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	<title>Philip Alves &#187; Thornhill</title>
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kent]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></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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		<title>Sign bylaw unfair, owner says</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/22/sign-bylaw-unfair-owner-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/22/sign-bylaw-unfair-owner-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 23:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Village of Thornhill]]></category>

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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 [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/03/26/thornhill-purse-snatcher-sought-by-police/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thornhill]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/05/15/man-sought-in-sex-assault/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/12/08/all-dolled-up-for-the-busy-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
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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 15:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King High Dr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Ferri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Yeung Racco]]></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 [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King High Dr.]]></category>
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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>First day at Queen’s Park, new MPP wanders hall</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/26/first-day-at-queens-park-new-mpp-wanders-hall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/26/first-day-at-queens-park-new-mpp-wanders-hall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Shurman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Good morning, Mr. Shurman,” repeated Queen’s Park staff as the rookie Thornhill MPP wound his way through the corridors of power Tuesday. Surprised, Peter Shurman said the warm greetings made him feel particularly welcome, especially since he’d never met any of them before — this was his first time ever inside the legislature.]]></description>
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		<title>Taste of Mumbai spices up Thornhill</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/19/taste-of-mumbai-spices-up-thornhill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/19/taste-of-mumbai-spices-up-thornhill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nawab Authentic Indian Cuisine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the finest flavours of Mumbai are found in Nairobi, Kuala Lumpur, Kampala and Dubai.

And now in an exclusive, exotic corner of Thornhill, the tastes of India have found a new home.]]></description>
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		<title>Thornhill bucks trend to go Tory</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/12/thornhill-bucks-trend-to-go-tory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/12/thornhill-bucks-trend-to-go-tory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Racco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rookie PC candidate Peter Shurman benefited from the fickle nature of the riding’s electorate, beating Liberal incumbent Mario Racco by 1,700 votes in Wednesday’s election — a landslide by Thornhill standards.

Four years ago, the voters of Thornhill ousted their incumbent MPP in a close race.

In 1999, four years before that, the voters of Thornhill dumped their incumbent MPP in another airtight race.]]></description>
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		<title>On the fringe &#8211; why do they even bother?</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/05/on-the-fringe-why-do-they-even-bother/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/05/on-the-fringe-why-do-they-even-bother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Kojokaro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Kidd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For candidates outside the big four parties, getting their message out can be the most important goal

The big-top tents of the four major parties in Ontario politics have front doors that are well-defined squares. To get inside, a candidate needs to be a square, more or less.

But what if a round or a triangular politico comes along? What’s an activist dodecagon to do?]]></description>
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		<title>Come and knock on our door</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/21/come-and-knock-on-our-door/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/21/come-and-knock-on-our-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Racco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having received the endorsement of the Vaughan Professional Firefighters Association on Sept. 10, incumbent Liberal and Thornhill candidate Mario Racco knocked on some local doors with the help of a few firefighters.

He and his yellow-clad firefighting friends were in the Bathurst St. and Clark Ave. neighbourhood Tuesday trying to win over undecided voters like Sarah and Doris. From left to right, Jerry Nicosia, Sarah, Doris, Racco and Rick Greenfield.]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thornhill Village Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Village of Thornhill]]></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 [...]]]></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>
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		<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 [...]]]></description>
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