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and Leap Manifesto, a vision for how Canada can combat climate change while caring for each other and the planet. The talk attracted a capacity crowd to Bishop Marrocco-Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School’s auditorium.

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Members of Baby Point and Bloor West Village area com-munity associations are in a celebratory state after the city’s recent approval to study Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs) for both neighbour-hoods this year.

“It’s really big for us. It’s a reason to celebrate,” Baby Point Heritage Foundation board member Danica Loncar said.

HCDs serve to ensure that historically significant areas are protected and Toronto’s cultural heritage values and characteristics are maintained, according to the city’s preserva-tion services.

“We’ve been angling for this for the last three years,” said Jamie Isbister, president of the Bloor West Village Residents Association (BWVRA).

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“I know he’s in a better way now, and he’s the mayor of heaven now. I know that he will be with us forever. I love him so much.”

With those words, 10-year-old Stephanie Ford said good-bye to her father, former Mayor Rob Ford, in front of nearly 1,000 of his friends, colleagues, family members and constitu-ents in the heart of St. James Cathedral on King Street.

Ford, 46, died on March 22 after a long battle with cancer.

And after a two-day visi-tation at Toronto City Hall, Stephanie, her younger brother Dougie and the close-knit Ford family brought his casket in a procession to the cathedral. Stephanie spoke lovingly of her father, who she described as “a great mayor. He helped a lot of people.

“He was also an amazing dad. He was so nice to us, but also strict sometimes like a dad should be. He would buy us the best toys and take us to amazing places, but what mat-ters is we were happy together. I remember at the hospital, he smiled at me and he said ‘Stephanie, I might not be here for too much longer’ he said, ‘but I want you to remember I would always love you’.”

Stephanie’s words nearly brought Ford’s outspoken brother Doug Ford to tears as he stood up to eulogize Rob Ford. “I want to start off telling Stephanie that you’ll always be taken care of, always be loved, and you have thousands of people who will love you back and take care of you,” he said.

Doug spoke at length about his brother, who for many years he operated in a political partnership with. In 2010, Doug ran Rob’s mayoral

campaign and then joined him on council in Rob’s old Ward 2 seat.

From the front of the church, he sang Rob Ford’s praises, telling stories of his legendary devotion to dealing with constituents’ calls. And he pointed out that Ford had a very broad notion of what a constituent was.

“Rob truly believed he was the mayor of Canada, not the mayor of Toronto,” Doug said. “I walked into his office once and he was talking to a constituent. In Edmonton. I said ‘Rob, now who are you talking to?’ ‘We have a sup-porter in Edmonton, they have a problem’. I said ‘that’s

his problem’, and he said ‘No, I’m going to call the mayor of Edmonton and get him to take care of it’”.

Former Ontario premier Mike Harris started off the eulogies, talking about the unique virtues of Rob, whose father Doug Ford Sr., served in Harris’ first term in power as head of the Progressive Conservative Party, in 1995.

He noted that his words were scant tribute to Rob, compared to the outpouring of grief and support over the past three days.

“The real tribute to Rob wasn’t to have me come up here,” he said. “The real tribute was the line of people who

waited in the rain Monday to pay tribute to the man that was in their mind synonymous with Toronto. They all took the time to come together to pay respects and say goodbye. The real tribute was in the humble bungalow whose owner had the sign of Rob Ford for Mayor with the handwritten words, ‘we will miss him.’ Or the local businessman who called Rob about a zoning problem, only to have him show up at his shop so he could better understand the issue. Or the elderly lady who called very early in the morning because the truth is she was lonely and just needed someone to talk to.”

Ford was also honored by a Who’s Who of political and business leaders. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, a frequent opponent of the Fords, attended, as did Mayor John Tory and former mayors David Miller and Mel Lastman. Many of Ford’s colleagues on Toronto council were also in attendance, as were business leaders like Porter Airlines owner Bob DeLuce.

Andrew Asbil, Rector of the Cathedral and Dean of Toronto, likened the long goodbye Torontonians afforded the former mayor with the Last Supper, as related in the Book of John – which is related over five chapters.

“There are moments in our lives where we pine to do the same thing we pine to slow everything down, espe-cially in sorrow and tribula-tion,” he said. “This is such a moment. Over the last few days thousands on thousands of ordinary men and women have taken the time to write words of condolences. Today, thousands have come parad-ing, cramming into this old building, under tents to take a moment to savour and remember.”

Asbil was the only one to reference Ford’s troubles during his tenure as mayor – troubles that included the revelation of drug and alcohol abuse.

“You or I will never have the same notoriety or popularity or household fame as Rob Ford,” he said. “You or I will never have our names uttered around a dinner table, as Rob Ford has. Very few of us know the feeling of living our fail-ings and weaknesses in such a public way as Rob Ford. And very few of us will know what it’s like to experience the love and admiration of what we do, as Rob Ford did.”

Ford was afforded a full Anglican funeral, with Toronto jazz singer Liberty Silver deliv-ering a from-the-heart rendi-tion of Amazing Grace, and the Choir of St. James Cathedral closing out the ceremony with a celestial performance of “Swing Low Sweet Chariot.”

Ford was interred in a private ceremony attended by close family following the funeral.

Rob Ford now the ‘mayor of heaven’, says daughterMore than a 1,000 dignitaries, family and friends fill St. James Cathedral for funeral

ROB FORD1969 – 2016

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Staff photo/DAN PEARCEFormer mayor Rob Ford’s daughter Stephanie, left, wife Renata and son Dougie are overcome with emotion as they leave St. James Cathedral following Ford’s funeral yesterday.

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Money for transit, and possibly more for hous-ing. It was welcome news from Ottawa last week, when newly minted Finance Minister

Bill Morneau released the federal Liberal government’s first budget, and it included those two things.

Among other things, the budget pledged $3.4 billion in public transit investment across the country over the next three years. And an $11.9 billion infrastructure plan will allow for federal funding of housing.

Both of these announcements are good for Toronto, which needs major investment in both areas, and has for many years.

With the exception of the late former mayor Rob Ford, everyone occupying the Toronto mayor’s office has agreed that the federal government needs to engage in the direct financing of municipal needs – housing and transit in particular.

But mayoral advocacy has only ever achieved partial suc-cess, and often none at all.

Count this year’s budget as another partial win.

Toronto stands to get a size-able portion of the federal transit funding, as the allocation

will be based on ridership and the Toronto Transit Commission’s ridership is formidable.

But 26 per cent – the share that Mayor John Tory’s office estimates will come to the city on that basis – is still only $884 million. The Toronto Transit Commission’s state of good repair backlog currently sits at $2.7 billion.

Similarly, it’s hard to imagine federal infrastructure money, which will be divided more equitably, will get Toronto very far in completing the $2.6 billion repair backlog in Toronto Community Housing.

Will there be more money in future budgets? One might hope so, particularly as Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau and Morneau have signalled that they’re not going to be shy when it comes to running deficits higher than usual.

But we shouldn’t confuse hope with expectation, and Toronto needs to accept that it will be, at least to some degree, on its own – with maybe, just maybe, a bit more help from the cash-strapped provincial gov-ernment.

That means that later this year, when Toronto con-siders new revenue tools, councillors will need to look very seriously at the options. We’ve been given a boost. But we’ll have to climb the rest of the way ourselves.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about forgiveness lately.

Generally, the act of forgiv-ing is a healthy one. Carrying grudges, nursing old wounds, maintaining rifts is bad for the soul if you believe in that kind of thing, and for the digestion whether you do or don’t. It feels good to let go.

But in the case of Robert Bruce Ford, interred yester-day after his untimely and awful death at age 46, for-giveness becomes… prob-lematic.

It’s not that he didn’t beg our forgiveness.

When he was still mayor, before cancer struck him, Rob Ford offered a fulsome apology for the behaviour he exhibited while under the influence of his alcohol addiction. He went so far as to apologize on television, in the summer of 2014, where he accepted “full responsibil-ity” for his “poor judgement.” During that time, he’d been recorded saying an awful thing about his mayoral rival, city councillor Karen Stintz,

and he apologized for that.With that done, of course,

he launched into an eyebrow-raising stump speech for his bid to be re-elected mayor then left without taking ques-tions. But still: an apology is an apology, and it’s only good manners to accept it.

And even if he hadn’t apologized, there is still the generosity we all feel toward the terminally ill. Imagining ourselves at a dying man’s bedside, a long-held grudge becomes an unimaginable burden.

And so it feels good for us to absolve: to recall Rob Ford as a good bloke after all, whose sins were egged on by the demon rum; to conclude that he was simply the mayor that loved Toronto too much; and that through it all, return-ing phone calls and posing for selfies, coaching grateful high school footballers and hobnobbing with celebrities,

he somehow did great good for the city.

That this doesn’t square with the historical record is problematic. Indeed, it is significantly problematic, as our consideration of the Ford years is not simply a matter of the historical record.

In addition to a widow and two children, Ford leaves behind a political machine, in the form of Ford Nation: tens of thousands of people who supported him unques-tioningly, and a political heir, in the form of his brother, former councillor Doug Ford.

Earlier this week, Doug was front-and-centre at the visita-tion that the family requested be held in the Toronto City Hall rotunda, greeting well-wishers, embracing support-ers, and posing for the selfies with those in line to visit his brother Rob’s flag-draped casket. We all grieve in dif-ferent ways, but to onlookers, it seemed an awful lot like campaigning.

And in the context of campaigning, the narrative

of what really happened between 2010 and 2014 in the mayor’s office matters.

The truth of that is that Rob Ford stepped off a well-run campaign and into a job that he bungled from nearly the beginning. At some point, booze and other drugs over-took him and made things worse.

But there is little evidence that he loved Toronto enough, never mind too much, and plenty of evidence that drunk or sober, he despised significant elements of the city. His accomplishments – abolishing the car tax and the contracting out of some gar-bage collection – are few. The damage he did – to public transit, to the simple level of discourse – is considerable.

And for that, and many other things, he never once apologized. As good as it might feel to grant, forgive-ness is really not an option.

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Toronto’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation division is conducting a prescribed (controlled) burn in High Park sometime before the middle of April.

This is part of a long-term plan to protect and sustain the city’s rare black oak woodlands and savannahs.

The exact date for the burn will coincide with ideal weather conditions and will be announced 24 hours before it happens.

Notices will be placed at park entrances to notify users when the burn will take place. People will be restricted from entering areas that are being burned and park users can expect some temporary road closures in the park and restricted access along some of the dog-off-leash trails on the day of the burn.

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wAUTHOR, COMEDIAN LAUNCHES FIRST NOVEL

Author and comedian Neil Ross, president of the West Toronto Junction Historical Society (WTJHS), launches his first novel, Comedy Can Be Murder during an event at the Annette Street library, 145 Annette St. on Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m.

Ross will give his first read-ing during the free event, presented by the WTJHS and the library. Paperback books will be available for sale at the event and the eBook is available at www.comedy-canbemurder.com

wSEE JANE GOODALL DOCUMENTARY

Local environmental advo-cacy group Green 13 and Runnymede library, 2178 Bloor St. W., present a free screening of the documentary film Jane’s Journey Tuesday, April 12 at 6:15 p.m.

Jane’s Journey is described as an inspiring tribute to leg-endary anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall who is highly respected in the field of wildlife conservation for her ground-breaking animal research.

After 45 years studying wild chimpanzees in Africa, she gave up her career as a pri-matologist and has spent the past 20 years devoting herself to saving our endangered planet. Now in her mid-70s, Goodall continues to work tirelessly as a UN Messenger of Peace, scouring the globe on her mission to spread hope to future generations.

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wRECYCLE AT SIR CASIMIR GZOWSK PARK

Parkdale-High Park Councillor Sarah Doucette hosts a Ward 13 Environment Day on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event will take place in Sir Casimir Gzowsk Park, near the City of Toronto parking lot at 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (east of Ellis Avenue).

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wWATCH THEN DISCUSS ‘HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT’

Green 13 and Annette Street library present a free screen-ing of Hadwin’s Judgement, and a discussion on Tuesday, April 19 at 6:15 p.m.

The documentary, by Sasha Snow, is based on the award-winning book, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed by John Vaillant. It chronicles the tormented transformation of Grant Hadwin, a logging engineer and expert woods-man in the remote interior of British Columbia into an environmental terrorist

who dared to challenge the destruction of the world’s last great temperate rainforest.

The event takes place at the library, 145 Annette St. For further details, contact 416-393-7692.

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Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, 1515 Dundas St. W., hosts a Toronto Catholic Secondary School Portuguese Parent Forum Saturday, April 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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The City of Toronto recently approved the study of Heritage Conservation Districts for Baby Point and Bloor West Village. Here is the house believed to be owned by architect Robert Home Smith while the Baby Point subdivision was being built. The home still stands today.

Ratepayers Association, the Old Mill Humbercrest Neighbourhood Association, and the High Park Residents Association.

“We’re tickled it’s been approved and funded. It’s one thing to be approved, the other thing was to get it through the budget pro-cess. We’ve passed those hurdles.”

The two HCD studies should commence in late fall, according to Parkdale-High Park Councillor Sarah Doucette, after the comple-tion of the approved Bloor Street West Planning Study. A working group was estab-lished late last year in prepa-ration of the approval, which meant that when it went through, residents were able to “hit the ground running,” Doucette said.

“There will be a great deal of community consultation open to everyone, so be pre-pared to think about what makes Bloor Street important to you,” the councillor said in her weekly e-newsletter.

The Bloor Street West Planning Study will serve as another tool for residents’ associations when in discus-sions with developers about what is appropriate for the area, Isbister said.

“It’s unusual for an HCD and Avenue Study to take place at the same time,” he said.

However, their overlapping will allow for information to be shared and all involved to be better informed, Doucette said.

All the groups involved are grateful to Doucette, who they say was “integral” to the process.

“We couldn’t have done it without her,” Isbister said. “She’s been very effective in advancing our cause.”

Loncar added, “Sarah worked really hard. She really tried to push it through.”

pushing for designation

The Baby Point Heritage Foundation’s main objective is to move forward with an HCD designation, however it has an educational com-ponent as well.

“We like to get people engaged, to learn about the heritage. Baby Point has a rich and beautiful heritage both architecturally and environ-mentally,” Loncar said. “We do workshops and informa-tion evenings.”

The foundation is hosting its AGM on Thursday, May 26 at the Baby Point Clubhouse, 71 Baby Point Rd., at 7:30 p.m.

There will be wine and cheese and will feature guest speaker Bill Whitla of The William Morris Society of Canada, who will speak about the Arts and Crafts Movement, an architectural style used by Baby Point Architect Robert Home Smith.

Most people who Baby Point Heritage Foundation members speak to react posi-tively to the idea of an HCD, Loncar said.

“There are a lot of miscon-ceptions concerning HCDs, that they’ll stop you from building an addition on your home, which it absolutely won’t. We’re interested in preserving the streetscape more than what you do inside your home. No one is interfer-ing in regards to upgrades. We want to encourage people to take care of their homes.”

More information about HCDs and the Bloor Street West Planning Study will be forthcoming.

In the meantime, Doucette told her constituents, “I want to thank everyone who has worked so hard to make this a reality. There’s still more to do, but our hard work will help create better communi-ties moving forward.

Heritage Conservation District studies to start in late autumn>>>from page 1

For more about Baby Point Heritage Foundation, visit www.babypointheritage.com

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The city’s Municipal Licensing and Standards department will reveal in April a new draft bylaw widely expected to formally legalize rideshare services like UberX. The new regulations would likely require Uber drivers to be licensed by the city, have commercial insurance, be subjected to background and criminal record checks and generally submit to the same kind of municipal oversight as cabbies. The bylaw must be ratified by Toronto Council, which could come as early as May’s meeting, but Uber has organized an online petition, created a web video and is encouraging customers to contact councillors directly.

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Parking your private vehicle in a designated TTC bus lane is about to become a whole lot more expensive.

The city announced this week it is raising fines for blocking TTC areas and other parking infractions to $150. Also covered under the new regulations: blocking side-walks, double parking, and blocking High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes.

In a statement Mayor John Tory said the new measures would reduce congestion and increase safety for pedestri-ans.

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Toronto police will no longer dispatch officers to minor automobile accidents.

The move will mean any collisions involving minor damage but not requiring medical attention will no longer require the presence of a uniformed officer. The benefits according to police are reduced traffic delays, less of a potential for a second-

ary collision and the easier deployment of more special-ized accident investigators for serious crashes.

According to police, acci-dent rates have risen around five per cent year-to-year making the practice of dis-patching officers to fender-benders “unsustainable”.

This week the OPP also announced it has expanded the number of collision reporting centres in the GTA to eight.

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Without much fanfare, the TTC this week launched new express bus service on existing routes. As of Sunday, March 27, new express or Rocket buses were running on both Don Mills Road and Kipling Avenue. Also launched was the 186 Wilson Rocket between York Mills Station and Humber College .

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After 15 years in the BloorWest Village area and over 500stunning completed renova-tion projects, Instyle Kitchens& Bathrooms makes completehome renovations easy withtheir simple three-step process.

STEP ONE: Call Instyle (416-833-4343) to setup a free in-home consultation.

STEP TWO: Design, materialoptions, and labour costs arediscussed during the in-homeconsultation with the hom-eowners. Instyle will review aportfolio of past local projectsto clearly outline what is ac-complished on a week-to-weekbasis. New clients can verifythose time lines through refer-ences from former clients.

“We are grateful when formercustomers allow new custom-

ers over for a private viewing ofcompleted projects,”says Instyleco-ownerGerryTurino, a custombuilder and master electrician.“New customers will get a non-biased assessment of our workand the renovation experience.”

STEP THREE: After all designmaterials have been selectedand priced, a detailed labourschedule with cabinet draw-ings is presented at the Instyleshowroom. Building, plumbingand electrical permits are dis-cussed. Owners and longtimeBloorWest residents Gerry Turi-no and Michael Lamarche havethe acquired skill set needed

to redesign and reengineer lo-cal area homes, which oftenconsist of a small room withill-placed windows and far toomany doorways.

“Michael and I have dealtwith almost every type of con-struction or space planningproblem imaginable in theseold homes,” says Turino. “We areat a stage where we can reactto any problem without a totaldisruption of the schedule, acomplaint we hear about othercompanies consistently.”

Foranappointmentor furtherinformation, call 416-833-4343or visit online at www.ikb.ca

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w Saturday, April 2Autism Unframed ReframedWHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Creative Spirit Art Centre, 999 Dover-court Rd. CONTACT: Ellen Anderson, 416-588-8801, www.creativespirit.on.ca, [email protected] COST: FreeIn honour of the United Nation’s World Autism Awareness Day, the centre presents artist Orhan Guven’s solo exhibition Autism Unframed Reframed. The exhibit remains on view for the month of April. This event works to reframe negative misconceptions to positive realities about artists with autism.

Pop-Up Tour: Jane/Bloor, Baby Point Wellness TourWHEN: 4:30 to 6:45 p.m. WHERE: Multiple venues in The Junction CONTACT: thewestsidesstory.com/pop-up-tours/, [email protected] COST: $30/personThe tour visits – 4:30 p.m.: Bloor West Homeopathic and Wellness Clinic; 5:20 p.m.: Talk Touch Move; 6 p.m.: Tao Sangha.

w Sunday, April 3Lost WaterwaysWHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: High Park, 1873 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: [email protected] COST: Free

That gurgling sound beneath your feet? It’s a river. City Planner Leo deSorcy follows the flow. Meet at the benches across from the Grenadier Restaurant.

w Monday, April 4Lactivism with Courtney JungWHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Run-nymede Library, 2178 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: [email protected] COST: FreeUniversity of Toronto professor Courtney Jung offers a critique of how breastfeeding has become big business, but bad policy.

After School ClubWHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas library, 620 Jane St. CON-

TACT: Kara, 416-394-1014 COST: FreeFor children ages six to 12 years old.April’s theme is “Science Fun”. Con-duct experiments, learn something new and have some fun causing cool reactions.

Toronto Swing Dance Society Nightclub Two Step WorkshopWHEN: 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. WHERE: Lithuanian Hall, 1573 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Jay or Sylvia, Toron-toSwingDanceSociety.ca, [email protected] COST: members $50; non-members $70Michelle Regal will teach a special Nightclub Two Step Workshop in April. Beginners are welcome. No partner required. Visit website for

full schedule of events and program-ming.

w Tuesday, April 5Chair Yoga - Spring SessionWHEN: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd. CONTACT: Virginia, [email protected] COST: $55/9 weeksGentle yoga for seniors, including those with some physical limitations.

w Wednesday, April 6Ready for Reading Toddler StorytimeWHEN: 10:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: FreeReady for Reading storytimes encourage a lifelong love of reading, build reading readiness and show parents and caregivers how to help their child get ready for reading. For children 18 to 36 months.

Swansea Historical SocietyWHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavina Ave CONTACT: 647-859-3901, [email protected] COST: FreeSpeaker Rona Arato: The Last Train – A Holocaust Story. Visitors are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

w Thursday, April 7Mini ScientistsWHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas library, 620 Jane St. CON-TACT: 416-394-1014 COST: FreeListen to stories, participate in ex-periments, and learn something new. For children ages three to five with their parents or caregivers.

Situation UnknownWHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CON-TACT: www.spurofthemomentshake-speare.weebly.com COST: FreeFrom the Guerrilla Ruffians comes Situation Unknown: a playful impro-vised staging of various Shakespear-ean scenes immersed among the shelves to explore the spontaneity of the Bard’s words.

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get listed!The Bloor West Villager wants your community list-ings. Sign up online at thevil-lager.ca to submit your events (click the Sign Up link in the top right corner of the page).

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Canadian Olympian Eric Gillis crosses the finish line at the 2011 Harry’s Spring Run-off to fight prostate cancer. The annual run takes place this year on April 9.

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