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yorkregion.com | Lisa Queen
A Pickering College teacher has been named best in class. Grade 3 teacher Sarah Demarco has been named the 2024-25 FIRST LEGO League Explore volunteer of the year by FIRST Robotics Canada. Already a Subscriber? Sign in “I’m truly grateful and inspired to keep supporting young innovators,” Demarco, who leads the Newmarket school’s FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Explore robotics program, said in a statement.
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1 week ago |
yorkregion.com | Lisa Queen
Looks like Newmarket is flaking out on providing snow windrow clearing for all residents. A windrow is the snow left at the bottom of a driveway by a snowplow. Already a Subscriber? Sign in After a particularly snowy winter this year, including storms on Feb. 12 and 13, which dumped 25 centimetres of snow, and just a couple days later on Feb. 16 when another 35 centimetres fell, the town decided to take a look at providing a pilot program for the upcoming winter season.
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1 week ago |
yorkregion.com | Lisa Queen
As part of a major funding announcement made in Newmarket Tuesday, the provincial government says it’s helping municipalities “wind down” homeless encampments. The province is flowing up to $75.5 million to communities to create more emergency shelter spaces and affordable housing units. Already a Subscriber?
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1 week ago |
yorkregion.com | Lisa Queen
The collapse of the cod fishing industry in Newfoundland and Labrador came in the 1990s, leaving many communities in the province gutted. But out of that devastation came the rebirth of Fogo Island. Already a Subscriber? Sign in The anchor was the 2013 opening of the Fogo Island Inn, located on the island which sits off the coast of Newfoundland.
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1 week ago |
yorkregion.com | Lisa Queen
This will be a playoffs series Thornhill native Matt Krebs will never forget. The hockey fan attended the Town of Newmarket’s Game 2 Cup Final Viewing Party at Connor McDavid Square, as Riverwalk Commons has been named during the Stanley Cup playoffs to honour the hometown hockey hero. Already a Subscriber? Sign in The Calgary resident was in town visiting his brother Jamie Krebs, who suggested they attend the party.
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