Vaughan Markham and NHL

: She the one who won a lawsuit launched by a local developer, argued over ward boundaries with another colourful councillor, and spoke out against using public funding for an NHL arena for Markham — a deal that was voted down at city council, according to Toronto Star. Burke not against development or density, which she thinks is an alternative to sprawl. Directness and confidence in her own opinion are, incidentally, trademark Burke. She does feel protective of the quiet, beautiful character of our heritage streets and worries that infrastructure — specifically transportation — won’t be in place to support developments such as World on Yonge, which is going up north of Steeles Ave. on the west side. Home decor hot spot: Traffic, growth, expansion — it all music to the ears of Ali Ghassemi, creative director of Weaver and Loom , which sells, repairs and cleans fine carpets, both old and new. The province is telling Vaughan and Markham, ‘We want you to intensify,’ but they are not providing the infrastructure that necessary. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.