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TIME FOR A TREAT Cole MacGregor (left), Diego Dyck, Matt MacDonald and Alex Devore take a moment to enjoy an ice cream cone outside of Lazer Video in Elmira during the Woolwich Summer Playground on Wednesday morning.
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s there anything better than a cold ice cream on a hot summer day? Whether it comes on a cone, in a cup or on a stick, Canadians love the frozen treat. According to the Canadian Dairy Information Centre, in 2007 we were
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tied with Denmark for eighth in global ice cream consumption at 8.7 litres per capita, a drop of about a third from the 12.7 litres Canadians consumed in 1980 but well below the top spot held by New Zealand with a per capita consumption of nearly 23 litres. We make a lot of ice cream in this
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country, too. In 2005 alone, Canada produced more than 300 million litres of hard ice cream, an increase of about nine per cent over the year before, according to Statistics Canada. Tack on the other 117 million li-
temporary home for the Mac’s convenience store in downtown Elmira is taking form, clearing the way for demolition crews to teardown the existing building and gas bar. Following removal of contaminants from the site, construction will begin on a new facility, making use of the now-vacant lot that used to house the Steddick Hotel. Property owner Becker Milk Company Ltd. has plans for a 3,500-squarefoot building on the site of the old hotel, providing far more space than the current 1,400 sq. ft. Mac’s building. The Subway restaurant will have more room, and the current gas bar will be moved slightly to the north. The move eases flooding concerns about Weigel Drain, a 2.5-kilometre stretch of open and closed channels that flow into the Canagagigue Creek. Elmira is built over the lower section of the drain. The buildings would be farther away from the floodway that essentially channels along Wyatt Street. The township is in the process of fi-
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