By Anthony Joseph Publisher Rod Phillips, Member of Provincial Parliament for Ajax, Ontario, has left politics. Phillips came into public life with the Provincial Conservative party during the last election. He was a star candidate and has held many portfolios in the current government, starting with the ministry of Environment, then moved on to oversee […]
The Caribbean Camera heard that the Active Marketplace is closing so we spoke to the owner Zahid Malik about what we heard the interview went like this. Caribbean Camera: “We understand that people are saying that active Marketplace will be closing soon. Is there any truth to that?” Zahid Malik: “Absolutely not! We bought this […]
The dignitaries came out in their numbers to 1465 Harwood Avenue North where the Schiegel Group located one of its the Schlegel Villages Ajax Campus of Care. Their new Village Campus Care facility will feature 192 new long term care beds. This the first phase of the village was announced by minister of Long-Term Care […]
Last Saturday, owner of Active Marketplace Zahid Malik welcomed Ajax MPP and Minister of Long-Term Care Rod Phillips for the opening ceremony of building B of the flea market. Active Marketplace first opened in September while the pandemic was raging. Now that the restrictions have been relaxed, the minister was able to make an appearance […]
When Active Marketplace opened a few months ago, the mayor and the town council were not able to make it to the unofficial opening due to COVID restrictions. Now that things are a bit better, Mayor Shaun Collier took the opportunity to officially open the site of Ajax’s newest flea market. Ward 2 Councillor Ashmeed […]
Up to $4.9 billion in next four years The Ontario government will provide up to $270 million this year to long-term care homes across the province to increase staffing levels, leading to more direct care for residents. This includes $726,676 for long-term care homes in Ajax. This is part of the province’s commitment to ensure […]
On Thursday 27th August the new long-term care facility in Ajax Ontario had its topping off ceremony. What is truly amazing about this is that in January 2021 they broke ground for this facility; eight months later we are celebrating topping off of this six-story 320 room facility located just south of the Ajax-Pickering hospital. […]
Last Saturday, August 14, the Pakistani Community celebrated their seventy-fourth year of independence, and for the first time the community had been able to celebrate on the east side of Toronto. This was made possible by the generosity of the new owners of Active Marketplace, Durham’s new flea market. Among the many guests in attendance, […]
Last Sunday a small corner of Ajax was ignited with the sound of calypso emanating from the backyard of calypso great David Michael Rudder. Rudder will be performing live in Toronto this Saturday July 31st for the first time since the COVID shutdown. The show will be outdoors, on stage at the City View Drive-In. […]
When the Rona hardware closed their operations on Kingston Road on Nation Road in the city of Ajax, no one imagined that only a year later, when the building went up for sale that a brand new flea market would breed new life into the landmark building. The building was bought by Zahid Malik of […]
