The New Voice of Markham

Markham
Times
The New Voice of Markham
Vol. 1 #2 Markham Times • info@markhamtimes.com • Saturday, July 24-30, 2010 Tel: 647 476 6546
Please Elect Mohammed Rahman, Councillor Ward 7
WWW.VoteRahman.Com
(905) 471-4600 Serving in ward 7 since1987
Two men sentenced in the
murder of Long (Owen) Sha
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Two of the five men convicted in connection with
the death of a 19-year-old Whitby man at a Pacific
Mall karaoke bar were sentenced this month following their convictions for Manslaughter on July
4, 2010.
On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Peijian (Steven)
SHI, 21, of Toronto, appeared before The Honourable Mr. Justice Bruce A. Glass of the Superior Court of Justice and was sentenced to nine
years in custody. He was given credit for time
served and now has an additional two years and
10 months left to serve in jail.
p.m., York Regional Police officers and York Region Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were
called to MHQ Karaoke Box located in the Pacific
Mall, for a report of an assault. The victims were
physically attacked by a group of seven males and
Long (Owen) SHA, 19, of Whitby received critical injuries. He was pronounced dead in hospital
on June 2, 2007. The second victim, a 20-year-old
Richmond Hill man, suffered minor injuries and
did not require medical treatment. After the incident, the seven suspects fled through the doors
on the west side of Pacific Mall into the parking
lot.
On Thursday, July 8, 2010, Justice Glass sentenced
Andrew CANTELON, 22, also of Toronto, to seven years and six months in custody. He was given
credit for time served and now has an additional
18 months left to serve in jail.
A third man, Zi-Hang (Justin) MA, 21, also of Toronto, is scheduled to appear next before the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket on August
31, 2010, for sentencing.
Mr. SHI, MA and CANTELON were all found
guilty after a jury returned its verdict on Sunday
July 4, 2010. The jury deliberated for four days before reaching a verdict after a trial that began on
Thursday, April 1, 2010.
Two additional men previously pleaded guilty
and were sentenced in this case. On Wednesday, June 2, 2010, Justice Glass sentenced Salman
QTEIFEN, 21, of Toronto, to six years and nine
months in custody. He was given credit for time
served and now has an additional eight months
left to serve in a jail after a plea to Manslaughter. All four men were given a lifetime weapons
prohibition and ordered to provide a mandatory
DNA sample.
In January 2010, Rodney FORDE, 27, of Toronto
pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in connection with
the incident. He has been sentenced but given credit for pre-trial custody and has since been released.
On Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at approximately 8
Scenic View of 305-acre Milne Dam Conservation Park from Princess
Street near 407 and Markham Rd. Park entrance from Mccowan Rd.t
Ontario eco fees ‘gone
for good’: minister
July 21, 2010 4:30 PM ET
Police Release Video Of Possible Suspects In
Fatal Beating At Pacific Mall 2007/06/02
CityNews.ca
Ontario Environment Minister John Gerretsen is confirming that the province’s controversial eco fees will never return.
Investigators continue to seek assistance in locating two outstanding suspects, one of whom was a
youth at the time of this incident. Peng (Victor)
LI, 27, of Markham, is wanted on a Canada-wide
warrant for First Degree Murder. Mr. LI is urged
to seek legal advice and arrange his surrender to
York Regional Police. A wanted poster, including
photos of Peng (Victor) LI are attached and available on our website at www.yrp.ca, by clicking on
Crime News and Media Releases.
“Eco fees are not returning,” Gerretsen told
CBC’s Metro Morning on Wednesday. “They
are gone for good.”
A Canada-wide warrant has also been issued for
the arrest of a 20-year-old man from Toronto, who
was a 17-year-old male at the time of the incident,
for First Degree Murder. He is encouraged to seek
legal advice and make arrangements to surrender to police. His image cannot be published or
broadcast, nor can he be identified in accordance
with the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice
Act. (Courtesy Oye Times).
Gerretsen had said Tuesday that the province was halting the program in response
to public outrage over how the fees were
introduced. He said then that the province
would take three months to re-evaluate the
program, but did not specifically say if consumers could end up paying eco fees down
the road.
The fees, which went into effect July 1, were
imposed on manufacturers and retailers to
help fund a recycling program that diverts
potentially hazardous items from landfills.
Stewardship Ontario, an industry-led organization appointed by the government to
oversee the program, collected the fees from
retailers and manufacturers. Retailers were
allowed to pass the cost on to consumers -and many did.
Gerretsen suggested that the Liberal government expects producers to bear the responsibility of diverting hazardous materials.
“When you look at Europe, when you look
at many of the other Canadian jurisdictions,
they have adopted the principle of producer responsibility,” he said. “That basically
means that if you make a product, you are
responsible -- if there are toxic components,
hazardous components to it -- [for] dealing
with the after-effects of that product.”
Currently, Ontario taxpayers will foot the
$5-million bill to keep the program running
while it is being re-evaluated.
(Courtesy CBC News)
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Letter From The Editor
Tel: 647-476-6546
Email: info@markhamtimes.com
Editor: Dianne Ali
Dear readers,
I would like to thank you all for
the overwhelming support you
have given to our newspaper.
We received, both, criticism and
praise. We took the criticism in
a positive stride and resolved to
improve our shortcomings. The
readers will understand that it
was the first ever-bold attempt
made by any mainstream newspaper, to write what is right and
what is beneficial for the betterment of society.
Lot of readers tried to put us
down, as is expected to happen
with a fledgling newspaper. In
society there are always varied
opinions, and sometimes vested
interests, which have their own
goals. If we write against the establishment or big institutions,
there is certainly going to be
backlash and that is expected in
today’s well-entrenched capitalist
society.
Your cooperation is really valuable and it improves us. We will
continue in our pursuit of truth
and fact dissemination without
fear, as the goal of our paper is to
be self-sustaining and we are not
targeting to become a pro-establishment paper to attract unscrupulous ad revenues. There are just
too many unwarranted pressures
of life that we face as modern day
humans. For the sake of our future generations, we have to set
an example to create a welcoming
society where all move shoulderwith-shoulder for the betterment
of our town.
People overwhelmingly approved
our write-up titled Police Should
Not Disturb The Peace of Residents. Interestingly, many narrated own experiences. Some
callers from other streets said
that their street’s property values
went down because of continuous police presence, but they did
not have the courage to speak
We have easily been able to weed up against the police. They were
out the well-intentioned criticism afraid to openly write to us befrom the bad one. Some serious cause of fear of retaliation by poreaders worked hard to point lice, which is surprising in a demout the grammatical errors. Sure ocratic society. I feel that police is
there have to be some as publish- part and parcel of our existence
ing a paper is no small job. As and all of us must feel comfortlong as the language makes sense able in interacting with the poin conveying what the writer lice. We should also feel comfortwants to convey, it would be ac- able in conveying how we feel.
ceptable in today’s multinational
society. Ours is not a highbred, We will continue to expand our
pure Victorian English newspa- coverage, as there has been treper. We are using English because mendous demand. If any person
it is the common language of is so hard fixed on old beliefs and
masses, and for no other reason. does not want to receive our paper, that person could email us
Besides appreciating the well- giving his address, and we would
intentioned critics, we welcome not drop the paper at that perthose who appreciated what we son’s house.
said. And their number was overwhelming, and it showed that Yours truly,
the people want to move out of
their still lives and experience the Dianne Ali
change through open dialogue Editor
and discussion.
READERS’
COMMENTS
We are only posting those comments
of readers where we were able to verify the identity of the readers. In those
cases where persons were hesitant to
disclose in writing their full verifiable
telephone number and address, we
have chosen to omit those comments.
Some of the readers wrote real long
comments and we have chosen to carry shorter versions for sake of brevity.
There were many phone calls on behalf,
as well as against police activity, but we
cannot transcribe those here.
Hi Partap,
Congratulations on your newspaper! I like
your concept of providing information,
opinion & debate. I believe these are the
cornerstones of a democracy.
Not sure if issuing parking** tickets is disturbing the peace. Police are clearly using
“entrapment” & “surprise” to issue parking tickets which is illegal. I recently saw a
computerized speed billboard, which measures & displays the speed of approaching
traffic; hopefully this will minimize the
speed problem for now. If not already done
so, I suggest someone contact the Town of
Markham or Mayor’s Office to post more
permanent visible speed signs ASAP or at
least after they remove the computerized
speed billboard. (**Parking seems to be
written for speeding)
However your article deserves important
merit. After all police slogans like “To
Serve & Protect”, “Deeds Speak”, etc. contradict what you experienced. Especially
when police mockingly replied they cannot be questioned by visible minorities
(racial profiling). I find this behavior extremely disturbing & unacceptable, which
should have been reported to the police
chief including the officer’s badge number.
Finally, your HST article is another excuse
governments have to collect more money
and/or from more goods to pay for their
inefficient management practices, poor
budget & expenditure planning, & furthering their “personal agenda”. Unfortunate but true.
Keep up the good work. All the best.
Martin Chan
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The New Voice of Markham.
Dear Dianne,
As a resident of Town of Markham,
I wish to congratulate all those involved in
publishing your first edition of the Markham
Times. The articles of the police attitude and
the hoodwinking of the Ontario Liberals were
exposed by Mr. Partap Dua . We need more
citizens of Markham to expose the irregularities of the administration and to bring justice
and fair play to the tax paying residents of
Markham.
Thank you.
Kingsley George
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Dear Markham Times,
Congratulations on your first issue. The article
by Partap Dua was well written and made the
point about the police clearly and correctly. I
am a resident of James Scott Road and totally
agree that the police should not disturb the
peace of residents. Their presence there every
day is unacceptable and and an obvious money
grab. All points made by Partap are true. His
analysis of what is needed makes good sense.
Put up visible signs and have the cops go away.
John
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Dear Dianne Ali,
Now, some comments about the first article:
- Third paragraph: “...police cause a dangerous traffic gridlock...” - I live off James Scott
Road and drive through that intersection, and
I have never seen a “dangerous” gridlock. Your
pictures show several cars, but “dangerous?”
- no. Granted, there have been many cars at
some times, but that is the price to pay to catch
speedsters and dangerous drivers.
- Seventh paragraph: “Police must understand
that not many people like constant police presence on their private street.” - It is not “constant” police presence. “Constant” means “all
the time.” Besides, our family likes police presence because it discourages the speeding on
Markham Road and discourages any potential
burglars.
- Eighth paragraph: In my experience, some
drivers do drive very fast indeed northwards
on Markham Road. The traffic lights only stop
them when the lights are red.
Also, the intersection is dangerous because
some drivers go fast in the right lane and dangerously cut over at the last moment.
- Ninth paragraph: “...ticketing innocent drivers.” - These drivers are not “innocent.” They
were speeding!
Sincerely,
T Robinson
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Let’s start from here:
KNOW YOUR MARKHAM
Markham is the largest of nine municipalities in
York Region with a population of 298,000.
It is the 16th largest municipality in Canada and the
7th largest in Ontario.
Its land area covers 211.53 square kilometres, and
its geographic location is 43° 53’ N, 79° 15’ W.
Markham’s southern boundary is Steeles Avenue. Its
westernmost boundary follows Yonge Street north
to Highway 7. Highway 7 forms its northern boundary east to Highway 404. Highway 404 now forms
its western boundary north to a line drawn between
19th Avenue and Stouffville Road in the north. It is
bounded on the east by the York-Durham Line.
Markham is a multicultural community of over
65 cultures and languages. The municipality of
Markham is the most diverse in Canada, with 65.4%
of its population part of visible minority groups. In
2006, according to Statistics Canada, the average
age for males was 37 and for females 38.9.
The town of Markham is known as the High-Tech
Capital of Canada because it has the greatest concentration of high tech and life science companies
in Canada, with over 900, a number of which are
Fortune 500 businesses. Markham also hosts companies which are engaged in research & development, computer software, electronics, robotics,
pharmaceuticals, health care, communication,
manufacturing, and distribution.
It is home to Canadian industry leaders, including
IBM Canada, Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc, Apple
Canada, AMD, Hewlitt Packard, GEAC, Toshiba of
Canada Limited, Lucent Technologies, Compaq Canada Inc, AT&T Canada, SMTC Manufacturing Corporation, and many more. This is why Markham is also
known as “The Silicon Valley of the North”.
Over 400 national and international corporations have
located their headquarters in the town of Markham.
These corporations include Mitsubishi, American Express, Pioneer Electronics, Office Depot, Johnson &
Johnson, A.C. Nielsen Canada, Robin Hood Multi
Foods Inc., Allstate Insurance, and Levi Strauss Inc to
name just a few. All businesses in Markham are supported by a pro-business environment, a highly educated labour force, state-of-the-art facilities, a fibre
optic communication system, and an efficient transportation system.
The top 10 employers of 2009 in Markham are IBM
Canada Ltd. (8,574 employees), American Express
Canada (4,100), AMD (2,200), CGI Group Information System & Management Consultants Inc (2050)
Markham Stouffville Hospital (1,640), TD Bank Financial Group, Home & Insurance (1,630), Miller Paving Ltd. (1,350), Town of Markham (945), AC Nielsen
Company of Canada Ltd. (662) and Allstate Insurance
Company of Canada (634).
Did You Know? The Lighter
Side
That The Town of Markham has the highest representation of 5 seats on York Region Council
among all nine municipalities of York Region?
And did you also know that Markham and
Vaughan make most decisions for York Region
budget because of their combined 9 of the 20
total votes on York Regional Council?
Consumer Tip
You should always use all your credit cards
and line of credits, but NEVER go above 70%
of limit. This helps raise your credit card score.
And remember, the statement date is MORE
IMPORTANT than the payment date, because
the statement date balance is reported to the
credit bureaus, not the payment date balance.
You MUST bring down all cards and credit lines
balances to zero or near zero on their statement
dates. 40 days before you apply for any new
loan or mortgage.
What did one volcano say to the other?
Do you lava me like I lava you?
What did the sea say to the sand?
Nothing, it just waved!
What kind of snack do little monkeys have
with their milk?
Chocolate chimp cookies!
What did the mother broom say to the baby
broom?
It’s time to go to sweep.
What did the necktie say to the hat?
You go on ahead. I’ll hang around for a
while.
What did the rug say to the floor?
Don’t move, I’ve got you covered.
Milne Dam Conservation Park on the Rouge
River is one of Markham’s natural treasure
parks, with diverse wildlife and plants. It’s a
sanctuary for migratory birds.
One of Markham’s best golf courses, The Angus Glen Golf Club, built in 1995, host The
Bell Canadian Open Championships in 2007.
Markham’s attractions include one of the
top museums in the Greater Toronto Area
(GTA), Markham Museum. There’s also the
Markham Theatre for Performing Arts, featuring world class music and theatre productions. Furthermore, Varley Art Gallery
presents an extensive collection of paintings
by one of Canada’s famous Group of Seven
artists, F. V. Varley.
Its local hospital, Markham Stouffville Hospital, is an award-winning state-of-the-art facility and one of the top performing hospitals
in Canada.
(Reproduced in abridged form, courtesy
Guidingstar.ca )
8-Day Trend
(Courtsey Wether network)
Average High Temperature for 8 day
period: 28°C
High Low Conditions
(°C) (°C)
Saturday Jul. 24
29
22
Risk of thunderstorms
Sunday Jul. 25
25
19
Cloudy periods
Monday Jul. 26
28
17
Sunny
Tuesday Jul. 27
28
18
Sunny
Wednesday Jul. 28
29
20
Isolated showers
Thursday Jul. 29
28
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Sunny
Friday Jul. 30
27
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Sunny
Saturday Jul. 31
27
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Kids And Youth Corner
Mαth Notε Book
“Dream, Goals, and Aspirations-The Teenager’s dilemma”
By: Iram
“Life doesn’t make choices for you. It’s the choices you
choose that make life.” –Anonymous.
This quote really means something to me because it’s true. You
choose your own path and based
on your decisions, you will create a future for yourself. As a
17-year-old, I often think about
the future and what lies ahead. I
have set goals for myself and have
laid out my possibilities but with
every passing day, I question myself even more if what I have chosen is right for me. But for now,
I am satisfied. I love writing and
art so the field of media is very
appealing to me. I hope to one
day become a successful journalist and eventually a magazine editor. But those dreams have yet to
become reality.
In my life, I have three groups
of influences: my family, society,
and culture. It is based on these
factors, that I make my every day
decisions. For example, when I’m
getting dressed in the morning,
apart from the weather, I think
about what my mom will say
about my outfit. She doesn’t like
it when I under-dress (especially
in the cold) and will definitely
make me change if I do. It’s crazy how much parents influence
me and how I base a lot of my
choices around them. My family
has its expectations from me and
I try my best to meet them. But
sometimes, they’re just too high
and I end up feeling guilty for not
being able to please them. They
are very supportive of my career
choices and whole-heartedly approve of them. But why do I feel
like I’m disappointing them by
not choosing to become the doctor or lawyer they suggested me
to be?
Society. I have a lot of reasons why
I am influenced by it. When I say
society, I mean the community
around me. Our lives are always
affected by the people around us
and they can greatly influence
how your life turns out.
Everywhere I go, I experience
something that makes me change
the way I think about certain
things, including the future. People always seem to have an opinion that wants to be heard but not
confronted. Well I don’t want to
listen anymore. I want to be able
to make my own decisions and
move forward. I want to create a
path devoid of social conventions
and full of self-assured spontaneity.
And that leaves culture. It is
ironic how the field I wish to get
into is the very field that influences the general public, good and
bad. The world is a fast-paced
place and sometimes it gets very
hard to keep up with. There are
always new trends, latest fashions, and fresh discoveries. How
do you choose the correct path
for your future when everything’s
changing so fast? For example,
while growing up, I really wanted to be a chef, interior designer,
professional soccer player, architect, painter, and archaeologist.
Even today, I wouldn’t mind being either one of these. But you
really have to look at the world
today and see what it needs and
what you need from it. You can’t
really base your future on you
whims as a child but you’ve to
base it more on common sense
and reality. Maybe the reason I
want to get into media is to be
able to provide a positive influence to the world.
What I’m trying to say is, that
today I have an idea of what I
want to be in the future and how I
plan on reaching those goals. But
who knows, maybe in a few years
time, my choices might change
due to the continuous influence
around me. I like to think that life
always has wonderful surprises in
store for us but it is our own decisions and choices that will lead us
to those doors. Until then, I will
continue to decipher myself and
try and find the right path for me
to follow. Hopefully, I’ll choose
the right one for me.
By: Mariah Sebastian
On the grid you could find your name
By the quadratic equations all the same
Rationalizing exponents you’ll never know
There are little hearts for you row by row
I wish we were trig identities
You’ll be sin²θ and I’ll be cos²θ us becoming 1
Or we’ll make tan by having sin θ on top of cos θ
Oh wouldn’t that be fun?
Expanding factors while thinking of you is always
hard
I guess that’s what I get for being a square
Though my love for you isn’t just to the power two
The power is infinite and a love I’d like to share
While I figure out the roots of my feelings
I wonder if they’re imaginary like i
I would try to take the time to explain them
But that’s like naming all the numbers in pie
You’ll never know what you were apart
& tomorrow you may not be in my heart
Even if you never have the chance to look
You will forever reside in my math note book.
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CONSUMER FOCUS
and the posted rate), or the three months
rate - whichever is more.
THE SMART WAY OF MANAGING A MORTGAGE
Partap Dua
A lot of people remain confused about
their mortgages. Things become more
and more confusing when it comes to refinancing or going for a new mortgage, or
refinancing an existing mortgage.
One thing is dead certain - no one can
correctly predict the direction of interest rates. Our Canadian economists have
been way wrong many a time as they tend
to follow the herd mentality synonymous
with the Canadian way of life-never go
against the consensus. That affects even
the brilliant ones, and they end up going
with the consensus opinion.
The readers would be surprised to know
that once the consensus estimate of top
Canadian economists was around almost
3% off the projected growth rate of our
economy. I, as a student of economics
and finance have never ever heard such
a great deviation from the estimate, as
economists and analysts are wrong by
0.1-0.25% and rarely by even 1%. The
time I am alluding to is when around 50
top Canadian economists had predicted
that Canadian economy GDP would
grow by over 3 %, and the economy’s
went negative by near 1%. All this was
smartly covered up.
I have worked on Bay Street, and have
learnt one thing: most analyst projections
are not true and they reflect their firms’
needs for investment banking/underwriting or institutional equity business.
Hence, only a few stars dare to deviate
from the norm. For that, you have to have
real guts.
Let us now focus on ourselves with respect to our biggest debt for our familiesthe mortgage. There are some ‘golden
rules’ I have arrived at with my intense
research and experience:
. First, always go for a variable mortgage
rather than a fixed one in a declining interest rate environment or an extreme
low interest rate environment. Today’s
environment reflects the latter scenario.
The reason for this is that it is unlikely
that the rates would rise by 3 or 4% in the
next one or two years. By then, a lot of
your principal would have been paid off
because more and more money would go
towards principal as compared to a fixed
rate mortgage. It is always better to be sitting at a 4 or 5% interest rate level for one
or two odd years, as compared to fixed
rate lock-up for full 5 years. And there is
always a chance that the rates may not go
up that much. Hence you have an added
chance to beat the crowd that continues
to feed the bank coffers with higher interest payments.
Second, always go for the ‘closed’ variable
mortgage, even if you have to sell your
house in the next few months. The reason is that the closed variable rate would
always be much lower than the open variable rate by at least 1- 1.75%. That is a lot
of difference in terms of payment.
Third, always aim to lower your monthly
payment as much as possible and do not
listen to the hype that you will pay off the
mortgage quickly. Yes, anyone could pay
off the mortgage quickly by making more
payments - as simple as that. How many
of us can afford to do that? And even if
we could, why would we? People do not
become rich by paying off their mortgages. One makes the most leveraged
profit from price appreciation or capital
gains. There are always better uses of disposable cash in present life. If one could
have lower mortgage payment, one could
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ease the domestic pressures and tension.
The money saved from lower mortgage
payments can be used to pay property
tax and utility bills. And if you have surplus money, no one stops you from paying double up mortgage payments as and
when you feel like. You, the consumer,
remains in control, not the bank, which
would put you out of your house for three
missed payments. Hence, this becomes
the pivotal or anchor rule in any mortgage.
Fourth, while negotiating a mortgage or
refinance, always focus on selecting the
longest amortization period possible. The
time period has the MAXIMUM effect
in lowering your payment, as compared
to any other variable, including interest.
A lot of borrowers focus more on lower
interest rate and forget to focus on extending the amortization period. Always
increase back the amortization whenever
possible to lower the payment. You have
the discretion to use the money as you
like, including paying down the principal
at your free will.
Fifth, focus on the penalty to break the
mortgage. It is a no brainer that it would
be the highest for a fixed mortgage in a
falling interest rate environment. It is
simply 3 months interest for a closed
variable mortgage, while with fixed it is
the higher of IRD (interest rate differential for remaining term between your rate
Sixth, do not select any complex permutations and combinations the banks offer
to you. They will never think about the
consumer but themselves. Some people
go for interest rate cap by electing to pay
hefty premium over the variable rate,
thinking that they will outsmart the other borrowers. Rarely anyone has gained
by electing to make higher payments. It
is mostly the person who rides with the
market rate, that comes out better in the
end. It is as true with the markets as is
true with interest rates. No smartness
ever beats the markets in the long run.
Seventh, always negotiate a lower rate
when refinancing in a falling interest rate
environment. The penalty is absorbed in
the blended rate, which is slightly higher
than the posted lower rates.
Eighth, it is always beneficial to switch
than to renew with the same bank because you can ask for cash back from the
new bank. In some cases it can be as high
as $15,000-$20,000. This cash back is immediate saving and does not have to be
repaid back if you stay with the new bank
for at least one or two years. It could help
you to pay the penalty.
Lastly, avoid banks that show your mortgage on credit reports (e.g. TD Canada
Trust) and always choose accelerated biweekly payments, which help in paying
off the mortgage faster. (To be continued...)
Next time: I will explain how all the
above rules work and possibly discuss
CMHC and consumer gouging.
Food for Thought
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Toll Free at 1-866-768-8801
(not available in 416/647 area codes)
Email: 305_show@markham.ca
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LIFE!! POEM…. Court Finds RCMP guilty
of racism
By: Dianne Ali
My River....
I am a meandering river
Interminably channeling through life’s odyssey
Water being my soulful spirit
Graced by the bed that is my core
Seamlessly metamorphosed by life’s experiences
Sometimes the water is stagnant and morose
Prisoned
Festers a murky ugliness
But somewhere, always, a little channel presents
itself
And my depleted trickle timidly seeps through to
a purer form
Sometimes I drain the life force around me
Sucking up with my needy well
I leave a barren desolate land behind
But sometimes my water gives life to that which
is around me
Nurturing lush grasses
Others drink from me
Strong enough to carry the burdens of another
They leave fulfilled
Sometimes my water lingers through the blissful
splendor of silent meadows
Besotted by nature’s presence
I accept the gift with reverence and awe
Thankful for the moment
That I know must pass on
My water purges through rapids and rocks
Replete and purified
Refreshed to be part of life’s energy
I surge through all that is before me
Intoxicated by the power that is in me
And in this mesmerizing journey
My river merges with another
Curious about the waters he brings
He churns and shapes my travel
And even together
We seek our own sojourn way
Renewed and enriched
We meet again
This is my river’s story
A long way from my genesis
Proud today of my dynamical force
This is me
This is my power within
My water never died
A traveling guest to all that was in my presence
Flowing towards a great mystery
Unknown to me
But pushed by some inner knowledge that I am
destined
To be a part of something that is divine
22 Jul, 2010
In a long drawn out case, the Federal Court of Canada has found
RCMP guilty of racism in the termination of Muslim RCMP trainee Ali Tahmourpour in 1999.
Mr Tahmourpour had been dismissed 14 weeks into the 22-week
training program into RCMP training, shortly after he wrote a
written complaint to a senior officer.
The RCMP had challenged the 2008 ruling of Canadian Human
Rights Tribunal in Federal Court. The Federal Court clearly ruled
in its ruling that RCMP training instructor Corporal Boyer discriminated and sweared at Mr Tahmourpour, who is of Persian
origin. The RCMP has been ordered to pay him two years of lost
wages, but has referred the matter back to the Tribunal that had
ruled nine year lost wages. RCMP has also paid $33,000 in lost
wages on Tribunal’s order for pain and suffering to Mr Tahmourpour, who has worked as a real estate agent since his dismissal
from the RCMP training academy.
YOUR AD HERE!!!
Yesterday, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld a Human
Rights Tribunal finding that “discriminatory assessments
of Mr. Tahmourpour’s skills” were behind his firing.(image
Courtesy National Post, Brett Gundlock).
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IN FOCUS THIS WEEK
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EZ Kidswear, B 129, 416 840 5174
Medicare Pharmacy (Diabetes Ctr), B 109, 416 754 9992
Jagtoo & Jagtoo, Lawyers, B 113, 416 282 6490
Bio Kneads Rehab Clinic, B 130, 416 754 6900
Higher Styles (TV & electronics), B 121, 416 297 8111
Homestyle Caribbean Take Out, Unit 120, 416 293 0550
Vision Mobile, B 119, 416 844 1111
A & A Fashion & Tailoring, 118, 416 292 0404
ICS Staffing Canada Ltd, 416 299 4403
Mellycakes, B 115, 416 412 0000
Dental Care, Unit 113, 416 293 5222
Go Bedi-‘S Beauty Supplies D 106, 416 321 1555
Optical Design, D 111, 416 293 4599
Gill International Travel, D 115, 416 323 9898
Alpha Art’n Print, D 119, 416 292 4848
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Banu Jewellery, B 113, 416 754 4446
Urban Home Design & Reno, B 101, 416 332 9448
Mithai Depot (sweets), B 102, 416 525 6652
Driving School, D 105, 416 291 7555
Fortune Computers, 416 335 3433
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(Different timings)
Mobilicity announces
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New wireless carrier packs even more value to
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Latin America
Toronto, ON – July 22, 2010 – Mobilicity today got a jump
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The company added premium call features – Voicemail,
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House for purchase
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The Unlimited Europe add-on provides unlimited
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as well as cities, such as Berlin (Germany), Dublin
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phones in Argentina, Colombia, Puerto Rico,
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Monterrey in Mexico.
As with Mobilicity’s existing Unlimited Asia Long
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tainty
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The company also added the premium calling
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credit check – nor do they need to count minutes
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Mobilicity also announced two new Unlimited International Long Distance offers to make overseas
calling more affordable and convenient for multicultural Canadians, as well as foreign exchange
or international students looking for an affordable
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For additions and new basements, call 647 407 2588.
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Call 416 494 1881 for all Brother printer repairs and
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The company’s industry-leading unlimited plans
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credit check.
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Realty Inc., Brokerage
Independently owned and operated
For all your real estate
needs, please call
Reet Dua
Sales Representative
Bus: 905-201-9977
7 Eastvale Dr, Suite 205
Fax: 905-201-9229
(SE corner of Markham Rd & Steeles)
hdua@trebnet.com
Markham, ON, L3S 4N8
www.homelifefuture.ca
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KING RENOVATIONS
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