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	<title>Philip Alves &#187; Woodbridge</title>
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		<title>Fresh fall feast</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/11/fresh-fall-feast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kortright Centre for Conservation]]></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>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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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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>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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tornado]]></category>
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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>Bosh takes game on the road to Woodbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/07/29/bosh-takes-game-on-the-road-to-woodbridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto Raptors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toronto Raptor Chris Bosh brought a little NBA excitement to a sleepy Woodbridge street last week. The all-star paid a visit to Starling St. to take on Naji Naeemzada in a game of pick-up.]]></description>
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		<title>Produce blooms at local market</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/06/11/produce-blooms-at-local-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers' market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market Lane]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market Lane to host nearby food growers, vendors on June 20 Something fresh is about to sprout at Woodbridge’s Market Lane. On June 20, Ontario farmers from the Kettleby, Innerkip and Brampton areas will setup shop alongside fair-trade coffee and organic chocolate vendors, among others, at the first Woodbridge farmers’ market. The weekly market, set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers help thrift shop thrive</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/13/volunteers-help-thrift-shop-thrive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 23:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pennywise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Good morning,” Anne Vandrie says to someone who’s just walked into Pennywise Thrift Shop on a Monday morning. “Customers are coming in,” she says before turning her attention back to the visitor. “Good morning. Wonderful. Thank you very much.”]]></description>
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		<title>Looking back to see the future</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/04/looking-back-to-see-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 03:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heritage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woodbridge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Protecting Woodbridge’s past will secure the village’s future. That’s the idea behind the city’s move to create the Woodbridge Heritage Conservation District, Vaughan’s fourth after Thornhill, Maple and Kleinburg-Nashville.]]></description>
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		<title>Quick arrests made after Woodbridge home invaded</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/01/17/quick-arrests-made-after-woodbridge-home-invaded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uniformed and Canine Unit officers made two quick arrests in connection with an armed home invasion in Woodbridge Tuesday afternoon. At about 12:10 p.m. on Jan. 13, two suspects in disguises forced their way into a home on Davos Rd., police say. One was armed with a handgun, the other with a crowbar.]]></description>
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		<title>Boutiques buoyed at runway show</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/01/08/boutiques-buoyed-at-runway-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What started as a cool bit of self-promotion for one Woodbridge business quickly changed into a fashionable cross-promotional runway show for many. Normand Richer’s original idea was to hold something of a modest open house on Nov. 29 for Aesthetic Therapies Laser Clinic, which he owns with his wife Patricia Gomez. That was before the Nov. 8 Fashion Takes Action Green Gala in Toronto.]]></description>
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		<title>Farmer plows on in Woodbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/11/14/farmer-plows-on-in-woodbridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Ekstein]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Ekstein is one of a dwindling breed in Vaughan. At 74 years young, the farmer and cattleman still grows his crops and raises his Holsteins, even as the urban jungle sprouts up around his Woodbridge farm at a blazing pace.]]></description>
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		<title>Finger-lickin&#8217; festival is back</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/08/07/finger-lickin-festival-is-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rib lovers rejoice. The Woodbridge Rib Fest is coming back for three days of music and, of course, meaty delights.]]></description>
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		<title>Cops look to link heists</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/03/20/cops-look-to-link-heists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[York police are looking at a possible connection between two convenience store heists in Woodbridge that occurred just days apart.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget consultation attracts little interest from public</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/26/budget-consultation-attracts-little-interest-from-public/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dozens of seats in the cafeteria at Vellore Village Community Centre were empty at Monday’s public budget consultation, leaving the city’s budget chief concerned.

The Woodbridge forum, the first of three in Vaughan’s 2008 draft budget process, was an opportunity for the public to interact with councillors and city staff on how the budget should be crafted.]]></description>
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		<title>Move over, gelato, ice cream&#8217;s in town</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/05/move-over-gelato-ice-creams-in-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marble Slab Creamery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Sorry about that," Joan McCullough says as she picks up the phone again. "I'm making ice cream in the back and serving customers in the front." She's busy running her new ice cream parlour, Marble Slab Creamery, which opened on Sept. 12 at 31 Colossus Dr. in Woodbridge, a place not unfamiliar with ice cream.]]></description>
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		<title>Woodbridge drywall school expands with building boom</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/08/31/woodbridge-drywall-school-expands-with-building-boom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interior Finishing Systems Training Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interior Systems Contractors Association of Ontario]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing a boom in business, thanks to the boom in building in the Vaughan area, the Interior Systems Contractors Association of Ontario is expanding its Woodbridge school. Opened last year, the 5,000-square-metre Interior Finishing Systems Training Centre, North America&#8217;s largest drywall training facility, is already bursting at the seams. To ease the pressure, the association [...]]]></description>
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