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City councillors have put off making a decision about a controversial condominium proposal in the Woodbridge village core on properties where two of the community’s “most important” historic homes currently stand. Last week, councillors postponed a vote, to March 22, on a re-zoning application for three properties at the corner of Woodbridge Avenue and Wallace Street — where a developer is seeking to build a seven-storey, 119unit condominium — despite a recommendation from city planning to staff to approve the application. The matter was deferred to give city staff a chance to report back on potential options for dealing with the re-zoning application as well as a pending settlement of an official plan appeal by the developer for the same property.

A multi-faith conference in York Region Sunday shared a vision of women coming together to create peace in society. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association hosted the conference at its national headquarters on Jane Street north of Major Mackenzie Drive in Vaughan. With the theme “Peace on our planet - our contribution,” the event drew more than 300 women from different religious, cultural and social organizations from Vaughan, Bradford, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, King City, Thornhill, Markham and other communities. The goal of the conference was to promote peace, foster relationships among different groups and push back against stereotypes associ-

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Mariarosa and Christian Schniering in their Newmarket home. Christian has won a cancer co-survivor award for supporting Mariarosa, whose family lives in Woodbridge, after she was diagnosed with leukemia. See our story on page 7.

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hile a mild winter has meant we have avoided cabin fever this year, a mid-season break still comes as welcome news. Thankfully, March Break is just around the corner, running from March 12 to 20 if you include weekends at either end. And there’s tons going on around York Region to keep the whole family busy. Make sure to check with the venues for prices and registration information.

1) A great place to start is checking with your local town or city for March Break camps and other municipal and community events. For example, check out the mad science-flight academy camp in Newmarket, Minion Day and cardboard toboggan races at the ROC in Georgina, skating, public swimming, the indoor rock wall and The Loft for youth in Aurora, March Madness camps in East Gwillimbury featuring knights and princesses, superheroes and farmhouse themes and the art exploration camp for the curious child in Markham. 2) If all the world’s a stage, March Break may be the perfect time to catch live theatre. The Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts is featuring Alexander, Who’s Not Not Not Not Not Not Going to Move March 10 and Daniel’s Tiger March 18. Visit www. rhcentre.ca/ for more information. Flato Markham Theatre has the Hong Kong Ballet on March 10 and Celtic

Nights Spirit of Freedom March 12. For more information, visit markhamtheatre.ca The Newmarket Theatre is featuring Opera Luminata on March 18 and 19, while the Stephen Leacock Theatre in Georgina is offering a Highwaymen Tribute show on March 12 and a George Jones Tribute show on March 16.

7) The McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg is hosting a camp and lots of March Break Madness activities, such as Brick Bros. Circus, Cozy Music, Imagination on the Loose, the Mask Messenger and a teen digital photography workshop. Visit mcmichael.com for more information.

3) Tap into a sweet outing through the Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival running from March 5 to April 3, at Bruce’s Mills Conservation Area in Stouffville and Kortright Conservation Area in Vaughan. There are demonstrations, wagon rides, activities, pancakes with real maple syrup and special family-fun activities on weekends and March Break. For more information, visit maplesyrupfest.com

8) Who needs sun and sand for March Break when you can explore the wonders of snow at the Markham Museum? You can take part in interactive family-drop in activities and explore the museum’s new exhibition, Snow. The museum is also offering a family ceramic jewelry workshop at the pottery studio. Call 905-305-5970 to register for the jewelry workshop.

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Visit a Mosque campaign in Vaughan Canada’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community is throwing open the doors to mosques across the country in an effort to foster a greater understanding of Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada launched its nationwide Visit a Mosque campaign Sunday. “This campaign provides an excellent opportunity for Canadians to meet their Muslim neighbours, friends and fellow citizens, and learn

how Muslims truly live and practice their religion,” said Lal Khan Malik, national president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at of Canada. “Many misconceptions have crept into the minds of people due to the unfortunate behaviour of a fringe minority. This initiative allows Canadians to meet and interact with Muslims on a personal level and truly understand our beliefs.” Local chapters of the

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at will be hosting events at their respective mosques and prayer centres with information and visual exhibitions regarding Islam, as well as hosting meet and greets with community leaders and members Vaughan’s Baitul Islam Mosque, 10610 Jane St., will be participating in the campaign. To find out more, visit www.ahmadiyya.ca

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eave it to Canada’s largest national newspaper to pooh-pooh the idea of a Yonge subway extension line to Richmond Hill in a Monday editorial. The Toronto Star called the seven-kilometre link from the Finch terminal station to Richmond Hill, “an exercise in folly” and Toronto Mayor John Tory has told CP24: “We just can’t do it. How irresponsible would it be to have the trains, when they get to Finch, be so full, no one can get on?” For good measure, Toronto Transit Commission chairperson and Toronto councillor Josh Colle chimed in: “We’re nowhere near being in the position to extend Yonge north. It’s just not feasible right now.” The key words Colle said were “right now.” While a group of 16 York Region mayors, councillors and senior staff went to Ottawa to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week to push for infrastructure funds — as is their responsibility to the citizens of York Region — anyone who is expecting immediate action “right now” on the Yonge Street extension is dreaming in technicolour. There would be a ton of work to do before shovels could hit the ground on such a massive project. Consider, for instance, how long it’s taking to get the subway to Vaughan from Downsview station. The conception for the project was drawn up round the turn of the century and if it opens as scheduled, we’re looking at about a 17-year timeline. So when Colle says “right now,” does he mean within a decade or so or realistically speaking, are we talking closer to 20 years? If it’s the latter, which is far more reasonable, consider the number of transit projects that will be completed in Toronto by then. For starters, the Eglinton crosstown LRT will have long been in service. Then, you’ll have the Scarborough subway extension. Presumably, Mayor Tory’s Smartrack plan will have been implemented, and if all goes according to plan,

Tim Kelly by the early 2030s, it’s possible the downtown relief line might be underway or even finished. The Star argues all of these Toronto transit lines must be in place before a link to Richmond Hill should be considered. Why not proceed with planning, engineering and construction on a Richmond Hill line while all of these other projects are in the works? Why must it be an either/or proposition? Given the length of time complicated, massive transit projects with inevitable delays take, surely several can be underway simultaneously. The other important point is that improvements in subway efficiencies should mean more trains can run each hour, providing more capacity on each line and more passenger service. The TTC is working over the next three years to upgrade its 60-yearold system so that trains will run far more efficiently. That can only make the system smoother, more reliable and more open for expansion in the future. As gridlock on our roads continues to get worse over the next decade while our population grows, the call for transit solutions will only get stronger. The goal is to get people out of their cars and off the roads. The Star seems to think transit’s the ideal solution for Torontonians but, evidently, it thinks those of us in York Region can wait and wait and wait some more. But there’s no reason to wait indefinitely. Let’s get started on a Yonge line extension to Richmond Hill so we can ride the Rocket within 20 years.

Re: Cheap gas prices take toll on public transit: bit.ly/1o7GNgC and GO shuttle could be boom or bust for commuters: bit. ly/1LErgtC, Feb. 11. Read the above stories and you will understand how out of touch transit management is with commuters. A quick recap: In this first article, gas prices are dropping, so people are driving cars and not taking transit. How about the cost of transit fares going down correspondingly to keep existing riders and attract new ones? The second article is about a lack of parking at GO stations. I am not a transit expert, but if you want new commuters, why not give them a place to park? Make it easy. At Rutherford Road in Richmond Hill, we call it the Olympics because commuters run — and I mean run fast — to their cars, because, if you don’t get to your car quickly to get out of the parking lot, you can wait for 20 minutes to get out. Twenty minutes. Oh yeah, the GO train also charges to park in many locations up to $94 a month. In Aurora, the GO train super geniuses want to add more buses to take commuters to the GO train station because there is not enough parking. I suspect there will be a charge for buses

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and parking (maybe) and train fare. The price tag for new buses is expected to be $15 million, funded by gas tax revenue. That is you and me, folks, paying for this. It sounds like placing a band-aid on a gushing wound. Here is a thought …. why not plan ahead? For example, we have a huge residential development progressing in Sharon. Why not start developing a multi-level parking structure at the station at East Gwillimbury with multiple exits, so commuters can easily leave. Try exiting on both Green Lane and Main Street to assist in disbursing traffic with stop lights that adjust for peak times. Look at Union Pearson (UP), the rail service from Union Station to the airport. It cost you and me about $500 million to set up and it is 90 per cent under-utilized. Why? The cost per person is almost as much as a limo, Uber or taxi, so, if two people are travelling together? Limo, it is. The UP passes commuters using other transit services wanting to go to downtown because the service was not integrated with other transit.

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Theirs was definitely not love at first sight, but it didn’t take long for Mariarosa and Christian Schniering to develop an unbreakable bond. They met through an online dating website. Tired of failed dates, he was just about to bail on the site and almost grudgingly decided to go out with her as a friend as a parting farewell to his online dating days. He made her pay half the cheque for their meal. He thought she was too short. She thought he was an “arrogant ass.” But for some reason, they kept in touch. It was after Christian returned to his native Germany to help his mother celebrate her 60th birthday that he decided he wanted a love like his parents’ with Mariarosa. They began dating and their romance over the next six months grew more serious. At the same time, Mariarosa was feeling tired and battling recurring bouts of strep throat as she worked as a teacher at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School in Aurora, finished her master’s degree at York University and wrote a chapter for a textbook. In January 2014, the Newmarket woman was diagnosed with leukemia. Fearful she wouldn’t survive and believing it was too much to ask her boyfriend of only six months to stay by her side, Mariarosa begged Christian to move on with his life. “When you go through something like that, you start to think about the people around you and you think it’s happening to me, so I have to go through it, but the people around me don’t need to suffer,” said Mariarosa, whose family lives in Woodbridge. “This (leukemia) is something I will take, I will accept and I will fight through, but everything with him was still so new. He had so much that he was focusing on. He just applied

to his masters in business, just so many things that he was going to start on in his life. You never want to be that hindering factor.” But Christian wasn’t going anywhere. He stayed by Mariarosa’s hospital bedside, slept on the windowsill when there were no chairs, laid beside her as she recovered from treatments, held her hand when she vomited and lightened her spirits with smiles and corny sayings. He assured her he would stay by her side, even when full-body radiation, needed as part of a bone marrow transplant Mariarosa endured, with her brother Alfonso as donor, meant she may never be able to have children. As she lay in her hospital bed, on morphine, she and Christian planned their wedding, which took place on Valentine’s Day last year. Nominated by Mariarosa, Christian has been named the first winner of the Facing Cancer Together CoSurvivor Award, given by national cancer advocacy group, Beauty Gives Back. Beauty Gives Back, a charitable initiative led by the Canadian beauty industry, supports women with cancer through programs such as Look Good Feel Better, which boosts their self-confidence by helping to mitigate the effects of cancer and treatment on their appearance. Its online cancer-support community, facing cancer.ca, a program of the Canadian Cosmetic,Toiletry and Fragrance Association, is now looking for nominations for its 2016 award. Sitting in the kitchen of their Newmarket home, Mariarosa and Christian talked about their courtship, their frightening journey together through her illness and their future. Christian, who heads the Canadian sales site for a Germany company, admitted he was scared when Mariarosa got her diagnosis. “We just started dating, six months before, and, obviously, there were some decisions to be made on my end. Do I want to go

through this, do I just want to leave and call it quits and I live my life, you live yours and we maybe see each other in the next life or whatever?” he said. “I made the decision to stay. It’s a crazy little thing called love. There was something I felt inside that said I don’t want to go, I’m not ready to leave, I’m not willing to leave. It was what I wanted to do, not the right thing to do, what I wanted to do.” Mariarosa is now cancer-free.

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his fellow beings, he can’t live at peace with God,” she said. “A Muslim can only be considered best in the sight of God if he or she can be of service to mankind.” However, if Islam is about peace and serving humanity, then why are some Muslim groups around the world engaging in brutal acts of terrorism, Shah said. “Terrorism is a global problem and needs to be studied in its larger perspective. Unless we understand the forces behind the violence, we will not be able to understand why some Muslim groups and states are turning to terrorism to achieve certain objectives,” she said. She referred to research showing suicide bombings have more to do with secular and strategic goals to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from territories that terrorists consider their homelands than they do with Islamic fundamentalism or other religions. “Islam is as far removed from terrorism as light is from darkness. It is not the exploiter but itself is being abused by internal or external (groups) for political interests,” Shah said. The conference was impressive, especially as it was held only two days before International Women’s Day on Tuesday, Vaughan Councillor Marilyn Iafrate said. “What better celebration to be at than this, where we have women here for a common cause - peace, global peace, peace on

earth, which really at the end of the day, whether it’s the whole world or within our families, we all want and strive for the same thing. We want peace,” she said. Vaughan Councillor Rosanna DeFrancesca said she was touched by the number of women participating in the conference. “I think as women, we have an important role in society to educate our children, our communities and our nation, at the end of the day, about peace and love and faith,” she said. “I think women need the support of other women and I encourage all of you to support each other because we deal with so many issues in our community and some of them are so similar. At the end of the day, we are all somebody’s daughter, we are somebody’s sister, we are mothers, we are wives and we share the same challenges in life. So, let’s stick together.” DeFrancesca said she agreed with another speaker who said women will one day be the true leaders of the world. “I agree with her 100 per cent because we have passion, compassion and love in our hearts,” she said. “As Canadians, we are so blessed with peace in our country and diversity. And it’s important to educate our children that this peace and diversity and togetherness is not always shared around the world and that we have to strive and we have so much more work to do to achieve the greatness we have in this country in every country around the world.”

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A police officer has described the terrifying moment he says he and a colleague were almost run over by an armed-robbery suspect who allegedly tried to flee police capture. York Regional Police Const. Steve Borovskis took the stand in the attempted murder trial of Ricky De Sousa, 37, on Tuesday at Newmarket court. He recounted how it was in Toronto on Dec. 10, 2010 when he and his police colleagues tried to arrest De Sousa, a suspect in a series of knife-point conveniencestore robbery, including one in Vaughan. The Crown alleges he was about to commit a further robbery before the police interception. After allegedly pinning De Sousa’s vehicle in on Weston Road in Toronto, using a number of police cruisers, Borovskis said he approached the front of De Sousa’s purple caravan with his gun drawn, pointing it at De Sousa. After calling out “police”, “turn off your car” and “you’re under arrest”, he said he remembers looking inside the vehicle and seeing the look on De Sousa’s face. “I remember looking in, directly at him, (he had) a frozen or stunned look,” the place officer told the court. “He raised both hands off the steering wheel, I could see both of them through the windshield. He was looking right at me.” Borovskis said that moment, during which he

continued to yell at De Sousa, lasted about two seconds, during which, the vehicle was quiet. While he was doing so, he said Det. Const. Frank Abreu approached the driver side window of the caravan and “engaged” De Sousa. “That’s when the noise changed dramatically and the engine of the Caravan started revving dramatically,” he said. Borovskis also noticed a change in De Sousa’s behaviour. “His demeanour had completely changed,” he added. “Like a complete flip of the switch. I could hear the governor giving out, in my opinion, the gas pedal was being pressed to the floor. I can remember the look on his face... He aggressively had two hands on the wheel... engaged and there’s a purpose there.” As all of this was occurring, Borovskis said his visibility was diminished by tire smoke, filling the air as the Caravan built up “inertia” about to “bust loose” from the three or more police cruisers that had pinned it in place. “The Caravan is now rocking, jumping back and forth,” he said. “If this car comes loose, it’s going to run me over. I can only imagine what’s going to happen to Det. Const. Abreu... He’d be seriously injured if not killed. The chance for me to be run over is incredibly high. There was no doubt in my mind that that vehicle was going to bust loose.” Although he was aimed at

De Sousa, about to fire, he said another colleague, Det. Doug Bedford appeared in his line of sight. Although he held back at this point, he said he heard four or five shots fired from another gun. The car then broke loose and began to travel down the street. After checking if he and his colleagues were OK as the smoke began to lift, Borovskis said they gave pursuit. “We look at each other, it’s only happened a few times in my career, and ask each other, ‘Are you OK’,” he added. When the officers finally caught up to the Caravan, which was clearly damaged and only just trundling down the road, Borovskis said he opened the passenger door to find De Sousa’s passenger, Antonio Da Silva, who was screaming in agony, in a “unique” way. Da Silva, who was bleeding badly, then uttered the words, “he’s f***ing crazy, he’s a crazy driver, he’s crazy”, he said. He added that De Sousa was also screaming once handcuffed. Borovskis said he was not injured, but he remembers Abreu had an injured hand. During the incident, De Sousa had his finger shot off and Da Silva suffered an injury to his head. De Sousa’s defence lawyer, Kerry Evans, said he would be calling a police procedure expert, explaining that officers created an “environment of danger” involving “chaos and confusion”, leading De Sousa’s actions. The trial continues.

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The Vaughan Voyageurs experienced a bout of déjà vu when they took to the hardwood court at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations AAA boys’ basketball playdowns in Windsor Tuesday. Unfortunately for the York Region Athletic Association champions who were the tournament’s second seed, it ended on a painful note after they were eliminated for the second straight year by the Waterloo-based Sir John A. Macdonald Lions. While last year’s loss transpired in the second round, this year’s rematch went one round further as it occurred during the quarter-finals. And like last year, it was a closely contested match with the Voyageurs coming out on the short end in this year’s game 59-57. “It was definitely disappointing since we lost to them last year also by two points,” lamented Voyageurs’ head coach Gus Gymnopoulos, “But give credit to them (Sir John A Macdonald), they’re a quality team.” Playing the game without the services of starter and one of their key defenders in Kordeiro James, who hurt

his knee, along with starters William Tran and Andrew Nembhard who also battled minor injuries but soldiered on, the Voyageurs dug themselves into a hole from the onset as they trailed 13-7 after the first quarter and were still down by six at the half 27-21. After the Lions put a bit of breathing room between themselves and Voyageurs when they led 46-36 after three quarters, the Voyageurs made a last-ditch effort in the final eight minutes of regulation play before falling short.

We had our chances to win the game. But at the end of the day, we didn’t play well enough. –Gus Gymnopoulos What might have haunted the Voyageurs in the final quarter was their failure to convert three layups and at the free throw line where they missed six charity tosses. Tran was high scorer for the Voyageurs with 14 points. Not wishing to make excuses in playing the game with a team that was not 100 per cent physically, Gymnopoulos felt a big factor in

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their loss was in battling a case of the nerves. Especially since they were facing virtually the same Lions team that eliminated them last year at OFSAA. The results surfaced in their offensive production during the first half. “I think the guys knew the game was a bit blown out of propostion after what happened last year (which also saw Gymnopoulos go on the social media afterwards to chastise the officiating and which eventually had sanctions placed against him for most of this season by the Ontario Association of Basketball Officials). “Where pressure shows itself is on offence where you need a clear mind and to stay relaxed. In the first half we had just 21 points. We haven’t scored that little in a half all year.” Along with that, Gymnopolous was quick to note defensively they could not find an answer to stopping the Lions’ six-foot, five-inch forward Nedim Hadzic. That was where James’ absence was heavily felt. “Their big guy was hard to stop,” cited Gymnopoulos. “He’s been averaging close to 30 points a game for them. “We had our chances to win the game. But at the end of the day, we didn’t play well enough.”

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Six York Region events made the 2016 Top 100 Festivals and Events in Ontario list. Richmond Hill has three events on the list, with its Canada Day Celebration, Ribfest and Tastes of the Hill recognized. Vaughan’s Canada Day Celebration, Newmarket’s Jazz+ Festival and Aurora’s Haunted Forest also made the list. “Our government recognizes festivals and events as important economic drivers and we’re proud to sup-

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More than 6,000 abused women and children who turn to York Region’s Yellow Brick House every year will benefit from $116,000 raised at this year’s annual fundraiser. Donations from the 11th annual Mending Hearts, Creating Dreams Gala, held at Le Parc Banquet Hall in Concord on March 4, will be used to support the 24-hour crisis line and other services, Pamela Massaro, manager of resource development, said. She called the gala an

inspiring evening featuring a panel discussion, which included past-president Lynette Louise, football star Pinball Clemons’ wife, Diane, and York Regional Police Sgt. Cecile Hammond. “The panel discussion was an intimate discussion on past experiences with domestic abuse, what we need to do as a community to change and how can we support,” Massaro said. Yellow Brick House helps families rebuild their lives after women have summoned the

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courage to leave dangerous and even potentially deadly situations at home. It also raises awareness of domestic abuse issues and advocates for changes in society. Yellow Brick House offers a crisis line that handles about 65 calls a week, two emergency shelters and Reta’s Place transitional housing, providing short-term affordable housing and services, such as counseling and legal support, for women as they find permanent accommodation.

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JOB POSTING JOB TITLE: Phone Verifier, Casual Part Time BUSINESS UNIT: Aurora, ON THE OPPORTUNITY: This position acts as the key liaison between the newspaper and the carrier force which delivers our product. From receipt of a customer/ circulation/corporate inquiry, the verification representative must take ownership of the inquiry to ensure the route is verified and results communicated to the appropriate parties. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES â&#x20AC;˘ Successfully conduct verification calls to ensure deadlines are consistently met â&#x20AC;˘ Handle a high volume of outbound calls per shift â&#x20AC;˘ Ensure that FDSA Policy & Procedures are met on a daily basis WHAT WEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE LOOKING FOR â&#x20AC;˘ Experience with outbound phone calls an asset â&#x20AC;˘ Strong telephone presentation skills â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent verbal, written and listening skills â&#x20AC;˘ Strong computer skills â&#x20AC;˘ Solid organizational and time management skills, with the ability to multi-task â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline oriented environment â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to work independently as well as part of a team environment If working for a highly energized, competitive team is your ideal environment, please email your resume to esmyth@yrmg.com by March 20, 2016. Metroland is committed to accessibility in employment and to ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with AODA, Metroland will endeavour to provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling your interview. Thank you for your interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Please forward resume to donny@theroadcleaners.com CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN Established General Contractor working in the ICI sector seeks a permanent, F/T, working foreman. Candidate with carpentry skills & experience is preferred. The successful candidate will be detail oriented with excellent communication skills. A min. of 5 yrs. experience is essential. Salary and benefit package commensurate with experience. E-mail resume to: resume.foreman@gmail.com

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DUFFERIN/CLARK AREA 1 bedroom basement, separate entrance, laundry, utilities, parking. Furnished. Non-smoking. No pets. $900. 647-302-7618 MAPLE- BRIGHT, charming, walkout basement unit. Separate entrance, laundry, parking. Non-smoking/ pets. Suit single. $950. 416-721-7218

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LAKEFRONT 3 BEDROOM COTTAGE (sleeps 6)

Availabity at DISCOUNTED RATES for the months of MAY, JUNE, SEPT & OCT. (SUMMER sold out). This pet friendly cottage is situated in Haliburton Highlands, with 4 piece bath, living/dining area, well equipped kitchen and attached screened-in Muskoka room. Well looked after grassy grounds on a gentle slope down to a 300 sq ft dock on a very peaceful NO MOTOR lake. Great swimming, fishing, with 1 canoe, 3 kayaks, a peddalo, lifevests, fire-pit and games. Please email patrick@nemms.ca for rates, full photos and details. 416.564.4511

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This is a permanent full-time position. Salary and benefit package commensurate with experience. E-mail resume to: resume.sitesuper@gmail.com

Accounting/Admin Clerk

We are an established fire protection company located at Hwy# 27 & Langstaff looking for a full time Accounting/Admin Clerk with excellent knowledge of MS Office (Word &Excel). The candidate must be detail oriented and have strong analytical, typing & data entry skills. Salary commensurate with experience.

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2007 CHRYSLER 300, one owner (retired Mechanic), low KMS 110,000 in Great Shape and runs exceptionally well. Car is being sold for health reasons and must go ASAP. $6,995.00 As is. Call 905 853-1072. 2010 HYUNDAI ACCENT - 3 doors 178,000 commuter car, 5 Speed, Power Windows, Door and Mirrors. Air-conditioning. In great working condition and body in perfect. Will certify and E-Test for $5,895.00 or $5,000.00 as is. Call 905 836-4393

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Gianluca Cellucci: a family remembers

Richmond Hill man was applying to be a police officer when life cut short

‘We, as a family, have been robbed of him as child, as a brother, as a nephew. But the community has been robbed of so much too.’ – Joanna Liokossis

BY TIM KELLY

tkelly@yrmg.com

om misses his hugs. Joanna Liokossis tears up as she talks about how her only son, Gianluca Cellucci, knew “when something wasn’t quite right with me.” Sitting in the Richmond Hill family home just weeks after Gianluca, 22, was stabbed to death in a Vaughan parking lot in the early hours of Feb. 7 – a Richmond Hill man is facing second degree murder charges – Joanna talked about the mother-son bond they shared. “I’d be standing there at the sink and he’d come up behind me, wrap his arms around me and say, ‘What’s wrong Mom?’” She said just days before he died, the young man came home from work late one evening. “He did something he used to do all the time when he was little. He lay down with me on the couch. I said, ‘What’s wrong?’ He said, ‘Nothing, I just want a hug, I just need a hug. Hugs are good.” I said: ‘Absolutely. Anytime. I’m here.” Joanna, husband Carmelo Cellucci and daughter Francesca lost a son and brother far too soon. “We, as a family, have been

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Gianluca Cellucci’s work ethic, sense of responsibility and affection for his family are recalled fondly by his loved ones. robbed of him as child, as a brother, as a nephew. But the community has been robbed of so much too,” Joanna said. Having just graduated from York University with a BA in political science, Gianluca was

applying to be a police officer with the York force when his life was cut short. His parents and uncle, Cesidio Cellucci, talk about a young man with a great work ethic who began at the corner store when

Celebrate a life well lived!

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

he was just 12. “He held down four jobs throughout his life and all the people he worked for contributed in some way to his funeral. That’s the impact he made on people,” Carmelo said. His sense of friendship, what he would do for a buddy, sticks out for his uncle who recalled a story that brought it all home. “Gianluca got up at 4 a.m. to drive an hour-and-a-half to a friend’s cottage because his friend’s boat was sinking. And this was in October. It was because his friend said, ‘I need your help.’ That’s just who he was,” Cesidio said. His mother remembers another time her son said was “not his finest moment,” but one that revealed his character. “There was an accident. They were tossing a football back and forth at a friend’s house and the football hit the TV damaging it. Gianluca insisted on paying for it. The very next day he went out and bought a new TV. He was 18. He bought it because the parents were on holiday and he said, ‘I don’t want them to come back and see this. There’s no reason they should have to pay for it.’ He

Your community newspaper is celebrating the achievements and contributions of everyday, ordinary people, who have affected the lives of others in extraordinary ways. Leaving a lasting impression on the community, our award-winning journalists will write a fitting tribute in memory of those who have a special story to share. Through your community newspaper and LifeNews.ca, we celebrate those no longer with us and remember the memories we share.

always took responsibility and ownership,” Joanna said. The family members recalled Gianluca’s charisma and his devotion to family. “He never once missed a birthday, a Thanksgiving meal. He would come downtown and visit me and I would think to myself, when I was 20-something, that was the last thing on my mind. Yet he made a point of it,” Cesidio said. Memories of Gianluca as a little boy have come flooding back to Joanna in recent weeks. “I remember one time he was on the couch, he had tied his blanket around his neck and he yelled out, I think it was ‘Superman,’ and he jumped from one couch to another,” she said. Another time, Joanna, who used to teach, took her two young children to school and told them when she was at school, she was not mom, she was Mrs. Lioskossis. “All of a sudden, I get this really strong hug. He just needed to make contact. That’s how he was. He was always very affectionate. Just a real sweetheart.” She will miss his hugs the most.

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Veal Sirloin Butt Sotto filetto di Vitello

99 /lb

17.62 kg

Organic

199

Product of USA Foxy Organic 3pk

Romaine Hearts

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Provolone Cheese

2499

case

Homegrown Ontario Fresh Half Or Whole

Local Lambs

6 99

/lb 15.41 kg

9 99

99 ¢

MEATS & FISH

Strawberries

Limit of 3

1lb Clamshell

/100g

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Pork Hams

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119

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Chickens

599

/lb 13.21 kg

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Drumsticks or Thighs

6 x 1.5L Homegrown Ontario Whole

299

Veal Eye of Round

/lb 6.59 kg

(Girello di Vitello)

Fresh Atlantic

599

/lb 13.21 kg

Rainbow Trout Fillets

Water

4 99

Speroni Extra Virgin

Olive Oil

899

/lb 19.82 kg

Product of Italy La San Marzano

Tomatoe Puree Passata 6 x 660ml.

599

Product of Italy Evviva Italian

Tomatoes

28oz

Product of USA Andy Boy

Broccoli

149 ea

Product of Mexico Green

Asparagus

199

/lb 4.39 kg

Product of Spain/Israel Leaf & Stem or Jaffa

Clementines

199

/lb 4.39 kg

Product of USA Sugraone Green Seedless

Grapes

299

/lb 6.59 kg

Product of Mexico Organic

Blueberries 6oz.

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2 99

250g

149

99 ¢ ea

Product of Italy Maltagliati

599 ea

Organic

PRODUCE

99¢

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Coffee Capsules

10 pack

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399

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