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Federal election officials are reporting a big jump in turnout at the advance polls. In Markham-Stouffville, 13,485 voters or 15%, in MarkhamThornhill 11,119 voters or 16% and in Markham-Unionville 11,511 or 14% have already voted. Have you voted? If not, you’ll need to cast your ballot on Monday. Check page 3 for ridings at a glance and go to yorkregion.com on election night for results.

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He also knows he’s been forgiven for a few in his lifetime.

And considering it took place on Thanksgiving, he’s willing to forgive and forget the 200 or

so people who passersby say trespassed onto his Markham farm’s pumpkin patch to take some snapshots… and some pumpkins.

“I have made mistakes and I have been forgiven,” said the owner of Reesors.

“In this situation, some people made mistakes, but I think some good can come of something that was not so good.”

Although he admitted it was likely the people who initially parked their cars near the Ninth Line and Elgin Mills Road property to take photographs that drew the huge crowd, he said he holds “no ill-will” against those who simply came on the property for enjoyment.

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4 main parties — Conservative, Liberal, NDP and Green — field candidates in ridings where Markham will vote MARKHAM—THORNHILL Senthi Chelliah — New Democratic Party Jobson Easow — Conservative Party John McCallum — Liberal Party Joshua Russell — Green Party Area: 44 km2 Population: 102,221* Number of electors**: 70,123

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Gene Balfour — Libertarian Party Lorne Cherry — New Democratic Party Nancy Coldham — Liberal Party Margaret Leigh Fairbairn — Seniors Party of Canada Peter Kent — Conservative Party Josh Rachlis — Green Party Area: 66 km2 Population: 110,427* Number of electors**: 80,701

* Population based on 2011 census data. **Number of electors on the revised lists.

MARKHAM— UNIONVILLE Bang-Gu Jiang — Liberal Party Elvin Kao — Green Party Bob Saroya — Conservative Party Colleen Zimmerman — New Democratic Party

MARKHAM— STOUFFVILLE Paul Calandra Conservative Party Gregory Hines New Democratic Party Myles O’Brien Green Party Jane Philpott Liberal Party

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Area: 89 km2 Area: 299 km2 Population: 104,693* Population: 109,780* Number of electors**: Number of electors**: 82,084 87,080

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One key aspect of Monday’s federal election is riding boundaries have changed.

Ridings entirely within the city will be Markham—Unionville and Markham—Thornhill.

There is Markham—Stouffville which takes in Stouffville and the eastern most area of Markham.

Finally, the Thornhill riding is mostly in Vaughan but also covers a part of Markham on the west side.

(In the last Parliament, Markham was part of three ridings: Oak Ridges—Markham, Markham—Unionville and Thornhill.)

Federal riding boundaries are adjusted every 10 years by independent commissions to reflect changes and movements in Canada’s population, according to the Constitution and the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, Elections Canada notes.

Approximately 87 per cent of ridings will be different on election day.

Across Canada, 30 new ridings were created in the readjustment; the number of seats will grow from 308 to 338, with the biggest jump here in Ontario.

Four provinces will have additional seats in the House of Commons: • Ontario (15 more) • British Columbia (6 more) • Alberta (6 more) • Quebec (3 more) The now 338 ridings in Canada are divided as follows: • Ontario – 121 • Quebec – 78 • British Columbia – 42 • Alberta – 34 • Saskatchewan – 14 • Manitoba – 14 • Nova Scotia – 11 • New Brunswick – 10 • Newfoundland & Labrador 7 • Prince Edward Island – 4 • Yukon – 1 • Northwest Territories – 1 • Nunavut – 1 Check out our website, yorkregion.com, for election results and reaction in Markham and ridings across the region Monday night. Polls close at 9 p.m. and we’ll have results shortly afterward.

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Proposed PowerStream Merger:

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

Monday, October 19 9 a.m. - Development Services Committee Meeting Tuesday, October 20 7 p.m. - Development Services Planning Public Meeting Proclamations for October 2015 Occupational Therapy Month Lupus Awareness Month Blue Shirt Day (Oct 16) Waste Reduction Week (Oct 19-25) Need more information?

Contact the Clerk’s Office at 905.475.4744 for a complete listing of all meetings that residents are welcome to attend, meeting agendas and live audio streaming for Council and Standing Committees.

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GET INVOLVED! Meeting #2: Oct 16 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Canada Room Meeting #3: Oct 20 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Canada Room Meeting #4: Oct 23 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Canada Room Meeting #5: Oct 27 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Canada Room Meeting #6: Nov 03 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Canada Room Meeting #7: Nov 10 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Canada Room Meeting #8: Nov 17 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Canada Room Public Meeting: Dec 7 | 7 - 9 p.m. | Council Chamber All Budget Committee meetings are open to the public. Agendas and materials are available online in advance of each meeting.

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Within the next several weeks, Markham’s General Committee and Council will receive the recommendations from its Holding Company, Markham Enterprises Corporation (MEC), and the Staff Report on the proposed merger of PowerStream, Enersource and Horizon Utilities, and the purchase of Hydro One Brampton.

Community members are welcome to provide their input at markham. ca and to receive direct notice of upcoming meetings by subscribing to Markham’s online e-News service.

The public is invited to attend the following upcoming meetings: • Special General Committee meeting in late October/early November 2015 to review the MEC Board Recommendation and Markham’s Staff Report on the merger; • Special Council meeting in November 2015 to hear details on the merger transaction and make a final decision.

The dates and times of these upcoming meetings will be publicized on the City’s website and advertised in local media.

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You are invited to attend a series of Open Houses

— Chris Traber

The City has initiated a Comprehensive Zoning By-law Review. Markham is in the early stages of this project which will help shape our City’s future development, and we want to hear from you. Below are details for each of the upcoming Open House meetings, including the specific topics to be discussed during each session.

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• Official Plan Conformity • Zoning By-law Format, Layout & Structure • Zoning By-law Definitions • Site-specific Zoning Amendments • Minor Variances • Geographic Information Systems & Information Technology

OPEN HOUSE #2 Thursday, November 12

• Residential Infill Housing • Interface Between Residential & Non-Residential Uses • Residential Accessory Structures & Amenity Space • Home Occupations • Greenway System, Hazardous Lands & Special Policy Areas • Parking Standards • Places of Worship • Geographic Information Systems & Information Technology

OPEN HOUSE #3 Thursday, November 19

• Automotive Uses • Drive-throughs • Affordable & Shared Housing • Student Housing • Adult Entertainment & Sex Industry Uses • Medical Marihuana Production Facilities • Addiction & Recovery Centres • Geographic Information Systems & Information Technology

A zoning by-law is a legal document that implements the policies of the City’s Official Plan and regulates the use of land and buildings. Markham currently has approximately 46 zoning by-laws, which will be consolidated and updated into one comprehensive zoning by-law that is web-based, user-friendly and consistent with the City’s Official Plan.

For more information on this important initiative, visit the “New Zoning By-law Project” page under Major city Projects at Markham.ca or email NewZoningProject@markham.ca

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7 p.m.

Council Chambers, Anthony Roman Centre, 101 Town Centre Boulevard, Markham, Ontario, L3R 9W3 YouareinvitedtoattendaPublicMeetingtobeheldbytheDevelopmentServicesCommitteeoftheCityofMarkham.

ThismeetingistoproposeanOfficialPlanAmendmenttothepoliciesforCornellCentreintheCornellSecondaryPlan.

The proposed amendment is to the Cornell Secondary Plan (Official Plan Amendment 168) under the City of Markham Official Plan (Revised 1987) as amended. The amendment will also be implemented through modification to the 2014 Official Plan which has been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board. The modification to the 2014 Official Plan will introduce an updated Secondary Plan for Cornell Centre in accordance with Section 9.7.8.2 of the Plan. York Region is the approval authority for the proposed Official Plan amendment.

BACKGROUND Cornell Centre encompasses approximately 240 hectares north and south of Highway 7, between 9th Line and the provincial Greenbelt lands east of Donald Cousens Parkway (see map). Cornell Centre, located along the planned Highway 7 rapid transit corridor, is envisioned as the heart of the Cornell community, providing a mix of housing and jobs, as well as retail, education and recreational activities, all in a walkable environment. Once complete, Cornell Centre is intended to be a vibrant, healthy community where residents can live, work and play. A City-initiated review of the land use policies for Cornell Centre is underway.

PROPOSAL The draft Official Plan amendment proposes refinements to the land use policies for Cornell Centre with respect to, among other things, expansion of the range of permitted housing types, land use changes resulting from the confirmed location of the regional transit terminal, and refinements to retail policies and the transportation network.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT The purpose and effect of the proposed Official Plan Amendment is to update the Secondary Plan policies for Cornell Centre.

NOTE REGARDING THE OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT i) If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Markham before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the City of Markham and York Region to the Ontario Municipal Board. ii) If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submission to the City of Markham before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add a person to public body as a party. iii) If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Official Plan Amendment, or of the refusal of a request to amend the Official Plan, you must make a written request to the City of Markham Clerk’s Department at the address noted above or by email to judycarroll@ markham.ca

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A copy of the proposed Official Plan Amendment is available for public viewing at the Development Services Counter of the Markham Civic Centre, 101 Town Centre Blvd. Markham, ON L3R 9W3, Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Additional information is available from Marion Plaunt, Manager, Intensification and Secondary Plans of the City’s Planning Department at 905-477-7000 ext. 2459, quoting File OP 15-155158.

Written submissions may be mailed or personally delivered to the Clerk’s Department at the address noted above, or by e-mail to judycarroll@markham.ca by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2015.

Personal information collected in response to this planning notice will be used to assist City staff and Council to process this amendment and will be made public.

DATED September 30, 2015 James Baird, MCIP, RPP, Commissioner of Development Services Jim Jones, Chair, Development Services Committee

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If Uber bests taxis, no need for government to step in

I just finished reading the Oct. 8 paper. I can’t believe the fuss about the use of train whistles, which increase our safety, and the increased use of Uber.

Even our mayor got on board about Uber.

I think we have a bigger problem with distracted driving. Ever crawl across Hwy. 7 and see how many people are texting, reading emails or still holding the phone?

What about the multitasker who can smoke, drink coffee, drive and still manage to check the phone?

What about the pedestrians who can’t wait to cross the road before checking their phones while wearing ear buds?

I think we have a much bigger problem than train whistles and Uber.

said. ‘I always put the phone down.

If it’s important enough, I pull over to where it’s safe before sending the message.’”

“When I get on the phone…”????

In the car? While he’s driving? With his 6-year-old daughter, hopefully in a car seat !?

I couldn’t believe what I was reading: a sergeant of the OPP admitting, in an article about distracted driving, that he picks up his phone, eyes off the road, operating a vehicle, breaking the law.

I begin to have little faith in our society when a member of our police force has less sense than a six-year-old.

or divisive wedge issues knowing that people’s memories are short.

The word democracy is derived from the Greek demos “people” and kratos “power”.

The focus is all about campaigns and debates, celebrity-politicians and how wonderful things will be if you elect them.

But all this is just politicking.

Real democracy happens afterwards — it is the people holding the powersthat-be feet to the fire.

That implies civic engagement, general knowledge and, especially, a Fourth Estate speaking truth to power.

And therein lies the rub.

York Region on weekends to get in a good bike ride.

First, it’s an issue of safety. How many times do we see drivers roll through stop signs or right-turns on a red light? Not enough people in this community know how to share the road with cyclists, nor do they care to learn.

Second, pedestrians don’t like cyclists because they think we’re being arrogant when we ring our bells. Bells on bikes (not helmets) are mandated by law — not to annoy pedestrians, but as a tool for communication.

When cyclists are turning blind corners or entering a trail, they ring their bells to indicate to oncomers that they’re approaching.

As a cyclist, when I ring my bell, it’s because I want to avoid a collision.

You don’t have to move for an oncoming cyclist who rings their bell, but you should be aware of your surroundings so that we can pass safely.

Finally, I feel trail systems are sorely lacking. Trails are usually short and poorly maintained, if they exist.

In Toronto, the Don Valley Recreation Trail offers 25 km of dedicated and uninterrupted (except for one crossing at Pottery Road) trail. Burlington offers 16 km of beautiful, double-wide trails.

Cyclists here have to ride in subdivisions or on the road with cars. The trail up by Bond Lake is acceptable, but you need to walk a huge portion (due to gates and steep incline). I’m not sure how many cyclists are actually brave enough to use the bike lanes on Hwy. 7, though I do admire the wide lanes and accessibility offered.

I don’t think the popularity of cycling is going to decline anytime soon and the cities of Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill need to do a great deal of work to improve conditions for cyclists!

Lori Sheffield

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Re: Markham cabbies say Uber killing business, Oct. 8.

If it’s time for the cab industry to die, then it’s time.

It’s not an essential service that needs protection from the government.

If things are getting more efficient and better for citizens, then there’s no reason to stay in the past.

Think of all the people who lost jobs to computer programs 20 years ago.

Should we have stayed in the less efficient past just to save those jobs?

Victoria Rudiak MARKHAM

Enough about trains, Uber, focus on distracted driving

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Disappointed to read officer Real democracy happens engaged in distracted driving after voting ends

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Soccer enthusiasts leave mess behind at local park

Re: Distracted driving continues to kill, maim, Sept. 10.

Columns and letters in our local paper about distracted driving seem commonplace these days.

The number of drivers with their faces pasted to their phones on my own quiet street is astonishing.

But to read about blatant disregard for the law and the safety of others by a member of the OPP is far worse.

“Sgt. Schmidt recommended motorists make a similar contract with their children that he made with his daughter. ‘When I get on the phone, my daughter calls me out and tells me, ‘That’s distracted driving , daddy,’ he

York Region has all the dressings of a great cycling community, but doesn’t have the culture and awareness required for the hobby/sport to flourish.

Everywhere you look, there are more and more facilities for cyclists: bike racks on public transit, bike lanes on community roads and major thoroughfares, bike racks at buildings, and great big events (Markham Cycling Day, formerly Giro Markham Bike Races) designed to get people on two wheels.

It’s never been a better time to take up cycling. Yet, you don’t see that many people using cycling as a legitimate transportation method. More often than not, cyclists take their bikes outside of

Anyone using or just passing Raybeck Park on Raymerville recently would be sure to discover the amount of trash and the occasional overturned portable toilet, especially after a soccer match.

Players, parents and spectators who like to litter, smoke, and urinate on trees should be ashamed of themselves.

Learn some manners and please be civic minded when using a public place.

City bylaw officers should be sent there for the next soccer match.

Re: ‘Finally, democracy made easy’, column by Bernie O’Neill, Oct. 8.

It is interesting that the column on voter apathy is juxtaposed with two thoughtful letters on the GO train whistle issue.

It underscores a fundamental problem which you do not mention — a deep disconnect in our political system which no X on the ballot will alleviate.

On the one hand we have a small, vocal electoral power base that like the trains but don’t want the whistles, that want the infrastructure but don’t like taxes.

On the other hand, we have politicians happy to pander with loot bags

Richard Tan MARKHAM

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While many people might think putting hurdles in front of developers is a good thing, the result is less affordable housing in the Golden Horseshoe communities with the most onerous regulations, according a report by right-wing think thank the Fraser Institute.

“If people really do want more affordable housing, as they say, then the supply needs to be increased and to increase the supply, one of the ways to do that would be to decrease the amount of red tape that slows down development and construction of new housing units that are more affordable,” according to report co-author Kenneth Green, the institute’s senior director of natural resource studies.

“All of these things (including red tape and high fees) basically suppress the housing supply and housing supply, of course, is what sets the price. So, if you suppress your housing supply, your price is higher and it makes housing less available for those who are not quite as well off or maybe are starting off in the workforce or are getting their first house and are ready to settle down and have children.”

The report, called New Homes and Red Tape: Residential Land-Use Regulation in Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe, is based on a survey of developers and homebuilders.

It compares municipalities on a number of factors, including construction approval times, density opposition, regulatory costs and fees and the effect council and committee groups have on development.

King is the most regulated, earning low marks with its fees and its approval time of 20.2 months, compared to the average of 17.5 months. In Burlington, the approval time is 13.8 months.

In King, regulatory fees on a typical home are $57,500, more than three times those of Hamilton’s $17,500.

But King Mayor Steve Pellegrini had an explanation for the high costs of development charges and associated costs and fees for home-building in King Township.

“We have the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Greenbelt so 99 per cent of King Township is highly protected and regulated from development,” said Pellegrini.

The report ranked 23 municipalities in the Golden Horseshoe from least to most regulated.

While King came out worst, Burlington was the best and Brampton came in second.

Bradford West Gwillimbury was third, followed by East Gwillimbury at fourth.

Other York Region municipalities on the list were Whitchurch-Stouffville at sixth, Newmarket at eighth, Vaughan at 12th, Markham at 13th, Richmond Hill at 16th and Aurora at 20th.

Not enough information from Georgina was collected to include it in the rankings.

Overall, York municipalities fared poorly in the survey, Green said.

“While I wouldn’t assign a letter grade based on this, I would have to say it’s below average, performing worse than the average in terms of keeping housing affordable and being timely and permitting (fees) and such,” he said.

Aurora Mayor Geoff Dawe, Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua and Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti could not be reached for comment.

East Gwillimbury isn’t doing anything extraordinary to be near the top of the list, Mayor Virginia Hackson said. “I’m not sure there’s any magic to it,” she said.

The town had its development plans, procedures and approvals in place before the influx of growth began, Hackson said.

– with files from Tim Kelly

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Reg. $5.29/100g Both these will be featured this week at 1/3 off and, as usual, samples will abound.

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Featured at $5.95/900ml We will have Roast Beef on special. This is a deli best-seller, and with good reason. These are old-time rump roasts that we trim, clean, season with spices (an old-fashioned thought) and slow-roast until they are on the rare side.

Reg. $4.49/100g Featured at 1/3 off this week.

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Featured at $2.99/100g And lastly, we’ve made a rather large batch of our Scotch Eggs. What these are is a hard-boiled egg which has been ‘enrobed’ in our breakfast sausage meat, then breaded and deep fried. Are they good? Well, there are a lot of sad faces when they’re gone... Featured at $2.99 ea

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Well, you’re probably turkey-ed out after Thanksgiving, so we’re putting both of our roast beef sandwiches on special this week. The first is our classic, Shaved Sirloin Roast Beef Sandwich with caramelized onions, roasted peppers, arugula, and horseradish aioli. The other is a newer creation, our Roast Beef & Brie Sandwich with sautéed mushrooms, bacon, arugula and maple dijon aioli. Featured at $6.99 ea Sunday Brunch will begin with our Root Veggie Soup, followed by either Penne Carbonara, Chicken Breasts in a White Wine Cream Sauce or Beef Bourguignon, with either mashed, rice, or red cabbage, tea or coffee and a mini dessert – all for $11.95. Served from noon till 2.

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From our frozen section, we’ll have two items: the first being our Tomato Basil Soup in the 900ml size. Reg. $7.95 ea, and the second item will be Dijon Chicken Breast, which is made with poached air-chilled chicken breasts, sliced and then drizzled with a Dijon mustard sauce. This will serve 2-3 people, and it’s probably at its best with rice. 8”x5” size. % OFF Reg. $20.95 ea. Both these THIS wEEk items will be featured at

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Raspberry Streusel Pies will be first on the list.

Unlike almost any ‘bakery’ that I know, we make these in their entirety, from the pastry, the filling, and that butter-streusel top that my wife loves the best. 9” size.

Reg. $12.95 each Chocolate-Raspberry Muffins will follow. I hear lots of comments about our muffins because they are not ‘scooped’ from a pre-mix, but made from scratch every morning of the week. The differeence is not just in the taste, but the texture, too! And you must know by now that the ingredients are the best available – even down to Callibault chocolate. Reg. $1.99 ea Chocolate-Raspberry Cake. These are buttercream cakes, which will be a bit richer than some, but luxurious in flavour, and oh my, the texture! Do not eat these directly from the fridge (you will need at least a modicum of control), but allow them to ‘temper’ to get the full experience happening. Reg. $25.95 Lg / $15.95 Small Raspberry Crème Brûlée. On a recent trip to Ireland, I found this venerable item was not originally French at all, but of English origin. They say it was hijacked! No matter to us really, because its lineage is of less import than the enjoyment factor that these bring. You will find them pretty smooth, I’m going to say luxurious again, with the subtle edge that raspberries impart. These come in a china ramekin and the deposit for it is included in the price, and can be returned for refund. Reg. $4.50 ea All these items will be feautred this week at 25% off our regular retails. P.S. We will be making a % few more pumpkin pies this week if you are OFF THIS still savouring that flavour... wEEk

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Oct. 16, 17 & 18 MARKHAM FALL HOME SHOW

Don’t miss guest speakers, great food, how-to demos and lots of exhibitors at the Markham Fall Home Show presented by the Markham Economist & Sun at the Markham Fairgrounds, McCowan and Elgin Mills roads.

NEW THIS YEAR: FREE ADMISSION! Featured speakers include Chris Palmer of HGTV Canada’s Handyman Challenge and Global TV and Frank ‘Flowers’ Ferragine of Breakfast Television and Cityline and Jackie Morra, designer of dream spaces. Show runs Friday noon to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lean more at markhamhomeshow.com

Oct. 17

Oct. 18

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Seniors’ Extravaganza

17th annual Seniors’ Extravaganza at the Flato Markham Theatre. This year features SKYLARK, signature music from the Second World War era transitioning through the decades.

Tickets $10. Call 905-887-6029 for tickets and more information.

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Oct. 20

York Region District School Board’s

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Huron Heights Secondary School Newmarket

Unionville High School

Fall Fling

Women’s Committee of Markham hosts Fall Fling, Luncheon and Fashion Show at Crystal Fountain Banquet Hall. Door and raffle prizes, silent auction. Fashions by Eleven Joseph, Jillian’s and Elina Ten. All proceeds to Markhaven, Participation House-Markham and Unionville Home Society. Tickets $50 per person. For information and tickets contact Darlene McClelland at 905-471-5454 or dmcclelland@sympatico.ca or Wendy WoofSevern at 905-513-2756 ext 221 or wendy. woof-severn@participationhouse.net Or visit thewomenscommitteeofmarkham.com

Oct. 22

Unionville Historical Society

Unionville Historical Society meets at 7 p.m. in historic Unionville Train Station, 9 Station Lane. Guest speaker is George Duncan of Markham Heritage Planning speaking about his new book on the history of Unionville Historic Unionville: A Village in the City – and his journey in writing it. Copies available for purchase at the meeting for $20.

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Oct. 21 Canadian Federation of University Women for Markham and Unionville meets at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 143 Main St., Markham. Guest speaker Iain Scott, who was a regular guest quiz panelist and commentator on CBC Radio’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera. Topic: How to Become an Opera Buff in 45 Minutes. New members welcome. Info: cfuwmarkhamunionville.org.

Health and Wellness Expo

3rd annual Markham Health and Wellness Expo at Markham Civic Centre, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sessions on Alzheimer’s dementia, mental health, health education, vision screening and more. Live music and performances, face painting, draws, giveaways. Keynote speaker Dr. Kurji, Medical Officer of Health for York Region.

Event is free. Info: markhamhealthexpo.com

MDS ME to WE

Markham District High School invites Grade 8 students from feeder schools and their parents to launch of MDS ME TO WE Leadership program. Come find out if this co-curricular program, partnered with Craig and Marc Kielburger and Free the Children to build capacity for social change and leadership, is right for

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Oct. 30

Accessibility Fair

IFOA Lit On Tour

36th edition of the International Festival of Authors in Ontario. Markham leg features Giles Blunt, Nino Ricci and Owen Sheers. Event begins at 6:30 p.m. at Markham Village Public Library, 6301 Hwy. 7. Reception and readings tickets $50. Readings only $20. To reserve tickets or for information: www.litontour.com.

Celebrate DiversAbility at Markham’s 4th annual Accessibility Fair noon to 4 p.m. at Markham Pan Am Centre, 16 Main St., Unionville. Free admission.

SingAlong for Syrian Refugees

Come and sing along to your favourite ‘oldies but goodies’ songs. This is a fun evening for families and folks of all ages. A free-will offering will be collected with proceeds going towards the Syrian Refugee Crisis. All are welcome. Sing-along goes from 7-8 p.m. at Unionville Presbyterian Church at 600 Village Parkway. For more information, visit www. unionvillepresbyterianchurch.ca or call 905475-6233.

Oct. 24-25 Scaryfest

Trick-or-Treat your way around Markham Museum grounds from 4 to 7 p.m. Come in costume, have fun and get spooky! $6 adults, $5 seniors/students, $4 children (under 2 admitted free). Last admittance 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 27 Markham at the Movies

Screening of TIFF film “I’ll See You in My Dreams”, about a widow and former singer who discovers that life can begin anew at any

NOV. 5 Seniors Health and Wellness Fair

Seniors Health and Wellness Fair 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Ave. at John Street. Free admission and parking. Discover ways to improve your quality of life. Over 40 providers in attendance. Organized by the Senior Advisory Committee of the City of Markham.

Nov. 6 Health Living Event

Social Services Network hosts a Healthy Living Event at the Armadale Community Centre at 2401 Denison St., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sample free South Asian food and learn about fun fitness ideas for you and your family.

Event is free.

Nov. 7 Remembrance Day Service and Parade

The Markham District Veterans Association observes Remembrance Day with service and parade. Service at Veterans Hall, 7 Washington St., Markham at 10 a.m. Veterans march at 10:30 a.m. to the Cenotaph will be followed by the 11 a.m. ceremony. Light lunch served in the hall following the parade.

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Join Maestro Kristian Alexander and Kindred Spirits Orchestra for first concert of season.

Silent auction, pre-concert chat, intermission discussion and champagne reception. 8 p.m. at Flato Markham Theatre. Tickets $15-$35.

For info or tickets: 905-305-7469 or www. markhamtheatre.ca.

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Oct. 19

age. Starring Blythe Danner, Martin Starr and Sam Elliot. 7 p.m. at Flato Markham Theatre.

Symphonie Fantastique

This Sunday, the Unionville Stiver Mill Farmers’ Market moves inside the historic Stiver Mill. Cobs Bakery, Forsythe Farms, the Strudel Guy, Velvet Sunrise Coffee and more will be there. The Market continues every Sunday until Christmas. www.unionvillestivermillmarket.com

The Lives We Lead Launch

Alexandra Egi, 17, launches first novel, a young adult story about challenges youth face such as divorce, eating disorders and bullying.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at J&J Swagat Banquet Hall, 415 Hood Rd., Unit 22. Admission $40, includes buffet lunch and book signing. Part of proceeds to charity.

Oct. 24

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Grace Church Rummage Sale

The ladies of Grace Church hold a rummage sale 8:30 a.m. to noon at 19 Parkway Ave. Clothing, linens, household goods, small appliances, books, toys and more. Funds raised are donated. Info: 905-294-3184.

you. Begins at 7 p.m. at MDHS, 89 Church St.

Application deadlines vary by location.

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Region set to hike water, wastewater rates

BY LISA QUEEN

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Get ready to pay more to turn on your tap, flush the toilet or use your dishwasher or washing machine.

If approved by York Region council as expected Thursday, water and wastewater rate hikes will increase April 1.

The hike for an average home is $93 next year, $101 in 2017, $110 in 2018, $120 in 2019, $131 in 2020, $45 in 2021, $47 in 2022, $48 in 2023, $29 in 2024 and $51 in 2025.

The average household bill for

water and wastewater, including regional and average municipal charges, is $1,032 a year.

The region argues increases are needed to cover operating costs, meet expenses, including payments to Toronto and Peel and Durham regions for water and wastewater services, maintain $5.3 billion worth of infrastructure now and in the future and build up its infrastructure reserves.

The increases are also necessary because the region failed to charge consumers the true cost of provid-

ing water and wastewater services in the past, regional chairperson Wayne Emmerson said.

“Our water rates were way too cheap years ago and I think that’s the reason why people are saying, ‘Why is water so expensive (now)?’

We did not charge enough money 20, 30 years ago and that’s why we’re in this predicament today,” he said, adding provincial regulations have also contributed to the region’s increased costs.

Although councillors approved the increases at a committee meet-

ing last Thursday and are expected to adopt them at this week’s council meeting, many said the hikes would come as a blow to residents.

The region seems to be playing catch up too quickly, Newmarket Councillor John Taylor said.

Markham Councillor Jack Heath shared Taylor’s concerns.

“When a household gets into financial difficulties, with too many credit cards and buying a house that’s too big or expensive...you don’t recover overnight,” he said. “I think we are trying to accomplish

something too fast.”

While Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti said he supports “paying our way” for infrastructure, arguing falling behind costs more in the long run, he questioned if trying to make up lost ground too fast could be too great a burden on residents.

Region staff recommended a more aggressive rate increase, with hikes of $154 in 2016, $154 in 2017 and $81 in 2018 before dropping to hikes between $42 and $51 until 2025, but councillors agreed to the less harsh option.

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Childrens’ Safety Is Not Something to Bargain With

Darcy Darcy is a lawyer with Boland Howe LLP, Trial Lawyers for the Injured, and can be reached at 905.841.5717 www.bolandhowe.com Canadian Lawyer Magazine has recognized BolandHowe as one of the Top 10 Personal Injury law firms in Canada.

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ear Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) and school boards across the province: Since Monday, October 6, 2015, the front doors and controlled entry systems of Halton’s and Ottawa’s public English elementary schools have been turned off as part of negotiation strategies between the union and the provincial government.

City News quotes Jo Dean, an executive officer with the OSSTF as saying that the task of controlling access in schools “has been downloaded on [the secretarial staff] and it just interrupts the day constantly.”

The CBC interviewed Cindy Dubue, the vice president of the OSSTF, who downplayed the risk faced by students by saying “there are schools

in Ottawa that don’t have buzzer systems.” She also blamed the Ottawa Carlton District School Board for not finding an alternative once the secretarial staff stopped controlling access.

And she argued that half security measures were better than a complete stoppage of school services.

Regardless of the deeply held positions at play in the negotiations, I encourage you to reverse your decision pertaining to the safety of the students.

Keep schools locked and children safe.

Everyone knows from watching our U.S. neighbours that elementary schools are vulnerable targets for the nefarious.

And everyone knows that while the prevalence is low, the outcomes are horrifying.

In Ontario, police stations, courthouses and federal Parliament have well controlled access. It was only October 22, 2014 that the nation was shocked by a series of shootings on Parliament Hill, and the ease with which a gunman was able to enter Centre Block. Schools in Canada have not been immune to atrocities. The potential outcomes to the families should be enough for such a negotiating tactic to be unthinkable.

If that is not enough, then consider how the law would treat unions and school boards if the worst case came to pass? Both organizations owe duties to the children for whom they are entrusted. That duty is a high one. It is a fiduciary duty, of utmost good faith.

In law, teachers and school boards are considered to be in the position of each child’s parent.

Should the worst come to pass, it is not an answer to say that some schools have buzzers and others do not. It is not an answer for both parties to blame the other and leave the doors open. It is not an answer to suggest that the inconvenience of a staff member justifies exposing children to such harm.

The scope of potential claimants could be as large as the entire family of every student at the school.

After a court struggles to quantify the loss to each discrete family and victim, the court would then consider punitive damages. These damages target not loss, but conduct. The defendant’s wrong is considered directly and separately in order to assess its severity and, accordingly, the appropriate degree of punishment. The other forms of damages look to the loss of the plaintiff, but punitive damages refer essentially to the degree of culpability of the defendant’s action. The punitive damages would be precedent setting.

How large? In the seminal case of Pilot v Whiten, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a $1,000,000 punitive award against an insurance company that alleged its insured was an arsonist, when the evidence showed the opposite. That was one family and one insurance company, over damage to a reputation.

How much greater would the punitive damages be for the avoidable ruin of a community.

This is not a case that society ever wants to see happen.

Please, please, reconsider.

The advice offered in this column is intended for informational purposes only. Use of this column is not intended to replace or substitute any professional, financial, medical, legal, or other professional advice.

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MDHS seeks students for Me to We leaders program The relationship between Markham District High School and Craig and Marc Kielburger’s organization, Free the Children and youth movement ME to WE, is moving to a new level.

Students are being offered a chance to be part of program to be introduced in September that has

been pulled together through the vision of Mark Caswell, Head of the Music Department at MDHS. The MDHS ME to WE Leadership Program is designed to foster leadership development, promote social justice awareness, and encourage young people to engage in both their local and global communities.

MDHS has been part of the ME to WE network of schools for over 15 years and has a longstanding

tradition of leadership and social engagement.

In the first year of their association, the students of MDHS raised over $10,000 to build a school in one of Free the Children’s Adopt-AVillage communities overseas.

Since that time, MDHS has hosted several unique events including a Free the Children Fun Run that, in its most active year, involved more than 400 participants from both MDHS and local elementary

schools.

MDHS has continued to be extremely active in the local and global community raising in excess of $500,000 for a wide range of charities.

The MDHS program will be offered to approximately 70 students from its feeder schools who are interested in enhancing or developing their leadership skills through social justice issues.

It is a co-curricular program that

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Development charges are levied against new development, and are a primary source of funding for development-related capital expenditures. The ASDC by-laws for Areas 9, 42B-6 and 42B-8 relate to the provision of Area Specific Services for the municipality.

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York Region is hosting an open house and you are invited to meet the project team, learn about the study, discuss key issues and provide your input.

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The new high power level 3 charger is about 10 times faster than conventional level 2 chargers out there and can provide nearly a full charge to most electric vehicles in 30 minutes or less.

“You can come in and enjoy a council or committee meeting,” joked Mayor Frank Scarpitti during the unveiling.

The level 3 charger is in part funded by the city, PowerStream and EV Nissan Canada.

There are about 2,000 electric vehicles on the road in Ontario with about 300 in the PowerStream territory, which includes Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Aurora and Bradford.

The charger, in the Civic Centre parking lot, enhances the province’s vision for one in 20 cars being electric by 2020 and is part of a larger network of some 1,700 charging stations across the country.

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Over the course of six to eight months, Maria said the pair didn’t stop contacting them, always badgering them to go out for coffee and shopping.

But all the while Maria said she failed to clue into their suspicious behaviour, including their refusal to sign up for library cards on one occasion.

Eventually, Rafie began asking about Danai’s savings, to which Maria kept saying she didn’t have much.

However, one day Rafie said he fished a bank statement out from a stack of bills at her home.

“He showed us the $170,000 in the bank,” she said. “He said, ‘Don’t let it just sit in there. Use it to make money.”

After that day the calls increased.

“It was almost a 24-hour a day job, I was sick and tired of them bothering us,” said Danai. “I said close the door and don’t answer the phone.”

But Rafie was relentless, promising them $3,000 to 5,000 a month if they were to invest in his company that was planning to house foreignexchange students in his “numerous properties”.

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When Sam Rafie first moved in next door to Markham widow Danai Josevski in 2011, he pulled up in a Maserati with his girlfriend and four-year-old daughter.

Almost immediately the 42-yearold befriended Danai, 80. At first borrowing a screwdriver, then offering to help her in the garden, despite her saying he didn’t even know how to dig a hole.

He told Danai and her daughter, Maria, who was living with her at the time, that he was able to pay the $4,500-a-month rent required because he was a high-powered real estate investor.

It wasn’t long before Rafie – who was actually on welfare at the time – was calling and texting Maria on her cellphone more than 100 times a day.

“We became friends, but it was relentless, he stuck to us like glue … after two weeks they were already asking us to take care of their daughter,” said Maria. “They said they didn’t own a house because they didn’t want the hassles and they wanted to be close to the many properties he owns.”

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SAM RAFIE: Sam Rafie pleaded guilty to defrauding Danai Josevski, 80 and her daughter Maria.

Eventually, the pair relented, but wanted a lawyer to complete the deal.

Rafie refused, saying he already had a lawyer and that two would cause a “conflict of interest”.

After scheduling a time to pick up Danai, while Maria was at the doctor, she said Rafie stood beside her while she withdrew the money at a TD Bank before placing the money in a joint Royal Bank account.

It was only a week later that Rafie bought himself a brand new white Yukon SUV. “It was only then that I started to get scared,” said Maria. “But he’s a real fraudster, he would just talk us in circles, round and round.”

Next, Rafie said he was moving to Vaughan and when she asked to help them move, he refused and wouldn’t allow her to come.

The calls to her phone grew far more seldom, to the point where they almost ceased.

“Eventually, I threatened him with the police, so he said he’d pay us,” she said, explaining that’s when he stopped answering his phone entirely.

It was at this point that Det. Fred Kerr from York Regional Police’s fraud squad became involved.

The investigation found Rafie was spending thousands on luxury items, including shops like Kiddie Kobbler, Jimmy The Greek, Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Rafie was arrested on his way back from a two-month holiday in Cuba.

Maria remains unsure where the rest of the money went and noted that the worst part is that the $170,000 Rafie took was not the

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For the past three years, before Rafie eventually pleaded guilty, Maria said she and Danai were pulled from pillar to post in the court system, spending $30,000 on lawyer fees.

In the end, the pair have been forced to sell their Markham home and their car, they have both suffered from health complications as a result and are now living in a semidetached home, paying $2,000 rent a month and their money is quickly dwindling.

As for Rafie, he was handed a 18-month conditional sentence, including house arrest last week.

Det. Kerr said he was hoping for a harsher sentence considering the impact on the two victims.

“It’s sad, it’s really ruined their lives and taken a toll on her health,” he said. “He’s a con artist, a professional one, in my opinion.”

Maria said she is now helping in another fraud case in which Rafie was charged for similar offences against a woman in Toronto, allegedly involving more than $100,000.

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Thanksgiving ‘pumpkin fiasco’ can still bring some good From page 1.

However, he is requesting that “the few” who actually took items, take steps to gain absolution.

“I would like them to come in and apologize and make a donation to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank,” he told The Markham Economist & Sun, explaining the farm is supporting the charity with a corn maze, which was also heavily used Monday.

The incident began on Thanks-

giving Monday after Reesor said he decided, like he does every year, to give his entire staff the day off, which includes employees of the farm, market and bakery.

Witnesses told police that before 4 p.m., cars began parking on the side of the road at the farm and individuals began entering the pumpkin patch and taking photographs.

Over time, Reesor, said it became clear some people were leaving money for the farm and taking

away pumpkins.

That, he said, appears to have led others to take pumpkins themselves, but without paying.

“People were probably thinking, ‘Oh, we can just take them’,” he said. “It was bad judgment, it was a pumpkin fiasco, but it was a nice day and people just wanted to spend some time at the farm. They think it’s public property, they probably just weren’t thinking.”

He noted that while many people did think the farm was open

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In the first half Unionville High School students will show off their skills and Markham Little Theatre, currently celebrating its own 50th anniversary, will present excerpts from the first show it ever staged at the theatre.

After intermission, Markham Concert Band will perform music ranging from Sousa marches to Duke Ellington’s greatest hits, and as a treat will accompany Julia Gartha, a Unionville High School graduate and Top 10 finalist on CBC’s “Over the Rainbow” program, in selections from “Phantom of the Opera” and “Wicked”.

Markham Concert Band, in its 37th year, has long enjoyed a close connection with the Theatre.

“The theatre team is so proud and grateful that still today after 30 incredible years, the Markham Concert Band remains one of the cornerstones of our community cultural identity and programs at the Flato Markham Theatre,” theatre general manager Eric Lariviere said.

Heather Wardell, president of the band, is proud of her own group and the work of all community arts groups, and grateful for the theatre.

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There are still tickets left for the show only at $125.

Then on Sunday, Oct. 18, three local groups will provide the entertainment as the 527-seat theatre opens its doors wide from noon to 9 p.m. for a public celebration of three decades of wonderful performances.

The first hundred attendees at Sunday’s open house will receive a free anniversary t-shirt, and all can enjoy a dress-up photo booth and face-painting plus the opportunity to win prizes.

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NOTICE OF MEETING You are invited to attend a Public Information Meeting to be held by the Development Services Committee of the City of Markham to consider a street name change of the by-passed section of original Woodbine Avenue.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 • 7:00 p.m. • Council Chambers, Anthony Roman Centre, 101 Town Centre Blvd., Markham, ON, L3R 9W3 BACKGROUND A section of Woodbine Avenue has been realigned north of Major Mackenzie Drive East and south of 19th Avenue to divert traffic away from the Hamlet of Victoria Square. The Region of York will take ownership of this section of road in December of 2015 and rename it from Woodbine By-Pass to Woodbine Avenue. Ownership of the by-passed section of original Woodbine Avenue, as shown on the attached map, will be transferred to the City of Markham at the same time and will require renaming.

PROPOSAL The City of Markham is proposing to pass a by-law to rename the by-passed section of original Woodbine Avenue as Victoria Square Boulevard.

The renaming is needed, as this section of road is no longer part of Woodbine Avenue and functions as a local road. The choice of this name is to acknowledge the Hamlet of Victoria Square.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED BY-LAW The purpose of the proposed by-law is to rename the by-passed section of original Woodbine Avenue as Victoria Square Boulevard. This by-law will have the effect of requiring all properties addressed onto this section of road to be re-addressed.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information is available from Robert Tadmore of the City’s Planning Department, tel.

(905) 477-7000, ext. 6810.

Written submissions may be mailed or personally delivered to the Clerk’s Department at the address noted above or by e-mail to judycarroll@markham.ca by not later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2015.

Personal information collected in response to this planning notice will be used to assist City staff and Council to process this name change and will be made public.

DATED October 14, 2015 James Baird, MCIP, RPP Commissioner of Development Services Jim Jones Chair, Development Services Committee

BY Michael Hayakawa

Last season, Azzano played with the Wellington Dukes and had 19 goals and 24 assists in 48 regular season games. The prior to years he played with the Whitby Fury.

In the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s latest rankings, the Royals are ranked 17th. On the injury front, Cooper Hyman still remains day-to-day after incurring a concussion earlier in the season.

GENERALLY SPEAKING: “One of the reasons for our success this season is our depth,” explained Royals’ head coach Mike Galati after his club’s win over Aurora.

“When Bruce (Tyson) or Thomakos (Nick) aren’t going, someone else like St. Onge (Rylee) steps up. He had a great game and we expected this after he had 22 goals with us last year. He’s a go-to type of player.”

In assessing their win over Aurora, Galati felt it was just a case of his club eventually breaking through after they ran into a hot goalkeeper in Alex Brooks-Potts.

“They (Aurora) came out and got a couple of lucky bounces for goals in the first period,” cited Galati. “But I thought we were more the better team. Their goalie (Brooks-Potts) played well and we just had to refocus between the first and second period. We got the break that we needed when we got our first goal and our guys responded and I thought we beared down hard in the second and third periods. Colitto (Nathan, Royals’ goalkeeper) played well when he needed to. But give Aurora credit, they are a good team and they played hard.”

In acquiring Azzano, who played on a line with Lucas Candotta and Joynt against Aurora and was one of the more effective forward units in that tilt, Galati said his strength is in his ability to play at both ends of the ice.

“He’s great defensively, he works hard and has a good touch around the net. He’s a big addition for us.”

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LAST WEEK: Sunday: Markham Royals 4 vs. Aurora Tigers 3. Royals’ record: 9-2-1-0-19. First place in North Division.

COMING UP: Friday at Trenton Golden Hawks, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday: vs. Wellington Dukes at Markham Centennial Arena, 1:30 p.m.

One game it’s Tyson Bruce scoring a few goals for the Markham Royals. Another game it’s Nick Thomakos lighting the red light. When the Royals played host to the Aurora Tigers in their Ontario Junior Hockey League tilt Sunday, Rylee St. Onge came to the front after delivering a pair goals, including the game winner on a power play effort in a 4-3 decision. After Aurora took a 2-0 lead through the opening 20 minutes, the Royals stormed back in the second period with three unanswered goals from St. Onge, Jeff Joynt and Hudson Michaelis on the power play to gain the upper hand. But with just 52 seconds remaining before the intermission, Aurora tied the game and set the stage for St. Onge’s third period heroics. Markham outshot Aurora 42-16.

INSIDER: The Royals made a trade last week in sending forward Cole Hepler, 20, to Elliot Lake Bobcats of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League for cash.

During his time with the Royals this season, Hepler had one assist in 10 games. A few days later, the Royals bolstered their forward unit with the acquisition of Marco Azzano, 20, from the Pickering Panthers for cash.

The five-foot, 11-inch, 180-pound Courtice resident had three goals and seven assists in nine games with the Panthers. He also had an auspicious debut for the Royals in collecting one assist in the win over Aurora.

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York Region youngsters will be representing Ontario on the fairways next season when the Golf Association of Ontario recently unveiled their 12-member Team Ontario squad.

With seven boys and five girls on the team, returning York Region participants include Thornhill resident Jason Chung, 16, and Richmond Hill resident Monet Chun, 14.

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New to the team are Markham resident Hailey McLaughlin, 14, and Maple resident Alyssa DiMarcantonio, 12.

The team assembled in full for the first time earlier this month at Foot’s Bay for their kickoff camp held at OviinByrd Golf Club.

The team is set for a full winter of training, which will include two camps in Florida, along with a camp/the Can-AM Matches during March Break in South Carolina.

The camps will all be leading up to the start of the 2016 season, which will begin with the Team Ontario Cup in late April.

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SENIORS + DEMENTIA

A METROLAND MEDIA INVESTIGATIVE SERIES

by KIM ZARZOUR

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his was supposed to be their time.

With their son off to university and successful careers behind them, Bruce Rhodes and his wife, Liz, both 58, had expected these would be the years to reap the rewards of a full life together.

Instead, they are battling a disease together, one they both, at times, believe is worse than death.

“Ohhh, I am an idiot!” said Liz as she hops up and down in their sunny Richmond Hill kitchen.

“My brain is broken,” she smacks her hands against her head, letting out a long, keening wail.

Bruce pays no mind to her bizarre behaviour, grateful she is no longer talking about hating herself and wanting to die.

“We were so perfectly matched,” said Bruce, a retired software developer. “We were intellectually compatible and I trusted her completely.”

Now, due to dementia, their world has shrunk, travel and social

gatherings long past.

Bruce spends his time trying to keep Liz safe, fed, bathed and properly medicated, struggling not to turn to booze or bash a hole in the wall in frustration.

Liz, who was an author and university professor before frontaltemporal dementia began destroying her brain, now lives in her own private world of confusion, battling his efforts to care for her, struggling to escape.

He can’t leave her alone and they rarely leave home. Outings are challenging and at times embarrassing, said Bruce, with his beloved wife now behaving like an unruly five year old.

“Dementia is vicious, just vicious,” he said.

It can be a lonely existence for the caregiver who must bear the burden of day-to-day life and for the person with dementia whose increasing confusion can leave them housebound and isolated.

Research has shown connected people are healthy people, and yet the Alzheimer’s Society 2014 sur-

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Bruce Rhodes talks with his wife Liz, formerly a respected economics professor, in their Richmond Hill home where she’s been descending into worsening dementia.

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PART 3 OF 3 vey reports 40 per cent of people with dementia felt lonely and 34 per cent do not feel part of their community.

Caregivers reported the same.

“It’s a family illness,” said occupational therapist Nira Rittenberg.

“It affects the person cognitively and emotionally. Caregiving time is intense.”

Rittenberg, co-author of the guidebook Caring for Your Loved One, oversees a psycho-educational support group. Families make the trek to Baycrest Health

Sciences in Toronto seeking her help for a myriad of concerns – from what to do when the patient doesn’t want to attend doctor appointments or asks the same question repeatedly, to issues stirred up between siblings caring for parents.

There is an emotional toll, “losing that personhood is hard for everyone to watch,” along with a physical and financial one, and it may be why 80 per cent of caregivers end up with their own disorders and issues, she said.

The person with dementia, meanwhile, finds himself increasingly isolated.

In an Alzheimer Disease International survey of more than 2,400 people from 54 countries, more than 75 per cent of respondents with dementia said they’ve noticed a negative stigma about the disease, most com-

monly being discounted or marginalized by others.

Chair Dr. Jacob Roy Kuriakose is calling for urgent action and said the focus on late-stage dementia and a belief that nothing can be done leads to hopelessness and fear of negative reactions.

“People start fearing ‘viral dementia,’” Rittenberg said. “It’s not that they think they’ll ‘catch’ it, but they may hide from it because they can’t deal with it, especially if they’re of the same age cohort.”

Unlike those with physical challenges, there is no wheelchair or visible indication of a disability. As one patient puts it, “when something’s wrong with your mind, it feels like something is wrong with you.”

In the early stages, those with dementia may become with-

home and has been able to cut the rate of hospital admissions and length of hospital stays.

SCOTLAND The concept of dementia dogs is being explored in Scotland to help those with mild cognitive impairment maintain their waking, sleeping and eating routine, remind them to take medication and stay active in the community. The project was the brainchild of a student from the Glasgow School of Art.

See BOBCAYGEON, page 29.

GLOBAL VISION Across the globe, innovations and dementia-friendly management programs are helping to eradicate stigma and ensure people with dementia continue to enjoy a high quality of life after diagnosis: THE NETHERLANDS When visitors first tour Hogewey, in the Netherlands, they see what appears to be a typical village with residents roaming laneways and houses, parks, supermarket, theatre and restaurants.

In fact, this village is actually a cutting-edge facility for those

with advanced dementia. Cameras monitor residents, caregivers wear street clothes and operate “businesses” and the entire community – the size of 10 football fields – is securely enclosed.

The theory is that in most cases, as the disease progresses, those with dementia leave the “real” world; problems occur when we try to drag them back into reality.

SOUTH KOREA In South Korea, recognized as the fastest-aging country in the world, a dementia management

law mandates that citizens older than 65 be checked for symptoms and in each of the city’s 25 urban districts, a dementia centre offers activities and social connections.

LONDON, UK The Community Care Model for Dementia is an innovative practice in northeast London.

A rapid-response support team made up of nurses, support workers and psychiatrists acts as a safety net to help those with dementia stay out of hospital. The team provides crisis support in the patient’s

GERMANY Germany’s Alzheimer Society hosts a website called ‘Alzheimer and You’ aimed at people aged 14 to 21. It’s part of a national program to help youth understand dementia and includes tips, memory tests, contests and project ideas for schools.

Learn what’s happening closer to home; read our story online at www.yorkregion. com/dementia

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>>>from previous page drawn, aware they can’t keep up in social settings, but Maisie Jackson is determined not to let that happen.

The Niagara Falls resident said she was devastated to learn she had dementia two years ago.

“I thought the end had come, my life was over.”

She worried she would waste away like her mother, aunt and older sister before her, alone in a rocking chair, clutching a doll.

Instead, she clutches a thick daybook packed with appointments and meetings at the local Alzheimer’s society.

“The society gave me my life back,” said the former director of sales at Niagara’s Pillar and Post Inn. Her days are busy mentoring others, attending board meetings and giving presentations across the province. She no longer hides her diagnosis.

“If I’m having trouble, I just say ‘give me a moment please, I have dementia.’”

Communicating with others about the disease has given her life new purpose, she said.

Jackson has learned life does not end when the diagnosis begins. A slew of promising new programs bolsters that view – from as far away as the Netherlands, where an entire enclosed village was created for dementia residents, to the town of Bobcaygeon, where blue umbrella logos open doors, and minds, for those with cognitive decline.

During the summer months, Bobcaygeon is bustling with tourists, cottagers and retirees.

It’s also speckled with little blue

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umbrella decals that let those with dementia know they are welcome.

The blue umbrella is a unique project garnering interest across Canada.

Designed to combat stigma and promote awareness, the program provides umbrella pins to those with dementia.

Window decals are given to businesses trained to help with challenges such as bank machines, crowded spaces and communicating with staff.

Nearly 50 of an estimated 200 Bobcaygeon residents with dementia have registered to wear the pins since it was launched last April, said Pat Finkle, the local Alzheimer Society’s former client support coordinator.

About 70 businesses have joined so far.

“People are talking about it more and the person with dementia is being talked with more, too, and engaged in the community,” Finkle said. “The more people who are out wearing that blue umbrella, the more we are changing the perception of what dementia is.”

Buoyed by the Bobcaygeon success, the Alzheimer Society of Ontario has decided to expand the program to five more communities and is seeking funding to help make it grow.

A similar program, Dementia Friends, was launched in June through the Alzheimer Society of Canada.

The society received $1.8 million in federal funding to launch the program and hopes to encourage one million Canadians sign on at DementiaFriends.ca by 2017.

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Frontotemporal Dementia

Vascular Dementia

Dementia with Lewy Bodies

This is the most common cause of dementia. It accounts for an 60 to 80 per cent of cases. During the course of the disease, the chemistry and structure of the brain changes, leading to the death of brain cells.

FTD is caused by progressive nerve cell loss in the brain’s frontal lobes.

Personality and behaviour are initially more affected than memory. People with FTD generally develop symptoms at a younger age (about age 60).

If the oxygen supply to the brain fails, brain cells may die. The symptoms of vascular dementia can occur suddenly, after a stroke, or over time, via a series of small strokes.

This form gets its name from tiny spherical structures that develop inside nerve cells. Their presence in the brain leads to a degeneration of brain tissue.

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wife moved around a lot, doing missionary work in the Caribbean and British Columbia, before settling down in Ontario.

Eventually, in 1991, they moved to Hesperus, an elder community near Richmond Hill, where Kaz lived until his death. Doris died in 2006.

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he extraordinary life of Kazimierz Chomko ended Oct. 3 at age 103. His legacy, however, lives on.

The Richmond Hill resident’s interesting and eclectic life began in Poland. By age 12 he left home to keep accounts for his aunt, who ran a cafe in Czerna Bialystock, in the east of Poland. Kaz, as his friends knew him, became a police officer. When the Second World War broke out, he served as a tank troop commander with the Canadian Army, where he made a pact with his men to kill no one, but only take prisoners.

Twice during the war, he was captured and escaped.

Anna Carling’s book about Kaz’s war years, titled Drop Your Weapons — the Kaz Chomko Story, was published in 2011, for Kaz’s 100th birthday. Not wanting to return to a communist Poland after the war, Kaz immigrated to Canada, where he first worked near Richmond Hill as a farm labourer.

Later, he sold life insurance to loggers in Northern Ontario. It was during that time he met his wife, Doris, who was teaching in Timmins. In the early 1950s, the family moved to a small farm near Lake Ontario between Whitby and Ajax, where he grew strawberries and raspberries and later raised pigs. A

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When the Second World War broke, out he served as a tank troop commander with the Canadian Army, where he made a pact with his men to kill no one, but only take prisoners.

Kazimierz Chomko. skilled carpenter, he built a house, barn and garage for the family, all of which stand today.

In 1967, when a fall and injury meant he could no longer continue farming, the family moved to Oshawa, where Kaz sold real estate.

He decided to retire and devote himself to helping run the St. Vincent de Paul’s Marygrove Camp for

disadvantaged girls. Later, Doris also retired and joined him at Marygrove in Penetanguishene.

It was during this time when the Toronto Archdiocese started a program to train lay deacons. Doris encouraged Kaz to participate and helped him with his studies and homework. He was then about 65.

After Kaz graduated, he and his

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.”

In 2014, the Civic Hero Award for Ward 4 was presented to Kaz

by Vaughan council. He was recognized for his leadership, peacemaking and community volunteerism during his time as a soldier in the Polish Army, under the Canadian flag, and his years serving as a deacon and community volunteer.

“Kazimierz Chomko is an individual that truly embodies the gracious character and genuine spirit

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.

of a civic hero, and we are very fortunate for the contributions he has made to the Vaughan community,” Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua said.

“Mr. Chomko has taken the story of his life as a soldier, deacon and community volunteer and transformed it into a message of peace and hope that inspires us and enhances our sense of civic pride.”

“Mr. Chomko is a true ambassador for peace and he is wonderful example of volunteerism,” said Ward 4 Councillor Sandra Yeung Racco, who nominated him for the award. “He is dedicated to improving the community by helping students develop their literacy skills and he uses his message of peace to motivate others to remain actively involved in civic life.”

The award is presented annually to one resident from each of Vaughan’s five wards. The awards recognize outstanding achievement and individual contributions to the community.

Kaz is survived by his two sons, Richard and Robert, and by their wives, Elisabeth and Lisa, and their children, Sylvia, Erik, Jonathan, Katrina, Sarah, Dominic and Theresa, and great-grandchildren Rebecca and Jessica.

Kaz’s funeral was Oct. 7 at St. Mary Immaculate Church in Richmond Hill and his body was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, next to that of Doris.

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RENNIE, Joyce (nee Wade) Born in Owen Sound, Ontario in 1927. Beloved wife of the late William Alfred Rennie (August 2007), passed way suddenly in her Markham, Ontario home on Friday, October 9, 2015 in her 89th year.

She is survived by her loving children Anne Tebbutt (Jim), John, Peggy and her partner Perry, Kim and her partner Brian, and her devoted grandchildren, Andre, Megan, Keanna and Tia. Joyce loved life and cherished family.

She spent many happy years caring for children as a committed foster parent together with her late husband. Joyce thoroughly enjoyed nature and loved all living creatures, especially birds. She also loved all types of flowers and plants and spent many rewarding hours cultivating her garden.

She paid particular attention to her beautiful dark purple clematis and her favourite flower, the lily of the valley. In her early years, Joyce was a talented artist. She enjoyed oil painting and often painted many colourful landscapes. She also loved to sing and sang lead in the Melody Makers of Markham Barber Shop Chorus. Joyce had a great appreciation for all types of music, but had a special fondness for bagpipes. She attended many Highland Games with her family over the years and was quite proud of her English, Scottish and Irish lineage.

Joyce was a loving, kind and generous wife, mother and grandmother whose unwavering compassion and support knew no boundaries. She possessed an inner strength and unwavering determination that was admired by all who knew her. She always faced the challenges in her life with courage and grace. Her beautiful smile, gentle spirit and warm heart will be greatly missed.

Family and friends will be received at the McDougall and Brown Funeral Home, 2900 Kingston Road, Toronto, Ontario M1M 1N5 on Saturday, October 17th at 11 a.m. with service to follow in the chapel. Interment Highland Memory Gardens, 33 Memory Gardens Lane.

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