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Joseph Boyden, award-winning author of Three Day Road, Through Black Spruce and, most recently, The Orenda, will headline the event.

Set for Aug. 30 at the historic Sharon Temple in Sharon, just north of Newmar-ket, the day-long festival boasts Boyden as well as a larger-than-ever roster of sto-rytellers, readers, musicians, singers and dancers, presenting their artistry in four separate venues, including the Temple.

Now in its fourth year, Weaving Words celebrates oral and written stories through photographs, song and dance.

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Weaving Words festival celebrates storytelling in books, song, dance

BY SIMON MARTIN smartin@yrmg.com

he Weaving Words Festival of Stories this year features one of

Canada’s most acclaimed authors.

East Gwillimbury growth, jobs expected to surpass Newmarket by 2041: planner

BY CHRIS SIMONcsimon@yrmg.com

t will be a bit of a balancing act, but northern York Region’s population should grow substantially in the coming decades.

That’s the message from York Region chief planner Valerie Shuttleworth, who is projecting a large increase in population and employment numbers by 2041. She made a deputation on the anticipated growth to New-market council members last week.

According to Shuttleworth, the region’s population is expected to jump from 1.14 mil-

lion in 2014 to 1.79 million by 2041. Newmar-ket and Aurora will also see increases, though a more significant climb in numbers will occur in East Gwillimbury, which could actually equal or surpass those municipalities in popu-lation in the coming decades.

“If you divide it into an annual growth rate,

Workers hope to avoid strike

BY LISA QUEENlqueen@yrmg.com

ove over teachers, now it’s education workers embroiled in labour strife with the prov-ince.

The union representing 55,000 educa-tional assistants, custodians, secretaries, lunch supervisors, library technicians, early childhood educators, student sup-port workers and others will bargain with

the province Wednesday and Thursday.But the situation doesn’t look prom-

ising at the moment, Elena Di Nardo, president of the Canadian Union of Pub-lic Employees Local 2331 in York Region, said.

Negotiations are not moving well, she said, adding the ministry is dragging its

... but situation doesn’t look promising, CUPE president says

SCHOOL LABOUR ISSUES

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Acclaimed author Joseph Boyden head-lines event.

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i To see a comparative growth chart, check out yorkregion.com at: bit.ly/1hL7Drf.

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Competitor Gentian Zoto checks out the distance during the 3-D League Shoot competition on the York County Bowmen grounds Sunday. For the story, see page B4. For a photo gallery online, follow: www.yorkregion.com/photogallery/5800335.

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Other artists include singer/songwriter Mary-Lynn Hammond, Jury Konje and Judy Fong-Bates, storyteller Brenda Byers, author/poet Jim Scott and novelist Isobel Warren with Milan Chvostek (Lenny & the Missus). For children, the day begins at 11

i For more about the festival, go to weavingwords.ca/Pages/Background.html.

Jacques Soucie and Barb Martin are two volunteers who have helped come up with a plan to get a local home-less woman, who has been living in her car for years, into an apartment.

‘I fear when they will find my body’, woman saysBY LISA QUEEN

lqueen@yrmg.com

ith fall just around the corner, the fear that creeps around

the edges of Janet’s mind begins to once again consume her thoughts.

Will this be the winter she freezes to death in her car?

The prospect leaves the York Region homeless woman sobbing as she talks about the 15-plus years she has existed in her vehicle.

“Winters are horrendous,” said Janet, an articulate injured former army reservist, who is resilient, but bears the emotional scars of a hard life.

Finally, a community initiative offers Janet hope of getting off the streets.

A homeless existence hasn’t always been her way of life.

While she had a difficult childhood and a tumultuous relationship with her mother, at one point she had a mortgage and a relation-ship.

When the relationship ended, Janet lived

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WCommunity campaign raising money to get area homeless woman an apartment

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Town PageUPCOMING MEETINGS

Committee of the Whole Council - August 25 at 10 a.m.Special Council - August 25 following CWCCouncil - August 25 at 3 p.m.

The public is welcome to attend.

NEXT CWC & COUNCIL MEETING

Oriole Park & Open Space Long Term StrategyWednesday, September 16, 20154 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Open House

York Trillium Room / Holland Landing Community CentreResidents are invited to provide feedback on the long termstrategy for the Oriole Park open space. Comments on thefunction of the lands and how they relate to the park, openspace and trails in North Holland Landing will be gathered.If you are unable to attend or have any questions pleasecontact Frank Mazzotta at (905) 478-4283 ext. 1458 orfmazzotta@eastgwillimbury.ca.

PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE

August 20 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.Farmers’ Market at Yonge Green Lane CommonsCome out and meet with Virginia Hackson to talk oneon one about your community. Everyone is welcome.

The Town will be repairing soft spots on Boag Rd fromLeslie St to Woodbine Ave over the next two weeks.Access to private residences will remain open exceptfor when repairs are being done in front of driveways.Residents are asked to take alternative routes wherepossible and drive carefully in construction areas. If youhave any questions please call Michael Ciotola 905-478-4283 ext. 3841 or email mciotola@eastgwillimbury.ca.

BOAG ROAD REPAIRS

Car Show - The EG Car Show takes place every Saturdayfrom 6 p.m. to dusk at the Civic Centre.Farmers’ Market - Every Thursday from 2 to 7 p.m. atYonge Green Lane Commons (Lowe`s Plaza).Back to School Bash - August 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. atHolland Landing Community Centre. Sponsored by theLakeshore Community Church.Skating Lessons - Registration for learn to skate, adultskating and figure skating is now open. Programs beginin early September. Visit www.egskatingclub.com to viewprograms, schedules and registration.Fire Safety Training Course - Sept 17 from 8:30 a.m. tonoon at Ray Twinney Arena. Personal support workersand home care providers can register for this free session.Register by August 28 by calling 905-780-2907 or emailshanyn.godward@richmondhill.ca. Hosted inpartnership with East Gwillimbury Emergency Services.8th Annual Memorial Butterfly Release & 3rd AnnualWalk to Remember - Sept 19 at 10 a.m. at Fairy LakePark in Newmarket. Deadline to order your butterflies isSept 4. For more details or to order visit www.bfoyr.com.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

The Town will consider passing anamending by-law to remove aholding symbol from a portion oflands located on the west side ofLeslie St north of Doane Rd.The applicant requested that theholding symbol be removed fromthe lands to permit construction of429 dwelling units. The earliest date on which Council willmeet to consider passing an amending by-law is throughCommittee of the Whole on August 25, 2015.For more information, please contact Trish Elliott at905-478-4283 ext. 1286 or visit www.eastgwillimbury.ca.

PUBLIC NOTICE

WEAVING WORDS 2015A Festival of Stories at Sharon Temple

Sunday, August 30

Writers • Storytellers • Musicians

Dancers • Photographers

Film-makers • Artisans’ Fair

Get all the details at www.weavingwords.ca

FREE ADMISSION!11:00am - 4:30pm

Special Guest PresenterJoseph Boyden,

Author of Three Day Road, ThroughBlack Spruce, and TheOrenda

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The 2015 final residential property tax bills were mailed inJune. Payment is due as follows:• 1st installment due: August 31, 2015• 2nd installment due: October 30, 2015We encourage the payment of your tax bill through thepre-authorized tax payment plan. Two pre-authorizedpayment plans are available for enrollment throughout theyear, however, tax accounts must be current.Option #1 – 10 Month Installment Plan (February toNovember -withdrawal date is the 15th of each monthOption #2 – Due Date Installment PlanOption #3 – Arrears Plan – preset monthly amount to helpyou catch up on any tax arrearsPayment can also be made by telephone/internet banking,at any Chartered Bank or in person by cash, cheque ordirect debit at the Civic Centre.All unpaid taxes will be charged an interest charge of1.25% per month effective the 1st day of default.Please call 905-478-4282 if you did not receive a tax bill.Failure to receive a tax bill does not exempt the bill frombeing due or from the taxpayer incurring late payment.

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A mosquito pool has tested positive for West Nile virusin Sharon. There are simple steps that can be taken toprevent mosquito bites and reduce the chance of gettingWest Nile virus:• Take precautions when outside in the early morning

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a.m. with Elisha MacMillan of Mani-fest Dance accompanied by Shaw Percussion, followed by Russ the Musician.

The adjacent Temperance Hall will host an exhibition of works by local photographers, followed by an afternoon film festival.

A program of small-ensemble works will be performed by musi-cians from Connors Music in Geor-gina.

The vendors’ market has grown this year to offer a

wider range of inter-esting food and

unique merchan-dise, much of it hand-made and locally

produced. The Writ-

ers’ Com-munity of

York Region’s roster of pub-

lished authors will showcase their recent books and Blue Heron Books of

Uxbridge will be on hand as the festival’s primary book seller.

Admission is free, with donations to support

the Temple welcome.

The Sha-ron Temple

is about 10 minutes north of Newmarket and was built by

the Children of Peace, a community of former Quakers whose peaceable society initiated Canada’s first farmers’ co-operative, first homeless shelter and first brass band, amongst a lengthy list of social and political innova-tions.

Completed in 1832 and restored in 2011, it is the glowing centrepiece of the Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum, which encompasses nine historic buildings in a park-like setting.

CorreCtion

Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association resumes talks

A story in the Aug. 13 edition enti-tled, 2 teacher unions resume talks, incorrectly identified the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Associa-tion.

We regret the error.

From Front Page

Festival offers more

this year

Annual dragon boat race

raises $130KBy Tim Kelly

tkelly@yrmg.com

It was a little early for “Smoke on the Water”, but not if you’re eager to win a dragon boat race.

Some 25 teams were stretching their muscles and determined to hit the water for a good cause before the heat kicked in Saturday morn-ing at King City’s Seneca College campus.

The Toronto and York Region United Way was the beneficiary of the eighth annual Toromont CAT Dragon Boat festival and everybody was ready to go.

“We’ve got 25 teams compet-ing and last year we raised about $130,000, but for this event it’s more important for our corporate part-ners and our community partners and labour to come together on a beautiful day in King and canoe,” said Daniele Zanotti, senior vice-president of resource development for the Toronto and York Region United Way.

“It’s really the synergy of the United Way getting together and paddling for a common cause,” he added.

This year’s event raised $125,000.

Toromont president and CEO Scott Midhurst put his money where his mouth was and decided he was going to get into a canoe and paddle.

“I’ve signed a waiver,” he joked.“The United Way contributes to

the community in a positive way, we all know the great job they do. We have to dig deeper. When you or a family member or a co-worker needs support, they’re there,” he said.

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or some parents, the most important part of a playground lies beneath their child’s feet.

Richmond Hill resident Erin Wein-roth enjoys bringing her children to

oak Ridges’ Russell Tilt park, in part, because it has a soft play surface rather than wood chips or pavement.

“If they fall, they are not going to get as hurt,” she says.

Woodbridge’s Sonoma Heights Park appeals to Stephanie Mora.

“It has soft surfaces, so I don’t have to clean a child full of sand,” she says of the park at 100 Sunset Ridge.

Netaly Brand dislikes the ground at her neighbourhood playground in Thornhill.

“The ground is dirty, no one does upkeep,” she says.

Brand will not allow her 11-month-old son to crawl around at the York Hill District Park (in the Bathurst Street and Clark Avenue area) because it is “mucky”, filled with leaves and rocks, she says. But she does allow her son to crawl in newer playgrounds made of soft materials, such as recycled tires.

Her family often enjoys Saturday afternoon trips to the North Thornhill Community Cen-tre’s park.

“The ground is soft for falls, the splash pad is large and has places for crawlers with smaller sprouts of water and bigger areas for bigger kids,” she says.

Parks that cater to multiple ages are often a hit with parents. Brand finds it easier to enter-tain and look after her sons, age three and 11 months, at the north Thornhill Community Centre’s park, rather than at York Hill District Park.

Her local park has play equipment for two different ages spaced too far apart, she says.

“If you have children of two different ages, you will have to divide and conquer,” Brand says.

She signed a petition calling for changes to her local playground and it was emailed to Thornhill Councillor Alan Shefman.

Changes to the playground are in the works, according to Shefman. The City of Vaughan plans to redevelop York Hill District Park’s playground and basketball court areas. Vaughan held a community information open house to discuss the plan in March. A new playground will be installed as a first step in the park’s renewal, Shefman says.

Themes are one trend jazzing up some new, local parks.

Richmond hill’s Rocking horse Ranch opened June 10 and was designed using a horseback riding theme.

The Snakes and Ladders park (north of 19th Avenue and west of Bayview Avenue in Richmond Hill) will include a life-size and tabletop Snake & Ladders game board.

Richmond hill’s Rouge Crest park, which opens Aug. 4, has a nature theme. The park has a spiral hill, which leads visitors up one path and down the other, moving them through drifts of native wildflowers. The park is at 147 Rothbury Rd., which is west of Yonge Street and south of Gamble Road.

In Newmarket, home to 52 playgrounds and 46 kilometres of trails, themed parks are also taking shape.

Chris Kalimootoo, director of public works in Newmarket, has seen a change in today’s parks.

“They are different, exciting, more creative versus 10 or 20 years ago,” Kalimootoo says. Back then, you couldn’t tell one park’s swing from another.

Newmarket is looking at introducing play equipment with a chicken farm theme in the Bathurst Street and Davis Drive area next year.

In addition to themed parks, accessible parks are becoming more prevalent.

Kalimootoo points to the accessible All our Kids play park in newmarket, which includes fitness equipment and buried dino-saur bones.

Darriel Broughton enjoys spending time with his son at a playground at Keswick’s R.L. Graham public School that is accessible for children with disabilities.

Its design makes it easier for smaller kids to climb up the slides, a feature enjoyed by his two-year-old son, who does not have special

needs, but loves visiting the park on an almost daily basis.

But what about the price tag? How much would it cost for a great park to be built in your neighbourhood?

It is difficult to say, according to Kalimoo-too. There are so many variables, including: the type of equipment you want, the type and amount of surface area you have and want (i.e. woodchips or rubber) and which features you want to add such as benches or trees. Cost varies and there is a big range depending on whether you want a park or parkette.

Developing a park starts at about $30,000, Kalimootoo says.

But one aspect of playgrounds will never change — they can be enjoyed by all ages.

Thornhill resident Nathan Mazer, 9, rec-ommends North Thornhill Community Cen-tre’s park.

“It’s awesome, really fun,” he says. “When I was a little kid, I used to come almost every time.”

He and his mother, Shirley, have only one complaint — the splash pad’s water is too cold.

Thornhill resident Lexus Deschamps proves that parks can be enjoyed by children of all ages. Lexus, 16, still loves visiting play-grounds, especially when she is with her two younger brothers and sister.

“It’s magical,” she says. “Every time I go to a park, I feel like I am

five again.”

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Personalinjury law

DarcyDarcy is a lawyer withBoland Howe LLP, TrialLawyers for the Injured,and can be reached at905.841.5717www.bolandhowe.com

Canadian LawyerMagazine hasrecognized BolandHoweas one of the Top 10Personal Injury lawfirms in Canada.

Whatdoes that numberrepresent to you?

Allow me to put it intoperspective. It is aboutas many people as theentire complement of theCanadian Reserve Force. Itis about as many people asthe population of Bradford.It is approximately the totalnumber of days the averageCanadian lives.

It is also the estimatednumber of Ontarians,who, one year after a caraccident, will still be inpain.

The Ministry ofTransportation’s mostrecent published statisticsshow that in 2012, therewere 61,001 peopleinjured in car accidents.More than 96 percent.58,805 of them suffered

injuries that did not requireadmission to a hospital andcould be dealt with in theemergency room or by afamily doctor.

This year, a researchteam commissioned bythe Ministry of Financepublished researchpapers that reviewed thefindings of what the teamconsidered to be the mostreliable clinical studiesrelating to these 58,805Ontarians injured inautomobile collisionswith injuries not requiringadmission to hospital.

According to one oftheir research papers,published in Journalof Manipulative andPsychological Therapeutics,Volume 32, Number 2S,“the preponderance ofevidence indicates that,in adults, recovery ofwhiplash-associateddisorders is prolonged,with approximately halfof those affected reportingneck pain symptomsone year after theaccident.

Perhaps, you may thinkthat there must besomething unique aboutthe 50 percent who don’tget better in the first sixmonths or who never getbetter. The research teamreviewed all the red flags,like pre-existing conditions,age, percentage of body inpain, baseline neck painand headache intensityand disability. Researchersconcluded they could notreasonably predict whowould recover and who

would not. So, you andI are as likely to recoverafter one year as we areto not recover after oneyear. And we have thesame odds of being oneof the unfortunate 1,311to 1,836 Ontarians whosuffer prolonged severesymptoms.

With 58,805 Ontarianssuffering from suchinjuries each year, and halfnot recovering after oneyear, you would assumethat your auto policywouldafford ample funding fortreatment to cope, wouldn’tyou?

Formerly, motorists hadcoverage for $100,000 oftreatment if they neededit. Then, in 2010, thegovernment reduced itto $3,500 for those whohave injuries like wehave been discussing.Now the government iscontemplating reducing iteven further, and limitingthe duration of treatmentto just six months.

On behalf of the OntarioTrial Lawyers Association,I attended the FinancialServices CommissionAugust 17 to implore theMinistry of Finance andthe Financial ServicesCommission to affordgreater care to Ontarianswhose soft-tissue injuriespersist beyond six months.There should be morefunding available throughOntarian’s automobilepolicies. Let us hope theylisten to reason 29,402Ontarians are too manyto ignore.

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

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Learn more about the hidden water system and the people who make it work.For more information, videos and stories, visit york.ca/wateris or call 1-888-967-5426 Keeping our water safe

Our Water: Clean and SafeHow is our water made clean and safeto drink? It starts with protection atthe source.

Water protection requires constant careand monitoring. York Region works withgovernments, businesses, farms andresidents to make sure our groundwateris protected. We also make sure theused water going down our drains andtoilets is thoroughly treated beforeit safely re-enters the environment.As Lake Ontario, Lake Simcoe, andgroundwater provide drinking waterto York Region residents, it is vital thatthis water continue to be protected.

Our drinking water undergoes manytreatment processes to make it safe.At the Georgina Water Treatment Plant,

contaminants are removed as lakewater passes through membranes andultra-violet light. Chlorine is added toprotect our water as it moves throughthe distribution pipes before it arrivesat your taps.

The monitoring of water quality neverstops. Last year, York Region performed36,817 drinking water quality tests.These tests confirm the 285 millionlitres of water delivered each day to anestimated 1.1 million residents is cleanand safe.

The York Region water system ismassive, integrated and fascinating. Yet,it is rarely seen. We’ve taken videos thatwill open the door to our undergroundworld. We think you’ll be amazed.

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it’s nothing the region hasn’t seen already,” she said. “In fact, in the later years, the pace of growth tapers off a little bit. I don’t see the forecasts as unrealistic. We actually have capacity to accommodate much more growth. We’ve invested an awful lot of money in infrastructure to support growth along our centres and corridors… so we can accommo-date more residents in higher-density areas.”

By 2041, the population is projected to grow from the current 56,200 to 81,000 in Aurora, 85,700 to 114,900 in Newmarket and 24,300 to 108,700 in East Gwillimbury. The employment forecast shows Aurora will have 38,000 jobs in 2041, up from 27,000 in 2014. Newmarket will host 56,600 jobs, while EG will grow to 41,900, up from 42,700 and 9,500, respectively.

“The province dictates the numbers,” East Gwillimbury Mayor Virginia Hackson said. “I’m always a little skeptical when we talk numbers connected to a date. We were expected to grow in the ’90s. We’re 20 years later and it’s just starting.”

The town’s large land mass means it will remain 70 per cent agriculture and green space, she said.

“(Growth) is a mixed bag,” she said. “I moved here for a rural community and I’m not naive to believe it’s not going to change. Our world is changing and we’re going to be a part of it. Managed properly, I believe we’re going to have one of the most unique com-munities in the GTA.”

East Gwillimbury should also meet employment targets because the municipal-ity is attractive to businesses, Hackson said, noting it offers livable communities, oppor-tunity for companies to grow, and direct access to Hwy. 404.

All figures are based on a scenario with no

urban expansion and could be altered based on the intensification model selected by regional council.

Several factors helped decide the forecast, including land supplies, changing demo-graphics and economics, municipal policies, infrastructure capacity and provincial growth plan requirements, which set minimum intensification, employment and population targets.

Region staff members are also trying to ensure there’s a good mix of accommodation and employment opportunities, Shuttle-worth said.

“The region is charged with distributing those forecasts to each of the nine (York) municipalities,” she said. “We’re in the con-sultation an analysis stage. We do forecast work on an ongoing basis and we revisit every five years. We plan very carefully for the future.

“How we accommodate that growth and invest our dollars is going to affect how accepting residents are of that growth,” she continued. “It all fits together; we don’t just let growth happen. We take deliberate steps to look way into the future to make sure the decisions we make now pay off for existing and future residents.”

Other politicians support the notion the projected growth is manageable.

“Newmarket’s growth projections repre-sent an approximate growth rate of two per cent per year — the lowest projected growth rate in the region,” Newmarket Regional Councillor John Taylor said in an email. “This rate of growth is both realistic and manage-able. High growth rates can be difficult to manage and low growth rates can negatively affect the local economy. Current and future growth projections must balance the require-ments to grow, with appropriate infrastruc-ture spending and a strong local economy.”

Newmarket to grow at 2% per yearFrom Front Page

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Newmarket Farmers marketAug. 22, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Riverwalk Commons, Doug Duncan Drive. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, baked goods, food vendors, hand-crafted artifacts and prod-ucts such as jewelry, furniture, soap, horse and wagon rides, musical entertainment, buskers, fresh flowers, etc.Contact: pheasanthollowcreations@live.ca, 905-773-9751.

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the LaNdiNgAug. 20, 3:45 to 5:30 p.m.Newmarket Community Church, 145 Pony Dr.The Landing is a free, weekly program offered at Newmarket Community Church that aims to equip teens (ages 12 to 17) with the tools needed to overcome life’s struggles.Contact: admin@newmarketcommunitychurch.org, 905-836-7251, 905-967-4081, www.newmarketcommunitychurch.org.

Passage BetweeN two worLds exhiBitioN & saLe By erika takacs aNd marissa sweetOngoing to Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St.The story of Canada’s immigrants is a shared journey of creating a sense of space & place in a new country. With the exhibition Passage Between Two Worlds, artists Erika Takacs and Marissa Sweet present courageous inter-pretations of their personal immigration experiences. Exhibition continues through until Sept. 12. Galleries open Tuesdays and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Gallery admission is at no charge. Galleries are closed on Sundays and Mondays.Contact: Clare Bolton, info@auroraculturalcentre.ca, 905-713-1818.

miNo miikaNa BimaadiziwiN: the Path oF LiFe: exhiBitioN oF works By doNaLd chretieNOngoing to Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St.Solo Exhibition of the works of local First Nations artist Donald Chretien from July 18 to Sept. 12. Large new works in the Great Hall Gallery and small works in Reception Gallery. Exhibition continues through until Sept. 12. Galleries open Tuesdays and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Gallery admission is at no charge. Please note that the galleries are closed on Sundays and Mondays.Contact: Clare Bolton, info@auroraculturalcentre.ca, 905-713-1818.

BuiLder’s cLuBAug. 21, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.Mount Albert Branch, East Gwillimbury Public Library, 19300 Centre St.Build all kinds of structures from various materials. Ages 5+. Drop In.

Beat the heat - oN a BuN iN the suNAug. 21, 1 to 2 p.m.Sobeys extra Aurora, 15500 Bayview Ave.It’s too hot to use the stove or oven in the summertime. Join Sobeys Dietitian, Colleen as we explore some healthy recipe ideas for foods you can eat on a bun other than burgers and hot dogs. Food samples included and recipes will be provided to take home. Register early to avoid being on a waitlist!Contact: Colleen Miller, colleen.miller@sobeys.com, 905-726-2499.

tweeN sceNeAug. 21, 11 a.m. to noon.Mount Albert Branch, East Gwillimbury Public Library, 19300 Centre St.Get creative with DIY projects for Tweens. Ages 8 - 11 years. Drop In.

BLood doNor cLiNicAug. 21, 4 to 7 p.m.York Region Administrative Centre, 17250 Yonge St. in Newmarket.Canadian Blood Services needs about 170,000 additional donors per year to maintain the blood supply. We ask eligible donors to consider booking an appointment by downloading the GiveBlood app or visit blood.ca.Contact: elaine.stpierre@blood.ca, 1-888-236-6283.

Free zumBa cLass at riverwaLk commoNsAug. 22, 8 to 9 a.m.Newmarket Riverwalk Commons, 200 Doug Duncan Dr.Free Zumba class every Saturday morning in June, July, and August from 8 - 9 a.m. at the Fairy Lake Newmarket Farmers Market, along side the reflecting pool. Instruction will be by The Move fitness and dance studio

and will take place weather permitting. Sponsored by Peter C. Geibel, bro-ker - Main Street Realty, and Jerry Montpetit of RBC Insurance. No signup required just come out and enjoy. Like the page if you plan on coming.Contact: Peter Geibel, pgeibel@live.ca, 416-804-5581.

maker madNess workshoPsAug. 22, 2 to 3 p.m.Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St.Unleash your creative side at these hands-on workshops. Free. Register.Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492.

Big & BoLd exPerimeNts iN art For ages 4 -6 / mixed media mash-uP - Big & BoLd exPerimeNts iN art For ages 7-12Aug. 24 to Aug. 28, 9 to 11 a.m. for ages 4-6 and 12:30 to 4 p.m. for 7-12.Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St.This is the messiest art week - from tie dye and unconventional painting techniques, to learning about surrealism and Dali! Meet new friends, enjoy a week of fun - and show off your work at the end-of-week art show! Cost is $50 for ages 4-6 and $80 for ages 7-12. Materials includedContact: Jane Taylor, info@auroraculturalcentre.ca, 905-713-1818.

towNshiP oF kiNg waLkiNg series - thorNtoN BaLes coNservatioN areaAug. 25, 9:30 a.m.Thornton Bales Conservation Area, 19th Sideroad.oin Toronto and Region Conservation and Lake Simcoe and Region Conser-vation for a guided hike of Thornton Bales Conservation Area! Learn about the local flora and fauna that call the Oak Ridges Moraine home! Some portions of the trail can be challenging with steep inclines We will walk rain or shine so please dress for the weather and wear closed-toe, sturdy footwear. Do not forget to bring plenty of water, sunscreen and a hat for those hot August days! To register visit www.trcastewardshipevents.ca.Contact: Cameron Richardson, crichardson@trca.on.ca, 416-661-6600.

wooF taLesAug. 25, 10 to 11 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Read to a friendly dog! Ages: 6 - 10 $10 refundable deposit with registra-tion. Twenty-four-hour cancellation required.

teeN how tuesdaysAug. 25, 1:30 to 3 p.m.Aurora Public Library, 15145 Yonge St.D-I-Y the day away at our drop in makeshops - each week we’ll have

a different creative focus. Free, DROP IN, For ages 9-15 years. July 14th: T-Shirt Scarves Bring an old t-shirt that you’d like to use for your scarf July 28th: Découpage Décor Bring household items to use as your base – pic-ture frames, jewellery boxes, etc. August 11th: Sharpie Tie Dye Please bring fabric items: t-shirts, scarves, canvas shoes, pillow cases, etc. August 25th: Washi Tape Wrap Up Bring a household item to use as your base. Ex: light switch, photo frames, coasters, jars etc.Contact: 905-727-9494.

td PreseNts coNcerts iN the Park: aBsoLute JourNey Aug. 26, 7 p.m.Aurora Town Park, Wells StThis is a free show but a donation for the Aurora Food Pantry would be appreciated. Food vendors will be on site. For your comfort, bring a lawn chair.Contact: sware@aurora.ca, 905-726-4762, aurora.ca/summerconcerts.

Newmarket chamBer oF commerce - memBer orieNtatioNAug. 27, 8 to 9:30 a.m.Newmarket Chamber of Commerce Office, 470 Davis Dr. A Monthly Member Orientation Session, for New Members, New Staff of Existing Members, Prospective Members, and any member interested in hearing about the new programs and services offered by the Newmarket Chamber of Commerce. This is a great opportunity to meet the Chamber CEO, Debra Scott, and other Chamber staff, as well as Board members and other business members. Bring business cards, as there will be a card exchange at the event designed to help you maximize the value of your Chamber membership. The Membership Orientation session provides stra-tegic and tactical suggestions for how the Chamber can contribute to your business success. Free event, however attendees do need to register. Info:info@newmarketchamber.ca, newmarketchamber.ca, 905-898-5900.

BLood doNor cLiNicAug. 27, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m.Aurora Legion, 105 Industrial Pkwy.Canadian Blood Services needs about 170,000 additional donors per year to maintain the blood supply. We ask eligible donors to consider booking an appointment by downloading the GiveBlood app or visit blood.ca.Contact: elaine.stpierre@blood.ca, 1-888-236-6283.

BLood doNor cLiNicAug. 29, 9 a.m.York Region Administrative Centre, 17250 Yonge St. in Newmarket.

.Canadian Blood Services needs about 170,000 additional donors per year to maintain the blood supply. We ask eligible donors to consider booking an appointment by downloading the GiveBlood app or visit blood.ca.Contact: elaine.stpierre@blood.ca, 1-888-236-6283.

cawthra muLock FamiLy FuN BBQAug. 29, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Cawthra Mulock Nature Reserve, 18462 Bathurst St.Celebrate nature with the whole family at Cawthra Mulock Nature Reserve! Join Ontario Nature staff in celebrating pollinators with a Bee-BBQ picnic, nature hike, crafts, games, and more! Explore nature with new eyes on a kid-friendly guided trail hike. You might catch a glimpse of a bobolink, painted turtle, or red fox! Talk to experts about welcoming wildlife to your own backyard and great ways to support nature in the community. Kids of all ages can decorate butterfly wings, join bee relays, and learn about the amazing world of pollinators. Menu includes basic BBQ fare, with fresh salads, fruits and other bee-pollinated delicacies. RSVP by Aug. 17. Contact: Megan Anevich, megana@ontarionature.org.

haPPy hoPPers sQuare daNce cLuB - oPeN houseAug. 31, 7 to 8:30 p.m.Newmarket Seniors’ Meeting Place, 474 Davis Dr.The Happy Hoppers Square Dance Club is a modern, western-style club offering programs in the BASIC, MAINSTREAM & PLUS levels. Come to the free Open House for an evening of fun and laughter.Contact: Anne Currie-O’Brien, annereg@rogers.com.

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taste & LearN - mediterraNeaNAug. 31, 7 to 8 p.m.Sobeys extra Aurora, 15500 Bayview Ave.Taste and Learn is a FREE class series offered by Sobeys Dietitians. Each class is focused on a particular food (this month is all about Mediterranean cuisine). During the class, you will receive some intro/background info about the food and the dietitian will prepare a recipe or two for everyone to taste. You will leave the ses-sion with new knowledge, a few free recipes and some great ideas to try at home. Registration is required. Contact Sobeys Dietitian Colleen to register and sign up early to avoid being on a wait list.Contact: Colleen Miller, colleen.miller@sobeys.com, 905-726-2499.

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Election campaign deceitful, manipulative

I honestly don’t know how any self-respecting Conserva-tives look themselves in the mir-ror anymore, tethered as they are to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and now this atrocious, deceitful and manipulative elec-tion campaign that masquer-ades as democracy in action in 2015 Canada.

Many of the connecting threads that maintained our continued expansion as an emancipating society have been quietly and purposefully unrav-eled behind closed doors by Harper and his privileged inner circle.

What hand did your MP have in that? Do some reading: the information is out there. Harper demonstrates again and again that he feels nothing but con-tempt for most Canadians and their right to vote.

Who’s buying this crap? The society we build today gets handed off to our children and their children. You and I will be gone. Do you believe the actions and policies undertaken by this Conservative government over the past 10 years have directly contributed in a positive, expan-sive manner to a decidedly improved life for all Canadians and the world we live in?

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NDP best choice for middle-class Canadians

Re: Child ‘benefit’ has me see-ing red, opinion by Tracy Kibble, July 23: bit.ly/1IjePAy

I understand Kibble’s frustra-tion with the blank cheque writ-ten by the Tories to young fami-lies, some of whom are wealthy and do not need it.

Meanwhile, the challenges of those in other age groups are ignored.

However, I feel that the NDP is the best choice as opposed to the Liberals. Firstly, they will target parents who really need the help by creating one million childcare spaces at just $15 a day. They will also help seniors and the people who care for them by raising the guaranteed income supplement, by working with the provinces to expand long-term and home care ser-vices and by bringing Old Age Security eligibility back down to 65. The proposed $15 federal minimum wage the NDP would implement would largely help young people who are just get-ting started with their careers. So there it is; the federal New Democrats have all Kibble’s con-cerns in mind in their platform.

Chris LeWisNewmarket

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Regional chairperson debate re-ignites

Town staff failures due to lack of political skill

Re: Dog days of summer might be affecting town staff, opinion by Chris Simon, Aug. 13: bit.ly/1PjM1gf

Simon was correct to point out a couple of staff failures in his opinion, but failed to cite a couple more egregious failures that have taken place that have cost the Town of Newmarket hundreds of thousands of dol-lars, namely the $22.3 million on the town books that was left sitting in cash for six months rather than re-invested into a GIC and the fact the town came up $4 million short on develop-ment charges in 2014.

Also, while it is correct to direct his criticism at town staff, a more critical eye should be placed on the elected town councillors, Mayor Van Bynen and Regional Councillor John Taylor, whose jobs are to oversee these issues and deal with them effectively.

These failures have nothing to do with the hazy days of sum-mer, but more with a lack of skill and leadership on Newmarket council.

Louis P. giornoNewmarket

Not all seniors receive CPP

Re: Re-direct tuition ire to province, not feds, letter to the editor by Lee Eustace and Child ‘benefit’ has me seeing red, opin-ion by Tracy Kibble, July 23: bit.ly/1IjePAy

While I am not seeing red, I do take exception to some of the opinions expressed in Eustace’s response letter. Whatever hap-pened to people taking respon-sibility and ownership for their life choices?

Offering money to make it more financially feasible to have children because our current reproductive rate is not suffi-cient to sustain the population at current levels is absolutely ridiculous.

If someone wants to have a family, she will: it will involve making sacrifices and cutting back, but if you’re going to be a parent, you might as well get used to sacrificing — emotion-ally, physically and financially — that’s part and parcel of having a family. However, the rewards are far greater than the sacri-fices.

University grants and loans are made in hopes of those receiving these benefits will become contributing members of society. Offering money to people for them to have children will only encourage the “I’m entitled to” segment of society to have children. Are we not overburdened enough already

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his isn’t the first time York Region Media Group has dedicated this space to dis-cuss and debate the pow-erful regional chairperson’s

role in our communities.And it certainly won’t be the last. It’s a crucially important issue that

needs debate, public input and, most of all, absolute change.

Since 2012, provincial politicians have attempted to get various bills through Queen’s Park to make Ontar-io’s regional chairpersons elected by the general public, not appointed by the respective mayors of each region.

But each attempt, unfortunately, was swept under the rug of incessant political red tape and disruption.

In York, the region’s chairperson and CEO oversees a budget of about $3 billion that affects all nine of York’s local-tier municipalities.

That’s a huge responsibility and one that should be earned fairly through our privileged democratic voting pro-cess.

York’s debt is climbing; projected to near the $4-billion mark within the next several years. That’s no small potatoes and it needs to be tackled, urgently, by a person who has earned the confidence and nod of its citizens via an elected ballot.

Newmarket-Aurora MPP Chris Bal-lard is the latest politician to try to change the status quo by the time the next election rolls around in 2018.

Admittedly, it would be much easier if York Region council came to the table and passed a motion to change the appointment to an elected position.

“We don’t need a motion from the region, but … it would expedite the change, absolutely,” Ballard said last week.

Markham Councillor Joe Li might just be the man to get the job done with his announcement last week that he will introduce this important game-changing motion within the next few months, with Stouffville Mayor Jus-tin Altmann agreeing to second the motion, so it doesn’t die on the table.

If regional council passes this motion once they reconvene for fall, Queen’s Park wouldn’t need to inter-fere and a regional chairperson’s race would be underway in time for the next municipal election.

That’s what needs to happen.It’s high time this powerful, influen-

tial position was won fair and square by the will of its citizens and business owners. Perhaps 30 years ago it was suitable for this job to be an appoint-ment of elected representatives when the region’s population was hovering at 500,000, but now that we have swelled to more than one million and count-ing, we need to follow Durham (2014) and Halton (2006) regions’ leads and make this an elected role.

Li said he is frustrated with back-room wheeling and dealing in advance of council’s selection of York Region’s chairperson.

As are we.He promises to fight for change.“I’m working on that. When I was

campaigning for re-election (last year), a lot of people asked me why the regional chair is not elected, so I made a pledge, if re-elected, I will make sure it’s going to happen,” Li said.

Chairperson Wayne Emmerson said he opposes making the position elected, because, he says, many resi-dents do not understand the chair-person’s role and what it means to represent the interests of the region on myriad fronts.

Maybe it’s time, then, to spell out that role to citizens and let then know this person is charged with being the region’s CEO, presiding over all coun-cil meetings, representing the region at official functions, serving as a board member for the police service; sitting on various boards outside the region-al organization and promoting and advancing its position with other levels of government and external groups.

Regional Councillor John Taylor says electing the chairperson may give the more highly populated south communities more pull, but it’s these communities’ mayors who, largely, appointed Emmerson, merely on strength of their numbers. So, wouldn’t we rather citizens have that say? We’ll be closely watching how council han-dles this issue come the fall.

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BOTTOM LINE: Citizens, not politicians, should make this crucial

decision.

paying for the “entitled to”?Incidentally, not all senior

citizens receive CPP; it is only paid to those who made contri-butions to the plan. Stating that seniors have had a lifetime to save for retirement is another broad brushed statement totally without merit to the argument.

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On Motion to make regional chairper-son elected coming this fall: bit.ly/1No1IEGRegional governments and York Region, in particular, absorb over 75% of our tax dollars, and does all it can, to keep taxpayers, in the dark. This is the most UNDEMOCRATIC form of gover-nance. And York Region stands alone, carrying billons of debt and pushing ahead with unfunded massive projects, knowing full well, the taxpayer will be forced to pay that debt. Mayors DO NOT campaign on their regional roles as they join this “Old Boy Club”. Tough luck to York Region chairperson Wayne Emmerson if he has to pony up some cash to earn his paycheck. Some of us do understand his role. AND WE DON’T like it. We need accountablity and transparency, both of which are sadly lacking in York Region.

Eric

Wayne Emerson’s comment, “Many residents do not understand the chair-person’s role”, demonstrates precisely why the chairperson should be elected. The current lack of understanding is not because residents are stupid. It is because appointed chairpersons avoid explaining their role or justifying their actions to the general public. It’s more convenient for them to operate in secret, so that the public will not ques-tion their decisions and actions.

Dave

World Series political race

y now, I guess you are notic-ing the similarities between Canada’s federal election and the World Series pen-nant race in major league

baseball. If not, let me fill you in.

Both will play out over the next couple of months with the final contest in late October. Both feature teams that sport blue in their team colours and a maple leaf in their logo, that would desperately like to clinch it in the final, holding up the big trophy as the confetti rains down from above.

Both have somewhat revamped lineups, although several core players are still there, with the same skipper they’ve had for a while. (Do you ever notice John Gibbons is always eat-ing something? It’s as if the game is keeping him away from his dinner. Meanwhile, Stephen Harper is not a bad looking fellow, he just looks like a guy who would be more comfortable wearing a tie but his advisers have hidden them.)

In the case of the Jays, it’s pretty clear they are Canada’s team, band-wagon jumpers and all. The federal Conservatives would love to think of themselves as Canada’s team, but they have so many critics these days, as well as serious competition for our hearts from the NDP (picture them in orange and black) or Liberals (wear-ing red), it promises to be a close race right to the bitter end.

Like baseball, every once in a while one of the political parties is forced to deal with a team member over some dumb posting on his Twitter.

Likewise, sometimes veterans get the start over newcomers trying to break into the lineup. Sometimes a candidate is thrown a knuckleball of a question and swings wildly, making a fool of him or herself.

Some generate interest because of their choice of hairstyles or who it is they hang out with on their off time and not by their performance in the batter’s box (aka media scrum).

Once the baseball season is said and done, I’m sure we will have been all quite well entertained, and maybe had our hearts broken. But I’m not sure the Jays becoming champs would have the same impact as what direction we go with our federal gov-ernment.

Alas, if only the federal parties could generate the same kind of inter-est in their battle for ballots that the Jays have been able to generate with their ballfield battle for wins.

Perhaps they can pick up a few tips from baseball to get the fans pumped up:

Each party could have a mascot: Conservative Carl, Liberal Larry, NDP Pete. They’d race around the field between debates and maybe trip each other.

Thomas Mulcair Bobblehead Day.Free Liberal batting helmet to the

first 20,000 voters.Conservative towel day (their hat-

ers would love for it to be a simple white “I surrender” style of towel but I doubt they are giving up that easily).

When a politician steps up to the microphone, his party could flash his stats from when he was on student council at university, who his favou-rite politician was growing up, votes batted in. We could all get to know the players a little better.

Although that’s been the knock on politics these days, that the more we know the players, the less we seem to like them, and the more the party they play for is left open to criticism.

So, parties appoint candidates rather than allow them to be chosen, and when it comes to talking to vot-ers, candidates aren’t all that candid.

Which is why people, on the day before voting day, are searching around for the name of the candidate in their riding, even though they’ve learned the Jays starting lineup by heart.

Politics is one of those games where not everyone loves a winner.

— Bernie O’Neill is editor of the Markham Economist & Sun

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Campaign 25X30 hopes to help get Janet out of her carin a motel room for a few months before eventually calling her car home. At one point, she lost many of her possessions, including a beloved cat and its kittens, in a fire suspected to be arson.

Now, spending her nights parked in plazas, even a vest, coat, sleeping bag, blankets and thermal socks and boots haven’t prevented her from getting frostbite several times on cold winter nights.

Janet, who suffers from several health concerns and receives ben-efits under the Ontario Disabil-ity Support Program, takes sponge baths in washrooms of doughnut shops.

On the region’s waiting list for subsidized housing for several years, she treats herself occasion-ally to a motel room so she can sleep in a bed and bathe.

Doctors told her more than a decade ago she wouldn’t survive another winter in her car.

Janet has beaten the odds year after year, but as she looks forward to her 58th birthday next month, she wonders how long she can last.

“Winters I get very depressed as I have always hated the cold, but I was told 14 years ago I would not survive another winter existing like I am,” she said.

“So, I fear when they will find my body.” At long last, there may be hope for Janet to get an apartment.

A dozen residents who have gotten to know her over the past decade at community dinners have

come together to form a campaign called 25X30.

The idea, first envisioned last November, would see 30 people each chip in $25 a month to con-tribute to Janet’s rent.

So far, about a dozen people are donating various amounts, accord-ing to Newmarket resident Jacques Soucie, who, along with fellow vol-unteer Barb Martin, is spearhead-ing the campaign.

“A couple of people, having heard her story and having known her, felt this was an area where we could make a difference in the life of one person,” he said.

“It’s going to help one person’s life dramatically. So, it is just that one person, but it is that one per-son’s life. If it was my life or your life, would you think that’s important? Absolutely.”

Beginning this week, the cam-paign seeks donations from the public through a Tilt crowd-fund-ing account called Shelter from the Storm.

After word came last week that the Canadian Mental Health Asso-ciation has agreed to help subsidize Janet’s rent, the campaign will now contribute toward housing and liv-ing expenses, with anything left over being used for other homeless people, Soucie said.

The organizers and Janet will sign a letter of understanding.

While Soucie praised Canada for having government programs that help the homeless, he pointed out Janet is just one of thousands of York residents living in poverty or

homelessness.“Essentially, here is an individual

who has been living in her car for quite a number of years and the government-sourced or govern-ment-funded programs have not, to this point in time, been able to help her,” he said.

“I think it’s shameful this kind of thing happens as often as it does.”

Homelessness in York is often a hidden problem, Elizabeth Brims, the region’s program manager of community partnerships, said.

The region has one of the lowest rental vacancy rates

in Ontario.

“The key around homelessness is it’s not just a big city problem. We have a lot of invisible homeless. Because we don’t have one major urban centre and have nine munic-ipalities, our homeless population is spread right across that whole area,” she said.

“It’s not like Toronto, where you can go downtown and say, ‘Ahh, there it is.’ I think a lot of people don’t realize that a lot of people are sleeping on couches in a friend’s basement, for example. That would be considered homeless, if you don’t have a home and you’re couch surfing.”

The region has several programs to help people who are homeless and prevent others from becoming homeless, Brims said.

York Region has 10,000 house-holds on its waiting list for 7,000

subsidized housing units, with the average wait being 10 years, Heath-er Tillock, manager of community partnerships and support services, said.

Meanwhile, the region has one of the lowest rental vacancy rates in Ontario at 1.5 per cent, she said.

The average rent for a bachelor apartment is $815 a month, com-pared to $1,036 for a one-bedroom, $1,194 for a two-bedroom and $1,357 for a three-bedroom.

While six of the region’s munici-palities allow legal basement apart-ments, which increases the rental housing stock, they are not per-mitted in Vaughan, King Township and Richmond Hill. The region its increasing the affordable housing supply, Tillock said.

She pointed to the recently com-pleted projects of Mapleglen Resi-dences in Maple offering 84 seniors’ apartments, Kingsview Court in King City with 66 seniors’ apart-ments and another 39 recently added, Mackenzie Green in Rich-mond Hill with 140 apartments and Lakeside Residence in Georgina offering 97 apartments for seniors, individuals and small families.

Meanwhile, under development now are the Richmond Hill Hous-ing and Community Hub, with 202 one- and two-bedroom apartments and 14 emergency and 11 transi-tional beds for youth, and Belinda’s Place for homeless women in New-market with nine transitional apart-ments and 28 emergency beds.

Governments alone can’t solve the challenge of providing an ade-

quate number of affordable hous-ing options, Brims said.

Newmarket Regional Councillor John Taylor, who is chairperson of the region’s community and health services committee, said it is upset-ting Janet has been homeless for so long.

“It is truly unfortunate that someone in our community has found themselves in such a difficult circumstance. I am confident that the community and our agencies will find a solution,” he said.

“Having said that, we must come to the realization that we have significant challenges related to housing and homelessness in York Region. These challenges will only be met through a combination of all levels of government working together toward more innovative solutions.”

As the federal election campaign plays out this fall, Taylor is calling on candidates to provide their posi-tions on the need for a national housing strategy.

While Janet is anxious about the prospect of living in an apartment because it has been a long time since she has performed even rou-tine tasks such as buying grocer-ies and cooking, she dreams of the home she will be able to create.

A real bed. A tub for bubble baths. A pet cat. Maybe a relation-ship one day. “Getting a place to live would be everything. I could get control of my life, not live in fear and be able to do what others do and make friends and do all the normal things,” she said.

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A central bargaining commit-tee is negotiating provincially for education workers with 101 Catho-lic and public union locals across Ontario.

A conciliator is now involved in the bargaining process, with con-ciliation being the final step before the union enters a legal strike posi-tion, the union said.

But with just a couple of weeks before school starts, “we’re not even close to negotiating to getting

a contract,” Di Nardo said.Di Nardo, who said workers

have been without a contract since Aug. 31, 2014, said she is not able to discuss the issues education workers are negotiating.

“There are many issues. A lot of people think it’s about the wages. It’s not about the wages. It’s about treating educational workers, school support workers, clerical in a way that they are to be respect-ed,” she said.

“There are a lot of issues on the table and I really can’t get into that right now, but it’s not about the wages.”

In the event of a strike, it could

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However, she hopes conciliation will lead to a settlement and avoid a strike.

“We want to be there in Sep-tember to provide students with the support they need for a suc-cessful school year, but we can’t do it without co-operation from the government and school boards,” she said in a union statement.

Meanwhile, as of Monday, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association is in a legal strike posi-tion.

After bargaining last week did

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Other schools are expected to follow in the coming weeks if a deal is not reached, it added.

“We remain hopeful, but it’s important that parents know there are bigger things at stake in these negotiations,” union president Ann Hawkins said in a media release.

“We all want to avoid a disrup-tion to the school year, but not at any cost.”

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He told 800 delegates the prov-ince and school boards are “in for the fight of their lives” if they don’t engage in “serious, respectful bar-gaining.”

However, Premier Kathleen Wynne told reporters she is more optimistic now about reaching settlements with teachers than she has been in weeks and indicated keeping kids in class is the govern-ment’s top priority moving into the fall.

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