Oh! Victor

March 25th 2010

After twenty six years the first local Chinese business leader was inducted into the Community Living Mississauga's (CLM) annual tribute dinner at Mississauga Convention Centre located at 75 Derry Road West, while raising approximately one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars to help the intellectually challenged children to have a chance to go to summer camp. This year guest of honor is Mr. Victor Oh the current honorary President of the Mississauga Chinese Business association and Vice Chair for SafeCity Mississauga.

Mr. Victor Oh who migrated from Singapore to Canada has for many years dedicated his life serving the community. "This is truly a great honor, and I feel so proud," a humble Mr. Oh said, "It is an honor for not only me but the entire community. If you live in this country, you get involved, and this tribute is something I never expected."

Mayor Hazel McCallion thanked Mr. Oh for his contribution to the business community in Mississauga and his skillful integration for the Chinese community into the mainstream Mississauga. “Victor’s a great resident of Mississauga,” Mayor Hazel McCallion said. “He’s a great community person and he’s a major contributor to crime prevention. He is just a great person.”

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Peter's Free Family Skate Day at the Burnhamthorpe Community Centre's Outdoor Rink.

March 21st. 2010

Peter Fonseca, Alexander and Sebastian and Dan Thompson.

              The Winter Olympic may be over in Vancouver but the celebration continues. Today former Canadian Olympian Hon Peter Fonseca and M.P.P. for Mississauga East-Cooksville welcome his constituents to skate for free at the Burnhamthorpe community centre’s outdoor skating rink. The event was also co-sponsored by Canadian Tire Jumpstart program.

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Local business success celebrate

Saturday, March 13th 2010

At age 89 our Mayor Hazel McCallion is still working hard in the late hour on Saturday March 13th 2010. She reminds me of the Energizer rabbit that keep on going. Tonight on her fifth official engagement she is helping a local Chinese Business and a community leader Mr. Auyong the President of Pintang Association in Canada and owner of Yuan Ming Supermarket to celebrate their success.

This celebration is internal for the Yuan Ming Super Market, its family, staffs and friends as well as guest of honor Mayor Hazel McCallion and Mr. Victor Oh the Vice Chair of SafeCity Mississauga. In her message to the staffs of Yuan Ming Supermarket our Mayor congratulate them and Yuan Ming for another successful year and encouraged them to work hard to made the business very successful.

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"Succeeding in Turbulent Times" by Joey Yap Feng Shui (风水) Consultant

Hotel Novotel, Mississauga Saturday March 13th. 2010

Feng shui  (风水 "wind water") is an art practise in China for over 3,000 years ago, and has been described as the art of creating wealth, prosperity and harmony. Today at Novotel Hotel, Mr Joey Yap an international speaker, best-selling author, television personality and founder of Mastery Academy of Chinese Metaphysics will be speacking to a pack room regarding Thriving in Challenging Times.

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Student can take Pride helping other student in ther school work

March 12th.2010

In her song Greatest Love Of All, Whitney Houston sang these words that resonate in my ear "I believe the children are our future. Teach them well. And let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty. They possess inside. Give them a sense of pride. To make it easier". This is what I felt when Ms. Ashley Lyons from SafeCity Mississauga email me about thier lastest project "Aspire" lauch on Friday March 12th. 2010 at  Forest Ridge Room, 3420 The Collegeway, Mississauga.

Aspire program is run by SafeCity Mississauga and funded by the Region of Peel. The program run mainly by volunteered high school students. This program will run mainly from the Aspire Tutoring Centre in the Forest Ridge Room, a community gathering space for residents of The Collegeway/Colonial Dr. townhouse complex operated by Peel social housing authorities. Selected high school students will be paired with the younger pupils who needed helps in the neigbourhood. Tutors will also served as mentors helping those student  with their school work. Students can attend one or two sessions each week.

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Officer Ochakovsky worked tirelessly to make the community a better, safer place to live.

Tuesday March 9th 2010
"You can shed tears that he is gone, or you can smile because he has lived."

Today at least close to 7,000 police officers, firefighters and paramedics gathered at the Hershey Centre to pay their final respect for a fallen brother, the first Peel Regional Police officer to be killed while on duty in the past quarter-century.

Constable Artem (James) Ochakovsky succumb to his injury in the hospital on Tuesday night March 2nd 2010 surrounded by his family after he suffered a critical head injury in a crash late Monday. The 36 year-old officer was enroute to assist another colleague when his cruiser collided with another vehicle at Steeles Avenue and Airport Road. Originally, Officer Ochakovsky was taken to a Brampton hospital but later transferred to Sunnybrook Hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Erin and their three-year-old son Owen.

Earlier on Wednesday a somber and Peel police Chief Mike Metcalf said, ”We have suffered a great loss. The coming days will be difficult for us as we prepare to pay tribute to a fine young officer who cared for his family and served his community with pride”.

Today at Constable Artem (James) Ochakovsky funeral in a pack Hersey Centre, the Premier of Ontario, Mr. Dalton McGuinty said, “Officers like James aren’t just good at what they do, what they do is good”. He further added that,  “These men are heroes every day of their lives, to their communities, to their fellow officers, and most of all, to their families.”


Fighting back tears Mrs. Erin Ochakovsky said "James was the kind of father that every woman dreams of. He was my hero, he was my Prince Charming, he was my everything.”

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Chinese Association of Mississauga Chinese New Year Celebration

March 5th 2010

Chinese New Year may have ended on February 28th. 2010 but that does not stopped the Chinese Association of Mississauga (C.A.M.) from celebration the Lunar New Year with a crowd tonight at Emerald Chinese Restaurant in Mississauga. On hand were representative from all three levels of government and the Carassauga leadership.

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