Stouffville News

Canadians have fought in hundreds of battles, some more famous than others. No matter their infamy, lives were lost.

A woman bound in chains or a warrior, seductress, prophet and judge. These images of often marginalized iconic women from biblical times, such as Bathsheba, Eve and Mary Magdalene, still speak to us today and are the inspiration behind Latcham Gallery's new Icons exhibition, which opened last weekend.

York Region Crime Stoppers needs your help identifying a man wanted in connection to a break and enter at a restaurant.

York Region residents and non-priority people are crossing the border into Durham Region and receiving the H1N1 vaccine with ease.

Classic Albums live presentsA ?A Led Zeppelin 1, Note for Note. 8 p.m. Single tickets: $35 to $45. Call theatre box office at 905-305-SHOW or visit markhamtheatre.ca OCT.

Two new GO train stations will be constructed along the Richmond Hill line just west of Whitchurch-Stouffville. One station will be on Stouffville Road between Leslie Street and Hwy.

Stouffville was once the goldfish capital of the world. In 1930, George Ashton purchased a building on Albert Street that once housed an old mill and ketchup manufacturer and turned it into The Goldfish Supply Company.

When Jennalyn Webber was hired to be Wendigo Farms' barn manager, it came with more than 17 horses, two staff and two owners.

Songs soothe the soul and help to transform countless numbers of street kids into educated and productive members of Kenyan society.

The one-woman show You Fancy Yourself will take the Lebovic Centre for Arts and Entertainment - Nineteen on the Park stage on Oct.

More tame activities at this haunted theme park include hayrides and sitting by the fire.

If you like Halloween, Whitchurch-Stouffville is the place to be as numerous events are taking place between Oct.

Ontario's environment ministry has given its blessing to a massive, controversial $550 million sewage line -- known as the "Big Pipe" -- that will open the door to billions of dollars worth of new development in the eastern GTA.

You'll soon start noticing some changes in and around Markham Stouffville Hospital.

When the Internet became as accessible as cable TV, decrees from on-high announced all librarians should pack up their books and find new careers because their Dewey Decimal knowledge will no longer be required.

York Regional Police hosts the third annual York Region Wishmaker Walk for Wishes Saturday at the Community Safety Village in Whitchurch-Stouffville. The three-kilometre walk is a fundraiser for the Childrena TMs Wish Foundation of Canada.

Separating unfertilized chinook salmon eggs from the fertilized eggs are Bill McKinney TD Canada Trust Stouffville branch manager ; Andy Burt, Ken Tyhurst, both Metro East Anglers; Bruce Burt, vice-president MEA and Jason Christie TD Canada Trust Oak Ridges branch manager at the Ringwood Fish Culture Station.

The first two phases of Main Street's overhaul are on the verge of completion. "I know it hasn't been easy," said Whitchurch-Stouffville Mayor Wayne Emmerson.

The Olympic torch is coming through Stouffville on Dec. 17. The exact route and time the torch will arrive are being kept under wraps until one week prior to the big event, as per the Olympic committee's instructions.

The inaugural York Region Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure raised more than $300,000 and had over 1,500 participants.