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thursday jan 122006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst n haggis on the menu at night in honour of burns opinion 6 calendar 19 sports 22 classified 24 stouffvilles first baby early and late by joan ransberry staff writer whitchurchstouffvilles first baby of 2006 came early while james george barbesin was born at markham stoufmue hospital jan 8 he wasnt expected until feb 5 coming a week after the dawn of 2006 parents helena and warren barbesin were surprised to leam their son is the towns new years baby since james george made his grand entrance nearly a month early his father an avid hockey fan will be able to hold his son while he watches the toronto maple leafottawa senators game saturday sporting a leaf hat the little guy will be dressed for the game liarn mcguire of mount albert bom at 1217 am jan 1 at markham stouffville became york regions first baby of 2006 while brayden chiu markhams first 2006 babe arrived 17 hours later at 5 17 pm staff cheered just as loudly when james george arrived eight days later the parents are very pleased we are excited and over whelmed by his birth mr barbesin said wejvere thrilled to be told hes the new years baby mom and the sixpound 12- ounce boy arrived at their rupert avenue home tuesday evening mr barbesin works in infor mation technology in a toronto firm while his wife is employed in the citys courts james george is the first grand child on his mothers side while hes the fourth for his paternal grandparents staff photosjoerd witteveen helena and warren barbesin hold whitchurchstouffvilles first 2006 baby james george barbesin dressed in toronto maple leaf gear hell be watching the leafeottawa game with his dad saturday want a doctor hail a cab oak ridges ndp hopeful says by joan ransberry staff writer the snapshot shows the liberal vote going south the conservatives daring to hope for a majority the green party getting noticed and in king township the new democrat throw ing the knockout punch theres a quick solution to the nationwide doctor shortage oak ridgesmarkham ndp candidate pamela courtot told the 125 people who attended an allcandidates debate at seneca collegeking campus tuesday if you want a doctor hail a cab ms courtot said the doctor shortage is not just rural people in king township cant find a doctor people in stouffville cant find a doctor were not living out in the hinders we have lots of doctors driving cabs all four federal candidates outlined how they would handle health care daycare vio lent crime education foreign affairs and the charter of rights and freedoms but the audi ence sat up and took the most notice when the controversial yorkdurham big pipe issue landed on the table liberal lui temelkovski played it safe promising to continue to meet with stake holders both ms courtot and green party can didate steve armes called for a full envi ronmental assessment while conser vative bob callow recommended more monitoring to make sure the project isnt causing damage the big pipe is a complex issue mr see urban page 16 1 r u v 1- if phoustc if i v it lhx jfjmfr let us assist you with your saturday purchasing houston ford ltd and enjoy the stouffville license bureaus 5786 main st stouffville j 9d5e4o454i convenient saturday hours 9am 1 2pm brilliance cu fj deserve rarthau sft tewellers 6312 main st1 stouffville 9056404646 awwjbndpkieddiamoodsxom