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Mackey is facing 30charges related to break-ins and vehicle thefts in Durham and York regions.In addition to the charg-es Mackey is already fac-ing, York police have now charged him with failing to comply with judicial re-lease order.After his arrest, Mackey was held for a bail hearingand was released by thecourts on several condi-tions including a condition to be wearing a GPS ankle bracelet at all times.York investigators haveexhausted a number ofleads in attempting to find him and are now appealingfor assistance from thecommunity. Mackey is described as awhite man, with brownhair, five-feet 10-inches tall(177.8 centimetres), 175 pounds (79.4 kilograms),with a medium build.If anyone sees him, they shouldn't approach him, butcall police immediately. Heis encouraged to seek legalcounsel and turn himself in. CRIME CANADA-WIDE WARRANT ISSUED FOR AJAX MAN SEAN MACKEY York Regional Police An investigation by OPPhas led to drug chargesagainst three Durham Re-gion residents. 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Limited Quantities Order in-store or online by April 10th Easter Dinner for 2 also available visit our website for details. Pick-up: April 14 th &16th Linda Puder lived herbest years in an old farm-house sitting on 12 acres ofland on Whitevale Road. "I'm glad we have ourmemories, because no onecan take that away fromus," she said.But the house can betaken away, and it hasbeen; it's on provincial land designated for the Seatoncommunity.After 48 years, Lindahas closed the door to the farmhouse one final time."Our house is slated tobe demolished within the next couple of weeks," saidLinda's daughter, DeannePuder. Deanne's daughter, Ka- mille Puder-Goldenthal, isdevastated by the loss."It doesn't just feel like a house," she said. "It feelslike the death of a familymember."The family spoke to the Pickering News Advertiserbefore Linda moved out atthe end of February. "None of it does feel realto me, like I'm watching amovie and somebody elseis doing it," she said. The land was expropri-ated by the provincial gov-ernment for Seaton in theearly 1970s. In 1974, the Pud- er family signed a lease andmoved in.The family lived in an apartment before signingthe lease, but when Puder'shusband, Ingo, bought apony from a man he met at a bar for $35 for his daugh-ter, he had to find some-thing appropriate. "It all started with need-ing a place to put the pony,"Linda recalled. One thing led to another and the family eventuallycollected a variety of ani-mals, including pigs, hors- es, goats, and ducks.Michelle Puder recallsswimming in the pond inthe summer and skating on it in the winter. "We took full advantageof our home," she said. "We loved it and took care of it."They tapped the mapletrees, picked fiddle headsin the forest on Mother's Day, and made pies withthe apples and pears theypicked."It was always in the back of my mind," Lindasaid of living on leasedland. "I just thought that, you know, that day willprobably come, and so I'mgoing to enjoy this homeevery day and enjoy it to my utmost ability and tryto make it a nice home formy family." But knowing didn'tmake the reality of receiv-ing an eviction notice hurt any less. "It's devastating for us,it's heartbreaking,"Deanne said. "It's affecting generations."Although it's about 150years old, the house has noheritage protection. The hamlet of Whitevalehas a number of historichomes. Twelve along Whi- tevale Road are consideredheritage lots in the Seatonplan. According to thePickering Heritage Adviso- ry Committee, 1585 White-vale Rd. — known as theEdward Willson House —is a 1.5-storey, wood-frame farmhouse with a 1.5-sto-rey tail extending to therear (built between 1866 and 1877). The addition of anew porch, window open-ings, dormers and rear tailsignificantly altered its original Ontario cottagedesign. The house has been used for filming severaltimes, most notably for themovie 'It' and the television show 'Hannibal'. Busloads of "Hannibal's Fannibals"from all over the worldhave come to see the house, and some fans even visited one last time in the days be-fore Linda moved out. Jeff Giffen, Ministry ofInfrastructure Ontariospokesperson, said theproperty is required to be transferred to the City ofPickering as part of thebroader Seaton develop- ment. "The property is beingconverted to parklands,which are required as part of the new community," hesaid. "Parklands and othercommunity uses must be completed before residentscan move into new, adjoin-ing subdivisions. " The Puders offered to pay to have the housemoved, but the request wasdenied. "Why not save the house?" Michelle asked. "Itwould be on our dime." Linda has been relocat-ed to a nearby bungalow."I think people need to know that even thoughchange is imminent — weall realize that nothinglasts forever — that sacri- fices have been made in or-der for people to have theirhouses," Michelle said.Giffen said Infrastruc-ture Ontario and its serviceproviders have been work-ing with the city and other partners to explore oppor-tunities to make the transi-tion for renters easier. Deanne said the Puders felt voiceless as renters. "Not owning the proper-ty doesn't make us love it any less," she said. "Wehave probably lived herelonger than most people onthis road — owners and renters. It's a part of ourfamily. It always will be."Before leaving, the fami- ly planned to go room toroom, and share memoriesbefore closing the door forgood. No one plans to drive byit again."I don't think I could stomach it," Deanne said. WOMAN EVICTED FROM HOME AFTER 48 YEARS KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com NEWS 150-YEAR OLD HOMEIS LOCATED ONPROVINCIAL LANDDESIGNATED FORSEATON Linda Puder with her family, daughters Deanne and Michelle Puder and grandchildren Karsten and Kamille Puder-Goldenthal are saying goodbye to their home since 1974. The provincial government is now demolishing it to build Seaton. Jason Liebregts/Metroland "I'm glad we have our memories, because no one can take that away from us." – Linda Puder dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , M a r c h 2 4 , 2 0 2 2 | 4 REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES FOR REGIONAL TRANSIT SERVICE On April 27,2022,the Council of the Region of Durham will hold a public meeting, pursuant to Section 12 of the Development Charges Act,1997.This public meeting will be held to present the proposed Regional Transit Service Development Charge By-law, along with the related underlying background study,and obtain public input on both the proposed by-law and study. The public meeting is to be held on: Wednesday,April 27,2022 9:30 a.m. The Regional Municipality of Durham Headquarters Council Chambers 605 Rossland Road East Whitby,Ontario In order that suffuffuficient inforforfmation is made available to the public,copies of the proposed by-law and the background study will be made available as of April 12,2022,upon request.The documents will also be posted on the Regional website,at durham.ca,on April 12,2022. To submit written correspondence to Regional Council,contact Legislative Services by email at clerks@durham.ca,or mail your comments to the Regional Clerk,Regional Municipality of Durham,605 Rossland Road East,Whitby,ON L1N 6A3 by 5:00 PM on Friday June 3,2022. If you wish to make a delegation beforeforefe Regional Council at the public meeting,submit your request in writing to delegations@durham.ca by noon on Tuesday,April 26,2022. Members of the public who register in advance of the meeting will be provided with the details to delegate electronically.Please note that this meeting will be held in an electronic meeting forforfmat with limited in-person participation.Notwithstanding the above, if in person attendance is required,arrangements must be made by emailing clerks@durham.ca prior to the meeting date to discuss the accommodation. Members of the public are strongly encouraged to view the meeting via live streaming at www.calendar.durham.ca/meetings as an alternative to attending the meeting in person. Infornfornfmation you provide or present during the public meeting,including your name,are subject to the requirements of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.This will fofofrm part of the public record and may be made available to the public. All submissions received in writing,as well as those opinions expressed at the Public Meeting,will be considered prior to Council’s decision.Council’s decision is anticipated during the regular Regional Council meeting of June 29,2022. Further infornfornfmation may be obtained by contacting Mary Simpson,Director of Risk Management,Economic Studies and Procurement,Regional Finance Department at 905-668-4113 (ext.2301)or mary.simpson@durham.ca. Cheryl Bandel Acting Regional Clerk /Director of Legislative Services THANK YOU FOR MAKING US YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE OF INFORMATION FIND UP-TO-DATE LOCAL COVID-19 NEWS ONLINE DURHAMREGION.COM/CORONAVIRUS A new fibre trunk line aimed at con-necting rural areas of Uxbridge andPickering is nearing completion. Construction on the Region of Dur-ham's Uxbridge-Pickering (UP) FibreBackbone Project began in Octoberand is expected to be completed in two to three months. The finished line willrun 38 kilometres, heading north onBrock Road from Taunton throughBrougham, Claremont and Coppins Corners to Highway 47, and then jut-ting south into Goodwood before con-tinuing north on Highway 47 into Ux- bridge."It's been a priority for the regionsince 2019 when the Broadband Strate-gy was developed that we have to do more for underserved communities ingeneral," Riaz Razvi, broadband spe- cialist with the Region of Durham, saidof the project, which is partially fundedby the Investment in Canada Infra-structure Program. "When this opportunity for fundingbecame available that's when we beganto seriously look at building it out our- selves."While the region will retain owner-ship of the trunk line, individual inter-net service providers (ISPs) will be re- sponsible for building the last-mile in-frastructure to connect homes to theservice, providing increased access forresidents and ongoing revenue for the region."The ISPs will be utilizing this tomake connections to the homes and businesses and obviously they will bemaking revenue from that so they willhave to lease access to the line andthere will be revenue potential there," Razvi explained, noting preliminarytalks with ISPs are currently under-way. Because the ISPs are ultimatelyresponsible for connecting individu-al customers, Razvi said they cur-rently have no estimate on how many homes and business might be able toaccess broadband as a result of thenew line. "We know how many homes are onthe path but as far as planning the net-work goes that would be up to the ISPs,"he said. While the region has previously in-stalled fibre lines in more urban areasas part of road work projects, the UPline is the first time the region has con- structed a fibre line alone, although itlikely will not be the last."This is the first new build solely for a fibre line," Razvi explained. "We dohave plans looking forward over thenext 10 years that could see more con-nections built in Durham." For more information on the pro-ject, visit www.durham.ca. NEW FIBRE LINE TO INCREASE BROADBAND ACCESS MOYA DILLON mdillon@durhamregion.com NEWS ABOUT 3 MONTHS LEFT ONNEW 38-KM FIBRE PROJECT A change to operating hours bringsthe Ajax library closer to pre-pandem- ic service, with Tuesdays through Sat-urdays open from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.The new hours took effect March 15. The library had previously reduced its hours in response to COVID-19. TheTown of Ajax calls the expansion intolater evenings an exciting next step as Ontario cautiously eases publichealth measures, allowing customersexpanded access to library services.Along with extended hours, the li- brary is starting to offer more in-per-son programs, as well as continuing to offer online options.Capacity limits within the branch-es are no longer required, except inmeeting rooms, where capacity sig- nage is posted.All three branches of the libraryare also open Sundays from noon to 5p.m. The library remains closed on Mondays.More information about current li-brary services can be found on the li- brary's website at www.ajaxlibr-ary.ca. For updates, follow the library onFacebook, Twitter, or Instagram. AJAX EXTENDS LIBARY HOURS EXPANDED HOURS BEGANMARCH 15 5 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , M a r c h 2 4 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m KeepYour Keys Safe! 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AJAX MON-WED/SAT: 9AM-6pM, THURS/FRI: 9AM-7pM SUN AND HOlIDAyS: 10AM-5pM @macmillanorchards1953 WILD NOVA SCOTIAN BLUEBERRIES 1kg ONLY $11.99 Reg $13.95 9” PECAN PIE ONLY $4.99 Reg $12.95 gOURMET CAkES 4 Varieties Boston Cream, Birthday, Red Velvet, Dark Chocolate and Mousse ONLY $9.99 Each Reg $25-$30 Each Limited Quantities Pickering's much-anticipated City Cen- tre project is on hold after council learnedthe financial outlook doesn't look good.According to Mark Guinto, the city's di-vision head of public affairs and corporate communications, at a special in-cameracouncil meeting on March 11, Pickeringcouncil received a "significant update re-lated to the long-term fiscal and economicimpacts of the City Centre project and hasdecided to defer all work on the projectpending further council direction." The project was also put on hold in thespring of 2020 due to setbacks resultingfrom COVID-19, which included the lack ofrevenue from Pickering Casino, which had a significantly delayed opening due to re-strictions surrounding the pandemic. Thecity had been expecting $10 million to put toward the project early on.Guinto said the city would be reviewingthe City Centre project in light of the latestinformation. Based on this review and the updated financial projections, the councilwill decide on its future."In light of the project deferral, we must stress that the city continues to supportthe vision of a landmark City Centre pro-ject but has chosen to pause any furtherwork until this matter can be deliberated using the most up-to-date information," hesaid.In 2018, the city and Cushman and Wakefield (property managers of Picker-ing Town Centre) announced a partner-ship for the redevelopment of lands on theeast side of the mall property and city lands on the south side of EsplanadeSouth. Plans included new state-of-the-artbuildings and facilities, including a per- forming arts centre, a combined youth andseniors centre, a new Pickering Central Li-brary, and residential property, all to be connected by pedestrian-friendly walk-ways.Just last month, councillors and thepublic got a sneak peek of the vision for the project, as staff presented a draft plan ofsubdivision and a zoning bylaw amend-ment application submitted by OPB Realty for the easterly portion of the PickeringTown Centre lands.Last October, Pickering council met at aclosed-door meeting and agreed to sell the city's Elexicon Energy investment to pay the anticipated $207.7 million needed tofund the project."It should also be noted that althoughthe City Centre project is deferred, the city is continuing with the divestiture of itsshares in Elexicon," Guinto said. PICKERING'S CITY CENTRE PROJECT ON HOLD AGAIN KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com NEWS COUNCIL RECEIVED THE LASTESTFINANCIAL OUTLOOK AND HASDECIDED TO DELAY THE PROJECT The CIty Centre project in Pickering is being deferred after councillors got an update on the fiscal outlook Jason Liebregts/Metroland DIGGING DEEPER FIND MORE ATDURHAMREGION.COM Don’t be a LitterBug! Please keep our community clean. dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , M a r c h 2 4 , 2 0 2 2 | 6 ABOUT US This newspaper, published every Thursday, is a division of the Met- roland Media Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corpora- tion. The Metroland family of news- papers is comprised of more than 70 community publications acrossOntario. This newspaper is a member of the National NewsMedia Council. 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Phone: 416-340-1981 Web: www.mediacouncil.ca newsroom@durhamregion.com facebook.com/newsdurham @newsdurham WHO WE AREVice President Dana Robbins Regional General Manager Anne BeswickDirector of Content Lee Ann Waterman Managing Editor Mike LaceyDirector of Advertising Tanya Pacheco Director Distribution Jason ChristieDirector Creative Services Katherine Porcheron Durham Advisory CouncilDan Carter; Esther Enyolu; Jake Farr; Dr. Vidal Chavannes; Cynthia Davis; Elaine Popp/Don Lovisa; John Henry; Sue McGovern; Kerri King; SteveYamada; Kelly LaRocca; Peter Bethlenfalvy; Dr. Steven Murphy; Norah Marsh; Tracy Paterson; Chris Darling; Christina Curry CONTACT USAjax/Pickering News Advertiser Phone: 905- 579-4407 Newsroom: 905-215-0462 Sales: 905-215-0424 Classifieds: 1-800-263-6480 Fax: 905-579-2238 Web: www.durhamregion.com Letters to the editor All letters must be fewer than 320 words and include your name and telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. Published letters will appear in print and/or online at durhamregion.com Delivery For all delivery inquiries, please call 905-683-5117. OPINION TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT DURHAMREGION.COM LETTERS & COMMENTARY "What's up?" I asked, surprised to find the sun-room table swept clear of everything but Dennis's new 16-power binoculars. "I've been watchingbirds eat," he answered. "You should write about it." I gazed at him quizzical- ly. Watching birds eat is al- ready a big part of my life. "No, really. Take a look." He gestured toward thewindow and the patch of ground under the lilacs where we regularly spread mixed seed. "They're all different." So I got my own new bin- oculars and focused in onthe beak of a tree sparrow as it picked up a tiny millet seed, quickly cracked and shelled it with its beak,then reached for another. As soon as it snatched a seed, it raised its headagain, alert to any danger while chomping away, the bottom bill moving rapidly. Having eyes on the sides ofits head, instead of facing forward as we predators do, gave it a great field ofview, I noted. Same with the juncos feeding nearby -- similar size, similar bills, similartable manners. Our mourning doves just walked around peck-peck- pecking up seeds nonstop. I next studied a cardinal scooping up sunflower seeds in its thick conicalbill. It seemed to be manip- ulating those much larger objects with its tongue, dis- carding chunks of the shell as it turned the kernel this way and that before swal- lowing. Chickadees targetedsunflower seeds, too, but instead of remaining on the ground, they'd grab one and fly up into the lilacs,just as they do from a feed- er. Holding it on a branch with their toes, they ham-mered with their bill to re- move the shell and maybe break the seed into smaller bits.Dennis was right — all their eating methods were unique. White-throatedsparrows were scratching for seeds with both feet. Goldfinches and nuthatch- es were prying themthrough the wire mesh of our hanging feeders, using their slim bills like chop- sticks. And yet, doing the job! Lacking teeth, birds don't chew their food but grind itin their gizzard, swallow- ing grit from roadsides to help the process. Somehow, they must grasp food items without hands, discard in- edible bits, then manoeu- vre them into their mouthand down their throat. It is really tricky that their bills don't move inde- pendently but are fused onthe ends of their two major head bones. Which, fortu- nately, are hinged so thatthe lower mandible can flex, like an alligator's jaw. The tough keratin of a bird's beak wears downconstantly as it feeds, but keeps growing throughout its life, thank heavens as our keratin fingernails do. Nature queries: mcar- ney1490@gmail.com or 905- 725-2116. Margaret Carney is anature-appreciation col- umnist for MetrolandDurham newspapers. Shelikes to write all about her different bird sightings,most times spotted rightfrom her own backyard. EVEN A PRO CAN NOTICE SOMETHING NEW ABOUT BIRDS MARGARET CARNEY'SHUSBAND DENNIS ISFASCINATED BY HOWBIRDS EAT TRUCKERS' PROTEST 'DOMESTIC TERRORISM' To the editor: Re: 'Truckers had nochoice but to protest.'Mr. Androvic's tortuous logic and a rather incoher-ent expression of his viewson democracy and the na-ture of the protest as well as of the truckers' associa-tion is not too surprisingfrom a PPC representative. That party is primarilymade up of the right-wingextremists, some of whomare the organizers and in- citers of this domestic ter-rorism.The association repre- sents its members, 90 percent of whom are vaccinat-ed. The number in theFreedom Convoy totalled less than one per cent oftruckers. The associationexpresses a democraticview opposed to a small mi-nority attempting to im-pose its views on society.Their plight is non-exis- tent. They can follow med- ical science and eschew theanti-democratic, socially irresponsible practice thatharms their fellow citizens.A mandate is not a man- date if it can be ignored.Compliance is not a ques-tion. The science in thisone is impeccable, and the need is urgent. To not comply is not toexercise free will: it is to en- danger one's neighbours inthe name of false beliefsand denial of the science.The purpose of govern- ment is to keep the citizen-ry safe. But, in fact, there is nomandate except that cer-tain activities are not al-lowed the unvaccinated.On the terms of the PPC, free will is to allow unbri-dled license and usurp thesocial interest to that of a selfish few. To describe themandate as "coercion or bullying" is a strange twiston reality.In a democracy, one ex- ercises free will by partici-pating in the democracy,not by undermining it. Onedoes not deny the public good for a personal interestbased on ignorance.The "convoy" was illegal and amounted to an insur-rection. The harm to thecitizens of Ottawa was realand visible. However, the blockadeshave far greater harm tothe country: they cost hun-dreds of millions of dollars in lost trade and will bringincreased prices to con-sumers across Canada for months to come.JOHN PEATE,COURTICE MARGARET CARNEY Column SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT DURHAMREGION.COM 7 | Pic k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 2 4 , 2 0 2 2 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m @cityofpickering Weekly Community Page March 24 Customer Care Centre 905.683.7575 (24 hour line) customercare@pickering.capickering.ca Upcoming Public Meetings Date Meeting/Location Time Mar28 CouncilMeeting Forlocationandmeetingdetailscheck: calendar.pickering.ca/council 7:00pm DuetoCOVID-19,meetingdetailsaresubjecttochange. PleasevisittheCitywebsiteorcall905.420.2222fordetails. 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Whether you’re just starting your career, looking to move up or retrain for a new field, growing opportunities await you. THE IMMIGRANT CAREER PLANNING GUIDE windmillmicrolending.org Presented By OPPORTUNITY AWAITS Scan to findout more "I would hope that theregion endorses it ... and that there actually is ful-some protection of this ar-ea up there," said DEAC chair Geoff Carpentier."This is kind of theheartland of agricultureand nature. Our headwa- ters and clean water andeverything else are justlanding north of where we all live. You can't just keeppushing further and fur-ther into that before we runout of room." Carpentier wasn't con-cerned when the matterwent back to staff, since itwill allow them to make amore informed decision.Brian Bridgeman, theregion's commissioner of planning and economic de-velopment, explained theregion is currently in theprocess of completing En- vision Durham, in which ithas to plan how to meet provincial targets of 1.3million people and 460,000 jobs by 2051."That's a near doublingin 30 years," he said.To accommodate this growth, "we'll be looking to'whitebelt' lands because we can't expand into theGreenbelt." Whitebelt lands are inbetween the Greenbelt andurban boundaries.When staff receives di- rection from council onhow to address the quan- tum of new people for 2051,staff will take EANAP's re- quest into account and re-port on it at that time."That will probably beearly 2023," Bridgeman said.Council will decide whether to ask the prov-ince to include the lands inthe Greenbelt.Residents fear that de- velopers and politicianslooking to develop the landwill push for a minister's zoning order (MZO) --which allows the Ministerof Municipal Affairs tozone any property in Onta- rio for development -- be-fore the headwaters get achance to be included in the Greenbelt.But Bridgeman pointedout that Durham counciltook a position against an MZO for this land in 2020.Bridgeman said there'sa potential for floodingeven in its undeveloped state, and putting the head-waters into the Greenbeltis not a guarantee that there wouldn't be futureflooding.He referred to the Car-ruthers Creek Watershed Plan conducted by the To-ronto and Region Conser- vation Authority. "(It) says that no devel-opment will proceed untilall impacts and flood risks are mitigated," he said,adding it also does not saythe area is not fit for devel-opment. Brenner encourages res-idents to visit stopsprawl-durham.com to urge local politicians to prioritize zeroboundary expansion."As much as I'm hopefulbut also pessimistic, I do hope that if we can get ev-erybody to raise their voic-es we may have a chance here," she said. STORY BEHIND THESTORY: Durham Region is in the midst of decidinghow to accommodategrowth targets set by theprovincial government, and Durhamregion.com islooking at how this couldaffect residents. NEWS Continued from page 1 RESIDENTS FEARFUL OF A MINISTER'S ZONING ORDER SCAN THE CODE to read more Durham news online. Carruthers Marsh, where the creek enters Lake Ontario. 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TO VIEW ONLINE, VISIT www.durhamregion.com/readerschoice PRESENTING YOUR OFFICIAL Gathering our Diamond Winners from selected premier categories in the Oshawa/Whitby, Clarington, Ajax/Pickering, Port Perry and Uxbridge 2021 Readers Choice Awards, we asked you, our readers, to vote for your choice of business or professional service that best represents what Durham Region has to offer. 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So grateful to my community, Dina Scarcelli Dina Scarcelli Owner, Director & Teacher New Facility OpeNiNg SOON at 101 SimcOe Street N. iN OShawa Thank you for voTing us BesT nursery school and PrivaTe school in durham region for a second year in a row “Guiding your child to reach their fullest potential in a safe, loving and caring learning environment.” For more information about our school, visit us at www.durhamregionmontessori.ca You can email or call at: dms@durhamregionmontessori.ca 1 grateful&Teacher 0 - 6 years old Montessori Preschool & Daycare Inc The average Ajax home-owner can expect to pay $120 more per year in prop-erty taxes.Ajax council approved the 2022 operating budgetof $79 million, which is upby 2.86 per cent, at its Feb-ruary meeting. This re- sults in a 0.89 per cent im-pact on the town's share ofthe residential tax bill. For the upcoming year, thisshare equates to $9.76 per$100,000 on the assessedproperty value provided by the Municipal PropertyAssessment Corporation(MPAC). Combined with DurhamRegion's 1.42 per cent taxrate impact, the overall in-crease on the average resi- dential tax bill is expectedto be 2.31 per cent or $10 permonth.Ajax council approved the town's 2022 capital bud-get and 2023 to 2031 long-range capital forecast in December.In addition to maintain-ing service levels, provid-ing for the increasing costs of doing business and bal-ancing the impacts of CO-VID-19, the 2022 budget funds 12 new businessescases that will support crit-ical town work and servic-es enhancements. "Our 2022 budget focus-es on maintaining and im-proving town services, while prioritizing afford-ability for our residentsand businesses," said May- or Shaun Collier. BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS • Twenty new firefight-ers • Thirteen corporate po-sitions to build capacitywithin innovation and technology, parking en-forcement, operations andenvironmental services,and planning and develop- ment• Transferring archivalservices to Ajax Public Li-brary • $550,000 to implementIT initiatives (workforcetechnology, hardware re- placement program andcyber and network securi-ty service)• $278,000 to administer automated speed enforce-ment• $260,000 to expand win- ter control operations• $180,500 to reserve allo-cations from tax assess-ment growth • Capital investment innew Ajax Library maker-space "I believe this budgetdoes a great job balancing the future needs of the or-ganization, council's goals,and keeping taxes steadywhile increasing levels of service as we continue togrow," Collier said. Ward 3 local councillor and budget chair Lisa Bow-er said thanks to the SafeRestart Grant and COVIDRecovery funding agree- ments from the provincialand federal governmentsin 2021, the town was able to offset continued pandemicexpenditures such as in-creased cleaning, purchaseof personal protective equipment, the addition ofuniformed security, andrevenue losses due to the pandemic. "Alleviating the burdenof pandemic costs createsthe opportunity for a for- ward thinking budget withinvestments in technology,staff, and public safety,"she said. For more information,visit ajax.ca/budget2022. AJAX PASSES $79M OPERATING BUDGET KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com NEWS Ajax council has approved the hiring of 20 new firefighters as part of the 2022 operating budget. Metroland file photo Never miss a deal with your shopping list on Save.ca.Selected items are sorted by store, making your day-to-day shopping experience a real money saver. 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They lived in Cowansville, Cornwall, Scar- borough, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and South Africa where they were missionaries. She was a caring mother to Carolyn and Phil Kondorosi, John and Tracy Hudson, Mark and Colleen Hudson, Ian Hudson and Sheila Corriveau, Katherine Sam and Mike Desjardins and Anna (Sam) Hudson. Kate was a proud grandma to: Adam, Mallorie, Jake, Marc, Shayne, Jenna, Mathew, Ben and Alexandra, and a recent first-time great grandmother to June Rose. She will be forever loved by her siblings and their spouses: the late John and Rina Harwood, late Anne and late Jack Hygate, Tony and Barbara Harwood, Sally and Geoff Baker, Angela Harwood and Ronnie Harwood. Auntie Kate was also loved by her many nieces and nephews across the globe. Kate treasured her faith, family and friends. She worked for the Durham Catholic District School Board and was also a Trustee. An active volunteer with the church, RCIA and St. Vincent De Paul Society, she had been living at Amica Whitby and cherished leading 'Rosary with Kate' for the residents in the retirement home library. Friends were received at the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel in Whitby at 110 Dundas Street East on Sunday, March 20, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. A funeral was celebrated at the Holy Family Catholic Church at 91 Ribblesdale Drive on Monday, March 21, at 11 a.m. Light refreshments were served at the church hall following the burial at the Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the St. Vincent's Kitchen or Adventure Place where she worked for many years. Online condolences at www.wctownfuneralchapel.com. WARREN, Doris Audrey (Scott) January 22, 1929 - March 15, 2021 ------------------ Mom, it has been a year since you went home to be with God. Every day in some small way, memories of you come our way. Miss you. 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