economist sunsuntribuhe community saturday aug 62005 town teams up with tennis canada presented by american express ten- niscanada will partner with mayor don cousens to host markham day at the rogers cup in rexdale aug 17 tenniscanada has pledged to donate 25 per cent of proceeds from all hospi tality packages purchased by markham businesses as well as season ticket sales purchased by markham residents for the aug 17 session to markham stouf- fville hospital foundation and its fight to end breast cancer the markham board of trade is also offering executive suite tickets for 75 for the evening of markham day we hope that companies will sup port markham day and in turn raise money for an important cause our markham stouffville hospital mr cousens said i look forward to seeing many mem bers of our community on aug 17th at the rexdale centre 77ctets can be purchased at 18772836647 ext 4333 mcdonalds fundraiser helps premature babies premature babies needing a special eye examination wont have to be trans ferred to other health facilities now that markham stouffville hospital has an ophthalmoscope a fundraising drive held at two local mcdonalds outlets in markham raised 5000 to go toward the purchase of the special medical equipment andrea guarino manager of special events for the hospital explained the ophthalmoscope is used to examine premature babies who might be experi encing vision problems because their eyes arent completely developed a breast pump was also published the funds were raised by mcdon alds through mchappy day a national fundraiser held in more than 1350 mcdonald restaurants across canada on mchappy day one dollar from every mcmuffin big mac and happy mealsold went to benefit children in markham all funds were earmarked for the markham stouffville hospital foun dation the arthritis j3qciety heffea- bequest a gift of v iifeinsuraneeora charitable annuity you cahplanfo j ensure continuing supportfor arthritis research remote wireless surveillance systems 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corridpi pub the regional municipality of york region has completed the yonge street corridor public transit improvements environmental assessment ea which addresses public transit improvements in the south yonge street corridor extending from steeles avenue to 19th avenue the ea is being submitted to the ministry of the environment moe for formal review as required under the ontario environmental assessment act eaa the ea is being submitted under section 612 of the eaa and in accordance with the terms of reference approved by the minister of the environment on june 30 2004 the proposed undertaking consists of a 125 km twolane median transitway located on yonge street between steeles avenue and 19th avenue in the town of richmond hill town of markham and city of vaughan the proposed transitway will be designed to accommodate bus rapid transit brt and ultimately light rail transit lrt vehicle technologies the proposed undertaking also includes stations generally located at major intersections with side platforms placed on the farside of the intersection a 1 kirtsection of transit operation in mixed traffic through the richmond hill central business district north of major mackenzie drive acombined brtlrt maintenance and storage facility located south of highway 407 and east of yonge street and replacement of existing hov lanes with dedicated transit lanes across the cn rail line between clark avenue and- dorchester road the region is requesting eaa approval to design construct and implement the proposed undertaking as required by the eaa the ea report will be available for public review and comment from august 5 2005 to september 23 2005 the documents may be reviewed during normal business hours at the following locations location address phone number 1 ministry of the environment-environmental- assessment approvals branch 2 st clair avenue west floor- 12a toronto on m4v1l5 416 3148001 2 ministry of the environment central region office 5775 yonge street 8th floor north york on m2m 4j1 416 3266700 3- regional municipality of york office of the regional clerk 17250 yonge street 4th floor newmarket on l3y 6z1 18774649675 ext 1320 4- town of richmond hill office of the town clerk 225 east beaver creek road richmond hill on l4b3p4 905 7718800 5- town of markham office of the town clerk 101 town centre boulevard markham on l3r9w3 905 4754744 6 city of vaughan office of the city clerk 2141 major mackenziejjrive vaughan on l6a1t1 905 8328504 7- richmond hill central library adult reference desk 1 atkinson street richmond hill on l4c0h5 905 8849288 8 thomhill community centre library 7755 bayview avenue thomhill on l3t4p1 905 5137977 9- dufferin clark library i44iclark avenue west thomhill on l4j 7r4 905 6600374 anyone wishing to make comments regarding the ea must submit their comments in writing andor by fax to the ministry of the environment by se 23 2001 all comments must be addressed to ms gemma connolly special project officer project coordination environmental assessment 81 approvals branch ministry of the environment 2 st clair avenue west floor 12a toronto on m4v1l5 phone 416 3148001 fax 416314-8452- a copy of all comments will be forwarded to the proponent- if you have any questions please contact steve mota project manager regional municipality of york planning and development services phone 18774649675 ext 5056 email stevemotayorkca under the freedom of information and protection of privacy act and the environmental assessment act unless otherwise stated in the submission any personal information such as name address telephone number and property location included in a submission will become part ofthe public record files for this matter and can be released if requested to any person this notice is dated august 4 2005 sr c wvd e t nt vt flii k