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whltchurchstoutfviile public library i j i j j j j insured deposit rates daily rate 4250 1 year 5150 3 year 5200 5 year 5375 rates subject to change gics rrsfs mutual funds life insurance rrifs ken prentice cfp ringwood dr stouffville 6429507 vol 110 no 39 tuesday may 19 1998 une 20 pages 50 gsrincl a mcpvhuidpiumiaiiipn signy lawson concepts the monty uaiymn ftauffc 6424540 v- off p6 i gas busters say ottawa gouging fuel consumers mike adler staff reporter mpp dave tsubouchi stepped back into his role as crusader against gaspump price gouging this week in time for the first long weekend of summer ontarios consumer affairs min ister tsubouchi announced a gang of fellow mpps nicknamed gasbusters had toured greater toronto to snap pictures of the prices on gas station signs thursday tsubouchi s ministry said staff would follow up on victoria day weekend taking pictures at the same stations were gathering evidence to continue the fight against the pricegouging of ontario con sumers tsubouchi said adding he doesnt understand why prices tend to go up before long week- ends but i do know that con sumers are getting a raw deal tsubouchi repeated the provinces demand first made last year for a federal special investi gator into gas pricing and for stronger protection against anti competitive pricing were continuing to press the federal government to take action and to impress upon the oil com panies that this kind of thing just isnt acceptable he said mpp doug rollins pc quinte one of four gasbusters and tsubouchis parliamentary assistant insisted that theres no logical explanation for long- weekend price jumps but gasoline industry spokesper son brendan hawley said the big leaps up are normal marketpric ing at work and charges of goug ing are clearly untrue gas stations are forced by intense competition because con sumers pay extremely close atten tion to prices to keep discounting their gas until they are selling at or below cost he said what this creates is a pattern of price volatility because the sta tions although they try to cushion themselves by selling other prod ucts cant keep gas prices down at that level eventually a price cor rection must happen and the same cycle starts again said haw- please see page 3 m tf l thursday at markham stouf- fville hospital driurneshlfft mi mm m msms3g0ggtti special train runs may 26 charlottes babies charlotte willettlord 5 poses with the three little squirrels she and her mom lorraine rescued the tiny creatures had no mother and are being nurtured back to health photo by sjoerd mtteveen squirrel saviour joan ransberry staff reporter three baby squirrels owe their life to a fiveyearold stouffville child when charlotte willettlord first laid eyes on three newborn squirrels it was obvious mother nature needed a helping hand with no mommy squirrel in sight in the claremont woods the baby squirrels were lying on the ground they were cold crying and very dehydrated charlottes dad eric lord knew the mother squirrelwas not com ing back the babies would die soon eric scooped them up please see page 3 product 370010x serving canadians for 75 years- stouffville canadian tire trunk guard regularly 4499 on super sale for only 1 9i99 retail monday- friday store 830am9dod 830arnj5wp