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ambulance driver strike still on hold the strike position of stouffville- uxbridge ambulance workers remains on hold pending further mediation on de mands of wage parity with ministry of health employees the ontario public service employees union is negotiating a wage hike and be nefit improvements for the nine fulltime and six parttime workers its a possibility that we may settle for wage parity said union staff representa tive pat rooney and wed catch up on the benefits later he said little progress was made during mondays twohour bargaining session with the services private caretaker con troller whitbybowmanville ambulance services a total compensation offer was re- jected because benefits such as a dental plan would have been costed against the proposed three per cent hike according to the negotiator mr rooney claimed that the whitby- bowmanville service isnt a licensed oper ator here so therefore the ministry has real control over the stouffvilleuxbridge unit the ontario government through the ministry of health is reneging on its re sponsibility to the uxbridgestouffville ambulance service mr rooney said our strike position is on hold pending advice from our lawyers the stouffvilleuxbridge ambulance workers members of local 302 have a strike mandate but requested the union to first seek mediation a walkout would in clude a coverage area extending from hwy 404 to port perry and from sleeles ave to mount albert their present salary average is 1050 an hour compared to 1178 for ministry of health ambulance personnel and the 1185 an hour earned by their counterparts in whitby and bowmanville a strike could also affect ambulance ser vice in markham which is patrolled by ministry of health workers from 4 pm to 8 am there is only one ambulance on duty so the stouffville ser vice stations one backup vehicle at hwy 48 and major mackenzie dr after 4 pm its available in case markhams ambu lance is out on call womens club opening soon in markham markham women will soon be able to jump dance and stretch their way to fit ness at a new fitness centre the toronto womens club is scheduled to open in late september or early october in the new markham village lanes de velopment on main st it is a fitness centre exclusively for women and is geared to ward the mother at home toddler sitting will be available the clubs hours will be 9 am to 9 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 3 pm on weekends facilities will include a universal gym sauna doublesprung aerobic floor exer cise bicycles sun tanning beds private showers and change rooms as well as a whirlpool there will be 12 to 15 instructors all uni versity graduates with degrees in physical education halina cleland a spokeswoman for the club said markham was a natural choice to locate there was nothing in the east end and we had already blanketed the west end she said pointing out that there are clubs in kitchener mississauga and oak- ville as well as three in toronto she explained the reason behind a club just for women research has proved that a high per centage of women are more comfortable working out in a club exclusively for women women can preregister with the club at an information centre set up at 74b main st or by calling 2947764 it open week days from 10 am to 8 pm and saturdays from 10 a m to 5 pm weekender august 17 198sp3 more than a fender bender this grey chrysler took the brunt of a collision with a tractor- trailer last wednesday when the driver a rexdale woman attempted to make a left turn from hwy 7 east onto galswor thy rd in markham last wednesday the tractor trailer driving westbound on hwy 7 was unable to stop and collided with the car the driver of the car was charged with failing to afford reasonable opportunity to avoid collision she was taken to york central hospital and treated for minor in juries donna cox town erects barricade residents relieved laneway closed when a child was nearly hit by a car en tering a soccer field through a laneway residents of smithy st became fed up resident albert mckenna said four cars entering the laneway in a convoy came within a matter of inches of a child several people approached the town to complain about the danger to children us ing playground equipment located beside the soccer field drivers using the laneway off smithy st to gain access to the field park near the playground nearby residents dont know why the lane was made but it has been there for about a year and a half mr mckenna spoke with the towns en gineering department about a year ago and was told that it was a temporary entrance to the field which would be closing shortly daniel evans of the parks and recrea- dogs will be shot on sight the operators of a musselmans lake horse farm have been directed to shoot all dogs that come on to their property following confirmation of a rabid fox there agriculture canada test results showed thursday that the rabies virus was present in a fox shot aug 9 at jim and stella coulticcs wagon wheel ranch in whitchurchstouffville ah animals should have their shots and be tied up and kept away from our property mrs coultice said thursday a main concern is that a dog in contact with the rabid animal may transmit rabies to one or more of the coultices 73 horses and many canines in the lake district do have a bad habit of biting horses she said no quarantine has been placed on the wagon wheel trail riding facility lo- cated on the cast side of musselmans lake tion department said the lane was put in as an emergency access to the field the ori ginal entrance was blocked by construc tion on norwich dr he and his crew were at the site on thurs day to lay curb stones across the laneway he also instructed the crew to dig up and remove a sand and gravel ramp from the road curb until this action was taken mr mcken na was frustrated by the town theres no point in waiting until a child is killed susan destine another resident agreed an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure she said the lane is narrow and if a child was walking in the lane while a car was coming there would be no room for him to move out of the cars path the parks and recreation department has issued a tender for a gravel parking lot at the norwich dr entrance and expects it to be ready in about two weeks teens nabbed at scene two markham teenagers have been charged with serveral counts of theft after york regional police apprehended them on the roof of shannons pantry at 72 main st in markham the 16yearold and 18yearold youths broke into a vehicle and several markham businesses in july including senator homes ltd squire homes ltd and car- law music company stolen was a stereo furniture and music al equipment at 145 am on august 14 police re sponded to an alarm call at carlaw music and shannons pantry the youths were found at shannons pantry in possession of house breaking tools and arrested the two were charged with three counts- of breaking and entering and theft with in tent two counts of breaking and 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