regarding deadlines please call 

Drum at 599-DRUM. If you are inquiring about 

deadlines for the Dec. edition, you should call soon . 

• that survivors of assault 

here . had taken aid to 

Mohawk survivors: and will 

not believe, as CTV told us 

to, that "it's all over now, 

folks"; 

• that 'our mid-Drum map 

was being renovated, so pardon 

the mess: a new style, a 

new deal, and still these 

Market businesses are the 

backbone of our support. 

See page 8-9; 

• that it was pumpkin time, 

that it was harvest time ••• : 

and now it's only five more 

Sunday shopping days to 

Christmas; 

• that a major wager 

delayed the last Drum (we 

said the police wouldn't tow 

a front end loader illegally 

parked, if dared): As our · 

readers know, they did. No 

more bets on there being 

method to the madnej;s of 

parking by-law enforcement 

in the Market. (See Augusta 

Hijinks, page 7); 

• that on October 20, the 

Toronto Disarmament Net~ 

work and Greenpcace would 

be holding a rally for peace 

and the environment: see 

photo and report, page 11; 

• that_ the Toronto Board of 

Education is planning a _conference 

for April 1991 where 

parents will have a say in 

their children~s education: in 

the meantime contact 

Trustees Chow (591-8065) 

and Doiron (591-8044). It's 

what they're there for.



The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 TALKING DRUM 5 

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letters to DRUM 

Letters 

. /'"" 

Canada Needs Treatment 

To the Editorial Collective, 

The "crisis" of land claims 

in P.O. this summer teaches 

us many things. For example, 

CBC news broadcasters are 

able to say words like Kanesa 

take and Kahnawake. 

They are even able to pronounce 

them correctly, if 

forced to repeat them over 

and over. 

Non-native and non-white 

alike learned this summer 

that we must accept the 

social, political, economic, 

and military realities of 

racism. The fairly new European, 

patriarchal concept of 

ownership of people and 

property prevails. 

The war against native 

people in P .Q. led by a 

drunken P.M. and a provincial 

military dictatorship 

may be posted of hand delivered to Kensington Market 

Drum, Letters. 72A Kensington Avenue, Toronto Ontaro MST 

2Kl. Or you can fax your letters (but you have to phone ahead 

to 599-DRUM. Letters will be published in full where space 

permits. Letters edited for length willl be noted. 

shocked the world. Right 

now, political prisoners are 

being held, tortured, tried 

and convicted as criminals. 

And few cry out against this 

violation of human rights. 

How quickly the horror of 

"Oka" fades. How innocently 

the "progressive" community 

speaks of defense fund 

and legal justice system. In 

these "reces·sivc" economic 

times how tightly we hold on 

to what we've got. 

I live in T.O. and do not 

travel very often to other 

parts of Canada. My participation 

as a member of several 

national social justice 

groups leads me to perceive 

a sense of shame clouding 

the "Canadian identity"; 

after the events near 

Chateauguay this summer. 

Seasons Tickets for Mar~hese 

Dear Drum 

re: Ballet Opera House 

The new 2,000 seat Ballet 

Opera House will cost $300 - 

$400 million. That's $150,000 

to $200,000 per seat! Rosario 

Marchese is in favour of it! 

Contruction cost $273 million. 

Land evaluated at $75 

million. (Globe & Mail 

1988). Plus cost overruns a Ia 

SKYDOME. QUESTION: 

who is going to pay for it'J 

Answer: The same people 

who are paying for Sky 

Dome. 

DECISION DAY 

Bob Rae & Co. have indicated 

to the City that they 

will make a decision on the 

Bally Opera House by Nov. 

20. Perhaps you could get a 

story ready for the Dec. issue 

in case the project gets the 

green light on Nov. 20. 

Robert L. Olsen 

Houses of the Rainbow 

Drum, 

I suggest that Kensington 

Market building owners 

paint up their premises in 

varied rainbow colours. 

Let's end this sameness and 

drabness. Have no premises 

in the same colour. How 

interesting and spectacular it 

would be. 

Also, many newcomers do 

not know that there are two 

Spadinas, named Road and 

A venue. Once I got stuck in 

an • elevator on Spadina 

Road. The police called the 

mechanics who lived in Mississauga 

who arrived at the 

same number on Spadina 

Avenue. Over an hour 

elapsed with me pent up. 

You can help, Drum. Do so. 

Sam Stevens 

[Editors' Note: Dear Sam- evidently Jeff Stinson agrees with 

you. Drabness begone! How about one of these on the Western 

Hospital's Smokestack? j 

,. ... 

As a country, we are like a 

drunk coming off a 300 year 

binge - waking up too sick 

and disgusted to clean up our, 

own shitty mess. 

Perhaps we should declare 

Kanesatake and Kahnawake 

as Canada and make the rest 

of the country a "treatment" 

centre. 

D. Sharpe 

3 Heavies 

Ruin 

Market 

Saturday 

On the pleasant' Indian 

summer morning of November 

3, three . men were 

observed having confrontations 

with local merchants 

throughout Kensington Market 

streets. They were a city 

inspector and 2 Metro Police 

officers who told many merchants 

that tickets would be 

mailed to them for placing 

products for sale on city sidewalks. 

It was obvious that the new 

inspector, was informed by 

his superiors to anticipate 

conflict. Two uniformed 

police officers were assigned 

to accompany him. The trio 

were verbally accosted by 

merchants, employees and 

customers alike as the tickets 

were casually handed out. 

On several occasions some 

people were warned to cease 

voicing their outrage or they 

would be arrested. 

Large displays of products 

for sale, even on sidewalks, 

(especially fruits and vegetables) 

have been a common 

sight to Kensington's Saturday 

shoppers for as long· as 

most can remember. In the 

past inspectors and police 

would overlook these displays 

or ask merchants to 

remove them. It seems City 

Hall must be looking to Market 

merchants to help generate 

cash to refill their piggy 

banks. Its hard to understand 

why these men left the Marke 

t with broad smiles on 

their faces. 

Sincerely 

Roberto Agricola 

Hi, I'm Kate and I'm an 

alcoholic. OHIP just paid 

approximately $40,000 

($1 ,500 a day) for me to go 

thru a rehabilitation program 

for the chemically addicted. 

Arriving at Tampa airport on 

Sept. 24, we were picked up 

and driven in a Lincoln limo 

to the sprawling Heritage 

facility lying in serene surroundings 

more than a hundred 

miles east of Tampa. 

The middle of nowhere, near 

Crystal Springs. For the next 

28 days I would experience 

an immersion course in A.A. 

"One ought to make a rigorously 

honest searching and 

fearless written moral inventory 

at least once in a lifetime. 

And then tell another ... 

."The owner of Heritage, an 

impeccably dressed, tanned 

and tall., white haired gentleman, 

is a recovering alcoholic, 

as are his publicity and 

promotion marketing person 

and much of the staff of professional 

and lay persons. 

Even the limo driver was 

twelve years clean and sober. 

HERITAGE · 

IN THE MAKING 

During our stay we learned 

that the facility was only 

recently purchased and taken 

over by Heritage. There 

were therefore not surprisingly 

one or two "problems" 

still being ironed out. The 

old psychiatric facility sign 

still welcomes all the newly 

arrived. (Only one wing of 

the facility served psychiatric 

patients. Two other wings 

arc for the chemically dependent 

(C.D.U) and for food 

addicts (FF.A. U)- the grossly 

fat and the grossly thin. 

Rumblings are that this 

OHIP/US Treatment centre 

connection is about to come 

to an end. Ques.Hons have 

been raised. Nevertheless I 

am grateful to. 0 HIP and 

Heritage for giving me an 

opportunity to come to terms 

with my alcoholism. At last, 

after two previous 28 day 

treatme nt progra ms in 

Toronto (with which I had a 

few problems), I have the 

chance to learn to live in 

sobriety, one day at a time. 

I'm back 7 pounds lighter 

and several shades darker. 

Happy and healthy, ready to 

once more do battle in Kensington 

Market. 

Kate McNeil 

October30 

A young man of ever-shifting 

balance threatened to 

sacrifice a nursing mother's 

baby in a witchcraft ceremony 

"to save the world". She 

sat in the dark for three days, 

then finally in terror called 

the police. They came and 

took her to Queen Street 

where she is being held 

because of " personal 

hygiene". The baby was 

taken by children's aid. Several 

women in the community 

are meeting, angered at 

the way the matter was handled 

by the police, the Children's 

Aid Society and at 

Queen Street. Meanwhile 

the young man is out, and 

awar.:!, and holds himself 

responsible. The baby's 

mother is still held at Queen 

St., without her baby. Pain of 

pains. And for the baby? 

Novembcr2 

In a past issue I reported 

that a survey would be done, 

to determine the nature of 

tenancies in the Market. 

Expect questions like these: 

-who do you pay rent to? 

- do you share kitchen and 

bathroom facilities? 

- would you be willing to 

provide info on the rent you 

are paying to a Kensington 

Market Tenants registry? 

- would you join a tenants 

group? 

- would you like to receive 

a tenants newsletter? 

November6 

By the way, the Last 

Temptation a nd I have 

struck a deal. Beginning 

around the middle of 

November, when the back 

room renovation is completed, 

I will take it over, and 

host a jazz- and-other-things 

jam Thursday through Sunday, 

6 to 11. It's been a 

dream of mine ever since I 

ran a similar room in New 

York, 3 blocks up from Lincoln 

Center, influenced by 

the older black singer Ethel 

Waters who entertained a 

small number of people in an 

intimate r



6 

Augu~ta Parking Yarn' 

a real tangle 

· Masha Buell 

(Overheard on Augusta: 

another woeful tale reflecting 

Kensington's ongoing 

parking and traffic headaches) 

For some time now, one 

business has had a regular 

delivery of heavy goods. The 

routine is a familiar one - the 

driver pulls over and partway 

up on the sidewalk. He hops 

down from the cab to alert 

the guys in the store. Then 

it's all hands on deck for this 

family run business as they 

turn out to help heave the 

sacks off the truck, to speed 

things up. It usually takes 

about 15 .- 20 minutes. And 

the battered sign above their 

heads reads Loading Zone. 

Just up the street a clothing 

business has an extensive 

outdoor display. The proprietor 

harbours growing frustration 

- shoppers can't see 

his merchandise from the 

corner, can't pass on the 

sidewalk. And they certainly 

can't turn the corner or drive 

past to park illegally in front 

of his store. 

Sp, this one day, Mr. 

Clothes has had enough. The 

police are summoned, and 

duly arrive-not surprising 

because they've been ticketing 

illegally parked vehicles 

with great vigour of late. 

The clothing merchant lets 

the police have it; he's lost as 

much as $1000 worth of business 

because of that truck. The 

driver must be summonsed. 

The police are all set to 

comply when a voice from 

behind another display drily 

observes that while the truck 

is actually loading and 

unloading someone has actually 

parked an automobile 

behind the truck. And someone 

has parked an automobile 

in front of the truck. 

The young men, heated 

from the loading and 

unloading join in the discussion. 

If the truck must be 

summonsed then so must 

those two cars. And of 

course, as with the Zoom 

Boom (see the October 

Drum) the police can only 

comply with the logic. 

But then, lo and behold, it 

is revealed that the cars in 

question, preventing the 

truck from leaving the scene 

of the crime, belong to none . 

other than Mr. Clothes and 

Co. They naturally do not 

want tickets to add to their 

other losses. 

The officer begs mercy 

and shakes his head in disbelief. 

And no-one is_ summonsed. 

Narrow streets, simmering 

outrage, years of frustration, 

and life in Kensington 

goes on. 

Lighten Up 

For The 

Holidays 

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gets you: - ""'#~ 

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a string of holiday 

lights (bulbs included) 

and best of all, willing 

hands to help put them 

up! 

Friday December 21st is the longest.night of 

the year. Want to be the brightest light on 

your block when the Festival Parade rolls by? 

CALL NOW 

593·9750 

ask for 

Martin Zimmerman 

with the kind co-operation of the Kensington Market 

Business Association and St. Stephen's Community House 

MARKET MATTERS The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 

"Cut Rate Drug Store" corners of Spadina & Nassau 1910 

to 1920. Original painting part of Auction. 

photo: provided by Metropolitan Toronto library 

St. Stephens Fundraiser 

to be a Kensing#ton Celebration 

Peigi T. Rockwell 

St. Stephen's Community 

House is focusing on the 

Kensington Market community 

for this year's fundraising 

event. 

The fundraising committee 

is looking for historical photographs 

of the community 

and is inviting Kensington 

celebrities to be part of the 

event which takes place on 

Saturday, December 8 from 

7:30pm to 1:00am at the El 

Mocambo on Spadina Ave. 

Toronto's own -Prairie 

Oyster will provide dance 

music for the evening. Market 

restaurants and foodstores 

are donating appetizers 

and local businesses are 

providing items to be awarded 

as prizes and auctioned 

off. 

"We are hoping to make 

$15,000 at this event," says 

fundraising director Carol 

Roberts. "The money will go 

toward supporting the 

House's many communitybased 

programs." 

Tickets for the evening are 

$40 per person and come 

with partial tax receipt. 

If you would like to donate 

an item to the event or purchase 

tickets call Clare 

Parfitt at 925-2103. 

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7 

Garbage Crunch II 

ADler Supports_Extra Pick Up 

- 

by Mike Milando 

Just before going to press, 

Drum learned that City councillor 

Amer has written to 

City Public Works Commissioner 

Vardin, supporting a 

request from Market residents, 

merchants, and environmentalists 

for an extra 

weekly garbage pick-up. 

In the letter, Amer recognized 

that Kensington Market 

includes a market and 

thus has a need for more frequent 

garbage pick ups than 

a strictly residential community. 

But she tied her support 

to the effectiveness, one year 

from now, of the comprehensive 

waste reduction strategy 

being developed here. 

Before the next meeting of 

Kensington's garbage action 

gr-oup some time in the last 

week of November, group 

members plan to survey merchants 

asking what the 

breakdown of their garbage 

is and if they support the call 

for City collections Tuesdays, 

Thursdays, and Saturdays. 

Councillor Amer has been 

invited to this upcoming 

meeting. Downtown Metro 

councillor Dale Martin has 

already said he will attend. 

Martin's involvement is 

seen as crucial. While City 

Public Works collects 

garbage, it's. Metro Works 

who must do something with 

it: reduce, reuse, or recycle it 

at best; put it in landfills or 

incinerate it into the atmosphere 

at worst. 

At a recent composting 

conference, councillor Martin 

criticized Metro Council's 

"reckless strategy" for carrying 

out this responsibility. 

He spoke about the lack of 

public involvement and catalogued 

Council's inaction. 

Such delays by Council, he 

said, are leading inevitably to 

more large-scale landfills and 

incinerators before or without 

environmental assessments, 

instead of reduction, 

reuse, and recycling on a 

smaller and more decentralized 

basis. 

The strategy's "profound 

weakness", he maintained, is 

its "top-down approach", not 

involving the public. He went 

on to summarize a report 

adopted by Metro Council a 

year ago containing 5 steps 

for bottom-up, communitybased 

consultation processes 

for the siting of waste management 

facilities. Though it 

was adopted, it hasn't been 

implemented, he said. 

When informed of efforts 

in Kensington to organize 

composting of merchants 

organic· waste, he mentioned 

plans for a composter and 

organic waste management 

facility at the Ontario Food 

Terminal. Metro Works commissioner 

Ferguson will be 

reporting on it in two weeks 

and Martin will report to 

merchants inform residents 

and merchants at the garbage 

action group meeting. 

At another recent conference, 

of the It's Not Garbage 

environmental coalition, 

Maura Mcintyre and Bruce 

Pearce, executive assistants 

to City councillor Amer, distributed 

copies of the October 

issue of Drum. They 

highlighted the article 

reporting on efforts to organize 

extra collection and 

composting in the Market. 

November -s, 1990 

Mr Nick Vardin 

commissioner 

~ublic Works Department 

23ra floor, East tower 

City Hall 

Re: 

CITY OF TORONTO 

Councillor Elizabeth Amer 

City Hall, Toronto M~H 2N2 Telephone 392-7911 

Ward Five 

Request for Additional Garbage Pick-up in· Kensington Market 

Dear Mr vardin, 

A group of residents, merehants and environmentalists in Kensington 

Market has requested that the City add an extra weekly garbage pickup 

in the market. I support this request, and ask that you give it 

your favourable consideration. 

My office has been working with the community to develop a waste 

reduction strategy and we will soon be submitting our 

recommendations to the City. 

There are more then 200 businesses within the community, many of 

which are restaurants and green grocers. The existing collection 

system--designed for a strictly residential community--does not 

address the waste problem posed by the large retail -community. 

I recommend that an extra weekly garbage pick-up be extended to 

Kensington Market in recognition of this problem and of the 

community's efforts to develop a comprehensive waste reduction 

strategy. If implemented, such a pick-up should be reviewed in a 

year's time to evaluate the progress of the reduction strategy. 

Thank you for your attention to this matter. 

cc Kensington Drum 

Kensington Market Area Task Force 

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Changes 

by Angie Choly 

Autumn is definitely here 

and there has been enough 

crispness in the air to remind 

us that winter will soon 

break in upon the scene. 

Changes. 

On the corner of Bellevue 

and Nassau sits a little variety/grocery 

store, the kind of 

store that reminds one of 

days gone by. It's the type of 

place that's becoming scarce, 

run by elderly couples who 

have made it their life. 

It was the cheap cigarettes 

that initially made me return 

again and again, until I realized 

that this shuffling lively 

pair was the real reason I 

was there. 

On any given day I'd go in 

and ask the wife for a package 

of cigarettes and she 

would start to look about for 

my brand. Her husband who 

was always determined that 

the whole exchange should 

only take seconds would proceed 

'to interrupt as if she 

were incompetent. At that 

point she would look at me, 

patience streaming out of 

her smiling eyes. 

· With heaps of freshly 

sliced tomatoes, fresh buns, 

various cheeses, cold cuts 

with unpronouncable names 

(they made sandwiches,too) 

an old weigh scale, a cash 

register, piles of boxes and 

old fridges, there wasn't . 

much room for the two of 

them back there. Giggles 

would ensue-I had witnessed 

this scene many times 

before. 

She'd roll her eyes and 

lean over the counter with a 

conspiratorial air and say 

that he liked to do this, then 

reach back and magically 

. produce what her husband 

was still looking for. I 

admired her acceptance. 

I've had a busy week. I 

went into the store today and 

they weren't there. I asked, 

they'd retired nine days ago. 

I 

Changes. 

As I walked away I was left 

with a feeling of betrayal. I 

thought that they would 

always be there. It stings 

because I never even got to 

know their names. 

photo: Peigi Rockwell 

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Call (24 hrs) 925-6800 

best rates 

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(the bottom line) 

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Interiors. Furniture 

repaired and refinished. 

By commission only. 

Competitive rates. 

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8 The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 

Drum's Kensington N 

Three hundred stores 

Street by Street: the people who 11. 

Body & Soul Restaurants Grocery Bakery Veg & Fruit Entertain11 

l•att0iG•I 

Samko Coin Laundry 

150 Augusta, 595-5277 

Clean and Friendly, 7 

days a week. Dry Cleaning 

Too! 

Melo's Food Centre 

151 Augusta, 596-8344 

Portuguese Style 

Sausages 

Import and Export 

Lusitania Grocery 

152 Augusta Avenue 

593-9745 

_Portuguese Grocery 

Store 

The Boat 

158 Augusta, 593-9218 

International Cuisine 

Specializing in Portuguese 

Food 

CAAMUnitoo 

Hardware 

160 Augusta & 564 Dundas 

598-8195 or 596-8098 

Two Locations\ 

The New Siboney 

169A Augusta, 977-4277 

Nothin' doin'. 

Barraca das Frutas/Roszler 

Fruits 

186 Augusta, 593-9709 

Fruit and Vegetables 

House of Spice Importers 

190 Augusta, 594-8724 

or 182 Baldwin, 593-9804 

Spice, Coffee, Fruits, 

Nuts 

Vaniplla 

193 Augusta, 340-0491 

Fine Lao Thai Cuisine 

Restaurant, catering, 

take-out 

Tri-M Butcher Shoppe 


Closed Gone Fishin' 

Osler Fish Company 

194 Augusta, 348-9251 

Something new, something 

different. More fish 

for your $. 

Park Royal 

199-201 Augusta, 593- 

9314 

Furniture and Appliances 

Everything for the Home 

CvJt National 

200 & 224 Augusta 

5%-6417 

Clothes For The Whole 

Family 

Shoney's 

Recycled Clothing 

206 Augusta, 979-



TheKe Market Drum, November 1990 

arket-Visitors Guide 

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ve helped pay the bills for Dru01 . 

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Razzmattazz 

14 St. Andrew Street 

Vintage Sparkle, Pizza7Z, 

Ja?z. 

Wear It! Share It! 

Saint Andrew Poultry 

17 St Andrew, 596-7305 

Wholesale and Retail 

Paddy (;ardens Florist 

28 St Andrew, 585-2159 

Fresh Cut flowers and 

plants for all occasions. 

International Herb!i 

29 St Andrew, (416) 593- 

5238 

Specializing in Chinese 

Natural Herbs, Patent 

Medicine, Acupuncture 

Aher Natives 

30 St Andrew Street 

593-6891. Where Elvis 

Shops. 

Get it while it lasts 

Kensington Fruit Market 

34 St Andrew, 593-9530 

Fruits, vegetables, aloes 

too!! 

D'ARCY 

G 

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Freshness, a family bu.ines.. 

Exile 

34b St Andrew Sireet 

596..0827 

As Usual The Unusual 

Blue Mountain COII!lllhing 

253 College, #208, 235- 

9959 

IBM and clone computers, 

diagnostic, software, 

and repair 

Massimo's 

302 College, %7-0527 

Sit down, Pick-up, and 

Delivery 

Pizza and Pasta Heaven 

Flying Monkey Natur.tl 

Foods 

314 College, 968-1515 

Open 7 days a weekfrom 

bulk food to crystals 

L:u.erline De!iktop Publishing 

& Design I~ 

317 College Street 

924-8726 Fax 924-3826 

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College Books 

321 College, 975-0849 

A new bookstore serving 

university and community 

Central Guaranty TI'Ulit 

343 College, 961-8247 

Mon closed. Thes 

Thurs 10-5, Fri 10-7, Sat 

12-3. 

Great HorliC Natural 

Food!i 'n Things 

378 College, 964-1805 

Organic meats, tofu, natural 

cosmetics, etcetera 

Front Row Video Centre 

400 College Street, 927- 

1702 

Open 

Come see 

Sneaky Dee's 

431 College, 368-5090 

Global Survival Thesdays 

Great Music, Good 

Cause 

Mars Food 

432 College St 

921-6332 

Out Of This World 

Spadina Garden Restaur.mt 

116 Dundas West, 977- 

3413/4 

Szechuan-Hunan & 

Peking Cuisine 

Fully licensed, LLBO 

Spadina Retail PO!it Outlet 

4Mt 0"- Jih 

576-578 Dundas, 593- 

8885 

Full service retail postal 

outlet. 

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Sun King Cleaner!i ~g~ill!J 

576-578 Dundas, 593- 

8885 

Quality Dry Oeaning, 

Repairs and Alteratiom 

-Fast! 

1•1v+tm•1 

Sun One Hour Photo 

Lab 

310 Spadina, 591-9307 

One hr. processing, cameras, 

accessories, passport 

photos 

Switzel'li Deli Restaurant 

324 Spadina, 596-6900 

Catering, deli delivery 

Order by fax 596-7044 

Liquor Control Board of 

Ontario - 

337 Spadina, 597-0145 

Fine wine, spirits and 

beer from around the 

world. 

Jordan's Apparel 

353 Spadina, 977-4133 

Warehouse Outlet of 

Men's and Boy's Suits 

Century 21, 

First Reahy Inc. 

377 Spadina, 340-8900 

Tonny Louie, broker 

GrO!iliman's Tavern 

379 Spadina, 977-7000 

Neighbourhood Bar. 

Nightly Entertainment 

Spadina Cafe 

401 Spadina, 340-6383 

A Pleasant Change. A 

Little of the Continent in 

Chinatown 

M E R C H A N T S 

WHY NOT 

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ANOTHER MARKET LANGUAGE 

TO YOUR VISITORS GUIDE LISTING 

FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF 

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Spadina Garden Restaurant 

CALL 599-DRUM FOR INFORMATION 

416 Spadina Ave., 598- 

2734 

S?.echuan-Hunan & 

Peking Cuisine 

Fully licensed, LLBO 

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Restaurant 

281 College, 928-2936 

Szechuan, Mandarin and 

Hunan dishes - 

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MARKET GOURMET 

Peigi T Rockwell 

Winter months are cold months in Northern China and in 

the old days charcoal fires burned in the centre of the homes 

to provide heat and to cook the main meal in what was called 

a hot pot. 

Meat was kept frozen outside Jln the roof and then thinly 

sliced when needed. Vegetables, broth and meat were all 

cooked together in the same pot. This economical and 

flavourful method of cooking is still possible today: Hot pots 

can be purchased in Chinatown or you can rig up your own 

using a fondue pot. 

David Sun runs a Northern Chinese restaurant, the Tung 

Lai Shung, in the Dragon City food court and he owns an 

establishment on Kensington Ave. which used to feature hot 

pots as its specialty but now is used as an auxilliary kitchen 

for the Tung Lai Shung. 

According to Sun, the Chinese say lamb is the best meat to 

eat in winter in order to keep warm but any meat or fish can 

be used in the hot pot as long as it is thinly sliced. 

First •. one must start with a variety of condiments. Soy 

sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, rice wine, sugar, green onions 

and sesame butter should all be accessible to the diner. In a 

small bowl, the diner puts a little bit of Bull Head barbeque 

sauce (made from brill fish and available in Chinatown) and 

mixes it with an egg and whatever combination of sauces suits 

the palate. 

Meanwhile, a broth is boiling in the hot pot in the centre of 

the table to which is added the raw vegetable or meat. The 

meat is added to the hot pot in small individual sieves while 

the vegetables are thrown into the broth on their own and 

shared. Sun suggests the vegetables should include Chinese 

cabbage, small cubes of frozen and fresh tofu, mushrooms, 

spinach and whatever other vegetables the diner craves. 

Once the vegetables or meat are cooked, they are placed in 

the sauces combined in the small bowl and eaten while 

another vegetable or meat goes in the hot pot. The evening is 

spent cooking at the table until all the meat and vegetables 

are finished. Then the flavourful broth is divided and consumed. 

For those of you wanting to try this meal with a real hot 

pot, they range in price from $14 to $50 and can be purchased 

at most of the kitchen supply shops on Spadina. 

MARKET MARKET The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 

Keep.Warm with ~~~ 

a Hot Pot'di:- ~-,:~~ -~ ~·~. c ~ 

David Sun and his grand-daughter Tracy demonstrate the charcoal burning hot-pot. 

Speaking of 

Hot Pots: 

that was quite a 

soup kitthen in front 

of the Harbour Castle 

Hilton, during the 

November 7 Tory 

$500-a-plate 

fundraiser: let's hear 

it for pumpkins, 

thyme and garlic 

from Sanci's, 66 

Kensington Ave. 

Market of Markets 

Masha Buell 

photos Buzz Borza 

Balmy Indian Summer. 

November. Springlike except 

for the omnipresent pumpkins. 

Trip to the Ontario 

Food Terminal begins at 9:30 · 

a.m. Reasonable. We climb 

into the van. Bobby: " ... more 

interesting to go when the 

serious market stuff is happening 

- say about 6:30 but 

it's crazy then .. .fork lifts and 

skids and you gotta watch 

your back all the 

time ... nobody'd have time to 

talk ... " 

Off we go to the place 

where thousands of people 

buy and sell tons of produce 

for millions of dollars, all 

year round. Somwhere in 

Etobicoke. 

The first part of the Food 

Terminal looks like a huge 

semi-covered parking lot . 

This is where you find the 

outdoor stalls. About 400 

spots rented out to growers 

from all over Ontario. Right 

now besides pumpkins: 

superb apples, pears, many · 

kinds of squash, beets, carrot, 

turnips, cauliflowers, and 

a wonderful variety of men 

and women of all ages. 

Peace. Plenty. How is possible 

that people go hungry in 

Ontario? 

Inside the warehouse - the 

wholesale produce companies. 

Fruits of the earth, 

trees, vines from every part 

of the planet. Anytifue you 

want them. The action here 

is pretty lively. Trucks, forklifts, 

buggies trundling boxes, 

sacks, barrels and crates. No 

small talk. Only big talk. 

Many vigorous young men, 

and a few imperial older 

photo: Buzz Bur?.a 

ones. No women in sight. 

Bobbby's friends at the market 

notice his little entourage 

with cocked eyebrows and a 

grin. And we try to keep out 

of the way. 

On to the smoky little coffee 

shop for breakfast. Here 

I am one of two women. The 

woman and the man behind 

the counter are producing 

eggs n bacon, western sandwiches, 

coffee, and yes, 

Ontario potatoes turned into 

crisp french fries, with 

·astounding speed. 

And then it's pumpkin 

time. Back to Kensington for 

the work day world of the 

Market. With a truckful. 

And an eyeful 

Out in the parking lot, with the city skyl(ne in the distance, to put it all in perspective



The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 KENSINGTON COMMON 11 

Downtown Coalition _Going Strong 

Peter Baxter 

The Downtown Coalition 

for Social Justice, D.C.S.J. 

(formerly Downtown Coalition 

Against the G.S.T.) is 

an ad hoc group of individual 

citizens who oppose the 

current conservative/corporate 

agenda and who favour 

a more equitable distribution 

of wealth and resources. 

The Downtown Coalition is 

one of 45 working groups of 

the Ontario Coalition for 

Social Justice, the organizing 

body of Pro-Canada Network 

of Ontario. 


organized a successful 

demonstration against the 

G.S.T. through Kensington 

Market in March 1990. It 

also organized locally during 

the nation-wide "Campaign 

For Fair Taxes " balloting, 

April 6, 7, and 8, 1990. The 

Coalition gathered over 

5,000 ballots opposing the 

G .S.T. at its Kensington , 

Chinatown and Homeshow 

locations. Nationally, over 2 

million ballots protesting this 

regressive tax were filled out 

during the April week 

alone!!!! 


was delighted with, and 

encouraged by the community 

support for these actions. 

Give Animals a Brake 

Jack Gewarter 

While Animal Health Day 

at Kensington Market on 

Wednesday, October 17, 

went over with a bit of a 

whimper this year due to a 

pathetically small turnout, it 

was not a complete loss. 

There is an increasingly 

gr~ater interest and awareness 

in animal issues and the 

beautiful Indian summer day 

was enjoyed by all who participated 

in the open forum 

with the Bloorcourt Veterinary 

Clinic staff. Perhaps 

next year with more extensive 

advertising we will be 

able to provide more information 

to a broader group 

during Animal Health Week. 

One positive thing that 

came out of the day was the 

accumulation of several signatures 

on a very important 

petition. A local volunteer 

organization known as 

Zoocheck Canada is presently 

lobbying the provincial 

government to pass a law 

implementing a zoo licensing 

system which would regulate 

and establish minimum standards 

for zoos and wildlife 

collections throughout 

Ontario. The atrocities 

incurred at inadequate roadside 

menageries and private 

wild animal prisons throughout 

the country are heartbreaking. 

Unfortunately, all wild animals 

have not been allowed 

to-exist in their natural environments. 

Zoocheck is 

actively doing something 

about the plight of wildlife in 

dwind11ing habitats and in 

captivity. They have hosted a: 

variety of fundraising and 

consciousness-raising benefits 

and have provided aid to 

the elephants and ctiimpanzees 

of the world through 

such special guests as 

Richard Leakey and Jane 

Goodall. A whales benefit is 

planned for next year and on 

this November 16, at Convocation 

Hall, polar 

explorer/environmentalist 

Will Steger will be their 

geust speaker on the plight 

of Antarctica and the ramification 

this has for the global 

environment. For more 

information call Zoocheck at 

(416) 872-1111 or (416) 696- 

0241. 

In discussing animal concerns 

I want also address the 

issue of blatant carnage on 

our local roadways. Increasingly 

it seems that household 

pets are being maimed, crippled 

and painfully killed on 

residential streets. I have 

witnessed cold-hearted 

motorists accelerate to purposely 

nail defenseless, 

stunned or terrified animals. 

One elderly man· brought ·in 

his dog with a crushed leg 

after it had been injured by a 

hit-and-run driver while he 

was walking it on a leash, on 

the sidewalk! 

This blood-sport of the 

roads must stop. Drivers 

have no business racing hormonally 

charged monsters 

down the streets with a legal 

speed limit of 40 krnlhr. The 

obvious disrespect for live 

reflects sadly on our materi~ 

alistic society. The only 

impression made by those 

macho 'mag' wheels is the 

treadmark across the body of 

a dead cat. 

Bloorcourt 

Veterinary 

Clinic 

Consultation By Appointment Monday to Saturday 

Health Care, Surgery and Acupuncture 

1079 Bloor Street West 

(416) 537-9677 

Dr. Jack Gewarter -1 ~ 

We welcome more ideas and 

participation in future 

events. 

The D.C.S.J. will participate 

in the National Re-Call 

and Sign-Up Day, part of the 

Action Program recently 

adopted by the Canadian 

Labour Congress, Pro-Canada 

Network and progressive 

community groups. On Saturday, 

November 10, 1990, 

beginning at 11:00am, The 

Downtown Coalition will 

meet with others in front of 

the constituency office of 

David McDonald, P.C. member 

of parliament for 

Rosedale (465 Wellesley St. 

E.). More groups will join at 

the offices of other Tory 

M.P.s in Metro, York 

Region and across Canada. 

We will be demonstrating 

to recall in peoples' minds 

the Tory legislative and governmental 

misdeeds arising 

out of the conservative/corporate 

agenda: like unfair 

taxes such as G.S.T.; like the 

Free Trade Agreement and 

its related mass plant shutdowns 

and job losses; like 

the destruction of universality 

of social programs; like 

cutbacks to children, women, 

senior citizens and native 

programs; and Mulroney's 

contempt for democracy in 

his refusal to recall Parlia- 

ment to deal with the crisis 

at Oka and the Persian Gulf; 

making 24 partisan appointments 

to the Senate in order 

to circumvent the will of the 

people, and invoking closure 

- the cutting off of debate - 

21 times in the House of 

Commons since 1984- more 

times than all governments 

between 1913 and 1984 (18 

times)!!! 

Also, during this symbolic 

Re-Call Day, we will invite 

people through a sign-up 

pledge card to join with us 

in future actions for positive 

alternatives. 

For information or sugges- · 

tions for action call Peter, 

599-1874 or Nick or Nadine, 

923-4668. 

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KENSINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL 

Premier Rae addresses the No Time To Waste rally as to his Governments plans 

and commitments. 

No Time to Waste Rally 

Brian Eng 

There is a plan afoot in Market will be canvassed to 

Kensington Market that will see how they wish to deal 

attempt to deal with the with our garbage crunch. A 

huge amounts of garbage questionnaire is presently 

(most of which isn't really 

garbage anyway) that is gen- 

being prepared. A draft of 

the proposed survey will be 

crated daily in the Market. available through the Drum 

Ideas floated so far range office. The commitee (so far 

from recycling and compost- 

it doesn't have a name) 

ing to simply adding an working on the project 

extra pickup. 

would appreciate any suggestions. 

Sometime during the next 

the sovereign rights of the month merchants in the I 

On Saturday, October 20, 

over 5000 people gathered in 

Toronto for a rally for peace 

and disarmament. The rally 

was organized by the Toronto 

Disarmament Network 

(TON) and Greenpeace. 

The rally began at Queen's 

Park where it heard Pre-mier 

Bob Rae re-affirm the 

NDP's commitment to a better 

future for the province in 

terms of environmental protection. 

Jay Paulter, of 

Greenpeace, emphasised the 

need to deal with the many 

poisons being pumped into 

the environment by polluting 

industries. He demanded 

that Rae adhere to his election 

pledges. 

Ann Rowan, from the 

TDN, pointed out that th.e 

conflict in the Middle Eas.tts 

mostly abou~ safeguardt!lg 

the flow of 011 that supplies 

polluting industries. 

As well, Chief Gary P?tts 

of the Teme-aguma Ftrst 

Nations s~oke of th.e. need 

for Canadtan recogmt10n of 

March to Grange Park 

The spirited group then 

proceeded to march to 

Grange Park, chanting "No 

time to waste" and "Shop 

next week/Join us now". At 

the park the marchers participated 

in an afternoon of 

events that included performances 

by The Dream Warriors, 

Fresh Water Drum, 

Siyakha and the Four Directions 

Drummers, and the 

chance to peruse over 100 

information tables and sample 

food and drinks. 

Garbage Plans Afoot . 

Photo: Karen Elliot 

What Did It Signify? 

According to organizers of 

the event, this rally represented 

an historic linking of 

the peace and environmental 

movements. Steve Smith of 

-the TON believes that "The 

issues-of peace and environment 

are now seen as the 

major issues that confront 

the most people in the world 

today". The rally was seen as 

a first attempt for two major 

organizations working in 

these areas to speak about 

these issues from a common 

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12 LEARNING WITH YOU The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 

STUDENTS OF ALL AGES! ·~ 

DRUMwillacknowlcdgeall 1 

submissions to LEARNING 

WITH YOU. And we'll publish l 

some of them, too. Send us your I 

articles, reviews, letters, draw- i 

ings and ideas. Don't forget to ! 

include your name and a tele- 1 

phone number. · 

A Poem 

Looking back as years gone 

Bye 

All the nmtakes I've made 

Still w()ndering why 

Times have changed in so 

Many ways 

I think of all my 

Wasted days 

I know now all the things 

I've done 

I'm a lot older now 

Notone&one 

I've grown up strong 

And awfully quick 

And all my memories 

In my mind do stick 

"Snap Pans" 

llarris Todman and a group of children from Ryerson Public School, practicing for the new comm"'lliiY 

steel band, "Snap Pans", a new program for 11/exandra Park started by Scaddirzg Court CommUflity Centre. 

Training tu!d teheatsal takes place every Tuesday and Thursday· kids 3:30 ·5:30pm, teens and adults, 6:00 

- 8:00pnL Everyone's welcome to join - No fee- For more infvrmalion phone 363-5392 

Shelley 

Oasis Altema ti vc School 

;tfovitl't {lp 

TRANSITIONS 

Special Information 

for Parents of 

Grades 7 and 8 Students 

Your children are on the move. They will 

soon be moving up to high school. 

Learn more about this transition to help 

your children with their decisions and 

choices. · 

• Selecting a high school 

• Choosing courses 

Contact your children's guidance teacher 

or the Area West/Central Education 

Office. 

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393-1200 

Toronto Board of Education 

Cooperative 

EducatiOn Programs 

for Students With 

Special Needs 

Masha Buell 

A workshop· and luncheon 

that will focus on Cooperative 

Education Programs for students 

with special needs will 

be held on Friday N ovember 

16, 1990 from 8:30 a.m. to 

12:30 p.m Brockton High 

School, 90 Croatia Street. 

Many students and employers 

are realizing the benefits of 

Cooperative Education which 

allows a student to gain valuable 

life and working experience 

while earning school 

credits. The goal of this workshop 

is to broaden the base of 

people who are willing to have 

special needs cooperative education 

students in their 

employ. 

Special needs students are 

those who require extra support 

to benefit from their programs. 

They include students 

who may be hearing impaired, 

have limited vision, be physically 

or developmentally handicapped. 

For more info contact: 

Duncan Scherberger, 

591-8035 


Foot in Mouth 

at Health Department 

Alma Penn 

Recently we received a letter 

indicating that some children 

in daycare have been 

getting an . illness called 

"Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease" 

or coxsackie virus. It 

went on to describe the 

symptoms, and explained 

that it is spread "through 

coughing, sneezing, and in 

stools (dirty diapers)" and 

advised parents what they 

should do if our child got the 

virus. 

One piece of advice was 

that we should put bleach in 

' 

~·, 

tjle dishwater or use throwaway 

utensils. 

Another p-iece of advice 

was that we should use 

throwaway diapers. 

What kinds of messages do 

we convey to our children 

about caring for the environment 

by the evident double 

standards here? Does this 

also mean that if my child 

has this virus I should put 

juice bottles or cans in the 

garbage instead of the blue 

pox? And what happens to 

the virus contained in the 

diapers once they are carried 

off to the landfill site? 

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Full and part-time spaces now available for children 2 l/2 

to 5 years. 

A small non-profit daycare. Whole foods menu. Individual 

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• Work/study option 

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We need warm. loving and reliable people 

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The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 ?????????? 13 

Mat~ri~ii.')>._o ·tbis page supplied by workers & members of St. Stephen's Drug-Free Arcade 

The Arcade 

by Carla da Ponte 

The Arcade is really great. 

If kids are on the street doing 

nothing or are at home really 

bored, they should go the the 

Arcade someday and see 

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Teenagers nowadays have 

started this thing about 

Movie Review by Emmy Pantin 

KARATE KIDS© 

"Karate Kids" starts with a 

typical "street scene" with 

typical "street kids". 

Although this movie is a cartoon 

it was realistically and 

very well done. It goes on to 

introduce the malevolent 

"smiling man". The main 

characters are Karate, the 

hero, Rosa, Kafate'.s girl 

friend, Pedro, a young boy 

and loyal friend of Karate, 

Mario, Pedro and Karate's 

friend and of course the smiling 

man. 

Mario and Pedro statt 

working in the market place, 

juggling. But later get all 

their money stolen. The smiling 

man comes on the scene 

and offers the boys a gold 

watch but before the boys 

can -get in to trouble Karate 

saves them. Karate explains 

(quite effectively) how the 

boys could get A.I.D.S. and 

what A.I.D.S. could do to 

them. The next day the smiling 

man offers the boys 

money to come with him and 

Mario goes with him, ignoring 

the advice of Karate. 

Pedro finds Karate and tells 

him what happened to Mario 

and Karate gets a friend to 

chase the smiling man's 

black car. That's where the 

high-speed chase begins. It's 

a great scene. I really liked 

this movie, it was realistically 

done, with no bull shit and it 

was done in a way that really 

educated me - and wasn't 

boring. And that's the main 

word - education. It's format 

was well done and was 

clearly made for street kids. 

Some parts were scary and 

very straight forward, but 

don't let that turn you off 

this movie, I highly rcccom- · 

mend it. 

Halloween Dance 

On Friday, October 26th 

the Arcade held a Halloween 

Dance at St. Stephen's Comrpunity 

House. Prizes were 

awarded for the winners of" 

the AIDS Awareness Week 

.- j .·._ - ~ -. .£. ! 

Poster competition and for 

best costumes at the dance. 

A good time was had by all. 

Thanks to our volunteers for 

helping us make it a rousing 

success! 

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cont. from pg 2 

On September 5, Fringe· with 3 other bands at Apoca 

Product Inc. and its distributor lypse (750 College St.) Pro 

Record Peddlar will once again ceeds from the show will go 

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COMMUNITY & ARTS The Kensington Market Drum, November 1990 

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Dotes To Watch· 

Mondays: at Cecil Community 

Centre, Toy Library. 10- 

1:30am. 

At Cecil Community Centre. 

Community Drop-in Night. Toy 

Library, movie, ping-pong, 

billiards and games. 6-10 pm. 

Tuesdays: Environmental 

Action Tuesdays at Sneaky 

Dees. Different bands each 

'Veek, and for price of admission 

you get all you can eat buffet. 

All proceeds to Toronto 

Disarmament Network. Call 

368-5090 for line up. - 

Wednesdays: at Cecil 

Community Centre, Toy 

Library. 10-11:30 am. 

Sanderson Library. Disney 

Family Films. 7 pm. Free 

Fridays: at Sanderson Library 

- Tales for Twos. Stories and 

songs for children 18-36 months 

old. 10:45am. Please register. 

Tues. & Thurs. early morning 

swim program at Scadding 

Court Community Centre 7:30 

am - 9 am. for in call Roberta 

Boardman or Mari Creal at 363- 

5392. 

Tues., Thurs., Sun. 6:30pm. 

New In,telligance Series 

continues (Jan Cox). call 762- 

6056 for info. 

First Thurs (6-8pm) and third 

Thurs. (8-lOpm). Ontario 

Bisexual Network. Support and 

an open forum for the 

discussion of topics relevant to 

bisexual men and women. 

Coming Soon to The Centre 

of The New World"Convention. 

National Film Board of Canada 

sponsors regular film screenings 

at 303 Augusta Ave. on environmental 

issues. Combined 

with local artists shorts and 

guest speakers and guided discussion 

on the theme of the 

film, they are certain you'll find 

the week-night evening to be · 

entertaining, educational and 

fun with the community comm_ing 

together. 

There will be a small admission 

and healthy food-stuffs for 

all. For info, 864-0824 mon-fri 

daytime. If you would like to 

suggest a theme'or a special 

guest speaker, please call them 

to talk. 

Ongoing at Sanderson 

Library, 327 Bathurst (at Dundas). 

Hours: Monday to Thursday 

10 - 8:30, Friday 10 - 6, 

Saturday' 9 - 5, Sunday 1:30 - 

5 (from October to April). Tales 

for Two's- for children 18- 

36 months; Babysitting Course 

- for teens 11 and older;. Disney 

Feature Films- for the 

whole family; Chinese Films for 

adults, in Cantonese or Mandarin. 

Call for dates and times, 

393-7653. - 

Saturday, November 24, 1990 

The Youth and Drugs Workshop 

is sponsored by Drug 

Abuse Prevention Program & 

the Department of Public 

Health. It will happen at Toronto 

City Hall, Council Chambers. 

For further information, contact 

the Drug Action Centre, 392- 

0807. 

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Join members of the media in a 

discussion about minorities in 

the newsroom. Does the Canadian 

media accurately reflect 

the multi-racial character of our 

society? Is the coverage of 

issues involving minorities free. 

of bias? Are minority youth 

finding empoyment and workrelated 

opportunities in newsrooms? 

Panelists include: 

Haroon Siddiqui, national editor 

Toronto Star; Hamlin 

Grange, CBC reporter; Sylvia 

Stead, associate national editor 

Globe and Mail; Vian Ewari, 

asst. managing editor special 

features Toronto Star; Rita 

Deverell, producer/anchor 

Vision TV; Kathy English, 

instructor journalism dept. 

Ryerson Polytechnic. 1 - 4, St. 

Lawrence Centre, 27 Front St. 

E. Free admission, everyone 

welcome. 

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The Heart of 

Saturday Night. 

Nancy Harvey, Doug 

Macfarlane and Colin Puffer 

After listening to an old 

Tom Waits album the Drum 

staff decided that Market 

residents needed a deep 

analysis of Kensington's varied 

billiard parlours. The 

first billiards championship 

of Upper Canada was held in 

Toronto in 1864. Experts 

aren't sure whether it took 

place at Eddie's, Spadina 

Billiards or possibly even 

K.C.'s. So, on a damp Saturday 

night, 3 Drummers 

grabbed their cues and headed 

out to shoot a few games 

and report their findings to 

the community. · 

The Criteria 

We decided to look at each 

pool hall under various headings; 

number of tables, cost, 

quality of capuccino, snacks 

etc. 

Tivoli Billiards 

(268 Augusta) 

Conveniently located 

across from a laundromat, 

The Tivoli is the perfect 

place to shoot a few games 

while the clothes are in the 

washer. Almost always 

crowded, The Tiv has the 

feeling of a private men's 

club. The only woman inside 

during our game was The 

Drum researcher. 

The Tivoli boasts - 14 

pooi/snooker tables and 2 

billiards tables, all well lit, 

with plenty of straight cues, 

chalk and talc available at 

each table. Great capuccinos 

and espressos were delivered 

promptly to our tables and 

the bar (non-alcoholic- none 

of the visited halls is 

licensed) was stocked with 

soft drinks, gum, chips, 

cigarettes, muffins and meat 

sandwiches. The men's washroom 

was pretty clean but 

the women's loo was in need 

of some attention. 

If you just want to soak up 

atmosphere you can sit at the 

bar and watch TV, play 

video games or have a bash 

on one of the beautiful old 

fooseball tables. 

Tivoli Billiards is open · 

from 8 to 1 a.m. Monday 

through Saturday and 8 'til 

midnight Sunday. You can 

1,UT1,i F'll1,1'; 

Famous Foods 

World wide deli imports 

and chinese products 

• Coffee Beans 

• Cheese 

• Chocolate 

• Smoked Fish & Meat 

• Dry Fruits 

• Dry Nuts 

• Caviar 

Under New 

Management 

64 Kensington Ave. 

Toronto Ont. MST 2Kl 

593-9281 

rent a table for ortly $3.00 an 

hour. 

Eddy's Bilrlards . 

(294A College) 

The first thing you notice 

when you enter Eddie's iS the 

stamp of flamenco coming 

from Don Quixote next door. 

.The crowd at Eddie's is quite 

a bit younger than at the 

Tivoli and there were even a 

few women playing pool, one 

of the many video games, 

fooseball, or watching TV. 

The capuccino was deemed 

better than the espresso and 

the bar offered a selection of 

nuts, soup, cigarettes, beef 

patties and even Perrier 

water. Rules of play 

appeared to vary a bit here. 

Instead of having t.o keep one 

foot on the floor it seemed 

you had to have at least one 

·foot on the table to make a 

legal shot. 

Eddie's has 8 pool tables, 6 

snooker tables and a billiards 

table, all reasonably well lit. 

There were good cues, chalk 

at the table and baby powder 

available at the bar. The 

washrooms were functional. 

This parlour opens at 11 

a.m. every day and closes at 1 

a.m, except Friday and Saturday 

when it stays open until 4 

a.m. Tables here cost $3.20 an 

hour, 

Spadina Bnliards 

(468 Spadina Ave.) 

A proper pool hall should 

have cigarette smoke swirling 

over the tables and Spadina 

Billiards was the only place 

visited that did well in this 

category. There was no 

capuccino or espresso but we 

were so buzzed on caffeine 

from all our sampling that we 

didn't care. The bar, tended 

by a friendly owner served up 

the usual fare: pop, patties, 

chips - and cigarettes. 

Here, the,re was by far the 

best selection of video games, 

a fooseball game and, mercifully 

(the Leafs were getting 

creamed again), no TV. 

Spadina Billiards appears 

to be a popular place and 

almost all of the 8 snooker 

and 3 pool tables (well and 

evenly lit) were in use. The 

women's washroom was 

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• Rodman motorcycle 

·boots, tan, size 7, just 

broken in for biking, 

$75 o.b.o. Call 941- 

9945. 

• Brown leather wallabies, 

size 7, free to a 

good home. Call 941- 

9945. 

Using a 

touch tone 

phone call 

283-1010, 

then when 

prompted 

enter code 

• Small but upright 

piano. You move, $200 

cash. Bob 593-9279. 

• Unite! cordless 

phone $80. 1974 VW 

Sunbug, many extras 

$1,000. 1977 Datsun 

2802. Runs. Needs 

body. $350. Phone 

DRUM 977-0192, Box 

1. 

04 Childcare 

• Family Day Care 

Services, a United Way 

Agency needs warm, 

loving and reliable 

people to provide 

childcare in their 

homes. Sec ad page 11. 

OS Help Wanted 

• Wanted, Census 

Commissioners fo.r the 

1991 Census. Must 

have owne car and 

valid driver's license; 

must bcr available for 

full time employment 

from April 2, 1991 to 

July 19, 1991. Preference 

will be given to 

residents in the federal 

riding of Trinity-Spadina. 

Must be willing to 

work evenings and Saturday. 

Remuneration 

will be $7,000, paid in 

four installments. 

Deadline December 3, 

1990. For further information 

contact: Lito 

Romano 967-3729. 

06 Help at Hand 

• Computer Tutoring, 

MS DOS, word processing. 

Reasonable 

hourly rate. Call 

Joseph 360-8651. 

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• Women! Need a 

healthy break? Pains 

in your stomach? Bad 

Nerves? Headaches? 

Eating problems?_ 

Trouble 

sleeping? 

Backaches? The Women's 

Health Action 

Group will help you: 

feel better; sec how 

health is affected by 

what's going on in your 

life; learn how to get 

help for your health 

problems; learn new 

ways to deal with 

stress; meet others in 

the same situation; 

have some fun. Group 

will start in September. 

Call Amina at 364- 

4107 if you want information 

and to join. NO 

COST. 

10 Births 

• Would you like to 

help another woman 

through her birthing 

experience? Birthing 

Buddies needs motivated, 

stable women 

who can also speak a 

second language, or 

know a different cui-. 

ture, to be Birthing 

Buddies. They will 

train you to encourage 

and support a pregnant 

woman, who may not 

have a partner or 

speak English, to help 

her have a better 

birthing experience. If 

you are interested 

please call Amina at 

364-4107. 

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HERE'S ALL YOU DO: 

To receive your mail-in cash rebate, complete ihis form and mail it along w_ ith the RTS 

F~ UPC bar code from the product to: P.C. G•R•E•E•NTM Light Bulb Program, I ROSCOPE 

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• Offer limited to residents of Ontario only. • Rebate valid only on P.C. G•R•E•E•N.TM 

Environmentally Responsible II and 15 watt compact fluorescent light bulbs. • Please allow 6-8 

weeks for delivery. • Rebate applies to purchases made September through December 29,1990. All 

requests must be posLmarked no later than midnig)lt January 3 1. 199 1. • Warranties and guarantees 

will not be honoured by Ontario Hydro. • Ontario Hydro is not responsible for any damage caused 

by the installation of this product. • Facsimiles of proof of purchase will not be honoured. • Limit 

of I 0 bulbs per household. • One UPC bar code for each bulb purchased must accompany rebate 

form. • Send in one rebate form (or facsimile) per light bulb purchased. • Retail price may vary by 

store. However. rebate in effect until· end of 1990. subject to availability. 

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Don't Forget: Deadlnes for December advertising 

are coming up! Call 599-DRUM for dates and rates. 

D.RUMMERS . 

Greg Heptinstall, Kevin Thomas, Tiss Clark, Colin Puffer, Mike Milando, Masha Buell, 

David Perlman, Sophia Perlman, Buzz Burza, Roberto Agricola, Kate McNeil, Mark 

Crozier, Peter Matyas, Alma . Penn, Boris Smith, Jack Gewarter, Peter Baxter, Brian 

Eng, Angie Choly, Maisela Kekana, all the Arcade page people, Nancy Harvey, Doug 

Madarlane,Oasis Alternative School, and the nice people at Bread and Roses. 

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