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ELECTION NEWS

Politicians open to ranked ballot conceptBY CHRIS [email protected]

e’ll wait to see if it’s at their peril in a few years, but local municipal politicians are at least intrigued

by the concept of electoral reform. The province announced pro-

posed changes to the Municipal Elections Act that — if passed and implemented in towns and cities across Ontario — would overhaul the way we elect politicians to local councils.

While it appears each individ-ual municipality will be allowed to choose which changes it wants to adopt, there are several intriguing aspects contained within the propos-

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BY TERESA [email protected]

oice of Aurora Com-munity Radio has received its FM radio licence.

The new com-munity radio station has been assigned the frequency 101.5 and call letters CHRA by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommu-nications Commission, according to CHRA founder and president Ferguson Mobbs.

The non-profit corporation and radio station has been in the works for three years but work has been at a stand still waiting for the nod of approval from the CRTC.

“The support that we have received from the community has been fantastic already,” Mobbs said. “Now that we have overcome this hurdle, we can move on to the next steps.”

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Ban developers’ contributions from campaigns: expert

BY LISA [email protected]

ith land-use plan-ning arguably the most important role of municipal councils and with

developers making millions of dollars when subdivisions on their lands are approved, munici-pal election campaign dona-tions from developers should be banned.

That is the recommenda-tion of York University political science professor Robert Mac-Dermid, who contributed to a report released this week from Campaign Fairness calling on the province to prohibit corporate and union donations to munici-pal campaigns.

The report, called If It’s Broke, Fix It, looked at campaign financ-es during the 2014 municipal

election campaign in 13 munici-palities straddling the Lake Sim-coe watershed, including Aurora, Bradford West Gwillimbury, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Newmarket and Whitchurch-Stouffville.

Of the 70 per cent of candi-dates who responded to a poll sent by Campaign Fairness and the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coali-tion, 79 per cent pledged not to accept corporate and union con-tributions.

Still, the report found devel-oper campaign donations played a significant role in the election.

“Candidates getting financial support from the development

Pedestrians to cross to south side near Southlake

‘Final touches’ added to Davis Drive corridor

BY CHRIS [email protected]

et ready for more road-work along Davis Drive.

‘Finishing touches’ — including sidewalk completion and the

planting of trees and shrubs — will take place along the corridor over the next few months, beginning this week. Crews will begin the tree planter installations on the north side of the road, between Patterson Street and 665 Davis, next week and that portion of the project is expected to continue until April 15.

During this phase of construc-tion, pedestrians will need to cross to the south side of Davis at Pat-terson or the intersection at South-lake. The westbound curb lane will be closed for the duration of the work, from just east of Patterson to the 665 driveway.

Driveway access to businesses in the area will be maintained.

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Regency Acres Public School in Aurora is taking on York Region’s pause to play initiative which runs all next week and encourages kids to put down their gadgets and get active. For the story, see page A8.

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Ferguson Mobbs (right) has just received the licensing needed to start a local community radio station with the assigned frequency 101.5 and the call letters CHRA from the CRTC. Beside Mobbs (from right) are his fellow CHRA directors Brian North and Brian Larter.

Province leaves it up to municipalities to choose their own voting system

ENVIRONMENT

Town expands compost program to trim waste

BY TERESA [email protected]

urora will expand its backyard com-posting program to reduce curb-side waste.

Last year, Aurora partnered with York Region environmen-tal services to run the Greener Gardens Composting pilot project. The pilot was in sup-port of the SM4RT Living Plan’s Food Waste Reduction Strategy, a region-wide initiative with the goal of reducing food waste to 15 per cent by 2031.

Each Aurora participant was provided with an oppor-tunity to learn to compost at

home and provided the town and region with data on the amount of food waste they diverted from curbside pickup.

“We loved the idea of diverting green bin waste and enriching our garden in the process,” one participant said.

“(We participated) because

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CHRIS BALLARD: New-market-Aurora MPP says province’s move ‘good one.’

TONY VAN BYNEN: New-market mayor supports ranked ballot system.

VIRGINIA HACKSON: East Gwillimbury mayor not sure change feasible in at-large communities.

al. Municipalities, for example, would be permitted to use a ranked ballot system in future elections and the campaign calendar will be shortened substantially, with the nomination period opening May 1 of an election

year, instead of the current Jan. 1. The province also hopes to

change campaign finance rules,

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FITNESS GEAR GOES FUTURISTICWearable fitness technology can provide valuable information to charge up your daily exercise routine

BY JOHN [email protected]

wo things competitive people know about are keeping score and comparing results.

Wearable fitness technology fits nicely into both columns.

Keeping track of daily move-ment is becoming a popular addition to fitness programs as technology makes it as simple as tapping a sleek wristband. Or, dial-ing up an app on your cellphone gives you instant updates on everything from steps taken in a day, to food intake, to hours spent asleep, all of which helps keep your fitness goal right in your face.

The question: Is it really necessary to monitor every step in a day? The answer: Why not, if it prompts fitness awareness.

Nothing is more telltale than how your clothes fit. If you notice a bit of tightness when you pull on your jeans or summer shorts that were such a comfy fit when last worn a few months ago? No app needs to confirm what you already suspect: you’ve gained weight.

So, upon recognizing you are in that boat, there is something about readily accessible data that keeps people updated on their progress. Perhaps it is the novelty. Maybe the simplicity provided by a quick glance.

For some, it is the positive reinforcement that keeps them pushing toward that goal. That certainly describes Donna Brewer, who started a personal fitness drive last fall.

“I didn’t see the need at first,” said the Newmarket resident, who wears a Fitbit Charge HR (Heart/Rate) to monitor a vigor-ous daily walking/stepping routine. “But now I do. When I get into intense mode and see my heart rate go up I know I’m burning calories.”

The grandmother of five replaces drives with walks whenever she can. When Brewer does drive to the mall or for shopping, she parks farther away so she can walk extra steps. She watches her favourite TV shows while her device counts steps on the tread-mill.

Brewer routinely counts more than 20,000 steps — defined as step-like movements such as walking, running, stair-climbing and movement during daily chores— on a daily basis. She walked 97 kilometres one recent week. She started at around 30 kilometres per week when her personal fitness and health campaign started last fall.

“I’ve replaced sitting around with mov-ing,” she said. “I can’t help think there is nothing but good in it. I’m beating my records and getting quite caught up in it. I’ve probably quadrupled my personal bests since then.”

She is closing in on 30,000 steps per day.Experts are on both sides of the wall

regarding the latest scorekeeper found on the fitness landscape. Some will argue the use of technology and related apps is merely dumbing down the individual.

Others contend that a readily accessible account of results serves to challenge people to get better and fitter.

If you are a fan of the app, know this: it is difficult to escape its presence whether worn on your wrist or around your neck. And that’s a good thing for motivational pur-poses, some experts feel.

“It’s definitely getting huge,” said Chris Torresano, a fitness trainer at Individual Performance Training Centre in Aurora and a graduate of the kinesiology department at the University of Waterloo. “One of the big-gest gifts at Christmas is activity trackers. People want toys and this is a toy to help you become healthy. It’s good. They promote healthy lifestyle.

“Technologically, it is so easy and advanced everybody is doing it. You can join groups on social media where you challenge other people to see who is taking the most

steps in a day. It makes motivation so easy that when you are short all you need is a quick walk to make up the steps.”

But it’s easy to become a slave to technol-ogy.

For instance, Torresano notes that a forgotten cell phone can turn a day on its head. He says people are the same with their monitoring devices.

“Some people will show up at the gym without their tracker and are wonder-ing what to do,” he said. “They can’t work out without it because they won’t get their count.”

Of course, just because activity isn’t recorded doesn’t mean it doesn’t count.

Technology is everywhere in our daily lives. It is really just a matter of embracing levels and taking those first steps toward a more active lifestyle, said Torresano.

But it’s also easy to be overwhelmed by rapid changes in the industry. It’s not unlike buying any piece of technology only to find a week later it’s already two generations old.

“In some cases it’s more about compar-ing brands and options,” said Torresano. “It’s

like going to buy a laptop and comparing between Apple and other brands.”

Reliance on technology with all the answers literally at arm’s length can be viewed as a mind-numbing exercise.

In fact, paralysis by analysis is a less-than-endearing term used in the industry to suggest an over-reliance on gadgetry might create a negative impact.

“When I was first encouraged to get more active I tried an app on my SmartPhone but it was too awkward,” recalled Brewer, who estimates she is mobile for three hours each day.

“I had to carry it somehow, but it was cumbersome. I like the fact it is on my wrist and I don’t have to think about it. Hav-ing statistics on the dashboard, or phone, encourages me to beat myself.”

Connecting with other people through social media has also helped Brewer main-tain focus.

“We can see each others’ totals but I’m not in competition with them,” she said. “It’s just a competition between me and myself. It’s pretty easy to attain when you start to

walk.”Matt Lyall, a manager at Sport Chek at

Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket says Fitbit’s popularity is related to its ability to motivate.

“I think it is a bit because of the novelty, but it does what it says it will,” said Lyall. “It will tell you to get moving when you are inac-tive. If you are looking to get back into work-ing out it will prompt you.”

Depending on your budget and level of commitment, cost is relative, said Lyall. It’s possible to outfit yourself in a wrist piece for $120 or so and it’s not difficult to spend into the hundreds of dollars for top-of-the-line models made by companies such as Garmin or Apple.

Some question the accuracy of devices in tracking data such as steps and calorie loss.

Still, anything promoting activity can’t be all bad —especially if means fitting into those faded blue jeans once again.

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1. Garmin Forerunner 235 - GPS, multi-sport, step tracking, heart rate, smart notifications, music controls.2. Fitbit Surge - GPS-enabled distance, pace, elevation, heart rate, step tracking smart notifica-tion, sleep monitoring.3. Fitbit Charge HR - Step tracking, sleep moni-toring, heart rate, stopwatch mode for workouts, smart notifications.4. Garmin Vivoactive - GPS run/bike/swim/golf tracking, step tracking, heart rate, smart notifica-tions.5. Jawbone UP3 - Step tracking, uses HR, respira-tions rate, body temperature and galvanic skin response to give accurate sleep stats.6. Misfit Shine 2 - Step tracking, smartphone notifications, vibration alerts, waterproof for swim tracking.7. Garmin Vivosmart HR - Step tracking, sleep training, 24/7 heart rate, smart notifications.8. Microsoft band 2 - Accurate run tracking, steps, sleep, GPS sport tracking, 24/7 heart rate. Golf notifications.9. Under Armour Band - Optical 24/7 heart rate, step tracking, sleep monitoring, workout tracking.10. Soleus GO! Activity Tracker - Step tracking, sleep tracking, smart notifications.

1. Argus - Step tracking, distance travelled, calories burnt, and total active time. Easy to use.2. Fitbit - Works without device. Step tracking, calorie tracking, weight logs, blood pressure and glucose recording.3. Pacer - Step tracking, distance travelled, calories burnt and total active time. 4. C25K - Couch to 5km. Detailed run training guide for beginners to running.5. RunKeeper - Uses phone GPS to track route, speed, distance and elevation.6. Charity Miles - Earn money for charities via cor-porate sponsors. Run, bike, and walk to earn money for the charity of your choice.7. iTreadmill - Uses phone accelerometer to track steps, distance, and average speed.8. Lose it - Keep your workouts, activities and food diaries in one place. Uses accurate food library and activity inputs to calculate calorie consumption and expenditure.9. MyFitnessPal - Makes food logging easy. Gets to know your diet.10. Fitstar Personal Trainer - Directs your workouts using simple questions to assess your fitness needs.

—Source for trackers/apps: Chris Torresano

Newmarket’s Donna Brewer is an avid walker and uses wearable technology (a Fitbit Charge HR) to monitor her progress.


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create a framework to regulate third-party advertising (including contribution and spending limits), remove barriers for voters and can-didates with disabilities and ease restrictions on adding or changing information on the voters’ list.

Municipalities will be required to undertake a community con-sultation process before enacting new rules. However, any changes should take effect in time for the 2018 municipal election.

“The way we approach politics has been changing,” said Newmar-ket Mayor Tony Van Bynen, who supports a ranked ballot system.

“It’s good to see the province is willing to explore ways of getting more engaged and making the process more transparent. This is permissive, as opposed to prescrip-tive. That’s a really important shift because it enables municipalities to find out what the communities themselves feel might be appropri-ate.”

No Canadian jurisdiction cur-rently uses ranked ballots.

So, a large public educa-tion campaign, administered by municipal staff, will be needed to bring residents up-to-date on the changes, Newmarket clerk Andrew Brouwer said.

Dan Desson, of Fair Vote Can-ada’s York Region chapter, is cau-tiously optimistic about the ranked ballot proposal, though details still need to be worked out.

“The announcement by the province to allow municipalities to use a ranked ballot instead of a simple X offers more options for municipalities and could result in a more representative means of selecting our mayor and town council,” he said. “Many people believe that ranked balloting is a change from ‘first-past-the-post’ but that depends what electoral system used in conjunction with a ranked ballot. We use different vot-ing systems for different types of decisions. It is critically important to use the right system for the type of decision being made.

“The objective is not simply to sort voters into winners and los-ers, but to create representation for ourselves. We are voting to send

someone to a decision-making body to act on our behalf.”

Newmarket utilizes an at-large vote for electing its mayor and regional councillor, but uses a ward system for selecting the remaining seven members of council.

That style could make ranked balloting a more straightforward option for the town, compared to Aurora or East Gwillimbury, which elect their entire councils at-large and often have a large number of candidates running for councillor seats, Van Bynen said.

However, East Gwillimbury Mayor Virginia Hackson will await the results of an electoral review for the municipality, before determin-ing if ranked ballots are feasible in her jurisdiction.

Newmarket is also looking at the way its elections are conducted, with staff currently reviewing options for potential Internet and mail-in voting systems.

Aurora Councillor Paul Pirri, who has been open to the concept of electoral reform in the past, is concerned by the province’s plans. He questioned the motives and suggests ranked ballots will not work for selecting Aurora council-lors, based on the current at-large voting system.

The proposal is the result of months of consultation across Ontario, which got feedback from about 3,400 residents, Newmarket-Aurora MPP Chris Ballard said.

“The move by the province is a good one,” he said. “We have heard clearly from citizens and munici-palities that ranked ballot would be a good thing. Now that municipali-ties are given permission to move ahead, if they want to, the good conversations should begin.”

Ballard also noted the need to tighten up the length of the munic-ipal campaigns, based on his own experience of serving on Aurora council a few years ago.

“It gave some people an unfair advantage. Some people felt that, as a sitting councillor, if they declared too early, everything they did from that point forward would be looked at as being a politician seeking votes. Other people new to the game could really do fund-raising and raise their profile. The citizens of Aurora were also getting tired of a really lengthy campaign.

It wastes a number of months of very valuable council time. I can see how, in larger municipalities, it would reduce the need to fundraise if you aren’t going to run a cam-paign.

“Though, quite honestly, the campaigns really don’t heat up until after people come back from vacations in August. They just wanted a more focused period for the election.”

Get ready to rank

While the exact process for ranked balloting is still largely undetermined, there are a few ways the system could work, depending on the municipality. Here are two examples from Fair Vote Canada:4For selecting a single represen-

tative — such as a mayor or individu-al council member in a ward system — a ranked ballot where the winning candidate must receive 50-per-cent support could be best.

Voters would be allowed to select first, second and third place choices through an alternative Vote system. With aV, if no candidate receives 50 per cent, the candidate with the few-est first-place votes is cut.

that candidate’s second-place choices are then allocated to the remaining candidates. the process continues until one candidate gets a majority.4When selecting a council at-

large, Single transferable Vote may be the best option. With the StV system, a ranked ballot is used and the number of voters and offices required helps set a quota.

When a candidate reaches the quota they are deemed elected, and their surplus second-choice votes are distributed to other candidates. as with aV, voters can select first, second and third choices.

the difference? aV goes from the last place candidate upwards, while StV recognizes the most popular candidates’ votes first.

In aV electoral systems, about 50 per cent of the votes are effec-tive — in StV, anywhere from 67 to 98 per cent of the votes are effective, depending on the number of offices required.

—Source: Fair Vote Canada’s York Region chapter

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Important to use ‘right system for right decision:’ advocate ranked ballots won’t work with at-large system, aurora councillor says

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By Simon martin [email protected]

East Gwillimbury already has a Toll Road nestled within the community of Holland Landing.

But indications from council chambers Tuesday pointed to another toll road in the works; this one a highway you will have to pay to use.

East Gwillimbury and sur-rounding municipalities to the north and south are continuing to push for Hwy. 400-404 link, formerly known as the Bradford bypass.

York Region is taking the lead on the matter, lobbying the province to put the high-way back on the growth plan. York Region chairperson Wayne Emmerson was at the East Gwil-limbury council chambers Tues-day and provided a brief update on the project after a number of councillors raised concerns about a lack of east-west traffic relief in region’s transportation master plan.

“The minister said he is working on putting in the growth plan,” Emmerson said.

Once that happens, it will probably be built as a toll road, he added.

The timing of when the link would come to alleviate conges-tion on roads such as Green Lane remains murky. Councillor Joe Persechini said residents are skeptical when talk of the poten-tial highway comes up because the town has been discussing it for decades.

“We would like some target dates, so we can at least be hon-est with our citizens,” he said.

To nail down firm timelines is a little premature, Emmerson said, as the project is not yet on the province’s radar, adding it

would be no earlier than 2024 and, hopefully, around 2030.

What can’t be debated is the need for the road, Councillor James Young said.

“Our biggest issue today is dealing with this bypass traffic problem,” he said. “It’s good to hear that Doane Road is coming. We need to find other ways to solve that east-west disconnect.”

All you have to do to see the traffic problem that is only going to increase as East Gwillimbury grows is take a look at conges-tion on Green Lane, Mayor Vir-ginia Hackson said.

While many north-south congestion issues were solved by extending Hwy. 404, it created others. Young said it’s only going to get worse if nothing is done.

“We will have 86,000 people in 2031. I really want to drive that point home,” he said.

Emmerson seemed to be on the same page.

“We know that it’s needed,” he said.

The province eliminated the Bradford bypass from its plans in 2008, despite the route being pegged a necessity by a Ministry of Transportation study that called for the route’s construc-tion to be completed by 2021.

The province identified the need for a highway linking high-ways 400 and 404 through parts of East Gwillimbury and Brad-ford in the late 1970s and, over the past four decades, the area has been protected from devel-opment and subject to several environmental assessments.

The region is investing more than $100 million in transpor-tation infrastructure in East Gwillimbury at the moment, Emmerson said as the town gets ready for rapid growth.

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Sunshine List should start at $150K

Re: Rising salaries overshadow Sunshine List, March 31: bit.ly/1W6oh55

As someone who has spent his career working as a compen-sation specialist within the field of human resources manage-ment, I would like to comment.

While I cannot speak to the issue of why earnings in excess of $100,000 were set as the bench-mark in 1996, reasons other than awareness of salaries being earned by peers have to do with the increase in salaries over the past 20 years.

First, inflation in and of itself has had a significant impact on increases. As pointed out in the article, if the $100,000 threshold had been adjusted for inflation, only workers earning more than $142,000 would be included in the 2016 report.

More importantly, most organizations maintain sal-ary ranges for their positions. Typically, salary scales increment each year owing to two factors: inflation or “economic” increase and to remain competitive with the compensation structures of competing organizations. This means that irrespective of what their peers are earning, most employees can expect year-over-year increases based on salary range movement only, as long as a worker’s level of performance remains at a fully competent level from year to year. On top of such increases, employees in a merit-based system can expect additional increases if warranted by above average or superior per-formance.

I agree that providing the public with salary disclosure is a good idea, if only to reveal where tax dollars are going. However, other than providing earnings information for a much greater percentage of public servants, maintenance of a $100,000 benchmark makes little sense, if the goal is to highlight “high earners”. I would strongly sug-gest government give serious consideration to a $150,000 threshold, to be adjusted annu-ally by an inflationary factor.

Colin GuentherAurorA

Time will tell if fed deficit good or bad for economy

Markham-Unionville Conser-vative MP Bob Saroya believes the Liberals are failing to encour-age the private sector to invest in our economy and create well-paying, high-quality jobs.

Former prime minister Ste-phen Harper gave industry a chance and they blew it. He cut taxes for companies, freeing up cash flow, and instead of invest-ing it in job creation, the industry did nothing.

Former finance minister Jim Flaherty and former head of the Bank of Canada called it “dead money”.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a different approach. He will

It must be citizens, not rich developers

driving political ship

give the science community $72 million a year to invest in research and development for things such as water treatment and new and improved tech-niques in hospitals.

More money will go to post-secondary institutions to mod-ernize their facilities. Money will go toward public transit and affordable housing. These are things that bring new compa-nies and immigrant workers to Canada. It will also diversify our economy. The new tax system will spread the money more evenly among the population.

Time will tell if running defi-cits will leave a big debt for our grandchildren and kill jobs as some predict or lift us out of a sluggish economy and make for a better life for more people as many hope.

terry CoppsNewmArket

Surprised so much space dedicated to time change

Re: Time to end defunct day-light saving time practice, edito-rial, March 17: bit.ly/1RfUyB9

I felt the need to comment, as I’m grateful we change the clocks. One hour, twice a year is a problem? I guess newspaper editorial writers never travel.

Personally, I hate getting up in the dark. I feel much better when the sun’s up, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. Has the editorial writer done any stats on car accidents driving to work in the dark, when people may not be fully alert?

It gets dark in the evening anyway and, presumably, most people are awake by 5 p.m. With all that’s going on in the world, I’m surprised so much space has been dedicated to something so trivial.

Mary-anne DraffinNewmArket

Ban restaurants who sexualize women

Re: What’s on the menu, meals or sexy attire? Column by Marney Beck, March 17: bit.ly/25Jp3ZX

I agree with Beck’s opinion except I would go one step fur-ther and suggest the Ontario Human Rights Commission should be empowered if it is not already and should close any restaurant or bar with sexualize dress codes that discriminate against female employees.

Glen Bennett NewmArket

Thanks for helping us help refugee family

Re: Concert benefits group to help Syrian refugees, March 24: bit.ly/23erCB1

The April 1 benefit concert for the Newmarket Syrian refu-gee family committee was an evening full of the energy of the talented performers and the response of its enthusiastic

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oney talks and, in the case of municipal elections, one could argue that all of those cheques, banknotes

and e-transfers going toward funding the war chests of various candidates have the potential to speak very loudly.

For example, a report examin-ing campaign finances in the 2014 municipal election released earlier this week, entitled If It’s Broke, Fix It, found that 25 per cent of the 297 can-didates studied — from 13 munici-palities in the Lake Simcoe watershed, including Aurora, Bradford West Gwil-limbury, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Newmarket and Whitchurch-Stouffville — reported contributions from the development industry. What’s more, such candidates were twice as likely to win their elections compared to candidates who did not take donations from developers.

Campaign Finance Ontario, the non-profit organization behind the report, hopes to raise greater aware-ness of how many municipal election campaigns are financed, while also calling for an outright ban of corpo-rate and union contributions in local elections across the province. The problem, the group says, is that with candidates receiving developer dona-tions more likely to win their munici-pal bids for office, it not only gives companies operating in that sector a disproportionate role in the elec-tion, but also puts those who focus on protecting heritage, the environment and, generally, any concerns that don’t align with corporate interests, at a disadvantage in terms of resources.

Over the course of its examination of campaign financing, the group discovered there exists a relationship between high election contributions from developers and councils that push for more growth. In one exam-ple the organization used on its web-site, campaignfairness.com, winning councillors and mayors in Halton Region received a mere 12 per cent of their campaign funds from develop-ers and went on to propose a natural heritage system in an effort to protect more than one third of the region’s developable land, whereas winners in Durham, who received 41 per cent of their campaign contributions from developers, used overblown growth and population numbers in an effort to justify development deemed unnecessary by the province.

Another related finding is that higher developer contributions were seen in areas with more development activity going on, whereas develop-ment industry funding was lower in municipalities with the lowest build-ing permit totals. With much of this money flowing in from outside of a given municipality, the report warns of the potential that decisions are being made to the benefit of corpo-rate donors, which may not line up with what’s best for the community.

That’s not even touching on the issue that development firm owners can donate the $750 maximum both corporately and as individuals, up to a total of $5,000 each, in any local elec-tion in as many areas as they like.

“Corporations cannot vote or run for office, they are not citizens and do not hold the rights of citizens,” said Robert MacDermid, an associate pro-fessor of political studies at Toronto’s York University and one of the report’s authors. “They should not be allowed to ... contribute to candidate cam-paigns. Moreover, allowing citizens who own or control corporations to give once in their own name and again in the name of a company or companies is blatantly unfair.”

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced changes to the Municipal Elections Act are com-ing, including allowing municipalities to ban corporate and union dona-tions voluntarily. That’s a start, but a ban should not be optional.

Municipal government is the level that most impacts daily lives and, as such, a greater effort should be taken to ensure it is the general public, and not just the wealthy and develop-ment firms, who are steering the ship. Banning corporate donations, as has been done in Toronto and for munici-pal elections in other provinces, may not have much effect on the elec-tion apathy — demonstrated via the combination of low voter turnout and virtually non-existent campaign contributions from average citizens — but it’s a necessary measure for democracy.

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audience. A big thank you to the New-

market Folk Society. There was a line up to get in to the concert as it was a sold-out event. What a start to a wonderful evening. And it only got better from there.

Thank you to the Upper Can-ada Chordsmen for starting the night off. Catherine Wheatley and Wendell Ferguson, known as Wendell and Wheat, not only were supremely talented musicians but gave us laughs with their kibitzing. The Good Brothers shared some of their well-loved songs and stories of family laced with heart-warming humour.

To the audience who loved music and it showed, thank you. To the many donors of the silent auction items, thank you. To the heart-warming kindness of so many, thank you. Our refugee family is being welcomed before they arrive.

Claire prieurSyrIAN refuGee fAmILy

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Thanks, Era, for great coverage

As Kevin Costner said in Field of Dreams, “If you build it, they will come.” This is not necessar-ily true – you need some sort of promotion.

That’s where The Era comes in to play. The Newmarket Stage Company presented its first play in more than five years to hit the stage in February, Cookin’ With Gus, to enormous praise from our local community.

Virtually every night was a sell-out, some nights with extra cabaret tables having to be set up and many standing ovations.

Staging a play in today’s world is not like a Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie of old, where they just clean up an old barn and it’s filled with audi-ences every night.

It takes a lot of planning, a lot of work and, of course, an outlay of money. It’s a gamble the audi-ence will show up every night and help pay the bills.

Thanks mainly to The Era for its coverage, Cookin’ With Gus, a food-addicted comedy, was an overwhelming success. Memo-ries are created on stage and, hopefully, memories have been made in Newmarket and the surrounding area.

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Solving the grocery list dilemma

was listening to a radio show years ago, about people who get rich with million-dollar ideas.

It boiled down to coming up with something that filled a need, made people’s lives easier.

And I thought about a task where I struggled, one so challenging I some-times wondered how I was even able to survive.

You guessed it. Grocery shopping.This was at a time when I had to

do all the grocery shopping all by my lonesome and, unfortunately, I was one of those people who wandered the aisles on a bit of a scavenger hunt, list in hand that was a recycled enve-lope with a couple of words scribbled on it.

Sometimes, I couldn’t even read it myself. “Does that say ketchup? Cat-sup? Catnip? Wait, the cat died. Must be carrots.”

It wasn’t until I was on my way home, or maybe in the process of cooking dinner, that I remembered that key item I forgot.

Not that I had not been thinking of it all week ... that one thing. What the heck was it?

Oh ya! Taco sauce.“Saturday Taco Night With Your

Sons” is not going to be so swell without taco sauce, now is it, genius? Should have put it on the list but, again, I had that “grocery item men-tal block”, well known in the world of psychology (I’m just making that up but, you know what I’m talking about). That’s what stopped me from just writing it down.

Or else it’s because I am male.Which is how I came up with my

elaborate plan for — you guessed it — a website, mygroceryaccount.com, or something like that, which would do all the grocery list compiling for me.

I go shopping, swipe my “reward meals” card after I’m done and it records everything I have purchased.

After a couple of visits to the gro-cery store, the website has a pretty good idea of what I purchase on a regular basis and is able to draw me up a list of what I likely want to buy.

Bought mayo two months ago? “Check the fridge, you are probably running low.”

Buy chips every week? “This store has them on sale, with new, crazy fla-vours— guacamole and blue cheese! Use your points!”

I log in to my page on the website and print it out, or maybe it emails me my list, was my thinking. It was all very sophisticated, in terms of analyt-ics and target marketing. (I see you nodding, ya, he’s on to something.)

Non-grocery advertisers could tar-get us based on our purchases, since what’s in a grocery cart would say a lot about a person.

Did you buy one of those “star” magazines at the checkout that reveals the lives of the young and beautiful, their fashions, friends, exer-cise routines?

Why not take out a membership in the Liberal Party of Canada and follow JT’s latest exploits!

Did you buy steak, bacon and sau-sage again this week, for the fourth week in a row?

Perhaps you’d be interested in some life insurance!

Did you buy the Survival Guide to Parenting Problem Teens? Tylenol is on sale in our pharmacy section. And we now sell alcohol!

Of course, it was around this time people pointed out to me there were already grocery shopping apps for smartphones and, as usual, I was not the first person to think of this kind of thing.

Oh well. Need another million-dollar idea. Like a lottery ticket.

In the years since? People still wan-der the aisles with flyers in hand, lists written on envelopes, or just a general plan between their ears as they go on their weekly scavenger hunt. And they like it just fine like that.

Since maybe we’re just hunters and gatherers at heart.

And wanderers.

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TOWN OF AURORAPUBLIC NOTICE

Town of Aurora 100 JohnWestWay,Aurora, ON L4G 6J1 www.aurora.ca/publicnotices

SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDERTake notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the lands described below and will be received until3:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Aurora Town Hall, 100 John West Way. The tenders willbe opened in public on Thursday, April 28, 2016 as soon as possible after 3:00 p.m. at Aurora Town Hall.

Description of Lands:

Roll No. 19 46 000 045 10800 0000; 12 Industrial Parkway S, Aurora; PIN 03645-0021(LT);Lot 1 Plan 535 Aurora; File No. 12-04

Minimum Tender Amount: $1,032,169.71

Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of amoney order, a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality andrepresenting at least 20 per cent of the tender amount.

Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other mattersrelating to the lands to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potentialpurchasers.

This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act.The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes, HST ifapplicable and the relevant land transfer tax.

The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.

For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender, please visitwww.ontariotaxsales.ca or contact:

Paul Dillman, Manager of Revenues & Accounting, Deputy TreasurerThe Corporation of the Town of Aurora100 John West Way, Box 1000Aurora, Ontario L4G 6J1

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Station will operate out of AFLC

In 2015, council asked town staff to investigate the feasibility of the proposal pitched by Mobbs to create a local radio station featuring local talent and giving organizations another way of reaching out to the public.

With $1,000 from the town’s community grant program, paired with a $3,500 dona-tion from the annual Mayor’s Charity Golf Tournament, Mobbs was able to apply for the licence.

Ontario Heritage Trust has approved the installation of an antenna on top of the Aurora Cultural Centre that will be pur-chased with dollars raised and possibly an Ontario Trillium grant.

This summer, the town approved laying carpet, painting walls and installing electri-cal outlets of a 600-square-foot space at the Aurora Family Leisure Complex where the

radio station can operate.The non-profit corporation has been

formed with four directors including Mobbs, Brian Larter, Brian North and Steve Hinder. Mobbs confirmed that the intention is to operate the community radio station from funds raised through donation, grants and advertisement revenue. Any profit made will be donated back to the commu-nity in the form of a grant to help a future broadcaster attend school.

“Moving forward, we have to apply for funding from different sources to renovate the area, purchase the equipment and get the place up and going,” Mobbs added.

The 600-square-foot area at the AFLC will not only feature the community radio station that will broadcast from 7 a.m. to midnight seven days a week but also a stu-dio where live or recorded local talent can show the community what they’ve got; live music, poetry readings and live theatre.

The small facility will also have the capa-bility to double as a recording studio.

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we love to be a part of anything green and good for our Earth and community,” another said. “This (was) also a good lesson for our three kids.”

With the provided composter, site visits and advice from town and region staff, par-ticipants recorded the amount of food and yard waste composted over a three-month period. At the end of the pilot project, each participant averaged 18.7 kilograms of com-posted material, such as grass clippings, weeds and egg shells, that the town didn’t have to pick up and pay to dispose.

Results indicated an average of 50 kg of kitchen and yard waste can be diverted annually with a backyard composter per household member, according to Infrastruc-ture and Environmental Services director Ilmar Simanovskis.

If only 10 per cent of residents, about 1,800 households, diverted 248 tonnes of food and yard waste out of the regional system each year, it would save $25,000 in waste collection costs.

“The knowledge gained from the success-ful completion of the pilot is now being used to extend the program further within Aurora and to other municipalities in York Region,” the staff report, presented by Simanovskis, indicated.

“The goal of the program expansion is to ensure residents have the incentives and necessary support to take up and sustain backyard composting and divert these organics from collection.”

Pending final approval at next week’s council meeting, the town plans to provide 200 Aurora households with a free backyard composter, in exchange for their partici-pation in composting education through monthly newsletters, a pledge to install and use the composter and to agree to complete a follow-up survey in October.

The program costs will be split with the region, with the town paying $3,500 from its

York Region offers a host of tips and tricks to set up your own backyard composter:

1. Choose a sunny location with good drainage2. To prevent pests or rodents from disturbing the composter, place a base of chicken wire on the ground and set the composter on top of the base3. Layer materials high in nitrogen like kitchen scraps and grass clippings with materials high in carbon like dried leaves. Alternate the layers and turn the compost regularly4. Place finished compost or garden soil in a thin layer, approximately 2.5 centimetres or one-inch thick over the kitchen waste to speed up the composting and reduce odours5. Always keep compost material as moist as a damp sponge6. Chop waste into smaller pieces for faster decomposition7. Avoid adding a thick layer of any material, par-ticularly grass; mix it with other materials8. Compost through the winter; the composting process slows down but speeds up again in the springMaterials you can compost include:Coffee grounds and filters, egg shells, flowers, fruits and vegetables, grass clippings, hair, leaves, plants, rice, bread and pasta, sawdust, straw or hay, tea bags and tea leaves, weeds before they seed and wood chipsFor more information, visit York.ca

2016 operating budget.These households will have access to

town and region staff for advice, as well as volunteer mentors from the pilot project.

Interested households will be able to reg-ister for the program at aurora.ca beginning in May and the bins will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Kids encouraged to hit pause on electronics and get movingBY TERESA LATCHFORD

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York Region residents can hit pause and play.

Only 7 per cent of school children get at least one hour of heart-pumping physical activity six days a week and most are inactive more than eight hours a day, according to Statistics Canada.

Health experts point to inactive lifestyles putting children at risk for preventable health problems, such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.

These statistics are the reason why Aurora’s Regency Acres Public School will be hitting pause to play April 20.

“We have been working really hard for the past couple of years to get our students up and active at school,” Regency Acres teacher Norma Moffitt said. “This is another great initiative.”

York Region’s Pause to Play challenge, slated for the week of April 18 to 22, encour-ages students and their families to put their TVs, video games and computers on pause for a full week. Instead of sitting in front of a screen, families are being asked to get active, choose healthier foods more often and have fun with each other.

Being active for at least 60 minutes a day can help children improve their health, do better in school, grow stronger and maintain a healthy body weight, feel happy and learn new skills while improving self-confidence.

“Regency (Acres) has accepted this chal-lenge and modified it to best suit the active and healthy practices we already have adopted like the two-kilometre Regency run the whole school does once a week,” Moffitt added. “We plan to spend the day exercising both our muscles, brains and vocal cords

having fun and getting fit.”The day will begin with the signature

Regency run involving the entire school. The Kindergarten students will go on a nature walk and play outdoor games with their reading buddies. The rest of the students in the school have been given the chance to select two of 15 elective activities. For one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon, students will participate in activi-ties such as T-Ball, circus arts, karate, pound fitness, playground games, soccer and run-ning clinics, cricket, Zumba, yoga and Tae Kwondo led by community organizations who have volunteered their time.

“We (the school) have really taken to getting our students active and addicted to physical activity,” Moffitt said. “These types of challenges allow us to build on what we are already doing.”

In addition to the Regency run and daily physical activity sessions mandated by the province, the school is a participant in the York Region District School Board’s Healthy Schools and Workplaces program and the Activate Aurora, an initiative to make Aurora Canada’s most active community by 2020.

The Pause to Play challenge is open to all York Region schools and families.

To find out more information, or to register, visit york.ca/healthyschoolsTo find out more information, or to register, visit york.ca/healthyschoolsi

•Before the week begins, schedule physical activity for each day

•Go for a neighbourhood walk after dinner

•Pause all technology during meals

•Prepare a healthy meal with your family

•Get your bike and helmet ready for spring and go for a bike ride

•Go to the local park to burn off energy

•Wear a pedometer and challenge family members to see how many steps they can take in a day

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Students at Aurora’s Regency Acres Public School will take part in a regional initiative that aims to see participants and their families hit pause on their electronics and get more active.


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Money from the development industry makes up more than half of all money from corporations and the development community spends more on elections where there is more development taking place, it said.

Of the $171,670 in monetary contributions to Aurora candidates from all sources, including from candidates themselves, $26,600 came from the development industry.

Of the $154,113 raised by can-didates in Bradford West Gwil-limbury, $24,364 came from the development industry.

Of the $94,075 raised in East Gwillimbury, $2,750 came from the development industry.

In Georgina, the development industry contributed $24,950 of the $98,807 raised.

In King, the industry donated $11,000 of the $64, 125 raised.

In Newmarket, the indus-try contributed $14,550 of the $277,947 raised.

And in Whitchurch-Stouffville, it donated $78,854 of the $229,185 raised.

Developer donations are a sig-nificant concern,” MacDermid told York Region Media Group.

“It (developer campaign dona-tions) is an important role to play, when you think that one of the things that council does is create a profit for developers. A developer purchases a piece of land, a farm maybe when it is zoned agricultur-al, and as the boundary of the city creeps out, they have it switched to residential,” he said.

“And in that switch, the devel-oper multiplies his investment sev-eral times over. And when he fur-ther subdivides the land into little

parcels, he multiplies that wealth again. It is the acts of council that create profit for developers. So, it’s hugely important and developers understand that. That’s why they fund candidates and that’s why they are very strategic about who they fund and make sure councils have a majority of people who are pro-development.”

On Monday, on the heels of the release of the Campaign Fairness report, the provincial government announced it is introducing chang-es to the Municipal Elections Act.

The changes will include giving municipalities the option to ban corporate and union donations, something Toronto did in advance of the 2010 municipal election.

Debbe Crandall, director of policy with Save The Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM), called the prov-ince’s move to give municipalities the right to ban developer cam-paign donations a good first step, but said a prohibition should be mandated provincewide.

“I think it’s time to separate the development interests from elected officials.

“Let’s create a fair playing ground with them because the ordinary person or community group certainly doesn’t have the same resources to gain the same access to the politicians that they’re going to be dealing with on a day-to-day basis,” she said.

“So, I think it’s an excellent move forward. I would go further than giving municipalities the right to ban it. I think they should bring down a regulation that that prac-tice will not happen any more.”

The province isn’t forcing a ban on developer donations across Ontario because it recognizes that municipalities outside of hot hous-ing markets, such as the Greater Toronto Area, have different needs, Newmarket-Aurora MPP Chris Bal-lard said.

But the move does recognize concerns about municipal cam-

paign donations, he said. “Over the years, we’ve heard this

call from citizens, from elected offi-cials and from some of the councils out there that we need not only to clear up and make more democrat-ic how people are elected, make that more open more transparent, but also the fundraising rules,” the former Aurora councillor said.

There is nothing wrong with developers donating to election campaigns, Joe Vaccaro, CEO of the Ontario Home Builders’ Associa-tion, said.

“Businesses are legally partici-pating in the democratic process. Candidates ultimately determine their own fundraising sources and are responsible for the required campaign filings,” he said in an email.

“As you can see by the Toronto skyline, the city continues to grow and develop even with the 2009 ban on developer donations.”

To think that a donation up to the maximum of $750 per municipal candidate is going to have an influence down the line

on a development application is ridiculous, Frank Greco, a director with Heritage Hill Developments in Kleinburg, said.

“The story that came out seemed to suggest that there was a relationship between developer contributions and developments that happen in the community. The reality is that all politicians need funds to carry out a cam-paign and if people think that a $750 contribution to a particular candidate is going to be such that it creates some type of favouritism, $750 are we kidding? Really, are we kidding?” he said.

“$750 is a nice dinner out with a few people at a restaurant and that’s not going to sway a politi-cian. That’s absurd. To think a $750 contribution is going to sway a politician, it’s not reality. I know people want to suggest that, but it’s not reality.”

The homebuilding business has had years of success and shares its fortune with politicians who contribute to their communities, Greco said.

“The development industry gives back to the community more than any industry I know,” he said, adding the industry has been suc-cessful is building good relation-ships with politicians and govern-ment leaders.

“Part of the corporate vision of many of the developer friends that I know is to give back to the com-munity. I’ve been giving back to the Village of Kleinberg for 20 years. I’ve been sponsoring community and local events for decades and I can tell you one thing, I contribute more than $750 to those events. We contribute tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars to community events.”

Greco said he has given cam-paign donations to candidates who contribute to the community, but oppose development, but they have returned the cheques and often lose the election because

they didn’t spend enough money on their campaign to be successful.

Aurora Mayor Geoff Dawe said he supports measures that improve municipal politics, but said the province should do the same with its financial fundraising.

“I’m in favour of anything that brings more accountability and transparency to how we do busi-ness,” he said.

“I think what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. I think the government has to stand up and do it to themselves as well, how they do their election financ-ing.”

Premier Kathleen Wynne announced Tuesday she is cancel-ling all of her private fundraising events and instructing her cabinet ministers to do the same, a week after news came to light that the Liberals raised $2.5 million in one night at a private fundraiser.

The province will also bring forward legislation before June regarding how provincial parties raise funds, Ballard said.

The province’s move recog-nizes changes in public attitudes towards municipal politicians taking donations from develop-ers, said East Gwillimbury Mayor Virginia Hackson, who has been in politics for 22 years.

“It’s now at a point where the public perception, and I’m not say-ing it’s right, the public perception is that it’s not right and, therefore, the province is going to try to change that,” she said.

“I have always said the donation from developers does not change who I am. I am very selective, have always been, in taking donations from people who would not be coming before us in a (certain) time period.

“However, the perception of the public is quite different and I think the province has heard that and is going to try and regulate it in a fashion that will answer the pub-lic’s concerns.”

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Time to ‘separate development interests from elected officials’

DEBBE CRANDALL: Director of policy with Save The Oak Ridges Moraine says giving municipalities the right to ban developers’ cam-paign contributions a step in the right direction.

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Central LHIN seeks residents to sit on citizens’ health advisory panel

This is your chance to help shape the local health care system.

The Central Local Health Integration Net-work is looking for 10 residents living in the Central LHIN region to sit on its citizens’ health advisory panel to help shape the orga-nization’s integrated service plan for 2016 to 2019 by sharing their experiences and insights.

The six priorities include bettering senior care, palliative care, kids and youth care, community care, addressing underserved communities and mental health care.

Panel members will meet quar-terly at the LHIN’s Markham office in September, December, March and June on a week-day from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The term of office is three years.

Individuals interested in

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Application submissions must be received before April 22.

Community Earth Week Fair offers environmentally friendly family fun

Have some fun at Aurora’s Com-munity Earth Week Fair

The celebration, held at Auro-ra Armoury in Town Park April 20 from 5 to 9 p.m., will feature a number of activities for the whole family.

Try an energy-generating bicycle, learn how to reduce energy bills, test

drive an electric vehicle, explore new ways to eat sustainably, discover inno-vative green products and learn more about the town’s green spaces and envi-ronmental initiatives.

Free events for the children will begin at

5 p.m. Participants can also bring a mug for a free

coffee or pick up a tree sapling.For more information, contact Access

Aurora at 905-727-1375.

New spa opens in Aurora next month

Get pampered as a new spa opens in Aurora.

Body Mindfulness spa, located at 53 Wel-lington St. E., will be celebrating its grand opening on May 1 at noon.

Aurora Mayor Geoff Dawe will be on hand to cut the ribbon.

Everyone is welcome.

Aurora’s annual juried art show and sale returns April 30

Get inspired at Aurora’s annual jur-ied art show and sale

The town, in partnership with the Society of York Region Artists, hosts the 54th annual event from April 30 to May 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The show features more than 300 pieces of original artwork in a variety of medi-ums, including watercolours, oils, pastels, mixed media, photography, sculpture and acrylics.

Taking place at town hall, the show also

features a youth category.Visitors are welcome to browse through

the displays during the event sponsored by the York Region Media Group.

For more information, contact Shelley Ware at 905-726-4762 or [email protected].

Aurora’s Movies in the Park series moves indoors for Minions screening

Lack of spring weather won’t halt movies in the park

Aurora’s film series moves indoors and will be shown in one of Aurora’s arenas on a jumbo screen. This year, the first movie will be played at the Stronach Aurora Recre-ation Complex.

On April 23, families can enjoy pre-movie games from 4

to 6 p.m. with the movie Minions, begin-ning at 6:15 p.m. in the Pfaff arena, 1400 Wellington St. E.

All attendees have the chance to win a free week of summer camp provided

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perishable food items for the Aurora Food Pantry are appreciated.

A full list of movie showings offered this summer can be found at aurora.ca/moviesinthepark.

Ontario providing construction subsidy to long-term care facilitiesBY AMANDA PERSICO & ALI RAZA

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Ontario says it is investing in the quality of long-term care for seniors.

On Monday, associate health and long-term care minister Dipika Damerla announced a long-term care facility in Whitchurch-Stouffville will be getting an upgrade.

More than 30 resident spaces at Bloom-ington Cove Care Community Centre will be upgraded as part of the province’s plan to upgrade more than 300 long-term care facilities across Ontario over the next nine years. The money will be provided through a construction subsidy per bed.

“The area being upgraded is Cottage House, home to 31 residents, and I’m delighted it’s started and we’re well on our way,” said Janet Iwaszczenko, executive director at Bloomington Cove. “Our residents are so deserving of a lovely home with all its conveniences.”

Long-term care facilities provide senior adults with daily activities and 24-hour access to nursing and personal care.

The upgrades will include creating a home-like environment in the dining area as well as additional space for rehab and physiotherapy, increased wheelchair access in bedrooms, bathrooms, showers and doorways and more private workspaces for facility staff.

Bloomington Cove, a for-profit facility, is home to 112 residents and is the only licensed long-term care centre dedicated to dementia, Iwaszczenko said. It’s located at Ninth Line and Bloomington Road.

“This is a very special long-term care home, I have a real appreciation of the superb care Bloomington Cove gives its residents,” Damerla said. “We can’t legislate kindness or a real desire to serve and that’s

what I see here, for that I want to thank you.“Long-term care homes are not just facili-

ties – they are people’s homes,” she added. “It is vital that they remain up-to-date to pro-vide residents with secure, safe and comfort-able surroundings.”

There are about 78,000 residents in 630 long-term care facilities across the province.

Since 2003, more than 10,000 new spaces have been created and more than 13,500 spaces have been renovated.

“This is welcome news for seniors who rely on long-term care as their ‘home’ when they are no longer able to live independently on their own,” Central Local Health Integra-tion Network CEO Kim Baker said. “With

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these enhancements, our seniors will benefit from aesthetic improvements in the home as well as accessibility and program space enhancements.”

The province’s long-term care plan also includes provisions for increasing long-term nurse practitioners from 18 to 93 over the next three years.

So far the province has six approved projects for a total of 448 beds:

Name of Home / Up to # of Beds

Faith Manor (Brampton) 120

Algonquin Nursing Home (Mattawa) 72

South Centennial Manor (Iroquois Falls) 69

Crown Ridge Place (Trenton) 59

Saugeen Valley Nursing Home (Mount Forest) 96

Bloomington Cove (Stouffville) 32Assistant health and long-term care minister Dipika Damerla announces an investment in long-term care at Bloomington Cove in Whitchurch-Stou� ville with MPP and Minister of Community and Social Services Helena Jaczek (left) and Janet Iwaszczenko, executive director at Bloomington Cove, Monday.

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The arrival of warmer weather means different things to different people. Some anticipate oppor-tunities for outdoor fun, while others may be con-sidering redecorating or remodelling their homes. For the latter group, home improvement season provides a great opportunity to make homes more eco-friendly.

When planning home improvement projects, it’s best to first choose a project and then look for ways to make the project more environmentally friendly. Such an approach may not only benefit the envi-ronment, but it also may benefit homeowners’ bot-tom lines.

InterIor decoratIng

Longer days and warmer temperatures often translate into wanting to freshen up the interior of a home. Heavy draperies and comforters are put away, and lighter fabrics are taken out of storage. Whenever possible, reuse or repurpose items you already have rather than purchasing new items. Longer drapes can be cut and hemmed to be used as window treatments in other rooms. Making a patchwork blanket out of old T-shirts is a crafty proj-ect that makes use of items that would otherwise be destined for landfills.

When laundering linens, skip the energy-using dryer and let items line dry in the sun and fresh air.

If you decide to purchase some new items, look for products made from sustainable or organic fab-rics. Hemp and bamboo textiles have grown in pop-ularity. Hemp and bamboo plants grow quickly, and their durability makes these materials smart choices.

When replacing items around the house, donate older items to a charitable organization.

Flowers and plants

Spring and summer call to mind beautiful blooming plants. Relying on native, sustainable plants is practical, environmentally friendly and cost-effective.

Sustainable plants are native plants. Native plants sustain local wildlife more effectively than non-native alternatives, so include native plants in your sustainable garden. Native plants also are less reliant on pesticides and herbicides to keep them healthy and viable.

Don’t forget to bring plants indoors as well. Even though you may be opening the windows more, indoor plants can filter and purify indoor air. Cer-tain common indoor plants naturally remove toxic agents such as benzene, formaldehyde and trichlo-roethylene from the air. Efficient air cleaning is ac-complished with at least one plant per 100 square feet of home or office space.

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Before discarding something, see if it can be do-nated or sold. This will result in fewer items ending up in landfills.

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Spring is a time to start fresh. While we love escaping from our winter hibernation to enjoy the outdoors, many of us dread the spring cleaning routine that ultimately follows to get our homes ready for the season. Since dusting, sweeping and orga-nizing aren’t usually our favourite activities, these quick tricks will help to leave your house looking spotless and give you more time to spend enjoying the rising outdoor temperatures.

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he prospect of losing a loved one can be a difficult pill to swallow, but it’s a reality most of us will face.

Death has become a symbol of sadness, pain and immense loss. Quite frankly, it’s a topic of conversation we often attempt to avoid. But among the negativity, a light of hope, love and support exists — you just have to know where to look.

That’s where Doane House Hospice comes in.

Though the quaint-looking home is located in plain view at the intersection of Eagle Street and Yonge Street in Newmarket, it is often overlooked – even recently having been mistaken as a hostel for local travel-lers.

The idea of hospice care was introduced to the area in January 1989 during the offi-cial grand opening of Hospice Newmarket, originally located out of Green Acres on Eagle Street.

In 2001, the historical building was relo-cated to its current site, where it continues to serve Newmarket, Aurora, East Gwillim-bury and Bradford.

Though hospice care is intended to sup-port individuals who have been diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses and their family members, there are still a number of misconceptions surrounding what the term hospice truly means.

Executive director Juliet Irish, who has been with the non-profit organization since 2002, says she hopes to change people’s impression of hospice care.

“Many people see it as being the end of life, when it’s really about living before the end,” she said.

“Here we see a lot of laughter, smiling, friendship and camaraderie.”

Run by a handful of health care profes-sionals and a large number of dedicated volunteers, Doane House Hospice offers numerous workshops and programs including caregiver support, art therapy, a bereavement program and direct volunteer visits to clients’ homes.

“We really build programs to suit needs. A big change we’ve seen in recent years is the complexity of people’s illnesses,” explained Irish.

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Among those clients, many are within a younger demographic than you might think. Doane House has become a very family-focused support system, with the average age of clients being 56 years old.

As a community-visiting hospice, Doane House is a haven of recovery and under-standing. Whether a client is able to recover or dies due to his or her illness, the organiza-tion is committed to providing a comfortable and accepting atmosphere.

“When someone is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, they can feel like their world is tumbling beneath them. We want to

make them feel confident, while helping them rebuild their life,” Irish said.

Accredited through Hospice Palliative Care Ontario since 2006, Doane House was the inaugural recipient of the Newmarket Chamber of Commerce’s Not-For-Profit of the Year Award in 2008. In 2011, it enhanced the learning process for volunteers by offer-ing online training.

With all services free of charge, Doane House continues to be the light at the end of the tunnel for many patients dealing with life-altering illnesses. The non-profit organization must fundraise $250,000 each year to keep operations up and running, so volunteers host a number of fundraisers, including the upcoming Hike for Hospice Palliative Care on May 1 at Fairy Lake in Newmarket.

“We live in a great community. Every-thing in the Doane House has been donat-ed through the generosity of others,” said Irish.

“It’s an absolute joy to be able to work in this community and connect with our clients.”

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Doane House must raise $250,000 every year to maintain operations, not including the 20 per cent funded by the government.On average, the hospice supports 550 clients each year, not including family members of those clients.It is a community-visiting hospice and not residential, meaning there are no beds, only sup-portive workshops and programs.Doane House has a bereavement program open to anyone in the community who may be experiencing a loss.There are 39 residential hospices in Ontario and 70 community-visiting hospices.In 2013 and 2014, hospice volunteers in the province made more than 182,000 visits and provided more then 760,000 hours of care to more than 20,000 individuals at home.

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t had to be done.With that as the mandated

opening line to their stories, the imaginations of young writers from across York Region were off

and running as part of a short story contest.Hosted by the Canadian Federation of

University Women, and featuring Whitchurch-Stouffville author and playwright Jennifer

Dance as this year’s celebrity judge, the annual competition is open to fledgling writers in York

Region and Bradford West Gwillimbury under the age of 23.

The goal of the Aurora/Newmarket chapter of the federation is to promote literacy among local young

people.“‘It had to be done’ is an introduction that naturally

leant itself to a story with dark overtones,” according to Richmond Hill’s Grace Kang, the winner of this year’s contest.

Dark story has brightoutcomeforauthorRichmond Hill’s Grace Kang wins this year’s Canadian Federation ofUniversity Women Aurora/Newmarket Chapter youth writingcontest

I “When I saw the beginning, the sentence, I took it that obvi-ously something ‘had’ to be done, the person in question didn’t want to do it,” she said.

Her tale, A Cold Dawn, tells the story of a man, who is a husband and father, faced with a terrible decision.

As he stands in a bird pen at his home in the misty morning air, he contemplates the fate of a goose sleeping nearby.

Beloved by his precious daughter, the goose laid no des-perately needed eggs, but the man’s sick wife needs food.

After much hesitation, he slits the throat of the bird, his daugh-ter coming outside to find the grisly scene.

Kang based her story on tales her mother had told her about being the person in her fam-ily who lovingly raised chickens and geese and her father, Kang’s grandfather, being the one who had to slaughter them for food.

This was the first time the Grade 12 student at Bayview Secondary School had entered a short story writing competition.

Although the 17-year-old took a writing craft class at school this year, she was surprised with her first-place results.

“I didn’t expect anything. It was a really great surprise,” said Kang, who has dabbled in writing since she was a child and is an avid reader and former competi-tive volleyball player.

“I think (writing) is a great way to honestly express yourself. Sometimes, you can feel emo-tions through stories and poems that you otherwise really can’t

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Grace Kang said herwinning story, A Cold Dawn, was inspired by stories her mother told her about her familyraising birds to be used as food.


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With children barely past their toddler years dealing with psychological stress chal-lenges, York Catholic District School Board held its first mental health symposium for elementary students last Friday.

“There is a very, very strong, very clear relationship between being mentally healthy and doing well academically,” psychologist Dr. Giuliana Malvestuto-Filice, the board’s mental health lead, said about the need for the day-long symposium at the board’s head-quarters in Aurora.

While virtually every student entering school for the first time struggles with some adjustment issues, some youths as young as junior kindergarten are dealing with high anxiety problems.

“Some of us cried a little bit at the begin-ning (when we started school) and then we got familiar with the environment and it became part of our routine, but some stu-dents, some children, don’t have the resiliency skills that allow them to bounce back and it takes them longer. They’re the ones who are going to require some level of intervention,” Malvestuto-Filice said.

“We all experience anxiety. We all exist on that mental health continuum and we can move back and forth between being mentally healthy or experiencing some anxiety through the course of the day… There are some who aren’t able to cope. They become really, really overwhelmed and that’s difficult.”

Some students get to the point where school is so uncomfortable, they avoid going, Malvestuto-Filice said.

In addition to anxiety, some elementary students are dealing with mental health chal-lenges such as bullying, depression, eating disorders, self-harming and attempting sui-cide, she said.

Because those problems can increase as youths get to high school, the symposium was geared to Grade 7 and 8 students as they get ready to transition to the next level of their education, Malvestuto-Filice said.

The event featured speakers and work-shops with activities promoting mental well-being such as art, drum fitness, journalizing,

healthy eating, drama, yoga and design and invention.

The second annual mental health sympo-sium for high school students was held at the board office Monday.

Gearing a mental health conference to elementary students was important, Krizia Savoia, a Grade 8 student at St. James Catholic Elementary School in Maple, said.

“Mental illness has been increasing and one out of five Canadians (will experience mental illness in their lifetime), so it’s good to know what to do, how to fix it, what kind of mental illnesses there are and to build aware-ness to tell your peers and friends,” she said.

With elementary students dealing with issues such as bullying and eating disorders, the conference was important, Margaret Kuzenko, a Grade 8 student at St. James, said.

“This day was all about mental health and it brings awareness that this is a serious problem because a lot of people suffer from it and there are ways we can deal with it. So, it’s important that we find these ways,” she said.

“The moral is to open up and tell people.”It is important to remove the stigma sur-

rounding mental illness, Alessia Bonato, a Grade 7 student from Blessed Scalabrini Catholic Elementary School in Thornhill, said.

“We learned we need to remove these labels and accept people for who they are,” she said, adding self-harming and cyber bul-lying are among the mental health challenges with which young students are coping.

Stress doesn’t always have to be a negative influence, Paul Petrozza, a Grade 7 student at St. Paul Catholic Elementary School in New-market, said.

“I learned that stress happens in everyone and it’s with everyone, but you don’t always have to look at it as a bad thing and some-thing to be afraid of. You can channel it, you can find ways to get rid of it. Do stuff you love, like sports and music,” he said.

There are negatives ways of dealing with issues such as bullying, body image pressures and anxiety, such as isolation and self-harm, and positive ways, such as talking to family and friends and getting enough sleep, Petroz-za said.

“If you don’t talk to people, you’re really stuck and it makes it harder,” he said.

York Catholic school board students from across the region take part in a day-long symposium at the board headquarters in Aurora last Friday.

By Lisa [email protected]

York Region school kids aren’t using their legs to get to and from school.

They are among the least active stu-dents in the Greater Toronto and Ham-ilton Area in getting to and from class, meaning they are more likely to travel by vehicle than walk or cycle.

“The most recent data suggests that York Region has one of the highest auto-mobile mode share values in the GTHA for 11 to 13-year-olds and the high-est automobile mode share for 14 to 17-year-olds,” a report released Tuesday by Metrolinx, the agency responsible for transportation planning across the sprawling region, said.

“The decline in (walking and cycling to school) in York Region has implications for the health of children as the risk of overweight, obesity and vehicle occupant and pedestrian injury increases with auto-mobile use.”

While York has the worst level of stu-dents walking or cycling to school, known in the report as active school travel, it has experienced the least amount of decline over time, the report said.

The study used data from the Trans-portation Tomorrow Survey to examine changes in school transportation in the GTHA from 1986 to 2011.

Metrolinx has a goal of having 60 per cent of children walk or cycle to and from school by 2031, with hopes the habit will stick with them as they become adults.

In 1986, 41.1 per cent of York children aged 11 to 13 and 25.7 of teenagers aged 14 to 17 walked to school. That compared with 55.5 per cent of younger children and 38.4 per cent of teenagers in the GTHA.

By 2011, 35.1 per cent of younger chil-dren and 24.2 per cent of teenagers in York walked to school. That compared to 39 per cent of younger students and 28 per cent of teenagers in the GTHA.

In 1986, 14.7 per cent of younger York students and 21.7 per cent of teenagers got to school by car, compared to 11.6 per cent and 16 per cent respectively in the GTHA.

By 2011, 34.1 per cent of younger York students and 45.6 per cent of teenagers got a ride to school, compared to 30.8 per cent and 35.1 per cent respectively in the GTHA.

Cycling to school had dropped from 2.1 per cent of younger York children in 1986 to 1.1 per cent in 2011, compared to 1.8 per cent of GTHA children in 1986 and 1 per cent in 2011.

Cycling increased among York teenag-

ers. In 1986, 0.9 per cent rode their bikes to school, which increased to 1.3 per cent by 2011. In the GTHA, 1 per cent of teenagers cycled to school in 1986, which climbed to 1.2 per cent in 2011.

Despite improvements to public tran-sit over the last several years, most York students aren’t relying on a municipal bus to get to class.

In 1986, 3.5 per cent of younger York children got to school by public transit, compared to 8.8 per cent of children across the GTHA.

‘The decline in (walking and cycling to school) in York Region has implications for the health

of children.’

By 2011, that had dropped to 0.9 per cent of younger York children and 4.5 per cent of younger children across the GTHA.

Among teenagers, 8.7 per cent of York teens took public transit to school in 1986, which had climbed to 11.8 per cent in 2011. In the GTHA, transit use among teenagers dropped from 29.9 per cent in 1986 to 21.6 per cent in 2011.

While many more York students used to rely on school buses than the GTHA average, the numbers are now more in line.

In 1986, 37.4 per cent of younger York students got to class on the school bus, compared to 21.2 per cent across the GTHA. That had dropped to 28.2 per cent of York children and climbed to 24.3 per cent of GTHA children by 2011.

In 1986, 42.6 per cent of York teenagers jumped on a school bus, which dropped dramatically to 16.6 per cent in 2011. That compares to 15.6 per cent of GTHA teen-agers in 1986 and 13.7 per cent in 2011.

The number of students walking or cycling to school across the GTHA declined over the last 25 years, according to University of Toronto Mississauga Prof. Ron Buliung, who conducted the study for Metrolinx’s Smart Commute program.

“There’s more work to be done to sup-port families, while talking with employ-ers, educators and the planning and engineering communities about making active transportation part of the daily school travel and overall travel routines of households,” he said in a statement.

More students get to school by car in York than GTHA average

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place winner Mount Albert resident Lara Whatley shared a harrowing tale of people hiding in a makeshift bunker in the cellar as enemy soldiers search the home.

Included in the group is a small child, who may expose them if she makes a sound.

Whatley, a Grade 12 student at New-market High School, comes from a cre-ative, animal-loving family.

“I guess that’s where I got my passion for all things artsy, from oil painting, to playing the harp to writing novels. I love writing especially, because, like music and art can pull out emotions in you, writing can do the same while creating an image and music of its own,” said Whatley, who turns 18 on Saturday.

“I love the ability to create whole worlds that I can share with others and it fasci-nates me how stories seem to write them-selves.”

The short story she submitted for the contest was no different.

“I had seen an article about the hard-ships that women in the Middle East go through and had wondered to myself what it would be like to be in that sort of situa-tion. I immediately started writing, letting my emotions and feelings seep into the words and ended up with the story I sub-mitted,” she said.

“I suppose I just wanted to share how I thought it might feel in that situation. I wanted to share the same suspense and fear that my characters felt and, in the end, to share the same relief. I wanted to leave the readers thinking a bit about how dras-tically different other people’s situations might be and how it might be like to be in their shoes.”

Karen Silva, a 20-year-old Vaughan resi-dent who is studying English and history at York University, won third place for her story Nobody.

It is the tale of homeless street kids who

t had to be done. The man sighed, a misty little gust

of air escaping from his lips into the almost-winter sky. He was standing in the bird pen - had been for a while now

- watching the horizon pick on a tinge of pale pink. The town was quiet. Inside the house, his daughter and his wife slumbered silently. For a fleeting moment, he felt like the only man in the world, but a quick rustle of feath-ers reminded him that he was not alone.

The goose nestled against the wooden fence was undeniably a majestic creature, even in sleep. Large and healthy, its clipped wings were like sails when unfurled. It was pristine in every sense of the word - the bird was white, white, white.

He was suddenly brought back to the day when he’d picked it out at the market, hop-ing it would lay eggs. His daughter had been ecstatic, cupping the gosling in her hands, even as it nipped at her fingers with a sunset bill. His wife had looked on quietly, a soft smile dancing around her mouth.

With every passing day, every caress of soft girlish hands, the bird had grown larger and stronger, the white of glossy feathers replacing the ashen grey of down. And still, no eggs. It didn’t take long for him to realize that they weren’t going to get any eggs out of it - out of him.

I should’ve done it then, he thought almost desperately, before -

He shook away the thought in favour of sinking into sweet memories again. The sky-line was brighter now, more orange, like the goose’s bill - the bill that had nearly twisted off the thumb of anyone who’d dared to come too close to his daughter. There was a certain fierceness about it that was unique to beautiful things.

“A watchdog with feathers,” the neigh-bours called it good-naturedly, and his wife would laugh with that too-soft laugh of hers. The girl would, too, arms wrapped snugly around the bird.

It didn’t have a name - not for lack of love, but because it never needed one. To the little girl, its name was Spirit, its name was Bold-ness, its name was Life.

The man sighed again. Beside him, the

goose stirred, neck stretching elegantly, a bright black pearl of an eye blinking open. Impassively, it gazed at him with eyes that did not look quite as animal as they should have.

He looked away, thinking of his daughter’s smile, of his wife’s laboured breath, of this bird that was more than a bird. It had to be done, because what he needed - no, what she needed - was not spirit, nor boldness, nor a watchdog. What she needed was food, food to make her strong again, and make her voice as bright as it used to be.

Yes, it had to be done. The sun was already slightly above the

horizon - he’d waited too long. Grasping the knife at his belt, he took a step forward. The goose did not move, did not blink. Walking forward, he thought of his wife.

The goose’s neck was warm, soft, and it vaguely occurred to him that he’d never touched it before. He wondered if the blade at its throat felt cold. Still, it did not move, merely looked at him, seeing.

The man clenched his jaw - he wished it would struggle. Fight, damn you!

He couldn’t do it. He couldn’t - A shrill scream rang through the morning

air, girlish and despairing. The goose let out a deafening bellow, great wings beginning to beat, neck writhing and twisting in his grasp, finally fighting like the beast it was. Foot-steps, sharp and familiar, coming towards him as he held a storm in his arms, and it had to be done, before she came, he didn’t want her to see -

I’m sorry, he thought. I’m sorry.Scarlet on frost, morbidly beautiful.

Vaguely, he registered the sticky red warmth on the ground, his cold hands. His daughter’s face swam in his gaze, almost animalistic in its grief, hatred carved in every line. Because she really did hate him, in that moment. He could tell. Perhaps, one day when she became older and wiser, she’d be thankful, for her mother. But for now, as she hunched sobbing over the still-beautiful corpse, fin-gertips being stained red -

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bring honour to the memory of one of their own who dies of pneumonia by sar-castically scrawling “HERE LIES NOBODY” on the tree trunk above his unmarked grave.

Silva came up with the characters while writing a story for last year’s contest, but had left her idea, at the time, on the shelf.

“When I started brainstorming for this year’s contest, I was influenced by a his-tory paper I was writing at the time, which involved reading letters that were written by Canadian soldiers from the frontlines of World War One,” she said.

“I was caught up in the idea of these groups of men who were so scared, con-fused and just trying to deal with the ter-rible reality of the situation with no one to rely on but themselves and whatever friends they had. Many of these letters, of course, involved the unfortunate deaths of their fellow soldiers and when I found last year’s neglected story, the two just seemed to fit together.”

As the soldiers’ letters and the street kids in Nobody show, people react differ-ently to death and loss.

But Silva said she also wanted her story to reflect people’s hope and resiliency even in the worst of situations.

“Life is so fragile and we are really all we have,” she said.

Silva, who counts reading, writing, play-ing video games, drawing and “eating lots of chocolate” among her interests, said she enjoys writing because it is a challenge for her to share a story by finding just the right words.

“I love creating characters, putting them into new situations and figuring out who they are as I write,” she said.

Kang won $400 for her first-place finish, Whatley took home $300 for second place and Silva received $200 for third.

The other finalists were Kaitlyn D’Eathe, of Kleinburg, Diane Kohler, of Bradford, Christina McCabe, of Markham, Natasha Mustard, of Markham, Brittany Piticco, of Markham, Nicole Ptasznik, of Thornhill, and Talia Zahavi, of Thornhill.

From page B1. IA Cold Dawn

By Grace Kang

Mount Albert resident places 2nd; Vaughan resident, 3rd


Almost 800 young people looking to make a difference in their communities, including many from York Region, will attend a United Way of Toronto and York Region gala Friday.

GenNext is a program that encourages people in their 20s and 30s to become involved in the United Way to fully under-stand issues impacting people, to actively connect with and contribute to the com-munity and to influence positive change through volunteering.

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more York Region young people into the program, which will be celebrated at the signature annual gala known as Rouge.

“We are working with some of our most engaged York Region volunteers to introduce GenNext to the region,” Gen-Next manager Dana Stanescu said in an email.

“Rouge is a great entry point to United Way for young professionals and is a fantastic way to learn more about the important work we are doing in the com-munity.”

The gala, being held in downtown Toronto at the Arcadian Court on Bay Street, is an event for GenNext “change-makers” who are committed to making their communities better places.

Presented by professional service company KPMG, Rouge will feature food,

entertainment and a chance to bid on items, such as $1,000 travel vouchers.

New this year will be the announce-ment of the winner of a crowdfunding competition, as voted on by GenNexters.

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The black market for illegal wildlife prod-ucts is thriving in York Region, according to experts at a Newmarket symposium on ani-mal poaching.

For example, in April 2014, two Rich-mond Hill men travelling home from Blind River were found to be illegally transporting 27 pounds of sturgeon fish eggs and four pounds of sturgeon meat.

Sturgeon eggs for caviar can fetch as much as $200 an ounce.

The suspects were fined $20,750 and prohibited from fishing in specified areas for five years.

Just two months earlier, an Alberta truck-ing company and a Markham truck driver faced a $75,000 fine after illegally transport-ing 6,350 kilograms of live bighead carp.

In November 2012, multiple agencies working on an undercover operation involv-ing a Toronto man and a Markham business discovered 228 live snakehead fish had been illegally sold, exported and commercialized.

The penalty was a $70,000 fine and 60 days in jail.

Even as far back as June 2003, a Toronto man, stopped on a routine traffic patrol by York Regional Police, was found with 123 live bullfrogs, 10 live snapping turtles and two Midland painted turtles in his car.

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market animal trade as happening in foreign countries, it is happening across York Region, the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario, Paula Norlock, a provincial enforcement specialist with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s enforce-ment branch, told the symposium hosted by Crime Stoppers York Region at the Newmar-

Wildlife poachers active in York Region, symposium attendees toldket Theatre last Thursday night.

“It does happen here. We’re really trying to bring that home, that it’s not just the ele-phants and rhinos. It’s all the species around the world that are collected and traded,” she said.

“I acknowledge all of our species here are not as impressive and big and fluffy and cute as panda bears and rhinos and elephants, but all species… if you learn about food webs and how everything is connected, every time we lose a species, we may not even know what it offered us for medicinal or even its intrinsic value. When those con-nections are broken, they’re gone forever.”

People are also importing animals and plants that could threaten Ontario’s ecology, Norlock said.

Robert Baxter, an operations manager with Environment Canada’s wildlife enforce-ment branch, agreed.

“The Greater Toronto Area, which includes York Region, has a tremendous appetite for endangered species from around the world. They are coming into the GTA on a daily basis,” he said.

“Endangered species crime is happening in York Region, Durham Region, all around the GTA on a daily basis.”

Estimated to be worth about $30 billion a year globally, wildlife poaching is the fourth most lucrative criminal activity in the world,

behind narcotics, counterfeiting and human trafficking, David Forster, president of the Ontario Association of Crime Stoppers and the Canadian representative on Crime Stop-pers International, said.

“The issue with environmental crimes is they often go undetected. There’s huge financial gain, but when enforcement is typically looking for the illegal trade of guns and drugs and things like that, which pay huge returns to criminals, crimes with (an) environmental basis are often not given that same attention or are able to be hidden by these perpetrators, if you will, but they show the same kind of gain,” he said.

Wildlife can be taken illegally from its habitat and traded on the black market for a number of reasons, Norlock said.

Some people do it for personal reasons, such as adding to their own private collec-tions.

Others, including organized criminals, sell wildlife and wildlife products to people for pets, collections, food, aphrodisiacs, medicines, trophies and jewelry.

Ontario wildlife, including birds, moose, bears, fish eggs and reptiles, can fetch any-where from a couple hundred dollars to thousands of dollars, Norlock said.

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A mounted moose head can sell for $3,500.

A large female sturgeon can carry up to 100 pounds of eggs, meaning one fish could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“No species is immune to poaching. Any-thing that is worth money or is collected, it’s going to happen,” Norlock said.

“As long as there is a market for wildlife, there will be vendors. Where there are ven-dors, there will be suppliers. And where there are suppliers, there will be harvesters. So, we all have a part in this. Some of us buy those things. We may not be out there actively gathering it up… but we are the ones buying the product or collecting it, so we all have to take our ownership of that.”

While many people in the audience of about 100 expressed frustration with the lack of stiff penalties given to convicted poachers in Ontario, the experts said they have been increasing over the years.

Baxter said he has seen fines triple and quadruple over the past 15 years.

‘We’re really trying to bring that home, that it’s not just the elephants and rhinos. It’s all the

species around the world that are collected and traded.’

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Maestro Denis Mastromonaco has invited celebrated Toronto pianist Jerry Chen to pro-vide some of the fireworks April 16 and 17, by performing the Russian master’s popular First Piano Concerto with the orchestra.

Chen started playing the piano at the age of 4 and has studied with Nadia Dimovsky, Tanaya Tkachenko and Yaroslav Pugach. Chen has won numerous awards in his piano career including top prize at the Canadian National Music Competition in both 2012 and 2013, grand prize at Markham Music Festival and the Peel Music Competition, and first prize at the Toronto Sinfonietta Concerto Competition. In 2015 Jerry performed for the great virtuoso Emanuel Ax as part of a piano workshop.

Chen is currently under the tutelage of Douglas Humphreys, chairman of the piano department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.

Also on the program are the beloved waltz from the ballet Sleeping Beauty and one of Tchaikovsky’s symphonic masterworks, the Symphony #4.

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Daleman keeps making strides with top 10 finish at worlds


Gabby Daleman knows she can control her score through on-ice performance.

Off ice, well, sometimes it is a different matter. Consider the events of Monday.

The Newmarket resident and her Cana-dian national skating team pals finally lifted off the tarmac at Boston’s Logan Interna-tional Airport, two days after she finished ninth in ladies’ singles at the ISU world fig-ure skating championships.

In the end, it was 7-1/2 frustrating hours waiting for clearance on a snowy day in Bos-ton. Totally out of her control.

“I didn’t mind really,” said Daleman, 18, Tuesday, before returning to training at the Toronto Cricket Club yesterday to prepare for the upcoming world team champion-ships this month in Spokane, Wash. “There were a lot of skaters there, so we played cards and just hung out.”

Although unable to control the weather and international airports, she did put down two programs at TD Garden good enough to skate her into the top 10 for the first time in three world championships and one Olym-pics competition.

Daleman, who sat eighth after the short

program, has something on which to build her future in skating. She was 21st at the 2015 worlds and 13th the previous year fol-lowing the Sochi Olympics, so clearly she is making strides in the desired direction.

“You always wish you could have done better, but in the end, you do what you did and take that result and hope to do better in the future,” said Daleman, who finished second this year at Canadian nationals. “You always think it is possible, but I’m not focus-ing on any particular position. I was working on staying calm, confident and putting into practice what I’ve been working on with my coaches.

“I’m just trying to do the best I can and do what I worked on in practice. I was very happy with my scores. It shows how far I’ve come and pushes me for next time. ”

Gabby Daleman

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Share the load, wear the gold.Employing a balanced attack,

the York North Avengers claimed the atom girls’ Ontario Cup title Sunday with a 31-27 victory over top-seeded Transway Basketball of Hamilton in the gold-medal game in London.

Ranked No. 2 in the Division 1 bracket, the Avengers received game-high totals from five differ-ent players in their four-game run to the title for Ontario Basketball’s under-11 age group.

“Team chemistry and the girls play for each other,” said head coach Carlos Faria, explaining his team’s winning formula, which led to a 30-3 overall record this season. “They are a very skilled and com-mitted group, but off the floor, the girls just enjoy spending time together.

“It’s been a tremendous season

and I’m very proud of them.”In the final, Taija Sta Maria and

Kait Charette collected eight points each to lead the Avengers past Transway, which had handed York North one of its three losses ear-lier this season. Victoria Carbone, Kaleohana Manalang and Gwyneth Faria also produced game-high results in pool play.

The Avengers matched Tran-sway’s flawless three-win run through round-robin action with wins over teams from Stoney Creek, East York and Welland to force a winner-take-all showdown in the final of the eight-team division.

Elsewhere, the second-seeded IEM Spartans (pictured) managed one win in three games and did not advance beyond their pool at the under-12 major atom girls’ provin-cial tournament in Newmarket.

– John CudmoreSTAFF PHOTO/NICK IWANYSHYN

York North Avengersdunk top seed, claim gold

Lydia Sepkowski of IEM Spartans drives toward the hoop as Oakville Vytis player Vanessa Ougrinov defends during Ontario provincial under-12 play at Sir William Mulock Secondary School in Newmarket April 1. The Spartans won 35-38.

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Howdy, neighbor.The Newmarket Minor Hockey Asso-

ciation is preparing to open its doors to accept non-resident players on its rep teams starting with the 2016-17 season.

Starting at minor peewee, the goal is to progressively add one age group each season until the midget level, a process that will require six years to complete the phasing in of out-of-town players on a limited basis.

The NMHA, which is coming into its 60th anniversary season, has been one of the few programs in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association and the lone York Simcoe Minor Hockey League centre to resist the policy, which was introduced a few years ago. Neighbouring communi-ties, including Aurora and Georgina, have adopted the policy, which enables players in smaller centres an opportunity to play at double-A calibre not available in their home centres.

The influx is capped at three players per team. Each non-residents is permitted to compete for a position on a team in one neighbouring centre per season.

Last season, one non-resident player played for a Newmarket midget team on a trial basis.

“We’ve been close for a while,” said NMHA interim president Kirk Kelly. “We’ll

Hornets sting Panthers in shootout

It took some time and extra work before the Oakville Hornets solved the Aurora Panthers to claim a gold medal in the Lower Lakes Female Hockey League atom double-A championship game Saturday in North York.

After overtime was unable to produce a win-ner, a shootout advanced to the ninth round before the Hornets emerged with a 3-2 victory and the league playoff title.

Kalista Kurtes and Mikayla Cranney counted the Panthers’ goals in regulation time.

The Panthers advanced to the title game for the league’s four-team tournament with a win over the Durham West Lightning and tie against the London Devilettes in round-robin play. Auro-ra also dropped a 2-0 decision to the Hornets.

Tigers face off against Lakeshore rivals

The Aurora Tigers’ three York Simcoe Minor Hockey League teams will compete in this week-end’s Central OMHA championships.

The Tigers minor peewee and minor bantam AE squads, along with the minor peewee single-A team, will compete for the Central titles against winners of the Lakeshore League playoff titles.

All will play two-game series on Saturday.At the minor peewee level, the Tigers will face

off against the Uxbridge Stars in Uxbridge.Meanwhile the minor peewee and minor

bantam AE teams will travel to Cobourg to tackle the Northumberland Hawks in doubleheader duty.

The series bring together playoff winners from the York Simcoe and Lakeshore leagues.

– John Cudmore

he Ontario Hockey League picks over the crop of minor midget players this weekend.

The annual cull of talent, in this case for 2000-born teens, is a re-stocking opportunity for the 20 franchises located in Central Canada and some nearby American states.

Contrary to some beliefs, the process is not a career killer for the players who go undrafted. In fact, the process of choosing 16-year-olds is a gamble on the future, much like drafting 18-year-olds into the National Hockey League is risky business. It is a snapshot at a particular moment in an ongoing process of development for teen-age hockey players.

“For sure, it’s the first step out of minor hockey for them and obvi-ously a nice feather in their cap,” said Rob Shilton, who coached the talented York Simcoe Express tri-ple-A midget team to the coveted OHL Cup in late March. “It certain-ly opens up more doors than not, and it’s nice to be recognized for your potential down the road.”

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However, the draft is not the be-all for a young hockey player. In fact, some late bloomers over-looked may one day outperform many of the potential field of 300 youths chosen during Saturday’s online draft.

Additionally, others might have indicated leaning toward the NCAA route, although schools cannot officially approach student athletes until the start of their Grade 11 year, that being once the current school year is ended.

OHL teams tend to shy away from a top-end prospect unless they feel strongly about their

chances to sign the player.One recent player that comes

to mind is Cameron Morrison, an Aurora resident who was a third-round pick of the North Bay Bat-talion in 2014 but who is also com-mitted to the University of Notre Dame for a scholarship. If the Irish had not been involved, it is dif-ficult to imagine Morrison would have been available for the second round of the draft. He is eligible for the NHL draft this summer.

“For a lot, it depends on the situation,” said Shilton, approach-ing his fourth OHL draft in a coaching capacity. “We’re in con-stant communication, especially with the OHL and not so much the NCAA, but even more so as you start getting draft picks involved. Teams can’t afford to take a chance with their first- and second-round picks.”

Among the names that are considered high-end picks off the Express roster are Holland Landing’s Carter Robertson, a defenceman, Mathew MacDougall of Aurora, Cameron Hillis, who attended St. Andrew’s College, and

Rhys Forhan, a former Newmarket resident now living in Bradford.

On a team that had so much success, it is notable that several of the players on the roster might have a better than normal chance based on collective accomplish-ments. Unlikely as it is, all 18 mem-bers of the team could find their names showing up during the elec-tronic process Saturday morning.

“There is more attention to your team and more eyes on you,” said Shilton, relating the pressure cooker that is the season leading to the draft. “There is more pressure from parents. I always tell the boys

to play their game because if you allow it, the pressure will consume you and you probably won’t end up where you want to be.

“It’s an exciting time for them and my job is to get all of them picked. Our team is high-end and guys will get picked no matter what. The guys that benefit are the depth guys. Because they have played in so many big games, that might be the edge over another player. There are perks to being and performing on a winning team.”

In other words, everyone loves a winner.

NMHA opens doors to non-residents for 2016-17introduce it at minor peewee, with plans to open it up as we go along and get a feel for it.

“We’re not talking about displacing the 15th or 16th player on a team. We’re look-ing at impact players to help make a differ-ence on our teams.”

Freedom of movement in rep hockey has long been a hot-button topic in minor hockey circles, generating heated debate and court cases until well into the 1990s. The triple-A level operates with a waiver system that enables players to try out in numerous centres. However, restrictions have been in place for all levels below triple-A until the non-resident policy was introduced.

Newmarket was not open to the policy when it initially came into play, permitting up to three players to be imported into each of the nine rep double-A teams.

“There was an overriding sense at the time that to do so would create an impact on the hometown hockey philosophy the OMHA has been selling for years,” said. “We had nine double-A teams and that would mean an opportunity for 27 players to be displaced. The membership didn’t think that was a good idea, but I think now they have re-thought it.”

Stagnating or dwindling registration numbers are changing the game, he said.

“Canada in general is wrestling with demographics,” said Kelly. “People are

moving to Canada and are not hockey-first families.”

NMHA’s only success this post-season was winning the York Simcoe playoff title at the midget double-A level. The York Simcoe playoffs are for teams eliminated in the early rounds of the OMHA playoffs.

That performance, however, is not the reason NMHA is opening its doors.

“I’m not a guy who says winning all the time is a successful program, but people do work toward the ‘W’,” Kelly said.

The concept has a fan in Aurora Minor Hockey Association president Joe Ben-tolila, who is also president of the ruling YSMHL.

“To me, it’s a great program, because it gives kids without a chance to play at their highest potential that option,” said Bento-lila. “We were hesitant at first, but it was 18 kids in total.”

‘We’re not talking about displacing the 15th or 16th

player on a team. We’re looking at impact players to help make a

difference on our teams.’

East Gwillimbury residents Richard Whittaker (from left), Michael Aloise and Carter Robertson pose with the OHL Cup after the team won the trophy.

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Consolation

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Consolation

Deli-House Catering 3 (Nicholas Amiti, Matthew Sprung, Scott MacDonald, MVP: Christopher Poropat), Chris Needler-Royal LePage 2 (Benjamin Beauchamp, Aidan Flannery, MVP: Owen Richardson).

Midget/Juvenile

Championship

Paws Personal Pet Care 7 (Mitchell Hamilton 3, Blake Sepkowski 3, Michael Sadler, MVP: Blake Sepkowski), RNT Tool & Die 0 (MVP: Colton Stone)

Consolation

Twin Contracting 3 (Cameron McRobbie 2, Bradley McLellan, MVP: William Jar-rett), Cascades 2 (Jacob Brillinger, Mat-thew Boswell, MVP: Shakeil Hassam)

– compiled by John Cudmore

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Ridge Mechanical defenceman Cooper Lambier holds onto some hardware after the team defeated McDonald’s Yellow in overtime to clinch the Newmarket Minor Hockey Association atom house league championship at The Magna Centre Sunday.

Channel 7 Signs forward Alex Ko can’t convert a chance against McAlpine Ford goaltender Connor Elbaum in the Aurora Minor Hockey Association bantam house league championship game at Aurora Community Centre Sunday. Channel 7 Signs took home the trophy with a 4-2 win.

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Metroland is committed to accessibil i ty in employment and to ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabil it ies. In compli- ance with AODA, Metroland will endeavour to provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling your interview.

Thank you for your interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Are you being paid what you’re worth?

AdvantageTHE INVESTORS GROUP

Career seminar hosted by:MARY BIRKETTRegional DirectorInvestors Group Financial Services Inc.

Date:Time:Location:

April 12, 20167:00 pm - 8:30 pmInvestors Group Financial Services Inc.17310 Yonge St.Newmarket, Ontario

Please call or email to confi rm yourattendance, limited seating available

Tel: (905) 895-6718 [email protected]://investorsgroup.com/en/Mary.Birkett/home

* Investment Executive, June 2008-2015, www.investmentexecutive.comInsurance products and services distributed through I.G. Insurance Services Inc. Insurance license sponsored by The Great-West Life Assurance Company. This is a full-time opportunity to establish a variable-income and self-employed business in association with Investors Group. Trademarks, including Investors Group, are owned by IGM Financial Inc. and licensed to its subsidiary corporations. © Investors Group Inc. MP1796 (09/2015)

At Investors Group, input equals output, and effort breeds success. Our fi nancial advisors enjoythe unique opportunity of controlling their own career path and income potential, all the whilebeing supported by an industry leader with over 85 years experience.

We offer the advantage of...

• Unlimited income potential• Flexibility and independence• An entrepreneurial environment

So join us. Find out why Investors Group has been rated the #1 Full Service Dealer every yearsince 2008.* Together, we can help you achieve personal and professional rewards far beyondthose associated with a traditional job.

HEAD ACCOUNTANT/CONTROLLERA well established Markham located Home Décor and Tabletop Company requires a full time head accountant/controller. Position reports to the VP of Finance and Operations.Responsibilities • Monthly,quarterlyandannualfinancial statement preparation / reporting• Analysisofmarginsbyproductlines• Managementofaccountspayablestaff with all duties• Governmentremittancesandall governmentfilings• Bankreconciliations,chequeruns, expense reports• Preparation and tracking ofwire transfers for shipments• Ensurecompliancewithadministrative and accounting policies• Otheraccountingandadministrative duties as wellQualifications• CompletionofPostsecondaryprogramin businessandaccounting,Professional accounting designation is not required• Solid5+yrsofsimilarresponsibilities• Excellentcommunicationand interpersonal skills• AdvancedExcelandMISsystems• Motivatedandselfstarterlookingfornew challenges

Please submit full resume to [email protected]

or by fax at 905-474-0960. Thank you for your interest in the position, but only

those selected for interview will be contacted.

RECE for one year contractStandard First Aid CPR

required.The Moppett School

Childcare Centre(Yonge & Davis area)

Email or fax resume to:[email protected]

905-898-0225

Established lawn maintenance company requires

FULL TIMELAWN MAINTENANCE

LABOURERS to start immediately. Must have

own transportation to shop.Call Tom 905-726-8555

Here We Grow Again!The NewRoads Automotive Group welcomes

NewRoads Chrysler to our family.Explore openings throughout our 5 locations.

General Technicians Express Lube Lane AdvisorDelivery Coordinator Vehicle Marketing TeamSales Consultant Sub-Prime Sales AssociateSales Manager Financial Services Manager

Please send resume and cover letter to [email protected].

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Personal Lines CSR

Think!nsure is currently seeking a RIBO Licensed Customer Service

Representative. Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years (preferred) CSR experience and knowledge of MS

Office and Compu-Quote.

This position will require strong organizational skills and dedication to deliveringexcellentcustomerservice.

Dutiesincludeservicingexistingclients

(endorsements,cancellations, reinstatements,etc.),quotingnew&

existingclients,upsellingandremarketing ofrenewalsasnecessary.PowerBroker

experience would be an asset.

Please forward your resume to [email protected] or

fax to 905-415-8875.

Underwriter / TSRThink!nsure is currently seeking an

experiencedindividual(companyorbroker) for underwriting applications and processing on company portals. Our ideal candidate will haveaminimumof3yearsexperienceand knowledgeofMSOfficeandCompu-Quote. PowerBrokerexperiencewillbeanasset.

Please forward your resume to [email protected] or

fax to 905-415-8875.

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storiesifeL A celebration of lives well livedand people well lovedRead more Life Stories on yorkregion.com

BY JEREMY [email protected]

ear the end of his life, Fraser Whynott was tracked down by police because he refused to stop breaking the

love of his life out of the nursing home in which she was living.

That’s the kind of man he was — he loved his wife, Beatrice, and others around him intently and adored adventure.

When he was done with adventure, his second passion was telling stories about those adventures.

And by the end of his life, he had become a prolific writer, jotting down between 40 and 50 booklets his son, Ed Whynott, now holds.

“I have to start thinking about getting them published,” he said.

The 93-year-old Fraser passed away in hospital Feb. 24 from kidney failure.

Ed laughed about how his father might have liked telling stories, but wasn’t so keen on hearing them when his family gathered around the hospital bed.

“We were all sitting beside his bed, sisters and brothers, telling ‘remember the time’ stories,” Ed said, giggling to himself. “When all of a sudden, Dad, who had been sleeping, raised his voice and told us, ‘Would you just all

Fraser Whynott was a true storyteller

Nshut up, I’m having a sleep and you’re bothering me.’ Those were his last words.”

Fraser’s life began in the tiny Nova Scotia mining community of Molega Mines.

Although his family, made up of nine children, didn’t have much, Ed said his father was an industrious young man who ini-tially earned money as a guide, bringing hunters and anglers up from the United States.

‘That was on the coldest

windiest March day in

1972. He was in a gondola

swinging to reach and

then rivet the glass into

place. After that day,

he threw his tools into

Lake Ontario.’

“He and his brothers would corral the deer in the woods at Panhook Lake before chasing them into a clearing and forcing them to scatter,” Ed explained. “It was kind of a joke, like shooting fish in a barrel.”

Fraser parlayed this know-ledge into a gig as an exhibitor

Hamilton, where he helped build houses before packing up once more and moving out to Port Moody, where he joined the Air Force.

“He was in search and rescue and was watching out for Japa-nese submarines,” Ed explained. “He found one marooned on the shore and helped capture them.”

When he moved back to Ontario with his family, he began working on the crews erecting the CN Tower.

“He helped put the glass in the sky pod observation deck,” Ed said. “That was on the cold-est windiest March day in 1972. He was in a gondola swing-ing to reach and then rivet the glass into place. After that day, he threw his tools into Lake Ontario.”

Although he was done with construction sites, he wasn’t quite through with handy work.

Fraser built his own home, at night and on weekends, and eventually started doing renova-tions part-time, even building a recreation room for Toronto Maple Leafs great Johnny Bower.

It was in the house at 144 Church St., Markham, at the corner of Sir Isaac Gate, which didn’t have any inside doors or a sink for more than a year, that the Whynott family would build a lifetime worth of memories.

Ed said whenever the family

selling rods, reels and guns at sportsman shows that sound more like circuses.

The shows boasted wood-chopping competitions, contests that pitted a chainsaw against a man with an axe, canoe-tilting jousts, pole-climbing races and log-rolling events, involving one person on each side of the log trying to dump the other into the water.

“His sister used to balance and spin on this giant ball in the water, it was huge,” he said.

Although the profits from the show clothed and fed his fam-ily for a number of years, Fraser would eventually move on to

had guests over, everyone would always end up at the foot of his father’s rocking chair.

“Mom would be in the kitch-en and everyone else would be gathered around Dad, listening to his stories,” he said.

Within a year of Fraser’s pur-chase of the land in Markham, Wimpy construction bought all the fields surrounding it.

As for what kind of man his father was, Ed said he was a generous and caring man, who loved his family and the odd yarn.

“My mother was the discipli-narian, the most I’d get from my father was a tongue lashing, and I was a little bugger,” Ed said. “He had a hard exterior, but a soft centre. He was an outdoors-man, a hunter and a fisherman. But what I remember most is the twinkle in his eye. He was a bit of a flirt. He loved pretty ladies, he was quite rugged looking, very handsome, slender and supple right up until the end. He was a ‘holy terror’, but my mother loved him and he was faithful to her.”

Fraser’s ashes will be flown back to Nova Scotia by the fam-ily to sprinkle on the family plot.

He is survived by his children, Ed, Enid Abram, Denise Smith and Warren Whynott, and a slew of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Fraser Whynott

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DATA PROGRAMMERCdn , US & I n t ' l Pos t a l So r t . Merge/Purge & NCOA. Knowledge of XMPIE, iAddress an asset. Proficient with MS Office & knowledge of programming & DM Industry.

Email resume with salaryexpectations. Send resume to:[email protected]

DRIVERS WANTED Town Taxi in Bradford

is expanding and we require full and part time drivers

for all shifts. For insurance reasons, candidates must be at least 25 years of age and have a

clean abstract.

Call Susan 905-775-5656

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

For door-to-door newspaper delivery

1 day per week. Reliable vehicle required

Call 1-855-853-5613 ext. 8

CARRIERS NEEDED

Call 1-855-853-5613 ext. 8

Betcor Mfg. Ltd.

Multiple job opportunities available for growing custom machine shop.

Positions include;

Experienced CNC Milland Lathe Machinist

• Required to interpret drawings, program and set-up parts

• Weekly day shift• Minimum experience of 5 years• Willing to pay extremely competitive

wagesSend resumes to: [email protected]

Or call 705-458-3000

Full Time Seasonal Employment….(Bradford Wholesale location)

Straight Truck DriversD licence, current abstract, 25 yrs or

older starting May 1, 2016 (Barrie Retail location)

Customer Service, Floral Designer, Landscape Maintenance Lead….and

other suited positions that require horticultural background or

greenhouse/nursery experience.Send resumes to [email protected] (in Word Format or PDF format)

specifying the position applying for.

NOW HIRINGFull Time

SALES / DESIGNJoin the Industry Leader

Earn up to $1K - $3K comm./month

• Preset Appointments • No cold callingFun ~ Creative ~ Rewarding

Must have own vehicle and fluently speak, read, and write English.

Training provided.Call Rita 800-293-3744

• LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE• LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION

/ ENHANCEMENT• CREW LEADERS

& LABOURERSYear Round Employment Available

Experience an assetCompetitive pay packages.

Call 905-472-4842 Fax: 905-470-8426

Email: [email protected]

CUSTOMER SERVICE/SALES COORDINATOR

We are seeking qualified enthusiastic candidates to join our team!

Customer Ser vice/Sales Coordinator 's responsibilities include daily interaction and support of the sales team, assisting with all tasks pertaining to orders.Requirements: • PassionforCustomerService.• Excellentcommunicationskills,both oral and written. • Abilitytomultitaskinafastpaced environment, coupled with excellent attention to detail and always willing to learn new tasks. • Abilitytoparticipatepositivelyinateam atmosphere. • ProficientMicrosoftSuiteandOutlook.

Richmond Hill area.Email: [email protected]

Landscape Maintenance LABOURERS/ GARDENERS

required for Richmond Hill & Vaughan.Full time summer positions from April 23rd - Sept. 1st. Ability to perform physical labour, experience in annual and perennial flower care, grass cutting & operate light equipment would be an asset.

Email/fax: [email protected]

Fax: 905-889-5289

URGENTLY REQUIRED Crew Leader

Crew Lead HandMin. 2 years experience for high- e n d p r o p e r t y m a i n t e n a n c e company. Competitive wages & bonus

Email resume to [email protected]

GENERAL LABOURERrequired for marina,

launching boats, landscaping and various other duties.

Apply in personAlbert's Marina

21019 Bathurst St. N.905-836-4125

suburban landscapingSince 1954

Year-round employment available for landscape maintenance.

Experience and drivers licence an asset. Excellent remuneration.

Call 905-640-3301, fax resume to 905-640-0491, or email

[email protected]

LOCAL BODY SHOPis looking for experienced

TOW TRUCK DRIVER

Please call Edward at 416-939-2249

or email [email protected]

Vins Plastics LimitedPOUCH MACHINE OPERATOR/

SET-UP MECHANIC

ExperiencewithPouchFormingEquipmentan asset. A good mechanical

aptitude a must.

Please email resume to:[email protected]

Ballantrae Golf Club requires individuals for the

following positions:

LINE COOKSDISHWASHERS

Forward resume to: Ballantrae Golf [email protected]

Thank you to all candidates who apply. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Italian Bakery In the Oak Ridges area

Requires Friendly & OutgoingEXPERIENCED

FULL TIME HELPfor Deli Counter, serving Hot

Table, Sandwiches Coffee, etc.Flexible availability.

905-773-1030

OFFICE CLEANERSouthdown Institute, a residential t rea tmen t cen t re i n Ho l l and Landing is looking for an office cleaner for Saturday mornings. $15.00/hour.

Please send your resume to: [email protected]

LINE COOKS REQUIRED

Full or Part time.Apply in person.

The Crow's Nest Pub

115 Prospect St. Newmarket

905-953-8776

Golf Services - Volunteers. Hiring Volunteer Starters, Marshals and Shutt le Drivers. Enjoy Flexible Hours, Golf Privileges, League for Volunteers, Discounts on Food/ Beverage, Pro Shop Merchandise and Guest Allowances for [email protected]

or 905-841-7378 x274

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTLocal metal fabr icat ion company looking for a junior Administrative Assistant for general office duties as well as preparing tenders, managing electronic documents and electronic invoicing.ProficiencywithMSOutlook, Office, Excel and Access required. Experiencewith Sage 300 (ACCPAC) in a construction/ manufactur ing environment preferred. Successful applicant must be able to work with tight deadlines in a high pressure environment.

Email resume: [email protected] or fax 905-726-1411

No phone callsOnly those selected for an interview

will be contacted.

Building & Development Mortgages Canada Inc.

is growing again.

Now Hiring: 2 full time positions.

All positions available areadministrative.

Required Skills: Organization,Filing, Assisting, Liaison to

internal and external clients, Document Management.

Building and Development Mortgages Canada Inc. is a fun & rewarding Richmond Hill based company offering competitive

compensation and an exceptional Atmosphere.

Please send resume [email protected]

MATURE PART-TIME BARTENDER

required in Newmarket for various shifts includingdays, evenings, weekends.

Some bending & lifting involved.Email resume to:

[email protected]

H.J. Pfaff VW in Newmarket is currently recruiting a FULL TIME

DEALERSHIP MAINTENANCE PERSON(Previouscustodial/handymanexperience

preferredbutnotmandatory)Apply via

www.myavanti.ca/pfaffauto-careers or [email protected]

PERMANENT, FULL-TIME 309 A RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL

ELECTRICIAN REQUIRED. G dr iver 's l icence with c lean dr iver 's abstract.Must be able to passVulnerable Sector Police Screening. Willing to work evenings/weekends, as required.

If interested, please forward resume to [email protected]

www.avpelectric.ca

TROWELING TECHNICIANfor Duraroc Rubber Surfacing in Newmarket.Required to trowel/install a poured in place rubber surfacing to pool decks, patios, porches, playgrounds etc.

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO APPLY!! START DAILY OUT OF

NEWMARKET.$14 - $17 Per Hour

Send resume: [email protected]

www.yorkregion.comTOOL AND DIE MAKERLooking for employment.

[email protected]

Employment Wanted Employment Wanted

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Glenn and Carolyn Watters of Newmarket are pleased to announce

the engagement of their daughter Tabitha Janet Watters to Graeme Schnarr,

both of Toronto. Graeme is the son of Wayne

Schnarr(Sherry Hagino) of Toronto and Liz Kennedy(Chris Robart) of

Richmond Hill. The wedding will take place Sunday August 7th, 2016 at

Archeo, Distillery District, Toronto.

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CONTENT SALESaturday April 9 • 8am - 2pm54 Glasgow Crescent,Georgina, (Keswick)

L4P 4B1Antique furniture, tools,

bronze statues by Moreauand much much more!

See details/pics:www.sellmystuffcanada.com

CONTENTS SALESunday April 10 • 9am - 2pm

83 Greenhouse LaneStouffville, L4A 0R2

Oak Squires Table, Ethan Allen furniture including cog wheel

table, Ariens Lawn mowerand much more!

See details/pics:www.sellmystuffcanada.com

FURNITURE & CLOTHINGSALE FOR CHARITY

GREAT DEALS!!Sat., April 9th

10am-6pm125 Edward Street,

Aurora. At Back of Building.

Now open every Thurs. 10am -4pm

CONTENTS SALE

Sat. April 9th

10am10 Forestview

Trail Kennedy/Aurora Rd.

Household items, furniture and more!

EVERYTHING MUST GO!

MOVING/CONTENTS SALE

Saturday & SundayApril 9th & 10th

8am-3pm18 Bayview Court

South, Richmond Hill(Bayview/Bloomington)

Furniture, collectibles, small

appliances.

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WOOD, Paulette (nee Wright)Deceased, April 2, 2016 at the age of 82, Mrs. Paulette Wood (nee Wright) of Aurora Ontario. It is with great sadness that we announce her passing. Mother to Jim (Nancy), Paul (Lin), Debra, Chris (Gail) and Ann (Bruce). Step-mom to Rick (Judy), Dan, Nancy (Jim) & Jaime. Grandmother to Jenny, Samantha, Amber, Erica, Marcy, Kendra, Brianne, Justin, Kyle, Kolton, Isabella, Mark, Heather, David, Daniel and Eric. Great-Grandmother to Josie, Rachael, Adalynn, Cayla, Steven, Sophia, Darren, Nolan, Sydney, Nia and Trishna.

Born in Ottawa of French Canadian parents with roots dating back to the early colonization of Lower Canada she grew up in Ottawa with her brother Rene (deceased) and is survived by her sister Louise of Vancouver Island. Paulette lived in the Ottawa Valley, working at the EB Eddy Company and for the federal government until 1965. She and her husband (Jim Wright) along with their five children moved to Weston and after two years settled in Aurora in 1967. Paulette commenced working at Sterling Drugs from which she retired after many years. Shortly before retirement Paulette re-married to James (Jay) Wood and they were inseparable for twenty-five years until his recent passing. She was looking forward to entering the Kingdom of God and meeting all her lost loved ones. Until we meet again, we will all miss you. There will be no funeral service in keeping with her final wishes. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation in lieu of flowers would be appreciated.

McGILLIVRAY, AnitaAnita Ada McGillivray of Zephyr passed away peacefully from pneumonia at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 in her 94th year. Wife of Murray McGillivray who passed away February 8, 2003. Anita and Murray were married March 14, 1942. Anita was born September 20, 1922, near Island Lake in Uxbridge Township to George W. Wagg and Helena Inman. Mother of Allan (Caroline), Colin (Mary), Edward (Gail), Donna (friend Bob), and Glen. Sister of Doreen (late Buster) Nesbit, late Ron (late Ruby) Wagg and late Dan (late Lillis) Wagg. Eleven grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren. Anita and Murray moved to live on a farm just east of Mount Albert in 1947. Later they lived on an adjoining farm where Anita helped to milk cows. She was caretaker of No. 7 Scott School. Anita and Murray moved to Zephyr in 1972. Anita was caretaker of the Zephyr School and the new Zephyr Hall. She joined the Zephyr Seniors Club, and belonged to the Zephyr Women's Institute. In more recent years, she joined the Mount Albert Seniors Club, and enjoyed attending euchre games at the Ross Family Complex in Mount Albert. When they retired, Anita and Murray took bus trips to California, British Columbia, Labrador and Newfoundland. A celebration of life for Anita and Murray will be held at Mount Albert United Church, 41 Alice St. on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 11 a.m., with visitation taking place from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Donations may be made to Southlake Regional Health Centre or Children's Wish Foundation. Arrangements entrusted to Skwarchuk Funeral Homes.

TURNER (née NEWTON), Rose Irene Passed away peacefully on February 14, 2016 in Nanaimo, BC at the age of 97 with loving family at her side. Born in Reading, Berks, UK. Survived by daughters June and Wendy (Bruce); sisters Ada and Olive; grandchildren Peter, Iyeshka (née Wendy), Stuart, Ian, Beric (Diane), Alison; great-grandchildren Jocelyn, Shaughnessy, Geoffrey, Hunter, Christopher, Beric, Rowan, Jenna, Gareth; and many extended family members in Canada, the UK, and Australia. Pre-deceased by beloved husband Len; brothers Albert, Ronald, and Howard; son-in-law Cliff.

Together with Len, her true love and husband of 68 years, Rose lived an adventurous, pioneering life. She took chances, worked hard, made and kept dear friends, recounted wonderful stories, and helped build a life of opportunity for her family. She will be forever loved and missed.

Rose's family wishes to express heartfelt thanks to all who offered their care, support, and loving kindness, including close friends, Dr. Pienaar, hospice volunteers, and staff at NRGH Palliative Care, VIHA, and Longlake Chateau.

A funeral service will be held at St. Philip-by-the-Sea Anglican Church in Lantzville, BC at 1pm on Saturday, April 16th, 2016, the 78th anniversary of Rose and Len's wedding. Rose's ashes will be interred at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Nanaimo Community Hospice Society or Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Foundation, directed to Palliative Care.

MORECROFT, Ellen (nee Blain)

Peacefully surrounded by

her family, at her home in Aurora, on Tuesday, April

5, 2016 at the age of 65 years.

E l l e n , b e l o v e d w i f e o f R o b e r t Morecroft. Loving mother of Dennis and his wife Elizabeth "Betty" Leduc, Tammy and her husband A lber t Stewart, Tanya Mehagan, and Robert Wayne Jr. Morecro f t . Cher ished "Grandma" to Raymond, Raine, Adam, Antonio, Nicole, Collin, Olivia and Ellandra. Dear sister of Peter Blain and Susan and her husband Ron Ward. She will be greatly missed by many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Visitation will take place at the M.W. Becker Funeral Home, 490 The Queensway South, Keswick, Ontario on Friday, April 8, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., fo l lowed by a Funeral Service in the Chapel at 1:00 p.m. Cremation.In memory of Ellen, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Sign an online book of condolences

at mwbeckerfuneralhome.com

NICHOL, Clare Teresa

Passed away peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket on Saturday, April 2, 2016 in her 92nd year.

Loving mother of Paul (Elizabeth), S tephen (Norma) , Mar ie (Ray ) , M o n i c a , a n d B r i a n ( M o i r a ) . Predeceased by her husband John Stanley, daughter Joan, son David a n d g r a n d s o n K y l e . P r o u d grandmother of 21 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. She will be sadly missed by her many extended family members and friends.

Friends called at the Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main Street South, Newmarket for visitation on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. A funeral mass will be held at St. John Chrysostom Church, 432 O n t a r i o S t r e e t , N e w m a r k e t o n Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11 a.m. followed by interment at St. John's Cemetery, Newmarket.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Michael's Hospital or The Heart & Stroke Foundation.

Online condolences at www.roadhouseandrose.com

CALDWELL, Joan Kathleen

Passed away suddenly at Willow Estate, Aurora on Sunday, April 3, 2016, a few days before her 70th birthday.

Loving wife of Stanley. Proud mother o f R ichard (Grace) and Sco t t . Beloved grandma to David, Steven and Lauren. Sister to Donna (Keith) and the late Bob. Step-sister to Enid (Wayne), Mary, Michael (Paula), Gord (Linda), Tommy (Linda) and the late Gina. Daughter of Jack (the late Dorothy) and the late Marjorie (Gino). Special grandma to puppy Tucker. Lifelong friend of Barry and Pauline. She will be lovingly remembered by her aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.

A celebration of Joan's life will be held at a later date.

A special thank you to family and f r iends for a l l of their love and support and to the staff at Willow Estate for their compassionate care t h r o u g h t h e y e a r s a n d t h e i r overwhelming support in their time of need.

Donations in Joan's memory may be m a d e t o t h e H e a r t & S t r o k e Foundation.

HEIDER, Jewell Shirley Ann (nee Heeley)

September 23, 1928-March 19, 2016

After a long l i fe , i t is wi th great sadness tha t we announce the passing of our mother, aunt and grandmother, Shirley Heider in her 88th year.

Daughter of Julia and Edward Heeley, wife of Robert Heider, mother to Robin Heider (Pam) of Toronto, Renee Wood (Bernie) of Cookstown and Rolland Heider (Tami) of Newmarket and much loved grandmother of Sam and Hank.

Shirley lived much of her life in the village of Elgin Mills before moving into the Newmarket community in the early 1980's. Shirley is predeceased by her brothers Ed, and Mathew Sisters Grace, Jean, Peg, Bernice, and Ruth.

Thank you al l who have touched Shirley's life.As per Shirley's wishes. a cremation has taken place. Family and friends will be received at a service followed by a reception at Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home (157 Main Street South, Newmarket, Ontario) on Friday, April 8th at beginning at 11:00 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations to CHATs would be appreciated.

BARCLAY, Cora Lorraine(Retired teacher with the Etobicoke School Board)

Peaceful ly at Southlake Regional H e a l t h C e n t r e , N e w m a r k e t o n Monday, April 4, 2016 at 86 years of age. Beloved wife of the late Donald and dear mother of Kirk (Dorothy), Carl (Wendy), Scott (Shelley) and Neil (Margaret ) . She wi l l be lov ing ly remembered by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private funeral service to take place, followed by interment at Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

On-line condolences may be made at www.roadhouseandrose.com

DRAKE, Betty Marie

Passed away peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket on Friday, April 1st, 2016 at 86 years of age. Predeceased by husband Gordon Drake. Beloved mother of Donna Su re t t e . P roud g randmo the r o f Michael and Shannon (Jeff Lauzon). Great -grandmother o f Abby and Shelby. Sister of Bradley and Lynne McInnes and aunt/great aunt to many. Special thank you to the caring staff at Southlake Palliative Care. A private family memorial service will take place at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to Southlake Regional Health Centre Foundation Palliative Care.

On-line condolences at www.roadhouseandrose.com

WORRALL-ROSS, Marie EllenPeacefully at Newmarket Health Care Centre on Friday, April 1, 2016 at the age of 84 years. Beloved wife of the late Charles Worrall and Larry Ross. Loving mother of Gary Worrall and his wife Mary of Scarborough. Cherished "Nanna" of Matthew (Natahsa) of Pickering, Joshua of Scarborough and of the late Joy Worral l . Mar ie is predeceased by her four sisters and two brothers. She will be missed by several nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Special thanks to doctors, nurses and staff at the Newmarket Health Care Centre for all their wonderful care and support. A private family service was held at the M.W. Becker Funeral Home, 490 The Queensway South, Keswick, Ontario. Sign an online book of condolences

at mwbeckerfuneralhome.com

CUNNINGHAMRoy

In loving memory of a dear husband

and fatherwho passed away

April 11th, 2006

My Dearest Roy,An unbelievable 10 years have passed since we last saw you. You still live on in the hearts and minds of the loving family you left behind.To the world he was just one.To us he was the world.Wish you were here to enjoy your grandsons.And oh....they would have so loved you.

Forever loved and sadly missed by your ever loving wife Brenda, and your beloved daughters Kirsty and Carrie and you r much l oved son Sco t t (deceased 2003), and by your grandsonsGavin Scott and Charlie Roy.

GRIMWADE, Charles (Chuck)Passed away peacefully at home on April 1st, 2016 in his 90th year. Son of the late Edward and Beatrice. Loving husband of Kathleen. Loving father of Ed, Steve, Cathy and Tim. Beloved grandfather of Kimberlee, Jordan and Paige. Proud Naval Veteran of WWII, and proud life-long member of Sheet Metal Union Local 30. Special friend to the Murphy and Walker families, his sh ipmates a t the Nava l C lub o f To ron to and a l l who knew h im. Special thanks to Shirley and Albert for their unfailing care and support p lus the Pal l ia t ive Care team at Southlake Regional Health Centre. Friends may call at the Church of the Nazarene, 79 Main Street South, Newmarket for visitation on Thursday, April 7th, 2016 from 12-1 p.m. followed by a funeral service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Palliative Care Unit at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket.

KABISEWSKY, Jackie (nee Closs)April 1, 2016

Jackie passed peacefully at home, in Cambridge at around 11am, at 60 years of age. Predeceased by sisters Mary Williams, Irene Hill, and brothers Wilf, Joe and Jim Closs. Sister of Annie Egan, Marnie Bel f ry, Jean Andrews and Janice Hellman. Aunt to Rick & Randy Egan, Paul Hill, Doug Thompson and Doug Closs and to many more be loved n ieces and nephews as well as grandchildren.

She will be missed by all.

Funera l serv ices wi l l be he ld in Cambridge. In lieu of flowers, Jackie would appreciate donations to the Cancer Society.

MANN, Richard April 9, 2004

In loving memory of a wonderful husband

and father.

Ricky,I am so saddened when I think of

all you've missed.Now our monkey is 13,

and a beautiful little lady.TV star, straight A's and finally DS!

She is strong, brave and your kind of clever,

Yet still wearing her heart on her sleeve.You never leave our side,

we'll hold you tight always.Again, gratitude for the

special gifts in life.We love you and miss you everyday.

Love Natalie and Cassidy

ANDERSON, Clifford Harry -In loving memory of a dear father and papa who passed away on April 9th, 2006.As time unfolds another year,Memories keep you ever near,Silent thoughts of times together,Hold memories that will last forever.Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by your children Darlene, Mike, Sherry and Tim, Gerry and Debbie, Diane and Ron and grandson Cole.

DIONNE, Bill - In loving memory of my darling husband who passed away April 9th, 2004.

You are always on my mind and forever in my heart.

Let perpetual light shine upon you. Love Alice

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