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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 13 Dec 2000, p. 10

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Book a sitter, get dressed up and go shopping! Well actually the dressed up part is purely optional. But seriously, it‘s no secret we‘re open ‘ti 11:00pm Friday. You can finish your holiday shopping â€" then go dancing! Located on Fairway Road at Highwoay 8 ® MOONLIGHT MADNESS (SHOP ‘TIL 11:00PM!) FAIRVIEW*~ Maclean‘s honours 3 locals aclean‘s magazine Mhas decided to recâ€" ognize the achieveâ€" ment of three members of the local community in the magazine‘s annual Honour Roll issue now on sale. Thomas and Christine Ichim, and Mike Lazaridis, founder of Research in Motion, joined other notaâ€" bles like the Barenaked Ladies and author Michael Ondaatje, on the annusal list for what they‘ve done to enrich the country with their creativity, intelligence and passion for making a difference. A reflection of our communty _ NEW HOLUDAY HOURS â€" Monday to Saturday 9:â€"30am â€" 9â€"30pm, Sunday 10:00am â€" 6:00pm y Sénta’ s & wecret San Thomas and Christine Ichim, two local scientific wunderkids, set out at the tender ages of 11 and 10, respectively, to find a cure for their mother‘s leukemia. It included a crossâ€"country trek by Christine, who raised $150,000 for cancer research while rollerâ€"bladâ€" ing across Canada. Their drive and determiâ€" nation have won them numerous research awards, and they are both successâ€" fully pursuing advanced science degrees in medicalâ€" lyâ€"related fields at the uniâ€" versities of Toronto and FoOry ; q: Hol {shooping Western Ontario. Michael Lazaridis, the billionaire _ founder _ of Research in Motion (RIM), was not just content to merely build the local highâ€" tech darling of the Internet set, he also wanted to pioâ€" neer highâ€"tech developâ€" ment in Canada for years to come. He did this by showing remarkable vision and genâ€" erosity in giving $100 milâ€" tion of his own RIM share to create a research institute devoted to physics, and charged with unlocking the secrets of the universe. (shhhhhh.... Called the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, the centre will be open by 2002 and will replace the aging Waterloo Memorial Arena, known as the "Bubble. Lazaridis said the project will be for generations to come so they will have the foundation to build new discoveries for the next cenâ€" The 12 honourees join the more than 160 extraorâ€" dinary people that have joined Maclean‘s Honour Roll since the first issue was launched in 1986.

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