Many in the community are mourning the loss of Garnell Lorrain Henry the long-time owner of a popular Caribbean food restaurant in New Toronto.

Garnell was a loving mother, sister, cousin, grandmother, and friend. She passed away on August 11 at the age of 55.

She was a source of boundless love and warmth to all who knew her. Her kind heart and vibrant spirit touched many lives, and her memory will be cherished by her family and friends.

Her legacy of affection and kindness will forever live on in the hearts of those who were fortunate to be part of her life.
Garnell worked hard at her restaurant to make it a success. Her delicious curry goat and rice and peas dishes will be missed by many in the community.

A service was held to pay tribute her life on August 30 at New Haven Funeral Centre, in Mississauga.

“She was a great lady and she will be missed,” wrote Orchid Henry. “She fed our boys for over 20 years. We hold her ox tail and rice and peas as a standard of excellence for all others.”

“My heart is broken in pieces,” said Tiney Beckles. “You fought to the end and I admire how strong you were and I am proud of you.”

She is expected to be buried in Jamaica, her lovely homeland.

SEPTEMBER 4 TO OCTOBER 5 QUANTUM OF BEAUTY at
Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive.
Open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This exhibition is by The Westway Artists Group. A
reception will take place on September 5 at 6 p.m.
For more phone 416- 338-7255 or visit
www.toronto.ca
SEPTEMBER 7 FAMILY EXTRAVAGANZA at Franklin
Horner Community Centre, 423 Horner Avenue,
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Once again Royal LePage
Porritt Real Estate is sponsoring a bouncy castle.
Fun activities for all.
SEPTEMBER 11 IS LAST DATE to get your order in for
the Tree for Free giveaway. Pre-register and order
from 12 different trees for pick up on September 14
from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m at Colonel Sam Smith
Park, at Lake Shore Blvd. W., and Kipling Avenue.
Unclaimed trees will be given away for walk-ups at
1245 p.m. For more information visit www.lbna.ca
SEPTEMBER 12 TO OCTOBER 31 2SLGBTQ+ family
planning on Thursdays at 6 p.m. at LAMP CHC,
185 Fifth Street, facilitated by Dr. Rachel Epstein,
will explore practical, emotional, social, and legal
issues when thinking about becoming a parent,
pregnancy, adoption, co-parenting and surrogacy,
parenting with a partner, with one or more coparents, or as a solo parent. To register email
WillR@lampchc.org
SEPTEMBER 12 MIMICO GO STATION TOWN HALL
meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Zoom and at
the Mimico Station Library, 47 Station Road, to
discuss the twice-suspended “Grand Central
Mimico” development and options for moving the
project forward. Event by Mimico Residents
Association and the South Etobicoke Community
Land Trust.
SEPTEMBER 13 EATONVILLE CARE CENTRE’S all day
Community Day event in the courtyard as vendors
and local businesses connect with residents to
showcase their services to the community at 420
The East Mall or call 416-621-8000.
SEPTEMBER 14 TREE FOR FREE get your order in and
pick up from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Col. Samuel
Smith Park, at Kipling Ave. and Lake Shore Blvd.
W. A number of native trees available including
Ontario’s official tree the White Pine. For more info
email trees40@lbna.ca.
SEPTEMBER 14 ETOBICOKE MASTER GARDENERS
Annual Fall Plant Sale from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at 6 Kingsway Crescent. Free advice clinic, native
plants, herbs and more. For more visit
www.etobicokemastergardeners.ca
SEPTEMBER 15 ETOBICOKE TERRY FOX RUN for cancer
research at West Deane Park from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Lots of fun for all ages with live music, face
painting, a bouncy castle, BBQ and more. For more
email s.sprenger@rogers.com
SEPTEMBER 19 MEET THE MAYOR at LAMP CHC’s 47th
Annual General Meeting at the Assembly Hall, at
Humber College, at 6:30 p.m. There will be a
keynote speech by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow at
7:30 p.m. For more e-mail anthonya@lampchc.org
or call 416-252-6471 ext. 246.
SEPTEMBER 22 SIXTH ANNUAL LONG BRANCH TREE
FESTIVAL sponsored by the Long Branch
Neighbourhood Association and City from 12 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at Marie Curtis Park for fun, bring your
family and have learn about trees. There will be
vendors, food booths, live music and historical
walks. For more visit www.lbna.ca
SEPTEMBER 25 BBQ FOR welcome back affordable
housing movement at LAMP CHC, 185 Fifth Street.
For more e-mail anthonya@lampchc.org or call
416-252-6471 ext. 246.
30 PLUS WOMEN’S PILATES on Tuesdays and Fridays
at 10 a.m. at LAMP CHC, 185 Fifth Street, childminding can be provided. If you seek more info email FatimaA@lampchc.org
HEART HEALTHY COOKING on Tuesdays at 12 p.m. at
LAMP CHC, 185 Fifth Street. Learn easy and
affordable methods of cooking heart-healthy food.
For more information e-mail FatimaA@lampchc.org
SENIORS GENTLE EXERCISE on Tuesdays 10 a.m. to
11 a.m. at Stonegate CHC, Trillium Room, 10
Neighbourhood Lane, Unit 201, with a registered
kinesiologist who will lead the group with exercises
to increase strength, balance and flexibility. To
register call 416-243-0127
SENIORS SOCIAL GAME GROUP for adults 55 and
older last Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. at Stonegate CHC, 10 Neighbourhood Lane,
Unitg 201, to play euchre, dominos, Uno, bridge
and more. Light lunch served. To register call 416-
231-7070 ext. 307 or e-mail
health.promotion@stonegatechc.org.
FREE DRUMMING WORKSHOPS on Fridays at 2 p.m.
and then free Latin Dancing at 4 p.m. at LAMP
CHC, 185 Fifth Street. No partner or experience
required for any of the activities. For more e-mail
NikiM@lampchc.org or call 416-252-6471 ext. 246.
THE GOOD FOOD MARKET every Thursday from 12
p.m. to 3 p.m. at Stonegate CHC, 10
Neighbourhood Lane, second floor, for affordable
produce. Bring your own bags and cash or debit
accepted. For more call 416-231-7070 ext. 307.
TORONTO POLICE 22 DIVISION officers are collecting
gently used bicycles that can be given to local kids
without one. Bikes in good condition can be taken
to the Division at 3699 Bloor St. W. or contact
Community Officer Anthony Alexander at 416-808-
2200.
OCTOBER 5 MABELLEpark public launch set for Oct. 5
at 2 p.m., with Nuit Blanche programming expected
in the evening. The Dundas Street W.and Islington
Avenue area park has undergone a unique
revitalization project. MABELLEarts said it’s the first
park in the country designed by and for a lowincome community. ABELLEarts is located at 5005
Dundas Street West. Contact 416 239 4900.
SEPTEMBER 7 & OCTOBER 5 HIGH PARK ACCESS FOR
ALL rally meet at the Bloor gate at 11 a.m. and bring
signs. High Park has been closed to vehicles on
weekends and statutory holidays and plans are

 

The scent has gone cold in the Toronto Police search for an accused Alderwood double killer.

It has been more than a week since Joseph Ayala, 33, disappeared from sight with police on his trail sought for two counts of second-degree murder after an 82-year-old woman and a 60-year-old woman in a home in the Sheldon and Silvercrest Avenues area.

Area residents said the deceased included the suspect’s grandmother and sister. Their bodies were found on August 23.

No details have been released for their funeral services. Some said the bodies are still being examined by police.

The suspect and the women were related, police say.

He is described as around 5-foot-11 with a shaved head. He is known to wear a cowboy hat, black cowboy boots, and a jacket with tassels on the sleeves.

Neighbours said police and the Media have left their community which is returning to normal.

Some women in the area said they do not go out at night and always lock their doors as there is a violent offender on the loose.

Residents have reported seeing officers of the Mounted Unit searching bushes, the lakefront and other areas on horses and SUVs.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-2222.

A 26-year-old female cyclist has died after being hit by a vehicle in the Burnhamthorpe Road and Kipling Avenue area.

Police in a release said they responded to a call for a collision involving a cyclist around 8:19 p.m. on August 24.

Police wrote a woman, whose identity has not been released,  was riding her bike, heading west on Burnhamthorpe when a 28-year-old man driving a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta heading the same direction, reportedly struck the cyclist.

The woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries. She died August 31 as a result of her injuries, the release said.

The investigation is ongoing by members of Traffic Services.

Police are asking local residents, business, and drivers, who may have security or dash camera footage of the area or incident, to contact investigators.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-1900, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com.

One of the icons of our community Jean Augustine is turning 87 this month.

Jean plans to have a big party to mark the occasion on September 7 with a charity fundraiser at 7:30 p.m. at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W .

There will be an Augustine Award of Excellence Presentation and screening of Iconography: Mungal Patasar.

The former 13-year MP for Etobicoke Lakeshore is described as a Canadian legend, and was the first Black woman to be elected to Parliament, under Prime Minister Jean Chretien. She held office from 1993 to 2006.

She introduced a motion, which was passed, to recognize February as Black History Month to the House of Commons in 1995.

A former high school principal, she had long and successful career working in education, government, and social causes.

An activist, Jean devoted herself to making improvements in society and sought out others in the community who she could work with to push for causes together.

She is the founder of the Jean Augustine Centre for the Young Women’s Empowerment that has helped hundreds of teens to cope with life and become better persons. The Centre, on Portland Street, celebrated its 10^th anniversary this year.

The Centre has a variety of free courses from culinary classes to financial literacy to leadership and to STEM. There is a focus on helping girls succeed by way of community, mentorship, and self-development and provides an opportunity for them to learn, build relationships and gain confidence together.

Jean has contributed to many milestones in Canadian history: such as the founding of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival in 1967; she was the National President of the Congress for Black Women of Canada in 1987; Chair of the Metro Toronto Housing Authority in 1988 and Ontario’s first Fairness Commissioner.

She the recipient of several Honorary Degrees and dozens of awards, including the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and being appointed to the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario.

Her legacy continues with the school and parks bearing her name and mostly from serving our community. Thank you Jean and hope that you see more birthdays to come.

For more information or tickets visit caribbeantalesfestival.com

Police are baffled as they search parks, along rivers and lake front areas for Joseph Ayala who has been on the lam for the brutal slaying of two women in Alderwood.

Officers from the force’s Mounted Unit and riding all-wheel drive vehicles have been scouring the banks of Etobicoke Creek including ditches and ravines without luck.

Residents and some officers are wondering if Ayala may turn up dead since there has been no sightings.

Neighbours said he has lived in the area for most of his life and is familiar with the geography or has sought refuge in a backyard shed or other shelter.

Ayala, 33, is wanted for second-degree murder in the deaths of an 82-year-old woman and a 60-year-old woman, who were found in a Sheldon and Silvercrest Avenues home on August 23.

Offcers are urging Ayala to turn himself with a lawyer as they continue with their search.

Police have received “numerous tips and have followed up on them” without luck.

Ayala is described as five-foot-eleven with a shaved head. He is known to wear a cowboy hat, black cowboy boots and a jacket with tassels on the sleeves.

He is considered dangerous and shouldn’t be approached by the public, police said.

Ayala had been involved with the police before, said a person familiar with the family.

The victims according to neighbours were Ayala’s grandmother, 82-year-old Colleen Fraser, and his 60-year-old mother Sherry Fraser. He had lived with the two women and had not worked for several years.

Flowers lay outside an Etobicoke home where the women were killed.

Family members had called police in the past when Ayala refused to take his medication for his schizophrenia, one person said, adding that he had threatened to hurt people in the past but never directed those threats toward his grandmother or mother.

The world’s largest doughnut shop Krispy Kreme is draped with balloons and has been open in Mimico for several days and already business is brisk.

The location at 2458 Lake Shore Blvd. W., is the 17^th in the GTA in a global company with 14,000 stores in 39 countries around the world.

The company is more than three times larger than Tim Hortons, with 4,000 locations in Canada.

District Manager Permjit Mahar said the Mimico location opened on August 27 and will be open seven days a week.

The facility employs about 90 employees, most who live in the Mimico area.

The store is an actual factory that prepares and bakes about 480,000 tasty Krispy Kreme doughnuts every day that are sold retail or shipped to other stores in its chain.

“We have had a good turnout and support from the community,” Mahar said. “We have people coming from all over Toronto and Mississauga.”

He said the company looked at a number of locations before choosing Mimico.

“We looked at a lot of locations until we found this one,” Mahar said. “It was a perfect area for the accessibility of people.”

There has been great support from area businesses and residents in general.

He said his company is active in the community and work with local group in raising funds for charity.

Founder Vernon Rudolph opened his first Krispy Kreme shop in the 1930s and from there built a corporation which he led until his death in the early 1970s. His dream was continued by others after his death.

The company can be reached by visiting www.krispykreme.ca

Aspiring Etobicoke actor and high school student Scott MacKenzie is busy these days.

The teenager will celebrate the opening of his second movie ‘You Gotta Believe,’ in Canada and the U.S. on August 30 in Dallas, Texas. He will be gathering with friends and relatives to mark the event at the Cineplex Cinemas Queensway.

The flick about the trials and tribulations of a young baseball team was filmed last June and July at Etobicoke’s Centennial Park and in locations across Ontario.

“I had an absolute blast filming this movie last summer,” said the Grade 11 student at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute. “It is a great story about community and determination. I can’t wait for people to see it.”

His love for acting started at the age of six when he first took to the stage in a local Christmas pageant. This is MacKenzie’s first major motion picture. In it he plays left fielder, Mark Grace.

MacKenzie was previously featured in ‘Christmas in Wolf Creek,’ his first made-for-television movie.

‘You Gotta Believe’ is a true story of hope and glory. In the movie, the team dedicated their season to a teammate’s ailing father. The underdog youth baseball players overcome and makes it all the way to the 2002 Little League World Series, culminating in a record-breaking showdown.

It is a “triumph of the underdogs” father-son sports movie based on the true story of a last-place youth baseball team from Fort Worth, Texas, that went on to compete in the Little League World Series in 2002.

The movie is based on the inspiring story of one team’s transformational journey from district underdog to taking its place in the Little League record books, according to its promotion.

The film stars Greg Kinnear as coach Jon Kelly, Luke Wilson as co-coach Bobby Ratcliff, Patrick Renna, Director Ty Roberts, co-screenwriter Lane Garrison, all from Texas.

It also stars Canadian actresses Molly Parker and Sarah Gadon.

The movie shows a deep love of sports and of the people who play and coach, not to achieve any particular record but to show all who participate the best they can be and the best they can bring out in each other.

In between film duties, the Etobicoke native MacKenzie will be busy attending school.