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NewRoads Welcomes Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram

Dear Friends, We are extremely excited to announce the addition of NewRoads Chrysler Dodge Ram Jeep to the NewRoads family.

This is an exciting time for us at The NewRoads Automotive Group. Adding NewRoads Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram to our other automotive stores strengthens our overall NewRoads brand and enables us to offer another great lineup of vehicles to our customers. Ian MacIver has been serving York Region drivers for over 35 years and has a very loyal following of customers.

Although the name will change we will continue to build upon Ian’s commitment to offering a great car buying and ownership experience to the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram drivers of this community.

Michael Croxon

President The NewRoads Automotive Group

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GIRLS NIGHT OUT

Thank you to all who joined us on March 10th for our annual Girls Night Out. Together we have raised $19,000 over the past 6 years, in support of Women’s Centre York Region.

“Girls Night Out is a celebration of Women across York Region in honour of International Women’s Day! Here at NewRoads we strongly believe in supporting our community.

What better way to do that then to open our doors to the many fantastic businesses owned and geared towards women right here in our own backyard for all to enjoy.”

– Kelly Broome, Event Founder and Organizer

NewRoads is the proud host-sponsor of this community event.

NewRoads would like to send a special thank you to all who helped build and maintain the Newmarket Volunteer Community Ice Rink.

It was a short but sweet season!

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or raw milk producers and drinkers, their decision to consume the unpasteurized beverage is about freedom of choice.

So, in Elisa Vander Hout’s case, the Durham Region dairy farmer is focusing less on what she believes are health benefits of the drink, and more on simply wanting the province to butt out of her digestive habits.

“Average people just want to be able to make a choice to have food they want,” she said, during a pro-raw-milk protest outside the Newmarket courthouse yesterday morning.

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“We’re not asking for it to be offered in grocery stores or be regulated in such a way. We’re just asking they let us alone, so we can go about our business of being able to drink the milk that God put on the planet for us.”

More than 100 people turned out on a cold, damp and overcast day, to show their support for several dairy farmers, including Vander Hout and her husband, Michael Schmidt, who are fighting an injunction application from See page A12.

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Raw milk advocate Michael Schmidt addresses a 100-plus crowd outside the Newmarket Courthouse yesterday. York Region and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs are seeking an injunction against producers and distributors of raw milk products in Ontario. For Our View on the issue, go to: bit.ly/1PbNwv3

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Canadian Tire relocating to Bayview

Plans include Stronach complex revamp

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he town can start to put its parks and recreation master plan into action after receiving a green light from councillors.

One top priority includes revamping the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex to incorporate a gymnasium, multi-purpose program spaces and even a full-service fitness centre. A feasibility study would begin in 2018 with the expansion complete by the end of 2019.

In January, Monteith Brown Planning Consultants present-

Studies show parking won’t be an issue at former Target location

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With no request for revisions from community stakeholders, except when it came to the Mavrinac property, the document received approval, See page A13.

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urora’s Canadian Tire will be operating on Bayview Avenue by May. While the pylon sign at 15400 Bayview Ave. already displays the Canadian Tire name, the exterior of the actual building still resembles that of its former occupant, Target. Store employees at the Yonge Street location have confirmed the transition to the new location is underway.

The new store will include 69,000 square feet of retail space.

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Individuals living behind See page A13.

IN PHOTO: Aurora’s Canadian Tire is relocating to the former Target location on Bayview Avenue.

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Firefighters from across York Region, including Central York Fire Services, appeared on TV Sunday night as part of MasterChef Canada when the cooks came to Unionville and served 121 hungry heroes baby back ribs.

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ture side dishes for the tribute barbecue lunch.

Seven-foot tables all joined together and decked in crisp

white linen and blue and red plates lined the centre of Unionville’s Main Street, with enough seating for 121 of the region’s “heroes”.

While the firefighters were secluded from the cooking action, that didn’t stop them from salivating as plumes of barSee page A12.

hen visitors come to northern York Region, there isn’t a hotel or motel for them to stay at in Aurora.

And when there’s a big sports tournament in Newmarket, the lack of hotels in the area means visitors often have to head south to Richmond Hill and Markham to find accommodation.

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Firefighters honoured on MasterChef Canada ain Street Unionville had its 15 minutes of fame last fall when the historical and picturesque street was closed off and transformed into an open-air kitchen.

Calling the business hub part of “rural Ontario”, the show selected Unionville as its location for chefs from MasterChef Canada to compete in this season’s first team challenge.

And 121 firefighters from across York Region were treated to a tasty feast of barbecued baby back ribs.

“I didn’t eat today,” said Markham firefighter Jeremy Acton, who, along with 120 others, was waiting out of sight near the Stiver Mill.

“I came hungry.”

During the ‘Trial by Fire’ episode of this season’s show, which aired Sunday, the home cooks were put to the test in a 90-minute rib-off in the middle of the street.

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TRAIL MIX

An occasional series where we take a closer look at the many beautiful, diverse trail systems in York Region

Hollidge Tract changes with each visit ‘You’re only 10 minutes from home, but you feel hours away from anything.’

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“There’s no trees,” is a common refrain uttered by those urban folks.

There are few retorts with which you can respond to your friends. Ask them where all the trees are in downtown Toronto?

Or, better yet, invite them to take a hike, literally, through one of your many forests.

Tucked away in the Oak Ridges Moraine, York Region Forest tracts are one of the area’s best-kept secrets and are everything suburban stereotypes are not.

Made up of 2,300 hectares of protected land, located in different parts of the region, the forest is made up of 18 different properties with more than 120 kilometers of trail open to the public every day of the year.

One of the prettiest trails in the forest is the Hollidge Tract, which is a slice of forest that stretches between Ninth Line and Hwy.48 just south of Vivian Sideroad in Whitchurch-Stouffville.

Every trip to the Hollidge Tract is different.

On a rainy Thursday afternoon, there is not a soul to be found in the parking lot off of Hwy. 48.

The new Bill Fisch Forest Stewardship and Education Centre is empty, but the sweet aroma of freshly split pine emanates from its wooden structure.

Autumn’s leftover leaves blanket the trail: these vibrant colours of fall have faded into a brown mulch.

The only sound that can be heard is the squish, squish of boots pressing into the damp earth and the cracks from trees swaying in the wind.

Tree limbs are bare but just waiting for their spring coat.

On Friday morning, the sun is out

and cars are in the parking lot.

Frank Alexander and Noel Bain are getting ready to go for a walk.

There are few people in the region that have hiked the Hollidge Tract more than these two. Alexander is a regional director for the Oak Ridges Trail Association and Bain is the trail captain for this publicly owned paradise. ORTA is a charitable hiking organization with a mandate to build and maintain a public hiking trail system on the Oak Ridges Moraine. This day, they have invited a reporter to enjoy the walk with them.

“We will show you the accessible trail first,” Alexander said.

The wide kilometer-long path is one of the only accessible trails in the York Region Forest network.

Bain, like many trail users, brought her dog, Ginny, along for the stroll. As trail captain, Bain is responsible for doing spring and fall inspections, but not today: this walk is just for fun.

“A lot of people use the trail for dog walking,” Bain said.

However, that’s not the only activity that happens on the trail.

People also like to come crosscountry ski, bike and run, Alexander said. ORTA hosts its annual adventure relay June 11th and the Hollidge Tract will be part of the 160-kilometre non-stop race on the Oak Ridges Moraine Trail that includes canoeing, biking and running.

York Region residents should consider themselves lucky to have a forest like this at their disposal, because it wasn’t always the case, Alexander said.

Settlers had cleared a lot of native forest in the area to farm and, by the early 1900s, the sandy soils of the Oak Ridges

Moraine were prone to wind and water erosion. Drinking water began to dry up and the number of animals dwindled.

Reforestation efforts by the provincial and county governments during the 1920s to 1960s helped restore forest cover to the area.

The Hollidge Tract is unique because there are still some older trees on the Ninth Line

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“There are some 100-year-old hemlocks. It is really pretty in there,” he said.

Many of the wide paths cut through the forest were once logging roads that have transformed over the years into excellent trails, Alexander said.

Sunday afternoon on the Hollidge Tract is when you are most likely to run into Stouffville residents Eric and Maria Musselman.

They are no strangers to this section of the area’s swath of natural heritage.

“We have probably been there 25 to 30 times,” Eric said.

A trip to the forest is family tradition for the Musselmans, who often go running while their three children follow them on bikes.

While the Eldred King Tract to the west is very busy with horse traffic, Eric said you often feel like you are the only one at the more tranquil Hollidge Tract.

The family purchased crosscountry skis this year to enjoy the trail even more.

“There wasn’t very much snow, but we still got out four or five times,” he said.

Originally, they heard about the forest through word of mouth.

“We just started exploring,” Maria said.

Usually entering from the Ninth Line side, Maria said she likes the boardwalk features that have been built to walk across the swampy ground, seeing a whitetailed deer or taking in the stunning fall colours the trails provide.

“You’re only 10 minutes from home, but you feel hours away from anything,” she said.

“Every time I come back, I’m so thankful to have that forest.”

Background: One of several carvings in the Hollidge Tract.

Upper left: Stouffville’s Gwyn Rooke (left) and Sharon Wilston of Sharon walk with their canine pals, Gracie and Viggo. Upper right: The Bill Fisch Forest Stewardship and Education Centre.

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EDITORIAL

Time to end defunct daylight saving time practice Marney Beck

THE ISSUE: Many studies point to fact daylight saving time is harmful to our overall well-being.

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Whether it was introduced to help farmers make the most of limited growing seasons or as a way for countries to conserve coal during wartime, times have changed so much since it was instituted in the early 1900s, that it doesn’t make sense any longer.

Depending on who you ask or the website you visit, the history of daylight saving time is debatable.

Whether it was introduced to help farmers make the most of limited growing seasons or as a way for countries to conserve coal during wartime, times have changed so much since it was instituted in the early 1900s, that it doesn’t make sense any longer.

If it was for the farming community, equipment today means farmers can work in any lighting condition.

The halogen lights on their tractors ensure that. So, farmers can work whatever hours they like. The time of day is irrelevant.

The coal-specific conservation argument is also moot at this point in time for several reasons.

There isn’t even strong evidence suggesting daylight saving time decreases overall energy consumption by reducing the need for lighting and heating during the time when most people are awake, even though several countries brought it in during the energy crisis of the 1970s, when major industrial countries, including the United States and Canada, faced gas shortages.

So, why is it still a part of our lives?

Why are we still forced to adapt our lives to a time manipulation that not everyone abides by and that no longer has a positive impact on our lives (if it ever did)?

There’s plenty of evidence indicating it is a risk to our health and wellbeing.

Where’s the evidence suggesting there’s a benefit for the majority of people affected by it?

Until that comes to light, it’s time to put an end to the practice.

BOTTOMLINE: It’s time to end the now-defunct tradition of springing forward.

‘E LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Town expense funds very important tool

hold it to account for the future.

Re: Town releases council spending expenses, March 10: bit.ly/1SMZt0X This article has been written in a negative tone, as if the reporter is trying to shed a dark shadow over the town officials and their discretionary fund spending.

It is important to understand that a discretionary budget is a very important tools. This tool ensures that the town and the wards have proper representation at many important events as well as at many community functions. It also allows the support of various important initiatives that are unique to the town and to each ward.

These budgets allow our elected officials the responsibility to make quick decisions on community needs as well as enhancing community relationships.

These expenses are totally transparent, therefore, let’s not hamper our town representatives in doing their jobs and what’s best for our town and our communities.

Congratulations to brave women and for article

Bob Kwapis Newmarket

Tall buildings in Newmarket bad idea Re: Clock Tower plan should go to Slessor Square area, letter to the editor by Elaine Adam, March 10: bit.ly/1RhfPQm On the surface, it may seem to be a good idea, but the reality is what lies beneath.

The fact is, a lot of what you see today is not reflective of what lies underground. A large percentage of Newmarket is filledin swamp that happened over almost a century. The Slessor property is only one example, but 99 per cent of the Yonge Street/ Davis Drive area is fill.

The Clock Tower project is a bit different, but I remember reading there is a creek that runs under its basement floor, negating an underground garage.

Newmarket’s ground conditions can be found in the Ontario Geologic Survey and, more recently, in the VivaNext survey, completed by Golder and Associates in 2008. In the latter, it is clearly stated tall buildings in Newmarket are not a good idea.

The fact is, bedrock is about 110 metres deep and, at best, there is shale, which is not a stable base.

Underground aquifers and artesian wells are commonplace in the area and we are on a section of the Oak Ridges Moraine, called the Newmarket Till.

We also depend on water for many purposes, including drinking water, and the more buildings you put up, the less water you have for the future.

It seems to me, that our council is not forward thinking. It has access to these surveys, but chooses to ignore them.

They are available online.

Residents can, perhaps, make the town think a bit harder and

Eric Smith Newmarket

Re: Women celebrate day of ‘reflection, advocacy, action’, March 10: bit.ly/1pGOP0g I want to congratulate all three women for speaking out, but particularly Nema Memat , from my reading the book Heretic written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which may be purchased at a local book store, Memat would be killed for speaking out, as she did, if our laws did not protect her.

I also wish to congratulate The Era/Banner/Express for this article and for placing it on the front page.

Glen Bennett Newmarket

Council has examples to guide its decision Re: Clock Tower developer resubmits apartment plan, March 10: bit.ly/1M4WKt0 Believe it or not, Newmarket is so fortunate regarding the proposed Clock Tower development because council has, at its disposal, perfect examples to guide it in its decision to save our 200-year historical heritage and today’s Main Street.

Small retailers cannot withstand loss of customers for more than a few months and, once construction starts, people will avoid Main. Davis Drive is a perfect example.

Traffic congestion at Main and Park Avenue is so bad and parking spaces are invisible.

Picture the traffic flow when the residents of 165 units explode on to Park every day. I understand some of these rental units are to be in the area of 400 square feet. That’s the size of our single garage. Larger ones are about 900 square feet. The underground parking will be a challenge for tenants and their visitors. To get a real idea of just how monstrous it would be, take a look at the six-storey development on the east side of Yonge in Aurora near Wellington Street and it is on a four-lane road. The proposal in Newmarket is bigger at seven storeys and on two lane Main. It boggles the mind.

The town has a perfect solution for all these problems, which are too many to mention here. Happily, the town owns a piece of land, without which this whole project cannot proceed.

All town officials have to do is inform the developers that it will not sell or swap this piece of land to them and it’s “over and out”. No OMB hassles. The Glenway trip to the OMB cost taxpayers $588,291 with a negative result. Any future development for Main should be sympathetic to our treasured past and conforming to our three-storey bylaw and heritage designation.

Margaret Davis Newmarket

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Stop nonsense, don’t drink and drive Twenty-six years ago, in King City, I lost a very good friend because of a drunk driver.

I read in the news recently that York Regional Police arrested 10 drunk drivers in one weekend alone.

You have to be living under a rock not to hear the news with those three Neville-Lake children and their grandfather killed by yet another drunk driver as the court proceedings are going on.

What is it going to take for people to stop this absolute nonsense? Honestly. Take a cab — for what it will cost, even at $200 at a maximum — is that not worth it?

I still don’t think a day has gone by in the past 26 years where I haven’t thought of my friend. He never got married, never had a family of his own.

There is so much more he never got to do. I won’t even mention the fallout for his family after the drunk driver got off on a technicality.

My heart still breaks and always will. Please stop the nonsense. Don’t think twice — think once. Don’t drink and drive.

Heidi Fleming Aurora

Heartwarming story Re: Newmarket man receives Facing Cancer Together Co-survivor Award, March 10: bit.ly/1Mkygw1 What a wonderful, heartwarming story. In a world where young people often seem to only want “things” and think merely of themselves, it’s a welcome change to see the selflessness of these two young people.

Mariarosa was willing to let Christian go so that he would not be tied to a seriously ill woman and Christian decided life with her was worth the sacrifice.

Having gone through a cancer journey with a loved one, I appreciate what this young couple has gone through and will continue to go through because once you’ve experienced cancer, life is never the same.

This story should be an inspiration to all of our children and, I dare say, to many of parents and grandparents. It is such a blessing that she is now cancer free (as my loved one is).

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he clocks moved up one hour Sunday morning for daylight saving time.

Have you adapted to the change, yet?

While the 60-minute shift might not seem like a big deal in the grand scheme of things, there’s a growing movement to do away with the twice yearly time manipulation.

Aside from the hassle of minor sleep deprivation every March, there’s new research indicating that losing an hour of sleep increases your risk of stroke for the following two days, especially for senior citizens and those with cancer.

The study, which looked at 10 years of stroke data in Finland, shows the rate of stroke, caused by a clot blocking blood flow to the brain, is 8 per cent higher immediately after a daylight saving time shift.

There’s also a 7-per-cent spike in heart attacks in the first three days after the time change.

And, perhaps not surprisingly, there appears to be evidence that you’re more accident-prone on the road and at work and home in the days following the time change.

According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, there is an 8-per-cent increase in traffic accidents, A University of Colorado study shows a 17-per-cent rise in traffic fatalities on the first work day after daylight saving time.

And for those who do make it to work safely, chances are, according to Virginia Tech, Singapore University and Penn State scientists, you won’t be productive.

You’re likely to spend more time than normal surfing the Internet, for example, according to the study.

So, why do we do it?

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xcellent customer service doesn’t have a cup size.”

So said the executive director of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre last week on International Women’s Day, and I couldn’t agree more.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission is calling for an end to sexualized dress codes that discriminate against female employees.

The commission is taking on some restaurants and bars that require their female staff to dress in high heels, tight dresses, low-cut tops and short skirts.

The commission maintains that this dress code requirement may make employees more vulnerable to sexual harassment, contribute to discriminatory work environments and exclude people based on sex, gender identity or expression and creed.

Most of us have eaten at such restaurants where the female staff, often waitresses or hostesses, can be dressed in such a provocative way it can make female customers embarrassed and male customers uncomfortable, too.

I’ve shared a meal at such establishments with female friends and it became a topic of hushed conversation.

I’ve eaten meals at chain restaurants in both Richmond Hill and Newmarket where either my husband or my daughter’s boyfriend were ill at ease due to the cleavage and very short skirts on display.

Many times I’ve shared a meal at such establishments with female friends and it became a topic of hushed conversation, not wanting to upset servers. I don’t think such hushed discussion bodes well for a restaurant, if customers talk about the way a server is dressed instead of how delicious the food is.

My son also worked in the kitchen of one such establishment that required female staff to dress provocatively.

Not only was he sometimes distracted in his work, but he felt uncomfortable when encountering the waitresses in staff hallways — and even sorry for them.

After all, he has a sister, and would probably be embarrassed if she had obtained a job in the same restaurant and been forced to dress in a revealing way.

And as a parent, I would be more than uncomfortable if my daughter were forced to wear sexy clothes to work; I would be furious.

“Employers must make sure their dress codes don’t reinforce sexist stereotypes,” said Chief Commissioner Renu Mandhane of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

“They send the message that an employee’s worth is tied to how they look. That’s not right, and it could violate the Ontario Human Rights Code.”

Last week, the commission publicized its plea to workers that if they felt their workplace’s dress code or uniform discriminated against them, they should use their company’s internal complaints process, or file a formal human rights tribunal complaint. (online go to sjto.gov.on.ca/ hrto/contact/) If there are any waitresses or restaurant staff who would like to express their opinions on wearing sexualized clothing — our reporters would like to hear from them. Or from managers explaining why their dress code is important to the image they are trying to project to customers.

It’s fair game to ask restaurant staff to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day or a special T-shirt to promote a company awareness or charitable campaign, but quite another to insist on a uniform that exposes staff as sex objects.

— Marney Beck is editor of the Richmond Hill/Thornhill Liberal newspapers

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Building hotel in Aurora costs 3 times more than in other GTA towns Region’s development charges ‘uncompetitive’: Dawe From Front Page

costs such as roads, water and sewer pipes, transit and recreation facilities.

While DCs aren’t the only consideration when someone is looking to build a new hotel, York’s high fees are a significant reason why Aurora is having trouble attracting a new hotel, Dawe said.

Building a 90-unit hotel in Ajax would cost $831,000 in development charges, he said. In Toronto, it would cost $868,000, while in Milton, the fees would come to $1.2 million.

‘I understand why we have development charges to fund some of the projects we’re looking at, but the reality is the hotel part of the development charge income is extremely small.’

That same hotel in Aurora would costs $2.8 million in regional and town DCs, Dawe said.

“I believe that our rate is, quite simply, uncompetitive. We are impeding that particular part of the market,” he told councillors, adding hotel owners have told him high DCs are a significant reason why they are bypassing Aurora.

“I understand why the DCs are there.

I understand why we have development charges to fund some of the projects we’re looking at, but the reality is the hotel part of the development charge income is extremely small (and wouldn’t contribute a significant amount overall).”

Dawe wants the region to follow Aurora’s lead in deferring DCs for hotel developers.

“Part of our economic plan in Aurora is to drive sport tourism. The hotel industry will definitely help us with that particular business. So, it does drive our economic development in Aurora,” he said.

Also, while three hotels were built in the region from 2013 to 2015, no hotel development charges have been collected under the region’s current DC bylaw, Dawe said.

“I would rather take a reduced DC on a hotel project that is built than 100 per cent of the DCs on a project that is not,” he said.

Terry Mundell, president of the Greater Toronto Hotel Association, and Tony Elenis, president of the Ontario Hotel and Motel Association, could not be reached for com-

ment.

Arguing the region does have a program that gives hotel developers small financial relief, regional chairperson Wayne Emmerson urged councillors not to focus on one industry before the region reviews its entire development charges structure in June 2017.

While regional treasurer Bill Hughes said there may be a case for lowering hotel development charges as part of next year’s review of DCs, he said the revenue from the fees is important to the region’s financial security.

East Gwillimbury Mayor Virginia Hackson expressed similar frustration with the region’s costly hotel DCs. “We are one of the municipalities, as well, that doesn’t have a hotel. In our growth plans that are coming forward, we have had several discussions with individuals who either own land or are looking for land for some kind of hotel and the discussion around development charges has come back to us,” she said.

“I hear the chair as far as what he is saying about 2017, but we are in a dilemma and the problem, of course, is if it goes out to 2017, then we’re not looking at hotels (being built) in our communities until 2020 or much later. It certainly prohibits us in some of the large sport events that are looking at our location, as well as some cultural events.”

Often, visitors coming to an event in Newmarket have to rely on accommodation in the south part of the region due to the lack of hotels in the north, Mayor Tony Van Bynen said.

Aurora hasn’t had a hotel since the Howard Johnson closed down almost two years ago.

Mayor Geoff Dawe wants to attract another one to town, but says York Region’s development charges defer potential investors.

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Further information and the Terms of Reference can be obtained by contacting Fausto Filipetto of Planning & Development Services at 905-727-3123, ext. 4342 or via email to ffilipetto@aurora.ca. The Terms of Reference are also available at www.aurora.ca/planningnotices. The Terms of Reference provide details with respect to items such as the duties of the Design Review Panel, Panel membership, Panel nomination criteria and meeting protocol.

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Project Gnosis aims to prepare students for technological future Code ‘should be taught as a core subject in our schools’: Aurora mother

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A local mother is determined to put Aurora on the map for computer coding.

Michaela Sorrentino, like most parents, is always on the lookout for learning opportunities that will help give her two sons the skills they need to be successful in the future.

Since today’s society is the new digital age, she jumped at the chance to enrol her children in a week-long camp that would teach them how to make a Pac-Man game using basic code.

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‘If Canadians can’t code, then those jobs will be filled by people from elsewhere. Wouldn’t it be great if our own people had the skills to fill the positions?’

Digital coding is the process of using binary digits to represent letters, characters and other symbols in a digital format. There are several types of digital codes widely used today, but they use the same principle of combining binary numbers to represent a character.

“I thought we would be able to make something together and they could teach me something after the program,” she said.

“But when I asked them to show me how to use code to create something at home, I was very disappointed to find they couldn’t repeat what they had learned.”

With both the Canadian and Ontario governments’ focus on building the country’s technology sector to help rebuild the economy following a decline in the automotive manufacturing industry, she suspects a

IN PHOTO: Michaela Sorrentino, of Project Gnosis, speaks with her business partner Sami Asaker via tablet Thursday.

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demand for programmers will continue to increase.

“I was amazed when I found out they don’t teach students how to code in the school system,” she said. “If Canadians can’t code, then those jobs will be filled by people from elsewhere. Wouldn’t it be great if our own people had the skills to fill the positions?”

Ontario schools don’t teach programming as a core subject but many schools, including those in York Region, do have clubs that focus on robotics. Many use software to tell the robots what to do, which replaces the need for knowing how to read and write code, she added.

In the next 10 years, the United States predicts one million jobs will require the ability to code and less than 10 per cent of the nation’s schools teach the technical language, according to her research.

“Code is a language and, as far as I’m concerned, it should be taught as a core subject in our schools,” Sorrentino added.

“If you think about how long it takes for a child to be literate from infancy on, it only makes sense to begin teaching the fundamentals as early as possible.”

Her passion for education, ability to research and a partnership with Sami Asaker —a university computer science student pursuing a master’s degree in Germany — led to the creation of Project Gnosis IT Academy for kids, a comprehensive program to teach children from Kindergarten to Grade 12 the basics of computer literacy by learning how to program and build and repair basic hardware components.

Founded in 2013, it took three years to develop the program that is currently being piloted in Germany and will soon be run as a pilot program at the Geneva Centre for Autism.

The creators are also working toward introducing the program to local school boards with the goal of, one day, teaching all Canadian children how to code.

Sorrentino and Asaker feel so passionate about the program and the need for children to have these technological skills to compete in today’s workforce and thrive in the future, they are working toward creating a non-profit organization to make the educational program accessible to all. In doing so, they are looking to team up with other organizations, businesses or individuals who are interested in the supporting the program.

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Today Art at the manor 2015 Ongoing until March 31.

Hillary House National Historic Site, 15372 Yonge St. in Aurora.

Fourth annual exhibit showcases pieces by local artists who are influenced by the world around them. Visit aurorahs.com to find out more. Features works by Claire D’Aurore, Deborah Campo and Christine Valentini.

Contact: Erika, erika.mazanik@aurorahs.com, 905-727-8991.

The Art of Theatre: A Theatre Aurora Community as Curator Heritage Display Ongoing until March 30, various times.

Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St. A Community as Curator Heritage Exhibition Behind every great show, is a team of great designers. Take a look at the designs behind the shows of recent Theatre Aurora productions, with artwork and designs from designers including Holly Williamson, Andrew Cleveland, and Resident Artist Thomas Dannenberg. Continuing through March 30 in the Apple Suites Gallery, Main Floor. Admission is at no charge.

Contact: Jane Taylor, info@auroraculturalcentre.ca, 905-713-1818.

Scout Display at the Elman Campbell Museum Ongoing until March 18.

Elman W. Campbell Museum, 134 Main St. S in Newmarket.

Scouting is being commemorated with the annual display at the Elman W. Campbell Museum. The display will be on view until March 18. Free Admission. Open Tuesdays-Saturdays 10a.m.- noon and 1 to 4p.m.

Info: Beth Sinyard, Curator, elmanmuseum@rogers.com, 905-953-5314.

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Optimist Hall of Newmarket, 56 Forhan Dr. Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps 221 Patriot asks you to donate bottles and cans to help send a cadet’s trip to France, for the 100th anniversary of Canada’s capture of Vimy Ridge. Drop off times: Tuesdays and Thursdays between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Call 905-895-3038 to arrange for a pickup.

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March Break Fun at the Elman W. Campbell Museum March 17 to 19, noon to 3 p.m.

Elman W. Campbell Museum, 134 Main St. March 17 - 19, Museum Mayhem - Free. Children under 12 must be accompanied by a caregiver 18 years of age or over.

Contact: Beth Sinyard, elmanmuseum@rogers.com, 905-953-5314.

Newmarket Prostate Cancer Support Group March 17, 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Newmarket Seniors Meeting Place, 474 Davis Dr. Meet and greet at 6:30 and meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. The March venue will be a peer-to-peer group meeting. All welcome.

Contact: Walt Klywak, wklywak1@gmail.com, 905-895-1975.

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Tomorrow The Science of Making Music March 18, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St. Ages 6 - 9 years. Please register. Create your own string, wind and percussion instruments and explore the science behind the sounds.

Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492.

Lights, Camera, Action!

March 18, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St. Want to star in a movie? Create a movie poster using our green screen.

Please Register. The cost is $2 per participant.

This weekend Maple Syrup Festival at Brooks Farms March 19 & 26, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Brooks Farms, 122 Ashworth Rd in Mount Albert.

Satisfy your sweet tooth at the Brooks Farms Maple Syrup Festival running weekends until April and throughout March break. Head to the Mount Albert farm to gain some insight into where the sweet treat comes from, sample sap and syrup, take a train or wagon ride, enjoy a camp fire in the sugar bush and visit the pancake house.

Contact: info@brooksfarms.com.

Reader Gerry Markhoff sent us this Your Shot he took of a song sparrow perched on a branch. Send us Your Shot. The ongoing theme is Nature & Wildlife. Email your high-quality jpegs to editor Tracy Kibble at tkibble@yrmg.com for a chance to have your photo included in our online gallery and published in the newspaper.

Brushbots!

March 19, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St. Ages 6+. Register. Build a simple toothbrush-based robot. Complete in races, sumo matches or painting competitions with your robotic friend!

Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492.

Ukrainian Easter Eggs Workshop at the Elman Campbell Museum March 19, 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Elman W. Campbell Museum, 134 Main St. Come to the Elman W. Campbell Museum for Ukrainian Easter Eggs. Suitable for children ages 5+. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $10 per person. To pre-register please call 905-953-5314 or email elmanmuseum@rogers.com.

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Tween Scene March 19, 11 a.m. to noon.

East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.

Next week March Break: Celebrate St. Patrick`s Day! Decorate cupcakes, hunt for gold coins and play Irish Ping Pong. Remember to wear green-best outfit wins! a Buddhist perspective with Gen Kelsang Suma March 21, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 227 Church St. in Newmarket.

This series of classes is a practical guide to understanding one’s mind. We will learn how to recognize and reduce painful ways of thinking and to replace these with meaningful and beneficial views. Although part of a series, each class is self-contained, and consists of guided meditation, a teaching and time for discussion. Cost: $10 per class or 5 classes for $40.

Contact: Betty Whitehouse, epcjampaling@gmail.com, 705-733-5255.

Toastmasters Open House March 21, 7 to 9 p.m.

Town of Aurora, 100 John West Way Toastmasters teaches Communication & Leadership skills in a fun, supportive environment. Come hear speeches, tips and more about what this non-profit Internatinonal organization can do for you.

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St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 227 Church St. Choir always welcoming new members! Shout Sister! takes an unorthodox approach to choral singing. They do not audition and they sing a fun variety of music from pop and Motown, to folk, to a touch of country and blues. Members learn from recorded tracks so they require no reading of music. The method is fresh and fun and we are a warm and welcoming community. You are welcome to attend a practice with no obligation and new members are welcome at any time. For more information about the choir, visit their website at www.shoutsisterchoir.ca.

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HR Workshop Series - Managing Performance March 22, 8:30 to 10 a.m.

Aurora Chamber of Commerce, 14483 Yonge St. Aurora Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Williams HR Consulting, is pleased to present a series of nine seminars and workshops designed to help employers navigate even their most challenging people issues. Series focuses on how to build high-performance teams to drive overall performance and growth of your business while reducing potential risks and exposures. Cost is $20 for members, $30 for non-members.

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Newmarket and Area Newcomers Club March 23, 7 to 10 p.m.

Various. Call or email for details.

Ladies Book Club.

Contact: 905-841-4094.

Sing & Sign March 24, 1:30 to 3 p.m.

East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St. Introducing American Sign Language for hearing infants and toddlers, this program uses songs and games as tools, allowing you to include signing in everyday routines. It is also a wonderful opportunity to bond with your baby while supporting language development. Presented by Early Years, North York. Please Register.

Newmarket and Area Newcomers Club March 24, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Various. Call or email for details.

Ladies Lunch.

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Town of Aurora Easter Egg Hunt March 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Aurora Seniors Centre, 90 John West Way. Enjoy Egg-citing activities including an egg hunt, face painting, games, craft making and much more. Town of Aurora Easter Egg Hunt Saturday March 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Aurora Seniors’ Centre. Cost is a $5 wrist band for kids 12 and under.

Contact: lmcguire@aurora.ca, 905-726-4762.

Health & Wellness Fairs Spring 2016 Expo March 26, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Aurora Community Center - Auditorium, Aurora Heights Drive.

In support of Southlake Foundation and the Aurora & Newmarket Food Pantry. Come out and meet your local health and wellness professionals (nutritionist, naturopath, dietician, holistic healer, chiropractor, physiotherapist, RMT, fitness/personal trainer, and many more!) Get expert advice and free samples from your local holistic food suppliers. Your admission of $2 or a non-perishable food item includes a ballot to win a CASH prize!

Contact: Michelle Fisher, info@hwfairs.com, 289-338-8995.

Family Fun Easter Egg Hunt March 27, 10 a.m. to noon.

Fairgrounds Park, 235 Pines St. in Newmarket.

FREE fun event for the family! Every child gets a goodie bag! Face painting, balloon art, pictures with the Easter Bunny and more! Arrive on time to make sure your kids don’t miss out on filling their baskets! Please get as many tickets as you have children coming in order to make sure we have enough loot for everyone! Bring your own basket. Register by March 25.

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Firefighters, including CYFS, treated to lunch on TV show mula that started with smell.

“First, you smell the ribs,” he said. “You should be able to smell the seasonings; smell the barbecue flavour.”

After smell, it’s a matter of taste and aftertaste.

Second only to taste is the texture — having a high fall-off-thebone factor was key.

“The meat has to melt off the bone,” said Paul Taylor with Vaughan Fire and Rescue Services.

“If not, it’s too fatty. There’s nothing worse than bad ribs where you have to chew like crazy. Ribs have to be meaty, not fatty.”

MasterChef Canada judge Michael Bonacini could not agree more.

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becue goodness wafted through the air.

They may have the uniform in common, but what makes for finger-licking barbecue all comes down to personal taste.

“It’s every man for himself,” Acton said.

“For me, bring on the heat and the mess. There’s nothing wrong with messy.”

While Acton’s approach was to reserve his vote for the plate that blew his mind away, others had a more methodical approach.

For Joe McDonald, an East Gwillimbury firefighter, judging the best ribs was a complex for-

sticks between your teeth and you need dental floss,” he said during the Unionville taping.

“Dry ribs are the worst.”

The trick is to cook ribs low and slow, he added.

Even before taste factors into the judging, looks play a big part, added chef and judge Alvin Leung.

“Before you taste it, just look at it,” he said. “It should look plump and juicy, not dry like cardboard.

A good barbecued rib combines a great rub, flavourful and sticky sauce and a zap of heat, said chef and judge Claudio Aprile.

Don’t forget to add a whole lot of time and patience, he added.

“When that all culminates together, it’s a work of magic,” he said.

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Downtown Unionville was shut off to pedestrian and vehicular traffic and was transformed last September into an open-air kitchen for the MasterChef Canada TV show, which featured a tasty lunch of barbecued ribs for 121 firefighters from across York Region.

Scientific proof raw milk harmful: lawyer Charney.

After the rally ended, many of the signs could be seen lying on the ground near the courthouse or leaning against a nearby fence, while the cow put up a struggle as it was led to a trailer across the parking lot.

In 2011, Schmidt was convicted on several charges under the Health Protection and Promotion Act and the Milk Act. He was fined $9,150.

“It’s not (about) what we believe — it’s the law under the Health Protection and Promotion Act,” deputy regional solicitor Dan Kuzmyk said in an interview with York Region Media Group. “It is illegal to sell or distribute unpasteurized milk in the province. It’s our job to enforce the law. From our perspective... there are health risks associated with unpasteurized milk. That’s not a legal question, it’s a scientific fact supported by any number of scientists and studies.”

Schmidt’s Durham farming collective produces raw milk products that are distributed to its members. He believes the operation is within the law, but the province

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York Region and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

The injunction would order a stop to all raw milk activities at Schmidt’s Glencolton Farms, whose controversial distribution of the product has been the subject of government investigations and raids for more than two decades.

It could also prohibit the distribution of raw milk to York residents who are part of Schmidt’s collective dairy farm initiative.

The protesters appeared to be from a cross-section of society.

Young parents carried young children on their shoulders. Others held signs saying things such as, ‘I Drink Raw Milk, Still Alive’, ‘Enough Already! Stop the Farm Raids!’, ‘Please Make Raw Milk a Legal Choice’ and ‘Corporate Controlled Government’. Many circled around a brown and white-spotted Guernsey cow that was standing near the courthouse entrance and wearing a pink scarf. The cow’s bell clanked frequently and could be heard over several guest speakers, including Schmidt and defence lawyer Davin

them and provides the milk in return for a fee. It’s a very informed process. It’s not offered to the public; no one is asking for that.”

Public health officials note raw milk can contain salmonella and E. Coli, as well as Listeria monocytogenes, an organism capable of causing septicemia and meningitis.

Raw milk has also been scientifically linked to typhoid and tuberculosis, including a typhoid outbreak in Montreal in 1927.

There is no evidence raw milk is nutritionally superior and any supposed health benefits are outweighed by the “overwhelming” facts it could cause illness, says a statement on the provincial Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care website.

Similar messages can be found on the websites of health agencies across Canada.

Since the first crackdown on Glencolton in 1994, 17 American states have legalized raw milk.

Access to the beverage is legal in 42 states, along with every European country except Scotland, advocates charge.

Many of those jurisdictions require the milk to be labelled as

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has asserted Schmidt’s efforts are a deliberate attempt to circumvent the rules.

“We’re here to defend out right, which has been unjustly taken away by the government,” Schmidt said. “It is more an issue for us that we are defending our ground and asserting our rights to drink milk from our cows from our farms. We are walking in the spirit of (Indian leader Mahatma) Gandhi with peaceful, non-violent resistance.”

In Canada, selling raw milk is illegal, but Ontario does not ban the consumption of raw milk and farmers are allowed to drink it when produced by their own cows.

“They don’t own a farm or a big property to house a cow on, so they enter a contract with a farmer who does,” Vander Hout said, of many of the protesters in attendance.

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Demonstrators said modern technology, research and testing can minimize health risks.

“Here we are, 22 years into the thing, and a whole new case has started up,” David Gumpert, who spoke to the crowd and has written books about the benefits of raw milk, said.

“To me, this is unheard of in the civilized world, where a government would go after a small farmer and spend that much time and effort to somehow punish him for something as simple as distributing raw milk.

“The one explanation I’ve come up with is that you have a very strong dairy cartel in Ontario and I have to think it is pressuring the government to stay after him. It’s about money.”

While the court proceedings got underway this week, the hearing is not expected to take place until the end of September.

York has a section on its website dedicated to the raw milk issue. For more information, visit york.ca/ rawmilk.

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Recommendations listed in the master plan are ranked high, medium or low and, of the 45 recommendations listed in the report, 28 are ranked top priority.

“Over half of those recommendations are high (priority) and that is a lot of activity for council to digest,” Mayor Geoff Dawe said. “They are all high, but they can’t all be the same high.”

Downey said projects will be staggered, adding town staff will report back to council at a later date with an implementation plan and a ranking of recommendations from one to 45.

Those items that don’t require funds from the budget can begin sooner than those that have budgetary implications.

Councillor Harold Kim is leery of the town getting further into the fitness business, a role, he believes, should be undertaken by the private sector.

However, Councillor Michael Thompson said recommendations aren’t set in stone and that projects are still subject to discussion to see how they fit into the

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“At the end of the day, we still need to see the feasibility reports related to those specific items to

ensure this is the right thing to do,” he added.

Other high priorities include the addition of a six-lane,

25-metre pool at the existing Aurora Family Leisure Complex or another suitable location, consider Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings prime time pool hours to encourage more use of the pools, giving the Aurora Public Library the Magna and Lebovic rooms for their own programming, take on a potential use study for the former public library on Victoria Street and continue to focus on youth, as well as senior citizen programming.

As for outdoor recreation, the plan calls for the creation of a sports field complex with a minimum of three lit, full-size rectangular fields, potentially worth $750,000 each and one artificial turf field at Stewart Burnett Park, which could set the town back $1.5 million.

The construction of one ball diamond, two additional outdoor tennis courts, a water feature and accessible playgrounds in areas as needed also top the list.

The town also wants more parkland and to bolster its trail system, develop private-public partnerships to gain access to more publicly accessible land options and to implement a community garden program.

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Participants in 360Kids’ 360 Experience spent a night in the shoes of homeless youths.

York Region Media Group’s Neil Moore was among them.

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Former MP Lois Brown spent more than all opponents combined

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Money doesn’t always guarantee success in life.

The same can be said for the federal Newmarket-Aurora candidates in the 2015 election.

Campaign expenses for three of the riding’s five candidates — then Conservative MP Lois Brown, Liberal Kyle Peterson and New Democrat Yvonne Kelly — have been released on the Elections Canada website.

According to the document, Brown spent $117,630.33, while Peterson had $52,313.75 in expenses and Kelly put $21,163.04 into her campaign.

‘It’s not unusual for the sitting MP to spend more money than the challenger.’

“We ran a lean campaign,” Peterson, now the MP for the riding, said from Parliament Hill Thursday. “It was an effective one, in hindsight.

We had a lot of volunteers making phone calls and door knocking, which means you don’t have to spend so much producing pieces to mail. It’s not unusual for the sitting MP to spend more money than the challenger.”

The spending limit in the riding was $219,830. That amount is higher than in past campaigns, due to the historic length of the 2015 election period, he said.

Peterson unseated Brown, the riding’s two-term incumbent, in one of the closest races in the Greater Toronto Area. He had 25,513 votes to Brown’s 24,059. Kelly finished third with 4,806 votes, while Green Party candidate Vanessa Long earned 1,331 and Progressive Canadian candidate Dorian Baxter received 762.

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NewRoads has yet another wellknown name under its banner.

The local automotive group completed the purchase of long-time Newmarket dealership, MacIver Dodge Jeep, March 1. So, add these latest brands to NewRoads’ already extensive portfolio — it currently owns Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, General Motors, Kia and Mazda dealerships in town and Richmond Hill Subaru — and you might wonder whether plans are in the works to purchase every other car lot in town.

Not quite so, jokes NewRoads president Michael Croxon.

“We’ll still go to war; it’ll just be an inter-family war and this place will try to sell more pick-up trucks than the GM store,” he said, sitting in a nearly empty office that overlooks the MacIver showroom last week.

“As much as we’re having a friendly war with each other, to the customer’s benefit, we’re in competition with the other stores around us. We’ve become a logical alternative for those dealers who are contemplating exiting the business. Ian MacIver saw that and approached me, to which my response was an emphatic ‘yes’. Ian’s a wonderful man and I can completely understand why he has so many long-standing employees. He’s very generous and heartfelt. It was emotional for him. The Chrysler brand has been on a tremendous role the last few years; they’ve come up with some fantastic looking product that really appeals to consumers, particularly in the northern 905.

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these brands and look at them as a complement to the others we have up here,” he said.

MacIver opened in 1981. On this day of transition, where the black MacIver lettering on the front of the dealership building is scheduled to be taken down and replaced by a white backed NewRoads sign, the site is bustling with staff and the parking lot is nearly full.

Croxon is in an office, which may become space for a general manager and he begins to discuss changes that are in store for the property.

There will be more space out front of the dealership for parking and a few customer amenities, such as larger TVs and new seating, Croxon said.

“It’s a small facility. There’s got to be parking out front of the store. It’s a tight footprint. We have no plans on expanding the facility, but functionally, it can operate better from a consumer standpoint. If you’re a MacIver customer, I’d look for changes over the next year. It is my intention to update the entire interior of the facility, to make it more modern, customer friendly and contemporary.”

MacIver has 60 employees, many of whom are long-time and dedicated workers. No staffing changes are expected, though inevitably, there’s often some minor turnover under these circumstances, he admits.

“I’m not naive enough to think there won’t be some transition; but we didn’t transition anybody out of our last acquisition (Dave Wood Mazda),” Croxon said. “Everybody’s still there, save a few, but you’re always going to have that. I feel there’s a general excitement where they feel they’re part of something larger.”

In fact, the purchase will give MacIver employees opportunities to move around within their new company, he said.

Neighbourhood Network won’t give in and it won’t give up.

That’s because the nature of “giving” is its main priority and convincing citizens to give more is where the group excels.

Charitable giving, including both donations and volunteering, in Canada has seen a 3 per cent decline in the past three years, according to Susan Storey, vice-president of Ketchum Canada Inc., an organization dedicated to helping propel charitable organizations forward.

“This is a tough time to raise money and asking for dollars is not an easy thing,” she told dozens of local charity groups during a Collaboration Conference in Mount Albert March 4, hosted by Neighbourhood Network.

However, that’s not the case for Aurora-based Neighbourhood Network, a non-profit division of Magna International Inc., created to help people give back to the organizations, causes and individuals where they live. Currently, it serves Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King Township and Newmarket.

In 2014, the organization boasted 6,040 volunteers, which jumped to 8,440 in 2015 and is expected to hit 10,000 this year. In 2014, the organization worked with 237 partners and, in 2015, there were 315.

“We work with hundreds of charities across Canada, but the growth Neighbourhood Network is seeing is quite remarkable given the trends,” Storey added. “If other communities across the country used this organization’s model, we would be seeing an increase in volunteering.”

That model, she said is at the “inflection point”, adding if charities want to succeed, they have to “turn up the volume” and work on collaborations and telling stories to entice donors and volunteers.

While there are 85,000 charities in Canada, only 20 per cent of people give and the volunteerism rate is down 3 per cent despite the country’s population rising, she said.

But Neighbourhood Network is doing it right, she said.

It offers a variety of programs to help volunteers connect with the organizations, charities and individuals in the community that needs.

NETWORK NOTES • More than 12,000 trees in seven years have been planted during the annual spring tree planting events.

• 220 high school students have received a $500 Give Back Award based on exceptional volunteer contributions and were honoured at a special ceremony.

• $30,000 and thousands of bags of food have been collected through the fall food drive since 2009 to support local food banks.

• The holiday gift drive program helps local residents make meaningful gift donations by determining the highest needs and allocating the gifts appropriately.

• Collaborates with local high schools and offers programs like volunteer fairs, presentations and assisting students fulfilling the required 40 volunteering hours to graduate.

• The 2015 Magna Hoedown attracted over 5,000 attendees, 700 students with disabilities, raised $464,000 for 15 local charities and engaged over 700 volunteers.

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“There are many people who want to volunteer or who just aren’t aware that volunteering is the missing piece in their life balance,” Neighbourhood Network’s Steve Hinder said. “If people aren’t sure where to start, don’t know what opportunities are out there or want to make sure that their efforts benefit people locally, we are here to help guide them.”

At any given time, there are 80 volunteer opportunities listed on the organization’s website and volunteers can also log their hours online and see how efforts have made a positive impact on the community. These opportunities vary when it comes to commitment, including one-day to weekly events.

Stephen Anderson first became aware of Neighbourhood Network when he saw an advertisement in the newspaper looking for snow shovelling volunteers. He and his family thought it would be fun to join together.

“It’s good exercise and if you have the ability to help someone, it’s the right thing to do,” Anderson said.

For eight years he has been taking the time to volunteer to shovel driveways for individuals who are unable to do it on their own.

Gaetane Cox, now 86, and living with a heart condition, calls Anderson the snow fairy. It snows and then, magically, her driveway is clear without as much as a peep.

“I am very grateful for the service as I would be stuck inside all winter if it wasn’t safe for me to go into the driveway,” she said. “It is an amazing program and very helpful.”

Anderson isn’t one for awards and recognition and would prefer to just do the task and know that he has helped. However, he holds a special place in his heart for Cox because hers was the first driveway he shovelled.

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Money spent locally: Brown From page B1.

“All expenses are audited; that’s an important part of the process,” Brown said.

“This campaign was much longer than any other I’ve run. It was almost three times the length of (a normal) campaign. Obviously, there’s going to be more costs incurred, just from that perspective alone. But I had a wonderful team and I don’t know that we would have done anything differently.

When you (compare) my expenses to the length of the campaign, they’re correspondingly higher.”

Brown says her campaign money was spent locally, giving a boost to many Newmarket-Aurora businesses.

Spending limits differ in ridings across Canada, but mostly range from the $190,000s to mid-$200,000s.

Overall in York Region, money did not necessarily translate into victory. AuroraOak Ridges-Richmond Hill MP Leona Alleslev ($76,512.44), King-Vaughan MP Deb Schulte ($90,450.38), Markham-Thornhill MP John McCallum ($81,558.04) and Vaughan-Woodbridge MP Francesco Sorbara ($77,179) all ran for the Liberals and were outspent by their Conservative opponents. Financial statements for MarkhamStouffville Liberal MP Jane Philpott were not available on the Elections Canada website.

Conservatives who did win local ridings also seem to have spent more than their opponents during the campaign.

Markham-Unionville MP Bob Saroya poured in $159,700.05 and Thornhill MP Peter Kent spent $125,312.34. York-Simcoe MP Peter Van Loan dropped $139,541.66, but none of his opponents’ expense reports were listed on the website.

It appears the gap in spending has grown between the Liberals and Conservatives over the past three elections in Newmarket-Aurora.

In 2008, Liberal candidate Tim Jones actually outspent Brown, $64,059.63 to $57,855.59. During the 2011 campaign, Brown put $77,006.38 in, compared to Peterson’s $69,749.79.

“The limits were really high this time, because of the length of the campaign; it was artificially high,” Peterson said. “Even if

FOLLOW THE MONEY Ever wonder how much it takes to run a successful federal election campaign? The number is not as high as many York Region Conservative candidates think, apparently. Though the expense reports for a few candidates in ridings across the region were not available on the Elections Canada website, we have a good picture of what most of the top spenders poured into their federal campaigns in 2015.

Here’s what local winners spent: • Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill – Liberal Leona Alleslev, $76,512.44 (though outspent

by Conservative opponent Costas Menegakis’ $177,131.57) • King-Vaughan – Liberal Deb Schulte, $90,450.38 (outspent by Conservative Konstantin Toubis’ $148,098.63) • Markham-Stouffville – Jane Philpott, amount not available (Conservative opponent Paul Calandra spent $165,543.37) • Markham-Thornhill – John McCallum, $81,558.04 (outspent by Conservative Jobson Easow’s $137,655.51) • Markham-Unionville – Conservative Bob Saroya, $159,700.05 (outspent opponents who filed expenses) • Newmarket-Aurora – Liberal Kyle Peterson, $52,313.75 (outspent by Lois Brown’s $117,630.33) • Thornhill – Conservative Peter Kent, $125,312.34 (outspent opponents) • Vaughan-Woodbridge – Liberal Francesco Sorbara, $77,179 (outspent by Conservative Julian Fantino’s $157,909.84) • York-Simcoe – Conservative Peter Van Loan, $139,541.66 (only candidate with expenses posted) – source: elections.ca

we had that money to spend, I don’t know what we’d spend it on. We can’t buy TV commercials. (The campaign) was unnecessarily long, though we were the benefactors.”

Candidates had four months from the date of the election to file their campaign expenses, though Elections Canada can grant extensions. Statements for Long and Baxter were not online, as of the publication of this article.

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I spent my trip north on Viva seated beside another 360 participant — York Regional Police Chief Eric Jolliffe. We had an enlightened discussion on policing in general, leaving me assured that the organization is in excellent hands.

Disembarking at the Newmarket bus terminal, we were greeted with a Byzantine array of bus routes, schedules and platforms. To be homeless is to be nomadic, so becoming a transit savant is essential.

While at the terminal, we also hooked up with the Loft Street Outreach van — the only one in York Region. Their equipment may be limited, but this dedicated team of support workers is on hand seven days a week, providing necessities to youth and adults to help get them through the day.

This can mean warm clothes and boots, or directions and a couple of bus tickets to a shelter.

Or a sleeping bag.

Although the van covers only two municipalities during each 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. shift (Newmarket/East Gwillimbury on our night), staff can also arrange to hook up outside their regular schedule, meeting at a coffee shop or other convenient rendezvous.

Also riding shotgun is one of their community service partners. These professionals in housing, addictions, mental health and more are available to not only fill a pressing need, but provide a way out.

“It’s a way to get to know a person — somebody who can help,” said Loft’s program director Lori Kerr. “Our service is about giving what you need in the moment, giving you an ear, support and an opportunity to change if you want to change. And to be accepted for where you’re at right now.”

Back on the bus, we quickly arrived at the Green Lane terminus and returned to the chill.

The remaining 2-km stretch was on an unlit road shoulder. Thankfully, it was plowed, as vehicles whizzed by at 80-plus km/h only a few feet away.

Imagine doing this with small children, or a stroller.

We turned up a steep driveway to Blue Door Shelters and our first stop, Porter Place. This is York Region’s only men’s shelter and accommodates up to 30, providing three meals a day and a home base while they rebuild their lives.

Here, a stay is typically one month, but can be extended if more time is needed to secure employment and permanent housing.

But Christine and I didn’t fit their demographic, so it was off to the adjacent Leeder Place Family Shelter.

Leeder is also the only one of its kind here, and has 15 rooms to keep families together. It is nearly always full, but when small children are involved, families can be put up at a nearby hotel until space becomes available.

Here, they get three squares a day, which is accomplished on a tiny budget of $4.20 per person. I scanned the menu and was surprised at its healthy and varied

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But Blue Door is about more than just food and a bed.

“People here can be dealing with a lot of issues: addictions, mental health, legal, poverty, immigration and job loss,” explained executive director Radha Bhardwaj. “What we can do for all these complex needs is ensure there are enough supports in place.

“We network the heck out of people here, so that when they move, they can find the nearest food bank, and can contact a counsellor by name so that they know where to get help.”

But alas, there’s no room at this inn, so we departed with another 360 pair – York Region District School Board superintendent Susan Logue and York Regional Police Det. Shane Mackenzie. Next stop was where we started: the 360Kids Home Base where we’d try to catch a few winks while sleeping outdoors.

Thankfully, we caught the last bus and avoided a 22-km hike, but arriving in Richmond Hill early, we had time to kill, so it was over to the nearby 24-hour coffee shop.

After all, we still had our six bucks.

Not looking entirely like homeless youth (the “youth” ship has sailed), I wasn’t too concerned about being ‘evicted’ after exceeding the 20-minute time limit. Probably there’s no such clemency for those living this daily.

Then at 3 a.m., we were handed a tarp and two sleeping bags.

We pooled our resources with another pair who had the same, laying one plastic sheet on the ground, and one over all four of us to protect from the falling snow.

The melting flakes on my face made sleeping difficult, until I turtled up inside the bag. Although I knew I’d be tucking into a cozy bed in a few hours, I couldn’t help but imagine this as a daily routine.

Relocating to a nearby ATM vestibule provided temporary relief.

Two hours and a full bladder later, our bleary-eyed group packed up and trudged down Yonge Street to 360Kids’ new, state-ofthe-art home base.

Here, we piled into a warm and welcoming drop-in centre with comfortable couches and a fireplace, not to mention a pool table, well-equipped gym and large kitchen that serves three healthy meals daily to youth 13 to 26.

There’s also an emergency shelter for up to 14 youths, and condominium-style transitional housing for another 11.

I was blown away by this facility, and equally heartened by the quality of resources I had encountered throughout the night.

We just don’t have enough of them.

Still, I’m proud to have played a small role in raising money — and awareness — for youth homelessness. The 360 Experience was transformative. Maybe not the fullblown Dickens/Ebenezer Scrooge epiphany, but it’ll stop me from whining next time the coffee’s a bit cold, or my four-star hotel room turns out to be a three-star.

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Even Bambi’s encounter with ice was more graceful than this.

Police were forced to save three deer from Lake Simcoe Monday afternoon after the two animals ventured onto the thin ice, eventually crashing through and requiring help from York Regional Police’s marine unit.

After receiving the call at 11:20 a.m. police arrived along with fire crews to find

the two deer 500 metres off shore, trying to get back up onto the ice, but were repeatedly crashing back down.

“They were trying to get out, but just kept falling right through the ice,” said Const.

Laura Nicolle.

She said the photographs offer a great reminder to people that the ice on the lake is not safe for anyone.

“It was 17 degrees over the weekend,” Const. Nicolle added. “Apparently Bambi did not get our media releases.”

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Pefferlaw man with expired marijuana licence gets $5 fine, probation

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A Newmarket justice has imposed a $5 fine for a disabled Pefferlaw man busted by police for growing 99 cannabis plants in his home while using an expired Health Canada medical marijuana licence.

Justice Peter West said rather than imposing the six-month jail sentence the Crown requested against Geoff Prior, 46, of Riverview Beach Road, he would penalize him a token financial penalty and hand him a twoyear probation order.

The decision comes almost two years after Prior, who insists the marijuana is the only way he’s able to get out of bed in the morning, had his home busted by York Regional Police and was charged with possession, production and possession with the intent to traffic.

When he was arrested, police said 99 plants in various stages of growth were found in the basement at an estimated worth of $101,000, along with a scale and packaging material.

In the wake of the search warrant, Prior requested an apology from the police, but has never received one, the police explaining their investigation was legitimate considering his expired licence.

The Crown would later admit there was no intent to traffic the drug.

The judge noted that Prior was, in fact, dealing with a significant amount of pain as a result of a motorcycle accident in 2004 when he and a passenger were hit by an impaired driver driving a 3/4 tonne pick-up truck on Hwy. 48.

As a result of the crash, he was thrown from the vehicle and impaled on a fence post, suffering 47 fractures, resulting in blindness in his left eye and his foot being fused.

“Since 2004, Mr. Prior has suffered from chronic, debilitating and incapacitating pain,” Justice West said in his decision. “The Crown accepts there was no commercial benefit sought by Mr. Prior in growing marijuana. The production was solely for medical purposes.”

Justice West found Prior was granted a licence by Health Canada in May 2012, despite his conviction for trafficking and possession in 1991 and a production conviction from 1998.

Before the police bust, Prior said he was consuming about 12 grams of marijuana each day in the form of a special tea he would brew.

That licence was signed by a pain specialist along with his prescription for oxycodone.

However, the case also heard his son misplaced a Health Canada letter requesting the signature of a doctor before granting renewal

Other convictions Although he avoided a prison sentence for his marijuana possession conviction, Geoff Prior was convicted of four offences at the Newmarket Courthouse.

In November 2015, Justice David Rose found him guilty of possessing guns and storing them in a careless manner.

He was further convicted of possessing stolen items, including vehicles, in excess of $5,000.

Justice Rose also acquitted him of a number of charges, including one relating to a break-in at a pharmacy.

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The Crown eventually withdrew the possession charge and lowered his intent to traffic charge to one of possession.

Prior insisted that he was not able to purchase marijuana from a licensed facility as, at $10 a gram, it would cost him about $3,000 a month for his dosage, something he could not afford considering he and his wife’s income of $4,000 a month.

“To impose a sentence of jail would be completely disproportionate to the gravity of the conduct engaged in by Mr. Prior and his motivation and reasons for producing the marijuana,” Justice West added. “Consequently, I am suspending the passing of

sentence and placing Mr. Prior on probation for a period of two years.”

The decision comes weeks after Darren Sederoff, a lawyer representing a number of Markham men, said he was unsatisfied with the Crown’s insistence on seeking mandatory minimum sentences for medical marijuana users who have been caught using licences, which were made invalid for administrative reasons.

In the weeks following that story, a federal court ruled that rules obligating patients to purchase marijuana from Health Canadaauthorized producers was in violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Prior’s wife, Wendy, had her charge for possession also withdrawn.

Prior said he was pleased with the outcome via email.

“At the end of the day, I got a $5 fine and Wendy’s charges all withdrawn,” he said.

“Justice West made a very extensive ruling very much in my favour.”

York Regional Police stated they respect the court’s decision.

“Officers conduct a thorough investigation and lay the charges that are applicable at the time based on the evidence,” the service commented. “The court process is separate and is not our decision to speak to, however we respect the findings of the courts in this matter. “

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It was a game of Cops and Raiders.

There was no crime committed, however. No one departed in handcuffs, either.

It was just a good old-fashioned hockey game between the Newmarket Raiders high school varsity hockey team and members of York Regional Police played March 10 at Magna Centre in Newmarket.

The friendly clash was a gesture to foster a winning relationship between teenagers and police.

The police teamed up with students at Keswick High School two years ago.

“Our contact with youth is often negative, so for them to see us as regular people makes us feel good and builds relationships,” said Det.-Const. Darren Burd, who works out of 3 District in Georgina in the property crimes unit. “We still go back to the school and are recognized in the halls and greeted with handshakes and high fives.”

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“If we can, hopefully in Vaughan or Markham,” he said. “We’d like to get involved with other schools around the region.”

An on-ice summit is not far removed from the concept of other centres where police go into the schools to connect with students through sport. The day prior to the game, members of YRP dropped into Newmarket High School for a friendly visit and to mingle with their on-ice opponents.

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Daniel Racioppa is scorching hot.

The sophomore golfer at Alcorn State University captured his third victory in five events this season last weekend when he won a three-way playoff in the ASU Braves’ Classic golf tournament at Duncan Park Golf Course in Natchez, Miss.

The Mount Albert resident has not finished lower than second in five outings this season. His run of success includes wins at tournaments hosted by Alabama A&M and Mississippi Valley State.

“He’s been great this year so far, I won’t lie to you,” said Braves head coach Andrew Macbean. “He’s been impressive to watch. His goal was

to win one and now he’s at three.”

The business major will be shooting for a fourth victory when ASU competes starting March 20 at Lemoyne Owen College’s invitational event in Memphis, Tenn.

“I had small goals coming into this season and have gone a long way,” said Racioppa, 20, currently playing at a one-handicap. “It’s a little bit surprising, I guess.”

His best finish as a freshman a year ago was third place.

Although he received his first set of golf clubs as a Christmas present when he was 12, Racioppa never had a formal lesson until after graduating from Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Newmarket. He took a year off fol-

lowing high school to attend the Core Golf Academy in Orlando.

‘He is the overall package of an athlete for a golfer. He’s a go-getter and works hard at practice and on the course.’

“That’s where I got the technical side of the game down,” said Racioppa, who earned Southwestern Athletic Conference second-team honours last season after a ninthplace finish at the conference tournament.

Racioppa played hockey and soccer with East Gwillimbury clubs growing up, par-

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Macbean, in his first year at ASU, marvels at the young golfer’s skills.

“It’s a little bit of everything,” said Macbean. “He is the overall package of an athlete for a golfer. He’s a gogetter and works hard at practice and on the course.”

Racioppa also shot a personal-best 64 en route to a second-place finish at Southwyck Golf Club in Pearland, Texas, near Houston. He shot a 79 the previous day.

“I didn’t feel I hit the ball any better than the day before,” said Racioppa. “It was just that the putts were disappearing.”

A member at Pheasant Run Golf Club, Racioppa carries a 4.0 grade point average.

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Pickering College student Brooklyn Wodehouse sprinted to victory in the 50-metre breaststroke to highlight a twomedal performance at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations swimming championships last week in Windsor.

Competing in the junior girls high school category, the Grade 10 student clocked in at 36.71 seconds for her victory.

She also claimed a silver medal in the 100-metre medley, finishing .12 seconds

Wellington turns out lights on Tigers’ season First the lights went on the rink.

A few minutes later they went out on the Aurora Tigers’ season.

Wellington Dukes forward Ben Sokay was the guy with his hand on the light switch as far as the Tigers’ season went. The Cobourg native scored his fourth goal of the game at

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Sokay chipped the puck over Tigers netminder Josh Boyko on a rush with linemate Dylan Mascarin to cap a wild game, which ultimately became a last-shot-wins thriller.

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Sure, the Newmarket Hurricanes, like any underdog, tried to say the right things. In the end, however, their opening round series against the top team in the Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season went pretty much as scripted.

The Trenton Golden Hawks pushed the Hurricanes out of the North-East Conference playdowns March 10 with a 6-2 victory at Newmarket’s Ray Twinney Complex to complete a sweep of the best-of-seven quarterfinal series.

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Giuseppe Strazzeri a true community leader

BY BREA BARTHOLET

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community without a leader is just a random group.

For some within Bradford West Gwillimbury, Giuseppe Strazzeri, more commonly known as “G�, was that kind of leader.

It didn’t matter where he was or what he was doing, you could always find the friendly mortgage agent with a smile on his face.

And that’s how many people will remember him, after his sudden passing on the morning of March 2, sending a wave of grief throughout BWG. A resident of Bradford for more than 14 years, Strazzeri quickly become involved in multiple groups and fundraisers.

If you’re familiar with the Bradford Social Networking Association on Facebook, then it’s likely you had become familiar with Strazzeri’s upbeat demeanour and ongoing drive to connect local residents and businesses alike. From Tequila Friday’s at Don Cherry’s Sports Bar & Grill to the annual BSNA Baseball Tournament held every September, Strazzeri left a truly positive imprint on BWG. “This is a man who the town should never forget,� Carlos Costa wrote on a Facebook post. Costa is one of many close

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friends Strazzeri had made while working – and playing – within BWG. “A man full of life. He will be greatly missed by the town and many friends,� wrote another resident.

Born in Sicily, Italy, Strazzeri moved to Canada in 1966 with his parents at the age of four.

He moved around many times throughout his childhood, meeting many amazing people along the way.

‘It’s a proud moment when you help someone achieve their goals and dreams, especially when they thought it could never be done.’ But when he arrived in Bradford, he knew it was something special. During his first five years, he sat back and watched the flow of the community, eventually jumping on the chance to open a storefront business.

In order to learn what BWG was all about, Strazzeri took the time to attend town meetings and begin building a large net-

work of clients, colleagues and friends.

Eventually, he became involved with the Bradford Board of Trade, where he held many positions including executive director, vice-president of membership and vice-president of community relations and government affairs.

In a profile written for the BBT, Strazzeri expressed his thoughts regarding linking people within the community. “It’s a proud moment when you help someone achieve their goals and dreams, especially when they thought it could never be done.�

Strazzeri certainly helped many within BWG achieve their dreams.

As days and weeks go by, now without the bright light of Strazzeri, friends continue to remember him by supporting one another, reminiscing about the times they spent with him and the kind of impact he made on BWG. “He changed my life and, in a way, I believe he saved it,� said Nicole Kim, who worked closely with Strazzeri on a number of projects through the BSNA. “I truly would not be the outgoing person I am today if he did not believe in me. He was my best friend, who never judged anyone. I will miss him.�

Celebrate a life well lived!

“Adored by children, universally respected and an inspiration to her peers, Mrs. McCluskey was a tireless volunteer, quick to deflect the praise heaped on her.�

Giuseppe Strazzeri

Your community newspaper is celebrating the achievements and contributions of everyday, ordinary people, who have affected the lives of others in extraordinary ways. Leaving a lasting impression on the community, our award-winning journalists will write a fitting tribute in memory of those who have a special story to share.

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Passed away on the 12th of March 2016 with her loving family by her side. Born October 17, 1939 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Marjorie Bottomley leaves behind to cherish her life, her children: Stephen (Jeanmarie Papelian), Carol (Mike Kensit), Janet (Marty Dubourcq), Brenda (Gerry Greaves); her best friend and partner, Charlie Macoun; her treasured grandchildren: Grace & Luke; Rachel, Lauren, & Jack; Helena; Jet & Kai, and former husband Dr. Michael Bottomley. Marjorie is survived by siblings Boyd (Dallas), Rosamund, Debbie (Charles Guitard), Diane (Nelson Perry), George (Lynn), sisters -in-law Marie and Bette, many friends, cousins, nieces and nephews and joins her brothers Robbie, Frank, Harold, Les and her parents Agnes & Harold Butler.

A proud Newfoundlander, she spent her years caring for and nurturing others in a successful career as a nurse. Active throughout her life in a variety of sports and activities, Mom loved long drives, traveling, watching hockey, nature walks, sunsets, her garden of roses and a good party. Mom valued family above all else and her greatest pleasure was seeing her family smile.

Thank you to all who supported Mom in her last few years of life. She went through those years with a smile and it was because you comforted her. Special thanks to the staff of St. Andrews Terrace, Cambridge who cared for Mom with tenderness.

Rest in peace and we will miss you Mom. Visitation will take place on Thursday, March 17th, 6-9 p.m. at Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home in Newmarket, Ontario. Funeral to be held at Trinity United Church, Newmarket on Friday, March 18th at 2 p.m. with reception to follow at Cardinal RedCrest. Mom will find her final resting place at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in St. John's. If desired, please consider supporting research and awareness of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, a rarer dementia via a donation to Alzheimer Society Canada (www.alzheimer.ca) or The Frank Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund (contact Alumni Affairs, Memorial University 737-4354) or visit www.mun.ca/alumni.

Condolences may be left at www.roadhouseandrose.com ARMITAGE, Shirley Elizabeth (nee Blodgett) March 12, 2016 Our dear Shirley died peacefully and mercifully, on the 12th of March 2016 at Aurora Resthaven in her 83rd year.

Daughter of Constance Mary Burgess Iveson and Earl Zimri Blodgett. Beloved Wife of Robert James Armitage. Loving Mother to Pamela Armitage of Guelph, Debbie Roberts (Richard) of Calgary, Stephen Armitage (Carol) of Cobourg, Linda Simpson (Ross) of Newmarket. She will be lovingly remembered by 6 Grandchildren: Leah, Erin, Amy, Mitchell, Lisa and Mark. Shirley did not get enough time to enjoy her 9 Great-grandchildren: Braeden, Ethan, Emily, Owen, Aubin, Luke, Isla, Autumn and Matildia. Predeceased by her brothers Ron, Douglas, David and sister Anne.

The family is deeply grateful to the wonderful staff of Aurora Resthaven for their kind and compassionate care. As well as looking and caring for Shirley they took great care of our family during the challenges of Shirley's Alzheimer's journey.

An informal Celebration of Life will be held on 9th of April 2016 from 11am to 1pm at Madsen's Gardens, 160 Bayview Parkway, Newmarket Ontario LY3 3W3.

We gratefully decline flowers however donations to the Alzheimer Society of Canada or Covenant House will be appreciated.

Shirley was so thankful that her children were safe and wanted to help those children who were not. Shirley's special charity was Covenant House in Toronto at 20 Gerrard St. E., Toronto, ON M5B 2P3, Phone: (416) 598-4898 LEMMON, Ethel Thelm

COLANGELO, Gary

Passed away peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Palliative Care Unit in Newmarket, on Friday, March 11, 2016 in her 89th year.

Peacefully passed away at home with family at his side on Thursday, March 10, 2016.

Loving wife of Lou Lemmon for 67 years. Beloved mother of Deborah Holbrook. Proud grandmother of Andrew Holbrook.

The family would like to thank the caring staff at Southlake Palliative Care.

A private service was held at the Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main Street South, Newmarket, followed by interment at Newmarket Cemetery.

If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Southlake Palliative Care Unit.

On-line condolences at www.roadhouseandrose.com WORLEY, Raymond Samuel June 28, 1916-March 10, 2016 It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Raymond Samuel Worley in his 100th year on March 10, 2016. He passed peacefully in his sleep at home with his family near. He will now join his beloved wife, Lee, who sadly left us April 6, 2006 and they will now be together forever. Dad was a pilot in the Royal Air Force in WWII and was a London "Bobby" before he joined the Air Force. He came to Canada to train as a pilot where he met and married.

They returned to England for a year before permanently returning to Canada. He will be sadly missed by his children Chris (Paula), Graham, Cynthia, Laurie (Bill) and Ruth. His grandchildren Mark, Kevin (Heather), Julie, Scott and Jeff (Adele) and his great-grandchildren Chance and Eloise. As by his request, there will be no funeral.

Gary Colangelo of Bradford at 64 years of age. Beloved husband of Joanne (nee Miedema) for 43 years.

Loving dad of Carlyn (Brad) Bonello. Dear brother of Paul (Carolyn). Gary will also be fondly remembered by aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

FAHNER, Alice Fahner (Formerly of Sudbury, Ontario) Passed away peacefully at Chartwell Aurora (Aurora Resthaven) on March 14th 2016 in her 84th year.

Loving wife of the late George Fahner, beloved mother of Gordon (Cathy) and Gary Fahner and proud grandmother of Alex and Erin. Loving sister of Georgette, Jacqueline, Henry (Shirley) Eva (Pierre), Irene (Leon) and Elaine (Barrington). Loved by many nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family would like to thank all the staff at Chartwell Aurora Resthaven for their loving care over the past five years.

Friends may call at Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main Street South, Newmarket for visitation on Thursday, March 17th from 4 to 7 p.m. followed by a funeral service in the chapel at 7 p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Society of Canada.

Interment to take place in Sudbury at a later date.

Online condolences at www.roadhouseandrose.com

WALKES, Cheryl Passed away suddenly on Monday, March 14, 2016 in her 43rd year with her husband Stephen and d a u g h t e r Ta m a r a b y h e r s i d e .

Lovingly remembered by her parents Brian and Elaine Stewart and brother Craig, nephew Michael and niece Megan and their mother Monique. She will be missed by her in-laws Roland and Philada and sister-in-law Stephanie.

Cheryl was recognized as a dedicated and compassionate employee with York Region Social Services for over 20 years.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 20th at TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME-NEWMARKET CHAPEL, 524 Davis Drive, 905-898-2100 from 2-4 p.m. & 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, March 21st at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Neurofibromatosis Society of Ontario.

Online condolences may be left at taylorfh.ca "Always and forever in our hearts"

F r i e n d s c a l l e d a t S K WA R C H U K FUNERAL HOME, Bradford for visitation. Funeral service was held a t t h e f u n e r a l h o m e o n M o n d a y, March 14, 2016 at 1 p.m. Interment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford.

Evelyn A. Wilkinson 1927 - 2006 In memory of our mom who passed away 10 years ago...

In Gary's memory, donations may be made to the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre at Southlake Regional Health Centre.

PARRY, Ronald George Peacefully passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Southlake Regional Health Centre at 67 years of age. Dear son of Jean Alivia and the late Bud Parry. Predeceased by brother Kevin.

Survived by his brother Bill, sister-inlaw June and his niece and nephew Kaitlyn and Gordon.

Memorial service will be held at a later date.

Her sweet way and beautiful face Are a pleasure to recall, She had a kindly word for each And she died beloved by all.

One day when we meet her One day we know not when, To clasp her hand in the better land Never to part again.

Loved and missed every day by Greg, Pam and Angie

NELSON, Paul (Born & raised in Brown Hill, Ontario) Passed away peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 64 years of age.

Loving husband of Sheila (nee Blair) for 34 years. Beloved father of Jason (Andrea) Bellar, Shawn (Kelly) Bellar and daughter Kelly Delprete. Loving poppa of Russell, Avery, Ryan, Dylan a n d To r i . M u c h l o v e d b r o t h e r o f Joanne (Ted), Judy (Stanley), Bev (Leo), and Wayne (Dolly) and the late Linda, Sheila and Bill. Dear brother-inlaw of Cindy (Glen) Deneault, Deb (Ron) Woodward and Ken Blair. Paul will be missed by his mother-in-law Pearl Blair, his many nieces and nephews and friends.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home, as per Paul's wishes cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, 707 Srigley Street, Newmarket on Saturday March 26, 2016 from 1-4 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association or Southlake Regional Health Centre.

POOLE, Kenneth (George) After a long life, it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, and grandpa, Ken Poole.

Ken passed away on Monday, March 14, 2016. He is survived by his devoted wife Lilian of nearly 62 years.

B e l o v e d f a t h e r o f G a r y ( Va l ) .

Cherished grandpa to Stephanie and Karlene. Ken was predeceased by his sister Norma (Stan), brothers Gordon and Garth (Ellie) and brother-in-law Herb. Survived by his sisters-in-law Bev and Doris.

Family and friends will be received at Taylor Funeral Home, 524 Davis Drive (905-898-2100) on Thursday, March 17th from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Friday, March 18th at 11 a.m. Interment to take place at Hillcrest Cemetery, Woodbridge.

With gratefulness and many thanks to the cancer care team, Dr. Mulhern, palliative care nurses and CCAC, especially nurse Sandra.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cancer Care Clinic at Southlake Regional Health Centre or a charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family.

Online condolences may be made at www.taylorfh.ca

CHRISTENSEN, Erik

Thanks to all the staff of Heritage House at Bradford Valley for their wonderful care and support of Mom for the last 7 years.

Cremation has taken place, and following a family service, Mom, Dad and Tim will be laid to rest together at Spruce Hill, Newmarket Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation, in memory of Joanna, to the Alzheimer Society of York Region.

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

WILLIAMSON, Robert In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather who passed away March 23, 2015.

We often think of days gone by, When we were all together, A shadow over our lives has been cast, Our loved one gone forever.

What would we give to clasp his hand, His happy face to see, To hear his voice and see his smile, That meant so much to us.

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BRADFORD- Simcoe/ Catania. Ground level 1+ bedroom, suits single professional, private walkout, furnished, A/C. Parking. $850. No laundry. References. Non-smoking/ pets.

416-805-5628 2-4pm, 905-775-4900 anytime

AURORA 1 bdrm bright bsmnt apt with sep ent, laundry, 1 prk spot, on quiet cres. Suits single prof. No smoking/pets April 1. $900 incl.

905-505-5025

BRADFORD 1 bedroom basement, separate entrance, parking, a/c, cable. $850 inclusive. Immediate.

905-252-5588

Keswick (5 mins to 404) Brand new 2 storey 3 bedroom house, double garage. Available April 1st.

905-726-5965

Condos for Rent

Condos for Rent

Houses for Rent

Houses for Rent

AURORA CENTRAL. 1 bedroom executive condo, underground parking, fireplace, security, appliances.

Recently redecorated. $1325+. Available April 1st. 905-841-6898

NEWMARKET- BEAUTIFUL HOUSES Two 2 bedroom $1219.

VIP cable included for free 6 months, utilities not included.

H.O.P.E. Co-op, family-oriented community, steps to amenities. NO SUBSIDY AVAILABLE. Visit www.hopecoop.ca for further info/to download application. Please ensure all required documentation is provided with application.

Viewings arranged for pre-qualified applicants only.

Move-in incentive for new move-ins!

Info: 905-853-0049.

KESWICK Large, spacious 2-bedroom condo with private balcony +laundry facilities in unit.

Clean, quiet. Non-smoking/pets. May 1st.

Call Cynthia 905-476-0079, 905-252-8145

BRADFORD - HOUSE suitable for live-in plus home business. $1900/ month. First and last + utilities. References required.

Contact Ed by email bradex@rogers.com or fax 905-775-6630/ ph 416-346-2189

RARE OPPORTUNITY!!! Keswick- 2 bedroom condo!!! Adult building. Solarium. Free parking. Suit senior or professional. Condo rules require 2 or less occupants. $1200 inclusive. Call David Metherall 905-476-4111

Cottages for Rent

Cottages for Rent

LAKEFRONT 3 BEDROOM COTTAGE (sleeps 6)

Availabity at DISCOUNTED RATES for the months of MAY, JUNE, SEPT & OCT. (SUMMER sold out).

This pet friendly cottage is situated in Haliburton Highlands, with 4 piece bath, living/dining area, well equipped kitchen and attached screened-in Muskoka room. Well looked after grassy grounds on a gentle slope down to a 300 sq ft dock on a very peaceful NO MOTOR lake. Great swimming, fishing, with 1 canoe, 3 kayaks, a peddalo, lifevests, fire-pit and games. Please email patrick@nemms.ca for rates, full photos and details. 416.564.4511

Shared Accommodations

Shared Accommodations

SHAREDACCOMMODATIONS - 2 large rooms available immediately. Yonge/ London Road - close to all amenities.

Very clean/ bright. Hardwood. $495 incl. First/ last. 289-231-7642 Travel & Vacations

Travel & Vacations

REAL ESTATE. NW Montana.

Tungstenholdings.com 406-293-3714

COACH HOUSE, Cornell area beside Markham Stouffville Hospital. $850 inclusive, first/last. 1 parking. No smoking/ pets. Suits single professional. Immediate.

416-819-5836 DAVIS/ HURON Heights, Newmarket- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 parking, big deck, near schools, park, hospital. $1600+utilities. No smoking/pets.

416-737-2727 dianaciccone@yahoo.ca

Rooms for Rent and Wanted

Rooms for Rent and Wanted

ROOM FOR rent- New townhouse, Gorham/ Leslie, Newmarket, $600. Includes utilities, cable, internet & laundry. Suits professional or student. 647-402-5165. liudochka@yahoo.com NEWMARKET - 3 furnished rooms: 2 @ $640 & 1 @ $680 inclusive. Clean, quiet, central shared home. Parking, laundry, cable, WIFI, in-ground pool. Mature, male professionals only. Non-smokers / no pets. 905-251-3239.

MT. ALBERT- Rooms for rent on second floor, shared full bath, kitchen, WIFI, laundry included, satellite available, steps to bus stop. $450 to $575 inclusive.

First/last. 647-701-3209 HOLLAND LANDING- Large finished basement for rent, utilities, cable, internet & parking included. Non-smoking.

Available April 1st. $600. Call Shannon, 289-383-1438

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Your Region, Thursday, March 17, 2016

The AlTA Group of deAlers would like To welcome AboArd iT’s newesT deAlership

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CHOOSE FROM 3 GREAT OFFERS

Lease* or Finance† rates as low as

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PLUS

APR 24 months on select models

2016 NISSAN ROGUE

®

MONTHLY LEASE≠ FROM

THAT’S LIKE PAYING ONLY

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WEEKLY ON ROGUE S FWD

AT

$283 WITH $0 DOWN

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%

STEP UP TO THE SV SPECIAL EDITION FOR ONLY

8

MORE PER WEEK

FEATURING: • ALUMINUM-ALLOY WHEEL • HEATED FRONT SEATS & MORE

APR FOR 60 MONTHS

LEASE PAYMENTS INCLUDE FREIGHT AND PDE

$

INCLUDES $750 MY CHOICE BONUS CASH

THE NEW REDESIGNED 2016 NISSAN SENTRA MONTHLY LEASE FROM $189 WITH $0 DOWN

®

≠

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44

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$

WEEKLY AT ON SENTRA S M6

2.99

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LEASE PAYMENTS APR FOR 60 MONTHS INCLUDE FREIGHT AND PDE INCLUDES $750 MY CHOICE BONUS CASH AVAILABLE FEATURES INCLUDE: • SIGNATURE LED HEADLIGHTS • FORWARD EMERGENCY BRAKING • NAVIGATION • INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL

2016 NISSAN PATHFINDER

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THAT’S LIKE PAYING ONLY

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LEASE PAYMENTS APR FOR 60 MONTHS INCLUDE FREIGHT AND PDE INCLUDES $1,500 MY CHOICE BONUS CASH AVAILABLE FEATURES INCLUDE: • CLASS EXCLUSIVE EZ FLEX SEATING^ • CLASS EXCLUSIVE INTUITIVE 4WD^

2015 NISSAN MICRA

®

FINANCE FROM

9,998

$

ON MICRA S MT INCLUDING FREIGHT AND FEES WHEN FINANCING WITH NCF AT STD RATES

INCLUDES $1,000 MY CHOICE BONUS CASH

SAFETY COMES STANDARD: • NISSAN ADVANCED AIRBAG SYSTEM (6 AIRBAGS) • VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL (VDC)

CHECK OUT THE GREAT INCENTIVES FOR CURRENT NISSAN OWNERS UNDER THE NISSAN CANADA FINANCE LOYALTY PROGRAM • ENDS MARCH 31ST

5 locations to serve you Best.

(905) 851-1279

(905) 417-7211

(905) 780-7771

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RUTHERFORD

HWY 7 HWY 407

9TH LINE

(JUST S. OF DAVIS DRIVE)

HWY 48

(JUST N. OF STOUFFVILLE RD)

HWY 404

17385 LESLIE ST.

(JUST N. OF ELGIN MILLS)

ELGIN MILLS

YONGE ST.

95 AUTO MALL BLVD.

(JANE N. OF RUTHERFORD)

STOUFFVILLE RD/MAIN

JANE ST.

11667 YONGE ST.

(IN #7 AUTO BLVD.)

7625 MARTIN GROVE RD. 100 AUTO VAUGHAN DR.

STOUFFVILLE NEWMARKET NISSAN RICHMOND HILL NISSAN

DAVIS DRIVE

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HWY 400

MAPLE NISSAN

MARTINGROVE

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LESLIE STREET

www.altagroup.ca

HWY 7 HWY 407

Offers available from March 1 - 31, 2016. ≈Payments cannot be made on a weekly basis, for advertising purposes only. 1No-charge extended warranty is valid for up to 60 months or 100,000 km (whichever occurs first) from the warranty start date and zero (0) kilometers. Some conditions/limitations apply. The No-charge extended warranty is the Nissan Added Security Plan (“ASP”) and is administered by Nissan Canada Extended Services INC. (“NCESI”). In all provinces NCESI is the obligor. This offer includes the gold level of coverage. The offer is available on purchase lease or finance of a new 2016 Sentra, 2016 Altima, 2016 Juke, 2016 Murano // 2015 Micra, 2016 Versa Note, 2015 Sentra, 2016 Rogue // 2015 Altima, 2015 Pathfinder, 2016 Pathfinder. 2Monthly payments on us is available to customers who lease or finance a new 2015 Sentra, 2016 Sentra, 2015 Altima, 2016 Altima, 2016 Juke, 2016 Murano, 2015 Micra, 2016 Versa Note, 2016 Rogue, 2015 Pathfinder, 2016 Pathfinder through NCF and refers to the first two (2) monthly lease payments or first two (2) monthly finance payments. A customer’s first two monthly payments (inclusive of all taxes) will be waived, up to a maximum of $375 // $500 // $750 per month and does not include down payment or security deposits. After two months, the customer will be required to make all remaining regularly scheduled payments over the remaining term of the contract. Customers must be approved to lease or finance through NCF. Cash purchase buyers or buyers who finance outside of Nissan Finance are also not eligible for this choice. 3My Choice bonus cash $750 // $1,000 // $1,000 // $1,500 is applicable to 2016 Sentra, 2016 Altima, 2016 Juke, 2016 Murano, 2016 Rogue // 2015 Micra, 2016 Versa Note // 2015 Sentra // 2015 Altima, 2015 Pathfinder, 2016 Pathfinder which will be deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. $750 // $1,000 // $1,000 // $1,500 consists of $500 // $ 850 // $1,000 // $1,200 NCI contribution and $250 // $150 // $0 // $300 dealer participation. *Representative monthly lease offer based on a new 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG16 AA00). 0% lease APR for a 24 month term equals monthly payments of $423 with $0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. first monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Payments include freight and fees. lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $10,159. †Representative finance offer based on a new 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG16 AA00). Selling price is $26,124 financed at 0% apr equals 24 monthly payments of $1,089 monthly for a 24 month term. $0 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $26,124. ≠Representative monthly lease offer based on a new 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG16 AA00)/2016 Rogue SV Special Edition FWD (Y6SG16 AA00)/2016 Sentra 1.8 S M6 (C4LG56 AA00)/2016 Pathfinder S 4 X2 (5XRG16 AA00). 1.99%/1.99%/2.99%/3.49% lease APR for a 60/60/60/60 month term equals monthly payments of $283/$315/$189/$383 with $0/$0/$0/$0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Payments include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $16,990/$18,894/$11,359/$23,002. $750/$750/$750/$1,500 My Choice Bonus cash included in advertised offer.

Purchase financing price of $9,998 for a 2015 Micra 1.6 S (S5LG55 AA00) is only available when financing whith NCF at standard rates. The price includes $650 NCF standard finance cash and $1000 MY Choice Bonus Cash with $150 dealer particilpation. Freight and PDE charges, air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation (where applicable) are included. License, registration, specific duty on new tires ($15) and insurance are extra. Certain conditions apply. Models shown $37,474/$24,329/$48,924/$18,479 Selling price for a new 2016 Rogue SL AWD Premium (Y6DG16 BK00)/ 2016 Sentra 1.8 SR CVT (C4SG16 AA00)/2016 Pathfinder Platinum 4x4 (5XEG16 AA00)/2015 Micra 1.6 SR AT (S5SG75 AE10).

Freight and PDE charges ($1,795/$1,600/$1,600/$1,795) air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. See your dealer or visit Nissan.ca/Loyalty. ALG is the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, www.alg.com. 2016 Rogue recognized as IIHS top safety picks when equipped with Forward Emergency Braking. For more information see www.IIHS.org. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©2016 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc. C

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