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thursday may 4 2006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pages1 including gst 6 stouffville player ready to go in ontario hockey league draft opinion 6 budget 10 calendar 24 classified 28 publication mail agreement 40007673 cabbie stabbed dropped on mccowan road 13x1 drivers running scared by martin derbyshire staff writer safety is on the minds of most cab companies and taxi drivers around york region after four scary incidents involving cabbies across the gta this week its terrible said driver mimoun mazpuni of todays taxi in newmarket were all concerned early tuesday morning a toronto cab driver suffered head injuries after a passenger hit him and took his taxi and another driver was fatally stabbed in the back neck and chest just a few hours later in richmond hill monday a local taxi driver was slashed in the back of the neck when a fare he picked up near yonge street and steeles avenue tried to rob him he was driving the man north on woodbine avenue just south of major mackenzie drive the driver was threatened and told to pull over then forced from the cab and his property and cash stolen the suspect fled in the victims taxi north on mccowan road just south of bloomington road the victim flagged down a motorist who took him to a gas station on bloomington where he called police he was taken to hospital arid treated for minor cuts to the back of his neck police caught up with the cab in markham a short time later but the thief managed to slip through their clutches after ditching the taxi and running into a park near middlefield see same page 15 town first to adopt by hannelore volpe staff writer whitchurchstouffville is the first municipality in york region to adopt a proclamation that emphasizes the principles of diversity equity acces sibility and inclusiveness the proclamation was written by the canadian federation of intercultural friendship an umbrel la group working with police to fight hate crimes create links between various cultural groups in the region and speak out on incidents of racial intolerance it works closely with groups in other communities the proclamation passed tuesday anticipates the influx of several thousand new residents of various races cultures and religion to the community over the next few years youll be seeing members from the federation around town soon theyll be linking with local groups and attend events such as the strawberry festival to introduce their programs to the community the federation will help you learn more about other cultural groups and have a centralized place to donate to disaster relief to help victims of earthquakes floods and other natural disasters through the federation and york regional police york region resi dents have raised funds for earth quake victims in bam iran and pakistan and mud slide victims in the philippines among others councillor susanne hilton the local representative on the federa tion has been key in developing the proclamation see world page 19 staff photosjoerd witteveen loud and proud andrew lloyd 17 a grade 12 student at stouffville district secondary school was the first to have his head shorn of its 15inch locks in aid of cancer research by diva hair stylist tina coleshill at the school friday see page 23 for an additional photograph 19056427474 wwwsmileclfnicca fc6212mainst isteast of the train station sw dr sheldon lazier dr waseema all dr dana ghobrial dr dan kobric ed edwards denturfst t mom with lve parthau jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 05 6404646