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AHI 

FLEXES 

MUSCLES 

Ryerson school 

incinerator meeting 

draws 120 

by DRUM STAFF 

The Action on Hospital Incineration 

(AHI) meeting at Ryerson 

school May 12 drew a large 

crowd. The meeting was . 

addressed by -Dr. Paul Connett, 

one of North America's foremost 

authorities on biomedical incineration 

and by several members of 

A HI. 

People at the meeting were 

told that the Western Hospital 

Incinerator burns, 16-20 hours a 

day, without any pollution controls, 

for itself and more than 

- twenty other institutions. The cost 

of running the incinerator is 

almost half a million dollars, but 

burning for other institutions 

generates more than $300,000 a 

year in revenues for the hospital. 

People attending the meeting 

were asl}ed to put t!Ieir ..names on 

a mai\ing \ist, to sign and circulate 

a petition, to display "Stop 

Incineration"_. posters, and to call 

the pollution hot line (424-3000) 

when they see black smoke from 

the stack. 

They were also asked to support 

AHI in asking the City Board 

of Health to curb use of the incinerator 

as long as it fails to meet 

acceptable standards. The Board 

of Health was to meet May 14 to 

discuss the matter. 

See "Turn off the tap," page 2. 

WHAT COUPON?? 

What the Stork left? No, Queen Kong. . 

' The B. Bob took the picture, 'cos DRUM was there. See NEW OW, p. D4 

Where did ·Russell go? 

BIOREGION MAPPING 

~~~~;i~GTON. ~S:~~~JiJigu_l 

by John Stollmeyer, 

with files from the Society for 

the Preservation of Wild Culture 

On the Wednesday afternoon of 

Bioregion week, a Bioregional 

Mapping workshop attracted 

upwards of 40 people including 

architects, city planners, graphic 

artists and ecologists. Peter Berg 

gave an explanation of the forms 

and forces identifying the Shasta, 

his home bioregion, then called on · 

Ray Tomalty, a local bioregionalist, 

~ to supply details of the 

Toronto Bioregion's various watersheds. 

Then, provided with large 

sheets of drawing paper and coloured 

pens, the participants beganto 

map the watersheds where they 

•l •a•t•e 

Jive: the watercourse nea;-est our 

home, then the high ground funnelling 

into it. Next came indigenous 

plants and animals and dwelling 

places of first peoples, finally 

the )argest human "interruptions" 

in our watershed, such as sewage 

plants, roads and the like. 

•b•r•e•a•k• 

arcade fights to survive; harbord horror 

board cuts funds as clinic bombed; 

see page 10 see page 3 

Once the maps were done 

participants "travelled" around the 

bioregion as inhabitants of the 

different creek and river basins 

described their watershed's 

dynamics and underlying realities. 

People told of being able · to hear 

buried creeks still talking under 

_basement floors, and of seeing 

river otters and herons at creek 

mouths entering Lake Ontario. As 

was intended, the bioregion came 

· out from under the maps_, alive. 

Kensington's Russell Creek, 

alas, got lost in the shuffle. 

See UP THE CREEK, page 2. 

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Page Two I May 21 1992 

Continued from page 1 

For close to an hour guest 

speaker Paul Connett spokt( 

about the hazards of biomedical 

waste incinerators like the one at 

the Western. 

He explained that ·of all 

methods of garbage disposal 

incineration does most to turn 

inert chemicals into harmful 

ones. 

He gave as an example the 

yellow plastic bags the hospital 

uses to classify "yellow bag 

waste"--all of which goes to the 

incinerator. Cadmium is used to 

dye the bags yellow. On burning 

that cadmium goes straight int.o 

the air. He emphasized again that 

this incinerato~ has..absolutely no 

pollution control. 

But he also warned against 

what he called "back-end thinking." 

"Back-end thinkers" he 

said would suggest that the best 

way to solve the problem is to 

attach all kinds of machines (e.g. 

scrubbers) to the incinerator to 

make it burn cleaner. This argument, 

he said, is like the person 

who finds a bathtub overflowing 

and tries to bail it out in everincreasingly 

complicated ways--a 

bucker, then a hand pump, then 

an electric pump, and so on. 

"The front-end thinker, on the 

other hand," he said "will turn 

off the tap. That's what you have 

to do with this incinerator. Stop 

putting stuff into it." 

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"Turn off the tap" 

C9nnett tells meeting 

Deborah Cowman of Action 

on Hospital Incineration then 

outlined to the meeting the 

group's demands for how to 

"turn off the tap," and explained 

that the Board of liealth would · 

be asked to endorse these 

demand~ May 14. 

The demands include 

•that the hospital immediately 

stopped burning mixed waste 

(i.e. regular garbage included 

with biomedical) 

•that the hospital stop burning 

for other institutions 

, . 

Up the creek without one! 

Russell remembered 

Continued from p. 1 

The City of Toronto, lying in the 

watershed of the Oak Ridges 

Moraine, is situated at the 

entrance to the oldest trade routes 

to the north west. The Huron, 

lroquois" and Chippewa nations 

used the Toronto (meeting place) 

river (now Humber) to connect to 

the waterways flowing north off 

the moraine to Lake Huron. The 

Seneca had a settlement, Teiaiagon, 

near the mouth of the river, 

as did the Mississauga later on. 

When Simcoe chose this place 

for his town of York he charged 

Alexander Aitken with the responsibility 

of drawing up a plan of the 

harbour. The area was sun' eyed 

by A. Aitken in 1793 and his map 

shows six streams .flowing into a 

lagoon protected by a firm, dry 

sand spit and island complex 

extending out at the mouth of a 

larger river. 

The western-most of these six 

streams is named Garrison Creek 

referring to the fortification 

erected at its mouth n the ruins 

of an earlier French encampment. 

Its course dictates the flow of 

Niagara St. w est of Bathurst. 

The next becomes Russell 

Creel, named after Peter Russell, 

(assistant secretary to the Commander 

in Chief of the British 

forces in the American War of 

Independence, Receiver General 

of Upper Canada, President of the 

Executive and Legislative Councils, 

1796-1799 and slave owner) 

through whose e;tates it ran. 

beth. She in turn left them to Mrs. 

William Baldwin and her sister. 

Mr. Baldwin, an amateur 

architect, built himself a commodious 

house in the country in 

1818 on the banks of the ancient 

Lake Iroquois (above Davenport). 

He called the house Spadina ("/shapadenah", 

an Ojibway word 

meaning hill. 

He also cut an avenue 132 feet 

wide thr;ough the woods clear to 

the shore ;;o that he could see the 

vessels plying in and out of the 

harbour. And here we are, this is 

our .home place. 

As you can see from the maps 

"Russell Creek" flowed diagonally 

right ~hrough the heart of Kensin~on, 

through what is now the 

Bellevue parking lot and a corner 

of Denison Square park. So where 

(and what) is Russell now? 

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NEWS 

•that the incinerator be replaced 

with safe effective, non-inciner- · 

ation ·technology 

•that the ministry of health 

tighten up its standards for 

emissions from existing incinerators 

(some of these standards 

are many times lower than in 

other countries) 

•that the ministry of health provide 

financing for hospitals 

looking for alternatives to incineration. 

These estates ranged from 

Queen St. to Eglington Ave., 

three miles from Y ark and were 

inherited by his half sister Eliza- 

"... six streams 

flowing into 

II 

a l agoon ... 

Water has no beginning and no 

end. From oceans and lakes to 

clouds, to rain, to rivers and 

round again it is the living blood 

of the earth. As the basis of life it 

is a primary organizing force for 

building community. Knowing 

where the good water we drink 

comes from and where it goes to 

is a way to start developing a 

consciousness of place. 

Here in the Market in the early 

1950s a family of recent immigrants 

liying on Oxford Street 

came to the attention of the authorities 

when it was obserVed that 

they were paying no water rates. 

An inspector was sent to investigate 

and it was discovered that an 

old well existed on the property. 

The authorities promptly 

ordered it to be filled in. Anarchy, 

as defined by cities, is not "being 

out of control" it is "being out of 

their control." 

Is it possible that beneath the 

surface, beyond the city's control, 

that creek called Russell still 

flows? 

Kensington Market DRUM 

·Photo taken one hour after 

the AHI meeting, May 12 . . 

Emissions continued for 

eight to ten minutes. Friday 

May I 5 continuous dense 

smoke like this was 

photographed from 9:10pm 

to'9:30 pm. 

COMMUNITY SHOWS UP; 

. HEALTH BOARD DOESN'T 

About twenty people from the 

community showed up at the 

board of health May 14 to support 

AHI's demands for restrictions 

on the Western hospital 

incinerator. But the board didn't. 

The meeting was cancelled when 

only seven of the board's fourteen 

members showed up in 

time. Eight are needed for a 

quorum. 

A member of the City Clerk's 

office commented to someone 

from the community that it was 

the first time in her four years 

work with the board that they 

have failed to have a quorum. 

The incinerator item has been 

rescheduled for the board's June 

4 meeting:· Fo-._ details coo.t.c.t. 

AHI at 368-0407 or .the Clerk's 

office at 392-7025. 

NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS~~SNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS 

ROUNDUPROUNDUP ROUNDUPROUNDUPROUNDU 

87 BELLEVUE SOLD 

THE MOONIES DEPARTURE FROM 87 BELLEVUE HAS BEEN CON 

FIRMED. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY HOMES FIRST 

SOCIETY, ONE OF TORONTO'S MOST INNOVATIVE AND EXPERIENCED 

PROVIDERS OF NON-PROFIT HOUSING. 28 APARTMENTS WILL BE 

CREATED. MORE IN JUNE. 

LRT APPROVAL CONDITIONAL ON CONSULTATION 

WITH "EACH AFFECTED COMMUNITY" 

THE DRAFT CONDITIONS WE PUBLISHED LAST MONTH TURN OUT TO 

BE VERY CLOSE TO THE REAL THING. ENVIRONMENT MINISTER 

GRIER HAS IMPOSED STRICT LIMITS ON WHAT TIC/METRO CAN DO 

IN IMPLEMENTING LRT ON SPADINA. STREETCARS ONLY, NO• 

AROUND THE STREETCAR TRACKS, NO MORE THAN A 2 " DIFFER 

ENCE IN THE HEIGHT OF THE TRACKS AND THE STREET, TURNS 

PERMITTED ACROSS THE TRACKS AT ALL OFF-PEAK TIMES. ON THE 

DOWN SIDE, UNLESS LOCAL PEOPLE PARTICIPATE VIGOROUSLY IN 

THE REMAINING CONSULTATION, MUCH MORE ATTENTION WILL BE 

PAID TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH SPADINA THAN 

PEOPLE DRIVING OR RIDING TO COME HERE. FOR MORE DETAILED 

INFO, PHONE DRUM AT 363-3786. 

SCHOOL BOARD BACKTRACKS ON· ALPHA, DAS? 

LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO THE TORONTO BOARD OF EDUCA 

TION ANNOUNCED TO THE TWO ALTERNATIVE PRIMARY SCHOOLS 

OCCUPYING TJ-{E OLD BRANT STREET SCHOOL THAT THEY'D HAVE 

TO MOVE TO MARKET LANE PRIMARY (AT JARVIS AND ESPLA 

NADE). MAIN REASON GIVEN: MARKET LANE PRIMARY WAS GOING 

TO BE EMPTY AND IF THE PUBLIC BOARD DIDN'T ALL IT THE 

SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD COULD ASK THAT IT BE HANDED OVER 

TO THEM. 

Now SUDDENLY THE BOARD HAS CHANGED ITS TUNE·. DAS AND 

ALPHA ARE PROBABLY TO BE LEFT WHERE THEY ARE AT BRANT, 

WHILE THE BOARD GRAPPLES WITH BIGGER FISH (LIKE METRO 

PARKS REFUSAL TO RENEW THE LEASE ON THE TORONTO ISLAND 

SCHOOL. AND WHAT TO DO WITH THE THREE HUNDRED PRIMARY 

AGE STUDENTS IN BA THUltST QUAY WHOSE LONG PROMISED 

SCHOOL IS GROWING DAILY INTO AN EVEN LONGER PROMISE.) 

No DAMAGE DONE. EH? EXCEPT TO THE COMMUNITIES OF DAS 

AND. ALPHA. Do THE EX-FOOTSOLDIERS IN THE BOARD'S BATTLE 

WITH THE ROMANS GET MEDALS?




REPORT FROM THE GRANGE 

CASH CRUNCH: 

STAFF CUTS 

AT SETTLEMENT 

by DRUM Staff 

The worsening economy, funding 

freezes, and cutbacks have hit 

University Settlement Recreation 

Centre resulting in the lay-off of 

eight full and part time workers 

and the cancellation of two other 

staff positions. Both union 

workers have been affected. The 

Board at University Settlement 

struggled with the decision at the 

March meeting of the Directors 

and came to the conclusion that 

they could not · continue to add to 

a deficit that has accumulated 

over the last five years with the 

outlook for financial recovery in 

the Province so bleak. 

The Recreation Department 

has suffered the most w'ith the 

closure of the towel desk service 

resulting in the loss of two full 

time and three part time positions. 

Other positions cut were a full 

time maintenance worker, the 

Music School receptionist/ Administrative 

Assistant, a full time 

Community Development 

Worker, the Director of Finance 

and Administration and the A 

quatics Supervisor. 

See Fundraising, p. D4 

PRINCESS 

,MARGARET 

GETS GO 

by Doug Hum 

Following a review of capital 

projects by the provincial Ministry 

of Health, the Princess 

Margaret Hospital was given the 

approval to proceed at the end of 

March. The decision will now 

allow the hospital to proceed 

with its application for a building 

permit from the city of Toronto 

to construct a nineteen storey 

building which cantilevers over 

half of Murray Street. The new 

building will be .constructed on 

the area's only significant open 

space behind the former Ontario 

Hydro head office at 610-620 . 

University Avenue. The site is 

diagonally across the street from 

Orde Street School. In addition, 

six levels will be added to the 

existing nine-level parking garage 

at 40 Murray Street to meet 

the hospital's parking needs. 

The oppositipn to the hospital's 

plans by the Orde School 

Parents' Council supported by 

Continued on p. 11 

NEWS 

after the blast ... 

"My neighbour - he's just come here from 

Salvador." said AI Medeiros of Harbord Street. "He 

said it was almost like being back home. The guys next 

door to the clinic, above the coffee place - they got 

thrown right out of bed. I even found this framed thing 

- a certificate - over here on my side ·or the street. 

There were bricks and broken glass and 

flowerpots all over the place." · 

"It sounded like a whole truck of glass going 

over." said Z. Gilbert. Estimated $600,000 damages. 

The investigation continues. 

May 21, 1992 I Page Three 

Take Out. Stash your trash securely 

Bundle Up. You've made the Blue 

collection days. Save the really big stuff, like furniture, 

for your second pick-up day. If in doubt when to put it out, 

call392-7742. TDD users, call392-0678. 

Box a great way to recycle glass bottles 

and jars, metal cans, and plastic bottles 

and jugs. You can also recycle newspapers and corrugated 

cardboard. Bundle each separately, and put th~m out for' 

collection on the correct Wednesday. 

I 

- \\\I Brush Up. Its a small step, but ~ , r;:~k,.J, ,- Wipe Out. Express yourself, sure, but 

sweeping the sidewalk around your 

1-r.Oh·d 

_not like this. Graffiti is an eyesore. It's 

also costly to clean up. And no matter 

what the message is, it doesn't say much for our city. Call 

your neighbourhood clean and tidy. 

392-776'8 when you spot graffiti, and we'll be there. 

fill II Up. People from all over come 

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to Toronto for a clean getaway. And 

that's·good for all of us. So let's keep them· 

coming by putting litter in its place. 

Give Us a Hand~ 

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Page Four I May 21 1992 EDITORIAL/LETTERS Kensington Market DRUM 

DRUM 

Talking 

DRUM 

The firebombing· of the clinic on 

Harbord Street casts a long shadow. 

So for now only a short comment. At 

clinics like the Morgentaler women are 

free to choose abortion as a way of 

terminating an unwanted pregancy. 

It is assumed to be their right to do 

so. 

At hospitals throughout Ontario 

abortions are also performed. In fact 

many times more than at the · - 

freestanding abortion clinics. The 

biggest difference is that the woman 

seeking an abortion at a hospital has 

to obtain the permission of a hospital 

committee to have that abortion._ 

Is this rage against freestanding 

abortion clinics because they provide 

abortions, or because they qssert the 

right of the woman to choose abortion 

without permission? 

DRUM is a publication of Kensington Market Drum, 

P. 0. Box 67590, 576 Dundas Street West Toronto M5T 3B8 

Material with a DRUM by-line may be reprinted with acknowledgment. 

Material with an individual by-line or credit 

is in the copyright of that individual. 

Points of Yiew in such items are those of the individual. 

DRUM is multipartisan rather than non-partisan. 

We have the right to reject items. 

For deadlines see page 16. 

For rates and infonnation, 363-DRUM. 

DRUMMERS, May 1992 

Sally Stollmeyer, Allan Schwam, Angelo Pimentel, Amina Miller, 

Josh Smith, Robert Lives, Mike Milando, Shelly Stringer, Colin 

Puffer, Masha Buell, Nina. Ewing, Angie Chafy, Leon Kaplan, 

Derek Rogers, Sophia Perlman, Luca Perlman, Martin Smith, 

John Stollmeyer, Jack Gewarter, Mary Fish, Robert Boucher, 

Buzz Burza, David Perlman,' SN Bianca, Kate Burt McNeil, 

Karen Pang, The Wilburs, Elizabeth Melo, Mabuti Seabe, Stan 

Mazur, Larry Walker, Jim Muggah, Chris Lowry, Jeff Stinson, 

Carol Branning, Doug Hum, Pamela Brown, Janice Runge, 

Anthony Seaburg, Bernie Buehl, Deborah Cowman, Mark 

Kajouji, B. Glenn, Pat Bisset, Maisela Kekana, 

Bread & Roses Credit Union 

Drum by Mi:Jtyas, layout by KF Editorial 

printing by Weller 

Tijf NHJ 

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last time we reported 

Last Time 

We Reported 

• That on Good Friday, Kensington 

is the place to be 

And we were. Picture p.D 1. 

· • That March 28 to April 5 

would be Bioregion Week 

Good times were had by all. 

See p. 1-2 for the Kensington 

slant, and there's more on p. 6. 

• That Action on Hospital incineration 

is hatting up 

The May 12 meetinfl was a 

real boost. · 

•That you can could get a free 

DRUM classified by finding our 

coupon and sending or mailing 

it to us 

And this time 'you can get your 

free ad by "signing on the 

dotted line". See D 1 and p. 16 

for details. 

• That the Spadina LRT looks 

more like a streetcar every day 

Hopefully the conditions 

announced by the Ministry of 

Environment wHI keep it that 

way. See news roundup p.2. 

•that the Downtown Community 

health board would meet 

April 13 and would be asked to 

support Action against Hospital 

Incineration - 

Which they did. Now their 

recommendations go to the 

Board · of Health (when the 

Board gets it act together). 

•that some market residents 

had complained that when they 

phone City Hall to ,try to order 

"ring and post" bicycle stands" 

their calls we.ren't returned. 

There's hope. Seep. 7. 

•That Kate was offering 

readers a taste of how bad the 

welfare structure really is 

Full course meal, anyone? See 

Kensington Place, page 7. 

•That there was a chance the 

princess margaret hospital 

expansion would not get funding 

because hospital capital 

projects were under review by 

the province - 

Doug Hum has more. See 

Report.on the Grange, p.3. 

- •that City Council had given 

the go ahead for public works 

to widen St. Andrew Street 

(all on the one side if necessary) 

Further meetings to try to get 

them to widen a lesser amount 

on both sides have bitten the 

bureaucratic dust. 

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•That the Oxford-Bellevue 

"Moonies" appeared to be on 

the move 

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• • We can confirm that 8 7 Bellevue 

has been s'old. See News 

Roundup p. 2. 

•that Parks and Rec would 

allow children to wear t-shirts 

in wading pools this summer 

(ozone depletion sun hazard) 

Not just wading pools, folks. 

All of their outdoor swimming 

pools. 

•that the Kensington Task 

Force had been canned as a 

committee of council 

Watch how many citizen committees 

this version of counctY 

chops on the pretext of budget 

restraint. 

•that the western hospital 

planning workgroup had been 

disbanded 

(Also a committee set up by 

· city council.) The hospital 

talked about setting up a permanent 

"liaison committee" in 

its place. We'll let you know. 

Stan~ 

• That the annual art ROUN 

DUP was close at hand 

Any day now, any way now. 

• That there would be a meeting 

May 7 at Kensington Community 

school for people interested 

in the issue of long-term 

home care for seniors. 

More in the June/July paper. 

This wasn't a one-night stand. 

•that there would be a renovation 

workshop at Kensington 

community school April 30 

sponsored by the departmemnt 

of buildings and inspections 

Some cynics around here 

likened the idea · to going to 

dinner with a crocodile. But for 

the -few who · went--lots of 

good info, and a chance to 

prevent problems rather than 

patch them. 

• that the Greeks on Baldwin 

has one of the most eclectic 

and interesting booking policies 

of any club downtown. 

P!iffer has more, p. 15. 

oint 

by Allan Schwam 

TRIAL BYJURY 

I have done jury duty twice in my life. Once is unusual. Twice 

is rare. Three times is, I believe, illegal. 

The term "criminal justice system" is a misnomer. lWlat 

happens in a court room is the law, not justice. The two terms 

are not mutually exclusive, but neither are they synonymous. 

The first trial I participated in involved a charge of Murder in 

the second degree. 

The defendant, a petty thief by profession struck and killed 

another petty criminal - a bootlegger- in the fate and caused 

his death. lWlen we retired to hear the case, many jurors were 

in favour of acquittal because the law says you can't convict 

beyond a reasonable doubt. The doubt concerned the 

assailant's intent to kill. 

I expressed the view that the defendant was guilty--that he 

had taken advantage of a situation to lilt his opponent when the 

latter was not in a condition to defend himself (we heard 

medical evidence that the victim was probably dying of a brain 

haemorrhage at the time he was struck). 

I started to get support for my thesis from some jurors on the 

grounds that the accused was a social misfit and that they " 

wouldn't mind putting him away for a while". Faced with the 

prospect of convicting someone because of unanimity on what 

-they were rather than on what they did, I quickly voted for 

acquittal, as did we all. 

It is very fragile in the jury room. 

I once heard an anecdote about a rich man who disdained trial 

by_ his peers because he would never let himself be judged by 

tWelve individuals not influential enough to get off jury duty. 

As a juror, all the garbage of a particular breakdown, 

personal, social, or even legal placed at your doorstep. And 

you haven't been rich enough or influential enough to avoid the 

job. 

We expect a jury to distinguish posturing from policy, 

perception from reality and legitimate self-defence from 

paranoia. 

All the jurors in the Rodney King trial had to do was to 

redress the wrongs of segregation, underemployment, urban 

decay and political corruption. It was their simple task to 

rescue American honour from American shame. . 

Their failure was spectacular, but far from singular. 

Similar expectations are to be heard from our own leaders. 

Commenting on the mini riots that took place in Toronto following 

the events in L.A., Mayor Rowlands said, "This is not 

a result of racism. This is caused by economic breakdown and 

alienation". , 

Is that all? And I thought the problem was difficult! 

This year marks the 40th anniversary since I have been earning 

a living trying to work in the journalism business, political and 

social institutions of this country. I have foand decades of my 

experiencr, that "the system" has constantly chosen theprecise 

paths that lead to breakdown, corruption and long-term failure. 

Indeed, th.g~our contemporary search for order leads to disorder. 

The editors of the DRUM have kindly invited me to share 

some of those experiences in a column. Perhaps we can ponder 

the reasons for such costly failures together.



Kensington Market DRUM EDITORIAL/LETTERS May 21, 1992 I Page Five 

Letters to DRUM 

Box 67590 

57 6 Dundas Street West 

Toronto MST 3B8 

published. Unless stated here, letters are published in their entirety. 

COUNCILLORS 

APOLOGIZE 

TOTWH 

" Dear DRUM, 

RE: INCINERATION AT TORONTO WESTERN HOSPI 

TAL 

" In a recent flyer, we stated that "Toronto Western Hospital is 

burning all of the garbage it produces as well as wastes from 

22 other facilities at its· incinerator at Bathurst and Dundas." 

This statement is erroneous and arose due to a misunderstanding 

and the reluctance of the hospital to' provide us with exact 

figures. As a result of the distribution of this flyer, the 

Hospital has provided us with correct data on its waste 

11 

management policies. 

Iri fact, Toronto Western Hospital is burning all of the bi-omedical 

waste it produces as well as wastes from 22 other . 

,, facilities. Bio-medical waste includes such things as body parts, 

syringes, plastic tubing, bed pans, used dressings, and so en. 

Much of the other garbage it produces is landfilled and some 

is recycled. 

In any event, the Toronto Western Hospital incinerator bums 

waste at 80-90% of its licensed capacity. Hospital officials 

have recently stated that the total cost of incineration in 1991 

was $315,000. The fees earned by burning for other facilities 

was $285,000. 

We apologize for this error and regret any embarrassment it 

may have caused. We thank the hospital for providing us with 

the correct figures. 

Yours very truly, 

Elizabeth Amer, City Councillor, Ward 5 

and 

Martin Silva, 

City Councillor, Ward 4. 

Dear editor 

I'm writing to you concerning 

the possible budget cut to the 

drug · free arcade that is 

located on Augusta Avenue. 

Well in this letter I'm going to 

·tell you what I feel should be 

done or could be done. My 

personal point of view is that 

the drug·-free arcade is a wonderful 

educational place for 

kids and teens to go to. There 

we learn the true facts about 

aids, substance abuse, drug 

· abuse, date rape, sexuality 

and if I name the rest I think 

I'll run out of paper. The staff 

give us a good view of. not 

only the facts- of all these 

things but all the side-effects 

that come along with the 

package. They teach us a lot 

of things that you won~t and 

can't learn out of reading a 

pamphlet you pick up on the 

subway. I have learned a lot 

from - the , little time I have 

gone there and I hope to learn 

more and more as time goes 

· on and hopefully if there is no 

budget cuts. The staff make a 

friendly and lovable environ 

.ent for the kids and the 

Dear editor, 

I am writing this letter 

because we kids at the 

Arcade need all the programs 

[provided by the Drug-Free 

Arcade. I am involved in a 

group which is in the process 

of developing an AIDS and 

Drugs game at the Arcade to 

make the kids and teenagers 

aware of these problems 

affecting our generation. This 

program has provided some 

interesting information on 

AIDS and drugs and has been 

a lot of fun as well. As you 

can see we need the funding 

you have cut from us. 

Yours truly 

Richard Hamilton 

Age 16 

Dear Mr. or Ms. Public Health: 

My name is Arlynne Poitras I 

am 14 years old and going in 

to grade nine in the fall I am 

an active participant in a 

revolutionary program 

designed for young women at 

the st. stephens drug free 

arcade. it's called "girl's 

group" . . 

We have been meeting for 

about a year now and learned 

an immense amount. We've 

had speakers seen theatre 

gone camping w e panted a 

mural promoting equality and 

safer sex, we re-decorat ed a 

room, we are beginning to 

clean out the backyard and 

we got to talk about our prob- 

SIGN OF THE TIMES 

See this sign? 

It could be yours. 

Put one up· 

and help the cause. 

Phone 368-0407 

lems to someone who is 

trained to help us. At my age 

something like this holds a 

great deal of value, we get to 

talk about things that we 

might no feel comfortable 

telling our parents or friends. 

Next year all of us are going 

to different high schools. This 

is our best way to keep in 

touch with each other. And 

I'm sure you know that high 

school can be a very stressful 

place. This summer we are 

planning for workshops to 

help our time organization. 

This group is very important 

to me. It represents young 

women in community centres 

,./ 

,~ 

very well considering we're so 

active. If ·it wasn't for the 

arcade, I know that I would 

never have set foot in a community 

centre. The arcade is 

very important to me and to 

many others. This funding is 

vital to keep it alive. Please 

give generously. 

Yours sincerely, 

Arlynne Poitras, age 14 

Girls Group, St. Stephen's 

Drug-Free Arcade 

students! 

311 

Augusta 

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cozn 

laundry 

best hours 

great price 

youth that go there.They are 

really· friendly. I don't think 

there should be any budget 

cuts because 1. feel that the 

programs that are offered 

there really help the kids and 

youth to understand the real 

fats and effected drugs, sex 

and other very common issues 

today have on us and on 

those that live around us .. The 

program is really interesting 

and educational but at the 

same time fun. I feel that 

tho$e are the programs that 

have the most success 

because they really get the 

participants interested. They 

teach us a lot of interesting 

things that we have of know 

in order to survive out there in 

the world today. Well I hope 

that this letter helps the drugfree 

arcade stay as it 'is, so ' 

that it can continue helping 

the kids of the neighbourhood. 

They do a very good 

job teaching kids. 

Yours sincerely 

Maria Perez 

Dear editor, 

I am a concerned student who 

attends the arcade regularly 

and this issue is very appalling 

to me. I cannot understand 

why these people are so 

heartless and greedy. This 

program is safe and educational. 

It keeps young people 

off the streets and out of 

trouble with the law. I in particular 

am fond of the program 

they have provided for 

me. My evening schedule is. 

now filled with exciting activities. 

By cutting the funding 

for the "DRUG FREE/AIDS 

PREVENTION arcade the 

Board of Health has ignorantly 

"stopped the flow" so to 

speak of youth activity- in our 

community. It disgusts me to 

see such inconsiderate selfishness 

towards children and 

children's programs. I obviously 

feel that this matter 

should be reconsidered, there 

must be a s simple solution to 

the problem. 

Howard Morgan 

age 17 

Dear Editor 

I like the Arcade. I learn about 

drugs and AIDS. 

Steve 

Age 7 

Dear Editor, 

We need to learn. The Board 

of Health should keep giving 

us funding. · 

Alexandria 

Age 7 

Dear Editor, 

I am writing this story 

because I am mad at the 

Board of Health. And the 

Arcade is the best Arcade 

because we know not to 

touch the dirty needle. 

Paul 

Age 9 

Dear Editor 

I'm mad at the board of health 

because they cut a lot of the 

funding off the arcade and we 

did not like that because the 

arcade teaches us about aids 

and drugs and a lot of other 

things too. 

Nattasha 

age 10 

Dear editors: 

We kids at the Arcade learned 

about drugs and AIDS and we 

have a lot of fun. 

Jason Hamilton 

Age 14 

To the editor: 

I am writing in regard to the 

cut in funding to the drug-free 

arcade by the board of health. 

Please do not cut our funding. 

The funding that we receive 

from the board of health will 

enable us to . provide programs, 

such as the AIDS 

game, the drug free arcade 

and the life skills workshops. 

These programs help educate 

youths on A IDS and drugs. 

There have been enough 

programs that have been cut, 

especially summer jobs and 

recreational programs. We 

need these programs for our 

health and welfare. 

_Sincerely 

Frank Mensah 

Editor's note: sorry w e could 

not publish more than a reJ1resentative 

sample of the mar y 

letters we received on this 

top'ic. See article Cutbacks 

threaten, page 10.



Page Six I May 21 1992 

ENVIRONMENTAL 


Oh oh! 

Ozone's low 

by DRUM Staff 

The Ozone layer is thinner than 

normal even though the hole 

predicted over the northern 

hemisphere did not develop. As 

such _ we are receiving more 

ultra-violet radiation from the 

sun than we should. The United 

Nations and the -World Health 

Organization predict that cases of 

cataracts, skin cancer, and 

immune deficiencies will 

increase dramatically in the 

coming years. Already citizens 

of Chile and Argentina has suffered 

greatly as a result of overexposure 

to UY radiation:' 

Cloudy days are not safe. All 

UY light which is not absorbed 

by the ozone reaches the earth's 

surface. Children are especially 

vulnerable. Be sure your children 

wear wide brim hats, long sleeve 

_t-shirts and if possible sun glassses 

during the day. Get them to 

play in the shade as much as 

possible. This summer children 

will be allowed to wear shirts in 

City of wading Toronto wading 

pools. Full body dance leotards 

are available with 3/4 length 

sleeves and legs. They are light, 

comfortable, come - in bright 

colours and make fin~ swimsuits. 

A note regarding sunglasses: 

they have to be UV rated or they 

won't pro,vide suitable protection. 

Cheap plastic sun glasses 

and childrens' toy sun glasses do 

not filter UV rays and extended 

use of them can cause severe 

pennanent datnage to your eyes. 

Parents should retnember that illfitting 

sunglasses on an active 

child are a recipe for an acci 

-dent. 

'- 

Our Own Backyard: Bioregion Week Reviewed 

excerpted from Society for Wild Culture newsletter 

March 28~April 5, 1992 was the 

1st annual conference on ecologi- 

cal renewal in the greater 

Toronto Bioregion. A tale of two 

watersheds. 

The first ,forum of Toronto 

Bioregion Week featured Peter 

Berg of Planet Drum in San 

Francisco and David Cater of the 

Royal Commission on the Future 

of the Toronto Waterfront. 

Carter, a close associate of David 

Crombie was very much in tune 

with bioregional pioneer Peter 

Berg, who encouraged the longterm 

bioregional plans recommended 

by the Crombie Commission. 

The Crombie Commission 

will make its final report later this 

Spring. When asked what made 

this Royal Commission different 

from other toothless Royal Commission; 

reports shelved in the 

past, Carter said that the passion 

and consensus-building skills of 

the Commissioner, David Crombie, 

would give - this study the 

But where is the bikeway? 

by Martin Smith 

The city considers downtown 

traffic to be an environmental 

issue and the reduction of numbers 

of vehicles on city streets an 

important goal for the healthy 

city program. Now city council 

has set in motion a plan to establish 

300 kilometres of reserved 

lanes for high occupancy 

vehicles (HOYs). These HOY 

lanes are reserved for taxis, 

buses, cars carrying three or 

more p~ople, and bicycles. 

Environmentalists agree that 

fossil fuel constJmption must be 

reduced to stem global warming. 

The automobile is the greatest 

producer of greenhouse gases, as 

well as noxious fumes which 

present grave health risks. Reorganizing 

urban transportation 

priorities from least impact first 

is a vital step. 

As such, the bicycle should 

have the highest priority in promoting 

new urban transportation 

CAR DEPENDENCE: 

I 

COSTS, CAUSES & CURES 

2nd lnternaflonal Conference 

on Auto-Free Cities 

Toronto, Canada • May 22-24, 1992 

Registration begins Friday May 22 at noon 

at 155 College Street 

(the Board of Education building) 

Speakers include: 

Steven Elsworth, Greenpeace International; 

Tony Hiss, author The Exverience ofPlace 

Joyce Nelson, author The Peifect Machine 

for lnfonnatlon. call (416) 960-0026 

options., then streetcars, then 

other HOYs. The city thinks 

HOY lanes are being responsive 

to cyclists' demands for bikeways, 

when in -fact they're 

throwing bikers a bone. When 

did you last see a bike that was a 

high occupancy vehicle? 

An HOY lane was created on 

Bay Street last year. I only rode 

Bay Street twice since the lane 

was introduced and I got run off 

the road by a bus once, and a 

taxi the other time. The motor 

vehicles treat the reserved lane 

as a personal freeway. Bicycles 

need exclusive right-of-way 

lanes, if citizens are to feel safe 

in committing themselves to the 

bike as their primary personal 

transportation choice. 

If the city really wants to promote 

bicycling and reduce tr;!ffic, 

they will mark at least two 

north-south bikeways and two 

east-west bikeways in the down- 

, town core. Either King or Queen 

could be re-served for bikes, 

streetcars and delivery trucks 

only from Bathurst to 

Sherbourne, between the hours 

of 9:00am and 9:00pm without 

adverse effects on merchants or 

through-traffic. 

Some extra parking could be 

put in place -at the two ends of 

the bikeway to encourage commuters 

to park and ride the 

streetcar. · North-south streets 

such as St. Georg~/Beverley 

could also be reserved for bikes 

only during specified hours. 

Let's re!luce downtown traffic 

and reduce fossil fuel emissions. 

't>ot'\ '-4-- +h row rrr e 

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Sell ffle -&r.~ h ~ 

trE!e. c:.J.as~;f;ecl ad! 

~dlotu ft\e fo~pon 

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politicai momentum that it needs. - recognizing that natural bound- 

Berg suggested that the very aries and processes are more imsurvival 

of the city is dependent portant than politically sliced 

on the integrity of its bioregion. regional grids 

We need to raise the level of -integrating land - use and envigeneral 

awareness, so that we no ronmental planning 

longer ' think that food comes· -linking strategies for urban and 

"from the store"' water goes rural land management 

"down the drain" _and garbage -concurrent planning among the 

goes "out". If people are aware of four levels of government in this 

the full costs of providing clean region, rather than sequential 

water they use it more wisely, if -allocating capital budgets to 

they grasp the energy and waste bioregional restoration and susproblems 

of excess packaging tainability 

they begin to think twice at the - -designing places and public 

grocery store. The average North spaces to allow people to experi 

~merican moves every three ence nature while still having 

years, and this mobility is very access to the cultural advantages 

unhealthy for ecosystems. If _ of a city 

people don't stay in one place -changing ~he language we use, to 

long enough to get to kn()w where influence our attitude to the place 

they live, they never take respon- of communities in the land. 

sibility for the health of any -introducing new credit courses 

community or watershed. into our school curriculum at all 

Berg and Carter suggested levels so that children can learn to 

some "connected meanings" of respect and care for the local biobioregionalism: 

region. 

- Increasing Local self-sufficiency Some suggestions for action 

(renewable energy, local power that came out of the forum: 

generation, waste recycling, etc.) * push for public policy changes · 

-rediscovering neighbourhood while carrying out individual 

(cultural events, community radio actions 

stations, civic pride, celebration, * begin with. special projects in 

fellowship) 

small areas, hke the marsh under 

-changing the planning process to the Bloor viaduct or the Ossington 

allow community input on muni- Old Orchard Wilderness Garden. 

cipal decisions affecting neigh- * seek partnership and consensus 

bourhoods 

rather than bitter compromise 

-having a sense of beloni'ing to a after conflict 

larger region of interdependent * get involved in the public 

human, animal and plant com- planning process. 

munities 

The City's Department of Public 

Works and the Environment, is 

calling on citizens to "Give Us a 

Hand. For a Cleaner Toronto." 

(see ad page ). 

"Toronto's reputation as one 

of the world's cleanest cities is a 

valuable CQmmodity, worth 

literally millions of dollars in 

terms of tourism and in terms of 

investment," Mayor June Rowlands 

told a City Hall news 

conference where the campaign 

was unveiled. "Even more i-mportant, 

a clean city is essential to 

our quality of life." 

Give Us a Hand. 

for a C\eoner Tot·oilTof 

$233,000 cleanup 

The "Clean City" campaign 

includes television, print, subway 

and transit shelter advertising. 

Most elements of the campaign 

are being translated into five languages. 

Public Works Commissioner 

Yardin predicts the $233,000 

advertising campaign will help 

reduce the City's $36 million-ayear 

garbage collection and litter 

control cost. Last year, City 

workers picked up 15,000 tonnes 

of litter and 1 262,000 tonnes of 

garbage. 

The 

,0 

~boice is yours. 

~ 0 

~ \1 Y 0 Ji Why spend tinle and energy looking for alternative 

products and services if it means supporting 

t ~1, corporate interests? Make a complete switch! 

CJ - g! ·. For alternative products, consultations and 

· '"i referrals for the social change community, call us 

0 • tr, ' or visit our new recycling depot at 14 Markham St. 

~~A 

(one block West of Queen and Bathurst) 

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May 21, 1992 I Page Seven 

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Auction is a Message for a Cleaner Future 

by Jerome Cheung, Toronto Disannament Network 

Without a doubt the most eclectic event this May was the Third Annual Recycled Art Auction. 

Dozens of local Toronto artists donated their time and skill to create rideable works of art 

from used bicycles. Auction organizeer Heather McCrimmon calls the benefit 

"a celebration of bicycles, a reaffirmation of clean transport, and a message to the world 

that we need a future less addicted to fossil fuels. " 

The event, co-sponsored by the Toronto Re-cycled Art Society, Bikes Not Bombs(BBB) and 

the Toronto Disarmament Network (TDN), is rapidly becoming an established Toronto 

tradition drawing its support from a dedicated following of bicycle enthusiasts. 

The use of fossil fuels in cars, planes and other vehicles releases huge amounts of carbon 

dioxide every year contributing to Global Warming. 1DN co-organizer Ed Luciano S(IYS, "the/ 

world's dependency on oil is threatening to change the very temperature of the world. The 

Gulf War was in, part fought over oil reserves. We need to promote the bike on · a local level 

if we're going to change things ai a global one. " 

The Art Auction which took place Thursday May 21, at the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), 

featured Jack Layton as auctioneer and live music with the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band. 

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Page Ten I May 21 .1992 

COMMUNITY 


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by Shelley Stringer 

As long as I can remember young girls and boys have been kidnapped 

and sexually assaulted. During the last year so many 

girls have been going missing. I, myself am a young girl of 16 

years old, who should be able to walk down any street in the 

day or night and feel safe. Well because of all these kidnapping/rapes/murders 

I can not go anywhere by myself and 

. feel safe. I now go almost everywhere with a friend and if it's 

late at night I have someone walk me home. 

It is sad that young women and men can not feel safe on the 

street or even ln the area they live in. It is not /air to the people 

in this world that they have their freedom restricted because of 

the idiots who get off by kidnapping, raping and murdering 

people the know, or don't know. 

In L.A. right now people are rioting because 4 white cops were 

found not guilty of beating up a .black person. However, if the 

safe cops had beat up a white person there would be no rioting. 

Likewise, if 4 black cops beat up a whiter person they'd be 

' found guilty. Innocent people in L.A. are being killed and 

injured because other people are upset about the cops not being 

guilty. ·Why don't they take their anger out on the cops or the 

jurors and judge who found them not guilty. 

People should be able to feel safe-no matter where they arf! and 

no matter what time it is. People shouldn't have to worry about 

themselves or others being kidnapped, raped or murdered. 

Something should be done about this situation to insure tJ:zat the 

young feel safe and get their freedom back. 

Cutbacks Threaten Youth Arcade 

by DRUM STAFF 

The City of Toronto Board of 

Health's Aids Sub-Committee has 

recommended cutting back essential 

funding to a neighbourhood 

program in the Kensington and 

Alexandra Park area. 

Staff and young people at the 

ARCADE were shocked to learn 

that their funding for 92/93 may 

be reduced from $18,000 to 

$6,098 if the Board of Health 

approves recommendations. (See 

letters, page 5.) "The AR:CADE" 

on Augusta A venue is a youth 

drop-in centre. 

"We have been open since June 

1990, a safe environment for 

youth who are at risk in the community, 

where they · are exposed 

to used needles ... and the drug 

subculture in the community." 

said Kevin Lee, Assistant Executive 

Director from St. Stephen's 

Community House. 

Youth under the age of 18 

from Kensington and Alexandra 

Park communities engage in activities 

such as outings, arts and 

crafts, video games, sports and 

workshops on AIDS and drug 

prevention which are held on a 

regular basis. The young people 

at the Arcade over the past year 

have organized an AIDS and drug 

prevention competition in the 

community involving the four 

local public schools in the area. 

The Arcade is also a resource 

centre for parents in the commun- 

ity who want information on 

AIDS and drugs. "Service... will 

have to be reduced as a result of 

the funding cut," said Lee. 

The program is well used by '· 

the community. In 1991, 650 

youth and 750 adults used the 

services of the Arcade. "During 

the summer months we have 

between 50 to 65 kids com'ing 

into the drop-in per day," said the 

Community Services Director, 

Allen Flaming. This summer the 

program anticipates greater numbers 

due to the high youth unem- 

-ployment and the reduced funding 

to day camps in the area. 

"This drastic cut is ·an indication 

to our community that youth in 

the Kensington and Alexandra 

Park communities are a low 

priority to the AIDS sub-committee. 

We need to show that this is 

not acyeptable to our community," 

said Flaming. 

The ,AIDS sub-committee of 

the Board of Health had 

$11,052,000 this year allocated 

by City Council to distribute to 

comm':'nity groups in the fight 

against the spread of AIDS and 

the HIV virus. The Arcade program, 

the first of its type in the 

city of Toronto, was scheduled to 

appeal the funding cut at the 

Board of Health, May 20. 

RNl& Wlt~~ov 

The Scat Cabaret 

by Emma S. 

The scat cabaret was fun. They 

had a bubble gum contest, a 

boy from the University Settlement 

House won. A bunch of 

kids sand a bunch of songs and 

a person with a. guitar sang 

some songs. Elisha and Amy 

and I sang My Boy Lollipop, it 

was fun. They had cookies and 

coffee and tea. I think they had 

muffins but I am not sure. 

They had a clown too. A 

bunch of kids went to the stage 

with the ·clown and played 

jump rope with 15 kids in a 

line. 

The Three R 's 

At Ogden School 

students are experimenting with 

vermicomposting - an innovative 

indoor method of reducing 

garbage. Vennicomposting is 

composting with wom1s. One 

wonn can eat its own weight in 

leftovers every day and expel 

sweet-smelling compost in its 

place. 

Ogden purchased three 

vermicomposters with financial 

assistance from the Shell 

Environmental Fund. Staff and 

students are emhusiastic about 

this hands-on exercise in the 

three Rs--reduce, reuse, and 

recycle. 

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Make this a summer of fun and learning. The Toronto 

Board of Education 1\.las programs for everyone - 

elementary students, secondary students, and adults. 

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• Sports 

• Swimming 

• New Credit Courses 

• Enrichment 

• Outdoor Activities 

• Parenting 

• · English as a Second Language 

• Driver Education 

• Heritage Languages 

• Literacy Classes 

• Seniors' Programs 

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High quality child care. 

George Brown has spaces 

available for infants to nine 

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locations. Call 944-4545 

for information. 

st Stephen's 

Community House 

Summer Day Camp 

Registration 

· commencing 

.immediately. 

Call Teresa 

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information and 

registration. 

Call 920-8980 or 

925-2103 .. 

The camp this year 

will be limited to a 

registration of 

35 children 

ages 6-12. The camp 

will be running from 

July 2 to August 28. 

Activities will 

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Kensington Market DRUM COMMUNITY May 21, 1992 I Page Eleven 

Continued from page 3 

the Toronto Chinese Parents' 

Association, arose out of concern 

of the health, safety and welfare . 

of the children and the future 

children attending Orde Street 

School and the four nearby day 

care centres. The Orde School 

Parents Council "mounted a reasoned 

and compelling case 

against the hospital's proposal", 

said the Ontario Municipal Board 

(OMB) Decision in August, 

1991, which approved the hospital's 

plans last spring. 

The repercussions will mean 

that the small park will be lost. 

There all be heavy construction 

traffic servicing the hospital construction 

site adding to the traffic 

hazards for the children. There 

already have been accidents with 

children struck by vehicular 

traffic. There will also be noise 

and dust during construction. 

Recently, City Public Works was 

carrying out roadwork on Orde 

Street and the noise from the . 

hydraulic hammers made normal 

conversation almost impossible 

for some classrooms. When the 

hospital is completed, the traffic 

on streets nearby will be among 

the highest in the City of 

Toronto for an elementary 

school. 

This decision and the approval 

process for the hospital has 

been remarkable for its consistency 

insofar as the children were 

conc.erned. The arguments 

advanced by parents and others 

concerned about the welfare of 

the children and for· the protection 

of their rights and entitlements 

consistently carried 

little weight in each" of the decisions 

in the approval process. 

Even the provincial Ministry of 

the Environment accepted the 

arguments advanced by an environmental 

planner for the hospital 

t~ere were "no realistic reasons 

for local concern from an 

environmental perspective" despite 

the "reasoned and compelling 

case" advance by parents. 

The decision confirms the degradation 

of the children's environment 

and this is wilful neglect of 

the welfare of children. 

The process has failed the 

more than 600 children; it has 

failed to protect their best interest; 

and, it has failed to defend 

the rights and entitlements. Our 

nation is a signatory to the 

United Nations Declaration of 

the Rights of the Child. Our · 

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skills? It's free, and we 

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Call us at 591-7384 

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Network is seeking women 

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and men able to communicate 

effectively with 

others. Willingness to work 

for social change essential. 

Knowledge of contemporary 

Peace, Environmental 

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asset. Call Allan between 

11:00 am and 5.00 pm 

Mon. to Fri. tel: 535-8005 

WORK FOR PEACE 

provincial government has even 

produced a · report entitled 

"Children First" which proclaims 

that "Promoting the well-being of 

children and defending their 

entitlements must become society's 

highest priority." Childreus' 

rights are human rights and 

in all these areas, the process has 

failed our children. 

In spite of all this, the parents 

will continue to press for safety 

measures to protect the children 

and to seek amelioration of the 

worse aspects of this hospital 

proposal. There is still the pending 

appeal by the parents of the 

original OMB decision by the 

: Ontario Ombudsman. A Traffic 

. Construction Committee with 

parent representation has been 

constituted by the City Public 

Works to deal· with traffic concerns. 

The Toronto Board of 

Education has passed a motion to 

support closing Orde Street to 

through traffic with school buses 

exempted to minimize traffic 

hazard to the children. The 

parents are supporting the City's 

Public Works Commissioners' 

efforts to open Orde Street at 

University Avenue to direct 

traffic away from the school. A 

consultant will soon be submitting 

proposals for the replacement 

of the park and a Play 

Ground Committee has been 

constituted by the Toronto Board 

of Education to develop plans to 

improve the play area for the 

children. 

If you need further information 

or wish to assist, please 

contact the Orde School Parents' 

Council at 393-1900. 

(Doug Hum is an Orde School 

parent) 

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Sanity in 

the City 

by Amina Miller 

There is something very basi~: 

about digging in the soil. It is 

one of the few opportunities we 

still have to connect wi~h nature. 

Certai'nly there _are nature hikes 

and wilderness trails, and they 

are wonderful, but unfortunately 

many of us hav·e neither the 

energy, time, or the resources to 

take advantage of them. Pottering 

in a garden is affordable, 

accessible and immedi-ate, it 

nurtures our spirit as the produce 

nurtures our bodies. Even if you 

do not have your own yard there 

are community gardens or tubs 

and planters that can serve the 

same purpose. 

All of our senses are involved 

in gardening. We smell the 

wonderfully satisfying scent of 

freshly turned earth and the 

delicate and pungent aromas of a 

rich variety of plants and herbs. 

We can feel the earth moist and 

crumbly in our fingers and the 

cool fibrous skins of some vegetables. 

We see and hear a different 

world, a miniature world 

of interlocking branches and 

barbed stems, beginning in secret 

hidden places. And the colours. 

The dazzling intensity of light 

and shade, the jewelled backs of 

scurrying beetles, all under the 

heat of the sun in a brilliant sky. 

While focusing on the task at 

hand our mind wanders to 

explore other by-passed corners 

of our lives and memories. Memories 

triggered buy the fleeting 

FOOD ACTION PROJECT 

* Would you be interested 

in obtaining good food at 

low cost? 

* Are you. a single person 

or a family having a hard 

time on a limited income? 

* .Are you interested in 

building community spirit 

and getting to know your 

neighbours? 

* Do you think you would 

enjoy a group trip to a farm 

to pick your own cheap and 

fresh vegetables and fruit? 

* Are you an apartment 

dweller with no space for a 

garden? 

*Would you like to learn to 

garden or do you already 

have skills? 

THE FOOD ACTION 

PROJECT can help you 

·and your community 

with free information 

and what you need 

to start up: 

•Food Buying Clubs 

•Community Gardens 

•Pick-Your-Own Trips 

. •Community Kitchens 

Anyone can do it! 

Contact: 

Micheie MacKenzie 

at the 

Food Action Project 

392-6655 

(please leave a message and 

your call will be retu.rned) 

George Brown College offers a\ diploma programme in 

community work to persons with a strong commitment to 

human rights, social justice and community development 

in a multicultural society. · · 

This is a two year, full-time programme of classroom 

study and supervised work in the field. 

We start in September and en4 in May. 

For more information or to arrange an interview, 

call 867-2185. 

familiarity of a sight, sound or 

smell. There is a timelessness 

about working with our hands in 

the soil. It becomes easy for us 

to identify with unknown past 

generations of people who have 

also grown their food and 

thought similar thoughts that 

were triggered by the same 

smells and sights. We may wonder 

about their lives, their hopes 

and their dreams. This connects 

us to our heritage and our world, 

we feel part of a larger scheme 

and it helps to put our own lives 

and problems in perspective . 

We do not have may opportunities 

in our programmed crazy 

lives to fully experience ourselves 

and our direct relationship 

with nature. Yet in a garden in 

downtown Toronto in 1992 time 

can stand still, we can expe·rience 

·the timeless connection 

between mankind and the fertility 

of the earth. We are confronted 

with the reality of our seasons 

and how our activities must be 

planned to accommodate them. 

Many ancient calenders we're 

constructed around seasonal 

plantings and harvesting, even 

wars were interrupted in order to 

sow and reap. Man's futile 

activities took second place to 

the reliable, relentless, life-giving 

cycle of the earth's fertility. 

In our modest city garden we 

are forced to work in pa~.:e (and 

partnership) with nature, we 

cannot impose our hurried 

manmade timetable on her. 

Nature takes the responsibility 

out of our hands and so relieves 

us of the stress and pressure to 

excel and produce, or to beat a 

dead-line. Every thing unfolds in 

its own time as it should, arid we 

are privileged to witness and 

encourage -the events. However, 

we can not force them to happen, 

neither can we hurry them 

along. In this simple process ewe 

re-discover ourselves, patience, 

humility and joy. 

Amina Miller 

West Central will have a community 

garden again this year 

Interested? Call Amina at 364- 

4107 

UTOO CAN no - 

Ont. Tenants organize 

by Timothy Maxwell 

The United Tenants of Ontario 

(UTOO), was founded in 

Hamilton back in 1989 as the 

result of a provincial conference 

at McMaster University of more 

than 200 tenants. For a couple of 

years we struggled to organize 

tenants across. Ontario with very 

little money. Last year, at our 

Third Annual General Meeting 

and Training Conference in 

Ottawa, the Minister of Housing 

annou~ced that we would finally 

receive stable funding so we 

could hire staff to _go around the 

province and organize tenants. 

Since then we have been very 

busy indeed, setting-up our office 

at Spadina and Bloor, which we 

s~are with the Federation of 

Metro Tenants' Associations, and 

organizing meetings with tenants 

from Windsor, Mississauga, 

Kingston, Ottawa, Sudbury, 

Toronto and Thunder Bay, as 

well as many smaller towns in 

northern Ontario. 

Our Fourth Annual . General 

Meeting and Training Conference 

is fast approaching. Across the 

province, friends and members of 

UTOO are busy preparing for 

what will be a great weekend at 

Laurentian University in Sudbury, 

June 25 to 28th. 

Tenants who have been to 

UTOO Conferences in the past 

will know that it won't be some 

kind of stuffy, boring, meeting. 

VOLUNTEER REQUIRED to 

assist a young adult learner 

in an educational program 

(Math and English) 

Wednes. afternoons, 

1-3 pm. If interested, 

please call Lana at OASIS 

ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL 

393-9830. 

Tenants will be able to share their 

experiences and gain new knowledge 

of organizing tenant associations, 

fighting evictions getting 

repairs done and other legal matters. 

As well, tenants will be able 

to take part in many other Workshops, 

including maintaining 

Tenant Solidarity in the Face of 

Racism; Blind Spots and Dangerous 

Places, (Safety Tour); Rental 

Housing on a Low Budget; Native 

Housing; Seniors Speak Out; The 

Women's Workshop and many 

others. 

In addition to Workshops, 

Provincial Council Elections and 

Policy discussions, Tenants ·are 

sure to enjoy the two main social 

events. Friday evening there will 

be a ·"TENANT CABARET", 

where performing artists, previously 

hiding within the tenant 

movement, will share their talents 

with the rest of us. On Saturday 

evening there will be a D .J. 

Dance. So bring your songs, 

stories and dance steps to Sudbury 

when you come! 

For more information about 

the least expensive, most productive 

and rewarding weekend you 

can spend away, from your landlord, 

CALL UTOO at 1-416-927- 

8363, and we'll send you a Registration 

form. See you there! 

Timothy Maxwell, 

UTOO Executive member and 

Kensington-Bell woods 

Community Legal Worker 

The Metro Toronto Associ 

. ation 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.



Page Twelve I May 21 1992 COMMUNITY/ARTS 


Faith is such a tenuous thing. 

Some days are good, some are 

bad. In my head it goes something 

like this: 

I'm told I have to reclaim my 

own past. How? What past? 

Seven generations ago my father's 

family came from Britain- a 

land I've never walked on. I 

look across the sea and there's 

men fighting eachother. With 

swords, with cannons, with 

horses, with knives, with clubs, 

and in boats coming toward me 

with guns pla.nes bombs tanks 

trucks missiles, with long beards 

and big brown eyes. Big hairy 

white men fighting eachother for 

wealth, power and/or God and 

dragging women around by their 

hair. What past? 

Some past I'm told is there. 

Some zany story about a woman 

who was respected and cherished 

by her community - who took 

lovers and raised children when 

she wanted to! Some woman 

who didn't have to look for a 

"decent" man to protect and 

support her in the market econ~ 

omy. Some woman whose menstrual 

blood was sacred! 

I find this hard to imagine. 

When I try to believe I get really 

anxious and feel angry and hateful 

and frustrated. 

The (subliminal) voice says, 

"People were different (savages) 

then. (Cavemen) People didn't 

need so much (consumer comfort) 

to live. We have pro(fit) 

gressed you know, would you 

want to live like we did back 

then? We ' were primitives. 

Fucking(dirty animal) eachother 

from behind and eating raw 

meat." 

1\-\t. 

PAGAN WAY 

I 

Student's room 

$275 monthly: 

furnished, shared kitchen, 

in attractive, quiet house, 

close to O.C.A., George 

Brown and U. of T. Males 

preferred. References 

required. 'Phone 596-7367 

r ~!.lrnished renovated flat . 

I r.ear kensington includes 

utilities, cable sun deck, for 

quiet non-smoker, first and 

last, lease, $480 per month 

593-9808 

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- .tp 

A fte.~ c:lct~;.f.-eJ 

ad c:ou\cl Sf~ ..f.~e. 

wo\Q.J-. 

by Pamela A. Brown 

See. ""'e. ~o..r k~+ dik~ 

. '-coc..4bn owaol cleiClf\S. 

Her voice says, "We sang naked 

atop the sacred mound at each 

season change. The moon rose 

in the east as the sun set in the 

west and I held an orb in each 

hand. Singing, chanting, and 

_drums beating rhythms of the 

earth as I painted my blood on 

everyone's thighs and we rolled 

in the soft grass screaming until 

rocks wrenched from the earth 

and spun around us." 

Back then there was one word 

for birth and death and we did it 

twice. 

Now I'm charged for my 

children, charged for my grav~ 

and profit is taken from every 

little bit of land I must occupy . 

I'd get out o_f the way if I could, 

but I'm trapped on my own 

planet. Trapped in big wretched 

cities beside stinking lakes. 

Reclaim my past. How? 

When I lived with my 96 yearold 

grandmother last year I spent 

a lot of time looking for signs of 

the death-crone. This woman 

greets each day by putting in her 

dentures and making tea. Very 

strong killer tea. In the spring - 

just about this time of year, she 

puts a lawn chair on the front 

porch to welcome and encourage 

the season. She tests the heat of 

her iron frying pan with her 

finger and once .and awhile she 

says, "I don't know why God is 

keeping me here." 

In a dream we climbed along a 

rocky shoreline together and I 

lost a shoe.' The waves rose up 

F-or sale: black vinyl biker 

jacket, women's small - 

$60. Also black/red heavy 

duty awesome leather 

motorcycle boots, men's 

size 6 - $80. Negotiable, 

588-3853, 588 0885 

For Sale 

1981 Honda Accord. 

$200.00 As Is. Phone: 

593-7603. 

New fine quality speakers. 

250W digital ready. Ask 

$650. Phone: 593-9808. 

Must sell! Piano teacher 

must sell 1 .4 acre lot. 

Manitoulin Island, shore 

front property. Remote, 

secluded, undeveloped. 

$14, "995. 00 Canadian 

funds please. 

Call 864-1701, 

or write John Agius, 

675 Richmond Street W., 

Tor. On. M6J 1 C2 

between the rocks and sucked it 

away. I lay down squint~ng my 

eyes against the spray and 

stretched my arm toward where 

it floated for a moment: Then, 

the giant boulder beneath me 

lurched and shook as the sand 

seemed to suck it down. I 

screamed grabbing for a hold. I 

called to my grandma and she 

ignored me. She just kept climbing 

higher, the wind whipping 

her dress tight against her 

ancient body . 

There was a midwife in the small 

town in Engla~d where she grew 

up. As she comes from a family 

of 12 she saw the midwife a few 

times. She remembers her as a 

mean woman who was always 

rushing about, hushing the 

children and kicking them out of 

the house. Grandll?-a squints her 

face up and puts her finger to 

· her lips - "sshhhhhshsh, get on 

with ya". That was the midwife. 

The rock is my faith lurching 

beneath me. The shoe, all this 

terrifying, nebulous information 

about pre-patriarchy. My grandma 

is the crone leaving me to 

learn · my own lessons and 

beneath the rock is the Earth 

herself, doing her best to get my 

attention. 

She scares me. Her voice whispers, 

"The past is what you - 

believe it to be. The moon will 

tell you what dreams are true. 

Allow yourself to know. Allow 

your self to remember." 

" ... are you brothers?" 

"Hey .. is he your 

brother?" 

"You're not brothers. 

He's your friend." 

"He is brown and you 

are white." 

"Your hair is black. 

You're brown." 

may day 

"You're not brothers" I , I!. I I 

"Your hair isn't 

black. And your hair 

is black." 

"My daddy is 

Portuguese." 

"Do you live here?" 

"Do you live here?" 

"Do you? Do you?" 

"Live here?" 

"Is he your friend 01 

your brother?" 

Release relieF 

"Urn hmmm." 

"He's my brother" 

''I'm not brown. I'm 

black." 

"I'm black" 

"We are" 

"Urn humm .. .. Your 

hair is black too." 

"What." 

"Well, I'm here 

now." 

"Yup ... " ..... 

For real media freaks, here in no particular order is a semi-complete summary of· the 

media releases that came in since March 26, our last publication date. 

•Toronto City Cycling Conunittee: Conference: Car Dependl!nce; Costs; Causes and Cures, May 22-24. 

•W.I.L.D. Comedy queen Sandra Bernhard hits TO. with her new show, June 19, 20, Music Hall. Call 924-4627. 

•Angels of Montenegro; Thursday, April, 23, at Clintons, and watch out for May dates (ads in Now and Eye). 

•St. Stephen's Community House needs volunteers to host Bingo). Contact Carol Roberts at 91 Bellevue. 

•Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, July 10, 11, 12. Exhibitors call 408-2754. 

•Public library, May, June _library events. ·Call Linda Sahnon 393-7500 

•Rosario Marchese, Hospital Incinerator, Public meeting, May 12, 7pm, Ryerson School. 

•Parks and Recreation, summer employment program full, don't apply. 

• Addiction Research Foundation, Italian and Portuguese language alcohol abuse public service announcements to 

be launched this spring. Phone 595-6054 for info. 

• John Campey, school trustee, April Report, copies available by calling 591-8065 

•Toronto Humane Society, Pet Adoption pet of the month (flop-eared rabbit). Phone 369-1305. 

•City of Toronto, Invitation book awards reception, May;2o, 5.30 p.m. RSVP 392-7667. 

• Parks and Recreation, Toronto Sculpture Garden, 6th. annual student awards, on view May 19 - 29 in Rotunda 

at City Hall. Sculpture garden is at 115 King Stree~ East. Phone 485-9658 for info. 

• Live Unity Enterprises Concert announcement, Massey Hall, May 26, morning and evening. Dizzy Gillespie, 

Flora Purim and Airto, Dan Seals, Lisa Loughee,d, Ming Zing Zhu ... 363-4051 for info, 872-HALL for tickets. 

• Why Not Productions: Road Movies videographers chosen. Info Joanne Smale 363-4051 for info. 

•Toronto Mayor's Conunittee on Ageing, Newsletter FAST, Spring, 1992. Phone 392-0129 to order. 

•Department of Public Health, Responsible Pet Ownership Week, May 4th- 9th. Info 392-6767. 

•Task Force to Bring.Back the Don, Help plant trees, Saturday, May 9 and Saturday, May 23, 10 am. Phone 594- 

2013 for info. Bay employees plant trees. in Riverdale Park East (May 3). 

• Addiction Research Foundation, workshop on May 7, for Mayors, on protecting municipalities from liability 

regarding misuse of alcohol on public property. Contact: ARF 595-6054. 

•City, Department of Buildings, Free renovation workshops. Contact Richard Bishop 392-7597. 

•City of Toronto Book Awards, Meet the Authors, May 2, St. Lawrence Market. 

•Roundup: the Smmner's Visual Arts Event, benefit party, €linton's, May, 16, 9 pm. 

•Roundup: the Sununer's Visual Arts Event, opening night bash, El Mocambo, June 8th. 

• Roundup: Bringing the Artist's Face to Face, June 6-14, call the Hotline 961-5136 for info. 

• Fringe of Toronto Festival announces five annex venues for Fringe Festival, June· 26 - July 5; 65 participating 

artists/groups (from 550 applications), expects 20,000 people. Phone 927-0245 (Gregory Nixon) for info. 

• Fringe Festival announces Harbord Street event, Sat. June 27, noon till nine, to launch festival. Info 927-0245. 

•Citizens for Property Tax Reform, the ticking time bomb -market value assessment. Call 483-5520. 

•Doctors Hospital, Italian Festival at Woodbine Racetrack, May 30 and 31, fundraiser for the hospital. 

• United Way, "The Way" newsletter, $30 1nillion going out despite recession- $7m in requests turned down. 

•United Way, Sky Dome Cricket plans for 'Sept. 27, still on-going: Pakistan vs Rest of the World. 

•Amadeus Choir, 6th. annual carol competition, open to composers of all ages. Entries by Oct 1. Phone 267-2796. 

· • Metro Coalition· for Police Reform, meeting May 14, to support revisions to policy restricting use of firearms by 

police. Ca!l Mark Wainberg 960-1072 for info. 

•Department of Public Works, revised garbage schedule (blue box a~d newspapers alternating every second Wednesday). 

PhQne 392-7721 if you didn't get a calendar. 

• Ministry of Health, release of. Report on Hospitals Act Review. Public consultation process to be announced. 

Conunents by end of July. Phone David Jensen, 327-4364 for copy or info. 

•Dan Heap, conference: "Justice With Jobs," about.N. American Free Trade, May 15-16. Phone 976-3729. 

•Cyclometer, a Newsletter for Cycli~g in Toronto (May), 392-7592. 

•Metro by Cycle, The Squeaky Wheel, Newsletter, 750-9107. 

•Department of Public Health, for c01mnunity groups, advice on rodent-proofingyour composter. Phone 392-7685. 

•Metro Clerk, Metro moving to Metro hall; from August 1 new address is 55 John Street, M5V 3C6. 

•Bread and Roses Credit Union, self employment workshop, Monday, May, 25 at Bread and Roses Credit Union, 

348 Danforth Ave. Phone Rachel at 461-7882 or Kamala at 867-2370 (Community Business Centre). 

•Bicycle User Groups, the BUGLE (newsletter), May 1992. To order, 392-7592 • 

•The Weed Foundation, stop the whitewash, stop the waste, a book and project- women taking action on chlorine 

bleached sanitary products and diapers. Phone 516-2600 for info.



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Subterranean Market 

Kensington Market Cafe Scene .... 

Hippie hang-out at the T.P. 

European Soul at the Lisbon Plate, 

Pseudo-intelligentsia at Gross-Outs 

Left-overs from G.B.C. and U~ ofT. 

elitism at its choking best. .. 

Not to mention all the gag and puke places 

in the area of Spadina, Dundas and College. 

We hang around sipping 

Sangria, observing the world, 

Its inhabitants, sights, sounds and odours. 

The winds change and the Fish Markets 

Land right in our laps 

along with the refugees from / 

The Spice Shops. 

Kensington Market Cafe Scene .. 

Kids playing in the park, 

Kids playing round the cafe tables ' 

Kids shouting games in the dark 

Waiting expectantly for parents 

To trip off home 

Space Cadets all.. .. 

EN'OWKIN BOHEMIANS 

m. paul-martin 

moving unsure afraid En'owkin hot pipin'writin' disciples of mirth niak:e a vow vague of definite type each time 

they walk sit & rest in classy chair grinning drafted they are will be long ago unretired hand of florence nightingale 

mohammed ali's pounded brain with eloquent voices to match one by one a late lone leaf of early winter laughing 

in cold wind shakes hand on to scraggy twig of bare forest discoloured hummingbird's tattered shirt travelling on 

!O lighter dream of lush jungle where tribal books of syllabic tai are active still. 

--Nancy Woods 

from Bear Pause by Nancy Woods, 

published by Charasee Press, 1991 

COLLEGE 

B 0 0 K S 

!For tlie 'Best in I de as 

Academic & Scholarly Books 

Fiction & General Interest 

Sale Books & Remainders 

Bargain Basement 

Special Orders Welcomed 

Summer Sale - July 

FINALISTS FOR 

THE 1992 

TORONTO 

BOOK AWARDS 

The annual Toronto 

Book Awards, totalling 

$15,000 in prizes, 

were to be announced 

on May 20. 

Finalists are: 

WILDERNESS TIPS 

by Margaret Atwood, 

McClelland & Stewart Inc.; 

HOW BOYS SEE GIRLS 

by David Gilmour, 

Random House; 

HEARTS OF FLAME 

by Katherine Govier, 

Viking; 

. COSIMO CAT 

by Kenneth Oppel, Regolo Ricci 

North Winds Press; 

BAG BABIES 

by Allan Stratton, 

Coach House Press; 

THE CARPET KING 

by Gregory Ward, 

Little, Brown & Co. (Canada); 

NEXT OF KIN 

by Marianne Langner Zeitlin, 

Zephyr Press. 

CATERING FOR PARTIES: 

Pitted Sour Cherry Strudel 

is our specialty. $6.00 per 

piece (6 slices). 

Sandwiches prepared for 

weekend parties also. 

$3.00 per person. 

48 hours notice required. 

5% deposit required. 

Please call: 416-781-2307. 

WANTED ONLY 5 seriousminded 

people to sell 

French perfumes at large 

discounted prices. $20.00 

investment required to 

start. Call: 416-287-1826 

for appointment. 

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herbs, ritual tools, 

jewellery ... 

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News from · your local library 

(Sanderson Branch, 327 Bathurst Street, 393-7653) 

Hours: 

Mon. to Thurs, 10 am to 8.30 pm 

Friday, 10-6, Saturday, 9-5 

Sunday 1.30-5 (through April). 

Did you know that ifyou step into our library, you will 

find books of suspense, romance, westerns, science fiction, 

fantasy, historical fiction, children's books, how to parent, 

how to get by in this world, teen novels, cassette tapes, 

language tapes, newspapers, magazines, literacy 

learner/tutor books and tapes and lots, lots, more ..... to 

borrow and enjoy? 

Boys and Girls 

May 14-31 

Family Film 

The Wild Swans 

Wednesday May 27 7pm 

Tales for Two's 

Spring session 

Friday 10:45 am 

May 22,29 

Young People 

Teen Wliting Club 

Writing what you likeand as you 

like it. New members welcome. 

Alternate Saturday afternoons. 

Call branch for date. 

Adults 

Adult Wliting Group 

lf you have always wanted to writ~ 

but have not found the time, join 

us one Thursday evening each 

month. 

Call branch for date. 

Chinese Film 

Fraternity 

In Mandarin with English 

subtitles. 

Thursday May 21 6:15pm 

Community Program 

ESL and Citizenship classes are 

available. 

Please ask at the library for information. 

Activities June 1 - 25 

Chinese Film 

A sun with the missing comer 

June 18, Thurs .. 6:15 pm 

Boys and Girls 

Family Film 

Plincess To1nbos 

Wednesday June 10, 7 pm 

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Tales for Twos programme ages 18 

months to 3 years this summer. 

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Page Fourteen I May 21 1992 ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT Kensington Market DRUM 

Oasis alternative 

school 

seeks native 

knowledge 

Oasis participates in 

sweetgrass ceremony 

by Hazel Hunter/Sears _ 

Jackie Alton from the Native 

Women Resource Centre was our 

guest on May 4 1992. 

Jackie put the class into a 

circle for people to speak truth 

and honesty and also to smudge 

sweetgrass over us. "Smudging" 

sweetgrass is having it in front of 

you and you draw the smoke 3 

times over you. After smudging 

the sweetgrass, we went around . 

the circle hugging or shaking 

hands with each other. 

Sweetgrass has · 52 strands for 

the 52 nations. Natives worship 

the creator and honour the eagle. 

(The eagle saved people be



Kensington Market DRUM ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT May 21, 1992 I Page Fifteen 

JANE SIBERRY 

& BOB WISEMAN 

AT THE BOHEMIAN 

EMBASSY 

It may seem a bit strange to 

review a concert more than a 

month after it has taken place. 

However, a show by two of 

Toronto ' s premier artists 

deserves a mention even if it is 

late. This review will also give 

the Drum a chance to finally say 

something negative · about a 

performance. 

Wiseman and Siberry together 

'could have been a dream bill. 

These are undoubtedly two of the 

most talented performers around 

today, and the prospect of the 

two of them on the same stage 

packed the Bohemian Embassy. 

It was an evening of impro 

V!Smg. Generally, Wiseman 

played and sang backup while 

Siberry warbled. And warbled is_ 

the correct word. There were 

very few words sung during 'the 

whole evening. At one point, 

after a song that may have been 

entitled "On the Psychiatric 

Ward", Siberry stated, "I always 

wanted to sound this way." Well, 

not everyone would agree. Jane's 

greatest strength is her fine 

songwriting and clever lyrics, 

elements that were, by dint of 

the improvisational nature of the 

concert, not present. 

The audience evaluation of 

the show seemed to range from 

"interesting" to "different", a 

term Siberry herself used to 

desc,ri_be the evening. It's an 

admirable thing for Siberry to go 

public with something that is 

Mariposa returns 

to Ontario Place 

by DRUM Staff 

Mariposa Festival '92 will be 

back at Ontario Place again this 

year, this time on the Solstice 

weekend, June 19, 20, and 21. 

So far, the Festival has booked 

over 100 acts, making it by far 

the best ticket buy in town. 

Space constraints make it 

impossible· to list the full lineup 

but a few of the headliners are: 

Ferron, The Roches, Meryn 

Cadell, Taj Mahal, Amos Garrett 

and the Eh! Team, Peggy 

Seeger, The Texas Tornados 

(featuring Flaco Jiminez, Freddie 

Fender and Doug Sahm!), 

the Fairfield Four - the group 

that stole the show from Los 

Lobos last year - Tom Paxton, 

Shirley Eikhard, Ani DiFranco 

and Maura O'Connell. 

All the above listed performers 

will be appearing at 

Forum concerts as well as appearing 

at workshops throughout 

the weekend. A workshop, a 

format Mariposa pioneered, is a 

sort of intimate mix and match 

performance that puts diverse 

artists together on a stage with a 

unifying theme. For example 

Sunday afternoon will feature a 

workshop ~ntitled "Suggestions 

For Brian" which will allow 

Shingoose, Ron Doug Parks 

(hey, he's played at the 

OF NOTE 

by Colin Puffer 

such a radical departure from 

what she usually does (Wiseman 

is always doing "different" 

things), but it certainly isn't what 

she does best. Please, Jane, sing 

us some songs. And where's the 

new album? 

THE DUKE AMORS 

AT THE GREEKS 

Where does one begi-n? Tjle 

Duke-Amors are a band that is 

"trying to combine astrophysics 

and rock and roll". They said it, 

not me. The .Duke-Amors are 

comprised of Ted Rusk, the 

world's tallest free-standing 

guitar player, Tony T. on bass, 

and Steve Keeping on drums. 

These guys regularly pack the 

Greeks on Friday evenings with 

their raucous brand of rock 

which is a combination of covers 

and original tunes. Covers range 

'from Johnny Cash and Trini 

Lopez to Carlos Santana tunes. 

Ted hope that this eclectic selection 

will help to convey to the 

world his feelings about "the 

awesomeness of the universe." 

Tony claims that though he's 

played in trios all his life that 

this is the best ever. And Steve 

enigmatically states, "I am the 

·walrus, goo goo ga joob." 

If you want clarification 

yo.u're going to have to wander 

down to 197 112 Baldwin somC" 

Friday evening. 

Greeks!), Tam -Kearney and 

Beverly Bratty to make what 

they deem to be appropriate 

musical suggestions to our 

beloved P.M. Maybe Ron will 

even do his "I Love Cow Shit" 

song. 

_ Happening, as it does, on the 

Solstice it seems appropriate that 

for the first time Mariposa will 

be have a solar powered stage. 

Sponsored by the Summer Solstice 

Society, a committee of the 

Energy Action Council of 

Toronto, the solar stage will 

feature a number of Toronto's 

best bands. 

Other highlights of the festival 

will be: the Folkplay area - 

a section of the Festival set aside 

for kids to participate in folk arts 

and hear some fine children's 

performers; a dance area which 

will feature such performers as 

Memo Acevedo and Jackie 

Washington, Ken Whiteley and 

Mose Scarlett; a host of Native 

performers; and an extensive 

crafts area with over fifty artisans 

demonstrating and displaying 

their crafts. 

For ticket information and a 

more complete lineup contact 

·The Mariposa Folk Foundation 

at 778-9063. 

THE MATRIPIDLES 

ATHMV 

At HMV? Is there a worse venue 

in Toronto for anyone other than 

a new age keyboard tinkler? 

Well, it was a cassette release 

show. But th,e bright lights and 

mediocre sound system hardly 

did the band justice. Far better 

was the Queer Culture show the 

band did with Chicken Milk and 

Fifth Column at Lees Palace. 

The new cassette "Mom 

Sequitor" is a live radio recording 

done at CKMS in Waterloo, 

on February 15, 1992. After 

listening to the tapes of the show 

the- matriphiles like it so much 

they decided to release the tape 

commercially. And it ain't just a 

tape you get. The cassette is 

accompanied by a 26 page matrizine 

with lyrics and beautiful 

photos of the fab four and far out 

psychedelic graphics! 

The re~ording still falls short 

of recreating the power ofa live 

matriphiles show but is a decided 

' improvement on their first 

release, "Momolith". To get a 

copy of the cassette write the 

matriphiles: 130 Baldwin St., 

Toronto, ON M5T 1L6, or 

better yet catch the matriphiles 

live. 

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About Books 

83 Harbord Street, 

975-2668 

Quality second-hand books in 

most subjects, 

especially literature. 

Bought and sold. 

Open every day 

J 

Metro Tenants Legal Services 

926 9693 

Free legal information 

on 

landlord and tenant matters 

Monday to Friday 

10~·00 AM till8:00 PM 

, Saturday 

1:00 PM .till 4:00 PM 

Queen Street Market 

238 Queen Street West 

591-FOOQ 

•Heidi.'s Butcher Shop 

•Hillebrand Wines 

•Molisana Bakery 

• Vinetta Foods - 

•Juice for Life 

• T.D. Fastcash Machine 

Sistering 

Administration Office 

1 81 Bathurst Street 8 61-1 9 54 

Sistering offers services for 

women only. Our drop-in is 

open 7 days a week (366- 

0954) and our outreach 

program operates Monday 

through Friday 

(588-3939). Please call us for 

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83 Harbord Street, 975-2668 

Quality second-hand books in 

most subjects, especially 

literature. Bought and sold. 

Open every day 

Checkerboard Gallery 

204A Baldwin; 979-7254 

Peter Matyas, Market Artist 

Kensington Artwear 

College Books 

321 College, 975-0849 

A new bookstore serving 

university and qommunity 

Parentbooks 

201 Harbord 

(just e. of Bathurst) 

531-8334 

Books on family issues 

for parents a!Jd professionals 

Portuguese Book Store 

86 Nassau, 364-7954 

Jornais, Revistas, Livros, 

Discos; Portuguese Cook Books 

in English 

DRUM· 

Street Bakery 

191 Baldwin, 598-3701 

European Style Breads and 

Baked Fresh. Daily 

Iberica Bakery 

209 Augusta, 593-9321 

Tarts, Sponge Cake, 

Bolo De Arroz, Ice Cream 

Kensington Patty Palace 

172 Baldwin Street _ 

596-6667 ' 

Jama~can Beef Patty 

Micaelense Home Bakery 

319 Augusta, 923-6266 

in wedding cakes 

Quality Bakery 

370 1/2 College, 922-2595 

the difference quality 

· makes! Bagel special $ 1. 50/doz 

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liquor Control Board 

of Ontario 

337 Spadina, 597-0145 

Fine wine, spirits and beer 

from around the world. 

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Blue Mountain Consulting 

253 College #208 

235-9959 

IBM and clone computers, 

diagnostic software and repair 

Computer Parts Galore 

316 College. 928-2161 

Retail computer products. 

Sys terns, comp on en ts, 

accessories 

Hanson Computer Corp. 

289 College St. 

967-9333, 967-4608 (fax) 

Quality systems. See ad p. 13. 

lazerline Desktop 

Publishing & Design Inc. 

317 College Street 

924-8726 Fax 924-3826 

Your one-stop Mac desktop 

Alexandra Park 

Community Centre 

105 Grange Court 367-9603 

Moms and tots drop-in. 

Toys! Clothing! 

Tues/Wed/Thurs 1 Dam to noon. 

Info: Sandra Edwards. 

Kensington-Bellwoods 

Community legal Services 

226 Bathurst Street, 2nd fl. 

363-0304 

Free legal advice 

and representation-- 

tenants' rights, immigration, 

welfare, unemployment 

insurance, CPP & . Workers 

Compensation. 

Centre 276 

276 Augusta Ave 

966-4059, 966-405,1 (fax) 

Crafts, music & more! Your 

Centre. Drop in! 

.George Brown 

Quality Child Care 

High Quality Child Care 

Infants to 9 yr. olds 

Several downtown locations, 

944-4545 

KYTES -Kensington Youth 

Theatre and Employment Skills 

169A Augusta, 348-9943 

An unusual social program 

for youth. ' 

Newcorper's Business 

Self-Help Office 

George Brown College 

21 Nassau St., 867-2370 

Info and advice to new 

business 

Oasis Alternative 

Secondary School 

707 Dundas West 

•full-time academic program 

(grade 9 and 1 OJ 

•a work/study program 

(grade 9 to 12) 

•Alexandra Park adult program 

(grade 9 and 1 0) 

·For more information call 

393-9830. 

Sanderson library 

327 Bathurst (at Dundas) 

Books, Information & Music 

-For the whole family! 

393-7653 . . 

A Kensington People's Paper 

For rales, dates, 

363-DRUM 

phone or· fax 

At the Heart of the Downtown West DRUM 

• :!C•mmtrnit' 

Scadding Court Community 

Centre, 707 Dundas St. W., 

M5T 2W6, 363-5329. 

The Centre offers a variety of 

social, recreational and 

educational programs 

St. Stephens 

Community House 

91 Bellevue 

•ESL, Daycare, 

Youth Recreation1 

925-21 03; 

· •Adult Services, Conflict 

Resolution, 926-8221; · 

• Youth Employment Centre, 

531-4631; 

•A.I.D.E.S. 323-1498; 

•The Corner Drop-In, 

977-7223; 

• The Drug Free Arcade, 

920-8980; 

•King Edward Daycare, 

922-8705 

The Toronto Hospital: 

Toronto Western 

399 Bathurst Street 

Toronto, Ontario 

M5T 2S8, 368-2581 

Toronto General 

200 Elizabeth Street 

Toronto, Ontario 

M5G 2C4, 595-3111 

The Hospital offers 

a wide range of health 

care services. The 

Emergency Departments 

offer 24-hour service, 

7 days a· week to serve 

the needs of the community. 

University Settlement House. 

23 Grange Rd., 598-3444 

Reaching for the future, 

rooted in the past. 

West Central Community 

Health Centres: 

Alexandra Park Medical 

and Dental Health Care Centre 

64 Augusta 

364-4107 (medical), 

364-2998 (dental). 

Serving our commf!nity 

for 21 years. 

..• :rA~h ate~,. 

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. 

Seafood City 

172 Harbord, 962-4894 , 

Unbeatable quality & price 

Open Sunday. 

Seven Seas Fish Market 

196 Baldwin Street 

Fresh Food and Seafood 

From Around the World 

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AlterNatives 

30 St Andrew Street 

593-6891. 

Where Elvis Shops. 

Get it while it lasts 

Asylum I Exile 

42 Kensington 595-7199 

34 St. Andrew 596-0827 

Levis. Vintage 50's & 60's 

Morel 

Choice of Champions 

44 Kensington Ave · 

Vintage Clothing 

That's it. 

Courage My love 

14 Kensington A venue 

979-1992 

Dancing Days 

17 Kensington, 599-9827 

New & Vintage; 

Exclusive designers; 

Asia, Africa, Central America 

Expose 

39 .Kensington, 971-8815 

Vintage, Leather Jackets, 

and Pretty Eyelet Originals! 

Fairland 

241 Augusta, 593-9750' 

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 for Scal/ywags 

London, N.Y., Paris & 

Kensington



Noise 

4 7 Kensington, 971-64 79 

Opalart Imports 


596-7437 

Handmade imports from 

Guatemala, Indonesia, & 

Mexico. "Friendly Service" 

Rags to Riches 

29 Kensington Ave 

Re-designed vintage clothes. 

Designer /:>bets, In-store 

originals 

Razzmattazz 

14 St. Andrew Street 

Vintage Sparkle, Pizzazz, 

Jazz. Wear It! Share It! 

. Screenplay 


Lingerie, Cotton Lycra, 

Fabric, Suit Jackets, 

Vintage, and more 

Shakti 

4 Kensington Avenue, 

591-3764 phone or fax 

All new silver, textiles and 

accessories. 

Now open. Be here. Be now 

Shoney's Recycled Clothing 

206 Augusta, 979-0700 

Lowest Prices. Best Selection 

in Second Hand. 

T.A.L. Moda 

214 Augusta 593-9706 

"Clothing for the whole family. " 

Trunks & luggage! 

Tom's Place 

190 Baldwin, 596-0297 

Brand name clothes 

At Kensington Prices 

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Augusta Fruit Market -- 

255 Augusta, 593-9754 

Fruit and vegetables 

fresh daily--groceries 

Caribbean Corner 


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 Ita/ Shop 

Nice Spice 

Fong On Foods 


Bean Cake, Soy Milk, 

Fresh Rice Noodles, 

no preservatives 

International Food Market 


Fresh Fruit and Vegetables 

Kensington Fruit Market 

34 St Andrew, 593-9530 

Fruits, vegetables, aloes tool! 

Freshness, a famNy business 

Kensington Mall 


Groceries, vegetables, clothing, 

restaurant, gift items 

Units available for rent. Come 

by and see. 

Kensington Patty Palace 


596-6667 

Best Jamaican Beef Patty 

Lusitania Grocery 

152 Augusta A venue 

593-9495 

Portuguese grocery store 

Melo's Food Centre / 

151 Augusta, 596-8344 

Portuguese Style Sausages 

Import and Export - 

Oxford Fruit 

71 Oxford, 363-1833 

Vegetables, fruits, quality 

24-hour call in orders 

Perala's Supermarket · 

247 Augusta, 593-9728 

All kinds of groceries from 

South and Central America 

Portuguese Meat Mkt 

285 Augusta, 593-5518 

Fresh meat, fruit vegetables 

Sanci Tropical 


Freshest Herbs, A vocadoes, 

Mangoes, Exotica, Since 1914 

-Tutti Frutti 


Chin~se and European Foods. 

Coffee, Chocolate, Cheese 

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CAAM United Hardware 

Two Locations! 

160 Augusta 598-8195 

564 Dundas 596-8098 

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Locksmith & Safemen 

38 Baldwin, 597-1212 

Builder 's and Locksmith 

Hardware. Leading brands 

Parkly Gardens Florist 

28 St Andrew, 585-2159 

Fresh Cut flowers and plants 

for all occasions. 

Reingewirtz Paint Stores Ltd. 

107 Baldwin, 977-3502 

Paints, varnishes and 

imported wallpapers. 

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Lunch Mo-Sat 12-4, 

Dinner Mon-Thurs . 6-11 pm 

Fri-Sat 6-11:45 

Amadeu's 

182-4 Augusta, 591-1245 

Portuguese cuisine, seafood 

specialists and catering 

Casa Abril em Portugal 

159 Augusta A venue, 

593-0440 

Fine Portuguese Dining 

Chiu Yuen Dim Sum Restaurant 

2A Kensington, 598-1573 

Dim Sum and Cantonese Style 

Open Bam to 7pm. LLBO 

Grossman's Tavern 

379 Spadina, 977-7000 

Neighbourhood Bar. 

Nightly Entertainment 

Juice for Life 

238 Queen Street West 

408-3581. Juice Bar and Well 

Being Emporium in the Queen 

St. Market 

Fresh vegetarian foods 

Kwangtung Dim Sum 

Restaurant 


977-5165 . - 

Luncheon Special, LLBO 

Last Temptation 

12 Kensington 

599-2551 

Sinful Food, Tempting 

Times, Live Music. 

Le Uyen 

56C Kensington, 598-3328 

Authentic Vietnamese Food, 

LLBO~ Major cards 

Karaoke after 8pm 

Mars Food 

432 College St 

921-6332 

Out Of This World 

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Massimo's 

302 College, 967-0527 

Sit down, Pick-up, Delivery 

Pizza and Pasta Heaven 

Pepper Restaurant 

69 Nassau 

340-9872 - 

Full licence 

assorted sandwiches 

"Patio open. " 

Spadina Cafe 

401 Spadina, 340-6383 

A Pleasant Change. 

A Little of the Continent 

in Chinatown: "catering" 

Spadina Garden Restaurant 

116 Dundas W. 977-3413/4 

Szechuan-Hunan & Peking 

Cuisine 

Fully licensed, LLBO 

Spadina Garden Restaurant 

416 Spadina, 598-2734 

Szechuan-Hunan & Peking 

Cuisine 

Fully-licensed, LLBO 

The Greeks (LLBOI 

197 112 Baldwin, 597-8771 

Greek and Canadian Food. 

The Original Special Coffee 

The Boat 

158 Augusta, 593-9218 

International Cuisine 

Specializing in · 

Portuguese Food 

The Second Cup 

181 Baldwin, 597-8398 

Pastry, coffee beans 

& the famous Bodum 

The Second Cup 

340 College, 323-3702 

Tired of the same old grind? 

Try ours. 

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Central Guaranty Trust 

343 College, 961-824 7 

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 (rear) 

Films, Bicycles, espresso 

and other good things 

Front Row Video Centre 

400 College Street, 927-1702 

Seven days a week. Selection! 

KF Editorial 

24 Bellevue Ave, 367-4017 

\.IVho do DRUM? 

Samko Coin Laundry 

150 Augusta, 595-5277 

Clean and Friendly, 

7 dews a week. 

Dry Cleaning Tool 

Spadina West Postal Outlet 

57618 Dundas, 593-0612 

Full service retail postal outlet. 

Sun King Cleaners 

576-578 Dundas, 593-8885 

Quality Dry Cleaning, Repairs 

and Alterations -- Fast! 

Sun One Hour Photo Lab 

310 Spadina, 591-9307 

One hr. processing, cameras 

accessories, passport photos 

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College Street United Church 

(corner College & Bathurst) 

929-3019 

A warm welcome awaits you. 

St Patrick's Church 

(Catholic) 

141 McCaul Street, 

598-3269 

St. Stephen-in-the-Fields 

(Anglican) 

103 Bellevue, 921-6350 

All are welcome.



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