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similar bank robberies
BY CHRIS [email protected]
York Regional Police needs your help with two separate, but possibly related bank rob-beries by a pair of suspects investigators have dubbed the Early Bird Bandits.
Insp. Fred Moffatt and hold-up unit Det.-Sgt. Mike Fleischaker provided details Thurs-day at a press conference in Aurora.
At about 7:10 a.m. June 18, a man, armed with a handgun, went into the TD Canada Trust bank at 8270 Hwy. 27 in Vaughan.
He approached a bank employee and made a demand for cash, police said, adding the man was able to flee with a quantity of cash.
The second robbery occurred Aug. 13 at about 7:10 a.m. as employees arrived to open the TD Canada Trust branch at 11730 Yonge St. in Richmond Hill.
A man approached employees, pointed a handgun at them and demanded money.
The getaway vehicle was located by police just northwest of the bank. There were no injuries as a result of the incident.
In the Vaughan robbery, bank video surveil-lance showed a five-foot, 11-inch white male in his 20s. He was wearing a mask.
The only distinguishing feature, police said, was a large, prominent nose.
The suspect in the Richmond Hill heist is white, between 20 and 30 years old and stands five-feet, seven-inches with an average build. He wore a painter’s dust mask.
In the Vaughan incident, police recovered a bicycle believed to have been ridden to the bank by the suspect. The unisex cycle is a bur-
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BY KIM [email protected]
It housed the son of Richmond Hill’s first mayor, provided a simple home to labourers in the town’s tannery, brick yard, foundry and sawmill and now it looks like it could end up a parking lot. That, says the chairperson of Heritage Richmond Hill, just shows how little council values town history.
The little white house at 14 Richmond St. has been around since the 1860s, but its days are numbered.
Richmond Hill council voted Monday night that the structure does not merit cultural heritage designation and it should be removed from the town’s inventory of
buildings of heritage importance.The next step, giving the owners per-
mission to demolish it, has been deferred for one month, but as it stands, only one person on council wants to save it.
Councillor Lynn Foster says the fate of 14 Richmond is an example of what’s wrong with the town’s approach to history.
“There has been a very deliberate attempt to let this property go. It’s classic ‘demolition by neglect’,” she said.
“In Markham that wouldn’t work because their council would have said [to owners] ‘you fix that; that’s not allowed’ and it only has to happen once or twice and the developer realizes ... they may as well keep the property up because it’s going to cost more money in the long run.
But in this town, it works, and it happens time and time again.”
When the current owners of the Rich-mond Street house sought to demolish the property to make way for a tempo-rary parking lot and other possible, as-yet-undisclosed development, the town asked local history experts for their opinion.
Three reports were produced indicating the structure was owned by the town’s first mayor, Abraham Law, whose son Theodore lived there when he was first married.
There are links to six other high-profile local residents, according to Diane Gian-grande, chairperson of Heritage Richmond Hill.
Neglected house focus of heritage debate
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Councillor Lynn Foster (right) dis-cusses the fate and condition of this century house at 14 Richmond St. with Donna Smith. A majority of councillors feel it should be demolished. Foster, a Heri-tage Richmond Hill commit-tee member, believes the town should do a better job to protect old buildings.
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of the York Region Parrot Club Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Lake Wilcox Community Centre in Oak Ridges, 81 Wildwood Ave. Informal and fun; meet members and birds; hear about all events planned for the coming year. For details, contact Linda at 905-884-1773.
Lance Krasman Memorial Centre presents family drop-in night, third Tuesday of each month, Sept. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Richmond Hill location, 10121 Yonge St., at Lorne Ave., for family and friends of loved ones with mental health issues, wishing support and sharing experiences. Light snacks, coffee/tea provided. For info, contact Wendy Reid, family support co-ordinator, at 905-780-0491 or [email protected]
An Organic Lawn Care Workshop will be offered Sept. 18 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Oak Ridges Community Centre. Find out about alternatives to pesticides that can be used in caring for your lawn and garden, plus preventa-tive maintenance and natural landscaping. This workshop includes presentation, displays and draw prizes. Free, but registration is required online at Richmondhill.ca using bar code 363358. For details, call 905-787-1441 ext 223.
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2012-2013 season, York Region Children’s Chorus welcomes interested youth ages 10 to 17 to join rehearsals Wednesday evenings Sept. 19 (or Sept. 26) from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Please bring short piece of music to sing for conductor at break. Rehearsals take place at Redstone Public School, 235 Redstone Ave. in Richmond Hill (south of Elgin Mills, west of Leslie). For details and to arrange a visit, call 905-731-2371.
The Burr House Spinners and Weav-ers Guild invites all fiber enthusiasts to a show-and-tell-style program to show-case summer accomplishments, Sept. 19 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Refreshments and course information available. Location: The Guild Hall, 530 Carrville Rd., Richmond Hill; call 905-884-0327.
Separation and Divorce Self-Help Group meets Sept. 19 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Richmond Hill Library, 1 Atkinson St., room C, Yonge and Major Mackenzie. Angel Freedman is group facilitator; for info visit angelfreed-man.com or call 905-780-8119.
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Trophy Day smiles
Some 5,000 players with the Richmond Hill Soc-cer Club wrapped up another outdoor season last weekend at Richmond Green with the tradi-tional Trophy Day celebration and pizza party. U-7 Team Davis Orthodontics (above) show off their trophies with Richmond Hill MP Costas Menegakis (above, at right) and Councillor Greg Beros, while one of the coaches, Darren Tessler, and son Jared (at right) pose proudly with his hardware. Registration for indoor soccer has begun and can be done online at www.richmon-dhillsoccer.com
Enjoying friends and festivities were U-5 player Carter (from left), U-7 player Lily, sister Chiara, and U-7 teammate Taylor. U-18 girls volun-teering to make the day fun for young-er players included: Taylor Sutherland (below, from left), Francesca Sgromo, Sara Reynolds, Malika Chenney, Gianna Perone and Lyndsay Corrick.
Joel Farber, solicitor for the owners of the house who also own the medical office building beside it, asked council to let his clients demol-ish the home, noting that in his opinion the building is unremarkable and has no historical value associated with it.
Other members of council agreed with a town staff recommendation that the building be removed from its heritage inventory.
“Heritage Richmond Hill members are very passionate and do a great job ... and if there’s any place that we should be protecting heritage, it’s in the downtown core,” Mayor Dave Bar-row said. “Unfortunately, the previous owners chose not to protect it and unfortunately this owner is dealing with the fallout of many years of neglect.”
The house has been “orphaned, abandoned
in a small sea of parking”, added Regional Coun-cillor Brenda Hogg. “I think we’ve played really fair here ... It was a very tough decision for us but I think we’ve done it in a open and even-handed way.”
“It’s a cute little building and if it was in bet-ter shape I would say yes,” said Councillor Nick Papa, “but it needs a lot of repairs and it is a real eyesore for the whole area.”
Ms Giangrande, however, disagreed.It may need a new roof, paint, touch-ups to
sidings, “but these are maintenance issues”, she said, adding it could be restored if the political will were there.
It’s there in Markham, she said, and in Vaughan where there are four heritage districts, but not in Richmond Hill.
Her committee of volunteers believes the building meets two of three designation require-ments under the Ontario Heritage Act, namely it has design or physical value and historical or
associative value.“It’s the last connection to the Law family;
every other building has been demolished... Here we have this opportunity, coming out of the parking lot of the cultural centre, to be able to see one of our earliest pieces of our town’s past.”
Ms Foster asked for a recorded vote because, she said, “if voters want concrete canyons like in North York, they’ll know who to vote for”.
Council voted in favour of deferring the demolition to allow the owners and town staff to hammer out plans for the site, something Councillor Carmine Perrelli warned could risk an OMB appeal by the owners.
That, said Ms Foster and Ms Giangrande, may not be such a bad thing as it would allow them to continue to fight for the beleaguered building.
“You never know,” Ms Giangrande said. “This poor little thing dangles.”
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‘Eyesore’ or ‘cute’? Opinions vary on house Heritage planner is guest speaker
The Richmond Hill Histor-ical Society meets this Mon-day, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wallace Hall of Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church, 10066 Yonge St, just north of Major Mackenzie Drive.
All are invited to hear guest speaker Matthew Somer-ville, heritage planner with the Town of Richmond Hill, speaking on the town’s rural past and connecting a new generation of residents to this history through food.
Refreshments follow the presentation.
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Protests outside Thornhill and Maple high schools Thursday and yesterday could be just the begin-ning of a bigger backlash following teachers’ cancellation of extra-cur-ricular activities.
Students at Stephen Lewis Sec-ondary School walked out of class Thursday after learning they would have no sports teams this year. Maple High students followed suit yesterday, many wearing team jer-seys and shirts with the school logo.
Teacher unions are urging their members to withdraw from volun-tary activities to protest the prov-ince’s controversial new law that freezes wages and circumvents nor-mal collective bargaining.
Jesse Levy, 17, said she and other students arrived at Stephen Lewis Thursday morning to see the athlet-ic association’s bulletin board cov-ered with notices for various teams with a message from teachers: “We regret to inform you there will be no team this year”.
Teachers told them not just
sports, but other activities, too, would be cancelled including field trips and talent shows, and there would be no more extra help at lunch or after school, Ms Levy said.
“This is going to affect every sin-gle student,” she said.
Word spread through text and Tweets and by noon Thursday, most students were chanting outside the school.
Students from Richmond Green High School started a Facebook page calling on all York Region students to wear team uniforms, articles of clothing from clubs or councils, or athletic wear and gym uniforms to school this Wednesday “to show how important these extra-curricu-lar activities are to us students and to say that the reactions to this act are not putting students first”.
Licinio Miguelo, spokesperson for the York Region public school board, said he wasn’t aware of how many activities had been cancelled.
“Extracurricular activities are voluntary. They always have been,” he said. “I understand some have made the decision not to take part, which is their right to do so .... It is
an individual choice and it could change tomorrow.”
Ms Levy said teachers told her Stephen Lewis was just the first school to experience a withdrawal of extracurriculars but others are expected to follow.
Schools such as Bill Crothers in Markham, which focus on sports teams, could be badly affected, she said, predicting students at other schools could organize similar walk-outs.
Armin Aghaei, 17, hopes they do. “All students can do such a thing. We want to show the government they have to co-operate with teachers.”
The Grade 12 student said he is worried because he was depending on his final year of school to take part in extracurricular groups to beef up applications to university.
“We don’t blame the teachers,” he said.
Uvi Kopernik, 17, said he will lose out on many activities he is involved in, including wrestling and basket-ball teams, debate team, drama fes-tival, wake-a-thon, talent show and game score-keeping.
“This is obviously a big deal for
me ... Our staff, who volunteer for the sports, are actually amazing people who take so much time out of their days and weeks to coach/help out with whatever team it is ... to have that removed because of an outstanding bill that was passed is actually ridiculous.”
“The actions of the teachers destroy the atmospheres in schools,” said Richmond Hill retired teacher Mark Potashin. “These high school students are required to complete volunteer hours for graduation. Per-haps teachers should set an example and be required to volunteer as part
Students staging walk-outs over cancelled teams
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Grade 12 Stephen Lewis student Armin Aghaei (from left), Johnny Bit-ton, a Grade 11 student who wanted to join soccer and wrestling teams, and fellow Grade 11 students Lucas Campoli and Ryan Narayan were part of a walk-out Thursday protesting cancelled teams.
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User fees could freeze out high school athletes
Markham Marauder Shayan Hassanzadeh makes a catch during practice at his school last week, but there’s no football at all at Richmond Hill High School due to high user fees.
BY MICHAEL [email protected]
Bruce Girdler received shocking news recently when his daughter returned home from school.
The financial outlay required for his daugh-ter, a Grade 9 student, to play for the Markham District High School junior girls’ basketball team this season is $500.
That figure wasn’t the only eye-opener. If his daughter wanted to play for the school volley-ball team later this year, it would cost another $300.
Provincewide, schools are feeling the pres-sure following Ontario education ministry guidelines on supplementary fees, released last spring.
Prior to changes by the ministry, schools could charge a course fee for the wood used in a shop class or an art class could include added fees for supplies. Those fees were used by some schools to offset busing varsity student athletes to sporting events and other costs.
Under the recent guidelines on supplemen-tary fees, however, schools can no longer charge students for materials or books through course fees. Many York Region high schools say they have been forced to implement user fees for varsity sports teams to offset costs, such as transportation and the hiring of game officials.
To deal with the situation, Ontario Catholic and public school boards are coping in diffrer-ent ways, York Region Athletic Association ath-letic co-ordinator Steve Shantz said.
In York Region, Mr. Shantz said it has had a greater impact on the public board, where in many instances, the cost to support a sports team must now be absorbed by the parents of athletes.
User fees vary depending on how each school board allocates funding for extra-curric-ular activities, including sports and music.
At Markham’s St. Augustine Catholic High School, for example, user fees for students have remained constant over the last 10 years with a one-time $25 banquet fee imposed and a user fee of $30 for each sport a student takes part in, said Italo Mazzolin, the school’s head of physi-cal education.
The exceptions though are for hockey, for which students must cover the cost of ice time for games and practices, and golf, where stu-dents are responsible for green fees.
‘If you have kids who play multiple sports, that could add up to a big
chunk of change.’
“Depending on the school, the majority or all of the funding is taken away from sports. If you want to play, you’ve got to pay,” Shantz said in summing up the bleak situation. “We’re talking about massive increases in user fees as compared to what youngsters were paying in the past.”
For the upcoming YRAA fall campaign, that includes sports such as football, boys’ soccer, cricket, volleyball, girls’ basketball and field hockey and co-ed cross country. Shantz said there could be as many as 29 fewer senior and junior boys’ and girls’ varsity teams.
“If you have kids who play multiple sports, that could add up to a big chunk of change,” Shantz said. “We could be pricing some kids out because of their inability to pay.”
In fact it already has.Richmond Hill High School announced sev-
eral varsity sports, traditionally offered during fall, will not run, including its junior and senior football teams, boys’ soccer and cricket and one girls’ basketball team.
“We had a full slate of teams last fall and wanted to add more this year,” said Richmond Hill High School’s head of physical education, Mark Girdler. “But the big issue is user fees.”
In the case of boys’ soccer, 80 students attended the first day of practice.
But when their coach informed them a $200 user fee had to be levied, only 12 said they could afford to play this year.
Shortfalls could be addressed through school fundraising, but critics may argue that will lead to inequities between affluent and disadvantaged communities.
“Now, I might be able to pay for one or maybe two teams, but there aren’t many people, I imagine, in the same boat,” Bruce Girdler pointed out. “How many schools will have clientele that will not be so fortunate?”
York Region District School Board’s spokes-person Christina Choo-Hum acknowledged public secondary schools face a challenging situation.
“It’s hard,” she said. “We don’t want to reduce funding. But it’s happening across Ontario and in many different ways.
“We (York Region public board) only have so much funding available and we have to sup-port mandatory costs to get students to gradu-ate,” she said, adding the board encourages schools to find creative solutions so students can participate extra-curricular acivities.
“We have partial subsidies, but not the amount that it used to be,” Ms Choo-Hum said.
“The alternatives could come from spon-sorship or fundraising. People have to be resourceful. Every school is different.”
The new policy may also force some par-ents be selective about the number of sports in which their youngsters can participate.
“The current situation means that few, if any students would be able to play multiple sports and the students who are poor won’t play at all, further widening the gulf between the rich and poor,” Bruce Girdler said. “The days of students playing all sports are over.
And playing more than one will become an oddity.”
Some concerned parents are disappointed with what has transpired.
“I think it’s a shame this budget is impact-ing in an area that motivates some students to come to school, keeps them active and engaged, creates large changes in confidence and character development ... and it’s fun,” said Unionville resident Raoul Baumgartner.
If parents question how sports are funded at schools, Mr. Shantz suggested they contact their school principal and local trustee.
While some students lose out without sports, teachers who commit their time and effort, with no extra pay, to assist in enriching youngsters’ lives are also adversely affected.
“I also think it’s impacting on numer-ous high school coaches who recognize the impact and importance of sports upon their students,” Mr. Baumgartner said.
“For many teachers, coaching sports and putting on high school drama performances, for example, is highly motivating, and an inte-gral part of their mission/career as a teacher making meaningful change in students lives, not to mention lifelong memories.”
Citing concerns of obsesity and depression among the youth of today, Stouffville parent Jim Monk said one solution is to encourage physical activity at schools.
“The value my kids get out of playing high school sports is invaluable,” he said.
“To eliminate it through high user fees is
devastating.”Mark Girdler was quick to point out coach-
es at Richmond Hill High School, who saw their teams fold, were devastated.
‘We had coaches wanting to go out and coach. Some of our
coaches are depressed.’
“In each case, we had coaches wanting to go out and coach. Some of our coaches are depressed,” he said.
Mr. Shantz suggested York’s public board in particular should designate money for sport.
As for how the YRAA sports scene will unfold this fall, time will tell, he said.
“It will definitely be an interesting fall,” Mr. Shantz said. “For now, it’s about what’s appro-priate. Everyone has to do more with less.”
Acknowledging he’s fielded numerous inquiries about the increase in user fees since the school year began, Cecil Roach, York Region District board’s superintendent of equity and engagement, said the board firmly believes extracurricular activities such as sports play an integral role to enrich the lives of students.
“We understand the importance of sports in the lives of students for their well being and academic success. We’ve noticed that students engaged in sports also tend to be well engaged in academics,” he said.
Richmond Hill High has cancelled both football teams, soccer, cricket and girls basketball
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Lower speed limits penalize good driversRe: Speed limits drop on regional roads, Sept. 8.
This is an extremely Draconian and Orwelian ploy by the York regional gov-ernment to penalize capable drivers yet pander to bad drivers.
As I witness every day, bad drivers are mostly known for the following: driving too slow (especially in the left lanes) because they are distracted by radios, talking on cellphones, drink-ing coffee, and most commonly, not giving a darn for any other driver on the road.
These distractions usually cause the driver to unnecessarily slow down and therefore clog up major arteries from maintaining their natural traffic flow. Exceptions, of course, are slippery con-ditions, school zones and rush-hour times.
I do realize there are also the driv-ers who go too fast, yet they will speed no matter what the speed lim-its are.
So eventually, capable drivers, i.e. alert, rule-following drivers who can handle vehicles, which are meant to travel at faster than horse-and-bug-gy speeds, will be targeted by radar police.
The current drivel of this ridiculous driving philosophy of our times of “let’s be safe by slowing down”, which our governments are brainwashing society with every day, will only give the igno-rant, brain-dead drivers added incen-tive to carry on their antics behind the wheel.
Drivers are adults. Penalize the bad ones. Don’t lower high driving standards to fit the lowest common denominator idiot who can’t even sig-nal or skip a drive-thru for even one day if his/her life depended on it.
I will now be considering buying a horse-and-buggy for my next vehicle. Hey, when in Rome ....
R. GERMINARIORICHMOND HILL
Seniors appreciate McDonalds social-club mornings
This is a thank you to McDonalds and owner Peter Miller for allowing almost 20 seniors to congregate in your restaurant in Oak Ridges every morning.
We can enjoy free newspapers, senior coffee prices and free refills.
You have allowed us to turn this into a social club, which we dearly need and which you have allowed to continue for almost 15 years.
You have also been very tolerant to allow us to stay in the restaurant for several hours past the normally allowed seating time limit, which is greatly appreciated. Your staff always
Rally’s aim is anti-SemiticRe: Rally wasn’t Muslim-only event, let-ter by Munir Chagpar, Aug. 25.
Mr. Chagpar’s letter defending the Al-Quds rally at Queen’s Park was full of disappointing misinformation.
While Judaism and Zionism are two distinct concepts, they cannot be separated any more than the Catholic Church and the Pope.
It is perfectly reasonable to criticize Israeli policies, but it is not reasonable to join in a rally that was started by violent dictators with the goal of end-ing the very existence of Israel.
The reality is these sorts of events are anti-Semitic because their only logical conclusion would be to either kill or subjugate millions of Jews living in Israel.
People who want to protest Israel in a democratic manner should not be joining in events perpetuated by the violent and criminal regime in Iran.
JASON R. CHERNIAKRICHMOND HILL
I’m supportive of new Mackenzie Health
Congratulations to Mackenzie Health on all that’s been accomplished over the past few years – a new energy and commitment to care that is won-derful to experience, and of course, most recently and publicly notable,
treat us with respect.This club has been a lifeline for
seniors — and other not-so-senior guests — throughout the years and has increased the quality of life for several.
Old friends were made stronger and new friendships formed that will surely last for years to come.
This is our community centre in Oak Ridges.
Once again, thanks for all that you do for the people of Oak Ridges.
SYL CACHIAOAK RIDGES
Appreciate music supportRe: Thanks for musical summer, edito-rial, Sept. 6.
Kudos on your editorial in The Lib-eral. As a local performer and record-ing musical artist, I am deeply grateful to our town’s cultural plan, our council and all those who have pushed to sup-port local culture.
I am especially thankful to Michael Grit, whose leadership and efforts have created numerous opportuni-ties for folks like us. Also, local media such as The Liberal, OnRichmondHill.com and SNAP have been consistent in their coverage of our events and causes we support.
Thank you for a great summer!
DEREK CHRISTIERICHMOND HILL
the new name and logo recognizing the expansion of the hospital corporation to include the future Vaughan site.
I’ve been recuperating this summer from treatment for an illness originally diagnosed by this hospital with effi-ciency, accuracy and amazing quality of care on the part of every staff mem-ber I encountered.
I’ve been watching the response to the new branding and feeling quite defensive for the hospital that has been such a part of my family’s life for the last 40 years.
All evidence that I can see supports the fact the board, CEO and senior leadership team of the hospital are providing excellent stewardship of the hospital and its resources. We are a growing region and demand increas-ing complexity of care; our health care system must adapt.
Another hospital in our region is a win for us all, and to leverage the man-agement and co-ordinate the programs and services between the sites only makes sense.
While I’ll still have to catch myself from calling it York Central for the near future (old habits are hard to break), I applaud the bright new energy of the logo and the “growing-up” of our home-town hospital as it expands to meet the needs of our region.
Board members, Altaf Stationwala and everyone making a difference every day at Mackenzie Health: you have my family’s support as you con-tinue to move forward and meet our community’s needs.
LAURIE GRANTHAMRICHMOND HILL
Advertise safety zonesRe: Watch out for community safety
zones, Aug. 30.I had the misfortune of speeding
in one of these zones in Parry Sound, unaware of the exact implications.
I think citizens need to be prop-erly informed of the definition and consequences, by a large notice in the newspaper. York Region or the City of Markham may be persuaded to pay for it.
It would also be nice if they would provide the reason for these new zones where fines are doubled.
Do we have an increased problem in these areas beyond previous statistics ?
EDWARD WONGMARKHAM
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Young actor enjoys TIFF experienceBY DAVID LI
Munro Chambers was among the actors and fans converging on Toronto for TIFF this week, partying with another Degrassi co-star at the after-party for the Canadian sex comedy, My Awkward Sexual Adventure.
Having trained at Richmond Hill’s Skyriders Trampoline Club, the 22-year-old Newmarket resident has twin interests in trampolining and acting.
“I used to do trampoline a lot before getting into acting and my twin brother still trains at Skyriders,” said Mr. Chambers, who said he avidly watched Canadian Olympians from the club compete this summer.
He said he knows Karen Cockburn, Jason Burnett and gold medalist Rosie Maclennan through his brother, Thomas.
“I was happy to see Rosie come off with the gold medal. That was amazing for Canadian trampolinists and just all Canadians in gen-eral.”
The current Degrassi actor is also eager to show his support for Canadian actors and film-makers at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival.
“TIFF’s been amazing. There’s a lot of great Canadian actors and filmmakers and this is the best festival to showcase that talent.”
He said the highlight of the festival for him thus far has been a live reading event.
“I had a chance to go see Bryan Cranston in the live reading for American Beauty,” he said. “It was just incredible.”
The popular actor, the former star of the Canadian TV series The Latest Buzz has 130,000 followers on Twitter and has ambitions of mak-ing it in the competitive American market in the near future.
According to Degrassi co-star Alicia Josi-povic, he exhibits all the essential qualities to achieve a breakthrough.
“Besides his talent, I’m impressed by the fact that he’s just so committed to his acting and his roles,” said the 21-year-old actress. “I love his passion and the fact that he absolutely loves what he does.”
Mr. Chambers credits the success of former Degrassi star and international rapper Drake for providing his inspiration.
“Drake did a lot of great work in music,” he said. “I look up to his success and I respect it.
“But I’m my own person,” added the young actor. “My goal is to work hard in order to achieve that same level of success in my own industry one day.”
David Li is a Thornhill freelance writer.
Degrassi stars Alicia Josipovic and Munro Chambers attended one of many after-parties at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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NO PARKING AT LIQUOR, BEER STORESIt won’t be business as usual this weekend at the LCBO and Beer store outlets at Crosby Avenue and Yonge Street. The front parking lot is cordoned off and a construction crew has taken over the lot for repaving. Customers have been warned of this work in recent weeks, and the side parking lot along Crosby will be open, but as these stores are among the busi-est beer and liquor outlets in Richmond Hill, customers and other patrons parking in the nearby Prima Donna plaza will have to be patient.
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If you know who owned the bike or if it was stolen, call police.
In the Richmond Hill robbery, the bank employee’s vehicle used in the getaway was aban-doned nearby and a black SUV was seen leaving the scene at a high rate of speed.
Police would like wit-nesses to come forward in the case that was deemed disturbing because of the violent takeovers in each case.
The similarities in the crimes point to accom-plices working together, Insp. Moffatt said.
The banks are located in standalone buildings close to major roadways. Both were robbed at the start of the work day.
In each incident, the suspects threatened staff with death if they didn’t fill knapsacks with money.
“We believe it’s the same two people work-
ing together,” Insp. Mof-fatt said. “These are very unique robberies. Very daring. Bank takeovers don’t happen often.”
Bank staff reported the suspects did not have accents and the conver-sations were similar, Det.-Sgt. Fleischaker said.
The suspects made similar demands and threats and seemed calm.
“What sets these robberies apart are the threats to kill staff and that employees’ vehicles were taken,” he said.
York police have con-ducted a facial recogni-tion investigation based on video imaging.
They have also enlisted Ontario Provincial Police geographic profiling and concluded the suspects may live in or near the areas of the robberies.
If you have informa-tion, call police at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 6630 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, leave an anony-mous tip 1800222tips.com or text YORK and your tip to CRIMES (274637).
for photos of the suspects, go to yorkregion.com
‘Very daring’ thieves: policeFrom page 1.
Truck driver charged in fatal crash
A 30-year-old Toronto man has been charged in the fatal crash Wednesday night that killed a motorcyclist in Vaughan.
The man is charged with impaired driving causing death and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death.
A 45-year-old Richmond Hill man was killed at the scene.
At about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, a westbound truck collided with an eastbound motorcycle on the northbound off-ramp of Hwy. 400 at Major Mackenzie Drive.
If you have information, call police at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7704.
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Richmond Hill Golf Club8755 Bathurst Street, Richmond Hill,
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Office/Administration
ADMINISTRATIVE AS-SISTANT for Kristus Darzs Latvian Home in Wood-bridge. Must be organized, possess strong communi-cation and computer skills. Send resume to the atten-tion of: Lauma [email protected] or fax: 905-832-2029
Apartments, Condos For Sale
MAGNIFICENT VIEW. Thornhill. Large 3 bed-room. 2 full baths. First ad. $305,000. Century 21 Heritage Group. Bill McKnight, 905-883-8300 ext.1152
Apartments for Rent
BATHURST/ ELGIN Mills- 1 bedroom basement, sep-arate entrance, laundry, parking, large livingroom with fi replace. Non-smok-ing/ pets. October 1st. $800. 905-508-9348
BAYVIEW/ ELGIN Mills- Two renovated 1 bedroom basement apartments. $650. inclusive (suit sin-gle). $750. inclusive (suit couple)separate entrances. 905-237-1103
ELGIN MILLS/ Yonge- Bright 1 bedroom base-ment. Wide livingroom. Pri-vate washer & dryer, own entrance, parking. $850. Oct. 1st. (416)321-8036
YONGE/ 16TH Ave- 1 bedroom basement. Park-ing, laundry, separate en-trance. Near Hillcrest/ transit. $790. inclusive. October 1st. [email protected]
YONGE/ 16TH- furnished 1 bedroom basement, sep-arate entrance, laundry, parking. $950. inclusive. Suits one. Available imme-diately. Non-smoking/ pets. 416-828-4268 Moe
YONGE/ ELGIN Mills- 2 bedroom large, walkout basement. Appliances, separate laundry, walk-in closet. 2 parking. $1250. Non-smoking/ pets. Imme-diate. 905-883-6087
Townhouses for Rent
RICHMOND HILL, Ba-thurst/ Jefferson Sideroad. 4 bedroom townhouse, 1yr. old. Near French school. Available immedi-ately. $1950.+ utilities. 647-271-7020
YONGE/ JEFFERSON Sideroad- new 3 bedroom townhouse, 3 bathrooms, new appliances, phone, VIP cable, internet. Available immediately. $1900+ utilities. 416-931-7049
Houses for Rent
BUNGALOW- 2 bedroom, full basement, big yard, close to Bathurst/ Ruther-ford. available immediate-ly. $1200+ utilities. 905-737-4441
BUNGALOW- 3 bedroom, garage, full basement, nice front & back yards, available Oct. 1st. $1800+. 905-737-4441
OAK RIDGES - 2 bedroom bungalow for rent. $1400+ utilities. Laundry. 6 car parking. Available immedi-ately. Please call 4 1 6 - 4 0 0 - 2 3 4 0 / 905-773-4206
OAK RIDGES- Detached 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house. Finished basement, laundry. Garage/ huge pri-vate yard. Quiet desirable street. $1850+. 416-805-1750
RICHMOND HILL- 4 bed-room detached house, near Jefferson Sdrd./ Ba-thurst St. close to all amenities. $1850+ utilities. 905-237-1603
YONGE/ MAJOR Macken-zie- 2 bedroom house on a big lot. All appliances. Near GO Train. Available October 1st. Tony 416-219-8660
Houses for Rent
YONGE/ MAJOR Mac, Richmond Hill. 5 bed-rooms, 2 bathrooms, laun-dry, 3 parking, backyard. $2000. inclusive. Oct. 1 bedroom basement walk-out, parking, laundry. Im-mediate. 905-882-2788, 416-838-9801.
YONGE/ MAJOR Macken-zie- 3 bedroom+ 2 bed-room basement, zoned live/ work. $1850+. Available immediately. Call Mike 416-670-5181
Articles for Sale (Misc.)
HOT TUB covers- All shapes/ sizes, top quality, $375. We come & measure. 905-259-4514 www.gtacovers.com
HOT TUB (Spa) Covers- Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Col-ours Available. Call 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper
HOT TUB/SPA2012 model, fully loaded,
full warranty. New in plastic. Cost $8,000
Sacrifi ce $3,900. Call: 416-779-0563
Cars
2012 HONDA Pilot, auto-matic, keyless entry, PS/PW, alloy wheels, 8,000 miles. Certifi ed, e-tested $39,000. 905-597-2019
VehiclesWanted/Wrecking
$200 TO $1000- Dead/ Alive.
Cars/ trucks/ vans. Fast Free towing.
We sell parts. 416-500-5050
Tutoring
MATHEMATICS- HIGH school mathematics teach-er, PhD. tutoring all levels. (905)770-8296, Nicholas (56 Queensway Dr.)[email protected]
QUANTUM ACADEMYHigh School Credits
Math, Science, English, French, SpanishSmall classes.
Qualifi ed teachers.905-787-9720
www.quantumacademy.ca
Nannies/Live In/Out
AFFORDABLE, EXPERI-ENCED & Reliable Nan-nies. Call AMACARE now to have nanny in six months. 416-850-0851 www.amacare.ca
Tax/Financial
$$$NEED MONEY$$$ Do you have a pension plan from an ex-employer? (LI-RA) or (locked in RRSP). Call NOW! 1-416-357-9585
Mortgages/Loans
$$MONEY$$ CONSOLI-DATE Debts Mortgages to 90% No income, Bad cred-it OK! Better Option Mort-gage #10969 1 - 8 0 0 - 2 8 2 - 1 1 6 9 www.mortgageontario.com
Chimneys
BRICK REPAIRS. Chim-neys. Stone work. Over 20 years experience. Call Paul (647)227-9860
Notices (Public)
Cleaning/Janitorial
Cleaning/Janitorial
A CRYSTAL Cleaning ex-perience- Homes, Offi ces. Insured/ bonded. Supplies provided. 15% discount. (647)500-2260 for details.
ABSOLUTELY BEST cleaning ladies available. Honest & hard working, at-tention to detail, insured/ bonded. 416-897-6782.
DO YOU want a clean house? Hard working la-dies available. Experi-enced, honest, references. (416)909-2647.
FOR SPARKLING clean home. Experienced, in-sured, bonded, references. (647)966-9369
Decks & Fences
DECKS, Shed, Concrete/ Stone walkway.
Hardwood/ Laminate fl oors 25 years experience.
416-522-8034, 905-787-0236
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Notices (Public)
Handy Person
M.K. HANDYMANRenovations. Painting.
Flooring. Fencing. Kitchens. Washrooms.
Basements+++. Good prices.
Free estimates. Mehdi 416-300-7071
Home Renovations
COMPLETE RENOVA-TIONS- Additions. Base-ments. Medical Clinics: Dentistry; Vet Clinic; Chiro-practic. Professional. Low price. (416)427-2308 Sean.
Landscaping,Lawn Care, Supplies
INTERLOCKING- SPE-CIALIZING in walkways, driveways, patios, garden beds, repairs, tree cutting, etc. Free estimates. (647)995-4231
Moving & Storage
A-PARRIS MOVERS- Long/short, big/small,residential/ condos/commercial. Qualityservice. Affordable/
reliable. 905-758-2848, 416-677-2848
www.parrishomesolutions.com
CITY MOVERS: Two men, 16' truck.
$40/hr. No hidden fees.
Flat rate available. (416)816-4132
Painting & Decorating
PAINTING- RESIDENTIAL,
Commercial, interior/ exterior renovations,
reasonable price. Job satisfaction. Bonded/
Insured. Free estimate. (416)616-9577
Lost & Found
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