fefjjfresevi vw vtv viv vvvvtvvvi stoujfvitte weekender term g i c 1 yr 390 3 yk 480 5yr 560 rates subject to change gk7s rhsfs mutual funds life insurance annuities rrifs tax preparation mortgages 137 main sln a44 4 markham 471 231 1 mi mp loses at erne court by mike adler staff reporter after seven years of battling his dismissal as a teacher mp jag bhaduria says the decision of the supreme court of canada this week doesnt really matter it was a moot point i never intended to go back to teaching the markhamwhitchurchstouffville mp revealed thursday after canadas top court delivered its decision it was patently unreasonable for an arbitration board to order bhaduria reinstated after the toronto board of education fired him in 1990 the court found the decision quoted letters bhaduria sent in 1989 to ned mckeown then education director of the board which for years refused bhadurias requests for promotion bhaduria wrote he was extremely disap pointed the montreal massacre that month had not happened instead to mckeown and other officials at board headquarters that would have been the most satisfying day of my life bhaduria continued before adding the sit uation had totally destroyed his teaching ability and made him into a bloodthirsty and bhaduria revengeful devil the letters were threats of violence mr justice peter cory con cluded in the unanimous decision because of their position of trust he added teachers can be held to a higher standard of conduct inside and outside the classroom bhaduria was fired according to the board for actions unprofes sional demonstrating extremely poor judgment and attitudes please see page 3 alison jwschke a grade 6 student at ballantrae public school built a bird feeder that discour ages squirrels squirrels climb on but are dumped off the feeder by a moving shelf in her hand the invention was part of science day at the school this week photosteve somerville election 97 candidates gather forces for upcoming federal contest by joan ransberry staff reporter the early signs of election fever have been diagnosed in the new federal rid ing of oak ridges under country- wide redistribution oak ridges with a population of more than 102000 takes in all of whitchurchstouffville and richmond hill and the part of markham lying north of 16th avenue on the federal scene stbuffville is no longer coupled with markham also after the next election the local area will be presented by someone other than jag bhaduria a former liberal and now an independent all bets are on for a june election with the ninth being the most often cited as eday officials of each of the four party riding associations are pre dicting a win the incumbent lib erals because they hold a comfortable majority now and have maintained their pop- oavis drive whitchurch- stoukville oak ridges- riding richmond ularity the reform ers because they were a close second in the area in the last election the progressive conser vatives pc because they feel oak ridges resi dents identify with pcstyle thinking and the new democrats because they believe the country has lost faith in the liberals and that canadians will view the ndp as the only real alternative each of the four parties is in an elec tionreadiness mode but some are more ready then others with a nomination meeting slated for tomorrow march 2 the oak ridges liberals will be the first to pick a candidate grit hopefuls are dave bishop a richmond hill accountant and bryon wilfert a 44year old private school teacher and a 12year member of rich mond hill council please see page 3 x c m 2941210 fmwjpnlhe road jmmm 7 sswisij