Archive for October, 2015

Shoppers Drug Mart is closing its Bridgepoint active health store.

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 BE ACTIVE IN YOUR ‘HOOD: Join the JRA executive!
 
 
 We’re looking for a few new people to join the JRA executive. Want to be part of a group of fellow Junction-lovers who are committed to helping foster a supportive and engaged community?
 
 Have a particular skill set or background you’d like to use to engage others in the ‘hood? (In particular, we’d love to have someone with web and tech skills join us, but we need others, too!)
 
 You must live within the JRA boundaries to apply.
 
 Current or new JRA members are welcome.
 We will present all candidates (current executive members and new applicants) at the JRA annual general meeting on Jan. 14, 2016.
 
 Please send your expression of interest to the JRA by Nov. 30.
 
 To apply or for more details, drop us a line at info@junctionra.ca.
 
 
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What:
 
 Thursday, November 19, 2015, 4:30pm
 
 Dan Weaver, PhD candidate
 Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Scarborough
 
 The Canadian High Arctic: A Unique Window into Climate, Ozone, and Global Air Quality
 
 
 Where:
 
 Ramsay Wright Zoological Laboratories Seminar Room 432 (use elevators at 25 Harbord Street entrance).
 
 More:
 
 Canadian High Arctic:
 
 A Unique Window into Climate, Ozone, and Global Air Quality
 
 
Dan Weaver
PhD candidate, Department of Physics University of Toronto
 
 
Thursday, November 19, 2015, 4:30pm
 
University of Toronto
Location map: http://www.sigmaxi.utoronto.ca/events/location.html
Abstract: Nowhere else on Earth is climate change more pronounced than in the Arctic. To study the changing Arctic environment, the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) was established in 2005 in the Canadian high Arctic at Eureka, Nunavut (80oN, 86oW), ~1000 km from the North Pole. Eureka is an excellent location for various scientific studies, ranging from polar ozone depletion, to satellite validation, to characterizing long-range transport of pollution. This talk will summarize the research performed at PEARL and discuss what life is like for a researcher at 80°N..
 
 
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http://www.sigmaxi.utoronto.ca/events/index.html

Thursday, November 19, 2015, 4:30pm
Dan Weaver, PhD candidate
Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Scarborough
The Canadian High Arctic: A Unique Window into Climate, Ozone, and Global Air Quality

Thursday, December 3, 2015, 4:30pm
Masood Samim, PhD
Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network
The Case for Fundamental Science: How Einstein’s Relativity and Quantum Physics Tools Can Help in Cancer Diagnoses and Other Biomedical Applications

Thursday, January 25, 2016, 4:00pm
Prof. Lee Dugatkin
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Louisville
The Evolution of Goodness

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto

Thursday, January 26, 2016, 4:30pm
Prof. Lee Dugatkin
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Louisville
Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: When Natural History and History Collide

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto

Thursday, February 11, 2016, 4:30pm
Professor Madhur Anand
University Research Chair in Sustainability Science
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph
A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes: The Science and the Poetry

Thursday, March 17, 2016, 4:30pm
Mathieu Quesnel-Vallieres
PhD candidate, Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Molecular Roots of Brain Function

Thursday, April 14, 2016, 4:30pm
Marija Cemma, PhD candidate
Dr. John Brumell’s Laboratory, Hospital for Sick Children
Mitochondria On the

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Market gallery at The St. Lawrence market reopens tomorrow October 31 after renovations
 
 

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 Next week a big posting about food markets and food stores coming to the Junction, & the Junctions. Was waiting til the operators could release more info and the local markets closed for the year as sign people would be a little more hibernated for thought about food sources in the Junction.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Join us in Welcoming Jean Miso
 
 Author and composer Jean Miso teaches music to children with developmental disabilities. Jean holds a BFA in music composition, a BA in psychology, a BEd and an MEd in curriculum studies.
 
 Jean wrote the song, “We’ll Never Forget/Noublions jamais” for her students to learn for a Remembrance Day service.
 
 Since that time, the song has developed into a book. Jean been invited to Rideau Hall and to several locations in Europe to sing her song. As well, she has received a Veterans Affairs Commendation and a Commander Commendation for this book and another titled, “Their Duty, Our Pride.” On March 17th, her song became the official theme song for the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy, France.
 
 
 On November 5th, Jean will share her ongoing experiences, from writing songs and books to all the fantastic places they have taken her, and the people she has been privileged to meet!
 
 
 Jean’s books sell for $22.00 each, and the proceeds from the books are donated to support Remembrance, and to support our current military families. Jean has donated over $42,000.00 towards these causes.
 
 
 Thursday, November 5, 2015: Business Meeting at 7:30 pm, Speaker at 8:15 pm, Annette Library, 145 Annette Street, Toronto
 
 
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The Junction BIA and The Sweet Potato are present a ‘Pumpkinfest 2015’ on Saturday, October 31st.
 
 Spend the whole day browsing all things Halloween, Pumpkin and Fall inspired throughout the #JunctionTO neighbourhood, and then mosey on over to the Train Platform from 2-6pm pick out a pumpkin carve it up, make some crafts, and enjoy Halloween treats!
 
 Once you’ve carved that spooktacular pumpkin, be sure to bring it to Vine Parkette on Sunday, November 1st for the ‘Pumpkin Walk’ from 6-9pm.
 
 
 

Happy, I used to eat at this restaurant all the time, glad when this can de fine.
 
 

This link will take to to the tweet where you can view each picture.
 
 Having ran errands for the railroad workers in this building as a teenager, then going though it after the fire, these pictures really do bring back memories of how little time really past has after the closures of many of the main railway buildings in the Junction. We lost the roundhouse in 1996 to the building that now houses Rona store.
 
 These buildings sat to the west of Old Weston Rd, at Junction Rd, next to what the Gurney Plant, which now is occupied by the NRT plant.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photography enthusiasts invited to share their images in contest on Toronto ‘complete streets’ theme
 
 
 
 
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 The City of Toronto and Spacing Magazine are holding a photography contest to showcase elements that make up a complete street. The City invites submissions and Facebook voting for the Complete Streets Photo Contest until October 31.
 
 The term “complete streets” refers to streets designed to be safe for all users, including people who walk, bicycle, take transit or drive, and people of varying ages and other characteristics such as walking speed. Complete streets also give consideration to other uses of streets, such as sidewalk cafés, street furniture (benches, garbage/recycling bins and transit shelters), trees, utilities and stormwater management.
 
 Photos taken on any street – not limited to Toronto or even Canadian locations – can be submitted using Instagram and Twitter (with the hashtag #TOCompleteStreets in the description), or uploaded to the contest web page, or emailed to completestreets@toronto.ca. Facebook users can vote for their favourites as displayed in an online photo gallery until the end of October, resulting in popular winners in this first phase of the contest.
 
 In the contest’s second phase, in November, an expert panel will shortlist its choice of photos and the public will be invited to vote for their favourites. Prizes will include a vanity City of Toronto street sign, gift certificates for the Spacing Store and subscriptions to Spacing magazine.
 
 The goal of the photo contest is to raise awareness of the complete streets approach and guidelines the City is developing to ensure social, economic and environmental priorities are integrated in street planning and design. The City engaged stakeholders and the general public on the initiative’s guiding principles in the spring, and there will be more public events on complete streets design early in the new year.
 
 The public can join the conversation online using the hashtag #TOCompleteStreets. More information about the photo contest and the complete streets project is available at http://bit.ly/1HLBUAc.
 
 This news release is also available on the City’s website: http://bit.ly/1NXWQIf
 
 Toronto is Canada’s largest city, the fourth largest in North America, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. It is a global centre for business, finance, arts and culture and is consistently ranked one of the world’s most livable cities. For information on non-emergency City services and programs, Toronto residents, businesses and visitors can visit http://www.toronto.ca, call 311, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or follow us @TorontoComms
 
 
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 “Warm – 4 – Winter”
 2nd Sleep-Out raising awareness on homelessness!
 
 800pm to 600am (that’s right. it’s all night – where our members sleep outside in sleeping bags,
 
 Friday November 6, 2015 (Front lawn of 11 Dhision, 2054 Davenport Rd.)
 
 
 Please Support The Officers of Toronto Police Senices 11 Division Members of the Community Police Liaison Committee Staff of the West Neighbourhood House in their 2nd Annual “Warm 4 Winter”
 
 Event
 
 
 We are seeking donations of new: • Socks, Mitts, Hats, Gloves • Sleeping Bags & Blankets • Undergarments, Toiletries
 
 Please drop off donations at 11 Division, 20,1 Davenpon Ave, Toronto
 
 For more information on how you can help, please contact Supt. Heim Kuck 41640.1114, or email Heim.lawk@torontopolice.ou.ca
 
 
 
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 Merrilees Andrew Ltd
 189 Old Weston Rd, York, ON M6N 3A5
 
 
 Andrew Merrilees Ltd provides railroad equipment and supplies such as rails, crane weights and European crane rail. Our Toronto location has a large inventory of track…