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Can all of us get to heaven?

Municipal politicians from across the province were in Markham Saturday for a summit on Ontario Municipal Board reform.

The pending provincial review of the OMB has spurred municipalities to voice their hope for change in the process. More than 80 have

passed motions on OMB reform.

“Many of us are frustrated by the lack of predictability in land use planning,” organizer and Aurora Councillor Tom Mrakas said. “We never know if a municipal council decision will stand or be appealed and overturned at the OMB.” A spirited roundtable discussion at the event included former mayor of Kingston and Chair

of the OMB Helen Cooper, author of A Law unto Itself, John Chipman, York Region chief planner, Valerie Shuttleworth, Aird and Berlis municipal and land use planning lawyer Leo Longo, Keith West from the Preserve Glenway Association and CEO of Ontario Home Builders See RESPECTING, page 8.

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Adam Wylde places the captain’s ‘C’ on organizer Sasky Stewart of the Clarkson Cupcakes as the Canadian Women’s Hockey League hosted a Pave The Way Ball Hockey tournament at Angus Glen Community Centre in support of women’s hockey and the CWHL’s initiatives to #GrowTheGame for the next generation of hockey heroines. See more, page 31.

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Soil, weather, intricate roof delay city’s new community centre

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Residents in the southeast area of Markham will have to wait another year before enjoying services at the state-of-the art southeast community centre and library.

The facility – at the southeast corner of Middlefield Road and 14th Avenue – was initially scheduled to open last fall, but now it’s not expected to open until June 2017.

The city hosted a ground breaking ceremony in 2013, said Councillor Logan Kanapathi, in whose ward the centre is located.

After the ground-breaking ceremony, the project was temporarily put on hold as a result of the December 2013 ice storm.

“Ever since, there has been a great expectation for this facility,” Kanapathi said. “Local youth who started high school are already graduating without seeing this facility. They have been waiting for this facility year after year.”

Now the centre will not be complete until June 2017 with city programing starting in the fall.

The city’s project manager, Gary Adamkowski agreed it’s not good news. “It’s like my golf swing, with

a long trajectory.”

According to a city staff report discussed this week during general committee and again at council, construction is about three-quarters complete.

The complicated, unique roof design, along with weather and soil testing, were major contributing factors to the delay.

The roof is an irregular shape that sits on the outer shell so the laminated wood beams in intricate triangular patterns are exposed to the interior of the building.

Work is being done to complete the outer wall and ensure it is watertight before work on the interior can start.

Along with construction delays, there is also a $2.5-million construction shortfall, which council approved to fund from city reserves.

Initially, the construction budget for the new facility was set at $66.5 million, but after the tender process the budget was reduced to $63.2 million.

The additional $2.5 million will be added to the project’s contingency fund, which still puts the project under the initial budget.

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Construction on the Southeast Community Centre has been delayed by about two years, city says. fund has been spent to date, Adamkowski said. “The contractor is burning contingency funds at a high rate.

This magnitude far exceeded our expectations.”

Co-ordination with sub-trades, more than 200 change order requests, design changes, unknown site conditions, product substitutions and erection complexities contributed to high contingency spending.

Several councillors questioned why the city would foot the bill for contractor issues, such as lack of coordination between sub-trades. They debated the issue in an in-camera session at both general committee and later again in council.

Council emerged from its in camera session after midnight Tuesday.

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BY LISA QUEEN

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Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

That provocative issue was part of an interfaith discussion, at times purposeful and other times lighthearted, exploring the meaning of death and immortality from the perspective of Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions.

Hosted by Mosaic Interfaith, a group of York Region residents of many religions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism, and the Organization for Islamic Learning, the event Monday night at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Thornhill included about 100 people of all faiths.

It featured guest speakers Rabbi Michael Stroh, rabbi emeritus with Temple Har Zion, Rev. Canon John Hill, a presbyter with the Anglican Archdiocese of Toronto, and professor Liyakat Takim, the Sharjah Chair in Global Islam at McMaster University.

Death and immortality are issues that touch a nerve with people like no other, Stroh said.

“There is no other topic that raises as much anxiety and ambivalence other than a discussion of death,” he said.

“We all find ourselves in a battle of the forces of life against the forces of death… There is a tragic dimension to life because, at least apparently, death always wins. Everybody and everything dies.”

The discussion comes as York leaders try to address the issue of what to do about the region’s dead.

About 232,000 York residents will die over the next quarter century.

While there is enough cemetery land overall to accommodate them, a cemetery needs analysis by consultant LEES + Associates Architects and Planners flagged a number of concerns.

Newmarket is in urgent need of new cemetery lands. Georgina, East Gwillimbury, Aurora and Richmond Hill will soon reach a critical stage, according to the report, which some in the cemetery industry praised as possibly the first municipal comprehensive review of cemetery lands in Canada.

Some religious communities, notably Roman Catholics, are running out of dedicated cemetery lands, the analysis said.

Adding to the pressure is the fact Toronto is running out of graveyard space and more residents will have to be buried outside the city.

Given the fact it takes more than a decade to locate land, get approvals and build a new cemetery, experts in the field are growing increasingly concerned about

running out of graveyards.

While experts have praised the region for taking the lead on the issues, they have also expressed frustration towns don’t plan for cemeteries as they do with houses, hospitals, schools, recreations centres and other amenities that support growing communities.

Because graveyards don’t pay property taxes, cemeteries aren’t welcome the same way other types of development are, they said.

As far as we know, humans are the only living creatures aware of our mortality, Stroh told the audience Monday night.

There is “a naïve certainty that when we die, our life will simply carry on in some new, comfortable, resort-like setting, accompanied by relatives, at least the ones we like, and perhaps a pet dog…It’s painful, in fact, to imagine the end of relationships.

It’s difficult to imagine simply ceasing to exist.”

“Everything that we do is shaped in the face of death. Death is not something that happens at the end, we’re always conscious of it. That’s why we take out insurance, that’s why we look when we cross the street,” he said.

Do concepts of the afterlife change things.

“If you believe that in some way you will live forever, does that remove the tragedy of death? Does it become OK?” People experience an enduring sense of longing on Earth at what we are missing here and what is hinted at after we die, Hill said.

“Heaven is not actually another

place like a distant galaxy…Heaven is where God dwells eternally…We like to hijack the notion of heaven and turn it into a place of wish fulfillment,” he said.

“It also turns into a contrivance for denial, our mortality. This commonly takes the form of a naïve certainty that when we die, our life will simply carry on in some new, comfortable, resort-like setting, accompanied by relatives, at least the ones we like, and perhaps a pet dog…It’s painful, in fact, to imagine the end of relationships. It’s difficult to imagine simply ceasing to exist.”

We are mortal, made of dust and to dust we shall return, Hill said.

“Only trust in God can really quell our fears of death. Mere speculations about heaven are a pretty flimsy foundation for hope,” he said. “For Jesus, heaven was certainly not a place to escape to while this world goes to hell in a hand basket.”

However, over the centuries , the Christian church has hijacked the idea of heaven by using it as an instrument of control, Hill said.

“When the Jesus movement became part of the establishment,

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This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes, HST if applicable and the relevant land transfer tax.

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there is a sense of accountability in Islam that after we die, before we go to either heaven or hell, that God will account for us,” he said.

“Death challenges us to morally elevate ourselves above our mundane existence because death is connected to accountability.”

It is important for people of different faiths to come together to talk about meaningful issues such as death, Natalie Doucet, a pastoral associate at St. Luke’s said.

“In a world defined by pluralism, the need for interfaith dialogue is now greater than ever. A true dialogue is aimed at gaining understanding and acceptance in spite of differences of opinion and convictions,” she said.

“Genuine dialogue leaves itself open to other people’s views, while, at the same time, exploring our common ground and building on that. I believe that events such as the one we are having today promotes genuine dialogue and is one of the most effective weapons in the struggle against ignorance, prejudice, intolerance and fanaticism…

In the end, we are one human family under God.”

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the hope of heaven and the fear of hell became the perfect tool for terrifying people into conformity,” he said. “‘Unless you believe what the church teaches and do what the church commands, you’re going to hell.’ Of course, nobody could prove that, but, then again, nobody could disprove it either, which made it a perfect tool for social dominance.”

The most important thing that Christians learned from Jesus is how to die because He died courageously, trusting that the sacrifice of His life would unlock the prison of fear in which humanity is locked, Hill said.

For Muslims, death is not extinction, but an alternate state of being, Takim said.

When someone dies, the first words Muslims say is “From God we come and to Him we shall return. That is meaning a return from where we came,” he said.

The Qur’an sees death as an encounter, not with God, but with angels, Takim said.

“Death is a continuation of life in a different form. The reference and reminders of death are simply to take death seriously because

For further information regarding this sale and how to obtain a prescribed form of tender, visit: markham.ca or if no internet access available, contact MirandaMiluzzi,ManagerofTaxandCashManagement The Corporation of the City of Markham 101 Town Centre Blvd., Markham ON L3R 9W3 905-477-7000 Ext. 4726 | mmiluzzi@markham.ca

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In addition, it is not permitted to enter upon a property that is advertised for tax sale. These are not typical real estate transactions. Entering upon a property advertised for tax sale proceedings is considered to be trespassing.

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Alternative censusing

W

e filled out the census form the other day, that much ballyhooed poll of who lives in our home, what our relationships are, how we get around, what we do for a living.

Having these stats tallied is considered vitally important for our country’s future. The previous government was much criticized for cutting back on the long-form census, making it voluntary, and so on.

So now all is right with the world and you better answer all those queries from the stats people or else.

While it is so kind of them to ask, did you notice all the really, really looong questions, such as — Is anyone listed in step B a farm operator who produces at least one agricultural product intended for sale? For example, crops, livestock, milk, poultry, eggs, greenhouse or nursery products, Christmas trees, sod, honey, bees (odd juxtaposition - honey and/or bees ... or honey bees?

Can’t have honey if you don’t have bees!), maple syrup products, furs, etc.

So we get it already! A farm product!

Likewise I was relieved to determine what my relationship is with “Person 1 and Person 2”: Opposite-sex husband or wife of Person 1; Son or daughter of both Persons 1 and 2 (it’s like Dr. Seuss! Thing 1 and Thing 2!); Sweetheart, hockey teammate or dentist of Person 3; Off-leash dog park acquaintance of Person 4; Guy who held door at Wendy’s for Person 5.

Yes, I am exaggerating. But some of the questions do seem a little odd.

Personally, if I had my own census to write up, I might have been a little more nosey, to find out how we really feel about each other and the relationships in our lives. Perhaps the government would consider them next time: Q: When it comes to your use of public transit in York Region, do you travel by: 1. Car 2. Pickup truck 3. SUV 4. Minivan?

Q: Fill in the blank. Your cur-

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Q: Of all the persons living in your home, who do you wish was actually living there?

1. Not everyone but you don’t want to say who?

2. Is it unkind to single out my mom?

3. Quit “dropping by”. And get your own food and cable! You know who you are.

4. If people wouldn’t flip off their socks all over the place, I would quit wishing they lived on the street.

Q: Which person in the home do you have the deepest feelings for?

1. Confession: I like my grandkids better than my own kids.

2. Anyone who has a job.

3. When you say “person” does that include cats?

Q: Describe your relationship with your spouse.

1. Happily married.

2. Happily unmarried.

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5. Even on good days, I wonder what I saw in him in the first place. On bad days, be afraid. Be very afraid.

6. Every moment together with this person is like having the dentist drill out a cavity.

So there you have it, folks. The alternative census.

Either way, I hope you have completed your form and I hope the info is useful — to someone.

And I hope you have someone you can count on to call on the phone, message on your computer, or check off in a box as being your friend.

MPP should weigh in on serious subjects Re: Milestones marked at schools in our community, column by MPP Dr. Helena Jaczek, May 5.

Mine wouldn’t be the first letter to the editor suggesting the Economist and Sun stop providing a platform for Oak Ridges-Markham MPP Helena Jaczek for her self-promoting fluff pieces in your paper.

Instead I would encourage allowing Dr. Jaczek the occasional article if you insist she discuss the real issues and concerns of the people living in this riding.

Should Dr. Jaczek have writer’s block on what these may be, I offer the following topics as consideration for her next article.

Dr. Jaczek could explain why she has always remained mute and ultimately complicit in each and every scandal the Liberal Party of Ontario has inflicted on the

people of Ontario.

Does she not feel as equally disgusted as her constituents with the stench in the Ontario Legislature to do something about it?

I would be keen to have her explain why our electricity bills have risen 70 per cent since 2008 with no end in sight?

Perhaps Dr. Jaczek could update everyone on the $242 million spent by her Ministry of Community and Social Services in November 2014 on a problem plagued computer system riddled with serious problems.

I’d certainly be interested in reading if the minister was incompetent or just ignorant of what was going on to have allowed this to occur.

So how about it?

If our MPP is prepared to write about serious subjects, I’m prepared to read them.

Otherwise I’ll just turn to the next page.

Karl Greene MARKHAM

Housing crisis for seniors, too How long is too long for an over 70-year-old senior to obtain a subsidized apartment in York Region?

A person I know has an annual income of less than $15,000 and a 50 per cent rent [housing subsidy] application was made eight years ago.

Since that time 202 units came about at The Hub, as well as more units in another building on Major Mackenzie Drive East in Richmond Hill.

There is much awareness made about homeless youths, but it would seem there is a crisis to provide low-income seniors with affordable accommodation in York.

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We just received three full trucks of plants, including a selection of Non-Stop Begonias both in individual pots and in Hanging Baskets. Many colours to work with here. Next, our whole garage is full of Hanging Baskets for sun and shade, many colours, and honestly, the best that I have had from this particular grower in 20 years.

Amazing! Lastly, another shipment of Hangers in cone baskets, wicker buckets and a few larger as well. Our sidewalk is now officially FULL!

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The bad news is that here will be Featured no samples this week, given the crumbliness of the this week cheese, sorry! Go on faith though, it’s good! at

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Coming next will be Sweet and Sour Pork. It’s made with diced pork loin, with sweet peppers and onions, pineapple and garlic in a sweet and sour sauce. Feature will be Next up is a trio of House-Made Sauces, starting with our Pineapple and Rum Salsa, and it’s made with our sweet pineapples, sweet onions and peppers, pickled red onions, sweet chili sauce, ginger and spices.

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This weekend we’ll be featuring a sandwich that we’ve been making since we first moved to our present location and opened the cafe. Our Chicken and Goat Cheese Sandwich is loaded with slices of Cajun roasted chicken breast (we use ‘real’ chicken, not that nondescript loaf of protein you might see in other delis), crumbled Canadian goat cheese, grilled red peppers, mixed greens and pesto mayonnaise.

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We picked these items to feature this week because they travel well, should travelling be in your weekend plans. For some, it will be digging in the garden, but a lot of folk will be cottage-bound. Wherever you are, just don’t forget dessert!

STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB PIES! Allow me to digress a bit; I planted a fair bit of rhubarb at my home last year, and it’s growing like crazy………so watch for it!

Anyway, these will be available with a lattice top or crumble, and in either frozen, not yet baked, or freshly baked. Ingredients are the strawberries and rhubarb of course, apples and orange zest, and some flour and sugar! Reg. $12.95 each QUEEN ELIZABETH CAKE!....this is a butter cake heavy with dates and pecans. Half way though baking, we pierce the surface, top it with a coconut glaze and further bake it till the top is caramelized and the coconut is toasted…..and like a lot of things, it gets better as it ages. There will be two sizes, $14.95 and $24.95

PAN SQUARES in 4 STYLES! The first is Cathy’s request; these are traditionally known as ‘Matrimonial Squares’, but better known today as DATE SQUARES. They were named Matrimonial Squares because they are the perfect marriage of two items (in this case dates and oats) that exist in delicious harmony.

Our date squares are made with a layer of slow-cooked date filling sandwiched between layers of buttery oatmeal crumble. Reg. $9.99 The second type that we will feature are Topless Brownies. These are our chocolate brownies in their natural state without ganache glaze or drizzle. They are super-rich because the main ingredient actually is chocolate, in this case a mix of pure unsweetened and dark, and further, they are just slightly underbaked, so you have the texture happening as well…..OMG, I am so hungry right now! Reg. $10.99. The third type are equally decadent…..APRICOT FRANGIAPANE! We start here with a buttery shortbread base, and bake the apricots into an almond butter filling, and then glaze it just to be sure! Reg. $10.99 as well. And finally, the fourth…..a new S’MORES BAR. We start with a graham crust that has been generously filled with milk and dark chocolate chunks and loads of marshmallows, and we bake it until the marshmallows are nicely toasted golden. This will be regularly $10.99, The store is buzzing with summer items ready to make too! As I write this I am thinking that you will be reading many food ads before our first holiday weekend look and taste delicious. Check or after you read this, but you just will not find ‘Homemade” anything like this, out our new summer placemat or even at all, no matter how the ad-writers would want and tablecloth collections! The you to think.

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For local planning purposes, the board can be very difficult for municipalities and regions to navigate, Shuttleworth said.

“We always have this OMB threat that the big bad developer is holding over our head,” she said. “There is no such thing as a friendly appeal to the board.”

The reality facing municipalities is Ontario’s growth plan, with its ambitious intensification targets, is going to dramatically change the community, Vacarro said.

“Communties are changing. That’s the mandate,” he said. “(The OMB is needed because of) the inability of politicians to make tough decisions.”

He said there are many examples where local councils go against its own planning staff’s recommendations because it’s unpopular.

It was an unpopular opinion in the room full of elected

officials.

While there was much debate at the event, one thing people were able to agree on was that the current form of the OMB is not a palatable solution moving forward.

“We are trying to advocate to improve the process,” King Mayor Steve Pellegrini said.

Municipal representatives continually talked about making changes at the OMB so the scales weren’t so tilted in the developers’ favour.

“It’s not on a level playing field right now,” Markham Ward 4 Councillor Karen Rea said.

Shuttleworth talked about the frustration from a planner’s perspective, especially in regards to a municipality’s Official Plan. So much consultation and work goes into forming an official plan, yet even after it’s passed by the province, it’s constantly appealed to OMB by developers.

There was broad support from the assembled crowd to bring back the sanctity of the Official Plan. For Pellegrini

it was the most important issue moving forward. “If there is an approved Official Plan it should not be appealable to OMB,” he said.

If developers want to make changes they should have to make them in the consultation phases, Pellegrini said. “Once it’s passed then it’s done.”

This would bring more predictability to the process for residents and local council, he said. The high density housing area in town wouldn’t all of sudden change.

Other suggestions from the group included enhancing mediation before a hearing occurs, having more qualified board members and recognizing the need for a different process for large and small municipalities.

A working group is taking all the suggestions from the weekend summit to work towards recommendations for the province to try and change the system.

“We are elected official who all feel passion about this issue,” Mrakas said.

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MAY 22 INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

Visit Markham Museum, 9350 Markham Rd., noon to 4 p.m. Enjoy family fun drop-in activities and current exhibition – all for free.

MAY 25 FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR SENIORS

Addiction Services York Region Financial Literacy Seminar For Seniors: Gambling and Addiction. 1 to 4 p.m. Free admission. Space limited. Call 905-946-9998, Markham African Caribbean Canadian Association to register.

CRUISE NIGHT

Check out classic cars at Markham Classic Cruisers, every Wednesday at Markham Museum, 9350 Markham Rd. 6 p.m. to dusk.

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MAY 26 CHINESE INK PAINTING

Led by artist/educator Jessica Deng, handson workshop celebrates Asian Heritage Month and Varley Art Gallery exhibition Visualizing a Culture for Strangers: Chinese Export Paintings from 19th Century. $10. Materials incl. 7 to 9 p.m. Angus Glen Library. www.econnect. markham.ca use EZ Reg Barcode 290098.

MAY 28 Rock on at FUNDRAISING BBQ

Fundraising barbecue at School of Rock

Send your listing requests to boneill@yrmg.com (150 Bullock Dr.). 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Live music by the House Band and Markham high school Battle of the Bands. Proceeds from food sales go to House Band Fund, allowing members to tour internationally, perform publicly in community. Info: 647-218-7625.

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May 29

Purpose Driven Cycling Team is holding an online fundraising acution until May 31 for Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Items up for bid include private plane ride from Buttonville airport, a full squash and fitness membership at Unionville Athletic Club, one-day guided canoe trip, golf at Angus Glen, car detailing, food, health and beauty items, gift certificates and more. Auction website is www.32auctions. com/pdctwww.32auctions.com/pdct.

OPENING RECEPTION FOR EXHIBITIONS

Opening remarks and refreshments for summer exhibition season at Varley Art Gallery (216 Main St., Unionville). “Visualizing a Culture for Strangers: Export Paintings from the 19th Century” and “On Your Mark: F.H. Varley, Ed Pien, Kate Wilson”. 2 to 4 p.m. Free admission. Artist talk by Ed Pien, whose work is in “On Your Mark” 1 to 2 p.m. Free admission.

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May 30 HOUSING INFORMATION

Free information sessions presented in Cantonese and Mandarin for low income families, including newcomers. May 30: Landlords and tenants rights and responsibilities, 3 to 5 p.m.

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MAY 31 ONLINE AUCTION

JUNE 1 ONLINE FUNDRAISING AUCTION

Auction items include gift cards, jewelry and accessories, attraction tickets, artwork, home items, and much more. Proceeds support the Markham Animal Care Committee, and the Markham Cat Adoption and Education Centre.

Your support will help cats find loving furever homes, support education and therapy programs, and enable initiatives to protect all animals in the City of Markham. For more details go to markhamacc2016.eflea.ca

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SAFE CYCLING IN MARKHAM

Do you see cycling in your future? Current status and future plans for safe cycling in Markham. Featuring: Peter Miasek of Markham’s Cycling & Pedestrian Advisory Committee. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Sheridan Nurseries Community Room (4077 Hwy 7).

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June 4-5 Unionville Festival

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- SOUL2SOLE, Latin Ballroom Dance Performance followed by Live DJ & Dancing. YorkDurham Heritage Train Rides. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (dependent on availability). Vendors on Main Street and Fun Zone all day. SUNDAY: Funky 5K Run/Walk 8:15 a.m. (Pre-register) and Funky 2K Family Walk. At Bandstand - Be Fit Unionville all day. Family Day Crosby Park 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Market vendors all day.

JUNE 4 IDOE 6th ANNUAL GARAGE SALE

Garage Sale at 15 Judy Court, 7.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in support of IODE, a national women’s charitable organization dedicated to enhancing quality of life through education support, community service and citizenship programs.

3RD ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GARAGE SALE

3rd annual multi-family garage sale at 2 Adrian Cres. (Raymerville & 16th). Collectibles, books, clothing, household items, hockey gear, records, CDs, toys, furniture and more. All proceeds to Alzheimer Research at Sunnybrook and Esophageal Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation.

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Auction to support, find homes for cats You can soon help abandoned cats while you shop.

The Markham animal advisory committee is hosting an online auction to help support the Cat Adoption and Education Centre (CAEC).

The city’s cat adoption centre opened earlier this year in the Thornhill Commu-

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The auction will feature items such as designer fashion accessories and jewelry, art collections, attraction and theatre tickets, rounds of golf, electronics and restaurant gift certificates.

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Another suspect remained at the door, while the other two stole other items from the store.

The suspects fled with cash, cigarettes and food.

The employee was not physically injured.

All of the suspects are black males. One is described as 18 to 28, while the other three are described as 16 to 26.

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Suspect No. 4 is described as thin and was wearing a black hoodie, sweat pants, white shoes and black gloves.

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Portraits of Giving exhibit celebrates healthcare advocate The 7th anniversary of Portraits of Giving features a well known Markham personality.

Karen Merk, LPPOC, PMP, and award winning York Region photographer, recognized 11 outstanding leaders from York Region for their contribution in giving back to their local community.

Markham honouree Allan Bell, along with 10 others will have their portraits and stories displayed at the Markham Village Library’s

Fireside Lounge from May 6 to 27.

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Camaro ZL1’s Hydra-Matic transmission is a ‘Perfect 10’ With faster upshifts than a dual-clutch transmission and a wider overall gear ratio spread to optimize performance and efficiency, the all-new available Hydra-Matic 10-speed automatic transmission sets a new performance standard in the 2017 Camaro ZL1 and raises the bar for the segment.

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Here’s good news if you’re planning on putting your house up for sale.

The average price of a resale home in York Region increased by 13.5 per cent in 2015 to $777,927, Paul Bottomley, York Region’s manager of policy, research and planning in the economic development department, said during a presentation on the state of the region’s economy.

That has jumped from $491,883 for the average resale home only five years ago.

Meanwhile, the price is almost 70 per cent higher than what the province deems is the maximum affordable homeownership threshold for the region.

That stood at $459,000 in 2015.

“There is an increasing gap between this affordable threshold and the average resale price, with the gap increasing considerably over the last few years,” Bottomley said.

If the price of new homes

were included, which sat at an average of $987,106 at the end of 2015, the gap between the affordable housing threshold and the cost of buying a home in York would be even higher.

The typical price of a resale home in the region is 25 per cent higher than the Greater Toronto Area, where the average is $622,217.

Showing strength The region continues to show strength in the residential resale market, recording the highest number of resales ever in 2015, at more than 19,100 sales, Bottomley said.

“All in all, going back over the last few years, the resale market continues to be very strong in York Region, which has reported above 16,000 resales annually since 2009.”

The average price of a resale single detached home in York in 2015 was $943,411, up 15 per cent over 2014.

For a semi-detached home, the average price last year was $606,779, up 13.8 per cent over the year before.

The average townhouse cost $575,427, up 12.2 per cent.

The skyrocketing prices can be attributed to a number of issues, including a lack of houses for sale compared to demand, resulting in more competition and aggressive offers, Bottomley said.

Housing prices have been driven up by a lack of “ground-level” housing such as detached, semi-detached and townhouse homes, Jason Mercer, director of market analysis with the Toronto Real Estate Board said.

“I would say the biggest story over the last year has been the short supply of listings. There aren’t a lot of homes out there for people and when that happens, you see price growth.”

All those inflated housing numbers may not be good news if you are purchasing.

“Some people can’t even afford to get into the market. When you think about people in their 20s and 30s wanting to do starter homes, they’re never going to get there. Even if they do, they are going to be paying an

incredible amount of money just to stay housed,” said Mary Ann Proulx, executive director of York Region’s Citizens for Affordable Housing.

“The average one-bedroom apartment rents for $1,000 a month in York Region, and try and find that.

We’re in a housing crisis. I don’t know what the solution is, but something’s got to give.”

Building permits were issued for 9,546 new houses in York last year, a 51-per-

cent increase over 2014, Bottomley said.

Across Canada, York is fifth in the number of residential building permits issued last year, behind Greater Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary.

York is seventh in Canada for industrial, commercial and institutional construction, with almost $927.5 billion worth of construction last year.

The 2015 total construction value in the region was

almost $4 billion, the highest ever recorded.

Other highlights: • York’s population is almost 1.166 million or 16.2 per cent of the GTHA total.

• The region welcomed about 21,500 new residents last year, a growth rate of almost 2 per cent.

• Markham grew by 8,000 residents last year, a 2.3-percent increase. The majority of growth is in Markham, Richmond Hill and Vaughan.

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$500 collision report fee too high, lawyer tells York police

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The long simmering feud involving taxpayers, emergency response budgets and car insurance premiums has opened a new battlefront, with personal injury lawyers now angry at York Regional Police, which is

attempting to trim its budget.

Last month, by mere happenstance, York Region lawyer Heikki Cox-Kikkajoon looked through a stack of bills and came across a police accident report invoice from YRP for more than $500.

“I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “It really burned me under the collar.”

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The bill was for a document Barrie-based Cox-Kikkajoon had ordered in relation to a relatively minor car crash that occurred on Leslie Street in Newmarket in 2015.

Instead of the customary $43 charge he said he continues to receive from the OPP’s Aurora detachment, this York police motor vehicle accident report was $553.70.

Cox-Kikkajoon said what upset him more than anything else was what he considered to be the simplicity of the document the police were charging that kind of money for.

“I am questioning the actual cost,” he said.

“How did they come up with that cost?”

The one-page accident report, which involves an “eight-centimetre by 10-centimetre” diagram and information, including which direction the vehicles were travelling, would likely take 30 minutes to fill out, but certainly no more than an hour, Cox-Kikkajoon said.

The document is a standard provincial report that all police forces are mandated to complete in a timely manner following attendance at or investigation of a car crash.

This report differs greatly from a “levelfour” reconstruction report, which is completed when there is a major crash involving significant injury or death, leading to closed roads, Cox-Kikkajoon said.

“Those reports are pivotal and it costs a lot,” he said. “In those documents, they analyze skid marks and do detailed study, gleaning speed and witness reports. I don’t mind paying money for them, but this is different.”

York police insists it is simply trying to recover an ever-increasing cost through avenues other than the region’s taxpayers, essentially saying motorists should cover the costs of car crashes, rather than the entire tax base.

The $490 fee, plus HST, “accurately reflects the cost of investigating and administering” the reports, according to a statement from York police.

“A report investigated by the major collision investigation unit includes scene measurements, field sketches and notes, vehicle crush measurements, scale diagrams, speed, time and distance calculations, opinions and conclusions,” it adds.

However, Cox-Kikkjoon says these sorts of costs are too much burden to put on those who suffer from collisions and, at the end of the day, all motorists are likely to bear the brunt. “Someone bears the cost,” he said.

“At the end of the day, it comes back to the people who pay insurance costs.”

The price hike was implemented at a York Regional Police Services Board meeting late last year, as both the police and regional chair Wayne Emmerson took steps to keep the police budget increase under 3 per cent.

York police, whose budget will reach $300 million in 2017, said they’d been losing millions writing up mandated reports for insurance companies that were going unused.

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Golfer rules fairways at CN Future Links Pacific Jr. Boys Tony Gil captured the 2016 CN Future Links Pacific Junior Boys Championship after finishing the three-round event at 16 under 200 (66-68-66) at The Dunes at Kamloops course in Kamloops, B.C. Sunday.

The 18-year-old former

Markham resident who currently resides in Vaughan and is a Team Canada Men’s Development squad member matched his opening round six-under 66 with another six-birdie performance in Sunday’s final round to win the competition by 10 strokes ahead of his nearest rival Conaire Kehoe of Calgary.

With the victory, Gill earned an automatic entry into the 2016 Canadian Junior Boys Champion-

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Markham is taking a stand against human trafficking.

During this week’s council meeting, council voted unanimously in favour of the Save the Girl Next Door Act, an anti-human trafficking act awaiting royal assent from the provincial legislature.

Markham is not without cause, said Regional Councillor Nirmala Armstrong, who brought forward the motion.

In recent years, there have been several Markham residents charged in alleged human trafficking rings.

Earlier this year, charges were laid in a juvenile prostitution case involving a Markham teen, she added.

Since 2014, there have been close to 150 occurrences of human trafficking that have led to more than 350 charges in the Toronto area, Armstrong added.

The act calls on the province to establish a special provincial task

force consisting of police, prosecutors and victim services in an effort to co-ordinate investigations.

Mayor Frank Scarpitti, who is also the chairperson of the York Region Police services board, took the time to mention notable activity by YRP. Since 2008, more than 400 arrests have been made in the commercial sexual exploitation realm and more than 200 victims rescued, Scarpitti said.

“York Regional Police have been

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recognized nationally and internationally for their proactive work and for their victim-centred efforts.”

Members of YRP have been asked to assist other police forces across the country and in the United States to develop human trafficking victim screening practices for first responders as well as practices on how to deal with juvenile prostitution based on YRP best practices.

To tackle the human trafficking issue, police have taken a more

holistic approach, working with the Children’s Aid Society as well as other service providers and the hospitality business industry.

The provincial act also calls for human trafficking to be an included offence under the Ontario sex offender registry program.

Another component of the act also allows for police to issue a threeyear protection order for human trafficking victims. Markham wants to see stronger wording to rescue victims under the age of 18.

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During this week’s council meeting, in a recorded and unanimous vote, Markham

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ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS OF ENERSOURCE HYDRO MISSISSAUGA INC., HORIZON UTILITIES CORPORATION, POWERSTREAM INC. AND HYDRO ONE BRAMPTON NETWORKS INC. Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc., Horizon Utilities Corporation, and PowerStream Inc. have applied for approval to amalgamate to form LDC Co. and for LDC Co. to purchase and amalgamate with Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc. and continue as LDC Co. Learn more. Have your say.

Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc., Horizon Utilities Corporation, and PowerStream Inc. have applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval to amalgamate to form LDC Co. Approval is also requested for LDC Co. to purchase the shares of Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc. for $607 million subject to certain adjustments, and then to amalgamate and continue as LDC Co. The applicants say that ratepayers will not pay the costs of these changes or the premium for the purchase of Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc. The applicants say that electricity rates for customers of each of Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc., Horizon Utilities Corporation, PowerStream Inc. and Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc. will remain separate for ten years from the date the proposed transactions are completed.

As part of this application, the applicants are asking for approval for: (a) Enersource Holdings Inc. to buy the shares of Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc. (b) PowerStream Inc. to transfer its existing shares of Collus PowerStream Utility Services Corp., to LDC Co. (c) The transfer of Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc.’s distribution system to LDC Co. (d) The transfer of the distribution licences and rate orders of each of Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc., Horizon Utilities Corporation, PowerStream Inc. and Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc. to LDC Co. THE ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD IS HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING The OEB will hold a public hearing to consider the application filed by Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc., Horizon Utilities Corporation, and PowerStream Inc. We will question the companies on the case. We will also hear arguments from individuals and from groups that represent the customers of each of the utilities to the proposed amalgamation. At the end of this hearing, the OEB will decide whether to approve the application.

The OEB is an independent and impartial public agency. We make decisions that serve the public interest. Our goal is to promote a financially viable and efficient energy sector that provides you with reliable energy services at a reasonable cost.

BE INFORMED AND HAVE YOUR SAY You have the right to information regarding this application and to be involved in the process: • You can review the application on the OEB’s website now.

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LEARN MORE Our file number for this case is EB-2016-0025. To learn more about this hearing, find instructions on how to file letters or become an intervenor, or to access any document related to this case, please select the file number EB-2016-0025 from the list on the OEB website: www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/notice. You can also phone our Consumer Relations Centre at 1-877-632-2727 with any questions.

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Do you have a ticket for speeding, not wearing your seat belt, being drunk in a public place or selling alcohol or cigarettes to a minor that you figured you could just blow off?

Think again.

With $46 million in unpaid fines on the books, York Region is about to crack down on people who don’t pay their provincial offences penalties.

Regional council is expected on Thursday to approve what it is calling “aggressive steps” to make deadbeats pay their tickets.

Allowing people to not pay their fines “makes a mockery of the whole justice system,” Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti, chair of the region’s police services board, said.

“We have to do whatever it takes to get this money into our coffers.

It’s about increasing the revenues, but it’s about increasing the revenues because we’ve spent a lot of money to make sure our bylaws and the Provincial Offences Act are adhered to.”

Regional chair Wayne Emmerson agreed.

“It is important all steps are taken to ensure offenders live up to their responsibilities and pay courtordered fines,” he said.

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Windsurfer rides wave to win Phil Soltysiak rode the waves to a firstplace finish in the slalom competition at the U.S. Windsurfing Nationals in Corpus Christi, Texas, last weekend.

Competing against windsurfers from the United States, France, England and Turkey, the 28-year-old Markham resident finished first overall in the Slalmon Fleets A and B Division.

In Long Distance Fleets A and B, Soltysiak was fifth in the Fleet A division and overall, placed fifth.

Making Soltysiak’s feat even more rewarding was that he normally competes in the freestyle discipline on the Professional Windsurfing Tour.

“Competing in racing is something I only do occasionally and have little practice,” he said. “I surprised myself and others by winning and beating racers who train in this discipline year round.”

Said Soltysiak: “I opened up the first day winning the first elimination on my 7.8 NX and 114 ISonic and taking fourth in the second elimination. I was pretty stoked with leading after the first day because I haven’t spent much time on slalom gear this winter.

“After that it was a waiting game for enough wind to continue with more eliminations, but more wind never materialized. Unfortunately that also meant not enough wind for freestyle, so we’ll have to save the moves for the next event at Rio Vista,” he said.

Soltysiak said he will remain in the U.S to train and do a few national level competitions before flying to Spain in July to compete on the world tour in freestyle once again.

Markham men firsts tackle Oakville The Markham Irish Canadian Rugby Football Club men’s firsts kicked off its Ontario Rugby Union Marshall Division campaign on a positive note with a 58-15 drubbing of the Oakville Crusaders at Austin Park Saturday.

Mike Thorne and Joe Beare each recorded a pair of tries for Markham while Jon Sheridan, D.J. Bott, Kurt Gibbons, Paul Van Thiel and Brandon Black each added one.

Marko Ilic kicked three conversions and two penalties.

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In the men’s second match, Markham battled Oakville to an 8-8 draw.

Jordan Lofthouse accounted for Markham’s points with a try and penalty kick.

The Markham men resume league play on the road at Waterloo May 28. The women begin their Toronto Rugby Women’s Premier Division regular season against Oakville at Fletcher’s Field May 28 at noon.

Two join York U. men’s hockey team When the York University Lions men’s hockey team starts the 2016-17 Ontario University Athletics season, they’ll have two players on their roster with Markham ties.

Forwards Daniel Nikandrov and Aaron Spivak will be among the new faces to suit up with the Lions, head coach Chris Dennis announced Monday.

A fourth round draft pick of the Sarnia Sting in 2011, Nikandrov, 21, joins the Lions after a five successful years in the OHL. He set a career high in points in 2014-15, with 16 goals and 33 assists en route to finishing second on the team in scoring.

He was named captain prior to 2015-16 after serving as assistant captain for two seasons and finished up his OHL career with the Peterborough Petes after being traded by the Sting 18 games into his overage season.

“He’s a hard-working, well rounded player, who will be able to play in all situations for us,” Dennis said on the York University Lions’ website of Nikandrov. “He is a leader both on and off the ice and we think he has the chance to really excel in the CIS.” A Thornhill resident, Spivak, 21, played this past season with the Markham Royals.

Serving as team captain, Spivak set a career high withy 60 points (19 goals, 41 assists) in 53 games and was the club’s second-leading scorer. In the postseason, Spivak amassed four goals and four assists in nine tilts.

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HIGH SCHOOLS York Region Athletic Association Track and Field Bill Crothers Invitational, May 12 (Day two of two-day meet).

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GIRLS Midget: 200m: 1. Savannah Edwards, Bill Crothers; 2. Lilian Ilodigwe, St. Elizabeth; 3. Sandy Yu, Markville. 800m: 3. Cassidy Phillips, Bill Crothers. 300m low hurdles: 1. Sandy Yu, Markville; 2. Kourtni Brown, Bill Crothers; 3. Catherine Morris, Markham DHS. Triple jump: 2. Corah Shah, Bill Crothers; 3. Hennessey Luu-Brown, Bill Crothers.

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800m: 1. Jacob Bauer, Bill Crothers; 3. Liam Deep, St. Brother Andre. 3,000m: 2. Sean Wu, St. Brother Andre. Long jump: 1. Craig Gonsalves, St. Brother Andre; 3. Alan Wrya, Markham DHS. Shot put: 3. Quentin Martellacci, St. Joan of Arc. Discus: 2. Ron Huang, Markville; 3. Jakob Robertson, Bayview. High jump: 3. George-Lucas Papaconstantinou, Bill Crothers.

Senior: 200m: 2. Jordan Taylor, Bill Crothers.

3,000m: 1. Mitchell Miron, Bill Crothers; 3.

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How affordable is home ownership, really?

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Cherry Webster loved by students, friends

By Teresa LaTchford

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herry Webster’s notes will continue to ring true in the hearts of those who knew her.

To some, she was a loving wife and devoted mother of two. To others, she was a dedicated teacher and the community will remember her forever as the organist who played at the Ray Twinney Complex during Newmarket Saints games. She was an energetic and encouraging spirit who will never be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to have crossed her path.

“She was a unique person,” her husband, Bill, said. “She was mystifying, talented, smart, funny and shared my love for music.”

They first met at the “Jolly” Miller Tavern in Toronto more than four decades ago. Both were musicians and teachers who were just beginning their careers. It was only six months later that the couple married. In 1974, the couple moved to Newmarket, a move they called the great white north at the time.

Over the years, Cherry taught primary and junior grades, music, special needs children and French at Park Avenue Public School, at schools in Aurora, but spent the majority of her time at Prince Charles Public School in Newmarket.

“The students who needed most, just gravitated toward her because of her empathy and because she was so giving,” he added. “She was just an amazing person in everything she did.”

Cherry juggled her teaching

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career, raising her children, Darryl and Kim, and teaching private piano lessons. On top of that, she decided the Newmarket Saints games needed a certain spice so, for every game, she would lug her equipment, plus her children, to the second floor of the recreation complex to rev up players and fans.

“I still meet people today who knew my mom as the Leafs’ farm team organist,” Darryl said. “I have been to some faraway places and people know who my mother was; a beautiful person.”

But closer to home, he remembers his mother being someone who always put everyone else first, almost to a fault, as he wonders if she ever had time for herself. When he was 12, he attended a goalie school in Orillia, but was too shy to spend the night at the camp, so his mother crammed his hockey equipment into her IROC Z28 at 5 a.m. three times a week to allow him to have the experience.

“She would encourage any idea we had,” he laughed. “I wanted to travel with a band that made no money and she never discouraged me.”

When his sister, Kim, moved to Manchester, Cherry never discouraged her and remained close with her daughter.

Cherry always enjoyed travelling to see her daughter and felt very much at home there.

Her empathy for others began well before her family was established or before she became a teacher. When her classmates were choosing to go to Paris as part of French studies, she went to Africa where she could do mission work on top of teaching French.

In addition to her other talents, Cherry had written a children’s book, but had never done anything with it until she was diagnosed with a brain tumour that claimed her life in April. With help from her family, the book, The Amazing Adventures of Squeaky and Vashy, has been published.

The family is currently working on organizing a life celebration to be held in August.

“We want the celebration to be as unique as she was,” Bill said.

It will be a celebration with music and memories to pay tribute to a life that was taken too soon.

Cherry Webster was a bright light in many people’s lives:

Celebrate a life well lived!

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

“She was my first teacher when I started at Prince Charles, she made me feel comfortable and she was one of the best teachers I had.

“I still think of her often and, like a lot of others, have mentioned I, too, still use her songs to help aid my own children in their mathematical journey.”

—Melanie Walsh-Boland “I wouldn’t have survived my first few years of teaching at Park Avenue without her as a mentor and shining guide. She was such a dedicated and hard-working teacher. Her sensitivity to others, enthusiasm, positive approach, creativity Your community newspaper is celebrating the achievements and contributions of everyday, ordinary people, who have affected the lives of others in extraordinary ways. Leaving a lasting impression on the community, our award-winning journalists will write a fitting tribute in memory of those who have a special story to share.

Through your community newspaper and LifeNews.ca, we celebrate those no longer with us and remember the memories we share.

and kindness were appreciated by everyone.”

—susan collett

“Mrs. Webster was my Grade 4 teacher and a teacher I will never forget. I still remember, to this day, the songs she taught us to help with math.

“I have also used these to help teach my children. I remember days of going to the Newmarket Saints hockey games and being more excited that my teacher was the musician playing on her keyboard. Thank you for the wonderful memories. You will never be forgotten.”

— Jennifer Gillison

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