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April 16, 2024
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FOLLOWING TORONTO Council’s approval of Councillor Paula Fletcher’s motion to create more affordable housing in her ward last October, Toronto-Danforth is gearing up to introduce 79 new affordable units to the community. Core Development is expanding a previously approved project at 1111 Danforth Ave. to now include the neighbouring property at 1117 Danforth Ave. – the latter solely comprising affordable units. “I know Mainstay has been trying to redevelop this site for quite a while, but it’s been very hard,” said Fletcher during a March 27 community consultation meeting. “And so when this site came up with (Core Development), I got in touch with both Core and Mainstay and said ‘are you interested in joining up?’ And they were.” According to documents filed with the City of Toronto, the proposed development aims to “in-
crease the amount of rent-gearedto-income and affordable housing, including housing for people living with mental health issues”. To achieve this, Core Development partnered with Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing (HLMS), the non-profit organization which operates the supportive housing facility that’s currently on site. Together, they are proposing a 14-storey mixed-use building that replaces the 27 rental units that are currently in the HLMS building on the site at 1117 Danforth Ave. while also adding more density across the entire project for a total of 106 purpose-built units At the March 27 community consultation meeting, HLMS’s Executive Director Gautam Mukherjee revealed that the organization will act as the developer and keep ownership of the land. Core Development will take charge of the construction. “We’ll own and operate the buildContinued on Page 5
Puck for Pazzi hockey tourney in memory of Rick Carreiro set for Ted Reeve Arena on April 28 THE PUCK for Pazzi all-day hockey tournament in honour and memory of local Zamboni driver and area resident Rick Carreiro will take place on Sunday, April 28, at Ted Reeve Arena. Carreiro died on Jan. 24 of this year after a battle with brain cancer. He was 42 years old and is survived by his partner Michele and sons Preston and Cruz. Carreiro always loved hockey and was well known in the community as a Zamboni driver at Ted Reeve Arena for the past 20 years. He is remembered by his many friends and family for his humour
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The New Horizons Band of Toronto held a concert on Saturday, April 13, to celebrate their new stage floor and lighting system that was made possible by an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant of $20,400. The celebration concert was held in the band’s dedicated space in the Seicho-NoIe building on Victoria Park Avenue. Special guest at the concert was Beaches-East York MPP Mary-Margaret McMahon.
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and selflessness. The hockey tournament goes from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Ted Reeve Arena on April 28. Along with the hockey, there will be a number of fundraising events taking place during the tournament. Everyone is welcome to drop by and show their support, even if they are not a member of one of the hockey teams taking part. For more information on the upcoming Puck for Pazzi hockey tournament, please go to the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PuckForPazzi
FROM A seeing the moon-passover-the-sun perspective, last week’s solar eclipse in the Beach was a bit of a dud. However, though the clouds prevented anyone from seeing the sun being slowly blotted out in the middle of the afternoon as the total solar eclipse took place on Monday, April 8, it did get pitch dark and quite cold on the shores of Lake Ontario by the Leuty Lifeguard Station in the Beach. There was a large turnout of residents along the entire Boardwalk out to try and catch a view of the eclipse, and many had congregated near the iconic lifeguard station. It was not too cold though for two Continued on Page 12
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‘Sunset’ took place on the afternoon of Monday, April 8, at the Leuty Lifeguard Station in the Beach as the solar eclipse turned day into night for a few minutes at approximately 3:19 p.m. For more photos, please see Pages 12 and 13.
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