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fp vol102 no10 metroland community newspaper wednesday march 7 1990 36pages 50 cents j nmmtsxmbmm fflieiitiifteye ihllijtjfdafy school students a chiance to display their tijs insmtejiiliartts into tai dramatic and comedic talents here jim tlmefwarp jjll pkl2roe sdss variety show ran sfifi 9th line paying no priority tracy kibble staff reporter providing a smoother ride for motorists and emergency crews along the 9th line south in spite of the new markham- stouffville hospital opening is not a high priority with the region whitchurch- stouffville mayor told council last tuesday but the region will do maintenance and keep down the dust the expense to improve the road would take a great deal of enters world of desktop publishing welcome to the world of desktop publishing this is bur first edition of the tribune using an apple macintosh computer system and though we are still novices by our instructors standards we think youll like it you may notice that our headlines look slightly different as do the printed words in our stories both are easier to read and allow us to better serve our readers its the latest technology available in the newspaper industry and allows more imaginative design for our news stories features and advertisements this is another step in our ongoing schedule to bring the best to our readers and advertising clients says stouffville and uxbridge tribune publisher patricia pappas we think the desktop publishing system will allow us to reach our goal for excellence we hope you like the newer look of the tribune after all committed to our communities the tribune by the best for the best money right now especially at the bridge section she said the mayor told councillors that the depletion of transfer payments from the federal government to the provinces is going to make it even harder to come up with money to pave the bumpy access route to the new hospital when some councillors asked if markham could pick up the tab ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson said how can we ask markham to fix the road when uxbridge wants us to fix the town line joining uxbridge and stouffville and we wont mayor sainsbury also stouffvilles regional representative told the local politicians that priority dollars will be used on parts of mccowan road in order to move heavy traffic well have to fix our own section of the roads ihe saidr fair warnin stouffville asked to fight hofault tracy kibble staff reporter proposed nofault insurance legislation will treat drank drivers the same as innocent victims said a spokesman for fair action im insurance reform fair at last tuesdays council meeting warren skinner a lawyer and member of fair urged whitchurchstouffville council to back his groups opposition to new legislation he said will take away the rights of the innocent victim and will leave those hurt at the insurance companies mercy yorkrdurham mpp bill ballingers column in the feb 28 edition of the tribune which said the nofault system will promise relief is hot truej mr skinner said maintaining thenofault legislation would mean people could only sue if they met certain criteria one hundred stitches to the face from a car accident is not considered pain and suffering in the nofault legislation he stressed and said victims would be forced to sue others if they cant sue the liable driver victims will look to hosts to sue they willlook to defective roads as the cause the municipality issues permits for various public functions if someone drinks and gets into an accident thejr could sue the town who issued the permit he warned mr skinner urged council to please send a motion tompp bill- ballinger and ontario premier david peterson to show opposition to the nofault insurance plan mr skinner said other groups like mothers against drunkl drivers madd and students against drunk drivers sadd and the reduce impaired driving everywhere ride groups- also oppose the legislation do you make your living through automobile litigation cases asked ward 5 councillor doug alles yes i do but i could also make my living in family or criminal law a bedridden car accident victim cant make another living v mr skinner said youre frightening me a little bit is it the lawyer in you talking asked ward 1 councillor margot marshall i cant believe there are people out there who would look to sue someone else if they cant sue the driver under the nofault plan she said this whole suing thing has gotten out of hand were getting just as bad as the states with everybody suing everybody just for looking at them she added what frightens me if what you say is true is the fact that 15 million of taxpayers r is being spent on government studies which are being ignored by the government noted mayor fran sainsbury the government says under the nofault system students and seniors can obtain quick benefits if injured unlike the present system and advocate major injuries can still be taken to court but mr skinner said to claim injury a victim must meet all five criteria serious permanent continuing physical and serious permanent disability of an important bodily function if the injury comes and goes it would not be considered continuing and no compensation would be paid under nofault he said in a report he submitted to council one section stated in every jurisdiction in the states where they have nofault insurance in the year that it was introduced accidentinjury and fatality rates increased council voted to hear bill ballingers side to the proposed legislation and mr skinners request to be present at such an upcoming meeting ifimmmim sgoop sasbbb himwi ibkuji 1 if v i i m is m 41 i if if if if x ill i m it m