Plugged-in tweens go green
When John Leonardelli checked a Watt Reader out from the library, he hoped it would spark a water-cooler conversation at his Maple home.
That is, how much it costs him to run that proverbial water cooler.
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Global Group’s seat of power
At 71 years old, Saul Feldberg still works 12-hour days.
After all, running one of Vaughan’s largest employers, making sure American presidents and Russian parliamentarians are comfortably seated is not your typical nine-to-five sort of job.
Auto parts maker cleans up
Martinrea International Inc., a Vaughan-based auto parts manufacturer, was recently announced as the sponsor of a public art exhibit, using 80 garbage and recycling bins to help beautify Toronto.
EcoMedia Direct Incorporated, which owns and operates the bins it calls “three-stream” SilverBox Public Space Recycling Street Art units, announced the partnership with Martinrea on Oct. 3.
Taste of Mumbai spices up Thornhill
Some of the finest flavours of Mumbai are found in Nairobi, Kuala Lumpur, Kampala and Dubai.
And now in an exclusive, exotic corner of Thornhill, the tastes of India have found a new home.
Restaurants face health charges
Five Vaughan restaurants were charged last month under the Health Protection and Promotion Act by York Regional Health Services inspectors.
Arista finalist in building awards
Concord-based builder Arista Homes fell short of capturing a coveted industry prize last month, losing out to a rival builder from Mississauga.
Arista Homes was runner-up for the second year in the Tarion Awards of Excellence. It was a finalist in the Large Volume Builder category, along with Hayhoe Homes of St. Thomas, Tribute Communities of Toronto, Mountainview Homes of Thorold and Mattamy Homes of Mississauga.
Top equipment firm coming here
Kidde Canada, the country’s leading supplier of fire safety equipment, is moving from its Markham headquarters to Vaughan in January, the company’s chief financial officer Robert Pizzola said last week.
The planned move follows the expiration of Kidde’s lease, which forced the company to examine its options.
New election scheme voted down handily
The small pencils wielded by millions of Ontario voters were worn out on Oct. 10 picking who would get into government and the process by which future governments would be determined.
The referendum choice came down to keeping the first-past-the-post or switching to a mixed-member proportional representation system.
Source of tainted beer discovered
Labatt Breweries says it has uncovered the source behind July 12 reports of suspected tampering of imported Stella Artois bottles, one of which was served at a Thornhill bar on July 11.
The investigation launched by the brewery following the discovery of the tainted beer determined the bottles were not tampered with as originally feared. The bottles were filled with concentrated alcohol in place of lager and were meant for display, not drinking.
After election landslide, Sorbara to start digging into subway plan
Greg Sorbara, Ontario’s once and future finance minister, predicted in his nomination speech back on Sept. 6 that he would “sweep Vaughan from every corner of the riding”.
Sorbara will soon be trading in the broom for a shovel in the new majority Liberal government.
Thornhill bucks trend to go Tory
Rookie PC candidate Peter Shurman benefited from the fickle nature of the riding’s electorate, beating Liberal incumbent Mario Racco by 1,700 votes in Wednesday’s election — a landslide by Thornhill standards.
Four years ago, the voters of Thornhill ousted their incumbent MPP in a close race.
In 1999, four years before that, the voters of Thornhill dumped their incumbent MPP in another airtight race.
Move over, gelato, ice cream’s in town
“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.