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Glorious and free

Essay contest winners celebrate Canada A deeper understanding of the sacrifices of immigrant parents. New perspectives on home while travelling. The gift of a childhood, glorious and free. These are the themes of our winning Canada 150 essays.

Dorita Peer placed first in the Why Canada? category, which asked readers to share

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Through other eyes Drawing parallels

DORITA PEER It was a Sunday.

On March 17, 1957, when they took that photo for the Toronto Telegram I was worn out and fast asleep, so I missed all the hoopla. The doll hugging me is almost as big as me. She looks wide-eyed for both of us. New Canadians, the caption reads. The doll wore away, but my life just got bigger and better.

They were children during the Great Depression, adolescents during the Second World War, and young parents when the Hungarian Uprising broke out. Theirs was no cake walk through life. You would hardly know it, growing up in our house. My parents made their lives’ aim to protect us from their past. To give us a lifetime of Sundays.

They never called Hungary "The Old Country" or "The Motherland." From the moment they touched down, Canada became their home and native land.

How they struggled to shed the past!

Moving homes, almost every year. Buying not one, but three sets of encyclopedias. My father read the Sunday

their stories of why their families chose to make Canada home. She is also our grand prize winner.

Nivetha Yogarajeev placed first in the My Favourite Canadian Destination category.

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LINDA LYONS Telegram to my mother. When her English got good enough, she stopped cleaning houses and began a career in banking. He, a musician, carried plaster and lumberjacked before getting his electrical journeyman papers and becoming a staunch union man. How they worked! My brother and I grew up footloose latchkey kids, strong and free, in the city and in the beloved north lands, where they also ran a holiday resort business.

We had escaped in the dark, hidden away on a milk run to Austria. The Red Cross dropped us off in England, where my father was offered America, Australia or Canada as our final destination. "The country without military conscription," is what he answered.

Emphatically. He had chosen for us the right to choose how we would live.

My parents did not come to this great land dreaming of riches. They came to give us a true childhood, glorious and free. Their traumatic past left its mark, but not on us. Sweet dreams and a promising future, the caption reads - no greater gift can any child be given.

I could see the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in the distance but I couldn’t cross the street to get there. Brave pedestrians joined the intricate eight lane ballet of cars and scooters, squealing brake and honking horns. Over the din I heard, "Hey Canada".

A not-so-young man darted into the chaos and arrived at my side, slightly out of breath but grinning. "Maple Leaf," he said pointing to my travel bag.

"Yes, yes," I nodded with relief.

"My brother’s wife’s cousin lives in Canada. You must know him."

"Canada’s a big country," I said.

"What’s his name?"

"His name is Dario but in Canada he is David, like the statue." He laughed and poked my Maple Leaf emblem.

"Come, I show you how to cross, and you tell me about your country."

After dusk, the sidewalks in Athens were busy with tables of men gesturing and arguing. Someone reached for my empty chair and spoke too fast for me to identify one word from my night school conversational Greek vocabulary.

NIVETHA YOGARAJEEV I pointed to my maple leaf and nodded with my raised hands in the universal position for I-have-no-idea-what-youare-saying but go ahead and take the chair.

"Canada! You going to our islands?"

"Yes, next week."

"Good. Very beautiful. My name Manos. I have farm, you stay there free.

Canadians very good people."

My luggage was lost and I was hungry. Searching for my hotel on dark, narrow streets along the canals, I stumbled into a deserted pancake house. A student server, intent on closing, was washing down long wooden tables and scowled in my direction. Suddenly, her face brightened and she pointed at the travel bag clutched in my arms.

"Canada," she said in perfect English. "Please, sit. I’ll be right with you," and disappeared into the kitchen, returning with a plate of perfect pancakes and three pitchers of syrup.

As I began to thank her for her kindness, she raised her hand in protest. "No, no, please. You are Canadian. All Holland thanks you. We will never forget."

Johnston Canyon Waterfalls in Alberta or the yearly excursion to Niagara Falls in Ontario did not compare to my epiphany at Montmorency Falls in Quebec.

This location was intriguing because the journey to and fro wasn’t seamless, rather it represented a jagged mosaic.

Despite having Canadian university degrees, navigating my way around Quebec was challenging without knowing French.

As I stared at the falls in awe, I started drawing parallels between my non-English speaking family’s transition as Canadians in the early ’90s.

As I jotted notes down in English, I had a flashback of my mom jotting things down in Tamil so she can help me with my school projects.

As I was going to turn right at a red light, my husband reminded me that in Quebec this was not allowed and I thought of all the unlearning of laws and norms that my parents had to do.

Although I had a great time exploring the falls, routing was not a nonchalant task and I thought of how my dad had gotten lost on the TTC despite his brothers instructions.

When we walked into a café to wake up and warm up with a hot beverage we stared at each other with blank faces as we didn’t know what the words on the menu meant.

Here, I thought of my mom ordering something for me based on the pictures and being conscious of her pronunciation.

As I took in the beauty of the falls, gusts of wind blew pieces of rocks and cold mist into my hair, I wished that I had brought a warmer jacket and imagined the thoughts that crossed my parents’ minds while crossing the streets carrying groceries and me through a windy snowy path.

As I stood trying to capture an image of the falls on my phone, I noticed all the different directions one can choose to go.

Some that require effort, some that require endurance and some that are just dangerous.

In that moment I realized that my parents also had to choose safety over familiarity, warmth and comfort.

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EDITORIAL | OPINION

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Pride Parade a truly inclusive celebration This year’s York Region Pride Parade is truly something to be proud of.

After several years in Richmond Hill, the annual celebration of inclusivity moved north and, for the first time, took place on Main Street in Newmarket.

Parade organizers, participants and the community at large came together to create something special in the form of an event where everyone was welcome.

Indeed, the entire event had a family-friendly feel and the good vibes culminated with a concert and party at Riverwalk Commons.

Residents came out in droves to enjoy the fun and a number of local businesses also got into the spirit by decorating their storefronts and/or serving up unique, Pridethemed menu items.

Even the police had a significant presence at the event with officers from York Regional Police, South Simcoe, Peel, Durham, the RCMP and the OPP in attendance.

And while police in Toronto had been told they weren’t welcome at the city’s annual Pride festivities this year, at least not in uniform anyway, police at York’s parade received cheers and applause as they marched their way down Main.

"York Regional Police has been amazing; they’ve been with us 110 per cent," said parade organizer Jacob Gal, adding it’s very different in York compared to Toronto, with its longer history of "intense and complex" interactions.

The parade had previously taken place along Yonge Street in Richmond Hill but relocated this year due to issues associated with closing the busy regional thoroughfare. Newmarket’s Main Street, which is not a vital artery for traffic, proved to be an ideal alternative venue.

"This is not a competition," Gal went on to say. "What is important here is this is a chance to see what it’s like when the entire community works together. When there’s teamwork, suddenly a lot happens."

He’s absolutely right.

All of that co-operation resulted in a celebration in which anyone could take part and feel welcome and, when you get right down to it, that’s what any community event should really aspire to achieve.

With so many forces in the world seemingly trying to divide us, it’s wonderful to have something like Pride that endeavours to bring us together.

Kudos again to the organizers and here’s hoping future events continue to incorporate that unifying spirit.

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• LETTERS • Honesty still exists among some people May 19, I met with some friends at the Second Cup on Markham Main Street North. We enjoyed our usual mocha and chatted for an hour or two.

On arrival I slung my shoulder bag over the back of my chair and took off my coat and placed it also over the back of the chair.

However, after our gettogether I put on my coat and walked out leaving my shoulder bag behind with all my valuables in the bag.

I didn’t think of it until the next morning my wife and I decided to go to the farmers market on Main Street Markham, I went to get my wallet which was in my shoulder bag, and yes, that’s when it dawned on

me.

In full panic mode we raced over to the café and waited in line to be served, which was only five minutes but if felt like hours.

I asked the young woman behind the counter if anyone handed in a black man’s shoulder bag left behind yesterday.

She said "Is it this?"

"Yes, OMG," I said, "Yes." it was handed in by some honest individual, whom I will never know and unable to thank personally.

You have only to experience this once to realize the relief you feel, the feeling cannot be described.

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Nurturing individual creativity benefits us all Math professor Richard Hoshino is right about the Hollywood’s caricatures of geniuses as superhumans or social misfits.

And he is absolutely right in concluding that the fault lies in our schooling which at its worst deprives children of authentic mathematical experiences that involve real-life problem-solving and creative thinking skills. His comparison is priceless: that

kind of math education is like art education through paint-by-numbers.

Hoshino has a more serious message: if schools engage students in imaginative problem-solving in all subject areas, then they will draw the very best from them.

Obviously, this also applies to society as a whole since Canada depends on how well it nurtures the abilities of every citizen.

In the final analysis, that is what it truly means to be gifted.

The more we nurture individual creativity, the more we benefit collectively.

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Most people infected with West Nile virus do not get ill at all. Those who do may experience flu-like symptoms within two to fifteen days, including: • Fever • Muscle weakness • Stiff neck • Confusion • Headaches • Sudden sensitivity to light Sometimes West Nile virus can cause severe illness including meningitis and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).

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TIM KELLY tkelly@yrmg.com It was a close vote but in the end secondary suites got the nod by a single vote last week at Markham city council.

Proponents and opponents lined up on both sides of a clearly divisive issue at council, with some arguing secondary suites, often called basement apartments, are needed as a housing alternative, and those opposed saying approving them will cost the city close to $1 million in taxpayers’ dollars and fees.

Mayor Frank Scarpitti is no fan of secondary suites.

"This has major financial implications for municipalities," said the mayor, who isn’t happy the province is forcing municipalities to legalize secondary suites without, in his terms,

collecting the full development charges or property taxes that come with doing so.

He also doesn’t believe basement apartments are adequate housing compared with affordable housing units such as those built by developers or builders.

"This doesn’t solve the housing crisis, it’s a drop in the bucket ... we need more affordable housing projects," he said, warning of a possible 1 per cent property tax increase needed to legalize the thousands of secondary suites in Markham next year.

Regional Coun. Jim Jones lined up alongside the mayor.

"Staff need an action plan of how they’re going to legalize the 6,000-plus basement apartments or second suites that are out there. We shouldn’t just be approving

new ones. I’m not in favour of second suites. They need to adhere to all the bylaws, all the fire codes and somehow register with the city," said Jones.

Those voting for staff to look into the issue before it comes to a final vote in the fall were Deputy Mayor Jack Heath, Regional Coun.

Nirmala Armstrong and councillors Valerie Burke, Alan Ho, Karen Rea, Amanda Collucci and Logan Kanapathe. Those against were Scarpitti, regional councillors Jones and Joe Li and councillors Don Hamilton, Colin Campbell and Alex Chiu.

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Get ready for the GO Train to horn in on your evening around 11 p.m. for possibly many more nights to come.

The sounds of a train whistle blast won’t be silenced, despite the efforts of Mayor Frank Scarpitti and others desperate to stop the late train.

"I was advised on Friday that there will be no change (to) the schedule for Monday, so all trains would be running as announced," he said.

"They could not make any changes for Monday to due to the complexities involved."

Shanta Sundarason, who led the charge to get the whistles stopped at all train stops in Markham by next spring, at a cost of about $6 million for safety measures, is "extremely disappointed."

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The 17-year-old is being honoured June 20 for that invention with the Weston Youth Innovation Award, having beaten out 45 other bright young Canadians for the honour.

Tukrel, who graduated Friday from Holy Trinity School in Richmond Hill and is off to prestigious Stanford University in California in September, created an app called iDentifi.

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The 11 p.m. GO train horn will continue to sound.

"Why would you and the rest of our councillors not stand up and refuse to accept additional trains at night until the horns are stopped?"

Sundarason said in an email response to Scarpitti that was shared with media. "It is tireless work fighting for something that we had hoped our team of elected officials would take care of on our behalf."

Scarpitti said he did "convey to Metrolinx our strong opposition to the 11 p.m. train."

The train will pass through Markham, sounding its horn at a number of stops along the way.

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"We... will not stop fighting until this 11 p.m. train is either removed or silenced," she said.

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Celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday close to home Paint it red and white on Canada Day SIMONE JOSEPH sjoseph@yrmg.com Bradford West Gwillimbury: Parade, fireworks, kidszone, and entertainment featuring Blue Rodeo and Aerosmith tribute bands. http://www.townofbwg.com/Canada150 Aurora: Parade, fireworks, breakfast, classic car show and shine, children’s workshops, skating and swimming, Aurora Community Band, a Blue Rodeo tribute band, and Aurora’s Teen Idol performances. www.aurora.ca/canadaday East Gwillimbury: Vocal group Eh440 and DJ Demeanour perform. Inflatables, rock climbing, and fireworks.

http://www.eastgwillimbury.ca/Things_To_Do/ Festivals_and_Events/Canada_Day.htm Georgina: Fireworks, helicopter rides, rock-climbing, classic car show, and world’s largest slip-and-slide. Landing 73 performs, featuring Glass Tiger Michael Hanson. https://www.georgina.ca/events/canadaday-150 Newmarket: Breakfast, fireworks, a BMX stunt show, ferris wheel, merry-go-round, and rock-climbing. A salute to Bon Jovi, tribute to Bryan Adams, and Newmarket Citizen’s Band performs. http://www.town.newmarket.on.ca/ThingsToDo/Pages/Recreation%20and%20Culture/ Events/Canada%20Day.aspx King: Stage entertainment, face-painting, and fireworks.

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Eva Lewis enjoys the bubble zone at the Canada Day festivities at Richmond Green Park in this file photo. There is plenty of fun to be had across York Region this Canada Day weekend from parades, parties and fireworks. http://www.yorkscene.com/tc-events/kingcelebrates-canada-150-inkettleby/ Markham:

Parade, seniors’ luncheon, citizenship ceremony, and fireworks. Music by Kindred Spirits Orchestra, children’s activities, per-

formance by Francesco Yates.

Go to Markham.ca Richmond Hill: Children’s village, teen

zone, art exhibit, and midway rides. Lumberjack show, poutine-eating contest, singer-songwriter Karl Wolf, and fireworks. https://www.richmondhill.ca/en/things-to-do/ canada-day.aspx Vaughan: Games, rides, laser show, business and food zones, and fireworks. http:// www.vaughan.ca/events/ canada_day_celebration/ Pages/default.aspx Whitchurch-Stouffville: Fireworks, strawberry festival, rubber duck races, and pony rides. Contests: Baby photo, dog agility and pie. Games/rides and festival market. Made-In-Canada music festival features Gordon Lightfoot tribute artist and York Regional Police Male Chorus. http://www.strawberryfestival.ca/ For more local arts and entertainment, visit yorkregion.com/events

Pro photographer helps you get perfect fireworks shot STEVE SOMERVILLE ssomerville@yrmg.com With so many fireworks shows coming up in York Region, here are some suggestions for better photos.

Use a tripod and remote shutter or cable release.

Fireworks require you using long exposures. Your camera needs to be perfectly steady.

In manual mode, start with these settings: 100-ISO (for highest quality), f5.6 or f8, 2 seconds shutter speed, then five seconds, then 10

seconds. Do a test prior to the light show. See what settings work best. You may need to try different settings, depending on how close and bright the fireworks are. The photo attached to this story was five seconds long at f8. With

that amount of time, you usually can capture the long trail of lights from the explosion. You should still try to include a foreground if possible - cityscapes, motionless people or trees as examples.

If there is no wind, then predicting where the fireworks will burst and trail down is somewhat easy and should provide more opportunities for successful

images. Still aim for "rule of thirds" compositions. But they are tougher due to the unpredictability of fireworks burst locations, especially if there is a wind that can blow the bursts and trails across the sky. Be patient and try again.

Steve Somerville is a staff photographer with Metroland Media - York Region and teaches photography classes.

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TIM KELLY tkelly@yrmg.com The friends and family of 52 brand new Canadians from all parts of the globe joined in celebrating their swearing-in ceremony at Rouge National Urban Park in Markham Tuesday morning.

David Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada and Member of the Order of Canada, led the ceremonies and told the new Canadians to "think proudly about what you have achieved in the past and look eagerly to the future."

Phillips was joined in welcoming the new Canadians by Markham-Stouffville MP and Health Minister Jane Philpott, Oak Ridges-Markham MPP and Minister of Community and Social Services Helena Jaczek, as well Rouge National Urban Park Superintendent Pam Veinotte and park volunteer Sumaira Munir.

Phillips said, "very few of us share the same past but all of us can share the same future."

Flavia Torres, who lives in Richmond Hill but is moving soon to Newmarket, was one of those who became a new Canadian citizen Tuesday.

A native of Venezuela, Torres came to Canada in 2012 and said it has "been wonderful in Canada," these past five years.

Employed as a health and safety manager in a manufacturing plant in Newmarket, Torres saw her son Diego and daughter Flavia, who are 10 and six, as well as her husband, become Canadian citizens one year ago.

She’s delighted to join them.

"I came to Canada three months after they did. It’s been a journey for me and my family, a really gratifying one. We found a safe home, that’s the most important thing. Our kids are

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Sisters Saman (left) and Sabine Khan take the oath of citizenship at a special ceremony to welcome 50 new citizens in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday Tuesday at Bob Hunter Memorial Park in Markham. growing up here in the region," she said. She added she’s "super proud," to be a Canadian.

"It’s the end of a cycle and the start of another one."

Sisters Saman, 21, and Sabeen Khan, 23, have been

in Canada a number of years.

The young women, who describe themselves of Pakistani origin but say they were born and raised in the Arabian Peninsula nation of Qatar, were excited about

becoming Canadians Tuesday.

Both are attending university. Saman, who wants to get into teaching, said she "came to Canada when I was about to explore more things. It was a good oppor-

tunity for me to come here."

Sabeen, who wants to work in the health-care field, said she "loves the snow here," as opposed to Qatar, where it’s "hot and humid."

Munir gave a moving speech where she touched on her own 10 years as a Canadian citizen.

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Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is upgrading its commuter rail system into Regional Express Rail. The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is now home to nearly 7 million people and heading towards 10 million by 2041. To address the urgent transit needs of the GTHA, the Province of Ontario committed to implement Regional Express Rail and make other improvements to the GO system. By 2025, electrified trains will be running every 15 minutes or better, all day and in both directions, within the most heavily travelled sections of the GO network.

The Process Metrolinx and Hydro One are co-proponents, jointly carrying out the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 - Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings (made under the Environmental Assessment Act) to examine the environmental impacts of converting several GO rail corridors from diesel to electric propulsion.

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Notice of Commencement and Public Meetings GO Rail Network Electrification Transit Project Assessment Process

The Project As part of Regional Express Rail, Metrolinx is proposing to electrify GO-owned corridors. The GO Rail Network Electrification undertaking will entail design and implementation of a traction power supply system and power distribution components located along and within the vicinity of the rail corridors.

The Study Area (see key map) includes six GO rail corridors, as well as proposed locations for the traction power facilities (i.e., Traction Power Substations, Paralleling Stations, Switching Stations) and ancillary components: • • • • • •

Union Station Rail Corridor Lakeshore West Corridor – West of Bathurst St. to Burlington Kitchener Corridor – UP Express Spur (at Highway 427) to Bramalea Barrie Corridor – Parkdale Junction to Allandale GO Station Stouffville Corridor – Scarborough Junction to Lincolnville GO Station Lakeshore East Corridor – Don River Layover to Oshawa GO Station

Traction Power Supply and Distribution System Electrification of the GO Network requires a connection to the provincial electrical system. It is proposed that power be supplied from Hydro One’s existing 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission lines through the installation of five (5) Tap locations which will bring power to the Traction Power Substations (TPS) and then feed into the power distribution system components adjacent to and along the rail corridors to be electrified.

Consultation Building on the first and second rounds of public consultation meetings held in February/March 2016 and November 2016, Metrolinx and Hydro One are now formally commencing the TPAP. A third round of public consultation is planned for June/July 2017 (details below) and will present the findings of the technical/environmental studies (posted online at www.gotransit. com/electrification) undertaken for the GO Rail Network Electrification Project. Members of the public, government agencies, Indigenous communities and other interested parties are encouraged to participate in the process and/or contact the project team directly with feedback or questions. A discussion guide will be posted online at www.gotransit.com/electrification prior to the meetings to provide key information.

We invite you to join us in person at the public meeting nearest you to find out more.

Meeting times: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / Presentation: 7:00 p.m.

Monday, June 26, 2017 Clarke Memorial Hall 161 Lakeshore Road West Mississauga, ON L5H 1G3

Wednesday, June 28, 2017 Ajax Community Centre 75 Centennial Road Ajax, ON L1S 4S4

Thursday, June 29, 2017 Metro Hall 55 John Street Toronto, ON M5V 3C6

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 Newmarket Community Centre 200 Doug Duncan Drive Newmarket, ON L3Y 3Y9

For further information on the project and studies completed to date, please visit www.gotransit.com/electrification.

If you would like to be added to our project mailing list, submit a comment or question, or to receive additional information related to the Project, please send an e-mail to the project team at: electrification@metrolinx.com or contact: Patricia Staite James Hartley Team Lead – Environmental Assessments Manager, Environmental Programs and Assessment Hydro One Networks Inc. Metrolinx – GO Transit 483 Bay Street TCT12, Toronto, ON M5G 2P5 20 Bay Street, Suite 600, Toronto, ON M5J 2W3 e-mail: Community.Relations@HydroOne.com e-mail: electrification@metrolinx.com website: www.HydroOne.com/projects website: www.gotransit.com/electrification Comments and information regarding this project are being collected to assist in meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. All personal information included in a submission – such as name, address, telephone number, email address, and property location – is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s. 37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. For more information, please contact James Hartley (contact information above) or the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at 416-327-1434.

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