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Markham gets $6M ice storm relief
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BY LISA QUEEN
lqueen@yrmg.com
Two years after a holiday season ice storm left hundreds of thousands of Ontario residents without power and caused extensive damage, final cheques are in the mail to reimburse
municipalities for their costs. The provincial government, which promised to pay 100 per cent of municipalities’ eligible expenses, is paying 58 towns, cities and conservation authorities more than $131 million for the December 2013 storm.
That includes more than $20.7 million to York Region and eight of the region’s nine local municipalities that put in claims. The funding is shy of the almost $23.9 the See PROVINCE, page 2.
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New Year’s baby Anthee Tam, born at 9:23 a.m. Jan. 1 weighing 7 lbs 11oz, with sister Haylee Tam, father Gary Tam and mother Mandy
Yuen at Markham Stouffville Hospital the day after the newborn’s arrival with 2016 bragging rights. See story, page 9.
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