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Guard questions practicality of cellphone ban in school zones
Regional News May 08, 2008
A veteran crossing guard questions if a proposed ban on motorists using cellphones in school zones can be enforced.

Yesterday, provincial Progressive Conservative MPP John O’Toole... [FULL STORY]

Fibromyalgia group getting on the bus to Queen’s Park
Regional News May 08, 2008
The York Region Fibromyalgia and CFS Wellness Support Group is taking a bus to Queen’s Park Monday and they want all their friends to join them.

The trip to the legislature is free to...
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Controversial plant closer to finding home
Regional News May 08, 2008
East Gwillimbury and its expansive rural landscape seems to be currying favour from developers as the site for a controversial power plant.

The province’s electricity planning agency —...
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Be yourself, no matter what others think, students told
Regional News May 08, 2008
Stay true to yourself, even if you feel judged by others.

That’s the advice City TV’s Nalini Sharma told Grade 10 students during the eighth annual FUSION student conference at Bur Oak...
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Learn about college life with Seneca transition program
Regional News May 08, 2008
Nervous about going to college? Don’t sweat it.

Seneca College’s summer transition program is a free, four-day, in-residence program that helps you identify learning disabilities and make...
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Extension of rail line into York expected to boost house values, real estate study suggests
Regional News May 08, 2008
Live near a transit station? Cha-ching.

That’s the message out of a new study commissioned by the Real Estate Investment Network, entitled the GTA Transportation Effect, that suggests...
[FULL STORY]
ER wait times on code red alert
Regional News May 08, 2008
Between December 2006 and last summer, Peter Mazereeuw likely visited Southlake Regional Health Centre’s emergency department half a dozen times.

The visits, every few weeks, stemmed...
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Program offers teens language experience
Regional News May 08, 2008
If you’re a teenager who wants to improve your French and gain work experience, a YMCA program could be the ticket.

Anyone 16 or 17 can apply to the Summer Work Student Exchange...
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Move over or get $490 fine
Regional News May 08, 2008
A dozen drivers this year have been handed a costly reminder by York Regional Police that you must slow down and move over when you approach stopped emergency vehicles.

When you approach a...
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