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too much. He's looking out my window. She breathed on me. . >> Jill: you have seven people in the car, I've heard both of those lines and then some. Don't touch me. >> David: she breathed on me. Stop breathing. The beauty of the road trip. It is 6:40 A.M. right now. You can take a trip this weekend around the toronto area because it is doors open t. O.in full swing this week. So many things on the go. Cemetery tour to a sneak peek at plans for the new st. Lawrence art centre and new spot to check out as well. The theatre centre which used to be a carnegie library. Ash lynn rose is the artistic director. What was a carnegie library and what building did they leave for you essentially? >> I mean, andrew carnegie was a philanthropist who spent an amount of time building libraries across north america. The carnegie library we're in was opened in 1909 and it was the library for that community until 1964 until the parkdale library branch opened. 1964 to 2012, city of toronto public health offices. >> David: now you've undertaken a massive edition. What is it people will end up seeing? >> We actually opened our space as the theatre centre in 2014 so that was a six-plus million capital project. This year we're celebrating ten years in the building. It was -- we celebrated it with a big party in march. So it's a building that's opened every day of the week. We have a café bar. What will make it different this weekend audience and community members will have access to spaces they normally wouldn't get to see. In the backstage, the dressing room. You'll get to see the behind the scenes aspects of this organization and the building they wouldn't normally see. >> David: what do you hope people take away from that? >> The big thing that feels really important to us this weekend is to share the space. A long history of the organization. We're much older than the ten years that we've been in that space. Going back to the origins of our organization in 1979 it was about shared space and its belief that resources go further when you share them. You have this real belief that cultural space should be public space which is why we have the café bar that operates every day of the week. A third space for many community members. We're hoping folk that come to the building regular to get their coffee will join us to see what else happens in that building. The parts of the building we don't get to see and welcome new people that have never been in this space to say did you even know we were here? We play an important role to neighbours and community members and love to invite folks in who have never been into the building as well before. >> The theatre centre's 10th anniversary this year. >> In this space, yes. >> David: in this space. How else are you celebrating? >> We're calling it our ten for ten. A period of ten special events over ten months to celebrate the ten years. All events you wouldn't necessarily normally expect to experience in a theatre. All part of -- the last ten years where we've been chasing this question, what can a theatre be? That idea that cultural space could be public space. The kinds of activities we can share that can invite the community members inside the building in ways coming beyond to see a show. A place for big conversation. Morning dance parties so over the course of the ten months we doors open and hosting a pop-up version of the café in the front gardens. >> David: oh, nice. >> In june we're revisiting the night shift program which started as an experiment in 2019 which was addressing the issue of a lack of affordable space for art itself in toronto so opening the building overnight. The night shift artist will arrive and take over from the day shift of artists. From monday to friday of a week in june. Then on the saturday we'll do

saturday the 15th a midnight sharing of the work they've been working on. >> David: thanks so much for telling us about it. A group tour called the women of parklawn cemetery. Chantal, good morning. >> Good morning. >> How are you? >> Looking forward to talking about cemetery. >> David: I know this cemetery. I bike through it. I see deer there all the time. >> Aren't they lovely? >> David: yes, absolutely. >> You must come across deer and all sorts of wildlife when you do the tours in the cemetery. >> Always. Just be careful of the skunks. A lot of skunks there, too. >> What is it that you're doing as part of doors open t. O. >> We're walking for an hour-and-a-half and visiting eight women important in toronto history. We're going to talk about toronto police course, women's golf. So fun for everybody. We're going to talk about women in science. We're going get to know some of the women who have been forgotten in history who are really important to us. >> I have seen maybe you leading these tours. You get a lot of people showing up. >> Yes, I do. Small tour will be about 50 people. Large tour would be four to 500 people. Yes, very popular. >> What do you think that's attributed to? Why do people tell you they're coming out for a cemetery tour? >> The cemeteries are beautiful outdoor spaces. You can walk down the road and not worry about getting hit by a car. You can sit under a tree, contemplate for a while. A beautiful space. Very quiet. You can feel surrounded in history. >> What gave you the motivation to do the women of parklawn cemetery? You've explained who some -- who some of them are. Where did the idea spark from? >> I have specifically women's tours in other cemeteries as well particularly mount pleasant cemetery because you can look up any old white man in toronto who did anything important and google their name and find them and you can find anything important they've done. You can't look up the women. Not that easy so I want do the research and share the information with people out there. Parklawn is the next cemetery on the list. Is there one with -- it could be parklawn or mount pleasant as you are walking along you are itching to get to that particular grade because you welcome back to tell that story. Is there one if particular? >> The one on this particular tour, her name is dr. Farrell and you can see dr. Sulk invented the vaccine against polio but dr. Farrell made it available to everybody. He invented something called the toronto method that took this vaccine and she was able to make just multiple copies of it so they can inoculate the children of the world and specifically because of her method polio went from about 50,000 cases in north america a year in '50s to almost nothing by 1965. Her legacy is completely forgotten and I want to share it with people. Partially because I'm a scientist myself in my day job. Important to me. >> Amazing. Tell me the name again. I welcome back to write this down? >> Chantal -- her name? Leone -- dr. Leon farrell. Her lab was 1 spadina court. >> David: oh, yeah. Great location. >> They're trying to get a commemorative sign there for her. I hope they manage. >> David: chantal. Thank you. >> Hope to see you on the tour. >> The creator and researcher behind toronto cemetery tours all part of doors open toronto which is this weekend. Coming up on 6:50 here's jennifer allen. >> Ongoing construction in a couple of spots. Southbound 400. Crews are from the process of clearing road work causing delays from mapleview to approaching innisfil beach where the 2 right lanes are blocked. On the web 401 east of port union, crews are picking up the pylons from the right lane so

that transfer to express should reopen shortly. The eastbound 401 delays approaching dixie to east of keele in the expression and collectors. Westbound 401 is filling in past brock street to approaching salem. West of kennedy through victoria park in the collectors. >> David: thank you. 14° right now. High of 26. More rain in the forecast but coming our way it appears on saturday. Mississauga residents heading to the ballot box on june 10th where they will elect a new mayor. The average recollect for a one-bedroom in mississauga last year, $2,278. That actually makes mississauga's higher than toronto's average rent for a one-bedroom. "metro morning" spoke with voters about how the high cost of housing plays out many their live. >> I have a daughter who does have her bachelors in law currently living at home. She was in the process of purchasing a home but it was way -- the cost of what she got to purchase the home did not make sense at the time so now she is currently living at home in order to save up more money to purchase just a condo. Just a one-bedroom condo with a parking spot. >> It's like we have a very good relationship but at the same time like I would like to have my home. With my husband and I would like to go on vacation, you know. Now it's like I have my kids at home and where are you going? Are you going on vacation? Take me! I can't afford it, mom! Yeah, no. How about you? >> I work at mississauga community legal services in the housing department and worked there for nearly 30 years now and I've noticed the clientele have more comfortable lifestyle with their income but unfortunately because of the housing costs that deep going up and up, people are barely scraping by. >> When you see them at your door, what does that mean? >> They've missed the payment on their rent. A landlord is suddenly saying you know, my mortgage costs have gone up so I want you the pay for it and an illegal rent increase in your pocket. >> Work at mississauga community ser vifrjs I'm talking to people about after affordability here. >> I still live with my parents at 27 and never own a house. >> Expecting my first child and living in my in-law's base. >> Congratulations. When you found out that you were pregnant, what was that conversation like? >> It was a surprise that came along. Not a mistake. Just a surprise. Very challenging to look at the reality of what mortgages are and the approval and I do work full time. Two-person income. Almost impossible. Yeah. >> Can I ask you what you do? >> I work at a body shop. Definitely good money but aftertaxes and all the payments that we have to make on a regular basis it is difficult to put money aside. >> What about renting? >> No, that's just paying someone else's mortgage. You can't buy a house because you don't have the 25% to put down but oh, please, feel free to pay $3,000 at other stranger's expense. That's okay. That doesn't sit well with me. Rather stay with my parents and a lot of parents are live with their in-laws or parents and rather help them out, pay their mortgage, pay their bills and maybe down the line it comes back to me to pay recollect. God knows -- so many people have gotten evicted because people move right back in. You're not safe, do you know what I mean? >> Have you considered renting? >> It's just not affordable. >> Any compromises to be able to afford life in mississauga? >> We've compromised enough with our mental health. Exactly what we've compromised enough with. Absolutely depressing >> The fact that I didn't buy a

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