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When people hear divorce, they think of COURTS and TRIALS! But only 5% of all court cases even make it to trial...where do the other 95% go? Join Family Lawyer and Mediator Sina Hariri from the Ontario Bar Association's Speakers Bureau on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, from 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. as he explores family law disputes from the lens of the court system, the lesser known alternatives to court and the many supports available to parties going through separation or divorce....
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A growing public health concern, opioid addiction cuts across all demographics. At our next IdeaMarket forum on Tuesday, April 24, from 7:00 – 8:45 p.m., we’ll be looking at the opioid crisis in our Region, with a discussion on removing the stigma associated with opioid use, and information on the community support available, including the Ontario Take-Home Naloxone Program. We’ll hear speakers from public health, York Regional Police, and a community pharmacist....
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After over two decades with no increases in funding, the province’s libraries got some good news in the recent 2018 Ontario Budget. Over the next three years the provincial government is investing an additional $17 million each year in Public and First Nations Libraries, and $28 million in the Digital Public Library, a new centralized digital resource providing all Ontarians with access to the online information, education, and cultural resources they need to succeed. Newmarket...
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Learn how to declutter and downsize with Arlene Stephenson from Downsizing Diva, the senior move management experts on Tuesday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m.  Arlene will explain how simple organizational changes can have a big impact, and she will provide creative and inexpensive tips that will help you as you begin the process of organizing or downsizing your home . Register now for Downsizing and Organization 101.

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Gloria Grahame was a star in old Hollywood, but by the 1970s her star had dimmed to the point where she was doing regional theatre in Liverpool, England. There she met young actor Peter Turner, beginning a relationship that would see the two live with Peter’s working-class family and face together Grahame’s diagnosis of breast cancer. Wonderfully acted by Annette Bening and Jamie Bell, Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool, showing on Monday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m.,...
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