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Just in time for Canada Day, a fantastic new attraction is set to open in Downtown Markham: the

Pride of Canada Carousel.

The one of a kind, 50-ft. merrygo-round, at 162 Enterprise Blvc. at Birchmount Road, pays tribute to the provinces, territories and people

who call them home.

Created by Canadian artist Patrick Amiot, the solar-powered carousel is housed in an open glass pavilion. Commissioned by devel-

oper The Remington Group, it will be the centrepiece of Markham and the surrounding area.

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City gets set to celebrate Canada Markham’s official Canada Day Celebration begins at 4:30 p.m. when the city raises the Canadian flag and celebrants sing our national anthem at Milne Dam Conservation Area.

On-stage performances feature a wide range of music and dance selections by local and well-known artists to entertain audience members of all ages.

Don’t miss the People’s Parade at 4 p.m.

There will also be a special evening performance by Alyssa Reid, chart-topping singer of ‘Alone Again’ and ‘Dangerous’, at 7:30 p.m. on the main stage. Learn more at markham.ca/events The day ends with a large-scale fireworks display at dusk, around 10 p.m.

Milne Dam Conservation Area has space for an audience of over 25,000 — including families, youth and seniors.

It is on the east side of McCowan Road, south of Hwy. 7.

There is no public parking at Milne Dam Conservation Area for Canada Day. There is bike valet parking. Ride your bike to Milne Dam Conservation Area and the free “Bicycle Valet” will keep it safe.

There are also shuttle buses from the Markville Shopping Centre.

Park for free at CF Markville and catch a bus to the conservation area from noon to 3:45 p.m. and then again from 4:30 p.m.

O CANADA! Alyssa Reid is the headline performer at Markham’s Canada Day celebrations at Milne Park Conservation Area.

Other events include: 3 to 6 p.m. - Free children’s activities 3 to 10 p.m. - Live entertainment, food and displays 4:30 p.m. - Anthem and flag-raising 9 p.m. Feature Performance by Alyssa Reid Dusk (Approx. 10 p.m.) - Fireworks display (No unauthorized fireworks allowed) What’s open, closed Markville, Pacific Mall and First Markham Place are open To celebrate Canada Day, CF Markville will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Pacific

Making strides

Mall will be open 11 to 9 Friday and First Markham Place will be open but some stores have opted to close.

The Shops on Steeles and 404 will be closed Canada Day. Garbage Pick-Up: For any Markham street that has a Friday collection, pickup will be changed to Saturday.

Municipal offices: The Civic Centre is closed Friday.

Recreation Facilities: The following recreation facilities have holiday programs on Canada Day: Angus Glen Community Centre & Library Armadale Community Centre Centennial Community Centre Cornell Community Centre & Library Crosby Community Centre Flato Markham Theatre Markham Village Community Centre & Library Markham Museum Milliken Mills Community Centre & Library Mount Joy Community Centre Pan Am Centre Rouge River Pool Thornhill Community Centre & Library Thornhill Village Library Unionville Library Varley Art Gallery

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sical, rideable sculptures made from recycled and repurposed materials with a Canadiana theme to them including a canoeist, a mountie, a beaver, a skate and a moose.

From the beginning the plan was to build a downtown centre, said Chris Bratty with Remington.

The development team started thinking about small town U.S.A., old downtown centres with a clock tower or carousel as the focal point.

Carousels are also part of the skylines for Paris, London and New York, said Bratty.

That’s the feel the company was going for.

“We’re not building small town America,” Bratty said. “Markham is technology and downtown Markham is a 21st century place.”

There was a focus on sustainability and an openair feel to bring the old time concept into the modern, urban area that is Downtown Markham.

“This carousel reflects modern sensibilities,” Bratty said. “This isn’t just something to look at. It’s something to create memories and spark the imagination.”

It’s more than a stand-still piece of art.

“We’re taking art and taking the walls off,” Bratty said. “We wanted interactive art in a public space.

When you ride the carousel, you’re riding art. That’s as interactive as you can get.”

The carousel features sculptures made from repurposed material such as old bumpers, fans, chains, axes, wheels and licence plates from each province collected by Amiot during a cross-country scavenger hunt.

“I don’t make them new,” Amiot said of the various pieces of scrap metal used to build the carousel.

“There’s so much colour and shapes just sitting out there. I just glorify it.”

And his approach to re-creating Canadian symbols and icons such as the beaver, moose, canoes and a rocket for hockey legend Maurice Richard was more serendipitous than planned and prodded.

The vision was constantly changing based on what materials Amiot could find.

And that’s part of what makes the Pride of Canada so unique and different.

“There’s no predictability,” Amiot said. “People will ask, ‘What was he thinking?’ I wasn’t.”

He was first commissioned by Remington about five years ago and spent the first two years figuring out the logistics. He first witnessed the merry-goground all together in its glory a few weeks ago in preparation of the grand opening July 1.

“Watching it move up and down was intense,” he said. “It was the ultimate experience. But that was from outside. Seeing kids ride will be a whole different experience.”

Rides are free Canada Day from noon to 5 p.m. Beginning July 2, the carousel will be open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets will be $2 a ride.

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COUNCIL Markham Council, Standing Committee and several Advisory and Sub-Committee meetings take place at the Markham Civic Centre and are open to the public.

No Standing Committee or Council meetings scheduled for this week Proclamations for July 2016: National Drowning Prevention Week (July 16 to 23) Contact the Clerk’s Office at 905-475-4744 for a complete listing of all meetings that residents are welcome to attend. For meeting agendas and live audio streaming for Council and Standing Committees.

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MARKHAM Canada Day Celebrations One Markham | One Canada | One Family

Featuring a special evening performance by Chart-topping singer of “Alone Again” and “Dangerous”

9 p.m. • Main Stage Free Seniors’ Luncheon (65+) • 11:45 a.m. (sold out) People’s Parade • 4 p.m.

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT UPDATED MPAC ASSESSMENT Markham residential property owners have received an updated property assessment notice from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) that will be used to calculate your property taxes for the years 2017-2020.

Note: The updated MPAC assessment doesn’t result in additional revenue to the City of Markham.

However, based on the change in your individual assessed value, there may be an impact on the property taxes you pay beginning in 2017.

To learn more, please call 905-477-5530 or visit markham.ca/etax See PAGE 5 to learn more about your updated MPAC property assessment notice.

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Place your materials at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 2 Markham Recycling Depot will be CLOSED July 1

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Markham RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS have received an updated property assessment notice from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) that will be used to calculate property taxes for the years 2017 to 2020.

Provincial law requires the City to adjust its tax rates relative to the City-wide average increase, to ensure the City collects the same amount of property taxes as the prior year.

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The updated MPAC assessment doesn’t result in additional revenue to the City of Markham What does this mean to property owners?

The updated assessment reallocates property taxes within the City by measuring how individual property values have changed, relative to all other properties in the City.

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If you disagree with MPAC’s assessment of your property, you can file a Request for Reconsideration (RfR) and MPAC will review your updated property assessment free of charge. ● Property owners will have 120 days from the Issue Date of their Property Assessment Notice to file a Request for Reconsideration. ● The deadline to file a Request for Reconsideration (RfR) is October 11, 2016.

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Let’s celebrate our unity, civility

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n Friday, July 1, we Canadians pause to celebrate another year as just that: Canadians.

We have been able to do that for 149 years now, and let’s be honest: it feels good.

We’re a good country, after all.

We look after each other, and try to extend that compassion abroad.

We have bad days — who doesn’t?

— but on balance we’ve lived our 149 years well, and we look pretty good for our age.

The same can’t be said for the rest of our family of nations, and it’s tempting to feel smug about that.

The United Kingdom, to whose Queen we still swear allegiance, is not doing well at all. In an ill-managed referendum, its people have voted to take it from the European Union, in the process throwing its economy, and the world’s economy, into turmoil.

The vote to leave was decisive but not universally so, and now the UK is on the verge of fragmentation, with Scotland poised to hold another independence referendum, not two years after it narrowly voted to remain in the

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UK. This time, with EU membership in the balance, polls indicate the Scots might well succeed.

We in Canada have flirted with this sort of thing in the past, through two nail-biting referendums in Quebec, each of which might have put us in a similar place: a country split at the seam, where nativism and nationalist intransigence make dissolution seem inevitable.

Good for us that we didn’t take the plunge. We’re still here, in one piece, with the capacity to engage ourselves and the world as proud Canadians.

Let’s be proud, then: proud, but not smug.

It is unlikely-to-impossible that separatists in Quebec could marshal support for another referendum any time soon — the Parti Quebecois has yet to find a leader, and in any case will not be in a position to govern until the fall of 2018, when the next provincial election is scheduled.

But it is a point for sober reflection this Canada Day, just how precious is our unity and civility, and how easy it is for a nation — any nation, even our own — to allow that to slip away.

Park being used as garden waste dump My husband and I enjoy walking through our local park but in the last few years our park (Paramount Park), which runs from Fincham Avenue to Church Street, has deteriorated badly.

At the Fincham Avenue entrance, the park has become a dumping spot for garden waste, wheelbarrows full of dirt, dead shrubs that have been pulled out of gardens, pieces of lumber, plastic plant containers, etc.

Not only is it an eyesore but all the garbage has killed off the wildflowers and natural growth.

On a damp day it smells of rotting vegetation and is not pleasant.

One used to be able to walk down to the creek but that is impossible now.

In many areas along the

footpath there are piles of garden waste.

Since Markham collects yard waste every two weeks it is difficult to imagine why people would want to ruin our local park.

We contacted our local councillor twice and she directed our comments to the parks department who did telephone us saying something would be done.

Nothing has been done and we were told that putting a ‘No Dumping’ sign at Fincham Avenue would be a waste of time.

It seems a number of the local residents are responsible for the dumping.

We have seen two locals dumping there garden waste and one local who has just put in a large pool and fence has dumped dead cedars from their property by the creek.

These residents show a

Are posts solution to my traffic woes?

On my commute home I drive north on Markham Road into Markham. Once you pass 14th Avenue, you know the drive is about to become more stressful.

From the eastbound entrance of the 407 there are at least three signs that indicate the right lane is about to become a right turn lane only and we all must merge into the left and only lane of traffic prior to proceeding through the light at Markham Road and James Scott Road.

Yet everyday there are those entitled drivers who feel that they are above obeying the signs, or having to wait in the line of traffic like everyone else.

Don’t these people realize that they are the reason the traffic IS that bad!?

If everyone simply merged earlier on, the flow of traffic would continue to move.

But by stopping and letting these cars in, traffic comes to a halt.

This entitled bunch (many times it’s the same offenders) will drive right up to the lights, in the right hand lane, almost driving into your car to push their way in and in the meantime manage to prevent anyone from turning right in the right hand turning lane.

I’ve seen drivers sit in the right hand turning lane at the red light then race straight through on a green, cutting off the driver who is legally entitled to proceed through the intersection.

This is dangerous as no one is expecting this!

In the winter it’s particularly scary as you’re trying to prevent these drivers from butting in by staying as close as you can to the car in front of you ... without braking on an ice patch and hitting

lack of respect for others and for public property.

They should follow the bylaws and dispose of their garden waste by putting it out curbside on garbage day like the majority of the residents.

The parks department can show they care about the condition of the park by posting a ‘No Dumping’ sign by the Fincham Avenue entrance and cleaning up the mess that has been there for years and getting worse.

We moved to Markham 23 years ago from a smaller community that had beautiful parks that were well cared for and that community did not have the resources that Markham has.

The parks serve all who live in the area and it would help if the city would take our concerns seriously.

Bette Jane Smith MARKHAM

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Those of us who wait patiently in that line of traffic every single day, for our turn to get through the lights have either been screamed at, honked at or have been ‘given the bird’ because we refuse to let these drivers in.

Who needs this after a long day?

I propose we do something about this situation instead of continuing to ignore this issue and hope the traffic improves all on its own.

Unless we do something it will continue to get worse as Markham grows.

There is a potential solution that I saw at a much smaller intersection — simple plastic posts located at New Delhi Drive and Markham Road, near Costco, that prevent drivers from moving from one lane to another. A commit line, so to speak, is what we need!

It may not stop everyone, but it sure could help to get the message across.

Any suggestions would be encouraged!

Kim MAHY MARKHAM

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It took a little more than two centuries but two war veterans received a final salute Saturday morning.

Major John Button and his son, Francis, received Ontario Historical Society plaques at their gravesites in Buttonville Cemetery marking their contributions to the War of 1812.

A modest gathering, including descendants of the two men, STAFF PHOTO/MIKE BARRETT learned how John Button formed Button decendent Jo Ann Munro the future Canada’s initial cavalry Tuskin adresses those assembled. loyal to the British for the War of

1812 and helped repel invasions by the United States. Both had shields affixed to their tombstones to officially recognize their contributions to the war effort.

The modern-day honour is part of the federal government’s War of 1812 Graveside Recognition project to commemorate participants in past conflicts.

Button purchased 200 acres in the area and moved to what is now Buttonville from the Niagara Region in 1801. As discontent and acts of aggression toward the British

started to grow, Button is credited with organizing the first militia in 1810 at the request of General Isaac Brock. Known as the 1st Regiment of York Militia and later as the 1st York Light Dragoon Troop, the unit now stands as the Governor General’s Horse Guard Calvary Squadron and is based in Toronto.

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To submit a comment, question or for more information, please contact: Cathy Parmer Communications and Community Engagement Specialist The Regional Municipality of York Phone: 1-877-464-9675 ext. 75560 Email: roads.ea@york.ca The studies are being conducted in accordance with Schedule ‘C’ of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment document (October 2000, as amended). This notice was issued on June 20, 2016. Personal information submitted (e.g., name, address and phone number) is collected, maintained and disclosed under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for transparency and consultation purposes. 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.

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Plenty to celebrate I cannot believe that it is already summer – and that means I have more time to spend in the great riding of Oak Ridges – Markham!

On June 9, the Ontario Legislature rose for the summer. The most recent session, which began Feb. 16 allowed us to pass 14 bills that will deliver major progress on our government’s key priorities such as: • Laying a foundation to reduce carbon emissions through a cap and trade program and to reinvest funds generated by the program in green projects.

• Enhancing democracy by allowing municipalities to introduce ranked ballots in local elections and; • Making workplaces, campuses and communities safer by strengthening laws to stop sexual violence and harassment.

When the legislature returns in the fall, the government will continue to focus on priorities that support the economic plan to build Ontario up and deliver on its No. 1 priority to grow the economy and create jobs.

During the past session I was particularly pleased to see legislation introduced, that if passed in the fall would make changes to 50 different statutes to reduce regulatory burdens and practices that cost businesses time and money. Government initiatives such as this are a large reason why Ontario’s economy is forecast to remain among the strongest in Canada.

More than 600,000 jobs have been created since the low point of the recession in 2009, and by 2019, Ontario will have created another 300,000 jobs – that’s 900,000 new jobs!

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MPP Helena Jaczek Oak Ridges-Markham locally as well. On June 4, I joined constituents at Doors Open Stouffville. I had the opportunity to visit the Holy Theotokos Covent, located on a stunning 20-acre lot of rolling hills and was able to pick up some beautiful 100-per-cent beeswax candles that are produced at the candle factory on site.

At the Greenbelt Greenhouse, I learned about microgreens and about how locally grown produce is available in our grocery stores.

While at the Pause Awhile Equestrian Centre, which is home to 60 horses, I got a tour of the three barns, three arenas and three ponds.

On June 11, I attended the Indo Canadian Chamber of Commerce Gala – the event honoured some of the tremendous accomplishments of Indo-Canadians, in addition to promoting the important trade and commerce relationship between India and Canada.

The Taste of Asia Festival this past weekend was a fantastic success as always. I would like to thank Dr. Ken Ng for inviting me to the opening ceremonies on June 25th.

I would also like to wish all of you a Happy Canada Day! I will be at the Seniors Luncheon at the City of Markham and in the Markham Canada Day “Peoples” Parade so please come by and say hello if you happen to be there.

I will also be hosting a pancake breakfast at the Strawberry Festival in Stouffville on Saturday – I hope many of you will join me for pancakes and some delicious local strawberries.

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here should be a special punishment for people who perpetrate scams on the elderly, the same way we might dish out extra punishment to someone who committed a crime against a child.

For there is something uniquely cruel about stealing money from an older person, money they likely spent their whole life saving. Money they need, now that they are retired and don’t have the income afforded by a job.

Not that all older people are susceptible to this kind of thing.

But some are.

Whether it’s a decline in their cognition, an inclination as they age to be trusting of authority figures, or an ease with which they can be bullied because physically they may feel frail, I’ll leave that to the experts.

My first experience with this

phenomenon was in a newsroom, when a call came in from a man in Waterloo (I was in North York, where he’d lived 20 years earlier — he remembered the name of the paper and looked it up) telling me how he had been sold a vacuum by a door-to-door salesman.

His wife had passed away. He was living on his own. He wasn’t thinking very clearly. He was also sad. He probably should have been in a long-term care facility.

And that’s when the vacuum salesman appeared at his door.

Talked to him. Did some demonstrations. Told him his old vacuum was no good. And sold him a new vacuum — for $3,600.

Unless it was a vacuum that also did dishes, cooked his meals, projected 400 TV channels in highdefinition and he could fly around the neighbourhood in it, like it was a helicopter, it was not worth

$3,600.

“You know you can buy a vacuum at the department store for maybe $300,” I told him. “And that’s a really good one.”

He knew this.

Or was remembering this was the case. But the door-to-door salesman had caught him on a bad day.

It had taken him a couple of Bernie weeks to realize what had hapO’Neill pened. That vacuums don’t cost $3,600. But he had not had a clear thinking day for a while and when he finally did, he was embarrassed.

I gave him credit for calling in.

Told him there must be consumer protection legislation about selling

something for way, way more than it’s worth. And that there might be a cooling off period to get out of a contract.

I found him a couple of phone numbers. Asked him about his family and told him maybe he should think about calling his daughter to tell her what had happened. She could help. And that it’s nothing to be ashamed of. That these people are out there, preying on the elderly. He’s just a victim.

That the world had changed and that’s the way things are these days.

There have been appeals in Markham and elsewhere recently trying to stop door-to-door solicitation — something that would require an army of bylaw officers and be difficult and costly to enforce, in my view.

Education is probably the key, for the elderly, their families, and for young people seeking work.

We’ve all seen the pushy twentysomething with the clipboard claiming there’s something wrong with our furnace or hot water tank.

The caller who tells you there’s something wrong with your computer — send them a cheque, they’ll fix it. The guy trying to sign you up for snowplowing by a company that does not exist.

When you are young and healthy and have your wits about you, it’s not a problem to tell these people to get lost.

But not all of us will stay sharp into old age.

When these scammers are caught and convicted, I say they should do extra jail time because of the helplessness of their victims.

But then you wonder if any of these scammers is ever caught, or receives real punishment.

Another thing that has changed these days.

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‘Snooty intelligentsia’ don’t need post office but others do: expert

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Although Canada Post has put an offer on the table, unionized workers are preparing to be on the picket line as early as this weekend, according to a union leader.

“It’s still on the table as of right now for July 2, a potential lockout,” Derek Richmond, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ Ontario region co-ordinator, said.

“We don’t want to do any strike action. We don’t want the corporation to lock everybody out. We want to negotiate a fair collective agreement and continue to work.”

He said the offer does not address pay

equality between urban and rural workers, adding 70 per cent of rural carriers are women and new Canadians paid 25 per cent less than urban carriers.

It also doesn’t address expanding service to Canadians through measures such as providing banking services at postal retail stores in smaller communities, he said.

“Canada Post has made a profit 19 of the last 21 years and (there) is no need to cut service for Canadians,” Richmond added in an email.

“Weekend parcel delivery was proposed by the corporation, but it will be precarious PT (part time) temporary workers. They want

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Canada Post strike or lockout could hurt long-term, all sides agree. to create a two-tier pay and pension system for newly hired employees. This offer is asking current members to accept rollbacks for future generations of postal worker jobs.”

Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton said the corporation is adapting to changing times. “What Canadians are providing us to deliver is a lot different than a few years ago.

It’s a lot less mail and more parcels. People are shopping online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our delivery model today is a five-day week during the business day delivery model built for mail. Today, people are online shopping 24/7 and are looking for better options, including evenings and weekend deliveries.

We do that today during peak periods, but because of the way we are structured, we have to pay double time to do that. That is not feasible or affordable going forward, if we’re going to be doing that on a regular basis, espe-

cially as the retailers we’re servicing are being pressured by their customers to offer cheap or free shipping. We’re trying to adjust to our new reality.”

York University marketing professor Alan Middleton said where a lockout or strike would have the biggest impact is on parcel delivery by Canada Post’s Purolator, in many ways the future for the Crown corporation.

Losing credibility and brand reputation could prove to be disastrous, he said.

“Because Canada Post’s hope for revenue is in exactly that area. So, there is a reputational threat there the more Canada Post is seen to be unreliable. It’s not so much us as individuals. It’s businesses. Will they regard Canada Post and its subsidiary (Purolator) as a reliable or unreliable going forward.”

While people in cities may dismiss the importance of Canada Post, it remains important entity in much of the country, Robert Campbell, president of Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and an expert in global postal systems, said.

“You have, I hate to say it, a kind of elite, snooty, Torontonian, media-savvy intelligentsia saying I don’t use physical mail, I only use digital and if a strike happened, I wouldn’t notice,” he said.

“But when a strike happens, it’s the end of the world because everyone worries about pensioners and small business and small groups and charitable groups and what have you. For a whole bunch of people, the mail is a non-issue any more. But for a bunch of other people, the mail is a big issue.”

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JUNE 30 ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE

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The City of Markham hosts Canada Day celebrations from 3 p.m. to dusk at the Milne Dam Conservation Area, off McCowan Road south of Hwy. 7 (not far from Hwy. 407). Live entertainment, children’s activities, interactive displays. Don’t miss the People’s Parade at 4 p.m. Special evening performance by Alyssa Reid, chart-topping singer of ‘Alone Again’ and ‘Dangerous’, at 7:30 p.m. on the main stage. Learn more at markham. ca/events

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Guests dressed in white will enjoy an evening of fine food, wine, music, and garden themed activities in courtyard and interior of Varley Art Gallery (216 Main St. Unionville).

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Councillor Ho Soccer Fun Fair

Councillor Alan Ho soccer fun fair to raise money for Fort McMurray Disaster Relief. Drop by anytime 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Ashton Meadows Park. Ice cream truck, bouncy castles, fun activities. 905-479-7780.

Kothu (Food) Festival

First annual Markham Kothu Festival in support of Youth and Parents Association of Markham, a non-profit providing programs for children with learning disabilities. Event starts 10 a.m. between Kirkham and Karachi drives. Kothu Roti is popular South Indian street food.

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JULY 10 POTTERY WORKSHOP

Spend quality time with your family at Markham Museum (9350 Markham Rd.) and create a tile to decorate your garden. Workshop 10 a.m. to noon. Cost $45 for 1 child and 1 adult. Pre-registration required.

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RICHMOND HILL CONCERT BAND

Richmond Hill Concert Band performs at 7 p.m. as part of the Concert Sunday Series. Unionville Millennium Bandstand, corner of Main Street and Fred Varley Drive. Concerts are free.

JULY 14 ELTON ROHN PLAYS ROCKET MAN

Elton Rohn personifies Elton John with tribute to the Rocket Man! 7:30 to 9 p.m. as part of Thursday Nights at the Bandstand in Unionville.

JULY 17 NORTH YORK CONCERT BAND

North York Concert Band performs at 7 p.m. at Unionville Millennium Bandstand. Free.

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York police union begins work-to-rule campaign

By Jeremy Grimaldi

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The police union in York Region officially began ‘work to rule’ job action Monday morning, after members voted to begin voicing their displeasure with the York Regional Police’s executive command unit.

Although officers are forbidden from striking or picketing by the Police Services Act, there are still a number of actions that can be taken, including speaking to the community about concerns and wearing pins, T-shirts and hats saying: “Supporting our Community” to volunteer and personal events.

Beyond that, officers may chose to start taking their two mandated 45-minute breaks during a shift rather than skipping them, union president Todd Sepkowski said.

A police source said officers would also be using their discretion when writing tickets and may choose to issue warnings instead.

The decision comes at an already heated time, months after contract negotiations were put on hold after the union asked for mediation.

A lot of the issues come down to the punitive oversight officers put up with on a daily basis, York Regional Police Association secretary Phil Shrewsbury-Gee said.

“Morale is the lowest I’ve ever seen in my 30 years,” he said. “Discipline and the management of discipline used to be educational and corrective, that’s now gone to punitive.”

Shrewsbury-Gee said, specifically, the more than 1,500 serving members find it unreason-

able they are being fined hundreds of dollars for running red lights while performing their duties.

In numerous instances, officers have been fined 2-1/2 times the standard fee for motorists who run red lights, which is about $165.

An officer in Richmond Hill was docked eight hours pay, about $350, after running a red light even though he witnessed the suspect he was chasing run the same light moments before.

Another officer was investigated for running a stop sign while chasing a suspected impaired driver in Vaughan months later, but, in the end, wasn’t fined for his behaviour.

Only months ago, an officer was docked pay after chasing a break-and-enter suspect and running a red in Markham.

‘MORE DIFFICULT TO SERVE PUBLIC’ “That sort of discipline doesn’t reflect in the private sector,” he added. “It’s making it more difficult for guys to serve the public. It’s an accumulation of issues that has come to a head over time and guys are no longer accepting it and saying something has to be done.”

The service, meanwhile, insists this policy is to ensure the safety of the public.

Another issue is what the union calls the force’s “ticket quota”, in which officers are told they need to hit targets, including: two traffic stops per shift and three liquor licence tickets per year. A platoon of 30 officers is supposed to hand out 260 traffic tickets per month.

The service said these are “goals” set out

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by the community, who consistently raise the issue with police.

Furthermore, Sepkowski said his officers must also interact with a number of provincial oversight organizations, including the Special Investigations Unit and the Office of Independent Police Review.

“One guy said to me the other day, ‘We used to come to work to do our job, now we’re just wanting to find ways not to get in trouble’,” he said. “Our members don’t want to get to a place where they don’t want to do their jobs.”

The job action comes months after the sunshine list was released in Ontario showing that York Regional Police has 70 per cent of its officers now making more than $100,000.

In its wake, Markham Mayor and York Regional Police Services Board chairperson Frank Scarpitti was quoted as calling into question whether the cost of emergency services is sustainable in York Region.

“Arbitrated salary and benefit awards in policing have exceeded the rate of inflation, the cost of living and the salary adjustments negotiated or provided to other unionized and non-unionized staff in our communities,” he said. “This is not sustainable. These cost increases cannot continue at their current rate without jeopardizing other essential services and infrastructure needs.”

He called the police arbitration system “broken”.

This prompted a biting response from Sepkowski, in which he chastised Scarpitti for making the comments while negotiations are

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The collision took place just after 12:30 p.m. on Regional Road 99 (also known as the Hwy. 427 extension), north of Hwy. 7.

The driver of the garbage truck, a 55-yearold Barrie man, was transported to hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.

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“Considering that the association is currently participating with the Police Services Board in the process of collective bargaining, it is most disappointing to see Scarpitti making comments concerning our contract specifically, and the process generally in the media,” he said. “YRPA has always bargained in good faith, and we will continue to do so.”

“They’re not being given the respect they deserve,” said Shrewsbury-Gee about Scarpitti’s comments. “And these kinds of comments feed into the belief that they don’t care, these words re-inforce that belief.”

Shrewsbury-Gee said that the decision on some sort of work to rule was taken last Wednesday during a “very-well attended” meeting when one member put forward a motion and it was unanimously approved.

‘FEEL WAGE OFFER IS FAIR’ Scarpitti said the board has not been formally notified of any job action.

“The board has the complete confidence that York Regional Police employees will continue to perform their duties at the high level we are accustomed to,” Scarpitti stated in a comment on the board’s website.

“We feel the most recent offer for wage increases was very fair and in line with increases recently negotiated with other police services. The board also has the significant responsibility to be fiscally responsible to all our taxpayers. The board is confident an agreement can be reached.”

non-life-threatening injuries.

Regional Road 99 was closed in both directions from Hwy. 7 to Zenway Boulevard for several hours for the collision investigation, according to York Regional Police.

Any witnesses who have not yet spoken with police are asked to come forward.

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Just in time for the Canada Day long weekend, you can now start buying cider in 60 grocery stores in Ontario that already sell beer.

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Time will become a factor for basketball starting with the 2016-17 season.

Shots clocks will introduced into play for the first time in York Region high school basketball when the girls season tips off the new school year in September.

The OFSAA-inspired move will mean nearly all of the participating schools will be required to make an investment in the technology and aim to have it installed prior to opening games.

“There are going to be issues,” said YRAA athletics co-ordinator Mark Arsenault. “This will require some fine-tuning. Installment is an issue and will take time.”

Gus Gymnopoulos, veteran Vaughan Secondary School Voyageurs senior boys’ head coach, feels the move is a good one.

He anticipates games will be played at a faster pace.

“The shot clock will dictate a quicker style of play and kids want to play faster,” Gymnopoulos said.

However, he anticipates there will be a period of adjustment.

Gymnopoulos noted games will

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With every foul, the clock will reset back to 35 seconds.

Pointing to the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association, a league encorporating prep teams and will include entries from Vaughan Secondary School, Thornlea Secondary School and Bill Crothers Secondary School next season that utilizes a 24-second shot clock for their contests, Gymnopoulos feels a 30-second shot clock would be ideal for high schools.

“It’s better than nothing, but I think a 35-second shotclock is still

too long,” he said.

Glen Dharmai, Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy senior boys’ coach, feels a 35-second shot clock might be more suited for tier one play.

“Because we have many different tiers in basketball in the YRAA, I can see it working with some tiers and not others,” he said.

Dharmai predicts the move will place a greater emphasis on offence and result in more highscoring contests.

“It could force teams to run offences versus just sitting back and running the clock,” he said.

“This will make offensive sets more simple and allow all players to be involved.

“It will also lead to higher scoring games and more fast-paced play.”

What Dharmai fears though is instances where some contests could be one-sided. There could be a period of adjustment as he noted high school games rely on student volunteers at the scoring table.

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Markham youth football program part of merger

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Two long-standing youth football programs – the York Simcoe Bucs and Markham Raiders – merged in the off-season to form the York Region Football Association.

Breaking the huddle this season for summer and upcoming fall programs as the York Region Lions is intended to produce a more

competitive environment for both organizations, which have traditionally struggled to be competitive against other centres across the province, said Dave Lovegrove, who is the interim president of the alliance.

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That link fits with the club taking advantage of coaching from nearby York University to fill coaching roles on its teams.

Lovegrove said he approached Markham officials during the off-season about unifying the programs. “They were struggling with numbers and we were struggling with the performance level we wanted to achieve,” he said. “There is not a huge increase but the numbers are solid. The most important thing for me is, I think, for the long term we wanted a more strategic direction.”

Lovegrove said the 325 registered players in rep and house league programs represents a 17 per cent increase over Bucs’ registration numbers in 2015.

He said the relationship with York University and York Region Athletic Association’s high school program creates a vital link which should provide benefits for all parties.

Some high schools, in fact, benefitted last season from using coaches on the staff of the Ontario University Athletics team. The Raiders program was formed in the mid-1970s while the Bucs were formed in 1994 so letting go from the standpoint of tradition and pride was not expected to be easy.

Said Lovegrove: “We want to focus on making this a better program. The goal is to grow football in Markham and Richmond Hill and keep it growing in Aurora and Newmarket.”

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With the 94th pick in the fourth round, the Florida Panthers selected the five-foot, 11-inch, 165-pound forward.

“It’s just an unbelievable feeling,” said Ang, who spent the last two seasons with OHL’s Peterborough Petes.

Amassing 21 goals and 28 assists in 68 regular season games this past year and recording some positive results during the NHL pre-draft combine, Ang said he had pre-draft talks with Florida.

“But when the day comes anything could happen and I was lucky enough to be chosen by Florida.”

In anticipation of the big day, Ang conceded there was a bit of anxiety on his part along with the rest of his family who joined him at the First Niagara Center to lend their support.

“This is one of the things I’ve strived for and I guess the next step is to hopefully play in the NHL.” Ang acknowledged he does not expect to be in the lineup when the

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Bayview Secondary School Female: Bahar Entezari.

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Young golfers rule fairways in Milton Victoria Zheng ruled the fairways when she claimed top honours in her age group division at the Canadian Junior Golf Association’s Junior Linkster tour at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club in Milton Sunday.

Competing in the Peewee Girls Division (U13),

the 12-year-old Markham resident shot a four-over 32 in the nine-hole competition to finish atop the leaderboard.

Zheng finished two strokes ahead of of Michelle Ding, 10, of Toronto and Ella Weber, 10, from Burlington.

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Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm • 905-853-2527 • Toll Free 1-800-743-3353 • Fax 905-853-1765 • For delivery questions, please contact 1-855-853-5613 MATHESON, Russell Wesley Passed away suddenly at home on June 23, 2016 at the age of 79.

Beloved husband of Marilyn for 53 years. Loving father of Kelly (Jeff), Shauna (Jim) and Kyla (Curtis). Proud grandfather of Heather, Neil, Kyle, Alex and Aidan. Inherited father of Christian (Allison) and inherited grandfather of Cameron and Michael.

He is survived by his sister Velma (Bill), his mother-in-law Christena MacDonald, his brothers-in-law Earl Hamilton, Stuart MacDonald, and Kevin (Dolores) MacDonald and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Predeceased by his son Ian, his parents Garfield and Edna Matheson, his sister Myrtle, his father-in-law Gordon MacDonald, his sister-in-law Mary MacDonald and his niece Linda.

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sjoseph@yrmg.com aura Celli-Henriques still remembers the time she found her father, Leonard Celli, slumped over, face planted on a computer keyboard, fast asleep.

The president of the Maple Minor Baseball League was in the midst of co-ordinating teams, organizing umpires and planning tournaments. In essence, he was running the league he had founded in the early 1990s.

Sleeping on a keyboard rather than a pillow was pretty common for him in those days, Celli-Henriques says.

Ex-wife Pina Celli agrees.

“You have no idea how many hours he put into it,” she says.

“He had a real passion for baseball.”

Leonard Celli was born on Oct. 6, 1954 in Abruzzo, Italy.

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KEOGH, Madeleine After a long battle with cancer, Madeleine Keogh passed away at Chartwell Woodhaven, Markham, on June 19th, 2016, in her 86th year.

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baseball league president, but also as a model TTC employee — never late for work and rarely taking vacation. He was a TTC operator, driving buses and subways, working for more than 26 years.

Celli-Henriques can still remember her father’s gruelling routine, starting with his work shift, which began at 4:17 a.m. each day. He would finish at 1:06 p.m., come home, take a nap, then pick his two daughters up from school and then cook dinner — always a gourmet meal, she says.

The minor baseball league became a family affair, with Celli working as president, his wife doing plenty of work for the league, too, and the children pitching in.

Celli-Henriques knows her parents’ motivation for starting up the league: “Let’s do it for our kids and everyone’s kids,” they had said.

Celli explains her ex-husband’s motivation: “He wanted to get children off the streets,” she said, keeping them out of trouble and helping them make friends.

Leonard Celli loved baseball, football and Italian roots

Celli’s interest in his children’s activities extended beyond baseball. Celli-Henriques remembers one of her favourite dad moments from when she was about eight years old.

She had finished dancing in a recital in a hall that was so jampacked, the audience was seated three or four rows high. Her dad was seated way up at the top.

As she was leaving with her mother, she heard her father yell: “Hey squirt!” She looked up and her father threw down a big bouquet of flowers.

Little Laura caught it.

“I had the biggest smile on my face,” she remembers.

Today, she can also reflect on how much her father enjoyed another important role — that of grandfather. While living at his daughter Jennifer’s house, he engaged in a special ritual with his granddaughter, Victoria. The Celli family ran the Maple Minor Baseball League for about eight years, featuring 19 teams from T-ball to juvenile, plus an “old timers” division.

In 2012, Celli suffered a heart attack during a visit to Italy to see

Leonard Celli enjoyed spending time in his native Italy, almost as much as he enjoyed volunteering, coaching and managing in the Maple Minor Baseball League for many years. Other passions included football and his family. family. On Dec. 23, 2012, he died where he was born, in Italy.

When Celli-Henriques visited Italy after her father death, she made a point of gathering every memento of him she could, now stored in a special room in her Maple home as a kind of shrine to him.

It features his cellphone, his Marlboros, his camera and his Pittsburgh Steelers jacket, which

reminds her of all of the Sundays she spent watching football with him.

Her favourite item in the room is his pajamas — “In Italy, that’s what he wore all the time.”

There is also a physical representation of his love for baseball. It is a plaque, which he earned for coaching a children’s team — her team.

“He left too early,” she said of his untimely death at age 58.

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