Markham News

The planned celebration for the Olympic flame in Canada's largest city was briefly derailed Thursday night by hundreds of protesters who stormed up Yonge Street.

York Region's one-stop-shop for immigrants is about to get some company. A $19.7-million contribution from the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement will help with the construction of new welcome centres in Newmarket, Richmond Hill and southern and northern Markham.

During a recent, hectic round of warehouse shopping, my sisters and I realized we hadn't had breakfast.

Village Voices presents Celebrate with Brass at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 143 Main Street North, Markham at 7:30 p.m. Village Voices, accompanied by York Brass, celebrates 90th birthday of renowned British conductor/composer/ arranger Sir David Willcocks by performing many of his best-loved Christmas Carol arrangements.

Re: Town wrestles with growth, Nov. 19. I have been shaking my head in disbelief after reading about recent town council decisions, many of which seem to be made without resident input or approval and without considering their long-term implications.

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A massive church project is set to get underway early in the New Year. Eight years after it purchased the land, the St.

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Unionville may just get its name back after all. Town council passed a motion Tuesday night asking Canada Post to reinstate the use of Unionville, as opposed to Markham, as the preferred municipal name in its online and hard copy postal code directories for addresses in the present Ward 3 boundary.

While making a pit stop on a rural road near Markham, Ont in 1980 a motorist stumbled across the skeletal remains of a young man.

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The Markham Jazz Festival has acquired acclaimed musician Michael Occhipinti to fill the role of artistic director for the festival's 2010 summer event.

"I'm convinced that we need more money to do our job," said Bloc Qubcois Whip Michel Guimond , adding that when the economy gets better, MPs can discuss the sometimes politically touchy issue of office budget increases.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, presents a certificate to Jaswinder Marjara, Publisher of CanIndia News, at the gala dinner of the Academic Professional Development Seminar of the National Press and Media Council of Canada on Saturday, Nov.

A Newmarket jury has found Christopher Little guilty on two counts of first-degree murder.

A massive police operation is underway in Canada's two largest cities Wednesday to dismantle a document counterfeiting operation that was based in several locations, including three Montreal daycare centres.

Chris Little, left, is charged with the murders of his estranged wife, Julie Crocker, bottom right, and Paula Menendez, the estranged wife of Crocker's lover.

Greater Toronto Area construction stakeholders are excited by the opportunities that will come from the 2015 Pan Am Games.

In what's being described as a Canadian first, Grande Prairie has been awarded access to its own section of wireless data spectrum, something that could eventually lead to major cash savings for taxpayers.

November 20, 2009 - Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids - the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences - announced today that the StreamZHD multi-format, live and on-demand encoding system has won a 2009 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award as the top high definition hardware encoder.