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"A Kensington People's Paper" · October 1991 

Ready, Set, Grow! And so they did (Zachary and Cassius) ~ 

Get the real din on Alexandra's summer. 

SUMMER 

HOSPITAL MEETING DRAWS 

GOOD CROWD, 25 VOLUNTEERS 

About seventy people showed up Wednesday Sept 12 at Scadding 

Court to hear. about plans for Western Hospital. The meeting heard 

from the local councillor, city planners and hospital consultants. People 

asked questions and voiced concerns. Then the chairman of the meeting 

asked for volunteers for a "work group" to meet regularly between now 

and March. Twenty five people volunteered. 

The work group will look into all neighbourhood concerns relating to the proposed 

expansion. It will meet from now till March, once or twice a month. Members of the 

public may attend all meetings. The first meeting was Sept. 25 at Scadding Court; the 

next two will be Oct 9 and Oct 23, in the Bathurs! Lounge inside the Western 

Hospital. 

CHAIRMAN FROM PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

The meeting was chaired by John Wilbur, a resident of the Bathurst-Queen area. He 

explained that he was a member of the City's Planning Advisory Committee and that 

the Planning Advisory Committee is made up of volunteers from the community. 

Their job is to call public meetings on sensitive planning issues, and sometimes to 

organize work groups for issues that can't be dealt with in a single meeting. The 

planning advisory committee also meets regularly at city hall and makes recommendations 

to city council. He explained that he would also be the chairman of the work 

group. He also explained that the work group would call another public meeting at the 

end of its work. 

After he spoke, Ward 5 Councillor Amer spoke, saying that there were"historic 

tensions" between Western and the neighbourhood, and that she had asked the land 

'-use committee to set up the work group. She said she would work with the work 

group i~ the coming months. But she left the meeting early, something which drew 

frustrated remarks from some members of the audience later on. 

continued on page 3 

SEE ALSO HOUSING ON THE LEONARD A VENUE LOT, PAGE 5 

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Page two, Kensington Market Drum 

PAttrWA"f 

by David Perlman 

WRECK~TANGLE and ARCHI church committee at St. Stephen'sin-the-Fields 

TORTURE are two common 

are trying a gentler 

pieces of graffitti around here, 

protesting the squares and right 

angles that govern life in the city. 

But pedestrians have another way 

to protest. They can cut comers 

wherever possible. The result? 

approach--making a virtue of necessity. 

"if there's a pathway there, 

they reason, it's because there's a 

need. And they're right. Seniors, 

strollers, people just wanting to 

walk under a tree, all make use of 

bare-earth diagonal pathways that little short-cut. And "St. Stephen' 

pounded into any comer-lot lawn 

not protected by a fence. 

s-behind-the-Fence" wouldn't 

have quite the same inviting ring to 

Two of Kensington •·s most it. 

famous protest paths are off Bellevue 

So the users of the church have 

Avenue. One runs diagonally taken the initiative. They have had 

across Bellevue Square Park from plans drawn up for a ,flagstone 

Wales at the south · west to the pathway to go where the comer 

playground. The other runs across gets cut. They've taken the plans 

the lawn of St. Stephen's-in-the to the task force and to the City, 

Fields Church at the s.e. comer of and are hoping for parish and local 

College and Bellevue. 

support in getting the work done. 

The usual reaction of landowners Anyone who wants to help or 

and custodians is to try 'to stop the contribute, contact Elai~e Gager, 

erosion by putting up barriers- evenings at 536-8584 (between 4 

walls, fences, "beware of the bull" and 7 p.m.). 

and so on. But members of the 

No walkovers 

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by Drwn Staff 

'91 

No walkovers 

There will be races for all political 

offices affecting DRUM's beat- 

ward 5 city council, mayor of 

Toronto, Metro Council Downtown 

Ward, and , trustee. As a public 

service, DRUM here lists candidates 

for all offices affecting our 

wards, along with phone numbers 

(as obtained from the City Clerk's 

office. 

Remember, your vote counts if it's 

there to be counted. 

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KENSINGTON PLANNING AD 

VISORY MEETING ON CITY 

PLAN '91 DRAWS BLANK 

A meeting at Kensipgton Community 

School Sept 19 on CityPlan 

'91--the new Toronto Official Plan 

drew a crowd of nearly nobody (8 

people). - 

Note: for those of you interested 

in seeing the Plan clearly and still 

having a say, there will be one last 

big meeting, December 11 in the 

Council Chamber at City Hall, to 

make final recommendations to 

Council, who will then give "final 

directions" to the planners. 

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HOSPITAL OUTLINES PLANS 

continued from page 1 

PLANNERS EXPLAIN PROCESS 

City area planner Susanne Pringle 

then explained that the hospital has 

reached zoning limits so they can't 

continue building "piecemeal" on 

this site. The existing zoning bylaw 

allows 2.8 times coverage, and 

the hospital has already reached 

3.2 times coverage ("3.2 times 

coverage" was explained as being 

equal to every inch of the site 

covered to 3.2 floors height.) So 

for any additions now, the hospital 

must apply to rezone the whole 

site. In fact the hospital has done 

this, and has put forward to the 

city a plan for everything they 

want to do on the site for the next 

ten years. 

PLANNER CONCERNS 

Ms. Pringle said the planning 

department has several concerns 

about the information provided by 

the hospital so far, and therefore 

recommended that the Planning 

Advisory Committee set up a 

neighbourhood work group to look 

into the plans. Among the city's 

concerns she mentioned were 

the plan does not go far enough 

to get the hospital's parking back 

onto its main site; 

the plan wants new major 

entrances to the hospital (for 

vehicles and pedestrians) on a 

residential street (Nassau); 

the plan will increase traffic and 

parking problems in the surrounding 

neighbourhood; 

the height and density of some 

of the buildings proposed (i.e. a 

social housing project on 

Leonard A venue, and building 

on Nassau) is too large for the 

surrounding residential area; 

the relationship of the social 

housing project on 55 Leonard 

and the plan for the main site is 

not clear. 

HOSPITAL OUTLINES PLANS 

After Ms Pringle, Doug Freel, an 

architect and Bill Louth, Vice 

President of the hospital explained 

what the hospital wants. 

Mr Freel explained that the 

hospital wants 4.4 times coverage, 

in order to add about 350,000 

square feet of new buildings and 

additions on the site. He outlined 

five specific things the hospital 

wants to do: 

•add 150,000 sq. ft to the Bathurst/Dundas 

tower (the Fell 

. Pavilion) by going up another 

five floors to a total of 14; 

•increase the Bathurst West 

building from four to six floors, 

adding 20,000 sq. ft; 

•fill in the small courtyard 

between bathurst West and the 

main block, adding 10,000 sq. 

ft; 

.demolish the oldest part of the 

hospital, called Bathurst North, 

at the comer of Nassau and Bathurst, 

and replace it with a 6- 

floor "ambulatory care facility" 

over a 200 space parking garage 

(addin& 165,000 sq. ft); 

.add 2000 sq. ft (two floors) to 

the front of the MRI building- 

the windowless one on Nassau 

Street). 

PLEA FOR PROGRESS 

Mr. Louth explained that overall 

the hospital was not trying to 

expand but was trying to offer a 

. different kind of health care--more 

outpatient treatment, where people 

walk in for a procedure and leave 

the same day (ambulatory care). 

He said also that more sophisticated 

technology required more 

space. He explained that the hospital's 

parking garage at 55 Leonard 

was in a state of disrepair and 

needed to be rebuilt, and this had 

been communicated to the community 

two years ago. "It was not 

the hospital's idea, then or now, to 

put housing on the Leonard 

A venue site." The idea of social 

h~msing at 55 Leonard, he said, 

was because members of the community 

urged them to put the 

parking underground and put housing 

on top. The proposed 192 

apartment building was the 

smallest that could be built to 

cover the cost of putting the hospital's 

parking underground at no 

cost to the hospital. He concluded 

by "pleading for rapid progress" 

saying that the hospital has "a 

fairly short time frame to nlake 

changes to provide better care" and 

pointing out that the consultation 

process began in 1987. · 

Anne White, a consultant from 

Chris Smith and Associates then 

spoke. Her firm, she said, advises 

people wanting· to build co-ops. 

She explained that a co-op at 55 

Leonard Avenue would be run by 

residents themselves, with "pride 

of ownership". It would have a 

mix of units--some with marketvalue 

rent, some subsidised. She 

said that the present co-op idea 

was being sponsored by the hospital 

who were hoping that a number 

of their own staff would choose to 

live near their place of work. She 

said that in practise what would be 

likely is that only around half of 

the units would be taken to by 

people connected to the hospital. 

(Speaking outside the meeting, 

one of the hospital's trustees said 

that since the proposed co-op had 

been rejected by the city's land-use 

committee, the hospital would in 

my case probably just go ahead 

md reinforce the existing parking 

garage "for four or five years.") 

COMMUNITY CONCERNS 

Many people spoke from the audience 

on a wide range of issues. 

There was applause when Allan 

LIST OF VOLUNTEERS FOR WESTERN HOSPITAL 

PLANNING WORK GROUP 

Pat McKendry, Palmerston; Paul Regan, Markham; 

Phyllis Matheson, Crawford; Margaret Keatings, 

· Wolseley; Karen Markov, Lippincott; David Lee, 

Nassau; Joseph Panucci, Nassau; Fatima Brazao, 

Nassau; Jose Correia, Lippincott; Allan Schwam, 

Oxford; Anibal Patricio, Nqssau; Maria Almeida, 

Leonard Ave.; D. Martyniuk, Bellevue; Deborah 

Cowman, Wales Ave; Jeff Stinson, Leonard Place; Mr. 

M. Almeida, Leonard Ave; Leslie Lam, Carlyle; Mimi 

Shui,; Terri Hope, Scadding Court; Madalena Silva, St. 

Stephen's; Zoltan Fekete, Kensington Task Force. 

Representative of hospital, to be announced. 

Schwam,speaking "as chairman of 

the Kensington Task Force" challenged 

the idea tha~ "bigger means 

better health care" and challenged 

the hospital to "tell us why" it 

needs more space to deliver better 

service. Several other speakers 

returned to this point: questioning 

the idea that this new style of 

health care, or even the new technology, 

necessarily takes up more 

space than the old style. 

Several people from Nassau and 

Lippincott spoke of their concerns 

relating to traffic and noise, especially 

frustration concerning noise 

of deliveries to Nassau Street. 

Biggest concern here was the 

Medigas oxygeh tank which sometimes 

gets filled late at night. 0 n e 

resident warned people not to see 

the plan being put forward as final. 

He has lived here, he said, for 

fifteen years and during that whole 

time the hospital has been building 

one thing or- another. Why should 

we think that this will be the end 

of it, if they get what they want 

now? 

BOTH SIDES OF BATHURST 

Several people, from the areas on 

both sides of Bathurst spoke about WORK GROUP 

problems of hospital ~mplo~ees When the question-and-comment 

parking in the surroundmg netgh- part of the meeting ended, the 

bourhood. Someone from Mark- selection of the work group began. 

ham Street said people on hi~ street The chairman suggested that they 

were worri~ .about the hetght of were looking for around twelve 

!he Fell Pavtlton .. The two fl~s people. He proposed three from 

JUSt. add~,. he satd, are alrea Y local community agencies, one 

castmg stgruficant new shadows on from the hospital one from the 

their street. An~ several people Kensington Task 'Force and one 

inside and outstde the meetmg . 

were worn 'ed a bout the emissions ~ch from · seven 1 blocks adJacent to 

from the hospital's smokestack and the hosptta. 

incinerator. 

Regarding the proposed C0 ."?P• 

But twenty five people volunteered, 

including in some cases 

some people expr~sed op~st!t~n several people from the same.block 

to the idea of "soctal housmg 10 but with different language backtheir 

neiglibourhood, s~me grounds and skills. After some 

expressed concern about the hetght discussion, the decision was made 

and number of units. There were not to cut down the membership at 

questions about ho~ the commun- this stage, but rather to invite all 

ity could have a say to the co-op as volunteers to the first group meetit 

developed, in particular in te~ ing. The date of September 25 was 

of a say into who gets to .hve agreed to--7pm at Scadding Court 

there. And there were questions again. Almost all volunteers 

about how pepple in the local area showed up for that meeting, and 

could be assured that they would October 9 and 23 have been set for 

have a chance to get in to the co- the next two meetings, in the 

op, if applications were .going ~0 

be filled from a metro-wtde watt- 

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Attention all merchants 111 

Are . the weekend parking woes 

driving business away? 

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(This information is a service of the Kensington Market Business Association 

phone Bert, 923-9270) 

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NEW BY-LAW TO PERMIT SOME RESTAURANTS; 

HOPE FOR MORE APARTMENTS 

by David Perlman 

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Over the . summer city council 

brought in a new by-law requiring 

that any new restaurant, take-out 

or bakeshop or place of entertainment 

provide one parking space for 

every 330 sq. ft. of space. And it 

prohibited altogether any new 

restaurant larger than 2000 sq. ft. 

At the same time it offered people 

the opportunity to build apartments 

/ above .stores, with the first three 

apartments built having no required 

parking. 

The long-awaited by-law 

replaced the control by-law which 

has prevented any new restaurant 

opening legally in kensington since 

July 1981. 

But the new by-law made no-one 

happy. Businesses could see no 

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reason for picking on small restaurants--large 

ones, like those on 

this part of Spadina, are seen . as 

the source of the traffic and 

parking problems. Small ethnic 

restaurants are seen as part of 

Kensington's unique vibrancy. 

Similarly -the "no parking for the 

first three apartments" didn't 

please housing advocates or property 

owners--because the by-law 

also said that if a fourth parking 

space went in, the previous by-law 

would apply. This would mean if 

someone put in four apartments 

instead of three, they'd then have 

to provide four parking spaces 

instead of none. This meant either 

people would have to put in one 

and a half storeys--not economical, 

or else three very small apartments 

on one floor--not comfortable. 

Task force members put pressure 

on--proposing two changes: first, 

that for restaurants the first 1000 

sq. ft be exempt from providing 

parking; second, that a fourth 

apartment should incur one parking 

space, not the whole four liable 

under the previous by-law. City 

Councillor Amer rose to the task 

force challenge--steering the amendment 

through council at the end 

of July. But the city solicitor 

stepped in just as it appeared council 

would approve the changes. His 

argument was that the amendment 

would have to go back to land use 

committee to give members of the 

public a chance to object, if they 

wanted to. 

above 1000 sq. ft. 

So back to land-use it went, on - And people wanting to build 

Sept 19. The item was called out apartments above a store will be 

and explained, and the committee able to build three without parking, 

chair, Councillor Nowlan asked if and a fourth provided they come 

anyone was there to oppose it. No- up with one parking space. 

one was. "A Kensington by-law For more detailed information on 

with no-one opposed? That's a the new by-law (number 414-91, 

first" said one councillor. So now as amended), contact area planner 

the amendments go to council Susanne Pringle at 392-7740. 

where, we have' been assured, 

there should be no objection. 

All going as predicted, by the 

beginning of October, within the 

commercial Kensington market, 

new restaurantS may now be 

opened, provided they are under 

2000 square feet, on the ground 

floor only, and provide one 

parking space for every330 sq. ft 

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Scadding Court Community Centre & Sanderson Library 

are hosting an 

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All Candidates Meeting 

Tuesday, October 29, 1991 

at 7:00pm 

at Scadding Court 

707 Dundas Street West (at Bathurst)' 

Hear the Candidates for Ward 24 Metro Councillor, Ward 5 City Councillor 

and School Trustees speak on Issues you're concerned about. 

Bring your questions! 

For Information: Marl Creal at Scadding Court - 363-5392 

Barrie Gray Sanderson Library - 393-7{153 

Judith Brady Sanderson Library - 393-7653 

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Terca-Feira, Dia 29 de Outubro, 1991 

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October 1991 

Kensington Market Drum, page five 

public service announcement · public 

service announcement public service 

announcement public service announcement 

public service announcement public 

se.rvice announcement drum psa 

your only chance 

to h-ave your say 

concerning Metro's 

pl-an for .a 

Spadina LRT 

IS NOW!! 

Metro didn't ask us to run the following ad, 

folks, but we really thought you ought to know: 

only people who write to the minister now 

(before October 31) will have any right to be 

heard if there is an environmental hearing into 

metro's proposed Spadina LRT. (And there's no 

guarantee, unl ess people write to the minister, 

that there even will be a hearing.) 

.....-.t....eA~ AN INVITATION TO -COMMENT 

-R~SI'B -~t!~WLY 

by Jeff Stinson 

Background. Toronto Hospital 

Corporation has a parking garage 

at 55 Leonard Ave, in a poor state 

of repair. It is on a lot zoned 

residential, but the hospital had 

permission to build the garage. At 

the urging of some community 

people, the hospital agreed to look 

at the possibility of putting the 

parking on the lot underground 

(provided they got it free) and 

putting housing above. One proposal 

for how this might be done wc;s 

presented to the community back in 

April. 

Jeff Stinson, who lives on the. 

same block as the garage, and is 

now a member of the hospital plan 

work group, was at that meeting 

and offered the following thoughts. 

·THE HOSPITAL AND THE 

COMMUNITY 

For some years now the Kensington 

community and the Western 

General Hospital (now part of 

Toronto General Hospital) have 

been struggling to arrive at a mutually 

satisfactory process for dealing 

with the hospital's development 

plans. 

A few months ago, the hospital 

called a public meeting to show- 

and gain citizen input into--it's 

latest moves. This initiative was 

welcomed, and a number of local 

residents attended. Some of them 

were people whose homes would 

be directly affected by hospital 

expansion--others were present 

simply out of concern for the 

neighbourhood as a whole. 

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The hospital administration and 

various consultants described 

changes within the main block of 

the hospital including enlargement 

of the south tower and the construction 

of a large new facility on 

the north-west comer. In addition 

they described new proposals for 

the Leonard Avenue parking garage. 

The parking question and the 

amount of traffic' generated on 

neighbourhood streets were issues 

linking both blocks but the 

Leonard Avenue scheme was the 

focus of most attention. 

Briefly the hospital sees the existing 

garage as a deteriorating structure. 

They would like to replace it 

and expand it) at minimal cost. 

They have called in for developer 

proposals to do this and are recommending 

a scheme which combines 

the parking requirement (under- . 

ground) with a large co-op housing 

apartment. To generate enough 

income to achieve the parking 

garage without any cost to the 

hospital, the developer proposes to 

build a 183 unit, eight storey building 

on Leonard Avenue. 

l*f this had been simply a sketch 

proposed for discussion the process 

might have been considered reasonable 

but the audience at the 

meeting was disconcerted to dis' 

cover by questioning that the proposals 

being exhibited had already 

been submitted several days prior 

to the meeting for some early city 

approvals. "Nothing is cast in 

stone" --a hasty reassurance from 

the consultants, did nothing to 

alleviate the citizens suspicions that 

the whole meeting was little more 

than elaborate window-dressing- 

information rather than consultation. 

These suspicions were heightened 

by the conventional developer 

tactics adopted by the Hospital and 

its consultants. First the hospital 

warned that to reject the scheme 

would make Kensington residents 

responsible for increased health 

costs. Then the developer presenting 

the building design "did not 

bring along" the Leonard Avenue 

facade drawing (the big one) and 

when the north face was · shown, 

the upper floor~ were rendered 

very lightly, as though they were 

rather insubstantial. 

The residents of kensington are not 

·simpletons. We were not party to 

placing the hospital at this lqcation, 

or to its acquisition policy or to the 

Toronto Hospital rationalisation" 

or any other of the basic factors 

which have produced this situation. 

"Health care costs" can hardly be 

laid at our doorstep. By this kind 

of logic a 30-storey building would 

be even better. · 

continued on page 8 

ON THE. ENVIRONMENTAL . 

ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED 

SPADINA LRT ·· · · 

THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT SUBSECTION 7(1) 

NOTICE OF ~OMPLETION OF REVIEW · 

An environmental assessment has_ been Submitted by the Toronto Transit CommissiOn and The 

Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto for a proposed light rail transit (LRT} service along Spadina Avenue 

in the City of Toronto. 

Before a decision is made on acceptance of this environmental assessment, you have the right to 

submit comments on the proposed undertaking, the environmental assessment and the review 

documents. You also have the right, subject to the discretion of the Minister, to require a hearing. 

HOW DO YOU GET THE INFORMATION YOU HiED?;) 

You may inspect the documents 

during normal business hours at 

the following Ontario Environ(llent 

Ministry offices: 

Environmental Assessment Branch 

5th Floor, 250 Davisville Avenue 

Toronto, Ontario M4S tH2 .. 

(4161440-3450 

Central Region.Office· 

4th Floor, 7 Overlea Blvd, · 

Toronto, Ontario 

M4H 1A8 . I 

(416)424.3000 . ' . 

Copies are also available - ~~ the 

clerks' offices of The f.lunicipality of 

Metropolitan Toronto and the City of 

Toronto. 

Please ·submit your written . . 

comments and/or requests for a 

hearing so they are received no . 

later than October 31, 1991. 

Send them to: . 

Spadina LRT Environmental 

Assessment 

Ruth Grier 

Minister of the Environment 

15th Floor 

135 St. Clair Avenue West 

Toronto, On.tario 

M4V 1P5 

PROPOSBD SPADINA UlT llotn'B 

SPADlNA STA'l10N TO lloWIOilRI'ItQN LilT 

TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS 

If you make a submission or require a hearing before October 31, 1991; you will be notified of any 

decisions about this environmental assessment You will also have the opportunity to require a hearing 

on whether the undertaking itself should be approved. If you do not make a submission or require a 

hearing the matter may proceed without further notice to you. 

If no submisSions or requirements for a hearing are received, the environmental assessmant may 

lie accepted antlthe undertaking approved with no further public notice, allowing the Toronto Transit 

Commission and The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto to proceed. 

~ Environment 

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Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of the 

four-year life of the Kensington market area task 

force was forcing the City's Finance Department 

to provide the taskforce with a breakdown of City 

revenues and expenditures in the Kensington area 

(in 1989). 

As many suspected would happen, the 

figures showed more money taken out by the City 

than put back--almost half a million dollars more. 

"It's mind-boggling," said Allan Schwam, main 

figure in the effort to get the information, "If the 

same applies to every neighbourhood, then where 

is all the money going?" 

Granted the city can't break down everything 

it spends~ on a block by .· block basis as 

demanded by the task force. How much of the 

money going to the humane society should be 

Kensington money, for example (especially now 

that there are no live chickens sold here). B u t 

even so, the difference is enough to provoke some 

questions. 

And that's where the most interesting part of 

this exercise is still in the future. Getting the 

figures was a triumph, but seeing what use people 

make of the information will be even more 

interesting. 

David Lewis Stein of the Star--the only 

mainstream journalist to notice what happened- 

pointed out one less than auspicious possibility: . 

that the information would be used as ammo in a 

so-called "tax-payers revolt," to argue for 

elimination of unpopular social services, or 

programs. 

' The other less-gloomy possibility is that 

people in the community could now have a 

powerful argument for the city to fund projects or 

undertakings identified as worthwhile by the 

community itself. 

There are all-candidates meetings coming up . 

for the municipal election. Why not go and ask 

each of the candidates what they'd do for us with 

the information we've dug up for them? It will be 

an interesting test of their politics. · 

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Three years 'ago three things seemed impossible in 

the world of Kensington politics: one, that the 

canopies would withstand a public works onslaught 

for their demolition; two: that the Aug~sta gas 

mains would be shifted to the street (to allow for 

construction of new canopies); three: that Gus 

Fisher would ever cease to be· a thorn in the side 

of the city's bureaucrats. 

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November: CONSUMERS GUS--A PORTRAIT. 

Now here we are~ on the eve of another 

election, and council has just said "It is Council's 

position to retain the canopies". And only $25,000 

(as opposed to ten times that amount three years 

ago) stands in the way,of relocating the mains. So 

when Fisher says "Just the canopies, the gas and 

the gates and I'm gone, it sounds as though he 

means SOON. 

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·Kensington Market Drum, page seven 

I Letters to Drum I 

Letters may be posted or hand delivered to Kensington Market DRUM, 

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To the Editor ' 

Every year at around this time it 

seems that all the parks in Metro 

get the "great gift" of new sand 

and playground equipment gets 

overhauled. From my observation 

the overhauling usually entails repairs, 

painting and/or replacement 

of those pieces that need it. 

Why is it, that in a growing 

community where there are more 

children this year thali ever Bellevue 

Square Park gets overlooked.· 

Well maybe they haven't gotten to 

"our main park" yet, you say. I'd 

like to be optimistic about the 

whole thing but this will be my 

third summer here and I've yet to 

see anything change except the 

transient population. 

It's not only us Moms, Dads, 

Grandmothers, Grandfathers, 

Nanny's asking this question it's 

our children. Sand, Sand, we'd 

like some New Sand too, and we'd 

like a nice new paint job on the 

swing set, and we'd like to see 

some handles on the teetertotters so 

that the older children won't split 

them trying to dash up them only 

to crash on the other side, and 

mostly we'd like some NEW 

SMALLER SAFER EQUIPM 

ENT. In a community where lots 

of times it's the grandparents who 

are looking after children during 

the day our existing equipment 

makes it impossible for them to 

follow an active toddler up some 

of these rather large and dangerous 

dinosaurs. 

So I'm asking you the editors of 

The Kensington Market Drum, 

how do we bring about the above 

mentioned changes, so that our 

children have a better park to play 

in just like the kids who live in 

other neighbourhoods in Metro??? 

I heard you were small but you're 

at City Hall. 

Bob the Waiters roommate 

ps. 

If we tum Sasmart into an Art 

Gallery do we get a 3-D wading 

pool like the kids at Grange Park? 

To whom it may concern, 

Hopefully it will concern Parks 

and Recreation. 

Zoe has a broken arm. Zoe is two 

years old. Zoe fell off the slide at 

Bellevue Park. The slide is too big 

for Zoe. The equipment at that 

park is too big for small people. 

There is not enough sand in the 

sand box. Zoe loves to play there. 

Zoe does not love to get hurt. 

Small people need small equipment 

to play on. Please put smaller stuff 

in the park. 

I hope that the large equipment in 

the park is just an oversight. That 

is to say that perhaps Parks and 

Rec. is unaware that there are 

small people in thus neighbourhood. 

Well, Zoe and I want you to 

know that small people live and 

play here and we them to be safe. 

Thank you for your attention. 

Zoe and Mary 

To the Editor 

Perhaps your local readers and 

residents may have some qpinions 

and suggestions concerning lesser 

crimes (less serious than homicide) 

in the Kensington area. Specifically 

the much more frequent unlawful 

activities such as theft, vandalism 

and property damage, break and 

enter, excessive noise, offenses by 

dog owners, gross littering, fraud, 

offences by substance abusers, 

violence, speeding and over-idling 

by vehicle owners, trespassing etc. 

Parking is in a class by itself but 

some of these offenses have definite 

victims (most of us) and are 

undoubtedly committed by local 

repeat offenders to a large extent. 

During the summer things generally 

get much worse. 

Is there some way we can 

improve this s~tuation for everyone 

and have a nicer neighbourhood or 

is it the inevitable price of big city 

living where unthinking and 

uncaring attitudes prevail? 

Would the Drum be willing to 

randomly publish names,' 

addresses, photos, etc. of those 

charged or convicted of crimes in 

our neighbourhood and allow them 

to respond to any allegations? 

Hope Goodstreets ' 

Teetering Tot, Bellevue Park 

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The offending climber ... see letter this page. 

Nixed, not fixed. And we got new sand, once the 

summer was over.



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HOUSING ON 

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LEONARD 

Furthermore, we know that the 

upper storeys of a building are just 

as substantial as the lower ones, 

even if one painted them blue with 

clouds. 

Other threats followed. We would 

be opposing the City's policy of 

densification if we objected to the 

scheme and if we delayed it at all 

the parking garage would be in 

danger of collapse and the funds 

for the co-op housing would evaporate. 

. These threats are as spurious as the 

health-cost story. Densification of 

the city is a good principle but it is 

bizarre to use it as an argument to 

destroy a neighbourhood of closely-packed, 

well established 

houses--even historic houses--when 

there are so many locations on 

nearby main streets where such a 

strategy would be most appropriate. 

The schedule for approving 

schemes is entirely a product of the 

hospital and its consultants. Deteriorating 

parking garages can sometimes, 

with a little help, last for 

may years and housing money 

comes and goes with the seasons. 

We also have a vested interest in 

action, but our responsibility as 

citizens is to make sure of the 

quality of things which get built. 

Once built they are the legacy we 

offer to our children and 

grandchildren and no excuse like 

" ... well we had to get it to Committee 

by July ... " mitigates a built 

mistake. 

WE PREFER . HOUSES TO 

PARKING GARAGES 

WE DO NOT LIKE INCREASED 

HEALTH COSTS 

but we are not willing to approve 

third-rate developments in a rush 

simply to satisfy these goals. 

Two separate but related issues 

emerge from all this: 

• housing on Leonard A venue 

• the development process 

Housing on Leonard Avenue 

This is a a family-residential area. 

Thee basic types are two and three 

storey ground related houses. We 

· can accept larger buildings. Our 

major institutions--hospitals, 

churches and schools--have traditionallY' 

been allowed more bulk 

and along the main thoroughfares--Spadina, 

Bathurst, College, 

Dundas, for example--a case can 

be made for larger commercial 

buildings. There is however no 

precedent (except the bad neighbourhood-breaking 

ones of the 

seventies)· for increasing the innerblock 

residential scale to this 

degree. 

The hospital has wisely located its 

bulk away from the residential 

streets. Good. We accept its large 

scale (although not happily when it 

reaches 16 floors and more) as if it 

were our local cathedral. But there 

seems absolutely no justification 

for breaking all previous conclusions 

about the nature of the 

residential area. 

The city of Toronto has built many 

new forms of housing in the past 

two decades so there is plenty of 

precedent to consider. We could 

for example look a few blocks east 

to Henry and Baldwin. Here we 

have medium density housing 

which has quite a lot of ground 

related units but seems to be just 

about as big as you would ever 

want to get if you are not going to 

overwhelm your house neighbours. 

It is five storeys,m and the lowest 

one is below ground level. 

Leonard Avenue should certainly 

be no bigger--perhaps the hospitals 

consultants could learn from this 

and other local examples and those 

residents not familiar with drawing 

could use such buildings to understand 

the possibilities. 

Compatibility with the neighbourhood 

is not a matter of cleverly 

coloured drawings. If one looks at 

the streets and building in the 

vicinity it's clear that the height 

and density limits proposed by the 

city are intelligent and well-considered. 

To exceed . these in any 

way needs careful consideration of 

the specific proposal--its profile, its 

setback, its materials and detail. 

Nothing like the present proposa! is 

likely to be acceptable. 

This is not to say, however, that 

there aren't some useful beginnings 

in the proposal. Its concern for 

street line, for open space and for 

lower heights to the east are all 

commendable. 

The recent report by the commissioner 

of planning and development 

is clear and to the point. The 

hospital has present no compelling 

reason to break the present development 

rules. Some of the bases of 

their design (traffic generation, for 

example) are still flimsy and they 

have ignored both local opinion 

and the evidence of their own 

eyes. 

The development process 

Threats anq misrepresentation are 

not a good basis for mutual 

respect. Show and tell is not consultation. 

The hospital has apparently 

not yet learned how to participate 

in a planning process 

which resects local needs. We in 

the community are sympathetic to 

the financial difficulties facing all 

healthcare facilities--it is after all 

our taxes which pay for them--but 

they cannot be primary ion this 

discussiOn. Building an eight storey 

building on Leonard Avenue is an, 

inconsequential drop in the longterm 

bucket of the provincial economy. 

In the meantime we have a 

neighbourhood to protect and we 

will not accept panic deadlines for 

short term "fixes" if they jeopardize 

the neighbourhood. 

There must be time allowed to get 

together a group of reasonable 

people to consider the needs of the 

hospital, the City and the Community 

and to come up with propo· 

sals which reflect the values of all 

these parties. The latest round ol 

meetings has destroyed some of tht 

confidence and optimism previous· 

ly present and the sooner the pro· 

cess is reformed, the sooner wt 

can expect constructive results. 

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Kensington Market Drum, page nine 

by Kate Burt McNeil 

2 am January 7 1935 Timmins 

The doctor told mother "This 

baby wont be here for 2 months." 

(Should have been an early April 

baby!) Moments after the doctor them to the gross ineptitude of 

went off once more into the those who ran the facility never 

blizzard, I begged to differ and transpired. Some_ were helped no 

made my entrance. Off again doubt. Others harmed. , All sent 

went father into the raging, night unarmed into the society that will 

from the little matchbox Hollinger . again throw them back into the 

townsite house with one sitlall clutches of the recovery progstove 

where I was not. It was a rams. 

"most wonderful experience" -30- 

mother dramatically recalled; I 

recall my first reaction: "Good 

grief it's cold " and frantically 

tried to get back in. I've been 

known to say I was born facing 

south and I'd make my way 

there. 

July I, 1991 The Heart of the 

Market. 

Contributions from the merchants 

assure the gastronomical success 

of THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. 

My first 8 birthday parties orchestrated 

by well-meaning parents 

were painful. Little Skates 

strapped to thickish english 

ankles. Thawing out from an 

hour on the outdoor rink. Toes 

over radiator. Tears. Watching 

playmates eat my cake and open 

my presents. Age 9, Mother and 

Father honour my request for 

non-skating parties. So today, 

July 1 1991, I follow thru my 

threat of many years to change 

my birthday celebration so that I 

can have warm weather and 

fireworks. 

Rain is forecast. Never mind. 

If the party doesn't happen as I 

would wish, experiencing the 

generosity and cooperation of my 

neighbours and friends has made 

it all worth while. 

Received a plea for funds from 

one of the treatment centres with 

which I had problems. (See Drum 

November 90, "Hi I'm Kate and 

I 'm an alcoholic" Run by a 

group of power-tripping "recovering 

alcoholic" women with 

serious nicotine addictions. My 

roommate on the top floor of the 

big old house on Spadina Avenue 

and I escaped ten days before the 

end of the-28 day program. She 

a 67 year old woman of set opinions, 

because they told her too 

many times to give her life 

over ... " I spent my life doing 

things for others, Its about time I 

do what I want to do." I because 

the councillors were unable to 

control their smoking habit and 

allowed smoking throughout the 

house and at the regularly held 

meetings in-the little airless dining 

room--even when the rest of 

the group said they could hold off 

for an hour.I complained of a 

raving constant headache and was 

told to go the drugstore and get 

some over-the-counter extrastrength 

painkillers. It helped the 

headache somewhat but the constipation 

it caused needed yet 

another medication. This combined 

with their strict rule that 

one could not substitute any of 

the ulcer-provoking nutritionless 

food, caused me to feel ill most 

of the time. My roomie was told 

she was not cooperative and 

jeopardised the integrity of the 

group. Like a couple of boarding 

.school runaways, applauded all 

the way by our sympathetic supportive 

fellow inmates. Whispers 

of letters to the ministry to alert 

Canada Day on Kensington Place 

Mandolins, mirth and merriment 

'til midnight. 

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photo: Susan Graham 

Signs like these we see all the time 

when out delivering DRUM. 

But we know you don't mean us (do you?) 

HELP US MAKE SURE DRUM ONLY GOES 

WHERE IT~S WANTEDI 

Pick one of the following and stick it where we'll see it. 

(If we don't see a sticker, you get one DRUM.) . 

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TWO 

DRUM 

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DRUM 

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LAUNDRY SERVICE WITH THE SUN KING STAMP 

"Dear Mom, please send money or 

I won't have any undies." There's 

only one place in town that you 

can bring your drycleaning, post a 

letter, talk to a parrot, pick up a 

passport application form, send or 

receive a fax, get your shirt collars 

starched, make a Sc photocopy, 

send a fax, and have your own 

post office box so you don't have 

to hate your local postie during the 

ritual fall strike. 

Situated on the north side of 

Dundas, between Augusta and 

Kensington Ave, Sun King 

cleaners has been selling -stamps 

from its dry cleaning depot for 

more than twenty five years ago. 

The original premises were only 

seven feet wide, with nails in the 

walls to hold the clothes. The other 

half of the original 14ft store front 

was a noodle factory where 

children and old women made 

hand rolled noodles. In 1972 the 

noodle factory became · a fullfledged 

postal substation. 

Now the premises have had a 

second shiny overhaul and there 

are greatly expanded postal services 

available. Opened with some 

fanfare in May--the improvements 

to the postal half of the operation 

include more p.o boxes, priority 

courier. What they offer that even 

regular stations don't: . intelpost, 

to ... ". Or better still, "Hey Gordon, 

how much to fax me to Bermuda?" 

electronic mail, and network May 26, Sunday: rain till 

$Canning (trace anything you send 1_2:59, then sun shine on Sun King. 

within two days). Also friendly Three · hundred people came and 

advice from manager Gordon lng went at the grand opening. Catered 

on how legally to avoid GST on a food, lion dance from Hong Luck 

surprising range of postal transac- Kung Fu, and a ribbon cut to 

tions. Also within the next few ribbons by, from left to right, Mr. 

months, anyone in MST can pick William Tsui (China Bookstor~s), 

up parcels from Sun King instead Chiu Yuen Chun (Chinese Cultural 

of having to go further afield. Arts Centre), Charles Maathias 

On the laundry side, not much (Dir. Retail Sales, Canada Post), 

improvement--but that's because Betty Disero (Alderman, Ward 

there didn't need to be. Fast, Twelve, mayoralty candidate), 

friendly, clean it's always been. Nancy Sun King (proprietor), Janly 

What more could you ask? Only Pang (lawyer), Mr. Jessie Lo (Far 

some technological breakthrough. · East Theatre), Mr. Tam (Tai Che 

J~st imagine. "Dear Mom, I'm ong Supermarkets). Ribbons on 

freezing. Please fax my long johns scissors by Emilee lng, aged 6. 

photo: Susan Graham 

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LEARNING WITH YOU 

life in kensigeton 

hello my 

by sophia perlman 

name is sophia (you mite knoe that becaose you 

mite knoe me)i like it here i have livd here sins i 

was born and i hope you like it too i mene all the 

good smels and food i like it and allwas will the 

end p.s hope you rede necst edshn good byi 

me and my thoughts 

by sophia perlman · 

thoughts can be sbeshl 

in someny ways ! 

i have meny 

in and uot the days 

wene you are alone you can shred them 

and for sum people 

playg wete big fat hen 

FOR THOUGHTS CAN BE MORE SBESHL! 

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Thanks to Lynn Johnston for the use 

of the "For Beller or For·WnrsP." cartoon. 

Use a helmet and bike safely! 

A message fro111 

the Toronto City 

Cycling Com111iltee 

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Ready, Set, Grow, a gardening project for children in the Alexndra Park 

and Kensington community, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and organized 

by Walk For World Survival. Marigolds, radishes lettuces and spices in the pattern 

, of a star. 

invirment by sophia perlman the invirment is dieg 

as you know here are 3 tips you can use to save it 

1 befor you troe ute sumtege sa can i use it agn 2 

trie yor b'est to bie tegs in cans and buotLS 3 get a 

resiklg box SAVE THE INVIRMENT if you have 

any qwescens call sophia 367 4017 

p.S my adrres is 24 bellevue av BUT 

REMEMBRE LIKE THA Y SA YREUSE RED USE 

RESICUL! THESE OR MY PRAR FOR SA VEG 

LOVELY EREHE ghst do it ghst do it GHST DO 

1):'! it is repeated 367 4017 i am invirmentl frendly 

be like that trest me once you do it youl knoe haoe 

i fele.ifyou have eny more tips call. ***** 

DOWNTOWN HEALTH AREA 

COMMUNITY 

HEALTH BOARD 

A public election will be held to choose 

eight community representatives to the 

Downtown Health Area 

Community Health Board 

which advises the Board and Department of 

Public Health. Anyone living in the Downtown 

Health Area (between the Don River and 

Bathurst Street, Lake Ontario and Bloor · 

Street) is eligible to serve and vote. Come and 

get involved in the health of your city! 

Tuesday October 15, 1991, 7.00 P .. M. 

2nd Floor, 519 Church St. Community Centre 

GUEST SPEAKER: 

Dr. Michael Rachlis 

"Money for Doctors and Hospitals 

or Money for Health" 

For more information contact Bessie Shaw or Wendy Kwong, 

392~7415 

Thursday, June 20, I attended a 

meeting of people concerned about 

placing a composting plant in Riverdale. 

Everyone seemed to agree· 

that composting was a good idea. 

But don't put it in by back yard. 

Some people felt that if Riverdale 

put in a composting facility all of 

Toronto would eventually want to 

stick its garbage in Riverdale. The 

paranoia is understandable since 

the city of Toronto is fond of 

putting garbage incinerators in 

South Riverdale. 

One could get extremely frustrated 

trying to visualize a composting 

solution for the entire 

Greater Metro Toronto area. But if 

one breaks it down by community 

it begins to look more manageable. 

There .have been repeated thoughts 

of a composting project in Kensington 

especially due to the large 

amount of organic waste generated 

in the Market. 

LOCAL ANSWERS 

If this could be composted locally 

it would greatly relieve the strain 

of regular garbage pickup. Upon 

talking to the Metro Works Dep- 

For the past five years Susan and 

Maria, Susan's 65 year old widowed 

neighbour, had not spoken 

to each other. Susan had tried to 

explain why she and her husband 

had decided to put a new fence up 

on their property, but Maria · 

would only flick her hand up in 

the air and walk away. Maria 

called the police on several occasions 

to say Susan was harassing 

her, and on other occasions, to 

complain about where they 

· parked the car, the barking dog 

and smoke from the barbecue. In 

tears, Susan called the Conflict 

Resolution Service asking for 

help---"Do you have someone 

who can speak Portuguese?" she 

asked. 

Located near Harbord and 

Bathurst, the Conflict Resolution 

Services of St. Stephen's Community 

House is based on the 

premise that, given the right 

condition, people · can solve their 

disputes without having to resort 

to police officers, lawyers and 

judg~. This service provides a 

way for people to resolve disputes. 

peacefully, in a safe confidential 

atmosphere. Community members 

trained in mediation skills handle 

a wide spectrum of disputes, 

including neighbourhood, family, 

landlord/tenant, and workplace 

problems. The mediation process 

builds on the positive qualities of 

people, and facilitates their 

mutual / willingness to come to a 

resolution. 

Both Maria and Susan were 

· visited separately by a volunteer 

who collected information about 

the conflict situation, and began 

artment I was told that the only 

commercial size composting facility 

was about 30 km west of 

Toronto. But at Thursday night's 

meeting I learned that there is at 

least one company right here in 

Toronto that claims it can "design, 

construct, finance and operate the 

solid-waste composting plants you 

need today". With all the talk 

about Toronto's garbage problems, 

what are we waiting for? 

One active group, Citizens for a 

Safe Environment, meets the last 

Wednesday of every month at the 

Ra.lph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen 

St. East (east of Broadview) at 

7:30pm. 

There is also a local Kensington 

Garbage Action Group, basing 

itself at CENTRE 276 on Augusta 

Avenue (where the DRUM office is 

at 276 Augusta. Information is 

available whenever the Centre is 

open (at least 10 am-3pm daily at 

the moment). 

EASING CONFLICT IN THE 

COMMUNITY 

who collected information about 

the conflict situation, and began to 

prepare Maria and Susan for a 

mediator hearing with a panel of 

three mediators. In this particular 

case, a Portuguese mediator was 

, present. Maria and Susan both 

had the opportunity to tell their 

view of the conflict and the panel 

of mediators facilitated clarifica- 

tion and understanding of the 

issue. Once the disputants had 

told their views, they were encouraged 

to talk directly to each 

other. The mediators helped 

ensure that the disputing parties 

understood each other's position 

fully. Finally, the mediators 

encouraged Maria and Susan to 

talk about solutions. Once a 

mutual agreement was reached, it 

was written down and signed by 

all. 

The Conflict Resolution Service 

has an 85 to 90 percent 

success rate in cases that are mediated. 

The training department 

conducts seminars for individuals 

who wish to be involved with the 

service as volunteer mediators 

and for community groups and 

organizations who are interested 

in learning conciliation techniques 

which will be effective · in their 

. workplace and life settings. 

By the way, Maria who felt 

that she was being shut out of her 

new neighbour's life by the building 

of the fence, often comes to 

play with Susan's daughter in the 

newly fenced backyard---and 

agrees, as a grandmother of 12, 

that Susan did the right thing in 

putting the safety of her child 

first! 

If your would like help; please 

call us at 926-8221 and ask for 

the Conflict Resolution Department.



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MUTTERINGS 

A New Column 

(For Effmg 

Sure, Eh?) 

Dear Mss Matters, 

Is there no alternative to effing in 

the market? I've lived here for 

ages and I've never (almost) 

heard a whole sentence without at 

least five effings in it. Some 

marketeers claim that excessive 

effing is the weapon of the powerless, 

and as Canadians, we're 

powerless in the face of AmeriCan 

popular culture. Please, Mss 

Matters, tell me the truth. Is there 

REAlLY no alternative to effing 

in the market? 

Yours sincerely, 

Victoria Wolfsky, the reluctant 

rat. 

April25, 1991. 

Mss Matters Replies: 

Once upon a time there was a 

very cold country. It was situated 

right in the middle of where we 

all live from June to October. Not 

unlike the crafty rat ... the pigeon 

without feathers that's been 

around for hundreds of thousands 

of years - the sleezebag military 

mind that engineered the Plague 

in the middle ages - not unlike the 

crafty rat, we adapted. 

At first it was adaptation by 

mistake (or Mutation in 

Darwinian Evolutionary Theory). 

Some of us just kept reaching up 

for something higher than we 

were·. Soon we got into the habit 

of standing up on our hind legs 

and grabbing whatever we could. 

Sometimes we scored star dust or 

even eagle feathers, but most 

often: low flying arctic bats. Even 

then, bats wouldn't stand still for 

rabies shots, so not all of us survived 

in tact. 

The grabby-est amongst us got 

rabid and invented weapons. Thelogical 

conclusion was to go for 

the mangled victims of interspecies 

animal hockey. Others hung 

out with the wild wolves and 

slowly learned how to hunt caribou 

and mutant ninja polar bears 

addicted to swimming. Eventually, 

none of the other creatures 

trusted us except for the dogs. 

They'd come up from Alabama 

where they used to be slaves. All 

they wanted was a chance to go 

racing around barking and biting 

for Canine Rights. Some of them 

thought we'd crucify ourselves 

and save them from the wolves. 

To them, we has that masochistic 

self righteous look about us. 

Instead, we somehow conned 

them into doing everything we 

wanted them to do. Of course, 

this made us arrogant and greedy, 

and more and more often: stupid 

and mean. It was at those times 

that we got into the habit of 

taking the dogs into the middle of 

nowhere and roasting them. But 

one day, even the dogs got fed up 

and that's where the cold country 

expression: "MUSH OFF" came 

from. Mushing is the only alternative 

there ·is to effing in the 

market. 

Finito. 

Questions for Mss. Matters can be 

·sent to Mss. Matters Mutters c/o 

DRUM. P.O.Box 67590. 596Dundas 

Street West. Toronto ONT M5T 3B8 

6~>ke- FtSIIIN 1 .T 

[[illustration: Bob the Waiter 

is s~ill gone jishin 11 

~ 

by Killgore Trout Jr. 

Worse than the. summer rain the 

colour of cockroach sweat. Worse 

than the summer sun-baked pavement 

which by midnight is still as 

hot as a biker's honeymoon. 

Worse than a Nazi war criminal 

working at a daycare is that 

there is nothing to smoke. 

I don't mean six bucks a pack 

Rae/Mulroney cigarettes I mean 

marijuana, ganja, hash, exhibit 

"A", that weed from Lucifer's 

spice box. 

I can't find it, I miss it, 

where'd ya go. 

There can only be two possible 

reasons for this sad news: 

Door #1 - The big conspiracy 

theory. 

Door #2 - The confluence of 

random factors theory. 

DOOR #1 

A giant comet is headed toward 

earth and it is known only to the 

earth's political and scientific 

elite. 

By clandestine agreement 

gases are being pumped into the 

atmosphere to deplete the ozone 

layer thus admitting deadly ultra 

violet radiation which is killing 

the psycho-active agents in hemp. 

National intelligence organizations 

are airlifting large amountS 

of crack cocaine into their 

respective countries. The pot 

.starved population is experimenting 

with crack and the truly 

addicted find the price plunging. 

The crack profits are being 

used to construct impact-proof 

bunker cities for our politicians. 

Recently fast-tracked Iraqi immigrants 

are advising on the construction. 

A suitable stock of breedirig 

females is being selected from the 

billing lists of Party-Line type 

telephone clubs to accompany our 

politicians into the post-impact 

world. 

No way eh. Come on. Isn't it 

more likely that the reason we 

can't fmd any is because of: . 

DOOR#2 

The confluence of random factors 

theory. 

The U.S. military. in conjunction 

with corporate scientists 

(probably the same guys who 

wanted to colourize Hitchcock 

films) have perfected the U.S. 

defence radar systems to such an 

extent that small low flying planes 

can no longer make it in to North 

America undetected. 

High tech in many forms is 

being used to stem the flow of 

drugs of all kinds intc North 

America. Low tech in the form of 

drug-nosed dogs is being used at 

all airports and seaport container 

ships facilities. 

Only recently have U.S. 

narcotics agents been restrained 

by the Supreme Court from randomly 

going through luggage at 

bus terminals looking for drugs. 

Add to this that any imported 

weed must first pass over the 

lucrative U.S. market and that 

any weed presently under cultiva- · 

tion in the teinperate climates 

isn't ready for harvest and you've 

got yourself no smoke. 

We must really scare those in , 

power. Every time we put our 

feet up on the kitchen table, crank 

the tunes and light up a joint 

we're being bad units. 

Pot smokers make bad industrial 

robots. 

Soldiers? forget it. You just 

can't get pot heads to parachute 

into third world villages and rip 

the lips off of children to make 

the world safe for corporations. 

You need bourbon and beer 

chaser guys for that. 

The official government 

drugs, alcohol and tobacco, yearly 

kill more people in this country 

than we've lost during all the 

wars we've ever been dragged 

into. 

They are not going to sell us 

weed. It has seeds in it - we 

might grow our own. Tliey make 

billions off of tobacco and alcohol. 

If you think we're pissed off 

now wait until next election .. 

--30-- 

Kensington Market Drum, page thirteen 

·n. - 

by Mary Fish 

Announcing a new column; find inspiration in ancient deities, 

nature, myth and even science 

We will be discussing what it fiction. Drawing Down the Moon 

means to be a Pagan, how we has recently been expanded to 

practise our spirituality, upcoming include new information on men's 

events, his!herstorical informa- spirituality, Druids, Norse Pagantion, 

medicines, rituals and much ism, and a complete resource 

more. We will be avoiding much guide of newsletters, journals, 

of what is cornnionly called "New books groups and festivals. 

Age" and looking at old traditions 

from around the world. THis Upcoming Events 

column will be womyn positive.- We will try to get information on 

We invite your comments, advice upcoming events in Canada as 

and information to share. well as the U.S. but for now we 

The Pagan Way is a member want you to know that on June 

of Walk for Survival. Our 28, we as a community left for 

address is 128 V anauley Walk, the Rainbow Gathering which is 

Toronto, M5T 2H7. We have an in Vermont this year. The Oath 

Earth healing circle every Sun- ering is a very large (up to 5000 

day. For more information phone people) camping trip in a National 

864-0185. Forest. It is neo-pagap/new age 

This month's report will be a and very much like the sixties 

profile of two boobs which we reborn. 

have found helpful in searching 

for our roots. 

The Great Cosmic Mother, 

Monica Sjoo and. Barbara Mor; 

"This passionate exploration 

draws on religious traditions, cultures, 

and archaeological sources 

from all around the world and 

throughout the past, to recreate 

for the first time the Goddess 

religion that is our ancient heritage". 

From the back cover. 

Drawing Down the Moon, Margot 

Adler; This book takes a fascinating 

look at the religious experiences, 

beliefs and lifestyles of 

neo-pagans.Adler interview 

people across the U.S. who 

believe that each person has a 

different path to divinity and that 

monotheism is a form of religious 

imperialism. She attended many 

of their gatherings and discovered 

that, contrary to stereotypical 

images, most neo-pagans have no 

gurus or master, their beliefs are 

non-authoritarian, and that they 

About the Pagan Way 

We do not worship the devil or 

satan. Both of these words were 

made up by the father-god religions. 

If you aren't a member of 

one of those religions you don't 

believe in these symbols. There 

are some people who use · the 

words Witch and Pagan to mean 

satan worship but this is entirely 

wrong. A pagan is a person who 

believes in the Earth as sacred 

and the Spirit in all things. 

Pagans do not believe in duality 

i.e. the separation of spirit and 

material. More of this in other 

columns. 

We will also be exploring 

what Birth Control really means 

and the issues around medical intervention 

in the birth process. 

When did it start and why, who 

does it effect and what benefits 

did the patriarchy gain by intervening? 

Your comments, ideas, knowledge 

and questions are welcomed.



Page fourteen, Kensington Market Drum 

I'm Only Joking, 

by Albert B. Oozer 

I am who I say ' l am. There's really not much else to 

tell. Except that I'm a happy Native bachelor. I do meet 

the odd Wannabees who have wished that they were 

still single. I don't profess to being a wise Indian, but 

I do have my smarts. I believe when it comes to getting 

married it only gets to be an obligation just because 

everyone else has made that march down the aisle. 

I'll admit, also, to be a man with few words. I can 

sound like a rambler when I've had a few nips put into 

me. You would think I never heard of conversing while 

sober. We won't get further involved with that, since 

it is another story. 

Therefore. I feel I should speak up on some of the 

beefs about this house I' presently living in. It won't be 

for much longer. I've already made up my mind to head 

for a greener pasture. I won't be located in a shed out 

on a gold course, neither. Since I am moving out soon, 

you, the readers, should believe with what I'll be telling 

you. Because no one would want to rent a basement 

room here. 

I moved into 16 Sadforall in the Kensington Market 

area last summer. I won't reveal the real street name. 

The rent was only $350 a month. I'm not well off 

financially. So, I couldn't blame myself for thinking that 

was a bit too steep. After a while, though, my growing 

thoughts about the room had . been; "Looks inhabitable". 

I know some people would've disagreed. Just 

who were some of the people, hmmm? 

For being a bachelor I found the room cozy. To my 

liking, it was also somewhat big enough to live i:1. I 

didn't have a measuring tape among my pos-;es~icns. 

Then it dawned on me there was another way to get 

the exact measurements of the room . . ~)inc a I stand 

only 5'8" without stooping, I just fell flat on rnv face 

with whichever arm fully extended. 

That apparently didn't work because I fell short of 

reaching the wall. I then decided to take the foot 

approach. Length wise it was 12 footsteps. Width wise 

it was 9 footsteps. If I fell over from fainting there was 

no danger of crashing into any of those walls. So far, 

they're still standing today. I even measured the distance 

that was left between my head and the ceiling. 

Ah ... l had ro,om to spare. Even when I stood tippytoed. 

The furnishings were standard size for a little big 

man like me. I didn't have to worry about my feet 

sticking out from the end of the bed. As for air-conditioning, 

all I had to do, was open the window. If I 

didn't want extra fresh air flowing into my room once 

the window was closed, I could hold my breath for long 

periods. Or stop breathing all together. If I wanted 

central heating, the 60 watt light bulb was there to 

turn on. I must say the floor was even carpeted. I 

thought that was good. Goqd enough for me all right. 

Just in case it needed to be shampooed, all I had to do 

was flip it over. I know. Some men can get so lazy at 

times. 

There was one thing I noticed right trom the start. 

There wasn't heating available anywhere downstairs. 

It should have been installed when the house was first 

built. It hadn't turned autumn so I wasn't too worried 

about the matter just yet. When the weeks were going 

by I did begin to think this was home sweet home. 

My neighbours in 1 A and I had struck up an 

acquainted relationship. It was through William I learnt 

about my first beef. My room was about $100 cheaper 

for the previous tenant. What gave with the former 

landlord to skyjack the rent so much? Especially for the 

size of this room! I couldn't understand. I let that pass. 

As for the rest of the house, they stuck tothemselves 

pretty well much of thetime. I thought that had been 

good also. I do happen to like my privacy. 

I was born and raised in Northern Ontario. I wasn't 

from the Phonehead Reservation. Or any other place 

like that for that matter. I came from a small town of 

5000. If anyone passed through they didn't dare blink. 

I haver spent 12 years in Toronto. The winter conditions 

here in the south pale by comparison to what I 

went through way up north during that time. That is 

until I lived in an unheated basement room. 

Matters got t




Kensington Market Drum, page fifteen 

' 

The Race 

by Mary H. Fish 

DEAR EARTH. 

HUMAN RACE, 

WHAT A WORD. 

WHAT WORD TO DESCRIBE WE PEOPLE. 

SOMETIMES I'M GLAD WE CALL THIS RACE 

MAN, 

IT SO OFTEN HAS MEANT THAT I AM NOT 

AT FAULT. 

THE RAtE IS BETWEEN MEN 

I AM OFTEN TOO TIREDj 

TOO DISINTERESTED TO WATCH; 

WHEN I DO I AM IN AWE. 

FROM THE START TO THE FINISH · 

IT IS A MAN'S ~ACE, 

FROM ADAM TO ATOM 

IT HAS BEEN. 

IT IS TIME FOR US TO RAISE THE 

CHEQUERED FLAG, 

TO DECLARE A WINNER. 

I'VE GOTTEN UP NOW 

BUT I CAN'T FIND THE FLAG TO STOP THIS 

AWFUL RACE. 

NOT THE HUMAN RACE, 

THE MAN RACE, 

THE DEATH RACE. 

SOMEONE HELP ME FIND MY FLAG. 

I HAVE CLOSED MY EYES FOR SO LONG, 

i AM BLINDED BY THE FLASH- 

FLASH, 

THE RACE IS ENDED. 

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Page .sixteen, Kensington Market Drum 

CTION 


-.ItT 

Home Is Where 

by Mary Fish 

The domesticated cow was eating hay at the corral 

of the industrial farm one-day when the doe walked · 

toward her warily and asked if she might share the 

repast. The doe was very thin and hungry and she 

was obviously weak. The cow knew that the others 

would not approve of her sharing with· this wild 

creature but in her heart she saw only another 

animal like herself in need. 

"Certainly_you may" said thecow, and she lifted 

a bunch of hay over the fence with her mouth and 

dropped in front of the dOe. 

"Oh, thank you, "said the doe. She ate quickly 

and was finished in a short time. 

"Why are you so hungry? Do you not have any 

food to eat in the forest?" asked the cow. 

"There is nearly no forest left," replied the doe, 

"and what there is has been poisoned. I am surprised 

at you asking that question. But here you are 

with all this food and a warm barn to live in. Why 

would you know or care about me?" 

"I have seen some of your kind out there on the 

edge of the woods and you seem so happy and free. 

It must be wonderful to remember who you are and 

feel proud. It must be good to be able to run free 

and live with your children .in the way you always 

have," the cow said in a dreamy voice. 

"My children are killed often by your hunters or 

they are captured by your masters to be taken to 

prisons where people go to stare at them. It is you 

who have a good life here in the master's house 

where you are all fed and warm and you may live 

freely throughout your life." The doe's voice 

sounded angry· and scolding to the cow. Her feelings 

were hurt at having been seen in such light 

and not being understood. 

"My children are slaughtered. If they are male 

most of them are castrated at birth and put in pens, 

as are many of the females, in the dark. They are 

not able to move out of that pen until they are 

perfectly fat and not muscular. They are fed milk 

and chemicals and when they are the size and shape 

the masters expect they are taken to the slaughter. 

There os always one male who doesn't get castrated. 

He is very violent and must be kept in 

chains. He is only alive to fertilize the females. 

Some of the mothers think he is a hero or some- 

thing because he is alive but it has nothing to do 

with him. They hope and pray it will be their son 

who is chosen. 

"Our daughters are forced to become pregnant 

by .this one ·and then after they give birth they are 

milked to death. This is my lot. We never have 

time to stop the cycle because our lives are completely 

run by the factory masters. 

"I watch you out there in the forest and I think 

what wonderful freedom you have." 

"Our lives are not what you think. The roads 

and factories are coming closer every day. Some of 

out children are killed trying to get to a wilderness 

. further away. They cross the roads and are hit or 

they are shot for being seen by the masters. There 

is not food. left in the forest and sometimes the 

poisons from the air and water make us sick. There 

have been times when our children have put their 

heads through plastic rings which the masters use 

and they have been slowly strangled to death. We 

are losing our traditions because so many of the old 

ones who teach the young how to survive are dead. 

Our children see you and they are angry at us for 

being deer. They believe that if they were you they 

would have everything they need and life would be 

happy. Some of them have tried to disguise themselves 

and hide here but they are soon found out 

and killed. " 

"Yes, I know. Our children sometimes try to 

escape too, but they are always brought back. If 

they try too many times they are tied up and they 

live their lives in chains. In the winter one of our 

children got away but she was found dead from 

starvation near the forest in the spring. She did not . 

know how to feed herself. 

"It is milking time and I must go. It would be 

better for you if the master did not see you here. " 

The doe ran off into the trees and the cow 

followed the herd into the barn as was their habit at 

milking time. 

As the doe ran off into the woods she thought, 

"Why should I feel pity for her? She is going off to 

eat while I don't know when I might eat again. 

Even if what she says is true it is not s bad for her 

as it is for me. 

As the cow turned toward the barn she watched 

·the tail of the deer high in the air and she thought, 

"Even with all she has to go through she can still 

run free and she answers to no one. She can try to 

escape into the larger forest and if she makes it she 

knows how .to live." 

The two never spoke 'l.gain and the masters lived 

-well. 

.._ 

On Saturday, June 22, the first 

outdoor exhibition of aArt opened 

in Sonya's Park on Oxford St 

(just east of Augusta Avenue). 

The exhibition continued every 

fine Saturday from 11 am - 6pm 

through the summer, including 

the Labour Day weekend. A few 

Fri evenings from 4 - 9pm were 

also tried. 

aArt is a collective of mostly 

local area artists who wished to 

present visual art in a casual 

outdoor setting within the colourful, 

multicultural Kensington 

Market. There were 8 artists in 

the group displaying over the 

summer, all of different · backgrounds 

which made for a very 

interesting variety of styles and 

techniques. Water colour, acrylic, 

oil pastel, ink drawings,. black 

and white photography and sculpture 

were all represented . 

aArt believes that visual are 

should be accessible to the average 

person. So with the kind 

support of Liz Amer's office, the 

Dept. of Urban Planning as well 

as local community support, aArt 

received the blessings of the 

Dept. of Parks and Recreation to 

set up an exhibit in Sonya's Park. 

aArt also believes there should be 

a fairer pricing system for art, 

and the price of artwork was not 

marked up 30 - 50% as in the 

case of most galleries. In fact, 

Park policy does not allow selling 

in the park at all! However a pricelist 

and business cards were 

available to interested persons, 

and the aArt office is located 

kitty-comer to the park, on the 

3rd floor at 64 Oxford St. 

The end of the fine weather 

does not mean the end of aArt. 

Plans are in the works for fall· 

and winter indoor/outdoor displays 

at Centre 276 on Augusta, 

and at other venues. Also 

planning is >Undc~.r way for next 

year's aArt park. Other aArtists 

interested in showing with -aArt 

are invited to phone 921-0738. 

Note: The name aArt evolved 

from the Oort Cloud. This is the 

source of comets and represents 

the remains of the primordial 

matter from which the sun and 

planets were formed some 4. 6 

bil~ion years ago. 

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Kensington Market Drum, page seventeen 

star Seana McKenna as Madeleine 

JIMMY'S COMING a Kensington 

Market Fairy Tale about love & 

life & loss 

is a 17 minute movie, by former 

market residents Milan Cheylov 

and Lori Lansens. Filmed on 

location in Kensington Market and 

at Farmer Bob's Tropical Harvest 

Fruit Store, "JIMMY'S COMING" 

will be screened during DRUM's 

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October 20. Screenings will be at 

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because of AIDS. 

The names project Canadian 

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26 to December 1 at the 

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Street (behind City Hall). 

But several of the Toronto panels 

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Of Note 

by Colin Puffer 

A column in which the DRUM says 

good things about bands so they'll 

put us on their guest list. Problem 

is, we have to publish the nice 

things we say, and as our faithful 

followers know, we had a quiet 

summer. So . . . here's looking 

(back) at you. 

Matriphiles (at the Rivoli, May) 

The Drum has been murmuring 

about this band for months, claiming 

that they are one -of the best 

bands in the city and urging 

readers to go out and see/hear· 

them. So we figured it was time 

for a review. 

When I go out to hear music in 

my professional ~apacity as a 

reviewer ("professional" is used 

advisedly here) I'm normally 

armed with pen and paper - the 

Drum portable computer weighs-25 

lbs - the idea being that I can jot 

down some impressions of the 

show or failing that at least get the 

correct spelling of band member's 

names. Though duly equipped with 

the tools of the trade for the Rivoli 

gig I left _the place without writing 

a syllable. Left speechless. The 

band is that good. I didn't want to 

break the musical spell by doing 

anything as mundane as writing 

about it. 

warm almost folky quality. Strip 

The Music 

the electrics away from some tunes 

It seems that nobody in the band and substitute acoustics and you'd 

can count out 4/4 time. The matriphiles 

rarely string together two British traditional folk band. Hon 

have something approaching a 

bars of that time honoured rock est. 

and roll beat, preferring a rhythmic Get out and see these guys while 

buffet. To say that the rhythm is they still work cheap. 

anchored by the drumming of Pete 

Lord and bass playing of Jennifer Angels of Montenegro (at the .Ex 

Gillmor would be to give a wrong Mocambo, April) 

impression. Rather than just pro- Another band on the Drum top ten 

viding a solid foundation for the is the Angels of Montenegro. They 

band these two player drive it. played the last of their spring 

Guitarist Cory Cousineau uses only series of concerts at the ElMo. The 

two fmgers on his left hand, per- finale brought together most of the 

haps feeling that simplifying the musicians who'd played in the first 

process helps him play better. It five concerts. 

works for him but you can't help It was a rather-large band backing 

but wonder what he'd -sound like the Angel's 5 piece core --woodwith 

all digits flying - terrifyingly winds, brass, strings, piano and a 

fast no doubt. He's by no means ten voice choir. It could have been 

just a speed player and uses his a real wank, with the extra players 

prowess to craft clever and musical just window dressing. I saw Lightlead 

work. 

house play with the TSO about a 

Most of the singing is done by million years ago and the orchestra 

Celina Carrol whose voice has a · would have sounded better absent. 

But the arrangements devised by 


Tom St. Louis and Darcy ****** 

worked organically rather than 

seeming parts cobbled together and 

tacked on to the music as it sometimes 

seemed in some of the 

earlier shows in the series. 

So what's next Tom? 

Leslie Spit Tree-o at the ElMo 

I've heard complaints that this 

band is sounding too slick and 

over-produced these days. I first 

saw them at the No Go Fo' Blow 

concert in Bellevue Park 2 summers 

ago and was impressed by 

them then. But what's wrong with 

playing on good instruments 

through a good. sound system? 

They've always been pretty tight. 

It's just that now you can hear how 

good they really are. Too fully 

appreciate the strength and subtlety 

of Laura Hubbert's voice though 

you'll have to hear the album 

"Don't Cry Too Hard." 

These guys are great and sound 

better all the time. I do long for 

the days when they worked 

cheap. 

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The following is transcribed from a 

radio interview between Steve Hall 

and Michelle Morrow on the CIUT 

89.5 FM program "Thursday Morning 

With Ras Rico I", which aired 

April I8, I99I. 

MM: This morning in the studio I 

have with me Steve Hall, leader 

and founder of the reggae band 

"Imagine Rainbow Warriors". I'll 

start by reading a statement describing 

Imagine's main function, 

which is that Imagine Rainbow 

Warriors has been developed as a 

non-violent political tool. They 

offer their services to raise funds, 

consciousness and to generate 

crowds for the purpose of non-violent 

action. They make this offer to 

other groups livicated to the global 

struggle for sexual, racial, and 

economic equality and the protection 

of the environment, Good 

moming Steve, thanks for coming 

in today. 

SH: Good morning Michelle, 

thanks for having me. 

MM:I would have to describe you I'm a choreographer ... and that MM: Tell us about the translaas 

a profuse writer, whose main sort of connects to my beginning tions. The format is interesting as 

theme is a quest for global justice. t~, band Imagine. As a dance well. 

Kensington . Market, where you tea"cher somebody turned me on to SH: The format. 

live, is a small but diverse com- a record of Bob Marley's music. MM: Yes.~ Wasn't it nailed to 

munity reflecting the entire world. I'd never heard of Marley nor had boards or something? Flying in the 

Tell us how this influence comes ,!_heard of reggae. From the first wind? 

out in your song writing. time I put the record on, life SH: Anyone who's been familiar 

SH: As a long time resident of the changed. I've been doing political with the Market for a few years 

Market I appreciate the fact that writing for about 30 years and will probably remember a board 

the Market is a sort of microcosm checked out a lot of political musi- mounted on the corner of Kerlsinof 

the whole planet. i There are cians, and as soon as I heard Mar- gton and Baldwin upon which there 

people that work, live and shop ley's music I realized I was listen- was something in like 23 Of 24 

there from all around the world. ing to the most powerful music I'd languages, a particular state 

It's a source of great inspiration heard. A couple of years after that ment...there for people to take ... 

and hope for me, because some- I was moved to begin a reggae On one level · the inspiration for. 

how all these people from all these band to carry on ·my political that board and for the naming of 

cultures manage to co- work. . _ the band is the John Lennon song 

exist ... relativelyindependentofthe MM: Tell us about your book. "Imagine", but it goes further than 

directives of governments and SH: I published a book a few that. I'm very much a person who 

police states and nobody's killing years back with the title - you'll dwells in the left brain and 

each other. They're shopping and never believe the title- the title was believes in the power of the left 

talking and getting along. "Imagine" and the book covered brain, the imaginative side. 

MM: What were your major pro- the same kinds of themes you MM: Besides Marley, who are 

jects before starting the band? described... someofyourinspirationalheroes? 

SH: Before I got involved in reg- MM: in the opening statement. SH: Musically, certainly John 

gae music I had a dance school, SH: Yes. 

Lennon (and) going back a little bit 

farther, Phil Ochs... (a) great 

protest singer from. the States. 

Non-musicians -- I guess my number 

one influence would be 

Mahatma Ghandi. My Dad, when 

I was a kid (this was his bias) said 

"Don't read the bible, read 

this, "and he handed me a book 

called "The CoUected Works of 

Ghandi". And I did. And i re-read 

it and re-read it, and he's a very 

big one for me. 

MM: Good. Why was Rainbow 

Warriors added to the name? 

SH: A few years ago a friend of 

mine turned me on to a prophesy 

of the Hopi people ... called the 

Rainbow Prophecy ... (which) has to 

do with the ending of the race 

wars, in a sense. The prophecy 

predicts that people of all races, 

by Michelle Morrow 

creeds and colours will be forced 

to come together to 'save it. A lot 

of material that Imagine does has 

to do with the environment. Imagine's 

always been a very international 

band ... I wrote a song 

called "Rainbow Warriors", and 

about a year after that it ... felt that 

in fact, we, Imagine were some of 

these Rainbow Warriors. 

MM: You've done a lot ofbenefits. 

How many benefits have you done 

and for whom? 

SH: About 130 benefits over our 9 

year career. We've benefited the 

A.N.C.; the Martin Luther-King 

Day people; the various peace 

groups in town; most of the environmental 

groups in town. More 

recently we did some benefit work 

for the Red community down at 

Oka, (and) up at the Oneida near 

London. 

MM: I'll quote from your song 

"Rich Man" -- "Behind every 

fortune there's a crime". Now one 

final question, Steve. How would 

you reply to the politician,s and 

big-money men proposing a New 

World Order? 

SH: First of all, their New World 

Order isn't new at all, it's just a 

tightening of the screws of the Old 

World Order. We defmitely need a 

New World Order, but not one 

that's defined by George Bush and 

Company ... so how would I reply 

to them? I'm not sure I could 

really say that over the public 

airways, if you get my drift. 

MM: I get the drift. (Laughter). 

Michelle Morrow, formerly an 

lllll!gine Rainbow Warriors band 

member for 2 years, is a regular 

contributor to "Thursday Morning 

With Ras Rico I", Thursdays, 6-9 

AM on CIUT 89.5 FM. 

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Chiu Yuen Dim Sum 

Restaurant 

2A Kensington, 

598-1573 

Dim Sum and Cantonese 

Dinners 

Open Sam to 3am. LLBO 

and Patio 

The Greeks (LLBO) 

197 1/2 Baldwin, 

597-8771 

Greek and Canadian 

Food. 

The Original Special 

Coffee. 

Grossman's Tavern 

379 Spadina, 

977-7000 

Neighbourhood Bar . 

Nightly Entertainment 

Kensington Cafe 73 

73 Kensington, 

971-5132 

Good Taste, Best View, 

Very Local Deliveries. 

Kensington Patty 

Palace 

172 Baldwin, 

596-6667 

Best Jamaican Beef 

Patty. 

Kwangtung Dim Sum 

Restaurant 


977-51E?5 

Luncheon Special, LLBO. 

La. Gaffe on Baldwin 

24 Baldwin (E. of 

Spadina), 596-2397. 

Same hours as 

Kensington La Gaffe. 

No Sunday. 

Last Temptation 


599-2551 

Sinful Food, Tempting 

Times, Live Music. 

Rice Noodles, no 

preservatives. 



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Blue Mountain 

Consulting 

253 College, #208, 

235-9959 

IBM and clone 

computers, 

diagnostic, software, 

and repair 

Central Guaranty 

Trust 

343 College, 

961~8247 

Man closed. Tues-Thurs 

1 0-5' 

Fri 10-7, Sat 12-3. 

Century 21 

First Realty Inc. 

377 Spadina, 

340-8900 

Tonny Louie, broker. 

Front Row Video 

Centre 

400 College, 

927-1702 

Great selection, great 

popcorn. 

K F Editorial 

24 Bellevue, 599-3786 

Kim's Hair Fashion 

280 Augusta, 

9.24-5943 

The hair salon for 

women and men. 

Lazerline Desktop 

Publishing & Design 

Inc. 

317 College, 

924-8726 

Fax 924-3826 

Newcomer's 

Business Self-Help 

Office 

George Brown College 

21 Nassau, 867-2370 

Info and advice to new 

business. 

Samko Coin Laundry 

150 Augusta, 

595-5277 

Clean and Friendly, 7 

days a week. 

Dry Cleaning Too! 

Spadina Retail Post 

Outlet 

576-578 Dundas, 

593-8885 

Full service retail 

postal outlet. 

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CAAM United 

Hardware 

160 ALgusta & 564 

Dundas 

598-8195 or 

596-8098 

Two Locations! 

Judy 1=1orist 

374 College, 

920-2177 

Special Flowers for 

Special i)eople. 

Leaderwave 

Trading Co. Ltd. 

369 Spadina, 

340-1727. 

Locksmith & 

Safe men 

_38 Baldwin, 597-1212 

Bu ilder's and locksmith 

hardware. 

Leading brands. 

Parkly Gardens 

Florist 

28 St Andrew, 

585-2159 

Fresh cut flowers and 

plants for all occasions. 

Reingewirtz Paint 

Stores Ltd. 

107 Baldwin, 

977-3502 

Paints, varnishes and 

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Restaurants******* 

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Le Uyen 

56C Kensington, 

598-3328 

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Authentic Vietnamese 

Food, LLBO 

Major cards, Karaoke 

after 8pm. 

Mars Food 

432 College, 

921-6332 

Out Of Tliis World 

Massimo's 

302 College, 

967-0527 

Sit down, Pick-up, and 

Delivery 

Pizza and Pasta Heaven 

Peter's Chungking 

Restaurant i~f~ 

281 College, · 

928-2926 

Szechuan, Mandarin, 

and Hunan dishes 

Toronto's best! Fully 

Licensed. 

Th~ Second Cup 

181 Baldwin, 

597-8398 

Eager Beaners! See ad 

p.15. 

Luncheon Special, 

$4.00. 

The Second Cup 

340 College, 

323-3702 

Tired of the same old 

grind? 

Try ours. 

Silver Dollar 

484 Spadina, 

925-8832 

Music most evenings. 

Reggae, jazz, rock and 

blues. 

Spadina Cafe 

401 Spadina, 

340-6383 

A Pleasant Change. 

A Little of the Continent 

in Chinatown. 

Spadina Garden 

Restaurant 

416 Spadina, 

598-2734 

Szechuan-Hunan & 

Peking Cuisine 

Fully licensed, LLBO. 

Spadina Garden 

Restaurant 

116 Dundas West, 

977-3413/4 

Szechuan-Hunan & 

Peking Cuisine 

Fully licensed, LLBO. 

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Alter Natives . 

30 St Andrew, 

593-6891 

Where Elvis shops. 

Get it while it lasts. 

Asylu,m 


595-7199 

Style Sanctuary of the 

Stars. 

Caza National 

200 & 224 Augusta, 

596-6417 

Clothes For The Whole 

Family. 

Courage My Love 


979-1992 

Dancing Days 


59'9-9827 

New & Vintage; 

Exclusive designers; 

Asia, Africa, Central 

America. 

Exile 

34 b St Andrew, 

59.6-0827 

As Usual The Unusual 

Expose 


971-8815 

Vintage, Leather 

Jackets, 

and Pretty Eyelet 

Originals! 

Fai rland Bargain 

Centre 

241 Augusta, 

593-9750 

Kensington's Largest 

Quality Discount 

Clothing Store 

Get Dressed 

4,9 Kensington, 

977-2930 

Fine and Refined Finds. 

Vintage and More. 

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Jaggs 

16 Kensington Class 

Rags for Scallywags 

London N.Y. Paris· 

Kensington. 

·Noise 


971-6479 . 

Pineapple Room 

2 Kensington, 

340-7859 

Vintage Clothing 

& Accessories 

Razzmattazz 

14 St. Andrew 

Vintage Sparkle, 

Pizzazz, Jazz. 

Wear It! Share It! 

Screenplay 

9 Kensington, 

593-9260 

Lingerie, Cotton Lycra, 

Fabric, 

Suit Jackets, Vintage, 

and more. 

Shoney's 

Recycled Clothing 

206 Augusta, 

979-0700 

Lowest Prices. 

Best Selection in 

Second Hand. 

Timbuktu 

· 36 Kensington, 

971-8815 

International Design 

Located in Kensington. 

Tom's Place 

190 Baldwin, 

596-0297 

Brand name clothes 

At Kensington Prices. 

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Caribbean Sea Fish 

Market 

175 Baldwin St., 

591-.1439 

Freshness comes first! 

Customers come next! l! 

Kensington Market 

Fish Company 

189 Baldwin, 

593-9269 

"Come Experience . 

Fresh · Fish". 

Osler Fish Company 

194 Augusta, 

348-9251 

Something new, 

something different. 

· More fish for your $. 

Saigon Fish Market 

186 Baldwin 

When It Comes To Fresh 

Fish, 

We Speak Your 

Language. 

Seven Seas Fish 

Market 

196 Baldwin 

Fresh Food and Seafood 

From Around the WorJd . 

• FOOD STORES 

Augusta Fruit 

Market 

255 Augusta, 

593-9754 

Fruit and ve-getables 

fresh daily-groceries. 

Barraca das 

Frutas/Roszler 

Fruits 

186 Augusta, 

593-9709 

Fruit and Vegetables. 

Casa Acoreana 

235 Augusta, 

593-9717 

Nuts Make The World Go 

Around. 

Food Stores 

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Cheese Magic 

149 Baldwin, 

593 -9531 

The Neighbourhoo.d's 

Favourite Cheese Shop. 

Caribbean Corner 


593-0008 

Fresh tropical foods 

Select Imported· 

Groceries. 

Castle Fruit 


593-9262 

Market's Best Produce. 

Essence Natura I 

Foods 

56D Kensington, 

596-2176 

Serious Health Food. 

Fibre. 

(Coffee, Ice Cream, 

Spice ... ) 

Farmer Bob's 

Tropical Harvest 


583-9?.79 

The Market's ltal Shop. 

Nice Spice. 

Fong On Foods 


598-7828 

Bean Cake, Soy Milk, 

Fresh . 

Flying Monkey 

Natural Foods 

314 College, 

968-1515 

Open 7 days a weekfrom 

bu lk food to 

crystals. 

Great Horse 

Natural 

Foods 'n Things 

378 College, 

964-1805 

Organic meats, tofu, 

natural cosmetics, etc. 

House of Spice 

.Importers 

190 Augusta, 

594 -8724 

or 182 Baldwir, 

593-9804 

Spice, Coffee, Fruits, 

Nuts. International Food 

Market 


596-6637 

Fresh Fruit and 

Vegetables 

Retail and Wholesale. 

Kensington Fruit 

Market 

34 St Andrew, 

593-9530 

Fruits, vegetables, 

aloes too!! 

Freshness, a family 

business. 

Melo's Food Centre 

151 Augusta, 

596-8344 

Portuguese Style 

Sausages 

Import and Export. 

Perala's 

Supermarket 

247 Augusta, 

593 -9728 

All kinds of groceries 

from South and Central 

America. 

Rebelo's 


593-2784 

The Market's 

Supermarket 

Juice Bar Too. 

66 Kensi-ngton, 

593-9625 

Freshest Herbs, 

Avocadoes, Mangoes, 

Exotica, Since 1914. 

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Sanci Tropical 

Tutti Frutti 

64 Kensingtqn, 

593 - 9281 

Chinese & European 

Foods, 

Under New 

Management. 

Coffee, Cheese, 

Chocolate.

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