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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karen Mock]]></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>Historic homestead donated</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/08/22/historic-homestead-donated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Sign bylaw unfair, owner says</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/22/sign-bylaw-unfair-owner-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 23:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But bylaw enforced on a complaint basis only
Frances Stern sounds as if she’s on the verge of pulling her hair out in frustration.
The owner of 2 Hot Blondes Hair Salon in Thornhill says she’s being picked on in an unfair fight over signs.
“Why single me out?” she asks rhetorically from a couch in her Yonge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planting a seed</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/04/14/planting-a-seed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kavanah Organic Community Teaching Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lebovic Jewish Community Campus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seeds of a better world will soon sprout from a small garden on the grounds of the Lebovic Jewish Community Campus in Thornhill. That, says Risa Alyson Strauss, is the hope and the idea behind the 15-by-25-metre Kavanah Organic Community Teaching Garden, set for a May opening.]]></description>
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		<title>Thornhill purse snatcher sought by police</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/03/26/thornhill-purse-snatcher-sought-by-police/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police are hunting for a suspect after two purse snatchings about 30 minutes apart in Thornhill.]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet an honour for rookie MP</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/11/08/cabinet-an-honour-for-rookie-mp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/11/08/cabinet-an-honour-for-rookie-mp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[riding of Thornhill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a foreign affairs correspondent covering the Americas for NBC News, rookie Thornhill MP Peter Kent is on familiar turf in his new cabinet post. Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed his new minister of state of foreign affairs for the Americas, along with the rest of his cabinet, last Thursday at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.]]></description>
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		<title>Man sought in sex assault</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/05/15/man-sought-in-sex-assault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[York police are on the lookout for a suspect after an early morning sexual assault in Thornhill last week.]]></description>
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		<title>Final chapter for bookstore</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/03/14/final-chapter-for-bookstore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/03/14/final-chapter-for-bookstore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thornhill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Illiteracy in the southeast corner of town skyrocketed recently. Or, more accurately, sales of literary works have fallen off precipitously.]]></description>
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		<title>Promenade to see renos</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/01/15/promenade-to-see-renos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/01/15/promenade-to-see-renos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cadillac Fairview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Promenade Shopping Centre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds of banging hammers and whirring power tools will ring in the month of March at the Promenade Shopping Centre.]]></description>
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		<title>All dolled up for the busy season</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/12/08/all-dolled-up-for-the-busy-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin House Dolls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standing like a gingerbread dollhouse in the oldest stretch of historic Thornhill, Martin House Dolls welcomes Christmas shoppers out of the cold with a finely adorned tree and an elfin Saint Nick keeping watch for the naughty and nice.]]></description>
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		<title>Traffic fight takes a left turn</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/12/07/traffic-fight-takes-a-left-turn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/12/07/traffic-fight-takes-a-left-turn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the debate over the controversial closure of King High Dr. at Dufferin St. continues to fester, council agreed Monday to look at reconfiguring the intersection at Dufferin and Centre Sts. to help relieve the situation.]]></description>
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		<title>ROAD RAGE: Dispute over King High closure getting personal</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/11/29/road-rage-dispute-over-king-high-closure-getting-personal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/11/29/road-rage-dispute-over-king-high-closure-getting-personal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Sandra Yeung Racco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Regional Councillor Mario Ferri]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Racco under attack by angry residents as the barricades go up
The angry dispute surrounding the closure of King High Dr. at Dufferin St. continues unabated, with local councillor Sandra Racco now in the crosshairs of upset residents.
Barricades went up at the west end of King High on Nov. 19, marking the beginning of a one-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irate residents in council ruckus over road closing</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/11/09/irate-residents-in-council-ruckus-over-road-closing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/11/09/irate-residents-in-council-ruckus-over-road-closing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tempers flared and accusations flew in council chambers Monday as the long-running dispute about the closure of King High Dr. at Dufferin St. was raised once more. About 50 residents, fearing a closure would increase traffic on their roads, filled the room in support of a lobby group voicing their disapproval.]]></description>
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		<title>31 candles for Thornhill fest</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/14/31-candles-for-thornhill-fest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/14/31-candles-for-thornhill-fest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thornhill Village Festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old Village of Thornhill looks back and celebrates its history for the 31st time on Saturday with something for everybody.
The annual Thornhill Village Festival takes over the neighbourhoods around Yonge and Centre on both sides of the Vaughan-Markham divide between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Put on by the Society for the Preservation of Historic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First-time candidate named to contest Thornhill for NDP</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/07/first-time-candidate-named-to-contest-thornhill-for-ndp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/07/first-time-candidate-named-to-contest-thornhill-for-ndp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Parrott]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Sandra Parrott, affordable housing is more than an election issue. It&#8217;s personal.
Parrott has lived in the same home, a co-op in the Yonge St. and Royal Orchard Blvd. neighbourhood, for the past 27 years. As a single mother of two grown children, she is sympathetic to the needs of low-income working families.
&#8220;There&#8217;s an eight- [...]]]></description>
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