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‘Canada a dream’ say grateful Syrian families

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“You are good people. Good people!”

Yasin can’t speak English yet, but this is one message he can make understood.

The rest is obvious from his body language — his smile and tears, the locking of eyes, clutching of hands and gripping, silent hugs.

This father and grandfather — finally safe and surrounded by some, not all, of his family — is overwhelmed with gratitude and he wants Richmond Hill and all of Canada to know.

It is pandemonium right now in the family dining room of the Richmond Hill Barry home, with three Syrian refugee families — grandparents, two sets of young parents, six children under 10 and several Canadian host families — all laughing, crying, playing and chattering in English and Arabic.

Yasin sits in the middle, absorbing the bittersweet goodness of it all, and occasionally, breaking down in quiet tears.

Jim Barry, whose home this is, places his arm around him and the two older men share a quiet moment of understanding. ***** They weren’t entirely sure what they were getting into when they signed on for this adventure, but a group of Richmond Hill residents, friends and family knew

one thing: they were all in — and it was time to act.

“I knew I just couldn’t walk away from this. I can’t not do it.”

Frances Barry heard the calls for help for refugees, realized it was the perfect juxtaposition of “need, desire and opportunity” and quickly got to work gathering a group of engaged and dynamic people to fundraise the $35,000 for a family fleeing war-torn Syria.

Working with non-profit Humanity First, the group learned their sponsorship would be fasttracked to bring extended family to the area as support for a mom and five kids newly arrived in nearby Unionville.

On Monday night, it all came together, with three families reuniting and joining the mother who arrived here last month.

And now they are here in her parents, Jim and Mary Barry’s, Richmond Hill home, discovering Canada and rediscovering each other again after untold trauma in their beleaguered homeland.

Frances has just put in a 12-hour night nursing shift at the Hospital for Sick Children, but it doesn’t seem to slow her down as she helps chauffeur the newcomers to appointments at the local STAFF PHOTO/STEVE SOMERVILLE Welcome Centre.

Her parents have opened their home to one of the families — a Yasin, right, fights to control his emotions and convey to host Jim Barry, mom, dad, two young girls and a whose family has taken in Yasin’s extended family from Syria, how grateful baby boy. he is for their warm welcome to Richmond Hill and Canada. At his first See EVEN LOCAL, page 16.

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360Kids director knows homelessness from painful family experience

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With the wind chill making it feel about -10C, Cassandra Vink was relieved to hear the homeless man she met on the streets of Richmond Hill had a warm, if only makeshift, place to sleep.

The Richmond Hill woman was one of 109 volunteers who spread out across York Region one night this month to count as many people in shelters and living outside as they could find.

The “point in time” count, overseen by the United Way of Toronto and York Region, was the first time the initiative has been held in the region. To make sure they didn’t bias the results by skipping anyone, the volunteers asked everyone they met whether they were homeless and then carried on with a more in-depth, 20-question survey with those who identified themselves as having no permanent home.

Results of the survey are expected to be released in the spring and will be used to improve services.

Preliminary results indicate there are people who are homeless in communities across the region, Pedro Barata, the United Way’s vice-president of communications, said.

“We certainly found people along the continuum of homelessness, from people who were sleeping on the streets, to people in temporary shelters, violence against women shelters, youth shelters and transitional housing,” he said, volunteering at a field office at The Link in Sutton.

The other field offices were at the Canadian Mental Health Association in Aurora, the Centennial Community Centre in Markham, the Newmarket Community Centre and the McConaghy Seniors’ Centre in Richmond Hill.

“We do have a challenge in our region. There clearly are a significant number of people who are homeless.”

The man Vink met said he had permission to sleep in a store. An independent consultant who researches policy on homelessness and poverty issues, Vink said she was moved by the man’s plight, although he appeared to be “coping.”

“I think it’s still somewhat eye-opening that there are people who aren’t living in housing or a shelter who are just trying to cope on their own.”

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For the first time in a very long time, the Braithwaite family — including daughter Jill — gathered together for Christmas last December.

It was a healing of sorts for Jill, 45, and a sign that she is on the road to recovery after a long and difficult journey that severed family ties.

Another sign of recovery: she is prepared now to speak out about her years on the street to help her brother Michael’s mission as one of the leading crusaders for homeless youth.

“I’m incredibly proud of him. He works so hard to help people, fights for people who need help,” says Jill, referring to her brother’s role as executive director of 360Kids, based in Richmond Hill.

“He didn’t know about the stuff I went through. We weren’t the closest of siblings and when I left home, I lost contact.”

Now she is sharing details of how she survived those tough years, because she wants people to know, “you don’t always know what’s going on in a kid’s life. People who think only the poor are homeless are wrong.

It’s not true.”

There are many reasons a teen can hit the streets, she says. Life is complicated.

“It’s not just simple rebelliousness. They may be going through things and too scared to say anything, not knowing what to do ... confused and conflicted and very scared.”

She has been there.

Jill left her St. Catharines family home at the age of 13.

She says she didn’t get along with her mother, but there were other issues. When she was 7, she was molested by a male babysitter; a family member assaulted her for years and at age 16 she was assaulted again.

Michael Braithwaite She bounced back and forth between home and friends, sleeping in a park at times, for a while in a group home.

“I’d just go wherever I could, stay wherever I could and go to the YMCA for a shower in the morning.”

One night, at 16, she had used up her options and had nowhere to go.

She walked to the local beach where she thought she might find her boyfriend, but he was not to be found.

“I kept calling on the payphone until I ran out of money.

This man came with his dog and offered his phone and I went with him.”

She blames herself for what happened next.

“I should have known. I trusted him, he seemed nice and I just wanted to find my boyfriend.”

It was a low point, but there were many more difficult years ahead of her as a single mother of two with health challenges and money troubles.

Now she is living in rural Ontario and life is better. Those traumatic early years left her feeling “emotionally abused”, damaged in some ways, but stronger in others.

“It made me resilient. I’m more knowledgeable about how to take care of myself

when things get really bad. It gave me insight into the big wide world.”

Today, she can’t turn away from those who need help.

“No matter what position I’m in financially, I have to help someone, if it’s to give them a sandwich or a drink, young or old.

“I just wish people would be more kind and caring to people on the streets. Don’t assume the worst about them or that it’s drugs or alcohol.

If they do have those issues, maybe something happened in their life you don’t know about. Reach out if you can.

Some of these kids need that.”

“Jill is in a stable place now, a brave and courageous place,” says Michael, her brother and one of York Region’s leading voices to end youth homelessness.

‘She spent a lot of time living in run-down places ... with bedbugs and landlords who were neglectful.’

“She spent a lot of time living in run-down places not suitable for any person, with bedbugs and landlords who were neglectful. It shows how the cycle gets started.”

Studies show that if intervention doesn’t happen within the first two years, a homeless youth is more likely to be homeless for life, he says.

“There is just a short window of opportunity before the kid starts to think this is normal.”

The best approach is a proactive one, connecting with kids who have fragile relationships with their parents before they land on the street, he says.

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His sister’s story is an example of how homelessness isn’t always what we think it is.

“There are kids out there who have no business being homeless. There’s no mental health issues or addictions, but other factors.”

He tells of one youth recently whose parent accidentally saw his text about coming out as transgender — a great kid at school who now can’t go home.

Others face cultural clashes, battles over arranged marriages, “there’s all sorts of paths to homelessness ... It could happen to anyone, anywhere, any family, any income level.

“Somehow [Jill] fell through the cracks and no one at that time knew what to do.”

Society is better now at recognizing issues such as mental health and there are services available, he says.

“I believe life would have been different for her if 360Kids had been around back then. All it takes sometimes is someone younger to listen, to make kids feel like they matter.”

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She discovered a homeless man who said he has permission to sleep in a store.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Let’s celebrate cultural acceptance

‘Disingenuous’ hijab story misleading

Re: Lifting the veil on wearing the hijab, Jan. 14.

What stands out in this article is that when reporter Kim Zarzour ventured out wearing a hijab, nothing happened.

At Hillcrest Mall and in northern York Region at Upper Canada Mall, it was a nonevent.

She writes, “I don’t see anyone else wearing a hijab, but no one is staring.”

No, not even staring.

When she tells a salesman in one of the malls of her experiment, his response is a shrug and the words, “Doesn’t make any difference to me. I treat everyone the same.”

Source Hena Malik herself says: “We Canadians are really accepting of different faiths and cultures.”

It seems Ms Zarzour did not find the story she was looking for. She did not find it because it does not exist — a fact we should all celebrate.

Re: Lifting the veil on wearing the hijab, Jan. 14.

I was profoundly dismayed by this article, plus a picture of reporter Kim Zarzour, a nonMuslim, wearing a hijab — a full page, no less, disingenuous article on the virtues of wearing of a hijab.

It was so much an in-yourface picture and article.

For starters, let’s clarify once and for all that wearing a hijab is NOT a religious practice, but a cultural one, propagated by a patriarchal society — so state many enlightened scholars of Islam.

The article spins a positive narrative and is just one of many misleading ways in which the media and special interest groups promote the idea that women wearing a hijab have freedom and that it’s a personal choice.

Not being blinded by political correctness, this “piece of fabric” to me and millions of others around the globe, is a symbol of forced marriages, honour-based attacks, complete submission to men — all of which can be found in Sharia law.

This “lifting the veil” article and the whole JeSuisHijabi campaign is nothing more than a Muslim agenda promoting an ideology of Islamism in Western countries.

The reporter should read Asra Nomani and Hala Arafa’s Don’t Walk a Mile in Her Hijab for a better understanding of how the media is being duped into spreading misleading interpretations of the hijab.

I quote directly from them: “hijab literally means ‘curtain’ in Arabic. It also means ‘hiding’, ‘obstructing’ and ‘isolating’ someone. It is never used in the Qur’an to mean headscarf.”

It’s really disconcerting also to read how so many schools are promoting the so-called understanding of Islam and where Christian school administrators allow non-Muslim students to wear a hijab for a day.

In all fairness, can you imag-

Miriam Margel Thornhill

Respect our customs Re: Lifting the veil on wearing the hijab, Jan. 14.

I have lived for almost 30 years in Richmond Hill and for the first time am surprised to read an article like this in our Christian community.

This could be the first steps to brainwash our girls or attract innocent girls to a conflictive world.

Our Occidental women don’t have to hide themselves behind a veil: first because to be a woman is not a shame, and because men here don’t think women are private property.

Why don’t they keep their customs to themselves?

They should respect and follow the traditions of the country that is giving them security, peace and lodging.

We are not going to their countries trying to implement our Christian beliefs.

Silu Otivar Richmond Hill

Don’t fan flames of racism

ine if the reverse happened and Muslim students were asked to learn about Christianity and perform religious rituals? All hell would break loose because it would be deemed against the law.

Enough already of this ideological platform of hijabs and whatnot.

comments which make people close their minds to what you are advocating.

By the way, the fashion houses will cater to anybody who has money and it does not matter to them what religion/ culture it is.

Lourdes Heinzle Richmond Hill

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Nasty letter comment unnecessary Re: Story, hijab campaign ‘commendable’, letter by Raza Kara, Jan. 21.

I read the story on the hijab campaign and like Raza Kara, found the campaign commendable.

However, I would like to point out to Raza Kara that in lauding the campaign, he/she may have destroyed the campaign’s good efforts for people to accept the hijab with the comment “unlike their western counterparts, does not allow herself to be sexualized, exploited and tossed around like a sex toy to be abused physically and then left out in the wilderness”.

There is never any need to make nasty comments about a culture you do not understand.

This is precisely the kind of

I don’t feel ‘exploited’

Re: Story, hijab campaign commendable, letter by Raza Kara, Jan. 21.

Where does one begin to even answer a letter that virtually chastises ALL Western women as being exploited and used as a sex toy. Give me a break!

This letter stinks of hypocrisy and racism at its finest.

I am deeply offended that because my wife does not wear a hijab, the letter writer so callously condemns her, and then me, as a misogynist and shallow Western husband.

Wearing religious articles of faith does not make a person better or worse; I have seen many religious hypocrites of all faiths.

Taking a veil off of the wearing of a hijab is a good education for all; but generalizing how it protects and shows a woman’s virtue is not.

Please try to be part of a solution to make this world a better place, instead of fanning the flames of racism.

Erle Snobel Richmond Hill

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Re: Story, hijab campaign commendable, letter by Raza Kara, Jan. 21.

It was nice to invite residents to experience the hijab, but I am a Western woman who enjoys my Western values and I personally would not like to wear a hijab in 90 degree heat.

Nor do I feel “exploited and tossed around like a sex toy to be abused physically and then left in the wilderness”.

I also don’t feel I have to prove or show my purity and chastity by wearing a hijab.

I’m quite happy having my hair blow in the wind and feeling FREE. I already know I am pure and chaste.

While I’m writing this letter, I’m listening to Tom Petty’s song “I won’t back down”.

Enjoy your hijab, I don’t.

Re: First newsletter ‘misleading,’ letter by Derek Christie, Jan. 14.

Since the spring of 2015, I have emailed Councillor Muench at least three times about a newsletter. Each time he said he was in the preliminary stages of producing one.

His email responses to me were focused on door-to-door mail and the O Canada issue at council meetings (including the mysterious survey Mr. Christie refers to in his letter to the editor).

The councillor for Ward 5 emails a newsletter every two weeks to her constituents with detailed updates on various issues. When I asked Mr. Muench about doing something similar, he told me there was no town policy to allow for that.

By the way, I live in Ward 2, but, to date, I didn’t get Mr. Muench’s newsletter.

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The York Region District School Board invites applications for membership on the Board’s Equity and Inclusivity Advisory Committee.The Committee advises and supports the Board in fulfilling its commitment to ensuring that schools and workplaces are equitable and inclusive places to learn and work.

By Jeremy Grimaldi

The current term of office will commence on March 2, 2016 and end on November 30, 2018. Members are expected to attend between four and six meetings each year at the Education Centre in Aurora.

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The waste combustion process produces steam to generate electricity that will be sold to the provincial grid as energy.

DURHAM YORK ENERGY CENTRE INFORMATION SESSION Thursday, February 4, 2016, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Durham York Energy Centre Visitor’s Centre 1835 Energy Drive, Municipality of Clarington, ON The session will include: •

Updates on the design, construction and operation of the Durham York Energy Centre, provided by Covanta Energy Corp.

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Six men — one who is 16 — have come forward to police complaining of a “sextortion” scheme where what appears to be an organized group is attempting to extract thousands of dollars from unsuspecting males.

Just in the last three months, police have heard about two York Region men handing over as much as $750 to women, whose modus operandi appears to be almost identical in Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Markham and King incidents.

During the first reported incident, in November 2015, a 16-year-old from Richmond Hill received a Facebook request by an unknown and attractive female, which led to chatting over social media.

Once the pair began their interaction, it would eventually escalate, on her suggestion, to Skype video chat.

When he opened the application, the complainant said the girl was already naked before the pair engaged in sexual behaviour via video.

After it was over, the boy received a message asking for $3,000, under the threat that the video would be forwarded to his friends and family.

Instead, he reported it to police.

This scenario would play itself out another four times in November 2015 and again, only days ago, on Jan. 18.

During this interaction, a 21-yearold man from Richmond Hill wired $250 to the extortionist, after a request for $5,000 was made.

A 46-year-old Newmarket man also paid out $500 in November.

The only known case where a video was posted, occurred late last year when one of the women sent a 29-year-old Markham man a YouTube video of himself engaging in sexual activity before requesting money.

Police said the women do appear to be real and may originate in the Philippines, although this has not been proven.

In one case, police said the woman apologized to the man before admitting the only reason she was engaging in the activity was to support a sick relative.

“You need to know who you are talking to,” Const. Laura Nicolle said.

“You can record almost anything these days, so you have to be really careful.”

Nicolle said the investigation up to this point has turned up little evidence as to the organization that appears to be carrying out the extortion.

On top of advising people to cover webcams when they’re not in use and not provide personal information or details, Nicolle added that anytime you wire money to someone, it’s almost impossible to retrieve.

Anyone with information should call York police corporate communications at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 2664.

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Bring your ideas for Lake Wilcox Park youth area

booths where youths can stop by and share their input: • Thursday, Feb. 4 from 4-7 p.m. at Central Library, 1 Atkinson St., Richmond Hill, or • Saturday, Feb. 6, during the afternoon at the Winter Carnival at Mill Pond, Trench and Mill streets.

The Interactive Skatepark Design Workshop will be held Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 6-8 p.m. at Oak Ridges Community Centre, 12895 Bayview Ave., in Oak Ridges. Come and brainstorm design ideas and work alongside skatepark designers.

Construction of the youth area is slated for 2017, pending budget approval.

The Town of Richmond Hill is in the process of creating a unique space for youth (ages 13 to 19) at the south end of Lake Wilcox Park.

It is expected to include a skatepark, four beach volleyball courts, two multi-use courts for basketball, soccer and ball hockey, space for a natural skating rink, WiFi access and space to hang out and socialize.

Richmond Hill youth are invited to provide input on what the park should look and feel like, as well as how they envision themselves using the park, by attending a public drop-in consultation or the skatepark design workshop.

There will be two drop-in consultation

For more information, contact John Tiberio, project manager at 905-747-6389 or john.tiberio@richmondhill.ca

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Your input ‘crucial’ on service levels, taxes It’s budget time in Richmond Hill and for the 2016 operating budget, we’ve introduced a new interactive tool that lets you see how spending choices can affect service levels and your tax bill. You can find it at RichmondHill.ca/Budget.

You might be wondering why we added this new survey tool?

Each year we look for new ways to share information and engage residents on budget decisions. It’s important for us to hear what’s important to you, especially when it comes to the services we provide.

When council debates the budget, we make decisions based on what Richmond Hill needs and what residents want, both now and for the future. This new tool makes it easy and convenient for you to participate and share your thoughts.

Just like your own household budget, we can’t afford to do everything at once. We prioritize spending and continued feedback from residents is crucial as we make

Mayor Dave Barrow those decisions.

Once approved, the operating budget is used to pay for services such as road maintenance and snow clearing, fire rescue and prevention, pools and community centres, parks maintenance, waste and recycling collection, bylaw enforcement and libraries.

The citizen budget online survey tool will ask you about each of these core services, including how important each is and whether you would increase, decrease or maintain service levels.

All citizen budget responses received by Feb. 12 will be tabulated and shared with council as we continue to

consider the 2016 budget.

The discussions will take place at budget committee of the whole meetings, which are open to the public and also livestreamed at RichmondHill.ca/Meetings.

The meetings take place from the end of January through February and all the dates are published online and on our Bulletin Board pages in The Liberal newspaper.

All of the budget materials are also posted online at RichmondHill.ca/Budget.

In addition to the citizen budget tool, there are other ways to have your say on the budget. You can speak to council at a budget meeting, call your ward councillor or email budget@richmondhill. ca with your questions and comments.

I encourage you to take a few minutes of your time and complete the citizen budget survey and take the time to learn about the town’s budget and upcoming discussions.

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Largest elementary school hockey tourney part of carnival One of the largest elementary school hockey tournaments in Ontario is taking place in local arenas.

The Richmond Hill Winter Carnival Elementary School Hockey Tournament features 25 teams playing over six days prior to the Feb. 5 to 7 carnival.

There will be 13 junior teams (grades 5 and 6) and 12 senior teams (grades 7 to 8) teams playing in a number of arenas. Each school team plays a minimum of three games.

Just like the actual winter carnival, run by volunteer carnival committee members, the hockey tournament games are also organized and run by volunteers.

Organizers hope if the weather and ice conditions permit, both the junior and senior finals, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. respectively, will be played on the Mill Pond ice surface on

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Kicking off the Elementary School Hockey Tournament, part of Richmond Hill’s Winter Carnival, are Our Lady of Hope Hawks captain Julian DiNunno (from left), carnival mascot Ookpik, Mayor Dave Barrow, Regional Councillor Brenda Hogg and St. Mary Immaculate Stars captain Richard Hamawi taking part in the ceremonial faceoff.

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“Over the past several years that I have been involved with the Winter Carnival,” says Michèle Bussières, chairperson of the winter carvinal, “I have been very impressed with the enthusiasm and spirit of fun the teams bring to the event. We now have fathers attending the games who remember playing in the finals when they were in elementary school and who are so pleased a community event such as this has been sustained all these years.”

The games began with a ceremonial puckdrop on Friday at Tom Graham Arena.

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Afternoon commuting times worsen: study

BY LISA QUEEN

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As if anyone had to tell you,

your commute times are getting longer, according to the latest Ministry of Transportation travel

time study.

In particular, you’re spending more time in your car during the

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afternoon rush hour trying to get where you’re going, the study said.

“Focusing on the a.m. peak period, it’s no wonder our corridors down in the southern municipalities are congested. We know that they’re congested and that is reflected in the incremental travel time it’s taking to go through these areas,” Stephen Collins, York Region’s director of infrastructure management and the project management office, told a committee meeting.

“The p.m. period is actually worse than the a.m. period. The (road) network is more congested and there is more delay during that p.m. peak period.”

The study details commuter travel times on roads and highways in the Greater Toronto Area in 2014.

Although the study is conducted every two years, York didn’t participate in the 2012 evaluation because the region believed significant road construction, especially in the Hwy. 7 and Yonge Street corridors, would unfairly skew the results, Collins said.

York’s 2014 results show travel times are getting longer compared to the 2010 results.

During the morning rush, it is now taking commuters on many regional roads and highways in the

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region twice as long to get to work or other destinations compared to off-peak times.

Vehicles are travelling at about 30 km/h rather than the posted 60 km/h speed limit on those congested roads, the study said.

In the afternoon peak period, travel speed was reduced by almost 70 per cent, with many commuters inching homewards at about 20 km/h.

Some of York’s slowest moving roads during the morning commute are: • Keele Street southbound from Langstaff Road to Hwy. 7 • Centre Street westbound from Dufferin Street to Hwy. 7 • Yonge Street southbound from Hwy. 7 to Steeles Avenue • Hwy. 7 westbound and eastbound between Woodbine Avenue and Leslie Street.

Some of the slowest moving roads during the evening peak period are: • Leslie northbound from Hwy. 407 to 16th • Rutherford westbound from Keele to Weston Road • Keele southbound from Langstaff to Hwy. 7 • Hwy. 7 eastbound from Woodbine to Kennedy and Hwy. 7 westbound from Woodbine to Leslie

For more photos of opening day excitement, go to yorkregion.com

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Customers were so keen to get in to Richmond Hill’s re-opening Value Village store last Thursday, they lined up in chilly temperatures before 9 a.m., waiting for the doors to open.

The Value Village Thrift Store at Yonge and Oxford has been closed for almost a year for a facelift and expansion.

“We’ve been working incredibly hard to prepare the store during this re-opening period and can’t wait to show off our new look and retail experience to the Richmond Hill community again,” said Jacob Omorodion, Value Village store manager.

“Although it’s a new look inside, we will still provide our customers with unbelievable deals and take great pride in supporting our nonprofit partners and doing our part in protecting

the environment.”

In addition to showing off its updated retail floor, the store celebrated its continued partnership with The Kidney Foundation of Canada during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Value Village is a thrift superstore chain with more than 330 locations across North America.

As a result of its commitment to improving lives through the power of reuse, Value Village has a longstanding partnership with The Kidney Foundation in the Richmond Hill area.

The store is open seven days a week. For more information, call the store at 905-737-7444 or visit www.valuevillage.com For more on the Kidney Foundation and making donations or requesting pick-up, call 1-800-414-3484 or visit www.KidneyClothes.ca

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Keen customers flock to Value Village re-opening

Eager shoppers crowd through the front doors of the re-opening Value Village thrift store, eager to check out the renovated store and snap up deals.

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Director and conductor Richard Heinzle leads a rehearsal last weekend of some of the eight different community choirs to perform this Saturday at Richmond Hill Christian Community Church.

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Eight choirs sign together at Choral Bonanza If you enjoy listening to choirs lifting up their voices together in song, get your ticket soon for this weekend’s Choral Bonanza in Richmond Hill.

Eight choirs will be performing individually, and then together in one giant mass choir of 250 voices this Saturday, Jan. 30 at Richmond Hill Christian Community Church.

The music starts at 6:30 p.m. and the concert features the following groups from across York Region: Aurora Evergreen Choir, Doncrest Public School Choir, McConaghy Choir of Richmond Hill,

Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church choir, North York Temple Songsters, Sri Lanka Toronto Choir, Upper Canada Chordsmen Chorus and Voices of Joy from Newmarket.

In past years, this multi-choir concert took place at the downtown Richmond Hill theatre, but this year moves to Richmond Hill Christian Community Church, 9670 Bayview Ave., and is produced by Richmond Hill Northern Harmony.

Tickets are $20 per person, free to students and are available from each of the participating choirs or by calling 905-7731474.

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Furry friends help students combat exam time stress

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Need help studying for exams? All stressed out?

Brock, Maddie and Dexter might be able to help. So, too, could Smiley, Tucker, Boss or Pal. Your study notes might get a little furry, but your mind will be a lot less foggy with their unique brand of canine counselling.

Therapy dogs are starting to work their magic among stressed-out students across York Region.

The first lucky teens were hitting the books at Richmond Hill Public Library’s central branch Monday night when Brock the Golden Retriever, Maddie, the Portuguese Water Dog and Dexter, a Border Collie mix, trotted in.

“Research shows it does de-stress and leaves people with good thoughts after time with dogs,” said Bob Darlington, coordinator with St. John Ambulance York Region. One study, for example, published in the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, found that spending time with a trained pet therapy animal resulted in decreases in self-reported anxiety and loneliness among college students.

Library spokesperson Ivy Cuervo said the library invited the dogs as part of an effort to support high school students, that also includes extended library hours during exams.

“There is a lot of pressure to do well on tests,” she said. “We’ve also done a similar program for young children during story time that is always highly popular. Plus, they’re so cuddly, who can resist?”

Marion McLean, an assistant coordinator with St. John’s therapy dogs Aurora-Newmarket, who participated in this week’s library program, says the “warm fuzzy feeling” helps defog the brain.

“Dogs respond to touch, especially certain breeds. They relax themselves, sprawl on the floor and say ‘rub my belly’. It is a distraction, gets students out of their heads and what they

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Brock, the Golden Retriever, really enjoys the attention given by Richmond Green SS student Ali Arya and Jean Vanier’s Marc Touma. were thinking about at the time.”

Therapy dogs have been comforting hospital patients and nursing home residents for several years and McLean has witnessed the benefit first-hand.

One patient with Parkinsons noticed her tremors were greatly reduced after petting a therapy dog.

“She said it worked better than her medications.”

This week’s library visit was the first of several such visits planned by the York Region organization.

Therapy dogs are being scheduled for more de-stress visits during the year-end exams at the library, as well as Newmarket High School, Aurora High School, Langstaff Secondary in Richmond Hill and Father Bressani Catholic High in Woodbridge, Darlington says, along with students at York University.

To learn more, or to inquire about volunteering as a therapy dog provider, visit the St. John Ambulance website at sja.ca

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The suspect is described as a black male, about 25 to 30 years old, five-feet, six-inches tall, with black hair.

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Every day, they host at least 14 people for lunch and dinner: the Barry’s sponsored family, a sibling family of four (living a block away with a man whose wife recently passed away; he had space to spare, but no ability to cook for them) along with the Barry’s own family.

It was all charades and miming until someone discovered Google Translate.

Now they keep the app running on an iPad at all times, Jim says.

The kids seem to communicate with each other more easily, slipping into the universal language of play at the Mill Pond Park. The snow has them enthralled, five-yearold Amira especially. She has fallen in love with her new snow pants and hates to take them off.

“This feels like a new life for me,” Mary says, “a whole new beginning.”

As he drives them around town, Jim points out the names of things. They saw a bulldozer parked outside the No Frills plaza and Mohamed (one of the young fathers) leaped out of the car with excitement, asking for the English words. He was a bulldozer operator back home.

Another group from this extended family is living in a Stouffville home. It’s all temporary, though. Within a few weeks, they hope to be settled in apartments in Richmond Hill close to each other.

On the table, plates are filled with dates and olives and an aromatic stew on rice, all halal food prepared by the “good people” of Richmond Hill and beyond, based on recipes they gleaned from syriancooking.com.

WELL-WISHERS ARRIVE A steady stream of wellwishers arrives on the doorstep laden with gifts and homemade meals. Bob Lato, a retired ESL teacher, brings material to help the family learn new words; soup comes with Izhar and Jane Haque.

They are struck by how unconditionally these newcomers have been welcomed here, and how trusting they are with their futures.

Brigeen Tracy, another member of the sponsoring team, sits cross-legged on the floor with two of the younger children as they open books she purchased for them, part

of a box full of gifts she has delivered with fruit, hummus and a big batch of soup cooked up by her father.

In the busy kitchen, the Barry fridge has started making strange new noises. They call Karl and Sons Appliances, a local repairman. He rushes to the rescue, fixes the problem and leaves without accepting payment.

This kind of generosity surprises them all.

The community has stepped up to offer housing, open bank accounts, set up doctor appointments and introduce the newcomers to Canadian grocery shopping.

The team put out a call for highchairs and three appeared on the driveway that day. When the Barrys realized they no longer had children’s books, a collection appeared at their front door, donated by Covernotes.

Frances hoped this experience would show her children that the world is bigger than Richmond Hill and is full of good people. It appears to have worked.

JUST TWO SUITCASES Her daughter Kathleen, 12, imagines what it would be like, leaving home with all her family’s belongings packed into two suitcases. It is hard to fathom, she says.

She has been talking with one of the young fathers, hearing about how he was shot, looked at pictures he brought on a memory stick from life back in Syria and Turkey.

“They’re very happy people, even though they have been through so much.”

Through a translator, Mohamed says he is still haunted by flashbacks. He tries to smile, but can’t block the images of those he loves who remain in “very bad life, still suffering.”

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Private sponsors are still seeking rental accommodation for this extended family and funds to help pay for expenses in their first year here, including housing, utilities, toiletries and transportation.

To learn more, visit oursyrianfamily. blogspot.ca Or you can mail a cheque to: Humanity First (Canada), 600 Bowes Road, Unit 40, Concord, Ontario L4K 4A3. Cheques should STAFF PHOTOS/STEVE SOMERVILLE be made out to ‘Humanity First Three Syrian families share a meal in the home of Jim and Mary Barry (back left, green and blue Our Syrian Family Richmond Hill’. tops), with help from daughter Frances (back middle) and other volunteers. Two youngsters clutch years, the extended family was able to attend mosque together Friday and begin the long process of healing and moving forward.

They are eager to speak to the community, despite the language barrier, and through a translator on the end of the phone line, they share their messages one after the other: “I can’t believe we are in Canada,” Yasmin says.

“People are willing to give us things without our asking, without our being able to give something in return. It is like a dream.”

“I wish all those who have problems [in Syria and Turkey] could see how good a place is Canada,” adds Bushra.

“It is hard to believe the kindness here,” says mother and grandmother Amira.

“Strangers open their doors, open their homes to us.”

“These people are all family to me,” Yasin gestures towards the room filled with new Canadian friends.

“They are more than family. We are so happy to be away from problems and being afraid every day... We thank God and human beings for giving us back a future for ourselves and our children.”

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– Mary Barry “I was out playing hockey with the over-70 league and when I got home, they were all here. I was holding this big stick and they didn’t know what it was. I had made a small one for the boy and brought it out. ‘Hockey’, I kept saying to him and he laughed. Then everyone laughed. That helped break the ice.”

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BEST BUSINESS Hair Salon ❏ Adam & Eve ❏ Ava Hair & Spa Inc ❏ Axcess Salon & Spa ❏ Baythorn Hair & Nail Salon ❏ Cerilli Beauty Centre ❏ Fanny K. Salon ❏ Framar ❏ Great Clips ❏ NRG Salon Spa ❏ Orchid Beauty & Hair Salon ❏ Organic Locks ❏ Rogue Stylist ❏ Salon Michael Hair and Esthetics ❏ Sensation Salon, Spa and Tanning Hairstylist/Barber ❏ Fanny k at Fanny K. Salon ❏ Farah Aghajani at Farah Aghajani Salon & Spa ❏ Frank Policicchio at Framar Salon ❏ Harry at Sensation Salon, Spa and Tanning ❏ Michael at Salon Michael ❏ Sean Spence at Rogue Stylist ❏ Tony Cerilli at Cerilli Beauty Centre Heating and Air Conditioning ❏ Econo Air ❏ Mr. Heat Mechanical Inc. ❏ Northland Heating & Air Conditioning Ltd ❏ Phoenix Heating & Cooling ❏ Suberban ❏ Universal Heating & Cooling Hotel/Motel ❏ Best Western Parkway Hotel Toronto North ❏ Canadas Best Value Inn-Richmond Hill/Toronto North ❏ Emerald Isle Motel ❏ Knight’s Inn ❏ Holiday Inn Express & Suites Toronto - Markham ❏ Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites ❏ Summit Inn ❏ Travelodge Richmond Hill Insurance Agent ❏ Angek Ng at The Co-operators ❏ Oliver Fabbro at Fabbro & Douglas Insurance Brokers ❏ G. Bonuanie from Idris Insurance Brokers Ltd ❏ Grey Power ❏ Lora Cai at State Farm Insurance ❏ Susan Tan at State Farm Insurance Insurance Company ❏ Allstate Insurance Company Of Canada ❏ Axion Insurance Services Inc. ❏ Fabbro & Douglas Insurance Brokers ❏ Idris Insurance Brokers Ltd ❏ Intact Insurance ❏ TD Canada Trust ❏ Idris Insurance Brokers Ltd ❏ State Farm Insurance ❏ Sun Life ❏ The Personal Interior Decorating Company ❏ Esther Tracy Interiors ❏ Galleria by Najarian Interiors ❏ Lumar Interiors ❏ Monaco Interiors Investment/Financial Company ❏ Edward Jones ❏ Investment Planning Counsel ❏ CIBC ❏ Royal Bank of Canada ❏ Manulife Financial ❏ Maxium Financial Services ❏ Sun Life Financial ❏ Wilbridge Investment & Financial Services

BEST BUSINESS

BEST BUSINESS

Landscape Company/Lawn Service ❏ Affordable Maintenance ❏ Boot’s Landscaping And Maintenance Ltd ❏ Jack’s Landscaping ❏ Lawnsavers ❏ Reynolds Landscape Group Inc. ❏ The Gardener Landscape Maintenance & Snow Removal ❏ The Weed Man

Photography Studio ❏ AGI Studio ❏ Everlasting Moments ❏ Hilda Studio ❏ Jun Photo Studio ❏ West Photography ❏ Walmart

Laser Hair Removal ❏ Dr. Robertus Laser and Cosmetic Clinic ❏ Laser Medical Clinic ❏ Ny Beauty Solutionz ❏ Reflections Laser Clinic ❏ SKIN MED Laser Clinic ❏ Skin Vitality Medical Clinic

Plumbing Services/Plumber ❏ Cirton Plumbing & Drain Ltd. ❏ Enercare ❏ Harris Plumbing ❏ Nor-Line Plumbing & Mechanical ❏ Powell Plumbing Supply Ltd

Lawyer ❏ Barry Kaufman ❏ Mr. Behdad Hosseini at Hossenini Law Firm ❏ Scott Turton Legal Services ❏ Falconeri Munro Tucci ❏ Manavi Law ❏ SBMB Law ❏ Scott Turton Manicure/Pedicure ❏ Fanny Nails ❏ Ladybug Nail and Spa ❏ Massage Habit ❏ Nice One Nails ❏ Only You ❏ Pedi N Nails ❏ Polished Beauty Bar ❏ Sensation Salon, Spa and Tanning ❏ Spa Bobos ❏ Top Pro Nails Martial Arts Club ❏ Chung’s Taekwondo Academy ❏ Northern Karate ❏ Superkids Karate ❏ Han’s Taekwondo Academy Montessori School ❏ Century Montessori Private Schools ❏ Galaxy Montessori ❏ Grow and Learn Montessori Academy ❏ North Hill Montessori ❏ Richmond Hill Montessori & Elementary Private School ❏ TMS School Bayview Campus Moving Company ❏ Nortown Moving ❏ PrimeCity Richmond Hill ❏ Richmond Hill Movers ❏ Smart Movers Music Instruction School ❏ Arcadia Academy of Music Richmond Hill ❏ Cosmo School of Music ❏ Gia’s Music School Inc ❏ Stream school of music ❏ Wondermusic School Newspaper ❏ The Liberal ❏ Toronto star Pet Groomer ❏ Pet Chateau ❏ PetSmart ❏ PetValu ❏ Woofur Dog & Cat Services Office Cleaner ❏ Ace Cleaners ❏ Golden Line Property Maintenance ❏ Merry Maids ❏ VP Cleaning Services Pet Training ❏ 4 Paws Training & Pet Services ❏ My Obedient Dog ❏ K9 Dojo

Pilates Studio ❏ Pilates Bodies by Dina

Pool & Spa Supply Company ❏ Dolphin Cove ❏ International Pool And Spa Richmond Hill ❏ Pool Craft ❏ Pools Plus Service & Maintenance Inc. ❏ York Region Hot Tub & Leisure Print Shop ❏ 905printing.com ❏ Kwik Kopy Printing - KKP ❏ Minuteman Press ❏ Staples Business Depot ❏ Sure Print & Design ❏ UPS - Richmond Hights Plaza Private School ❏ Discovery Academy High School ❏ Holy Trinity School ❏ Richland Academy ❏ The Prestige School ❏ TMS School Retirement Home ❏ Delmanor Elgin Mills ❏ Elginwood Long Term Care ❏ Oak Ridges Retirement Community ❏ Revera - Hilltop Place ❏ Richmond Hill Retirement Residence Roofing Company ❏ Bishop Roofing & Contracting ❏ Edmunds ❏ Maple Roofing Supplies ❏ Roofing Experts ❏ Unique Roofing ❏ WOW Roofing and Insulation Shoe Repair ❏ Heelstop ❏ Golden Fur Shoe Repair Spa Salon & Esthetics ❏ Ava Hair & Spa Inc ❏ Caesar Spa ❏ Only You Salon Spa ❏ Richmond Hill Natural Therapies & Spa Namaste ❏ Sensation Salon, Spa and Tanning ❏ Spa Bobos ❏ The Rising Sun ❏ VIP Spa Storage ❏ Abacus Self Storage ❏ Public Storage Richmond Hill ❏ SelfStor Storage Tailor Shop ❏ Adelphi Dry Cleaners & Alterations ❏ Executive Alteration Tailor Shoppe ❏ Magic Needle ❏ Stitch It Clothing Alterations ❏ Tip Top Tailors Tanning Salon ❏ California Waves Tanning & Sunless Spa ❏ Planet Sun Tanning & Sunless Spa ❏ Sensation Salon, Spa and Tanning ❏ Tan7 Richmond Hill

19 Taxi Service ❏ Advance-Unique Taxi & Limousine Service Ltd ❏ Minute Taxi ❏ Royal Taxi ❏ Todays Taxi ❏ Uber Travel Agency ❏ Expedia CruiseShipCenters, Richmond Hill ❏ Imagine Holidays ❏ Marlin Travel ❏ Mandi Tours ❏ Richmond Hill Travel Service ❏ Sears Travel Upholsterer ❏ Mike Interiors Upholstery ❏ Nora’s Upholstery ❏ Ter-Can Products & Upholstery ❏ World Upholstery Weight Loss Clinic ❏ Active-Med Health & Wellness Centre ❏ Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics ❏ Curves ❏ Herbal Magic Weight Loss Centre ❏ Jenny Craig Weight Loss Center Yoga Studio ❏ Attitudes Dance Studio ❏ Indigo Yoga Barre ❏ Moksha yoga ❏ My Yoga Studio ❏ Sunlilyoga ❏ Yoga Tree BEST DINING EXPERIENCE All Around Restaurant ❏ 3 coins Open Kitchen ❏ Aneal’s Taste of the Islands ❏ BB Cafe & Pastry Boutique ❏ Big Daddy’s ❏ Georgy Porgy’s ❏ Il Fornello ❏ Milestones ❏ Oregano ❏ Piatto Vecchio ❏ Restoran Malaysia ❏ Richmond Court ❏ Richmond Grill ❏ Symposium ❏ Thai Basil ❏ The Keg Steakhouse + Bar

BEST DINING EXPERIENCE Buffet/All You Can Eat ❏ Chako BBQ ❏ Mandarin ❏ The Host Fine Indian Cuisine ❏ Touro Churrascaria Caribbean ❏ Aneal’s taste of the island ❏ Caribbean Jerk Pit Casual Dining ❏ 3 coins Open Kitchen ❏ Aneal’s Taste of the Islands ❏ King Henry’s Arms ❏ Lone Star Texas Grill ❏ Panera Bread ❏ Rhapsody Continental Hungarian Cuisine ❏ Sarpa ❏ That’s Italian Chicken Restaurant/Chicken Wings ❏ All Star Wings ❏ Archibald’s Neighbourhood Pub ❏ East Side Mario`s ❏ King Henry’s Arms ❏ Nando’s ❏ St. Louis Bar and Grill ❏ Swiss Chalet ❏ Wild Wing ❏ Wing Machine Chinese Restaurant ❏ Bayview Court ❏ Choice Of The Orient ❏ General Thai and Chinese Cuisine ❏ Golden Hoy ❏ Jim Chai Kee Noodle ❏ Mandarin ❏ Ming’s Garden ❏ Mister Moon ❏ Premier Banquet Hall ❏ Richmond Court Coffee Shop/Doughnuts/Pastries ❏ BB Cafe & Pastry Boutique ❏ Caffe Demetre ❏ Coffee time ❏ Covernotes ❏ La Rocca Café ❏ Old Mill Bakery ❏ Panera Bread ❏ The Bagel Stop ❏ The Second Cup ❏ Tim Hortons ❏ Starbucks

Breakfast ❏ 3 coins Open Kitchen ❏ Allencourt restaurant ❏ BB Cafe & Pastry Boutique ❏ Big Daddy’s ❏ Cora`s ❏ Egg Smart ❏ My Kitchen ❏ Steer Inn ❏ Sunset Grill ❏ Symposium ❏ What a Bagel

Fine Dining ❏ Cafe En Passant ❏ Fraticelli’s Italian Grill & Bar ❏ Il Fornello ❏ Richmond Grill ❏ Sarpa ❏ The Octagon Restaurant

Brunch ❏ 3 coins Open Kitchen ❏ Aneal’s Taste of the Islands ❏ BB Cafe & Pastry Boutique ❏ Big Daddy’s ❏ Caribbean Jerk Pit ❏ China Buffet King ❏ Cora`s ❏ Il Fornello ❏ Lone Star Texas Grill ❏ Mandarin ❏ Mexican Amigos ❏ Panera Bread ❏ Rhapsody Hungarian Restaurant ❏ Richmond Grill ❏ Sarpa Restaurant ❏ Sunset Grill ❏ Tanaka Sushi ❏ That’s Italian ❏ The Host Fine Indian Cuisine ❏ Touro Churrascaria ❏ Wimpys Diner

Greek Restaurant ❏ Jimmy The Greek ❏ Krystos Modern Greek Cuisine ❏ Mini Souvlaki Greek Cuisine ❏ Mr. Greek ❏ Sofra Mediterranean Cuisine ❏ Steer Inn

Fish & Chips ❏ Allencourt Restaurant ❏ King Henry's Arms ❏ York Fish & Chips

Hamburger ❏ 3 Coins Open Kitchen ❏ Bruno’s Fine Foods ❏ Big Boys Burgers ❏ Burger King ❏ Harvey’s ❏ Hero Burger ❏ Joe’s Hamburgers ❏ Mc Donalds ❏ Montana’s ❏ South St. Burger ❏ Steer Inn ❏ Wimpy’s

BEST DINING EXPERIENCE Ice Cream ❏ Baskin Robbins ❏ Dairy Queen ❏ Mc Donalds ❏ Menchies ❏ Ti Amo Gelato & Café ❏ Yogen Fruz Indian Restaurant ❏ Adrak ❏ Bombay BBQ Hut ❏ Bombay’s Chutney ❏ The Host Italian Restaurant ❏ Fellini’s ❏ Fraticelli’s Italian Grill & Bar ❏ Il Fornello ❏ Nonna’s Oven ❏ Oregano Pizza & Pasta ❏ Piatto Vecchio ❏ Sarpa ❏ Solo Maria ❏ That’s Italian ❏ Tutti Panini Japanese Restaurant/Sushi ❏ 998 Naruto Sushi ❏ Ichiban Fish House ❏ Izakaya Tsuki ❏ kiyo sushi ❏ Mi-NE Sushi ❏ Oyaji Sushi ❏ Tomo Sushi Outdoor Patio ❏ Falcon And Firkin ❏ Mexican Amigos ❏ Milestones ❏ Touro Churrascaria ❏ The Keg Steakhouse + Bar ❏ Turtle Jack’s Muskoka Grill Pizza ❏ Abruzzo ❏ Little Caesars ❏ Mamma’s Pizza ❏ Nonna’s Oven ❏ Pizza House ❏ Pizza Hut ❏ Pizza Nova ❏ pizza pizza ❏ That’s Italian Pub ❏ All Stars ❏ Archibald’s Neighbourhood Pub ❏ Falcon and Firkin ❏ King Henry’s Arms ❏ London Pub & Grill ❏ St. Louis ❏ The3Brewers Salad Bar ❏ Fresh Fusion ❏ Mandarin ❏ Touro Churrascaria Seafood Restaurant’ ❏ Crab Harbour ❏ Ocean Seafood Restaurant ❏ Omei Restaurant ❏ The Keg Steakhouse + Bar Sports Bar ❏ All Stars ❏ East Side Mario`s ❏ Jack Astor’s Bar & Grill ❏ London Pub & Grill ❏ St. Louis Barand Grill ❏ Turtle Jack`s Steak Restaurant ❏ Kelsey`s ❏ Montana`s ❏ The Octagon ❏ The Keg Steakhouse + Bar ❏ Touro Churrascaria Tea Room ❏ Burr House Tea Room & Gallery ❏ Covernotes ❏ Ten Ren Tea Time

BEST DINING EXPERIENCE Thai Restaurant ❏ Thai 5 café ❏ Thai Basil ❏ Thai Express ❏ South China Food ❏ Stars Of Thai Cuisine BEST HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS Acupuncture ❏ Advanced Acupuncture and Herbal ❏ ArtLine Acupuncture & Osteopathy Holistic Centre ❏ C.A.R.E. Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation ❏ GAO Rehab & Wellness ❏ George’s Health Clinic ❏ Richmond Hill Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Clinic ❏ St. Joseph’s Rehab & Wellness Clinic Chiropractor ❏ Chiro-Med Rehab Centre ❏ Dr. Adamat St. Joseph Rehab ❏ Dr. Allan Horowitz ❏ Meridian Spine + Sport ❏ New Directions In Health ❏ Snider Chiropractic Clinic ❏ Spinal care Chiropractic Clinic Dental Hygienist ❏ Angie from Hillcrest Dental ❏ Cathy from Expressions Dental Care ❏ Expressions Dental Care - Michelle Cortes ❏ Joyce from Richmond Green Dental Care ❏ Katharine from Expressions Dental Care ❏ Lois from North Hill Dental Center ❏ Mary from Richmond Hill Dental Hygiene Dentist ❏ Apple day Dental Care ❏ Dentistry in Aurora - Holistic ❏ Dr. Ria Pudjo Dental Office ❏ Dr. Michael Krawczuk Dental Office ❏ Dr. Filberto Montis Dental Office ❏ Expressions Dental Care ❏ Forestwood Dentistry ❏ Hillcrest Dental Centre ❏ Polar Dental ❏ Richmond Hill Dentistry ❏ Richmond Green Dental Care ❏ Tower Hill Dental ❏ Upper Yonge Dental ❏ Village Dental Care Denturist ❏ Alvin Leung Denture Clinic ❏ Jack from Expressions Dental Care ❏ Harry from Polar Dental Centres ❏ Mordy from Bayview Hill Dental Centre Esthetician ❏ Afsan-from salon michael ❏ Caterina Cerilli from Polished Beauty Bar ❏ Cheryl White ❏ Cindy Griffin from The Rising Sun ❏ Olga from Sensation Salon Spa ❏ Shamiza from Sugarme Spa ❏ Tina from Only You Foot Specialist ❏ Dr. Kellen from Oak Ridges Foot clinic ❏ Dr. Stuart Sackman from Richmond Hill Foot Clinic ❏ Step it UP Foot, Orthotic & Health Care

BEST HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS Hearing Centre ❏ Helix Hearing Care ❏ House of Hearing Clinic ❏ ListenUP! Canada ❏ Pinnacle Hearing Centre ❏ Rickbi Hearing Clinic Inc ❏ Upper Canada Hearing & Speech Centre Homeopathic Medicine ❏ Down to Earth ❏ Healthy Planet ❏ Richmond Hill Naturopathic Clinic Hypnotherapist ❏ Nicole & Elliott from Balanced Body Mind Spirit ❏ Peter Dennis

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BEST BUSINESS

Massage Therapist ❏ Carolyn Johann RMT ❏ Foot Bar ❏ Hills view Massage & Therapy ❏ Jon Hall ❏ Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa ❏ Mee Skin Care Centre ❏ Richmond Hill Natural Therapies & Spa Namaste ❏ St Joseph’s Rehab & Wellness Clinic ❏ Trinity Healing Center Naturopathic Doctor ❏ Chelsea Derry Naturopathic Doctor ❏ Dr. Gabriella Chow ❏ Limitless Health ❏ Meridian Spine + Sport ❏ Richmond Hill Naturopathic Clinic Optometrist ❏ Dr. Gordon Wood ❏ Dr. Joesph Patel ❏ Dr. Susan Capitelli ❏ Dr. Tiffany Sum ❏ Dr. Brian Feinstein ❏ Dr. Sharon Woo ❏ Dr. Susan Capitelli Pharmacist ❏ Rexall Pharmacy (Weldrick and Yonge) ❏ Neighbourhood Pharmacy ❏ Shoppers Drug Mart ❏ Times Pharmacy ❏ Tom & Joe Pharma save ❏ Total Health Pharmacy Physiotherapist ❏ Neuro Core Physiotherapy and Pilates Centre ❏ St. Joseph Rehab ❏ Times Physical Therapy & Rehab ❏ York-Med Physiotherapy & Wellness Centre Reflexologist ❏ Balanced Body Mind Spirit ❏ Footscape Reflexology Spa ❏ Richmond Hill Natural Therapies & Spa Namaste ❏ Richmond St. Wellness Centre ❏ Sue Todd Reflexology and Aromatherapy Walk-in Clinic ❏ All About Health Medical Centre ❏ Oak Ridges Medical Centre ❏ Richpoint Medical Centre ❏ Uptown Health Centre ❏ Walk in Clinic on Bayview

General Practitioner ❏ Dr. Brian Berger ❏ Dr. Christian Kako ❏ Dr. David Kirsh ❏ Dr. John Currid ❏ Dr. Mandeep Wadhwa ❏ Dr. Masuma Mahmood Contractor ❏ Dr. Meera Selvakone ❏ Dr. Rica Bukmuz ❏ Richpoint Medical NS

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BEST REAL ESTATE Real Estate Agent ❏ Carey Thorpe ❏ Christine Field ❏ David Black ❏ Ena Smit ❏ James Alexiou ❏ Janet Chau ❏ Jason Atkins ❏ John Procenko ❏ Mauro Bucci ❏ Michelle Branigan ❏ Paula Minuti ❏ Roy Cado ❏ Shaun Vizzacchero ❏ Silvia Wong ❏ Sonia Kaplan ❏ Sue Mills Real Estate Team ❏ Anne Winstone & Jayne Zahra, Royal LePage ❏ John Procenko Real Estate Team ❏ The Daryl King Team ❏ The Jay Miller Team ❏ The Mills Team ❏ The Politis Brienza Team ❏ Team Zold Mortgage Broker ❏ Benson Mortgages ❏ Centum Mortgage Professionals Corporation ❏ Mortgage Edge ❏ Scott Windsey, Alpha House ❏ Zohreh Fayaz, TD Mobile Mortgage Specialist Real Estate Brokerage ❏ Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd. ❏ Forest Hill Real Estate ❏ Homelife Victory Realty Inc ❏ Right at home realty ❏ RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd ❏ Royal Lepage Your Community Realty Art Gallery ❏ Boynton House Art Exhibition Space ❏ Dadashi Art Gallery ❏ Ken’s Art & Picture Frame Place ❏ The Mill Pond Gallery

BEST ENTERTAINMENT Billiards/Pool Hall ❏ Hallmark Billiards ❏ King Henry’s Arms ❏ Master Q’s Bowling ❏ Richmond Hill Pro Bowl ❏ World bowl Children’s Entertainment ❏ Epic Celebrations Party Lounge ❏ Explore Centre ❏ M & S Kidz Land ❏ Putting Edge ❏ Pvp Sports ❏ Laser Quest Richmond Hill ❏ Treehouse Play Centre Cinema Complex ❏ Rainbow Cinemas Elgin Mills ❏ Silvercity ❏ York Cinemas Driving Range ❏ Bathurst Glen ❏ Bloomington Downs Golf Course ❏ Within Range Golf Centre Inc. Live Entertainment/Music Hall ❏ Archibald’s Neighbourhood Pub ❏ Cosmopolitan Music Hall ❏ London Pub ❏ Marlowe Restaurant & Wine Bar ❏ Mexican Amigos ❏ Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts Live Theatre ❏ Curtain Club ❏ Richmond Hill Theatre for the Performing Arts BEST ENTERTAINMENT Local Golf Course ❏ Bathurst Glen ❏ Bloomington Downs ❏ Diamond Black Golf Club ❏ Richmond Hill Golf Club ❏ Summit Golf & Country Club

BEST AUTOMOTIVE

BEST AUTOMOTIVE

Auto Body Shop ❏ Barry’s Quality Care Automotive ❏ Canadian Tire ❏ Car House Auto Service ❏ Fix Auto Richmond Hill ❏ Forest Hill North Auto Collision ❏ Lucky Eight Automotive Ltd. ❏ Master Mechanic Auto Parts Store ❏ Atom Auto Parts ❏ Barry’s Quality Care Automotive ❏ Canadian Tire ❏ Partsmart Auto Parts Inc. ❏ PartSource ❏ NAPA Auto Parts Auto Service ❏ Active Green + Ross ❏ Autopro-Goodyear ❏ Barry’s Quality Care Automotive ❏ Canadian Tire ❏ Carboy Auto Inc. ❏ Carcone’s Automotive Repair Service ❏ Dave Sanderson & Son ❏ Duke Motors ❏ Gold Guard ❏ Goodyear Mars Tire ❏ Ilias Service Centre Ltd ❏ Lucky Eight Automotive Ltd. ❏ Master Mechanic ❏ Mr. Lube ❏ Richmond Hill Toyota Car Wash ❏ Esso ❏ Fine Details ❏ Petro Canada ❏ Rust Check ❏ Still A Carwash Inc Domestic Car Dealership ❏ Twin Hill Ford ❏ Wilson Niblet

Import Car Dealership ❏ Alta Nissan ❏ Lexus Of Richmond Hill ❏ Richmond Hill Honda ❏ Richmond Hill Hyundai ❏ Richmond Hill Subaru ❏ Richmond Hill Toyota ❏ Richmond Hill Mitsubishi ❏ Avante Mazda ❏ Volkswagen Richmond Hill Muffler Shop ❏ Carcone’s Automotive Repair Service ❏ Master Mechanic ❏ Meineke Car Care Centre ❏ Midas New Car Salesperson ❏ Alta Nissan Richmond Hill ❏ Avante Mazda ❏ Volkswagen Richmond Hill ❏ Lexus Of Richmond Hill ❏ Richmond Hill Mitsubishi ❏ Richmond Hill Subaru ❏ Richmond Hill Toyota ❏ Twin Hills Ford Lincoln ❏ Wilson Niblett Oil Change/Lube ❏ Goodyear Mars Tire ❏ Jiffy lube

BEST AUTOMOTIVE ❏ Lucky Eight Automotive Ltd. ❏ Mr. Lube Tire Store ❏ Barry’s Quality Care Automotive ❏ Canadian Tire ❏ Costco ❏ Extreme Wheel & Tire ❏ Firestone Tire & Automotive Centre ❏ Oak Ridges Tire And Auto Centre ❏ Richmond Hill Hyundai ❏ Richmond Hill Tire Inc ❏ Superior Tire & Auto ❏ Goodyear Mars Tire ❏ TrilliTires Transmission Shop ❏ Automatics Plus ❏ Mister Transmission ❏ Mr. Lube ❏ Richmond Hill Transmission Used Car Salesperson ❏ Richmond Hill Hyundai ❏ Volkswagen Richmond Hill ❏ MyCar ❏ Richmond Hill Subaru ❏ Richmond Hill Fine Cars ❏ Richmond Hill Honda ❏ Summit Auto Wholesale

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Large kitchen w/ centre island. 3 car garage.

Spa like ensuite in master bedroom.

24.89 Acres In Niagara Wine Country Region. 719.1 Feet Of Paved Highway Frontage!! This Property Is Only 8 Minutes From The Queen Elizabeth Highway & Only 10 Minutes From Niagara Falls. Municipal Sewer, Natural Gas, Hydro & Telephone Lines Available At The Road. Many Permitted Uses.

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Outstanding Designer Home, 5100 Sqft Of Living Space! $350K In Upgrades. 9Ft Ceilings On All 3 Floors, All Upgraded Light Fixtures, High End Mirage Maple Wood Floor Throughout, Designer Kitchen W/Ge Monogram Appliances & Prem Granite Countertops. Prof Fin Bsmt W/1 Of Only 2 City Approved Bsmt W/O & Nanny In-Law Suite+4Pc Wr.

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Office: 905•907•5464 | Toronto: 416•987•5464 | homes@darylking.com

Spectacular Custom Built Estate On Gorgeous .94 Acre Ravine Lot W/ Private Stream In Heart Of Thornhill, Graced W/Over 10,000 Sq Ft Of Impeccable Appointments & Exquisite Architectural Details. Soaring 26 Ft Grand Entrance, Flr-Ceiling Wainscoting & Italian Handcrafted Millwork Thru-Out, No Details Overlooked. Entertain On The Marvelous Terrace That Fits More Than 50 Guests. Must be seen, Call Rosemary or Alvin for more info.

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Exquisite GEORGIAN BAY Living/ Cottaging Awaits You! Minutes From Hwy 400, Sitting On A Private .08 Acre Lot W/98’ Water Frontage, This Beautiful 4 Brdm Home Boast 5000+ Sq.Ft Of Total Living Space! Panoramic views of the lake & multiple walk outs to wrap around deck. Family size kitchen. Finished W/O basement. Skylights galore!!!

Opportunity Knocks! 2 Self Contained Units Live In One, Rent Out The Other.

Large Lot Offers A Country Setting With An Easy Commute To The 404.

Updated Bathrooms & Kitchen!

Backing onto Golf Course. Stunning kitchen with SS appliances. Smooth ceilings and crown mouldings. Approx 4500 sqft of living space.

Lavish master ensuite. 3 car garage. Finished basement.

RENOVATED 4 BEDROOM HOME ON 1.5 ACRES

Fabulous & Rare Opportunity to own 3.75 Acres of Vacant land in highly sought after town of Aurora. Fantastic location with exceptional exposure. 297.6ft frontage, fronting on Yonge St. Surrounded by imminent development, close to amenities.

**$$$ Reno Top To Bottom** 4 Bdrm Home.

Upgraded Custom Built Kit W/Quartz Counter Top, Glass Backsplash & Extra Tall Cabinetry. Large Foyer W/Circular Staircase, Inviting Liv/Din Rm W/ Brand New Hdwd Flr Thruout. Main Flr Bathroom W/ Shower! Spacious Master W/Brand New 5Pc Ensuite.

Bsmt W/Sep Entrance & 2 Guest/In-Laws Suites.

Turn key operation located in a great high traffic area. Spacious dining room & separate bar area. Over 130 guest’s capacity. Largest patio in Stouffville (100 seats). Don’t miss this chance to own a restaurant in a fast growing city. Contact Catherine Landry for more info.

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FAIRFIELD ESTATES- 3.09 ACRES Build your custom dream home in the lap of luxury. Lot Is Flat And Boasts A Heated Helicopter landing Pad Enveloped By Greenery And Forests At The Rear Of The Lot! This Exclusive, Architecturally Protected Area Is Sure To Surpass Your Expectations With It’s Rolling Green Spaces, And An Unmatched Equestrian Facility Just Up The Road!!

Excellent Townhome In High Demand Area, Extra Long Driveway (3 Cars) & No Sidewalk, Garage Ent. To House, Oak Staircase Fenced Yard. Fin Bsmt W/ Sep Ent, Close To Parks & Walking Trails, Schools, Library, Rec Centre, Costco, Home Depot & 404. Open Concept Main Floor, Possible In-Law Suite.

Great Opportunity To Own A Piece Of History In The Quaint Village Of Kettleby!

Open Concept Living Area With Re-Finished Original Hardwood Floors On Main Flr And Soaring Ceilings. Beautiful & Original Touches Throughout. Large upper level loft.

inquiRE Stunning double lot with dream backyard. 5000+ sqft of living space.

5 bdrms with ensuites. Formal DR. FR with high ceilings. Hardwood floors throughout. Just under ½ acre lot with inground pool, waterfall, cabanna, hot tub & LOTS OF PRIVACY! $500K spent on upgrades.

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Spectacular Home Renovated From Top To Bottom! Desirable Aurora Heights. Featuring Hardwood Floors, Smooth Ceilings, Pot Lights & Large Windows Thru-Out. This Gem Has It All!!

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Friday, Jan. 29 A Mosaic Interfaith event will be held Jan. 29 at Temple Har Zion, 7360 Bayview Ave., Thornhill. Services at 8 p.m. followed at 9 p.m. by refreshments and address by guest speaker Kim Wheatley on “Broken Promises,” exploring First Nation treaty relationships — how they impact all Canadians. All welcome; RSVP to organizer Fran Isaacs at thisisfran@yahoo.com appreciated.

Oak Ridges Brethern In Christ Church presents an Oak Ridges Community Family Games Night Jan. 29, from 7 to 9 p.m. at church’s Fellowship Hall, 8 Aubrey Ave. (1 block north of King Road off Yonge Steet) in Oak Ridges. Meet new friends while enjoying table games, snacks and refreshments. Bring your favourite game.

For details, email keith@mybic.ca or call church office at 905-773-3904.

Saturday, Jan. 30 Choral Bonanza 2016 will be held Jan. 30 at Richmond Hill Christian Community Church, 9670 Bayview Ave., Richmond Hill at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy eight school, church and regional choirs, singing individually, and as a mass choir. Tickets: $20, students free. For tickets, contact Suzanna at 905-737-2265 or Lourdes at 905-773-1474. Produced by Richmond Hill Northern Harmony.

St. Matthew’s United Church, 333 Crosby Ave., Richmond Hill presents its Health Breakfast Series, Jan. 30, from 9 to 11 a.m. on Reincarnation, with speaker, Paul Meschino, chiropractor, outlining new directions in health.

A heart healthy breakfast will be served, freewill offering taken. Call church office to register at 905-884-3606.

Community Calendar Sunday, Jan. 31 Councillor Godwin Chan’s Ward 6 Community New Year’s Levee is free and open to all residents Jan. 31 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Langstaff Community Centre, 155 Red Maple Rd., Richmond Hill. Celebrate the start of 2016 and Lunar New Year, with children’s performances, community booths and details on using the new citizen budget tool. For more, visit godwinchan.com or call 905-771-2509.

Learn how to make challah and the history of challah, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. at Temple Kol Ami, 36 Atkinson Ave, Thornhill with Sarah Livingstone, a local Jewish foodie. Limited seating.

Cost is $10; register at 905-709-2620 ext. 3 or email admin@kolami.ca

Tuesday, Feb. 2 Richmond Hill Garden and Horticultural Society meets Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. at the McConaghy Seniors’ Centre, 10100 Yonge St. Kent Brown will speak on Garden Seduction. Former Toronto Zoo superintendent of horticulture and owner an interior landscaping firm, Brown will share anecdotes and facts from his gardening experience. All guests welcome for $5 entry; or become a member; visit richmondhillgardensociety.org.

Temple Har Zion, 7360 Bayview Ave, in Thornhill will host a discussion on the issue of refugees Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Canada has a long history of accepting refugees from many countries and is currently accepting Syrian refu-

gees. Israel has been helping Syrians in need of medical treatment; but what about those from Sudan or Eritrea, who want to come to Israel and stay? Visit templeharzion.com for details.

Thursday, Feb. 4 Enjoy free French language conversation group in Richmond Hill, Feb. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Covernotes Tea and Coffee House, 10268 Yonge St., beside Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Adults from York Region welcome to put French conversation skills into action (from francophones to beginners). For details, go online to http://bit.ly/partagez_conversation or email Partagez.York@yahoo.ca Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Group of York Region meets Feb. 4 at St. Mary Immaculate Church, 10295 Yonge St., Richmond Hill, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free peer support group for people living with these conditions exploring various topics, inlcuding Back to Basics, Finances and Taxes; keeping more in your pocket. For details, visit www.fibrosupport.weebly.com

Friday, Feb. 5 The Richmond Hill Winter Carnival holds its annual Amateur Band Contest Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. Each year the carnival features five upand-coming local bands. If your band would like to enter this year’s contest, visit the carnival website for details at wintercarnival.net Don’t miss the family winter fun at the 48th annual Richmond Hill Winter Carnival

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A new four-week lecture series on The Colourful Universe, presented by local astronomers Ian Shelton and Tuba Koktay, starts Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. at Langstaff Community Centre in Richmond Hill. Registration fee before Feb. 1 is $125; discounts for students. Go to ddod.ca/ YPU for details.

Saturday, Feb. 6 Enjoy English High Tea Feb. 6, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at St. Matthew’s United Church, 333 Crosby Ave., Richmond Hill. Invite friends and family to sip tea from fine china teacups and enjoy homemade scones, finger sandwiches and desserts. All proceeds to local charities.

Tickets at $15 in advance by calling church office at 905-884-3606; also available at door.

The women’s auxiliary to the Richmond Hill Legion, 233 Centre St. E., presents a Saturday night euchre Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. All invited; for details, call Betty at 905-884-5397.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s chapter invites everyone to a display and exhibit called The Holy Qur’an: The Most Read Book In The World, Feb. 7 at Richmond Hill Central Library, 1 Atkinson St. Also, try on a hijab and enjoy free refreshments. For timing and more details, contact 647-402-7082 or go online to www. alislam.org All are invited to the Holy Liturgy to be celebrated at St. Archangel Gabriel Serbian Parish, 49 North Lake Rd., Oak Ridges Feb. 7 starting at 10 a.m. His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada will celebrate Holy Liturgy. For details, go online to: arhangelgavrilotoronto.com.

Join in a new Richmond Hill Cinema/ Sports Group and watch the 2016 NFL Super Bowl game as a group Feb. 7. Along with major televised sports events, this new group also focuses on films that have Academy Award/ Oscar potential or are less widely available/ distributed. For complete details about time, place, and nominal cost, sign up through the website at http://bit.ly/oscar-cinema-sports.

The Liberal welcomes submissions of upcoming events from non-profit community organizations. Every effort is made to include all submissions; there is no guarantee of publication. E-mail items to mbeck@yrmg.com Did you know you can add your own items to our online calendar? Visit: www.yorkregion.com/yorkregion-events/

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WINTER

Children's Midway • Horsedrawn Sleigh rides • Viking Village • Arts and crafts & face painting • Ice carvings • Stage entertainment • Bed races • Skating on the pond • Clowns & Mimes • Saturday Evening Beer Tasting in the Main Tent • Elementary School Hockey Tournament Finals! and many more sites and activities.

FEBRUARY 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH, 2016

Come oUt and join US. Please visit www.wintercarnival.net for a full schedule of events or call the Carnival hotline at 905-884-8887 for further information. This event is run by community volunteers and generously funded by local sponsors.

CARNIVAL CARNIV www.wintercarnival.net 905.884.8887 at Mill Pond Park in Richmond Hill (Located at the corner of Mill & Trench Streets just north of Mackenzie Health Hospital)

Come join us for a weekend of winter fun at the Mill Pond Park in Richmond Hill

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at the Mill Pond Park from Friday, Feb. 5 until Sunday, Feb. 7. Enjoy children’s midway, pony rides, ice sculptures, wildlife shows, live music, beer tasting and wing eating contest (Saturday) or pancake breakfast or puck-shooting contest (Sunday). You can get more details and latest news by visiting www.wintercarnival.net

Sunday, Feb. 7 Thornhill MP Peter Kent’s annual passport clinic will be held Feb. 7 from noon to 3 p.m. at The Promenade shopping centre’s food court in Thornhill, Bathurst and Centre streets. For details, contact his constituency office at 905886-9911 or go online to www.peterkent.ca

Come on out and join us for a weekend of family fun at the Mill Pond Park, Richmond Hill. Parking near the park is very limited so please either park in the Mackenzie Health East Parking Lot (on the east side of Trench Street, north of Major Mackenzie Drive) which is provided for free by Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill OR take one of our free shuttle buses from Richmond Heights Plaza or the Main Library.

Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm • 905-853-2527 • Toll Free 1-800-743-3353 • Fax 905-853-1765 • For delivery questions, please contact 1-855-853-5613

RNC

www.RNCemploymentservices.ca Preregistration required

Aurora

905-727-3777

Employment Services 222 Wellington St. East, Main Floor www.RNCemploymentservices.ca

The Bright Side of Career Transition Thursday, February 4 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Presented by Emmanuel Lopez aka MOTIVATOR MAN Learn to Re-energize Yourself, Activate Indestructible Optimism and Build Supportive Relationships.

This Employment Ontario service is funded in part by the Government of Canada The views expressed in this publication are the views of this Service Provider and do not necessarily reflect those of the Ministry

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL

Hands-On tasks. Start Weekly.

GPS Training. Funding & Housing available. Job Aid. Already a HEO? Get certification proof!

Call 1-866-399-3853 or iheschool.com

Register at No Cost to You!

905-727-3777

Real Estate Appraisal Office requires

JOB FAIR

No telephone inquiries will be accepted.

10,000 Dufferin Street, Maple, ON

BILINGUAL CUSTOMER SERVICE Full time position for distribution company in Markham. Excellent phone manner, detail oriented, friendly, good computer and communication skills are required.

Email resume: careers@remingtonmedical.com

Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. is dedicated to providing all persons who identify as women and their children shelter, support and information so they can take steps towards ending abuse in their lives. Sandgate is a feminist organization and works from an anti-oppressive framework. As such, we support and empower women who experience various barriers to achieving safety in their lives.

SUPPORT STAFF MLS experience an asset.

Email resume to: orders@saappraisals.ca

Now Hiring School Bus Drivers

Eagles Nest Golf Club Tuesday, February 16, 2016 4:00pm - 7:00pm.

Eagles Nest is hiring for the 2016 season in the following departments: Banquets Kitchen Auto Spa Detailer Turf & Maintenance Golf Shop Concierge Representatives will be on hand taking applications and giving screening interviews.

Headquartered in Oakville, Ontario - JF Fabrics Inc., operating for 39 years, is the leading Canadian Wholesaler / Distributor of Decorative Fabrics, Trim, Drapery Hardware, Wallpaper and Rugs.

JF Fabrics sells to over 15,000 customers throughout North America. The diversified customer base includes large Retailers, Designers, Design Firms, Upholsterers, Furniture Manufacturers, as well as serving the Hospitality, Marine and RV industries.

JF Fabrics is committed to provide the highest level of Quality and Service to our customers through innovation and inspiration. We do so by offering a vast selection of in-stock products coupled with the highest level of personalized Customer Service.

Continuous improvement is a focus throughout the organization.

JF Fabrics requires a forward thinking Outside Sales Representative who embraces technology and new concepts to represent JF Fabrics as an Independent Agent for our sales territory of Toronto East /Eastern Ontario which includes our Furniture Manufacturing sector.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing, maintaining and growing our customer base in this territory. Candidates must have sales experience, and must reside within the territory. Previous experience in the textile industry is not required, but, is an asset.

Qualified candidates can submit their resumes by email directly to hr@jffabrics.com. Visit Our Website at www.jffabrics.com

No Experience Required.

FREE Training Provided.

Up to $500 Hiring Incentive

We are currently recruiting for the following positions:

OUTREACH WORKER - Permanent Full-Time

Primarily provides mobile, residential and non-residential crisis support individually and in group settings to develop and carry out individualized goal plans, provides community education, development and event planning on the issues of violence against women. The Outreach Worker also provides safety planning, crisis intervention, trauma and clinical counselling, advocacy, referrals and follow-up support.

Qualifications: University degree in Social Work or Psychology and 1 - 2 years related experience. Second language required (Russian, Portuguese, Italian and/or Spanish preferred)

RELIEF WOMEN’S ADVOCATE - Casual

Provides immediate and responsive crisis counselling in person and by telephone. Service delivery includes crisis intervention, information dissemination, supportive counselling, advocacy, safety planning, referrals, problem solving and goal setting.

Qualifications: Post-secondary degree or diploma in a relevant discipline and 1 - 2 years related experience. Second language required (Russian, Portuguese, Italian and /or Spanish preferred) For more information please contact Human Resources at: slindsay@sandgate.ca

Contact us @ 289-467-4998 ext. 7033 or e-mail: pnarayan@sharpbus.com Or apply in person: 540-A Oster Lane, Concord We are an equal opportunity employer.

FULL-TIME & PART-TIME ADMINISTRATOR NEEDED

Proficiency in MS Office with acute attention to detail, strong telephone etiquette, excellent time management & communication skills are required! Part time schedule will include day, evening & weekend hours. Knowledge of EasyOffer & LoneWolf is an asset.

Please forward resume to careers@avenuerealty.com

Part-Time & Full-Time RECE’s & Assistants Split Shift required for Vaughan child care agency.

Experience with children 16mo-12yrs.

Email resume: kidsplaybest@gmail.com Only candidates considered for an Interview will be contacted

CARRIERS NEEDED

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For door-to-door newspaper delivery 1 day per week.

Reliable vehicle required Call 1-855-853-5613 ext. 8

• Learn skills • Win prizes • Fun carrier events • Bonus point program

For door-to-door newspaper delivery 1 day per week.

Call 1-855-853-5613 ext. 8

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Call 1-800-743-3353 to plan your advertising campaign today!

GLASS TECHNICIAN/INSTALLER WANTED •Full-Time hours/permanent •Benefits/Bonus structure • Experience in installing residential IGU’s/Commercial IGU’s • Experience with installing glass showers/mirrors • Self starter, team player, great attitude and willing to learn • Driver’s license required • Salary dependant on experience

Only serious inquiries

Please send resume to: resumes@gdnewmarket.com Parents’ Helper (NOC6474) - Contract

Richmond Hill, Bayview & 16th Ave. FT $11.25-$12.00/hr, 44 hrs/week. Assisting parents with child care for 3 children age 7-16 and household duties. 3+years’ relevant experience, completion of college, fluent in speaking/writing English. Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is not a condition of employment.

Contact Christine: judypun@leeli.com.

Sewer Line Video Inspection (CCTV) Operators, Sewer Flusher Truck Operators and Apprentice Operators for Benko Sewer Service. Clean and valid G license for CCTV Operators; D license for Flusher Operators.

Send resume: edtremblay@benkoservice.com Attention: Ed Tremblay F/T CAREGIVER to care for elderly person with a spine condition, private home (Thornhill). 40hrs/wk.

Mon-Fri 8am-6pm including unpaid breaks. Temp 2yr position. $13.76/hr (overtime $20.64). 10 days vacation. 5 days paid sick leave. Live-in option available at no charge (not a condition of employment). Duties: Administer bedside and personal care/hygiene, dressing/undressing, housekeeping, meal preparation, childcare, pet care.

1yr exp or 6 months training req’d and completion of secondary school. Must be able to communicate in English. Contact: mary@vinbon.ca, 416-746-4501.

FORKLIFT OPERATOR REQUIRED FOR WINDOW & DOOR MFG F/T - M-F - BENEFITS 2+ YRS EXP

Must have valid driver license Email: vince@kvcustomwd.com

In Person: 40 Graniteridge Rd Unit 2, Vaughan

PRODUCTION CONTROL & PURCHASING REQUIRED FOR WINDOW & DOOR MFG

F/T - M-F-BENEFITS Email: vince@kvcustomwd.com

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Domestic Help Available

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Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm • 905-853-2527 • Toll Free 1-800-743-3353 • Fax 905-853-1765 For delivery questions, please contact 1-855-853-5613

Internationally Recognized Since 1961 as Toronto Montessori Schools TMS School (TMS), a not-for-profit independent school located in Richmond Hill, enables each student to define and achieve success in university, career and life.

With students ranging in age from 18 months to 18 years, TMS is a member of CIS and accredited by CCMA, CAIS and the IBO. Our Mission is to deliver a seamless, internationally-acclaimed educational experience designed to inspire and challenge students to discover the best of who they are and to achieve their full potential.

TMS is inviting applications from motivated, inspired individuals for SUPPLY ASSISTANTS - Classroom and Extended Care On an on call basis from January - June 2016 A variety of shifts are available between the hours of 7am to 6pm at the Bayview Campus.

Qualifications, experience and attributes: • A minimum of 1 year experience in a similar capacity working with young children • Demonstrated passion for working with children preferably in a team teaching environment • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs • Strong communication skills, oral and written • Ability to work independently and within a team setting • Excellent organizational skills • Punctuality, reliability and good attendance • Current Standard CPR, First Aid and AED training • A current Vulnerable Sector Police Record Check • Montessori training (TMI preferred), RECE or equivalent is desirable The hourly rate of pay for this position is $14/hr.

The successful candidate must be an energetic team player excited by the opportunity to contribute to an exceptional school. If you believe that a challenging, innovative environment is the perfect fit for you, please submit your résumé, a covering letter as well as your preferred hours of work to:

Human Resources at: tmshr@tmsschool.ca We thank all applicants in advance. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

For more information on TMS please visit our Web site at www.tmsschool.ca

Domestic Help Available

ABSOLUTELY BEST cleaning ladies available.

Honest & hard working, insured/ bonded. 416-897-6782. www.maidforyoutorontoltd.com CERTIFIED PSW available for home care services including, personal care, companionship, housecleaning. Will care for people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

Call 647-739-1227, 416-642-9388

Business Services

Business Services

APPLYING FOR CANADA PENSION PLAN DISABILITY BENEFITS? Increase your chance of success. Call the Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic. 1-877-793-3222 www.dcac.ca info@dcac.ca

Mortgages/Loans

Mortgages/Loans

$$ CONSOLIDATE YOUR DEBT $$ HOME EQUITY LOANS FOR ANY PURPOSE!!

Bank turn downs, Tax or Mortgage Arrears, Self Employed, Bad Credit, Bankruptcy. We are creative mortgage specialists!

No proof of income 1st, 2nd, and 3rd’s up to 85% BORROW: $25,000 $50,000 $100,000 $200,000

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LARGER AMOUNTS AND COMMERCIAL FUNDS AVAILABLE Decrease monthly payments up to 75%!!

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Townhouse/Condos for Sale

Townhouse/Condos for Sale

40 BAIF

LOVELY SUITE

JUST OVER 1200 SQ. FT • 2 bedrooms • 2 bathrooms • Large balcony Use of Club66 • Parking Health & Rec. • Storage locker included!

• Steps to Hillcrest Mall

Great value in this high demand location!

Malcolm Austin, Sales Representative Royal Lepage Partners Rlty.

416-229-4454

Auctions & Sales

Auctions & Sales

AUCTION SALE Saturday, January 30th 10 am Preview 9 am Pottageville Community Hall

Furniture, Glass & China, Artworks, Photographs, Railway, Military, Sports Other Collectibles, Coins & Bank Notes, Primitives & Misc.

AUCTIONEER: David Beasley, ICCA, CPPA Phone (905) 727-6585 Full Details & Photos at: www.davidbeasleyauctions.com

Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking

$100-$10,000

Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking

WE BUY used and old cars. $300- $6000.

647-287-1704 TOP CASH For Scrap 416-834-4233.

We pay top cash for your junk car and we tow it away for free.

WE PAY $325- $3000 for your scrap cars & trucks. 24/7/ Free towing.

705-500-2844 or 905-462-1346 Tutoring

MATH, SAT, SCIENCE, ENGLISH, FRENCH Group and private lessons.

Exam preparation.

Highschool credits / Afterschool Program

905-787-9720 www.quantumacademy.ca

Child Care Available

!! LET US HELP !!

Cash 4 Cars

Dead or alive Same day Fast FREE Towing 416-831-7399

Tutoring

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Child Care Available

LICENSED HOME daycare, certified PSW/experienced mother. First Aid, CPR, police check. Educational, fun, interactive. Competitive rates, 7am-6pm. Leslie/ Elgin Mills area. Spaces available immediately. 647-898-8293.

TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

CALL ANYTIME 1-800-814-2578 or 905-361-1153.

Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

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Cleaning/Janitorial

A CRYSTAL CLEANING experience Homes, Offices. Insured/ bonded.

Supplies provided. 15% discount.

(647)500-2260 for details.

Flooring & Carpeting

Notices (Public)

SHERIFF’S SALE OF LANDS

PCL 27-1; SEC 65M2542; LT 27, PL 65M2542 , S/T LT508769;Richmond Hill; Newmarket Land Titles Office for the Land Titles Division of York (No. 65) and Municipally known as 241 Valleymede Drive, Richmond Hill, On L4B 2A3 All of which said right, title, interest and EQUITY OF REDEMPTION of, Kwong-Wing Li Defendant, in the said Lands and Tenements described above, I shall offer for sale by Public Auction subject to the conditions set out below at The Court House on 1st Floor 50 Eagle Street West, NEWMARKET, Ontario on Thursday February 4, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning.

CONDITIONS: The purchaser to assume responsibility for all mortgages, charges, liens, outstanding taxes, and other encumbrances. No representation is made regarding the title of the land or any other matter relating to the interest to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchaser.

TERMS: Deposit 10% or $1,000.00, whichever is greater - Payable at time of sale by successful bidder - To be applied to purchase price - NON-REFUNDABLETEN business days from date of sale to arrange financing and pay balance IN FULL at The Court House, Civil/Enforcement Office, 50 Eagle Street West, Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 6B1.

All payments in CASH or CERTIFIED cheque made payable to the Minister of Finance OTHER CONDITIONS AS ANNOUNCED SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION BY THE SHERIFF UP TO THE TIME OF SALE. NOTE: No Employee of the Ministry of the Attorney General may purchase any goods or chattels, lands or tenements exposed by a Sheriff for sale under legal process, either directly or indirectly.

December 21,2015 Sheriff Civil/Enforcement Office Regional Municipality of York Telephone (905) 853-4809 File # 09-1977 For Information Contact The Enforcement Office

Handy Person

Handy Person

40% off on new kitchen cabinets, granite, quartz and all natural stone countertops until February 15th.

Best quality and reasonable prices.

Call 416-845-1556.

Home Renovations

Painting & Decorating

Painting & Decorating

PRO PAINTING 20 years experience. Room $150.

Call or text Pete 905-751-3612 or 416-878-1806 or email select3p@gmail.com Plumbing

Plumbing

Legal Services

CRIMINAL RECORD? Canadian Record Suspension (Criminal pardon) seals record. American waiver allows legal entry. Why risk employment, business, travel, licensing, deportation, peace of mind?

Free consultation: 1-800-347-2540

Cleaning/Janitorial

Notices (Public)

Under and by virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the, Ontario Superior Court Of Justice, Ontario dated May 8, 2009 Court File CV-09-1008-00 to me directed, against the real and personal property of Kwong-Wing Li, Defendant at the suit of Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce Plaintiff, I have seized and taken in execution all right, title, interest and EQUITY OF REDEMPTION of Kwong-Wing Li

Home Renovations Legal Services

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A celebration of lives well lived and people well loved Read more Life Stories on yorkregion.com

Veteran Carm Shier was admired by everyone

BY LISA QUEEN

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f anyone needed a helping hand, they never had to reach out farther than to Carmen Shier.

“He was generous, very generous. You have the cause and Carm would support it,” his friend, Norm Smart, said while reminiscing about Shier’s life at the Newmarket branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, with fellow comrades Don Bishop and John King.

“He should be remembered for his kindness and generosity. If you were his friend, you were his friend for life.”

Shier, the last living founding father of the legion and a charter member of the Newmarket Veterans’ Association, died Dec. 22 at the age of 90.

It was standing-room only at his funeral at New Hope Methodist Church on Dec. 28.

“Sometimes, when you get into your 90s, you don’t think you have many friends around, but it (the church) was loaded,” Bishop said.

“It was a tremendous send-off for a great guy,” Smart added.

Shier enlisted with the 2nd Royal Canadian Artillery on Aug. 13, 1943 at the age of 18.

After serving as a gunner in France, Holland and Germany, he was discharged on June 14, 1946.

Shier was awarded the 1935 to

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Carm Shier 1945 Service Medal and the France Star.

After returning home, he began a career as an aircraft worker.

He met his future wife, Margaret, while she was working at a bank in Aurora and a romance blossomed.

The couple had a son, David, who died about 20 years ago.

Margaret died about 14 years ago, after battling Alzheimer’s disease.

“They most definitely had a lov-

ing relationship. When she was in hospital, he went every day to feed her morning, noon and night,” Smart said, adding Shier had a good sense of humour.

“I remember Carm coming into the club one time and he said, ‘I think my wife is getting better.’ I said ‘What do you mean, Carm?

She has Alzheimer’s.’ He said, ‘I know, but every day I go in and say, ‘Do you know who I am?’ and Margaret says, ‘Yes, I know who you are.’ Today, I went in and said, ‘Margaret, do you know who I am?’ and she said, ‘If you don’t know, I’m not telling you’.”

In 1947, Shier joined the legion and over the next seven decades, served in a wide variety of roles, including first and second vicepresident, sports officer, sick and visiting officer and a member of the financial committee.

Always helping out at the branch, it was unheard of for Shier to turn down a request to help in any way.

He assisted every year with the Remembrance Day poppy campaign, a cause near and dear to his heart.

He also helped for many years with setting up the crosses and candles for the candlelight vigil at the cenotaph.

Until it was cancelled, Shier helped with the legion’s annual soapbox derby on Main Street.

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“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.”

Always an active participant in the legion’s sports and recreation activities, Shier was particularly proud of being on the winning 10-man provincial championship cribbage team in 1960.

“He was as proud as a peacock,” Bishop said.

If Shier, an avid card player, ever lost a game, his friends at the legion would tease him by taking the championship plaque off the wall and vowing not to return it until he was on a winning streak. “‘I’ll have you up on charges,’ he’d say,” Bishop laughed.

Shier was a founding member of the veterans’ association and served on the executive board for more than 30 years in many roles, including president more than once.

One of his most noted contributions was performing the roll call every year at the Decoration Day services, a role he performed up until last June.

Shier also played baseball in the veterans’ league in Bradford well into his old age.

For 49 years, he volunteered with the annual Newmarket house league hockey tournament, always honoured to be the one to drop the puck on opening night.

Shier was a proud member for many years of the men’s a cappella singing group, the Upper Canada Chordsmen Chorus.

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.

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He donated financially to more than a dozen charities, including the Alzheimer Society of Canada, and also sponsored two children through UNICEF. Always up for anything, Shier and a group of friends began taking annual trips together after Margaret died.

He enjoyed ice fishing and never met a breakfast he didn’t like.

“He would eat breakfast four times a day. He loved to go out for breakfast. He loved fat and salt,” Bishop said.

“And he was just a little guy,” King added.

Shier was well loved and respected, Bishop said.

“He was the type of man who would never say anything derogatory about any person. He always had something nice to say about everybody,” he said.

“He was very well admired by everybody in town. There was nobody who disrespected Carm.”

King agreed.

“The women used to say he was a very sweet man, which was true.

You can’t get around that,” he said.

Shier is survived by his twin sister, Linda Silver, and sisters Verna Williamson and Gwen Brown, brother-in-law Richard Bielat and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by sister June Lee and brothers Wes and Trevor.

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