We’re all his landlord victims’: Dozens gather outside Thornhill home illegally subleased
By Aileen Zangouei for Markham Economist & Sun July 25, 2020 “Financially and emotionally, we are burned.” Those are the words of one of 15 landlords renting to convicted scammer Arif Adnan Syed, 37, who then illegally subleases the rented property to other renters. On the afternoon of July 24, landlords, neighbours and city officials including MPP Logan Kanapathi, gathered
Neighbours of Olde Thornhill Village — July 2020
Keith writes about his love of our country, and why he feels fortunate to call Thornhill home in the July issue of Neighbours of Olde Thornhill Village magazine.
COVID-19 outbreaks at big box stores raise questions
By Kim Zarzour & Sheila Wang for YorkRegion.com June 29, 2020 Throughout early June, customers breezed in and out of the Hwy 7 and Yonge Street Home Depot, unaware of a COVID-19 outbreak that was fast developing among employees. When York Region Public Health finally broke the news on June 16, saying 14 employees had contracted the virus, it left
Metrolinx considering route for the Yonge subway extension that would take it above ground
By Ben Spurr for the Toronto Star June 24, 2020 Metrolinx is proposing an alternate alignment for the long-planned subway extension to Richmond Hill that would take the line east of Yonge Street and have it run above ground for a portion of its route, the Star has learned. The alternate alignment for the Yonge North Subway Extension is one
Neighbours of Olde Thornhill Village — June 2020
Keith discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Markham's response in the June issue of Neighbours of Olde Thornhill Village magazine.
New Development Proposed – Zonix – 36 Steeles Avenue East
Applications for an Official Plan amendment (Major) and Zoning By-law amendment (Major) have been received by MacNaughton Hermsen Britton Clarkson Planning Ltd. c/o David McKay for 36-60 Steeles Avenue East; 37-63 Highland Park Boulevard. The applications are intended to facilitate the development of two 13-storey mixed-use buildings and two 8-storey residential buildings.