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SENIOR CITIZENS IN YORK REGION — A SERIES

‘WE WILL FEEL THE IMPACT ACROSS EVERYTHING’ BY LISA QUEEN

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n just two decades — from 2011 to 2031 — York Region’s senior population will increase by 148 per cent, almost four times faster than the growth rate of the overall population.

That changes everything. From societal shifts to family dynamics, from health care to the workplace, from housing to transportation and more, there are few areas and services that will remain untouched by the unprecedented greying demographics. “We will feel the impact right across everything we do in York Region. We will feel the impact right across every service we provide,” said Lisa Gonsalves, director of strategies and partnerships with York Region’s community and health services department. “We still have to tap in and see how do we support that group?” Last week, regional council approved a seniors strategy task force, which will come up with recommendations to address the needs of seniors and their impact on areas such as long-term care, paramedic services, land-use planning, public health and transportation. There were just fewer than 125,700 seniors aged 65 and older living in the region in 2011, making up 12 per cent of the population, according to a new report called Towards a Seniors Strategy for York Region. By 2031, there will be more than 311,250 seniors and they will comprise 21 per cent of the population. Not only are seniors the fastest growing segment of the population, but York seniors are living longer than the provincial and national averages, thanks, in part, to the region’s high quality of life. The life expectancy in York is 84.1 years — 85.8 years for women and 82.2 years for men — compared to 81.5 years in Ontario and 81.1 years in Canada. So, what does the face of aging in York Region look like STAFF PHOTO/NICK IWANYSHYN

CHATS seniors Jack Iding (right) and Rita Henriques take part in morning exercise at the Aurora location.

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Bee-killing chemical to be reduced in Ontario BY SIMON MARTIN

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on’t kill that bee buzzing by your head, it is the unheralded superstar of our agriculture system, beekeeper James Murray

says. Bees are working behind the scenes to pollinate our food. It’s not a coincidence that Murray has affection for the bee. The Sharon resident has 70 hives housing 60,000 bees in each. But Murray and beekeepers across Ontario have fallen on more difficult times in recent years. According to the province, in the winter of 2013-2014, bee deaths in Ontario reached a staggering 58 per cent. The generally accepted level by those who care for and breed bees is 15 per cent. The culprit for the rapid rise in deaths, according to beekeepers,

the province and a host of scientists, are neonictinoids: a chemical that coats the vast majority of corn and soybeans (cash crops) seeds. “Everything is being used prophylactically. There is going to be a day soon when these chemicals don’t work,” Murray said. Starting July 1, Ontario will be the first jurisdiction in North America to enforce rules to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoidtreated corn and soybean seeds by 80 per cent by 2017. The reduction in neonics is something that Andre Flys thinks might help turn the tide of his dwindling hives. The third-generation beekeeper in Schomberg lost more than 70 per cent of his bees in 2013 and just more than 50 per cent in 2015. “We are at our wits end about See page A7.

Transit: Where is it taking us and when will we get there?

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ith gridlock costing the economy of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area $11 billion a year, the provincial and federal governments are pouring historic levels of funding into transportation infrastructure.

For example, in its spring budget, the province announced $16 billion for transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area while, on June 18, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a $2.6billion investment in Toronto Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack initiative, a 53-kilometre, 22-station surface train service line on existing GO train lines. York Region Rapid Transit Corporation president Mary-Frances Turner and chief engineer Paul May sat down with York Region Media Group to talk about the unprecedented transformation of public transit in York Region and across the sprawling Golden Horseshoe.

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Why do we need all this? Are we choking on our own congestion? May: We identified in the first transportation master plan that the region did, which was approved in 2002, we strongly identified that we couldn’t widen enough roads in York Region to accommodate all the future travel just in cars. There just wasn’t enough roads to widen and not enough property. There would just have to be too many lanes on these arterial roads, so transit was the only way we were going to achieve the future need for travel in a sustainable manner. The two rapid way lanes in the middle of the road have more capacity to move people than the three lanes in each direction, so a total of six lanes, for regular cars.

In May, the region launched a transportation task force, described as one of the most significant committee’s in the region’s history. Can you explain why it is so important and why it is so timely?

James Murray is a beekeeper in Sharon who says the destruction of the bee population is a major problem to our agricultural system. The province is looking into banning certain pesticides in corn seed that are said to be part of the problem.

tion in the GTA, not only with the things under construction in York Region, our rapid bus transit and the Spadina subway extension, but also all the RER (rapid express rail, which is electrification of the GO train lines allowing for 15-minute service) investment with Metrolinx.

Turner: Transportation has been stated as the No. 1 issue of priority to York Region residents for many, many, many years. It’s really important, as we look at major milestones like our transportation master plan, that we really examine opportunities to really get it right. And getting it right means where do we spend our emphasis and our focus with respect to the dollars that need to be spent to improve our roads and our transit systems and create great places for people to walk and have mobility, including on their bicycles. So, that’s why a task force was created, because it’s really important to York Region residents and their quality of life. May: I think the other aspect is, I think it’s very timely now for this task force because there is an unparalleled level of investment in transporta-

Just as a normal person, I hear Metrolinx, Viva, YRT, GO, there’s the TTC, there’s SmartTrack. How is this all working? It just seems like so much and I can’t wrap my head around it. Help me wrap my head around it. Turner: We’ll start at the bottom and work our way up. YRT has existed for a considerable amount of time. It was formed by putting together all of the local transit systems and creating York Region Transit. And that was done by the region putting together all these small individuals into a large regional authority. That authority is responsible for operating the day-to-day system that you see running around out there. The rapid transit corporation, which is our service that we put out there and we run the rapid transit corporation, our goal is to find funding and to build the projects and then give them to YRT, York Region Transit, to put into service and they run the local service every day on our behalf. We have funding partners and one of the funding partners we have is Metrolinx. And Metrolinx was formed to create this umbrella

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Candidates in the upcoming federal election, take note, York Region has amended its bylaw governing election signs. While the bylaw will apply to candidates at all levels, it will be first tested out on candidates running in the Oct. 19 federal election. The bylaw amendments are intended to help ensure signs don’t reduce visibility at intersections or interfere with transit stops and access to sidewalks and utilities.

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SENIOR CITIZENS IN YORK REGION — A SERIES, PART I

Gap widening between haves, have nots From Page A1

today and for the huge swell of boomers now moving into their golden years? A snap shot, based on a regional report called A Profile of Baby Boomers and Seniors in York Region, which gathered information from a variety of sources, such as 2006 and 2011 Censuses, the National Household Survey, the Canadian Community Health Survey and reports from governments and non-government organizations, shows: Overall, boomers have a higher level of education than seniors, but both groups are interested in continuing their educations and pursuing learning opportunities; More York Region residents aged 55 and older are working or looking for work than the national and provincial rates; Boomers and seniors provide more than half the volunteer hours in Ontario, with their primary reason being the desire to contribute to their communities; Boomers are more likely than previous generations to pursue second careers after retirement and they are more technologysavvy; Seniors are wealthier than previous generations, which is likely to prompt financially strapped governments to see them as having more ability to pay for services; At the same time, there are signs of financial stress. The banking industry warns Canadian boomers don’t have enough savings for retirement and many boomers and seniors are carrying debt, raising questions about their long-term financial security. Company pensions providing guaranteed incomes are becoming increasingly rare; The York Region Food Network says more seniors are facing food insecurity; The vacancy rate for rental housing for seniors in York has decreased since 2011; About half of York seniors and boomers say they are in good or excellent health; Seniors report more chronic

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conditions such as arthritis and high blood pressure than boomers; Calls to EMS from seniors and boomers are increasing; Dementia among York seniors is expected to increase rapidly over the next 20 years; Cases of serious elder abuse, including assault, criminal harassment, robbery and threats, increased between 2008 and 2012; With no new long-term care facilities being built, there will be increased demands on local levels of government, community organizations, families and seniors to care for aging residents; In 2011, immigrants made up 45 per cent of York’s population, a number that will grow during the next two decades.

‘We’ve got a strong economy, we’ve got good social infrastructure and seniors in York Region appear to be living longer and wealthier than other parts of the country.’ Not content to sit on the porch in their rocking chairs, seniors and boomers are changing the face of aging, experts said. “There was once a perception you reach 65, you retire, you

CHATS executive director Christina Bisanz goes through paperwork and chats to York Region Media Group about the programs offered to York’s growing senior population.

settle in a little bit and your health declines. Boomers, as they’re getting into their seniors years, are still as active as they were when they were 50 and 45,” Gonsalves said. Christina Bisanz, CEO of Community Home Assistance to Seniors (CHATS), puts on a presentation called “Getting old isn’t what it used to be”, which includes photos of dynamic seniors such as actor Betty White, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and 94-yearold Hazel McCallion, who retired as the mayor of Mississauga last fall. “People are now working well into their 70s and being more active. That’s the good news, that it’s the mindset of keeping active, being more aware of preventive health maintenance, being physically active, the importance of exercise, the importance of healthy, active living, good diet, all of those things we’re aware of and we know and hopefully are living that lifestyle,” Bisanz said. At the same time, she is concerned with the growing gap between seniors who are aging well

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and those whose “golden years” are filled with health problems such as chronic illnesses and fall hazards, financial woes and isolation. “That’s where we (CHATS) fill in with supports so they can live independently with dignity, with maintaining their health and independence. It’s certainly more cost effective than a long-term care home,” she said. “We also caution, though, that living at home doesn’t necessarily mean you can live without some kind of support. It’s great to be at home but it also requires the right care, the right time, the right amount, because what can also happen is that some seniors suffer from under-care. They, perhaps, become isolated, they’re at greater risk of fall hazards, they’re perhaps overlooking compliance with their medications, there could be all kinds of different challenges that could land them in hospital.” The Central Local Health Integration Network, which oversees health care planning for most of York Region, south Simcoe County and parts of northern Toronto, is committed to working with service providers to keep seniors healthy and living well in their homes for as long as possible and for ensuring seniors with complex needs receive the care they need, CEO Kim Baker said in a statement. With the provincial government promoting an age-at-home philosophy rather than accommodating seniors in long-term care facilities, communities, local agencies, family and friends will take up more and more responsibility of caring for seniors, Newmarket Regional Councillor John Taylor said.

Technology will also play an increasing role, added Taylor, who is chairperson of the region’s community and health services committee. He pointed to an app called Be My Eyes, which allows people with vision problems to share labels, transit schedules and other hardto-read text with volunteers who can decipher it for them. “I believe someone will create a Be My Eyes for seniors,” he said. The surging senior population also means governments will be forced to target services to seniors most in need or establish a fee structure based on ability to pay, Taylor, Bizanz and Gonsalves agreed. “We don’t know to what degree, yet, but to a certain degree, we’re going to be forced to be a little more targeted. That doesn’t mean we’re not going to do anything for seniors or shut down all seniors’ centres or anything like that,” Taylor said. “But we have to make sure the services are getting to the right people. I don’t want to view seniors as a problem. It’s a challenge and we’ve got to make sure we’re thinking it through and addressing it and managing scarce resources, but still be supporting the community.” There is no doubt the soaring senior population will have an impact on virtually every sector of society, Taylor said. “I don’t think this has hit the radar yet. I think it will soon. I don’t know the scope of the challenge. I know it won’t be small,” he said. “Still, I have to say aging in York Region is fairly good news in comparison to aging in many areas of Canada. We’ve got a strong economy, we’ve got good social infrastructure and seniors in York Region appear to be living longer and wealthier than other parts of the country. There are various reasons for that. “We’ve got one of the highest educated workforces in Canada, maybe the highest. There’s a lot of opportunity here.”

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Today The Landing July 2, 3:45 to 5:30 p.m. Newmarket Community Church, 145 Pony Dr. The Landing is a free, weekly program offered at Newmarket Community Church that aims to equip teens (ages 12 to 17) with the tools needed to overcome life’s struggles. Contact: admin@newmarketcommunitychurch.org, 905-836-7251, 905-967-4081, www.newmarketcommunitychurch.org. Family Storytime July 2, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St. This program features stories, crafts, and activities. Ages 0 - 5. Meet special guest Sparky the Fire Dog from the EG Fire Dept on July 9. Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492.

This weekend Kitchen Party Music Jams July 4, 1 to 4 p.m. Colonel Mustard’s Pub, 16925 Yonge St. in Newmarket. We sit in a circle and jam acoustically (except for the country jam where amplified instruments are welcome). We take turns passing a microphone for vocals. We choose simple songs so that all can participate. Lead breaks and harmony singing is encouraged. Contact: brian.osullivan1@sympatico.ca, 905-640-7107. Newmarket Farmers Market July 4, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Riverwalk Commons, Doug Duncan Drive. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, baked goods, food vendors, hand-crafted artifacts and products such as jewelry, furniture, soap, horse and wagon rides, musical entertainment, buskers, fresh flowers, etc. Contact: pheasanthollowcreations@live.ca, 905-773-9751. Free ZUMBA CLASS at RiverWalk Commons July 4, 8 to 9 a.m. Newmarket Riverwalk Commons, 200 Doug Duncan Dr. Free Zumba Class every Saturday morning in June, July, and August from 8 - 9 a.m. at the Fairy Lake Newmarket Farmers Market, along side the reflecting pool. Instruction will be by The Move fitness and dance studio and will take place weather permitting. Sponsored by Peter C. Geibel, broker - Main Street Realty, and Jerry Montpetit of RBC Insurance. No signup required just come out and enjoy. Like the page if you plan on coming. Contact: Peter Geibel, pgeibel@live.ca, 416-804-5581.

Next week Discovery Club July 7, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St. This weekly club will get you busy with creative and hands-on projects, games and activities! Ages 6-10. Please register. Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492. Maker Madness Workshops July 7, 2 to 3 p.m. Mount Albert Branch, East Gwillimbury Public Library, 19300 Centre St. Unleash your creative side at these hands-on workshops. Free Please Register Ages: 4+ July 7 & 21 Ages: 7+ June 30, July 14 & 28. Family Storytime July 7, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mount Albert Branch, East Gwillimbury Public Library, 19300 Centre St. This program features, stories, crafts & activities. Ages 0-5 Free July 7: Meet Sparky the Fire Dog CASAS Softball Cricket & Family Fun Day July 4 & 5, noon to 5 p.m. Sharon Hills Park, 255 Colonel Wayling Blvd. in East Gwillimbury CASAS Softball Cricket will be played by youth teams over two days culminating in a game with the York Regional Police. (Cricket prevalent to both Caribbean & South Asian cultures, and was once Canada’s official national sport). Coaches will be onsite to explain the game and provide demonstrations. Interested players are invited to contact us. Family Fun Day interactive games and activities will be included off-field to attract and engage families during the games. Bring a picnic lunch and a chair. Info: Ranji Singh, info@ranjisinghfoundation.org, 416-801-6756.

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TD Presents Concerts in the Park Susie Sunshine July 8, 7 p.m. Aurora Town Park, Wells St This is a free show but a donation for the Aurora Food Pantry would be appreciated. Food vendors will be on site. For your seating comfort bring a lawn chair. Contact: Shelley Ware, sware@aurora.ca, 905-726-4762. Info: www.aurora.ca/summerconcerts.

Beat the Heat - Mix it Up Mocktails July 9, 1 to 2 p.m. Sobeys extra Aurora, 15500 Bayview Ave. Join Sobeys Dietitian Colleen for this fun filled class all about alcohol-free, tasty drinks that are great for summer thirst. Free samples included and you’ll take recipe ideas home. Register early to avoid being on a waitlist. Contact: Colleen Miller, colleen.miller@sobeys.com, 905-726-2499.

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Coming soon The Landing July 9, 3:45 to 5:30 p.m. Newmarket Community Church, 145 Pony Dr. The Landing is a free, weekly program offered at Newmarket Community Church that aims to equip teens (ages 12 to 17) with the tools needed to overcome life’s struggles. Contact: admin@newmarketcommunitychurch.org, 905-836-7251, 905-967-4081, www.newmarketcommunitychurch.org. Family Storytime July 9, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Holland Landing Public Library , 19513 Yonge St. This program features stories, crafts, and activities. Ages 0 - 5. Meet special guest Sparky the Fire Dog from the EG Fire Dept on July 9. Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492. Community BBQ benefiting Make-A-Wish July 9, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Innovative Spine & Wellness, 1100 Gorham St, Unit 11A in Newmarket. Innovative Spine & Wellness is pleased to announce, that once again, this year’s annual barbecue will benefit Make-A-Wish! Everyone is welcome

Summer Science Lab July 9, 2 to 3 p.m. Aurora Public Library, 15145 Yonge St. Join us as we transform our program room into a fully functional science lab. Together we will explore scientific principles like force, mass and energy by doing exciting experiments. Some will be messy, some will be loud, but they will all be fun and interesting! Drop In. Ages: 6-9, Optimist Room. Contact: 905-727-9494. Theatre in Park - Falstaff & The Merry Wives of Windsor Starts July 10, 7 p.m. Aurora Town Park, Wells St. The Town of Aurora is proud to partner with the Humber River Shakespeare Company to bring you this dynamic live theatre presented in Aurora Town Park on July 10,11 and 12 at 7 p.m. This is a pay as you can performance and all proceeds go directly to supporting this production and the performers .The suggested donation is $20 per person. Contact: Shelley Ware, sware@aurora.ca, 905-726-4762.. Newmarket Farmers Market July 11, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Riverwalk Commons, Doug Duncan Drive. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, baked goods, food vendors, hand-crafted artifacts and products such as jewelry, furniture, soap, horse and wagon rides, musical entertainment, buskers, fresh flowers, etc. Contact: pheasanthollowcreations@live.ca, 905-773-9751. Free ZUMBA CLASS at RiverWalk Commons July 11, 8 to 9 a.m. Newmarket Riverwalk Commons, 200 Doug Duncan Dr.

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Keep road ‘bumps’ in perspective ISSUE: There is light at end of seemingly endless road construction tunnel.

Chris Emanuel

t might not be pretty, but the VivaNext bus rapidway construction occurring on Hwy. 7 through Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill and along Davis Drive in Newmarket is a case of shortterm pain for long-term gain. Granted, it may be difficult to keep that in mind if you frequently find yourself idling in traffic in one of the work zones or are routinely forced to navigate a seemingly endless slalom of orange barrels and construction signs, but it’s important to keep the inconveniences these projects present in perspective. Some perspective will become even more crucial as rapidway construction along Yonge Street ramps up through Newmarket and Richmond Hill. It’s not always easy to recognize there’s a method to what appears like madness at times, so, with that in mind, reporter Lisa Queen recently sat down with York Region Rapid Transit Corporation president Mary-Frances Turner and chief engineer Paul May for a question-and-answer session on some of the public transit projects going on here in York and throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe. With congestion costing the economy of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area in the order of $11 billion per year, not to mention the loss of our precious time, it’s vital we get the transit system right. We have no choice, as noted by Turner, who explained the region recognized 13 years ago, in its first transportation master plan, there simply wasn’t enough property to widen the roads to a sufficient degree that they could handle all of the projected traffic volumes. “There would just have to be too many lanes on these arterial roads, so transit was the only way we were going to achieve the future need for travel in a sustainable manner,” she said. “The two rapidway lanes in the middle of the road have more capacity to move people than the three lanes in each direction, so a total of six lanes, for regular cars.” As York Region works to construct its rapid transit network, other agencies, such as the TTC and Metrolinx, are working on their own improvements. The TTC’s Spadina subway expansion into Vaughan is nearing completion and York Region hopes an expansion of the Yonge subway north to Richmond Hill will eventually move forward. Metrolinx, meanwhile, has unveiled a 10-year plan to establish a regional express rail system with allday, two-way trains, electrification on the Barrie and Stouffville lines and an extension of the Richmond Hill corridor. Another potentially important project for getting people moving around the GTA is Toronto Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack initiative, a 53-kilometre, 22-station surface train service line on existing GO train lines in the city. Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently pledged $2.6 billion toward the plan — about a third of the cost. So, what might all of this look like by 2020 or so? “In five years, we’ll have 37 kilometres of rapid transit corridors, bus rapid transit corridors, fully separated for buses to be running up and down. The Spadina subway will be open. We hope to be well into engineering for the Yonge subway, because it’s another major piece of our puzzle,” according to Turner. “And we hope to have a (BRT) corridor running up Jane Street and across Major Mack and down Don Mills.” Five years after that, you should see electrification along some GO Transit rail lines running through York and even better service integration, she added. Without question, there’s much to do both in terms of construction work and changes to existing policies with fare integration being of paramount importance. A better, more functional system is going to take time and money, but also patience. With any luck, our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will marvel at the transt network we have forged and we will forget the (legitimately) aggravating bumps along the road to getting there.

BOTTOM LINE: A better, more functional transit system is going to take time.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Need more awareness of Lyme disease Re: Lyme sufferers desperate for answers, treatment, June 25. As a fellow Lyme sufferer, I praise Shari Allen and her husband, Craig, for publicly sharing their story about Lyme disease. Many of us quietly and informally have been raising awareness by discussing with family and friends, however, it takes a lot of energy and courage to put yourself out there publicly. It is refreshing to read an article on Lyme that is well informed and balanced. It is also a great benefit to our region that we now have Dr. Angela Lee, who specializes in tick-borne illnesses. Her two mentors, Dr. Maureen McShane and Dr. Richard Horowitz are both highly respected American Lymeliterate doctors and many of us in Canada are patients to one of these doctors. It is true that many in Canada are suffering from Lyme, diagnosed and undiagnosed. Unlike Shari, I likely contracted Lyme in Canada, in Algonquin Park in 1989 (but diagnosed in 2010). Others I know have similarly likely contracted the disease in Ontario — Peterborough, Parry Sound, Scarborough (Bluffs), just to name a few locations. It’s not coming here, it is here, and we need much more awareness and change to deal with it. Political change has started at both the provincial and federal levels. I spend upwards of $30,000 a year to deal with this illness, not counting lost income. I have multiple doctors, both MDs and NDs, and other therapists. I am very lucky that I have a supportive husband and teenage children, extended family and friends; many are not so lucky. But like our country’s ability to deal with this very serious infectious disease, I have a long way to go. Thank you, Shari and Craig Allen, your courage in moving us forward is commendable.

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Queensville Sideroad used as bypass The region may have nixed the construction of the Bradford bypass, but clever commuters have adopted their own. It’s called Queensville Sideroad and is already inadequate for the ever-increasing volume from Hwy. 404. Shamefully long lineups now occur where Bathurst Street southbound meets Hwy. 11 due to the near-sighted removal of the loop-around ramp last year. Most drivers seem afraid to make the new right turn into the zooming traffic even though there is an empty lane to use. It’s crazy there. Scary. Heaven

help us when the other side of Bathurst from Green Lane is connected to this mess or the first few subdivisions are finished. It’s still not too late to put that loop-around back in, there is lots of empty land just sitting there. Here’s hoping.

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Re: Aurora, Newmarket rethink fight against community mailboxes in wake of court ruling, June 21. Chillax, It’s not as bad as you may think. Newmarket Regional Councillor John Taylor is correct. It’s a battle you cannot win. Canada Post trumps all levels of government. Always has, probably always will. Glenway, if I recall correctly, was the first community in Canada to have them. I have had one across the road for 28 years. My neighbor and I take turns snow blowing around it and I keep old boards around to make a path through the mud in the spring. I also tear off every hand bill that gets stuck on it as soon as I see one, to keep it from being an eyesore. It has been “tagged” a couple of times with spraypaint. A call to Canada Post usually results in graffiti removal within a few days. So, Councillor Dave Kerwin needs to go with the facts. Now, one might think, “Maybe, I can meet neighbours at the mailbox.” It happens. I have had many meetings at the mailbox while working in my garage/garden. A sense of neighbourhood has become sadly lacking over the past few years. I have never lost mine. Countless times, I have not been able to get in, or out, of my driveway, and countless cars use my driveway to turn around. A pain, but hardly the end of the world. The boxes come with at least a few benefits. You can opt out of junk mail by just asking the carrier or leaving a note for him or her. They also end postal strikes for those of us old enough to remember being held hostage by postal unions (although teachers seem to have taken up the slack.) In the end, the “big bad box” blends in and you get used to it. So, get over it. We have far bigger fish to fry and much bigger mountains to climb.

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I am astonished that anyone found the meeting useful. No debriefing was presented. Municipal staff absolved themselves of responsibility, blaming the provincial 180day limit. That limit was known but resources were not allocated to meet it. The facilitated format discouraged meaningful discussion. The questions should have been released in advance and the groups allowed to capture their discussion using more advanced technology than chart paper. For instance, the development proposal at the OMB was different from that presented to homeowners. That won’t show up in the final report, but is crucial if the town plans to move to small-group consultation. The final report will be prepared by the facilitator. We’ll see if it’s helpful. Dianne The town’s own planners boycotted the Glenway OMB hearing that cost taxpayers $588,291. Is it any surprise the town lost?You can read my blog about the lessons learned meeting at shrinkslessorsquare.ca Gordon Collision rates on York Region roads decline to 10-year low: bit.ly/1InNfqp This report is complete BS. If law enforcement officials think that red-light cameras, that no one even knows are there, are the reason for the decline in these accidents, they need to give their head a shake. Ninety per cent of the people that drive by these money-making machines have no idea they are there. They do find out when they happen to roll over the white line and recieve a $280 fine. This is more BS from a source that I would not believe if you paid me. The reason there are less accidents is simple. We have a police officer at every corner in York giving tickets when they should be out making their one-arresta-month quota. Everyone knows York is just one big speed trap. Roy

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here’s been no shortage of electoral reform discussion as of late. In Ontario, Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal government has announced it will permit municipalities to implement “ranked ballots” for the next municipal election. I think this is great news on a few fronts and may be one of the single most important changes to our electoral system in decades. For those not aware of how ranked ballots work, it is quite simple. If there are multiple candidates running for an office, you rank them in order of your preference. Should your first choice receive the lowest number of votes, he or she drops off the ballot and your second choice now receives your vote. This keeps happening until one candidate emerges with at least 50 per cent of votes. Implementing ranked ballots at the municipal level — where we have embarrassingly low voter turnouts that hover around 30 per cent — will have a large impact in electing candidates who have broad public support. There have been numerous candidates in York Region who have been elected with less than 10 per cent of eligible voters casting a ballot for them. Think about that for a moment; that is hardly a mandate of support for a campaign platform. The fact of the matter is our current “first past the post” system allows for candidates to assume office with a tiny percentage of people supporting them and that fact is simply wrong and undemocratic. Ranked ballots allow the electorate to arrive at consensus candidates. Imagine a campaign where candidates won’t just be campaigning for your vote, but they’ll also be campaigning to be your second or third choice. Think of how that, alone, could change the tone and tenor of elections. My sense is that we will see more civil election campaigns that have a greater focus on the issues and policies rather than ad hominem attacks. The electorate is growing tired of negative attack-style campaigns and the proliferation of social media has, in my mind, increased the vitriol we see in our elections. Ranked ballots reward candidates who have broad-based platforms that speak to the widest spectrum of the electorate. Finally, we could have a system in place that encourages civility instead of our current system that has devolved into systematic negative campaigns. I know I will have my critics in my support for ranked ballots. I suspect they will oversimplify my argument implying I want all candidates to get along and hold hands singing Kumbaya. I am not naïve, there will always be differences of opinions and thoughts, criticisms of other campaigns and candidates and, frankly, there should always be. However, candidates who focus on negative attacks and not building bridges in their communities in an attempt to gain the widest support base will be challenged to win and I’m OK with that and suspect most voters would be. The Ontario government will give municipalities the option to have ranked ballots. Some may opt-in, some may not. This is is the biggest flaw in the government’s proposal. It is the right thing to do for democracy and, hence, should be implemented in every single municipality. A change to the electoral system requires education and rolling out something like that should be done on a provincewide basis and not piecemeal. — Chris Emanuel served on Newmarket council for three consecutive terms as the Ward 7 councillor. He left politics to pursue a career in the private sector in government relations. He posts political blogs at chrisemanuel.com

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how we are going to continue,” he said. While Flys understands that farmers need to use pesticides in vulnerable areas, he thinks it is overkill to treat all seeds with these chemicals. The chemical is certainly harmful to bees when they get it in their system, director of the Honey Bee Research Centre at the University of Guelph Dr. Ernesto Guzman said. But the issue is much more complicated than that. “From the beekeeping standpoint, restricting the use of neonics would prevent some toxicity cases affecting the health of honey bees, which is good. From the agricultural standpoint, I cannot comment because I’m not an expert in that area,” he said. The Grain Farmers of Ontario certainly believes the province has over reached. While bee deaths spiked in 2013, the resulting Health Canada investigation found that dust generated during seeding contained traces of pesticides. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency implemented guidelines for farmers for the 2014 planting season meant to reduce dust exposure. They appear to have been successful, according to GFO. “Ontario’s rush to be the first in North America to restrict neonicotinoids is on track to cost rural Ontario’s economy more than $600 million a year, to solve a problem that it appears the federal government has already addressed,” GFO chairman Mark Brock said. They filed a request to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to provide an interpretation of the neonicotinoid-treated seed regula-

tions in June. “The decision to seek legal action against the Government of Ontario was not easy and is unprecedented in the history of our organization,” GFO CEO Barry Sneft said. They are also asking the Superior Court to delay the implementation of the proposed regulations until May 1, 2016. The new regulations will certainly have a large impact on local farmers since the vast majority of farmland in York Region is used to grow corn and soybeans. Rich Burkholder said it’s too early to know how the regulations will change his business. His family farms more than 2,500 acres in York and Durham regions. “There are a lot of unknowns but it is going to alter things,” he said. “We will probably have to spray more.” The pesticide spray won’t have neonics in it but Burkholder doesn’t necessarily think that means it will be better for the environment. If the use of neonics is really what has caused the spike in bee deaths, Burkholder said dramatically reducing their use is the right thing to do. The problem Burkholder and many other farmers face in understanding the impact of neonics is there are a lot of conflicting messages. While Ontario has followed Europe’s lead in reducing their use, other areas seem less convinced. The Alberta Beekeepers Commission, which represents around 45 per cent of the honeybee industry in Canada, said Alberta hasn’t seen the same issues as Ontario. The area should be particularly susceptible because canola seeds are coated in neonics and planted in great abundance in the area. “The seed treatment technology significantly reduces honeybee

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Beekeeper James Murray shows how calm his bees are if they are not threatened. He has 70 hives housing 60,000 bees in each. exposure to pesticides,” the commission said in a release. Neonicotinoid pesticides have been in use in Canada for about a decade. They were considered safer for the environment and farmers because they could be used as seed treatments, not broad spectrum sprays and only targeted insects directly attacking the plants. “We really have been able to cut the use of pesticides down quite a bit with the use of these treatments. There is potential for a lot more use of pesticides,” Jeff Steiner said. He works for Reesor Seed and Grain, who supplies area farmers with seeds and custom spraying on their fields. York and Durham regions have high insect pressure,

Steiner said, so a significant percentage of crops need some form of treatment. The treated seed was a very popular product for farmers with increased yield and improved safety. “It’s a lot safer using treatment on seed than it is for farmers to use spray,” Steiner said. “(Spray) tends to be very toxic and a concern for us as farmers.” All farmers know the value of bees, continued Steiner. “The bees are very important to farmers. If we don’t have bees, it just doesn’t work,” he said. Stouffville resident Caleb Niemeyer didn’t know too much about the heated debate surrounding neonics when he took honeybee biology at the University of Guelph last year.

He was interested in getting into beekeeping. “There isn’t clear consensus on one side or the other. It takes a lot of scientific literacy to weed through the studies to know which are credible and which are not,” he said. Niemeyer got his first two bee hives in the mail last month and is giving beekeeping a try. His hives are right next to a cornfield that was planted with neonicotinoidsoaked seeds. Niemeyer isn’t too concerned. “There are more important issues on honey bee health than neonics,” he said. “I feel like the risks that lots of people associate with these chemicals aren’t as big as they make them out to be.”

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Q & A: Transit important ‘political hot potato’ From Front Page

regional transportation authority, to create the big picture that’s bigger than any one of our individual pictures, to put together the whole network and to determine the priorities of which pieces of that network should go ahead of the others. But (transit) is a very important, as you know, political hot potato for everyone to deal with. So, usually, you will find at election time, one of the platforms that a politician will run on is their ideas about a transit idea. So, in this case, (Toronto Mayor) John Tory came out with the idea of SmartTrack. And SmartTrack is just basically layered on top of the GO lines and adds a few more stations in the city of Toronto. But he’s been able to give it a phrase and a name and gain popularity as another way to move people around. But it happens to be the same plan with a few more stations.

May: From a transit user perspective, when you’ve got different systems operating in the Greater Toronto Area like this, there are two aspects that make it convenient for the user. One is service integration. So, can I connect from one service to another service to get where I want to go? And we do have service integration in York Region and in the Greater Toronto Area...The other aspect is fare integration so you have one unified fare system throughout the Greater Toronto Area and we don’t have that yet... There isn’t fare integration with the TTC…The Presto card is being implemented. Everyone in the GTA has implemented it except for the TTC and it’s in the process in

the TTC. They’ve started to and it will still be a couple years before they’ve finished implementing it on the TTC. So, that makes it more convenient. You just tap your card each time. In terms of integrating the fare policy, that’s more difficult and Metrolinx is working on that and it needs to be done at the Greater Toronto Area level. It’s not something York Region can do on its own.

Paint a picture of what transit will look like in five years.

Turner: In five years, we’ll have 37 kilometres of rapid transit corridors, bus rapid transit corridors, fully separated for buses to be running up and down. The Spadina subway will be open. We hope to be well into engineering for the Yonge subway because it’s another major piece of our puzzle. And we hope to have a (BRT) corridor running up Jane Street and across Major Mack and down Don Mills, providing rapid transit but in mixed traffic and as a precursor to future separated rapid transit investment. It will be buses like the first stage of Viva where we ran in mixed traffic and the stations will be curbside. The goal is to start it in mixed traffic and get it into its own corridor. Five years from now, you should be seeing much more frequent service on the GO lines and then five years from then, you’re going to see electrification. You’re going to have this whole rapid transit system of buses and subways start to be connected to the GO lines and the GO lines are going to be running up and down the corridors.

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Mary-Frances Turner and Paul May from York Region Rapid Transit sit down with York Region Media Group for a Q and A on transit and transportation issues. Go to yorkregion.com for the full interview.

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ayley greets you at the door with the usual tailwagging, tonguekissing enthusiasm of a three-year-old cockapoo, but her energy is shortlived and her owners are worried.

Hayley has Lyme disease and the Rainville family isn’t sure what her prognosis is. She may be in better shape, though, than the growing number of humans who also have the disease. That’s because Hayley is lucky. She is a dog. Her veterinarian, Dr. Bill Hanson, at Aurora Animal Clinic, discovered the Lyme-carrying antibodies in routine bloodwork as part of her annual check-up May 22. No one knows precisely where or when she picked up the tick that gave her the disease — like many pets, she receives annual prevention treatment — but her vet moved quickly into action, placing Hayley on a one-month stint of antibiotics and then, when it didn’t kill the antibodies, an additional two weeks. Hayley’s experience is very different from than that of many human Lyme patients, who struggle to get diagnosed and treated in the medical system — a concern that some veterinarians have raised in the provincial legislature. Hayley had been lethargic lately, Tim Rainville recalls, but not enough to raise alarm. Now, the family can see that the pint-sized pup is subdued and just doesn’t seem herself. “We live in the Westbrook area of Richmond Hill and the dog has never been outside beyond this neighbourhood. Our vet advises that she contracted the disease in March or

April and that the flea/tick medication regimen she had been on was obviously administered too late to protect her.” Most pets don’t begin the antitick and flea prevention plan until June, but Dr. Bev Bateman, with Eglinton Veterinary Facilities in Toronto, says that start date may be too late for Ontario pets. Lyme-carrying ticks are out as soon as daytime temperatures reach 4 degrees Celsius, and veterinarians deal with ticks from early March until early December. Veterinarians in Ontario are used to giving parasite prevention June through October, which is the season for heartworm and fleas. But for tick control, she says, a dog needs to be on that prevention from March through the time of permanent frost. Once or twice a week the Rainvilles bring Hayley to the nearby trails at Twickenham Park; they assume that’s where she got the tick. Now they are extra cautious when they walk outdoors, careful to inspect themselves and Hayley afterwards. “We, along with many other people, had assumed that there was a low risk for the disease in York Region and it was just something you got in summer months. That clearly was false.” Bateman agrees. “The Canadian healthcare system is sadly lagging behind veterinary medicine in managing tick-borne diseases,” she said at a Queen’s Park press conference last month. An outspoken advocate for Lyme patients, Bateman says the tick protection offered dogs isn’t perfect — one common prevention treatment will kill ticks only after five days, which leaves room for Lyme transmission; vaccines that are available for dogs carry potential risks and have questionable effectiveness. But at least, she says, options are available and vets are

taking it seriously. “I’m not saying veterinarians have it figured out. No way; it’s too complicated. But at least they are talking about it, that Lyme is here and there are tests to screen and products to prevent. That’s not happening enough among health professionals when it comes to people.” Many vets carry out routine testing for parasites — heartworm and Lyme — in the spring. The tests indicate around 2.5 per cent of all dogs tested in Ontario carry antibodies against the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, she says. This means that at some point they have been bitten by an infected tick, but it does not mean the animal is sick. Hanson says his Aurora clinic has carried out about 1,300 blood tests so far this year and 70 dogs have tested positive to tick bites. The clinic’s registered veterinary technician, Sharla McNair, says she is shocked at how high the numbers have been this year. “Sometimes we’ll get eight positives in one day, and dogs that haven’t even left their backyards. It’s not just pets on the trails; even little white foo-foos that live in people’s pockets are testing positive.” While Lyme can’t be transmitted to humans, veterinarians warn that pets could carry ticks into the home and their owners likely frequent the same tick-infested areas, Craig Allen, a Thornhill resident whose wife has Lyme, recounts how a friend took great pains to protect himself from ticks, covering up well when he went camping, but still contracted the disease from a tick that his dog brought into his tent. For years, vets have been sounding the alarm, recognizing that dogs can be sentinels for the risk of Lyme disease to people, but Bateman says it is taking much longer for medical practitioners to recognize it as an emerging problem. “My staff knows exactly what to do if a pet comes through the doors

If you find a tick on your pet, remember, you may also have been exposed – check yourself, as well. To see how to properly remove a tick on yourself or your pet, visit: bit.ly/1LC7Xla with a tick bite. There’s a protocol for testing and if it comes back positive for exposure to the bacteria that causes Lyme, there is a process for knowing how that patient should be managed. It may not be correct, but there is a protocol.” Why the difference between the care of pets and people? Bateman suggests it may be because our health system is overwhelmed by complexities of the Lyme issue, the controversies surrounding testing and treatment and how quickly cases are rising in Ontario. Bateman has taken on an advocacy role, meeting with the Ministry of Health and speaking publicly with the Ontario Lyme Alliance at Queen’s Park. She has a personal interest in changing the status quo. Bateman was diagnosed with Lyme herself in 2012 after symptoms began in 1997. It was a long ordeal to find answers. Now she is receiving Lyme treatment in the U.S., and is improving. However, there have been large emotional and financial costs and she is concerned that many Ontarians are not as lucky. It’s understandable that physicians may be concerned about a deluge of patients overly worried about Lyme who don’t have it, she says, “but to assume that’s the case for everyone is unfair. The amount of pain some of these people are going through, I can’t describe it to you and it’s just not fair.” Like many in the Lyme community, she is frustrated by the slow progress. Six months after MPP Mike Mantha’s motion passed in the legislature with all-party support — making Ontario the first Canadian province to establish a provincial strategy on Lyme disease — little appears to have been accomplished, she says. MP Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, whose bill to establish a federal framework on Lyme disease passed last December, also

GOOD TO KNOW • In dogs exposed to Lyme disease, 95% do not have symptoms, but symptoms may include recurrent lameness, fever, lack of appetite, joints swelling or sensitive to touch, walking with stiff, arched back • A vaccine for Lyme disease in dogs may be recommended for pets that live in or travel to Lyme “hot spots” or spend a lot of time outdoors, but there are side effects and the vaccine does not protect against other tick-borne diseases, so preventive measures are still necessary. • Avoid long grasses, shrubs and wooded area when walking and stay on the path. Ticks wait on vegetation, latching onto an animal or human as they pass by. • Talk to your veterinarian about tickrepelling products • Several times a week, check your pet’s coat for ticks, especially after walks in forested areas or tall grass. Run your hands over the whole body.Ticks usually attach around the head, neck, ears and paws, but can be found anywhere.They may be the size of a poppy seed but after eating will swell, resembling a small grey wart. • If you find a tick, remove immediately with a clean pair of tweezers, grasping as close to the skin as possible, pulling straight out. Do not squeeze the body. heard concerns about progress from the Lyme patient community. May says a conference is scheduled for November with experts, lawmakers and patient groups for “meaningful and effective consultation that will contribute to the shaping of our federal approach to combating Lyme disease”. Meantime, Hayley the cockapoo is still listless, her owners awaiting further blood tests. “I don’t think she is out of the woods yet,” Rainville says. Ironically, it is the woods and the trails that attract hundreds of dogs and people that brought the disease home “and I’m sure most people walking their pets have no idea. “She just loves running through that area. It’s her absolute most favorite place in life. The irony is, what they love most may be most dangerous.”

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A York Regional Police officer is back at work this week after extortion charges against him were withdrawn only four months after they were laid by Peel officers. The Crown withdrew the charges against York Sgt. Gurdip Panaich, 39, of Brampton. Assistant Crown Amber Lepchuk told the court there were “no reasonable prospects of conviction” and that the allegations did not meet a “criminal code standard,” according to Danielle Robitaille, partner at Henein Hutchison LLP. Sgt. Panaich had been under suspension pending the outcome of the charges. “(He) was very grateful for the Crown’s review of the matter,” Robitaille told the court. “He was devastated by the charges which received significant media and community attention. Sgt. Panaich continues to deny the allegations and, in any event, the allegations do not meet the criminal standard. Sgt. Panaich is very anxious to return to his career in public service.” Panaich was one of five men accused of trying to extort money from Brampton real estate agent Dale Mundi using an Internet smear campaign that attacked his personal and professional reputation, according to police. The five were charged by Peel Regional Police this past March after a complaint from Mundi in February. The other four men charged in the case – Inderjit “Vick” Bains, 46, Surjit Brar, 46, and Zorawar Mahal, 25, all of Brampton, and Rajkanwar Mangat, 39, of Caledon – will be back in court next week.

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Panaich joined the force in 2001 as a uniformed patrol officer before being assigned to the criminal investigations unit, the mental health support team and the major case management unit. He was most recently stationed in Markham. Panaich has won awards for his work, including one for an investigation into a forged passport lab and a chief of police award for supporting a wounded American officer. In 2013, York Regional Police awarded him an excellence in policing award. After the charges were withdrawn, Panaich’s wife, Gugni, who has previously run for the NDP in 2014’s provincial election, took to social media to proclaim her consistent belief in his innocence. “Finally justice did prevail! Sgt.Gurdip Panaich walks a free man!! Charges dropped. False can never win over truth!,” she wrote. — with files from Jeremy Grimaldi and Torstar Network

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and with the intransigence of the government and the trustees on a range of extremely important issues,” union president James Ryan said in a media release. “They want to unilaterally wipe out parts of our collective agreement. We must protect our members and our students’ learning conditions.” Public elementary school teachers have been participating in an escalating work-torule campaign since May 11. Public high school teachers went on strike in some areas, including Durham and Peel regions, before being ordered back to work. The Catholic teachers’ union is hoping to avoid labour disruptions, Ryan said. “OECTA members have been without a new contract for one year and we are discouraged with the slow pace of negotiations,” he said. “We are optimistic that filing for conciliation will provide the impetus necessary for meaningful negotiations to continue and that we can avoid disruption to classes in the fall.”

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A thief wanted for stealing a $15,000 bike from an independent bike shop in Richmond Hill has escaped justice once again. At the same time, a social media campaign calling for his arrest continues to pick up speed. Mike Horlick, owner of Evolution Cycles, on Yonge Street just north of Major Mackenzie Drive, said he received a call from a Toronto shop, Wheels on Bloor, Friday explaining the thief filmed stealing the custom-made Cipollini was in his store. “I told him to call police, but by the time they arrived, he had taken off into a crowd,” said Horlick, who has been left frustrated since the theft occurred June 19 just after 2 p.m. It was the previous Friday that Evolution’s video surveillance caught a man with a limp walk into the store and begin texting his partner, a female, who enters

shortly after and begins distracting the attendant at the counter. “She kept saying she wanted to see kids’ bikes, she (the attendant) knows she’s supposed to stay up at the front, but she kept asking,” Horlick said. “You can see them signal each other. As she started moving to the back, he just grabbed the bike and ran.” What he stole, in about three minutes, was by far and away the most expensive bike in the store, a Cipollini RB100 road bike, handcrafted in Italy and weighing less than 15 pounds. He added the bike is the only high-grade carbon Cipollini like this anywhere. “We chose those colours. It literally doesn’t exist anywhere else on the planet,” he said, noting no one is yet sure how the lock was removed from the bike. Horlick also noted that he’s not completely sure what the man plans to do with the bike considering it has no cassette and the elec-

tronic shifters on the bike cannot be changed without a special tool. Since he sent out the video surveillance along with still pictures of the thief and his accomplice, Horlick has had a huge response; about one million hits and about one thousand shares and likes. Although not all the comments about the incident have been positive, Horlick said he’s been overwhelmed with the response as people have been rallying around the bike shop. “Some people have been leaving messages like, ‘Why did you leave it so close to the door?’ and stuff like that, but the majority have been positive,” he said. “We’ve had a huge response: we’ve even had some customers checking Kijiji to see if it’s being sold on there. It doesn’t make up for the loss. It’s a bittersweet feeling really.” The bitter aspect is more on the human side. Horlick said while he used to

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A Richmond Hill bike shop owner hopes police will catch the thief that made off with a handcrafted Cipollini bicycle valued at $15,000. treat customers with the utmost trust, he now keeps a keener eye on shoppers and requires a licence for those looking to leave the shop with a bike for a test ride. “It has made me more paranoid. I used to give everyone who came in the door the benefit of the doubt, but now we usually give people a second look,” he added. Horlick said one detail that really rankles him is the thief chose to target an independent shop. “I think they targeted us on purpose because we’re quiet. He didn’t

seem to care about the camera. He must have been thinking, ‘Oh these small indy shops will have no security’,” he said. “It was just luck of the draw. We had a rush at the time and I was in the back shop.” York Regional Police said the thieves are clearly professionals and asked anyone with information to contact them. For more information on the social media campaign to catch the thief, visit Evolution Cycles’ Facebook page.

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The individual in this position's main role is to fully support and develop the flower shop area by active participation in producing the floral shop arrangements, developing designs and creating displays(as well as retail store displays), wedding shop consultations and training apprentices. Also ordering product materials and ensuring that the floral shop area is fully staffed and maintains a clean and positive environment. In addition, this could lead to a supervisor/management position. Position available immediately.

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All positions require the ability to freely access all parts of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environments.

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PERMANENT PART-TIME CAR WASH/LOT PERSON Valid driver's license, clean record. An eye for detail. Nights & Saturdays. Suitable for student. Year round. 15795 Yonge St., Aurora (905)841-1400 millband@sterneacura.com

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The Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (TanenbaumCHAT) is a community Jewish high school with two locations in the GTA. We are seeking a part time library assistant (18 hours per week) at our Kimel Campus. Duties will include assisting with daily library operations, facility and equipment bookings, responding to student and staff requests, shelving books and helping with technology in the library. This person is also assigned to office duties in the school when the need arises. Candidate should be comfortable with multi tasking and have good customer service skills The position commences later August 2015. Submit your covering letter and resume to Zoe Shuman at zoe@tanenbaumchat.org Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto Kimel Family Education Centre Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus 9600 Bathurst Street Vaughan, ON, L6A 3Z8 website: www.tanenbaumchat.org Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

We are welcoming applicants for Summer operations from York Region and Scarborough POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Construction Crew Leaders & Members (2 yr Experience and min G Licence)

Carcone's Auto Recycling is one of the largest and most progressive automotive recycling facilities & wheel refinishers in Ontario. We are growing and have available, positions in the following area:

SANDER AND PREPPER

(2 positions available) (Wheel Refinishing Dept.) Duties will require sanding and preparing wheels for the painting process (Labour Position) training available. Please reply in writing to: Carcone's Auto Recycling 1030 Bloomington Rd., Aurora, Ontario L4G 3G8 or e-mail jobs@carcone.com fax 905-773-0482 or drop off your resume Attn: Oliver

Full Time GENERAL LABOURERS & MUSHROOM PICKERS for Sharon Mushroom Farm. Apply in person between 10am-3pm 20744 Kennedy Rd., Sharon

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Landscape Maintenance Crew Leaders & Crew Members (2 yr Experience and min G Licence)

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RECEPTIONIST Utility service provider is currently hiring for a Full Time Receptionist to join their growing team. Must work well in a high paced atmosphere and have the ability to multitask. Switch board experience an asset. Post-secondary education and/or relevant clerical experience. Excellent customer service/communication skills. Apply online: www.olameter.com or by email: employment@olameter.com

The Briars Golf Course is looking for a LINE COOK Must be available evenings and weekends. Experience is preferred but not required. Please forward resumes to lois@briarsgolf.com

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Established General Contractor working in the ICI sector seeks a permanent, full-time Site Superintendent for projects valued up to $5M. The successful candidate will be detail oriented with excellent communication skills. A minimum of 5 yrs. experience as a construction site superintendent is essential. Salary and benefit package. E-mail resume to: hr@constructionmgt.ca

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WATERFRONT, KESWICK, CANAL, 50' boat docks, renovated 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, brand new appliances, patio, 4 parking, beautiful sunset view on the lake. 350 meters to the lake. Immediately. $1790. 647-802-0089.

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People were drawn to Allison Zeppieri BY JEREMY GRIMALDI

jgrimaldi@yrmg.com

hen you entered a room with Allison Zeppieri in it, you knew it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had a very striking personality, not to mention her beauty,â&#x20AC;? her father, Frank, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People were just drawn to her. She was a charming young woman.â&#x20AC;? These were far from her only qualities, according to Frank, who further explained how sensitive, creative and caring she was with her family and friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was always writing letters, she was really great at expressing herself,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She loved people and she could laugh at herself, so people really loved her.â&#x20AC;? However, Frank noted with a chuckle, if you were to watch Allison playing hockey, you may never know any of that. Until the age of 13, Allison played with the boys and only began playing with girls teams in her teenage years. When on the ice, he said, she was both determined and intense. Relaying one story, he explained how during a game in Grade 8 while playing with boys, she would eventually become fed up with one player who would not stop taunting her. Although he said she managed to keep away from him most of the game, she finally had enough and body checked him so hard that he was left lying on the ice for five minutes. She was subsequently suspended for the rest of the season.

It was this intensity and her skill level that allowed Allison to get letters of intent for hockey scholarships from Ivy League universities, including Princeton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her coaches loved her, she would go out there and do anything they asked of her,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the end though, she just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really that into it all.â&#x20AC;? Frank said her real passion was art, explaining just how creative she was, searching for examples of her handwriting, which he said was flawless, a work of art in itself. These were just some of the qualities that more than 800 people turned up to celebrate at her funeral, which took place days after her passing on June 7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will remember her love and smile the most,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day was especially rough for me, this is something that will be with me for the rest of my life. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to lose any child. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very tough to accept, she had her whole future ahead of her.â&#x20AC;? Allison died after struggling with an eating disorder and the mental health issues she endured during the past several years. She died after complications relating to those disorders, according to Frank. He said he wanted to warn others of the dangers of eating disorders and urged parents to better understand what is going on with their children, noting that some trends can have fatal consequences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an important thing to be aware of and recognize,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You hear about it, but you

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Celebrate a life well lived!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;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.â&#x20AC;?

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of hockey teams including the Vaughan Flames, Vaughan Panthers, Aurora Panthers, Markham Stouffville Junior Stars and the University of Windsor womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s varsity hockey team. She also attended Roselawn Public School and was an honours student at Alexander Mackenzie 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.

High School in her hometown of Richmond Hill. Allison is also survived by her mother, Lucy, brother, James, and sisters, Michelle and Carolyn. Her father asks that any donations be granted to Mackenzie Health â&#x20AC;&#x201C; mental health unit.

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.POEBZ UP 'SJEBZ BN UP QN r r 5PMM 'SFF r 'BY r 'PS EFMJWFSZ RVFTUJPOT QMFBTF DPOUBDU Sandra Jordan Hunter (MacFarlane) 68, was born July 30, 1946 and died Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at the Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket following a courageous battle with cancer. She leaves her son Darren McKay, his wife Stephanie and their 2 kids, Madalyn and Brayden of Newmarket, her son Kevin McKay of Newmarket, her son Jeffrey McKay, his wife Jennifer and their 3 kids, Marshall, Miles and Maya of Aurora, her son Michael McKay, his wife Milica and their two kids Christopher and Nicholas of Bradford; her common law husband Jim Boagey of Bradford; her brother Lorne MacFarlane and his wife Pearl of Dartmouth, N.S, her brother John MacFarlane of Charlottetown, PEI; her sister-in-law Lei MacFarlane of Toronto, her brother-in-law Bill Barrow of Algonquin Highlands; and many nieces, nephews and close friends. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by brothers Bill, Brian and Donald (in infancy) and a sister Audrey Barrow and sister-in-law Jean MacFarlane. Born and raised in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the daughter of Smith and Ruth MacFarlane, she moved to Ontario in the 1960's and became a long time resident of Aurora. In her early years, Sandra would help work on the family's farm in Prince Edward Island before coming to Ontario. Upon arriving in Ontario, she studied to become a hairdresser and opened her own shop in Aurora in the early 1970's. Sandra continued her hair dressing career until 1999 and maintained close friendships with many of her customers long after her career ended. Sandra was a single mother who devoted her life to her four children and later her grandchildren. She was an avid reader who also loved to play cards, work in her gardens and spend time with family. If so desired, donations in her honour can be made to The Stronach Regional Cancer Centre in Newmarket or the charity of your choice. Arrangements were under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home, 905-727-5421, www.thompsonfh-aurora.com GILLHAM, Catherine Anne November 25, 1966 to June 26, 2015. Catherine passed away at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket. She leaves her parents Heather and Jack Gillham (Newmarket), her sister S u s a n S c a r l e tt ( A l c o n a ) a n d h e r nieces Jocelyn and Tara and her nephew Dalton. She will be fondly remembered by her Aunt Betty Nicholson (Larry) and Uncle Alan Huston, her godparents Lynn and Clarke Edward and their families and her special friends Judy and Bob Poulton. A celebration of her life will be held on S a t u r d a y, J u l y 4 , 2 0 1 5 a t t h e Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main Street South, Newmarket, Ontario. The family will meet friends from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the memorial service in the chapel at 11:00 a.m. We wish to express our thanks to Father Gordon Sheppard and Pastor Pam Trondson of St. Paul's, Newmarket for their prayers and support, the staff at Eagle Terrace, and the doctors and nurses at Southlake for their compassionate care. In lieu of flowers, a donation to St. Paul's Anglican Church, Newmarket or the Southlake Regional Health Centre in Catherine's name would be appreciated.

KELLY, Leonard Francis At Newmarket's Southlake Regional Health Center on Sunday, June 28th 2015; in his 76th year. Frank Kelly, beloved husband of the late Linda Kelly of Aurora. Loving father of Lisa and Ryan both of Toronto, Lindsay of Nottingham, UK; stepfather of Ross Thompson of P e f f e r l a w, R o g e r T h o m p s o n o f Calgary and Mathew Thompson of Saskatoon. Grandfather to Julian and Frances; Eva, Anna, Indica, Nolan and Rooney. Dear brother of Marie of Newmarket, Charles of Orillia and Corinne of Aurora. Frank's greatest joys were his love of music and his grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Columbkille's Roman Catholic Church, 4993 Highway 12 East, Uptergrove, on Thursday (today), July 2nd, 2015 at 11 a.m. Interment; St. Columbkille's Cemetery, Uptergrove. If desired, memorial donations to the Alzheimer's Society Canada would be greatly appreciated. Messages of condolence are welcomed at www.mundellfuneralhome.com

DUKELOW, Charles Douglas

Passed away at his home in Innisfil with family by his side on Saturday, June 27th, 2015. Douglas Dukelow in his 65th year was the beloved husband of Carol. Loving father of Stacey St. Croix (Dale), Jeanine, Derek and step-father of John Van Scheyndel (Teresa). Dear grandfather of Makayla, Nathan, Grayson, Bennett and Melynda. Survived by his mother Helen (the late Douglas). Brother of Ruth, Susan (Rick), Gary, Ron, Lisa (Steve) and the late Tom. Douglas will be sadly missed by his many nieces, nephews and friends. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at the Spoke (Main Street, Sandycove Acres) on Sunday, July 5th, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. A s a n e x p r e s s i o n o f s y m p a t h y, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation through the INNISFIL FUNERAL HOME, 7910 Yonge Street (Stroud) (705) 431-1717. Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.innisfilfuneralhome.ca HENRIQUES, Gertrudes De Jesus Passed away peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre on Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 79 years of age. Loving wife of the late Agostinho Pestana. Beloved mother of Marisol Canivet (the late David), Marlene, Agustin (Rosa Elena) and the late Silvia. Proud grandmother of Efraim, Xavier, Andrea, Daniel, Benjamin and the late David. Sister of Concepcion, Sebastian, Francisco, Alzerina Abreu. Daughter of the late Francisco and Gabriela Henriques. Visitation will be held at Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main Street South, Newmarket on Thursday, July 2nd from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass at St. John Chrysostom Church, 432 Ontario Street, Newmarket on Friday, July 3rd at 11 a.m. Interment at St. John's Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Southlake Regional Health Centre. On-line condolences at www.roadhouseandrose.com

COCKING, Philip

Passed away in his 87th year on F r i d a y, J u n e 2 6 , 2 0 1 5 a t R o y a l Victoria Hospital, Barrie. Beloved husband of Denise and the late Iris. Dear father of Michael (America), Malcolm (Barbara), Jean, Gary (Jane) and Denise's children Carina (Danny Jones) and Doreen (Andrew Wallen) and their families. Philip will be lovingly remembered by his many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Visitation will be held in the W. John Thomas Funeral Home, 244 Victoria St. E., Alliston from 7-9 p.m. on T h u r s d a y, J u l y 2 , 2 0 1 5 . F u n e r a l service will be held in the chapel on F r i d a y, J u l y 3 , 2 0 1 5 a t 11 a . m . Interment Alliston Union Cemetery. If desired, donations made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. www.thomasfuneralhome.ca 705-435-5101

David Pringle

In Memory of a Special Dad

I'm holding back the tears today remembering anew those wonderful and precious years spent happily with you And I can't think of anything I wouldn't give to see that loveable familiar face that meant so much to me Just to spend a day with you and laugh with you again for since you've been gone Dad life's never been the same

JOHN G. TENNANT December 29, 1980 ~ July 4, 2011

Memories are like leaves of gold They never tarnish or grow old Locked in our hearts You will always be Loved and remembered For all eternity Forever missed by Melanie, Mom, Dad, Bryan, Lauryn, Owen, Irene, Mike, Chrissy and Wicket

In Loving Memory

Lorraine Jacqueline Wilkes April 27, 1942 - July 5, 2010

Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Sister-in-law, Mother-in-law and Special Friend. Five years ago we lost a very special person. Someone who gave much more to others than to herself. Not a day goes by that we don't miss Lorraine's smile, her kind gestures, her compassion and her unwavering interest in our lives. She will be forever in our hearts.

Angela

Barry, Tracey (Peter), Bob (Eileen), Warren (Liana), Delores and her loving grandchildren

David Pringle

Loving father, David Pringle

1947- 2000 In loving memory of my Husband Dave Thinking of you with Smiles, Laughter and Tears. My love for you will Live in my heart forever Loves greatest gift Is rememberance

Forever loved and missed Val

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June 15, 1947 - July 5, 2000

There is always a face before me, A voice I would love to hear, A smile I will always remember, Of a father I loved so dear. Deep in my heart lies a picture, More precious than silver or gold, It's a picture of my father, Whose memory will never grow old.

Dearly missed by daughter Carla and grandchildren, David, Grace and Adam

Garrett John Robert Styles July 3, 1978 - June 28, 2011 Blessed are the Peacemakers for they shall be known as the children of God

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