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BY L.H. TIFFANY [email protected]

Provincial government officials are defying the will of the legisla-ture and ignoring your right to be involved in environmental policy development, according to a report released by Ontarios environmental watchdog yesterday.

A number of ministries are limit-ing the publics right to know and be involved in environmental protec-tion, environmental commissioner Gord Miller said.

He singled out the Natural Resources Ministry as a chronic offender for repeatedly refusing to post important proposals on a searchable online database, some-thing required under the Environ-mental Bill of Rights to guarantee the public at least 30 days to comment on proposed government initiatives or notification of decisions.

He would have been gagged if he was working for

the federal government. Gloria Marsh

York Region Environmental Alliance executive director

While the ministry has denied every application for review or inves-tigation of suspected illegal activities in the last five years, the Northern Development and Mines and Munic-ipal Affairs and Housing ministries have denied every application they have received since the bill came into effect 18 years ago.

The Energy Ministry, on the other hand, failed to post a full proposal notice on the online registry when it announced its review of the Feed-in-Tariff program, which offers finan-cial incentives to promote renewable energy.

That review was posted as an information notice, which doesnt give the public the right to comment, Mr. Miller said.

The flouting of the publics rights extends beyond refusal to use the online registry, he added.

Many ministries, such as Infra-structure, are not subject to the bill.

Mr. Miller said he is astounded by the level of disregard and contempt shown and hopes the report will open up more democratic decision-making.

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Danielle Gauci uses a tanning bed at the Tanning Zone in Aurora. A proposed bill would limit tanning beds to people 18 and older.

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BY TERESA [email protected]

The proposed law that would ban youths from using tanning beds continues to gain momentum.

With the Liberal government announcing it will back the private members bill tabled last April by New Democrat MPP France Gelinas, the law will have enough support to go through. The province is confident it is the right move to help curb skin cancer and escalating health care costs.

But 16-year-old Rachel Cooke isnt con-vinced.

The Newmarket High School student, who does most of her tanning in the winter, doesnt think people give teenagers enough credit when

Proposed youth tanning bed ban fires up teens

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Woodbine Avenue north of New-market was shut down for several hours yesterday afternoon after a four-vehicle collision.

Police, fire fighters and EMS responded to the collision at Wood-bine and Boag Road in East Gwillim-bury at 2 p.m.

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it comes to the ability to make educated deci-sions.

She did her research and decided to use indoor tanning beds modestly, stressing it was her decision to make.

The proposed law could force more youth outside, where conditions arent as controlled, resulting in more sun burns and could mean more students with fake identification, she said.

The fact is, if youths want to use tanning beds, they will find a way.

Recent Dr. John M. Denison Secondary School graduate Vanessa Hart is thrilled to hear support for the bill.

She successfully organized a tan-free prom this year in the local high school, where students

took a pledge to come to prom without a tan.Other local schools, such as Sacred Heart

Catholic High School, did the same.Many teenagers simply dont understand the

short and long-term risks associated with the use of indoor tanning beds, she said, pointing out most youths arent thinking that far into their futures.

While she sees the bill as a giant step for-ward in the fight against skin cancer, she hopes advocates will continue to raise awareness and educate the public on the subject.

Canadian Cancer Society staff member and cancer survivor Janice Hodgson has worked

BY CHRIS [email protected]

Compared to Ontario, York Region has more married partners, multi-family households and persons per private household and fewer common-law couples, people living alone and seniors 85 and older.

The data, from Statistics Canadas latest 2011 census numbers focusing on families, house-holds, marital status and living arrangements, were released Wednesday.

Distilling information from 9.4 million Cana-dian families, up 5.5 per cent over the 2006

count, the census surveyed just fewer than 1.04 million York residents and 12.5 million Ontar-ians. From a growth perspective, Yorks popula-tion grew 15.7 per cent since 2006 a rate three times that of the province.

While married couples remain the predomi-nant family unit at 67 per cent, the statistics suggest our society is in transition, Statistics Canada demography division sociologist Anne Milan said.

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Giving in the Catholic commu-nity recently reached new heights in York Region.

Local parishes increased their fundraising results by 6 per cent during this years Archdiocese of Toronto ShareLife fundraising appeal.

In total, the annual charitable appeal raised close to $15 million in the GTA.

Thats a 9.4-per-cent increase over last years effort and the most the campaign has ever raised for its network of Catholic charities and social service agencies, such as Catholic Community Services of York Region and Rose of Sharon Services for Young Mothers.

Parishioners at Auroras Our Lady of Grace increased their contributions by 22 per cent, to $145,000 from last years $118,000.

The increase in donations has to do with a growing parish of 5,000 families, a campaign-wide gift-matching challenge from an anonymous donor and the can-cellation of a refugee resettlement collection in February, Father Tim Hanley said.

The refugees were delayed due to turbulence in the Middle East, he said.

We noticed a tremendous increase, he said of the campaign. If we each give a little, a lot hap-pens.

The St. Patricks Parish in Markham also raised a new record of more than $300,000 this year.

Thats up from last years $272,000.

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Auroras Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Churchs Father Tim Hanley said a variety of factors contributed to his parishs increased fundraising.

If we each give a little,a lot happens.

Father Tim HanleyOur Lady of Grace Catholic Church

The parish of about 6,700 fami-lies has a reputation for being gen-erous, Father Dominic Barber said.

People have a sense of This is who we are that sense of identity with a generous parish, he said. They might not be well-off, but they still give.

Established in 1976, ShareLife reaches 34 agencies, more than 250,000 people locally and count-less, regardless of religious affilia-tion, around the world.

The campaign is the original and core funder for Catholic Com-munity Services of York Region, the family service agencys clinical director Doug Loweth said from his Richmond Hill office.

This year, the agency received $427,000 from ShareLife to support individual and family counselling and support groups.

While the agency also receives funding from sources such as the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the United Way and the federal gov-ernment for immigrant settlement services, Mr. Loweth said ShareLife remains a vital lifeline.

It supports the core of the agency and the central adminis-tration function, Mr. Loweth said, adding the organization has par-ticipated in ShareLife for more than 30 years.

Markhams St. Patricks Parishs Father Dominic Barber is happy with the success of this years ShareLife appeal. The parish raised more than $300,000 for York Region agencies.

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Renowned genocide survivor to speak in KingBY CHRIS [email protected]

The horror of waiting for your killer is unfathom-able, Immacule Ilibagi-za said.

Hiding from rampaging mur-derers is a fear and suffering few people experience, let alone sur-vive.

Yet, for 91 days, with six other women in a cramped, concealed 12-square-foot room, Ms Illibagiza endured as Hutu Interahamwe soldiers slaughtered more than 800,000 Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Ms Illibagiza entered the secret, room in a local pastors house as a vibrant, 22-year-old, 115-pound university student with a loving family.

She emerged weighing just 65 pounds to find most of her family had been murdered.

BELIEF IN FAITH

The New York Times best-selling author credits her sur-vival mostly to prayer and a set of rosary beads given to her by her devout Catholic father.

Anger and resentment about her situation were eating her alive and destroying her faith, but rath-er than succumbing to rage, she turned to faith and forgiveness.

Her book, Left To Tell, is required reading in some high school classrooms and is being made into a film.

She is the 2007 recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace, was a 2006 finalist as one of Belifnet.coms Most Inspiring People of the Year and received of the American Legacys Women of Strengths Courage Award.

She has been featured on CBSs 60 Minutes.

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This summer, the author, who also penned Led by Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide, had an audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.

We met privately and he said he was happy with my work and he blessed me, she said, her voice lilting during a telephone inter-view from her Manhattan home. It was a dream come true.

Ms Ilibagaza will share her har-rowing and inspirational journey from genocide survivor to inter-nationally acclaimed motivational speaker at Marylake Shrine in King City Sept. 28 and 29.

Shes looking forward to her York Region visit as she does every opportunity to share her unique story and wisdom.

MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS

My message is about forgive-ness, Ms Ilibagaza said.

For so long, I confused anger with hurt. Its a waste of time. If I can let go, anyone can let go.

I want people to know God is real. When you pray, he listens. He will come through. You are not alone and no matter how bad things can be, God will help.

Her faith was surely tested.She remembers when the

genocide began. It was extremely low tech, just machetes, spears, clubs, knives and a few guns, wielded by Hutus, the majority ethnic group, as they tried to wipe out the minority Tutsis.

Tutsis were slaughtered in their tracks, wherever they were found. The killing fields grew.

When it was over, three out of every four Tutsis in Rwanda had been killed.

Ms Ilibagazas father told her to run to a ministers house three miles away and beg him to hide her.

The minister was a Hutu, but he had been a friend of the family.

He put her and six other women in a tiny, rarely used bath-room in a remote corner of the house, the door hidden by furni-ture.

The women sat with their backs against the wall. They couldnt all move at the same time. They took turns standing and stretching.

The marauding Hutus lurked outside the home constantly, she said.

After a few days, the suspicious hoard stormed the house, but never discovered them.

She had never experienced dread of that magnitude.

It was the worst, she recalled. We were so scared. The pain and

fear of waiting for someone to kill you its terrible.

The woman ate little, usually beans infested with insects.

After time passed and their hunger grew, the bugs, too, were devoured.

They had no changes of cloth-ing, could not bathe and could only flush the toilet when the homes main water was running.

SENSE OF BETRAYAL

The panic was amplified by the sense of betrayal.

One of the mob members was Ms Ilibagazas neighbour, who was a friend and her familys handy-man.

On one occasion, she recalled hearing the man, who suspected the women were inside, taunt her.

I heard him calling my name, she said.

He yelled, I have killed 399 cockroaches and I want you to be the 400th.

Surrounded by evil, the women endured. Barely.

The pastor kept his radio on so the women could listen.

After three months of geno-cide, they heard French troops had finally arrived in Rwanda to protect surviving Tutsis and one French camp was just a few miles away. She persuaded the pastor to sneak them there in the middle of the night.

On what she termed liberation day, the women, struggling to walk, arrived safely at the French compound.

Having survived unspeakable savagery and the murder of her family, Ms Ilibagaza became intro-spective. She vowed to enlighten and encourage others to shed anger, the baggage in the belly, and forgive.

Shes on a mission to spread the story of the genocide, hoping it can prevent future atrocities.

She lectures and writes, deter-mined to stop the inevitable revi-sionists who claim the genocide never happened.

She also takes missions to

Rwanda twice a year and is buoyed by what she sees.

Three universities have grown to 25, 55 per cent of parliamentar-ians are women, crime is taken seriously and the country is rebuilding.

The message, like the woman, is humble.

Be grateful every day, she said. Believe in the power of prayer. Look into the eyes of God and trust in Him.

Ms Ilibagaza will speak at Our Lady of Grace Shrine at Marylake, 13760 Keele St., King Township, Sept. 28, 7 to 9 p.m. and Sept. 29, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Book signings will follow each lecture.

Tickets are $50 for general admission and $100 for a recep-tion with Ms Ilibagaza prior to the event, a signed book and reserved seating.

For information and tickets, call 905-833-5368 or visit luvn4gve.ca or ticketscene.ca.

Immacule Ilibagiza is a survivor of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered by Hutus during a war in the African nation. Today, Ms Ilbagiza is a world-renowned writer whose books are read in school. Her latest is being made into a film.

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First responders should be honoured with a day of recognition, Newmarket-Aurora MPP Frank Klees said.

Mr. Klees hopes his private members bill, recently introduced in the legislature for first reading, will gain the support it needs later this month to make May 1 First Responders Day to honour emergency medical service workers, firefighters and police officers.

I never presume what will happen in the legis-lature, Mr. Klees said with a laugh when asked if he thought the bill will be implemented.

I am hoping it is one of those rare occasions where all parties agree.

He decided to pursue the bill after reading New-market author Vali Stones book, 9-1-1, which delves into the memories of firefighters, police officers, doc-tors, nurses and military personnel.

These accounts confirmed for me that there are heroes among us, he said.

Everyone, from first responders to volunteers who dedicate countless hours to emergency response, deserve to be recognized for their selfless service to their communities and the province, he added.

The date corresponds to Emergency Preparedness Week.

The bill will be debated at Queens Park Sept. 27.

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The Federation of Canadian Municipali-ties first report card grading municipal infra-structure gives our roads a failing grade.

The first-of-its-kind report gathered infor-mation from 123 municipalities across the country, including York Region, to provide a snapshot of the state of infrastructure, such as drinking water, wastewater and stormwa-ter networks and roads, and its management across Canada.

The results indicate about 30 per cent of municipal infrastructure ranked between fair and very poor, with an estimated replace-ment cost of $171.8 billion nationally.

The assessment found 32 per cent of roads in fair condition, but nearly 21 per cent fell into the poor or very poor catego-ries, meaning more than half fell below the good rating.

The replacement costs for roads alone is $91 billion, which will cost the average Cana-dian household about $7,325.

It will cost an additional $2,082 per house-hold to boost drinking water infrastructure to a good rating.

Many towns and cities across the country

are wrestling with balancing budgets and addressing growing infrastructure needs, federation board member and Councillor Chris Emanuel said.

Infrastructure is the hub that allows our economy to flourish, he added. If the bridge crumbles, so will our economy.

Roads are how Canada transports goods and how citizens get to work and water and wastewater services contribute to quality of life. A breakdown in any of these assets could spell disaster for the region and the rest of country.

To view the full report, visit fcm.ca

The report card is timely, since $2 billion in federal funding, earmarked for municipal infrastructure, is expected to run out next year. While municipalities own 60 per cent of the infrastructure in the country, they only collect eight cents of every dollar of tax col-lected in Canada, Mr. Emanuel explained.

Infrastructure isnt sexy, but its our coun-trys spine, he said. It needs some serious attention now.

The federation will use the report to lobby

Infrastructure crumbling, according to report cardthe federal government for more infrastruc-ture funds so taxpayers arent burdened with the brunt of the bill through their property taxes, he added.

More federal funding would address New-markets need for improved water and sewer services and the extension of Hwy. 404.

The federation will ask for more federal funding to address aging and new infra-structure concerns, federation board mem-ber and Richmond Hill Councillor Brenda Hogg said.

We need infrastructure to maintain our quality of life and promote employment opportunities, she added. York Region is young and were growing with capital asset plans for the next 10 years.

In the south end of the region, additional funding would assist with an extension of the Yonge Street subway line.

More federal funding would help address the extension of Hwy. 404, Newmarket Council-lor Chris Emanuel said.

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A snapshot of Canadian municipal infrastructures:

20.6 per cent of municipal roads were rated poor or very poor.

40 per cent of wastewater plants, pumping sta-tions and storage tanks were rated very poor to fair.

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Re: Teacher job action wont change deal, editorial, Sept. 13.

It is a sad day when our media, OECTA and AEFO union execu-tives and MPPs can behave so irresponsibly and dishonourably, forgetting their actual roles and responsibilities.

As a teacher, all I can say is please do your homework.

Actually read Bill 115. Its a clear-cut denial of a group of employees right to fair and equitable work relations with its employers.

It states, The Ontario Labour Relations Board shall not inquire into or make a decision on whether a provision of the Act ... is constitutionally valid or is in conflict with the Human Rights Code, adding, No term or condi-tion included in an employment contract or collective agreement under or by virtue of this Act...shall be questioned or reviewed in any court.

What happens when a gov-ernment does not allow its peo-ple to question its actions? When it believes its not answerable to us? Now add the fact the govern-ment can, do anything else (it) determines is necessary in the circumstances.

Does the word dictatorship not come to mind? Thats when people are expected to follow leaders and never question their decisions or actions.

Is this truly, a time when you have to accept your fate.?

Premier Dalton McGuinty keeps insisting the act is putting students first.

But its teachers who put this provinces students first in their lives each and every school day.

We have protected and shall always protect our students best by providing them with role models, by setting the example through our words and actions.

We believe in democracy and that means being able to raise our collective voices and take whatever actions are necessary to be heard.

We will not stand idly by and let anyone, most especially not our representative government, trample our rights and freedoms to save face.

We live the reality of our current school challenges on a regular basis. We know whats at stake and it certainly isnt salary increases or even a reduction in sick days.

lthough Premier Dalton McGuintys Liberals won a byelection in Vaughan handily, albeit by a notice-ably reduced margin, the

beating they took in the Kitchen-er-Waterloo byelection the same evening should send the premier a strong warning.

The Liberals fell far short in try-ing to win the Kitchener-Waterloo seat Mr. McGuinty had opened up in hopes of regaining a majority.

Coupled with what we were hear-ing from a lot of voters in Vaughan on byelection night, the Liberal set-back in Kitchener-Waterloo suggests people are becoming disillusioned with the long-serving premier and arent quite sure what to make of him.

I cant stand them and I used to be a die-hard Liberal, Louie Fal-cone, a Vaughan voter whose wife is a teacher, told The Citizen on bye-lection night.

They made them (teachers) out to be the bad guys and theyre not.

That pretty well tells the story.A leader such as Mr. McGuinty

develops a brand over the years. If he suddenly tampers with that brand, he can expect to find him-self in big trouble, and thats exactly what Mr. McGuinty has done.

The result is that we heard in this byelection, a level of anger against him that was nowhere to be found in the last three provincial elections.

If people had been asked before this spring to sum up Mr. McGuinty in a single phrase, they probably would have said something like nice, decent guy.

He may not have been consid-ered outstandingly brilliant or very charismatic, but he was Premier Dad, a steady, reliable, fair-minded guy.

The other part of the brand Mr. McGuinty methodically built up for himself was Education Premier, a great friend of the teachers and a leader determined to bring har-mony to the education scene after the deliberate turmoil of the Harris years.

By the radically different course he has adopted since last spring, Mr. McGuinty has suddenly blown both parts of that image to bits.

In his treatment of Ontarios teachers and their unions, he has come across as nothing short of a bully a far cry from the nice guy to which people have been accus-tomed.

And in behaving, from the outset, in his dealings with the teachers in this round of contract negotiations in a deliberately confrontational manner that has brought unexpect-ed tension and unhappiness to the education scene, Mr. McGuinty has made the public wonder what has suddenly become of the Education Premier, who regarded teachers as his great friends and had them and their unions as loyal supporters in turn.

It might have been different if the premier had personally met with the teachers at the start of this round of contract negotiations, assured them of his continued appreciation of their work and of his support for them, apologized for what Ontarios difficult economic circumstances were temporarily forcing him to do, and pleaded as a friend for their understanding and forgiveness.

But, far from that, the stance he took from the outset was weirdly one of treating them aloofly from a distance as greedy people who werent satisfied with the gains they had made over the years and try-ing very unfairly to turn the public against them.

It appears Ontarios voters, including the people of Vaughan, arent quite sure who Mr. McGuinty is now. Frankly, neither are we.

It may well be that he has a very short window to clear that up and return to being the premier who people felt comfortable trusting in three straight elections or the mes-sage sent in these byelections may be just the beginning of his trou-bles.

No more Mr. Nice Guy for Dalton McGuinty?

Aanadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) presi-dent Paul Moist reacted to government orders to shut down private medi-

cal clinics in British Columbia by writing, Simply repeating irrational arguments is no relief for Canadians on waiting lists for health care.

A common tactic of those unable to refute a fact-based argument is to develop a mantra to be repeated again and again in the hope that it will become common belief.

For example, the union leader stated, Assumptions that the private sector would lead to more efficient health care delivery have been prov-en false time and again.

Just where would that be, when Canada is virtually the only country in the world that makes it a crime for private clinics to deliver so-called medically necessary services?

Or how about this assertion: A second for-profit tier would worsen accessibility, increase costs and lower quality for the majority of people. Several independent studies have shown precisely the opposite.

For example, the 2010 edition of the Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index 2010, from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and Sweden-based Health Consumer Powerhouse, found that, despite the fourth high-est per-capita spending, Canadian health care ranks 25th compared with 33 European countries, every one of which features a mixture of public and private spending. Not surprisingly, these countries found that money spent voluntarily for pri-vate care actually reduces costs with-in the public system and patients treated privately free up places on public system waiting lists.

Moist also wrote: To claim any system can be improved by divid-ing already scarce resources defies common sense. But the number of patients and workers are the same.

Private competition would, first, reduce the number of dues-paying members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees bad for union leaders, but good for health care workers who gain the same freedom of choice as patients.

Second, private clinics actually add to system capacity: most special-ists treating patients at private clin-ics are unable to take more patients in the public system since capac-ity issues often limit their access to operating rooms and other facilities to just a few hours per week.

And third, the thought that private sector management and innovation couldnt be more efficient than a monolithic unionized government-run monopoly is what really defies common sense.

No matter which side of this argu-ment you support, laws forbidding patients from paying for their own treatment must end for the simple reason that its becoming impossible to fund the public system with tax-payer dollars alone.

The Drummond report projects spending on Ontarios health care sys-tem, which already devours almost half of provincial spending, will rise to 80 per cent over the next two decades, leaving all other programs with an impossibly meagre 20 per cent.

The reports authors wrote: We challenge the government to open the door more widely for private sec-tor involvement, not only to improve efficiencies, but also to capitalize on the huge economic potential in building a vibrant health care sector in Ontario.

The need for Canada to join other countries in allowing mixed public/private health care funding couldnt be clearer. If we dont act now, not only will people dependent on other gov-ernment social programs face drastic cutbacks, but those counting upon no-cost public health care will suffer ever longer waiting lists.

Troy Media columnist Gwyn Morgan is a Cana-dian business leader and director of two global corporations.

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ISSUE: Premier Dalton McGuintys Liberals struggling

to connect with voters

Its time we all held our gov-ernment accountable for its delu-sions of grandeur and its shame-ful disregard and disrespect of who we are and what we stand for.

As Dr. William Arthur Ward, author, educator and motivation-al speaker, said: The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

JOHANNE GAGNONNEWMARKET

Community opened armsto teenage refugee

An open letter to the citizens of Newmarket.

A year ago, we welcomed into our home a 16-year-old refugee from war-torn Afghanistan.

At the same time, you wel-comed him into your commu-nity.

By simply going through your day-to-day activities, you con-tinually showed him the truth of deeply held Canadian values.

No one questioned the colour of his skin or his religious beliefs except with genuine curiosity.

He learned the deep respect we have for our police officers and that we fully trust them.

During our elections, he watched democracy in action, as citizens of both sexes and all ages asked serious and focused ques-tions of the candidates without fear of reprisal.

At every encounter, from the grocery store to his fellow high school students, he was treated with respect and dignity.

The social service workers deserve special mention for their assistance and patience.

He has been awarded an impressive scholarship to study peace and international co-oper-ation at Pearson College in British Columbia. We are proud of him, but we are equally proud of our fellow citizens, who quietly and consistently lived by the ideals Canada promises to the world.

PHILIP SMITH AND MARILYN CHURCH

NEWMARKET

Let engineers make grinder ban decision

Re: Region postpones food waste grinder ban, Sept. 16.

In this story, David Coffey is quoted as saying, If the sew-age (system), can handle human waste, it can handle food waste too.

As a manager of a company producing food waste grind-ers, Mr. Coffey is not telling the whole truth.

Yes, the wastewater treatment plant can be designed to handle the additional food waste load produced by these grinders, but the it must be made proportion-ately larger to handle the addi-tional solids.

The additional cost of build-ing a larger wastewater treat-ment plant to handle food waste would be very significant. Im sure neither the public nor the grinder manufacturers would be willing to pay the extra cost.

The grinder ban decision should be made solely by quali-fied sanitary engineers trained to design wastewater treatment plants.

The earlier solid waste can be removed from a system, the bet-ter the process is.

HARVEY ALEXANDER PEARSONNEWMARKET

Former mayordeserves recognition

Re: Former Newmarket mayor honoured, Aug. 27.

I was so glad Tom Taylors many years of going the extra mile to make Newmarket a great place to live were recognized with a Queen Elizabeth II Dia-mond Jubilee medal.

Those who made speeches did an excellent job, knowing it was all true.

The award also pointed out the importance of all these groups being here to help people in need.

Nice to see Newmarket coun-cil and some of the town staff also there.

To Mr. Taylor, you deserve and earned the medal for all the many years you gave so much to help people in need and make Newmarket a great place to live.

ALICE SHERIDANNEWMARKET

BOTTOM LINE: Byelection results could be beginning of endfor long-serving premier.

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Wastewater from provincially-approved growth to 2031 in Aurora and the remainder of Newmarket would beconveyed to the existing York Durham Sewage System (YDSS) for treatment and discharge to Lake Ontario.This growth would require an additional wastewater sewage pipe. York Region has identified arecommended route for this additional sewer close to the existing YDSS forcemain alignment principallyfollowing the Tom Taylor Trail (see map).

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Aurora man faces drunk driving chargesAn Aurora man was charged with impaired

driving Tuesday evening in Bradford after police were called to a collision.

South Simcoe Police were called to the scene of a motor vehicle collision that occurred at an undisclosed intersection. Police responded and, upon arrival, deter-mined the at-fault driver had struck the rear of another vehicle that was stopped at a red light. Police investigated and determined that the driver had been drinking.

A 21-year-old Aurora man was arrested after failing a roadside alcohol screening device test.

The man was arrested for over 80 mgs and taken to the station for breath tests, where he registered almost twice the legal limit.

The mans car was impounded for seven days and he faces charges for impaired driving..

His licence was suspended for 90 days.

2 assaulted during home invasion

York Regional Police are investigating a home invasion that occurred in Markham Monday afternoon.

At about 3 p.m., a woman knocked on an apartment door and waved a piece of paper, which was seen through the peephole by one of the victims, police said.

When the door was open, five men forced their way into the apartment and assaulted two men.

Police are looking for a black man and a Persian man at this time.

Both were wearing black-hooded sweat-shirts and shorts, police said.

There is no description of the other sus-pects.

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Police need your help in their investiga-tion into a suspicious fire in Vaughan that occurred Tuesday night.

Emergency services were called to Veronica Di Santi Bridal and Evening Wear at 14-4040 Steeles Ave. W. at about 10:30 p.m.

Although crews were able to extinguish the fire quickly, the stores interior and its con-tents were damaged severely.

Total damage from the fire is estimated at $125,000.

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Charges laid in Oak Ridges vandalism investigation

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Police received several calls that tires on vehicles on Limerick Street, near Yonge Street and Bloomington Road, were slashed.

A 21-year-old man was arrested and charged with eight counts of mischief over $5,000.

Police believe there may be others who have had their tires slashed and are asking them to come forward.

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Sometimes, we just need to save people from themselves, she said.

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When asked how effective he thinks the ban will be, he replied, We have banned smoking and alcohol under age of major-ity and people still manage to do it, but the majority obey the law.

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You cant generalize tanning and we have the education to do a proper skin analysis and create a personalized tanning schedule that is safe and tailored for each skin type, he added. We dont condone tanning every-day.

He admits not all salons are affiliated with the organization and it might have been a better starting place for the province. He has very few clients 18 and younger, which isnt uncommon because of the cost associated with tanning, he said.

Peter Kalanchuk, owner of Auroras Tan-ning Zone, said youths make up quite a bit of his client base. He feels the ban will only force youths outside, where the environment isnt nearly as controlled and the number of sunburns will increase.

Families come in to tan before going to Florida in the winter to prevent these harm-ful sunburns, he added.

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Sometimes, we just need to save people from themselves.

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Its also important other ministries come under the bill for public scrutiny, Ms Marsh said.

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Different elements of diversity is really how families can be characterized today, she said. We still have married couple families dominant, but it is decreasing in share.

Within the marital status category, just less than three-fifths of York adults are married, compared to 50 per cent provincially. Within our nine municipalities, 3.8 per cent live com-mon-law, half of the Ontario total.

Nationally, among the census families, common-law couples grew rapidly, up 13.9 per cent since 2006, compared to a 3.1 per cent increase for married couples and 8 per cent for single-parent families. For the first time, common-law couples surpassed the number of single-parent families. Common-law couples are most prevalent in the territo-ries and in Quebec, where they represent one in three of all families.

The percentage of single, never legally married York Region adults stands on par with Ontario at 27 per cent.

Canadawide, 13 per cent of people 15 and older live alone. Provincially, one in 10 within this cohort lives solo, while Yorks stat in the category is 4.1 per cent.

Multiple-family households are prevalent in Brampton (11 per cent), Markham (8.1 per cent), Richmond Hill (5.4 per cent) and Mis-sissauga (5 per cent). This could be the result

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of a higher proportion of immigrants in the communities, Statistics Canada says.

In York Regions census of 294,000 private households, 35 per cent are occupied by two persons and more than 10 per cent are home to five or more persons. More than 5 per cent of Yorks households are defined as two or more family households. In York, the average number of persons per private household is 3.2. Provincially, its 2.6.

The federal data gathering creates an inter-esting regional perspective. For example, our 1,726 square kilometres makes up 0.19 per cent of Ontarios geography. Based on popula-tion, there are 585 York residents per square kilometre, compared to 14 provincially. The regions population is 51 per cent female and 49 per cent male. The median age of Yorks

citizenry is 39.3 years a year younger than the Ontario median with our males at 38.3 years and females almost two years older. Provincially, almost 2 per cent of the populous is 85 years and older. In York, its 1.3 per cent. Of this super senior demographic, women out number men two-to-one.

Statistics dating back to 1961 show the evolution of the Canadian family. The number of families married couples, common-law couples and lone-parent families has more than doubled since 1961, to 9.4 million fami-lies from 4.1 million. But the proportion of married couples has dropped from 91.6 per cent to 67 per cent.

In the 30 years since 1981, the number of common-law couples has more than qua-drupled.

In 2011, lone-parent families made up 16.3 per cent of all families, double the share of 1961, when more childbearing took place within marriage and divorce rates were lower, Statistics Canada analysis shows. In 1961, 61.5 per cent of lone parents were widowed. By 2011, most lone-parents are divorced, sepa-rated or never married, while just 17.7 per cent were widowed.

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About 3 in 5 York adults married: censusDifferent elements of diversity is really how families can be

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Two more confirmed human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in York Region.

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Two men, 45 and 75, in Vaughan and one man, 76, in Newmarket are recovering at home, York associ-ate medical officer of health Dr. Lilian Yuan said today.

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was reported as the regions first probable human case.

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United Way of York Region CEO Daniele Zanotti speaks during a funding announcement Monday in Markham. During the meeting, it was revealed a record-setting donation of $100,000 from a single donor was made.

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The United Way of York Region announced its largest gift on record $100,000 from the estate of Robert Kidd, during Nightin-gales employee fundraising campaign kick-off in Markham Monday.

On a day of firsts, the health care IT and software company launched its inau-gural staff campaign to support the United Ways ambitious $8.26-million record goal for 2012.

The gift, as outlined in the The Rob-ert Kidd Community Leadership Challenge, will match first-time donations of $1,000 or more.

For longtime donors, the program matches, dollar-for-dollar, any contribution 10-per-cent more than previous donations.

People who want to make change hap-pen in their communities will be able to amplify that change by taking the Robert Kidd Community Leadership Challenge, United Way campaign director Rickesh Lakhani said, noting a gift of $1,000 provides a year of counselling and life skills sup-ports for two teenagers, helping them stay in school and manage with life challenges.

Now thats real change.Hopefully, this call to action will attract

new donors and help the organization reach this years campaign goal, leadership and major individual giving cabinet chairperson Shaun Lewis said, adding people in York Region know their donation to United Way is invested in the most efficient way possible to make lasting change.

By increasing the impact of leadership donations, the Robert Kidd program will help tackle the root causes of social issues through frontline investments and other innovative strategies, United Way chief exec-utive officer Daniele Zanotti said.

Donors help create opportunities for children and caregivers impacted by HIV/AIDS, young mothers who need access to parenting programs and newcomers need-ing support when transitioning to new com-munities.

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When Pat Gillis made a trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake to look at four horses, she got more than she bargained for.

The owner and operator of Harrogate Hills Riding School in Mount Albert was making the trip to see if the school could use the horses. After all, the photographs the owner provided were promising.

The reality, however, was much different. The horses were being neglected, skinny

and living in deplorable conditions, she said. One horse, Hawke, had a case of laminitis; the disease that brought down Secretariat. While Secretariat got the best care money could buy, Hawke had been left to wither in his stall, out of reach of food and water. The animal hadnt seen a blacksmith for far too long, Ms Gillis said.

When I went into his dark stall to see him, I wanted to throw up and then I started to cry, she said. I thought to myself, How could someone do this to the poor horse?

The owner told Ms Gillis she had fallen on hard times and was doing the best she could.

That wasnt good enough for Ms Gillis. You have a responsibility to your horses

to care for them or find someone else to do so, Ms Gillis said.

She could have called people who would have taken the horses, she said. I know if Im in that situation, I could call my vet or my riders. I would figure something out.

The OSPCA investigated 1,200 cases involving horses last year, investigations and communications officer Brad Dewar said, noting the organization checks the validity

Gillis helps nurse horses back to health

Pat Gillis with one of the rescued horses she is nursing back to health.

What is a local hero?

Its our way of recognizing someone, a regular person, who has inspired you, be it with one small, selfless act or by living a life that makes a positive impact on others.

Nominate your local hero by e-mailing Simon Martin at [email protected]

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See 100-YEAR-OLD, page B4.

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After 100 years, Pollock not acting ageBY SIMON [email protected]

Russell Pollocks life has been anything but 100 years of solitude.

If the East Gwillimbury resident were to pen an autobiography, it might be entitled 100 years of physical activity. Mr. Pollock celebrated his 100th birthday Saturday, but he hardly acts his age.

He just gave up riding his bicycle this year because he could only make it halfway up the hill at his place on Catering Road. Oh, and he was biking in the snow.

I have a lot of experience, he said.The man has hardly been a withering

flower during his years in the community. When people wanted to get something done, they would often call Mr. Pollock because he had a way of swaying people to his side.

He has been a farmer, worked for the Town of East Gwillimbury and York Region, been a councillor for East Gwillimbury and served as a board member for York County Hospital (now Southlake Regional Health Centre).

I kept five jobs a lot of the time, he said. I never asked for a job in my life.

Sit down with Mr. Pollock and he will regale you with tales of farming, land owner-ship and his work in the community.

Hes not short on words.I bought (my grandfathers farm) when

I was awful young for $3,500, he said. Although he sold it a long time ago, he said it might be worth around $250,000 now. The subject of land prices causes Mr. Pollock to shake his head.

Times were different back then. Mr. Pol-lock remembers the great depression as a tough time to make money for a farmer. They wouldnt give you no money at all. It was bad. Pork was 3 cents a pound, he said.

It wasnt difficult to find workers, however.

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