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With just days to go before the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the official countdown is on.

Locally, it commenced with a celebration honouring Canadian athletes from Markham or who have a connection to the city through their sport, at the Markham Pan Am Centre Friday morning.

Among the athletes are: • Andre De Grasse, a Milliken Mills High School graduate who is Canada’s 100-metre

champion and will run in the 100m and 4 x 100m relay team; • Phylicia George, a former Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy student who will compete in the women’s 100m hurdles and 4 x 100m relay team; • Michelle Li, a Markham resident and Canada’s top female badminton player and 2015 Pan Am Games gold medallist; • Maxime Brinck-Crouteau, a fencer who will compete in epee and currently operates the Markham-based Vango Fencing Club;

friend spilled beer on me at the bar.”

“I’ve only had one drink.”

“There were a lot of people smoking weed at the party.”

“Oh, I don’t drink officer. It’s against my religion.”

“My girlfriend smoked a joint, not me.”

As residents of Markham and people across the GTA get set to embark on a summer long weekend, police point out these are just a sample of the excuses officers get when they’ve pulled over someone for suspected impaired driving.

As the excuses suggest, those suspected impaired drivers are no longer limited to alcohol. Police say they are seeing an increasing number of drug-impaired drivers on streets.

drug-impaired driving The majority of impaired driving incidents reported by police to Statistics Canada are alcohol-related, while three per cent are reported to be drug-related.

However, RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Harold Pfleiderer said this is a misnomer as “roadside surveys and research suggest that drug-impaired driving is under reported and is actually becoming as prevalent as alcohol impaired driving.”

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Medal hopefuls from Markham include Andre De Grasse that will be participating,” Mr. Scarpitti said. “We just couldn’t pass this moment by to cheer Javier Acevedo, a on these athletes. The OlymMarkham Aquatic Club pics tend to bring together the member who reached community. a standard time in the “It will definitely be an excit100m backstroke; • Tracing time for us to watch our ey Ferguson, a Markham local athletes, some of whom native who will be comare ranked internationally and peting in her seventh who captured the attention of Paralympics as a memthe world in their sport.” ber of Canada’s women’s Anticipating residents will wheelchair basketball watch the Olympics on TV team; and or follow it via social media, • Mo Zhang, Canada’s Scarpitti said the city will also top female table tennis have viewings of the Games player who will make her for the public to catch at their third Olympic appearOlympic Square site to be set ance and conducts her up in the Birchmount and training at the Markham Ellesmere Road vicinity near the new Canada Carousel.

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With several federal and provincial members of parliament and city councillors in attendance along with a bevy of interested residents, young and old, on hand for the festivities, Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti felt it was more than appropriate they honour the athletes and exhort them on with the hope of reaching the coveted medal podium.

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and will try to perform at my best,” Li said. “I will be representing Canada and the City of Markham and I can’t thank the City of Markham enough for their encouragement. An athlete’s life can be lonely and I’m lucky to have a great community behind me.”

“The City of Markham shows huge support for all of their athletes,” added BrinckCrouteau, who is currently training in New York City.

“I think each and every one. I was Pan Am proud last summer. Now I’m Markham proud.”

Ferguson was quick to credit what success she’s had on the basketball court to her time attending Reesor Park Public School.

“Markham has great sports fans and we will do our best to represent you proudly. I hope we can bring home some gold for you,” she said.

Citing it just seemed like yesterday when he won gold in the 100m and 200m events at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, De Grasse knows the residents of Markham will remain firmly in his corner when he performs in his two

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Annie and Celia Siriopoulos sang O Canada, Road to Rio, and I Believe at the Markham Pan Am Centre as local politicians and residents came out Friday to cheer on Markham athletes going to 2016 Summer Olympics. events.

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Pfleiderer said the national police force administers Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training and oversees standards in conjunction with police partners across Canada.

DRE officers, used by GTA police forces, can put a suspected drug impaired individual through a standardized series of psychophysical tests as well as using clinical indicators to determine if they are impaired by drugs and if so, potentially point to the type of drug that has been used.

This, in conjunction with toxicology results and driving evidence, can then be used as evidence in court, Pfleiderer said.

In 2008, changes to the Criminal Code of Canada were implemented that provided police with the tools and powers to enhance the enforcement of drug-impaired driving.

Police have the authority to demand that a suspected drugimpaired driver submit to a drug influence evaluation and that the person provide a sample of blood, urine, or oral fluid to test for the presence of “impairing substances.”

“The RCMP uses all the tools, technologies and legislation that is

ONE TOKE OVER? As Ottawa prepares to legalize marijuana for recreational use, police are girding for a spike in drivers who find themselves one toke over the line.

“Certainly, the potential is there,” said Sgt. David Wallbank, provincial coordinator of the OPP’s drug evaluation and classification program.

More than 220 OPP officers are trained to detect drug impairment in motorists, and that number will rise as pot moves into the mainstream.

“We are trying to train as many officers as we can, especially with the pending legalization,” Wallbank said.

Lacking the equivalent of the breathalyzers that detect alcohol, police employ a variety of techniques to reveal impairment by marijuana and other drugs.

Investigations begin at the roadside. Offi-

Unlike alcohol and the well-known breathalyzer, there is no universally accepted roadside test for drug impairment, police say.

But, here is the issue: how much drugs in a driver’s system is too

much? Unlike alcohol and the wellknown breathalyzer, there is no universally accepted roadside test for drug impairment.

This is just one of a number of challenges officers face in charging drug-impaired drivers and seeing a conviction in court. There is no legal limit for drugs allowed in the body and police don’t have a device similar to a breathalyzer that allows them to test for drug impairment.

Alcohol impairment has an established Blood Alcohol Content limit of 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood (80 mg%)

cers trained in standardized field sobriety testing conduct a three-step evaluation: following a pen or finger with the eyes while the head is kept stationary, walking and turning and a one-leg stand.

“It can be used on either alcohol or drugs,” Wallbank said.

Drivers who fail are arrested and brought to the detachment where, in the case of suspected drug use, they are brought before a drug recognition evaluator.

“They do a 12-step battery of tests,” Wallbank said.

Alcohol is initially ruled out through a breath sample, followed by an interview of the arresting officer.

The driver undergoes a battery of tests and examinations that include blood pressure and pulse readings, a darkroom examination of pupil sizes, and other indicators of possible drug use, including flaccid muscle tone.

Samples of urine, saliva or blood are taken to be analyzed by the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto.

However, the presence of a drug in a sample is not sufficient to charge an individual with impaired driving.

The evaluation, in its totality, must show impairment, including the evaluator’s observations.

“Then it’s up to the judge to make the determination whether or not the person was impaired at the time,” Wallbank said.

Whether or not the number of drivers who hit the road stoned increases once pot is legalized remains to be seen. In Colorado, where pot is legal, the State Patrol reported that one in eight citations for impaired driving involved pot in 2014.

“Until we know how (the legislation around legalization) is going to be drafted and what restrictions are going to be placed, it’s hard for me to say,” Wallbank said. “Presumably,

approved and available to deter, detect and stop individuals from driving under the influence of any intoxicant,” Pfleiderer said. “The RCMP does not currently use a breathalyzer to detect potential drug impairment but would welcome any approved device that would help police officers detect and remove impaired drivers from our roads to help keep Canadians safer.”

How much is too much?

oral fluid drug screening These devices are similar to Approved Screening Devices used to detect alcohol.

But, before Canadian police forces could begin using such a device, there would have to be changes made to the Criminal Code of Canada that would allow roadside drug screening to become part of existing drunk driving statutes.

Peel Regional Police Const. Alex Scarchilli, who works out of the Peel force’s Road Safety Services Unit and is the coordinator for the force’s 12 DRE officers, said these officers use investigative instincts and physical observations to detect drug impairment.

Officers who are trained and qualified may also conduct standard field sobriety tests, he said.

These include asking the driver to walk and turn or stand on one leg.

He said more officers continue to be trained in detecting those who are impaired by drugs and/or alcohol while operating a vehicle, adding that the number of drug-impaired drivers on Mississauga and Brampton streets, is increasing.

“I think from personal experience and being out there on the road and talking to the other DREs, there is an increase,” he said, adding Peel police are getting better at detecting drug-impaired driving.

He said part of the challenge of arresting and charging suspected drug-impaired drivers is “there is no device to measure (level of impairment).” But, he said officers will lay drug-impaired charges based on a number of indicators, including pupil size, high blood pressure and observations made at the scene such as an odour of drugs or inability to walk a straight line.

it will follow similar to what the alcohol restrictions are.”

Complicating matters are the differing potencies of various marijuana strains, with some containing vastly inflated quantities of THC, the active ingredient in pot.

“It is certainly one of the challenges,” said Wallbank, adding some strains are processed to boost THC levels “up to 90 per cent,” versus the 10 to 12 per cent THC level that is common in a typical joint.

“Currently, impaired driving is impaired driving,” Wallbank said. “It doesn’t matter what drug you are on. If your ability to operate a motor vehicle is impaired, an officer can arrest you.

“Some people believe they are actually better drivers because it makes them calmer,” he said, citing 18- to 25-year-olds as a concern. “It’s not the case: their reaction times and perception abilities are dramatically affected.”

“Some people believe they are actually better drivers because it makes them calmer,” officer says, citing 18- to 25-year-olds as a concern. “It’s not the case.”

that can be determined by trained police officers using Approved Screening Devices, commonly known as breathalyzers.

“Canada does not currently have legal limits established for drugs.

When legal limits are set by legislators the RCMP will enforce the legislation as written,” Pfleiderer said.

Police are hoping to have a new tool to test for drug impairment soon. The RCMP, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, and the Canadian Society of Forensic Science - Drugs and Driving Committee (DDC) are conducting research to test three roadside oral fluid drug screening devices that can help nab drugimpaired drivers and are becoming increasingly commercially available and being used in other countries, including Australia, which has been among the leading countries using such devices, which work by measuring drug levels in saliva.

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Should York police make same cuts being eyed in Toronto?

By Christine Van Geyn

Canadians Taxpayer Federation

Despite a dropping crime rate, York Region continues to hire more police officers and spend more on policing.

Thirty cents of every dollar in the 2016 York Region operating budget is going to the police and net spending is set to increase by 3.4 per cent per year on average until 2018.

While other police boards across the GTA are pulling back on new hires and making attempts to bring their budgets under control, York Region council appears to have no interest in restraint.

Despite York Region having the lowest crime rates for a municipality of its size, the York Region council approved a 2015 budget that could see as many as 180 new police staff hired over four years and 22 new staff actually hired in 2016.

Meanwhile, a Toronto task force has recommended a freeze on hiring and promotions that would see 350 fewer officers by next year. The Toronto task force also recommended merging divisions and using civilians rather than the highly paid uni-

YES formed officers for certain duties.

The Toronto task force proposals are designed to save $100 million over three years, the vast bulk of which comes from savings in officers’ salaries.

Salaries make up a huge component of the cost of policing in Ontario and York Region has extremely expensive police, with 70 per cent of officers earning more than $100,000.

Police are an important and necessary part of our communities, but if crime rates are dropping and budgets are soaring, those new officers and their six-figure salaries will mean higher and higher property tax rates.

York Region should take a page from Toronto’s book and look at ways of bringing the police budget under control.

Salary and hiring freezes and an increased use of non-uniformed civilian police staff could be an important first step and it is something York council must consider.

Community agencies get $200K for improvements Vaughan MPP Steven Del Duca announced $211,700 in funding for four York Region community agencies at the Reena Community Residence this week.

“Community organizations like Reena play a key role in help strengthening our communities,” said Del Duca. “That’s why our government is committed to ensuring those facilities are in good condition.”

Located on the Lebovic Jewish Community Campus at Bathurst Street, Reena, which will receive $80,000 to replace staircase windows, damaged frames, new main floor flooring, replacement of kitchen cabinetry and bathroom upgrades, was opened about four years ago.

Reena president and CEO Bryan Keshen said the funding, “has huge implications for people’s lives.”

He added the grant, “is essential, it helps protect the lives of people with disabilities by making sure the homes they’re in are safe, accessible and secure.”

Also receiving funding for repair and resurfacing of its driveway was Children and Family Services of York Region which was allocated $120,000.

Kinark Child and Family Services Corporate Office and Training Centre received $6,500 for an upgrade to the parking area and $5,200 went to Blue Hills Child and Family Centre for upgrades to pool fencing.

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The radical changes being proposed for the Toronto Police Services reflect a fundamental lack of understanding of the police profession, why police services exist and the critical state of our social systems.

To begin with, any document that speaks of the “business of policing” brings its entire credibility into question.

Policing has never been a business. Policing is a public service.

Policing is a social enterprise and must be carried out person to person. Technology can enable but can never replace this person-to-person contact.

Police officers cannot be casual encounters in the public they serve, but must be part of it.

Closing down precincts and removing a sustained presence in a community runs counter to the tenets of the community

policing model.

The reality is that the cost of policing has gone up. Mandated training and procedural costs to process a charge in time and money have increased. Most importantly, these additional burdens are focused on protecting the rights of Canadian citizens.

Eighty per cent of police calls deal with non-criminal related events/activities. Policing is one of a number of public services designed to serve society, but policing is designed to serve as the backstop when all other avenues fail.

Every time a police service has to respond, the response represents a breakdown of our social system.

The police, once called, are morally and legally obligated to respond: they cannot say no regardless of cost.

The report fails to address the core issue in policing and that is the cost of salaries and benefits, which makes up anywhere from 85 to 95 per cent of a police service’s budget.

Dismantling the police profession through civilianization, stopping recruiting and promotions causes more problems than they actually solve.

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Let’s not toast to being this No. 1 And what about ‘patriot’ love?

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anada, we need to talk.

A recent study by the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined the percentage of road deaths linked to alcohol impairment for 19 wealthy countries and the results aren’t good.

Canada led all of the nations studied with alcohol impairment found to be a factor in 33.6 per cent of its road fatalities.

That puts Canada ahead of the U.S., New Zealand and Australia, where alcohol impairment was involved in 31 per cent of road deaths. We’re also significantly higher than the average rate of 19 per cent.

In the opinion of Robert Solomon, professor of law at Western University and national legal director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, this country’s dismal performance is owed to it having among the “dumbest impaired-driving laws on the face of the planet.”

“I find it somewhat sad that it takes a study by the CDC to get the attention of the Canadian public,” Solomon told Jim Coyle of the Toronto Star, adding lawmakers have been hearing for years that Canada has among the world’s worst records when it comes to drunk driving-related fatalities and injuries.

While measures such as graduated licensing and a

requirement that drivers under 21 have a zero blood-alcohol content have helped, Solomon says Canada lags behind many other nations that have already dropped the blood-alcohol threshold for impaired driving from 0.08 to 0.05 and introduced mandatory breath screening.

Police have the power to pull over any motorist and ask for ownership, licence and insurance information, but they need reasonable grounds to request a breath sample. According to Solomon, this requirement allows a significant number of drivers who have been drinking, and many impaired motorists, to evade detection.

Mandatory breath-screening has resulted in a reduction in deaths and injuries in every jurisdiction in which it has been introduced, Solomon says.

According to Coyle’s piece, legislation permitting mandatory breath-screening has passed second reading in the House of Commons and is due for further study this fall.

While it may not be a panacea, it’s a good start. As a nation, we clearly need to have an honest conversation about how to reduce the number of impaired driving fatalities and injuries on our roads, because this is one first-place ranking we definitely don’t want to retain.

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guess I am a traditionalist (although some call it something else) when it comes to the lyrics of O Canada, our zippy little national anthem that we play over a speaker system at my house everyday at 5 a.m. sharp, 7 a.m. on weekends.

We stand at attention and smell the backbacon and maple syrup and Tim Hortons coffee and just let our chests fill with pride, before watching reruns of the Trailer Park Boys.

Actually, not really.

But we are very proud to be Canadians and see enough on the news to realize we’re lucky to live where we do and it would be great, as far as our country is goes, if we did not screw it up.

So I was disappointed to hear that no longer will schoolchildren sing “In all thy sons command”, (since it’s only children who sing the anthem, admit it – adults stand silently at hockey games and so on, never opening their mouths, since that’s not cool, to actually show you care) but rather “in all of us command”, the word sons being expunged at the request of an ill MP. And that’s fine. Nice gesture. It’s just that, Canada seems to have been operating fairly well for ages with the lyrics we have. Why mess with it?

And why stop there?

There are MPs whose last names end with “son”: Garrison, Malcolmson, Peterson. Will they change their names to Garrichild, Peter-

Bernie O’Neill child and so on as soon as they have the chance? Perhaps we can also change the name of the province just west of ours to Personitoba.

But back to the anthem.

What about the words “true patriot love”?

Patriot having its origins in “patrios” or “of the father”, as in the evil patriarchy and all that. (As opposed to maternal love, of the mother, Mother Earth, etc.)

Should we not have changed that, too, while we were at it?

To what would we change it? Something cool!

Hunka burnin’ love? They call it puppy love?

Whole lotta love?

Unconditional love?

(Although it does seem conditional — if taxes go up or our government payments go down, we get angry.)

A groovy kind of love?

Perhaps you get my point, even if you’re not McLovin’ it. My point being, we seem to change things as hallowed as the national anthem pretty easily and have little respect for tradition.

I don’t imagine you would see Americans changing the words of the beautiful God Bless America — from “her” to “it” — Gold

Bless America, land that I love, stand beside it, and guide it — because a politician said the lyrics were sexist. Americans can be silly, but not that silly. Not as silly as us.

Although I guess it would only be deemed sexist if the original word was him, and not her.

Then there was the singing group that changed the lyrics of O Canada at baseball’s all-star game to “all lives matter”. Hunh?

But then I’m not sure why anyone is upset, since Canada so casually changed words already.

Announcer: “Ladies and gentleman... pardon me, will ‘all of us’ please stand for the singing of our national anthem. Feel free to make up your own lyrics and change any words you may find offensive. And a one and a two and a: Audience: O Canada, our politically correct land, although maybe it’s not really our land, we stole if from the First Nations!

With glowing hearts we see thee rise, the true north gentle and passive, from far and wide O Canada, we find “standing on guard”* too militaristic!

God (or whoever, since some of us are atheists) keep our land (although as previously mentioned, it’s not really “our” land, per se) glorious and free (although sometimes we wonder how free we really are anymore), O Canada we stand on guard* (some conditions apply) for thee, O Canada we stand on guard* for thee!

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sharing the road Re: ‘Necessary evil’ trucks controversy to council, July 21.

The widened and tree lined section of Ninth Line from 16th Avenue to Hwy. 7 was built at the expense of all York taxpayers, not solely by the selfish residents of Sherwood-Amberglen.

Nearly all of their houses back onto Ninth Line with sidewalks, trees and high fences to protect them from traffic noise and pollution.

These are not 25-by-90-ft. lots, they are spacious.

What have they to complain about? ZERO. They also enjoy beautiful stone entrance walls, built partly at the expense of

everyone else’s tax dollars.

I am sure when these large subdivisions were first built some of the old-timers then complained, too.

In a growing and vibrant City and Region we all must share and share alike or if you don’t like it, sell and move somewhere else.

Ian Irving MARKHAM

Keeping it beautiful

Thanks to the thousands of residents who volunteer their time to help keep Markham landscapes beautiful by cleaning up litter on our streets, walkways, school yards and parks.

I am confident this tradition will continue all year long and the smallest efforts really does make a BIG difference!

You can register your clean-up event at customerservice@markham.ca and receive a free clean-up kit.

We are midway through one of the hottest summers on record and during these hot summer months, our water consumption can more than double due to increased outdoor use. From June 1 to Sept. 30, each year, residents are required to follow Markham’s Summer Water Restrictions.

For more information on our water restrictions, visit Markham.ca and click on residents/ water and waste water.

There are lots of great tips on Markham’s website on how to stay cool and have fun. Our community centres and libraries, recreation and culture programs and neighbourhood splash pads Frank Scarpitti are an ideal way to beat the heat, involve the whole family and stay active. Markham has eight community centres that also serve as cooling centres and some of the best aquatic, gymnasium and fitness facilities in the GTA. Visit our website for a list of locations for drop-in programs. Visit markham.ca for a complete list of facilities and hours of operation.

Road To Rio As a City that Celebrates, and with the Olympics right around the corner, I encourage all our residents to cheer on our Markham athletes: Andre De Grasse, Michelle Li, Maxime Brinck De-Croteau, Phylicia George, Tracey Ferguson and Mo Zhang as they compete for Gold at the RIO 2016 Olympic Games. We had the pleasure of witnessing many of these athletes perform and stand proudly on the medal podium at the Pan Am Games last summer and we wish them and the Canadian team the best of luck. Go Canada go!

Mark your calendars for festivals that are a popular favourite with both residents and visitors: • Aug 18: Markham Fair’s Harvest Moon Festival — celebrating the harvest and local flavours, in support of Markham Stouffville Hospital. Visit markhamfair.ca to purchase your tickets • Aug 19-21: 19th Annual Markham Jazz Festival — opening night features Canadian sensation Molly Johnson and opening act, Alison Young.

• Aug 27: 17th Annual Markham-Milliken Children’s Festival —this year’s event is bigger and better than ever! With our community park zone, Play-All-Day Pass, petting zoo, inflatables, superheroes, wagon and train rides, and Olympic zone for children, there is fun for everyone. Join us at the Markham Civic Centre.

I look forward to seeing you this summer.

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At risk of offending the nomenclature police, this is now known as Sweet Pickled Boneless Pork Loin, or something close, but if you labelled it as such, you would confuse everyone, and when you travel in the southern States, this is considered ‘Canadian Bacon’.

We just think of it as a normal country breakfast, or lunch if you rise late!

One of our customers asked me last week why our bacon doesn’t give off a lot of pan juice. This answer is that it’s not ‘tumbled’ or ‘seasoned’, a manufacturing process whereby the meat gains weight (water mostly) and then loses it in the pan, and only after you’ve paid for it! Ours doesn’t, and it’s well-trimmed, as a bonus!

One thing to be mindful of is that the sale is for whole pieces – you’ll need to do the slicing. If your knife is dull, bring it in for a tune-up, and if it’s one from here, the THIS WEEk sharpening will be free. Reg. $6.99/lb.

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It seems like my lucky day in Aisle 4, as three of my faves are happenin'. And they are........

NANCE'S MUSTARD – This is a smooth, creamy mustard that is more in the European style in flavour and colour, and I find it pretty amazing at getting all the other flavours started up and running in all the things I put this on. 250 ml size.

Reg. $2.99 MONTGOMERY B.B.Q. SAUCE. This comes from the Montgomery Inn in Ohio, and I first learned of this through my pal from Country Produce in Orillia – a fellow lucky enough to winter in Ft. Lauderdale next door to the 'Inn' owner – so we both have it.

I love this especially on chicken, but using it on ribs works good, too! 250 ml size.

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Salty, smoky bacon, juicy field tomatoes and crisp head lettuce on toasted slices of sourdough.

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Sunday Brunch will begin with our Beef and Barley Soup, with the choice of either Penne w/Chicken, Mushroom and Onion in Rose Sauce, Steak and Mushroom Stew or Adobo Chicken, with either rice or mashed and PER vegetable. Tea or coffee with a mini dessert.

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We’ve received quite an assortment of midseason perennials that are coming into flower. I know many of you are fans of the Hydrangeas planted at our entrance, and we have those, as well as Veronica, a Salvia-like flower, Hardy Hibiscus, Pink Hydrangeas, Roses of Sharon, Asters, Echinacea, Hostas, Grasses, and Rudbeckia. It’s the time now to plant these, and you can enjoy them for years.

Our feature cheese this week is Bella Vitano in either balsamic, raspberry or merlot. It is an aged, firm cheese that has such an enjoyably long, and smooth after taste. I love any of these with a nice glass of wine.

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Our theme in the bakery this week is raspberries... local ones, and we'll be baking...

CATHY'S RASPBERRY CAKE — These are made with three layers of fluffy vanilla cake, each slathered with our seedless raspberry filling and vanilla icing. Although these have been square in the past, they are now round in 6" and 8" size, and still decorated in pink with fresh raspberries. Reg. $14.95 and $22.95 ANDREA'S TRUFFLE FLANS — This comes from

our head baker, Andrea, and it's made in a toasted pecan crust, with a divine chocolate and Chambord ganache.

Not only is the flavour amazing, the texture is silky smooth, the perfect compliment to the crust and.... they are flourless if you have to keep track. Large size,

Reg. $24.95 ea.

MIXED BERRY SCONES — These are the most

popular flavour that we make. They are moist yet fluffy, with loads of fresh whole raspberries, blueberries and diced strawberries and dusted with icing sugar once they cool. Reg. $2.29 ea.

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It is with profound sorrow that I tell you that the fellow who created and maintains our beautiful gardens passed away very suddenly last week. Tom Wolfe was known to many, as he had always lived in Unionville, and through his Unionville Property Care Business, had dealings with many as well. All of us here will miss him greatly, a real prince of a guy, and his legacy is surely one of beauty.

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You’re just not my type

Police ticketing plunges

By Jeremy Grimaldi

jgrimaldi@yrmg.com

A work-to-rule campaign

by York Regional Police has coincided with a huge drop in the number of traffic tickets being handed out to York Region drivers.

Between June 27 and July 17, 2,630 tickets were handed out. In the same time last year, 7,791 tickets were issued. That’s a 66-per-cent drop.

This compares to an uptick in the tickets handed out in the three weeks leading up to the action, between June 6 to June 26, 2016 – a rise of almost 1,000 when compared to last year.

In response to the action, which includes officers wearing pins and speaking to drivers about the reasons behind the labour strife, the deputy chief has called for officers to “fulfill their legislated and moral obligation” to keep York Region roads safe.

“It has been made clear to all members that our expectation is they will continue to act in a responsible, professional and respectful manner in their day-to-day duties,”

Deputy Chief Tom Carrique said.

The issue of tickets has been a flashpoint among frontline police officers and the service’s executive command team for years.

In 2015, a leaked memo to officers detailing showed how many tickets officers are obliged to hand out – 260 tickets each month for each 30-man platoon.

The union complained “ticket quotas” hinder an officer’s ability to do the job, hindering their discretion on whether to give a ticket or a warning.

However, Carrique defended the “performance indicators” and said traffic safety and speeding is almost always the top concern for residents.

Officers overwhelmingly voted to begin job action in June after growing frustrated with the service’s repeated reprimands against the rankand-file, docking them pay for running red lights and stop signs while chasing suspects.

York Regional Police Association president Todd Sep-

kowski said the union can’t participate in job shortages or stoppages and he can’t comment on what exactly members are doing as part of the work-to-rule campaign.

“We are asking members to wear pins and asking the community for support,” he said. “We want to reiterate with citizens that their safety is always paramount.”

York Region said there was a 3 per cent uptick in charges filed with court services between 2015 and 2016, from 84,371 in 2015 to 87,437 in 2016.

As for where the money from tickets goes, the region said all fines go toward the “increasing” costs of operating the provincial offences court program.

The York Regional Police Services Board and the union will go to conciliation Aug. 3 in a bid to try to work out contract negotiations, the talks for which are on hold.

Although it is unclear why the negotiations faltered, board chair Frank Scarpitti has been openly speaking about wanting to keep police salary rises under control.

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Opatowski park summer gathering set for Aug. 14

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lthough it was wonderful to see that the park linking Braeburn Drive and Tamarack Drive, just off of Willowbrook Avenue, in Thornhill, was dedicated to Holocaust survivor and author, Felix Opatowski, I regularly thought about how under utilized it was. It appeared that mostly dogs and their owners on their daily walks were frequenting Felix Opatowski Park and then only as a passage through to another street.

I considered all the possibilities for the park and then contacted our Councillor Valerie Burke with my idea for a Park with Possibilities project.

Councillor Burke encouraged me to think of ways to bring the community together so that we could collaborate on ways to beautify the park and attract more people to it.

Encouraged by this, I scheduled a neighbourhood meet-and-greet and created and distributed an invitation flyer to about 150 homes in the area.

Last August, Mr. Opatowski, along with his wife and other family members, welcomed neighbours to the park and signed copies of his book, Gatehouse to Hell.

Neighbours came together to write down ideas for the park, which included more park

benches, playground equipment and more trees to create a nicer boundary between the park and the industrial area which borders it.

Following that, Councillor Burke facilitated meetings between myself and other key players in the Parks Department at the City of Markham.

Further discussions led to the city placing a couple of large round picnic tables in the park. Another tree which will ultimately provide lots of shade was planted, along with large stones assembled for children to climb or sit on.

I would again like to invite our Willowbrook neighbours, to come together again on Sunday, Aug. 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. to enjoy the enhancements made to the park and thank Councillor Burke for all of her efforts at helping to make this happen.

We are hoping neighbours will also support the Adopt-A-Park program to volunteer to help keep the park clean and beautiful.

Refreshments, including those from an ice cream truck will be offered.

For more information, please contact me, parenting columnist and local newspaper contributor Sara Dimerman, at helpmesara@sympatico.ca or Councillor Burke at vburke@ markham.ca.

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‘Sewer rats’ celebrate Phase 1 of flood control program

BY SIMONE JOSEPH

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Nine years of hard work has paid off for this Thornhill “sewer rat”.

During that time, Eileen Liasi and her three fellow “sewer rats” lobbied Markham council to improve the infrastructure (including storm sewers, watermains and catchbasins) that helps control floods.

Liasi and her cohorts were nicknamed “the sewer rats”

or “the storm water ladies of Thornhill”.

These residents have worked to make sure Thornhill’s flood control system was improved following a major storm in August 2005 that caused extensive flooding of private property and roadways.

Markham politicians and residents gathered in Thornhill Wednesday morning to celebrate the completion of the first phase of Markham’s flood control program. This

first phase was completed in the Bayview Glen area, deemed to be the one most in need of storm protection improvements.

The neighbourhood is north of Steeles Avenue between Leslie Street and Bayview Avenue.

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“I was very concerned when I saw the houses between Yonge Street and Bayview Avenue on a slope getting terrible floods,” Liasi said. “I live on a street which slopes down to German Mills Creek and I thought it was safe because I thought if there’s a flood, it will drain right down the street past me but it didn’t”.

Markham Ward 1 Councillor Valerie Burke thanked Liasi and the other Storm Sewer Ladies for their hard work.

“You did so much research and went to so many meetings.” Ricardo Mashregi, chair of the Grandview Area Residents Association worked with other ratepayers associations in Thornhill to lobby councillors. They worked with city staffers and a consultant for eight years analyzing the infrastructure issue and recommendations from the city’s consultant.

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“We thought it was inadequate,” Mashregi said.

The residents groups wanted 100-year protection, to protect against even those rare storms that come once every 100 years. So residents lobbied councillors.

Burke and Mayor Frank Scarpitti acknowledged the journey to now has been a long one.

It happened over a couple of council terms, Scarpitti said.

“It has been a long haul,” Burke said.

Over the past two years, Markham has: Upgraded about two kilometres of storm sewers from the 1960s (some of which were eight metres underground), replaced more than two kilometres of old cast iron water mains and relined many of the sanitary sewers to prevent leaking. It installed more than 100 new manholes and catch basins and built a large water quality treatment tank at the outlet to

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Infrastructure work in Mashregi’s Grandview neighbourhood (phase two of the flood management project) is underway.

The work started in early summer and is expected to finish next summer.

Mashregi believes the project should have come to fruition sooner.

“Certainly it was not fast enough, but it is what it is,” he said.

He lives on Almond Avenue and remembers during the storm in 2005, the flooding was so high that the water reached the height of people’s car headlights. His pool overflowed and many people’s basements were flooded.

So, how successful and effective is Markham’s flood control program?

Says Toinette Bezant, resident of Bayvew Glen and former president of its residents association . “The proof will be in the pudding when we experience the next big storm,” Bezant said Monday.

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The month of July has been an exciting one for the riding of Oak RidgesMarkham, as well as the province of Ontario.

I had the pleasure of being part of some fantastic government initiatives and attending events that gave me the opportunity to see many of you.

The past month has been very eventful for me in my role as Minister of Community and Social Services.

Recently, I had the pleasure of announcing the establishment of an Income Security Reform Working Group to help guide the province’s efforts to reduce poverty, support people in their efforts to participate in the economy, and provide services in a way that makes sense to the people who need them.

The working group will create a roadmap that will move away from a complex model of social assistance towards a holistic, client-centred approach to a broader income security system that is based on the principles of fairness, enabling work, adequacy, affordability and simplicity.

Our government also announced this month that it is investing $1.1 billion towards repairing and upgrading schools across the province. This investment will mean giving our kids the best possible environments to learn in and further demonstrates our government’s strong commitment to keep-

MPP Helena Jaczek Oak Ridges-Markham ing our schools the best in the English-speaking world.

It is exciting to think that we are a year away from both Canada and Ontario’s 150th anniversary.

Many great events and activities will be announced throughout the year.

Throughout 2017, Ontario will be supporting events and programs across the province that showcase our diverse communities.

Municipalities, community groups and notfor-profit organizations can apply for funding that will support initiatives that aim to celebrate and commemorate our 150th anniversary.

Please visit https://www. ontario.ca/page/ontario150 for more information, and keep your eyes and ears open for these wonderful celebrations!

Here in Markham, I took part in the Markham Citizenship Ceremony on July 1, where I had the great pleasure of welcoming the newest members of our country to our community on Canada Day. Following that ceremony,

I went to the Canada Day Seniors Luncheon at the Markham Civic Centre.

I, along with many of my colleagues, helped serve lunch to the wonderful senior residents from our community.

I hope all of you had the opportunity to watch the Markham Canada Day “Peoples” Parade.

I had the pleasure of participating in the parade with many fantastic volunteers.

I’d like to thank everyone who helped make these events a success.

Later in the evening, I joined Premier Kathleen Wynne, at the Federation of Kerala Association in North America convention (FOKANA) at the Markham Hilton Suites.

Thank you to the President of FOKANA, John P. John and the Vice-President of FOKANA Ponnamma John and all the other dignitaries for inviting me at this event.

I also want to remind you that on Sunday, Aug. 21, I will host my ninth Annual Community BBQ at Stouffville Memorial Park, from 1 to 4 p.m., with free food, kids’ activities and live performances. I hope to see all of you there and I hope all of you are having a safe and wonderful summer!

If you have any questions about any provincial program or require assistance with a provincial matter please feel free to contact my office at 905-294-4931 or hjaczek.mpp.co@ liberal.ola.org

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Does your child like teddy bears?

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Get your family together and come to the Annual Teddy Bear Fair on Saturday, Aug. 6 at Whittamore’s Farm on Steeles Avenue in Markham.

This fun-filled event raises much needed funds to directly support pediatric cancer patients, whose families turn to the Cancer Recovery Foundation of Canada for assistance.

Families will enjoy a Teddy Bear Clinic, wagon rides, magic show, games, crafts, balloon artist, a Teddy Bear Retail Village and full access to Whittamore’s Farm, 8100 Steeles Avenue E. The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and families can stay for as long as they wish. Preregistration is encouraged. however, drop-in visitors are accepted.

The Children’s Cancer Recovery Project provides relief for the myriad of non-medical expenses associated with cancer.

Many people do not realize that living with cancer is expensive — up to 91 per cent of families experience financial difficulty and are reluctant to talk about this reality, like loss of income when parents take time off work to be with their sick child.

Insurance co-pays are plentiful, many people do not have health benefits and the basic expenses of daily living often go unmet, resulting in eviction notices and utilities being shut off.

The Foundation is also a major provider of toys to hospitals for pediatric cancer patients and also sends children to camp when they feel well enough to attend.

Kids just want to be kids again.

Cancer Recovery Foundation of Canada helps improve the mental, social, emotional and financial well-being of children, women and men diagnosed with cancer.

To register for the Teddy Bear Fair, find out about the other unique programs provided by the Foundation, volunteer, donate or sponsor a pediatric cancer patient to attend the Fair with their family, call 1- 866-753-0303 or visit www. cancerrecovery.ca.

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This summer’s marathon heat wave has us all seeking out beverages, but when it’s laced with sugar we may be doing ourselves more harm than good.

That’s why the registered dietician at 360Kids Home Base youth shelter and dropin in Richmond Hill is asking for donations of fresh herbs — to help entice their young clients to switch from sweetened juices to healthier herb-infused water.

“It’s about moving thoughts and taste buds away from sugar,” says Nicole Norris, 360Kids’ food services coordinator and dietician. “We want to encourage youth to hydrate by using infused water. Sweet beverages are highly linked to obesity and chronic disease.”

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That’s understandable, given how many Norris says, which is why the organization is clients come from “food-insecure” back- seeking donations of herbs from local gargrounds, where a shortage of money can deners. lead to over-consumption of fast food and “I’ll take anything people can offer — tarcheaper processed fare, she says. ragon, whatever, I’ll find a way to use it,” she “We want to offer a balanced diet here, says. along with treats, like juice and oatmeal This past week, Home Base has been meacookies. We want them to feel happy and at suring the amount of juice being consumed. home.”

There are plans to re-measure again after a 360Kids is launching a campaign to try to few days of offering youth infused water to wean youth off sugary beverages, and Norris see if there’s a change. is hoping local gardeners can help out.

You can try “healthing up” your drinks, Ice-cold water that has been infused over- too, with these suggestions offered by the night with herbs such as mint, basil and oreg- 360Kids kitchen. ano can look and taste better than bottled water or juice boxes, she says.

Try: “We eat and drink with our eyes as well as • Cucumber and mint our taste buds … It’s the little nudges towards • Mint with berries healthful behavior we’re hoping for.”

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What better way to celebrate your community than to showcase talent from within the community.

Markham Getting Together, a local youth group, is hosting the annual Markham’s Got Talent show.

The youth talent show is July 30, 5 to 9 p.m. at the Millennium Bandstand in Unionville.

More than 20 performers from dancers, musicians, magicians and beat boxers will take the stage in a battle for the top spot.

“We’re all about bringing the community together,” said Richard Hoang, Markham Getting Together co-chairperson.

“And it’s all about the arts, beat boxing, singing or whatever youth are passionate about.”

Each of the performers will be judged and given a score with the top performer crowed at the end of the night. Residents can also vote

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Along with hosting an annual talent show, Markham Getting Together also partners with a different charity or organization each year to promote and bring awareness to.

This year, the group has partnered with the Regent Park School of Music, an organization dedicated to providing opportunities for underprivileged youth to learn how to play a musical instrument.

The youth group started in 2009 and since then the non-profit group has raised more than $15,000 for various charities, including building a sustainable well in developing countries through Charity: Water, providing opportunities for homeless or at-risk youth to experience the arts, and providing art supplies to under privileged youth through UNICEF’s Art in Box program.

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Markham resident Victoria Zheng ruled the fairways after capturing the 2016 Ontario Peewee Girls Championship at Puslinch Lake Golf Course near Cambridge Tuesday.

A 12-year-old who plays out of Station Creek Golf Club in Gormley, Zheng won the title after carding a sixover 146 (72-74) during the 36-hole competition.

Beginning the final round with a two-shot lead, Zheng birdied the fifth hole to help her get to the turn at oneover.

She then proceeded to play the back nine at threeover to finish her day at fourover 74.

In reflecting on her victory, Zheng said the key was for her to keep her ball on the fairway and in sinking putts.

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Walsh, Mackenzie win sr./jr. pro team event Markham resident Billy Walsh joined forces with Bill Mackenzie to capture the PGA of Ontario’s Senior Pro/ Junior Pro Team Series event at the National Pines Golf Club in Barrie Monday.

Participating among a field of teams of PGA of Ontario professionals from across the province, Walsh and Mackenzie carded an 11-under 61 to top the field.

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“We were playing good, not great, for most of the round,” Walsh said in a PGA of Ontario news release. “But we were seven under in our last five holes.”

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When the Olympics take place, Al Falcao likes to be a part of the action.

The 77-year-old Markham resident attends the Olympics and he has been active in a pin collecting hobby that has been a ritual among some people who attend any Games.

Attending his first Olympics at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville through to the 2012 Summer Games in London, Falcao has been wheeling and dealing with fellow collectors, sponsor companies and the media with the intent on adding to his everexpanding collection which he now estimates to be over 35,000 pins.

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When Phylicia George made her Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games in the women’s 100-metre hurdles, she embraced the opportunity to simply compete with the world’s best.

She ran to a sixth-place finish in the final after what was then a personal best time of 12.65 seconds.

Now 28, the Markham resident will be making a return trip to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after she won the women’s 100m hurdles at the Canadian Championships and Rio Selection meet in Edmonton, crossing the finish line in 12.88 seconds.

Prior to the competitition she had ran the Olympic standard time.

George also ran in the women’s 100m and finished second in 11.27, just .01 behind Crystal Emmanuel.

Having ran the Olympic standard time in the 100m in her heat and finishing within the top two, George could also have represented Canada in that event.

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“I’m definitely excited to be going to my second Olympics,” the former Michael McGivney Catholic Academy student said from her Baton Rouge, La., training base.

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George is confident the experience she gained from her 2012 Olympic baptism will work in her favour.

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awe factor,” she said. “During my first Olympics I was young, but I now know what the process is like.”

Possessing a personal best time of 12.55 seconds and a season best of 12.74 in the 100m hurdles, George is also entering the meet void of injuries that have plagued her the last three years.

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“I just want to execute my race, stay focused on my 10 hurdles and compete to the best of my ability.”

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When Richard Parkinson was a Grade 6 student at Baythorn Public School in Thornhill, he recalled Canadian Olympian Bill Crothers speaking about competing in the 1964 Games in Tokyo and displaying the silver medal he won in the 800 metres.

At the same time, Parkinson recalled he had the opportunity to grasp the medal Crothers won.

That got him hooked on track and field.

Parkinson competed in the sport through his days at Thornlea Secondary School along with the Scarborough Optimists and at Texas Tech University, where he threw the shot put, javelin, discus and hammer while on a scholarship before graduating in 1989.

He still competes occasionally in masters events where he holds Canadian masters marks.

But he was never able to represent Canada in an Olympics.

But when the 2016 Summer Games take place in Rio de Janeiro next month, the now 52-year-old Stouffville resident will be part of Canada’s track and field contingent as a coach for five athletes in the throwing events.

“I never got (to the Olympics) as an athlete and was never close. I’m fulfilling a childhood dream. It’s a huge honour and a privilege to help athletes from across Canada to fulfill their dreams,” he said while working with Canada’s champion female

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“It’s a nice recognition with what work I’ve done with Athletics Canada. I’m excited and thrilled.”

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At this year’s Canadian Championships and Rio Selection competition in Edmonton, Parkinson played an instrumental role in helping Crew, who he also coaches at York, obtain a personal best throw in the shot put at 18.06 metres.

Working with Parkinson since December, 2013, Crew was quick to praise his assistance.

“It’s been great. I’ve improved by almost one metre each year since I’ve worked with Richard. We make a great team,” she said.

“His technical aspects of throwing is great. I’ve never had a coach go that much and beyond. I attribute a lot of my success to him.”

While sporting an impressive coaching resume, Parkinson recalled it was not until late May when he received a text message from Peter Eriksson, Athletics Canada head coach, suggesting he should have his personal calendar open on July 29.

Parkinson did not want to go out on a limb to predict how his five-member Canadian throwers would fare.

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“I’ve set up some expectations, but I don’t want the athletes to get delusional. It’s about managing expectations,” he said.

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Thornhill native Richard Parkinson, seen here with athlete Brittany Crew, will be part of Canada’s track and field contingent as a coach for five athletes.

staff, Parkinson has paid his dues.

That began in earnest when he launched his coaching career in 1997, while residing in Kitchener-Waterloo, with the Laurel Creek Track Club.

After being with the club for just over two years, an employment opportunity arose that forced him to move to Toronto where he worked with Wrigley Canada in their marketing department.

But it did not stop him from coaching.

He began a track club in 1999-2000 called Sisu that he continued with until 2007.

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