Philip Alves

Traffic, waste and city’s image among top issues facing councillors this fall Ward 5 councillor Alan Shefman says he is hoping the upcoming council session will usher in a new sense of teamwork among his colleagues, and it sounds like he may get his wish. Like the thousands of Vaughan children heading back to school [...]

Magazine selects Maple’s own Lord Beaverbrook as one of 10 worst Canadians Successful? Sure. Ruthless? Perhaps. But evil? William Maxwell Aitken, the first Lord Beaverbrook and Maple’s most famous son, is among the recent class of inductees into Canada’s Hall of Infamy as selected by an expert panel in the August/September issue of The Beaver. [...]

The family of murdered Woodbridge couple Dominic and Nancy Ianiero filed a $500,000 lawsuit against Sunquest Vacations earlier this month. The lawsuit alleges that Sunquest, the tour operator who sold the Ianieros their vacation package, failed to warn travellers to Mexico of the elevated risk of violent crime.

The suit also alleges Sunquest didn’t do enough to ensure adequate security at the Barcelo Maya Caribe Resort in Cancun.

Nicole Simone, an animal lover and relative newcomer to the realm of political activism, knows she has a dogfight on her hands, but she’s not willing to heel. The local animal rights activist has launched a website – unchainyorkregionsdogs.com – that is both an educational tool and a call to action, with the ultimate aim [...]

Though Vaughan’s centuries-old farmhouses stand today as a testament to simpler times, keeping them standing can be a challenge, says Vaughan’s chief fire prevention officer.

A new one-stop mega shop for hockey nuts of all ages has come to Vaughan, just in time for the new season. Pro Hockey Life, set to open on Thursday, Aug. 23 in Vaughan Mills, is being billed as the largest hockey store in Canada. Penned into the star-studded opening lineup were former Toronto Maple [...]

A new Mercedes-Benz dealership opened Monday in the Maple Auto Mall at 9300 Jane St. with a complement of 30 staff. The store is the automaker’s seventh in the GTA and 14th in Canada. “This area of (greater) Toronto is growing very quickly,” said Marcus Breitschwerdt, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Canada. “It was critical [...]

Rick Morelli, a family man and “dispensary entrepreneur”, says Vaughan is ailing and would improve its health by filling the prescription offered by the NDP. The 41-year-old Vaughan candidate will take up the NDP banner and take on incumbent Liberal MPP Greg Sorbara in the Oct. 10 provincial election. Other challengers are Gayani Weerasinghe of [...]

Russell Korus says the birth of his first son six years ago got him thinking about the future and changed him from thumb-twirling political apathy into a Green thumb. Last week, the 36-year-old father of two was confirmed as the Green Party candidate for the riding of Vaughan in the Oct. 10 provincial election. “When [...]

On any given Saturday between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Vaughan residents looking for a healthier and more neighbourly grocery-shopping alternative have the choice of buying organic, mostly local produce at Thornhill’s Toronto Waldorf School. Started in 1991 as a fundraiser for the Bathurst St. school, the Village Market continues on as Vaughan’s sole farmers’ [...]

Bearing the grief and condolences of an entire city, Mayor Linda Jackson was one of thousands who attended the funeral of 43-year-old Det. Const. Robert Plunkett Wednesday. The 22-year veteran of the York Regional Police service died in hospital after sustaining serious injuries while attempting to make an early-morning arrest in an air bag theft [...]