WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015 metronews.ca | twitter.com/metrotoronto | facebook.com/metrotoronto Tonight’s Jackpot TORONTO 21 $ million NEWS WORTH SHARING. Here’s to free-range parenting The Kohler Report. PAGE 16 CBC nixes paid appearances Media. Broadcaster forbids News website Canadaland reported last week that Lang tried to “sabotage” its on-air personalities from an important story by colleague Kathy making money at public events Tomlinson on RBC and temporary for- eign workers, pointing out that she is in a personal relationship with a member of the bank’s board and had The CBC announced Thursday that it given speeches at events sponsored by, will no longer allow its on-air journal- among other companies, RBC. ists to make paid appearances, a little Lang previously denied to Torstar over a week after senior business corres- that she tried to “kill the story,” that pondent Amanda Lang publicly faced she was hiding a potential conflict and allegations about potential conflicts of that she had received money from RBC interest for giving paid speeches. for speaking engagements. CBC News and Centres editor-in- McGuire told Torstar that “the chief and general manager Jennifer whole situation McGuire told Torstar News Service the around Amanda discussion around paid appearances Lang is being had been ongoing, but that “the events reviewed,” in- of the last little while” impacted the cluding her past discussion. coverage of RBC. “The paid activity, just by virtue of She declined to being paid, was creating challenges in comment on terms of our reputation,” she said. “So whether Lang the idea was to just stop that from be- should have ing the conversation and push our jour- publicly dis- nalistic policies even further. It was cre- closed that she CBC News editor-in-chief ating a perception that we don’t think is in a relation- Jennifer McGuire co-signed is right for our brand.” ship with RBC the memo. CONTRIBUTED McGuire and her Radio-Canada board member counterpart Michel Cormier broke the Geoffrey Beat- news to staff in a memo. She said re- tie, saying that is part of the review. action to the policy shift was “mixed” National anchor Peter Mansbridge, within the organization. The union has who has faced criticism in the past for already condemned the new rule and giving paid speeches, said “I’ve been hinted that it will challenge it. part of the discussions for quite some The updated policy will not apply to time, agreed with the decision and as SHE SHOOTS, SHE SCORES freelancers, such as Rex Murphy. Mc- always will follow CBC policy.” Guire said the CBC, which had already The public broadcaster’s union, the been tracking paid and unpaid appear- Canadian Media Guild, called the new ances on its website, will continue to policy a “blanket prohibition,” saying Miss Canada: Despite the hissing and dissing on Twitter Thursday, this costume worn during the Miss Universe competition on monitor unpaid activity for any percep- it violates its collective agreement. tion of conflict. In a statement, CMG said the CBC al- Wednesday evening by U of T graduate and reigning Miss Canada Chanel Beckenlehner is a fi nalist in the national costume The announcement comes on the ready had tools at its disposal to avoid fan vote. “It’s really more the Victoria’s Secret version of hockey,” said Alex Kavanagh, the Toronto-based designer behind the heels of a very public spat at the Crown potential conflicts by having managers outfi t. She said Beckenlehner wanted the dress bigger and bigger. See story, page 10. J. PAT CARTER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS corporation over the issue of perceived approve paid and unpaid appearances. conflicts of interest. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE T OO U PP T O N NS S U FFF!! C AATTIIO 0%% OO F VAAC 550 V BoAw onieknw n yvooacwuart ia otnnri dpw o yfnoo eruv fecrreoy eud!alyd CONGRATULATIONS! YOU COULD BE NEXT 1.866.WOW.DEAL NORMA R., GEORGETOWN, ON janna d., ayr, on This could be you! 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It relies heavily on com- CHOQ 105.1 FM is running out is the language spoken munity volunteers for most of of money, thanks largely to a most often at home(cid:3) the workload, currently em- N tight advertising market and (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:629)(cid:550)(cid:636)(cid:634)(cid:632)(cid:552)(cid:3)People in Toronto ploying only four full-time staff. unexpected expenses from who only speak French In a bid to improve its signal logistical changes made last and reach more people, along Source: Statistics Canada year, station manager Xavier with more advertisers, CHOQ Lambert said. installed a new antenna in An online fundraising cam- November. Rent for its spot on E paign has been launched, and, Closure, he said, “would be top of the First Canadian Place so far, has brought in more very sad.” building costs $60,000 a year, than $3,000. The station’s also “This is the only way the Lambert said. applied for a handful of grants. French-speaking community Plus, it cost $15,000, more The working plan, Lambert had to channel their opinions than expected, to dismantle the W said, is to evaluate the situation through volunteering,” he said. old antenna. “For a small oper- William Boivin, host of current aff airs show C’est par ici la sortie, in the and make a decision on the fu- “It is a media of participa- ation like ours, that’s a lot of studio at CHOQ. GILBERT NGABO/METRO ture by March. tion and we know it helps money,” he said. Ethical biz attracting $1 trillion S Investment. Toronto Quoted sustainable agriculture. “If we can find the right companies among entrepreneurs with compan- “This was not mainstream those benefi ting from ies and technologies and ser- at all when we got into it, vices in those sectors, then ‘rapid growth’ but we believe the world they should make good in- vestment opportunities in the is going to have to go in long term,” said Michael Curry, ROSEMARY this direction.” managing partner at Investeco. WESTWOOD “Sustainable agriculture and Michael Curry, managing partner at [email protected] Investeco healthy food is an area we like a lot,” he added. “It goes along Canadian investors are now with all the trends in organic, pumping a record $1 trillion helping fuel companies fo- local, traceable food, and ani- into businesses focused on cused on more than their bot- mal welfare components. more than profit, and Toronto tom line, like Farms & Forks, Responsible investment companies are cashing in. which calls itself the GTA’s is about more than feel-good So-called responsible in- only “full online market for or- companies, Curry said. vesting has seen a “rapid ganic goods.” Investors are still looking growth” of 68 per cent in the The venture is the newest for strong brands and strong country in the last two years, investment by Investeco Cap- potential for growth. And according to a new report by ital, a Toronto firm founded there is money to be made, he the non-profit Responsible In- in 2002 and focused solely said — a sentiment supported vestment Association, which on investing in socially and by the new report, which tracks investments in socially environmentally responsible found responsible investments Rowe Farms is among the Toronto companies benefi ting from increased and environmentally respon- companies. It manages more now account for 31 per cent of investment in ethical fi rms. It has eight stores selling locally-farmed meats sible companies. than $50 million in industries assets under management in from animals raised without antibiotics or growth-promoting hormones. In Toronto, that money is such as clean technologies and Canada. 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Pickering city The provincial government’s “integrated major tourist des- bylaw, in terms of what is per- council’s planning and develop- decision to establish four tination” at Church and Bayly mitted, the definitions, the way ment committee voted 4-3 last “gaming zones” in Ontario streets. the different uses need to inter- September to endorse the de- has led to debates across the The motion passed 6-1, said act for this tourist destination,” veloper’s rezoning application. GTA, with many municipal- Tom Melymuk, director of city he told Torstar News Service The new zoning category ities, including Toronto, re- development. He said public this week. of “major tourist destination” jecting the idea of hosting a notification will take place in Pickering Developments covers a wide variety of uses, casino. Pickering is one of the the next few days, and inter- Inc. was looking to rezone including a hotel, a water park few that expressed interest. ested parties will have 20 days three parcels of land at Church and a casino. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Auditor general Bonnie Lysyk lambasted the controversial $2-billion smart- meter program for cost overruns and poor performance in her report last month. NATHAN DENETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS Smart meters to be removed as precaution Hydro. 5,400 remote- summer cottages. It’s the latest snag to hit the disconnect models being controversial $2-billion smart- pulled over fire fears meter program, which auditor general Bonnie Lysyk criticized last month for cost overruns and poor performance. 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Through Nov- Of the hundreds of con- [email protected] ember 2014, the latest data dos and developments ris- available, the value stood at ing from the streets, few The city is in the middle of an more than $14 billion. are considered ground- unprecedented development It’s that kind of spending breaking. But that doesn’t boom — the kind that will that brings in the likes of Nor- mean there aren’t some redefine the skyscape for dec- man Foster — who created standout projects. ades to come. And critics are London, England’s iconic Gher- They include: calling for visionary architec- kin building and New York’s ture to define that landscape. Hearst Tower — to transform “This kind of opportunity the southwest corner of Yonge to develop a city in the broad and Bloor. terms that we’re developing Sam Mizrahi, developer it now is very rare,” said Alex- and owner of the site of the ander Josephson, principal at former Stollerys building, has When architects visit, their first stop is to see the Toronto Dominion Centre, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Partisans Projects, which is said Foster will design a new the 1960s, said Robert Levit, associate dean of the master of architecture program at U of T. The cluster of three leading the interior design of high-rise development at one buildings stands on Wellington Street West. Right, The Swiss Re tower, better known as Gherkin, is pictured in of the city’s most prominent London. DAVID VAN DYKE/METRO, GETTY IMAGES At a glance intersections. It’s a big opportunity, and matter. two taller towers instead of “Great architects don’t just the city needs to welcome it Josephson argues city input three shorter ones — she said, want to plunk down a vanity How big is Toronto’s boom? with open arms, Skira said. watered down Frank Gehry’s adding: “He sent me a thank project in the middle of a city,” (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:34)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:266)(cid:3)(cid:35)(cid:229)(cid:254)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:35)(cid:61)(cid:3) “This is a big shot, world design for a new development you letter for helping his team Keesmaat added. (cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:553) (cid:580)(cid:3) The pace of building class architect,” said Skira. on King Street West, and he deliver a better project.” Still, the Norman Foster in the city is ahead of “Give the developer the lee- worries the same could hap- In a moment where the project has the good fortune (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:315)(cid:3)(cid:35)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3) that in New York and way to open up the space, and pen to a Foster project. city is “fundamentally trans- of falling on a ‘signature site’ (cid:17)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) Chicago, and second if the city allows Foster to do “If the city puts shackles on forming before our eyes,” — locations where the city is (cid:86)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:553) only in North America to what Foster can do, no one will the process, the city is going to Keesmaat said she isn’t inter- open to more skyline-defining Mexico City, said Robert ever remember the Stollerys get a mediocre building,” he ested in welcoming “ego archi- works. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:55)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:229)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:50)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:575)(cid:17)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3) Levit, associate dean of building.” said. tecture.” “That’s a really critical site, (cid:17)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:3) the master of architec- But whether the city really It’s a criticism roundly re- She’s focused on creating so it absolutely is a site where (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:61)(cid:55)(cid:553) ture program at the wants a dramatic, standout jected by city planner Jennifer a livable city where the archi- you can do something special University of Toronto. building — like the pickle- Keesmaat. Even Gehry likes the tect responds to the needs of and something spectacular,” shaped Gherkin — is another revised plan — which includes Toronto. Keesmaat said. Bernstein Diet lawsuit ends with $10K ruling A Superior Court judge rules Mew ruled that Dr. Pat 2009, with the doctor and the Though Mew concluded GTA diet doctor Dr. Pat Poon Poon, who runs four weight- corporation behind his weight that the “starvation” and lack- defamed competitor Dr. Stan- loss clinics in the GTA, defamed loss clinics listed as plaintiffs. of-efficacy statements were “ca- ley Bernstein in a lawsuit de- Bernstein — a well-known diet As outlined in Mew’s deci- pable” of being defamatory, he scribed as “more about ego doctor with offices across Can- sion, Bernstein contended that ultimately ruled that they were than injury.” ada and the U.S. — by dispara- Poon had defamed him and covered by the defence of fair A defamation showdown ging and critiquing his practice his weight loss practice in two comment. These descriptions between sparring diet phys- in his weight-loss book and editions of his book, Dr. Poon’s in Poon’s book would be taken icians has ended with $10,000 during a television interview. Metabolic Diet, which sold as opinion rather than fact by a awarded to Dr. Bernstein, an “Dr. Bernstein won. That’s 8,000 copies. Bernstein also “reasonable” reader. “anticlimactic” finish to a six- unequivocal,” said Neil Abram- took issue with excerpts of the Poon couldn’t defend, how- year lawsuit that was “more son, Bernstein’s lawyer. book on Poon’s website, as well ever, his critique of vitamin B about ego than injury,” accord- “Obviously, Dr. Bernstein as comments Poon made in a injections used by Bernstein’s ing to a Superior Court justice. was suing for much more, and 2009 appearance on a Chinese- practice, which Mew ruled was “It is more about turf war- hoped to achieve much more language TV show, which Mew based on an erroneous and fare in the competitive world by way of money damages. called “insulting” in his final “clumsily” articulated under- of diet medicine than about We will be carefully looking at decision. standing. He also took issue reputation,” Justice Graeme the decision to determine next Among the issues Bernstein with Poon’s comments on Mew wrote in his Jan. 19 deci- steps,” he said, declining to rule raised were Poon’s description Chinese television, when Poon sion. out the possibility of an appeal. of the well-known Bernstein compared Bernstein’s clinics “It is for others to decide Gil Zvulony, lawyer for Diet as “very low-calorie,” his to Weight Watchers and Jenny whether the substantial public Poon, declined an interview statement that the diet is “like Craig, stating such businesses resources that have been made and said his client would not be starving” and would cause “help people lose weight on a available to enable this dispute commenting. “I think the deci- muscle loss, and his contention commercial basis,” as opposed to be adjudicated are propor- sion speaks for itself,” he said. that weight loss programs like to his practice, which is meant Dr. Pat Poon tionate to the rights and inter- Bernstein launched his law- Bernstein’s work only “if you to “cure illnesses.” Dr. Stanley Bernstein TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE ests that were at stake.” suit against Poon in September keep the diet forever.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE 75 % FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 TO THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 UP TO OFF WOMEN’S CLEARANCE FOOTWEAR when you take an extra 50% off our last ticketed prices. 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At “(We) investigated, and deter- mined the rink was in viola- least the kids will have a In Ajax, neighbourliness tion of the Town’s zoning seems to be on thin ice. place to skate.” Karen Callery bylaw. The resident has been A local family is being or- advised to remove the boards dered to dismantle its tiny around the rink, and has two front-yard skating rink or face sulted the town’s bylaw office weeks to voluntarily comply.” a fine of up to $25,000 after a to make sure her rink was up Angela Ficili, who lives neighbour filed a complaint to municipal standards. across the street, says she has with the town’s bylaw office. The five-by-six-metre rink no problem with Callery’s “Someone complained sits atop a piece of blue tar- rink and that isn’t the first that my skating rink doesn’t paulin and is ringed by metre- time that people on the tiny meet the appearance stan- high boards. Callery built the residential street have been dard of the neighbourhood,” rink on her front lawn be- the victims of overzealous by- Karen Callery, who built the cause her backyard slopes and law enforcement. rink for her two young chil- has a swimming pool in it. Ficili claims someone in dren, said on Thursday. “I really tried hard to make the neighbourhood filed a “I want my kids to grow sure that I was following all complaint with the town after up not sitting on a couch and the rules,” Callery said. her family parked a vehicle watching TV all day; I want The Town of Ajax bans on the interlocking bricks in them to grow up as adults front-yard structures such front of their house. that appreciate exercise as a as sheds. While gardens and And two doors down from lifestyle.” fountains are excluded from Callery, Shawn Bush says he’s Lending a hand for the environment. This is the third year that this ban, it seems the painted received numerous calls from Callery has constructed a skat- plywood boards that ring Cal- town bylaw officers for such ing rink on her front lawn in lery’s rink are the source of offences as flying an Isle of Ajax’s quiet Nottingham sub- the problem Man flag in front of his house Recently, Canon employees across Canada participated in our Branch Out division. Before building it, “The Town of Ajax Bylaw (a neighbour thought its sym- program, demonstrating our guiding principle of Kyosei - living and working Callery, who works as an en- Services was made aware of bol resembled a swastika). gineer in Toronto, even con- a front yard ice rink on Alden TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE together for the common good. Our employees generously donated more than 1,200 volunteer hours. We toiled in the soil removing 50 cubic metres of invasive Art. 99 city libraries, sketch by sketch plant species and planting 6,000 native trees and shrubs. But we didn’t stop there. We also planted another 14,000 trees as part of our partnership with Evergreen, a national not-for-profi t organization dedicated to urban greening. While most people shuffle The project was born out through a period of unemploy- of a conversation Rotsztain With Evergreen’s support, Canon helped green cities from St. John’s to Victoria. ment doling out resumes, one had with friends about their It was a great team effort that will provide oxygen for tens of thousands of Toronto man decided to spend favourite library branches. it travelling to each of the “It’s a love letter to the li- Canadians and remove harmful carbon dioxide from the environment. The Branch city’s 99 public libraries. brary,” he told Torstar News Out program — and just one of the ways the environment is in the picture at Canon. From the end of August to Service. “It is hard to just October, 25-year-old artist and wander randomly, but to have geographer Daniel Rotsztain this quest oriented me well to boarded buses, trains, street- explore every corner of every cars and his bike with an inky borough of the city.” pen in hand and plenty of Daniel Rotsztain visited all 99 Toronto He is releasing the images paper. His goal was to capture libraries over the summer, drawing on his website and is eagerly the city’s bastions of books each. CARLOS OSORIO/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE anticipating drawing the by drawing each one of them 100th library to open in the in a “homey, but blueprint conquered amid scorching Scarborough Centre area this style”— a feat he sometimes heat and drizzling rain. spring. 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See cashier for details. ® 911979 Alberta Ltd. 10 TORONTO metronews.ca WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015 Hockey couture makes the finals Miss Universe pageant. known as a corset). would be considered a Can- “It’s really more the adian costume, so instead Canadian competitor’s Victoria’s Secret version of we tried to home in on what gown up for national hockey,” said Toronto-based is the biggest part of the na- costume designer Alex Ka- tional spirit … hockey,” she costume fan vote vanagh, eschewing the pos- said. sibility of a helmet addi- Kavanagh said Becken- tion. “I wanted to help her lehner wanted the dress The dress boasted 10 hock- make a splash on the stage.” bigger and bigger. ey sticks, a Stanley Cup rep- Indeed, the 11-kilogram “We knew that it would lica and a scoreboard. costume made its splash on get a big reaction,” she said. In a spectacular display stage — and also on Twitter. “It’s the kind of pageant of Canadiana on steroids, “What the ??” one per- where you have to bring Miss Canada unveiled her son tweeted. your A-game.” massive, hockey-inspired “Some mad neck She acknowledged that national costume at the strength there,” wrote an- the hockey-goddess outfit Miss Universe contest Wed- other. was not a “literal” interpret- nesday evening. Beckenlehner, whom ation of a national costume Chanel Beckenlehner’s Kavanagh called sweet and said it was fun to make. dress included a working and passionate about Canada has a history of LED scoreboard, an upside- representing Canada, ap- producing some eyebrow- down Stanley Cup crown, a proached Kavanagh back in raising outfits for the Miss dress made of a real hockey August to create the outfit, Universe pageant, including net from Canadian Tire and which was displayed during a skimpy fringe bikini top over-the-knee boots-slash- the national costume round with an aboriginal head- skates. In a nod to safety, of the event. dress and a large feathered the Caledon native, 26, “There’s no one thing maple-leaf inspired cos- wore teeny-tiny shoulder that we wear — other than tume. pads and body armour (also maybe a puffy parka — that Beckenlehner’s costume is a finalist in the national costume fan vote. To vote, Quoted tweet using both #MissUni- verseCanada and #MissUni- “It’s the kind of pageant where you have to bring verse. your A-game.” The winner will be an- nounced Sunday night in Miss Canada Chanel Beckenlehner participates in the Miss Universe competition’s Yamamay Swimsuit Runway Show Costume designer Alex Kavanagh Doral, Fla. at Trump National Doral hotel on Jan. 14 in Florida. Her outlandish hockey dress (pictured on front page of this TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE newspaper) made a splash onstage and on social media. GUSTAVO CABALLERO/GETTY IMAGES City, Metrolinx keeping cancelled LRT cost secret The final cost to the city of vice. “What we’ve been work- Funding cancelling the Scarborough ing on over the last number of LRT — possibly between $75 months is: What exactly is the million and $85 million — is number? In 2013, the province commit- being kept secret, though the “We’ve come to an agree- ted to funding a Scarborough repayment is already included ment.” extension with $1.48 billion, in the city’s capital budget But you won’t find that regardless of whether it was plan. figure spelled out in the hun- an LRT or subway. At the Outgoing city manager Joe dreds of pages of budget brief- time, the federal government Pennachetti said Thursday for ing notes. Pennachetti refused also committed $660 million the first time that the cost to to say just how much the city in addition to its $1.48-billion be paid by the city has already has set aside, or when or how share to build a subway. been decided and is priced out it will be paid. in the 10-year capital plan un- “Yes, it’s in the capital veiled this week. plan. No, you’d not be able to Those “sunk” costs — see it,” he said. and design for the LRT. A small money spent on a project that The city manager said the portion was for the design of a can’t be recovered — have seven-member budget com- maintenance and storage fa- always been pegged by Metro- mittee will be briefed on the cility that was scrapped once linx at about $85 million, but cost in February. council voted 24-20 in favour could now be closer to $75 On Thursday, Metrolinx of a subway in 2013. million. They will be fully CEO Bruce McCuaig said talks There was also speculation shouldered by the city after with the city were “very close” that manufacturer Bombar- council, under the Rob Ford to a conclusion, but also de- dier would levy a penalty for administration, voted to scrap clined to put a number on the changing the number of light Tory says SmartTrack is on track the seven-stop light rail line, amount owed by the city. rail vehicles Metrolinx had fully funded by the province, “The province and Metro- originally ordered. that was already in the works linx has been clear that the But the Montreal-based Mayor John Tory said Thursday he’s confident SmartTrack is moving ahead on an “accelerated timetable” after his execu- and instead build a $3-billion, sunk costs related to the for- company — which also has tive committee approved spending $1.65 million for further studies on the rail line plan. “We will see a full report on all three-stop Scarborough sub- mer Scarborough LRT project the $1.25 billion contract to of the merits of every part of it in the fall,” Tory said. City council, which must still approve the funding, already gave the way extension. were the responsibility of the supply Toronto’s new street- green light to $750,000 in study spending. City officials asked for additional money to assess the proposed three-stop “Are we responsible for city,” he said Thursday. cars — has downplayed sug- Eglinton Avenue West portion, which would require extensive tunneling. KEITH BEATY/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE those sunk costs? Yes,” Penna- Most of the money the city gestions of a penalty. chetti told Torstar News Ser- owes is attributed to planning TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE