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Canada Post grants Kleinburg address

by Adam Martin-Robbins

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Canada Post is delivering some good news to homebuyers in three subdivisions currently being built in the city’s northwest end.

The Crown corporation has agreed to allow homeowners in Kleinburg Hills, Kleinburg Crown Estates and Impressions in the Village of Kleinburg developments, located along Major Mackenzie Drive west of Hwy. 27, to use Kleinburg — instead of Woodbridge — as the municipal designator when addressing their mail. But they will still have a Woodbridge postal code.

The changeover is expected to take three months to implement.

“Myself, along with the future residents of this new community, are very pleased to see that Canada Post has reconsidered their original decision,” Wayne Magro, one of the homebuyers who led the charge to overturn the decision, wrote in an email. “Most importantly, we have regained our sense of identity in the village of Kleinburg, which all homebuyers have considered an important part of their decision in

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Address changeover expected to take three months.

making this community their future home. Secondly, this decision will prevent any address-related confusion from ever occurring.”

The move by Canada Post comes a few weeks after The Citizen published a story about several homebuyers who learned, through an online forum, that the Crown corporation had designated their subdivisions as part of Woodbridge and assigned them a Woodbridge postal code — L4H. Concerned about how the designation would affect the re-sale value of their homes and their ability to get accurate insurance rates, among other things, many residents contacted Maple/Kleinburg Councillor Marilyn Iafrate to help them in their bid to force Canada Post to follow the city’s official plan designation and recognize their subdivisions as part of Kleinburg.

They also launched a petition asking Vaughan Conservative MP Julian Fantino to back them up in

their fight.

Ms Iafrate had council pass a resolution late last month calling on Canada Post to recognize the area as Kleinburg and change the mailing address designation to reflect that.

She met with Canada Post officials Monday and they assured her the changeover would be made.

Ms Iafrate said she’s “really happy for the residents” who will now be recognized as “part of the Kleinburg community that they bought into.”

Mr. Magro, meanwhile, praised the local councillor and his future neighbours for their efforts.

“Much credit in our victory with Canada Post has to go to Councillor Marilyn Iafrate and her office, who have been instrumental in leading the charge,” he wrote. “I admire the energy and passion Councillor Iafrate and her team have put behind this drive in reclaiming our Kleinburg identity. This would not have been possible without the hard work of other fellow residents who have been active in voicing the issue through various channels, especially the support via the petition launched regarding the issue, which 333 supporters signed.”

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If you’re wondering when clean up crews will get around to clearing your street of debris left behind

by December’s massive ice storm, the answer is now just a couple of clicks away.

The city has launched a new tool on its website available at vaughan. ca/icestorm that allows you to track the progress of the clean up efforts by typing in your street name, or choosing from a drop down menu, then clicking on the search button.

That will bring up details about when each phase of the four-phase clean up was or is expected to be completed in your neighbourhood.

“We’ve made tremendous efforts cleaning up all the boulevards, all the streets throughout the city,” Jeffery Silcox-Childs, Vaughan’s manager of parks services, said.

“We’ve completed the initial storm response and clean up phase and we’re about to move into our third phase of the clean up. We’re also recognizing that, as warmer weather comes, that’s when we’re more likely to get residents out in their yards inspecting the damage and

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they’re going to have more questions … so we wanted to get something out prior to that.”

The first phase of the clean up — dealing with trees, branches and debris posing a serious risk — was completed by the end of December.

The second phase — tree pruning, removal and debris pick up — is ongoing through February and into March in some parts of the city.

The third phase, dubbed spring clean-up, is slated to commence once the snow melts.

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cally esthetic tree pruning, has yet to be determined.

The city’s ice storm webpage also has information about what type of work is being carried out in each phase of the clean up, how and where to stack debris for pick up as well as a map showing the worst hit areas of the city.

You’ll also find answers to some frequently asked questions, which are updated regularly as new queries come in.

“Ultimately, the intent of the website itself, and the tool, is just to make it easier and quicker for residents to find answers to the most common questions that they would

have,” Mr. Silcox-Childs said. “We really recognize that a lot of people are going to have more questions and a lot of people are going to have more debris once the snow is gone. So there’s going to be a larger scale spring clean up operation at the end of March into April. And, as well, our regular public works yard waste program will be starting earlier this year to accommodate that.”

Crews have been working daily to clear away debris since the devastating storm battered southern Ontario Dec. 22 leaving thousands of homes and businesses in Vaughan without power and ravaging more than 32,500 trees, an estimated 13,600 of which need to be replaced.

The city estimates damage wrought by the storm will end up costing about $21 million.

Municipalities across the GTA are seeking disaster relief funding from the provincial and federal government to help cover the costs of cleaning up.

The municipalities have asked for a response to that request by March 21.

We Weathered the Storm Together PowerStream is your community-owned energy company. The majority of our employees live right here in the communities we serve. Not only are they customers of PowerStream but so are members of their families, close friends, neighbours across the street or acquaintances they met through being involved in the community.

As part of your community, our employees fully understand how important it is to deliver safe and reliable power to you, and OUR community, regardless of the circumstances.

When the ice storm at the end of 2013 caused more than 92,000 of our customers to lose their power at the start of the holidays, restoring service as quickly as possible became more than just being important, it was personal. We immediately responded to the crisis and worked as hard as we could to get the job done under very difficult conditions.

At PowerStream, we know that the electricity we deliver is essential in supporting our customers’ quality of life. Without it, customers affected by the ice storm had no heat or lighting and were not able to power up other important household appliances such as refrigerators and stoves.

It created a situation which demanded us to work 24/7 over several days so that all our customers who lost their service could once again enjoy their quality of life powered by electricity.

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ISSUE: Kleinburg residents assigned Woodbridge mailing address cite hardship.

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t’s very good news that Canada Post has changed its position and has agreed to allow homeowners in Kleinburg Hills, Kleinburg Crown Estates and Impressions in the Village of Kleinburg developments, located on Major Mackenzie Drive west of Hwy. 27, to use Kleinburg — instead of Woodbridge — as the municipal designator on their mail, as reported in today’s Citizen.

As we said in this space just two weeks ago, slapping thousands of future residents with a Woodbridge postal code is unfair because it will make it difficult for homeowners there to get the appropriate home and vehicle insurance rates, which are calculated, in part, using postal codes.

It could also affect the resale value of their homes.

The Crown corporation had said it had no choice in allocating the new Kleinburg neighbourhood a Woodbridge address because the Kleinburg post office can’t handle the added growth and wouldn’t be able to service the area outside the original village for many years.

The problem is a majority of residents only found out about their Woodbridge designation through an online forum for new homeowners after some residents who moved into their subdivision began to receive mail.

Those new homeowners were understandably upset as no information was provided to them on this issue and Canada Post made no attempt to reach out and inform them of this important decision.

Some homeowners took up the fight and launched a petition, which garnered 333 signatures.

They also lobbied Maple/Kleinburg Councillor Marilyn Iafrate and Conservative MP Julian Fan-

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tino and contacted The Citizen to explain their position.

Kleinburg’s newest residents agree much of the credit in this victory with Canada Post goes to Ms Iafrate and her city hall office staff, who, homeowners say, were instrumental in leading the charge on this.

We agree and congratulate Ms Iafrate and her team on their good work.

The Vaughan councillor had the city pass a resolution late last month calling on Canada Post to recognize the area as Kleinburg and change the mailing address designation to reflect that.

We also congratulate the Crown corporation, whose willingness to renegotiate its original position ultimately broke the postal-code logjam.

The residents’ activism, coupled with Ms Iafrate’s initiative to resolve the issue and the co-operation of Canada Post in making it happen, shows how much can be accomplished when all parties are motivated to find a resolution.

This situation is also a reminder that if there are conflicts in our communities, let’s resolve them.

If deadlocks develop, let’s find imaginative and innovative ways to break them.

BOTTOM LINE: If there are deadlocks in our community, let’s find ways to break them.

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This editorial about Kleinburg homeowners was disingenuous for several reasons.

To blame Canada Post for junk mail around super mailboxes is simply laughable, as it is the homeowners’ responsibility to take mail home and put any undesirables in the blue box once a week.

How difficult is that? There is a no-littering bylaw the city is simply not enforcing.

It was also reported the city was dropping its pilot project to install garbage cans near super mailboxes.

Secondly, to blame Canada Post for the implementation of efficiencies in its mail delivery system is also not very objective on the part of your newspaper.

We have been picking up our mail from a super mailbox for more than 14 years and it works well, thank you.

Did you know these mailboxes are also a convenient way to mail letters and pick up parcels?

Thirdly, to blame Canada Post about the wrong postal code is, in my opinion, a bit

of crankiness on the part of these few Kleinburg homeowners.

In fact, I believe they live closer to Nashville than Kleinburg, but that’s another story.

Have they never heard of the saying “buyer beware”?

Builders and developers will make all sorts of promises to sell new homes, but, in the end, the buyer is responsible for his or her own actions.

It would have been good journalism also if some true figures were given in the editorial about speculative insurance costs, which, by the way, should not be a concern for the local Vaughan councilor or the federal MP. I have lived in Vaughan for 14 years with a Woodbridge mailing address (L4H) and a Kleinburg telephone number (893), without complaining about it.

So, I say welcome to these new Vaughan residents. I hope you enjoy your stay.

Dominique Janssens Vaughan

By Jeremy Grimaldi

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Jamaican police have arrested one man and are pursuing another in the case of murdered Aurora mom Shirley Lewis-McFarlane.

St. Ann Police Supt. Yvonne Martin Daley said a man is in custody, but refused to release any details because he will be placed in an identification parade within the next few days.

She estimated a murder charge could be laid before the end of the week.

However, positive news on the investigation registered little reaction from her son, Shawn Gavigan.

The Aurora resident and mechanic said he continues to miss his mother so dearly that no amount of police work could make him feel normal again.

“I’m just keeping myself busy with work and stuff,” he said. “I still struggle to believe this has happened, I try not to think about it, but every time I see a picture of her, it gets

to me.”

Ms Lewis McFarlane visited Jamaica a number of times over her lifetime, but only decided to move down to the Caribbean island in November.

In December, she was found murdered in her rental home.

Her son said it was likely about the money she borrowed from a local to complete the delivery of her belongings from Canada.

Supt. Martin Daley added that although the man in custody is protesting his innocence, she hopes the forensics gathered will “pull him into” the case.

“There are already things that are pulling him,” she said. “But there are other parties.

We are pursuing other leads.”

She said under Jamaican law, the police can hold suspects for “a period” but have to get permission from a judge to continue the detention.

She would not share the man’s age or place of residence, saying it may prejudice the identification process.

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NOTICE OF STUDY COMPLETION Municipal Services for the Vaughan Healthcare Centre Precinct The Corporation of the City of Vaughan has completed a Schedule B, Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) study for an 87 acre parcel of land in the northwest quadrant of Major Mackenzie Drive and Jane Street, to be used for the urban Vaughan Healthcare Centre Precinct (VHCP) anchored by a new healthcare hospital, known as the Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital.

The Class EA study has been conducted generally following the Integrated Approach (with the Planning Act) as outlined in the Municipal Engineers Association Class EA (October 2000, as amended October 2007 & 2011). The identified preferred solutions include a roadway layout consisting of Streets A through F connecting to Jane Street and Major Mackenzie Drive; sanitary sewers connecting to the existing sanitary sewer located at Jane Street and Grand Valley Blvd; a watermain connecting at Grand Valley Blvd; two stormwater ponds located in the southwest corner of the site; and a northsouth drainage channel located west of the existing channel (see map below).

A Project File Report has been prepared for the Class EA Study, which describes the problem, identifies and evaluates alternative solutions, describes existing conditions and appropriate mitigation measures, and selects preferred solutions, as well as the public and agency consultation during the Class EA study.

This Notice places the Project File Report on the public record. The Project File Report is available for public review for thirty (30) calendar days from February 13 to March 14, 2014 at the following locations during business hours noted below: City of Vaughan Engineering Department 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive Vaughan, ON L6A 1T1 Open: Mon to Fri, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Regional Municipality of York Clerk’s Department 17250 Yonge Street, 4th Floor Newmarket, ON L3Y 4W5 Open: Mon to Fri, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Maple Library 10190 Keele Street Maple, ON L6A 1G3 Open: Mon and Wed, 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Tue and Thu, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Fri, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Sat, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sun, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Interested persons should provide written comments to the City of Vaughan representative listed below within the review period.

Mr. Andrew Pearce, Director of Development/Transportation Engineering Corporation of the City of Vaughan 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive, Vaughan, ON L6A 1T1 P: 905-832-8585 x8255, F: 905-832-6145, E: Andrew.Pearce@Vaughan.ca

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10 family winter activities on a budget

By Melony Teague

Why not try some of these outdoor, or indoor, activities for any family trying to stretch the budget? They are perfect for Family Day or any day.

1. Make Ice lanterns: Make ice lanterns by using two buckets or containers of any shape to form lanterns when the layer of water between them freezes. Use tape to hold the containers together while the water freezes. Loosen molds with a little warm water. Place candles inside them to light your garden or patio. Make a few lanterns and line your driveway with them or make some for your neighbours.

Freeze coloured water-filled balloons and decorate your yard to add to the display.

2. Make snow-cream instead of ice cream, by collecting clean snow in a bowl, adding milk and sugar, then stir for a delicious treat.

3. Head for local toboggan hills for fun. Be sure to dress appropriately for the weather and children should

wear helmets. Beware of potential hidden obstacles on the hills, play safe. Parents should accompany kids under age 9 on the slopes to prevent injury.

4. Enjoy trails and winter hiking. Hearing the snow crunch under your feet with each step while you enjoy nature can be a calming and rewarding experience. Be sure to take your camera to capture the scenery.

5. Go cross-country skiing close to home. Check your local municipal recreation guide for trails and enjoy the scenery while you enjoy fresh air and stay fit at the same time.

6. How about ice skating on your local ponds and lakes? Helmets are recommended and adults should ensure the ice is safe. Have flasks of hot chocolate ready for warming breaks.

7. Snowman and snow fort construction is inevitably followed by snowball play for everyone. Again, adults should make sure this snow building fun is safe for

children.

8. Head out to sample local winter carnivals and festivals. Ottawa’s Winterlude is one of the biggest winter festivals in North America, but many communities stage winter events.

9. Make use of recreation programs in your nearby community centre, as well as programs hosted by your local library branch. Some of these programs are free and some require a small fee.

10. Pick a craft or hobby and learn something new together. Girls and boys may want to learn to knit, crochet, scrapbook, sew, cook or bake. For older kids, choose a hobby that is more challenging, such as building a model pirate ship. Find tutorials online for do-it-yourself crafts.

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By Simone Joseph

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Zachary Blatman is 16, but doesn’t know how to ride a bicycle or skate.

But the Thornhill resident did not have a typical childhood.

Zachary was diagnosed with leukemia when he was only one and went into remission at age four.

“I did not have the best start,” he said.

In early childhood, he remembers being scared of breaking bones because his disease made him more vulnerable.

He was not allowed to go outside because he was immuno-suppressed.

The drugs he took made him obese, making it more difficult to play outside. He later lost the weight.

He spent considerable time in hospital.

Today, Zachary is in full remission and is being recognized for his community contributions.

He is one of 12 people from across Ontario to be short-listed as finalists for the 2013 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award which recognizes outstanding young people who show leadership.

The awards program is co-ordinated by the Ontario Community Newspapers Association, of which The Vaughan Citizen and York Region Newspaper Group is a member.

The award is sponsored by TD Bank Group and Direct Energy.

Fighting cancer from an early age gave Zachary a unique perspective.

“I am lucky to be alive. It is my job to give back,” he said.

A resident of Thornhill Woods, he attends Tanenbaum CHAT on the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus.

The Grade 11 student is an integration counsellor with the City of Vaughan, working with children with special needs in sports and recreation, helping them to paint or to play bocci or to do anything else they may want to try.

Zachary and his parents created the Zachary Blatman Foundation Fund.

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Zachary does public speaking too which also benefits the Hospital for Sick Children.

So far, he has helped raise more than $65,000 for the hospital.

But his fundraising initiatives don’t end there.

Since 2011, he has raised roughly $20,000 for the United Jewish Appeal through telethons and canvassing. Zachary has also amassed 900 volunteer hours through his work as a leisure buddy with the City of Vaughan and while serving on the Youth Ambassador Council for the Canadian Cancer Society.

“I only had to do 18 hours of mandatory work but I like to do a lot,” he said.

Zachary also maintains a 96 percent average in school.

His advice to other teens wanting to make a difference?

“Take your own initiative. Don’t wait for others to give you opportunities.”

The awards presentation will be on March 6 in Toronto.

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Tory MPs defend budget, critics pan it as do-nothing

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Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tabled the 2014 budget Tuesday with promises of renewed prosperity and a brighter future for Canadians, but the opposition parties labelled it a “do-nothing” plan and accused the government of neglecting the needs of the people for political gain.

Conservative York-Simcoe MP Peter Van Loan welcomed the budget, saying it offered significant benefits for the residents of his riding. He echoed Mr. Flaherty’s focus on job creation, while also touting the pledges to maintain economic growth and hold the line on taxes.

“Our government is on track to balance the budget by 2015, while continuing to deliver on our commitments to Canadians to invest in creating jobs, keep taxes low and save Canadians money,” the government house leader said in a statement. “The average family is now saving $3,400 a year in taxes and we have created over a million jobs.

“We will continue to focus on the real priorities of Canadians and deliver results.”

Beyond those measures, Mr. Van

Loan also pointed to the creation of the Canada Apprentice Loan program, more support for youth apprenticeships and the elimination of the value of student-owned vehicles when determining eligibility for student loans as key highlights for his constituents.

Beyond that, the government plans to launch the Canada Job Grant along with an enhanced job matching service, while also investing in the automotive, forestry and mining sectors among others.

In addition to jobs, the federal government also plans to increase competition and lower prices in the telecommunications market, introduce legislation to prohibit unjustified cross-border price difference and eliminate the practice of payto-pay billing. Plans are also afoot to bring faster broadband Internet to rural and Northern Canada and to establish a new National Disaster Mitigation Program to better protect Canadians from the impact of natural disasters.

And while Mr. Flaherty says there will be no new taxes, smokers will have a little less money to burn.

That’s because taxes on cigarettes will rise by $4 per carton, a measure expected to add about $700 million

to the federal coffers.

Mr. Flaherty also talked up the fact that the government will balance the budget in 2015. The deficit for 2014-15 will ring in at about $2.9 billion, while 2015-16 expects to see a $6.4-billion surplus.

The budget prompted applause from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

“We’re pleased and encouraged that Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty are on track to keep their election promise and balance the budget in 2014-15,” said CTF federal director Gregory Thomas. “The challenge facing all parties and leaders now is to return the projected $30-billion surplus to Canadian taxpayers over the next five years, by paying down debt and reversing EI payroll tax hikes.”

That said, the federation took aim at the fact that employment insurance revenue will surpass benefits by more than $14 billion over the next three years and the additional funds earmarked for investment in the automotive industry. The automakers can and should be funding research and development out of their own profits, the federation’s Ontario director Candice Malcolm said.

The government pledged tax relief when the budget is balanced, Mr. Thomas said, adding that Canadians have waited long enough to have that promise fulfilled.

In any event, the opposition parties were quick to pounce.

The NDP called it a do-nothing budget that failed to address concerns of families in the Toronto area. The party accused the government of withholding real assistance until next year, which will just so happen to see an election.

“Telling Canadians who need help now to wait is disappointing and opportunistic,” NDP finance critic Peggy Nash said. “We hoped the Conservatives would finally put partisanship aside and put Canadians first.”

Budgets are about priorities, she continued, adding it’s very telling that the Conservatives would rather attack public servants, environmental groups, trade unions and anyone else who dares to criticize their policies than help Canadians.

The NDP missive went on to allege that the Conservatives had completely ignored its suggestions to control credit card rates, cap ATM fees, restore the ecoEnery retrofit tax credit and provide job

creation tax credits for youth and small businesses.

“Toronto’s unemployment rate stands at a staggering 10 per cent, youth unemployment is on the rise and life has become less affordable,” the NDP’s Toronto caucus chairperson Andrew Cash said. “For Torontonians looking for action on these items, this budget was a big disappointment.”

Similarly, the federal Liberals also gave the budget a thumbs down and argued it failed to deliver real economic growth or solutions for the middle class.

“Middle class Canadians need a plan for growth and this budget has no plan for growth,” Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said through a statement. “The only way to achieve a sustainable surplus is with economic growth. What the Conservatives are doing, balancing the budget for political purposes — on the backs of Canadian workers, defence cuts and asset sales — is just bad governance.”

The Liberals took aim at the Canada Job Grant, a plank of the 2013 budget that has met resistance from the provinces and has yet to be implmented and also summed it up as “do-nothing”.

PC Party deniesMaddie Di Muccio chance at nomination

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Maddie Di Muccio will not be a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party in the next provincial election.

The Newmarket Ward 6 councillor was denied the opportunity to seek the the party’s nomination in the Newmarket-Aurora riding.

Ms Di Muccio was informed of the party nomination committee’s decision via email last night.

The committee was acting on the advice of party Leader Tim Hudak, she said.

“I’m stunned,” she said today. “He promised this would be a grassroots party and intervening in candidate selection is a huge assault on democracy. I have a lot of support here and those people did not have an opportunity

to vote for me. I don’t know what he would be afraid of.”

Ms Di Muccio has been critical of Mr. Hudak over the last year, an issue that was brought forward in a YouTube video released a few days ago.

The video, entitled Who is Maddie Di Muccio?, also includes photographs of her standing beside Liberal premiers Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.

It also accuses Ms Di Muccio of being embroiled in scandal during her time on council, citing council’s decision to support an integrity commissioner’s report that found Ms Di Muccio guilty of a code of conduct violation in December.

The criticism of Mr. Hudak came via newspaper columns and television appear-

ances and does not mean her support for the party or Mr. Hudak has waned, she said.

“As a media person, that’s our job,” Ms Di Muccio said.

“I’m surprised the party and leader would confuse that with disloyalty. They’re very different things.”

The committee decision had little to do with municipal council controversy, Ms Di Muccio said.

So far, Newmarket Councillor Jane Twinney and Aurora resident Stephen Somerville have been approved to seek the PC candidacy, riding association president Derek Murray said.

The riding association interviews the candidate, but the final decision is really the party’s, he said.

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As well, the following concepts have been confirmed:

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the top honours of being either the “Canadian Car of the Year” or the “Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year” after being announced on December 3rd. Mazda won three of the “Best New” categories while the General Motors and Kia Canada all garnered double wins.

Other category winners were from Lexus, Infiniti, and Mercedes-Benz.

The results of that secret-ballot process, compiled by the international accounting firm of KPMG, will be revealed on Press Preview Day (Thursday, February 13th) with the announcement of the 2014 “Canadian Car of the Year” and “Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year”. wThe three (3) finalists for Canadian Car of the Year and Canadian SUV/CUV of the year are as follows: Continued on page 12

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Canadian Car of the Year Finalists • Chevrolet Corvette Stingray • Mazda3 • Mazda6 Canadian SUV/CUV of the Year Finalists • Acura MDX • Jeep Cherokee • Kia Sorento AUTOCONNECT SHOWCASE “Discover, Connect, Experience” has been a theme of the Canadian International AutoShow since 2011.

Spot on, for “Connectivity” is now the automotive industry’s hottest ‘buzz’ word, making news all over the world. Bringing that buzz to life is the AutoConnect Showcase – a brand new feature exhibit at this year’s show.

AutoConnect’s purpose is to make consumers aware of all the varied connectivity features available in today’s vehicles and to preview features that could become available in the future.

Within this decade, the dreams of cars that won’t collide with each other and autonomous cars that can drive themselves are very real possibilities. In fact, they’re almost here now.

CRUISE NATIONALS 10TH ANNIVERSARY Ten years ago, it was decided that the CIAS would create a permanent feature to celebrate classic vehicles, and that this feature be sourced from grass roots automotive events encompassing southwestern Ontario.

In 2003, Cruise Nationals was created and celebrated its first exhibit on the 600 level of the South MTCC for the 2004 CIAS. Ten vehicles were on display and as expected, the crowds went wild.

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RICHARD PETTY’S SUPERBIRD The 1970 Plymouth Superbird, 426 CI Dinoco Blue #43 owned and operated

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A number of past Cruise Nationals winners including the Bronze, Silver and Gold Medal Grand Champions will assemble in the History Room on the Classic Concours, the 700 level of the south MTCC. In that room, AutoShow guests will be able to visit 15 of southwestern Ontario’s “best of the best” going back to the 2004/2005 season right up to the 2012/2013 winners.

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While many Toronto and GTA elementary schools today announced cancellation of traditional parent-teacher interviews for February report cards, the dilemma does not impact the two York Region boards, spokespersons said.

Schools in Toronto, Mississauga and Peel will forgo the interviews because there is no professional development day to schedule them.

The York Region District and York Catholic District School boards, like their GTA counterparts, schedule parent-teacher interviews after the first elementary report cards go out in the fall. Unlike many other schools, our regional boards only schedule interviews once yearly, in November.

In the Toronto public and Catholic boards, parent-teacher interviews for the second winter report are typically held on a Thursday night and the following Friday morning — a professional activity day.

Teachers are then given Friday afternoon off in lieu of working the night before.

But this school year, teachers in many Ontario school boards are being forced to take an unpaid day off before March break, their second of two unpaid days this school year, something agreed to in their contract to fund salary grid increases for younger

teachers.

Scrubbing the interviews doesn’t apply to York’s Catholic board, spokesperson Julia Seeratan said.

“We haven’t cancelled any scheduled parent-teacher interviews,” she said. “It has always been our practice to hold parentteacher interviews in November (only), following elementary school students’ progress reports going home.

Schools in Toronto, Mississauga and Peel will forgo the interviews because there is no professional development day to schedule them.

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Toronto Catholic board chairperson JoAnn Davis said trustees have asked that a letter be sent to the Ministry of Education about the impact of the loss of the two professional development days.

She said she’s been assured by the ministry that next year, the professional activity days will be restored.

“This is something that’s of concern, and we want to let parents understand that teachers are there to support students, and if parents have concerns around their child’s success or well-being in the classroom, we want them to know teachers are there for the students.”

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The same holds true for York’s public board, spokesperson Lucinio Miguelo said.

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In November, the Toronto Catholic board sent out a letter warning parents that “formal” parent-teacher interviews would be held that month only, and blamed the provincial Putting Students First Act, “which imposed several conditions including the reduction of paid professional activity days.”

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Parent-teacher interviews to continue at York schools

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Family Day fun at local libraries If you’re looking for something to do this upcoming Family Day on Feb. 17, Vaughan Public Libraries is opening three locations.

You are invited to drop in at Bathurst Clark Resource Library, Maple Library and Pierre Berton Resource Library between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to enjoy activities for the whole family.

You can read together, play board games or

discover new skills at the early literacy stations or check out books, music and films.

To help you prepare for all the fun, you can pick up a Family Day reading pack at any branch of the library beginning today.

For more information, call 905-653-7323 or visit vaughanpl.info

Public Notice The Proposed Project TransCanada is proposing to construct and operate a new natural gas transmission pipeline which will connect new facilities proposed by Enbridge Gas Distribution to TransCanada’s existing mainline. This connection is required to meet increasing demand and reliably service homes, businesses, schools and hospitals in Ontario and Eastern Canada with a diverse, flexible supply of natural gas.

The King’s North Connection project will connect the proposed new Enbridge Gas Distribution pipeline facilities with TransCanada’s existing natural gas transmission facilities. This collaborative approach will reduce the number of new natural gas pipelines required in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), benefiting consumers with a safe, reliable and economical source of natural gas while minimizing the environmental footprint and impact to nearby residents and landowners.

Once initial Aboriginal, landowner and stakeholder engagement has been conducted and environmental and engineering studies have been completed, TransCanada anticipates filing an application with the regulator, the National Energy Board (NEB) in Q3 2014.

The Proposed Pipeline Route TransCanada proposes to construct a 36” diameter pipeline within approximately 13 km of a new right-of-way to interconnect new natural gas facilities proposed by Enbridge at Albion Road in Toronto with TransCanada’s existing pipeline at Major MacKenzie Drive in Vaughan.

The majority of the pipeline’s proposed route is located east of Highway 50 and Huntington Road in the City of Vaughan. A small portion of the route will be located in the cities of Brampton and Toronto. The route is proposed to follow, in part, an existing hydro corridor and the proposed Highway 427 extension to maximize compatibility with existing and planned infrastructure in the area which will reduce the environmental footprint of the project.

The final proposed route for this pipeline will reflect an extensive Aboriginal and stakeholder engagement process, environmental assessment and engineering and route analysis.

Project Schedule: • Q4 2013 Commence Aboriginal and Stakeholder engagement • Q4 2013 Commence environmental and engineering assessment and route analysis • Q3 2014 Submit application to the NEB • Q2 2015 Pending NEB approval, start construction • Q4 2015 Construction complete and pipeline in service If you have any questions regarding this proposed project, please do not hesitate to contact the Project Team at 1.855.895.8752 or email us at kingsnorth@transcanada.com. In addition, you can find project information on the project website (www.TransCanada.com/KingsNorthConnection).

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York Regional Police part of Safe Internet Day York Regional Police took part in a program Tuesday that promotes safety online.

Feb. 11 was Safe Internet Day, with the goal to raise awareness about the possible dangers for children online.

Part of the reason behind the day is to promote cybertip.ca, a website you can use to report online child exploitation.

It features an easy-to-use format.

Since its inception in 2002, the website has led police to respond to more than 94,000 cases of child sexual exploitation.

This has resulted in the arrest of more than 125 people and several children being rescued from abusive situations here and around the world.

You are reminded of a few tips while online: • Never give out personal information including name, address, telephone number or computer password without knowing specifically with whom you’re speaking; • Children should be supervised by an adult and should stay away from websites that are not first approved by their parent or guardian and; • Web cameras can be accessed remotely and should not be placed anywhere private For more information on what you can do to protect your family from internet danger, visit yrp.ca

King’s North Connection Project Public Open House You are invited to attend a TransCanada Open House for the proposed King’s North Connection project.

TransCanada is proposing to construct and operate a new natural gas transmission pipeline which will connect new facilities proposed by Enbridge Gas Distribution to TransCanada’s existing mainline. This connection is required to meet increasing demand and reliably service homes, businesses, schools and hospitals in Ontario and Eastern Canada with a diverse, flexible supply of natural gas.

TransCanada is committed to engaging with area residents, community organizations and interested parties throughout the development of this proposed project.

There will be informational displays and TransCanada experts in attendance to answer questions.

Light refreshments will be served.

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New radio station for York Region hits airwaves

By Gilles LeBlanc

Contributor

The more than one million people who live in York Region now have a radio station to call their own.

105.9 The Region has launched with an objective of providing relevant weather, traffic and other community-focused information.

They have an experienced and enviable on-air lineup that includes personalities such

as Jim Lang in the morning, “Humble” Howard Glassman, Mike Atom for the drive-home show and Dave “Bish” Bishop on Saturdays.

The Region’s programming also intends to reflect the range of languages spoken throughout the area such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic.

Music will be of the adult contemporary variety, although the fledgling station is encouraging people to visit 1059TheRegion. com where they can listen online, suggest songs or even introduce a new artist.

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Explosive night @ SunriseRecords One of the biggest music festivals in the United States that I’ve always wanted to go to is Bonnaroo, just outside of Nashville, Tennessee.

I think what intrigues me most about it is how the lineup announcement is an event unto itself, a megathon if you will with its own awesome acronym – B.L.A.M.!

Wednesday, you can find out the nearly 200 artists who will perform at the Farm in June by tuning into Bonnaroo.com starting at 7 p.m.EST (with funnymen Taran Killam and Hannibal Buress as hosts).

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There will be free T-shirts, posters and a chance to win tickets to this year’s Bonnaroo.

Experience a little bit of ’Roovian Southern hospitality up in Toronto.

The 2014 Juno nominees have been announced and one award you can have a say in is the Fan Choice, presented by TD. Who, in your opinion, had the best year in music?

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Watch: Arctic Monkeys’ All My Loving (Beatles cover) In case you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that Feb. 9, 1964, The Beatles performed live on The Ed Sullivan Show and neither music nor television have been the same since.

On the eve of this historic 50 year anniversary, another English band, Arctic Monkeys, chose to honour their heroes by beginning their encore at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden with a memorable version of the Lennon-McCartney pop classic “All My Loving” to a wildly appreciative audience.

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King City’s very own Alex Pietrangelo will hit the ice with his fellow Canadian Olympic men’s hockey teammates today at noon on CBC as the men debut against Norway in group play.

The 6-ft.-3, 201-pound defenceman, a star with the St. Louis Blues, is likely to be paired with his NHL teammate Jay Bouwmeester, as the two are a stalwart duo on one of the top teams in the National Hockey League’s Western Conference.

Mr. Pietrangelo, 24, is in his fourth full

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Coldest Night of the Year sheds light on homelessness

By Chris Simon

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Walk in the shoes of someone less fortunate for an evening later this month.

Coldest Night of the Year, a national fundraiser that aims to bring awareness to the plight of homeless people, is Feb. 22.

For the second year, the non-profit Newmarket organization Inn From the Cold will spearhead local efforts.

The event features two, five or 10 kilometre walks, which begin at Riverwalk Commons.

So far, 21 teams have signed up.

“It’s our biggest fundraiser of the year,” Inn executive director Brenda Northey said.

“All the money we raise stays in Newmarket.”

Last year’s event raised $52,000 for Inn. Organizers hope to eclipse $60,000 this time, with proceeds benefitting Inn’s shelter initiatives.

York Region Media Group will enter a sixmember team this year.

Volunteer Margaret Johnson hopes the money will help turn around someone’s life.

“For me, it’s about making a difference,” she said. “It’s important to give of ourselves, because we’re all so fortunate. When it gets very cold, the first thing I say to my kids is, ‘Thank God I have a home’.”

Ms Northey expects at least 200 people will participate in the walk.

“The main focus of the walk is to raise awareness of what it’s like to be homeless and walking the streets on these cold nights,” she said.

Inn provides year-round programs and services for homeless and at-risk people, including a winter shelter that runs from mid-November to mid-April, catering social enterprise, weekly community meal and employment and community health and wellness programs.

About 65 communities are participating in Coldest Night across the country this year.

“It’s important to support the shelter and have a facility for people,” Ms Northey said.

“It gives a sense of social connection.”

To register a team or for more information, visit coldestnightoftheyear.org

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Pietrangelo hits Olympic ice today

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Follow Alex Pietrangelo as he reaches for the podium On January 7th, 2014, our home-town boy was added to Canada’s 2014 Winter Game roster.

Alexander Pietrangelo (born January 18, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and a King City native. He is currently playing for and an alternate captain of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. As a

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Fun facts about Pietrangelo Hockey career in the Minors Pietrangelo played minor hockey in the GTA when he was growing up. He started to play hockey with the Richmond Hill Stars of the OMHA before playing three years with the Vaughan Kings of the GTHL. As a novice aged player (nine and under), Pietrangelo and his Toronto Pro Hockey Development teammates participated in the 2000 Brick Super Novice Tournament in Edmonton, Alberta. His teammates included Steven Stamkos, Philip McRae, and Michael Del Zotto. He was also a member of the All-Ontario Peewee AAA Champion Vaughan Kings in 2003.

Pietrangelo played three years in the Toronto Junior Canadiens AAA system. The Toronto Junior Canadiens won Ontario’s bantam championship in 2005, with Pietrangelo scoring the game-winning goal in the final against the Markham Waxers.

On Friday, September 13, 2013, Pietrangelo agreed to a seven-year, $45 million contract with the Blues.

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Region asks post-secondary students what ideal rental housing looks like

By Chris Traber

ctraber@yrmg.com

The average price of a new single-detached home in York Region now pegged at nearly $700,000. The cost of a typical twobedroom rental unit is in the $1,130 per month range. The local rental vacancy rate hovers around 1 per cent.

It should come as little surprise York Region’s human services planning board has identified affordable housing as the predominant social challenge facing our community.

Consider, as well, that a dual-income

household making $110,000 could afford a home worth about $417,000, according to the generally accepted rule that no more than 30 per cent of a family’s income goes toward housing and it’s not hard to see why more than 25 per cent of York Region families exceed that guideline.

With such low vacancy rates, finding decent rentals in York Region is difficult.

Despite having a population of 1.1 million, there are only 32,000 or so rental units in York Region and about 40 per cent of those are social housing owned by the region or a

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non-profit organization. Compounding the problem is there have been almost no new private rentals built in a decade.

“Our social housing waiting lists keep growing, despite the economic recovery and I’m sure a number of households are on there because people simply can’t find rental housing,” York’s community and health services commissioner Adelina Urbanski said in November. “Our list is now at 10,000 households, so we know we can’t do this alone.”

The problems are evident. The solutions sparse.

Accordingly, York Region is challenging students to come up with answers.

The region is asking post-secondary students what does great rental housing look like?

The students are invited to answer that question by entering the Make Rental Happen Challenge, a cash prize competition launched Monday.

Housing is a top priority for York Regional council and addressing the rental shortage before us requires collaboration from all levels of government, the private-sector and larger community, York Region chairperson and CEO Bill Fisch said.

“To foster innovation and build momentum to increase housing options, the Make Rental Happen Challenge calls on students to explore, re-think, question and experiment with new ideas for rental housing,” he said.

The board is hosting the challenge between Feb. 10 and April 18, inviting students from across Ontario, Canada and the globe to submit bold, innovative and achievable solutions to increase the supply of rental

housing in York Region.

Teams or individual students are invited to design and deliver ideas that foster strong communities. Submissions may include any type or scale of rental apartments – from a single house to a large-scale complex. Participants should highlight the inclusion of human services as part of a healthy community and identify legislative or program amendments that may be needed to encourage more private-market rental housing development in York Region.

“We’re looking for innovative ideas that are financially feasible and could entice real estate developers to pursue private-market rental housing,” Newmarket Regional Councillor and Human Services Planning Board co-chairperson John Taylor said. “Students can show us through their designs why these alternatives would create better homes for more people.”

Rental housing options are missing from York Region’s housing mix, board co-chairperson Susan LaRosa said.

“Having a healthy housing market with a full mix of housing options is the core of economic competitiveness, social well-being and community health, she said.

Registration for the challenge opens today. Submissions will be judged by a panel of industry experts. Winners will receive one of three prizes of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000.

You can join the #MakeRentalHappen conversation by visiting York Region on Facebook, facebook.com/yorkregion and Twitter, twitter.com/yorkregiongovt.

For challenge details, visit york.ca/makerentalhappen

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nationwide campaign,” Ontario SPCA shelter manager Jennifer Toof said. “Something as simple as a cupcake could truly change the lives of animals across the province. It’s a fun and easy way to make a difference in the lives of animals who desperately need our help.”

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There won’t be any trampoline medals awarded in Sochi during these Olympic Games.

Nevertheless, King City’s Rosie MacLennan arrived in the Black Sea resort town Tuesday night, eager to view the Olympics from an angle other than that of an athlete.

As a part-time employee for Canadian Tire, MacLennan, a two-time summer Olympian and trampoline gold medallist at the London Olympics in 2012, is serving as a liaison between employees and athletes sponsored

by Canadian Tire and its Forzani Group subsidiary, Sport Chek. Part of her role is to shed light on the Sochi Games from the participating athletes’ perspective.

“I’m sending stories back to the office,” said MacLennan, whose Olympic trek will also include work for the

Canadian Olympic Committee and CBC as a studio analyst. “It’s pretty exciting if we can get people back home even more excited about the Games.”

The Forzani Group stable of athletes includes hockey stars Sidney Crosby and Hayley Wickenheiser.

It’s no surprise MacLennan has a fair understanding of what goes on in athletes’ minds in the Olympic setting as they prepare for their ultimate moment of truth.

In fact, a few athletes competing in these Games have actually shared MacLennan’s Skyriders Trampoline Place training facility. Among them is Huntsville’s Dara Howell, who won a women’s slopestyle gold medal Tuesday.

“I think a lot of the winter athletes, especially, have that pressure of performing on the day of (the event),” said MacLennan, Canada’s lone gold medallist in London.

“They know they’ve done all the preparation they can in training their bodies to be in that zone.”

MacLennan knows all about the pressure of being ready for the moment.

In her Olympic debut, she was in the shadows as a young competitor not expected to medal. Instead, it was a learning process behind veteran teammate Karen Cockburn.

“There was less expected of me because I was a longshot to qualify,” MacLennan explained. “For me, it was more about enjoying the moment and to learn as much as I could.

“I love watching sports live. I love to feel that passion live,” she said. “I think I’d be in freestyle skiing of some sort. I ski raced when I was younger, but I love the aerials aspect and the extreme nature of pushing yourself.”

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A young woman was found dead in Wasaga Beach Friday.

Emergency crews were called to a cottage at the Granada Motel on River Road East just after 2 p.m. where they found the body of 24-year-old Amelia Allen.

She was discovered by her grandparents Gayle and Wayne Mullen of Stayner.

Gayle said Monday she doesn’t know anything about the circumstances of her granddaughter’s death.

The police aren’t releasing any information.

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death is non-suspicious and is still under investigation,” said Huronia West OPP Const.

Mark Kinney.

Friend and former neighbour Anne Marie LaLiberte said Allen was known by many people in town, she could often be seen in Wasaga Beach’s east end with her Rottweiler.

A private family service is being handled through Carruthers and Davidson Funeral Home. She will be interred at Stayner Union Cemetery in the spring.

Allen is the daughter of the late April Irwin and her husband Ronald Irwin and Randy Allen and his wife Tami, sister of Corbin McCartney and granddaughter of Wayne and Gayle Mullen.

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Don’t rush out and start building a performing arts centre in Vaughan’s new downtown just yet.

That was one of the key messages Gail Lord, president of Lord Cultural Resources, delivered to council members during a 30-minute presentation at Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting.

“Cultural planning isn’t about building, building, building — although you do need places for these (cultural events) to take place,” Ms Lord said. “It’s about do you want to be a city with events? Or do you want to be an eventful city? …

Being an eventful city means there’s a sense that you have a structure for supporting events throughout the city. You want to use events for city making, for involving people, for building a spirit of civic-minded cooperation.”

Ms Lord was brought in to foster a discussion about developing a vibrant arts and culture scene in Vaughan, without a casino, particularly in the new downtown emerging in the Jane Street and Hwy. 7 area — at the doorstep of the Spadina subway extension.

She told council members the first step is for the city to look at updating its so-called cultural plan; the city completed one about five years ago, which some councillors were admittedly unaware of.

“You’re on the edge of some really remarkable changes. The subway is going to bring the world here in a faster way than ever before,” Ms Lord said. “You have an economic plan for the next 10 years and you should have cultural plan to complement your economic plan. And there is a need to respond to the city’s cultural growth, maturation and regional transportation.”

Developing such a plan often starts with public consultation to find out what residents need and are interested in, she said.

“People want to participate in charting the cultural direction of their city,” Ms Lord said. “That’s really one of our biggest findings. … In cities big and small, towns big and small, people come out and share their ideas.”

Proper planning also involves being aware of the arts and cultural institutions and organizations that already exist in the city — such as the McMichael Canadian Art Collection — and researching the best practices, she said.

And the city should explore opportunities to forge new partner-

‘You have an economic plan for the next 10 years and you should have cultural plan to complement your economic plan. And there is a need to respond to the city’s cultural growth, maturation and regional transportation.’

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ships with nearby institutions, such as York University, and with other countries — such as Italy, China and Israel — that Vaughan has built relationships with already, Ms Lord said.

“You’re close to the York University campus. … One needs to have to have imagination to understand what that synergy could be once the subway comes,” she said.

“Their cultural centre on that campus is amazing. It’s quite isolated right now. What will happen when it becomes accessible, you become accessible and there’s a (subway) connection between the two? This is actually something that needs to be thought about and planned.”

Ms Lord said that if the city decides to build some type of arts and culture facility, it needs to be the right size and in the right place, to be successful.

“It is important to have cultural amenities you don’t have to sit in traffic for an hour and a half to enjoy, that are right scaled, right sized and appropriate to your community,” Ms Lord said.

Developing a new cultural plan for the city would cost between $75,000 and $100,000, Ms Lord estimated.

Council members voted to have city staff bring forward the original cultural plan for review by council and prepare a report outlining a proposal for developing a “nurturing and supportive cultural framework for the cit”.

And several councillors emphasized the need to move quickly.

“We can’t wait forever,” Concord/ North Thornhill Councillor Sandra Yeung Racco said. “The subway is (being built), it’s not stopping and waiting. It’s going to open in 2016 and I certainly don’t want to see a downtown that’s going to be open to nothing other than a Walmart and a Future Shop.”

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PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF A ZONING BY-LAW

BY THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VAUGHAN TAKE NOTICE that the Council of The Corporation of the City of Vaughan passed By-law Number 0162014 on the 28th day of January, 2014, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13.

IF YOU WISH TO APPEAL TO THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD: TAKE NOTICE that any person or agency may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board in respect of the by-law by filing with the City Clerk of The Corporation of the City of Vaughan not later than the 4th day of March, 2014, a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons in support of the objection, together with three (3) separate cheques (see *Note below) in the amounts of: - $125.00 (certified cheque or money order only) payable to the MINISTER OF FINANCE; - $150.00 representing the City Clerk’s Office Administrative processing fee, payable to the CITY OF VAUGHAN; AND - $670.00 representing Planning Department’s Administrative processing fee, payable to the CITY OF VAUGHAN. If you wish to appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), a copy of an appeal form is available to download in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat from the OMB website at www.omb.gov.on.ca, or by obtaining a copy from the City Clerk’s Office at the Vaughan City Hall. A notice of objection filed prior to the enactment of the by-law is not a notice of appeal.

Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board.

A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the by-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

An explanation of the purpose and effect of the by-law, describing the lands to which the by-law applies, and a key map showing the location of the lands to which the by-law applies, is enclosed herewith. The complete by-law is available for inspection in the City Clerk’s Office during regular office hours.

DATED at the City of Vaughan this 12th day of February, 2014.

JEFFREY A. ABRAMS, City Clerk The Corporation of the City of Vaughan 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive, Vaughan, Ontario L6A 1T1 *Note: Council passed and enacted By-law 396-2002 to reflect an additional fee with respect to the Clerk’s Department Administrative processing fee of $150.00 for Ontario Municipal Board Appeal submissions: and Council passed and enacted By-law 173-2013 to reflect an additional fee with respect to the Planning Department Administrative processing fee of $670.00 (2014) for Ontario Municipal Board Appeal submissions.

Effective September 1, 2006, the Ontario Municipal Board will only accept filing the appeal fee payment of $125.00 by certified cheque or money order.

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Vaughan author’s book strikes chord with young readers

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First-time author Daniela Filice experienced an aha moment at a book signing a few months ago.

It made her realize that her children’s book, Marshmallow Braids, has really struck a chord with readers.

After hearing Ms Filice talking about her book, a woman and her daughter, approached the Woodbridge author.

With tears welling up in her eyes, the mother said: “I’ve been looking for a book like this for a long time. My daughter’s having a lot of issues with friends at school.

She’s different from everyone else, she’s not as assertive as everyone else,” Ms Filice recalled.

But, by then, Ms Filice’s had sold all the copies that she had of her self-published book.

She invited the pair, who’d travelled into the city from the Pickering-Ajax area, to attend her next book signing.

“Lo and behold, a month and a half later, there they were,” Ms Filice, a mother of five daughters, said.

“From there, I knew it was more than just a book to make money or become a popular author. It was to pass the message along that we have to believe in ourselves and not worry about what society says about how you should look.”

Marshmallow Braids tells the story of 7-year-old Charlotte, who wants to look perfect for her first day of school.

She asks her mom to give her “the most fashionable, fabulous, fantasterrific hair-do ever.”

“After several zany attempts, the last one that the mother created was a beautiful marshmallow braid, which Charlotte is not very happy about,” Ms Filice, 45, explained. “But after she looks at herself in the mirror – not once, not twice, but three times – she decides that she loves it and she doesn’t care what her friends think. … That’s all that matters and that’s the message.”

It’s a message that appears to be resonating with a lot of people.

Ms Filice has been invited to do readings at 10 schools in Vaughan and Toronto since the book was

published back in May. And she’s had several very successful book signing events. “(Her book) does well every single time,” said Terry Jordan, customer experience manager at Chapters Woodbridge. “She usually sells out and she does about 50 copies per signing.”

Ms Filice enjoyed some success as a singer and songwriter in her early 20s.

After the birth of her fifth daughter, she still had an urge to do something creative so she decided to start writing books.

She drew on her own experiences as a mother to create Marshmallow Braids, which runs 32 pages and took about a year to complete.

“Having five children, I could never find a book that would instill confidence in them,” Ms Filice said. “I couldn’t find any books on peer pressure or anti-bullying for girls or to make them feel confident about themselves so I thought I’m going to write one myself.”

Illustrated by Bailey Henderson, a student at OCAD University, Ms Filice said her book is drawing comparisons to the work of a wellknown Canadian children’s author.

“A lot of people compare me to Robert Munsch,” she said. “I’m a funny mom… so it has lots of funny parts.”

Ms Filice has two more books in the works, right now.

One is a chapter book that is a spin off from Marshmallow Braids.

The other is a novel geared to young adults.

Ms Filice hopes the success of her first book will capture the attention of a publisher who can help it reach a wider audience.

“That would be my dream,” she said. “It’s done amazingly well. …

I’ve sold about 1,000 copies, just on my own.”

Marshmallow Braids is currently available online through major book retailers as well as at Chapters in Woodbridge, 3900 Hwy 7 West.

Ms Filice will be at the local bookstore on Feb. 15, March 1 and March 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Polar plunge raises $13K for Special Olympics

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Your heart has to beat pretty warmly for a cause to take an icy dip.

But that is exactly what 33 hardy, shivering souls did during the second annual York Regional Police Polar Plunge held off De La Salle Park Saturday, raising nearly $13,000 for the York Regional Police Special Olympics event.

Court processors Karen Bannerman and Jennifer Halls had no problem freezin’ for a reason, despite being human stir sticks in what looked like one very cold mixed Lake Simcoe drink.

Surrounded by huge ice cubes from a cut portion of the freezing cold lake and professional divers floating nearby to help them out, the pair took the plunge dressed as an officer and prisoner.

“It was better than I thought,” said Ms Bannerman, after her firstever dip warming up, and still glowing, from the effort back at the De La Salle hall.

“It was cold, but it still wasn’t bad at all.”

And before you think that was the hypothermia talking, there were plenty of emergency personnel and safety features on deck to make sure everyone came out pretty much the same way they went in.

A parade of plungers — some in costume, others in obvious shock and a few up to a leisurely paddle in the pond — raised almost $13,000 on behalf of the Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of Special Olympics.

A cool $12,716 will be donated to the Special Olympics from the force’s second annual plunge, said Det.-Const. Frank Abreu, who added the event will be held annually in conjunction with the Town of Georgina’s Sno*Fest at the ROC. Barbara Cripps of Keswick trekked out onto the frozen lake for the first time to watch and support the event.

“This is important and we should let them know we support what they are doing,” she said.

She had nothing but admiration for the dippers and their cause, especially since she could recall how she herself felt after jumping in the lake once the ice had cleared

in April.

“It was like jumping into a bowl of ice,” she said. “I could see the top of the water above my head and I remember thinking I can’t breathe and I’m going to die, but I’m coming up smiling.”

The smile, and a little white lie about the warmth of the water, was to tempt her brother-in-law in after her to “share the pain”.

He did, on both counts, she laughed.

Grace Donovan, 4, and Cooper Donovan, 6, of Keswick thought there were actually going to be Polar bears in Georgina after hearing about the event.

But they weren’t disappointed with the morning’s event, despite no actual four-footed plungers making the occasion, with so many athletic, dramatic and downright animated entry dives.

Grandma Sue Davis said she would do it, but she’s too shy to haul out a bikini and a balaclava.

The kids also thought watching the Georgina Fire Department cut and haul out some pretty impressive ice cubes, Georgina style, was pretty cool too.

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Georgina Fire Department firefighter Darren Peters does his best cannonball during the plunge.

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Clockwise from top left: a police officer jumps in to the water; Sharon DeLorenzi reacts to the cold water and Gavin Harper exhales after jumping into the lake. Almost $13,000 was raised for the Special Olympics by York Regional Police.

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The McMichael Gallery is holding a retrospective of works by renowned Canadian painter Mary Pratt. See page 34 for some of Ms Pratt’s work.

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The feisty 78-year-old painter is best known for creating luminescent pieces depicting ordinary moments or objects — glowing jars of jelly or rumpled sheets piled at the foot of a bed — in an effort to raise up and celebrate what many of us consider mundane.

The McMichael gallery’s show, dubbed Mary Pratt, boasts more than 60 paintings created during the past 50 years. It runs until April 27.

Ms Pratt sat down with The Citizen for a candid discussion. The following is an excerpt from that interview (it has been edited for length): VC: Where do you get your inspiration from for your art?

MP: …. One day when I was doing the housework, I opened the bedroom door, it was our bedroom – Christopher’s and mine — and the light was flooding the room, just flooding the room.

The bed was just full of light. And the sheets were all tumbled down and it was a bit of a mess. … The pillows were squashed together and I had put one of the blankets in the dryer and it was just felted down.

I had dyed the chenille bedspread, which was a pathetic job of dying, and it had dripped onto the floor.

That’s what I saw, but it was a real erotic reaction I had to what I was looking at and I couldn’t believe it. … I thought this is what I have to feel before I paint.

And once it happened, it happened over and over again. I didn’t have to look for it, it just happened.

And I became, I think, sensually attached to things around me.

VC: You said earlier you haven’t seen some of the paintings in this exhibit in a great deal of time; is there one when you see it now walking through the gallery looking at them that is your favourite?

MP: I like the baby in the bath, that’s my favourite. … And of course there is, This is Donna. I mean that’s an amazing feat.

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3 things you might not know about Mary Pratt: n She enjoys watching TV shows about “bad boys”, including Mad Men, Lilyhammer and Breaking Bad. n Politically, she considers herself a Mulroney Conservative. n She is a mother of four children, two of whom — Ned and Barbara — are also artists.

Some of their work will be on display at the McMichael gallery as part of the exhibition called Changing Tides: Contemporary Art of Newfoundland and Labrador, that opened Jan. 25.

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Skating scandals nothing new to 5-time Olympic coaches

By Sandra Bolan

sbolan@yrmg.com

Canada’s ice dancers, pair skaters and men will all make it to the Olympic podium, predicted hall of fame skating coach Bruce Hyland.

But the Ballantrae Golf and Country Club resident admitted “they’re only as good as the day they skate”.

Individual female skater Kaetlyn Osmond “hasn’t skated enough miles yet” for Mr. Hyland to predict how she will fare.

Mr. Hyland, along with his wife and coaching partner Margaret, went to the Olympics five times – 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976.

Even back then, scoring manipulation was alleged to have taken place.

Canada, according to STAFF PHOTO/MIKE BARRETT Mr. Hyland, fell victim to it in the 1960s when their athBruce and Margaret Hyland, longtime coaches with Skate Canada, at their Ballantrae letes, Otto and Maria Jelinek, home, north of Stouffville. should have won gold but dropped to fourth.

Scoring is better today but “it’s so complicated you’ve got to go through a university education to score and judge”, he said.

New to the Olympics this year is the team skating competition in which Canada earned silver.

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‘Scoring is better today but “it’s so complicated you’ve got to go through a university education to score and judge.’

Mrs. Hyland likes the new event because despite skating being an individual sport, they are there to represent Canada and this event helps build that team bond and gives each athlete more strength and support come time for their own competition.

Along with coaching the Jelineks to world champions in 1962, North American champions in 1961, Canadian National champions in 1961 and 1962; the couple also worked with Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell, Olympic silver medallists and world bronze medal winners in 1964 and Canadian pairs champions in 1963 and 1964;

Peggy Fleming, Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, Elizabeth Manley, Anna Porter, Don Jackson, Ricky Stevens and Dorothy Hamill to name a few.

The Hylands, who are now in their 80s, come by their coaching skills honestly. They were Canadian skate dance champions in 1947. Mrs. Hyland was also a member of the Canadian junior pairs champions.

Mr. Hyland was the first to create power skating for hockey players, enrolling more than 3,000 children annually into the course. He was a founder of the Professional Skating Association of Canada and later was its national president.

At Agincourt’s Tam O’Shanter, Mr. Hyland organized the largest hockey school in the world. Notable participants included Frank and Peter Mahovlich, Kent Douglas, Paul Henderson and Eddie Shack. When the arena was destroyed by fire in 1972, he moved his operation to the new Hylands Ice Skating Centre, now Centre Ice, in North York.

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