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Canada Post is reminding families that they only have until Dec. 7 to send their letters to Santa in order to get a response before Christmas. Canada Post cannot guarantee delivery dates, but Santa does respond to all letters he receives. Santa’s address is: Santa Claus North Pole Canada Guidelines for mailing your letter • Ensure your letter is addressed to Santa (address above). • No stamps are required to mail a letter to Santa within Canada.
The parade will march up Main Street in Markham starting at Highway 7 at 11 a.m., passing the Markham GO station, and ending at 16th Street at 1 p.m. That stretch of Main Street will be closed from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The stretch of Highway 7 to Wootten Way will also be closed from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Due to this closure, there will be an alternate route for residents to access the Markham Village Community Centre via Major Buttons Drive, Squire Bakers Lane, Tuclor Lane and Rougecrest Drive.
A Markham man who has won large cash prizes before has done it again after taking home the Poker Lotto All In jackpot of more than $120,000 on Oct. 22. Bank employee Shahin Mohamed also won $5,000 on the instant portion of his Poker Lotto play, bringing his total winnings to $133,206.20, the OLG shared in a press release on Nov. 3. Mohamed previously won $20,000 with Poker Lotto in 2015 and $11,000 in 2017.
Three cities in York Region have been named to Orkin Canada’s list of the 25 “rattiest” in the province. Toronto sits at the top of both Ontario’s and Canada’s list of the rattiest cities, but Mississauga, Richmond Hill and Woodbridge all made the Ontario list. Markham sits in spot 13, Richmond Hill came in at 15 and Woodbridge ranks 24th. Ranks are determined by the amount of rodent (rat & mice) treatments the company performed from Aug.
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