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	<title>philip alves &#187; Vaughan Today</title>
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		<title>Watch your vehicle, police warn after warm-up thefts</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/11/08/watch-your-vehicle-police-warn-after-warm-up-thefts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A pair of Wednesday morning warm-up thefts in Vaughan has police reminding drivers to be careful with their cars. On Nov. 4 at about 6:30 a.m., a Toyota Camry was stolen from a Martin Grove Road driveway, police say. The car was left running with the doors unlocked. It was left unattended for less than three minutes.]]></description>
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		<title>New youth city councillor welcomed</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/25/new-youth-city-councillor-welcomed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth City Councillor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ali Fatehzadah has taken on his post as Vaughan’s fifth youth city councillor with some lofty goals and the knowledge that he’s now a role model. “I’m of Afghan descent, my parents are from Afghanistan,” the 17-year-old Maple High School student said recently. “I’m a proud Canadian.”]]></description>
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		<title>Thornhill Grits name hopeful</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/10/thornhill-grits-name-hopeful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Mock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new federal Thornhill Liberal nominee says the ruling Conservatives talk a good game but the time for talk is over. Karen Mock, an educational psychologist and consultant with a history of dealing with issues of human rights, hate crime and diversity, replaces former MP Susan Kadis heading into the next federal election.]]></description>
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		<title>Hall lauds fallen man</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/09/hall-lauds-fallen-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald (Chic) Milne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefighter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Professional Fire Fighters Association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Donald (Chic) Milne answered his last alarm from Fire Station 2 on Feb. 2, 1974. He drove Pumper 2 from the fire hall at Keele St. and Rutherford Rd. to a house fire on Crestwood Rd. in Thornhill. He died in hospital the next day. Chic was the first — and to this day, the only — Vaughan firefighter to die in the performance of his duties. Thirty-five years later, the station he was based out of has been dedicated to his memory.]]></description>
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		<title>Voting changes on hold for now</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/01/voting-changes-on-hold-for-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/01/voting-changes-on-hold-for-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratic renewal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vaughan councillors agree a report by the city’s task force on democratic participation and renewal is both progressive and practical. But the overall response by Vaughan’s council members to the report’s 16 recommendations was lukewarm.]]></description>
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		<title>City welcomes visitors for Bloom conference</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/26/city-welcomes-visitors-for-bloom-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/26/city-welcomes-visitors-for-bloom-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communities in Bloom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The beginning of fall is a bloomin’ good time for Vaughan to shine on the national stage. From Sept. 29 to Oct. 4, the city will play host to the 2009 Communities in Bloom National Symposium on Parks and Grounds and its anticipated 800 visitors.]]></description>
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		<title>Council agrees to new rules</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/24/council-agrees-to-new-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/24/council-agrees-to-new-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[code of conduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Code of Ethical Conduct for Members of Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nine who make up Vaughan’s city council have a new rulebook to play by. Council voted Monday to adopt the Code of Ethical Conduct for Members of Council, a 32-page document that replaces an earlier code first adopted in 1996.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor &#8216;may hold key&#8217; to leak info</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/19/mayor-may-hold-key-to-leak-info/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/19/mayor-may-hold-key-to-leak-info/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Linda Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Councillor Joyce Frustaglio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An investigation into the source of a city hall leak has concluded that the mayor, her executive assistant and a political ally “may hold the key” to the mystery. A June 19 report by former RCMP chief superintendent Ben Soave’s investigative firm, Ben Soave Associates (BSA), was commissioned by the City of Vaughan to uncover how and why copies of cheques and other documents were delivered to media outlets in anonymous brown envelopes late last year.]]></description>
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		<title>27 charges for former mayor</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/18/27-charges-for-former-mayor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/18/27-charges-for-former-mayor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael DiBiase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipal Elections Act]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former mayor Michael DiBiase faces 27 charges stemming from an audit into his 2006 municipal election campaign books. The audit by Ken Froese and Glen Davison uncovered several apparent contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act in DiBiase’s campaign records, including overspending his $120,419 campaign limit by $2,712 and accepting ineligible contributions.]]></description>
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		<title>West Nile found</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/13/west-nile-found/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Nile]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[West Nile virus has once again turned up in Vaughan, this time in a batch of mosquitoes near Hwy. 27 and Major Mackenzie Dr. These bloodsuckers are the first to test positive for the disease in York Region this year, the region’s health services department reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh fall feast</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/11/fresh-fall-feast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/11/fresh-fall-feast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feast of Fields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kortright Centre for Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woodbridge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With summer drawing to a close, there’s no better time to celebrate the organic bounty grown on Ontario’s farms. The 20th annual Feast of Fields returns to the Kortright Centre for Conservation Sunday after more than a decade. The event is a showcase of organic food and drink, this year featuring 40 chefs, about 20 or so wineries and breweries, and a farmers’ market.]]></description>
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		<title>Bound to be a great time</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/08/bound-to-be-a-great-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/08/bound-to-be-a-great-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kleinburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kleinburg and Area Binder Twine Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The city’s favourite mouse is on his way back into Kleinburg and he’s bringing his big ole ball of twine. The 43nd annual Kleinburg and Area Binder Twine Festival — represented by its logo of a mouse in a bundle of twine — is set to transport revellers to a simpler time on Sept. 12.]]></description>
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		<title>School hit by tornado won&#8217;t be ready Sept. 8</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/06/school-hit-by-tornado-wont-be-ready-sept-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/06/school-hit-by-tornado-wont-be-ready-sept-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tornado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woodbridge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The York Catholic school board has announced its plans for students of the tornado-damaged St. Peter Catholic Elementary School. Repairs are underway but the Woodbridge school won’t be ready when the first bell rings Sept. 8.]]></description>
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		<title>School&#8217;s back in session</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/03/schools-back-in-session/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/03/schools-back-in-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kleinburg Public School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no denying it — there is a definite buzz in the halls of the new Kleinburg Public School. After a year of making due at Michael Cranny PS, staff are busy working alongside construction workers to put the finishing touches on their new school, which is set to welcome students come Sept. 8.]]></description>
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		<title>Pets&#8217; lives changed, too</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/08/31/pets-lives-changed-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lives of many Vaughanians — human and animal — were changed forever by last week’s tornado. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was on scene the morning after the storm to help care for pets evacuated from their damaged homes.]]></description>
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		<title>Cleanup underway but school won&#8217;t be ready Sept. 8</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/08/29/cleanup-underway-but-school-wont-be-ready-sept-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/08/29/cleanup-underway-but-school-wont-be-ready-sept-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tornado]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students at St. Peter Catholic Elementary School and their parents face a change in their back-to-school routine come Sept. 8. The Woodbridge school was in the path of the tornado that ripped through the city last week and will not be ready in time for the start of the academic year, the York Catholic District School Board announced Thursday.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Like a scene out of a movie&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/08/27/like-a-scene-out-of-a-movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What began as a story about the awesome and indiscriminate power of nature quickly became a story of neighbour helping neighbour. Last Thursday, sometime before the supper hour, a ferocious F2 tornado packing a minimum punch of 180 kilometres an hour skipped across Vaughan, tearing roofs from houses, uprooting trees and scarring the communities of Woodbridge and Maple.]]></description>
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		<title>Unconfirmed reports say Toronto boy dead after late-night pool mishap</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/08/24/unconfirmed-reports-say-toronto-boy-dead-after-late-night-pool-mishap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/08/24/unconfirmed-reports-say-toronto-boy-dead-after-late-night-pool-mishap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 16-year-old Toronto boy has reportedly died after he and a group of friends snuck into the Thornhill Outdoor Pool late last night. At about 11 p.m. on Aug. 23, York Regional Police received a call about a boy in distress, Constable Marina Orlovski said today.]]></description>
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		<title>Thornhill restaurant charged</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/08/23/thornhill-restaurant-charged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[York Regional Health Services inspectors charged one Vaughan restaurant with infractions under the Health Protection and Promotion Act on Aug. 13.]]></description>
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		<title>Historic homestead donated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thornhill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s an unassuming house on what feels like a sleepy street in old Thornhill. “Standing here, looking around you, it’s very difficult to believe that Yonge St. is less than 150 feet away,” said Nigel Connell under a grey sky. “The gardens and the atmosphere, it’s absolutely fantastic.”]]></description>
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