#9108 - Dec 1991

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"A Kensington People's Paper" 

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Carnival's Festival of Lights Is Back, December 21 

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If you're last-minute shopping, make sure some of it is in 

Kensington, late Saturday December 21. You're in for a rare 

treat. Starting 5.30 pm at Scadding Court with a fire sculpture, 

then winding through Alexandra Park and the Market, it's 

Kensington Carnival Arts Society's annual solstice parade--the 

Festival of Lights. 

KCAS missed doing the parade last year--what we all thought 

then would be the recession's darkest days. This year? The-thinking's 

changed. If anything can take the chill off double-dip adversity, the 

Festival of Lights will. Produced as always by KCAS's firebrand, Ida 

Carnevali, the parade offers flashes of Christmas, Chanukah and the 

return of the sun, -along with giant masks, and stiltwalkers in the 

snow. It's a chance for the community, young and old to drum and 

dance along. 

The procession ends at KYTES, 169A Augusta Avenue, with 

food, and a final free triumphant performance of KCAS' new show, 

The Beggars' Nativity (reviewed on page 18). 

For PARADE ROUTE, see ad page 3. 

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FEATURES 

Talking Drum, 2 

Last Time 

We Reported, 2 

Letters, 3 

Other People's Mail, 3 

NewsBeat, 4,5 

Environmental, 6, 7 

News & Views, 8,9 

Market Market, 10,11 

Community, l2,13 

Community/Arts, 14,5 

Arts & 

Entertainment, 16-19 

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PUBLISHERS 

Join the parade December 21. flood of "Free Brick" coupons! 

We' 11 be there. Ida says bring See if you can find the one 

your own drum. 

hidden in this issue. 

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Year end. On time and on 

track. , 

Amazing how ., the year never 

seems to miss its deadline. 

Welcome Nina Ewing, Leon 

Kaplan ("P. C. 11 ) , Emily, Amy, 

Joshua; Leah and the others 

art students at Central Tech; 

the Wilburs · on Gorevale who 

are going to deliver DRUM on 

their . own street. It's how 

DRUM works. Our door-to-door 

commitment is Harbord to 

Queen, Euclid to McCaul. 

Beyond that~ if you'll carry 

it regularly, we' 11 provide 

it--minimum one hundred copies 

to a beat. 

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Speaking of . the art students 

at central tech, if you got 

this through your ·door, north 

of Harbord, thank them. Better 

still, buy · something! (See 

their ad?) 

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DRUM stands--thanks Angie ' 

Choly--in select locations 

(and if you want a stand, or 

know of a good location for 

one, let us know). 

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Looking ahead, we're looking 

forward to lots. To working 

with OASIS alternative school 

again in the New Year. To a 

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Market Drum, P.O. Box 67590, 576 Duntkls 

Street West Toronto M5T 3B8 

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For deadlines see page 20. 

For rates and information, 363-DRUM. 

DRUMMERS, December 1991 

Miki Toma, Sally Stollmeyer, Angelo 

Pimentel, Josh Smith, Robert Lives, Mike 

Milando, Shelly Stringer, Colin Puffer, 

Masha Buell, Nina Ewing, Angie Choly, Leon 

Kaplan, Derek Rogers, Sophia Perlman, Luca 

Perlman, Marty Smith, John Stollmeyer, 

Susan Graham, Mary Fish, Robert Boucher, 

·Buzz Burza, David Perlman, S N Bianca, 

Kate Burt McNeil, Karen Pang, The Wilburs, 

Elizabeth Melo, Larry Walker, Jim M., 

Deborah Cowman, Mark Kajouji, Omar 

Kajouji, B. Glenn, Maisela Kekana, Bread & 

Roses Credit Union 

Drum by Matyas, printing by Weller 

And talking of BRICKS, there's 

also now a DRUM Foundation. 

You heard it here first. Ask 

if you're interested. 

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Highlights of '91? 

Making it through to '92. 

How about you? 

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Looking ahead to life in 

Rowlands' Hog_Town, a 

cautionary note. Safety is a 

big concern these days. But 

here'-s hoping for a balance 

between sensible care and 

living in fear; support for 

solutions rather than war 

against problems. (Check out 

the doctored Spiderman comic 

the Metro Police endorse as 

part of their "war on drugs" 

for an example of what doesn't 

work.) But that's a story for 

'92. 

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Join the parade December 21 . 

Bring your own drum. . (The 

louder the merrier.) 

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December 12 1991 

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LAST TIME 

WE REPORTED 

That . market merchants and residents are suing 

the city for $3.2 million as a way of compelling 

the city to disclose information on how it 

spends money. 

"We're not dropping the suit, but we're not 

pressing it either, for now" says resident Allan. 

Schwam See page 4. 

That the Toronto Western incinerator is a health 

hazard. 

City's Environmental Protection Office supports 

the DRUM articl~ ( Letters, p. 3); MPP Rosario 

Marchese is asking the Ministry ·of the Environment 

to act (Other People's Mail, p. 3). 

That the Drug Free Arcade was running an antidrug 

logo contest. 

Story is on page 8~ Winners will be announced at 

their dance (see ad, page 15). , 

That several people were requesting a Spadina 

LRT Environmental hearing and the Minister of 

the Environment is considering those reque·sts. 

But meanwhile the TTC is pressing ahead with a 

Spadina Urban Design study, as df the minister 

had already decided 100% in their favour. A 

mistake?? see page 4. 

That eight people were elected to the do~town 

community health board. 

Flexing their muscles, they'll hold a first 

meeting Mon Dec 16 at Ryerson Polytechnical 

Institute to look into layoffs at Toronto 

Western Hospital. 

That time would tell whether the Team Toronto 

tactic of not showing up at all-candidates 

meetings would work. 

Not for Maloney, Gait, McGregor, Chan, or 

Mabley. Sandra Anstey (trustee) was the sole 

survivor from their slate. Mind you they got a - 

mayor. 

That the city would collect for recycling your 

yard waste and leaf trimmings. 

It was true. We hear they'll collect your used 

snow too! See "white junk" ad. page 7. But 

seriously, they usually collect Christmas trees. 

Phone 392-7742 for info. 

That a deal on relocating the Augusta Ave - gas 

mains was in sight. 

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Last we heard the deal is done. aus .. av Fisher 

has guaranteed that if the city doesn't pay for 

the relocation by Jan. '93, then the KMBA will 

pay instead. "Rent strike on the canopies" 

Fisher says when asked "What if the City -won't 

pay?" . 

That Maude Barlow would be at Sanderson (she coauthored 

"Take Back the Nation.") 

Yes, and DRUM was there. See page 16. 

That if you live or work in the market you can 

get free decorative lights. 

See ad page 5. 

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Kensington Mcuket Drum, page three 

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Letters to DRUM can be hand-delivered to 276 Augusta, faxed to 363-DRUM or mailed to Box 67590, 576 Dundas West, Toronto ONT M5T 388 

EPO concerned about 

Western_ Incinerator 

Dear Editor: 

In response to the article "Burning 

Issue!? Incinerator at Western 

under Fire" published in the 

November 1991 issue of the 

Kensington Market Drum, I 

would like to clarify the position 

of the City of Toronto Department 

of Public Health on this 

matter. 

Contrary to the statements 

made in the article, the Environmental 

Protection Office is 

concerned about the emissions 

from the Toronto Western Hospital 

incinerator stack. As part 

of the Department of Public 

Health we are committed to 



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W est ern incinerator, concern spreads 

!Jy Deborah Cowman 

The last issue of Drum earned 

an article "A Burning Issue" 

which outlined concerns about 

toxic emission from the Toronto 

Western Hospital incinerator. 

This incinerator has no pollution 

controls and burns medical 

waste from several downtown 

hospitals for 14 hours a c;Iay. It 

produces emissions with 

unacceptably high concentrations 

of dioxins, lead, mercury and 

other substances known:,to be 

toxic to people and the environment. 

In response to the last article, 

a number of community members 

have commented that the 

stack frequently belches plumes 

of black smoke. Black smoke is 

the most visible sign that the 

already lax provincial guidelines 

are being violated. Questions 

have also been raised about 

concentrations of PCBs reported 

in the Ministry of the Environment 

study of eritissions from 

this, and other, facilities. Where 

are they coming from? Since the 

publication of "A Burning 

Issue ...", 

our MPP Rosario 

Marchese and city counsellor 

Liz Amer have both written 

letters to the Ontario Minister of 

Health, Ruth Grier, in support 

of our concerns about the health 

hazard the incinerator imposes 

on this area which includes 

schools and the largest open air 

food market in the city. 

The MOE is proposing 

regional incineration facilities 

which would eventually replace 

these on-site incinerators. Such 

facilities would take many years 

to establish as target communities 

battle to resist the legacy of 

pollution in their own homes. In 

the meantime, the risks associated 

with the present operation 

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unacceptable. Cost effective 

alternatives to incineration of 

biomedical waste do exist and 

must be evaluated quickly. 

On December 5th Liz Amer 

invited -some concerned community 

members to meet with 

herself, councillor Martin Silva, 

and trustee Fiona Chapman. It 

was agreed the TWH incinerator 

must not continue to operate in 

the present mode and that each 

of these people will lend support 

to help the community deal with 

the problem. 

If you have any thoughts or 

concerns about this issue please 

contact Deborah Cowman or 

John Wilbur, c/o Kensington 

Drum (phone 363-DRUM). 

Watch for an update in the next 

issue. 

Not pressing, but not giving up 

$3.2 million suit tetnporail·y shelved 

by David Perlman 

Last issue we reported a $3.2 

million lawsuit filed by Kensington 

Metro candidate Zoltan 

Fekete against the City. The 

suit, supported by the Kensington 

Businessmen's Association, 

was intended to compell the City 

to provide the community with 

information on how the City 

spends money. 

In the heat of the election, the 

lawsuit seeme the only way to 

go, but now the filers of the 

lawsuit are taking a more cau~ 

tious approach. As they see it 

now, it's worth waiting to see 

whether the new council will 

support the community's right, 

through the local task force, to 

request the city's planners to 

preparee reports on matters of 

community concern. 

At_!lll informal meeting of task 

force members in late November, 

the "wait and see" attitude 

to the law suit was endorsed. 

WHERE ON EARTH? 

CAN YOU 

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UP-TO-DAlE & COMPREHENSIVE 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION 

ON SOUTHERN AFRICA? 

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THE MUSIC UVE AND RECORDED? 

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YOUR ARTS, CRAFI'S & POETRY 

ON CONSIGNMENT? 

CENTRE276 

IS NOW OPEN 

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After all, it was Councillor 

Jakobek, the City's new budget 

chief,. who originally supported - 

the task force's right to financial 

information. And local ward 5 

Councillor, Elizabeth Amer went 

on record at least a couple of 

times during the campaign to say 

that she would support the reestablishment 

of a Kensington 

Task Force with formal t ies to 

council. ' 

In a meeting with area residents 

last week, she confirmed 

her willingness to support the 

reestablishment of the task force 

if that is what the people of 

Kensington want. She 

emphasised that it would be up 

to the associations involved to 

consult with their member-ship 

both in regard to who would be 

task force members and in 

regard to a -specific agenda. 

Task forces are ·strongest, she 

s~ted, when they have an achievable 

program of work. 

Best belcher contest: 

DRUM will publish the 5 best 

photos of the twh incinerator 

stack in action. Your photo 

can be black and white or 

colour and must document 

date and time of emission. 

Entries by March ., 1992. 

U of T LRT investigation puts too much faith 

in TTC urban design study 

by David Perlman 

At the end 1 of a three month . 

investigation to decide if there 

should _be a Spadina LRT environmental 

hearing, the "minister 

of the environment" called in a 

mediator. After three hours, the 

mediator said if mediation could 

not continue, then a hearing 

should be called. And there was 

no more time for mediation, 

because this wasn't the real 

world--only the end of a three 

month research project by U of 

T geography students. 

MINISTER, MEDIATOR, 

MANY ROLES 

The "minister of the environment" 

was Prof. Joseph Whitney 

who teaches the urban geography 

course; the mediator was 

also a professor Virginia Mc- 

Kenna who teaches mediation 

skills. And the other people 

there (represen~ing CN Real 

Estate, the Fashion Industry, the 

City, TIC, Spadina Avenue 

communities and business associations, 

an environmental coali- 

_ti~n, cyclists, a group concerned 

With women's safety, advocates 

.IN TJili HEART OF KENSINGTON MARKET forth~ disabled, ~d the Sp~dina · 

. · · Trans1t Consultative Cmruruttee) 

(416) 966-4059 FAX (416) 966-4051 were students playing well- 

. · · researched· roles . 

URBAN DESIGN PROMISES 

However the "TIC" had managed 

to persuade several groups 

to back off on their demand for 

a hearing. TIC promised to 

address these groups concerns in 

a detailed "urban design study of 

Spadina Avenue". They assured 

these gro1,1ps that the urban 

design study would look at such 

things as not narrowing sidewalks, 

increasing the number of 

stops, and full accessibility from 

the start. 

· It's a pity the role-play could 

not continue, because some very 

interesting things were starting 

to happen. A bond seemed to be 

forming between the environmental 

groups and the Spadina 

A venue communities in favour 

of a streetcar, and critical of the 

LRT because while it might 

slightly encourage transit use on 

Spadina Ave, it would encourage 

auto use as much if not 

,more. After the -three hours, 

these groups were still insisting 

that a hearing wo_uld be neCessary. 

But unfortunately the session 

was over before the 

community/ environmental 

groups had a chance to negotiate 

_directly . with the "TIC." So 

we'll never know if the U ·ofT 

TIC wculd have been willing to 

make its urban design study 

comprehensive enough to look at 

fundamental objections to the 

LRT as well. 

AND IN THE REAL WORLD 

Coincidentally, the very day of 

the U of T exercise was also the 

first meeting in the real TIC 

urban design study for the College 

- Queen area. And the 

scope of the real study seemed 

to fall far short of the one that 

the student TIC was willing to 

offer. Consultants at the real 

meeting made it clear that they 

were not hired to study issues 

like the width of the street or the 

sidewalks, the number and 

location of stops, or the use of 

signs instead of fences to keep 

motorists off the tracks. 

So it looks like someone needs 

to mediate in the real world too 

-to give the real TIC's urban 

design study some teeth. If the 

study stays just "cosmetic," as 

one person at the meeting 

described it, the people wanting 

.a full environmental hearing will 

have no reason to change their 

demands. - 

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Kensington Market Drum, page five 

Hospital work group meeting 

postponed to January 2_9 

DRUM Staff 

Meeting for the Western workgroup 

scheduled for December 

11th has been postponed, at the 

request of the hospital. 

The hospital had been asked 

by the workgroup to come with 

a list of immediate priorities - 

things they would like to get 

started on right away. 

The suggestion made at the 

previous meeting. of the workgroup 

was an attempt to solve 

the problem of the hospital 

wanting their whole 15-year 

development plan to be reviewed 

by March of next year, so they 

could get on with urgent tasks. 

And the workgroup not wanting 

to rush it's examination of the 

whole plan. 

Bill Louth, Vice president of 

the hospital, has pressed repeatedly 

for the workgroup to complete 

its work by March. In 

requesting the postponement of 

the Dec 11th meeting he acknowledged 

this contradiction. 

But he pointed out that the 

. hospital is still trying to get a 

handle on what its budget from 

the province will be in 1992. 

They don't want to come to the 

workgroup with one set of ideas 

only to find out that these will 

be impossible for reasons 

beyond the hospital's control. 

The meeting has been 

rescheduled · for Wednesday 

January 29 at 7 pm. The agenda 

for the meeting will depend to 

some extent on what course of 

action the hospital's board 

advises earlier in that week. But 

at least in part the meeting will - 

still be a look at the hospital's 

long-term plan, since it is the 

long-term plan that is the mandate 

of the workgroup. 

OTHER PEOPLE'S MAIL, continued from p.3: Don't incinerate, reduce 

is a waste reduction 

strategy that deals with · this 

environmental emergency direct 

. ly at the font of the problem. 

\' Also, an investigation should be 

conducted immediately to discover 

the source of the PCB 

traces that have been found in 

the incinerator's. emissions and 

that are banned by existing environmental 

regulations. 

A waste reduction strategy is 

consistent with the green philosophy 

of our government: its 

implementation in this case 

should not present too many 

difficulties. Given that up to 

one third of TWO's emissions 

are generated by the incineration 

of biomedical waste coming 

from Women's Hospital, St. 

Michael's Hospital, the Wellesley 

Hospital, and others, a 

waste reduction strategy should 

require Toronto Western to stop 

disposing of other hospitals' 

waste. Consistent with our 

government's position, the community 

feels that one's waste 

should remain one's responsibility, 

so that people become more 

aware of waste reduction issues 

and ·the problem of waste disposal 

is not simply transferred 

·Attention all merchants!!! 

Are the weekend parking woes 

driving business away? 

Tell your customers ... 

from one community to another. 

Also, a waste reduction strategy 

should require hospitals to 

implement on site reduction of 

infectious waste through such 

measures as heat sterilization 

and chemical treatment of 

recyclable waste through such 

measures as heat sterilization 

and chemical treatment of 

recyclable waste (autoclaving), 

as well as other sterilizing procedures. 

These methods are 

considered by authoritative 

sources to be very cost effective, 

environmentally sound, and safe. 

As in incentive, hospitals could 

be offered a portion of the funds 

that have been earmarked for the 

regional incinerators to set up 

their own infectious waste reduction 

programs. 

Last, but not least important, 

a waste reduction plan should 

impose stricter sorting procedures 

of hospitals' waste to 

ensure . that waste that does not 

need to be incinerated is taken to 

landfills. Although this may be 

a matter of debate, it is widely 

believed that hospitals tend to 

use incineration far more than 

they need to because of the 

convenience of this procedure. 

Burning our hospitals' waste 

in a more modem regional 

facility may control the concentration 

of toxic fumes released in 

the air but will generate greater 

quantities of waste, thus producing 

not only air borne pollution 

but toxic ash that cannot be 

disposed of in landfills. Moreover, 

I do not see bow a community 

can be asked to bear the 

brunt of our waste disposal problems, 

especially when safe and 

cost effective alternative waste 

disposal measures can be easily 

implemented. · 

I hope you will take the foregoing 

observations into consideration 

before reaching any definite 

conclusion on this issue. 

My constituents and I will be 

happy to provide you with more 

detailed information about the 

effects of the TWO's emissions 

and about our suggested solutions 

at any time. 

I appreciate your taking the 

time to read this letter and look 

forward to your early response. 

Sincerely, 

Rosario Marchese, MPP, Fort 

York 

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

phone Bert, 923-9270) , 

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BRIGHT 

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SAFE 

SEAS·ON! 

Merchants and residents 

Kensington Ave, Augusta 

and Baldwin . 

Get your free strings of lights now! 

Shed a glow, spread cheer 

from now through the new year. 

- (Strings of lights, and extension 

cords, can be collected from Martin 

Zimmerman, Fairland Bargain 

Centre, 241 Augusta, 593-9750.) 

Shine on, Kensington!



Page six, Kensington Market Drum December 12 1991 . 

----ti .KENSINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL t-1 

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Parking My Bike 

by Martin Smith 

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Every gasoline motor vehicle emits 

tons of; carbon'' dioxide, carbon 

monoxide, nitrogen oxide, , lead, 

benzene and ethylene.- These 

emissions not only contribute to 

smog, acid rain and global warming, 

but poor health for urban residents. 

The mix of gases resulting from cars 

and trucks cause great stress on 

peoples' respiratory system, 

(especially children are vulnerable). 

Plenty of people will say, "there's 

too much traffic." in Kensington 

Market, but few are ready to tackle 

the immense task of reducing traffic. 

( Now, make me a liar! ) 

Only one of the traffic problems is, 

" Where can I park my bike?" The 

side walks are full of pedestrians and 

merchandise. The streets are full of 

cars and trucks. The only store I 

know of whic~ provides a bike stand 

is Courage My Love. There are only 

some post and ring style bike stands 

on Baldwin, across from George 

Brown College; in front of the 

parking garage. Even th~ park at 

Augusta and Wales doesn't have any 

bike stands. So every gas main,(a 

definite no no) and patio railing, and 

even clothes racks, b~come instant · 

bike lock ups. It's to everyone's 

credit that merchants don't complain 

much about where people lock their 

bikes, but why not look for some 

real solutions. 

NUCLEAR 

UPDATE 

The Toronto cycling· committee runs 

the bike stand installation program at 

present, but recently City Council 

approved a plan to transfer the bike 

stand program to the Department of 

Public Works and the Environment. 

Daniel Egan at the Toronto Cycling 

Committee, is making a priority list 

of streets and blocks which should 

get bike stands, and said he'd be 

happy to work with residents, and 

·merchants to sight possible locations 

for bike stands in The Market. He 

said that ten bike stands could fill the 

space of one parked car if bike 

stands were placed on the street in 

some blocks, but the question of 

snow . removal and garbage pick up 

comes to mind. 

Public works plans to install500 post 

and ring stands in 1992, and request 

have been taking about one year to 

be filled. Any property owners or 

.residents who want to request a bike 

stand should call the Toronto 

Cycling Committee and ask for an 

application to be mailed. 

If some of you would like to form a 

committee to· meet with public works 

and consider a Market wide bike 

_stand project, just let DRUM know. 

We'll make a list and schedule the 

meeting. 

THINK SPRING! THINK GREEN! 

THINK CLEAN AIR! 

Phone 392-7592 to request a bike stand application form. 

INDUSTRY 

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General Electric makes; light 

bulbs, Hot Point appliances, RCA 

products, NBC television and 

U.S. Nuclear Weapons. (also 

CANDU reactor components and 

reactor fuel assembly parts) 

An international consumer boycott 

of GE, Hot Point, RCA products 

is under way, in protest of GE's 

nuclear weapons work. Now the 

GE boycott committee is forming 

in toronto. The boycott committee 

is collecting signatures from 

consumes, and showing a video 

tape calle d "DEADLY 

DECEPTION" To groups in 

Toronto. 

You can support the boycott by; 

1. Not buying GE, Hot Point, 

and RCA products. 

2. Writing to the CEO of GE and 

telling him of your decision. 

3. Ask the boycott committee to MSR 2R4 

show the video to your group. 

Write To: John F. Welch 

CEO of General Electric Co·. 

c/o GE Canada Inc. 

corporate offices 

2300 Meadowvale Blvd. 

Mississauga, Ontario 

for Info: GE Boycott Committee 

c/o Act for Disarmament 

736 Bathurst St. 

Toronto, Ontario 

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Patio railings and clothes racks .. .instant bike locks 

This holiday season ... 

Give the gift 

of peace! 

What better gift than a donation to the local peace movement? 

ACT for Disarmament has been working to build peace within the 

community and the world for nine years, and has just launched a 

new campaign - Peace Action '92 - for our 1Oth anniversary 

year. ACT will be working to support the lnnu of Nitassinan, help 

end wars in East Timor and Yugoslavia, oppose violence against 

women, boycott General Electric, and free all prisoners for peace. 

But peace needs you~ support. Won't you help us with a 

donation this year? Together, we can make a difference. 

A donation of $10 or more gets a subscription to our monthly 

peace newspaper, The ACTivist. $50 or more gets you a free copy 

of Our Generation Against Nuclear War, a collection of peacefui 

writings from Our Generation magazine in Montreal. 

Send to: ACT for Disarmament, 736 Bathurst St., Toronto, 

M5S 2R4. Phone 531-6154. 

Name ________________________________ 

Address ________________________________ 

____________ Postal Code __________ 

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lnVIRON• 

MENTAL! 

SCAT CABARET 

Returns 

(DECEMBER, 12 

AND 19 -for 

starters) 

DRUM Staff 

Scadding Court and Mixed 

Company's very popular SCAT 

cabaret will be back for another 

season. 

Held in the foyer of 

Scadding Court, so open to all, 

the Thursday evening series 

blends music, drama, drums--a 

bit of the best of everything. 

It kicks off December 12 and 19- 

special holiday concerts--then 

returns for a full season in the 

spring. 

If last year is any 

indication, some very good times 

will be had by all. 

$250 prize 

for TON 

logo design 

DRUM Staff 

Toronto Disarmament Network 

is running a logo competition 

with a prize of $250. They are 

, seeking a fresh, new look which 

reflects the scope of the Toronto 

Disarmament Network (TDN) 

and what they represent. 

What is the TD N? 

The TDN is a non-profit coalition 

of peace groups and individuals 

throughout Greater Metropolitan 

Toronto. The focus of 

their work is world peace. 

"Disarmament is one aspect of 

peace work. Other important 

issues that we address are violence 

in our streets; violence 

against women, racism, environmental 

and other social 

issues .... Our ideal logo would 

be bright, inviting and simple .. 

It would express the hopes and 

aspirations that 'we have for the 

future of our world." 

Deadline for submissions is 

Friday, January 17, 1992. The · 

jury will · be made up of professional 

graphic artists, instruc- __ 

tors and a TDN representative. 

There will be a showing of all 

submissions at a Toronto gallery, 

with a winner announced 

by the end of January. 

All submissions must be well 

labelled, including name, 

address, telephone and school. 

Once all designs have been submitted, 

notice will be given 

regarding time and place .of 

showing. Submit designs to: 

Toronto Disarmament Network, 

555 Bloor Street West, Toronto 

M5S 1Y6 or phone 535-8005. 

Stereo and Hi Fi Service, 

repair and recycle 

rather than replace. 

Call the expE!rts at 

Wringling Audio Service, 

364-5738, 555 

Queen West. 

CHILDREN OF ORDE STREET SCHOOL AND THE 

PROPOSED RELOCATION OF THE 

PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL 

The Ontario Municipal Board Decision 

The Ontario Municipaf Board (OMB) conditionally approved 

the relocation of the Princess Marg~et Hospital to 610- 620 

University Avenue. The site is lodted diagonally across the 

street from Orde Street Junior Public School. The site 

includes a small parkette and two historical buildings that 

formerly were the headquarters of Ontario Hydro. The 

approval was given in a decision released on August 20, 

1991 some two months following almost three weeks of 

OMB hearings into the proposed relocation. The hearings 

concluded in mid lune. The conditions of approval 

stipulated that the facade of the historical buildings on the 

site would be retained and that the Toronto -"City Council, 

by resolution, commits itself to the establishment of public 

green space" to replace the parkette that would be lost to the 

community in the proposed relocation of the hospital to this 

site. 

The Board's twenty page decision is a litany of reasons of 

why the hospital does not belong on this site adjacent to 

Orde Street School. The Board acknowledged through its 

decision "that the local community" and most importantly, 

the children, have "indeed been asked to sacrifice too much 

even for such a humanitarian reason" for the hospital's 

proposed relocation to this site. The Board further 

.acknowledged that the -community and the children will be 

"asked to absorb quite a severe impact", and that the safety 

of the children will be reduced as an increase in traffic is, 

~d using the Board's own words, "a mathematical 

certainty". The Board recognized that the children will 

suffer. It recognized that their environment will be 

degraded and there will be a loss of open space for the 

children. Despite these reasons, the Board approved the 

proposed relocation. 

See Children page 9. 

This holiday season, make sure 

your tree is a farm grown 

. "Peace Tree" 

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• • • • 

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Bathurst St. United Church 

736 Bathurst St. 

South of Bloor behind 

Honest Ed's 

St. Barnabas' Church 

361 Danforth A\'e, 

Chester subway station 

across from the Big Carrot 

Daily llam -9pm 

535-8005 

Merchandise available at the tree lots 

and T.D.N. 555 Bloor St. W. 

RECEIVE FREE 

GREETING CARDS 

Present this leaflet 

when you buy your 

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Kensington Market Drum, page seven 

GREENPEACE WARNS 

FRIGHTENING NEW UN FIGURES ON OZONE 

DEPLETION'S HEALTH EFFECTS 

London--2 December 1991--For the first time, the United 

Nationshas put figures on the cost to human health from 

ozone depletion, predicting breakdowns in immune 

systems and an enormous rise in skin cancers and eye 

cataracts, Greenpeace said today. 

Greenpeace made publicly available the United 

Nations Environment Programme's executive summary of 

its 1991 update on impacts of ozone depletion. 

The report is based on the conservative estimate 

that 10 percent ozone depletion occurs by the year 2000. 

The increased ultra-violet radiation will break down the 

irnmune system·. 

"The findings describe the devastating 

consequences of the rapidly worsening ozone depletion 

crisis. They underline the urgent need for an immediate 

ban on all ozone-destroying chemicals," said Greenpeace 

campaigner Sheldon Cohen. 

He characterised the impacts on the immune 

system as an environmental version of AIDS. 

The estimated increase in skin cancer cases from 

UV-B are considerably in excess of 300,000 cases a year. 

Nearly two million eye cataracts a year are also predicted. 

"Meanwhile, Governments just stand by and watch 

while international companies like Du Pont and ICI still 

continue to pump out hundreds of thousands of. tons of 

CFC's annually.( alot:lg with substitutes such as HCFCS 

and HFCS, which still destroy the ozone layer. All of 

course are powerful global warming gases." said Cohen. 

"We cannot wait for these companies to phase out 

the chemicals at a rate which fits their annual profit 

margins. What do we have to do to sto\) these global 

experiments on the world's population? 

"The report's authors themselves admit the 

conservatism of their 10% ozone depletion estimate," he 

said. The British scientist who discovered the Antarctic 

ozone hole, Dr Joseph Farman, stated recently that ozone 

depletion over Northern Europe could reach ltwels as high 

as 30% by 2000. 

Cohen also warned that the ozone depletion we are 

seeing now is the result of chemicals released before the 

big production boost of the mid-1970's. 

.llill1l City of Toronto Residents: 

RECYCLE_ YOUR 

USED APPLIANCES 

Announcing a new and improved system to recycle used 

appliances into new metal products in the City of Toronto. 

If you need to discard a clothes dryer, 

dishwasher, 

freezer, 

refrigerator, 

stove, or 

washing machine, 

call the Department of Public Works and the Environment 

at 392-7742 to arrar:Jge a date for a special 

collection of your unwanted appliance: 

Join in our recycling,efforts. Give us a call. Don't just 

leave your appliance at the curb. 

Nicholas Vardif'!, P.Eng., 

City Engineer and Com,missioner 

Department of -Public Works and the Eiwironment



Page eight, Kensington Market Drum 

169 Brunswick, new home 

for adult and senior programs 

by Sarah Hood 

It's hard enough to find a home 

for just one family. What do you 

do when you need to find a 

building that will be a homeaway-from-home 

for hundreds 

of people of all ages, interests 

and needs? That was the problem 

faced by members of St. 

Stephen's staff when they began 

to look for a new home for a 

whole range of programs formerly 

housed at Doctor's Hospital 

on Major Street. :, 

Among other things, the new 

building had to be readily accessible 

to people with disabilities, 

and handy to the TIC. It 

was important not to take 

affordable housing off the market. 

Zoning had to allow for the 

uses it would be put to, and, of 

course, it had to be inside St. 

Stephen's catchment area, 

centred around · Kensington 

Market. 

Over the three year search 

there were a number of near 

misses among the dozens of 

possibilities, including second 

floor condominiums at College 

and Bathurst. The deal fell 

through, which turned out to be 

lucky. "They (the owners) went 

into receivership," explains St. 

Stephen's Executive Director 

Wyn Chivers. 

The searchers fmally came up 

with 169 Brunswick, a pretty, 

two-storey white building on the 

northeast comer of Harbord. 

The former Budapest Bakery, it 

was recently renovated for use 

as office space, and it filled all 

St. Stephen's conditions. 

"We had to do about $135 

thousand worth of renovations," 

· says Chivers, which included 

O¥lking the facility accessible to 

people with physical disabilities. 

Funding from various government 

offices made it possible for 

St. Stephen's to undertake the 

purchase. Fo:ur hundred and 

ninety three thousand dollars · 

came from the Ministry of Citizenship, 

$400 thousand from the 

City of Toronto and $14 thousand 

from the Office of Disabled 

Persons. Another $56 thousand 

came from the Ministry of Community 

and Social Services for 

furnishings. "We're tprilled that 

they came through for us, "says 

Chivers. 

A capital campaign is now 

under way to raise the $500 

thousand that will completely 

pay off the cost of the building. 

"We - looked at a lot of 

options, "explains Chivers, "leasing, 

purchasing, warehouses ... 

We figured if our campaign was 

successful it was the only way 

we could keep services operating 

at a stable level. If we leased 

comparable space we would 

have been spending $50 thousand 

annually." 

The programs forced out of 

Doctor's Hospital in January of 

1991 but · renovation include 

seniors services like a family 

support program for care-givers, 

counselling and interpretation 

services, and support groups to 

help reduce the isolation and 

loneliness felt by many seniors. 

Other adult services at Brunswick 

range from the Portuguese 

women's groups, the Latin 

American Refugee Program, the 

. Conflict Resolution Service and 

information and referral services. 

"The existing program participants 

are so pleased to have a 

decent place to come, and we 

are attracting a lot more people 

from up in that area," says 

Chivers. "We're already part of 

the,, businessman's association 

and we've recruited volunteers 

from there. We're about to do a 

needs survey in the neighbourhood 

to see ifthere are any gaps 

in the services so that needs can 

be filled." 

So, thanks to the acquisition 

of 169 Brunswick, no services 

have had to be cut back. But, 

Chivers · points out -,the new 

building will only satisfy basic 

space needs for another three to 

five years. "Already,"she sighs, 

"we need more space." 

TAKE TIME 

FOR YOUR SPIRIT 

WORSHIP 

SUNDAYS AT 10:30 am 

COLLEGE ST. UNITED CHURCH 

•' 

MINISTBR RALPH W SPBNCHR BA.5n.MBA.PhD 

454 College Street, Toronto, Ont. M6G tAt PhOne: 929 • 30l9'' 

St. Stephen's logo competition entries in 

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MATTe-~ 

Slrn oi"\E!./ uJ ~\\en 

Road movies: 

_ new CBC series wants you 

Jt6-!.' JL 

December. 12 1991 

by Kate Scowen 

The Anti-Drug Loge Competition 

run through St. Stephen's 

Drug-Free Arcade has come to a 

close. We received many 

entries and our panel of judges 

are in the process of selecting 

the winning logo. Once the 

drawing has been selected it will 

be printed on to t-shirts which 

will be given out at the "Christmas 

Dance" to be held on December 

20th at St. Stephen's 

Community House from 7:00- 

9:00 p.m. There will be free 

refreshments and lots of great 

music for all the kids to enjoy. 

We would like to thank all the 

entrants for their creative impute 

and we hope that this competition 

has helped to inform and 

educate Kensington youth about 

the dangers of drugs. See you 

on the 20th! 

GARBAGE 

ACTION 

by DRUM staff 

DRUM Staff 

' December 5, in · t~e winter's first 

bad storm, merchants braved the 

A national talent search is J'nder interested in the media, this is 

way ' for reporters for a 'hew 

weather to mt(et with local 

an opportunity of a lifetime. 

CBC television series which tviH 

garbage action ' group members 

"Just imagine being able to 

examine Canada . through the 

and with metro and city staff. 

travel around the country telling 

eyes of youth. Road Movies is 

The meeting was arranged by 

and uncovering fascinating 

a half-hour series which begins 

stories and having them broadcast 

on national television. It's worker from St. Stephen's. There 

Magdalena Silva, a community 

production in the summer of 

1992. It will feature eight videographers. 

a dream come true." 

were people representing produce 

Six regional juries across the merchants, restauranteurs and the 

"We want !Jeople who are adventuresome, 

inquisitive, crecountry 

will choose approximately 

24 finalists by February, 

Top of t'le ag~nda. , W¥S;; 

' supermarkets. 

.J 

ati,y(}, origina) and above all love _1992.. The finalists will be cardboard collection. Days for 

to tell stories," states Barbara asked to . produce two original 

Barde, President of Why Not 

collection are Monday, Tuesday, 

stories and be interviewed by a 

Productions Inc. and the executive 

producer of ROAD successful candidates will be cardboard has to be tied, bundled, 

national jury in Ottawa. The 

Thursday, Friday only, and 

MOVIES. "We also want the announced in late March, 1992. and sorted. 

videographers to reflect the Applications can be picked up 

Garbage action group 

various cultures and· regions of at the reception area at the CBC, .members said they are hoping to 

Canada." 

365 Church Street, at the National 

Film Board, 150 John. April •. of people trained in what 

put together a work crew, by 

The videographers will be 

q_ile-person crews, sending., in Street and at Why Not Productions 

Inc., 700 King St. W., 

tHeir stories each week to Y,rod~tction 

headquarters at ~BC 

be interested. i'l 

to do. Merchants said they would 

Suite .,606, or call 975-3700. 

Television in Ottawa. Barde The deadline for applications is 

Other 'l;oncems raised: 

ffi'els that for any young pdtson _ January 6, 1-992. 

erratic . pickup, ' complicated 

schedule, problems getting 

___________......______________ through to the person you need to 

·-- - 

Centre 276 

.Open Stage 

Friday Night 

- . 

8pm - Late Night 

276 Augusta Avenue 

In The Heart uf Kensington Market . 

D"onation: $2.00 

Hosted b Diliza 

Info: :966-4059 

. J. 

talk to at City Hall. City public 

works and Metro works strongly 

encourage the idea of a market 

"clearinghouse" where people can 

bring questions first. Garbage 

action group want to do this at 

Centre 276 (Augusta) . 

Everyone agreed to meet 

again in January. 

CENTJ?E 276 

PRE8ENTS: 

Soutl1 African 

C7lzai1iruL 

G_X'MAS PAT~TY 

c;DOORS OPEl'(. BP./Itf 

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Kensington Market Drum, page nine 

CHIWREN OF ORDE, from page 7 

The Orde School Parents' Council reacted strongly to this 

decision and wrote a five page letter to the Board requesting 

a review of the decision. In the letter, the parents pointed 

out that the discussion and the conclusions in the written 

decision were fundamentally inconsistent and even in conflict 

with each: other. The parents pointed out that the "Board 

knowingly" approved "the proposed hospital plans despite 

the consequences for the children." The parents charged the 

Board with "wilful neglect of the welfare of children." The 

Board's decision placed greater value on architecture and 

streetscape than the welfare of our future citizens, our 

.children. "The Board has abrogated its responsibilities to 

the children." 

The children: the parents and the school were not without 

support from the community both financially and morally. 

The Ontario Legal Aid Plan provided funding to enable the 

parents to retain a lawyer to present their case at the OMB 

hearing into the hospitals proposed relocation. The Toronto 

Board of Education took steps to support the Orde School 

Parents' Council by providing funds as well and other in 

kind assistance. The local City Councillor, Elizabeth Amer, 

local Trustee Joan Doiron and then Trustee and now Metro 

Councillor, Olivia Chow also provided moral and in kind 

support. Even Mayor June Rowlands -as a candidate in a 

mayoralty debate, stated that had she been a member of the · 

Ontario Municipal Board, she would not have approved this 

site for the hospital. · 

·, 

Not a "NIMBY" 1 Issue 

The issue has been disparagingly presented by some of the 

media and opponents of the parents as a "NIMBY" (Not In 

My Back Yard) response. This is the furthest from the truth 

·as there is virtually no "_backyard" ,left . in · the school's 

immediate environment. This issue is not even about "front 

yards" as the school is not located in the residential 

community. Whatever backyard there remains for the 

school is already occupied by the head offices of the 

Toronto Board of· Education; its warehouse facilities on 

McCaul Street; the Ontario College of Art; and, the huge 

edifice-'of 'the Ontario Hydro head office with its imposing 

"rear end" facing the school. 

This structure prompted former Mayor Art Eggleton, a 

former pupil .and a graduate of Orde Street School, to 

remark, as he stood in awe of the massive size of the Hydro 

Building during the school's 75th anniversary celebrations 

held in the school yard, that he thought he was standing 

behind City Hall. · 

This issue has nothing to do with "back yards" and "front 

yards". To attempt to reduce the issue to such a simple 

explanation is tp trivi~lize the legitimate and valid concerns 

of the parents, the children, the .teachers and the friends of 

the children of Orde Street School. 

The Rights and Entitlemen~ of Children 

The issue is about the rights of children and their 

. entitlements, and on this matter, to their rights to be free 

from the degradation of their environment. Our children .are 

our future and are our most valued resource and therefore 

must be entitled to all the protection from harm that society 

must provide. As it is set out in the United Nations 

Declaration on the Rights of Children 1990, "Children have 

the greatest stake in the preservation of the environment and 

its judicious management for sustainable development as 

their survival and development depends on it. " It is clear to 

the parents as it must be to all men and women who love 

and care for the welfare of children that this OMB decision 

is most urgent in need of revision. 

If you need further information or wish to support the 

parents in their efforts, please contact the Orde School 

Parents' Council at 393-1900. Thank you. 

Find the drum coupon 

and do what it says, 

and a DRUM BRICK 

up to 35 .~ords 

is yours in the Jan. 30 

DRUM 

Doug Hum 

Orde School Parent 

Lost your blue .box? 

- call 

392-7742 

and they' II get a new 

one to you. 

by Nina Ewing 

The Alexandra Park Community 

Centre, located at 10$ Grange 

Court, has a free Moms and 

Tots drop-in program for area 

moms with preschool children. 

The program runs three mon:iings 

a week. Tuesday, Wednesday 

and Thursday from.IO a.m. 

to 12 noon. Located in a bright, 

spacious room 'on the first floor 

of the building, the program is 

open to moms .with tots whether 

'they'· dteep, ·crawl, walk or run. 

It is designed to benefit mothers 

and children alike. 

The kids get the opportunity to 

meet new friends, play with 

some great toys and show off 

their talent in the arts ·and craft 

department. There are also 

group activities such as games to 

'help · reinforce and encourage 

socializing skills· in the youngsterS. 

' 

For those tots to tiny to paint · 

. maSterpieces or build towers, .· 

there is a large ·playpen with 

colourful toys where they can 

amuse themselves and each 

other. 

For the mothers, this is a 

great opportunity to take a break 

from the daily routine. They 

can participate in their children's 

play or. get to know each other. 

All this fun stuff takes a lot 

Need a break from 

childcare? Read on .•. 

out of the participants, so somewhere 

around eleven o'clock, 

everyone takes a break for some 

snacks, provided by the Centre. 

There's even coffee and tea for 

the moms. 

In addition to th~ fun and 

games, the program also 

includes a clothing exchange and 

a toy lending service. 

Sandy Edwards, who super~ 

vises the program, would really 

. · ·~. 

- ·~;lfl/? ~ 

~ ~- 

like to see a lot more of you 

taking advantage of this service. 

She says that since the program 

opened in May turnout has been 

low. Right now only about four 

mothers and tots attend each 

day. She fears that the service 

might be cancelled if the attendance 

remains so low. 

So get out there and use it 

before you lose it!!! And have 

. a gTeat time. 

'3CilG>Wil!J~Il$.@ 

child care centre 

SNOWFLAKE CHILOCARE CENTRE 

Full ;J'nd part-time spaces now available for children 2 J/2 

to S yc;irs. · 

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

and cn~ative development. Call 368-9124. 

39 Carr Street, Toronto, Ontario 

The Metro Toronto 

Association for Community 

living needs 

people willing to spend 

a few hours a week 

with a person with a 

developmental disability. 

Call Volunteer . 

Services, 968-0650. 

Sunday December 15 from 8-:-12pm 

High Quality Child 

Care. George Brown 

College has spaces 

available for infants to 

9 yeiu olds at several 

downtown locations. 

Call 944-4545 for 

further information. 

·Centre 276 

is 

· Kate's ·Place 

Jazz with Kate Burt McNeil and the Norm Amadio 

Trio •. 

Donation of $10 suggested. 

Beverages included.



Page ten, Kensington Market Drum 

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Page twelve, Kensington Market Drum 


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THE BIRTHDAY DOG 

by Joshua Fish-Smith 

The door creaked as it opened, and I felt a 

cold, stale gust of wind. I opened it all the 

way ·and there were no lights on. I heard a 

little bark and then the light went on. 

Everybody stood up and said, "Surprise!" 

There was a whol·e bunch of presents on 

the table. Everybody had birthday hats on 

and then I remembered it was my birthday. 

We had a cake and ice cream. 

-stell band 

by sophia perlman 

i go to stell band it 

is wondrfull it is at 

setlment hose 

(unavrsaty setlment 

hose) my techres 

name is haris he is 

grate. thar are gran 

up classis too. i play 

saprano pan thar are 

saprano pan and led 

pan and bas~ i am 

not shre abaot 

saprano and led pan 

but i do know the 

-difrinsis of saprano 

-- and base the base is 

bigr and · depr _!hey 

are made of oil cans 

the end 

Soprano pans, steel band, $ettlement house 

fD)@f@1r 

@est 

W~csdJ 

And rev · Antonio a.ge II 

' 

I opened the presents. I opened the biggest 

one first--it was a puppy. I forgot about all . 

_ the other presents. I named the dog Pudgy 

~ 'cause he had a flat face. 

co 

J::. 

~ Never again will I have such a birthday 

.9 party. 

0 

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c. 

Canadian Guide Dogs 

POEM 

Love at First Sight 

I look , I see 

I fall in Love · 

I'm shy, I'm scared 

I'm in Love 

By Emily 

for the Blind, a nonprofit 

organization 

dedicated to providing 

guide dogs to visuallyimpaired 

Canadians, is 

looking for people to 

· foster . puppies. for · approximately 

12 months. 

If interested, please call 

(613) 692-7777. 

FOR THE CHILDREN 

Ballet classes: Saturday 

. morning, children ages 6 

and up. Instructor Valerie 

Scannura (.graduate of 

National Ballet School 

teacher's course). College 

at Bathurst, 

phone 782-9382 (adult 

classes also). 

SNOWFLAKE 

Child Care Centre 

_·presents 

••• 

A SILENT AUCTION 

,Saturday December 14th, 1991 

7:00pm to 9:00pm 

festavl 

of lights 

by sophia perlman 

(helpt by luca he 

helpt by saonding 

the words all thea he 

is 3) me and my 

brothr and my 

mothr and fathr all 

partisapat . ih the 

FEST A VL OF LIGHTS 

and it is wondrfull it 

hapnss 4 days befor 

crismas and YOU 

CAN BE IN IT! 

THE END. 

Bloorco 

Veterinary 

Clinic 

Consultation by appointment 

Monday to Saturday 

Health care, surgery, and acupuncture 

Bloor· Street West 

block and a half east of Dufferin) 

537-9677 Dr. Jack 

at 

"THE -LAST TEMPTATION" 

12 Kensington 

-. 

Avenue 

(in Kensington Market- Spadina & Dundas) 

- 

Music to follow Auction · 

by 

STEVENCaod 

nm RED ROCKETS 

10:00 pm to 1:00 am 

ADMISSION: $2.50




Kensington Market Drum, page thirteen 

PAGAN WAY 

by Mary Fish 

Miracle·, Respect, Sacred 

I said in last month's edition that 

this time I would talk about 

medicines, alters and rituals as if 

there would be enough time or 

space here to really do justice to 

these issues. There isn't. After a 

month of research into the sub- · 

ject and a lot of personal searching 

I do not believe that I am 

qualified to write what needs to 

be said. There are so many 

possibilities in the world as to 

what is medicine, how to build 

an alter, and what rituals work 

for whom that I feel that I don't 

want to impose my view of what 

is "right" or "wrong" on anyone. 

The truth is that I don't 

believe there is a right or wrong 

to one's spirituality so long as 

that encompasses respect for the 

rest of the worlds right to safety 

and security. 

Having said that, I do want to 

talk .about miracles, respect and 

sacredness. I also want to define 

an alter, medicines and rituals in 

my own terms and perhaps this 

.will motivate ot~.r readers to do 

the same. 

'· 

. Many years ago, when I was 

'.a single Mom with four small 

sons, ' I decided to go back to 

school. On the morning of my 

first day I was running around 

my home, like crazy, trying to 

get my sons ready for daycare 

and school and myself ready for 

the big event. At just about the 

point that I was going to throw 

up my arms and cave in, one of 

the children yeBed, "We don't 

have any socks, Mom." My 

mind racing in panic, the time to 

leave closing · in on me, I ran 

downstairs to check the dryer 

just on the off chance there 

might be some in there. If there 

weren't, I didn't have a clue 

where I would begin to look. As 

I opened up the dryer door I 

was thinking that if they were 

not in there I was not going to 

school, I was going back to bed. 

There was no way that I would 

have time to get these children 

to two different places in the 

west end and get all the way 

down town in time for school. I 

could see that I never would be 

able to do it. 

I opened the dryer door and 

four pairs of clean white socks 

fell out. Now if you have ever 

done laundry, you know that 

washers and dryers eat socks. 

For me this was no less than a 

major miracle. I made it to 

school that day and finished out 

the whole year on . that · one 

event. Evidence that I was doing 

what I was supposed to be 

d_oing. 

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To me a miracle is not the 

parting of the sea or changing a 

staff into a snake so much as it 

is the extraordinary events that 

happen to all of us that get us 

through every day life. Love, 

children, friendship. Having 

food to feed everyone who needs 

to be fed that day always gives 

me a sense of awe. I am still 

amazed when I tum on the 

shower that I am so wealthy as 

to be graced with hot running 

water. There are so many things 

that we take for granted in this 

society that we may not even 

. have the right to have, even if 

they were acc~ssible 

to everyone. 

The fact they are riot 

should indicate to us that we 

must respect what we do have 

and make every effort to see that 

everyone has the same· richness 

of life. 

• • • • • • • • • • • 

This brings me to "respect". 

At some point in time "respect 

for our elders" has gotten lost in 

much of our society. When I 

was a child in the 50's and 60's 

it was on its way out because so 

much of our parents behaviour 

was being questioned. They 

were in a .transitional period 

from total faith in the patriarchy 

to the possibility that much of 

what they had learned was oppressive 

and hypocritical. 

We w~re at a point where we 

' saw them as the latter and that 

.. they had no right to expect us to 

"buy" the party line. Some say 

that this is normal and has 

always been that way. I don't 

ag.ree. I believe that there is / 

much information available to 

prove that at one time the young 

respected the elders in their 

community because the elders 

earned and deserved respect. 

Not because it was beat or 

taught into them but because· the 

youth saw value in what the 

elders knew and want~¥~ to learn 

from them. I believe the young 

started to become disenchanted 

when we began to separate the 

spirit and the material. 

Today our elders are portrayed 

as a threat to us. Since· 

the Inquisition we have been 

getting further away from the 

understanding that we need those 

in our society who have a vision 

which only comes from spending 

a long time on this planet. The. 

. elders in all societies were the 

first to be destroyed by colonialists 

because they were the ones 

who held the ancient tribal 

knowledge which would keep 

the young from believing in the 

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killed, they were and are, discredited 

and portrayed as backward 

or foolish. Their knowledge 

was called "uneducated", 

evil superstition, old wives tales, 

myths and fables. As spirit and 

material have been separated so 

have youth and elder been alienatM. 

In our present social structure 

we perpetuate this. We call 

youth irresponsible and useless, 

we make judgments about and 

for their lives without consulting 

them. We don't seek the advice 

of our elders in most situations 

and we seem to . see our 

elders(particularly wimmin) as 

useless and backward. Even the 

words old and elder no longer 

conjure up positive images, 

instead we think in terms that 

are far less than respectful. 

I believe that the desire to 

care for and learn from our 

elders is instinctive in all of us. 

I also think that we have nearly 

lost' faith in our youth, the media 

has glamourized only the absolute 

"worst" or "best" elements 

in the young today, but we want 

to love and believe in our future 

with all our children. In everyday 

circumstances I find the 

children of today incredible and 

inspiring. · 

I see examples of the young 

having. an awareness that I am in 

awe of. In my College, at Home 

and in my community I am 

involved with many young 

people who speak about racism, 

sexism, the environment and 

other issues with an eloquence 

which blows Il!e away. And the 

everyday acts of heroism are 

astounding. 

One everyday event, as an 

example, happened a while ago 

in front of my eyes and I am 

still moved by it. I was stopped 

at a red light in my van one day 

at Bay and Richmond Sts. There 

was a very tiny elderly womyn 

crossing the street. She was 

going very slowly. It was rush 

hour. A young man (perhaps 18) 

was jogging past her in the 

middle of the intersection, when 

he noticed that the light was 

changing. Without thinking 

about it at all, he stopped dead, 

back tracl,ced two steps, raised 

, his arm up over and beh~~d the 

womyn and stared at the four 

lanes of traffic with a glare. 

This womyn never knew that he 

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had done this. He walked behind 

and beside her right through the 

green light until she reached 

safety. He dropped his arm and 

jogged on. Instinct. He was not 

doing this for any other reason 

than that it was what he was 

supposed to do. NONE of th~ 

drivers in any of the four lanes 

of traffic went through the light, 

even after the two had passed 

our lanes. I am sure that each of 

us was touched by this simple 

act by a young man in today!s 

world. - · 

This act was sacred. 

What is sacred? 

• • • • • • • • • • • 

To chose specific items, i.e. 

church, chalice, fire, etc. is to 

separate, ·prioritize and unequalize 

n~ture. 

Sacred is that which is most 

important to the individual at 

any given moment, i.e. two year 

olds teddy bears are. Neither is 

more or less. Intoxication was 

once a rare and special event. 

Today, however, sobriety is 

more likely to bring us focus 

and clarity. 

The truly democratic nature of 

the spirit requires that we each 

see different things as sacred. !f 

we all see the same thing as 

sacred, each other sacred thing 

is ignored or destroyed. 

Scarcity and abundance, a 

little wine or a lot of water. 

Intimacy and universality, My 

child or all children. 

Tenderness and anger, breast 

feeding or boycotting infant 

formula. 

What these exampies illustrate 

is that when we say all things 

are sacred, this is not rhetorical 

or cliche, only a difficult concept 

for many of us to understand 

in this contorted society. It 

is however the truth and we 

must come to know this if we 

are to survive. 

See What is Sacred, p. 16 

ADOPT-A-PET (Madison) 

Dear Kensington Drum 

In case you can spare some 

space in your paper this month 

for an "Adopt-A-Pet" please 

meet Madison. 

He's a lively, rambunctious 

''pedigree" mongrel. A better 

name for him might be Fref!Way 

or Tramp. Our Toronto Humane 

Society staff keep him well in 

hand though. 

"' 

. 1here._'s such a wide variety of 

animals and birds at I 1· River 

Street (corner of Queen) in 

Toronto, that you really should 

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" Best Wishes " 

come down and take a look at 

them. These wonderful animals 

are badly in need of a loving, 

responsible home. 

-{ 

Call 392-2273 for adoption or 

fostering, otto make a donation. 

Or call the Scarborough 

Humane Society at 757-3606. · 

Bless you, and thanks very 

much. 

Sincerely, 

Ruth Carrier 

THS Volunteer 

LOST: large black dog, 

newfoundland/labrador · 

,· mix: "o suilivan"; Wed~' 

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Call Nora at 408-2818 

or 363-DRUM. Please. 

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Shell~nger ~ . 

I am 15 and a foster child. I don't know if I need to explain what one is, but'l still will. 

A foster kid is someone who is taken into a family that has no relation to them and let 

live there under their rules. A lot of people confuse them with group homes. In a 

group home you live under Children's Aid rules. 

' 

A lot of kids live in a group home because a judge forces them to, where in ·a 

foster home you go.'there because you may be taken out of your home for different 

reasons or kicked out. 

Everytime I tell someone that I live in a foster home they always ask me what 

I did so bad to be in one. Well if getting yourself kicked out of an abusive home is bad 

than that's what I did. 

On June 17, I was kicked out. I lived with my best friend till July 9, where I 

got picked up for a detention warrant. At her house, I was pretty much myself. We 

had no rules so we hung out all night in the wrong crowd. On July 15, I ran from 

detention and moved in with my brother, Rony. That was great till he started dating 

my good friend. He couldn't handle her dating him and being my friend. On Sept. 6, . 

I slept at her house. He called me the next day to tell me to get out. I then went over 

and got beat up by him. That same day, thanks to my friend, I moved in with his 

family. Here they treat me more like a real kid, their kid than some kid off the street. 

Since I came to live here my life had some changes, changes for the better. I 

don't hang around the wrong crowd anymore. · I'm back in school and I haven't been 

in trouble with anyone in the longest time. I can talk to my foster parents about 

anything and they'll help me deal with it. 

So this just shows you don't have to be bad to get in a good foster home. 

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DRUGS 

by Emily Smith 


Drugs are bad for you. You could die. You 

could get sick. Your brain gets messed up. 

You don:t want to know how it feels to live in 

my neighbourhood. There's druggies all over 

the place. You hear screams in the middle of 

the night. When I go to gymnastics I see 

teenage kids sitting in the back yard smoking 

drUQS. 

-Imagine being a new born baby. Smoking 

drugs when you;re pregnant could kill the 

baby. Even if the baby is born it would either 

die in a year or two, or it would be very sick. 

But it would be a miracle if it would be 

healthy. 

AND WHAT IT COULD DO TO YOU 

Over 10,000 people in this world are doing 

drugs or were doing drugs. What I think about 

what we can do. I think we can talk to people 

about drugs. And put it on TV. And even put 

,it on the radio. And talk about what drugs can · 

do to you. And show them pictures of the 

brain when you're on drugs. 

SO SAY NO TO DRUGS 

Fairest Hill is more ... 

More A we some 

More than a great 

singer and entertainer. 

Fairest Hill is a teacher 

Teaching the "RIGHT 

STUFF"' 

Fairest Hill says "Get up" 

"I won't sell out. 

Won't sell my body out. 

Won't sell out MY MIND. " 

AND "Yes I Can" 

The tough guys? They're 

dead. They're under the 

ground ... 

SAY NO NOT YES TO DRUGS 

A POEM ABOUT DRUGS 

Drugs drugs 

Go away 

Don't come back 

Another day 

Micki's friends have been 

drinking. Would you get into 

their car? Tqke a cab? A 

streetcar? Phone home? 

I 

DRUG FREE! 

MTHA and Alexandra Park's 

HEAL THY LIFESTYLES DAY 

by Alma Penn/DRUM-staff 

Hill shared this up philosophy with a singing, waving and 

swaying crowd of little children, teens and adults at the · 

Healthy Life Styles Day, Sunday November 24 at the 

Alexandra Park Community Centre. Co-sponsored by the 

community and the Metropolitan Toronto Housing Authority 

for National Drug Awareness Week, the event featured 

speakers, performers, displays and activities for all ages. 

Everywhere you turned, the message was essentially the 

same: you are good enough, and important enough to be 

worth something in the world. So make informed choices. 

Stick to what you feel right about. Say no when it's 

important. 

There was a fire-and-brimstone revival-style opening 

sermon delivered by former football player Dave Mann, the 

MTHA Theatre Group's brisk and punchy participation play, 

a gentle puppet show by Concerned Kids, a Chilean yo.uth 

folk-dance troupe, rap music with YBP (that's Young Black 

and Positive, folks) and finally Fairest Hill, whose aggressively 

uplifting personal style of funk/rap/blues made the rafters ring 

· (arid even burst a few balloons!) . 

' 

l 

Clear message. 

it was fun and good' 

i liked the singer and 

the hot dog 

my sister emily got 

to make a shirt 

"~ the end 

by amy



i ' 

December 12 1991 Kensington Market Drum, page fifteen 

Update from St. Stephen's Drug Free Arcade 

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Page sixteen, Kensington Market Drum 

Compassionate wolf.? 

In Bocca a/ Lupo reviewed 

by Melissa Wilson 

The multimedia operatic performance 

"In bocca allupo'' IN 

THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF 

written and directed by R~ta 

McKeough is a vital, compassionate 

and sensitive response to 

the abuse of women and their 

healing process, The performance 

explores the inner emotions 

of anger and reconciliation from 

within an honest und~rstanding 

amidst a surrealistic setting of 

dance, voice and sound. 

Rita McKeough's sharp awareness 

of language, intonation 

and movement is only parallel 

by her clarity and revealing 

metaphor of the body. It is 

because this piece is working 

with such a diverse arrangement 

within music, dance and visual 

media, that the powerful sense 

of unity must be acknowledged. 

It is this sense of unity that 

enables the audience to feel the 

inner healing of self. This understanding 

is fundamental to the 

performance and it is Rita's 

clear focus and intensity of the 

performances that make it accessible 

as well as deeply thought 

prcvoking. 

Having the opportunity to dis:-., 

cuss this piece with two of th~ 

artists in this production, Louise 

Lilliefelda and Christina Zeidler, 

one aspect that cannot be overlooked 

is their ardent respect for 

Rita and her work. This flows 

naturally through their stirring, 

acute and responsive dance. This 

high level of sensitivity is shared 

by all the performers from the 

choir, the dancers, the musicians 

straight through to a single 

voice. From any perspective 'In 

_ bocca al lupo' · is strikingly 

innovative but never at the 

expense of its integrity and 

truth. 

[ed note on review: The operatic 

production "In bocca allupo" IN 

. THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF, 

was produced by Rita Mc 

Keough, with financial assistance 

from: The Canada Council, 

The Toronto Arts Council, & 

The Ontario Arts Council. It 

was -performed at 17 River 

Street on November 21, 22 & 

23, 1991 only. We don't know 

at this time when it will be 

back.] 

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We specialize in protecting the rights 

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What is sacred? 

from page 13 

The woodworker creates a 

bowl. She is dazzled by its 

beauty. She sets it on her alter 

with a ritual. It is now sacred. 

However, the tree set out in the 

midst of the alter which is Creation 

is also sacred. She has 

only changed the material structure 

of the wood. If she has 

done no disrespect to the spirit 

of the wood and its environment 

then all is as it should be. 

Some people won't buy crystals 

or stones because they come 

from the body of the Earth. 

Somewhat like buying sacred 

energy. Food is sacred. We buy 

food. Should we eat only food 

which grows wild? What about 

killing animals for food? Traditional 

peoples spoke of eating 

vegetables and fruit during the 

spring and the summer but when 

all plants had died the Caribou 

was said to come and sacrifice 

itself so that the people could 

survive. The people thanked all 

the food they used to survive. 

How would we survive in 

Northern climates through the 

year if we didn't depend on 

industrialized farming? 

These are very difficult questions. 

Sacred specificness creates 

divisions. Spiritual leaders are 

needed to decide what is sacred 

and to protect sacred things. 

This all seems to come to the 

debunkery of the duality. Good 

and evil. 

Unquestionably Mark Lepine 

was a 

product of having to 

chose between good and evil. 

He was the product of a society 

which divides the creation into 

sacred and non sacred. If he as 

a child had felt sacred, if he had 

been shown the sacredness in all 

life, nothing could have made 

him kill wimmin or hate himself. 

- 

Some people may be concerned 

that we would see monsters 

as sacred, but in fact they 

simply would not t?Xist. 

• • • • • • • • 

altars 

medicines 

& rituals 

Alters; a space which a person 

or persons have chosen to set 

out . things which are sacred to 

them. A place to go for meditation 

or prayer or which just 

makes-one feel good when ones 

eyes rest there in passing. I have 

one rule about alters. " A child 

is always more important than 

an alter. If they wreck it just 

make another one and getthem 

to help you. Build one with 

them in their own space, perhaps 

this will help them to understand 

the value they will get 

Flower 


from an alter. Never be angry 

_with a child for anything they 

might do to an alter. Just think 

about it as a sign that it was 

time for a change. " 

Medicines; These are anything 

which heals. There are so many 

from such diverse backgrounds 

some of which I don't even have 

the knowledge or right to share, 

that you must go out and discover 

the ones that fit you the 

best. My one caution is that no 

matter who you are, please try 

to find the ones which come 

from your own people first, so 

as not to be disrespectful _ to 

other cultures. _ Once you have 

found your own ancient roots 

the other ones will make sense 

to you. You will respect them. It 

has been unfortunate that so 

many of us who are trying to 

find our roots have · instead 

stolen parts of · other peoples 

traditions which we never fully 

understand. We miss out on the 

true self worth that comes from 

knowing who we really are. If 

you come from several cultures 

research them all, not just the 

ones you are called or the ones 

you identify with. 

Rituals; Everything we do is a 

ritual; Brushing our teeth, etc. It 

is only up to you then to find the 

ones which ar~ sacred to you or 

to do sacred things at sacred 

times for sacred reasons. There 

are many places out there for 

you to find out how other people 

do these. Study, study, study. 

•' 

My mother has a 

Flower in her belly. It . 

Grows bigger daily. Presses a- 

Gainst the inside of her uterus. Str- 

Etches her skin taut. She is round like 

The earth. She cries rivers and her breasts 

Are mountains where the pressure builds until 

It spills and flows like lava. Her skin is translu 

Cent and shines with prismatic gentleness. -She 

Is a Klimt. A pastel Degas. A light-flecked Renoir. 

I can feel the flower move and turn inside its 

Liquid . sphere. My hands c9nnect like Atlas hold- 

Ing up the earth. Like a healer, a -potter, a lover, 

I feel the curve beneath my palms. She is round 

There are ruffling deep pink petals swimming in 

Her amniotic fluid. Her placenta is a rainbow 

Shimmering, floating around the flower. Animals 

And sometimes people, gently tear between 

Their teeth, pieces of this living spectrum 

In an afterbirth ritual. We plant them un 

Der trees. They ~less the earth, these emp 

Ty flower sacs. Like the flower blesses 

Our family. My mother has a flower in 

Her belly. It is blooming. She is round. 

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Kensington Market Drum, page seventeen 

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Hymn To The Sun 

Heads of the grasses hang ripe, 

rich with earth's grain-gift, 

dark, gold-brown burden 

soaked in honeyed sunlight 

and drawn deep-rooted from earth, 

heavy the harvest; Sun, I praise you. 

White the winter's ice-grip, 

shivering, bone-gritting; cold 

fire in the brittle flesh; 

and clear, clean as through glass, 

the pale eye hangs to the south, 

pure as a lamp; Sun I pra'ise you. 

Warm on the spring-soaking skin 

the tingles, as new blood quickens, 

and earth trickles with streams 

waking--and ice-bounds, bur'sting, 

bare the soil to the thrust, 

the birth of green; Sun, I praise you. 

Blaze in the white-heat waste; 

though I walk ~n the rage of your burning, 

though flick of your eye could blind me, 

your fire is earthlight to reason; 

though life must shrivel at your centre, 

yet you are centre to life; ·sun, I praise you. 

Clock of the harvest, ever-renewing 

mate of earth, lamp of the mrnd, . 

hearth and axle to the earth's journey, 

here is my homage placed in your light 

words to your worship; 'sun 1 praise 'you. 

Yellow Apples 

Growing olde, 

I begin to like the little yellow apples. 

Under the freckles and wrinkles, 

under the tougher skin, 

they are as sweet as Mackintoshes · 

and do not bruise so easy. 

. 

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which these. poems come is available from 

·· Gentre 276 or by calling 363:DRUM. 

An interesting evening was spent 

at Sanderson Library, 327' Bathurst 

Street, on November 26, 

1991. The occasion was the 

Jaunching of the book, Take 

Back the Nation by Maude 

Barlow and Bruce Campbell. 

The talk was given by Maude 

Barlow. She ie the national 

chairperson of the Council of 

Canadians which is a national, 

non-partisan, public interest 

organization of 20,000 members 

devoted to the enhancement and 

preservation of Canadian sovereignty 

and · political independence. 

Flyers were given out to 

encourage people to join this 

organization and Maude Barlow's 

book was on sale. 

The progra.m was divided into 

two parts. The first was her 

talk on the ideas in her book and 

the second part was answering 

questions from the audience. 

The first part of her book 

sp~aks of the results of free 

trade such as the disappearance 

of half a million jobs for good, 

the undermining of medical care 

and cultural institutions. Her 

view is that it is not just the 

Conservatives who back the 

Free Trade agenda but that the 

Liberals may find that they have 

to do the same and it is up · to 

the Canadian people to start 

appealing to the Liberal leader 

immediately to drop Free Trade. 

She spoke of a visit to Mexico 

where she saw the results of 

preparation for free trade there 

and spoke to many people about 

the devastation for the people 

who live on farms. The good 

land is taken over by corporations 

and the farmers are left to 

grow their food on the poorest 

land. 

There were about 60 people in 

the audience and good questions 

were asked which allowed the 

speaker to expand upon her 

presentation. 

One questioner disagreed with 

her on the caus~ of unemployment. 

His view was that it was 

due to the recession but she 

pointed out the percentage of 

failure of businesses and subsequent 

loss of jobs was very 

much higher in Canada than in 

the USA and that therefore Free 

Trade was responsible. 

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Page eighteen, Kensington Market Drum 

KCAS new play "m.ayhem and laughs" 

Offbeat winter· offering worth going to see 

by Nina Ewing 

The lights dimmed. The audience 

is holding candles which 

the director rushes around lighting. 

It looks as if a seance is 

about to begin. Then the actors 

take their places on stage. Mayhem 

ensues. It is the opening 

night of the Beggars' Nativity, a 

modem rendering of the biblical 

story of the birth of Christ, 

staged by the Kensington ,Carnival 

Arts Society. The play is 

running until December 21, at 

KYTES, 169A Augusta ~treet in 

Kensington Market. 

Billed as "A contemporary 

miracle play", the story is about 

a colony of homeless misfits 

who are trying their best around 

Christmas time to keep warm 

and look out for each other's 

wellbeing, when they find a 

baby discarded in the garbage. 

They decide that the baby · has 

been sent to them, the miracle, 

you see, but the authorities are 

called in and they decide that a 

baby needs a roof over its head 

and three square meals a: day. 

something the beggars couldn't 

provide so they have to give it 

up. 

Is this their saviour, the one 

who will change the world so 

that they and others like them 

wouldn't have to continue living 

from garbage ~ans while others 

have more than they can con~ 

sume? This seems to be a safe 

assumption. Incidentally the 

miracle child is a girl. 

The play is neither serious 

drama, comedy nor musical but 

Tidings of fun: KCAS Beggars Nativity, at 

Valerie Buhagiar as Morag/fllar~', with Dozer/Joseph, played 

- by Murray Furrow; above, Olivier L'Ecuyer as the Angel 

a combination of all three. The 

comic parts work best. The 

serious parts do not always 

work. Try to imagine a policewoman 

waxing poetic. But this 

is what happened when she tried 

to convince an unwilling Morag 

to. give up the baby. Valerie 

Buhagiar as Morag and Murray 

Furrow as her good friend 

Dozer gave outstanding perform- 

~ances. They also provided the 

most chuckleS. 

AL CROMWELL AT TIFFAN.Y'S 

by Drum Staff 

A1 Cromwell is one of the Market's 

favourite musicians. For 

many months last winter he 

hosted an open stage at The 

Greeks as well as performing 

solo. He has deservedly developed 

a strong core of fans in 

Kensmgt9n. He is a fine blues 

player. 

A1 is back in the heart of the 

Market. He does solo . sets on 

Wednesdays and Thursdays and 

once again hosts an open stage 

on Friday and Saturday evenings. 

There is no cover charge 

for Al's shows. 

Heaven and Nature Sing 

made by Don Ross and Kelly McGowan 

Good music. 

It's a Christmas tape, guitar and voice. 

It's wonderful to me and I really really like 

it take it from me. It's great. 

by 

Sophia 

Perlman 

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is currently hiring dediCated 

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committed to social change and available full time 

· from 2:PM till lO:PM, 

For details call Lisa S. 351.,043Q 

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To bring this to a close, that 

is a pretty good little play. It is 

only an hour long so you . can 

take it in before a dinner reservation 

or see it after an · early 

dinner. It will be well worth 

, your while especially if you are 

a fan of alternative theatre. · 

Oh! Kensington Carnival 

. would like you to bring a donation.of 

non-perishable food for 

the Daily Food Bank. 

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invitation to those 

of antiauthoritarian 

persuasion 

from the 

new black nation 

to queer nation 

and the pagan 

congregation. 

Come share 

in this creation, 

our Solstice 

celebration. 

saturday night 

21st December. 

Centre 276. 

276 Augusta. 

Men leave your 

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Steve Hall and Imagine at The 

Greeks - 197 112 Baldwin - 

every Sunday in December. 

Siyakha - at the Bamboo, 312 

Queen St. W., 593-5771 -Dec. 

19, 20, 21 

Centre 276 - 276 Augusta, 

Open stage, every Fri., dance to 

the South African/Kensington 

fusion of Diliza 

Buchofuckingoofs - CD release 

in January -feature article in the 

near future. 

AI Cromwell - at Tiffany's 256 

Augusta, 961-3696- every Wed. 

Thurs., open stage Fri., Sat. 

Rick Fielding- Acoustic Workshop- 

Mon., llpm CIUT 89.5- 

FM 

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Music Notes 

Silver Dollar - every Mon. - 

Ron Sexsmith, 6-8pm. - every 

Wed. Revelation - every Sat. 

Norm Hacking hosts an open 

stage, 4-8pm. 

Anne Lederman - High Park 

Library -Sat. Dec 14, 2 pm. 

John T Davis & Jim Heineman 

- The Greeks - every Thursday 

Sara Craig - Ultrasound - 296 

Queen St. W. 593-0540- Wed. 

Dec. 10 

John Gorka - Ultrasound - 296 

Queen St. W. 593-0540 - Sat. 

Jan. 18 

Bob Wiseman and Michael 

Snow - The Music Gallery - 

Queen and Dovercourt - Sat. 

Dec. 14 

Boho a Blast 

(if you can find it) 

by Colin Puffer 

The name Bohemian Embassy 

may not mean much to anyone 

under the age of thirty. But to 

those a bit longer in the tooth 

the name definitely conjures up 

images of the sixties: coffee 

houses, Yorkville, incense, and 

generally groovy stuff. 

The original Boho opened in 

tp61 and was a real focal point 

of Toronto's burgeoning "alternative 

culture". Don Cullen (a 

Bohemian Embassy founder) and 

partners reestablished diplomatic 

relations with rest of the world 

last spring. The first night was a 

bit of · a strange affair for a 

Queen St. club opening. The 

only black leather sported was 

worn by the kids dragged in by 

the parents who came to compare 

hairlines, waists, wrinkles 

and memories with other first 

peoples.· 

The New Wave 

Today's Bohemian Embassy has 

tried to recreate some of the feel 

of the original. And is trying to 

do so with what seems to be, at 

first glance, a suicidal policy of 

no smoking and no alcohol! You 

don't go to the Embassy to party 

in the "did I have a good time 

last night?" sense of the word. 

And you don't go there to hear 

a state of the art sound system 

or for the laser show. You go 

there to listen to music. Novel 

concept, eh? 

The Bohemian Embassy books 

a varied range of acts. Two 

weeks ago I went there expecting 

to hear Moxy Fruvous and 

instead stumbled on to Colleen 

Peterson's birthday party. Accompanying 

Colleen were Shirley 

Eikhard, Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin 

Hanford and Danny Greenspoon. 

Not a bad lineup by anyone's 

'standards. Recently, the Bohemian 

featured the dulcet tones of 

Mendelson Joe in a special ~no 

smoke, lawyers pay double" 


and do what it says, 

and a DRUM BRICK 

up to 35 words 

·. is yours in the Jan. 30 

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performance. Last ·Friday there 

was a Mariposa/Bohemian 

Embassy co-presentation with 

Scotland's Brian McNiell. If 

your tastes run more toward 

tangos, and string quartet versions 

of Danny Boy, you might 

want to check out Quartetto 

Gelato. And when was the last 

time you saw Perth County 

Conspiracy? 

The Future 

Bruce Cockburn didn't sell out 

Massy Hall. Tom Cochrane 

(with a best selling album) isn't 

filling halls. Mike Jackson is 

doing OK, but he doesn't really 

count. It is a very difficult time 

for promoters, bands and club 

owners alike. At present the 

Bohemian Embassy just isn't 

drawing the crowds to make it 

viable for too much longer. It 

would be a shame to lose a 

venue like this. The cover 

charge is always reasonable, the 

coffee is very good and think of 

all the money you'll save by not 

buying alcohol. If you hunger 

for a smoke-free (environment 

where you can hear good music, 

then have a look into the Bohemian 

Embassy. If you can find 

it. (Management please note: 

Your sign sucks - all sorts of 

potential patrons never even fmd 

the place). 

Employment 

Opportunities 

The Toronto 

Disarmament Network 

is currently hiring 

individuals for its door 

to door fundraising and 

public outreach· 

campaign. Full and parttime 

work available; 

4:30-9:30p.m. 

$8.00 per hr. to start. 

Call Allan . or Scott, 

535-8005 

11 a.m.- 3 p.m. 

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Of Note 

by Colin Puffer 

There's nothing harder 

than trying to catch two 

must-see shows in the 

same evening. Tuesday, 

November 26 was one of 

those evenings - spent 

hopping back and forth 

between the Bamboo, 

where Mother Tongue 

was playing and the Horseshoe 

which had a triple 

bill (and a triple bill cover) 

of Pat Temple and High 

Lonesome, Bob Wiseman, 

and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. 

Consequently both notes 

and mind got a bit 

jumbled. (Better to think it 

was the onslaught of good 

music rather than think it 

was the beer knocked 

back at set end to race up 

the street to hear the 

what was going on there. 

The Horseshoe 

Pat Temple swings. Think 

of Dan Hicks and you'll 

have an idea of the type 

of music he plays. If you 

can't think of Dan Hicks 

or the Hot Licks think of 

Pat Temple. Or at least 

think about going out to 

· tiear 'nim .-· Fun stuff. 

I · missed all of Bob 

Writers, cartoonists, 

photographers: DRUM has 

assignments if you have time 

1 

and . will. Phone 363-DRUM: 

:1 ask for David. Or visit us at ' 

~r Centre (276 Augusta). 

WANTED IMMEDIATELY 

5 honest, reliable 

persons for street sales 

10.30pm--1.00am 

SUN.-FRI. nights 

(6 nights a week) selling 

THE Globe & Mail 

early edition 

Excellent commission! 

Call page 381-7297. 

Wiseman's set, so it's 

perhaps unfair to say anything 

about it, but who 

says reviewers actually 

have to be there anyway? 

A friend who's musical 

judgement I normally 

respect said Bob was terrible. 

It may well have 

been.Anyonecanhavean 

off night. But I suspect 

that- the friend wouldn't 

have liked Wiseman at his 

very best. People either 

tend to like him or hate 

him. He's either viewed as 

a self-indulgent wanker or 

a musical wizard who has 

the talent to not limit himself 

to a single musical 

genre. Listen to his work 

with Blue Rodeo, his fine 

In Her Dream album or 

take a chance a,nd go and 

see him play with Michael 

Snow at the Music Gallery 

on Saturday, December 

14. Judge for yourself. 

Jimmie Dale Gilmore 

used to play in a Texas 

band called the Flatlanders, 

along with Butch 

Hancock and Joe Elly. 

Jimmie Dale is one of the 

finest writers around. 

Backed by two of the 

hottest pickers to grace 

the stage of the Shoe in a 

while, Gilmore proved 

again that you can sing 

country and not have to 

put your tongue anywhere 

near your cheek. 

Celina Carroll, Mother Tongue 

Meanwhile Back at the 

Kraal 

Mother Tongue At the 

Bamboo 

,~,ere's where the notes 

get scrambled. It's hard to 

write when you're dancing. 

No doubt about it, 

Mother Tongue is a dance 

band. And an accomplished 

one at that. They 

play a blend of reggae, 

East African and Ethiopian 

music, something suitable 

for Nairobi's Green Bar. 

Much of the lead vocal 

work is handled by the 

ubiquitous Celina Carol · 

(matriphiles, Urban 

· Pygmies and sometimes 

opera diva). Rachel Melas 

provides a chunky bass 

line and guitarist Yared 

Tesfaye scratches out 

clever rhythms. But it's 

the collective work that 

makes Mother Tongue 

such a successful collaboration: 

good harmonies 

complex rhythms and a 

The cassette, Mother 

Tongue, which I picked up 

at the show is disappointing. 

All the music is there, 

but the performance is 

somehow flat. Certainly 

this is a band that is best 

appreciated live. With any 

luck the next release will 

better reflect the energy 

and• vital•ty of a live 

Mother Tongue show. 

Stuck? Want to play 

& rehearse music? 

We have the right 

place for you ... 

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($10 an hour plus $2 for amps) 

CALL 

Centre 276 

276 Augusta A venue 

I Heart of Kensington Market 

( 416) 966-4059 

Talented? Energetic? 

Creative? Time on your 

hands? Be a volunteer 

for our Festival of 

Lights, December 21. I DRUM needs carriers 

Call Kensington Carni- 1 (volunteers), people to helpji 

val 351-8702 ~ staff our office (Centre 276). · 

.. I Call 363-DRUM. 

HELP WANTED 

Metro Toronto Association 

for Community Living: people 

to volunteer a few hours per 

week with someone who has 

a developmental disability. 

Phone 968-0650~ 

One in every 10 women in Toronto 

will suffer abuse this year 

50¢ a week for a year buys her 

a night of protection 

tt 

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Donation Hotline 

963-5555 

Cellular users *2525 

The Way To Help The Most 

Kensington Market Drum, page nineteen 

Central Tech Art Department 

Christmas bazaar! 

Up and coming artists from central 

technical school will be holding a 

Christmas bazaar 

featuring a 

spectacular range 

of creative 

handmade gifts 

& 

fine art 

including: 

• SKILLFULLY MADE CRAFTS 

AND FESTIVE DECORATIONS 

•POTTERY 

• WRAPPING PAPER AND CARDS 

• TOYS AND GAMES 

• JEWELLERY 

• NOVELTY ITEMS 

• HOME BAKED HOLIDAY TREATS 

There will also be a Christmas wrapping service 

with a variety of designs to choose from. 

Come have some eggnog or hot cider and browse . 

*Enter the raffle for a beautiful, 

· hanfl-made ginger bread house! 

Wednesday, 

December 18 

3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Central technical school 

art building 

(entrance on Lennox Street, just 

east of Lippincott. One block south 

and east of Bloor and Bathurst). 

N.B. Proceeds will go towards the 

central tech art student's bi-annual 

tour of New York City's galle·ries. 

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IN A COVER PHOTO NOT FAR -A WAY, 

the talented aspiring artists of Central Tech Art 

School take a break from preparing for the 

wonderfully demanding universe of Art, 

to smile at the camera and invite: 

come and help us fulfil a dream 

See our ad, page 19. 

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not a long story. 

One very sunny day, when the wind was just right 

and goodness filled the air, we came up with a dream 

of great purpose and ambition. 

· New York we said. The people and places that 

have inspired so rriany great artists before: The 

galleries and museums that· house works of art that 

we may never have the chance to see again. Let's 

travel in a grou,p to learn. Well. 

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Seriously, we are building towards a goal. Even with 

the School's support, a fundraising campaign is 

necessary for our dream to become a reality. 

The Christmas bazaar is a great opportunity for us to 

raise some funds, get our art school in touch with the 

community, and offer you a chance to buy gifts that 

are inexpensive, original and one of a kind. 

With the help and support of the Kensington Drum, 

the Art department o f Central Tech Invites you to 

our Christmas Bazaar show. 

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Offering One of Toronto's Largest 

Selection of Children's Clothing 

OshKosh 

Krickets 

Good Lad 

Baby's Own 

Uttle Nugget 

Espirlt 

Elen Henderson 

Kathy by Elvira Vali 

Vuarnet 

Tickle Me 

Featuring: 

Dr. Denton 

Pete's Partner 

Sugar Kaine 

Gls1l 

Alfred Sung 

Manrottan 

Private Members 

Calvin Klein 

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Experience the Difference 

Designer and Brand Name Fashions 

at Kensington Market Prices 

1\r\olat• 

Mr. KRICKET will 

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Dec. 19-24 

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158 Augusta, 593-9218 

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(medical) 

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our 

community for 21 years. 

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Choice of Champions 

44 Kensington Ave 

Vintage Clothing 

That's it. 

Courage My love 

14 Kensington Avenue 

979-1992 

Dancing Days 

17 Kensington, 599-9827 

New & Vintage;Exclusive 

designers; 

Asia, Africa, Central 

America 

Exile 

34 St Andrew Street 

596-0827 

As Usual The Unusual 

Expose 

39 Kensington, 971-8815 . 

Vintage, Leather Jackets, 

and Pretty Eyelet Originals! 

Fairland 

241 Augusta, 59;3-9750 

Kensington's Largest 

Quality 

Discount Clothing Store 

Fashiontique . 


Designer 'Resale, Vintage 

Antique and Collectibles 

Get Dressed 


Fine and Refined Finds. ' 

Vintage and More. 

Jaggs 

. 16 Kensington Ave 

Class Rags ~or Scallywags 

London N. Y. Paris 

Kensington . 

Noise 


· Razzmattazz 

14 St. Andrew Street 

Vintage Sparkle, Pizzazz, 

Jazz. 

Wear lt! Share lt! 

Screenplay 


- 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 9 71-881 5 

International Design 

Located in Kensington 

Tom's Place 

190 Baldwin, 596-0297 

Brand name clothes 

At Kensington Prices 

• Fish Stores 

Kensington·Market Fish 

Company · . 

189 Baldwin, 593-9269 

"Come Experience Fresh 

Fish" 

People's Fish Market 

198 Baldwin, 979-8365 

If we don't have it, 

it doesn't swim. 

Seven Seas Fish Market 


Fresh Food and Seafood 

From Around the World 

• Food Stores. . 

Augusta Fruit Market 

255 Augusta, 593·9754 

Fruit and vegetables 

fresh daily--groceries , 

Caribbean Corner 

67 Kensington 593-0008 

Fresh Tropical Foods 

Select Imported Groceries~ 

Cheese Magic 

149 Baldwin, 593-9531 

·The Neighbourhood's 

Favourite Cheese Shop 

Essence Natural Foods 

56D Kensington, 

597-2176 

For gifts of health. 

Farmer Bob's Tropical 

Harvest 


The Market's I tal Shop 

Nice Spice 

Flying Monkey Natural 

Foods 

314 College, 968-1515 

Open 7 days a week- 

from bulk food to ·crystals 

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Grossman's Tavern 

Fong On Foods 

• House & Home 

379 Spadina, 977-7000 

46 Kensington, 598-7828 Neighbourhood Bar. 

Bean Cake, Soy Milk, Fresh 

Nightly Entertainment 

Rice Noodles, no 

CAAM United Hardware 

preservatives 160 Augusta & 564 Kwangtung Dim Sum 

Dundas 

Restaurant 

International Food Market 

598-8195 or 596-8098 10 Kensington A venue 


Two Locations! 977-5165 

Fresh Fruit and Vegetables 

Luncheon Special, LLBO 

Locksmith & Safemen 

38 Baldwin, 597-1212 la Gaffe on Baldwin 

Builder's and Locksmith 

24 Baldwin ·(e. of Spadina) 

• Retail and 

Hardware. 596-2397 Mon-Fri 12-4, 

Wholesale 

Leading brands 

Sun-Thurs 

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6-10pm, Fri/Sat 6-11 · 

Kensington Fruit Market 

Parkly Gardens Florist 

34 St Andrew, 593-9530 

28 St Andrew, 585-2159 last Temptation 

Fruits, vegetables, aloes 

Fresh Cut flowers and 

12 Kensington 

too!! 

plants 599-2551 

Freshness, a family 

for all occasions. 

Sinful Food, Tempting 

business 

Times, Live Music. 

Reingewirtz Paint Stores 

Kensington Patty Palace 

Ltd. 

le Uyen 


107 Baldwin, 977-3502 56C Kensington, 598-3328 

596-6667 

Paints, varnishes and 

Authentic Vietnamese 

Best Jamaican Beef Patty 

imported wallpapers. 

Food, LLBO 

Major cards, Karaoke after 

8pm 

• Restaurants & 

lusitania Grocery 

152 Augusta Avenue. 

Mars Food 

Entertainment 

593-9745 

432 College St 

Portuguese Grocery Store 

921-6332 

- Out Of This World 

Melo's Food Centre 

Amadeu's 

151 Augusta, 596-8344 182-4 Augusta, 591-1 245 

Massimo's 

Portuguese Style SCiusages Portuguese cuisine, seafood 302 College, 967-0527 

Import and Export specialists and catering Sit down, Pick-up, and 

Delivery 

Perola's Supermarket Casa Abril em Portugal Pizza and Pasta Heaven 

247 Augusta, 593-9728 159 Augusta Avenue, 

All kinds of groceries from 593-0440 

Peter's Chunking 

South and Central America Fine Portuguese Dining Restaurant 

[Mr. Perola; monthly] 

281 College, 928-2926 

Chinese Vegetarian House Szechuan, Mandarin and 

Sanci Tropical 

39 Baldwin (at McCaul), 

Hunan 

66 Kensington, 593-9625 599-6855; friendly place, Dishes- Toronto's best! 

Freshest Herbs, Avocadoes, fine fresh food 

LLBO 

Mangoes, 

Exotica, Since 1914 

Chiu Yuen Dim Sum 

P.I.E. Tiffany's Garden Cafe 

Restaurant 

Tutti Frutti 2A Kensington, 598-1573 256 Augusta 961-3696 

64 Kensington 593-9281 . Oim Sum and Cantonese Lunch & Dinner, Mon.to 

Chinese and European 

Style 

Sat.; 

Foods Dinners Open 8am to 7pm. AI Cromwell Wed to Sat- 

Coffee, Chocolate, Cheese LLBO 

9pm-1am



• Services 

Blue Mountain Consulting 

253 College, #208, 235- 

9959 

IBM and clone computers, 

diagnostic 

software and repair 

Central Guaranty Trust 

343 College, 961-8247 

Mon closed. Tues- 

Thurs 10-5, Fri 10-7, Sat 

10-3. 

Century 21, 

First Realty Inc. 

377 Spadina, 340-8900 

. Tonny Louie, broker 

Cine Cycle 

317 Spadina 

'' Films, Bicycles, espresso 

and other good things 

Front Row Video Centre 

" 400 College Street, 927- 

1702 

Kitchen Friends Editorial 

24 Belle vue A ve 

367-4017 

11 Lazer.line Desktop 

Publishing & Design Inc. 

317 College Street 

924-8726 Fax 924-3826 

Samko Coin Laundry 

150 Augusta, 595-5277 

i Cle.an and Friendly, 

I 7 days a week. Dry 

: Cleaning Too! 

Spadina West Postal Outlet 

,, 576-578 Dundas, 593- 

0612 

Full service retail postal 

I! outlet. 

Sun King Cleaners 

576-578 Dundas, 593- 

8885 

Quality Dry Cleaning, 

Repairs 

and Alterations -- Fast! 



Farmer Bob's 

MEET THE, MERCHANTS 

by Robert Boucher 

There was a time when few 

peple without a West Indian 

background were familiar with the 

now famous Jamaican patty. 

The "Kensington Patty" a 

bakery located .at 172 Baldwin 

Street is very much responsible 

for much of that change in 

Toronto. 

For many people a trip to the 

Market is just not complete 

without a visit · here, although 

nowadays you might be purchasing 

a beef, chicken, or vegetable 

patty as well as an assortment of 

Caribbean spec_ialties that are 

guaranteed to satisfy your tastebuds. 

•Worship 

Cook Cleve who has been 

working with the Davidsons since 

the beginning continues to handle 

most of the food prepared here 

like curries, jerk chicken, soups 

and more. · 

,Pat and Ray Davidson, the 

friendly proprietors of the "Kensington 

Patty" bakery came to 

Canada from Kingston Jamaica in . 

1977 and wasted no time in buying 

a bakery then· known as "Kensington 

ratty Palace. " Located at 

the intersection of St Andrew's 

Street and Kensington Ave. this 

was the first bakery of its kind in 

Kensington Market. It was started 

in 1975 by Ray's cousin. 

Before arriving in Toronto, 

Pat, who is a registered nurse and 

· Ray who was a bank manager had 

held fulltime careers and ran th~ 

"Tenderflake Don ut Co Ltd" in 

Kingston Jamaica from 1965-1975 

(on a part-time basis). 

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College Street United 

Church 

(corner College & Bathurst) 

929-3019· ' 

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(Catholic) · 

141 McCaul Street, 

598-3269 

St. Stephen-in-the-Fields 

(Anglican) 

103 Bellevue, 921-6450 

All are welcome. 

363-DRUM 

Sun One Hour Photo Lab 

tl 310 Spadina, 591-9307 

One hr. processing, 

cameras, accessories, 

passport photos 

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